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00:12I still will find little tiny pieces of glass like in my glove compartment.
00:18And this was almost 10 years ago, like from when the car was broken into just because
00:22they kind of get in all the little nooks and crannies, the little tiny pieces of glass
00:25when they break it, which always sucks.
00:27But anyway, have you checked any of them for specks of blood and DNA evidence?
00:30Yeah, we're going to track the guy down.
00:32We're still on it.
00:32It's a cold case, but I think they're still working on it.
00:36Christian Watkins gets a new four year deal with the Packers worth one hundred and ten
00:41million dollars.
00:43He obviously waited for Christian Watson.
00:46Christian Watson.
00:46Yeah, he got his deal.
00:49Christian Watson's like, all right, so we'll just go lower than that.
00:52More like in the Alec Pierce.
00:53And this is a good bit lower.
00:55They had also paid Reed.
00:57Is that Jadon Reed?
00:58Is that their other receiver?
00:59I think that's right.
01:00A couple of months ago.
01:02So they re-upped two receivers.
01:05Obviously dealing with the Josh Jacobs thing.
01:07They got the quarterback situation, they believe, figured out.
01:10They're trying to put it together and keep it together for a number of seasons here to
01:15try and make a run.
01:16Watson's really good when he's healthy.
01:17He's just missed quite a few games.
01:20And so, not healthy all that often.
01:23Let's hear Dan Campbell talking about Jameer Gibbs as we transition from a wide receiver
01:27market conversation.
01:28The Falcons took care of that into a running back market conversation.
01:32Gibbs is, I mean, he is.
01:34He's going to be our bell cow now.
01:35You know, he really became more of that last year.
01:38And, but we're, you know, we're going to hang our hat on him quite a bit.
01:42You know, we're going to, we're going to do a lot of things we feel like he does well.
01:45Now, I've mentioned this before.
01:46He can, he can run everything that we've got.
01:48He can run every scheme that anybody's ever run.
01:51You know, he's not just an outside runner.
01:53He's not just a space runner.
01:54He can create his own space in the middle.
01:56And some of his biggest runs have been gap scheme right down the pipe, you know, where
02:00he's had patience and found it and guys blocked it up well.
02:03So, we're going to ask a lot of him.
02:06Yeah.
02:07David Montgomery, not there anymore.
02:09Obviously they had split carries.
02:10Jameer Gibbs was 1,200 yards last year, 13 touchdowns, 243 carries as well as a handful
02:21of receptions as well, 77 receptions.
02:23So, he's touching the ball a ton.
02:25He kind of already, I mean, he got 300 touches last year.
02:28Yeah.
02:28That's, I know that they had Montgomery, but that's bell cow adjacent already.
02:33Well, wasn't that like us with Bajon?
02:35We're like, yeah, I don't know how many, however many carries it was, not enough.
02:40Like more.
02:41And obviously, you know, a similar situation too with Algier being here.
02:44He's gone now too.
02:45So, both of the running backs that are going to get contracts this offseason are in similar
02:52situations in terms of the other guy that was getting carries isn't there anymore.
02:55And I just wonder, I wonder a couple of things.
02:57I wonder what the price tag actually ends up looking like.
03:01Because the market right now, if you look at the top end of it.
03:04I think they're getting 22 or 22.5.
03:06I think that would be about right, right?
03:09Because Saquon's the highest paid running back right now.
03:1121 and change?
03:1220 and a half.
03:13Okay.
03:13Christian McCaffrey's right behind there.
03:15And the interesting thing about that is both those contracts were done a couple of years
03:19ago.
03:19So, there hasn't been a new market setting running back.
03:21Saquon's is only two years, right?
03:23Yeah.
03:23Yeah.
03:24There hasn't been a new market setting running back contract for a couple years.
03:27I know HN got paid earlier this offseason, but that's right around 16.
03:31What crazy is, Jeremiah Love, who just got drafted, is the eighth highest paid running
03:35back in the NFL because of how high he was drafted and what the running back market is
03:38right now.
03:39But yeah, I would say it's probably around 22, 23 per.
03:45I just don't know who goes first.
03:46So, that's the question for me.
03:49And I wonder if it's less of a, we can't settle on a number with our team and more of
03:56a don't
03:57blink challenge between Bajon's agent and Jameer Gibbs' agent in terms of like, well, we're
04:06not going to go first and let that guy be the highest paid running back.
04:11And then the other guy feels the same way.
04:14Well, because that's the thing.
04:14Like at one point, at some point, someone's got to go first.
04:17Right, but whoever goes second is going to get more, right?
04:20Yeah, but like $88.
04:22Right, but a little bit, right?
04:23$22,500,088 is our deal.
04:27But right, Jameer Gibbs and Bajon's contracts are going to be very similar.
04:30Yeah.
04:32It's not a Drake London compared to the top end of the market conversation.
04:38It's not a Christian Watson compared to Drake London's contract situation.
04:41These guys are comparable.
04:42Like, Jameer Gibbs and Bajon Robinson are two of the three or four best running backs
04:48in football.
04:49They just happen to be up for contracts at the same time because they were drafted in
04:52the same draft.
04:52Funny thing is, both teams got laughed at by various NFL media folks for drafting running
05:00backs in the first round when they did it.
05:01And both have worked out pretty well.
05:03Obviously, the Lions has worked out way better because the team's been way better.
05:05But both running backs have been a success for their teams.
05:10But yeah, I mean, if I'm Bajon's agent, I'll just wait because then you're also going to
05:14do the bulk of the negotiating for me.
05:16You're going to set the market right where it is.
05:18I don't want to accidentally be wrong.
05:20You know what I mean?
05:21What if the market isn't quite that for Jameer Gibbs and then you end up paying way more than
05:28you needed to?
05:29What if you go the other way?
05:30What if Bajon and his agents say, look, if you want to right now, we can get 24.
05:36Right.
05:37And then Gibbs signs for 22-5.
05:39That's what I mean.
05:40And then 24 is off the table.
05:41That's what I mean.
05:42That's why you want to go second.
05:45Well, no.
05:46No, I'm suggesting Bajon can get 24 right now.
05:50And then Gibbs signs for 22-5.
05:52And then the Falcons are like, well, 24 is...
05:54Nope, you're 22-7 now.
05:57We're not...
05:5724 is not your market anymore.
05:59There's a way you go second and lose money, potentially.
06:03Yeah, I don't know.
06:04I just...
06:05And also...
06:06I'm just not taking less than the guy got.
06:08You know what I mean?
06:09Right.
06:10I agree with that.
06:10Unless the Falcons somehow give Bajon like $30 million a year.
06:13But it's not like Bajon's sitting here waiting for Gibbs to sign knowing Gibbs is going to
06:17sign.
06:17Because Gibbs is sitting here waiting for Bajon to sign.
06:21Like, there is a, like, who's going to blink first, game of chicken type of, like, hey,
06:27man, we just need to get this done before the season or what.
06:32I mean...
06:32But then I also wonder from the Falcons' perspective, like, you know, you want to get it done.
06:36You're going to get it done.
06:37You'd love to get it done, like, the week of training camp.
06:41So that's the talk of the opening week of training camp.
06:44The Falcons love doing that.
06:45Teams love doing that.
06:46But the Falcons have always done a pretty good job of timing out whatever big offseason
06:50contract it's going to be.
06:51He kind of hits that first day of training camp, so then everybody's got a good, positive
06:57training camp story to run with at the beginning.
07:00So there is a deadline on it.
07:03Like, you don't want it to go into...
07:04I don't think that there would be a holdout, because he is still two years away from being...
07:07He's also not really a holdout guy.
07:09It doesn't seem like he would do that.
07:10Right.
07:11But again, like, you don't want to get weird with the timing on any of this stuff.
07:15Ultimately, who do you think signs first?
07:18I think Jameer Gibbs signs first.
07:20I think it goes the other way.
07:21Okay.
07:22I think Bajon signs first.
07:26Only because I wouldn't say I know Bajon, but just the perception of Bajon is, I don't
07:31know to what extent, he just wants to, like, super play hardball on this.
07:35And if the number's there and he's willing, I don't know if he's also that concerned about
07:39being the number one paid or that concerned about it being...
07:43I know, but it's not, you know, he might not be.
07:46I know.
07:46I know.
07:47His agent, you know what I mean?
07:48But the agent works for you, and if you tell your agent, get the deal done before camp,
07:51get the deal done before camp.
07:52I know, but you're also not going to risk, you're not going to take less money.
07:56You know what I mean?
07:56No, no, no.
07:57I also don't consider that hardball.
07:59Like, Bajon Robinson's one of the two or three best running backs in the NFL.
08:03He's up for a contract.
08:04He should set the market and get the most money.
08:07Again, then there's the part of it, too, that's, it's a running back.
08:10Is that a good idea?
08:11Your team's not really there right now.
08:13You're kind of figuring out other stuff.
08:15You know what I mean?
08:16But that's a whole other conversation neither of us are having because we just know that
08:19he's getting an extension.
08:21Yeah, you're going to pay him.
08:21Yeah.
08:22And he knows he's going to get paid.
08:23So let's just do it.
08:24We don't have to do all this song and dance.
08:26Just pay me.
08:26I think Gibbs is prepared to play the waiting game.
08:28How come?
08:29And wait for Bajon.
08:30Why?
08:30I just saw a weird comment about, like, you know, agent's going to handle it.
08:35He did say that.
08:36Agent's going to handle the contract so I can focus on football.
08:39That's what you say.
08:40That's what everybody says.
08:41Sure.
08:41I think you like Bajon and you don't know Jameer Gibbs really.
08:45I mean, no, but I think if we were in Detroit, you'd be like, I know Jameer Gibbs pretty good.
08:51He doesn't seem like a guy who would play a hard ball.
08:53Do we want to put a $1 bet on who signs first?
08:55Sure.
08:55We'll put a $1 bet on it.
08:57Who did I have?
09:02I don't care.
09:05Who did I say?
09:06You've got Gibbs.
09:07I think Gibbs will go first.
09:07I've got Bajon.
09:08Okay.
09:08There it is.
09:09We'll love you.
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