00:00Like, do you think that he'd have the same answer,
00:01we're competing to get in the playoffs?
00:02Or do you think his answer in two years would be,
00:05we're competing to win a championship?
00:07I think there's a distinct difference.
00:11No, I think you're right.
00:13I think he answered that the way he answered it,
00:15the way it was asked.
00:17I think he was asked about what, you know,
00:20what's the goal, and the goal is,
00:22the problem is, I don't want to go cliche on you,
00:28but it's always stated publicly,
00:31and I think a lot of times,
00:33and then you can answer this inside the building,
00:35but inside those meeting rooms and that locker room is,
00:39first goal is to make the playoffs.
00:41It's always win the division, right?
00:42Which is kind of the easiest way to make the playoffs.
00:44That's what they'll tell you.
00:45The easiest way is win the division.
00:46It's not wrong.
00:49I'm sure as he gets his guys in,
00:51and they feel like they've built this foundation,
00:54and they're not, you know, 10 days away from naming a start,
00:58you know, from the first game to name a start and quarterback,
01:00all that kind of stuff.
01:01I'm sure that is much easier to say it's a championship.
01:06But I thought it was interesting how he said,
01:08get in and just see what happens,
01:11which is the number one thing.
01:12They have, can, I disagree with a lot of people.
01:15The way they've made cuts and constructed the roster,
01:18it's not one where it's like, yeah, we're cool,
01:21whatever happens.
01:23I mean, if they were, they would have kept some of the,
01:25I felt like some of these one-year,
01:26like the Aziz's of the world.
01:28Well, it can help us a little bit,
01:30but they're building a little bit young,
01:32and because some of these guys have taken over spots,
01:36going and getting Javon Dexter, you know?
01:38Like, that's a move to me that you're clearly,
01:42it's win now and secure the bag for the future,
01:45and is in that position moving forward.
01:48So, the number one goal is to figure out the quarterback.
01:55Yeah.
01:57But can you do that with a roster that if you get average play from that position,
02:02and you figure that out with average play,
02:04and you know that that's, it's getting better each week,
02:08do you have a roster that can win?
02:09You need to do, I don't know, it's the same level,
02:13but the blueprint that Carolina has had over the last couple years
02:17is to put everything needed around the quarterback position
02:23that you know exactly what he is, right?
02:25And you go to the playoffs with that last year,
02:27and I would argue they still don't know what he is,
02:29even with all that, but they've continued to try to go that route.
02:31I just, I don't know, I have questions about now,
02:36and I have questions about the future,
02:38and I think, I know that they have a plan in place.
02:40We've talked about how much they love draft picks.
02:42Well, we're starting to get harder for draft picks, you know,
02:47and that's a little bit concerning for me.
02:49You do have, the good thing to remember is you did lose a fifth and a sixth,
02:56but based on everything the league is kind of handed at and put out,
03:01you'll get those picks back in compensatory picks.
03:04So technically you still have a full board of picks
03:09as far as walking in right now.
03:11So that's a good thing.
03:12And I think that's why they were a little bit more willing to play around,
03:15but don't you feel like they have built a roster
03:18that if you got average quarterback play,
03:23you could be competing to win nine to 11 games?
03:30I hope so.
03:32No, no, don't, don't hope.
03:33Don't tell me what you think.
03:34I mean, I want you to be honest with me.
03:35Like, I think you are, but like, I don't hope, like what,
03:38like what's top of mind for you?
03:40Do you think that?
03:42Like, I'm not trying to put your feet to the fire.
03:43I believe that.
03:44That's why I asked.
03:45I think we've made the best decisions we can make for now
03:47while not mortgaging in the future.
03:49I would agree with that.
03:51Take that for what it's worth.
03:51I don't think that they have, no, I don't think that they have filled this roster
03:55without holes everywhere that you could possibly fill it and say,
03:59hey, you know, you didn't go out and sign a four-year contract to a right tackle.
04:04And I know the timing of that was bad because when McGarry retired,
04:07but, you know, like, I don't know.
04:10You signed guys that you could afford for now,
04:13and I thought that what they were doing was keeping a lot of cap room
04:17and trying to compile draft picks.
04:18And with the, you missed on the Wanya thing that cost you a draft pick,
04:23then you traded another one for Javon Dexter.
04:26Interesting enough.
04:27I just don't know.
04:28Like, I'm just curious.
04:29I would be curious, and we said it all week,
04:30I'm curious to know where his head is at in terms of what this roster is
04:34and what that vision actually looks like.
04:36Yeah, and I'm not trying to, like, throw you out
04:37and hold your feet to the fire.
04:38I feel like they've got – the right tackle thing is such a solid point.
04:45The problem is is the timing.
04:47And you said it.
04:48They were really kind of hamstrung on how they could fix that.
