00:00The Seattle Seahawks made Jackson Smith and Jigba the highest paid wide receiver in NFL history.
00:07He's getting a four-year, $168.8 million contract extension, about $42.15 million a year.
00:15Given this information, what does his payday mean for Drake London?
00:20Are the Falcons going to pay him like that?
00:23Bo brought up something yesterday around this conversation, and I wanted to circle back to it
00:26because he said that Drake London, and he says this before and he says this about Jackson Smith and Jigba,
00:31are top seven wide receivers.
00:34Why seven?
00:35Why are we going with seven?
00:36Because to me, Screams, I'm not ready to say he's a top five wide receiver,
00:40but he's better than a top ten wide receiver.
00:43Because I think he probably ranks around, I think Jackson Smith and Jigba is right now.
00:48And look, when you rank these, you have to rank it on the last season.
00:54You can rank it as all-encompassing, but that's not overly fair to some of the guys
00:58that just came in the league.
01:00I think Jackson Smith and Jigba was probably the best receiver in football last year,
01:05top from start to finish.
01:08But I would say that if you rank statistically Drake London,
01:13I do believe he would fall outside of the top five but inside the top ten.
01:18So, yeah, I think he's somewhere in that seven to ten range.
01:22Is that statistically?
01:23I think lining, well, last year he obviously missed five games.
01:28He was a little bit off.
01:29But I think when you go through it and you look at just some of his numbers
01:33through the years and how he is, yeah.
01:35Because I don't think there's a guy out there that I would rather have
01:38in a jump ball situation than Drake London.
01:39I agree with you on that.
01:40But I think, and Abe and I were talking about this last night at the Hawks game
01:44because him and Mike Bell had talked about it yesterday during Dukes and Bell.
01:48But I think that when you think about Drake, you can't think about him in the same light
01:54that you think about Justin Jefferson and Jamar Chase.
01:59I agree with that.
01:59I believe he is more like Jackson Smith and Jigba, whereas those two guys are bigger-bodied burners
02:07down the field, Jackson Smith's a little, I think he's a small, I think he's only like
02:11maybe 6'2".
02:13I say only, you know, standing 5'8 and a half.
02:15But he just doesn't present himself as like a bigger-bodied player, right?
02:21Yeah.
02:21But Drake reminds you more of kind of a Mike Thomas type No. 1.
02:25And, God, I can't stand Michael Thomas.
02:27But there's more contested catch, power slot.
02:33Yeah, they can go deep, but that's not their specialty.
02:36JSN even shorter, by the way, 6'0".
02:38Yeah, that's what I just saw.
02:40Yeah, so he's not a bigger, but I think Jefferson and Chase are both like 6'2", 6'3",
02:47if I'm not mistaken.
02:47Yeah, yeah.
02:48I don't know that.
02:49Yeah, no, I think you're spot on with everything you said,
02:51and I think that will be a conversation.
02:53I would have to think that's a conversation inside of the building
02:57and outside of the building with Drake's team of where he fits
03:01because I don't think that he's not a home run threat at wide receiver,
03:07in my opinion.
03:08Not the traditional one.
03:09No, he's not somebody that's going to catch the ball on the run
03:12and take it the distance.
03:14And I think that that, to me, is how you become a top-five wide receiver.
03:17For Jackson, Smith, and Jigwell last year, 27 plays of 20 more yards.
03:21Yeah, see, that's the thing about him is he can move inside,
03:24and he's strong enough to play in some of that slot stuff
03:31with the contested catches, but also he can burn you, too.
03:36Like, he's special.
03:39Yeah.
03:40But Chase and Jefferson are, too.
03:43I'm not taking anything away from them.
03:44They're just different.
03:45They're bigger, and I think they can – they just – I don't know.
03:49It's weird because they can all do the same things,
03:51but they're just bigger dudes.
03:52Yeah, no, I completely agree.
03:54I think that, to me, what separates a top-five wide receiver –
03:57and there is no bigger fan of Drake one, and let me be very clear –
04:00I would be heartbroken to think that he was not an Atlanta Falcon
04:04at any point in his career.
04:05But I do think that if you're going to be in the top five,
04:08you have to have the explosive play capability of catching one
04:11and going the distance, in my opinion.
04:13That's just how I see top-five wide receivers.
04:15You have to be the 4-4, 4-5 guy.
04:18He's just not in that range.
04:19He is a rangy, tight-in type body when it comes to the way he plays the game
04:25and the way he catches the football.
04:26And like I said, Jackson Smith and Jig with 27 plays
04:29at 20 or more yards last year.
04:31Drake Lennon, 13.
04:32Chris McCaffrey at 7.
04:34Yeah, and Jefferson and Chase are 6'1 and 6'2", respectively, too.
04:39So they're basically all Jackson Smith and Jig.
04:42Drake Lennon's just a bigger dude, and that's okay.
04:46I hear people talk about Drake, and they're like,
04:50oh, well, that's Alec Pierce and him are comparable.
04:53And I don't think they're the same player in any way, shape, or form.
04:58I feel like Alec Pierce is more of a big play receiver, like more of a home run guy.
05:04And Drake is more of, again, the Michael Thomas.
05:08I mean, he's just more of a bigger body, contested catch guy.
05:13And you...
05:15Doesn't...
05:16Look, that all works, right, with the right people around you.
05:20That's why you need a burner.
05:21I need a Zachariah Branch-type speed guy.
05:24We've talked about him.
05:25We've talked about...
05:29Who's the other guy we talked about that's coming out in this draft
05:31that could fit that?
05:33Jeremy Bernard.
05:34Jeremy Bernard.
05:36Concepcion, I think, is the guy that can do some of that from A&M.
05:41But Drake is the number one receiver.
05:44And every time people talk about Kyle Pitts here,
05:47and this is not about blocking, so hear me out.
05:49And they're like, well, Kyle Pitts hasn't had the OC or the quarterback
05:54to really let him have those years.
06:00Well, he's had the same thing Drake London has.
06:03In fact, Drake never had a year of Matt.
06:05And yet, Drake London has had 1,000-yard receiving, 10-plus touchdowns,
06:11the whole kit and caboodle, right?
06:13Yeah.
06:14But I think Drake...
06:15And that's the other reason why I think Drake is top seven.
06:18I don't think...
06:18To answer the question that Allie asked, I don't think he gets JSN money.
06:23Where do you think he lies, though?
06:25Do you think it's going to be, like, between 25 and 30?
06:27I think he'll make more than Garrett Wilson, is what I think.
06:29What was the average on Jackson Smith and Jigman?
06:3142.
06:32I think he makes 35.
06:33I think 35 is the number.
06:35And that was going to be my question.
06:37How much...
06:37Because I don't expect Drake to get Jackson Smith and Jigman money, either.
06:42I more so wonder how much JSN's contract raises Drake London's contract.
06:47Like, say...
06:48Right, what's the difference?
06:49Say you think he's going to get 35.
06:51Was it going to be 30 before JSN got paid?
06:54It's...
06:54So, everybody looks at that contract and says, that's why.
06:59And that's sure.
07:00But the cap raises it, too.
07:02Yeah.
07:03And so, the cap...
07:04We don't know what the cap's going to look like next year.
07:07And assuming they have a thought of what it could raise to, that's how they're going
07:13to do the deal.
07:14I just feel like...
07:15And I heard the comment...
07:17And again, I heard it.
07:17And Mike mentioned it well.
07:19Maybe they're waiting to evaluate Drake.
07:21I'm sorry.
07:21If you need to evaluate Drake, then...
07:24You already...
07:25I know that this is a different regime, but you know...
07:28You can watch film and know what that guy can do.
07:31No, he's...
07:32To me, he's the heart and soul of your team.
07:33We can talk about Bajon being one of the best players in the NFL, and he is.
07:36Drake's the heart and soul of your team.
07:38I don't...
07:39I completely agree with that.
07:40And I don't believe it's Drake or Bajon.
07:42I believe it's two of the three right now.
07:45It's Drake and Bajon or Kyle and Bajon.
07:50I don't...
07:50And that...
07:51And now, hear me out.
07:53It's Drake and Bajon to me.
07:54But I think if they're deciding...
07:56They're not deciding it's...
07:58Bajon is not going anywhere.
08:01Let's just put that right to bed.
08:03Everybody knows what he can do.
08:06Travis Kelsey has officially signed his contract extension.
08:09The deal is worth up to almost $58 million over three years.
08:13If the full value is reached, he's going to become the highest paid NFL tight end as far
08:17as annual value at $19.25 million.
08:20George Kittle had it previously at $19.1 million.
08:23I think Taylor's back there being like, you've got to be number one.
08:26I'm number one.
08:27Oh, here we go.
08:28In my field, you've got to be number one in your field.
08:30Get that contract.
08:31No.
08:31Yes.
08:32I don't think that's what she's saying.
08:33I think...
08:34I...
08:35I'm actually shocked by this contract.
08:38I am too.
08:39I'm glad you said it because I am too.
08:41Well, because of the years.
08:43Years and the amount of money.
08:45Yeah.
08:45What are we talking about here, dude?
08:47This guy is clearly on the downhill side of his career.
08:51Now you're telling me he's the highest paid tight end?
08:53I'm just surprised he would even want a three-year deal with...
08:56Same.
08:56Again, it sounded like he was on the brink of retirement.
08:58Well...
08:59And then he gets a three-year deal?
09:00All right.
09:00As the highest paid guy.
09:03I think...
09:03I...
09:04We've got to see how the breakdown is.
09:08True.
09:09Is it all up front?
09:11Is it all...
09:12Is the cap hits going to be years to come?
09:16I don't believe for a moment he's going to play all three years.
09:20And that might be the other thought process between some of it.
09:23Is he's going to get a good chunk to play one more year.
09:28He retires.
09:29They can get out from underneath some of it.
09:31And then they have a cap hit the next year or whatever.
09:36So I think...
09:36I don't think he plays three years.
09:38He won't see the end of this contract.
09:40Mark my words.
09:41We might not see the end of it.
09:43But I know he won't.
09:43I'm shocked to know that he was playing two.
09:46Well, you don't know.
09:47I mean, it might...
09:48It literally might be...
09:49It could be done this way for cap purposes.
09:53And if they don't have to go through this again.
09:54Where they're like, hey...
09:55Like, we just...
09:57We don't know every single detail.
10:00For instance...
10:01You know, people are like...
10:02What's the difference in guaranteed and fully guaranteed?
10:05Well, fully guaranteed means no matter what you get it.
10:07Guaranteed means you have to hit certain qualifiers.
10:11Like, be on the roster after March.
10:13The third day of the new league year every year.
10:15And that kind of stuff.
10:16So, I'm curious in how it's actually structured.
10:19And when the really big cap hit comes for it.
10:22And the Patriots are releasing backup quarterback Josh Dobbs.
10:25After signing Tommy DeVito for $4.4 million.
10:27Which teams at this point are still looking for a backup QB?
10:33Packers?
10:36Yes, maybe.
10:37I don't really know.
10:38I'd have to really dig into that.
10:39I'm not really sure.
10:40I don't think he...
10:41I don't think he would...
10:42Well, I guess he would.
10:43I don't know.
10:44He can sign him here as our third guy.
10:47I'd do it.
10:48Where'd he go?
10:49Alpharetta?
10:51I don't know.
10:51Something like that.
10:52I know he's...
10:53I know he can learn an offense in two days.
10:55Yeah, yeah.
10:56The rocket scientist, too, from Tennessee.
10:59We saw it up close and personal, man.
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