Kirk Cousins, Mendoza vs Simpson, Lamar/Hurts Pressure & More

16:38Rich Eisen:Well, then I'll tell you, if that is in fact the case, that all his guaranteed money is gone after this year, you're going to be hearing some noise, potentially from his representation, that might not jibe with his quiet demeanor and keeping things out of the griddle or pouring gasoline on a fire. You'll hear something. You'll hear something. And if they miss the playoffs, that would be stunning.

17:08Chris Brockman:don't you think though at the end of the day i don't know about that uh you know they they kind of struggled at the end of last year one and done in the playoffs but they still have enough terrific players dallas looks dallas had a really good season offseason they're coming into it looking pretty good uh jane jane daniels is assumingly back healthy washington is going to be they're in a spot to maybe take jeremiah love in the draft they're lucky they're going to be

17:30Rich Eisen:back you know i see a scenario under which the eagles uh would have a a fight on their hands for the division title. Brother, they're still really, really good with some terrific players. Are they going to have A.J. Brown this year? I don't know. I don't know why they would trade him unless it's so untenable behind the scenes. Why would they trade him? I don't get that. I think if they trade him, this is more likely that the Eagles would miss the playoffs. Really? I mean, do we want to go? does everyone want to go back to the the days of uh pre-brown and pre-smith when we're we're talking about them not drafting justin jefferson right you know that that conversation we haven't heard about the eagles passing on justin jefferson for a couple of years for and for good reason because of everything that's going on offensively but you know all the conversation about how one and 11 don't get along and they're not they don't kind of like each other anymore but hey at the same time um they they're the reasons why uh the eagles went rogue at the end of the packers game causing you know um nick seriani to be caught by a camera on the sideline screaming why and it's just like well the two of them decided to go up top so they're they don't like each other but they go rogue together you know what i mean like there's some things it's weird i i think there is a hurts issue there whether it's self-inflicted by him or people just don't like his demeanor and be chatty kathy's off uh off record uh on background and this is all normally would be something that tears a team down but in philadelphia it seems to fuel them you know like it's it's it's that that noisemaker that helps you fall asleep right but this is the one that This noise maker that keeps them afloat.

19:28Rich Eisen:It's kind of weird. If they're two and four, though, three and six.

19:31Chris Brockman:I mean, you're going to talk about Sirianni hot seat. This hurts the problem. Should they go to the backup? I got you. I got you. They're really good, though. They're really, really good. The division is elevated, though, this year. Guys getting back healthy. Seemingly. Now a full year of dart. We have Harbaugh on the division.

19:47Rich Eisen:I totally buy that. I need to see it, too. Need to see it. Need to see it from Washington. of course yeah okay of course and dallas i might add but i i i feel that um they are getting better they've got their pieces on defense i think they've had one of the best off seasons in the league i i like what they've done with rashaun gary and then they add him to to clark and um quinn and williams yeah um they're gonna draft 12 and 20 they're gonna they're gonna draft two defenders like i'd be stunned if anybody comes from 12 and 20 on the offensive side unless they trade up to third overall and get themselves some big ass piece like jeremiah love no it would be another edge rusher to to put on the other side of rashaun gary and have them a five-year yeah that'd be fun that that would be the idea that'd be really fun their big splash not offensive player would be for an edge rusher if the cowboys do that Need parts fast?

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21:49Chris Brockman:Rich, let's talk about your favorite team in the NFL, Kansas City Chiefs. Now you sound like Cooper. Diehard Chiefs kingdom, Rich. Despite, they had the biggest splash offensively in free agency. Kenneth Walker, Super Bowl MVP goes there. That's great. Love that for them. And Patrick Mahomes, who seemingly is going to be ready to start week one. Despite signing him, though, the Chiefs are going to take an offensive weapon at ninth overall.

22:12Rich Eisen:I don't think that's an overreaction. I don't think that's an overreaction.

22:15Chris Brockman:I think a lot of people just have them pegged for defensive after trading away Trent McDuffie.

22:19Rich Eisen:The mocks are all over the place. Mansoor Delaney, the corner, the top corner available, that might be their choice too because, you know, they trade away Trent McDuffie and they can pop him in there and basically say, hey, go kill a kid and it's time to pay you and then we'll send you somewhere else like we did McDuffie, like we did Snead, like we do, you know, all the time. Right. So, yeah, I could see them doing that. I could see them adding an edge rusher. They can go anywhere.

22:51Chris Brockman:More and more I think about Carnell Tate, and if he drops to nine.

22:55Rich Eisen:No, he's not going to be there. At nine?

22:57Chris Brockman:No.

22:57Rich Eisen:He's not going to be there. If Carnell Tate's there, I mean, you can put him in red. Yeah. And the other piece of news is that Rasheed Rice has been cleared of his latest issues off the field for the NFL. Right. So, you know, he's not going to be starting on the suspended list, at least not for that, to start the season. So I do like them adding Kenneth Walker. Again, Kareem Hunt, I believe in 2017 or 2018, I should figure that it was the last 1 ,000-yard rusher, his rookie season. So if this kid is going to be bringing his MVP, Super Bowl MVP game to Kansas City, um i like it a lot certainly if mahomes is going to need to lean on something for the first half of a season to get fully up to speed with his surgically repaired knee but um so i guess it's an overreaction in the fact that they're going to have so many options they're going to have options at edge rusher they're going to have options at corner they're going to have an option potentially for a big wide receiver if tate drops there will still be if tate doesn't drop every other receiver not named tate in the draft if they want to do it we'll see if somehow some way mao and noah would drop all the way down to nine um they might be tempted to go and pop a new offensive lineman um into their mix if if somehow some way they get that value so they're they're really they're really in a good spot um they earned it unfortunately for them last year but they're they're in a good spot to go in any way they want it's rare a good team though you know

24:37Chris Brockman:still in the middle of kind of a dynastic run gets a chance to draft in the top 10 i know it

24:41Rich Eisen:sounds something like new england would have that opportunity interesting never never heard that

24:47Chris Brockman:before that's odd all right two more rich and then we'll we'll get on with our first week of april here uh thinking about the draft i want you to do a little math here i know there i told you there would be no math, but it's really easy. There will be more first round trades than quarterbacks and running back selected combined in the first round on day one.

25:08Rich Eisen:Oh yeah. Yeah. That's not an overreaction at all. Really? Oh man. Yeah. Quarterbacks and running back selected on day one. The highest you're going to get is three, maybe four, maybe, you know,

25:19Chris Brockman:maybe four. What?

25:20Rich Eisen:So at both Notre Dame kids and Ty Simpson and exactly. They'll still be formats. They'll still be potentially more trades.

25:26Chris Brockman:Really? Yeah, yeah. I think every year during the draft, we anticipate there's going to be a lot of movement, and it just kind of falls flat.

25:36Rich Eisen:I think this year there's going to be such a dearth of, I guess, offensive linemen, and let me peg another one. I mean, there's edge rushers. um i just think that there's there's gonna in terms of premium in terms of like premium premium and then now you've got high upside type of guys sure um that it might force a hand or two let's just say there's three trades or four trades maybe i um i just think it's going to be one quarterback and one running back brother the end of the day and there'll be more trades I think at the end of the day, Simpson will be waiting for the top of round two. And so will Jadarian Price of the Fighting Irish.

26:32Rich Eisen:And those will be really good guys. I mean, I'll be honest. You're getting first-round talent. I know Ty Simpson's rooting for it to be a first-rounder. Clearly, that's a dream. Yeah, of course. Plus, you get that fifth-year option. and you've got also, if he's at the back end of the first round, the opportunity to join a better team. I understand all of that. But as the host of the draft, I wouldn't mind Ty Simpson sitting there with the Jets and the Cardinals starting in night two as a, hey, tune in and watch that. Cleveland, maybe. You know, like those two are right there. Would they take Simpson or were they not?

27:14Rich Eisen:but that's just purely I'm the host of a television product that I want you to watch which is a very self-centered way of putting Ty Simpson's feelings and future aside but I think at the end of the day it'll be despite how Simpson is gaining some momentum in the mock drafts and in the world of evaluators, I think it'll be Mendoza one and then none. And then love top five. Yeah. And then none. And then more trades. And then some more movement.

27:55Chris Brockman:That's where I'll go. Yeah, I just get so excited about the prospect of trades

27:59Rich Eisen:and then it's just kind of like, that's all we got. Because it's expensive to move around in the first round and certainly to move back in. Yeah. You know, I mean, everybody's putting their capital in next year's draft for the quarterback. Why would they spend any of that capital to come back in here for a non-quarterback? Unless you really love Ty Simpson more than anybody else that's coming out next year. So what else? All right, last one.

28:22Chris Brockman:Last one. And it's your favorite topic. And it's my favorite topic. Oh, boy. Pressure Rich Eisen. Oh, God. Not just a song by Queen and David Bowie. Oh, my God. Here's the deal. the Ravens posted a video, you know, some team are coming to work. Yeah. A handful of teams have workouts started this week. You know, new, new head coaches. And, uh, you know, they show Lamar coming into the building and I'm like, okay, Rich, no quarterback is under more pressure this coming year than the two time MVP.

28:54Rich Eisen:Lamar. What's the pressure? What's the pressure? What's the pressure?

28:57Chris Brockman:Here's the pressure. You ready?

28:57Rich Eisen:Rich land on me because I'm sure it'll be something that will definitely start to get him rattled if it's going to be us talking about him or other shows like this talking about him they're going to be other shows are going to be talking about all these topic bars there will be screen is lamar two-time mvp should have been three-time mvp lamar jackson no longer the same guy because he got hurt and last year was terrible and this year's not as good and now he's no longer as good and alan is still just as good argument borrows just as good i know it's Drake Mays now, and look, Jaden Daniels has come back.

29:33Rich Eisen:He's not even the best quarterback in the Mid-Atlantic anymore. I don't even want to say anything. Oh, my God, Matthew Stafford is coming back. He's pushing 40. Look how he looks. Oh, my gosh, look at how Goff is now playing under his new offense and Drew Petsing and then Lamar is just looking at how. Should I put my feet up? Look at how Mahomes has come back, looking strong with Mahomes and Bo Nix with his broken ankle. He's looking terrific. And the Broncos and whoever's. Look at Herbert. Oh, my God, he's so tall and handsome and Madison Beery. And, you know, oh, my gosh, all this stuff. And Lamar's just sitting there, who is the coolest customer in the history of coolest customers and living in his own world in the way that he's got to, he's like on planet Lamar.

30:14Rich Eisen:Oh, is he going, wait a minute? Is Brockman talking about me on overreaction money like this? Wait, what did Stephen A. say about me on first take? Are you a dude or not? Oh, my God. All those dudes waking up with barstool are talking bad about me. Oh, my God. I'm under such pressure. Who are you? Who are you?

30:32Chris Brockman:Who are you? Are you Steph Curry or are you James Harden? Who are you? Well, both are very, very rich and going to the Hall of Fame. So what? That's pressure? But guess what? We think about one guy much differently than we think about the other guy. But it's what you think. Here's the thing. The we think. Here's the thing that no one's talking about. It's not what he cares about. Here's the thing. Do we know that? There's a thing where nobody's talking about. He got his coach fired last year. Okay? Oh, gosh. You say he got his coach fired. He got his coach fired last year. Okay? His ability to not perform in the playoffs throughout his career got John Harbaugh fired.

31:10Chris Brockman:And now we think about Harbaugh's legacy a little bit different.

31:13Rich Eisen:He hit Zay Flowers with a perfect pass against the Kansas City Chiefs, and Flowers turns upfield and fumbles it. Is that Lamar's fault? We don't know that they're not going to lose that game. Oh, my goodness gracious. Let me tell you about pressure again.

31:25Chris Brockman:Are you the two-time MVP best player in the league? or are you just a guy that we're going to, like, 20 years from now, we're going to be like, oh, yeah, Lamar won a couple of MVPs. Interesting. Now you're turning into what's more likely.

31:36Rich Eisen:That is less likely than the alternative. And I think you deep down know it. Let me just say this. The pressure, once again, is always on somebody who may not have a job anymore, let alone maybe not in the league anymore. Why isn't this guy signed a new contract? I don't know, because if he doesn't want to sign, Maybe he needs to see what's going on in Baltimore. Maybe that's what he wants to do. Maybe that's what he wants to do, because I'll tell you what, if Malik Willis doesn't work out in Miami, do you know who's going down to Miami? You know who Miami would definitely take if Malik Willis isn't the guy?

32:11Rich Eisen:They're hoping Malik Willis is the next version of Lamar Jackson. That's what they're hoping down there in Miami right now for that$20 million and hoping to get him all sorts of weaponry around him through the draft. Listen, the pressure, again, is somebody who may not have a gig by the end of the day. Kirk Cousins in Vegas, that's pressure. Although for him, he knows he's got 15 more years of being a guaranteed paid quarterback. Rodgers comes back, that's your guy. Although he doesn't feel pressure, he's going to be a first ballot Hall of Famer. Pressure is you may not play anymore. Father time is tapping you on the shoulder.

32:47Rich Eisen:No, pressure is not living up to your expectations.

32:50Chris Brockman:Not living up to your expectations.

32:52Rich Eisen:Your expectations are within yourself, not what we say on television or radio or TV and the radio. That's it. I mean, I don't think Lamar, Lamar might, you know, hear from his friends. This is what they're saying. Or he may look down at his phone and get pissed. Then he shrugs it off and he goes and does Lamar things. I don't, I don't think he's going to suddenly, you know, fall flat. And he's going to be the reason why the Ravens suddenly aren't dynamic. I think the, the, the defense was the issue there more than anything else the last couple of years where they're not consistent enough from weeks one to week 18 or beyond and and uh the new head coach is going to fix that new head coach is going to fix that that that you i think you can uh be assured of if if any of his track record continues so um i i push back on this as you know when you created this topic bar would be my reaction but that's why you mentioned it and I greatly appreciate it.

33:51Rich Eisen:You're welcome. That's it for Overreaction Monday, everybody. We're off and running here. We had a great week of some great guests coming up over the next two weeks on our flagship show. The Roastmaster General Jeffrey Ross on the Monday flagship show. No Contest Wrestling is going to be white hot to the touch for WrestleMania buildup. They're going to WrestleMania, O'Shea Jackson Jr., and also our friend TJ Jefferson. So for Chris, I'm Rich. That's it for Overreaction Monday. Peace out, everybody.

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