00:00The text reads, Curtis, that you can't, on the one hand, acknowledge that the Patriots lost their number one wide
00:08receiver in the form of Steph Diggs, and then on the other hand, wonder why they're not ranked higher when
00:14it comes to where teams are currently offseason in the NFL.
00:19Yeah, I think if the Patriots played the Texans tomorrow with this roster, they would be a touchdown favorite, and
00:25I just, it's more about C.J. Stroud, really, than anything. I mean, I just, of course the Patriots are
00:31not where they should be at this point, but thankfully they don't have games until September, and I believe that
00:36if it's not A.J. Brown, there will either be a high pick or there will be, you know, something
00:42done to address the receiver position.
00:45I just, oftentimes, like, people get overrated after they have success, but it feels like with the Patriots, like, it's
00:52the opposite.
00:53And listen, I don't think they're a great, great team, but the thing with the AFC is all the teams
00:58ahead of them, like, the Bills have a new coach, they, I don't know what they're going to be this
01:02year, like, it's basically Josh Allen and Pray for Rain.
01:06Yeah, this is Max. Max, good morning.
01:11Yes, hello, how you guys doing?
01:13What's up?
01:15Hey, so I had a question for you.
01:18I was wondering, do you think the Patriots will end up signing A.J. Brown, and if they do so,
01:24when do you think they'll be able to sign him?
01:26I don't know.
01:27So, everybody is, insider-wise, breathlessly reporting what's going on with the Eagles and A.J. Brown.
01:36It seems like the latest is that it's down to the Patriots when it comes to teams that have interest,
01:42and there's no real interest anywhere else.
01:45Big weekend thing that occurred, as you're alluding to, is that the Rams were like, we're not, we're out.
01:49And then the Eagles re-signed Dallas Goddard, which seems to indicate that it would be easier for them to,
01:55like, take on the A.J. Brown, like, contract penalties, basically, if they trade him pre-June 1st now.
02:03So, I don't know.
02:05It's really just what you're willing to part with.
02:08What about a 1st this year and a 2nd next draft?
02:11I think that that would be, that's what Ken and I sort of deduced.
02:14That's probably what you're going to have to do somewhere.
02:16There'll be a 2nd in there somewhere.
02:18Right.
02:19So, yeah, maybe it could, like you said.
02:21You think a 1st and a 2nd?
02:22Right.
02:23So, this year they're at 31.
02:25Next year, hopefully you're at, you know.
02:27You'll probably be at the bottom of the.
02:29Bottom of the trap.
02:30So, it's going to be an early second, or late second round pick.
02:32Is it possible that they are waiting financially to see what kind of deal they get done with Christian Gonzalez?
02:40And, like, I hope that courtesy say it shouldn't be a factor, but it really is a factor.
02:46Because that deal might not get done until, like, training camp.
02:50As things get closer and closer in there, they could potentially be concerned about a hold-in with Gonzalez.
02:56That thing probably might get done around that time.
02:59So, you know, I think, you know, part of it is, and maybe I can jump into my lead right
03:06now.
03:06Yeah, yeah, yeah.
03:06Because I've got to blend the two.
03:08Jump right in, coach.
03:09So, I went and I looked at about five different mock people, all right?
03:14Whether that's Mel Kuyper, Daniel Jeremiah.
03:18I saw, found this guy, John Reed Shime.
03:20I don't know how well you know him.
03:22Zerline with the NFL Network.
03:24Bucky Brooks, Charles Davis.
03:26And out of those one guys, other than Zerline, excuse me.
03:30Out of all those guys.
03:31Out of all those guys.
03:32Zerline is the only guy that had them taking a wide receiver.
03:36And that's the kid, KC Concepcion from Texas A&M.
03:40Kuyper had them taking a defensive end.
03:43Daniel Jeremiah had them taking a defensive end.
03:46So, it'll be interesting to see.
03:47I don't know, Shime, when your first mock draft comes out.
03:50To see where maybe.
03:52He's on mock 12.7 already.
03:5412.7.
03:56That thing's going mock five.
03:57Shime, when is your first mock coming out?
03:59Haven't set an official date, but it'll probably come out a little later this month.
04:02So, there's been a couple guys on that list that had them taking an offensive lineman.
04:08So, it'll be very interesting to see what they do.
04:11Because that might tie into the direction that they want to go.
04:15Let's say they take a wide receiver.
04:17When you say that they're out on the A.J. Brown, you know.
04:21They'd be off the A.J. Brown train if they took a wide receiver this year.
04:26But let's say they take a defensive lineman.
04:28And maybe that door is still open for next year's first round draft pick for an A.J. Brown.
04:34So, it's going to be interesting to see what they do in the draft.
04:38Is it possible that they look at Romeo Dobbs as ascending enough here with Josh McDaniels and with Drake May?
04:48I hope not.
04:49Yes.
04:50I think it's possible that they look at it like that.
04:52That's what I'm asking.
04:53Yes.
04:53Like.
04:54Yes, because they did it last year with Steph Diggs.
04:57Right?
04:57So, if they just went into it with Steph Diggs, who was coming off a knee injury.
05:01That's a good point.
05:02And, you know, who was 31 years.
05:05Yeah, but Steph Diggs was a proven wide receiver.
05:07Yeah.
05:07And had multiple thousand yard seasons.
05:09No, that's true.
05:09But at one point was like one of the best receivers in football.
05:11Right, but he was coming off a knee injury.
05:13And he was just cut by the test.
05:14Yeah, and he was also 31.
05:15But you knew the talent was there.
05:16Romeo Dobbs, you've never seen that.
05:18Well, I think, yeah.
05:19I think you knew that the talent was there.
05:21But there were a lot of concerns whether or not the talent was still there because of his age and
05:26the injury.
05:26Where I think with Romeo Dobbs, in their mind, they might be looking at it like, oh, he has the
05:32talent.
05:33He just wasn't used right in Green Bay.
05:36He comes here.
05:37He's going to be our thousand yard receiver.
05:39Yeah.
05:40So, they might be cool with that.
05:41Like, skater girl Sherry in the Twitch chat says, yes, that is exactly what they are doing.
05:47Yeah, I would just limit your expectations.
05:49Like, Romeo Dobbs' best season is barely better than Matt Collins' best season.
05:53Yeah, it was last year.
05:54It was last year.
05:55It was over 700 yards.
05:56I would say, Greg, you alluded to what about what the impact of the Christian Gonzalez extension talks could be.
06:01If I'm the Patriots, I do it now.
06:05Front load the crap out of it.
06:06Get the bonuses out of the way, and then in two years, so you trade for A.J. Brown, you
06:12extend Christian Gonzalez, and then in two years, when Drake's up, the onerous part of the Christian Gonzalez contract has
06:20already been paid.
06:21Right.
06:21And you can then put Mack into that spot.
06:23Well, Drake is next year.
06:25But the new money, I don't think, comes.
06:26Yeah, yeah, I think maybe, yeah, you might be right, the new money, but the guarantee.
06:29Also, with Gonzalez, also, you don't have to do, you can do a, like, a short-term bump deal to
06:36get you there.
06:38Yeah, but I don't think he would do that.
06:40See, the thing about it is that new, like, base salary might not hit for two years, but the thing
06:45that is going to hit is the signing bonus that that player gets.
06:50And whether it's Drake May or whether it's Christian Gonzalez.
06:52Let's say Christian Gonzalez gets $105 million in guarantees, and they say, all right, we're going to give you $40
06:59million and a signing bonus.
07:00Like, that money's coming as soon as he puts his pen to paper.
07:04You know what I mean?
07:05Right.
07:05So they have to account for that cash coming out of pocket.
07:09Same with Drake May, you know, which will be much higher than what Christian Gonzalez is going to be getting
07:15next year when Drake May goes to potentially get a new deal.
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