Glad to see a lot of CeeDee love, I’m not a huge Dallas fan but he’s someone fun to watch and I can’t root against that.

Only thing Ceedee is getting is locked up

2k is a near impossible task but there’s a reason he’s on my short list.

I did feel bad but I had to make the cutoff at some point and I wanted to talk about tyreek so I moved it back from 1800 which was gonna be my initial cutoff.

If anyone was deserving of it, it was Calvin. - the other host, a lions fan

I respect the hating ‼️

I 100% agree with you, but my knowledge of playcallers is very very low so I chose not to delve too deeply into an aspect of the game where I don’t have a wealth of knowledge. The point of the video was more to say that any team has the potential to be a good team in the current NFL because the talent level league wide is so high, not at all to say that there won’t be any bad teams. Playcallers will 100% affect the quality of play from any team and that’s another thing that can lead to a team being bad that I simply don’t have the expertise to dive into that aspect. I’ve only been analytically looking at the league for a single year now, before this it was purely “wow throw ball go far coooooolll” if that makes sense. I definitely appreciate the criticism and I’m working on expanding my knowledge anywhere I can.

@@FranchiseTagged Someone _admitting_ that they don't know a thing? Legally, I think you have to leave the U.S.A. Totally acceptable not trying to go where your knowledge can't follow. I just wanted to throw that out there not knowing if you could or would as it would be easier to crack into this glutted market if you could. ; )

Play calling is extremely important, but as someone who had limited access to viewing Jaguars games throughout the past few seasons, it wasn’t something I was super in tune with for this team. The Dave Canales story is definitely one I caught onto, and I am very interested in the turnaround from a Frank Reich Team, a coach who has served his tenure and shown his flaws, to a coach who is on the up and coming and what Canales can do for Bryce Young

@@FranchiseTagged That's fine. No pressure. This was a roundabout way of getting at whether it's something you know about. Me, I don't know what the plays are called, but I can see things regardless & only returned to watching the NFL *because* I found channels that do look into that aspect of things. Take kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3uyYoOpqtV5lbc for instance. If you actually count how many times each QB is off by inches or miles, Fields' college footage is _WAY_ better than that of Caleb Williams. People try to dismiss this as saying "anyone could succeed with _that_ roster." Well Burrow Had JaMarr Chase in college, no? Amazing how people stick to their memes despite evidence. Knowing the effects of play-calling can help determine what you're looking at. Did Fields become timid & regress or did the Bears _REALLY_ do a number on him? & also, you'd have known what went wrong in JAX this past season.

Man I did not wake up today and expect to be clowned for my messy room 😭😭 but yes, point taken, I agree that it’s not the best backdrop, I just don’t really have a better option right now unfortunately. Hopefully soon 🤞🏻

@@FranchiseTagged Didn’t mean to throw shade. Just pointing out something I saw that could help make your videos even more professional. (Your content is already high quality.) But maybe I’ve watched too much Jordan Peterson: “Clean your room!” 😂 Just because your subscriber count is only double digits now doesn’t mean it will stay that way. With time, hard work, and a little magic from the YT algorithm, your subscriber count will be in the thousands in no time. Keep up the good work and best wishes!

Cardinals are in a good spot, hype to see the Kyler -> MHJ connection this year!

I (Gabe) am a fan of the patriots, while the other host of the channel (Elijah) is Lions fan. We each root for other teams as well, but those are our favorites.

@@FranchiseTagged OK if you’re ever interested in making content about the patriots keep me in mind

My favorite team is the New York Giants

In my opinion giving a 29 year old WR who is coming off a season where he was easily WR1 in an offense with an elite QB and barely posting 1000 yards 46 million dollars of guaranteed money is an overpay. Face value of 23 a year is a WILD overpay but even if you don’t look at the full contract and you assume that they’re gonna cut him (then why give him that long of a contract) it’s still an overpay because he’ll be 30-31 when his cap hit is 28 million. If he’s bad it’s an overpay no matter what you give him. If he’s good, you can’t cut him so it’ll be an overpay because you’re giving out that full contract. I still did mention that I like them putting talent around Levis, I just think that his contract is a bit much for his age and current production. Edit: whoops forgot the fair deal question, I think Jakobi Meyers is on Ridley’s level, he’s only 27 and was just over 800 yards as the clear 2 in the raiders atrocious offense, he signed a 3 year $33 mil deal last offseason and yes money has changed and cap space has changed but going from 11 a year to 23 a year for the same production just doesn’t seem like a good move.

I understand what the Titans are doing. Both their old GM J-Rob who was running things like he was the son of the owner & Vrabel both seem to have done things that ruined their rep *among players.* So they're trying to change that as well as say "we're willing to spend $ to win." But Ridley still seems like an overpay. He hasn't returned to form. It's as simple as that for now. They _should_ use him differently than how the Jags who failed him did, but we don't _know_ that yet.

Swapping Hunter for Greenard has to work out, keeping Aaron Jones in the north is a great decision, and the draft may look great on paper but it came at the cost of a LOT of future picks, moving up from the 2nd to 23 and then again from 23 to 17, it’s risky but if it all pays off it’ll be looked back on as a masterclass for sure.

​@@FranchiseTagged Hunter for Greenard cost less and they got a younger player. Van Ginkel and Turner provide a pass run rotation. Jones will mentor younger players at the position. Darnold is seasoned from the niner's and only 26. Cashman is a hometown boi who will fill a need. They now have talent at almost all positions and 100+ cap space next year to fill in gaps with veterans.

I’m not disagreeing with you, but their lack of picks hurts a lot especially if ANY of their picks this year don’t pan out how they hope. They paid a big premium to get jj and Turner, if they aren’t instant impact players they’ll be suffering for it for a long time, especially in one of the strongest divisions in football.

@@FranchiseTagged It will be a crazy division now, but they still have their 1st next year. They will get one, if not two comp 3rds with Hunter and Kirk walking. Along with some compensation from the Kirk tampering. The cupboard is far from empty.

@@FranchiseTagged Flores walked into MIN & turned The Worst Defense into a 16th after losing their top-2 defensive players. Yes, the lost Hunter, but got 3 other players. Whatever he's doing seems to work By Committee than by Individual Star. Still, we have to wait & see. But my Vikings' Luck-o-Meter says the defense gets better. The QB situation on the other hand...

I’d actually argue they had one of the worse offseasons in the league, not the worst, but not great. Kicking Aaron Jones to the curb after all he’s done for them is diabolical, losing savage to add McKinney is a slight step up? But even then, keep the guy who knows the system IMO. Drafted well enough, maybe a slight reach in the first but good picks in the 2nd with cooper and Bullard, but then a RB in the 3rd? After signing Jacobs? In a division that’s undeniably becoming one of the strongest (Vikings gonna Viking) in the NFL, they didn’t do enough to move the needle for me. If they do well next season and make it further, it’ll be off the back of Jordan Love’s continued breakout and the receiving weapons getting better, not the moves made this offseason. (Also, Jordan Love needs a new contract and if he keeps this up money will be very tight in the near future)

@@FranchiseTagged Getting off of an oft-injured running back approaching 30 for one 3 years younger and also led the league in rushing just 2 seasons ago is diabolical? Hilarious and you can’t be serious saying that McKinney is a slight step up from savage is joke when darnell has been inconsistent at best his entire career, including a benching a couple of seasons ago. And we got a new coordinator so there’s a gonna be a new system anyway, we’re literally switching from a 3-4 back to a 4-3. And the need for a backup was there considering the fact that we had to rely on AJ Dillon most of the year last year which was an unpleasant experience and offers more versatility to our offense. Through free agency and the draft, we added high impact players and depth to a roster coming off of nail-biting loss to the Super Bowl runner up in the second round putting us in prime position to be a contender next year. To ignore that shows bias on your part considering one of you guys are Lions fans. Also, Jordan’s contract will be taken care of soon, don’t worry about cap space, this front office always knows how to add good players every season whether through the draft and or finding low cost gems such as Rasul Douglas and Devondre Campbell in recent years

@@yannicekonyaole4078Josh Jacobs was not very good last season, certainly not as good as Jones. What’s hilarious is how you gloss over this fact. Jacobs averaged almost a full yard less per carry than the other Raiders RB, White. Maybe Jacobs will rebound but it looked like he lost a step last season. Overall, Packers off-season was mediocre. Just checked PFF, Jacobs was the 2nd best RB on the Raiders last season.

@@paulieprinceton4550 Funny how you say I’m glossing over facts when you failed to mention that Jones had less yards than Josh even in a down season where opponents were loading the box due to the severe lack of competent quarterback play. Of course Zamir managed to have a higher yards per average, teams weren’t game planning for him and no one in their right mind would say he’s the better running back. It is also hilarious that you could read my previous comment about how well the packers offseason was and still call it mediocre without any legitimate counter arguments. Sounds to me like you’re just a bitter division rival🤷🏿‍♂️

They did have some great additions this off-season, but Aaron Donald’s retirement is such a impact we couldn’t mention them

@@FranchiseTagged understandable everybody saying this but I think they gonna surprise you guys 👀

My Detroit Lions will be seeing you, Primetime, week 1 👀. May the best team win

@@FranchiseTagged can’t wait rams win

I cannot condone this as a lions fan.

@@FranchiseTagged haha Hey, pretty much every fan base was cheering for the Lions last season. Go win a ring.

I take it back, I like this one.

Overpay, yes, but when all quarterbacks are overpaid, no one will be. - Syndrome

The complete incompetence is our selling point❗️

@FranchiseTagged I bet and win often using a system that assumes its fixed.

It’s smokescreen season, believe nothing until the card is handed over. Also it’s 2 spots for an extra first round pick this season, no GM would say no to that 😭

I agree.

IMO it would still take teams a good few seasons to fully change their mentality when scouting and drafting so the flip would take place a bit after the rule change.

I’ll admit that’s not something I’m super knowledgeable about, what would be a more discernible color palette?

Facts he was an above average qb and. Had solid longevity

My age is a big factor, I didn’t see half the guys touch the field, but the premise of the video stays mostly the same. I think if I were to redo the video I’d do a bit more research into the guys I hadn’t seen and find more of a consensus grade on others. I tried not to take team into account, especially for players who went on to blossom elsewhere but it’s tough to defend someone being a top 3 pick when they didn’t pan out for the team that drafted them. Also Denzel Ward was one of the toughest players to decide on, ultimately I decided he had a bit too wishy washy play that it’d be a stretch to call him green. I definitely appreciate the insight and hope you got something out of it despite the grades.

​@FranchiseTagged , my age is probably a factor, too(46). To someone my age, Courtney Brown and Peter Warrick were incredible college players and were supposed to be great pros. I think you did an overall fair job. It's difficult to color code something as complex as an NFL career. You could ask three different fans about Jadeveon Clowney and get three different colors(I don't think he could rate as a red, although expectations were through the roof, he's been a solid pro).

That was another thing I struggled with, too many colors and you get a more accurate grading system but a less visible overall picture, too few colors and you get guys like Carson Wentz and Jared Goff graded the same, but what I would consider a better overall picture of the picks in general.

Barry Sanders was cursed by those Lions teams

It definitely is, just an interesting thing to look into IMO, also definitely not anything to predict future drafts by. 😂

I spelled it right❗️

Arguably, yes, but Baker’s success has come from being on a team that had great weapons rather than a team that has struggled to put together competing rosters like the Jags have. I still consider Trevor to be a better 1st overall pick than Baker who was playing scout team DE for the panthers before he got to the perfect situation in Tampa.

Same with Goff. Lawrence hasn't proven to be tier 1 at all.

Thank you for watching!

I think especially not knowing the outcome of the Rashee Rice situation, we’ve flip flopped on what to do with them because they’re at the last pick of the 1st so it’s almost just “who falls to them” but I agree their WR room can improve. With the depth of the class at tackle and receiver it’ll be interesting to see which they prefer though.

@@FranchiseTagged I agree, it’ll totally depend on how the other pics shake out, but I definitely think they’re ready for another wide receiver

Mine too!

I definitely agree that their current staff seems like they’d prioritize the trenches but with how they’ve managed their roster this offseason (Everett, Mike Williams, Keenan) they’re a bit backed into a corner. Bowers being a better run blocker than most undersized TEs makes that pick fit better than it should and QJ being the 1 terrifies me, but they could do literally anything.

This whole draft just feels so top heavy with talent, you could have any order of the top 15-20 picks with any number of people and it wouldn’t be a surprise to me. Steelers should be fine though, the tackle talent is great but so is a lot of other talent, I’d be shocked if one of the top 5 guys isn’t there at 20 for them.

He is definitely up there for me right now, I just love his skill set and the scheme he comes from. Being a 3 year starter under Saban isn’t anything to scoff at either.

Where’s your scouting report?