What's up in a bit of telling,

this time, world champion, and there ain't nothing you can do about it. What's up everybody? Welcome into Tom Curran's Pete. Three years talk podcast. Phil Perry will be along in just a second.

He's got a text. It's inclement weather out there. And Phil said, Tom, I'm pulling in now.

That's what Phil said.

Anyway, so while we wait for Phil, because we have a finite amount of time on our window here on Zoom before there's like a Celtics thing coming on.

Let's maximize it.

Jacoby Myers signs with the Las Vegas Raiders reported $33 million.

Seems like there's some wiggle room there.

The Raiders can jump out of that deal after one year.

But here's the upshot, and here's what I know.

After speaking with folks close to the situation,

the Raiders became involved after they understood that there was only one other team involved at that point who had made a serious offer.

And that offer was so low that the Raiders felt as if they would be doing themselves a disservice if they didn't get in on it.

Was not able to confirm that the Patriots were actually in on Myers at all.

As far as the folks I spoke to,

there was just one of the team that they knew of that was involved.

But the upshot of it is that Jacoby Myers goes on for $11 million a year

to become a wide receiver for the Las Vegas Raiders.

So in a 24-hour period, the Patriots say goodbye to Johnny Smith, and they say goodbye to

Jacoby Myers.

One guy overpaid and you understand why they finally pushed away from the table.

One guy underpaid and highly productive for four seasons, who in the end could have been had

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