Jason McIntyre (7:21)

You're walking in with a question mark on work ethic.

Colin Cowherd (7:23)

You're walking in with a question mark on your camp. And agents and family structure is really important in NBA basketball because NFL players come in at 23, 24, where all young men naturally mature over time. Right. Trust me, as a dad that's got six kids in my life, the difference between like 18, 19 and 24 is two different human beings, especially with boys. And so this is the time where in the NFL has a structural advantage over the NBA because kids are just older. If, you know, they just. Boys are older, they come into the league. But you go 18, 19 years old, and that's when a young man needs guidance. And this guy, adults are failing. This kid, he wouldn't work out for teams. That's just not what you do. His agent apparently told, like, one of the top five teams. Not interested. That is not what you do. By the way, the other guy that the Utah Jazz drafted, Walter Clayton, he's already there. He's already in Salt Lake. He's there. So this is one of these situations. I know it's uncomfortable and nobody wants to talk about it, but those little league coaches, those high school basketball coaches, those high school football coaches, man or woman, are so vital for boys and young men. And all I see with this, All I see with this kid is, where are the adults? Where are the helpers? All right, saw this story this morning. Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani have been named the American League and National League starters for Major League Baseball's All Star Game. So they came out today. They list the All Star finalists. So they break it into like two time periods. These are now the only people you can vote for for the All Star Game. And, and so fans in media, lot of them complained about the NBA playoffs, the Finals. Well, parody, no sizzle, no glamor, small markets, that's okay. But you better not be the same people complaining about the Dodgers in the National League All Star finalists, having a player at every position, every single position, first, second, short, third, catcher, outfield. That doesn't even count the pitchers. And Dave Roberts is managing okay. You can't. You got to be consistent. Uncle Colin is consistent. I like most dynasties. Alabama football dynasty a little boring. Spurs a little boring. But today in baseball, the Dodgers, the Cubs, the Yankees and the Mets are in first place. I can't believe the Mets are. They've been playing terrible. They're all in first place and I'm all in. Colin, what about Cincinnati? I was there once. I went to the airport. I was told they had great chili. I tried it. They put spaghetti in it. Wow. Revolutionary. Might as well be Florence, Italy. I'm sorry. And all these New Yorkers are such phonies and hypocrites complaining about the Dodgers. I used to work at another network on the east coast and I remember listening to sports talk radio for a decade out there. Oh, they love the Hot Stove League. Oh, let's Go buy this guy and this guy and this guy. What do you complain about now? The Hot Stove League's now an air fryer and the Dodgers have the best one. Get over it. I mean, Dodger season tickets should come with two free tickets to the All Star Game, apparently. But, you know, you can't have both. You can't complain about the NBA All Star, you know, game and the Dodgers having all the players and the Dodgers. It's lopsided. I'm all for it. I said. Last year, the National League playoffs, the Phillies stacked, Dodgers stacked, Mets stacked, Padres stacked. It was unbelievable. It broke like National League playoff records in the last decade. So the last time. There's been two times that I can remember rushing to watch the Oscars. It mostly bores me. It's too pious and precious, whatever. But I went and rushed to watch. It was Silence of the Lambs. It won the Big Five. It won everything. And the last time I rushed to watch the Oscars was Oppenheimer. It won four of the Big Five. I don't want to talk about budgets. It's not my money. All the owners are billionaires. I want to watch the Dodgers. I like dynasties. I love the Heatles. It gives you somebody to root for, root against. But I do find it interesting that there are people out there complaining about OKC and Indy and the structure of the NBA, and that's fine. Like, I thought it was really interesting until Halliburton got hurt in game seven and it just felt like another game. But you can't complain about that. And the Dodgers dominating baseball because it is an All Star team. It is, literally. And they've had pitching injuries, or they. Or they probably have four pitchers in the All Star Game. They already got the manager. So I just be consistent on it. I have no problem with it. I don't go to a movie theater to watch parody. I went to the movie theater for Oppenheimer. I go for Tom Cruise movies about once a year. You'll get me to a movie theater. You know, it's. It's a great director, two or three great actors. That's what I want to see. I want to see interesting. I want to see great. And so, yeah, yeah. All the Hot Stove League. That was just that for 10 years. I listened to that on sports talk radio on the East Coast. Oh, people just jam the phone lines. Let's get that guy. Let's get that guy. Let's get that All Star. Nobody in New York was ever saying, you know, we're taking too much of the talent, it's lopsided. Well, it's lopsided now because the Dodger group is richer than the Yankee group and they spend a lot of money. Yankees still spend money too. Met spend a lot of money. The Dodgers just spend theirs more smartly. But. And nothing against Cincinnati, but spaghetti in your chili does not make you Naples Italy. Okay, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. A little smart Alec this morning, but it's all the sleep I got in the Red Bull. All right, J. Mac, we got a lot of stuff today to talk about. We got a lot of stuff here.

Jason McIntyre (13:11)

I thought you liked Joe Burrow just unloading on Cincinnati. My goodness.

Colin Cowherd (13:16)

Well, it's just when I. When I. Let's go back to the Ace Bailey thing though. All these players, mostly they're. I've never seen an NBA draft with more guys crying, which I love. Like the player. I mean, the players go up. It's a life changing moment. They're happy, it's wonderful. But we have this one kid and you're like, man, he's getting really bad advice. And I don't expect 18 and 19 year olds, I don't expect them to understand and have the self awareness for the entire process. Like you, I leaned on. When I was 19 or 20, I leaned on adults. Thank God for my stepdad and my high school football coach and like, thank God for that stuff. And so it's hard for me. The more I thought about this, the harder it is to blame Ace Bailey. And you have to be culpable. I mean, you're 19, 20. But this is a situation where he needs a gold star, five star agent because he's getting bad advice.

Jason McIntyre (14:09)

You got to hope that the agent doesn't move to Utah. Ace Bailey then gets under Will Hardy and the Jazz. The Jazz have a good infrastructure, right? They got good coach, good front office. He could turn around. I mean, Bailey could be the steal of the draft. He's just gotta.

Colin Cowherd (14:23)

You're right.

Jason McIntyre (14:23)

Distance himself from the bad news back home.

Colin Cowherd (14:26)

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And I thought this was an interesting quote he said with Mike, the Steelers coach, the biggest thing I guess I like about him is he is a player's coach. What I dislike about Mike Tomlin is that he's a players coach and sometimes it disrupts the team because he lets certain players get away with certain things and it becomes an issue with certain players. Certain players can handle that freedom and some players, as we know with the Steelers cannot. And he is what I would call. I always said this. McVeigh with the Rams last year. Youngest defense in the NFL fewest penalties. The NFL, especially when it comes to playoffs is about discipline and details. The jets had the most penalties in the league last year. The Cowboys were third. Neither still has their coach. They have a new coach. Discipline and details. Win in January and February. And Mike Tomlin's a tremendous motivator. He is great at the podium. But they haven't won a playoff game in eight years and they haven't beaten an elite quarterback in the playoffs in over a decade. There's a lot of players in Pittsburgh policing themselves. I always said Mike Tomlin is Pete Carroll podium motivating. Fantastic. Under Pete Carroll, the Seahawks in his tenure second most penalized team in the NFL. PETE CARROLL SEAHAWKS Only the dysfunctional Raiders were more penalized. So it's the whole thing. The tone in life can be parents can be coaches is set at the top. There's a, there's a current airlines right now that drives me crazy and I don't like their management. That that's, that's how it goes. It bleeds down to the crew. And so playoff football Andy Reid high volume Details Spags defense for Kansas City details. And so what I think is interesting is that sometimes you can have a guy that's a little loose in a very strong, detailed culture. Jalen Ramsey I always fees kind of doing his own thing. He worked won a Super bowl with the Rams because the Rams culture is so strict. Jalen Ramsey often bouncing around now kind of does his own thing. Little loose. So if you have a strong, strong, defiant, detail oriented culture, you can get away with a player or two that's a little loose. So what's interesting is the Steeler structure at the top is a little loose. And they brought in DK Metcalf, the most penalized NFL wide receiver since he entered the league. And they brought in Aaron Rodgers. And I know you, you think I don't like him. I, I would say he's not quite as buttoned up as Tom Brady was, you know, Drew Brees was, you know, Aaron's going to show up a little late, going to be there. Sometimes off season, Aaron's kind of doing his own thing. He's a little loose, gotten a little looser than he was probably eight, 10 years ago. Kind of do his own thing in the off season. DK Metcalf plus the Steelers. This is another reason why Pittsburgh, James Harrison. Just saying. What we all knew is that in Pittsburgh, players kind of police themselves. How else do you describe this? 18 years without a losing season, 8 years without a playoff win. How do you describe that? That the structure of the organization is well run, but the coach, the CEO doesn't run a tight ship. That's how you explain. They're never terrible, but they don't win in February, January. That's what explains that weird juxtaposition of always pretty good. Never can beat the really great teams. J. Mac with the news. No, no, no, Turn on the news. This is the Herd line news.

Jason McIntyre (23:38)

All right, the NBA draft is complete and we're going to talk about Giannis and the Milwaukee Bucks. Colin. Because according to a report, Giannis was closely observing how the Bucs handled the draft and their free agency moves while he decides his NBA future. Now, this is a little different tune than what we heard the last few weeks where, oh, Giannis might stick around and closely monitoring the draft. Colin, I will remind you the Bucs don't have a first round pick until like 2050. Okay. So they had to settle for a second round guy. This, this gentleman, I won't even guess his first name, but Markovic is his last name. They took him 47. He plays in the Adriatic League. He's staying over there next season. He's not even coming to the NBA. Colin, what is happening behind the scenes on Giannis? Cause I'm calling BS on this report that Giannis was closely observing the draft.

Colin Cowherd (24:28)

Well, listen, unless you're getting Cooper flag, this draft is not going to produce immediate results. I think the kid from Baylor will absolutely play as a total disruptor on defense. I don't think he'll score a bunch, but there's about three guys to four guys that will literally get into your rotation and play a lot. This is not an NFL draft or, or, you know, it's just not. That's not what it is. So the idea that you would wait now, you could wait for free agency. Houston made a big splash in free agency, but if Giannis is waiting for the draft, then, then he's not serious about moving like he wants to, and that's fine. But Milwaukee, with Giannis, who is still dominant and productive in the Eastern Conference, not the west, is a one and done team in the playoffs. So they're not like a college player away. Yeah, I mean, Dallas has much better roster and Cooper, flag as good as he is, is not taking them from a five seed to a one. What he's going to do because he's 18 and he'll have some growing pains, but he'll be productive. But AD and if AD Lively will be their two best healthy players. And then when Kyrie comes back, he'll be in that group. Cooper will be at best of four because he's 18 years old.

Jason McIntyre (25:44)

By the way, some Bucs fans are getting delusional trying to talk themselves into, oh, no Tatum, no Halliburton. We got a shot. Can we just pump the brakes on this nonsense? The Cavs are a 60 win team. They bring back basically everyone. The Knicks are vastly superior to the Bucs. Their roster is. It's not even close. And by the way, the Bucs are going to lose their center, Lopez. Unless they want to pay big tax money, they're just going to let him walk. Okay, so then you've still got like we like the Orlando Magic. I'm telling you, Boston and Indiana are still better than Milwaukee even without those stars.

Colin Cowherd (26:15)

Yeah, I think.

Jason McIntyre (26:16)

Keep an eye on the Atlanta Hawks. I think the Detroit Pistons. To me, the Bucks, they're an eight or play in team. I don't.

Colin Cowherd (26:23)

They're not, they're not a playoff team out West. Oh, hell no. No, no. They're. They're a playoff team because of Giannis in the east, they're not a playoff team in the West.

Jason McIntyre (26:31)

But they're not one of those.

Colin Cowherd (26:33)

What's that book? It's Of Mice and Men. Is it Lenny? You squeeze that? You squeeze the dog too much or something like it. Yeah. And it's like they've just squeezed every ounce out of Giannis. They just can't let him go. They're squeezing him and it's like either you to build a decade for your fan base, I mean, one of the reasons the packers are so great is they're always good and sometimes great, like Milwaukee had like two to three years. You're like, wow, they're special. Really, Two years. And since then, it's like, guys, stop squeezing Giannis, let him go. I mean, get, get players. I just, I don't. Again, maybe the small market thing, but it's not like Milwaukee is that small. I mean, you've got the packers, you've got the Bucks, you've got Wisconsin, you've got Big Ten Sports, you got the brewers, who are actually a pretty good baseball team. It's like they're. They're operating like they're desperate. And it's like, two years ago, they should have had a plan going forward. Like, if this guy leaves or this guy leaves, it may be time to move Giannis and get four. I mean, these days for Giannis, four ones unprotected, an All Star level player and two reserves.

Jason McIntyre (27:44)

Oh, that's a halt.

Colin Cowherd (27:46)

Well, yeah, but this is Giannis. You can get that. Rudy Gobert got Colin.

Jason McIntyre (27:50)

I just want to remind the Bucks, like, if you play this dangerous game, hey, we're just going to try the first half of the season, then we can move him at the All Star break. You always get way less the longer you wait to trade your star. The move is to deal him early. I think the Bucks are going to screw this up. Let's stick in the NBA.

Colin Cowherd (28:07)

Real quick.

Jason McIntyre (28:07)

The Knicks continue their coaching search to replace Tom Thibodeau. Jason Kidd's name is still out there, even though Nico Harrison said definitely no. But an NBA agent gave an interview yesterday saying, I don't really know how that process is for the Knicks. I don't even know if the Knicks know what their process is. Basically, you've got a lot of guys bagging on the Knicks. What did they do? They fired a coach with no plan and now they're going to, like, have a major downgrade. They are interviewing James Borrego this weekend. Get excited, New York. Real quick on Jason Kidd. Collin. It hasn't been talked about a lot, but the Dallas Mavericks coaching staff lost three assistants in the last two weeks. Guys are jumping ship. Do they know that kid really wants out, or do they not trust Nico Harrison? Something quietly is going on in Dallas.

Colin Cowherd (29:02)

Yeah, that's. I don't know the answer to that. That. I mean, getting Cooper flag and AD back, I think Dallas, that is very suspicious. That's like. That's like insider trading in a company where all the executives are selling stock and you're like, oh, they were just on Barons. It's such a great stock. Some things I don't. That's a, I'm glad you mentioned that because I don't know what that means.

Jason McIntyre (29:23)

Well, I wonder if those guys know Jason Kidd wants out or Jason Kidd wants an extension and the Mavs aren't giving it to him the money he wants and he's going to go to go to the Knicks. It just feels weird with all this momentum of Cooper flag to be losing assistance behind the scenes. I don't know. Knicks never a dull moment. Final story. Colin is to the NFL the Kansas City Chiefs. We haven't talked about him in a few weeks. I'm sure the life is good in Kansas City. Well remember in the draft they, they took Ohio State tackle Josh Simmons who was a super talented player but obviously fell due to a significant knee injury. Well, Jason Kelsey recently spoke to how good he's looked so far.

Colin Cowherd (30:03)

I've watched a lot of these linemen coming out the last few years. This kid, I mean he is the closest thing I've seen to like a Trent Williams or like a Jason like that next level like strength and athleticism. Oh, I, I, I don't think there's any question when he was healthy he was, he was a bull. You couldn't get past him.

Jason McIntyre (30:24)

So we're comparing him to a Hall of Famer now?

Colin Cowherd (30:26)

No, but I will, I will say this. He is. They there is. Remember a few years ago when Brett ve drafted Trey Smith who dropped to.

Jason McIntyre (30:37)

The sixth round Tennessee kid or something?

Colin Cowherd (30:39)

Yeah, yeah. And, and he was like a tackle and it hadn't worked and they moved him inside. How did that go? He ended up being a very high end starter. So the feeling is and this kid's more talented than Trey Smith, I'll just say this, there is a possibility and it may be a strong one that the steal of the first round is this kid. There is a there. First of all I'm not overly religious but God makes about one or two people a year on the planet that are 6, 7, 3, 30 with good feet. This kid has it. So I'm not saying he's going to be great but if you told me oh there's a guy that went mid to late first round that's better than anybody in the top 10 it would be this kid that's a, that's a.

Jason McIntyre (31:26)

Great take list and he's talented, he was a big time recruit. I'll say this, it changes the trajectory. You know I'm on the board of Chiefs are not making the playoffs. This will radically change their season if they can find A left tackle. Remember they were so desperate after that super bowl loss, they got the backup swing tackle from the 90s. I know who has improved jack squat. So like that was their potential solution. So if Simmons is healthy and can play, that's a game changer for them.

Colin Cowherd (31:52)

I mean usually at the end of the first round, remember the Chiefs got Worthy, the receiver from Texas.

Jason McIntyre (31:57)

Yep.

Colin Cowherd (31:57)

And my take was he's a gadget player. You're not, he's not a high volume guy. And, and, and by the way, that's sort of what he is. Pretty much like Rasheed Rice will be the volume guy. He is a gadget guy and that's a good pick. End of the first round, I think, you know, like you get into the first round, top of the second. The Seahawks got a safety from South Carolina, I think top of the second, that's an unbelievable pick. Top of the second, like a guy that will come in and be a dynamic starter. Like, like end of the first round is a little bit of no man's land. You're taking a guy that's been injured or he had a little bit of an issue. I mean even Brett Veach is missed. Remember the running back from lsu? They took end of the first round, Edwards and then Isaiah Pacheco goes like sixth or seventh and he's the star. So end of the first round, it, it's not a place you want to be a lot of I've talked to GMs over the years after like the 23rd pick, guys would rather trade back and get an extra fourth round pick. But if this kid could end up being the steel of the draft in the first round. J. Mac with the news.

Jason McIntyre (33:01)

Well, that's the news and thanks for.

Colin Cowherd (33:03)

Stopping by the herd lie news. Man, did I get a good night's sleep. So J. Mac, you and I disagree on two people, Brock Purdy and Austin Reeves. But here's what's interesting. So I, I. When I started my little company, one of the things I learned very quickly about a year in is you have to be ahead of everybody on the contracts. You have to be talking about contracts with your employees a year before they care about it. Because your responsibility for the entire fiduciary responsibility of the company. So I think about this stuff all the time is are you ahead? The Cowboys and the Lakers get behind on contracts a lot and you end up paying Dak a fortune. But the Austin Reaves one is interesting. Don't take any agenda. Go into this with an open slate if you love him. So the lakers said, here's 89 million, four years, even though you have a year left, 22 million a year, he turned it down. Now, I would pay Austin reeves that. He's 27 years old. You get about 20 a game. He's in his prime. I could pay him with the new TV contracts. I'd have no problem paying him 22 million a year for the next four years. He doesn't want to do it. He turned it down because he wants to go to either the open market, where he would get on the open market, 183 million, which is about 44, 45 million annually. I'm not paying Austin Reeves that. Or in one year he could be eligible for five years and 246 million from the Lakers. 49 million. So once he turned down, which I think is a very reasonable number for. Maybe it's a little laker friendly, but 22 million a year, not a. You know, we saw him get worked in the playoffs. Playoffs is where the money's at. Derrick White's very good in the playoffs. I said, I like Derrick White as my. I think. I think you're a great team if he's your four. Derrick White was the Celtics four. They want a title. Austin Reeves now is a three. So this is how it works. So you're looking at Austin Reaves. And he goes, I want to go to the market, or in one year, I want the Lakers to have to pay me 49 million. Now, they wouldn't have to. They could negotiate it, but you know how it is. If that's the starting point, that's your max. You're not going from 49 to 34. So this is what, this is what I've talked about with Austin Reaves. You've got to get ahead of this thing, otherwise you're going to turn into Dak and be. You're going to be trapped. Here's what takes you out of the championship bubble more than anything in sports. Paying B players. A, money kills you in the NFL with your quarterback, crushes you in the NBA. And the Lakers also have a Luca extension this summer. They got a finish that's four years and $232 million. You gotta sign that. And you're paying LeBron a ton. And you also, I mean, you drafted some center who's not really long, not much of a rim protector. He's a tough guy, physical guy. You're not very good at center. So this is a prime example, whether you like Austin Reaves or not. The Cowboys a story. Now, the Cowboys are going to pay Micah Parsons an NFL record salary. They didn't get ahead of it. Dak Prescott didn't get ahead of it. So once Austin reaves turns down 22 million a year, which I think is about his value. Okay, now you're in the 45 million dollar a year, double that in one year. I'm not going there. So when I say you got to move Austin Reeves, fall in like with players, fall in love with your kids. I'm not going 45 large for Austin Reeves. 22. Yeah, I'd probably go to 30. But when that Derrick White contract was offered or discussed on this show yesterday, I'm like, okay, Derrick White's different, better defender. Trust him. Hitting threes big time playoff and finals experience. But this my, my rule has always been in sports, outside of injuries, nothing kills championships like paying B2B plus player players A to A plus money. Tom Brady, Drew Brees. Understood that. Can't be the highest paid quarterback. Can't have the highest cat pit. Kirk Cousins has had a lot of those. Made a lot of money, not win a lot of playoff games. All right, we have Chris Broussard stops by today. Oh, I saw this. It's an interesting topic. So I know I've talked a lot about Caitlin Clark, but there's a player in the WNBA that is defending Caitlin Clark and she used an interesting word to defend her. And I want to talk about this story and the downside to relevance that is coming up next. Be sure to catch live editions of the Herd, Weekdays at noon Eastern, 9am Pacific. Summer is here and you can now get almost any anything you need for your sunny days delivered with Uber Eats. Now, what do we mean by almost? Well, you can't get a well groomed lawn delivered, but you can get chicken parm delivered. A day at the lake, that's a no. A Philly cheesesteak? That's a yes. A nice tan. Sorry. A box fan. Happily, yes. What about a day of sunshine? Not happening. 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Jason McIntyre (41:55)

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Colin Cowherd (42:14)

So this is an interesting word. So Paige Becker's an unbelievable rookie in the wnba. Caitlin Clark's the most interesting player in the league. Paige Becker's maybe the most talented young player even, I mean overall she may be more complete than Caitlin Clark. And then there's Asia Wilson, who's the best player in Vegas. So Paige Beckers was denouncing quote, inhumane pressure on Caitlin Clark amid her three point shooting slump. Inhumane. So let me tell you what's going to happen in the wnba. Get ready for it. The national media is paying attention now and the criticism is going to follow suit and you're going to have a lot of media jumping in, especially at the other place, pandering and defending the players to this sudden harsh criticism. Because the way it works in my business, more eyeballs, more opinions. And the WNBA just posted 180% growth in a year. So they're now relevant. So Caitlin Clark is not facing inhumane pressure. She is facing relevance and pressure. If you're Taylor Swift, if you are the Tiger woods of women's sports, you are going to face pressure. And it is an absolute privilege. Whether you're a talk show host, a star athlete, the number one pop star in the world or a politician. It is a privilege to face pressure because you matter. And so for years and years, the WNBA lamented, there was a lot of tears. We don't get the respect, the money of the men. Well, you didn't deserve it. Right now the league's ratings are going up, I mean literally spiking. And you're negotiating a new TV contract. With relevance comes criticism. And by the way, praise. There'll be a lot of praise. There'll be a lot of fluffy pandering at certain places, not us, but that you'll get that in a Lot of places. But this whole thing is that it's inhumane. No, it's not. No, it's not. It's. If you are Caitlin Clark. And right now, I did this the other day. I said, there's about seven untradable athletes in the world. She's number one. You can't trade her. I mean, even Ronaldo's moved around. LeBron's moved around. Okay, you can't. You can't trade her. So I thought it was interesting, inhumane. No, it's not. It's just the reality of being relevant. So I was talking about Austin Reeves and the Lakers just got purchased. And I said at the time, it shows the health of the league that they went for 10 billion, $76 billion TV contract, regardless of draft ratings or NBA ratings. It's relevant in culture, relevant with merchandise. It's a. It's a relevant league. We don't talk hockey. It's a relevant league. So. But the Lakers became a mom and pop organization. And I was talking to somebody two days ago. There's stuff behind the scenes that is boring. But they just, I mean, they didn't go. They didn't have certain scouts that other teams had. They didn't buy certain, like, services, analytics services that every other team had. Believe it or not, Utah Jazz have a lot more money in the LA Lakers. And I mean, one of the reasons they gave, you know, one of the reasons I believe that they're sort of paralyzed by LeBron James, despite knowing he kind of controls the team, is he sells merchandise. You can say what you want about LeBron James. You go to a Laker game, everybody's got a phone. All those influencers go into their websites and going to their blogs and going on their IG and TikToks showing how it's at the Laker game tonight. He moves the needle. But I, I've said the Cowboys are very similar to the Lakers in that you think, oh, big money. No, no. Rams are big money. Cause Stan Kroenke's got big money. The Cowboys are mom and pop. So I saw a story this morning that Micah Parsons is reportedly going to sign a historic contract in coming weeks once again. And I like Micah Parsons. There are. And. But he is a bit of a splash player and he was in college. He'll make highlight plays, he'll beat really bad corners. I mean, he's got 52 and a half sacks in his career. Ten and a half are against Washington. I think five and a half are against Carolina. Four and a half are against the Giants, he's got a big chunk of his sacks on three awful teams until Washington hit on Jaden Daniels. So this is like Austin Reeves. I am willing to pay A plus money for A plus players. There's a lot of great defensive players in this league, but I think the really smart organizations, the really smart organizations overwhelmingly stay young and cheap on defense. Chiefs and the Rams. Except unless you have an elite defensive lineman. There are five currently. This is it. Five current defensive players. I just pay whatever it takes, whatever the market. Bears, Miles Garrett. I'm paying whatever it takes. Jared Verse. You don't have to pay him for a couple years, folks. He's the closest thing I've seen to Lawrence Taylor on the edge, potentially. Like this kid. He was a rookie. Wait until this year. Max Crosby, Patrick Certain and Chris Jones. Chris Jones, an interior defensive lineman. He may not play for another four years. I'd pay him and you can say, oh, what about Hendrickson with the Bengals? So, so against the run, he's 30 years old, so he's also on the edge. The Aaron Donalds and the Chris Jones that go inside, it's. It's not a lot of those on the planet. So. And, and there's, you know, there's like Will Anderson of Houston, I'd like to see one more year. He's close. Jalen Carter of Philadelphia was a little squirrely in college. I worry a little bit about the maturity. Probably really close. He'd be six. But Micah Parsons, even in college he was a splash player. If you go and you're totally honest about this Boomer bust was great for Jerry Jones in the oil business. It's not great for pass rushers. I need boom all the time. That's Myles Garrett or Jared Verse. So we've talked about this before. How are you in the playoffs as a pass rusher again? When. When you're in division with awful Washington for years, you're get. You're playing Carolina every other year it's the New York Giants turnstile. I'm not interested in that. If you look at Micah Parsons in the regular season and in playoffs, he disappears in the playoffs. Four games, one sack, no force, fumbles, not that many quarterback hits. Why? Because he's a bully. He's great against average. The small kids on the playground. So Miles Garrett's different. Miles Garrett is the highest credit defensive player according to PFF in each of the last three seasons. He's great against the Ravens. He's great against the Steelers. Miles Garrett is great all the time. Jared Verse is unblockable. Charon Armstead, a very good tackle for Miami, said, who are you going to miss? He goes, I'm not going to miss Jared Verse as a rookie. I don't want to face him anymore. Unblockable Max Crosby again, here's a guy, you know, here's a guy because his teemo was trails Max Crosby at the end of games. A lot of teams play the Raiders, they lead and they're milking the clock. Disadvantage for him. Patrick certain bowls best corner in football. Mature adult, can tackle, can defend short, intermediate, deep. And then Chris Jones, who remains a guy that you also Chris Jones, which is really rare. You can move him anywhere. He'll find the weak spot, he'll go edge, he'll go inside, he'll go nose, he'll go anywhere. But I'm a big believer that you don't pay. Now, T.J. watt, I know you love. He's 30 years old, okay? And coming on the edge. Chris is an interior and you just don't. There's not many of those in the world. I mean, Aaron Donald, I could be wrong on this. J. Mac, I think Eric Aaron Donald retired at 32.

Jason McIntyre (51:12)

Yeah.

Colin Cowherd (51:13)

I mean, so interior guys don't last very long. And there's. And it's much easier to find edge guys. That's why like. Like a TJ Water or Will Anderson. It's much easier to find the edge guys than a Jalen Carter.

Jason McIntyre (51:24)

All right.

Colin Cowherd (51:25)

Or Chris Jones. I mean, we know when I say great defensive tackle, we all name two. Aaron Donald and Reggie White. If I say great edge rusher, there's 20 we would name off the top of our head real quick.

Jason McIntyre (51:37)

I get it. Jared Verse was a beast, okay? You can't put him above Aiden Hutchinson. Colin, Aiden Hutchinson is unbelievable. I know he had the injury, but that's not an argument. Come on.

Colin Cowherd (51:47)

He doesn't defend the run.

Jason McIntyre (51:48)

He doesn't have anyone else on the line. He's a one man wrecking crew with no help.

Colin Cowherd (51:53)

Every GM in the league, if you put those two out there, would take Jared Verse.

Jason McIntyre (51:57)

Every gm, let's put that to the test.

Colin Cowherd (51:59)

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