Chapter 1: What players did the Giants acquire from the Ravens?
Tremaine Edmonds was a guy I thought the Giants might like enough to trade for. It seemed like a perfect fit after the release of Bobby Okereke. The Bears had to release Tremaine Edmonds because of a cap situation. They went out and got him, and that's something that I really, really like. And they didn't have to give up any draft picks in order to acquire him and then re-sign him after that.
So that is a good one. And also, Isaiah Likely coming into the fold had a huge, huge role in Baltimore with Lamar Jackson and that offense. And you add him now to the core of Malik neighbors. Obviously, Jackson Dart at quarterback. We'll see what they do at running back. But you have all those guys. I mean, Cam Scadabove, they add somebody else.
Tyrone Taylor's been very good, but likely is going to be a huge weapon for this offense. So those two specifically, I just really, really love what they did yesterday.
Ron Jordan's out, too, the punter. Again, don't miss out on that. He's the punter. I understand. He's the top-end punter. So here's the thing. It's amazing. Brian D'Abel must have loved Wondell Robinson and Daniel Bellinger because they go with him to Tennessee. You see all the other – the Jets and the Giants that went to Tennessee. Yeah, exactly.
So all these players that these coaches fell in love with.
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Chapter 2: Why was Tremaine Edmonds a good fit for the Giants?
And you know who the players are because if John Harbaugh is signing a number of Baltimore Raven players, then you know that he respected them as players, and that's why he wants them on his team here. And I think Isaiah likely fits – With, you know, he fits with Jackson Dart because Jackson Dart is not, you know, of course he's not Lamar Jackson, but he moves around.
And one of the things that Isaiah Likely and Lamar had, and I was really surprised that Baltimore did not want to recreate this, you know, they had this thing together where when Lamar would break the pocket, somehow Isaiah Likely would find a place in his own or would come running back to him and they would make these big plays.
And I know they have Mark Andrews down there, and Isaiah was probably thought of as the second guy, but he was important to Lamar. Yeah, absolutely. That's going to be interesting, what's going on there, because they lost their starting center to the big deal that he got from the Raiders. They lost the second tight end, who was a really good receiving second tight end for them.
They signed Max Crosby or trade for Max Crosby.
Chapter 3: How does Isaiah Likely enhance the Giants' offense?
They give up two first-round draft choices. That's right. It's interesting what Jesse Minter and the Baltimore Ravens are doing right now. And, you know, I don't know. It's great to have a guy like Max Crosby.
But, again, like when you trade for guys like that and you give up assets like they give up, like the Colts gave up, all of a sudden you find yourself kind of in a little bit of cap hell because of what you've got to pay the guy. But you're also giving up those young assets that hopefully you can build your team around.
Yeah, but they're also looking at it like we have to capitalize on the remainder of Lamar Jackson's prime years, and those first-round draft choices to us aren't as important as getting one of the best edge rushers in the game that can make our entire defense better that stunk last year.
So you lose your starting center and your second.
Well, they couldn't pay him. I mean, that was insane. I mean, he reset Tyler Linderbaum, reset the center market by 50%. Like, that generally does not happen from one year to another.
And you look at the guaranteed money he has, so essentially next year is guaranteed as well. You're not going to cut him after a year because plus the cap would be too significant, the dead cap. But I think he's got a guaranteed $60 million over the next two years. Highly coveted. Damn it, I'm like 40 years too old. Yep.
I know. I think about that a lot.
What did Marcus Mariota get as the backup quarterback down in – Down in Washington. What did he get?
I don't know. He had a lot of signings yesterday for the Raiders. Let's go to Ronnie in Toms River, New Jersey. What's going on, Ronnie? What's up, boys?
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Chapter 4: What role do former Ravens players play in the Giants' strategy?
How are we today? We jacked up?
Yes! We're always jacked up, Ronnie. You know who shouldn't be jacked up? The Tennessee Titans fans. Because why would Brian D'Abel... Get the players that got him fired to sign them for an even more expensive contract. Can we make it make sense? What is he doing? What is Salah doing?
Listen, I thought about this. They also have that general manager down there that's highly respected in Mike Borgonzi. But it's like, okay, so Rob Salah and Brian Dable go there and then essentially just get to pick these players at free agency and tell Borgonzi what they want. And it's not like...
These guys came from winning programs with the Jets and the Giants like Isaiah Likely did and like Jordan Stout did and things like that. Even Tremaine Edmonds, who was on the Bears last year, who go to the playoffs. It's not like they came from winning programs. They came from two of the most losing organizations in the league.
And I guess the most interesting of them that ended up going from either the Jets or the Giants or the Titans was Cordell Flott, who I guess... in listening to and reading Connor Hughes' stuff yesterday that Cordell Flott was basically going to be retained by the Giants. It was only just a matter of a signature.
And then Rob Sala came in and gave him some sort of PowerPoint presentation about how we're going to use you in this way, this way, this way. And it made him change his mind.
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Chapter 5: How are the Giants adapting their roster under new management?
Plus, you could save this much more money coming down here to Tennessee. Yeah, well, that too. And I'm sure that he knows all about that, Rob Sala. Yes, 100%. I'm working in New York and California.
You know, interesting, yesterday, Marcus Mariota, $7 million to stay in Washington. Yeah, as a backup quarterback. Jesus. Gardner Minshew to the Cardinals. Gardner Minshew? Yeah, I'm wondering if they keep Jacoby Brissett, or does that mean they're going to move on from Jacoby Brissett and Kyle Murray? Well, I mean, they're paying him like a backup. Yeah, 5.7%. Case Keenum got 5.5 from the Bears.
So does that mean the Bears are trading Tyson Bajan? I don't know.
Could that be a guy? He got a nice contract last year, though, didn't he? He did. Bajan? Was he their direct backup last year?
Yes, he was.
But I thought that Keenum was there, though.
You're not going to give Keenum $5.5 million. Two years, $5.5 million. So I guess they're paying him $2.7 a year.
Yeah, I don't know. But I thought Keenum was the backup there.
Tyson Bajan is. But Keenum was there last year. He was with the Bears. I understand that. I understand. I understand. I'm just wondering if they're going to be trading Tyson Bajan. His name gets popped up every now and again. Pop it up.
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