 Being in high school, I had a lot of fun. I would go to school with the intention, not of doing work, but okay, which one of my friends am I gonna talk to today? Who are we gonna try to make laugh? Who are we gonna engage in some crazy conversation with? Which class am I gonna skip so I can go to an extra PE? So many different things, but a lot of them just really didn't involve schoolwork. But, there are still some things that stuck with me. And one of those things that stuck with me is context clues. And context clues are reading the words around a word to give you the definition of that particular word. And it's the same way in journalism, it's the same way with different reporters. You can't just look at the headline, you gotta look at the context as well. So that's exactly what we're going to do today. Because there was a headline going around that Russell Wilson, he loves Antonio Brown and he was hoping that the Seahawks sign him. So I'm sure if Seahawks fans are anything like Ravens fans, then there was probably a lot of differing opinions on one Antonio Brown joining the Seattle Seahawks. Seattle Seahawks are a team, of course, Russell Wilson one of the best quarterbacks in the league, but that quarterback wants more weapons. He of course has Tyler Lockett, has DK Metcalf, had Josh Gordon for a little bit last year. And then Josh Gordon, he's trying to get reinstated so we'll see what happens with that. But Russell Wilson apparently wants more. Now the Seahawks were in talks with Devonte Freeman about offering him a one year, three million dollar deal I believe with the chance for it to be four million dollars. But he declined, he declined. And then I read a report that said he would be willing to sit out this season if he doesn't get a better deal. And for that, okay, if you feel like you're worth more than that, okay, cool. I mean, you are just coming off being one of the highest paid running backs in the league, but I can't say, I'm not gonna be like a lot of people and say, oh man, he should be humbled as the Seahawks are even offering him a deal. Now I do believe in humility and being humble. I'm not saying that, but I just, I am saying that maybe he just feels like there's something better. Maybe he just didn't wanna play for Seattle. I don't know. Maybe he's just trying to drive his price up to another team that could potentially be interested. We'll see what happens with that. But the Seahawks said, you know what? You're not interested. We've been talking to Carlos Hyde on the side so you're not even our only option. We got options. So Seahawks ended up signing Carlos Hyde to a one year deal. And Carlos Hyde, he's been around for a while now, man. He's had like a sneaky long career. He played obviously for the 49ers. I believe he was the first round pick for them or wasn't the second round. I forget. But he played for the 49ers, had some success there, was on the Jaguars briefly, was on the Browns briefly, was on the Texans. And now he goes to the Seattle Seahawks. Very successful organization, a very well run organization. And he gets to step in for the, I believe it was Rashad Penny who was coming back from a torn ACL, I wanna say, but don't quote me on that because I'm not 100% sure. So my apologies if I did get that wrong. But the Seahawks did sign one of Carlos Hyde. So they also brought in Greg Olson. And Greg Olson is a tight end. He's been a tight end with the Bears. He's been a tight end with the Panthers. And he's had a pretty decent career. He came from the U. So he's down here from Miami, at least college wise. But they did ask, so they added that tight end for Russell Wilson. But still as a quarterback, especially as a successful quarterback, you want more. As many options as possible. Of course, DK Metcalf, man, he had a good season last year and he shut a lot of people up. So many people were down on DK Metcalf saying, oh, he can only run one route. He's not agile, he can't do anything. He can't go through a route tree. He's too raw, he's too this, he's too that. He's gonna break. Oh, he's got 1% body fat. So, oh, he's gonna get injured. They were saying all type of stuff about one DK Metcalf. He shut all that up. He shut all that up. He came out, had a decent rookie season, now he has something good to build off of going into the future. And he came a reliable target for one Russell Wilson. But still, so why would Russell Wilson really want the Seahawks to sign one Antonio Brown? This came from John Clayton. John Clayton, a well-respected reporter for the NFL. He's been doing his thing for a long time now. Long time now. I remember even, I remember seeing John Clayton like on ESPN and stuff way before I got into all this YouTube stuff when I would watch a lot more ESPN back in the day and NFL Network and stuff. I remember seeing John Clayton's face on there a lot. This old gentleman with the glasses and the little BDIs and he would come on there and he was well-respected around the league. And he still is well-respected around the league. But let's see how this headline came to be about Russell Wilson loving Antonio Brown and hoping that the Seahawks sign him. So this was an article that John Clayton put out on, looks like it's ESPN, Seattle. And let's just read a bit of it. He said, early in the off-season, Russell Wilson was encouraging the Seahawks to bring in a little star power. The front office responded early by signing Titan Greg Olson. They gave him a deep threat with great speed when they signed receiver Philip Dorsett. I forgot about that one. So that's a nice little, that's a nice little, is Philip Dorsett all that? He obviously never lived up to being that first round pick from the Colts back in the Havillong that was ago. Then he came in for the, he went to the Patriots, played with them for a little bit. Things obviously never really panned out there. He would make an occasional play once in a while. But now he's with the Seahawks. There's a little less pressure on him. And I think there was less pressure on him with the Patriots as well. But with the Seahawks, he's not the number one guy, not the number two guy. He's like a third, fourth option. But anyway, let's continue. So, and based on what we are starting to hear, more star power might be on the way. Mike Silver of NFL Network reported Wednesday that Seahawks off foot former Atlanta Falcons running back to Vante Freeman one year, $3 million contract that could be worth up to four mil. And it's already been known that the Seahawks have been talking to running backs, Carlos Hayden-Malshaun, we don't need to get into that part cause that's the running back stuff. Okay, so anyway, here we go. This is what we talking about Antonio Brown. We already talked about the running back situation. So it's pretty clear the Seahawks want to run the ball even more this year. They have loaded up at tight end and tried to stay big along the offensive line, but it's not out of the question for the Seahawks to add another wide receiver. According to sources, Russell Wilson would love to add Antonio Brown. Brown is also close with backup QB, Geno Smith, whose one year contract with the Seahawks was finalized on Wednesday. I didn't know he was close with Geno Smith, but I think Geno Smith is from down here too. I think he is. So that would make sense if they are close. But anyway, continuing. So John Clay, and this is where John Clay starts to, he said, hey, don't just go for the headline. So he cleared all this stuff up right away. So he, cause he knew what people were gonna do cause he's a journalist himself. So he knew that people were gonna take that headline and run with it, run with it. And not that there's anything wrong with what he said, cause he obviously said what he said and he put it in his article, but then the following paragraph, he said, don't expect anything soon in regards to Brown. Boom. So he, not that he shut it down, but he made sure like, hey, I'm not putting that out out there that they're getting ready to sign him right away. I'm not putting it out there that they are in talks with Antonio Brown. He put it right there. Don't expect anything soon in regards to Brown. Then he said, while it is an option down the road, deals like that are something that John Snyder, the Seahawks GM, waits on as he likes to leave extra cap room for moves in the summer and during the season. And let's not go overboard on the Antonio Brown option. He won't be signed this month. And the Seahawks wouldn't sign him next month. Don't let it be, and this is where he got a little petty. This is where he got a little petty. But before we get into his pettiness, he said, let's not go overboard on the Antonio Brown option. So he's already trying to calm people down like, hey, relax, chill out. But, and he said he won't be signed this month and the Seahawks wouldn't sign him next month. So he's saying that the Seahawks would be in no rush to sign Antonio Brown. This is just one of Russell Wilson's wants. I'm sure Russell wasn't voice it enough. I'm sure he can get some stuff moving, but John Clayton said, don't expect anything right now. So just hold your horses on that. Be patient. But anyway, with the pettiness, here we go. He said, don't let it be a topic like trade talk years ago with the Cleveland Browns or Seahawks drafting Josh Allen. Because we know that Kristen, we did the videos on this channel about those stories, about the, because Chris Sims, Chris Sims, he works with Mike Florio. They do the podcast together and stuff. Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk, but Chris Sims reported that the Seahawks were thinking about trading one Russell Wilson to the Browns to get their number one overall pick. And if they would have, and Chris Sims also reported like a week later after he reported that, he said that if they would have traded that number one overall pick, then it's likely that they would have drafted Josh Allen. So that's what John Clayton is referring to, but he's also shutting that down. But anyway, he said, don't let it be a topic like trade talks years ago with the Cleveland Browns or the Seahawks drafting Josh Allen. Those things weren't happening. He shut it all down. I love John Clayton. I gotta follow him on Twitter because this was straight up. It's a little petty too now. But this is John Clayton saying, stop it, stop it. And even, this is him even saying, stop it before things get started about Antonio Brown. He said, stop it. Don't do it. Don't start. And then he said, those things weren't happening. If the Seahawks would do something with Antonio Brown, it would be in late July or August. And then he made another good point. He brought up Alden Smith, who just got reinstated. But let's just read. He said, another option might be brewing out of the blue on Wednesday, the NFL reinstated lying back at Alden Smith, who had been on an indefinite suspension. I don't really think that was out of the blue because I mean, Dallas signed him like a year ago. I mean, a month ago, not a year ago. They signed him like a month ago. So he's been on the contract with them. So you would expect him to get reinstated. I already thought he was reinstated when the cowboy signed him. But anyway, he says Smith, Alden Smith hasn't played since 2015, but he signed a one year, $2 million deal with the Dallas Cowboys. Smith and his representatives had been frustrated by the slow movement to resolve his status. But now he's on the roster as an active player. His return could open the door on at least two more suspensions being resolved. One being Cowboys defensive end, Randy get Gregory. And two, wide receiver, Josh Gordon, who spent most of 2019 with the Seahawks. Gregory and Gordon could be reinstated at any point. If Gordon comes off suspension, the Seahawks would be interested. He liked it in Seattle and the Seahawks liked him. So there you go. So he said, the Seahawks liked Josh Gordon too. So those would be two pretty good options. And you know, Seahawks could afford both of them. Neither one of the two was gonna command any crazy money. Josh Gordon, they already got him. I think, I believe they would have his rights. Or did they cut him? I gotta look into that because I don't remember for sure. I don't remember for sure. But they both would be low risk, high potential guys. Low risk, high reward. If they were to go to Seattle and they would give Russell Wilson like, ooh, yikes. Tyler Lockett, DK Metcalf, Philip Dorsett, Tony O'Brown, Josh Gordon. Russell Wilson wouldn't know what to do with himself. He wouldn't know what to do with himself. He would be so happy. He would, if Russell Wilson got all of those guys, and it's possible. But if Russell Wilson got all of those guys, this dude, he would probably get on IG Live and start Blast In Future. Cause he would just be so happy. He wouldn't care about, nothing would be able to phase him. Nothing. But we'll see what happens. But anyway, shout out to John Clayton. Cause he became the king of the shutdown, man. I absolutely love how he wrote that article. And I love how he covered himself. He was like, hey, if anybody takes this and runs with it, they need to read the whole thing because he shut it all down. Team Keep It Clean, I love y'all. I appreciate y'all. Thank you for listening and I'm out.