1 00:00:01,240 --> 00:00:20,360 Speaker 1: The volume. What is going on Everybody? Monday Morning Podcast? 2 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:23,360 Speaker 1: Monday Podcast. I'm recording this on Sunday night, a little 3 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:27,000 Speaker 1: later than usual. We had a little thing called a 4 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 1: tornado rain weather delay. I feel for everyone on the 5 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 1: East Coast health Central Coast, or I mean Central time 6 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:38,599 Speaker 1: zone as well. It is nine. The game still technically 7 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:42,279 Speaker 1: is an over, though Bills won this thing. I think 8 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:43,800 Speaker 1: it was a couple of minutes left. I just turned 9 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:47,599 Speaker 1: the TV on off and fired up the podcast. I'm 10 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:51,599 Speaker 1: gonna dive into what we saw tonight. Uh Russell Wilson, 11 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:54,760 Speaker 1: pretty big story that came out after I recorded the 12 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:59,000 Speaker 1: podcast Thursday night, the severity of his injury, the kicking 13 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:03,600 Speaker 1: fiasco that was the Bengals Packer game. I don't know 14 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 1: if I've ever seen anything quite like that. What a 15 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:11,240 Speaker 1: what a game? Uh? And then we'll obviously have podcasts 16 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:13,920 Speaker 1: on Tuesday and Thursday. I need to go back and watch. 17 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:18,120 Speaker 1: I didn't see much of the Browns Charger game that 18 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 1: looked to be the game of the day to day 19 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 1: on paper forty to forty two. Some other thoughts on 20 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 1: the rookie quarterbacks and other stuff for Tuesday, but I 21 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:31,280 Speaker 1: wanted to dive in to what we just saw, and listen, 22 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:34,880 Speaker 1: I have a soft spot for the valley in California. 23 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 1: And when I say the valley, I mean from Sacramento 24 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:42,000 Speaker 1: down to Bakersfield that would be considered the the valley. 25 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:45,560 Speaker 1: And when you think of California, you got l A, Hollywood, 26 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 1: you got the Bay Area, tack in banks, really banks, 27 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 1: you know, finance in l A. Too. But then like 28 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:55,160 Speaker 1: a huge part of our economy and I know my 29 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 1: dad was a farmer is in that area. It's a 30 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:01,080 Speaker 1: huge reason why we're one of the biggest economies in 31 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 1: the world. It's not just Silicon Valley. It's not just 32 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 1: all the cash in l A. It's the farming. We 33 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 1: have some of the best farming in the world. And 34 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:12,400 Speaker 1: my dad, when I was a kid, he got the 35 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:14,640 Speaker 1: you know, my brothers still in it now they're not 36 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 1: in tomatoes, but when they were heavily in tomatoes, he 37 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 1: would go down in Fireball and Dose Palos. In some 38 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 1: of these areas, these little rural towns that places you 39 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 1: would see in Texas or in Alabama, in Mississippi, we 40 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 1: have these in California. They just don't ever get talked about. 41 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 1: And I actually drove through recently. I went to visit 42 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 1: my cousin within the last month in Fresno and I 43 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:43,520 Speaker 1: drove through Fireball, and I have several times. It is 44 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 1: a tiny little town, but when you drive through that, 45 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:49,240 Speaker 1: and you drive through all these little towns, there's a 46 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:52,800 Speaker 1: lot of character. You know, these are tough, hard working people. 47 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 1: There is not much there. And I know I don't 48 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 1: know Josh Allen personally, but I know h Allen and 49 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:03,400 Speaker 1: having worked at Fresno State. We got a lot of 50 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 1: guys from these valley towns, and the irony is Kaepernick 51 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 1: who was from Turlock, and Josh Allen, who's from Fireball too. 52 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 1: I mean, Turlock is a lot bigger, bigger than Fireball. 53 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 1: Are just valley towns, and these guys desperately wanted to 54 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:24,079 Speaker 1: go to Fresno State. And obviously Josh Allen was never 55 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:27,240 Speaker 1: offered a scholarship there. And he had this huge chip 56 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 1: on his shoulder with this immense talent, and people nitpicked it. 57 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:33,400 Speaker 1: He wasn't accurate, he didn't have it. He had to 58 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:36,840 Speaker 1: go to freaking Wyoming and he was still the seventh 59 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:39,480 Speaker 1: pick in the draft. And all you ever hear is 60 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 1: how terrible he was. His first couple of years. Yeah, 61 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 1: he was terrible as rookie year. He was a lot 62 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:48,640 Speaker 1: better by a second year twenty touchdown, nine picks, and 63 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:52,600 Speaker 1: obviously last year he was phenomenal. But his talent early 64 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 1: on his rookie year, even all the stuff they had 65 00:03:55,040 --> 00:04:00,040 Speaker 1: to clean up, you went, wow, this guy has a 66 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:06,200 Speaker 1: a boatload of natural ability. The size, the athleticism, the arm. 67 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 1: It's could he become accurate and he clearly worked and worked. 68 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 1: But to get better, I would say it anything. One 69 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 1: you need to do it, and he's been able to 70 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:18,159 Speaker 1: play from the jump. And two you got to have 71 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:22,520 Speaker 1: the character, the competitive character, the mindset, the work ethic, 72 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:28,120 Speaker 1: and the willingness to be pushed, the willingness, the willingness 73 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:32,080 Speaker 1: to be coached hard and to go to levels that 74 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 1: you know you're even a little uncomfortable being pushed to. 75 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:38,920 Speaker 1: And clearly he was open to it under Sean McDermott, 76 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:42,960 Speaker 1: under Brian Dable, and all he has done has improved. 77 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:46,039 Speaker 1: I don't think we've ever seen from his rookie year 78 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:48,680 Speaker 1: to where he is now in his fourth year. Is 79 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:50,720 Speaker 1: this fourth year? Yeah, this is fourth year. It seems 80 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 1: a little different because he's just got a contract attention, 81 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:56,039 Speaker 1: but it is dramatic, like Lamar has gotten a lot better, 82 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:59,160 Speaker 1: Mahomes got a lot better, but they were pretty damn 83 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:02,360 Speaker 1: good by like two Obviously, Mahomes his second year won 84 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:04,880 Speaker 1: the m v P. Lamar by a second year I 85 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:06,760 Speaker 1: think also when the m v P, I mean these 86 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:11,400 Speaker 1: guys were immediately elite players. There were people questioning Josh 87 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:15,479 Speaker 1: Allen really till last year, and I was actually much 88 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:18,479 Speaker 1: more sold by his second year because I knew the 89 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:20,920 Speaker 1: type person he was. And again I just follow him 90 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:23,400 Speaker 1: on Instagram. I know people that know him. I know 91 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:25,680 Speaker 1: his head coach. Not that I talked to Sean that much, 92 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:28,760 Speaker 1: but whenever I'd seen him at the Combine and the 93 00:05:28,839 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 1: way he would talk about him, and I know the 94 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:33,240 Speaker 1: type guy in the one year that I spent about 95 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:37,520 Speaker 1: around Sean McDermott. Sean McDermott is not some bullshitter. He's 96 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 1: not like me. I'm a little more probably prone to 97 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 1: hyperbolee and more of a hype machine. That is not 98 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:46,120 Speaker 1: Sean's deal. And I remember talking to him several years 99 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:50,080 Speaker 1: ago going into Josh Allen's third year, and he was 100 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 1: so bullish on Josh and to get Sean to be 101 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:56,360 Speaker 1: like that, you have to be wired the right way. 102 00:05:56,440 --> 00:05:59,160 Speaker 1: So he believed in the person the talent. We all 103 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:02,080 Speaker 1: knew the guy had it, and now you're just watching physically, 104 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 1: he's on a different level. He moves around like he's 105 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:06,400 Speaker 1: Cam Newton, He's got an arm and throws it like 106 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 1: he's Patrick Mahomes. His team is loaded, his defense is 107 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:13,160 Speaker 1: clearly much better. We're watching a guy with all this 108 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:15,560 Speaker 1: talent figure it out in front of our eyes over 109 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:18,560 Speaker 1: these last eighteen months, and it's awesome to watch. That 110 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 1: guy is a certified badass. That guy is a player 111 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:25,640 Speaker 1: who's going to continue to win big in the NFL. 112 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:29,039 Speaker 1: That's what it looks like, just like we've watched Mahomes 113 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:31,359 Speaker 1: for years. That's what it looks like. And I know 114 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:34,280 Speaker 1: the Chiefs are struggling, They're just they're a little off 115 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:36,680 Speaker 1: right now, Mahomes a little off, they're turning the ball over. 116 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:40,159 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna write them off. They have too much. 117 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 1: Like I talked about with Josh, competitive character, the championship blood, 118 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:46,680 Speaker 1: I see it with the sand Farcisco Giants, who as 119 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:49,800 Speaker 1: of recording this, you know the Dodgers won the second game, 120 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 1: and listen, I think the Dodgers probably end up winning 121 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:54,960 Speaker 1: the series, but the Giants are not gonna fold. They 122 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:58,240 Speaker 1: have too much championship character with their core guys. You 123 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 1: watched Travis Kelsey tonight when they were down pretty big 124 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 1: and they scored zero celebration, He told everyone, we're running 125 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:06,839 Speaker 1: back to the sideline. We don't celebrate when we're getting 126 00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:08,920 Speaker 1: our asking by a team that we should be better than. 127 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:11,120 Speaker 1: Even though based on the roster right now, so the 128 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 1: Chiefs has some missues on the defense. Maybe they're not better. 129 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:15,840 Speaker 1: Maybe the Bills are the class of the a f C. 130 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:18,800 Speaker 1: Maybe it's just that simple, because that's what it looks like. 131 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:20,360 Speaker 1: I mean, they played him at home the night and 132 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:23,600 Speaker 1: they shoved him around. They thoroughly outplayed him. The Bills 133 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:27,560 Speaker 1: look like the more well rounded team. But it's just 134 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:31,280 Speaker 1: like the Chiefs. It starts with the quarterback and the 135 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:34,679 Speaker 1: energy that the quarterback gives off his just his talent, 136 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:37,560 Speaker 1: How just good he is. I mean, I I don't 137 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:39,520 Speaker 1: really know how else to put it, Like what can 138 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:42,520 Speaker 1: he do? He's got touch on the short passes. He's 139 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 1: got the ability to obviously to push the ball back intermediately, 140 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:48,680 Speaker 1: a deep out, a deep comeback to throw these ropes. 141 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:52,120 Speaker 1: He can clearly throw it a million miles miles far 142 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:55,080 Speaker 1: right on like a deep pass, on a go route, 143 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:58,400 Speaker 1: on a post. He's got this playmaking ability to scramble 144 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:01,640 Speaker 1: behind the line of scrimmage. He can break tackles like Roethlisberger, 145 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:05,000 Speaker 1: but he's faster like Cam Newton to run and he 146 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:08,320 Speaker 1: just starts like his instincts now as a quarterback. Look 147 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:11,760 Speaker 1: like a high level Pro Bowl elite guy. He looks 148 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:14,040 Speaker 1: like an all pro level player. He looked like his 149 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 1: counterpart today he looks like Mahomes. That's what he looks like. 150 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:19,800 Speaker 1: Josh Allen, Mahomes, Herbert, Like, that's what it's supposed to 151 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 1: look like. And what do all three of those guys 152 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 1: have in common? All high character guys, all kind of 153 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:27,880 Speaker 1: have a blue collar, smaller town field. Mahomes, I don't 154 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:29,960 Speaker 1: know the exact town he grew up in, but in 155 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:32,280 Speaker 1: Texas now I think he did. He grew up in Dallas, 156 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:34,800 Speaker 1: but he went to Texas Tech obviously. Herbert grew up 157 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:37,600 Speaker 1: in Eugene, and Josh Allen grew up in Fireball Like 158 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:41,240 Speaker 1: they these guys just kind of humble roots, normal guys, 159 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:45,679 Speaker 1: very relatable, bust their ass. You know. I know mahomes 160 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:47,800 Speaker 1: dad was a pro athlete. Not the case with these 161 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:50,880 Speaker 1: other two guys. But like easy to root for, I 162 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:53,640 Speaker 1: gravitate toward all three of them. I'm a huge fan. 163 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:55,880 Speaker 1: If I was a ten year old, I'd want all 164 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:58,560 Speaker 1: three of their jerseys that if I was a dad, 165 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:00,880 Speaker 1: I'd want my kid to look up to those three eyes. 166 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:03,600 Speaker 1: And it's just cool. Like the NFL is in a 167 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:05,960 Speaker 1: good spot. And if you're the Chiefs, like you you 168 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:08,680 Speaker 1: got hit in the mouth by I wouldn't call that 169 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:11,920 Speaker 1: your rival because you've owned them, just like you have 170 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 1: the Ravens. But now two teams that you've got it 171 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:18,439 Speaker 1: pushed around recently, the Bills and the Ravens have got you. 172 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:22,880 Speaker 1: So I don't necessarily, you know, could the Chiefs as 173 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:25,520 Speaker 1: a wild card beat them in a playoff game, for 174 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:29,080 Speaker 1: sure on the road, But like the one thing it 175 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:32,440 Speaker 1: does with the Ravens and definitely with the Bills, their 176 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:34,640 Speaker 1: head coach Sean mcdermock get in front of the group, 177 00:09:34,920 --> 00:09:37,679 Speaker 1: Josh Allen can look at everyone in the huddle, go guys, 178 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:40,480 Speaker 1: we can beat these guys in a big game in 179 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:43,559 Speaker 1: the playoffs. In Jared January, assuming the Chiefs get there 180 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:47,320 Speaker 1: because we've done it. We beat him at Arrowhead like that. 181 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:50,960 Speaker 1: That was an enormous win, fun to watch even with 182 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:52,840 Speaker 1: the rain to lay. Don't know how you guys do 183 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:55,880 Speaker 1: it on the East Coast, but I couldn't be any 184 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 1: bigger of a Josh Allen fan. I just love watching 185 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:01,880 Speaker 1: the guy. I love his ory. I feel like I 186 00:10:01,960 --> 00:10:04,360 Speaker 1: know him. I just know so many people like that. 187 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:07,040 Speaker 1: Obviously they aren't that good at football, and I know 188 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:11,800 Speaker 1: he represents certain people in the valley that just take 189 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:14,880 Speaker 1: a lot of pride in watching guys like that have success. 190 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 1: And uh and yeah, what a performance. Okay. One of 191 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 1: the biggest stories of the weekend actually happened on the 192 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:27,120 Speaker 1: Thursday night game, and the last that I talked about 193 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:30,040 Speaker 1: it was after for the Friday podcast. We just knew 194 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:32,640 Speaker 1: Russell was hurt, but we didn't know how long he 195 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:36,160 Speaker 1: was gonna be out. And first and foremost, it turns 196 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:38,559 Speaker 1: out right now reports six d eight weeks. Maybe he 197 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 1: could be back before if he saw his Instagram, he 198 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:43,719 Speaker 1: saw his Twitter, he got surgery. He's got a big 199 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:47,160 Speaker 1: cast on his hand. He can be a little cheesy 200 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:51,040 Speaker 1: for my liking. Sometimes he feels very much like a politician, 201 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:54,560 Speaker 1: Like he's trying to say the right things, and part 202 00:10:54,559 --> 00:10:58,240 Speaker 1: of it, I know that he's chasing greatness. And I 203 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 1: think when you do that, you have to get yourself 204 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,760 Speaker 1: off in this kind of weird headspace and you sound 205 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:06,280 Speaker 1: a little different than most of us now. Like my 206 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:10,120 Speaker 1: pushback would be like, I've never chased like Hall of 207 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:12,719 Speaker 1: Fame greatness at quarterback. But like I think a lot 208 00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:14,920 Speaker 1: of us, many people that are listening to us, we 209 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:20,520 Speaker 1: are ambitious people. We're we're always chasing and wired to 210 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:23,520 Speaker 1: do more, to get better, to try to improve. I 211 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:27,440 Speaker 1: think a lot of people you know that follow sports 212 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:30,800 Speaker 1: are wired like that in their own business mindset, where 213 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:32,320 Speaker 1: it's like you can just talk like a normal like 214 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:34,800 Speaker 1: Peyton Manning just talk like a normal guy, and we 215 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:38,199 Speaker 1: knew that he was like neurotic about how already worked 216 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:41,280 Speaker 1: at a sport, right, So you know, I don't think 217 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:43,240 Speaker 1: you always need to act that cheesy, but that's kind 218 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:48,280 Speaker 1: of his deal. But I don't think we often I 219 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:51,720 Speaker 1: definitely don't articulate, and I don't think we spend enough 220 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:54,079 Speaker 1: time when we talk about quarterbacks. You talk so much 221 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:56,800 Speaker 1: about their physical attributes, how good their arm is, how 222 00:11:56,840 --> 00:11:59,719 Speaker 1: athletic they are, how accurate they are. But I say 223 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:03,600 Speaker 1: it all of time. The most underrated attribute a quarterback 224 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:07,840 Speaker 1: and have his toughness, and Russell Wilson's toughness is elite. 225 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:11,160 Speaker 1: He had never missed a game up until potentially this 226 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:13,720 Speaker 1: week right. He has been one of the most durable 227 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:17,520 Speaker 1: players in the league every single season. When when the 228 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:19,920 Speaker 1: year started, you just assumed he was gonna play sixteen 229 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:21,839 Speaker 1: games and be ready to go for the playoffs. He 230 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:26,280 Speaker 1: never missed snaps. I don't ever remember him coming out 231 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:29,600 Speaker 1: of a game, but anyone who's broken a finger, broken 232 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:32,040 Speaker 1: a toe, I know I broke a toe some of 233 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:34,120 Speaker 1: the most pain I've ever been in. I swear to god. 234 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:35,640 Speaker 1: I was almost in tears. And I remember going to 235 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:39,360 Speaker 1: the doctor who was also a doctor for the Warriors 236 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:42,040 Speaker 1: before in the Oakland Raiders, and I remember asking him 237 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:45,240 Speaker 1: kind of sarcastically, but like, if I had to start 238 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:47,640 Speaker 1: this weekend, if I was an NFL player, could I play? 239 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:50,040 Speaker 1: He laughed at me. It's like, of course you would play. 240 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:51,920 Speaker 1: We'd wrap it up, we shoot you up, and you 241 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 1: rock and roll. And for like a month, I limped 242 00:12:54,760 --> 00:12:57,160 Speaker 1: around San Francisco's when I was working in radio, and 243 00:12:57,200 --> 00:12:59,079 Speaker 1: I take the train and then i'd walk to work. 244 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:02,720 Speaker 1: I remember limping. I was in so much pain. I 245 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:07,880 Speaker 1: never once saw Russell Wilson show any sign of pain. Now, 246 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:11,520 Speaker 1: I understand there's an adrenaline factor. You're so locked in, 247 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:16,160 Speaker 1: But like toughness, you can you can question his cheesiness 248 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:18,959 Speaker 1: and you can question sometimes he acts a little weird. 249 00:13:19,480 --> 00:13:22,200 Speaker 1: But from a talent standpoint, no one really does. Right, 250 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:25,319 Speaker 1: he's an elite player. But from a toughness standpoint, I 251 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:28,839 Speaker 1: don't know if Russell quite gets enough credit. Now, Seattle's 252 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:31,839 Speaker 1: in trouble. They're in major trouble, and we talked about 253 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 1: this on Friday's podcast. I think Pete Carroll's in trouble. 254 00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:38,240 Speaker 1: It's a flawed team. It's an it's a team built 255 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:42,560 Speaker 1: like the NBA. Right, they're very dependent on really Russell Wilson. Right, 256 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:45,960 Speaker 1: he's kind of their Lebron James. He makes average rosters 257 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:49,680 Speaker 1: look a lot better because he's a fucking magician. He's 258 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:52,400 Speaker 1: one of the all time great players. And now who 259 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:54,840 Speaker 1: knows how long he's out. The other thing is this 260 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:56,679 Speaker 1: is not an injury that even if he can come 261 00:13:56,720 --> 00:13:59,720 Speaker 1: back a little earlier than we think it is still 262 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:03,200 Speaker 1: a finger in which he grips the football with. And 263 00:14:03,280 --> 00:14:04,679 Speaker 1: when he came out of that game, the more I 264 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:06,960 Speaker 1: thought about it over the weekend, he tried to go back, 265 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:08,760 Speaker 1: but he was in so much pain that he couldn't 266 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:10,599 Speaker 1: do that. And I saw one of the quotes I 267 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:13,520 Speaker 1: saw on Friday was Pete was like Russell's understood that 268 00:14:13,559 --> 00:14:15,000 Speaker 1: he was gonna hurt the team if he stayed in 269 00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:17,439 Speaker 1: he couldn't play at a high level. I think their 270 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:21,160 Speaker 1: team could implode because we know Gino Smith isn't very good, 271 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:24,760 Speaker 1: but their roster isn't very good. They're not built to 272 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:28,560 Speaker 1: handle a quarterback, you know, missing games. And you could argue, 273 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:31,360 Speaker 1: no team is if you have Josh Allen, if you 274 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 1: have Patrick Mahomes, if you have Aaron Rodgers, if you 275 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:36,080 Speaker 1: have Tom Brady, if you have Russell Wilson, and they 276 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:41,080 Speaker 1: disappear for let's just say six games, you should lose 277 00:14:41,160 --> 00:14:44,360 Speaker 1: five of them. You really should. Now, maybe the Bucks 278 00:14:44,760 --> 00:14:47,960 Speaker 1: because their defense is so legit. Maybe their defense isn't 279 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:51,560 Speaker 1: quite as good with all these you know, uh, cornerback injuries. 280 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:54,120 Speaker 1: But you know a team that's really really the Saints 281 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:56,320 Speaker 1: a couple of years ago with Teddy Bridgewater. They were 282 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:58,120 Speaker 1: a well rounded team. They were going on special teams. 283 00:14:58,160 --> 00:15:00,320 Speaker 1: Their defense is really good and they of it. I 284 00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:02,520 Speaker 1: think they went six and o without Drew Brees. That's 285 00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:04,920 Speaker 1: not the way Seattle is built. They've traded two first 286 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:07,320 Speaker 1: round picks for Jamal Adams. He can't cover a soul. 287 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:10,680 Speaker 1: Bobby Wagner is getting up there in age their defense 288 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:13,240 Speaker 1: right now. I mean, I've seen a bunch of stats. 289 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:15,200 Speaker 1: I know, I'm sure a lot of people listening to this. 290 00:15:15,560 --> 00:15:17,880 Speaker 1: The yards they're giving up per play, the yards they're 291 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:21,440 Speaker 1: giving up per game, they're atrocious. Now I think sometimes 292 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:24,120 Speaker 1: yards is a little overrated, Like how many points are 293 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:26,120 Speaker 1: they giving up? Because I looked up they were right 294 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:27,920 Speaker 1: in that game that it's not like the Rams at 295 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:31,560 Speaker 1: forty points. But Seattle has been one of the most 296 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:34,200 Speaker 1: consistent teams in the league. They have made the playoffs 297 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:37,000 Speaker 1: every single season since Russell has been there except one, 298 00:15:37,160 --> 00:15:39,840 Speaker 1: and that one year they went nine and seven. All 299 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:43,240 Speaker 1: they do is win. Now they're gonna start losing, and 300 00:15:43,280 --> 00:15:45,640 Speaker 1: I think the question is, like I have a hard 301 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:48,040 Speaker 1: time seeing Pete Carroll back next year, especially if they 302 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:50,360 Speaker 1: go like six and eleven and a huge reason would 303 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:53,280 Speaker 1: because Russell miss all these games. But he's seven years old, 304 00:15:53,640 --> 00:15:55,960 Speaker 1: He's not an offensive guy. He might have hired the 305 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:58,960 Speaker 1: wrong offensive coordinator. I'm getting a lot of people d 306 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:00,600 Speaker 1: M and me and I know see dot fans have 307 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:04,480 Speaker 1: been wondering about Pete's future just in general. Is it 308 00:16:04,520 --> 00:16:06,960 Speaker 1: time now? I think the elephant in the room will 309 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:11,000 Speaker 1: be is Russell obsessed with his brand and getting to 310 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:13,840 Speaker 1: a bigger market? Does he want to get himself to 311 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:16,640 Speaker 1: a New York You know, Dallas is off the table. 312 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:18,680 Speaker 1: I don't even I don't even know. You know, Vegas 313 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:22,200 Speaker 1: probably off the table too, you'd think, But who knows? That? 314 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:24,880 Speaker 1: To me is the question, Because it does feel like 315 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:28,120 Speaker 1: this thing is going to, uh potentially be a train wreck. 316 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:31,080 Speaker 1: They might start losing some of these games really badly. 317 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:35,080 Speaker 1: It might look really really ugly. Hell, they were losing 318 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:38,880 Speaker 1: games when Russell was playing. They lost to the Titans 319 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:42,240 Speaker 1: when Russell was playing. They were, you know, for a half, 320 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:45,280 Speaker 1: getting their asking by the Jimmy Garoppolo Trey Lance Niners 321 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:48,560 Speaker 1: when Russell was playing. So it's not they didn't look 322 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:52,200 Speaker 1: that good with Russell in the game. Now you remove him, 323 00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:55,760 Speaker 1: you put Gino in the question every snap you watch 324 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:59,240 Speaker 1: of Seattle without Russell, dis ask yourself, like Pete, he's 325 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:03,720 Speaker 1: seventy years old. It just feels like maybe it's time now. 326 00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:05,840 Speaker 1: The problem is gonna be if you're John Schneider, you 327 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:09,240 Speaker 1: have to approach this like an NBA team, Russell, what 328 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:12,480 Speaker 1: do you want? Russell? What do you need? Because your 329 00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:15,920 Speaker 1: entire franchise no matter listen how cheesy the guy is, 330 00:17:16,320 --> 00:17:21,119 Speaker 1: his talent, his ability to keep the franchise afloat is 331 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:24,960 Speaker 1: your only hope. Without him, your franchise is a train wreck. 332 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:28,720 Speaker 1: With him, you can compete to make the playoffs every 333 00:17:28,760 --> 00:17:31,639 Speaker 1: single year. I think John Schneider is a good GM. 334 00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:34,520 Speaker 1: I know he's had some whiffs every general manager has. 335 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:36,919 Speaker 1: I think he has to find a way now to 336 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:41,000 Speaker 1: balance this getting Russell's or I am your guy. I 337 00:17:41,119 --> 00:17:44,040 Speaker 1: want to help build this thing with you. The problem, though, 338 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:46,440 Speaker 1: is they don't have their first round pick. Joe Douglas 339 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:50,639 Speaker 1: might have struck oil by trading Russell Wilson getting Seattle's 340 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:52,800 Speaker 1: first What did that pick is like the tenth overall pick. 341 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:54,800 Speaker 1: All of a sudden, the Jets have the third pick 342 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:57,159 Speaker 1: and the tenth pick. That's a big time trade. For 343 00:17:57,240 --> 00:17:59,920 Speaker 1: Jamal Adams. Now, you never in a million years would 344 00:17:59,920 --> 00:18:02,520 Speaker 1: have imagine, because Russell never missed a game, you probably 345 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:06,040 Speaker 1: were expecting that pick to be twenty two. But sometimes 346 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:09,560 Speaker 1: it happened with Laramie Tons on the Miami Dolphins. Sometimes 347 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:14,240 Speaker 1: you strike oil, sometimes that team implodes and then you profit. 348 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:18,080 Speaker 1: But the key for Snyder is gonna be you probably 349 00:18:18,119 --> 00:18:21,600 Speaker 1: need to end your partnership with Pete and buddy up 350 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:25,040 Speaker 1: with Russell Wilson. And obviously the big reason Russell Wilson 351 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:28,879 Speaker 1: became a Seattle Seahawk was because John Snyder pounded the table. 352 00:18:29,359 --> 00:18:32,040 Speaker 1: He was the main reason he became a Seattle Seahawk. 353 00:18:32,359 --> 00:18:35,200 Speaker 1: But like he's also Pete's partner, so it's a tough 354 00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:40,240 Speaker 1: spot for him. If I was recommending or advising Snyder, 355 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:44,240 Speaker 1: I would say I might start separating myself from Pete. 356 00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:48,080 Speaker 1: Tough situation. Owner passed away. I think the daughter runs 357 00:18:48,119 --> 00:18:51,119 Speaker 1: it now, Paul Allen's daughter. I don't know all the 358 00:18:51,119 --> 00:18:55,359 Speaker 1: the ownership dynamics that obviously comes into play when it 359 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:57,760 Speaker 1: comes that you're not gonna fire Pete, the pam go away. 360 00:18:57,800 --> 00:19:00,800 Speaker 1: You'd like to like force him into retirement and Pete, 361 00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:02,560 Speaker 1: you know it's got to be the youngest seven year 362 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:05,560 Speaker 1: old ever, so that could be difficult. But that, to 363 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:07,720 Speaker 1: me is what I'm keeping an eye on, John Schneider, 364 00:19:07,800 --> 00:19:11,000 Speaker 1: the dynamics of how this thing's playing out, because I 365 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:17,560 Speaker 1: think it's clear where we're headed. 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I hit a ton on the greens. 400 00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:03,800 Speaker 1: I played as well as I had as I did 401 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:05,719 Speaker 1: in the middle of the peak of the summer when 402 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:09,159 Speaker 1: I was playing, but I did not make a single putt. 403 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:12,320 Speaker 1: I shot eighty one, but the way I was hitting 404 00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:14,560 Speaker 1: the ball, I easily could have shot seventy five. If 405 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:16,600 Speaker 1: I had been playing a lot the way I was 406 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:18,480 Speaker 1: hitting the ball, I would have shot in the mid seventies. 407 00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 1: I felt very locked in. Not only could not make 408 00:21:21,119 --> 00:21:23,320 Speaker 1: a putt, I three putted like half the greens I 409 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:26,679 Speaker 1: was playing with. And the stupid part about golf is 410 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:29,159 Speaker 1: like you can hit these three hundred yard drives, you 411 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:32,520 Speaker 1: can hit these five irons from two hundred yards tot 412 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:34,920 Speaker 1: you can hit eight irons to five ft. You can 413 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:37,679 Speaker 1: just be scriping the ball, and then you get on 414 00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:40,679 Speaker 1: the green and you gotta putt. And the famous saying 415 00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:44,240 Speaker 1: in golf is you drive for show and you put 416 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:47,960 Speaker 1: for dough. The putter doesn't have much in You pay 417 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:50,399 Speaker 1: all this money. My driver costs like four dar. I 418 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:52,919 Speaker 1: got all these expensive irons, and I got this putter 419 00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:55,399 Speaker 1: be coust like you know, I remember, I bought it 420 00:21:55,480 --> 00:21:58,239 Speaker 1: like on sale, this pink putter at golf Bart and 421 00:21:58,280 --> 00:22:00,479 Speaker 1: I just like it. It probably costs me like eight bucks. 422 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:04,920 Speaker 1: Yet I can't even tell you probably of my eight shots, 423 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:09,240 Speaker 1: you know, the thirty of them were putts. And it 424 00:22:09,359 --> 00:22:11,920 Speaker 1: feels like such a small part of the game, yet 425 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:15,320 Speaker 1: it's so important. And I'm watching the Packers and I'm 426 00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:19,399 Speaker 1: watching the Bengals, and Joe Burrow is like everything that 427 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:21,840 Speaker 1: we wanted Tony Romo to become. It's kind of what 428 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:24,240 Speaker 1: he feels like. He's gonna be a better version of 429 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:27,160 Speaker 1: Tony Romo, even though he threw a pick. I think 430 00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:29,440 Speaker 1: it wasn't overtime. Might have been. Yeah, it wasn't overtime. 431 00:22:29,560 --> 00:22:35,560 Speaker 1: Terrible pick. And Rogers and Davante are just honestly one 432 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:37,679 Speaker 1: of the greatest combinations I've ever seen. If I had 433 00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:42,120 Speaker 1: just the greatest combination I've seen in my lifetime when 434 00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:44,560 Speaker 1: I was young, it would be Young and Young and Rice. 435 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:49,720 Speaker 1: I didn't see Montana obviously, Gronkowski and and Brady is 436 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:54,720 Speaker 1: was this all time great combination? You know? Manning Manning 437 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:57,640 Speaker 1: had a couple of guys, Manning and Harrison, Manning and Wayne, 438 00:22:58,240 --> 00:23:01,960 Speaker 1: But I would say Aaron and and and Davante are 439 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:04,560 Speaker 1: as good of a combination as we've ever seen in 440 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:09,200 Speaker 1: the NFL to Hall of Fame level players that just dominate, 441 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:13,880 Speaker 1: and they dominated today. But like, sometimes you don't execute 442 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:16,440 Speaker 1: on third down. Sometimes your coach is gonna be that 443 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:18,960 Speaker 1: aggressive on fourth down and you rely on a kicker. 444 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:21,920 Speaker 1: And the stats on Mason Crosby, he'd missed like two 445 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:25,680 Speaker 1: kicks and two years he'd been incredible. He's the oldest 446 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:27,840 Speaker 1: looking thirty seven year old. I think we've ever seen 447 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:31,119 Speaker 1: his Harris full Gray. And he misses three kicks in 448 00:23:31,119 --> 00:23:35,040 Speaker 1: four minutes, three kicks in four minutes of game play. 449 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:39,359 Speaker 1: It was crazy. And then the Cincinnati Bengals kicker, he's 450 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:43,480 Speaker 1: micking missing kicks too. They missed five game winning kicks 451 00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:47,360 Speaker 1: essentially down the stretch of that game. And I think 452 00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:51,160 Speaker 1: kicking is a little like putting for us average golfers, 453 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:55,200 Speaker 1: like PGA tour players really really value putting, but most 454 00:23:55,240 --> 00:23:57,800 Speaker 1: of us like, I'm not gonna practice putting. It's so boring. 455 00:23:58,119 --> 00:24:00,720 Speaker 1: You don't really think as a fan of a kicker. Right, 456 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:02,879 Speaker 1: if you're a Packer fan, you're like, we got Rogers, 457 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:05,600 Speaker 1: we got Davonte, or defense is playing well, our teams sweet, 458 00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:08,160 Speaker 1: and you're just like, oh, we'll just kick a field goal, 459 00:24:08,359 --> 00:24:10,720 Speaker 1: and then you start missing field goals, You're like, what 460 00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:14,320 Speaker 1: is going on. It's such a tiny part of the game, 461 00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:18,040 Speaker 1: yet it has such an impact on the outcome, Like punny, 462 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:20,240 Speaker 1: if you cannot put, you cannot shoot a good round 463 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:22,920 Speaker 1: of golf. If you could not make field goals. It's 464 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:25,520 Speaker 1: hard to win tight games because tight games are gonna 465 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:27,720 Speaker 1: come down to field goals and there is no feeling. 466 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:30,959 Speaker 1: And we've all experienced it as a fan when you 467 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:34,200 Speaker 1: have a team in the NFL who's kicker is clearly 468 00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:37,040 Speaker 1: just off in that game he missed the field goal, 469 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:38,960 Speaker 1: and then he misses another field goal, and you go, 470 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:42,080 Speaker 1: oh my god, he does not know where the balls 471 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:46,480 Speaker 1: coming off his leg. It is a crazy experience as 472 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:50,320 Speaker 1: a viewer to watch because this guy who is unlike 473 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:53,080 Speaker 1: any other player on the team. Quarterbacks and kickers are 474 00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:55,639 Speaker 1: a little the same. I remember Tom Brady. I remember 475 00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:57,840 Speaker 1: listening to him on Howard Stern. Howard asked him, like, 476 00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:00,680 Speaker 1: you know, you're the greatest football a player of all time. 477 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:03,520 Speaker 1: He's like, yeah, I'm the greatest quarterback maybe, But he's like, 478 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:05,760 Speaker 1: I couldn't play. You could put me in a high 479 00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:08,359 Speaker 1: school game and I couldn't play offensive line. I couldn't 480 00:25:08,359 --> 00:25:11,520 Speaker 1: play wide receiver. I couldn't play defensive line. Right, But 481 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:14,680 Speaker 1: if you took Aaron Jones, you know, a running back, 482 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:18,240 Speaker 1: he could play some snaps at linebacker for you. Right. 483 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:21,600 Speaker 1: If I took Jaire Alexander, he could play some snaps 484 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:24,160 Speaker 1: at corner or running back. I don't know if he'd 485 00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:25,840 Speaker 1: be good at it or not, but he has the 486 00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:29,880 Speaker 1: physical attributes to at least try where Quarterbacks and kickers, 487 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:33,040 Speaker 1: you know, but unless they're like Lamar Kyler, they can 488 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:37,160 Speaker 1: only do their job nothing else. Like even Trent Williams 489 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:40,879 Speaker 1: star left tackle, if I needed him to play defensive tackle, 490 00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:44,920 Speaker 1: he could do it. Like Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, Joe Burrow, 491 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:48,800 Speaker 1: Mason Crosby. They're the only guys on the football field 492 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:51,240 Speaker 1: that can only do their job. Like if I needed 493 00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:54,359 Speaker 1: Davante Adams to give me a series at cornerback, he 494 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:57,280 Speaker 1: could try to do it and help. He might have 495 00:25:57,320 --> 00:25:58,920 Speaker 1: a chance to do it. He's got good enough feat, 496 00:25:59,080 --> 00:26:02,320 Speaker 1: he's got good enough audie and balance control, his understanding 497 00:26:02,320 --> 00:26:04,320 Speaker 1: of the wide receiver, he might build a mirror the guy. 498 00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:07,520 Speaker 1: But my kicker, who unlike a quarterback, at least you 499 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:09,879 Speaker 1: respect his job is really hard. He gets tackled like 500 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:12,120 Speaker 1: it's very difficult. I think most of us we don't 501 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:14,960 Speaker 1: respect kickers that much. Fair not like I think we 502 00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:18,040 Speaker 1: understand it's hard to kick the ball and make field goals, 503 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:20,679 Speaker 1: but it's like, are they really an NFL player? They 504 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:24,040 Speaker 1: don't look like any other NFL players, Yet their importance 505 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:27,840 Speaker 1: on that team is really really important, you know, and 506 00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:32,080 Speaker 1: you are very dependent on that individual. Unlike even in college, 507 00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:34,800 Speaker 1: if you're on a really good college team, you know 508 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:37,800 Speaker 1: you might blow out the majority of your opponents. Hell, 509 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:40,560 Speaker 1: you know, Saban had some issues with kickers, but for 510 00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:43,440 Speaker 1: the most part, he has not relied on kickers only 511 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:46,840 Speaker 1: a handful of times in their era of kicking everyone's ass. 512 00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:50,040 Speaker 1: Yet in the NFL, you are depending on your kicker 513 00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:55,159 Speaker 1: making field goals every game. And I think, and I 514 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:58,600 Speaker 1: remember hearing the stat years ago like eight or eighty 515 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:01,760 Speaker 1: five of NFL games are a one score game in 516 00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:04,440 Speaker 1: the fourth quarter, And I think that feels like most 517 00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:06,840 Speaker 1: of the games you watch now. The score. You know, 518 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:09,160 Speaker 1: one game might be ten to seven, the another game 519 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:13,000 Speaker 1: might be twenty four. But most games, even if they're 520 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:15,840 Speaker 1: not as close through the eye test, the score we 521 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:17,800 Speaker 1: don't get that this in the NFL. You don't get 522 00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:20,720 Speaker 1: that many like thirty to nothing games, right, A lot 523 00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:24,119 Speaker 1: of games tend to be relatively close, and the impact 524 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:26,880 Speaker 1: of the kickers. I've never witnessed anything like that. That's 525 00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:29,920 Speaker 1: one of the most batship games, crazy games I've ever seen, 526 00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:34,520 Speaker 1: Guys missing kicks left and right, with quarterbacks making plays 527 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:38,720 Speaker 1: left and right. Joe Burrow is awesome. As just a 528 00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:41,639 Speaker 1: fan of football, He's got to be one of my 529 00:27:41,720 --> 00:27:45,000 Speaker 1: favorite players in the league. I love watching Jamaar Chase. 530 00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:48,240 Speaker 1: I love really the kind of offensive core they've built, 531 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:51,800 Speaker 1: Joe Burrow, T Higgins, Joe Mixon. They also got p 532 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:54,840 Speaker 1: Ryan and Oklahoma guy and Jamaar Chase. Like that's a 533 00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:58,119 Speaker 1: pretty good core of offensive skill guys. And I love 534 00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:01,280 Speaker 1: what the Packers identity is. We got Aaron and Davante 535 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:04,639 Speaker 1: you can't stop either. And we got two sweet running backs. 536 00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:09,160 Speaker 1: A j. Dillon's good, Aaron Jones Bowler, and like their 537 00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:11,480 Speaker 1: team is just good. I mean there are there four 538 00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:13,719 Speaker 1: and one. They're probably not as good as they've been 539 00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:15,920 Speaker 1: the last couple of years because the Darius is hurt, 540 00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:18,800 Speaker 1: But I thought defensively they played pretty well today. And 541 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:21,560 Speaker 1: I know Jay Alexander's banged up too, But as long 542 00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:23,560 Speaker 1: as you got twelve and seventeen, you got a chance. 543 00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:26,600 Speaker 1: But when you're in these tight games, Mason crimes me 544 00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:29,240 Speaker 1: to make them and ultimately he hit the game winning kicked. 545 00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:32,840 Speaker 1: But you will not see many games like that. That 546 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:36,760 Speaker 1: was That was a lot of fun. I'm gonna dive in. 547 00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:41,280 Speaker 1: I gotta watch the Browns Charger game that forty two. 548 00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:43,400 Speaker 1: On paper, that seems like one of the crazier games 549 00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:46,240 Speaker 1: of the season. I didn't watch much of that. The 550 00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:48,480 Speaker 1: Cowboys keep winning. There'll be a lot to dive into 551 00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:53,800 Speaker 1: for Tuesday's pod. See I guess on Saturday Alabama went down. 552 00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:56,320 Speaker 1: College football is wide open this year. I mean I 553 00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:58,560 Speaker 1: think I watched a lot of the Iowa pin State game. 554 00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:01,360 Speaker 1: I think I was pretty good. I still think Alabama 555 00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:03,040 Speaker 1: is good. Just a and m got him. It's hard 556 00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:06,680 Speaker 1: to win on the road, young kids. Uh. Georgia's quarterback 557 00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:09,200 Speaker 1: is a major question mark. I know their defense is 558 00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:13,560 Speaker 1: really good. Um, Ohio State's getting hot now, Oregon, I 559 00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:15,920 Speaker 1: don't really I know they beat Ohio State, I still 560 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:18,280 Speaker 1: don't really trust them. They easily could lose another game. 561 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:23,120 Speaker 1: Cincinnati is really good. I think we're gonna get a 562 00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:27,080 Speaker 1: somewhat random college football champion, and to me, that's cool. 563 00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:30,000 Speaker 1: Sometimes we desperately needed them to mix it up a 564 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:33,080 Speaker 1: little bit. And uh and yeah, so we'll have the 565 00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:36,000 Speaker 1: podcast come out on Tuesday. 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