Deebo & Joe - Part 1: Omar Khan Says Steelers Won't Negotiate Joey Porter Jr. Contract During Season

26:28James Harrison:The Cam Haywards, the TJ Watts, the ones that you draft in-house guys, Alex Highsmith. You know, he gets paid, he got paid his 17-5 and nobody said nothing because it was deserving. When Nick Herbick just got paid, he was drafted. He's been doing, not even like, that's more potential. And he deserves it because I know, and I believe in Nick Herbick. But when he gets paid, why is it so much more chill than when Joey Porter Jr. has been doing the same stuff? I'm like, no. It's going, it's the NFL. He can go get hurt right now and be only guaranteed$4 million. What they need to think about, bro, is you're doing this to your starting corner.

27:04James Harrison:You haven't even offered him nothing. What do you think everybody else in that locker room is saying and thinking about your organization right now that you ain't even offered this man nothing? That is crazy. This is what you, One of the best players on your defense. These are the people that you do. These are the people that you do reward. These are the people that you do reward. And I normally see when the Steelers, when I was over watching, like Cam Hayward, like no matter, he's going to ball, he's going to do his thing, and he's going to continue to, everybody's like, what? No, Cam is, he's a staple in the locker room.

27:38James Harrison:He's a staple on the field. And these are the type of dudes that you need on your squad. Joey Porter Jr. has done nothing wrong. So when we saying like, maybe you don't want him to be the highest paid corner, but damn, where do you expect him to be? Not 20. You're not, you can't, I can't negotiate with you if you don't offer me something. You're telling me it's not, how, what, hey, Joe, I'm coming to apply for a job that you ain't even, you ain't even, you ain't even offering me. Like, what are we talking about? It ain't even open. Like, what? Hey, what? Yeah, it starts to feel, as a man, as a man, when you went out there and played, you were drafted with these other guys too.

28:16James Harrison:That's the thing that makes it even more like, damn, with the three other dudes that got the extensions, I'm in the same class. We've been here balling, working, doing what I had to do, grinding. You're not offering me nothing. At the end of the day, I played these three years. I wasn't a first-round pick. You got me a 32, so I don't have a fifth-year option. Would you accept my 50-year option? Did I do enough for the 50-year option? I don't know. So now it just, as a man, you could feel a certain type of way because everybody's like, no, no, go out there. You got to play. You sign a contract.

28:46James Harrison:Man, look at my boys that's getting 25, 18, 12. When they want that pay cut, all they do is say, take the pay cut and release you. Let me go because I know at the end of the day, Joey Porter Jr. could be the highest paid team if he was let go and was able to go get his bag from another team. Like, they would pay him. A team would pay Joey Porter$32 million a year right now. Hey, listen, I'm going to tell you right now, it don't matter where he go. They go pay him and offer him something. Offer. They're going to offer something. There is no. Bruh. If I get word back that that is that that that this man ain't even had a real offer to look at.

29:29James Harrison:And this is the part. send a rebuttal or or like something what yes and debo this is what i'm saying this who is in control of this this this don't make sense me disrespect me send me a disrespectful offer send me something that you think is crazy so then i could at least be like this whoo you know it's more than four i know it's gonna be more than four if it's 20 million dollars a year For five, it's a$100 million contract that you see with 60 guaranteed. And if you send that, that's the craziest thing ever because you just gave that away for somebody that's not a starter. And like you said, everybody is deserving.

30:10James Harrison:So if that's the case, it's no way. Dude, it's no way. I really hope that is. Send me something disrespectful. But if it is true, this is the most disrespectful thing ever. But not sending an offer is just violation of all type of codes. Like, the man that went out there, oh, well, he go, if you, Mike McCarthy, Omar Khan, Mr. Art Roney, like, if you believe that he is going to go out there and play on this$4 million deal with nothing to guarantee him that it's no way. Because this, listen, this is the part two, Debo, Debo, Debo, this is the part two that you don't, that you sometimes might fail to realize is end of the day, if a contract does get sent, when you're talking, when your agents are negotiating and talking to these GMs and say your, your agent is like this, no, we want to be, we want to reset the market.

31:17James Harrison:That's what it's going to be that that's where we stand no matter what even send something so then at the end of the day you can say in good faith i sent them an offer i sent what i expected them to be this is what was the max that i wanted them what happened to good faith you can look at it then then you don't look crazy that good faith word is huge joe you're not showing no good faith you ain't even send an offer that's that's that's what i'm saying right you want something in the contract that I can't get. That's crazy. Yes. Show me, send me what you think I'm worth then. So I hear what you were saying with the agent because then as a player, you could be like, you got to show me.

31:59James Harrison:You're going to show me the contract. I'm like, okay, bet, boom. Now I can at least look at it and see what it looks like. Because if... Show me something. Give me something I can go back for. I'm sending... I'm not sending you nothing because there's nothing to be sent because you're telling me right now you don't even want to negotiate. Yeah, you telling me I'm under contract. Play your year out. That's it. Yeah. Like, I don't know how you want him to be a stiller for life if we ain't offered him nothing.

32:34James Harrison:If we ain't offered him nothing, I don't know how we want him to be a stiller for life because that's a one-year contract. When you want somebody to be with your organization for life, they never get to one year. That's what I'm saying. when that one year's up, that's when you're going into your last season. That's your final season. That's what they're telling you.

32:55James Harrison:Unless we don't tag you. Bruh. That. I say it ain't so. I hope at the end of the day, for real, for real, that from my outside looking in with the Steelers, they're going to do the right thing, figure it out, and get Joey Porter Jr. paid.

33:42James Harrison:Listen, listen. It ain't Russian roulette for him. It's a no-brainer. I sit out. I come back next year. And I sit out because my back hurts. I sit out because this hurts. I sit out because my asshole hurts.

34:04James Harrison:Everything hurts. Bubble guts and all. Like, you want to complain and talk about me saying this? Oh, you can't do that. what other recourse do you have you don't but if they want you to take a pay cut you can't force them to keep you and get paid but they can just cut you this is all his only this would be your only recourse period yep and you can't tell a man when he hurt especially on that back that back you bro if this I don't I just can't bro this is this ain't it this ain't it look we got some gotta cut we got some days we hope hopefully I say like we said Debo like you know and like I know it can go down in 24 but it gotta start on once it's a a contra has to be you cannot dictate and say when a man is healthy You can try.

35:08James Harrison:You can do it all you want to. If that was the case, then it'd be people that would be playing whenever y 'all said y 'all wanted them to play. It's some dudes that do do that, and they mess up their career and end their careers early. Oh, you all right. You can do it. Go out there. Nope, don't do it. You can't. You ain't 100%. What are you talking about? Don't step out there. And that back, that lock up in a minute, anytime. You can reach over to grab something. Hell, I stressed this morning. I almost got locked up, Joe. A thousand percent, Debo. I went to tie my shoe. Thank you. Little spaz.

35:44James Harrison:Thank you. Boom. If y 'all have, if you believe that this man is going to play, or y 'all anticipating him playing on that contract, don't count on it. Y 'all better get ready and back up whatever it is y 'all got backed up because him to go out there and play on$4 million and he gets hurt, that means he won't get franchised next year because you won't give him a franchise. It'll be an offer of prove it. A one-year. It's no advantages for him to go and play this year without a contract extension. So either get ready to trade or release. And if it's me, I'm going to play it sideways on you because you want to play sideways with me, you want to play tricky with me, I'm going to practice all week.

36:38James Harrison:And my back going to lock up on Friday. That's just keeping it a bean. Keeping it a bean. Keeping it a buck. It is. Like you bring in Elandon Roberts and you just release him. It's a bit that it's business on your side. So it got to turn business on my side. And it's not, I don't want it to be like that. But now I've hooped. It's business. You got to keep it 100 business. Now look here, man. They talking, he said he's not closing the door. Omar said he's not closing the door. For sure. No. Listen, you can not close the door all you want to, but that don't mean, y 'all let that man go. He went to Vegas.

37:18James Harrison:And you know, they kept Harrison. And then they ended up releasing Harrison anyway. That's who they kept E over back then. They thought Harrison was going to be better than E. That didn't happen. Now you brought him back. and then he came back and then you let him go again. Got him about it again. He already proved that he was better. Everything else. So first time, it's shame on you. Second time, shame on me. It ain't going to be a third time. The third time, I'm pretty sure it's going to be some guarantees and some incentive type things put in there for me to even step over there if you call me.

37:58James Harrison:If things start looking tricky after week one or two or three. Debo. You're not just Debo. It's the league. You don't think he's going to be like, nah, y 'all playing with me. I'm not going to come back. Bruh, I'm going to tell you right now. The man was coming back for minimum. He was on a minimum. And then you let me go? You think I'm going to come back again on another minimum? And then he didn't even get it because he didn't make the route? Huh? call me if you want to. You ain't picking up. No, I'm going to pick up. But it's going to be more than minimum. It's going to be more guaranteed. Exactly.

38:39James Harrison:So, hey, you want me to come over there? What y 'all got left in your thing? Three? Yeah, I want three. I need it. Give me three to sign, and then you can give me minimum for the rest of it. Yeah, three because I'm... I'm leaving here with something. You ain't going to have me come. I done came over here twice already, and you done sent me back. I'm leaving here with something. I'm leaving here with something. I feel that. I feel you, Debo. I feel you. Deservingly so. But they got to get young Joey. They got to get young Peasy right. Got to. Or it's going as good as you got to. Like I said. You don't think it's happening?

39:14James Harrison:I don't know what they doing. But this is not what you want to do or have, especially in your first year as the head coach. is one of your cornerstones don't get paid and then you pay everybody else but him on top of it was some friction you know with other players when he came in there about how things were being handled and everything else but you know this to that and all the other stuff like i said a lot of those changes i liked they were good come on yeah that's what i'm saying devo i ain't gonna lie to you you You got to come in there. Hopefully he can keep that up. You know what I'm saying?

39:57James Harrison:But when it comes down to it, like, hey, this is one of the cats that's been in there. Like, where are we going? Like, we ain't offering Nathan?

40:11Like, that's just a, you got to.

40:18James Harrison:Wow, Joe, that could be, Joe. Joe, it looks like that could be definitely true.

40:29Wow.

40:30James Harrison:Yeah. Offer.

40:36Hey, bro, that's all I'm saying.

40:39James Harrison:And I understand what they're talking about. That's just agents talking, talking. Like, when you're talking about you in negotiations, that means like they're saying verbal negotiations. No paper contracts sent and they've been able to turn it down. Like, send me something so I can see what your guarantees, how many years, da-da-da. So then, like, we can go from somewhere. If this is what – if PZ's agent's most creme de la creme contract versus what the Steelers want to do. And that's how negotiations work. So then we eventually – you give some, I take some, and then we meet somewhere in the middle, or then we don't.

41:15James Harrison:But there's a negotiation that has to start taking place when you send me the first contract. Like, I hear everybody like, oh, no, verbal. Why am I going to send something if his agent is telling me that he wants to be the highest paid? Because I want him on my team, and I'm willing to show you this is what we got. You know what I'm saying? Send me something so I can see at the end of the day how many years, what's this guarantee looking like? How much do you guys really value me? You know what I'm saying? If you think I'm going to be a stealer for life, it's not going to be a four right now. You know what I'm saying?

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47:58James Harrison:You know what I'm saying? You have Nick Herbick that was out there. We were talking about negotiations, that they started 25. Was 25 million the first thing that the Steelers sent Nick Herbick? Hell no. That's what I'm saying. So there has to be someone where you send me something. But they did something, bro. No, Debo, I'm just, I'm telling you, like, you know what I'm saying? They ain't said nothing. I'm with you now. I done got a reliable source said. It ain't been no nothing sent. There it go. Come on. I ain't. Huh? No. That don't even make sense to me. Paper is crazy. I don't, this, I, man, man, man, Lord, Jimmy, Christmas.

48:37James Harrison:But that's when, at the end of the day, you start to get to where you, you bring it up to me always. the business side, the money side. Oh, yeah. Where are they going to get the money from? Like, they would have to start. What are you talking about? They got$30 million cap right now. No, no, no, no, no. I'm saying that's why they restructured. That's why they restructured DKs. They would have to restructure people's stuff. But then, like, they already looking at it like, okay, we signed. This is not how you play, man. You don't play. You don't play, man. Y 'all playing a game that you don't realize you're going to lose.

49:06James Harrison:This is the game where I'm saying. Because he can't win any other way. there's no other way for this man to win because you ain't offering nothing and you think he's going to go out there and get take a chance of getting hurt no why because i could sit out and i could get something next or you trading you don't want him you ain't offering nothing if you ain't offering nothing you don't want him trading get something for him devil's advocate they saying we do want him but you ain't offering me nothing you don't want me yeah i know i i'm with you. But they, yeah, they got him a full million right now.

49:42James Harrison:So it's like, you can't play. That's just messed up. That's the biggest. You can't play when you back hurt. That's what I'm talking about. You can't play when you back hurt. What are we talking about? Yeah, that's what I'm saying. I don't want it to get ugly like that because it's just... It ain't going to get ugly, man. It's just going to be what it's going to be. It's going to be what it's going to be. You damn right.

50:05James Harrison:And here's the thing. Go ahead and put yourself up against that deadline. We know negotiating season. Yes. You cannot negotiate in season. You're going to be trading him this season to try and get something for him or sitting there and wondering why that man back still locked up after he practiced for a day and can't get out there.

50:27James Harrison:I'm just keeping the bug. You know what I'm saying? You saying the same thing? I'm pretty sure they would love to have a chance at getting nephew. Mm-hmm. You know what I'm saying? Hell. My boy Jazz. Go ahead, get over there to LA. They might give us some. Oh man, no. They get cool. They might - Yeah, they go over there, I might start rooting for LA. If you go over there, I might start rooting for LA. That be my NFC team. Man, look, you got to get - I'm for the players that got to get in their paper. and then when they get in there, because they performed to get their paper. He hasn't done anything wrong.

51:09James Harrison:He's not out here wilding. He's not out here trying to mess up the bag. He's out here trying to be a baller, trying to go to all pros, trying to be the best player he can be. So when I see that, I'm all for it, Joey Porter Jr. You've been doing what you're supposed to do. My whole speculation is out the window. It ain't no speculation no more. Ain't nothing. ain't Nathan Nathaniel nothing Nathaniel right we want him to be listen man your words your words they gotta match your actions and your actions gotta match your words them two gotta go together you understand boy I can't I can't I can't tell you that you know hey son I love you, man.

52:04I really care about you, but I don't do a damn thing for you.

52:08James Harrison:I do nothing to make sure that you are safe, that you are taken care of. I do nothing to make sure you have a roof over your head, food in your stomach. I do none of that. You're not on the right path. I don't lead you. I don't do anything, but I love you. I ain't seen you in six months I ain't seen you in a year and when I do see you it's a quick hey hi and bye what? I love you though I love you it comes down to the point Debo of when I would say was playing for the Browns signed that contract extension Pro Bowl Pro Bowl the next year soon as that guarantee was up and I had and I got concussions that next season that following season they hit my phone because I was playing well, then wasn't playing well, then was concussed and was missing games.

53:00James Harrison:Hit my phone with the, okay, now, Joe, you're not playing like a top five corner in the league anymore. You need to take this pay cut or we're going to cut you. So I'm like, no, I'm just hurt. When I'm on the field, I'm playing like a top five corner. I just can't do nothing about my concussions. When I get back out there, I'm going ball. And that's just the business side. I've signed the contract. I'm good. No, they're like, no, no, no, bro. You are playing less than what you've been. So now we're going, now the guaranteed is up. So now you need to take some less. I'm like, no, the same way we signed the contract here, but it just turns into that.

53:34James Harrison:You ain't playing up to what we think. You ain't playing up with the park, Coach. But if you're playing over what we know that you've been playing at, A, you signed the contract. I'm not playing. And deservingly so. I feel you. Okay, bet. Now I'm going to go. The Steelers is like this. Now we see what's going on. Bam. Get over there. Start balling. And you have to play well. and then when you don't, it's time to go. It just is what it is.

54:00James Harrison:Come on, man. You got to send them something, though. Hey. Hey. You got to send them something. You got to start somewhere. I don't know who it is. You have to start somewhere. I don't know who it is. But I'm almost positive it's either going to be Omar Khan or it's going to be Mike McCarthy. It's going to be one of them, too. So whether the contract is sent or not sent, I don't think art really has much to do with it, to be honest with you, because I think that's going to be more a thing between Omar and Mike. And with Mike just getting there and, you know, you kind of want to put your own spin on it.

54:34James Harrison:I mean, you done what we had. Was it eight or ten guys that kept on that we drafted? We kept all of them. Yeah. How often is that that you keep every player that you drive? I don't know. I don't know how many people that hit the lottery like that. but hey look it could be good that's what I'm saying I'm hoping I'm hoping it's good but I know I know this right here with no offer and then releasing E Landon E Landon Roberts is not what I thought would be conducive to us having a successful season or at least giving us a better chance to have one and then on top of we ain't even had an offensive line that done played two two games together that that got a whole they got a they ain't setting nothing together to where they can go ahead and get used to each other like that's a big thing people don't understand that like yo i need to know who is saying to the left and right like you know i understand like some guys don't need to do certain things because they have but dude when you're talking about a group that has to play together they have to work together they have to court they have to communicate and know okay look man, we got this twist stack, whatever possibility, whatever that may be.

55:49It helps when you have them all together.

55:52James Harrison:So basically, I think we're going to be going through a little bit of some growing pains these first four weeks, bro. You damn right with the line. If the line isn't protecting, that's where we all start bad. Because Rico Dotto, Jalen Warren, if they can't get started, it's not going to be good. We'll start behind the sticks. won't be able to get those one-on-ones with DK, with Pittman on the outsides, with Mount Washington. So it all starts with if Aaron Rodgers, he can't run. So if, like you said, if the line isn't protecting, it's going to be not too good. Defense, Jalen Ramsey, good, healthy.

56:29James Harrison:We got TJ Watt coming back healthy. We got Cam, we got Benton coming off his contract. Highsmith, Herbick. Sean Elliott on IR, though. Yes. We still got Sean. We still got, what's my man, Samuel. Samuel. So the secondary should be looking. And this is what I'm saying, too. The communication. You going to move Jalen back to safety or what's going on? Listen, as long as the communication is as good, body on bodies, as long as we don't have people running scot-free, it's not going to be as crazy. Obviously, we're going to need Joey Porter Jr. out there to make the defense to be locked in. But it's not as much bad.

57:08James Harrison:It's just offensive line, a thousand percent, like you said. Because if the offensive line isn't, if we can't get the run game going, then that's going to shut down the whole thing. We got to be ahead of the sticks. Because like you said, we're going to be, boom, run, run, run, bring a safety in the box, play action. We got DK on the outside. We got a fire move in Mount Washington. So, offensive line for sure. Defensive players are going to be back healthy. So, it's not looking. I don't think it's going to be as bad. McCarthy, his offense, seeing what's going on. So I don't think it's going to be as bad.

57:43James Harrison:I don't know, man. I'm hoping for the best, but right now this got me a little distraught. And I do believe in Queen and I believe in P-Dub. Another year of communication is going to be in a queen. I believe in Queen and P-Dub too. Okay? Now when it comes down to it though, I know what each one lacks. I hear you, but I'm telling you, you can do it. And when we're talking about it was a problem all last year, bro. I understand we had some scheme issues and all that. But at the same time, when you playing up there, bro, and they start doing that double and that rub, you got to come down there and you got to get that lineman off that double by coming down and bamming that lineman off of him.

58:28James Harrison:The same thing that you're talking about right now is the same thing that I believe that these pros are watching on tape and they know that they got to do that better. So if you're self-grading and self-watching film and seeing like, hold on, what were my strengths and what were my weaknesses in last year? What can I do better? What can make me the best linebacker? I would hope that I think Queen and P-Dub are trying to be three down linebackers where they don't need to be getting taken out. Where Queen is on his contract making 75. They're three down linebackers now because we have no one to take out.

59:00James Harrison:That's what I'm saying. So knowing that, we know what you're saying is, Debo, is obviously because it was on tape. It's on tape. That's what we're talking about. No, that's what I'm saying. So I think that given them this year, they know that this has to change. This has to get off of your tape. You can't be doing the same thing. Like, this is why we were not successful last season. So I'm thinking P-Dub and Queen going to attack this and going to make it look a whole lot better than it was last year. And even when you attack it, bro, You still got to come down and get off. That's the big thing, dude.

59:33James Harrison:I can say, James, you know what you need to do, man. You can be able to cover better. I can work on my coverage all I want to. If I can't cover, I just can't cover better. If I can't get downhill and shed that block and get off of it, if you done got to the point to where you're in the National Football League right now, and your issue has been getting downhill and shedding off of blocks of linemen, you're going to have that problem now. you're going to have it for a while you might not even get rid of it because now you're at the top level and now these linemen can grab and hold your ass okay and getting off that block is a lot harder and now you got to come with a lot more force you got to come down to it and you got to be able to punch, explode get off dude like that's a lot of power you got to have explosive and be explosive and powerful in there dude like And you don't have to be heavy to do it, but you have to have that.

1:00:30James Harrison:And I haven't seen that. James Ferrier. When James Ferrier played with us, James Ferrier was our inside linebacker, brother. James Ferrier, by the time we got to the end of the season, that boy was 215. God. 215. He came into training camp maybe 230 if he was lucky, 225. But he could come downhill and bam and get off of it. Lawrence Timmons, Larry Foot. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's why they moved Timmons. Timmons was an outside linebacker. That's why they moved Timmons off the line, because Timmons couldn't get these linemen, they couldn't get the tackles off of him because he didn't have that running start to get down.

1:01:09James Harrison:They moved him back there to the inside. He had that running start coming downhill. Bam! Dude, what we got is guys coming downhill, and they may give up a one-for-one. We can't take a one-for-one. Can't take a one-for-one. Can't do that. Can't take a one for one. You got to come down there and get up off of that and make that. Oh, I'm with you, Debo. I'm with you. Anyway, bro, I just I'm hoping we able to get this done or they're able to get this done at some, you know, at some point in time.

1:01:50James Harrison:you can stick to your policy. You can say that it's going to be in effect. If you're doing any type of Russian roulette here, I promise you, they pulling triggers over there. There's no need to go. There's no need for this. We can make it smooth, just like everybody else's little deal was done. We can get it done. We can get it done, but something got to be sent. Something got to be sent. Something got to be sent. Something got to be sent. And nothing to send is nothing to even talk about. It could be done in 24 hours. But I ain't going to lie to you. We're running out of 24 hours. Because by September, I'm sent.

1:02:33James Harrison:September 8th, Debo. If it ain't signed by September 8th, then, then, then. back for show for show. Yeah. That's Saturday. What is it? I mean, but because I'm saying you're not going to play. You being a stickler on you're not negotiating. You're not negotiating the season. You're not negotiating the season. Yes. And you're not even saying as a standard, we don't normally negotiate the season. You're saying we're not. Okay. Who do you think go block? Man, they ain't go forward over there. I promise you. They ain't go forward over there. Brother, I don't think neither one is going to fold. Right.

1:03:14James Harrison:So go on and trade my man if that's the case. Like the worst case, I don't like Le 'Veon Bale. Right. Like literally. But neither one. But Le 'Veon turned something down. That's what I'm saying. No, no, that's what I'm saying. We still got to wait to the point. We had an offer. I feel you. I hear you. I'm with you. But that's what it's looking like. At least they showed him they wanted to try to do something. Yes. That's what I'm saying. And you give a chance to turn it down. because then I don't give a damn what your agent's talking about. You as a man, you know what it is. It's like, am I really worth, is it going to, you can make that decision.

1:03:50James Harrison:If you're getting offered$25 million a year versus what your agent or$26 million a year versus what your agent thinks you're worth, is that worth now at the end of the day? When they show that in front of you, this is what it looks like. Right now we can be able to get this contract at a four year, you know what I'm saying, $100 million,$75 guaranteed extension with these things into incentives. It was like this. Okay, I will want a four-year$120 million, but am I about to literally now, I'm looking at this deal. I'm a human being. I hear you, agent. I hear all that, but the Steelers, where I'm at, I'm willing to pay for this.

1:04:26James Harrison:I can play these years, and then I'm expecting myself to ball out and then be able to get another deal. Because the thing is, right now, I signed a contract. I went to second round and I signed for$9 million. So now this is going to be my next contract from what I did for you lately. And that's$100. Okay, cool. Now I'm playing for the next deal. So if I was Joey Porter Jr. too, like with the Steelers, if you're not going to send anything because you're thinking that, no, they're saying that they want this type of money, they want to set the market, send something now. So then he can literally sit down, look at it as a man, check and see what it is and be like, okay, but no, this is what they do.

1:05:06There's so many ways that this deal could get done and things could move and like at least like head in the right direction.

1:05:18James Harrison:It's ridiculous, especially with the possibility of incentives, because as we said, it's not, he don't have accolades that he's earned. And those are now incentives that you can put in there as not likely to be earned. and then it don't even go against like bluff money in there right right this is what you you you're saying you don't want to pay me this number but we don't know what it is they don't want to pay because they ain't saying no but here it is let's hypothetically you don't want to pay me this number because i don't have those accolades okay pay me this number when i get those accolades the bonus of getting those accolades now put me at the number that i want to be well but got to get an offer first.

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