Episode 23: Myles Garrett Traded! AJ Brown Traded! Reaction Pod

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Emma & Cole react to the BLOCKBUSTER Myles Garrett trade, and the much-anticpated AJ Brown trade.

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Welcome back watchers and listeners to the June 1st extravaganza. League's cooking. Yeah, League is cooking. Um something happened that we all knew was gonna happen and something happened that I s swore would never happen. So makes it feel like it's right around the corner, but we still got about a hundred days. Oh, that's tough. Don't even say that. I saw a stat last week that was like you're halfway through the off-season, and I was like, oh a hundred days. But it's summer, so it'll fly by and we'll be we'll be to preseason in no time. Maybe we'll get another blockbuster trade soon, but I don't know if any blockbuster trade is going to be the Miles Garrett trade. Yeah, insanity. Insanity. Really helps make their I wonder if they forced it in some degree just to make their draft look better. I don't know. Insane. We'll get to that in a second, but let's just say Miles Garrett for Jared Verse, a 2027 first, a 2028 second, and a 2029 third. So that's three picks, including a first rounder and Jared Verse. That's a haul. Yeah, it's a haul, but it's arguably the best defensive player in all of football. I mean. I mean, he's the best, he besides Aaron Donald, is he like the best defensive player of this era? I mean probably. Yeah, probably. I mean, it is crazy. I mean, the fact's that I mean, it's just like what is Verse worth? You know what I mean? So I that's he worth a first on his own? Yeah. He's worth more than a first on his own. So Jared Verse plays a premium position, right? He rushes the passer, and he is statistically last year, he was a better run defender than Miles Garrett. I mean, we know that Miles Garrett thing is stopping the pass, but Verse plays on the line, he rushes the passer. So we would agree that any sort of pass rusher is probably worth a little more than like a secondary player. Totally. McDuffie went for pick 29, a 2026 fifth, a 2026-6, and a third for next year. So McDuffie obviously has two rings, is experienced, has all pros. Jared Verse was has an all-pro, and he won Rookie of the Year last year. Probably first and a second, maybe, yeah. I mean, I think I think he would have gone for at least what McDuffie went. Yeah. I mean, if probably a little better, right? Yeah. Premium position. First and a second. I mean, I would say it's definitely on the board versus a first and a I mean the one thing is pick 29 was at least it was so late, almost like a second round pick on its own. But Well the Rams think they're gonna have at least pick 28 this year, right? Like it's an Oh yeah. I don't hate it for the Rams. It is It's a lot. A lot. It makes me a little nervous because it's like, okay, Stafford's another year older, coming off an amazing year, but a long year, and like might regress a little bit. But then I guess the idea is, hey, if as long as Stafford makes it through eight games, we let Simpson sit and learn under McVeigh and Stafford for two months. Like, it might not be the worst case scenario if you have this young guy coming in to like get you through to the playoffs, but I don't know. Well, it's it's go like it just feels like so much for so on paper you have the N VP of the league and the defensive player of of the league, right? In reality, those are the defensive player of the year is 31 years old, um, and and Matthew Stafford is 38. Um, and it is. I mean if we're saying Verse is worth a first and a second, did you essentially give up two first round picks, two second round picks, and a third round pick for this next two-year window? Makes me kind of be like, hey, should have just taken Ruben Payne, kept all your picks. It I did yeah, I disagree with the tape being floated is oh now their draft makes sense. And if you look at it as, oh yeah, they they're about to give up all their draft capital so they could never get a quarterback these next few years, then that makes sense. But I don't know. So you you you don't like it. You think it's a bad move for the Rams. I think if they don't win the Super Like, thank you, Rams. You took the pressure off everyone else. If they don't win the Super Bowl this year, 100% It's a disaster. That almost never works. Yeah, exactly. Especially with such an old quarterback, like you don't want Ty Simpson's learning rookie payne's year, not a real contender year, to be when you're like, just gave up so much capital, pay in this. Yeah, what if Stafford gets hurt week three? You kind of will know if he's good or not. Like if Ty Simpson can't succeed with McVeigh in this team, he is not gonna, he's not an NFL player. You know what I mean? 100%. And again, I think for me, I I love Stafford. I expect Stafford next year to play like a top 10 quarterback, but factoring in their schedules harder this year. He played a really long season. Like, he I don't think he's gonna look as good as last year. And that's not me saying he's gonna be a bad player, but he was the reason the offense sung. Yeah, and I mean, as good as he was, like, they were still vulnerable in round one. They weren't this juggernaut. I mean, I do think the addition of Watson and McDuffie and the line is better, like, should be the best defense in football. I mean, I think they have the best roster in football because they to me, yeah, they are the only super team that also has a superhuman quarterback. Yes. I mean, we'll see at 42, how much? Depending on age. I don't know, 40? It's a lot to give up. I think that's why I'm hesitant about it, because it's so much draft capital. It it really is this like Madden GM era of just like fuck the draft capital. And if you were gonna give that up, it's like, oh, well, I guess we have to take a quarterback, or just do what everyone else does after you lose your future Hall of Fame quarterback, suck, and then get a top three pick. Like, I if you're going all in that much, go get an amazing player to line up with Miles Garrett or a linebacker. Like, now their linebacker feels weak. Honestly, you're convincing me. I mean, I do like it on paper. It is kind of like, oh my god, like this is like an LA Dodgers-esque situation we got back in LA. Like, oh my god, it's again, you really need that guy? Are you kidding me? But hey, why not have Verse and Bane? Now you just have I mean, Miles Garrett is that much better than both of them, obviously, but still it's like, man, one Miles Garrett injury, that's like, like you said, six picks worth of stuff. Yeah, and from the Browns, like, I think the I think for the Browns this was great, to be clear. But Jared verse, he's 25, which I guess now guys are coming out of college later, right? We had people in the draft this year that were 23, 24 years old. Totally. And that's a crapshoot if they're gonna hit. You have a player who you know has conservatively a six-year runway, like more liberally at up to 10, 12-year runway. Like, you don't know. So I feel like that was a lot to give up. I it's been well reported that the Rams were trying to not give up first and they were going back and forth, but they eventually just had to throw him in. And I get it, it's yeah, it might be the best defensive player ever, but yeah, it's insane. I would be thinking about it from my team's perspective. Like, I would have been pissed if we gave up Christian Gonzalez, a first round pick, a second round pick, and a third round pick. That's it, that's the trade. Yeah, literally, it's like that's our best defensive player. Now we just have a different best defensive player, but like, yeah. I agree, I would feel like we got kind of beat a little bit. I mean, this is classic Rams. Fuck them because we'll see, I guess, but is there a team more S Bob? But also, if you're worried about Stafford getting hurt until you draft a young quarterback, like then you aren't all in. I don't think they do a trade. I don't think they drafted Simpson because they're worried about Stafford getting hurt. I think they drafted Simpson because they knew that they don't have any draft capital out of the next few years to move up at all. So even if they were to get a top 15 pick, they couldn't get into the top 10 to get a quarterback with the current draft capital they have. And that's assuming that they don't do well in these next two years and end up with a top 15 pick. So I I think they drafted Simpson because this was in the works. I mean, it's been reported for a while, the Miles Jarrett stuff that but I So I think this was I think they drafted Simpson because they knew they weren't gonna have draft capital. I still feel like it was such a reach on Simpson. I would hate it less if they used their second round pick, but again, they couldn't move back into the first round because they knew they were about to give up all this stuff. Totally. Yeah, I agree. It's they also they feel like it feels like me playing video games. That's it. I mean, he might be off a cliff. We don't know for sure. Puka was in rehab, is he at OTAs? I don't even know. He's at OTAs. Yeah, so he's back, but still, like powder keg. Yeah, you never know. Anything could happen. It's like all of a sudden you lose your core and then your young defender's gone. If like yeah, it could flip to where like, oh, we need a lot of pieces and we have no draft picks pretty quick. Like Yeah. But it's fun for this year. I mean, it's the NFL is the greatest league. This doesn't this kind of trade doesn't just like pop up kind of in other leagues. Like, I don't know. In fact, it's so easy to follow and saw the herds' take on it. I was like, it's so true. Just like classic trade, a couple picks, player, like and it's like it was electric. It's so fucked up picks. And and to be positive, we've never seen Miles Garrett play with a team who has a good quarterback with a lead, right? We assume that Stafford is gonna be playing with more leads than Shador or Deshaun, right? So I expect him to get more maybe he'll break his own sack record. Like, he should be better on a team where they're depending on a pass rush like that to close games, and he already feels unstoppable. Like, is he gonna just completely wreck game? Like, I don't know. I think that'll be really hard to pass him. Oh, yeah. Biggest winners are the fans. Like, Miles Garrett on a good team in big moments is gonna be awesome. I'm glad I think you guys gotta play him, right? Yeah, we won't see him until the Super Bowl, hopefully, but I was gonna say the AFC is just who gets to play the Rams right now. But that's how people felt about the Packers last year after Micah. So you never get- Exactly, yeah, that's this thing. If Miles Garrett gets an injury at all, it's gonna be like huge mistake. Or Stafford. I think that Miles Garrett, he he already has an argument to be the best defensive player ever, and we've never seen him on a good team. Like, yeah, this it could be a whole new level. So I understand that, and in that case, it's worth to me, like, it'd be worth four first if you get Miles Garrett to be like truly the best defensive player ever for the next five years. That said, I think Yeah their window to me is two years, but is there any team more S-Bob this year than the Rams? No, absolutely not. I mean, yeah, obviously now I think their window is open. Before this trade, like I don't know. Quarterback Stafford is getting real old. I don't know. Like, everything went so well last year. It's the classic, like, in fantasy football every other year rule where it's like everything went perfectly, no injuries, nothing banged up. Like if that's the thing, Stafford doesn't it's not like he needs to tear his ACL to be out. Like, if he just gets banged up, the entire game gets so much harder for him. And like Yeah, I don't know. I We'll see. It's risky. I two years if like they're like real contenders in two years. I mean, that is amazing for Stafford, so we'll see. I I wore my jersey Georgia jersey for Stafford today because I love Stafford. I I think he I I don't think this is true next year. I think going into this year he's a top five quarterback because of age I assume he will fall off. But I I think he's an amazing quarterback. He's my second favorite quarterback in the league. Like, but I still despite loving him, I acknowledge that health is a major question and age is a major question, and that's why, like maybe I let's I think liberally we could say that he's still good for two more years. Conservatively, we could have seen the the cliff could happen this year. So that's why I'm saying that's their window. But I mean, I think they're more S-bob than the Bills, I think they're more S-bob than the Ravens. Um trying to think who hasn't been there. Like I mean, yes and no. I would just say the only reason I wouldn't like I would say pressure's higher. Stafford doesn't have any pressure. I think. Like, there's no pressure on Stafford. He's a raven. There's way more pressure on, yeah, Josh Allen and Lamar and Burrow. I would say those are the three. I think that the pressure's on McVeigh specifically. Yeah. Because he's credited for a lot of these moves. He has his hands in Les Needs Pot. Like, he is he he he GMs a little. I think the pressure's gonna be on McVeigh. Totally. But like even he is a ring. I don't know. Yeah, we'll see what happens. I hope they I hope they don't do well. I will I I was saying all summer that my my um NFC championship pick was gonna be Rams Bears, so I'm back to that, I guess. Yeah, it's hard to picture any other team really, like. It's gonna be like Rams, Bears, Rams, Seahawks, Eagles, maybe. Um anyway, let's get to the thing we all knew that were gonna happen. I have so many less takes about this because I feel like we've talked about it. But I know, yeah. Oh, wait. It is crazy. Um, who's the from the Brown side, 11 picks in 2027? I am a great draft, allegedly. Should allegedly Shador Watson competition. Who's the day one starter this year without Miles Garrett? Yeah, I don't really know. I mean, I I don't think Deshaun Watson should be in the league. I'm rooting for Shador. I'm rooting for Shador as well, but I think it's gonna be Deshaun. We'll see, that feels wrong. I think they're drafting a quarterback next year, though. I mean, they got a fuck ton of picks. Anyway, back to uh back to uh the AFC here. So, and and we had an AFC to NFC trade, now we have an NFC to AFC trade. AJ Brown traded for a 2027 fifth and a 2028 first. Yeah. So nice being able to keep next year's first. That's gonna be a hot commodity draft after. Like, I could see us even trading that, maybe getting a next year first and another set. Like, you never know, depending where we land and who the players are on the board and how desperate teams are for quarterbacks. So great to keep that pick. Um, I mean, that's this surprising a little bit, nobody else came along with that offer. A lot of takes I've been hearing is like AJ Brown was pretty loud about that he was going to the Patriots and he'd be unhappy on your team, and that like that was a real thing. Like, okay, we're not gonna do that if AJ Brown's not all in. And like he was that hell-bent set on the Patriots. I've heard that there was concern about his knee, which we haven't heard all spring, so I don't know where that came from. Yeah, I was just I saw that too. I I to me I was like, I yeah, t to his knee. I don't really like he looked fine last year. I'm concerned about every NFL player's knees, honestly. Yeah. Are we chopping up his bad last year to his knee opposed to Jalen Hurts's performance? Like, like, I don't know, that felt like that felt weird to me. I I why it were. Yeah, his medical has a past knee injury, but no, I know, but that's not why he was bad last year. Well yeah, exactly. Um, I think the the Rams maybe didn't want to give up that 2027 pick. Because that's the thing. I think you had to beat the Patriots for sure. So like you couldn't offer the same thing. So like they probably were like just didn't want to quite give up that 2027 pick. I never understood why the Rams were in the mix. They have a top five wide receiver. Makes me think they're worried about Devante or Puka or something isn't quite right there. Cause yeah, if that duo is feeling amazing, I also I agree. Why would you think about giving up a first? So yeah, I I I think this is great. I'm happy for AJ Brown. Um, I'm happy for Drake May. I think I have no culture concerns with Vrabel at the helm. I love Vrabel. Rest in peace, Diana. Your reporting was incredibly accurate. Like exact the right picks and the right ears. So thank you, Diana, for your service. That said. One thing I'm a little surprised by is because I've been feeling like Patriots are so underrated this offseason. Some of the lines set in Vegas, like Drake May was like 600, he projected 600. He's up now in the MVP ads. Yeah, now he's third high. He passed Stafford, and like, yeah, which makes sense. I mean, this offense is so well rebuilt. One thing I was hearing about is like Jaden Daniel, after he had an amazing year, they didn't really do much. And then he kind of fell off. We've added Elijah Vera Tucker, Lomu, Romeo Dobbs, and AJ Brown, like it's gonna be. Well, because people will have tape on May now, like they had tape on Jaden, so they'll understand more coverages against him, so you can't just run back the same thing. Yeah, totally. Um I agree, and just giving him more. Like, we were in the middle of a rebuild, so we had all this opportunity and all these picks. Um, that's just amazing. Some things like the specific fit. One, I love seeing him in his old Brady jersey baby. The interview where he's had that Patriots rug for two years while being on the Eagles. It's like shout out Maria Taylor, Georgia Bulldog. I love all her interviews. She's great with the players. She's great. But like, dude, just meant to be a pa it feels like vibes post-Frabel Summer are like hitting at like a oh yeah, we got a new. It kind of feels like Diggs coming in, being like, let's go fuck up the bills. Like, this is all I've ever wanted. It kind of feels like that over again vibes-wise. But the specific fit. So last year, Drake May had almost 1,200 pass yards fourth in the NFL versus man coverage and 18 touchdowns, which was tied third. AJ Brown since 2022 against man coverage is has 129 receptions first in the NFL, almost 2,000 receiving yards against man first in the NFL, and 22 receiving touchdowns against man fourth in the NFL. So just like Drake made strength against man defense is AJ Brown's strength as a receiver, and like it's gonna help open stuff up for Dobbs, for Trevion Henderson. Oh yeah, I think Dobbs will eat underneath. Yes, and now you are, like you said, now you're seeing Vegas change all this stuff. I was like, didn't we all know this was happening? Like, I'm just assuming he's on the team being like, we are going to be amazing. You should have placed your Patriots division bet before the trade. Yeah. I that's what I did before we signed Walker, and it's like now it's like the odds switch so much off of one player, which feels crazy. But I I I I love this for the Patriots. I would give the Patriots an A. Like, I feel like this is the minimum you can give up for AJ Brown. This my take is more from the Eagles side, which is is this really all Howie Roseman, the best GM in the league, could get? Jalen Waddle went for a first, a third, and a fourth. I think AJ Brown is better than Jalen Waddle tomorrow. Oh, yeah, absolutely. So here's my thing with that. I hear what you're saying. I do think the Broncos overpaid for Jalen Waddle. Like, that's it. The market. Just because they did it doesn't mean everyone else has to. And the Eagles lost all their leverage with adding all the receivers that they did, and just like clearly, like, AJ Brown didn't want to be there, he wanted to be with the Patriots. And like, I mean, you saw it on Julian Ellman's podcast months ago. Like, this was the decision he made, and this is what he wanted to do. And we know he can provide them now. He was like, first time I saw him in Tennessee, he said, I wish the Patriots drafted me. And he was like, I didn't like that very much at the time, but like who we are. Exactly. So here's the thing. When you think about it, I can't really think about any other player this was the case for. I'm sure there are examples, but so they traded a first-round pick for AJ Brown to acquire him. Then they went to two Super Bowls and won one, and then they traded him for a first-round pick. So, like, he, in terms of like buying a new car and driving it off the lot, I mean, he made them so much better, was incredible, and then you got the exact same thing you got for him like five years later. I know. So it's kind of amazing for them. That's that's true. This is not a nuanced take, but this is this is to me feels like reality. This is a now league. So in the now, right now, when you are prepping for next year, you can't really prep for two years out. What happened is you treated AJ Brown for a fifth. That's what had happened right now. That's what affects this year. Like, that's why, like, I thought, and I told you this, I thought they would never agree to a 2028 first. Like, I was like, oh, that feels weird. Like, Patriots are even if you even if people think the Patriots are gonna have a down year this year, they're only gonna get better as they spend more money and add more players with Drake May. Like, I yeah, like I expect Drake, I don't think it's crazy to say I expect Drake May to be better in year four than year two. Like, so I that felt weird, and again, it's a now league. So the impact the Patriots have right now is they don't have a fifth round pick, but they have a top ten receiver. It's conservatively. Like that's the thing. No not having to throw in a second or a third or a fourth, like a meaningful pick, feels so nice. Now, like even in 2028, we got two, three, four, five, six. Like, we're fine. You know what I mean? We could have to move up with our second. Or yeah, or we could train our twenty twenty seven round when everyone's going quarterback hungry for a twenty twenty. Like, we have options still, which does feel really nice. And I mean, yeah, he's he was cheaper than Waddle, and they're basically getting paid the same thing, and we have him locked up through 2029. Like there won't be any negotiating with them. We'll cut them before we like do a new contract. It is just nice to have that like zero drama element. I know, Elliot Wolf gets a lot of shit, but this was a great move. Um absolutely. My last thing on it is um more of a Josh McDaniel stat, but just when Josh McDaniel gets away. Yeah, that was a great I'll just have a couple of them. But when Josh McDaniel gets a new weapon, they have an incredible first year. I'm looking at it right now, yeah. When Devontae Adams went to the Raiders for the first year, he had over 1,500 receiving yards, led the league. He had caught a hundred over a hundred passes and led the league with 14 touchdowns. Like, incredible. And same thing. I mean, it's Randy Moss, but he had 1,500 receiving yards, a league high 23 touchdowns, yeah. He caught 198 passes. And then West Welker, 1,100 with 8 touchdowns. Yeah, exactly. So like I expect a 12 to 1,500 yard season from Brown, honestly. Like I yeah, I mean, I expect a 12 to 1,500 yard season. I expect 10, 10, like anywhere from 8 to 15 touchdowns in that range. Like, I I think he'll be a top five fantasy wide receiver. I honestly probably lean top three. Um Damn, really. I guess that's true. I did see like his target share was projected like 30 cents from some or 30 cents. 30 because from some. I I guess you guys run the ball a good amount. Like but not enough to take away. Yeah, I don't know. I He's still got though, like Hunter Henry, Matt Collins, Romeo Dobbs. Like there are still other guys that are gonna eat, but yeah, I agree. I think he's gonna he'll seven to ten targets a game. Yeah. I think again, I I think conservatively he'll be a top ten wide receiver, but I expect him to be like top three, top four in fantasy. I yeah, no, I think this is great for him. I think it's great for Drake May. Yeah, I don't really have any like questions on like the Patriots side. It makes a lot of sense. Um I think I think a big question is what does this mean for Jalen Hurts? What does this mean for the Eagles? Like, addition by subtraction doesn't really always work. Yeah, you have a lot of. I mean, it's funny, we're seeing, I think we'll probably get to that, but what the Giants did yesterday kind of went under the radar, but signed like four veteran receivers. I honestly, I was a little bit like, fuck, the Chiefs gotta get in here, dude. They need to be able to do that. I'm staying away from neighbors, bro. Dude, big time. I mean, they added like every vet receiver on the market that was like pretty bad, basically. I know, I'm surprised they didn't add like a Debo or uh they went with these guys, they went with Juju and I guess who has like a connection to the coordinator. Yeah, Juju and Nature. Braxten Barrios, Juju, and Odelbeck. OBJ, and they got a fourth one too, they signed. I forget, but insane. I mean, just adding some it makes you be like, oh, neighbors must not be playing. Oh, I one final thought on the Patriots before we go to the Eagles side. This is also this is the same thing of like for Joe Burrow going to the Super Bowl his second year. This is not a trade like the Rams, where you are suddenly like obviously the fans expect to be amazing. Like, but like, this is not like a failure if you don't make a Super Bowl this year. This is a long runway with Brown. This is a long runway with May. This is not like the Rams with like a bust. I mean, he turns 29 this season. I mean for me, like, you didn't give up that much. You have a young quarterback. I expect AJ Brown to be good for at least two more years. Um exactly. And giving up a 2028, it's like if we were to draft a first round receiver in 2028, it's really for him to be our one in 2029. Like, it's so pushed off when that would happen. Yeah. I do like us 2027 if we do keep the pick. Like, I do think a young potential receiver won't be. To learn under Brown. We did both our trenches this year. Like, let's hope that kind of works out and we can go with a kind of a luxury pick and get a true like receiver to build under Brown. Yeah, and I liked your trenches this year, and that and I know that you think the O-line doesn't have questions. I talked to other Patriots fans, so they disagree. My old my only question now for the Patriots going into the year is the O-line. And again, I think you have a good group of guys. It's really just about consistency and playing together, which is every O-line. So this is not target at you. Okay, what is the question? I mean, just that. My questions are well, so this is this this is the least question. I think Wilson will have no problem transitioning back to center, but that's been a topic. Um, Campbell, I think it was injury, but is it a did fat did late season fatigue or playing stiffer competition also contribute to it? I do think it's a combination of all of them in a rookie year of having to play such stiff competition off an injury. So again, how does that transition to this year? Elijah Vera, Tucker, Morgan Moses, and your right guard who I'm blanking on their name, their health? Yeah, just just those older guys staying healthy. And then how does low move fit into this line, or is that more of a down the road question? And again, I think it's I'm not saying you have a bad group of guys. My questions are more so can these put players play together consistently against a tougher schedule with new placements on the line? Yeah, I think those are fair. I think no matter what, we definitely I mean we won 17 games to went to the Super Bowl, and our line is 100% better. Your line is better. So we went from having the being the only team to ever go to a Super Bowl with two rookies on our line to having zero rookies. Like, yeah. I mean, Lomu will come in and start eventually, but like being able, he'll he'll start on the bench. Like, that's not a question of the Lomu's not starting on our line. I do think, yeah, exactly. He'll be our sixth man. I think ideally the best bet is to get Owenu off our line, move Elijah Vera Tucker to right guard, and either depending where Lomu's, if Lomu's ready to try left guard, I think we put him there. I think people are just have recency bias with Will Campbell. He was one of the best draft picks through 11 weeks of the season. He's the reason Drake may broke some history having like the farthest downfield passes and the best completion rate when doing that. Like that was because he had a such a strong left tackle. I do think the injury and then coming back from injury against much harder competition was just like And he's a rookie, like no, yeah. I I I'm I agree with you. I think it was a combination of being a rookie, having injury, and then going into the deep end. And my question is, is there anything lingering from that injury? Like, how are we like can we transition back? You're playing next to a different left guard now, so like sometimes that chemistry matters. I would say, besides wide receiver, that is our most improved position group by a mile, is our line. Like that Elijah Vera Tucker and Lomu is like the most. Are you more worried about the defensive line than the offensive line? Yeah, absolutely. We're worried about edge uh pass rush. Yeah, I wrote that down. I said, I guess I'm less worried about pass rush. I thought I I think you did it, I I think it's built well. Though you did lose Tonga to us, so that could affect your run stopping. Um Yeah, Tonga was nice. I do that, I mean Barmore and Milne Williams, that is really their strength, which is that's like we just need Akus to be good. You just want someone so your questions then are rushing the passer. Yeah, getting there fast enough. Which that's the one thing. Like, if we we should have arguably the best secondary in football, I think so. Maybe the Broncos, maybe us, it'll be close. See, I think your two is better than the Broncos, too, though. Exactly. And then you have our safety was led the league with picks last year. It's like, yeah, we could be dangerous. No, my question for sure I I said the O-line stuff already. Playing specifically tougher edge rushers and not necessarily having a complimentary edge rusher on the other side to match that getting to the quarterback. So those are my only questions. Again, I think AJ Brown's gonna be great, I think Drake May's gonna be great. I expect you guys I've I've had you in the playoffs all offseason. I know that that's an unpopular take. I expect you to win the division. I think your roster is so much better than the Bills, and I like your coach a lot more. But yeah. That's the thing. It's also year two with Josh McDaniels and Vrable. Like now they're building, they have you know some chemistry, they understand how things work. Like, yeah, I could see us taking a real nice leap on offense. And defensively, we'll see. I mean, Carlton Davis is a little bit old. He is our great two corner, like I have much more questions on defense than that. Just the cohesiveness of those lines. Um from the Eagles side, how is this gonna affect Jalen Hurts? I mean, technically it shouldn't. Like they have the volume. They've done nearly enough last year. It's not like there's this huge amount of volume disappearing. And I mean, I agree. I think just everyone is a little bit worse. Now you have it's kind of what the Giants did. Oh, you might not have neighbors. Let's have four guys who all suck and try to make one good one. It's like never works in fantasy. Can't trade three mid-players for an elite player. Like, I everyone's tried that before. I think this is gonna be a prove it year for Hertz. I think this is gonna be because after this year, it's easier to move off of him. And if there really is this locker roise around him, maybe him and the AJ Beef needed some separation. Maybe he comes out, he's a little more respectable, and well, they said the things about how he doesn't want to go under center and changes the calling. Maybe he respects that a little more, tries to grow with that, and is able to have a good year, bounce back. Yeah, I mean their thing is really OC, right? It's kind of the same thing with you and the Eagles last year. It was like it was our OC was the biggest thing. The thing about them is their OC always they're always rotating their OC. That's unique about the Eagles. That's true. I mean, I remember I know some Eagles fans, and they were just so pissed that the OC, but then they tried to blame it on Hertz some, right? That he wasn't listening to the play calls, which I don't know if I buy that, to be honest. I think that You're probably supposed to make the throw because it wasn't there, or like, I don't know. I I I think he did audible more than normal, but I mean, you put those audibles into your offense, so if you don't want your quarterback audibling, don't add an audible to that call. Um, I do think, I mean, OC is like we're gonna really learn some this season. There's a lot of new coaches. A lot of new OCs. A lot of yeah, like a lot of OCs who are now coaches. Like, we're gonna really learn, like, who is legit and who's getting carried by their team. And I have the Eagles in the playoffs, but I think I'm gonna pick the Cowboys to win the division. Yeah, I think that's a good call. I mean, I think the Eagles are worse. Like, Mikai Lemon's gonna be great, but he's a rookie. Like, no one ever is. They gotta clean up their books, their defenses getting paid and all that. So it could be a tough stretch for the Eagles. Totally. I agree. To finish us off, I wanna tell you I'm gonna where I'm putting uh Drake Mae and AJ Brown in my top five combo list, okay? Oh yeah, okay. Okay. Number one is Joe and Jamar, and I feel pretty good about that. Number two, pending health, is Stafford and Puka. Yeah. Does that feel fair? That feels fair. I mean, like, I would never do that. I would much rather have Drake and AJ, but that's just age and I'd rather have Drake and Puka, but um Yeah, that's true. Oh, yeah, I think Puka's better than AJ. That's part of it. And then this is where it gets tricky. The the AJ Brown Drake versus Sam Darnold JSN. I think JSM's better than AJ Brown, and I think Drake May's better than Sam Darnold. So those are like my three, four, depending on what I think. It's tough. I mean, like, there's a world AJ Brown is actually a better fit with Drake May. And like, there's I mean, that's what Drake May I think made history last year. It was like the best, you know, downfield passing we've ever seen in terms of like completion percentage for passes, however, he had the best downfield completion percentage. And the history of the NFL. It was like insane. And so, like, I do, I think it's smart. It's like, hey, maybe he was overachieving and was fucking locked in, but like we can't. Now that our schedule's getting way harder, we can't just count on him to be a great history. You have to change as you grow. I mean, yeah, his throws, it wasn't really the tape. His throws were beating good coverage. It was just like he was perfect. Now AJ Brown, that's his strength. Like, Drake can be a little worse, and we can still make close to as many. Our groom for, you know, not being perfect is much bigger now. It should just at least let him stay on track and not like decline like Jaden did, you know? But no, yeah, Mae and Brown and Darnold and JSN are a 3-4, and then I got Goff and Saint Brown. I kind of knocked them just because of Goff, to be honest. What about Pat and Rasheed? I mean, we gotta get Rasheed out of a cell before he makes a list and gets that JSN money. I mean, I can't have I would have Pat and Rasheed over Goff and St. Brown. But that's because you'd have Pat over Goff. Like, I don't know. If St. Brown's better than Rasheed. But that's like I would have Drake. I think quarterback's more important. Like I would have Drake and AJ over Safford and Puka. Just for the quarterback. Just like age, yeah. Yeah. But no, I think this is a great, this was a gift from the uh gods of uh football. Yeah, of this of the five. Yeah, I'm sorry. I mean, I've been operating. That's why I have just been confused by some of the lines in Vegas and like what? And now it's like, oh, they were just waiting for this to officially happen. And it's like now are respected. You know what? Stay tuned for a betting show soon. We'll do some preseason bets. Yeah, honestly, there's still a lot of money to be made for the Pats. Some of them, they'll also even out after the trade hype goes away a little bit. That's true. That's probably a better time to bet in like a month. Yeah, exactly. I tried to do my Chiefs bets before we signed anybody, and I'm glad I did. So that's like uh that's my hack. Do it before free agency. Um anyway, any last thoughts before we wrap up? You got your boy. Um Miles Garrett is now relevant. Yes, that's so huge. Yeah, I mean, not really. I think the Giants had a couple of tough, like, I mean, a really tough week, obviously. Everything that happened with Dart and Carter, and then the injury news, and then it was just like, oh man. That's one thing I heard. I was listening to some sports stuff earlier today, and it was it was like, is this just a big is this a political move, and it's just a big like OBJ, juju! Yeah, that's on, yeah, it feels like a carnival. And they're just gonna cut them all and like, yeah. No, it feels like a carnival. I really wanted the Giants to be good, but i I think I think Carball's got himself a sinking ship. I kind of it it feels desperate and not really like a plan or like a we're signing them for the fit, you know what I mean? And like, yeah, it feels like we had news on Malik we weren't expecting, and now we're in trouble. So we'll see. They might not be the Patriots of last year. It uh I think it might be the Saints. It's gonna be the Saints. I'm all in on Shock, which we'll talk more about. I'm so all in on Shuck, it's not even crazy. Um, but yeah, that's our uh that's our show for the day. My advice is go get yourself some AJ Brown in fantasy and avoid Malik neighbors at all cost. Oh yeah, I'm with you there. Um uh like, rate, subscribe, and go watch our previous episodes. We did some fantasy content and talked about some less exciting NFL news. But yeah, boring. Boring. Peace.