Deebo & Joe - Part 1: Raiders sign Kirk Cousins, Browns Trading No. 6 Pick?

Summary

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Club Shay Shay: Deebo & Joe - Part 1

Episode Date: April 3, 2026
Host(s): Doug ("Deebo") | Guest/Co-host: Joe (remote/in chat)
Main Theme:
Deep-dive NFL talk focused on recent moves by AFC North teams, most notably the Cleveland Browns’ #6 draft pick conundrum and the Raiders signing Kirk Cousins. The episode blends fan banter with veteran insight, especially regarding front office maneuvers, player negotiations, and the true meaning of team identity and hope.

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Episode Overview

Doug and Joe, with Joe remote for this episode, hold a loose but lively conversation about major NFL headlines. Their focus: the Browns potentially trading their #6 pick, the Steelers' stadium upgrades and contract decisions, and the surprising contract magic of Kirk Cousins signing with the Raiders. With stories and plenty of jokes, they break down front office strategies and what they might mean for fans.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Pittsburgh Steelers: Tight End Market & Stadium Upgrades

• Darnell Washington’s Value

  • Context: Recent contract moves among NFL tight ends (Kittle, McBride, Pitts) are inflating the market, making Washington’s potential price steeper.
  • Insight: The Steelers’ willingness to pay will rely on the new coaching staff’s plans for Washington.
    • “I believe right now you have Kittle, and think McBride, Arizona and San Francisco as a couple of the top guys. But the big one… is Pitts over there in Atlanta. They franchised him. So that right there… is changing the market a little bit.” (Doug, 05:19)

• Realistic Salary Expectations

  • “A realistic number for Washington I would say somewhere between maybe that 8 and 10 range max. And that's assuming that they have plan hands to use him effectively.” (Doug, 06:05)

• Stadium Seating: Black Seats Debate

  • Steelers are installing black seats in the upper deck of Acrisure Stadium, balancing tradition (gold seats) with aesthetics and practical concerns.
  • “The sea of gold sometimes gets overwhelming. So we did a little black and gold in there this time around.” (Doug, 07:41)
  • Fan reactions are solicited live in the chat. Doug highlights the difference between Steelers and Pitt Panthers (both sharing the stadium).

• Season Ticket Scarcity & Resale Market

  • “The waiting list, they say, 25… 25 plus year waiting list. That's… wow. Is that true? I see why the resale market be going crazy.” (Doug, 11:35)
  • Warning about new rules: If teams spot rival fans in season seats resale, owners can lose privileges.

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2. Cleveland Browns: #6 Pick and Smokescreen Season (16:11–23:00)

• Will the Browns Trade Down?

  • GM Andrew Berry hints they may deal #6 if the right trade partner comes calling.

  • Doug’s Take: The "chum in the water" analogy—Berry is floating the pick to tease other teams, likely because:

    • Their dream prospect won’t be there at #6.
    • Or, the prospect they want will fall to #24 (their next pick), so they’d rather gain extra value by moving down.

  • Doug's Analysis:

    “He ain’t talking to me. He ain’t talking… to the fans. He talking to y' all other GMs out there. He playing with y' all. Don't let him play with you like this!” (Doug, 18:50)

  • Highlights the Browns' repeated failure to win an AFC North crown since 1989, poking fun at their perennial underdog status.

    • “It's a reason that, you know, Cleveland ain't even won the AFC North since 1989. Gas was less than a dollar.” (Doug, 22:24)

• Cleveland’s Strategic Shift?

  • Joe & Doug agree: This shift toward smarter management feels “not like the Cleveland way,” but Doug remains skeptical they’ll follow through.
    • “They're getting smarter... I just hope it ain't happening, because that's not the Cleveland way... Cleveland don't smarten up.” (Doug, 22:00)

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3. Doug’s Storytime: Learning to Drive Young (24:09–31:48)

• Anecdote about being entrusted with the family car at age 12 to run errands—a punchy interlude evoking "old school" parental trusts and neighborhood dynamics.

  • “So my dad gets home one day. I'm 12 years old, dude, and he's like, hey, I need you to go play my numbers, get me some cigarettes. And he's like, take the car. I said, huh?” (Doug, 26:00)

• Warmly pokes fun at generational shifts and raised eyebrows at such stories today.

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4. The “Kirk (Guaranteed) Cousins” Saga (32:54–41:38)

• Raiders Sign Kirk Cousins to Blockbuster Deal

  • Details: 5-year, $172M, but functionally a 1-year, $20M fully guaranteed, with a team-friendly option for two more years at $80M as bridge to rookie QB Mendoza.
    • “This is the 11th straight season in the NFL in which Kirk Cousins contract will be fully guaranteed. Fully guaranteed. Maybe that agent needs to start doing something with the NFLPA.” (Doug, 35:52)

• Raiders’ QB Strategy

  • The plan is for Cousins to start and mentor Mendoza, who is expected to "sit and learn" for at least a year. Doug likes it—mostly for Cousins’ bank account.
  • “Kirk Cousins… just calling Kirk Guaranteed Cousins. That’s… that’s gonna be his new name.” (Doug, 41:15)

• Comparisons & Commentary

  • Considers how this deal compares to Aaron Rodgers’ rumored links to the Raiders, ultimately calling Cousins’ agent and the QB himself true business aces.
    • “Kirk's like, cool, I'm gonna go out here… and you have to make a difficult decision of either letting me go and running with Mendoza or activating that 2-year, $80 million option.” (Doug, 40:24)
  • “Guaranteed money for the last 11 years straight, nonstop… smart man.” (Doug, 41:15)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

| Timestamp | Speaker | Quote/Story | |-----------|---------|-------------| | 05:19 | Doug | “But the big one that’s messing it up… is Pitts over there in Atlanta. They franchised him. So that right there is… changing the market a little bit.” | | 11:35 | Doug | “The waiting list, they say, 25… 25 plus year waiting list. That’s… wow.” | | 18:50 | Doug | “He ain’t talking to me… He talking to y' all other GMs out there… Don’t let him play with you like this!” | | 22:24 | Doug | “It’s a reason that, you know, Cleveland ain’t even won the AFC North since 1989. Gas was less than a dollar.” | | 26:00 | Doug | “So my dad gets home one day. I'm 12 years old, dude, and he's like, hey, I need you to go play my numbers, get me some cigarettes. And he's like, take the car. I said, huh?” | | 35:52 | Doug | “This is the 11th straight season in the NFL in which Kirk Cousins contract will be fully guaranteed. Fully guaranteed.” | | 41:15 | Doug | “Kirk Cousins… just calling Kirk Guaranteed Cousins. That’s… that’s gonna be his new name.” |

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Timestamps for Key Segments

| Segment | Start | End | Topics Covered | |-------------------------|--------|--------|---------------| | Steelers Tight Ends & Stadium | 05:15 | 12:20 | Darnell Washington, Steelers stadium seating, season tickets | | Browns #6 Pick Strategy | 16:11 | 23:00 | Browns draft pick, GM Berry’s tactics | | Doug’s Driving Story | 24:09 | 31:48 | Childhood story, community nostalgia | | Kirk Cousins/Raiders | 32:54 | 41:38 | Cousins’ deal, Raiders’ strategy, Mendoza |

Tone & Style

The show maintains a blend of veteran NFL gravitas and tongue-in-cheek fandom:

• Doug brings assertive, opinionated energy, pokes fun, and reminisces with down-to-earth storytelling.
• Joe chimes in as backup, affirming or goading Doug’s takes, keeping the chat and banter lively.

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Summary Takeaway

This episode is a quintessential blend of NFL analysis, old-school life wisdom, and fan sarcasm. It ties the week's big NFL news for the Browns, Steelers, and Raiders to long-term patterns of success and frustration, all lubricated by playful, authentic personality and football storytelling. If you want insight on how the “hidden game” of NFL front offices impacts your Sunday heroes—with plenty of laughs and a little shade aimed at Cleveland—this is a can’t-miss listen.

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take care of some things. No biggie, nothing. Nothing serious. Nothing, you know, nothing too serious. So I'm going ahead and, and fill in for us today, okay?

[Joe (Debo Show Co-host or Guest)]

He ain't stuck in Mexico or nothing like that.

[Doug (Debo Show Host)]

We all good. We all good. Okay? Don't y' all worry about nothing. Y' all know we're gonna get into, we'll get into a little bit of this Stiller ball. We probably gonna talk some of that brown stuff. I don't know. We're Gonna get into some other stuff too. So it's kind of a little, little last minute curveball. But listen, we gonna be good, baby. We go, hey, we gonna be good.

[Joe (Debo Show Co-host or Guest)]

Look here, man, the Steelers over here,

[Doug (Debo Show Host)]

we got a little report talking about Darnells Washington, our, our big tight end over there. They saying his value don't went up a little bit. And you know, they're getting that from the last recent little bit of signings of these. These tight ends over here. They got. They think the Steelers will have to pay more for Darnell Washington after this off season because the price tag has gone up. That people. I believe it to be true. But that's only if the Steelers want to keep him. You know, I doubt they won't keep him, but that's going to be dependent on how the new coaching staff is going to use him. You know, while Washington getting a new deal no longer feels like a lockdown with the new coaching staff, that's only because it's going to pivot on how they're going to use him in the offense. And when you look at it, I believe right now you have Kittle, kittle and think McBride, Arizona and San Francisco as a couple of the top guys. But the big one that's messing it up, I ain't gonna say messing it up. That's wrong is the pits over there in Atlanta. They franchised him. So that right there is, is changing the market a little bit. But what people have to understand is that it's sure do have prime move. Okay. And right now he's around 12 a year. So a realistic number for Washington, I would say somewhere between maybe that 8 and 10 range max. And that's assuming that they have plan hands to use him effectively. You know, just. What was that? Oh my goodness. The tight end that we just let go, was it John New? I think he was making seven and I would agree that, yeah, seven, I don't know. Seven could do it, might not do it, who knows, you know, he's coming off of an injury too. But the old price obviously won't. Won't be the new price, so. And honestly, I think that's the, you know, the least of our worries as far as guys that need to get a deal done that have a year left. You have Nephew, of course. We gotta get something done with nephew and we got boss. We definitely got to get something done with Boss. Stillers need that. As a matter of fact, Mr. Rooney said distillers will be putting in black seats that will be installed in the upper Deck of Acura Acrosure Stadium. My braces could be getting in the way. Y' all gotta understand. My braces be getting in the way. I guess it's only gonna be in the upper deck for now. He said we're making changes to the seating. The sea of gold sometimes get overwhelming. So we did a little black and gold in there this time around. Chat. Do y' all agree with putting in black seats? What the chat say or the chat. Yeah. See, it was John Newsman. I was right. Okay, okay.

[Joe (Debo Show Co-host or Guest)]

Y' all like putting in the black seats or not?

[Doug (Debo Show Host)]

Y'. All.

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Y' all think we should go with it?

[Doug (Debo Show Host)]

Don't go with it. Do you care? Does it matter? What do y' all think? Like, the Stillers putting in black seats. To me, like, I think that's something that should have been done a long time ago. When you look at it, our colors are black and gold. It's not just gold, but again, you have to look at what the use of the stadium is. Like, who all use the stadium now? When you look at it, we share a stadium. The Pit Panthers also use the stadium. Their colors, blue and gold. Black and gold. That may have been a. Middle ground of, you know, what Won't go black. We won't go blue. We'll just go just gold, you know? But when it comes down to it, the bigger reason is when you put dark seats in there, you can't see who's not sitting there.

[Joe (Debo Show Co-host or Guest)]

Which I don't understand, because I believe,

[Doug (Debo Show Host)]

like, we got season tickets sold out. I think, like, aren't we sold out for so many years in advance or something like that? Like, I don't know now. Yes. You can see when the upper doesn't have as many people in it. I know. You know, back when we used to play, like, it was. It was hard work getting to see. There was sometimes that, you know, even as a player, you. You couldn't get. You couldn't even buy the number of tickets, you know, sometimes that you needed, depending on, you know, game circumstances and who we were playing, what time, all that. So I don't know.

[Joe (Debo Show Co-host or Guest)]

Like,

[Doug (Debo Show Host)]

it just. I don't know. But I like the black and gold premise. It's gonna look cool. And now it makes sense why you don't put them at the bottom. You want it. You wanna see everybody in the seats. You need to feel those. They gotta be filled.

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And matter of fact, when you go to the pit games, I believe they

[Doug (Debo Show Host)]

cover up, like, certain areas and in sections of it that you can't even Sit. I believe, like, they put, like, the banners or the team logos and the names and all that other stuff, so. Okay, I agree. It makes a little sense, right? They said.

[Joe (Debo Show Co-host or Guest)]

Listen, listen.

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The waiting list, they say 25. 25 plus year waiting list. That's. Wow. Is that true? I see why the resale market be going crazy. You can't. You can't. 20. That's wild. You can't even get on the list. Hey, be careful on the resale tickets. Now, y' all know some of them teams out there, they. They making it to where if they see other fans in those seats and they find that out, they go, you go, lose your. You can lose your season ticket privileges. And they go. They go sell.

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Don't give them away. They go sell them. Give away. Be careful now. Sure you don't do too many or too many times. Yes.

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I really needed Joe here but we're gonna talk about Cleveland. But now I can actually just go the tangent about Cleveland. So the Browns may be trading their number six pick, Browns GM Mr. Andrew Berry. Discuss potential plans for the number six overall pick in this year's NFL draft. It seems trading down is possible, although there's still a lot to be determined, including who the Browns take If they stay at number six. Barry said this right here, he said it really depends on the prospects available. I don't know what we'll find. I don't know if we'll find a trade partner, but I would tell you guys, I don't know that we're going to be picking at six at the end of May. And if we are picking six, I have no idea where we're going to or who, what we're going to take at this point. So this is just me. Chad, do. Do y' all think that this is a possibility of your guy or the gm? I don't know if he's your guy. He my guy, Joe's guy of him trading. Ah, this number six pick. All right, now, the Browns need a tackle, offensive lineman of some sort, whatever that is. Now, with that being said, this is what I believe is happening, okay? I think he just chum in the water. You know how, like, when you go on shark hunting or you. You going fishing for sharks or whatever it may be, you put out there the thing that most attracts them, okay? And for sharks, it's, you know, blood in the water. Okay? Now, maybe he's trying to see, you know, if there's some team out there willing to give up that six spot. Because you have to realize that the Browns got three picks in the top 39. So they got a six, they got a 24, and they got a 39. So this is just me thinking out loud, okay? And I would assume the guy that they actually want at one as they won is either one not there, period. Because he just said himself, we have no idea who that is. That's one or two. They feel strongly about whoever it is that they want that he's going to be available at 24. So why not put it out there at a possibility of trading the six if that can help you get something of greater value when you already feel like the guy that you want will still be there at 24 is other teams out there that have a. A greater need for a higher position and may be willing to give up more value to get that spot. Like, I'm just. I mean, I'm just saying, like, when you put it out there, hey, what Andrew Barry is doing, we gotta watch this dude, okay? We gotta watch this dude, all right? And he ain't talking to me. He ain't talking. He talked. He ain't talking to the fans. He talking to y' all other gms out there, okay? He playing with y'. All. He playing with y'. All. Don't. Hey, don't let him play with you like this. You understand? Don't. Do not. Do not let him play with y' all like this. This is Cleveland, okay? This is the Cleveland rounds. And this is just me. Like I said, I look at both sides.

[Joe (Debo Show Co-host or Guest)]

This is me spitballing, speedballing.

[Doug (Debo Show Host)]

But, like, this ain't like this new type Cleveland feel with them trying to say the same thing, have a. You know, have actual coordinated, you know, effort and approach to things. And, you know, him out here just throwing stuff out there. You know, it's. It's seeming like they're. They're getting smarter, and, you know, I just don't. I hope it ain't happening, because that's not the Cleveland way. You know, Cleveland don't smarten up. You know, they. They revert back. You know, like, that's just what they do. It's a reason that, you know, Cleveland ain't even won the AFC north since 1989. You talking about. 1989 was last time they had an AFC north title. Gas was less than a dollar. Like, chat, was he.

[Joe (Debo Show Co-host or Guest)]

Was Joe even born then?

[Doug (Debo Show Host)]

Like, when was Joe born, Chat?

[Joe (Debo Show Co-host or Guest)]

He young. He young. I got.

[Doug (Debo Show Host)]

I might. I got kids his age, you know, I might even been a fan like I think I was. I might have been a fan back then. Let me see. 89. 89 was 89. Gas. Less than. Matter of fact, Man,

[Joe (Debo Show Co-host or Guest)]

Joe. Joe. Joe was Joe. Joe was born in 99.

[Doug (Debo Show Host)]

Nope. Don't sound right. Nope. Joe was born in 89. I guess he was born the same year. He wouldn't have been able to see it or remember it, though. You know? Hell, when I started driving gas. Well, let me say legally drive.

[Joe (Debo Show Co-host or Guest)]

When I started legally driving, gas was

[Doug (Debo Show Host)]

like 97.98, something like that. What was it that.

[Joe (Debo Show Co-host or Guest)]

Listen, I.

[Doug (Debo Show Host)]

Hold on. I got a story for you, though. So I was driving, right? Well, like I said, legally driving. So when I was, like, 12, I had to be 12, max. My dad, he. He used to let me. Let me drive the car. So this is how it all started. All right. All right. My dad would let me drive when I was. I don't know. I was too young to even touch the pedal. So, you know how you. You just do the steering? You steer the. You know, you steer the wheel. He controls the pedal and all that. And, you know, that probably happened when I was like, 10, nine or something like that. Even younger. Who knows? Who knows?

[Joe (Debo Show Co-host or Guest)]

Whatever.

[Doug (Debo Show Host)]

Whatever that may be, all right? Because I was just too small to touch the pedals. And he lets you do the steering, the driving and all that.

[Joe (Debo Show Co-host or Guest)]

And he actually would let the wheel

[Doug (Debo Show Host)]

go, you know, because I would get

[Joe (Debo Show Co-host or Guest)]

nervous when he first started doing.

[Doug (Debo Show Host)]

I'm like, oh, snap. Like, he gonna let the wheel go, you know? But anyway, I got to where I was, like, maybe 11 or so before I was able to, like, really start. And the first car I learned how to drive was a. Was a stick shift. Like, back in the day when you. If you had a, you know, a stick shift car, it was cheaper, so it was a. You know, it was a stick shift. So by the time I was 12, like, that was. That was it. Like, he actually let me drive. So the crazy part. So this is how it happened.

[Joe (Debo Show Co-host or Guest)]

My dad would get home from work, right?

[Doug (Debo Show Host)]

So when he got home from work, if he had forgot to play his numbers or get his cigarettes, y' all know how that go when you're a kid. Like, hey, they ain't played the numbers. I got the cigarettes. You got to walk to the stove. I walk to the stove, you got to go take the numbers.

[Joe (Debo Show Co-host or Guest)]

You gotta play the numbers.

[Doug (Debo Show Host)]

And you. They already know who your mom and daddy is. So when you come in there to get them cigarettes, they already know, okay? Yeah, that's so and so, son.

[Joe (Debo Show Co-host or Guest)]

Whatever.

[Doug (Debo Show Host)]

Go ahead, give him the cigarettes. But if you come in there and you ask for a brand of cigarettes

[Joe (Debo Show Co-host or Guest)]

that ain't in there, you go, you

[Doug (Debo Show Host)]

know, you might get told on because

[Joe (Debo Show Co-host or Guest)]

I was back in the day where, you know, the neighbors go ahead and pop on you, whoop your ass.

[Doug (Debo Show Host)]

If you do something wrong, your mama

[Joe (Debo Show Co-host or Guest)]

didn't already gave him permission to go ahead.

[Doug (Debo Show Host)]

If you see anything, you let me know. And if I ain't around, you go ahead and you. You tap that ass. So that's. That's the error. We're in, right? So my dad gets home one day. I'm 12 years old, dude, and he's like, hey, I need you to. I need you to go play my numbers. Give me some cigarettes. And he's like, take the car. I said, huh? He said, yeah, take the car. Just make sure you don't hit nothing. I'm like, cool. Okay. So I go, I'm like, 12, dude. I'm going to play the numbers and get some cigarettes. You know, I ain't gonna even lie. I was a little nervous. And just to think about that now,

[Joe (Debo Show Co-host or Guest)]

man, like, to actually let my sons

[Doug (Debo Show Host)]

go and be like, at 12, hey, take the car, go to the stove and. And get me whatever you gonna get me at 12. That's that's crazy. That's crazy. Like, my dad was out of control.

[Joe (Debo Show Co-host or Guest)]

Hey, he had a lot of. Hey, he had a lot of trust, but he was. Listen, man, listen. I know some of y' all over there had had dads that was letting y' all drive the whip when y' all ain't have a liquor license.

[Doug (Debo Show Host)]

Like, it's. It's no way.

[Joe (Debo Show Co-host or Guest)]

Anyway, man, so the very first time

[Doug (Debo Show Host)]

I drive to the store, you know, I'm nervous. I take the route right, The. The right route to get there, the shortest route. And by the time I got comfortable, it was over with. Y' all already know what I was doing.

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[Doug (Debo Show Host)]

I was taking the long way. I was going around the block. I was going past my homeboy's houses, you know, that was in that three, four block radius, you know, so they could see me driving the whip and all that while they sitting over there, you know what I'm saying? Outside playing in the grass, riding they bicycle like little kids, you know, I'm out here driving. I'm a grown man out here driving. What you talking about, bruh? What are you talking about? I wasn't crazy enough to pick nobody up. No, I ain't. I ain't do nothing like that. But like that's, that's what I was doing, bro. Like that's, that's, that, that's what I was doing. And this is why Cleveland, like, they ain't gonna never. I ain't gonna Say, yeah, as long as it still is in the AFC north, leaving Lincoln, get another AFC title. That's all this to it. So whatever you trying to do over there, Barry, whatever bait and snatching, whatever

[Joe (Debo Show Co-host or Guest)]

you trying to do,

[Doug (Debo Show Host)]

it ain't gonna work. I done told on you. I done told on you. They know if Joe was here, he would know. He would probably say something out of the ordinary like, y' all working together. Y' all doing something smart. Like, that's not happening. We know y' all do something good for a short period of time, and then it all lips transpires into something that Cleveland does. It's the Cleveland way. Yes, the Cleveland way. This is not the Cleveland way, you know, but it is kind of the approach because y' all give them hope. Y' all give them hope. Y', all, you know, y' all got to keep that fan base there. Like they're not, they're not smart enough to understand that it's really no hope here, you know, Like, I don't. I would say I feel sorry for you, but I don't. I don't. Somebody gotta be the loser. And it's, it's no reason that it shouldn't be anybody else but a Cleveland Browns fan, you know, Dog pound, bark, bark. If y' all can't even speak with words like, what is that? Oh, my goodness, bruh. Like, here we go, Stillers. We speak with words. Y' all go. And dog don't even bite. Dog don't even bite. Listen, my guy, Kirk Cousins is the coldest around. I say my guy because he getting that money. That's, that's all he do is getting money. He been getting money. Like, that's all he do is collect. Kirk Cousins will sign a fivey $172 million deal with the Raiders that in reality is a one year fully guaranteed $20 million deal that contains a optional two year 80 million. Now. Oh, that's a combination. So the Falcons will pay Kirk Cousins 8.7 this season. The Raiders 1.3 million. Las Vegas will agree to a new quarterback fully agreed 10 million roster bonus on the third day of 2027 league season. Like I said, Kurt Derilla's one out there. I don't know who his agent is. I don't know what's going on, but this is the 11th straight season in the NFL in which Kirk Cousins contract will be fully guaranteed. Fully guarantee. Maybe that agent needs to start doing something with the nflpa. I don't know. Anyway, let me, let me, let me go somewhere else.

[Joe (Debo Show Co-host or Guest)]

Like I said, I don't know who his agent is.

[Doug (Debo Show Host)]

I don't know who. Nine, two. Listen, I don't, I don't, I don't know who, who it is, but I don't think it's so much as agent as it is the circumstances of like where he's signing these contracts at for these teams. So the Raiders are obviously selecting Mendoza. So everybody knows that they're going to be selecting Mendoza for their, for their draft. So with that, when you look at it, they're obviously look or to me, it's looking like I would say that they're going to sit him and let him learn behind Kurt for a year and then they'll go from there. I personally don't know if this look or, or not, not the look, but if this plan is a good idea. I don't know if I like or dislike it, but I'll, I'll lean towards being a good thing just for a learning curve for, for Mendoza. And I believe that like this plan is why it's 20 million guaranteed. So Kurt is like, cool. 20 million guarantee, which means he may be. Well, he's probably going to be starting. I don't know if he will, but I'm gonna assume that he's going to be starting 20 million. That's a great deal. So Kurt's like, cool, let's do this. But since I'm doing this, I'm gonna need y' all to agree to something. And I'm. Kurt, I'm betting on me. Okay. And I'm betting I'm gonna go out here and kill it and I'm gonna make. You have to make a difficult decision of either letting me go and running with Mendoza or activating that two year, $80 million option that could be worth what they say, up to 172 million in five years. So I'm assuming the Raiders saw this as the best deal possible considering I think last week, just this week, sorry, Aaron Rodgers was linked to possibly going to the Raiders. But what do you just get 20 million? Raiders gave Kurt 20 million. Ain't no way. I believe that's something that Aaron Rodgers would entertain for 20 million. Especially after being over there with the jets and seeing how that turned out. And now you're going to go to the Raiders. That really. How many times did Geno, like, get sacked last year? Like, he ain't trying to deal with that for 20. Like. Like, what are you talking about?

[Joe (Debo Show Co-host or Guest)]

So I just,

[Doug (Debo Show Host)]

I just don't. I don't know. I like, I like Kurt Now, I don't like him. I don't like him that much. But, hey, I'm happy for you, though. That's no question. Like, guaranteed money for the last 11 years straight, non stop. And now a possibility of going in there and getting this, plus picking up an option for 2 for 80, 40 a year. Listen, again, like I said, I'm. I'm just sitting back and I'm just. I'm just thinking out loud. I think this is what Kurt was looking at. He's like, yo, y' all picking up Mendoza for real? For real. Yeah. He ain't gonna be ready in a year or two, maybe three. He said, all right, I'm gonna go in here, I'm gonna get this money. I'm. I'm gonna play for whatever y' all want me to play for right now. But, hey, on the back end, y' all gonna have to make it up. I'm gonna need that option. Smart man. And look here, man, if he ain't got to play, it's cool. You're getting 20. This. Like Kirk Cousins. Just calling Kirk guaranteed Cousins. That's. That. That's gonna be. That's gonna be his new name. It gotta be his name, brother.

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