the Deshawn headline of the DeShaun Watson headlines or
the Deshawn headline Watson will read what Shireen
Hey, it's gonna be he's placed on the commissioner exempt list
of Mike until they resolve the cases and however long that's
going to be and that buy some time until the cases are
resolved or maybe he decides to pay them all off. Which at this
point is going to be a lot
more money than it was at a hundred thousand dollars
for each case. And what 18 of those had agreed to take
a hundred thousand dollars, it could be a lot more than that.
Now, for him to settle these cases might, but I do think
he's gonna be put placed on.
Paid leave despite what the commissioner said
in March. At the owners meetings, I think things have
changed enough that that's going to be the case. Hey,
look, I agree with you and I as some Browns fans out there who
are putting the awkward, spot of trying to have
to defend this guy and it's one of the reasons why I think he
should have settled. The case is from the moment, he was
traded there. So Browns, fans didn't have to try to defend
DeShaun Watson blindly they say, I'm trying to speak it
into existence.
No, it's the only way out of this mess for the NFL right now
because They don't know how many more lawsuits are going to
be advised them time. And to the extent that DeShaun Watson
says, I want
to Clear My Name
by focusing on
this legal process. Focus on it. Don't play football right
now. No trials between August 1 and March 1.
Well, if you're not playing football, you got time to knock
out half of these cases. Maybe not, I don't know. You can get
half of them done, especially with courts having their
schedule set,
but give him time
to resolve these cases because I think he will resolve
the cases. And secondly, they don't have to worry about The
disciplinary officer when it comes to paid. Leave
the commissioner makes that decision completely on his own
with no real appeal rights of any kind for
the player. Baker Mayfield will be a
what Shireen when training camp opens.
I still think this is headed toward Baker, Mayfield being
traded to the Panthers Mike and I think he's going to be
the starting quarterback of the Carolina Panthers
on opening day this year. I think he's going to win that
job. Despite it being so late in the process, he would be
the best candidate for the job. The most experienced the best
resume of any of those guys including Sam Donald, if he
would remain
there with the Panthers. So I think he's going to end up with
the Panthers and I think he's going to be their starting
quarterback on day one,
you know, I think so. Well because
the Browns are not going to want to play a game with Baker,
Mayfield where you know we're going to keep your rights,
we're going to squat on you. We're going to wait for some
quarterback to get injured and me, we're going to hold you all
the way through the trade deadline. He needs to go
someplace where he has a chance
from the start of training camp, when he's healthy when
he's cleared, when he's ready to go to get ready and have
a great season and set himself up for a big contract next year.
It's not about the 18.8 this year. He's getting that one way
or the other. It's about setting himself up for next
year. So I agree. They're going to find
a way to work that out. A out and
they don't I I think hold out any hope of him and I don't
even know what they want him to be the guy if DeShaun Watson is
not available
in 2022.
So it looks like in our estimation, both will not be
available to the Browns for this season and less Watson.
Would settle his case is quickly and then service,
suspension and return at some point before the end
of the year. 49ers quarterback, Jimmy Garoppolo will be a what?
Shireen
Well, I think his situation is different, Mike, I think he's
going to be with the 49ers and I think he's going to be with
the 49ers until a major injury. Happens to some starting
quarterback in the league.
And the reason is because of that shoulder injury, I mean,
the 49ers have talked openly about that, they were ready to
trade him, and they had some interest in him until he goes
and has that surgery on his shoulder and until he shows, he
can throw the football and
and be the guy that he's been the past few.
So the 49ers then I don't think anybody's going to be willing
to give up what it would take to get Jimmy Garoppolo. So
I think he's going to remain with the 49ers at least into
training camp so they can see him throw a little bit and what
he can do. And then
there's a major injury, I think he's traded somewhere else and
that maybe into the season to Mike, I don't discount that but
I think they do trade him at some point. I just don't think
it's going to be before training camp starts
CI.
I think he will be cut not long into training camp. If he even
shows up at training camp, and they won't carry him into
the regular season at a twenty five million dollar salary and his
salary isn't guaranteed until week one rolls around. I think
he's trying to avoid the worst case
scenario of being there for training camp in the preseason.
And then at the end of the preseason, they say to him.
Well, you know, Trey Lance is our guy. He's proven it. We
can't pay you, 25 million. So we're going to cut you, unless
you take eight million,
just, I'm throwing out a number,
that would be a fair back.
Payment, Jimmy Garoppolo what's his other choice at that point
because by, then all the other depth charts are set. I think
he will be. This is a guess. This is just a guess,
hunch. Whatever. I think will be a member of the Houston
Texans,
not long into training camp. Maybe not day one, but I think
he'll be on the Texans, let's say by August 1.
Wow, that would be interesting to have Jimmy Garoppolo there
in Houston and I like that roster. So, if they had
the veteran quarterback, I like Davis Mills to. But if you have
Jimmy Garoppolo who's more proven the Davis Mills, maybe
go win some games this year.
I think I think Garoppolo can be the difference between a,
for wind team and a nine win team. I think he can. The
question is, are they interested in doing that? Or
are they kind of slowly tanking toward whatever franchise
quarterback? They get last one.
Carla Marie's.
Shireen's favorite NFL player, contract situation will be what
when training camp opens?
I think it's going to be resolved, simply because
I think it has to be resolved. They can't take a chance on
collar Murray holding out, which he could do into training
camp into the season. I think they get this thing done and
they're going to pay more than they want to pay,
but that's what the market is. Right now. Mike, they've got to
do that and they've got to get this done.
I think they will get it done. And I think that Murray's
expectations will be softened by the fact that it was out
there pre-draft
that did it. Is there was an opportunity, there was
an opening. If somebody really wanted to try to get calamari,
they could have and I think it was crickets.
I think that that, that may have caused calamari to reassess,
what his value really is given the inherent limitations to his
game by virtue of the fact that he's he's five-ten.
So I think that they'll get a deal done. That is a win-win
that may not be what he thought he was going to get, but he's
now better equipped to make that decision. Because it's not
like, like
the Broncos came after him, they went after Russell Wilson,
for example. All right, let's go ahead and take a break
when we return and get closer and closer to the end of our
run. At least 45 weeks. We're going to do a draft of
the things that we will be watching
on TV or maybe elsewhere
during our five weeks off. We'll do that right after this,
hope you have to lie.