We got some questions that we're going to answer from see
Priyanka. If you were the GM of a quarterback needy team is
Aaron Rodgers your first choice
or is he too risky with the possibility of retiring
every offseason and let me start there. Yeah
my problem is what do I give the Packers for a guy
that may only play for one year?
What do I give the Packers for a guy
who for all I know is going to go take
Take Ayahuasca next month and decide. You know what? I'm
going to retire after all, after I've given up draft pick,
compensation to get him on my team. Yeah, I think that's
the big problem. Exactly. Right. That's what would scare me and
I think it's got to be
kind of exactly the right situation.
So, you know, yeah, he's your first choice
because I think out of the guys that are available and at their
best
Aaron Rodgers even, you know, at this
I'm going to say is the best
but but but I am going into my first off season ever with
Aaron Rodgers. And again, Aaron Rodgers is a guy that I'd like
to remind everybody. Like I have the same thought about him
as you've been talking about with Patrick mom's at his best.
I don't know if there was anybody better ever. I mean,
he's, it was like Mahomes you just doesn't have quite
the hardware. I understand does have some of the hardware, you
know, but not not as much, but
it's the first off season. I've gone into go, I don't know what
to expect from Aaron Rodgers. The player is much anymore.
More Legend. One of the all-time greats, but like, as
we discussed during the year,
a reluctance to hang in there, a reluctance to
put the ball in the Tight Windows,
you know, elect a reluctance to be aggressive anymore and just
go get the win and not worry about other things that that
would worry me, Mike. So
that's where you got to do a deep dive and talk to him and
really see where he's at and as he willing to go all in, to get
it.
And
there's been so much talk about him. Possibly joining the Jets.
Yeah, but Nathaniel Hackett is there as the offensive
coordinator. We thought he would go to Denver last year.
If he left Green Bay and I think he seriously considered
it Tiki Barber. Who knows a thing
or two about playing football in the New York Market on his
WFAN show yesterday, expressed his views on the possibility.
That Rogers is a little too sensitive to make it in New
York with all the media scrutiny have a listen to
a tiki. Had to
A
reading the full quotes. I mean, you heard the snippet but
as I'm reading the full quotes from his Pat McAfee,
weekly appearance
talking about schefter, talking about Rappaport. Basically
saying I've been nobody knows what's going on with me except
for me and stop talking about me, it just made me start to
realize
that if he is, that sensitive,
that he gets obsessed. Set that people reporters
opinion, makers
influencers who ever want to talk about him. He is going to
struggle in New York and I don't know if it's the right
fit for him. I don't know if I
want him in New York, if this is going to be his reaction.
Yeah, look, that is the reality. He doesn't want people
talking about him. Well, they're going to talk about him
in New York and I guarantee you this Chris first question, not
first question, but one of the questions at the press
conference, if he becomes a member of the Jets,
someone's going to say you were on Pat McAfee show a few weeks
ago, saying that you think you're vilified by media, who
is in the pocket of big Pharma, Pfizer moderna Johnson &
Johnson,
is it not hypocritical for you to come. Take a paycheck from
Lyndon Johnson are
Woody Johnson. Please answer the question. Green Bay media
is never going to ask him that.
I don't know that any other media covering any other teams
going to ask him that except the Giants. Because it's also
New York. I guarantee you somebody covering the Jets who
has a credential for that. Press conference is asking that
question
and Rogers isn't going to appreciate. Oh Dad about if it
ever had? I mean agreed. It's the million-dollar question.
I think that's what we all wonder, you know?
I mean we wondered whether that was a
You know, he can handle some of those obstacles and other
cities last year, let alone New York. Yeah. It's a tough one.
You're definitely,
you're going to be scrutinized about everything and in here in
New York Tiki and tyranny who do a great job. I mean, you
know, Tiki Barber's spot on Brandon turn tyranny or spot on
like sport. First off, WFAN. As you know Mike Mike and the Mad
Dog. The that runs the sports conversation up here in the New
York area
and you're going to have callers
And going. What the hell is Rogers talking about with big
Pharma? Oh no. And then, of course, the beat writers here
that. So they want to answer the question because they know
the fans are clamoring away
about that. And it's going to go down a whole bunch of other
wormholes, because Rogers always does, right? So, that's
where it's scary,
you know, I love Rogers that way,
that he's willing to be open that way.
But yeah, I don't know if he's
ever had a deal or if he can deal with what it is up here in
New York, we see In a lot of
we've seen a lot of great Sports were stars, come up here
to New York and they just can't handle the heat in the kitchen.
I mean a lot, baseball basketball football, whatever
the sport is
where you go. Oh man, they got their guy and you're like
a year goes by and going what the hell, why isn't this guy
the same? Yeah it's because it's a
spotlight on you. Everywhere you go
up here and we're all
crammed in one area and it's freaking 30 million people in a
area. You know, that's it's not that big.
So I questioned that to Mike I really do and at the end of
the day, I think, That's why I don't think, I don't think
it'll happen. I don't know.
I just but I don't feel that it's going to be in Rogers DNA
to make that kind of move.
I think at the end of the day, he's going to stay exactly
where he is, right. I think he's going back to Green Bay.
I ate too much money to walk away from and I don't think he's
going to want to uproot his professional life and start
over again, somewhere else. And have this expectation, people
asking him tough questions about. Why aren't you at
offseason workouts? Why are you Gathering your receivers
somewhere in the offseason? Like Pat Mahomes did last year
to get to know his guys better and get
yourself in a position where you can be better faster
instead of having everything kick in in November. Let's have
a kick in in September if you're more engaged.
Aged, he'll get tougher questions, far, tougher,
tougher questions, then he'll ever experienced in his life.
If he's in a market like New York, Tad fund. Ermine
wants to know if we think. There could be any quarterback
trades or teams in on quarterbacks that might
surprise us lies this year much like last year, when
the Falcons, all of a sudden
were in on DeShaun Watson
to the point where
the, I don't know what this is
to the point. Although I don't know what
this is. The picture of the Packers. We just wanted to show
and it's a great day. All right, there we go.
But last year, the Falcons got in on DeShaun Watson and
screwed up their relationship with Matt Ryan. So, do you
think there's a team out there that may
try to get in for a trade, or get in, for a veteran? Even
though they seem to be set at the position Chris?
There's all right. One, and again, these are spontaneous,
right? There's no preparation here,
the one that is still
percolating. In my brain
is Lamar Jackson.
It is, it's still I'm not sold that that's gonna all work out.
Fine and dandy there in Baltimore. I got no inside
information to think that,
you know, you know, I have heard, you know, and Through
the Grapevine,
you know that. Yeah. The, the contract is hard to hit figure
out details with Lamar Jackson and his Camp, right? You know,
there's maybe some reluctance to the guaranteed monies
and all that, that's going to be associated with this
contract, but
that's the The one that I look at to be other than Rogers,
that I think maybe a chance. And that's where you. And
I know we brought up Miami. I don't know if that's really
going
to happen. It seems like it's too. Uh,
but I do think of like
just I said this last week, Michael, or maybe there's
a week before Lamar to the Atlanta Falcons, the way they
want to play football, it would suit him that offense of line.
They want to play run
first, right? Atlanta
being a primarily the biggest African American city.
In our country, right? They drive the sports base there,
a little bit, black quarterback. It's just so many things that
make sense that I think, you know, but but can they work
that out? Can that really happen? I don't know.
I don't know if this is wishful thinking on my part and
I understand that there is a danger in
being careful what you wish for.
And I know he has a full no-trade Clause every
franchise. Quarterback has a de facto no trade clause because
no one's trading for a guy that doesn't want to be there. What
if the Vikings
I'd to upgrade over her cousins. What if they do, what
if they would decide to get in? Lamar Jackson,
you trade Kirk Cousins to the 49ers or somewhere.
And you go get Lamar Jackson and you sign him to a five-year
fully guaranteed contract. Even if it means giving up a pair of
first-round picks to get him, they're drafting low enough
this year and they'll draft low enough next year with Lamar
Jackson.
Now, I don't I just you know, you got to pay Justin Jefferson
to. So there's a point where it doesn't make sense, but I just
For the teams that have the guy who is just good enough, is it
just good enough to be just good enough? Or do you want to
try to get somebody great Lamar Jackson in Minnesota? And
again, I don't know that it would work
with Justin Jefferson there. I don't know that it would work
but
I have to think that maybe they're at least pondering and
I think back to the comments from Quincy Adolfo, Mensa,
the Vikings GM before the season. Basically,
acknowledging, the reality
that you don't have Patrick Mahomes, you don't, you don't
have Josh Allen, it's just the way it is. Is
you got to make it work with what you have?
Is there an opportunity to get Lamar Jackson in Minnesota?
And I don't think the Vikings would think twice about it.
If they thought it would make them,
I don't know. I think they would think twice about it
because yeah, there's something. I wonder whether for
ownership for ownership is being good enough,
acceptable. Do they really want to take the chance of going all
in, especially if
it undermines with the passing offense, if you're not getting
the ball to Justin Jefferson as much as he wants it, then you
got to pay him. So
Again, this is part of having no preparation. We're preparing
on the fly, but I have been thinking, is there some
alternative for the Vikings other than Kirk Cousins? And
I'm not sure that there is, yeah, I don't know if there
is either you know, but hey, you know, the other thing to
Mike, we gotta squash is like, Lamar Jackson could throw
the ball. We got to stop this like, you know,
oh, I don't know if this really
well. What I mean it's the often. It's the August. They
need to put some Talent around, he's a better thrower than
Jalen hurts. I mean all day every day, any day, you know.
Yeah. He Doesn't have the greatest whole line in football
and the best duo of receivers and football, and a really top
five pass-catching tight end around them,
he never had that.
You know, that's where I'm, you know, again, is that, that
story's gone. If you're still, like, people still bring that
up, like,
it's over. If they get a big-time receiver in Baltimore
with him and have that running in that receivers going to put
up big numbers.
He is so I know, but, yeah, the rest of that stuff. You're
right, Mike. I don't know if it can really feasibly.
Happen or whatever. But man I am
um, popcorn ready for this Lamar, Jackson offseason, what
the hell's going to happen here?
Maybe in exchange for that 2500 dollar gaming PC. I can get
a candid answer from Justin Jefferson as to whether or not
he'd be comfortable with
Lamar Jackson. Probably not the, although I will say this
when I was making my little cracks about Kirk last week,
Justin was laughing,
just a little bit too much. Like
these remarks are hitting the bullseye
a little bit too. Well, you know that, you know, when
something like if you're watching a comedian and and
there Really onto something that really has a lot of truth
to it. It's even funnier. Yeah that's kind of how Justin was
reacting. So who knows? I'm not trying to stir up trouble.
Yeah, yeah. Are
all right we got a few more mailbag questions. We can get
to relating to the looming quarterback Carousel. One guy,
who may not end up on a new team, after the carousel spins
is Daniel Jones, how he could sign a new contract with
the Giants at
any time. Mister Palmerston
wants us to discuss the Daniel Jones situation. What are
the realistic? Tations for his contract. What's
the likelihood? Another team would be interested in him. I don't
think it gets to that because I think
he gets franchise tag
if they don't work out a deal,
Chris. And I don't think a team would give up two first round
picks for maybe I'm wrong, right? I don't think he gets to
that. I think they're going to work something out. It's going
to stay put, do you agree? What do you think he's gonna get?
I'm with you in that.
And you know, I mean
that's the question is, what is he going to get? I think
the Giants of course, are sold on Daniel Jones. We saw this year.
We're
just a little help
and damn I mean he's a great Runner
and he's a damn good thrower in the pocket
but you know Mike where is that magic number? I mean I would
think again it's just to the current rate of quarterbacks
he's going to be dancing around that 40 million. A year number,
I would think that's kind of where it is. Maybe high 30s,
right?
Maybe it's more than that for the first two or three years of
the contract and there's some fake numbers at the end. End
and like we discussed I think you know, maybe about a month
ago
I look at this to be
that kind of deal where, you know, yeah, big money
but the Giants maybe can get out of it. After two years,
I do because you're not like maybe a hundred percent sold or
his career. Up to this point, hasn't been what we wanted.
I kind of that's the way I Envision it, Mike.
Yeah, I agree. And I think that he showed enough last year that
you continue to play it out. See how good he can get. Maybe
he can morph into somebody almost as good as Josh Alan.
We've seen some of those traits and Brian De Bal,
the new coach of the Giants one year in showing that he's able
to do with Jones, what he was able to do, is offense,
coordinator of the bills with Josh Allen, one more pun,
Master rifkind to the Colts, hold onto, Matt Ryan, and keep
him as a mentor to a rookie.
Or, is there a team that will trade for him? Matt, Ryan's
getting cut. Look at his contract. I have. He's getting
caught his wife. They,
it's why they benched him, right
under Frank Reich. The original decision was
Matt, Ryan goes into bubble wrap, it's a mellinger,
the rest of the year, because another 17 million in injury,
guarantees would have become unavoidable. If he'd been
injured and unable to pass a physical by the middle of
March, that's why they did it. And at one
point, Jim irsay was
disingenuous, frankly, all due respect in his effort to
explain away the Ryan situation. Oh, he said there's
no incentives in his contract or It would have cost them more
money. No, the issue is in Drew guarantees,
that become full guarantees
in the middle of March and if he's injured and can't pass
a physical, it becomes a full guarantee. You can't avoid that
guarantee
if he suffers some sort of
spraying or fracture or whatever
down the stretch of a Lost season so I think he's gone
they're still going to owe him. A nice chunk of money, I think
12 million anyway guaranteed that would be offset by
whatever he gets elsewhere
and he said that
that he'd like to keep plus all that. He's not going to retire.
He's not going to retire because if you retire, you
don't get the money, you have to have the Colts
cut you.
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