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18:54Gregg Rosenthal:Daniel Jeremiah's gonna love that one.

18:56Jourdan Rodrigue:He will. I thought you were gonna do, like, a rootin' tootin' joke or something.

19:00Gregg Rosenthal:Wow, you think so little of me, Greg.

19:03Jourdan Rodrigue:Brian Flurry, it hits me, was there with Sam Darnold in San Francisco. Yes. Not that he was coaching him directly, but he was a tight ends coach there at the time. Yeah, I think this is a really run. It's all just so incestuous. The whole division is preposterous, and that's why I don't like the Michael Fleur hire, because we need to just break out of this vicious cycle. And once again, the Cardinals are at the bottom of the barrel in terms of their choices. But hopefully Michael Fleur won't be like that. But yeah, a lot of names we'll be talking about throughout the course of the season. uh you wanted to talk a little bit about the john harbaugh article by ian o 'connor who for the athletic seems to be the official john harbaugh whisperer slash there's got to be a

19:49Gregg Rosenthal:book coming like i have to think right i can't wait to read it it's a little much but it's also

19:54Jourdan Rodrigue:very good reporting and it's good and we know how john harbaugh with all respect to you know connor who's doing an amazing job and i'm obviously is considering multiple things here But like we're kind of seeing John Harbaugh's vision through Ian and he's reporting that. And part of the article was just about the structure. Maybe the most interesting thing here is that their new hire, Donna Ponte, who used to work for the Dolphins and then has been in the league office for a long time, is above Joe Shane on the depth chart. that everyone is reporting to Don Aponte, who then reports to John Harbaugh.

20:34Jourdan Rodrigue:So there's like another layer removed where Joe Shane is just scouting. And that's it. At least that's the most interesting to me. What hit you?

20:42Gregg Rosenthal:Yeah, that was the most interesting part to me. And I think that, and just from like a nuts and bolts standpoint, because I know you and I like to talk about reporting a lot too. Whereas like, I think he's doing it in a really smart way where, and I'm not just saying that because we're colleagues. because I look up to him enormously, but I think he's going about it in a really smart way where there's been a lot of stuff and nonsense put out there by certain team officials talking about a unilateral decision-making and all this stuff. And it's making it clear that not only is that not the case, but John Harbaugh seems to be the one that's making it clear that that's not the case here a few weeks later.

21:23Gregg Rosenthal:And it goes to show to me how much, first of all, anyone with a pulse could have seen and known immediately. I don't think anybody believed this group when they said like, oh no, we're going to hold the helmet equally and all that. Like, I don't think they believed that for one second. Um, but they still kind of kept force feeding that into the narrative from the organization. And it goes to show like, first of all, yes, John Harbaugh is very much in charge. I think that if you're going to have an overhang GM with a shaky track record, this is exactly the way you need to do it. You have to acquiesce control.

22:01Gregg Rosenthal:If you're going to hire somebody who has such a resume as John Harbaugh does and such a vision for what he specifically wants, and you're going to keep the old GM, the GM quite naturally has to acquiesce power and control. But what the other side of this is, is how much so much of this hiring these hiring cycles greg are titled and uh and and um like sort of coordinated to protect the ego of men who are worrying about that versus building a team so i i just feel like we we get some of these like peaks behind the curtain when this like aftershock reporting comes out which is what this is um the first 30 days and it's making a statement very a statement that was sort of pushed aside or quelled or tried to quell for the sake of ego, like very, very clear and obvious the way that we all thought that it was.

22:57Jourdan Rodrigue:Right. And a cynic or at least maybe a realist would say like the ego of John Harbaugh is a big part of this, too. In that half the article is like how hard he's working. He has not had time to even go to. And I'm sure it's all true, but it's given us his 4 a.m. workout routine, which I love that stuff. But it's it's one of those articles that if it doesn't go well in New York, you'll look back and be like, like, like he's feeling himself here. And I would, too, if I just signed a one hundred million dollar contract. And yeah, the whole building is basically reporting to Donna Ponte, who is reporting

23:35Gregg Rosenthal:to John Harbaugh. And it's interesting because I think those types of details paint a picture of somebody who wants people to know he still got this. You know, like I still am capable. I still am, even though it was maybe not as mutual parting from the Ravens as I'd like people to think that it was or they'd like people to think that it was like I'm in control. And this is why it will work that I am in control.

24:04Jourdan Rodrigue:I got the juice and I got the muscles. Yeah. All right. Let's take a quick break and let's come back and let's talk tag before we get out of here. So we're going to go through like the top potential guys who could get the franchise tag. Hey, it's Carissa Thompson.

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29:38Jourdan Rodrigue:I'm clueless. My kids are going to be even more clueless, which I worry about. I set it into different sections, Jordan. The first section, and we'll just go through them, is a lock. I only have one that's a lock. It's already been reported. It's George Pickens. I think the most interesting thing to think about George Pickens right now is, could they tag and trade him? And if so, what would the price be? The wide receiver tag is$28 million,$28.8 million. So a nice come up for George Pickens, considering where he was last year. it's not like the Steelers dumped him but that was you know they were getting mid-round picks for him and now he's getting 28 million at least Cowboys have a lot of cap issues I tend to think they will just tag and keep him but what what do you think the market would be if they kind of opened it up for offers well I mean I think you're looking at at least a second round pick

30:32Gregg Rosenthal:maybe a couple of of mid-round picks for a George Pickens who you're going to need to pay if you're an acquiring team. So you have to factor that in as well. He's such a talent. And so that's part of the reason why I can't see the Cowboys parting with him outside of one extremely notable exception last offseason. A lot of times they've done a pretty decent job of like keeping their players who are their good players, essentially, again, outside of the Micah Parsons situation.

31:03Jourdan Rodrigue:Too many of them, some Cowboys fans would argue. They've given some big contracts to not even great players. Yeah.

31:08Gregg Rosenthal:Yes. And so I think that that's, that's a factor here. What we absolutely can't roll out is the fact that Jerry Jones is going to want this in the media for as long as possible into the spring and summer. So I'm sure we're going to hear, and you know what, like the wild card here, and I know you guys, you talked about it, I think with, with DJ on a previous show is, is David Mulgetta being George Pickens agent, also Micah Parsons agent, also somebody who Jerry Jones insulted last offseason ahead of even the negotiation process with Micah Parsons. And you try to think, OK, well, that can't possibly play a factor in people doing their jobs and executing.

31:50Gregg Rosenthal:But if there is going to be straws that are maybe grasped at or reasons to not sign a player that they need, that they want to use, that an owner with a history of sort of holding on to these types of things wants to use, that could be one of them. It certainly would be the stuff of the type of noise that they want to perpetuate about their brand into the offseason. I think the smart thing to do would be to tag him and keep him. But again, George Pickens and David Milgetto will probably have some sort of conversation or say about this, too.

32:20Jourdan Rodrigue:They have a they're 30 million dollars over the cap. They can do a million restructures and obviously they can figure it out. But, you know, if you if you tag a guy, that's just a clean 28 million dollars. I hate the franchise tag. I think they should get rid of it in the next CBA. It's so hard for these guys to earn like they're right. You know, there is no free market in the NFL, but closer to what free market value would be that it seems like unfairly weighted against the players. That said, since it does exist, this is a situation where I, if I'm the Cowboys, I would not want to give George Pickens a long-term deal because of the up and down nature of his career.

32:59Jourdan Rodrigue:I think one year is perfect. And if you did have a team willing to give up, a second plus i don't think it's a i don't think it's crazy to trade him at all because i i don't think paying him and cd lamb like between him 60 million dollars long term is maybe that big of a winning strategy but most likely you kick the can down the corner because i don't think teams are going to give up much for george pickens to be honest with when you have to pay him that much

33:23Gregg Rosenthal:money yeah if it's the contract aside which we can't logically put it aside because it's going

33:32Jourdan Rodrigue:to be something you're going to have to pay him 100 million dollars guaranteed so do you want to do that plus picks for george pickens i don't think many teams will yeah unless the picks aren't great

33:41Gregg Rosenthal:so that's why i would think the cowboys have some leverage there but looking at some of the rest of these names and then also the names on the free agency list there are going to be teams who miss out on getting their number one receiver again perhaps like teams that have struggled to nail this position over the course of the last couple of years there are going to be teams that are maybe not wanting to take a risk on Tyreek Hill because of the injury stuff, because of the off field stuff. And maybe the contract becomes a little bit more palatable in that case. If you think, okay, we can bring this guy in and he's going to be our difference maker.

34:17Gregg Rosenthal:And we think we have the right program for him as well. Yeah.

34:21Jourdan Rodrigue:I think, I think it'd be fun. I like, because you're not getting Alex, Alex Pierce, you know, you're not getting, probably not

34:28Gregg Rosenthal:some of these guys on here you just some of these potential tag guys what a segue i know

34:32Jourdan Rodrigue:very good well yeah and we talked aj brown you know brian thomas jr that there will be yeah michael pitman potentially receivers available for a trade but these are more about tags and yes your segue uh the section i categorize leaning yes so if i had to guess i think these players would get tagged and i have five players in this tier alec pierce i think will happen. We'll start with him. Brees Hall, I think, will get tagged. Odafe Owe maybe should have been more in my 50-50 tier now that I say it out loud, but if I would go like 52-48, I'm leaning. Kenneth Walker, I'm leaning yes. And Kyle Pitts, I'm leaning yes.

35:11Jourdan Rodrigue:So we'll go through them one by one. But Pierce and Daniel Jones is the most interesting situation, I think, on this entire list because they're both free agents. They're both eligible for the franchise tag. A franchise tag for Daniel Jones would be$47 million, which seems prohibitive. So you would just think that they're going to have to figure out some sort of contract if they want to keep him. And that's partly why I do lean yes, that$28 million is a lot for Alec Pierce. But as you know, but just to remind the listeners, it's very often a tool to get them to a long-term contract extension. And a lot of times the contract happens before you even need the tag.

35:52Jourdan Rodrigue:And it's just kind kind of sitting in the background as something almost threatened by the team. And eventually you just get that contract done. It sounds like you think he will stay and you agree with me here.

36:03Gregg Rosenthal:I think that Alec Pierce is more of a extension candidate and Daniel Jones is more of the tag candidate here, especially because Alec Pierce will be ultra tradable. If you decide maybe you're going in a different direction or a new coaching staff comes in, let's say after 2026 and they go, I can't imagine not wanting one of the most explosive players we've seen in the last couple of years in the NFL. But if they go in a different direction, like he, he would be, I think tradable.

36:35Jourdan Rodrigue:Whereas if by that logic, the guy who's trading him is fired. So I don't know if that plays a huge role.

36:42Gregg Rosenthal:Okay. Well, it's not like it doesn't play a huge, I'm just sort of contextualizing why I would make the decision is you should extend your good players. You have a good player in house. You should extend your good players. If you were, if you come to regret it, he is a very tradable asset. That's my only point in that parameter. The other thing is Daniel Jones, I think is a more likely tag candidate for the Colts here. The injury is everything. It really is. And I think realistically, we've seen these Achilles recoveries where you do really have to get a sense for how a guy can come back that first year.

37:14Gregg Rosenthal:And it really looks unsteady that first year back as miraculous as the recovery surgeries and the recovery time has gotten, it still is such a significant recovery timeline that we've seen guys sort of creak back into their better selves a year after the surgery, or it just takes time. So I think you want to keep them in-house and see, monitor how the recovery is going, but you don't want to necessarily commit to anything long-term until you can see what that timeline actually looks like. And to your point, sometimes the tag can be an on-ramp to an extension, and it's still a significant amount of guaranteed money for a quarterback who really made your offense tick and looked like the right fit for the head coach.

37:58Gregg Rosenthal:So the Colts have so many prove-it situations happening in 2026 infrastructurally that I just think tagging the quarterback is a smart idea.

38:07Jourdan Rodrigue:I just think 47 is too much. It sounds easy for me on the outside. What are they going to do at quarterback if he stares them down and doesn't take whatever they're offering? But to me, if he signs a contract, it's going to be like a two-year contract. And it's not going to be for top money, and it might be backloaded. It's really complicated. And that's why I think they have to consider all options, including not bringing Daniel Jones back if push came to shove. because putting$47 million on your cap for a guy who best case scenario is going to play half this year and probably won't be as good as he was before is really tricky.

38:47Jourdan Rodrigue:So since there's a lot of mutual interest, can you just figure out some sort of compromise that spreads it out? It's a couple years, whatever the contract is. We'll see, but it's fascinating. I'm not totally convinced it's like 100 % he's back, even though it's very likely.

39:03Gregg Rosenthal:Greg, I think that because Daniel Jones played last year's situation so smartly, where Minnesota was clearly interested, probably will be again, frankly. Minnesota was clearly interested in him, and there were people in that building that wanted to keep him, and he went to a place that was better for him in the long run. I just don't think that we can automatically assume he would say, okay, yeah, let's compromise and take two years of something that's easy on your cap. like this is a player who knows he can do the job and um so it would be a leap of faith for the colts saying one year 47 million but maybe you make it up on the back end if you if it works out and you do some more amenable things after the 2026 season i just think that 47 million is not going to look like a long a lot uh in retrospect in a best case scenario if the quarterback ends up working out long term and you can get something good worked out with him it's so complicated because if you're Daniel Jones, how I would think about it is like, I mean, this year's probably not going to go.

40:07Jourdan Rodrigue:His value might go down. It should go down. The odds on him playing 80 % as well.

40:14Gregg Rosenthal:I'd want the tag if I were Daniel Jones.

40:15Jourdan Rodrigue:What? I'd want the tag. Take that guaranteed money, but it's very tricky. If you can get more guaranteed money in a multi-year and then not feel the pressure to earn your market value back in a year And I was talking about this with someone this morning, too, that, yeah, like, I think we forget that, like, he's had a lot of injuries and like counting on him to be great this next year is tricky. And so they got to figure out is Riley Leonard enough. There's a lot to figure out.

40:45Gregg Rosenthal:You're kind of arguing against your own Colts point. Then I know you said if you're Daniel Jones, you think about it this way, but your argument for the Colts, like you don't want to put up that much guaranteed money. OK, well, a long term extension is more guaranteed money than forty seven million. And I know it's a year versus multiple years. But if you know that you just you need him to you need him in your building to understand how his recovery is going. The second he leaves your building, you no longer have access to that data. You don't have any of that information. So it's like, you know, it's kind of if you think he could be your long term solution, maybe you use it as a tool to get to something else is what I would say.

41:21Jourdan Rodrigue:Yeah, mine is even less maybe about the guaranteed money long term and more just literally just building the team this year in a win now type type of year that. OK, that just goes on the cap, but you can always figure it out, including maybe with a Pittman trade. Brees Hall and Kenneth Walker, I put leaning. Yes, not too complicated there. The running back number is just very low to me. Fourteen point five million. I mean, it's a lot to pay a running back one year. It just feels like that's one less problem for either of these teams to solve. the Jets should not be in the business of just letting good players walk away.

41:54Jourdan Rodrigue:So those seem simple to me, but I guess we'll see with Kenneth Walker. What do you think?

41:58Gregg Rosenthal:I think Kenneth Walker is a no brainer to me. The Brees Hall one, I think is a little more complicated just because the Jets are in badly need of like a vibes improvement. It's very clear. Aaron Glenn is trying to reset in a lot of ways in that building and some of its job saving mode, I think, but some of it's also getting the a little bit of a tonal reset And Brees Hall gave strong indications on social media and in interviews, et cetera, that he wanted out with all those other guys at the trade deadline. Things can always change. But if I'm the Jets, yes, the tag is really enticing. I'm also thinking about, does this guy actually want to be here?

42:37Gregg Rosenthal:So to me, that's the first question that needs to get answered, especially if you're trying to go for, like I said, a little bit of a tonal reset this year.

42:44Jourdan Rodrigue:Yeah. The only problem for the Jets with that is if that was their barometer, they wouldn't have a team or maybe even a coaching staff. Nobody wants to be there. Adafi Owe, what a contract year he had. $27.3 million in terms of the franchise tag. He's in my top 10. I kind of went back and forth between him and Boye Mafe as my two favorite edge guys. Top 10 players overall in the game. I just think they value that position so much that it took me a second to get there, but I thought, I don't know. I just think one way or another. It's like almost with all these guys, a long-term extension is more likely than not than a tag, but I just don't think they'll let them walk away.

43:30Jourdan Rodrigue:They can figure out the money later.

43:32Gregg Rosenthal:Yeah, I think he's on this list probably the strongest extension candidate other than Alec Pierce. But yeah, defensively, I think he's, I mean, to me, you saw how productive they were once he got there. He just, he brings a lot of that system to life up front. Yeah, I think he's an extension candidate.

43:52Jourdan Rodrigue:It's weird because he was in the same system in Baltimore and was generally, I wouldn't say disappointing.

43:58Gregg Rosenthal:But he didn't have the same rushing partners, Greg. That's what it's, that's, there's a lot to that, that I think goes overlooked and kind of maybe blamed on coaching too at times. It's like, you need good rushing partners too. You have to have chemistry with those guys and a plan, a mathematical plan built around what everybody's strengths are.

44:15Jourdan Rodrigue:And Thule, Thule Pelotu is due a long term contract extension. So they have to think about their money. Khalil Mack is also a free agent. So now that I'm talking it out, I feel like he could be in the next category up in the air because there is a scenario where they give Thule the money. They just bring back Khalil Mack, assuming he wants to play for one year. But we'll see. I lean yes in the end. Kyle Pitts, man, I've talked too much about Kyle Pitts on this podcast here. The tight end number is ultimately$16.3 million. And I do think kind of like George Pickens, he's a good candidate for a tag because he's had an up and down career.

44:57Jourdan Rodrigue:In Pitts' case, he's had these injuries, and for a one-year contract, it's kind of perfect for the Falcons to keep an offensive weapon, test drive him with a new staff, and see if he fits with them.

45:11Gregg Rosenthal:This will be his fourth test drive, third test drive.

45:15Jourdan Rodrigue:Right.

45:15Gregg Rosenthal:Trying to go through the math in my head. It's going to be the year. He fit well with Zach Robinson.

45:20Jourdan Rodrigue:It was probably the best thing going for Zach Robinson. He maxed out Pitts. Up in the air, I had Daniel Jones there before. We talked about him. Jalen Phillips would have that same$28 million number at edge. Man, I don't think the Eagles are going to want to let him go. And then Kate Otten, I threw in there at tight end for$16 million because the Bucs are not really in the business of letting their young guys just walk away. And they have a few different options with which they could use the tag, including Jamel Dean. I think would be the most likely not guaranteed because the tricky part is if the tag is 16 million, you're trying to get a contract done, probably averaging, let's say, 12 million.

46:02Jourdan Rodrigue:And so it's this bargaining chip that the players have. So, again, a long term deal, I think, is more likely for both those players. But both Phillips and I think have a chance. Yeah.

46:11Gregg Rosenthal:And you just mentioned it. Zach Robinson's the O.C. down there now is going to need a number one tight end in this offense. Baker Mayfield loves Kate Otten. I think we all were a little disappointed. Kate Auten showed extraordinary promise two years ago and even, you know, splashed a little at the, at the start of this season too. Um, and then kind of disappeared a little bit, you know, like just kind of wasn't everything in that offense was disjointed. But I think if you're Zach Robinson, you're like, is this going to be my, my number one tight end? Um, because you need one, the, the, the, the player, the hinge player, a lot of times in that offense is that guy.

46:48Gregg Rosenthal:So can K-Dotten be that guy?

46:50Jourdan Rodrigue:And yeah, unlike Kyle Pitts, I think he's a guy who, that you're going to feel good about in terms of asking him to block. Pitts is almost just like a big, a big receiver and has value doing that. Jalen Phillips, if he does make it to free agency, in which I always root for that because I want my list to look as good as possible, is my number three player overall. I have Pickens, number one. I have Tyler Linderbaum, number two. and I have Jalen Phillips, number three. I don't think the Eagles let him go, but it's complicated. They have so much going on this offseason. It's really insane and it's really fascinating.

47:27Jourdan Rodrigue:But I think they have a great young player at a position they really value in the building. So they tend to keep those guys. I'm leaning no on the two Chiefs players, Brian Cook, the safety who might be the top safety available and Jalen Watson, who might be the top cornerback available, because in general, they've just let their defensive backs go. But the safety number isn't that big. It's getting bigger, though. It's$20.8 million. That would be a lot for a team that is trying to figure out how they're going to get under the cap. And then I have a long list of guys I'll just say no to and feel free to talk about any of them.

48:05Jourdan Rodrigue:The Ravens, Isaiah Likely, Tyler Linderbaum, Zion Johnson, as I did this exercise, kept climbing up my top 101 list. I still don't think that they would tag him. But man, Jim Harbaugh loves him, and he's probably their best interior offensive lineman, and they're terrible on the interior. So I say no, but it's not crazy. Devin Lloyd and Travis Etienne, I just don't think it makes sense for the numbers, even though they're really good players. They're going to be in my top 20 players overall. Devin Lloyd's in the top 10. Devin Bush had a great season for the Browns, but that's a no. Kenny Gainwell, if you're the team MVP, I'm just going to mention you at least.

48:41Jourdan Rodrigue:Rasheed Walker and Quay Walker both play for the Packers. Rasheed plays left tackle. Quay plays linebacker. I don't think they would tag those guys, but they're intriguing guys coming off their rookie contract. Alante Taylor for the Saints at cornerback. Cam Curl at safety for the Rams. I threw in Kobe Bryant. He would get X'd out there by Kenneth Walker in this scenario. The Seahawks safety probably wouldn't pay him$20 million. Anyway, so those are just some of the names I did not give my franchise tag to. but teams can do it soon. The off season is starting right now. Jordan, who stands out to you out of that list?

49:15Gregg Rosenthal:Actually, what stands out? Well, I didn't mean to actually, but what stands out to me about this list overall is I agree with all of these. I mean, and you look, you're looking at teams that don't, that will are usually pretty smart about not using the franchise tag if they can help it or if there's another financial balance to be earned in another area. I'm looking at Devin Lloyd who had a great year. could be an extension candidate for that reason whereas a year ago he certainly was not but if James Gladstone operates at all like Les Snead which he has so far like they are going to stay as far away from the franchise tag as they possibly can um and same goes for a couple of these guys where you just can't see it financially working out you know Mark Andrews I think he's at what 13 million per year Greg so there's no way that they would also tag Isaiah Likely and come and double up that much money at their tight end position.

50:10Gregg Rosenthal:As much as the position has grown over the last couple of years and how significant it's become in these offenses, it's just not financially something they need to do with all these players who are coming up who can contribute early as like a number two or three tight end.

50:25Jourdan Rodrigue:Yeah, I'll be interested if the tight end market finally corrects itself because it does feel like for their value, they are dramatically underpaid right now. And Devin Lloyd could be an example for the linebackers. And yes, the linebackers get stuck when it comes to franchise tag with a really huge number. It's 28.1 million because they count TJ Watt as a linebacker. So they basically all get thrown in together. So that's good. That means more players ultimately won't get tagged and will just get to the free agent market. I don't mind that it's kind of stupid. It is the regular season. Let's go.

51:02All right.

51:02Jourdan Rodrigue:We did it. We didn't get it under 40 minutes, but we did it, Jordan.

51:07Gregg Rosenthal:Every time you tell me we're going to do it in this amount of time, I always just laugh at you because I'm like, it's us. We're never going to do that.

51:15Jourdan Rodrigue:We will be back later this week, 40s and free agents on Tuesday, and then we're going to go around all 32 teams, Jordan and myself and Patrick Claibon, AFC, NFC, coming up later this week. We will see you then. Regular season. It's back.

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