Chapter 1: What are the latest NFL headlines discussed by Mike Florio?
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Mike Florio.
He used to be a lawyer, then he decided to take his talents to the internet.
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I want to keep talking Legos.
Maybe, just maybe, after the draft, Mike Florio may have some time to talk some Legos. This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody, and our weekly appearance with Mike Florio is now. He is the creator, editor, and chief of Pro Football Talk. He is at Pro Football Talk on X. He joins us via Twitch as well, twitch.tv slash thescorechicago, and he is on our hotline. Mike, how are you?
Good. You know, they used to say there's always room for jello. There's always time to talk Legos.
Mm. Lego my ego. I mean, oh, that's a different thing. Never mind. Never mind.
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Chapter 2: How does Dexter Lawrence's trade demand impact the Giants?
And Is there any way he's not going to be the first pick? We've been shocked in the past. Not very often, though. I remember in 2001 when everyone thought the Chargers would take Michael Vick. And back then, it was before the rookie wage scale, and there were real terms to negotiate, and teams would often try to get the guy signed before they even picked him.
The negotiations between Vick and the Chargers fell apart 48 hours before the draft. Next thing you know, he's an Atlanta Falcon. So I can't imagine... that anything like that's gonna happen.
I can't envision Mendoza not being picked by the Raiders, but to me, it's like, let's not be 100% sure it's gonna happen because if we're 100% sure, that's opening the door for the kind of surprise that would turn everything upside down.
I still can't imagine it happening, but man, it just, sometimes when something seems so damn clear, that's when we get a curve ball that ends up shocking everyone.
Mike, I understand as a former lawyer why you think that way, because it's just good business. It makes sense. But at the same time, I don't know Tom Brady to be very unpredictable in his dealings with the Raiders. Do you?
I think it was very interesting he showed up yesterday for the start of the Raiders offseason program because that was the day Fernando Mendoza was making his visit. And he's visiting one team this cycle. He's visiting the Raiders. But everybody's got to be comfortable with this. Everybody's got to be ready to go forward. Now, it doesn't matter if Mendoza's not comfortable because...
He's got no say in the matter, and we rarely see a quarterback or anyone at the top of the draft make a power play. It happened in 83 with John Elway. It happened in 2004 with Eli Manning. It kind of happened in 86 with Bo Jackson when he said to the Buccaneers, don't draft me, I'm playing baseball, and they drafted him anyway. But I doubt that Mendoza...
will have seen something yesterday that would cause him to say, I don't want to play for the Raiders, even if he thinks I don't really want to play for the Raiders. I'm not saying he should come to that conclusion. But this is a one-way arrangement as well where it's up to the Raiders. And I don't know. Is it possible the Raiders would ā
would see something that makes them decide substantively, we would be better off trading that pick to someone else who feels compelled to get Fernando Mendoza, and then we can get a bunch of other picks that would help us address a bunch of other needs.
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