00:00So as I mentioned in trending this morning, the Minnesota Vikings have signed wide receiver
00:05Jawan Jennings to an $8 million base contract up to $13 million with incentives.
00:10So you now understand and can see the market for veteran wide receivers right now in the
00:17NFL.
00:18If you're the New England Patriots, why don't you bring back Stefan Diggs, even if you are
00:22also trading for AJ Brown, even if that trade is basically locked in and you're just waiting
00:27for that June 1st date to pass so that it's not as punitive on the Eagles cap situation,
00:33why not bring him in and have him, Romeo Dobbs and AJ Brown, a legit trio of wide receivers
00:40for your young developing quarterback who is really good.
00:43I just, I think it's the perfect opportunity.
00:46It's going to cost you 15 million bucks.
00:47That is chump change.
00:49It's less than the contract he was on originally when he was here.
00:51I mean, I just, I don't see a reason why you wouldn't want to go out and just provide the
00:56most possible weapons for Drake May.
00:59Do they have an issue with him?
01:01You think internally?
01:03And, and, and I don't mean the, the, uh, incident or the case with the chef.
01:08I mean, the stuff that happened at the Superbowl afterwards, which everybody described as a cluster
01:16F.
01:17The sideshow nature of it.
01:19Yes.
01:19Yes.
01:20Uh, with the, with Cardi B, no offense, Wiggy.
01:23Um, and you know, everything that went on there, are they just done with him?
01:28Do you think?
01:29I don't think it's because of that, but Shime, I just, I, I think it would be great if they
01:35brought back Stefan Diggs.
01:36I hated that they released him in the first place because I do think he has another great
01:40year in him.
01:41Like, I do think he could be a thousand yard receiver again this coming season.
01:45Then it's just too awkward.
01:47Like to me, that's too awkward.
01:48You released the guy.
01:49Cause you said the contract we signed you on doesn't make sense financially.
01:54We don't really think that it's worth paying you that.
01:57But now that your court case is over and you're starting to maybe get some bites from other
02:02teams.
02:02We don't know yet, but I'm sure that will ramp up soon.
02:04Now we're going to bring you back on a cheaper contract.
02:07Like I can't see either party really doing that.
02:09I think it's too weird.
02:11I honestly think I, you make all those points are totally valid and accurate.
02:15I would say that last off season, both were needy of the other.
02:19And I think you could be in a position where we're back for very different reasons.
02:23Like if you bring in Steph Diggs now, he's humbled and he has a fire to go out and produce
02:31and get back on the field and show that this nonsense is behind us.
02:35I want to, you know, prove myself and the team may need more leadership than they thought
02:39last year.
02:40Well, I'll say this with Diggs.
02:41Like I know he has this stuff that was the off field allegations that he had to face and
02:46go to court.
02:47He was all about his business when he was here.
02:49Like he was, he was not a guy who seemed to ever be late to be checked out, to be
02:55aloof.
02:56Like he was everything and more that they could have asked of him.
03:00Right.
03:00So I don't think it's like a personal thing that they have against him where they don't
03:04want him in the locker room.
03:05I think it's purely financial and then Wiggy, you can talk to this more than I can, better
03:09than I can.
03:10Like, would you see a player do that?
03:13Say, okay, like you cut my, my big bucks, but now I'm coming back on a discount.
03:18No, because he'll go, you know what?
03:19I'll go someplace else and maybe I'll be able to perform at a specific level at that plate,
03:26that other place.
03:26And then maybe midway through the season, I'm able to get the contract extension that I need
03:31because he knows, and I think he said it about, you know, what he was able to do with 52
03:38% of
03:39the snaps and how he had over a thousand yards receiving.
03:42Like he knows he's like, he looks at the Jawan Jenningdale and goes, I'm not taking that.
03:47That guy had, you know, 500 yards receiving.
03:50I'm a thousand yard receiver.
03:52I'm not taking 8 million and guaranteed and a possibility to make 13 million.
03:58Yeah.
03:58Well, Sean was talking about 15 million.
04:00So yeah, whatever it was.
04:02Yeah.
04:02What I think this is like a Belichick depressed asset, someone he would totally go after right
04:06now, like in the old school days.
04:08Yeah.
04:08And Curtis, you brought up the leadership aspect.
04:09Like when you look at the offense, I mean, unless you expect Drake may to be a massive
04:15portion of your leadership group this year, it's really kind of just like, I guess, Morgan
04:19Moses or like Matt Collins.
04:22Shouldn't, shouldn't he be?
04:23It's going to be his third year.
04:25He's the quarterback.
04:25I think he should definitely be a leader, but at the same time, he's still developing.
04:30He's still on the rookie contract.
04:31Oh, excuse me.
04:32No, I'm just, Hey, I'm just pointing out the fact that we just, we just watched a Red Sox
04:36team.
04:36He was the MVP runner-up and led them to the Super Bowl and you said he should be a
04:40leader?
04:41Yeah, of course.
04:41He should be the leader.
04:42Yeah, this is his team.
04:43Of course.
04:43Like, I understand he is a leader of this team.
04:45The Holmes in year three is absolutely the leader of the Chiefs.
04:48I understand.
04:48But he also isn't necessarily as much of a vocal leader as it appears as some people
04:53are.
04:54And so I don't want a Red Sox situation where you go in expecting all of these other guys
04:59who haven't necessarily been the most vocal leaders on their teams in the past to all
05:04of a sudden be your leaders.
05:05And it's a mess.
05:06What?
05:07Shyam, did you go see a hand specialist after that second pass from a break, man?
05:10No, absolutely not.
05:11I would, I don't, I don't want anybody ever touching my hands on that.
05:14Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
05:16Shyam, we got to, we might do three hours on this on the Big Dog Show.
05:20What are you talking about?
05:20You think that they need to bring in free agents to be the leaders of this locker room?
05:26No, I think bringing back, no, I think bringing back Stefan Diggs wouldn't be a bad thing
05:30because you know how vocal a leader he was on this team.
05:32He was very well respected by the other guys on this team.
05:35And as you pointed out, when he showed up in the building, he worked his ass off.
05:38Yeah, but this team doesn't lack leadership, though.
05:40This team's got plenty of leaders on it.
05:42When you look at the Patriots, I mean, you talk about-
05:46Hunter Henry.
05:46Hunter Henry, Morgan Moses.
05:48Morgan Moses.
05:49You know, you defensively-
05:50Mike Rabel.
05:52Defensively, you got Milton Williams.
05:53You got Robert Splane.
05:55I mean, they got Christian Gonzalez.
05:57There were plenty of guys that have been around here, you know, long enough that our lead is
06:03in that locker room.
06:03This team doesn't lack leadership.
06:05It lacks, do they have a legitimate number one, I could put the game in my hands, offensive
06:13weapon.
06:14Yeah.
06:15Your issue is that it's not just, you can't just bring Steph Diggs back if you're the
06:19Patriots for one year.
06:21Because he's going to want, he's going to want a couple of deals.
06:25Yeah, well, yeah.
06:26I mean, if you're Diggs-
06:27A couple of years on a deal is what you're saying.
06:28Yeah, if you're Steph Diggs, you're 32 years old, you're coming off a thousand yard receiving,
06:33do you really want to like, you know, basically be on another one-year deal where you got to
06:39like, earn your keep?
06:40Wiggs, what do you think the guarantee minimum is?
06:43Like, 20 million?
06:43For Diggs?
06:44Yeah.
06:45I think Diggs is probably looking at it like he was going to make 21 million this season.
06:49So he's probably looking at it like, that's the world I should be in.
06:53Does he want a little bit more?
06:55Maybe.
06:55But I think he's probably looking at it like, I'm, you know, I'm a $20 million wide receiver
06:59and I'm not like a Jawan Jennings.
07:02I'm a guy that's worth 20 million.
07:05Maybe you give me, you know, I don't know, what did Mike Evans get?
07:09He got like maybe 19, 20 million in guaranteed.
07:12I think Diggs is probably looking somewhere around 35 in that world.
07:1635 guaranteed?
07:18Yeah.
07:18Mike Evans only got 16 million guaranteed on a three-year deal.
07:23Right.
07:24And Mike Evans was dealing with a bunch of injuries last year.
07:26I think you don't think Diggs is looking at like, I want, you know, guaranteed, give me 30?
07:31Well, like, Shyam, so the premise that I feel like you're saying here, and correct me if I'm wrong,
07:37like, it sounds like you also think that Diggs' market is not going to be that robust.
07:42No, it's absolutely not.
07:43So he'll need the Patriots, and maybe that's why both sides can kind of put, like, you know,
07:49acquiesce to each other and say, like, well, this isn't perfect, but we can make it work.
07:52It feels very much like Curtis brought up Bill early.
07:55It feels like Bill saying, hey, go check your market.
07:57He sees Juwan Jennings, a fellow older receiver, sign for a one-year deal worth $8 million,
08:03possibly up to $13 million, and he goes, okay, I can go get a one-year $15 million deal.
08:07And the Patriots are like, yeah, we can pay that.
08:10That's kind of how I feel.
08:11No way.
08:11Steph Diggs is looking at it going, I can get a one-year $15 million deal when Juwan Jennings had,
08:16he barely had over $600 million.
08:18Why hasn't anybody signed him yet?
08:19I don't know.
08:20Listen.
08:21I'm telling you, that's the market.
08:22I think part of it was, I think there's a small part of it was like, all right,
08:26what's going on with this case?
08:28Now the case is over, and I think what's going to end up.
08:30He needs a chef.
08:30I think what's going to happen is a lot of these teams.
08:33And if he only gets $13 million, can he still afford a chef?
08:37No.
08:37What about the chief of staff?
08:39If she's only making hot dogs, I would think that you could probably afford.
08:43Great hot dog yesterday at the course, by the way.
08:45Oh, excellent.
08:46Excellent.
08:46Glitchy at the course yesterday.
08:48Awesome.
08:48Yeah.
08:48So I think that he's probably going to say like, all right, I'm going to see what happens
08:52with mini camps.
08:53I'm going to see what happens after the June 1st, kind of, you know, whatever that is,
08:57veteran, you know, where teams are unloading guys potentially for money.
09:01Who the hell knows?
09:02And so maybe he's a guy like, all right, as long as I'm getting my deal done before
09:06training camp starts, I'm good.
09:08He doesn't need to rush into any place.
09:11Shine.
09:12More.
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