Hunter Long

And a lot of key guys, too.

Didn't even mention Zach Carter, Caleb Proctor, Hunter Long, Jalen Brooks, Joey Blunt, and Trey Benson.

We're waiting on the Jaden Williams update tomorrow, too.

Your backup left tackle.

I feel like this is how you pay us back for taking J.P. Shadrick away from us.

I know we already sent you Hunter Long, but now you got to send something back, Duval in the desert.

We're letting you keep Carson Beck and Gardner Minshew.

It's okay.

was left? It was Tim Patrick after him.

There wasn't a fleet necessarily of tight ends, right? Quentin Morris was the next guy that was actually capable, but they couldn't find him until after Hunter Long and Johnny Munt both, I'll use air quotes to be nice, failed in comparison, right? And by the way, for as ball-knowing as you are, JP, I'm a little concerned that you weren't aware of Nate Boerketer as the Swedish chef, right? Swedish chef.

Sure.

He's a dude that you call Bork Bork and he cooks.

but he is certainly a much better blocker than they have in that running back room, and that might be another reason why you're seeing more of Tyler Algier on the field if you need that extra help so Jacoby Brissett's not getting hit 13 times like he was on Sunday.

Especially with tight end Hunter Long still out with a knee injury, and when we got the update from the floor on Connor possibly coming back, I don't know if I, maybe I said the word probably, I meant to say the word possibly if I messed that up earlier, But when asked about Tip Ryman, who suffered that foot injury, also a pretty gnarly injury last year and has not returned, LaFleur said, we'll see, essentially.

Didn't seem too confident in how, given how Ryman's... body has been responding that he'll be able to come out there and that's a huge piece of this offense to not have out there as a strong number one blocking tight end

that was disappointing to hear about tip Ryman because he doesn't get a lot of targets but he from day one was such a huge piece of that offense when he got hurt the rest of the offense kind of went with it so hopefully he is back sooner rather than later and wish him nothing but the best the other news item on Tuesday is what the rest of the division is doing Darren and it's not good the NFL trade deadline is two weeks from today November 20th Yet earlier, the Seahawks, and this is official, the Seahawks acquired Pro Bowl guard Quinton Nelson from the

Duami Brown.

Hunter Long, Johnny Munt, and Nick Mullins.

Okay.

On defense, Jordan Lewis, Eric Murray, Dennis Gardeck.

You got then Falele, you sent them a sixth to the Giants.

Quinn Ewers, you sent them a sixth to Miami.

And then Hunter Long to Arizona, you got a seventh and a sixth.

Long story short, it's a lot more offensive trades than the defensive trades, because here's the defensive trades now.

And of course, we're talking about the tight ends.

As when Alec Lewis got to the tight end side of things, he was talking about Charlie Kolar being an option, Elijah Higgins, Hunter Long, and Nick Collarup, which again, immediately right off the bat, I want to rule out Hunter Long since he is on IR.

So obviously Minnesota can't use him even though it would be very useful.

I love using him in Madden.

And with Minnesota only needing him in a run blocking tight end in the same capacity that they need a guard this year.

It's a one-year rental.

So when looking at the option that they got, obviously rules out Hunter Long right away.

And as far as some of the other ones I would say it rules out would be Charlie Kolar because I do think while he is a very effective run blocking tight end, he's a guy that is in a very big contract right now with the Chargers.