NFL Daily with Gregg Rosenthal - Falcons QB Injuries, Hold-In Watch and Cowboys Looking To Make a Big Move?

Episode Date: July 29, 2026

Gregg Rosenthal and Nick Shook get you caught up on all the news coming out of camp from around the NFL including the Falcons signing Cooper Rush because both Tua Tagovailoa and Michael Penix are inju...red to start camp, both Bijan Robinson and Jahmyr Gibbs starting camp as a hold-in, Denzel Ward and Grant Delpit getting new contracts from the Browns, Malik Nabers' status to start camp, and discuss what big move Jerry Jones could be hinting at to start Cowboys camp.NFL Daily YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nflpodcastsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 This is an IHeart podcast. Guaranteed human. There's no shortcut for saving time, but saving money is simple. Just combine your car and home insurance with Bel Air Direct and save. Get a quote at bellair direct.com. Welcome to NFL Daily, the originator of the Holden. I'm Greg Rosenthal in the Chris Wesleying podcast studio with my friend Nick Shook, still recovering from LeBron James,
Starting point is 00:00:34 spiting his hometown. Shook's hometown, too, of Cleveland. He's in Cleveland. Hopefully we'll get him out to Los Angeles at some point. That would be amazing. This is a new type of show, Shook. It's a news-only show on this Wednesday with the entire NFL practicing at training camp
Starting point is 00:00:52 for the first time. Are you ready? I am ready. I was hoping I could avoid you twisting in off my heart about LeBron, but we got it, you know. I knew it was going to come eventually, so here we are.
Starting point is 00:01:02 I don't know what's wrong with me. They blew it. You love language. Yeah, it is and it's not a good one. What I mentioned that this show is going to be a little different. We're just going to update you on the news. Because of how a training camp is structured, we'll do this pretty often where it's just a news-only type of show.
Starting point is 00:01:21 And then our longer, bigger segments like our AFC North preview with Jordan Rod Rieg. We'll drop it on a separate show to look out for that one. But this is news only, and there was a lot of it on Wednesday. Let's start with the Falcons, which had a no-good, bad, terrible, awful first day of training camp. Here's what happened to them on the first day. Bejan Robinson, not practicing. He's holding in. Did you know, Shook, that I believe I originated the term holding in. I only mentioned it like twice a year on the game. Wait, wait, really? I started writing that and talking about it on around the NFL and I started writing it on
Starting point is 00:01:56 NFL.com. I never seen it anywhere else. I know Florio, you know, people started picking it up other places. And I was like, I came up with the Holden. And, Now it's everywhere. I mean, I'm not surprised because you're a creative and innovative type, but I mean, I would love to cross-references because if we can actually confirm this, it's on an NFL.com article, I was like, I, I'm like, we're going to call these hold-ins because it was after the new collective bargaining agreement became just a thing that people do. And what they do, Shook, is they want more money.
Starting point is 00:02:25 They don't want to get the fines that the new collective bargaining agreement, you know, cost them by skipping camp. And so they just show up and they're there. they're going to the meetings. Kind of everyone's happy. The coaches are happier because at least they're there and not falling behind. The player's not getting fine.
Starting point is 00:02:41 And that's what Bajan is doing. So that's number one thing that happened to the Falcons today. Tuotung of Iloa is not ready for the start of camp. We don't know when he's going to be back. He has a back injury that we didn't know about, something that flared up. Michael Pennock spoke to the media and said that he could be out up to four weeks.
Starting point is 00:02:57 And then the one that hurt me personally is that they released Trevor Simeon with a non-football injury designation. Trevor Simeon, Team Trev, had a chance to be the starting quarterback on day one, a camp, and he will not be. And it sounds like this might be like a career ending type of thing. They decided to sign Cooper Rush to help in the meantime. Let's listen to Michael Pennix talking about his rehab.
Starting point is 00:03:21 Right now, we're just seeing where I'm at, you know, and just, you know, just trusting the process, you know, it's more seeing how my body is feeling, you know, with these practices. but I know I was told that like another four weeks possibly going into that next stage, but at the same time, it could be earlier. You know, it just depending on, you know, how my body is doing throughout this whole camp process. So to be clear, Michael Pennix is involved on the individual drills. He's doing some practice, maybe some of the seven-on-sevons. I'm not sure.
Starting point is 00:03:53 But because he's not available, Tua, who's had a lot of injuries over the year, a back injury entering camp is a bad sign. he's not available. Cooper Rush, they just signed today. I don't think he was available for today. Can you name the QB1 of the Atlanta Falcons on day one of training camp? I'm considering this a bad omen. Because I live on the news desk when I'm not in the podcast studio virtually. His name is Jack Strand. He is not left-handed, and he is the man with the job right now. He went to Minnesota State Moorhead. Undrafted rookie. I'm not familiar with his work. They signed him back. in May.
Starting point is 00:04:30 I'm going to consider it a bad omen for the season when Jack Strand is taking your first team rep at training camp and your best player is holding in, which no one particularly expected. This kind of came out of left field for John Robinson. Yeah, I don't want to like sound the panic alarm too much though because neither of these quarterbacks are on PUP. That's when you would really be concerned. The back flare-up thing, we'll see what happens with Tua. I mean, that could be a tricky thing. That could be a recurring thing. that was obviously what dominated Matthew Stafford's lead up to his eventual NFL MVP season last year.
Starting point is 00:05:05 Fair. But it's not a good way to start the camp for sure. And I think I'm actually more concerned about Bajan. Like you're going to sign him eventually, but he's the most important part of this team, even beyond the quarterback. They'll get that deal done. So whether it's in a week, in two weeks, I don't think he is going to lose too much missing a chunk of training camp. So I'm not too worried. It is a new offense that you want to, you know, see him.
Starting point is 00:05:28 behind this new offensive line in terms of the offensive line coach. It's basically the same players, but it's going to be a different scheme. But this was always going to be the risk signing Tua, along with Pennix, like two injury risks together, like expecting eight games out of each of them. That's not really like a way to build a team. And it's just bad vibes. And I feel bad for Trevor Simeon, too. Who could have been that guy today?
Starting point is 00:05:54 I have a recommendation for Ian Cunningham, the GM of the Falcons. And for Matt Ryan, president of football. Falcons. Okay. Pick up the phone and call Kevin Sofansky's former employer and kick the tires
Starting point is 00:06:04 on Dylan Gabriel. Okay. That's all I'm saying. A little depressing. It is. So is Jack Strand. No offense. I could see that happening
Starting point is 00:06:12 if Deshawn Watson doesn't have the like biggest fiasco of a training camp ever and they're just like, hey, we'll give you a fifth for Dylan Gabriel. That's too much, honestly.
Starting point is 00:06:22 If this thing isn't going well in a couple weeks. So Holdens were the order of the day. as we talked about on Tuesday show, all the teams showed up to camp on Tuesday. Wednesday was the first day. They were all practicing, and so we learned about a lot of these holdings.
Starting point is 00:06:37 I'm going to go through them one by one. Jamir Gibbs, like Bajon Robinson. These two are, you know, two birds of a feather. They're affecting each other. We'll be interesting to see who signs first. Jamir Gibbs, not practicing at Lions Camp. Chris Olavé is practicing on seven-on-sevons in individuals, but not doing team work.
Starting point is 00:06:57 I noted earlier, Christian Gonzalez, for instance, for the Patriots, not only doing teamwork, but he's going to do the full padded everything. So he's not holding it at all. Olavi kind of splitting the difference, Tuli, Tuli, Toulotu, not practicing fully at Chargers training camp. Jim Harbaugh had said earlier in the day, the entire team was healthy and ready to go. So that would indicate that that is contract-related. Jonathan Taylor of the Colts is practicing.
Starting point is 00:07:26 He says, you know, he wants to approach it this way, and he's hoping for a new contract, and he's taking the route that maybe practicing will work out better. He had a very contentious holdout last time around. Maybe he doesn't want to go through that again. Before I get your take, Chuck, think about which one you think is most significant. If any of them are, let's listen to Dan Campbell talk about Jemir Gibbs. Of course, you know, you guys know how we feel about Gibbs.
Starting point is 00:07:52 And all of our guys, Leporto, brand, all, you know, and so we'll take this as it comes. This is, you know, this will kind of continue. It'll come as it comes. I think that's the best way to say it. And so, you know, this is both sides working through something. And we'll take it as it comes. But that's where it is.
Starting point is 00:08:17 I'm not putting that on a T-shirt. It'll come as it comes. But, you know, it's the first day of camp for everyone. what is the answer to my question which was which of these matter if any of them uh gives matters even though they'll get that deal done eventually like dan campbell said um not to repeat his catchphrase a third time but it will get done eventually um olive is in a contract year it makes sense taylor i'm the least concerned about that's to answer your question in reverse because in june he basically anticipated this on june 10th i wrote about it and he said uh last time just understanding
Starting point is 00:08:51 that hey some people are going to run with some of the media narrative some people won't but i know that true indianapolis fans they'll be able to see through the weeds and understand exactly what's going on and not just believe everything that they read basically he's saying i got caught in the drama last time it got really ugly and luckily we worked it out i'm not interested in doing that again and that's why he's participating and that's why they'll figure out this contract eventually so that's positive news over there um i understand the security risk i think for chrisel lavi a guy who has struggled to stay on the field because of health issues going into a contract year you won an extension we'll see what happens with that one
Starting point is 00:09:23 Tuli, Tuli, Tully, below two, I think, is a tricky one for them. They have a lot of cap space, the chargers, but they're spending a lot up front. We'll see. That's one I could actually see of all of these, like lasting the longest. We'll see.
Starting point is 00:09:35 Kyle Shanahan spoke to the 49ers media. I did want to circle back to this before we got to some disappointing injury news around the NFL on this first full-scale day of training camp. And there's a very interesting headline to read, Shook, after we had updated. it on our previous show that Kyle Chanahan wanted to correct
Starting point is 00:09:57 the record. The record being the police write-up of his accident and clarify two local reporters who he gathered together to talk off-camera that the accident that he was involved in that
Starting point is 00:10:13 wasn't reported on for 11 days was his fault. He said he dropped his phone. He said he wasn't on his phone, but he dropped his phone while he was driving. and was like looking for his phone while driving. He said he's going 20 miles an hour, and he puts his head down and is like searching around for your phone.
Starting point is 00:10:32 You know, sometimes you get it stuck between the seat and whatever. I don't know where he was looking for it. And he pulled his head up. He says two seconds later, and the airbags are going off. Like he drifted into the other lane and got into this collision with a woman who is reportedly doing okay. but he said it really made him sick to think about her seeing this, that she was at fault when that wasn't the case.
Starting point is 00:11:01 So Channahan and the way this has all come out, it being held for 10 or 11 days, and now you have to correct the police write up of it at first. I just wanted the conspiracy theorist. Just shut up. Not everything has to be a conspiracy theory, but they're kind of helping out the conspiracy theorist with just how all the information has come.
Starting point is 00:11:23 out in this unfortunate incident. Yeah, you know, I tend to want to say good on Kyle for acknowledging that it was his fault in correcting the record to take responsibility for the action. But it's also like it is making things a little complicated. I mean, look, you don't ever want to take your eyes off of the road when you're driving first off and foremost. But yeah, I'm glad that everybody seems to be okay. And then maybe he's learned his lesson, but it got weirder than it needed to be, I think.
Starting point is 00:11:57 It's weird. And yeah, we'll see if there's any agreement between him and the victim here, too, like, whether there's any financial. We don't know. But it's not something that law enforcement is dealing with. And the police confirmed. They said it was a mistake in terms of them. They confirmed that they made an error and that they made a mistake. And that it was like a, I don't know.
Starting point is 00:12:21 They called it like a technical error. entering the info. Very strange. Let's get to the disappointing injury news from the day. Brian Brissy, who is a defensive tackle for the Saints, a starter, one of their better pass rushers, although a little inconsistent, certainly against the run, but he's gotten a lot of sacks in his career as a defensive tackle, is feared to have a torn ACL. This is a thin defensive line. I did Mina Kimes' podcast this week. Check it out. It's the preview of the NFC South. We'll talk about the NFC South in an upcoming NFL Daily show. But one of the things I talked about, Shook, was how, man,
Starting point is 00:12:58 I don't think this defensive line has enough juice. As much as I like Chase Young and Cam Jordan is back there, if you look at the interior, the edge, they are really asking the secondary to kind of prevent big plays because I don't think they're going to have much of a pass rush. And now you lose for the season, maybe your biggest breakout potential, young player, a fourth year guy who's had some production. It's a very painful injury, I think, for this team. Yeah, former first round pick and Bersie. Not your traditional down lineman in just the way that he wins. And look, when you build a team, it's difficult to fill out all three levels
Starting point is 00:13:38 of a defense with depth. And you're inevitably going to have some sort of weakness in one place or another and you hope that you can get by without, you know, losing one of your key guys. This is a key guy. This is like behind him on the depth chart right now is John Ridgeway, who, spent a couple years in Washington the last couple of years in New Orleans. There is a lack of depth here. Tyree Wilson is also existing on this depth chart. Former high pick
Starting point is 00:13:59 that's never really delivered, right? So you wonder if maybe they're going to be hitting the free agent market and checking on some veterans who might be available to fill in. I think they should. Yeah, I think they think there's a guy
Starting point is 00:14:11 who tends to sign really late in the process pretty much annually. Former high pick. He's out there. Who you talking about clowny? Yep. Well, he's visiting the Browns today, and they're thinking about a deal. Oh, let's run that back.
Starting point is 00:14:26 You spoiled an exciting brown section coming up. But first I'll just run through the other bigger injuries on the first day of training camp. We learned that Luke Musgrave, who is tight end two for the Packers, has a neck injury. It sounds serious, which most neck injuries are, the way Matt Lafleur talked about Luke Musgrave, who plays a lot for the Packers. This could be a while. So best wishes to him that that's always really scary. My guy from Tulane by way of Tennessee, Chris Brasel of the Panthers, is out with a torn LCL.
Starting point is 00:14:58 That's usually about an eight-week injury for the Panthers. That hurts their receiver depth that we've been talking about. They're quite thin. They've had a really injury plagued week and a half now. Very disappointing for them. He's a rookie. They wanted to contribute. And then Shamar Stewart, who is an edge for the Bengals, their first round pick from a year ago,
Starting point is 00:15:18 was going to be part of a rotation potential starter. although I didn't think he was going to be carted off the field with what appeared to be a nasty injury. So some teams losing spots at positions that I already thought were relatively thin. Let's pivot to your Browns. They gave out some big contracts even before Jadavian Clowney hit the scene. We don't know if he's going to sign for sure yet. Denzel Ward, two years, $62 million.
Starting point is 00:15:43 Grant Delpit, their safety, three years, $48 million. What do you think about the Browns investing long term in these guys in the second? Well, the talk after the Miles Garrett trade was, is the start of a fire sale. Is Denzel Ward going to be next on the trade block? And they quickly denied that at the time. And then they back it up with the dollars by extending Denzel Ward, making him the highest paid corner for the second time in his career. A deserved payday for Denzel in a corner market that tends to reset itself annually. Probably the last time that he cashes in big time.
Starting point is 00:16:17 He's a local product. It makes all the sense in the world. Grant Delpit, meanwhile, getting a deal that, what, what's that pay him? An average of, what, 19 a year or something like that? Yeah, 3 for 48 on what the extension is, yeah. So that'd be, it's top 10 money that lands along the likes of Jesse Bates, Xavier McKinney, a little bit behind Buda Baker and Trevon Merig. I mean, he's been a decent safety for them.
Starting point is 00:16:43 He's a former second round pick who came in with pretty high expectation. He dealt with an injury early in his career. he's been pretty productive statistically, but he's never really taken that next step. But if you're going to, look, you save a lot of money by moving on from Miles Garrett. If you're going to redistribute that wealth among your other key defenders,
Starting point is 00:17:00 you start with Denzel Ward, and then you go over to safety with Grant Delper, but who plays opposite Ronnie Hickman, and I'm sure you're going to see Emmanuel McNeill Warren take over in that spot before long. So it makes sense. The way that they're distributing their money right now defensively, they have a lot of young talent that's on rookie contracts,
Starting point is 00:17:15 Jared verse, Mason, Graham, Carson, and Schuessinger among them. So you can afford to do this now. I don't really know if the money necessarily matches the productivity. I think it's a little bit more than what he's produced, the rate he's produced at. But good for him. Look, anytime somebody gets paid,
Starting point is 00:17:30 team wants to pay on their key part of the defense, go for it. That's fine. We love all our listeners. Everyone, you know, who listens on the podcast, give us a five-star review. Leave us a comment. Everyone that watches on YouTube, subscribe.
Starting point is 00:17:43 Leave us a comment and enjoy the facial expression of Nick Shook when he started to talk about Grant Delpit that to me said more than him talking about the contract. I don't know how these contracts age. I have a question about Denzo Ward quickly. I don't want to spend too much time. Is he that good?
Starting point is 00:18:01 Friend of the show. Friend of the show, Denzel Ward. Is he that good? He gets talked about one of the best cornerbacks and maybe I'm missing something. I also want to see the details on this. It could just be a big one-year raise
Starting point is 00:18:11 and there's not that much guaranteed money into 27, which would make a lot of sense for me. I haven't seen all the guaranteed money. And so the devil's in the detail sometimes with these. But do you think he's that good? I think he's a blanket corner who has had some concussion issues throughout his career, which has robbed him of some opportunities to play. I think he is a top tier corner,
Starting point is 00:18:33 but I wouldn't necessarily call him quite an elite corner. But we're also in this weird period right now. We're like, if you look at the cornerback salaries, McDuffie's a top it, sauce gardener behind it, Derek Stingley, J.C. Horn, Jalen Ramsey. There's kind of room to justify moving him to the top of that group. Because we're not at that point right now where we just have that absolute, Pat Sir Tans,
Starting point is 00:18:54 the absolute elite lockdown corner, right? He's sixth on this list. I have a hard time believing like Denzel Ward is worth as much as like a $30 million edge out there. These cornerbacks are getting paid. But they have money to spend again. Yeah. So.
Starting point is 00:19:07 It's fair. And they might spend it on Janadian Clowny. By the time you listen to this, he is visiting the team. I also thought it was noteworthy Harold Fanon their second year. tight end. It was really good as a rookie revealed that he had groin surgery, which the team had not revealed previously, but he was a full go for first day of practice. So ultimately
Starting point is 00:19:24 he is back. Also at Brown's practice. And I jump in real quick on Harold Fanon, please. Folks who expect him and I could be wrong weeks, months from now, folks who expect him to take this massive leap forward, I would temper your expectations because this is, he's now tight end one in a group that had David a Joggo in it last year. Different style of tight end. I think he's going to be a key part of this offense. But I just, I want to temper the expectations of them,
Starting point is 00:19:50 because I'm hearing it a lot. And I just want you to guys to get a little more realistic. Well, especially in fantasy where they're going to run the ball a lot, where their quarterbacks are lackluster and where they're going to spread the ball out around. Like, you're going to hear it on our AFC North preview, but they got to figure out that order. They have actually four or five guys that can play, play some football, but it's a lot of mouse to feed. Deshaun Watson struggling to feed in terms of connecting with his receivers, picked off on back-to-back throws on the first day of training camp. You don't want that.
Starting point is 00:20:22 Vita Vea is another guy holding in. Should have mentioned him. We talked about his trade request, but he is not practicing until he gets that guap or until they listen to him and trade him. But they're calling it a back injury, a quote-unquote back injury. Tristan Wirthes, though, their left tackle
Starting point is 00:20:40 is out right now with a hamstring injury a little more concerning. Malik Neighbors of the Giants, I mentioned not being on PUP list doesn't mean he's fully back. When Joe Shane, the GM talked on Wednesday, he mentioned, you know, Malik Neighbors is cutting, he's doing
Starting point is 00:20:54 individual drills, we will let his body kind of dictate how this rehab goes. Doesn't mean he's going to be ready for week one. Joe Shane was not, you know, promising that by any means. So just blow your role a little bit, fantasy
Starting point is 00:21:10 football players out there. Let's go to Jerry Jones. I wanted to play you this clip, Nick Shook, about him talking about possibly shaking up the team a little bit. It's almost like Jerry doesn't like the lack of attention on the Cowboys and he wants him. Candidly, I'd be very interesting.
Starting point is 00:21:28 I'd give up future to add substantive to where we are today as to a player to give you an idea about would I invest something substantive to get the right kind of deal to improve us opening day? I would. I feel that good about this.
Starting point is 00:21:46 thing this year. Conversations that are ongoing or is that something, hey, let's look at the first two weeks of camp and then address to see if you want to put something. I talked to yesterday. I talked about a situation yesterday with another team and another owner. Jane Slater also had a question as part of this back and forth where she literally asked if Max Crosby might be someone that they would think about circling back to. and for once Jerry Jones was just silent.
Starting point is 00:22:19 He had no idea how to answer the question. And she said, like, is that something that you just, like, kind of close the book on? And he said, well, we didn't, we didn't close the book on that. And I was like, oh, you didn't close the book on that. That's pretty interesting. And then he went into this long spiel about, we can't tamper. He's on another team. This is literally tampering.
Starting point is 00:22:43 as I'm talking right now, I'm tampering. I found that combination of answers quite interesting. And I think how it specifically relates to Max Crosby, because he talked about he would only do it for a substantive move. They're not looking to fix around the edges, but they might take a big swing. Okay. Okay.
Starting point is 00:23:04 So this is a rare off season in which the Cowboys have not spent a lot of time in the news cycle. They almost always dominate the news cycle for one reason or another. the George Pickens franchise tag and flatly saying they're not going to negotiate an extension he's going to play on the tag and him essentially agreeing and showing up for offseason activities
Starting point is 00:23:20 really took away any opportunity for us to, you know, circle the drain on the Cowboys or however you might want to do it. But I love the idea of entertaining a Max Crosby trade to get that new cycle and that machine fired up again.
Starting point is 00:23:36 You know, prime the machine a couple of times, press that button, pull start it, but here's a better, more realistic opportunity. Okay. Take a look at their death chart real quick.
Starting point is 00:23:46 They're a little thin defensively in one specific spot. I think they should pick up the phone on Vita Vaya. Oh.
Starting point is 00:23:53 That would be weird that you like you trade for Quinn and Williams. Then you trade away Ossa Diggi Zua. Then you trade for Vita Vaya.
Starting point is 00:23:59 It's just like they're all over the place. But yes, he would help them. They are a little thin next to Quinn and Williams.
Starting point is 00:24:07 Why not? Yes, it might pay Quinn and Williams again. Very interesting back and forth. a team that everyone says gets all the attention in the world. I was surprised this didn't get more attention because Jerry was really like, homina, homina, when she asked him about Max Crosby.
Starting point is 00:24:22 And I was like, oh, is this a thing? I didn't even consider Max Crosby could still get traded. That would be crazy. Clint Cubiak did confirm that Max Crosby is ready to go. He's taking first team reps. He's at training camp. So Max Crosby, you know, despite the injury that the Ravens were worried about long term, in the short term, he's practicing. Is he available? but we'll find out. Brian Schottenheimer also broke a little bit of news to start camp, saying that Tyler Smith, their longtime guard, one of the best in the league, paid highly.
Starting point is 00:24:52 And one of your favorite interior players is another guard on that team, Tyler Booker. The two Tylers are cross-training. They're having Tyler Smith getting some work at left tackle, and your boy, Tyler Booker at center. The fact that he volunteered this, I'm not even sure if it was asked, but either way, he volunteered it before they even got to,
Starting point is 00:25:12 on the field at training camp is compelling to me. They're moving things around and like seeing what the best offensive line could be. This is maybe only for offensive line nerds, but I find it interesting. Two pretty premium players for them maybe changing positions. I think there's always some value in cross training, especially because most starting fives don't make it through a full season healthy and together. I also think this is a sign that they're pushing Tyler Guyton at left tackle
Starting point is 00:25:37 and trying to light a little bit of a fire under him as they tried to, you know, bolster this offensive line, make sure they're as good as possible. But I think it's a little bit of both of this. Tyler on Tyler crime you're saying right now. There's three Tyler's up there. It's inevitable. It's tough. When you've got that Tyler
Starting point is 00:25:55 symbiosis, they actually use the Tyler's in terms of their schedule release, remember? And then you have one Tyler going against another. You hate it. You hate to see it. There's a town named Tyler in Texas? It's like when Serena and Vina. It's like when
Starting point is 00:26:11 Serena and Venus had to play each other in the Grand Slam Final. And that's hard for everyone. You don't want to see it. Rapping up the show. And thank you, Shook, for joining us on this first news-only camp show. Might do more of these. Let us know what you think. Just some nuggets.
Starting point is 00:26:24 Jordan James, the backup running back for the 49ers, fractured his rib. So he'll be out for a little while. Opens the door for their draft. Kaelin Black to play a little. Are you surprised, Shook, that Ricky Pearsall has concerning knee swelling after a few days of camp. No, and he said it was linked to the issue that he dealt with last year. And I'm not surprised.
Starting point is 00:26:45 I'm sad because I just wanted him to be fully healthy. He was one of my players that I listed to have to be better in 2026 than they were in 2025 because I thought, all right, offseason to get healthy. Mike Evan shows up that attracts a bit of attention away from you, opens up more opportunities. Oh, no, we have another health issue. Right away. Right away.
Starting point is 00:27:05 Like, he was one of the guys to watch. Am I crazy? Am I crazy? Are we dealing with more health issues at the start of camp this year? we usually do. Feels like a lot. It's a lot. For him specifically,
Starting point is 00:27:16 I let myself get excited. The first three days of camp, they're like, oh, Piersaw is clearly why, you know, just looking awesome. He always looks awesome when he plays.
Starting point is 00:27:23 That's not the problem. He just hasn't been able to stay healthy up. Buy that Deshawn dribbling stock. Tank Dell, not on the PUP list to start camp.
Starting point is 00:27:32 There's some good news for the Texans. Love that. Jalen Noel, who was a second round pick for them a year ago, is out a couple of weeks with an injury.
Starting point is 00:27:41 He's on the PUP list, but they do have some depth that wide receiver. Jonathan Grenard, who the Eagles traded for, is also on PUP. I saw for the Chiefs, Rishi Rice and Lageria Sneed Rishu Rice at receiver, and Ligeria Sneed who's trying to revive his career at cornerback. Right now, they're pretty limited. That's especially concerning for Rishie Rice, but it's early in camp. They're just ramping up just like we are, Shook. That's it.
Starting point is 00:28:06 Yeah, just ramping up indeed. I am so excited to hear Tankdale. And it's not in the PEP. I am so excited to see him wearing a helmet at Camp Saw Cliff of him trotting out there today. This offense, not to put too much pressure on one player, but the fate of the Texan's passing game will rest heavily on Tankdale. Oh. If he can be healthy.
Starting point is 00:28:26 I'm just saying that. Not that he's going to be the ultimate producer, but his presence will matter to the passing game more than anybody else, including Nico Collins, because Tankdell's on the field, Nico Collins also out there. Got more options. It's a bold statement and I hope you're right because it hurt me. That injury he had against the Chiefs and a great game.
Starting point is 00:28:47 Didn't hurt doing this. Look, if you are watching us, you see that Shooki's wearing that pro football Hall of Fame shirt. He's going to be in Canton next week. He's going to be on the show, of course, next week too. That's it for the news show. Next in your feed, our AFC North preview. We'll see you then.
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