running. The football is avoiding the possibility of
paying big money to receivers. That's kind of the unspoken.
Surprising what the Eagles did last night. They evolved
toward a run based offense last year
and then lo and behold the time when people were, they are,
they going to position themselves for Jameson
Williams. What
what's how Heroes we got up his sleeve, people thought it was
a trip, back into the top-10. No, it was a trip down to Nashville
to snatch, AJ Brown away.
Away from the Titans to pay him
25 million a year
on a long-term deal, four-year extension, 25 million per year
in new money. AJ Brown said today, he would have stayed if
the Titans at simply offered 22 million a year.
They didn't even offer 20. Apparently, they only offer 16.
I mean, that's an insult in today's market. Don't even make
the offer when the market is what it is.
If you are going to come in that lo
you are you are
being more respectful to your player. If you say AJ.
We just philosophically or deciding. We're not going to
participate in the market that currently exists for receivers.
And we're going to facilitate your effort to find a place
where you can Thrive and you can be fairly compensated for
what you
bring to the table. That's what they should have done.
Yeah, and that's what that mean. Look, that's the feeling
I got from the Chiefs and tyriq. He'll write it mean,
like there was a probably a certain level where the chiefs
were comfortable, but it just seems like there was not
the insulting offer
that went from Kansas City to
Drew Rosenhaus, Kyrie kills representation and eventually,
it's just like, okay. Well, there are a couple teams here
to Jets and the Dolphins and let's see who comes up with
a better compensation package. So the Eagles, I love what they've
done. You know, when you are talking about Devon Tate Smith
and AJ Brown as your top to
pass catchers, that's a pretty darn good. Offense now is Jalen
hurts going to be the best quarterback for that system.
I don't know.
But This is another example of a quarterback, basically having
everything around him that he can to get a good gauge on
whether or not he can succeed whether or not he can be
a franchise quarterback. So there's no
real excuses for Jaylyn hurts here as he's going into year three
and heck, The Eagles. I mean, who's to say, they can't win
the NFC East? All right, it seems like every year there's
another team that that's different. That wins the NFC
East,
I see how the Eagles have gotten themselves better.
I don't necessarily see how the Cowboys All that much better.
I think the Eagles can definitely challenge for that division.
Now
it's going to be interesting to see what the offense looks like
with AJ Brown. Will AJ Brown beat deployed like Debo Samuel
because look, you don't have to make big throws down the field
in the big spots. If you
can just do a little Jet Sweep, do a little bubble, squaring
screen and AJ Browns got the build and he's got
the thickness and he's got the ability to really create Havoc
that way if that's what the Eagles choose to do. So
fascinating to see what they do with him and even more
fascinating,
this Is ongoing philosophical divide in the NFL between
the teams that are willing to cough up the money and the draft pick
compensation to get a receiver and the teams that would rather
draft a receiver and the intersection last night
prominently was the Tennessee. Titans
were not willing to pay
the guy that we got three years ago.
We scratched off the lottery ticket.
It's a winner but we don't want to keep that ticket. We're
going to trade it in and get another lottery ticket. Hope
it's Winter. But it's going to be cheaper and we can have that
guy for up to five years
which as a practical matter means they probably get four
years out of Trayvon Burke's before he gets in this position
where it's getting awkward. It's getting ugly and they may
have to trade him again. But
this is this is a litmus test of whether or not this approach
works. This idea as articulated by Scott mcluhan a couple of
weeks ago. The idea
that you can say, alright.
Receiver doesn't really affect a game that much he touches
the ball six or eight times. It's not worth big money. Any, I'll
go draft another one.
Okay. Well,
you better hope you draft the right one because for every
Justin Jefferson there is a jail and rigor and you better
hope you didn't get the jail and Rieger.
When you use the pick, that was aligned with the team that
drafted Jalen rig or a couple years ago, creating the need to
go get AJ Brown in the first place.
Well, right. Exactly. But, you know, that's that's why you
paid the scouting staff, right? And it's interesting to me to
they still get it wrong. It doesn't matter how much you
spend, we know they still
It wrong because you can't get inside with the guys, going to be
you. You can't and you can't. I mean, but that's what I'm
saying. Like that's that's why either guys go on to become
GM's or they don't
like you if you get the pics right
then you get to continue to be employed. If you don't you
don't kill hair. They got it wrong one to kill Harry Bill
Belichick. One of the great minds of all Talking Football.
Got it flat out, wrong one to kill Harry and should have
known
but still did it.
Okay, but Bill Belichick his 16. Super Bowls as a head
coach, so like Bill Belichick. It's all the Mulligan's he
wants because he's got, he's got Wings.
If you're listening to Robert, Kraft, if you if you listen to
Robert Kraft, I think he's running out. I think is melek
and bag is starting to get a little light.
Yeah, that's a different topic altogether. I'm sorry to
interrupt you. Let's see. Robert Kraft try to fire Bill
Belichick and see what happened a minute. Wait a minute. Wait
a minute. Wait a minute.
Wait a minute.
Let's let's game this out a little bit. It's been three
years since I want to play off game. What's the over-under?
It's Unthinkable that the Patriots would go another.
Years without winning a playoff game, but if they go three more
years without winning a playoff game, at what point? I don't
know. I don't know what six Super Bowls is worth. I don't
know how long that lasts. I don't how much time that buys
you,
it doesn't buy you a lifetime contract.
It just doesn't because at some point, the natives up in New
England are going to get Restless. They're not going to
want to come to the games. They're not going to be happy
about the team. You don't have it. The New England they're
spoiled. They're still trying to work through this phase of.
Hey, we
used to run the league and now we're what are we
if they have three more years with Without winning
a
playoff game. I don't know. I don't know. I'm not ready to
assume anything. This is the NFL not for long
who said that
it was, what's his name? The the Jerry Glanville NFL stands
for not for long. You Bill Belichick cannot just in,
definitely be mediocre.
He's the greatest coach of all time. Mike. I don't know what
you're talking about that. You're talking three years down
the line. What are you doing?
This is like the discussion on the NBA, which I know you don't
care about like they're talking about Doc Rivers and what, you
know, come on, this is ridiculous.
I'm just telling you, I'm telling you we every once in
awhile topic, organically comes up and it's worth talking about
a little bit. I don't think he has an indefinite Pass Trail
on. Burks, does not have an indefinite past, because here's
the thing he comes into Tennessee. Now
as the replacement for AJ Brown,
and Is going to be an expectation that he
then he pans out and pans out quickly to replace AJ Brown.
Here. He is on comparisons that immediately were made and had
been made before the draft between him
and AJ Brown.
No, sir. Not at all because I'm myself. I'm trailing Birds.
I don't like like usually I don't compare myself to anymore
because I'm myself.
There's no other person like me
and I handle my business the right way and that's what I'm
gonna do.
That's right attitude. But like
that's some high level at some high level at some high level
video. Why even bother
to record the video just make it an audio message
but look, look,
I think one of the reasons why some first round receivers
don't pan out there is too much pressure put on them and
there's a ton of pressure. This guy is the test case. He's
the guinea pig for the idea.
We have good receiver that we don't want to pay.
We remove him from the Ball machine, we put in the new part
and we expect it to operate the exact same way.
The part that we remove did and I that
you better get up to speed quickly. I mean, that was why
we were saying about the Packers and the Chiefs, if you
draft a first-round receiver that guys expected to walk
through the door and be the number one guy. That's
definitely a trail on Burks is expected to do.
Absolutely, it is, but that's the same thing that Justin
Jefferson was expected to do, right? And he did it and
granted, you know, the, the Minnesota Vikings got more out
of Stefon, Diggs.
Then
The Titans did out of AJ Brown. Just simply from the the fact
we like, you know, digs was there for five years, Brown was
there for three years, right? But at the same time you have
to be able to get that, right? And so if they
don't get that right,
then John Robbins is probably going to be out of a job
at. That's the way these things work. I mean every single year
the draft is basically the GM's resume GM's know this.
So if you're going to make that deal and you're going to ship
away, Jay Browning, you're going to give him that
insulting offer. Just going to say yeah. Well Derrick Henry
is the centerpiece of our offense and that's why we're
going to devalue the wide receiver position the way we
are. And we feel like we can pick this guy and he's going to
be he's going to be good and he's going to do exactly what
we
need. You better be right, you know, because they do have
a guy in Robert Woods who I think is one of the most underrated
receivers in the league,
but he's coming off an ACL.
If you can't get Burke's up to speed very quickly and on
the same page with Ryan Tannehill that's going to be a real
problem for the Titans in the AFC South a division, which
they have done a really, really good job of running over
the last few years.
The
Titans a year ago had AJ Brown and Julio Jones as of June and
plenty of expectations and excitement about what that
offense could be and Jones didn't pan out. And now AJ,
Brown
is gone, it stray dog, barks. And as you mentioned, Robert
Woods and we'll see what they can do. And I have them on my
short list of teams. I'm watching tonight as
the quarterback slide because
Ryan Tannehill didn't show up for the start of the offseason
program. It was no explanation as to why he wasn't there. This
kind of thing from a PR standpoint, the team of
the player needs to get The alternate explanation out
there. So people don't think there's an issue and there
could be an issue and who knows how much longer
he's the guy in. Derrick, Henry. How long can he
perform the way that he has?
This is a team that's kind of at a Crossroads now and they've
made a decision. They reached a fork in the road, and they made
a very, very challenging decision that we'll see how it
pans out for them
with Trail on Burke's without AJ Brown as they move forward.