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Speaker 1: watch the Natty. Have a couple of thoughts on Kirby

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Speaker 1: Smart who finally got over the hump and tonight will

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Speaker 1: change his life forever. A lot going on around the

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Speaker 1: friends and uh and yeah, the National Championship Game. I

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Speaker 1: This was the National Championship Game, but it was the

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Speaker 1: that was their point of difference, defense, physicality. I talked

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Speaker 1: only option. Now the compensation. Carson was coming off a

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Speaker 1: terrible season that there is no way around it. If

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Speaker 1: you watch the Philadelphia Eagles play up until he got benched,

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Speaker 1: Carson Wentz sucked. I think he was a bottom five

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Speaker 1: quarterback in the NFL. He was an atrocious player. But Frank,

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Speaker 1: and this is you know, the strength I think as

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Speaker 1: any good head coach is believing that you can help

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Speaker 1: guys out, especially guys that you have a connection with,

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Speaker 1: Guys that you think that skill set will work in

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Speaker 1: your offense. You can get the best out of them.

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Speaker 1: And that is a characteristic you would always want in

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Speaker 1: a coach because they influenced the individuals. Right. So I

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Speaker 1: I'm if I was a GM where I was an

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Speaker 1: owner and my coach was pounding the table, I can

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Speaker 1: make this guy a good player, I would listen to him.

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Speaker 1: Especially Frank has kind of earned the right of just

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Speaker 1: stabilizing that organization. And they didn't have a choice really,

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Speaker 1: but it failed, and it failed kind of miserably because

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Speaker 1: they got to give up there. They did not make

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Speaker 1: the playoffs. I think they the picks eighteen. I haven't

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Speaker 1: even looked at the draft or yet, but I thought

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Speaker 1: I saw that on Twitter, and the Eagles made the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: You know, the Eagles. Now, you can't we try to

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Speaker 1: do this with Khalil Mack and Amari Cooper. You have

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Speaker 1: to let a trade play out and look back on

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Speaker 1: like three or four years, because I don't necessarily believe

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Speaker 1: the Eagles have their quarterback of the next decade. But

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Speaker 1: in the short term, the Eagles traded Carson Wentz. They

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Speaker 1: got rid of that money, they got the Colts first

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Speaker 1: round pick, They utilized Jalen Hurts to help lead them

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Speaker 1: to the playoffs. They went You know, let's think about that.

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Speaker 1: If I would have told you when that trade happened

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Speaker 1: that the Colts would have not been in the playoffs,

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Speaker 1: but the Eagles would have, I don't think you would

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Speaker 1: have believed me. And then if I told you the

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Speaker 1: scenario and what you played out was that they lost

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Speaker 1: to the shittiest team in the league, the team drafting

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Speaker 1: number one overall. If I was a player, if I

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Speaker 1: was Aidan Hutchinson, or I was Cavon Thibodeaux, or I

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Speaker 1: was whoever the group of three or four guys that

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Speaker 1: are gonna be in the mix for the number one

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Speaker 1: overall pick. Under no circumstances would I go to Jacksonville.

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Speaker 1: I would not do it. I could not do it.

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Speaker 1: And this goes back to the Giants GM job. They

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Speaker 1: have two picks pretty high because they have the Bears

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Speaker 1: draft pick. That's that's pretty enticing for a GM. But

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Speaker 1: now the Colts don't have a first round pick and

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Speaker 1: their quarterback wasn't good enough. He had multiple turnovers yesterday

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Speaker 1: and if you just watch him, he just consistently left

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Speaker 1: something to be desired. Now, I wouldn't say they're the

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Speaker 1: most explosive offense on the outside. They could use some

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Speaker 1: improvement on their skill guys, not running back, but you know,

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Speaker 1: wide receivers and tight ends. To me, that would be

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Speaker 1: an area of emphasis this offseason. Their defense is clearly

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Speaker 1: pretty solid. They need more explosive players. I mean, I've

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Speaker 1: been thinking for the last twenty four hours about Deebo Samuel.

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Speaker 1: Part of the reason the Niners just at any moment

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Speaker 1: can score like twenty one points in the blink of

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Speaker 1: an eye. They have elite skill guys, say, I mean,

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Speaker 1: watching the watching the Rams yesterday, Cooper cop just at

488
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Speaker 1: any moment can just get you a d fifty yards

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Speaker 1: in two quarters that you can just take over the game,

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Speaker 1: and the Colts they're running back can But the running

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Speaker 1: back is the one position that if I go all

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Speaker 1: in as a defensive coordinator, I can at least attempt

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Speaker 1: to neutralize, Like you're not gonna be able to do

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Speaker 1: if I have a decent defense, just run for a

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Speaker 1: hundred forty yards on me. But as a wide receiver

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Speaker 1: in this day and age, and I like Michael Pittman,

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Speaker 1: but they need more than that. They do, but they

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Speaker 1: need better player at Carson Wentz and at this point

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Speaker 1: in time whatever he is, thirty years old, thirty one

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Speaker 1: years old, I don't see it improving. Like he kind

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Speaker 1: of is what he is, Like Jimmy Garoppolo right now,

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Speaker 1: Derek Carr, they are what they are, and you know what,

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Speaker 1: those two teams can live with it. Carson Wentz, though,

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Speaker 1: given what you're paying him, the turnovers, the reckless play.

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Speaker 1: Part of the reason reckless play kills you is because

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Speaker 1: in big games, turnovers will fuck you and you will lose.

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Speaker 1: It will cost you the game. That's what happened to

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Speaker 1: Matt Staffort. That's why I when I keep thinking about

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Speaker 1: the rams like I just don't see them winning multiple

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Speaker 1: playoff games because of him, and he's, you know, one

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Speaker 1: of their better players. But he turned the ball over.

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Speaker 1: And he always has one thing we don't talk enough

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Speaker 1: about Aaron Rodgers. He doesn't turn the ball over, and

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Speaker 1: he's just eviscerating you, throwing the ball all over the yard,

515
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Speaker 1: playing you, but he does not ever give it up.

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Speaker 1: How do you beat a guy? And this is why

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Speaker 1: they've won, you know whatever, thirty nine games the last

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Speaker 1: three years, because he throws touchdowns and he does not

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Speaker 1: turn the ball over. Just a basic math equation. It's

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Speaker 1: why the forty Niners can be a roller coaster with Jimmy,

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Speaker 1: or the Rams can be a roller coaster with Matt Stafford,

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Speaker 1: or the Colts are just all over the map with

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Speaker 1: Carson wins because when I give you the ball either

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Speaker 1: we hammer this home. In high school football, let alone

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Speaker 1: college football, and definitely the pros turnovers, turnovers, turnovers, avoid

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Speaker 1: them at all costs. Win the turnover margin, win the

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Speaker 1: turnover battle. It's one thing when you're playing crappy teams,

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Speaker 1: you can have fumble it and throw a pick and

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Speaker 1: if you're a good team you can still beat him.

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Speaker 1: You cannot do that when the team is you're equal

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Speaker 1: or like in this gate with the Jags, they just

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Speaker 1: played hard for some reason. I don't really know why.

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Speaker 1: It didn't really matter because they ended up still getting

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Speaker 1: the number one overall pick. But that that that's one

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Speaker 1: that's I did not see that coming. I don't think

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Speaker 1: anyone did. The Brandon Staley thing. I talked a little

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Speaker 1: bit about it yesterday. I still can't get over. It's

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Speaker 1: one of the most egregious calls, I think in the

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Speaker 1: history of the NFL. To go for it fourth and

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Speaker 1: two and you're might has seventeen eighteen yard line. That

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Speaker 1: there is no math equation that you can justify that

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Speaker 1: that's impossible. That's that's a complete and utter this malpractice

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Speaker 1: that that's that's the dumbest thing I've ever seen. It

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Speaker 1: really is. The time out at the end of the

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Speaker 1: game didn't bother me as much, and texting with an

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Speaker 1: assistant coach, he thought, they, you know, they should have

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Speaker 1: let it play out or call the time out on

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Speaker 1: first down. But if he Jacobs ran for seven yards

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Speaker 1: on the second down play and then Staley called the

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Speaker 1: time out, here's the thing. If he busted another big run,

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Speaker 1: he was going to be in field goal range the

552
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Speaker 1: Raiders were, and he wanted to do do everything he possible

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Speaker 1: to stop the run. Now, would the Raiders have let

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00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:09,200
Speaker 1: the clock go down and let it play out? Probably

555
00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:12,760
Speaker 1: they were clearly talking tie. And it goes back to

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Speaker 1: I was thinking a lot about Belichick in that Super

557
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Speaker 1: Bowl when Pete Carroll's going up and down the sideline

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Speaker 1: and Belichick's just calm. And any person will tell you this,

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Speaker 1: you know, successful person, older person, in business, patients, patients, patients,

560
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Speaker 1: And the hardest time to be patient is when there's

561
00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:33,720
Speaker 1: a lot of pressure on you in football, in life, whatever, right,

562
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Speaker 1: because you just want to act and sometimes you just

563
00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:40,520
Speaker 1: gotta take a deep breath. And he did not. But

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Speaker 1: I understand now he the defensive call was terrible. It's

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Speaker 1: his defense. The defense is a joke. Their defense is

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Speaker 1: a joke. The Raiders, whose offensive line has struggled all

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Speaker 1: year long, ran the ball down their throat Mariota. I mean,

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Speaker 1: they were crushing them down the stretch right with Mariota Jacobs.

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Speaker 1: But to me, time out, I'm not I'm not gonna

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Speaker 1: and I'm not a Brandon Stally guy. I am just

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Speaker 1: you know me, By the time I don't have that

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Speaker 1: big of an issue. But I am very very glad

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Speaker 1: did that game did not end in a tie. We

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Speaker 1: we do not play professional sports to tie. You play,

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Speaker 1: as herm said, to win the game. And I don't

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Speaker 1: necessarily blame the Raiders if they had just played it out,

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Speaker 1: if he hadn't called the time out. But I'm glad

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Speaker 1: it played out the right thing happened. The Raiders deserve

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Speaker 1: to win that game. They just did because Brandon Staley

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Speaker 1: does not deserve to go to the playoffs that he's

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Speaker 1: even in this position. I still can't get over that

582
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Speaker 1: they went nine and eight. You know some other nine

583
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Speaker 1: and eight teams. The Eagles Jalen Hurts as their quarterback.

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Speaker 1: He's not a great thrower of the football. The Miami

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Speaker 1: Dolphins went nine and eight. Their quarterback is too up

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Speaker 1: pa Shooter arm. The New Orleans Saints went nine and eight.

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Speaker 1: They're like seventeen quarterbacks this year. The Chargers nine and

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Speaker 1: eight with Justin Herbert. And you can, and I get it,

589
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Speaker 1: if you're like a Raider fan or Chiefs fan, you

590
00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:08,120
Speaker 1: think Herbert's a little overrated, I'll promise you he's not.

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00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:12,240
Speaker 1: The NFL loves the guy. If you just are unbiased

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Speaker 1: and watch him, how can you not say this guy

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Speaker 1: is a star, Yett, He wasn't a big enough star

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Speaker 1: to carry his average head coach. And they are obsessed

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Speaker 1: with going for it. And you can tell me all

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Speaker 1: you want about the process. It's not about the results.

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00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:32,080
Speaker 1: It's about the process. Well, enjoy the process this week

598
00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:35,040
Speaker 1: because you're sitting at home doing nothing while other teams

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Speaker 1: are playing in the playoffs. So the result the result,

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Speaker 1: The result doesn't matter. Bullshit. It's a black and white league.

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Speaker 1: You win or you lose. You make the playoffs or

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Speaker 1: you don't. And they didn't make the playoffs? What the

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00:31:46,840 --> 00:31:49,560
Speaker 1: hell is the difference with Brandon Saley and Anthony Lynn?

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Speaker 1: And I was like most people thought Anthony Lynn wasn't

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Speaker 1: very good. I don't see a difference. I feel like

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Speaker 1: Anthony lynn teams were tougher. I feel like Anthony Lynn's team,

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Speaker 1: I've feel like if Ancy Live was a coach of

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Speaker 1: this team with Herbert was even clearly even better from

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Speaker 1: last year there in the playoffs, the team was just soft.

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Speaker 1: How are you soft with a defensive head coach? That's

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Speaker 1: what I don't get. I understand how teams get soft

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Speaker 1: with an offensive head coach. Guys like to throw it.

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Speaker 1: I understand how teams have poor defenses when their head

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Speaker 1: coach is an offensive guy. I get it. How can

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Speaker 1: you be soft when your head coach is a defensive guy?

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Speaker 1: Look at some of the younger defensive guys around the league.

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00:32:27,760 --> 00:32:31,520
Speaker 1: Vrabel team stuff. Florist before he got fired, team was tough.

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Speaker 1: Sean McDermott. Team stuff isn't part of hiring a defensive

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Speaker 1: coordinator to have a tough team. Not Statistically, depending on

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Speaker 1: what category you look at, one of the worst defense

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Speaker 1: in the league. I I I just don't get it.

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Speaker 1: The one thing though, we did see on Sunday afternoon,

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Speaker 1: the game I was at and then Sunday night, I

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Speaker 1: think that I think the NFL is so happy the

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00:32:56,480 --> 00:33:00,680
Speaker 1: way this Los Angeles and Vegas thing worked out. Stadiums

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00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:05,880
Speaker 1: on television are they just work that they just look

627
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Speaker 1: really really awesome. They're just they are the perfect modern

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00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:17,720
Speaker 1: stadiums to host these big games. Those two places. The

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Speaker 1: game I was at was just rocking. It was so loud.

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Speaker 1: That place is so big. That Raider game last night

631
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Speaker 1: was going berserk that they got there too. You know,

632
00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:30,720
Speaker 1: two big moves, the Vegas move and the l A move.

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Speaker 1: We we don't do college football well out here, clearly

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Speaker 1: right Pack twelve falling way behind. Uh, we're just not relevant.

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00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:41,280
Speaker 1: We've had one team in the playoffs, But goddamn do

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Speaker 1: we do the National Football League? And adding the this

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Speaker 1: l A venue and now this Vegas venue. Obviously they're

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Speaker 1: gonna host super Bowls, we think, and we'll see if

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00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:51,719
Speaker 1: the l A won. The one thing with being at

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Speaker 1: that game, uh, you know, I don't wear masks the

641
00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:57,160
Speaker 1: whole time. They don't really care. It's because it's not

642
00:33:57,200 --> 00:34:01,840
Speaker 1: a dome, you know. The Raiders is enclosed. The thing

643
00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:06,480
Speaker 1: about Sofi Stadium, it's not enclosed. It's open. Even though

644
00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:09,840
Speaker 1: it looks like a dome. It's on the side it's open.

645
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:13,440
Speaker 1: It's not closed off. There is fresh air coming through

646
00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:17,040
Speaker 1: because there are openings on like several sides. It's not

647
00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:22,759
Speaker 1: an enclosed dome. But I enjoy watching big games of

648
00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:26,200
Speaker 1: those two stadiums. And if the Raiders can just be

649
00:34:26,239 --> 00:34:31,280
Speaker 1: competitive moving forward, which what a great moment for Derek Carr.

650
00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:33,839
Speaker 1: Think about what that guy has been through. He's been

651
00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:37,360
Speaker 1: the starting quarterback for the Oakland Raiders since he got drafted,

652
00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:39,680
Speaker 1: he won the job as a as a rookie two

653
00:34:39,719 --> 00:34:43,279
Speaker 1: thousand fourteen up until this week, still the starter, right,

654
00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:46,560
Speaker 1: he's gonna start in his first playoff game. But think

655
00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:49,560
Speaker 1: of what that organization has been through. Uh, they're the

656
00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:53,680
Speaker 1: butt of many jokes. They're moving saga. Was just exhausting

657
00:34:53,719 --> 00:34:57,360
Speaker 1: for years around here. This you know, the Gruden experiment,

658
00:34:57,480 --> 00:34:59,160
Speaker 1: even though I know him and John had a good

659
00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:03,600
Speaker 1: relationship for the controversy happened, but then when John got

660
00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:05,920
Speaker 1: fired and then a couple of weeks later, Henry Ruggs

661
00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:09,799
Speaker 1: kills someone. Everything that guy has been through and it

662
00:35:09,840 --> 00:35:13,239
Speaker 1: takes so much pride in being the Raiders quarterback. He

663
00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:16,880
Speaker 1: truly takes a lot of pride in being the Raiders quarterback.

664
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Speaker 1: Where you would say over the last twenty years, besides,

665
00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:23,879
Speaker 1: like Charles Woodson and he i'd say was a little

666
00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:26,560
Speaker 1: unique because he got drafted the Raiders when they were good,

667
00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:30,200
Speaker 1: and you know, played on really good teams with the Raiders,

668
00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:33,759
Speaker 1: Derek has mostly been on crappy teams in an in

669
00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:37,080
Speaker 1: apt organization with I mean when John Gruden first guy here,

670
00:35:37,080 --> 00:35:40,600
Speaker 1: they traded Kleil mckin Mark Cooper. Think about that yet,

671
00:35:40,719 --> 00:35:44,520
Speaker 1: somehow this year was Za Jones and Hunter Renfro and

672
00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:48,440
Speaker 1: a terrible offensive line and an interim head coach. He

673
00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:51,560
Speaker 1: helped them get to the playoffs. Just just a very

674
00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:53,879
Speaker 1: very cool story, like the l A story isn't really

675
00:35:53,880 --> 00:35:55,799
Speaker 1: that cool. I mean, he traded two first round picks

676
00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:58,560
Speaker 1: for Matt Stafford. They traded a second and a third

677
00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:01,839
Speaker 1: for for von Miller, who had one sack in the

678
00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:04,160
Speaker 1: game for the most war and I didn't notice too

679
00:36:04,239 --> 00:36:06,560
Speaker 1: much of on I said at the time, I thought

680
00:36:06,560 --> 00:36:09,520
Speaker 1: that trade was pretty nuts, that that was pretty bold.

681
00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:12,880
Speaker 1: Um now that I don't think they necessarily regret it.

682
00:36:12,880 --> 00:36:14,839
Speaker 1: But he's gonna be a free agent, so they don't

683
00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:15,960
Speaker 1: in the first round pick. They don't have a secon

684
00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:18,759
Speaker 1: round pick, they don't have a third round pick. They're

685
00:36:18,760 --> 00:36:21,439
Speaker 1: the fourth seat because they lost that game. They would

686
00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:22,840
Speaker 1: have been the two seat, but instead they ended up

687
00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:24,319
Speaker 1: at the four seat. At least we get a home game,

688
00:36:25,040 --> 00:36:31,160
Speaker 1: um at at so far some early thoughts on the

689
00:36:31,160 --> 00:36:34,200
Speaker 1: playoff matchups. Just wrote down some things. I actually think

690
00:36:34,239 --> 00:36:37,520
Speaker 1: the first game of the weekend, the Raiders Bengals, has

691
00:36:37,520 --> 00:36:39,880
Speaker 1: a chance to be pretty good. If I would have

692
00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:43,879
Speaker 1: told you three months ago, even more than that. Let's

693
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Speaker 1: say in August that the Raiders or the Bengals would

694
00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:50,239
Speaker 1: be in the second round of the playoffs. I don't

695
00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:54,759
Speaker 1: think you would have believed me. Maybe the Raiders, just

696
00:36:54,840 --> 00:36:57,880
Speaker 1: because you know they had been making progress, but you know,

697
00:36:57,920 --> 00:36:59,840
Speaker 1: they went eight and eight last year. They missed the

698
00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:03,239
Speaker 1: FC playoffs by three games. I I wasn't gonna pick

699
00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:06,879
Speaker 1: them and make the playoffs. The Bengals, if they would

700
00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:08,560
Speaker 1: have had a good season, I would have said, you know,

701
00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:12,200
Speaker 1: seven wins, they're hosting a playoff game. They won the

702
00:37:12,239 --> 00:37:17,520
Speaker 1: a f C North. Incredible accomplishment by them. But you know,

703
00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:20,760
Speaker 1: they played a couple you know, within probably the last month,

704
00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:24,040
Speaker 1: maybe even a little longer than that, in um in Vegas,

705
00:37:24,120 --> 00:37:26,319
Speaker 1: and the Bengals kick their ass. I would expect this

706
00:37:26,360 --> 00:37:28,839
Speaker 1: game to be a little closer. Um. I actually think

707
00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:31,360
Speaker 1: the Raiders have a chance to win. Obviously, Joe Burrows

708
00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:34,719
Speaker 1: first playoff game, Derris too, But that's that's a chance

709
00:37:34,760 --> 00:37:37,399
Speaker 1: to be a really, really good, just competitive first game.

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00:37:39,239 --> 00:37:42,680
Speaker 1: I don't like Mac Jones in this spot. I was

711
00:37:42,719 --> 00:37:45,200
Speaker 1: doing a little weather research. It's gonna be cold, it's

712
00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:47,880
Speaker 1: gonna be in the teens, potential snow Now, if you

713
00:37:48,040 --> 00:37:50,359
Speaker 1: gets so windy where they don't have to throw the ball,

714
00:37:50,600 --> 00:37:53,200
Speaker 1: then they would have a chance. But more than likely

715
00:37:53,239 --> 00:37:55,239
Speaker 1: they're not gonna be able to win a game having

716
00:37:55,280 --> 00:37:58,040
Speaker 1: Mac Jones throw the ball three times. And the one

717
00:37:58,080 --> 00:38:01,279
Speaker 1: thing that, let's face it, for as great as the

718
00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:04,880
Speaker 1: SEC is and it is their top teams are elite

719
00:38:05,840 --> 00:38:08,920
Speaker 1: every year, it's just them dominating college football. They do

720
00:38:08,960 --> 00:38:12,160
Speaker 1: not play in cold games just because the geography of

721
00:38:12,200 --> 00:38:14,920
Speaker 1: where all the schools are where, if you're justin fields,

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00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:16,640
Speaker 1: if you play at Michigan, if you play at Iowa,

723
00:38:16,680 --> 00:38:19,120
Speaker 1: if you play at some of these other schools, you're

724
00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:22,800
Speaker 1: used to playing in cold games. Really, the Big Ten

725
00:38:23,640 --> 00:38:26,600
Speaker 1: from a weather standpoint, has a lot more parallels to

726
00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:29,960
Speaker 1: the NFL than the than the SEC or even some

727
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:33,520
Speaker 1: of the schools in the a SEC. I don't like

728
00:38:33,560 --> 00:38:37,800
Speaker 1: this match of at all. Uh. I don't feel great

729
00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:41,640
Speaker 1: about going against Bill Belichick, especially as an underdog, but

730
00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:44,160
Speaker 1: I don't trust this quarterback and his quarterback hasn't been

731
00:38:44,160 --> 00:38:47,040
Speaker 1: playing that well lately. He threw up pick six yesterday.

732
00:38:47,520 --> 00:38:50,040
Speaker 1: He just you know, I saw Tom Kurran mentioned that

733
00:38:50,080 --> 00:38:52,160
Speaker 1: maybe he's hitting the rookie wall, which is understandable. This

734
00:38:52,239 --> 00:38:56,080
Speaker 1: is even at Alabama standards. Playing eighteen nineteen weeks is

735
00:38:56,120 --> 00:38:59,080
Speaker 1: a lot different than playing fourteen fifteen. That extra four

736
00:38:59,120 --> 00:39:02,520
Speaker 1: or five weeks, I mean, extra four games is basically

737
00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:06,880
Speaker 1: a month as an extra month of football. And as

738
00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:11,120
Speaker 1: a nineteen year old, um, that's a that's a lot,

739
00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:13,640
Speaker 1: especially as a quarterback, all the pressures on you every

740
00:39:13,719 --> 00:39:16,680
Speaker 1: day you walk in the building. He's had an awesome season.

741
00:39:17,040 --> 00:39:20,800
Speaker 1: I I respect mac Jones a lot, despite not loving

742
00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:24,040
Speaker 1: his game and despite in no way in the world

743
00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:27,759
Speaker 1: would I pick him to win a playoff game. Sirianni

744
00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:31,080
Speaker 1: making the playoffs. I don't think we're giving him enough credit.

745
00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:33,759
Speaker 1: And as someone text me in the league today, like

746
00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:36,600
Speaker 1: everyone hated him just because he didn't talk well at

747
00:39:36,600 --> 00:39:39,360
Speaker 1: the press conference. He's like to think about that, and

748
00:39:39,400 --> 00:39:41,359
Speaker 1: that's what we make such a big deal over now,

749
00:39:41,520 --> 00:39:43,440
Speaker 1: is like how you talk at the press conference? Now,

750
00:39:44,239 --> 00:39:47,240
Speaker 1: I was I lived through the gym Tom Sula era

751
00:39:47,640 --> 00:39:51,279
Speaker 1: in his press conferences. It translated to the field. But

752
00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:53,799
Speaker 1: what Siriani did with a quarterback who's not a great

753
00:39:53,800 --> 00:39:56,399
Speaker 1: throw of the football and turned them into just a

754
00:39:56,520 --> 00:40:02,160
Speaker 1: running machine is really really impressive. And they have absolutely

755
00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:04,520
Speaker 1: nothing to lose in this game if he can just

756
00:40:04,600 --> 00:40:07,120
Speaker 1: keep it close, if he is in the game in

757
00:40:07,160 --> 00:40:11,120
Speaker 1: the second half. What a season by the Birds, I

758
00:40:11,160 --> 00:40:12,799
Speaker 1: don't think. I mean, how how could you pick the

759
00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:15,160
Speaker 1: Eagles in this game? We saw them play earlier this season.

760
00:40:15,520 --> 00:40:18,759
Speaker 1: It wasn't really a fair fight. Tom Brady versus Jalen Hurts.

761
00:40:18,760 --> 00:40:20,960
Speaker 1: I mean, that's pretty big mismatch. But we'll have to

762
00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:22,840
Speaker 1: see as this week goes on. Some of the injury

763
00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:24,400
Speaker 1: status with the with the Bucks, I mean, they just

764
00:40:24,440 --> 00:40:26,759
Speaker 1: had a lot of guys get hurt this year. But

765
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Speaker 1: I just sirianni hat tipped to you, my man. The Chiefs.

766
00:40:32,680 --> 00:40:34,719
Speaker 1: The Chiefs get you know, I know they didn't get

767
00:40:34,760 --> 00:40:36,440
Speaker 1: the bye because the Titans got it, but do they

768
00:40:36,520 --> 00:40:40,759
Speaker 1: kind of get a by. The Steelers can't score every

769
00:40:40,760 --> 00:40:42,879
Speaker 1: single time you watch the Steelers, they have like ten

770
00:40:42,920 --> 00:40:44,920
Speaker 1: points in the fourth quarter. They just won a game

771
00:40:44,960 --> 00:40:48,240
Speaker 1: against the Ravens six team, the third team. The reason

772
00:40:48,280 --> 00:40:51,240
Speaker 1: why when the Chiefs played the Steelers earlier this season

773
00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:54,320
Speaker 1: they beat the ship out of him because the offenses

774
00:40:54,360 --> 00:40:56,600
Speaker 1: are not even in the same realm that they're not

775
00:40:56,640 --> 00:41:00,239
Speaker 1: even in the same universe. So well, they have to

776
00:41:00,320 --> 00:41:03,560
Speaker 1: play this week I think it's a pseudo buy for them,

777
00:41:03,600 --> 00:41:05,120
Speaker 1: and I think this is a week where they kind

778
00:41:05,120 --> 00:41:07,560
Speaker 1: of get to get their momentum and their mojo for

779
00:41:07,600 --> 00:41:10,359
Speaker 1: the next two rounds because their goal, now every year

780
00:41:10,480 --> 00:41:12,600
Speaker 1: they have Andy and every year they have Mahomes, is

781
00:41:12,640 --> 00:41:14,920
Speaker 1: gonna be to win the f C and take their

782
00:41:14,920 --> 00:41:17,160
Speaker 1: shot in the Super Bowl. And I don't think when

783
00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:19,319
Speaker 1: you look at the a f C, to me, there

784
00:41:19,360 --> 00:41:22,160
Speaker 1: might pick to win the FC, even over the Titans.

785
00:41:22,560 --> 00:41:25,839
Speaker 1: And I know Derrick Henry is coming back, but do

786
00:41:25,880 --> 00:41:28,120
Speaker 1: I trust Ryan Tannehill. Now he only has to win

787
00:41:28,120 --> 00:41:30,080
Speaker 1: two games and they all got to come through Tennessee.

788
00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:34,360
Speaker 1: But it's it's Tennessee, the greyest home field advantage. Uh.

789
00:41:34,520 --> 00:41:36,480
Speaker 1: And then the last but not least the Niner's Cowboys.

790
00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:39,239
Speaker 1: That is a football game. There is a lot of

791
00:41:39,239 --> 00:41:42,400
Speaker 1: pressure on Mike McCarthy this week. You cannot have the season.

792
00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:46,239
Speaker 1: They just had have a home playoff game potentially too.

793
00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:49,279
Speaker 1: I guess no, they you know Tampa would have to lose,

794
00:41:49,640 --> 00:41:51,960
Speaker 1: So yeah, they're gonna just get one. I guess they

795
00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:54,239
Speaker 1: could get a second home game if, like the ram

796
00:41:54,280 --> 00:41:56,680
Speaker 1: there's someone upset the Packers, which is also pretty unlikely,

797
00:41:57,640 --> 00:42:01,040
Speaker 1: but he's gotta win a playoff game. It would be very,

798
00:42:01,160 --> 00:42:04,840
Speaker 1: very tough. Cowboy fans did not turn on this dude

799
00:42:05,400 --> 00:42:08,520
Speaker 1: if he was one and done in the playoffs. After

800
00:42:08,560 --> 00:42:11,319
Speaker 1: the season. They just had all the big wins, all

801
00:42:11,320 --> 00:42:14,880
Speaker 1: the explosive games on national television. Michael Parsons looking like

802
00:42:15,040 --> 00:42:17,759
Speaker 1: LT offense. You know you watch him on the right

803
00:42:17,840 --> 00:42:21,640
Speaker 1: night they're scoring thirty. But I don't know, man. I mean,

804
00:42:21,680 --> 00:42:24,279
Speaker 1: the Niners are tough as shit. They have a lot

805
00:42:24,360 --> 00:42:27,600
Speaker 1: more metal in terms of their players. I mean, Debo Kittle,

806
00:42:27,960 --> 00:42:29,680
Speaker 1: all these guys. These guys are playing in the Super Bowl,

807
00:42:29,880 --> 00:42:36,800
Speaker 1: Jimmy Emmanuel Moseley, Jimmy Ward, Quaski Tart, Nick Bosa, Eric Armstead.

808
00:42:37,120 --> 00:42:40,160
Speaker 1: They have a lot more experience in these games. And

809
00:42:40,200 --> 00:42:44,960
Speaker 1: if the Cowboys get down in this game, I could see.

810
00:42:45,640 --> 00:42:48,960
Speaker 1: I like the Niners. I I just do. Now. If

811
00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:52,520
Speaker 1: Trent Williams can't play, that would be a problem. You know,

812
00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:55,280
Speaker 1: that would be a major problem. I don't like rookie

813
00:42:55,440 --> 00:43:00,960
Speaker 1: six round picks blocking Michael Parsons and Lawrence Gregory. That

814
00:43:00,960 --> 00:43:02,800
Speaker 1: would be a bad matchup. But if you get the

815
00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:05,680
Speaker 1: big guy in that game, I think the Niners have

816
00:43:05,760 --> 00:43:08,080
Speaker 1: a very very good chance, because who would you take

817
00:43:08,080 --> 00:43:11,040
Speaker 1: in a big game Kyle Shannon and Mike McCarthy. This

818
00:43:11,080 --> 00:43:14,000
Speaker 1: isn't two thousand twelve anymore. There's two one. As we

819
00:43:14,040 --> 00:43:17,680
Speaker 1: saw from Kyle yesterday. You know he gets rolling as

820
00:43:17,680 --> 00:43:20,839
Speaker 1: a play caller. Mike just his rolling the sidelines. Mike

821
00:43:20,960 --> 00:43:23,200
Speaker 1: is just the CEO of I don't know, calling time outs,

822
00:43:23,360 --> 00:43:28,040
Speaker 1: poor game management. I'm very this is this is the

823
00:43:28,080 --> 00:43:33,320
Speaker 1: one I got circled for this weekend. Okay, let's go

824
00:43:33,360 --> 00:43:37,600
Speaker 1: Middlecoff mail bag at John Middlecoff is the Instagram slide

825
00:43:37,640 --> 00:43:40,799
Speaker 1: up into those direct messages. I have a ton uh

826
00:43:41,200 --> 00:43:45,800
Speaker 1: once I posted that picture of of me and Danny Trejo. Uh,

827
00:43:45,840 --> 00:43:49,400
Speaker 1: my Instagram is just it's loaded. I'm gonna have to

828
00:43:49,480 --> 00:43:52,479
Speaker 1: go through there and do some house cleaning this week.

829
00:43:52,880 --> 00:43:56,040
Speaker 1: That feels like a Wednesday or Thursday project. But let's

830
00:43:56,080 --> 00:43:59,359
Speaker 1: start again Instagram, John Middlecoff mail Bag, slide up into

831
00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:02,120
Speaker 1: those d m s and get your ship answered. On

832
00:44:02,200 --> 00:44:05,600
Speaker 1: this show. I was thinking about the Cardinals and how

833
00:44:05,640 --> 00:44:08,960
Speaker 1: fearless they've been at making both changes when something isn't working.

834
00:44:09,760 --> 00:44:14,200
Speaker 1: This is from just says m Mike. It seems as

835
00:44:14,239 --> 00:44:16,520
Speaker 1: if Cliff is not working, assuming they don't make a

836
00:44:16,520 --> 00:44:19,279
Speaker 1: playoff run. How bold and smart would it be if

837
00:44:19,280 --> 00:44:22,920
Speaker 1: they let Cliff go and hired Brian Flores, who the

838
00:44:23,000 --> 00:44:27,920
Speaker 1: Dolphins just foolishly fired. Also the playoffs, I love the

839
00:44:27,960 --> 00:44:31,720
Speaker 1: expanded format. One criticism the system takes is the favor

840
00:44:31,800 --> 00:44:35,120
Speaker 1: shows to division winners, who sometimes win less games than

841
00:44:35,200 --> 00:44:38,360
Speaker 1: good wild card teams. Seems like the solution is to

842
00:44:38,440 --> 00:44:41,759
Speaker 1: keep divisions still reward the winner. I actually don't think

843
00:44:41,760 --> 00:44:44,800
Speaker 1: that happened this year, right, All the wild card teams

844
00:44:45,920 --> 00:44:47,560
Speaker 1: in the NFC and a f C were not as

845
00:44:47,600 --> 00:44:49,720
Speaker 1: good as the division winners. But that's kind of unique.

846
00:44:50,600 --> 00:44:53,839
Speaker 1: So eight nine hypothetical division winner? I agree. I don't

847
00:44:53,880 --> 00:44:55,279
Speaker 1: to me, if you go under five D and win

848
00:44:55,320 --> 00:44:57,480
Speaker 1: your division, you should not get a home playoff game.

849
00:44:57,920 --> 00:45:01,879
Speaker 1: I am behind that always happened in Remember, wasn't last

850
00:45:01,960 --> 00:45:04,440
Speaker 1: year the football team they got to host the Tampa

851
00:45:04,440 --> 00:45:09,200
Speaker 1: Bay Buccaneers. Give me a break. Uh, listen, I would

852
00:45:09,200 --> 00:45:12,200
Speaker 1: fire Cliff, you just he has a ceiling. You know

853
00:45:12,239 --> 00:45:14,880
Speaker 1: you're limited. You you could keep him, but I'm not

854
00:45:15,000 --> 00:45:18,480
Speaker 1: giving him a big extension. What's his leverage? Where's he going?

855
00:45:18,719 --> 00:45:21,759
Speaker 1: Who's hiring to be their head coach? You could just

856
00:45:21,800 --> 00:45:24,440
Speaker 1: give him like a fake one year extension and kind

857
00:45:24,440 --> 00:45:26,640
Speaker 1: of write it out for a year. But we've seen

858
00:45:26,640 --> 00:45:28,600
Speaker 1: it now. They're they've lost four of their last five.

859
00:45:29,040 --> 00:45:31,279
Speaker 1: They shipped the bed down the stretch. And if they

860
00:45:31,280 --> 00:45:35,719
Speaker 1: lose on Monday Night to the Los Angeles Rams, what

861
00:45:35,760 --> 00:45:38,440
Speaker 1: are you doing? Where are you going? Because let's face it,

862
00:45:38,600 --> 00:45:41,239
Speaker 1: the Rams a little flawed, you know. I think we

863
00:45:41,280 --> 00:45:44,359
Speaker 1: thought they were a big powerhouse once Robert Woods got hurt,

864
00:45:44,760 --> 00:45:47,400
Speaker 1: they haven't really been the same. So if the Rams

865
00:45:47,480 --> 00:45:49,600
Speaker 1: kicked their ass, which I kind of expect them to do,

866
00:45:50,920 --> 00:45:53,800
Speaker 1: I just I think you're limited with Cliff. But you

867
00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:56,560
Speaker 1: guys know where I stand. I'm using my girlfriends Insta

868
00:45:56,840 --> 00:45:58,960
Speaker 1: to message you because I don't have one. I'm a

869
00:45:58,960 --> 00:46:01,280
Speaker 1: fan of your podcast and enjoy listen to your takes.

870
00:46:01,840 --> 00:46:03,680
Speaker 1: While watching the Raiders and Chargers game, I had the

871
00:46:03,719 --> 00:46:06,239
Speaker 1: thought that the Chargers should go for two after they

872
00:46:06,280 --> 00:46:09,279
Speaker 1: scored on the last player regulation. It made me think

873
00:46:09,320 --> 00:46:11,440
Speaker 1: of your take Brandon Staley and how it's part of

874
00:46:11,440 --> 00:46:13,919
Speaker 1: his identity of his team going forward on fourth down

875
00:46:13,920 --> 00:46:16,640
Speaker 1: all the time, whether it's right or wrong. Why wouldn't

876
00:46:16,640 --> 00:46:18,319
Speaker 1: you do that in that situation with the season on

877
00:46:18,320 --> 00:46:20,640
Speaker 1: the line. Why not go for the win right there?

878
00:46:20,920 --> 00:46:23,839
Speaker 1: The Chargers were thoroughly outplayed all game. Why risk another

879
00:46:23,880 --> 00:46:26,479
Speaker 1: ten minutes of overtime or possibly missed the extra point,

880
00:46:27,040 --> 00:46:30,239
Speaker 1: especially when you got Herbert leading the offense. Also, go

881
00:46:30,360 --> 00:46:34,600
Speaker 1: pack go well, because of tie got him into the playoffs.

882
00:46:35,160 --> 00:46:37,520
Speaker 1: Now you could say, well, Brandon, you're just adamant. You

883
00:46:37,520 --> 00:46:39,520
Speaker 1: always go forward on fourth down no matter what, And

884
00:46:39,520 --> 00:46:41,400
Speaker 1: they went for it on fourth down. There a bunch

885
00:46:41,880 --> 00:46:43,520
Speaker 1: but a big reason. They had a lot of success

886
00:46:43,520 --> 00:46:45,040
Speaker 1: going on fourth down in the fourth quarter. They were

887
00:46:45,080 --> 00:46:48,400
Speaker 1: hitting like fourth and tents. And that's just Justin Herbert

888
00:46:48,400 --> 00:46:51,640
Speaker 1: making fucking plays. Brandon Staley had nothing, let me repeat,

889
00:46:51,760 --> 00:46:54,440
Speaker 1: nothing to do with any of their success in the

890
00:46:54,440 --> 00:46:56,880
Speaker 1: fourth quarter. And I think even in overtime on the

891
00:46:56,920 --> 00:47:00,400
Speaker 1: fourth downs, that was Justin Herbert. I give him zero

892
00:47:00,960 --> 00:47:04,200
Speaker 1: credit for Justin Herbert. Justin Herbert was sweet before he arrived.

893
00:47:04,640 --> 00:47:09,560
Speaker 1: Justin Herbert was awesome with Anthony Lynn. So I think

894
00:47:09,840 --> 00:47:13,600
Speaker 1: I don't know he pushed out. He just wanted to tie.

895
00:47:13,960 --> 00:47:15,799
Speaker 1: I think that was his mindset. He was cool tie

896
00:47:16,040 --> 00:47:18,840
Speaker 1: time and listen, I understand TI, I get you. In

897
00:47:18,840 --> 00:47:21,960
Speaker 1: the playoffs, I would rather snort glass than play for

898
00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:26,800
Speaker 1: a tie. I really would like that, and obviously snorting

899
00:47:26,800 --> 00:47:30,000
Speaker 1: glass would not be fun, but playing for a tie.

900
00:47:30,120 --> 00:47:34,520
Speaker 1: This is the NFL. This isn't peewee football, this isn't

901
00:47:34,719 --> 00:47:39,440
Speaker 1: uh flag intermurals. This is the National Football League. You

902
00:47:39,560 --> 00:47:42,040
Speaker 1: play to win the game, and when you win, you

903
00:47:42,320 --> 00:47:45,279
Speaker 1: things happen. Raiders win, they go to the playoffs. So

904
00:47:45,360 --> 00:47:48,680
Speaker 1: the Chargers. Yeah, he's gone for two all of the

905
00:47:48,719 --> 00:47:52,080
Speaker 1: season long there, but he was cool with time but

906
00:47:52,120 --> 00:47:53,560
Speaker 1: then he called time outs at the end of the game.

907
00:47:53,560 --> 00:47:56,520
Speaker 1: I mean he's just even though the time out I'll

908
00:47:56,560 --> 00:47:58,560
Speaker 1: talk about on the podcast. I didn't have a huge

909
00:47:58,560 --> 00:48:02,759
Speaker 1: problem with but brand Staley give me a break, as

910
00:48:02,800 --> 00:48:04,719
Speaker 1: my buddy that worked with him years ago told me,

911
00:48:05,480 --> 00:48:07,239
Speaker 1: and the guy had been in the league one year. No,

912
00:48:07,440 --> 00:48:11,400
Speaker 1: it all kind of fake. I'm not. I don't just

913
00:48:11,480 --> 00:48:13,400
Speaker 1: make this stuff up. If I go all in on

914
00:48:13,480 --> 00:48:16,719
Speaker 1: something I have, I have inside information, and then just

915
00:48:16,800 --> 00:48:19,480
Speaker 1: watching the guy coach, you go, yeah, the hell's this

916
00:48:19,480 --> 00:48:22,520
Speaker 1: guy doing the defense? Sucks that he was a defensive coordinator.

917
00:48:24,200 --> 00:48:27,719
Speaker 1: Cal POLYI sloga here currently in my senior year, I

918
00:48:27,800 --> 00:48:31,440
Speaker 1: enjoy hearing your antidotes of school and San Luis Bisbe.

919
00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:34,440
Speaker 1: I'm originally from Oregon and have been a Ducks football

920
00:48:34,440 --> 00:48:37,040
Speaker 1: fan for as long as I can remember. Despite having

921
00:48:37,080 --> 00:48:39,160
Speaker 1: been one of the most successful FBS programs in the

922
00:48:39,239 --> 00:48:42,359
Speaker 1: last ten to fifteen years, Oregan has had coaching instability.

923
00:48:42,640 --> 00:48:46,040
Speaker 1: Taggart leaving, then christ of All leaving leaving can't even talk.

924
00:48:46,320 --> 00:48:49,239
Speaker 1: Such quick quick coaching turnover probably isn't good for the

925
00:48:49,239 --> 00:48:51,319
Speaker 1: program and also makes Oregon look like a stepping stone

926
00:48:51,360 --> 00:48:54,919
Speaker 1: to bigger schools. Furthermore, this definitely doesn't help with getting

927
00:48:54,960 --> 00:48:57,360
Speaker 1: top notch recruits or attracting a coach who want to

928
00:48:57,400 --> 00:49:01,319
Speaker 1: build the program the championship contending levels. Do you think

929
00:49:01,320 --> 00:49:03,080
Speaker 1: this is a sign of Oregon trending in the wrong

930
00:49:03,080 --> 00:49:06,400
Speaker 1: direction or would it take What would it take for

931
00:49:06,440 --> 00:49:09,640
Speaker 1: them to become a perennial championship contending team. If you've

932
00:49:09,640 --> 00:49:11,360
Speaker 1: been listening to me for a while, you know my philosophy.

933
00:49:11,400 --> 00:49:15,120
Speaker 1: Simple regions matter in college football. Willie Taggert is a

934
00:49:15,160 --> 00:49:17,480
Speaker 1: Florida guy. That's why he went Florida State offered he

935
00:49:17,480 --> 00:49:21,640
Speaker 1: went Mario crystal Ball is from the South. He's Cuban

936
00:49:21,680 --> 00:49:25,520
Speaker 1: descent from Miami. So the two schools. If Saban retired

937
00:49:25,560 --> 00:49:28,160
Speaker 1: in Alabama offered him, he was gone. If Miami and

938
00:49:28,160 --> 00:49:30,359
Speaker 1: the you offered him, he was gone. When you get

939
00:49:30,360 --> 00:49:33,080
Speaker 1: West coast people like Chris Peterson wasn't taking a job

940
00:49:33,120 --> 00:49:36,520
Speaker 1: from the University of Washington, he loved it. Pete Carroll

941
00:49:36,560 --> 00:49:39,680
Speaker 1: was like a pig and ship at USC. Jeff Hedford

942
00:49:39,760 --> 00:49:43,719
Speaker 1: loved coaching a cow. They're from California, They're from the

943
00:49:43,760 --> 00:49:48,760
Speaker 1: West Coast, so I I think that matters. Dan Landing,

944
00:49:48,840 --> 00:49:51,920
Speaker 1: this guy is really impressive. You watched Georgia play defense.

945
00:49:52,560 --> 00:49:55,680
Speaker 1: They're full of ass kickers. But if Dan Landing gets

946
00:49:55,680 --> 00:49:59,279
Speaker 1: offered Florida or l s U or one of these jobs,

947
00:49:59,600 --> 00:50:02,359
Speaker 1: clems and one day, if Dabble leaves, he's gonna go

948
00:50:03,360 --> 00:50:06,560
Speaker 1: because he's not from the West Coast, and you naturally

949
00:50:06,560 --> 00:50:10,759
Speaker 1: are driven back. I'm not a forty Niner fan, and

950
00:50:10,800 --> 00:50:13,000
Speaker 1: now I even route against them to see you're in

951
00:50:13,080 --> 00:50:18,560
Speaker 1: Haberman's reaction. My question is, would you drop Staley for Flores?

952
00:50:18,719 --> 00:50:20,640
Speaker 1: Grew up in Miami, but I have been a Bengals

953
00:50:20,680 --> 00:50:22,920
Speaker 1: fan my whole life. That being said, my family and

954
00:50:22,920 --> 00:50:25,080
Speaker 1: I are all invested in the Dolphins since I've been born.

955
00:50:25,960 --> 00:50:28,120
Speaker 1: I just can't believe they would drop floors unless they

956
00:50:28,160 --> 00:50:30,719
Speaker 1: have a plan on a big swing like hardball. The

957
00:50:30,719 --> 00:50:32,480
Speaker 1: owner came out and said that they are not going

958
00:50:32,520 --> 00:50:35,080
Speaker 1: after Jim Harbor today. If I'm the Chargers, I could

959
00:50:35,120 --> 00:50:38,120
Speaker 1: upgrade my coach. The Chargers are into pinching pennies. Dean

960
00:50:38,160 --> 00:50:40,399
Speaker 1: Spanos would never pay him to go away for three

961
00:50:40,440 --> 00:50:42,879
Speaker 1: years brand stalely, even though Brandon Staley is probably making

962
00:50:42,920 --> 00:50:46,239
Speaker 1: five million dollars a year, which again a lot of money,

963
00:50:46,280 --> 00:50:48,120
Speaker 1: but it's not like he's a twelve million dollar coach.

964
00:50:48,200 --> 00:50:49,759
Speaker 1: You know, Pete Carroll, if you fired Pete Carroll, you know,

965
00:50:49,800 --> 00:50:52,600
Speaker 1: I'm like sixty million dollars. Brandon Dalley probably fifteen million

966
00:50:52,600 --> 00:50:55,760
Speaker 1: dollar check. Dean Spanos would jump in from a bullet

967
00:50:55,840 --> 00:50:57,520
Speaker 1: before he got a fifteen million dollar check for a

968
00:50:57,520 --> 00:51:00,520
Speaker 1: coach to go away. They're not firing Brandon stale though.

969
00:51:00,880 --> 00:51:03,760
Speaker 1: I think he's he showed it's a fireball offense. Brand

970
00:51:03,800 --> 00:51:06,520
Speaker 1: Staley would not. Can you imagine owning a team and

971
00:51:06,520 --> 00:51:09,000
Speaker 1: having Brandon Dally as your coach and feeling good about it,

972
00:51:09,600 --> 00:51:14,200
Speaker 1: especially with Brian Flores held Doug Peterson, Like, what does

973
00:51:14,239 --> 00:51:16,920
Speaker 1: Brandon s Daley do besides go four and fourth downs?

974
00:51:16,960 --> 00:51:21,480
Speaker 1: He's a defensive coordinator. His defense stinks. I just don't

975
00:51:21,520 --> 00:51:25,120
Speaker 1: get it part of them. I think my anger too,

976
00:51:25,200 --> 00:51:29,279
Speaker 1: is the media just eats him, slurps him up. It's exhausting.

977
00:51:29,440 --> 00:51:33,080
Speaker 1: I mean it is. It's so predictable, you know, it

978
00:51:33,600 --> 00:51:35,760
Speaker 1: really is, and then you watch him in the biggest

979
00:51:35,760 --> 00:51:39,919
Speaker 1: moment gets clowned. Of course he does by an interim coach,

980
00:51:39,960 --> 00:51:43,160
Speaker 1: Lifetime Special Teams guy. Glad for rich That was awesome

981
00:51:43,160 --> 00:51:45,720
Speaker 1: for the Raiders. It really was very happy for the Raiders.

982
00:51:47,200 --> 00:51:51,319
Speaker 1: Titans fan from Calgary ever been, No, I haven't just

983
00:51:51,400 --> 00:51:54,600
Speaker 1: got out of minus thirty degrees. Yeah, that's why. That's

984
00:51:54,600 --> 00:51:57,600
Speaker 1: why I've never been. Uh could spell for three weeks.

985
00:51:57,600 --> 00:51:59,200
Speaker 1: So needless to say, if you ever do make it

986
00:51:59,200 --> 00:52:01,680
Speaker 1: come in the summer, I will. I'm a huge Sitence

987
00:52:01,680 --> 00:52:04,280
Speaker 1: fan and appreciate the variable shoutouts, but it still seems

988
00:52:04,280 --> 00:52:06,399
Speaker 1: they're flying under the radar. I think the reason they're

989
00:52:06,400 --> 00:52:08,799
Speaker 1: flying unto the radar they just don't truly have the

990
00:52:08,800 --> 00:52:10,839
Speaker 1: talent and some of these other teams. But they are

991
00:52:10,880 --> 00:52:13,560
Speaker 1: good like they win games, which is all that matters.

992
00:52:13,920 --> 00:52:15,640
Speaker 1: But I think part of the reason that you get

993
00:52:15,680 --> 00:52:18,160
Speaker 1: a bunch of credit and teams like he is having

994
00:52:18,160 --> 00:52:22,160
Speaker 1: like star superstar players, you know they're superstar player and

995
00:52:22,200 --> 00:52:24,279
Speaker 1: really have a couple of superstars have been hurt. A

996
00:52:24,400 --> 00:52:26,799
Speaker 1: J Brown miss games, Derrick Henry has been gone for

997
00:52:27,160 --> 00:52:30,960
Speaker 1: two months. I would not pick this Titans doing the

998
00:52:30,960 --> 00:52:34,600
Speaker 1: super Bowl. I don't and listen, I'm rooting for him. Uh,

999
00:52:34,680 --> 00:52:38,160
Speaker 1: you know, John Robinson's cool to me. Anytime I know you,

1000
00:52:38,320 --> 00:52:40,359
Speaker 1: I'm just naturally gonna root for you. I can text him.

1001
00:52:40,360 --> 00:52:41,920
Speaker 1: I get a text back if I if we're on

1002
00:52:41,960 --> 00:52:44,600
Speaker 1: that level of basis, I'm a fan. I went to

1003
00:52:44,680 --> 00:52:47,480
Speaker 1: Nashville one time. I went, I interviewed and went to

1004
00:52:47,480 --> 00:52:51,520
Speaker 1: practice Rabels first year. I'm I root for them, but

1005
00:52:51,600 --> 00:52:54,160
Speaker 1: I don't feel great depending on the matchup. But I

1006
00:52:54,160 --> 00:52:56,600
Speaker 1: don't think there're a lot to win a playoff game now.

1007
00:52:56,719 --> 00:53:00,239
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry is just back full strength. They're in pretty

1008
00:53:00,239 --> 00:53:02,960
Speaker 1: good shape. But John and rable and it's hard to

1009
00:53:02,960 --> 00:53:05,040
Speaker 1: win in the playoffs. You can have remember the Titans

1010
00:53:05,040 --> 00:53:08,360
Speaker 1: once upon a time, Derek Fisher or not Derek Fisher.

1011
00:53:08,719 --> 00:53:11,359
Speaker 1: Jeff Fisher. I think he had a thirteen three team

1012
00:53:11,360 --> 00:53:14,359
Speaker 1: and he lost in the second round. Sometimes hard coming

1013
00:53:14,360 --> 00:53:16,719
Speaker 1: off of bye, but I think it's gonna be very

1014
00:53:16,800 --> 00:53:19,800
Speaker 1: very difficult, definitely difficult for them to win two games.

1015
00:53:20,680 --> 00:53:22,960
Speaker 1: If they do it, it's one of the most It

1016
00:53:22,960 --> 00:53:26,840
Speaker 1: would be incredible that that would be an outstanding story

1017
00:53:27,120 --> 00:53:29,239
Speaker 1: if the Titans was one seat and then one the

1018
00:53:29,280 --> 00:53:34,080
Speaker 1: a f C man, maybe I'm underestimating for Able, even

1019
00:53:34,080 --> 00:53:38,160
Speaker 1: though I'm a guy that props rable up drank about

1020
00:53:38,200 --> 00:53:40,759
Speaker 1: seven gay rates as I've been on Love the Pot.

1021
00:53:41,040 --> 00:53:42,880
Speaker 1: Not a Chargers fan, but I do have a question.

1022
00:53:43,000 --> 00:53:46,160
Speaker 1: Why the hell would Staley call a time out towards

1023
00:53:46,160 --> 00:53:48,080
Speaker 1: the end of the Vegas game. It looked at me

1024
00:53:48,080 --> 00:53:51,360
Speaker 1: that Vegas was content with running the ball. I text

1025
00:53:51,400 --> 00:53:55,040
Speaker 1: someone involved in the game, and they thought he should

1026
00:53:55,040 --> 00:53:58,919
Speaker 1: have called a time out after the first play. Once

1027
00:53:58,960 --> 00:54:01,640
Speaker 1: they got to the second down and it was third

1028
00:54:01,640 --> 00:54:04,080
Speaker 1: and whatever, third and four or third and five, he

1029
00:54:04,080 --> 00:54:06,400
Speaker 1: should have just let it play out because the Raiders,

1030
00:54:06,440 --> 00:54:08,279
Speaker 1: if they didn't get it. The problem is his run

1031
00:54:08,320 --> 00:54:10,759
Speaker 1: defense is so bad that if he had just let

1032
00:54:10,760 --> 00:54:12,520
Speaker 1: it play out, Jacobs might have run the bust the

1033
00:54:12,560 --> 00:54:15,799
Speaker 1: run anyway. So I I the one thing I give

1034
00:54:15,880 --> 00:54:17,560
Speaker 1: him a little bit of a pass on the time

1035
00:54:17,560 --> 00:54:20,440
Speaker 1: out doesn't bother me as much. But I also just

1036
00:54:20,719 --> 00:54:22,640
Speaker 1: do I think that Staley knew what he's doing. I

1037
00:54:22,680 --> 00:54:26,040
Speaker 1: do not, because they basically called the time out. They

1038
00:54:26,080 --> 00:54:28,480
Speaker 1: took Murray out of the game, the middle linebacker. They

1039
00:54:28,560 --> 00:54:31,560
Speaker 1: put in a big defensive lineman. The Raiders changed the

1040
00:54:31,600 --> 00:54:34,919
Speaker 1: play call because the deep the way play calls work

1041
00:54:35,000 --> 00:54:36,680
Speaker 1: is based on your personnel. It's how I call my

1042
00:54:36,719 --> 00:54:39,719
Speaker 1: offensive play. So when you run in defensive players, I

1043
00:54:39,800 --> 00:54:42,400
Speaker 1: call the play based on that sometimes. So once they

1044
00:54:42,480 --> 00:54:44,960
Speaker 1: brought in you know, uh, Lyndall Joseph, I think the

1045
00:54:44,960 --> 00:54:47,120
Speaker 1: guy was instead of Kenneth Murray to have like a

1046
00:54:47,160 --> 00:54:50,560
Speaker 1: bigger upfront group to try to stop the run. I

1047
00:54:50,600 --> 00:54:53,600
Speaker 1: think the Raiders kind of change the original play call.

1048
00:54:54,480 --> 00:55:02,680
Speaker 1: So Staley's intellectual elitist uh mindset cost him because he

1049
00:55:03,320 --> 00:55:06,480
Speaker 1: you know, whenever you stop the clock, you give people

1050
00:55:06,520 --> 00:55:09,799
Speaker 1: time to think. The hardest part about I just say

1051
00:55:09,840 --> 00:55:13,279
Speaker 1: pro sports in general, but football or even basketball, in

1052
00:55:13,320 --> 00:55:16,400
Speaker 1: the flow of the game, it's just going you let

1053
00:55:16,400 --> 00:55:19,040
Speaker 1: your instincts take over. In football, they're obviously forty seconds

1054
00:55:19,040 --> 00:55:22,160
Speaker 1: between plays, but it's all kind of on the fly.

1055
00:55:22,480 --> 00:55:25,600
Speaker 1: You're justing. Even adjustments and audibles happen under ten seconds

1056
00:55:25,600 --> 00:55:27,640
Speaker 1: on the play clock, so you might think you see

1057
00:55:27,680 --> 00:55:30,480
Speaker 1: something and be wrong, but when you call a time out,

1058
00:55:30,520 --> 00:55:33,759
Speaker 1: you give people legitimate time to kind of huddle up,

1059
00:55:34,360 --> 00:55:36,760
Speaker 1: you know, and speak it out, the coach, the player

1060
00:55:36,800 --> 00:55:40,720
Speaker 1: of the booth, and it really blew up in their face.

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Speaker 1: I get a lot of stately d m s. Do

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Speaker 1: you think the Charges will do? They're not gonna fire him,

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00:55:49,360 --> 00:55:51,960
Speaker 1: Samuel asked, I couldn't agree with your You know, I

1064
00:55:52,000 --> 00:55:53,520
Speaker 1: did have a take last week that they should fire

1065
00:55:53,520 --> 00:55:56,400
Speaker 1: Brandon Saley if he lost the game. I believe that

1066
00:55:56,480 --> 00:55:58,920
Speaker 1: more though I don't think they're gonna do it. My

1067
00:55:59,040 --> 00:56:01,160
Speaker 1: take was that's a fire horrable offense if you lose

1068
00:56:01,280 --> 00:56:05,279
Speaker 1: the Raiders and then the way they lost. But they're

1069
00:56:05,280 --> 00:56:07,760
Speaker 1: not gonna fire him, you know, So it's it's pointless

1070
00:56:07,760 --> 00:56:12,239
Speaker 1: to even talk about. There's a lot of speculations that

1071
00:56:12,239 --> 00:56:15,360
Speaker 1: Hardbob becomes the next Raiders coach, assuming they win tonight,

1072
00:56:15,400 --> 00:56:17,520
Speaker 1: and right now it looks like they will because the

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00:56:17,560 --> 00:56:21,160
Speaker 1: Chargers defense is atrocious. Can you argue that rich has

1074
00:56:21,160 --> 00:56:24,680
Speaker 1: earned the permanent title as head coach? I know Hardball

1075
00:56:24,760 --> 00:56:26,560
Speaker 1: is probably the better coach, but if he stays nan Arbor,

1076
00:56:26,600 --> 00:56:29,360
Speaker 1: it takes a different job. What do you think disclaiming

1077
00:56:29,400 --> 00:56:32,760
Speaker 1: I'm in an harbor neighbor, Native Native, and I'm praying

1078
00:56:32,760 --> 00:56:36,719
Speaker 1: to God that he stays at Michigan. I think if

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00:56:36,800 --> 00:56:40,200
Speaker 1: Rich wins a playoff game, how would the Raiders haven't

1080
00:56:40,280 --> 00:56:42,040
Speaker 1: they've been to the playoffs. This is our second time

1081
00:56:42,080 --> 00:56:44,920
Speaker 1: in nineteen years, and obviously they haven't won a playoff

1082
00:56:44,920 --> 00:56:47,439
Speaker 1: game over that stretch. So if Rich wins a playoff game,

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00:56:49,120 --> 00:56:52,759
Speaker 1: I don't see how you wouldn't hire him. But I

1084
00:56:53,080 --> 00:56:56,960
Speaker 1: think Mark Davis it's Las Vegas bright lights. I think

1085
00:56:57,000 --> 00:56:59,799
Speaker 1: he's gonna go after hardball. A little birdie told me

1086
00:56:59,800 --> 00:57:03,200
Speaker 1: there's basically already a done deal, but that could never

1087
00:57:03,239 --> 00:57:05,560
Speaker 1: get out because last time when he hired John Gruden,

1088
00:57:06,400 --> 00:57:09,360
Speaker 1: Mark the Raiders got fine because of the Runey rule. Listen,

1089
00:57:09,520 --> 00:57:12,080
Speaker 1: I'm all for the Rooney rule and getting other people

1090
00:57:12,080 --> 00:57:14,120
Speaker 1: in front owners, but if you're gonna hire a guy

1091
00:57:14,120 --> 00:57:16,160
Speaker 1: like Jim Harbaugh, I'm sorry. You don't need to interview

1092
00:57:16,160 --> 00:57:19,520
Speaker 1: anyone else, even hell Jon Gruden. If I'm hiring Andy

1093
00:57:19,560 --> 00:57:22,000
Speaker 1: Reader Sean Payton, I don't need a fake interview anyone else.

1094
00:57:22,360 --> 00:57:25,040
Speaker 1: I just don't. Now. You could argue that it's good

1095
00:57:25,080 --> 00:57:26,439
Speaker 1: to get in front of people, and then they talk

1096
00:57:26,480 --> 00:57:29,360
Speaker 1: to other people. It's fucking Mark Davis. If he wants

1097
00:57:29,360 --> 00:57:32,880
Speaker 1: to hire Jim Harbaugh, who cares. I think it's just

1098
00:57:33,120 --> 00:57:36,160
Speaker 1: that that the theater and that when you're hiring the

1099
00:57:36,240 --> 00:57:39,400
Speaker 1: rock star guy, Like I don't need to go through

1100
00:57:39,400 --> 00:57:42,280
Speaker 1: an interview process. If I want a guy to help

1101
00:57:42,440 --> 00:57:46,520
Speaker 1: run my electric car company and it's Elon Musk, do

1102
00:57:46,560 --> 00:57:48,200
Speaker 1: I need to go through an interview process with for

1103
00:57:48,280 --> 00:57:50,920
Speaker 1: other people? If Ellen is interested in running my company,

1104
00:57:51,360 --> 00:57:54,480
Speaker 1: probably not. If Hardball wants the job, I shouldn't have

1105
00:57:54,520 --> 00:57:57,080
Speaker 1: to waste one second in buying anyone an airplane ticket

1106
00:57:57,520 --> 00:57:59,520
Speaker 1: or or even fucking hop on zoom to do some

1107
00:57:59,600 --> 00:58:03,600
Speaker 1: fake review. Now, these teams like the Bears or whoever,

1108
00:58:03,640 --> 00:58:06,040
Speaker 1: they don't have a candidate. You should have to interview

1109
00:58:06,080 --> 00:58:08,680
Speaker 1: a lot of people. But if Mark Davis wants to

1110
00:58:08,720 --> 00:58:10,440
Speaker 1: hire Jim Harbaugh and Jim Harball wants to be the

1111
00:58:10,440 --> 00:58:12,920
Speaker 1: head coach and the Raiders, I think it is moronic

1112
00:58:13,960 --> 00:58:17,000
Speaker 1: to have to pretend to interview and do fake interviews.

1113
00:58:17,040 --> 00:58:19,200
Speaker 1: And they did that with John Gruten. I think they

1114
00:58:19,240 --> 00:58:22,920
Speaker 1: interviewed like t Martin, who was a wide receiver coach

1115
00:58:23,560 --> 00:58:26,040
Speaker 1: with the sc Trojans at the time. Like if you're

1116
00:58:26,040 --> 00:58:28,560
Speaker 1: gonna hire Rich, can you just elevate him or do? What?

1117
00:58:28,600 --> 00:58:30,280
Speaker 1: Does he have to interview other people too? I don't

1118
00:58:30,280 --> 00:58:33,439
Speaker 1: know the rules on that. I can't the rules change

1119
00:58:33,440 --> 00:58:36,200
Speaker 1: all the time, but like that would seem kind of stupid.

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Speaker 1: Does he have to do fake interviews if he wants

1121
00:58:38,160 --> 00:58:40,480
Speaker 1: to elevate Rich to be his head coach? I don't know.

1122
00:58:42,200 --> 00:58:44,040
Speaker 1: If he did, I'd argue that would be even dumber

1123
00:58:44,360 --> 00:58:47,440
Speaker 1: than having to do fake interviews to go hire Hardball, Like,

1124
00:58:47,480 --> 00:58:49,080
Speaker 1: I can't just elevate Rich, I have to do some

1125
00:58:49,080 --> 00:58:51,960
Speaker 1: other interviews. This guy's just been literally coaching my team.

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Speaker 1: Now saying that out loud, I would doubt that he would,

1127
00:58:57,360 --> 00:58:59,560
Speaker 1: but I I still don't believe he's gonna hire Rich.

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Speaker 1: Could be wrong. I don't have any inside information on that,

1129
00:59:04,080 --> 00:59:06,520
Speaker 1: And I know people around that team. They love Rich

1130
00:59:06,640 --> 00:59:08,560
Speaker 1: and they obviously believe that he should get the job,

1131
00:59:08,680 --> 00:59:10,840
Speaker 1: or at least have they believe he should have a

1132
00:59:10,920 --> 00:59:13,480
Speaker 1: real chance. And I think most of them are unsure

1133
00:59:13,560 --> 00:59:16,320
Speaker 1: that he's going to But it's hard to tell. With Mark,

1134
00:59:17,520 --> 00:59:20,520
Speaker 1: Mark Davis different cat. It's the other thing with the Raiders,

1135
00:59:20,560 --> 00:59:22,800
Speaker 1: and this is where Mark was mad last time. They

1136
00:59:22,840 --> 00:59:26,840
Speaker 1: literally set the tone on diversity in the league, hiring

1137
00:59:27,040 --> 00:59:31,320
Speaker 1: Mexican Latino, obviously mixing Latino same thing, black head coaches,

1138
00:59:31,800 --> 00:59:37,080
Speaker 1: black executives, women executives, you know, and that. I mean,

1139
00:59:37,120 --> 00:59:39,600
Speaker 1: Mark was pissed and it felt like, really they were

1140
00:59:39,640 --> 00:59:42,040
Speaker 1: taking advantage of him last time with the Gruden thing.

1141
00:59:42,680 --> 00:59:45,800
Speaker 1: And sometimes I get, like greater fans Field, that the

1142
00:59:45,920 --> 00:59:48,520
Speaker 1: league comes down harder on them than they do other teams.

1143
00:59:49,080 --> 00:59:52,760
Speaker 1: Sometimes I think they're, you know, living in bizarre world,

1144
00:59:53,520 --> 00:59:56,720
Speaker 1: and other times I believe they're right. But when he

1145
00:59:56,800 --> 01:00:00,040
Speaker 1: hired John Gruenight, I'm pretty sure he got fined. I

1146
01:00:00,080 --> 01:00:02,000
Speaker 1: mean he got I think they lost a draft pick.

1147
01:00:02,840 --> 01:00:06,160
Speaker 1: You think Buffalo recent struggles with the Falcons three I

1148
01:00:06,280 --> 01:00:08,840
Speaker 1: and T S Jets not really doing much until the

1149
01:00:08,840 --> 01:00:11,200
Speaker 1: fourth quarter will cost them down the line. I think

1150
01:00:11,440 --> 01:00:14,720
Speaker 1: I think Buffalo's recent struggles we're gonna see. I mean,

1151
01:00:14,800 --> 01:00:18,600
Speaker 1: I saw Sean McVeigh had a quote, how you're playing

1152
01:00:19,320 --> 01:00:22,640
Speaker 1: coming into the playoffs historically has meant nothing. Now, I

1153
01:00:22,920 --> 01:00:25,920
Speaker 1: do think having momentum going into the playoffs means something.

1154
01:00:26,120 --> 01:00:28,720
Speaker 1: But we've seen teams, you know, not play great down

1155
01:00:28,720 --> 01:00:32,960
Speaker 1: the stretch and then win the playoffs. So I I

1156
01:00:33,000 --> 01:00:37,720
Speaker 1: like Buffalo headed into the playoffs. I'm now picked up

1157
01:00:37,720 --> 01:00:40,640
Speaker 1: a podcast during the summer, big fan. I'm a big

1158
01:00:40,640 --> 01:00:44,200
Speaker 1: Cowboys guy and obviously now playing for your Niners. What

1159
01:00:44,240 --> 01:00:46,280
Speaker 1: do you think about the matchup? S F run game

1160
01:00:46,360 --> 01:00:49,120
Speaker 1: scares me, but Jimmy does not. Is there a big

1161
01:00:49,120 --> 01:00:52,560
Speaker 1: difference between Jimmy and Dak? I would say DA's better,

1162
01:00:52,720 --> 01:00:56,640
Speaker 1: but by a lot. I don't know. The Niners have

1163
01:00:56,800 --> 01:00:59,200
Speaker 1: not really covered anyone all season, and you guys got

1164
01:00:59,200 --> 01:01:02,600
Speaker 1: ceedee lamb. You guys got a Mark Cooper Blake Darwin's

1165
01:01:02,600 --> 01:01:05,760
Speaker 1: pretty good player. Uh, the Niners can really stop the run.

1166
01:01:06,360 --> 01:01:08,480
Speaker 1: So I'm not thinking Zeke and Paula are going to

1167
01:01:08,560 --> 01:01:11,160
Speaker 1: do much the Niners run game. I think it's gonna

1168
01:01:11,160 --> 01:01:14,280
Speaker 1: be a really good game. I'm simply going like, I'll

1169
01:01:14,280 --> 01:01:18,040
Speaker 1: take Kyle Shanahan over Mike McCarthy. I think Mike McCarthy

1170
01:01:18,040 --> 01:01:20,919
Speaker 1: has to win. He loses this game home playoff game.

1171
01:01:21,040 --> 01:01:26,000
Speaker 1: After this season, imagine how mad Jerry Jones will be

1172
01:01:27,280 --> 01:01:29,200
Speaker 1: as an NFC West guy. What do you make of

1173
01:01:29,200 --> 01:01:31,760
Speaker 1: a shod Penny's last quarter of the season, Lightning in

1174
01:01:31,800 --> 01:01:35,040
Speaker 1: a bottle or late Bloomer finally stayed healthy? Also, if

1175
01:01:35,120 --> 01:01:39,160
Speaker 1: Naggi is fired. You think he would get along with Schneider. Yeah,

1176
01:01:39,160 --> 01:01:40,880
Speaker 1: I don't think they're firing Pete Carroll. I think Pete

1177
01:01:40,880 --> 01:01:43,120
Speaker 1: even said that yesterday, like he feels fine. Like Pete

1178
01:01:43,080 --> 01:01:47,040
Speaker 1: ain't getting fired. He's so too much money. Uh. I'll

1179
01:01:47,040 --> 01:01:49,640
Speaker 1: be honestly, I didn't really watch much Seattle down December.

1180
01:01:49,640 --> 01:01:51,920
Speaker 1: I mean I saw his stats. I was kind of

1181
01:01:51,920 --> 01:01:53,520
Speaker 1: on an island. Some of my buddies in the league

1182
01:01:53,520 --> 01:01:56,120
Speaker 1: did not like Rashod Penny coming out of college. I

1183
01:01:56,160 --> 01:01:58,560
Speaker 1: loved him at San Diego State, So it's one of

1184
01:01:58,560 --> 01:01:59,840
Speaker 1: those that I'm rooting for the guy to be a

1185
01:01:59,840 --> 01:02:02,080
Speaker 1: good player. I just thought it was such a big,

1186
01:02:02,120 --> 01:02:04,520
Speaker 1: physical back. I mean, I've seen highlights of him over

1187
01:02:04,520 --> 01:02:07,240
Speaker 1: the last month. It's not nothing. Anytime you put good

1188
01:02:07,240 --> 01:02:12,160
Speaker 1: games together, um, it should mean something. But you know,

1189
01:02:12,400 --> 01:02:15,280
Speaker 1: it's the season ends, so you have to start fresh

1190
01:02:15,280 --> 01:02:18,840
Speaker 1: from a new you know now. Confidence matters, So he

1191
01:02:18,920 --> 01:02:24,440
Speaker 1: believes starting about week week fourteen, he started going off

1192
01:02:24,440 --> 01:02:28,080
Speaker 1: a hundred thirty seven yards two touchdowns average day against

1193
01:02:28,080 --> 01:02:31,400
Speaker 1: the Rams forty yards, then a hundred thirty five yards

1194
01:02:31,480 --> 01:02:34,640
Speaker 1: one touchdown, a hundred seventy yards two touchdowns, hundred ninety

1195
01:02:34,680 --> 01:02:38,040
Speaker 1: yards a touchdown, ship four of his last five games,

1196
01:02:38,720 --> 01:02:43,440
Speaker 1: hundred seven hundred thirty five hundred seventy nine. Damn, this

1197
01:02:43,440 --> 01:02:47,840
Speaker 1: guy was pretty good. Yeah, I'd be pretty excited. You know,

1198
01:02:47,880 --> 01:02:52,000
Speaker 1: put him lock at d K, keep Russell improve the defense.

1199
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Speaker 1: If you can see seet don't won't be down long.

1200
01:02:54,680 --> 01:02:59,400
Speaker 1: They're just too much competitive character. They they actually weren't

1201
01:02:59,440 --> 01:03:02,280
Speaker 1: to me in as bad as their record, because if

1202
01:03:02,360 --> 01:03:05,560
Speaker 1: Russell was truly healthy all season, even if he had

1203
01:03:05,640 --> 01:03:07,640
Speaker 1: quote unquote like he was gonna bound to have a

1204
01:03:07,720 --> 01:03:13,160
Speaker 1: down year, what would their record be? They went seven

1205
01:03:13,160 --> 01:03:15,360
Speaker 1: and ten. When I just closed my eyes and think

1206
01:03:15,360 --> 01:03:17,160
Speaker 1: about Seattle, I was like, yeah, what was the record?

1207
01:03:17,400 --> 01:03:19,600
Speaker 1: Five and eleven? You know, five and twelve, That's what

1208
01:03:19,640 --> 01:03:22,760
Speaker 1: I got in my head. Seven in ten. So Russell's healthy,

1209
01:03:22,840 --> 01:03:25,040
Speaker 1: healthy all season, even if they, like I said, had

1210
01:03:25,040 --> 01:03:28,320
Speaker 1: it down, what are they nine and eight? I don't

1211
01:03:28,320 --> 01:03:30,640
Speaker 1: think it would have been inconceivable that all four NFC

1212
01:03:30,680 --> 01:03:33,960
Speaker 1: West teams got in the playoffs. If Seattle is your

1213
01:03:34,000 --> 01:03:37,120
Speaker 1: worst team in your division and next year they're gonna

1214
01:03:37,120 --> 01:03:40,680
Speaker 1: have the last play schedule, they'll be okay. So if

1215
01:03:40,720 --> 01:03:42,680
Speaker 1: a shot Penny does turn into a player like if

1216
01:03:42,680 --> 01:03:45,280
Speaker 1: he can rush next year for yards and give them

1217
01:03:45,280 --> 01:03:48,600
Speaker 1: some balance in the run game, then uh yeah, I

1218
01:03:48,600 --> 01:03:51,720
Speaker 1: think I kind of like Seattle to bounce back. Okay,

1219
01:03:51,800 --> 01:03:55,280
Speaker 1: that'll do it. Micoff mail bag. My throat is just

1220
01:03:56,080 --> 01:03:58,400
Speaker 1: holding on for dear life. I need to drink some

1221
01:03:58,480 --> 01:04:01,120
Speaker 1: tea these next couple of days. Have a good week.

1222
01:04:01,400 --> 01:04:05,760
Speaker 1: Golf podcast coming out on Wednesday, football podcast Friday, and

1223
01:04:05,800 --> 01:04:29,920
Speaker 1: we'll keep rocking and rolling. Peace the volume