00:00Yesterday, Elliot Wolfe said something that I hope shuts anybody up
00:03that ever brings up the salary cap ever again
00:04as it pertains to the future of Christian Gonzalez
00:07and how it's related to Drake May's contract next offseason.
00:12It's about a cash budget and things like that,
00:15so we're very aware of the timing of these things,
00:17and we're cognizant of having a plan for that
00:20and working with Jonathan and Robert, thankful for their support.
00:24They're open and willing for us to be able to sign these great players.
00:29Cash budget.
00:30So was he asked about Drake May and the future when it comes?
00:35Is that how he got it?
00:36He was asked about how much impact the looming contractual negotiation
00:42or organizational financial restraints will be regarding Drake May
00:49as it pertains to the contractual stalemate with Christian Gonzalez right now.
00:54How far do you think they are apart?
00:57Pretty far.
00:58You think pretty far?
01:00Pretty far.
01:01And my lead was...
01:02Do you think they have at least matched what Seattle gave Witherspoon?
01:07Not guaranteed at signing.
01:09No.
01:09I don't think so.
01:10No, you don't think so.
01:11I think they have.
01:12I don't know.
01:13Why wouldn't you?
01:14We would know.
01:15Because if they matched it or they were pretty close to it,
01:18the deal would be done.
01:20Maybe not.
01:21Maybe Christian Gonzalez has some wild expectation and it's in the $35 million range or whatever.
01:29And a large part of that he wants guaranteed.
01:32I don't know.
01:33Well, that's right.
01:33You just said it.
01:34A large part of that he wants guaranteed.
01:36So it all comes down to the guaranteed money.
01:39Why is it always so hard here to get market value, Greg?
01:43Why is it?
01:44Why do they make it?
01:45Because they were successful forever with being able to find guys who could perform at less than the highest market
01:56value.
01:56But none of that happens without the guy that is looming over in Gucci right now.
02:01Like, it is...
02:02Oh, wait till we get to my lead on that.
02:04Oh, that's because you had him.
02:05Oh, boy.
02:06A negative Brady lead.
02:07What a shock.
02:07No, no, no.
02:08No, no.
02:08I'm actually kind of positive.
02:10I'm sure you are.
02:11You had a guy like that.
02:12Greg also likes leather pants.
02:14Right.
02:14That was willing...
02:15It's not going to change the outcome of the divorce.
02:17That was willing to take less.
02:18You had a guy that was willing to, you know, be in like the top five.
02:23Be everything Greg wants Gonzo to be.
02:25Like, you look at Patrick Mahomes, right?
02:27Brady never went after one of those deals, right?
02:29Brady could have easily went after one of those deals, but he didn't.
02:33You know, that's why I can't...
02:35That's why when I get to my lead, it's going to be...
02:38Well, I mean, there was a...
02:39Remind me, Curtis, because you know better than me, but there was a point in time where
02:42Tom Brady...
02:44Wasn't there...
02:45He wouldn't get on a plane or whatever and go until he got a...
02:49Agree to a new deal or something.
02:51Do you remember that?
02:52With Brady?
02:53Yes.
02:53Yeah, so he had...
02:54The final two deals, he flew with Robert Kraft, mano a mano, from the West Coast back to
03:00the East Coast, and they had a deal in place by the time they landed.
03:03Yeah.
03:04So, yeah, I mean...
03:05But he could have held the organization over a barrel plenty of times.
03:08But even the NFL then versus now bears no resemblance.
03:12Like...
03:12Yeah, it doesn't.
03:13There is no cap.
03:14You heard the president, the person in charge of setting the budget for this team or operating
03:20under it.
03:21It's about cash.
03:22And they are 25th right now in cash spending.
03:26This is John in the car.
03:27John, good morning.
03:29John Fenn, the emperor has no clothes.
03:34They told us all about the cash and not the salary.
03:39Greg, I've told you for months this was going to be a problem.
03:44I told every one of you that this was going to be a problem.
03:47And you all told me I was wrong.
03:49You all said it would get settled.
03:51You all said that they'd figure it out.
03:53This is the only market in the NFL that can't sign a check for guaranteed money.
04:00The only one.
04:01There's 32 of them.
04:02And the other 31 do it on a regular basis.
04:05Philly does it.
04:06The Rams do it.
04:08The Chiefs do it.
04:09The Bills do it.
04:10All our houses.
04:12Everybody's spending billions.
04:14It's monopoly money.
04:15This is why I don't root for the owner.
04:17I root for the player.
04:19And this kid deserves the money.
04:21Period.
04:22End of paragraph.
04:22And Robert Kraft can't do it.
04:25And all you people think it's just going to be a cakewalk for Drake May?
04:29Are you all stupid?
04:30I think you are.
04:31There's no way he is going to give Drake May this money.
04:35None.
04:36Zero.
04:37Enjoy him while you got him.
04:38Because his agent, who's a pit bull, by the way, he's not an idiot like Don Yee was for Brady,
04:44is going to get every red cent of that half a billion dollars that Drake May's got coming to him.
04:49And he's going to be doing it when Matthew Stafford retires and he goes and plays with Putin in the
04:54co-op.
04:56Fantastic call, by the way.
04:57I have a question, Greg.
04:58As of last summer, they were, according to the NFL Players Association and the salaries database, since they bought the
05:09team, Robert Kraft, in 1994 through 2025, 31st out of 32 teams in cash spending.
05:1731st out of 32 teams.
05:20And why would you blame the player here?
05:23I don't think you can.
05:24I don't think you ever blame the player.
05:26When do you ever blame the player for wanting more money?
05:27I mean, they're basically the Tampa Bay Rays of the NFL.
05:31I mean, when have we ever looked in any sport?
05:33But with massive revenue as opposed to a fractionally occupied trough.
05:37All right, Curtis, thank you.
05:40Two weeks away from the Patriots' season opener, and I have to say that I am extremely concerned about this
05:46Christian Gonzalez thing.
05:47I know people, like, there's no real whispers about where the two sides are off, what the hell is going
05:55on.
05:55In my opinion, I think it has to do with guaranteed money.
05:59The foundation has been laid, whether it was with Trent McDuffie, then Devin Witherspoon.
06:04So if you're Christian Gonzalez, and I don't know if the Patriots feel like Witherspoon is a better player,
06:13and they feel like Trent McDuffie's a better player, the bottom line is that the framework for a contract is
06:23laid out.
06:23We know what it is.
06:24And, excuse me, it's very disappointing to be two weeks away from the season and going,
06:30when your best defensive player, my opinion, probably doesn't play because if I'm his agent.
06:37So when you say doesn't play, like, let's talk this through.
06:40They don't get a deal done.
06:41Yep.
06:42How long does he not play for?
06:45Until he gets a deal done.
06:47Really?
06:48Yeah.
06:48Has anybody seen the Cincinnati Bengals practice?
06:52Has anybody seen what potential?
06:54And I don't know what the reports are.
06:56Oh, he's fine.
06:56He's fine.
06:57And, okay, but did you see the practice with Jamar Chase?
06:59Yeah, that was scary.
07:01That was a scary situation.
07:02And that's in practice on a simple, you know, go route or seam route down the middle of the field
07:08and him just trying to make a play on the football.
07:10The shine put that on Burrow.
07:11Yeah.
07:12And so.
07:13Make a better pass.
07:14Drake may would have.
07:15And my wife and I were having this conversation yesterday.
07:17It's like, Christian Gonzalez, what does he do a lot?
07:20He backpedals.
07:21He has to plant and go.
07:22And we've seen injuries, those type of injuries.
07:25We saw one with one of the better basketball players around here.
07:28If I am Christian Gonzalez's agent.
07:31You would hold out.
07:32So if he does not have a new deal, he's under contract.
07:35Yeah, I understand that.
07:37You would not play this season.
07:39Because what's his contract for this year?
07:41Like five million?
07:42Sean, what's his contract?
07:44Let me double check.
07:45Right.
07:45Right.
07:45Because no, because you're talking potentially a hundred million guarantee.
07:51I don't know exactly his contract number, but we'll find that out.
07:55If he gets hurt, that hundred million is off the table.
07:58Now, in money that he's getting this year, Wiggy, it's probably right around five million.
08:03Okay.
08:04Maybe just shy.
08:05All right.
08:05So that means.
08:07How does he make ends meet?
08:09So you're talking about.
08:11How does Kraft make ends meet?
08:13You're talking about.
08:14Did he do the helicopter press conference bomb on purpose?
08:17What a douche move.
08:20Such a douche move.
08:21Hey, that's that bread right there.
08:23No, that is.
08:24But you're talking about anywhere from 95 to 97 million on the table, potentially Christian
08:32Gonzalez could lose if he goes out there and plays and has a major injury.
08:36So no, if I'm his agent, you are not playing.
08:40I get that you try to show some goodwill in your practice and that's been cool.
08:43But it is time, two weeks away from the season, this money, it is time to sit you, hold in
08:49and you're just there and that, hey, that back or that ankle starts hurting, then you do
08:54what you got to do.
08:54Just show up for treatment.
08:55Okay.
08:56It's troubling.
08:57It is very troubling.
08:57Let's see.
