NFL Daily with Gregg Rosenthal - Best free agents still available

Episode Date: March 28, 2016

A room filled with heroes - Dan Hanzus, Gregg Rosenthal, Chris Wesseling and Colleen Wolfe discuss the latest news from the NFL, including Arian Foster visiting the Dolphins and Rex Ryan’s comments on Ryan Fitzpatrick. Then, the heroes go over the St. Louis Graybeards roster before NFL Media’s Conor Orr joins the show to update his “Madden” team.Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comNFL Daily YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nflpodcastsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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We move on to the NFC and AFC. east and we also are going to take a look at the red stars at the safety position around the NFL guys taking shots out of spucky i don't like it don't listen to their podcast listen to ours you can find it on nfl.com slash podcast youtube or iTunes the around the nfl podcast is a three-time off-season champion welcome back to another edition of the around the NFL podcast my name is dan hansis and i'm joined by a room filled with heroes colline wolf Chris Wessling and Greg Rosenthal. What's up, boys, and girl.

Hey, Dan. Yo. What up? Whoa. Welcome back, Colleen. Back-to-back weeks. I know. Weird.

You're going to be all right? You good with this? I love it. They're a little under the weather. Mark battling. This is why Mark needs to start eating meat. Did we confirm whether he has vertigo or not? I believe he's at the doctors right now to find.

I think it's more of an ear infection. Something's going on there. So it's good It's good to have Colleen back here Hopefully Mark feels better It's great to have Colleen back I'm not feeling great either I missed like a whole weekend

Of party time With Colleen Wolfe Yeah Gonzo your hub Wes was involved And Greg By the way Let me say something about Greg

Oh no Greg's family When they go to Japan It's like Greg's a bachelor All over again It's great It's like Greg You know he's out this night

He's out that night Yeah There were multiple hangouts We went to the beach Oh you're at a local burger joint Yeah I put the bar tab on my car Do I bring like

What is this mid-90s Bad dance songs Wherever I go I'm just I'm just saying This is It's an interesting Look into your soul a little bit

That how And it's good It's good How you really take advantage Both your two children And your wife Are in Japan They're in Japan

I'm joining him I'm joining them later this week, so I had about eight or nine days, yeah, as a bachelor, and, you know, as anyone with the family will say, you got to take advantage of that time. And I, you know, I've been seeing friends that I don't normally get to see going out as much as I can. I'm using, I'm using the time. Just like zany antics, too, like, you're like, oh, I'm back home, it's late. Uh-oh, lock myself out, going to break into my own home. Whoa, what? I didn't hear this.

Literally, like, adventures that Greg's having by himself. Well, that had nothing to do with my, well, I guess it did have to do it. It's just an adventure because she could have left me in. Yeah, when I was going out Saturday night after I left you guys at the beach, that's where we hung out with Colleen and Gonzo and West. You know, I took a cab to Hollywood and went out, or took an Uber. Big night on the town. I realized I locked myself out of my house.

And so when I got back late at night, I had to break into my house. That seems like a great move. Which wasn't, you know, wasn't that. Wasn't that easy at to climb onto a neighbor's sort of fence? No, you did not. Jump over another thing with wires, and I thought initially I my back or something, which shows you're not allowed to say the F word, by the way. Oh, yeah.

See, he doesn't care. He's such a bad boy. I love it. I love this new Greg. I've actually had to break into my house before. Oh, yeah. I really shouldn't be giving this way because I just said how easy it is to break into my house. apparently.

Here's Greg's address, 1412, Santa Monica Drive. So yeah, Greg, still here and getting ready to go to Japan, so life's good for Greg Rosenthal. I learned something interesting, too, about Greg. Ooh, I was going to say, like, what have you learned? I learned that he was one of the founding members

of a botchy ball league? Was it a league? Well, it was not a league, but yeah, West, West brought some bachi balls to the beach. Not a huge hit. But I, yeah, I was a founding member of the inaugural Minichag Regional Batchie Club. I believe still the only high school Batchie Club in all of Massachusetts. How did that go for you when you were against Colleen and I?

Oh, yeah. I mean, look, I'm not really great at Cornhole or Bocci ball. You won. Well, with you, yeah, that's true. That's true, actually. I just kind of bring this up to the line that I said before the show, which is Wes is like the Michael Jordan of parlor games. Whatever teams Wes on generally wins these things. When it was Wes and I, Colleen and her husband couldn't even score a point off of us.

What's the Malcolm Gladwell thing if you spend 10,000 hours on anything? You master it. Wes has spent over 10 million hours in bars. Darts, do that. Darts pool. Anything that's not really a sport. How come that doesn't work for either? That's an outrage.

That's a good question. Yes, this is the Monday edition of the Around the NFL podcast sponsored by no one. Nice show today. Very nice show today. We've got a lot to get to. some news from around the league of course as we do every show you know things are slowing down we're hitting kind of a slow period of the NFL calendar in terms of news before the draft sneaks up on us but there's still stuff to talk about we'll do that we will touch base with

you know I am the owner Colleen of a team oh I know the graveyards oh yes the graybeards so I have a big announcement to make I'm not going to I'm not going to tease it now big announcement about the gray beards talk about the 2016 roster which i have now welcomed an entire new team and signed an entire team um and we're going to talk about the graybeards two must be so excited i'm very excited i can't wait is the third annual the third season for the graybeards i think maybe it's i don't know if it's it's it's definitely at least two i don't know maybe three i don't think four i i don't know i'm i'm on the edge of my seat to see what this announcement is no one even knows what it is Yeah, it's a type of, it's seismic.

I'll put it. Wow. Yeah. All right. And then we haven't checked in with Connor or in a while. He's getting married this weekend. So he's going to, his life changes forever in a few days. So we need to check in how he's doing with that.

He's an interesting guy. So you never know kind of what his head spaces. Let's check in on that. And then we've got to check in on some things around, around Connor. We always like to know, you know, what's going on with his Madden team. Got to check in on Aorable movies. Right. I forgot about that.

on the podcast. So a lot to get to today. But before that, we've got to do some news. What's up, Brandon McGinnies, behind the glass, the oirishman? Nothing much, Dan. How are you doing? Good, good, good, good. Would you mind if we, oh, did you see Batman, by the way?

That is correct. I did. Was it bad? No. No, no, no. Not at all. Okay. I mean, you can rip apart.

So you talked yourself into it. Yeah, so everyone else. I didn't even have to. You know, I was listening to everyone. It's like, you know, if you don't like it, that's your fault. I loved it. I could. I'm happy.

I'm happy. That was mostly TD who, like, just, man, even when we were downstairs talking about it, how he was talking about the movie. And it's just like, man, just sit back and enjoy it. He's trying to break it down, dissect it. You know, I already had to deal with all the Star Wars stuff in December. And now all the same people are talking about Batman versus Superman. It's like, just give me a break.

It's back. Can't get away from it. I'm happy you like to, Brandon. Let's do some news. And so it's the audience's voice is loudest. And after this weekend, the audience will at least partly have spoken. Okay. Anybody got a guess on that one?

That's like the director of Batman talking about the bad reviews. I'm just guessing. That's close. I'm just guessing. Is that Zach Snyder? No. It's Superman himself, Henry Cabell. Oh, boy.

That's how. Well, that's your thoughts on that is the drop. I zoned out as soon as he started talking about little kid superheroes. Yeah. I want another 19-year-old, bro. How about that? I'm on top of things. So, that's good.

That's good. So, Arrian Foster. And Aryan Foster is a free agent, of course. He's coming back from a torn Achilles. And the Miami Dolphins are a team that have tried over and over again this offseason to get a running back to stick with their team. They try to get Lamar Miller or they tried to hold on to him, couldn't do it. C.J. Anderson, they signed him to an offer sheet, correct?

Yes. Went back to the Broncos. Was there a third guy that they tried? Chris Johnson. Chris Johnson. They offered twice as much as the Cardinals. And supposedly they were in on Alfred Morris as well. Well, won't somebody please take our money?

Right. So now Aryan Foster now is connected to the Dolphins rap sheet reported Monday that the former Texans running back is scheduled to meet with the team on Tuesday. He was cut, Foster was cut by the Texans earlier this month. Rap report reported that Foster could quote pass a physical now, but the dolphins are unlikely to sign him until he can go full speed. And by the way, guys, you know, we don't like to always do it. but this is something that was predicted on this very podcast.

How obvious is it going to be when in about a month or two the dolphins make a way too big offer for Arian Foster? I mean, that's what is Stefan and Fergie are doing in that front office? A, that actually hasn't happened yet, the offer, the way too big offer. B, is there any chance you bring that clip up if anyone else in the room had made that prediction? No, no, no. Dan tossing to the sound bite of Dan. I wouldn't remember it if you guys did it. But I think this is an excellent call, Dan.

I mean, you still have a month for that offer to come in. It's coming, is what I'm saying. And it will be more than any other team would be offered. It was obvious that this, that name brand, that shiny thing that their front office would be interested in it. It just a man. Can he still play? I guess they're making at least the right move, Greg, to wait and to see how he looks when he's quote unquote 100%. It makes sense.

I mean, I think he's worth a shot as long as the money's low. clearly they don't think that they're set at running back. They have Jay Ajay, who I started watching for a piece. We're going to redraft the 2015 draft. I'm going to look at the running back. I like Jay Ajai a lot, but maybe he doesn't quite fit the scheme that Adam Gase has got to do. He's more of a one-cut kind of big guy.

He would fit well in Denver, and he's had injury problems. So I think they're going to draft someone, either going to draft someone high or they're going to sign Foster. Yeah, Foster is great when he's good and when he's healthy, I mean, but he just seems like he's always hurt, and he's going to be 30, right? So, I mean, I don't know if I'm sold on them just having Jhajai there.

They need somebody else. No, and they have no depth. They literally have no one else practically on the roster. So they need a couple players. Can anyone name a running back who has made a successful return from Achilles tendon surgery? Deuce McAllister was moderately successful for a little bit, wasn't he? No. He, like, kind of came back and he was there.

Came back and was like a goal line back? But he was the one carrying the bat and stuff like that. Yeah. He's getting everyone excited. Andre Brown came back and just kept getting injured. Now Achilles' surgery has come light years in the last five, six years. But skill position players are running back who's got a cut like that? I don't know if he can do it.

We'll see how it plays out plenty of time. It sounds like this isn't something that's imminent. And I would assume other teams will get interested if he's healthy. In other news, Rapsheet reported Monday that the same. have agreed to a one-year deal with Nick Fairley, New Orleans announced the deal later that day. The Patriots had interest in adding Fairly after they lost to Keem Hicks,

but it ultimately Farley ends up with the Saints. Anybody a little nervous about Nick Fairley playing in Nolins? A lot of good food down there. Is that what you were going after? I'm just saying he's had issues, both conditioning-wise and, you know, sometimes it just seems like he loses focus. New Orleans is a place where you can lose yourself a little bit. I think that's a thing.

I think for a player that is going to be prone, I don't know if Nick Fairley is this player or not, but for players that are prone to possibly eating too much, drinking too much, New Orleans is one of those cities. Miami would be similar, but in a different way, more for the nightlife,

where I think it can have a harmful effect on an NFL player. It certainly does for people that go down to college there, half the people don't make it back for a sophomore year. And these are like, you know, golly gee kids paying a lot of, like, private school money. And then they're just like, I've just seen a lot of kids who had never had a drop of alcohol in their life show up for freshman year. And they're gone, you know, six months later because they've been wasted. Would you say New Orleans is the best culinary city in the country? Per capita, there's no doubt.

I mean, for the amount of people. They'll get great going on New England. I don't think I can go there. Well, it's not even close, though. Per capita. Now, New York is right. You know, New York, obviously, for the breadth. San Francisco and L.A. are both great.

I don't think I trust myself to go to the Orleans. In a condensed area with that little amount of people. In what sense, Colleen? I don't know if I'd be able to handle all the delicious food there. I don't know if I would come back. What about the other picture? Yeah. No.

The other avenues of just food. Indulgence. Okay. So just the food. Just food. Okay. Well, that's good. But Nick Farley, he can play when he's motivated and.

Sure. shape and stuff. So for a team that every year is a terrible defense, adding a guy under the age of 30 with some talent, not a bad signing, right? 50 shades of terrible D. Well, they need defensive tackles. He's probably going to start for them.

I like the signing. I think they needed to take some chance. People have been talking up their offseason. James Luronitis to me was a curious. Who's talking it up? I saw a couple. Well, Ian for our NFL. I think I gave them a D on our grades.

He also matched old Josh Hill, our former making. in the leap. So they can throw it to him 10 times again this year. Yeah, I'm not a fan of Laurinitis, but that's a good signing, Nick Fairley. Here's another signing that could be good, depending if you could talk yourself into the player. The Packers are going to sign tight end Jared Cook,

formerly of the Rams, a one-year $3.6 million deal per rap sheet. That's, I guess the deal is not official yet, but that's the deal. It's going to happen eventually giving Aaron Rogers a pass-catching tight end. he seems to have been lacking since Jerm Michael Finley suffered his career ending neck injury. Cook comes to Green Bay after three years in St. Louis. He's 28 years old,

had 1786 yards and eight touchdowns in those three years. However, Greg, you spoke often or numerous times, at least repeatedly, or multiple times, at least twice is what I'm going to say. Oh, my God. You said it at least twice that Jared Cook was holding that offense. That should be a sound drop. What just happened.

Holding out offense hostage at times. You did not like what he was doing in St. Louis last year. No, a few tight ends did more to hurt their team than Jared Cook. Always a penalty or a mental error or a drop. He would kill the Rams and they just refused to take him out of lineup. What is West? The idea that a tight end is holding the Rams' offense hostage, give me a break. He hurt them as much as a team.

They don't have a quarterback. He's going from Case Keatom and Nick Fools to Aaron Rogers. Wait, so Chris Wesley, Are you saying that Jared Cook could be a pro bowler in Green Bay? I'm saying he chose the Packers over the Bears, Falcons, and Panthers. He had interest. This is not an insignificant contract, $3 million for a year. That's fairly pricey.

I mean, that's a good deal. I think this offense needed speed. They were the slowest wide receiver, tight-end core, in the NFL by next-gen stats, according to next-gen stats last year. And you could see it on the film. Nobody could get open. And now you had Nelson and Cook. and a skinnier Eddie Lacey.

Well, let's talk about that. If you have Jared Cook, who can move and make some plays, Jordy Nelson back, let's assume he's 100% after ACL surgery. Eddie Lacey, the P90x guy, it looks like a photo that started floating around last week. Looks like he slimmed down considerably. Put all those things together. Could this offense be great again? Because it certainly wasn't last year.

I think it, yeah, absolutely. I mean, you look at what they've been able to do in the past. Just take last year out of it. It was just last year. I mean, that offense can really work. And Aaron Rogers, the things that we saw from him last year, I think was a trickle-down effect because the stuff that we saw of him kind of skittish in the pocket,

I think that he just got burned so many times by his receivers dropping things and guys just not making plays and not being in the right place at the right time. And I think that when all the guys are back, it will change everything. And by the way, just wait until August when the stories start coming out about how banged up Randall Cobb was. He was never close to the same guy.

So if he's healthy, you know, we were talking before Nelson got hurt West last summer. I remember with some buzz about could this be a historic offense, perhaps after one down year, they'll be back to that level. Well, everything that could go wrong went wrong. Jordy Nelson, we were ranking him as a top five NFL receiver and got a lot of brushback on that from people who said he was just a product of Aaron Rogers. I think we saw that he wasn't just a product. Then Randall Cobb gets hurt. Devante Adams gets hurt.

Well, he might not even make the team at this point, Devante. Oh, he's making the team. I think Jared Cook's a good move because great quarterbacks make mid-level players better. So I think there'll be a game or two where Packers fans are cursing Jared Cook's name because he does something stupid. I agree with that. Stupid. But this is not an insignificant move. He's had 70 or more targets in the last four years.

And the Rams paid way overpaid him. Right. The Packers are getting him on a pretty decent deal. Well, they had convinced themselves they had to get a tight end. So you always like a free agent move like this where now they're not going into the draft feeling like we have to draft the tight end in the first or second round. We have cooked there. If the right one falls to them, then they'll probably take one anyways. In other news, Rex Ryan, this is a little leftover action from the coach's breakfast last week, opposed by Connor or this morning, which was just tearing it up on the metrics as Greg let us know this morning.

Rex Ryan was asked about the Ryan Fitzpatrick situation with the Jets. Fitzpatrick, of course, still a free agent not attached to the Jets. He's looking for from what we're hearing roughly double than what the Jets are offering right now. But Ryan said he really hopes that Ryan Fitzpatrick is out of New York. But do you believe him? Here's the line or here's the quote. I hope he goes somewhere else. I do.

He's tougher than hell. What's lost in it is he might have played poorly against us. He might have had a bad day referring to week 17, but I think they won five straight with him, and he was lighting it up, probably the most yards in history of that franchise. We'll see. Like I said,

I hope they lose him. And then Connor did a nice job in his post, because then he went through all the Rex Fitzpatrick games going back to Time in Buffalo, or Fitzpatrick's time in Buffalo. And for many of those games, the Amish rifle was dreadful. And it actually lowered my piece scale from seven and a half

about losing Fitzman. to seven because there's another reminder that Ryan Fitzpatrick come on great year last year but he's not that good so Rex Ryan's playing games all I can think about when I hear about that is Rex Ryan after that I think we were talking about at the beach too the win that the bills had over the color rush game oh the color rush game and that's what that's what happened that game because Fitzpatrick he melted down and then afterwards it was Rex just talking about he was glowing he was beaming he was so excited he was talking about being dumped by I a hot girl, and then that's making weird metaphors and things. Well, that was a very tough moment for me. I thought I will never forget it. You know, the color rush game in general. As a man, you know, as one of the colorblind people out there. For instance, when Fitzpatrick threw that interception at the end of the game,

was it an interception or was it a good completion to keep the game going? I couldn't really tell right away. By the way, here are the seven games. Rex Fitzpatrick, 10 of 25, 9 of 20. 12 of 27 15 of 31 26 of 39 18 of 32 12 of 26 bunch of interceptions I've got a lot to say on this now that I think of it go ahead I like that the Jets fans are now trying to they're now trying to talk themselves into not getting them back no I want to go that far that's kind of the natural process we're just that's starting now we're just trying to like

you know ease if that does happen realize that Joe Montana is not walking out the building Two, I think, and no one seems to really believe, I think Gino Smith presents. Oh, God, here we go. No, no, no. Here we go again. It has nothing to do with what I think. But I've heard this now from multiple places. I think his presence there is absolutely having a big impact on their Ryan Fitzpatrick stamp.

So whether you agree with me or not, I think Mike McCagnan and Todd Bowles agrees with me that he is a legitimate option and he's part of the. reason they're holding the line. The guy that they had nothing to do with bringing in that their only real experience was getting his jaw busted in a fight because he was being a jackal. But he was the starter at that point. He was the starter at that point. They had spent the whole offseason.

Very loosely. There was nothing in the set and stone. He was probably going to be. So you just. Probably. Gino Smith. Multiple. I think he represents an option.

So it would be a way. I think the Jets would be more aggressive and more willing. I think they kind of like him and probably think it's not that different between those. I don't think so. That makes them be able to be a little more aggressive. I get your point, Greg. But I'm saying if it was just Bryce Petty in the building, I think they'd be different.

At least they know, oh, we have a guy. It was a two-year starter. But it's not because they like the guy. I think they just know it seems as a fallback option. It might be Greg's most peculiar stance in the history of this podcast. Going to the barricades for Gina Smith. I'm going out with the Jets' stance. You do, but at some point, it's a little bit rooted in that you still believe that

you know is a decent quarterback. Well, yeah, I think they see that he has. And you want them to see that as well. I think they do see that. I've heard it from people saying that the Jets believe in. Maybe the Jets are just putting that out there a little bit as leverage. Also, the numbers on Fitzpatrick, what they're offering them kind of went out there from Bleacher Report. Right now, his offer was $7 million a year.

He's looking for $16. So, I mean, that's significant. That is pretty insulting in a league where RG3 and Chase Daniel are making $7 million a year. Is it insulting or is that what he's really worth? Here's the thing. And I think I said this on the Shack. I don't think I said it on this one. But, you know, I would understand Fitzpatrick has stayed out of the fray

and you haven't heard from him at all. Which is cool. Which is good. But wouldn't you be annoyed, like really angry if you're Fitzpatrick? He saved that team last year from total clown car, same old Jets disaster by not only taking over on short notice, but then thriving and setting the touchdown record for the team. And this is how you repay me? And then throwing the season away in the season finale.

I think that's, I mean, that's part of the story. and probably part of the reason he's not signed yet. But what he was able to do, he saved them. They went 10 at 6 when everyone thought the wheels were going to come on. I think that offer. But they know who he is. But that's a statement offer. That's like, I think a relatively low, reasonable offer would be 10 or 11 a year on like a one or two year deal.

And that's even that's on the low end. That's like, hey, here's the lowest end of starting quarterback. To go seven is like, bro, you're a backup. That's how we view you. How many other teams have chased him? that we know of nobody real nobody yeah because they know what he is but they also these other teams know that he's only looking for 15 million plus and there maybe if he brought his price tag down i don't know i still think he ends up a jet but he's going to get an average roster to six and ten

and a pretty good roster to 10 and six and that's it maybe not a super bowl quarterback i got you moving on trent richardson we talked about it a little bit i think last week with um sessler when he was on the phone and and i was i was going to say get well soon mark but i don't think he's listening i think he's just recovering in recovery mode i hope he doesn't have vertigo that's a horrible affliction yeah sometimes i feel like i ruined nick of sasky's career oh poor nick promising young uh lefty slugger for the red socks righty slugger righty came up with the i hope that doesn't happen to mark yeah we hope you're not the next next uh you're not the nick of the podcast world uh get well soon mark anyway try

Trent Richardson. Colleen says that with a big smile on her face thinking like, well, it wouldn't be the worst. No, no, don't put that out there. It would be an open chair. Not true. Anyway, Mark and I have a sandwich wager on Trent Richardson ever playing a snap again in a regular season game, of course.

And now the Ravens have been tied to Richardson in a loose sense for several weeks. And AL.com, is that what is a L Alabama? Yes, yes. reporter Matt Zenitz had this interesting little tidbit about Richardson's weigh-in with the Ravens. He weighed in at 238 pounds after settling for, quote, fried chicken at Popeyes the night before, then eating a heavy breakfast that consisted of pancakes, grits, and a breakfast wrap. His quote, I didn't think. That sounds like a Saturday.

I didn't think I was working out. I didn't think I was working out, Richardson said, of why he had such a breakfast. big meal they were like you ready to go work out i'm like workout that was right before the workout and i got weighed right before that i was like oh my god and i jumped on the scale and i was like oh my god i've been doing so good according to richardson um he reportedly weighed 226 last week before the is that meal a 12 pound meal i don't know it's a little it's all a little hazy but the ravens wanted to get down to 225 so he's still significantly overweight in terms of what the Ravens want to be.

And, you know, that meal, a little bit of a la Ralea. Yeah. Whoa. If I've ever heard one, good luck to the guy, but, you know. Get yourself together.

You can't be doing that, especially if, like, you have any teams interested at all. You need to, like, be P90xing it immediately. You're literally trying to save your career, and you're having, like, these massive back-to-back meals

separated by a nap. Though it does sound delicious and beautiful, doesn't it? found a good after you sign though right poppies might be yeah and then it's like then we go back to work right not before and then he finds out he might be in the wrong line of work I mean it sounds like he could be a comedian instead of a football that you know what the it's pretty funny and entertaining the sad part of this is that line is in the middle of a long article really explaining with good context Trent Richardson's rode back and so that's why it almost didn't fit it was sort of in this idea of like Trent Richardson has turned his life around And he really had realized that this is his last chance and he's working hard again. And then that was just like thrown in the middle of it as if nothing happened.

And it made you question the whole article before that. Now, some of it, I think, was what's the word, illuminating on some of the pressures and the mistakes that Richardson made as a pro. He was basically saying he couldn't deal without the structure of college. The NFL was too easy to get lazy. And it talked a lot about all the money he was spending on everyone. he said at one point he was spending like he like paid for five funerals and he had no idea and they were each like over $12,000 right and he was saying buying cars he was saying he wasn't really that close to people basically he's he's that guy who he spent a lot of money on a lot of people taking advantage of him Trent had to cut them off come on buddy you can do this last line by the way from Kevin patcher in the write-up on around the NFL as we saw with Jim Marcus Russell's epic failure to come back no losing weight is only part of them

battle, overcoming laziness is a lifestyle choice necessary to keep a job in the NFL. You can just picture that. As he benched battles. Weakness. This is weakness leaving the body. Pain is weakness leaving the body. I really wish we had a video on you guys right now. Dan and Wes are doing synchronized bench presses.

You know what? Trent Richardson just needs a whiteboard. Oh, that's true. I think we all could use a whiteboard. He could listen to this. We should send him one. He could listen to this podcast and go around with the little jokes that we had. Put that up on the whiteboard.

By the way, Popeyes, is that the number one fast food chain in America? I love it. It's got my vote. Really? It's a big comment. The steak and shick count is fast food? That sounds like something better suited for the fast food podcast. Yeah, we'll save it.

I just want to throw it out there. In and out, burger. In and out. In and out. Chick-fil-A. That's not really national. Chick-fil-A is pretty good. In-out, it's not national.

I'm still. I'm mad at them for their Sunday stand still. What is the Sunday? They're not open on Sunday because it's God's dead. Oh, yeah. All right. God wants chicken. Taking a shot at God here, Wes?

Save it for the theology podcast. I'll save it for that one. See it for the theology and fast food. That crossover pod. Right after the past is hot. With Trent Richardson sitting in. Finally, Jay Gruden. Kevin Harlan is the coach of the Redskins.

Yes, he is. Robert Morris is a former running back of the Redskins. They let him go. He was the bell cow guy for three years there, four years there. So now there's Matt Jones in the backfield. And Wes, West gets very excited talking about Matt Jones, thinking about Matt Jones. That right. Wow.

Believing at Matt Jones. Do you know how we know that Jay Gruden is the coach of the Redskins? How? We saw him at the podium after he won the NFC East. All right, all right. I got you. Roundabout way to get a point in there, West. But here we go.

Jay Gruden believes that Matt Jones can be. a workhorse type guy. Matt played well and we're very excited about him. He told CSN Mid-Atlantic, we let a heck of a running back and a very productive running back go because we have Matt. That, of course, is referring to Alfred Morris. Do we believe Matt Jones had a nice start to last year and then he kind of faded and kind of disappeared a little bit. So now he's going to be the number one guy. I don't know. I don't know if we believe in. I know last September, Greg and I were very high on him because you don't see six foot two,

two, 235 pound backs moving like him. And then he disappeared the rest of the year. Well, he had fumbling problems, too, an average 24 yards per carry. Maybe I only remember what we got really wrong, but there was an NFL now hit somewhere in the hinterlands where we went around the room talking, can anyone beat Matt Jones out for rookie of the year? Or something to that effect.

Who are the rookie of the year candidates, and Matt Jones got half the answers. I love this of Matt Jones. And that's why I thought this was interesting just because the comment that he's definitely. definitely our number one. We're taking a gamble. I think it really shows that they see that talent

and they do see him as a starter and they're going to roll with it. Well, I thought by... Get him in your fantasy league. By September of last year, it was obvious Alfred Morris was not going to be back with the Redskins. Right.

I guess we could see if they draft anyone, but I like giving that Jones a little one. That's what's happening in the news. Okay, so the graybeards. There are a team that I own in theory. By the way, I always thought it was the graveyards, like graveyard, with an ass. Totally misread that. Oh, graveyardards.

Graveyards. Like they're dead, dead people, like their lives are over? Yeah, that's where I went immediately. The gray beards, because they tend to be, all right, this is the conceit of the graveyards. Players that are free agents that have yet to be signed now that we're, what, four weeks out from the start of free agency? I think we are now. This will be four weeks on Wednesday. And so I put together a roster, a full roster, offense and defense and special teams.

Well, not complete special teams, but, you know, kicker or punter. You don't have a gunner. I don't have a gunner, but I do have a long snapper. We'll get to that. Wonderful. And I take all these guys that do not have jobs right now, but to me are useful, potentially still productive players in 2016. And they are members of the great. Beards, a team that I believe could beat the Browns and other NFL teams if it came

down to it in a big spot. And you can read all of, you can read the entire roster on NFL.com slash Dan Hanses. Is there a certain player that you look for a certain type, like a personality or anything? Is there anything that's really important to your organization in terms of like when you're looking for players? Well, there's no Greg Hardy on the team. Okay. But I'm just looking for guys that not only have had production in their past, hopefully not

too far in the rearview mirror. I got some character, some locker room guys in there. You want to sell tickets, though. You know, in L.A. market that didn't have a team for a long time. So you always wanted some shiny names. Well, it's funny you should say that because I have a big announcement to make. Of course, we were the Los Angeles graybeards, but in come the Rams, which I thought nobody consulted the graybeards management or ownership about this.

I should have at the table, I think. So now I'm sharing a market. market with potentially the chargers coming up from the south bogus a bunch of BS I'm not going to be in a three-team market I don't care how big a market L.A. is so guess what let me hear it one more time the graybeards are moving to St. Louis wow I thought you were going to declare vengeance oh no no no no I'm past that okay right not really that's big the St. Louis graybeards because the people of St. Louis You need to get used to that.

You know, they deserve better. So we're, you know. I like it. It's like a shot at St. Louis. What do you mean? We took your team and now we're going to send you the people who are jettisoned by everyone else. Oh, I'm proud of this team. We're going to send you the castoffs and rejects?

Will they play in the dome? Look, let's be honest. This team may be better than the Rams. I can guarantee you they've got a better quarterback. All right, let's go through the roster now. And by the way, I don't think it's a shot at St. Louis. It's giving them some joy and giving them some fun. I did run by a draft, the first draft of this roster with the team.

But some, so there was some disagreement, maybe some changes I've made. Of course, I lose people on a regular daily basis. For instance, Nick Fairley walked out of a handshake agreement with the gray beards to go and sign. Where do you go again? New Orleans. New Orleans. Like, we had a deal. Nick goes out the door.

We just talked about it on the podcast 20 minutes ago. Yeah, thank you. We also lost Brandon Boykin, who I thought would have been a nice guy. some upside. Eli. Cook, too, I think a lot. It's almost like they were reading your team. Yes.

And siding players the last year. That's why I like to keep things under the wrap until the big reveal. Because you know they're just going to use you to drive up the price. Exactly. And speaking of driving up the price, my starting quarterback is deep sigh. Ryan Fitzpatrick, 33 years old, unemployed. We had no problem giving him $16 million per year. He doesn't know yet that it's not real money.

So it could get a little messy, a little later in the game. Ryan Fitzpatrick is our star. Comes full circle. Back to St. Louis. People forget. All the way around. Get his rookie year under Mike Martz. And then, of course, the backup, you want to have a good veteran, Wes.

You want somebody in the clubhouse that will get along with people. You want somebody to play a little acoustic guitar. Oh, great ponytail. Clifford Jesus is in the building. How about it? Nashville's sexiest. Jesus has risen. Charlie Whitehurst is our backup quarterback.

So those are the quarterbacks. Not bad, right? That's solid. March 28th. That is better than the Rams quarterback room. No doubt. Next up, here's my running backs. And I love this.

A little thunder and lightning or perhaps thunder and thunder. We'll see how it works out. Aaron Foster, still unattached. So he's a member of the St. Louis Greybeard's 30 years old coming off an ACL injury. Excuse me. injury le garrett blunt bang put him in at the goal line take a little heat off uh where's the lightning ronnie helman i uh yeah i had some talks with ronny but at this point he was not on the le garrett's good for like the team parties oh yeah um just driving around in the cars before games

he's great like le garret blunt 29 years old you'll see a theme here every year with the gray beards 30 is your life is over at 30 years old if you're not a star player it's tough it's tough Or just a regular person, too. Yeah, well, that's true. Drop off. Yeah, that's true. Fullback, and we are thrilled to make this announcement because he's the only fullback that, like, 90% of football fans know.

John Cune. Coon! In the building, 34 years young. Probably will end up being poached by the Packers at some point. But right now he's got a home with the great. 34. Yeah. Well, all these ages are as of week one, so he might be 33 now.

34-year-old fullback. He's got a lot working against him. Yeah, well, wait until we get to our wide receivers. Not a lot of burners. We won't be taking the top off any off defenses this year. Anquan Bolden, 35 years old. Seems to be an issue in general. Yeah, speed is, we'll see that come up over and over again.

Anquan Bolden, one receiver, Percy Harvin. We're going to have through all of September. That's the speed? There's your lightning. For a month, and then we're going to put them on IR. He'll get IR even on a fake team. James Jones. Wow. Might be slower than Bowled.

Put him in the slot. Have some fun with them over there. and then Andre Johnson, because we got to put somebody on the media guide. Somebody's got to be on the front of the media guy. That's a good point. Adjohn Johnson? 35 years old. So Bolden and Johnson are my outside receivers, both 35.

It's a problem. Speed's a problem. I think you could put Harvin on the outside just in this. I'm trying to figure out a way for him to not get hurt. I also want to put him on a spot of the field where there'll be less injuries. I haven't figured that out yet. Is there any teams that this receiver group would be better than? No.

No? Too slow. It's a pretty brutal. Cleveland? I match it up against Cleveland. Holden and Harvin, you know, you could get it. All right, yeah. But if Josh Gordon's back.

Well, if Gordon's back, that's different. All right. Tight end. And, oh, we lost, we lost Jared Cook. That hurt because I thought Jared had a real chance to be somebody that could revitalize his career with Ryan Fitzpatrick. It's not going to happen. But I have Bernard Davis. Would have angered the St. Louis fans, though.

I think they're happening that Jared Cook's gone. Vernon Davis, 32 years old by week one. Still, he can move, yeah. Hasn't done a damn thing in four years. No. But maybe last, it's basically your last chance because if you fail with the gray beards, you're out. He's ready.

I think he's ready for it. And then I have, as his backup, Owen Daniels, so I basically brought back Denver's tight end group from last year. It's good. There's a heavy. Some osmosis there. And he did some things. Daniels did some things with Peyton Manning's corpse last year.

So, yeah. 33 years old. He scored two. Sounds awful. Out of nowhere. touchdowns or was it just two big catches in the AMC touchdowns championship? If he doesn't beat Jamie Collins won one a couple times, Patriots might have won the Super Bowl. Tally illegal.

So this doesn't sound, all that sounds pretty decent so far, right? Not great, a little slow, but some nice name brands. Servicable players. This is where the graybeard's getting to some trouble because the offensive line is going to get beat like a drum. It's hard to put together an entire line basically on April 1st. All right. It's going to be like the Mike Smith Falcons. I disagree, but go ahead.

Again, average age, about 30 years old here. Luis Vasquez. That's a good guard right there. We're going to play him at right tackle. Oh, okay. Ben Grubbs at right guard. No tackles out there. That's fine.

Stefan Wisniewski. That's fine. At center. Jari Evans, 33 years young, left guard. And, you know, this one's a little controversial. I'm going to kick the tires on an old all pro. He's been out of the league mostly for almost two years. Jake Long, new locker.

He's in. Line side blocker. He's back on the Gravelyard. Five years ago, this line would be phenomenal. Yeah. That Jari Evans Ben Grubbs were making Pro Bowls together in New Orleans. I think this line is fine, four-fifths of it. You continuing to go back to the Jake Longwell for the Grabeards is curious.

I think he was a, we looked this up today. He only played 11 snaps last year. He was on the falcons, but just sat on the bench. He's, he's rested. His body is got. He moves like Frankenstar. You could have found someone. Lil Beaties out there.

By the way, how old do you think, Jake? lung is 64 I know the answer it's only 31 years old wow sneaky young oh he's a great yeah he's he's had surgeries he's had a lot of surgeries that's all right they're not really going to be moving he's basically going out there with brian boltinger's body right now now now let's move to the defense so that's the offense the defense um I really like my interior a line before fairly walked out of the handshake agreement he said his work was as strong as Oak, apparently not, Nick. So what we're left with is Jason Hatcher, Potros, Nighton,

Mike DeVito, an old jet. I like to get some old Jets on the team, a real workhorse, and Henry Milton. You might lose Pagros. Henry Milton. Not bad. Patros might go back to D.C. If I had Farley, I would have been pumped up there.

I think I told you to get Melton off there. I don't remember who I. Really? I just feel like at this point, Melton's, he's got a lot of chance. be 29 I factor in the age with some of these guys edge rushers alden smith are going to take a chance on alden pot roast also gives you some commercials he does you people yeah alden smith i'm going to take a shot on him the youngest guy in the roster 26 years old um Dwight freeney 36 coming off a decent

season in ariereman former falcons pass rusher mostly put him on there because he's on one of the terrible reality shows my wife watches i just found out about this What's it called? Real wives of Atlanta. Real wives of Atlanta? Don't be tardy. Kim Zoliac. I think it's a spin-off program.

They have spin-offs for that stuff? Yeah, it's a little tip of the cap to my lovely wife. And he's had some moments in his career. He's 30 years old. I think he's done. Also had an Achilles injury, I believe, in his past. True. Inside linebacker.

Are you concerned about Alden Smith's multiple suspensions? Absolutely. He's out for the time. Did you talk to him about it? We had a nice conversation. Greg Hardy was also on the board, but I said, no, no, no, no, no. Won't do it.

Can't do it. Won't bring it to St. Louis. I like it. But Alden Smith, I said, I'm going to give him a shot. So we'll see what happens. I believe in the gray beards. Thank you. I'm starting to buy in.

I like this. Inside linebacker, Carlos Dansby, Damiko Ryan's, Donald Butler. D'emico, great guy. Love this. Yep. Former rookie of the year. It was 10 years ago, but, you know, he was. Dansby was second team all pro one year.

That looks like an NFL. Don't ask Kevin A.C. about Donald Butler. Yeah. Oh, that's a headline from. Kevin Aces, a column, Donald Butler defrauded chargers. I got my eyes out on him. We're going to work with him to make sure he stays motivated.

That was a good article. It was basically Donald Butler got paid and then completely stopped trying. You know what? Now he's humbled and he's young. He's 27 years old. Zach Brown and Justin Durant on the outside linebacker. Like Zach Brown. I'm surprised he's still a free agent.

Well, don't tell anybody. Quarterback. Never made the leap. All right. Now I'm going to tell you a little bit about my secondary. and I'm nervous because no one is under the age of 30. So speed once again is going to come back to haunt us. Cromarty, Antonio Cromarty.

And this is all on the law of Crow, which is have kids every year, but also your good one year, crappy one year. So this would be technically potentially his good year. Good year, yeah. And that's the end eventually. But yeah. We're going to put Leon Hall in the slot, 31 years old. And then this is asking a lot of a guy that's 35 and coming off a torn ACL.

We're going to put Charles Tillman on the outside. outside against some fast physical receivers and see how it works out. It's an interesting. Can't judge a man's heart. Well, what you've done, and I think it's savvy, is you've surrounded some of the players like Nick Fairly and Alden Smith with some Walter Payton Man of the Year candidates, Anquan Bolden, Charles Tillman, I believe, was a winner.

These are men of the highest character. I make note of that for my write-up, end of the year. And the safeties, this is a dream come true for the entire organization. Roman Harper, who always felt like he should be on the gray beards because he's been gray for five years. Yeah. He is going to be one of our safeties, 33 years young. Deshaun Goldson, get a little name brand in there, 31 years old. And Reggie Nelson, 32 years old.

Those are my safeties. What about the coaching staff? The defense is okay. My head coach. Well, let me get to the kicker. Oh, okay. You get a healthy Alden Smith in there. There are worse defenses maybe in the NFL than that defense.

I don't know. What do you think, Wes? I think they're incredibly slow. Yeah, well, that's a little slow. A lot of heart, though. Kicker, Greg the leg, Zerline. Now, anybody named Greg. The best athlete on your team right now, Greg Zerloin.

The biggest problem is not his nickname, which is great, but he was 10 of 20 last year, field goal attempts. That is 66.6%. That is not good. 20 of 30, right, yeah. Greg. Oh, yeah. Greg, the leg is a great nickname.

Math. Greg the leg. So come join us, Greg. Greg the leg. Who's your coach? I know Wes wanted Greg the leg on the top 99 until I pointed out. those stats. Puncher Brian Anger,

just like his name, his free agent. Great Jersey name. He's signed with someone. Did he? I think the bucks. He's forever known as the guy drafted ahead of four spots

ahead of Russell Wilson. Oh, no, that's right. So Jaguar's fans are like, what? We took a punter in the third round. Oh, my God. Thank you, Gene Smith. And finally, my long snapper,

and Patcher was pumped up about this. He was not happy. Don Mulbach. Oh, yeah, Mule. For 14 years has been a steady special teams ace for the Lions jump sides now. He comes to St. Louis. He's going to be our long snapper, 35 years young.

He's in that John Feinstein book I was reading from 2004 Ravens as like a guy they cut in training camp. I'm not up to speed on all my long snappers. He found his niche, folks. And now he's a gray beard. And finally, maybe you guys can take a guess who the head coach is. I just made the hire. It's very good because we get to take him out of a kind of a toxic situation where it's kind of like a little uncomfortable the situation he was in.

Tom Coughlin. Tom Coughlin. We're going to get out of the facility. Stop going to Giants to get on the elliptical machine. Get out of their building. Come coach for us. I feel like he's just watching Ben McAdoo and making like the weird Robert De Niro gesture with his hands to his eyes.

We got to get that situation. So basically it's two birds with one stone. Let Ben McAdo coach in peace. And then we welcome a two-time Super Bowl champion borderline Hall of Fame coach, hyper-motivated at age 70 or whatever it is. Play caller Mike Shanahan. We get Mike in the building. Come on in, Mike.

You need a defensive boss. That's a team. That's the St. Louis Greybeards. I'm excited about it. If I gave them a full training camp and nobody, you know, half the team would probably get hurt, but do you think I could beat any NFL team? I want to see edge rushers going around Jake Long all day long.

It's a little slow. Turn style. I don't think the defense is that bad. What would our record be, honestly? It'd either be 0 and 16 or 1 in 15. You think so? I agree. I think team speed is a serious.

You would have like a jazzy out on the field. Yeah, maybe it's right. It depends. Cofflin is a good asset. I think your ownership would be great. So that would be. If Percy Harvins stayed healthy for 16 games, I think you would have to feature him as your offensive focal point.

Yeah. He's not going to. I'm already assuming he's going on RR. That's the only way you can win because no one else has speed on your team. Yeah, that's true. 5 and 11, maybe. A couple things go the right way, 7 or 9. Uh-oh, what's 7 and 9 and 7?

Playoffs. Miracle. Playoffs. Time Cople. How did 7 and 9 just miraculously become 9 and 7? You know, it's just the bounce of the ball. Is it because you're in St. Louis? You immediately went to 7 and 9.

Too shit. All right, let's get him on the phone now. Lots of stuff to talk about with our New Jersey correspondent. He's based, he works out of a haunted house. that he owns he pays a mortgage on but here's the big news Connor or on the line getting married on Saturday hubba hubba are you ready Connor to become a different type of human I am I am so ready for the for the next phase of life

it's going to be an amazing experience um you sound somber though that's just because I got into like a fight with the limo company like six minutes before you called me so I'm just cooling off a little bit But everything's fine. I would not want to be on the other side of Connor in full wedding beef mode. Oh, yeah. Because this limo driver is getting an earful. Well, I've heard stories without naming names, some wars that Connor got in on the New York sports beat with other beat writers.

He's not somebody that's going to back down from the challenge or what he sees is a slight. Interesting. So when the limo's coming out, you're trying to bang you. You're banging back, right? I mean, I feel like multiple pickups shouldn't be a problem since there's a groom and a bride, but things amaze me every day, you know. Isn't that what a limo is for? Yeah, yeah. So, pulling back the curtain a little bit earlier today on our instant messenger client that we use, which I will not reference by name, it's a decent product.

It's not great. I've dealt with better. I've dealt with worse. I put it right at about a five out of ten. anyway Connor and I were talking about it and we were you know we were talking about what's going on like oh kind of we haven't had you on in a while is there anything new how about your Madden team and

and Connor dropped like three gems out of nowhere and I said well stop stop talking stop I-Ming and let's talk about out of the pod so let's talk about your Madden franchise and for those that maybe haven't heard Connor talk about his Madden team he plays in the franchise mode I believe that's what it's called Connor right The franchise mode, yeah. And it allows you to not only play full seasons and all that, you actually get to control every aspect of the organization from personnel,

right down to how much French fries cost and where the team plays. So the last time we caught up with you, you had moved the New England Patriots to Portland and rename them the River Hogs. And the team's star player was who? At the time it was Nile Davis. Nile Davis, the running back, and you had another historic season. The only thing, the one constant is historic record-breaking seasons, just both from individual statistics and also team success, right?

Yeah, I mean, you know, we've won the Super Bowl every year since 2013. We're now coasting into week two of the 2018 season. So I feel pretty good about our chances to take it home again. Have you ever thought of stepping up the competition? competition level, you know, that it's almost... Going to expert level, you know, Greg Sinting out here. I mean, you know, has Bill Belichick thought about getting a harder NFL? I mean, there are some things that I just can't do, and I'm so good that, I mean, maybe if

EA wants to come in and sort of create an executive that could potentially be smarter than me, I don't know if that's possible, though. All right. And EA, EA take that as a challenge. All right, so here's the thing, though, since despite being so. dominant. You have again made some major changes to your organization. Do you want to just take us through that briefly? Well, our big push this year is going to be to acquire at least 20 of the 32 first round draft picks. And we have 11 at the moment. And, you know, in, in Madden,

first round picks. I have 11 first round draft picks. And can I just say in Madden, they have like a faux Twitter where like Adam Shepter and like Ross Tucker and like there's a lot of pundits that comment on the moves and Shepter said something you're going to get on that like ho-hum like you know river hogs trade um I think it was like Michael Robinson or Kyle Euse Check a fullback and and but what he failed to mention was that I got a first round pick out of it I don't think that's so hum I think that's a fantastic maneuver on my Wait, that's like in that awful movie draft day when the Jaguars are getting pilfered by Kossner. How are they accepting these deals?

So what I keep doing is, like, if a team needs a fullback, I'll offer them like a fullback and a third round pick for a first round pick. And then just keep doing that over and over again. So, like, I have 11 first round picks, but then no picks for the next. This is an amazing strategy, Connor. This is why, by the way, conspiracy theorists, everybody relax about, you know, Robits. and AI and the idea of machines taking over. Look at the horrible moves. The GMs are made.

They love fullbacks. Exactly. I like that Connor is really now trying to win just to spite Adam Schaefter. You know that's up there in his house. Oh, Schifters, you know, doubting us. That's got to be in the River. That's on his whiteboard. Who's the coach of the Riverhoggs right now?

He can bring that up before a big game. Mike Dicca. What else is going on with the Riverhogs? I have a question. Oh, go ahead, Wes. hinted that Nile Davis is no longer your offensive focal point. Who's the star of the show these days? Well, I was talking to Chip and, you know, we were kind of comparing strategies and, you know, we had talked about sort of utilization of, yeah, yeah, sorry, I just call him Chip. But, you know,

just the utilization of the power spread, which is an offense, we both run really effectively. And we're kind of moving away and making it more of a quarterback-based offense, which is why I took some big steps to acquire both McCown brothers because I think that I call it deception perception and it's really hard to tell which one is on the field. It adds a whole new element to our offense. Wait, so teams are getting thrown off by Luke versus Josh at any given moment it's affecting how they scheme and strategize.

Wow. Totally. Yeah, I mean. How are they that different? Like Brett Ryan said when he got Tebow, if you're forcing another opponent to even spend 10 minutes preparing for the other McCown, you're winning the battle. And so that's what I'm doing right now.

Whenever you can follow the coaching moves of the 2012 New York Jets, you got to do. Connor, do you have any promotional events planned for the Riverhogs this year? I know that was sort of like an initiative that you had talked about the last time we talked to you. Yeah, it was sort of a strategic misstep when you're putting a billion-dollar stadium in downtown Portland with a team built around Nile Davis and the Nile Mile Shopping Center. After trading him, some of the promotional aspects of that got thrown out of whack a little bit. So in the meantime, we've kind of just been raising popcorn prices, wing prices, just to sort

of make up the nut on that. So, you know, it's tough, but it's my job. Hey, Connor, how about the criticism that's out there that you lack loyalty as an owner? Wow. Well, I mean, I would ask, you know, some of our. more tenured players. You know, I think that Coach Dicca is thrilled with the direction that the franchise is going in. We offered Coach Morona a chance to stay on as an executive assistant, and he declined.

A secretary? There's a lot of stuff that I can't handle, you know, but I can't handle losing the most. There you go. That was a great Madden update there, and we'll continue to check in with that team because you never know what's going to happen next. That was a great owner, spin, non-answered it. Yeah, definitely. You really mastered it. All right. Finally, before we let you go, Connor, and thank you so much for giving us this time, as always, especially during, you know, one of the more hectic weeks in a young man's life, as I can attest to.

Orable Movies, which is a series that launched, ostensibly launched a couple of months back, where you were going to review all of the top 100 movies on some websites. AFI's top 100 movies of all time. You're going to go through them because you felt you were lacking some culture in terms of the cinematic world. Where are we with that? Have you been able to plow through any films or have you written anything up?

Are you ready to talk about this? Where are we at? I think we're ready for kind of an earnest launch probably in a few weeks, but I will tell you guys that I am halfway through Citizen-Camp. and let me just say it is so stupid so I'm just looking forward

to talking with you guys about that I have no idea who made that list but so far everyone talks really loud the movie lacks any sort of special effects and it's hell of dumb so that's kind of what we're at right now Is that the only movie you've seen on the list

so far? It feels like you would need to get through the whole thing before making a final test. Listen he has a process I don't think anybody's watching 1940s movies for the special effects well maybe maybe that's part of the problem Connor is a millennial all right so we're going to wait we're going to wait on that we're going to stick a pin in orable movies for now we'll get back to you on that Madden team update a lot a lot to digest there we'll have to listen to that again I have to take notes on this at this point to keep up with everything

that's going on with the river hogs and good luck buddy with the with the old nuptials it's all about to change have fun Connor thank you very much ladies and gentlemen I will I will think of you all when I am miles away on my honeymoon. Very nice. And it is the final step, really, in the Holy Trinity of adulthood for Connor now. Because he had the live-in fiancé, he had the house, and now he's going to have the wife. It's going to become a marriage situation.

Next thing you know, kids. Yeah. And then out goes the PS3 game system. Say goodbye to the room. Just get ready, buddy. It's all about to go real fast. But marriage is wonderful. It's never going anywhere.

Marriage is great. All right, Conner. See you later, Connor. Thank you, guys. Bye-bye. All right, that's it. One last thing. Our listeners are so great,

and we have such a great community, as we know. On subreddit, on Reddit. On Reddit.com, there's a subreddit on around the NFL of the podcast that everybody should get on. And I'm looking at you as well, Colleen. I know. I'm nervous about this. Because we should all be on it, even if you go under a fake name. No, it will be Connie Fox.

Okay. Good. Because the group, it's building, it's getting bigger. Now someone is going to sign up and pretend to be coming. Oh, no. Oh, no. Well, now you've got to get up quick before this podcast goes. But anyway, so everybody, get on at Reddit.com slash R slash around the NFL.

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For another edition of the Around the NFL podcast, we'll be back on Wednesday with another show. Colleen, you've done it again. Yeah, I'm signing up right now. All right, good. Very smart. Great. Nobody else sign up is Connie Fox.

That is Colleen's bag, all right? So hopefully we'll have Mark back and we can talk about his health terrors and if, you know, meat perhaps is the solution to getting all this stuff out the window. Or food in general. I don't think he'll look upon that theory too kindly. Okay. Well, then I'm going to back off a little bit. It could be anything.

Get well soon, Mark. Until Wednesday, this is Dan Hansis. Signing off for Connie Fox, the male man, the boss, and the Irishman behind the glass. Until Wednesday. Hands do you to missus and Mr. Fancy Pants, the flames need an NFL news and here's their chance. Round the league Light of flame boys Pickskins hot tonight

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