The Top 59 (!) Position Battles of NFL Training Camp

22:26And the really logline of this all is that, look, time flies. We're already halfway through this collective bargaining agreement. They're going to be able to redo the TV deals in a few years. It's a new CBA in another five years. And so the NFLPA is looking for an executive director and just a lot of upheaval within their organization. Man, this section is my least favorite section of the show. We got Trump talking about the Washington commanders possibly changing their name back, Shook, to their old name. And I was like, is this worth even mentioning on the show? It's just a social media post.

23:07But there is some actual football relevance here because there's a threat. The federal government is helping to potentially fund a new stadium. And part of what Trump put in the social media post was that could potentially be contingent on them changing the name back. The mayor was asked about it on Monday morning. So I don't think there's much to say here, Shook, but it's just a story that may be going away. I just say bring the Washington football team name back. That everyone could agree with.

23:38Nick Shook:I think it's fine. I just think that it may be a product of boredom and being online too much because how does it matter? I understand how it matters because they're trying to build a stadium. And for the first time in seemingly forever, this franchise has a ton of positive momentum. So, of course, something like this has to get in the way. But yeah, hopefully this all just blows over and a week from now it's not a topic anymore. We'll see. Like they are wearing some of the old throwback uniforms you've seen in social, them kind of embracing their history. As you would expect, it's a proud franchise.

24:12But man, I thought we were done talking about the name of the team. I thought Commanders was actually going to stick out. It's fine.

24:20Nick Shook:It's totally fine. And the uniforms are fine. Everything's fine. Let's just move on. I'm saying it tongue in cheek. I think people would be all for Washington football team. I liked it. Rashid rice and this ends are off the field. Part of the show, uh, finally received his, uh, punishment for, uh, the arrest he had last off season. He will be sentenced to 30 days in jail and five years of probation after authorities said he and another speeding driver caused a chain reaction crash that left multiple people injured on the Dallas highway last year. Uh, that's it. it's like a down note to go into news.

24:59And by the way, he's going to show up to training camp and the Chiefs are just going to wait to see how long he's suspended, assuming he is suspended. But we haven't heard anything from the league yet. So for now, Rasheed Rice is just showing up and will be practicing at training camp unless the league comes to a very quick decision. It's such a sour note there to end the news on that I think we got to circle back to these Chargers who are giving us a lot of news. It's always an advantage. You show up for that first week, You just dominate the news cycle for a week. Herbo shook, showed up with those, um, those contacts, like the UV ray contacts where you kind of look like, uh, one of the reporters there, uh, said he looked like the Sith Lord.

25:39I'm not as familiar with the star Wars, but I kind of know what he was getting at. He looks a little freaky in the, in the huddle. Do you think that means we get a better Justin Herbert?

25:47Nick Shook:Well, I can tell you one thing, um, back in the day, I think it was Brian Roberts of the Orioles used to wear these contacts. They were made by Nike at the time. I got a pair. You could get a trial pair in your prescription because I'm blind as a bat without contacts. And I wore them playing high school baseball. It is incredible how vivid the colors are and how it really helps. It separates. You can see the ball. I can totally understand why he would do that there. Doesn't mean he's going to score more touchdowns. They do play in a stadium with a translucent roof. So I don't really know. But it's not like, is your vision better?

26:18Nick Shook:Is your vision better? No, it's like wearing contacts, but the colors are changed. It's like putting sunglasses on your eyes. Like if you wear the top tier sunglasses that just make things green is more green and things like that. The football pops, that sort of thing. I don't think they're going to score more points, but it's kind of fun to watch. And it's cool to look at when you look at the pictures of him up close because he looks crazy. It's funny you mentioned that. There's multiple things at play here for me personally. I'm colorblind, so green isn't always exactly green or it kind of blends in a little bit with brown and gray and purple.

26:51a lot of confusion, a lot of making fun of me by my kids. I, in Tokyo, got some prescription sunglasses. And this is making me think of that. The thing is popping more than ever. And I'm like, it doesn't really make any sense because I wear sunglasses over my just normal contacts. And shouldn't that be the same? But you just explained something to me. I actually thought maybe the prescription in these are too strong because it's like, I feel like I'm in a VR headset when I'm wearing these prescription sunglasses.

27:20Nick Shook:It's the first I ever got. And it opens your world up. Like it's just, and when you take them out or you take those sunglasses off, you're like, God, I think I want to put these back on. Maybe it's not ultra realistic because they're tinted, but it's amazing to experience. We've spent way too long on this, but shout out to Japan who is coming up with a way to give me high quality and attractive products for like a fraction of the price that you would get here. So let's like, let's step up. That's why I'm doing things like buying sneakers and prescription sunglasses there. Everything is way cheaper there.

27:54Shout out to Japan. Let's step it up, America. And with that, let's take a little break.

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31:56Back on NFL Daily. I'm here in slightly rainy Southern California, and my backyard is a little bit of a pond right now. And it's not because of the rain shook. It's because there's a broken water pipe deep within my ground, which is a major problem. And I've got someone digging the entire yard up in my... Oh, French drain. like my water bill is going to be like thousands of dollars because it was leaking the entire time i was gone and um then i came back to a lake in the backyard so that that's fun uh position battles i wrote down 59 i just thought it'd be a good exercise for me personally to just go through them all and and like have an idea of what we're dealing with and write them down as i went and we'd talk about the top shelf ones and then i thought why not take this as a challenge Do you think we can get 59 position battles in without this show being like insanely long?

32:53Nick Shook:Well, I'm going to have to really be economical with my words, but we really should. Everybody should take away is that if they ever need an example of how Greg Rosenthal is a football sicko, it's the 59 position battles that we're going to go through. Here we go, though. I'm going to rank them in order of how much I actually want to talk about them. So we can talk pretty quickly about the top 10, the top 20, and then we'll really fly through the rest. Just just pick out some highlights and some quick thoughts. But we don't need to go too crazy. So I think the position battle I want to talk about the most is maybe this is obvious because it's not all quarterbacks at the top, but Jameis and Russ and Jackson Dart is, to me, the perfect kind of dumb, chaotic summer fair that I like.

33:45You know what I mean? It's like a much better version of the Browns quarterback battle, which just seems like kind of depressing to me. Like this all just seems so funny imagining those three guys in the room. They all have extremely chaotic playing styles. None of them really seem like they fit with Brian Dable to me. Exactly. Maybe Winston. I don't even know. It's in New York. There's going to be good quote, like everything about it. I'm actually in on it. I'd like it even more if I felt like it was truly an open battle, I guess it's Russ's job to lose. What do you think?

34:16Nick Shook:Yeah, it's the perfect quarterback training camp battle souffle. Like we just get the primary ingredients. We get the accoutrement. We get the aromatics that make everything better. Like you got your base is Russell Wilson. And then Jameis Winston's like, ooh, the interesting spicy thing that we threw on. And then Jackson Dart's the unknown that ends up bringing out the whole dish. It's Russ's job. This is how it's going to go. Russ is going to win the job because it's going to be his job. Jameis is going to be your backup. veteran backup and darts going to be the oh i don't know we don't know anything about him let's see if we can get him on if things go really poorly don't don't be surprised if jackson darts on the field but i think for now that's the way it lines up see i i don't know like russell wilson was with sean payton sean payton couldn't wait to get rid of him he didn't fit he was with arthur smith and the steelers ultimately in terms of the contract offers they chose justin fields as a guy they would rather have long-term over Russell Wilson.

35:11They did not want to keep Russell Wilson. He's not getting paid that much money. I guess he's probably going to be the starter. I'd feel better. I think Jameis would be the most interesting and maybe give them the best chance to win. But I look at them all and just think of the ups and the downs Jameis has had since he was a number one overall pick, like one of the characters. Russell Wilson, one of the defining figures of his generation, so up and down, such a high ceiling in theory, but not anymore and a really low floor. And that's how I think of Jackson Dart too, who as a prospect to me was completely boomer bust, had so much to learn.

35:46I think he is playing to potentially win the week one job. And if he plays well enough, he's going to get that job in like week three or week four at the latest. So we will see, but I'm just ready for anything there. Number two on my list is the Bucks wide receivers. So we got Amika Agbuka. We've got Jalen McMillan, who we haven't talked about much on the show. and then we've got Chris Godwin who's not going to be ready for the start of training camp so he's there with his health obviously it's his job when he gets there but I just didn't want to sleep on McMillan because man he he ended the last season really strong and they've got some other guys there Trey Palmer and then my guy Sterling Shepard actually ended the season as like a nice role player so I just thought that was an interesting mix everyone automatically assumes the first round pick, Egbuka comes in there and has a great role.

36:36But this is where training camp can can help you learn some things like will he hit the ground running? And it doesn't always happen. And you can pick this up with training camp reports and kind of how the preseason is going.

36:45Nick Shook:Yeah, but I love this group on paper. Like I know we're worried about Goblin not coming back healthy, you know, immediately. But this is like the top six. I'm good with this. Like Evans, Goblin, Egbuka, McMillan, Shepard, even Trey Palmer. Like I like all these guys. They also drafted Tess Johnson, who's very thin and slight for forgot about the NFL, but had a nice career at Oregon. Like, I love this group. And I also love the way that McMillan ended his season. Like, he, in the back half, basically from, what is it, week 12 on, he was pretty solid. Like, okay, two for 25 in one game, but then you get five for 75, five for 74 in a touchdown, four for 59 in two touchdowns.

37:19Nick Shook:How much of that is due to Baker Mayfield and Liam Cohen in that offense and the fact that he's playing with Godwin and Evans, or at that point it was just Evans and whoever else that could throw out there, including Shepard, that remains to be seen. but I think his upside is very high and adding a book into that group. I think it's one of the stronger receiving cores in the NFL. So I'm super excited. And frankly, I don't really necessarily worry about how it's going to shake out. I just think they have a lot of good options. I agree. McMillan, I think don't, don't sleep on. It was a little like Bucky Irving.

37:45Like he really picked up his play late in the season and made some difficult catches down the field. Like he is the speedster of that group. And I just love that team. I love that, that group. The next couple are the Cowboys. I don't want to go too long. We might be doing a little Cowboys on Tuesday's show with Colleen Wolfe. But, man, when I was going through it, I realized their edge position is awesome. Like, you have the best player in the league, potentially, Micah Parsons. That's who I would take, even over your guy, Myles Garrett. If I could just pick someone, I would take Parsons. And then on the other side, you have a battle of Sam Williams, who tore his ACL in, what, early 2024, but looked really good in 2023 as like a young rising edge rusher.

38:29You have a first round pick. I liked a lot in Donovan as a Rocco. You have Dante Fowler, who you just mentioned had a nice season for Washington last year. And then you have Marshawn Nealon, who's coming off of an injury as well, but is expected, I think to be ready for the start of the season. He had a meniscus tear. And I was thinking like, is this the best edge group in the league? The Cowboys are a little frisky. That's a good group. If everything worked out well, And those four are really fighting for snaps. Not everyone can play because you know Parsons is playing every snap.

38:58Nick Shook:Yeah, you're going to stay fresh and you're going to stay fresh opposite Michael Parsons. But I think it's really an example of you buying into and believing in the potential of what all these guys could be collectively. And you know what? It's July. I'm on board with that. Only like two need to hit. And that's where the Cowboys running back situation doesn't make much sense to me. They're next on my list. their running back battle is Javante Williams, who just did not look good most of the last couple of years. Miles Sanders, who's sort of a journeyman at this point, hasn't really done much. And Jaden Blue, a fifth-round pick, who we're already hearing whispers and not positive ones about how he looked in the offseason.

39:38Just why? Why? It shouldn't be this hard to find a running back, Shook.

39:44Nick Shook:This is also a team that let Tony Pollard walk and they let Rico Dowdle walk. And this is how they responded. I think we've talked about this before. I hate this room. I think it's one of the lowest ceiling rooms in the NFL, especially when you're putting that next to Dak Prescott. You finally get another receiver next to CeeDee Lamb. And then you have this to show for running back. I don't like it at all. I think about Jaden Blue as the guy who ran the wheel route against Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl for a touchdown. It's basically that's what I see out of him. um and the rest of the group miles sanders has operated in anonymity in carolina and like you said about javante williams after being an exciting guy out of north carolina has never really put it together in the last couple years so low ceiling not excited about this group at all and i think it could hold them back pretty significantly that it is a position though you can find guys from other teams so could they be a travis etn team at the end of training camp some sort of veteran that you could you know send a sixth round pick you know swap it the cowboys love to do that It wouldn't surprise me, but just why?

40:40Number five, let's go back to the quarterbacks. Tyler Shuck and Spencer Rattler. Again, what I like in the summer is like, it's like popcorn movies. I want it to be just sort of dumb. This is what August is about. Spencer Rattler was all over the place last year, but he's got a new head coach in Kellen Moore, who I think will be a lot more organized. And he's got that year of experience in the offseason. supposedly he looked better than shuck and yet we know shuck who signed a fully guaranteed contract and is in camp on time is the heavy heavy favorite if it's anywhere close to a tie they'll give it to shuck i would assume shuck yeah the investments in him yeah well i was

41:24Nick Shook:kind of blew my mind when i heard some people pronouncing his name as shook even though it's spelled differently uh riddle me that but yeah it's it's a low expectation team and i think it at quarterback because this is the guy that is the favorite. But the agenda still exists. The agenda continues to push Spencer Rattler into our consciousness. And I, like you, would totally sign up for chaos that leads to Spencer Rattler being out there and putting on a bit of a show with Kellen Moore. That would be fun. They start the season with three NFC West teams, which is not easy. Is there a chance that they put Rattler out there at the beginning with some tough games before the schedule opens up?

42:01just to give him a chance because you don't want to be flip-flopping. Maybe the rest of our listeners aren't as interested in that, but to me, that's what August is all about, finding a week one starter. It's these two weird guys. Shuck is significantly older than Rattler, but to me had very high ceiling tape in college and yet couldn't handle pressure. It's just a lot going on. I think it's fun. The Giants edge battle was next on my list because to me, it's just juicy that you have the number two pick of the draft, Abdul Carter, who you just assume is going to start. But you have a guy in Kayvon Thibodeau who was a top five pick, top seven pick, hugely talented, hasn't really paid off that talent, but maybe he's got a fire lit under him, he's got some experience.

42:52I'm not just assuming that Carter ends up ahead of him. So to me, it's kind of fascinating. You don't normally have two really high draft picks like that going after each other at the same position.

43:04Nick Shook:Yeah. I mean, if you look at this group as a whole, I mean, they have Brian Burns opposite them. Like they're going to be good either way. It's just they have a Chauncey Golston, too, who's like a good he's a good fourth defensive end who they signed to some money who played for the Cowboys, too. Yeah. So you want to talk about edge groups? I mean, I kind of like this group more than the last group we talked about. It's just a matter of his when they drafted Carter. It was a no brainer because a lot of people thought he was the best player in the draft. So it made sense. but on a roster construction from that standpoint, not so much.

43:33Nick Shook:But then again, is it because Kayvon Thibodeau is not the guy they thought they were getting? That's the question. I think Carter wins this job and I think it applies pressure to Thibodeau who, I mean, he had his own endorsement deals a year ago. Now he's looking at potentially having to split snaps or, or start behind a rookie in a Abdul Carter, which makes it very interesting, especially in a market like New York. Yeah. I, I remember Kayvon, you know, on draft. Friend, friend. We've made friends. We've made friends with him around the NFL. And I would say, yeah, the Carter pick is, not only was he the best pick, and to me they had two options, him or Travis Hunter.

44:08I think they made the wrong choice personally, but I think it had to be one of those two. And you had to take him for the talent. But part of it is absolutely that Thibodeau hasn't lived up to his billing. He's been like a good player, but not a great player. And it's not like a quarterback battle. They're both going to play. It's just who's going to be first in line, who's going to get more snaps. And if Carter is playing a lot over Thibodeau and Golston kind of sneaks in there, and then does Thibodeau honk a little bit? We'll see. The next one is a similar type of battle. I mentioned Shamar Stewart, who's holding out in Cincinnati, we presume.

44:44The camp hasn't actually started yet, but they were talking on Monday, just hopeful that he'll show up. And Trey Hendrickson also they're not totally sure about, but I think he might show up and hold in. And that the edge battle opposite Hendrickson and if Hendrickson's not there is is pretty grim. It's a former first round pick, Miles Murphy, who hasn't done anything in his first two years. It's Stewart, who was like the biggest workout wonder of the the league. And it's another guy, Joseph Asai, who they brought back, who they've always had high hopes for. I remember him in that in that Super Bowl, making a couple of plays against the Rams, but otherwise has been mostly quiet.

45:20And man, that's kind of a thin group there, Shook, especially if Hendrickson's not there. But even if Hendrickson's there, that's an interesting group with some first round picks after him.

45:33Nick Shook:Yeah, I think that in such a what I think is going to be a pivotal season for the Bengals that they've done themselves a massive disservice by letting this Hendrickson thing last as long as it has. Understandably, because money is involved. But the rest of the group, I mean, you have to replace a guy who retired, and suddenly you can't figure out who's going to be there. And so you go with Osi. You take traits guys in Stewart and Murphy. Lack of production coming out of college, especially Stewart. And you can't even get Stewart in the building. Do you want to talk about Grimm? I would be very worried if I was a Bengals fan about this, especially if they can't figure it out with Hendrickson.

46:08Nick Shook:And this is a defense that was so bad, Luan Aruba lost his job. This is going to be an important part of your team if you're going to get back to the playoffs. And going into camp like this, every year there's something with them in camp, but this is not encouraging. Right, just because I want to combine them. Number 21 on my list is the guard situation with the Bengals, too. It's just a really good team to have some really big holes when you look at their roster. Their cornerback position, too, they have to shake out. But Edge and then their guards, where really both spots are up for grabs, and they're hoping some of their draft picks pan out.

46:44And everyone just assumes draft picks are going to pan out, and then you just look at Miles Murphy. A year ago at this time, he's the addresser. There are all these articles. Okay, after a quiet first year, first-round pick Miles Murphy is ready to go, and he's going to be a big contributor for the Bengals. And then we got nothing from him, basically, for the second straight year. And so they've got to show that they can develop these guys So it's a really good team in theory because it's got really great strengths, but, man, they have some big holes at edge and at guard. We got to mention the Colts quarterback situation.

47:19Anthony Richardson sounds like he's going to be ready for training camp, so that's good. It'll at least give him, in theory, even footing with Daniel Jones. Who do you think wins that battle, Shook?

47:30Nick Shook:I mean, the messaging with Richardson was weird when it was revealed that he wasn't going to be participating in minicamp. It's encouraging that he's going to be ready, or at least we think he's going to be ready. It sounds like he will be. I mean, this is an absolutely pivotal crossroads year for him. He's got to come through this year. And losing your job to Daniel Jones would be embarrassing for him, but also embarrassing for the Colts for spending the fourth overall pick on him. And yet they seem like they want to do it. They gave Daniel Jones$14 million. Yes, because I think Shane Steichen is tired of it.

48:04Nick Shook:He needs somebody he can rely on. I don't know if he can rely on Daniel Jones unless he just needed a change of scenery. So Eileen Richardson because of the investment in him. But I also don't think that they are completely committed to him in that they would overlook him being, you know, outworked or outperformed by Daniel Jones in this camp. So I think it's going to be one of the more fascinating ones outside of, you know, what we talked about in New York and what we might talk about in Cleveland, just because it's going to matter so much for the entire state of this franchise. Right. In post-knee surgery, Daniel Jones was not the same as pre-knee surgery.

48:35I know he was never a Pro Bowl player, but he was worse last year than he's ever looked. And so maybe a year healthier, he'll be better. But to me, Richardson should win this battle. They'd just be so much more interesting. But there's something weird going on there. I think they feel like tough love is maybe motivating Anthony Richardson. And that's why they've been so aggressive. We'll see. The Jags running backs, I mentioned Travis Etienne. Now I'm confusing the Trevor and the Travis of the, the ETN brothers who are now in the NFL. You have, you have, you have the original one is in Jacksonville and he's facing off against tank Bigsby and Bayshall toot in.

49:16And I know who's a fourth round pick this year. I know fantasy guys base everything off last year, but sometimes, sometimes guys show up different than they were the year before. And who knows, maybe ETN shows up this year and he looks better than Bigsby and takes it back. It's an interesting group. And if ETN isn't the winner here and they like to in, then maybe he's a trade ship at the end of.

49:37Nick Shook:Yeah. Yeah. That's been the rumor so much that Liam Cohen had to come out and talk about it months ago about how much they love him and he shows up, he's consistent and everything else, which is kind of like the ownership vote of confidence right before a coach gets fired where it's like, it's that last little nudge that we really like this guy, but we're also dangling him there. Bigsby outperformed him last year and it was not a good offense. So, you know, take that with a grain of salt. Tootin's the guy who's very fast, who didn't produce the most positive marks coming out of the spring activity.

50:07Nick Shook:So it's going to be an interesting dynamic there with those three. But I think by the end of camp, if ETN doesn't show that he's on track for a bounce back year, he's in trade talks, and we're talking about a big speed Tootin backfield in Jacksonville. Yeah, Tootin was the guy who blew up the combine with that 4-2 or whatever. Just a big boy running extremely fast. Finally, our top 10 to wrap up the top 10. We got 49 more after that. We're going to fire through. It's the Chiefs tackle situation. So they're starting camp with Jawan Taylor. It's been the right tackle on the PUP list. I found that really interesting because Josh Simmons, who fell in the draft all the way to the Chiefs, very talented tackle because he's coming off of a major knee reconstruction, is not on the PUP list.

50:54So they have Simmons, the first-round pick. They have Jalen Moore, who they gave$15 million a year to, who was the backup to Trent Simmons over in San Francisco. And I find this one really interesting because it's the Chiefs. It could impact the Super Bowl. But also, if Juwan Taylor takes a while to come back, could both of those guys start? Could Simmons be on one side, on the right side maybe, and Moore's on the left side in the end? You're kicking last year's second-round pick, Kingsley, Suamatea inside to left tackle. Maybe Jalen Moore, I mean, to left guard rather, actually could move inside to left guard.

51:33There's been some talk too, if they like Simmons at left tackle and they pay him that way. So it's just a puzzle that the Chiefs are trying to figure out. But Josh Simmons to me is like a really big part of how good this team could be this year.

51:47Nick Shook:Yeah. And we also can't forget Mike Caliendo's role in this too, because this is the assembly of a puzzle, this offensive line. We saw how important it was to find some sort of stability there, which they didn't. They had to kick out Joe Tooney in the left tackle last year. So they're just throwing a lot of options out there and hoping that they find a starting five. And I think that this could take on a number of different appearances in terms of where a guy is playing or who's playing, you know, what position by week, who's starting, who's not, which is not super encouraging for a team that's been to the Super Bowl.

52:16Nick Shook:But they're talented. Like, there's a lot of investment that leaves, Chuck. It's a first-round pick who a lot of people thought was the most talented tackle in the draft. Not without effort. It's Jalen Moore, who they're paying$15 million a year, who's interesting. And Jawan Taylor, who's been overpaid the last few years. And if he makes the team this year, and I assume he will, I would guess this is his last year with the Chiefs. So it's interesting. They are making sure that Patrick Mahomes is protected, or at least making sure they're doing everything possible, spending a lot of money. Supposedly they wanted Ronnie Stanley and the Ravens stepped up and kept him.

52:54All right, we're going to start going a little faster here. We're outside the top 10. Our next three, we've got the Dolphins cornerback situation. It's just wide open. The top candidates to be their cornerbacks are Storm Duck, Cam Smith, Ethan Bonner. Those are outside. So I think they're going to add someone at some point. We have Cater Kohu, but he's more of an inside nickel guy. So that's just like a little worrisome. If you're a Dolphins fan, I'm going to be watching that. You got the Bills second cornerback. They drafted a first round pick in Maxwell Harrison, but Tredavious white is back there.

53:28Dane Jackson is back on the team. So I'll be interested to see if Harrison really steps up as like a young draft pick. They want him to start. And then we got your Browns quarterbacks. I couldn't put them any higher than this on the list just because it's just a little bit of like, it's, it's going to be interesting to watch, but to, to, for who, for what, you know, shook. Yes.

53:49Nick Shook:To what end is this? Two things, two things here. Um, the dolphins defense as a whole is concerning to me, especially in a big year for them. Uh, and, and look no further than quarterback, as you mentioned, but the Browns quarterback situation comes down to a simple sentence. I tweeted like a week ago. We posted a picture, maybe it was two weeks ago of the four quarterbacks for the AFC North Browns training camp preview. And I just said, I'm sorry, but how do you not laugh at this picture? because it's, I mean, these are your options. Like you got four of them. None of them are probably good enough to start for most teams, but they got to figure out and find one.

54:22Nick Shook:So it's intriguing because if you like chaos and, you know, like you said, popcorn movies, that sort of thing, you're going to get that in Cleveland, but it's not super encouraging. I mean, let's go through them. How many of them would be backups on most teams? Flacco probably would be a backup on more than half the teams in the league. He's, I think, a good backup, but he was freely available for not much money and no one wanted him. So that for the most part, like that says something, I don't think Kenny Pickett would be a backup on most teams necessarily. The Eagles dumped him. And then, yeah, you have Dylan Gabriel and Shadur Sanders who are a third and a fifth round draft pick wouldn't normally be counted on to be a backup.

55:00So yeah, I just want to kind of catch everyone up. If you haven't been listening to NFL daily and you're like plugging back in at the start of training camp, just kind of where everything is. And so we're going over all these position battles, but man, I grouped a lot of these wide receivers together. So I'm just going to mention a bunch of the teams and the difference that wide receiver is like, it's kind of figuring out what the order is going to be. But for the most part, a lot of these guys are making the team, but all right, let's go through the jets wide receivers after Garrett Wilson. It's wide open.

55:35It's like Josh Reynolds, Malachi Corley, Tyler Johnson. It's not a bunch of good names. The Panthers wide receivers in general, you figure Adam Thielen has a role shook. Xavier Leggett probably has a role. Tett McMillan was their top 10 pick. You have Jalen Coker. You have Hunter Renfro. That could go anywhere like one to five. I'm not sure what the order is going to be. The Patriots wide receivers. I already mentioned Stefan Diggs. He's obviously going to play if he's healthy. Demario Douglas, I think is going to have a role for them if he's healthy. And then you have like Matt Collins. You have my guy, the third round pick, Kyle Williams.

56:13You have Jalen Polk, who was a high second round pick a year ago, was a disaster, but you can't totally give up on him. Supposedly he's looked good when he actually practiced. It was the games that threw him up. You have Kendrick Bourne, who I was always like. You have this guy, Efton Chisholm, Shook, who supposedly is like the next Danny Amendola, has been lighting up practice. You have Keyshawn Booty. Like what is going on? Like it's just these teams where you can just shake it all up and try to figure out like, what stands out to you out of those three?

56:41Nick Shook:It's a snow globe and it's not because they play in new England. It's an actual snow globe. You just shake it up and figure out where it lands. I actually like Carolina's top three. If, if yeah, Dylan can be the guy that he was last year, he was a pretty big part of that offense. And I like, I still like we get Ted McMillan. We'll see. Like it was very mixed results on, you know, depending on who you talk to for his evaluation, but he's a, you know, a bigger target. So that's good for them. But the Patriots, yeah, it's just complete battle royale. Like just drop them in and figure out who wins these jobs.

57:09Nick Shook:And frankly, for a team that was terrible last year, I like that idea. I like that approach. Like is K'Shawn Booty going to beat out Jalen Polk? Who knows? Is Greg Scott Kyle Williams going to be used? I just listed like nine names. Like, yeah. And I didn't even, there were a couple more. It's crazy. It's essentially, and I consider Diggs more of like a two slash three at this stage of his career. It's more like they have eight, you know, guys who could be two slash three. would you rather though would you rather have their group or the jets group who has garrett wilson but then after that it's josh reynolds tyler johnson malachi corley and in theory you're thinking okay well they'll use two tight end sets and they'll have you know you'll use their tight ends but their tight ends aren't really good receivers either like man it falls off a cliff would you rather have the patriots wide receivers or the jets can i pick the panthers out of both of those groups the correct answer by the way is the jets because they have garrett wilson you have one great young receiver that's still worth more i think than all the the patriots combined but either way it's it's not great all right more wide receivers titans steelers and broncos so the receivers for the titans after calvin ridley it gets really thin in theory tyler lockett is their number two but man i like van jefferson is there they drafted a couple guys uh a humanor and chimeri dk are two mid-round draft picks like who steps up trail on burks is still on this roster but always her xavier restrepo is like a a well-known undrafted guy but that's wide open really after after calvin ridley similar to the the pant the steelers rather after dk meccaff you You have Calvin Austin.

58:51You have Roman Wilson. You have Ben Skoranek. You have Robert Woods. You have Scotty Miller. And then the Broncos. I think this is a better group. But after Cortland Sutton, it is pretty open. And it's Marvin Mims, Valey, who did pretty well for them as a rookie last year. Pat Bryant, who they drafted earlier than expected. And Troy Franklin. So like out of those three groups, anything just stand out to you as the most interesting of those groups. But another group where two through five is kind of open.

59:25Nick Shook:Tape dogs, the draft Knicks, the college guys really like Chimera D.K.'s tape. So keep an eye on him. Fourth round pick. They need someone to step up, don't they? I mean, yeah, they do. But I like the rest of that group. Alvin Ridley as you're like locked in number one. And Burks is on his way out. Like Burks, he hasn't done anything. He never justified that pick. He's on his way out. So I don't really like the rest of that group at all. The Steelers, I thought Roman Wilson was going to be a pretty important playmaker for them. And then he had an ankle injury and never got going last year. So keep an eye on him.

59:53Nick Shook:I still like him as well. And the Broncos, I think probably the best of the three, just because I at least saw some production from that group last year. But yeah, if I had to take, I mean, the Steelers have DK Metcalf now, but DK Metcalf became just a go merchant in his last year and a half in Seattle. So God, none of these are really great. I don't think they're terrible, but it's more like getting our listeners ready for like a watch list. This is your watch list for August that I think is going to be interesting. The big advantage the Broncos have is they have Sean Payton, and he makes wide receivers look better.

1:00:27And they have a solid young quarterback in Bo Nix, whereas the Steelers, we'll see. We'll see what Aaron Rodgers brings to the table. Wrapping up the top 20 here, Shook, is the Broncos running back situation. and it's J.K. Dobbins, R.J. Harvey, and Odrick Estame. I gave a little bump on this list to teams that are good because to me, this battle actually is going to impact a team that has a real chance to make the playoffs again.

1:00:52Nick Shook:Yeah, I like the fact that they committed to Estame, who's like an old school power back, and they used him in short yardage situations last year. Dobbins always comes with the question mark of health just because he's struggled with injuries so many times over the last few years. R.J. Harvey, unless you watched UCF football, you might not know who he is, but he's the most intriguing of the group. But I like this committee approach with a blend of different styles that I think will balance well with how they like to run their offense, which of course is getting mixed out on the perimeter. I think they'll have some opportunities to find some running lanes.

1:01:21Yeah, it's a great candidate to have like great fantasy value compared to where he's going to get drafted. We will do some fantasy in the coming weeks as we get ready for the season. That's the top 20. So, and I already mentioned the Bengals guard. So technically that's 21. I think that's a good spot. We're going to take a quick break. And then we are getting through the 59. It's two a days. It's happening, Chuck.

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1:05:43My goal, Chuck. is not only to entertain a little bit, but also inform. And I want our NFL Daily listeners to be the most informed of all their friend groups, of their entire town, of anyone they know. And so that's why they need to know the top 59 position battles. I'm a sicko, and it's why we're going to hit the news every day throughout training camp and keep you up to date. It's one of the times of the year I love the daily format because there's just these little things that if you're a sicko like you have to be to be an hour into the position battles uh then you want to know all the information so let's let's keep it going we did 21 uh position battles so far our next group uh the eagles in the secondary their safety's pretty wide open uh they have a rookie andrew mccuba they have sydney brown it's more interesting to me because it's also like where does cooper to jingo you assume he's staying at nickel but if the safety doesn't go well like could they be Rotatium.

1:06:44They also have their other cornerback spot open. It's probably Keeley Ringo, but they have a Dory Jackson there. So just their secondary because they're such a good team to me. They get a little higher on the list. Just keep an eye on that. The Cardinals edge group I thought was interesting because they're potentially really good players, but boom or bust. BJ Ojolari was a really promising rookie two years ago before he tore his ACL last year. Baron Browning came there in a trade and then re-signed on a pretty nice free agent contract. And then Zayven Collins, who's kind of found a home as an edge rusher, was a first-round pick.

1:07:16Some interesting names they're battling for their second spot opposite Josh Sweat. The Jaguars cornerbacks are interesting just because Travis Hunter is part of it. So how much is Travis Hunter actually going to play at cornerback? We know he's playing at wide receiver. Jerrion Jones, Buster Brown is there. You assume Hunter's going to be on the outside. Just everything Travis Hunter is fascinating to me. We mentioned the Chargers receivers before, but I'm assuming Quinton Johnston is kind of locked in there at the X. So then you have Trey Harris, the rookie. You have Keandre Lambert-Smith. You have Darius Davis.

1:07:49They're all battling for snaps. And then let's finish this little pack at number 26, the running back position of the Patriots, Ramondre Stevenson, your guy Travion Henderson from Ohio State, and Antonio Gibson still there. They're all going to play, but it's kind of figuring out which snaps. Like, out of that group, what stands out to you?

1:08:06Nick Shook:I mean, I love that running back room in New England. Yeah, I know that you gave money to Ramondre and you kind of need him to produce. But I love the depth there. And again, a difference in styles a little bit, too. I thought Gibson's time in Washington was cut too short. It's premature. And I'm glad that he's got a home there, even if he's going to be fighting for snaps. Yeah, as much time as we spend on the receivers and how it's a battle royale. I think this is a very solid top three at that position. So I very much love that. The Eagles secondary is an interesting examination of what happens when you draft well.

1:08:36Nick Shook:and you're so deep that some of the guys that you would expect to make plays earlier for other teams just don't see the field very much. And then you get like three years down the line and you're like, oh God, now we need those guys to play. We still don't know if they're any good or not. Sidney Brown is one of those guys. So I'm excited to see how that kind of shakes out. And Keely Ringo too, not that you would have expected him. He's a talented cornerback who is I think a fourth round pick, maybe third, but guy from Georgia that now it's their development. But man, is that a young secondary when you think about it?

1:09:05Because you had the two rookies last year getting the rookies of the year vote in Quinion Mitchell and Cooper Dejean, who to me, Dejean's already among the best at his position and Mitchell might not be that far behind. Like what a young, exciting group. But I like the Eagles kind of combination of change because they do have some change on the defense, but also continuity, especially on the offensive side. All right. Our next group. I had to throw a kicker battle in. uh justin tucker has been suspended by the league we we didn't mention that on the show that happened during our break but we already knew that he was cut and so when you're replacing possibly the greatest kicker of all time you i i would say he is justin tucker uh vinatieri obviously hit more big kicks but if tucker was in the position to do that i think he would have as well um when you're replacing him and you're on a team that could make the super bowl tyler loop their draft pick will be the heavy favorite over John Hoyland, but you never know.

1:10:00It's a rookie. What if he just stinks? Tyler Loop. You have the Chiefs running back, Isaiah Pacheco, getting some pop. Kareem Hunt is still there. Elijah Mitchell is on this team from the 49ers. Brashard Smith is a late-round pick. I mean, Pacheco is a late-round pick, so I'm not going to rule anything out. That's interesting to me because it is the Chiefs, and it's wide open. You have the Raiders wide receivers after Jacoby Myers. You got Trey Tucker. You got Jack Besch, the second-round pick. You have another rookie Dante Thornton. Like this is a team that kind of screams to sign a veteran. I mean, I don't know what Keenan Allen's going to bring at this point, but there is a Tom Telesco connection there.

1:10:39Maybe he, he ends up there. The Falcons edge spot to me was interesting shook because, uh, they have two young draft picks that they took, you know, very high and James Pierce and Jalen Walker who are battling for time, but also some veterans, Leonard Floyd has been around forever and Arnold Abichetti. so how much time will the rookies get that and get there and then similar type of vibe in washington at cornerback trey amos is competing to start there but you have jonathan jones the former patriots uh cornerback a veteran you have noah igbenogany is there can marshawn latimore ever stay healthy i you know i assume he's starting but is he ever on the field so that that's one of the kind of like up in the air spots for washington what what stands out to from that big pack.

1:11:23Nick Shook:Yeah. Can he play well when he takes the field on like the postseason last year? Yes. I got to go to two places here. I'm going to the Raiders receivers because we you are among them who love the Raiders just because Gino's there and they feel like they're headed in the right direction with Pete Carroll. But this is the position group that worries me the most. I know they made additions there, but it's one that I'm going to continue to keep my eye on. And it might be a candidate for them to pick up some of these other guys get cut elsewhere. When we have these massive receiver battles with other teams, you might see the Raiders front of the line trying to add some of those guys so keep an eye just to see how that shakes out it's that and it's a falcons edge group because they were they drafted two edge rushers in the first round and they did it so confidently that i have to see it come to fruition i need to see this follow through um and james pierce being one of them and you said uh jalen walker being the other and pierce had some questions coming out of tennessee so gonna keep a close eye on that because they are deeper there than they were in previous years which is big because that was a huge weakness for them last year, but a lot of it is unknown.

1:12:20We are rolling to 59 position battles. And as I look at the end, I probably could have cut out like a couple of them, but, um, you know, they say, leave them, you know, wanting more, maybe we'll leave you wanting less. Uh, number 32 on this list is the, is the lions interior offensive line group. So, you know, now that you've had the retirement of Frank Ragnow, there already was going to be some change there. Can Tate Ratledge start at center for them could he move over to guard you've got Graham Glasgow there you've got some players have been there like that's an important spot for that team the 49ers edge group has a top 12 pick in Mikel Williams against a guy they traded for Bryce Huff who's probably going to be more of a situational pass rusher you have a veteran there Yatoro Grossmato so that's opposite Nick Bosa that's a big spot they used to be known for their defensive line their their edge group Now it's a little more of a question mark, but I think it looks better than it did a year ago.

1:13:18That's an interesting battle. I threw the Lions backup quarterback situation in just because it's the Lions. That's Hendon Hooker. Is he ever going to become a guy? He's against Kyle Allen. You have the Raiders cornerback. We just talked about wide receiver. Man, cornerback is thin for them there. Who is their cornerback one?

1:13:38DeCamarion Richardson, Jacorian Bennett, Eric Stout, Darnay Holmes, like Darian Porter, like who knows, who knows one, two, three, it's wide open. They're a candidate to pick up a veteran, but I'll just be curious to see how that shakes out. You got your Browns running backs here. You will see if Quenchon Junkins is a part of the team. I don't think he will be necessarily early in the season. So that leaves Jerome Ford and Dylan Sampson, who's an interesting prospect. And then the Packers wide receivers will stop there. I think you have to wait for the games to see how the Patrick Packers wide receivers really shake out.

1:14:13Like we know Romeo Dobbs is like a good player. We'll see. I guess you could follow Matthew Golden's their first round pick, like how his development is in camp. Do they give a role to Savion Williams, a third round pick? But we kind of know those Packers receivers. Christian Watson not going to be ready for the start of the season coming off of a torn ACL. I kind of want to wait for the games for the Packers wide receivers, which is why they were low on my list. Who stands out? Who do you want to talk about out of that group? Shooky?

1:14:40Nick Shook:Well, no, I think it's smart to wait for the games of the Packers just because they've just been so inconsistent year to year with production. But you've seen flashes from basically all of those guys. And then you add in the first round pick. It becomes more interesting. You know, honestly, I look at the 49ers front seven. It's not just the edge group, but the entire front seven. This is a team that used to have a lot of household names and really their entire defense. They've had so many guys leave. There's been so much turnover. It's a transitional year for them. and they also invested a lot in the front four.

1:15:07Nick Shook:They drafted a couple of defensive tackles, but like this front seven that you looked at now, as opposed to previous years, the big names are basically gone. You have Bosa and you have Warner and the rest of it's like, all right, how are these guys going to fit in? So I think that's going to be something that they're going to sort out in camp. We're going to see a lot of examples of it during the preseason, but I think it's going to be a point of mild concern going into this year. Yeah. I mean, I did not include their defensive tackle battle on my list of 59. You got to make some choices, Nick, even 59.

1:15:34Nick Shook:and uh no love for cj west the former golden flash yeah they got two draft picks alfred collins and cj west and they've got a two two veterans who have been pretty forgettable kevin gibbons and jordan elliott like these are not the 49ers that you used to see and it's interesting how vegas and the projection models have them ranked so high uh football outsiders used to be the name now it's uh aaron shots at fdn and they have the 49ers i think projected to win the third most amount of games in the entire NFL, but man, they have some questions up front. All right. Continuing on the list. We are down to 38 on the list.

1:16:12We got the Bears number three receiver. So that could be the rookie Luther burden who they took in the second round. That could be Olamide Zaccheaus. That could be Devin Duvernay. Just one of those. That's like everyone always slots in the rookie. It's like these guys have actually been in the league for five, six years and they might not impress you that much, but like, we'll see if Luther burden lasts in the NFL five, six years. Like you don't really know. So that's just one to watch. But if he pops off, he has a nice high ceiling to add some juice to that group. Uh, the Vikings wide receiver three, they drafted a kid, Ty Felton in the third round.

1:16:45You have Jalen Naylor there. You have Rondale Moore. They all should have roles, uh, but I'll be keeping an eye on that. The commanders are looking for a right tackle. They drafted Josh Connerly, but moving him positions to the right side, he'll probably be against Andrew Wiley. That's something to watch the center at it for the chargers. They're like rotating Bradley Bozeman and Zion Johnson between center and guard. Like, I don't know if they did enough at wide receiver or interior offensive line to make me as hyped as I want to be about the Chargers. You have the Panthers edge just in general.

1:17:17The Panthers edge group is, to me, very thin and wide open. Their linebacker is pretty thin as well. I, you know, combine that with the Dolphins linebacker, which is guys I know. Terrell Dodson, who's bounced around with Buffalo and Seattle. You have KJ Britt, who used to be with the Bucs, and then Willie Gay. That takes us to number 43, Nick Shook.

1:17:40Nick Shook:KJ Britt, who took Devin White's job in Tampa back in the day. That's probably the group that I like more other than their edge-rushing component, considering who they have still coming back. I mean, I look at Carolina, and what I see is a lot of chips being moved to the center of the table on guys that you've drafted, Nick Scorton being one of them. Uh, it's, it's, but this is what happens when you have a team that you had to steadily rebuild over the years. You can't address everything in one or two off seasons. So it's going to be a test to them, but they did invest in the back end a lot with Trevon Merrig and, and JC Horn.

1:18:10Nick Shook:So, you know, I think that collectively they could probably be better, but they're not going to be super, you know, uh, I mean, they have Derek Brown still up there and he's, he's a hell of a player. So they're just going to expect a lot of production from key guys without the collective group being super strong. yeah see like you mentioned in the secondary there i think is telling like i'm with you they made a nice signing morgue they paid to keep horn they brought back mike jackson and so that's three guys that actually feel pretty good about but then they're a team that when you look at the depth chart maybe these guys will step up but it falls off a cliff after that and so you need more than three defensive backs their linebacker position like you need more than one or two edge that you can count on and i'm not sure who we can count on there a long way to go um Number 44 on the list, your old friend Nick Chubb.

1:18:56The backup battle with the Texans, because I don't think Nick Chubb is going to start over Joe Mixon, but keep an eye on him. And Damian Pierce is still there. They drafted the running back Marks from USC. So that's an interesting backup battle. The Browns' edge spot is pretty wide open, opposite Miles Garrett. Joe Tryon Shoenka, the former Buccaneer, is part of that battle with Alex Wright. The Texans offensive line, they blew it up. They got rid of Laramie Tunsil. It is a battle royale for almost all their spots. We'll see how that works out. The Lions edge group is number 47 on the list. Already got to cross off a name, Josh Paschal, at least for the start of the year.

1:19:40You're counting on Marcus Davenport to stay healthy. That is never the best position to be in. Still a little thin, and you're counting on Aiden Hutchinson just coming back and being the guy that he has been. the Dolphins guard position. You drafted Jonah Savanea to take over that spot. But again, you're counting on a second round pick to start. And so we'll see if he beats out Liam Eikenberg. We've got the Saints third receiver group. Man, this group is weird and wide open, but Brandon Cooks is there. And then we wrap up the top 50 with the Seahawks wide receiver number three spot. And I just, I wanted more Bobo in this show.

1:20:17So I'm putting that spot there. Jake Bobo, you got Marquez Valdez-Scantlin. You got like a third round pick in Torrey Horton. And that wraps up the top 50 there.

1:20:27Nick Shook:Now, anytime you can get more Bobo in your life, you have to capitalize on that. You got to take advantage of it. And I would agree. You know, I don't like a top three that includes MVS. I'm just going to say it right now. No, he probably isn't going to win that group. I think he'll be fourth or fifth. I would like to see more Bobo. I agree. I know we have some people in the newsroom out in L.A. that would agree with that as well. Ricky White, the third UNLV product. I'd like to see what he does. I don't know. It gets pretty thin after the top three, but we do have a lot of attention paid to Cooper Cup and Jackson Smith and Jigla out there with Sam Darnold.

1:20:57Nick Shook:Man, tricky year for them coming off of, you know, making some significant changes and everything else could be a bit of a danger there. Could be walking on some unsteady footing there. Yeah, and I'm really curious to see and hear the reports about Cooper Cup. You would expect it to be very positive. Sometimes you can't trust everything in camp. Like I remember all the positive reports about Allen Robinson with the Rams a couple of years ago, and it didn't really happen when when the game started. But I will be curious, really curious to see how Cooper Cup season looks in Seattle. But he's not on this list because he's not really battling the final nine names on these lists.

1:21:35At least these final battles are lesser ones. I mean, I ranked them in order, but Rams linebacker is like wide open. The end of the roster Texans wide receivers after the top couple of guys. I'm talking about guys like John Mechie, Watson's there, Justin Watson, the former chief, Braxton Berrios. That, to me, is interesting. The Browns wide receivers are pretty wide open after Judy and maybe Cedric Tillman. The Titans edge group, we'll see if their second-round pick, Ola Dejo, can immediately become a contributor. Arden Keyes is there. Draymond Jones is there. Some interesting names. See who ends up on top.

1:22:13You have the 49ers defensive tackle list. we already hit. I guess I did put them on the list. They were just much lower. And the Chargers linebacker, Junior Colson, who they were hoping they took in the third round, one of the first picks with June with Jim Harbaugh, his former Michigan player. Can he get on the field? He's fighting an uphill battle against Denzel Perryman. And you got your Browns tackle spots. They're kind of wide open because of health. The Colts off ball linebacker. And yes, the tech Titans safety position. That was where I was like, okay, I've gone too far. Xavier Woods.

1:22:46Nick Shook:That's what did it? Third round pick Kevin Winston. I was like, okay, that's it. Kevin Winston's maybe an interesting player. I think I need to wrap it up right there. I thought the Browns receiving court would be the one that makes you stop. Well, they have Deontay Johnson. And to me, I find Deontay Johnson interesting. Can Deontay Johnson actually become an NFL player again? Is, you know, in theory, like if you had told me two years ago who would you take out of that entire group that's on the team right now including jerry judy and cedric tillman it's like i would be like deontay johnson's probably the best player so you never know maybe maybe he could be wide receiver one this is no shade towards cedric tillman but the fact that you said after judy and tillman i was like oh yikes because right well he's got to make the team i think he will but like you got jamari thrash who was a draft pick.

1:23:37Nick Shook:Michael Woods, who just hangs around every year. I don't know how. David Bell, who I don't know how he's still on the team. DeAndre Carter was a sneaky ad. I mean, no, this is not a good group. This is not going to be a good offense. Everybody should prepare for that. But I think the Junior Colson thing is interesting to me because for as good of a linebacker as he was at Michigan, I felt he was overvalued coming into the NFL and that he ended up with the Chargers at that pick because Harbaugh was the coach there. And so if there's going to be a year for him to prove that he's worth it, I think he starts toward that right now.

1:24:05Nick Shook:And it's not a weak group overall. It's just that he's going to battle some guys who have a little bit more playing experience than him. Diane Henley being out there, Perryman, like you mentioned. I mean, Henley, they're hoping he becomes an all-pro. Yeah, he's a stud. He was their breakout guy a year ago. And yeah, and so Perryman's more of the run stopper. Can you get it? I think Henley's kind of taking his job. And it reminds me of our training camp visit to the Chargers last year. And I asked Matt Money-Smith, this was very early in Chargers camp, give me one player that fans don't know about that could, that they should keep an eye on this year.

1:24:40And he said, Deion Henley. And he nailed that because, uh, Deion Henley became one of the best young linebackers in league. And I think he's stolen that spot basically from junior Colson. We will be heading out to some training camps. We're working on the particulars. We got back together Saturday this weekend, NFL network coming back on air. So our trips will come after that. Uh, but I, I hope we're going to be going to the saints and the Cowboys. and I believe the Rams this year. So I'm looking forward to that. I'm looking forward to this entire season. Our former Browns employee for a brief time, Nick Shook, we got you back with the NFL and we couldn't feel any better about it.

1:25:18It's going to be fun doing this season and we're going to be doing these Sunday nights with you throughout training camp, Shooky.

1:25:24Nick Shook:Oh yeah, oh yeah, looking forward to it. Years ago, I used to sweat wearing a bucket hat in Berea. Now I'm in an air-conditioned company doing a podcast with you. That's a hot one. I'd rather be doing the podcast with me, but I'm biased. We will be back on Tuesday with Colleen Wolfe. I'm looking forward to getting back inside the Chris Wessling podcast studio with my friend Colleen, checking on what her summer is like. Yeah, like when the majority of the NFL is literally reporting for training camp tomorrow, like that is the definition of football being back.

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