James Palmer

I guess that's the point of this offseason, right?

Value is everything, right?

And what the Raiders essentially did, to my understanding, is they knew this was essentially over.

And I feel like John Spitek was lying to my face at the Combine.

No, he was... They knew at the end of the season kind of the way that this was going to go.

And they played it, I think, very, very well.

And they just listened to offers.

And was Chicago one of those teams that was...

You know, in Indianapolis and other spots, trying to kick the tires on Max Crosby?

Certainly.

There were a number of teams.

But I kept hearing the same ones, and I kept hearing the Ravens.

I kept hearing the Bills.

I kept hearing a couple of other teams, Chicago being one of them.

And Dallas was certainly right there.

I would consider them the runner-up on Max Crosby.

But what John Spitek did is he essentially just listened.

He didn't set a price.

And teams were in and they were trying to put their prices out there.

Leland, essentially what ended up happening was when it came closer to the deal getting done and everybody realized that it was going to take two ones, that's when teams started dropping off like kids in Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory.