1 00:00:01,160 --> 00:00:06,480 Speaker 1: Fail Round the League podcast features a former mail man. 2 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:12,320 Speaker 1: Welcome back to another edition of the Around the League Podcast. 3 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:15,040 Speaker 1: My name is Dan Hansus and I'm joined as always 4 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:19,960 Speaker 1: heroes Everywhere Chris Westling, Mark Sessler, Greg Rosenthal. What up boys? 5 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:23,079 Speaker 1: Hey Dan? Who you know? We've been spending a lot 6 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 1: of time together, four of us last couple of days. 7 00:00:26,239 --> 00:00:28,400 Speaker 1: Maybe maybe a little too much. Maybe I might have 8 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 1: to take an other vacation just to split it up 9 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:32,879 Speaker 1: a little bit. Here late into the night on the 10 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 1: fourth preseason game, which is a really a depressing night, 11 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:39,280 Speaker 1: but at least it means the preseason is over. And 12 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:41,840 Speaker 1: then we're just chained through our just cranking out cuts 13 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 1: for the next few days. Very exciting. We have a 14 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:47,480 Speaker 1: pack show today, so we should get right to work. 15 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:50,080 Speaker 1: We have coming up today. We have a Defensive Player 16 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:51,920 Speaker 1: of the Year talk. We we rolled those out today. 17 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:54,320 Speaker 1: We're gonna do a little news what's going on, finish 18 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:57,360 Speaker 1: up our divisional previews the NFC West, and then our 19 00:00:57,480 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 1: new game show. It's sweeping the nation, or it will 20 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 1: be as soon as people hear it. Win West's toaster. 21 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:07,600 Speaker 1: But let's start. Oh by the way, Yeah, that's a 22 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:11,039 Speaker 1: lot of that's a big tease right there. Um. By 23 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:14,679 Speaker 1: the way, we should also say you should, um subscribe 24 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:21,319 Speaker 1: to us on iTunes, download, leave comments, caress your monitor. 25 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:23,039 Speaker 1: Is there anything else we were told we should do 26 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:28,520 Speaker 1: for these poor people? Tell your friends, Tell your friends, Um, 27 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:30,600 Speaker 1: I was saying in the newsroom, Damastruk was saying, he's 28 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 1: uncomfortable saying these things about his own podcast. We don't 29 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 1: feel the same way. We're shameless. We want the glory 30 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 1: and if you come with us, you will have glory 31 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 1: as well. So do all that and thank you for listening. 32 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 1: Do you have any cool aid to give away? Yes? 33 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:46,639 Speaker 1: And some matching nikes. Um, all right, so let's start 34 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 1: Defensive player of the Year? Um? Greg, do you want 35 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 1: to get going on this? I know we we had 36 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:57,560 Speaker 1: a consensus of J. J. Watt was our consensus, uh 37 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 1: West myself and that's the two of us. Is that 38 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 1: count as a consensus. Well that's two out of four 39 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 1: of the people in this room. And then let's go 40 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:11,080 Speaker 1: around the horn on this. So, Greg that you did 41 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:13,280 Speaker 1: not pick what who was your pick for defensive Player 42 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 1: of the year? In two I try to simplify things, 43 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 1: and you know, voters vote for sacks usually, so I 44 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 1: tried to think, who do I think is gonna lead 45 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 1: the league in sacks? And I went with Clay Matthews. 46 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 1: He was a monster last year. He should have won 47 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:28,839 Speaker 1: the Defensive Player of the Year in two thousand and ten. 48 00:02:29,639 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 1: I just like his chances of getting to about twenty 49 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:34,959 Speaker 1: sacks something like that. He's set up for a big year. 50 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 1: I think the Packers are going to the Super Bowl, 51 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:39,919 Speaker 1: so they'll have plenty attention. Though he to me made 52 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:43,240 Speaker 1: the most sense. I can't come. I can't say that 53 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:45,480 Speaker 1: won't happen. I mean, he he's the type of guy 54 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 1: that we talked about him actually on Wednesday, and the 55 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:50,360 Speaker 1: ability that he could bring to that defense is he 56 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:52,200 Speaker 1: is he a guy that could be the difference maker 57 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:54,640 Speaker 1: that makes that defense good enough to be a contender, 58 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:57,840 Speaker 1: super Bowl contender. I think he's one of the five 59 00:02:57,919 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 1: biggest difference makers on defense in the entire league. When 60 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:04,160 Speaker 1: he's on the field, they're a completely different team. And 61 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:07,360 Speaker 1: I think also Kevin Patrick, who's not here, he had 62 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:10,520 Speaker 1: picked Alvin Smith that's probably under the same type of 63 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 1: thinking that Sacks produced Defensive Player of the years. He's 64 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:15,840 Speaker 1: another guy who had nights in and a half before 65 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 1: Justin Smith went out last year, um Mark Sessler, Who 66 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:22,440 Speaker 1: do you got? I went with that? Well. I had 67 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:24,519 Speaker 1: this feeling that everyone was going to go with J. J. 68 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 1: Watt Um, and I was only partly right on that. 69 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:31,600 Speaker 1: You're feeling their money. You're all about you are all 70 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:34,080 Speaker 1: about the feelings. I'm not feeling You're like the opposite 71 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 1: of pro football. Run pegged you with the Diane Chambers 72 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:43,520 Speaker 1: of our Cheers cast, it might be true I had. 73 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:45,200 Speaker 1: I had a hard time arguing with was this a 74 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 1: metaphysical feeling? No, this is less. There wasn't so much 75 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:52,360 Speaker 1: a spiritual vibe to this. In my pick, I do have. 76 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 1: I feel a lot of good energy around Patrick Peterson, 77 00:03:55,800 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 1: though I think Arizona's defense is not necessarily a top 78 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:03,080 Speaker 1: ten material, but it could be because there's a lot 79 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:06,200 Speaker 1: of sneaky talent there. But Peterson, to me, is one 80 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 1: of the more interesting young athletes in the league. I 81 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 1: think we're gonna see him a on offense, which will 82 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:13,880 Speaker 1: be a whole different storyline. But I just think he's 83 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 1: an ascending cornerback. I love what I've seen him. I 84 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:19,920 Speaker 1: think that they've built a defense around his skill set 85 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 1: and listen. I honestly, I just wanted to if he 86 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:24,840 Speaker 1: just stuck out to me and I just went with it. 87 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 1: I don't have a million metrics behind it. I just 88 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:30,839 Speaker 1: think he's that guy. How is his aura? I don't know. 89 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 1: I don't read auras some people do. I don't go 90 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:38,720 Speaker 1: down that road. It's hard for a cornerback to win it. 91 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:42,839 Speaker 1: Charles Charles Woodson won and right, and the guy that 92 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:46,960 Speaker 1: Pat Peterson was compared to recently, Dion Sanders wanted in 93 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 1: ninety four. So yes, it is tough. I mean, Paula 94 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:52,280 Speaker 1: Mallow was a safety one it a couple of years ago. 95 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:54,920 Speaker 1: It's not it's I think Greg is very right and 96 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:57,280 Speaker 1: sack count has so much. It's what the numbers that 97 00:04:57,320 --> 00:04:59,400 Speaker 1: pop out. But I'm just rolling the dice. I'm going 98 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:04,480 Speaker 1: Patrick p Jerson pat cat offense. I like that West. 99 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 1: Since I trust you in these matters, I want you 100 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:08,280 Speaker 1: to speak for both of us and making the case 101 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:10,359 Speaker 1: for j. J. Watt Because Dan, by the way, just 102 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:15,360 Speaker 1: copied West's end. I rearranged the words now that I'm authorized, Well, 103 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:18,120 Speaker 1: I feel like J. J. Watt just is coming off 104 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:21,719 Speaker 1: the best defensive season I've ever seen. Uh In addition 105 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 1: to the twenty and a half sacks, which everyone knows, 106 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:28,239 Speaker 1: thirty nine tackles for no gain or a loss. Most 107 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:31,159 Speaker 1: three four ends in the NFL don't even have thirty 108 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 1: nine tackles period um. The three or four ends job. 109 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:36,839 Speaker 1: I don't know if you guys out there know this 110 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:40,400 Speaker 1: is to occupy blockers so linebackers can make plays. J J. 111 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:42,320 Speaker 1: Watt throws all that out the window. He makes all 112 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:45,080 Speaker 1: the plays. Uh, you're throwing the sixteen bad it passes. 113 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:49,000 Speaker 1: It's just we've never seen a season like that. Uh. Mayok. 114 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaker 1: Our guy, Mike Mayock said before the draft that J. J. 115 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:53,960 Speaker 1: Watt would be the best five technique defensive end and 116 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:55,800 Speaker 1: in the history of the NFL, and it looks like 117 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 1: he's well on his way to that. I just don't 118 00:05:57,440 --> 00:06:00,599 Speaker 1: see his play falling off in any way. And I'll 119 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:03,880 Speaker 1: just add also that he's twenty four years old like this, 120 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:06,920 Speaker 1: it's insane what this guy has done in two years. 121 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:09,800 Speaker 1: So there is no ceiling here. Well, that's one of 122 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:13,360 Speaker 1: the reasons I didn't choose what is I would no 123 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:15,840 Speaker 1: no know if I was ready to put him among 124 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:19,760 Speaker 1: the all time great already and if he won two 125 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:23,280 Speaker 1: defensive player that Players of the Year. At this age, 126 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:26,200 Speaker 1: he would be among the all time great The only 127 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:30,440 Speaker 1: player that's ever defended this title is Lawrence Taylor in 128 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 1: his first in his second year, Way Phillips will be 129 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 1: disappointing that you're disappointed that you're not listening to him. 130 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:37,640 Speaker 1: He called him a Hall of Famer before last season, 131 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 1: and he's on his way, and just history tells us 132 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:44,640 Speaker 1: guys come back to the pack just a little bit 133 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:47,680 Speaker 1: after seasons like that. Because if he does what you say, 134 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:50,599 Speaker 1: we're gonna start talking about J. J. Watt in the 135 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:53,040 Speaker 1: same way that we talked about Tom Brady and Peyton 136 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:54,880 Speaker 1: Manny on offense. That would be the level he would 137 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:56,960 Speaker 1: be there. There was a two month stretch last year 138 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:58,400 Speaker 1: where I thought he was the best player in the 139 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:01,440 Speaker 1: NFL quarterback or not, he was just that dominant. I 140 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:04,159 Speaker 1: think he's that dude. He's the LT type talent. I agree. 141 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:06,920 Speaker 1: I wrote that I thought about picking him for m 142 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 1: v P, but because I'm not huge on the Texans 143 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 1: this year, that would have been weirds. But I think 144 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:14,280 Speaker 1: he who's better than him physically in this league right now, 145 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 1: especially at that position. I don't know's I find it 146 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:19,560 Speaker 1: interesting that you have the defensive Player of the Year 147 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:22,280 Speaker 1: on a team that you have going eight and eight. Yeah, 148 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:24,560 Speaker 1: I do, because I don't trust their offense even a 149 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:26,800 Speaker 1: little bit. It's just a strange soup you've created here. 150 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 1: We'll taste it. Do you want Mark and I to 151 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:32,200 Speaker 1: tell you why you believe the Texans will finishing well? 152 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:34,679 Speaker 1: I went on Houston radio yesterday and it got really awkward. 153 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:37,560 Speaker 1: They gave out my Twitter handle and they brilled me 154 00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:40,760 Speaker 1: pretty hard. But I thought I stood up well to it. Um, Greg, 155 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 1: we are we are rolling through these what do we 156 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:44,840 Speaker 1: have coming out right through the weekend. We're doing these 157 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:48,680 Speaker 1: breakdowns of awards right We are doing Coach of the 158 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 1: Year on Sunday, and we'll have our Rookies of the 159 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:54,440 Speaker 1: Year offense and defense on Saturday. So check it out. 160 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:58,000 Speaker 1: No Offensive Player of the Year breakdown. Let's never talk. 161 00:07:58,160 --> 00:08:01,080 Speaker 1: Let's never say those words again, Offfensive Player of the Year. 162 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:04,640 Speaker 1: The abolishment of that award is pretty much my life 163 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:07,440 Speaker 1: skull as a member of the media. It's never made 164 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:10,320 Speaker 1: any sense A cute Greg up for I know he 165 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:12,520 Speaker 1: hates that, just like it's very easy to cue Damna 166 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:15,800 Speaker 1: check up on his hatred of labor day he sees 167 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:18,840 Speaker 1: is the man holding us down by giving us a 168 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:22,840 Speaker 1: day off. Um. Alright, Crystal, Rich, how are you behind 169 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:26,400 Speaker 1: the glass? I'm great? How are you? Guys? We're doing great? 170 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:28,880 Speaker 1: Are we? I don't know if I was convinced by 171 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:35,480 Speaker 1: that great to scream and shout behind this glass. Okay, Rich, 172 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 1: All right, here we go, Crystal. Let's do a little 173 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:41,760 Speaker 1: news before we move into our division breakdowns. Alright, guys, 174 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 1: starting out with news from the concrete Jungle New York 175 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:49,600 Speaker 1: Giants veteran running back Andre Brown breaks his leg. I'm 176 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:56,040 Speaker 1: whispering hashtag David Wilson. First of all, if you play 177 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:58,560 Speaker 1: off Route three in northern New Jersey, is it really 178 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:02,480 Speaker 1: the concrete jungle? When it's really a marshland? North Jersey? 179 00:09:02,520 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 1: South Jersey. There's a Mason Dixon Line. North Jersey's all 180 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:08,360 Speaker 1: in New York. It's a big parking lot though, which 181 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:10,480 Speaker 1: is made of concrete. That's pretty much where they play 182 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 1: in his two gigantic parking lots back to back. Yes, well, 183 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:16,640 Speaker 1: this kind of is. This is who Andre Brown is. 184 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:21,160 Speaker 1: He's been released or waived double digit times in the NFL. Now, 185 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:24,280 Speaker 1: uh blew out as Achilles as a rookie, fractured his 186 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:27,280 Speaker 1: leg last year and now has another leg fracture. He 187 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 1: can't stay healthy. The Giants weren't going to be able 188 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:32,640 Speaker 1: to rely on him all year no matter what. I think. 189 00:09:32,640 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 1: This is another lesson for the fantasy football guys. Don't 190 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:38,560 Speaker 1: pay attention to the experts. If David Wilson was one 191 00:09:38,559 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 1: of your guys that you had to get, don't worry 192 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:43,319 Speaker 1: about reaching for him. Get him in whatever whatever around 193 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:44,880 Speaker 1: you wanted to. And I think for the fence, that's 194 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:47,000 Speaker 1: funny you should say that because Mark, who did we 195 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:49,680 Speaker 1: select with our fifth round pick in our NFL dot 196 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:52,680 Speaker 1: Com Desk League draft? After putting our heads together, we 197 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:55,880 Speaker 1: selected David Wilson are running back for the Giants. Very 198 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:59,920 Speaker 1: nice pick maneuver, Very nice, Allison Bree, what else is 199 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:03,200 Speaker 1: in the news? Alright? I'm thinking about the ups and 200 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:06,800 Speaker 1: downs of Terrell Prior on this run. Raiders head coach 201 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:10,520 Speaker 1: Dennis Allen won't name a starting QB. Can I say 202 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:12,960 Speaker 1: one thing about the Raiders? I think it's possible. We 203 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:14,680 Speaker 1: we talked about the n f C West awhile ago 204 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:20,280 Speaker 1: all of us gave bad predictions, essentially for Oakland I 205 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:24,280 Speaker 1: would that's the I would downgrade from just a couple 206 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:25,960 Speaker 1: of weeks ago where I where I thought they were 207 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 1: that think, didn't you have them at three wins? Yeah? 208 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 1: I I honestly, I don't see where that comes from. 209 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:35,640 Speaker 1: I'm really concerned about, uh, whatever quarterback they put back there. 210 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:38,040 Speaker 1: I understand Prior can run the ball. He did not 211 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:42,880 Speaker 1: look like a professional quarterback Throne. I spoke too soon 212 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 1: on Cam Newton having the worst footwork in the NFL. 213 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:50,040 Speaker 1: Carel Fry was jumping and passing the ball and it 214 00:10:50,080 --> 00:10:52,400 Speaker 1: worked for him the week before. And I don't know 215 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:54,640 Speaker 1: who they're gonna I think they're still gonna start Prior. 216 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:56,520 Speaker 1: I don't. I think it's a no brainer. They're gonna 217 00:10:56,559 --> 00:10:58,480 Speaker 1: start him. They're gonna go with the read option. It 218 00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:01,800 Speaker 1: defines his reads, it takes away the gray area, it 219 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:03,679 Speaker 1: makes it easier to see the field, and that's where 220 00:11:03,679 --> 00:11:06,880 Speaker 1: they can go. They're gonna go with how much confidence 221 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:08,960 Speaker 1: do we have the Greg Nap can drive that train. 222 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:11,320 Speaker 1: I gotta say, I am rooting for the Raiders now 223 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:13,559 Speaker 1: to cut off to a hot start, just to shut 224 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:16,000 Speaker 1: everyone up. It would be a great story that they 225 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:19,040 Speaker 1: if they could just somehow be halfway decent in September. 226 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:20,960 Speaker 1: It would be fun to s and if they got 227 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:25,319 Speaker 1: to six wins wins, it might be time for Chris. 228 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:32,080 Speaker 1: I'm still feeling pretty good, all right, Cristal? What else? 229 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:36,240 Speaker 1: All right? Next up, the Patriots part ways with tight 230 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:39,320 Speaker 1: ends Jake Ballard and Daniel Fells. Do you guys want 231 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:42,560 Speaker 1: to hear another rant? Yeah? Alright, let it go us. 232 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:47,120 Speaker 1: Chris's face just lit up. This is great. People think 233 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:50,160 Speaker 1: it's really easy to play in the NFL if you 234 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:53,800 Speaker 1: are an established player, who Jake Ballard was. He was established, 235 00:11:53,800 --> 00:11:57,360 Speaker 1: but he didn't move will before he had micro fracture 236 00:11:57,480 --> 00:12:00,280 Speaker 1: and a c L surgery on his knee. And the 237 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:05,040 Speaker 1: Patriots claim Jake Ballard off waivers from the Giants. So 238 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:07,840 Speaker 1: we see from both sides, Giants beat writers are all 239 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:10,720 Speaker 1: bent out of shape. How could we lose Jake Ballard 240 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:13,320 Speaker 1: as if he's gonna be the same guy coming off 241 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:16,600 Speaker 1: of blowing out his knee as he was before. And 242 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:18,959 Speaker 1: the Patriots, you know, from their side, it was look 243 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 1: how much of a genius Bill Belichick is stealing this 244 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 1: great tight end and hurting the Giants. I think they 245 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:28,640 Speaker 1: erected like a bud Kilmer esque Belichick statue after he 246 00:12:28,679 --> 00:12:30,679 Speaker 1: picked up Jake Well, and then you know, all along, 247 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:33,120 Speaker 1: I'm thinking, why would you assume a guy who doesn't 248 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:35,679 Speaker 1: move well is going to be the same player he 249 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:38,559 Speaker 1: was after surgery? And we find out all off season 250 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:41,560 Speaker 1: in the summer that Jake Ballard isn't moving well because 251 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:43,880 Speaker 1: his leg isn't what it once was. Yeah, but I 252 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:45,880 Speaker 1: would give the Patriots a little bit of credit in 253 00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:49,120 Speaker 1: the sense that I personally follow a team that seems 254 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:53,080 Speaker 1: completely allergic to bringing in veterans or from or other 255 00:12:53,120 --> 00:12:55,280 Speaker 1: parts of the league, guys that were proving at some point. 256 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:57,480 Speaker 1: And I like how New England takes a shot on 257 00:12:57,520 --> 00:12:59,400 Speaker 1: these guys, but they don't take a shot for two 258 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:02,920 Speaker 1: or three years. They aren't afraid to cut bait with 259 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:07,480 Speaker 1: Albert Haynesworth, Sinko and this guy when they realize he's 260 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:09,679 Speaker 1: not gonna work. My rant had nothing to do with 261 00:13:09,679 --> 00:13:11,880 Speaker 1: what the Patriots did or who Jake Ballard is. It 262 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 1: had to do with the coverage of it and the 263 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:16,520 Speaker 1: perception that it was such a great move. And wes 264 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:19,839 Speaker 1: you you wish Jake Ballard well, right? Yeah? Absolutely, I 265 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:21,760 Speaker 1: hope he catches on with another team. And I hope, 266 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:25,520 Speaker 1: I hope it flies under the radar when he catches 267 00:13:25,520 --> 00:13:27,240 Speaker 1: on with another team and he can go back about 268 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:29,439 Speaker 1: recently in his career. So the New York media has 269 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:33,199 Speaker 1: overreacted to something. It's it is a bizarre thing, but 270 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:37,200 Speaker 1: yes they did classic concrete jungle, anything else, crystal? All right? 271 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:40,560 Speaker 1: Last thing for today, The Bills placed Kevin Cobb on 272 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:44,800 Speaker 1: injured reserve, ending his season. And this is a sad story. 273 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:47,760 Speaker 1: I don't think it's surprises anyone, but it just, you know, 274 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:51,840 Speaker 1: hits home. He was starting a football game a week ago, 275 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:54,600 Speaker 1: less than a week ago, and he was gonna start 276 00:13:54,640 --> 00:13:57,760 Speaker 1: Week one potentially, and he gets a concussion and now 277 00:13:58,080 --> 00:14:00,959 Speaker 1: we think probably his career is over. What do we think? 278 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:02,400 Speaker 1: I mean, this is a guy that signed a what 279 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:04,480 Speaker 1: a thirty million dollar deal a couple of years ago. 280 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:07,200 Speaker 1: His season's over and I just don't know if any 281 00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:09,000 Speaker 1: other team is going to even want to sign him, 282 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:11,160 Speaker 1: even if he wanted to continue his career. And was 283 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:13,319 Speaker 1: he even anything to write home about as a player 284 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:16,080 Speaker 1: without the head injuries? Well yeah, I think what's gonna 285 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:18,200 Speaker 1: happen is he's never going to get another chance to 286 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:21,240 Speaker 1: start again, because why would a team invest not even 287 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:23,080 Speaker 1: just the money, but the roster spot. So you're gonna 288 00:14:23,120 --> 00:14:25,920 Speaker 1: carry how many veterans into training camp and divide their snaps, 289 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:27,920 Speaker 1: and you can't count on him to be the backup 290 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:30,440 Speaker 1: because he takes one more hit to the head, his 291 00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:32,200 Speaker 1: career is over. It's as like you have to have 292 00:14:32,240 --> 00:14:34,480 Speaker 1: a starter, one A and one book. So what's the 293 00:14:34,520 --> 00:14:38,280 Speaker 1: incentive for him to keep risking his future for a 294 00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:41,760 Speaker 1: backup job or maybe a chance at a backup job. Yeah, 295 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:44,200 Speaker 1: And it's a low moment for Matt Weiner too, because 296 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:47,160 Speaker 1: he is getting cut by the Bills, even though that 297 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:49,280 Speaker 1: they're even though that they don't have Cobb for the 298 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:52,200 Speaker 1: start of the season, so they're just rolling with E. J. Manuel, 299 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:55,280 Speaker 1: Jeff Toole and maybe Mark's favorite player in the NFL, 300 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:58,240 Speaker 1: fad Lewis who are we more likely to see in 301 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:01,560 Speaker 1: the NFL again? Line at a cop I would say Liner, 302 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:06,480 Speaker 1: you got that he's healthy, even though his play wasn't healthy. 303 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:11,000 Speaker 1: Least day interview yesterday, local Tampa radio guy interviewing Great 304 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:13,640 Speaker 1: Costell and he wanted to know all about Matt Leiner 305 00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:16,760 Speaker 1: and co Sell's answer was, that's easy. He can't throw. 306 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:19,600 Speaker 1: Let's move on to the next question. Is a nice 307 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:22,120 Speaker 1: guy too? Alright, Okay, so that is it for the news. 308 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:26,200 Speaker 1: Thank you, Crystal, excellent work there as always. Um, moving 309 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:30,760 Speaker 1: on to our final divisional preview. Let's a little bit 310 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:32,840 Speaker 1: because this has been a nice little run his last 311 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:34,880 Speaker 1: two and a half weeks. You didn't like it when 312 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:37,560 Speaker 1: we did the training camp preview is a couple of 313 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:40,320 Speaker 1: weeks ago. But Dan's gotten into the segment, he's gotten 314 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:42,640 Speaker 1: into being a host, and now he like it, just 315 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:44,840 Speaker 1: like I'm gonna get you in on Whin West's toaster, 316 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:47,680 Speaker 1: the greatest trivia game in the history of mankind. Yeah. 317 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:51,920 Speaker 1: I was slightly outvoted on whether trivia in general is 318 00:15:52,280 --> 00:15:54,480 Speaker 1: an exciting part of thing. But it's it's okay. We'll 319 00:15:54,560 --> 00:15:57,760 Speaker 1: let the kids play, Okay, and that's fine. That's fine. Okay, 320 00:15:57,800 --> 00:16:00,360 Speaker 1: So but let's let's do some business first. Let's talk 321 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:03,640 Speaker 1: a little NFC west Uh. This is a lot of 322 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:06,720 Speaker 1: people think is the best division of football. Um, we'll 323 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:09,760 Speaker 1: do one question for each and we'll start with Chris Westling, 324 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:11,840 Speaker 1: who was going to ask a question about the San 325 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:14,960 Speaker 1: Francisco forty Niners defending champions of the division. So one 326 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:18,040 Speaker 1: of the stories I did today. Uh was Jim Harball 327 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:22,240 Speaker 1: responding to a pretty generic question after last night's game. 328 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:25,680 Speaker 1: Cam Johnson is one of their outside linebackers, kind of 329 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:29,280 Speaker 1: fringe roster guy, and the question came to Harball. It 330 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:32,600 Speaker 1: was posed, are you gonna keep five outside linebackers? And 331 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:34,960 Speaker 1: he's thought about for a second. Guess, yeah, you know 332 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:38,280 Speaker 1: we could do that. Heck yeah, why why wasn't We 333 00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:40,640 Speaker 1: were the San Francisco forty Niners. We could do whatever 334 00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:43,760 Speaker 1: we want? Classic hardball, right, It's just a great look 335 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:46,400 Speaker 1: like and to me that perfectly captures the state of 336 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:48,520 Speaker 1: the forty Niners coaching step in front off is they 337 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:52,040 Speaker 1: are the most confident, most innovative there in that. I'm 338 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:54,600 Speaker 1: Keith her Nandez moment like, we can we can do 339 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:57,920 Speaker 1: whatever we want, it doesn't matter. Uh So my question, 340 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:02,320 Speaker 1: do you guys, is this the most innovative, confident coaching 341 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:05,119 Speaker 1: staff in the NFL? Well, by reading your post, I 342 00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:09,600 Speaker 1: certainly believe so. I think you called Greg Roman brilliant. Yeah, 343 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:12,639 Speaker 1: I don't know, Mark, what do you think? Well, you know, 344 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:14,719 Speaker 1: last year at the Super Bowl, we had a chance 345 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:18,000 Speaker 1: to roam around on media day and talked all these players. 346 00:17:18,560 --> 00:17:20,200 Speaker 1: But I had a chance to talk to up in 347 00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:23,600 Speaker 1: the stands a Greg Roman and then Fangio the next day, 348 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:26,600 Speaker 1: and it was hard to break away from those guys 349 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 1: because it was just a bunch of guys asking Roman 350 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:32,800 Speaker 1: about the approach the offense had taken from week one 351 00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:35,880 Speaker 1: through the shift and quarterbacks and where they were heading 352 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:39,000 Speaker 1: to the super Bowl. It was fascinating to listen to him, 353 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:41,879 Speaker 1: to be honest, and I think that he's very underrated 354 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:44,920 Speaker 1: as an offensive coach. And uh, I don't know if 355 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:47,800 Speaker 1: football coaches should be called brilliant in general. I think 356 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:52,080 Speaker 1: that's thrown around pretty loosely. But to watch the forty 357 00:17:52,119 --> 00:17:54,399 Speaker 1: nine ers from week to week was to learn a 358 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:57,679 Speaker 1: lot about offensive football. They had number of formations and 359 00:17:57,720 --> 00:18:00,359 Speaker 1: the way that they changed things up from play to 360 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:02,760 Speaker 1: play and how the players honestly must have been taught 361 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:05,679 Speaker 1: well enough to respond to that. Not only also what 362 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:09,159 Speaker 1: they did with Alex Smith, the first coaching staff that 363 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:11,680 Speaker 1: really showed they could turn them into a functional quarterback 364 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:15,400 Speaker 1: and a successful one. I'd have to say that your 365 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:18,159 Speaker 1: theory is correct. They are the strongest coaching staff in 366 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:22,400 Speaker 1: football right now. I think they came into the NFL 367 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:25,800 Speaker 1: with very defined ideas of what they wanted to do, 368 00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:28,280 Speaker 1: and they've got out and they've executed it, So it's 369 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:31,080 Speaker 1: hard to really argue with you. I think you could 370 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:33,840 Speaker 1: look at another team in this division as another group 371 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:37,800 Speaker 1: that came into a tougher situation thinks pretty outside the 372 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:41,720 Speaker 1: box with their draft picks. UH creates very interesting roles, 373 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:45,119 Speaker 1: especially on defense of course, I'm talking about the Seattle Seahawks, 374 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:49,280 Speaker 1: and make a case for them as perhaps the most confident, 375 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:53,240 Speaker 1: innovative coaching staff and an organization in the league because 376 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:56,360 Speaker 1: they see things very differently compared to most teams. That's 377 00:18:56,359 --> 00:18:58,439 Speaker 1: why that's this is the best rivalry in the NFL 378 00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:01,040 Speaker 1: right now. And to what I love it about it 379 00:19:01,080 --> 00:19:03,520 Speaker 1: is you can just tell that they are not concerned 380 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:06,199 Speaker 1: about what the rest of the league's doing or or 381 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:08,880 Speaker 1: thinking about their own moves. And to me, that's when 382 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:11,480 Speaker 1: you see UH, that's when you see who the best 383 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:14,320 Speaker 1: is in their chosen field. They're the vanguard. They're not 384 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:16,480 Speaker 1: worried about anyone else. I mean in extends like with 385 00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:18,359 Speaker 1: the Seahawks to the front off, it's it's not just 386 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:21,320 Speaker 1: the way the coaches operate, but their decisions and how 387 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:25,080 Speaker 1: they know build You're right, it's not just renegade. They 388 00:19:25,119 --> 00:19:27,280 Speaker 1: just they're ahead of everyone else. So why keep an 389 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:29,800 Speaker 1: eye on who's behind you? And I'll draw one comparison, 390 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:31,520 Speaker 1: just to take a little air out of the balloon, 391 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:34,800 Speaker 1: you know. Jim Harbaugh, Jim Harbaugh saying we could do 392 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:37,920 Speaker 1: whatever we want. Their parallels here to me, uh in 393 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:40,120 Speaker 1: terms of the level of hubrists that we're working with, 394 00:19:40,840 --> 00:19:44,200 Speaker 1: parallels to you, it reminds me of what you're saying. 395 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:49,119 Speaker 1: It reminds me of little band from Britain called the Wassis. 396 00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:51,159 Speaker 1: Thought they were the kings of the world. Everything goes 397 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:53,560 Speaker 1: back to and they released be here now, and you know, 398 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:55,439 Speaker 1: then quickly they found out they weren't as good as 399 00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:57,240 Speaker 1: they thought they Well, at least you didn't go back 400 00:19:57,280 --> 00:19:59,800 Speaker 1: as far as like nine Germany or everything. With this, 401 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:03,560 Speaker 1: everything goes back to Oasis. Seriously, my hair looks like Oasis. 402 00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:10,200 Speaker 1: Either Oasis. They're counting crows Oasis. I mean they've they essentially, 403 00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:12,240 Speaker 1: you know, a couple of players away from the mountain top. 404 00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:15,639 Speaker 1: They went they have achieved things. Think about their first picks, 405 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:17,359 Speaker 1: not their first picks. I guess it was their second 406 00:20:17,359 --> 00:20:21,200 Speaker 1: time around. But Alden Smith and Kaepernick. Those were two 407 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:24,920 Speaker 1: pretty interesting picks just to start off, and that right 408 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:29,640 Speaker 1: there changed everything. And the way they've coached Kaepernick compared 409 00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:33,600 Speaker 1: to Alex Smith, I mean, that's coaching that is maximizing 410 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:37,280 Speaker 1: your players strengths, coming up with a new plan. I 411 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:39,720 Speaker 1: mean it's it's reminiscent of the Patriots to who do 412 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:41,560 Speaker 1: a good job at this, and they aren't worried what 413 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:44,000 Speaker 1: the rest of the league thinks. That that's what coaching 414 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:46,359 Speaker 1: is all about. And they are I think probably the 415 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:49,199 Speaker 1: toughest team to prepare for for opposing teams on a 416 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:52,160 Speaker 1: week to week basis. All right, let's move forward, Mark, 417 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:54,399 Speaker 1: give us one big question on the St. Louis Rams. 418 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:56,800 Speaker 1: All right, with the Rams, And I read something interesting 419 00:20:56,840 --> 00:21:01,119 Speaker 1: in the the Annual Football Outsiders Almanac that basically the 420 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:03,960 Speaker 1: Rams teams, Hey Dan, you know, I'd like, I like 421 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:07,439 Speaker 1: to suddenly put Dan's head into an explosion space. But 422 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:12,760 Speaker 1: um why he doesn't read it? Well because I didn't. 423 00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:15,320 Speaker 1: I didn't come up with this on my own, Like 424 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:19,080 Speaker 1: I couldn't cite this. Okay, So anyways, so you've got 425 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:22,040 Speaker 1: a lot of talent potentially on offense, young players, but 426 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:25,080 Speaker 1: they come in with less experience at the wide receiver 427 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:28,440 Speaker 1: and running back positions in terms of touches and starts, 428 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:32,879 Speaker 1: then all of the last four expansion teams did in 429 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:35,040 Speaker 1: their first year, and that's pretty rugged if you look 430 00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:37,159 Speaker 1: at where some of those teams were. But you have 431 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:38,639 Speaker 1: to look at the Rams and say, part of the 432 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:42,560 Speaker 1: reason is they've got extremely young players that if things click, 433 00:21:43,359 --> 00:21:46,639 Speaker 1: this offense could be something St. Louis hasn't done since 434 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:50,760 Speaker 1: the days of Kurt Warner. My big question is we've got, 435 00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:52,760 Speaker 1: and we've brought this up once or twice before, we 436 00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:58,040 Speaker 1: have Brian Schottenheimer, historically conservative guy that you wouldn't exactly 437 00:21:58,080 --> 00:22:01,560 Speaker 1: call inventive running the show. Oh are we going to 438 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:03,600 Speaker 1: look back on this Ram's offense and looking at it 439 00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:06,240 Speaker 1: actually end of this season as an opportunity missed. I 440 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:08,719 Speaker 1: read the entire almanac by the time you asked that question. 441 00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:12,240 Speaker 1: I like to phrase that completely. So there we go. 442 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:21,800 Speaker 1: That just took the wind out of Sessler. Well, I think, uh, 443 00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:26,119 Speaker 1: I know you don't trust Schottenheimer. I love his father, 444 00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:28,639 Speaker 1: I don't trust the son as much. I feel like 445 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:32,000 Speaker 1: this is going to have to be a spread offense, 446 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:35,520 Speaker 1: and I think they are one of the teams slow 447 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:37,159 Speaker 1: playing the rest of the NFL in the preseason. We 448 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:39,480 Speaker 1: haven't seen anything of what they're gonna do. They're gonna 449 00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:41,919 Speaker 1: put Jared Cook in the left slot, Tavon Austin in 450 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:45,240 Speaker 1: the right slot, go for wide a lot. Uh. That's 451 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:46,840 Speaker 1: the way the personnel is set up. They have too 452 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:49,480 Speaker 1: many space players. They can't do a traditional base offense 453 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:52,680 Speaker 1: and succeed. Uh. I don't know that we'll look on 454 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:56,359 Speaker 1: a miss missed opportunity because I think I'm not gonna 455 00:22:56,359 --> 00:22:58,040 Speaker 1: tell you where I have them finishing yet. But I 456 00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:00,800 Speaker 1: don't see them competing for the tie, don't competing for 457 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:03,480 Speaker 1: the division title because I think they're another year away. 458 00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:05,280 Speaker 1: But I think they are building something, and I just 459 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:07,960 Speaker 1: think people are getting a little caught up with him 460 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 1: this year. I hope you're they're slow pitching us because 461 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:13,040 Speaker 1: you know, Tavon Austin, we were told by who was it, 462 00:23:13,119 --> 00:23:15,240 Speaker 1: Mike Mayock that he had the type of skills where 463 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:17,399 Speaker 1: he could not be covered covered and could be a 464 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:21,119 Speaker 1: revolutionary type player. Very quiet preseason for him. A couple 465 00:23:21,119 --> 00:23:23,000 Speaker 1: of big a lot of big pun returns. Give the 466 00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:24,760 Speaker 1: guy a little ya, that's true, But I guess in 467 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:27,920 Speaker 1: terms of as an offensive weapon moving around the field 468 00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:30,280 Speaker 1: making plays. We didn't see much. They just didn't They 469 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:33,480 Speaker 1: didn't show anything. Yeah, I think it won't be a 470 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:37,879 Speaker 1: missed opportunity because there if there is a missed opportunity, 471 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:39,840 Speaker 1: it said they don't take advantage of a very good 472 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:42,200 Speaker 1: defense that I think is only going to get better. 473 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:45,960 Speaker 1: But let's not overrate this offensive talent. I think they'd 474 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:48,760 Speaker 1: be doing well to be average. Let's their wide receiver 475 00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:52,879 Speaker 1: group given to who I Love Tavon Austin and some 476 00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:56,200 Speaker 1: question marks Brian Quicks in the mix, Austin Pett. I 477 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:59,160 Speaker 1: mean that's I would say a below average wide receiver group, 478 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:02,840 Speaker 1: Jared because the starting tight end that's maybe an average 479 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:06,040 Speaker 1: tight end group. The offensive line hasn't been good in 480 00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:09,920 Speaker 1: recent years. The Adjac Long that's average at best. Sam 481 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:13,520 Speaker 1: Bradford has not been average. He's about an average quarterback, 482 00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:16,280 Speaker 1: and the running backs aren't very good. So top to bottom, 483 00:24:16,359 --> 00:24:18,640 Speaker 1: I don't know if there's that talented. If they don't 484 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:20,640 Speaker 1: do that well, I think it's just because they don't 485 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:23,600 Speaker 1: have the players. Okay, uh, you know, the Ram The 486 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:25,320 Speaker 1: Rams are a team. We're we're not sure what to 487 00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:27,480 Speaker 1: make of another one is the Arizona Cardinals in this division. 488 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:30,600 Speaker 1: I'll ask this question Jonathan Cooper. We found out today 489 00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:33,240 Speaker 1: Bruce Arians said that that ten to twelve week timetable 490 00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:35,879 Speaker 1: was premature. They put him on I R his rookie 491 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:38,040 Speaker 1: season has done the number seven or overall pick A 492 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:40,520 Speaker 1: guy who could have done things is out for the year. 493 00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:42,760 Speaker 1: That hurts UM. I don't see a lot of running 494 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:46,040 Speaker 1: lanes opening up in Arizona. The protection issues, Um, is 495 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:48,520 Speaker 1: everyone in a rush to lump the Cardinals in to 496 00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:51,080 Speaker 1: the NFC West hype. You know, everybody says all these 497 00:24:51,119 --> 00:24:53,280 Speaker 1: teams will be good. Should I really buy that that 498 00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:55,600 Speaker 1: the Cardinals? Cardinals will also be a team that's gonna 499 00:24:55,600 --> 00:25:00,320 Speaker 1: be h excellent the season. Believe in Bruce Arians. I'm 500 00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:03,880 Speaker 1: sold on on b a not just as an entertaining 501 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:07,680 Speaker 1: press conference because he's one of the best. I mean, 502 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:10,520 Speaker 1: he's just fun to listen to. But I think he's 503 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:12,800 Speaker 1: a really good coach and I think he's got plenty 504 00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:14,760 Speaker 1: of town to work with. On offense. Yeah, I mean, 505 00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:17,640 Speaker 1: I think they're running back group is potentially a little 506 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:19,359 Speaker 1: bit better than last year. I'm not in love with it. 507 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:21,840 Speaker 1: The Cooper injury is a wind out of the sales 508 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:25,480 Speaker 1: type of loss, because the whole thing here was they're 509 00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:28,520 Speaker 1: gonna fix the big weakness from last year. And Carson 510 00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:31,439 Speaker 1: Palmer isn't exactly fleet of foot, so you know, if 511 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:34,200 Speaker 1: he's not protected, well, I don't love his chances. But again, 512 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:37,119 Speaker 1: Arians like with what he did last season in Indian, 513 00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:39,840 Speaker 1: what he's done essentially his whole career in Pittsburgh, frankly, 514 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:43,159 Speaker 1: what he did with Cleveland, and that his season or 515 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:46,520 Speaker 1: two there. They haven't done since. So yeah, I trust 516 00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:48,919 Speaker 1: Arians and I think they'll be maybe I don't know 517 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:51,240 Speaker 1: about record wise, but a better football team on offense 518 00:25:51,280 --> 00:25:54,680 Speaker 1: than last season. The Cooper injury really took a win, 519 00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:56,480 Speaker 1: a lot of wind out of my sales for this team. 520 00:25:56,520 --> 00:26:00,159 Speaker 1: I liked them all off season. I love UM, I 521 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:02,720 Speaker 1: like Honey Badger Peterson. They their defense is a lot 522 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:05,280 Speaker 1: of talent on all offense, the passing game looks like 523 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:08,080 Speaker 1: it can do some interesting things. Running back, there's very 524 00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:11,879 Speaker 1: little depth there. The offensive line, there's no depth. I 525 00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:13,400 Speaker 1: just feel like this team is like one or two 526 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:17,119 Speaker 1: injuries away from cratering Um. But I do agree with 527 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:19,600 Speaker 1: Greg that I trust Bruce Arians. I just don't know 528 00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:22,359 Speaker 1: that the roster is set up yet to to go 529 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:24,240 Speaker 1: more than seven and nine or eight and eight in 530 00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:26,560 Speaker 1: the best case scenario, A lot of potential Pro bowlers, 531 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:29,600 Speaker 1: including you know, Mark's choice for defensive Player of the 532 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:31,600 Speaker 1: Year on defense, I mean there's a lot to work 533 00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:33,520 Speaker 1: with their honey Badger. A lot of people are talking 534 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:35,920 Speaker 1: about him. I think he'll be good. I think Calais 535 00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:38,120 Speaker 1: Campbell and Darnell Dockett. I mean, they're tough to deal 536 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:41,240 Speaker 1: with it. It should be a tough defensive deal with Alright, Greg, 537 00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:43,119 Speaker 1: why don't you wrap it up with a Seahawks question. 538 00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:48,800 Speaker 1: Let's go with the Seattle Seahawks and their roster. When 539 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:51,480 Speaker 1: you look at it top to bottom, is this the 540 00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:57,119 Speaker 1: deepest team in the NFL? Yes? Yes? Where are the 541 00:26:57,200 --> 00:27:03,560 Speaker 1: weaknesses on the Seattle Seahawks roster? How about it? Two questions? Well, 542 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:05,600 Speaker 1: we only do one. I don't even know where to 543 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:08,040 Speaker 1: go when you ask a second. I think you could 544 00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:10,320 Speaker 1: say offensive line, there are some spots where they're not 545 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:13,719 Speaker 1: quite as deep. Uh, linebacker, they're not real deep. And 546 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:17,679 Speaker 1: then wide receiver with Harvin out, do we really trust 547 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:20,600 Speaker 1: your main curse and Stephen Williams to play against the 548 00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:23,280 Speaker 1: forty Niners. I don't know that we can say that, 549 00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:25,639 Speaker 1: so I would say those would be their three shallowest spot. 550 00:27:25,680 --> 00:27:29,280 Speaker 1: I just do not like, uh, their long snapper, he 551 00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:33,280 Speaker 1: has been It's hard to trust in characters. Um No, 552 00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:35,520 Speaker 1: I you know, it's hard to just see we could 553 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:38,119 Speaker 1: pick something that's less strong than the rest of the group. 554 00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:41,040 Speaker 1: I think they have some injuries at their past rush 555 00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:43,200 Speaker 1: situation right now that when we get these guys back, 556 00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:45,679 Speaker 1: we haven't even seen Cliff Avil. We haven't seen some 557 00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:48,360 Speaker 1: of the additions. If these guys can play Michael Bennett, 558 00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:51,040 Speaker 1: then there then there's not a weakness that's of strength. 559 00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:54,640 Speaker 1: But um, this is what team we called the deepest 560 00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:57,520 Speaker 1: roster in football, and I don't think that's changed one 561 00:27:57,560 --> 00:28:00,720 Speaker 1: iotas since we posted that article. Clinton Esham, if you're 562 00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:08,920 Speaker 1: out there listening, Seattle Seahawks long snapper, we apologize, he's 563 00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:12,160 Speaker 1: probably very solid. Okay, So let's go, let's go around, 564 00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:14,199 Speaker 1: let's do the records for the division. Will start with 565 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:18,040 Speaker 1: the great Chris west Elling. I have Seahawks and forty 566 00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:22,359 Speaker 1: Niners both in the playoffs at ten and six. Seahawks 567 00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:26,080 Speaker 1: get the tiebreaker for the division title. Cardinals at seven 568 00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:29,040 Speaker 1: and nine Rams at six and ten, and I know, 569 00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:31,160 Speaker 1: you know, we're trying to be quick here and I've 570 00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:33,800 Speaker 1: got to get to a haircut appointment. Meals my guy 571 00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:37,679 Speaker 1: in Yes, I looked around the NFL newsroom, looked for 572 00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:40,719 Speaker 1: the best hair and asked that man, where do you 573 00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:43,440 Speaker 1: get your hair cut? That's where I should be going. 574 00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:46,280 Speaker 1: That was Dan, So thank you. Uh My question though 575 00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:48,320 Speaker 1: for you is you just talked about how great the 576 00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:51,880 Speaker 1: offense is and then the deepest Seahawks roster in the league. 577 00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:53,800 Speaker 1: Why why only ten wins were both them? It's a 578 00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:59,280 Speaker 1: tough division, just a tough conference, some cannibalism conferences, and 579 00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:03,280 Speaker 1: there best offensive weapon arguably is on the shelf for 580 00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:06,560 Speaker 1: most of the seasons. UM, I disagree with West in 581 00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:09,080 Speaker 1: the sense that I've in each of our division previews, 582 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:11,880 Speaker 1: I've been conservative with the record of the best team. 583 00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:14,000 Speaker 1: Not with Seattle. I have them a thirteen and three. 584 00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:16,960 Speaker 1: That's better than anyone else in the league that I've predicted. 585 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:20,280 Speaker 1: I think they will be NFL's Kings on that front. 586 00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:25,200 Speaker 1: Forty Niners A ten and six, the Rams will be 587 00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:27,560 Speaker 1: the third team in that division to make the playoffs. 588 00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:31,360 Speaker 1: As my nine and seven wild card entry and I 589 00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:34,840 Speaker 1: have the Cardinals talented but stumbling at four and twelve 590 00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:36,680 Speaker 1: based on what West said, I think one or two 591 00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:40,920 Speaker 1: injuries floors. Um. I have the Seahawks winning the division 592 00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:43,200 Speaker 1: at eleven and five, the Niners also going in eleven 593 00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:45,040 Speaker 1: and five and they're getting one of the wild cards 594 00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:48,160 Speaker 1: the fifth seed, and then Rams at eight and eight, 595 00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:52,720 Speaker 1: and Cardinals I'm not sold. Six and ten. I have 596 00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:56,520 Speaker 1: a similar look Seahawks at twelve and four. I have 597 00:29:56,600 --> 00:30:00,120 Speaker 1: the forty Niners falling back a bit to ten and six. Mean, 598 00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:01,880 Speaker 1: this is a team that's only lost seven games over 599 00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:04,880 Speaker 1: the last two years. I have the Rams and the 600 00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:09,040 Speaker 1: Cardinals tying uh for last place at seven and nine. 601 00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:10,760 Speaker 1: So I do think this is going to be a 602 00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:13,760 Speaker 1: very strong division. So who who are the surprising playoff 603 00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:16,840 Speaker 1: teams we had from the NFC? You had the Rams, 604 00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:20,160 Speaker 1: that's pretty good. I didn't have one. I know I'm 605 00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:25,200 Speaker 1: gonna be wrong, but I have, um, the Skins, Falcons, Packers, Seahawks, Niners, 606 00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:27,480 Speaker 1: and Bears. Maybe the Bears a little bit, but not really. 607 00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:30,640 Speaker 1: I have the Bears and not the Packers of Chalk. Yeah, 608 00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:33,200 Speaker 1: Bears and Cowboys would be my biggest surprises, but neither 609 00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:34,880 Speaker 1: of them is really a huge surprise. I had the 610 00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:38,240 Speaker 1: Eagles and Panthers, so at least, you know, we stepped 611 00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:40,800 Speaker 1: out and made some picks. Unlike Dan, I have three 612 00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:43,640 Speaker 1: new playoff teams Browns. I picked the Browns, Counts for 613 00:30:43,680 --> 00:30:48,360 Speaker 1: double or triple. I think it's trivia time. I mean, 614 00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:50,480 Speaker 1: I don't know. I'm just I'm feeling a lot of buzzing. 615 00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:53,840 Speaker 1: Everything we just did the last half hour was all 616 00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:57,200 Speaker 1: probably just to get to this moment um. Chris Westling 617 00:30:57,240 --> 00:31:00,240 Speaker 1: downstairs on his desk has a has a toaster. It's 618 00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:05,280 Speaker 1: NFL sanctioned. Uh it's it's such a cool toaster because 619 00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:08,280 Speaker 1: you're able to like put team names imprint them on 620 00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:11,320 Speaker 1: the toast somehow. I don't know the science behind it, 621 00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:14,040 Speaker 1: but you can do it. They do that with like, um, 622 00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:15,480 Speaker 1: what do you call it, Miss Kitty, and all they 623 00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:17,040 Speaker 1: think about all these kind of toasters that can do 624 00:31:18,840 --> 00:31:23,040 Speaker 1: I don't think so anyway anyway, So don't worry about it. 625 00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:26,560 Speaker 1: West wants it. Yeah, you're not getting my toaster. And 626 00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:28,600 Speaker 1: but at the same time we agreed, yes, this is 627 00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:30,760 Speaker 1: West's toaster, only if you can hold onto it. So 628 00:31:30,800 --> 00:31:33,520 Speaker 1: I figured against Greg's wishes. I wanted to bring some 629 00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:36,640 Speaker 1: type of trivia element into the room. Uh. So what 630 00:31:36,680 --> 00:31:41,120 Speaker 1: we did We contacted uh some listeners with the help 631 00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:43,480 Speaker 1: of the great k Rich behind the glass, and we 632 00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:46,800 Speaker 1: got a couple contestants in a game I like to 633 00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:53,200 Speaker 1: call this is all a thinly disguised ruse for Dan 634 00:31:53,280 --> 00:31:55,520 Speaker 1: to live out his fantasies as a game show host. 635 00:31:56,800 --> 00:31:59,160 Speaker 1: I feel like he would be great. Okay, So here 636 00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:01,280 Speaker 1: are the rules of the game. Uh, we will get 637 00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:03,240 Speaker 1: a caller on the line. There on hold right now. 638 00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:06,720 Speaker 1: Both West and the caller will get the same six questions. 639 00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:09,280 Speaker 1: They get thirty seconds to answer. John, are you are 640 00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:15,600 Speaker 1: you there? I am here? Hey? John? Hey? How's it going? Hey? 641 00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:22,080 Speaker 1: Where are you from? John? Northwest, Indiana, Colts Gary. It's 642 00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:25,840 Speaker 1: actually a Bears country. I grew up a Packers sam though. 643 00:32:26,680 --> 00:32:29,800 Speaker 1: And how many years have to the Around the League podcast? 644 00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:35,520 Speaker 1: Were you neighbors? I've actually been to the Michael Jackson house, 645 00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:37,440 Speaker 1: but I've been listening to the A t L since 646 00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:41,360 Speaker 1: it's a debuted behind Gamma Shuck. And it should be 647 00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:44,040 Speaker 1: known that in the screener call that k Ridge did, 648 00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:48,840 Speaker 1: John got every answer right. So, John, how far is 649 00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:54,080 Speaker 1: your neighborhood from Jake Cutler's hometown of Christmas, Indiana. Claus 650 00:32:54,400 --> 00:33:01,040 Speaker 1: leave Santa Claus, Indiana. Alright, so John, that one? Yes? West? 651 00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:03,960 Speaker 1: Are you done asking geography questions? I love geography? Okay, 652 00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:06,520 Speaker 1: Mark Cussler, you are on clock duty. You will be 653 00:33:06,560 --> 00:33:09,160 Speaker 1: timing this, so John, And just to make sure you're 654 00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:12,520 Speaker 1: you're clear, just when you're done, say stop clock. Okay, 655 00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:14,200 Speaker 1: that way we could do it, all right? Here we go. 656 00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:18,760 Speaker 1: What number did Jim Brown wear with the Browns? What 657 00:33:18,920 --> 00:33:21,720 Speaker 1: is the name of the cowboys is home stadium? Uh? 658 00:33:23,040 --> 00:33:25,920 Speaker 1: What running back finished second in rushing yards last season? 659 00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:30,480 Speaker 1: Who was the Baltimore Colts is starting quarterback in Super 660 00:33:30,520 --> 00:33:34,800 Speaker 1: Bowl three? Earl? Name the quarterback with the highest yards 661 00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:40,120 Speaker 1: per attempt average last season? Um? Which Hall of Fame 662 00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:42,160 Speaker 1: running back rush for a hundred and ninety yards? And 663 00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:47,200 Speaker 1: Super Bowl eighteen? Do you want to go back? All right? 664 00:33:47,320 --> 00:33:54,160 Speaker 1: Stop the clock. By my calculation, you got one question, right. 665 00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:59,000 Speaker 1: I'm trying to get to a haircut here, man, you know, 666 00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:03,440 Speaker 1: so let me out all right? West, West is now 667 00:34:03,520 --> 00:34:09,440 Speaker 1: back in the studio. Should we tell him what he needs? None? Anything? 668 00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:13,360 Speaker 1: All right? What number did Jim Brown wear with the Browns. 669 00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:18,160 Speaker 1: What is the name of the Cowboys home stadium Reliance Stadium. 670 00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:21,040 Speaker 1: What running back finished second in rushing yards last season? 671 00:34:21,160 --> 00:34:24,320 Speaker 1: Marshawn Lynch, who was the Baltimore Colts starting quarterback in 672 00:34:24,360 --> 00:34:27,440 Speaker 1: Super Bowl three? Johnny United named the quarterback with the 673 00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:31,120 Speaker 1: highest yards per attempt average last season? Uh Colin Kaepernick, 674 00:34:31,239 --> 00:34:33,120 Speaker 1: which Hall of Fame running back rushed for a hundred 675 00:34:33,160 --> 00:34:37,840 Speaker 1: and ninety yards? And Super Bowl eighteen Marcus Allen Boom 676 00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:42,920 Speaker 1: that was a mere point four seconds. Well, well, West, 677 00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:46,759 Speaker 1: you've got two answers, right, that was enough to beat 678 00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:51,759 Speaker 1: John who that one? West keeps his toaster. The excitement 679 00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:55,520 Speaker 1: level in this room is just people are not excited. 680 00:34:55,680 --> 00:35:02,920 Speaker 1: John Um, thank you for playing for I'm podcast. I'm 681 00:35:02,920 --> 00:35:05,520 Speaker 1: helping you guys out with Yes. John, thank you for trying, 682 00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:08,879 Speaker 1: and thank you for listening. I thought trivia was more 683 00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:11,200 Speaker 1: like what happened in the past, not what happened like 684 00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:13,640 Speaker 1: last year. Listen, you just get you know, you gotta 685 00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:17,520 Speaker 1: do better than two. That's not Trivia's just like arcane status, 686 00:35:17,680 --> 00:35:20,520 Speaker 1: you know, not the starting quarterback of Super Bowl three? Right, 687 00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:25,799 Speaker 1: that's pretty old, oh earl moral. Yeah, the answers, by 688 00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:29,120 Speaker 1: the way, was uh, Cowboys home stadium is now a 689 00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:32,600 Speaker 1: T and T stadium. Alfred Morris had the second and 690 00:35:32,719 --> 00:35:38,120 Speaker 1: never ever asked a corporate sponsored stadium name again. Started 691 00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:41,239 Speaker 1: Super Bowl three. I liked the Earl Moral. That's a 692 00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:45,839 Speaker 1: great trip quarterback with the highest average protempt r G three. 693 00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:48,879 Speaker 1: And you've got Marcus Allen. Right, all right, one more game. 694 00:35:49,080 --> 00:35:52,799 Speaker 1: Let's go with our second contestant, Ned. Are you there? Yeah, 695 00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:55,359 Speaker 1: I'm right here, Ned. How are you feeling right now? 696 00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:58,920 Speaker 1: I'm feeling great? All right? We got West is one 697 00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:02,279 Speaker 1: for one, he already defeated had one challenger um. But 698 00:36:02,680 --> 00:36:05,440 Speaker 1: at the same time, we weren't blown away by his performance. 699 00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:08,840 Speaker 1: So I would think that if you have nice knowledge, 700 00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:12,040 Speaker 1: you have a shot to beat him. Okay, and by 701 00:36:12,080 --> 00:36:14,320 Speaker 1: the way, congratulations on being named Ned, because that's a 702 00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:17,480 Speaker 1: great nime. Thank you, thank you. Alright, So we we 703 00:36:17,640 --> 00:36:19,719 Speaker 1: while we are off there, we we explained to Ned 704 00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:22,120 Speaker 1: the rules of the game. So here we go round 705 00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:26,960 Speaker 1: two of when West's toaster? How many teams did Randy 706 00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:31,360 Speaker 1: Moss play for? He's played for the Vikings, the Raiders, 707 00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:34,759 Speaker 1: the Patriots and Niners and the titan So five the 708 00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:39,279 Speaker 1: defensive end. This defensive end says he wants to establish club. 709 00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:43,680 Speaker 1: In two thousand thirteen, who was selected third overall in 710 00:36:43,719 --> 00:36:49,240 Speaker 1: the two thousand twelve NFL draft marl In The Packers 711 00:36:49,239 --> 00:36:53,440 Speaker 1: dealta first round pick to acquire Brehett far from what team? Atlanta? 712 00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:57,160 Speaker 1: What quarterback had the league's lowest passer rating minimum ten 713 00:36:57,239 --> 00:37:04,600 Speaker 1: starts last year? Uh? Yeah? The Giants beat the Bills 714 00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:06,480 Speaker 1: in Super Bowl twenty five? Who is the game's m 715 00:37:06,520 --> 00:37:10,640 Speaker 1: v p um? Do you want to go back to 716 00:37:10,680 --> 00:37:15,440 Speaker 1: anything the Super Bowl? Yeah? Who was the game's m 717 00:37:15,480 --> 00:37:21,160 Speaker 1: v p um? Giants in the Bills? Right? Times up? 718 00:37:21,239 --> 00:37:23,919 Speaker 1: Times up? Times up? Okay, all right, so you got 719 00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:28,960 Speaker 1: you got Moss, you got what and you got the Falcons. 720 00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:32,640 Speaker 1: So you got three out of six? All right? Now, Wes, 721 00:37:32,680 --> 00:37:36,799 Speaker 1: who was sequestered, is coming back in the studio. West. 722 00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:39,799 Speaker 1: We're not gonna tell you what. We're not gonna tell 723 00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:43,120 Speaker 1: you what ned got. You know, I just realized what 724 00:37:43,360 --> 00:37:46,719 Speaker 1: I put the West in sequester. That's pretty good. That's 725 00:37:46,719 --> 00:37:49,640 Speaker 1: pretty good. He's working on material as his winning his toaster. 726 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:52,160 Speaker 1: All right, here we go, same rules. We're gonna just 727 00:37:52,360 --> 00:37:55,160 Speaker 1: thirty seconds. Stopped it mark. When it hits thirty, it's 728 00:37:55,200 --> 00:37:58,280 Speaker 1: over all right, Okay, here we go. How many teams 729 00:37:58,280 --> 00:38:02,319 Speaker 1: did Randy Moss play for? Four? This defense event says 730 00:38:02,360 --> 00:38:05,360 Speaker 1: he wants to establish the club. In two thousand thirteen, 731 00:38:05,440 --> 00:38:07,600 Speaker 1: J J. Watt, who was selected third overall in the 732 00:38:07,640 --> 00:38:11,640 Speaker 1: two thousand twelve NFL draft, Trent Richards in the Packers 733 00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:15,000 Speaker 1: Delta first round pick to acquire Brett far from what team? Falcons? 734 00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:17,479 Speaker 1: What quarterback of the league's lowest passer rating last season 735 00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:20,919 Speaker 1: a minimum ten? Ten starts blame game? The Giants beat 736 00:38:20,920 --> 00:38:22,920 Speaker 1: the Bills in Super Bowl twenty five. Who's the game's 737 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:28,719 Speaker 1: m v P? Phil Sims? Stop the clock? Point eight? 738 00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:35,560 Speaker 1: You got what? Richardson? Falcons? That's three, just like Ned, 739 00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:38,600 Speaker 1: but West got it in twenty six seconds. Ned needed 740 00:38:38,640 --> 00:38:43,480 Speaker 1: the full thirty. West keeps his toaster on a tie breaker. 741 00:38:44,239 --> 00:38:49,080 Speaker 1: Moss played for page five teams tightened Vikings and missing 742 00:38:49,120 --> 00:38:52,439 Speaker 1: one team. You can figure that off the air. Hey, Ned, 743 00:38:52,480 --> 00:38:56,600 Speaker 1: thank you very much for trying. Oh the Raiders, thank 744 00:38:56,640 --> 00:39:00,560 Speaker 1: you for listening. Oh, oh that's it. That's that's uh. 745 00:39:00,560 --> 00:39:03,200 Speaker 1: When West's toster, West, you defended your title. That was 746 00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:05,279 Speaker 1: a little tight, though it is tight. These are these 747 00:39:05,280 --> 00:39:08,960 Speaker 1: are not easy questions against the buzzer all right, So 748 00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:11,479 Speaker 1: that is the end of the a tel Pocats West 749 00:39:11,560 --> 00:39:14,279 Speaker 1: West is little guest. You could tell it's it took 750 00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:15,640 Speaker 1: a lot auta them, so we're gonna have to get 751 00:39:15,640 --> 00:39:19,839 Speaker 1: out noble effort um. Thank you for listening. We'll see 752 00:39:19,960 --> 00:39:22,719 Speaker 1: uh next week. We are going to uh that is 753 00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:25,000 Speaker 1: the beginning of the regular season next week. That'll be exciting. 754 00:39:25,560 --> 00:39:28,759 Speaker 1: Thank you to kay Rich the mailman, the sizzler, the 755 00:39:28,840 --> 00:39:31,360 Speaker 1: boss who left to get a haircut with Camille. You 756 00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:33,680 Speaker 1: can do that when you're the boss. Yeah, and uh 757 00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:36,200 Speaker 1: Lyle the intern. Thank you Lyle. We will see you 758 00:39:36,239 --> 00:39:39,960 Speaker 1: on Monday.