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The Aponymous Transistor, whatever it was.

Was that the name of the album?

Transistor.

I think that was the name of the album.

I thought it was 311.

No, it's transistor and that's the top track.

Yeah.

So I had that one.

They are like the platypus of bands.

It's like, let's just throw it like you want to do a little bit about different albums.

They had the 311 album, and they had the Transistor album.

The Transistor albums were ahead.

It's like the expert.

Do you want a little bit of Tom?

I have 311 and Grassroots.

You want a little bit of rap?

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You guys do reggae though, obviously, right?

Yeah, they do it all.

They're from Nebraska.

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I think, um, I think current answer about what the Patriots need to do and what they

can do to add this off season is interesting.

He wouldn't pay the freight for Jalen model, which I agree with.

Yeah, that's fair.

I wouldn't have paid that first and third, but now what is it going to cost for AJ Brown?

I'm worried that price has gone up.

I was hoping you could get AJ Brown for what I was calling a first plus.

So like, I was hoping 31 this year and next year's third and next year's third might

be higher than this year's third, but I just, I don't want to lose too many picks in

one draft.

So I was hoping to split those up over two years.

Now what are, what are we talking about first and a second, maybe like somewhere hoping

to not even give up the first for AJ Brown, I think that's out the window now with this

Jalen model trade.

Yeah.

There is that.

But then there's also going like Philadelphia and AJ Brown.

It's not going to happen where like, like, I don't think he's going to be on the team

next season.

That's also working against him, whereas, you know, could DJ Moore, could he have played

one more year in Chicago, could Jalen Waddle have played one more year in Miami?

Like, I don't know if they're all the same in that sense, so you can kind of hold that

against them a little bit.

Now, you're not going to get him for peanuts and you're not going to get him for less or

maybe even, maybe even equal, but it's not all, what would you trade for this player like

in a vacuum?

Like, yeah, obviously, AJ Brown is better than DJ Moore and he's better than Jalen Waddle,

but he's also more of a distressed asset, so I feel like, yeah, no, I get that.

And so maybe, so maybe a first and a third is still possible.

And if Philadelphia is like a lot of different draft experts, if they subscribe to 2027's

a better year for the picks anyway, maybe they'll take their chances or they'll say the

pictures.

There's no way you're going to be picking 31st or 32nd next year.

So we'll move up maybe 10 picks and we'll grab next year's pick from you at 21 and we're

not as worried about getting a player in this year's draft.

And then that way the pictures have a little bit of both where, yeah, they're giving up

some future assets, but they might, there's a scenario where the Pats pick in the first

round and in the second round next month and get AJ Brown.

Now you'll have to pay the pipe earn a year when you're like, oh, I wish we had our picks

and you don't, but you might win a title.

You might win a title and you can always trade something else and get back into the draft

if you really want to.

If you're so desperate to get back into the draft, it doesn't mean you can't pick there.

No, that's fair.

So look, I, I think it's interesting that it's the Broncos.

Like that feels way out of the woodwork for Jalen Waddle, who I didn't realize was available.

We had a call about it last week or a text or whatever it was.

And I said, I don't think Miami would move him wrong.

So credit to that listener, but he goes to Denver, it's pick 30, you have 31.

It's a team you were against in the AFC title game.

So I do think it's an interesting hypothetical.

Neither of us would have done it.

And yet now the price on AJ Brown going up.

So what does that mean?

Plus, the Eagles may be tipping their hand by signing Hollywood Brown earlier today.

Is that just a body?

Or is that movement in their wide receiver room as we get one step closer to an AJ Brown

trade?

Hopefully to the Patriots.

There's also pick 31 key if they decide not to use it for AJ Brown.

What do you think they need to use it on?

I thought it was interesting.

Current said multiple times.

He doesn't think they need to get younger in the wide receiver room.

So he was not making a case for a wide receiver at 31.

What do you think they need?

If I'm not getting AJ Brown, I would consider a wide receiver.

And just because the franchise is at a bad job picking a wide receiver, it doesn't mean

that this regime will.

And if you get a really good one there, I would.

So Kiber, for instance, had his mock today.

He has KC Conceptsion at pick 31, which others have mocked there as well.

He actually has McKay Lemon pretty far down in the 20s.

So if a receiver is going to drop to you, I wouldn't describe Conceptsion as dropping.

But like I've seen Denzel Boston drop in some mocks.

That's the lowest.

I think I've seen McKay Lemon.

So he's there.

I think it's a no brainer, but I would, but I, but that's also with AJ Brown.

So like if I'm getting AJ Brown, then no, I would use my first run pick on something

else.

Without AJ Brown, you're leaning wide receiver at 31.

Yeah.

No, I guess they would know how close they are to it.

Yeah, I would also look at Edge.

I would look at Edge rush for sure because going in, see, I think that's where I'm leaning

right now.

And I think that's a fair choice.

And they also said, you know, you can get a really good player anywhere between, what

was it?

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55 or 60 like a deep draft, Daniel Jeremiah had the three positions.

I'll look it up.

But I think 1775 was Edge receiver and safety.

I think it was.

It was something like that.

Three needs.

It's some of the positions they need.

Correct.

Yeah.

And even safety is lower on my list.

Like I know Byrd's not going to play forever.

He's an older player.

But what's in you have a young safety is really good.

Your receivers, you know, Romeo dobs, if they really truly believe in him, he's a younger

guy.

So you could have him for a while, booty, pop dog with Kyle Williams.

So like you have a young room, right?

Cause digs was the older guy in there and you still have Mac Holland's next year.

So I would go receiver.

If I thought that there was something like it wasn't going to get done with the Eagles,

they they have a better sense on just how close this is.

Maybe there's even an agreement like, Hey, we'll talk to you in the first.

I don't know.

But operating like they're not getting it.

They're not going to get them.

Then I would probably go receiver or edge and then I would do the other pick with the

second.

So again, just to close the loop on that Jeremiah tweet from a couple weeks ago.

He says the sweet spot on the draft is 50 to 75.

There are going to be a bunch of solid starters in that range.

He says edge rusher corner, not safety and wide receiver.

You get at 75 will be great.

It almost identical to the one you get at 45.

So so perfect.

He's saying you're getting a good player for the Patriots purposes at wide receiver and

edge rusher at what is it for them, 63, 62, wherever they're drafting, so I think that's

interesting.

I would lean edge rusher in the first round.

The Patriots struggle to draft receivers anywhere.

So I guess one school of thought and I used to subscribe to this at least until they blew

the pick with the kill Harry in the first round.

That was tough.

Is it's easier to hit in the first round?

You suck at drafting receivers.

It's easier to hit the higher you draft.

So draft one in the first round.

Then Bill finally listened.

Then he did it with the kill Harry and it didn't work.

So I would rather probably grab the edge rusher at 31 and try to find my DK Metcalf, AJ

Brown, Debo Samuel.

I mean, the list goes on and on of guys in the second round.

I would probably try to do it that way in an ideal situation.

I think either one and it is kind of fortunate that it's a draft where both positions are

pretty deep, right?

Because there's plenty of drafts where you're like, hey, we really need this position.

And you're like, well, it doesn't really exist.

Even like last year, you know, wide receiver was not loaded.

There have been other years where it was stacked and there's like 10 guys that could show

up and play right away.

Last year didn't really feel like it was one of them.

Maybe this year will be a little bit better.

And so in that sense, they're in a decent spot.

They still have their picks.

They could probably go out there and get somebody that you can plug in and play.

Let me tell you where and I know current is high on this position.

He just told us he'd like a tight end.

And he has that as a pretty big need.

He's gone through his positional needs.

I think he had the tight end at five out of five for, you know, a need on this team.

He did the secondary.

I think the other day, he had that like a one out of five, for instance, you feel like

he if they might have the best secondary football, like GRD agrees, that makes sense.

He had tight end at five out of five and he said he thinks that's a need for the team

and something he would aggressively target in the draft.

Dan Brugler is now at the athletic, I think.

He says, still haven't found the bottom of this tight end class.

There are going to be some useful guys still around in the late round slash free agency.

He says, I have more draftable tight ends in this class than any I've ever done.

So to me, even if you think tight ends in need, and I was talking myself into before the

combine because I think he tested way out of it.

He had Ken Yon City going at 15 or something like that.

But I was hoping at least prior to the combine.

I thought Cedique might be available and I was like, ooh, a chess piece tight end at 31.

If you're going to miss that top tier receivers, that makes sense.

I after reading that, I'm now leaning more towards, okay, I wouldn't target a tight end

aggressively.

And that lines up with what Raible said, if you remember, Raible, a couple of weeks back

is like a lot of those good tight ends can be found in the fourth or fifth round and

be really good starters and players.

Kelsey, Kettle among them Dallas, Dallas got about a bit of higher pick than I give a credit

for.

Well, third maybe.

I think and recently there's been some better ones like last year, the two that went

in the first round.

Lovelin and Warren.

Yeah.

Great.

Laporta, I think, was an early round two pick.

There's some more I'm missing in there as well.

But he said, oh, bowers was another first round here.

Super high.

So I think understanding Jeremiah and Brugler and kind of combining those two, you want

to get an edge rusher and receiver, some combination with your first two picks, assuming

you keep both your first two picks and then a tight end to be more of a day three target.

If that, if the tight end glass is that loaded, according to Dame Brugler, that can be

more of a day three.

And you got two fourth rounders and they have four sixth round picks.

So you have a bunch of dart throws if you want to or you can always package that and move

up.

David and Joke who's also still a free agent, who I would sign in a second.

I would do.

I don't know if he's holding out for a lot of money or what kind of deal he's looking

for.

Like that would be because then even if you want to draft one, go ahead and then that

guy basically didn't even like red shirt.

And then if you have a hundred Henry and David and Joke who together, they're great.

I initially thought they'd still be in on the Joke who now that we've seen the money

for Julian Hill.

And I know it's up to 18 million, but like three years and 18 million makes me think they're

not signing another tight end.

I that doesn't mean I don't want one, but just realistically do I think they're going

to do that.

Probably more likely to draft one.

I would say the more likely way they're going to do that is the draft right now they have

their receiving tight end and Henry.

They have their blocking tight end and Hill and maybe they draft an attempt to develop

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