00:00Was there anything significant last week about Bill Krosky-Merritt
00:04not really participating as much as he could have at OTAs?
00:09No.
00:10You know, again, they're not under obligation to tell us anything about injuries
00:13until basically week one.
00:15So, you know, don't know exactly all the details.
00:20He's walking around.
00:21He's in uniform.
00:22You know, he's doing work on the side field.
00:25So it doesn't seem like it's some major issue.
00:28And maybe they are just sort of slow walking him into the, you know,
00:33the meatier part of the offseason program.
00:37I guess my only sort of concern is, hey, it is a new offense, right?
00:42He's got to, you know, essentially he's going to learn a, you know,
00:45what is his third or fourth offense in like four years basically.
00:48So he's got to learn that.
00:50And, you know, I think a huge aspect of this offense this year is,
00:55can he be trusted on passing downs?
00:58If he can, then the workload, I know we've talked about this in the past,
01:03his workload could go north of 60%, 70% even if he's able to play every down.
01:09If not, then we're looking at something more akin to a 50-50 split probably
01:13with Rashad White, you know, depending on game flow and things like that.
01:17And that's, you know, that's interesting.
01:19So until he, I mean, look, they have obviously seen him to a degree,
01:22but until he's really out there and practicing, in doing it.
01:26And that's why for this part of the camp, we can say it's, you know,
01:32not, there's not a lot of concrete things we get out of this.
01:35Watching a guy pass block would actually be something you could look at, right?
01:39That's not, I mean, you can't make too much contact, you know what I mean,
01:41like the form and what have you.
01:43So I do think there's something to be gleaned if he's out there.
01:46But so far, no, we'll see if he's out there this week.
01:49But ultimately, I don't think it's any, like, significant concern or anything.
01:53I mean, mini camp is next week, right?
01:56The 15th through the 18th, I think a week from today through next Wednesday
02:00or whatever it is.
02:01But I'm just curious, and maybe I asked you this last week,
02:04if I'm being repetitive, tell me.
02:06But do you have any sense that there's a player that they're excited about
02:11that maybe, you know, we weren't expecting after some OTA days?
02:17Um, good question.
02:20Um, I don't know about, I'm trying to think here, who have they discussed?
02:24Um, you know, yeah, I mean, I, you know, I, I'm trying to think we, we've asked a lot
02:31of questions about the receiver room and they've said, you know, they like,
02:34they like those, uh, they like those guys.
02:37I mean, I will say that if I, if I mentioned Terry McLaurin, that's the complete
02:43and utter cop-out and a ridiculous response to a degree, but not necessarily,
02:49not necessarily.
02:49I mean, uh, because of that was a rough year last year.
02:53Yeah.
02:54Yeah.
02:54I mean, you know, what made it so surprising with how it went last year,
02:58was it just in every way, shape or form, Terry McLaurin seems like the utmost professional.
03:03Not only does he cause no problem at a position that is, you know, littered with divas around
03:08the league and, you know, he take it.
03:11Some people claim team leader, but they don't really behave in that way.
03:16He does.
03:17And that's what, you know, if, if you're going to tell me there's a commander away,
03:20that guy would seem to be it, which made last year so weird that said, so he's come back
03:24and it doesn't seem like there's any bitterness or resentment.
03:27He's out there doing, doing his thing.
03:30He and Jaden look to be, you know, on the same page.
03:32So, you know, I just, and look for this receiver room, you know, I still think that they can,
03:38that they sort of have enough to get by, but that's only because of Terry McLaurin being
03:43the number one guy and everything can revolve around him.
03:47Sure.
03:47They could use better options at number two, but having the number one guy makes life easier
03:52for everybody else.
03:53And he is, you know, throughout his career shown that he can be that guy.
03:58Um, do you have an early, you know, call like last year, you had an early call on Brian
04:06Robinson jr.
04:07Um, that you didn't think that he would end up being on the roster when the season began.
04:12Do you have one of those this year?
04:14Cause it was about right, right about now where you started, I think to say, keep an eye on
04:19Brian Robinson jr.
04:21There's a chance he's not on this roster.
04:23Yeah, I don't yet.
04:25And that's, I think it's in part because the coordinators are still kind of mystery, right?
04:31I mean, even though Cliff Kingsbury and, uh, Joe Witt were new here, they had established
04:38backgrounds with essentially taking the Dan Quinn defense and Kingsbury obviously does
04:42his thing.
04:42So you can kind of see who would fit and, and, and, or wouldn't, I'm not ready for those
04:48kinds of discussions here, uh, quite yet.
04:51So I don't know, uh, if I have anybody for you, but definitely keeping an eye on things.
04:57I'm going to, you know, some positions like there's a lot of guys at safety.
05:02Um, you know, even if without IU, you know, if they're only going to keep say six receivers,
05:06they're probably one or two over that, that number.
05:09What happens, what happens there is the defensive line, frankly.
05:13I mean, they have, including the edge guys, like there is a bunch of dudes there.
05:16We don't know how many players they will ultimately keep, but you know, it's conceivable that somebody
05:21that we might think is staying doesn't.
05:23But, uh, and I guess there's the other one is like Frankie Lou, who like I, I'm not, I'm
05:28assuming he will be here, but depending on how much they really want to lean into a three,
05:32four defense and have, uh, the two edge guys count as the outside linebackers, then what
05:37does that mean for styles, Chanel and Louvoo?
05:40And to that end, is there become a point where they decide to move on, but I'm not remotely
05:44ready to, to go there now.
05:46Well, you just named the one player.
05:48I mean, that, that would be shocking to me, um, because I think he's very talented.
05:53Um, but you just named the one player that might bring something back, you know, like,
05:58I don't, I think if Duran brought anything meaningful back, he might not be here right
06:04now.
06:05Um, and I think that that's probably something that they realized that there wasn't necessarily
06:10a market for him.
06:12Um, but last year there was ultimately a, uh, you know, a day three market for Brian Robinson
06:18jr.
06:18And I'm just thinking and looking through the roster who that person would be this year.
06:23I guess you could, you know, obviously Louvoo would bring, bring some value back if you
06:27decided to trade him before the final year of his contract.
06:31Yeah.
06:31I mean, and this is where, right.
06:33And also this is where like last year with Brian Robinson, part of that thinking was,
06:37okay, Bill Krosky merit looks like an actual player.
06:40Now, if Jordan McGee and Cain Medrano and Ali Cahill show that they've made strides, that
06:47Durante Jones believes that they can fill in when needed.
06:50Okay.
06:50Then that makes it even more of a reason that they could potentially, uh, move on.
06:54Um, but you know, look, I think of all the players, the holdovers that I've picked here
07:00within Durante Jones is, you know, aggressive defense.
07:03I mean, Frankie Lewis fits like Frankie Louvoo, like a glove.
07:06So I'm, you know, I'm much more inclined to believe they find ways to use him versus not.
07:12But yes, if we're playing the, the, uh, the, the, the, the, what if game, then yeah, he
07:16would be somebody you'd have to at least consider.
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