Mike Florio talks Bears' stadium saga & NFL headlines (Hour 2)
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What is the Bears' stadium saga and its current status?
Every Wednesday, we do it at this time. We talk to Mike Florio. He is the creator, editor-in-chief of Pro Football Talk, and he joins us on our hotline and on Twitch, twitch.tv slash thescorechicago, and he's rocking his West Virginia swag today. Mike, thanks for coming on.
Hey, I have reason to rock the swag today. The Mountaineers hosting the Super Regional against Cal Poly coming up starting on Friday. If they win the best of three series, they go to the College World Series for the first time ever.
Are you going to Omaha? Is that what you're saying?
No.
You should check it out. It's a fun atmosphere.
No.
Fine. I tried. Hey, college baseball may be the only NCAA sport left where there's some honest parody. So I've enjoyed it. I've enjoyed seeing the kids celebrate so far.
Mike, we are... It's our only chance to win a national championship. You're right. Between football and basketball, we have no chance because we don't have the money. In baseball, we've got enough money to be competitive. And West Virginia, listen to me, we. But I live here. I went to law school there, so I can say we. In baseball, we have...
a chance to be among the best and this year may be their best chance ever if your money goes there yeah you can say we mike i want to ask you on this is june 3rd and we saw the fireworks happen on june 1st when it came to the a.j brown trade the miles garrett trade what were your biggest takeaways from all the action that happened in the league
Well, we knew that the A.J. Brown trade was gonna happen. It was one of those things where it was so obvious, I started to think, is this not gonna happen? But it did happen. It's amazing the Eagles got what they got for a guy that didn't wanna be there. They were ready to move on. They had a cap number this year that they could manage if they had to. I know people around the league who thought they had to move him this year because next year it would have gotten much, much worse as he earns more money. They use option bonuses that kick cap numbers out in the future years. It would have been a major problem if he had stayed one more year. To get a future first round pick and a fifth round pick is amazing for the Eagles.
The Patriots get a guy that they wanted. He wanted to be there. That all worked out, but that got superseded by the news that came seemingly out of nowhere, that the Browns, after insisting for years that they would never trade Miles Garrett, they trade Miles Garrett, proving yet again that we should never believe anything that anyone connected to any sports team ever says. Words are just words. Actions matter. And when they redid his contract back in March, to kick a $29.2 million option bonus from March 15 until September, creating a longer window, allowing his new team to be the one to pay him that money, that's when we recognized, hey, this door's open for him to be traded.
Mike, with the Myles Garrett thing specifically, it feels like both teams come out winners in this trade because Jared Versus is a beast. And Myles Garrett, he's a win right now player. And obviously with Matthew Stafford, he's a I don't know how much longer he's going to play win right now player.
Well, that's right. The Rams are going all in. The Rams host the Super Bowl this year at SoFi Stadium, five years after they last hosted it and won it. And they're not far off. I also wonder whether or not the determination to get this deal done, part of it was influenced by the criticism of using the 13th overall pick, a bonus pick they picked up from the Falcons, on someone who isn't going to help them now. Ty Simpson is the future after Matthew Stafford, whatever that future may come. And there was a lot of, what are the Rams doing? And there was some within the division celebration that the Rams squandered the chance to get someone who would help them right now. I just wonder whether or not the Rams heard that, saw that, and thought, we're going to go get someone who will help us win right now.
We're talking to Mike Florio, the creator and editor-in-chief of Pro Football Talk on Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the Bears' stadium saga and its current status?
0:00–4:39
2
How does Mike Florio view the recent NFL trades?
4:39–10:02
3
What are the implications of the Bears potentially moving to Indiana?
10:02–30:06
4
What are the legal and political challenges regarding the Bears' stadium situation?
30:06–34:09
5
How does the Hammond mayor perceive the Bears' move?
34:09–37:33
6
What are the financial considerations for the Bears' stadium project?
37:33–40:30
7
What role does public opinion play in the Bears' stadium decision?
40:30–41:42
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