00:00So, I was sitting here and I was thinking about this with the whole Christian Gonzalez thing.
00:06And what that looks like, not just for him, but for Drake May and the rest of the guys that
00:15will potentially make it to a level where they become elite status.
00:20So, Drake May, one year from now, will be sitting there going, okay, here's the amount of money I'm looking
00:27for.
00:28And I don't know what that number is.
00:29I know when Trevor Lawrence did his deal after his third year, similar to Drake May, he got $200 million
00:36guaranteed.
00:37So, I'm guessing Drake May is going to get north of that.
00:40I don't know if he's going to get Josh Allen's $250 million.
00:44Well, they just extended Patty Mahomes yesterday, right, Sean?
00:48That's correct, Greg.
00:49Added two more years to his contract, pushing the total value of the contract over a half a billion dollars.
00:54Half a billy.
00:55Correct.
00:55$504 million.
00:56Which I'm guessing is what Drake May is going to want.
00:58I don't know, but remember, because Patrick Mahomes' deal was like 10 years.
01:02Yeah, and I think the NFL has kind of moved away from those longer term for more guarantees in the
01:08short term.
01:09Right.
01:09Okay.
01:09So, I wouldn't be shocked if Drake May is more like four years, $260 million or something like that compared
01:16to, or $300 million, whatever it's going to be, compared to it being 10 years for $400.
01:21Yeah, it'll be similar to what we saw Josh Allen get.
01:24Josh Allen got six years, $330 million, and then he got $250 million guaranteed.
01:29Now, I don't know if it's going to be $250 million guaranteed, but that's what the number will be.
01:34The point that I'm trying to make is the way that they're doing Christian Gonzalez, and they're setting a bad
01:41example if you're Drake May and his agent and going, all right, if they're trying to penny pinch this kid
01:47who is the best quarterback in the league, how are they going to treat you where, I think Drake May
01:54is good and he's going to be a really good quarterback in this league.
01:57But do you think next year, at this point in time, he's going to be considered the best quarterback in
02:01the league?
02:02Drake?
02:03Yes.
02:03No.
02:04Okay.
02:05Sorry, Shyam.
02:06If they're penny pinching.
02:07No, it's okay.
02:07With Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen running around, it's kind of hard to say that.
02:10And if they're penny pinching, and that's the only reason why I'm saying it, Shyam, if they're penny pinching Christian
02:16Gonzalez, who some will argue is the best quarterback in the league, what do you think they're going to do
02:22to the quarterback who might be third, fourth, fifth, sixth, wherever?
02:27They view him in the league as far as, you know, when it comes to that and how they want
02:32to pay this guy.
02:34Wiggy, from your player perspective, if they eventually get the deal that they want, does it matter to the player
02:41how they go about it?
02:43Like if it takes all summer for Christian Gonzalez and he doesn't play in a preseason game and then it
02:50finally at the 11th hour gets done, but he gets the guaranteed money he wants.
02:55Does that like leave a bad taste in his mouth against the Patriots or it's like, whatever, I got mine?
02:59No, no.
03:00He's just like, that's, he's going to care.
03:01He won't care.
03:02It's like, I got my money.
03:03That's all I care about.
03:04Now let's go play.
03:05That's the only thing that matters.
03:06But what it will do is now it will be like, now Drake May is going to be looking at
03:11it or potentially his age is going to be looking at it like, oh, we're really going to have to
03:14fight for our food here.
03:16Well, I mean, Tom Brady had to fight for his food at times.
03:20I mean, so I don't know why you would expect that the organization would change.
03:24They paid Tom handsomely.
03:26He chose, if he wanted to, to probably be the highest paid.
03:30And at times I think he was like.
03:32If he wanted to, he would have never left.
03:34He would have been two years, 50 million.
03:36No, but that's it.
03:36I'm not, I'm not talking about that contract.
03:38I'm talking about when Brady was at, when Brady was Brady.
03:40When you asked Tom that question, do you think he would agree with that, that he didn't have to fight
03:43for the money to get market value?
03:47I'm just saying.
03:47You're talking about when Tom.
03:48Peyton Manning was making what he was making.
03:50Tom had to fight.
03:51No, no.
03:52I think Tom said, you know what?
03:53Here's what I'll take and I'm cool with that.
03:55After he threw, they went 17 and 0.
03:58Like, you don't think that Tom Brady could have easily walked up to them and said, here's what I want.
04:03So you're saying that Tom Brady would say that they came to him and said, whatever you want.
04:07No, I'm saying Tom Brady was the one who said, listen, I'll take the discount.
04:10After being beaten down by the organization.
04:13When?
04:13I mean, Wiggy, you used the term penny pinching.
04:16They did that to Tom Brady.
04:18That's why he left.
04:19No, no.
04:19At the end, I agree with you.
04:21But I'm not talking about at the end.
04:23I understand that.
04:23Yeah, but he went on to win a Super Bowl.
04:25I'm talking about his prime.
04:26I know, but all I'm saying is that if they're willing to do it with Tom Brady, unfortunately, they might
04:31be willing to do it with Drake May.
04:33I don't know.
04:34But we understood why they were doing it with Brady at that time.
04:38Because he got old.
04:39He got old.
04:39He was 43 years old.
04:41They were wrong.
04:43Yeah, they were wrong.
04:43At the time, he was old.
04:45Yeah, I completely agree.
04:46They were wrong.
04:47But at that time, they're like, wait a second.
04:49He's 40-something years old.
04:51He's only got one year left.
04:52Why are we going to give?
04:53I'm talking about when Brady was at his peak performance.
04:56Let me get John in the car on this.
04:57Hello, John.
04:59Drake May will not be here at the end of his contract.
05:02And it's that simple.
05:03Wow.
05:06Bob Kraft doesn't pay anybody a cent more than he feels like he needs to pay him.
05:13And Jermaine, how many times did we hear people say, if Tom Brady's taking that discount, there's no way I
05:19can go ask for the money.
05:21They let Vinatieri walk over, what, $100,000 or something stupid like that?
05:25It's insane that anybody thinks Kraft is going to pony up all of a sudden, out of nowhere, $400 million
05:32for Drake May.
05:34You're crazy.
05:34And he's going to guarantee $360 million of it.
05:38I'm not crazy.
05:39You are crazy, John.
05:40He's never done it for one player in the history since he's never done it once.
05:45You tell me the player that hasn't gone to Bob Kraft and felt like he got beat for a contract.
05:50Rob Gronkowski in 2012.
05:52He set the market.
05:53Yeah, but, Megan, that's not a quarterback, right?
05:57No, but I would say that he's a pretty important player to the team.
06:01You're moving the goalposts, Megan, because you said elite players.
06:04You don't think Robert...
06:05No, no, elite position players.
06:07Okay, I'm talking about premium corners, quarterbacks.
06:09More important than Tom Brady.
06:11I think it's going to be a battle, but you are out of your mind, John, if you think that
06:16they're not going to extend Drake.
06:18Drake May staying here.
06:19What are we doing?
06:20I think they're going to extend them.
06:23But I'm wondering, just based off of this look with Christian Gonzalez, does he feel confident it's going to be
06:29smooth sailing?
06:31No.
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