to hand out here. We got categories. We came up with
ahead of time. How about the Hustler award the for the GM,
or the team,
who put in the most effort and work and elbow, grease this
week. Who would you give it to,
I'd? Give it to
give it to Dave Ziegler of the Las Vegas, Raiders
not having anything to do really with Davante Adams.
Because
obviously, that's
that took. Her while it's a great trade. But
I was really impressed with.
When they answer
their need at pass, rusher
with what they feel is a guy who still got three or four,
good years left with Chandler Jones, that almost
simultaneously. They then trade Yannick and gawk way,
who is, you know, an 8, 9, 10 SEC guy,
consistently to Indianapolis for a corner that Indianapolis
had said.
Soured on Rocky a scene
who steps into the Raiders
and he'll be one of their top three corners.
And I just like the fact that he knew that he had a good
chance to get a long-term rusher. And he then jettisons
one of his rushers whose contract is going to be done at
the end of this year
and he got something in return for him of value to the Raiders.
For me, it's a Jacksonville Jaguars, and specifically, GM
Trent baalke, you know, plenty of teams try to spend their
way, into contention, the Jaguars trying to spend their
way out of dysfunction rounding up free agent after free agent.
And I don't know how much more they had to pay than other teams.
The goal for any team in free agency is to win the ties, to
force teams to pay more than what a player would want to
come play for you. I think the Jaguars probably had to pay
a premium to get some of these guys to go there, but they are
trying to
accumulate talented. First.
They're trying to make themselves into a team that can
be competitive last year, was his bad as it's ever been for
the Jaguars or really for any team in recent years. They're
trying to spend their way out of it. They're using one of
the available Tools in free agency
Peter to make that happen.
Let's just spend a little time on this. What do you think
the end result of this is going to be? Does it? Pull them out of
this this and they're still in the AFC with all these other
great teams, but does it may be Vault them past the Texans and
maybe start moving them. the Cults in the AFC South
I think it's impossible to know
where they are in relation to the Texans because
the Texans are going to have
probably. I mean, they could have
three very high picks in this draft. They're going to have
number three overall or they could also have a double first
round pick next year as well. So
I mean look, I think this is a cliche
because everybody has been jumping on this one,
but Kirk is a Monumental
chance that this team is taking. He's got to be, they
paid him like a number one, receiver, at least for the next
two years. And if he's not
an 80 to 90 catch guy,
then they're going to be saying, well. Geez, we let DJ
chart, go for nothing
and we bring this guy in. He he has to make beautiful music
with Trevor Lawrence immediately in Jacksonville.
Now, I think if if Cristian Kirk is the guy, the Jaguars
think that he is the Cardinals, blew it because they never
should have let him go
because the Cardinals, don't let that guy go.
If he's as good as that contract in Jacksonville
suggest, the do more award which team which GM, which
whoever needs to work a little bit harder based on the first
few days of free agency who you got.
Bill Belichick, but
he always is like this. He's always going to sit out. And
it's why
look, I think it is.
I think it's short-sighted after three days of free agency
to say team X
has done a crappy job.
Okay. So
Chicago GM, Ryan, poles, Bill Belichick, there are others who
were basically watching the world go by in Years.
Remember when Washington used to win free agency
every year and then they'd be foreign 12. I mean, you know,
so
that's why I think it's always dangerous
to say, well the Patriots stink now even though you look at
them
and they're not doing anything.
I believe that on June 2nd,
let's look at what they've done
on June 2nd or 3rd
rather than on March 17.
Nor 18,
always smart to let the money gets spent early by others. Let
the markets often and go bargain shopping. It's just
more stunning this year from the Patriots because last year,
they did the thing that was the aberration where they went all
in and
signed guy after guy, after guy, because they finagled
their cap. Just write in a year, where everyone else was
in a cap problem, because of the pandemic, the Patriots are
able to go out and get
guys without having to pay the kind of Premium that you see in
a normal year. Free agency. That's why they were so
aggressive. Last year. I think the Cowboys need to do more
Serena Williams on here. Last night. She lives down in
the area.
She said, Cowboys fans are pissed. Mean they had, Randy Gregory
convinced to stick around and they got caught up in
in technicalities that shouldn't have applied. They
should have done what they had to do to the contract to keep
Randy Gregory comfortable, and keep him in Dallas. Yeah. Hey
good. They kept a Marcus Lawrence around, but they
wanted to keep Cedric Wilson.
He's gone. They were able to get something for Amari Cooper,
but they paid Him a lot and ended up getting peanuts in
return. At the end of the day.
There's just a sense of malaise for a Cowboys team that has
an opportunity. You see the NFC getting weaker.
This is a chance for the Cowboys to go all-in. But you
know, this is one of those years where spending sprees
from the Past come back to haunt you. And one thing that's
really haunting them. Is that Ezekiel Elliott contract, that
pays
out, twelve point four million fully guaranteed. If it wasn't
guaranteed, he would not be there.