these meetings that have happened.
They didn't happen at the behest of the teams. They
happen at the behest of DeShaun, Watson. DeShaun
Watson, wanted to interview. The team's DeShaun Watson
wanted to decide where he wants to play next. These teams have
bent over backwards. Jump through hoops. Brought
all the key players to sit down and talk to Sean Watson.
This isn't about these four teams, screening DeShaun
Watson, and make sure they don't have a problem that there
aren't issues. I really don't get the impression that any of
these teams are all that troubled,
know by what could happen with these
22 civil lawsuits and I'm not making a judgment here. I'm
just saying they don't ya to care. Yeah, right. Maybe they
should right. They don't they don't they don't care, whether
it's they're taking his word for it or they think whatever
happened was no big deal or
or I don't know. I don't know how they got to the point where
they're so comfortable. Remember last year? The
Panthers were ready to do it. Yeah, they were comfortable. Do
it right. Sight. Unseen.
Colonel investigation pending civil cases. Pending.
They would have done it. Last October,
if Watson would have waived his no-trade Clause to go to
Carolina. He just wouldn't he wanted to go to Miami so
I don't get the impression and that, that's it. That like,
so what do you think? It's about Walter? What do you what
do you
do? You think it's I
listened more gauging their fan base and their City to see how
those received Care at. Don't think they care. Yeah. I think
they'll they'll deal with it. Whatever. It is Well deal with
it, you know why?
It's eventually going to pass like everything else it's
eventually going to pass. And we're going to have
a quarterback for 10 years, they don't care about the reaction.
They really don't. I think that's what it comes down to
know,
whatever. It is, whatever happens. Yeah, we don't care.
We want a franchise quarterback. Sometimes you got to take,
you got to take a few lumps in the short term to get to where
you want to be and and if he wins, it's incumbent on us to
put a winning team on the field. But if we if we win and
he plays well,
this is all going to be forgotten. Yeah.
Look it's just It's the way it works in sports is it's the way
it works in any business, like you said, excuses are made of
the stars, going to look the other way, right? This is
somebody who is a high performer.
You're going to look the other way on a lot of stuff on a lot
of stuff. And and I really do think that
the decision of the grand jury last week, not to indict
DeShaun. Watson on any charges was viewed by some
as
literally a get-out-of-jail-free card.
And and I mean like it's over. It's done like that's it. Like
this, this concern is now past this but it's really not
and then that's not the way it should be. But that's that's
how these two these teams
and the Texans and Watson's can't played it perfectly. They
they drew all these teams out of the weeds over the weekend.
They seized on this idea that the truth came out, you know,
the chef T tweet that he got dragged for but maybe that went
a long way toward
laying the foundation for what we now have.
Where there are these teams that are perfectly comfortable
to get DeShaun Watson. They're falling all over themselves to
get the Sean. Watson, they've played this
perfectly. The Texans and Watson have played this
perfectly, where it's not even a question for any of these
teams. They are so hell-bent on getting the guy that they're
not even thinking about
what the blowbacks going to be. No, none of them. No, you're
right. I mean nikah Serio's played it perfectly we worried
about you know, what might happen. I mean, you know, good
for him. I mean really you're right
and Watson their team as far as that's concerned,
you know, Mike. I know I've been saying for a long time and
I just heard from too many people in the I felt that kind
of chalked it up to, I don't want to say don't care but
maybe not as a big a deal as we'd like it
to be made. Certainly. I don't know if this is right. But like
you said, we see this all the time in the NFL. That's part of
it. We see it in any business. If you're super talented, you
get away with stuff period.
You know that mean that's the way it is.
Hey Cris Collinsworth wants a meeting
but push back 30 minutes. Sure Chris Collinsworth, Chris Simms
asked for the meeting to be pushed back 30 minutes. No
screw you starts. Now, let's go. I mean, that's just
the way. Way it is. You know who the hell cares about Chris
Simms. I mean, damn,
that's just the way it is in any company certainly and it
doesn't make it right. But I do like, you know, I think there
is that sentiment a little mic like you're saying they're not
caring
David Tepper. It sounds like he's been extremely aggressive
and will continue to be streaming the aggressive with
this DeShaun Watson situation throughout. So he's never seem
to have bad and I there and as far as this like you said, with
last year or even
now
and I'll again I do, That makes it right. But that's just
the way it is, this age and they're this day and age and the NFL
and really in life anywhere.
Chris, I would push back a meeting
with you for
the pay. Thanks. I know you would just well, you know, why,
though? I you don't let me get to finish because that would be
30 more minutes of my life that I wouldn't have to deal with.
Oh great. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you for that motion.
Another 30 minutes. Thanks. Let's push it. Another 30.
Yeah, and maybe at some point will delay it long enough that
I'll be dead. Not ever had to do. Sorry
now the 30 minutes, if you're there. I'm just going to be
hanging out next to you. Anyways, just grabbing you and
hitting you. Anyways, so just, you know, you don't know. You
don't need that.
As best, I can tell. I'm multitasking during the show to
get, no, not really and you multitask. This is actually,
I mean, I'm not, I'm not least, you're not like acting or
writing an article. You're actually working in. Russia is
right, right. Like, hey, can you
make eggs for me? No, I'm actually, this is real, like
trying to find out about this. Matt Ryan thing. It's not in
the system. It still shows his base salary and cap number for
2022. Has not shown a restructuring yet
for 2022. So
it looks like they have Slammed the brakes on the Matt Ryan,
restructuring, while they figure out whether or not,
they're going to have right DeShaun Watson on the team. And
and look if Watson picked them, everybody else picked Watson.
If Watson picked them,
that that maybe gives them the inside track, when it's time
for him to make his decision, as long as they're comfortable,
as long as he got the sense from them, right? That they're
truly comfortable, but they wouldn't have taken
the meeting. I don't think they could
easily said, Matt Ryan's, our guy, right. And Arthur Blank
seems like he's been aggressive about Quarterback last year. He
said he was gonna let the coaches make a decision
in the draft. There was a lot of rumors. Like we said that Al
a gnome was hot on one of those quarterbacks before they
decided on Kyle pits. A lot of people thought they were hot on
Trey Lance.
Either way. I think there was real discussion there
to kind of start a new era
or a new, you know,
a new way with Arthur Smith and everybody at the quarterback
position.
So it's been on their radar. And then like you said,
I think, obviously if there was a meeting there, Arthur Blank was
supposedly there. They are serious and that they're
willing to take on DeShaun Watson. If he does decide to go
there
and before we move on to Baker, Mayfield, because we need to
get to that. Eventually, we only have a two hour show.
Let's hope that the Falcons have
improved, their internal investigative functions, and
procedures beyond what they were 15 years ago. Next month
when we learned that Michael Vick was leading a double life,
basically
where he would go to Surrey County. Virginia
and operate, a dog fighting ring
and the Falcons had no idea.
They had no idea and this is all happening relatively out in
the open. When you show up for these dogfights, other people.
Are there, other people are present
Hey, That's Mike. Vick
fighting dogs. I mean, how long did it go on and went on years
years
and they had no idea. They gave me a huge contract. They had no
idea he's doing this constantly no idea. So here's hoping that
they've got better security Personnel, who did? The due
diligence on DeShaun Watson
before they went all-in for Deshaun Watson. Because well it
it's astounding to me and
I went back and Revisited the whole Vic thing because if you
know, I haven't done this yet, but because of that
Playmakers available where we get your books, there's
a chapter on Mike Vick and it's it really is stunning that they
had no idea that he was doing this because it wasn't
as much of a secret as anyone
would have thought that it was
it really wasn't. So,
hopefully they hopefully
Hopefully everyone's taking seriously. What could happen,
What could happen, right? Yeah. With
with the Sean Watson's, 22 civil lawsuits because they are
still going to go forward and and let's hope. It's not just
a case
of Watson's agent and lawyer
making a very persuasive
effort on behalf of their client to convince
these folks. It's going to be okay because
that's what they're supposed to do. That's their job.
Let's hope that they've done a proper objective
examination and Understand what still could happen with these
22, civil case?