NFC East Mixtape Vol.156: Free Agency continues to roll on

welcome one and a welcome to all to the greatest show of them all it is the nfc's mixtape volume who cares at this point in time uh football and sports are meaningless uh you can listen to us on any one of SB nation's NFC East Blog podcast networks or you can watch us on either the bleeding green Nation YouTube channel or the blog and the boys YouTube channel where you will see myself I'm arj Cho from blog and the boys representing the Houston Astros and himself he is Brandon Le gotten representing or beding green Nation representing the Philadelphia Flyers who I hated on when I first saw you blg so happy uh Happy Tuesday to us and happy Wednesday to The Listener happy first day of spring officially happy first day of spring used to do a little tradition with my cousin Kev shout out to Kev and my aunt short for Kevin or just Kev short for Kevin okay but I I usually just call him Kev uh we used to go to Rita's Water Ice I call it it's now since been brand into Reus Italian ice but originally it was Reedus water ice so that's what I always call it and they used to have a thing where you could just go to any location and get like a free small of any kind of ice on the first day of spring so what we would do is we would hop around like uh a good little portion of Bucks County there and uh hit up like I don't know 10 different places and uh try a bunch of different flavors of water ice and that was always like a nice little playing hookie kind of thing that uh we would do and work out for me personally schedule wise because it's always like after the really first initial wave of fre agency so things kind of like die down a little bit and then they pick back up so uh that was always fun but that's not the tangent you expected me to go on and this is episode 156 by the way or volume 156 shout out to Italian ice um shout out to slushies or raspas whatever you want to call them that's not the same those aren't the same thing aren't the same thing they're totally better um anyway um shout out to Kev and your aunt and um everyone really just shout out to all humans while we're at it wow um while we're here we might as well rank the seasons so we've got I guess chronologically spring summer fall and winter um I think Summer's last when you're in adultt fall is first obviously now you and I are biased because you know we our October birthdays October birthdays our line of work you know what I mean like we're fortunate that we do things for living that we care about you know what I mean so it all kind of Blends into a fun few months around the fall I would put spring second even from a sporting perspective you know we're about to kick off the NCAA tournament we have a few weeks of that the Masters you know comes right afterwards um then the NBA playoffs start that takes us kind of right into the summer and that's when The Dead Zone starts I'd go fall spring one and two personally I think I'd go win or last I'm just not a not the biggest cold fan I know that I could maybe Rectify that by moving somewhere that isn't as win's different for you and I so but uh still just not my thing uh I'm gonna say I guess I'll put summer over spring because I don't spring doesn't do a ton for me it's nice in theory but I mean summer you can actually do some more fun things when it gets warmed out now it doesn't get too hot and I do not like that and I'd rather be in theory I'd rather be too cold than too hot because you can always you know up and layers and what you can always get warmer at a certain point you really can't get cooler I mean obviously if you have air conditioning or whatever you jump in a pool sure but those aren't necessarily as easy as just putting on another layer of clothing and getting warmer last tangent we swear before we get to the football of it all we actually had a tangent prepared that you took us off in a different direction of with the Italian icing um you asked me who my NHL team was when I mocked your Flyers hat and I said the Bruins and you were really upset about this this is fake um so I was saying I never really had an NHL team growing up although name of Bruins player well hang on let me explain my my position um so growing up I actually liked the Avalanche only because this is really an indication of my level of hockey knowledge I had nhl1 I think from my Nintendo 64 and um and I would use the avalan because the goalie's name was Patrick Roy I know that's not his name but uh my dad my dad's name is Roy and so I was just like this is the coolest thing ever that he's got my dad's name and so um I obviously would go on to find out that it's uh Patrick W um but um you know then I grew up and kind of distanced myself from the Avalanche and that embarrassing moment and when I went and saw the Cowboys play at New England in 2019 I don't know if you recall the game Super rainy Stefan Gilmore put the clamps on am Mario Cooper really sucked but um my family and I we went and saw a Bruins Wild game and I bought a Bruins cap because I wanted to have the Happy Gilmore hat um because that's what he the movie so um that's my team and it was I I forget the um the specific details but it was legitimately like oh like they they came back in this like incredible fashion it had like never happened before hadn't happened in like 500 years or something so um you know go Bruins baby so and uh uh we had just gotten bear my dog uh or my first dog and um and he was a little puppy at the time and I bought him a stuffed bear and that's his favorite toy so we call that Boston so yeah shout out to to the Bruins in Boston and bear and a bruan is a bear so it all kind of worked out anyway um enough tangents are we good tangent tented out you seem to be doing really great I cannot recall a time that has worn on me this much with regards to the Dallas Cowboys I think I mention what we do for a living that I should be celebrated among our colleagues for finding things to do last week because y'all were all busy with your signings and you're agreeing to terms and your trackers and everything like that it was difficult man I mean if you have ever been in a position where you had to make lemonade it was me last week so I I deserve a medal or something if I'm being frank now the Cowboys have um done something since we last spoke obviously they uh brought in Eric Kendricks that the only negotiation that the Cowboys have had from with from an external free agent perspective is literally with somebody who agreed to terms with another team so almost like directly connected you know to their defensive coordinator yeah almost a matter of like ah we'll give you what they will I mean you know what I mean and it's almost like they forgot he was out there it's like oh yeah no we wanted him wait come come here and it's taxfree here so you know what I mean like really we're doing you as solid Eric um Eric Kendricks though definitely uh an interesting player in the you know in a vacuum in the Mike Zimmer thing is certainly interesting but that was super predictable in fact you know of all the Articles and things that we did prior to free agency we're were like this makes a lot of sense that Zimmer would want one of his guys and he did get him even after he did agree to terms with the 49ers I had a good time ripping stats about that also um the Cowboys on Friday released Leighton vanderish and Michael Gallop uh Gallop was supposed to have a visit with the Carolina Panthers early this week so we'll see how that goes Leighton vanderesh on Monday announced his retirement now ESPN in their story about Kendrick's last week they did note that it was expected that Leighton would announce his retirement a lot of people kind of thought this was coming but it it did formally happen I um I was browsing the eagle subreddit and there were a lot I was really pleased honestly I know that not everyone speaks for a fan base but um it was nothing but like respect and you know a lot of like man that sucks about the injuries and hope his his life is wonderful and uh and somebody said man I feel like this dude's been in the NFL forever and um and he really kind of has been his coming out party really was I know you remember it well that game in Philly in 2018 and um and everything else is kind of History um also on Friday night that's these losers man like they couldn't even give me a Friday night to just chill with my family because after a week of inactivity that was when the Tyrant Smith news dropped Tyron of course heading to the New York Jets um it's the end of an era he was the longest 10e player on the team and has been the best left tackle in the NFL for a lot of his career obviously that baton has kind of been been passed back and forth between him and Trent Williams and whoever else obviously there's um Jason Peters was in that mix for for some time certainly but um it's a huge bummer and uh I understand that the draft class is deep at tackle but imagine not having to use that pick on the position um so the Cowboys have created a number of holes and even I know I'm just kind of vomiting everything and you can take whatever you want wherever you want but yeah tyers Smith has obviously play the position two years ago his rookie year but okay cool he's not going to be playing left guard so what's what's your answer at left guard oh by the way your Center left to Washington also another player joined Dan Quinn's commanders in Noah igog uh so um it has not been a good time to say the least around here also uh last thing Stephen Jones spoke um and did so wearing a denim jacket at a PBR event at AT&T Stadium not the beer in the middle a free agency yeah and I heard you get upset about that on Monday football Monday in theb nation NFL show where you were talking about like Steven Jones is over here in this jacket promoting bull riding while howy roseman's like you know trying to find like the next player that he can yeah how howy Roseman is like okay if I take this comp pick and I trade it for Those comp picks and then I can turn trade it for this and that team's going to suck based off of this projection and they're they're you know they were this in dvoa last year I guarantee you step Jones hasn't pulled up dvoa in like 12 years I mean it's just on Eric Kendricks uh is he starting for the cow or is he in line to potentially start for the Cowboys I don't really know his projected role there yeah he and he was on um busing with the boys I don't know when that was recorded but um in the aftermath of joining the Cowboys and um he noted that I I caught the second half of the interview I think there was some speculation about where he was going to play with San Francisco and that might have led to his his you know um his changing of his mind um and I even saw stats' tweet when they first agreed to turn terms stats said there's the bridge to Dre greenw obviously in the Super Bowl um so Eric's point and I think it's fair obviously he was like I I didn't want to move and change positions and whatever um so he wants to play my kinback and that's you know the Cowboys kind of need that they didn't really have one certainly after Leon vanderish was hurt they were playing on undrafted FR Ag and safety at linebacker and Mar spell so they finally have a tried and true classic vintage legitimate linebacker the only other two on the team right now if you don't count Mah Parson are Deone Clark who's been serviceable um and demarvion overon who was a rookie last year in Tores ACL in the preseason and is also a converted safety uh at least in college at the University of Texas so another kind of Marquee spell mold Eric Kendrick's little brother of Eagle Super Bowl champion Michael Kendricks as SP weird spelled it weird I always thought that that was I don't know what the story is no but wasn't it my C that's what I'm saying Y no e so my y c uh in any case has zero interceptions one force fumble over the past two seasons so not exactly you know making a ton of plays there I was looking at his passer rating Allowed by the way it's going to be in his AG 32 season passer rating allowed over the past three years dating back to 20121 we'll start there 101.6 100.3 in 2022 and then 101.8 in 2023 so not exactly I think the player he once was not saying it's an awful signing to help raise the floor again you can draft draft players at that spot still whatever but um not the most thrilling edition if it's going to be your only Edition especially so that's real quick on him on Tyron uh yeah I mean to what you said about being able to draft a player still I mean wouldn't it be nice to just do both like you could you bring Ty keep Tyron and then he's inevitably going to get hurt and then okay hey now you have this you know page to the Future it just it doesn't and I think you've touched on this too it doesn't seem to line up timeline wise with what they are seemingly trying to do this year which is whether you know Jerry Jones phrasing you like it or not the all-in thing I mean they literally are in terms of Mike McCarthy they're going all in on him in terms of they're not extending him and they're really not even touching dax's contract in a major way other than that tiny little restructure that they did um so it seems just weird to me that you wouldn't be trying to retain everything you have for one last run at it and then maybe let Tyron walk next year if you're going to bring in a new coach and try to like reset the situation there so uh it definitely seems like a loss to me especially too when I know you necessarily didn't it's not like oh wow Tyler biata she's gone that's devastating but still that's two of your starters on the offensive line who are not there anymore and that's a big deal things like that that are in a vacuum maybe like 6 out of 10 on the devastating scale are exacerbated to like an 8 out of 10 when you have such a high volume of these things and that's why it's a big deal and that's why nobody is mad that the Cowboys aren't signing Christian wilin like people are mad the Cowboys aren't finding serviceable Replacements and they can be found on the cheap and they can be identified in places that you can turn into future assets um I look at the DeAndre Swift trade as an example from ha Roseman who I greatly admire obviously you trade for him and I know it didn't work out that the Eagles then win the Super Bowl but he was a I think you would agree a more than serviceable player and he got I wouldn't even say flipped he got he how he knew the market understood obviously that running backs would be more valued I don't I may be giving him too much credit but that was a good trade he got good value no I know but but potentially understanding that the the draft class was thin at running back this year and that DeAndre sft could be more again that might be going a bridge too far but I'm I'd be willing to believe it at this point with Howie and he will turn him into a compensatory pick because that's what how Roseman does well no because they signed too many players but yeah well I mean theoretically the option at least existed is all in so but back to the Cowboys of it all I mean the Tyron thing I again in a vacuum I understand letting him walk because of the injury concerns prior to last year last year was clearly an outlier but the whole thing is exacerbated by the fact that you have all of these things happening at once I know it didn't work out but like to to the point at and like why not do both like the Andre Diller thing it didn't work out but like why not draft the replacement while the dude is still on the team and you could argue that maybe they did that with Tyler Smith but this isn't necessarily a guard Rich draft if you're trying to find the answer at guard this is a tackle Rich draft and yeah great maybe you find the left tackle the future but he's not going to be serviceable for you in 2024 which is the matter in hand the Allin thing has made all of this so much more annoying because of the national narrative and I don't blame anybody and that's what's annoying about it is Jerry has to know that these kinds of things are going to be aggregated and aggregated and aggregated by myself included so I don't want to be a hypocrite but I mean that put an unnecessary um Target isn't even the right word just amount of attention on the upcoming lack of Mose now I glossed over the fact that Dallas and Dak did restructure his contract to a degree um they added two void years this broke on Monday it was something they did on Sunday and what's notable and significant about that is they could not have added the void years without his consent they could have just restructured him obviously had they chosen to do so uh but the fact that Dak was willing to play ball if you want to caught that I do think is representative of being some sort of Olive Branch um in the name of helping the team I definitely don't want to read too much into that but it makes me more confident that an extension is coming I remain frustrated that the extension if it does come didn't happen much earlier in the offseason but it does seem like we are on track for to potentially land around August like a lot of the reports initially suggested again that would be the most inefficient way to do this exactly what's the benefit at that point like what what's the point of it the benefit is that he's on your team like that's the true benefit but you're not getting the max benefit of it I agree with that now again if the purpose or if the soul is the if the goal was never to be active in free agency then it's no harm no foul I disagree with that disposition a dum goal but I mean it the also I would add like this tracks in terms of likelihood that his extension isn't coming but is at least closer than we thought it was this time a week ago because if his extension was imminent like around the corner they wouldn't have done this you know what I'm saying yeah exactly so I do think the extension I I feel more optimistic that it's going to happen which is in itself in a vacuum a very good thing but again they went about it in the most inefficient way possible and it is possible even beyond all of that just talking about possibilities or whatever that Trevor Lawrence gets paid price is only going up so might happen eventually but it's going to be more expensive when you do it then than it would be to do it now I don't think that either one of them will obviously you know generate you know the type of ridiculous quarterback money that we're used to seeing certainly Tua Trevor Lawrence has a a case I suppose but it's possible so like why why would you dance like that I mean it's so just like a lot of other things in a vacuum it would be okay but the totality of it all is what is really frustrating for a lot of people I will say that if my opinion means anything to anyone and I've said that a lot because this these are those kinds of times this is the most upset I've ever seen and not just since I've been doing this professionally but like in my life um as a Dallas Cowboys fan that that you know people have been with the team and I I don't know if you're laughing because like oh I've heard this before but like there is a a wide ranging sense of apathy you have your homers and you have your people that will definitely Oh no just trust them they did the same thing last year and they won 12 games blah blah blah but for the most part I would say the collect opinion is that this SE and just to kind of wrap up I guess the point of the team is like it's hard to even say like oh they're tanking or whatever because they're not even doing that right and I said this last week like I would disagree with this to be clear but if you were of the mindset like we have to strip things down we have to start over blah blah blah then trade cidi or trade Micah or because you can't trade fire the coach too yeah fire the coach I mean like do something that that puts you closer to flipping Upside Down The Hourglass that you're trying to empty um but they haven't done any of that so they are just kind of floating in the ocean right now and that's what's frustrating is there's no sign of anything anywhere once again the only external free agent that they have signed is like the primary target of the new defensive coordinator who himself is a family friend and was part of a sham sort of seetch you KN you know and I I remain on record about this that the the whole defensive coordinator search was was ridiculous and they did the same thing where they threw out like an option that we they knew we would hate and Rex Ryan and Ron Riva and then oh I would much rather have Mike Zimmer than either of those options so what they do if they hire their family friend it all sucks teams do this thing in the NFL and I think the Jaguars are actually a really good example of this from last season especially where they get a taste of success and they in complacency sets in and they're like we know what we're doing because you know we had this result so therefore we're smart and we're good and we like this core and you kind of talk yourself into the core that you have you know I think kind of you kind of romanticize it a little bit and you're like it's this great thing and we don't really need to add more on to it we we just kind of you know tweak along the margins a little bit but we we really like what we have in place in large part so we're not going to really do too much and yeah I think the Jaguars are like a really good ex now obviously um they well they had already added Calvin Ridley before even you know at the deadline from the what 2022 season going into last year so that was kind of made before but yeah um I think teams kind of just get complacent and I think that's kind of what the Cowboys have done here and obviously there is some level of Truth to yeah you know they've had success in recent season so it's not like they're totally inept and Flying Blind and have no idea what they're doing but to just sit on your hands in a division where you famously cannot win it twice in a row so easily it's very hard to do it's like it's just it kind of seems like maybe they're not really properly weighing what the how the other teams are gaining ground on them um and that could end up in a situation where once again there's not a repeat winner this is truly the last thing I'll say and then we can move on to the Eagles um I know that you think what you do about Dak and McCarthy I think you would agree though that the results from the last three years suggest overwhelmingly that they are a very solid team right like in a vacuum they haven't achieved postseason success nobody's disagreeing with that um but that being so like walk with me here just for the purposes of the example okay so in this world where we all agree you know everything is perfect um the Cowboys are a successful team despite the fact by their own admission they don't participate in free agency despite the fact that last year's draft was awful okay so there has to be some propelling factor to make them great right like so you kind of come back to like well you weren't active in free agency your draft class was horrible it's it probably makes sense that you have a great coach and a great quarterback right like that's a logical sort of you know I get what you're saying here so like if that's the case right and and that's a fair sort of conclusion to land on as a result of everything why are they both entering the final year of their contract at this moment in time you know what I mean like if if they were like you know what we don't need free agency because we trust the head coach we trust the quarterback and we're comfortable putting all this pressure on them because they've delivered they've had 12 wi Seasons three years in a row we're going to give them the extensions that they have deserved okay great I still disagree with this but at least you have some semblance of logic because it kind of points in that direction but you haven't done anything of the sort in fact the two people who we kind of all agree in some indirect way are most responsible for the success are the dudes you're hanging out to dry the absolute most it's the most chaotic way to live I I think that's a fair point I get what you're saying at the same time I mean those two have very much underperformed in the biggest they have flaw but Rel the biggest moments though like it's the worst kind of the worst well imagine if they had the help of you know their front office you know adding to their roster and things like that and I'm not saying I'm not saying that that is the difference but the fact that they're able to get to where they do ultimately underperforming admittedly without the help of the front office from a free agency standpoint suggest that they're kind of good at this so why would you not want to help them out and give them compensation that they have earned that's That's why nothing points in any One Direction it's all dumb it's all broken it's all chaos and I am so happy to move on to the Philadelphia Eagles and I want to let you know that I thought about when the Kenny picket trade happened I thought about going back and listening to our first podcast after Dallas traded for trade LS because I wanted to hear what your thoughts were because I did I genuinely didn't remember because the situations are obviously somewhat similar mhm but but they're definitely not the same I said somewhat similar those are my exact words but I am so down on the cowboys that I was like I don't even care like I I just do I like e even if I if if I had gone back and found you like this clearly means that deck sucks and all this stupid stuff it wouldn't have I don't think I said that I know I know you didn't but like even if you had it wouldn't have brought me any Joy I'm that because you knew I mean you and I were lock step and like not I'm trying to point out how bad the Cowboys are if we talk about the Eagles just let me make the joke please so we weren't my point was real quick just that you know we were never really buying in you and me especially on Tre Lance because you know we would talk to Stats CU stats stance for a long time was like he wasn't totally wrong in the sense of if you get the right quarterback you know the 49ers would be like really really really good and they did but he picked Trad to win MVP two years ago he was he was wrong about the quarterback and like in a way where you should have been able to sus that out a little bit better anyway the point isn't to take shots what was the overall compensation because it is kind of or was kind of confusing they moved down from like what 98 to 120 I think that's like end of round three-ish to like Mish early round four um and they also Eagles also gave up the two fav the most favorable of two 2025 seventh round picks so I think the value of that ultimately came out to like a fifth round pick in terms of like the draft you know pick uh trade value chart thing so it's not really debilitating by any means but man I so you know let's set up the context here everyone knows or at least should know that like I am probably and rightfully so like the biggest Justin Fields detractor there is and I was higher on Kenny picket I feel like then consensus I wasn't like Kenny Pickett's a number one fan but I think relative to consensus I think I was higher on him um and look didn't like especially know him coming at cuz I knew the Eagles weren't going to take a quarterback so much probably at that point um possible they could have but didn't certainly um but even so even establishing those things it's a little tough for me to look at what the Bears got for Justin fields which I by by the way I think signals just how bad he is or at least how clearly the NFL thinks how bad he is for that part of it to be true at least maybe they're wrong but they're clearly of that belief uh and you're a sucker if you think the Bears had some great offer that they didn't take for Justin Fields that's the biggest piece of propaganda I've ever seen and like I can't believe people are buying into that it's pathetic anyway um it's just like Justin fields we at least know he can kind of like run around and make highlight plays there's value in that right like you could really do like a a run heavy kind of attack if Jaylen Herz has to miss some games you could conceivably only like have Justin Fields throw the ball something like 20 times in a game just run the ball get him out and design runs basically be jayen Herz is what you're saying like a lesser version of him sure he can't pass and the the rate of which he takes negative plays I think is a big deal and a concern the Eagles ultimately I think went for the safer option but it's just like what is there to really hang your hat on with Kenny pick it like what does he do that intrigues you and the only thing I can come up with is he takes care of the ball but he also doesn't produce touchdowns so I think the taking care of the ball thing is just because he's so risk averse that he's not turning it over but he's also not providing points really so uh I can't say I love the move and the Really disappointing part to me uh having seen Tanner mcke last year the eagles picked in the sixth round and showed promise I thought in training camp and then in the preseason is that you're not really giving him a fair chance to win the quarterback two job in my estimation because if he's quarterback three eagles practice famously so like less than other teams that there's so few quarterback three reps to go around and then when they do happen as I said to Jimmy kmy on BGN radio like they're so low quality because you have guys in there who aren't even like you know going to make the practice squad it's just bottom of the roster guys so you can't even necessarily run those reps right or you know it's so it's just it's really a shame to me that you would have Tanner mck show promise and then not even give him a true fair chance I'm assuming maybe they rotate those guys number two I don't know um I don't I don't hate the Kenny pit acquisition in that it's total nonsensical because as I said with same how on this very podcast recently um his value in terms of the salary cap is worthwhile and in theory because you have a a backup quarterback on a team friendly deal where he's only making like I guess like a million or so over the next couple years here each year and that's actually like a lot less than again Marcus Mariota got at 6.5 for one year so there is value in having a really cheap backup um but if your backup sucks really bad and isn't showing anything redeeming well then what's the value of that I think all that's fair um now I am not a Justin Fields hater like I don't hate him more than most things in life the way you do um I think he's the better player but I brought this up you mentioned Monday football Monday with Mark and JP I think he's a greater threat to Jaylen Herz like and I don't mean an actual threat but like a greater threat than Kenny pick and so like a greater perceived threat yeah well like the moment things like if if things don't turn around I know we have the entire offseason to go but if it if it's tough like and Mark was the one who said this well like we've seen Justin Fields do like super exciting things in the NFL even if you believe them to be limited like name the Kenny picket highlight off the top of your head no I agree this is what I just said yeah I agree that so like it would I think the the and I don't know that Jaylen Herz is like a sensitive enough dude to I I I mean that and then I genuinely don't know um to let that bother him but I will say like the blg sort of code of honor is that if you are like a loser in some sense like that then blg doesn't like you and I would say that Kenny picka kind of checks that box like the whole like didn't want to suit up or whatever last week last year for the Steelers like kind of some big loser energy the whole like reports about him wanting out of Pittsburgh the moment they you know landed Russell Wilson some big loser energy so um maybe there is like a humbling process here for Kenny that he kind of needs to go through for his sake in the NFL but I do think that the Justin Fields has put up with a lot I mean in Chicago now he isn't as woe as me as a lot of people have made it sound like uh but he hasn't necessarily had a a a coach around as much as I love mat rlus you could say the same thing about Kenny picket in Pittsburgh though if you're going to make that argument I think that's gone too far but Fields hasn't complained as much at least outwardly from a body language standpoint things like that he literally like ripped the fans before that one time I mean and also also if you're talking about ripping fans and are you really going to welcome back chony Gardner Johnson because that's a whole different thing in have I mean yeah but disagreed with him by the way they're like yeah he's right yeah I know um so we are annoying all that being said while there are some like weird things about this I am a big fan and I've said this many times before of the of this archetype of qb2 the young dude who has a lot of starts under his belt that if he has to start a game it's not like his first time ever doing it tance didn't quite check that box for me just because of the weird level of his experience and whatnot the injury stuff but that's why when the Cowboys signed Andy Dalton I loved it like he was the ideal archetype in that sense I talked about Gardner mchu when how he traded for him Kenny isn't as as strong of that archetype as Gardner mchu was I think Fields certainly would have been and is for Pittsburgh although the conversation in Pittsburgh is obviously is he the starter is he going to take over Russ is only on the one-year deal blah blah blah so like I don't think you want that mess um The Vibes if anything got off with the Eagles last year like this needs to be jaylen's team no mess about it no weird stuff no big Dom blah blah blah so Kenny picket I think is also somebody who helps cement Jaylen status is like the dude everybody loves it I get what you're saying I don't think that's totally invalid but you also and I know a lot of people disagree with this but the NFL spoke on who they think is better at the very least like I don't think you know they they think Kenny and it's also there's the matter of the contract which is again relevant because Kenny picket under team control for two more years for really cheap while Justin field is on the last year of the steel obviously no team I mean the Steelers are not going to pick up his fifth year option that would be insane well and that's the thing like obviously that's implied but for anyone who's unaware the Steelers have to decide in the next two month months yeah they're not going to do it million so but that's why I was upset with the Tre Lance trade and I wrote about this I did a video about this because the Cowboys traded for him in not even last year in the preseason you know what I'm saying so like they just got not even a full offseason and training camp and preseason worth of TR Lance they got nothing because of when they acquired him and so now they have to decide and they're obviously not going to do it so at least this way to your point if Kenny pick it does beat out Tanner mck that sucks for Tanner whatever but at least you get to see him in the preseason whatever and if something does happen you have a whole year to decide if you want to pick up his fifth year option which again is an extreme unlikelihood but you have more time yeah there's definitely and there's value in that so you know that's part of why I think the you know the compensation was probably more than anyone would have expected I will say going back to the point about Kenny picket being like a victim quote unquote or Justin Fields being a victim you know I just that is really the ultimate like more than one thing can be true scenario where yes the player was not surrounded by the the Best Supporting Cast but it's hard to then look at what Mason Rudolph did and how he was way better with the same conditions other than I guess that was after Matt Canada had gone but I mean I just think people make I me and I do think it was ridiculous how long Matt came the state everyone thought that the fact that they kept him for going into the season everyone I think agreed like what are you doing that was a weird and dumb move but still I mean is it really like is it really asking the world of Kenny picket to have more than 13 passing touchdowns in the whatever many games he's played like that's just so few and then I thought this was an interesting contextual Point here from ESPN over the weekend after the Kenny picket trade I mean you look at the list of quarterbacks who've been traded before their third season with a team it's not pretty man it's Brandon Weeden that Johnny Manzel Paxton Lynch Josh Rosen Dwayne H Haskins your boy Tre Lance like not not the best group to be in there so again uh I'm not going to give it an F minus but I would certainly lean closer to that than an a uh because I just the value was so bizarre like to see like to give up that much I know it's not ultimately that much but just it felt like it was more than it should have been which I don't think is the case in terms of how Roseman knows the the market but man I just like Easton stick was out there why can't you just sign Easton stick who's I'm sure really cheap who worked with Kell Moore last year and Doug nus me and has some experience like I know you don't have the multi-year thing I know I guess Kenny Pi has a higher SC in theory because he's younger or whatever but man I just and again I would have liked to see them give a legitimate chance to Tanner mcke but apparently they're not going to do that what was the list um quarterbacks what was the qualifier there to be traded traded before well who didn't a new team I guess ultimately before their third season okay cuz you brought up Brandon Weeden and and he was on the Cowboys but they didn't trade for him that's why I was a little bit caught up by that okay yeah whatever you messed up it was embarassing doesn't doesn't change the you're you're making a distinction without difference well I mean the implication is that the Cowboys traded for him and they didn't so I just said it's a distinction without any difference um okay do we have anything else on the Eagles other than Howie continuing to reic trade rumor still persist out there eagles pushed back his roster bonus that was due coming up here soon so I guess that gives them more time I mean I I don't want to see him off the team so I don't I don't love that but I guess in theory maybe that's just something that has to be done to make it look like the eagles are doing everything they can in their power to find a spot for him at a fair price but ultimately I would just hope that they end up keeping him and they signed Deon white we didn't talk about that that was a new thing from last week so they do have a new linebacker and I tweeted about this um I was in the line at Chick-fil-A just I tweeted something I think it was like of course or whatever um and I all the replies I got were like he sucks and I'm like I know he sucks but what was the hang on what was the the contract uh it's like it was up to 7.5 but I think it's only get something three four guarantee I said this I think I said it to Stephen before we started recording tji football but I I don't care if he sucks I mean he does suck to be clear I think that simple he can make plays he can also give up plays but if the like the point or the like line of demarcation was like sucks or doesn't suck he's probably in the like sucks category and that's okay because like you know what I would much rather sign some dudes who might suck because they might not suck you know what I mean like even if the percentage chance is like 20% they don't suck at this point I'm so starved for anything that like I will take anything and so um like it goes back to the like hum Miss 100% shot I hate that quote now by the way like everyone who's ever seen the office has ruined it like we don't have to do it all the time all right but this is that idea that philosophy that disposition that like you should try because you never know like I I'm not saying the Eagles are going to win the Super Bowl but that year 2017 there was not a single signing or any move that like I was like Tory Smith you know what I mean I was like I'm not afraid of that like oh they they're trading for Jay a ji you know like all these things that like felt so inconsequential at the time they mattered and yeah exactly and so you just and I'm not saying like oh you should just go sign any free agent ever because then it's always obviously going to work out but like you just don't know so it's worth pursuing and I respect somebody like har Roseman having enough conviction to try yeah I think there's I don't think it's as simple as he sucks I think that he's a flawed player but I do think there's he's I think he's a high variance player so that comes with its Downs that he also is capable of making plays I think ideally if you compare him next to a linebacker who's more like steady that seems like a good combo to me you have the guy who's more steady and the other guy who might give up a play but he also might make a big play I have one last Eagles thing it's kind of a commander thing but um I guess it makes more sense to to bring it up here I saw John Kim tweeting during Austin ecklers I guess it was a press conference um like his introductory one um and so Austin this is his exact tweet from Monday Austin neckar said part of his issues last season stemmed from ankle injuries which makes sense as well as a different offensive philosophy Kell Moore obviously the offensive coordinator of the Chargers last year uh this is the Tweet continued said Chargers wanted more downfield throws plus downhill runs and that didn't fit his play style so I mean on the we joked about like Jaylen Herz throwing the ball whatever like I mean I'm not saying that that's like a 100% indication at what the Eagles offensive philosophy is going to be this season but it's interesting nonetheless I think yeah my biggest thing or biggest question when it comes to like we'll see how squin gets involved or not in the passing game it's really it's more about Jaylen to me I just think it makes sense why he wouldn't be the biggest check down kind of guy because he can run why is he gonna check down to the running back when he feels like he can just pick up those yards himself I'm not endorsing that I think he should check it down a little bit more get the running backs more involved there should be more concerted effort to do that but I wonder how much of that is just not the player he is um last thing and I'm pulling up the exact report so I don't mess up details I meant to send this to you early Tuesday morning and I didn't so I apologize um let's see here uh so this is the headline from PFT uh morrice Hurst says the Browns are the Eagles opponent in Brazil week one um so he was on I don't know do you know this I saw this I also saw him tweet out after the fact that he has no inside knowledge and was just reacting to Peter King saying that the Eagles and Browns would be a good week one matchup so unless he's just trying to save face after the fact right uh I guess it's possible that he just saw that and ran with it yeah I mean I bring this up only because we don't know what deshun Watson situation is going to be from a health standpoint obviously the NFC East plays the AFC North obviously as a division in 2024 um so it's possible the Eagles get the Browns at a more at a more vulnerable state if you define them to be that way without Deshawn um obviously there are mixed opinions there but we'll see so just want to yeah it's possible he's right it's just I don't think he knows actually I think it's I think it's UND are you going to go to Brazil I don't know yet I have to figure I mean got to figure that out with the company and what not too in terms of what what uh you know fin support being the company March Madness thing I don't even know so no wellow you know we kind of got all these messages about it so maybe you should check your stuff all right why don't we go to break and you check your stuff here we go welcome back did you check your stuff I mean what does that even mean like email I think it was on slack oh I don't know I'm kind of over brackets honestly personally I'm not saying people shouldn't do that just like I don't really care wow uh I'm looking at this now and um actually I don't see you being Tagged so that's my bad um but I see a lot of people we work with who are tagged myself included including Ed Valentine wow wow okay nice way for me to find out I got excluded from this well I don't care though I don't want to do it w it's tough scene I didn't mean to out you Vox I love you um anyway uh the New York Giants Start Spreading the News I really don't have anything do you have any news on the Giants that you would like to share with the class I mean you still have rumors out there that they're going to be trading up so you know JJ McCarthy is visiting them uh would be weird to have multiple McCarthy I guess in the NFC East which which also so it would be kind of cool cuz like big blue you know what I mean like he he would get to kind of keep that thing you know what I'm saying no what do you mean Michigan he's in Michigan you know what I mean so true didn't think about that um that's kind of the big question there is are they going to trade up for a quarterback who are they going to get I I could I mean we can very much see the Giants drafting JJ McCarthy right like that's very so that's very believable this is more of an NFL draft question but I think a lot of our listeners care about this so we we agree that quarterbacks are going onew Caleb Williams and whoever else but like I know you're not of the opinion that it's Drake may but whoever Washington taking but yeah that's not what I'm gonna say right Washington's taking their quarterback New England is a bit of a question I think either I don't think Washington drafts D Drake may I think they either tra well I think they either trade but let me explain how I get there I think they're either going to trade up to one somehow and get Caleb Williams or they're going to take Jaden Daniels okay so either way k Williams is gone at one mhm and do you think New England goes quarterback I do for the record at number three at that point I think they're in the spot to trade down I think they're going to trade down because I know they signed jacobe so they kind of it feels like they you know are they just going to ride with him really and not add but somebody is going to win the Minnesota Treasure Chest right that they're accumulating here I think it's them so it's it's either them or Arizona so but either so that either way quarterback going one two three right we think whether it's New England taking them or whatever and if there's a possibility if New England takes janen Daniels or Drake mayhood as and go to that Minnesota jumps up to four for JJ McCarthy and then AR and maybe the offer is so Godfather likee that Arizona feels like we have to move out we have to take it whatever McCarthy goes four and then Marvin Harrison Jr Goes five so that I I brought this up because that's the like Defcon one situation for the Giants is that all four quarterbacks are gone and Marvin Harrison Jr is gone so you have no real like obvious we have to do this thing then I think it's a matter of trading out but like who's coming up for what at that point yeah it's a good point yeah that's I think that's why I think they're really going to move up there's been enough smoke about that that I think they're going to have to do that especially you know now that they know that like the Vikings are lurking out there they they're gonna have to like preempt that I feel like but they don't have so Minnesota now has the this reason this conversation is important is Minnesota now has two first round draff piics right they have their own and they have uh Cleveland's that was Houston so they have Minnesota does uh 2 but it's still a big jump down whereas the Giants are right there at six and the Giants also have two high seconds I believe so there's value in that I know but Minnesota has 11 and 23 I mean I just I think they'd have to offer more future picks to yeah but would you rather have 11 and 23 or like I think it's like 33 and 3 or I forget what it is but it's like again two high seconds and six but that's why I think New England is so important here because if New England takes a quarterback then Arizona is the team you have to convince right to trade out you and if I'm Arizona I think I'd rather have 11 and 23 because I have Kyler you know what I'm saying I know that you don't totally believe but like he you have time if you have Kyler Murray here versus if you're you know like I don't think the Chargers are moving out I I cannot see that happening especially after they have moved on from Mike Williams and traded away Kenan Allen there's no way they're passing on Marvin situation you just describe it's a nightmare for the Giants is like a dream for the Chargers where they just sit there and then Marvin Harrison just Falls to them right at five I don't know if you heard me um on Monday football Monday a few weeks ago but you used the word propaganda earlier the JJ McCarthy stuff that is the Jim Harbaugh propaganda because he's trying to get quarterbacks to go one through four so that he can wind up with Marvin Harrison Jr and that's brilant on his part but my point is if New England trades out I think that the Giants have a shot of of of winning over Minnesota because New England then still gets to stay somewhat high but because they they have a more long-term future I think Arizona's path to competing in their mindset is you know the timeline is shorter than New England that's why if New England takes a quarterback and you're down to the last one I think it's much more likely that Minnesota's offer is more appealing to Arizona than New York's there's an article on this by the way on big blue view so people can go check that out there's a nice breakdown but I just think there's a big difference between six and 11 potentially especially depending on how you're projecting the receivers to go out I just think that could be like you're you're drafting from a d different bucket at that point and I think team would really value that six pick more than they would the 11 and the 23 I mean obviously but it depends on the team um anything else on the Giants I I think they should do that by the way I think the Giants should trade up they have to get a quarterback I think they have to Daniel Jones is not cutting it I mean and look uh if you're dable and Shane what are you going to do if you don't draft a quarterback like what what's the alternative you're just going to really run it back with Jones going to be in a spot where you know that's not good enough he might get hurt um they added Drew lock okay great that's not really doing anything well there was also the report um well not a report no no no but who who was it John Schneider said John Schneider was the one go ahead I feel like that was like almost sabotage yeah way like it wasn't even necessarily true explain what it was so people who don't know so John snd basically was doing an interview I think with Seattle radio or whatever and was asked or I forg get exactly what he was asked but they were talking about Drew lock and part of the reasoning of like the Seahawks not resigning him or why he wouldn't have as much interest going back to Seattle was apparently reportedly that the Giants were giving drew loock some kind of opportunity to actually compete for the starting job with Daniel Jones which then become became very inflammatory and then shot down by Giants New York reporters so uh I mean there's probably more than zero truth to that right um Drew lock is going there with some kind of probably inclination that he can I mean maybe it's not I don't know it's going to be a matter of their splitting first team reps but the point being uh I think it's fair to say injury included that uh Janel Jones is less entrenched as a starter than Gino and again factoring in the fact that Jan Jones gets hurt a lot too so you're you're like that's part of the equation there is you're expecting this guy to potentially be unavailable I agree that it was some of a self- sabotage or not self-sabotage but somewhat of a at least indirect sabotage um cuz now the Giants are probably like dude what the hell why did you let this get out even though Drew didn't do it so Drew is probably a little bit upset um so the two like whistleblowers I guess relative to the NFC East right now are John Schneider and James Franklin uh because he was the person who who um I was checking right now where I didn't know where James Franklin was from but he's a he's a PA guy through and through so I was wondering if he was like from New York or something thing you know what I mean and grew up a Giants fan I don't know you know what I mean to where like he he would have somewhat somewhat of an incentive um to sabotage but obviously that's not the cas so yeah I don't think the Eagles are going to get pinned for that I think it's gonna be too hard to prove especially because um I don't know howwi he has a track record too of like I feel getting that kind of stuff right the little things like that I feel like if the Eagles were awarded compensation in the Jonathan gon tampering then it's fine to take something from them here especially with the quote but I'm I'm again I'm so I really don't care there proof of the other thing I really do not care that's how down I am on this team are we ready to move on the commanders who added a lot of players to their team in fre agency you said you really like what the commanders are doing I like so I want to be clear I think the commanders are overpaying and I think the Texans overpaid to a degree and I think the Bears are kind of overpaying a little bit um like at least relative to like Kenan Allen's salary cap number for this year um but what I like about and this isn't applicable to Houston now just because CJ strat's obviously in the NFL but what I like about what Washington and Chicago are doing is and I said this on TJ football to be clear everyone should go listen to us every Friday so many NFL teams put themselves in position to draft a quarterback high with like a top pick or whatever and sort of build in uh a you know an emergency shoot or whatever because they're like well if this dude sucks we can like bail out why are you planning on this dude sucking like I'm not saying I'm not saying that you shouldn't have an alternative plan in emergency case situation but like the majority of your attention and energy should be spent in the idea that he's going to be awesome because you're doing all this work with that idea in mind and so the commanders and the bears for that matter are both building their teams utilizing the rookie quarterback contract window that is smart and and so it gives you a whole extra year as opposed to what the Texans have right now right like the Texans have one fewer years to work with than these two teams because CJ str's been in the NFL for a year and that's not like a bad thing but I respect that they're already go we use the term Allin they're already doing that like that is such a cool thing to see it's a refreshing thing to see so when you're in that position people talk about overpaying and he wasn't worth this and the guaranteed money whatever the context matters and so the context for Washington is like if you want to bring in dudes because you think you can get there very quickly because you have a window to work with them by all means and I still think it's kind of weird that Dan Quin is surrounding himself with like all these dudes that play for him with the Cowboys and all these staffers that coaches him for the Cowboys at the end of the day I respect that the commanders and your boy Josh Harris are giving him full autonomy over how to run this team it's cool to see a head coach get the like total say I'm not saying he's like the end all Beall in Washington but I'm a fan I'm I'm I'm not saying that like oh he they come they're a playoff Contender but we've seen them contend for the playoffs in the past like amid all the chaos so now that you know everything's good and the energy is positive I certainly could Envision them being a playoff team much sooner rather than later I think they've inarguably raised their floor I think you're what what their goal was been in here in fre agency isn't necessarily to find the finishing touches kind of Acquisitions which makes sense that's not where they are but like they didn't make the AJ Brown R right like they've done stuff that's kind of just been more about filling out the roster and like creating a a base a core of players here it kind of reminds me I guess a little bit like what the Eagles did in 2016 where they s like Rodney McLoud and you know that was the beginning of the Doug Peterson era they're looking for like new members of the core to add on after the uh cupboard had been unsted emptied by Chip Kelly so I think that's kind of where they are in their team building standpoint I don't think they've done anything egregious or super objectionable but they still have a lot of work to go I think they' again added players to their core or at least could be part of this potential core here the more interesting thing is obviously what they do in the draft and to bring up the Josh Harris of it all I just was thinking about this when I've you know I think there's been enough out there that like the trade up to one I don't think that's impossible I think they might do it um and the Bears would only have to go back one pick and we've seen this happen not exactly Apples to Apples but Josh Harris traded up for or at least the Josh Harris team traded up for marel Foltz when the Sixers had the third pick I mean that happened it's true I but I think there's something by the way this is a pet peeve I've been thinking about for like the past week or so what's the point of saying there's something to be said there's something to be said for that well just say it then say the thing that is to be said for that thing and if you're not saying that thing then that means there's nothing to be said for it so actually if you're saying there's something to be said for that you should say the thing there's some redundancy to it that's fair or like it's actually it means there's nothing to be said for it because if if there's actually was something to be said for it you would just say that thing instead of saying there's something to be said for that in any case there's something to be said for Josh Harris being in charge of a team that was willing to be aggressive I think can go up to the number one overall pick and obviously you have the cliff Kingsbury connection and I think it's also about kind of putting a stamp on the team and being in the spotlight with this new era of ownership and head coach and everything going and GM going on there I think there there is something to that and they have the ammo to do it too they be between the trades they've made you know selling off Chase young and montz sweat last year like they have some of the ammo to go up there a little bit even if none of this works like even if these players stink whatever like this has to be such a like we talked about uh Seasons like the first swim in the pool in the summer you know what I'm saying like it has to just feel incredible just after the turmoil you've been in and that's where like it's fun like it's got to be fun to overpay it feels like um uh people are always shocked to learn I didn't play football in high school did you I I didn't so I mean no my football career was not meant to be I signed up for uh like football in middle school and I never got the call from wow they didn't call me back they didn't so like it was and it was during the summer too it wasn't during the school year so it was like okay all these kids are going to practice and stuff I didn't even know the thing started so it just wasn't meant to be wow even though they knew that you would grow up to be 6'5 they still didn't want you as a part of the group interesting they wanted me to play for the team they me sign up but then they didn't get the information to me so so wow look at us we're just a bunch of bros who didn't play football talk about football we're so stupid but anyway um so like people who did or people who wrestled I didn't wrestle in high school either but like you ever know somebody that like had to make weight for something and so they like they just seemed awful well it could be awful don't get me wrong but like when you spitting in a bottle and running around in trash bags in the pool sauna room no no no no no no I'm I'm talking the opposite end of the spectrum they had yeah they had to like make weight that they weren't at so like again that could that can also be an awful thing but what I'm saying is like the commanders are kind of in that position like they sort of need to like add weight you know what I'm saying so like they're just like spending left and right it's super it's got to be fun it's got to be cool I bet you like the people in in their building are like we have new players coming in what like we we have to fit them for equipment like we have to change the name plates on the lockers like we have to hold press conferences and and nobody did anything illegal this is a a a whole different era that we're in here so I'm very happy for commanders fans and I'm very jealous and I I maintain everything I said about Dan Quinn last year but I'm starting to get really worried that his leader of menis is going to be exactly what they need and I don't know that it's going to be like exactly what they need to like the most serious degree but I I am starting to buy in that this this like weird accident in terms of um you know not working out with you know him getting an opportunity elsewhere um and every kind of other candidate for the commanders turning them down or whatever it might work out that these two just kind of found each other they truly are Rihanna's you know Finding of love in a hopeless place so to speak I'm trying to think of like you know a different division where you know Dan Quinn could potentially turn the commanders into that team that's like not you know this Super Bowl Contender threat annually but it's like a team that you have to deal with you know what I mean they're a team that it's not just a just a graduation from like the two free wins it's kind of felt like going into a season or at least like guaranteed one win you know what it kind of feels like maybe this isn't exactly what you're looking for and I don't mean this Apples to Apples but Dan Quinn is to the commanders what Frank Reich was to the Colts early on initially so that makes Ben Johnson Washington's Josh McDaniels with the like weird kind of again what Josh MCS did was horrible and awful and and shouldn't be tolerated but worse yeah what Ben what Ben Johnson did though wasn't cool you know what I'm saying like it wasn't as bad but it was kind of like I know you're on the private jet to come see me and everything um I won't be in the com you know in the conference here but Aaron Glenn's going to be there and you guys can totally talk to him um you know what I'm saying like so it it did feel like Washington kind of put all their eggs in that basket and had to adjust on the Fly the same way that indianap again in a much more intense and aggressive sense but it worked worked out for Indianapolis early on then they became frauds and losers and narcissistic and I was the only person who appropriately and rightfully called them out for those actions now Dan Quinn's kind of in that boat so they're about to get the honeymoon bump of all this stuff yeah I'm trying to find that division comparison but I guess I can't really do it I mean maybe like a team that went from a joke of two wins to something maybe Doug Peterson in Jacksonville I don't know I don't know Andy read with the Chiefs early on before the of it all you know I'm just saying I think the commanders have this path to being yeah I think I still think the Eagles and Cowboys until otherwise proven are you know at the top in the division in some order Sean McVey with the Rams maybe and I think the commanders could kind of rise up and be at least this team that's kind of a nuisance and they kind I mean they have been for the Eagles especially a little bit but I mean even more of a cred like not they haven't really been that so much for the Cowboys and also in a more consistent way year and year out as opposed to the volatility and the ceiling that they could they could maybe steal the division as opposed to they're not actually a factor for that CU they haven't been that in quite a while other than you know the the the co year what would you say is the last authentically good season that Washington has had 2012 sorry RG3 I still don't think that I mean why that was why was that not authentically good that was extremely promising for them remember resurrected their season from down like what 3 six3 and he was electric he was awesome he was okay fine I'll give you that but even that we could kind of say they were three and you know what I mean they it took a bit of a collapse around them to win the division you know what I'm saying like I'm not saying that they weren't great and RG3 wasn't great he appropriately you know was hailed and all sorts of things that was scary I was like scared that he was going to be a problem for a while I was legitimately scared but then I immediately became way more scared in week one of Chip Kelly's like 5-sec offense so um that was a crazy game in NFL history like it's almost like a nothing game because it doesn't really matter but it's also it was a wild time do you remember the shirt that RG3 was wearing um in their pregame warmup their pregame warmups for that game so they play was it m I think it was Monday Night Football week one of 2013 it was but uh he was so like again the RG3 stuff was like TBO esque that was the first game I ever covered for BGN like for anyone who doesn't remember um RG3 was wearing a t-shirt that said operation patience um despite the fact that he was rushing back from the injury but anyway so but so they won the division in 2012 do you know the last time they won the division before that uh um oh no uh no I don't know I don't know it it was 1999 and the last time they won it before that was 1991 when they won the Super Bowl I mean so you're talking about they won the Super Bowl in 1991 since then so not counting them they won the division just the division in 1999 in 2012 which admittedly took a little bit of a collapse with everything around them 2015 when there was a huge collapse around them and Tony Romo was hurt at least from the cowboy slant in 2020 when Dak Prescot was hurt and Doug Peterson decided he hated the Eagles so wow um okay we ready to get some songs and get out of here yeah Rachelle ever the early bird um who gets the worm she submitted her song last night and she said my song for this week is write a book by Maddy and Tay I don't know if I know that I don't either so I know I definitely don't know it so that's why I'm excited to listen have to listen to that one what's your song I'm going to go with before I say mine I would like you to send it in the chat now so I don't forget it and have to ask you later before I add it so thank you very much yours your own song no no no yours I'm going to go with True Colors by Phil Collins because it does seem like a lot of people are starting to see those for the Cowboys it's a really pretty song we think of Phil Collins a lot for the like bombastic like poof poof songs um you know like yeah exactly or you know um you know Strangers Like Me is great from T he some great songs oh dude he's the man have you ever seen there's a YouTube video of him doing Strangers Like Me In legitimately like 14 different languages from no when from when they like recorded it for the the Tarzan movie so that you know it could be distributed for all the languages it's pretty sick um how he does that so uh but true colors not on the Tarzan soundtrack but it is now a part of the nfc's mix playlist uh a lot of good Phil Collins songs include I don't care anymore I also like that one that's that also sounds appropriate for you in thematic you also could have picked that one t studio is also great um and not Phil Collins specifically but invisible Touch by Genesis is also I was G to say if you include Genesis in here you got Land of Confusion too um yeah some really good right Phil Collin songs I'm going to go with a song that includes the lyrics and I don't want the world to see me because I don't think that they would understand when everything's meant to be broken I just want you to know who I am that is Iris by the goooo dolls an Aller great song a lot of great goog doll songs as well this was a kind I mean um raelle song is uh subject to approval by us in terms of whether it's good or not but assuming it is and rael's are always great we pretty bang in a week around here on the nfc's mixtap place I just saw I would say so I just saw that um Brian Burns is going to wear number zero for the New York Giants that is the same number that Bryce Huff will be wearing for the Eagles so we got some NFC East Pass rushers the Cowboys have yet to have a number zero um really yeah uh but use it it's there I hang on I think that demarvion overshown is going to wear it he didn't get he didn't get a chance to like switch to it because he got hurt but he um his thing he wored in college and that was his thing his his name his Twitter handle is Agent Zero so I mean also yeah I get it his last name has two o's in it too it's fun uh so does mine hey gotta bring back the double zero got to do it all right um as we leave Brandon I would like you to tell me the best food throughout spring this isn't a summer food it's not a winter food not a fall food but a great spring food that is not Italian ice has to be food well I don't I don't I I wouldn't have picked that anyway um a great food like unique to the spring I don't really think of like a spring one answer here and you're gonna maybe you're not what you gonna say crawfish I don't even know how that's a thing I was going to say pry but have you never had crawfish they're good any time of year uh no this is why but I am going to the beach soon so K New Jersey shout out hey you want to know something great yeah so remind me how many external free agents um the Cowboys have signed one okay what did you see that there's going to be the Mike Tyson Jake Paul fight at AT&T Stadium um I I like know that's going to be a fight I guess I didn't know it was going to be there specifically yeah so we've got that um that has been announced also the PBR thing that think uh dude anyway uh me I think Mike Tyson's gonna win so uh but just announced five minutes ago the ACM awards are going to be held in Frisco at the star the American Country Music Awards the yes the Cowboys have now announced two events that will be held at their facilities which is oh wow this is why you need to be listening to the or watching the YouTube version the bleeding green Nation YouTube channel or don't even I'm not we're not even going to say what that was that's a a visual exclusive audio listeners well did check out the video to see what that they've now anounced announced twice as many events at their um at their buildings than they have external free agents that they've signed exciting all right um say TGIF