00:00Something is going to break here.
00:02And I'll give you my little predictions.
00:06Minnesota is going to do something at quarterback.
00:10They have too talented of a team not to do something.
00:14That doesn't mean they're going to go get their starter.
00:17Carson Wentz looked miserable last night.
00:19Max Brosner is not their answer.
00:22And Kyler Murray might be their answer if his hamstring is okay.
00:26But he hasn't been any great shakes up there.
00:28They'll do something.
00:30At least bringing in somebody to back up Kyler Murray.
00:33Or play until he's ready to go.
00:35Does that involve anybody in Cleveland?
00:37I doubt it.
00:39Rams are going to go get a wide receiver.
00:41Somewhere.
00:43Somewhere.
00:44Devontae Adams is out until late in the season.
00:46And now Puka Nakua is getting ready to have some surgery on his knee or whatever.
00:53And he's going to be out four weeks.
00:54Mennegan's looking at me.
00:55He's assumed the position to speak.
00:58Gentlemen, we have the reversal of a trade.
01:01The Bengals have now called off the trade with an eyes toward keeping future compensatory picks of edge rusher from
01:10the Philadelphia Eagles.
01:11Arnold at a BK.
01:13So that trade is not going through.
01:15Initially, the Eagles were trading at a BK to the Bengals in exchange for a 2027 sixth round pick.
01:23The trade is no more.
01:24It has ceased to be.
01:26No more.
01:27We're losing trades now.
01:28We are now losing trades.
01:30We are back at zero.
01:32We were initially at one.
01:33We have now added in our negative one.
01:36Oh, my goodness.
01:37This is the anti-trade deadline.
01:38That is correct.
01:40You get me excited about a trade and then you take it away from me.
01:43I was all pumped for a minute there because Dan was, like, ready to go.
01:47Did you see him in there?
01:48He was.
01:48Yes, and that obviously, you know, is an AFC North notable trade as the Bengals won't be adding to their
01:56pass rush department even though that was a move that was expected to be on the fringes there.
02:00It is fascinating to see what the Vikings are going to do here, Jeff.
02:05Don't they have to do something?
02:06Because I think they kind of hold – the Vikings are the one team in my mind that kind of
02:11holds some cards as it pertains to what today could look like for the Cleveland Browns if the Browns were
02:16to subtract a quarterback.
02:17Because I think the Vikings remain the one location – Kent, Carmen, and Anthony Lima were talking a little bit
02:23about this this morning.
02:25And the question was posed, is there a location right now around football, 31 other organizations, where Shador would be
02:34gifted a starting opportunity?
02:37There really isn't one.
02:38If you look at every team, he would probably have to go into a backup situation like what he's in
02:44here in Cleveland with Deshaun.
02:46But with Kyler being week-to-week with the hamstring, I personally just don't know the severity of that hamstring
02:52injury.
02:53I do think the Vikings have the cards and have the ability to change what today's deadline might be in
03:00Cleveland.
03:00Because something tells me they've probably picked up the phone and called Andrew on Shador or Dylan.
03:07Now, Andrew has maintained that he likes both of those young players.
03:11What's it look like?
03:13I don't know, but I do think the Minnesota Vikings are the one location, they are the one franchise that
03:18kind of holds the cards on what our deadline day could look like if we end up losing a player.
03:24So, keep an eye on Minnesota.
03:26Keep an eye on the Rams without Puka and Devontae Adams.
03:29I would think that they're in line to pick up a wide receiver somewhere.
03:33Maybe Kansas City as well.
03:35Could it be from Cleveland?
03:38Jerry Judy is clearly the number three receiver here now behind Denzel and KC, and that's just fine.
03:46Isaiah Bond did not play a snap in New Orleans.
03:53I found that odd.
03:55Not one snap for Isaiah Bond.
03:58Is it because he's completely fallen out of favor?
04:03Malachi Corley played, but mainly on special teams.
04:07Tylan Wallace caught the ball in that game, and not Bond.
04:10I like Malachi Corley, but I like Isaiah Bond.
04:14The snap counts were interesting in that game, Jeff, because you saw Sampson out-snap Quinchon Chudkins,
04:20and obviously everybody thought Quinchon would be the one to Sampson's, you know, 1A to 1B, you know,
04:26but it feels like, man, even if that does go to a split backfield, could Sampson be the preferred guy
04:33there?
04:33So, apparently the reason for this Bengals trade being backed out is actually pretty funny.
04:39What is being rumored here, and this is according to Adam Schefter,
04:43is if they would have made the trade for Arnold and Abike,
04:46the Bengals would have lost the third-round compensatory pick that they were receiving for Trey Hendrickson from Baltimore.
04:53So, because Abike was also signed with a compensatory designation.
04:59So, in other words, the Bengals would have ended up trading a 2027 sixth-round pick and losing their third.
05:05Hey, guys.
05:06Oops.
05:08I've had this thought for a while, and I seriously don't mind it,
05:11because the Bengals doing silly things like this give us content up here in Cleveland to poke fun of.
05:17That's why you need a general manager.
05:19You know, a general manager would help you navigate through things like that.
05:24Yeah.
05:25Brown family's not getting it done for you, huh?
05:27Like, hey, we can't trade a late draft pick for this guy because we're going to lose our third-round
05:34pick
05:34that's going to be coming in from the Trey Hendrickson thing.
05:37That said, they've somehow accumulated Joe Burrow, Jamar Chase, and T. Higgins.
05:42I can't believe you don't call no take-backs in an NFL trade.
05:47No take-backs.
05:48That's funny.
05:49I thought that was required.
05:50That's funny.
05:51Somebody pull the fax machine cord on that one?
05:53Should the Browns guys...
05:57do something here.
06:00I am not in the...
06:03I'm not with the group of folks that thinks they should go out and make some big moves.
06:07I just don't.
06:09I don't think...
06:11I don't think they go acquire a quarterback.
06:15You know, there was some rumbling of that.
06:17To me, that's meaningless.
06:19You don't need a wide receiver.
06:20You've got two really good young ones.
06:22You have Jerry Judy.
06:24This probably won't go over well with the folks who think the offensive line is a mess.
06:29I don't go out and get an offensive lineman.
06:32If anything, I trade an offensive lineman.
06:35Oh, that's fascinating.
06:37And I promote Whipler or Zinter or DeJuan.
06:42I also just think that every year we say, go trade for an offensive lineman.
06:49Those guys just don't get moved.
06:51No.
06:52That's just not that realistic.
06:54Not if they're good.
06:54Right.
06:55That's just not realistic.
06:56So, if anything, I would think the Browns might be in a position if they have decided, you know, we
07:04like fill-in-the-blank DeJuan, in this case, better than somebody on the offensive line.
07:10And you make that move.
07:11On the defensive side of the ball, this is where I do think they could do something.
07:17No team ever has enough corners, and I don't think this team could use a defensive lineman.
07:26You know, the run D has been just atrocious lately.
07:29If I'm the Browns, I'm keeping my eyes open for depth on the defensive line and depth in the defensive
07:36backfield.
07:37Those are the only two areas where I'm really thinking, yep, we can make a move by the deadline.
07:42And, Nick, it wouldn't be anything drastic.
07:44It would be a, you know, you trade a sixth or seventh-round pick, and you go get a guy
07:48who can come in and help you.
07:49Yeah, a role player.
07:51That's where I'm at.
07:52I know I floated it a little bit in our interview with Mary Kaye at 11 o'clock.
07:57I would love a big blocking tight end.
07:59It would do wonders for me.
08:03Congratulations to you.
08:04I think it is something that the Browns have been looking for since April.
08:08You're a newlywed.
08:10You could have a big blocking tight end, and he could take care of the lawn for you.
08:13It would be remarkable for me.
08:15Could help you around the house with chores.
08:17Well, more importantly, you know what he would do for me?
08:19He would free up my Harold Fannin Jr. to be one of the game-changing tight ends in the sport
08:24and to continue catching touchdowns from either Deshaun Watson or Shador Sanders.
08:29I think Harold Fannin—
08:31Don't you kind of hate seeing him blocking big guys?
08:33I do.
08:34It scares me.
08:35And I hate hearing people talk about him, like, star in the making.
08:38I think he's a star in the right now, and I'd love to see him catching more touchdowns in a
08:43Browns uniform
08:44because I think he just has a special ability.
08:47And, yeah, watching him take on these big defensive tackles, like, I don't want to risk him getting injured, of
08:52course,
08:53but I also feel like we're not utilizing his skill set.
08:55I want to see him catching touchdowns, not blocking guys, doing the dirty work at the line of scrimmage.
09:01So, I do think that would be a really nice pickup.
09:04I just get, like, if the asking price is going to be too high on a guy like that,
09:09that's probably something that you could solve this offseason on the cheap.
09:12This trade deadline talk on 92.3 The Fan brought to you by hands-free sketcher slip-ins.
09:18Just step in and go.
09:20So, defensive line help, defensive backfield help.
09:23I don't see any acquisition on the offensive line.
09:29And here's the other thing.
09:30You're going to be able to just drop somebody in.
09:33If you're going to replace somebody, who are you going to replace?
09:36Three guys that you spent money on in free agency and two guys you drafted.
09:39You're not going to replace those guys.
09:42Unless you move on.
09:43You suggested, and this is the one thing that it crossed the back of my mind.
09:47I don't think they're getting ready to do this.
09:49So, I don't want it to be made like that.
09:52What if they are so skeptical about naming a starting quarterback because the starter is a Kirk Cousins or a
10:00Danny Dimes or something like this?
10:02I think that would be wildly fun.
10:06That would be a shock, though, wouldn't it?
10:08It would be stunning.
10:09Nobody's talking about the Browns as a buy.
10:11Then you'd have five QBs.
10:13He's got that look again.
10:14Jordan Schultz.
10:16Brandon Ayuk has passed his physical Monday officially reinstated for the 49ers.
10:23And expected to be cut by 4 o'clock, according to Mike Florio at Pro Football Talk.
10:28Yeah, pretty much so.
10:28Otherwise, they're going to owe him money.
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