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Speaker 1: Like the Cardinals seven eight billion dollars? Oh? I think

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Speaker 1: if you just said, hey, the Vegas Raiders are for sale,

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Speaker 1: open bidding now. The problem is there are only so

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Speaker 1: many human beings that have the means to buy a team,

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Speaker 1: So it's not like every you know, swinging Dick can

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Speaker 1: make an offer. But I do think you get ten

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Speaker 1: billion dollars, no state income tax the Strip. It's just

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Speaker 1: you get eight in Arizona. Ten there. Now. I don't

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Speaker 1: know if that's what it would sell for, but Tom

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Speaker 1: doesn't have ten billion dollars, doesn't have eight billion dollars.

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Speaker 1: But I think they would love to get new ownership

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Speaker 1: in both places. And that's not just that's an educated guess.

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Speaker 1: That's that's me knowing some things. Now. I'm not saying

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Speaker 1: that's going to happen anytime soon. Clearly Mark in the

441
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Speaker 1: League office didn't quite see eye to eye on all

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Speaker 1: the Gruden stuff. We'll see what happens with the Gruden

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Speaker 1: takedown of the League office. But I definitely think this

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Speaker 1: bid Well situation with Kime and the bad phones, that's

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Speaker 1: their opening. That's their opening, and I would I would

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Speaker 1: expect them to take it. In the Pats. A couple

447
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Speaker 1: of days ago, they cut all the quarterbacks, and I

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Speaker 1: said at the time, like I wasn't gonna it was

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Speaker 1: hard to have a take because we have to wait

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Speaker 1: to see who they would claim. We have to wait,

451
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Speaker 1: like are they cutting these guys that they brought them

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Speaker 1: both back. So wouldn't you just if you keep the

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Speaker 1: guy on your active roster, or you get the guy

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Speaker 1: to your practice squad, you would keep you put him

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Speaker 1: on the practice squad, so you'd keep other guys in

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Speaker 1: your active roster. I was like, you know, I was

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Speaker 1: gonna be critical of Birra Bill, and then I was like, ah, actually,

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Speaker 1: kind of a genius move. Now you couldn't go into

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Speaker 1: Week one against the Eagles with only one quarterback, like

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Speaker 1: you would have to activate one of those guys. So

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Speaker 1: it's kind of fudging the books a little bit. But

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Speaker 1: today they officially claimed Macarral, who you know, Bill O'Brien

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Speaker 1: would have had a front row seat a couple of

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Speaker 1: years ago when he had his best year for Lan

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Speaker 1: Kiffin at Ole Miss, when when Bill was at Alabama,

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Speaker 1: so he would have pretty extensive scouting reports from his

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Speaker 1: days at Alabama. Obviously, Bill is very tight with Saban,

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Speaker 1: who would have been a huge part of the defensive

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Speaker 1: game plan against Matt Corrall. I'm sure they clearly scouted

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Speaker 1: him coming out of college. But but yeah, So the

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Speaker 1: Pats now officially have at least as of recording this,

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Speaker 1: maybe they will get rid of either Bailey Zappi or Cunningham. Now,

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Speaker 1: Cunningham is kind of a hybrid, so Bailey Zappi is

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Speaker 1: a true quarterback, like that's the only position he could play.

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Speaker 1: But the Pats have two quarterbacks now, Mac Jones mat

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Speaker 1: Corrale loading up on SEC players, and then it's a

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Speaker 1: couple other little things before we get out of here.

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Speaker 1: This is pretty concerning, man. This is a big year

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Speaker 1: for Chase Young, obviously his last year of his contract.

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Speaker 1: I guess I now, like I watched their first preseason game,

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Speaker 1: but he had a stinger in that game, and he

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Speaker 1: has not been clear for contact since. So this is

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Speaker 1: a guy who's dealt with you know, the knee injury

484
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Speaker 1: didn't get right, and now he's got the stinger operation.

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Speaker 1: I don't think he was ever best case scenario gonna

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Speaker 1: be Miles Garrett or Nick Bosa or that level of player,

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Speaker 1: But at the time he's gonna be a pretty good player,

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Speaker 1: you know, much more power based, kind of like a

489
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Speaker 1: poor man's version of Khalil Mack. But it's his career

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Speaker 1: is not going well and it obviously a huge reason

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Speaker 1: for that right now is the injuries. So the stingers,

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Speaker 1: the knees, it just feels like a career that's not

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Speaker 1: materializing because bodies let them down. TJ. Hockinson, who remember

494
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Speaker 1: last year was traded to the Vikings, had been wanting

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Speaker 1: an enormous contract. Whenever a contract breaks, you don't you know.

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Speaker 1: You can tell me it's seventy million dollars, but who

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Speaker 1: knows how much is guaranteed. The best part, I actually

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Speaker 1: think there's a moneyball element of this when you get

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Speaker 1: sweet linebackers, when you get sweet safeties, when you get

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Speaker 1: sweet tight ends, even running backs. Because if I get

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Speaker 1: George Kittle or Hockinson or Kelsey or Christian McCaffrey or

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Speaker 1: Fred Warner or Luke Keighley or whoever, the amount of

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Speaker 1: money I actually have to pay them relative to tackles

504
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Speaker 1: and defensive linemen and quarterbacks and wide receivers is dramatically less,

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Speaker 1: and the amount I have to guarantee them is way less.

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Speaker 1: So I actually think there's value. And I said this

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Speaker 1: a while back with my thought on tight ends in

508
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Speaker 1: the draft, if you hit on them, it's a double whammy.

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Speaker 1: You get them on their rookie contract, which isn't that much.

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Speaker 1: So if it's like a kincaid with the Bills or

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Speaker 1: mayor with the Raiders. And then if that guy hits

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Speaker 1: and becomes a Pro Bowl level player, the amount you

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Speaker 1: have to pay him relative to star tackles, star quarterbacks,

514
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Speaker 1: star defensive lineman is dramatically less. It's why I think

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Speaker 1: the Chiefs are in this conundrum of Chris Jones wants

516
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Speaker 1: all this money. They know they need Chris Jones, but

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Speaker 1: they're one of their best players. Travis Kelcey just doesn't

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Speaker 1: make any now. Part of that is because he's given

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Speaker 1: them discounts because he loves playing there. But still, when

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Speaker 1: you start paying Chris Jones two and a half three

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Speaker 1: xs w what you're paying Travis kelce that does open

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Speaker 1: the door for potential problems just in the locker room.

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Speaker 1: Like we're all, let's face it, men judge ourselves. A

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Speaker 1: lot of us, at least not every single one on money, right,

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Speaker 1: And that's how we equate success or failure, and especially

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Speaker 1: relative to our peers in our industry, right. And what

527
00:27:06,359 --> 00:27:09,920
Speaker 1: makes pro sports way more unique than most things we

528
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Speaker 1: all do is we know exactly how much the guy

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Speaker 1: to the left and the guy to the right of

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Speaker 1: us makes right. Every single human, whether you're a player

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Speaker 1: whether you're just a fan, you can google how much

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Speaker 1: everyone's making. You walk into work tomorrow, you might have

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Speaker 1: an idea. But if you're not the guy you know

534
00:27:26,359 --> 00:27:29,040
Speaker 1: cutting the checks, you don't really know, and people can

535
00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:31,720
Speaker 1: always lie to you, like you know exactly how much

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Speaker 1: If you're Travis Kelcey, everyone in your team makes And

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Speaker 1: I don't even need a print out from Brett Beach.

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Speaker 1: I just go home, you know, type into spot track

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Speaker 1: into my computer. The Chiefs, the Chiefs roster. So I

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Speaker 1: do think it's a it's a slippery slope when you

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Speaker 1: have locker room dynamics and paying some people and not

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Speaker 1: paying others. And this is the issue with the running backs.

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Speaker 1: It's like the market's the market. I don't know what

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Speaker 1: to tell you. And last, but not least, one that

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Speaker 1: changed when I was in the NFL, being on the

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Speaker 1: practice squad, a lot of it was aged based there.

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Speaker 1: It was a little like a red shirt in college,

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Speaker 1: where you know, I think the rule and that rules

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Speaker 1: changed as well too. When I was at Frisnoe State,

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Speaker 1: you could play up to like three games as on

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Speaker 1: any given year and still red shirt, or maybe it

552
00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:25,160
Speaker 1: was a percentage of snaps, but you couldn't get past

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Speaker 1: a certain threshold and to keep a red shirt year.

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Speaker 1: It was no different with practice squad, and it used

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Speaker 1: to be when I was in the NFL. If you

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Speaker 1: played in like a couple regular season games, your practice

557
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Speaker 1: squad eligibility was shot. And it screwed so many young

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Speaker 1: people right because they would be on bad teams or

559
00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:46,080
Speaker 1: there are injuries, and then they would play, but they

560
00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:48,320
Speaker 1: actually probably shouldn't have been playing. They should have been,

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Speaker 1: you know, on a practice squad or essentially red shirting

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Speaker 1: that year and improving, and then they would get to

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Speaker 1: a point where they actually weren't good enough they couldn't

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Speaker 1: make an active roster, but they had lost practice squad eligibility,

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Speaker 1: and then they were just out of the league. That

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Speaker 1: happened all the time. Well, now when you look around

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Speaker 1: the NFL, there are a ton of older players are like, oh,

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Speaker 1: Willie Steve, Melvin Gordon. I mean, those are just a

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Speaker 1: couple of names that come to my mind. Whoever is

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Speaker 1: listening to this, I bet your team has a veteran

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Speaker 1: or two on their practice squad, And that, to me

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Speaker 1: is a really good move by the league that there

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Speaker 1: should be no requirements to be on the practice squad.

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Speaker 1: If I want to keep Tom Bawley or Jason Peters

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Speaker 1: on my practice squad and they're forty years old, I

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Speaker 1: should be able to do that. Obviously I don't have

577
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Speaker 1: to pay them as much, but that should be allowed,

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Speaker 1: and that clearly is allowed, at least to my knowledge.

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Speaker 1: I'd have to ask someone in the league. I don't

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Speaker 1: think there are any requirements on like I can have

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Speaker 1: older players. Maybe there is, but in terms of the

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Speaker 1: amount of them, but clearly you're allowed to have some.

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Speaker 1: And I think that's a smart move. And I think

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Speaker 1: that's really beneficial to young players, right, who might get

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Speaker 1: a shot early it not go well, and they're really

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Speaker 1: more more suited for the practice squad and they're not

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Speaker 1: gonna be able to make teams fifty three. It keeps

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Speaker 1: their careers alive and who knows, maybe in a couple

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Speaker 1: of years they're able to go on to have like

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Speaker 1: a seven year, you know, fifty three man career, because

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Speaker 1: that's the goal, right, you want to play, right, Being

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Speaker 1: on practice squad is cool if you're twenty two to

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Speaker 1: seventh round pick. You're making two hundred grand a year,

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Speaker 1: but after a year or two, like you want to

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Speaker 1: make the big squad. You want to make eight hundred

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Speaker 1: nine hundred grand with a chance to get on the field,

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Speaker 1: prove your worth, and who knows, maybe you become a

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Speaker 1: you know, functional starter in the NFL for seven eight years.

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Speaker 1: So there's a big, big line. But I think the

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Speaker 1: league made a really really smart decision with lessening those

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Speaker 1: requirements to get on the practice squad. Okay, let's dive

602
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Speaker 1: into the mail bag at John middlecoff is the Instagram

603
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Speaker 1: that's just my name fire in those dms, gave a

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Speaker 1: question answered here on the show. A couple quick things

605
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Speaker 1: do address a lot of feedback of people talking shit

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Speaker 1: about the Patriot fan who claimed if it's cool to

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00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:05,560
Speaker 1: leave and change teams, basically like you don't get to

608
00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:08,520
Speaker 1: go through that twenty year period and then after a

609
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Speaker 1: couple of years when the sea gets a little bumpy,

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Speaker 1: you know, change the boat, like you got to write

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Speaker 1: it out, and I think we're all in agreement there.

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Speaker 1: The other thing is I appreciate a lot of you

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Speaker 1: guys hitting me up about like why don't you fill

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Speaker 1: in when Colin leaves. I don't work for Fox, just

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Speaker 1: just a podcaster here, so there's no it's not even

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Speaker 1: an option. I don't work, so when you turn on

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Speaker 1: television and Colin's on vacation, like, it's people that work

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Speaker 1: for the company. I work for Colin. The volume separate entities.

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Speaker 1: So it's not an option. I appreciate, and I've been

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Speaker 1: getting a lot of that for years. I greatly appreciate that,

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Speaker 1: but it's not it's they're separate entities. Okay, Jake, massive

622
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Speaker 1: fan of the pod. It's my daily listen on the

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Speaker 1: way to and from work. Big week for you, working man,

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Speaker 1: labor day. Enjoy it. We've heard a lot about rookie quarterbacks,

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Speaker 1: receive and running backs, but who do you think will

626
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Speaker 1: take the crown for best rookie tight end? Seems like

627
00:32:06,360 --> 00:32:09,360
Speaker 1: this year is super saturated with rookie tight ends, but

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Speaker 1: I feel like I haven't heard most of these guys. Well. Historically,

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Speaker 1: I think rookie tight ends don't exactly dominate. It usually

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Speaker 1: takes a year. But I would say, look at the

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Speaker 1: guys in good situations. You would say the dude Utah

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Speaker 1: kid Kincaid in Buffalo, pretty good situation. Last I checked

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Speaker 1: Johnny Allen's pretty good. I would say you look at Mayer,

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Speaker 1: who was viewed as like a top twenty pick and

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Speaker 1: then the Raiders get them whatever early in the second round.

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Speaker 1: Jimmy Garoppolo is pretty comfortable playing with tight ends. Was

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Speaker 1: around him in New England, obviously had Kittle forever in

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Speaker 1: San Francisco. I would expect Josh McDaniel's likes using the

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Speaker 1: tight end. That would be a name that I would

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Speaker 1: keep an eye on. Hey, John, huge fan of the show.

641
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Speaker 1: You noted in your last pod Taylor Leverage that you

642
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Speaker 1: were gonna break down each fifty three men roster, but

643
00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:04,600
Speaker 1: thought it would take too long. Would love to hear

644
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Speaker 1: your thoughts on each one. Yeah, it was a complete

645
00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:10,800
Speaker 1: joke because one thing I have a lot of respect

646
00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:15,480
Speaker 1: for is there is no way humanly possible when I

647
00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:18,680
Speaker 1: was working in the league eighteen hours a day as

648
00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:21,720
Speaker 1: a pro scout to have a feel for every team

649
00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:24,640
Speaker 1: and every player, Like we all can talk about all

650
00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:28,120
Speaker 1: the big name players, but to understand the average like

651
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Speaker 1: center and guard on a lot of teams, let alone

652
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Speaker 1: the two deep. I don't know. And one thing we

653
00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:37,240
Speaker 1: do here, I'm not pretending anything. I just talk about

654
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Speaker 1: what I know, give my opinions on what I see.

655
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Speaker 1: But it would be pretty disingenuous, the wrong way to

656
00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:46,040
Speaker 1: even put it. It would be bullshit. I couldn't tell

657
00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:49,680
Speaker 1: you about the Titans roster, right, I mean really pass

658
00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:53,160
Speaker 1: like the top ten guys or the Texans or some

659
00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:57,520
Speaker 1: of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Right. We play the hits here.

660
00:33:58,120 --> 00:34:00,000
Speaker 1: We talk a lot of coaches, a lot of quarterbacks,

661
00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:03,280
Speaker 1: the big stuff. I don't get two into the weeds

662
00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:06,440
Speaker 1: that way. One I don't have the time. Two I

663
00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:09,239
Speaker 1: think it's borderline impossible, and three I think it would

664
00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:11,160
Speaker 1: be a little boring. But I appreciate you wanting that

665
00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:14,320
Speaker 1: question for the pod. I heard you talking about players

666
00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:17,160
Speaker 1: always changing teams and it got me thinking about a

667
00:34:17,160 --> 00:34:20,799
Speaker 1: clip I heard Joel Klatt talking about the Colorado o'

668
00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:24,880
Speaker 1: lineman that transferred after watching his coach die on the

669
00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:28,080
Speaker 1: sidelines wanting a second transfer, and I'd like to hear

670
00:34:28,120 --> 00:34:31,800
Speaker 1: your take. I just saw the headline about Dion Sanders

671
00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:35,160
Speaker 1: being mad and crushing the MC double A, which I

672
00:34:35,640 --> 00:34:41,080
Speaker 1: never am opposed to and I hate. I Typically my

673
00:34:41,360 --> 00:34:45,280
Speaker 1: initial reaction when the group think all agrees on something,

674
00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:48,719
Speaker 1: I tend to hang a right instead of following right.

675
00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:53,000
Speaker 1: But the MC DOUBLEA and just the bureaucracy of these

676
00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:56,000
Speaker 1: people that don't bring any value. I've always been in

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00:34:56,080 --> 00:34:59,319
Speaker 1: agreement there. Now, I didn't know the details of that

678
00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:02,040
Speaker 1: story till I'm with you. I also saw the video

679
00:35:02,120 --> 00:35:05,960
Speaker 1: of Joel Klatt talking about the offensive Lineman. I think

680
00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:09,680
Speaker 1: he started not Louisiana Tack but Louisiana Lafayette and whoever

681
00:35:09,719 --> 00:35:12,239
Speaker 1: his assistant coach was that was his mentor had a

682
00:35:12,239 --> 00:35:15,040
Speaker 1: heart attack and died on the field. I can't even

683
00:35:15,120 --> 00:35:17,799
Speaker 1: it was like the second father in his life, right,

684
00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:21,760
Speaker 1: So that to me, and then he went to Jackson State.

685
00:35:22,160 --> 00:35:25,360
Speaker 1: I don't know all the details of it, but I'm

686
00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:29,360
Speaker 1: it sound Joe Clatt sold me. I just think a

687
00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:33,040
Speaker 1: lot of these people make these decisions and there's never

688
00:35:33,080 --> 00:35:37,280
Speaker 1: any accountability. I saw it when I lived in California forever.

689
00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:39,560
Speaker 1: There were all these committees all over the place, and

690
00:35:39,560 --> 00:35:42,200
Speaker 1: these decisions are made and then they fail and no one,

691
00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:46,080
Speaker 1: just no one takes any blank. It's why us people

692
00:35:46,120 --> 00:35:48,640
Speaker 1: that work in the private sector have nothing in common

693
00:35:49,239 --> 00:35:53,400
Speaker 1: with the bureaucracy of a lot of shit, because it's like,

694
00:35:53,440 --> 00:35:56,120
Speaker 1: that's not how our world works. We either produce or

695
00:35:56,160 --> 00:35:59,720
Speaker 1: we get replaced. We either produce or we go under

696
00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:02,640
Speaker 1: if we make a mistake, it's clear it's on us.

697
00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:05,680
Speaker 1: And in these situations like oh, it's like, yeah, we're

698
00:36:05,719 --> 00:36:08,240
Speaker 1: not going to pass it. Well, why can you explain

699
00:36:08,280 --> 00:36:11,479
Speaker 1: that to me? Can you figure that out? Anyone who's

700
00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:14,239
Speaker 1: ever had to deal with an HOA not allowing you

701
00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:16,560
Speaker 1: to do something? Well, it's like, well, hey, there's precedent

702
00:36:16,560 --> 00:36:19,000
Speaker 1: in this neighborhood. Why can't I do this? Well? Because

703
00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:23,200
Speaker 1: because why, I'm a big like, I'm very black and white.

704
00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:25,120
Speaker 1: This either works or a dozen. I'm not a huge

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00:36:25,120 --> 00:36:28,600
Speaker 1: gray area guy. Right, I don't like, well this could now?

706
00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:32,480
Speaker 1: I fuck that? And uh, I think this was pretty

707
00:36:32,520 --> 00:36:36,040
Speaker 1: stupid because they're rule they don't even have set rules anymore.

708
00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:38,839
Speaker 1: I saw Jim Harbaugh said like that the status quo

709
00:36:38,920 --> 00:36:44,479
Speaker 1: is unacceptable. He's not wrong. This is just so played out,

710
00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:47,879
Speaker 1: all this stuff. The guy can't go from Jackson State

711
00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:53,200
Speaker 1: to Colorado? Who cares? Honestly? Who does it? Who does

712
00:36:53,239 --> 00:36:56,520
Speaker 1: it impact? I've been saying this forever. I don't understand

713
00:36:56,560 --> 00:36:59,600
Speaker 1: how the NCAA is going to survive. Why does Ohio State?

714
00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:01,839
Speaker 1: Why does Michigan? Why does that? Alabama? Why does Why

715
00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:04,200
Speaker 1: do they need them anymore? What do they bring to

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Speaker 1: the table. And I don't even know all the details,

717
00:37:06,600 --> 00:37:08,960
Speaker 1: but I don't even need to. I remember when I

718
00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:11,320
Speaker 1: worked at Fresno State, which obviously is not on the

719
00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:14,120
Speaker 1: level of any of the Power five programs, but they

720
00:37:14,120 --> 00:37:16,360
Speaker 1: were one of the first power non Power five programs.

721
00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:18,080
Speaker 1: You know, Pat Hill was one of the first million

722
00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:21,000
Speaker 1: dollar coaches at that level. And I just remember seeing

723
00:37:21,040 --> 00:37:24,280
Speaker 1: all these administrators, like what do you do. I understand

724
00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:27,319
Speaker 1: the guy that raises the money, like the head, the

725
00:37:27,360 --> 00:37:29,719
Speaker 1: head guy that goes with all the boosters and is

726
00:37:29,840 --> 00:37:33,040
Speaker 1: driving revenue, like that guy's important, but like what do

727
00:37:33,120 --> 00:37:36,200
Speaker 1: all these other administrators do? And at the time, like

728
00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:39,439
Speaker 1: I obviously wasn't allowed to say that, but I never

729
00:37:39,480 --> 00:37:41,680
Speaker 1: forget going to these town hall meetings and seeing all

730
00:37:41,719 --> 00:37:44,319
Speaker 1: these people like this person makes at the time, like

731
00:37:44,719 --> 00:37:46,920
Speaker 1: one hundred grand. This person makes one hundred and fifty.

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00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:48,239
Speaker 1: I mean, now some of these people with some of

733
00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:51,160
Speaker 1: these bigger programs, who knows how much they're making? What

734
00:37:51,200 --> 00:37:54,600
Speaker 1: are they doing? Right? What are they doing? Like you

735
00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:58,040
Speaker 1: go to a football practice in college, like everyone has

736
00:37:58,040 --> 00:38:01,880
Speaker 1: a role that the quarter is earning his money or

737
00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:05,280
Speaker 1: he's gonna get fired. The head coach the head recruiter

738
00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:08,160
Speaker 1: all that stuff, like what are all these administrators doing?

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00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:10,960
Speaker 1: What are all these people in the NCAA offices doing

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00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:15,160
Speaker 1: on a daily basis? Like what the hell are you accomplishing?

741
00:38:15,960 --> 00:38:18,000
Speaker 1: And I think we all know the answer. Not much.

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Speaker 1: Longtime listener, first time mailbager, lifelong Chiefs fan. I have

743
00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:25,640
Speaker 1: two concerns for them, one long term and one short term.

744
00:38:25,840 --> 00:38:28,400
Speaker 1: This is, you know what's crazy when you get to

745
00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:33,000
Speaker 1: become like Apple or Google or Costco, you still get

746
00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:36,000
Speaker 1: to nitpick, even though it's like we're kicking at everyone's ass,

747
00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:39,080
Speaker 1: Like I don't know how old you are, Matt, your

748
00:38:39,080 --> 00:38:41,640
Speaker 1: life is a Chiefs fan. These last since Mahomes has

749
00:38:41,760 --> 00:38:43,719
Speaker 1: never been better. But you know the best part about

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00:38:43,719 --> 00:38:46,520
Speaker 1: being a sports fan, it's like you're still allowed to complain,

751
00:38:47,120 --> 00:38:49,880
Speaker 1: right It's you shouldn't be able to complain, because if

752
00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:52,520
Speaker 1: I would have told you when Scott Poli was leaving

753
00:38:52,560 --> 00:38:55,680
Speaker 1: the Snickers bar rapper at the bottom of the stairwell

754
00:38:56,320 --> 00:38:58,040
Speaker 1: that this would one day be your life, you would

755
00:38:58,040 --> 00:39:01,040
Speaker 1: have been like, this is all worth it, never complain again.

756
00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:05,800
Speaker 1: But we're fans, you know, we're into this. You're allowed

757
00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:08,919
Speaker 1: to complain In the long term should the Chiefs try

758
00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:10,920
Speaker 1: and draft a quarterback in the next year or two.

759
00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:13,120
Speaker 1: They are running with Gabbert and I feel like that's

760
00:39:13,160 --> 00:39:16,480
Speaker 1: a downgrade from Henny last year. If Mahome goes down,

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00:39:16,719 --> 00:39:19,120
Speaker 1: I know we are screwed. It's likely they won't be

762
00:39:19,200 --> 00:39:22,040
Speaker 1: drafting high anytime soon. So possibly picking up a good

763
00:39:22,040 --> 00:39:25,560
Speaker 1: project quarterback and having them learn behind Patrick might not

764
00:39:25,640 --> 00:39:28,520
Speaker 1: be a bad idea. Second, what will it take for

765
00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:31,239
Speaker 1: them to address not having a star wide receiver? To me,

766
00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:33,239
Speaker 1: this year's group is one of the least talented in

767
00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:36,680
Speaker 1: the last few years. They really need to have someone

768
00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:39,399
Speaker 1: that's a deep threat to compliment Kelsey in the middle

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00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:42,160
Speaker 1: of the field. They are solid on running backs and

770
00:39:42,239 --> 00:39:44,319
Speaker 1: have a great old line. I just feel like they

771
00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:47,879
Speaker 1: are lacking in the wide receiver department. Well. I think

772
00:39:47,880 --> 00:39:51,080
Speaker 1: they're going to be very dependent on sky Moore. Obviously,

773
00:39:51,080 --> 00:39:53,440
Speaker 1: the Ross kid has been a person I've read a

774
00:39:53,440 --> 00:39:57,320
Speaker 1: lot about during training camp. They're clearly pretty high on him. Kelsey,

775
00:39:57,400 --> 00:39:59,640
Speaker 1: they need to maintain his health as well as Isaiah

776
00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:03,080
Speaker 1: Pachake coming back. And I think if you go back

777
00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:06,960
Speaker 1: to some of Andy's fantastic teams in Philly with Donovan McNabb.

778
00:40:07,440 --> 00:40:10,600
Speaker 1: They had awesome running backs. They had like Chad Lewis,

779
00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:13,160
Speaker 1: and their wide receivers were kind of random, and they

780
00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:16,480
Speaker 1: had a sweet d So he's won this way before

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00:40:18,239 --> 00:40:20,920
Speaker 1: you know they they only won won Super Bowl with

782
00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:25,200
Speaker 1: Tyreek Hill. I'm not saying if you put Tyreek Hill

783
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Speaker 1: on this team and Chris Jones came back, they would

784
00:40:28,080 --> 00:40:30,840
Speaker 1: be I mean, honestly, they might be minus odds to

785
00:40:30,840 --> 00:40:34,759
Speaker 1: win the Super Bowl, but I'd listen, I'd feel pretty

786
00:40:34,760 --> 00:40:39,040
Speaker 1: good about where you guys are. Question for the pod

787
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Speaker 1: if Arizona is as bad as everyone says, they're gonna

788
00:40:42,160 --> 00:40:44,759
Speaker 1: be end up being the number one overall pick. What

789
00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:46,960
Speaker 1: do you think will make a trade for Kyler Murray.

790
00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:49,240
Speaker 1: He's got a huge contract and a lot of questions.

791
00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:52,399
Speaker 1: One thing we've learned in the history of sports, even

792
00:40:52,440 --> 00:40:55,560
Speaker 1: as things get weird, someone will be willing to trade for.

793
00:40:56,320 --> 00:40:59,120
Speaker 1: Someone will be willing to trade for. It's a quarterback

794
00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:02,400
Speaker 1: Starvvie League. Think of some of the quarterbacks starting this

795
00:41:02,480 --> 00:41:06,680
Speaker 1: year Week one, I mean Baker Mayfield starting trying to

796
00:41:06,680 --> 00:41:10,719
Speaker 1: think of some other crappy teams. Desmond Ritter starting that

797
00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:14,920
Speaker 1: there are a lot of questionable quarterbacks starting in the NFL,

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00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:19,000
Speaker 1: So I think they could trade Caler Murray. It'd be complicated.

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Speaker 1: I don't I'm not a you know, salary cap wizard.

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00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:26,279
Speaker 1: I don't know all the cap ramifications there clearly would

801
00:41:26,360 --> 00:41:31,479
Speaker 1: be some. But if he's healthy, they could trade him.

802
00:41:31,719 --> 00:41:33,680
Speaker 1: I don't know for how much. I'm not saying they're

803
00:41:33,719 --> 00:41:35,880
Speaker 1: gonna get a haul back, but I do think they

804
00:41:35,920 --> 00:41:38,440
Speaker 1: could unload him, which I think if you watch the

805
00:41:38,440 --> 00:41:43,040
Speaker 1: way they're operating, I mean, I would say Kyler Murray's

806
00:41:43,080 --> 00:41:46,040
Speaker 1: not long for the Cardinals. Is Carson Wentz even being

807
00:41:46,040 --> 00:41:49,000
Speaker 1: a backup worthy at this point? Or is his personality

808
00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:51,880
Speaker 1: and attitude too toxic to the point that his career

809
00:41:51,960 --> 00:41:54,120
Speaker 1: is done. He has the skills to be a good

810
00:41:54,200 --> 00:41:57,760
Speaker 1: quarterback and has shown it, But this dude's mind is fucked.

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Speaker 1: I thought I read a headline a while back. I

812
00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:05,160
Speaker 1: wonder if the Chiefs would kick the tires on bringing

813
00:42:05,239 --> 00:42:08,399
Speaker 1: him in, try to rehab some of his value. Give

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00:42:08,440 --> 00:42:10,840
Speaker 1: them a guy that if Mahomes did, like roll an

815
00:42:10,880 --> 00:42:13,279
Speaker 1: ankle or hurt his shoulder and was out a couple

816
00:42:13,320 --> 00:42:15,880
Speaker 1: weeks or a month, they could win some games with.

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00:42:17,320 --> 00:42:21,560
Speaker 1: I do think, you know, perception can become reality right.

818
00:42:21,600 --> 00:42:24,279
Speaker 1: You can never meet a human being, whether it's a

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00:42:24,320 --> 00:42:27,759
Speaker 1: famous person, whether it's someone in your industry, whether it's

820
00:42:28,280 --> 00:42:32,080
Speaker 1: someone's boyfriend, and you start hearing things good or bad

821
00:42:32,640 --> 00:42:35,080
Speaker 1: that shapes the way you think about him. And then

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00:42:35,120 --> 00:42:36,719
Speaker 1: you meet the dude, you're like, god, I kind of

823
00:42:36,760 --> 00:42:40,240
Speaker 1: like this fucking guy, or vice versa. You've heard forever

824
00:42:40,360 --> 00:42:42,400
Speaker 1: like this dude's man, this guy's a stud, and then

825
00:42:42,440 --> 00:42:45,440
Speaker 1: you meet him and your interactions not great. So I

826
00:42:45,480 --> 00:42:47,560
Speaker 1: think you gotta be careful with that. It's why so

827
00:42:47,719 --> 00:42:51,359
Speaker 1: often in the NFL teams are willing to give guys

828
00:42:51,440 --> 00:42:55,360
Speaker 1: second and third opportunities. Obviously it usually is about talent,

829
00:42:55,480 --> 00:42:57,319
Speaker 1: but two, it's like, well, let us talk to him.

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00:42:57,719 --> 00:42:59,640
Speaker 1: Let us bring the guy in on a visit, whether

831
00:42:59,680 --> 00:43:02,279
Speaker 1: it's a draft pick or a free agent, let us

832
00:43:02,400 --> 00:43:05,719
Speaker 1: interact with the guy. Maybe it was the other people's fault.

833
00:43:05,800 --> 00:43:09,640
Speaker 1: Now this one. Clearly Wentz is guilty of some stuff

834
00:43:09,719 --> 00:43:12,920
Speaker 1: right in terms of getting along with people, being coachable.

835
00:43:13,760 --> 00:43:19,640
Speaker 1: But if I was a betting man, someone Carson Wentz

836
00:43:19,680 --> 00:43:22,279
Speaker 1: will play in the NFL this year. If you just said, hey,

837
00:43:22,280 --> 00:43:25,839
Speaker 1: one thousand dollars right now, Carson Wentz one to one

838
00:43:25,880 --> 00:43:28,360
Speaker 1: odds so I'd win a thousand bucks, yes or no.

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00:43:28,800 --> 00:43:31,400
Speaker 1: Just Carson Wentz play for tea Now, I don't mean it.

840
00:43:31,520 --> 00:43:33,400
Speaker 1: He might not get in a game, but does a

841
00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:37,680
Speaker 1: team signed Carson Wentz during the twenty twenty three football season.

842
00:43:38,120 --> 00:43:41,239
Speaker 1: I would not hesitate putting it on yes. Now we're

843
00:43:41,239 --> 00:43:43,400
Speaker 1: a couple years away. If he's gone for a little while,

844
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Speaker 1: I'll put it on no. But I'm putting it on

845
00:43:46,719 --> 00:43:51,120
Speaker 1: yes now that might not happen still injuries week eight.

846
00:43:51,600 --> 00:43:55,280
Speaker 1: I don't know the timeline, but I feel pretty confident

847
00:43:55,400 --> 00:43:58,560
Speaker 1: just the history of my sports fandom and watching how

848
00:43:58,600 --> 00:44:01,600
Speaker 1: shit plays out. He will get an opportunity to be

849
00:44:01,680 --> 00:44:04,000
Speaker 1: on an NFL roster this year. Might be a minute,

850
00:44:04,480 --> 00:44:07,399
Speaker 1: might not be a Halloween or something. But I mean,

851
00:44:07,400 --> 00:44:09,000
Speaker 1: the Niners said last year they were going to call

852
00:44:09,040 --> 00:44:13,440
Speaker 1: Philip Rivers, So obviously Philip River is a higher character guy,

853
00:44:13,560 --> 00:44:17,480
Speaker 1: no issues, but physically he's way shittier in Carson Wentz.

854
00:44:18,080 --> 00:44:20,600
Speaker 1: A Patriot fan wants to jump ship after a couple

855
00:44:20,600 --> 00:44:23,960
Speaker 1: of mediocre, not even bad years. Brother, you won six

856
00:44:23,960 --> 00:44:25,799
Speaker 1: Super Bowls in the span of time it took me

857
00:44:25,840 --> 00:44:30,200
Speaker 1: to witness my first playoff win. Bengals fan, Yeah, I

858
00:44:30,239 --> 00:44:34,200
Speaker 1: hear you. That guy talking about jumping ship just wants

859
00:44:34,239 --> 00:44:36,719
Speaker 1: you to know I clearly can't read them all. You're

860
00:44:36,719 --> 00:44:40,800
Speaker 1: getting crushed. Hey, John Hope all as well. I'm messaging

861
00:44:40,840 --> 00:44:43,920
Speaker 1: you from my art account. My boyfriend and I listened

862
00:44:44,080 --> 00:44:46,799
Speaker 1: to both of your pots. We wanted to know what

863
00:44:46,840 --> 00:44:49,160
Speaker 1: you think the forty nine ers would be like if

864
00:44:49,200 --> 00:44:53,200
Speaker 1: they tried to call Andrew Luck out of retirement instead

865
00:44:53,239 --> 00:44:56,799
Speaker 1: of trading all those picks for Trey Lance. The problem was,

866
00:44:57,960 --> 00:45:01,240
Speaker 1: this art account is a pretty big following. Is Andrew

867
00:45:01,360 --> 00:45:05,120
Speaker 1: Luck's not available that way? Andrew Luck, the Colts have

868
00:45:05,280 --> 00:45:08,560
Speaker 1: his rights. So just because you retire doesn't mean you're

869
00:45:08,600 --> 00:45:11,200
Speaker 1: just floating in the wind in a free agent. So

870
00:45:11,560 --> 00:45:15,200
Speaker 1: in theory, if Andrew Luck was available and healthy, obviously

871
00:45:15,239 --> 00:45:18,279
Speaker 1: they would be I mean, Trey Lance is even on

872
00:45:18,320 --> 00:45:21,160
Speaker 1: the team. So to have Andrew Luck and to have

873
00:45:21,280 --> 00:45:24,480
Speaker 1: the picks, it would be a massive benefit and they

874
00:45:24,480 --> 00:45:27,040
Speaker 1: would be awesome. Hell, they might have won like two

875
00:45:27,040 --> 00:45:32,320
Speaker 1: super Bowls. But that scenario is not plausible. It's literally

876
00:45:32,400 --> 00:45:36,560
Speaker 1: impossible because if he did return, the Colts would keep him,

877
00:45:36,719 --> 00:45:39,399
Speaker 1: maybe not now with Anthony Richardson, but two years ago

878
00:45:39,960 --> 00:45:43,279
Speaker 1: they would not have traded him they listening to cup

879
00:45:43,280 --> 00:45:45,200
Speaker 1: podcast for a couple of years. Question for the pod.

880
00:45:45,520 --> 00:45:48,239
Speaker 1: If you were GM and had to choose one non

881
00:45:48,360 --> 00:45:51,440
Speaker 1: quarterback to start your franchise with, who would it be.

882
00:45:53,440 --> 00:45:56,000
Speaker 1: I would go with the defensive lineman. I would probably

883
00:45:56,160 --> 00:45:58,240
Speaker 1: I mean, just give an age, I'd go with Bosa

884
00:45:58,320 --> 00:46:02,040
Speaker 1: and Micah Parsons. You know, Chris Jones a little older. Obviously,

885
00:46:02,120 --> 00:46:07,759
Speaker 1: Donald's over thirty. Miles Garrett now he's got to be

886
00:46:07,800 --> 00:46:11,080
Speaker 1: a little older too. It just it'd be a pass rusher.

887
00:46:12,280 --> 00:46:14,200
Speaker 1: And I think right now it'd have to be Micah

888
00:46:14,239 --> 00:46:18,439
Speaker 1: Parsons or Nick Bosa. Miles Garrett's twenty seven years old.

889
00:46:18,880 --> 00:46:23,920
Speaker 1: I mean Nick's probably similar age to Actually Nick Bosa

890
00:46:24,000 --> 00:46:26,759
Speaker 1: is twenty five. I mean Mike is probably twenty four.

891
00:46:27,640 --> 00:46:31,080
Speaker 1: I think it'd be one of those guys. I'd say TJ.

892
00:46:31,200 --> 00:46:33,640
Speaker 1: I mean, I love TJ Watt too, But I typed

893
00:46:33,680 --> 00:46:36,840
Speaker 1: in Micah. I typed in Micah Bosa. That's who I

894
00:46:36,920 --> 00:46:39,720
Speaker 1: that's who I'd start with, Michaeh Bosa because I start

895
00:46:39,760 --> 00:46:43,600
Speaker 1: with Michaeh Bosa. Uh. But yeah, it would be it

896
00:46:43,600 --> 00:46:45,920
Speaker 1: would be a pass rusher. Honestly, it wouldn't even has

897
00:46:46,120 --> 00:46:49,120
Speaker 1: like it wouldn't even think twice I would take I

898
00:46:49,120 --> 00:46:51,840
Speaker 1: would start with the pass rusher before an offensive lineman. Hi,

899
00:46:51,960 --> 00:46:54,880
Speaker 1: John Lodapod, I'm sure you're sick of talking about Lance,

900
00:46:55,200 --> 00:46:57,360
Speaker 1: but do you see how the Niners have handled the

901
00:46:57,360 --> 00:46:59,960
Speaker 1: whole thing having a negative effect on the Niners Locker,

902
00:47:01,080 --> 00:47:03,840
Speaker 1: I think it's the opposite. This is why I've supported

903
00:47:03,880 --> 00:47:08,840
Speaker 1: them through this situation. I don't think the players and

904
00:47:08,920 --> 00:47:10,839
Speaker 1: I got news for here. I kind of know they

905
00:47:10,920 --> 00:47:13,719
Speaker 1: don't care about Trey Lance, not as a person. They

906
00:47:13,840 --> 00:47:16,359
Speaker 1: like the guy, they don't think he's any good. If

907
00:47:16,360 --> 00:47:18,840
Speaker 1: they thought he was good, the Niners never would have

908
00:47:18,880 --> 00:47:21,560
Speaker 1: made this move. They make a lot of moves based

909
00:47:21,600 --> 00:47:25,200
Speaker 1: on like Kyle is very very close with his core guys,

910
00:47:25,560 --> 00:47:32,200
Speaker 1: Trent Kittle, Uscheck Debo, Fred Warner, Eric ARMSTD. Those guys

911
00:47:32,200 --> 00:47:36,160
Speaker 1: didn't think Trey Lance was good. If they had and

912
00:47:36,200 --> 00:47:38,239
Speaker 1: he had done this, yeah, I think it would cause

913
00:47:38,239 --> 00:47:42,040
Speaker 1: some problems. But I promise you they don't. They think

914
00:47:42,080 --> 00:47:46,600
Speaker 1: Perdy is dramatically better. And listen, we can say what

915
00:47:46,640 --> 00:47:49,160
Speaker 1: we want. Those guys are a practice every day they

916
00:47:49,160 --> 00:47:53,240
Speaker 1: see it. So if my star players don't think another

917
00:47:53,360 --> 00:47:56,920
Speaker 1: guy's good, and I don't think another guy's good. It's

918
00:47:56,960 --> 00:47:59,200
Speaker 1: pretty easy to make a move and have everyone be

919
00:47:59,280 --> 00:48:02,600
Speaker 1: in agreement, like no one with the forty nine ers.

920
00:48:02,960 --> 00:48:07,799
Speaker 1: None of the players are disagreeing with the trade, none

921
00:48:07,800 --> 00:48:10,959
Speaker 1: of them. I'll promise you that I love the pod.

922
00:48:11,080 --> 00:48:13,080
Speaker 1: Took a while to listen on your feed, but I'm

923
00:48:13,120 --> 00:48:16,040
Speaker 1: here no question or anything. But as a real lifelong

924
00:48:16,080 --> 00:48:18,160
Speaker 1: Patriot fan, I wish you would have told that guy

925
00:48:18,200 --> 00:48:21,040
Speaker 1: to fuck off. Then are a lot of people pissed off.

926
00:48:21,480 --> 00:48:24,080
Speaker 1: We don't need him rooting for the team. You're one

927
00:48:24,200 --> 00:48:27,560
Speaker 1: mac playoffs. Patricia's oc didn't work. Even the year with

928
00:48:27,719 --> 00:48:30,440
Speaker 1: Cam was not as bad at all. Slightly missed the

929
00:48:30,440 --> 00:48:33,040
Speaker 1: playoffs even though we almost beat Buffalo if it wasn't

930
00:48:33,040 --> 00:48:36,000
Speaker 1: for that Cam fumble. Excuse my language, but he can

931
00:48:36,040 --> 00:48:39,799
Speaker 1: have off. That's the definition of bandwagon. The biggest fan

932
00:48:39,880 --> 00:48:43,640
Speaker 1: basis I struggle with this one. The biggest fan bases

933
00:48:43,920 --> 00:48:48,080
Speaker 1: are bandwagon fans. Right. The reason the Yankees and the

934
00:48:48,160 --> 00:48:53,120
Speaker 1: Lakers and the Cowboys have the most fans is because

935
00:48:53,160 --> 00:48:55,359
Speaker 1: they have a lot of bandwagon fans, like a lot

936
00:48:55,360 --> 00:48:59,520
Speaker 1: of and when I say bandwack casual. But the Patriots,

937
00:49:01,280 --> 00:49:04,240
Speaker 1: over a twenty year span, they added some of those,

938
00:49:04,280 --> 00:49:08,640
Speaker 1: but really they were they were closer to like I

939
00:49:08,680 --> 00:49:13,600
Speaker 1: would say, wrestling like a bad guy. They felt much

940
00:49:13,640 --> 00:49:16,680
Speaker 1: more like Hogan and those guys when they went to nWo,

941
00:49:16,880 --> 00:49:18,359
Speaker 1: Like when I was a kid, I was like, God,

942
00:49:18,400 --> 00:49:21,640
Speaker 1: these guys are this is crazy Kevin Nash and Razor

943
00:49:21,760 --> 00:49:23,719
Speaker 1: Ramone and they were just bad guys. Or like when

944
00:49:23,800 --> 00:49:28,399
Speaker 1: Lebron went to Miami, they the thing. And I would

945
00:49:28,440 --> 00:49:32,480
Speaker 1: say this, a person a long time ago brought this up,

946
00:49:32,520 --> 00:49:36,719
Speaker 1: and he's so right. In the business I'm in, it's

947
00:49:36,960 --> 00:49:39,440
Speaker 1: it's okay to be hated. It's okay to have people

948
00:49:39,480 --> 00:49:42,719
Speaker 1: despise you. Obviously, you want people to like you, but

949
00:49:42,760 --> 00:49:44,799
Speaker 1: if they despise you, like a lot of people hate. Listen,

950
00:49:45,719 --> 00:49:47,920
Speaker 1: you never want anyone to be like, yeah, that kind

951
00:49:47,960 --> 00:49:52,080
Speaker 1: of apathy. I'm apathetic toward that individual. I have zero

952
00:49:52,239 --> 00:49:56,480
Speaker 1: emotion toward that individual, right because then you don't care.

953
00:49:57,280 --> 00:50:00,520
Speaker 1: In sports, like I want you to hate or like

954
00:50:00,600 --> 00:50:03,040
Speaker 1: the team, but as long as you're paying attention, and

955
00:50:03,120 --> 00:50:05,480
Speaker 1: I think that's what the Patriots were. So they probably

956
00:50:05,480 --> 00:50:10,960
Speaker 1: got some band wagony fans. But when you win that

957
00:50:11,080 --> 00:50:15,759
Speaker 1: many games and that many Super Bowls and consistently in

958
00:50:15,760 --> 00:50:20,120
Speaker 1: the AFC championship that often you get. Even if Belichick

959
00:50:20,239 --> 00:50:21,759
Speaker 1: is fired at the end of the season, which I

960
00:50:21,760 --> 00:50:23,680
Speaker 1: do think is on the table if they have a

961
00:50:23,719 --> 00:50:28,279
Speaker 1: bad year. He's the best thing that ever happened in

962
00:50:28,320 --> 00:50:31,319
Speaker 1: New England. I think all you guys would agree. I'm

963
00:50:31,360 --> 00:50:33,200
Speaker 1: not saying I necessarily would fire him, but I do

964
00:50:33,320 --> 00:50:36,799
Speaker 1: understand if you don't see eyed eye and his personality.

965
00:50:36,840 --> 00:50:38,719
Speaker 1: He's grumpy and the team's not doing well, like it

966
00:50:38,800 --> 00:50:40,520
Speaker 1: might just be time for a new start. It's sports.

967
00:50:40,520 --> 00:50:45,200
Speaker 1: It's the way it works. Open an IG account just

968
00:50:45,239 --> 00:50:47,760
Speaker 1: to DM you love the show. I think the Lance

969
00:50:47,800 --> 00:50:51,920
Speaker 1: trade has an angle that's being overlooked. The Niners kick

970
00:50:51,960 --> 00:50:55,560
Speaker 1: the Cowboys from the playoffs the last two seasons. If

971
00:50:55,600 --> 00:50:57,960
Speaker 1: I'm Jerry and I can tilt the odds in my

972
00:50:58,040 --> 00:51:02,200
Speaker 1: favor by grabbing someone who is familiar with Shanahan's team

973
00:51:02,680 --> 00:51:05,880
Speaker 1: for a fourth round pick that's well worth the cost

974
00:51:06,040 --> 00:51:09,680
Speaker 1: of an overpriced scout team quarterback that most likely never

975
00:51:09,760 --> 00:51:13,080
Speaker 1: starts a game for Dallas. I think there are angles here.

976
00:51:13,120 --> 00:51:16,960
Speaker 1: We've talked so much about the money the trade. I

977
00:51:17,000 --> 00:51:19,160
Speaker 1: think there are two angles that I don't think I've

978
00:51:19,200 --> 00:51:23,080
Speaker 1: discussed definitely. Is I do think now, I don't think

979
00:51:23,120 --> 00:51:25,440
Speaker 1: he's a great athlete and definitely not as good of

980
00:51:25,480 --> 00:51:28,640
Speaker 1: an athlete as Jalen Hurts, but he can play Jalen

981
00:51:28,719 --> 00:51:31,520
Speaker 1: Hurts in practice. So would you pay a fourth round

982
00:51:31,560 --> 00:51:35,040
Speaker 1: pick and several million dollars if it means over the

983
00:51:35,040 --> 00:51:37,719
Speaker 1: next two years beating the Eagles a couple times and

984
00:51:37,760 --> 00:51:41,319
Speaker 1: winning the division if he can replicate and just give

985
00:51:41,360 --> 00:51:43,600
Speaker 1: you a better look than Cooper Rush in practice to

986
00:51:43,640 --> 00:51:46,319
Speaker 1: play Jalen Hurts and maybe even Daniel Jones as well.

987
00:51:46,840 --> 00:51:50,239
Speaker 1: You know, I think when it comes to the knowledge,

988
00:51:51,200 --> 00:51:53,560
Speaker 1: I think sometimes that can be a little overrated, or

989
00:51:53,560 --> 00:51:57,480
Speaker 1: it happened a lot more in the NFL because he's

990
00:51:57,520 --> 00:51:59,960
Speaker 1: only started four games. Now, he sat in these games

991
00:52:00,120 --> 00:52:02,759
Speaker 1: plans and he definitely knows the way they want to

992
00:52:02,800 --> 00:52:06,640
Speaker 1: attack the Cowboys because two years ago he was the

993
00:52:06,640 --> 00:52:09,399
Speaker 1: backup quarterback for Jimmy and last year while he had

994
00:52:09,400 --> 00:52:12,240
Speaker 1: a broken ankle, he was going to all the meetings

995
00:52:12,280 --> 00:52:16,879
Speaker 1: with brock perty So yeah, I mean, I definitely think

996
00:52:16,920 --> 00:52:19,960
Speaker 1: that's an addition. I think the practicing as Jalen Hurts,

997
00:52:20,760 --> 00:52:23,919
Speaker 1: and obviously you know they're taking a flyer, they're hoping

998
00:52:23,960 --> 00:52:26,640
Speaker 1: they can strike oil here, But I think there is

999
00:52:26,680 --> 00:52:32,799
Speaker 1: some valid with your take, some validity with your take

1000
00:52:32,920 --> 00:52:37,120
Speaker 1: that bring him into just give an extra percent. Addition, Hey,

1001
00:52:37,200 --> 00:52:39,720
Speaker 1: you know when you guys do this on defense, Kyle,

1002
00:52:40,680 --> 00:52:43,040
Speaker 1: you guys don't quite realize. But this is what we

1003
00:52:43,040 --> 00:52:47,040
Speaker 1: were doing. And if that's one tweak to help Dan Quinn,

1004
00:52:47,680 --> 00:52:50,560
Speaker 1: that's a big deal. What do you think of Skip Bayless?

1005
00:52:51,040 --> 00:52:53,600
Speaker 1: I'd be lying if I said I watch him, right,

1006
00:52:53,680 --> 00:52:55,800
Speaker 1: I mean I see him a lot because of clips

1007
00:52:55,840 --> 00:53:00,920
Speaker 1: on Twitter or Instagram, But I've never won watched Undisputed.

1008
00:53:01,080 --> 00:53:03,319
Speaker 1: I don't watch first take when he was on it

1009
00:53:03,320 --> 00:53:05,560
Speaker 1: with Steven A. So for me to have a real

1010
00:53:05,640 --> 00:53:09,439
Speaker 1: opinion that wasn't just based on a clip, it would

1011
00:53:09,480 --> 00:53:12,560
Speaker 1: be I'd be lying to you. Now, I do respect

1012
00:53:12,560 --> 00:53:16,160
Speaker 1: this is I've always had a theory that a lot

1013
00:53:16,160 --> 00:53:20,120
Speaker 1: of big ja's they almost have this resentment. You know,

1014
00:53:20,120 --> 00:53:22,600
Speaker 1: a lot of them all obviously are all politically left leaning,

1015
00:53:22,760 --> 00:53:25,760
Speaker 1: very like anti big business, but they all cover people

1016
00:53:25,800 --> 00:53:30,040
Speaker 1: that make dramatically more money than they do, and there's

1017
00:53:30,080 --> 00:53:33,200
Speaker 1: this weird dynamic that way. And then when people in

1018
00:53:33,239 --> 00:53:36,280
Speaker 1: their industry and typically like a lot of the writers,

1019
00:53:36,320 --> 00:53:39,240
Speaker 1: didn't make that much money relative to like a radio

1020
00:53:39,320 --> 00:53:42,000
Speaker 1: host or a guy on TV. It's why they have

1021
00:53:42,480 --> 00:53:45,120
Speaker 1: historically talked a lot of shit about those individuals. I've

1022
00:53:45,120 --> 00:53:48,120
Speaker 1: always thought they there's a little resentment because those people,

1023
00:53:48,520 --> 00:53:51,560
Speaker 1: in their mind have an easier job, even though they're

1024
00:53:51,600 --> 00:53:53,759
Speaker 1: generating way more revenue. It's why they get paid more.

1025
00:53:53,800 --> 00:53:57,480
Speaker 1: It's basic economics. But they look down upon them and

1026
00:53:57,640 --> 00:54:03,200
Speaker 1: skip like Stephen A were writers that pivoted early. Now

1027
00:54:03,320 --> 00:54:06,120
Speaker 1: you can say he's got a stick, which he clearly does,

1028
00:54:06,160 --> 00:54:09,080
Speaker 1: and he says some outrageous things, but he made a

1029
00:54:09,080 --> 00:54:11,800
Speaker 1: pretty good business move and he's made a boatload of

1030
00:54:11,840 --> 00:54:14,840
Speaker 1: money talking about sports on TV because that's where the

1031
00:54:14,840 --> 00:54:18,640
Speaker 1: consumer goes, or at least more than they do read

1032
00:54:18,680 --> 00:54:21,319
Speaker 1: the newspaper, which I can't tell you the last time

1033
00:54:21,360 --> 00:54:24,239
Speaker 1: I read a newspaper. Couldn't pay me to read a newspaper.

1034
00:54:24,360 --> 00:54:27,160
Speaker 1: Right in terms of like a sports section, I read

1035
00:54:27,200 --> 00:54:31,160
Speaker 1: The Athletic in a reason they have some success because

1036
00:54:31,160 --> 00:54:33,319
Speaker 1: they stole a lot of the good newspaper writers right

1037
00:54:33,400 --> 00:54:38,959
Speaker 1: on their site. But I respect his hustle, even if

1038
00:54:39,160 --> 00:54:41,880
Speaker 1: it's not really my cup of tea. Him and Steven A,

1039
00:54:42,440 --> 00:54:44,680
Speaker 1: they're clearly good at what they do. I think Steve

1040
00:54:44,719 --> 00:54:47,720
Speaker 1: I like Steven A much more. And again I'm basing

1041
00:54:47,719 --> 00:54:50,640
Speaker 1: this all off clips. I don't watch either of their shows.

1042
00:54:50,680 --> 00:54:53,600
Speaker 1: I think Steven's more entertaining. I don't quite find Skip

1043
00:54:53,960 --> 00:54:58,480
Speaker 1: that entertaining. Clearly people do, and clearly networks do, and

1044
00:54:58,800 --> 00:55:00,719
Speaker 1: you give him credit like I'm a bit so. I

1045
00:55:01,000 --> 00:55:04,600
Speaker 1: would never just write forever if I was making no

1046
00:55:04,760 --> 00:55:06,839
Speaker 1: money and just be bitter about it. I don't really

1047
00:55:06,880 --> 00:55:09,760
Speaker 1: operate that way. I would make a change, and clearly

1048
00:55:09,800 --> 00:55:12,000
Speaker 1: a lot of guys did and some guys didn't. And

1049
00:55:12,040 --> 00:55:16,040
Speaker 1: there's like this resentment in the sports media world that way.

1050
00:55:16,080 --> 00:55:18,840
Speaker 1: I got no resentment towards Skip. If anything, I fucking

1051
00:55:19,280 --> 00:55:22,120
Speaker 1: I respect his hustle. You know, that's what this world

1052
00:55:22,200 --> 00:55:23,800
Speaker 1: is now. If you want to think he's a phony,

1053
00:55:23,840 --> 00:55:25,920
Speaker 1: if you think he just makes things up and just

1054
00:55:25,960 --> 00:55:28,279
Speaker 1: doesn't even believe what he says, yeah, okay, I can

1055
00:55:28,680 --> 00:55:32,680
Speaker 1: hear that. There's also an entertainment trolling element of what

1056
00:55:32,800 --> 00:55:35,320
Speaker 1: he does. No different than Steven A making fun of

1057
00:55:35,360 --> 00:55:39,920
Speaker 1: the cowboys. We're all in the entertainment business. We're not like,

1058
00:55:40,400 --> 00:55:43,200
Speaker 1: I'm not only not a journalist, I don't even consider

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Speaker 1: myself a media member, right, I don't even know what

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Speaker 1: you would consider skip. He just talks on television about sports.

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Speaker 1: Some people clearly like him, some people hate him. But

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Speaker 1: uh so, I don't know if that's if I answered

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Speaker 1: your question there perfectly the pod, why do we continually

1064
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Speaker 1: bring up Pro Bowls made? Isn't an all pro the

1065
00:56:04,719 --> 00:56:07,920
Speaker 1: real honor? Any truth to the rumor that steven A

1066
00:56:08,120 --> 00:56:11,560
Speaker 1: is teaming up with Coward the volume question, I don't.

1067
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Speaker 1: I don't know, not provy to those discussions. You know

1068
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Speaker 1: they get Shay sheha, so maybe steven A's coming net.

1069
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Speaker 1: I'm all for it, I would say on the Pro Bowls,

1070
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Speaker 1: I still think like a valid Pro Bowl is a

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00:56:25,760 --> 00:56:28,600
Speaker 1: valid Pro Bowl, Like if you call Justin Jefferson or

1072
00:56:28,640 --> 00:56:31,760
Speaker 1: Micah Parson's a Pro bowler, like that's a pro bowler,

1073
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Speaker 1: aj Brown. You know. I think the problem is it's

1074
00:56:35,080 --> 00:56:37,440
Speaker 1: been so diluted because all these random guys make it

1075
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Speaker 1: because people back out. So I still don't mind doing it.

1076
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Speaker 1: It's hard to keep track on all the fake ones.

1077
00:56:46,600 --> 00:56:49,040
Speaker 1: Obviously a guy like Tyler Hunley making it that was

1078
00:56:49,080 --> 00:56:51,359
Speaker 1: a joke. But I think Derek Carr has four Pro

1079
00:56:51,440 --> 00:56:54,759
Speaker 1: Bowls and he only should have two. So at the

1080
00:56:54,800 --> 00:56:56,200
Speaker 1: end of his career. Let's say he makes one with

1081
00:56:56,200 --> 00:56:58,960
Speaker 1: the Saints. I was a five time Pro Bowler. It's like, well, no,

1082
00:56:59,000 --> 00:57:04,239
Speaker 1: you're probably two. Only one guy makes it at all.

1083
00:57:04,239 --> 00:57:06,919
Speaker 1: Pro it can be a little more complicated. I don't

1084
00:57:06,920 --> 00:57:08,520
Speaker 1: hate it with the Pro Bowl if you say the

1085
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Speaker 1: right player like Jason Kelsey's a five or six time

1086
00:57:11,760 --> 00:57:14,680
Speaker 1: Pro Bowl or Lane Johnson, like those guys are real

1087
00:57:14,719 --> 00:57:19,080
Speaker 1: Pro Bowlers. As a Broncos fan since ninety seven, what

1088
00:57:19,160 --> 00:57:21,720
Speaker 1: should I expect out of my team this season with

1089
00:57:22,000 --> 00:57:25,760
Speaker 1: a bad offensive line? Secondly, how long should it take

1090
00:57:25,800 --> 00:57:30,280
Speaker 1: the Broncos to turn around? Under Sean Payton Show recommendations

1091
00:57:30,360 --> 00:57:33,760
Speaker 1: Winning time in swamp Kings. I think a lot of

1092
00:57:33,800 --> 00:57:37,840
Speaker 1: people I've talked about swamp Kings, and I get it right.

1093
00:57:38,160 --> 00:57:42,040
Speaker 1: All the stuff that happened with the players, from Rainy

1094
00:57:42,120 --> 00:57:46,120
Speaker 1: telling the girl time to die, to Aaron Hernandez murdering

1095
00:57:46,240 --> 00:57:50,400
Speaker 1: people and them just skipping right over it all. I

1096
00:57:50,440 --> 00:57:54,120
Speaker 1: get it. I really do. But just from a football

1097
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Speaker 1: entertainment standpoint. I watched it last weekend. There wasn't much

1098
00:57:58,240 --> 00:58:00,480
Speaker 1: on TV. It was one hundred and twenty degree here,

1099
00:58:00,520 --> 00:58:03,320
Speaker 1: it wasn't anything to do. I didn't hate it, and

1100
00:58:03,400 --> 00:58:05,760
Speaker 1: I think Urban's a scumback, Like I'm not an Urban

1101
00:58:05,800 --> 00:58:08,760
Speaker 1: Meyer guy at all, But just the lifting element, how

1102
00:58:08,760 --> 00:58:11,240
Speaker 1: they were doing these midnight lifts on Friday and Saturday

1103
00:58:11,320 --> 00:58:14,880
Speaker 1: and some of the football stuff. I found it entertaining,

1104
00:58:15,120 --> 00:58:17,800
Speaker 1: but I also knew what I was getting. It's narrated

1105
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Speaker 1: by t Bow and Urban, So they're not gonna talk about,

1106
00:58:21,360 --> 00:58:26,160
Speaker 1: you know, Aaron Hernandez murder count at four. They're not

1107
00:58:26,160 --> 00:58:28,680
Speaker 1: gonna talk about all these guys getting arrested left and right.

1108
00:58:29,840 --> 00:58:32,160
Speaker 1: So if you know that going in and you just

1109
00:58:32,240 --> 00:58:34,800
Speaker 1: want to watch it, like hard knock style for the football,

1110
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Speaker 1: not bad like hard knocks. I'm as big of a

1111
00:58:36,920 --> 00:58:40,840
Speaker 1: hard Knocks hater as anybody. This year hasn't been that bad,

1112
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Speaker 1: and part of it is just a lot of Roberts

1113
00:58:42,560 --> 00:58:44,840
Speaker 1: said a lot of Aaron Rodgers. I'm in. I think

1114
00:58:44,840 --> 00:58:47,480
Speaker 1: you guys are gonna be pretty bad. If I had

1115
00:58:47,520 --> 00:58:51,240
Speaker 1: to make a like my expected win loss total, I'd

1116
00:58:51,240 --> 00:58:54,400
Speaker 1: probably go six and eleven. I think guy's gonna be

1117
00:58:54,400 --> 00:58:57,800
Speaker 1: pretty bad, especially like and I'm just betting on Russell

1118
00:58:57,840 --> 00:59:01,320
Speaker 1: probably not being good. If he's not good, you clearly

1119
00:59:01,720 --> 00:59:05,240
Speaker 1: you know are in trouble. Hey, John, big fan win

1120
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Speaker 1: on this. Wanted to know what your thoughts are in Sam,

1121
00:59:07,520 --> 00:59:09,840
Speaker 1: how look good in the preseason. Feels like Eric b

1122
00:59:09,960 --> 00:59:13,120
Speaker 1: Enemy are gonna cook something up this year. I think

1123
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Speaker 1: it's one of the more fascinating teams because the coach

1124
00:59:17,400 --> 00:59:19,960
Speaker 1: clearly has to win and win pretty big to keep

1125
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Speaker 1: his job. The division is a mother, right, I mean,

1126
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Speaker 1: they got three playoff teams from last year. You could

1127
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Speaker 1: argue the Cowboys they got two of the best three

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Speaker 1: teams in the conference. Oh, let me pull up the

1129
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Speaker 1: old Commander's schedule. I know they open up at Arizona's

1130
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Speaker 1: or they open up at home against Arizona. Win at

1131
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Speaker 1: the Broncos could be a win. Then they get the Bills, Eagles,

1132
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Speaker 1: tough little stretch Bears, Falcons, Giants. Early on their schedules,

1133
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Speaker 1: kind of manageable. Brutal end to the schedule though, at Giants,

1134
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Speaker 1: Eagles at Pats, at Seattle, Giants at Cowboys, Dolphins at Rams.

1135
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Speaker 1: Easy game, but they finish at Jets, Niners, Cowboys. If

1136
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Speaker 1: they can win nine games, they had a pretty good season.

1137
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Speaker 1: And if they win nine games, I would imagine Sam

1138
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Speaker 1: Hawell had a pretty good season and maybe it's not

1139
01:00:13,680 --> 01:00:17,720
Speaker 1: out of the realm possibility that they just fire Rivera

1140
01:00:17,880 --> 01:00:20,840
Speaker 1: and give Eric bienem Me like a three year deal

1141
01:00:20,880 --> 01:00:23,440
Speaker 1: and just have him be the head coach, just you know,

1142
01:00:23,520 --> 01:00:26,280
Speaker 1: kind of start the Josh Harris era. It's pretty crazy

1143
01:00:26,280 --> 01:00:28,920
Speaker 1: when you look at the standings from last year. I mean,

1144
01:00:28,960 --> 01:00:30,800
Speaker 1: they had three teams to make the playoffs. The Eagles

1145
01:00:30,840 --> 01:00:33,040
Speaker 1: cruise to fourteen wins. I mean, that's the easiest fourteen

1146
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Speaker 1: win season ever. Cowboys are really good twelve wins. The

1147
01:00:36,800 --> 01:00:38,400
Speaker 1: Giants are gonna be better this year. I mean they

1148
01:00:38,440 --> 01:00:40,400
Speaker 1: win nine to seven and one. Last year. I've bet

1149
01:00:40,440 --> 01:00:43,480
Speaker 1: at minimum they're winning ten games. So how does Washington

1150
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Speaker 1: get to ten? Can you have three? Can you have

1151
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Speaker 1: all four teams at double digit wins? I'm no mathematician,

1152
01:00:49,520 --> 01:00:52,760
Speaker 1: but it's probably impossible. That's not gonna happen. But last year,

1153
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Speaker 1: I mean they had two teams nine and eight, so

1154
01:00:56,440 --> 01:00:58,640
Speaker 1: I met like one had nine the other had eight wins.

1155
01:00:59,360 --> 01:01:01,040
Speaker 1: They're gonna be an interesting tame to keep an eye on.

1156
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Speaker 1: Mclaurin's already injured. Though. The turf toe thing always scares

1157
01:01:04,320 --> 01:01:07,520
Speaker 1: meats It never really goes away. It feels like it's

1158
01:01:07,560 --> 01:01:10,160
Speaker 1: not like, oh, two week turf toe completely gone. It

1159
01:01:10,160 --> 01:01:12,400
Speaker 1: doesn't feel like a broken bone, like, oh he's good now.

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Speaker 1: That would make me nervous because that guy's stood. Appreciate

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Speaker 1: everyone listening, Have a great labor day, enjoy the weekend,

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Speaker 1: and we'll see you next week. Audios. The volume