In short
The episode is a panel vote to crown the “2026 offseason champion,” with Greg Rosenthal hosting and three panelists scoring nominees from 1–10. They also give “superlatives” for notable offseason themes (e.g., “offseason winner based solely on vibes,” “congrats for being normal,” “biggest narrative swing,” “made the most with the least”).
Key claims
the 49ers have the cleanest argument due to Osa Odighizua for a third-round pick and Mike Evans as a value free-agent signing; the Raiders’ offseason is elite because of roster-wide fit, spending, and coaching continuity under John Spitek and new coach Clint Kubiak; the Texans deserve top marks for extending Will Anderson Jr. and Aziz Alshair, plus steady roster-building around CJ Stroud.
Notable examples
49ers—Odighizua trade, Evans signing, Trent Williams retained; Giants—John Harbaugh hire, Denard Wilson, Francis Malinoua; Raiders—Tyler Linderbaum, Kirk Cousins, defense additions; Texans—extensions, David Montgomery, Reed Blankenship. Guests/panelists: Greg Rosenthal (host), Jordan Roderick, and Greg Rosenthal’s co-panelists including Chris “Bobona” Bubona (Rams fan) and “Eric Roberts” (voting in the back room).
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Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VORecap of Last Year's Offseason Winner
2:56 to 4:02
Discussion about the previous year's offseason champion and nominees.
“Not only a host, but I'm a contestant and a client, and I will be contributing to determining the off-season champion of 2026.”
Nominating Teams for Offseason Champions
4:02 to 4:28
Introduction to the criteria for nominating potential offseason champions.
“We're going to nominate six different teams to potentially be the offseason champions.”
Recognition of the Los Angeles Chargers
4:28 to 5:05
Highlighting the Chargers as offseason winners based on vibes.
“My first superlative is offseason winner based solely on vibes, and that goes to the Los Angeles Chargers.”
Normalcy Awards for Saints and Bengals
5:05 to 6:12
Discussing the Saints and Bengals for their normal offseason moves.
“And this is the congrats for being normal awards.”
Bears Local Media's Narrative Shift
6:12 to 6:41
Discussion on the positive narrative shift for the Bears local media.
“You have a competent head coach who's working well with the GM to be a Bears media member and swing from, hey, not really sure what this year is going to look like to, hey, guys, remember, there is a plan here.”
Browns' Offseason Challenges
6:41 to 7:31
Analyzing the Browns' offseason struggles and efforts.
“I'm going to give an award called the, if it wasn't for your quarterback award, and I'm going to give that to the Browns.”
Commanders' Potential Future Moves
7:31 to 8:12
Discussing the Commanders and their need for a key player.
“Otherwise they would have been a strong contender for off season champion after another, what seems like to be a pretty strong draft.”
Chiefs' Offseason Strategy Review
8:12 to 10:16
Overview of the Chiefs' strategies and key players involved.
“So instead of giving them an offseason award nomination, which I was tempted to do, I give them a player away award superlative.”
Jaguars' Front Office Award
10:16 to 11:16
Discussion on the Jaguars' decisions and their impact on the franchise.
“The contract ended, so it's not the same as being fired.”
First Nomination: 49ers Offseason Moves
11:16 to 14:01
Nomination of the 49ers for their offseason moves and trade analysis.
“I surprised myself the more I thought about this, was they just had the cleanest argument.”
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Assessing Offseason Nominations: Rams and Giants
14:01 to 18:08
The hosts evaluate the offseason moves of the Rams and Giants, scoring their performances.
“I'll admit I was going to let you have one more nomination.”
Giants' Future: The Impact of John Harbaugh
18:09 to 20:05
Discussion on how John Harbaugh's leadership is shaping the Giants' direction and their offseason moves.
“I think they maybe wanted a little higher level of receiver, and they get Darnell Mooney and Calvin Austin and Malachi Fields in the third round.”
Raiders' Rebuild: Analyzing Key Moves
20:06 to 23:25
The hosts dive into the Raiders' offseason strategies, focusing on their coaching changes and player acquisitions.
“I think Isaiah Likely didn't mention his name.”
Max Crosby's Importance in the Raiders' Offseason
23:26 to 24:01
A pivotal moment where the significance of retaining Max Crosby is emphasized in the context of the Raiders' offseason.
“from about 10, 15 years ago, actually you can spend a lot of money in free agency and really help the baseline of your team and that many of these guys will be hits.”
Overall Impressions and Scores for Raiders' Moves
24:02 to 27:38
The hosts wrap up their thoughts on the Raiders' offseason, detailing their scores and overall impressions.
“That's his sort of pedigree where he comes from.”
Rams and NFL News Roundup
31:39 to 34:18
Discussing recent NFL news including team changes and player movements.
“Hey, Rams, like, didn't work out against the Seahawks those fourth quarters, huh?”
Houston Texans' Strong Offseason Moves
34:18 to 37:09
Exploring the Houston Texans' notable offseason signings and strategies.
“You know, our guy Alec Hallaby says so long and here's some more money for Big Dom.”
Evaluating Offseason Success and Processes
37:09 to 40:09
Comparing offseason strategies and evaluating the Texans' approach.
“I had I was surprised to see the Texans on this list.”
Tennessee Titans' Offseason Strategy
40:09 to 42:00
Analyzing the Tennessee Titans' offseason decisions and player acquisitions.
“It's like, it's always like the most average takes.”
Analyzing Trade Wins and Player Performance
42:00 to 45:16
Discussion on player trades, their impacts, and team strategies.
“Jermaine Johnson thought that trade was a major win.”
Building Competitive Teams: The Case of the Jets
45:16 to 48:37
Insight into the Jets' offseason moves and draft strategy.
“I don't know why you didn't like my argument.”
Evaluating Offseason Strategies and Future Plans
48:37 to 52:38
Discussion on evaluating offseason strategies and future team outlooks.
“especially with guys who you are going to draft over the next couple of years.”
Crowning the Offseason Champions
52:38 to 53:20
Announcing the Las Vegas Raiders as offseason champions.
“No, cause they, I liked Chris's point about the, uh, getting this entire ecosystem ready for a quarterback as well.”
Transcript
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2:23From the Chris Wesleyan Podcast Studio in Inglewood, California. Today, our panel of the top football minds in the world will crown the 2026 offseason champion. Let's meet the panel. He's still not ready to issue an apology to Mickey Loomis. It's Greg Rosenthal. Maybe it's her. Maybe it's her twin. would we really know? It's Jordan Roderick! Now, welcome our host, also Greg Rosenthal. Oh, yes! Not only a host, but I'm a contestant and a client, and I will be contributing to determining the off-season champion of 2026. This is a very serious, special, important award, Jordan, which I gotta say, the committee nailed a year ago.
3:17Do you remember what we did on this show a year ago? Chicago Bears? Chicago Bears were in the mix. The Los Angeles Rams. Oh, right. We had a heavy swing. Like, we had a heavy weight from our producers behind the glass. Yes. One of whom is a Rams fan, Chris Bubona. So we will be voting 1 to 10 of all our nominees who could be the possible champion. But we had the Rams win by.00001 over the Patriots. because I didn't want the Patriots to have that pressure. But how about that? We got the AFC champion going from like a last place team. We got one of the two best teams in the NFL. I don't think it's an exaggeration to say with the Rams.
3:57They had a good offseason. And you mentioned the Bears. They were also one of our high-up nominees. We won't mention the other ones. That didn't do as well. Never happened. You talk about the good ones. Here's what we're going to do. We're going to nominate six different teams to potentially be the offseason champions. But before we do that, just because we have so many takes boiling up inside of us, we're just going to throw out a few superlatives of some of the teams so that people can hear a little more about their teams that didn't quite get a nomination. I love that. I like warming up with this.
4:31My first superlative is offseason winner based solely on vibes, and that goes to the Los Angeles Chargers. pairing Mike McDaniel with Jim Harbaugh has already produced some of the best offseason content. They had a great draft. Loved seeing all the behind the scenes clips from that as well. And Mike McDaniel, Justin Herbert, and we hope healthier offensive line. It all is looking like good vibes in El Segundo. They were they stayed to the script like big guys, good vibes. We are counting coaches and anything that happened since January are included. I'm going to give an award for two teams together.
5:09And this is the congrats for being normal awards. I have forgiven Mickey Loomis. The Saints and Bengals, I thought about both of them as true nominations. And then when I really dug into it, I was thinking, well, I'm giving them like a little too much credit for just being normal. But normal is a big step in the right direction. The Saints got, you know, Etienne, David Edwards, the guard. I think they had a really solid draft. They got guys to come in and play. They didn't throw any void years out there. That was nice. And then the Bengals, you got to like replacing Trey Hendrickson with Boye Mafé is tricky.
5:45You know, you did lose Hendrickson. But the Dexter Lawrence trade in a draft that I liked overall. Unfortunately, I had to knock him a little for keeping Zach Taylor. I feel bad. But it's the congrats for being normal awards for those two teams. I like that one. I'm going to go here with biggest narrative swing. And this award goes to the Bears local media contingent who had to remind Bears fans this offseason on multiple occasions, including after the draft that, hey, you actually have competent people running your franchise. You have a competent head coach who's working well with the GM to be a Bears media member and swing from, hey, not really sure what this year is going to look like to, hey, guys, remember, there is a plan here.
6:29Biggest narrative swing goes to the Bears local media. It is interesting seeing them be positive, seeing the Giants reporters. Maybe we'll get to them on the show. Maybe not. But that's a good call. And I think the fans need to calm down about the Bears draft. It was fine. It was fine. I'm going to give an award called the, if it wasn't for your quarterback award, and I'm going to give that to the Browns. It just was hard for me to get to the point of nominating one of the three nominations. And yet, they, through their own fault, had to replace an entire offensive line this offseason. and I think they did about as well as they could have.
7:04Titus Howard, Elton Jenkins, Zion Johnson, Spencer Fano. They brought back Tevin Jenkins. Like, about as good as that was going to go for you. It's not going to work perfectly, but I like the draft. And they were in that slot for me. And then I thought about losing Jim Schwartz over some Brownsie. He wasn't happy about not getting the draft. I do like Munkin, but that was like just enough to knock it in addition to the quarterback. but I would just want to give them a little love. They're up there for best off. Yeah. Same reason. Otherwise they would have been a strong contender for off season champion after another, what seems like to be a pretty strong draft.
7:39It just, I just couldn't quite get there with the Browns in a similar vein. I'm going with the, a player away award. So teams that feel like there may be a player or position group away from actually excelling the commanders wide receiver. They've got a cluster of slot receivers and Terry McLaurin. Let's see what happens next. and I think that, you know, they're not going to be done here. You know, you hear a lot of connectivity rumblings between them and Brandon Ayuk, for example. Adam Peters is connected with him. But, you know, there's just no clarity yet on that situation. So instead of giving them an offseason award nomination, which I was tempted to do, I give them a player away award superlative.
8:19Also, the Pittsburgh Steelers at quarterback. Oh, okay. Yeah, we'll find out. We'll see. The reports are they're getting a little sick of waiting for Aaron Rodgers, But we'll see. The Commanders, by the way, third in the NFL in total spending this offseason. Fourth in guarantees. And second in first-year cash. Three different metrics there. So they did what they did a couple years ago. They spent a lot of money. I'm a little more skeptical, but I think they make sense. Colleen, by the way, tried to give them a nomination last year, and I buried it with a score of two or three. Yes, I recall. That war, you know, that aged well.
8:57That aged well. That age well. You know what else is going to age well? One last little superlative from me. This is the toughest one to leave off. It was the made the most with the least award. I'm going to give it to the Chiefs because they were in a tough spot. But if you kind of go through what happened, you get rid of Nagy, you bring in Biennium like that. And it was a little gutsy that they kind of chose to do that like that. Justin Fields is the guy, if Mahomes isn't ready, for what they got paid for him, great. You have to tray away McDuffie. And that's why I didn't quite get there all the way.
9:31That if you lost the three best guys in your secondary in one offseason, even though it all makes sense with the cap, it was hard for me to get there as a nomination. But you replaced him with Mansoor Delane. Yes. You bring in Kenneth Walker, who could be one of the best free agents. You did the sort of signings I liked in terms of Lohe Gilman and Kader Kohu and Kairos Tonga. The more I talk about it, maybe I should have nominated them. I am high on the Chiefs offseason. I thought about them as one of my nominees as well. It's just really easy to trust the plan, what it looks like here on face value.
10:02And I like what you mentioned about the coaches too. Let's not forget, Eric Bien-Ami was rehired for the same position that Matt Nagy currently had before Andy Reid talked him up in a press conference. And then it's just sort of eased him out of the building. Yeah, it was very artfully done. The contract ended, so it's not the same as being fired. But if Matt Nagy didn't get a job this year, the Chiefs weren't going to hire him. Yeah. So my last superlative is the, hey guys, can you just keep quiet for just a second? Cause we want to keep liking you award. And that goes to the Jacksonville Jaguars front office.
10:38Just, just let it sit. Those are your friends too. And really want to keep liking, liking the process. I, I like, I believe in it. I believe in them. I just like, let's just, I like that they're different. I like that they're different. where they came from, the Rams. They did things a little differently. It's worked out. Love those. Man, we just hit like seven or eight teams that quickly. Can we keep up that sort of pace? I want to see it. Probably not. I hope so. So I talked about the Chiefs not getting a full nomination. In the end, they were bumped off for the 49ers. I'm ready to make my first nomination.
11:15And the reason I'm going to go with the 49ers, I surprised myself the more I thought about this, was they just had the cleanest argument. I admit this is a bit of a soft sell. I have three nominations, and this one's a little softer of a sell, but here's the sell. I think you can argue the best trade of the entire offseason might be Osa Odigizua for a third-round pick, considering what the 49ers needed more than anything, which was some interior pass rush juice, and you gave up a mid-round pick for a cost-controlled defensive tackle who is great at that, exactly what they need. I think you can make the argument that the best free agent signing, especially for value, was Mike Evans to the 49ers.
11:59So you're telling me one team possibly had the best trade and the best free agent signing? When I went through all the offseason lists from a year ago, seeing who did well, who didn't. I mean, if you could just get like two big difference makers, that's about as good as an offseason goes. Yeah, it's great to get a bunch of different contributors. Not many teams actually do that. So if these moves hit, like I think it's so high level that I'm going to give them a nomination. They also kept Trent Williams at a fair enough salary. You know, they added to the wide receiver depth with with dribbling in the draft.
12:34I know people didn't love their draft. Exactly. Christian Kirk's also a board. Overall, it's mostly about a diggy Zua and Evans as a nominee. I think people forgot about those moves that they made earlier in the offseason, Greg, because the criticism was so loud. over the draft where they were clearly drafting for role players and depth guys and also just the picks against consensus and that whole debate that again I'm sure everybody's changed each other's minds about and with their internet comments I feel like this is just it's a in the eye of the beholder and they also have a coach and a coaching staff overall who we know will maximize the roster, whatever it is, whatever it looks like.
13:20They just keep going. They're old as hell. They're getting healthy, even though they're old as hell. They brought Dre Greenlaw back. I didn't know I would be mentioning that as a positive. I actually did not care much. I understand it got too top heavy at the position with Dre Greenlaw coming back. I thought Dee Winters showed some real potential. He struggled at times, but he had so much to carry with Fred Warner out last season. I thought he popped, but they got a return on the pick. and all of that. And yeah, it's hard. It's hard in a totality to argue with what the 49ers look like right now.
13:54They did lose their tight ends coach, Brian Flurry, to the Seahawks. So again, I didn't have like a perfect third nomination for a minute. I'll admit I was going to let you have one more nomination. That didn't seem right. So the difference this year between last year is we're going to score our own nomination, which adds a little bit of intrigue to it because you could really put your finger on the scale. Jordan, let's get your score. If you're watching on YouTube, we are writing these scores down and you are holding up a 7.5. 7.5. The draft for me does bring them down a little bit. I am skeptical of some of that.
14:30I like the DeJuan Schwartz dribbling pick. I think he's a fit for them. But the offseason, the Brandon Ayuk situation is still a bit murky. We're just going to have to see. And so I like their free agency and the rest of their roster in general. definitely have questions about the draft. So 7.5. Yeah, I'm going to give my own one a 6.5. You know, just so that... I thought you were going to be higher than me. It doesn't seem like I'm so biased. But I think... I just... Odigizua Evans wanted that for the record. Eric, you are representing the back room. You and Chris Babona are voting. Your vote really is what put the Rams over the top last year.
15:05And wow, you're giving an 8.5. 8.5. I'm a big Mike Evans guy. I like Mike Evans. That's what I mean. It's a division. they're there with the Rams they're at the Seahawks it's just about maintaining I don't think they got worse you know did you notice how we're giving Eric nice even like round decimals yes to work with for now because we know he has to do the math in the back and this is also Chris Rams guy back here Rams fan he was like 8.85 range okay good wow you know sometimes we try to get too cute with all this this analysis like okay you added Mike freaking Evans yeah and he took less money than the Bucs were offering just because he wanted to go play for your championship contender.
15:43Let's go, Jordan, your first nomination. My first nomination is the New York Giants. I think that the John Harbaugh hire and subsequent staff turnover, the organization is now funneling totally through him. And if they're going for competence, they look competent. I like their draft. I'm pretty skeptical still about Matt Nagy, just in general. I kind of always have been. It's a little knock, wasn't their first pick. Right, but I do like Denard Wilson a lot. I think that he gave some real respectability to the Titans defense in a pretty bad year overall last season. And while it's not a really good look to part with a disgruntled player the way that they had to part ways with Dexter Lawrence, who seemed to have his mind made up already that he wanted to leave.
16:27John Harbaugh specifically seemed to be immediately absolved of any blame there and then was able to get a good return on the pick and then brought in Francis Malinoa, who to me feels like a John Harbaugh building block type of player. They have a clear identity on offense now where I felt they've lacked that for quite some time. John Harbaugh clearly wants to play more 12 personnel. Theo Johnson and Isaiah Likely make for a really intriguing pairing there. And I think that personnel is friendly to the quarterback in Jackson Dart and maximizes what they think the quarterback can do. And like I mentioned, I like their draft.
16:58They're continuing to build around players. They like getting more help on defense, building a little bit more of a shape-shifting identity on defense, which I actually do trust Denard Wilson a little bit more than maybe some other coordinators they've had in the past to try to get the most out of that. I like their I like their offseason. I really I thought about it for a while and I very much talked myself into, you know, I do think the Giants had not just a competent offseason, but one that really, I think, would give fans something to be happy about. That's a good case for him. I like it. I thought hard about the Giants.
17:30They are high up on the list of teams that spent a lot of money. just waiting for that applause. A little delayed there. Might indicate how they're feeling about the Giants case. There we go. I think they were sixth in terms of, or fifth in terms of first year cash given out. So very active in free agency. They're seventh or eighth in some other metrics, total guarantees. I like the process. I like throwing a lot of money at it. I like Harbaugh. They maybe just could be knocked a tiny bit for, like, they wanted Munkin and they got Nagy. It's not their own fault, but you know, I'll knock them a little bit.
18:09I think they maybe wanted a little higher level of receiver, and they get Darnell Mooney and Calvin Austin and Malachi Fields in the third round. You know, all building up the depth. I think the Lawrence trade was a total win for them, actually. Yeah. And I'll give them credit for their draft. In general, they've helped to, like, rebuild the floor. Good offseason. All right, your first. John Harbaugh's the number one argument. Yeah, well, I think that not just John Harbaugh, but like the reorganization that they try to keep super, super quiet from public scrutiny, but it's very obvious that this has happened where now he is at the top of the food chain.
18:46We're going to start the scoring this time to mix it up in the back room. I hope they are ready. Bobona and Eric scrambling. What is the score that you're going to give the New York football Giants? This is a Bobona score. He does not like the offseason. He does not like Darvell Reese pick. He's arguing. Wide receiver early in the draft. This is a Bobona pick. Who are you going to take there? Jordan Tyson? I don't accept this. For our listeners, we got a finger wag at Eric Roberts from Chris Bobona in the background. So 6.5 was my score. This is why Greg doesn't let this side of the window do things.
19:25It's good to contribute, but But I will try to overcorrect it by giving them like a slightly higher score maybe than I would have. I think Jordan made a good case. I think Harbaugh was cool. I think it's definitely a better offseason than the 49ers. And so I'm going to give it a nice round eight. Eight for the offseason. I'm giving them a 7.2. I put them slightly less high than the 49ers because they didn't have as many immediate clear impact players come in. as the 49ers had acquired earlier in the offseason. So I love the competence here being shown by the New York Giants. And we'll see how it works out for them.
20:057.2. I think Isaiah Likely didn't mention his name. And Patrick Ricciardo will add some little fun elements to that offseason. I did mention Isaiah Likely. Okay, my bad. But yeah, some ones like Greg Newsome, even Tremaine Edmonds was a little funky. All right, I'm going to make one more nomination before we take our first break. and I'm going to nominate the Las Vegas Raiders. Let's go to where their offseason truly got started. I mean, I don't want to pat ourselves on the back, but I think the Raiders offseason started the moment that Clint Kubiak talked to Jordan and myself on the field after the Super Bowl.
20:46Clint, I know you're going to celebrate tonight, all of that. You know I have to ask, though. So the rest of your life, the rest of your head coaching career comes after this. How are you feeling about it right now? Yeah, I'm a Seahawk all night tonight. I'm going to celebrate with these guys because, you know, we deserve that. We worked our tail off. And, you know, whatever happens next will happen. But I want to celebrate with our guys tonight. And look, he was very calm for a guy that had just won the Super Bowl in Las Vegas. That's sort of his, like, natural state. It's always very calm. they kind of did the thing I think you want them to do, rebuilding an organization.
21:25I think it was smart to keep John Spitech. I believe the moves that they've made, it's borne out that let's not restart the whole thing. Let's let John Spitech take over with his vision. Let's kick Pete Carroll a little bit unfairly on the way out with some unsourced reports and some source reports. Didn't love that. But let's spend some money. second in the entire NFL in total spending first by a good amount in total guarantees. And in the top five, in terms of first year spending, so you get Kubiak, who I think is a perfect coach for Fernando Mendoza. I just, it seems like a perfect fit. You give Tyler Linderbaum a lot of money.
22:08I don't care that he's resetting the market. To me, centers were underpaid. Like He's a high-level starting offensive lineman that is going to change a lot. And if you just think about the floor that they set, especially in free agency, I think Kirk Cousins is a perfect guy to pair with Mendoza. On defense, especially, it's a totally different group. Quidipe, just a solid edge rusher. Kobe Dean, very excited about that. Teron Johnson's at nickel, and then you draft Trayden Stooks there to play some safety. I think they actually could play well together. Jalen Naylor helps that wide receiver. We'd like a little more there.
22:41Quay Walker. It reminds me a little bit of the Patriots a year ago in terms of they're not all going to work, but I think the thinking was sound. Now when you look at this defense, it looks like a football team. The reason I like it, maybe even more than the Patriots offseason a year ago, is that the draft, you get Fernando Mendoza. Yes, you didn't do anything to get the number one pick, but you feel differently about it. Then I like the values that they got deeper in the draft like Kieran Crawford. They have so many edges right now. Jermon McCoy was a worthy selection in terms of taking a little bit of a risk.
23:18So overall, you just look at the roster and it's so much improved. And I do think unlike the conventional wisdom from about 10, 15 years ago, actually you can spend a lot of money in free agency and really help the baseline of your team and that many of these guys will be hits. I like that they basically pooled a fund of money together and resources, including that first overall pick as their quarterback development fund, right? Like not just the resource of the first pick on Fernando Mendoza, but also, uh, Tyler Linderbaum paying overpaying or resetting the center market to bring him in. That is the most crucial player.
23:57Uh, a great center is the most crucial player that a quarterback could have when he's first starting out in his career or into his career as a veteran even. And I remember talking with you guys a little bit about this last season or last off season where it just was weird to me the draft did not feel uh their their draft last season did not feel like I thought it was going to feel and I kind of finally put my finger on it this off season sort of assessing where they were picking and the types of players that they were picking and sort of the background this felt more like a Tampa Bay like vintage Tampa Bay draft and develop core players draft and that's John Spitek.
24:35That's his background. That's his sort of pedigree where he comes from. This felt a lot more like John Spitek than perhaps the other one did. Again, I'm not going to do the thing that they seem to do, which was kind of kick Pete Carroll while he was down. But I do think that there's a lot more clarity and identity in their process. This, this off season probably kind of helps when you have a first year head coach coming in fresh off of a Superbowl. So has missed most of the, uh, entryway to the off season program. So you're kind of just setting things up around him as well. I just, I really liked their clarity of process this off season.
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25:06I thought it was good stuff. Yeah. I think Kubiak's higher is a big reason why I had them this high and people, including myself, were noting like that is not a good wide receiver group. Like they could use that second round pick Jack Besh from a year ago to play better this year. But you did not only get Linderbaum, they're probably starting Spencer Buford, who's from San Francisco at guard. And you drafted Trey Zune in the third round, another guard. They drafted a couple last year that they're going to try to develop as well. And you draft a pretty good tandem back, Mike Washington, with Gentry.
25:39So it was at all steps of the process, coach, free agency, and draft. Overall, I like what they did. We'll see about some of the free agents. They're all not going to work, but let's go. I think I made a great argument, and I am going to give myself a 9.5. Oh, yourself, not the Raiders. Yes, not the Raiders. A 9.5, also with the Spanish double exclamation points before and after. Nice. That's worth a little extra. I am going 9.4. Oh, wow. It's really hard to argue much with what the Raiders have done this offseason. Every piece of the offseason, from free agency to the draft, just made a lot of sense.
26:21By the way, they got a premier edge rusher back. Oh, my God. Okay, actually, we're changing the score. Unfortunately, that was such an important part of the argument that they ended up keeping Max Crosby in the end and that I didn't say it. I'm actually going to give a lower score now. To yourself. To myself. It's now 9.3. They got knocked down a couple. But that's a good point. I would rather have Max Crosby ultimately than those first-round picks. But it's close. But this team is better with Max Crosby. You know, I'm pretty shocked you forgot. He also is the classic double consonant to end his first name, Greg.
26:58Like, I thought you had a kind of... I had it written down. That is a big miss. Sometimes you just get lucky, and we'll see if that luck carries them to a good score from the back room. Yep, 9-4-5. Okay, wow. You can't be filled down when Fernando Mendoza is talking at a podium. Like, it's impossible. And then you got Kirk Cousins in the mix. They poached kind of two Ravens. Like, you know, like, I know the Max Crosby kind of fell through. It wasn't them necessarily taking him, but he fell back into like a refurbished relationship that looks way better than when he left. And it is going to be a great storyline too.
27:31Like the Max got traded and now to me, it's just a very WWE storyline, which helps. Oh, wow. They are real contenders here to be off-season champions. Let's take a quick break and we will come back with our final nominees who will be the off-season champion.
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31:32We're back here determining the 2026 offseason champion. Hey, Rams, like, didn't work out against the Seahawks those fourth quarters, huh? But you were our offseason champion last year. That's got to make you feel better. Because I'm a sicko and it really bothers me when NFL news happens that we don't talk about, and we have a daily show. I'm going to fly through a little bit of news quickly here. Not major signings. Tyrod Taylor is the new Packers backup quarterback. Shout out to Tyrod, still collecting checks. I hope Jordan Love doesn't get hurt at any point, but it would be kind of fun to see Tyrod in a meaningful moment for the Packers.
32:15They cut Desmond Ritter. Dante Fowler is added to the mix of the Seahawks pass rushers. I could see that working out well as a backup. He's been with Adan Dirty, the defensive coordinator, when they were in Dallas. I wonder what you think about this, Jordan. Alvin Kamara was on Teron Armstead's podcast, and a lot of people thought he was going to retire. I thought he was going to retire. He made it very clear that he was excited about the Travis Etienne signing and really sounded like he wants to play. So even if they set up his contract in a way that he could retire or they could cut him really painlessly, sounds like he at least wants to stay.
32:52Do you think the Saints want to keep him? I mean, he means so much to the fan base and to the city. I would imagine they would at least put their best foot forward to try to work something out. But if they thought he was retiring and maybe he's changed his mind. One of the things, though, that I like when teams long play or slow play a veteran who's sort of on the fence a little bit is the concept of giving that player enough time to miss football. And that could as simple as that be what's happening here and everything's resolved by training camp. if I'm Alvin Kamara though, and I know my impact and I know my, my meaning, uh, to the franchise overall, I would definitely try to get a little bit more money.
33:28Well, I think the only two options are he's either taking a pay cut to stay on the team, uh, and they threaten to cut him or they keep him at his current salary. Yeah. and we'll see, we'll see what they want to do. Anthony Richardson. We talked about him with Seth Payne on Monday. I know you, you missed that show as a, as a real deal. Seth called it out. Seth was like, where's, where are your cohosts? I'm a real deal Seth head, man. He missed you. We talked about Anthony Richardson. He is reporting to the Colts facility now and starting to work out with the team. Looks like he's staying at least for now.
34:00Skylar Thompson is a member of the Baltimore Ravens. LeJarius Sneed has been cleared of his serious assault charges that prevented him, I think, from signing with the team. We'll see if any team is interested. He did not play last year very well for the Titans. And then Big Dom got an extension for the Eagles. You know, our guy Alec Hallaby says so long and here's some more money for Big Dom. Just absorbed the money. Just absorbed the salary. All right, let's get back. Thank you. Thank you. Eric, appreciative that that was fast. Let's go to the Houston Texans. I spoiled it for you. I read your nomination out loud.
34:39I love the face you made when you realized it halfway through. I'm Ron Burgundy. Go ahead. Yeah, I'm going to nominate the Houston Texans. for offseason champions. It starts with the Will Anderson Jr. and Aziz Alshair extension. So locking up two core players who are the best players at their respective positions in football who are also huge parts of the team identity, re-signing another quality starter, Sheldon Rankins, extending Daniil Hunter for, you know, he's playing at such a high clip, just not sure how long that will keep going, but continuing to come to friendly terms with him on year-to-year deals.
35:15They just pay their guys that they like who fit what they want to do. I like that they kept both coaches. We will see. We still will see what year two of Nick Kaley as offensive coordinator looks like, but I really like that they kept Matt Burke, their defensive coordinator, had a little head coaching buzz, a tiny amount of head coaching buzz this offseason. D 'Amico Ryans really, I think, manages those guys very, very well now in his shifted role a little bit of someone who's not necessarily calling plays, but a part of every piece of the building. They had their fans worried at the start of the season.
35:49I think I sent you and Patrick some funny social media posts that I saw of some of the panic that was happening from Texans fans because they were very sort of slow and meticulous with the way that they changed parts of their offensive line, but bringing in Keelan Rutledge and I'm going to try the bet. She we woo. There you go. Via the draft could actually be contributors for them right away. I love that they added David Montgomery to the Woody Marks, you know, sort of run game package. I like that they added Reed Blankenship as well in free agency to the Kalen Bullock, you know, and Jalen Petrie combination.
36:26They had some injury and other issues, personnel issues at that number two safety spot last year. And this just is a simple solution for them who also clears up Jalen Petrie to do more of that really great work along the line of scrimmage. And that was sort of like star slash hybrid linebacker role. It's really, really hard to argue with any of the decisions that the Texans made this offseason. And I think it was really quietly because because not many people, I don't think people are talking about them enough. Really, really quietly. One of the best offseasons out of a team and their draft didn't get a ton of pop, but it was serviceable to what they actually did.
37:03needed to do filling in depth and also bringing in more reinforcements along their offensive line. It was very Casario coded. Yeah, I love that. I had I was surprised to see the Texans on this list. You're right. This is my favorite offseason. Oh, you did make the case in the two guys. They got Caitlin Rutledge, Caden McDonald. They're, you know, a guard who's just looked at a solid and Caden McDonald, who's kind of the final piece of just a run-stuffing nose tackle. They quietly were in the top eight to 10 in all the categories I've been talking about. Guarantees and first-year spending. They actually did spend more money, and that's not even counting the Will Anderson move.
37:44Another thing I like is the way they've handled the CJ Stroud struggles at the end of last year and how they've supported him publicly, but also clearly made it known that they're not going to talk about his contract this offseason, but they believe in him. I just think a clarity of thought in general for the whole offseason, and they got there in the end. I actually like what they did with their offensive line, Braden Smith, Wyatt Teller being added late for cheaper, maybe even a little more than what the Browns did. So you convinced me. I was a little skeptical, but I agree. Just icing on the cake here.
38:17I think they're also starting to face like a wealth at the receiver slash skill pass catcher position because they did extend Dalton Schultz, but then they kept adding at the position. But they also had those young receivers who developed last year. And then they're also, you know, it's Nico Collins. And then they also have people coming back from injury. Like I just, I think they're really sitting in a very, very good spot to maximize what's left of CJ Stroud's rookie contract. I love the argument. Let's hear it. Great. I am going to give an 8.9 pretty high I know my son is going to be listening to this with bated breath wanting to get the highest score here for his Texans Tank Dell returning that's not really something you get that much credit for but just overall their receivers room went from being like a couple of years ago two really good players and a bit of a question mark to now they've got like more guys than they know what to do with at this point.
39:17Also, I saw the quotes from the opposing GMs about the Will Anderson contract. The Texans didn't just reset the market. They blew it out of the water. I'm like, are other GMs this dumb? When you extend a guy who's on a fifth-year contract, it's a five-year contract. Them taking advantage and doing it early, his average for those five years is$33,$34 million. It's actually, I think, very team-friendly. and just they get caught up in the Schefter report of 150 over three. Like it's good for both sides, but the big advantage, that fifth year option signing early, just stupid. I love when you go on.
39:55It didn't reset the market. I honestly am starting to be sick of the, here's what executives around the league think about things article. Don't need them. They're usually not that smart. Just makes me seem, think less of them. It's like, it's always like the most average takes. So if you're going to be that average, put your name on it. Come on the show. Yeah. Come on the show. Sorry. I said that the Texans were my favorite offseason. I'm going to prove it here. I'm giving a 9.6. This will be the highest grade unless Greg can convince me otherwise. For a team that I give this offseason, it's just I like their process.
40:32I love that they didn't lose anybody that would make them worse. I like that they added players that can take them from an A to an A plus in a lot of places. And I like the quarterback. I think it was a blip last year. Okay. Eric, they got a chance to go into first place here. Oh, sorry. Seven, five guys. It's a stay of the course off season. I don't think they, like Jordan said, they didn't get worse. They're very much going to beat the crap out of you on defense. They pushed the CJ Stroud down the road. David Montgomery hater. It was kind of work. I literally just told Chris, I like David Montgomery, but again, is David Montgomery really moving the needle for you guys?
41:09He's a good locker room guy. I have another score I'm actually going to give Eric only a 5.5 for speaking before he pulled the microphone yeah that's rough hey guys I'm done with a cold thing over here I'm trying not to breathe all up on the mic that's very thoughtful do you see this here I'm going to mute you that was great Eric I like you guys standing on the table I have one last team to nominate I think it's a really strong nomination It's the Tennessee Titans. And now here's the thing. I don't agree with every single move that they made this offseason, but I like the process of it sounds like it's easy to do, just throwing money at your problems.
41:53But it was the right thing for them to do this offseason. And when you look at the balance of players, these are players that are mostly young. Jermaine Johnson thought that trade was a major win. They know Tavondre Sweat. He's been in the building. They don't want Tavondre Sweat, who's even younger. Jermaine Johnson's going to help you out. Cordell Flott, he's an NFL cornerback. Alante Taylor, he's an NFL slot cornerback. Those guys are overpaid, no question. But they're coming into their second contract. I like it. Same thing with Wandale. I think Wandale Robinson, all these guys, they're not totally breaking the bank, but they're upgrading where you need them.
42:33Jonathan Franklin Myers was a little bit of an overpay pay and an older guy, but again, a familiarity with Salah. And that's where I, this, they put me over the top for nominated them. I do like that. They got rid of Chad Brinker. I, you know, I, I made front of the Titans a little bit for changing their plan every year, but ultimately I think Borgonzi's vision vision with Salah and getting Brian Dayball, who's been in the league a long time and can run an offense. And, and it's also an assistant general manager here, apparently. Considering all the options that they had, I think it was like a BB plus for the management coach, everything.
43:15It could have gone a lot worse. Arizona. And that's why, like I trust Salah a little bit with some guys that I weren't as high on in the draft in terms of Kedrick Falk. And then who's the linebacker Hill in the second round, Anthony Hill. I think he's a perfect. Right. I think here's the thing. now that he's with Salah, those two guys, I actually think he has visions for these guys. It all fits. They kept Calvin Ridley. Overall, they are just a better team by a decent amount, and I'm kind of buying this vision of the Titans. Well, it's similar to a couple of years ago. Thank you, Titans fans. It's so good.
43:53It's similar to a couple of years ago when the Panthers at least attempted to overpay on a couple of positions in free agency to try to like re-level set. And then also you have to do that to be competitive initially in a new coaching regime. Often you do not inherit like a crap load of draft picks. You often do inherit like some salary cap room or at least you shed a lot of people to make room for new players who are veterans who can level set the rest of your roster. They did that. I mean, you can absolutely argue overpays for a lot of these players, but they did exactly what they set out and intended to do, which was lift the floor of their roster, as all of these rebuilding teams do, and try to put better players around Cam Ward.
44:41And I don't think the overpays were even that dramatic. It's just the new NFL. Wandale Robinson making$18 million a year sounds crazy. He's a productive starter. In two years' time, that's going to be the minimum for any third receiver. It already is pretty close to it. they did spend the most amount of money. And so, yeah, when I think of offseason champions, second in guarantees and first in first year. When I think of offseason champion, it's not always a compliment. And so I do think it's teams like the Titans who just went a little wild with it and kept us talking. I think it's what they needed to do.
45:17Jordan, let's start with you. Oh, only seven. Seven point zero. I don't know why you didn't like my argument. It's not personal to you, Greg. It is personal to me. No, I like it. And again, you know, some of our listeners, I'm sure, like, why are they all getting, you know, relatively higher scores? This is the best of. Oh, yeah. We're nominating the best off seasons of the year. I think it was really solid. And I can't continue to use this word overuse it on this show, especially it was competent. It looked competent. It was creditable. It was creditable, as we've loved to say about the Titans in one way or another, at least on defense.
45:50I like also the sort of experiment that's happening here where they're going to bring in two former head coaches in sort of retread roles. Although Dable obviously being the offensive coordinator, two really big personalities. So far, though, it's worked out in a way where you can see why it makes sense, where they've each kind of gone after their own players and say, hey, we can fit them on a roster together. Here's what we know about Robert Sala. He's not going to solve your offense. 8.4 is my score. Self-love is important. I think I really made a convincing argument. No, they would have been number two on my list, I believe.
46:28I mean, that's why I nominated them. I guess the Raiders by score is my number one. Eric, what do you got? Yeah, we're going seven as well. Yeah, I was very much in the same boat as Jordan was just saying. I like Robert Sala. I like Brian Dayball. Maybe it's my Josh Allen roots with him. But, yeah, you get two guys. Both know what they're doing. and go fix whatever the hell has been going on there for the last decade. Hey, they had a successful coach, Mike Rabel, there for a while. They might be enjoying Patriots offseason, too, from afar. Let's talk about your final nomination, Jordan. Don't say it.
47:08I don't even know who it is. I am nominating the New York Jets as one of our offseason. Oh, no, they were. Come on. You had to have the Jets in there. I thought I thought hard about that. I like when Eric hits a drop that just is like it cracks me up. A lot of this is because I really like their draft. They had a lot of picks to use. They have a lot of rebuilding to do. And I can see the vision that they're trying to build with. They brought in a couple of great weapons in the draft and Kenyon Sadiq and Omar Cooper Jr. for your guy, Geno Smith. um Gino Smith really excels with players who are zone beaters specifically who can create after the catch I like the idea of Kenyon Sadiq in line with Mason Taylor together with this offensive line I also like the thought of either of those players detached from the stack as skill players as well in compliment to to the guys they already had on the our guy they already had on the roster um this as I've said ad nauseum about our offseason winners here this was all about a combination of a team that needs to raise the floor and raise the competence level and the identity of its team with veteran players, which they went and did in some ways in free agency, but then also by stockpiling these draft picks and trading out guys who weren't necessarily going to be with them for the long term, and then also drafting to complement.
48:27So they might have contributions this season. You know, Jetsby reporters are thinking from all eight picks could have an actual spot here with a dozen or so new starters in total. and then you replace the veterans, especially with guys who you are going to draft over the next couple of years. You could see this plan start to be in place. I do like that they kept relative continuity. Aaron Glenn, it was a really rocky year for him last season, but they went about committing to players who you could see were fits for him. And I also am sort of pandering to you a little bit because your favorite player was drafted.
49:02Gino helped. Gino helped. I thought about it very strongly. D 'Angelo Pons is also a new Jet now. He's one of my favorites. I'm pandering to Greg a little bit. Big swings, big misses in my mind, but it made me think hard. I think you deserve an applause here. For some reason, Chris Babona is on the mic now. We ready here? So I think that... I don't get applause? Yeah, she never got any applause. I need more validation than Greg does. Let's be honest. We switched producer chairs and now... Yeah, thank you. Now Eric's doing a ton of stuff. Thank you.
49:38Just a little more. Just keep it going. Just a little bit longer. Let's keep going. Yeah, this is all I have, you guys. It's all I have. Well, I'm ready for your score, Chris. Let's hear it. We can talk a little more. I'm going nine. Wow. I think it was a very, very strong offseason. And I think two of my favorite parts were, number one, I think David Bailey over Arbel Reese is going to go down in history. Like, really, really. I think that is, like, one of the best picks of the draft. And then also just that they didn't even entertain the QB class of this year and are going in with Gino and then waiting for next year.
50:12I think that's a very good strategic point for them. I think that is a great point about that. They built an offense ready for that next quarterback and that they're set up. And that is kind of part of their offseason. They started the trade. I also think you going so hard. Bailey over Reese feels personal, like an attack on me when I've been the total opposite the whole time. And, um, and I'm going to knock you for that. I am going to give the jets a, you made a very persuasive case, but I'm going to give them a 7.7. Ultimately, I have to go with some of my first gut reactions to the free agency period, which was on Yamada.
50:58that's sweat. That's Vandre sweat trade. I kind of like for the other side, to Mario Davis, Minka Fitzpatrick, the combination of all those. We said at the time, it's guys. They are certainly going to be replacing in the next year or two. My concern is they might be replacing him in week four. That is, they, they just are bust essentially. And I, that, that could be wrong. And ultimately it's a little bit of lack of faith in their vision because I'm looking at it here. Their entire defense, other than Jamie and Sherwood was literally not on the roster when Aaron Glenn got there. And that's just a lot of turnover.
51:35And he hasn't shown me that he can kind of make it happen. So that's a little bit of a knock, but all of your second stage arguments in the draft and overall picture, I think makes sense. Yeah. I think too, you bring in a quarterback like Gino again to lift the floor of everything, but you certainly are not thinking that he is going to be your longterm. So people get lost in the sauce a little bit, seeing him and thinking, oh, maybe they're going to be really competitive. No, this is a rebuild. And the reason that they've got floor raising veteran players in there is because they are going to be drafting in volume over the next two seasons, including this one and replacing players with their draft picks.
52:12But they have to feel the rational team. I tell you what, I'm giving them an 8.3. I'm not going to go 8.3 wins, but I am going to go over five and a half wins. I think already. I know that. Yeah. That often will be competitive. They will be competitive. That offensive Gino plays well is a competitive offense. I actually have more questions about the defense. You can rebuild and earn a little respect in the process. That's what I think they're doing here. Trying to, I'm glad you gave them some love. No, cause they, I liked Chris's point about the, uh, getting this entire ecosystem ready for a quarterback as well.
52:45And I like him going so hard at Bailey. I, when I'm going back at you, Chris, that's just my, that's my love language. I like that you went so hard at it because I really haven't heard that take a ton either. For a number two overall pick, people should be getting more excited. Get excited. We definitely have to clip it because our takes on this show live forever in posterity. Especially the ones we're right about. The final Jets score will be somewhere in the 24s, which is good, but it's only going to be good enough for third place. The second best offseason was another Jordan nomination. It's the Houston Texans.
53:22But the offseason champions are the Las Vegas Raiders. They did it. They did it. Wow. We are out on a limb here. I mean, last year it was the Rams. An already successful team. But we had the Patriots, and look what happened to them as number two. So this year we got Raiders-Texans. I'm doing the math in my head for the Jets. I believe the Jets finished third, and then it was very close between the final three teams, but the 49ers, Titans, and Giants in that order. I think this is a good list. It's an honor just to be nominated. This exercise was really instructive for me because I did not see a ton of room between the top couple teams, and I did like those New York teams.
54:14And then I think there was a lot of teams that had good off-seasons, except for one little thing bothered me. Oh. For you, Greg. Jordan is holding up Greg with the number 10 next to it on her placard. What do we call these? I don't know. I mean, that's the nicest thing anyone said to me all week. And it was my anniversary. You know? Hey! I'll be here all week. We really will be. We've named the offseason champions. Let's hit the music. Congratulations to the Las Vegas Raiders. You finally did it. You won something. Let's go. You did make the playoffs a few years ago. Almost won that game, but not quite.
54:52Congratulations to the Raiders and their fans, and to Steven, and to John Spitek, if he's out there listening. We believe. And it definitely means that this is the most important thing of all to predict what you're going to do for the regular season. Yeah, this wasn't necessarily supposed to be predictive, but last year, since we nailed the first two and three out of the top four, I'm kind of viewing it that way. Now we're rooting extra hard for the Raiders. Like I said, I will be here all week. Wednesday's show is going to be really fun it's myself all the claymates and the claybonvivants out there will be excited because we're doing a mailbag so check out my prompt on Instagram and Twitter and bluesky send us your questions and we will be answering them on Wednesday's show we'll see you then, congratulations to the Las Vegas Raiders
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