#NFLVideos: Maxx Crosby Exclusive + Commanders QB Draft Projections | NFL Report

Maxx Crosby Exclusive + Commanders QB Draft Projections | NFL Report

I’m Terry fno general manager of the Atlanta Falcons and this is the NFL report oh Terry fono told us Steve on this very show that he was going to be aggressive going after the quarterback position and oh was he ever the big KK cousins welcome back into the NFL report

James Palmer Steve whes with you we have a monster show the Condor Max Crosby St are for the Vegas Raiders I must said Oakland Raiders Las Vegas Raiders is going to join the show Baldi returns from his quest around the world as baldi’s favorite films returns we’ll also have Nikki javala from The

Washington Post who covers the commanders better than anyone we’ll also have Mike garolo the NFL reports NFL Insider on what’s going on with the linebacker and safety markets but Steve we saw Terry Fontano there who won free agency or I guess I should say who made their team better yeah we’re not going

We’re not going to jum who won free agency but Terry’s cooking Terry’s cooking he gets Kurt Cousins I think that’s good enough to go to take a team from seven- 10 to 10 and seven at the least they get Darnell Mooney they trade Desmond Ritter for rondale Moore a

Potential explosive player so right now I’m going to say Atlanta JP all right I’ll go with the Houston Texans getting denil Hunter to rush opposite of Rookie of the Year Will Anderson Jr could that be the best Edge duo in football there’s a chance there and then the middle of the road pieces

They did Steve just getting some other guys on two maybe a couple on threeyear deals to ride some depth on that defensive side of the ball Joe Mixon I think they made themselves a team that is now in that group chasing down the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC yeah JP

Okay okay we started things off talking about the teams right that we thought did something but let’s look at position groups JP because I you know when when I look at the start of free agency you’re like okay Kirt cousin’s gonna go new Hunter’s gonna go no it was Matt Jones

These were guys like you know you know jamus Winston Marcus Mariota the backup quarterback Market in the fact that so many teams at least half the teams in the NFL went and got themselves backup quarterbacks after seeing last year 66 different starters and 77 in total quarterbacks have to play because of

Injuries poor play things like that so the premium and we have talked about this on the show the premium of having a solid backup quarterback or a bridge quarterback clearly was the huge thing with the evaluators this year especially knowing that they might not be able to

Get into the top three get one of those Elite group of quarterbacks but JP look at this this out of the gate I mentioned Marcus Mariota jacobe brassette Drew lock Gardner menu Sam darnold yeah even Russell Wilson and Mitch trabis I mean I’m saying that in the same sentence

Russell Wilson and Mitch trabis being among that group so again I I I enjoy the the the the teams paying attention to it with the trend we’ve seen over the past few years with injuries to starting quarterbacks yeah and you might need more than two considering the Cardinals

And the Rams each played Four quarterbacks this past season Steve might go deeper than just your backup quarterback I’m going to look at the big boys that stand in front of the quarterback Stephen how about the guard Market that went on during the early portion of free agency I’m going to look

At this here look Robert hunt with the Panthers gets five years $100 million Damen Lewis with the Panthers 4 years 53 Landon Dickerson 4 years 84 to resign with the Philadelphia Eagles the Rams add a pair of guards as well and Kevin doson and Jonah Jackson for about 50

Million a piece this is an interesting Trend here Stephen I think it’s for a couple of reasons the main one being and I’ve talked to some guards and centers about this over the course of the last season which is there are defensive tackles that are getting more and more

Athletic there are no longer just freaks playing on the outside of the defensive lines we are seeing more and more freak athletes on the interior and we’re seeing Edge players coming and sneaking over top of the center guys like Micah Parsons and other type of talented players that are looking to attack the

Weakness of the interior and we know this was always what Tom Brady used to always talk about you can go around the outside I’ll step up and still make plays but if the pocket is collapsing from the interior you have problems I love what the Panthers did to try to

Protect Bryce young in year two but the main Trend we’re seeing here is because the talent on the other side of the ball is getting so good you now to counter that have to make sure you have really good guard play Steve and the other part

Of it is there’s not enough of them that’s the other problem and these guys that can do it got paid James the money is supply and demand driven when it comes to free agency and that’s what you said there’s not enough of the stud guards but I like what you said about

The athleticism because you think about it the majority of defenses now a lot of them have a small ath itic hybrid safety will linebacker type where you’ve got to get out in the open space to get to them or you’ve got to do things in Blitz

Packages so that’s part of it as well but also remember Shawn pton used to always have his Saints teams incredibly talented from guard to guard guard Center guard is where they put their money because a lot of these quarterbacks now are not your standard six4 guys who can see over them they’ve

Got these shorter guards y so you’ve got to really measure the height and do things to keep them clean in the pocket that can evade the guys coming from the outside but that’s part of it as well I saw your finger you got something to say

JP I a quick note what team has been more successful than anybody over the last couple of Seasons uh I’d say the Kansas City Chiefs what team has a dominant Center and two dominant guards in the middle of their offensive line with Joe Toney Creed Humphrey playing

That Center Spot and Trey Smith on the other side that is a dynamic group of three in the middle for Patrick Mahomes Steve that I think is allowed them to go out and just make different decisions at the tackle position that allows him to know that in the

Interior Patrick Mahomes is going to be protected and he has the ability to move if guys get to him from the outside ging of guys from the outside Steve White we have arguably the best in the game in Max Crosby the Condor coming up on the

Show next he’s going to join us and baldi’s going to join as well cuz those two have a relationship unlike any other two maybe around the Condor joins the NFL report next we know what type of monster that Max Crosby is so he is smothered and brought

Down drags him down from behind the condor’s down him from behind be one of them games okay Crosby drives into the toe we got a game boys Max Crosby welcome back to the NFL report Steve whites James Palmer JP we are joined by two superstars right now as

Brian baldinger is in the house as is his dude the man he brought the moniker to the Condor Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Hunter Max Crosby Max thanks so much for joining us Baldi thanks for having us in the house okay Max let’s get this started we’re going we’re going

To get the free agent genc the Raiders were active out of the gate they got you a wingman they got the Condor a legit wingman here and Christian Wilkins just want to get your thoughts about adding one of the best DTS in the game yeah uh super excited about it um

Obviously Christian a hell of a player um I’ve known him all the way from back in college after my sophore my R shirt sophomore year we went to a it was a touchdown Club in Columbus it was award show we end up being together um and spending some time together with our

With our girls and and spending a night together it was it was a great time and we got to you know get to know each other a little bit better and then obviously seeing what he’s done in his career um we went to the combine together um obviously Cleveland phell

Really good friend of mine literally a brother to me he was teammates with him so we’ve known each other um for a good amount of time now and uh you know we’ve had some great conversations and you know obviously we end up pulling the trigger and bring him here to Las Vegas

So um it’s super exciting man he’s a hell of a player he brings all the energy in the world and those are the type of people I’m trying to be around and um I’m so excited for him he earned that contract and um you know a guy like

Malcolm c as well who came on you know super super heavy towards the end of the year um you know we’re just bringing more guys along Tyreek Wilson the J uh jer’s Robinson’s um you know we got more and more guys coming in and we’re going

To go on waves and and and really have some fun this year I can’t wait all right Max I’m not going to get in entirely away from your running mate in Christian Wilkins but you added another guy in free agency LC roll the tape real quick hey let’s go we’re good we’re good

What anyway huh last boy little last boy dude Max Crosby is so damn angry bro just but like the thing is like he’s not really that angry I know right he just CS he keeps calling everybody little ass boy hey little ass boy I’m like I’m little out here but not always

You know yeah sure sure enough saw him he’s a big ass boy is what he is God dang but uh no man it’s uh it’s awesome you know there are guys you know not as much fun to play against but they’re on your team absolutely love it man excited

To be with him Christian some of the best you know talkers I’ve been around in the NFL to have them on our side to practice against him every day it’s just going to make me better I’m super excited about it Max we got to ask you what was your

Initial reaction when Garder menu was going to become your new teammate do you call him do you do you reach out to him and talk about what happened and also he mentioned Christian also and the two of you have a skill that apparently not a lot of people possess who is the better

Trash talker between you and your new running mate um to answer that question you know I’m humbly say myself I feel like um I’m you know an Elite Class talker but uh you know at the end of the day it you know when I first found out I just

Started laughing I’m like wow you know it’s uh you never you never expect that to happen but it’s you know for me I think it’s hilarious you know Gardner is a hell of a hell of a player and seeing what he did last year taking the Colts um you know where basically everybody

Wrote them off and winning a lot of football games and giving them a chance to you know make the was was super impressive to me um and everywhere he’s gone you know he was one one of the first quarterbacks um you know I sacked when he was in Jacksonville so I know

Him very well and I definely plan on having a lot of fun and practice and talking talking mess and going back and forth but um a dude I got a ton of respect for um he’s going to come in and he’s going to compete so that’s all you

Can ask for at the end of the day and um a guy like him he’s going to bring great energy to the locker room and today I got to got to be with him and Christian as well I was you know in there working out this morning and you know I got to

Spend some time with them so I know they’re fired up and we’re we’re definitely ready to go Max you’re proud to be literally uh first in line to be the all energy team I mean that’s how you you pride yourself in being First Team all energy but so does Christian

Wilkins I’ve seen plenty of dolphin practices I don’t care if it’s during the season or OTAs he’s the first guy in line Max he’s the first guy on the field if you’re hitting sleds he’s the first one on the sled I want to know Max who’s

Going to be first in line are you still gonna hold that moniker is Wilkins gonna beat you to the sled who’s going to set the tempo and practice every day or is it you guys in Stereo doing it together yeah you know uh I love a I

Love a healthy competition so um he’s going to have to work real hard to try to be me to the front of the line so I love it I mean anybody that try to step up to the plate and try to you know out energy me uh I respect it

You know we’ll we’ll see what happens but I know Christian he he’s got a ton of energy he loves football and the way he carries himself is the way you’re supposed to car of yourself this game is meant to be fun and at the end of the

Day it’s not fun when you’re not winning so we plan on winning a lot of football games together I can’t wait to have him out there um a guy that understands what it takes to win um what it takes to become better and better every single year um that’s something that fired me

Up you know the most about Christian is seeing his progression people are trying to write him off early in his career similar to how they tried to do the same with me and the fact that he’s gotten better and better every single year just shows that he’s putting in the work so

At the end of the day um you know we got to do it together if we want to win we got to do it together um I know he’s going to be you know trying to out energy me and be on that but um I’m a different breed so I can’t wait

Yeah hey hey Ma speaking of different breed um this off season right after the season you had the knee procedure done you got the the hand the thumb procedure done last time I saw you had the splint on I just saw you don’t have it on where

Are you in your rehab you’re talking about you in the facility already when you saw the guys working out today where are you in terms of your rehab yeah um you know me and Baldi talked about it a couple weeks ago we did our our podcast um The Rush go tune

In to that if you haven’t seen it already we go yeah low plug but uh out yeah at the end of the day um you know I’m doing incredible um I started January 22nd earliest I’ve ever been in the building um in an offseason I’ve been getting to it um I’m

Already back boxing I’m able to throw this right hand with in in my training as well my knee is feeling incredible I’m able to run in the treadmill uh run in the pool um and I’m flying U my cardio is is getting there um back to

You know like I said I pride myself I’m being the best in every category and uh I know I’m I’m I’m getting closer that every single day so it’s been an incredible offseason I feel great my knee is feeling great uh my hand as well

So yeah I got the best team around me Rick slate uh AJ Nel Ricky my nutritionist everybody Alex Guerrero working on my body five times a week um it it doesn’t stop and uh those guys without them it wouldn’t be possible um and that’s why I try to get my guys to

Do you know we got a ton of D Lin we have almost 10 D linman in the in the building already um we’ve been training for over a month now together and getting after it so uh yeah we’re focused being the best in the world and

Uh that’s what we plan on doing okay all right I love that Max I love it so I got I got I got two parts for you on one you’re talking about all these things you’re doing with the knee I hear you bought a new house with a trampoline

That’s that’s like in the ground is this accurate are we are we able to get on this trampoline or or is that Mark Davis saying no do not get on this trampoline yeah it’s uh it’s pretty safe you know I haven’t jumped on it for obvious reasons um you know still coming

Back uh getting closer to 100% with the knee but yeah it is an inground trampoline and uh I’ve seen my buddies uh you know get on it and fly around and you know we got we got a gym all type of things but it’s a it’s a work in

Progress you know we got some work to do on the house but uh yeah it’s it’s beautiful and uh there’s going to be a lot of you know we’re going to have a half field you’re going to have a full basketball court a whole gym and you

Know it’s going to be uh another place where all the guys can get together and we can uh you know just improve and just create that you know that tight-knit camaraderie that you know is NE NE to go out there and you know win football games Max I feel like these off seasons

Are becoming more and more important for a team that wants to get where they want to go you just mentioned the camaraderie Max and how important that is getting to know your teammates cutting it up with them spending time with them so that when you get on the field it’s nothing

More than a a locked up Brotherhood where literally each guy is pulling each guy like almost play to play to play and I feel I feel that with Antonio I feel it with you we felt it we all felt it across the league down the second half

Of the Season like how important is that to you this off season with all the new guys the chemistry and building that thing now yeah you know it’s it’s everything um you look at all the best teams in the league they’re a unit there’s no clicks and there’s no separation obviously on

Every team you’re going to have certain guys you got to pull a little bit harder you got to push a little bit more but at the end of the day if everyone is on the same page and believes in each other and it’s fighting for each other you’re

Going to have a better chance to win um that’s something I feel like last year you know we took a huge step in our D line group just being so tight-knit and that bled through the team our D line we have dinners every single Thursday we pick a different location somebody’s

Paying for it every week you know at the end of the year there I mean there’s 18 weeks so we’re running out of places to go to and we you know Devonte obviously a beautiful house we called Devonte we’re like yo can we host a host a

Dinner at your house and he’s like yeah come on down he’s like come on down bring the guys so we went to Devon’s one time we went to Jimmy G’s house as well um and you know that that stuff is important so we want to bleed that

Through the whole team um you know it starts with with the guys leading the way and uh you know I feel like that’s something that’s super important um is just being a tighted group because in the game it it’s a direct translation I can’t if I don’t have a real

Relationship with you I can’t hold you accountable and they’re not going to respect me the same way as if I know your whole family and I know your kids and I know what you like to do on your down time it’s it’s a different type of

Relationship so like I said right now we have like 10 guys in the building right now Tyree is in there Nesta all these young guys uh Matt Butler we’re already in the building working together and we’re so close and we’ll go smoke cigars together things like that and just build

Our relationships because on the field it’s a direct translation and when you’re on the same page you don’t even have to say anything it’s like six sense and you understand the guy next to you it just makes everything come together and that’s what we’re trying to bleed through the whole entire team and

Organization so uh yeah you know we got we got work to do obviously it’s only March but uh we’re going in the right direction and we’re very you know very confident um that we’re going to go out there and um you know Make some noise for

Sure Max I love you talking about that camaraderie aspect of it because I remember hearing your head coach be very open at the combine saying one of Max’s biggest jobs this off season is to bring Tyree Wilson along uh we know the type of rookie season he had we know the

Health that he had and coming into his rookie season what is when he says that what does he mean by bring him along you mentioned the camaraderie side of things but how do you also bring him along in year two to make sure he’s a force opposite of

You well there’s a standard um it starts with a standard and that standard you don’t break it for anything if you have guys holding you know others to that standard starts with me at the end of the day I got to I got to hold that standard and upheld it every single day

And that’s my responsibility as a captain as a leader um and as a guy that’s that’s a game changer on a daily basis not just on the field but I’m practice and in the weight room I I I take a lot of pride in that so a guy

Like Tyrie he was hurt he wasn’t able to be with us in OTAs he was missed half a camp dealing with the injury so it kind of was a slower process to get him fully ingrained and and understand what it takes to be a professional and be a part

Of our group and a part of something that’s bigger than just ourselves um and he came a long way from the beginning I mean from week one to week 18 is like night and day umdi was very honest about it you seen Baldi make videos what is he

Doing why is he not ball and that and it was real you know some people were sensitive about it but at the end of the day if you’re not held accountable and you don’t understand what you have to do and why we’re doing it then you’ll never

Improve and in this business it’s a production based business I don’t care how good you look how big you are how fast you are in a tracksuit whatever in a com with you know tits on it’s what matter you know what matters what you do on a daily basis when you’re in that

Building when you’re in practice when you’re in the weight room when you’re on the if you’re not doing if all those things aren’t right then you’re not going to go out there and be at your best and a t Tyrie is a guy who wants to

Be great he works at it he’s been working at it and he understands what it takes to do it on a daily basis and I try to I’m constantly showing him that and other guys are also doing it and Tyrie is is a part of that now he’s a

Part of our family and he’s going to be a great player in this league he’s a guy that’s got all the size all the ability um it’s just about putting it together and everybody’s timeline is different some people come right out the gate and have you know instant success some

People it takes five years some people it takes two years it doesn’t matter at the end of the day when you come in a building it’s a fresh start no matter if you’re the number one pick or you’re undrafted the work starts when you get in the building and Tyree understands

That now um he’s a great kid um love being around him I give him a hard time every single day I constantly bothering him and what where you at what are you doing what are you eating but it’s because care and I and I want him to

Fulfill his full potential like he wants to so um yeah you know I take a lot of responsibility in that Max real quick here my my last question to you um you know you’ve had a drastic lifestyle change and part of that change and the commitment to becoming the best player

To ever play that position what you’re doing right now it kind of started with when you watch The Last Dance of Michael Jordan and how you said this is how I want to live my life I want to be this guy can you just share you don’t have to

Go through the whole story M but can you share a little quickly about what that did to you you your wife and really the whole direction of your life yeah um you know to give you a quick summary um after my second year in the league that

Was the first year I got sober so I had about a year under my belt um I just finished my second year in the league I had was playing through a torn laum I had a broken hand and I had to get surgery on both so right after that

Second year the co year I went out to LA had to get those surgeries and I was in a hotel with my wife for about three days and we literally sat and watched the last dance from start to finish and I was just sitting there and I was

Disappointed I know I took a step back in my second year I wasn’t as good as I was year but I watched that I was so inspired by it that I literally I went back and I’m like babe I’m changing everything I’m going back I’m a sit with

Nutritionist I don’t care how the food tastes I want to be the best version and put everything that needs to be put into my body I’m going to go to the strength staff I’m going say listen what do I need to do to become the best version of

Myself and I put the Trust In everybody in that building because I want I know I made it this far by just being just the ability I was I was blessed with and my love for the game but I didn’t have everything else in a row so after seeing

That last dance I was like why can’t I do this why am I not in the conversation with TJ wat why am I not in the conversation with Bosa I should be in that conversation there’s no excuse and it’s been over three years now and I’ve complet completely changed the outcome

Of my career I’m I’m going in a direction that I know I I’m I’m supposed to be at because I do it every single day I’m in there at 6:00 in the morning in offseason every single morning and I’m putting in work and focus on every little detail I could possibly focus on

And improve in every single day so that you know that inspired me I got Michael Jordan literally tatted on my torso like that’s a guy that I aspire to be like because he wasn’t the man at one point he had to go through he got cut in in

High school and went through everything he went through just by being Ultra dialed in in every single way and having the mindset that nobody’s going to stop me unless it’s me and you got to face the man in the mirror every single day and that’s the way you you become the

Best version of yourself so for me you know he inspired me in so many ways and ironically I just you know it’s about to get announced but I just signed with Jordan as well so it’s uh full circle moment and uh you know blessing and super fired up man and I know I’m

Not at my best yet that’s what motivates me every day you know I know where I’m going I plan on being the best to ever do it and uh you know it’s it’s a one day at a time process Max I’m just getting totally inspired by like just

Just hearing that you know that that story is is amazing congrats on the deal with bran Jordan and you know one thing I know you launched the max Crosby Foundation this year as well your inaugural Foundation dinner is Thursday night I want to say isn’t it at like the

The UFC headquarters out there in Vegas tell us a little bit your foundation and why you felt now was the right time to launch it to help improve the lives of so many other folks yeah it’s everything to me um I know how many people helped me when I

Was at my lowest um and that’s what I want to do is give back um to others I just had my I just celebrated my four years of sobriety this past weekend um and it just I had all the people that have helped me the most in that room

That have understood what I had to go through to be where I’m at and uh it was one of the the coolest moments I’ve had so this Foundation is is focused on you know teen substance AB uh teen substance abuse and also animal rescue something

That you know hits close home with me I got three pit bulls two rescues my own um so it’s something I I really care about and you know the UFC Apex um we’re going to be having that dinner Thursday night which is which is tonight um and

Dana White is is a super super close friend of mine um a dude who took me under his wing since since I got out here in Vegas so um he up his house for me uh he’s going to be there as well and you know a lot of great people so we’re

Super fired up for it um and we’re going to be you know cashing some checks handing out you know some donations and doing a lot of things in the community here in Las Vegas and also in uh Michigan and Texas and other place around the country as well so um yeah it

Means a lot to me it’s everything and I feel like this you know everything is about timing in life and you can’t rush to anything you can’t and also you don’t want to wait too long either you know for me I wanted to do it the right way I

Want to have the right people behind me and like I said like we talked about before the show Bert is incredible um he’s he’s running the show and my wife as well is helping out a ton so I got a bunch of great people and a great team

Around me um to go out there and and maximize this opportunity to help others so we’re super fired up about it well done well done brother I love it I love it Max thank you so much for for everything you’re doing you guys can see at the bottom of the screen maxc Crosby

Foundation.org and it’s just the start of that but it’s not the start of what you’ve been doing giving back I remember last time I saw you in person it was on the field at the Super Bowl were you being honored as the Walter Payton Man of the Year nominee for the Las Vegas

Raiders so max you thank you so much for joining us enjoy the dinner if you got three extra spots I know there’s a lot of flights to Vegas for all three of us maybe we can get there in time I don’t know you know maybe three of us can can

Join you appreciate you joining the show though buddy thank you so much appreciate you Max man thank you guys you guys are the best appreciate it man coming up on the NFL report a guy that Max might be chasing down which quarterback will it be for the New York

Football Giants could it be Daniel Jones could it be Drew lock we’ll find out for Mike G next on the NFL report oh it just feels so good to have the NFL reports NFL Insider Mike garolo back Mike thank you for joining us and just have to start with this how many

Hours have you slept in the last let’s see from Sunday to we’re taping on Thursday now you know there’s real journalism happening out there about many uh important things I don’t want to make it here’s what I love though it’s over quickly like when I work out I’d

Rather do the Sprints the point I’d rather do the Sprints than the longdistance running like I really feel for the baseball writers Lake Snell has he even signed yet like this is a six month or four let’s see November December January it’s like a 4mon process and they’re just like on on

Alert at all times for four like ours is a blitz but it’s done in like three to four days we’re already winding down so to that point Mike G we’ve seen you know we’ve seen a lot of things we saw backup quarterbacks come off the board we saw

Guards come off the board but then some of the off ball linebackers and this is always such an intriguing position how teams value them but this has really been kind of a trickle with some of these guys Patrick Queen Frankie louu you know some of these guys got

Multi-year deals but what about that market and the pacing of it and why there really it hasn’t been so a lot of big money spent there I should say I I don’t know because you know zier Franklin did an extension before free agency and it came in just north of $10

Million per year and I actually was expecting a bunch of because there’s nothing agents love more than tearing down other agents deals right I was expecting a flood of text to be like oh God an awful deal CU you know whether it’s it’s not not that I’m comparing him

To these guys but sha Leonard uh CJ Mosley is the one who really blew the top off the market the one year got up to 17 so it’s been 17 uh ran Smith and and uh and Leonard around 18 1920 and these guys are now like and so

I checked in with a couple agents I’m like hey this deal here they’re like no it’s a good deal these guys are not going to get paid what they used to get paid and I don’t know why this Market settled back down and you know Patrick

Queen paced the market for some of these linebackers and he’s at you know $1 million per year I want to say a little higher than that maybe 12 somewhere in that area and it’s only the the Steelers only structure it they guarantee the first year so it’s not a high guarantee

Or any of this stuff so the off the- ball linebackers some teams really pouring resources into it and then this market for whatever reason and sometimes by the way when I see that I go oh must be a strong draft class at a certain position which it’s not a strong running

Back class which is why those guys got paid but yeah that that kind of surprised me that that market kind of settled back down again I kind of want to stay there Mike because I look at the four teams that were left at the end of this past season

And all of them had really good linebacker course and I remember having a conversation in Baltimore in the locker room with Steve spagnolo saying my defense just doesn’t work without a linebacker like Nick Bolton running it in the middle of my defense this is kind of a copycat League why aren’t people

Seeing that as one of the best defenses out there starting to Value this position in terms of do when it’s valued in terms of player why doesn’t it add up in certain positions like this well I’m I’m guessing that Nick Bolton’s agent is hearing this and saying okay let’s hope

That well maybe you hope spoke a little while yeah yeah maybe maybe spags and goes and gets a head coaching job and that’s the guy that he’ll pay when he’s a free agent to get over there or maybe spags is still in Kansas City and say

Hey you know how important he is to your defense don’t forget about that so you know some teams are going to Value it some teams are going to say that this is what we do when the Ravens did the whole thing with ran it was because the Bears

At the time weren’t willing to invest that kind of money in off the ball linebacker and the Ravens did and I I do remember a a GM that I pretty much respect and have a good uh opinion for what he does is just like ah you can’t

You can’t pour that kind of money into that position they did it’s their philosophy it fits what they do you got to pay what fits your uh franchise and your coaching scheme at the time well I tell you one position again that falls in line with that is is safeties you

Have some teams who really value the safety position especially now the most teams are playing more and more teams are playing a three safety thing and then others like this year that’s not the case so the bills basically cut you know their safety Squad three deep and

Let those guys hit the market now this the safety Market is still rather saturated Mike yeah and some of these guys who did get paid on the market uh the free agent Market I think we’re expecting uh some high deals than they actually got um you know Xavier mckenny did well Kyle Dugger

With the Patriots was an interesting one because I think the rest of the league got the impression that no matter what they offer Dugger the Patriots are going to match it that’s why they put the transition tag on him at around $13 million in exch and change my

Understanding is they were trying to get a deal done at 13 so at this point if you’re Dugger you know maybe you you sign the tag you can even play on it if you want CU a lot of times these markets and the defensive tackle Market is is is

One of them there are certain guys now that are starting to get paid after they did smaller deals shorter deals and all of a sudden they come up and it’s like wait a minute this guy only got three a couple of years ago well you know what

He’s healthy he produced and all of a sudden teams are putting more money into that right now and those guys are getting peldon Rankin’s got a huge deal he’s climbing the ladder as he’s gone along with regard to how much money he’s got now he was coming off in Achilles

The first time uh and he is coming off I believe six sacks this year so it’s a lot of times about the timing and and what’s happening in the Market at your position yeah and we know there’s not a whole lot of defensive tackles coming out of this

Draft at least from who I’m talking to doesn’t think it’s the deepest draft in that sense that probably helps guys like Sheldon rankins out there and you’re sitting there in Hoboken Mike I have to ask you about one of my favorite guys in the league Drew lock coming to the New

York football Giants was that one of the ones that kind of surprised you a little bit going well this is a guy that maybe has a chance week one to be their starter after kind of getting his career back together in in in Seattle yeah it was not on my radar at

All in fact I had had people say if Andy Dalton gets moved from Carolina which the indications are that’s not going to happen at this point I don’t know if it ever was in the cards I know they they value him highly look for Drew lock to head to Carolina because of the

Connection with Dave Canales and all that stuff and the what whatever um so I when it happened I was kind of surprised at the team but then the more I thought about it I’m like you know what Drew lock play played well that Monday night game where he came in for

Gino Smith right off the bench and play well a lot of times how do you get signed by a team and and paid good money by a team play well against them the previous season that’s what happened with Drew lock and I also did expect the

Giants at some point to add a veteran option and it doesn’t Pro you’re seeing that six pick in the draft right there on your screen it doesn’t proc prude them from taking a quarterback in the draft and it doesn’t proc prude them from starting Daniel Jones week one I

Mean I it’s sort of semi resembles the Eagles situation uh back when they took Carson Wentz they had Sam Bradford then they went out and signed Chase Daniel and then they drafted Carson Wentz and then they wound up trading Bradford right before the start of the season when Teddy Bridgewater got hurt not

Saying that Daniel Jones would be a hot commodity but potentially you could do something like that if it gets to that point so the Giants with that six pick if they stay at six or if they potentially move up I’m still looking at them as a possible quarterback situation

Yeah it it would seem odd if they don’t address it with Danny Jones his injuries and you just don’t know what he’s going to do you know after this year if they don’t address it and all of a sudden they get caught next year in a bad

Situation and also think about it in terms of this right you you you do that and now you don’t need to do it so maybe it’s a little bit of playing cat and mouse with teams when it comes to the draft they’ll say oh what a giant signed

A guy like no that still allows you then to explore trades because a you’re not desperate for it you can have a fallback situation and B they don’t think that you’re necessarily about to jump up and bite right hey Mike G really good stuff I mean I love talking about some off

Topic stuff after a great start of the week really appreciate what you Ian and Tom do for our franchise well done now go get some rest and now coming up after the break we’re going to talk Washington commanders I said earlier on this is going to be one of the busiest teams

This off season we’re going to be joined by The Washington Post beat writer Nikki jabala to talk about all of the moves Dan Quinn and this new regime have made in the nation’s capital we are back at the NFL report Steve whes James Palmer and now we’re joined by

Nikki javala the commander beat writer for the Washington Post one of my former stomping grounds back in my writing days and Nikki earlier on Thursday commanders made a trade which seems to kind of clear the path for them even more to draft a quarterback with a second overall pick sending quarterback Sam

Howell and a fourth and sixth round draft pick to Seattle they get back a third and a fifth what about that move yeah I mean they now have six picks in the top 100 they had five previously they began free agency with the most salary cap space they’ve signed the most

Veteran free agents so they are loaded to continue their roster overhaul they’re also loaded going into the draft it gives them some flexibility if they want to cut another deal and try to move up you need a partner to do that but you know if they want to give it a try they

Certainly have enough ammunition to do so um but it also just helps them fill out the roster and really you know make a move and try to get a younger quarterback which seemed likely when they signed Marcus Mariota a guy you would think comes on to either you know

Be a backup and Mentor a younger guy or step in to start early if necessary and let’s stick with that quarterback spot Nikki you talk about the young guy they’re picking you mentioned all of them but the first one they have is number two overall does

This move make you feel like number two is 100% a quarterback or do you see them moving out of that spot at all given the fact that everybody just assumes they’re really starting the draft at two right yeah I mean I think they have to take a

CTB no matter what the question is will they take it at two or would they try to trade back and try to get you know one of those second third tier guys um and try to continue to fill out the roster and maybe grab you know a a tackle later

On um so yeah I mean I still to me it still feels like number two you go and grab the guy you want there um especially again with bringing in Mariota you have that veteran that sort of that Mentor type that can that can back them up um but we’ll see I mean

They’ve they’ve done a lot in really four days of the open negotiating period of free agency so I don’t think they’re anywhere close to done I don’t even think they’ve come close to denting their c cap space I mean they just had so much so I I think anything is fair

Game going into the draft yeah it’s interesting Nikki you know you talk about we’ll see if they trade back I think the guy they just traded away is a prime example of what happens when you have when you have an opportunity to draft a quarterback high and don’t so to

That note the new offensive coordinator Cliff kingsburry former Arizona Cardinals head coach coach Kyler Murray coach Caleb Williams last year at USC we’re expecting Williams to be the first overall draft pick of the Chicago Bears however do you think with all the moves we’ve seen Adam Peters and Martin Mayhew

In that front office make with the commanders they may be aggressive and trying to bring Caleb home to the DMV I would not rule out anything I learned that lesson a long time ago in Washington um I will not rule out anything I will say though based on

Their their approach so far it does feel like they’re being very methodical about completely rebuilding this roster I mean they resigned only three guys from you know last year that were free agents um theyve completely overhauled their approaches to bring in veterans who can mentor and develop and kind of lay the

Foundation and really use the draft to build the core of this roster um so would they trade up maybe but they’ve also said many times they don’t want to mortgage their future to one player and if that means giving up a hall of draft picks that would certainly in my mind

Count as mortgaging the future but you know if they feel strongly enough about a guy and Chicago is willing you know I again wouldn’t rule anything out I love it I love it do you feel like Nikki there there’s a sense at all that there’s somebody that’s just a front

Runner in your opinion at the quarterback position in this draft that you just feel like fits what they’re looking for maybe more than somebody else I know it’s yeah and I I feel like there’s like it’s split debate especially locally between the Jaden Daniels and Drake May if they

Stick a two and you assume Caleb Williams is going one I think it’s interesting to me that you know some are fully convinced that it’s going to be Jaden Daniels especially now with Marcus Mariota on board because Marcus’s his style is more like Jaden Williams so um

You know I I I do think if I had to guess now I’m leaning more toward Jaden um but I also think that could change you know as they go through Pro days as they bring him in for top 30s possibly have private workouts they’re going to get to

Know these guys even more so I I’m leaning toward you know Jane Daniels but we’ll see well James knows I’m leaning towards Jaden too because quarterbacks in Cliff Kingsbury’s offense have to be on the Hop because a lot of times there’s a free runner there’s a free runner coming at that quarterback going

Back to the days of Texas Tech so but again he’s he’s grown you know he he knows how to coach this NFL game now he’s not going to get his quarterback killed here here’s a question and I just don’t know if you had enough time to

Decipher but do you think you know and seeing these moves right the fact that Dan Quinn coached against this group of guys for the past couple of years twice a year and got to see what’s there do you think that has gone a lot into the thinking of the shaping of this roster

Like oh we destroyed that guy we can’t have him here or this guy’s really good we want to keep him in the mix I think in Part I I mean Dan has said that you know every stop in the past has helped him kind of get to where

He is and the fact that he he knows what he likes more he knows what he doesn’t like I mean they did bring in guys who are very familiar to a number of guys on staff um you know Austin Eckler with Anthony Lynn Zack hers with Cliff kingsbery you got a couple former

Cowboys players former 49ers for Adam Peters a former Lions player for uh Lance Newark the assistant GM but you know I think he has really evolved his defense and he’s one of the few that actually say we’re going to tailor it to our personnel and actually does that um

So yeah I I think there have been players and opponents in the past that have influenced you know the way he approaches this and the way he’s doing it in you know his second chance to be a head coach I love it I Nikki it also feels

Like as as we say goodbye here I want to put this into your you know just your quick thought am I right to say that a lot of these lot of these free agent signings that they they’ve made culture is a big part of it if you look at the

Type of guys that they are just yes very quickly it’s it’s huge I mean they they have to redo everything Washington so yes well said they do have to redo everything in Washington this is not a four on that to everything ining absolutely hey Nikki thank you so much

For joining us we really appreciate the latest on the news and all the quarterback talk here at the NFL report coming up we got Brian baldinger oh he’s back we’re talking AFC South oh this NFL report we can’t get enough of Baldi roll the tape LC no you

Cannot all right you want a bombshell lay it out brother you want a bomb show R let’s have one here we go sources say the Tennessee Titans are signing Jaguar star receiver Calvin Ridley listen to this massive deal four years $92 million for Calvin Ridley $50 million fully

Guaranteed in this deal negotiated by David Metta and resam of athletes first Calvin Ridley turns 30 this season 30 and he gets a massive massive deal from the Titans everyone has been assuming I think this whole time that it was going to be the Jaguars is going to be the

Patriots no no it is the Tennessee Titans quietly lurking working and now Landing a top free agenter for a massive massive move for the titans this is the NFL report that was Ian rapid port on free agent frenzy on THS on Wednesday breaking that news about Calvin Ridley James Palmer Brian

Baldinger back here Baldi you saw the move by Calvin Ridley one of many by the Tennessee Titans so let’s focus on the AFC South and let’s start right there Baldi with the moves that the Titans made in the direction that they’re headed in well I mean all these teams in the

AFC South are led by Top Flight quarterbacks picked you know at the top of the draft you know whether it’s Anthony Richardson you know CJ last year Rookie of the Year you know all the way to Trevor so you know and then will Lis so you you you you you make the

Selection you identify your franchise quarterback and then you just never stop building around that franchise quarterback to give them every opportunity to be successful and so here comes Calvin Ridley kind of caught me off think it caught a lot of other people off guard just not just where he went

But the amount of money they committed to Calvin Ridley and see we all you know followed him from his days when he was first drafted by Atlanta I mean it was pretty clear that he became the number one receiver in Atlanta he was the number one wide receiver in Jacksonville

A year ago and now he’s going to get that opportunity along with DeAndre Hopkins to kind of fill that role with Will Lis is they try to build this thing and kind of compete with what we saw the Houston Texas do a year ago yeah bu it’s no longer just handed

Off to Derrik Henry with the Tennessee Titans anymore and you look they get Lloyd kushberry to protect him in front and you also get Tony par to surround will Levis let’s go as you mentioned CJ strout and the Houston Texans I love what this team did Baldi in the off

Season so far with what they’ve done in free agency I think denal Hunter and Will Anderson Jor could be the best Edge duo in football possibly but also the other moves on the defensive side of the ball not huge huge massive deals but they create more depth as a group for

Deo Ryan what’s your take on what Nick cerio has done in this off season I thought Nick cerio struck gold last year both in the draft and in free agency uh whether it was Dolton Schultz or any of the linebackers or de Malik Collins all the guys they signed up front but you

Look at just that the the guys on the screen right now and you look at fley fasi all right you got yourself just a space heater you got Den arery to win inside or outside I mean he’s a 10 sack guy just if he stays anywhere near

Healthy and then you get denil Hunter look we all like Jonathan greenard we all saw the development that he had in the year that he put together in the First full year starting okay well they upgraded from Greener when they went and got denil Hunter and let’s face it denil

Hunter is from ktie Texas he’s a Houston kid he could have taken more money in other places he wanted to go to Houston it’s the Destin you know Deo Ryan has this a about him players want to play for Deo he knows that like I just like coaches that are

Active they’re responsive they’re in guys ears they’re picking them up I think we all saw that from demo a year ago and boy they’re building something I think pretty special in Houston right now Bal we only got about 90 seconds so let’s combo the Jags and the Colts the

Colts basically just resigned everybody who was a free agent on their team whereas the Jags they got out first and they made a trade for M Jones to back up Trevor Lawrence well I mean if you if you just look at yes Indianapolis they brought in

Flacko to really kind of help Mentor uh you know the the Young quarterback Anthony Richardson which is a good move but you know you look at Grover Stewart and tawon Lewis and Kenny Moore and Pitman and zier Franklin those are all resigning they’re all really good players so that’s good and then look

Jacksonville had this collapse last year that nobody saw coming we saw a quarterback in Trevor Lawrence maybe it was injury related but suddenly he didn’t look like he was on the same trajectory that we saw the first two years and so I gotta see what Jacksonville does to kind of bounce back

And get back on top and if they have what it takes to get back on top because I think the momentum is going in other places in the AFC South right now yeah Baldi I mean a bad Collapse by Jacksonville it’s going to show some mental stomach for them to kind of build

Themselves back up all we appreciate the conversation always everything thanks for joining us for that great Max Crosby interview as well now the NFL report we will be back next Monday at 700 p.m. eastern time on TV on streaming on the NFL channel and as a podcast and guess

What where the hits don’t stop coming as Commander’s head coach Dan Quinn is going to join JP and I on Monday so this is what we give you at the NFL report we give you the great interviews we give you the real talk and we give you Baldi everybody have a

Fantastic weekend again check us out on Monday Bal I’m not goingon to lie I missed the podcast I missed Baldi I missed him

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