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Hi, once again, if you're just joining us, breaking news today on the Patriots,

their best defensive player, I think he was.

It's either him or Stefan Gilmore, but one of their two best defensive players, Trey Flowers, gone.

According to multiple reports and free agencies to the Detroit Lions.

So we sort of played this parlor game before. What's he going to get? We haven't heard the numbers yet. You know, they said, expected to be between 17 and 18, which again, I think is fairly obvious. When the franchise number is $17 million a year to franchise guy for one year, then that's what is average annual value is going to be roughly on a new deal.

It's a jumping off point. And I think it's actually going to be more in the first three, which is really the years that matter. So I said he was going to get, so it's a five-year deal, right, Mass? Yes. Well, I think, yeah. That's what's being reported. So the reports are five-year deal. and someone said between 16 and 17 or 17 and 18.

So my guess, think yeah that's what's being reported so the reports are five-year deal and someone said between 16

and 17 or 17 and 18 so my guess what's five times 18 90 okay so five at 90 and I said between

40 and 50 guaranteed that was my guess when we when it first started okay so I initially guessed a

four-year deal at 18 per at, and I'm wrong with that.

So I'm going to tell you, five and 90 is where I wanted to go, and I'm putting a guarantee between 35 and 40 million. That's where I'm putting it. So I just wanted to amend it because, again, I stupidly said four-year deal, and it's being reported that in all probability it's five. He'll probably never see the last two because not many people get to those final years

the way Devin McCordy has

without doing a restructure of some sort of taking a pay cut or getting released. But to me, it's going to, everyone's saying 16, 17, those are the reports you see in Murray. It's going to be higher. Well, just let me tell you. It'll be higher in the first three.

I bet in the first three he averages at least 18. Okay, maybe when you, two years at the end, I don't know. But the first three, the numbers will be tremendous. Is he worth it? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I say yeah. Now, again, I see, instinctively, I would say nobody is. But the fact is when caps are one, whatever they are. Well, so right, this is what I'm saying, is that when you weigh it out in the landscape of what these leagues are making and what these teams are and what the caps are, yes, yeah, he's a, he's a very good all-around player. I think he's great. $188 million cap. That's what the cap is. And again, you can make the numbers be whatever they want. I mean, just play along. What's 17 million? What percent of 188 is 17? I mean, call it 10 percent, a little less than 10 percent. Eight and a half percent? Something like that. I'd pay eight and.5% of my cap for an impact defensive lineman?

Me too.

Absolutely. Me too. Because, again, a guy like that changes the whole defensive line. Because now you're talking about a focal point that opposing offenses have to look at, whether they have to double team them or not. They have to factor them in. Maybe they don't run at them. Maybe they run the other way. all those things work in your favor as a defense.

Absolutely.

I mean, I'd rather have flowers than Michael Bennett. Okay, we continue with your reaction, as promised. John in New Hampshire, your thoughts on this deal? You guys are kidding, right? First of all, Thugge, you were talking, the Patriots are going to be screwed when it was draft time because they would give it away their draft capital. Now you them to sign Trey Flowers for how much? What are you kidding me? You guys were probably talking about signing soldier last year. This is unreal. They don't get it wrong. Ever, right? Apparently for you, John, they don't. Yeah, you like the Shaq Mason contract? Of course you're going to have some slips.

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