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00:00The Patriots have another signing, cornerback, Carlton Davis, three years, $60 million.
00:09Now this is another guy that they have connection to, Terrence Williams, the D coordinator coached
00:15him last year in Detroit.
00:16Right?
00:17How much did he play last year?
00:18He got hurt at one point last year, but I think it was late.
00:21I think he mostly played last year.
00:22Yeah.
00:2313 games.
00:24Okay.
00:2513 games.
00:26So he was in Tampa for the whole run.
00:27He played Tom Brady's Superbowl with the Bucs.
00:30Last year was his first year in Detroit, played in 13 games and have a couple of picks.
00:36And so what do we got, 28 years old, former second round pick out of Auburn, Carlton Davis.
00:44So they are beefing up the defense.
00:45Well, I was going to say, there's a thing, somebody at every level on defense.
00:48He checked in at number 19 on Florio's list.
00:50So if you want to be fair, that's a top 20 free agent they've signed.
00:53They had to spend money on it.
00:54Spillane was 66.
00:55Landry wasn't on there.
00:56That's suspicious.
00:58So you had 20 and a half million?
00:59No, it was a one and a half signings of 20 plus million.
01:02Okay.
01:03Well, Carlton Davis, three for 60.
01:04No, no.
01:0534.
01:0620 million.
01:07Guaranteed.
01:08So there you go.
01:09Look, all these guys feel like nice signings.
01:11And Carlton Davis could be a really good pair across from Christian Gonzalez.
01:15But there is a definite, definite, definite theme.
01:19It is all defense, three different levels of the defense.
01:21And they're all people with connections to Vrabel and Terrence Williams, which maybe is
01:25a bonus.
01:27Beauty's in the eye of the beholder.
01:28Is it your familiarity with these players or are they falling in love with players they
01:32have an attachment to?
01:34You can see that one either way.
01:36But Carlton Davis, that's my favorite signing out of the three so far.
01:39That's a good signing.
01:40Same.
01:41I mean, it's the most money out of the three guys.
01:44But I mean, you are kind of beefing up every level of it, right?
01:46You have a guy who is a pass rusher, although I know people are saying the pass rush isn't
01:50what it was in years past.
01:52Oh, by the way, Raiders.
01:56We already know this one.
01:57Which one?
01:58Max Crosby.
01:59Resigning him?
02:00That was already announced.
02:01Sorry, it just popped up.
02:02Well, it might be.
02:03It might be official.
02:04Yeah.
02:05I don't know what can be official between now and the deadline, but yeah.
02:07All right.
02:08So Harold Landry, who had nine and a half sacks last year, obviously played for Vrabel
02:11in Tennessee.
02:12So you have one guy that's a pass rush.
02:13You get Spillane.
02:14So you have like your somebody has to clean up the tackle.
02:18Somebody has to play middle linebacker, have 150 tackles or so.
02:21And now another corner.
02:22And what I like about Carlton Davis, too, is adding him as not a number one corner like
02:27other teams around the league might have been interested in being like, are you going to
02:29be the number one corner?
02:30But if he's playing on the other side of Gonzo, that's pretty good.
02:33So yeah, they haven't done anything offensively yet.
02:36That's still is glaring needs across the board.
02:39Yep.
02:40But one at a time.
02:41These are these are solid, right?
02:42Like nothing's going to blow your hair back, but these are solid signings thus far.
02:45I think they're all solid and good.
02:46Twenty million on Carlton Davis.
02:48Good signing corner for a long time for the Bucs.
02:52He has never played 16 games of the season.
02:54If I'm looking at it properly, 13, 14, 14, 10, 13, 12, 13 last year.
02:58So I got to dig in deeper on how much of a concern injuries are with him.
03:02I know he did not play in the postseason for Detroit last year when their their defense
03:06fell off a cliff.
03:07But, OK, I like that.
03:08I like that signing.
03:09I'm OK with Landry and Spillane.
03:11None of them are going to blow your hair back and none of them are on offense.
03:14Let me ask you what you had.
03:15What fractured jaw?
03:19Now you're saying what?
03:20Yeah.
03:21What happened is jaw.
03:22You know, let's see.
03:23Week 15, when they played the Bills, he suffered a fractured jaw, inspected the sideline for
03:28six weeks, blah, blah, blah.
03:31Yeah.
03:32And then they thought maybe he could come back for the playoffs and then they they shut
03:35him down.
03:36OK, let me Google that.
03:37That's all.
03:38That's sounding familiar as you say it.
03:39Yeah.
03:40So we'll look that up.
03:41But I was going to ask you real quick while I'm efforting on that.
03:44Does signing Carlton Davis, does that change your opinion at all about what the Patriots
03:47do at four?
03:48Oh, good question.
03:50I would still take Travis Hunter.
03:51I think you can use as many good corners as you can get in the NFL just like you can use
03:54as many good wide receivers as you can get.
03:56So if he's still there, I would take Travis Hunter.
03:59And then maybe kind of figure out how to use them.
04:03Both sides.
04:04You know, I get into an argument with Wiggy every day about this.
04:06Wiggy doesn't think he can play both sides at all.
04:08He thinks he's just one.
04:09He thinks he's just a corner.
04:10I'm like, well, then if that's the case, I wouldn't take him at four.
04:14I would try to find a way to play him now.
04:17Wiggy doesn't get 115 snaps a game or whatever, like you got a Colorado, but I would still
04:22I would still take him.
04:23Would you not draft a corner now or Hunter specifically?
04:25No.
04:26In fact, now I would wonder if they do draft Hunter at four, if they're planning on playing
04:29him at receiver like that, like that's what I would wonder.
04:31But no, either way, I would take Travis Hunter at four.
04:34You can play three.
04:35In fact, how many times do you play three corners?
04:37Like more often than not in the NFL?
04:39Yeah.
04:40So 617-779-7937.
04:41Can you guys stop gassing up the Patriots until they pay someone on offense, please?
04:45Listen, I'm just taking these signings.
04:47These are solid.
04:48I'm not, I'm not going crazy.
04:49I'm not saying they're making the playoffs.
04:50And yes, I would like them to sign somebody offensively, but they need it.
04:55They have so many needs that them just bringing in players is a positive sign.
05:00We just spent most of the day talking about how nobody wants to come here.
05:02Well, they just got three signings.
05:04They signed three guys.
05:05And what I would say too, is who'd you want them to sign that moved like on offense right
05:10now?
05:11Oh, that moved.
05:12Yeah.
05:13Devante Adams.
05:14So Devante Adams is a good one.
05:15I wanted them to trade for DK Metcalf too.
05:17So it's fair to beat them up.
05:18Godwin didn't move.
05:19Ronnie Stanley didn't move.
05:20Right.
05:21Maybe you wanted Dan Moore and Jalen Moore.
05:22Those might need to be on the list as well.
05:24So maybe you can be a little bit more critical, but look, I want help on offense.
05:28I definitely want help on offense.
05:29Most of the guys that I wanted, uh, didn't move.
05:32I mean, I thought Ronnie Stanley was going to be available in free agency and they can
05:35throw the bag at him.
05:36He didn't move.
05:37And so I don't love any of these left tackle options.
05:39I'd pay Dan Moore or Jalen Moore, or I guess Cam Robinson.
05:43I don't feel great about any of them.
05:45And so the Patriots made some solid signings on defense, still nothing on offense to this
05:48point.
05:49Real quick.
05:50Uh, if you care, the, uh, $60 million contract for Carlton Davis, 34 and a half is guaranteed.
05:56Okay.
05:57I mean, for whatever that's worth.
05:58Just some people like the details.
06:00That's a from Ian Rappaport.
06:01Uh, that one was from Schefter, but I think they're both reporting on Carlton Davis.
06:05Yeah.
06:06Uh, real quick.
06:07One item here from Phil Perry on Harold Landry, uh, he says, uh, the move of signing Harold
06:14Landry surprise sources in Tennessee, Landry played at a weight significantly lighter than
06:18he was listed at of two 52 a year ago.
06:21And his effort was perceived as inconsistent advanced stats, paint two different pictures
06:25of Landry.
06:26He'll turn 29 in June per next gen stats.
06:28He had the fastest pass rush get off.
06:30Nice.
06:31Nice.
06:32Among offensive off outside linebackers rather in 2024, he also recorded the fifth highest
06:36run defense grade among edge defenders a season ago.
06:39But in terms of Landry's pass rush productivity, PFS formula, uh, he ranked 81st out of 93
06:45pass rushers.
06:46That's a stat we had seen going around last night.
06:48Uh, the Patriots 12 guys on the pads last year, Patriots clearly hope they're getting
06:53a better version of Landry than the one the Titans got a year ago.
06:57All right.
06:58So there's bounce back and Phil has before, and he's talked to people in Tennessee.
07:02He, before they signed Landry said it.
07:06Rainbow might not have been the biggest fan of his while they were together in, in Tennessee.
07:09So the fact that I was full of crap, the fact they've signed him would, would lead you to
07:12believe that he's obviously okay with him.
07:14Yeah.
07:15Or maybe it's just the best of what they could get left over.
07:17But Harold Landry yesterday, Robert Spillane and Carlton Davis.