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hopeful that he will show up and practice now that he's been sitting out sooner than later maybe as early as next week although they've gotten no firm indication from him when that's going to be but the countdown is on there a few weeks now from the season and so I'm told the Bengals know what this is if they sign them it has to be a number well above $30 million per year cuz that's the market but getting to the right guarantees and structure that's going to take some time so it's not a slam dunk this gets done but I think the Bengals are going to try a bit of a mystery though with this deal over the last few weeks less of a mystery is CD lamb because what's clear cut as Dallas is trying I talked to people there checked in today and they said look we believe this will get done we believe we can get it done before week one they know they got to put a huge number on it it is what it is his Market speaks for itself number speaks for itself but getting to the Sweet Spot in the Finish Line just hasn't happened yet but it really could be any day lamb should get done before Dak Prescott then you got Brandon auk so he continues to wait Pittsburg continues to wait I'm told the Steelers remain on standby on a potential trade they are as one source told me one phone call away but it's been that way really for a few weeks the feeling and sentiment around the league talking to Executives as they believe the 49ers will get a deal done with iuk somewhere around or just below $30 million per year on average but they're trying to work out those details there's some stuff on the back end of the contract that they'd like to find a sweet spot on that they haven't and right now auk's played for about four or five different teams depending on the day so at the end of the day looks like it will be San Francisco yeah a lot of drama with these wide and those contracts Jeremy Fowler with the insight and you talk about the NFL only two weeks away from the first game of the regular season as we welcome in Herm Edwards and her you coached Brandon iuk at Arizona State oh you know you take a look at all the news around his options and where he should land what do you think about the situation and what option he should take well I'm hoping he stays the 49ers are also coach John Lynch the general manager there so I know both parties very well uh you know this is the perfect place for Brandon you're talking about a contending team that has an opportunity to go to the Super Bowl every year quarterback is very comfortable with him and he's comfortable in this offense and we we just talked about all these guys but all these receivers at the three receivers that we just mentioned along with Brandon that is sitting out right now these guys aren't in football shape and that's the scary part y cuz there's two weeks before practice starts before the games really start right and so these guys got to get to Camp eventually because they're big time players and these teams need them yeah and that's the one thing if you're a fan that you're worried about of course you want Brandon IOU to get the deal that he wants but huh time is ticking for him to get out there on the field and be ready for week one of the Season Herm Edwards with the Insight thanks so much thank you team starting quarterback the latest on who is in the driver's seat right now and could it be Drake May in the driver's seat for the Patriots what head coach Gerard Mayo said today about the rookies push to become qb1 in New England speaking of one one day until the college football season kicks off how Florida State can move past a disappointing end to last year's undefeated regular season plus Asia college Stuart Clark the wnba's biggest stars facing off against each other over the next two nights what will stand out on the court it's a big weekend for quarterbacks in the spotlight in the final week of the NFL preseason it started last night with the Colt preseason finale Anthony Richardson was seven for eight with a touchdown on the opening drive however he had just one completion the next four drives including a pick six late in the first quarter New England has yet to led the p to 10 points in his Five series this preseason while they haven't scored on any of jacobe Brett's drives and the Steelers still have a decision to make on their starter Russell Wilson and Justin Fields have yet to lead the Steelers to score in the pron just more than three points Wilson gets a start against Detroit on Saturday we welcome in our senior NFL reporter Jeremy Fowler and Jeremy it's been a back and forth between Justin fields and Russell Wilson who will get the starting job who's in the driver seat right now for week one well Wilson's still in the driver seat he's qb1 on this week's depth chart the team was giddy to get him back in March and talking to people with the team they feel like Russell Wilson's command of Arthur Smith's offense at age 35 is stronger than fields at age 25 but Fields is an intriguing Talent he's shown it and flashed it throughout the preseason so certainly some fireworks could happen over the game this weekend but I don't sense a lot of consternation or a major battle here it seems that Wilson will remain in the driver's seat at least get the start to week one cuz talking to a lot of people around the league they believe it's easier to go from Russ to Fields if you have to than fields to Russ yeah it definitely feels like Russell Wilson is in control of that situation there's another quarterback situation that needs to be decided that is in New England New on Sports Center gerro Mayo on what he values about Drake may as he evaluates his quarterbacks to me the top two things mental toughness and just competitiveness those are two quality that I really look at uh you know with quarterbacks I can't sit here and tell you unless it's like a A Philip Rivers release where man that's that release is kind of weird I don't get into the technical stuff like that but for me evaluating a quarterback or any other player but especially the quarterback they have to be mentally tough and they have to be able to just bounce back from all that you know the adversity that they're they're bound to see what have your thoughts on that going into camp and coming out of camp with Drake because you knew jacobe had those two things yeah if you guys remember early on like he was you throw interceptions and he get so down on himself and I would say now as we exit Camp he's done a lot better job being able to pull the nose up on the plane uh when it seems like it's going down and I think that's an important quality and Drake May trying to be qb1 in week one I have my thoughts on that after what we saw from M Jones in New England but a lot of rookie quarterbacks trying to make a case in the preseason finale take us through those quarterbacks starting with Drake May so Drake May has made a little bit of a case but here's the thing with that situation when they drafted May 21 years old Tennessee former third round pick can he hang on but I was told that that he's acquitted himself well enough this preseason played a lot faster mentally where the Titans are now considering do we keep him along with Mason rudol have two backups so he's helped himself a lot in Tennessee under Brian Kalan over the last eight months so it'll be interesting around cut down time and then Bryce young so he is making a stand here in Carolina after a disastrous year in year one but with Dave Canales they've noticed a few things that have stood out his command of the offense is a lot better less pre- snap pen penalties less issues at the line of scrimmage so he's running a cleaner operation as the quarterback of the offense and then I'm told he really makes a couple wow throws per day he's really good off play action he's throwing on the move so they like what they've seen but this will be his first game action under this new offense they're going to give him probably a quarter or so see how he does yeah a lot of young quarterbacks trying to prove themselves in that preseason finale Jeremy Fowler with the insight and more from you in just a bit thanks so much thank you all right let's go back to that coltson Bengals preseason game from last night Anthony RI that Rhythm but what are your expectations for him because weak one is right around the corner well your expectations is you're going to get a lot of wow and you're going to get a lot of oh no and and that's what he brings to the table right he he's athletic we know that he has he's reminds me he's part of the offense where he doesn't have to throw it all the time he can run it and use his legs because you have to get his confidence back we saw that when he threw the interception he kind of had a two or three Bad series after that you got to get him out of that yeah you and I talked a lot about this last season coach because it was like Anthony Richardson no Bullseye in his back to start last season then he goes out now he's coming back we kind of know what he's made of so we'll see see what the Colts can do with him early on her Edward sticking around though every once in a while less than 16 games of total experience and on top of that he is 22 years old in fact he is younger than four of the six quarterbacks that were taken in the first round about uh this year alone let's stay in the division because I think a big part of why people have so many expectations on these young guys is because they're being compared to CJ stra who was fantastic wins a playoff game wins rookie of the year for the Texans but how far do you see him taking them in year two the thing that you like about CJ Stout is this a rookie quarterback only had five interceptions yeah he doesn't turn the ball over now for me how does he handle Stefon Diggs that's more important than anything right now if I'm CJ stoud I'm calling Josh Allen how do you deal with this guy because he's an emotional player they have a lot of guys on offense tank Dale Joe Mixon now uh Nick Collins uh Schultz the tight end there's a lot of people on offense that need the ball Stefon Diggs wants the ball every play he's 7-Eleven he's always open how do you deal with him on the sideline that's going to be the key going forward that's a big part of it managing personalities and expectations and all those things the expectations are there though the Texans the favorites to win the AFC South at plus 105 that's according to ESPN bet Herm hang tight because we're going to talk to you very very soon much more as I mentioned with the coach still ahead we're going to get his opinion on the ongoing contract disputes for Brandon iuk and Trent Williams and what that situation could mean for the Niners hopes to get back Patriots ques candidate has the most promised number three overall picked for a year to learn but he's pushing to be the guy right now here's their head coach D Mayo to me the top two things mental toughness and just comp uh you know with quarterbacks I can't sit here and tell you unless it's like a A Philip Rivers release where me and they have to be able to just bounce back from all that you know the adversity that they're they're bound to see what have your thoughts on that going into camp and coming out of camp with Drake CU you knew jacobe you had those two things yeah if you guys remember early on like he was you know throw interceptions and he get so down on himself and I would say now damn did Philip Rivers just take a stray senior NFL reporter Jeremy Fowler is back with us now I mean this was not really what we thought would be an intriguing quarterback intriguing quarterback battle because we thought he had already been decided apparently not what's the latest here so Dr May has made this intriguing he's intrigued Gerard mayo and the coaching staff however I don't know though the plan has changed all that much because the first team reps jacobe brassette continues to dominate those he's getting the most of them but to surround a rookie with the right atmosphere like they just don't have enough so it it would be a mild upset if Drake May won this job similarly in Pittsburgh Russell Wilson has had what Mike Tom calls poll position on the quarterback job he has listed his qb1 this week on the depth chart my tommen said nothing has changed and so I've heard from throughout that Russell Wilson's in pretty good position here that talking to people with the with younger quarterbacks they value that they don't want to turn the ball over they need somebody somewhat safe Russell fits that mold I'm open to something crazy happening in the game this weekend and you know if something were to go wrong and Fields is magnificent maybe that will change but right now it does not appear that's the case how every quarterback wants to be described safe honestly familiarity is probably on their side a little bit too because three of the Steelers first six games of the season are teams from the AFC West where he was for the last two seasons including against his former team the Broncos um I'm not worried there are some other quarterbacks that have some things that they want to prove with this final preseason game and take us through a few of them and start with last year's number one overall pick Bryce young Bryce young yes so I checked with the team and some people with the Panthers about what's been different with Bryce young this time around compared to last year he's had less sort of fumbles pre-nap penalties at the line of scrimmage during practices so that's been a good sign he has made two to three wow throws pretty much every day in practice and the line of communication with the new coaching staff has been really good so they're trying to bring all that momentum into this game he'll probably play about a quarter or so get some run you will see the new look Bryce young they believe he's a different quarterback we'll see how it translates H and hooker this one's interesting because some teams out there still need quarterback help and this is a guy who was a day two pick a year and a half ago but he's got a lot of ability and talking to people with the Chiefs they said he was really impressive last week as you see here seeing the field he could have some trade value if the Lions want to exercise that because they have Jared g under contract for a long time now so could be a name to watch potentially I don't think they want to move him though Malik Willis a year ago I would have said he's probably trending toward being out in Tennessee former third round pick but I've heard it he's turned the page enough and is playing a lot faster in Brian Callahan's offense that they might keep three quarterbacks they have will lus as a starter Mason Rudolph as the number two but Willis has certainly helped his cause going into this season and the Titans are going to close the preseason against the Saints on Sunday and what apparently could be really impactful at least in terms of Malik Willis's career Jeremy fer has promised hanging with us we've got much more on the Patriots quarterback competition ahead Herm Edwards is going to return and explain why Dad Mayo is taking the wrong approach with first words um you have the the unique position here when we talk about this Niners you coached their GM John ly Tampa also coached Brandon IA ARA St when it comes to him and Trent Williams who are both still holding out right now is this a huge distraction to what they're trying to ultimately do no I I don't think it is the 49ers have a great organization these players know this is the business part of it we don't like as players when when you have some of your star players are sitting out so I do think um this will get solved it'll get done you know Brandon and I you is a part of the big four here maccaffrey KD and Debo and uh if you know he's had two years of a th000 yards in reception if he can do it again with the 49ers that's three that ties Jerry Rice that puts him in some BigTime company and this is an offense he's familiar with and you know he's a part of the plan here yeah and uh I think sometimes players lose sight of that it's easy to say I want to go somewhere else until you go right when you're part of an organization that obviously is always in the quest and in the running to win a Super Bowl to compete playoff team that's big yeah and and you certainly don't want to go in terms of Trent Williams we heard a little earlier from Jeremy Fowler he's not sweating he's playing golf living his best life yeah you know he's a lineman he don't want to come to PR he'll be fine he's a vet he's like I'm fine I don't need this by the way the ners have the second best odds to win the Super Bowl six to1 behind the dudes that they lost to in the Super Bowl last year those being the Chiefs and other NFL news I mentioned Jeremy Fowler and he told us a little earlier um that there's a bit of a Patriots quarterback battle and some Intrigue there on whether they should go with jacobe brassette who their coach Rod Mayo said from the Inception was their or should they go with the guy they just drafted the Falcons they open the season against the Steelers which is interesting because the Steelers OC is Arthur Smith who used to be the Falcons head coach and let's bring in our Herm Edwards for Bo we're just getting started with NFL here on a Friday night I mentioned Jacksonville they lost five of their last six games last year complete crater toward the end of the season but if Jacksonville looks the way they did tonight and Lawrence is on point what's the ceiling for this iteration of the Jags they challenge the Texans for division Supremacy division that's exactly right and that's who they're looking at right now you know this was a team that as you mentioned got off to a hot start quarterback gets hurt and they didn't finish drives last year only 56% of the time after they scored across the 50 they scored wow so tonight you could you could see it when they crossed the 50 their intentions were to score touchdowns and Trevor Lawrence was magnificent I haven't seen him this I he looks like a Slimmer guy I mean he just moved around they moved the pocket he threw it to to numerous receivers tight ends running back the whole offense was like wow this is what it's supposed to look like so they've got to be excited in Jacksonville all right on the other side I want to talk to you about this this is something we've been talking about since the preseason kicked off about two and a half weeks ago we knew we weren't going to see Kirk Cousins as per recovering from his injury we didn't see penx Raheem actually said we're actually going to sit dozens of guys what do you make of the fact that the Falcons essentially are giving almost no reps in the entirety of the preseason to the top two players on the dep charart but I know you want to hone in especially in a guy like penck who needs the Reps he needs the Reps he's played in one preseason game and they're one hit away from penck having to be the starter if Kurt Cousins goes down and I hope that's not the case Kurt Cousins is the guy penix is the future but you have to allow him to play football this is what guys do by the way they play football football players yeah they're football players you sign on to play football and you have an opportunity now to get him on the field he's in Street cloth he's like me he's in Street cloes like he's a 10year veteran he's a rookie now if he's hurt that's one thing but if he's not Hur for him not to play they're missing an opportunity for him to run the team for him to go and play football no question about it again it'll be the Steelers and the Falcons and the Jags are going to open up with the dolphins Kev you've got more on that coach hang tight indeed Zubin one o00 Eastern on CBS Don cricky Bob trumpy on the call final preseason game Miami starter sitting this one out at Baker Mayfield played for Tampa opening drive to Rashad white I mean people forget Baker Mayfield threw for 4,000 yards more than Matthew Stafford last year and 28 touchdowns more than Patrick momes next snap keep an eye on the rookie Jaylen McMillan played in the national title game third round overall uh third round pick out of Washington McMillan able to make the catch Mike McDaniel wants to get the challenge off but the refs don't see it let's see challenge call on the field stands he thought he was out of bounds okay Baker three of three 54 yards one drive so you get him in you see what you got and then you make sure that he's going to be healthy he would hand it off one more time to White 17 receiving yards 16 rushing yards and that tutty and the Bucs go on to win at 24 to 14 the Dolphins open the season against the Jaguars then host their AFC East rival PS the bills in week two week four they get Tennessee on Monday Night Football for the second consecutive year as for the bucks Baker and Company host Jaden Daniels in Washington in week one a trip to Detroit to face the Lions follows in week two the first division game in week five days until football's back but still some exhibition matters to short out Chris technically football is back though you know what I'm saying it's just not the games don't count yeah but speaking of exhibition matters the Jaguars went to Atlanta to face the the Falcons and let me tell you something what ended up happening was something that Falcons fans should never want to see in the regular season Baker Mayfield making his preseason 14 scholar Thompson Miami 19 to 27 190 yards no Tua but Rashad white for the Buccaneers yeah he's going to be a player for sure for this Buccaneers offense for years to come new Falcons quarterback Kirk cut 113 passing yards a TD one rush and eight yards you're the Falcons it's preseason but man you don't want be you w be throwing up a fat Zero Man like that's not that's not good whatsoever Falcons they next play the Steelers week one of the regular season and then the Jaguars they take on the Dolphins week one of the regular season back and forth between Justin fields and Russell Wilson who will get the starting job who's in the driver's seat right now for week one well Wilson still in the driver's seat he's qb1 on this week's depth chart the team was giddy to get him back in March and talking to people with the team they feel like Russell Wilson's command of Arthur Smith's offense at age 35 is stronger than fields at age 25 but Fields is an intriguing Talent he's shown it and flashed it throughout the preseason so certainly some fireworks could happen over the game this weekend but I don't sense a lot of consternation or a major battle here it seems that Wilson will remain in the driver's seat at least get the start to week one cuz talking to a lot of people around the league they believe it's easier to go from Russ to Fields if you have to than fields to Russ yeah definitely feels like Russell Wilson is in control of that situation there's another quarterback situation that needs to be decided that is in New England New on Sports Center gerro Mayo on what he values about Drake may as he evaluates his quarterbacks to me the top two things mental toughness and just competitiveness those are two qualities that I really look at uh you know with quarterbacks I can't sit here and tell you unless it's like a A Philip Rivers release where man that's that release is kind of weird I don't get into the technical stuff like that but for me evaluating a quarterback or any other player but especially the quarterback they have to be mentally tough and they have to be able to just bounce back from all that you know the adversity that they're they're bound to see what have your thoughts on that going into camp and coming out of camp with Drake CU you knew jacobe had those two things yeah if you guys remember early on like he was you throw interceptions and he gets so down on himself and I would say now as we exit Camp he's done a lot better job being able to pull nose up on the plane when it seems like it's going down and I think that's an important quality and Drake May trying to be qb1 in week one I have my thoughts on that after what we saw from M Jones in New England but a lot of rookie quarterbacks trying to make a case in the preseason finale take us through those quarterback starting with Drake May so Drake May has made a little bit of a case but here's the thing with that situation when they drafted May 21 years old they're trying to put together his case to be the starter sooner than later so us now on Sports Center coach what' you think about Brock py 49ers sent him out with the starters to get him some last minute reps before the regular season what did you see from him well I I I liked what I what I saw obviously and it's kind of amazing in the preseason a lot of these clubs there for the Raiders they signed him spent some time in the CFL tried to catch on with the Broncos didn't work out but that kind of play will help you make the squad what about Trevor Lawrence making a whole lot of money coach uh he got some last minute reps as well for the Jaguars and I like the way Trevor Lawrence looked this year oh they they they they've got to try to win this division obviously and and get into playoff contention because this quarterback is is fabulous uh when he's healthy and when he can play and right now the way they looked in the preseason I understand it's the preseason but they needed this game out of Trevor Lawrence he needed to look sharp like this going into the season what about Michael pennick Jr coach the Falcons have kurk cousins but they draft penck do you do you sit him do you try to find a way to get him some reps on the field this season how would you use him if you're a coach well I'm kind of puzzled he didn't have young quarterbacks and he only played one preseason game so that's kind of puzzling to me all right coach next time we talk it'll be games that count and I'm really looking forward to it thank you well a news that should not come as a surprise Jayden Daniels will not be playing in Washington's final preseason game Sunday against the Patriots the number two overall pick has shined in the preseason games he has played in Daniels is said to be the starter and the commander foree fore spee foreign speee for Fore the for byebye foree fore foree [Music] for Fore spe for spee spe spee speeech speee