Jones is not a fan of the Stefon Diggs move

0:00with the new year upon us, there's no better time to take control of your finances. Follow and listen to Jill on money wherever you get your podcasts. We'll start with this to find digs for the new in the Patriots was sort of that final piece to the receiver room. Really add some veteran sort of grit and playmaking ability. But what the Patriots did is really what the Patriots have done for the last several decades. Honestly, as they move on, maybe a season two early rather than a season two late, we've had Stefan digs as legal issues have been very much of the news before the Super Bowl. He also was 30, going to be 33 years old, also do a lot of money. The Patriots had some doubts about his availability or his plays, just actual ability going forward. They decided to move on now. But the other part of this is what do they have up their sleeve is right? Wouldn't be surprised if the Patriots ended up trading for a wide receiver. AJ Brown, we're going to get to in a second would certainly be the name to discuss here. He's been with Mike Vrable.

1:01They have not been shy about making some big moves. I would say what the New England Patriots have in store for us over the next week is going to be really fascinating where they add to the receiver room or a big piece somewhere else. They now have kind of cleared the decks salary capitalized. Ty noon Jones and Keith W E E I, one name out for the Patriots. They've been linked to DJ Moore. He is now a Buffalo Bill. I still don't see the official compensation. Rappsheets said mid-round pick. So I'm guessing that means third rounder from Buffalo 91, fourth rounder, 126. No, can you pot up, Keith? Oh, there he is. There we go. Hey, there we go. I heard it. I was like crap. My head was rolled in back here, but nobody could hear it. I couldn't hear it, but that's all my headphones have. It was a good point. I'm sure it was really good stuff. It was so funny. I didn't play it if you want me to. Nassau. I put it in the deleted scenes. Yeah, but like DJ Moore, not coming off a good year.

2:04You mentioned three of the last four years under a thousand yards. Yeah, at one point, he looked like a real number one receiver. And when Chicago got him, I was like, Hey, good get for Chicago. Like they're loading up. They gave Caleb Williams a good receivers. He's pretty underwhelming. Like I'd take him. Don't get me wrong. I would take him on the team. I think he's more consistent and better than booty, Douglas or Hollins. But I'd rather have Steph Diggs than DJ Moore. And I actually, I actually think more because he's younger. Yeah. Okay. And I think I also, I don't like Caleb. I don't like Caleb. And there's a lot of mouths to feed in that offense where they're working in new guys. And look, if he, I said this about Alec Pierce, I'm like, if he's a true alpha, I think he'd stand out a lot more. So if you want to hold some of that against DJ Moore fine, I, I think he's played with a lot of crappy quarterbacks. And I think with May, it would work, but there's some projection there. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I would have said he's an upgrade on Diggs. He's now a bill, I think AJ Brown, who Rav Sheet mentioned, is an upgrade on Diggs. Other than that, I'm not sure there is one. You went through the free agents.

3:04Evans, I don't think is, I think there's too many injury question marks with him. If you tell me he's playing 17 games, he's better than Diggs. He's not doing that. I don't think he's that hamstring issues that have plagued him for years. He had the clavicle last year on top of it. I don't think Alec Pierce is an upgrade on Diggs. I know a lot of Patriots fans are talking themselves into Alec Pierce. I, I don't think he's an upgrade at all. I think he's a souped up case on booty. Never mind Romeo, Dobbs, Joanne Jennings. Wondale, you like teeny itty bitty Wondale Wondale Robinson. Tyree kills on that list too. Like, I don't think he's an upgrade. No, it's pretty underwhelming. The bills needed a receiver more than the Patriots did. Even without Diggs, they needed one more. I really am underwhelmed by their entire room. Do you think they're going to, yeah, like shefter just tweeted out, he's like, here are the bills weapons. He's like, it's DJ Moore. They don't have it. It's James Cook. No, James Cook. Dalton Kincaid. I'm like, you can stop right there, dude. Stop right there. Khalil Shakir, who I like. Not, that's not a weapon. That's just like a nice little receiver. It's like a woman who the GM and the coach all hate.

4:05So it's like, it's, it's not very good, but it's improved. I'll give him that. DJ Moore is an improvement. I don't think the bill should stop there. I think they should treat like the O7. Do you think they're done? I think she'd again said they are, they are not, he says they are out on AJ Brown. Now after this. So maybe they're out on AJ Brown because now you're talking about more trades. But like, are they in on Mike Evans or maybe even Alec Pierce? Like, that's different. They have been linked to Evans a lot. Yeah. I could see that because you're like, hey, here's one trade and one signing. Cause don't you think, I mean, I know they just gave their GM some more power, but they just put it all on the feet of Sean McDermott for how they, how they haven't been able to break through. And now all eyes are on this guy. So you better help out Josh Allen. You don't want it to be another one of these years. Cause like, even when Josh Allen was, had his best teams. They didn't make the Super Bowl. So it's not like, the homes are Brady for a couple of years. Where you're like, Hey, you can wear a Super Bowl without those guys. He never even made one. So like, even with, as you said, with weapons like digs. So they need to, they need to help him out even more.

5:06This is a good baseline though, I would say. Yeah, it's a better floor to be like, Hey, we at least start with DJ more. Well, they should get somebody else. Brandon Bean, who are the radio hosts of Buffalo? They've torched them. He's like, yeah, good call about the receivers. Or he's like, what I can't remember what he said. We played that on the show. Yeah, we definitely did calling out the morning. He was like on hold, I think, and heard them ripping the draft or the, the batter receiver. They're like, good call, good call, guys. And now he has to go out and now he gets, his coach gets fired. Any fired the coach from the last few minutes of your show before. I can't wait down here. All right, I was like 2018 all over with you guys. Oh, yeah, right. Cause they, they must have hated them drafting Josh Allen, which that one they were wrong about in your face. Yeah, they were about that one. That was a good pick. You guys were bitching in 2018 about Josh Allen. You guys want to Josh Rosen. And now you guys are bitching that we don't have a receiver. Well, they weren't right about that though. Well, they don't have a receiver. Yeah, they're right about the, uh, Rosen over Allen, right. So did I feel that way in that draft? I might have, but uh, but yeah, I definitely, I definitely didn't. I didn't hate Josh Rosen.

6:07I like Josh Allen. I didn't like say you're Arnold, you're Wyoming guy. Yeah. Well, that's it. Yeah, true. I liked Baker and I liked Alan. But anyway, um, so was he trying to prop up Keon Coleman? Which then like later on, he's trying to like play McDermott for or so it's like that's a weird situation. But regardless of whether radio hosts like the picks are not on the field, they did not have good receivers. Oh, and so they get DJ Moore. That makes the bills better. But I don't know if it's like, oh, no, look out. Like it's not one of those situations. No, they're better. And you're worse because no, I still sitting here today again, March 5th. I hate the digs move. Now you're telling me there's another shoe to drop legally. Like the Patriots dug in on what he's accused of and they know it's not going to be pretty. And so they're getting out while they can. If we find that out, well, then I get it. If it's an off field thing with digs, I honestly get it more. If it's an on field thing or like a money thing, I, I hate it. And you could improve on it. You said this earlier, Keith, I think it's well said like digs is not irreplaceable. He's not Justin Jefferson or Jamar Chase or Randy Moss or someone like that.

7:11I'm okay moving on from them. If the replacement is better, AJ Brown, okay, pretty much now the answer is AJ Brown. That's it. I think unless there's somebody we're not thinking of that could spin loose. Like we did have a texture say like Justin Jefferson's got to be pretty pissed in Minnesota. Yep. It's like, yeah, but then that's like a Max Crosby level trade. Brian Thomas Jr. is he an upgrade? Yeah. I guess I would. I think maybe that's just no. Pickens is an upgrade. They're not going to get picked, but pickens is an upgrade. Yeah, Thomas is, but like if you think DJ Moore's an upgrade, can't you make the case that like a younger version of Brian Thomas with a better quarterback would be in? Totally. You can maybe maybe I would. I would take that one. Like I at least are addressing the room and I could pencil him in as the number one. He had to live up to it. I think his rookie year he was really good. He's been better more recently than DJ Moore, I think Brian Thomas. He was better with Mac Jones than Trevor Lawrence. It's weird. Yeah. Yeah. So I don't know what to say about that. I would take I would take him two years ago. He was looked like unbelievable. Then last year they went out and drafted Travis Hunter and traded for Jacobi Myers and

8:12started playing Parker Washington over him. And I'm not saying any of those guys were bad. Like Myers was good at Parker Washington, but he got he got passed by on the Dept chart there. Yeah, because the other guys like it doesn't seem to be any other names out there. You know, we had last year Chris Olave was a name, but now it seems like he's going to stay with the Saints and like they got their quarterback. Maybe because we know ball Tyler Schuck, Tyler Schuck. Uh, are you looking for a podcast about pro football that doesn't put you to sleep with an avalanche of analytics or insult your fandom with brainless hot takes? Well, hi, I'm Dan Hanses and I'm Mark Sessler. Oh, hi, Mark, and we're the hosts of He the Call. The NFL podcast you've been waiting your whole life for. He the call covers every game, every storyline, everything that matters. And we do it all with a touch of mirth football is fun. Why shouldn't your football podcast be the same? Follow and listen to He the Call NFL podcast wherever you get your podcast, uh, who else is moving teams? I don't really think anybody else would have the like the top receivers last year. Like you said, I'll pay it much there.

9:13If the name comes out of the woodwork and we say, oh, that's actually a great option. Well, then great. Twitch chat is saying there's no chance you get BTJ. I also don't think he's going to get dealt with will see what about Jamison Williams? So the line is just traded David Montgomery away. If they I like, I like Jamison Williams. Yeah. Now he big play guy. Well, yeah, but I think he's big play. I I think he's a little different in terms of big play versus Alec Pierce. I like him better than Alec Pierce. Yeah. And I he's I think he's more run after the catch big play. Yeah. Like take a slant and go 80 yards. Oh, he's slippery. Then like 50 yards down the field. Alec Pierce big play, but but they're big play receivers zero rumor on that. I'm just saying if Detroit's already trading one half of their sonic and knuckles backfield, they have Almond Ross saying brown. They paid a ton of people and they drafted a receiver last year. They drafted Tesla. Oh, that's right. Who actually wasn't bad? No, he's whenever he played. He got a touchdown. So maybe James and Williams is the guy that could be available for the right price. Interesting. Jordan Addison on the text line. I'd take him if you're worried about off-field stuff. That's not a guy to bring in. No. Not at all. He gets arrested every off season. No.

10:14So I didn't give a rest of the last off season. Maybe it'll be clean this off season. I think he's or I think he's already had an issue this off season. I think. Okay. Yeah, I think he allegedly broke into a casino breaking it into a casino form. They open for hours today. Look, the good news. The good news on Jordan Addison, he's already gotten it out of the way. His off season incident, he's already gotten out of the way. Casino. That was like, was it a- He was during the playoffs. Jesus. Yeah, I think when they drafted Jack Jones, it was like, that was the guy that robbed the Panda Express. I guess it. That's awesome. Yeah. Don't worry. Good football character though on him. Let's see, let's see, let's see. Oh, a bunch of people are texting digs back to Buffalo. No chance. I think there was a little bit of an issue there at the end. Like no chance. They would have just kept him. Yeah, no, he'd be. Honestly, the bills could use him. Yeah. That was the best spot for digs. Chiefs? I said chiefs earlier. I didn't even look. Are there odds on digs? I should have double checked this one. I haven't seen it. My initial knee jerk reaction is, is chiefs, but that's just completely, you know, my brain. I haven't seen that anywhere. Certainly back to Jordan Addison. He was arrested for trespassing in a restaurant in Casino.

11:18They asked him to leave at 3.46 in the morning and he wouldn't leave. That's what this report says anyway. What did they- It is a lot like Jack Jones. A restaurant there? I don't know. The chiefs feel like a fit to me. And you know, I, I think football, he was a leader. I don't think he wants crazy money. I don't think. Let's see what he gets. I can't imagine there's a massive market for him, which I, I guess, I guess in some way is that's, that proves the Patriots moving. If there's not a massive market for him and not a lot of interest in him and he doesn't get a big deal, that does kind of back up the Patriots that the rest of the league views digs as, you know, his best days are behind them. So somebody texted this earlier, but do you think there's any chance he comes back here? So I don't either. Because what he put out on social media is like, it was, it was, although it was the nicest

12:22farewell he's had to. No, it was. That is true, actually. All right. Hang on, the exact wording on what he put out yesterday was, thank you for a hell of a year. We're family forever. Hard emoji at Patriots. Like, I don't sound like I was coming back. No, because I feel like the reporting was different when Dante Hightower or Julian Edelman or I think even Devin McCordy were sort of allowed to see what else was out there then come back. But they all ended up recycling. None of those guys were released. He's getting, he's getting released. Like those guys were just free agents and got to free agent. He was released. Yeah. I'm just, but like if there's no. He's not going to the bills. That's out. Yeah, they're out. He's not going to the Vikings. He's probably not going to the Texans. I feel like the Patriots, there's a chance he could sound back with. I still say no. I'm with you. My, my God is no. But what if he goes out there and he has a week before the league year begins and he's like, there's nothing out there? Well, then that all give the Patriots credit and I'll say, wow, they put a hardball with him and they got him back on a lower number and I don't really care about your, you know, your bookkeeping. Yeah. But good for you.

13:23Good business decision. You got digs back. I'm going to say if that happens, I don't think that's going to happen. Yeah. But also, it's like now it's like, we're not really negotiating with you. It's like, we're done. Like that contract's over with. So we can't even fall back on like, well, I do have this contract, you know, like they, because they weren't going to pay him that for the upcoming season. So now it's like, that's not even on the table anymore. It's literally done. Here's a DJ more stat for you. All right. That's what you just said. You used to be stats a week. Not many. Yeah. Well, no, I don't like the stat that much. ESPN used to be stats and info. It's now ESPN insights. Stinks. Stats and info. No, me HBO go max. Here. Here's a steady. They just tweeted out DJ Brown is one of five players. What did I say? DJ Brown. DJ more. I'm sorry. DJ Brown some great songs. DJ Brown on the on the brain. DJ more. DJ. DJ. DJ. Tomorrow. DJ Mount Rushmore. DJ scratch and stuff. We've done. We've done that. DJ. DJ. DJ. DJ. We have. We have.

14:23Yeah. And then the guy. I probably said. I probably said. Yeah, legal. Yeah, legal. You said DJ Tanner. Lamehu. Oh, good one. Damn. I got. I got. I got. Lamehu last time. Lamehu at a. Yes, it's just with just repeating exactly what we said. We're in a simulation. I don't know if you guys subscribe to the simulation theory, but. That's all. Deja Vu is. DJ more. Not DJ Brown. What a five players with 50 plus catches. DJ. Jazzy Jeff. I just said that one. You did? Yes. Just now. I probably said it the first time we did it. Not you. Your headphones are cutting it out over there. A little, a little peek behind the curtain headphones are cutting it out over there. That is true. Yeah. DJ more one of five players with 50 plus catches on throws of 20 plus air yards, Keith. Okay. Over the last five years. You ready for the list? Outpears. No. Oh. CD Lamb. Justin Jefferson. Tyree Kill. George Pickens. That's good. It's a good list. That's. Now it says last five years. How many of these were five years ago? They're all five years ago.

15:23They didn't do any of it last year or the year prior. That's a, that is a stat that his agent has and is putting out there for people to go. By the way, look at the list that he's on. He's just as good as those guys. It is a good list. He's not six, one, seven, seven, seven, nine, seven, ninety, three, seven, every Thursday at high noon. Yes. Ish. We go on the clock. And we've had some football news to react to today. Digs no longer a patriot. DJ more on the move. Could the Patsby and on AJ Brown? Is it Alec Pierce? More thoughts on all this coming up. With the trade deadline tomorrow, Keith, a little more than 24 hours away. We thought today would be a good day to go on the clock and discuss the Bruins at the trade deadline. You want to go 60 seconds here for Keith Nick. Yeah. All right. Here we go. The Bruins are clinging to the final playoff spot with 22 games to go in the regular season. The goal is clear. Make the playoffs. Trade deadline is tomorrow. Bruins have two first round picks. They're on second. They're on third and three fourth round picks. I'm not asking them to mortgage the future for this team.

16:24I really don't think they can win a cup, but they're in a spot where they should secure a playoff spot. So I'm using those fourth round picks if need be. Not all of them. I'm using those. Or even as high up as a second round pick to help this team right now. I would add a depth defenseman and even a depth forward. I'm also on Morgan geeky 50 goal watch. That's right. 50 goal watch. He's currently on pace for 45. So if he steps it up a little bit over these next 20 Morgan geeky could be a 50 goal score. And then it's going to have to be the big three that carries him. Jeremy Swamin is look good in the two games that he has played since the Olympic break. I'm not playing him every game obviously. I'm not playing him half the game somewhere in between two thirds of the games rest of the way. Get him ready for the playoffs. Because he's got to carry you in there. Gonna need him to lock in. Gonna need sway to lock in. The old sway is said so. The old sway is back. According to Marco Stern. That's what the sermonator said. He was very sexual. Yeah. Oh, sorry. Yeah. A little bit of a little sorry. He's very much. Yes. So that is Keith on the Bruins at the deadline in 60 seconds.

17:26You want to jump in on the phones with your own plan. You can six one seven seven seven nine seven ninety three seven. How about I go on the clock here Nick. Bruins at the deadline in 60 seconds. They are a playoff team for my money. Sit second in the wild card, inching up on the first wild card spot hell. They might finish third in the Atlantic at this rate. So I think they are a team worth investing in. I think surprisingly. They've actually been a fun team to watch this year. And I do believe selling or missing the playoffs would constitute a failure for Don sweetie. So he needs to go out and hold off the other teams around them in the standings. You know, other teams are going to fortify. They're going to supplement their roster. They're going to get better. You have to as well. So where do you upgrade the team? They've exceeded scoring expectations a little bit, 12 in goals for this year though that number is dropping. They've underachieved a little bit, keeping pucks out of the net this year. They're middle of the pack goals against though that number is increasing. I want to keep my first round pick. I want to keep James Hagen's other than that. It's all on the table.

18:26You have to do what it takes to add to this team scoring depth in your bottom six, maybe a cost controlled second line center at a right shot D and I think that's what you do with the trade deadline. No first rounder. No Hagen's everything else available because I feel like having the two first round pick that if you hold on to those two. Great. You also go back into the Don Sweeney is pretty good at everything but drafting. Yeah. It's so you're like, all right, what are you even going to do with those first round picks? Because he usually is pretty good at deadlines. Like, if you look at the history of Don Sweeney, I would say it's way more positive. We make the joke like if he could do the deadline for Breslow and then Breslow could do everything else for you already be like, one of those kind of things. But I think it gives you the ability to say, all right, we're not sacrificing the future by any means. Even like a couple of your top prospects. You hang onto those guys and your number one picks, but you traded so many players away last year and got so many picks in return and you've got to be a little bit better than you expected. The fact that you're holding on to a playoff spot right now. Just make sure that you're there and so many times just making a move or two, even if

19:28it's a minor move, tells the whole team, like, guys, we're in it to win it. We're not going to fade into the good night and miss the playoffs and go into the off season. We're going to try to play spoiler here, come playoff time. You think you think Hagen's could come up like McAvoy style? I think Hagen's could come up and help the team by the end of the year. Maybe. I saw a, I saw a former media member Joe Haggard. You can hear him in some commercials here. I saw him tweeting about that with Dave Pagnata, like the buzz is that when BCC season is over, he's here helping the Bruins. I mean, I would look at that as, that'd be cool. That's not something to plan on. That's like, if he comes here and he helps the team and he gives you a little boost, or he crew did that late in the year, then yeah, I think that'd be a great thing. But I'll be all in on that. That's not your trade deadline move. That's not, oh, way we're getting Hagen's here in a month or two. That's like an extra little cherry on top. Six, one, seven, seven, seven, nine, seven, ninety, three, seven. I'm not sure how we missed this DJ, Keith. DJ Bean. DJ Bean. Yeah. It's a big miss by us. Good, good, good.

20:29Good friend of the show. Yeah. Let me double check the number. That could be DJ texting in. But he would belong on that for sure. I'll get to your feedback. Six, one, seven, seven, seven, seven, nine, seven, ninety, three, seven, who that's a great DJ. You can give us your Bruins plans in just 30 seconds. We get 60 seconds, but you guys get 30 on the phones. Plus, what is the Patriots plan now that Diggs is gone? I don't think he's coming back. Now that DJ Moore is above the low bill, how aggressive will the Patriots get on the wide receiver market? Reports are, they're going to be aggressive. I will see. And we'll talk our way through that right after trending with Billy Lanny. Now here's what's trending on WWE. Turning now is brought to you by the 99 restaurant. According to Todd Pellister, the Patriots have formed full-time Pro Bowl wide receiver step on Diggs. They're releasing him after the start of the league year next week. Go ahead and add him, Shepta. The Chicago Bears are working to finalize a trade that would send wide receiver DJ Moore to the Buffalo Bills. Compensation is still being discussed and the trade cannot be processed until the new league year begins. The Boston Celtics three-game winning streak was snapped in last night's 118-89 loss to

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