July 15, 2020 • 30 mins
Doug argues Dak Prescott getting the franchise tag is actually a GOOD thing for the Cowboys QB. He talks to Daniel Jeremiah from the NFL Network about Titans RB Derrick Henry getting a long term contract from Tennessee right before the deadline. Plus, NBA veteran & analyst Jim Jackson joins the show to discuss the NBA bubble and which teams are true championship contenders.
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Less than one hour from right now fifty seven minutes
and change from right now. There is no negotiating, at
least during this window, a long term extension. Instead, you
end up getting a one year deal. You sign your
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franchise tender guaranteed that is the average of the top
five salaries at your position. And you've been you've been
told a lot of lies by the NFL p A.
They have filled you full of things which are just
blatantly not true. Oh, there aren't guaranteed are guaranteed contracts
in the NFL. That's not true. Contracts are guaranteed. How
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much and for how long they're guaranteed. That's up to negotiations. Well,
only the superstar players have been the league get those
sizeable guarantees, I guess, but rookie contracts, those first round
traffick contracts are all four years guaranteed deals, and the
fifth year option if picked up, that fifth year option
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is a huge spike in money and it brings you
up into the reasonable section sector. And that was fought for,
negotiated for because of the Sam Bradford deal, which was
fifty one million dollars up front for the number one
overall pick, and after that we haven't had it. And
by the way, sam Bradford steel was fifty one million
guaranteed to a guy that hadn't played it down, and
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NFL players said, that's too much money for rookie. Let's
get it spent on veteran players like a Dak Prescott,
which brings us to Dak, whom you're told cowboys are
doing wrong. Cowboys they only want a five year deal,
hundred million in guarantees, thirty three to thirty five a year.
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DAC wants a little bit more money and one less year,
and the Cowboys are like, nah, here's the franchise tag
which Dak has signed. And again you're told this is
somehow a negative for Dak Prescott. But is it? I mean,
is it really? Because if Dak Prescott can play, and
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Dak Prescott doesn't have some sort of debilitating injury, if
he does, he gets thirty one million dollars plus all
the money, and the number of Alex Smith injuries out
there are few and far between. If he plays his
cards right, franchise tag, franchise tag, free agent it, he'll
get even more money because in two years he'd be
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out essentially on the market unless he gets the France
transition tag, which is almost one and a half times
what a franchise ice tag is, and then again he'd
be a free agent. And when you're a free agent,
you sign a deal that has more guarantees in it.
Don't believe me. I give you Kirk Cousins, who lived
this exact same process with the Washington Redskins for two years,
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then signed a guaranteed three year contract with the Minnesota Vikings,
and then that three year contract was redone this last
off season for even more years. How has he done?
Does anybody think Kirk Cousins the best quarterback in the NFL?
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Would you say he's the second best or the third best,
of the fourth best of the fifth best? The answer
is No, he's a good quarterback, top fifteen quarterback. Shure.
I'm fine with that. He's made more cash than Aaron Rodgers,
Russell Wilson, Matt Ryan, Matt Stafford, Drew Brees actually made
more cash than anybody in the National Football League from
two thousand sixteen to two thousand twenty. Kirk Cousins cash
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whereas other contracts have money buried in it. You get
a bunch up front and then you get it paid
periodically to you. Not so with Kirk Cousin. Remember that's
with Aaron Rodgers new contract in the cash up front
he got last year. That's with Russell Wilson's new contract
and the cash up front front he received when he
signed it. Same with Matt Ryan, say with Matt Stafford,
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and Drew Brees has had two bit huge contracts with
with the New Orleans Saints. So so the miss, the
great misconception is that the franchise tag is all for
the teams. The only thing it does to the teams
is allow them to hold on to their star players.
But it makes them pay a guaranteed contract at or
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above anything anything they would really want to pay at.
So that's the reality of it. The reality of this
deal is that I believe that's where dark Prescott's dig
it as heals in and it does benefit the team somewhat.
They do get to stick with their quarterback, they don't
have to overinvest long term. It does hurt them against
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the cap. But if you're not absolutely positively convinced these
absolutely positively the guy or there isn't a salary structure
that you like, you sit there and going okay, well,
then let's just play this game again next year. It's
packing in, play it next year, packing in play it
next year. But we've you've been told for a long
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time as a fan, franchise tags bad thing for players,
good things for teams. You've been told contracts in the
NFL one sided for teams. Also not true. You've been
told there aren't guaranteed contracts in the NFL. That's not true.
There aren't fully guaranteed contracts. That's not true either. Rookie contracts,
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first round traft picks are fully guaranteed. And any contract
you have, regardless of sport you're negotiating, you're not forced
to sign it. And if you don't like the terms
of the deal, you can right back and if there's
a limitation to those terms. You know what, you gotta
probably take it up with your union. And if you
say the salary cap is a bad thing, you might
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be right, but you might actually want to research when
the NFL didn't have a salary cap, because the salary
cap and only provides a ceiling, it provides a floor.
And when there was no floor, most NFL teams didn't
spend any money because there's plenty of guys on the
street that are hungry, that would love to come in
and play in the NFL, and you don't have to
pay anybody anything, especially if you know, hey, we're not
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gonna be good that good this year. That's what happens
in Major League Baseball. Many talks about baseball. Look at
these baseball contracts, look at how huge they are. Yeah,
but also there's a good number of teams, more so
than the NBA, that aren't competitive and don't try and
beat competitive salary wise, and they get rid of anybody
with a good with the big salary. You can't do
that in the NFL. You can't do that in the NBA.
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Salary caps do have a value even to the players
and the teams maybe just not the very top of
the top, top line guys, and those eyes you don't
actually have to worry about because they're making more money
than they can actually spend. If Dak Prescott doesn't sign
a long term deal in fifty one minutes, he could
easily go to Kirk Cousins route make thirty one this year,
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probably thirty thirty four next year. Even if the salary
cap goes down, the average of those top five salaries
has always already taken in. Be sure to catch the
live edition of The Doug gott Leap Show weekdays at
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the I Heart Radio Whap Doug Gottlip Show here on
Fox Sports Radio. Daniel Jeremiah joins us um. He first
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he has moved the six podcast analysts for the NFL
Network and the color analysts for the l A Chargers.
Uh didn't. Melvin Gordon turned down a contract similar to
what Derrick Henry just signed last year. Yeah, I don't
remember if it was, if it was ten or eleven
um somewhere on them. Maybe a little bit less than
what this is, but maybe it's similar overall guarantee for
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some reason that that sounds that sounds about right. It
has to go back and look it up, but I
think in hindsight, obviously he should have side that one.
And this is I think a pretty good deal for
Derrick Henry. I think it's pretty good deal for Derrick Henry.
They might have slightly overpaid, but I think considering how
much they used him and will use him, I don't
think it's crazy too to give him another year. He
hasn't been hurt um and you know, like, look, if
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you're gonna give a guy the ball three hundred times
in the season, he's he's got to think, you know,
he's got to think that he's got some financial security.
That's what it gives him. It's it's overpaying considering it's
running back, but there aren't any there a few human
beings like him on Earth. I don't think it's massively overpaying. Yeah,
and I think it's still basically you've got the two
year commitment, you know, when you when you break it
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down with the two years, and so the money is
not outrageous and it's really can you know, really be
a two year deal? And I think sometimes you know,
we all know the numbers in the history of paying
running backs has not ended well. And I've been that
train of advocating not you know, extending yourself too far
out on second contracts with running backs. But there is
also the personal dynamic of this guy kind of put
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the team on his back and got you into the postseason.
And I think, you know, maybe they had to pay
overpay a little bit here, but it's a short term
commitment and I think this deal uh will play well
in the locker room. And I think that's one area
that I think people don't necessarily understand unless you've been
in those buildings. But having somebody that's happy and that's
been taken care of, I think that does send a
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good message to your team. What about the Miles Grett's contract, Well,
I I tweeted out the other day which is amazing
to me on some of the reading comprehension or lack
thereof on Twitter, which was he is the most talented
edge dresser in the NFL. I'm not saying he's the
he's the best, the most productive, the most consistent. He's
the most talented and when he's dialed in, he can
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do things that nobody else can do with his combination
of his ability with speed and his ability to bend
the corner as well as have the power, you know,
the ideal size and length. He checked every box, so
you know, seeing the numbers that they came in on him, um,
you know, I thought that was that's the going rate,
you know, and he was getting you know, he was
gonna blow past everybody else. And Uh, the crazy thing
with that dude is, I think he's got a chance
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to be even better than what we've seen. Uh, he's
the most talented guy at that position. In the NFL
Doug Alive Show here on Fox Sports Radio, Dwyane Wade's
gonna play in the franchise? Tag um did did Dallas
make a mistake not thinking him to a longer term,
longer term but shorter than they want to deal? Four years? Yeah?
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You know, this is one of those things where I'm
I just they've had so many opportunities to get this
thing done with Doc and they just haven't done it.
And I don't particularly understand it. Where wherever you come
down on Doc, whatever you think, you know, maybe he's
a little bit some people think he's a little overrated,
some people are loving him. I just look at a
guy who I think is a playoff caliber quarterback who's
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got a chance, with the right pieces around him, to
have a lot of success. And he's been successful. And
you look at a couple of things. Number One, they
could have got this done cheaper a long time ago.
It's only going to go up. And if you if you,
you know, look at kind of the gap between Troy
Aikman and Tony Romo. This is an organization that's spent
many years trying to find that next guy, UM, and
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now they've got a guy who you can win with.
And I don't know who the next guy is, UM
that they're so confident that they won't do a deal
whatever number they did right now, Doug, a year from now,
after after Watson and all these other numbers come in,
it's not going to be a bad deal. So uh
that to me, I didn't understand how this thing did
not get done with with the Cowboy. How How does
the salary cap, which is likely to go down, affect
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these the next year. I don't think it will go down.
Just in terms of talking to some people, you know,
on the player's side, as well as talking to two
g ms, I get the expectation that, Okay, we're gonna
get a new TV deal. It's going to come in,
which is gonna be massive um. And I think we
will see they will take some money from future years
and they will kind of instead of having that steep increase,
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it will be more of a gradual increase. I I
personally don't think we're gonna see the salary cap go down.
Did you like the Chris Jones deal? He's another one
where again I tweeted out like that's the hat tip
to Patrick Mahomes who could have really took in the
Chiefs uh and took them to the cleaners on that deal,
which that he did not do um and left them
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some flexibility in future years to get Chris Jones done.
But when I look at building this Chiefs roster going
forward around Patrick Mahomes, I think you start with the quarterback.
Now you get pass rushers, um, and then you're gonna
work on the offensive line. I think you're gonna see
some of the weapons on the outside. Some of those
guys are gonna walk away in time. You're gonna see
the running back kind of be a revolving door. You're
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gonna see other positions on defense. They're gonna have to
win with draft picks and let free agents walk. But
the quarterback right after the quarterback, I'm invested in the
pass rush. So uh, he's he's a he's a big time,
big time player. So I thought that was a smart move. Yeah,
you kind of talked about this, right, I mean, we
talked about this last weekly. You said, look to the
new NFL, if you signed you sign a contract to
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a quarterback, you're gonna have to pay money for your
pass rushers. They now have to that are highly paid.
He and Frank Clark, right, and then you know you
gotta pay spend the mess rest of your money on
offensive line, and then you gotta hit in the draft.
You know, you can draft running back, just don't sign
them to a second contract. Obviously Titans violated that. But
um that that that's generally the plane, correct. Yeah, that's
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that's to me, that's the workable plan. And I think you,
you know, continue to invest in the offensive line more
so than the receivers and some of the other positions
around you. You You know, you've got a premier weapon like
a Kelsey, You're gonna try and invest him at a
Tyreek kill. But guys like Sammy Watkins and Nicole Hardman,
these other guys as they go through. Um, you're gonna
have to start letting some of those guys walk and
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you're gonna have to replace them with cheap rookies. Um,
that to me is where you look at because I
need the offensive line to keep my quarterback upright, and
I need my quarterback to make everybody at the skill
positions better than they are. And I think that's the
formula would incorporate. Doug gott leaves oh here on Fox
Sports Radio, Daniel Jeremiah is our guest. Of course, DJ
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has to Move the Sticks podcast along with Bucky Brooks.
You can see him on the NFL network. You can
hear him calling Chargers games. Um, it's interesting as we've
seen some of this Cam Newton stuff evolve, you think, okay,
well maybe they could run some of the zone read
and read option things that that uh that of course
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Lamar Jackson has used in Baltimore. Um, they did do
some kind of clever stuff when Jacoby Brissette was the
short term starter before Tom Brady came back from from suspension.
What what do you think that Cam Newton is the guy?
How do you think they use him? I think you're
gonna turn around a hand theball off a lot. Let's happened.
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I think you're gonna run the ball and play defense,
and they're gonna ask him, you know that, they'll they'll
spread things out and let him run a little bit.
I think you will see some some quarterback power and
some zone read stuff with him. But you know, I
think it's the past attempts are gonna be way down
for the Patriots. I think they're gonna play that totally
different brand of football. I don't think it's gonna be
a high flying, you know, only throwing at four times
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a game. Um, it's gonna be watching Patriot games, you
won't get to your second course of your meal because
it's gonna be over quick. It's those shortened games, right
like Baltimore. That's one of the things that Baltimore is
able to shorten the game. Um, after Josh McDaniels got fired,
That's what what the Broncos did with Tim Tebow as well, right,
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Shorten that game, played your defense and to your kicking game.
This is the Doug Allip Show here on Fox Sports Tradio.
Most curious decision Now now that the franchise tags are done.
The most curious decision that you can think of, Well,
that's an interesting one. Um. The it was a safety
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that I saw today, right the Chris Harris or the
safety from the Vikings that had been potentially being traded
to the Aliant. That one took me for a loop. Um,
what the Giants being in on that was just kind
of odd for where they are. And that was which
leads me to the note. You know, that was curious.
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But the most curious is what the Lions or what
the what the Giants did in trading for Leonard Williams
and during a losing season so they would have the
right to franchise him and pay m I think it's
sixteen million. I think it's what the franchise number is
for the Giant. He is the highest paid player on
their team and he hasn't been a very good player
like he this was. It was a no show with
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the Jets last year. It just just blends into the scenery.
So to to make that investment in him, you know,
trading a third round pick to get him for the
last half of the season, which you're not going anywhere,
and then not get a deal done with him and
franchise him at that number. That just made absolutely no
sense to me. Why do you think that happened? I
think he's Yeah. I think sometimes you look at where
a player was picked and you stick to your college
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graves on them, and you end up viewing him through
that light. Leonard Williams I thought he was, you know what,
the first or second best player in that draft class
coming out. He hasn't lived up to that. He has
not been that dominant player. But sometimes I think teams
can go back to that evaluation and they view him
in that light. But he had not put on the
NFL field. Uh, what would require a team to pay
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him what he's making for the Giants and also to
have traded a third round pick for him. It's the
whole Thing's curious to me. The whole thing is curious.
Daniel Jeremiah DJ great stuff as always, man, enjoy your
summer day, and thanks for being our guest on Fox
Sports Radio. Thanks. Be sure to catch the live edition
of The Doug gott Leap Show weekdays at three p m.
Easter noon Pacific. Jim Jackson joins us. Of course, played
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in the league for twelve years a bunch of different teams.
Former lottery pick, all around good guy. You see him
on NBA TV and on on T n T of
course as well on Fox Sports one. Would you call
would you call the hotline on another guy? No, We'll
trying to get into I would try to get in
touch with that guy first of all. Then like what
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are you doing? You're jeopardize and everything that's going on. Um,
that's just is me. Yeah, no, no, no, I I yeah,
you are jeopresizing everything's going on. But you know, do
you want him to know it's you? Because like what
if the guys like, dude, I'm gonna do what I
want to do. Just don't worry about buying your own
business now. I want them to know it's me because
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if he does it the next time, then I have
I've already broched it with him and have he has
understanding where it's coming from. I'd rather him know that
I'm coming to him ahead of time. Like, look, bro,
you can't be doing that now. If you do it
next time, I'm gonna have to do something about it.
But that's just I want them to know it's coming
from me. I got you how how much you affect
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on the Lakers not having Rondo and Avery Bradley. Well,
I think here's the thing where you have a championship
experience with Rondo. Of course you know that, Doug, and
that's very important once you start to get deep into
play offs. It's a body that understands time and score,
understands how to play baby that as good defensively as
he once was, but still can facilitate. I think Abe Bradley.
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People look at Avery Bradley and say, well, he's okay offensively,
but what he does he's able to play defense against
guys that are a little bit bigger, faster, stronger because
he's kind of been there and done that before. And
those are guys that when you're trying to win a championship,
those small pieces that you kind of overlook at times,
those are the big pieces sometimes that come into play
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late in the fourth quarter when you need a defensive stop,
when you need a big shot to be knocked down
and you don't have that body there. So numbers wise,
it may say when Avery Bradley doesn't bring a lot
to the table, but you gotta dig a little bit
deeper than that. When you're talking about how championship teams
are formed and Ultimately, why complete championship teams win is
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not always a superstar? Uh. Jim Jackson joining us here
on the Doug Gotlip Show on Fox Sports Radio, I
just like, look, they were playing great basketball. You lose Rondo.
I'm not sure that's the worst thing in the world.
But Rondo and Avery Bradley, what are your expectations? You
got Dion Waiters and j R. Smith Jr. Hadn't played
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in the league in like two years, but he is professional,
he knows what he's supposed to do, and he's he
has and played pretty well in some big moments. And
then you got Dion Waiters, who, like he thinks he's
a walking bucket some of that confidence you need. How
did they fit in with what the Lakers have? Well,
let me back up, I think this is a great
opportunity for Alex Caruso to kind of step in and
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play a huge role. Okay, because of one Athletically, we
know you gifted put to the ability for him and
not down shots and keep the floor spread. I think
gives Lebron and also a d more room. I really
don't know yet what to think about the j R.
Dion Waiters situation because of one Jr. Has been out.
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I've been there in a situation, not a whole year,
but come in late during my free agent years before.
Trying to fit into a situation is tough. Okay, Offensively,
he got a big body. How much offense he adds
will see the same thing with Dion Waiters. He has
to skew back his thought process because maybe on the
second unit he can give you a little bit more
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of that scorn punch because when he's been on, he's
been able to play well, but his mind has to
be right. So it's still kind of up in there.
I think we'll get a preview, go Doug during these
eight games on how they intend to use those two
players that we just talked about. I think when they
move forward in the playoffs. Jim Jackson our guest here
on the Doug Gotlip Show on Fox Sports Radio. Uh okay,
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So with with all that said, and look, we just
have so we have no idea at all how players
play when there's no home court advantage, no road advantage.
We don't know after the layoff in your mind, who's
the favorite in the West, the Clippers of the Lakers.
I like the Clippers, and and for this reason because
they're healthy. The Doc Rivers is at the helm. It's
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a deep team, okay, you you added Reggie Jackson to
that aspect to it too. Um their deep so they
can sustain I think a lot more than a lot
of other teams in the West if maybe one or
even two of their guys are off. If you look
at the Lakers, let's say a d is not having
a good night and Lebron is okay, who else are
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you going to be able to put the ball in
their hand to be able to do something offensively? That's
gonna be the challenge with the Lakers. They're gonna have
to be so good, especially if they play against the
Clippers defensively, to offset some of their offensive wolves or
droughts that they may go in. The Clippers, on the
other hand, you have multiple people that you can put
the ball in their hands. And not only can they
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make baskets, Doug and you understand this, they can make
plays for different people. And I think that is something
that will separate the Clippers. Now, can they bring it
all together? Can they finally get that chemistry they've been
looking for. We'll see, But on paper, the depth and
I think the ability for them to have multiple guys
put the ball in the basket, give them, I think
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the advantage. How confident are you that will the nba'll
see this thing all the way through? Well, you know,
I hope they do. I'm going down. I'll be in
the bubble for the first round of the playoffs. Okay,
so I get down in August. For me, I think
Adam Silver is intelligent enough to know, and also the
guys from the m v P A and UM that
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they knew that guys were gonna get tested and some
were gonna be positive. But I do think they were
an agreement that this show must go on depending on
what the outcome of those tests are. Meaning if it's multiple,
multiple multiple people, that's one thing, but if it's a
few isolated into its incidences during the play I think
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the show goes on, and it's very important that they
take every precaution necessary in order to complete the seat.
Jim Jackson joining us in the Doug Outlip Show on
Fox Sports Radio. UM, I'm looking at the Bucks and
they're clearly the favorite in the East. Do you believe
some of these guys are saying I didn't touch a
ball for three months? For four months, Like, do you
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believe those guys? No, No, it's it's hard. I mean
you can figure out if you, Doug, you play your
ball player, you figure out way you could get your
repts up. I don't give you find a little part.
I don't care what you do. You you figure out ways,
especially as a professional. You would hope that you take
that serious enough that you check yourself from what's happening
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with the pandemic of course, but also there's always ways
that as a player when you were younger, thinking your
mind up, all the ways you treated opportunities to go
play the game, even isolated by yourself, just to entertain yourself,
let alone, let it be a job. So maybe guys
put the ball down for a minute. But I do
believe guys still we're able to get in and get
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some work in, you know, post when the facilities opened
back up. Jim Jackson joining us on The dug Otlip
Show on Fox Sports Radio. What what would be the
big biggest challenge to you, Like, you know, would it
be would it be stay in the same place, in
the same hotel for three months? You know? Would it
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be being around your teammates too much? Would be playing
in front of no fans would be the layoff? Like
for you, a guy who has played in the league
and played in the playoffs, what what what do you
think the biggest challengevid you? The biggest challenge would be
to for me would be the mental part of stand
focused and isolated situation, because players are gonna adjust to
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not having fans in the stand. Players are gonna adjust
to the arena atmosphere not being the typical arena, not
having home court. They do that the court is still
ninety four ft. The remors tenages are okay, defeat high,
but the to me, it's the team that when things
are not going well, when you're a little homesick, when
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you're tired to eat the same food, when the bed
doesn't feel the same, when you know it's mundane. The
team that can power through that mentally has the advantage. Yes,
talent is gonna be one thing. Does a lot of talent,
but that talent can be derailed if the mental aspect
of what they're going through affects them on the court.
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And that's what I'm looking at, And that's when a
leader like a Lebron James or having a coach like
a doc rivers. It's so important through those dog days
of when it becomes mundane. That's what I'm looking at. Yeah, no,
I'm I'm I'm with you. Do you see Drew Holidays
donating all his money, all his game checks UH to
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two black black owned businesses and to UH to other
things to help the community. It's awesome, man. He comes
from a great, friendly family though, so I'm not surprising quietly.
You know, a lot of guys Douggie in the in
the league and professional sports do a lot of things
that sometimes don't get recognized, and this one happens to
be recognized. But I know Drew has been doing a
lot of stuff behind the scenes even before all of
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this stuff happened, and it's great to see him get
some recognition. But I know for him, he probably wanted
to keep it under wraps a little bit more. But
a lot of guys do it and and and you know,
I can just take my hat off to a young
man to to to figure out one thing. You hear
a lot of people complaining about the bubble or this
and that, but we're all blessed to be able to
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still have jobs and careers where some people out there
as we know, Dougie won't recover from this, so any
help that you can get, you can do. And that
just says a lot about his character in the way
he was brought up, no question. Unbelievable family, three kids
in the NBA, but all of them like if you
if you know the holidays, like, man, those are really
really good, good solid, well rounded people. Jim Jackson our guests. Okay,
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so when you get there, you have to quarantine for
two or four days, uh wanting for the forty eight
hours when the tests come back. Well, it depends on
how long it takes the test to come back. So
when I get in, I'll get in on the fourteenth
and immediately take the test. So if I can get
within you know, forty eight hours, and I'm good, you know,
to be able to call my first game on the seventeen.
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There's a there's a no drinking policy on like fishing
expeditions and some is there no cigar policy? What no, bro,
it's it's listen, that comes from the earth. Okay, we
have no problem with tobacco items right there on campus.
And I'm also taking my golf club too, so I'll
have some activity. But you know what. Honestly though, I'm
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kind of looking forward to it does because this is
something from a history perspective that I can tell people
that I was a part of. We don't know how
it's gonna unfold, okay, But to be able to have
that experience, whatever it is, okay, that's just another notch
on my building regards to life experience and a lot
different to what other people had answer experience. I'm actually
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looking forward to it. I've I've played two rounds in
the last week, so I once you know I'm coming
for you. I'm not giving I'm not giving you strokes though,
brot strokes. So I don't want to hear it. You're athlete,
you make adjustment. No, no, no, no, I'm not. I'm
not I'm not ready. I'm not ready to have any
money money uh uh? Taking taking off my hands. Last thing?
(29:25):
You are like Mr Ohio right, your two time Mr Basketball?
You know everybody? What about college football? What's your level
of confidence? We have a season. I have a high
level just because I was just back at home in
Ohio and talking to some officials back at Ohio State,
even Urban Meyer. You know what they're doing looking at
just playing conference games. Now they may start a little
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bit later. Do they expand that because as you know
that you don't play everybody in the conference typically during
the Big Ten season, but in order to make up
some games, just maybe one of those situations where you
look at maybe doing a round robin. I'm not for
sure yet, but it looks as though that's the pattern.
That's what's going to take place, and maybe other you know,
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the power of five schools take a look at that
format and and and piggyback that. Jimmy, listen, say fables
to the bubble. Look forward to catching up with you,
and maybe I'll let you take some money off me
on the golf course very soon. A couple of dollars, brother,
that's all. That's not a couple of dollars. You need,
you need, You needed to pay for those expensive cigars.
That's that's really what I look at. This is still
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an entertainment expense for Jim. Jim, Jim Jackson, Thanks Jimmy,
all right, brother,
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Less than one hour from right now fifty seven minutes
and change from right now. There is no negotiating, at
least during this window, a long term extension. Instead, you
end up getting a one year deal. You sign your
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franchise tender guaranteed that is the average of the top
five salaries at your position. And you've been you've been
told a lot of lies by the NFL p A.
They have filled you full of things which are just
blatantly not true. Oh, there aren't guaranteed are guaranteed contracts
in the NFL. That's not true. Contracts are guaranteed. How
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much and for how long they're guaranteed. That's up to negotiations. Well,
only the superstar players have been the league get those
sizeable guarantees, I guess, but rookie contracts, those first round
traffick contracts are all four years guaranteed deals, and the
fifth year option if picked up, that fifth year option
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is a huge spike in money and it brings you
up into the reasonable section sector. And that was fought for,
negotiated for because of the Sam Bradford deal, which was
fifty one million dollars up front for the number one
overall pick, and after that we haven't had it. And
by the way, sam Bradford steel was fifty one million
guaranteed to a guy that hadn't played it down, and
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NFL players said, that's too much money for rookie. Let's
get it spent on veteran players like a Dak Prescott,
which brings us to Dak, whom you're told cowboys are
doing wrong. Cowboys they only want a five year deal,
hundred million in guarantees, thirty three to thirty five a year.
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DAC wants a little bit more money and one less year,
and the Cowboys are like, nah, here's the franchise tag
which Dak has signed. And again you're told this is
somehow a negative for Dak Prescott. But is it? I mean,
is it really? Because if Dak Prescott can play, and
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Dak Prescott doesn't have some sort of debilitating injury, if
he does, he gets thirty one million dollars plus all
the money, and the number of Alex Smith injuries out
there are few and far between. If he plays his
cards right, franchise tag, franchise tag, free agent it, he'll
get even more money because in two years he'd be
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out essentially on the market unless he gets the France
transition tag, which is almost one and a half times
what a franchise ice tag is, and then again he'd
be a free agent. And when you're a free agent,
you sign a deal that has more guarantees in it.
Don't believe me. I give you Kirk Cousins, who lived
this exact same process with the Washington Redskins for two years,
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then signed a guaranteed three year contract with the Minnesota Vikings,
and then that three year contract was redone this last
off season for even more years. How has he done?
Does anybody think Kirk Cousins the best quarterback in the NFL?
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Would you say he's the second best or the third best,
of the fourth best of the fifth best? The answer
is No, he's a good quarterback, top fifteen quarterback. Shure.
I'm fine with that. He's made more cash than Aaron Rodgers,
Russell Wilson, Matt Ryan, Matt Stafford, Drew Brees actually made
more cash than anybody in the National Football League from
two thousand sixteen to two thousand twenty. Kirk Cousins cash
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whereas other contracts have money buried in it. You get
a bunch up front and then you get it paid
periodically to you. Not so with Kirk Cousin. Remember that's
with Aaron Rodgers new contract in the cash up front
he got last year. That's with Russell Wilson's new contract
and the cash up front front he received when he
signed it. Same with Matt Ryan, say with Matt Stafford,
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and Drew Brees has had two bit huge contracts with
with the New Orleans Saints. So so the miss, the
great misconception is that the franchise tag is all for
the teams. The only thing it does to the teams
is allow them to hold on to their star players.
But it makes them pay a guaranteed contract at or
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above anything anything they would really want to pay at.
So that's the reality of it. The reality of this
deal is that I believe that's where dark Prescott's dig
it as heals in and it does benefit the team somewhat.
They do get to stick with their quarterback, they don't
have to overinvest long term. It does hurt them against
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the cap. But if you're not absolutely positively convinced these
absolutely positively the guy or there isn't a salary structure
that you like, you sit there and going okay, well,
then let's just play this game again next year. It's
packing in, play it next year, packing in play it
next year. But we've you've been told for a long
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time as a fan, franchise tags bad thing for players,
good things for teams. You've been told contracts in the
NFL one sided for teams. Also not true. You've been
told there aren't guaranteed contracts in the NFL. That's not true.
There aren't fully guaranteed contracts. That's not true either. Rookie contracts,
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first round traft picks are fully guaranteed. And any contract
you have, regardless of sport you're negotiating, you're not forced
to sign it. And if you don't like the terms
of the deal, you can right back and if there's
a limitation to those terms. You know what, you gotta
probably take it up with your union. And if you
say the salary cap is a bad thing, you might
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be right, but you might actually want to research when
the NFL didn't have a salary cap, because the salary
cap and only provides a ceiling, it provides a floor.
And when there was no floor, most NFL teams didn't
spend any money because there's plenty of guys on the
street that are hungry, that would love to come in
and play in the NFL, and you don't have to
pay anybody anything, especially if you know, hey, we're not
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gonna be good that good this year. That's what happens
in Major League Baseball. Many talks about baseball. Look at
these baseball contracts, look at how huge they are. Yeah,
but also there's a good number of teams, more so
than the NBA, that aren't competitive and don't try and
beat competitive salary wise, and they get rid of anybody
with a good with the big salary. You can't do
that in the NFL. You can't do that in the NBA.
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Salary caps do have a value even to the players
and the teams maybe just not the very top of
the top, top line guys, and those eyes you don't
actually have to worry about because they're making more money
than they can actually spend. If Dak Prescott doesn't sign
a long term deal in fifty one minutes, he could
easily go to Kirk Cousins route make thirty one this year,
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probably thirty thirty four next year. Even if the salary
cap goes down, the average of those top five salaries
has always already taken in. Be sure to catch the
live edition of The Doug gott Leap Show weekdays at
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the I Heart Radio Whap Doug Gottlip Show here on
Fox Sports Radio. Daniel Jeremiah joins us um. He first
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he has moved the six podcast analysts for the NFL
Network and the color analysts for the l A Chargers.
Uh didn't. Melvin Gordon turned down a contract similar to
what Derrick Henry just signed last year. Yeah, I don't
remember if it was, if it was ten or eleven
um somewhere on them. Maybe a little bit less than
what this is, but maybe it's similar overall guarantee for
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some reason that that sounds that sounds about right. It
has to go back and look it up, but I
think in hindsight, obviously he should have side that one.
And this is I think a pretty good deal for
Derrick Henry. I think it's pretty good deal for Derrick Henry.
They might have slightly overpaid, but I think considering how
much they used him and will use him, I don't
think it's crazy too to give him another year. He
hasn't been hurt um and you know, like, look, if
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you're gonna give a guy the ball three hundred times
in the season, he's he's got to think, you know,
he's got to think that he's got some financial security.
That's what it gives him. It's it's overpaying considering it's
running back, but there aren't any there a few human
beings like him on Earth. I don't think it's massively overpaying. Yeah,
and I think it's still basically you've got the two
year commitment, you know, when you when you break it
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down with the two years, and so the money is
not outrageous and it's really can you know, really be
a two year deal? And I think sometimes you know,
we all know the numbers in the history of paying
running backs has not ended well. And I've been that
train of advocating not you know, extending yourself too far
out on second contracts with running backs. But there is
also the personal dynamic of this guy kind of put
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the team on his back and got you into the postseason.
And I think, you know, maybe they had to pay
overpay a little bit here, but it's a short term
commitment and I think this deal uh will play well
in the locker room. And I think that's one area
that I think people don't necessarily understand unless you've been
in those buildings. But having somebody that's happy and that's
been taken care of, I think that does send a
(09:29):
good message to your team. What about the Miles Grett's contract, Well,
I I tweeted out the other day which is amazing
to me on some of the reading comprehension or lack
thereof on Twitter, which was he is the most talented
edge dresser in the NFL. I'm not saying he's the
he's the best, the most productive, the most consistent. He's
the most talented and when he's dialed in, he can
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do things that nobody else can do with his combination
of his ability with speed and his ability to bend
the corner as well as have the power, you know,
the ideal size and length. He checked every box, so
you know, seeing the numbers that they came in on him, um,
you know, I thought that was that's the going rate,
you know, and he was getting you know, he was
gonna blow past everybody else. And Uh, the crazy thing
with that dude is, I think he's got a chance
(10:12):
to be even better than what we've seen. Uh, he's
the most talented guy at that position. In the NFL
Doug Alive Show here on Fox Sports Radio, Dwyane Wade's
gonna play in the franchise? Tag um did did Dallas
make a mistake not thinking him to a longer term,
longer term but shorter than they want to deal? Four years? Yeah?
(10:34):
You know, this is one of those things where I'm
I just they've had so many opportunities to get this
thing done with Doc and they just haven't done it.
And I don't particularly understand it. Where wherever you come
down on Doc, whatever you think, you know, maybe he's
a little bit some people think he's a little overrated,
some people are loving him. I just look at a
guy who I think is a playoff caliber quarterback who's
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got a chance, with the right pieces around him, to
have a lot of success. And he's been successful. And
you look at a couple of things. Number One, they
could have got this done cheaper a long time ago.
It's only going to go up. And if you if you,
you know, look at kind of the gap between Troy
Aikman and Tony Romo. This is an organization that's spent
many years trying to find that next guy, UM, and
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now they've got a guy who you can win with.
And I don't know who the next guy is, UM
that they're so confident that they won't do a deal
whatever number they did right now, Doug, a year from now,
after after Watson and all these other numbers come in,
it's not going to be a bad deal. So uh
that to me, I didn't understand how this thing did
not get done with with the Cowboy. How How does
the salary cap, which is likely to go down, affect
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these the next year. I don't think it will go down.
Just in terms of talking to some people, you know,
on the player's side, as well as talking to two
g ms, I get the expectation that, Okay, we're gonna
get a new TV deal. It's going to come in,
which is gonna be massive um. And I think we
will see they will take some money from future years
and they will kind of instead of having that steep increase,
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it will be more of a gradual increase. I I
personally don't think we're gonna see the salary cap go down.
Did you like the Chris Jones deal? He's another one
where again I tweeted out like that's the hat tip
to Patrick Mahomes who could have really took in the
Chiefs uh and took them to the cleaners on that deal,
which that he did not do um and left them
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some flexibility in future years to get Chris Jones done.
But when I look at building this Chiefs roster going
forward around Patrick Mahomes, I think you start with the quarterback.
Now you get pass rushers, um, and then you're gonna
work on the offensive line. I think you're gonna see
some of the weapons on the outside. Some of those
guys are gonna walk away in time. You're gonna see
the running back kind of be a revolving door. You're
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gonna see other positions on defense. They're gonna have to
win with draft picks and let free agents walk. But
the quarterback right after the quarterback, I'm invested in the
pass rush. So uh, he's he's a he's a big time,
big time player. So I thought that was a smart move. Yeah,
you kind of talked about this, right, I mean, we
talked about this last weekly. You said, look to the
new NFL, if you signed you sign a contract to
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a quarterback, you're gonna have to pay money for your
pass rushers. They now have to that are highly paid.
He and Frank Clark, right, and then you know you
gotta pay spend the mess rest of your money on
offensive line, and then you gotta hit in the draft.
You know, you can draft running back, just don't sign
them to a second contract. Obviously Titans violated that. But
um that that that's generally the plane, correct. Yeah, that's
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that's to me, that's the workable plan. And I think you,
you know, continue to invest in the offensive line more
so than the receivers and some of the other positions
around you. You You know, you've got a premier weapon like
a Kelsey, You're gonna try and invest him at a
Tyreek kill. But guys like Sammy Watkins and Nicole Hardman,
these other guys as they go through. Um, you're gonna
have to start letting some of those guys walk and
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you're gonna have to replace them with cheap rookies. Um,
that to me is where you look at because I
need the offensive line to keep my quarterback upright, and
I need my quarterback to make everybody at the skill
positions better than they are. And I think that's the
formula would incorporate. Doug gott leaves oh here on Fox
Sports Radio, Daniel Jeremiah is our guest. Of course, DJ
(14:05):
has to Move the Sticks podcast along with Bucky Brooks.
You can see him on the NFL network. You can
hear him calling Chargers games. Um, it's interesting as we've
seen some of this Cam Newton stuff evolve, you think, okay,
well maybe they could run some of the zone read
and read option things that that uh that of course
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Lamar Jackson has used in Baltimore. Um, they did do
some kind of clever stuff when Jacoby Brissette was the
short term starter before Tom Brady came back from from suspension.
What what do you think that Cam Newton is the guy?
How do you think they use him? I think you're
gonna turn around a hand theball off a lot. Let's happened.
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I think you're gonna run the ball and play defense,
and they're gonna ask him, you know that, they'll they'll
spread things out and let him run a little bit.
I think you will see some some quarterback power and
some zone read stuff with him. But you know, I
think it's the past attempts are gonna be way down
for the Patriots. I think they're gonna play that totally
different brand of football. I don't think it's gonna be
a high flying, you know, only throwing at four times
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a game. Um, it's gonna be watching Patriot games, you
won't get to your second course of your meal because
it's gonna be over quick. It's those shortened games, right
like Baltimore. That's one of the things that Baltimore is
able to shorten the game. Um, after Josh McDaniels got fired,
That's what what the Broncos did with Tim Tebow as well, right,
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Shorten that game, played your defense and to your kicking game.
This is the Doug Allip Show here on Fox Sports Tradio.
Most curious decision Now now that the franchise tags are done.
The most curious decision that you can think of, Well,
that's an interesting one. Um. The it was a safety
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that I saw today, right the Chris Harris or the
safety from the Vikings that had been potentially being traded
to the Aliant. That one took me for a loop. Um,
what the Giants being in on that was just kind
of odd for where they are. And that was which
leads me to the note. You know, that was curious.
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But the most curious is what the Lions or what
the what the Giants did in trading for Leonard Williams
and during a losing season so they would have the
right to franchise him and pay m I think it's
sixteen million. I think it's what the franchise number is
for the Giant. He is the highest paid player on
their team and he hasn't been a very good player
like he this was. It was a no show with
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the Jets last year. It just just blends into the scenery.
So to to make that investment in him, you know,
trading a third round pick to get him for the
last half of the season, which you're not going anywhere,
and then not get a deal done with him and
franchise him at that number. That just made absolutely no
sense to me. Why do you think that happened? I
think he's Yeah. I think sometimes you look at where
a player was picked and you stick to your college
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graves on them, and you end up viewing him through
that light. Leonard Williams I thought he was, you know what,
the first or second best player in that draft class
coming out. He hasn't lived up to that. He has
not been that dominant player. But sometimes I think teams
can go back to that evaluation and they view him
in that light. But he had not put on the
NFL field. Uh, what would require a team to pay
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him what he's making for the Giants and also to
have traded a third round pick for him. It's the
whole Thing's curious to me. The whole thing is curious.
Daniel Jeremiah DJ great stuff as always, man, enjoy your
summer day, and thanks for being our guest on Fox
Sports Radio. Thanks. Be sure to catch the live edition
of The Doug gott Leap Show weekdays at three p m.
Easter noon Pacific. Jim Jackson joins us. Of course, played
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in the league for twelve years a bunch of different teams.
Former lottery pick, all around good guy. You see him
on NBA TV and on on T n T of
course as well on Fox Sports one. Would you call
would you call the hotline on another guy? No, We'll
trying to get into I would try to get in
touch with that guy first of all. Then like what
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are you doing? You're jeopardize and everything that's going on. Um,
that's just is me. Yeah, no, no, no, I I yeah,
you are jeopresizing everything's going on. But you know, do
you want him to know it's you? Because like what
if the guys like, dude, I'm gonna do what I
want to do. Just don't worry about buying your own
business now. I want them to know it's me because
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if he does it the next time, then I have
I've already broched it with him and have he has
understanding where it's coming from. I'd rather him know that
I'm coming to him ahead of time. Like, look, bro,
you can't be doing that now. If you do it
next time, I'm gonna have to do something about it.
But that's just I want them to know it's coming
from me. I got you how how much you affect
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on the Lakers not having Rondo and Avery Bradley. Well,
I think here's the thing where you have a championship
experience with Rondo. Of course you know that, Doug, and
that's very important once you start to get deep into
play offs. It's a body that understands time and score,
understands how to play baby that as good defensively as
he once was, but still can facilitate. I think Abe Bradley.
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People look at Avery Bradley and say, well, he's okay offensively,
but what he does he's able to play defense against
guys that are a little bit bigger, faster, stronger because
he's kind of been there and done that before. And
those are guys that when you're trying to win a championship,
those small pieces that you kind of overlook at times,
those are the big pieces sometimes that come into play
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late in the fourth quarter when you need a defensive stop,
when you need a big shot to be knocked down
and you don't have that body there. So numbers wise,
it may say when Avery Bradley doesn't bring a lot
to the table, but you gotta dig a little bit
deeper than that. When you're talking about how championship teams
are formed and Ultimately, why complete championship teams win is
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not always a superstar? Uh. Jim Jackson joining us here
on the Doug Gotlip Show on Fox Sports Radio, I
just like, look, they were playing great basketball. You lose Rondo.
I'm not sure that's the worst thing in the world.
But Rondo and Avery Bradley, what are your expectations? You
got Dion Waiters and j R. Smith Jr. Hadn't played
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in the league in like two years, but he is professional,
he knows what he's supposed to do, and he's he
has and played pretty well in some big moments. And
then you got Dion Waiters, who, like he thinks he's
a walking bucket some of that confidence you need. How
did they fit in with what the Lakers have? Well,
let me back up, I think this is a great
opportunity for Alex Caruso to kind of step in and
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play a huge role. Okay, because of one Athletically, we
know you gifted put to the ability for him and
not down shots and keep the floor spread. I think
gives Lebron and also a d more room. I really
don't know yet what to think about the j R.
Dion Waiters situation because of one Jr. Has been out.
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I've been there in a situation, not a whole year,
but come in late during my free agent years before.
Trying to fit into a situation is tough. Okay, Offensively,
he got a big body. How much offense he adds
will see the same thing with Dion Waiters. He has
to skew back his thought process because maybe on the
second unit he can give you a little bit more
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of that scorn punch because when he's been on, he's
been able to play well, but his mind has to
be right. So it's still kind of up in there.
I think we'll get a preview, go Doug during these
eight games on how they intend to use those two
players that we just talked about. I think when they
move forward in the playoffs. Jim Jackson our guest here
on the Doug Gotlip Show on Fox Sports Radio. Uh okay,
(21:43):
So with with all that said, and look, we just
have so we have no idea at all how players
play when there's no home court advantage, no road advantage.
We don't know after the layoff in your mind, who's
the favorite in the West, the Clippers of the Lakers.
I like the Clippers, and and for this reason because
they're healthy. The Doc Rivers is at the helm. It's
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a deep team, okay, you you added Reggie Jackson to
that aspect to it too. Um their deep so they
can sustain I think a lot more than a lot
of other teams in the West if maybe one or
even two of their guys are off. If you look
at the Lakers, let's say a d is not having
a good night and Lebron is okay, who else are
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you going to be able to put the ball in
their hand to be able to do something offensively? That's
gonna be the challenge with the Lakers. They're gonna have
to be so good, especially if they play against the
Clippers defensively, to offset some of their offensive wolves or
droughts that they may go in. The Clippers, on the
other hand, you have multiple people that you can put
the ball in their hands. And not only can they
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make baskets, Doug and you understand this, they can make
plays for different people. And I think that is something
that will separate the Clippers. Now, can they bring it
all together? Can they finally get that chemistry they've been
looking for. We'll see, But on paper, the depth and
I think the ability for them to have multiple guys
put the ball in the basket, give them, I think
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the advantage. How confident are you that will the nba'll
see this thing all the way through? Well, you know,
I hope they do. I'm going down. I'll be in
the bubble for the first round of the playoffs. Okay,
so I get down in August. For me, I think
Adam Silver is intelligent enough to know, and also the
guys from the m v P A and UM that
(23:33):
they knew that guys were gonna get tested and some
were gonna be positive. But I do think they were
an agreement that this show must go on depending on
what the outcome of those tests are. Meaning if it's multiple,
multiple multiple people, that's one thing, but if it's a
few isolated into its incidences during the play I think
(23:53):
the show goes on, and it's very important that they
take every precaution necessary in order to complete the seat.
Jim Jackson joining us in the Doug Outlip Show on
Fox Sports Radio. UM, I'm looking at the Bucks and
they're clearly the favorite in the East. Do you believe
some of these guys are saying I didn't touch a
ball for three months? For four months, Like, do you
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believe those guys? No, No, it's it's hard. I mean
you can figure out if you, Doug, you play your
ball player, you figure out way you could get your
repts up. I don't give you find a little part.
I don't care what you do. You you figure out ways,
especially as a professional. You would hope that you take
that serious enough that you check yourself from what's happening
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with the pandemic of course, but also there's always ways
that as a player when you were younger, thinking your
mind up, all the ways you treated opportunities to go
play the game, even isolated by yourself, just to entertain yourself,
let alone, let it be a job. So maybe guys
put the ball down for a minute. But I do
believe guys still we're able to get in and get
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some work in, you know, post when the facilities opened
back up. Jim Jackson joining us on The dug Otlip
Show on Fox Sports Radio. What what would be the
big biggest challenge to you, Like, you know, would it
be would it be stay in the same place, in
the same hotel for three months? You know? Would it
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be being around your teammates too much? Would be playing
in front of no fans would be the layoff? Like
for you, a guy who has played in the league
and played in the playoffs, what what what do you
think the biggest challengevid you? The biggest challenge would be
to for me would be the mental part of stand
focused and isolated situation, because players are gonna adjust to
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not having fans in the stand. Players are gonna adjust
to the arena atmosphere not being the typical arena, not
having home court. They do that the court is still
ninety four ft. The remors tenages are okay, defeat high,
but the to me, it's the team that when things
are not going well, when you're a little homesick, when
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you're tired to eat the same food, when the bed
doesn't feel the same, when you know it's mundane. The
team that can power through that mentally has the advantage. Yes,
talent is gonna be one thing. Does a lot of talent,
but that talent can be derailed if the mental aspect
of what they're going through affects them on the court.
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And that's what I'm looking at, And that's when a
leader like a Lebron James or having a coach like
a doc rivers. It's so important through those dog days
of when it becomes mundane. That's what I'm looking at. Yeah, no,
I'm I'm I'm with you. Do you see Drew Holidays
donating all his money, all his game checks UH to
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two black black owned businesses and to UH to other
things to help the community. It's awesome, man. He comes
from a great, friendly family though, so I'm not surprising quietly.
You know, a lot of guys Douggie in the in
the league and professional sports do a lot of things
that sometimes don't get recognized, and this one happens to
be recognized. But I know Drew has been doing a
lot of stuff behind the scenes even before all of
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this stuff happened, and it's great to see him get
some recognition. But I know for him, he probably wanted
to keep it under wraps a little bit more. But
a lot of guys do it and and and you know,
I can just take my hat off to a young
man to to to figure out one thing. You hear
a lot of people complaining about the bubble or this
and that, but we're all blessed to be able to
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still have jobs and careers where some people out there
as we know, Dougie won't recover from this, so any
help that you can get, you can do. And that
just says a lot about his character in the way
he was brought up, no question. Unbelievable family, three kids
in the NBA, but all of them like if you
if you know the holidays, like, man, those are really
really good, good solid, well rounded people. Jim Jackson our guests. Okay,
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so when you get there, you have to quarantine for
two or four days, uh wanting for the forty eight
hours when the tests come back. Well, it depends on
how long it takes the test to come back. So
when I get in, I'll get in on the fourteenth
and immediately take the test. So if I can get
within you know, forty eight hours, and I'm good, you know,
to be able to call my first game on the seventeen.
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There's a there's a no drinking policy on like fishing
expeditions and some is there no cigar policy? What no, bro,
it's it's listen, that comes from the earth. Okay, we
have no problem with tobacco items right there on campus.
And I'm also taking my golf club too, so I'll
have some activity. But you know what. Honestly though, I'm
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kind of looking forward to it does because this is
something from a history perspective that I can tell people
that I was a part of. We don't know how
it's gonna unfold, okay, But to be able to have
that experience, whatever it is, okay, that's just another notch
on my building regards to life experience and a lot
different to what other people had answer experience. I'm actually
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looking forward to it. I've I've played two rounds in
the last week, so I once you know I'm coming
for you. I'm not giving I'm not giving you strokes though,
brot strokes. So I don't want to hear it. You're athlete,
you make adjustment. No, no, no, no, I'm not. I'm
not I'm not ready. I'm not ready to have any
money money uh uh? Taking taking off my hands. Last thing?
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You are like Mr Ohio right, your two time Mr Basketball?
You know everybody? What about college football? What's your level
of confidence? We have a season. I have a high
level just because I was just back at home in
Ohio and talking to some officials back at Ohio State,
even Urban Meyer. You know what they're doing looking at
just playing conference games. Now they may start a little
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bit later. Do they expand that because as you know
that you don't play everybody in the conference typically during
the Big Ten season, but in order to make up
some games, just maybe one of those situations where you
look at maybe doing a round robin. I'm not for
sure yet, but it looks as though that's the pattern.
That's what's going to take place, and maybe other you know,
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the power of five schools take a look at that
format and and and piggyback that. Jimmy, listen, say fables
to the bubble. Look forward to catching up with you,
and maybe I'll let you take some money off me
on the golf course very soon. A couple of dollars, brother,
that's all. That's not a couple of dollars. You need,
you need, You needed to pay for those expensive cigars.
That's that's really what I look at. This is still
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an entertainment expense for Jim. Jim, Jim Jackson, Thanks Jimmy,
all right, brother,