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Here we go. It is going to be a very, very busy Monday. It already is as NFL free agency begins in earnest Wednesday. But let's be honest. You can talk to teams now. Feels getting done now live in Los Angeles. It's the Herd wherever you may be, and however you may be listening or watching us. A lot of choices out there. We appreciate it. One hour from now. Where Colin was right, where Colin was wrong, there is plenty of both. Well, we thought. I thought the place for Russell Wilson to go is where he didn't have to be a savior. If you just slide into Pittsburgh and that anemic offense and give them a shot. Do you think this morning, with it transpiring, they feel like they're a bit more viable.

Here we go. It is going to be a very, very busy Monday. It already is as NFL free agency begins in earnest Wednesday. But let's be honest. You can talk to teams now. Feels getting done now live in Los Angeles. It's the Herd wherever you may be, and however you may be listening or watching us. A lot of choices out there. We appreciate it. One hour from now. Where Colin was right, where Colin was wrong, there is plenty of both. Well, we thought. I thought the place for Russell Wilson to go is where he didn't have to be a savior. If you just slide into Pittsburgh and that anemic offense and give them a shot. Do you think this morning, with it transpiring, they feel like they're a bit more viable.

Is that they're viable to not finish in the basement of the division?

Is that they're viable to not finish in the basement of the division?

Possibly, sure, Colin, So we start with that. Some say they hurried the deal. Mark Rodgers and Russell should have been patient. Listen, if there's a good fit, grab it. Kirk Cousin's still out there. You don't know what the Steelers are gonna do. But the Steelers were doing offensively didn't work, And this is the one we thought made the most sense. Russell Wilson now going to Pittsburgh on a league minimum. If he's not a top ten quarterback, he's definitely a top three bargain in the NFL. Two super Bowls Denver didn't work. He was asked to be the savior. They had to give out ball the draft capital. They paid him a fortune, limiting what they could get. But Russellusell Wilson isn't a savior here. He will be an elevated piece at an important position. He will increase efficiency. We've seen him with a strong defensive coach. We've seen him with a run game before, We've seen him with nice weapons. He got to super bowls. Mike Tomlin is this CEO of this outfit. Russ is like a new vice president and director of sales. He'll make it more efficient and more productive. He'll bring in much needed experience, some maturity, get things lined up, the train back on the tracks. I mean, listen, the offensive bar is so low in Pittsburgh that if he's slightly above average, and I think he will be with these weapons, it'll feel exceptional. I mean, the Steelers only had I'm not making this up. The last two years Pittsburgh has had twenty five touchdown passes. Russell Wilson had twenty six by himself this year in Denver, and it was a rocky start. Kenny Ticket has a career thirteen touchdown passes. Russell's disaster year in Denver he had sixteen, the worst year of his career. So the Steelers have not been viable offensively for half a decade. Their best offense this is the high mark. Their best offense in the last half decade is twenty third. And this team keeps winning, not winning super Bowls, but they keep winning the in ten games last year with Mason Rudolph and Kenny Pickett. If you're still defending Kenny Pickett, he was healthy at the end of the year and they're like, now we'll go with a backup. And they were better with a backup. But that's what Mason Rudolph is a very reliable, mature backup. And that's a great job. You make a lot of money doing that. Make seven figures, be part of the team. Fifty some quarterbacks play now annually. Nothing wrong with that gig at all. It's great gig. Don't get beat up as much and you make a lot of money. Now, is this Russell Wilson of Steelers. Does it feel like Stafford to the Rams, No, because we don't have Sean McVay here offensive jeans. Does it feel like a Brady the Goat to the Bucks. No, we don't have Bruce Arians an offensive coach here. We have a defensive coach and a defensive culture. But it's an upgrade, and it's not an arguable upgrade. Again, they went with their backup last year and the starter was healthy. And if you don't think Russ is a top twelve quarterback, that's fine. Maybe he's not, but he is a great bargain. Basically, you get him for free. This is the opposite of Denver. He doesn't have to be the savior. He's not expensive. You didn't have to trade anything to get him. So this remains, in my opinion, a top five or six roster in the NFL. But the most important position is quarterback, and they aren't very good. They're in near bottom of the league. So you're not gonna get any of this. Let Russ Cook campaign, You're not gonna get any any of this. He's saving the franchise. Nonsense. Go in, get the train on the tracks. Add some mobility, some maturity, some efficiency, some accuracy. Just make Pittsburgh a slightly above average offense and it will feel like Stafford of the Rams and Brady to the Bucks. I like it. We predicted it. This is the one we thought worked, and Russ and his agent thought so too. Kirk Cousins, you're up next, all right. You know, my history with Baker Mayfield is a little bumpy, But in the end, Baker Mayfield signing a three year, one hundred million dollar deal to Tampa feels right. Now. It's a little bit like the Daniel Jones contract that will probably be closer to fifty sixty sixty five million. It's a lot of money in Tampa. He has matured he is productive, playoff wins in both conferences, and more than anything, he bet on himself. He signed that one year deal in Tampa said I'm gonna bet on myself. Joe Flacco did that once and got very rich. But there is something about Baker Mayfield that I think is a great quality in life. Last week, I had the opportunity to speak to a class of students at USC and I said, my favorite quality in young people is resilience, and my least favorite quality is fragile. People have their own problems. They don't want to hear about yours. Resilience is a great quality. Dust yourself off. Nobody lives a perfect life. I'm watching this dynasty on Tom Brady and the Patriots. I watched the MJ documentary MJ and Brady land mindes, potholes, people in the organization working against them. That's called life, and that's what sports is. And Baker Mayfield, more than anything else, is resilient. He had to transfer in college Carolina was a mess. Tampa GM here, coachs there, Interim there, Freddie Kitchens there. It was a mess. But yet he dusted himself off. He's seen the hole in his game self awareness and he's worked on it. This is a more focus Baker, fewer commercials, It's a more mature Baker, less starting fires at the podium every Wednesday. I like this Baker. I think this Baker's good. Now, if this was the AFC West and I had Andy Reid, Mahomes, Jim Harbaugh and Justin Herbert, maybe this deal makes me a little nervous with Todd Bowles and Baker Mayfield. But part of what makes it attractive is that it's Tampa, and I think Baker sees that the NFC South has arguably been the weakest division in football for ten of the last twenty years. And I don't know if that's because the SEC in college football is so big and powerful in the South. People don't care as much. The media doesn't focus. Isn't as negative When you get up to like New York, Philly Giants, Washington, college football is not a big deal. There is urgency. Guys get fired. The Philadelphia Eagles every fifteen minutes will move off a Super Bowl winning quarterback Nick Foles or a Super Bowl winning coach Doug Peterson. The intensity of the Northeast with their baseball in their NFL you can feel it. It's palpable. But in the NFC South Baker, Mayfield and Todd Bowles, you win a lot of games there. They've got some stability, They've got some nice weapons. He will be the seventeenth highest paid quarterback in the league. That's more than reasonable for Baker. I've always said, even when I was critical of him, I thought he was a top twenty quarterback on the planet. And I think seventeenth. If he hit some bonuses, maybe it's sixteenth. If Cousin signs a big deal, maybe it's eighteenth. It feels reasonably Baker friendly and reasonably Buccaneer friendly. But I will tell you this. I know I've been a critic of Baker. I know at times I've been hard on Baker. He better than himself. He's dusted himself off. He did it in college, he did it in Carolina, he did it in Cleveland. And I like this version of Baker. I think he deserved it. I think he's earned it, and I think as of this morning, I would say Tampa would win the division. Now, if Kirk Cousins goes to Atlanta, that's pretty interesting too, But right now, in this moment, Baker, Mayfield, Todd Bowles. I think of the best team and the best leadership in the division, and I like it. So there you go to Monday, Jay Mac Now Kirk Cousins is the next dominote of mall. Apparently you're going to have more on this. There's stuff this morning that's moving. You've thought Atlanta or Minnesota's that fit for him?

Possibly, sure, Colin, So we start with that. Some say they hurried the deal. Mark Rodgers and Russell should have been patient. Listen, if there's a good fit, grab it. Kirk Cousin's still out there. You don't know what the Steelers are gonna do. But the Steelers were doing offensively didn't work, And this is the one we thought made the most sense. Russell Wilson now going to Pittsburgh on a league minimum. If he's not a top ten quarterback, he's definitely a top three bargain in the NFL. Two super Bowls Denver didn't work. He was asked to be the savior. They had to give out ball the draft capital. They paid him a fortune, limiting what they could get. But Russellusell Wilson isn't a savior here. He will be an elevated piece at an important position. He will increase efficiency. We've seen him with a strong defensive coach. We've seen him with a run game before, We've seen him with nice weapons. He got to super bowls. Mike Tomlin is this CEO of this outfit. Russ is like a new vice president and director of sales. He'll make it more efficient and more productive. He'll bring in much needed experience, some maturity, get things lined up, the train back on the tracks. I mean, listen, the offensive bar is so low in Pittsburgh that if he's slightly above average, and I think he will be with these weapons, it'll feel exceptional. I mean, the Steelers only had I'm not making this up. The last two years Pittsburgh has had twenty five touchdown passes. Russell Wilson had twenty six by himself this year in Denver, and it was a rocky start. Kenny Ticket has a career thirteen touchdown passes. Russell's disaster year in Denver he had sixteen, the worst year of his career. So the Steelers have not been viable offensively for half a decade. Their best offense this is the high mark. Their best offense in the last half decade is twenty third. And this team keeps winning, not winning super Bowls, but they keep winning the in ten games last year with Mason Rudolph and Kenny Pickett. If you're still defending Kenny Pickett, he was healthy at the end of the year and they're like, now we'll go with a backup. And they were better with a backup. But that's what Mason Rudolph is a very reliable, mature backup. And that's a great job. You make a lot of money doing that. Make seven figures, be part of the team. Fifty some quarterbacks play now annually. Nothing wrong with that gig at all. It's great gig. Don't get beat up as much and you make a lot of money. Now, is this Russell Wilson of Steelers. Does it feel like Stafford to the Rams, No, because we don't have Sean McVay here offensive jeans. Does it feel like a Brady the Goat to the Bucks. No, we don't have Bruce Arians an offensive coach here. We have a defensive coach and a defensive culture. But it's an upgrade, and it's not an arguable upgrade. Again, they went with their backup last year and the starter was healthy. And if you don't think Russ is a top twelve quarterback, that's fine. Maybe he's not, but he is a great bargain. Basically, you get him for free. This is the opposite of Denver. He doesn't have to be the savior. He's not expensive. You didn't have to trade anything to get him. So this remains, in my opinion, a top five or six roster in the NFL. But the most important position is quarterback, and they aren't very good. They're in near bottom of the league. So you're not gonna get any of this. Let Russ Cook campaign, You're not gonna get any any of this. He's saving the franchise. Nonsense. Go in, get the train on the tracks. Add some mobility, some maturity, some efficiency, some accuracy. Just make Pittsburgh a slightly above average offense and it will feel like Stafford of the Rams and Brady to the Bucks. I like it. We predicted it. This is the one we thought worked, and Russ and his agent thought so too. Kirk Cousins, you're up next, all right. You know, my history with Baker Mayfield is a little bumpy, But in the end, Baker Mayfield signing a three year, one hundred million dollar deal to Tampa feels right. Now. It's a little bit like the Daniel Jones contract that will probably be closer to fifty sixty sixty five million. It's a lot of money in Tampa. He has matured he is productive, playoff wins in both conferences, and more than anything, he bet on himself. He signed that one year deal in Tampa said I'm gonna bet on myself. Joe Flacco did that once and got very rich. But there is something about Baker Mayfield that I think is a great quality in life. Last week, I had the opportunity to speak to a class of students at USC and I said, my favorite quality in young people is resilience, and my least favorite quality is fragile. People have their own problems. They don't want to hear about yours. Resilience is a great quality. Dust yourself off. Nobody lives a perfect life. I'm watching this dynasty on Tom Brady and the Patriots. I watched the MJ documentary MJ and Brady land mindes, potholes, people in the organization working against them. That's called life, and that's what sports is. And Baker Mayfield, more than anything else, is resilient. He had to transfer in college Carolina was a mess. Tampa GM here, coachs there, Interim there, Freddie Kitchens there. It was a mess. But yet he dusted himself off. He's seen the hole in his game self awareness and he's worked on it. This is a more focus Baker, fewer commercials, It's a more mature Baker, less starting fires at the podium every Wednesday. I like this Baker. I think this Baker's good. Now, if this was the AFC West and I had Andy Reid, Mahomes, Jim Harbaugh and Justin Herbert, maybe this deal makes me a little nervous with Todd Bowles and Baker Mayfield. But part of what makes it attractive is that it's Tampa, and I think Baker sees that the NFC South has arguably been the weakest division in football for ten of the last twenty years. And I don't know if that's because the SEC in college football is so big and powerful in the South. People don't care as much. The media doesn't focus. Isn't as negative When you get up to like New York, Philly Giants, Washington, college football is not a big deal. There is urgency. Guys get fired. The Philadelphia Eagles every fifteen minutes will move off a Super Bowl winning quarterback Nick Foles or a Super Bowl winning coach Doug Peterson. The intensity of the Northeast with their baseball in their NFL you can feel it. It's palpable. But in the NFC South Baker, Mayfield and Todd Bowles, you win a lot of games there. They've got some stability, They've got some nice weapons. He will be the seventeenth highest paid quarterback in the league. That's more than reasonable for Baker. I've always said, even when I was critical of him, I thought he was a top twenty quarterback on the planet. And I think seventeenth. If he hit some bonuses, maybe it's sixteenth. If Cousin signs a big deal, maybe it's eighteenth. It feels reasonably Baker friendly and reasonably Buccaneer friendly. But I will tell you this. I know I've been a critic of Baker. I know at times I've been hard on Baker. He better than himself. He's dusted himself off. He did it in college, he did it in Carolina, he did it in Cleveland. And I like this version of Baker. I think he deserved it. I think he's earned it, and I think as of this morning, I would say Tampa would win the division. Now, if Kirk Cousins goes to Atlanta, that's pretty interesting too, But right now, in this moment, Baker, Mayfield, Todd Bowles. I think of the best team and the best leadership in the division, and I like it. So there you go to Monday, Jay Mac Now Kirk Cousins is the next dominote of mall. Apparently you're going to have more on this. There's stuff this morning that's moving. You've thought Atlanta or Minnesota's that fit for him?

What about if Justin Fields goes to Atlanta, who is the best team in the division.

What about if Justin Fields goes to Atlanta, who is the best team in the division.

Then are you a believer in Fields or no? No, I think it would be if Kirk Cousins goes to Atlanta. Kirk has a history, a ten year history of winning a lot of games. He's like Dak Prescott. We may not see him as a choice the trophy, but Dak and Cousins have won a lot of games. That's fair.

Then are you a believer in Fields or no? No, I think it would be if Kirk Cousins goes to Atlanta. Kirk has a history, a ten year history of winning a lot of games. He's like Dak Prescott. We may not see him as a choice the trophy, but Dak and Cousins have won a lot of games. That's fair.

By the way, you see the Baker on the screen, three three years for one hundred mil. Some of these guys really dug into the deal and it sounds like it's closer to two years forty million dollars.

By the way, you see the Baker on the screen, three three years for one hundred mil. Some of these guys really dug into the deal and it sounds like it's closer to two years forty million dollars.

Well, okay, but actual money all the deals, I mean, let's let's base it. If you have a quarterback. These things are getting Mahomes' deals getting reworked every couple of years. So, but Baker's gonna make himself a lot of money, certainly. And I think the story of Baker Mayfield is high school, college and pros. He's overcome, he dusts himself off. He's got great self belief, and that's a real easy story for anybody to back. He's a good underdog.

Well, okay, but actual money all the deals, I mean, let's let's base it. If you have a quarterback. These things are getting Mahomes' deals getting reworked every couple of years. So, but Baker's gonna make himself a lot of money, certainly. And I think the story of Baker Mayfield is high school, college and pros. He's overcome, he dusts himself off. He's got great self belief, and that's a real easy story for anybody to back. He's a good underdog.

I'll say, though, but at two years forty mili do the Minnesota Vikings. Then look at Kirk Cousins, say, Kirk, look what Baker got. I'm sorry, we can't pay you forty five, but we'll give you thirty five. Do you want to stay or does he get greedy and then go to Atlanta.

I'll say, though, but at two years forty mili do the Minnesota Vikings. Then look at Kirk Cousins, say, Kirk, look what Baker got. I'm sorry, we can't pay you forty five, but we'll give you thirty five. Do you want to stay or does he get greedy and then go to Atlanta.

That's the one that's interesting. Kirk Cousins never feels greedy to me. Wait, really, I thought, well heel like a lot of money. Well yeah, forcing the issue in Washington and then in Washington there was a lack of belief in him in the building. But in Minnesota people like him, Teammates like him, the coaches like him. What they'll say is listen, the less you take, the more weapons we can give you in a better defense. That division now between Jordan love Jared Goff. It's it's I mean, these are shootouts, so do you want to have a reasonably good defense. Kirk Cousins has made a lot of money. I don't think he's a greedy guy. I think he's been paid a little high for some of his career, like Dak who we often compare him to. But I you know, I'm not going to tell a pro athlete not to take what you can get. But I do think in this point Achilles surgery, his age, you know, thirty eight million for Kirk Cousins, and it's all play money, but that feels reasonable. There you go, Mac Jones, Wow, Justin Fields, the latest Jim Harbaugh effect now is working. Colin Wright, Colin wrong again. Russell Wilson lands where we thought would to the Steelers.

That's the one that's interesting. Kirk Cousins never feels greedy to me. Wait, really, I thought, well heel like a lot of money. Well yeah, forcing the issue in Washington and then in Washington there was a lack of belief in him in the building. But in Minnesota people like him, Teammates like him, the coaches like him. What they'll say is listen, the less you take, the more weapons we can give you in a better defense. That division now between Jordan love Jared Goff. It's it's I mean, these are shootouts, so do you want to have a reasonably good defense. Kirk Cousins has made a lot of money. I don't think he's a greedy guy. I think he's been paid a little high for some of his career, like Dak who we often compare him to. But I you know, I'm not going to tell a pro athlete not to take what you can get. But I do think in this point Achilles surgery, his age, you know, thirty eight million for Kirk Cousins, and it's all play money, but that feels reasonable. There you go, Mac Jones, Wow, Justin Fields, the latest Jim Harbaugh effect now is working. Colin Wright, Colin wrong again. Russell Wilson lands where we thought would to the Steelers.

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Welcome back Colin Wright, Colin Wrong on a Monday, forty minutes from now. Lakers big win last night. I've been critical of the Lakers for years, but they got a pretty good team. So Mac Jones, I thought he would work out. He had a nice rookie year. He really did twenty two touchdowns passer rating in the nineties with very few weapons. Rookie in the NFL beat out Cam Newton. I thought it would be a nice career. It didn't work, but seventy five percent of first round quarterbacks don't work. Trey Lance didn't work immediately. Mac Jones didn't work eventually. Belichick's coaching probably made it worse. Matt Patricia certainly didn't help, but in the end, mac Jones wasn't coachable enough, dynamic enough, mobile enough, and didn't win enough. Either does Justin Fields or Zach Wilson point fingers all you want the quarterbacks, and it's rare. About twenty twenty five percent hit, become franchise guys and get a second and a third draft. The ones that do hit usually have a unique gift. They run like Lamar. They're as big as Josh Allen, as elusive as Kyler Murray, as talented as Patrick Mahomes, as big as Justin Herbert. It is rare that they hit, but there's usually something extraordinary, a unicorn physically about them that is not mac Jones. He also very early I was told a year ago he did not take well to hard coaching, which is weird because he played under Saban. I thought he was accurate, efficient, would be a grown up, could run an offense. I always thought he was low floor, a high floor, low ceiling. But in the end it was a bad fit. New England did not have weapons. In fact, there's no disputing his Alabama wide receivers were significantly better and this happens occasionally, much better than his NFL wide receivers who don't separate. And he didn't take the hard coaching, and in the end, Zach Wilson, mac Jones, justin fields. It just doesn't matter. They become a casualty. Maybe you get a second chance. Sam Darnold did, it didn't work. The Athletic pointed this out this morning. Five quarterbacks were drafted in the top fifteen in that twenty twenty one draft. Trevor Lawrence had a bad year this year, Zach's been benched, Trey's been traded, Justin's on the trade block, and mac Jones traded to the Jags for a six round pick. The five have combined for three playoff starts, one win, and that's Trevor Lawrence scrambling back against the also fired Brandon Staley defense with the Chargers. That's this class this year. He's got five quarterbacks people are talking about, and the chances are one becomes a star. One or two foolish for a while, A couple don't work at all, and we see it. Immediately thought mac Jones was efficient enough, accurate enough, he'd fit right in. But instead he's the latest quarterback who didn't live up to what was at his position. Very reasonable optimism. I never thought he had a ton of hype. It was more optimism, and there you go. He's now a jag and probably a backup for the rest of his career.

Welcome back Colin Wright, Colin Wrong on a Monday, forty minutes from now. Lakers big win last night. I've been critical of the Lakers for years, but they got a pretty good team. So Mac Jones, I thought he would work out. He had a nice rookie year. He really did twenty two touchdowns passer rating in the nineties with very few weapons. Rookie in the NFL beat out Cam Newton. I thought it would be a nice career. It didn't work, but seventy five percent of first round quarterbacks don't work. Trey Lance didn't work immediately. Mac Jones didn't work eventually. Belichick's coaching probably made it worse. Matt Patricia certainly didn't help, but in the end, mac Jones wasn't coachable enough, dynamic enough, mobile enough, and didn't win enough. Either does Justin Fields or Zach Wilson point fingers all you want the quarterbacks, and it's rare. About twenty twenty five percent hit, become franchise guys and get a second and a third draft. The ones that do hit usually have a unique gift. They run like Lamar. They're as big as Josh Allen, as elusive as Kyler Murray, as talented as Patrick Mahomes, as big as Justin Herbert. It is rare that they hit, but there's usually something extraordinary, a unicorn physically about them that is not mac Jones. He also very early I was told a year ago he did not take well to hard coaching, which is weird because he played under Saban. I thought he was accurate, efficient, would be a grown up, could run an offense. I always thought he was low floor, a high floor, low ceiling. But in the end it was a bad fit. New England did not have weapons. In fact, there's no disputing his Alabama wide receivers were significantly better and this happens occasionally, much better than his NFL wide receivers who don't separate. And he didn't take the hard coaching, and in the end, Zach Wilson, mac Jones, justin fields. It just doesn't matter. They become a casualty. Maybe you get a second chance. Sam Darnold did, it didn't work. The Athletic pointed this out this morning. Five quarterbacks were drafted in the top fifteen in that twenty twenty one draft. Trevor Lawrence had a bad year this year, Zach's been benched, Trey's been traded, Justin's on the trade block, and mac Jones traded to the Jags for a six round pick. The five have combined for three playoff starts, one win, and that's Trevor Lawrence scrambling back against the also fired Brandon Staley defense with the Chargers. That's this class this year. He's got five quarterbacks people are talking about, and the chances are one becomes a star. One or two foolish for a while, A couple don't work at all, and we see it. Immediately thought mac Jones was efficient enough, accurate enough, he'd fit right in. But instead he's the latest quarterback who didn't live up to what was at his position. Very reasonable optimism. I never thought he had a ton of hype. It was more optimism, and there you go. He's now a jag and probably a backup for the rest of his career.

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All Right, it's a Monday. Where Colin was right, where Colin was wrong, plenty of both. Let's fire away where Colin was right. Well. Russell Wilson to the Steelers we thought was the best fit, and it's official, kind of officially official on Wednesday. But they have good receivers, tight ends, running backs. The offense though, just kind of fell limited and lost with the current quarterbacks there. And again, I don't think it's Stafford of the Rams or Brady to the Bucks, but I do think it makes them more viable, more interesting, and they get some athletic ability. He's out of his prime, but he's still a B quarterback who's been in big games. The numbers at the end of the year with Sean Payton were not bad B to a B plus quarterback, So I think Pittsburgh's been kind of lost offensively for half a decade, and they feel more viable today, and this is where we thought he would land where Colin was raw. The Russell Wilson Denver career was never as good. Russ never cooked. Year one was a disaster. He didn't get along with Sean Payton. Listen, mobile quarterbacks can age very very quickly, and Russell Wilson did. He still runs around, but he's not as blazing fast as Lamar or as elusive as Kyler Murray or a Jalen Hurtz. And so he's aged. He made a lot of money. He's been to sue two Super Bowls, He's got a trophy, his legacy is outstanding, and I do think he'll resurrected a bit in Pittsburgh. But the Denver thing, I thought it would work, and it just never did. Where Colin was right justin Field's trade market. According to Dan Graziano and Jeremy Fowler, two legit reporters at ESPN, there's not much of a market. I sort of never understood the market. Talk injuries, a lot of turnovers, doesn't win. And the truth is he became a really bad fourth quarter quarterback, really bad like Zach Wilson bad. So I do think he's athletic enough that if he gets an offensive culture and staff, he can win some games. I don't think he's gonna overcome what the Bears often present, which is chaos, but I think he'll get a second shot to start. Could be Seattle, Vegas, Seattle j Mack has mentioned, but his market is not it's shrinking and dwindling, and it never was much. And that was kind of my take where Colin was wrong. Mac Jones for a six round pick listen. I thought after his rookie season, when he made a Pro Bowl and had a passer rating at ninety three, he was going to be a really solid, accurate, efficient quarterback. Belichick was gonna use his defensive wizardry and it be kind of a playoff quarterback. May not hoist a trophy, but he was gonna be a really solid quarterback. But it imploded. Belichick turned on him. I don't think Matt Patricia helped. The division's very good and I was told last year he did not take to hard coaching. That's the only kind of coaching you get in New England. So it did not work, and that surprised me. Where Colin was right. Jason Tatum is a very good basketball player and I like him a lot, But two times last week he did what concerns me, this seven inch height advantage against Cleveland and he settles for a fallaway jumper. He's been bad in these last minute shot situations. And then against Denver for the second time this year, he shrinks and has only fifteen points. He is shooting, and again I like him a lot. He's a very good player. He's shooting thirty one percent in crunch time, and that's all I've ever said. I think he's a star. You can put him on the first team All NBA, but don't compare him to the greats in this game. Yo Kinch is often better in big spots. Lebron is better in big spots. Giannis has been better in big spots. Tatum's very good, but in big spots. Saw twice last week he can shrink where Colin was right. I've banged on the NC DOUBLEA for years. They have no guardrails. It's the wild wild West on the transfer portal and the nil Nick Saban admitting that seventy or eighty percent of his Alabama players after the season, all they cared about was am I getting paid? In what's my playing time? Saban to that said, maybe the way I do business doesn't work. We've seen Jay Wright, Mike Krzyzewski, Nick Saban. We're seeing college coaches who have many years left say yet's not working. I don't blame the players or the coaches. Players want theirs and coaches coach, but the nil because of the void and leadership in the nc DOUBLEA is just out of control. And I have heard this off the record from multiple coaches. Chip Kelly said I'd rather be a coordinator than a head coach with UCLA football. NCAA's lack of leadership is why Fox, ESPN networks are taking over the sport. Some grown up has to where Colin was wrong. Jj McCarthy, everybody's got him in the top ten in the draft. Jim Harbaugh told me he should go number one. Jay Mack was all over me six months ago. I will say there is new information at the combine and I think this helped a lot. His measurables did him a big favor. He came in at six two two twenty, that's around Aaron Rodgers size. He had been listed at six ' three to two oh three, which is like a stretched out Bryce Young, who had a really bad year. So I do think there's new information and those measurables are more comforting and he's less spindily. But I will say when I watched him this year, I kept saying, is it the defense? Is it Harbaugh? Is it the run game? Is it the O line? Maybe he just didn't have great receivers, that's it. But people like him more than I do. Where Colin was right, Chris Jones signed huge deal ninety five million guaranteed with the Chiefs. In my belief system, you got to spend your money on offense in the NFL, with one exception, somebody in the front four or five that's a game wrecker. Aaron Donald A Chris Jones A Max Krosby. I don't think you pay your corners, your linebackers, and your safeties. We've seen the Seahawks give up on two safeties. The Broncos just gave up on Simmons good safety. I think you gotta pay Chris Jones. You go look at the Rams Super Bowl stafford Aaron Donald, Cooper cup to me, the Chiefs are defined by Andy Reid, Mahomes, Kelsey and Chris Jones. In big games. He almost never disappoints. I thought they had to pay him, and if they had to move anybody, it would be a corner where Colin was right. Only eighth in the West. Even Jason Kid last week complained about the defense from Luca, Kyrie and Luca since the All Star Game are allowing one hundred and twenty four points a game. That's awful. I've said this, if your best players are not committed on the defensive end, James Harden, Carmelo, Anthony, Kyrie, Luca, I think it can build resentment. Most great almost every great player in my life, the Yannis, Lebron, Michael Kobe, almost all of them at least commit the defense, even if Kevin Durant, Steph Curry. They're not considered elite defenders. I don't buy Dallas. I don't think you can win in May and June, April, May and June with that lack of defensive commitment, and right now they are only eight in the West.

All Right, it's a Monday. Where Colin was right, where Colin was wrong, plenty of both. Let's fire away where Colin was right. Well. Russell Wilson to the Steelers we thought was the best fit, and it's official, kind of officially official on Wednesday. But they have good receivers, tight ends, running backs. The offense though, just kind of fell limited and lost with the current quarterbacks there. And again, I don't think it's Stafford of the Rams or Brady to the Bucks, but I do think it makes them more viable, more interesting, and they get some athletic ability. He's out of his prime, but he's still a B quarterback who's been in big games. The numbers at the end of the year with Sean Payton were not bad B to a B plus quarterback, So I think Pittsburgh's been kind of lost offensively for half a decade, and they feel more viable today, and this is where we thought he would land where Colin was raw. The Russell Wilson Denver career was never as good. Russ never cooked. Year one was a disaster. He didn't get along with Sean Payton. Listen, mobile quarterbacks can age very very quickly, and Russell Wilson did. He still runs around, but he's not as blazing fast as Lamar or as elusive as Kyler Murray or a Jalen Hurtz. And so he's aged. He made a lot of money. He's been to sue two Super Bowls, He's got a trophy, his legacy is outstanding, and I do think he'll resurrected a bit in Pittsburgh. But the Denver thing, I thought it would work, and it just never did. Where Colin was right justin Field's trade market. According to Dan Graziano and Jeremy Fowler, two legit reporters at ESPN, there's not much of a market. I sort of never understood the market. Talk injuries, a lot of turnovers, doesn't win. And the truth is he became a really bad fourth quarter quarterback, really bad like Zach Wilson bad. So I do think he's athletic enough that if he gets an offensive culture and staff, he can win some games. I don't think he's gonna overcome what the Bears often present, which is chaos, but I think he'll get a second shot to start. Could be Seattle, Vegas, Seattle j Mack has mentioned, but his market is not it's shrinking and dwindling, and it never was much. And that was kind of my take where Colin was wrong. Mac Jones for a six round pick listen. I thought after his rookie season, when he made a Pro Bowl and had a passer rating at ninety three, he was going to be a really solid, accurate, efficient quarterback. Belichick was gonna use his defensive wizardry and it be kind of a playoff quarterback. May not hoist a trophy, but he was gonna be a really solid quarterback. But it imploded. Belichick turned on him. I don't think Matt Patricia helped. The division's very good and I was told last year he did not take to hard coaching. That's the only kind of coaching you get in New England. So it did not work, and that surprised me. Where Colin was right. Jason Tatum is a very good basketball player and I like him a lot, But two times last week he did what concerns me, this seven inch height advantage against Cleveland and he settles for a fallaway jumper. He's been bad in these last minute shot situations. And then against Denver for the second time this year, he shrinks and has only fifteen points. He is shooting, and again I like him a lot. He's a very good player. He's shooting thirty one percent in crunch time, and that's all I've ever said. I think he's a star. You can put him on the first team All NBA, but don't compare him to the greats in this game. Yo Kinch is often better in big spots. Lebron is better in big spots. Giannis has been better in big spots. Tatum's very good, but in big spots. Saw twice last week he can shrink where Colin was right. I've banged on the NC DOUBLEA for years. They have no guardrails. It's the wild wild West on the transfer portal and the nil Nick Saban admitting that seventy or eighty percent of his Alabama players after the season, all they cared about was am I getting paid? In what's my playing time? Saban to that said, maybe the way I do business doesn't work. We've seen Jay Wright, Mike Krzyzewski, Nick Saban. We're seeing college coaches who have many years left say yet's not working. I don't blame the players or the coaches. Players want theirs and coaches coach, but the nil because of the void and leadership in the nc DOUBLEA is just out of control. And I have heard this off the record from multiple coaches. Chip Kelly said I'd rather be a coordinator than a head coach with UCLA football. NCAA's lack of leadership is why Fox, ESPN networks are taking over the sport. Some grown up has to where Colin was wrong. Jj McCarthy, everybody's got him in the top ten in the draft. Jim Harbaugh told me he should go number one. Jay Mack was all over me six months ago. I will say there is new information at the combine and I think this helped a lot. His measurables did him a big favor. He came in at six two two twenty, that's around Aaron Rodgers size. He had been listed at six ' three to two oh three, which is like a stretched out Bryce Young, who had a really bad year. So I do think there's new information and those measurables are more comforting and he's less spindily. But I will say when I watched him this year, I kept saying, is it the defense? Is it Harbaugh? Is it the run game? Is it the O line? Maybe he just didn't have great receivers, that's it. But people like him more than I do. Where Colin was right, Chris Jones signed huge deal ninety five million guaranteed with the Chiefs. In my belief system, you got to spend your money on offense in the NFL, with one exception, somebody in the front four or five that's a game wrecker. Aaron Donald A Chris Jones A Max Krosby. I don't think you pay your corners, your linebackers, and your safeties. We've seen the Seahawks give up on two safeties. The Broncos just gave up on Simmons good safety. I think you gotta pay Chris Jones. You go look at the Rams Super Bowl stafford Aaron Donald, Cooper cup to me, the Chiefs are defined by Andy Reid, Mahomes, Kelsey and Chris Jones. In big games. He almost never disappoints. I thought they had to pay him, and if they had to move anybody, it would be a corner where Colin was right. Only eighth in the West. Even Jason Kid last week complained about the defense from Luca, Kyrie and Luca since the All Star Game are allowing one hundred and twenty four points a game. That's awful. I've said this, if your best players are not committed on the defensive end, James Harden, Carmelo, Anthony, Kyrie, Luca, I think it can build resentment. Most great almost every great player in my life, the Yannis, Lebron, Michael Kobe, almost all of them at least commit the defense, even if Kevin Durant, Steph Curry. They're not considered elite defenders. I don't buy Dallas. I don't think you can win in May and June, April, May and June with that lack of defensive commitment, and right now they are only eight in the West.

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All right, j Mack, A lot of stuff moving in the NFL. J Mack with the news. This is the herd line news. What you looking?

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Have you seen the notre No No? Okay, Kirk Cousins to the Atlanta Falcons. It's official four year deal. We don't have the money yet, but I'm just stunned.

Have you seen the notre No No? Okay, Kirk Cousins to the Atlanta Falcons. It's official four year deal. We don't have the money yet, but I'm just stunned.

I don't what. Here's why, sir, Here's why it works. Okay, he's coming off surgery and they have an excellent old line, so he'll get protection. Secondly, very talented but super young offense. He's an adult, he's a grown up. Also, weakest division in football, so his impact in this division is much greater in my opinion, that is impact in the better and Nord where Green Bay is stacked and not going anywhere, and Detroit is stacked and not going anywhere. And you have, in my opinion, too good front offices. So in Minnesota, age oh line's got a good left tackle, but you kind of look around and you think. I don't think Minnesota's heart is broken. I don't think they wanted to pay him. What Atlanta, what's the number on the Atlantic?

I don't what. Here's why, sir, Here's why it works. Okay, he's coming off surgery and they have an excellent old line, so he'll get protection. Secondly, very talented but super young offense. He's an adult, he's a grown up. Also, weakest division in football, so his impact in this division is much greater in my opinion, that is impact in the better and Nord where Green Bay is stacked and not going anywhere, and Detroit is stacked and not going anywhere. And you have, in my opinion, too good front offices. So in Minnesota, age oh line's got a good left tackle, but you kind of look around and you think. I don't think Minnesota's heart is broken. I don't think they wanted to pay him. What Atlanta, what's the number on the Atlantic?

We haven't seen the numbers yet. We're waiting for them, Atlanta.

We haven't seen the numbers yet. We're waiting for them, Atlanta.

So this is interesting now that division I have Baker and Kirk Cousins both more than capable of winning that division. So that Derek Carr Dennis Allen Combo feels like third best in the division.

So this is interesting now that division I have Baker and Kirk Cousins both more than capable of winning that division. So that Derek Carr Dennis Allen Combo feels like third best in the division.

Well, let's not go over. I mean, I don't think Derek Carr has a playoff win. Kirk Cousins and Baker each have two. I'm fairly certain.

Well, let's not go over. I mean, I don't think Derek Carr has a playoff win. Kirk Cousins and Baker each have two. I'm fairly certain.

I like it.

I like it.

I mean, I so we're saying Atlanta's tops in the division.

I mean, I so we're saying Atlanta's tops in the division.

I mean, I'm just saying, let's relative to fit. Kirk coming off an injury would not be a good fit with a bad old line. Atlanta's is excellent. It's maybe not quite as good as Detroit, but it's excellent.

I mean, I'm just saying, let's relative to fit. Kirk coming off an injury would not be a good fit with a bad old line. Atlanta's is excellent. It's maybe not quite as good as Detroit, but it's excellent.

Pro Football Focus had them graded out his fourth best in the league.

Pro Football Focus had them graded out his fourth best in the league.

So that's that's big, right. Secondly, you've got Drake London pits two viable running backs. Okay, then you have a coach and Raheem Morris. He's a defensive coach. Yeah, but we know defensive coaches don't turn it over, move the chains. I want an adult I don't want you ad libbing out of it. That's what Kirk Cousins does. He doesn't add lib He's gonna sit in the pocket. I think it makes his cousins. By the way, was with Raheem Morrison Washington for a couple of years. Yeah, so Morris, Raheem Morris, who's a smart, understated guy who is friendly to offense. As a defensive guy. He knows Kirk's demeanor, his temperament, his maturity. So Raheem's comfortable with that the OC.

So that's that's big, right. Secondly, you've got Drake London pits two viable running backs. Okay, then you have a coach and Raheem Morris. He's a defensive coach. Yeah, but we know defensive coaches don't turn it over, move the chains. I want an adult I don't want you ad libbing out of it. That's what Kirk Cousins does. He doesn't add lib He's gonna sit in the pocket. I think it makes his cousins. By the way, was with Raheem Morrison Washington for a couple of years. Yeah, so Morris, Raheem Morris, who's a smart, understated guy who is friendly to offense. As a defensive guy. He knows Kirk's demeanor, his temperament, his maturity. So Raheem's comfortable with that the OC.

I believe Zach Robinson came from the Rams. Now he's never called play but he comes from the McVeigh tree, which is we love play action, you know, and none that perfectly.

I believe Zach Robinson came from the Rams. Now he's never called play but he comes from the McVeigh tree, which is we love play action, you know, and none that perfectly.

None of mcveigh's offensive coaches, none have missed. They're all good. That sounds probably accurate because we like McVeigh. But I'm just stunned. Well why are you stunned?

None of mcveigh's offensive coaches, none have missed. They're all good. That sounds probably accurate because we like McVeigh. But I'm just stunned. Well why are you stunned?

Well, maybe I have a heart here on a Monday. I just feel bad for Justin Fields. I don't know what happens to him.

Well, maybe I have a heart here on a Monday. I just feel bad for Justin Fields. I don't know what happens to him.

Well, again, was Moore. So I'm a defensive I get it. I have a young group of offensive players. Let's bring a young, unproven guy who's not really refined and gets hurt a lot, or Kirk cousins. I get it.

Well, again, was Moore. So I'm a defensive I get it. I have a young group of offensive players. Let's bring a young, unproven guy who's not really refined and gets hurt a lot, or Kirk cousins. I get it.