and Hello welcome to another episode of Purple Insider, Matthew Collar here and joining me his second time on the show

Doug Kaid from Pro Football Focus. Doug what is going on man busy times? It is busy times

the draft is coming right up here. It feels like it's been a maybe a longer process than usual. I'm ready for the draft at this point. I'm not sure how you're feeling.

Very much the same way. That has been a theme on the show, which is why I created Games Week where every guest has to play a game. So later in the show, you're going to play two truths and a lie. But first, I was curious if I'm interrupting you from

potentially reporting on what's going on with Denzel Ward who just signed a new

contract. I don't know how you feel about this Doug, but I feel like this off season has been maybe the most I don't

like league shifting when it comes to these huge contracts and it's always been a

halves and have not type of league where there are players to get paid a lot and then there are tons of players who don't get any money at all.

But it just feels like the gap is growing and growing and growing and growing and that makes the draft picks even more valuable that

teams if they want to succeed absolutely have to hit on these draft picks because

there's only so much money you can give out to your whatever number of superstars.

Yeah, absolutely, especially if you, obviously every team is trying to hit on those elite type players.

Otherwise, yeah, you're going to wind up having to pay them $20 million a year.

It seems like regardless of position almost at this point.

The Denzel Award contract is a little bit interesting because I was kind of waiting for that other shoe to finally drop at the

cornerback position. It didn't happen with J.C. Jackson. He didn't exceed J. L. and Ramsey's contract.

Didn't happen with Carlton Davis. And it's finally happening with Denzel Ward.

We'll probably see Jair Alexander get a huge deal

at some point in the near future.

But yes, someone has finally actually

beat that J.

L. L. Ramsey contract, which felt like it was a couple years coming there now.

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