Try to get a 95 over the middle.
If it works, it works, if it doesn't then.
I was doing good for y'all came over. I swear, I was
Let's go.
I got some for you.
There you go, baby.
You know, that those guys have thrown a baseball before any
time you see the first pitch from the mound and it's
straight and true.
Because when you're on the mound, it's very different.
It's why a lot of times you see the first pitches, they stand
in front of the mound, when you're on the mound, you're
throwing downhill. It's more pressure. It's farther and
that's why we see the occasional
goes this way. Goes that way or whatever the case may be, but
Russell Wilson played baseball and there used to be some
chatter. He was going to play baseball. That was part of his
Leverage. Get his contract. Now
The Leverage was,
I don't want to be traded. But if I were to be traded, these
are the four teams, I would take a trade to that ended up
being much more effective to get him what he wanted. Then
threatening to play baseball. All right. So
my any thoughts on the whole first pitch. Are you? I don't
know how big of a baseball fan. You are the whole ceremonial
first pitch thing. Any
anything? Do you aspire to throw? One out at an Indian
soap? Guardians game.
Put one in the tip jar there?
No, I don't because I don't really baseball. Is my first
love, but football is my true love. That's what I always say.
Now. I remember when I was like 9 or 10 or something.
My mom got me a Cleveland grey jersey for my birthday.
And I remember standing our kitchen and like imitating,
Manny Ramirez batting stance. I used to do that as a kid.
You're playing football. I always imitate the guys, it's
fun. But I mean, I added the baseball. I can't
there's only so much like sports. I can handle in my
brain because Is obviously, that's what we do for a living.
So right now, I'm about to flip the page to the NBA because
the the playoffs are about to start. So I've been watching
like
the last day or two of baseball and but once the playoffs
start, baseball is going to go away until after the finals for
me,
you know,
I've gone through that similar experience. I was I was a very
big baseball fan through 1992 when the Pirates lost to
the Atlanta Braves who, for some reason, have not changed their
name. I just I don't understand, I understand.
Why the Washington football team had to change its name?
That was a
dick
dictionary, to be careful. How, you know what? Now
enunciate, that word dictionary defined slur but
Indians Chiefs Braves, that's a tougher bridge for me to cross
and hey, they could change their name if they want to but
it was easier to get behind the idea that the slur needed to
go. Anyway, when the Braves beat the Pirates,
1992 game, seven, Sid bream somehow scores from second base
on a fairly routine signal, Barry Bonds can't throw out at
the plate at When I began to detach from baseball. Because
number one, I knew the Pirates were going to stink
and then I got sucked into this business within it, a decade
after that. And once you are all in covering a sport, it is
so hard to really be into for me, any other sport. I'm so
focused on football
when I'm not working
or watching games or talking about it writing about it.
I want to do something completely different than sporting to.
I can't fill up the rest of my free time with sports. Anyway,
that's enough.
At least, we got to see. We got more in common
than you realize you like to try to
find ways that were different. I like to try to find ways that
we're alike. We're definitely different on, comes to Back to
the Future and movies from the 80s. But we all are we actually
have a lot in common. We've never had a chance to really
sit down.
Have a drink smoke. A cigar. We were going to do it now. I but
somebody got Covent me.
It wasn't me
the context of that.
All right, moving right along. What's the next big trade? You
would like to see in the NFL? Go ahead. Well, speaking of DK
Metcalf and Russell Wilson. I mean, I just want to see Baker
Mayfield, get traded to the Seahawks, right? I
think that this is where we all kind of feel like it's going.
And I just wanted to happen in parts that we can talk about
that instead. Ed of the draft for the next 20 days because
I know I said I was going to be more enthusiastic about
the draft but I'm not yet. That's so I'll I just
I love all the quarterback movement, the quarterback
movements, fun to me. I think it wouldn't take that much at
this point. Probably like a 5 and Cleveland's going to have
to pay a substantial amount of Baker, Mayfield salary for 2022
in order to get this done. But I just want to see it happen
because
Baker Mayfield needs to get out of Cleveland. Cleveland needs
Baker, Mayfield to get out of there and Seattle needs a Back
who's not Drew lock to compete
for that starting role going to 2022,
you know, there was supposed to be a podcast that dropped this
week with Baker, Mayfield. I haven't seen any evidence of it
yet. I guess I should go look for it. Somebody's mentioned
the other day that there was a podcast coming this week. It
would be the first comments from Baker Mayfield since his
Farewell to Cleveland social media post, but
I
Look, I think for now the Browns are trying to slow play
this. They have no urgency to move on from Baker, Mayfield
from a cap standpoint. The money is guaranteed. They can
wait until after the draft. They can wait for somebody to
get injured. I just wonder if Baker Mayfield is going to
play along when the offseason program gets up and running.
Is he going to show up and demand to be part of it?
I know he's still got to rehab his shoulder, but
he could make things awkward if he decides to show up and say,
I'm here deal with me.
They may not want to, they're trying to turn the page.
DeShaun Watson is only just only so many distractions are
gonna want to deal with. All right, I'm going to propose,
Jimmy Garoppolo to the Houston Texans and the terms would be,
I don't think the NFL teams use this enough.
I would do conditional terms
based upon factors that would include how many games he plays
and whether or not the text and sign them to an extension
and it would be 2023,
draft picks, not 2022.
So you get the 25 million dollars off the books,
and let's say, it's a fourth round pick.
And it goes to a third round pick if they signed him to
a new contract. And it goes to a second round, pick up. They
signed a new contract and he starts at least 14 games or
something like that, that that's
how I would do it. I think that's a fair outcome.
Even then even then.
I'm not sure the Texans would be interested. Maybe the 49ers
have to pay some of that money in order to get the draft pick
compensation. That's where this becomes complicated. I think
both teams,
even though garoppolo's miles. Isn't guaranteed, if they want
to move these contracts. They may need to have some
flexibility to pay some of the money in order to get the draft
pick, compensation back, kind of like the Brock Osweiler
trade, but not as extreme. And we've
seen it with Ryan Tannehill. We saw with Teddy Bridgewater last
year. You may have to pay some of the money in order to get
a draft pick in return for the Player's contract. Yeah, but
I mean you need to do it. I mean, I think that
the Niners are much better off just from an organizational
standpoint. If they get rid of Rid of Jimmy Garoppolo at some
point. Just before training camp. When I was called that
because
you don't want to go in with a quarterback controversy
potentially between tray, Lance and Jimmy G.
I just think you want to nip that in the bud before, it can
even get started.
I agree. All right, who else would you like to see traded
before the season? All right. Let's go. Let's go with DK.
Metcalf. What? I don't want to send him to the Jets. Like
everybody else is saying, let's send them to the Ravens.
Let's improve the Ravens wide receiving Corps with somebody
like a DK Metcalfe. Because, and I got Hollywood ground.
They've got Bateman and they got Watkins on that. But
I think if you have a really Dynamic pass catcher like DK
Metcalf, that changes the dynamic of the office.
I mean, I think Think we've seen it, where Lamar Jackson
can make plays he can make throws. We know this reason
MVPs, but basten BP, but
I think that Metcalf would give them a dimension on offense
that they have not necessarily had. And when you're talking
about the AFC and how good that division, especially we're
expecting it to be now
with, you know, Joe Borough there and they're wide
receiving Corps. And also you have Cleveland now, Sean
Watson, you know, however, long he's gonna play whatever it is,
but
I just I think the Ravens could really use an improvement with
DK. Metcalf. Now be really interesting to me.
When you look at how Eric DeCosta said this week. They
value their draft picks. They want to keep their draft picks
and user draft picks. And when you consider the nature of
their offense, that would be a tough sell. I'd rather cdk
Metcalf. Go to the Jets. So
since you send the ballroom or I'll send him to the Jets
for the 10th overall pick
and maybe a couple of fourth round, as you know,
the
Chiefs got five total pics from the Dolphins, but the first
round pick they got was so much lower than In tenth overall.
Now, I know it's got to be hard for the Seahawks to say we're
just taking back the first round pick
that we gave you
in the Jamal Adams trade, but at least they get it back.
They get some other stuff. I think the Seahawks need to move
on from Metcalfe and I think the Jets would be more
attractive to Metcalf. He'll be a superstar in that market and
Zach Wilson. If he develops the way that some think that he
will,
that could be a guy that gets the football to make have a lot
more than he got it. Even.