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00:00This is all the Miami Dolphins' fault.

00:03It's not Tyreek's fault because I would argue a lot of us in society,

00:09we get kind of hammered for doing things that everybody would do,

00:13similar to what Juwan Jennings is doing right now.

00:16If you could ask for more and would get more, wouldn't you do it?

00:21Wouldn't you do it?

00:22Yep.

00:23Okay?

00:23If you do hit that lotto tomorrow night, wouldn't you take it?

00:28I would argue you don't deserve it.

00:30All you did was go to a gas station with two $1 bills.

00:34What the hell do you deserve a billion dollars for?

00:37You didn't start a company.

00:39You're not a real estate magnate.

00:42Like, what'd you do?

00:43But you'll take it, won't you?

00:45You'll take it.

00:46And you won't start handing all of it out to everybody you know.

00:49Maybe a little bit.

00:50You and I do have an agreement.

00:51But anyway, you get what I'm saying.

00:55And so I don't blame Tyreek Hill.

00:58For getting $30 million a year.

01:01I blame the Miami Dolphins.

01:03The same way I blame the Cleveland Browns for taking the quarterback market where they did.

01:08With Deshaun Watson.

01:10And it caused owners around the league to collude.

01:13To try to get the quarterback market to depress just a little bit.

01:18To not have to fully guarantee four and five year contracts for players in an incredibly physical sport.

01:24But that one doesn't offend us as much.

01:27Because we all damn well know the importance of the quarterback.

01:30But I think we've got a very healthy debate to have today about the importance of the wide receiver.

01:37And I want to give credit where it's due.

01:40You want to know where this conversation started?

01:42Tell me.

01:42My daughter.

01:43We're driving around today.

01:45And we're sampling a little bit of 95-7 the game.

01:48We're running some errands together.

01:50And she's a huge Niner fan.

01:52And she wanted to say a thing or two, dammit, about Juwan Jennings.

01:55But she also wanted to understand what exactly is going on.

01:59And she'll, on one breath, go, well, they need to pay him.

02:04I love Juwan Jennings.

02:06I said, right.

02:08Does he deserve more than Christian McCaffrey does?

02:12And she goes, well, no.

02:15Okay.

02:15Let's talk about this.

02:17And let's have an open conversation about what's actually going on.

02:20It is my belief that over the last four to five years in the NFL,

02:25wide receivers have all gotten their brains scrambled.

02:28And I say this, again, this is no shot at Juwan.

02:31I've spent the last three weeks supporting his effort, at least,

02:35to try to get more money off of what he did last year.

02:39But I thought it was pretty revealing yesterday to talk to Tim Kawakami

02:43and some things came out of his mouth that I think made all of us go,

02:47whoa, whoa, an extension for $20 million a year?

02:53What on earth are you?

02:55And, again, I don't know that to be true, but I trust him.

02:57Sure.

02:58What are we talking about?

03:01What are we talking?

03:02$20 million a year for Juwan Jennings in the midst of Brandon's 30

03:09and Ricky Pearsall being a first-rounder?

03:11What are we talking about?

03:11Yeah, he's not looking at it in those terms.

03:14But if you're not, like, Juwan's not thinking, well,

03:17you drafted Ricky and Ayuk's making 30, so I can't ask for 20.

03:20He's looking at what he did and where that ranks among last year.

03:25And last year he had one of the 20 best receiving years in the National Football League.

03:31So you're thinking, all right, get me one of the 20 best contracts because I just earned it.

03:36And that, unfortunately, is not the way it works.

03:38And you can blame Miami.

03:40You can blame Cleveland for Deshaun Watson.

03:43Bad organizations make bad decisions.

03:45I look at other things like Brock Purdy.

03:48Brock Purdy could have gone the Brandon Ayuk route and said,

03:51I want to reset the market.

03:53I'm that guy.

03:54And Devontae Smith and Philly could have done the same thing.

03:57But both players basically said, yeah, what they offered me is enough.

04:01I don't need to be that guy.

04:03So for me it comes down to a couple different things.

04:06One is you've got to know your personnel and know how they're going to go about their free agency

04:12or their contract negotiations.

04:14And that's where I think the Niners are caught off guard by Juwan Jennings.

04:17Well, here's what I've been thinking about a lot.

04:21And the Niners are complicit.

04:24You're absolutely right.

04:26You know what I mean?

04:26And the Niners are part of this.

04:28So I can blame the Miami Dolphins,

04:30but then we have to subsequently blame every other team

04:33who's given their wide receiver $30 million to $40 million.

04:37The Lions, you're complicit.

04:39The 49ers, you're complicit.

04:40The Bengals are completely...

04:42The Vikings.

04:43The Bengals have taken the baton from the Dolphins and worsened it.

04:48They're annoying all of their defensive stars

04:51and have two receivers being paid in the top 11,

04:55including the number one.

04:57The number one, Jamar Chase, who has broken the $40 million year mark in terms of average annual value.

05:05But this is something that got pointed out to me last year by Ephraim, my Sunday partner.

05:11And I want to share it with you and get your reaction to it.

05:14So think about what happened last year.

05:17The wide receiver market is going through the roof for a number of years.

05:22Meantime, what's happening to the running back market?

05:26The running back idea was, well, these guys break down quicker and they are more replaceable.

05:33Shout out anyone with the last name Shanahan.

05:36We could just put pretty much anybody back there and get a whole lot of production.

05:40So whenever that running back is up for a big extension, we'll just kindly move on

05:46and we will replace that player.

05:48So let's look at five players around the league and look at what happened.

05:53The Titans didn't want Derrick Henry.

05:55He goes to the Ravens.

05:56The Raiders didn't want Josh Jacobs.

05:58He ends up on Green Bay.

06:00Cincinnati didn't want Joe Mixon.

06:02He goes over to Houston.

06:04The Giants did not want Saquon Barkley.

06:10I mean, who would?

06:11And he goes to the Eagles and the Packers, who both were on the receiving end of Jacobs,

06:17were also guilty of not wanting Aaron Jones.

06:20And he goes to the Minnesota Vikings.

06:23And what are the five receiving a good veteran running back teams all have in common?

06:30See you in January.

06:32All five of them.

06:33Sure.

06:34All five of them.

06:35But the Bengals are out here going, look at our receivers.

06:39Cool.

06:40Cool story.

06:41Look at your receivers.

06:42You're out.

06:43And the Niners are over here going, look at our Debo.

06:46Brandon.

06:47We're going to have a great year.

06:49And you go 6-11.

06:51And what happened also in the midst of 6-11, your superstar running back got hurt

06:57and it cratered everything that was going on around the team.

07:01Yes, it wasn't the only reason, but it was a big one.

07:04So, man, to me, I don't know if this is what's going on in the Niners' minds right now,

07:09but this whole thing's out of whack and somebody needs to stop it.

07:13Jawan Jennings is not in this conversation.

07:15No, he's not an A-list in the league.

07:17He's not a B-list.

07:18He's a C-plus receiver in league circles.

07:21And so, if you want to get that A-minus or that B-plus money, it's just not happening

07:26when you already pay Brandon Ayuk.

07:28And if you want to go through the receivers who make the most and how their teams do,

07:32like Jamar Chase, the Bengals went to one Super Bowl, and that was before he was making

07:38that money.

07:38And Justin Jefferson, now you've got a rookie quarterback.

07:41And Garrett Wilson at No. 5, I don't know where the Jets are going to be this year,

07:45but probably not a Super Bowl threat.

07:47So, all these teams that are paying their receivers big money, it's not like you are

07:52on the doorstep of a title.

07:54And the interesting one, though, is Philly.

07:56And Philly won the Super Bowl with two high-paid wide receivers, but they kind of did it without

08:02really needing them to both have huge games.

08:04One of them was reading books on the sideline.

08:06Totally, yep.

08:06And very annoyed, by the way, and outspoken about it.

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