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Speaker 1: What's going on. Everybody's got Middle Cops Coming Out podcast.

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Speaker 1: That's me. That's the show. It is recording this actually

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Speaker 1: on Thursday morning. So as of right now, the Cleveland

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Speaker 1: a coach. We'll dive into the Uh something that it

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Speaker 1: really hit me this week just talking to people in

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Speaker 1: the league and the and the wealth that is being distributed,

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Speaker 1: not just the head coaches, but two assistant coaches in

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Speaker 1: the NFL's the New Wall Street. Uh. You know, they

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Speaker 1: say kids play baseball. You know that's something on social media.

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Speaker 1: Tell your kids to play baseball. Whenever Garrett Cole gets

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Speaker 1: a three million dollar contract. The reality is one of

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Speaker 1: those gets given out a year and the majority of

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Speaker 1: baseball players wash out before they ever sniffed the big leagues.

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Speaker 1: I I got one for you if you if you

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Speaker 1: want to tweet something. Kids become an offensive coordinator. That's

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Speaker 1: where the money is. Some thoughts on the Joe Judge

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Speaker 1: definitely came out of left field. I watched McCarthy's press

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Speaker 1: conference yesterday. You know, most guys and listen, you know,

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Speaker 1: my way can fluctuate. You know, sources say about two

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Speaker 1: years ago, I was about two hundred and fifteen pounds,

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Speaker 1: you know, five ten. That's not a great body type

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Speaker 1: for me. You know, I've worked, I've changed my diet

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Speaker 1: back into the one eighties. But McCarthy typically when you

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Speaker 1: take a year off, you lose some LB's. But he's

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Speaker 1: gotten a little bigger. But again, I come from a

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Speaker 1: big family. I'm not judging. But he he looks, he

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Speaker 1: looks ready to roll. Uh, Jerry, Jerry's a beauty. Uh.

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Speaker 1: And then the weekend games, the divisional round, the final

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Speaker 1: eight as they call it in a college basketball right,

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Speaker 1: the elite eight. Uh, got some really good games, some

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Speaker 1: really good teams, some really good quarterbacks. Will dive into that.

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Speaker 1: And then the Middlecoff mail bag at John Middlecoff is

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Speaker 1: my Instagram handle, also by Twitter handle, also my YouTube channel. Uh.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna start doing some YouTube's. But uh, Instagram is

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Speaker 1: where you get a hold of me for this show.

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Speaker 1: It's how we interact with the people. Were the common

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Speaker 1: Man show, easiest guy. I'm actually much easier to get

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Speaker 1: I am if you call me. I probably won't pick

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Speaker 1: up unless you're somewhat important. Uh so yeah, Instagram d

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Speaker 1: the show. Do it all the time, and uh okay,

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Speaker 1: let's let's start here. Listen. There's been a lot of

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Speaker 1: talk about the Rooney rule and everything that's going on.

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Speaker 1: It's pretty simple. It's it's a screwed up situation right now.

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Speaker 1: And I think not just for African American guys. I

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Speaker 1: think for defensive coaches are fighting an uphill battle. If

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Speaker 1: they would have got jobs or they would have had

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Speaker 1: a much better chance. Now as I'm recording this, one

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Speaker 1: of those guys mayambo the Browns coach. I don't know.

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Speaker 1: It kind of feels like Josh McDaniels. But you can

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Speaker 1: never depend on Josh McDaniels because at any moment he

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Speaker 1: can pull out. So I'm just a white guy. I'm

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Speaker 1: not gonna go on some speel here. No one really

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Speaker 1: Ron Rivera, I also think this. There were five openings

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Speaker 1: around because the explosion of football has led to CEO

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Speaker 1: You know the richest people make a million dollars and

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Speaker 1: kids to play baseball, No, tell your kids to coach offense,

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Speaker 1: Tell your kids to learn coverages, because right now the NFL,

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Speaker 1: tension and overpower, it's over money. It's over the jealousy

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Speaker 1: have no like, I wouldn't be jealous if my coaches

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Speaker 1: all these owners are mad. How could you pay a

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Speaker 1: coach that much money? Well? You idiots? You how do

428
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Speaker 1: you think the world works? You think he was gonna

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Speaker 1: take a pay cut to leave his job. No, And

430
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Speaker 1: if he was gonna leave his job, he need a

431
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Speaker 1: couple of things. One security and usually when you're gonna

432
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Speaker 1: leave a really good job, you're gonna need to pay increase.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, Dave Tepper was gonna have to pay him

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Speaker 1: more money than he was making in Texas. Here's the

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Speaker 1: other thing. I don't know much about Charlotte, but i'd

436
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Speaker 1: imagine it's a lot cheaper to live in Waco, Texas

437
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Speaker 1: than it is Charlotte. So there's a constant living aspect,

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Speaker 1: there's moving the family aspect, there's a I got all

439
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Speaker 1: the damn power. I'm in control. I'm the one that

440
00:24:12,359 --> 00:24:15,960
Speaker 1: everyone wants and Matt Rule would not have been bad

441
00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:18,920
Speaker 1: for the Maras and I they could have afforded that,

442
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Speaker 1: and I've crushed them for being cheap. But the money

443
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Speaker 1: I am here they're paying Joe Judge, they're not cheap.

444
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Speaker 1: They're they're paying him huge money. Now we could argue

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Speaker 1: if he's worth that much cash or not. No one knows.

446
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Speaker 1: And this is not about who's gonna be. There's a

447
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Speaker 1: chance that Joe Judge is a much better coach than

448
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Speaker 1: Matt Rule. That that is very, very plausible as we

449
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Speaker 1: sit here today. But that's not the point of this conversation.

450
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Speaker 1: It's simply that you didn't even have a chance at

451
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Speaker 1: Matt Rule because you have Dave Gettleman, a guy that

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Speaker 1: every owner worth their salt would have got rid of.

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Speaker 1: But of course they don't want to get rid of them,

454
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Speaker 1: because they're living in the past. They're holding onto things

455
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Speaker 1: are comfortable with. They don't want a gentle manager that

456
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Speaker 1: they don't know because they are a general manager first organization.

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Speaker 1: Even though now in two thousand twenty Dave Gettleman ain't

458
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Speaker 1: making six plus million dollars. The head coach makes a

459
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Speaker 1: lot more money than the general manager. But the general

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Speaker 1: manager who watches games typically with the NFL owners just

461
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Speaker 1: has a unique insight of kind of speaking their language. Now,

462
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Speaker 1: I hope Dave Gettleman isn't speaking the owner's language. But

463
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Speaker 1: in theory, that's the way it works around the league.

464
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Speaker 1: But this notion that Dave Gettlman or that Dave Tepper

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Speaker 1: again a self made billionaire, a lifetime closer, a guy

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Speaker 1: that has been known as the number one guy on

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Speaker 1: Wall Street for a couple of decades, a guy that

468
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Speaker 1: bought into the NFL, you know, at peak prices years

469
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Speaker 1: ago to get in with the Pittsburgh Steelers, who then

470
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Speaker 1: paid a premium for a franchise in a in a

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Speaker 1: smaller market. Uh was was gonna get a high level coach,

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Speaker 1: and the going rate for Matt Rule was not you know,

473
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Speaker 1: five years, thirty million dollars, given how much he was making.

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Speaker 1: If you want to get Link and Riley, whenever Lincoln

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Speaker 1: Riley is gonna get paid, Mike cost you a hundred

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Speaker 1: million dollars. He lives in Norman, Oklahoma. He makes anywhere

477
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Speaker 1: between six and eight million dollars, and everywhere he goes,

478
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Speaker 1: everything he does, I would imagine the local school gives

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Speaker 1: him free tuition. I would imagine the tahoe he drives,

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Speaker 1: and his wife drives, and the Mercedes are free from

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Speaker 1: the local dealership. Everything he does is free on top

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Speaker 1: of all the money he's making, which he is just

483
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Speaker 1: banking in a town that costs nothing to live. So, yeah,

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Speaker 1: when Lincoln Riley, if he eventually makes a jump, and

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Speaker 1: you see, oh my god, so and so team gave

486
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Speaker 1: Lincoln Riley six years eighty million dollars. Well yeah that's

487
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Speaker 1: if I'm making right now two hundred thousand dollars. I'm

488
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Speaker 1: just gonna throw out a random number if you want

489
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Speaker 1: to get my services, And right now, I work for myself.

490
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Speaker 1: I have complete control. What do you think it would

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Speaker 1: cost me to then come work for you? It ain't

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Speaker 1: twood dollars. Given my happiness and my control, I'd argue

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Speaker 1: you have to double it to get me to even think.

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Speaker 1: Because if you're happy and content the wrong word, but

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Speaker 1: you're in a very good spot, let's use the number

496
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Speaker 1: seventy five thousand. If you're making seventy five dollars in

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Speaker 1: a job and you're very happy, and your your kids

498
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Speaker 1: are healthy, and everything's going well, and you like the

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Speaker 1: people you work with, You're not gonna just take some

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Speaker 1: other random job for seventy thousand dollars or even eighty

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Speaker 1: thousand dollars. Wouldn't it cost you probably a hundred twenty

502
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Speaker 1: thousand dollars to make a move. This is just basic business.

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Speaker 1: So I give Dave Temper a standing ovation and in

504
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Speaker 1: finding the guy that he wanted, in doing what he

505
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Speaker 1: had to do organizationally to get that guy interested, and

506
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Speaker 1: then cutting a check, because while the Giants cut a check,

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00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:52,679
Speaker 1: they might have cut a check to a guy that

508
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Speaker 1: has limited experience. And the main reason they had to

509
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Speaker 1: hire a guy like Joe Judge was because of their

510
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Speaker 1: refusal to fire the most toxic general manager in recent memory. Okay,

511
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Speaker 1: let's dive into the weekend games because it's the playoffs

512
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Speaker 1: and uh second round of the playoffs. The best teams

513
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Speaker 1: are now playing the one and two seeds in the Ravens,

514
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Speaker 1: the Chiefs, the Niners in Seattle. And what I did

515
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Speaker 1: is I'll just go in the order of the games.

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Speaker 1: So we will start with the Vikings at Levi Stadium

517
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Speaker 1: taking on the San Fransco forty Niners. Yours truly will

518
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Speaker 1: be in attendance, and uh it wasn't cheap, you know,

519
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Speaker 1: because I say with the fans and not not a

520
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Speaker 1: media not a media guy, even though I am a

521
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Speaker 1: media guy. Kind of I'm a hybrid. But but I

522
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Speaker 1: like sitting with the people. And the problem sitting with

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Speaker 1: the people in this area is it's so much money.

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Speaker 1: Now I'm going with some wealthy friends. I'm kind of

525
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Speaker 1: keeping my fingers crossed. They're just like, yeah, you're good,

526
00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:55,360
Speaker 1: I got you. But I don't know, you know, I

527
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Speaker 1: think I'm gonna get an asked for a Venmo here

528
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Speaker 1: on on Saturday. But let's playoff football. I haven't been

529
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Speaker 1: to a playoff football game. I guess I went to

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Speaker 1: the Super Bowl four or five years ago, but that

531
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Speaker 1: that was free to I mean, he's playing these playoff tickets.

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Speaker 1: Geez leis they are They are expensive. They are really

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Speaker 1: really expensive. But you get to see really good football.

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Speaker 1: Vikings getting seven points as of recording this against the Niners. Uh.

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Speaker 1: Let's start with the Vikings. They the huge upset against

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Speaker 1: the Saints. Their formula is very, very easy. I wrote

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Speaker 1: about it. I just kind of a breakdown talking to

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Speaker 1: people in the league on their personnel. Their personnel is excellent.

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00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:37,880
Speaker 1: They have blue chip players at every level on offense

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00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:42,000
Speaker 1: and defense, from the two pass rushers to Kendricks to

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Speaker 1: Harrison Smith, to Mike Zimmer, the play collar and the

542
00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:50,400
Speaker 1: head coach you know, to Dalvin Cook and feeling and digs.

543
00:29:51,040 --> 00:29:55,800
Speaker 1: Their formulas simple, run the ball, dictate you on defense.

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Speaker 1: If they run the ball, control the clock, they can

545
00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:03,080
Speaker 1: dictate their defense. When they are behind, they can't. And

546
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Speaker 1: at talking to people in the league, when you look

547
00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:08,920
Speaker 1: at the Saints game, they got to control the clock.

548
00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:12,200
Speaker 1: They were up early, and Zimmer got to dictate the

549
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Speaker 1: game because when he gets you in second and third

550
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Speaker 1: and long, he has Everson and Griffin. Everson Griffin and

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Speaker 1: Daniel Danielle Hunter, who according to my friends in the

552
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Speaker 1: NFL and just when you look around, is the best

553
00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:27,920
Speaker 1: pass rushing duo right now in the league. So when

554
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Speaker 1: they are up and those guys get to pin their

555
00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:34,880
Speaker 1: ears back, it's game over. There's nothing you can do.

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Speaker 1: And they dominated. Let me repeat dominated Drew Brees. Those

557
00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:44,040
Speaker 1: two guys and Sean Payton the pass rush. Zimmer mix

558
00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:47,640
Speaker 1: up his coverages, but they have some weaknesses on defense.

559
00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:50,440
Speaker 1: Xavier Rose can't cover anybody at this point. He's a

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Speaker 1: shell of himself, yet he carries himself like he's still

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Speaker 1: an elite player. Uh, Trey Waynes can run, not great

562
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Speaker 1: ball skills, McKenzie, Alexander decent Nickel. Their safety is at

563
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Speaker 1: Harrison Smith's good as a buddy in the league. Told me,

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Speaker 1: Harrison Smith first, George Kittle, that's like Lebron verse Kauai.

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00:31:08,160 --> 00:31:11,360
Speaker 1: That is blue chipper on blue chipper. You know that

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Speaker 1: that's big. That's a big boy matchup. Now, no one

567
00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:16,560
Speaker 1: I don't think can cover George Kittle, But if anyone's

568
00:31:16,560 --> 00:31:18,280
Speaker 1: gonna have a chance, it's gonna be a guy like

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Speaker 1: Harrison Smith. So ultimately, Kyle Shanahan verse Mike Zimmer. That

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Speaker 1: that's as good of a schematical matchup as you'll see.

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Speaker 1: The A gap pressures and mixing up the coverages the

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Speaker 1: players verse Kyle his scheme, his players, which are really good.

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Speaker 1: Big moment for Jimmy. I think that's, you know, close

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00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:39,040
Speaker 1: to a wash. I think the Niners will score on them.

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00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:41,960
Speaker 1: I think Zimmer will make some plays. I think that's

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Speaker 1: pretty even. Where I don't think it's even as on offense,

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Speaker 1: on the Vikings offense versus forty Niners defense when they

578
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Speaker 1: can run Dalvin Cook. They can win any game when

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Speaker 1: they run and they kind of dominate the ground, meaning

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Speaker 1: they don't allow their quarterback to throw. When I say

581
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Speaker 1: don't allow him to throw, I mean all of this

582
00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:04,280
Speaker 1: throws then are off play action. And when you dictate

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00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:06,880
Speaker 1: that he has to drop back on first, second, and

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Speaker 1: third down because he's down let's say ten points in

585
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Speaker 1: the second half. That's where Kirk Cousins is just screwed.

586
00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:15,200
Speaker 1: He can't carry you that way. But if he gets

587
00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:17,840
Speaker 1: to be in rhythm off play action because it's second

588
00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:22,200
Speaker 1: five and hitting digs diva diggs and feeling which I

589
00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:25,400
Speaker 1: guess he cut himself at practice, he has stitches. That's

590
00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:27,800
Speaker 1: something to keep an eye on because he made basically

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Speaker 1: the game winning catch when he tracked the ball down

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00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:33,240
Speaker 1: the seam against the Saints. But you look at the

593
00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:35,760
Speaker 1: forty Niners defensive line. You got de Ford coming back,

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00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:38,520
Speaker 1: Nick boastes the defensive rookie of the year. It's not official,

595
00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:40,800
Speaker 1: but it is official because he will be. You got

596
00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:44,120
Speaker 1: Buckner in Armstead kicking ass and taking names against a

597
00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:47,280
Speaker 1: pretty shitty unit. Uh their right tackle O'Neil is a

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00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:49,840
Speaker 1: good player. As I was told by a guy in

599
00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:52,640
Speaker 1: the league. Their center Garrett Bradberry, their first round pick.

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00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:55,920
Speaker 1: He just a guy. The guards your average and Riley

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00:32:55,920 --> 00:32:58,640
Speaker 1: Reefs kind of just a guy too, so you can

602
00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:01,960
Speaker 1: get after their ass. But the zone scheme and Kyle

603
00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:03,760
Speaker 1: does a good job with this too with San Francisco

604
00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:06,480
Speaker 1: is you don't need malers, so you can get by

605
00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:09,040
Speaker 1: with average offensive line because it's really just a positional

606
00:33:09,080 --> 00:33:12,000
Speaker 1: blocking situation. You don't have to Like back when Jim

607
00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:16,320
Speaker 1: Harbaugh ran the forty Niners, they ran the power scheme

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00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:19,000
Speaker 1: where you needed guards and tackles to kind of shove

609
00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:22,280
Speaker 1: you around, especially your guards. That's not what the Vikings

610
00:33:22,320 --> 00:33:25,320
Speaker 1: depend on. So you have to just hit him right

611
00:33:25,320 --> 00:33:27,680
Speaker 1: in the mouth. And the best way to combat a

612
00:33:27,760 --> 00:33:30,680
Speaker 1: zone scheme is be really physical upfront, and that's what

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Speaker 1: the forty Niners are. So unless Dalvin Cook to me

614
00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:37,800
Speaker 1: runs for twenty plus yards, I think the Niners win

615
00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:40,760
Speaker 1: this game pretty convincingly. Now, if the Vikings get an

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Speaker 1: early lead like they did against the Saints, then they

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Speaker 1: get to dictate the game. And at the end of

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Speaker 1: the day, for a for a guy Kirk Cousins, which

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Speaker 1: you know he's a solid player, I think he's so

620
00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:54,480
Speaker 1: so highly criticized because he makes so much money. But

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Speaker 1: we know who he is. If he if he has

622
00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:58,680
Speaker 1: the run game going, he can pick you apart because

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00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:00,480
Speaker 1: they got weapons and they got a top I roster

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Speaker 1: in the league. If he's behind there in trouble, he's

625
00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:05,960
Speaker 1: not going to carry them on the road against a

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00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:09,080
Speaker 1: team like the Niners. Yeah, he played well against the

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00:34:09,640 --> 00:34:12,120
Speaker 1: New Orleans Saints, but he did not carry them. Cook

628
00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:15,240
Speaker 1: did and the defense did, and that that is their formula,

629
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Speaker 1: and I don't think that formula is gonna work against

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00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:20,839
Speaker 1: the Niners team. Speed on defense is too good. They're

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00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:24,279
Speaker 1: just too physical. Uh. They love running that kind of

632
00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:28,080
Speaker 1: sweep toss play. Well, here's the thing. All the Niners

633
00:34:28,120 --> 00:34:31,600
Speaker 1: dbs hit. They're all physical. You can't run it to

634
00:34:31,719 --> 00:34:34,319
Speaker 1: Richard Sherman because he will just take people out. And

635
00:34:34,360 --> 00:34:36,839
Speaker 1: then Fred Warner can run sideline the sideline and then

636
00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:38,920
Speaker 1: even the other side of Kelly Weatherspoon will throw his

637
00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:41,800
Speaker 1: body around. They got Quasky Tart coming back, and Jimmy

638
00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:44,879
Speaker 1: Ward and even their backup safety Harris. They all lay

639
00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:48,279
Speaker 1: wood that there is not one soft guy in their secondary.

640
00:34:48,440 --> 00:34:50,239
Speaker 1: So when your secondary hits and you have one of

641
00:34:50,239 --> 00:34:52,400
Speaker 1: the more physical, fast defensive lines, and then you have

642
00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:55,880
Speaker 1: you know, tackling machines at linebacker. It's just hard to

643
00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:58,560
Speaker 1: run the ball against him, I think, given the way

644
00:34:58,560 --> 00:35:01,560
Speaker 1: that the Vikings want to run the ball. Plus another

645
00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:03,640
Speaker 1: thing to keep an eye on in this game, both

646
00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:06,919
Speaker 1: teams defenses are used to looking at the scheme they're

647
00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:10,280
Speaker 1: about to see the zone running, stretch play action, the boots,

648
00:35:11,239 --> 00:35:13,799
Speaker 1: the nakeds, and the nudes, as Tom Coughlin once called it.

649
00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:17,920
Speaker 1: So it's I like the Niners, but I will not

650
00:35:17,960 --> 00:35:21,000
Speaker 1: dispute the Vikings talent, their ability, and even their head coach.

651
00:35:21,040 --> 00:35:22,719
Speaker 1: While he may be old and krusty, the guy can

652
00:35:22,719 --> 00:35:26,040
Speaker 1: coach defense. So I would I'm not gonna gamble on

653
00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:27,880
Speaker 1: this game because I can't go. And if the Niners

654
00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:29,800
Speaker 1: win and they don't cover and I take the Niners

655
00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:32,680
Speaker 1: minus seven, I will be angry. But I would take

656
00:35:32,680 --> 00:35:35,600
Speaker 1: the Niners though I think the Vikings, if their formula

657
00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:39,320
Speaker 1: is able to work, they are a a valiant foe.

658
00:35:39,760 --> 00:35:43,520
Speaker 1: Titans versus the Ravens Tennessee plus nine and a half.

659
00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:47,160
Speaker 1: Uh mark Ingram's injured. You know that calf injury. I

660
00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:49,920
Speaker 1: guess he reinjured. It as the last couple of days,

661
00:35:49,920 --> 00:35:52,360
Speaker 1: he hasn't been at practice. That's a big deal because

662
00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:55,480
Speaker 1: he's a stud. Like he's really really good. Now, Lamar's

663
00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:58,520
Speaker 1: the engine that makes the thing go. But mark Ingram

664
00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:01,479
Speaker 1: is a really good player. Their coaching staff with Wink

665
00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:04,200
Speaker 1: Martin Dale on defense, their defense has been unreal. I

666
00:36:04,239 --> 00:36:06,800
Speaker 1: mean they traded for Marcus Peters. He's been a playmaker

667
00:36:06,840 --> 00:36:10,279
Speaker 1: for him. Uh, their front has been great. Baltimore has

668
00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:12,439
Speaker 1: just been in top to start to finish, best team

669
00:36:12,440 --> 00:36:15,480
Speaker 1: in the league. Here's what I wonder and I am

670
00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:18,239
Speaker 1: pro Lamar. I didn't like Lamar coming out. I still

671
00:36:18,239 --> 00:36:22,080
Speaker 1: don't really love the running quarterback big picture, but clearly

672
00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:23,960
Speaker 1: I saw it with Kaepernick, you're seeing it with Lamar.

673
00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:25,719
Speaker 1: Even saw the one year with r G three. You

674
00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:28,200
Speaker 1: can win with them in the present, like for a

675
00:36:28,239 --> 00:36:30,879
Speaker 1: couple of years now, Eventually, Lamar, you have to become

676
00:36:30,880 --> 00:36:33,560
Speaker 1: a drop back pastor because you just can't afford to

677
00:36:33,560 --> 00:36:35,719
Speaker 1: take hits. You'll end up getting injured. That's just that's

678
00:36:35,719 --> 00:36:38,480
Speaker 1: not an opinion, that's a fact. But usually in the

679
00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:41,919
Speaker 1: playoffs you get put in situations where it's second and long,

680
00:36:42,080 --> 00:36:45,359
Speaker 1: third and long, assuming that they can catch Lamar which

681
00:36:45,400 --> 00:36:47,920
Speaker 1: they might not be able to though. The tight the Titans,

682
00:36:48,160 --> 00:36:50,719
Speaker 1: when you watch that game against the Patriots, they have

683
00:36:50,800 --> 00:36:53,640
Speaker 1: a lot of team speed in their front seven. Evans

684
00:36:53,640 --> 00:36:56,400
Speaker 1: the middle linebacker, the dude from Bama fifty four was

685
00:36:56,560 --> 00:36:59,240
Speaker 1: all over the place last weekend. The kid they drafted,

686
00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:01,200
Speaker 1: Jeffrey Simmons and from Missisippi State that had the torn

687
00:37:01,239 --> 00:37:03,640
Speaker 1: a c L coming out of the draft is a monster.

688
00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:08,040
Speaker 1: Rabel's understanding just being around Belichick all those years as

689
00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:11,439
Speaker 1: a player, knowing when you face an elite player, whether

690
00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:14,480
Speaker 1: it's Marshall Falk, whether it's Terrell Owens, whether whoever it

691
00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:17,520
Speaker 1: is in a big playoff game, you know the Peyton

692
00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:20,320
Speaker 1: Manning years. Take that guy out, so you would imagine

693
00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:22,759
Speaker 1: his mind. It's easier said than done, But him and

694
00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:25,320
Speaker 1: Dan P's are just gonna try to take Lamar Jackson

695
00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:27,279
Speaker 1: out as a runner because if you can do that,

696
00:37:27,360 --> 00:37:30,000
Speaker 1: then you force him to pass. Now, last year against

697
00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:32,879
Speaker 1: the Chargers, he was he's a much better player now

698
00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:35,279
Speaker 1: they forced him to do that and he couldn't do that.

699
00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:38,319
Speaker 1: I do think you'll have a chance if you can

700
00:37:38,360 --> 00:37:41,200
Speaker 1: just neutralize him on the ground, hold him probably like

701
00:37:41,280 --> 00:37:44,759
Speaker 1: under fifty and force him to pass and in situations

702
00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:46,560
Speaker 1: where second and third and long and he's got to

703
00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:48,319
Speaker 1: pick you apart, and he may be able to. He's

704
00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:50,239
Speaker 1: made just that good of a player now, and if

705
00:37:50,239 --> 00:37:52,799
Speaker 1: he's able to do that, then guy like me will say, Yeah,

706
00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:54,160
Speaker 1: I think this guy is gonna be a good player

707
00:37:54,200 --> 00:37:56,000
Speaker 1: in this league for a long time. I mean, he's

708
00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:57,880
Speaker 1: a good player now, but be able to sustain it,

709
00:37:58,840 --> 00:38:01,920
Speaker 1: And that's what I wonder. Now, it's pretty clear what

710
00:38:01,960 --> 00:38:03,640
Speaker 1: the Titans game plan is gonna be a lot like

711
00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:06,279
Speaker 1: the Vikings have Henry run for like a hundred fifty yards,

712
00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:09,480
Speaker 1: control the clock on the ground and just dominate the

713
00:38:09,480 --> 00:38:11,480
Speaker 1: ground with that guy and then occasionally throw the ball

714
00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:14,319
Speaker 1: to a J. Brown. That's gonna be the formula for

715
00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:17,600
Speaker 1: the Titans. I wouldagin I'm gonna take the Ravens if

716
00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:19,439
Speaker 1: I was if I'm gonna gamble on this game, I'd

717
00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:22,120
Speaker 1: probably take the Titans plus nine and a half. And

718
00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:25,680
Speaker 1: it's more just a little unknown with Lamar. Maybe it's unfair,

719
00:38:25,719 --> 00:38:28,239
Speaker 1: but last year in the playoff game, Uh Bill, I

720
00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:30,279
Speaker 1: think he's a lot better. It's just at the nine

721
00:38:30,320 --> 00:38:31,920
Speaker 1: and has a lot of points for the Titans that

722
00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:34,120
Speaker 1: just beat the Patriots. Now, the Patriots are flawed, but

723
00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:36,680
Speaker 1: the Titans are just good. Chiefs at the at the

724
00:38:36,960 --> 00:38:40,640
Speaker 1: excuse me, the Texans at the Chiefs arrowhead. This game

725
00:38:40,719 --> 00:38:42,960
Speaker 1: is gonna be bonkers. I think no team over the

726
00:38:43,040 --> 00:38:45,720
Speaker 1: last month is playing better than the Chiefs. Their defense

727
00:38:45,760 --> 00:38:48,000
Speaker 1: had that stretch I think in December where they average

728
00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:50,680
Speaker 1: like ten points a game. They didn't allow one any

729
00:38:50,680 --> 00:38:53,319
Speaker 1: opponent to go over twenty points. Their defense has been

730
00:38:53,400 --> 00:38:55,920
Speaker 1: lights out. Now, they did lose their rookie safety Thornhill

731
00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:57,520
Speaker 1: that was playing next to Honey Badger and who had

732
00:38:57,560 --> 00:39:02,560
Speaker 1: been boring. That's a big loss. Uh, But Honey Badger,

733
00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:06,120
Speaker 1: their front four spags is kind of they're all kind

734
00:39:06,120 --> 00:39:08,560
Speaker 1: of coming together. I actually trust the Chiefs defense in

735
00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:12,160
Speaker 1: this situation. And any time that I can bet on

736
00:39:12,200 --> 00:39:14,160
Speaker 1: my homes or have my homes in my quarterback, I

737
00:39:14,200 --> 00:39:17,200
Speaker 1: feel good. There is pressure on coach Ree that just

738
00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:20,560
Speaker 1: these win playoff games. I mean, any times the playoffs

739
00:39:20,560 --> 00:39:22,279
Speaker 1: starts and you have all these playoff victories, you have

740
00:39:22,280 --> 00:39:25,880
Speaker 1: all this success just to win the Super Bowl. I've

741
00:39:25,920 --> 00:39:28,839
Speaker 1: been on record and I'm pretty confident Andy Reid's gonna

742
00:39:28,840 --> 00:39:30,759
Speaker 1: win a Super Bowl, whether it's this year, whether it's

743
00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:32,160
Speaker 1: next year, whether in the next couple of years it's

744
00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:34,879
Speaker 1: gonna happen. I do think this year, the way it's

745
00:39:34,880 --> 00:39:37,640
Speaker 1: shaped up, is as good a chance as any. They've

746
00:39:37,640 --> 00:39:39,880
Speaker 1: already beat the Ravens, so if they get by the Texans,

747
00:39:40,960 --> 00:39:43,560
Speaker 1: they're really just sixty minutes away. Assuming the Ravens win

748
00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:47,640
Speaker 1: that they have the formula that took Lamar Jackson out

749
00:39:47,680 --> 00:39:49,400
Speaker 1: early in the season. Now granted that was like the

750
00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:53,040
Speaker 1: end of September, early October, but it still happened. Now

751
00:39:53,080 --> 00:39:55,720
Speaker 1: and if somehow the Titans upset the Ravens, the Chiefs,

752
00:39:55,719 --> 00:39:57,800
Speaker 1: if they win this game, which they would know going

753
00:39:57,840 --> 00:40:00,000
Speaker 1: into it, they'll be hosting the a f C champ

754
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:05,560
Speaker 1: Apreciate Game. Uh here's the problem with just having confidence

755
00:40:05,560 --> 00:40:08,080
Speaker 1: the Chiefs are gonna win. Watson's a pretty special player,

756
00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:11,799
Speaker 1: uh just I mean a borderline legend already what he

757
00:40:11,840 --> 00:40:13,960
Speaker 1: did in college, what he's doing now carrying a team

758
00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:16,439
Speaker 1: that I don't even think that good. They have one

759
00:40:16,520 --> 00:40:19,960
Speaker 1: legit wide receiver and if Fuller plays, which you can

760
00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:22,560
Speaker 1: never count on because that hamstring can pull at any moment,

761
00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:25,399
Speaker 1: if he plays, their defense is really good. But this

762
00:40:25,480 --> 00:40:29,160
Speaker 1: game outside early January in Kansas City is gonna be cold.

763
00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:32,120
Speaker 1: They're they're a little more potent in the dome. Uh.

764
00:40:32,320 --> 00:40:35,280
Speaker 1: I like the Chiefs. I wouldn't say handily in this game,

765
00:40:35,320 --> 00:40:38,120
Speaker 1: but pretty convincingly. A little like last year when they

766
00:40:38,120 --> 00:40:41,160
Speaker 1: play the Colts, they just kind of dominated. They get

767
00:40:41,520 --> 00:40:43,480
Speaker 1: No One, No coach in the league's better off a

768
00:40:43,560 --> 00:40:46,840
Speaker 1: bye than Andy Reid. Uh. The Chiefs are just poised

769
00:40:46,840 --> 00:40:49,319
Speaker 1: to make a run, like this is the year, this

770
00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:51,200
Speaker 1: is the year to make a run. You got no Brady,

771
00:40:51,239 --> 00:40:53,920
Speaker 1: you got no Belichick. You just gotta go through Lamar,

772
00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:56,800
Speaker 1: a guy you've already beat, and take out Bill O'Brien,

773
00:40:56,840 --> 00:40:59,960
Speaker 1: which is not a great coach. I've come full circle.

774
00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:01,719
Speaker 1: I used to I guess not I guess I did

775
00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:03,680
Speaker 1: a one eight. I used to think he was really good.

776
00:41:03,880 --> 00:41:05,879
Speaker 1: Now really watching him tight this year, I just think

777
00:41:05,880 --> 00:41:08,080
Speaker 1: he's kind of a guy. And their team, their talent

778
00:41:08,239 --> 00:41:10,279
Speaker 1: is just not that good. But anytime you have an

779
00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:13,600
Speaker 1: elite quarterback, you can't discount them Chiefs. I'm gonna go

780
00:41:13,719 --> 00:41:19,040
Speaker 1: like thirteen. Then the final game of the weekend Seattle,

781
00:41:19,080 --> 00:41:22,319
Speaker 1: Like Green Bay, every Seattle game looks the same. The

782
00:41:22,360 --> 00:41:25,960
Speaker 1: score has just changed, and I'm done picking them to loose. Now,

783
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:27,839
Speaker 1: I'm not necessarily gonna pick them to win this week,

784
00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:32,520
Speaker 1: but I think the line is reflective of a team

785
00:41:32,560 --> 00:41:35,319
Speaker 1: that isn't that good, you know, not They should be

786
00:41:35,360 --> 00:41:38,080
Speaker 1: like plus ten and their plus four and a half

787
00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:41,600
Speaker 1: because you just can't discount Pete Carroll and Russell Wilson

788
00:41:41,840 --> 00:41:45,240
Speaker 1: in playoff games. They're just too potent. It's bet more Russell.

789
00:41:46,280 --> 00:41:49,920
Speaker 1: But green Bay, who I think we all agree, is

790
00:41:50,120 --> 00:41:53,919
Speaker 1: one of the worst two seeds we've ever seen. Now,

791
00:41:54,200 --> 00:41:58,200
Speaker 1: Rogers statistically had a worse season than last year. The

792
00:41:58,280 --> 00:42:00,360
Speaker 1: last time we saw him two weeks ago against the Allions,

793
00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:04,520
Speaker 1: he was not good overthrowing guys left and right. I

794
00:42:04,560 --> 00:42:07,400
Speaker 1: don't really trust Matt Lafleur, mainly just because what has

795
00:42:07,440 --> 00:42:09,920
Speaker 1: he done to earn my trust? Yeah, they went thirteen

796
00:42:09,920 --> 00:42:12,799
Speaker 1: and three, but I don't really know what he did. Uh.

797
00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:15,360
Speaker 1: Their defense is really good, and that's where I think

798
00:42:15,640 --> 00:42:18,400
Speaker 1: the difference in this game could be. Zadarius Smith has

799
00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:21,600
Speaker 1: been a borderline defensive Player of the year. Kenny Clark's

800
00:42:21,600 --> 00:42:25,279
Speaker 1: really good presence, Smith solid, Their corners are solid, They're

801
00:42:25,320 --> 00:42:27,640
Speaker 1: just Mike Petton is one of the better defensive coordinators

802
00:42:27,640 --> 00:42:30,239
Speaker 1: in the NFL. I think when you look at this game,

803
00:42:30,280 --> 00:42:32,879
Speaker 1: you gotta take DK metcalf away. That's kind of been

804
00:42:32,920 --> 00:42:35,920
Speaker 1: their guy, that's really their potent weapon down the field.

805
00:42:36,400 --> 00:42:39,200
Speaker 1: He was a huge difference in that Philadelphia Eagles game

806
00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:42,839
Speaker 1: just because he can't just run. His ball skills are really,

807
00:42:42,880 --> 00:42:45,200
Speaker 1: really good. So Russell Wilson, who's one of the best

808
00:42:45,200 --> 00:42:47,799
Speaker 1: deep throwers, probably in my lifetime, the best deep throw

809
00:42:47,840 --> 00:42:49,799
Speaker 1: I've ever seen. Just throw it up to the guy,

810
00:42:49,880 --> 00:42:54,200
Speaker 1: let him, let him go, go make a play. And uh,

811
00:42:54,400 --> 00:42:56,520
Speaker 1: I don't know. I mean, I'm very, very tempted to

812
00:42:56,560 --> 00:42:58,920
Speaker 1: take Seattle outright to win this game. I'm I definitely

813
00:42:58,960 --> 00:43:01,759
Speaker 1: would take Seattle plus four and a half. It's just

814
00:43:01,840 --> 00:43:04,320
Speaker 1: I I still view Aaron Rodgers like an elite player,

815
00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:06,880
Speaker 1: even if the film tells me he's not some games

816
00:43:06,920 --> 00:43:09,279
Speaker 1: and it's statistically he's not quite as potent as he

817
00:43:09,400 --> 00:43:12,879
Speaker 1: was five six years ago. It's just Green Bay at

818
00:43:12,920 --> 00:43:16,040
Speaker 1: home Lambeau. It's got a little bit of a collegiate

819
00:43:16,080 --> 00:43:18,359
Speaker 1: feel to it. It's just like it's hard to bet

820
00:43:18,360 --> 00:43:21,000
Speaker 1: against Alabama at Alabama right. It's hard to bet against

821
00:43:21,040 --> 00:43:23,440
Speaker 1: Ohio State at Ohose State, even when their teams aren't

822
00:43:23,560 --> 00:43:25,680
Speaker 1: as good. It's hard to bet against Green Bay in

823
00:43:25,680 --> 00:43:28,319
Speaker 1: the playoffs at green Bay now, I would easily bet

824
00:43:28,320 --> 00:43:29,880
Speaker 1: against them if they got to play the Niners in

825
00:43:29,880 --> 00:43:34,320
Speaker 1: the NFC Championship game. But Seattle has maximized their talent

826
00:43:34,400 --> 00:43:37,640
Speaker 1: this year that this is nowhere near Pete Carroll's best

827
00:43:37,680 --> 00:43:42,080
Speaker 1: teams of like twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen. But they just

828
00:43:42,120 --> 00:43:44,360
Speaker 1: find a way, man, And I think a big reason

829
00:43:44,400 --> 00:43:48,200
Speaker 1: for it is Russell Wilson. He is just, you know,

830
00:43:49,239 --> 00:43:52,440
Speaker 1: just one of the most special players we've ever seen. Uh.

831
00:43:52,520 --> 00:43:54,800
Speaker 1: Can the running backs carry the Packers? They did earlier

832
00:43:54,800 --> 00:43:57,040
Speaker 1: in the season, scored a bunch of touchdowns, you know

833
00:43:57,080 --> 00:43:59,080
Speaker 1: the Packers can that? Can they control the game on

834
00:43:59,120 --> 00:44:02,440
Speaker 1: the ground. Uh? One problem for them under the McCarthy

835
00:44:02,520 --> 00:44:04,320
Speaker 1: years when they had the really good teams, their defense

836
00:44:04,360 --> 00:44:07,400
Speaker 1: wasn't as good as I said earlier with Mike Petton.

837
00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:09,360
Speaker 1: That's a that's a kind of a different element that

838
00:44:09,400 --> 00:44:12,480
Speaker 1: they're bringing to the table now. So I'm gonna go.

839
00:44:13,960 --> 00:44:15,799
Speaker 1: I God, I'm tempted to go the upset, but I'll

840
00:44:15,800 --> 00:44:21,279
Speaker 1: go Green Bay twenty eight Seattle. Maybe a walk off

841
00:44:21,320 --> 00:44:25,600
Speaker 1: Crosby field goal. Okay, let's uh, let's dive into the

842
00:44:25,600 --> 00:44:30,279
Speaker 1: Middlecoff mailbag at John Middlecoff is my Instagram handle. That's

843
00:44:30,320 --> 00:44:34,000
Speaker 1: where that's where the people send me questions. I'm gonna

844
00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:38,560
Speaker 1: start with Ben. If Belichick wants to move on from Brady,

845
00:44:38,840 --> 00:44:42,040
Speaker 1: who would he bring in. I've actually had a decent

846
00:44:42,040 --> 00:44:46,000
Speaker 1: amount of people asked me this, who would Brady's or

847
00:44:46,040 --> 00:44:50,120
Speaker 1: who would Belichick's quarterback be without Brady? And unlike a

848
00:44:50,160 --> 00:44:54,319
Speaker 1: lot of coaches that you know, like coach Reid has

849
00:44:54,320 --> 00:44:57,160
Speaker 1: been coaching now twenty years, it's had so many different quarterbacks,

850
00:44:57,160 --> 00:44:59,240
Speaker 1: you kind of have a feel like, you know, an athletic,

851
00:44:59,280 --> 00:45:02,120
Speaker 1: big arm guy, but he's also at Alex but he's

852
00:45:02,160 --> 00:45:06,160
Speaker 1: had an eclectic group. Belichick's had one starter for twenty

853
00:45:06,239 --> 00:45:08,759
Speaker 1: years and it's Ben Tom Now he's drafted, you know,

854
00:45:08,800 --> 00:45:12,359
Speaker 1: from Howyer to Castle. Maybe Lawyer was an undrafted free agent,

855
00:45:12,920 --> 00:45:16,360
Speaker 1: but you know the kid this year's stid Hum Jimmy g.

856
00:45:17,800 --> 00:45:19,880
Speaker 1: You know, I don't know, like I would he be

857
00:45:19,920 --> 00:45:22,359
Speaker 1: interested in like Philip Rivers? Would you want like an

858
00:45:22,360 --> 00:45:26,960
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton to go with Stidham? Would if Derek Carr

859
00:45:27,000 --> 00:45:30,000
Speaker 1: was cut? What do you want? Car? Your guests as

860
00:45:30,040 --> 00:45:33,479
Speaker 1: good as mine. I honestly have no feel. I would

861
00:45:33,520 --> 00:45:38,040
Speaker 1: imagine that did Josh if he's still the offensive coordinator

862
00:45:38,239 --> 00:45:42,120
Speaker 1: and as of Thursday mid morning he still is of

863
00:45:42,200 --> 00:45:44,560
Speaker 1: recording this, you know he would have a lot of input.

864
00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:47,239
Speaker 1: But I think your guests as good as mine. We

865
00:45:47,239 --> 00:45:49,080
Speaker 1: can list about five guys that are going to be

866
00:45:49,160 --> 00:45:53,560
Speaker 1: hit the open market, non Brady, maybe some trade candidates,

867
00:45:53,600 --> 00:45:56,160
Speaker 1: but you could convince me that he would like he

868
00:45:56,200 --> 00:45:58,479
Speaker 1: would clearly want a smart guy, like He's not gonna

869
00:45:58,480 --> 00:46:01,880
Speaker 1: do an idiot. But you know Dalton smart, Rivers is smart.

870
00:46:02,800 --> 00:46:06,439
Speaker 1: Will they change their offense? I don't know, honestly, it's

871
00:46:06,440 --> 00:46:08,560
Speaker 1: one of those that you know me, I you typically

872
00:46:08,560 --> 00:46:11,720
Speaker 1: have an opinion. I don't know. I wouldn't be shocked

873
00:46:11,760 --> 00:46:14,319
Speaker 1: with just about anything like cam I I'd be a

874
00:46:14,320 --> 00:46:19,000
Speaker 1: little surprised, Uh, but why not? Maybe Belichick wants to

875
00:46:19,120 --> 00:46:25,200
Speaker 1: more of a running offense. I don't know. I'm a

876
00:46:25,239 --> 00:46:27,799
Speaker 1: senior at Kansas State and curious about your opinion on

877
00:46:27,840 --> 00:46:30,040
Speaker 1: our new hire. If you follow, do you think Chris

878
00:46:30,160 --> 00:46:32,040
Speaker 1: Kleman is going to be an elite coach and be

879
00:46:32,080 --> 00:46:34,719
Speaker 1: able to overcome Snyder's legacy. He has been off to

880
00:46:34,760 --> 00:46:38,000
Speaker 1: a hot recruiting start, but seems to choke easy games,

881
00:46:38,040 --> 00:46:42,799
Speaker 1: West Virginia, Navy Texas clock management issues. Yeah, I'll be honest,

882
00:46:42,840 --> 00:46:46,080
Speaker 1: didn't watch that much k State football. Isn't he the

883
00:46:46,120 --> 00:46:50,040
Speaker 1: guy from North Dakota State, the coach Carson Wentz. He

884
00:46:50,120 --> 00:46:52,920
Speaker 1: clearly is a pretty high level guy. I think Kansas

885
00:46:52,920 --> 00:46:59,080
Speaker 1: State is, you know, it's a unique job, like in California,

886
00:46:59,160 --> 00:47:02,080
Speaker 1: like Fresno State eight, like when I lived in Philly Temple.

887
00:47:03,040 --> 00:47:05,640
Speaker 1: Obviously those are mid majors. In Kansas States, you know,

888
00:47:05,800 --> 00:47:10,600
Speaker 1: a a Power five conference, but it's you know, it's Manhattan, Kansas.

889
00:47:10,719 --> 00:47:14,200
Speaker 1: It doesn't pay as much as the other schools, but

890
00:47:14,360 --> 00:47:16,799
Speaker 1: you can win there and you can get you can

891
00:47:16,880 --> 00:47:20,680
Speaker 1: get a specific type of player, a tough, a tough,

892
00:47:21,360 --> 00:47:25,600
Speaker 1: you know, not highly recruited kid, and that's kind of

893
00:47:25,640 --> 00:47:27,359
Speaker 1: what they hung their hat on over the years. With

894
00:47:27,400 --> 00:47:29,920
Speaker 1: some j C transfers, I would say they're comp probably

895
00:47:29,920 --> 00:47:31,320
Speaker 1: in the West Coast, not for insance. It would be

896
00:47:31,320 --> 00:47:34,680
Speaker 1: like Oregon State, where you can nail a couple undervalued

897
00:47:34,719 --> 00:47:37,400
Speaker 1: recruits and get some transfers and if you've got a

898
00:47:37,400 --> 00:47:40,319
Speaker 1: good coach, you can win. And so I yeah, I

899
00:47:40,360 --> 00:47:42,920
Speaker 1: think the guy I can't break down his game management.

900
00:47:43,080 --> 00:47:45,759
Speaker 1: I'm not I'm not watching, even though I actually bet

901
00:47:45,760 --> 00:47:49,360
Speaker 1: on Kansas State one game to see against Texas and

902
00:47:49,600 --> 00:47:53,080
Speaker 1: they covered. They ended up losing the game, But so yeah,

903
00:47:53,120 --> 00:47:54,759
Speaker 1: I like the guy. Who do you think we'll have

904
00:47:54,800 --> 00:47:57,719
Speaker 1: a bigger impact on the forty Niners defense, Kwon, Alexander

905
00:47:57,880 --> 00:48:00,640
Speaker 1: or d Ford. I think it'll be d for just

906
00:48:00,719 --> 00:48:03,919
Speaker 1: because that they needed another edge rusher right now, they've

907
00:48:03,960 --> 00:48:07,480
Speaker 1: only had Bossa with d Ford out. Solomon Thomas is

908
00:48:07,520 --> 00:48:11,439
Speaker 1: a run player, Buckinger and Armstead are inside players. Their

909
00:48:11,520 --> 00:48:15,480
Speaker 1: linebackers Dre Greenlow was making plays for the last two months.

910
00:48:15,840 --> 00:48:19,520
Speaker 1: I mean, without Dre Greenlaw, they would be the fifth seed.

911
00:48:19,600 --> 00:48:22,080
Speaker 1: They help, they might have got beat in Philly. Who knows,

912
00:48:22,200 --> 00:48:24,880
Speaker 1: I think they would have beat Philly. But you know

913
00:48:24,880 --> 00:48:28,000
Speaker 1: what I'm saying, Uh, they desk. Their need for de

914
00:48:28,200 --> 00:48:31,000
Speaker 1: Ford is infinitely higher than their need for Kuan and

915
00:48:31,040 --> 00:48:33,520
Speaker 1: their need for Kwan solid just because you always want

916
00:48:33,960 --> 00:48:37,120
Speaker 1: good players on the field. But to me, de Ford

917
00:48:37,560 --> 00:48:39,520
Speaker 1: is a game changer because the other thing is they

918
00:48:39,560 --> 00:48:44,040
Speaker 1: don't ask DeFord to do much. They just asked him

919
00:48:44,120 --> 00:48:48,839
Speaker 1: to uh that, they just asked him to pass rush.

920
00:48:49,120 --> 00:48:51,200
Speaker 1: He doesn't play, he won't play on based downs against

921
00:48:51,239 --> 00:48:53,359
Speaker 1: the Vikings, who are gonna run the football. He'll come

922
00:48:53,360 --> 00:48:56,839
Speaker 1: in on third and night. Middlecoff mail back. This might

923
00:48:56,880 --> 00:48:59,520
Speaker 1: be late by the time the next podcast podcast comes out,

924
00:48:59,520 --> 00:49:01,359
Speaker 1: but I was curious, do you think Jason Garrett would

925
00:49:01,360 --> 00:49:03,680
Speaker 1: be a good fit for New York Giants. He will

926
00:49:03,719 --> 00:49:06,120
Speaker 1: have a young Daniel Jones who's showing potential, a young

927
00:49:06,160 --> 00:49:08,160
Speaker 1: say Kwon Barclay, who definitely looked really good in a

928
00:49:08,160 --> 00:49:11,359
Speaker 1: pretty average receiving corps. If I don't want to see

929
00:49:11,400 --> 00:49:13,719
Speaker 1: young talent wasted by poor coaching, good fit, bad fit

930
00:49:13,800 --> 00:49:16,279
Speaker 1: waste their talent, well, I I don't think they could

931
00:49:16,280 --> 00:49:19,600
Speaker 1: have hired Jason Garrett. They would have. It was already

932
00:49:19,640 --> 00:49:22,160
Speaker 1: and obviously you asked me this before you knew Joe

933
00:49:22,200 --> 00:49:24,960
Speaker 1: Judge was the coach. I think Joe Judge should be

934
00:49:25,000 --> 00:49:27,920
Speaker 1: interested in Jason Garrett to be a play caller, like

935
00:49:27,960 --> 00:49:30,560
Speaker 1: that's the type guy a coach like Joe Judge should

936
00:49:30,560 --> 00:49:32,239
Speaker 1: want around him. Now. I don't know if they know

937
00:49:32,320 --> 00:49:35,840
Speaker 1: each other. I would imagine they don't really, but it

938
00:49:35,840 --> 00:49:38,440
Speaker 1: wouldn't shock me to see Jason Garrett on his staff.

939
00:49:38,840 --> 00:49:42,160
Speaker 1: I've been told Joe Judge will not call place, so

940
00:49:42,239 --> 00:49:44,520
Speaker 1: he's gonna need a play caller. Now, you'd also go, well,

941
00:49:44,520 --> 00:49:46,799
Speaker 1: when's the last time Jason Garrett's called place? It's been

942
00:49:46,800 --> 00:49:51,600
Speaker 1: a while, Lenahan, Kellen Moore, cowboy fans would have to

943
00:49:51,640 --> 00:49:53,720
Speaker 1: educate me on this. What has it been like five years?

944
00:49:53,920 --> 00:49:55,440
Speaker 1: So he hasn't called plays in a long time. But

945
00:49:55,560 --> 00:49:59,920
Speaker 1: once upon a time, Jason Garrett was this hot offense

946
00:50:00,080 --> 00:50:02,279
Speaker 1: coaching candidate, you know, like he was like a Kyle

947
00:50:02,320 --> 00:50:06,919
Speaker 1: Shanahan and Sean McVeigh, Matt Naggy, a Doug Peterson as

948
00:50:06,960 --> 00:50:09,960
Speaker 1: a as a play caller. Those days are long since passed.

949
00:50:10,000 --> 00:50:13,840
Speaker 1: But one thing Joe Judge is gonna need is a

950
00:50:13,880 --> 00:50:15,960
Speaker 1: guy with experience being a head coach on his staff.

951
00:50:16,120 --> 00:50:19,319
Speaker 1: And clearly the Giants like Jason Garrett. You know, he's

952
00:50:19,360 --> 00:50:22,719
Speaker 1: button up, Ivy League guy, clearly shaved, looks the part,

953
00:50:22,800 --> 00:50:25,960
Speaker 1: and the Giants loved that BS. So I would imagine

954
00:50:25,960 --> 00:50:27,960
Speaker 1: that Jason Garrett might be on his staff. I know

955
00:50:28,000 --> 00:50:30,040
Speaker 1: you were asking about the head coach, but they couldn't

956
00:50:30,040 --> 00:50:33,359
Speaker 1: make him the head coach. They couldn't do that. What's

957
00:50:33,360 --> 00:50:35,759
Speaker 1: your opinion on the Bills touchdown on the kick that

958
00:50:35,840 --> 00:50:42,359
Speaker 1: was overturned because the receiver gave himself up. Uh, well

959
00:50:42,840 --> 00:50:45,920
Speaker 1: you can't. You can't call a fumble on that play

960
00:50:46,040 --> 00:50:48,239
Speaker 1: like it's it's clear the guy gave himself up, like

961
00:50:48,280 --> 00:50:51,279
Speaker 1: it's it's completely obvious. You know, they're the letter of

962
00:50:51,320 --> 00:50:53,839
Speaker 1: the law. Like the guy was giving himself up. He

963
00:50:53,880 --> 00:50:55,520
Speaker 1: wasn't gonna run the ball out. He caught it with

964
00:50:55,560 --> 00:50:57,520
Speaker 1: like two yards away from the out of bounds line

965
00:50:57,560 --> 00:51:01,239
Speaker 1: behind him. So to me, that one's is black and

966
00:51:01,320 --> 00:51:04,840
Speaker 1: white of a subjective call as you're gonna have because

967
00:51:04,880 --> 00:51:07,040
Speaker 1: if you like it's we know what it looks like,

968
00:51:07,400 --> 00:51:10,600
Speaker 1: I get the catches. But that's a that's an easy one.

969
00:51:10,760 --> 00:51:13,520
Speaker 1: He didn't fumble the ball. He was He wasn't throwing

970
00:51:13,560 --> 00:51:15,080
Speaker 1: it just to the ground. He was throwing it to

971
00:51:15,160 --> 00:51:18,239
Speaker 1: the referee. So I I have no issue with them

972
00:51:18,280 --> 00:51:21,600
Speaker 1: overturning that call. They got it right. What do you

973
00:51:21,640 --> 00:51:24,640
Speaker 1: think about Cam Newton, Well, he's never really been my guy,

974
00:51:24,840 --> 00:51:29,600
Speaker 1: you know, an inaccurate, uh you know, kind of emotional

975
00:51:29,880 --> 00:51:33,000
Speaker 1: roller coaster who now has injuries. So he's just not

976
00:51:33,080 --> 00:51:36,000
Speaker 1: my type player. But I've never disputed his just elite

977
00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:40,120
Speaker 1: talent and when he's on his ability to dominate. But

978
00:51:40,320 --> 00:51:44,680
Speaker 1: he is too hot and cold for me. Uh, you know,

979
00:51:44,800 --> 00:51:47,640
Speaker 1: you have to build the offense around his running ability,

980
00:51:47,680 --> 00:51:49,640
Speaker 1: and rightfully so, that's always been what he' hung his

981
00:51:49,680 --> 00:51:51,960
Speaker 1: hat on. I think his MVP year he had ten

982
00:51:52,080 --> 00:51:55,640
Speaker 1: rushing touchdowns that used to run quarterback power. But because

983
00:51:55,640 --> 00:51:58,040
Speaker 1: he's so big, he takes on defenders and his body

984
00:51:58,040 --> 00:52:00,759
Speaker 1: has given up on him. So maybe he could have

985
00:52:00,800 --> 00:52:02,440
Speaker 1: a bounce back, but I think there's a chance that

986
00:52:02,480 --> 00:52:04,759
Speaker 1: he's just never the same guy. So again, he's not

987
00:52:04,840 --> 00:52:08,319
Speaker 1: really my type guy. I'm not. I'm I'm a little

988
00:52:08,320 --> 00:52:10,600
Speaker 1: like Colin with that with my quarterbacks and the flash

989
00:52:10,640 --> 00:52:13,560
Speaker 1: and all the bullshit. I don't care. I like a

990
00:52:13,680 --> 00:52:15,600
Speaker 1: I like a guy that's even keel. You know, that's

991
00:52:15,640 --> 00:52:20,040
Speaker 1: pretty just. It's just because at quarterback, you're gonna have lows,

992
00:52:20,040 --> 00:52:22,759
Speaker 1: you're gonna have highs. You just you gotta be kind

993
00:52:22,760 --> 00:52:25,239
Speaker 1: of like Belichick as a coach. Now, I'm not saying

994
00:52:25,280 --> 00:52:28,480
Speaker 1: he can't celebrate and stuff though, like always doing his

995
00:52:28,560 --> 00:52:30,919
Speaker 1: first down. Things used to be. And I'm not trying

996
00:52:30,920 --> 00:52:33,280
Speaker 1: to be old man River. That's thirty five. That sounds

997
00:52:33,320 --> 00:52:36,520
Speaker 1: like seventy. But it's like, come on, bro, you're you're

998
00:52:36,560 --> 00:52:38,960
Speaker 1: a pro bowler. Just act like you've been there before.

999
00:52:40,000 --> 00:52:42,480
Speaker 1: The Friday Show makes a long commute home enjoyable. So

1000
00:52:42,560 --> 00:52:44,560
Speaker 1: let's say you're the GM of the Miami Dolphins. Do

1001
00:52:44,560 --> 00:52:47,319
Speaker 1: you trade up to draft TWA or do you sit

1002
00:52:47,360 --> 00:52:49,120
Speaker 1: back and hope he's there at five? The idea of

1003
00:52:49,120 --> 00:52:51,239
Speaker 1: trading up for Sam Bradford two point I was making

1004
00:52:51,239 --> 00:52:53,920
Speaker 1: me nauseous. And if I'm trading back and accumulating more

1005
00:52:53,920 --> 00:52:57,960
Speaker 1: picks one in hopes of landing Football Jesus or Justin Fields,

1006
00:52:59,120 --> 00:53:01,880
Speaker 1: I think it is difficult bolt to ever play the

1007
00:53:01,960 --> 00:53:04,520
Speaker 1: long game with a quarterback, as you saw this year

1008
00:53:04,520 --> 00:53:06,520
Speaker 1: with Brian Flores. So like, if you're thinking about can

1009
00:53:06,560 --> 00:53:09,600
Speaker 1: we get Trevor Lawrence or Justin Fields, well, if your

1010
00:53:09,600 --> 00:53:12,120
Speaker 1: team is gonna be better, you have three draft picks

1011
00:53:12,120 --> 00:53:14,360
Speaker 1: this year, and you're gonna sign some guys in free agency,

1012
00:53:14,680 --> 00:53:16,840
Speaker 1: Brian Flores proved like, you're probably not gonna be a

1013
00:53:16,840 --> 00:53:18,680
Speaker 1: two or three win team. More than likely next year

1014
00:53:18,680 --> 00:53:21,120
Speaker 1: you'll win like six or seven games, so you won't

1015
00:53:21,160 --> 00:53:23,879
Speaker 1: be in the Trevor Lawrence sweepskates. And whoever is bad

1016
00:53:23,960 --> 00:53:27,600
Speaker 1: enough to draft Trevor Lawrence, they're just gonna take him.

1017
00:53:27,640 --> 00:53:30,200
Speaker 1: So I think you have to be focused this year.

1018
00:53:30,440 --> 00:53:34,800
Speaker 1: I agree that there are legitimate question marks about to

1019
00:53:35,040 --> 00:53:37,520
Speaker 1: his health. I mean, it's just it's obvious, right. He's

1020
00:53:37,520 --> 00:53:41,120
Speaker 1: got a broken hip, He's had multiple ankle injuries. He's

1021
00:53:41,120 --> 00:53:43,760
Speaker 1: never finished the season, even the season that he quote

1022
00:53:43,840 --> 00:53:47,879
Speaker 1: unquote finished in two thousand uh last year two thousand

1023
00:53:47,880 --> 00:53:50,719
Speaker 1: and eighteen, when Jalen Hurts came in for him because

1024
00:53:50,719 --> 00:53:53,120
Speaker 1: he got hurt in the Georgia game, in the SEC

1025
00:53:53,239 --> 00:53:57,440
Speaker 1: Championship game. So, I I think it's a difficult discussion.

1026
00:53:57,480 --> 00:53:59,759
Speaker 1: I would just take a quarterback this year. I would

1027
00:53:59,800 --> 00:54:02,520
Speaker 1: roll a dice on to a or take Justin Herbert.

1028
00:54:02,560 --> 00:54:05,120
Speaker 1: My problem is, I think, to us so much better

1029
00:54:05,120 --> 00:54:07,479
Speaker 1: than Justin Herbert, I would just I'd take the chance

1030
00:54:07,560 --> 00:54:09,960
Speaker 1: for Sam Bradford two point oh just because if he

1031
00:54:10,040 --> 00:54:12,680
Speaker 1: is able to stay on the field, he's just dramatically better.

1032
00:54:13,800 --> 00:54:16,640
Speaker 1: I've always wondered how sick days work in NFL for

1033
00:54:16,680 --> 00:54:19,160
Speaker 1: players and coaches. Is it like a normal job where

1034
00:54:19,200 --> 00:54:22,640
Speaker 1: you call your supervisor or are you required, especially as

1035
00:54:22,640 --> 00:54:25,080
Speaker 1: a player, to come in and see a doctor. Is

1036
00:54:25,120 --> 00:54:28,600
Speaker 1: this negotiable? Well, I remember I got sick a couple

1037
00:54:28,640 --> 00:54:30,600
Speaker 1: of times when I was a scout, and I would

1038
00:54:30,640 --> 00:54:32,319
Speaker 1: just go to how he's office and be like, bro,

1039
00:54:32,400 --> 00:54:34,719
Speaker 1: I'm about to throw up. He just like go home. Now.

1040
00:54:34,840 --> 00:54:37,560
Speaker 1: Granted I didn't dictate a game plan or anything that week.

1041
00:54:37,880 --> 00:54:40,080
Speaker 1: With a player, it's pretty easy. You just send him

1042
00:54:40,120 --> 00:54:41,960
Speaker 1: home because you don't want your team to get sick.

1043
00:54:42,360 --> 00:54:44,920
Speaker 1: So either, you know, if it's if it's a higher

1044
00:54:45,000 --> 00:54:47,920
Speaker 1: character guy you trust, like if Matt Slater calls Bill

1045
00:54:47,960 --> 00:54:50,360
Speaker 1: Belichick and it's like, I've been throwing up all morning,

1046
00:54:50,960 --> 00:54:53,560
Speaker 1: He's like, stay home, we'll send a doctor to you.

1047
00:54:54,200 --> 00:54:56,400
Speaker 1: If it's like a questionable rookie, you're like, is he

1048
00:54:56,480 --> 00:54:59,560
Speaker 1: just hung over? Is he lying? With a coach, it's hard,

1049
00:55:00,080 --> 00:55:03,560
Speaker 1: you know, the head coach can't just go home. Maybe

1050
00:55:03,600 --> 00:55:05,640
Speaker 1: he could go home a little early that night. So yeah,

1051
00:55:05,719 --> 00:55:10,360
Speaker 1: it's complicated. Luckily, unlike a lot of jobs, you have

1052
00:55:10,480 --> 00:55:12,799
Speaker 1: the access to the doctors and the trainers and the

1053
00:55:12,880 --> 00:55:16,040
Speaker 1: drugs to help you out right in your facility. So

1054
00:55:16,120 --> 00:55:20,719
Speaker 1: it's it's kind of a unique situation. It's not it's

1055
00:55:20,880 --> 00:55:23,319
Speaker 1: you don't get like sick days or anything like that.

1056
00:55:23,440 --> 00:55:25,839
Speaker 1: It's just send a guy home. Or you know, if

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00:55:25,840 --> 00:55:28,560
Speaker 1: a coach is puke and whatever, someone else carries his load.

1058
00:55:28,600 --> 00:55:31,680
Speaker 1: That week, even though I don't I don't remember in

1059
00:55:31,760 --> 00:55:33,960
Speaker 1: my time in college or the pros that many coaches

1060
00:55:34,000 --> 00:55:37,160
Speaker 1: getting sick. They're just like machines, at least not in season.

1061
00:55:37,600 --> 00:55:40,960
Speaker 1: You just mentally aren't allowed to get sick. But with players,

1062
00:55:41,080 --> 00:55:43,640
Speaker 1: it's like any normal person. You just sent them home.

1063
00:55:44,239 --> 00:55:46,200
Speaker 1: But the difference is there there are no sick days

1064
00:55:46,200 --> 00:55:48,399
Speaker 1: like IF's if it's legitimately like you've got the flu

1065
00:55:48,560 --> 00:55:52,680
Speaker 1: or whatever. That's That's a pretty good question though. Could

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00:55:52,680 --> 00:55:55,640
Speaker 1: you see Belichick taking a punt on Josh Rosen assuming

1067
00:55:57,600 --> 00:55:59,719
Speaker 1: assuming he stays in Brady leaves or is it just

1068
00:56:00,160 --> 00:56:02,400
Speaker 1: for the kid? That's a good question. It kind of

1069
00:56:02,400 --> 00:56:06,399
Speaker 1: feels over now. Would he just acquire Josh Rosen for nothing? Sure,

1070
00:56:06,920 --> 00:56:09,360
Speaker 1: but if you're the Miami Dolphins, you did trade a

1071
00:56:09,400 --> 00:56:11,759
Speaker 1: second round pick for him, So are you just gonna

1072
00:56:11,760 --> 00:56:15,200
Speaker 1: give him away for nothing? The problem is his value

1073
00:56:15,280 --> 00:56:17,400
Speaker 1: right now is probably like a six round pick. I

1074
00:56:17,640 --> 00:56:20,279
Speaker 1: think it's kind of a complicated situation. But I if

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00:56:20,320 --> 00:56:22,279
Speaker 1: Belichick liked him, which I think is a big if,

1076
00:56:23,680 --> 00:56:28,080
Speaker 1: it would Uh yeah, I could see that. Your takes

1077
00:56:28,080 --> 00:56:30,320
Speaker 1: on the NFL current events is not only informative but

1078
00:56:30,360 --> 00:56:33,160
Speaker 1: are so funny. I really enjoy listening. Thanks. Unrelated to football,

1079
00:56:33,200 --> 00:56:36,400
Speaker 1: I'm starting a personal finance podcast, gear towards twenty somethings.

1080
00:56:36,840 --> 00:56:38,920
Speaker 1: I'm releasing pretty soon, but I'm wondering if you could

1081
00:56:38,960 --> 00:56:41,200
Speaker 1: quickly touch on some high level advice for someone getting

1082
00:56:41,200 --> 00:56:45,880
Speaker 1: their podcast off the ground. Listen. I I think, like anything,

1083
00:56:46,280 --> 00:56:48,000
Speaker 1: I go back to my cal Poly days, you know,

1084
00:56:48,040 --> 00:56:51,360
Speaker 1: just state school kid. The motto at cal POLYI was

1085
00:56:51,440 --> 00:56:54,640
Speaker 1: learned by doing. And you can plan, and you can

1086
00:56:54,719 --> 00:56:57,760
Speaker 1: think about stuff, and you can go to YouTube and study,

1087
00:56:58,000 --> 00:56:59,800
Speaker 1: you know, type in whatever you want right, how to

1088
00:57:00,000 --> 00:57:03,719
Speaker 1: create a podcast, how to financially build become a millionaire,

1089
00:57:03,920 --> 00:57:05,680
Speaker 1: And you can buy books and you can listen to

1090
00:57:05,719 --> 00:57:09,000
Speaker 1: audio books and you can watch movies about it until

1091
00:57:09,080 --> 00:57:11,759
Speaker 1: you actually do it. Like I'm thinking back to when

1092
00:57:11,800 --> 00:57:15,480
Speaker 1: I just first started doing this podcast. How much smoother

1093
00:57:15,680 --> 00:57:18,080
Speaker 1: and better it is now you just you just gotta

1094
00:57:18,120 --> 00:57:22,520
Speaker 1: do it. And you know, I'm lucky both of point

1095
00:57:22,560 --> 00:57:25,520
Speaker 1: podcast my other podcast, I had a built in audience

1096
00:57:25,760 --> 00:57:27,880
Speaker 1: because I had a radio show in the Bay Area

1097
00:57:27,920 --> 00:57:30,760
Speaker 1: for five years for four years, and then this I

1098
00:57:30,800 --> 00:57:34,520
Speaker 1: have Colin Coward distributing it, so I have I have

1099
00:57:34,600 --> 00:57:37,160
Speaker 1: advantages given my podect I didn't just start it from

1100
00:57:37,240 --> 00:57:39,440
Speaker 1: scratch in the sense where I didn't have anyone know

1101
00:57:39,440 --> 00:57:42,000
Speaker 1: who's who I am. So it is a challenge to

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00:57:42,000 --> 00:57:44,760
Speaker 1: get people to listen. There is competition. We're all fighting

1103
00:57:44,800 --> 00:57:47,720
Speaker 1: for attention. Now this you come into my space, I'm

1104
00:57:47,720 --> 00:57:49,920
Speaker 1: trying to get that listener to come to me first. Now,

1105
00:57:49,960 --> 00:57:54,920
Speaker 1: granted you said personal finance, I think you just my advice.

1106
00:57:54,960 --> 00:58:00,800
Speaker 1: Now with with Instagram and Twitter promote their promote on Facebook. Uh,

1107
00:58:00,920 --> 00:58:02,800
Speaker 1: you know, just do a lot of grassroots marketing. You

1108
00:58:02,880 --> 00:58:05,760
Speaker 1: gotta be active. You gotta be you know, as much

1109
00:58:05,800 --> 00:58:09,000
Speaker 1: as I social media pisses me off, Twitter more than

1110
00:58:09,080 --> 00:58:12,680
Speaker 1: I love Instagram. You it's really a huge part of

1111
00:58:12,720 --> 00:58:15,600
Speaker 1: your job in this business. It's you know. They say,

1112
00:58:15,640 --> 00:58:20,040
Speaker 1: like recruiting is lifeblood of college sports. I think social

1113
00:58:20,040 --> 00:58:22,080
Speaker 1: media is kind of the lifeblood of of my job.

1114
00:58:22,240 --> 00:58:25,040
Speaker 1: Just attention seeking, trying to get people's attention and then

1115
00:58:25,080 --> 00:58:28,439
Speaker 1: trying to drive people to my whatever I do. So

1116
00:58:28,600 --> 00:58:31,080
Speaker 1: good luck, just just start doing it and then just

1117
00:58:31,160 --> 00:58:34,520
Speaker 1: figure out what works what doesn't. And uh, the difficult

1118
00:58:34,560 --> 00:58:37,680
Speaker 1: part is getting people to listen. But if you're good,

1119
00:58:37,720 --> 00:58:40,080
Speaker 1: people eventually find you. I am a big believer that

1120
00:58:40,120 --> 00:58:42,680
Speaker 1: cream always rises. I really enjoy your podcast. I'm a

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00:58:42,680 --> 00:58:44,560
Speaker 1: Colts fan who had high hosts for the season prior

1122
00:58:44,560 --> 00:58:47,080
Speaker 1: to luck retirement. Going forward, what do you think is

1123
00:58:47,080 --> 00:58:49,640
Speaker 1: a likelihood we trade up in the draft and snack quarterback?

1124
00:58:50,360 --> 00:58:52,960
Speaker 1: You see us sticking with Bursett or dipping into the

1125
00:58:53,000 --> 00:58:57,880
Speaker 1: free agent quarterback market. I would assume they would go

1126
00:58:58,080 --> 00:59:01,120
Speaker 1: free agent quarterback. You know, Phil up rivers a cam

1127
00:59:01,280 --> 00:59:05,200
Speaker 1: adult and someone to push ber set more than leverage

1128
00:59:05,240 --> 00:59:07,040
Speaker 1: their pick to try to get a quarterback. Now, if

1129
00:59:07,040 --> 00:59:09,120
Speaker 1: a quarterback falls in them, I can see them doing that.

1130
00:59:09,760 --> 00:59:13,760
Speaker 1: But the way Chris Ballard's history would go, he plays

1131
00:59:13,760 --> 00:59:16,120
Speaker 1: it a little safer now and he got time a

1132
00:59:16,120 --> 00:59:18,240
Speaker 1: guy that's played it safer forever. Sometimes a guy takes

1133
00:59:18,240 --> 00:59:20,160
Speaker 1: a big swing, so that can never be discounted. My

1134
00:59:20,560 --> 00:59:23,720
Speaker 1: guests would be he goes the free agent quarterback market,

1135
00:59:24,280 --> 00:59:27,720
Speaker 1: uh and tries to push Pricet that way. Tampa Bay

1136
00:59:27,760 --> 00:59:29,360
Speaker 1: is a sneaky good spot for Tom Brady if he

1137
00:59:29,400 --> 00:59:31,760
Speaker 1: leaves New England. Receiving corps and tight ends are great.

1138
00:59:31,800 --> 00:59:34,360
Speaker 1: Arians should have Brady's respect and his offensive mind and

1139
00:59:34,400 --> 00:59:38,080
Speaker 1: coach defense has potential at the secondary can be bolstered. Yeah,

1140
00:59:38,080 --> 00:59:40,080
Speaker 1: it's not that's not crazy at all. I mean, they

1141
00:59:40,120 --> 00:59:43,520
Speaker 1: got Mike Evans, they have Chris Godwin, they have a

1142
00:59:43,600 --> 00:59:47,360
Speaker 1: running back in ro Joe, they got the couple tight ends. Uh,

1143
00:59:47,480 --> 00:59:49,840
Speaker 1: Bruce arians a great offensive coach, like you said, they

1144
00:59:49,920 --> 00:59:53,080
Speaker 1: got Todd Bowls and defense the division. The Saints, while

1145
00:59:53,120 --> 00:59:56,080
Speaker 1: they were good regular season game, they're not. Yeah, they

1146
00:59:56,080 --> 00:59:59,840
Speaker 1: look kind of flawed. The Panthers are going through a

1147
01:00:00,040 --> 01:00:03,200
Speaker 1: rebuilding a new coach, and the Falcons you just never

1148
01:00:03,240 --> 01:00:06,600
Speaker 1: know with them. So yeah, I think the only counter

1149
01:00:06,680 --> 01:00:11,160
Speaker 1: of that would be how often you know it's Tom

1150
01:00:11,200 --> 01:00:13,480
Speaker 1: Brady gonna play for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Now, no

1151
01:00:13,560 --> 01:00:16,560
Speaker 1: state income tax could they pay? Instead of franchising Jamis?

1152
01:00:16,880 --> 01:00:19,840
Speaker 1: Why not just give Tom Brady thirty million dollars? Yeah,

1153
01:00:19,880 --> 01:00:21,480
Speaker 1: I mean I would I rather have Tom Brady than

1154
01:00:21,560 --> 01:00:24,040
Speaker 1: Jameis Winston. Yeah, you bet your ass I would. But

1155
01:00:24,360 --> 01:00:26,600
Speaker 1: would Tom Brady go to Tampa That That one's kind

1156
01:00:26,600 --> 01:00:29,320
Speaker 1: of hard to see. Why does Sean Payton, damn it?

1157
01:00:29,960 --> 01:00:31,919
Speaker 1: Why does Sean Payton keep getting love as some sort

1158
01:00:31,920 --> 01:00:34,240
Speaker 1: of genius. He's routinely talked about as the top three

1159
01:00:34,320 --> 01:00:37,920
Speaker 1: or five coach, but chokes in the playoffs year after year. Meanwhile,

1160
01:00:37,960 --> 01:00:40,920
Speaker 1: guys like Peterson gets someone ignored. But Peyton couldn't get

1161
01:00:40,920 --> 01:00:43,440
Speaker 1: the Saints to beat Prime time Kirk. They shouldn't beat them.

1162
01:00:43,440 --> 01:00:45,880
Speaker 1: They should have beat the Vikings both years, and the

1163
01:00:46,000 --> 01:00:48,720
Speaker 1: Rams team that one last year wasn't some world beater.

1164
01:00:49,280 --> 01:00:51,880
Speaker 1: The Saints get routinely talked about a scarier team no

1165
01:00:51,880 --> 01:00:54,120
Speaker 1: one would want to play. Yet that happens when the

1166
01:00:54,160 --> 01:00:56,360
Speaker 1: lights are on, they struggle against the Philly team starting

1167
01:00:56,400 --> 01:00:58,479
Speaker 1: fools or lose a Kirk Cousins. What gives a Sean

1168
01:00:58,480 --> 01:01:02,720
Speaker 1: Payton a little overrated this point in my missing something, Well,

1169
01:01:02,840 --> 01:01:04,480
Speaker 1: I think it's really hard to win in the playoffs.

1170
01:01:05,000 --> 01:01:07,640
Speaker 1: It's that just let's just say state that as a fact.

1171
01:01:07,760 --> 01:01:11,280
Speaker 1: It is very, very very difficult to win. In January.

1172
01:01:11,400 --> 01:01:15,640
Speaker 1: Mike Zimmer is Belichick Fangio top three defensive mind. So

1173
01:01:15,680 --> 01:01:18,680
Speaker 1: it's hard to beat Zimmer in the playoffs. Sean McVeigh,

1174
01:01:19,040 --> 01:01:20,800
Speaker 1: you could argue the rev screw them. They should have

1175
01:01:20,800 --> 01:01:25,360
Speaker 1: won that game. Also, when you win a Super Bowl

1176
01:01:25,640 --> 01:01:29,520
Speaker 1: or a national championship early, you're a made man. Bob

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01:01:29,520 --> 01:01:32,280
Speaker 1: Stoops won a national championship in a second year, was

1178
01:01:32,320 --> 01:01:35,560
Speaker 1: a coach for the next fifteen years and just you know,

1179
01:01:35,680 --> 01:01:38,280
Speaker 1: gotta pass a lot of the time. So yeah, you

1180
01:01:38,320 --> 01:01:41,120
Speaker 1: get up when you win the Super Bowl, especially with

1181
01:01:41,200 --> 01:01:44,800
Speaker 1: a franchise like the Saints, you get I mean a

1182
01:01:44,840 --> 01:01:46,960
Speaker 1: borderline lifetime passed. The other thing is they did go

1183
01:01:47,000 --> 01:01:49,240
Speaker 1: thirteen and three. But I say it all the time.

1184
01:01:49,240 --> 01:01:51,640
Speaker 1: With the NBA, we're at the point now football we

1185
01:01:51,680 --> 01:01:53,640
Speaker 1: still care about the regular season because the regular season

1186
01:01:53,680 --> 01:01:56,040
Speaker 1: is really important. You do have to get it done

1187
01:01:56,040 --> 01:01:57,840
Speaker 1: in the playoffs. And you're right, he's he just hasn't

1188
01:01:57,880 --> 01:02:00,640
Speaker 1: got done in the playoffs. Just simply not good enough.

1189
01:02:00,760 --> 01:02:04,760
Speaker 1: It's just point period, point blank, end of story. So yeah,

1190
01:02:04,960 --> 01:02:07,160
Speaker 1: I wouldn't say he's overrated because you talked to people

1191
01:02:07,160 --> 01:02:09,400
Speaker 1: in the coaching fraternity. They still think he's one of

1192
01:02:09,440 --> 01:02:13,880
Speaker 1: the best in the business. But yeah, he's left something

1193
01:02:13,920 --> 01:02:16,760
Speaker 1: to be desired over the last you know, five six years.

1194
01:02:16,800 --> 01:02:18,680
Speaker 1: It's just you gotta win in the playoffs. Remember there

1195
01:02:18,720 --> 01:02:21,160
Speaker 1: was a Niner game that he lost to Alex Smith

1196
01:02:21,400 --> 01:02:23,360
Speaker 1: in two thousand and eleven, the year before bounty Gate

1197
01:02:23,400 --> 01:02:25,760
Speaker 1: happened and he got suspended, which was a bad loss.

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01:02:26,320 --> 01:02:27,760
Speaker 1: I wanted to pop in and say I'm a fan

1199
01:02:27,800 --> 01:02:30,240
Speaker 1: of your show and how you keep ship real, appreciate you.

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01:02:30,320 --> 01:02:32,360
Speaker 1: Usually when it's the other guys on a podcast, I

1201
01:02:32,400 --> 01:02:34,520
Speaker 1: turn it off. You're one of the dudes. I'll listen

1202
01:02:34,560 --> 01:02:37,240
Speaker 1: to keep it real. Man. Guess that wasn't a question,

1203
01:02:37,240 --> 01:02:40,120
Speaker 1: just a little compliment for me. Thanks. We try to

1204
01:02:40,240 --> 01:02:43,080
Speaker 1: we we hang our hat on no frauds, So we

1205
01:02:43,200 --> 01:02:46,840
Speaker 1: just I talked like I talked three sixty five. This

1206
01:02:46,880 --> 01:02:48,520
Speaker 1: is no different than how I'd be talking if I

1207
01:02:48,520 --> 01:02:50,600
Speaker 1: was sitting next to you had a game or drinking

1208
01:02:50,600 --> 01:02:52,760
Speaker 1: a beer at a bar. I'm just I am me.

1209
01:02:53,520 --> 01:02:55,680
Speaker 1: My mom's like, why do you swear like? Mom? I

1210
01:02:55,720 --> 01:02:57,919
Speaker 1: just talked like I talk now. I don't swear here

1211
01:02:58,680 --> 01:03:02,280
Speaker 1: out of respect as much as some of my other places.

1212
01:03:02,320 --> 01:03:04,080
Speaker 1: But I I just talked like a talk It's not

1213
01:03:04,880 --> 01:03:06,920
Speaker 1: you know, I'm educated guy. My mom was like, you're

1214
01:03:06,920 --> 01:03:10,280
Speaker 1: sounding so uneducated. Yeah, mom, I got multiple degrees here.

1215
01:03:10,360 --> 01:03:11,880
Speaker 1: You're the one that dropped out of college. But I'm

1216
01:03:11,880 --> 01:03:13,480
Speaker 1: not taking a shot with my mom. But it's just

1217
01:03:13,560 --> 01:03:15,960
Speaker 1: like that that generation is like, yeah, it's just it's

1218
01:03:16,000 --> 01:03:18,680
Speaker 1: just a swear word, you know. I know Colin gave

1219
01:03:18,760 --> 01:03:21,760
Speaker 1: up swearing. I'm not mainly because I don't have that

1220
01:03:21,800 --> 01:03:24,760
Speaker 1: many words to go to Big Colts fan and wanted

1221
01:03:24,760 --> 01:03:26,760
Speaker 1: to get your opinion of Tom bradyer Cam Newton coming

1222
01:03:26,760 --> 01:03:29,720
Speaker 1: to Indie. I feel like it's unlikely either actually signed.

1223
01:03:29,760 --> 01:03:33,880
Speaker 1: But with a great offensive line and Frank Reich Frank Reich. Yeah,

1224
01:03:34,080 --> 01:03:36,320
Speaker 1: uh do you think I always scrip that name? I

1225
01:03:36,400 --> 01:03:39,120
Speaker 1: just call him Frank Reich. It's Frank Reich. Do you

1226
01:03:39,200 --> 01:03:42,560
Speaker 1: think that Indie would be a better team and Tom Brady?

1227
01:03:42,560 --> 01:03:44,400
Speaker 1: They would probably be the favorites in the a f

1228
01:03:44,480 --> 01:03:48,160
Speaker 1: C South. But I keep getting back to is it

1229
01:03:48,240 --> 01:03:51,000
Speaker 1: was led by Ryan Grigson, but the Colts brand was

1230
01:03:51,040 --> 01:03:54,479
Speaker 1: all over it. They embarrassed Tom Brady. You embarrassed the goat.

1231
01:03:54,640 --> 01:03:57,320
Speaker 1: I was offended for Tom Brady, as most people in

1232
01:03:57,360 --> 01:03:59,280
Speaker 1: football should be with the deflate gate like that was

1233
01:03:59,440 --> 01:04:02,360
Speaker 1: that was a jail, Like it really was, like you

1234
01:04:02,360 --> 01:04:04,840
Speaker 1: guys got your ass kicked, and you're like pointing the

1235
01:04:04,840 --> 01:04:08,240
Speaker 1: finger at Tom Brady. But new regime, Chris Ballard, like

1236
01:04:08,280 --> 01:04:11,400
Speaker 1: you said, new head coach. I just I have a

1237
01:04:11,480 --> 01:04:14,480
Speaker 1: hard time seeing Tom Brady played for the Colts, the

1238
01:04:14,480 --> 01:04:17,320
Speaker 1: team that ultimately led the charge to get him suspended.

1239
01:04:17,440 --> 01:04:20,920
Speaker 1: Though from a football standpoint it makes sense. But if

1240
01:04:20,960 --> 01:04:24,760
Speaker 1: you're Tom Brady and again different humans, but that that

1241
01:04:25,080 --> 01:04:28,120
Speaker 1: the horseshoe was the reason that you missed four games,

1242
01:04:28,280 --> 01:04:32,560
Speaker 1: and they tried to ruin your reputation, led by Mortenson

1243
01:04:32,600 --> 01:04:34,240
Speaker 1: and some of the guys on television, that that was

1244
01:04:34,280 --> 01:04:37,120
Speaker 1: an embarrassing stretch. I mean even Colts fans like to

1245
01:04:37,200 --> 01:04:39,400
Speaker 1: take a step back. Tom Brady kicked the ship out

1246
01:04:39,400 --> 01:04:41,240
Speaker 1: out of everyone for the next several years after the

1247
01:04:41,280 --> 01:04:44,000
Speaker 1: quote unquote deflator was changing the balls. That wasn't why

1248
01:04:44,040 --> 01:04:45,919
Speaker 1: you got your asking. Get your asking because your team

1249
01:04:45,920 --> 01:04:48,800
Speaker 1: wasn't good enough. But if you had Tom, I don't

1250
01:04:48,800 --> 01:04:51,720
Speaker 1: think you messed with Cam Newton. If you had Tom Brady,

1251
01:04:51,880 --> 01:04:54,280
Speaker 1: I think you could win the Super Bowl. But I

1252
01:04:54,400 --> 01:04:56,880
Speaker 1: just I don't think he's going there. I really don't.

1253
01:04:57,200 --> 01:05:02,479
Speaker 1: Thanks everyone for listening. Enjoyed a divisional round and yeah,

1254
01:05:03,200 --> 01:05:05,600
Speaker 1: I have a great have a great weekend, And uh

1255
01:05:05,760 --> 01:05:08,720
Speaker 1: I got football, man, this is ah. We only got

1256
01:05:08,720 --> 01:05:11,800
Speaker 1: what we got four games. So we got these four games.

1257
01:05:12,240 --> 01:05:15,720
Speaker 1: We got the National Championship on Monday, that's five. Then

1258
01:05:15,840 --> 01:05:17,880
Speaker 1: we got two more playoff games in the f C

1259
01:05:18,000 --> 01:05:20,360
Speaker 1: and NFC Championship game. That's seven. In the Super Bowl,

1260
01:05:20,400 --> 01:05:23,040
Speaker 1: we have eight legit football games. Left think about that.

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01:05:23,840 --> 01:05:27,600
Speaker 1: Enjoy it, Enjoy it while it's here, because it won't

1262
01:05:27,640 --> 01:05:29,520
Speaker 1: be here that much longer. Audios