Sarah Spain (3:55)
All right. We're harmonizing. I like that. Maybe some fake enthusiasm there, but I'm good with that. All right, 877 3dp show. We'll get phone calls coming up. Variety of topics. Today we started talking about training camp here and the overreaction. You know, Aaron Rodgers threw an interception. Oh, he said he spent, he, he's cooked his mechanics. Oh, what's wrong with him? Jackson dart Giants. Oh, threw an interception. Just slow down on it. Stats that come up, it's just, it's, it's kind of like summer league basketball where you go, oh, do you see that guy? You're going to have a couple of guys that'll stand out in training camp and maybe, maybe that translates into success during the regular season. It just feels like it's a rush to judgment. We're going to have negative thoughts about somebody and we're going to have positive thoughts. We're going to overreact one way or another. There. Here's a situation not making headlines. I brought it up twice now. And maybe it's because it's Terry McLaurin. This is the most Terry McLaurin thing ever. Quiet, underrated, productive, overlooked. And you know, keep in mind, he was drafted into a dysfunctional organization. He cycled through a revolving door of quarterbacks and coaches. Owner chaos. But he produces. And Jaden Daniels comes to town. Rookie quarterback gets all the attention and rightfully so he certainly earned that. But you have an NFC championship game appearance, and Terry McLaurin is a real partner in that top 10 offense. But he wants to get paid. He's been the consummate professional leader in the locker room. But they brought in Debo Samuel, maybe hedging their bets, but a franchise desperate to build something real, underpaying one of your most reliable stars, probably a dangerous place to start. And you know, I'm looking at the numbers there. This is what happens when one guy gets paid and then all of a sudden your agent or you will say to your agent, hey, let's renegotiate here. Well, if you got one year left on your deal, that seems to be the form that a lot of players and agents follow. Not that teams follow that, but hey, we don't want somebody disgruntled. But you still have a contract. You still have a year. Like Trey Hendrickson has one year left on his contract. You should honor that. But you run the risk of getting injured. I understand that, but you still have a contract. Like, there has to be something in place where somebody's honoring something here. The team has to honor that. Con. Let's say you're not playing well and you got a year left on your deal, and it's guaranteed you're going to get your money. And they don't ask you if you don't play well if Trey Hendrickson would get four sacks. They're not saying, hey, you got to give us money back. So it goes both ways. And I'm pro player on this. I think most fans are probably pro owners because they, they're the constant. Whereas the players, you know, they change every couple of years here, but you get what you can get. But I did find it certainly interesting, even humorous, that Mike Brown is complaining that Trey Hendrickson is overly emotional about his contract. But then Mike Brown, the Bengals owner, gets overly emotional talking about the first round draft pick Shamar Stewart and the fact that this is foolishness. So he's overreacting while telling Trey Hendrickson, don't overreact to this contract. And really, it'll be the last big contract that he signs at his age of age 30. So training camp, all you want to do is everybody show up, everybody signed, and can we get through without any injuries. That's it. And even when it comes to, you know, these preseason games, sometimes you'll watch and you'll, you might spot somebody and you might say, hey, he'll be fun to watch. Oh, that guy's undrafted free agent. Oh, that guy that was a late, you know, like sixth round pick. Okay, that's the fun part of training camp. But I think the overreaction to what somebody is doing in a 7 on 7 drill or Aaron Rodgers form Jackson dart, it doesn't mean anything. Like Shador Sanders, if you watch the reports or listen to the reports, he's the next Bernie Kosar here or Brian Sipe. And I'm like, slow down here. This is the same franchise that people are talking about. Nick Saban will go there and they'll draft Arch Manning. So if you already have your quarterback here and Shador Sanders, then why are we talking about the possibility of, hey, if the Browns, they get Arch Manning and they could get Nick Saban, it's because Shador Sanders is probably playing like a fifth round draft pick. Like he'll show sim, you know, signs, glimpses of, oh, okay, he's got potential like Dylan Gabriel. I don't know how good he is. I saw him in college. Same with Shador. Joe Flacco could end up starting. Kenny Pickett could end up starting. This is a team that knows they're not settled on anything here because they have two first round draft picks next year and they're not going to be very good this year. Why would you settle in it now if it's Shador Sanders, great, you found your quarterback, you can use those draft picks on something else. But those stories, those opinions are not going to go away. Two first round picks for a bad team and you've got a couple of what looks like marquee quarterbacks that could be. We don't even know if Arch Manning is coming out after this next season. I, I would bet against it. I would think that he stays two more years. But we already have speculation on Saban maybe to the Browns. And you know, Colin Cowherd said one of the worst kept secrets. Okay, Saban, even when we talk, you know, we've talked to players. I'll ask Derrick Henry about this. He played for Saban at Alabama. See what he thinks about that possibility. But what happens if Arch Manning decides to stay at Texas? Is Nick Saban still coming back? And really the team to keep an eye on to me is the Rams. If you're looking at Arch Manning and his respect, family, respect for Sean McVay, you got Matthew Stafford maybe, you know, another year or two years and you got Arch Manning who could slide in there. That would be the team that I would keep an eye on.
