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00:00The first rookies to show up to training camp in the National
00:06Football League. That was the Baltimore Ravens over the
00:10weekend. Eight more teams send their rooks to camp to really
00:13start preparations for 2024 NFL's campaign on this Tuesday.
00:19The Buffalo Bills, Chicago Bears, the LA Chargers, the
00:23Kansas City Chiefs, the Miami Dolphins, the New York Giants,
00:25the New Orleans Saints, and the San Francisco 49ers. That is
00:29the group of eight. Even Patrick Mahomes woke up on this
00:33Tuesday morning and shared out a tweet. KC, let's do it. As of
00:39tomorrow, the Houston Texans not only send their rookies but
00:44their veterans as well as they will play in the first
00:47preseason game of the year on August 1st against the Chicago
00:51Bears in Canton, Ohio known as the Hall of Fame game DRS
00:56football right around the corner. Yeah, it's pretty good
00:59and also it's really like the orientation practices for the
01:02young rookies. There's a reason why they come in the camp
01:04first. It's not that they don't think they can be good football
01:06players. It's like, alright, here's how practices are going
01:08to go. So, when the veterans come here, stay out of their
01:11way. Don't get them angry. Some of you won't be here for
01:13two and three days of these practices. Let's just get you
01:16into the tempo so you can know what to anticipate. Same thing
01:19when you're going to high school with freshman football
01:21or just high school itself. You always had a freshman
01:23orientation before the actual other students came in just so
01:26you can get the lay of the land but it's good to see the
01:28rookies come in the training camp and typically with those
01:31rookies usually the starting quarterback as well no matter
01:34how pricey is does come in with the rookies to set that tone
01:37and get those practice reps under the belt before the vets
01:40come in along with them. So, football season certainly
01:42officially underway every day now. More and more teams will be
01:45headed to training camp before you know it. August 1st, we
01:48will be watching live football from a preseason game which no
01:51starters will play but it will still be football on our TV.
01:55Maybe Caleb Williams, maybe for the Chicago Bears but we shall
02:00see. Let's not forget the Hall of Fame game a couple of years
02:04ago where Joshua Daniels had Josh Jacobs in a contract year
02:08out there plowing through people on eight feet dives up
02:12the middle. It was fantastic. So, today is July 16th. Now, a
02:17very important day in the offseason calendar with nine
02:20teams officially underway in camp but yesterday, July
02:24fifteenth, also an important day. It was tag tender
02:29extension day. You couldn't come to a long-term agreement
02:32but if you wanted to rework a short or it was your time to
02:36come to a long-term agreement. If you did not, a short-term
02:39agreement needed to be worked out from this point but it was
02:43really only a focus on T Higgins because this offseason
02:47way back in early March, nine players around the NFL DRS
02:51placed under a franchise or transition tag. Eight of the
02:55nine received a new deal. Six of those eight with their
03:00current team that placed them under the tag. Both Brian Burns
03:03of the New York Giants and Legerius Need were traded and
03:07extended as we'll show you in just a moment. Joshua Hines
03:11Allen changes his last name to honor his legacy after he got a
03:16huge five-year 150 million dollar extension with the
03:20Jacksonville Jaguars. Antoine Winfield Junior, one of the
03:23highest paid safeties in the history of the NFL. His big
03:26deal with the Buccaneers. Jalen Johnson with the Bears.
03:29Michael Pittman Junior with the Colts. Justin Matabikwe with
03:32the Baltimore Ravens and Kyle Duggar under the transition tag
03:36agreeing to a new contract extension with the New England
03:39Patriots. Which is is what's supposed to happen. When you're
03:42getting a franchise tag, what's the franchise think of you here?
03:44You are one of the best players in this organization. We cannot
03:47afford to lose you. So, most of the time, that player is
03:50unhappy to get the tag. Cooler heads prevail. You meet with
03:53ownership, your agent, players alike and you say, you know
03:56what? What's gonna make us happier? We don't want you
03:58coming to camp angry and we love you. You're a great player.
04:00We want you to be in our franchise for a long time to
04:02see all of those players got extended which is why it comes
04:05to T Higgins which I I just can't fathom this. It's like
04:08when you go back to like a not even like a reunion. Let's just
04:11say you haven't seen the boys together for a year because
04:13y'all been away at college. Y'all graduated. Everybody in
04:16that room. Let's say there's five guys. Four guys got
04:18unbelievable offers to be lawyers at great law firms.
04:21You're a lawyer and then the law firm you're going is like,
04:23you know what? We're not gonna pay you. We just want you to be
04:26an intern this year. Like, I don't understand this. I'm on
04:28the same level as my boys here. I'm not getting work. So, when
04:30you look at a T Higgins, how can you go to like, hey, dap it
04:33up at a party? Hey, man, what's your contract look like? Man, I
04:36just got $75 million splash to my account. How about you? I
04:38didn't get anything yet. I'm just gonna get paid weekly this
04:40year and if I get injured, I might not get anything into the
04:43future. He's the only guy sitting out here. The CD Lamb
04:45is probably gonna get paid by the Cowboys but this T Higgins
04:48thing again is what I joked about writing a thesis on this.
04:50I can't understand number one, T Higgins accepted this and
04:53number two, his agent should be written up and have a lawsuit
04:56and expelled from actually being an agent in the NFL by
04:59the NFLPA. This is unbelievable that he's entering into the
05:04season as one of the best players and everybody around
05:06him in his position got paid but him and he's still going to
05:10play. I'm gonna lost for words by this. I am. He's going to
05:14play under the tag. It's worth about $21 million this year.
05:17It's top fifteen in the NFL in terms of salary. Hour number
05:22two comes your way next.