00:00Now we officially know they're not getting out, Pierce.
00:03That's the first year, though.
00:05Yeah.
00:06Are you surprised?
00:07I'm not surprised.
00:08No, the thing about it, sometimes the guy that everyone wants,
00:12you know all the good stuff about him.
00:15You know if he's, like, that good and he puts in the work,
00:18or if he doesn't put in the work.
00:20The fact that they signed him,
00:22they feel like he does everything they want him to do.
00:28Totally.
00:28And I think at the receiver position,
00:35you've got Rasheed Shahid, Romeo Dobbs, Jawan Jennings.
00:39Like, that's more where I thought they would shop,
00:42because I think, I more and more think they plan on bringing in Ayuk.
00:49And then if it's Ayuk, they feel like, all right, if he's right,
00:53we've got a star.
00:54So we're going to sign another guy that is not necessarily a star,
00:58but can play.
01:00So then you talk about Romeo Dobbs.
01:02You talk about all that sort of stuff.
01:05The thing of it is, depending on how much money you give Ayuk,
01:08it's going to dictate what else you can do.
01:11I think it has to be.
01:15We talked about this last week.
01:17There's a number I'm not going over with Brandon Ayuk.
01:19I don't even know that I'm getting a 10 mil.
01:21I think we can give you eight with a whole bunch of incentives.
01:24Like, you've got to prove, one, you're healthy.
01:26Two, you're not nuts.
01:28And three, if this is really where you want to be,
01:31it's your time to show it.
01:32And if it breaks right and everything goes well,
01:34then we will talk contract come Thanksgiving.
01:36Thanksgiving, totally.
01:38That's it, it goes like that, doesn't it?
01:41I don't.
01:42Of the teams Schefter has mentioned with Ayuk,
01:49it's Commander Steelers Patriots.
01:57You think everybody's still in on him?
02:01On Ayuk?
02:02Yeah.
02:02Of Commander Steelers Patriots,
02:04of the teams that were obviously part of it.
02:09I don't know.
02:10I, listen, for me,
02:14watching the things that have transpired,
02:16I would have to have a serious conversation with him.
02:19And I'm watching every little move.
02:21I'm videotaping and stuff so I can go back and check it out too.
02:25Because some of the things just don't seem normal to me.
02:30Now, like people have called in and stated that it could be more,
02:34it could have been something else going on there.
02:37Listen, man,
02:40Kyle can be a piece of work.
02:42Sure.
02:43Kyle can say some stuff that could be a piece of work.
02:47And maybe you don't want to deal with it because you know you might have to put your hands on
02:49him.
02:50Like I felt like we had a couple times.
02:53I don't know what it was.
02:54But it better be something for you to walk away from that type of money.
02:59We've got more wide receiver news as the NFL new league year tampering period is open.
03:06Olamide Zaccheaus had a lot of success here in Washington in 24.
03:12Zaccheaus heading back to Atlanta.
03:15That's how he broke into the league as an undrafted free agent with the Falcons.
03:19Now he's going back to the Falcons.
03:22OZ's a guy, this time last year, that Washington didn't seem interested in keeping.
03:27He had a good season with the Bears.
03:30It won't be OZ, obviously, if he's going back to Atlanta.
03:34But that's where I want Washington to be.
03:36Let's get a couple more professional receivers that you can count on for 700 yards and five touchdowns.
03:43Guys you know have been in the league, show them what they can do, etc.
03:48So I think that also reminds me of one of the funniest stories ever.
03:52Remember when Cliff Kingsbury said, at first he was calling him Oz, and finally the teammates were like, yo, it's
04:02OZ, not Oz.
04:03And Cliff said, I had never felt older or whiter in that moment of calling him Oz.
04:08Probably why he didn't speak back to you.
04:09You didn't call me the right damn name.
04:11We've got another one here.
04:12The Pats spending some money.
04:15Defensive lineman, kind of a linebacker, kind of a tweener.
04:18Draymond Jones to New England, three years, $39 million.
04:24He was with the Titans when Vrabel was there, then got traded to the Ravens.
04:30Now he's going to be back with the Patriots, back with Mike Vrabel.
04:36So the Alec Pierce thing, did anybody, I never thought, once I saw, or honestly it was when I was
04:45in Indy,
04:46because people in Indy were saying he's not getting out of town.
04:48But to me, when I started understanding the cash he was going to get, I was kind of out of
04:56the Alec Pierce business.
04:57Were you surprised, did you think Washington would be a more firm player in the Alec Pierce saga?
05:05With all this talk about Ayuk, and I think that they were feeling they didn't have to go into that
05:12one.
05:12I didn't think they would go to top market with him.
05:14But still, we have to understand, if we're going to compete with the other teams, we can't get everybody at
05:23a discount.
05:25You've got to pay for some people.
05:26I agree.
05:27I don't know what position it's going to be, but you've got to pay for somebody.
05:31I agree with that entirely.
05:32Apparently, Rapp has more details on the Alec Pierce contract.
05:36I think I nailed this.
05:37$60 million fully guaranteed at signing.
05:41About 84 in guarantees, which means in that third year, there's another year guaranteed for injury.
05:47And then a max package of around $116 million.
05:51Now, people are going to jump on this.
05:52Three years, 84, basically?
05:54It's really two for 60.
05:56Because the guaranteed for injury, they could bench him, they could cut him, they could do a lot of stuff.
06:00If he's healthy, you just release him, or you have him play.
06:03Maybe this is just the beginning for Alec Pierce, and he's about to become a superstar.
06:07If it's two years, 60, that's $30 million a year.
06:09I take that.
06:09Ain't no problem to me.
06:10Right.
06:11And if you let me go, guess what?
06:12I'll be trying to get another deal.
06:13Now, people are going to misconstrue this.
06:16He becomes the highest paid free agent receiver in NFL history.
06:21That's just the AV.
06:22No, it's the rest of these receivers don't get the free agency.
06:26Justin Jefferson, Jamar Chase, CeeDee Lamb, they sign massive contract extensions.
06:31See, that's just like when you say someone has the largest streaming thing ever in history today.
06:39Thriller album, if it came out today, it would have shattered everything that'd come out.
06:43Right.
06:43So we've got to understand, it's the times you're dealing with.
06:45But people don't care about that.
06:47People just want to move on and say what's what.
06:49Well, it's also that the agents want everything to look like the biggest contract ever.
06:56You know what I mean?
06:57So Alec Pierce, good for him.
06:59This is a dude 1,000 yard receiving season and he's now making roughly $30 million a year.
07:07But don't let it confuse you that Jamar Chase is making $40 million, Justin Jefferson is making $35 million, CeeDee
07:13is making $34 million.
07:14Just those guys were all extensions.
07:16A player that some thought Washington might be interested in is Raiders corner Eric Stokes.
07:24He has re-signed in Las Vegas, $20 million guaranteed.
07:28That's a David Mulligetta deal.
07:32It's happening now, man.
07:34There's going to be a lot going on.
07:35You're going to be jumping around, baby.
07:38Who is your top wide receiver candidate now that Pierce is officially off the board?
07:49Here?
07:50Yeah.
07:57Jennings and Ayuk are left in my mind.
08:02Well, we consider Shaheed a receiver, right?
08:06Yeah.
08:07I'm going to go with Shaheed.
08:09Really?
08:09Hmm.
08:10He has speed that none of those other guys have.
08:15Totally.
08:16And used properly, he could be a problem.
08:23I mean, he was really good for Seattle down the stretch.
08:28Rashid Shaheed is going to be 28 in August.
08:33True speed, sir, in every sense of the word.
08:37Never really sniffed a 1,000-yard season.
08:39Had 720 yards in 23, where I think he was a Pro Bowl return guy.
08:46He's had some durability questions.
08:49Shaheed?
08:49Yeah.
08:51For me, that just feels like too much of an overlap with a young player I'm excited about,
08:55with Jalen Lane.
08:56I think, to me, if you put Brandon Ayuk in a separate category of this, like,
09:04all right, we're going to roll the dice with a question mark kind of thing,
09:07and we need to supplement that with somebody,
09:11maybe it's too much recreation of the Niners.
09:14I like Juwan Jennings a lot.
09:17I also think if they're going to get under center more and they're going to try to be
09:21more physical and they're going to try the play action,
09:23Juwan Jennings is a dog of a blocker.
09:27But, dude, if Juwan Jennings costs you $21 million a year,
09:32I don't know.
09:33That might give me some applause.
09:34I like Romeo Dobbs.
09:35I like his size.
09:36I like his size.
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