Eagles' Brandon Graham opposes NFLPA offseason schedule proposal | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC

A PLAYER COME OUT AND SAY YES, I WANT IT TOO. HERE'S BRANDON GRAHAM THE EAGLES PLAYER REP IN THE NFL PLAY. HE'S THE PLAYER REP LIKE YOU WERE HE'S THE GUY WHO SPEAKS FOR THE TEAM HERE. HE IS YESTERDAY TALKING ABOUT THE POTENTIAL CHANGES TO THE OFFSEASON PROGRAM. I DON'T LIKE IT. I DON'T LIKE IT AT ALL. I I THINK THAT YOU NEED TO LIKE THE SPRING IF YOU WANT TO DO IT. KEEP IT AT APRIL, YOU KNOW GO GO 5 WEEKS INSTEAD OF 8 OR 9 WHATEVER IT IS, AND THEN YOU KNOW, WE WE GET OUR SUMMER SUMMER TIME. I MEAN THAT'S USUALLY A NICE LITTLE BREAK PEOPLE GET TO GO OFF AND DO THEIR TRIP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. EVEN FOR THE COACHES SAME THING. IT'S LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY GET A LITTLE BREAK TOO AND I JUST DON'T THINK I DON'T THINK IT'S GOOD. I THINK IT'S WE GOT TO KEEP THAT JUNE AND JULY, UH FOURTH OF JULY I MEAN LAST WHO RIDE WITH YOUR FAMILY BEFORE YOU REALLY GET IN THE BUSINESS, UH, BUT BUT I DO KNOW THEY WANT TO GO TO 18 GAMES AND ALL THAT STUFF TOO. UM, IF ANYTHING WE COULD JUST MOVE IT UP 1 WEEK, UM INSTEAD OF THAT LAST WEEK WE COULD DO MID JULY BUT NOT GIVING UP. I AIN'T TRYING TO GIVE UP. WELL, I WOULDN'T WANT TO GIVE UH, NEXT YEAR. UH, JUNE. AND A LITTLE BIT OF JULY. SEE AND THIS HOW DO THEY EVEN GET TO THIS POINT WHERE THEY'RE READY TO PROPOSE THIS AND I DON'T WANT TO BE CRITICAL. I'M TRYING TO GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW WE GOT TO THIS POINT BECAUSE I WAS TOLD BACK IN FEBRUARY THE UNION WAS LOOKING AT IT. THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT JUST CAME OUT OF NOWHERE LAST WEEK. I I DO THINK IT'S ODD THAT A LOT OF PLAYERS FOUND OUT ABOUT IT FROM A REPORTER WHO IS BOUGHT AND PAID FOR BY THE LEAGUE AND NOT FROM THEIR UNION. I MEAN, I WOULD BE LEERY OF THAT FROM THE GET-GO. IT'S AN EMISSARY FROM ROGER GOODELL WHO WAS BREAKING THE NEWS TO THE WORLD THAT THE NFLPA IS GOING TO PROPOSE THIS IT MAKES YOU THINK AND I DON'T KNOW THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT. IT ALMOST MAKES YOU THINK THE NFL WANTS THIS AND CONVINCED THE NFLPA TO ASK FOR IT. THAT'S WHAT I TEXT. YOU YOU THINK ABOUT IT THAT WAY, RIGHT? YEAH. I SO I TO ME THAT WHEN WE WERE TEXTING ABOUT THIS LAST NIGHT, I JUST IT KIND OF HAS THE FEEL OF LIKE OWNERS GOODELL GOT IN THE NFL PA YEAR AND WE'RE LIKE, HEY, THIS IS GOOD FOR THE PLAYERS AND THEN THEY KIND OF TRIED TO YOU KNOW STUFF THAT DOWN THE PLAYERS THROATS, YOU KNOW FOR LACK OF A BETTER WAY OR OR TRY TO START THIS CONVERSATION AND PUT PRESSURE ON IT. THAT'S WHAT IT FEELS. LIKE. I'M NOT SAYING I'M RIGHT WRONG, WHATEVER. I HAVE NO INSIDE INFO THERE, BUT THAT JUST AGAIN READING BETWEEN THE TEA LEAVES OF SOME WISE MEN SAY, UH, IT SEEMS LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON HERE, BUT YOU KNOW AGAIN, THAT'S MY POINT HERE MIKE. ALL RIGHT. BRANDON GRAHAM SAID NOTHING ABOUT AND FOOTBALL. ALL HE TALKED ABOUT WAS HIS PERSONAL LIFE, RIGHT? AND THAT'S GOING TO BE THE PROBLEM HERE. IT'S GOING TO BE THE PERSONAL LIFE. PEOPLE. IT'S GOING TO BE A PAIN IN THE BUTT AND I LISTEN. I'M NOT SAYING IF I WAS PLAYING I'D PROBABLY BE LIKE, OH NO WAY. DO I WANT TO DO THAT? BUT AS A GUY THAT'S DONE PLAYING AND AGAIN, YOU'VE KNOW I'VE BROUGHT UP THE OLD DAYS AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON HERE A LITTLE TOO IS OLD COACHES. THE OLD REGIME ARE GOING WAIT. IT USED TO BE THIS WAY. THE GAME WAS REALLY BRUTAL AND WE DIDN'T HAVE INJURIES AND WE ARE PLAYING ON YOUR GREEN CEMENT LIKE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT NOT NEARLY TO THE SAME CAPACITY. WE ARE NOW MAYBE THERE'S A BETTER WAY TO DO THIS FORMULA THAT CAN MAKE PEOPLE PLAYERS STAY HEALTHIER AND BETTER IN SHAPE AND ALSO IT MIGHT HELP DEVELOP. I THINK IT'S GOING TO HELP THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE YOUNG GUYS MORE TO HAVE THAT CONSECUTIVE WEEKS OF GROWTH AND GROWTH AND GROWTH AND STUDY OF LIKE, HEY, WE GOT A FEW WEEKS IN WE DIDN'T TRAIN THAT HARD EITHER WHICH WAS REALLY IMPORTANT AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LONG BREAK AND TRUST THAT YOU'LL TRAIN AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GET BACK AND BE LIKE, HEY, DO YOU REMEMBER SOME OF THESE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT LIKE, YOU KNOW 6 WEEKS 7 WEEKS AGO. OH WAIT, WE GOT TO START BACK AT SQUARE 1 AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE TEAMS ARE FRUSTRATED TO A LITTLE BIT BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT PERSONAL SIDE THAT'S GOING TO BE THE ISSUE HERE. YOU HEARD FROM RYAN KELLY AT THE TOP OF THE SEGMENT WITH HIS COMMENTS ABOUT 18 GAMES. HERE'S THE SAME GUY UNION OFFICER. YEAH TALKING ABOUT SPECIFICALLY THIS QUESTION HOW RECEPTIVE HAS YOUR NFLPA OFFSEASON PROPOSAL TRIAL BALLOON BIN? I DIDN'T CUT THE CORD MAN, BUT UH, I THINK UH YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN TOSSED AROUND RIGHT NOW. IT'S NOT I STILL THINK IT'S VERY EARLY ON IN THE TALKS SO I WOULDN'T GIVE UM, I'M NOT GOING TO PUT TOO MUCH MORE INTO IT THAN THAT, AND I THINK LIKE I SAID, NEW CBA OLD CBA IS GOING TO BE HAPPY GUYS PISSED OFF GUYS. I DON'T THINK IT'S A PERFECT SYSTEM NOW, I THINK YOU KNOW I GOT IN THE LEAGUE OTAS LOOKED A LOT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THEY WAS EVERY DAY, YOU KNOW THE ONES WE GET 25 PLAYS AND IT WAS TRULY, YOU KNOW KNOCK IN CONTACT AND I THINK THERE'S CERTAINLY SOME BENEFITS OF BEING OUT HERE AND BEING TOGETHER AS A TEAM, BUT I ALSO THINK THAT UH, YOU TAKING SOME UNNECESSARY RISK WHEN YOU'RE PLAYING 17 GAMES THIS GUY, UH, AGAIN, HE'S PART OF THE MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE AND HE'S ASKED ABOUT THE OFFSEASON PROPOSAL TROUBLE AND HE SAYS I DIDN'T CUT THE CORD MAN, WHICH IS KIND OF I KIND OF LIKE THAT LINE. I DIDN'T CUT THE CORD MAN. BUT UH, UM, I I JUST DON'T GET IT. I REALLY DON'T GET IT AND I THINK BACK TO LAST SUMMER WHEN THE UNION WENT THROUGH THIS VERY SECRETIVE PROCESS OF SELECTING THE SUCCESSOR TO DEMORA SMITH AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. NOBODY KNOWS WHO THE CANDIDATES WERE, LLOYD HOWELL, JUST KIND OF EMERGES OUT OF THE MIST. OH, LET'S DO SOME RESEARCH INTO WHO LURED. HOW WAS SURELY HE HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE OPERATING AND MANAGING UNIONS. OH WAIT, HE'S GOT NONE. HE'S A MANAGEMENT SIDE GUY. I MEAN, THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN THIS JUST KIND OF WHAT ARE THEY DOING? AND I KNOW IT'S THEIR BUSINESS AND JC TREADER WAS ADAMANT. THEY DIDN'T WANT ANY OUTSIDERS INFLUENCING THEM, BUT IT IT ENDED UP PUTTING THE POWER IN THE HANDS OF A FEW INSIDERS WHO JUST GUIDED IT WHEREVER THEY WANTED IT TO GO. SO I I THIS IS A SIGN TO ME THAT SOMETHING ISN'T RIGHT HERE. YEAH THAT THE CARTS. NOT JUST BEFORE THE HORSE PARTS ROLLING AROUND AND THE HORSES NOWHERE IN SIGHT. YEAH. YEAH. YEAH. NO, I I I AGREED AND I I DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS GOES. BUT YEAH, IT SEEMS SLOPPY RIGHT AND HOW THE NFL PA HAS ROLLED IT OUT. IT DOES SEEM FISHY AS WELL AS WHY IT EVEN GOT ROLLED OUT THIS WAY, RIGHT AND AT THE END OF THE DAY TOO, WOULD I GET BACK TO YOU AGAIN? I'M ALWAYS PRO PLAYER AND ALL THAT I AND AND AND EVERYTHING. I DO THINK AT THIS PROPOSAL COULD BE GOOD FOR PLAYERS. I REALLY DO. I THINK IT'LL GET PLAYERS MORE IN FOOTBALL CONDITION SHAPE THE 1 THING YOU HEAR CONSTANTLY, TOO AGAIN IS WE CAN'T GET OUR GUYS TO PLAY FOOTBALL AND UP BEFORE IT'S TIME TO PLAY FOOTBALL, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE WANT TO PROTECT THEM AND KEEP THEM SAFE AND DO ALL THAT AND THE WAY THE PRACTICE IS AND EVERYTHING I THINK AGAIN A LONGER EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME CAN HELP BUT THE PLAYERS AND THE COACHES LIKE YOU SAID YESTERDAY AND WE HEARD BRANDON GRAHAM, THEY DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP RIGHT FROM NOW TO THE END OF JUNE TO BASICALLY THE END OF JULY THAT BREAK THEY GOT WITH THEIR FAMILY AND ALL THAT AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A HUGE HURDLE IN OBSTACLE TO OVERCO