Zander Krause Joins Dan Sileo on Eagles' Season Stakes

0:00This classic I'm like that's awesome without further ado out of football Friday my boy big Zander Kraus joins us now How you doing bro? What's all big sales? Hey, do man? Hopefully my connections are right But good to be with you on a football Friday. Sorry. I'm a little behind I figured 12 minutes with big sales on a football Friday better than no minutes Absolutely by the way you were a superstar With putting on the Mike Gullick stuff. It worked really great went great We promoted the show to two to six Jacob sports. It was awesome Boomer all of a sudden do get this so I'd sent something to boomer I go hey, can you do the national football show? He goes no, I can't do it earlier But I could do a little bit. I mean, I can't do it later. I could do it now So I said all right, let's get it now. So I'm gonna have them Edit that and have them send it over so we can watch a little bit of that because he talked about Jalen hurt so If that's cool, bro, we're gonna. Absolutely. Yep. We're gonna put boomer on there too. So hey, man

1:02Do you agree? Hey, by the way, I heard you guys talking about hurts his contract today And I thought it was an interesting conversation what you guys were talking about especially with John In what John was saying John doesn't think it's a He doesn't think it's a make or break year for him re-interrade on that why? Well, I don't know that he thinks that I think he believes that The Eagles know how hard it is to get a quarterback and you know like we talked about yesterday I think it's easy to you know talk about the intricacies of a game where And the quarterback doesn't do this as good as this quarterback or maybe he needs to get better in this area or this area But when you have a contract discussion You know, that's when I think things have to be more based in reality and the reality is is that Jalen hurts wins a lot of football games and John knows that he's covered this team for a long time. He's covered the NFL for a long time and to simply just say

2:06He doesn't pass the ball like joe joe burrow So we got to go and get a new guy. I think is short-sighted It's not to say that they're not having discussions and they're not thinking about some of these things But I think when push comes the shove you know How we understands this league how we understands the way contracts work how we understands the challenges of building a roster And you know, it's still there's barely 20 starting quarterbacks in this league let alone 32 plus and you know To move on from a guy who's this successful. I just don't think Feels realistic to John and in many ways I agree with him a hundred percent. I mean, you know again Like I said you you want to sit here and just oh it doesn't look as good or maybe we need to be better in the past Or her test to do a better job here. That's fine and dandy But you're talking about replacing a guy That's one nearly 70% of his ball games in the NFL has gone the Eagles two national championship wins

3:08Has won the NFC East. I think two is it two or three times now In his short career And he's got a super bowl to boot now granted some of those are team accolades But you know, there's there's no world that I'm living in where I don't think the quarterback deserves a great deal of credit for that and you know The the conversation the contract is very interesting sills, but I'm of the belief they're going to give him a contract man. I don't think they move on from this player Unless it's really ugly this year. I don't see it Here here's here's what I'm expecting from him Well, dude if you want me to give you all that Hertz has got a play spectacular this year He can't give me the option to have a dual threat. Wait a dual lane discussion Do we move on? Do we not move on? However, like you have said to me about howie Do you agree that howie looks at everything? Whether to move on from him whether or not to move on from him

4:11I'm not saying they want to move on from him. I'm not but he Anticipates these things he He's he's working on both of it. What does the Eagles look like in two years without Hertz? What do the Eagles look like with Hertz? Do you think that's fair? Yeah, I think it's definitely fair. I mean he's a hundred percent GM That's it. That's what you get that that part of it I think is where people are delusional from a fan perspective and it's natural in a way But GMs think about literally every scenario like for every play that's not just a quarterback And you know, they probably think about those scenarios more for the quarterback because of the importance of the position But that doesn't change the truth about how hard it is to get a quarterback that can win at such a high level in the NFL So, you know, I think he's definitely thinking about the scenarios. I don't I would not sit here and tell you today that It's definitive one way or the other like I do think if they Let's say this year blows up. Let's say this offense stinks

5:14Let's say this team stinks after AJ Brown and with this new coordinator Let's say the Eagles have completely fallen from super bowl contention like they were in the last five years well That's a little bit harder to give a quarterback a new contract amid those circumstances Then if you have a fifth or six six I guess it would be six six straight playoff appearances again You know, I mean like you're not moving on from that guy now I think the other part of her is you know, it's not similar to other scenarios like for example Sam Darnal like that's a name that I think it's used a lot and it's like well They moved on from him after winning them 14 games and and the difference there is He was a journeyman to get to Minnesota right he wasn't drafted there he wasn't Paid there originally it's a much different circumstance in my opinion to look at somebody like that and say Oh, Minnesota moved on well, they never invested the level of eggs in that basket to force you to stay You know sometimes that's what it takes is a team has to have a lot a lot of eggs in your basket and they stay there

6:19So I think hurts is a completely different scenario for the Eagles than many of these other ones um And just the contracts that you see get done like for example, I mean Do you think Brock Perty's the reason that the Niners win? No, but I think he's uh, I think he's part of the reason why they win. I agree You know, so you don't think you're on the part of the reason needles. I do I do I do Offensively, I guess he's a little more limited from a schematic standpoint. Well, no no no no the conversation on skill set Versus importance in the system. There's a two different things. I mean, Perty spreads the ball out better He's got a better vision of seeing that's a whole different conversation. Well, there is a different They both do impact the game differently, but to me like if you if if teams around the league and I don't I think Perty's just one example You look at guys like Trevor Lawrence you look at uh, I mean look at the list of top 15 pick quarterbacks guys Jay when clears that threshold for me he just does he he that doesn't mean it's gonna be the greatest doesn't mean

7:20He's gonna be the best quarterbacks since sliced bread It doesn't mean he's gonna be the most worth it or your bang for buck is best there But contracts or contracts in the NFL they always go up and I think he's cleared the threshold You know to to right now to be paid, but again, I do I will where I will Relent to you is I think this year matters more than John things I do Do you think that this is going to be a contract where they'll want to retire him an eagle? Or do you think that again? Do you think jail at hurts retires to fill it up for eagle? Well, I think that's a tough question because of the nature of the way he plays the game, you know like if you look at Like for example not Tom's an extreme example, but like even Tom Brady didn't retire a patriot like we can't get too caught up in that And I think the part of it and Rogers I mean basically everybody paid man didn't retire a cold. I mean none of them really retire where they are And I think it's even more complicated by the way that jail employs the game because how we is this

8:25As good of a GM as he is He's not a football focused GM right he's very analytical financially driven and he's great at it Yep, but When you think like that as opposed to to thinking like a football coach if you will or somebody like a football guy Like a John Lynch maybe You see it differently and he's probably like he's dual threat Dual threats don't have quite the level of shelf life You know their careers technically or typically don't different ways and the Eagles will probably try and extract value out of that Rather than see it through to the end now. I think the other side of that is Whether people listen to him right now or jail and hurts fan or not Doesn't matter Jalen is on the brink of Philadelphia superstar lore and he's already a superstar but if they win a second championship a second super bowl

9:27Which is a tough thing to do but if they get to that point sales He will be potentially one of the most accomplished athletes in Philadelphia history and certainly because of the emphasis put on the Philadelphia Eagles now Individually probably not because you know, there's obviously great towns, you know Julius Irving much may well. There's crazy towns I'm talking about the importance of the team to the city and the importance of the quarterback position to that team Jalen will have oversaw and been the quarterback of the most successful productive error for a city that is starved For championships and sports success if he reaches that that level Dude you almost accept a couple bad years just to have him be you know being eagle legend, you know I could see Laurie doing that he'd be in a conversation with Bobby Clark right and you know Bobby box a great name by the way time it's all time name absolutely here. You think this

10:3026th fell on the Eagles team goes further than last year's team I mean, I think that's the plan but it's it's you know, I think the defense is gonna be better and The reason I would say yes would be more focused on the run game and less focused on the past game I mean, I know we've talked so much about the past game, but dude if we take leave the running game to the side for a second You got a first year play caller A third year coach overall coach this guy's never forget You know Kevl Kutula for as much as we hated him He was like a coach in the NFL for like 12 years now there was a lot You know dumb positions, but Sean Manion just hung up the cleats three years ago This is our year being a coach wearing you know A shirt and jacket on the side or or or a shirt and polo on the sidelines. It's right You got rid of your very best weapon in the past game whether a gambler the alike age air or not That can't be disputed and you're trying to get better. I mean, that's that's a tough needle to thread So if but if they're better on first now if they run the ball more successfully

11:32That's going to create much better better, you know scenarios where they can be successful Passing the ball Sills you tell me what's the success rate for an offense and third and four or third and 12 You know if they get to that they're going to be much better and there I think the defense will be tremendous and that would make them a better team this year I'm going to say they're going to go further than last year Third event round one of the playoffs this year. Okay, so they're you think they're going to be overall more bad What's the season? I think that's the hope that's the plan but It's hard to speak on I think the defense is going to be tremendous and Then you got to wonder, you know, did they get down some round one? I think they're a wildcard team again Well, I think there'll be a division winner. So now I don't think they're a wildcard team But you know the wildcard round. I don't think they're going to get the buy you know I think there's better teams in the NFC right now look, you know the Rams. I think you know are obviously up there See, you know the bite the buy is always tricky because that has more to do with the war of attrition Like injuries and shit like that. Yeah, I mean, so you really I mean you're talking division winner

12:34You're in the conversation to being a guy that's going to be a person that could be Yeah, and then you've got to go into the club game So like like the thing with the playoff game last year that's so interesting is you know Basically all the problems that we bitched about all year long We're kind of right there at the forefront of that plan of game right that's right more story and outs more inept offense You know inability to run the football effectively inability to put it to the board inability to stay on the field You know and the defense held their own for what they could they also did get beat up pretty good in that game I remember you know shenan and run. I think their first drive they went right down the field and scored a touchdown on Queen Young Mitchell Which was a surprise, but I think they go further this year But you know, I think everybody collectively has to has to do a better job at Doing their job, you know, remember yesterday we talked about individuals You got to do your job in order for the big picture to be achieved I think offensively everybody has to have accountability in that area And that should lead to better results, but the past game I'm concerned about I mean you lose a J you got a new coordinate

13:34That's that's tough to move on Absolutely, we got a couple supers before we go to Mike North. Let's read so many supers here bro Thanks, too, thanks for finding time man. I appreciate you. Here's DQ. What's up DQ? Emreis we want her to contract off the team doesn't matter the man. I can explain it But I cannot make you comprehend it Well, DQ the question for you would be where where are you planning on going my friend This is where I think the sillioization of your fan of your listening audience Has permeated they think sales that they can replace shame no, but you have the same level of success I have never said they can do that. I think replacing that hey look at look at Chicago Chicago as an added decent quarterback in my opinion Citicimic man. I mean Trabicki wasn't that awful But I mean the rest of those guys were like they've never really had a big-time player at that position in Chicago Citicimist promise he was just way overdraft it I mean he wasn't ever a top tier talent like that

14:37But kind of reminds me of J. Jim McCarthy here's DQ In my opinion 20th six will be hurts his best Russian year He may not want to run but that do wants to win no question especially after how he's draft disaster I'm all right with that. Yeah, but I don't think he's gonna run as much Because of the contract woman. Yep. I do Yes, see that's where you know why would I why would I put myself in harm's way to Tent an opportunity at getting a long-term contract and doesn't make that doesn't make business sense Yeah, I think this is where I think you know me I take your word for this more because that is a big thing You know, I think fans sometimes detach themselves from the realistic nature of contracts and playing it This is a job. This is a profession You know these guys need to be paid and they want to be paid and they're not gonna put high end though And the consequences are great, you know It hurts takes a bad injury. He'll never get that type of contract So here's one more DQ says if McCoy ever gets off the line versus press coverage You think the Eagles carry him off the field like

15:37Your name did like Rudy like Rudy. I love it. But guys getting off the line and press coverage dude. I don't see it Hey, one last one before I let you go and go to Mike North you think they're going to at the end of the year You think they're gonna let Tyler Steen run You think they let him go into the offseason Well, I think that's too early to determine because what if it's landings last year and land and well lane presumably is done I mean you just shed two massive contracts on that airline I think they would keep steen I mean you're if you think next year replacing three offensive line That's gonna be brutal So I think they would keep steen if if land and goes if land and stays I think steam would probably be gone Because remember he's gonna want huge money dude He's gonna he's gonna get big money on the money. He's gonna want 20 million bucks. Yeah, he's gonna get big money I mean dude free agent market they pay these especially offensive lineman. I mean you get paid big bucks Are the Eagles more chimmy or Chang got this season? Yeah, I'm gonna say Changa

16:38Changa Changa All right, so it's good showman Appreciate you doing this man. Thank you guys. I was late. Appreciate you dude. Have a great weekend man. We'll see you soon All right, that's our boy big Z here. All right, you know what I had somebody ask me a question Mike North is gonna go eight shit on this one