James Palmer

That's essentially what was going on with the Raiders.

They're so far below that over the next couple of years, they have to make sure that they spend.

What I do think they did, and everybody overspends in free agency, so let's just say that that's there.

But you overspent for a rare player.

that has no red flags, and very few of them reach free agency in today's NFL.

They're all locked up.

But because of the way the franchise tag is with offensive linemen and him playing center and the way it went, him and Alec Pierce are the rare players that probably get there with no red flags at all.

So you overpay in free agency, period.

You overpay for a guy that really has no question marks next to his game.

And then also, I think he makes your team better, in essence, of your top

two players.

I know Brock Bowers is probably right in that mix, but Ashton Denty, you take him in the top 10 last year, he's hit at or behind the line of scrimmage in probably 60% of his runs, roughly, and you have a dominant run-blocking center that fits exactly the way Clint Kubiak runs that scheme.

So it's a force multiplier to where you're overpaid, but he makes your star running back that you invested a lot of draft capital in to get

better.

And then you have a number one overall pick that we all assume is going to be Fernando Mendoza.

And who better than to have a very smart, savvy, obviously he's better in run blocking than pass blocking, but that type of center to be in front of your new quarterback, you may be overpaid, but at the same time, he makes your top two investments over the last two years exponentially better.

And maybe that softens the blow a little bit about where they were at in terms of price.

Yeah, hit me.

Raymond, yeah.

Yeah, I knew Khalif.