00:00The way the current contract is structured, if they move on after this year, after one season, it's a $9.7 million dead hit.
00:08And it essentially was a one-year deal for $20 million.
00:11And if we go back to when they signed him, remember what the conversation was.
00:1531-year-old receiver coming off a torn ACL.
00:18So that's why they protected themselves.
00:21And so let's put ourselves in the position of the Patriots.
00:24Knowing what we know right now from what we've seen, what would you do?
00:29And I'll lead off.
00:30I'm sticking with it.
00:32I want him back in year two.
00:34Now, we've got more time to go here the rest of the season.
00:37But why wouldn't you?
00:39That would be my thought.
00:40But it is based on the way the deal is structured.
00:44That's why it's a conversation.
00:45I don't love that number for next year for Stephon Diggs.
00:48Yeah, $26.5 million on the cap.
00:51Oh, well, if you win it this year or if you get close to winning it, that's another guy you want to saddle up with next year.
00:57We talked about this in the offseason.
00:58You've got to pay people.
01:00You've got to pay people to come here.
01:01It's an overpayment.
01:02Carl Davis is an overpayment.
01:04Is it, though?
01:05Is it really an overpayment for Diggs next year?
01:07I mean, Calvin Ridley's sitting there with another busted fibula.
01:09And people are crying because he didn't come here.
01:11$26 million for a receiver these days in short money.
01:14That's the way I sort of feel.
01:15And, man, you throw—
01:16Waddle and Hill are making $5 million more than that down at Miami each.
01:21I love spending other people's money.
01:23Sign me up.
01:23He's back.
01:24He's back.
01:25We're back.
01:26Yeah.
01:27I mean, would I ultimately keep him?
01:30Yeah, I would.
01:31I just don't love the giant balloon number for next year that kind of puts him, you know, nearing the top 10 in the league.
01:37He's not that anymore.
01:40It's not what he is.
01:41It's very valuable to this team, though, the way he's played and the way he has led.
01:44What is it about him that you think is—like, for me, one of the elite parts is the hands.
01:50It's like you throw it at the gamer.
01:53Like, you throw it—and I know he had one over the middle that they initially said.
01:56I still don't understand that one, too.
01:58I didn't think it moved.
01:59I didn't think the ball—I don't know.
02:01You see that clip on Twitter, too, of them showing other catches like that across the middle?
02:06I'm surprised that got overturned.
02:07It's not his hands for me.
02:09Yeah.
02:09I think his best ability is his ability to find space and find the openings within a defense to me is just elite.
02:19He just knows where to be.
02:21It's like an elite feel.
02:22Yeah.
02:22He knows how to feel for it, and he gets there, and that, to me, is what makes him so great because he's not physically the—I mean, he's not the—how tall is he?
02:31Like six foot.
02:32Yeah.
02:33Six-foot-tall receiver who just knows where to be.
02:36To find himself open.
02:38Made a big difference for Drake.
02:40When we think about all the reasons, we talked about the offensive line and Drake and his emergence.
02:45I mean, having him, I think, has been huge for Drake.
02:47I'm not sure would Drake would be at this level without it.
02:50I'm not saying that's the reason, but huge factor.
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