Offseason Musts for EVERY NFC Team

14:52Gregg Rosenthal:The splits when he was on the field versus off the field were insane, run and pass.

14:56Jourdan Rodrigue:Lane Dickerson uses the pronoun day.

14:59Gregg Rosenthal:Well, Lane Johnson. But, yes.

15:03Patrick Claybon:But if we're combining them, yes.

15:05Gregg Rosenthal:But to this point, I find it so fascinating that the Eagles, as an organization, opted to move to basically allow a relative unknown come in and usurp someone they do know like to me that says in in stoutland because the there was reporting that came out that jeff stout and left because in part okay well i'm not gonna be as big of a part of the puzzle and you're bringing this new oc who wants to install his own stuff and all this stuff I'm sitting there and I'm like, do the Eagles know themselves as well? Maybe do they know where they're at right now? Or are they just trying desperately to patch at holes and saying, okay, come in and do something different.

15:51Gregg Rosenthal:Maybe hopefully that works.

15:53Jourdan Rodrigue:They could trade AJ Brown. They could trade Tanner McKee. Will they sign one of the top free agents, Jalen Phillips, Dallas Goddard, N 'Kobe Dean are free agents. It's fascinating. and they need defensive line depth, which they've always been great at. They could be outstanding. They have the highest variance right now, I think, of any team. It could be like a Super Bowl favorite or it could go quite wrong. The Commanders, they showed how wrong it went last season, how far you can fall.

16:21Patrick Claybon:Yes, and I am glad to have a team with a whole lot of cap space so I can play a little fantasy football. But I do think Debo's gone. Ertz, get well soon, gone. Von Miller, snap percentage hasn't been north of 40 in four years. So that's probably gone. Marcus Mariotti, I think, has to be back, considering the lingering issues for Jaden. I think this is the spot for Isaiah, likely. So it wouldn't be a far move. But he could come there, fill that earth hole after the injury. And also, sorry about the sale of the Seahawks, but this is the spot for Rashid Shahid, who is a free agent, as well, who can take some of that flyaway responsibility away from Terry McLaurin to allow him to operate a little more elsewhere would be a good spot for this team.

17:07And yeah, Jaden stays healthy and they they win 12 games to go to the playoff.

17:11Patrick Claybon:They're going to go after it.

17:12Jourdan Rodrigue:They're going to spend so much money.

17:13Gregg Rosenthal:I really like that Rashid Shahid bit there because at a certain point they were throwing go balls to Debo and, you know, not for lack of effort, but it just you you have to infuse speed and youth, especially on defense. You need to infuse youth and, and you need to infuse speed on the offensive side. Even when they were sort of like running this very interesting, heavy personnel two seasons ago, uh, offense, that was a departure from what Cliff Kingsbury at the time had typically run. They, they just felt, they felt slow. They felt very, very slow. And then it was like this behemoth that was just going to sort of overwhelm you versus and then take shots at Terry McLaurin versus I think they want to get faster.

18:00Gregg Rosenthal:I think I know they want to get younger. Those two things have to be key and critical for them.

18:04Jourdan Rodrigue:I think they'll cut Marshawn Lattimore. And you mentioned some of the free agents. It is crazy to think about all these names. Almost all of them are towards the end of their career. Debo, Bobby Wagner, Andrew Wiley, Noah Igmanogany, Von Miller, who's not a free agent, but I think they're going to cut him. Jonathan Jones, Ertz, Eckler was on this team. Like, there's just a lot of people that are going. And they have needs everywhere. I looked on the roster. I would say, except safety. They're pretty good at safety and defensive tackle, as long as they don't trade Deron Pink. But watch out. They're going to go nuts this offseason.

18:35Patrick Claybon:The thing about Bobby Wagner, though, the last time he played less than 94 % of defensive snaps was in 2012. It was his rookie year. He played 99 % of defensive snaps the past two years. He's still Bobby Wagner.

18:50Jourdan Rodrigue:Okay, is it disrespectful? Did we hit the buzzer or do we have a minute left? I lost track here. Let me know, Eric.

18:56Gregg Rosenthal:You have a minute.

18:57Jourdan Rodrigue:Okay, 30 seconds. Is it disrespectful to make Wagner the number 101 player on my list? I consider it an honor. That person just stays there as an anchor, even as players get cut and move up and down below him.

19:10Patrick Claybon:I mission you a challenge to find 100 better free agents than Bobby Wagner, who's played 99 % of snaps last year.

19:17Jourdan Rodrigue:Free agents this year.

19:18Gregg Rosenthal:You know what? It is interesting, though. I don't, this is not based on reporting at all. Let me be clear about that. But usually when a guy wins Walter Payton man of the year and the twilight of his career, he's thinking about what comes after football too. And he's obviously, Bobby's been involved in so many things for his entire career that have been for the greater good of society and everyone in it. But I, I, I was wondering about that a little bit.

19:43Jourdan Rodrigue:Unless you're Clayus Campbell, where you pull a fast one, just get better and better every year.

19:48Gregg Rosenthal:I'm back, bitches. Jordan, you are up with the Bears. Yeah, really, really interesting case study to me because it's very clear that they're ahead of schedule in a lot of elements on their with their offense and still, you know, developing that quarterback head coach slash play caller relationship. But in terms of their run game, their offensive line, the way they use their tight ends, you know, this is ahead of schedule for the first year head coach on the defensive side. This is where I'm expecting to see the most change for this Bears group, because even though the Bears defense played admirably, especially when teams, I don't know, absurdly decided they were just going to throw at them all game through the postseason, they were really solid.

20:30Gregg Rosenthal:They're a team built to defend the pass. They have been for a couple of years now, but they need help up front. They need to get better at rushing the passer without the blitz, even though they blitzed very effectively at times. I could see them being super, super aggressive and free agency to address some of these needs, knowing that they are a suddenly a win now team, especially with Caleb Williams on that rookie contract. But they have to clear up some space first, cap space first. They're currently$5.3 million over the cap. It is a little ironic that DJ Moore, you know, it could potentially be traded.

21:03Gregg Rosenthal:He would definitely get them under the cap with a move. But I'm curious to see if he actually is on the block. And if so, where would he fit best?

21:12Patrick Claybon:My inside source into Greg Rosenthal's brain. which is by talking to him and chatting him every time DJ Moore makes a play saying, this is it. They have to bring him back. Greg firmly believes that that was the last play.

21:24Gregg Rosenthal:I could just see him going, no,

21:27Jourdan Rodrigue:I just, I just think with the construction of their roster and the time and the money they can save in the market that he'd have that he's gone. Get a third round pick for him or something. Yeah. I think they could cut commit. They could cut the Andre Swift. Weirdly. they do need to clear up some money because they have to spend on defense. Kevin Byard, Jaquan Brisker, Nashawn Wright, and Chauncey Garner-Johnson are all free agents. And what you said is right on. Their front on defense is their biggest need.

21:59Gregg Rosenthal:But you're losing 60 % of your secondary.

22:03Jourdan Rodrigue:So that's two big needs. You've got to kind of –

22:05Gregg Rosenthal:60 % G. You hit the nail on the head. Kevin Bayard is probably their most important or like, like biggest hinge point where it could go either way. Free agent. He's a team captain, seven interceptions last season, but Ryan Poles kind of came out in the media earlier this off season was talking about how like, Oh, it's going to be really difficult to get something done. Well, yeah, they're over the cap. And if you're going to extend this guy, you know, it's not going to be a small amount of money. So this is one that's very, very going to be very, very interesting because they do need help in other areas badly.

22:38Jourdan Rodrigue:I'm thinking about the old Dennis Allen guys he could bring in there. Cam Jordan, he wanted to go to a team with maybe a better chance to win the Super Bowl. David Onyemata, still playing quite well. I don't know if he got along with Vellante Taylor, but he brought Chauncey Gardner-Johnson back in the Super Bowl. If they can find love, then it can work out. I could actually see that happening. All right, we got the Lions. And this is just more of a big picture question. What's their second act? I think Brad Holmes, Dan Campbell, I think they're kind of through their first iteration. They're at the point almost where the Rams were ready to trade Jared Goff.

23:21Jourdan Rodrigue:The Lions are obviously not trading Jared Goff. I just mean at the point of the team build where they got stuck a little. They need to change things up. And yet, you look at their roster, their entire offense could be coming back. If they don't trade David Montgomery, like basically all these guys are under contract. They don't have a ton of huge free agents that not on offense, but DJ reader, Alex Anzalone, some cornerbacks on defense. You can restructure to open up cap space, but they do not have much cap space and they have a new offensive coordinator. So I don't know what they're going to do.

23:56Jourdan Rodrigue:I'm really curious because I kind of like the Broncos before, but in a different way. I think they could go in a few different directions, but they don't have a ton of screaming needs other than just getting better line play, which is like everyone's need. But I think especially for the line.

24:11Gregg Rosenthal:Which is kind of crazy, though, thinking about how solid they've been there for a couple of years now in this Holmes-Campbell era, and then just really looked uncharacteristic at times.

24:22Jourdan Rodrigue:And Decker is – Taylor Decker, their left tackle, is seriously considering retirement. Would not surprise me at all if he does. And so that would open up a big hole, that left tackle.

24:31Patrick Claybon:And I think I can make the cap number even worse because it makes long term sense to extend Gibbs and just go ahead and do it now.

24:40Jourdan Rodrigue:That the way they can play with the money that will help the cap. Ultimately, it never makes sense to me. But, you know, you push it into the future. I don't know what his number is. I guess it won't help. But he's such a long term at heart.

24:52Gregg Rosenthal:You know, he's such a Saints guy at heart. Oh, yeah.

24:55Jourdan Rodrigue:I'm just saying the long term contracts won't won't kill you. That absolutely makes sense. They're so good at extending the right players. Brian Branch normally would have been a candidate for one coming off an injury, so that might complicate that.

25:08Gregg Rosenthal:I'm curious about what they'll do in the draft because they are a pretty complete team. Now, they could stand to add some support on defense. They could just stand to add a boost in a lot of the different, especially sort of like the defensive skill spots. They could definitely add there. Need more edge. But they need more pass rush for sure. And I am really curious about what they decided to do because Brad Holmes, the team changes and the era that they're in has kind of changed as well. They're more settled in, you know, they have good bones and now they're kind of just like figuring out like what they want to build around it.

25:41Gregg Rosenthal:But I feel like this is like Brad Holmes will always draft the guys they really, really want and won't necessarily look at positional value or charts or anything like that. They'll just go after the guys that they want. So this is a team so unpredictable to me in the draft, but because I don't necessarily think they're going to be going for need, even though they should go for need.

26:02Jourdan Rodrigue:They could trade David Montgomery. Drew Petsing said he really liked them as a coordinator, but it's not up to Drew Petsing.

26:07Gregg Rosenthal:By the way, by the way.

26:10Jourdan Rodrigue:Can't start it, by the way. Patrick, you're up with the Green Bay Packers. I love Drew Petsing in Detroit, just saying. Yeah, obviously, that's perfect. That's great.

26:19Gregg Rosenthal:Yeah. The fan base was mad at it. I was like, you guys, this is awesome. What are we talking about here? It'd be fun. Who did you want? Cliff Kingsbury? God.

26:27Jourdan Rodrigue:So the Green Bay Packers. That's a drop, by the way. Who did you want? Cliff Kingsbury? God. Although.

26:35Patrick Claybon:A little more direct than the Matt Nagy heat that we've had.

26:37Jourdan Rodrigue:Yeah. Unfortunately, Kingsbury's what it sees.

26:39Gregg Rosenthal:I'm starting to get hangry.

26:41Jourdan Rodrigue:The special assistant to the head coach. So I don't know when we can really use it, but he's with the Rams now. All right. Let's go.

26:46Patrick Claybon:Assistant to the regional manager. I believe the Green Bay Packers should bring back Christian Watson as well as Jaden Reed on the offense. I think generally you would like to be able to retain Malik Willis. That's not going to happen. So perhaps it's the Packers who are players in the Tanner McKee sweepstakes as they look to get a backup quarterback in a spot where they've needed a backup quarterback in the past couple of years. in terms of their you know organizational structure they're not necessarily going out and I think being big splashes in free ages the splashes are done for the Green Bay Packers do you ultimately because I do have a question over this team as I remember the exercise a little bit better Greg just wait for Micah to be back or is there a need to acquire an explosive defensive player prior to Micah's return.

27:46Interesting question.

27:48Jourdan Rodrigue:I think. I think you just wait. Ultimately, he's going to be hopefully ready and back to fully Micah by the time that you're at the part of the season that really means something to the Packers these days because the fans are sick of just the seven. Yeah. Getting into the plan. So I think you're going to have full Micah.

28:08Patrick Claybon:Hopefully a lot of fan bases will be very comfortable with that particular dichotomy.

28:12Jourdan Rodrigue:And it's a tough offseason for Gutekunst, their GM, because they don't have cap space right now. They can open it up. And last year, they kind of deviated off their path, Patrick, where they did spend money on Aaron Banks and Nate Hobbs, specifically, in free agency. Neither one of those worked out. And they have more solid young players available than almost any team. Malik Willis, Romeo Dobbs, Quay Walker, their left tackle, Rasheed Walker. He's definitely leaving, and he's probably going to get paid elsewhere. I think Quay Walker is probably leaving too. Inigbari, who was a starter for them, like a lot of players and they had their special teams coach, Rich Passaccia suddenly retired on Tuesday night out of nowhere.

28:56Jourdan Rodrigue:I don't know. Something's good.

28:57Gregg Rosenthal:Yeah. Yeah. I haven't yet listened to my colleague at the athletic does a great podcast, um, Matt Schneidman. And I haven't yet listened to it, but the way he teased it, I saw, I get notifications for him and I saw the share, the share post and the way he teased it made it seem like there was like something else going on and he's very connected.

29:17Jourdan Rodrigue:It changed at this time of the off season, mid February for a veteran coach.

29:22Gregg Rosenthal:And it was like framed as like mutually parted ways. And obviously there's, there's going to be more to this story. It is interesting, you know, Matt LaFleur now partnered with Jonathan Gannon. So two guys who could also be actors playing cops in a movie, in my opinion um what like it's going to be fascinating to me because this is really the first time that Matt LaFleur has had this sort of like Fangio-esque but very uh malleable defense in his building and I I'm very interested to see how that goes and yeah there's some

29:57Jourdan Rodrigue:big name players who I'm not sure are going to be there Rashawn Gary I think Josh Jacobs will be there Zach Tom underwent surgery I think it's the worst shape the Packers roster has been in in a minute. I don't think they're quite as strong.

30:12Patrick Claybon:I think Quay Walker needs to be back. Yeah.

30:17Jourdan Rodrigue:I'm keeping an eye on. I have a feeling. I'm not a huge Quay Walker guy that he's going to be one of those guys that is not overly high on my list that will just get a lot of money, which I hate to eat that. I'm just like looking at some of these guys like, I know that guy is going to get a big contract, but I still have him ranked 52nd. And that's fine.

30:35Patrick Claybon:You're going to put him 45 spots ahead of Pro Football Hall of Famer future Bobby Wagner because you want to put him at the disrespectful spot.

30:42Gregg Rosenthal:I love a Patrick Claiborne callback. It is one of my most favorite things.

30:48Jourdan Rodrigue:I love it when you hit out and make a good point against me. I am very influenced easily, I would say, by the last thing that I've heard. So now Wagner's going to go up. Like, you've done it. I'm very malleable with these lists. Wagner is going to move up. By the way, I have someone else in mind for 101, but I was thinking about Wagner as one of the options. All right, you got the Vikings. One of the teams, I could argue, might have a better roster than the Packers, except for that big important position.

31:21Gregg Rosenthal:Yes. Well, I'm so glad you said that, Greg, because I'd like to start this exercise with a question. First, going to you, Patrick, and then to Greg. Greg, who is going to be the Minnesota Vikings quarterback in 2026?

31:36Jourdan Rodrigue:J.J. McCartney.

31:38Gregg Rosenthal:What? Greg, who is going to be?

31:40Jourdan Rodrigue:Well, that is the safest answer.

31:41Gregg Rosenthal:Who is going to be the Minnesota Vikings quarterback in 2026, Greg?

31:45Jourdan Rodrigue:He is the betting favorite. Tyler?

31:51Gregg Rosenthal:Yeah, and listen, I'm just going to be that.

31:54Jourdan Rodrigue:Oh, yeah, Mac Jones. That was the one I liked. Mac Jones.

31:57Gregg Rosenthal:Mac Jones. Who?

31:58Jourdan Rodrigue:oh shoot did I step on your answer

32:01Gregg Rosenthal:no you didn't no thank god I'm going to be that that meme of the guy who's like slowly trying to open a pot and then all of a sudden everything bursts into flames with my suggestion that I will bring to the table here the Colts don't get something done with Daniel Jones who goes back to the Minnesota Vikings where now he is assured that he will be their long term starter and he gets paid as well Well, the only problems here, guys, besides the basic premise, is also the Vikings are 43 million plus dollars over the cap currently. They have very few actual free agents, just three of them, who are set to have expired deals.

32:46Gregg Rosenthal:Oh, and also just the small little note that Kevin O 'Connell needs a general manager. So aside from all of that, Mrs. Lincoln, how is the play?

32:55Patrick Claybon:Considering the offseason, the statement out of Minneapolis appears to have been that Kevin O 'Connell doesn't need a general manager. Right. So he's got it.

33:03Jourdan Rodrigue:He's got what's his name? Brzezinski's been there for 20 years. They are. They're a very loyal organization. That's kept depending on who you are. Well, I think recent recent fair data might show us like there aren't many. like one of the reasons that didn't work out necessarily for Questy was he inherited so many people from the previous staff in the front office that have been there a long time. So I think in their mind, like, Hey, we've got an entire staff that's, that's been around for a while, but yeah, it is really interesting to think about what they do. They'll do. Cause they're well over the cap.

33:39Jourdan Rodrigue:They're very lucky. They kept Brian Flores because he fits the personnel that they have, but they have to make decisions on Devon Hargrave, on TJ Hawkinson, on Brian O 'Neill, on Aaron Jones. They have some players retiring. Harrison Smith, CJ Hamm, Ryan Kelly. Is he going to play football again? Because he's had these concussions. And obviously you have needs. I didn't mention Jordan Addison as a potential trade when we did that column. And that was one where the, I think the Vikings fans asked me. And I was like, oh yeah, I should have said Jordan Addison. I could see that.

34:10Gregg Rosenthal:Yeah. They I think that small ads that upgrade a couple of key positions could also mean parting ways with some of those guys that you specifically said on the offensive side. Like, I think that looking at upgrading their running back's room, I love Aaron Jones, but I think that they just want just a little bit more juice there. And he has to Kevin O 'Connell finally has to start running the ball the way he always says he wants to every offseason.

34:38Jourdan Rodrigue:still waiting um worked for him for a while until it didn't all right let's talk about the cardinals but let's do it after a break let's hit the most fascinating division in football that's all coached by like the same exact coaching tree uh the nfc one

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39:12Jourdan Rodrigue:We are back on NFL Daily, and we try to be an organization here that doesn't just draft talent, but develops it. And Jordan is developing quite a takes woman. Throwing that Daniel Jones to the Vikings thing out, knowing that could be a big hit if it scores for the Jordan brand.

39:35Gregg Rosenthal:Listen, yes, they needed more wins, the Jordan brand. You know what? I have seen enough rom-coms to know that you don't let the one that got away get away twice, you guys. So they already had the experience of watching Sam Darnold.

39:51Jourdan Rodrigue:You're in a perfect spot for a take because if it doesn't happen, no one's going to blame you. And I think you're hitting on something that it's more likely to happen than most people would realize. And you're staking that claim. You said, Patrick, you had some hot takes to throw out. I am really intrigued.

40:10Patrick Claybon:Well, it'll be a deep tease. Okay. I do want to say that, you know, if we're making the romance parallels, if we go to the lachey-verse, because there's a lot of discussion about types, which I think are stupid, because you have people with like, oh, you like this type of person? And it's a hair color is the type of person. Sam Darnold and Dimes, I think if you're comparing one to the other.

40:32Gregg Rosenthal:Speaking of hair color.

40:34Patrick Claybon:There's significant differences there where I feel like that would be a mistake.

40:38Jourdan Rodrigue:I also, I don't think this is a crazy island to be on. Signing Daniel Jones to be your long-term answer after tearing his Achilles in an incredibly up-and-down and injury-plagued career. Not much of a safer bet than J.J. McCarthy is right now.

40:53Gregg Rosenthal:Yeah, well, to that point, hello, Collie. To that point, I wouldn't have thought that ideally the J.J. McCarthy draft was a safe bet. And they did it anyway. Oh, I'm not saying, the take is great.

41:09Jourdan Rodrigue:I'm a little worried for the Vikings. I don't know, I'm feeling really self-conscious right now, Greg.

41:13Patrick Claybon:We feel like your take is good. the move by the team. The take is good.

41:18Jourdan Rodrigue:Validate me. I worry. I worry a little bit about the Colts and the Vikings expecting like MVP candidate, Daniel Jones in the next year or two or ever. Patrick, you are not up next. I'm up next. Is that right? It's the Arizona Cardinals and Mike LaFleur, who was behind the eight ball when building out his coaching staff, but he's got Nathaniel Hackett and he kept Nick Robbins. Their old defensive coordinator, which I think was a really good move. They had very specific defensive pieces, which now fit better. They do have something I looked for in this exercise. A good combination of cap space and a lack of meaningful free agents.

42:01Jourdan Rodrigue:They do obviously have a lot of holes to fill. I don't think their roster is in as quite bad a shape as their record would have indicated last year. So that's a good thing. I am concerned, however, by the report from Tony Pauline that they're intrigued by Tyson Bajan, the Bears backup quarterback. Like, does Jacoby fit on this roster? I don't know what to say about this team right now. I think they could cut James Conner, Dalvin Tomlinson, maybe Buda Baker, which would pain me, but he didn't play great last season. But overall, kind of, you know, they have an open canvas. It's not a new GM. It's Matias.

42:39Gregg Rosenthal:If that is a, I'm not questioning anything's reporting, but this time of year, it's a lot of smoke about that agents are putting out about drafts and my client this and my client that and smoke screens and all this stuff. But if they are actually interested in Tyson Baygent, I think they're saying less so that they're interested in Tyson Baygent and more so that they're committed to finding a bridge quarterback.

43:03Jourdan Rodrigue:Yeah, and I think take a couple swings at quarterback maybe this year. Yeah, really one. If you're keeping Jacoby, take one swing as a mid-level option. I think they could be a Tanner McKee type of team or that type of player. There's not really those free agents out there, though. Like the backups are the Mariota is the best version of it. But there's the Trubisky types like Tyrod. Like there aren't many younger players that are going to be available unless they just decided to blow Malik Willis out of the water money wise. They could afford to do it.

43:36Patrick Claybon:Yeah, they did. Not that crazy. They took a quarterback number one over all a few years ago. I understand the whole enterprise has been to blame Kyler Murray.

43:44Jourdan Rodrigue:Oh, my God. They're the Malik Willis team. I don't know why it's just hitting me now.

43:48Gregg Rosenthal:Wait, it's just hitting you now?

43:50Jourdan Rodrigue:Yeah.

43:50Gregg Rosenthal:Oh, I thought you had already talked about this because here's the thing. All Michael Fleur has to do is call Big Brother.

43:57Patrick Claybon:Exactly.

43:57Gregg Rosenthal:And say, hey, man, you want to send over that Malik Willis playbook here?

44:01Patrick Claybon:But why send Malik to these horrible circumstances? I just think he's been there. I'm going to take game-changing money.

44:07Gregg Rosenthal:I will just say, I don't think that the offense itself is horrible circumstances. I think there's a lot of work to do on this roster, but you've got a volume best-in-the-league tight end. You've got two really solid receivers. I think they're going to look for a third, because if I know anything about this offense, they're going to try to start with a lot of 11 personnel and then reapply their 13 personnel concepts layered over that 11 personnel.

44:29Jourdan Rodrigue:Got a good young left tackle in Paris Johnson.

44:31Gregg Rosenthal:They've got a good young left tackle in Paris Johnson. Oh, that's it? And they also, and I'm kicking myself for not remembering the backup running back's name, but coming back from injury. And when those guys are healthy, they're sort of back. I think they might cut James Conner.

44:48Jourdan Rodrigue:I'm not a huge Trey Benson fan. So I think they might need more there. But that's it. And I hear you. I maybe want better for Malik Willis. But the scheme, the talent, maybe they're not winning a lot of games. But more importantly, they are the team that I think could say, do you want 100 million guaranteed? I think we could give that to you.

45:09Gregg Rosenthal:Also, Patrick, I agree with you and what you're saying. I think on a broader scope, which is systemically, I don't think that is a great situation for anybody. However, in terms of the offense itself, there are some promising players there.

45:24Patrick Claybon:Because rhyming is important. Tyson Bajan's agent, he's represented by Milk and Honey Sport. So I just felt like.

45:31Jourdan Rodrigue:Okay, good to know. His dad often seemed to be talking to the media as well, on and off the record. So you never know who could be a Bayesian source. This is how deep we go when we go through all 16 NFC teams with the runner-up in the National Football Conference, the Los Angeles Rams.

45:52Patrick Claybon:So I don't know if you guys remember years ago, Matthew Stafford was traded to the Los Angeles Rams from the Detroit Lions. He had two years remaining on his deal. At the end of this season, there is a quarterback who has had a lot of success in the NFL, not a lot of success in the postseason with an interesting relationship with his fan base and ownership. I think Rain Dakota Prescott will at some point be the quarterback of the Los Angeles Rams. Whoa! Question to you, folks. In the post-Stafford era, do you utilize the picks? Because we know, f*** those picks. Do you utilize the picks to prepare for that circumstance?

46:27Patrick Claybon:or in a year where there's not a Jalen Ramsey available in free agency? I don't know if anybody's available for a trade. Reek Woolen may be available as a free agent if that's the place you want to be. If you want to get bigger in the secondary, do you use that capital to acquire talent, maybe move up a little bit and get Caleb Downs, get better and bigger and faster in the secondary? Or do you use it to get ready for a post-Stafford?

46:52Gregg Rosenthal:Whoa! if you're keeping if you think you're going to keep Chris Shula for at least another two years I do think that you look really seriously at adding a special special multi-position player as Caleb Downs is I don't think that works with every defensive coordinator I don't think he that will work with with every defense I think there'll be a lot of hubristic defensive coordinators and head coaches who think that they have the right system but then you end up seeing uh like the Isaiah Simmons situation play out, unfortunately. So this guy is special, and he's a difference maker and a math changer, which we know the Rams love.

47:28I think if, okay.

47:32Patrick Claybon:Would Dak be this year? No, it would be after. Like, you make another playoff run, the retirement question is there. If Matthew Stafford decides to step away, you have an opportunity.

47:43Gregg Rosenthal:And I love that thought exercise because what you're really asking is, Do the Rams actually for once bring in a rookie quarterback, knowing that Sean McVay has never developed a rookie quarterback from the ground up, or does he continue to go through the veteran pool? Dak Prescott would be, in my opinion, a solid pairing. If that were the case, I think there would be a likelier. We talked about through this out there for funsies. There's a bigger chance that it's Joe Burrow over Dak Prescott.

48:10Jourdan Rodrigue:I love that. We're just given now they're turning into the Lakers. Let's just give all the best quarterbacks to the Rams. That's what they are. Greg. But they're also among the biggest win now teams in the league just because they have a quarterback playing, you know, the reigning MVP who's at the end of his career. They got two picks. They got forty five million dollars in space. This whole, you know, sprint rebuild has all been setting up these two years. And man, they have a lot of money to play with, but they need cornerbacks. They need a linebacker. They need a third receiver. They need to develop some offensive lines.

48:40Jourdan Rodrigue:They do have some free agents in the secondary. so they got to handle the Stafford contract. They have a lot going on, and knowing Snead, they'll be aggressive.

48:49Patrick Claybon:Yeah, Cam Curl, I think, is a back, or a Roger McCreary. The trade didn't necessarily work out. It didn't even play that much when they needed him to. And other than that, go out and spend in the secondary, maybe. If not, and if you don't do that, if you don't invest in the draft, prepare for the big swing at Joe, at Dak, at whoever it is.

49:08Jourdan Rodrigue:They need bodies, like Kobe Durant is a free agent. They could cut Darius Williams. Maybe they bring back Cam Curl.

49:13Gregg Rosenthal:That they paid Quentin Lake tells me they're not paying Cam Curl, but that's just my opinion.

49:17Jourdan Rodrigue:No, that makes sense. All right, you're up with the defending National Football Conference and world champion.

49:25Gregg Rosenthal:And my new favorite head coach of all time.

49:29Jourdan Rodrigue:Mike McDonald. Yes. Let's go.

49:31Gregg Rosenthal:Okay, so a wise thing that I heard once from a coach was about the concept of reaching the mountaintop. So after you win big time, right? He said to be ready once you get to the top of the mountain to only be able to see more mountains. Right. And so that being said, I think that what Mike McDonald has done so far in the weeks since reaching the mountaintop, besides some extremely endearing videos of him and his wife taking the scene of the parade and all around them last week, is adjusting where he knows he has deficiencies. And one of those was hiring Daniel Stern over from the Ravens. He's a situational management, game management and analyst, someone who they're probably going to put a position coach title on just because that comes with a pay bump, but will be doing game strategy for this team.

50:22Gregg Rosenthal:That is where you could argue they did have some faults and flaws last season. He also hired Brian Fleury from San Francisco, the tight ends coach. Now it's his OC. To me, that speaks volumes about wanting to continue to evolve the run game forward, which is going to be interesting because Kenneth Walker, it looks like he will be posed to be a free agent. There's been some reporting that they are not planning to tag him. And they have a lot of really solid. We missed on that one.

50:49Jourdan Rodrigue:I know, like immediately we did.

50:51Gregg Rosenthal:They also have a lot of solid free agents available. So Rick Woolen is going to be a free agent. Boyamafe is going to be a free agent. Rashid Shahid, you mentioned previously, is going to be a free agent. Kobe Bryant, the safety, is going to be a free agent. Josh Jobe is going to be a free agent. Like this is four, six of the second. This is a significant amount of players in their secondary. And like Nick, him and worry, play seven positions, but he can't play them all at once. So you really need to pick and choose who you're going to invest in this off season. If you're the Seahawks and I would expect a couple of these guys are extended internally at the very least.

51:24Jourdan Rodrigue:I had to guess. I think Kobe Bryant and Josh Jobe would be my guess. I guess Kobe Bryant, good safety, young, the safety market. It just always is less than you think, so you can have some continuity. Joe played great for them, and so he's not going to cost as much as Tariq will, and so I think that makes sense. But, man, that's a lot of good players that are getting to free agency, but I mentioned the Chargers and the AFC as the best team with a lot of cap space. That was in the AFC. The Seahawks have$73 million in cap space. It's wild. And so they're in a great position.

51:59Patrick Claybon:Yeah, in a position to run it back. I can make a case. Just bring them all back. Like, you got$73 million. Make it work.

52:06Jourdan Rodrigue:I think for Reek, I think his market, I could be wrong, will be big enough. And I do think about, like, asking Clint Kubiak about how Ken Walker never ran the plays as called. And he laughed. He has, like, a knowing laugh. I hate it for Ken Walker in a way, but I love that he'll max out his money. I think they think they'll just get someone that they drafted. I know John Schneider drafted him, but, like, this coaching staff, And I think they're going to replace him.

52:33Gregg Rosenthal:It is interesting to me.

52:35Jourdan Rodrigue:You got to pay Sam Darnall more money, by the way, too.

52:37Gregg Rosenthal:Through either bad reasons or good reasons. In this case, good reasons. This is their third offensive coordinator in three seasons. Interesting.

52:45Jourdan Rodrigue:The 49ers is my team. And they're in a really interesting spot, similar to the Rams, where they went through a little short-term pain. They're kind of out of the woods. And do they want to take a little pain right back? Because they got$41 million in cap space, and they do have these guys with huge contracts, Warner and Nick Bosa, who would be on my really long list of like, would they ever think about trading Nick Bosa?

53:16Gregg Rosenthal:Every time I suggest it or even like sideways suggest it, I get so many messages, like anger, pure anger from 49ers.

53:24Jourdan Rodrigue:I don't think they would ever trade.

53:25Gregg Rosenthal:Maybe that's not what they're angry about.

53:27Jourdan Rodrigue:George Kittle or Warner. they can go be aggressive they're very much in win now mode it's why I don't think they'll trade Mac Jones in the end unless they get

53:36Gregg Rosenthal:like a second plus

53:39Jourdan Rodrigue:why bother we'll get a comp pick for him and why bother Juwan Jennings is a free agent but not a ton it's the same old stuff I look at every offseason with them their offensive line does not look great on paper and yet they just kick the can and they make it work But if you're the 49ers, I'll throw this to you, Patrick. Like, where are you looking? Because I actually, like, don't see a ton of crazy, like, screaming problems or need. They're in a good spot.

54:09Patrick Claybon:Yeah, I think they can add depth in a few places, especially on defense where, you know, we talked about Bobby Wagner, you know, being able to have Bobby and Fred on the same team. I think. Wow.

54:21Gregg Rosenthal:Try running through that. Now that I think about it, you're right.

54:24Jourdan Rodrigue:Like the defensive line other than Nick Bosa is a big thing.

54:29Patrick Claybon:And so, like, having that capacity where they can spend with now, you know, a new group, you know, organizing the defense, I think they should take advantage of that where, you know, it's Kyle on the other side.

54:42Jourdan Rodrigue:Yeah. But they bring – I could absolutely see Devo coming back on, like, a two-year$12 million contract because he doesn't have a market elsewhere.

54:49Gregg Rosenthal:It's interesting. Raheem Morris is the defensive coordinator over there now. So, again, everything just cycles through in different versions of itself throughout the entire NFC West at this point.

55:00Jourdan Rodrigue:Kate and Ellis, maybe, from the Falcons.

55:02Gregg Rosenthal:It is interesting because I also think that just knowing Raheem's background a little bit, like, they are going to want to add some more size at DB, specifically the way that they're going to want to play their safeties, their slot position. It's going to be aggressive. It's going to be versatile. They are definitely going to want to add some size.

55:18Patrick Claybon:Now I'm imagining a situation where multiple aspects of the tree are interested in Reek. Now in the division, that's going to drive the price up to where the Seahawks won't be.

55:27Jourdan Rodrigue:Right. It really just takes two teams. Like, that's why God. I love when you say the tree.

55:33Gregg Rosenthal:It's the tree. The tree.

55:34Jourdan Rodrigue:It really is the tree at this point. And Raheem's been in so many spots. I immediately thought about, like, maybe reconnects on a final, like, let's go chase another ring. Jalen Ramsey contract. He potentially gets cut.

55:46Gregg Rosenthal:He is the Jalen Ramsey whisperer. I'll say that.

55:49Jourdan Rodrigue:I like this 49ers team. I mean, I think they're going to be a trendy team of like, okay, this is the year that they break through next year. Just for people like me. Patrick, you are up with the Atlanta Falcons. We are entering the Dirty South, the final division that we're going to be covering.

56:07Patrick Claybon:And it starts with an apology. I yield with regards to my thoughts about Terry Fonda. There are a lot of talented players on this team where, you know, they have some, you know, some free agents to sign. I think one aspect that will alleviate and provide them with more capacity to acquire talent would be a trade. If the Minnesota Vikings are interested in a quarterback coming off of a torn Achilles, I can offer you one that's coming off a couple of years now removed from a torn Achilles where Kirk Cousins could create some opportunity to where there's not that much of a question with regards to Kyle Pitts, you know, David Onyemata as well, where, you know, there's places where you can retain talent here and have a team that can be successful.

56:55Patrick Claybon:But at eight and nine, there's three other teams in this division that we'll have a chance to talk about where you're kind of in this middle spot where everybody can legitimately be win now. But can they be win now with Penix coming off the injury or this version of Kirk Cousins? I don't yield to you guys.

57:16Jourdan Rodrigue:The reporting is Cousins is just going to get cut, that they restructured his contract in a way to cut him and save the most amount of money this season for him. They do have a decent amount of cap space. They're in the middle. It's President Matt Ryan. And you mentioned, yeah, I'm curious if they're going to tag Pitts. My guess would be they probably will. But a team where I think there's a lot of places to upgrade, but they don't have huge gaping holes. like defensive tackle, wide receiver, offensive line, cornerback. I think they can improve in a lot of spots, but I think the roster to defend your guy, Terry, it's in a very eight and nine type of place.

57:52Jourdan Rodrigue:That's where they've been. And I don't, I think it's not a rebuild.

57:56Gregg Rosenthal:They had, I'm trying to remember how early in the season this was, but they had the multiple injuries at tackle too, that I think really affected the way that that offensive line ended up playing certainly. And it's interesting to me. one of the biggest things that they did this offseason was not moving on from somebody, and that's Jeff Ulbrich, because I think that that defense is going to pick up, be able to pick up right where it left off. Now, what I am interested in seeing, Kevin Stefanski talked up Michael Penix a lot in his opening press conference. I just, I really want to see what it is about Kevin Stefanski.

58:33Gregg Rosenthal:Like, I really, like, I get the theories, right? I understand the background and the lineage is there, obviously of the coaching trees that he's been a part of, but like, I would really just like to see what it is about him.

58:45Jourdan Rodrigue:Would he want Jacoby? There's so many teams in this weird in between for quarterbacks where they kind of don't have one for a while. The Colts too.

58:53Gregg Rosenthal:They don't have a first round pick.

58:55Jourdan Rodrigue:Like the Vikings are kind of like that. They have one, but not really. Well, they go. If I,

59:01Patrick Claybon:if I see Michael Pennix in some version in Kevin Stefanski's offense, utilizing the middle of the field, then that's it. I will retract my apology. It will be a full-on revisionist history regarding the Atlanta Falcons. The Tampa Bay.

59:16Gregg Rosenthal:You just wait until I start using the middle of the field. Then it's over for you, Pose.

59:21Jourdan Rodrigue:It's a tough situation for Penix because he could use the offseason with the fans, and he's not going to have that. Let's do Carolina, Jordan.

59:30Gregg Rosenthal:Oh, I'm so happy you gave me the Carolina Panthers, Greg, a team very near and dear to my heart. The biggest news of the week. Perhaps the offseason overall came out of Carolina just a few days ago, and that is long snapper J.J. Jansen signed another one-year contract to play his 18th NFL season. Friend of the show, he holds us off just a little bit longer, Greg. My plot to get him on the desk with us just has to wait for one more year, but the biggest additions for this team have to come by drafting really well, in my opinion, at pass rusher specifically, infusing talent, not just on the outside edges, but also to get that interior moving the line of scrimmage a little bit more.

1:00:17Gregg Rosenthal:They have some, you know, Derek Brown's obviously playing at such a high level, but they need to start replacing some of the guys that they went out and spent money on, A'shaun Robinson, Bobby Brown III. While it is his prerogative, they eventually have to think about what draft picks at those positions to supplement and kind of replace long-term those guys are going to look like. And I think that's the biggest thing. They need to upgrade their inside linebackers as well. They need to upgrade at safety. Nick Scott is a free agent. He played well at the end of the season. But their outside corners kind of rock.

1:00:49Gregg Rosenthal:So I say don't touch anything there. And on the other side of the ball, they need to keep building layers around specifically Tett McMillan and Jalen Coker. I don't think a lot else in this past game is working. so building layers and different problem solving around those two key players in your passing game is really important I'd like to see them get more production out of the tight end position and I think their offensive line is fine Cade Mays is a free agent I think you need to extend him keep him at center let Austin Corbett keep playing at guard now that he's healthy and that's my offseason plan for the Carolina Panthers I'm a little worried about their team

1:01:24Jourdan Rodrigue:build because the offensive line is where all the so much money is and they didn't really play very well and Ikia Kwanwu is coming off a ruptured patella tendon. Cade Mays I think is going to get a big contract whether it's from the Panthers or another team. It sounds like he's going to have a market and if the Falcons have an 8-9 roster, I think the Bucs are better than that even though they were 8-9 and I think the Panthers are worse than their 8-9 record because I think they need everything except for those outside corners and that long snapper. Shout out to the Blue Sky user. I think it's Brad Beatsen who said, was that NFL Daily's own JJ James?

1:02:07Gregg Rosenthal:Yes, I love it. I love it. Amazing. Amazing. Friend of the show.

1:02:13Jourdan Rodrigue:Not many free agents, though. Rico Dattles out there. Austin Corbett's out there. Cade Mays, as I mentioned. They got to pick up Bryce's option. But at least they're additive. They're additive right now. But I do think they need a lot. I think they're early in their build, though.

1:02:27Gregg Rosenthal:Yeah, and I think, I mean, we... we've talked about this for a couple of months now. Like this is sifting through kind of the like freak happy luck that happens at the end of the season. And I'm not, I'm not saying they didn't earn it. They played really well. They met their moment incredibly well in the playoffs. But you also need to sift through like, okay, what actually is sustainable out of this? And that very much is the process that they're going through right now.

1:02:55Jourdan Rodrigue:All right. It is time now, Finally, for delivering results, it's presented by Uber Eats. When football makes you hungry, you order some Uber Eats. And who else would be delivering but Mickey Loomis and the New Orleans Saints. Get ready for a big offseason. It's Mickey gone wild. Mardi Gras just ended. You got Drew Brees throwing beads with his left arm for some reason. Mickey's feeling himself. He's got a quarterback. He's got Jeff Duncan of the Times-Picayune running, hey, aren't you sorry now? Look at what Mickey did last year, Colin, which maybe is a little premature. They feel like they have a lot of cap space just because they're not in cap hell, but they are still 27th in cap space, but they can create a lot.

1:03:43Jourdan Rodrigue:And I think they have a lot of problems on their roster. Who is their best defensive lineman under contract? Probably Brian Brisee, who's like a splash, but not a complete player. They have only a couple more of them. They have$51 million in dead money in DeMario Davis, Taysom Hill, and Cam Jordan, who probably all won't be on the team. But we'll see. Actually, DeMario Davis and Cam Jordan could be. I don't know. But either way, they're going to have dead money. They maybe are looking at an Olave contract. But I do get the feeling, don't you, Patrick, that they're going to push. They got their rookie on a contract.

1:04:19Jourdan Rodrigue:And I think Mickey's ready to be like, Mickey's back. We can go win this division.

1:04:23Patrick Claybon:Yeah, they obviously come close to winning the division last year with the late surge where, you know, our, you know, not just an apology to Mickey specifically, you know.

1:04:37Jourdan Rodrigue:I am not apologizing for what it's worth. No apologies. All right. Well, I will apologize.

1:04:42Gregg Rosenthal:The Jeff Duncan featured in a movie?

1:04:46Jourdan Rodrigue:Well, it was. Yeah. No, it didn't. But I also don't have a subscription.

1:04:50Patrick Claybon:Yeah, but in general, you know, evaluating Tyler Shuck and it being a significant oversight that he was recovering from the injury, you know, lost sight of how explosive he was. And he still he still have that was able to navigate that rookie season healthily. I think a lot of teams probably disappointed in that because guys like Alante Taylor will not be available. I think, you know, the cap chicanery, you know, have Alante back. there's places. There's places where they can be successful.

1:05:25Jourdan Rodrigue:Congratulations. I think Alante might max out elsewhere. We'll see. I don't know. It wouldn't surprise me if he got a pretty good contract. Luke Fortner is the guy that they like that played center. Eric McCoy is never healthy. A normal team would maybe consider cutting Eric McCoy, who's been a great player for them when he's played, but he just literally hasn't been available for like three years. And they needed some defensive tackles. They need cornerbacks. I think the roster, I keep saying where their record is. What did they actually, how many games did they win last year? Six in the end or seven?

1:05:56Jourdan Rodrigue:I think that's about right. They were about a six-win roster. They are not there, I think, with the Falcons and Bucs roster-wise.

1:06:02Gregg Rosenthal:Yeah, they are obviously rebuilding. I think they're thanking their lucky stars that the quarterback situation looks like it's promising for the future. because can you imagine if that didn't work out, then a rebuild would go from, hey, this is a year, maybe two-year rebuild to even get to medium.

1:06:23Jourdan Rodrigue:It changes. Tyler Shuck's season changes the entire organization.

1:06:27Gregg Rosenthal:And did you see him just rocketing Mardi Gras favors off of a float?

1:06:35Jourdan Rodrigue:Make it happen.

1:06:36Gregg Rosenthal:Rest the arm.

1:06:37Jourdan Rodrigue:I do love how much he's embraced being a New Orleans fan.

1:06:42Patrick Claybon:could use that big arm to target one of the best deep threats in the league, who also is explosive as a punt returner. Fortunately, they have a fourth round and a fifth round pick. Thanks to the Shahid trade. So there's that.

1:06:55Jourdan Rodrigue:Well, yeah, he will be a free agent. You could always do the move or you sign him back. That would be a great move.

1:07:03Patrick Claybon:I would apologize to Mickey for that.

1:07:05Jourdan Rodrigue:I would, too. If he gets Rashid Shahid back, that would be outstanding. That was delivering results presented by Uber Eats. when football makes you hungry. Get game day deals on Uber Eats, the official on-demand delivery partner of the NFL. Order now. We have reached the end of the road with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a team that I said is a better roster than their 8-9 record. Indicated a lot of consternation among Pewter Nation. Do they call themselves that? I don't think so, but they should. The Bucs, Patrick.

1:07:40Patrick Claybon:Yes, I think it is very important to bring Mike Evans back. I know that there's only$14 million of cap space. One way to do that would be to extend one of the highest played players on the team, which would be Baker Mayfield. So that is my question. Can you solve some of the offseason problems where Jamel Dean needs to be re-signed again in a situation where a lot of people need to have a needed corner? Jamel Dean, one of the better corners in the league. Do you solve all that? Would you guys be comfortable extending Baker Mayfield right now? I would.

1:08:11Gregg Rosenthal:Yeah, I would. You put me in a bad spot. Well, you hate him. I don't hate him, but I don't think you need to.

1:08:17Jourdan Rodrigue:I don't think you need to extend him right now.

1:08:18Gregg Rosenthal:I think that if it's also you're talking about cap savings and you think you've got a roster and you're Todd Bowles who's like maybe running out of chances at this point, like another offensive coordinator, new offensive coordinator, you think that you've got an offense, especially with Chris Godwin coming back from a brutal, gruesome injury, probably going to look a lot more like himself. year two coming off of that injury than in year one. You got a really, really, you got good pieces everywhere. You got a great offensive line when healthy. I mean, health really was a huge factor in a lot of their issues this year.

1:08:52Gregg Rosenthal:And I think, too, they just didn't quite get what they needed just cohesively from that offensive system overall. And I think that this is going to be really interesting to me because you are kind of saying, hey, we want to bring our guys back. Jason Light loves to do that. And this could be a way to do it. Extending Baker Mayfield, who would have, I think. I mean, can you guys imagine this? If they don't and like everything goes terrible and all the suitors Baker Mayfield would have this offseason.

1:09:23Jourdan Rodrigue:Next up won't be if he doesn't play, you know, if he if they go south.

1:09:28Gregg Rosenthal:Greg, I'm serious. I don't think anyone will care. I think he is the ultimate I can fix him guy that all these Baker. ball. You want to talk about the tree? The tree would be knocking down their door to try to... It does feel like a little

1:09:40Jourdan Rodrigue:bit of a last chance saloon for Todd Bowles. And maybe for, not for Baker, but I think play it out. Because I think the level that he played at last year, you don't need to rush it. But they have, you mentioned like Evans, Dean, Hassan Redick is a free agent. Haidat is a very good tight end for them. Rashad White is a good player. Levante David might retire. So they also feel great about exactly three offensive line spots, but literally don't have a guard on the roster next year. So that could be a position I could see them spending in free agency. So maybe the roster doesn't look as pristine as it did a year ago at this time.

1:10:16Patrick Claybon:It'd look a lot better, Greg. They extend Baker. They get some money.

1:10:19Jourdan Rodrigue:I mean, how much does that really open up a little bit? You could go from 15.

1:10:23Gregg Rosenthal:We literally just talked at the, on the AFC podcast about how much money it can open up with Patrick Mahomes has showed.

1:10:31Jourdan Rodrigue:That's what the restructure, you actually could restructure Baker. too, but he might and I'm sure he would.

1:10:37Gregg Rosenthal:And you know what helps you with restructures? Extensions.

1:10:41Jourdan Rodrigue:Adding on. More years. He has three void years coming 27 through 29. Listen. Yeah. He is essentially entering a contract year.

1:10:51Gregg Rosenthal:Very interesting. The stakes.

1:10:53Jourdan Rodrigue:I think they're kicking that can. You know.

1:10:57Gregg Rosenthal:Very interesting.

1:10:57Jourdan Rodrigue:He might have wandering eyes. We never would. This trio did it. We hit all 32 teams over two shows, AFC, NFC. Most podcasts would take the rest of the week off. Not us. Not done. We are cranking some quality content this week, the second week after the end of the Super Bowl with all these teams and then the exclusive reveal for the Top 101. Ollie Connelly will be joining me in his weekly appearance for that show. And then off to Indianapolis.

1:11:33Gregg Rosenthal:Yes, I'll see you there, Greg.

1:11:35Jourdan Rodrigue:We will see you there. A couple big GMs already signed up. We're going to try to get some more. We're going to figure everything out. The off-season will be decided. It's Greg Giller's season. See you next time.

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