WEBVTT - Eddie & Rocky -- 1/9/26 0:00:02.120 --> 0:00:04.880 All right back with Eddie and Rocky here on a 0:00:08.200 --> 0:00:10.680 rock big football weekends. 0:00:10.119 --> 0:00:16.440 On big football weekend. Unbelievable game last night in college football, 0:00:16.680 --> 0:00:19.560 of course, NFL playoffs here this weekend, but the big 0:00:19.600 --> 0:00:24.160 news here in Cincinnati, Duke Tobin talks to media something 0:00:24.200 --> 0:00:27.400 that has never happened before this time of year. He 0:00:27.480 --> 0:00:30.200 spoke for an hour and three minutes, and I listened 0:00:30.240 --> 0:00:31.680 to every single. 0:00:31.600 --> 0:00:35.320 Word of it. Well, let's talk to a guy who 0:00:35.360 --> 0:00:37.400 was there. I assumed, Skinny, were you there? 0:00:38.640 --> 0:00:40.319 I sure was, And it was an hour and three 0:00:40.320 --> 0:00:41.920 minutes of just sheer glory for sure. 0:00:43.520 --> 0:00:45.960 I told Rocky what little I heard of it. He's 0:00:46.000 --> 0:00:47.720 such a he's a dynamic speaker. 0:00:47.800 --> 0:00:51.600 Now, man, come on, long, long answers of nothing. This 0:00:51.760 --> 0:00:52.879 is what I what I call it. 0:00:52.920 --> 0:00:56.520 A lot of times he okay, scared, So let's start. 0:00:56.560 --> 0:00:59.760 I made a few notes here, so he didn't really 0:01:00.480 --> 0:01:03.640 He said that, you know, obviously things got to change, 0:01:03.640 --> 0:01:06.600 but didn't say what those changes are, didn't say what 0:01:06.640 --> 0:01:07.520 a plan is. 0:01:07.600 --> 0:01:10.480 Didn't you know? It just seemed like those all generalities. 0:01:10.480 --> 0:01:11.000 Am I wrong? 0:01:11.560 --> 0:01:11.840 Yes? 0:01:12.000 --> 0:01:14.600 No, that's correct. And that's that's the way he speaks. 0:01:14.959 --> 0:01:17.080 With him with a lot of his stuff. You know, 0:01:17.120 --> 0:01:18.520 the one thing he did say is that they're not 0:01:18.520 --> 0:01:20.040 going to add to the scouting department, which I think 0:01:20.040 --> 0:01:23.200 everybody believes they should. The organization doesn't believe that. He 0:01:23.280 --> 0:01:25.720 used the word collaborative about a gazillion times, that the 0:01:25.760 --> 0:01:28.920 decisions are collaborative. He did at least point the finger 0:01:28.959 --> 0:01:31.320 inwarded himself for the fact that the roster is where 0:01:31.319 --> 0:01:34.480 it needs to be, and he did say that the 0:01:34.520 --> 0:01:36.600 buck kind of does stop with him on the ultimate 0:01:36.640 --> 0:01:38.960 decision making process, although he continued to say, but it's 0:01:39.000 --> 0:01:41.400 still a collaborative. We kind of come to these decisions collaboratively, 0:01:41.600 --> 0:01:43.360 in a collaborative manner, in collaborative ways. 0:01:44.760 --> 0:01:44.920 You know. 0:01:44.959 --> 0:01:47.320 I thought one of interesting to do one I asked Duke, 0:01:47.360 --> 0:01:49.000 and Jason Williams saw it up where I said, you know, 0:01:49.040 --> 0:01:51.320 you believe in your staff and the guys that worked 0:01:51.360 --> 0:01:53.280 for you, but three straight down playoff years, two of 0:01:53.320 --> 0:01:56.000 the last ten you've made the playoffs. Why should fans 0:01:56.040 --> 0:01:58.120 have that belief or believe in you even And he said, 0:01:58.120 --> 0:01:59.320 I understand they probably don't. 0:01:59.360 --> 0:01:59.800 Right now. 0:02:00.200 --> 0:02:01.680 All I can do is work us out of it. 0:02:01.960 --> 0:02:03.440 There's a longer part of that answer, but you're talking 0:02:03.440 --> 0:02:05.760 about we have excellent scouts to give us excellent analysis. 0:02:05.800 --> 0:02:08.280 If there's so excellent, you get excellent analysis, and you're 0:02:08.320 --> 0:02:09.880 excellent in your job. Why do you have been in 0:02:09.880 --> 0:02:11.280 the playoffs two times in the last ten years? 0:02:11.320 --> 0:02:15.239 Right? So, then Jason followed up with why do you believe? 0:02:15.280 --> 0:02:17.000 Why do you believe you should still be in the job. 0:02:17.040 --> 0:02:18.600 Will you look to do anything differently? He says, if 0:02:18.600 --> 0:02:20.360 your question is do I have competence? Is myself? 0:02:20.360 --> 0:02:22.360 I do well supportly. I have confidence in. 0:02:22.360 --> 0:02:24.679 The people here, I really do. I have confidence and 0:02:24.760 --> 0:02:27.600 processes that we have here. I just don't understand why 0:02:27.600 --> 0:02:28.440 you have that level. 0:02:28.200 --> 0:02:29.000 Of confidence, my man. 0:02:29.040 --> 0:02:31.360 I mean, again, the proofs in the pudding, and you 0:02:31.360 --> 0:02:33.800 can't he tried to throw it up a couple of times. 0:02:33.919 --> 0:02:36.920 You know, we've shown that we know what we're doing here. 0:02:37.240 --> 0:02:38.880 You've done it two times in the last ten. 0:02:38.840 --> 0:02:40.640 Years, been in the playoffs. And yeah, one of those 0:02:40.680 --> 0:02:42.320 years you did run to the super Bowl, and it 0:02:42.360 --> 0:02:43.800 was a good team. I can't say that was a 0:02:43.800 --> 0:02:44.280 bad roster. 0:02:44.400 --> 0:02:45.959 It got lucky. I know some people pointed that was 0:02:46.000 --> 0:02:48.080 a lucky run. I don't believe that. I think that 0:02:48.160 --> 0:02:49.120 was a really good team. 0:02:49.440 --> 0:02:52.080 It was young in some areas. You know, Joe Burrow 0:02:52.120 --> 0:02:55.640 had was only in you know, his his third year, 0:02:55.800 --> 0:02:58.840 and so you know he matured pretty quickly for it 0:02:58.880 --> 0:03:01.320 for everybody involved. But no match, I don't believe in. 0:03:01.480 --> 0:03:03.480 And listen, yes, you didn't have the more of a 0:03:03.560 --> 0:03:06.160 Lewis area five straight playoff years, but those teams weren't 0:03:06.200 --> 0:03:08.240 good enough to win games. And so what you had 0:03:08.240 --> 0:03:10.800 to show for twenty some odd years of work is 0:03:10.880 --> 0:03:13.560 one super Bowl run and one AFC Championship run. 0:03:13.600 --> 0:03:14.040 And that's it. 0:03:14.440 --> 0:03:16.040 That's That's a lot of swings at it. 0:03:16.080 --> 0:03:17.959 Man, that's a lot of swings at it. 0:03:17.960 --> 0:03:20.840 It is And I thought he came off as his 0:03:20.919 --> 0:03:23.960 standoffish to me. The biggest thing I took away is 0:03:24.919 --> 0:03:28.000 he I think he believes like the biggest problem even 0:03:28.040 --> 0:03:30.880 said it. He said, it's where our inability to finish games. Well, 0:03:30.880 --> 0:03:33.760 that's like a that seems to put the onus on 0:03:33.840 --> 0:03:36.080 the coaches more than himself. If he was really going 0:03:36.160 --> 0:03:38.160 to put him say, he would say, hey, you know, 0:03:38.440 --> 0:03:41.240 our biggest issue was and this is the fact I 0:03:41.560 --> 0:03:43.520 believe it. I think you do too, that the defense 0:03:43.640 --> 0:03:47.720 was not anywhere in the stratosphere talented enough to compete 0:03:48.000 --> 0:03:51.560 week to week on an NFL NFL stage. He never 0:03:51.720 --> 0:03:54.000 never said that I just can't finish games well. To me, 0:03:54.080 --> 0:03:56.080 that's like a it's kind of pushing it over on 0:03:56.120 --> 0:03:56.800 the coaches a bit. 0:03:57.880 --> 0:04:00.200 Yeah, no, I agree with that, even though he said, 0:04:00.200 --> 0:04:02.600 I believe what the coaches are teaching. I believe in 0:04:02.640 --> 0:04:05.280 the way they teach. I see it every day and 0:04:05.360 --> 0:04:07.360 ninety five percent of the time things are going right, 0:04:07.440 --> 0:04:09.120 and then you know the five percent that they're not 0:04:09.160 --> 0:04:11.600 is what's cost them games. I think it's a weird, 0:04:11.920 --> 0:04:14.080 bad way to look at it. Man, you lose close 0:04:14.120 --> 0:04:15.840 games a lot of times because you're just not good enough. 0:04:15.920 --> 0:04:18.200 I mean, maybe the coaches were good enough to kept 0:04:18.200 --> 0:04:19.920 you in those close games, and you just didn't have 0:04:20.000 --> 0:04:22.120 enough talent to get over the hump in those close games. 0:04:22.400 --> 0:04:24.480 And man, he talked about the improvement of the defense, 0:04:24.480 --> 0:04:26.480 and statistically they did from the bye week one. 0:04:26.800 --> 0:04:30.200 They did improve the numbers. Bel that that it is 0:04:30.240 --> 0:04:33.440 a fact. Defense got better. You know, the offense gave 0:04:33.600 --> 0:04:35.040 gave away a bunch of points. So you know, when 0:04:35.080 --> 0:04:36.359 you look at points, you go, now, did they But 0:04:36.360 --> 0:04:39.279 I'll go back and take all of the other teams 0:04:39.560 --> 0:04:41.840 defense is scoring touchdowns, and the defense did get better. 0:04:42.360 --> 0:04:44.159 But you won three games after the bye week, and 0:04:44.200 --> 0:04:48.840 those wins were over Baltimore losing record, Miami losing record, 0:04:49.120 --> 0:04:52.200 Arizona three or four win football team. So I mean, 0:04:52.240 --> 0:04:54.160 are you gauging it off of those wins? 0:04:54.240 --> 0:04:55.680 Are you really right? 0:04:56.200 --> 0:04:58.919 Well, we're talking to Richard Skinner Local twelve and Skinny 0:04:59.400 --> 0:05:01.640 and did I And just like I said, I didn't 0:05:01.680 --> 0:05:04.160 hear the whole thing like you guys did, But I'm 0:05:04.320 --> 0:05:06.560 just some of the quotes I've heard that we've bowled. 0:05:07.160 --> 0:05:10.600 Did he not haul out the chestnut of the same 0:05:10.600 --> 0:05:13.120 thing every year? You know what? We're this close? 0:05:14.160 --> 0:05:14.640 Yeah? 0:05:14.839 --> 0:05:17.480 Yeah, And I think they got buffaloed last year. They 0:05:17.480 --> 0:05:20.080 won the last five games, said, okay, you know what, 0:05:20.160 --> 0:05:22.240 we saw some improvement and we know what are off 0:05:22.360 --> 0:05:24.240 And I will say, you do know what your offense is. 0:05:24.240 --> 0:05:25.400 There's no doubting that part. 0:05:25.440 --> 0:05:26.880 The offense is still very signamic. 0:05:27.520 --> 0:05:30.960 Nobody would disagree with that. But you know, they won 0:05:31.000 --> 0:05:33.680 the last five games and figured, okay, defense got a 0:05:33.720 --> 0:05:35.880 little bit better that down the stretch. We just need 0:05:35.920 --> 0:05:37.359 to change a new voice in the room. We just 0:05:37.360 --> 0:05:40.200 need to change coordinators. Let's bring in somebody different with 0:05:40.240 --> 0:05:42.320 a different ideas and a different voice in all of 0:05:42.320 --> 0:05:43.640 those things, and it'll be better. 0:05:44.000 --> 0:05:44.520 And it wasn't. 0:05:44.560 --> 0:05:46.000 And it wasn't because Al Gold is not a good 0:05:46.000 --> 0:05:48.360 coach either. It's because again you wound up starting two 0:05:48.360 --> 0:05:51.960 hookey linebackers. You know, it took Miles Murphy a while 0:05:52.000 --> 0:05:52.520 to get going. 0:05:52.680 --> 0:05:53.240 It's year three. 0:05:53.279 --> 0:05:55.400 It should have gotten going longer than this ago, but 0:05:55.440 --> 0:05:56.359 it finally got going. 0:05:56.760 --> 0:05:57.480 Your first round. 0:05:57.360 --> 0:06:01.120 Draftics this year was a nothing burger to bring Geno's 0:06:01.080 --> 0:06:03.560 stone back after a terrible year last year, not add 0:06:03.600 --> 0:06:06.039 to the safety room, and what did that get you? 0:06:06.120 --> 0:06:08.440 It gots your bad safety play again. Or Jordan Battle 0:06:08.520 --> 0:06:11.280 had some good moments, he certainly flashed at times, and 0:06:11.400 --> 0:06:15.960 arguably it's probably solidified himself as a starter, but they 0:06:16.000 --> 0:06:18.120 just weren't good enough on that side of the football. 0:06:18.160 --> 0:06:21.839 And you've had multiple drafts since twenty twenty two to 0:06:21.960 --> 0:06:24.400 get that thing right through draft picks. He made a point, 0:06:24.400 --> 0:06:26.760 and he's right about this that you know we're paying 0:06:26.920 --> 0:06:29.279 we're paying for good players. We're paying for Joe Burrow 0:06:29.320 --> 0:06:31.960 and t Higgins and Jamar Chason. Unfortunately, the guy we're 0:06:31.960 --> 0:06:35.000 paying on defense only played seven games and Trey Hendrickson. 0:06:35.360 --> 0:06:37.240 But that's where you have to hit on draft picks 0:06:37.440 --> 0:06:39.840 if you want to pay your superstars. And that's all 0:06:39.880 --> 0:06:42.560 well and good. Most teams elect to pay a handful 0:06:42.600 --> 0:06:45.640 of their superstars. But then you gotta have guys on 0:06:45.720 --> 0:06:47.960 rookie contracts. Rookie contracts for those who they not know, 0:06:48.240 --> 0:06:50.279 teams that players that get drafted, it's it's a four 0:06:50.360 --> 0:06:53.480 year initial contract. It's very much club control because it's 0:06:53.520 --> 0:06:54.800 it's cheaper than what they're going to get on their 0:06:54.800 --> 0:06:57.640 second contract by a long shot. You need those guys 0:06:57.680 --> 0:07:01.000 to produce. Well, who's responsible for getting those guys tobing 0:07:01.040 --> 0:07:03.160 his staff and what has not happened. They've not been 0:07:03.200 --> 0:07:05.239 able to get those guys in the last three years 0:07:05.279 --> 0:07:07.960 combined enough of those guys. And that's why you're in 0:07:07.960 --> 0:07:09.480 the buying you're in right now, and you now have 0:07:09.560 --> 0:07:11.560 to get your toe back into free agency on the 0:07:11.560 --> 0:07:13.040 defensive side of the ball like you did in twenty 0:07:13.040 --> 0:07:13.520 twenty one. 0:07:13.760 --> 0:07:16.720 Yeah, and that is the model. That's been the model 0:07:16.800 --> 0:07:19.560 for you know, certainly the last couple of years. Is 0:07:20.560 --> 0:07:23.840 you get a in the rare case, you get blessed 0:07:23.920 --> 0:07:26.880 enough to get a generational quarterback, you paying, and you 0:07:26.960 --> 0:07:30.080 pay them whatever it is, you overpay, and you get 0:07:30.320 --> 0:07:33.000 a couple of great offensive weapons, you pay them. But 0:07:33.000 --> 0:07:36.560 but yeah, you get you still have to build through 0:07:36.600 --> 0:07:40.840 the draft for no other reason than economics. You can't 0:07:41.120 --> 0:07:44.360 buy all the best players because of the salary caps. 0:07:44.400 --> 0:07:46.840 So you absolutely must hit on the draft. Get picks 0:07:47.160 --> 0:07:50.120 and guys that are getting minimum salary contracts, you're getting 0:07:50.120 --> 0:07:52.600 contributions from them. I bring it up all the time, 0:07:52.920 --> 0:07:55.760 but I scoured the Eagles roster last year after they 0:07:55.800 --> 0:07:58.120 won the Super Bowl, and the most of their roster 0:07:58.800 --> 0:08:01.640 was guys that had been drafted by the Eagles and 0:08:01.720 --> 0:08:06.160 had been there. And we're still on you know, rookie contracts. 0:08:06.200 --> 0:08:10.160 And then yeah, they was still made, especially on defense exactly, 0:08:10.280 --> 0:08:13.320 and and and that was always the Colts model too 0:08:13.360 --> 0:08:13.880 when I was there. 0:08:13.880 --> 0:08:17.480 It was we're paying Peyton Manning everything, Marvin Harrison, Reggie 0:08:17.480 --> 0:08:21.640 Wayne everything, We're paying on defense, We're gonna play Bob Sanders. 0:08:21.720 --> 0:08:26.200 We're gonna pay Robert Mathis and Dwight Freeney. Everyone else 0:08:26.320 --> 0:08:28.760 is pretty much on a minimum contract. That that's how 0:08:28.800 --> 0:08:29.200 it worked. 0:08:29.800 --> 0:08:32.880 It worked, Yeah, No, you're you're right, and that's up 0:08:32.880 --> 0:08:36.600 to that. Again, that is the model, and I'm not 0:08:36.600 --> 0:08:38.199 here to tell you it doesn't get a chance of two. 0:08:38.280 --> 0:08:41.320 But again, when when I mean it's it's in a decade, 0:08:41.320 --> 0:08:44.000 you go into the playoffs twice. Something's not working in 0:08:44.040 --> 0:08:47.680 the evaluation process. You've blown draft picks on John Ross on, 0:08:47.800 --> 0:08:51.720 Billy Price, on Cedec way He on Jake Fisher on 0:08:52.160 --> 0:08:54.360 you know, potentially Shamar Stewart and know the jury still 0:08:54.480 --> 0:08:56.920 too far out on him, and I'm probably missing somebody 0:08:56.920 --> 0:08:58.520 off the top of my head. That is probably an 0:08:58.520 --> 0:08:59.680 easy one for me not to forget. 0:09:01.400 --> 0:09:03.520 But yeah, yeah, yeah, he got better. 0:09:03.559 --> 0:09:05.760 I'll get better. But yeah, I mean he's not there yet. 0:09:05.760 --> 0:09:08.000 You're right, he's not there yet. But you've missed on 0:09:08.080 --> 0:09:10.439 a lot of Jack and Carmen. I mean, you've missed 0:09:10.440 --> 0:09:12.600 on a lot of I grabs. You can't keep doing that, 0:09:12.679 --> 0:09:13.720 be allowed to keep your job. 0:09:14.840 --> 0:09:16.800 To me, Skinny, and you tell me if I'm wrong, 0:09:16.840 --> 0:09:20.600 But I feel like, what's because I think and everybody 0:09:20.600 --> 0:09:23.120 I've talked to will tell you. You know, Duke Tobin is 0:09:23.160 --> 0:09:24.680 a smart guy, Like I mean, you can't be in 0:09:24.679 --> 0:09:27.840 that position without knowing what you're doing. I think the 0:09:27.920 --> 0:09:33.439 issue is the destroyer of anything great, and that is comfortability. 0:09:33.480 --> 0:09:35.920 We all seek to be comfortable in our jobs, but 0:09:36.280 --> 0:09:37.000 but actually that. 0:09:37.040 --> 0:09:38.920 That's not what we is best for us. 0:09:39.000 --> 0:09:41.720 It's when you're up against the gun every day and 0:09:41.760 --> 0:09:44.360 you're like, God, if I don't produce, I'm gonna get fired. 0:09:44.679 --> 0:09:47.440 It just just makes it mean more. And I feel 0:09:47.480 --> 0:09:49.400 like in the back of his head he. 0:09:49.440 --> 0:09:51.640 Knows that no matter what happens, and whatter what I do, 0:09:51.720 --> 0:09:53.440 I'm gonna have a job next year. And that's not 0:09:53.480 --> 0:09:54.040 a good place. 0:09:55.120 --> 0:09:57.719 Yeah, no, I agree with you. And a future Hall 0:09:57.760 --> 0:09:59.640 of Fame coach just got blown out after he had 0:09:59.640 --> 0:10:01.400 a loser season for the first time in a long 0:10:01.440 --> 0:10:03.559 time and not making the playoffs and John Harball yea. 0:10:04.240 --> 0:10:07.000 And sometimes sometimes sometimes it just you just need to change. 0:10:07.160 --> 0:10:09.680 And maybe it is change for change sake, but sometimes 0:10:09.840 --> 0:10:13.000 you just have to make that change because otherwise, to 0:10:13.040 --> 0:10:15.679 your point, you are showing the fan base that you 0:10:15.760 --> 0:10:18.280 don't care, that you think it's okay to do what 0:10:18.320 --> 0:10:20.040 you're doing status quo wise, when. 0:10:19.880 --> 0:10:23.559 It's just not. And so we'll see how the fan 0:10:23.600 --> 0:10:25.960 base responds in this offseason and in the next season, 0:10:26.480 --> 0:10:28.480 you know, with with their pocketbooks, and maybe it doesn't 0:10:28.520 --> 0:10:30.760 change anything whatsoever. There's just maybe a lot of people 0:10:30.760 --> 0:10:34.000 banging on the podium with their shoe and and that's 0:10:34.000 --> 0:10:35.959 all well and good, and I'm not telling anybody what 0:10:36.000 --> 0:10:37.520 to do with the money. We'll go to Bengals games. 0:10:37.559 --> 0:10:40.320 You go to Bengals games. But that that that's what 0:10:40.400 --> 0:10:43.040 would speak volumes. And unfortunately right now that's that's not 0:10:43.160 --> 0:10:44.840 the case. I think there's a lot of people upset. 0:10:45.280 --> 0:10:46.640 Then what are you gonna do about it? And that 0:10:46.960 --> 0:10:49.439 almost goes back to Phil cassolini sip line right where 0:10:49.440 --> 0:10:50.000 you're gonna. 0:10:49.800 --> 0:10:53.760 Gonna go uh merger skinners our guests and skinning one 0:10:53.760 --> 0:10:55.920 of switch gears. U. First, let's talk about that game 0:10:56.000 --> 0:10:57.920 last night. I'm sure you watched it. I mean, what 0:10:58.200 --> 0:11:02.839 a phenomenal game. Miami is super talented. I give a 0:11:02.880 --> 0:11:05.199 lot of credit. Ole miss not at near as talented 0:11:05.240 --> 0:11:09.840 as is Miami, but we're right there. Miami, you know, 0:11:09.960 --> 0:11:12.000 shot themselves on the foot as seeming they have done 0:11:12.040 --> 0:11:16.040 their entire tenure in college football. But a great game. 0:11:16.080 --> 0:11:17.640 And I thought it was a lot of fun. 0:11:18.640 --> 0:11:20.880 Yeah it was. And and uh, I would have never 0:11:20.920 --> 0:11:23.600 guessed Carson Deck would be scrambling for a touchdown. 0:11:23.160 --> 0:11:24.120 To win that game. 0:11:24.160 --> 0:11:25.920 I mean it was a a great drive. I mean 0:11:25.960 --> 0:11:27.360 he put them on his shoulders. He got a couple 0:11:27.360 --> 0:11:30.040 of calls along the way that that helped, but it 0:11:30.080 --> 0:11:31.040 was a great, great drive. 0:11:31.120 --> 0:11:34.160 And it's funny. I mean, all the handwringing over Miami, right, 0:11:34.240 --> 0:11:37.559 Miami or Notre Dame, Notre Dame or Miami, Miami has 0:11:37.640 --> 0:11:39.480 made their pick and here they are playing for a 0:11:39.559 --> 0:11:42.120 national championship. And if you thought last night's game was great, 0:11:42.120 --> 0:11:43.640 I think the night's game is going to be better. 0:11:43.679 --> 0:11:46.200 And that's that's that's saying something because last night was great. 0:11:46.280 --> 0:11:47.800 I've just got to ask you, guys, what do you 0:11:47.840 --> 0:11:50.240 see happened in tonight? Oregon in Indiana. 0:11:50.880 --> 0:11:53.240 I think Oregon earler this year. 0:11:53.400 --> 0:11:55.080 Yeah, yeah, I think Oregon. 0:11:55.160 --> 0:11:56.000 But I love Oregon. 0:11:56.120 --> 0:11:57.520 Yeah, I love Orgon. 0:11:57.640 --> 0:11:59.640 I think they're more talented man for man, there are 0:11:59.640 --> 0:12:02.680 more talented roster. But there's just something about And I 0:12:02.679 --> 0:12:05.920 think Dan Lanning is in the top three coaches in 0:12:06.240 --> 0:12:09.760 college football. I think he's fantastic, but cursing that he 0:12:09.840 --> 0:12:13.120 might be number one. And I saw an interesting stat 0:12:13.160 --> 0:12:17.720 today Skinning and I reposted it. The average age of 0:12:18.080 --> 0:12:21.040 Indiana's roster is twenty three years old. I mean those 0:12:21.080 --> 0:12:23.839 are like grown men, which means that I got a 0:12:23.880 --> 0:12:24.240 couple guy. 0:12:24.240 --> 0:12:26.120 I had a little of guys that are like twenty 0:12:26.200 --> 0:12:31.400 five bright. I graduated college when I was doing year town. Yeah, 0:12:31.600 --> 0:12:35.760 my last year was twenty one years old. Yeah, yeah, 0:12:35.880 --> 0:12:36.120 I was just. 0:12:36.120 --> 0:12:37.839 Having a graduate college at twenty one as well. You 0:12:38.080 --> 0:12:39.640 just brought Miles Murphy. You know, he's only twenty four 0:12:39.679 --> 0:12:42.400 years old. I mean, should go. He's into the league 0:12:42.440 --> 0:12:43.920 for the three years and he's twenty four and you 0:12:43.960 --> 0:12:44.760 got guys in your roster. 0:12:44.800 --> 0:12:46.720 You got grown NFL level men playing. 0:12:47.080 --> 0:12:49.880 That is a big difference today. Man. All those rosters 0:12:49.920 --> 0:12:52.040 have been built that way and you can pay for them. 0:12:52.600 --> 0:12:55.120 Those are really good rosters. But I there's just some 0:12:55.240 --> 0:12:57.120 Morgan can run it, they can throw it, they can 0:12:57.120 --> 0:12:59.920 stop the run. They got great corners Indiana tho too 0:13:00.120 --> 0:13:04.480 point that they just they methodically just whip you. And 0:13:04.480 --> 0:13:06.880 they've done it to almost everybody all year long. That's 0:13:06.880 --> 0:13:07.480 a tonight's game. 0:13:07.559 --> 0:13:08.880 I think it's the two best teams in the country 0:13:08.880 --> 0:13:09.199 by far. 0:13:09.480 --> 0:13:11.720 All right, skinny, as far as the playoff game goes 0:13:11.720 --> 0:13:15.119 this weekend, let me ask you and Rock any surprises 0:13:15.200 --> 0:13:17.840 you see, because everything looks to be kind of standard. 0:13:17.840 --> 0:13:20.680 All the favorites should be the favorites. But looking for 0:13:20.720 --> 0:13:21.719 any surprises. 0:13:22.760 --> 0:13:26.040 I don't think it's a surprise. But Jacksonville beating Buffalo 0:13:26.120 --> 0:13:27.920 at home, I mean, I think they're a slight underdog. 0:13:28.320 --> 0:13:29.640 I know a lot of people think this is kind 0:13:29.640 --> 0:13:32.320 of the last name for Sean McDermott. I'm gonna go 0:13:32.320 --> 0:13:32.600 that one. 0:13:32.640 --> 0:13:33.920 And I don't think this is a surprise, you know, 0:13:33.920 --> 0:13:35.559 I think Houston goes in the Pittsburgh wins. 0:13:36.200 --> 0:13:37.960 With that, I agree with you. 0:13:38.040 --> 0:13:40.120 I feel like this has got to be the year 0:13:40.200 --> 0:13:45.359 where Josh Sallen and Buffalo win because it's too talented. Well, 0:13:45.360 --> 0:13:47.240 we're dealing the same thing here in Cincinnati, right. You 0:13:47.280 --> 0:13:50.320 said that guy is too talented to not add a 0:13:50.320 --> 0:13:53.160 Super Bowl to his his resume, and if it doesn't 0:13:53.200 --> 0:13:55.560 happen this year, man, it seems like it gets harder 0:13:55.559 --> 0:13:56.520 and harder for him. 0:13:57.880 --> 0:13:59.920 All right, Well that's skinny. We will let you go, buddy, 0:14:00.160 --> 0:14:05.080 take a nap after your press conference today. 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