Are Pats back?! #Patriots agree to 3-year $69M with FA Diggs.
Does this change the Pats #NFL Draft strategy? With Russ to NY, will Giants pass on QB?
Does this change the Pats #NFL Draft strategy? With Russ to NY, will Giants pass on QB?
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00:00Are we back? Yeah, we're heading back in that direction. I think we're back. It's a good one.
00:04And Greg's whisper just gets louder and louder. I don't know about what the whisper,
00:07how does this affect, how does Steph Diggs becoming a New England Patriot affect the whisper?
00:12Uh, I think it's, I don't think it's- Gets more people on board for Hunter.
00:15But I don't think Diggs affects it, I think it's more about what the other-
00:18It's the complete opposite, isn't it? Well, it may be that it opens up the
00:22opportunity for the Giants to take your guy Travis Hunter.
00:27Yeah, I was gonna say, I was like, when you look at everything that happened yesterday,
00:29wouldn't it indicate that the Giants are probably taking Travis Hunter at number three?
00:32Because they signed Russell Wilson, correct? And they have Jameis Winston,
00:35so they're probably not taking a quarterback now, which means that they're taking a player,
00:39not a quarterback, which probably means the quarterback's going one too, like, uh,
00:42we were talking about yesterday in my upcoming mock draft.
00:45I still think that the Pats are taking Travis Hunter.
00:47I keep reading like people like Schefter or whomever suggesting that the Giants love
00:53Shador Sanders and signing Russell Wilson doesn't necessarily mean that they won't draft-
00:59But why sign Jameis Winston too?
01:02Because it's four million bucks a year.
01:04Right, but you're not gonna have-
01:05What if you need a guy to get something from the grocery store and you don't have any money?
01:08But yeah, I get the fact that it's only four million, but if it was just Jameis, I'm cool
01:15with it, but why are you gonna sign two veteran backups, or two veterans that would be fighting
01:21for a spot, because you're only gonna keep one of those-
01:24Will Shador learn under Russ?
01:26Well, he's gonna either- you're not gonna keep both Russ and Geno Smith.
01:31I mean, excuse me, not Geno Smith, Jameis Winston.
01:34You're only gonna keep one of them, so signing two of them is very interesting.
01:37Let me tell you why they're not gonna take Shador, because Dayball is on the hot seat,
01:43and if you use a pick on a guy that you likely won't play much of the year,
01:47when you could have Travis Hunter making Russell Wilson, you know, let's ride, I feel like that
01:54is the more likely thing.
01:54I think the reason the Patriots signed Diggs in the timing that it unfolded with last night
02:01is because the second they saw the Giants out on a QB, they needed to get the receiver
02:06they were going to get it for, which is why Greg's whisper was correct.
02:09Meaning that they weren't confident that they could get Travis Hunter, and their intention
02:14had been to draft Travis Hunter and utilize him as a wide receiver.
02:18It was the first aggressive offensive move by the Patriots since they signed Antonio Brown.
02:24Yeah, and Greg, your whisper was right.
02:25They love Travis Hunter.
02:27They just don't think they're gonna get him.
02:29That's not really what the whisper was.
02:31No, that's exactly what it was.
02:32That's what Greg said on the show.
02:34That was my whisper.
02:35I thought it was if he's still there, they're gonna take him.
02:37Yes, which is why they love him, but he's not gonna be there.
02:40He's not gonna be there.
02:42Maybe he will.
02:44Excuse me.
02:45Pass the word on the streets.
02:46We're back.
02:47Okay, Curtis, can you pass the word on the streets later on?
02:50We're back.
02:51We'll let him know.
02:51Even with the Steph Diggs, even if you still wanted Travis Hunter, I still like the Steph
02:57Diggs.
03:00I would have rather them have the plan, we're taking Hunter, but we're also bringing in
03:06Diggs because then it just gives Hunter and some of those other younger players a veteran
03:11presence in that room.
03:12I just wouldn't want Travis and a bunch of young guys.
03:15Yeah, but maybe he will be available.
03:17I don't know.
03:18Maybe he ends up being available.
03:19And now we're gonna have the argument about Steph Diggs and what kind of guy he is in
03:25your locker room.
03:26And is he gonna be somebody who can mentor Travis Hunter or is he gonna be a poor example
03:34for Travis Hunter?
03:35Well, he's not poor.
03:37He's never been an issue.
03:38By the way, Curtis, they spent a lot of money on Steph Diggs yesterday, way more than I
03:42thought they would have to.
03:44Yesterday, I was so ready today with that Tom Curran nonsense propaganda BS.
03:51About DK Metcalf?
03:53Just about everything.
03:54I'm sorry, Tom Curran.
03:56They are cheap.
03:58They spent at the bottom of the NFL for a decade.
04:01We give the Red Sox crap when they're outside the top five.
04:04The Patriots were 32nd.
04:07Wiggy, how many NFL teams are there?
04:0832.
04:09Oh, okay.
04:09So let me do the math.
04:10Yes, that's cheap.
04:12And it worked out perfectly because I kind of said this is what he was going to get it.
04:16It ultimately works out to a two-year deal for $13 million per year.
04:19The $26 million.
04:20Yeah, I'm on the guarantee.
04:21Yeah, because they're probably looking at the first year, all right, we get as much
04:25as we can out of him because of the knee injury.
04:28Well, they seem to be suggesting that he can be ready week one.
04:31No, that's not.
04:32Which, that seems aggressive.
04:35Yeah, because look what happened to Kendrick Bourne.
04:39Very similar situation.
04:41Blew his knee out in October and then wasn't ready kind of till like the next October.
04:46But I think it's a good move and it shows that, all right, Diggs is not a long-term
04:51plan, but he's your plan for the next two years with Drake May as well as whatever other
04:57pieces you're going to put around.
04:58Can I ask a question to the people today that are in the Twitch chat and are on social media
05:02waking up at six, getting ready for a long day of work to pay the bills?
05:07Why do you care if the Patriots overpay?
05:09Like, I mean this sincerely.
05:11In what way does that negatively impact your life?
05:14There's a guy, very nice guy, Dave, in my building who I was stuck in an elevator with
05:20yesterday, last evening, and he was raging about the fact that Stefan Diggs is old and
05:30washed and coming off an injury.
05:33And I was thinking the exact same thing, Curtis.
05:36It's not your money.
05:38Well, it actually is.
05:39And if you're paying tickets, if you're going to games, if you're paying for Patriots
05:44merchandise, why would you want the money to go to Robert Kraft's vacation?
05:49Yeah.
05:50Like, at least they're spending and at least they are trying.
05:53Because they have nothing else to complain about.
05:55It's talking point.
05:56People just use it as the one thing to go to.
05:58That's why you hear it over and over and over again.
06:00I think why people complain is they go, well, if you signed Stef Diggs, why weren't you
06:06in on a younger DK Metcalf?
06:10So do you buy the reporting from, I'll call it reporting from Tom Curran, that they were
06:16indeed in on DK Metcalf and he did not want to come here?
06:20No.
06:20Why is that just coming out now?
06:22Why didn't that come out?
06:22I don't buy that.
06:23Okay.
06:24Why didn't he want to come here?
06:25So that's fraud.
06:26Yeah, that's fraud.
06:27Because he said he wants to go someplace warm and he wants to make 30 million.
06:31He ended up in Pittsburgh and he makes 30 million.
06:33Yeah, but he may feel like, I'm not speaking for him.
06:37Pittsburgh is closer.
06:39I have no idea.
06:40Closer to what?
06:41Closer to the equator.
06:42Oh, okay.
06:44Not closer.
06:45It probably is closer to the equator.
06:46You're the weather guy.
06:47Well, I mean, I don't deal with geography.
06:49What do you know about the equator?
06:51Oh, gosh.
06:52You know, I mean, it's great.
06:54What nation is named after it?
06:56Does that mean nothing?
06:57Ecuador?
06:58Yes.
07:00Nailed it.
07:01Yeah.
07:02You're way better sober than you are when you're high.
07:05I don't know.
07:06I like her high better.
07:07Really?
07:08We should do a poll.
07:09Courtney, can you say free hot breakfast?
07:11Free hot breakfast.
07:14But I think it wouldn't have mattered what DK Medcalf wanted because he was traded.
07:21So he has no say in the matter.
07:24It's not like he has a...
07:25I'm not doing the reporting.
07:26Right, right, right.
07:27I'm just sharing what was burped into the evening.
07:29Well, then I would say that's cap.
07:32The player has no choice in football.
07:34This is Mark from Connecticut.
07:37Hey, Mark.
07:40How's it going, guys?
07:41Wiggy, can you believe they ponied up the money?
07:45I couldn't believe it when I saw it last night.
07:48I absolutely couldn't believe it because as soon as he walked out the door, I mean,
07:53we were talking about it the other day on Monday morning that they let him out of the building.
07:58So I'm shocked.
08:00I'm shocked that they were able to get him back.
08:02I'm very shocked, but I'm super psyched.
08:04Good.
08:05All right.
08:05I still hope they get Travis Hunter, though.
08:07Still hope they get Travis Hunter because that would be a great wide receiver crew right there.
08:12But back to the Super Bowl, guys.
08:13There we go.
08:16A little aggressive, a little early.
08:18Yeah, it was interesting that they didn't just sign him when they had him.
08:20I mean, I guess what with a couple of days of maybe negotiation,
08:25haggles, maybe they he wanted more money and they realize and then realize, well,
08:30let me take the 13 million per year for the next two years because maybe I might not be able to get
08:3516 is what some of the I don't know what was out there for him.
08:39And I don't know if it was the term.
08:41Maybe he liked the three years.
08:43I don't know.
08:44This is Jim from Manchester, New Hampshire.
08:48Good morning, Jim.
08:50Good morning, guys.
08:51Yeah, I listen to your show every day.
08:52I'm a long time caller.
08:55Just going over.
08:56I mean, I think Stephon Diggs will do all right for them.
08:59And unfortunately, I'm a Cleveland Browns fan.
09:03Born and raised in New Hampshire, but I'm a Cleveland Browns fan.
09:06But I think I think he's going to do all right.
09:08I think by them saying week one, he's going to be ready to go.
09:12That might be kind of a little early, you know?
09:15Yeah.
09:15So I've been trying to reach out to you guys, but I was in the hospital for two weeks down in
09:20West Roxbury to the hospital.
09:22So I couldn't get through.
09:25But everything's good.
09:26I just want to say hi to Courtney, everybody.
09:29Whitney, you know, and Whitney.
09:32Sorry.
09:34Yeah.
09:34And Curtis, Curtis, Mr.
09:36Happy.
09:39If you're not negative, you're not breathing.
09:44I'm glad.
09:45In all sincerity, Jim, I'm glad you are.
09:47I'm glad you're out of the hospital.
09:48Yes.
09:48Thank you, Jim.