On this episode of the Greg Bedard Patriots Podcast, Greg and Nick Cattles break down Jerod Mayo's plan for Drake Maye, and why they believe it doesn't make much sense. Plus, they take a look ahead to Week 1 of the NFL season against the Cincinnati Bengals. All that, and much more!
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00:00Here's what I'll say before we get into the podcast.
00:12If only listeners and viewers had the opportunity to watch and or listen to the last 10 minutes
00:22or so before we actually started to record this podcast, I think many of you would have
00:26been thoroughly entertained by Greg and I going back and forth just for the last 10
00:31minutes or so about what we were talking about.
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01:08What time is it?
01:09Game time.
01:10All right, before we get into some of the offensive line stuff, Greg, and a little bit
01:15of Brandon Ayuk, we'll try to do a little bit of Brandon Ayuk, not too much because
01:20both of us have had enough of the Ayuk talk, I think, but let's get into Drake May first.
01:27So the Drake May quote unquote plan, I take it that you don't like it, Greg.
01:32No, I don't.
01:34I mean, look, I'm sure there's a lot that Gerard Mayo is not telling us about this decision,
01:41which is fine and I guess is good compared to some of the other stuff where he said too
01:47much about the situation, including the phrase Drake outplayed Jacoby, which I just think
01:54was a huge misstep by him.
01:56There was no reason to do it.
01:58There was no upside.
02:00And I don't think it's completely damaging, but it's just not a good way to go into the
02:06season for the fans, the locker rooms, the quarterbacks to hear, yeah, you know, Drake
02:13outplayed Jacoby, but Drake's not starting the season.
02:16Jacoby is.
02:17Okay.
02:18I mean, that doesn't really make a whole lot of sense to me, but anyways, we've sort of
02:21talked about that before.
02:24So my issue with the Drake May plan now, which I think is maybe part two of the Drake May
02:30plan.
02:31We always heard about the plan.
02:32I'm sure it just didn't go through training camp in the preseason.
02:35I'm sure it was more like a, this is what his rookie year looks like.
02:39This is what, this is the progress that we want to see.
02:41These are the areas that he needs to get better.
02:44And right.
02:46You know, up until like the final week, we haven't heard Mayo say that, that Drake May
02:50was ready.
02:51I guess now he says he's right.
02:52He says a thousand percent.
02:54He's ready to start week two.
02:56If the worst case happens in week one, you know, I, I just, I just don't like it from
03:03a development process as far as Drake May and when he needs to play.
03:08Like, you know, it, Gerard says that he's ready to start week two in the worst case
03:14scenario when I was asking him questions the other day.
03:19Then why isn't he starting week one?
03:21If that is the case, if he's ready and he's outplayed Jacoby, why isn't he playing?
03:29To me, I think a couple of things are at play, well related to that, if he's not ready, if
03:35he's not truly ready, and again, the focus of the franchise, and I think there's a lot
03:40of people in the franchise, the focus is on 2025 and Drake may, they don't really care
03:44about this season.
03:45This season sort of gravy, whatever you get from Drake may be nice to see him at some
03:49point, but really it's about 2025.
03:52It's the, it's the Patrick Mahomes plan, which is, you know, sit them out almost all year,
03:58get his feet wet and then go to town in 2025 when the team is better around him and it's
04:04more conducive for a young quarterback.
04:08I just don't like how they haven't signed another quarterback to the practice squad.
04:13Right now it's just Jacoby, Drake, and Joe Milton.
04:17And you know, as coaches, as executives, like you just can't look at like the present day,
04:23like just in the immediate term.
04:24You have to think about all the different other factors that could, you have to look
04:27down the line and you have to anticipate problems and you have to solve them before they become
04:32problems.
04:34So, you know, as of right now, Jacoby Brissett, who already hurt his shoulder in the last
04:37preseason game is going behind a shaky offensive line against Lou Annamaromo, the Bengals defensive
04:44coordinator, a very experienced Bengals defense on the road.
04:49And I'm sorry, but you need to plan out worst case scenarios.
04:53And in that case, like you need to go get another quarterback, a veteran quarterback,
04:56have them on the practice squad, get them into the building just to give yourself options
05:01to win.
05:02If the worst happens in week two, somebody has to start, Jacoby's hurt.
05:06He can't start.
05:07At least you give yourself options.
05:09I just think they're hoping that Jacoby Brissett stays healthy for at least the first month
05:16of the season through the 49ers game, three out of four on the road, including a Thursday
05:21night at New York and all that's going to entail.
05:25I think ideally they don't want to entertain starting Drake May until week five, but you
05:31know, hope is not a strategy.
05:33You know, hope is a prayer and I'm not operating a football team on a hope and a prayer.
05:38I think they needed to do more and I think they're leaving too much to chance, including
05:44the most valuable asset in this franchise at this time.
05:48You know, there's too much risk involved and I don't like it.
05:52I think they would say that, hey, Drake May is ready, but he's not as ready as Jacoby
05:57Brissett.
05:58I touched you with Holly last night.
06:00I thought Holly made a good point about using the word prefer.
06:03I think they just prefer to start Brissett right now.
06:06I think they would tell you that they have confidence that may would be able to quote
06:10unquote survive out there if they were starting week one with him, but they just prefer to
06:14go with the veteran quarterback in the first month because of the stuff you just mentioned.
06:19I agree with you.
06:20I've said this with you for the last few months, you know, Bailey's happy as soon as they drafted
06:24Joe Milton along with May.
06:27Maybe he's happy makes the team just because of the veteran quarterback insurance and it's
06:31not because I'm concerned that Drake May is going to shrivel into a little tiny prune
06:36if he has to play week one or week two.
06:38It's just, hey, if the offensive line isn't ready for Drake May in week one, it's unlikely
06:42they'll be ready by week two and to go along with the wide receiver depth chart to figure
06:47things out.
06:48If you want him out there when he has the full assortment of wide receivers, when Kendrick
06:50Borden gets back, all that kind of stuff.
06:53I do think Greg, you mentioned, you know, Mayo and is talking like he has said too much.
06:58He continues to say too much.
07:00He hurts himself.
07:01He hurts the team here.
07:02It's the quarterback situation.
07:03I think he confuses the fan base.
07:05He contradicts himself a lot because he constantly talks a couple things that I found troublesome
07:12this week from from Mayo and what he said.
07:15And again, if this all works out, it doesn't matter inevitably.
07:19But what he's saying is not making things better.
07:22He said Monday, it confused me.
07:25I was on ninety eight five.
07:27I was doing the show solo in the midday and I was reading the quotes on Twitter in real
07:32time while I was doing the show because he spoke like, you know, a little bit before
07:36one o'clock or whatever it was.
07:38And he said he mentioned that it was a competition.
07:41It's a legit competition and they've been pushing competition this entire time.
07:46But then later on, he says, I don't want Jacoby Brissett feeling like somebody's nipping
07:50at his heels.
07:51It's like, well, that's the essence of a competition.
07:55If you're having an actual competition, it's because you want somebody nipping at somebody
07:59else's heels.
08:00That made no sense.
08:01And then today he contradicted what he said earlier in the week, Greg, earlier in the
08:06week when you asked him the questions and all of that.
08:08And he was talking about the development.
08:10He said, oh, yeah, we have a plan at practice.
08:12And, you know, he's going to be he's going to be, you know, working on the scout team
08:16and he's going to be.
08:18But then today he says to the media that you get better by playing football.
08:23So earlier in the week, he's pushing this idea that Drake may will develop and get better
08:28at practice and with the film work and all of that stuff.
08:32But then he goes out there today and says, well, I think you get better by actually playing
08:35the game.
08:36So is Drake may going to be capable of developing at practice and watching film and all that
08:42stuff?
08:43Is he going to develop well enough for you or does he have to eventually get out there
08:46and play?
08:47And that's when he's going to really develop.
08:48It's these contradictions and back and forth that just drive me crazy, Greg.
08:53Yeah, I agree with you.
08:56You know, the messaging definitely isn't, you know, in a straight line and it's not
09:01concise and it goes in different directions.
09:03And that's fine.
09:04I mean, look, he's a he's a rookie head coach that was kind of rushed into this.
09:08And I don't think, you know, I think we're both more about actions than words.
09:13And we like we might have concern about Mayo right now.
09:15But look, the the games are going to start on Sundays.
09:18And so, you know, we're going to get a scoreboard in.
09:20And even then, you know, even if things go rough, you know, you can always say, well,
09:26look at Dan Campbell.
09:27I mean, Dan Campbell, I think they were two and 14 his first year, his second year.
09:32I think they started 0 and 6 or something like that.
09:34And they came in here.
09:35They were freaking hot garbage.
09:37And then all of a sudden it turned around.
09:38And now the Lions are one of the favorites to go, if not win the Super Bowl this year.
09:44So it's you know, it's not a you know, it's there's going to be a lot of overreaction.
09:50We know to Sunday one way or the other.
09:52And we'll talk more about the Bengals, you know, the game and our pick in the next couple
09:58days.
09:59But, you know, and here's the other thing when I say, like, I don't think Mayo is telling
10:05us everything.
10:08And this is where I can sort of see their quote unquote plan for Drake May.
10:14I think if you if those guys were telling you the truth, I think what they would say
10:18is they've been underwhelmed by Jacoby Brissett, certainly in the last about like three weeks.
10:26I think they they see a lot of the concerns.
10:31And I've watched some of his start against the Bengals two years ago when they won.
10:36And statistically, he had a really good game.
10:38But I didn't love the film from Jacoby Brissett.
10:41You see a lot of the same stuff that we've seen in practice in the preseason games where
10:46he's holding the ball a little bit too long.
10:48He's not seeing where the open receivers are.
10:51He's taking sacks.
10:53He's throwing balls unnecessarily across the field.
10:56Like there's a lot to be concerned about.
10:58And I think I think really, if you if those guys were telling you the truth, they would
11:03probably say they they don't think Jacoby is going to be very good.
11:08They think that Drake's going to be in there sooner rather than later.
11:12But they're they're trying to do right by Jacoby because they pretty much promised him
11:16the job at least to start the season.
11:20And like, I would not be surprised if I don't know how quickly, but that that Drake may
11:28is in there sooner rather than later because the two of them are so close.
11:33And like a lot of it isn't how far Drake may come, because I do think he still has a long
11:38ways to go.
11:39He really does to be a good, effective starter in this league.
11:42Does he make some splash plays?
11:44Yeah.
11:45But that's because he's a he's a really good athlete.
11:47And we've seen him do it against second and third stringers.
11:50You know, it's sort of like what you would see out of him in ACC play where, you know,
11:55the competition isn't that great, but he's just that good of an athlete that he's going
11:58to make plays.
11:59He's going to make some throws.
12:01But, you know, over the balance, you know, there's a lot of iffy stuff out there, too,
12:05that pretty much evens out the other stuff.
12:08And, you know, so, you know, I think I think he'll do OK once he gets in there.
12:13I just really where I really, really do not want to rush him because I think even in these
12:17preseason games, you've seen after the initial sort of script, the first series, things start
12:23to go a little bit sideways, not haywire, because Drake does a good job of being very
12:27balanced.
12:28He's even keel.
12:29This is where I think he I think there's a low chance of him turning into Zach Wilson
12:34or Sam Darnold in terms of pressure and getting flustered in the media and the pressure and
12:39all this stuff getting to him and really affecting him.
12:42I don't think that's going to happen with Drake.
12:43I think he's I think he's got the stuff internally and in his head to survive all that stuff.
12:49And I think he's more along the lines of a Troy Aikman or Peyton Manning in terms of
12:54or even an Andrew Luck guys that came in.
12:57Granted, these guys were a lot more advanced than Drake May as quarterback, being ready
13:03to play in the NFL, given what they did in college, you know, but just in terms of mentality,
13:08those guys took a pounding their rookie year, you know, a lot of interceptions, a lot of
13:13sacks, a lot of losses, and it didn't affect those guys.
13:17I think Drake is more like those guys makeup wise than than the alternative, which I think
13:24I think gives the coaches confidence that even if they do, they rush the plan a little
13:29bit.
13:30It's not going to be going to be catastrophic for his development.
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16:15All right, offensive line city, so talk to the media the other day, but he hasn't really
16:23done anything right now.
16:25He wasn't even he wasn't at practice yesterday.
16:27From what I read, Darian Lowe banged up working away from the team.
16:33So going into Sunday right now, Greg, it looks like it would be a core of four Leverett Andrews
16:43Robinson or when or when it went right tackle your thoughts about where this offensive line
16:49is right now before we get to week one.
16:51Yeah.
16:52I was kind of surprised that city wasn't even on the practice field when we were there
16:57on.
16:58I guess that was Monday, I guess.
17:01Yeah.
17:02Monday.
17:03And they should be out there this afternoon.
17:04Today's Wednesday.
17:05I want to correct myself.
17:08It was Monday.
17:09He wasn't out there.
17:10They were off yesterday.
17:11Yeah.
17:12And I was at city's locker when he was talking.
17:15He was suited up for practice.
17:17He talked to us.
17:18You know, he sort of hadn't he sort of deflected the question when asked if he's going to be
17:22able to practice and play this Sunday.
17:25He mostly talked about that.
17:28He thought he did something to his Achilles, and I think we talked about it last podcast
17:33where I said, you know, my initial opinion was at at at best.
17:39It's a high ankle sprain at worst.
17:42It's a pop Achilles and he's out for the year.
17:44And that was his fear initially, even though he didn't think it was that bad, he was able
17:49to walk a little bit once he got off the field and he said the the MRI was negative.
17:54So he said, quote, unquote, it's not torn.
17:58But that's I mean, just look at like Christophe Porzingis.
18:02What happened to him during the the postseason at the end of the year where, you know, he
18:09all of a sudden pulled up lame and he didn't tear his Achilles, but there was something
18:13with the calf.
18:15Anytime you get into that territory, man, you know, watch out like you, you push it,
18:19you tear that Achilles, you know, look out.
18:22So I wouldn't expect to see city now.
18:25The left guard thing is interesting.
18:28You know, Leverett is mostly a guard.
18:30We've seen him.
18:31Most of the fans have seen him at center with what's gone on this summer.
18:36He did start one game or play a lot one game when he was at the Bucs at center with Tom
18:40Brady at quarterback, and I thought he did fine.
18:43He obviously had some issues in the preseason for the Patriots, but he's really a guard.
18:47And, you know, he's he's he's a solid player.
18:50You know, I I just find it interesting that, you know, could is he just a placeholder in
18:55case so gets back?
18:57We'll get our first injury report today.
19:02You know, I also think there's a chance that Michael Jordan, who was released in the second
19:08wave of cuts from the roster signed to the practice squad.
19:12He's been mostly the left guard backup during the course of the summer.
19:17And I actually think he's played pretty well.
19:19He's played a lot of NFL games.
19:22I think he's probably one of the best linemen that they have technique wise in the in the
19:26zone blocking scheme because he's done it before.
19:30So I don't rule out the possibility that Jordan is a elevation for game day and he
19:38could start or split time with Leverett at left guard if needed.
19:43Certainly I think certainly I think he'll be up because Leverett's the backup center.
19:46So if anything happens to David Andrews, Leverett moves over to center Michael Jordan pops in
19:51the left guard.
19:52But, you know, I do think and we've heard Mayo talk about it, Nick, about this this
19:57offensive line, which is basically what we saw in the last preseason game outside of.
20:01So, you know, I came on here and told you and the listeners that, you know, it it wasn't
20:08as bad as it looked under the the the torrential flags being thrown all over the place.
20:15And if they could get a core forward to line up in the proper place, you know, it wasn't
20:20that bad and it looked pretty good at times.
20:23And I think this is further and Mayo even talked about it, that he thought some of that
20:27was overblown.
20:29And I think this is further confirmation that, you know, it looked pretty good the other
20:33day.
20:34And I think the more they get to practice, we talked about before the preseason game,
20:38they didn't have a padded practice together.
20:40They only had two sort of jog throughs, not really fair to them.
20:43So, you know, I do think for now, I do think this is their best line and gives them the
20:47best chance to be effective against the Bengals.
20:51I stand by what I've said.
20:53I'm going to give them the first four or five weeks of the season.
20:55Settle up front.
20:56See what they've got.
20:57I think they have.
20:58If so is healthy.
20:59I think they have at least three solid to good to very good linemen.
21:03I think when you arguably is, you know, very good if he plays guard Andrews is Andrews.
21:08I think so is fine.
21:09I even think Leighton Robinson, all you need is one of those two guys.
21:12So or Robinson to work out for you and they have options, you know, chooks.
21:17Can he can he settle that right tackle?
21:19At least if you get the Darien low back, Caden Wallace, who's shown flashes, he's gotten
21:23better throughout camp.
21:24Does he end up your right tackle by week four or five?
21:26So I'm going to give him time to let it settle.
21:28I know that's not popular, but that's the way I look at it.
21:31Maybe I'm a little bit more patient than other.
21:32No react now.
21:33Nick, don't call it garbage.
21:37Call it garbage.
21:38Indict Elliott Wolfe.
21:41Speaking of and indicting Elliott Wolfe and everything else, do you have anything more
21:45to share about Brennan?
21:47Because I know you and I, I believe feel mostly the same way about this thing.
21:52And I think we're both pretty frustrated with with some of the quote unquote narratives
21:57that are out there.
21:58But do you have any final parting words on your podcast about you?
22:03So and I and I think I saw you tweet this earlier and I, you know, I totally agree that,
22:11you know, if you were going to criticize the Patriots, you know, could if they blew
22:17if they blew Calvin Ridley out of the water with an offer, because I think they offered
22:22around 20.
22:23I think he ended up getting like 22 if they went 25, 26, something like that.
22:29Is there a chance Calvin Ridley would be here?
22:32Yeah, there's a chance.
22:34I still I still think at the end of the day, his wife or girlfriend or whatever, from what
22:37I understand, and I've heard this from multiple NFL sources, she did not want to leave the
22:43South.
22:44They've been in the South their whole lives.
22:46Greg, obviously, you're just carrying the Patriots water on this.
22:49You are a mouthpiece for Elliott Wolfe.
22:53How dare you say you spoke to multiple people that said that it actually didn't just come
22:56down to the money?
22:58I just want to make sure that we have that out there.
23:00Yes.
23:01And also that I was paid off by a perch at practice that the Patriots gave me, I guess,
23:10to make me fat and happy and to say all nice things about the Patriots, even though I've
23:16second guessed what they've done in the draft.
23:20I've been, you know, critical of some of their decisions as far as the roster, the final
23:2753, how they're handling the quarterback.
23:30But anyways, so, I mean, do I think there's a chance that Ridley could have been here
23:35that you could second guess that?
23:38Yes, slightly.
23:39But again, Calvin Ridley's a number two receiver and he his wife, girlfriend, she did not want
23:46to leave the South.
23:47They've been in the South their whole life.
23:49OK, and the Brandon, Brandon, I have signs with the 49ers, which I told you he was never
23:54going to leave.
23:55They were not going to trade him.
23:56It was all this was, was a song and dance.
23:58I talked to the media the other day, basically admitted that he orchestrated this whole thing
24:03to remain in San Francisco, that he was using the Patriots and the Browns and the Steelers
24:09and whatever just to get the 49ers up.
24:11So bravo to Brandon and his representatives for doing that.
24:17This has nothing to do with guaranteed money or anything like that.
24:22Don't listen to any of this misdirection nonsense that's out there on the airwaves
24:26locally.
24:28They're just they're just they're missing the point, you know, predictably and on purpose,
24:36you know, to distract you to to to be entertaining, to, you know, rip the team because there's
24:45nothing else really going on in the two two week run up to the season.
24:5149ers was never coming here now.
24:54So you have you have two receivers who did not want to leave where they were or their
24:59you know, their region.
25:00OK, the Patriots lost out on two receivers, yes, but that doesn't mean that I don't think
25:07you could take any overarching things like New England's not a destination or they're
25:11being cheap or that it just happened to be two receivers that the likelihood of them
25:15getting either one wasn't great, but at least they tried.
25:19OK, and I'm sure some people will mock that and say, you know, yeah, they tried.
25:23I mean, I do think it's a if you're being honest, I do think it's a good sign for the
25:29future as they build this thing that Elliot Wolfe obviously looks at this roster and says,
25:34you know, we need a number one receiver.
25:36He went out and tried to get a number one receiver and he's bringing a bag, which we
25:41know Bill Belichick never would have done.
25:43You know, I think I think Brandon Cooks is still like the the leading receiving receiver
25:48that they've ever had in terms of payment for one season, and that was a long ass time
25:53ago. So look, you know, get beyond you, get beyond Calvin Ridley, you know, hope that
26:02the draft hopefully they can get a tackle in the draft.
26:05I've been starting to watch those guys, the guy from LSU, Cooper.
26:12Yeah. Is that his name, Cooper?
26:15I think it's Campbell.
26:16Yeah, well, Campbell.
26:17And then there's a guy at Texas who I really like as far as his skills.
26:22But watching a lot of offense tackles, you get that tackle in the draft, you sign a wide
26:27receiver next year, probably draft another one and, you know, start building this thing.
26:31But don't overreact to the brand and stuff.
26:33It's a total non story.
26:35And yeah, it just is.
26:38I'll just say this, if you want to listen to my entire tangent, you can check it out
26:43on YouTube, Zoan Bertrand, 98.5 YouTube channel.
26:46They took the whole segment I did on IUK from Monday.
26:50So it's up on that YouTube channel.
26:52I went into a lot of detail, so I'm not going to waste time doing it here.
26:56I'll just say every report, every single report from every single credible reporter.
27:03I'm talking locally.
27:05I'm talking nationally.
27:06I'm talking out on the West Coast.
27:09All of them, they all agree universally that the Patriots had the best offer, and
27:14multiple reporters out of those reporters have said that that includes guaranteed
27:19money, and the latest was Greg's buddy, Bert Breer, said it on Sunday night, Sports
27:24Sunday. Money was not a factor across the board.
27:27The Patriots had the best financial offer for IUK.
27:31So that's what's been reported.
27:34I don't know why we've got to go with this theory that was created on the radio
27:39versus what's actually been reported by credible people.
27:42I'll also say this. I guarantee you, if the same credible reporters reported the
27:49opposite. Our buddy Felger would be dry humping that report for the next five years
27:58about how, oh, well, did you see what Jocena Anderson tweeted about?
28:02There wasn't enough guaranteed money.
28:03Did you see what Matt Mayoco tweeted?
28:05Did you see what Bert Breer said?
28:07Did you see what Jeremy Fowler said?
28:09Unfortunately, our buddy Felger can't do that because those reports don't exist.
28:16What exists is they offer the most money.
28:19So, as he would say, fact, not opinion.
28:23The other thing I would say, you brought up second guesses.
28:25I think there are three.
28:26I tweeted this out just a few moments ago.
28:28You can follow me at Nixie Radio.
28:30I think there are three reasonable second guesses about Elliott Wolfe's offseason.
28:35The Ridley thing that Greg brought up, signing Chooks Accor for instead of Jonah
28:40Williams. I would let you know, by the way, that out in Arizona, they're not
28:44necessarily thrilled with Jonah Williams play at right tackle in the preseason at
28:48camp. He wasn't very good.
28:50So him and Chooks both kind of struggled.
28:53And the draft and the draft conversation with the context, and Greg has tweeted
28:58about this and wrote about this and talked about it, is you had an option.
29:02You could have traded the pick that ended up being Caden Wallace and the pick that
29:05ended up being Javon Baker to move up and draft Kingsley Suamata-Ia.
29:11But that stuff, to me, the Chooks, Jonah conversation and the draft conversation,
29:15if you want to be real about it, we don't know.
29:19Seven weeks, eight weeks down the road, if Wallace is the starting right tackle and
29:23Javon Baker within the next year or two.
29:25And I hate to say that people all year.
29:27Yes, I don't grade drafts or players out of drafts until like two years down the
29:31road, at least right.
29:32If Wallace ends up being a starting right tackle and Javon Baker ends up being a
29:36legitimate two or three receiver and Kingsley Suamata-Ia is OK at left tackle for
29:41Kansas City, that's the conversation.
29:44But to me, those are the three reasonable second guesses you can have the draft
29:48trading up Jonah versus Chooks and paying Ridley more money.
29:52And we'll see. I had no issue with Ridley.
29:55I had no issue not paying him as much as they would have had to to possibly get him.
29:59I was fine with what they did there.
30:01And we'll see how the offensive line unfolds and whether or not if it's a disaster
30:06and if it's bad, I'll be first in line to be yelling and screaming and criticizing
30:10Elliott Wolfe. All right, before we hang on one second, Nick, I want to add
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32:17So on the personnel thing, one one thing I wanted to add.
32:21Well, two things. Number one, and you're a master at pronouncing Kingsley's name.
32:26It's Suwamatai.
32:29Yeah, whatever. So he's big Kingsley.
32:33By the way, I'm just I need to tweet this out.
32:35I need to take. All right.
32:36Who's going to be the first asshole who tweets at me when Kingsley gets either holding
32:43penalty, gives up a sack, goes offside, but nice, nice, nice trade up pick.
32:50What do you think about your boy now?
32:51All right. Like, can we just relax?
32:53He's a rookie starting his first game Thursday night against the Ravens.
32:57Like, it's not going to be perfect, but yeah, he would have been my guy.
33:00And this is not a recent second guess.
33:02And I haven't waited to hear how his training camp has gone.
33:05Two days after the draft, I said that I would have I would have drafted Drake May.
33:10I would have taken the Chargers trade down that picked up the fourth round pick.
33:14I would have stayed. I would not have come up for Xavier Worthy or anything else.
33:19I'll stay with Jalen Polk.
33:21And then then I would have traded the Wallace and Baker pick up for Kingsley.
33:26That's what I would have done.
33:27That was one of my big second guesses from the draft.
33:29And like Nick says, we'll see.
33:31And in general, that's what I just wanted to say.
33:34Look, I'm sure there are a lot of fans out there and I hear them calling in.
33:38I hear the talk show hosts and they're ripping Elliot Wolf and the front
33:41offers for not doing this and that.
33:43And it's, you know, it's dereliction of duty what they've done with the offensive line.
33:48And they might be right.
33:50OK, but and this is this is the way I always approach things.
33:53I approach things from these guys, whether it's Bill Belichick and Macro,
33:59Bill Belichick and Nick Casario, or now Elliot Wolf and Alonzo Highsmith
34:05and Pat Stewart and and Macro.
34:10You know, these guys are not dumb guys, OK?
34:13They have been at this, most of them, a very long time.
34:17They have a lot of experience in the league.
34:19I didn't see this myself, but I heard this.
34:21Apparently, the Athletic did some sort of poll about which GM's
34:25do you trust the most?
34:26And I think Elliot Wolf got the most the leading votes.
34:28It was only five.
34:29But from agents, agents saying, who's the GM's you trust the most?
34:34Which doesn't mean anything.
34:35It's just nice to hear.
34:37But the way I look at it is these guys are smart.
34:41They've done this a long time.
34:44They obviously thought through what they were doing personnel wise on this team.
34:49They definitely debated Chooksacore for or Jonah Williams.
34:54They entertained Tyron Smith or the alternative.
34:58And there's a reason why they made the decisions that they did.
35:02Some of it was probably monetary that they looked at the PFF grades.
35:06Even if you looked at those as lay people like us,
35:09Chooks was rated better by PFF than Jonah Williams last year.
35:13And Jonah Williams is getting, I don't know, double digit million dollars.
35:16And you score four is getting like five here.
35:19You know, so yeah, all those things come into play.
35:22You know, the bottom line for me is like, I'm not going to stomp my feet
35:26and, you know, throw a hissy fit.
35:29Until I actually see it on the field, we're going to know
35:32whether these moves moves work or not.
35:34But I think these guys are entitled to make their decisions,
35:37whether it's in the draft or free agency or what have you,
35:40to field a team this year that they think is competitive.
35:44And Elliott Wolfe thinks that they have the pieces on the offensive line
35:47to be competitive.
35:50A lot of people would say they don't.
35:51I'm not ready to say that yet.
35:52I am waiting for the season.
35:54And by the midpoint of the season, about there towards the end of the season,
35:58we'll all know whether they were right or wrong.
36:01But these guys aren't just sitting there pinching money
36:04and trying to field a bad football team.
36:06They tried to do the best with what they have and looking into the future
36:11as well in terms of let's not spend all our assets in one offseason.
36:16Well, let's you know, is it better?
36:18What do we use here?
36:19What's better next year is a good free agent class.
36:22What about the draft?
36:23They're looking at all this stuff.
36:24These guys are smart.
36:25Elliott Wolfe and Alonzo Highsmith have been waiting
36:28their whole careers to be put in this position,
36:30and they've done a lot of good work for a lot of years.
36:33And so my default with everybody, and it's not just Elliott Wolfe,
36:38who, yes, I covered with the Green Bay Packers and who I respect.
36:41But this is the same with Bill.
36:43Every year I'd be like, well, I don't really like what Bill's done,
36:46but Bill's earned the right.
36:48And so we'll see.
36:49And so that's sort of where I am going into the season and their personnel.
36:54I could not agree more.
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37:26My my final question for you before we bounce.
37:29Jamar Chase, Zach Taylor just spoke to the media.
37:33He was asked if Chase is going to practice today.
37:37He said, quote unquote, we'll see.
37:40Do you think do you think Jamar Chase plays on Sunday?
37:45I do not think that he plays.
37:48But I mean, I could totally be wrong, but I don't know.
37:51It looks like he's trying to make a stand.
37:53Now, I would not be surprised.
37:55Mike Brown has a history of this sort of giving in once the calendar
37:58turns to September and they sign him on, you know, Friday or Saturday.
38:04But I don't know.
38:05I mean, that would be really rough to throw him out there week one.
38:10I think that would not be a good idea.
38:12So I'm going to say I do not think he is playing week one.
38:16One more note for those Patriots fans who are into the throwback thing.
38:20The Patriots just announced they will have their throwbacks on week
38:23six and week 13. So make that note.
38:25Week six, week 13 throwback uniforms. Those two weeks.
38:28All right. He's Greg. I'm Nick.
38:30We'll talk to you later in the week about this Bengals game. See you.