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00:00With a hint of the gorgeous maroon worked in there.
00:03On the top and the bottom.
00:04Yes, sir.
00:05Well done.
00:05Well done.
00:06Good for you.
00:07I mean, I appreciate you looking in the mirror before you leave the house.
00:09A lot of folks don't do it.
00:11That's true.
00:12Crying-ass shame.
00:13All right.
00:13Listen, this is going to make a shift a little bit here because I did,
00:19and I do want to get to this, and we'll get to this here a little bit later,
00:24because what we saw last night, I thought Tyler, who I say is one of the fans,
00:28what he had to say about the Astros last night,
00:33I thought was something we could really discuss,
00:35because I wonder if a lot of fans feel that way.
00:38But, Clint, this is just what we were just talking about on Cross Talk,
00:41and I'm seeing some people texting in.
00:43What are you guys talking about?
00:44What was said?
00:45I didn't hear anything.
00:49If you're right, you would agree Clint Adams Schefter is one of the top three,
00:54top five, most connected newsmaker when they say things you understand there.
01:01Yeah, when it comes to the NFL, he's top two.
01:03Well, now that Rossini's not in the mix, he's top two.
01:06Come on, man.
01:06What?
01:08I mean, I don't think they're as connected as Diana Rossini was.
01:13I mean, she was literally connected.
01:14But just with one coach.
01:17I think Ian, well, I mean, you think it was one?
01:19I mean, where on the street is it's multiple.
01:20What if I told you?
01:21He just lasted a little longer.
01:25She fell in love with him.
01:26Yeah, she fell in love.
01:27Well, walking on the dock when she's pregnant with another man's baby,
01:29you are definitely in love.
01:31How did we get here?
01:32But, yeah, with her out of the mix, I think you've got the top two.
01:34You've got Ian Rapoport and Adam Schefter.
01:36I think they're the most plugged in guys.
01:37When it comes to the NFL, for sure, right?
01:38Yeah, when you hear them say news, generally,
01:43it doesn't just come out of their ass.
01:45They're not 100% correct, but it doesn't come out of their ass.
01:47Well, we were about to come in.
01:49And we're about 10 minutes before the show was about to start.
01:53And we saw Adam Schefter made an appearance on the Pat McAfee show.
01:57And A.J. Hawk, former NFL linebacker, posed the question to Adam Schefter about C.J. Stroud.
02:06Do you think a deal gets done?
02:08Here was his response.
02:09But Texas is going to pay C.J. Stroud.
02:11What's going on?
02:11I picked up his fifth-year option.
02:13What's the deal there?
02:13Is he getting paid before the year starts?
02:15My guess is he does.
02:16That's my guess.
02:17That they've been paying their players.
02:19And if I had to guess and bet on the Texans and how they handle it,
02:23I would say that C.J. Stroud gets paid this offseason.
02:26And I would say by the time the season, C.J. Stroud has a new deal.
02:30That's my guess.
02:32That's my hunch.
02:33We'll see if it plays out.
02:34He got his haircut this week.
02:35That was big, too.
02:36At least he showed a new haircut to people.
02:38I thought it looked very good.
02:39C.J. looked very sharp there with that new haircut.
02:42I agree with the haircut.
02:43I love the new C.J. look.
02:46Absolutely.
02:47I don't really don't like how this is being put together.
02:51What the hell did he look like before, Adam?
02:53You didn't like that, Adam?
02:56He had dreads.
02:57What the hell was wrong with the dreads, Adam?
02:59Nothing was wrong with it.
03:00He prefers a clean-cut, baby-faced C.J.
03:03I really enjoy that.
03:04But the other stuff that he said, Clint, he said,
03:08that would be my hunch, that would be my guess,
03:14that they would pay him.
03:15And then he gave a timetable.
03:16They would pay him before the season starts,
03:19is what he had to say there.
03:22With everything that we have heard,
03:24and I'll play here in a little bit,
03:25I'll have Tyler play here in a little bit,
03:26what C.J. said last night, or yesterday, excuse me,
03:30when Landry asked him about the contract situation.
03:34But when you hear him say that,
03:36does that surprise you to hear Adam Schefter say that to Pat McAfee?
03:41No, no.
03:41Look, I think national media across the board,
03:47you know, I think they view C.J. Stroud as,
03:52you know, from a distance,
03:53a guy that's won three playoff games,
03:56you know, a guy that was rookie of the year,
03:59you know, a guy that they view as the caliber player
04:03that after three years immediately gets re-upped
04:05and should, if not set the market,
04:07be at the top of the market.
04:09I think the general, from a distance,
04:12I think that's the general, you know,
04:15belief about C.J. Stroud.
04:16I don't, I mean,
04:17every time I hear people talk about the three playoff games,
04:19I feel like the caveat of the defense scored as many points
04:22as they gave up in those three games
04:24is left out all the time.
04:26It's like that, you gotta,
04:27if you're gonna talk about three playoff wins,
04:28that has to be part of the conversation
04:30because of what we're dealing with.
04:31And, and you, you know, you,
04:33you look at kind of how this,
04:35this team is structured and, and,
04:37and can you structure it this way
04:39if you're gonna spend 50 to 60 million on a quarterback?
04:41I don't think, I don't think so.
04:43When he talks about,
04:44boy, this team's paying all their guys.
04:46Look at everybody.
04:46They have paid the guys.
04:47They paid the guys that they love.
04:49And you look at the guys that they paid.
04:51When they paid them,
04:52the, they, they were either, either absolutely,
04:56the head coach in,
04:57in Aziz Alshair's position,
04:59that the head coach is absolutely in love with the player
05:01and feels like it's a quarterback of his defense
05:02and, and is, is a pro bowl playing,
05:05playing at the greatest,
05:07playing the best football he's ever played.
05:08Right?
05:09I mean, you look at Will,
05:11you look at Daniil,
05:12you look at Derek Stingley Jr.
05:15I mean, these are guys that,
05:17that, I mean,
05:18are tops at their position
05:20that are getting paid.
05:22And they're playing at,
05:23at that, at that,
05:24that tops at their position level
05:26when they're getting paid.
05:27So, I don't,
05:28I'm not saying they're not gonna pay him.
05:29I just don't lean into
05:31the national narrative
05:32or the national opinions
05:33about, about C.J. Stroud much.
05:36Yeah, um,
05:38generally I'm with you,
05:39but with Adam Schefter says that,
05:40it, it did surprise me
05:42coming from him and,
05:45like when he says that's my hunch,
05:47when he says that's my thought,
05:48and he,
05:48when he gives a damn,
05:50um,
05:51there are some guys,
05:52like I said earlier,
05:53there are some guys,
05:54Clint,
05:54that I think
05:55just kind of read
05:57what's,
05:57what's happening
05:58and this is what's normal,
05:59right?
06:00This is what normally happens.
06:01A guy like that
06:02gets paid,
06:03just like you would look
06:03at Will Anderson
06:04and see Will Anderson
06:05is second,
06:07uh,
06:07second at,
06:08when it comes to
06:09defensive player of the year
06:10and this is his,
06:12following his third season,
06:13he's eligible.
06:14I think there are some people
06:16who look at that
06:16and just say,
06:17all right,
06:17yeah,
06:17he gets paid.
06:19But I do think
06:21this is,
06:22as we've talked about,
06:23one of the biggest stories
06:24of the offseason
06:25is,
06:25it's getting hotter,
06:26isn't it?
06:26Is C.J. Stroud,
06:28especially after Will got money,
06:30is C.J. Stroud,
06:31the guy who got drafted
06:32ahead of him,
06:32who was also the
06:33offensive rookie of the year,
06:35who has also won
06:36three playoff games
06:37and played well
06:38and had a winning record
06:40every single year
06:40and finished in the top 10
06:41in the MVP
06:43in his first year.
06:44He was also eligible
06:46and hadn't gotten
06:48a deal yet.
06:49I would imagine
06:50he has been
06:52using his intel
06:53to figure out
06:54what's going on
06:54in this situation.
06:55This is one of the biggest
06:56stories in the offseason.
06:57I'm assuming
06:58he's probably been
06:59trying to figure out
07:00what's going on here.
07:01What's the thought process here?
07:03And with that,
07:05and with his thought
07:07of him saying
07:09his feeling,
07:10his hunch,
07:10his belief
07:11is he'll get something
07:11done before the season starts
07:13and then combining that
07:14of what we've heard
07:15from Nick Casario
07:17repeatedly
07:18and then what we heard,
07:19if you missed it yesterday,
07:20here was C.J.
07:21when he was asked
07:22about the contract situation.
07:24Yeah, I mean,
07:25I let my agent handle it,
07:26you know,
07:27and if it's time
07:28to do it,
07:29then my job is football.
07:31So that's what I focus on
07:32is just getting better.
07:33And I think I've held
07:34my bargain up
07:34on that edge.
07:35So, you know,
07:36I'm, you know,
07:37you know,
07:37whatever happens,
07:38happens, you know,
07:38I'm excited to be a Texan
07:40this year and,
07:40you know,
07:40go from there.
07:42As he says there,
07:43I'm excited to be a Texan
07:44this year
07:45and we'll go from there.
07:46Right?
07:47Like,
07:48that to me
07:48with us yesterday
07:50as we heard it,
07:50like,
07:51oh,
07:51all right,
07:51they're in the same.
07:52He's a Texan this year.
07:53We'll see what happens.
07:54I don't know what the hell
07:55is going on in H-Town.
07:56And right now,
07:57Clint Heldman,
07:58it's May 29th.
08:00Not to say nothing
08:01couldn't happen this late,
08:02but it's May 29th
08:03and there's been
08:04no rumblings at all
08:05from it and nothing
08:05we've heard.
08:07So I was a bit surprised
08:09to hear Adam Schefter
08:09say it with that,
08:10with that kind of
08:12level of confidence
08:13based off what
08:14we've heard and seen
08:15from the Texans
08:16and C.J. Stroud
08:17the last several weeks.
08:17Look,
08:18we'll see.
08:18I mean,
08:19look,
08:19I think Adam Schefter
08:20was asked a question
08:21about a hot topic
08:22right now
08:22after C.J. talked yesterday
08:24and he had to answer
08:25it some way.
08:26Does he answer it?
08:26Like,
08:27yeah,
08:27I think he gets a deal
08:28or does he go,
08:29oh,
08:29no,
08:29ain't no way
08:30he's getting paid
08:30this year.
08:31He's going to have
08:31to wait another year.
08:32I don't know.
08:33I think if Adam Schefter
08:34had some kind of hunch,
08:35I think he'd be
08:35talking about it
08:36everywhere he gets
08:37a chance.
08:39So,
08:41again,
08:41this is an organization
08:43that avoids
08:44distraction at all costs.
08:47Why would you
08:50go to OTAs?
08:52Why would you
08:53pay Will early enough
08:55to get the distraction
08:55out of the way
08:56and get it all done?
08:57And why wouldn't you
08:58get all this buttoned up
08:59so that OTAs
08:59and media time comes
09:00and it's not
09:01a distraction?
09:02Right?
09:02If you're C.J. Stroud
09:03and I know there's a deal
09:04that's probably going
09:05to get done here
09:06at some point,
09:08I would never
09:09touch the field.
09:12If I know
09:13that I'm going to get
09:13set for life
09:14in the next month
09:15before I ever
09:16play another game,
09:17why would I go
09:18to practice
09:18and practice
09:19and potentially
09:20cost myself
09:22$200 plus million
09:23a year
09:24with an injury?
09:27The only way
09:28I'm touching the field,
09:29Ron,
09:29is if you've told me
09:30you're not paying me
09:30this year.
09:32You're going to play
09:34this fourth year
09:35and you've got
09:35a fifth year option
09:36and we'll talk
09:37about it next year.
09:38It makes no sense
09:40for a guy
09:40to take a field.
09:41That's why I said
09:41I was surprised.
09:42We've not seen
09:43anything that would
09:45really show
09:45that they are
09:48going to pay him.
09:50Right?
09:51You'd almost think
09:52the quarterback
09:53situation is the one
09:54you would want
09:54to take care of
09:55first.
09:57First of all,
09:58if you're going
09:58to pay him,
09:59if you're going
09:59to give him
09:59an extension,
10:00forget the $35-$40 million.
10:02To me,
10:03that's disrespectful.
10:05That's not even
10:05an option.
10:06The reality is
10:06it's not even
10:07an option for
10:07C.J. Stroud.
10:09That offer is
10:09not going to happen.
10:11If you were
10:12going to pay
10:13a guy,
10:14especially a guy
10:15like C.J. Stroud
10:15who I would argue
10:16has shown some,
10:17for lack of better
10:18terms,
10:19to be fragile
10:19at times
10:20and how he's
10:20handled adversity
10:21and stuff like that.
10:22You'd want to
10:23avoid this
10:23at all costs.
10:24If you're C.J.
10:25and David Moologeta,
10:26you would never
10:27take,
10:27if you had $250-$250-$300
10:29million sitting
10:31out there
10:32and you know
10:33you're close
10:34to fixing to get
10:35a deal,
10:35take a drop
10:36my ass,
10:37I ain't catching
10:38a snap one.
10:40You think I'm
10:40going to go
10:41throw a comeback
10:41route and snap
10:42my rotator car
10:43or tear my elbow
10:45or my shoulder
10:46up or get hit
10:47down and blow
10:48my knee up?
10:49Get a Joe Mixon
10:50foot injury,
10:51whatever the hell
10:51he was doing?
10:52No,
10:53ain't no chance.
10:54The only way
10:55I'm going out there
10:56and grinding
10:56is if I know,
10:57hey man,
10:58here's the deal.
10:58I got a $25-million
11:00fifth-year option
11:01line out there.
11:02I'm not getting
11:03a new deal this year.
11:03I'm going to go
11:04make my money
11:04and I'm going to
11:05ball out
11:06and I'm going to be
11:07the best version
11:08of myself
11:08to put myself
11:09in a position
11:09to either make
11:1060 per next year
11:11or get my ass
11:12up out of Houston.
11:13It just doesn't
11:15make sense
11:15on either front
11:17to push,
11:19you know,
11:19to pay him,
11:20in my opinion,
11:21to pay him
11:22mid-training camp
11:23unless he holds out
11:24and that's what
11:24it takes to get him
11:25to camp.
11:25But again,
11:26he's not shown
11:27any signs
11:29of doing that
11:31at all.
11:31People coming in
11:32on the text line,
11:35Schefter saying
11:36before the season starts
11:37he wouldn't say that
11:38if he didn't know
11:39something.
11:40And again,
11:41that's to me
11:42where you look at,
11:44as I've said,
11:44you look at
11:45all the actions
11:46and the words
11:47and then you look at
11:49Adam Schefter
11:50is the only thing
11:52that we've really heard
11:53that goes against
11:55the other side
11:57and that one is
11:58just kind of
11:59tough to determine.
12:00It definitely
12:02has piqued
12:03my interest
12:05to see
12:06if this is something
12:07that could really happen
12:08because I got
12:09me,
12:09people have texted
12:10and I've had conversations
12:11with you people
12:12like,
12:13man,
12:13they're not doing
12:14a contract this year.
12:15Schefter does make me
12:17at least pause
12:17a little bit
12:18and say,
12:18all right,
12:18well,
12:19is that something
12:19that potentially
12:20will happen?
12:21Well,
12:21they're nuts
12:22if they pay him
12:2355 to 60 million
12:24a year right now
12:25and he's nuts
12:26if he accepts
12:27anything less.
12:27So I would believe
12:28we're still mad.
12:30Yeah,
12:30I mean,
12:31they don't seem like,
12:33it does not seem like
12:34that's something
12:35that they were going
12:37to jump out and do,
12:38but that is the latest
12:39there.
12:39Adam Schefter
12:39is saying,
12:41it's his hunch,
12:42his hunch,
12:43damn it,
12:43that he will get paid
12:44before the season
12:48begins.
12:48So we'll see
12:49what happens there.
12:51But text line coming in,
12:53ain't nobody paying
12:54an average quarterback
12:55$60 million.
12:56Yeah,
12:56good thing CJ's
12:57not an average quarterback.
13:01I mean,
13:01really,
13:02come on,
13:02guys.
13:05I'm not going to
13:06get myself frustrated.
13:08Average quarterback.
13:12All right.
13:13Anyway,
13:13we do got to get
13:15into this,
13:15Tyler.
13:16Tyler,
13:16I do this every,
13:18almost every day.
13:19I say to Tyler
13:20when I come in,
13:21what do you think is,
13:22what do you think is
13:24the most important,
13:25the biggest thing
13:26people are talking about?
13:27The biggest thing
13:28that Houston's talking
13:30about when it comes
13:31to sports.
13:33And I did,
13:33I thought Tyler
13:34was going to say,
13:35CJ,
13:36contract,
13:36OTAs.
13:37I mean,
13:38Tyler said,
13:39nah,
13:41it's the Mastros,
13:41baby.
13:42He said,
13:43it's the Mastros.
13:44He said,
13:44this is the first time
13:46I felt like I've had
13:47some hope.
13:48This is the first time
13:49all season I felt like
13:50I've had some hope
13:51with my Houston Astros
13:53after they took
13:54three of four
13:55with that rinky-dink
13:57lineup they put out
13:58there last night.
13:58This is the first time
13:59I've had hope.
14:00It's like Luke Skywalker.
14:01It's a new hope.
14:03I don't know
14:04what that means.
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