Best Of Query & Company - Tuesday 8/29/23

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🗓️ 29 August 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Today’s Best of Features:

(0:00-22:52) – Former NFL Executive of the Year Randy Mueller stops by to take us through the GM side of 53 man roster cutdown process. Randy shares how you evaluate certain position groups over others and how he feels about acquiring depth along the O-Line. Randy also shares his thoughts on the Jonathan Taylor situation and the likelihood a team trades for him. Plus, Randy gives us his observations from Anthony Richardson, CJ Stroud and Bryce Young during the preseason.

(22:53-38:28) – Mike Jones of The Athletic joins the program to give us the latest news from cutdown day around the NFL. Mike also talks on the Jonathan Taylor situation and why he thinks these negotiations could lead to a watershed moment for running backs everywhere.

(38:29-1:06:19) – The Dean Mike Chappell of Fox 59 and CBS 4 stops by to give us his thoughts on the Colts approach to cutdown day and what he thinks will happen with Jonathan Taylor. Chap also takes us through the injury mystery surrounding JT and if the relationship itself is salvageable.

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0:30.0	If you're just joining us, by the way, wide receiver Mike Strawn, wide receiver Amari Rogers, and running back Jake Funk, which was actually my nickname in college.
0:38.6	Those three are the three that we know of at this point that at least as of now, obviously things can always change between fluctuations, practice squad, etc.
0:48.4	But they are not part of the Indianapolis Colts this season.
0:51.2	They have been released and or waived depending on their level of
0:54.7	tenure. So we know that much for now. We are awaiting, of course, over the next three hours before the
0:59.5	deadline. And to talk about that and just kind of the mindset of all that goes into that, James,
1:04.4	you decided to bring on one of your colleagues from the athletic. Yes, we have Randy Mueller,
1:09.0	former NFL executive of the year on the line. Randy,
1:12.8	how you doing? Doing great, guys. Good to be with you. Randy, I want to begin with this.
1:18.3	You know, in your time as a GM, obviously, and just in New Orleans, Miami, and working for Seattle,
1:25.8	you know, different franchises. We talk so much about the
1:29.2	player's standpoint of what today is like in determining those things. When you are
1:35.4	formulating the roster, what are the key, I guess, when you're looking at it and you're
1:42.5	going down to like players 51, 2, and 3,
1:45.8	how difficult are those decisions? Is it usually pretty clear cut or do you literally lose
1:50.9	sleep for nights on end over the positions that a lot of people probably don't even think about?
1:57.3	Well, it is hard. It is a longer process than you think.
2:01.8	I don't know that anybody's losing sleepover,
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