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00:00Yeah, buddy, hour three of the nation. Welcome back. We got a return of Eric's segment, ball maxing, coming up
00:07at 420. Looking forward to that.
00:09This is going to be a ridiculous one, too, man. Let's go. I'm here for it. I got to be
00:12honest with you. This is one of the more diabolical play-by-plays I've ever seen.
00:16Perfect. Let's go. Looking forward to that coming up here in under 20 minutes. Now here's Wolchek with your fix.
00:22All right, let's do it. Let's get our fix right after this.
00:25You think football is still fun?
00:26Uh, yes.
00:27Sir.
00:27Wrong side!
00:29Left side!
00:30Wrong side!
00:30Left side!
00:31I use these for acid indigestion.
00:34So what are we going to use these for?
00:37Intimidation.
00:38I got to get my fix, man.
00:40Let's go to the Barnwell, who has got every single team's best and worst deals this offseason.
00:48No, he doesn't, dude. He doesn't have all 32 like that.
00:50He does.
00:51He's not Charles Robinson.
00:52He had AFC. Now he's got the NFC.
00:55And I skipped the AFC.
00:56Because honestly, I didn't care.
00:58Do I really care overall?
01:00No.
01:01No.
01:01Thought you loved America, Wolchek. That's surprising.
01:04Oh, because he does buy that shirt.
01:06I love my family.
01:07That is a good shirt.
01:08That's an Andy Reid special.
01:10It's very comfortable.
01:11When I saw it, when I walked in, that's the first person I thought of.
01:13Get this man.
01:14Andy.
01:14Get this man.
01:15Andy Reid.
01:15Andy said they're not trading Rasheed Rice.
01:18I said, I got caught cheating shirt.
01:19Hey.
01:23Best signing.
01:24Confirming that Vrabel's wearing one of these right now, right?
01:27No denial from Wolchek.
01:29Vrabel's entire closet.
01:30Vrabel's got his face.
01:31He's got that vest.
01:33I'm sitting here with tons of options.
01:35They're laying himself in the cleaners right now.
01:36Just banging my door down.
01:37I love my family.
01:39Yeah, I love my kids.
01:41I love my wife, Jen.
01:43Best signing.
01:44Kobe Durant.
01:45One year, $4 million deal.
01:47Maybe one that we haven't highlighted quite enough yet.
01:49Oh, we've highlighted it, dude.
01:51You know, Kobe Durant's been fantastic.
01:53I can't like we don't do content around here.
01:55Come on.
01:55Kobe Durant.
01:56Have we talked about him enough?
01:57No.
01:58It's not that he's great.
01:59He's the guy.
01:59He's the best.
02:00Or maybe even good.
02:01But he's just not one of the worst 20 corners in the league.
02:05Yeah.
02:05And that's kind of what you're trying out there.
02:06Yeah.
02:06100%.
02:07Now, the worst, he says, it's bringing back Terrence Steele on a restructured deal.
02:12Ouch.
02:13Yeah.
02:14Steele was once a glowing example of Dallas' ability to develop offensive linemen.
02:20The former under-wrapped free agent hasn't been the same.
02:23I don't know about this.
02:24Suffering a multi-ligament knee injury.
02:27And then that's when they gave him the contract.
02:29After the knee injury.
02:31Cowboys could have cut Steele to avoid triggering his $13.3 million salary.
02:35But instead, they signed the incumbent tackle to a $3 or $33 million deal, paying the 28-year-old $13
02:42million in cash this year in the process.
02:44I'm not sure there would have been a market to sign Steele at that price and for agency.
02:48There's no guaranteed money left on the contract after the season.
02:51They don't have the right tackle, okay.
02:52But the Cowboys would owe $22 million in dead money if they moved on from Steele after 26.
02:58He's not a bad player.
02:59But this probably wasn't the right fit for a team that needs to squeeze every bit of surplus valuable possible,
03:05given how much it's paying its top five players.
03:07You have more of a problem at left tackle than you do at right.
03:11Wow.
03:12Yeah.
03:13I mean, Steele's solid.
03:14I think that if we were to watch every single team in the league, every single snap, we'd probably have
03:18a better appreciation for Terrence Steele.
03:20I've watched that guy play for the Giants, Elman Yor.
03:25Like, some days he blocks okay, and then other days he looks like he's got a welcome mat on his
03:30chest.
03:31Yeah.
03:32I mean, Steele is a good run-blocking tackle, and there are just times where he can get totally worse
03:37as a pass blocker.
03:38Isn't this weird?
03:39Steele, you would not think, would be a good run-blocking tackle.
03:43And he is.
03:44And you would think that Ezra Rocco was a much better pass rusher.
03:48And then it's strange how sometimes players turn into something different.
03:55Than what they're built for, ideally.
03:56Than what they're built for, yeah.
03:58Maybe the thing with Donovan Ezra Rocco, and I'm hopeful, second year.
04:03I really am.
04:04You should be hopeful.
04:05I'm very, very hopeful.
04:06I think he's going to be great.
04:07I hope so, too.
04:08I hope so, too, because he was one of the best pass rushers I saw coming out.
04:12And it's just so funny how, wow, he's a really good run defender.
04:17And I thought he was a good run defender in college, but not like what he's doing now.
04:24That'd be my number one thing for B.T. Jordan.
04:28Can you unlock this guy?
04:30It doesn't look like he has a plan.
04:32He's going to be locked.
04:32But he had so many sacks in college.
04:35I think with Steele, you've got to weaponize that run game more.
04:39Give him more chances to go hit the linebacker, the safety man, when he went all across the field.
04:44Go do more stuff like that.
04:46And I think if your left tackle is solid, Dak can see that coming and slide.
04:51But he can't when both tackles are failing.
04:54No, if they're both going to collapse, that's going to be an issue.
04:56So you need somebody to step up there.
04:58I will say this about Steele.
05:00A man has been very fortunate that the guy playing next to him in his inside has been a high
05:06-level player.
05:07And Zach Martin for a long time.
05:09And him and Zach loved each other.
05:10And then Booker, if him and Booker can kind of get it going together.
05:13That'd be nice.
05:14Yeah.
05:14Now, the top candidate for each NFC team is the most underappreciated in 2026.
05:20This is from Tom Blair, NFL.com.
05:23Your most underappreciated Dallas Cowboy heading into the season.
05:27Running back, Javante Williams.
05:29Oh, how about that?
05:30Yep, Williams finished off a 252-carry, 1,201-yard season with 11 rushing touchdowns,
05:38plus a couple of receiving touchdowns as well.
05:41That wasn't just a veteran free agent on a one-year prove-it contract putting up a nice line for
05:45a team.
05:46That wasn't even just the best season of his career.
05:49It was one of the best running back seasons by any Cowboy this century.
05:54Since 2003, Dallas players have logged at least one season with 1,100-plus rushing yards and 10-plus rushing
06:02touchdowns.
06:03That would be DeMarco Murray in 2014, Ezekiel Elliott in 2016 and 2019, and then Javante Williams last year.
06:13That is damn impressive.
06:15Not even Tony Pollard did that.
06:17Not even Tony Pollard did.
06:20Not even Julio Jones.
06:23Or, excuse me, Julius Jones.
06:25Julius Jones.
06:25Julius Jones.
06:26Julius Randle.
06:27Julius Randle.
06:27None of those guys.
06:29Marion Barber.
06:29Yeah, I do think three-year, $24 million extension, you're getting $8 million a year for Javante Williams.
06:36That is one of the better off-season deals in the entire league, if he's able to keep up that
06:40type of thing.
06:41Yes, you're right about that.
06:42I mean, the running back market ended up getting a little bit higher than I thought we even were looking
06:46at there.
06:47Some of these guys are going for 12.
06:48You've got Javante Williams for 8.
06:50It's a hell of a player, plus the pass blocking.
06:52He is underrated.
06:54Yeah, they need to do him the service of having a guy that can take the pressure off him a
07:00little bit.
07:01Yeah, that way, you know, because you could see it.
07:03The wear and tear started to wear down the season a little bit.
07:07Here's A.J. Brown.
07:09Okay, we're about to be a June 1st.
07:10This trade's supposed to happen, right?
07:12We're going to have A.J. Brown out of filthy.
07:14He's going to be with Mike Rabel and the Rossinis.
07:16And really, this is when we need Diana.
07:19Where are you?
07:20We need you reporting on this.
07:21Because nobody really knows what's happening.
07:23We've got Justine Anderson's throwing stuff out there.
07:25We've got issues in terms of compensation.
07:29She's got to go independent, man.
07:30We need that content.
07:31We need something.
07:32But here's Ian Rappaport.
07:33You know Rabes' wife would probably lose it if Rossini had a Patriots insider report this week, though.
07:40You think so?
07:40Oh, for sure.
07:41Maybe Jen and Diana are gals.
07:44You know, I have seen the theory that at some point people get married for so long that they don't
07:50care if their spouse is cheating.
07:51They're like, whatever.
07:52I'm cheating.
07:53She's cheating.
07:54We're just going to stay together for the kids.
07:56Trying to let it go public.
07:57Just like whatever.
07:58We don't want anything to do with each other that much anymore.
08:00We're friends.
08:00You know, we have a family together, but we don't want to get a divorce.
08:03So I do what I do, and she does what she does.
08:05Maybe there's just an agreement there.
08:06I think that's fairly common.
08:08And for us folk who are, you know, living the true romance and found the love of our life,
08:14can never imagine stuff like that.
08:15Hilarious.
08:16Yeah.
08:17Hilarious.
08:17You guys haven't?
08:19You know, I've been with my woman for 16 years.
08:21I'm wearing mine on my chest.
08:22At least for me, it's still like the first six months.
08:26You know?
08:26Yeah.
08:27Honeymoon phase.
08:28100%.
08:28I like that sell job.
08:29Coming up on 20 years of honeymoon phase.
08:32Just pure bliss.
08:33What a blessing, dude.
08:34Here's rap sheet.
08:34Sorry, I'm entertaining myself over here too much.
08:37I'm going to pipe down.
08:37Here's the latest on the A.J. Brown trade.
08:39As far as the actual trade, though, you know, we're all waiting for June 1st to happen.
08:46So the cap hit is in half for the Philadelphia Eagles and they could trade them.
08:49I just don't know that it's going to be like snap your fingers and the deal is done because
08:53the two sides are where they have been, which is the Eagles wanting a first round pick in
08:572027.
08:58The Patriots, the most likely destination.
09:00We'll see if someone else rises.
09:02But Patriots, the most likely destination, not being willing to give up a first round pick
09:07as of right now.
09:08Now, that means they're not particularly close.
09:10And yeah, there's a chance this could drag on for the foreseeable future.
09:13Oh my gosh.
09:14Rap sheet's like way behind the game here.
09:16Whoa.
09:16Did we talk about this weeks ago?
09:18Yeah, we did.
09:19I told you, Elliot Wolfe told me they didn't have a deal done yet.
09:21Yeah, so now, you know, just...
09:22I said, hey man, you got to trade for that guy?
09:25He goes, not yet.
09:26No, we don't.
09:27Yep.
09:28And I get it.
09:29And if you're Elliot, I think you should hold out and not give up a first round pick.
09:32Why the hell should I trade what you traded for a player, what, five years ago?
09:36Like this dude's older now.
09:38Come on.
09:38He's a good player.
09:39I'm not giving you a one for him.
09:40So I love it.
09:41I like what they're doing there.
09:42I'm sure this thing still ends up getting done.
09:44He still is pretty crazy good, though, right?
09:46Oh, he's fantastic.
09:47Yeah, he is.
09:47He's still one of the top receivers in the league.
09:49I mean, I was listening to Nate Tice, and he pointed out there's only a couple of guys
09:53in the league who can go get it, high point a ball, beat a guy, you know, and also yak
10:00you to death.
10:00Right, right.
10:01And he's like, it's him, and it's Jamar Chase, and there's not many other guys.
10:05Yeah.
10:06You know?
10:06Yeah, they're haggling.
10:07They're doing a little haggling now.
10:10Are we talking about the route runner, though?
10:14Right?
10:14What about him?
10:16I mean, it's a guy that, like, you're going to have separation.
10:20He's, in a way, he's limited in what he can do as a route runner?
10:26Yeah, he's not running the full route tree, but what he does well.
10:29If he goes to a team, it's like, bro, you've got to run some routes.
10:33Well, then that's on the team for just, like, the linebacker in coverage.
10:37Shouldn't trade for him, then.
10:39If you're a team that's like, you're about trying to, you have to scheme things up.
10:4449ers, right?
10:4649ers are out running a team.
10:47Rams are out running a team.
10:48And the Rams are trying to trade for him.
10:50So, I mean, I think that they should.
10:51Maybe they feel like that he can run routes.
10:53Yeah.
10:53But it's, like, Philadelphia, it seemed like that, what, goes?
10:57A lot of goes.
10:58Curls.
10:58Yeah.
10:58Slant.
10:59Yeah.
10:59It wasn't a lot there.
11:01It wasn't a lot.
11:02That's kind of how he's being used in that offense.
11:04But he's so good at those that it's worth.
11:07Outstanding player.
11:07I'm just saying, though, beware if you're thinking, wow, this guy does a lot of things.
11:11Yeah.
11:12I mean, and Dawson told you the things he's really good at.
11:14And New England knows.
11:16I mean, like, Vrabel knows him well.
11:17He was with him there in Tennessee.
11:19And them trading him was a big reason why he got fired there.
11:22He got mad at the GM.
11:23He got mad at the GM.
11:24But rightly so.
11:25It was a stupid deal.
11:25I do think it's like a second-round pick should be the price here.
11:29I'm with you.
11:30He's a little bit older.
11:31It's a position that teams find in the draft pretty regularly now.
11:36Second-round pick should get it done.
11:37Yeah, I'm sure it's just a matter of time.
11:39But maybe the Eagles don't get the full-assing price that they wanted.
11:42Now, we had Justin Herbert.
11:44He has joined the Chargers at OTAs.
11:47But he was not there at the start.
11:49He was back yesterday.
11:51He missed Phase 2 of the team's off-season program.
11:54Why?
11:54He was supporting his girlfriend, singer Madison Beer.
11:58Now, when I think of Jim Harbaugh, I'm like old school.
12:02You know?
12:02He's drinking milk.
12:03He's eating steaks.
12:05He's hitting the sleds.
12:06You know, he's in his khakis.
12:07He wears cleats to practice.
12:08And he doesn't have time.
12:09He's on the jugs.
12:10To be going out there and just supporting your girlfriend.
12:14I expect my quarterback to be there, right?
12:17What the hell are you doing?
12:19This is football time.
12:20You're not traveling with your smoke show girlfriend.
12:22This is not what we're doing here.
12:24He's jealous.
12:25That's what it is.
12:26I think that we might have seen a softer side now of Harbaugh.
12:31Here was his response to the media when it came to Justin Herbert.
12:35So excited.
12:35So excited.
12:39I was happy.
12:41You know, we went to support Madison on her music tour.
12:47Madison supports him at the football games.
12:50And he told me he wasn't going to be here for those two weeks.
12:53Two weeks.
12:54And my first reaction was, do you need a ride to the airport?
12:59You know, he's just been somebody that is just here all the time.
13:06I mean, sometimes I've wanted to shoo him out of the building.
13:09He's at every voluntary, every non-voluntary workout.
13:15I've got him the same guy that broke his hand.
13:17And then he was here the next day practicing the next game.
13:21Stiff-arming guys.
13:24So, yeah, I was happy.
13:28Happy.
13:29Good balance.
13:30Good balance.
13:31You think he's ballsackin' us?
13:33Absolutely.
13:34You've got an entire off-season, bro.
13:36You've been off since the first week of, second week of January, where they get whacked in
13:40the wild card round.
13:41Yeah.
13:42And you can always tell, my buddy New Bear taught me this, when people's voice raises
13:46a couple octaves, they're lying.
13:49They go, oh, this is the line.
13:51That's really good.
13:52This is the line tone.
13:52This is really good.
13:53Happy for him.
13:55I'll take him to the airport.
13:56Oh, it's delicious.
13:57Yeah.
13:57No, he was tongue-in-cheek.
13:59He was making a joke out of it, you know?
14:02Yeah.
14:02Probably because he just decided, I don't want to make a bigger deal out of this.
14:05Did I drop you off at the airport?
14:06You know, when he said that line, I was like, wow.
14:09Yeah.
14:09Let me drop you off at the airport.
14:11He's doing a bid up there, and I love it.
14:13It's really strong stuff.
14:14Yeah.
14:14Well done.
14:15Well done.
14:15They always really should have hired Harb, shouldn't they?
14:17Gosh.
14:18That would have been...
14:19I don't know, dude.
14:19Shoddy.
14:20Tremendous.
14:20Shoddy's got your respect.
14:22There's very few that I would trade Shoddy for right now.
14:25I think Jim's one of them.
14:26I get it.
14:27Jim.
14:27Andy.
14:28Sean.
14:29Yeah.
14:29Shanny.
14:30McDonald.
14:31Ben Johnson.
14:32Ben Johnson.
14:32Mike McDonald.
14:33Mike McDonald.
14:34Yeah.
14:34By the way, Ben's buying stock in Luther Burden, so you fantasy footballers out there,
14:39you might want to drop Burden.
14:40He's loving what he's seeing.
14:41He said he's very coachable.
14:42All right.
14:43Let's not be late for another Chiefs segment, because Wolchuk's over
14:45talking.
14:46I'm sorry, guys.
14:46Okay.
14:47Well, too late.
14:48We got Paul Maxson coming up.
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