00:00Adam, how's it going, man?
00:02Hello there, gentlemen.
00:02What's going on?
00:03Hey, hey, hey, hey.
00:04Well, you can probably take a little bit of a breath now,
00:07seeing that the last couple of days, I'm sure,
00:09whiplash texting and connecting with people and sources.
00:12Let's just start with locally, the Patriots.
00:15Were the Patriots close to doing something yesterday,
00:17or was this a quiet deadline inside the building too, Adam?
00:22I think it was relatively quiet.
00:23There may have been something going on with them that I'm unaware of,
00:26but we'll see how that goes.
00:28But I think that they were relatively quiet.
00:30I said to you, I hadn't heard them connected to very many things,
00:34and that's the situation.
00:36So, again, they may have been involved, but I don't know anything specific.
00:40Why do you think that is, Adam?
00:41Why so quiet?
00:42This year and last, they did not make a trade deadline acquisition.
00:46They traded for A.J. Brown.
00:47They gave up a lot of draft capital there.
00:49So how much more draft capital do you want to keep giving up?
00:53And speaking of A.J. Brown, he is, per reports,
00:56dressed and taped and headed out to practice.
00:58Mike Rabel said he's going to make the trip to Germany.
01:00Have you been hearing anything about his recovery?
01:04On A.J. Brown or Remondre?
01:06Well, both, but A.J. as well.
01:12He's making the trip.
01:13That's encouraging.
01:14And I know that, you know, the good thing on Remondre is
01:17it was not considered a long-term injury at all, no surgery.
01:21I was told a short period of time, but I don't know what a short period of time is.
01:24Like, let's see how they handle it in practice this week.
01:28I'm not ready to rule them out for this week just yet.
01:30We'll see.
01:31Hey, Adam, what's the scuttlebutt with what the Jags did at the trade deadline?
01:34They were very aggressive.
01:36I'm just curious what people around the league think about those moves,
01:38and do they think the Jags just put themselves in pole position one
01:42for the AFC conference?
01:43I mean, they loaded up.
01:45They expended a lot of draft capital,
01:47and they added three players that they believe can help them right now,
01:51good players, playmaking players.
01:55They're going to be really tough.
01:56They already were a really, really good team,
02:00and they got themselves better here.
02:04So, yeah, I view them as one of the top teams in all of football right now.
02:07That's how I view them.
02:09So, Adam, I just want to ask you a question about this past week's game
02:13with the Patriots.
02:13Christian Gonzalez had one of the really worst games statistically for any corner.
02:19I know that I can't remember a game where someone's been abused that much,
02:23and he's one of the highest-played corners in the league.
02:25From the people you've talked to or have you talked to anybody around the league,
02:30anybody who has any theory as to why that game was just so bad
02:33for Christian Gonzalez?
02:37I have not heard, but you heard Mike Vrabel after the game saying,
02:41when your best players don't play well, you have no chance.
02:43I think that was directed at Christian Gonzalez.
02:46I mean, they're paying him as an elite player.
02:48He is an elite player.
02:49He did not play like an elite player.
02:51And the Packers lit him up through the air,
02:53and that was the problem on Sunday.
02:55I think everybody has an off game,
02:57but it was surprising to see how off he was that Sunday.
03:00Were you surprised, Adam, that Jonathan Taylor did not move?
03:03What was the asking price, do you think, from Indy on Taylor?
03:06Well, I can tell you that they wanted the Christian McCaffrey package.
03:12Excuse me.
03:13And that was at one point in time the 49ers gave up a 2-3-4-5 to the Panthers
03:17for McCaffrey.
03:18The New York Giants offered a 2-5 in a player,
03:21which is not a 2-3-4-5.
03:23I don't know the other team's offers,
03:26but they felt like they weren't going to move unless they got first-round value,
03:29which never came their way.
03:31And Amani Hooker, who went to Buffalo,
03:33we're going to obviously Patriots and Bills coming up in December.
03:36What do you know of him as a player,
03:37and how did you think the price was for him?
03:42I actually thought it was a bargain for the Buffalo Bills.
03:44I mean, considering that Jacksonville gave up a 2-5 for Jesse Bates,
03:49and the Bills got back Hooker and a fifth-round pick for a second.
03:54So they basically gave up three rounds of a draft
03:57to go get a playmaking safety.
03:59I think he might lead the NFL in interceptions right now.
04:02So that's a player that's going to definitely upgrade Buffalo's secondary.
04:05Buffalo had been on the prowl,
04:07and there was no way they were going to win that game Monday night.
04:10Watch all these other teams make these moves and not do anything.
04:12I knew they would do something yesterday, and that's what they did.
04:14Adam, what did you think of what KC's deal with the Colts
04:18to get Josh Downs there?
04:19How do you think he fits in there,
04:21and did you think they paid too much for him or just right?
04:29Well, all along, the Chiefs were offering a 4,
04:33and the Colts weren't budging.
04:34And so you see the added compensation mixed in there,
04:37and I think that that's what they felt got the deal over the edge
04:40because the two sides have been talking for a couple of weeks,
04:43and they've been stuck on the Chiefs offer of a 4.
04:45Initially, the Colts wanted a 3.
04:46They weren't going to get it.
04:49The Chiefs were offering a 4, and you saw when the trade came in,
04:52it was two picks for the player and a pick.
04:55So they worked it out to the Colts' satisfaction.
04:58Kansas City needs a receiver.
05:00Look, Kansas City's got to play better on its offensive line to have a chance,
05:03but Downs will help on the slot.
05:05Makes plays.
05:06Good player.
05:07So, Adam Schefter, many times you were the first person to report breaking news
05:11when it comes to the NFL,
05:12and there are some times, however, when some of your colleagues report it first
05:16and you kind of, you know, end up following up and confirming those reports.
05:20Diana Rossini, who was an insider, just returned to doing her job,
05:25and she's got a new podcast, and she says she's going to be reporting scoops.
05:29In your opinion, if Diana Rossini reported something,
05:32would you trust her report after everything that happened with Mike Vrabel?
05:38I would treat her like everybody else.
05:40I have to verify everybody's information before I report it.
05:44So I don't think of it as anything different.
05:47I don't think of circumstances like that.
05:49That's me.
05:50I'm thinking the way I have thought to do my job the way I need to do my job,
05:55whether it's Diana Rossini or anybody else doing it.
05:57I don't care who's doing it.
05:59Like, I don't care who it is.
06:01I'm not reporting it until I know that it's true, period.
06:06Do you think that somebody who has crossed the line with a source
06:11should be somebody who's still considered an insider?
06:14I mean, that is your job, and I know that that's, you know,
06:16did that make you think that people might think of you
06:19and other people in the profession differently
06:21because somebody who does the same type of job you do
06:24ended up compromising with their source?
06:29I mean, I haven't thought about it like that.
06:33Just because somebody didn't talk radio,
06:36does something stupid, does that reflect on you?
06:38Oh, yeah.
06:39Yeah, rules are changed.
06:40Trust me.
06:40There's been people who've said stuff in talk radio
06:42that's changed everything for the company and rules.
06:44Absolutely, Adam.
06:46Okay, well, again, I come back to what I say.
06:49I do my job, and I've got enough to worry about
06:53with my own problems and issues.
06:56I don't even worry about somebody else's.
06:57So I just try to do my job the right way, period.
07:00Speaking of reports, Adam, we did have one report from MassLive
07:03that Bill Belichick came back for a dinner Saturday.
07:06Of course, it was Gronk weekend, and Tom Brady was in town.
07:08Had you heard that as well?
07:09I'm surprised it didn't get picked up anywhere else.
07:11We just had the one report that Bill did come up
07:13after the UConn game in Connecticut.
07:15Yeah, that's not surprising.
07:17Like, everybody meant a lot to Bill.
07:18A lot of those players, he knows what everybody sacrificed.
07:21Great relationships, great memories.
07:22I'm not surprised.
07:23I didn't know that, but I'm not surprised to hear it at all.
07:27All right, well, Adam, thanks for coming on with us.
07:29We really appreciate it.
07:29We'll talk to you again next week.
07:30Thanks, Adam.
07:31Thank you, Adam.
07:31Guys, have a great week.
07:32We'll talk next Wednesday.
07:33Bye.
