The Herd with Colin Cowherd - 3 & Out - Maxx Crosby to the Ravens, Eagles Questions, Kelce’s Future & NFL Contract Boom

Episode Date: March 9, 2026

On this episode of 3 & Out, we break down a massive move around the league as Maxx Crosby is traded to the Baltimore Ravens. How dangerous does Baltimore’s defense become with one of the NFL’s most relentless pass rushers, and what does this deal mean for the Las Vegas Raiders moving forward? We also dive into what’s going on in Philadelphia as questions continue to swirl around the Eagles. What direction is the team heading, and what should fans be watching as the offseason unfolds? Plus, we discuss Travis Kelce’s future in Kansas City. Could the legendary tight end be nearing the end of his career, or does he still have more left in the tank with Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs? And finally, we talk about why there has never been a better time to be in the NFL when it comes to contracts, as the salary cap continues to rise and players across the league cash in on record-setting deals. Big trades, big questions, and big money — all on this episode of 3 & Out. #VolumeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Pick 14, pick 2027 one, which on paper right now is more than what the Cowboys got for Micah Parsons. So we will dive into every angle, starting with Max, the person, the player, his loyalty to the Raiders, SpyTech pulling the trigger, the Ravens doing something that's a little abnormal. from historically they've never traded a pick that high. The Eagles, there's some rumors right now about Jalen Carter. Travis Kelsey is potentially going to sign with another team not named the Kansas Chiefs. Khalil Mack has re-signed with the Chargers.

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You guys are the you know what. Let's dive into the pod. And I want to start a big picture on the player because I do feel for Raider fans. This is a franchise, especially if you are an older fan, that was once as good as it got. I mean, historically, they've had John Madden, they've had countless Hall of Famers,

they had one of the most legendary owners in the history of sports, they won Super Bowls in the 80s, they resurrected the franchise with John Gruden, and then once they made the trade, over the course of the last 23 years after they made the Super Bowl in 2002, it has not been good. And in 23 years, they have made the playoffs twice and obviously have not won a playoff game.

It has been a lot of ugly. And during that time, especially during the post-Al Davis era, which was like 2011, 2012, I thought they had two guys who were just all in, who the Raiders meant everything to. And, you know, Khalil Mack, Amari Korni, Cooper were both traded, but to me, Khalil, not that he wasn't passionate about a Raider, but listen, he's modern day athlete, who was going to pay him the most? The Raiders weren't see you later. Adios. Amari, kind of laissez-faire, didn't give a shit. But Derek Carr was all

in. Now, we can argue if he was good enough. I do think in 2016, before he hurt his ankle, you know, he was competing to, you know, win the MVP that year. They were going to be the number one seed. And after that happened, it was kind of hit or miss for the rest of his Raider tenure. Obviously weird with Josh. But Derek was a very solid player for the Raiders for a long time. Max to me is a Hall of Fame level guy. And his passion for the brand, his passion for the team, if you haven't got a chance, his 10 to 12 minute goodbye is one of the cooler, more genuine things I've ever seen. I mean, the modern day athlete just has their agency or their manager, take some picture of them, put it on some cool backdrop, and then write words and

the middle of thank you and goodbye and I love you and it's it's somewhat hollow and listen in fairness maybe those guys don't care they're just businessmen which I'm totally okay with it did feel that max was much more he loved being a raider it meant everything to him the organization the effort sometimes not to get sentimental here but I'll just be sitting there in silence looking at my eight week old or seven week old or however old he is I'll be staring at Jack and And I'll think, God, I got, there's a lot of pressure on me to teach this guy some just core value life lessons in life. And you spend a lot of time and any father knows thinking of, you know, what are the things that I'm going to instill in this human? What are going to be some of his, his core values that are non-negotiables?

And I do think Max kind of encapsulates a couple things that I am 100%, which I would have done this, whether I was thinking about it over the last couple weeks or not, of like, passion for what you do. And I think most of us are walk into rooms with smart people and are never going to be the smartest guy in the room. And you can go a long way. I can only speak to America, but in this country, in the world that we live in, by just giving all out effort in what you do all the time. Consistently go hard.

And in football, that means physical energy. In some of our professions, it could be mental energy. But give all you have. When you're going to do something, go all in. What did they say in? What was the movie called with Mark Wahlberg? It's, I wanted to say American sniper, but it's not. It's lone survivor.

That moderation is for cowards. Anything worth doing is worth overdoing. And I think Max Crosby represents whatever, every coach really values in a guy whose effort is just great all the time. And to have great effort, you've got to be in great shape. You've got to be prepared. This was a guy that after his rookie year checked himself into rehab. And anyone that's followed his career, you're just like,

this guy's just a certified badass. Changed his life, cleaned up his life, and absolutely dominates on the field for mostly an awful organization. So I totally understand Raider fans, even if you go, which we'll dive into the compensation, being bummed. Because this guy wasn't just a badass on the field. He wanted to play for your team. I mean, how many players in football and basketball and baseball,

Cosby stinks, forced trades, want somewhere else, I do believe that up until the end of the year, the Max would have been very cool being a Raider for life. And I think when he said it, he meant it. And when they benched them or forced them to get knee surgery, like it was the right move. It was the proper business move. And I think it also represents why Max Crosby is who he is,

that he was like, fuck you. I don't give a shit about the number one overall pick. I want to play because in this team, it's not like we're playing a lot of playoff games. The only thing I have to hang my hat on is our regular season games, whether we're winless or whether we're going to win eight games. I'm giving everything I have. And you taking that away from me and he was pissed off.

And I think the respect around the league even went up. And I've been saying this over and over and over again. They were going to get two first round picks. I did not understand when people like, I don't think they're going to get the Michael Hall. I'd argue right now, they got more. Now, both teams have picks in 2007. I think the Cowboys traded one of them.

It's going to be the higher version that's going to go to the, Jets for Quinn and Williams, so they might end up with the Packers pick. But the Cowboys got picked 20 this year for Micah Parsons. And let's be real. They are lucky as shit to have that pick. If Micah doesn't get injured, if they don't implode in that playoff game, that picks like 24, 25. Hell, could be 28, 29.

The Raiders just got pick 14 in two months. Pick 14. If you were a bed man, you'd say the Packers and the Ravens more than likely, we'll have similar seasons next year. I can see both their picks being in the middle of 20 of the 20s. But you would rather have pick 1 and 14 than you rather than pick 7 and 8. I mean, getting the 14th overall pick when you have the number one pick and also the top pick in every round is a very, very powerful thing. I think Warren Sharp tweeted this out.

He's the analytic gambling guy. This is the most draft capital a team has ever had. just because of the power of that 14th pick along with their top picks in every round. And they have multiple picks in some rounds as well. But this was, there were other teams sniffing around, right? Like the Cowboys, the Jags, some of these teams. It's like they were not going to get this type haul from anyone else because all the good teams, you know, the Lions or the Bears or the Niners or some of these other teams that would be interested,

their picks are going to be in the 20s. So they got to the point, and this is why I think this trade was announced so far ahead of free agency where it's like there's no way we could do better than this. I'm sure some people offered a one and two twos, maybe potentially two first round picks, but they were in the 20s. Like it doesn't get any better than pick 14,

even if next year is pick 30. I mean, you have the chance. Kyle Hamilton was once the 14th overall pick. That is prime. prime, real estate. So I think John Spitech deserves a lot of credit. I do believe that they weren't just dead set on trading Max Crosby, given what he brings to their team on and off the field.

But they got an offer they couldn't refuse. No different when the Chiefs traded McDuffie. I don't think there was any other team in the league that would have thought, even contemplated for more than a second, giving the Chiefs a first round pick for Trent McDuffie. Then if you look in the second round, you know, bad teams, if you're drafting in the 30s, aren't going to give up their pick 30 for Trent McDuffie

and they give them $30 million. It's going to be the good teams. Well, their picks don't come to like the 50s. So you could argue that the Chiefs probably went into this okay with like, there might be a chance the best we can do is like pick 49 to get rid of Trent McDuffie. And then a couple weeks later, they're a couple weeks past the combine. They get picked 29.

When John Spiceck and they had the meetings at the end of the season, once Max causes a stink, like, hey, we might have to trade this guy at the combine. They probably thought, hey, our goal is going to be two first round picks. Then once you get enough teams involved, probably going to happen. You're probably thinking it's going to be two picks in the mid to late 20s. And then when the dust settles, you have a pick 14 for a team that kind of needs everything is an incredible haul. I mean, it truly is.

And as someone that thought they would get two first round picks, I never for a million years thought that one of the picks, especially the pick going into this draft, would be this high. Now, it's also an outlier situation. You know, the Ravens had never given up a first round pick for a player. And they historically have acquired a lot of good veteran players.

Most recently, Roquan Smith. When I was younger, you know, Steve Smith, Sr., Ann Kwan Bolden, they've done it with countless players, Callais Campbell. But Shannon Sharp, once upon a time. You know,

Ozzie Newsom's big thing was play like a raven. They have a certain type and Max Crosby falls right under that. Derek Henry falls right under that. But I think they had to have these long conversations. Like, this is a bold move. This is going to be a big swing.

And I appreciate anyone in life. And this is one of those other things you think about teaching your son of like sometimes in life, most people, you know, the action is on the edges. The reason the fruit grows at the edge of the branch, the most sturdy part of the tree is the middle. So you want to get the fruit, you kind of got to climb out there a little bit to do it.

You got to put yourself out there. And listen, just because you take big swings doesn't guarantee anything. Chris Ballard went all in for Soss Gardner. It blew up in his face immediately. We're all going to make mistakes. And I'm not trying to shit on Chris Ballard here. He made a calculated move. It was a calculated risk.

and it did not pay off. And it is something I think clearly today, several months away from the move, he regrets doing, given the information that he has. But that's not how life works. You make decisions based on the information you have at the time. You don't get to go six months in advance and go,

what's it going to look like that? This could be a disaster. This could be a problem eventually for the Ravens. But for a team that I would say mostly has been extremely conservative with their draft picks, been extremely conservative with how they do business. They have notoriously let guys walk over and over in free agency because they love these cop picks that they get. And they are a draft and developed franchise. Well, their owner put as you know what on the table and said, you know what, John Harbaugh, you're gone. Fired his coach.

And something that honestly, I thought was a pretty shocking move. But it does feel like he's kind of giving some life to this organization of like, let's put our nuts on the table a little bit more here. Let's stop being so goddamn conservative. We have a two-time MVP winner at quarterback. We have one of the best players in the league on defense at Kyle Hamilton. We have one of the best cultures in the league in our locker room, in our facility,

where the Baltimore freaking Ravens. Let's go for it. And this is a go-for-it move. And Max Crosby to me, when you close your eyes, you go, what type team does he feel like? He feels like a Baltimore Raven. It feels like he could have been on the Pittsburgh Steelers 15 years ago. That's the type player that he is.

And I commend the Ravens for making a bold move. Now, here's the thing. I said when they made the DJ Moore trade that the bills are AFC championship robust. The Ravens making this trade is the same thing. And obviously, if you make the AFC championship at either one of those teams, not being in the Super Bowl is a disaster.

So I think both the Bills and the Ravens, who were the betting favorites last year in August to win the Super Bowl, the Ravens didn't make the Super Bowl, or I mean, didn't make the playoffs clearly and win eight games. And the bills lost in the second round. Both of them shook hand their coach because it was like the expectations couldn't have been any higher and the Chiefs didn't make it. So I think they're both well-run organizations.

They both have Hall of Fame quarterbacks, but it's now or never. and these moves, like you're living in these next short windows. Why did the Rams make their move? Because they've been living year to year with Matt Stafford. So last year, when they booted Cooper Cup and went to get Devante Adams, they're not thinking five years from now. There's no guarantee they're going to figure out their quarterback. There's no guarantee McVeigh might not take a couple years off.

You're living in the now. And that's the way the NFL is, like, especially when you're good. You've got to take advantage of every single year. And I think people that have been critical, the bills have like they haven't been aggressive enough. You know, the Ravens that's never been their style, and it kind of backfired this year because it didn't feel quite as talented. And they made a massive move.

There was a ton of pressure. And this is what is cool about the NFL. You know, Sean McVeigh, they have a Super Bowl-level mindset, and you could argue a Super Bowl-level team. But if they don't win it, Sean McVey and Matt Stafford have one. They have a ring. They're champions.

So whether they win it or not this year, you can never take that away from. Now, if they win a second one, you go from being viewed as a champion to being viewed as a legend, to being viewed as a historic individual in the history of this sport.

The Ravens and Josh, or the Ravens in Lamar and the Bills and Josh, are looking to just throw their hat in the ring in history. We've seen a lot of guys win MVP's and never win a Super Bowl. Hell, in recent memory, Stafford did it, Cam Newton did it. These guys had great individual seasons. Now, I think Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen are better than those guys.

But, like, are you going to put a ring on your finger? Are you going to get to a Super Bowl? The Ravens had an incredible opportunity two years ago when they hosted the Chiefs. And they blew it. shit the bed. This year, the bills, they're playing both freaking Knicks. You got to win that game. And they didn't do it.

Josh had a weird game. Their defense didn't come through. Coach got fired because of it. So I think the bills and the Ravens, all their chips are in the middle of the table. Well, they play in the same conference. It's not like they both can win the conference. And you would say historically,

the conference is really good at the top. It's going to be very difficult. but I do respect both teams doing everything possible, even if trading all this for a 28, 29-year-old guy that's had some injuries. Like, I get the skepticism, but I also can overlook that for the type guy. Doesn't booze. All he does is football. All he wants to do is win, plays his ass off,

will immediately be a plug-in-play guy in big games, is Taylor made for this. stuff. And like I understand it because like what about four years from now? What about four years from now? Who cares? What about 2006 and 2007? And that's what the Baltimore Ravens kind of showed you, which they don't typically operate that way. Today's show is brought to you by our presenting sponsor Hard Rock Bet, Florida's sports book. March is officially here. And that means more college hoops and it takes center stage, baby. Stakes are rising. The shots are falling. And now is the time to hit the hardwood with hard rock bet.

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they had three first round picks in one draft, and they blew it. Josh Jacobs, I think, was their last pick, but they took, I think, David Arnett or Leatherwood and Cleland Farrell. It was a disastrous draft. Part of once you make one of these big trades is you've got to nail the pick. Like the Micah Parsons trade looks a lot better if at pick 20, they get a high-end starter. So it's easy to do these and we constantly are evaluating these trades when the trades made

then when the draft picks happen and then as the draft picks plays and how the veteran does so it's a fluid process but there is a lot of pressure on Spitec with Pick 14 and he has an opportunity if he does it right

if Mendoza becomes if he becomes Jared Gough and they get an impact player at 14 they already got Bowers you know, Gentie should be a solid player. They can find other offensive linemen, eventually build up this defense. Within a couple years, they could be a good team.

They could be a really, really good team because they already have a couple core pieces, and it all comes down to nailing the pick 14. Do you get a Pro Bowl level guy, or you just get like okay starter? And we'll find out, I guess we won't know in a couple months, but we'll know in a couple years,

which is not the business I'm in. We'll be talking about it the whole time. But this is, the NFL's fun. Trades are fun. These last, you know, from DJ Moore to Trent McDuffie to Max Crosby to hopefully Jalen Carter and A.J. Brown sign me up for this stuff. Speaking of trades, potentially, Jalen Carter, when the headline came out that they had extended Jordan Davis, I went, whoa. Because there had been some rumors on the all interweb of the Raiders, or excuse me, the Eagles. or excuse me, the Eagles?

Are they going to pay 40, 45 million to Jalen Carter, who clearly is one of the most talented players in the league? It's like, ah, not quite comfortable doing that. And then they extend Jordan Davis and you go, would they be better off if they're uncomfortable doing this, giving Jordan Davis and Jalick's hunt a bunch of money and getting two players that they feel good about on and off the field than one of the biggest wild cards in the league?

And then there have been some stories that Jeremy, Fowler, who I saw the combine, super nice guy, reported they're already getting calls about Jalen Carter. Here's what I would tell you, if you are an opposing general manager and you were talking to Howie Roseman on the phone about Jalen Carter, hang up the phone. You should not be interested in acquiring Jalen Carter. Because you tell me, it's one thing if you can't afford a player, that's why Killelea Mac was traded once upon a time. The Raiders did not have the financial wherewithal to give

him the contract the Bears did. They couldn't give him the signing bonus. It was a financial situation. It had nothing to do with the player or the person. It was 100% money. Well, I know money's not an issue with the Eagles. Their owner fucking gives it out like it's growing on trees. So you go, is how he not into sweet defensive lineman? Well, that's definitely not the case. Never forget. He fell to for a reason. He was the best player in his draft by a country model. We've seen him when he's healthy on the field. He is a dominant NFL player.

So why wouldn't they resign him? Run. Do you have Big Dom? Do you have four or five Georgia defenders on your team that played with them in college? Because if you don't, you should not be interested.

It's really that simple. And if Howie is able to unload Jalen Carter for a hall, he is he's truly one of the great general managers in the history of the league and i get it talent trumps all but these teams i just think most of these teams would have no shot with the infrastructure to handle what they'd be getting in business with especially given that part of trading for him which would not be cheap you know in terms of draft capital would then force you to give him a historic NFL contract.

So I just think that some of these teams, if he's able to offload them, that should tell you everything you need to know. It really should. I mean, look at what the Eagles do. When you're good, they retain you. Obviously, if they draft you, Lane Johnson, Kelsey, Devante Smith,

you know, Jordan Davis. They will, Quinn and Mitchell and Cooper DeGine will both get big contracts. If they sign you as a free agent and then you're sweet, like the linebacker, Zach Bonn, immediately give you a sweet extension. Sequin Barclay, throw more money at you as a thank you. They take care of their guys that ball. So if they are open to trading you and you're bawling, man. Red Flag. Some stories coming out right now because Travis,

Kelsey is a free agent for the first time, a true free agent, like going to free agency in his career, that he is going to talk to multiple teams. And I talk to Colin about this. The NFL is very difficult. It's a salary cap league, even when you have legendary players, like Ronnie Lott did not finish his career on the Joe Montana, Tom Brady, like Peyton Manning was cut. The NFL, the Seattle LLB led by Sherman that crew are still bitter about the way it all ended like guys welcome to the NFL like that's just kind of the way it goes

most people do not go out like John Elway you know on the stage winning his back-to-back Super Bowl and retire that's not usually the way it works usually people play on another team that's the way sports work it's very very rare for a guy to just run it out

Michael Jordan played on the Wizards So Travis is not only going to get his number retired one day in Kansas City. He, along with Mahomes and Andy Reid and Chris Jones, these guys are going to get like statues. He's one of the most legendary figures on the field in the prime of his career in the history of the league. I think he's the greatest past catching tight end I've ever seen. And big game player, he's just, he's the ultimate winner. But there comes a point We saw this, it's different

because Cam hasn't had the same level of success but Cam Jordan missed two games in 15 years for the New Orleans Saints. Two games in 15 years. He's giving them everything he's had on and off the field from a leadership standpoint, team captain standpoint, production standpoint. It comes a point in time like listen,

we appreciate everything you've done but we got to move in a different direction. And I think the Chiefs, it's one of those like, listen, Travis, here's our number, which is going to be going to sound like a, you know, a slight to you, right? $3, 4, 5 million, which we basically know you're going to say no to. So essentially what you do is like, you almost don't even offer them a contract.

And I do think that Travis, one team that makes a ton of, if I was a betting man right now, a team that I'd be stunned if he not only is, you know, there was a story today that at the start of free agency or the tampering period in the middle of Monday, You are allowed to have five zooms because before you could just talk to the agent and negotiate the contract, but you couldn't talk to the player until the free agency officially started a couple days later. You're allowed to do up to five total zooms with players. So you can get your head coach, your GM, your coordinators, and zoom a guy, almost like a pitch meeting like you would do in college. One team to me that makes a ton of sense is the New York Giants.

they have a young core of offensive guys quarterback, wide receiver, running back. You bring in a guy with pelts on the wall, rings on his finger, who knows the offensive coordinator. Nagy has known this guy since he was drafted and then spent the last however many years around him winning these Super Bowls.

So the coordinator knows him who's calling the offense. The head coach really, really values championship mentality, championship habits. Well, one thing about Kelsey is a fantastic practice player. To me, if you're the Giants, like, is it worth overpaying? Now, it's a little risky for Kelsey, right? You're going to a team that's not guaranteed to be good next year, especially if there are talented teams like playoff contenders

or teams that are locked to be in the playoffs that are interested in your services. Like, what if the Chargers call? And you're like, hey, I can live in L.A., play a little golf, play for Hardball. but I do think New York, especially we factor in, right, Taylor has an operation there. I think she lives there. Technically, when you have a jet as big as hers, you can, it's like, I just drove two hours somewhere. That'd be the equivalent of me flying from Scottsdale to Dallas.

So it's like when you have jets, you driving three or four hours is no different than me hopping in the plane and going across the country. Like, we're operating at different levels. And we're not caring about the fake, tree planning thing that Kauai invested in. We're just hopping in that jet and do what the fuck we want to do. And I think that Travis and the New York Giants make a lot of sense. Now, I do wonder if some of the good teams would be interested, but usually the good teams,

you don't have as much money to deal with. There are price points on how much you can spend. Some of the teams with a lot of cap space, even like a Seattle. And it's like, are you going to give Travis Kelsey two years $20 million or something? Probably not. would Travis want to go live in Seattle? A little doubtful. I mean, let's face it.

He's kind of a celebrity. He's kind of like, you know, famous NBA players. Like the market kind of matters. That's where I think the Giants make a ton of sense. And if I was a betting man, I have no inside information. I would say if Travis Kelsey is not a chief, which I kind of don't expect him to be a chief, I would expect him to be on the New York Giants.

And I also, listen, it's not like Veech or Andy would ask advice for me. I just think it's time. And that's sometimes it's just time to move up. on. And it's hard. It's not easy. But it's when you get to the point like you have to make tough financial decisions. And this is a tough financial decision given that his play is not quite the same. And I also think sometimes with an older player, when you go somewhere new, it's no different than it than an individual like myself or yourself listening to this. You can get kind of stuck in a rut. Even if you're having a lot of success in a job and a profession, it, it,

Life can become kind of monotonous, right? You ever change a job, do get a new role, it kind of sparks a fire of just creativity, of passion, of just like ambition. I don't even know how to quite describe it, but there's like an edge brought back to you that sometimes can leave you after a while. And I think it's no different with players, especially older players that get to go to a new spot. It's like, hell yeah. almost like I get to prove people wrong all over again. And if I was on Travis's side, I'd be like, now we've got to be careful about where we pick.

I wouldn't just go play for the Arizona Cardinals or Seattle, not the Seattle Seahawks, but I think they're going to be very brand conscious of putting him like, he's not going to play for the Minnesota Vikings. There's certain markets is like, he ain't going there. Would you go to the Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants? You can kind of see there will be some spots like, I can see that.

I don't picture him going to like the Atlanta Falcons, you know. And these are no shots at any of these individual teams, but we just got to be real. I mean, there's probably a small, small list of organizations that he would even attained, you know, playing at. And listen, he's, you know, if you're just listing the free agents, he's not one of the top guys. And this is not some class that is great, right?

Who's the best free agent in this class? Tyler Lindenbaum? I saw some lists with Daniel Jones, like a top five guy. If Daniel Jones is a top five free agent in a given class, it's a bad class. It is. Kenneth Walker, excellent end of the season. Like, he's had a meh career. You know, when I see some of these people, like, you're going to give him $13, $14 million a year.

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But this one's extra special. So how did we? How do we actually come up with a name, Hey Jonas, guys? I honestly don't remember. I think it was on a call about what we should call it. Well, we were thinking I'm originally calling it one of the early names of our band. Before Jonas Brothers was... This is how you guys remember it going down?

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Those people are starving for banter. Listen to humor me with Robert Smigel and Friends on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. What's up, fam? It's Isaiah Thomas. And I'm C.J. Toledano, and our podcast Point Game is about defying the odds. Like LeBron heading into the playoffs without Luca and Austin Reed. And finding ways to win no matter what. He's the smartest player to ever play the game. His IQ is at a level that we've never seen before.

And he knows without Luca and Austin Reeves. I got to manipulate the game. We get a player's perspective on the challenges of the playoffs. I think Joker's going to be exhausted this series because when they don't have Rudy in the lineup, he has to really guard guys like Nasree. He has to guard Julius Randall. And then he has to give us everything he gives us

on the night-to-night basis on offense. And when IT's friends stop by, like Quentin Richardson, we dive into some playoff history too. Steve Nash would get that thing. That man, hell get the flying. He running up the court, licking his fingers, why he got the ball like, after you go through a training camp

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who our parents are and when we're born is clearly out of our control. but there has never, ever been a better time to play in the NFL. Forever, even like 10 years ago, it's like, God, you know, the NFL might be more popular, but look how much more these basketball and baseball players make. And obviously, you know, we got Kyle Tucker making $60 million a year with player options after year two. And the NBA money is just funny money. Now, granted, there are only 12 guys on a roster.

five guys on the court and really only two guys on a team that matter. And if you're an individual that does matter, your level of importance is such a outweigh so many other guys on the roster that you make an absorbent amount of money. Forever's like these NFL guys are way underpaid compared to these other guys. Now we're going to see some of these quarterbacks over the life of their career make four, five hundred, six hundred million dollars, right? Derek Carr, who knows if he's going to unretired and come out, made $200 million playing quarterback in the NFL,

$200 million. Kirk Cousins made over $300 million. Now, they were the quarterbacks, but what about the other players? Khalil Mack just got a one-year, $18 million contract for the Chargers. I was like, you know what? How much Khalil Mack made in his

NFL career? I would have guessed like $150 million. And I Googled it. Like, what did JJ Watt make in his career? Because Hall of Fame level guy, great player. Signed a pretty big contract at the end of his career with the Cardinals, J.J. Watt made $130 million, which, don't get me wrong, is there an astronomical amount of money? Calil Mack at the end of this year, and listen,

if he stays healthy, he could get another contract at the end of this year, will have made almost $220 million. Now, granted, he's played in Illinois, and he's played in California, and he's played at California again, like he's played in high tax, so it's not like he's pocketed all this money. But he's made a lot of money. playing a defensive end and pass rusher in the NFL. And these guys now at these premium positions, pass rushers, you know, Max Crosby, when it's all said and done, he was a late round pick so those first several years he didn't make any money.

But he's 28 years old right now. For example, Cahill's 35. If you assume that Max Crosby can maintain a high-level play until he's Khalil's age, he'll make $250 million. So the timing of being a good player. Cleo Mac, pretty sure. This is a little off the cuff here. I didn't do my research on this one.

I don't think he's ever won a playoff game. Didn't obviously didn't win one with the Raiders. The year Derek got hurt, they lost. Went a couple times in Chicago. They never won one one year, the doink. And then a couple years later, they were at 8-and-8 team and lost. And in his Chargers career, they have not won a playoff game. Because Herbert, it's one of the main talking points.

He's been terrible in the playoffs. they haven't done anything. Well, you look at Khalil Mack, you go, that's incredible. Now, granted, football, lots out of, listen, Max Crosby's a winning player. It's not his fault that he's played with a bunch of scrubs. You know, lots out of your, this isn't basketball, where you can be LeBron James, even if you're playing with Scrubs in the prime of your career, your team's going to win 50 games. But I just, some of the money getting thrown around, and you're going to see this, like,

the center, historically, getting a guard or center, you will. wouldn't, unless they're like an all-time great player, you wouldn't give a huge contract to because it was easy to find those guys. You could always find a Kelsey, he's best case scenario, but a guy like that in the fifth round, a good guard in the sixth, a random, you know, seven-year starter in the fourth. That has become a lot more difficult with the spread offenses in college, with the transfer portal.

It is much more difficult to find guards and centers who are going to translate to the NFL, which I think has led to a lot of guys once they establish their decent NFL players getting overpaid in free agency. I mean, last year the 49ers let Aaron Banks, the guard from Notre Dame,

who had been, you know, he had started the whole time, I think he was pretty marginal at best, get a big contract from the Packers. I was like, God, that's pretty bold. And I think a year in, they clearly regret that deal. So, but you've got to be aggressive.

And that's part of free agency is you typically have to pay a tax, right, a premium to acquire a player in free agency. This is back to the Crosby thing. Well, why do you have to do that? Because typically you have multiple teams bidding on a guy's services. Right, if I said, hey, it's the 10th pick in the draft. And whoever has the 10th pick, the 11th pick, and the 12th pick all have access to that 10th pick. and whoever wants an individual player can get the 10th pick

they just have to give up other ones of their picks in the draft. Well, teams would get aggressive and be like, hey, we'll give, we really want this guy at 10, we're willing to give up our fourth round pick to make sure we get them at 10 if we have to bid against these other two teams because we all get this slot. But when you just have to pick

and you don't have to bid against anybody, you can just pick wherever you want. It's no different when you're negotiating with a guy and extending him early on your team, well, some guys have the balls and the nut sack and the agent to kind of convince him, like hold out for a couple more years, we can get you the biggest contract in the history league.

Or the team throws, hey, listen, yeah, that could go that way. Or in the middle of the season, you could shatter a limb, never be the same, never playing the NFL again. I'm currently offering you $78 million guaranteed. and total value of a contract worth $130 million. And if things go well, more than likely you will see every penny of this contract. Or we'll negotiate in a couple years and extend the thing again. So, listen, I know you're a third round pick.

I know you've banked $2.5 million in your career. We're offering you close to $80 million the moment you put pen to paper. So if you got the stones to hold out a couple years to maybe make that number be $105, you got balls kid but if you want to do business we're willing to do business right now and make you the richest man in the history of your family

and a guy that you know set yourself up and your kids up for life which I always push back against now having a child you know it's not like my dad left me a big pot of gold but if he did like let's just say my dad had been some super rich guy

it just left me $50 million when he died would I be doing this right now? Would I be working on a Sunday afternoon while my eight week old's inside my wife's just hanging out like eating some snacks, watch TV? Or would I be in there with them? So I never quite

understand of like this generational wealth to give my kids. You're just going to give your kids a bunch of free money. It's always, it's like a little pet peeve of mine. Because everyone celebrates it on social media like isn't part of it, but then they also like crushing nepotism. Don't we want to teach are our family members or our children,

like the proper way to, you know, be ambitious to go your own path. You just give people free buddy. Fuck, why are you doing anything? I've never quite understood that. But when you're making this much money, it's like you can spend it all in a lifetime, so you're going to give a bunch of your kids.

And if you have pretty good financial advisors and the market keeps ripping over the course the next 20, 30 years, you're going to make that decent amount of money, which is a lot of money, into a lot more money. But fascinating times. It's one thing that's always stood out to me

because the media who in this weird way hates business, right? Like politically, like they're on the side, very anti-business, anti-bigmoney people. Yet any time that an athlete makes like some huge deals, like generational wealth for this guy and his family. So you're just telling me like his great-grandkids aren't going to have to do dick?

Like, what are they going to contribute to society? Just sitting at home, cashing their dividends? You know, like, is that good? That's just random rant, but it's something that is really kind of, I've noticed this for a long time. It's always stuck out to me. And I've always wondered, listen, I wouldn't have turned down if my dad would have been like, you know, before I passed you, I just want to let you know. Got $75 million with Billy at Wells Fargo. So just you go tomorrow and it's all yours.

I'd have been like, damn, thanks. but I'll promise you this, I probably wouldn't have done much since, right? Some of these guys that have made just, I mean, especially in basketball or baseball, like what are they going to do with it all? What are their children going to do? Listen, I've seen Tom talk about this. You know, Tom clearly grew up like his dad was a successful businessman, but I don't think he was multi-millionaire as a kid.

It's like, you know, it's a challenge raising my children, try to teach them to kind of be normal humans in society when they just, all they know is like they don't know what Southwest or American Airlines is they won't know what that is think about that you just don't know what American Airlines is

it'll humble you right when I was flying back from the combine and I missed my flight and had to like change the next flight and they they threw me on the back of the bird I'm in the middle middle seat with two smelly kind of

one guy's kind of fat I'm like Oh my God, I'm hung over. I haven't slept. But sometimes you've got to just put a little shock to the system. Like, John, just don't get fat and happy here, buddy. This is it, baby. NFL free agency. It's here. Let's go.

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