The Fumblerooski Podcast - Good Investments -Ep 172 The Fumblerooski Podcast

Episode Date: March 29, 2023

How will this stalemate between Lamar Jackson and the Ravens end? who are the most-improved teams after free agency? Adam Wright, CJ Medeiros, and Justin Tucker debate these topics and more!

Here's Edelman broken up and the pass is no sign yet. Edelman comes down with a football and they're saying it's a catch. It's caught! It's a nice sideline touchdown! Unbelievable! Swings it way down the field to Watkins!

Sammy Watkins for the touchdown! Lamar Jackson has officially stated publicly that he wants a trade. As free agency winds down and we prepare to name the biggest winners of free agency so far. This is the Fumble Rooski podcast by Power Radiate and Seeker Weapon Consulting. I'm Adam Wright, CJ Medeiros, and Justin Tucker with you as always. So guys, we have another great show planned for you tonight. We are going to talk about the most improved teams as free agency winds down, as well as Lamar Jackson's publicized trade request.

But how are you guys doing tonight? I'm alive. Same. Justin, not for long. Since Lamar Jackson's trade request. He can ask. That doesn't mean it will get fulfilled. Kids on suicide watch.

All right. Now, so Lamar Jackson has requested publicly, he tweeted, a letter to his fans saying how much he respects them, of course. But the biggest takeaway being that on March 2nd, so nearly a month ago, Lamar Jackson did request a trade from the team. It hasn't been public. It hasn't even been known since literally yesterday. So, I mean, this whole thing, I don't even know where to start with this because it's hard to just, we've already named possible fits for, uh, for teams that he could be traded to,

but will he even be traded? Like, I don't see where this, where this ends. It's getting uglier by the day because like I could realistically see, in fact, I could almost say that is the most likely scenario where they don't find any common ground and he just sits out the season kind of like a Deshaun Watson. He could try to. I don't see it happening because he's been on record saying he will play this season, regardless if he's on franchise tag or not. So as far as I'm concerned, he'll still be the franchise quarterback

of the Baltimore Ravens. I don't think it's a relationship thing because as far as I'm concerned, he'll still be the franchise quarterback of the Baltimore Ravens. I don't think it's a relationship thing, because as far as anybody is concerned, it's not so much the relationship that is strained. It's just the money in the contract itself. I don't think it's anything other than that. Lamar thinks he's worth a certain amount. He doesn't want to guarantee, but he believes he's worth a certain amount. The Ravens have said, look, you've been out here for a minute, and no team is matching that.

It's not like we haven't been fair to you as far as contracts go. You've denied us the opportunity to resign you for, I want to say, the second largest amount for guaranteed money, and you've turned us down. So I think as far as it is it's just a money concern i don't think it's a relationship thing well be that as it may he still doesn't want to be there and you could argue that it is in fact a relationship thing because you know they don't want to pay him he's not gonna budge and neither are they. The way it sits now, unless something really fast happens, you know, like a magical solution where everyone's happy,

I do not see him being quarterback of the Baltimore Ravens, you know, in the near future because let's just say he plays, right, next season. Are the Ravens going to let him hit the open market, or are they going to be petty and tag him again? Because if they tag him again, then I lose all sympathy for that organization. If they don't reach an agreement and Lamar plays on the tag next season, and then they try to tag him again, that is literally just petty. So what happens if he plays this upcoming season, he gets injured,

which you guys have called a problem to in the past, and then they're in the same situation again? Are you still saying the same things that we are now? They might just let him go. What do you want me to – what? They might just let him walk at that point. Yeah, I would say that. He's not letting you walk to nothing.

I'm just pulling out a fact. I'm not saying they should pay him. I'm just saying two sides have reached a standstill. I did not say they should pay him, and it is my firm belief he is not worth what he's asking. I am just pointing it out. So, I don't understand your question, Justin.

I believe he is worth that. He's a unanimous MVP. Those things don't grow on trees. You can be an MVP. It's quite rare to be a unanimous MVP. Patrick Mahomes has been considered the best quarterback in the game for a few years now, and he doesn't even have one of those. He has two MVPs, but none of them unanimous, which means.

He also has health. Yeah. And do you know what else he has? Not one, but two rings. Yeah, unanimous MVP. That looks great on your resume. But where's the hardware? Where's the actual translation to success?

Because that unanimous MVP here, if I remember correctly, your unanimous MVP, he was good. But then again, the Tennessee Titans had something to say about that. Yeah. I'm not going. I'm not. Yeah. One and done. Four turnovers.

He had over 500 yards of total offense. That wasn't his fault. I will stand still on that game. That was not his fault. Those turnovers, if you actually look back at the game, most of them were not his fault. Tuck, it's basic game script. If you're playing from behind, your numbers are going to be spiked.

That's just the way it is. He was forced to throw a lot, and his lack of legitimate throwing ability kind of showed. No, it's the lack of weapons. The lack of weapons. Yeah. So you're saying it's his fault. It's not his fault the offense sputtered.

Despite the fact they put up 12 points. You were at home. You were 14-2 on the year, and you lost to a team you should have smoked, a team that barely scraped by the dying Patriots. And keep in mind, Ryan Tannehill had 88 passing yards, and you lost. There was no excuse for that. I'm not saying the team couldn't perform better. I admit Lamar Jackson could have performed better.

However, with that said, I want you all to go ahead and watch that game and you tell me what the hell he was dealing with with that offense at the time. Everybody was dropping passes left and right. I vividly remember this game. That was not Lamar Jackson's fault. Did he make mistakes? Yes. He shouldn't have made some of them.

But, again, if you're just going to sit here and tell me it was due to lack of ability of throwing, that is a damn lot. I will not stand on that. That one is just legitimately false. Yeah, it's all well and good,

but let's take the ball over four times. He literally did. What do you mean? What does it mean? He turned the ball over if you turn the ball over that that's you that's it that's two fumbles all right i took one person talking at once yeah yeah yeah sure if if you turn the ball over four times that damage that demonstrates an inaccuracy you you may have a cannon of an arm but it demonstrates an inaccuracy

to be able to pass the ball. Guys might have been dropping passes, but he was also throwing inaccurate ones as well. I'm not disputing that, but if you look at the interceptions, they were not all of them his fault. One of them, yes. A little late on the throw, interception. The first interception he threw was not his fault. Listen, a lot of interceptions are going to be deemed not your fault. But if you throw that ball a little bit better, like, yes, we want our wide receivers to make the play. But you need to make those throws so that it's not tough for the ball.

Like, everyone says, oh, he was tipped. So it's not his fault. Well, yeah, he tipped it, but he barely got his hand on it. Like I see a lot of people in 2018, they said that about Tom Brady all the time that all the balls were tipped, but those were not that well thrown balls. I will be the first to, to admit Brady did not have a good year in 2018, but those balls might have been tipped, but it was still kind of his fault because it was a tough ball to catch to begin with. We're just never going to agree on that game. We will just never agree on this game. Let's move on. Wait, hold on. Also, so he had four turnovers, correct, Lamar? Yeah. Two interceptions.

All right, so if one wasn't his fault, explain the fumbles. Lamar Jackson has always had a fumbling issue. I've never denied that. Uh-huh. So I'm going to assume that wasn't his fault, as you put it? No. So apparently the game's not his fault, as you put it? No. So, apparently the game's not his fault, but if you

fumble the ball and lose it twice, I'm going to assume you're not going to win. Again, as far as I'm concerned, turnovers and when they happen, you can come back from four turnovers. We saw that in Jacksonville when they went up against the

Chargers. It can happen. It's just when they happen is the issue and when exactly did they happen and when exactly did these uh turnovers happen the first one happened in the first i want to say the first drive the second one happened i want to say in the second half all or in the second quarter and the rest of them happened in the second one happened i want to say in the second half all or in the second quarter and the rest of them happened in the second half okay okay fair fair you're right it's when they happened so but even still you're saying you know yeah late turnovers hurt but they hurt a lot more when you only score six points in the first half yeah we couldn't get in the end zone we just could not with your unanimous MVP yes you could not get into the ends with a unanimous MVP and you have the audacity to sit

here and tell me he deserves what he wants yes look at that offense without him look at that often look at that offense with him 17 picks this year. Better without him. No, better with him. Look at it without him. Look at it without him. We can't get to 20 points without him. Yeah, and did they not go to the playoffs without him? We won in spite of that.

I've been telling y'all for months our defense carried us to that playoffs because if we relied on our offense, we were going home. I remember talking to Adam about the Pittsburgh game. I remember telling Adam about the Cincinnati game. I kept telling y'all, if we are relying on our offense, we're not going to make it. I kept telling y'all this. This isn't new. This isn't rehashing over things I haven't said before. I've been consistent. I never liked my offense without Lamar. That's why I believe he's deserving of it. I've always been consistent about it. Do I believe he deserves it because of accolades? No. I believe he deserves it because I believe in what he will do for the team, not because of what he has done. United's MVP, let's scratch that out the way. Look at the team without him. We cannot function on offense. That has been proven in the past. It has been

continually done so, and look at us in the playoffs. That's all. We has been proven in the past. It has been continually done so. And look at us in the playoffs. That's all. We can't get past 20 points. For a month straight, we could not score 20 points. But can't two things be true at once? Like, yes, the team can't function without Lamar Jackson. But at the same time, once you get to that high level,

once you are, it is, lights are shining brightest. It's the postseason and you have Lamar Jackson. They just don't win the game. You're saying that like everybody, not everybody can be good in the playoffs. Lamar Jackson has fallen short in the playoffs, but he's also performed in the playoffs too. And what's his playoff record again?

One in three. One in three. He's performed in the playoffs and his record is one and three. So it sounds to me like he's performed once. So there's two factors right there. There's two factors right there, health and lack of performance during the postseason. That matters.

Oh, my God. That does matter. That is correct. He's performing the postseason. You guys are acting like it's not one and done. All right. What's that? And don't hold that playoff game against the Chargers against them.

Do not hold that against them. I don't hold that one so much against him just because he was a rookie. Oh, no, no, no. That's fine, yeah. Yeah, that one I don't. But the one in 2019, you got to win that game. You got to win that game. And the one against the Bills the very next season, that one's bad.

That one's bad. How is that one bad? It's really bad. You can't – you had the elements in your favor. That's a lie. It was a hurricane out there. So with a run-first offense going against a pass for a pass centered offense in the bills um you need to win that game you need to win you're acting as if the

bills that you were some scrubs they made it to the amc championship game based on their passing offense though true and talk talk these are underestimating their defense it's one of the Based on their passing offense, though. True. And talk, talk. These are overestimating their offense or underestimating their defense. It's one or the other. All right. Listen, we got to move on because you're right. We probably will never agree on this. But we do want to move on to – so every year we kind of go over some of the

most improved teams in free agency over some of the most improved teams in free agency and some of the least improved or biggest losers, as we would say. We've done that for three years in a row, and that is coming up next. This is the Fumble Rooski Podcast. Here's Edelman broken up and the pass is no sign yet. Edelman comes down with a football and they're saying it's a catch. It's a catch! It's a catch!

Side-line! Touchdown! Unbelievable! Slings it way down the field to Watkins! Sammy Watkins for the touchdown! Good evening, this is the Fumble Rooski Podcast. Welcome back. I'm Adam Wright, CJ Medeiros, Justin Tucker. So as I mentioned in teasing this segment, every year we go over the most improved and least improved teams in free agency. So least improved is going to go next year, next week. So we're going to cover, we're going to cover that next week. So that'll be the biggest losers of free agency as it winds

down. And we start to transition into some draft coverage. But here we have the most improved. So it is easy. So I'm sure you guys have your picks, but it is easy to point out the Lions, the Seahawks, both teams we have talked about over the past week as the most improved. But it's also easy to forget that those teams were pretty well set up going into that offseason as well. Even if they didn't make the additions they did, they still would have had a good season going into this year, and they both have two first-round picks.

I think the most improved team, biggest winner of free agency, slam-dunk pick, this is the Chicago Bears. I think the Bears, so they added a number one wide receiver. They revamped their defense. They worked on that offensive line, and they need some more work done there as well. But the pass-catching corpse is the best it has been in Justin Fields' young career, and he's set up very well there.

He's going to have more time to throw because three-fifths of that offensive line is pretty set. They have their center. They have their guard. They have their left tackle. They need another guard and a right tackle. So a little more work to be done. But I have Chicago Bears 100%.

But what about you, Tuck? To me, I actually thought it was the New York Giants had an underrated offseason. Outside of Seattle and the Lions, I thought the Giants did because they were finally able to give Daniel Jones a reliable weapon if he can stay healthy and Darren Waller. If that guy can stay healthy, I think that offense will take steps in the right direction

to help him flourish with Daniel Jones under him. guy can stay healthy i i think that offense will take steps in the right direction now to flourish with daniel jones under him i believe he is a reliable safety weapon for him and i believe they still have a reliable defense so i don't know i think it was a good off season for the giants just by the mere addition of darren waller for a third yeah that's a that's a good one i just think like how much did they really add that's my question because they they added darren waller which was a great addition for them but besides that their defenses kind of stayed the same their Their offense, all they did was, well, besides Darren Waller, all they did was retain the guys that they had, Daniel Jones, Saquon Barkley, Darius Slayton, which is good,

and their offensive line still needs some work. Daniel Jones, one of the most sacked quarterbacks in all of football last year. But, Cesar. Oh, Lord, have mercy on me for saying this. But while Adam did take my pick for the Bears, I feel like, oh, God, the Dallas Cowboys. Yeah.

Yeah. That's right. That's right and i'm right when you think about it they didn't really lose too many people you get leighton vanderesh back tyron smith is back donovan wilson your safety is back and you got cooper rush and you know you get but i mean you cut ze, but you don't need him because you're going to probably ink Tony Pollard to a long-term deal next season. But then, then, you get yourself a tried-and-true wide receiver two in Brandon Cooks from the Texans, which costs you nothing. And the thing is, with Cooks, you're putting him with C.D. Lamb and Michael Gallup. There is no reason for the you're putting him with C.D. Lamb and Michael Gallup. There is no reason for the passing attack to go stagnant. They did lose Dalton Schultz, but I think that's something

they can address in the draft. However, let's talk about Stephon Gilmore. Now, is he close to his defensive player of the year self? I would argue no. But is he still a top 20 corner? You could argue yes. And let me tell you, Dallas needs a corner two opposite of Trayvon Diggs, who is very streaky in and of himself. But Gilmore, he still has, you know, despite his advanced age, you could argue he's got a lot left in the tank, no? Or maybe not a lot, but he's got at least one or two good years left.

Gilmore's still a very good corner, yeah. He's not, like, top 10, I would say, but top 15, I would argue that. Yeah. Yeah, and plus, like, that front seven for Dallas was a force, right? Like, it was awesome last year. Add a great secondary on top of it. That's, I mean, that's one of the better defenses in the league for next year. Don't do it.

And they're – Don't do it. CJ, you did this. Yeah, I know. Listen, I'm – Also Also they got Ronald Jones too And he's not exactly a scrub Probably the most well rounded The Cowboys have been in recent memory

Yeah you could argue that That's what they look like right now Not sure it's going to be their year What it's going to add up to Who knows That's going to come down to how they execute it. Divisional round exit. Yeah, Tuck is right, but this is one of those things, like we said earlier,

where two things can be true at once. Did they get better? Yeah. Will it be their year? Nah. I still think Mike McCarthy is not the right coach for them. No, he is not, and I think we can all agree. Like, coaching has been a problem for them for a while now.

You had the Clapper. Then you have – you were Jason Garrett, and now you've got fat Jason Garrett. Yeah. With a hat. Oh, wait. No, he has a hat. They both have hats, don't they? But I've seen Jason Garrett without his hat.

Without his baseball cap. I don't know. Can we also say the Broncos had a good offseason just by the mere addition of Sean Payton and the subtraction of Nathaniel Hackett? And the offensive line improved. Yeah, that's a good one. They brought in a right tackle and a guard, so that's very important. Yeah, and they brought in somebody. I'm completely blanking on the name for their front seven.

But that team did improve a lot. The Broncos, I think they're going to have a much, much better year than they did last year. Borderline a playoff team, I think. So, Adam, they did lose draymond jones but you know that's the guy they lost yeah but when you look at it you know they brought in mike mcguinchy they brought in ben powers from baltimore and uh i think you're thinking about a zach allen as well yes yes and you've got yourself a halfway decent backup in Jarrett

Stidham, a good running back from Cincy and Samaji Pirine as well. They got the Stid. Oh, and Marquez Calloway from when KJ Hamler and we get started, which I think we already had. Yeah. And they have already stated

they're not giving up Cortland Sutton or Jerry Judy. I'm glad they are publicizing that, staying upfront about it and saying, we're not – that team is the closest it's been in nearly a decade to competing, like legitimately contending. You're not going to give up your top two wide receivers. We're a pretty underrated duo, if I might say so. Jerry Judy and Cortland Sutton, if those guys are utilized well enough, that's a pretty good wide receiver duo.

They have a lot of potential. All right. So we kind of gave our picks. Now we want to hear yours. So we asked on our fan box for you guys, which are the most improved teams as free agency is winding down. That's next. This is the Fumble Rooski podcast. Here's Edelman broken up and the pass is no sign yet.

Edelman comes down with a football, they're saying it's a catch. It's a pass to Gates! Skyline! Touchdown! Unbelievable! This is the Fumble Rooski podcast by Power Radiate and Sequel Weapon Consulting, Adam Wright, CJ Medeiros, Justin Tucker. So, we have reached the Fumble Rooski fanbox portion of our show, where we post a question filter on our Instagram every Monday, and you can respond with hot takes, questions, and more, and we will discuss it and give you a shoutout on our podcast. Respond to next week's fan box question to be featured on our show so the question of the week was who are the most improved teams after free agency so um the top vote getters were the bears not surprising so patrick williver said da bears

with the da famously isaac zonana, Sean McCarthy, and Brendan Long. So those guys, shout out to our most popular vote in the Bears. I mean, we said it pretty eloquently. They are, I mean, that team is the most improved. They had the most room for improvement, so it would make sense. But they also had a lot of resources that they turned into legitimate weapons. And DJ Moore, they got another guy to pair up with Cole Komet. That was Tunyon.

Yeah, they brought in Robert Tunyon to pair up with Cole Komet. I mean, that team is loaded. And I didn't even mention the linebacker duo that they got in, Tremaine Edmonds and TJ Edwards. That's going to be unreal. We got two votes for the Lions. So Josh Houle said Lions are looking to make some noise next year. And Jack Hartman said Detroit.

They have a ton of holes to fill. Excuse me. They didn't have a ton of holes to fill. And they've filled them. Now just upgrade in the draft. So my argument against the Lions, I'm not saying that they're not looking like a great team going into next year. That team doesn't have many holes. In fact, I would argue they might not have any, like they, they, they have the, they have either way they're, they're in a position where they can just have some strengths rather than

holes. Um, but they just didn't like, they went into this offseason looking really good. So the fact that they look good now isn't all that surprising. They had a great offseason, but we also had fairly high expectations for them to begin with. Brian Mucker and Diego Huertas said Jets, with Brian Mucker also mentioning the Texans. The Jets did improve a lot. Just on the fact that they are most likely going to land Aaron Rodgers,

that makes all of the difference in the world. And what I am seeing with all of these players in free agency, the fact that the Jets are right in the mix tells me just how important it is to have that quarterback. Because if you remember when Tom Brady went to the Buccaneers, that all of a sudden became the destination for veteran players to go, to go ring chasing. It was the same thing for Matthew Stafford when the Rams traded for him. All of a sudden, you had Allen Robinson. You had Bobby Wagner.

Players like that all joining that squad. It didn't work out, but it was a destination. And now that's kind of what it's becoming for the Jets. They're landing players. They're in the mix for everyone, including Ezekiel Elliott, Odell Beckham Jr. I mean, that's important. That's pretty important to have that leader who everyone wants to play for. And to address the Texans, they will not get mentioned as a team that has improved this

offseason, but they really have have and they have the number two overall pick so whoever the panthers don't take between uh young and stroud in the in the draft that's who the texans are going to take they have a very good offensive line now that no one gives them credit for they have laramie tunsell at tackle, and they have that other kid at right tackle who has done very well. And they have some targets for whoever they take at quarterback to throw to. They need that number one now that they traded Brandon Cooks, but they have pieces. Also, they have Dalton Schultz, so that's going to be important. But Mallory Kleppel and Ian Mulhern said the Panthers. So Ian Mulhern is a Panthers fan, so no wonder.

But they have some underrated pieces that they brought in. So they got DJ Char, they got Adam Phelan, and they have a pretty good offensive line for whoever they take, whoever they take at number one. And I got to say, I said this when I was responding to the fan box questions. Whoever they take with number one, with what they gave up, better wind up becoming Jesus. Whoa there.

What's that? Whoa there, buckarooaroo isn't that a little facetious a little bit but whoever they take he better be a joe burrow josh allen that's what he has to turn out to be like and i have high hopes for both bryce young and cj stroud but you still got to get it right you got to get it right they're put they're putting all their chips towards the middle of the table um all right nick reyes said giants all the way yeah okay so they did improve they did they brought in Darren Waller. That's important because you need to be able to improve your pass-catching corpse for the quarterback you just paid four years $160 million for.

So get him the weapons so that he can spike up his stats and you can become more of a balanced offense and you're not relying on saquon barkley also i mean it would be nice for them to hang on to barkley but he's getting up there in age for a running back at least why don't they go and take bijan robinson late in the draft i'm just saying if they want to if they want to remain um if they want to remain a run-first offense, maybe draft their heir apparent. I'm just saying.

That's no disrespect towards Saquon Barkley. I'm sure he wouldn't like it, but, I mean, you're trying to improve, and maybe they trade him and he gets a good deal elsewhere and everybody wins. I don't know. Just thinking out loud. Steven Parker said Bengals. They got a decent corner, a good safety, and the best offensive tackle in the free agency class.

Orlando Brown was a big landing for them because they already have Lyle Collins and Jonah Williams as their tackles. And I know Jonah Williams did request a trade, but Zach Taylor came out a couple of days ago and he said, regardless, he's going to start at right tackle. So it looks like something inside that's going on says that, I mean, something happened that made him say that, that things are starting to settle down because this is the deepest the the Bengals offensive line has been in years like it was a good offensive line last year it was much improved but it wasn't deep and it showed that

because they had guys getting hurt left and right towards the end of that offseason uh towards the end of that season which wound up being their downfall. As for their defense, it's not as bad as people think. Yes, they lost both their starting tackles, starting safeties, but they brought in, what's it, Taylor Rapp? No, Taylor Rapp went to Buffalo. Okay, so the other guy. I'm mixing up the names. The other one for the Rams.

Was it Scott? The Rams, yeah. Taylor Scott? Nick Scott. Nick's one of the – look it up. They brought in another starting safety, and they have Dax Hill to slide in at the other starting safety spot. Now, I wanted Dax Hill to be a corner because they need

help at corner, but they can't do that because they lost Jesse Bates and Vaughn Bell. So that you slide in Dax Hill at the other safety spot. So they just need some help at corner, but otherwise this is an improved Bengengals team i wouldn't say most improved though because they they're still a championship contending team regardless the issue was never with that it was health they could they could have easily won the super bowl this year if it weren't for their offensive line just falling apart at the end of the season which is what they addressed so that's good for them. Okay. Jad Noman said Ravens.

Well, he's made a friend of Justin Tucker. That's for sure. But I think even Tucker is fairly certain that they have not improved. Well, he put a laughing face next to it. So it was clearly meant as a joke. But, I mean, just looking at it through a Raven fans' perspective, they haven't done anything to improve their team. Like, they've done nothing.

They had weapons that they needed to give Lamar to make him happy. They had a quarterback to make happy. They've done nothing. They had weapons that they needed to give Lamar to make him happy. They had a quarterback to make happy. They've done neither. And they still haven't signed one of their top corners in a re-sign that one of their top corners in Marcus Peters. That's a problem. That is a big problem. They've done nothing. Nothing.

God, is that just annoying? It is annoying. I wish we could do something, but we can't because we're stuck in the Lamar situation. Until that gets settled, we can't really move. Well, they could have just...

I mean, if you add a DeAndre Hopkins, then you make Lamar happy, and maybe then he'll meet your demands. No. But that hasn't happened. You know, I got to agree with Tuck. I'm not sure that would change how much money he wants. I mean, maybe it might, but I'm not – I don't know.

Or let's say Darren Waller. He went for a third-round pick. Why not bring back the old 2019? They have Mark Andrews. That's what I'm saying. Why not bring in the old 2019 days when you had that three-headed monster at tight end and have them be a dynamic duo? Mark Andrews and Darren Waller, the two tight end sets,

that would be badass. We already have a tight end that we like in Isaiah Likely. We have no reason to be in another. Darren Waller, man. We had him. That's the thing that pisses me off. We had him. Bring him back. Homecoming.

We drafted him in 2016. He left in 2018 after the Raiders game because they saw him during warm-ups, saw how good he was going to be, and took him from us because he was on our practice squad at the time. We had Hayden Hurst and Mark

Andrews. Bring him back. You should have brought him back. Would have worked out well. I wish, but no. It wasn't worked out well i wish but no it wasn't working out all right i wish it ended well in baltimore well that was all of our fan box responses but i mean a lot of most improved teams i'm surprised i didn't see any seahawks here i really am i thought this team was i mean we talked a lot about the seahawks in our last show that we did uh the other day with

chris he too uh me and cj but i mean that's that's a team that did really well this offseason and i'm just trying to think off the top of my head some names of teams that improved the panthers were mentioned um i guess the patriots they did improve in some ways their offensive line still that's that off that unit is basically the same i mean it's still not looking good that offensive line does not look good uh some more emphasis on the texans they drafted a guard in the first round who's been pretty good and they traded for Shaq Mason from the buck from the Buccaneers um their center position is still a god-awful position for them but that's that could be a day two pick for them center isn't that hard a position to address

um and they have two they have two very solid tackles. So whoever they draft at number two is going to have a very, very easy time throwing the ball. They just need some guys who can get open. All right. So that's pretty much all the content we have. Anything else before we end the show tonight? No, I ain't got anything. All right.

Well, we just wait for what happens in the next chapter of the Lamar Jackson saga. A saga which keeps getting more and more interesting by the week. You think it can't get any crazier, and then it does. And I also think you would make a great Falcon as the next coming the next coming of Michael Vick, except with a better head on his shoulders. All right. Well, that'll do it for us tonight.

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