Impact and Implications: The Stefon Diggs Trade Unraveled

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We are those guys, we hope to be your guys, bringing you the latest from the National Football League and Nick Ferguson joining me after a bombshell trade where the Buffalo Bills part ways with wide receiver Stephon Diggs, sending him to the Houston Texans along with a 2024 6th round pick, a 25 5th round pick.

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In exchange for a second round pick in the 2025 draft.

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Nick, I remember it was so long ago when he left Minnesota, uh, to Buffalo in exchange for a first round pick, fast forward a few years, they have one ASU championship appearance, and now he's on his way out.

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Uh, where do you want to start with the Texan side of things, or maybe with the Buffalo Bills and where their future outlook lies? I think the best place to start is with the Bills who I feel.

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And in all of this, when they acquired Stephon Diggs, like you said, from Minnesota, there was the hope that Stephon was going to help take Josh Allen's career to the next level and hopefully allow them to not only play in the playoff game, host the playoff game, but actually play in the Super Bowl.

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Some of those things were true and some were not true.

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So, let's talk about the things that were true.

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You look at Stephon Diggs and what he was able to do.

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To elevate Josh Allen's game because the idea was like spend a certain amount of money on a quarterback.

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You have to build talent around him.

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So it was a great move by Brandon Bean and Sean McDermott to go out and acquire.

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You know, a guy of Stefon Diggs talent.

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The only thing about it is that it never really blossomed to way, the way that most people thought, because there was this one team that was always in their way every single time.

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It was almost like the reverse, like the Patriots, your Patriots were always in a way of Peyton Manning and Josh Allen and Stefon Diggs, that one team that they could not get over.

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Chiefs in Patrick Mahomes and look, man, we saw what happened on the sideline and Stephon was pretty upset as though he should because there were moments where he was not featured the way that he should as a number one receiver and they end up losing.

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And I'll say, Because people are blaming Stefon Diggs for, you know, some of the imagery that we saw from him.

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That him being so animated.

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But I also say that a lot of that responsibility falls on the shoulder of Josh Allen.

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Who every time felt as though, he's gotta run the freaking ball.

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Yeah.

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Like, he's gotta be that fantasy guy.

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No, throw the ball.

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That's why I never, for fantasy purposes, Just for fantasy purposes, I never picked up Josh Allen as my quarterback or, uh, better said, any Buffalo Bills running backs as my running backs, because Well, we can extrapolate that and I want to break down the two things that you said, um, sort of the, the personal, uh, Stefon Diggs issues, right? The optics of complaining that you're not getting the football enough when you're leading the league in targets and catches, um, compared to, um.

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That transition that the offense made and focusing more on, on, on James Cook.

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It's kind of deja vu for Stefon Diggs because with the Vikings, they gravitated away from the passing game in order to go to Dalvin Cook, and now he's dealing with the same thing in Buffalo with his younger brother, James Cook, that the emphasis on running the football, he's just, listen, too many cooks, too many cooks in the kitchen for Stefon Diggs.

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So there's a reason why he's onto his third.

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NFL team and the, the bills were winning, man.

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Like they ran into the chiefs three times and lost three times in the postseason.

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Um, but at the end of last year, they beat the Kansas city chiefs in the regular season and kicked off a six game winning streak, you know, how many touchdowns to fond days had during that stretch, probably zero, zero.

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He, he had some, you know, he had some double digit target games, but he had no games that he exceeded.

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Uh, he had, he had one game, he had the Dolphins game where he was seven catches, 87 yards.

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Other than that, you can't find them with over 55 receiving yards in that win streak.

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It's not about funneling targets or forcing a ball a certain way.

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It was finding out how they could run the ball, play adequate enough defense.

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And they were averaging 25 points a game, but their opponents were scoring less than two touchdowns for the most part.

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So it's, it's a changing of the guard, kind of understanding that with a new play caller, after letting go of Ken Dorsey, and better defense being played.

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That they ultimately made this decision, and it's not an easy one because they're now eating 31 million dollars towards next season.

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That's why a lot of people thought this would never happen, and why I came in saying it was so shocking.

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Because 31 million for your receiver to play somewhere else? This is shades of Russell Wilson to it.

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And, you know, maybe the bills are thinking it's an addition by subtraction, but the bottom line is Nick, it puts pressure on Sean McDermott.

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It puts even more pressure on Brandon Bean because on the surface, they essentially moved down 30 picks or so.

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And I mean, depending on how the Texans finished, but they acquired Stefon Diggs for the 22nd overall pick, which the Vikings used on Justin Jefferson.

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And now fast forward three or four years later, if they get a mid to late second round pick, then they're moving down 25 spots essentially for four quality years of Stefon Diggs, which, you know, on the ledger looks fine.

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Trying to balance that with the dead cap and kind of where this offense goes, knowing that Stefon Diggs and Gabe Davis are out the door, where does this offense kind of go? Well, as the saying was, when I was growing up, it's cheaper to keep her.

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But in this case, not with Stephon Diggs or with Russell Wilson.

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And that's the crazy part about it.

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You got two guys who are making a ginormous amount of the money and the team has to take a day cap hit and they will be playing for other teams.

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So that means their previous team, someone in a desperation mode here with the Denver Broncos have no idea what they're going to do at the quarterback position and no matter who you bring in, will it make you better than a team within your division? And so.

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As the Bills part ways with Stephon Diggs sending him to the Texans, does it truly make the team that much better? Are you really helping Josh Allen kind of take his game to a whole different level? And the answer to that question is no.

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Like, they signed Curtis Samuel.

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And I'm sure Curtis Samuel, when he signed him offseason, he's thinking, Okay, it's going to be me, KJ Hamler, a couple of other guys, and Stephon Now, Curtis Samuel, within a day's notice, he's become receiver number one.

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And if you're Josh Allen, you have to ask yourself, well, are they really helping me? Did they? Here's my question.

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Did they talk to Josh before they made this move? Brandon Bean says that they didn't, that he woke up to the news.

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Uh, Brandon Bean, but a 260 million quarterback.

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I think he's going to be let in a little bit, like, you know, that this, this could be happening is what Brandon Bean said.

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Be aware that it could happen, but I think Josh Allen would know that the trade was going down.

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Well, basically he said, look, Hey, be aware.

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We're going to screw you in the remaining of your career.

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Like, we know before that we were competing with Kansas city, even though we didn't beat them, we were competing with them.

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Now we're going to tie, not just both of your hands, but we're going to tie both of your feet together.

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Like this is a sack race.

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And we're going to hope that you can actually pull it off because there's no way that you can currently look at.

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The Beals roster and say that, Hey, listen, they're even going to get out of their own division and Rogers is going to be back.

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And if you looked at anything that Rob Asala and what they're doing with their defense, they just made life that much harder for Josh Allen.

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So right now, for me, if you were to look at the AFC East and say, well, how is that going to finish? I'm gonna put the Jets in number one, Miami number two, and I'm going to put Both New England and the Bills at the bottom, and probably put, you know, your Patriots number four.

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Well, that makes sense.

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I, you know, I think, I think Josh Allen is the type of player, you know, is, is, is the, the, the, the boat that raises, the tide that raises the boat.

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Right.

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Josh Allen is that type of dynamic player.

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And, you know, I, I just, I, I, I, I shine the light on Brandon beam because he took a big swing on a guy like Stefon digs.

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He took a big swing on a guy like Vaughn Miller and they were, you know, they, they didn't achieve the success that they were hoping for.

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Um, and, and for a lot of people, like just being worse, you know, being second best to Kansas city is good enough, but with a 260 million quarterback, it's no longer good enough.

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And it's no longer good enough to expect the Houston Texans.

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To beat the Cleveland Browns and then go to sleep.

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We have a new contender in the AFC with the Houston Texans bringing on Stephon Diggs.

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Do we not? With CJ Stroud throwing to Diggs, Nico Collins, Tank Dell.

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Uh, Dalton, Schultz, and the Texans had, you know, a pretty exciting offseason.

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The NFL tweeted that they were the first team in NFL history to acquire players that in the past season had 100 yard catches and digs, 1, 000 rushing yards and Joe Mixon, and 10 sacks and Demille Hunter.

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So this Texans team got a whole lot exciting and may have even overtaken their division rivals who we'll talk about in a moment in the Tennessee Titans.

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Ladies and gentlemen, Houston.

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They're going to be a problem in Texas.

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It is your Houston, Texas led by CJ straw.

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And also, and there's another person that you failed to bring up who had a great showing last season was Noah Brown.

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So and Robert Woods.

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So you throw all of those guys in the second year with C.

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Stroud, who was amazing in his first season as a rookie quarterback.

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And you're going to have Bobby Slore, who's going into his second year.

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I mean, you think about who turned down, uh, head coaching opportunities, being able to spread the fill out.

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And then having a dynamic running back that can get you to tough yards and Joe Nixon, but also he has great hands out of the backfield.

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That is going to create matchup nightmares for opposing defensive coordinators.

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So the first thing that I saw when they added I saw kind of glimpses of what it was like being in San Francisco with Kyle Shanahan or Mike McDaniel was there.

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All the pieces were not there at the time when I coached there.

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Right.

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After I left, oddly enough, they added pieces, then they go to the Super Bowl, right? Which is crazy.

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But when you look at what the Texans have done under D'Amico Ryan's leadership, They're trying to build it.

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And I know there's a question that was being talked about, or I guess a topic that's tossed out on social media.

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Well, thinking about what Stefon Diggs was, as far as emotional and what we saw, will that locker room in D'Amico Ryan's be able to tame him? And I was like, yes, because here's what we know as players.

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As you start to age, your window is closing.

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And we watch, I've seen photos of Stephon Diggs standing out there watching Kansas city celebrate.

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He's now celebrating.

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He's thinking that he's the missing piece to the fact that, I mean, Texas were one game away from playing an AFC championship game.

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He's thinking that he can be that particular guy.

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And if they stay healthy, I'm telling you, man, if they stay healthy, man, they will be one of the most dangerous teams in the AFC.

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I'm looking at their schedule and I've got two games circled.

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That have to be primetime now.

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The Texans host the Buffalo Bills.

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That's Stephon Diggs revenge game.

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Gotta put that on Monday night.

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Uh, and then meanwhile, they go on the road to Arlington at Jerry World.

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So you have Stephon Diggs up against Trayvon Diggs.

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Those are the two games circled on my calendar for sure.

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And What I have circled, um, you know, it's been a little while since we talked about, I mean, the Stefon Diggs move is probably the biggest trade, you know, of course, outside of Mack Jones going to Jacksonville, probably the biggest trade we've seen in the NFL this offseason, outside of LeJarrius Sneed going to Tennessee.

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And I don't think we've spent a lot of time on it, and it makes a lot of sense to transition from one AFC South to Team to another where we've seen the additions that the Titans have made and we're saying to ourselves, okay, Calvin Ridley.

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Okay.

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Legerius Sneed.

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Okay.

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Lloyd Cushenbury.

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Like, we're making additions to build around our young quarterback.

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Like, that's, that's what we ask of teams to do, right? You identify someone, and while Will Levis is on his rookie year deal, can, can we be a competitive outfit, um, with LeJarius Sneed coming over for, what, a third round selection? It was, Kind of a low trade offer that other teams I thought would have come to the table for, but the impact of luxurious need for those Tennessee Titans, plus the other moves that they've made, is this a competitive team against what we're considering to be a power in the Houston Texans, knowing they're going to play each other twice this year? Yeah, it is Alex.

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And I'll tell you why, like in years past, we looked at the AFC West and AFC West was one of those.

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Tough divisions.

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Now we're going to have to look at, uh, the AFC South as being the tougher division because you're going to have C.

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Stroud, Trevor Lawrence, Will Levis, and Anthony Richardson when he comes back in that particular division.

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And you look at how Rand Carthan, the GM who comes over from the San Francisco 49ers, spending so much time in their scouting department, uh, and now he's trying to put his fingerprints.

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On that Tennessee Titans team, and I can tell you this from my days playing with the Texans that playing against the Titans, those games were always physical.

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Those games were always tough.

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All you have to do is go on YouTube and find the tapes of Andre Johnson and Courtland Finnegan.

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And that will tell you everything you need to know.

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And I know Rand is trying to develop Uh, a tough, hard nosed team that is physical, and it starts with their quarterback.

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Watching Will Levis last year, and especially, more importantly, the game against the Miami Dolphins, man, he was fired up with so much energy.

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The kid is physical.

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Yeah, he's still on a rookie deal, and you're right, it's going to allow the team to build these pieces around him.

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But when you just look at what the Titans are actually building, they're building a team that is physical on both sides of the ball, and adding a Darius Sneed to that.

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That could equal more possessions for a young quarterback like Will Lovers to help him develop more.

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So, for me, I'm excited about the upcoming season.

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I'm excited about the moves the Texans have made.

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I'm excited to see that level of competition in that particular season.

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Division.

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I mean, we can talk about the AFC East.

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We can talk about the AFC North.

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We can't talk about the AFC West.

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We can't.

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That's off limits.

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We cannot talk about that, Eric.

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So, I mean, Alex, if you were to bring that up, I am going to act as though that I did not hear because that's the one division I don't want to talk about.

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In essence, the Chiefs don't get better by moving on from Snead.

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So, at least you got that going for you.

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Well, see, see, see, that's what you think, right? Because last year was a year we thought that their offense was struggling because receivers dropping so many balls, but guess what? They found other ways to win with their defense.

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Correct.

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They, they, they found, they found ways to win.

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However, they still haven't, you know, how many tries have they, have they made to replace Tyreek Hill? And I understand they're not looking for a one to one replacement, but MBS hasn't worked out.

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Sky Moore hasn't worked out.

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Kadarius Tony hasn't worked out.

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Justin Watson hasn't worked out.

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We'll see with Rasheed Rice.

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I mean, depending on what the NFL decides to do, but he could end up missing games for this year.

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Is he going to be in uniform? That's see again, it's, it's hard to, uh, contend without being able to act, uh, accurately address a certain position and credit to Rand Carthon.

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What do teams that don't have a ton of success do to bring in talent? They pay a couple of million, you know, Over market value, which is how they landed Calvin Ridley, which is how they get, you know, Chidobi Awuzie, who's I'm much more comfortable with as a cornerback too, with Legereus Sneed over there.

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So I, you know, I I'm just saying the Chiefs aren't better for making this trade, but I know full well that they liked what they saw in Trent McDuffie and the rest of that secondary, um, in Kansas city.

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Now, I guess I want to wrap things with a trade that hasn't happened, but I'm wondering why it hasn't happened yet.

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A big wide receiver on the moves of Stephon Diggs.

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T.

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Higgins, in Cincinnati.

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The Bengals are better with him there with Jamar Chase and Joe Burrow, but as far as the latest reporting suggests, no discussion on a contract extension.

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He signed the franchise tender, so he's at least there for now, but if they were to try to allocate 25 million a year for him, and 35 million a year for, you know, For, uh, Jamar Chase.

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They're paying 110 million for three players on the offense that just doesn't seem sustainable.

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So I'm wondering if Tee Higgins, why he isn't already on the move, when will he be on the move, and Are there any teams that could, uh, use his, uh, skillset? There are multiple teams that could use his, his skillset.

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When you look at your Patriots, they can use his skillset.

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He could be, he, he would be great.

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I would love to see him as a football fan with the Green Bay Packers or the Minnesota Vikings.

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He would be beloved here in Denver, but Denver still doesn't have a quarterback, uh, that can really get him the ball.

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So that's something that's in question.

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But here's what I think is gonna happen.

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With the Bengals, right? Notice though, Higgins has already signed his tender.

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Right now, he's not going anywhere unless someone trades for him.

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Or the team decides to trade him away.

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We haven't seen that type of offer that would blow them away, but I figured something in the rain, you know, after seeing what Brian Burns went for with, uh, I believe it was a 39th overall pick.

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Um, and LeGarious Sneed is a third rounder and Stefon Diggs is a future too.

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The Bengals are just maybe holding out hope that they can get, um, you know, a fair offer, it just doesn't seem like there's anything out there that's going to bowl them over.

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Yes.

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We have to make this trade now.

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But like, an early two would make sense to me.

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Right, okay, they don't have to, they can just retain the rights of the players.

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Watch how the draft starts to unfold and then see what happens there because there's a chance that Higgins could be moved at some point in the draft or after we see, you know, rookie minicamps.

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Teams can start to make moves saying, okay, well, the guys that we brought in, we don't think that we have the arsenal that we will like.

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Hey, let's revisit that conversation we had before free agency started.

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Or at or during the draft and to see if we can come to a mutual understanding and maybe there's an opportunity for a T.

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Higgins.

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But either way, Higgins is going to be paid.

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The only difference is that he doesn't have a long term deal, which is bothersome to a lot of players.

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But I say he's a very talented wide receiver and any team would be lucky to have him.

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I mean, San Francisco, not that they need more wide receivers, they would love to have him.

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But another place I think he would be great, two other places, uh, the Detroit Lions.

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Or with the Rams.

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Hmm.

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Yeah.

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The rich getting richer.

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That sounds pretty good to me.

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Hey, listen, you lived that life for 20 years as a Patriots fan.

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Don't complain.

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Now we talked about it.

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You can always go back on the, those guys podcast, YouTube feed to pull up our dynasty recap, five episodes.

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All 10 episodes of the Dynasty Documentary, pointing out where Nick Ferguson was at those moments in time when the Patriots were winning, and when Tom Brady was the number one quarterback in the NFL, uh, and you can do that on your own time, they're in the same podcast feed where you found us, those guys, talking about what's going on in the NFL today.

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Uh, Nick, before we split, we're coming off of a holiday weekend and I know I'm, I'm conflicted here.

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So I, I believe you, you partook in, in, in an Easter celebration, correct? Yeah.

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Okay.

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Now, Nick, before we split, how are you handling, The amount of candy that may be in your house, because I know you can't pour apple cider cider vinegar into those Easter eggs that you find during the hunt.

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How are you coping with Food that's not normally in the house because me personally, I just went through a bag of peanut M& Ms that if it weren't there, I wouldn't even think about it, but they got those cute little pastel colors.

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Um, how are you putting up with, uh, maybe some unsavory food in the house? Well, the whole idea, Alex, is to make sure that you have an account on how much of that unsavory food that you bring in.

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But I will say that with my kids and the candy that they received from the Easter Bunny, it does require one to Exercise a certain restraint and discipline when you see them just kind of moseying around eating and offering you certain things you have to say, no, you have to use willpower as much as you can and say, no, if that doesn't work.

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You go take it and you put it in your trunk.

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He's Nick Ferguson.

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Uh, where's, where's the best place to find candy? The trunk of his car.

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Where's the best place to find the latest in the NFL? It's right here with those guys.

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We hope to be your guys.

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We'll catch you guys, uh, leading up to the NFL draft.

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Um, plenty of tape that Nick is grinding through at Nick.

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Nick Ferguson, underscore 25 on all socials.

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If you have any questions about what your team wants to do in the draft, uh, particularly if you're a Broncos fan, that's where Nick is doing his bread and butter.

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So until next time, Nick, what do you have for the people? Hey man, sweets.

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Don't eat too much of them because do you know that it was a dentist that invented cotton candy? How dare he, how dare he do that? Big dentists, man.

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Big dentists.