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We are back on 40s and Free Agents.

The podcast nobody asked for with me and Daniel Jeremiah,

aka Move the Sticks,

where we build up to the draft in free agency in the off season,

but we're sprinkling some shows throughout the course of the season

because the fans demand it DJ,

and we can look back a little bit on that rookie draft class of 2025

and some of the free agent moves that have really shaped this season.

Good to talk to you again.

Good to be with you, buddy.

I missed that song, by the way. It's a shame to have that great of an intro song and not use it more often. But I'll tell you what, you look up and here we are doing the halfway point of the season episode. And Greg, you're going to blink and we're going to be cranking out, you know, a lot more 40s and free agents than the offseason. Yes, the plan, once we get to the new year, we are going weekly and we got a lot of

new information this week. Of course, we had our trade deadline episodes over on NFL daily and

reaction on move the stick. So we're going to focus on what we do here during the season, which is look back a little bit on how this draft class is looking and we'll do it position by position. I'll throw in some of the free agency moves that have really changed teams. And why don't you get us going? We might as well start a quarterback unless you want to start elsewhere. Yeah. No, I'm just going to hit a couple guys on these positions here.

So I want to just with the quarterbacks. Let's start with Cam Ward. Because I just saw him last week live. I prepared for the game with the Chargers and the Tennessee Titans. So studied him and then seeing him live and in person. And I would just say anybody that's panicked or freaking out, he's going to be fine.

You can pull out, my test with a lot of these rookies is, can you pull out the five to 10 plays a game that gets you excited and those flashes of hope that he provides? And he has done that. Now, the arm strength is plenty good enough. He can move around. He's not going to move around to run. I'm going to move around to throw. Everything I get from the folks there is that he's the wiring straight. He's working hard, doing all the stuff you need to do. There's some mechanical stuff to fix. They're not good up front. I like the fact that they're getting the younger guys in play. HMIRD. has really turned into a good player. We'll see what I.O. Manor can develop into with more opportunities. They need to get the tight end the ball more helm, who's been a really good rookie for him. But with Cam, when I talk about the mechanical things, when he's when he's on time and throws it fine, when he's on the move off platform change arm angles

fine those are two great areas when he moves and resets his accuracy is bad like he is really

struggle from that standpoint so to me it's just getting him a little more comfortable in that

environment where moving being able to it's like the ability to speed up you know urgency

speed up get away but then you've got to slow back down to get in your legs and deliver the ball accurately. He's not doing that. And that's why you're seeing some of these misfires, which I think is entirely coachable. Yeah, I've been watching them every week. And it's such a weird situation because I think there's a lot to like about that rookie draft class, but you also

have the feeling like we've had with Trevor Lawrence and Caleb Williams last year of these

quarterbacks that are kind of wasting the year. I know it's helpful to be in the NFL and get

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