Mike Florio

Would that really be a shock if the Falcons would try to do a deal for him?

So I think multiple teams should be interested, and he's kind of a guy that's flying under radar.

And yeah, it's great to have him as the insurance for Caleb Williams, but I think he's gotten to the point where he's earned a chance to go show that he can play somewhere.

Well, teams don't like doing conditional picks because it ties up multiple picks until we know whether or not the condition's been met, and then that would be 2027 compensation.

So if you want to do a trade now, teams are going to want something in 2025, and maybe you could do one pick now with another pick on the back end based upon how many games he starts in 2026.

I think more teams should have that kind of creativity when they're coming up with fair trade terms, but I don't believe teams like to have those benefits

Because if you're going to do conditional picks, you can't do anything with those other picks until you know whether or not that condition has been resolved.

No, I'd be shocked if it's a second rounder.

But it's a favorable contract.

And maybe the fair thing is like a four or five now with an opportunity on the back end of something else.

if the team that would trade for him is going to be willing to do that.

You know, a lot of it comes down to how many teams want him and how many teams get in the fray to try to get him.

And the more teams that are trying to get him, the more obvious it is that people around the league think he can play.

You know my feelings on this.

The whole problem with the process is, and this is a point that DeMora Smith, the former NFL PA executive director, made a few years ago.

He and I talked about it at the Super Bowl in an interview where we really just tried to peel the onion on the fact that there is no accountability.

There's no one to make the NFL accountable for decades of hiring practices that don't comply with the requirements of state and federal law.

So all of these other devices to try to fix the problem

they create their own problems.

And there's always going to be unintended consequences when you create this strange carrot where if you properly develop a guy who gets promoted somewhere else, you're going to get compensation, and then you're drawing these lines.