Why Caleb Williams & Chicago Bears face MASSIVE pressure | 3 & Out

John Middlekauff previews the Chicago Bears heading into the 2024 NFL season with Caleb Williams and the pressure Matt Eberflus is facing to keep his job. Which rookies are most likely to win Rookie Offensive & Defensive Player of The Year Awards? Will Bo Nix and Sean Payton work together on the Denver Broncos? Was Jordan Love the reason Davante Adams left the Green Bay Packers? Is FOX crazy for wanting $7 million per 30 second commercial aired during the Super Bowl in 2025? Will Marvin Harrison Jr. have to “earn” his spot on the Arizona Cardinals? Why did the New England Patriots draft Drake Maye?

0:00 // Intro
3:40 // Bears season outlook
11:08 // Rookie of The Year odds
12:47 // Bo Nix & Broncos season outlook
18:28 // Davante Adams didn’t believe in Jordan Love
25:34 // Passion turns into greatness
32:52 // Fox wants $7 million per Super Bowl commercial
36:48 // Marvin Harrison Jr. will have to “earn” his spot
38:43 // Why Patriots drafted Drake Maye

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hey what’s up everybody we have a new YouTube channel make sure you subscribe right now leave a comment on the video share it with your friends it’s also a podcast three and out wherever you listen with me John middleof Apple Spotify we have you covered as well as the volume. comom we have merch check out I got three and out hats right now the.com search the podcast buy some merch well happy post draft week lot of stories flying around a lot going on in the National Football League right now we have some I saw some offensive Rookie of the Year odds out and I’m going to start with the Bears the impact obviously of having the favorite they have the number one overall pick everyone thinks polls is great and the pressure that puts specifically on one individual in that building speaking of odds I saw a tasty number when it comes to Bow Knicks uh you know Russell Wilson was run out of town benched by the end of the year I don’t think it’s inconceivable that Nicks has somewhat of a similar season because they weren’t winning that many games last year either but the stats with offensive coach will’ll dive into that I wanted a walk uh the other day I guess it was yesterday and I listened to Max Crosby and Devonte Adams and a couple things really stood out in that podcast I I want to dive into specifically something would Jordan love and then just something big pick with building your team and then we’ll just fly around the league um Fox wanting $7 million for 30 seconds for the Super Bowl ads um Marvin Harrison was told he has to earn his job always love when coaches do that and uh something on the PS because turns out they turned down a lot of trade offers before making the Drake May selection probably validated them staying there when you look at the teams and what they were offering and the specific coaches that wanted me so we’ll dive into all that we’ll keep rolling for the next couple weeks I I got some uh efforting out a couple guests uh one’s pretty unique I think 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guesswork out of buying tickets with Game Time download the game time app create an account and use the code John for $20 off your first purchase terms apply again create an account and redeem the code JN save2 $0 download the game time app today last minute tickets lowest price [Music] guaranteed I’ve been saying this for a while because the hype and rightfully so is pretty outrageous right they finished the season strong their defense was playing well the sweat trade aged pretty well he was an immediate impact player Jaylen Johnson became I don’t want to say like a superstar but a super high-end Corner Pres no kid always a root for him and Ryan poles I think universally is considered like a really good GM now just had an Elite 12 months stretch I’ve said this to Colin I’ve said this on this podcast say it to anyone I talk to the trade he made for the Panthers whether Caleb works out or not has to be one of the great fleece jobs in league history just the value alone in that trade let alone if this trade works out if DJ Moore continues to be a high-end player for them and Caleb Williams just becomes a top 12 quarterback it was it was highway robbery it was a latonza heist I mean that’s what it was it turned the other franchise into shambles I mean no one gets made fun of more than the Panthers and no one gets more credit and that’s what happens when you have a crazy lopsided deal so you look at the franchise you go well Bears trajectory High Caleb going to be the starting quarterback I mean at minimum even if things go shitty for three and a half he’s going to get a long Runway Ryan poles he’s getting a second coach here’s the problem we have absolutely no clue none if eberl is good and all the pressure because I saw today the odds for the first time in a long time the Chicago Bears over under is 8 and a half and the under is like minus 140 so they are f faed to have an above 500 record that’s just from a gambling standpoint I just think if you talk to random people I’m not even talking Bears fans you go yeah I think the Bears would be pretty good they have not had that type hype in a long long time probably since the K ma trade and when Mitch was kind of an unknown well now let’s face it we think this team is better because clearly even if you were high on miss trabis your views on Caleb Williams are going to be much higher well they have a coach who is not some established bigname guy who’s coaching for his job now you can say it’s the NFL most coaches beside like the top six or seven are coaching for their job but this guy you could see a scenario if they miss the playoffs and win eight games and even if in some some tight losses they look really good he is not the coach moving forward and the big theme right now I heard sareth with coward and he’s like one thing Steve Young used to hammer home all the time is it can be difficult for a Young quarterback playing with a defensive coach especially a highly touted guy and cins big thing always is like hire the offensive head coach now obviously there are good head coaches that aren’t the offensive play caller but if we did a coaching draft we all know the majority of guys going in the top five are head coaches that call the plays I mean three of the top five guys for sure would be Andy Kyle and Shawn McVey in some order Andy would clearly go one and then there’d be the hard boss and you know guys like that fighting and even Jim despite being viewed as like an offensive lineman defensive guy is a former quarterback so you look at the situation and I everyone is really high on it and everyone’s anointing these guys and listen I I’m no different I like this team but I’ve been around football long enough now I’ve been going to training camps and been around operations from watching Andy Reed and Harbaugh coach to guys like Jim Tom Sula uh and Chip Kelly when when he was with the 49ers and Dennis Allen so who your head coach is is very important we all know that this is not like breaking news here but the pressure that’s going to be felt on this team like Caleb has pressure sure but he’s kind of on scholarship Ryan poles has pressure sure he ain’t getting fired there’s only one guy who truly has win or you’re pressure and that’s Matty eberl and you know he’s redone His Image seems like a good guy obviously a solid defensive coach but it’s about winning this year and I think if I went to everyone that’s listening right now and Chicago Bears fan you’d say probably anything under 10 wins would be a disappointment well who’s to say this guy has that capability not because your roster Talent isn’t there but we all know roster talent doesn’t equal wins always in the NFL over the course of it might win you an individual game but it doesn’t lock you into a 10 and seven record just like good coaching can overcome I thought Brian dball a couple years ago had one of the great coaching years in recent memory cuz I didn’t think their team was any good and they made the playoffs and won a playoff game the other thing the Bears have to deal with is the division is really really good I mean the Lions roster is loaded they didn’t lose any coaches and they didn’t lose any players that matter the Packers everyone’s kind of anointing them and I’m probably guilty of this too now Jordan Love’s going to have to prove it again but I think we can all agree probably going to be pretty good because as all of us learned that shorted the Packers last year is like they kind of know what they’re doing when it comes to quarterbacks and we know their roster and the way they draft is always solid so if Jordan love he doesn’t even have to have some of the outrageous games if he’s just a top 15 quarterback they’re going to win why because their coaches proven to win constantly whether it’s Jordan love or Aaron roggers and even Kevin oconnell I mean he had Kirk Cousins by far having the best year of his career I mean they were moments last year especially that final month before he heard his Achilles he like a top five quarterback in the NFL and we know how much talent they have on their roster so I I think the the divisional difficulties I also looked at their schedule they play the 49ers they play the Rams they play the Houston Texans they play the Indianapolis Colts even the Jags who you know I I think should be at least a little more feisty than last year like that’s a tough game that NFC South Division is not or AFC South division is not as easy as it’s been we know how much talent Seattle has on their roster the Cardinals definitely have more Talent this year than last year and we saw last year when Kyler came back like they’re a mother to deal with even if the Cardinals are a six- win team you get Kyler on the right day he can be a major problem for anybody so this this Bears hype and I get it has one guy circled because if it doesn’t go well you know who’s going to get thrown overboard Bo the 82 game pre-season is in the books and it’s finally 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players like him in NFL history honestly you could argue he’s an all-time outlier just his body type his receiving talents and his speed he’s he’s a he’s a one of one Xavier Worthy is much closer to Deshawn Jackson now Deshawn Jackson you’d also say is somewhat of an outlier because we haven’t seen many guys of his size 165 170 pounds dominate at wide receiver so but that’s the comp that that Andy made and if you remember Deshawn Jackson hit the ground running now Deshawn Jackson probably is a top 15ish pick had a lot of question marks coming out of cow and it’s he’s even talked about it when he got the draft day phone call from Andy Reid Andy basically told him like none of that shit’s Gonna Fly and there’s like famous videos and famous like Eagle lore that if you look on TV if you YouTube when Andy calls Deshawn Deshawn’s face kind of because Andy’s kind of lighting into him and this is before there are a bunch of cameras in the draft room lighting into him like you’re going to come here none of this BS is going to happen and Deshawn went there and was incredible early so I I get it if he if he’s anywhere close to that Xavier wor is going to be a problem last year the Broncos were a joke for parts of the season I mean a joke I mean they gave up 70 points in an NFL game I I don’t think we’ll ever see that again it’s one of the most gutless performances in NFL history I I I think it’s fair to say but by the end of the season they were kind of just they were feisty they were competitive they were an NFL team I mean early on it’s like Sean this is what are you doing here when they benched Russell Wilson I I looked at his numbers today he had 26 touchdowns and eight interceptions now I don’t remember in recent uh like watching football where a guy’s numbers and watching him on TV didn’t match but if you’re a rookie and you have anywhere near 25 touchdowns seven eight picks like you’re going to be in the mix even if your team goes seven- 10 or eight- n which I I think the Broncos are somewhat in in kind of that mix but who’s to say the Broncos offense this season isn’t better with Bo Knicks who like Michael penck or Caleb Williams is kind of a plug-and-play player now how good they are it’s the NFL who knows but the these are not need to sit on the bench and learn this guy’s ready to roll and what does he have going for him a lot like what JJ McCarthy is gonna have going for him in Minnesota or Patrick Mahomes had going for him when he went to Andy Reid or Brock py has going for him when he goes to KY Shanahan an offensive coach who is the play caller and we can criticize Sean Payton and it’s been weird I don’t blame him at all for Russell Wilson at all it’d be the last quarterback I’d want to deal with especially as he’s his trajectory is down he’s making all that money I didn’t sign him to that money he’s saying a bunch of weird like get out of here bro now eating the money sucks but Sean Payton was asked about at the owner meetings like was it hard to make that decision he said no before you could even blink he had made up his mind probably halfway through last season this guy gone so to me Bo Knicks when you just look at Value and when you just step back from from a non-gambling standpoint why couldn’t he be productive in that offense I mean there were points when he had Teddy Bridgewater and jamus Winston looking capable I think we all agree if Shawn pton last year was the coach of the Saints with Derek Carr that the Saints would have won that division but they were such a joke with their operation with Dennis Allen their offensive coordinator got run out of town but if you gave Shawn pton Derek Carr I bet the same win 10 games so to me Bo Nicks is a very very interesting guy now how good the team is going to be how many like are they a playoff team in the next couple years long way to go but just in terms of offensive production like he goes to a pretty seamless transition when you get to go from a pretty easy offense in 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mentors I think he considers a guy like a family uh I love Keith uh I mean I I consider him like family too uh he’s a stud and right when I got hired with the eagles they were recruiting Devonte so we never cross P pass but yeah I followed his career very very closely and I’m just a massive massive Devonte Adams fan not just as the player but what he stands for as a guy and so I was like ah this is going to be a pretty good podcast and a couple things really jumped out to me as I’m as a walking around the neighborhood sweating my uh you know what off first and foremost is he discussed and I think this shows you when you draft a quarterback one or two like if Caleb becomes a star if Jaden Daniels becomes a star if Drake May becomes a star there’s a little element of luck in that because you never know as an organization but like those weren’t lucky picks when you invest a high high pick in a quarterback you’re expecting that guy to be good maybe not Patrick Mahomes or maybe not Joe Montana or Tom Brady but just to be a guy that you’re given a second contract to and could be your quarterback for we say 10 years but with a quarterback 15 years be a starter until he can’t throw the ball anymore but there are a ton of quarterbacks in the NFL that were not top five picks that make a ton of money Dak Prescott got draft and cousins got drafted in the middle rounds both guys have made hundreds of millions of dollars Cowboys got lucky with Dak Prescott if they knew he was going to be as good as he’s become he would have drafted him in the first round look at Russell Wilson with Seattle changed Pete Carol’s career drafted him in the third round hell the Ravens drafted multiple players before they picked Lamar Jackson they had no clue who was going to be this good there are some guys the Chiefs valued Patrick Mahomes a lot right they traded up to get him at Pick 10 same thing with the bills with Josh Allen traded up to seven even the Chargers who like I’ll defend Justin Herbert still to this day but they got lucky with that pick even though they got him at six because they would have taken Tua if they would had the fifth pick Brock P’s a good example the 49ers you think the 49ers had any clue they didn’t think the guy was going to make the team then early on in training camp they’re like yeah this guy’s definitely making the team but they you never know if a guy’s good until they play and that’s the hard part of a quarterback like I can rotate other guys in start you on special teams rotate you 10 12 plays as a defensive pass rusher give you some slot reps if you’re a wide receiver uh if you’re a linebacker a DB I can put you in some different packages I can kind of e there’s no easing you in in quarterback you either start or you don’t and if if you’re not the starting quarterback and that guy doesn’t get hurt look at Dak Prescott the reason he became the starter Tony Romo’s back broke and then Kell Moore I think broke a thumb and got thrusted no different than Brock pie why’ Brock P start Tre Lance shatters his ankle Jimmy garoo breaks his foot like you need things to kind of break your way even if the team likes you there’s a lot different than liking you in August and seeing you win games in November so when you look at the quarterback situation no one really knows no one really knows Trevor Lawrence and Caleb we think we know but then they got to do it but most of these other guys who knows hold on for your ass see what works hopefully can coach him up and you do a good job around him Devonte Adams played on the same team with Jordan love for several years and said I I didn’t think he was gonna I didn’t I asked to get traded because Aaron was gone and I didn’t trust playing with Jordan love the guy was his teammate now it’s Unique because in football Devonte Adams would not be taking reps with Jordan love like you don’t mix in the quarterback Aaron Rogers during the fall gets all the reps with Devonte Adams so he wouldn’t throw to him beside the one scenario I think the Chiefs game when uh when Rogers wasn’t allowed to play because of the vid so but Devonte admitted on the podcast like yeah blew me away wish I could bring him over here to the Raiders now but I didn’t know and if anything I didn’t think I was much more confident in Derek Carr a guy that I had played with in college so Devonte Adams if he’s at practice every day he’s a receiver who are they the most dependent on more than anybody the quarterback and he’s going yeah I don’t know don’t see it and you could argue Jordan love if he maintains this level of play and becomes a 10e starter for the Packers and a high-end top seven eight quarterback in the NFL it’s one of the craziest stories ever I mean it really is it has some Steve Young Vibes where no one saw it coming not even the players on his own team now maybe that was different in the late 80s with Steve Young maybe some of the players knew it but it’s like we got Joe Montana we got Aaron Rogers what are we talking about and then by the end of the season Jordan love was playing like he was playing so I I I think it’s a good just I mean a guy that was there saying yeah blew me away never believed in a million years this would happen I literally asked for a trade now originally the year before I think the the Packers had made a contract offer that Devonte was pissed off about came back that his last season with Green Bay dominated and then they offered the real contract he easily could have stayed there but he didn’t think Jordan love could play and I don’t blame him because I don’t think anyone thought that hell I don’t even think the Packers thought that halfway through last season when their general manager said during the buy yeah these last 10 games are going to determine his future so you could argue that guy’s second half of a season I mean might have changed the entire franchise and it just shows you until you get reps like I went to calply learn by doing that’s the only way you can get better is through experience now just because you’re doing something doesn’t mean you’re going to be good at it especially in football you need the talent but Jordan love sure got good and I think he’s made Devon Devonte claims he doesn’t regret it I do think if he knew that Jordan love was going to be this good he probably would have stayed and he somewhat alluded to that the other thing is this we have talked about this on fugazi Fridays the work life balance argument and I say everyone’s different right if you work a 9 to-5 and you’re making 75 grand I I don’t expect you to give everything you have for that company but even if you are you know a quote unquote W2 employee and I’m paying you a million dollars I probably expect a little more I expect for you to dedicate a lot to your job whatever that may be so you could argue the price of what I pay you determines your work life balance I I do think that’s fair in the world we live in the more you get paid the more is you know on your plate you’re making 50 Grand what I I I can’t expect that much out of you and I don’t blame you if you don’t put that much into you but this happens a lot during the draft season when this is something that’s always bothered me a couple things have always bothered me about the draft but this one specifically when coaches will crush guys like yeah I don’t think he likes football that much I don’t think he has too many other Hobbies I don’t want you to have that many hobbies and you listen to Max Crosby you listen to Devonte Adams you listen to all the great players like football on their priority list I’m not expecting you to like it and have it mean more than like your kid right or your faith it’s why God family football is something that gets said in college and pro football a lot but it better be damn high on your PR priority list and it better be almost even more than a burning passion deep inside you CU When you listen to those two guys Max Crosby’s been talking about this for a while he obviously is sober now you know after years of you know battling some stuff in in the offseason he goes to the gym every single day at like 6:00 a.m. I’m talking like February and March the Raiders facility and works out he says just tries to help give him the mental Edge and you listen to Devonte what it means for him to work on his draft and to just practice like Jerry Rice and I think this goes around you just saw the Kansas City Chiefs gave Travis Kelce a two-year contract like $35 million guaranteed at all which is based on his production his career is the easiest money they’ve ever spent even if he’s not quite the same guy as he was three or four years ago never forget meeting him last year at TPC Scottsdale walking he was walking to the driving range because one of his buddies is on the you know corn Fury tour and he just go there to practice I don’t think he hangs out in Scottdale as much anymore with Taylor this is pre- Taylor Swift well at least publicly I think it was because he was spending a lot of time in Scottdale but when when I told him that I knew Andy and V and we started bullshitting for a minute and it kind of ended with him like yeah I can’t wait and this was probably right around this time maybe even in mid April it might have been before the draft said I can’t wait to get back to Kansas City for OTAs I love practicing I love football I I can’t wait to get back with the boys and start working and this notion you hear this a lot in the draft like the C we we say the word character a lot when we’re judging prospects characters more than just like take your hat off when you meet an older lady or open the door for a grandma right or Shake someone’s hand and looked them in the eye a lot of character gets talked about in the NFL about football character how bad do you want it how much it means to you we all know successful people in some Walk of Life right and I would say a large and I’m saying financially they’re good at their job that have a successful company or inside of a company or just doing really well wouldn’t you say most of them work extremely hard and are very very passionate about what they do and what they do means a lot to them deep deep down like deep in their inner beings Scotty Sheffer said last week after he won the RBC after he had just won the Masters like how are you doing this he like guys I love golf I love practicing golf I love playing golf I love everything about Golf Tiger said that at Augusta same thing like tiger why are you still doing this because I love doing this and when you hear Max and Devonte you’re like God now listen are the Raiders going to be good their quarterback situation is not ideal but there’s a reason reason those guys are super high-end players Devonte went in the second round Max Crosby was a mid- round pick Travis Kelce same thing third rounder his brother was a six rounder football means everything beside their family and if you don’t have a lot of those guys and if they’re not your best players you don’t really have a shot I remember talking to Keith Williams devonte’s guy at the combat about Lamar he f loves Lamar Jackson because everyone in that building loves Lamar Jackson because of how much football means do and there are a lot of guys some guys have success in the NFL that don’t really like football no different than all these Sports basketball baseball they just have the god-given talent but big picture they’re Capp and they’re the type guys that usually fall off faster you know Health permitting so when I listen to that podcast I went this is what teams are looking for these are the type guys now there’s a lot of other factors once you get money how do you react there stuff that you never know you think you you could have a pretty good educated guest right you listen to vonte and Max talk like they’ve been unfazed by money honestly it just inspires them to work harder and that’s ideally in this draft process what you’re working for Travis Kelce last year before the season even started Hall of Famer all Pros Pro bowls multiple Super Bowls he he’s an absolutely Legendary player and in that playoff run he kept saying I’ve never wanted anything more and he hammered that home both weeks before the Super Bowl I’ve never wanted to win this game more than this year and in that that where he shoved Andy Reid I remember Andy telling me at the combine he’s like you know he doesn’t even realize I’m taking him in and out I’m trying to you know keep him fresh but that I love that about him like that’s I like being in the trenches with that like yeah is did he lose his emotional stability right there for a second of course but this is football this is beer league softball there’s a lot on the line here and he’s proven and shown me for a decade how bad he wants it so I I just I think the Chiefs are a great example of their best players this is why they are the new Patriots because when you listen to Devon mccordi and Tom Brady and Julian Edelman and that Core group of guys talk about football good God these guys like this a lot they’re addicted and usually most successful people whether it’s healthy or not are addicted to what they’re doing kind of the price of success couple other just NFL news notes uh Fox I saw want $7 million for 30 seconds of an ad and I’ve said this for a while that when I was a kid I remember going to parties at my buddy’s house for the Super Bowl in the 90s I vividly remember watching the Steelers Packers Super Bowl uh or was it the Packers was the Packers Patriot Super Bowl some of those mid maybe it was a Ste it was the Steelers against the Cowboys then the Patriots against the the Favre and then Favre is second game was against the the Broncos kind of that little three-year stretch and the Super Bowl commercials were a really really big deal all the biggest brands in America whether it was McDonald’s whether it was Budweiser whether it was uh Chevrolet it was a big time for them to shine because a hundred million people were sitting there and between the action were still sitting there times have changed I’ve noticed it the last couple Super Bowls whether I’ve been at a party or whether I was just watching it with Maria when the commercials come on I go to my cell phone I was watching Tiger Woods today who’s probably my favorite athlete he has this new clothing brand called Sunday red and he’s like it I wouldn’t wear it uh I I think he kind of screwed up on the logo it should have been more of like an iconic picture of him a lot like Michael Jordan flying through the air for the the Jordan brand but regardless of any of that stuff he went on a press tour today here’s the problem haer went on a press tour like it was 2006 Good Morning America it’s like tiger do you want my mom who’s 75 and retired to care about your stuff or do you want the people that are 40 50 years old because his price points are really high with a high household income to buy this stuff cuz they’re not watching any of this stuff you’re going on tiger in 2024 do you know where you should go go on podcast go on someone’s YouTube show go somewhere go on pardon my take go on colins I’d love to have you but probably make more sense to go on with Colin do that type stuff that’s where your audience is where you want to sell this go on no laying UPS podcast going on with Carson da you think any of the people that would buy stuff are sitting down watching that stuff but I understand it like in Tiger’s Heyday that stuff mattered and the people tiger surrounded with that run his money have been doing it for 20 plus years that stuff in their head matters it no longer matters and I just wonder if I was a company why would you spend $7 million now if you’re meta or what these companies with unlimited amounts of money like what does it hurt but even if I ran Chevy or Budweiser like I think we could utilize that money much differently now the consumer in the world has dramatically changed that commercial is nowhere near as powerful now there are still going to be a lot of people surrounded the TV and see it in the backdrop but I think the day and age of everyone just kind of watching it like that was a huge part of the event because anyone that’s my age or older the Super Bowl commercials were I would say as big as the Super Bowl they were massive it was it went hand in hand I just don’t believe it does cuz I know as a 39-year-old guy they don’t mean to me anymore and they haven’t in a long time why because I’m not really paying attention and I’ve seen the power of this device which is not the healthiest thing but it is what it is and we go to that thing immediately uh I I love when coaches and this a classic coach thing totally understand like second third rounder if you come out and be like listen I know we have openings at both guard spots but uh this our second round pick is going to have to earn his way I totally get it but anytime you take a guy really high in the draft and the coach comes out and goes Marvin Harrison Jr is gonna have to earn his spot like guys no he’s not obviously he can’t just never show up to practice and show up week one and play but like if Marg Marvin Harrison is in the building and practicing we not only know he’s your starter we know he’s your leading receiver I’ll never forget and you know the Cardinals coaching staff is really young ganon’s like ear early 40s may even be like 3940 uh both of his coordinators I think are under 40 his offensive coordinator like 33 I think his defensive coordinator’s 35 so I’m I’m all for giving Millennial shots but Vic fjo who’s definitely not that age in very old school remember being around the ners when I had a radio show and they Ed Eric Reed uh his brother Justin’s on the Chiefs and he was a really good player coming out LSU and they desperately needed a safety and F’s like we don’t hand jobs out here you got to earn that all through preseason all through training camp Eric Reed ran with the twos it’s like what a Vick I I think you’re excellent but what are we doing here you know what happened week one when they rolled out Eric Reed was starting safety Investments what you put into these guys the draft Capital what you’re actually paying Marvin Harrison’s going to sign a contract at like $34 million they’re going to guarantee him $25 million yes he’s your starter last but not least the Patriots I think I said a couple weeks ago that they were clearly going to have a lot of options that their team suck so bad that they should just trade back start building up their team I don’t necessarily am going to Pivot off that spot but I do understand this when you have people interested in what you have to me the people interested in what you have should matter if you think the guy’s an idiot you’re like this guy whatever could we just fleece this guy he doesn’t know what he’s doing the Patriots it was reported that the Giants offered pick six and a 2025 first round pick I think we all agree this Giants team is no lock to be eight n wins they could but would a shaky if they’re six and 11 so that that pick Ryan poles did it once upon a time could be very very valuable here’s the problem the Giants they wanted Drake May same with Minnesota who we’ll get into in a second the Giants GM was the assistant GM and Brian Dall was the offensive coordinator when they moved up and got a guy like Josh Allen so if you go wait these guys who were a big part of the move up to get Josh now really value this guy and then Kevin oconnell who worked with Stafford who last year worked with cousins or last couple years worked with cousins clearly has established himself pretty good young offensive play caller quarterback guy former quarterback himself offered 1123 and a 25 first for Drake May so you go wait these two guys who clearly have a pretty good feel for what works in this league at that position young and old want our guy want the guy that we also like even though we have a lot of other issues maybe it makes the most sense to just take this player that are we equipped to handle right away probably not is it a great situation for him no it’s not but could we ever live down if day ball resurrects his career or Kevin oconnell becomes a legend because Drake May is the next Josh Allen or Herbert we’d have problems and all of us even if the Jonathan Craft who is the GM signs off on it we’re all getting fired because if you think they’re mad in Boston now if we did that and then that kid’s a baller we’re all done so I get it you know and I think I heard someone say that those teams doing that and interest in them just validated their thoughts on the player I get it and it’s I mean it it definitely is the right move in terms of you need a quarterback take a guy with a ton of talent now is it a great landing spot or is it going to look good I would probably bet against that