 Hold on. Connor is yelling at me because my mic is touching a lot of stuff, but then he told me I had a cozy sweater so I should keep it on. So now I'm confused, but I'm not confused about this. We have a heck of a show today. Hall of Famer on the program. Cowboys, legend, hello, viewer, anyone? DeMarcus Ware is on the program, and we have the latest on Aaron Rogers and the Jet Saga with Brian Costello of the New York Post. We're excited about that. Is Alan Lazar going to New York or not? What's going on? I'm changing. So they built this studio in my house. First of all, they gave me a swivel chair. These idiots gave me a swivel chair, and they didn't even notice it. And I can't, I'm not a good, I'm not a good A1, A2, I don't know what to do. Should I hold it? Like an influencer on TikTok? No, we're not going to do that. Okay, we want to talk about my goodness. I went to the Oscars on Sunday, so I didn't sleep that entire night. And yesterday I'm thinking, well, surely this news will happen. I'll chew on it and go to sleep. And I'm napping through the day. I'm doing meetings. I'm doing things. How does this deal not get done? We are still waiting for it to be official. That's what I'm saying. It's got to be done by now, right? This free agent negotiating window opens. It opened with a bang yesterday. Now we're less than 24 hours in. And over 90 players, over 90 players have signed deals already, hundreds of millions of dollars dished out here. So I want to take a look at some of the bigger contracts so far. Sean Payton. Hello, Coach Payton. He's put an emphasis on rebuilding the Broncos O-Line with former Niners tackle. Mike McGlinchey as the cornerstone. I like it. It doesn't have a lot of room and money to play with out there with that Russell Wilson contract looming over his head. By the way, Sierra at the Vanity Fair Party. Geez, Louise. Okay, the Niners stunned everyone by ending up big money to Eagles defensive tackle. Jevon Hargrave, the D-Land is going to be completely unblockable. The Chiefs may be losing tackle. Orlando Brown, they scoop up Jack's tackle. Jevon Taylor to fill that point. And the Bills land former Bill, the Bears rather, add former Bill, Tremaine Edmonds, which we love to see. Okay, Ryan Poles, we're going to get to him in a second. Josh McDaniels reunites with Jimmy Garoppolo in Vegas with the league's leading rusher franchise tagged. We love that little Josh Jacob situation with Jimmy Garoppolo. I think he will make things happen, though it might not matter, of course, in that division and former Bengals, all pro safety. Jesse Bates. He's leaving. He's heading to Atlanta after playing last year on the franchise tag. Shamefully, in my opinion, in Cincinnati. And there's still a lot of talent up there. If you take a look here, you want a player, you got him pretty much any position with some star names, some certified experienced vets here, Baker Mayfield. He's been linked to Tampa. No movement there yet. I'll get into this more in a bit. There's very little movement at the wide receiver spot. Odell, Juju and more still waiting for more all pro bowlers like Dalton Schultz, Frank Clark, Lonte David and Bobby Wagner. There's still out there as well. But even with all that action yesterday, the biggest story, of course, is the lack of a approval decision sources say double sourced tweets going on about Aaron Rodgers and these jets. The jets and Packers have yet to add any new players as they wait, giving the impact that a trade would have on both of their salary cap situations and every passing minute more and more players continue to come off the board. So at this point, it's completely Rogers or bust for the jets as quarterbacks have flown off the market. Derek Carr, of course, that happened before. That was a few weeks ago. First Domino the fall situation, but over the past 24 hours, we've seen a lot of the other options that have been linked to New York as a plan to be fly off the market. Jimmy G, Taylor Heinke, Sam Darnold and even a return from Mike White, which is crazy. That's not even on the table for them anymore. He inks the deal with the dolphins for two years. 16 mil. One of these deals are flying off the, you know, and there's quarterbacks available as you see when these quarterbacks were getting signed left and right. And one after the other, it sort of made it clear to me the deal is done in New York. Like the jets aren't wouldn't, they would never do this. We had Thomas to meet Ruff gave us his time yesterday, a 12 year former GM for the Falcons. There's, you have a list of backup plans, different things you can go to if this one doesn't work out, if that one doesn't work out. There's no way the jets are letting all of these quarterback slide and go off the table and do all of that. If they don't know that they have Aaron Rodgers, can you trust that you have a deal done? If you don't have a deal actually done though with Aaron is a question because he's got a little, I mean, he's a little different character. He's got a little runaway bride vibe going on sometimes. So I would want him inking the deal before I know what's going on. And yeah, you looked at that list of guys and sure, one of them could totally do the second act, Ryan Tannehill sort of thing and revitalize their career New York. But I don't think any of that is going to satisfy what has been a fervor for this jets fan base fantasizing, drooling and agonizing over whether or not they're getting Aaron Rodgers for an entire week. But for the Packers, as I said earlier, they've been in this holding pattern. They haven't been able to make any improvements to their squad either because I'm sure even if they think he's going there, you don't really know with him. You never know until you know. So what's next? I do think there's probably some crazy panic setting in on both sides, both fan bases, both foreign offices, and it's warranted to give you an unpredicted Aaron can be. But I believe this happens officially. I imagine it's all but official. Maybe he says, go get me a wide receiver, make me feel loved, wine and dine me, send me the caviar, the roses, whatever. And that's why they're talking about this Lazard deal. So I think we see Rodgers wear in the green, which is so crazy to think about sooner than later. And he had the Garrett Wilson thing. He's on vacation tweeting like he knows something. So it seems like it's done, but not announced. And everything's building towards that with these reports that we're seeing. And we'll talk to Brian Costello, the New York Post about Alan Lazard, him potentially doing a deal there. So I know that there's probably some anxiety in that building in the homes of these people who love the Packers, my nephews, some of them, but hanging there jets and Packers fans. So that's enough for things that don't happen, and haven't happened. How about moves that did a couple of teams have stood out to me so far. And I sat here Friday, and actually sat in my living room where I just talked to ducks fornicating and making sweet love in my pool this morning. And as the most LA statement, Conrad, I'm not kidding. I'm not kidding. I never had ducks. And this morning, two ducks, a male duck and a woman duck, they're both so attractive. It was like I was at the Vanity Fair Party again. And they're so attractive. And I'm getting my hair and makeup figured out and they are in there, you know, and then it got they got they bathed together was a steamy scene. And then they did the deed. And I go, this doesn't seem like I should be watching. But also get the f out of my pool. Conrad, he's not saying anything. He's just laughing. Okay. Conrad left Conrad left a pack of batteries in my door yesterday. It's all you need to know about Conrad and I's husband and wife relationship. Okay, I want to start with the bears here. I sat on Friday and said, get this done before the weekend, make a trade. And so you can start spending this money crazily on Monday, like a madman. And they did. I begged Ryan Poles make the most of this brilliant cap situation that Chicago is in be aggressive. So you can contend while you still have Justin Fields in his rookie contract window. And he really listened and struck so big so far. If you're looking here, he lands DJ more that was in the trade with the Panthers Panthers have number one they might trade down we'll see with this quarterback draft class but he reshapes the linebacking core. He lands Tremaine Edmonds from the bills. We love him. We love his mom. We love his brothers. We love the whole story and Eagles leading tackler TJ Edwards friend of the show and all pro player for that team who's incredible and who I love. I believe love to talk about that. They've yeah, he is a badger. I knew that. Okay, they've also started the process of rebuilding the offensive line. This is music to any Bears fans ears. They grabbed Nate Davis from the Titans and for the people trying to knock or criticize or tear down their front office by saying, oh, you wouldn't play Roquan, but you're going to pay that money to Tremaine Edmonds. What was the point? Are we forgetting Roquan requested a trade because he did not want to be part of a rebuild. I'm seeing a lot of that on Twitter, so I figured I'd address it. I think getting two excellent linebackers for essentially the same price as Roquan is about as good as you could hope for having to replace an all pro caliber player like that. Like that's not a bad business for the Bears at all. And let's remember Roquan wanted to leave and I don't think the Bears are even close to being done yet. They've got money to spend. They've got the most cap space in the league. They still have. I did the math this morning while I was watching the Ducks. Out of my, out of my yard. They have over $50 million available. I think we're going to see at least one more big swing. So, you know, the all line protecting fields. That's the issue Orlando Brown, still the top tackle in this class. He's still out there. I'm calling my shot. Ryan Poles, you listened to me on Friday. Ryan Poles make it happen with Brown. He was the executive director of player personnel in Kansas City and the chiefs made that trade with the Ravens to get Orlando Brown. There's connected tissue. There is history there. And while the Bears have really jumped out with what they've added so far, the Eagles have been on the other end of the spectrum. They got some positive news. They were taking shots. They really literally copied off of up in Adams and we're like let's drink on the air. This sounds like this video can totally be done with in this announcement without alcohol, but we're going to just put it there for no reason and have fun with that. That's a page out of our book and we love it. Jason Kelsey comes back and other than that, they've been getting hit kind of hard. They lose and we all saw this coming and why we're so excited for the Super Bowl. Three key defensive starters yesterday. They lose Jevon Hartgrave, PFF's top rated interior pass rusher. He goes to the Niners as I said. Marcus Epps who played more snaps than any single player on the entire Eagles defense. He's on his way to Vegas and as we just said, TJ Edwards is on his way to the Bears. So as you can see, there are a ton of starters from last year's NSC championship squad still in the market as well. The Eagles have six million, just six million dollars in cap space available and that's not including whatever extensions that they have to work out with Jalen Hart's. We also can't forget they lost both coordinators to head coaching gigs and it sounds like Darius lays on his way out the door as well. So it all sort of, and I'm looking at the list here. Bradbury, it all sort of underscores why cashing in last year was so critical for this team and I pointed that out and I hope Marissa has her earmuffs on her ears because I said in Howie Roseman I trust and I do but Marissa's crying. Howie Roseman needs to try to retool this thing on the fly now. So the good news is that the Eagles have a ton of time not to mess up with my mic. The news is the Eagles have a ton of talent on the roster. I don't know. They're in like a Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers-less NFC and they have a ton of draft picks to add young talent including two first round picks this year. So it's been painful I'm sure as an Eagles fan to watch this the roster might not be what it was last year top to bottom but I would be shocked if they're still not firmly in the conversation and I would can't wait to see what they do with those draft picks. Come end of April, Kansas City where I might be which I'm excited about. Stay tuned. What else do I want to talk about here? I think you know my last observation from this first 24 hours of free agency which is my favorite it's literally my favorite time of the year. I love when this happens and all hell breaks loose. It's something that I had my eyes on and if you even on Good Morning Football in the past couple of years I would talk about what's going on with the money and the supply demand and you know I sucked at microecon and copied off the guy next to me who was named Max Scherzer fun fact and I got through that class somehow but I know the basic tenets of economics and what's going on at the wide receiver position there are a lot of accomplished receivers in this free agent class okay. So far Jacobi Myers has agreed to a modest deal so we took him off this list he was on it before the show started three years deal with the Raiders and Lazard is reposts you know reportedly close to talks and doing things with the Jets so we're hearing there's you know a rumbling anybody I have talked to and you're seeing it on Twitter a little bit there's they're not close with the money the receivers think that they're the best they want to be paid receiver money the top receiver money and all that and there's a big gap between the expectation of that and what is being offered to them and I'm not surprised at all because last year I said it we saw Tyreek we saw Mari Cooper we saw Japonte Adams we saw Adju Brown we saw them get dealt away I think the way the receiver position is valued is beginning to shift in a not great for wide receiver situation direction it basically comes down to supply and demand we're seeing more polished more talented receivers enter the draft every single year more than ever before and last year we saw at the Wilson we saw with the Olaves think about it you used to never see rookie wide receivers hit the thousand yard mark ever I think Keenan Allen did it and then it was like an anomaly oh my god Keenan Allen what it like now you see it happen every year look at the last three of four drafts if we take a look here I mentioned Wilson and Olave Jamar Chase and Jalen Waddle before that Justin Jefferson CD lamb T Higgins in 2020 all of this young talent is an equitant coincidence right it's a trend given the way the games evolve given the way the college game prepares you for said game so it's not a knock on any of these veteran wide receivers for what they've done and so it's not a knock that they're not getting these big deals I think the teams and the GM's and the smart people of the world they're starting to realize that there's an influx of cheaper young talent through the draft and it's working and it's going to continue why break the bank for a vet is what they're thinking not me I want everybody to get paid I'm Nate Braulison on this everybody make their money but why do that why break the bank for a veteran when you can get a similarly talented better value young wide receiver for the fraction of a price I'm not saying receivers are going you know fully in the way of the the downtrodden don't raise your sons to be running back situations but I think this market is going to continue to shift at least for the team staying ahead of the trend just something to keep an eye on going forward all right we have a special guest on the show right now who I believe I can finally say is a hall of famer please welcome uh oh yeah we'll give a little intro music video for our guy one of the best cast rushers in olive NFL history to mark is I have not talked to you in so long listen you've been on vacation you have not wanted to talk to nobody and we are going to get this talking for sure I'm back only you could only you could wear a tank top and in a morning interview because you work out you take care of yourself you're doing motivational speaking you're coaching you're into making the world a better place but that's all beyond what you did and continue to do involved in football four-time all-pro nine-time pro bowler 138.5 sacks that's ninth all-time and you were recently named to be pro football hall of fame 2023 class how does that feel you know it's been a whirlwind and when people say that you're on cloud nine I'm on cloud nine for five months because I got a plan you know they got parades we're going to tour the venue this week also to the venue for your party so it's a lot of planning that goes into this really five months of preparation for three days of celebration so I'm really looking forward to it and it's been I'm still pinching myself right now just thinking I'm in a dream but eventually I'm gonna have to wake up and put that jacket on did you think about the hall of fame while you were playing was it something tangible that you thought about was it surprising to you was it your dream um when you play you think about being a team captain you think about being the best in the league at what you do but you don't think about making the hall of fame it's unfathomable right it's what point eight percent of players make the hall of fame and so you look at what can I do now with the time that I have and then once you retire you think about it and my resume you know stood the test of time of consistency and you know this year making it 2023 class with these amazing other amazing players it's just been great Jerry Jones I know was involved in letting you know that you're in the hall of fame what was that like I walked into his office I thought I was actually going to um you know do a family for the NFL right and so Jerry was like hey can you come by and see me so I knocked on the door and I saw Jerry with his yellow jacket with the gold jacket on and I said what's going on here he said welcome to the 2023 class hall of fame class and I really didn't I didn't know what he was saying and he said congratulations and I saw um you know four or five cameras and I saw the bus behind him behind him and it hit me I'm like holy cow is this it like really I got chills right now um just from that moment and I couldn't even talk it's like my whole soul just left me for a while and I came back and it's it still feels that way to this day when I talk about it well congratulations it is so well deserved and what you do off the field on the field and I know since retired I can't believe that you're retired already after 2016 I can't believe that you're even Hall of Fame eligible and it seems like you are just winning Super Bowls for two different squads back on the field uh not long ago uh what has taken up the most of your time I'd like to hear a little bit about the motivational speaking that you like to do and improving people but also I like you play golf all of the time to mark no I don't see or hear about anybody playing golf more than you you know what golf has been taking up my time hunting fish and I'm being daddy of the year right I think that's the most important thing when you transition from the NFL is what is your new team and my family's been my new team and I've had an opportunity to you know do appearances motivational speak I mean shoot commercials you name it it's like I'm the utilitarian of the retired guy and I think you just try to find your niche in what you do and so for me if I can get out and touch the people and whatever that I'm doing it's natural it's fun and that's what I've been doing you know since I retired who is in that photo can I see that photo is that Emmett Smith who else is in that photo that was Emmett Smith are you better are you better than Anthony Anderson is that Larry the cable guy there's Larry the cable guy that's Larry the cable guy what is this all the time all four of us play golf all the time every tournament we're in the tournament that needs to be a reality show you and those guys all right let's move on by the way you had a band that I somebody told me to ask you about this band because maybe that's something that you can bring back mirage your r&b band from high school I feel like this could be a part of your post career legacy huh I don't know if it's part of my post career legacy but I know it's part of that high school band boy slash I got to actually when I won the Super Bowl we got the band back together and that's actually right in front of the Broncos stadium and we sung a couple of our songs and it's so cool to just get the guys back together right and uh I mean my voice is not what it used to be but I still can carry a tune from time to time and uh I know the boys would be there okay hit us with a bar hit us with something to Marcus let's hear it I need to hear it oh my god to Marcus let me see let me see here I ain't doing much longer you're gonna be here I'll just stay there I'm ready for that that's really amazing gosh it is so annoying that you're good at everything and you're such a nice guy like who it's so frustrating as a person that you're this uh you're perfect whatever that you do and just enjoy doing it right I love it all right we got a couple minutes with you here so let's move on to what's going on in this NFL we're currently in the midst of this madness of free agency you played nine seasons with the Cowboys you were the franchise leader in sacks when you look at the current Dallas roster what are the missing pieces they need to add and focus on from a defensive standpoint I think that they need a guy like a tj ward like a strong safety that can come in and play in a box a guy that can roam free and be that hitter on defense offensively I'm worried about the tight end situation I know that they've gotten rid of you know a couple guys at the tight end position but they need a Jason Wittenbach they have the the outer core with cd lamb and you know a couple of other guys but they need that tight end they can really stretch the field with those linebackers to sort of help the run game because you I know you guys you know you got Pollard coming back they just got franchised but you have to get those linebackers now that in a 10 and 15 yard range of where they got to now worry about coverage and that's when the the run game opens up well they tab Tony Pollard I'm curious if you think that's a good idea and you're mentioning the tight end and opening up the run game do they need another top wide receiver because we're hearing Odell you know he's always connected to Jerry Jones and those Cowboys Deandre Hopkins does Bryant they were working out together in Dallas what do you think they should add um like I said I think they should did add that tight end a tight end that can actually block right they had a blocking tight end in a long time but just like you said a tight end that can actually stretch the field to not just block and it's like that utilitarian guy he can play full back you can put him on the line he can block and when it comes to passing situations he can flank out and get a linebacker out of the box and then stretch the field if you can get that type of guy I don't think they need a wireless fever they have enough wire receivers they got get them the ball but they need that tight end I keep saying that they need it they need it really bad that's a really good point by you and then on defense Micah Parsons an insane start to his career he's so young he's done so much already destroys every game and every line ever uh what can you point to when you watch him to why he's been successful out the gate with the Cowboys and have you talked to him at all have you given them any advice I haven't talked to him in a while but I think when you see the Marcus Lawrence and him working on the same page you got two guys coming from the outside squeezing the pocket and the interior guys are getting a lot of push and and Micah when I saw him at the Pro Bowl he was like man I'm ready to rush I'm ready to really get back after it again but again what's missing is that one extra person somebody that can come from behind that strong safety that can now blitz in the inside is going to take that running back away from him because he gets chipped so much you see him do so well in the season but then later on in the season yeah they're going to double Micah now the Marcus Lawrence has to do his job but that extra guy that's now going to blitz up the middle if even if it's a linebacker now you got two guys that are open and you got to worry about both of them it's a really great point I mean he's got comparisons to Von Miller who you played with of course and I wanted to ask you about the the Broncos and Champagne and all of that but let's end it here you you explored free agency there's these guys out there that have been playing with teams for a long time I'm looking at even like a Levante David I keep wondering what he's going to do because he spent his whole life in Tampa get blood sweat tears all of his aches and pains for that organization so it was after 2014 that you became a free agent what was that experience like what were you looking for and why did you ultimately choose to sign with the Broncos first I was looking for am I going to actually still be able to stay with this team I was with this team forever and I didn't want to leave but there are situations just like with me you have to leave because of salary cap issues Jerry Jones couldn't pay me at the time but he gave me an opportunity to test the market and I said I want to go to a place where I'm going to win I didn't worry about getting double team I didn't worry about if I'm going to be effective I worried about if I'm going to win football games because of the quarterback that I was going to play with and so I chose Denver and when you get a call from Peyton and say hey you know what I'm scoring 35 points a game I'm going to make sure that you're fresh and this is from Peyton and I'm going to let you rush to passer you're going to have ample amount of opportunities to do that so it's like why not and um and there's a Super Bowl happening Super Bowl 50 um and it was just really cool to be a part of that and it helps you become a Hall of Famer DeMarcus where I can't love you more I love that smile everything that you do go I'm sure you got a golf game to get to or some crazy workout that I'll see on Instagram and feel bad about myself but thank you for the time and we'll talk to you soon and thank you for inviting me on the show and go get a tight end Jerry Jones what are you thinking Hall of Famer come on you're a Hall of Famer he's a Hall of Famer you have to listen to each other what's going on we've got Brian Costello from the New York Post to talk Roger is he a jet yet back on up and Adam with the jets closing in on a deal for wide receiver Alan Zard chef he says another wide receiver expects you to be on the radar in the coming days of your agency is Packers veteran Randall Cobb you're just bringing everybody can I come to the jets Conrad says this is a funny video oh wow jets fans checking Twitter to see if there's any rogers updates very cute very true very sad very sad keep faith jets fans and stay patient listen we need the New York vibe check I will be there all week next you're figuring this out and trying to work my way onto this jet staff in some capacity where I'm overpaid past my prime to be working in on that team because that's what's going on here around this team and I'm just saying that he's our guy he's going to fill us in I don't know what the heck's going on and the jets building out at Floor and Park as we sit here in Aaron Roger's limbo Brian Costello covering everything for the New York Post good morning hey have you ever worked with Aaron Rogers because that could help you get a job with the jets listen I've interviewed him enough and I've been on like a golf cart with him and I talk about him a lot so I just feel like I might be in the inner circle yeah I think that counts I think I think you can go to Joe Douglas and ask for a contract right now and you might get it because it seems like they're going to do everything they possibly can to make Aaron happy right now it's what he wants right he didn't feel the love and it's not for one year it's not for one you know draft cycle it's for three or three years now he hasn't been feeling the love from the Packers like things he's not going back there we know that the deal is all but done you had a hilarious tweet that I want to show everybody that you asking Aaron can you ask for cheese cards in the media room thanks cause yeah well I mean maybe our rental cob and Allen was hard it's pretty clear Aaron's driving the bus right now so maybe he can help us help those of us out in the media room get us a snack from Green Bay that'd be great but it's just a waiting game right now okay it's pretty crazy that we're here on was it's Tuesday morning now I thought this would be done last week and we're still waiting I wonder if he's going to institute that every media member that comes into the room has to be saged little Palo Salto saging before you enter maybe he's going to have an on hand astrologer to read your signs and make sure you guys are bringing the right energy into said media room like I would not put it past him because they certainly are trying to make the four-time MVP comfortable how's that how's that going over with the NFL media and Jets fans Jets fans are losing their minds right now I they are very very scared that this is not going to happen I mean I still all indications I've gotten is this is that Jets still feel good about this it's still going to happen but everyone's on Aaron Roger's timetable and Jets fans are not handling that very well especially as they saw you know Derrick Carr go last week Jimmy Arapala go yesterday the options are dwindling if this falls through but I think you still have to have faith if you're a Jets fan that this will happen because it doesn't feel like he's either a chance he can go back to the Packers at this point and if he was going to retire why wouldn't he have done it all right now he's going to do it the last minute so I think you know something's holding this up whether it's just him wanting to announce this his way or whether they're haggling over some details with the contract but I do think this is going to happen soon okay any ideas on what like could be holding up I know you gave a lot of a vague answer because you know he's he's not retiring he's not going back to he's going to the Jets so what's standing in the way it's not an easy trade right it's not this is not simple you know first of all his contract is very complicated it's he's getting paid $59 million in 2023 now the way that works is you can convert that into a bonus by September and that that bonus and lowers the cap number to $15 million but when you when they do make the trade they have to have $60 million in cap space to make it so they have to have that done unless he works it reworks his deal which you'd think the Jets would want the Packers probably also want because it leaves them with a whole lot of dead money so there's a lot of contract machinations that have to happen here and no one's really talking cake because I don't think anyone really wants to piss off Aaron Rodgers so the Jets aren't saying anything the Packers aren't saying anything so that's why you're not seeing a lot of leaks about what's happening because everyone's scared of him basically and you know he went on his rant a few weeks ago that no one knows what he's doing of you know of the insiders it's only only his inner circle so I think the Packers know him well and the Jets are getting to know him and they don't they don't want to irritate him by leaking anything out and then Jets and Packers have to agree to the compensation here and it's not that simple he's 39 years old is he gonna play a year is he gonna play two I'm gonna guess there's gonna be a conditional pick in this deal in 2024 what are the conditions on that deal on that pick is it is it you know going to the Super Bowl makes it a first round pick is it going to the playoffs makes it a second round pick they have to work all that out so there are a lot of things behind the scenes but I think the Jets and Packers have been working on this for a while it feels like we're all just now waiting for him to say go and they'll be able to solve this pretty quickly after that I think Joe Douglas is mulling over the pages and pages of psychedelics research that Aaron Rodgers wants to implement in the daily training daily training regimen of the the entire 53 man squad and that takes a while to read and get through and understand because it's so you know highfalutin and highbrow from Mr. Aaron Rodgers it's so funny you're like his contract is so complicated Aaron Rodgers complicated what are you talking about let's talk a little here's my question to you personally covering this to you I just love that you get this gift it's such an Easter basket for you it's incredible are you how excited are you are you scared of Aaron Rodgers as the Jets seem to be and how proud are you of this team for taking this win well i'm not scared of Aaron Rodgers so you know it'll be fine it will we'll figure out a way to co-exist the media and Aaron Rodgers I'm excited okay for if this happens for the season you know it's been it's been a lot of bad football in the last 10 years and a lot of bad quarterback play and it'll be very fun to cover a really good quarterback even though he's 39 years old he's probably declining he's still gonna be better than anything we've seen in a long time the Brett Favre year was a fun year with the Jets until the end until it came off the rails but this is generally a lot of excitement and that's good for me that's good for my job you know and I think I'm not proud of the Jets because I'm not you know I'm I just cover the Jets but I I do think it's you know good for them for going for it there's been a lot of years with this team where they've just sort of kind of middled it and put a plug and you know veteran that was kind of a journeyman in there you know they've taken some big swings with draft picks obviously but they haven't done this in a long time so I do give them credit for going for it I'll say this I once in my earliest memory one of my earliest memories of being in the presence of Aaron Rodgers watched a reporter tell him his statistics from the first half of a game and then the second half of a game to show how much he improved but the second he heard the reporter tell him the first the not great first half statistics Aaron's face it and he's it was over the interview so I would I just as a friend my friend I would not tell Aaron Rodgers that he's declining I would that I would I'll avoid that you know what we're not going to post that shit we're not even going to put that this is not going that little part I'm not even putting it on the internet because I don't want him to see it I like you cause and I want you to get your cheese curds in the media room let's let's have fun with this so who else could he potentially want to bring in with him I mean is AJ Hawke is he on the table to see what McAfee in the booth for his games like as you know I hope I hope some it's Collins worth might have to move over yeah I mean especially we go I mean who knows I'm sure there's some guru from the darkness retreat that he wants on staff but he better bring some offensive linemen with him though okay that's what I'm waiting to hear that the just needs some help on the offensive line it'd be good if you brought a few of them with him so I'm not sure if he's got any of those up his sleeve but he does need to do that but right now I joked on Twitter I'm waiting for Don Hudson I'm waiting for the report that they're interested in Don Hudson right now it's every Packers receiver that's ever gone through Green Bay is that seems to be on the table right now yeah Jordy Nelson's like what what's going on I like I like I know that you're I know you're checking your phone because my phone my phone was busy yes yeah but nothing happened I know you got once it happens you're going to spring into action here I know the headlines are written in drafts and are ready to go out and there's a lot of talk about Rogers and handling the New York media I think he I think it's an incentive for him I think it's in the pro column for him to go there I think he enjoys being in a topic I think he won't back down I think it's going to you guys are going to have your hands full I agree I think he'll enjoy it I think he from what I've seen from afar he enjoys the back and forth and look we're not you know New York media get this reputation we're not that bad I've had Brandon Marshall was very he was very nervous when he came to New York and then after a year he was like oh you guys aren't that bad and he came to like us so it's in the way it is now to K you know what I tell people is if you throw four interceptions in Kansas City or Jacksonville or you know in Houston it's the same as New York you're going to get beat up the only difference in New York are the back pages and the page six element and I'm not sure how he'll react to that part you know his his personal life which already has been pretty public there's a back page right there for you his you know it's a little different than any other places but his his personal he's dated some high-profile women and he's been in the media for that before sometimes that jars guys and I've had many conversations about page six with players so we'll see how he reacts to that but the football aspect of it to me I think is the same everywhere you go well if you don't think you're scary now wait till you have the required sound baths that he makes you guys take for meditative purposes it's gonna make you guys all journal for journal before you guys come in there it's gonna change the landscape of the New York sports media scene and you know there's a lot of actresses erases running around New York models so those back pages are gonna love Aaron Rodgers let's talk a little bit about Mike White while I have you here because I want to I don't know where that question is but you know Mike White inks his deal down to a division rival down there Miami you know he took over he was the the leader of this locker room what happens with Zach Wilson where's Joe Flacco in this picture I think Joe Flacco's out he'll go somewhere else Zach Wilson's gonna be here and they really are stuck with Zach Wilson right now there's no one's trading for Zach Wilson it doesn't make sense for them to cut him right now so I think he'll be here I think they're hoping you know a year on the bench or two on the bench could rehab him and make him better I just I don't see a future for him with the Jets he his childhood idol was Aaron Rodgers so that could help maybe help matters here they do have a relationship I'm sure the Jets are hopeful that Aaron will kind of take him under his wing and help him out but right now he'll be on the roster I don't think you'll they if the Jets do not want him to play during the regular season you'll see a lot of them in the pre-season because I'm sure Aaron Rodgers won't be playing pre-season games but in terms for Zach Wilson I think he's gonna be like Han Solo he's gonna be on ice for a while here Kay he's gonna be frozen carbonite and just sitting there waiting and maybe he gets another chance at some point it's hard for me to visit with the Jets though okay I got a cause you just killed what Aaron Rodgers is gonna love you you know here's what you should be doing while you're waiting for this news to break because I don't think your panic that it's not gonna happen so I'm not gonna ask you about backup options at quarterback blah blah blah you need to go watch John Wick you need to watch Big Lebowski six times in a row so you have every Big Lebowski dude every reference down that you can throw and that's Star Wars reference there that I love you I know little Leia Han Solo that'll go a long way with Aaron Rodgers you just got the office you gotta get you got that's all that's this is the way into his heart all right this is a good tip yeah that's a good tip I'll tell you that's a good tip I'll tell you where you can get some good mushrooms in New York on there next week all right Brian Costello I'm glad I can make you laugh as we have fun with what is an incredible situation with the Jets and Aaron Rodgers hopefully coming to terms finally as we have rumors about Alan Lazard and Rand McCabe as well Brian I appreciate the time I know it's a crazy time no problem okay thanks for having me always great talking to you and I'll hit you up about those shrooms okay I'm totally kidding we'll be back after this and I've been at him I want to be the best ever you know the best quarterback ever the best person ever you know just the best overall and I wouldn't to do anything it takes to to be that and to see that so that's why anything that wants me should get me it's time now for one thing about him is where I introduce you to some of the most intriguing prospects in the 2023 NFL draft here we go today I'm talking about that guy Florida quarterback Anthony Richardson why is he intriguing because I always look at the draft class and I say where's the most Polaroid guy where's the blue cheese where's the crypto people either love it or they hate it circle that guy and let's size him up because he is about the most polarizing cat I have ever seen he's got incredible tantalizing tempting upside and he has some analysts calling for him to be the number one overall pick but there's of course questions about his mechanics about his accuracy and others say he shouldn't even be going till day two or three like not until the mascots are making the pick should this guy go off the board it's completely all over the map and while the debate's going to continue over the next month the only thing about Anthony Richard Richardson is that his confidence isn't going to waver that's the only thing that's not going to change listen to him when he's asked about who he modeled his game after growing up growing up it was always Cam Newton for me but then when I got to high school just seeing how dynamic Lamar was I tried to implement both of those guys in my life and I started calling myself Cam Jackson in 11th grade just trying to make big plays you know so just Cam Newton and Lamar Jackson do you know what it takes to have the guts to call yourself Cam Jackson as a junior in high school like he did Anthony Richardson he's got he's got go to the Vanity Fair Oscar party confidence he's got shows up and runs the room with the world's most influential and beautiful people confidence that is who he is and he's done that for years now so far Richardson's done his best to look like a combo of Cam and Jackson this combined performance you know we all saw we watched it was Cam like it was six four it was two forty four pounds what else do you need he showed Lamar level explosiveness he set quarterback records it was a four four three forty and I had a 40 and a half inch vert ten foot nine inch broad jump I don't really know what that tells you but that's not for me to decide and talk about I'd leave that to Daniel Jeremiah and company but he also was unleashing bombs 60 yard throws a barrage of them and we hear that he crushed the interviews now I don't want to just dismiss these questions that are are valid and people have them about the game we've talked about a yogi Roth who sizes up these quarterbacks better than anyone we've talked to Chris Collins worth about Anthony Richardson Allah has Alma Mater and people have questions about his game those are valid but if I'm going after a quarterback in this draft if I'm one of these quarterback needy teams and there's not like one great guy overall and everybody's talking about even the Panthers after making the trade with the bears to trade down because there's not one that's that much better I'm swinging for the fences and I know that's easy to say and I'm not the one making these decisions but I don't know if there's ever been a prospect with more physical upside than Anthony Richardson give me Cam Jackson in this Hamilton get in here I just I usually not like this because I like this you know give me the safe thing but he's a little bit he's just different why not swing for the high potential I'm with you especially if you're a team that has a veteran guy in the room and you don't have to play him right away when you can work on him a little bit develop him the ceiling is as high I think as any prospect that I've seen with what he can do athletically with the arm strength so I'm with you go in take a shot at the guy that has that high ceiling yeah what did you make of Brian Kaza's performance performance on their show today what a guy that was incredible and I'm not even kidding right now okay Greg Jennings and Donald driver trending on twitter right now and I think you can you can guess why that's happening I saw you tweeting James Jones I did too I did I sent it to me and said don't even think about it because we love James Jones here at Fandle and I'm sure James Jones will hop on to sort of talk about all of this but he wants his guys over there I don't even know if he wants them out there because they give them the best chance to win he just wants to you know the chaos is a ladder and he just wants to go out there and and have people love him and show that he is the he's on the throne the iron throne it will this in your opinion I can just as a train wreck on the way if they don't perform well like a absolute train wreck of of a proportion that we've not seen with the bright lights of New York I don't know I think it is going to work out I think with what they have on this roster around him you know if they if they do get an Alan Lazard alongside of Garrett Wilson that's a that's a good solid receiving core I think Garrett Wilson is going to be an absolute star with Aaron Rodgers throwing the football or Breece Halls coming back I know Castell mentioned some of the offensive line issues I think if they just get a little bit healthier there that should help so and then you have a top five defense at your back so I I see this going well for the Jets I know that's not something we feel comfortable saying very often but I really do think that this will go well for the Jets if Aaron Rodgers does end up there yeah and if he he doesn't it is such a it is such a catastrophe I'm just I'm leaving New York the whole show I'm laughing because I I can't believe that this is happening like who's going to blink like which like the fact that it's not done at this point is a little terrifying so I don't love that I will ask you though when it does happen before he actually moves to New York can we have a draft on the show of who he dates over the next season I think we have to make it happen yeah I will go look at my Instagram models and I will get a mock draft order