Tyrel Jackson Williams: Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of the Wednesdayer. This week, as I understand, Peter is preparing to split his time with his normal NFL coverage gig. Is that right Peter?

Peter King: Well, the NFL never stops. Roger Goodell, the brilliant commissioner of the league, has made this organization a 12 month business. Do I ever get a break from my NFL coverage? Not really. Whether I’m visiting the combine or getting the inside scoop at training camp, the NFL is a grind for everyone associated with The Shield.

Williams: Well so, tell us then, how do you balance your NFL-related obligations with any outstanding side projects that have hung over from your summer push?

King: Oh it’s not really that big of a deal. Just need to put the right people in the right places and then, basically, any project can run itself. You know what I mean, Charles?

Williams: Tyrel.

King: Point is this, you just send out your guys and most anything can happen. That’s why you get good guys, you know?

Williams: Is it just that simple? I have to imagine that having adequate supervision is, maybe, part of the challenge? How do you balance these manpower needs? I mean, your name is on their workmanship and you’d just trust your laborers to do whatever without you?

King: Sure, it’s a case-by-case scenario though. My rule of thumb is to get the right talent and, when the project is live, don’t put anyone out there who isn’t ready. Training is for training but, when you’re working on someone else’s property and it’s time to perform under the bright lights just trim your team down to the best people.

— Door Flies Open —

Mike Mayock: Slow down there, Big Pete! You can’t have enough talent on your team. Can’t do it. Impossible!

Williams: Raiders general manager Mike Mayock! What brings you here today?

Mayock: Talent! Personnel. Labor, both skilled and unskilled. Bodies, man, bodies! Whenever someone talks about pairing down their payroll, my Mayday senses start to tingle and I gotta see what’s available.

Williams: Well, we’re kind of discussing the general concepts of properly staffing a job.

Mayock: Get everybody.

Williams: Everybody?

King: Mike, contracting isn’t a salary capped world where “everyone’s a football player first.” We’re talking specific case-by-case situations where —

Mayock: Yeah yeah down-and-distance and all but that’s easier to figure our when you’ve got everybody.

Williams: Everybody?

Mayock: Everybody. All the draft picks. Any free agents on the market. Re-sign basically all your guys. When you got all the talent, you hold all the cards. You get rid of everybody and then you rebuild with new everybodys.

King: But this is my point, Charles, you need specialists. You talk about wrapping up, say, a bathroom remodel. What are the final items of work? Tile, grout, paint, and fixtures. Why would you be hoarding pipefitters or drywall guys when that scope is long passed?

Williams: So you’re saying to right-size-it. Worry about the now today and what lies tomorrow is on its own?

Mayock: And this is why I got plucked from the ranks of NFL punditry to build a pro roster while PK is over messing around whitewashing fences and rafting down the Mississippi. You gotta look big picture. What’s the most valuable position on an NFL roster? Quarterback, right. That’s why I hoard QBs. Because I’m a big picture guy. Have you heard about a little issue the US is facing called the, oh I dunno, US labor shortage problem?

Williams: Not to be dismissive of your point but isn’t a single bathroom remodel — or even building an NFL roster — somewhat protected from the macro level labor struggles the nation is facing?

Mayock: Mot new be mismissive of youw pwoint — shut up. I am an NFL GM! There are but 32 of us! This is an elite group that I was selected to join! And why? Because I showed the gumption, the toughness, the intellect to sign a guy like Antonio Brown! You know how many other guys saw this opportunity? Oh, I dunno, maybe ZERO.

King: Actually, as part of my main job covering the NFL, my research showed nearly all teams saw AB as an asset, the question was about value and fit.

Mayock: Oh my goodness! I am so sick of you armchair pundit sitting behind a microphone and blabbing about what general mangers should do. I have a system. I am implementing it. And Mark Davis, I’ll have you know, is very impressed by my decision-making.

Williams: I’m not sure how important that is in the context of what we are discussing here on The Wednesdayer.

Mayock: Look, I heard Peter say he was downsizing talent. So who’s available for pickup? I only got three quarterbacks. You got any quarterbacks?

King: I don’t…we don’t…well, Robert Klemko has been letting go of some of the heavy lifting at the MMQB,

Mayock: No more hacks! I need specialists! We’re in the middle of constructing our new front offices in Nevada and, since the frame has gone up, it’s been at a standstill. No skin going up. No sitework. No nothing. You got anyone who can place a block wall or build out an office interior. I’m seriously hurting right now. I mean, I got nothing. Turns our Mike Glennon is about a good of a project manager as he is a game manager.

Williams: Well, given that this is a two-person production and Peter is ramping up for the NFL season —

King: You want Charles? Gimmie a fourth rounder and…is Doug Martin still an unrestricted free agent?

Mayock: We’re working on locking him down to a long term deal! That’s a no go and you, gentlemen, have wasted my time. Good day!

Williams: Well that was…..insulting. What a way to wrap up the season finale of the first year of The Wednesdayer. See you all later, perhaps.

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