00:00Pete writes, did you see the contract for Drake London?
00:04I'm assuming you now think he's the third best receiver in the NFL.
00:10Ha, ha, ha.
00:12You can't possibly think that he's better than Terry.
00:18It's that time of the year, isn't it?
00:20Wide receiver talk.
00:23Yeah, I actually do think London's better than Terry.
00:26I do.
00:27Uh, Drake London signed a contract extension in Atlanta, a four-year, $141 million contract extension,
00:37which includes $100 million in guaranteed money.
00:42Um, that is going to put him, uh, in terms of the guaranteed, uh, right in that top three.
00:50The average annual does, as Pete wrote, put London at number three behind Chase and Njigba.
00:57Remember Njigba, uh, just signed that deal.
01:00Uh, his average is $42.15 million per year.
01:04Chase is at $40.25 million per year.
01:07And London is now at $35.25 million per year, followed by Jefferson and Lamb, uh, to round out the
01:16top five in the NFL.
01:19Yeah, I'm a big Drake London fan.
01:21Um, I, the only problem with London is that there are some knicks here and there that he ends up,
01:28uh, having.
01:29Um, he had a great year with Kirk in 2024.
01:34Uh, he caught a hundred balls for nearly 1,300 yards, nine touchdowns.
01:39Last year, he was banged up a bunch and missed five games, but I don't think he finished another two
01:45or three, um, and ended up with 68 catches.
01:48But Drake London is one of those guys you can, you know, look to, to dominate a game.
01:55I, I do believe that he's six, four, he's two 20.
01:59He's a team guy.
02:00He will block.
02:02Um, I like Drake London.
02:04He was the guy that Washington really wanted in that 2022 draft mentioned it many times.
02:12If he doesn't go number eight to Atlanta, Washington selects Drake London.
02:16And I had Scott Turner on the show, not that long ago, a few weeks, uh, maybe it was a
02:20week after the draft.
02:21And Turner said, I said, wasn't London your guy?
02:24And he said, yes, Drake London was our number one guy.
02:28We weren't, you know, very confident he would make it to us.
02:31Uh, but we really liked Drake London in that draft.
02:35Yeah, I would, I would definitely be take Drake London over Terry McLaurin.
02:39But again, that doesn't mean I don't think Terry's good.
02:43Like I just, this isn't binary.
02:46Like I, to me, I'm, let me just look through the standings here and I would go, I got to
02:55write some of these down.
02:56I would go, first of all, I do think Jefferson is the best receiver in the NFL.
03:02Okay.
03:02I think Justin Jefferson is the best route runner.
03:05I think he scares the defense the most.
03:07I think chase is better after the catch.
03:11And I do think that there are three here.
03:15The three, actually there are four now, because I think I've got to put JSN into the conversation of the
03:21elite receivers, the truly elite receivers.
03:23To me, it's Jefferson, Chase, Nakua, and Smith-Najigba.
03:32Those are, I would go in order, JJ, Chase, Nakua, JSN.
03:38That would be my top four.
03:41Do you have a problem with that, Max?
03:43Or do you want to put somebody else into that mix?
03:45In terms of the top four in the league, you can move the elite line down to six or seven
03:52if you want, but those are my top four in the league.
03:55So give me your top four one more time, because I was doing the, I was running the gill thing.
03:59Jefferson, Chase, Nakua, JSN.
04:05I can't make an argument against any of them.
04:07I mean, I, there are guys I would throw into the conversation.
04:09Like, I'd probably put Seedy in there.
04:11I know you're not a huge fan, but.
04:13I'm not.
04:14But, but you know what?
04:15I've come around to understanding what he does to defenses.
04:19He just drops too many balls for me.
04:21Yeah.
04:21His body language drives me nuts.
04:24Understood.
04:24There's a lot about Lamb that I don't like, but I do get the fear that he puts in two
04:30defensive coordinators in their lead up, especially with Pickens on the other side.
04:35Now, I'm not, I mean, I would have Lamb ahead of Terry now.
04:39I would, you know, he's younger too.
04:43I'd have, so you, you'd put Lamb into that mix.
04:46I would throw Seedy Lamb and Amon Ra into the mix, but I wouldn't necessarily put them in my top
04:52four.
04:52Amon Ra was the one that I was like contemplating, because I think he would be next in line for
04:57me.
04:58Like, I would take those four and say, that's a tier.
05:02Okay.
05:03For sure.
05:03I mean, look, last year, I think in the year before I was like, look, JJ and Chase, Jefferson and
05:09Chase are kind of on their own island.
05:11Yeah.
05:12One A, one B.
05:13Yeah.
05:13And then we can talk about, you know, the next tier.
05:16And then I think I would say the next tier included five, six, seven guys.
05:20And then I had Terry in the next tier, like sort of tier three.
05:24Sure.
05:24If my tier one now is Jefferson, Chase, Nakua, and JSN, my tier two would start with Amon Ra, St.
05:32Brown.
05:32I think he's borderline uncheckable in the same way that JSN, you know, playing almost similarly in terms of where
05:40they line up formationally.
05:42I mean, there's not a lot of difference.
05:45JSN just seems to get a little bit more separation.
05:48That could also be scheme.
05:50Who knows?
05:51I, Amon Ra's there.
05:55So, so where would I have London?
05:57Uh, so Lambs in that next tier, I can't put Pickens in that next tier.
06:03He's just too much of a wing nut.
06:05I don't trust him.
06:07I'd still put Evans when he's healthy in that next tier.
06:11I would.
06:13He's still great when he, he's going to be, he's going to be a problem in San Francisco with Kittle
06:19on the field when Kittle gets back.
06:22Um, whenever that is, I don't know if Kittle's going to be ready for the beginning of the season,
06:25but with McCaffrey and Kittle and, uh, and Evans and what they have, uh, he, he's going to thrive even
06:33more.
06:33AJ Brown talent wise certainly is in the, in that next tier.
06:37London's in that next tier.
06:39Nico Collins is in that, is in that next tier for me.
06:44And then maybe we get to the third tier again, where guys like Higgins and Terry and Devante Adams at
06:53this point,
06:54you know, because he's older.
06:56Um, although Jesus, I didn't even mention Garrett Wilson.
06:59He's probably in tier two as just a pure wide receiver talent.
07:03He needs somebody throwing to him.
07:04Yes.
07:05I know.
07:07Who am I missing?
07:09I'm looking through, um, this was, uh, it depends on where you want to put AJ Brown in that tier
07:18list.
07:18Along with like, yeah, I mean, AJ Brown's in tier two talent wise.
07:21I I'm telling you this AJ Brown in new England thing.
07:25He, he was a problem at the end of last year.
07:28I think that his performance against the 49ers and a couple of other games,
07:33I think he checked out at the end of last year.
07:36And to me, you, I don't care how bad it's gotten for you and how bad it is.
07:43You're a professional and you're playing playoff games.
07:47Yeah.
07:48And he was absolutely embarrassing to himself in that playoff loss to San Francisco.
07:56Um, who are we forgetting of the young guys?
07:59Like, I mean, so like Alec Pierce is kind of coming on for the Colts.
08:02We'll see if he can kind of build off of these last couple of seasons.
08:04Jalen Waddle is a Bronco now, which I forgot about.
08:07Um, so he'll have bone hits throwing to him instead of Tua.
08:10So that'll be interesting to watch.
08:12Um, but those are kind of like the, the tier three guys, but I think have a lot of opportunity
08:18to climb that, uh, ladder.
08:20I think Pickens as well, uh, deserves to be in this conversation.
08:24Probably another tier three, Terry McLaurin tier type guy, um, with the opportunity to kind
08:29of advance further.
08:31If I go JJ, chase, Nakua, JSN, a Monra, that's five lamb.
08:37Okay.
08:37I'll say six Brown Evans, London.
08:41I'm up to nine.
08:42Um, Collins.
08:43I would have in there at 10.
08:46I Terry's a post 10 group of receivers and we're not even thinking about the young guys
08:51here.
08:52Like, you know, who was really good as a rookie and it surprised me.
08:55Tett McMillan, you know, who's really good as a rookie.
08:57Your guy, Buka.
08:58That's right.
08:59Um, you know, Luther Burden was good as a rookie.
09:02I'm not putting him into that category yet.
09:04We have Malik neighbors would be on this list if he hadn't played, if he hadn't gotten hurt
09:09last year.
09:09Let's not forget.
09:11There's no chance that right now you would take Terry McLaurin over Malik neighbors.
09:16If both players were healthy, of course not.
09:18You'd be an idiot to do so.
09:20Now Malik neighbors injury was a very serious injury.
09:23We'll see, uh, what happens, but you know, what is Marvin Harrison going to be in year
09:28three, which is going to be interesting.
09:30Um, yeah, some of these young guys, you know, we didn't even mention Jamison Williams.
09:37I don't, I wouldn't take him over Terry right now.
09:39He's too inconsistent.
09:40Yeah.
09:41I wouldn't take Christian Watson over Terry.
09:43No.
09:43Correct.
09:46I don't think I'll tell you what, seriously, Pierce.
09:49I know that if he had signed here, you know, in free agency, I'd be excited to have him,
09:55but I wouldn't consider him to be the one, you know, or he's, he isn't that much better
10:02than Pittman who signed with Pittsburgh, in my opinion.
10:07Um, anyway, uh, man, there are, when you start looking down the list of the young guys,
10:12you know, like, it's like, oh yeah, I forgot.
10:14McMillan was really good as a rookie.
10:15Oh yeah.
10:16I forgot Ibuku was good.
10:17Oh, you know, Matthew Golden finally played, you know, pretty well in that playoff loss.
10:21Luther Burden looks really good as a young player.
10:25You know, is Harrison going to be what everybody thought he was going to be Malik neighbors?
10:29I mean, of all those guys that I just mentioned in the last two drafts, the guy that's actually
10:33done it on the field and looked elite is Malik neighbors as a rookie.
10:38He looked like an elite receiver already.
10:43Anyway, um, Pete, thanks for that.
10:46Uh, yeah, I really liked Drake London.
10:48I'm a, I was a Drake London fan at USC.
10:51Uh, I've been a Drake London fan.
10:53The one season he had a good quarterback, you know, quarterback that can deliver the football
10:58no matter where you want to put, you know, our 35 year old friend, Kirk cousins, 36 year
11:02old now, um, in that one season with Kirk, it was his best season by far, you know, a hundred
11:09catches, 1,271 yards, nine touchdowns.
11:13Um, he was dominant, uh, that year and they didn't have, you know, they had Kyle pits,
11:19but he didn't play well.
11:20Pits was a problem, but they did have Bijon in the backfield backfield.
11:23That makes a difference, you know, Drake London with Bijon and with pits, uh, remaining there.
11:31Um, man, the issue there, of course, right.
11:34In Atlanta is who will the starting quarterback be?
11:38Will Penix jr.
11:39Be healthy and ready to go, or will it be to a Tungavailoa?
11:44It's not a great situation.
11:46I, I was a big believer in Penix coming out, huge believer in Penix coming out.
11:52And it's way too early to throw in the towel on him.
11:56And I, you know, those that love JJ McCarthy, I would tell you the same thing.
12:00It's way too early.
12:01I was not a McCarthy fan at all.
12:04Um, but it's too early.
12:06You just don't know.
12:07I mean, the thing that JJ McCarthy has going for him and now, by the way, Penix and Tua
12:12have going for them as they've got coaches where the schemes are quarterback friendly,
12:16you know, Stefanski now in Atlanta and obviously Kevin O'Connell in Minnesota.
12:22That'll be that team though.
12:24Oh, did you know?
12:26I didn't know this.
12:27Did you know that Jahan Dotson signed with Atlanta?
12:31I did not know this.
12:33This is news to me.
12:36Olamide Zaccheaus signed with Atlanta as well in the off season.
12:41I'm just looking at their, um, depth chart.
12:43They've obviously got Bijan in the, oh, here, here's another surprise.
12:47Did you know that Brian Robinson jr.
12:50Signed with Atlanta in the off season?
12:52Now that you mentioned it, I do remember that because I remember thinking that's very
12:56funny that they're both in the same backfield now.
13:00Who?
13:01Oh, Robbins.
13:02Yeah.
13:02B. John and Brian Robinson.
13:04Just B. Robinson.
13:05B. Rob.
13:06Yeah.
13:07Um, three former skins, uh, are in Atlanta.
13:12Uh, I mean, Jahan Dotson, they don't have an obvious number too.
13:15I'm looking at their, their, oh, you know what?
13:17They, they drafted Zachariah Branch.
13:18God, I loved him out of Georgia.
13:20We'll see if he ends up being what I think he can be.
13:22Um, but right now you look at Atlanta and Jahan is wide receiver too.
13:31You know, Scott Turner, that's another thing he always says when I have him on, he says,
13:36I'm still a believer in Jahan Dotson.
13:38He goes, I think if he gets in the right scheme in the right, you know, situation, he's still
13:43going to, he's going to be a good player.
13:44He, and I mean, look, his rookie year with Scott in 2022 and 2023, he was productive.
13:54He had 11 touchdown catches in his first two seasons in Washington, you know, much more
13:58productive in 22, um, then in, well, no 23, he had 49 catches for 518 yards.
14:07Yeah.
14:08It's hard to write all these guys off.
14:10Always hard to write them off.
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