NFL Daily with Gregg Rosenthal - You're the GM Returns! (Trade Deadline Edition)

Episode Date: October 26, 2022

Often imitated, never duplicated... back by popular demand... it's the long-awaited return of You're the GM! Dan Hanzus, Marc Sessler, Gregg Rosenthal and Colleen Wolfe take turns assuming the identity of an NFL General Manager (or head coach) making a call to another team seeking a big-time, franchise-changing trade ahead of next week's November 1st deadline. This is one episode you don't want to miss.NFL Daily YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nflpodcastsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is an I-Heart podcast. Pick up, pick up. Hey, Joe Shane here. Hey, Joe, what's up? It's Dan Campbell, Lions. Dan, how you doing out there? Oh, you know. It's been tough.

It's been tough. It's not what we expected. No, I mean, we thought we were going to have that a similar type of year, but we're having a great time. I want to talk trade, man. The deadline's coming up. Me and you, let's talk trade. I need some stuff.

All right. What's on your, where's Brad Holmes, by the way, the actual general manager of the team? Don't worry about Brad. Dan, what are you drinking over there? What's going on? Gingerail. Okay, let's get into it. Okay, I'm a little busy, so maybe you just...

No, no, no, no, don't hang up. Please don't hang up. I need something. I need grit. And I know you giants have plenty of grit. Because I see what happens every week. You're the team that I wish... That I wish I was.

I understand that. And I... I need grit, man. All right. And I'm willing to give up. anything for it. How about two first-round picks for grit? All the grit you got.

Two firsts. You have these, too, because you've been stocking. Again, I would wonder where Brad Holmes is your general manager. Give me your grid! I mean, I will quit. We will get the paperwork done, and I would say yes to this. Two first-round picks for grit. I'll send you my-

Brad's coming in. He's coming in. Hang on a second. Hold on. I think we agree to this. Here's the version of the hard-knock steam When someone gets caught Or if somebody dies

It's much sadder than the other one Okay, I'm back I don't have a lot of time, but I'll give you everything Great Again, I'll agree. I need you to send some official paperwork over. We'll make sure that we get this agreement done officially as soon as possible.

Oh, no, he's back. I got to go. Wow, it's amazing to get an inside look. And just like that, welcome to the 2022 version of You're the GM back, Dan Hansis, with Mark Sessler, not Joe Shane. That's the team of ATL. similar voice, Greg Rosenthal and Colleen

Wolfe, you know, the people have asked, Connie. That was intense. The people have been asking for a long time. I don't know if I can survive by more of those. I was surprised, by the way, that Joe was like, you know, agreed to the grit transaction and, you know,

didn't let Dan know that, you know, grit is more a state of mind than an entity. If Dan doesn't know that, then... Right, I think I've won that trait. Let the, how did they even send along for the grit? You know what? I bet he was one of those things where he just kept Dan on the line old D.C. Oh, yeah.

And was texting. I said I will send my version of grit your way. Right. Desperate times, though, in Detroit. Because I don't know, like, what Dan Campbell's expecting to arrive from the giant. He's just looking for a giant box being shipped into. I'm picturing in my head. I was going to ask you guys, like, what, how is the grit being packaged exactly?

Exactly is just like two empty boxes showing up that say grit on them. Another case of beer would probably get the job done. I would think if I were the Giants and I know they're a Tiffany organization and they don't do these sorts of things, but I would just have a giant barrel from the local seaport and then just like... Hard hats. Put on there, like stamp on it, grit and then just put it in a big wooden shipping container and send to Dan Campbell. He won't know any difference. Or Brad Holmes.

Brad will be confused. It's like, wait, I don't have any first-round picks anymore? Just a box of ashes. Colleen Wolfe, we talked about large boxes. You are the tiny box. Yes, that is what they call me. What an intro. You're the GM back after all these years.

I can't believe it. It's by popular demand, a very special edition of around the NFL. So unless anybody has anything to say, I feel like with the trade deadline coming up, November 1st, we do have these lines tapped. So shall we check in with some other teams and see what they're thinking as they try to improve their rosters?

Why not? I'd love to. All right, Colleen, what do you got? I'm going to go. Okay, all right. I am up. So I... Colleen definitely doesn't know the rules of the game.

That's her move. That's kind of my corner. Would you like Greg to start first? No, no, no. Colleen's got it. I'm going to go. I'm going to figure this up. Dive in.

Okay. So I am going to have Sessler answer the phone. for this one, and you are going to be Omar Khan of the Packers, okay? Or of the Steelers. Of the Steelers, okay. Okay. All right, so here we go. Can I get a ring?

Omar here. Hey, Omar, it's Goody in Green Bay. Oh, hang on a second. All right. All right, sorry about that. That was Kevin Colbert calling me back because I accidentally called him thinking he was still the GM.

But anyway, you get your own hold music. You were saying? Omar wants his own hold music. Listen, Omar. I'm calling about the Claypool Kid, all right? He's all right. It looks like George Pickens has been getting along pretty well with Pickett, so maybe we could work out a deal here.

Well, here's the situation that's a little bit different between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers, my team and your team, is when we bring a young receiver in, I mean, within a year, we've almost fully developed them. This has been going on for a long, long time in Pittsburgh. So what we're giving you in a situation, like, that you're not the only team that's called. So it's like, I'm just to let you know, he's a wanted,

individual, you're getting a fully developed product who can step into your wanting offense right away. Omar's not going to give that away for free. So I would need to hear what you're offering here to Omar. All right. Listen, listen. I got Aaron Rogers breathing down my neck. I can't handle it anymore. My wife is all over my back about this too. So let's just try and get something done. I'll tell you what, I'll give you, you're not even going to use him that much. It feels like he's falling out of favor at this point. So how about a, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, Third rounder. How about a third rounder next year?

I, first of all, let me just tell you about how these deals work in the AFC North. You don't call and tell Elmar how I'm going to be using my player or where I'm at with my player just to set the table. If you try to call the Ravens or the Browns or anyone else about one of their guys. Third round pick. I don't know. I need a little bit more, a little bit more. We'll give you it. Let's just get this done.

All right? We can both walk away and both be in a better spot next season. I'll give you a second round pick this year and a third next year. And I'll tell you what, I'll sweeten the deal and throw in some cheese wheels. Wow. Omar is freaking out and saying yes. All right. Listen, I got to procure some more cheese.

But we'll talk some more. But this is official? Are we agreeing to this? We're shipping them there by first class flight tonight to Green Bay. All right. Wonderful. Great stuff. Tell the family I said, hey.

Did Goody just give up a second and a third for Chase Claypool and cheese? He's desperate. Oh, wow. That's a pretty nice trade for Pittsburgh. Goody is feeling the heat. We talked about Claypool with Mike Garfolo on the Tuesday show. Really like, I love this trade, Connie. I think it would be beneficial.

For the Steelers. Well, the terms of the trade are wildly one-sided and would be a steal to get that much. I mean, the Patriots once gave up a second for Mo Sanu. A second and a third for Claypool. It's a lot. But you also like, we understand our league. These GMs, especially with the second and third round picks, get super cute and love them so much. So Claypool, I don't think he's proven quite enough to bring that back.

But that's kind of a side point. I just want to say like Chase Claypool and Aaron Rogers. You know, I talked about Jerry Judy too and Claypool. Like put them at a different offense with a stud quarterback. I'd love to see if they have M. MVP or superstar potential to them. I think they do. I feel like, though, he's been a player that's maybe not known for getting the details right.

Like being like a technician and his route running. And he's kind of getting quickly passed by picking. I don't think it's a crazy trade. And it does raise the question of like, how desperate does Goody want to get this year of all years? where it feels like Rogers is very much on a year-to-year basis and Rogers is very unhappy and he's prized those draft picks in the past

but maybe it's the time for him and who knows maybe in Tampa too that you get a little desperate and you get a little lot of character because they're feeling the heat. You're feeling the passage of time. They talked about the front office figures in Green Bay exiting their box,

their luxury box. Their tiny boxes. Before like Rogers and the Packers had that final crazy play, they just got up and walked out and saying there is maybe a little bit of a disconnect between the coaching staff. And I'll say while the logic checks out there, Gregie,

I feel like urgency is one of the things that the Packers have lacked in recent years. I agree. It would be totally out of character. And it's extremely frustrating to a fan base that knows that window is closing. All right, Gregi, let's tap those phones again. Okay.

This is Bronco's general manager, George Payton, calling less Sneed. You know, since Colleen has a close personal relationship with Les Sneed back in the day. And his wife, Kara Henderson. Just to clear on my name. That's really the only one.

Okay, so I'm less in this situation? You're less. Good setup, Greg. Hey, Les here. Hey, it's George Payton. How you doing, buddy? No, it's really good to talk to you. Like, I really appreciate, like, everything you're doing,

thinking things differently in Los Angeles. How's it going this season? How's the family? How's the family's great? The kids are great. Malibu's awesome. I love it out here in Los Angeles. You know, the team could be doing a little bit better.

We're working through some things, but it'll get there. It'll get there. You and me both, right? Offense, right? Hey, hey. This season, 2022. Yeah. It's crazy.

So, you know, I'm calling about a receiver. I have. Wait a second. Wait a second. Hey, Georgia. Georgie, are you talking twades without me? Who fucking is that? Nathaniel, we've talked about this.

I said you could listen in, but you have to hit the mute. Hey, George, Jerry Judy, so this is a real-life trade? Trade talk? Oh, this is cool. It's like the real life. No. Offensive. Hey, George, everything going okay over there?

It's fine over here. No, no, Nathaniel, so I told you about the mute button. I know, Georgie. I hit it right away. I wanted to make sure, so I hit it again to be totally sure. No, no, you see, George, if you hit it twice, then it unmute. So hit it two more times, Georgie. Don't hit the mute.

Just forget the mute. Wait, Les, Les, less. You still there, buddy? I'm a little concerned for everyone over there. Everything's fine. You sure. I mentioned Judy. Like, I know you're tight.

Now, don't worry about that. That's our coach. He's really new at things. You know Nathaniel. He's just very energetic and he's just wanting to learn about different sides of the business. It's like, you know, when Sean McVeigh, you know, teaches all of his coaches to do different things, that's what we're trying to do here. He's doing a great job. But Jerry Judy, like, he's a guy that, like, hasn't, you know, fully developed.

I'll admit it, like, and done everything we want. That's why we're calling you about him and the coaching staff, like, it struggles to you, Samantha. Wait a second. Jerry, Jerry doesn't like me. No, he likes you. He likes you, Nathaniel. He likes you. Just like we haven't been getting the most.

Oh, he's wide open all the time. It's like that quarterback never sees him anyway. Now, he's, just Nathaniel hit the mute button. Again, I think this is a situation where I can help you. You can help me. We can both help Nathaniel here. Again, mute button one time. And I think a second round pick, I'm looking at your picks a year from now.

You don't have that first round. You know, Odell's going to want to go to a winning team. I don't know if that's you guys. right now, but like a second round pick, I feel, would be like a beautiful thing for me to give you you give back for Jerry, Judy. Well, what a beautiful

argument you've put together, George. It's really sound. Tight ship over there. It's tough right now, considering we don't have a first, a fourth, or a fifth. So if we get rid of a second rounder, we only have

a third and then a bunch of six round picks. Right. You got, you, oh, what if you said the third? No, we can't, we can't, you can't jump into the negotiations like that. We talked about that. No, I'm sticking at a second. You also have 2024 picks.

So it could be a 2024 second and a 2023 third. What about a 2027 second? That's way in the future. No, that's not how the rules work. You can only get three years in the future. It's been a lovely conversation. Why does Nathaniel Hacken sound like Chris Mad Dog Rousseau? That's a nice job, Mikey, by you.

Is Nathaniel Hackett okay? He just seemed like really energetic. I think he loves being a head coach in the league. Slightly unhinged. Is this segment meaner this year? I don't know, but I'm enjoying it so far. Mark, you're up next. All right, well, Les Sneed is busy.

Oh, wow. I will be Rams GM Les Sneed calling Brown's general manager Andrew Berry who will be played by Dan A. B still believe A, it's L.S.

Out in L.A. Oh, Sneedy. Sneedbom. How you doing? Well, you know, I'm cool. Everything else sucks, but I feel like I still believe in myself and I believe in this team.

I'll tell you something. You've got to look back on some of the early years that I survived with the Rams. Absolutely, man. Take draw your inspiration. from that. Totally. I do, and I think about you a lot. Always be reading. I'm reading three books right now, by the way. Increasing my vocabulary. Not into reading as much, but I do. I think about

you a lot. All right. Well, I know we had a great talk when we sent Troy Hill to you and then back to us. We're always talking about Troy Hill, but I got a transaction. I got a different, I think you track what's going on out here. We're a Super Bowl team that is struggling, and we've got some issues on offense and i like to just deal with you straight i think you've got a player he's a straight shooter i've always thought that that's ls and ls think about you all the time all the time well you know what it's mutual i just think we vibe and so like you're the first person i thought of when i thought we've got to address our backfield why do you wear a hat you got such nice hair i don't understand that i don't always wear one okay okay go ahead you have a player i'd like and kareem hunt oh he's not going to be

on your team next year no matter what so you can either ride out this storm in the AFC North, Browns, we get it. You already have Nick Chubb. You don't really need Kareem Hunt. We know that. It's a nice luxury, but you could use some help and some picks down the road because let's look at your draft picked catalog future draft picks very thin at this point because you did something a little naughty.

We all know that. So how about you send us Kareem Hunt and I'll give you our 20-23-5th. I'd give you more, but we don't really have any other draft picks. But it's better than nothing It's called got sexier suddenly It's better than nothing You're going to get nothing for him right now He didn't he asked for a trade

And now you got this malcontent I mean sitting on your roster Who cannot wait for January 1st to strike 2023 to get out of there I'm giving you a fifth You know Les I would love to help you You know Les I would do anything for you You understand that

Proven anything But one list little hiccup here. Cream Hunt's not on the team anymore. We don't have Kareem Hunt anymore. What happened to Kareem Hunt? I don't know. I have no idea where he is.

We don't use him. He's not on the roster. He was there last Sunday. If he was still on the team, I would absolutely, again, I would die for you, Les. You know that. So I basically just need to find him because he's not rostered anywhere. If, trust me, if Kreme Hunt was on the team, we'd be using him because we know what's going on with Jacoby Brissette and his limitations as we wait for my Deshaun to be ready

to go. But instead, I'd just like to give the ball to Nick Chubb like 10, 12 times. If we had Cream Hunt on the team, we'd certainly use him. He's very talented. But sorry, I can't help you, man. I'm going to say one last thing. I want to come over to your house. I want to come over. Yeah, I bet you do. If next Sunday I see Kareem Hunt carrying the ball in Cleveland, you and I are relationship, it's been a very good relationship, it's history. All right. I'm going to look into this immediately. Thank you, Les. Call me any time. Bye.

A little disconnecting scene there. I feel like there's a history between these two that I just don't really know about. I wasn't picking up on anything there. Just feel like that was just like Andrew Barry was just, I mean, they're just saying things that aren't even true to get off the phone. That seems weird.

I think maybe the miscommunication has been the criminal under use of Cream Hunt in the Brown's offense. but and maybe that's just you know it's been a very hectic year in cleveland for no doubt everyone involved with the brown's brass but once Andrew does I assume like check with an underling and he learns at cream hunt an all pro level running back one given the rock he will either start using him for the balance of the season or look to trade him and it sounds like that he would do pretty much anything to be in the good graces of less need so

aren't they the draft pick team? Like I actually do think Andrew Barry and the Browns are one of the most likely teams to just start trading players, which sends a weird message with Deshawn Watson coming, but Josh Johnson is there, has not worked out at all. Maybe the Rams would want him back.

And Kareem Hunt is a free agent. Right. I think Kreme Hunt is a candidate's go, but I think that was a little more under Sashi. I mean, all I'd say is they gave away all the draft picks. So we're moving draft picks. Right. And I think they would like some draft pick back.

It's weird how big this weekend This weekend being week eight, is it? Yes. Is to these trade talks? Because it's like, if the Browns get to three and five, I feel like they would feel differently about trying to get back into the mix than they might at two and six.

That's why I propose to Mike Garifo. Let's push this trade deadline back. It's like the Bears world changed last night a little bit. I mean, they already did. They did twice, I think, like once a week each time, but it's still not far enough. You mean John Johnson.

correct. What did I say? Josh, the quarterback. No. Josh Johnson, who's currently the backup quarterback for the Broncos, would not make sense. It's already been on everything. Conversation. John Johnson would make sense. Let's take a break and do one more round of

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or wherever you get your podcasts. All right, welcome back. And, you know, I got to be honest, welcome back to, of course, the fireworks. You're the GM, 2020 edition ahead of the November 1st trade deadline. I actually had something less need related, but I think less, some stuff going on with less, and we've heard a lot from less. So let's move away from less need, okay? And instead, I will be telling you guys about a line that I have tapped with a phone call going to the San Francisco 49ers.

And it's actually a direct call to the head coach, who's a power player over there, played by Greg Rosenthal. So Kyle Shanahan gets a call from a man that everyone in the league admires greatly. Yeah, this is Kyle. Hey, Kyle, what's up? It's Bill. Oh, Bill.

Bill. Hey, it's always an honor to hear from you. sir yeah you know what are you gonna do how you doing out there is it rain a lot or it rains a lot there it's probably annoying stupid weather out there it's pretty cold at new england all the time but i just got used to it is you know the winters are tough but falls are beautiful here just wait sometimes the spring takes a long time to show up but uh that's cool how are you Yeah, yeah, I've really grown to like the San Francisco weather. The family loves it.

Sunny this time. It's a beautiful time, actually, Santa Clara. Again, we just want to say thanks again. It's not raining. No, that's Seattle, where it really rains a lot. I mean, it doesn't see a Francisco too. But there's a lot of fog. There's a lot of fog.

That could be a problem. Yeah, we're not too near the water. Like, we live a little inland, so it's like. Oh, that's good. Yeah, it's crazy. You get different weather patterns in Napa than you do in San Francisco. It's a whole thing. You wouldn't be interested.

That's really good, Kyle. Hey, I kind of stepped in it. Not that I'd ever tell any of those bastards in the media, but, you know, the whole, did you watch the game on Monday? Yeah. Did you watch it? Well, it's earlier out here in the Pacific Times Zone. So I was doing some work, you know, watching some tape. but I had it up.

Yeah, it looked like a tough one. That's why I said this stuff with the rain because in the Pacific area, I think about the Pacific Northwest. Yeah, this. But that's not technically where you fall geographically. I understand that.

It's close to the border, so I could see how you would, you'd get it confused. It's very, you know, it's right on the line there. You know, I'm really a big fan of world history and all that, so. But geography is not my strong suit.

Hey, can you, I know obviously you hate your quarterback, but you know Jimmy means a lot to me. Jimmy was a guy that I drafted, and once upon a time thought he would be the successor to Tom, and then Bob took it away from me, and that's still smarts. It's why I didn't go to the wedding, but now I want Jimmy, and I'm going to give you the guy, that I know you want it all along in the draft process last year. Obviously, I'm referring to former Alabama star, Mac Jones. I was very healthy right now, and I know you can start fresh.

So what do you think? One for one, baby. Yeah, because like the borders, you know, Washington, Seattle, it's all, it's close. I understand that, but no, I've focused because I need to pass George Hallison. immediately i got i gotta say this this is it's confusing to me it's it's tough because i think a jimmy to me give him back you should have never left bob took him for me and i want him back now you you were in those conversations i remember you offered you know tom initially or we want it before me give me what i want i did like mac i got to say uh sir um we had

graded very highly. I know you like him a lot. I have to admit, Jimmy's such a good guy. Jimmy's Jimmy, though. You know, he's so handsome. Yes or no. I bring him home to the family. He just kind of hangs out on Friday afternoon.

Yes or no. I would need, like, a little more. Yes or no. Mac, sir. Like, how about Mac and, like, a future pick? No, no, actually, okay, I'll do it. I'll do it. Ah, yes, thank you very much.

I'll see you at the next meeting. Hopefully the weather is better. All right, bye. Thank you, sir. Wow, big trade there. Oh, my God. That's a big one. You went to a very dark place.

Yes. Stanis Lobskine. It is what it is, and I think everybody wins there, to be honest with you. I do too. I think that's why Kyle in that spot ultimately not only respected Bill and didn't talk to John Lynch, but he's happy with this. A very healthy Mac Jones. All right.

How about you, Connie? Okay. I am going to be Eagles GM, Howie Roseman. And I'm actually calling Broncos GM George Payton. I'm really hoping that Nathaniel Hackett is out of the building at this point. Nate went home. Nate went home. So, Dan, I'll have you play George Payton.

I feel like Greg potentially. was automatically ruled out from the respondent call. I decided that, yes. All right, George Paine. This is the general. Yeah, George, it's Howie. I'm bored. You're bored.

What does that mean? Yeah, well, if the Eagles, they weren't around to win again this week, and I don't care about the stupid Phillies, and nobody's even talking about me anymore. I hate it. Wow, you sound like a bit of a petulant brat. Is Philadelphia?

Is that what's going on over there? these days you guys nothing you're so used to everything happening for you and good things and good times that even a buy week annoys you it's just like i'm just so sick of winning all of the time it's not even fun anymore like i just need something new in my life i'm not in the headlines nobody's talking about me i need to get back in it so i don't even need anything really right now if you think about it but i just want to shop all right well the general's here how can how can the general help you well you got any players you want to move Oh, you're asking me to offer you a trade.

Yeah, got anything? Oh, this is unusual. Yeah, well, I don't... No, what's the story with 55? That, uh... Bradley Chubb? Uh, Chubb's a nice player. I like Brad, but we made a huge franchise-altering mistake with the quarterback,

so we're going to be bad for about 12 to 17 years. Yeah, that's why you need some help. So I would say everybody's for sale, but we also have to do it in a way that doesn't get me fired. because Russ is my boss. So that's the tough situation for the general is that there's a lieutenant here. Is a lieutenant ahead of general? Maybe.

Lower, I believe. Over. Definitely lower. Definitely way lower. Lieutenant's low. According to behind the glass, Greg and Mark to none of that. All right. Anyway, whatever is higher than general.

A general is an officer of the highest ranks. Okay. Well, let's go with the emperor. The emperor of the Broncos is Russ. So I need to be smart about this because otherwise he'll fire me. Well, we both know that you need this more than I do because, again, I don't really need anything right now. And you need a lot.

All right. How about this? I'll throw one out there. Okay. You want Chubb? You want that final piece of your defense? Sure. We could use some help maybe.

You have two number one wide receivers. Send me one. So I'll give me Devante Smith and I'll send you Mr. Chub. You are hilarious. I had no idea that you had a personality like this. I feel like you're wasting my time on a biblical level, ma'am, or sir. Listen. Why is this conversation even happening?

You know, we have an extra first rounder. Okay. Just hanging around. I don't have first rounders anymore because we made that move I referred to earlier. He might be listening right now. We could give you our extra first rounder for Bradley Chubb. Russ, are you on the line? Bradley Chubb.

Hey there, what's going on? Mr. Unlimited. Listen, we get a pass, rusher. You get some draft picks. Everybody wins. I got Scott Fitterer calling on the other line right now. This guy won't get off my back. We're talking about Brian Burns with him.

What do you want to do? Offer the first. Russ, is it okay? First round pick? Hey, I'm Russell Wilson. I throw a sexy deep ball. All right, okay. But should I do this trade with the Eagles?

Of course, I'm also here to share some things I've learned. Come on, George. Let's ride. All right, let's do it. All right. Good talk. I got to go blow off Scott Fitterer now. Later. All right.

Russ, even with that slightly torn hamstring, carries a big stick in that organization. I just like that in any situation, Colleen can find a way to dunk on the rest of the NFCE with Eagle's superiority. The good news for Eagles fans like Colleen is that nothing can ever change. This will continue unabated for eternity. Forever. Enjoy it while you can.

That's what I'm doing. Absolutely. Howie Roseman sounded like he was on his third glass of white wine. He's bored. Okay. That's a drop. Howie, motherfucker. I'll be Chris Ballard.

Uh-oh. Colt's GM calling Scott Fitter. What's your favorite type of frog? Played by Mark. Okay. Scotty F. here. Hey, Chris Ballard. Hey, it's Scottie F.

Chris Pallet. Hey, you know where we're at. You know why I'm calling. You're the team that everyone calls at this point of the year. We're looking at what you're doing, trading away Christian McCaffrey. We're just wondering who else might be available there. Let me just give you a list of players, like the cults would like. Tell me. DJ Moore.

Brian Burns. And I'll throw a little Derek Brown in there because you got to say, Chris, right now we're in a little bit of a situation. We need to win. Our owner is basically on our necks in our office every single day. If we don't deliver a playoff spot, we're going to get fired. Well, one little issue. This is still my phone for another couple hours,

but my owner is also a little tough to deal with. And I am no longer going to be the general manager. or the Panthers. So I'm going to hand you over to Ralph G. It's Ralph. Respect the honesty. So my integrity. One second.

Let me go find him. Ralph G. Yeah. Why are these people the way they are? Ralph, why do you have such a similar accent to Scott? Is this still Scott? I know I don't. I'm using a fake accent because we're not supposed to be speaking with anyone right now.

Okay. Let's get down to brass tax here. here. The Colts, check out the GM rankings of Greg Rosenthal, 2019. I was number one, ranked number one. Now I fell, I'm, you know, fell number seven last year, fell to 11 the year after that. Now the owner is in trouble. I need to, I don't care about building a perfect little roster.

I don't care about draft picks. I'm ready to sell it out. I'm ready to get real. I would give a first round pick. for Brian Burns, in a separate or combined deal, I would give a second round pick for DJ Moore. So you can take one, you can take both, you can put them together, you can separate them,

but then you'd only get one pick. Or I would take Derek Brown, the defensive tackle could use a little beef up front for fourth round. I hope you heard from Adam Schaefter that Brian Burns was offered for two first round picks last weekend. No, we all know Schaefter just makes that stuff up. That was BS. That was absolutely.

I'll do it. Why not? Okay, great. I'll do it. I'm ready to, I'll just say yes. I'm new to this position and it feels good to help you out. You got a couple freebies even if you botches. Yeah, Ellinger, Moore, Burns. Let's ride to the 7th C. Good luck to you. Very nice. Fair day. Fair day.

Oh, my God. That felt good. Where's he from? I don't know. Ralph G. Who's Ralph G again? well i just scottie f scottie f so he was just like a guy he was probably a lieutenant under scotty f right just one that's he's been a low profile so we wouldn't know him until international people brought over yeah he's actually like he was like a pathway program yeah it was the pathway program

henry hotch does it again wow i thought he was more like a second in command and david tepper's other businesses he's just come in and now he's very positive to run the football you know jordan mylotta Mauree's Boeinger, and now you get Ralphie G. Ralph G. I mean, Hodgson and company. Yeah, it's the F.A. Obada. F.A. Obada. Unbelievable. All right.

Let's finish it off with one final because there's only a, there's a finite number of phones we could tap before the league gets smart to it. Yeah. We're doing this from inside their building. It's incredibly brave, quite honestly, to do what we do for the audience. Like, we could get fired. We could. It's a risk that we take.

For you, the listener is Mark. We have one more call. What are we going to hear? All right, this is, I will be Chargers general manager, Tom Telesco, dialing. He's still the GM? Yes. Dialing across America to Saints general manager, Mickey Loomis, played by Dan. Okay.

Hey, this is Mickey. Tom Telesco out in L.A. Hey, Mickey, I got the Pelicans. I got Pelicans basketball. I got Saints football. I got so much going on. It's just about to say I am a Pelicans fan quietly. Don't tell the Lakers, the Clippers.

What are your thoughts? I know football is different than basketball. Yes. Totally different sports, some say. But Zion, what do you think about Zion Williamson in general? Superstar. What do you like about his game? You're two and one.

He's powerful. He's extremely powerful. I mean, you talk about a different type of NBA body operating at high, at high velocity. I've not seen a player like him that I can easily comp. And as a general manager, I can think of other things that there's no comp for that I'm looking. Okay.

Football is completely different than basketball. You've got something that you can't have. But I want. Hey, Mickey's here. I want to say that again. You have it, but you can't have it. I have it, okay. And I want it.

Okay. What is it? It is a man. Okay. It's the. Coach, it's your best friend, Mickey. It is Sean Payton. Sean Payton will never.

My wife is friends with Sean Payton's female friend. And that's as much as I'll say about that. I know that Sean Payton will never be returning to the New Orleans Saints as head coach. We like to keep the door open. We do. You can blow the door up with seven pounds of dynamite. I'm going to give you something. You hold the rights to him.

And I just want to, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. And do remember that I need you to keep the secret. We were at that 2019 owners meetings together. I still have that stack of Polaroids that's been floating around on the GM hotline. So you're going to need to listen to what I say here. Our coach is floundering. You know, a year ago, all these think pieces being written about them. Right.

On the athletic, look at this, 4,000 words. The hands this guy on ATN, he always seemed to be a. head of the game there. He's really good out there. Dan Hansa just shouted. I love that guy. He does a great job. Thank you, Paul Rudd.

It does a great job. It's a Dan Hansa's shout out. Thanks, Paul Rudd. Brandon Staley, we are all, we are parting ways. The universe is collapsing in on its own now. Oh, my God. We're out with Brandon Staley. I just want to let you know ahead of, because I'm trusting you and I need you to trust me back

that we can forge a relationship here where we get Sean, you want Sean Payton on the Dallas Cowboys dealing with the Saints left and right? No, we don't want that. No, and we all know that's what's going to happen unless you trade Sean Payton far away from the NFC to the L.A. Chargers, a team that you'll face it most once every four years. I can't offer you, Sean, because I still believe that Sean might want to come back and rejoin us. And I believe in that. And I know that. But what I can offer you is an alternative at a much more economical price to you. And I think this option will be a serve as an upgrade, someone who's battle tested that knows the insides and outsides of an organization that has been a loyal consigliary of Sean Peyton for many years.

And now he's about to hit the open market. Dennis Allen. I will give you Dennis Allen for a second round pick. How about Brandon Staley? For Dennis Allen straight up. Throw in Brandon Cooks. I know more about Brandon Staley than you do. That's all I'm telling you.

Yes or no? Well, no, but it's great talking to you. We'll meet again. Wow. That was unsettling. Believeable. The conversations that you just never think that's the way it goes down in our league. The fact that he didn't hang up when he offered Dennis Allen for.

for Sean Payton, or wait, Dennis Allen for Brandon Staley is telling. It's sad. Somehow Brandon Cooks was involved in the negotiation. It hasn't been on the Saints. That's all the sausage is made, guys. It is. Thank you, everybody, for listening. And keep it under your hat.

Put it that way. That this is something that we're able to do inside the building because we have access to the hard frame and the data wires. The motherboard. Yes, exactly. The hard frame and data wires are absolutely what someone in the know when it comes to technology say all the time. All right. We'll see you around.

Maybe next year, you're the GM, 2022. And remember, eat the call. All right, Wes. I am Arizona Cardinals general manager, Steve Kime. Dan is Colt's general manager, Chris Ballard. Here we go. I like circus peanuts. What?

I thought I was calling a general manager. Chris Ballard here. Oh, hey, this is Kahnbom. Kahnbaum. Hey, Kynbaum. What's up? I need a quarterback. Hey.

You're selling. I got quarterbacks. We're selling San Bradford for a boy. You guys going to get injured tomorrow. He's beat up. Yeah, we need a quarterback. And I'm dangling David Johnson. I know Frank Gore's gone.

Y'all haven't had a hundred-yard game since 1973. It's been tough sledding. Yeah, I'm selling David Johnson and pick 15. Hold on, please. Kim D.J. Kim D. Why did you fall out that window? Oh, Kendi-J, Kendi-J, Kendi-J.

Now your draft stock is falling to Kim B.J. Kim B. Why did you crash out that window? Kim B. Chez, Kim D. Chee, this is your last chance to prove yourself. Don't fall once more. Wow. Are you still there? Still here.

David Johnson. All right. And pick number 15. Whoa. For running back Marlon Mac and your sixth pick. That gives you, you're up there with like Sashi Browns Hall. Can we, can we repeat this? David Johnson and pick 15 for Marlon Mac and the number six pick in the draft.

What am I missing here? Moving up to six is nice. We're getting Josh Rosen, baby. You're going to get a quarter, but I get it. No guarantee. He's falling. He's dropping like a bag of hand. Hammers get Josh Allen. All right. Uh, I feel like given our situation here in Indianapolis, and you know, uh, that we are, um, moving forward. I've got a, I got a ton of positive press for Mark Sessler on the around the NFL podcast based on my press conference performance after the Josh McDaniels incident. So a lot of goodwill. You got Sessler. I got his approval. I got a success. Sessler's on my side. And based off that, I'm feeling really bullish about the future.

I think Andrew Luck is going to, I think Andy's going to be playing this year. So I'm not going to be thinking about a quarterback at six. I'm going to think about getting my roster better. It's going to be a great talent at 15. This is a nice draft. So it's hard for me to turn down an all pro like David Johnson. And I know he's coming off that knee injury. What's the paperwork on that?

He's great. Never been better. Best shape of his life. Oh, okay. Now I've heard it. So I have no worries there. Marlon Mack, a nice little player. He's not David Johnson.

So I absolutely will take this deal. I've got to take this deal. I'd be crazy not to. I mean, I'm, again, Kynbaum. Kynbaum gets deals done. Tick, tick, tick. That could be your job security if this doesn't work out. If you end up getting stuck with Josh Allen or something.

And he doesn't work out. It's never easy to rebuild. We lost Bruce Ariens. We lost Carson Palmer. I'm in a pinch. I understand my job security is on the line. But you know this as well as I do. Job security is on the line every day in the NFL.

We got to make bold moves. We need a quarterback. You can't win in the NFL without a quarterback. All right. We got a deal. One question I have for you. What's your favorite type of frog? Kermit.

All right. We're done. Nice doing business with you. Very good. See the headline now, kind bombed. That is a steal for the cults. Yeah, that's troubling.

I mean, if you... Unless they know something about David Johnson that the cults don't know. Especially if someone fades ahead of them and takes, you know, Josh Rosen. NFL teams don't build around running backs. Come on.