No, can
the question of, can I want a playoff game? Like? Yeah,
that's ridiculous. You know? Like yes, just because we
hadn't just because we had one chance and we lost in the last
series of a game to the AFC champions. Yeah, I think we
can, you know,
and it just shows you how close we were.
That's Derek Carr
talking about the fact that he has not won a playoff game.
Kirk Cousins can say he's won a playoff game. So now that Derek
Carr is
making 40 and a half million per year in new money. Although
there's some BS baked into those reports have, but
the actual calculation, but it's not really. We'll see. We'll
see if he's there. All four years. I digress,
buy or sell Derek Carr, given his top ten quarterback
contract is a top-10 quarterback in the NFL. What
say, you
I'm selling Mike because I made a list. No particular order,
Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady,
Patrick Mahomes Russell Wilson.
Jobber. Oh Josh, Alan Matthew Stafford. Justin Herbert.
That's eight. Okay,
and I think you would
nobody would argue that except maybe Derek Carr, but nobody
would argue those eight. And then I'm going to argue that
Dak Prescott Kirk Cousins, Lamar Jackson and DeShaun
Watson
are better than Derek Carr. So now we're Beyond 10. And then
maybe You throw in Matt Ryan, Conner, Murray, Jimmy
Garoppolo. I don't know, but at least Jimmy garoppolo's started
a Super Bowl.
I would say the top, 15 quarterback. My top 10.
No.
And I always say that when you talk about someone as a top ten
quarterback in a vacuum, what happens is, if you would talk
about all the quarterbacks and have that conversation you went
to would end up with 20 top 10 quarterbacks.
It is an exclusive club.
And I don't think Derek Carr is a top-10 quarterback. He's
between
10 and 15 closer to 15. That's what I've yeah, I think and
Sims will be doing his
comprehensive top 40 quarterback countdown. Will
have it on PFT live as we get close to the end of the Run. We
take a break for about a month or so in June, and will
structure. It after the draft will be two a day
up until we get them done. And it'll be interesting to see
where he puts car card 4800 passing yards, last year.
I mean, car is good. Car is good. But he's not top 10 and
his contract is not as good as the other forty million dollar
contracts that we have seen. Next topic, buyers sell
the Browns were disrespectful
to Baker Mayfield.
No, I don't think that's the case. Mike. I'm selling that.
I mean, this is a business and I think Baker Mayfield has
learned that this is a business and there's no loyalty on
either side ever.
It is what it is. As the players like to say. I mean
they draft, you number one overall and they expect certain
things for you from you. And when it doesn't happen, they
move on and try to upgrade at that position. It's just
the way it is and it's certainly, the way it is in
Cleveland. We've
It repeatedly in this organization
of them changing quarterbacks drafted, quarterbacks trading
for quarterbacks signing quarterbacks, whatever they
have to do. They haven't gotten it right. They think they have
it right now with DeShaun Watson. He's an upgrade on
Baker. Mayfield. I'm sorry Baker. He's an upgrade on you.
Here's how I look at it and it's very simple to me. And
this goes back to the interview, conducted
of Baker, Mayfield by Mike period. When Baker, Mayfield
says
they said one thing to me and they did another
what?
What
Natural Curiosity. Mike period, what did they say to you? That
they did differently?
I think based upon the reports that have been out there and
the way that we've analyzed him, they told him at the end
of the regular season, you're our guy and then at some point
after that. They said, you're our guy unless we can get
DeShaun Watson or
someone of that ilk,
which is saying one thing and doing another and is it
disrespectful to lie to somebody I'm a firm believer in
it, even in
a cold.
Bottom line business.
You don't make that kind of broad proclamation to someone.
You don't make that promise to someone unless you're willing
to live up to it. And if they told him
you're my guy
and they're not,
they change that. I think he has the right to feel that he
was disrespected. If he feels like he was lied to, because
I think it is disrespectful
to lie to somebody, even though
lies get told all the time for strategic reasons in the NFL.
So I think assuming that that's the reason that, that's what he
would have. Said if, Mike period. Formerly known as Mike
Stud would have asked him that question.
Then I think he was disrespected. All right fire.
Cell Cardinals. Made a mistake by not extending Kyler Murray
earlier this offseason.
Well, probably based on what we've seen now with
the contracts and where they've gone, Mike. I think it would
have behooved them to do it right after the playoffs ended
and get it done. And
Kyler probably would be upset at the contract. He has. Now in
the Cardinals were probably very happy with that contract,
but who knew that things were going to play out as they as
they did and now they have. And so now there is a rift between
team and player Mike.
I want the next guy who has real leverage like DeShaun Watson.
And had and he had real leverage, even with 22 lawsuits
against him. He was able to get a five-year fully guaranteed
contract. I want the next guy with that kind of Leverage to
say, I want 17.3 for 25 percent of the salary cap each and
every year. That's what I want. So as the cap goes up
and the market goes up. I'm protected and my pay is going
to be driven by
that percentage of the cap. That's the best deal to get
and you're right if the Cardinals had done
a deal earlier for Carla Marie, they'd be
Thinking hey, that was pretty smart and calamari be thinking,
man. I really blew it. I should have waited. That's the bottom
line here. Even though, calamari isn't happy
with the fact that the Cardinals are putting him off
the log of the Cardinals, put him off
the better, things get
rotifer. What if Russell Wilson does a deal
between now? Yep. And and June, or July
better for Kyler Murray. Another data point because you
know, Russell Wilson's deal is going to be a good one. It's
going to be five years or well, it'll be a five-year total
contract and my gasps my
Guess is the starting point for that? Conversation is DeShaun
Watson. Starting point, start this at
the bottom lot. We have. This is this don't even come to
the table Broncos. This would be my position. If I Mark Rogers,
the guy who has only one client the NFL. So we can always drive
a hard. Bargain has all the leverage now because they've
given up so much to get Russell Wilson and they're building
the team around him.
You're opening offer had better, not be lower than five
years. 230 million fully guaranteed. We're going Go from
there.
That's the price of admission to even sit down and talk.
We'll see what the contract becomes above that but we're
not even beginning the negotiation unless you show up
at five years 230 fully guaranteed.
That's my thought. Yeah,
exactly Mike. That's where it needs to start for him. And I'm
sure that's where he expects it to.