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Are Pats back?! #Patriots agree to 3-year $69M with FA Diggs.  Does this change the Pats #NFL Draft strategy? With Russ to NY, will Giants pass on QB?

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00:00Are we back? Yeah, we're heading back in that direction. I think we're back. It's a good one.

00:04And Greg's whisper just gets louder and louder. I don't know about what the whisper,

00:07how does this affect, how does Steph Diggs becoming a New England Patriot affect the whisper?

00:12Uh, I think it's, I don't think it's- Gets more people on board for Hunter.

00:15But I don't think Diggs affects it, I think it's more about what the other-

00:18It's the complete opposite, isn't it? Well, it may be that it opens up the

00:22opportunity for the Giants to take your guy Travis Hunter.

00:27Yeah, I was gonna say, I was like, when you look at everything that happened yesterday,

00:29wouldn't it indicate that the Giants are probably taking Travis Hunter at number three?

00:32Because they signed Russell Wilson, correct? And they have Jameis Winston,

00:35so they're probably not taking a quarterback now, which means that they're taking a player,

00:39not a quarterback, which probably means the quarterback's going one too, like, uh,

00:42we were talking about yesterday in my upcoming mock draft.

00:45I still think that the Pats are taking Travis Hunter.

00:47I keep reading like people like Schefter or whomever suggesting that the Giants love

00:53Shador Sanders and signing Russell Wilson doesn't necessarily mean that they won't draft-

00:59But why sign Jameis Winston too?

01:02Because it's four million bucks a year.

01:04Right, but you're not gonna have-

01:05What if you need a guy to get something from the grocery store and you don't have any money?

01:08But yeah, I get the fact that it's only four million, but if it was just Jameis, I'm cool

01:15with it, but why are you gonna sign two veteran backups, or two veterans that would be fighting

01:21for a spot, because you're only gonna keep one of those-

01:24Will Shador learn under Russ?

01:26Well, he's gonna either- you're not gonna keep both Russ and Geno Smith.

01:31I mean, excuse me, not Geno Smith, Jameis Winston.

01:34You're only gonna keep one of them, so signing two of them is very interesting.

01:37Let me tell you why they're not gonna take Shador, because Dayball is on the hot seat,

01:43and if you use a pick on a guy that you likely won't play much of the year,

01:47when you could have Travis Hunter making Russell Wilson, you know, let's ride, I feel like that

01:54is the more likely thing.

01:54I think the reason the Patriots signed Diggs in the timing that it unfolded with last night

02:01is because the second they saw the Giants out on a QB, they needed to get the receiver

02:06they were going to get it for, which is why Greg's whisper was correct.

02:09Meaning that they weren't confident that they could get Travis Hunter, and their intention

02:14had been to draft Travis Hunter and utilize him as a wide receiver.

02:18It was the first aggressive offensive move by the Patriots since they signed Antonio Brown.

02:24Yeah, and Greg, your whisper was right.

02:25They love Travis Hunter.

02:27They just don't think they're gonna get him.

02:29That's not really what the whisper was.

02:31No, that's exactly what it was.

02:32That's what Greg said on the show.

02:34That was my whisper.

02:35I thought it was if he's still there, they're gonna take him.

02:37Yes, which is why they love him, but he's not gonna be there.

02:40He's not gonna be there.

02:42Maybe he will.

02:44Excuse me.

02:45Pass the word on the streets.

02:46We're back.

02:47Okay, Curtis, can you pass the word on the streets later on?

02:50We're back.

02:51We'll let him know.

02:51Even with the Steph Diggs, even if you still wanted Travis Hunter, I still like the Steph

02:57Diggs.

03:00I would have rather them have the plan, we're taking Hunter, but we're also bringing in

03:06Diggs because then it just gives Hunter and some of those other younger players a veteran

03:11presence in that room.

03:12I just wouldn't want Travis and a bunch of young guys.

03:15Yeah, but maybe he will be available.

03:17I don't know.

03:18Maybe he ends up being available.

03:19And now we're gonna have the argument about Steph Diggs and what kind of guy he is in

03:25your locker room.

03:26And is he gonna be somebody who can mentor Travis Hunter or is he gonna be a poor example

03:34for Travis Hunter?

03:35Well, he's not poor.

03:37He's never been an issue.

03:38By the way, Curtis, they spent a lot of money on Steph Diggs yesterday, way more than I

03:42thought they would have to.

03:44Yesterday, I was so ready today with that Tom Curran nonsense propaganda BS.

03:51About DK Metcalf?

03:53Just about everything.

03:54I'm sorry, Tom Curran.

03:56They are cheap.

03:58They spent at the bottom of the NFL for a decade.

04:01We give the Red Sox crap when they're outside the top five.

04:04The Patriots were 32nd.

04:07Wiggy, how many NFL teams are there?

04:0832.

04:09Oh, okay.

04:09So let me do the math.

04:10Yes, that's cheap.

04:12And it worked out perfectly because I kind of said this is what he was going to get it.

04:16It ultimately works out to a two-year deal for $13 million per year.

04:19The $26 million.

04:20Yeah, I'm on the guarantee.

04:21Yeah, because they're probably looking at the first year, all right, we get as much

04:25as we can out of him because of the knee injury.

04:28Well, they seem to be suggesting that he can be ready week one.

04:31No, that's not.

04:32Which, that seems aggressive.

04:35Yeah, because look what happened to Kendrick Bourne.

04:39Very similar situation.

04:41Blew his knee out in October and then wasn't ready kind of till like the next October.

04:46But I think it's a good move and it shows that, all right, Diggs is not a long-term

04:51plan, but he's your plan for the next two years with Drake May as well as whatever other

04:57pieces you're going to put around.

04:58Can I ask a question to the people today that are in the Twitch chat and are on social media

05:02waking up at six, getting ready for a long day of work to pay the bills?

05:07Why do you care if the Patriots overpay?

05:09Like, I mean this sincerely.

05:11In what way does that negatively impact your life?

05:14There's a guy, very nice guy, Dave, in my building who I was stuck in an elevator with

05:20yesterday, last evening, and he was raging about the fact that Stefan Diggs is old and

05:30washed and coming off an injury.

05:33And I was thinking the exact same thing, Curtis.

05:36It's not your money.

05:38Well, it actually is.

05:39And if you're paying tickets, if you're going to games, if you're paying for Patriots

05:44merchandise, why would you want the money to go to Robert Kraft's vacation?

05:49Yeah.

05:50Like, at least they're spending and at least they are trying.

05:53Because they have nothing else to complain about.

05:55It's talking point.

05:56People just use it as the one thing to go to.

05:58That's why you hear it over and over and over again.

06:00I think why people complain is they go, well, if you signed Stef Diggs, why weren't you

06:06in on a younger DK Metcalf?

06:10So do you buy the reporting from, I'll call it reporting from Tom Curran, that they were

06:16indeed in on DK Metcalf and he did not want to come here?

06:20No.

06:20Why is that just coming out now?

06:22Why didn't that come out?

06:22I don't buy that.

06:23Okay.

06:24Why didn't he want to come here?

06:25So that's fraud.

06:26Yeah, that's fraud.

06:27Because he said he wants to go someplace warm and he wants to make 30 million.

06:31He ended up in Pittsburgh and he makes 30 million.

06:33Yeah, but he may feel like, I'm not speaking for him.

06:37Pittsburgh is closer.

06:39I have no idea.

06:40Closer to what?

06:41Closer to the equator.

06:42Oh, okay.

06:44Not closer.

06:45It probably is closer to the equator.

06:46You're the weather guy.

06:47Well, I mean, I don't deal with geography.

06:49What do you know about the equator?

06:51Oh, gosh.

06:52You know, I mean, it's great.

06:54What nation is named after it?

06:56Does that mean nothing?

06:57Ecuador?

06:58Yes.

07:00Nailed it.

07:01Yeah.

07:02You're way better sober than you are when you're high.

07:05I don't know.

07:06I like her high better.

07:07Really?

07:08We should do a poll.

07:09Courtney, can you say free hot breakfast?

07:11Free hot breakfast.

07:14But I think it wouldn't have mattered what DK Medcalf wanted because he was traded.

07:21So he has no say in the matter.

07:24It's not like he has a...

07:25I'm not doing the reporting.

07:26Right, right, right.

07:27I'm just sharing what was burped into the evening.

07:29Well, then I would say that's cap.

07:32The player has no choice in football.

07:34This is Mark from Connecticut.

07:37Hey, Mark.

07:40How's it going, guys?

07:41Wiggy, can you believe they ponied up the money?

07:45I couldn't believe it when I saw it last night.

07:48I absolutely couldn't believe it because as soon as he walked out the door, I mean,

07:53we were talking about it the other day on Monday morning that they let him out of the building.

07:58So I'm shocked.

08:00I'm shocked that they were able to get him back.

08:02I'm very shocked, but I'm super psyched.

08:04Good.

08:05All right.

08:05I still hope they get Travis Hunter, though.

08:07Still hope they get Travis Hunter because that would be a great wide receiver crew right there.

08:12But back to the Super Bowl, guys.

08:13There we go.

08:16A little aggressive, a little early.

08:18Yeah, it was interesting that they didn't just sign him when they had him.

08:20I mean, I guess what with a couple of days of maybe negotiation,

08:25haggles, maybe they he wanted more money and they realize and then realize, well,

08:30let me take the 13 million per year for the next two years because maybe I might not be able to get

08:3516 is what some of the I don't know what was out there for him.

08:39And I don't know if it was the term.

08:41Maybe he liked the three years.

08:43I don't know.

08:44This is Jim from Manchester, New Hampshire.

08:48Good morning, Jim.

08:50Good morning, guys.

08:51Yeah, I listen to your show every day.

08:52I'm a long time caller.

08:55Just going over.

08:56I mean, I think Stephon Diggs will do all right for them.

08:59And unfortunately, I'm a Cleveland Browns fan.

09:03Born and raised in New Hampshire, but I'm a Cleveland Browns fan.

09:06But I think I think he's going to do all right.

09:08I think by them saying week one, he's going to be ready to go.

09:12That might be kind of a little early, you know?

09:15Yeah.

09:15So I've been trying to reach out to you guys, but I was in the hospital for two weeks down in

09:20West Roxbury to the hospital.

09:22So I couldn't get through.

09:25But everything's good.

09:26I just want to say hi to Courtney, everybody.

09:29Whitney, you know, and Whitney.

09:32Sorry.

09:34Yeah.

09:34And Curtis, Curtis, Mr.

09:36Happy.

09:39If you're not negative, you're not breathing.

09:44I'm glad.

09:45In all sincerity, Jim, I'm glad you are.

09:47I'm glad you're out of the hospital.

09:48Yes.

09:48Thank you, Jim.

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