Club Shay Shay - Best of NFL News Part 1: Kyler Murray still a FRANCHISE QB or WASHED UP, ROASTING Cowboy Fans for BELIEVING 30 Years of Jerry Jones “Our Year” Lies

Episode Date: March 7, 2026

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It's your favorite dunk here. Go ahead and click that subscribe button below so you don't miss a single episode of Nightcap. That button right here. Come for the sports. Stay for the story. 30 years since the Cowboys last Super Bowl appears, Jerry Joe. says he had let the fans down with his team's championship drought. Jerry said, I really can't accept just the thought of winning one Super Bowl.

And then what? I've got more time on my clock than in my mind. And so I don't see it that way. I see a chance to put the team together and basically be knocking at the edge and get another one or get another chance at another one. It runs that way, in my view, make no mistake about it. it. If you told me, I could because I've done a lot of hitchhiking in my life. And I like to start you're right now and hitchhike back to Dallas to with a Super Bowl. After 7991 finished in 2025, Jerry promised changes.

One chain will be the team's approach and free agency. Jerry said, I would bet you that we'll spend more money in free agency than we have. He talked about, Ocho, they're going to redo the restructure contracts of CD, Tyler Smith and Dak Prescott. That are free 60 plus million. Now, they also talked about doing something with the 3D tackles contract.

That might free up another 20-30 million dollars. Now, you're going to have to overspin for George Pickens. We know that, you know that, I know that. You're going to have to overspend. But you should be okay with that. You brought a new, I think they're going to, I think they're going to a 34. I think they're going to a 34 defense. Right.

You go whatever you want. You can go to a 34, you can go to a 25, you can go through a 3-3-5. You better have some hail raisers over there. Yeah, you got to. You need three. I'm going to say it over and over again. I'm not sure why Jerry always does this every off season. Gets everybody hyped up, says all these things that you're going to do.

He doesn't really do him. He never really does him. No. He never really does him. And he gets everybody excited because they always believe in some of the things that he says over the years. He commencing now. Hell, he had me believe. I'm like, damn, Jerry about to spin it.

And Jared O'Brien. You could have had Derek Henry. I mean, you played Javonte Williams six to me. You could have had Derek Henry for eight. No, man, but go ahead, Ocho. I'll see what you. Yeah, yeah. But listen, we all know the Cowboys' problems are.

We always know the Cowboys' struggles are. It's never been on the officer side of the ball. Never been an offensive side of the ball. They've had great offense. But the issues have always their Achilles here has always been on the defense end. So, again, obviously you've made some moves, you know, in the interior, but that's cool, but you still need impact players. You need one on the outside.

Yeah, for sure. You need another one in your back line. You know, your secondary. You need someone to anchor, to anchor that defense, you know, in the secondary. You don't have that. There's so many. You definitely, Blan got to play better. He needs to play, have the type of season that he's played to get that contract, Ocho.

Right. You remember he's picking off everything, taking it to the house? Yeah. The BUs are on point. He needs to play. he needs to have that type of season again. They need a backer. They need the inside backer.

They need the inside backer. They do. They hadn't had one in a very long time. Once Vanden Bosch, the Wolfhunter got hurt and continually had the neck issues and had to retire. Yeah. They haven't had somebody in that position. But they got to get a hellraiser in that position. And as you said, they got to get somebody to go hunting quarterback.

Yeah, man. It's tough. I'm excited. I'm excited for the Cowboys. I'm not a cowboy fan. I'm a fan of the players that play for the Cowboys. There's a difference. I get you.

I'm excited for Dak and what they're going to do. I'm excited for CD. And I'm very, very excited because he's been through a lot, obviously, based on what he's caused most of it. But I'm excited for Piggins as well, you know, to have a season, whether it's in Dallas, whether it's somewhere else. I just know he deserves to get his like everyone else has already gotten that's came out with him. So hopefully Jerry does right by him. The fans obviously believe in the organization.

They believe in Jerry, even though, you know, things haven't worked out the past 30 plus years and not having any success. So, I mean, listen. You can be good, Ocho. You don't realize how successful you can be as long as you don't care who gets the credit. Hey. You see that situation in Seattle? You see the situation in the Rams?

Yeah. Less need. and McVeigh, John Schneider, McDonald, Brett Veach, Andy Reid. You look at Howie and what, Howard Roseman in Philly and, and, what's the guy's name, the coach of Philly?

Who, Siriani? Yeah, Siriani. But as long as you don't care who gets the credit, you'll be fine. Yeah. Oh, man. Jerry said he would hitchhike back to Dallas to win a Super Bowl.

Jerry, you said a couple of years ago, hey, you don't know, the size of the check I would write if you would guarantee me a Super Bowl. Well, ain't no guarantee. That's the thing we love about sports. Ain't no guarantee.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, ain't no guarantee. And it's easy for you to hitchhite. Hell, everybody's going to pick your ass up because they recognize who you are. You got, you got to be careful. Are they picking them for the right reasons or for the wrong reasons? Yeah, yeah.

Yeah. I mean, I can't believe people still actually hitchhite. I mean, I see people. I mean, it should be a big thing when I was a kid, though, Joe. I mean, I grew up and I grew up and came up in late 60, early 70s when the hitchhiking was really a thing. And people would like to hitchhike. Where are you going? Well, I'm headed. Okay, I'm headed that way to. Yeah. I'm here that way too. Yeah. What the hell? Hey, today. The hell now. Ain't no telling what's going to happen to you. It's way, way, way too dangerous. So we're going to see what Jared says.

They're going to spend more money than they have, which is not true. Nobody has more money than the Cowboys. Nobody has more money than the Cowboys. But we're going to see. They're going to need to do something with Steel. I don't know if they restructure his contract. Maybe they release him. I don't know.

But they have said that DAC, CD, Tyler Smith restructures. They're going to look at the restructure those 3D tackles. That's a great start, but they need great exemplary quarterback play. They need a hail raiser in the middle of the defense. And they need the edge. They need the edge. Now, I don't know if they're going to go with Trey Hendrickson and Free Agency. I don't know.

I don't think that D-Lyman, I think it was Blaine that ran like 4-6 from Texas Tech. He was booking. He was booking. So I think that's who it was. But Cowboys, y'all got to keep Dak healthy. That's your best chance. Keep Dak healthy and upright, upright and healthy. But your defense, you can't have your offense score 35

and your defense give up 38. It's time up for that, Ocho. Yeah. But look, you know, they got two quality receivers. Ferguson, look, he's solid. He doesn't, he's not going to do anything. Extraordinary. I don't think he's a top five.

top eight tight in, but he's solid. You know, you throw the ball, he'll catch it. Is he McBride or he's one of these, you know,

Harold Fanning Jr. He's one of those guys? No, he's not. He's not. And Warren, Loveland, he's not that. Hawkinson,

Leporta, he's not that. But he's a solid guy. He can make plays when giving the opportunity and he should have a lot of opportunities because you got those two guys

outside. Yeah. And I had Aaron Rod, I said, I was feasted. Oh, say, I'm about to kill you to die. My gosh. And Dak loves throwing to the tight end.

Oh, yeah. That love throwing to the tight end. So this is, look, Cowboys, y'all got some catching up to do. Because I don't believe the Rams stepped back. And based on the way a less need for the Rams and John Snyder from the Seahawks, the way they draft and the way they put teams together, you know how we're going to have a bounce back year? They ain't going nowhere, bro. So, and it's time, it's the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the,

so now he's in the mix with um and raw and Jamo. Oh, yeah. So at worst case scenario, cowboy, you start like, like, the seventh of the eighth best team in the NFC, Ocho. Mm-hmm. Because you're not putting them in front of the Rams, you're not putting them in front of, uh, uh, the Seahawks, you're not putting them in front of Chicago. You're not putting them in front of the lions.

You're not putting them in front of the bears. I'm not sure you put them in front of the Packers. That's six teams right there. Are you putting them in front of the 49ers? No. You know what's funny? That's 17s right there. Only 17s make the playoffs, Cho.

Yeah. Outside of all those teams you made, outside of the 49ers and all those teams you need, named, all of them continue to get better year and a year out. defensively. Yes. Defensively. So with that being said, Jerry, you got your work cut out for us,

but you say you're going to write some checks? Man, we're going to say. We've got to take it back to the word. The man say you're going to do that? I'm going to take it. He said the same thing every year. He just says it in a different way to get you excited.

Every year is something different. Every offseason. You know what? They're not talking about this enough. You know, let me come out and say something out. the mood of needle. And as soon as they win one game, everybody's going to say,

we're them boys. We still them boys. Y'all not, though. I like them. But hey, I tell you, I give them credit, Ocho. Yeah. They don't drunk the Kool-Aid for so long.

Yeah. They believe in it. They believe in it. Hell, forget. I'm starting to believe, too, shit. We're going to see what the Cowboys do. 791 last year. Let's see if they could expand on that in

2006. Bill's GM, Brandon Bean, is ready to forget about the past with Keon Coleman, following an underwhelming start to the career. Bean cited Joe Brady's promotion to head coach and the arrivals of offensive coordinator Pete Carmichael Jr. and wide receivers coach drew Terrell, Terrell, Terrell, as moves that would help Keon have a clean slate.

I think there is a new energy in this year three, and we're going to hit full reset with Keon. Keon had a very good offseason last year, and we honestly had a very good training camp. We played the Ravens in the first game, and he had 100 whatever yards, and it's just some things from the maturity standpoint after that, but Keon has said all the right things.

I give him this. He's very accountable. He's never made an excuse. We're all hands on deck, and we're going to do our part. And I know Joe and those coaches are very excited for what's in store, year three. I agree.

Yeah. You got to know, bro, if you do some things and you're not playing through your own fault, Ocho, you can't be on the field dancing. You just can. You just can't.

And that's what they were talking about, the maturity thing. Right. I'm like, bro, really? The stuff that people find funny in your rookie year, they're not going to find it funny at the second year. Mm-hmm.

And it definitely not going to find it funny as a third. You don't really know. You don't know what you don't know. Right. But now, Ocho, they're going to find it even less funnier in year three. Yeah. You got to give a good. Because they're saying, hold on, all these guys that,

bro, bro, we expect you to be a thousand yards. We expect you to be, you know, 85, 90, 100 catches. We expect you to be double-digit touchdowns. Mm-hmm. That's what they expect. expectations are, yeah. I mean,

listen, he's one of those that can do that. He's one of those that can do it. He has the size, he has the speed. He has the hands

when he's locked in, you know, on, to be able to be a complimentary piece, you know, for that offense. And he should be

the go-to guy. It's just about working on that craft, not when you get in season, off-season. This is where you get better. This is where you get good. This is where you polish up

your game, you know, in the off-season. season because once you get back that ain't nothing but effing, I almost curse. That ain't nothing but X and O's that's all it is. It's X's the nose. You're already supposed to be able to, in the

off season, you want to go back with the mentality. How can I make everybody job around me easier? Yep. My quarterback. How can I make my officer-coordinated job easy? You don't have to worry about me. I'm somebody you know you can count on every time it's time to call to play. But God damn, it's third and short. I don't know what to do. You know what? I can call on 85 because I know we're going be open. I'm a call it for him. Just

just make everybody else's job around you easy. That should be every player's mentality in the offseason when I go back. They watch me in the offseason program, but God damn, who was this? Completely different. Completely different. Whatever, whatever it may be. Hey, you don't have to get me the ball.

I'm going to make it so hard for you to want to go to throw to somebody else. You got to get me the ball. Call play. Right. Right. Right. Right. you're a 84 going to be first to second read in all the plays that you call and even if I'm last read you're looking at me first anyway because you know I'm going to win that's how he has to approach it I agree Brandon B saying look last year was last year the year before whatever the case may be this is a new this is a new reset we got a new coaching staff we know what this kid can do we believe he'll have he had an excellent offseason he had an excellent training camp he had an excellent first game okay those are some nice things to build on. Yeah. But you're not going to continue. They're not going to give you grace forever, Ocho.

Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no. You get, you get one year. You get one year, especially if you don't have any issues and no hiccups. But if you have hiccups, you have issues and problems. And you're not playing well. Okay, some got to give. Some got to give. So with the young man, all the best, but you got to take it serious.

You got to take it serious. All that joking and inclined around. That's what. There's a time and a place for all that. There'll be time to play for all that. Oh, he's going to be, all right? Take care of what you need to take care of. You heard me on?

Huh? You're going to be all right. He's going to be out of me. All right. Yeah, he's going to be all right. Hey, man, him and X. I think I got about seven more guys coming down with me. Legit.

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I don't know about the smart, but definitely analysis. Listen to 40s and free agents on the IHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. On Street. Barisona Cardinals are reportedly expected to release Kyle Murray, barring a last-minute trade per in Rapaport. Kyle is reported to receive interest from the Vikings as well as Pittsburgh, New York Jets, once Kyle hit free agency. The Vikings intend to bring another quarterback in to compete with JJ, either to raise his level of play or to take the job outright.

Well, if you bring Cala Murray in there, he's probably going to take the job outright. Yeah. But anyway, Ocho, is Kyle Murray still a franchise quarterback? Absolutely. He's a franchise quarterback in the right situation. And I think about what certain teams need. I think Kyle Murray to the Vikings, I don't like that move. I like Kirk Cousins going back to the Vikings instead, being a pocket passer based on the talus that they have around them.

You think about Kyle Murray and Trey McBride, right? When Kyle Murray was quarterback, you look at the difference in when Brissette came in as a quarterback. You see how McBride's number change? You see how the offensive play calling changed based on having a pocket passer and not having someone who's a good quarterback in the right? situation like Kyle Murray, who always has to be sprinted out, whether left or with the right. So it changes everything. I like Cala Murray with the Jets. I like him better with the Jets because I think in that environment and in what they have going on,

I think he'd be better suited with AG. But the Vikings, it wouldn't make sense. It would make sense. Because now you're going to have the receivers pissed and angry again. And you're going back in the one situation where they're not getting the product. that they would want. It's hard, and I've said this, and it's hard playing with a guy

that runs the football because, Ocho, I'm running the comeback, and the crowd's screaming. I'm like, what the hell are they screaming for? And he's over there. Like, what the hell? I wrote, Ochoo, I wrote a square out and like, whoa, oh, don't know, wait a damn minute.

It's hard to play with a guy, like you said, and you play with dropback quarterbacks, and I play with dropback quarterback. Yeah. to know that, okay, back foot hit, the ball's coming out. Yeah. Oh, it's on time. On time.

I understand that. Three step, five steps, seven step. Now, most guys, you know, they don't take seven steps anymore because very few teams have their guy up under center. Guys take guys are taking fewer and fewer snaps, even though Ben Johnson and his group still put the guy up under center. But for the most part, we've seen Stafford's up under center a lot too. Kyle Shanahan still has his guys.

But for the most part, they've gotten just a pure up under center guys that taking shotgun snaps at an all-time high. With that being said, I mean, how this man get a super duper contract three, what, three years ago, Ocho, and here we are, to release? Yeah. But Ocho, I ain't trade because I already know you want to release him. I ain't give him. I didn't give him market value for him.

I'm not. Because guess what? I get him and pay it what I want to say and not have to pick up that contract. I know you got to get rid of, macho. I know you got to. Yeah, most definitely. So why, why when I know you got to get off something? When I come in, hey, I'm going to let you put the estate sale.

I'm going to let you put it on your yard, put it in your yard, and I'll come, I'll come look at it. But I'm not going to make your offer on it. Yeah. Because I know you got to get rid of it. I mean, he's probably going to be a release. Obviously, there are going to be suitors. I just think offensively, from an offensively, you look at what Kirk Cousins did when he's with the Minnesota Vikings.

And you look at what Sam Donald did when he was with the Minnesota Vikings. Offensively, the production that the receivers had. He looked at Kyla Murray when he had Trey McBride. The numbers weren't the same. Then all of a sudden, Jacoby Brissette is a quarterback and now Trey McBride goes crazy. Yes. So now that gives you a better understanding.

Kyle Murray needs to be in the right situation. Not a team that's where you had that type of talent where you have, you're throwing volume. You're throwing volume passes. I think somewhere like the Jets where it's somewhat balanced. You know, you have Garrett Wilson. You have, I mean, Brees is coming back, right? Yeah, they say, I mean, it's being reported that they're going to put the franchise tag on

if they can't get a deal done, a long-term deal. Okay, okay, yeah. I think I think over there would be dope. I mean, it would be the right situation for Kyle and Murray. I think Jets fans, of course, knowing them, they'll probably say no. And, I mean, it is what it is. And, you know, they got A.D. Mitchell, remember they traded for A.D. Mitchell?

Hey, that's right. I like, I like AD. Yeah. How are we going to view JJ? Because this is going to be a third year. He didn't play his first year. He got nicked. Last year.

And missed a couple of games last year. How soon before we like, okay, Ocho, I don't know. It ain't really too soon. They're not going to be too soon because obviously the patience is growing thin. The players offensively, And those that are seniority are going to, they're going to go frustrated. They're going to get angry. Now, Jeddus was able to hold it together last year.

How much longer do you think he's going to be able to hold it together, even though he's a team player? He's a team player. But obviously, there are frustrations that go on when as a team collectively you're struggling because the most important position is not playing well. And not only is he not playing well when he is, when he's available, he's not playing well. He's always hurt. So, I mean, something's going to happen. You know what happens?

Because he looked around, he's like, damn, Chase had another 120-k season. Damn, hookah, J-S-N, this was, that. Yeah. And I know what I had when I had my quarterbacks. Nobody had the first two, three, four, five years like I had. Yeah. Now, I feel like I'm running in mud. And let you know how important that position is.

He's like, hold on. Pick Lee Pittsburgh and come over to a new team and damn near get $1,500. Go crazy. Easy. I know. I don't have me a season. I'd have me $17,800.

Oh, hell now. Y'all better get somebody in here before I start throwing. Just breaking chairs. I all want to do it on Joe. Hey. Hey, oh, it's odd. It sucks.

It sucks. Because first thing, because pretty soon, you're going to start saying, at least right now, y'all still got me in that top five. But pretty soon you're like, Ocho, I don't know we can put Jetta. I can know we can keep Jeter to top five because, hey, JSCN, and we got Pooka, and we got Chase, and we got a, and we got PIC, and we got CD.

I don't know, I don't know, Ocho. Yeah. And everything is big. a thousand yards receiving ain't going to keep you in the top five. You got to be 13, 14, 15, 16, 100, 105, 110, 115, 20 catches.

Yeah. That's what it is what it is. And we, and what, in sports, the thing that I love about sports on show is that you've got to constantly update your resume. Mm-hmm. This ain't no lifetime achievement award. We'll give you a lifetime achievement award once you're done.

Yeah. That's what they give to Scorsese. That's what they give to Spielberg. No, no, no, no, no, no. Uh-uh, uh-uh. And you see how it works. The Oscar for Best Director goes to, who did it this year?

This year, I know Jaws was great. E.T. was unbelievable. Yeah. Chandler's List was another outstanding movie. Gangs, what's that? What's that with Leo de Caprio, Scorsese did? We know what Scorsese.

We know it's work. But this year, he deserved the best director, Oscar. Yeah. So that's kind of how we do it. We base everything. Okay, yeah, we give you a great huge, you know, you have a little off year. I told you had a little op year.

He bounced back. Right. But Chase keep churning him. Puka keep churning them. JSCN. He didn't put, now this is JSCN went 100. Now he went 126. Yeah.

1793. Yeah. Subbo. Subo. Chase, another. another outstanding season, another 13,400, another 120. Yeah. You got Puka, you got CD, you got Chase.

They're going to be all right. The Vikings' next move has to be their best move, especially at that position. It has because the window of opportunity to contend is going to close, especially with the defense you have. What Mr. Flores has to work with right now is your best winner of, opportunity, but you got to fix that position. You've got to get that position together. To me, if JJ's not the answer based on the small assemblies I've seen

the past two years, Kirk Cousins is the next best option. There's nothing else out there. Tom Brady ain't walking through that door. Fred's Carl ain't welcome to that door. I'm just saying to give you better understanding on how difficult it is to find

a competent quarterback to run your team. It's not easy. Is there anything in the goddamn draft? they definitely not finish draft another quarterback. That ain't happening. You just took him with eight three years ago. But you remember we growing up. Hey, you're going to such and such?

Yeah, I'm going to be there. Save me a seat. Hey, you get there before me, save me a seat. If I get there before you, I save you a seat. Uh-huh. We don't get to save no seats when we ranking. Oh, yeah. Somebody coming to occupy that.

Somebody coming to. Yeah. But now that you just said that. Is somebody sitting there? Uh. You know, I'm glad you said that. I'm glad you just said that.

That was a great analogy, too. You still believe Justin Jefferson in the top five right now? Chat, I would love to hear your response too, because I got my chat on to the right of me. That's why I keep looking to the right. It's, ooh, it's close, Ocho. It's close because Puka and J.S.N. has put together back to back.

Right now, I still got Chase it at one for me. Yeah. Based on what he's done since he's been in the league and he's shown no slippage. So for me, Chase is number one. Now, you get the battle out between for me for two is Pooka and J.S.N. That'll be two and three for me. Put them in whatever order you want.

Now, top three, who, I'll be top five. So we got three slots. So now you got Jetta, you got CD, you got a pick. Yeah. Hold on, I'm trying to think who else we got, Ocho. So, I mean, AJ Brown was once in the conversation. AJ Brown, yeah, yeah, yeah. AJ had a down year.

Rite got hurt. Who else was out there, Ocho? Zay Flowers, no, he ain't talked five. Pierce, no. McLaren, no. That's just for me. That's just for me. Those guys that we mentioned, they might be top five

for somebody, but I'm just saying, based on what I say a top receiver is, a consistency that they bring, I would say yes, I would say yes, but he's going to have to pick it up this year because I don't know if I could hold, I could hold that spot much longer. See, yeah. I mean, we know what he can do. Yes, oh, absolutely. But I don't, I don't understand. And I saw somebody in the chat just say, why bringing Kirk Cousins?

Why would you want to go backwards? Well, hell, you're not going forward. What's you got? You're not going forward with what you have. So having someone that's been able to get it done, I mean, I mean, from a productive standpoint, obviously, and hoping you get over the hump. But what's the point of having something where you ain't going no goddamn where you don't have a chance at all? True. True.

But them, they got some, you know, what you call them got hurt, Mike Evans got hurt this year. But Ted, Carolina, I love to kids. in Arizona Wilson. I love him. Oh, yeah, he's nice. Isn't the first name not Cedric, is it? No?

I think it's Mike. Mike. Michael Wilson. I think that's his name. I'm not, and that's why I just said Wilson because I didn't want to, I didn't want to say a night,

no. He's really good. If, with the way Wilson played last year, and we get Marvin Harrison, we get Marvin Harrison Jr., back healthy and back playing to how we know he can play,

playing with confidence. But they got a nash. Datsy duo over there. Yeah. They got a nasty good duo. It is Michael Wilson? Mm-hmm. Okay.

Mm-hmm. So, yeah, I agree with you, Ocho. We know what this guy can do. It's just a matter of getting a quarterback that can get into football. And that's what, you know, you play a dependent position and you got to have somebody that can get you the ball. Yeah. So we're going to, we're going to find out.

JJ, it's not, never. The last thing you want to be labeled is a injury. injury prone. He missed the first year with an injury, and then he got Nick. Remember he played the first game, came back, beat Chicago. He missed three or four games,

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What am I supposed to do with that? Can't evaluate it. So it's going to be incumbent to him to get into that playbook, stay on the field. Because like you say, Jeddah, guys are going to get frustrated. You look at what they have. Addison and Hawkinson will be back.

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I don't know about the smart, but definitely analysis. Listen to 40s and free agents on the IHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Number cap. Boy, oh, y'all don't know how much of that combine you watch. Yeah. Hey, man, how much? This combine here?

Hey, I didn't, I ain't missed nothing. Obviously, even if you don't watch the combine, Unk, if you have social media, you get to see everything. You get to see everything. I've never seen nothing like this. I've never seen nothing like this. This was the fastest combine on record. It had to be.

The TV ran the fastest. The wide receivers ran the fastest. The tight ends ran the fastest. Yeah. The old lineman. Everybody was outstanding. Hey, did you see? You see Young Bull from Miami to six, nine, six nine, three and forty-something

down, ran a five something? Yeah. How are you that big moving like that, man? And I like when they cymbal cast it, gets rich. They're going to be blowing the door. I'm rich. The deep line would get rich a four-yard head start and catch you back to 30. Hey, hey, them boys was moving.

They was moving. They was moving. They was moving. And what I don't like, this is one of the things I don't like. And I would love to sit out and talk to some of these players. With some of the times that I'm seeing, based on what I saw at the combine, if you're running that fast, why is it not popping up and showing up on tape like that? Like with that kind of speed, you should be dominating at said position at the collegiate level. So something is disconnected in a sense?

You run a fourth? Do you understand what you're supposed to do? if you have the agility, the thing that can be taught, you can't teach speed. So you add that in addition to all the other qualities and intangibles and qualities that make you good or great at said position, there's no reason. I don't understand. With all those times and watching college football all season long, like we've done, nothing jumped out.

Nothing was like every week. When Reggie Bush played, Unk, we tuned in because it's Reggie. You got to see it. Peter Warwick, Andre Johnson, I mean, Michael Vickery was at VT, like you tune in to see it and it just, I didn't have that, based on what I saw the date or the past this weekend from the combine. Well, wait a minute, why did all these fast time, but everybody flew under the radar, you know, during, in season?

There's a difference between running fast and playing fast. Those are two different things. You didn't run fast, but you played fast. There are a lot of guys that ran for, John Ross ran fast, but he couldn't play fast. Hey, he was, he was, hey, I don't see how the body, boy. But see, and the thing is, I mean, his body wasn't made because he was a track guy. See, Tyreek has track speed, but he's the football body.

Tyreek has their football body. And sometimes, Ocho, what you get is guys going and training for a specific task. I'm going to train to run the 40, standing long jump, the short cone, divert. I'm going to train for that. Right. Okay, you can train for it, Ocho. That doesn't mean it translates to what you're doing on the field. Right.

Like when I see some guys, when I see like an offensive line and run, when I'm going to need my offensive line going to run 4-6, 4-7, 4-8. All up, let me see, let me see your kick. Let me see what you do on this combo. Let me see what you're doing this slip-bop. Yes, yeah. That's what I need to see. All that running fast,

you're off as well, I don't give down about that. Right. Defense of linemen, all I want to do is see you 10 yards. Yeah. What does that look like? If you run farther than 10 yards, bro,

I'm sorry, you're chasing somebody in the end zone. Mm-hmm. So that's the thing, Ocho, I think the thing is is that we see guys and they're training for a specific thing. Right.

As opposed to as a football player. Yes. I mean, most of the guys in the Hall of Fame, didn't have pop-out stats unless it's Randy. Yeah. Oh, yeah. A Randy pro day was stupid crazy.

Yeah. But if you look at most of the guys. Yeah. Average. Yes. Average. Because, I mean, the game, the game is not based on running in a straight line in a sense. No.

You think about all the 40 times, chat, stay with me real quick. Stay with me. You think about all the 40 times from all the fast receivers of the day, right? How do you stop someone that runs that fast, right? we're not scared we're not scared at our speed is a great thing how do we stop it you put somebody in front of them yeah you put somebody in front of them

because most of the time if you're somebody that's that fast yes you're explosive but can you do it when there's a body in front of you do you have the lateral movement and quickness you're able to get by and are you twitchy enough so that's what's looking at Miles Garrett look at Miles Garrett and how he rushed the passer

you see he doing all this he's like a damn wire receiver tight in trying to get off the ball yeah he's supposed to be able to do that No, absolutely not. He take one outside, take one giant step outside and come cross any offensive lineman face he want to. That's the difference. Look at Vernon Goldstone.

Go back and look at his times and what he ran. He should have been, hey, he should have been ripping people's head off on the field. Right. Look at a guy like Sean Oakman, six foot five, six foot six. I don't want to know. Can you play football? I'm looking for football. That's it.

I ain't looking for, I ain't looking for you saying both. I ain't looking for a bar beaming somebody going to jump 30 feet can you play football and that's what it comes down to at the end of the day the 40 time is great being that fast it's really great it's a great quality to have it's a great trait to have because it can't be taught

then I look at look at things like carnal tape Cardinal tape ran 44445 from Ohio State I don't care not about that I don't care not about that turn on the goddamn film what does it look like when brother Tate is playing for the goddamn Ohio Buckeyes every goddamn Saturday. What is he doing?

Prime example. Look at him see what we just talked about. What did Chase run? What did JSC run? What did Pooker run? What did Jeter run? What did pickets run? Ain't nobody in no four threes.

Ain't nobody no limb foot standing long jump. Ain't nobody got no 40-inch vertical. Bro, can you play football? Yeah. That's all to come down to. Now, if we go to the Football Olympics, I'm glad I got you on my team

because you're going to bring home the goal. Yeah. But, uh-uh. Hey, I would, I would love. Look at Mike Mamula. Y'all see what,

and people say, where the Combine, bulljive, we've seen guys go up and slide down based on what they did at the Combine. So don't tell me the Combine, or yes, it does. It plays a big role.

A huge, a huge part. They're these guys, a Sonny Stiles' brother. His brother ran Lorenzo. He ran four two. 47. Yeah. A safety.

You were moving, boy. 427? He will move in. And then run it. Oh, Joe, your boy, uh, uh, Jeremiah Love, you see what he ran. He ran 4-3. Yeah. He ran, he ran, you know, he didn't look that.

Hey, it don't look for, you know, you know what he reminds me of? What did? He runs so smooth and it, there's no irky, jerky, like, eh, you could, like, where it looks like he's being explosive. He reminded me an Aaron Foster. when Aaron Foster Aaron Foster was fast but he glided in such a way

where it looked so effortless like he wasn't even trying but they're moving and you don't know they're moving to somebody trying to catch their ass this kid here got I knew it was fat I thought he was low 4-4

I ain't think he was gonna go sub 4-4 right yeah that was nice I mean them guys them guys were rolling they were moving them guys were rolling this week I mean the tight-air run 4-3-9.

Mm-hmm. 40-inch vertical, Lem 2, guys standing long, Burt, 45 and a half. Yeah. I do, I don't want

receivers to understand. If you have that kind of speed, you're running four twos and you're running four threes. You should be able to go if you understand the game of football and how to manipulate and get open and

and manipulate and understand and leverage and coverages, you should dominate the game. But there's so many other factors that aren't there in your game and you're not polished enough to understand that. I would love, obviously, I don't have the opportunity to do so. And I don't want to step on other people's toes that are training said receivers that are coming out and doing all this stuff. But there is so much where they can come in and dominate right away if you have that kind of speed. If the rest of your game, it just polished up. There's no way. It's simple.

What you're saying is, can you do something other than run a go? Can you run an out? Can you run an end? Can you run a dig? Can you run a comeback? Can you run an over? Yeah. Because what makes Hyriek so unique is that people are afraid of that speed,

but he can stop on a nine. He can run that speed out. He can run that dig. He can run that comeback. He can run the over. He can run the shallow. You do everything else. Can you tie everything together to make everything look like you running a go ball?

Mm-hmm. Because that guy don't get a back pedal. I don't give a damn what you run. running. He ain't, you ain't beating him. He going to drive his ass off on it. Yeah. You better break that cushion and make him think you about to get up out of there.

Because if that guy don't respect you, okay, good luck. The funny thing about it, the funny thing about it, if you're fast as hell, all these people run these fast times, right? And this is where you get exposed. Because if you can't, for one, if you can't get off the bump, you're done.

You're not going to last long anyway. If you can't run fast and be able to stop a transition, well, I mean, you're done also. Got to be able to control it. You got, you got to. Speed without control ain't do you no good, Ocho. At all. That's like having a Ferrari with no brakes. Mm-hmm.

Do you no good. Man, I got a nice car. Can you drive it? Nah, man, man, I don't get it out of third. What the hell did it? Ocho, what the hell you got a Ferrari and you can't get it out of third gear? Right. The hell?

I think Varar got six gears now. You only get half of it? Mm-hmm. Because you don't know what to do with that. Yeah, I was excited, though. I was excited. Man, they're not a quarterback from Arkansas? Now, look.

Yeah. What he did really don't have anything with the... That was the name brother, wasn't it? No, no. Oh, no, no, he'll receive her. You told by Trey Lansing, brother? No, Arkansas had a quarterback that ran 4-3. He ran the second fast just 40-time.

He had this long jump. He had like a 40-something inch vertical. Six-six. Yeah, six, six. Yeah, Joe to hit me up somebody. You see the home boy in front of you see the opposite. Come on, Joe. Yeah.

Yeah, they got, uh, asked what was the quarterback name? What was this measurable? But he's like, he had the highest bird, the highest standard of loan junk, the second fast is 40. Right. I mean, he was, I ain't know, I, I know a boy had it like this. Right. Did not.

But again, it comes back to this, though. would it look like when you turn the film on? But that's what I'm saying. All those stuff, Ocho, a 40-inch vertical, 11-2 standard, not for a quarterback. No, bro, I want to know how he processes information. How soon can he get the ball? How soon can he see it, process it, and get the ball gone?

That's all I care about. I don't care about that. It'd be nice if you break away, the likelihood of a quarterback take it off and go in 80. They've probably been less than, they've probably been less in the history of the game. They've been a problem. How many times you think a quarterback has taken off and gotten 80?

Maybe five times in the history of the game. Yeah. Remember Terrell prior? Yeah, he went 93. And he cleared it and went 80. Yeah. That's the longest run. He went 93.

It was that long? Yeah. Uh-huh. I can't think. I mean, Michael Vick's done it a few times, maybe not 80 plus, but he didn't broke some long ones. Yeah. So my thing is, Ocho, I want to know, can you process information?

Can you get the ball of the hand? How soon can you detect what the defense is doing and get the ball gone out of your hands based on what you want to do? Mm-hmm. After making a run to the Super Bowl, the New England Patriots and veteran wide receiver, Stefan Diggs are parting ways.

The patrons have reportedly informed Biggs that he will be released at the start of the new year next week, just one year after he signed a three-year $69 million deal with the team. Damn. Hold on, okay, Ocho. Yeah. Now, I thought he'd done a great job in the locker room.

I thought he was great being available when he played like, you know, he bawled out. A good veteran president in the locker room. What's up? What's going on? I think the distractions off the field is too much for them. Now, all this, everything is an allegation. None of it has been comprudent.

But I just think he, for that, Ocho, you played in that organization. And even though the coach isn't there that coached you, the principles still apply. Yes, sir. I think that I for me personally I could be wrong I could be totally off but I think I just think the constant and that I think it just there's like no this is this is not what we're looking for probably too much I mean also that too obviously NFL most teams they're going younger too I mean I think dig digs had a great season Joe he had a thousand he had a thousand yard season uh he's going to get picked up being going to be somewhere else I won't be surprised if he ends up in Baltimore I'm just throwing it out there right now being in that that's not too far from not mistaken. He's from Maryland.

He's from the DMV area. Yeah, he's from the DMV area, so don't be surprised if he ends up in Baltimore, just know I said it first. And every time I say something on the show, for some reason, Unk, I'm always right, and it always happens. But that neither here nor there.

But he had a good season last night. A true leader, he had, he played well. He did what they brought him there to do. I thought he did a great job. Look, I thought he did a great job of catching the ball. I thought he did a great job with Drake May. I thought he, you know, He didn't have any bad mannerisms when he was on the field.

He wasn't pouting on the sideline. He wasn't loafing on the field. I loved everything. I loved everything about what he was doing on the field. Hey, whatever happened with his relationship, I don't care anything about that. I wish both of them the best, if they're together, stay together.

If not, that's okay too. But I just think knowing the Patriots and that organization, how they, if it ain't football related, they ain't trying to hear about it. Damn. Yeah, he got some juice left, though. I know he does. Absolutely.

And you got to think about it. Absolutely. So now he's going to get another year. So he'll be two years removed, Ocho, from that ACL. So he should become better. Better than he was this year. I totally agree with that. Chiefs trade McDuffie to the ram.

The chiefs get the 2026 first round pick, which is their pick, because, you know, they have two first round picks. They got one of those, they got Atlanta's first round pick. They get a 2026 fifth round pick, a 2026, sixth round pick, and a 2027 third round pick for Trent McDuffie services. Ocho, we talked about this. Remember we talked about this. I said, Ocho, I'm not going to be surprised at all.

Hey, you was right. I'm not going to be surprised. You was right. Based on what they have, what they need, knowing they can't pay him. And the thing that I like about here, if they asked him a couple of weeks ago or maybe a month ago, if he were to get traded, where would you like to go? He's a Cali kid. He said, I guess I'd like to go back to the Rams.

Back home. Jerry Steve, where did they turn it? Tennessee Titans, got the big contract. That's one thing. You can say whatever you want to say about the cheese, but Andy and Brent, they do a great job. When you play and do what you're supposed to, they will try to put you in the best situation

to help you considering what you've done to help them. But damn, yeah, that's a good thing. Most of the time, you don't have owners, you don't have head coaches that operate in that manner and understand the value that you bring and that value that you do have, we can't reciprocate what you've earned to this date. But we appreciate your services.

We're going to allow you to go somewhere else and continue to blossom, and we're going to do what we need to do and fill whatever areas we need to. And one of the reasons you know they can do some of the things that they do, because they got one of the best players in the game, one of the best players to ever play this game.

You can make move like this. because he can make up for the absence of not having a great DVD like Mr. McDuffie is on the even side of the ball. They did that with Tyree. Tyree, they say you want to go to the Jazz or you want to go to Miami? Okay.

You put you in Miami. So, and knowing what they need, Ocho, they don't, Ocho, what do they need? A $30 million corner in Kansas City, they got too many other needs. Other PZ. They got too many other needs. And so it just, it didn't come,

it didn't come. you know, it became cost prohibitive. And, you know, obviously, we got my homes. Base, I, I think they still need a, they need a running back. They need a running back, bad. They need a receiver. Big time. I still believe they need a big time receiver.

I just, the little small guy, they need, they need a stud. Go ahead, don't you? I have a question. What's the chances that Kansas City Chiefs pick at number nine, if I'm not mistaken? I'm thinking, Jeremy, my love is there they take you. I'm going to say I would I would hope they climb up to go get him. You think he's going to be there now? I don't know.

Absolutely. I don't think so. I don't think so. I don't know the day, right? Yeah, boy. I need those picks, Ocho. I need those picks because I've neglected so long. Now I need to put pieces around Patrick Holmes.

Plus he's coming off an injury, Ocho. Now, we don't know if he's going to be able to start the season. I know that's his goal. His goal is to be able to start the season. But what if he's going to be able to start the season. that's not his goal and moving forward. Right. Could there be a situation he goes higher?

Hell, Ashton Genty went sixth. Here's a guy that's more of a home run threat than Ashton Jenty, a power back. Now, Ashton Jindy, for a guy his size, he runs with great power, great leverage. He runs with power, yeah. But I love, Jeremiah, love. I think that's what they need.

But Kansas City just has too many holes to fill to pay a corner, to have a $30 million corner and a $30 million dollar de-tackle. And you got for loft just making a boat. load of money. You just gave the middle linebacker a boatload of money. So I'm not surprised based on their recent history and what they need and what it was going to cost for them to keep them. And you know, that's what happens.

When you draft and they've done a great job of drafting, Ocho, at some point, you can't pay everybody. You just can't. You're going to have to let it. It's the same thing with Willing. You're going to have to let him go. You're going to have to let him go. And the only thing is, is that you're not going to get compensation for it.

I mean, you get, you get, you get compensation because he'll go and you get a third round pick. But you can't trade him and get the value that you could got if you had his rights and traded it. Right. Because you got the new spoon. And you got JSC incoming. And I'm in Warii is going to be up in a year, two years. Yeah. And he, he nice.

And we talked about this. I was like, look, if you're prioritizing, K-9 is on the bottom of the list. because what he's going to want is top five, top three, top five quarterback running back money. And they don't view him as a top three, top five back, which will be in the $15 million range, 15.7. He's not going to, they can't pay that. Thank you.

Helping us win a Super Bowl. Congratulations on your league, on your Super Bowl MVP. But, I mean, a, Uncle, Joe, there's tiers of everything. There are tier one running backs, and it's only a handful. Now, he's a very, very, very good. Yes. But he's in the same conversation with the Sequins and the Jamir Gilles.

And the McAfri's, the Bajon Robinson and McCaffrey's. No, no, he's not. No, he's not. He's not. Yeah, he's very, very good. He's very good, though. And that's okay. And that's okay.

He parlayed it at the right time, Ocho. I'm a free agent. I go on this great run. I win the Super Bowl MVP. Oh. Damn. You can't ask for anything better than that, Ocho. You got Sharbon-O.

And the thing is Ocho, they always feel that they can get a back. They feel they can get a back. Because the freshest of back is going to be Ocho when he's coming out of college. It's 20 years. Because think about it, when they put the, they're going to put the, hey, if you had that back, they're going to put 250, 300 carers on your legs before you get another contract. So you're talking about 250 to 300. You're going to get a thousand carers in your first three years.

And they don't, you know how it is. They don't value that position the way they want to do. They don't value it. And you have to be extremely special for you to hold any kind of value at the running back position in this day and age, in this passing era. And to get multiple contracts at their running back spot? Oh, it's hard. Hey, Joe, it's hard, Joe.

It's hard. I already know. Like CMAQ and Derek Henry and who else has got multiple contracts at the running back position? McCaffrey. Yeah, I see it. C-Mac first. Yeah. Yeah. That's it.

L.A. minute. It's hard. A. Joe, it's hard, boy. With us got, the Cardinals have informed Kyle Emery that they intend to release him at the first day of the league year next Wednesday, barring a trade between nine and then. Arizona already owes him almost $37 million in guarantee for 2026. And another 19 and a half would have been triggered on the 15th of March.

He will now be moving on. Kyle took the social media to address the news to everyone that supported me and showed kindness to my family and I during my time in Arizona from the bottom of my heart thank you I wanted nothing more than to be the one to end the 77 year drought for this organization I feel I'm sorry I failed us I wish this community and my brothers nothing but the best I'm no stranger to adversity I'm prepared for whatever's next I trust in God and my work ethic I truly believe my best ball is in front of me and I look forward to proving it. Godspeed. Ugh. What'd you think, Ocho? Hey, I'm curious.

I'm curious on the destinations that makes sense for him. And all a lot of places out there. I'm curious. Hey, Miami. Stay with me. Stay with me real quick, Uncle Joe.

Miami, New York, or Minnesota. Now, those are the only three I could think of. The one that I would like him to go to, the best, You know?

Minnesota. I would, I would, me personally, Joe, I would prefer a pocket passer in Minnesota because of all the weapons they have. I would like Kyler, maybe in New York or maybe in Miami. That's just me. But I would prefer to see Kirk Cousins come back to Minnesota or maybe. You want to get back up where he was. I don't, yeah.

I don't want to see Kurt Cousin that go back to Minnesota. I don't know. Hey, Joe, you got to see the numbers, Joe. You got to see Kurt. One thing Kirk could do, boy, he's going to let that thing fly. Ocho, he's going to have a few good games here and there, but come on, man. He ain't going to be the same, Kurt. You look, you know what I mean? I don't know, I don't know, Joe. But I just think from a passion standpoint, listen, Kylo-Murie is very good, very good, very good dual-threat quarterback. But I think it limits some of the things you can do when you have that kind of talent over

there in Minnesota when you have a mobile quarterback like that. But the thing is, Ocho, he's not, he's not, he's not, he's not, he's not, he's not, he's not your traditional drop back past quarterback. And I think with that offense, what they have, they need a traditional drop back past quarterback like Aaron Rogers or like a Kirk Cousins that can sling it. You don't really need to do threat. I don't know if you notice, though, Joe, but, uh, Malik Willis is going to be available. And he's going so, oh, hey, he'll get him. He's going to the highest bidder.

That's where he's going. Miami, Arizona. I can see him in Miami. Arizona would be a good one, too, for Malik. Hey, what's Wilson first name? Mike Wilson? Yes, Michael Wilson. Hey, Joe, boy, it's a young bull named Mike Wilson.

He came out of nowhere. Yeah. He can't, hey, I don't know if you've been around. Joe, he came out of nowhere. That's about like playing like true number one. Yeah. Oh my God. Well, he's nice.

All year long, Joe, he makes him play after play after play after play after play. Now they get if they get Marvin Harrison Jr. Up to speed, they got Trey McBride, best tied in the football. So they got weapons. They got to redo the offensive line. They got to get better the offensive line, don't you? They got to get better at that. Yeah.

But. And what you think about Malik. Lee Willis coming down in Miami. I think Miami or Arizona. If I had a choice, I would pick Arizona. McBride, Marvin Harrison, Jr., Mike Wilson. Absolutely. I would too.

Connors, Connors is coming back next year. I'm assuming at the run of the-upics. Hold on. Didn't he get the, who got the head job in Arizona? Wouldn't it a guy from Green Bay? Yeah. Ocho. Yeah.

Where did he have success at? Green Bay. What type of office did he run? Green Bay. The brother. It's the same thing. Boom, boom, boom, boom. You see how that thing lies up in Arizona?

Oh, he's in Miami. No, no, no. LaFluor is in Miami, isn't it? Is he in Miami or Arizona? Because Willis is probably going where the other LaFleur brother went. Right. Or the Cardinals.

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