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33 min
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Sep 9, 2026
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A.J. BrownPatrick MahomesBaker MayfieldBraelon AllenBreece HallDeshaun WatsonFernando MendozaJeremiyah LoveLamar JacksonRhamondre StevensonRomeo DoubsTyler Allgeier
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A.J. Brown
PositiveUsage21:57
A.J. Brown will primarily operate on the outside running posts and slants, but the team plans to disguise his alignment by moving him into the slot to create mismatches and keep him dangerous in the middle of the field.
Insight pagePositiveUsage33:25
Devin McCourty notes that A.J. Brown will be used in more versatile roles within the Patriots' offense, including slot alignments, rather than being restricted to an outside 'X' receiver role. The team plans to move him around to create favorable matchups.
Insight pageBaker Mayfield
PositiveValue12:24
Baker Mayfield signed a three-year, $165 million extension with the Buccaneers. Despite his previous stance against negotiating once training camp began, he secured a deal that places him in the $55 million annual salary club alongside peers like Joe Burrow and Trevor Lawrence.
Insight pageBraelon Allen
NegativeDepth Chart30:25
Braylon Allen is designated as the RB1 for the Jets if Breece Hall is unable to play this Sunday.
Insight pageBreece Hall
PositiveInjury30:15
Breece Hall is trending toward playing this Sunday after dealing with a groin injury, according to Aaron Glenn.
Insight pageDeshaun Watson
NegativeProjection29:04
Deshaun Watson is ranked as the QB32 in Nick Shook's upcoming quarterback index.
Insight pageFernando Mendoza
NegativeDepth Chart29:21
Fernando Mendoza is officially the QB2 for the Raiders, moving ahead of Aiden O'Connell on the depth chart to back up Kirk Cousins.
Insight pageJeremiyah Love
NegativeDepth Chart30:31
Jeremiah Love is listed as a co-RB1 alongside Tyler Allgeier on the Cardinals' depth chart, though Mike LaFleur expressed optimism about Love playing this Sunday.
Insight pageLamar Jackson
NegativeProjection25:54
Nick Shook ranks Lamar Jackson as the QB8, citing concerns about his adjustment to a new offense and his injury history, despite acknowledging his high upside and potential to climb the rankings quickly.
Insight pagePatrick Mahomes
PositiveInjury16:27
Andy Reid stated that Patrick Mahomes will most likely play in the Week 1 Monday night game. Mahomes has been participating in practice, running, and throwing without a leg brace, showing no lingering effects from his previous injury.
Insight pagePositiveProjection27:40
Nick Shook ranks Patrick Mahomes as the QB3, expressing immense respect for his career performance and ability to move the chains, despite lingering questions about his mobility following an ACL injury.
Insight pageRhamondre Stevenson
NegativeRole25:10
With Gravion Henderson out for the Patriots, Rhamondre Stevenson is confirmed as the RB1, with Corey Keiner expected to serve as the RB2.
Insight pageRomeo Doubs
PositiveRole34:53
The Patriots coaching staff is high on Romeo Doubs and Pop Douglas, viewing them as key contributors who will benefit from the defensive attention drawn by A.J. Brown.
Insight pageTyler Allgeier
NegativeDepth Chart30:38
Tyler Allgeier is listed as a co-RB1 alongside Jeremiah Love on the Cardinals' depth chart.
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1:09You can still call it a comeback, but it's going to have to wait a week.
1:14Coming up, why AD will be a DNP in Australia week one for the Rams.
1:19I thought Baker wasn't going to negotiate. We'll tell you why the time is now for the Buccaneers to fire the cash cannons for their quarterback.
1:27Plus, we've got a game tomorrow? We do. Devin McCourty joins us with an opening night preview.
1:33It is next on the NFL Report. We are one night away now from the NFL's 107th season.
1:39Welcome to the NFL Report, brought to you by Nationwide.
1:42Coming up, Devin McCourty will be here. We'll tell you who is in and who is out in the opener.
1:48First though, what is news to me? Let's get to our latest headlines here, and we'll begin with who's not going to Australia.
1:56Aaron Donald not going to Australia. He's not going to make the trip.
2:00Sean McVay made that announcement today. Two weeks after coming out of retirement, Donald is not yet ready to play a football game.
2:08He's doing a great job. I think he'll be ready to go sooner rather than later, but we're making a decision that
2:15we think is best for him and for our team.
2:18And I think what's cool is you have such confidence in the group that we do have.
2:23With Kobe, with Fisk, with Puna Ford, with Tyler Davis, Ty Hamilton has done a really good job.
2:29And so, you know, he's going to be a big part.
2:33You know, Aaron will be, you know, it'll add value when he's ready to go.
2:38But, you know, being two years off retirement, he's attacked this the right way.
2:42But it would have been a really quick turnaround.
2:45And so we feel like he can manage, you know, being able to get himself ready to go.
2:51And he won't make the trip and he'll be able to take good care of himself in terms of getting himself ready to go whenever that time comes.
3:00Look who's here, everybody. The great Nick Shook is here.
3:03Welcome back to the team, buddy. So, no, Aaron Donald.
3:07I don't think it's that much of a surprise.
3:10Although the 49ers have been saying for weeks now they thought he was going to play since this story broke months ago.
3:17Yeah, because they have to prepare that way as they go into week one.
3:21But honestly, it's not that big of a deal because you have the other half of the former Florida State duo, which
3:28was Jared Burst and Braden Fisk still got Braden Fisk there.
3:32They have plenty of depth on the defensive line.
3:35It's not going to be much of an issue.
3:38And it's not much of a surprise given that Aaron Donald didn't get that much of a ramp up period going into this season.
3:46So it's better to play it safe. Let him get ready at his pace.
3:50So the next chance for him to get back on the field would be week two.
3:55The Rams, they come back from Australia on Friday.
3:58Kyle Shanahan's time machine coming up in a second.
4:01They'll have a extra weekend off and then week two they play on Monday night at home against the Giants.
4:08All right, let's get to who's playing and who isn't playing for the 49ers.
4:12Nick Bosa is going to play in the game that according to Niners coordinator Raheem Morris.
4:17Bosa was a full participant in practice this summer for the first time only six days ago.
4:23His torn ACL was week three back in 2025.
4:26Bosa and George Kittle are both maybe kind of sort of expected to play.
4:30Clay Kubiak, the offensive coordinator, says Kittle looks good for this season opener against the Rams.
4:36He's coming back from the Achilles injury. It happened at the playoffs in January.
4:40Both were limited participants. What is today? Today's Tuesday.
4:43Both were limited participants Wednesday in practice because it's Wednesday in Australia.
4:47That makes sense, right? That makes sense? Okay. If it doesn't make sense, don't worry about it because it doesn't make sense to Kyle Shanahan.
4:55This is probably the best thing you missed all weekend when you were watching college football.
5:00When I look at my clock and it says the time, then I try to see my family's time and then it
5:07says the time but it says yesterday. I don't even get how that's possible.
5:12So I feel like I'm in the future. And then also when we play on our Friday, which I think is a
5:19Thursday in the U.S., we're such creatures of habit.
5:22So I call today Tuesday. No wait, sorry, I call today Wednesday, which is the first day we put in a game plan.
5:29But I think it's Monday. However, though, it's Sunday in the present.
5:33So like, I'm going to mess that up all week if you guys ask me.
5:38But today is just our first day of the game plan, which is a Wednesday.
5:43We'll put in some on a Thursday. Friday is the final part of the game plan.
5:48Saturday we walk there when we play on Sunday, which is a Friday in Australia and a Thursday in the U.S.
5:55So don't ever make me do that again. I am not going to make him do that again, but that is hysterical.
6:02And the Rams are going to be in the air to Australia back and forth for more time than they're going to be on the ground.
6:11Which is crazy. And it's going to be a big test of preparation and differences in strategy.
6:16How does one team being there so long and another team being there according to usual schedule really play a difference in this game?
6:24We're going to see. Obviously, we're not going to have Aaron Donald on the field, but we also are going to see
6:31whether, you know, George Kittle gets closer. And ultimately, we're going to just to be a battle.
6:37It's going to be a battle of which strategy for preparation works more and maybe neither will in the ultimate.
6:43Can we just say this? And this is the story here.
6:47Sean McVay doesn't like playing international games and he's going to show up as late as he possibly can.
6:53He's going to win and then he's going to leave.
6:56And that's how he wants to do it. Now, I'm not saying he's going to win this game, but he is three and own international games.
7:04He generally blows the other team out last year.
7:07They stayed on the East Coast a week before the game.
7:11They played in Baltimore. They took a red eye to London.
7:15They got off the plane Saturday, had a workout, a nap and woke up and killed the Jaguars so badly.
7:21The game was over at halftime. So that's what he's going to try to do this.
7:26Yeah, I mean, I give him a lot of credit for sticking to his routine.
7:31If he knows that this is what works, if he knows that his players can adapt and this is what he believes
7:38is best for his team, he's going to do it, which is what he said this week.
7:44It's what he's going to do. What the Buccaneers are going to do is get Baker Mayfield a new contract.
7:50At least we know he's not going to go to the Steelers next year.
7:55There's the good news. Baker Mayfield gets a three year extension, $165 million.
7:59Remember this after Baker had said that he is not going to negotiate once training camp begins, but he actually did and he got a deal done.
8:0855 seems like the sweet spot. It seemed like that number the entire time he said he wanted to be in the
8:1550 million club and he was disappointed to not get there before the start of training camp.
8:20There's a number of quarterbacks that are at that 55 million Joe Burrow, Trevor Lawrence among them.
8:26And so now he enters that group. It feels right for the most part.
8:30Yes, he struggled down the stretch last year while playing through injuries, but we know what his value is to this Buccaneers team.
8:38So it's nice that they got it done. Did it break the rules of him setting a deadline at the beginning of camp?
8:45Yes, but ultimately they get it done. It's one less thing on the checklist and one less thing to worry about for the Buccaneers.
8:53What do you think the real guarantee is? What the guarantee is?
8:57What the real guarantee is. Oh, goodness. Well, I mean, I would imagine, let's see, 55 over three.
9:03I would say that of the 165, let's put it near 100.
9:07Yep, 100. 100 over two and we'll call it 165 over three.
9:11Yeah, we'll see where we're at in year three.
9:14This is the contract speculation game. It's something that we all behind the camera play in this business.
9:19Baker Mayfield gets himself a brand new contract. Also getting himself a new contract is one Christian Gonzalez.
9:25He is going to play on Wednesday because he gets his deal done.
9:30Four years and $135 million. It's $102 million with the guarantee.
9:33Christian Gonzalez wouldn't give a definite answer earlier this week when asked would he play without a new deal.
9:39He's on the plane. He's going to play. All right, let's get to Kansas City where the Chiefs have themselves a left tackle problem.
9:47More on that in a second. They don't have a quarterback problem.
9:51Andy Reid says Patrick Mahomes will most likely play.
9:54That means he is going to play week one on Monday night.
9:58Yeah, I mean he's shown everything there, Pete. He's, he has missed a day as you know and you guys have seen
10:05him out there so you know what it looks like him running around and doing his stuff.
10:10You know, rather than having a brace on his leg and everything looks normal.
10:15I mean he's running, running around the same way he's always done and throwing the ball like he's always done so.
10:22All right, now let's get to the left tackle problem.
10:25Josh Simmons is unlikely to play Monday. That means you're going to have Jalen Moore playing right tackle and you're going to
10:32have Mahomes blindside protected likely by an undrafted rookie free agent named Khalil Benson.
10:37Nice story played in Indiana. What a national championship.
10:40The problem is Khalil Benson played right tackle at Indiana.
10:43He has never really played left tackle. So there's that Monday night as the Chiefs open up against the Denver Broncos as we continue on the NFL report.
10:52What about Wednesday night? We're opening on a Wednesday for the first time in a decade coming up next that man Devin
10:59McCourty with his two cents or maybe a nickel on the Patriots and the Seahawks and night number one.
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14:58You're watching the NFL Report. We have our first injury report for week number one.
15:02Seahawks Patriots are the opener on a Wednesday night.
15:05Nicky Benwari is questionable. Torrey Horton also questionable. Ty Okada is out at safety.
15:10So the Seahawks banged up in their secondary. As for the Patriots, Gravion Henderson, that's the big one, is out.
15:16So, Ramondre Stevenson, RB1. Maybe Corey Keiner? RB2. Plan accordingly.
15:20Here we go! D, D, D. D, D, D.
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15:26One, two, three. You'll be with us. I'm the double move king.
15:30He is a three-time Super Bowl champion. Now he's a fantastic broadcaster for not only NBC as we get ready for the
15:37kickoff opener tomorrow, but for the Patriots in the Preseason as well.
15:41Devin McCourty, do you believe that that used to be you?
15:44At first, the sound came on. I'm like, damn, that sounds like me, but what are they going back?
15:50And the funny thing is that last clip was Marcus Jones getting interception training camp his rookie year, and he's still out there doing it, man.
15:59So really cool to get a little flashback to the good old days.
16:03He's still out there doing it. You're still out there doing it as well as we get ready for any given Wednesday to open.
16:11How weird is that? It's definitely weird, even thinking about telling people, hey, man, got the opener.
16:16They're like, oh, what was that, Sunday, Thursday? I was like, no, we're tomorrow.
16:21We're on Wednesday night. So anytime there's football, especially to start the season, I don't care what day of the week.
16:28I think people are excited, ready to go. Absolutely.
16:31And for those who don't remember, we have opened on a Wednesday before in 2012 because President Obama had, was accepting the
16:38Democratic National, at the DNC, was accepting the nomination.
16:41We moved the opener until Wednesday. So this has happened before.
16:44This is not that odd. We're also getting a Super Bowl rematch.
16:48And a weird thing has happened, Devin. I think we are heading into a Super Bowl rematch where both teams feel disrespected.
16:55You know from a Patriots perspective that all during the season and during the offseason, people wanted to point to the schedule
17:03a year ago and the Bo Nix injury as to the reason the Patriots got there.
17:08And then you have the Seahawks. With all the attention on Aaron Donald and Miles Garrett down the road, people forget that they are the defending champions.
17:16Can you remember a setup like this? No. I mean, especially you said it started off with the Super Bowl rematch.
17:23And if we're being honest, it wasn't like we all walked away from that game in February and said we want to see it again.
17:31But the changes that these teams have made, the Patriots, they went through it.
17:36I think there's like 40-something new guys on their team.
17:39They looked at that roster and said, yes, we were in a Super Bowl, but we still have to make a lot of changes.
17:47So they feel like they are a better team.
17:50And then anytime you get the defending champs feeling like people are not respecting them, that's scary.
17:55And then this was unique because I got to be in New England for the preseason games.
18:01And then we all tuned in and watched hard knocks.
18:04So this feels like a buildup of a battle of two teams who were where everybody wanted to be last year.
18:11But they feel like they need to prove to everyone they are who they are this year to start off the season.
18:18All right, let's unpack the Patriots because, as you said, you were there.
18:22You did an amazing job with your brother Jason in the booth on the preseason local TV.
18:28I love how they would have that two shot of you, too, because sometimes people said, like, well, who's talking?
18:34Then we put the two of you on camera and we see the two of you talking.
18:40You guys did a great job. Depth, Mike Vrabel says, is an issue.
18:44Mike Vrabel two weeks ago flat out said, we have no depth.
18:48Some people read that as a shot at the front office.
18:52Others just looked at it and said, yeah, man, it's reality like you just said.
18:56Is this a better team than it was a year ago?
19:00I think I think it's scary because it is.
19:03But when you don't have depth, I think as a coach, you're kind of scared every single day.
19:09And I think that's why we didn't see any of those Patriots starters at all.
19:14Like they even had, you know, Elijah Ponder, who's a second year player who they're looking to on the defensive line to have a big year.
19:22He didn't play a snap in the preseason because they just felt like we're one or two injuries away from our team being drastically different.
19:30But Vrabel said something to us that I thought was very unique.
19:34He said the road to success is always under construction.
19:37And he kept telling us this team is all about continuing to build who they are, build how much better they want
19:44to get, build their culture, build their identity. So when you look at this team, that's what the offseason looked like.
19:51Now the thing is, how can you stay healthy?
19:54And then how can you take some of those guys that are debt pieces and build so that if they get called
20:01upon maybe midway through the season, now they're actually ready to go?
20:05One of those guys is A.J. Brown. Devin, let's not sugarcoat it.
20:09The Patriots offense was dominated by the Seahawks defense in that Super Bowl.
20:13How does A.J. change that tomorrow night? For one, he was walking around that building, smiling ear to ear, you know, going up to him, talking to him.
20:22The fit has been awesome. He's excited to be there.
20:26And then, you know, even talking to some of the guys, I think the cool thing is we're going to see A.J.
20:33Brown in spots that I would say historically we haven't always seen him.
20:37He's seen as an ex-receiver, always on the outside.
20:40When you play in a Josh McDaniels offense, they're going to move him around a little bit.
20:45They're going to do different things to get him the ball.
20:49And I think he's excited about that. And I think what they love the most is they really like Romeo Dobbs.
20:56They like Pop Douglas. They like some of those other guys that they know having an A.J.
21:01Brown is going to make everybody else's job easier.
21:04And they're going to design things in a way to get people the ball and their favorable matchups are where they like it the most.
21:12So it should be an exciting offense to watch.
21:15That's interesting because when they did the joint practice, the Patriots with the Eagles, all the viral videos was him running nines, him just running straight downfield.
21:24And traditionally, it's A.J. Brown going straight downfield or that slant playing bully ball over the middle.
21:30He still has that club in his bag. But you really think we're going to see him inside a lot?
21:36Not a lot. But I think I always think back to when Randy Moss got to New England.
21:42And, you know, I used to have conversations with Bill Belichick.
21:45And teams doubled Randy Moss every single play. They went too high safety.
21:50And I remember being in training camp my rookie year.
21:53And they would line Randy Moss up. And he would be to a single side.
21:58But he'd be really close to the tackle. And then someone would motion over.
22:02And he would end up in the slot. And they kind of disguised it and put him in the slot.
22:09And then he was able to do some of the things that was his strength, taking control of the middle of the field, running deep.
22:17So I think A.J. Brown, yes, he's going to be on the outside.
22:21He's going to be running those skinny posts, those slants.
22:24But at different times, they're going to put him at places on the field.
22:29And I think they're going to disguise it, do things a little different.
22:33And then he's going to end up in a spot that's going to be similar for him.
22:39But the defense is going to look at it and say, man, he's actually in the slot this time.
22:45I think that's how you keep guys happy. That's how you get your best players the ball where they can be dangerous.
22:52And I think they're going to do that a little bit with A.J.
22:56Brown. Interesting. All right, let's get to the Seahawks here.
22:59And kind of doubling back to that Rams question, you heard the hype last week when Aaron Donald came out of retirement.
23:07Well-deserved, by the way. He's as good as we've ever seen.
23:10But the Seahawks fans have been building this chip on their shoulder for months and months and months now.
23:16Devin, do you think the defending Super Bowl champion is still the best team in the NFL?
23:22Yeah. So someone knocks them off. But you got to remember, the NFL, it's a different year every single year.
23:28And the number one team from a year ago, you don't automatically get to be the number one team.
23:35But when there's no games being played and we're ready to crown people because of paper, then to me, that doesn't really matter.
23:42And I think for the Seahawks, it's going out there and doing it.
23:46And, you know, watching Mike McDonald throw out hard enough.
23:49That's what they are. That's who they believe. So when they see, you know, everything the Rams are doing or other teams
23:57on paper, I think it just builds into who they are of.
24:00We don't care about that. We care about going out there and performing.
24:05So they have every right to feel disrespected. And there's no doubt in my mind that this team's ready to go.
24:11They're ready to go and try to win that division again.
24:15Again, everyone's excited about the Rams. And rightfully so.
24:18There's a lot of great players over there. But this team, the Seattle, the Seahawks have built and the core guys that
24:25they have there, they have the confidence. And they should have the confidence that they can go and still win this division.
24:32It's going to be one of the best things to follow.
24:36So these two teams play at the end of the year.
24:39I think it's like week 15 and week 18 or something.
24:43So we'll have to wait all season to get the matchup.
24:47But then we'll get them a couple weeks apart.
24:49And I think that will be the battle not only for that division, but that'll be the battle for the number one seed in the NFC.
24:58Devin McCourty, safe travel, sir. Can't wait to see you in the kickoff opener coming up tomorrow.
25:03Appreciate it, man. Good to see you. Coming up on the NFL Report, he's not number one.
25:09Where is Patrick Mahomes, however, in Nick Shook's about-to-drop quarterback index?
25:13Nick will tell you. And who is number one?
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25:38NFL Report, Andrew Siciliano, Nick Shook. Nick, by the way, tomorrow dropping on NFL.com.
25:43His QB index, he ranks them all 1 to 32.
25:46He's got Josh Allen, number one, and Stafford, number two, and Mahomes, number three.
25:51Let's skip all the way down. Where's Lamar Jackson?
25:54Oh, boy. Lamar Jackson's number eight. Here's Lamar on the podium.
25:57I believe we have a lot in store, you know, new season.
26:01I feel like a new breath of fresh air.
26:04I feel like my guys are just ready to get out there and just start flying.
26:09What excites you about this offense that maybe hasn't in the past?
26:13From what I see, it's a lot of moving parts.
26:16We can put guys in different positions to win.
26:19I feel like the success rate should be high.
26:22That's what I'm expecting, but, you know, we'll see.
26:25Lamar Jackson said he loves Declan Doyle's new offense.
26:28And potentially here, a guy that's won a couple of MVPs.
26:32Todd Munkin has now moved on to Cleveland. Lamar could take this offense to potentially another level.
26:37Tell me why you like him as number eight.
26:40We already know what he brings to the table as a dual threat quarterback.
26:45What he's really become is more of a passing guy in the last few years.
26:50But what he's struggled with is to stay healthy.
26:52And so the big question for him that he has to answer is, can you play a full season?
26:59Then how do you adapt to Declan Doyle's offense?
27:02It comes from the Ben Johnson tree, so it makes you start to think, okay, well, maybe there's pre-snap motion.
27:08There's all sorts of moving parts, all sorts of misdirection that then can free up Lamar Jackson.
27:14We also cannot forget the fact that Derrick Henry is in this backfield and that they have plenty of weapons around him.
27:21So he starts at eight because I'm a little bit concerned about how he's going to adjust to the offense just because
27:28we haven't seen it at the start of the season.
27:31But I think he's an easy candidate to climb very quickly.
27:35All right. So Lamar is eight. I want to double back to Patrick Mahomes if we could here.
27:40Let's put a button on that because we teased it.
27:44You have Mahomes number three coming off an injury like when Rosenthal was on last week.
27:49He picked the Chiefs to win. I'm like, you're picking a team with Patrick Mahomes.
27:54Like, big deal. Well done out of you. Mahomes is still, though, in the top five, I guess, is the point I'm getting.
28:01Yes. And this is really just a demonstration of my immense respect for Patrick Mahomes and what he's done over the course of his career.
28:09It hasn't been the same over the last few years.
28:13It's been more of, well, instead of throwing the ball deep downfield to Tyreek Hill and other explosive players, it's finding ways to move the chains.
28:21And a lot of that comes down to his mobility, his ability to extend plays.
28:26And that's the really big question mark going into this season because he's coming off of the ACL.
28:32Now, as we heard Andy Reid say earlier, he's moving around like normal and the beat reporters have all seen it and they understand that that's what's coming.
28:41But they've played a lot of this very close to the vest.
28:45And so we haven't really, from a general perspective, seen exactly who he can be.
28:50But he starts here because of what he's done over the course of his career, how much I believe in him.
28:56And I think that he'll be able to get back to what he was before.
29:01For the record, you're number 32 quarterback? Deshaun Watson.
29:04Deshaun Watson. Yes. The Nick Schuch quarterback index dropping tomorrow on NFL.com.
29:08Go read it. Ladies and gentlemen, we ask you kindly.
29:11Thank you, Nick. Let's get some other news from around the NFL.
29:15Let's do some quick hits for you. Speaking of quarterbacks, Fernando Mendoza is QB 2 in Vegas.
29:21That is official now because, remember, Clint Kubiak had been somewhat coy as to who would back up Kirk Cousins.
29:27The depth chart is out. It's Mendoza 2. And then number 3 is Aiden O'Connell.
29:32Jerry, the owner of the Cowboys, did his Tuesday radio spot today.
29:36They freed up some cap space recently, roughly $19 million, by redoing some deals.
29:41Why, Jerry, would you do that? We could use it for this year's team, but that thing is a fungible, the cap's
29:48fungible, and it laps over into multi-years at least two, conceivably three or four, on parts of any money you make available.
29:55Now, I know that's hard to put your finger on, but it is hard to put your finger on.
30:01But that does show that we have really viable, serious room financially to make a trade if we wanted to right now.
30:08Jerry Jones on his Tuesday radio spot. Meantime in New York, Aaron Glenn says, Brees Hall, who's been out for a little
30:15bit with a groin injury, is trending towards playing Sunday.
30:19If he does not go, it will be Braylon Allen, as running back one in the Robert Sala grudge match.
30:25Is Jeremiah Love RB1 in Arizona? Mike LaFleur says he feels good about the third overall pick playing Sunday against the Chargers.
30:32However, the Cardinals depth chart, if you care about depth charts, lists both Love and Tyler Algier as co-RB1s.
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