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Diante Lee

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
2910 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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The Ringer NFL Show
Free Agency Matchmaker: Finding Fits for Trey Hendrickson, Mike Evans, and Others!

Yeah.

The Ringer NFL Show
Free Agency Matchmaker: Finding Fits for Trey Hendrickson, Mike Evans, and Others!

You know, but we'll see.

The Ringer NFL Show
Free Agency Matchmaker: Finding Fits for Trey Hendrickson, Mike Evans, and Others!

We'll see what condition this Achilles is in once you want him to report to camp.

The Ringer NFL Show
Free Agency Matchmaker: Finding Fits for Trey Hendrickson, Mike Evans, and Others!

And like I said, that's the ugly side of the business where all of a sudden you're going to hear anonymous sourcing on Daniel Jones unsure if he's going to be ready for week one.

The Ringer NFL Show
Free Agency Matchmaker: Finding Fits for Trey Hendrickson, Mike Evans, and Others!

Daniel Jones' representation is putting out messages that he might need some extra time or they're being very cautious with his Achilles rehab.

The Ringer NFL Show
Free Agency Matchmaker: Finding Fits for Trey Hendrickson, Mike Evans, and Others!

And this is the thorny nature of trying to make these deals for guys coming off of the year that Daniel Jones just had.

The Ringer NFL Show
Free Agency Matchmaker: Finding Fits for Trey Hendrickson, Mike Evans, and Others!

And I'm right there with you in terms of contingencies.

The Ringer NFL Show
Free Agency Matchmaker: Finding Fits for Trey Hendrickson, Mike Evans, and Others!

If I'm Chris Ballard,

The Ringer NFL Show
Free Agency Matchmaker: Finding Fits for Trey Hendrickson, Mike Evans, and Others!

If I'm Carly Gordon, I'm coming in and saying, hey, this is what we are offering you.

The Ringer NFL Show
Free Agency Matchmaker: Finding Fits for Trey Hendrickson, Mike Evans, and Others!

If this is not good enough for you, we will rescind this and I will go call for Kyler Murray and I'll give up a second round pick.

The Ringer NFL Show
Free Agency Matchmaker: Finding Fits for Trey Hendrickson, Mike Evans, and Others!

We're already pot committed to the next two years either way because we traded away the...

The Ringer NFL Show
Free Agency Matchmaker: Finding Fits for Trey Hendrickson, Mike Evans, and Others!

these two first round picks, what the hell is a letter?

The Ringer NFL Show
Free Agency Matchmaker: Finding Fits for Trey Hendrickson, Mike Evans, and Others!

A little bit of draft compensation going out to go bring in a quarterback that at least has played at a high level and is flawed, you know, maybe not as flawed as Daniel Jones, but similarly flawed in terms of being an athletic guy who's been banged up at different points in his career.

The Ringer NFL Show
Free Agency Matchmaker: Finding Fits for Trey Hendrickson, Mike Evans, and Others!

We'll go take a chance on Kyler.

The Ringer NFL Show
Free Agency Matchmaker: Finding Fits for Trey Hendrickson, Mike Evans, and Others!

And if it doesn't work, we're all fired anyways.

The Ringer NFL Show
Free Agency Matchmaker: Finding Fits for Trey Hendrickson, Mike Evans, and Others!

But if I'm, if I'm, if I'm them similar to what you were saying, I don't want to get fired because I was a team that gave up three years for 130 million.

The Ringer NFL Show
Free Agency Matchmaker: Finding Fits for Trey Hendrickson, Mike Evans, and Others!

to Daniel Jones coming off of an Achilles injury.

The Ringer NFL Show
Free Agency Matchmaker: Finding Fits for Trey Hendrickson, Mike Evans, and Others!

And we look up halfway through the 2026 season and it's like, he's not even going to be healthy enough to finish this contract, let alone, you know, give us the wins that we need to be the team that we want to be.

The Ringer NFL Show
Free Agency Matchmaker: Finding Fits for Trey Hendrickson, Mike Evans, and Others!

I'm right there with you.

The Ringer NFL Show
Free Agency Matchmaker: Finding Fits for Trey Hendrickson, Mike Evans, and Others!

I just think that inertia is going to win out.