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year in the fourth quarter seven G ago

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wild is harder on ham than I am you know

what he's he won't get over saw

something he just saw you guys wait to

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reaction Kevin Clark who's I think one

of the best people covering the league

has said for years one of his favorite

NFL truisms is not every team is

actually trying to win the Super Bowl

and that was my takeaway from this

really the

Falcons are not trying to win the Super

Bowl they're trying to avoid being awful

and they have they this is the ultimate

hedge against bottoming out if you're

trying to win the Super Bowl going into

this offseason as Atlanta you have path

one sign Kirk Cousins maybe borrow a bit

from the future certainly use your top

10 draft pick on an instant impact what

you hope is an instant impact player and

as the draft a lot of us projected that

at eight you would have your pick of any

defensive player that's how I had an

every mock draft that's how it fell also

that's that's a path another path is you

know what we love Michael pinnick and we

know he's a rookie but luckily he's the

age of most guys who are on their second

contract he has the experience of that

so we are going to go the way a lot of

teams have gone which is Young

quarterback save that $100 million and

bolster the team that way instead they

went path three the ultimate hedge

against their decision being a disaster

the ultimate hedge against ever having

to deal with a Desmond R Ritter

situation again which is fine if your

goal is win a bad division maybe win a

playoff game and stay in the mix and so

listen I I think there are pros and cons

to pinex the prospect that we can get

into and there's pros and cons to Kurt

Cousins the quarterback that we can get

into but there is no argument to be made

made that 48 days ago when you knew your

cap space you knew the free agency

situation all the quarterbacks were done

playing games and you knew where you

were drafting that there is a coherent

thought process of we are going to be

the biggest Spenders in Quarterback free

agency and take the biggest leap in the

quarterback draft those are those are in

contradiction and so yeah I mean it was

shocking Brew because what the Falcons

told me is they value not being awful

more than they value a chance at being

great which if I'm a Falcons fan a

bummer I wasn't

shocked I was

FL

dumbfounded

what like you said you should have known

if if you wanted Michael you should have

known 48 days ago 44 days ago that you

loved Michael pennick I get it that you

know you still had some to go through

but still you could have if you he's 24

will be way they didn't bring him in he

wasn't one of the 30 prospects they

brought in so they don't even have the

argument of we didn't know we'd love him

but then he came in our building it was

great so it was all from tape it was

from what they watched they didn't fly

there no they saw him but I'm saying

they brought in 30 prospects to their

building he wasn't one of them but go

ahead and that doesn't help him out in

in the public relations but if you if

you knew if it's all on tape you should

have you got scout team the college guys

that Scout and they should have been

looking at this guy hey we love this guy

this is our opportunity y he's going to

be there at eight this is our

opportunity to have a quarterback he's

24 so he's older than most college

quarterbacks and he's ready to play now

and he won't be making any money yeah we

can build up our team and look what

obviously they didn't do that and they

tried to be the Green Bay Packers here's

my thing that's different when the

Packers drafted Jordan love they were a

13- win team right they they had

obviously Aaron Rogers was balling out

and he was older okay but they didn't

have as many holes right they had

Devonte Adams they had Aaron Jones they

had you know mvs they had a night they

didn't have the holes that the Falcons

have also a pick in the mid 20s is

different than a pick at eight at eight

that's very true you could have tra down

and got pinck later probably I mean the

way things were looking maybe he would

have gone sooner than we and Jordan love

is Jordan loves 25 going into year five

so him sitting and waiting makes more

sense than at 24 if it I mean ideally

you will hope it goes well with cousins

and he's there at least three years

balling out let's let's just say I mean

maybe it'll be two but let's say it goes

well in his three years he gets you

right close to Super Bowl contention and

then you bring in in and he's going to

be does he really want to sit for 3

years at 24 years I'd be I'd be ticked

off if I was him so I feel so people

today and last night were like oh man

this sucks for Kirk Cousins and with

respect to Kirk who seems like a great

dude I don't feel badly for Kirk at all

not at all no when you decide I am going

to be a football mercenary essentially

I'm going to prioritize the business

side of football in such a great way

that as he has to be one of the highest

paid players ever well sometimes the

business side of football comes and gets

you sometimes when you leave a when you

go to a team that has no emotional

connection to you that this might happen

the guy I feel terribly for is Michael

pennix Michael pennick who right now

their plan is their hope is that he

doesn't see the field until he's 26 27

years old and let me add one other thing

wild the other Bru point that one of the

best things we were talking in your

office yesterday like who's the worst

quarterback who'd still be good if you

got to pay him what you pay a a draft

pick basically that would add value you

know what I mean like if you could take

Daniel Jones but pay him what the 10th

pick gets does that help you so much of

the value of drafting a quarterback is

the the savings even if he going be

close to making ready to make real money

well right and for the next two years

they'll have no savings because they're

paying Kirk and this is this is how I

also know the Falcons didn't plan to do

this six weeks ago cuz if they would

have structured Kirk's contract where

instead of a big signing bonus it was

guaranteed salaries then he's really

tradable right like next year you could

if they it's like oh it's like Alex

Smith and Mahomes they trade Alex Smith

but if you trade Kirk in a year you have

a $40 million cap hit because of the

sign at least two years or or even if

they do trade him you don't have any of

that savings it's just how I know this

wasn't the plan six weeks ago um Chris

Sims had a good tweet Brew I want your

take on it I didn't get it but he was

writing cousins is going to be rehabbing

from aorn Achilles Michael penx is going

to be throwing missiles at practice

every day and everyone's going to notice

do you think this could possibly flip

and all of a sudden little quarterback

controversy like we're going to see in

Jacksonville well I I'm like you make

good points and then you undercut them

go ahead first of all there will be

Contra if Kurt Cousins doesn't come out

and play great like right away or by

week four whatever there will be calls

for Michael pin yeah all right so that's

number one secondly though like Nick

said I mean yeah I'm sure if they would

love pinnick to look great in practice

the problem is cuz then you could say

well we can trade Kirk and maybe get

some but like he they Str get the value

on your cap and so people bring up you

know Russell Wilson did it to Matt Flynn

right but Matt Flynn's contract was not

a mult it was a three-year deal but it

wasn't a multi-year commitment as far as

two the first twoe is fully guaranteed

it wasn't at this level of salary and

there wasn't also as much Buzz around

Russell Wilson when they when they took

Russell Wilson the third round nobody in

the moment was like oh man quarterback

of the future he went out and proved it

and won that I just I really firmly

believe that there is and I don't want

to I feel badly here because I don't

know the man but this is just the the

way the way Terry font no operated to me

is it is the way one would operate if

they are putting their job security

ahead of what's best for the you're

kidding me for the franchise what would

make you and so and I just here's the

thing chasing away Bill bich well okay

well there's that part too I forgot

about that here's the thing about that

well I didn't I it wasn't think we also

know this there's no I mean yeah I like

Michael pinnick he looked fine at

Washington there's no guarantee he's

gonna be that guy no of course when I

say job security they may think so but

even if he's not you buy yourself time

by him just being on the bench and not

playing like you know what I mean in a

way that you got a couple years right

yeah you got a couple years but if in

two years it's a Trey land situation I'm

not saying he plays real games way but

in practice he doesn't look good now

he's going to look good practice also

for the record Trey Lance and Michael

pinx one day apart as far as how old and

Tre Lance's going into year four and so

like that's the other piece of it is I

just feel terribly for pinnick I I

really do win the job that job is

winnable I don't think it is winable

right now yeah I don't Kurt Cousins on

one Achilles cuz Kurt Cousins on one

Achilles and you throw a beautiful ball

what about the money I understand listen

I know Chris Sims sent a good tweet it's

not enough to make me believe Sher

backed up and he won the draft oh oh

Sher did win the I told you he's an

oracle sher's got something weird going

on yeah called he talks to everyone noer

Trager won the draft but you know what

I'm a big fan of of silver medals in my

a goat conversation everything I'll take

I'll take the silver watch out and

Hollywood Brown Nick do you love this

Wilds what do they call me Mr

consistency I have a consistency

conflict oh no you do on one hand on one

hand my longstanding controversial

belief that football is not for tiny

people I understand people think I'm

mean I'm mean and it's a hot take but

the that the idea that guys who wear

extra slim suits are probably not going

to be my pre so that is just a general

belief that is in conflict in conflict

with my long-standing belief of anytime

the Kansas City Chiefs can trade with

the Buffalo Bills on the draft day you

got to do it it led to the Babe Ruth

trade of the NFL which you know I like

to remind people what it was because it

was you know that's how we got Patrick

Mahomes with a trade with buffalo on

draft

couple years later the Chiefs jumped

right ahead of Buffalo to get Trent

McDuffy that of course worked out and

now you're trading with Buffalo again to

get this guy so when those two are in

Conflict what do I go to I go to

tiebreakers what does Andy Reid saying

so Andy Reid said you know he reminds me

of Deshawn Jackson I was like oh that's

interesting that's interesting and so I

want to show you brew uh H couple

hilarious Graphics which is there's this

raw athleticism score test 10 is perfect

zero is non-existent here's Xavier

worthy which is what you need to know is

this he has basically a perfect score on

everything and then weight he has 0.3

because he weighs 165 lbs so at first

blush you're like okay that that again

how does that look compared to Deshawn

Jackson can I see that please oh my

goodness they're the same weight he's a

little taller and he's more athletic how

did does sea look with Andy Reid okay

good so short version is this Brew

biggest winner of this is Isaiah Pacho

because you're going to have lighter

boxes because you know what I mean if

you can't catch him you got to be over

the top and it is not the pick that I

thought they were going to make it's not

the pick I would have made because of my

allergy to Tiny players but I trust the

Chiefs and if you can trade with the

bills you trade with the bills so I like

how about that look I said yesterday you

got a Ferrari and you're treat him like

a Toyota now you are finally treating

him once again like a Ferrari and and

look as much as it's going to pay me I

don't want to see any more banners

confetti love Kansas City but I don't

know that I want to go there next year

in February okay all right but I'm G

have to deal with all this from Nick

because it's this I love it I love it I

mean you mentioned Deshawn Jackson how

about Devonte Smith he's small too he's

great and and as good as Deshawn was and

Michael Vic that that year in Philly and

all that he a have Patrick Mahomes

throwing him the football what Mahomes

is gonna make this dude a superstar well

I I really believe that and as you it's

gonna open everybody up everything up

for Pacho for the receivers underneath

for Travis like it's gone this is a

great also on the board he just can't

get open well ex that Xavier worthy K

yeah I'm just saying it just gets a

little bit whoop and that like really

have to get off press coverage of course

but he runs when you run a 42 you can

get over and you know it so here's the

thing I don't that's not my concern okay

because he didn't play small college

football he played Big Time college

football and unlike other speedsters

like John Ross or others he was highly

productive every year the only year he

wasn't was when he broke his hand which

a hand injury I don't think it's because

you're skinny uh my concern is not that

he's not going to be able to get open I

think he'll be highly productive similar

the the when people were talking about

him first I brought up tank Dell tank

Dell was unbelievable and then he got

hurt my concern is not that and it's not

that tank Dell won't be good again but I

think he'll be highly productive when

he's on the field it also the Chiefs now

will be starting three sub four4 guys

P's a 437 Hollywood's a 427 and this

guy's the fastest guy ever but the other

piece of this is and credit to them

credit to them for knowing when you're

beat this is also the bills waving the

white flag on the Rivalry so dusty drop

the banner I know Bruce said he's sick

of them but please it'll drop

promise Dusty you can do it maybe it won

I'll Des Dusty you got it come on Dust

oh there it is oh that seems sad rest in

peace the bills Chief's

rivalry is true no because if the bills

thought they were still the the bills

understood and understand got to take a

step back got to reorganize got

recalibrate so they're not competing

with the Chiefs not with the chief they

still I'm sure they still think they can

make the playoff and they can't that

division but if they thought they were

competing with the Chiefs for a Super

Bowl they don't trade with the Chiefs to

let the Chiefs move up and get their guy

the only sport show with a gravestone

prominently displayed R past

me finally the team of the century grabs

Drake May at three to replace and if

you're holding a drink pour it on your

carpet ma Jones Bel was on with McAfee

and had this read Drake Compares himself

a lot to Josh Allen we'll see about that

I think there are some comparisons with

the size in athleticism but Josh Allen

is a pretty special player sure Brew do

you think I should be happy because I am

you were going to be happy no matter who

it was not it was JJ McCarthy I mean you

really would you

would America all fall in line I would

fall in line but I wouldn't have been

happy I would have fallen in line but

now I'm happy I I I do think you should

be happy than look I got my doubts about

Drake may but one he does have upside

yeah I I think that's the thing like I

don't think he's ready right now you can

put sitting behind jacobe brassette for

a season or you know he can play the

last few games I think more than I think

in the teens teens yeah I think I I want

to see him the last few games 10 games

after the B we'll see where the B is you

know what we'll see where the B but but

the bottom line is he jom veret is a

smart quarterback he can learn from him

yep hopefully for next season they start

to build give him some weapons that's oh

right you got time for that and he can

learn so the bottom line is he's got

more potential than the M Jones and no

listen he actually see reaches up to

right to me he's kind of the opposite as

a prospect of Mac now Mac I thought was

high floor low ceiling it turns out he

was low floor low ceiling I mean no

that's what it turned out unfortunately

that's what I'm saying is let's hope

they don't screw around and give

special teams coaches Drake May has more

variance to me than any of these

quarterback prospects you know what I

mean in that it's on the board that he

is Mitch trabis sure but it's also on

the board that he is you know a lesser

Jos well I would say a lesser version of

Josh Allen 2.0 I do I have two concerns

here Brew one is whenever people say use

the Josh Allen comp it feels a lot to me

to mix metaphors when NBA people are

talking they're like trying to be the 04

Pistons I'm like okay yes it did happen

but it's not really duplicable like a

guy improving his accuracy improving his

the reason Josh Allen is such a unique

story is because we'd never seen a guy

go from that in college to that now

Drake was better than Josh in college in

a bigger program but the other part of

it is just the history of any

quarterback that isn't the first or

second quarterback taken in a draft

right so I I'll give it to you real

quick just very quickly here and this

applies to Nicks pennick McCarthy all of

them so I just went for every draft from

year 2000 to now there's 24 drafts of

the those 24 drafts the first

quarterback taken not number one overall

I his first quarterback taken 11 of the

24 worked out objectively for the team

that drafted him second quarterback it's

eight of the 24 for the third fourth

fifth or sixth

it's four or less for every single spot

this Century yes four or less guys so so

I'm so like the third quarterback taken

in the draft who are those the well the

Herbert the right Herbert and Josh Allen

Herbert Josh Allen and one more a all

there's one more Big Ben Herbert Josh

Allen Big Ben were the and there's one

more D he was D was eighth best was the

eighth quarterback Tak so you didn't

count cuz there's other no of course my

I mean it's at his point was the ninth

quarterback can I tell you something I

overheard Nick trying to come up with

this and I researched it myself okay

that's he's like say there's where was

Jaylen Herz number so Jaylen Herz was I

think the fourth quarterback taken and

Lamar was the fifth so right Brew that's

my point so the the third quarterback

taken has worked out for four of the 24

teams have done it the fourth

quarterback taken has worked out for two

of the 24 teams the fifth quarterback

taken has worked out for three of the 24

teams Lamar is one of them the sixth

quarterback taken has worked out for two

of the 24 teams now historically those

guys aren't top you know three picks

usually and certainly not first round

picks I get it my simple point

is you the odds are stacked against you

even at taking the second quarterback so

I think I don't buy that I don't buy

that because there there have been so

heck most of the greatest quarterbacks

were not drafted that early right but

there but that dismisses Brew the long

list of second rounders I get that but

I'm just but I can name a bunch of

number one picks and number two picks

recently who didn't pan out I mean I get

the odds and stuff but I I'm just saying

the odds are stacked against him is all

I'm saying I disagree I think they're

stacked for him okay he's got a little

gronowski thing going on him his

brothers yeah they're like grank would

have been a bad quarterback grank yeah

bad quarter this is a quarterback not a

tight but yeah got

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