Category
🥇
SportsTranscript
00:00For some, for others the postseason has ended and specifically Sam Darnold.
00:07And I thought it would be kind of good to move off of our quarterbacks playing today
00:10to go to Sam because, you know, there's some offseason news that we need to hit.
00:15And the news around Darnold is one that I'm gonna go crazy about, quite frankly, and end
00:22up having to rip some team.
00:25We've heard reports, we've seen reports that Darnold could still be making $30 million
00:32annually on the open market despite the disastrous close to his regular season.
00:41Maybe we shouldn't harp on that.
00:43Maybe those rumors are off base.
00:45But just, Lisa, where are you at right now on Sam Darnold?
00:50Is this a guy that you think a team should be willing to give a chance to be their day
00:54one, week one starter next season?
00:56No, not if they have playoff aspirations and the ability to potentially win an AFC or an
01:02NFC championship.
01:03No.
01:04And the reason why I say that is he was a compiler during the regular season and got
01:07exposed in terms of the two biggest games on their resume at the end of the year by
01:12Detroit and that Monday night performance by against LA.
01:16I mean a deer in the headlights.
01:17He looked like a rookie quarterback as opposed to an eight or nine year veteran.
01:22And the fact that he held on to the football, the throws that he made in terms of that matchup,
01:26I just can't back in.
01:28Whatever he found for the first 15 games or 16 games of the regular season, the Fountain
01:35of Youth or whatever he was riding high on, that Cinderella slipper struck midnight really
01:40quick.
01:41And if you're an organization looking to get back on track, you can't buy in long term
01:46to Sam Darnold.
01:47Is he a bridge quarterback?
01:48Is he somebody that maybe on a losing organization could potentially groom a rookie quarterback?
01:54Yes.
01:55But expecting him to be like Baker Mayfield for the money, 25, 30 million, because that's
02:01what Tampa Bay got Bayfield on.
02:03And Mayfield is leading his team to potentially not only playoff wins, but challenging for
02:09division titles.
02:10I think it would be a horrible investment.
02:12We saw the best of Sam Darnold during the regular season, serviceable quarterback, high
02:17end offensive coordinator, the best wide receiver in football and a competent game
02:21plan he can execute.
02:22But understand this.
02:23I don't think there's a football team out there that in their offseason is going to
02:26fire up their fan base by saying, we finally got our franchise quarterback.
02:29It's Sam Darnold.
02:30Which brings me to the next conversation is, he doesn't have to be a starter for me.
02:34He would be a wonderful backup quarterback to a really good football team.
02:38Case in point, a team like the Kansas City Chiefs.
02:40Carson Wentz is there.
02:41We love him.
02:42Sam Darnold will be an upgrade.
02:43But answer me out on this.
02:45If Patrick Mahomes goes down, you're probably not winning the Super Bowl anyway.
02:48But if Patrick Mahomes goes down and misses two to three weeks, he's as good as it gets
02:52as a backup quarterback to step up and say, I was a high draft pick.
02:55I have a lot of talent.
02:56I performed in regular season games.
02:57I can hold the fort down till our superstar quarterback comes back.
03:01That's where I think he fits in.
03:02And that's not a bad option for him.
03:04You're talking about a guy that's banked some pretty good coin already and can have another
03:0610 year run in the NFL by being a very good backup quarterback.
03:10No, he should not be a starting quarterback anywhere in the NFL next year, any way, shape
03:15or form.
03:16Or unless Joe says as a bridge quarterback.
03:17But to get him to be your starter and his agent goes like, hey, he's a starter, man.
03:21Twenty, thirty million dollars.
03:22Right.
03:23That's the going price for a good starting quarterback.
03:24No, I don't think he should get that at all.
03:26Maybe Cleveland and I know Tennessee has the number one pick, but but a team like that
03:30that is just dead and buried and you're just looking to get back off off the mat.
03:35Sam Darnold could start.