the Rams. What's more likely the season Allen Robinson newcomer
from the Bears has
1200 more receiving yards or Bobby Wagner
new cover from the Seahawks
is a first-team All-Pro. What more likely
I'm gonna go with the Bobby Wagner first-team All-Pro.
He's still a really good football player,
you know, he's on a marquee football team where,
you know, even if he
doesn't play at All Pro level, I think he'd probably get a lot
of votes for that. Just because he's the popular name of that
position and, you know, sometimes that can go on
a little too long and guys, like that's career where they keep
getting votes like that,
Allen Robinson. Yeah, I got to see the little to believe it.
I do think he can dance around that thousand-yard. Certainly
1200 to me is another Stratosphere
that I don't know if I'm willing to go there quite yet,
so, I'll go with Bobby Wagner, first-team All-Pro.
Yeah, I agree with you reputation means a lot. When
it's time to cast those ballots last year, he was a second-team
All-Pro for the first time. In
five years, he had five straight Seasons as
a first-team All-Pro you get with a better team.
You're going to be more likely to be the first team. All Pro
might hear a lot about Bobby Wagner this year with the Rams.
All right, let's move on to the 49ers buyers. Sell this
preseason matters more
to trade Lance than any other
second-year quarterback. I'm buying that all the way all
the way.
Yes, there's a guy that's got a play, it's got to get used to
life in the NFL. Got to keep his body safe. Got to throw
the appropriate balls that we talked about so much last
offseason, where it's like, hey,
you can't throw the ball. 105 mph in the guys, four feet in
front of your face, and expecting to catch it. So it's
all of that. There's some Polish that needs to go on. And
I also think within that, it's important to him,
it's important to Shanahan. I think to kind of figure out
what he can expect or how much he can handle or how he wants
to play that way. So I am buying that all the way.
I think it's clearly the most important preseason
for The second year quarterbacks?
Yeah. Look I think it's important for Trevor Lawrence
but he doesn't have the pressure on him
that Lance does and the scrutiny.
That's that's the difference.
This is his chance. He's got to get ready. Everyone's watching,
they gave up Jimmy Grappa low to get him. They invested three
first-round picks plus to get him. Everything he does is
going to be watched very carefully and his durability.
I think is going to be the most
important factor and that's going to hover over him
all year long. Fill in the blank. The Cardinals player who
needs the biggest preseason is who
I'm gonna bring up somebody that I kind of had this
conversation a little yesterday on the Christians, unbuttoned
podcast, I'm gonna go with Isaiah Simmons.
Again I know in a lot of the starters and those players are
not going to play a ton but Isaiah Simmons. This is your
three
right there was some disappointment last year about
how he played. He was taken out of the lineup on some certain
As he wasn't starting games,
and I think he's got to learn to
maybe play a little bit more of a physical brand of football.
Take on blocks learned, how to get up, fill this whole do
that. We know he's an athletic specimen,
sideline to sideline and all that.
But they got rid of,
you know, he went up to the Minnesota, Vikings Hicks,
the linebacker, Jordan, Jordan Hicks, thank you. I wanted to
say Hakeem Hicks and I couldn't get it, get it through my
brain, there,
they got rid of him.
So, Linda Bloom.
He's a guy. He's a guy that I'm gonna To have my eye on, you
know, they took a chance on him, taking them the top 10
thinking that, you know, hey, he played all these positions
of college. But we think we can make him,
you know, a linebacker in the middle of the field and do
that. And I don't know if that's necessarily paid off for
them quite yet so I'll be looking at him closely.
I'm going to flip it back to the guy that was all the focus
of all the scrutiny and criticism two weeks ago and
calamari because I remember they had a ESPN preseason game
last year and their offense was crap. It was horrible and he
was
talking to Lisa Salters on the
I didn't want to play, it doesn't really, it doesn't
really matter, it's just a preseason, right? And yeah,
they were pretty damn good out of the gates but you throw on
top of it, the homework Claus and all that and if he sputters
this offseason, it's going to be a lot
more conspicuous than it was last offseason. Yeah,
Tracy's, yes. I know you're well, you're right. He's,
he's not going to be able to get away with maybe some of
that people were in an extra, you know, extra scrutiny over
comments like that. And,
you know, yeah, he
He, he took that right, you know, head-on last year,
you know, the preseason. I just want to play when it's real and
all of that. He's gonna have to be careful maybe with some of
that wording. Now, that that's whole contract situation arose,
a few weeks ago,
on to the Seahawks, which doesn't belong in why Russell
Wilson trade returns in Seattle, trulock, Noah Fant,
Charles cross. He was the guy that the Seahawks selected with
the first round pick. They acquired
from the Denver Broncos which doesn't belong in why Drew
lock. Off at Charles cross. That's a tough one here.
I think the
I'm going to go with Charles cross here,
you know, Charles cross to me is the unknown. We know what
Noah fan is. He's got a chance to be one of the past better,
pass-catching tight ends in football. We've seen enough
there to know he has that type of talent, Drew lock, same
thing. We
know what he is talented guy that needs to learn to take
care of the football and take advantage of his opportunities
which you I think we're wise to point
out last year when he got in as a backup quarterback. We're
back, and then Charles cross
is
ultra talented, but raw didn't get asked to do a whole lot at
Mississippi State, you know, top ten, pick got all this
potential and all that as well. But,
you know, I gotta, I gotta see it to believe. It is gonna be
able to contribute to the team right away. I'll go with him as
the guy that doesn't belong for those Reasons. I'm gonna go
with the simplest most obvious lowest hanging fruit latte,
Drew lock, because they put out there first. Have to chart
non-binding officially unofficial depth chart of
the preseason
and lock is the only one who isn't a starter. I like those
brushes a pig is in as the left tackle, starting left tackle
right out of the gates
now for Fant He's listed as the starter but there's an or
between him and will dis Lis. So they didn't do co-starter.
Sometimes they'll do that but they've got no effect first
string and then they've got dis Lis in the
second string column with an or in between
and then lock it number two,
Behind Geno, Smith
ice
Peak arrows. Going to do everything. He can to will Geno
Smith to be the starting quarterback of this team,
because he wants, I believe Russell Wilson's back up to
beat Russell Wilson. Week 1,
he wants nothing more
than to beat Russell Wilson with his understudy from last.
Well, I think there's that and this is another thing that
I wish I would have said yesterday that. I didn't quite
articulate. A little is
I would worry about the emotions of Drew lock in that game.
Wait, I'm gonna show Denver what they missed out on.
I'm gonna show them.
I'm gonna fit this ball into a 40-yard tight window. Down
the field, I would got intercepted. Hey, Pete were down by 21
because I've been my ego, got the best of me. And I'm trying
to throw lasers around to show Denver, they messed up,
that would worry me let alone. We know that sin him a little
already. So I think between your point and that right there
and they know what Gino is and he's in
The trust tree all that. I that's why I'm with you all
the way,
but it's not like they traded Drew lock because they were
able to get.
I know I know it wasn't like it was some Slappy. They go,
right? I got. All right, are just some average
run-of-the-mill guy, it's Russell Wilson, I got it. So
I'd like to, I'd like to think that the Drew lock, I don't
know, I don't think
that wander is still mad. Hold the job.
What? But you know, what would he squanders chance to hold
the job all year long. Bye-bye, trying to do too much against
the Denver Broncos.
Goes or I don't, I don't know, but it's a good point, it's
something to think about. I just think the Pete Carroll
wants Geno Smith on that field. I agree that
game and see how long he holds it. If it doesn't work out,
then you go to Drew lock at some.