00:09all right let's get it rolling rico with the day off it's the nfl trade deadline
00:17and i'm completely bored no i'm being serious you hear it in the tenor of our radio station
00:23today there's more talk about what your neighbor's doing in their bedroom than what you got going on
00:28i mean gator just got done with what is it k fan in minneapolis they did vikings radio for four
00:35hours
00:36because it's all about do the vikings get a quarterback there doesn't seem to be a human
00:40being who has any faith that brad holmes is going to do anything and guess what i can't be mad
00:47at them
00:48i can't be mad at anybody who doesn't expect anything and it comes down to what what is your
00:55reaction to that you know we've made the joke over the previous couple of weeks we're not going to
00:59get mad over things that haven't happened yet well we're an hour and 57 minutes away from the finality
01:05of what you did or did not do at the deadline and as you've seen around the league teams are
01:12getting
01:12pretty aggressive now i also haven't taken many phone calls from people who believe the lions are
01:18a super bowl team i mean i'm sure some of you are out there but it's very weird to me
01:24there's a segment of lion fan that gets very upset if you don't pucker up and kiss their ass to
01:29eternity but those same people won't say they're a super bowl team this won't do it all i'm saying is
01:36they're good they're not great yes i think they need to make a move i've even said best player available
01:42on defense because ultimately it's about raising the level raise the floor the d line is not my
01:49concern they're fine linebacker corner safety it's all there it's all there backup running back but
01:58guys i i i truly in my heart i can say i want them to do something of course i
02:04do but what evidence
02:07would i have to believe that they will just look at brad holmes track record first year here didn't
02:13do a thing at the deadline 2022 they sell and get rid of tj hawkinson 23 the garbage can of
02:22donovan
02:22peoples jones 24 zadarius smith for a five and a six and let and this year andre sisco for a
02:30sixth
02:30round pick a guy who was benched in new york a guy who is not good a guy who's not
02:38a coverage specialist
02:39more of a box safety jets were using him in the flat using him at the line of scrimmage
02:44i mean that's kind of brian branch's job so i'll ask you if we're sitting here
02:51in about two hours and the deadline passes and the detroit lions and brad holmes don't make a move
02:59they are blank tell me what is your reaction to it because again you can do this both ways you
03:10could
03:10sell me the nfc is wide open right so kick the effing door down and make the deal that puts
03:20you
03:20in the best position possible to win the open nfc right that's one side of it there's no dominant
03:28team this is your belief i don't believe you're on the level of of the bears or niners but you
03:33don't
03:34believe there's a dominant team it's open we have to do this flip the script let's say you take the
03:41opposite approach and you go man bears got a lot better with the acquisition of jeffrey simmons
03:48the niners have gotten better with deforest buckner and now today donna i almost said donovan peoples
03:54jones keenan allen as a depth receiver um hey seattle with quentin nelson albeit he's out for
04:02three weeks well then that's even more of a reason for you to raise the level and i'm not going
04:08to do
04:08minnesota radio but if minnesota were able to acquire an average quarterback i would change my
04:14tune about them being frauds i said it when they were six and oh and i said they'd lose their
04:19next
04:19four we're halfway home mommy we're halfway home because they were absolute garbage last night
04:27if they got an average quarterback that would absolutely put the squeeze on you but i want to
04:33know what you where do you stand with it i have i can't tell you any hope i want to
04:40be surprised i want
04:41to be excited i want to be positive i have no reason to believe they're going to do anything
04:47and and i'll fill in the blank for you where i'm at if they don't make a move by four
04:53o'clock no it
04:54doesn't eliminate them from winning a super bowl it's not how sports works things happen right but
05:00once again they will have not put themselves in the best position to do so and what i have what
05:06i am
05:06growing convinced of you want it more than they do you can laugh at that you can say that's sports
05:14radio
05:14blather but as an organization if we were in a a court of sports law you would have no leg
05:23to stand
05:24on from an evidentiary standpoint that they've shown an all-in approach shown a willingness to go to the
05:33mattresses to win a super bowl you don't have it you don't have any evidence you don't have any
05:39witnesses you have nothing nothing i i am arriving at a point and i've said this to you guys
05:47they just want to be good they're born losers they've never won a thing they've been bad for their
05:54entire existence over 70 years over multiple members of the family running the team the coaches
06:02the gms the players all of it they've never been consistently good they think they've found
06:09consistently good and i think the fear of losing that guides them there's a waiting list for tickets
06:16lord knows they've raised the prices through the rafters to where many of you who were loyal for
06:21many of those years are now priced out you're not welcome in their building not financially at least
06:27and they're popular they play nationally televised games they play primetime games they sell merch out
06:37the wazoo fans are willing to go into debt to go to games even in other cities oh i think
06:45i think the
06:46lions are living the high life right now in their minds because i've never believed nor do i believe
06:52at this moment as we sit here it's ever been about the super bowl can they do it they can't
06:58it's
06:59plausible but i don't think they're doing what the rams do it's not even think i know they're not doing
07:07what les sneed has done i know they're not doing what howie roseman has done i know they're not doing
07:12what john lynch has done i know they're not doing what john schneider has done they're not and you have
07:18no evidence to point to the contrary so look there's two hours left i desperately want to be
07:25wrong i want to be able to party with you guys and celebrate and be like damn they pulled a
07:29huge move
07:30this is awesome super bowl or bust why would i have any faith in it and before you call up
07:37here's
07:37what i ask you to do i don't want names i'm not being rude when i say this i don't
07:42want your
07:42suggestions all that is is more work for me because you never have the contracts nor should
07:48you you're real people with real lives and you ain't got time don't bring up names it's brand
07:54holmes job to vet and make people that are not available available jordan davis wasn't available
08:02the jaguars made him available with a compelling offer jeffrey simmons was told to seven different
08:10teams he is not available the bears made him available they had a hell of a pickup line
08:17the call starts with two first round picks so guys i've brought up names because i've done some
08:25of the research and i can i can like look when i bring up zach baum and and cookies has
08:31done the
08:31same thing he's out of guaranteed money he plays a position of need he's an elite cover linebacker
08:39that's a move i'm making the eagles can say they're not dealing i don't care sure you are
08:46and i'll tell you what i'll make a big enough offer i'll get reek wool in here but that's that's
08:52what
08:52teams that are all into i think the lions have an opportunity said since summer i think you're a 10
09:00win team you're a game better at the halfway mark than i thought you'd be i'll move you to 11
09:05take advantage of the opportunity if you believe the nfc is as open as it is why wouldn't you go
09:10all
09:11in what do you have to lose and let's be clear about this just so you're willing to take three
09:17third round picks to take a receiver you don't throw the ball to but you won't take a couple of
09:22threes or a singular two and make a legitimate upgrade to a aspiring super bowl team that that is
09:32something you can't sell me that's faulty logic but go look here to here are the deals here's all
09:40brad has been willing to do on deadline day thus far a six a five and a six and a
09:46six
09:49as paul sarah coined it the bbb and it ain't the better business bureau bargain bin brad
09:56that's what he is right now you want to change your reputation act differently change it make a big
10:06move
10:08i mean that's it no one's asking for multiple first round picks no one is sitting here screaming and
10:15yelling and listing the top five man corners in the league and saying give up a pair of ones that's
10:21not what anybody's doing but if you mean to tell me that this team has got everything that you think
10:27they need to win a super bowl and acquiring andre cisco was the move we don't live in the same
10:33place
10:33we just don't and remember even if you believe hey man i think they can get to a super bowl
10:40right
10:40but do you believe brad has done everything in his power to put you in the best situation to deliver
10:48on
10:49you can't say yes to that so two hours from now if they don't make a move what's your reaction
10:55brad holmes is blank tell me 248-539-9797 we'll get with the people david paulie welcome to chime in
11:05uh rico with the day off we'll take you through the deadline and let's see what conversation we have
11:10i think the only thing i'm looking for league-wide yeah all jokes aside about minnesota radio do the
11:16vikings get a quarterback with functioning arms and the off chance jonathan taylor moves and that's
11:24just not that's nothing to do with us you don't need a running back not at that caliber you need
11:30a
11:30backup but i don't think you're gonna do anything with that so we'll get to your phone calls next
11:35couple open lines if you want them we're just getting started on a tuesday it's 97 one
11:39you
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