CJ Stroud, Trey Lance rumors abound as 2023 NFL Draft approaches | Brother From Another

CJ Stroud CONNOR ROGERS. I DON'T WANT TO GIVE EVEN MORE LIFE TO SOMETHING BY SPEAKING IT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT ALMOST WANT IT SOUNDS LIKE ONE SAY AND THEN MORE PEOPLE REPEATED NOT BECOMES A THING AND THAT IS THAT CJ, STROUD COULD SLIDE THE TEXANS, MAY GO DEFENSE OR THEY MAY TRY IT OUT AND YOU KNOW RICHARDSON CAN GO AHEAD OF HIM. OBVIOUSLY FEELS LIKE BRYSON YOUNG. IT BE A MAJOR UPSET IF HE'S NOT THE NUMBER ONE OVERALL PICK AT THIS POINT. BUT WHAT IS THE DEAL WHEN IT COMES TO THE CONVERSATION AROUND, CJ? STRAW, BECAUSE NOW WE GOT, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN FORMER FIRST-ROUND PICKS, I'M NOT GONNA USE THE B WORD CERTAIN FORMER FIRST-ROUND QUARTERBACKS TALKING ABOUT NOT SHOWING UP TO MANNING ACADEMY AND YADA YADA. WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH? SEE THIS PROBLEM WITH I THINK A LOT OF IT GUYS COMES DOWN TO THAT FEELS LIKE THE TEXANS ARE STARTING TO GET COLD FEET TO JUST TAKE A QUARTERBACK AT TO OVERALL AND OBVIOUSLY THAT SEEMS INSANE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BUCKET THAT STROUD SHOULD BE VIEWED IN AS THE CONSENSUS. NUMBER TWO QUARTERBACK IN THIS TRAP AND WORTHY OF A TOP-THREE SELECTION FOR A FRANCHISE THAT'S BEEN TROTTING OUT, DAVIS MILLS AND A COUPLE OTHER GUYS SINCE THEY TRADED DESHAUN WATSON. AND I KIND OF WONDER A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT THIS ONE. ARE THEY TRYING TO PLAY IT SAFE AND JUST TAKE THE BEST OVERALL PLAYER IN THE DRAFT AND THEY WANT ANDERSON OR A DEFENSIVE PLAYER WIN WITH DEFENSE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE DO. I ALSO WONDER, IS THERE ANY LINGERING RELATIONS HERE? CONSIDERING CJ, STROUD IS REPRESENTED BY THE SAME GROUP THAT REPRESENTS DESHAUN WATSON. IS THERE SOMETHING BETWEEN THE GM OWNERSHIP? I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT MAKES YOU WONDER AND THAT SEEMS LIKE A BAD BUSINESS DECISION. THAT WOULD BE NOT TAKING. THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE REDUNDANT, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, IT WOULD BE RIDICULOUS, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GENUINELY HERE. WHEN YOU ASK PEOPLE, IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU OCTUS ALL AROUND. SO AND THEN THE THIRD THING GUYS, IT MAKES ME WONDER THIS TIME OF YEAR. IT'S SILLY SEASON, RIGHT? LIKE WE HAVEN'T HEARD A TON OF BUZZ ABOUT ANTHONY RICHARDSON LATELY. WE'VE HEARD WILL LEVIS. HAS ALREADY ON THE COLTS, IT'S JUST HARD TO BELIEVE THAT. EVERYTHING CHANGES ALL OF A SUDDEN WHEN WE'RE SEVEN DAYS AWAY FROM THE TRAPPED RIGHT? YOU KNOW I WANT TO KNOW FROM BOTH YOU GUYS BOTH OF YOU FOOTBALL INSIDERS THE LAST TIME YOU KNOW, EXAMPLES OF SOMEBODY WHO TOLD YOU JUST THE UNFILTERED. LAST TIME YOU KNOW EXAMPLES OF IN TRUTH BEFORE THE DRAFT. NOW, MICHAEL SMITH I CAN THINK OF AN EXAMPLE, WHEN CHARLIE CASUALLY TOLD YOU THAT THAT HE WAS NOT TAKING REGGIE BUSH WITH THE NUMBER ONE OVERALL PICK EVEN THOUGH EVERYBODY SAID IT'S GONNA BE REGGIE BUSH AND AND CHARLIE CASUALLY SAID, NO, WE TAKE A MARIO WILLIAMS, HE TOLD YOU THAT HE TOLD YOU. IS MARIO WILLIAMS. HE WAS, HE'S TELLING THE TRUTH. CAN YOU THINK OF AN EXAMPLE OF PEOPLE OF PEOPLE TELLING THE TRUTH BEFORE THE DRAFT? BECAUSE THAT STANDS OUT TO ME BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIME IT DOESN'T HAPPEN. I THINK THEY'RE ALL LYING. I DON'T HOLD IT AGAINST THEM. NO JUDGMENT. I MEAN, EVERYBODY'S LYING, ESPECIALLY THE TOP FIVE. KARNA GO FIRST ON THIS ONE, BECAUSE GOOD, I DON'T THINK EVERYBODY'S LYING. I THINK IT'S. HOW DO YOU DEFINE TRUTH AND I'LL GO BACK TO THAT WORD, UNFILTERED THE MEDIA AND THERE'S A WHOLE LOT MORE INSIDERS IN THE 2006 DRAFT THAT YOU JUST REFERENCED IS A LOT OF PEOPLE TRAFFICKING AND INSIDE INFORMATION. SO THERE THE FILTERS WHERE THE FILTERS, RIGHT? AND SO, WE DON'T KNOW WHO THEY'RE REALLY TALKING TO. A NUN NAMED PERSONNEL EXECUTIVE OR YOU KNOW, A LEAGUE SOURCE WHO THE HELL IS THAT? PERSON COULD BE SPEAKING HIS OR HER TRUTH AS THE CASE MAY BE. BUT IT IS A HER TRUTH MAYBE CRAP. CONNOR IT MAY BE RIDICULOUS. THAT'S RIGHT. FAIRPORT SIMPLY YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN IT ALSO DEPENDS ON AND IT MAY NOT KNOW ANYTHING, RIGHT? YEAH AND THEN THERE'S THE TRUST FACTOR. THERE'S PEOPLE THAT I KNOW THEY'RE ALWAYS TELLING ME THE TRUTH BECAUSE THEY KNOW I'M NOT GOING TO TELL ANYBODY ELSE AND THAT'S A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN US THAT YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IS TRUST OVER YEARS AND YEARS AND YOU KNOW, THAT PERSON WHETHER THEY HAVE CONNECTIONS TO PLAYERS OR TEAMS OR THEY ARE WORKING FOR A TEAM. THEY'VE BEEN HONEST WITH YOU. THEY HAVEN'T BURNED YOU OVER THE YEARS BECAUSE YOU'RE REALLY JUST GATHERING THAT INFORMATION. IT COULD BE FOR ME. DRAFT PURPOSES. IT COULD BE FIGURING OUT THE BOARD. IT COULD BE FIGURING OUT THE PROJECTION OF PLAYERS BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO JUMP ON YOUR PODCAST OR WHATEVER IT IS AND SAY I KNOW THAT ARIZONA IS NOT GOING TO TAKE WILL ANDERSON AT THREE THAT MATTERS A LOT IN THIS BUSINESS. YEAH. HEY IT WAS JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHERE THIS TIME PEOPLE WERE LYING AND NINERS WERE LYING ABOUT MATT JONES BEING A THIRD OVERALL PICK. ONLY TO TRADE UP FOR EVENTUALLY TRADED. HEY, LANCE. WELL WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT TRADE LANDS IS. HE'S BARELY PLAYED FOOTBALL SINCE BE A DRAIN DEVELOPING FOOTBALL Trey Lance NOW THERE'S WORD THAT THE NINERS ARE RECEIVING CALLS ON TRAIL, AND HERE'S WHY I CALL B******* ON. THAT CONNOR, BECAUSE IT BROUGHT PURDY'S YOUR WHICH IS THERE'S NO DEBATE ABOUT THIS BLOCK PARTY WHEN HEALTHY IS THE QUARTERBACK. SAM DARDO WAS NOT SIGNED TO BE THE THIRD HE WAS FOUND TO BE, THEY COMPETE FOR THE BACKUP JOB. IF THE NINERS ARE GETTING REALLY GETTING CALLS ON TRAIL ANTS, THEN WHY IS IT HE TRADED ALREADY? BECAUSE IF YOU'RE THE 49ERS, YOU ARE NOT IN POSITION TO SAY. NOW THIS GOT ANY BARELY PLAYED AT. WE TRADED UP FOR HIM UP ON THESE PICS. WE WANT A FIRST FOR HIM. YOU AIN'T GETTING IT YOUR BEST BET. IF YOU'RE THE NINERS US TO SALVAGE, WHATEVER YOU CAN GET FOR THIS UNFORTUNATELY FAILED INVESTMENT AND TRADE LANCE AND TO MOVE ON, I THINK THIS IS JUST THE NINERS RESPECTFULLY TRYING TO DRAW INTEREST ON TRAIL ANTS FROM SOMEWHERE, BUT IF THEY'RE GETTING CALLS ON TREY, LANCER DEAL SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE OR SHOULD BE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING DONE BECAUSE WHAT'S THE ALTERNATIVE HOLDING ON TO HIM FOR WHAT? IT 100% IS. IS THIS IS THE NINERS FIRST SIGNAL TO THE PUBLIC ACROSS THE LEAGUE HEY, THIS GUY'S AVAILABLE AND LIKE YOU SAID, THEY'RE TRYING TO RECOUP VALUE AND YOU REALLY DO HAVE TO DO IT NOW, BECAUSE HE ENTERS YOUR THREE OF HIS ROOKIE DEAL, HE MIGHT ACTUALLY HAVE SOME VALUE BECAUSE HE DOESN'T COST ANYTHING THERE. RE HE'S YOUNGER THAN HENDON HOOKER AND WILL LOVE US, BY THE WAY TRAIL ANTS, AND HE'S SOMEBODY THAT THERE'S PLENTY OF GM'S IN THE LEAGUE THAT THEY MIGHT STILL HAVE THEIR REPORT ON TRAIL ANTS AND GOD JUST THINK HE HASN'T BEEN HEALTHY. HEALTHY. SO BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A FIRST. I ACTUALLY DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A SECOND ROUND THAT'S HOW FAR THIS HAS FALLEN BUT THIS IS THE NINERS SAYING, WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE GOING INTO TRAINING CAMP WITH TRAIL ANTS BECAUSE LET'S BE REAL GUYS. THERE ARE REPS USUALLY FOR THE FIRST AND SECOND STRING GUY THOSE RIGHT NOW. LET ME ASK YOU GUYS THIS. OKAY AS WELL. CONTEXT REAL QUICK. THEN I'LL ASK A QUESTION FOR SAY, OH, YOU'RE BILL O'BRIEN, PATRIOTS, OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR, SPOKE THIS WEEK. A KNOW WHAT HE DIDN'T SAY, AMAZING. HE DIDN'T SAY THE NAME OF MAG JONES, HE DID THAT OLD-SCHOOL BILL PARCELLS THING WHEN HE WAS MAD AT SOMEBODY, I TALKED TO HER LAIR, I TALKED TO THE PLAYER'S AGENT, ALL THAT THING. LIKE, OKAY, YEAH. NOW THIS IS I SAY IT'S AMAZING BECAUSE BILLY O'BRIEN COULDN'T DO HIS JOB AT ALABAMA IF NOT. FOR BRYCE YOUNG AND MAC JONES TEACHING HIS ASS. THE OFFENSE. HE WOULD HAVE BEEN JUST STUCK. THEY BOTH TAUGHT HIM THE ALABAMA OFFENSE. MATT JONES TAUGHT IT TO HIM, HIS WAY OUT THE DOOR, OKAY. SO THEY'RE PLAYING GAMES OR MAC JONES. BILLY O'BRIEN AIN'T FEELING THEM SEEMS LIKE IT. BILL BELICHICK'S NOT FEELING THEM TRAINED LANDS FROM ERIK JONES WHO SAYS KNOW WHO SAYS NO STRAIGHT, WHO SAYS KNOW, WHO SAYS, NO THE PAPER, THE PATRIOTS. YEAH, REALLY. THAT'S THE ANSWER. YEAH, IT'S NEW ENGLAND. THEY LIKE BILL BELICHICK SAID AT THE LEAGUE MEETINGS, THEY'RE BOTH BAILEY'S A P AND WE'RE GONNA PLAY. SO THEY WRITE. SO IF YOU'RE TRADING, IF YOU'RE TREATING MAC JONES, YOU'RE NOT TREATING FOR TRAIL ANTS BECAUSE OF THE PRESENCE OF BILLY'S A PEE, BUT BEYOND THAT, LOOK AT LOOK MICHAEL, WE TALKED TO TREY LANDS TRAIL AND SEEMS LIKE A NICE YOUNG MAN. HE'S HAD LITERALLY BAD BREAK AFTER BAD. IN SAN FRANCISCO BUT MAN, I DON'T KNOW THAT HE CAN PLAY QUARTERBACK IN THE NFL. MATT JONES, KENT STATE QUARTERBACK, THAT'S JUST SOME FRICTION WITH THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS SAID IT. AND YOU SAID IT MORE EMPHATICALLY THAN BILL BELICHICK DID BILL BELICHICK SAID HE STUMBLED AS HE SAID, WELL MAC HAS THE ABILITY TO PLAY QUARTERBACK IN THIS LEAGUE A MAN. SPIT IT OUT. HE HEDGED ON THAT STATEMENT. CONNOR. YEAH. DO YOU THINK THAT TRADE LANCE CAN PLAY? SAY YOU THINK HE CAN PLAY WORTHY OF A TOP-10 SELECTION? PRAY ABOUT? AND JUST I KNOW WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT MUCH, BUT WHAT'S YOUR FEELING BASED ON A LITTLE BIT THAT SELECTION FREE ABOUT, NOT I REALLY LIKED WHAT I SAW FROM HIM IN COLLEGE, IN TERMS OF TOOLS, WHETHER IT'S THE ARM STRENGTH, THE BIG BODY TO RUN AND TAKE ON CONTACT AND YOU KNOW LIKE YOU GUYS HAVE HINTED HE JUST HASN'T HAD ANY INJURY LUCK TO DEVELOP AND ACTUALLY GET REP. SO I THINK WHERE THE REPS LANCE CAN BE A STARTING QUARTERBACK IN THIS LEAGUE BUT I THINK HE NEEDS TO GO TO A SITUATION WHERE HE'S NOT EVEN IN THAT SPOTLIGHT, I LOOK AT TEAMS WITH VETERANS, ON EXPIRING CONTRACTS, TENNESSEE, RYAN TANNEHILL, THE LAST YEAR OF HIS DEAL, THE VIKINGS KIRK COUSINS ON THE LAST YEAR OF HIS DEAL. I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE A THOSE WOULD BE SITUATIONS WHERE TREY LANCE GOES IN. HE'S THE NUMBER TWO, HE GETS THE NUMBER TWO REPS. AND AT THESE SHOWS YOU SOMETHING DURING THE SUMMER AND TAKING THOSE NUMBER TWO REPS YOU CAN PLAN FOR A FUTURE WITH TREY LANCE. BUT I DON'T THINK HE SHOULD BE THRUST IT INTO A SCENARIO WHERE HE'S EXPECTED TO COMPETE FOR THE STARTING JOB BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE HE'S JUST SO FAR AWAY FROM THAT RIGHT NOW. HEY, LAST THING BEFORE WE LET WHERE'S THE JOHN? GOT TO GO? I'M ASKING FOR REAL PURPOSES. OF ALSO ASKING FOR DYNASTY PURPOSES. LANDING SPOT. I MEAN Outro YOU KNOW BECAUSE WE TALK ABOUT THE DEVALUE, THE VALUING OF THE BUT IT FEELS LIKE THIS GUY, BREAKS THE MOLD, AND MAYBE THE EXCEPTION THAT RARE EXCEPTION TO, FOR A RUNNING BACK, THAT COULD GO EARLIER THAN WE'VE SEEN THE LAST FEW YEARS. HE'S GOING TO GO EARLY, IT FELT LIKE FOR SO LONG. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE BANGLES AND THE BILLS AND THE BACK END AROUND ONE THAT DREAM IS DEAD OR MY EYES. I LOOK AT IT AS, YOU KNOW, THE COWBOYS EXACTLY. I THINK AS FAR AS HE COULD FALL, AS MAYBE THE CHARGERS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 21 WITH WHAT'S GOING ON, LIKE, AUSTIN THAT GLARE. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT FIT. THEY COULD FINALLY RUN IN BETWEEN THE TACKLES HECKLERS ON THE LAST YEAR OF HIS DEAL. BUT I THINK HE GOES EARLIER THAN THAT, IT FEELS LIKE EVERYBODY HAS COME FULL I'M BIJAN WHERE THEY GO. WE DON'T CARE THAT. HE'S A RUNNING BACK. THEY COULD ALSO PLAY IN THE SLOT, HE'S JUST A TOP-FIVE PLAYER IN THIS DRAFT, AN EVENT TALENTED TO PASS UP ON. SO I THINK THE CONVERSATION, INTERESTING AND WE ENOUGH COULD START AS EARLY AS ATLANTA AT EIGHT CHICAGO AT 9:00 AND PROBABLY END SOMEWHERE WITH THE CHARGERS AT 21 MY GOD. ROBINSON BACKFIELD, GOOD LUCK. STOPPING THAT A MANY, APPRECIATE THE INSIGHT WILL TALK TO YOU NEXT WEEK. ONE WEEK TO GO CONNOR, ONE WEEK, KEEP TAKING THE NEXT WEEK BUDDY. ALL RIGHT MAN, CAN'T WAIT EASY. THANKS GUYS. TALK SOON. I REMEMBER, THANK YOU, CONNOR.