" The other ten day you know to -- in Denver and that's what I saw I saw bronco team that. Look so much like a younger version of the patriots and and you know different places the way they carry themselves the way they function. You know from top to bottom and -- I think there's a reason why we're seeing the success. I talk about the -- deadline everybody gets excited about it every year Mike Florio has -- a field day for like 48 hours. Thrown every possible mainly -- out there. And then before Clark comes and goes and we all sit around -- each other going that was that was -- think that I mean nothing ever -- no. I mean the big stuff I think are -- saying before about. Salary cleanup I don't cleared that was heard when I mentioned that got marketers okay part of the eleven million dollar kept acceleration what's happening and year old and six and it's not just thrown up white flag it's it's just. Doing the prudent thing if you're the -- if -- the -- Buccaneers and did and you get a chance to an August 2 round pick next year which. It gives you chance to go okay -- And then -- would pitchers are doing strategically. Certainly looks like creating room. To get a missing piece or two. That could be helpful on on another run. But I don't know that that you know those deals would necessarily be made either either today -- only be made today they're gonna be made but. At the very least you've you've set yourself up to comfortably function going forward Sullivan vicious cleaning up. Again the continual. Accumulation of and then you saw okay did there were we're getting alien thing out of Julia always answer no and unequivocal Melville Kansas City Chiefs there another team like -- going nowhere but certainly trying to figure and -- stop -- the only applying a lot of the same thinking. That you know what can you do to make your team better well. That they take they trade tank Tyler Carolina. Who needed desperately need some help in the middle maybe slightly feel they've got a chance to do something but. I don't know what kind of chance it is -- Kansas City and in Europe you're remake in the house that you're in that's what's cup goes trying to do."
" I think its interest in with the patriots they let Banta-Cain go. Then they bring them back and of course gave it away he was on Sirius radio yesterday and he basically told a guy got cut then they asked them all what's gonna happen he said well gonna bring me back. So he -- gave it away. But it seems to me is that it is if they're trying to do and work around. The rules that are in place with a veteran minimum that they could not extend his contract right letting him go bringing him back they can still got a I would think that some of the moves them making them now extended Sam Aiken who is we know. Is one of their receivers but more importantly he's the one of the leaders on a special teams this trying to lock these guys -- Pass this week -- negotiation that goes on in the off season they -- it do you think that. By doing that they're trying to protect themselves in that. Some of the guys out they're guys that know all the players intimately because they've been here NN now in Cleveland. There in Kansas City there in Denver. Might say -- would throw a couple of 100000 extra bucks their way in an uncapped year and bring in a good -- player."
" Offered to -- any question. So a lot of this is based on the maneuvering. That the uncertain labor future brings to the table and remember. The orders were gathered in in Boston last week to discuss a lot of the stuff mostly about procedures. Going forward in the -- in this offseason I'm -- billion board too deeply. In to what's being discussed or not discussed at the table I'm in that game plan is kinda been set everybody has an outline among the owners of what the highlights of that are it was more about. In in the condensed session that they had in Boston it was to discuss. How to to proceed with the free agent signings with contracts. Within uncapped year. And all the elements of our strategic elements of of how you should handle this and how you're. You're that your the profile of your payroll should look and I think you're seeing a lot of that. Happening a lot that was -- you know teams were able to kind of do or at least addressed prior to today. I think today is not necessarily about a flurry of activity. If you do get somebody to bite. Sure if somebody's got a real injury hole created remember a few teams lost players for the season you know the jets are out they're trying to. Get somethin' -- to fill us a big hole that they got on the Miller do you find good luck with that now. You know other teams you falcons lose AM. Defense -- back corner. They feel these -- I mean at least in the case the falcons that's team and I guess the jets saw themselves is that. Team that was in contention you don't have hair was gone somewhere and now. Have lost key pieces."
" But very often when we always got together and to Norwood moved -- in the meetings were together in their deciding. How others and should be looking at this uncapped year what their conclusions and and how's that affect fear and then have does that -- do you believe that there will be a lockout."
" Well I I did I think to separate issues the uncapped year. First of all it isn't there isn't a real old source of panic -- reason for panic necessarily. I think the way they're approaching it is their finding out it is manageable it is brilliant and for a lot of teams it's good news because when you dude dude take away. When you do takeaways ceiling you also -- you also remove the floor. And I think that's the best best part that that teams that are there at the bottom men that are struggling financially you hear a lot of stories about Tampa based financial situation. A lot of money invested in man Manchester United soccer. The team that I guess they're gonna. Go out and go see when they head out the white in this week right they're gonna have a little -- Glazer family reunion there with the two printers -- put a lot of money's invested and that's. And now less money I guess from what I'm hearing. Has been poured into the football up I think they're trying to get something like sixty million under the cap that's a pretty pretty comfortable number to remember the -- but when you get into an uncapped year. You can you can just see if there's there's there there's less revenue there used to be of course suspending minimum and and that's gone that's gotta be gone if we -- if this is going in and -- US to question. About the Steve about the expectation of a lock -- I mean that's how I've been proceeding because. Anyone with any authority in this league as far as -- the people the movers shakers of people that. Whose opinions are are going to be contributed to the thought process of what's gonna happen going forward. Keep telling me this is what they expect demand are the talk comes from the NFL PH side you can dismiss it as rhetoric if you want. But if it sounds pretty serious when your when you're getting warnings one on I'm sure your son is hearing like any other player in sleep from union. Save your money right -- be prepared to say something this year receiver bigger chunk next year because each year you will you -- if we get shut down you're gonna need."
" Major League Baseball a trade that I deadline two thirds of the way the season. The do you think to be any more activity of the NFL -- say -- tenor of the salary cap issues or is it just being a familiar -- systems just make it impossible for a lot of movement. Yeah that's it I I've heard that discussion before. I think it might do that that the very last thing you mentioned I think I think those that the issues would create. May be less of a chance for moving I think the theory now is that you don't."
" You you if you gonna be prompted to do something you would know just prior to the middle part of the season. What. Pieces you've needed her apart -- need to to have to move move on and and conversely you could also see if you want headed somewhere. And you've really got to do you really got to create some room for the future. You've got that goin' to Korea and then there's that -- approach similar -- we talked throw it patriots which is. A lot of sort of future planning which is what the good teams do -- he should be thinking about your your long term. Planned are people that you're going to address. Try to get tied up to deals going forward and you just needed to create this kind of room to address that player. Who has showing you especially through coarse of these first six weeks. That that unequivocally he's a guy you gotta keep usually the guys you've made those decisions on -- you don't. You don't you aren't they can't say you're really prompted by what's what's taken place in the first two months of the season a lot less than that you're usually making those decisions and their --"
" You don't check on the show yesterday will assume when we asked him about why there is so little movement the National Football League and he said as much -- baseball unit. In football you've got to learn the system yet you've got to learn what they do any and he said it's it's nearly impossible bringing guy in let's say in week six weeks haven't. And expecting them to be productive during the course of the season -- they've got to ramp up they've got to learn what they're supposed to do especially with the that he was talking about dazzling offensive side of the ball. In a patriot system and you look at Galloway is put a failure so they've dismissed imminent given a right. They're more likely to bring somebody like eight take a -- debuts on they reserve list right now we have who at least has been in the meeting's been picking stuff up. As opposed to bring somebody else and say okay now you've got to learn our whole system yeah got a lot make the -- when you get the line of scrimmage you gotta read with a safety skill and over. Did and that's gonna depend on where you're routes don't. How much power to get any better if you did it let's say in week ten week eleven by the time the guy gets up to speed the season's --"
" Robert now they would be impasse -- race you're so right about that the whole system specific talks which a lot of people don't wanna hear because. A lot of football opinions now sadly. Are driven by fantasy. Manpower finish my football and it's like what you just plug the guy and as I can do it on my team which -- know what MCT and great because you're just plugging in numbers and wouldn't with football teams don't operate that way -- your writing this it is about a system and and speaking a language. That there there's familiar to a person and an if you don't have to to a lot of you know I've had a couple players explain to me yet -- dead -- it. Terminology. I mean you and I know there's only so many ways to one -- sort of wish to protect so many ways to include two drop back throw whatever. I run a football. But broad terminology can can be a lot of times Steve why you're looking and Amir and it's a reverse things so the explaining something to a new teammate. You you you tree you hopefully know may be a language he understood from his previous club and then just reversed what you're talking about a given to a woman in notre. Deciphering literature -- translating and I should say. It into that a right which in the other point that people messed. Is and let's let's use Brett Favre is an example classic example. Last year he was that the ultimate square peg round hole fit for the jets Brian Schottenheimer tried to. Yeah -- did it reluctantly but did make an effort to do it try to to change their offense convert their offense modify it. So that Favre would fit and and they didn't have the offense -- fit. Why aren't our things happening so well for him -- Minnesota a large part of that is parent cup level and but there offensive coordinator of the vikings in Brett Favre speak the same language period."
" that's the way you talk about the language to swear when they've changed teams soot. You usually took you'll vote a year to get that. Language out your head because you spend the first time translating in terms of year old team. You know 31 cities all was well covered -- when you bring do you think about that for almost a year before you before became before you adopted -- your of the language of the of the new -- well with the jets general care with their service so it's put a billion -- ready when you especially when you talk nobody receivers that have to make certain Reeves. When it comes to what they're seeing in the --"
" I think your regular -- point trick when you talk about the influence of people playing you know fantasy baseball fantasy football and baseball. That fantasy stuff actually does convert to the game because my journal lure if you bring in a power and its gonna at 35 home runs. He's gonna there was Boston he's gonna hit it would New York the only transition you might have as American League nationally ballpark -- him ballpark should know into the pension but overall. It's a one on one game. Yeah you're 4443. If you're resolve blocking team were not fight the bulls are very different I guess this is a whole different ball game so I picked up in a Belichick said that yesterday that this is the biggest reason. That we don't see trades in the national football I think he's right he said the biggest day. For trades is the 53. Man roster cut down day that's the day you make deals. Yes I have a better."
" Of course and and you know and and that is it's such a report because if it does go back to. What you're sort of what you feel you're rounding your roster out to be number one number two. You know in in terms of of where that where we are now with a with a with a sleek. In and I talk we talk to run system specific we're also talking about the challenges of converting college players to what you do in the NFL. The difficulties there because I think it's a little easier army. Quarterbacks. Our -- were finding it harder to define I think you know guys who were truly ready to handle. Well what's happening here look look -- the jets are doing now there's there's very likely gonna simplify their playbook. Four Mark Sanchez a guy who had what 169. College starts wherever that number was and clearly his head too much so they're they're -- there dumbed it down but they're streamlining it for him and clearly he needs that we saw that. So that's one example and then this this the proliferation of spread offenses. In in the college ball. That can translate is that helpful. 22 receivers necessarily not always is that I don't think you know -- routes to run when when they get to the New England Patriots and have a more complex system and I'm sure they're in their scouting profiles they're looking for guys who were a little closer you know Urban Meyer type receivers were well look you know that that made more sense an end to it to get it could just as an example. Offensive lineman maybe it is a little maybe that transition resolute easier that's the one position I think guys we've seen much more. How much quicker. Conversion from from college to pro."
" I would agree because it with that said you're talking about this New England Patriots wide receiver group Joey -- we -- was a -- how -- they -- themselves -- probably can't -- bring somebody in and just learn the system. Yeah I that's -- I mean that's a great question and I don't know. I don't know the answer I look and say okay just prayed that bench -- results gonna have 8081 and 83 to throw to but I I guess. You did they can't be that simple. And -- you better. -- have some depth somewhere and and I you know having. I mean. Like I guessed it to some degree there have been haven't Julian around is another plus but but I guess. It it's still -- plays a plus but but is that is that enough. It is never enough depth if you're if you're going when your football team to that has limitations. Running the football clearly. And obtain and then I keep thinking America has I'm saying this 20072007. How much running game that they need. And and how many -- I mean -- a lot of different guys caught the ball a primarily it was two guys. Who were catching the vast majority of those passes on on a I'm an eighteen and all right so. -- you know I had the answer as well as it applies to the patriots have maybe it doesn't matter as much and no that's I know that's naive I don't wanna really believe that but. I don't -- and I -- here's the other thing. I don't think. They sit there panicked about leaving that covered. To bear you know it's it's a it's a body it's whatever you can you can find and an available receiver. But none of us is gonna sit there and say oh yeah this guy's gonna really helping out."
" Particularly -- partying or writing a buffalo removed to draw certain job for a minute but but but but. He saved his job for another day partying not so much as they put appeared -- about the billboard they have put up yard -- and the good timing that was put a bit midnight Monday you know as good as they come I can't win lose first I Cablevision the cable is Fred played to pay full price for that yeah. -- like him you know he got a discount. The first the first you first division which first division Winston stood up so -- But you know it's interesting. Look there in the process they're looking at this very hard. I think -- I think Dick Jauron knows he's going week to week. Now and and I mean there's two plans in place guys I think there's a plan. I mean obviously if they give if something roles here they get Carolina this week we got Houston after that. And I don't call any game winnable for buffalo of course but but who knows what what we'll see. But but the fact is if they do if they make it an in season move. It is summary from the staff and think it's over the compare refuel -- defense coordinator but but I think they also look. Beyond this year. And and look at it if finding ways to enhance. They're often and so whoever that is. An offensive grew you know Mike homer Mike Shanahan and Jon Gruden you know these I mean it's -- I don't know it's never been Buffalo's way to really spend the big money to get those guys but. If it all goes the way it looks like it's going here. That would have to be to the right direction they haven't really got into the jets -- respond to -- from this weekend and you sustenance is at the podium today that that was. I was kind of odd C a professional quarterback nobody -- cry are either either your response to this. It interest thing yeah I am but that's not even their biggest problem the biggest problem was is Christian gentlemen truly for a -- what they want Ron I think there's only they need they need an addendum I think they can -- try to I mean I don't think the raiders can -- it up -- and and you saw what they did you -- you saw the success against Donovan McNabb. You see the insistence on the jets to -- some -- his kidneys -- know why are you wing and they're all hoped he ran for 300 yards he still lost the game. That's a step that doesn't compute that's I pick a first time in NFL history so something is definitely amiss with clear. Logic and in in their strategic approach. And then defensively as I said now they're really hurting and -- this is a blow from which I don't think they're gonna recover so I can easily see the jets. Each client last year and and losing to this sudden rate raider team that all the sudden. Has some some measure of pride I don't know something came out of that. And I can put did you guys you're voluntary Antonio Pierce thing -- made the comments -- serious about saying that. They they felt like you're going against. Human and scrimmage a practice game and nobody was really playing when when they beat up on the raiders. And that apparently inflame the raiders I guess Richard Seymour and others made it big time Baltimore material and they took advantage because they do that."
" Mike -- it's all quiet on the trading fraught with. Or about sixty minutes old Leo hold it -- moment and I knew him and get emails you're losing your business in America and relevant here regularly thrills and -- not expected to trade Roscoe -- just -- I had a failure President Obama -- snow emergency moralists. -- the shot yeah of course post he's. -- And but that's one thing but didn't ask -- asked coach and a few friends and that's. -- know about Chris cook didn't do his or her yeah so he made you heard this voice and has -- its advantage. -- has stated many. -- Belichick to -- environment. Let us and I couldn't go to safe and well my job well first he steered a couple holes for a very busy at left is slap I've got both are is everybody still and availability from NFL but can on the NFL network."
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