00:00All right, man.
00:00More guys sounding off if you missed the beginning of our show today.
00:03Day Day and I and Oren and Abe, we're doing our Twitch show on YouTube also.
00:07It's a sneak peek.
00:09We do like about a 15-minute, it's a quickie.
00:11And we give you like the day's show, what we're going to be rapping about.
00:14And a couple guys are sounding off, and we got into it because OTA started around the NFL.
00:17So organized team activities, which by nature are voluntary, but with a new coaching staff,
00:21we'd imagine you're going to have almost like, I would imagine 100%, you know,
00:25I would imagine attendance, right, for this from Falcon players.
00:28Certainly the young guys and, you know, a lot of players learning the nuances of the
00:31Kevin Stefanski, you know, offense.
00:33I heard Mike Johnson talking about it this morning.
00:36He said even a guy like Jake Matthews, an OG like Jake, has got to learn some of the things
00:39they're doing with the zone, with the scheme, and how you've got to get out.
00:41And, you know, you've got to be ready to do it as an O-lineman in this offense.
00:45Yeah, again, you mentioned it.
00:46New offensive coordinator, new head coach, new system, potentially a new quarterback with Tua.
00:51Again, we're getting into the Penix thing, and we'll see how it plays out.
00:54But a lot of moving parts.
00:56Yes, you've got, you know, a couple of things that you do have, and Drake London
00:59and Bajon Robinson and all that.
01:01But, yeah, why would you not want to make sure everything is, you know, up to speed
01:08and crossing the T's, dotting the I's, and just be as far along as you possibly can?
01:13There's a reason the league gives you, when you've got a new head coach,
01:17the ability to do things a little bit earlier than the other teams.
01:20Take advantage of it, and, yeah, you would think the attendance would be a part of that.
01:24The other thing in this camp is, you know, what is this wide receiver room going to look like?
01:29I mean, I don't even know what Jahan Dotson is.
01:31You know, I mean, I don't think Eagles fans could even tell you what he is because of the depth
01:34chart there.
01:35So, I mean, do you feel we addressed it, or is it still kind of just in a holding pattern?
01:39Lameda is a key.
01:40Yeah, he's an OG, too.
01:42It's a good question.
01:43The question is, who's the two, and are they a real two?
01:46Right.
01:47I mean, Zachariah Branch might come out of camp this summer as clearly as that guy.
01:51I mean, by the way, I mean, they love him.
01:53You heard the interview that we did with him.
01:55I mean, the guy, look, the nonsense in Athens was just that.
01:58It was just a waste of everybody's time.
02:00This guy's a pro.
02:01You heard the things that were said about him coming out of Athens, the work ethic.
02:04If you didn't hear the interview, it's online from Odyssey from a couple weeks ago.
02:07This guy, I think, can't stretch the field.
02:09I think, yes, you can do the gadget plays.
02:11You can do sweeps.
02:12But I just think he's a tremendous athlete.
02:14I don't want to put labels on guys because, you know, you set the bar too high.
02:17But you want him to be a Tyreek Hill-ish, you know, I mean, that kind of Antonio Brown-ish,
02:21you know, kind of guy that can do all sorts of things for you.
02:24You just want him to draw the defense one way or another, right?
02:27Right.
02:27And because when you have a guy like Kyle Pitts that can go over the middle,
02:29when you have a guy like Drake London that has lived in the middle of the field as well,
02:33you just want to open things up.
02:35And you know what?
02:35If you want to collapse on Kyle, collapse on Pitts, guess what?
02:38The guy on the outside will go deep.
02:39And that's what you're looking for is to threaten people deep.
02:43And that opens things up for Bajon out of the backfield as well.
02:46So, yeah, you know, it's going to be interesting.
02:49I think it's Dotson or Branch becomes your two, right?
02:52Right.
02:52I think we're in real no offense to Olamide.
02:55That guy shouldn't be your number two.
02:57The question partially is, all right, well, how are you using Kyle Pitts?
03:01Is he a tight end?
03:01Are you lining him up as a receiver?
03:03Are you lining up as a tight end?
03:04Is he kind of a de facto two in terms of where he's lining up, all that stuff?
03:08But there's possibilities for an explosion, right?
03:14Like, I don't think I'm the only one who feels that.
03:16I don't know if Dotson is a legit two or not.
03:19Right.
03:19But he might be.
03:21He might be a guy that gets a chance to stretch his wings and do his thing.
03:24Now, certainly, you know, with this offense and now the ball, if it's Tua, the ball's
03:29coming out quicker than – that's a question.
03:31Does the ball – is the timing of the offense going to be different with Michael Penix Jr.?
03:36I mean, if and when he's ready to rock, if he can – look, if he is ready to rock
03:40and
03:40he competes and he's able to go from day one of camp, fantastic.
03:43And he wins the job.
03:44I'd like to think the team, if they had a choice, would like to see Penix Jr.
03:47because of the nature of the salary control.
03:48He's a cheaper option long term.
03:50Tua is cheap right now.
03:51But Tua, it was just – they brought Tua in for a cheap option.
03:54I don't know why Carl does his Tua, T-U-A thing.
03:56I don't know.
03:57Tua, to me, they don't owe Tua anything.
03:59Literally.
03:59The Dolphins are paying for all that money.
04:01But how does it look different when Michael Penix Jr. is under center compared to when
04:04Tua, who in Miami was 1-2-3 and the ball was out?
04:06Yeah, I just don't know if that's a fair, oh, he's going to come from Miami and he can
04:10only run the offense that Miami ran.
04:12I agree that the ball did come out quicker.
04:14But you agree they both have to learn this new offense.
04:16Oh, sure, sure, sure.
04:17But – and I agree with you.
04:18The ball came out quick in Miami.
04:19Does that mean we have to design an offense that gets the ball out quicker?
04:23I don't think so.
04:24I think if you protect Tua, he can take his full drop.
04:26He can do his plant.
04:27He can look and survey the field and find what throw he needs to make.
04:31I'm not sold on it.
04:32It just has to come out quick.
04:33Now, it might help to come out quick with certain receivers, right, with the way that
04:37you want to get Bajon Robinson the ball quickly and get him into space.
04:40And you probably could say, at times, the same thing with Zachariah Branch.
04:43Does that mean we can't let plays develop?
04:45I don't buy that.
04:46The fact that they did it one way in Miami, not everything is going to travel with Tua.
04:51And so – and I'm also not – by the way, this whole – I hate to disagree with you
04:56on this, but this whole Tua's only here because he's cheap thing –
05:00He's only here because he's cheap.
05:00I only buy half of that.
05:02I only buy half of that.
05:03Why is he here?
05:04Because they don't believe in panics, right?
05:05No, no, no, no.
05:06So why is he here?
05:07First off, you had to have a backup.
05:08You had to have a backup.
05:09Right.
05:09There's a reason you chose Tua for $1.5 million and not Logan Woodside.
05:14No offense, Logan.
05:15No, look –
05:17Tua has been –
05:18He's been a really good quarterback.
05:19Statistically, he's better than anything we've done here since Matt Ryan left.
05:22And so all I'm suggesting is everything that went wrong in Miami all on Tua because we're
05:28blaming Zach Robinson for some appendix's early struggles.
05:31Are we sure that Mike McDaniel didn't just completely lose – we just talked about the
05:36Phillies running 15-4, and I know it's baseball football, but under Don Mattingly, it looked
05:40like a whole new team.
05:41Are we – maybe something went wrong in Miami where Mike McDaniel – because Tua was at
05:47one point one of the top five, six quarterbacks in the league, just from a numbers standpoint.
05:53I don't think you bring him in if there wasn't even like a little belief that that potential
05:58is still there.
05:58It may not be, Mike.
05:59It may not be.
06:00The money certainly helps.
06:02You're not having a, quote, quarterback competition between Tua and Panics if you don't think Tua
06:07actually has something to provide this team with.
06:10Look, I mean, it is a better option.
06:11We talked at the time it was Kyler Murray or it was Tua.
06:14If you want to guys who have experience, who started a bunch of games, you know, the
06:16only thing with Tua is it's funny.
06:18You know, two years ago, everything with Tua, every conversation you heard on national
06:22TV, on local radio, one hit away from career's over.
06:25Now all of a sudden that doesn't happen.
06:27That doesn't matter.
06:28He's still one hit away from his career being over.
06:29I think everyone's one hit away, so I've never bought that company.
06:32Well, when you've had half a dozen concussions that are documented, you are, not to mention
06:37the ones you've gotten in practice, the ones you've gotten in no lesser hit.
06:41That's right.
06:41I mean, but that's still a thing.
06:43You know, we just, oh, that went away.
06:45You know, my thing with Panics, and it's funny, we're talking to some guys who are watching
06:48on YouTube and on Twitch today, you know, talking about agendas.
06:51Guys, we want a fair competition.
06:53How can you have a competition if one guy can't do the same stuff as the other guy because
06:57of a physical limitation until he's 100%?
06:58That's all we've suggested.
07:00How that somehow turns into us hating on Panics, I hate to say it, you guys are just fanboys.
07:05Some of you guys are like little kids with this stuff.
07:07You want him to win so bad, you have your own agenda with this, and you're not listening
07:11to reason.
07:12We're talking logically about this.
07:14Yes, we like to, everybody, who doesn't like Panics Jr.?
07:17He's a great guy.
07:18He's a rootable person.
07:19There's nothing to root against Michael Panics Jr.
07:22We're just talking about the stark reality of the injury history and how that applies to
07:26trying to play in the NFL.
07:27Well, and we can talk more about this later as well, and you and I talked about it on
07:31the pre-show.
07:32The best thing for this franchise is that Panics takes the job and proves he's the future.
07:37Just from a financial standpoint, from a promising standpoint.
07:40The best thing is that Panics shows he is the guy.
07:42But he's got to be on the field to do that, and we're just waiting to see, waiting for
07:45the team to tell us, hey, he's 100% cleared, ready to roll.
07:48Hey, man, we've got plenty more to dive into, talk about the NFL as the OTAs are rolling.
07:52A-Ron, Aaron Rodgers.
07:54By the way, I met an Aaron today in Publix, in Tyrone.
07:57And again, he had never seen the Key and Peele day-day.
08:00And now everyone calls him A-A-Ron because he finally figured it out.
08:04That was, it's a skit.
08:05But anyway, appreciate him listening, brother.
08:07He works in, I want to say it's, he's a contractor.
08:11Is there anything?
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