Ep.1 MADNESS (official)

In the first episode of the Football Junkies podcast, the host discusses the big moves in the first week of free agency. Kirk Cousins signed with the Falcons, Russell Wilson signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers, and Justin Fields also went to the Steelers. The host expresses disappointment in how the Bears handled Justin Fields and emphasizes the importance of building a team around a quarterback. The host also talks about the Bears' plans to draft Caleb Williams in the future. The big news is Russell Wilson signing with the Steelers, but the host is skeptical about his performance. Kenny Pickett was traded to the Eagles after the Steelers brought in competition for him. The host believes the move signifies a lack of commitment to competition. Week one of free agency is in the book, folks. We're gonna react to Kirk Cousins going to the Falcons, Russell Wilson going to the Pittsburgh Steelers, Justin Fields also going to the Pittsburgh Steelers, and more on the first episode of the Football Junkies podcast. I'm your host, Mikael Stanley. All right, folks, here we go. First week of free agency is done. A few big moves, big changes, big shakeups, but all in all, the predictions that a lot of people were putting out did come to pass. Kirk Cousins leaving the Vikings and ultimately signing with the Falcons, Chris Jones staying with the Chiefs, and, and, and, and, and, and, the Bears, once again, setting everything up for Caleb Williams. I am your host, Mikael. This is the Football Junkies podcast. If you love what you are hearing, go ahead and give this podcast a five stars wherever you listen to this podcast on, as well as leave a comment if you don't mind. Now, let's, let's just take a deep dive into it. Let's go, because there's a lot of things that we need to go over. Now, the biggest of them all is the Bears, once again, continuing to set everything up for Caleb Williams. Now, if you don't know, Justin Fields was traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers, what was that, Saturday? Saturday, Sunday, maybe, Saturday, Sunday? He was traded last week, basically for a conditional six round pick that can turn into a fourth round pick if he plays 51% of snaps. Now, that's not gonna happen because he's gonna be the backup. This is what I will say, and I'm gonna try to be as non-biased as I possibly can. And this will probably be something for a longer episode, probably for the next episode. I personally feel like the Bears didn't do the best that they could do for Justin Fields. And I say that to say this, you cannot expect for a quarterback like a Justin Fields to be successful when you don't build around him, when you don't give him adequate pieces to be successful. When you look at history, and you look at some of the great quarterbacks that we all love and debate about and argue about, they all have had one thing in common, the team built around them. And when the team does not build around you, you will not be successful. We have seen it. Look at the countless quarterbacks that the Jets have drafted within the last five years. A lot of them, they're not starters anymore. A lot of them are just, they're journeymen at this point, or they're just out of the league. And granted, I understand that drafting a quarterback is very hard. I'm not trying to make it seem like I'm a GM for 20 years, and my first three drafts are full of first battle hall of famers, and my trades are immaculate and whatnot. I'm not trying to say that, but what I am saying is, when you do make a move for a quarterback, you have to make sure that things are in place for them to be successful, from coaching all the way down to player personnel. So if you knew that you guys were getting someone like a Justin Fields, who was still a little bit raw, then you guys should have built a coaching staff to where they could mold him and really hone in on his skillset so that he can be a better quarterback, instead of just saying, okay, for the first two years, we're not gonna give you anything. Nope. Receiver, nope. Tight end, nope. Offensive line, nope. Running back, nope, nothing. And so what you see is a quarterback who now, in a lot of people's eyes, has regressed and is on the verge of being the bust. Even though last year, when the later, the latter part of last season, they went on a run and they were winning games. Because why? Justin Fields was starting to understand things. He was starting to use more than just his athleticism to get down the field, to put points on the board. Now granted, we also have to identify that the only reason why the Bears got a player in someone like Adejay Moore was because the Panthers owner was so obsessed with Bryce Young that he said, okay, fine. If it means that we have to move some players and move some draft picks, whatever the case may be, just to get Bryce Young, then hey, we'll do it. And now what you see is Bryce Young, who is in a situation where he doesn't have a whole lot around him to build. And now he's trying to figure out how in the world can I be successful if one, I don't have an offensive line, I don't have a tight end, all I have, I just got Deontay Johnson, but he's probably not gonna wanna be here. He's probably gonna wanna get traded or released or whatever the case may be. Nor do I have a running back. I don't even have a running back. I don't even have a running back. How in the world can anybody be successful? Nobody can. And so now the Bears decided to wipe their hands clean from the situation and continue to move forward that they are going to draft Caleb Williams with the first overall pick in the 2024 draft. They recently made a trade for Keenan Allen for a fourth round pick. Now, and I'll just go over this real quickly because I'm sort of irritated with the Bears. They are setting everything up for Caleb Williams. Everything, receiving core, offensive line. They paid for DeAndre Swift. They got him in free agency. He has adequate pieces to be successful. Now, I'm just gonna ask this question and then we're gonna move forward to the next topic. How will analysts and will the media and will former players and whatnot, will they still look at Caleb Williams if he goes on the same, if he goes on a similar path than what Justin Fields went on? I'm gonna ask that question one more time. Will people feel the same way about Caleb Williams if, and I mean if, he goes on a similar path to what Justin Fields went on? Because granted, I understand that, you know, if there is a better prospect, quote unquote prospect, that is, you know, that seems like a better upgrade than the current quarterback and what you have now, then of course you're gonna go for that. But at the same time, it's basically putting a beautiful painting over a giant hole in the wall. That's all you're doing. You're just covering up, you know, the lack of availability to try to bring in people for Justin Fields so he can be successful. But you know, that's another story. That's a deeper, deeper topic that has to be discussed, you know, in another episode. But the main, the big news that has a lot of people talking about is Russell Wilson signing with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Now, when the news first broke, you know, there were a lot of Steelers fans, you know, that were happy about it. There were a lot of Steelers fans that were like, eh, I don't know if that's gonna be a good idea. But I will say this. I think it is a good move for now. And the only reason why I say for now is because you don't know what version of Russell Wilson you're getting. I don't care how many videos he put out of him, you know, throwing balls or working out. I don't care how many videos he puts out. It's not going to do anything when it's time for you to get on that field. Because once you get on that field, that's gonna let everybody know, hey, he still got it, or he doesn't have it at all, or, you know, maybe this was the wrong choice. That's what it is. And we got him for, you know, a steal. We only got him for the veteran minimum. And the Broncos are paying the rest, which is over, I think, which is between maybe 38, maybe $39 million. So he's chilling. He's just using this as a year to, you know, build himself up, get himself into a good space. And hey, if he feels like, you know, I got a little bit of traction, maybe he might test free agency again, maybe try to get maybe one more bigger contract, you know, before he walks away from football altogether. Who knows? But at the same time, this was expected only because the team from Mike Tomlin to Omar Kharef and Art Rooney all said that they were gonna bring in competition for the first round pick in Kenny Pickett. And in doing so, it resulted in Kenny Pickett asking for a trade and ultimately being traded to the Philadelphia Eagles. Now I'm going to, again, try to be as unbiased as I can. I understand the move, but at the same time, I feel like this was probably the wrong move to make right now. Simply because in people's eyes, it looks like you are striving away from competition. No matter what position you play, no matter, you know, what your resume says, continue to elevate. Tom Brady, Tom Brady, seven-time Super Bowl champion. The GOAT always had competition. All of those years that they were winning Super Bowls, Bill Belichick was still drafting quarterbacks. From Jimmy Garoppolo to Jacoby Brissett, Brian Hoyer, he was still getting quarterbacks. He was still getting quarterbacks, even though he has a Super Bowl-winning quarterback. So I say all of that to say this, when the team is telling you, from your head coach to your GM, you know, it's best for me to just go somewhere and just see what happens. And ultimately, this is what happened. Now, to be transparent, at the same time, it also didn't help that during the press conference, Russell Wilson revealed that both Cameron Hayward, T.J. Watt, and Minka Fitzpatrick, basically, you know, were giving their stamp of approval on making this type of move. Now, granted, I understand that, you know, these three are, you know, major people within the team, but at the same time, I feel like putting out that is going to damage Kenny Pickett more because it's going to feel like, wow, my own teammates really don't walk with me like that. It's already bad enough that you had Deontay Johnson and George Pickens and Jalen Warren all saying that they were, you know, openly supporting Mason Rudolph to be the starting quarterback for this upcoming season. So you're already in a pit. You already feel bad on yourself already. So they're basically just continuing to kick you down. And to pile this on, we also have to point the finger at the Steelers and Mike Pomah and Omar Khan as well for allowing them to keep Matt Canada for so long. Once that first season was over with, they should have immediately moved off of Matt Canada. I'm sorry. His resume does not speak NFL caliber offensive coordinator. I can make a strong case right now and probably say that he's probably not even a good high school offensive coordinator, let alone coach, simply because his play calling is redundant. Everywhere he goes, that offense struggles. They can't put points on the board. And ultimately, a lot of those players, their progression is stalled. You look at it from when he was at LSU to when he was with the Steelers currently. The only time that he actually had a really good season was when he was with Pitt, when he was the offensive coordinator for them, when Kenny Pickett was the quarterback. That was the only time. And even then, that doesn't mean that you bring him on to your team. You needed to bring in a veteran offensive coordinator who can tell you, okay, hey, listen, Kenny can do this, this, and this. He can't do this, but we're gonna try to see if we can work on that a little bit more so we can try to make him a better player. Because when they went through that whole process of drafting him, they were beating on the table and making it seem like, oh, we did our work. We obviously took a look at every single quarterback and we felt like he was the best prospect out of the entire draft class, this and the other, blah, blah, blah. Okay, then. So if that's the case, then you have to build around him. And even then, we can go deeper than that. We can go deeper into this iceberg. The Steelers did not prepare for this moment. They did not prepare for this moment. They were under the impression that Ben was gonna still be playing and they did not prepare for the future. And it clearly shows. Because while the defense is still stable, the core, the offense is gone. That core is gone. Once you started to see David DeCastro retire, Marquis Pouncey retire, Marcus Gilbert goes, and this person goes, and that person goes, you have to start filling those pieces in. Because now you get into a situation where now you're trying to figure out how in the world can we continue to be competitive, not only in our division, but in the league as a whole, if we have all these pressing needs. May I remind you that this is the same Steelers team who decided to get Kendrick Green and make him the center. The center, folks. He was not good. He was not good. Before this draft class, there were multiple draft classes with great quarterback prospects that you didn't even have to get in the first round. That if you would've gotten them and they would've been mentored by Ben when he was still playing at the elite level, we wouldn't be in the situation that we're in right now, where now, basically, we don't know who the quarterback is gonna be for next year. I'm not even talking about this year. This year, they've already said that Russell Wilson's going to be the starter. I'm talking about 2025, because Russell's on a one-year deal, and most likely they're not gonna exercise Justin Fields' fifth-year option. So there's a lot of question marks, but again, we'll probably get into a little bit deeper, maybe probably bring in a special guest so they can probably give a deeper dive into this whole situation. But let's talk about Kirk Cousins going to the Falcons, folks. Kirk Cousins, former Viking and Washington commander quarterback, signed with the Atlanta Falcons a four-year, $180 million deal with a $50 million bonus, which averages around $45 million a year. Now, I understand the move. However, I feel like they shouldn't have given him this big of a deal. And I only say that because, for one, you don't know how long he wants to play for. Now, granted, any player can say, I wanna play till I'm 40, I wanna play till I'm 45, or I still got six to 10 more years, six to 10 great years left. That doesn't mean that that's gonna happen. It doesn't. That puts you in a hole that you just finished getting out of with both Matt Ryan and Julio Jones. Now, granted, is Kirk Cousins consistent? Is he productive? Yes, yes, all of those things. He's checked all of those boxes. But let's be real here, folks. What is the backup plan if Kirk Cousins goes down again? Because he is still recovering from a major injury. He tore his Achilles. And so now you have to be cautious about this because you don't know exactly what condition that Achilles is gonna be once he starts playing. Nobody will know. And so in doing so, that also puts a strain on what you can do for both free agency and possibly extending some of your players like Kyle Pitts, Drake London, and maybe even some of the offensive linemen or other players on the team that will be entering contract years. So you have to factor in all of those type of things when you are signing veteran quarterbacks because when you sign a veteran quarterback that is sort of a little bit older than what most people would wanna sign, you run into these situations where you're playing a risky game. You really are because the high is, okay, he exceeds the contract, he plays all four years, we're winning games, we're always in the playoffs, we're winning the division and whatever the case may be. But the low is he plays maybe two seasons, two seasons are great. When he gets to that third season, he's either talking about money or he suffers another major injury and now there's reports and leaks, rumors coming out that he might retire. And now you don't have a quarterback that can help try to hold things together. May I remind you folks, once again, that this is the same Atlanta Falcons team who was down to the wire to get Deshaun Watson. Yes, that Deshaun Watson. They were also reportedly in the mix to get Lamar Jackson when he was going through his contract process with the Ravens. So the Falcons have been desperate for a quarterback since the whole situation ended with Matt Ryan. Now, granted, I understand they do have a high draft pick where they could draft a rookie quarterback and they can mold them into the person that they want him to be. Or you could take the more expensive route and just get a veteran quarterback, in which ultimately they did. And so now they are in the situation where they're in. However, their division is so weak that they could easily win that division, no problem. The Saints are still recovering from Drew Brees. And even then, they didn't prepare for that. They did it. Let's be honest here. They didn't have a succession plan with that. They did not. They did not, I will say it. The Buccaneers, they really didn't have one either that sort of crumbled after they won the Super Bowl and whatnot. Um, who else was in that division? I think the Panthers. Panthers are the Panthers. I could do a whole episode on the Panthers alone. Now, let's get to the Kansas City Chiefs, Super Bowl win Kansas City Chiefs. So they re-signed defensive end Chris Jones to a five-year, $158.7 million deal with a $30 million signing bonus, which averages around $31.7 million a year. Now, this is a great signing. However, this is gonna come at a cost because now you won't be able to retain luxurious need. Now, granted, the Chiefs did give him permission to talk to other teams, but it seems like contract talks between him and the Chiefs are stalled. And I wouldn't be surprised if teams are just playing the waiting game to see if the Chiefs are going to release him or maybe the asking price might get lowered. The Chiefs are in a very weird situation because aside from maybe the 49ers in the 80s, we haven't seen an offensive dynasty. The last dynasty that we saw, it was led by a defensive coach who always kept the defense up and the offense, he really didn't invest into it. And so now what you see is this offensive powerhouse in the Chiefs who they do have the best quarterback in the league right now in Patrick Mahomes, but at the same time, there's only three players, three core players that they're always gonna keep, Chris Jones, Travis Kelsey, Patrick Mahomes. Everyone else, you are expendable. And we have seen that. They literally had the most dangerous receiver in the league right now in Tyreek Hill. And they let him walk. They traded him. They traded him to the Dolphins simply because they couldn't pay him. They couldn't pay him, Travis Kelsey, and Patrick Mahomes and have them all on big deals because then that limits the team of doing anything. And so now what you see is a team that is basically gonna be full of players that are on one-year deals and rookies instead of sort of a balanced team. But at the same time, when you have a head coach like Andy Reid and you have a defensive coordinator like Spaggs and you have a beast of a quarterback in Patrick Mahomes, this is what happens. So congratulations to the Chiefs. Congratulations to Chris Jones getting the bag once again. And so let's go to the Cowboys. How about them Cowboys? How about them Cowboys? Cowboys, Cowboys, Cowboys. Doing it again. Ha, ha, ha, ha. Cowboys are messing up again, folks. And guess what? Guess how much cash base the Cowboys have? Take a wild guess. $7.7 million. They are in a hole. Better yet, they're not in a hole. They're in a pit. They are in the deepest pit you can possibly think of. And this is all because Jerry Jones decides to overpay for his players. Now granted, I understand the ideal, but doing it for some players that you probably shouldn't overpay for is a little bit ridiculous. It really is. And I say that because Dak Prescott, the Dak Prescott is making over $50 million a year and he has yet to go to an NFC Championship. I'm gonna say that again. Dak Prescott, quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys has not gone to an NFC Championship, but he is making $50 million, 50 plus million dollars a year. I'm sorry. If my quarterback is making 50 plus million a year, you have had to have gone to an NFC Championship or AFC Championship, whatever conference you're in, or better yet, you had to have made it to the Super Bowl at least twice, at least once. Okay, I'll give you a hall pass for it, but twice, okay, cool. That's perfectly fine. The Cowboys are in a situation where most likely they are gonna have to let a lot of their players just hit free agency. They, I'll probably check again. Players that are entering in their contract years for the Cowboys includes Dak Prescott, CeeDee Lamb, Zach Martin, Michael Parsons. I think Demarcus Law is, I mean, Demarcus Lawrence is also in that group as well. Now, granted, I understand that they probably wanna try to keep that core, but they can't. You just can't, I'm sorry. CeeDee Lamb is gonna want big money. He's probably gonna want to reset the market. Dak is probably gonna wanna reset the market. Michael Parsons, you already know, is going to want to reset the market. I don't care what website makes a prediction or do an estimate, whatever the case may be. A team is going to have to pay Michael Parsons top dollar money. He could easily probably get close to resetting the market. He may not do it, but there is a strong possibility that he can get close to it, simply because of what he brings on the field. You have a top five, top five, maybe top three guard in the league right now, and Zach Martin as well, who you're gonna have to pay as well. That's a lot of people. And it's different, it's not like baseball where they virtually don't have a cap and they can sign a player to a 10 year, $300 million deal and not lose an inch of sleep off of it. There's a cap space. So you have to manage all of these players' contracts under this amount of money. So now what you're seeing is the Cowboys are probably gonna have to hit a crossroads and they're probably gonna tell a lot of these players' agents, listen, we won't be able to have any conversations about contracts until after this season. We can't, we can't do it right now because we don't have any cap space. And I think that's probably the best option possible for all of those players, simply because you don't wanna sign a contract now and then you ball out and you have a crazier season than what you had the season before. And now you're looking at players who are less than you or not even on your level, get paid crazy money and now here you are, you're getting the end of the totem pole. That's not what you want. You wanna try to maximize as much money as you can get because again, the shelf life for football players, it's not that long. So when you have an opportunity to get the bag, get the bag, get the bag. If you could get the brings truck and the bags and the brings truck, get it, do it, whatever you have to do. Now, so far the Cowboys have been quiet in free agency. The only thing that they have done is sign a former Chargers and Vikings linebacker, Eric Kendricks. And the only reason why they did that is because of their new defensive coordinator, former head coach for the Vikings, Mike Zimmer. That's the only reason why. Listen folks, and I'm just gonna be completely honest here. When a team resets the market for multiple players, it's very hard for them to make some moves to try to address certain holes within that team. The Cowboys right now need middle linebackers. They need corners. They need safeties. They need players on that defensive line. They need a running back. They need a left tackle. They probably gonna need another quarterback. They're gonna need another receiver. I can continue just to go down the list of how many things that they need. They need a lot of things. And granted, they don't have a whole lot of draft picks and they don't have a whole lot of cap space. So someone's gonna have to go. Someone's probably gonna have to get traded and someone's probably not gonna get a deal. Now, as I put on my GM app right now, if it was me personally, I would probably see what the market would look like if you made CeeDee Lamb and Micah Parsons available for a trade. Because who knows, if you made them available for maybe about two or three months, I guarantee you there will be a team right now that will say, we'll give you two first round picks. We'll give you three first round picks. We'll give you a player. We'll give you this. We'll give you that. Just to get that off of your books because paying those type of players, it's gonna be hard. It's gonna be hard because Micah Parsons right now has been balling out since he's gotten into the league. He has been on a tear. He is one of the best young pass rushers right now. And you're gonna have to figure out how you're gonna do that. And listen, he's not gonna be talking about a little bit of money. He's gonna be talking about some big boy money because he's been making some big boy plays. Now, of course, Jerry Jones will figure it out because why? He's Jerry. Jerry is Jerry. Jerry always figures out these types of things. So there's that. Now, let's talk about the draft. Let's talk about the upcoming draft. So word has gone out and reports have also backed this up as well that the Giants have been doing their homework on North Carolina quarterback, Drake May, as well as Michigan quarterback, J.J. McCarthy. Now granted, you're probably wondering why are they doing so much extensive work on both of those quarterback prospects? Because they're trying to move off of Daniel Jones. Yes, they're trying to move off of Daniel Jones because they realized that they reached in paying for Daniel Jones all of that money in letting Saquon Barkley walk. I'm gonna say this once. I'm never gonna say this again. Always pay the player who has the most impact on the field. Always pay the player who always has the most impact on the field. If your quarterback is playing at a high level because of what the running back is doing, then you have to pay the running back. Simple as that. Now granted, if reports are coming out that you didn't even give Saquon Barkley an offer, that says a lot about you. It does. And granted, you don't have to give him the traditional style of contract. You could have gave him a three year, $52 million deal with a 20 some million dollar signing bonus so that the cap hit will be low. So then guess what? If by year two, you guys are sort of at odds and you guys just want a fresh start, then guess what? You can move off of it quick and won't think twice about it compared to if you have a four year. Granted, you can add more years, you can restructure, you can push it back, you can do whatever the case may be. But players now don't want the four year deal because guess what? They're not even going to see the full four years. They're not. By the third year, they're probably gonna get traded or cut. We've seen it. You look at history, look at any of these players. I'm talking about players that are Hall of Famers, I'm talking about players who are just average, who are mid, who got overpaid, whatever the case may be. They don't see the full term of their contract. And so now what you see is the Cowboys are now trying to rewrite their wrongs and they're gonna try to reset again. And I mean, again, this is the up team's time that they're doing it since Eli Manning has retired and try to see if they can get one of them. Now, this is just me as I put on my fake Mel Kiper wig and coat and glasses and whatnot. I personally feel like teams that are in the top five, close to top 10, they are going to trade down, especially teams like the Cardinals. And I say that because the Cardinals have a lot of needs. They have a lot of needs. And they know that these needs won't be able to get patched up in just this one draft. They know that. So what is the best thing for them to do? They're gonna have to probably trade down a few times simply because it's gonna take them at least two to three years for them to actually really build this team up. So if they trade down, they get more picks for next year. And they just keep on stacking up those picks, stacking up those picks, stacking up those picks. Even the Chargers, they have a lot of needs. So they're probably gonna trade down as well. And so those teams that are in the middle to later part of the draft, they're probably gonna trade up because they probably saw a prospect at a pro game. It's like, hmm, he might look good on offense. Hmm, he might look good in the defense. Hmm, that's a playmaker right there. That's a game changer right there. We have to get him. We see it all the time. And so what you're gonna see is a lot of those teams, they're gonna trade down or probably just trade out of the first round altogether, stack up their picks, probably draft a few things, and then just continue to go from there. Now, I have a hot take, and I'll probably make this a segment here. I feel like the Detroit Lions are gonna draft Nate Wiggins. And I say that because they have a pressing need for a corner right now with the whole situation with Cam Sun. I'm not gonna get into that. I'm just not gonna get into that. I feel like if they were to draft someone like a Nate Wiggins that would definitely address that need because here you have a lacy corner who has blazing speed. He ran a 4-2. 4-2. Was it a 4-2? It was either 4-2 or 4-3. He ran so hard that he pulled his, I think he pulled either his hamstring or his groin. He is a blazer. He has great courage, great player, can do it all. And I think he would do better with a team like the Lions who is a mixture of young and old. So he can learn, but at the same time, he can create chemistry with his teammates. That's one hot take right there. Also, my other hot take is I feel like, I truly do, but I'm gonna stand on this. I'm gonna pound on the table for this. I feel like a lot of the receivers that people are talking about are gonna fall. And I only say that because there are a lot of teams that need offensive linemen, a lot of teams. There's a lot of teams that need right tackles more than left tackles. And even then, the left tackle draft class isn't as strong as the right tackle draft class. You can still get a high quality right tackle in the second, third, maybe even in the fourth round. Left tackles, after that second round, you won't be, it just, the skill set and just skill all together just drops. And so that's what you're gonna see here. Even with quarterbacks, honestly, I think there's gonna be more teams that are gonna wanna take a swing on that second to third tier quarterbacks, the Michael Pratts, the Spencer Rattlers, the Joe Milton, Joe Milton is a beast, by the way. Who else, who else, who else, who else? I'm just having a brain fart right now. But you get the point. So I say all that to say this, I'm gonna close, because I don't want this episode to be too long for you guys. This draft is going to be a very memorable draft class. And I only say that because teams right now that have a lot of needs, they're now in limbo on, okay, do we draft somebody with a high pick that we have just for now, or do we try to figure out, okay, what are we gonna do? Maybe we just trade out and see if maybe somebody falls out the first and maybe falls right into our laps. Whatever the case may be, we'll see what happens. I can't wait. I'm gonna try to see if I can live stream the draft. I'm gonna try to. I'm gonna try to see if I can live stream the draft with some friends, give our reactions on some of the picks, and so on and so forth. But before I end this first episode, huge shout out, huge congratulations to one of the greatest defensive linemen of all time Aaron Donald. Huge shout out to Jason Kelsey and Fletcher Cox for retiring. Let's be honest here, folks. Jason Kelsey and Aaron Donald, they are Hall of Fame Mocs. First battle of Hall of Fame Mocs. They are getting in the Hall of Fame. Fletcher Cox, I don't know. I'm not really an Eagles fan. So all the Eagles fans that may be listening to this, they might be mad at me, but I don't know. I wanted Fletcher Cox to come to the Steelers. Different story for a different day. Thank you guys for listening to the first episode of the Football Junkies podcast. I love you guys. Thank you guys for listening to this. If you like what you were hearing, leave a five star, leave a comment. Ask me some questions. I'll answer the questions for you. This podcast will be on Apple Podcasts, and it will probably be on Spotify soon. Still trying to figure all that stuff out. Until then, I'm gonna continue to feed you guys the fix that we all love in football. And until then, you have a great day. Peace out.