00:00No, one thing that I'll really be watching for it, you know, and obviously not, I won't be able to
00:05see it, but people who are down there watching practice, especially the media people, the sub stackers, all the people
00:10that are like, oh, here's what I saw at practice.
00:12I want to see what type of leash Josh McDaniels is giving to Drake May this season for him to
00:22kind of start controlling the offense, having the ability to change plays, having the ability to see different things and
00:30go, okay, I don't like this, because that's what you can really gain out of OTAs, because you're in basically
00:36T-shirts and shorts, so you can't really gain physicality and that kind of stuff.
00:40But you can gain, all right, the mental part of the game where it's going to be like, oh, we've
00:45seen Drake change some things on his own at the line of scrimmage, and if that's going to be a
00:52positive for, you know, this offense, if Drake is kind of getting to the level where every year he's getting
00:59more and more comfortable with the offense and Josh McDaniels is giving him that ability, because now that's going to
01:04be the biggest thing.
01:05Can he take that leap to that? Can he take that next step? That's what made Brady so great, and,
01:09you know, what makes quarterbacks really good is they can have the ability to be like, oh, I don't like
01:13this. Let's get the offense out of something bad into something good.
01:17And Christian Gonzalez, what are they doing with the contract? Is that being settled? Because there is no excuse to
01:24not get it done, front load the crap out of it, and then next offseason you sign Drake May.
01:30There literally is no reason to not do that. Christian Gonzalez is an elite cornerback. You pay for those guys.
01:36Next year, you pay for Drake May, and you get ahead of these contracts to the very best of your
01:41ability so it doesn't impact the rest of the team.
01:43And if you are indeed getting A.J. Brown on Monday, which is A.J. Brown Day, does that increase
01:51the pressure to get the deal done with Christian Gonzalez as well?
01:54No, I think it's totally – I think you get the deal done because it's what's best for the team.
01:58Well, I don't know if they – yes, I would agree with you, but I don't know if they would
02:03look at it that way.
02:04But certainly they can go say, all right, now you got this guy. You're paying him $28 million.
02:09Yeah, but you don't have Belichick to blame anymore. Like, you have to spend. Like, it's you, Robert Kraft. It's
02:14not – nobody believes it's Elliott Wolfe.
02:16Does anybody think Mike Vrabel doesn't want them to sign Christian Gonzalez long-term?
02:20That Mike doesn't want them?
02:22No, no, I'm sure Vrabel wants him long-term.
02:24So what – I just – it's inexcusable for the Patriots to be anywhere near the top five in cash
02:30spending.
02:31And I heard Joe Murray saying this across the street that they are going to be unable to pay all
02:39of these guys, whether it's Christian Gonzalez, Drake May, Will Campbell.
02:42And, like, to me, that is such an excuse that you don't need to make.
02:48Pay Christian Gonzalez $60 million this year. Spread it out over five years. Do the same – do whatever.
02:55$50 million for Christian, $80 million for Drake May. Whatever it's going to cost, they can afford it.
03:00Can I ask this question?
03:02Always, Wiggy.
03:03Because –
03:04Is it hypothetical?
03:05No, no, no, no. It's kind of what you said is that they said that – who is it, Big
03:09Jim Murray said they're not going to pay these guys?
03:11Guys, let me figure this one out.
03:15Where did Trent McDuffie go, the highest-paid corner in the NFL?
03:19Oh, he went to the Rams. Rams paid him a boatload of money.
03:23And the Rams just paid Matthew Stafford, I want to say, $60 million.
03:28So you can pay these guys.
03:30Great point.
03:30And the question – and it's not really a question.
03:34Me sitting here from the outside looking in, I'm not confident that this deal gets done.
03:40Because you already know what the market is.
03:43Trent McDuffie set the market.
03:46He already sent it.
03:48He got four years, $124 from the Rams.
03:51$100 million guaranteed.
03:54Christian Gonzalez is probably going, I want that contract but with a little bit more money or something similar to
04:02that.
04:02So you know what it is.
04:03With more money, I want $105 guaranteed.
04:07So we know what the market is.
04:09Why hasn't this deal been done yet?
04:13We all know that Gonzalez wants it.
04:15When he's sitting courtside and he's making the money sign, it isn't because Jason Tatum or Jalen Brown just knocked
04:22down a three-pointer.
04:23It's he wants his money.
04:25So do you feel confident this deal is going to get done when you already know what the money is?
04:31Or there's a really good baseline on what the contract is probably going to look like?
04:38So when I ask, why hasn't it gotten done already?
04:41Well, you're saying pay that man his money.
04:45If he's – there are people who argue and say he's the best corner in the league.
04:50So if he's the best corner in the league, don't you pay him that way?
04:52I am at that level.
04:53But why wouldn't you?
04:54What's the downside?
04:56That's what I'm asking.
04:58And I don't think that Kraft has the least that he thinks he does with the fans.
05:01Like if they're not doing this and Christian Gonzalez is holding out, I think overwhelming majority of Patriots fans side
05:07with the player.
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