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Now. 10 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:39,519 Speaker 1: Signed up with promo code Colin so they know we 11 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 1: sent you. What is going on everybody, John middlecop Three 12 00:00:56,120 --> 00:01:01,319 Speaker 1: and Out Podcast. Another beautiful day, another hot day. It's 13 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:04,640 Speaker 1: about a hundred degrees where I'm at, sweaty day. A 14 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:08,640 Speaker 1: CS pumping energy bill ain't gonna be cheap. But it's 15 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 1: that time of the year. Turn on the A C. 16 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:14,360 Speaker 1: Time to talk some football. A lot going on, you know, 17 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:17,280 Speaker 1: it's the second week of the preseason. I think a 18 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:22,759 Speaker 1: large percentage of teams that play this weekend Friday, Saturday 19 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:27,680 Speaker 1: Sunday will be joint practicing throughout the week, so we 20 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:31,400 Speaker 1: will get I imagine a lot of videos, a lot 21 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 1: of highlights, a lot of clips. And I think we 22 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 1: started to feel like football last week with all the 23 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:39,119 Speaker 1: preseason games. I think this week will even feel better 24 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:42,320 Speaker 1: when we see two teams different colors practicing against each other. 25 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 1: I'm in baby, can't wait for all the clips that 26 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 1: are gonna come flying out. Sure we'll have a couple, 27 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:51,880 Speaker 1: a couple of kerfuffles, a couple of scuffles. Uh, you know, 28 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 1: hopefully just some dust ups, no one getting actually injured. 29 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:58,320 Speaker 1: But you never know. I mean sometimes several years ago 30 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 1: in Oxnard, the Raider Cowboys, there was a fight where 31 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 1: like the fans were holding players and swinging helmets. It 32 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 1: was it was bananas. But I don't think we're gonna 33 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 1: get anything quite like that. But I'm excited for the week. Uh, 34 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 1: how could you not be. It's Football's in the air. 35 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 1: Middle of August were less than a month away from 36 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:21,640 Speaker 1: the regular season started. We're fifteen days away from college 37 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:24,680 Speaker 1: football starting. A lot going on. I saw a lot 38 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:27,280 Speaker 1: of different things that I want to talk about Middlecoff 39 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 1: mail bag. We will do that on this show at 40 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:32,640 Speaker 1: the end. At John Middlecoff is the Instagram fire in 41 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 1: those d m s Uh, it's really easy. It's my name. Also, 42 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 1: if you listen to Collins Feed, make sure you subscribe 43 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 1: to this feed. Uh, subscribe to the YouTube channel Volume 44 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:46,079 Speaker 1: YouTube channel obviously if you like golf, Golopod comes out 45 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:49,080 Speaker 1: usually in the middle of the week. I'm undecided whether 46 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 1: we're gonna do one this week, though there's some pretty 47 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:54,560 Speaker 1: interesting stuff happened in the world of golf. Congrats to 48 00:02:54,600 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 1: Will's allators. But uh, let's dive into football and I listen. 49 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 1: I I don't watch nearly as much NBA as I 50 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 1: once did, and I say this all the time I 51 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 1: watched the Warriors. I love watching the Warriors, mainly Steph 52 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:14,520 Speaker 1: Clay and Draymond. If it wasn't for those guys, if 53 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 1: James Harden was on their team, and like Anthony Davis, 54 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:20,840 Speaker 1: I'd be out And I wouldn't watch nearly as much 55 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 1: NBA as I used to when I was a kid, 56 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 1: and I did in my twenties. I love those guys, 57 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:28,520 Speaker 1: love their story, and love what they represent. But I 58 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:30,799 Speaker 1: think Steph Curry that after this year, I think we 59 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 1: all acknowledge is like what He's one of the most 60 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 1: transcendent athletes in the history of America, and you know, 61 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 1: I think if you're for argument's sake, he's a fringe 62 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:43,120 Speaker 1: top ten player of all time now in his sport. 63 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 1: He's earned that. And part of it is it's the 64 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:50,480 Speaker 1: total package, right, He's fun, he's electric, he's unique, Uh, 65 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 1: he's small. A lot goes into it, but even Steph Curry, 66 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:57,800 Speaker 1: who a couple of years ago, a lot of it 67 00:03:57,840 --> 00:03:59,520 Speaker 1: was like, well, I know he's won m v P 68 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 1: s and I know he resurrected a franchise that I 69 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:05,960 Speaker 1: don't know sucked, but without Kevin Durant, how many championships 70 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 1: what he really had? And then Clay got hurt and 71 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:12,080 Speaker 1: Steph got hurt and the franchise became, you know, falling 72 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:15,200 Speaker 1: on hard times. Durant left, They sucked, They got the 73 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:18,000 Speaker 1: number two overall pick, and then even last year they 74 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:21,160 Speaker 1: lost in the playing game to the Memphis Grizzlies. So 75 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:23,560 Speaker 1: for the first time, and this guy's kind of like 76 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 1: peak performance once he became a star, kind of hit. 77 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:29,720 Speaker 1: Some adversity people were that there's a difference of one 78 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 1: person on the internet saying you can't do it, and 79 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:33,800 Speaker 1: just a lot of people like, is this guy really 80 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:36,359 Speaker 1: that good? Is this guy still good enough to carry 81 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 1: a team? Is was that just way back in the day? Like, 82 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:41,200 Speaker 1: are we still talking about the same guy? Hell, it 83 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:43,599 Speaker 1: happened with Tom Brady a couple of years ago the 84 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 1: New England run. Remember they lost at the end of 85 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:47,760 Speaker 1: the season to Miami. Then they lose in the first 86 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:50,080 Speaker 1: round of Tennessee and then he leaves. It's like, is 87 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 1: this guy still good? Hell? I said it. I was 88 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:54,720 Speaker 1: just as guilty. I was the one in the Bay 89 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 1: Area pout on the table. Just keep Jimmy, don't go 90 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 1: after Tom. But here's the one thing. It's easy for 91 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:04,600 Speaker 1: us on the come up, and even Steph Curry Tom 92 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 1: Brady at one point in time before their stars when 93 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:09,000 Speaker 1: they when Steph first got in the league, when Tom 94 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:11,120 Speaker 1: first got drafted, they had a lot to prove. They 95 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:13,640 Speaker 1: had a lot to earn. Most human beings when they 96 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:16,840 Speaker 1: start out in any business, whether you're highly towered or not, 97 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 1: you still got to prove something. Even if you're the 98 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:22,560 Speaker 1: number one tip pick in the NFL, like you eventually 99 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:25,119 Speaker 1: gotta prove you can play right or you get past 100 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:27,200 Speaker 1: Like Aaron Donald wasn't the number one pick. He was 101 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:31,360 Speaker 1: whatever the eleven and all of a sudden boom superstar. Well, 102 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:33,719 Speaker 1: you know, don have a chip on your shoulder, whether 103 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 1: one guy was drafted ahead of you or a hundred 104 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:40,000 Speaker 1: ninety eight like Tom Brady. And I think sometimes even 105 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:43,880 Speaker 1: at the highest level, for the highest achievers, you need 106 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 1: a little kick in the ass, You need a little adversity. 107 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:50,560 Speaker 1: Like I was watching Will's Altorius won the PGA. Uh 108 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:53,320 Speaker 1: won the playoff playoff event a couple of days ago, 109 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:56,040 Speaker 1: and he started crying after. And this guy has made 110 00:05:56,360 --> 00:05:58,680 Speaker 1: millions of dollars playing golf the last couple of years, 111 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:02,160 Speaker 1: but he had never won. And I think sometimes failures, 112 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:06,120 Speaker 1: a lot of failures, makes success so much sweeter. And 113 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:09,239 Speaker 1: even when you've had success, like a guy like Tiger 114 00:06:09,279 --> 00:06:11,920 Speaker 1: Woods or a guy like Tom Brady who is used 115 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 1: to winning NonStop watch the Derek Jeter documentary, he won 116 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:18,600 Speaker 1: immediately when he got to the big leagues, right gets 117 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:21,159 Speaker 1: there in ninety five, by ninety six, they're winning. Don't 118 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:25,000 Speaker 1: win in ninety seven, win in nineties, win thousand, or 119 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:26,800 Speaker 1: I might I might be a year off, but you 120 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:29,120 Speaker 1: know what I mean. He won like four World Series 121 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:31,599 Speaker 1: in the first like six years of his career, and 122 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:33,640 Speaker 1: then he didn't win that much, lost a couple of 123 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 1: World Series, didn't win another one. Dill Oh nine like 124 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:39,400 Speaker 1: started getting some like are you ever gonna win it again? 125 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,760 Speaker 1: And even if you're having success, like I said, Tom 126 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 1: or Steff, you're still making the playoffs, but you're not 127 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:47,320 Speaker 1: winning at all, it kind of adds as a little motivation. 128 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:49,800 Speaker 1: I think for the first time in his young career. 129 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:52,560 Speaker 1: It's weird because he did lose in the a f 130 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 1: C Championship Game, but there were some questions not from myself, 131 00:06:56,880 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 1: but from a lot of people around the league. Even 132 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:02,400 Speaker 1: in the Mike Sando tears like it can he reads 133 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 1: own defenses and sometimes greatness season kicking their ass, and 134 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:08,880 Speaker 1: that's what I think Patrick Mahomes got this offseason. And 135 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:12,240 Speaker 1: everyone that's been through that camp in the media constantly 136 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 1: says like, this guy feels a little bit different. I 137 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:17,600 Speaker 1: might know a couple of people in that organization. They say, 138 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:21,520 Speaker 1: he is dialed. And here's the thing we saw Patrick 139 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:24,360 Speaker 1: Mahomes when he's on, he's as good as it gets. 140 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:26,920 Speaker 1: And here's the other thing he's got going for him. Youth. 141 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:32,120 Speaker 1: He hate that old and sometimes, you know, regenerating the 142 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:36,760 Speaker 1: roster can kind of spark a new urgency in the building. 143 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:38,880 Speaker 1: So you get rid of some guys, you bring in 144 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:42,080 Speaker 1: some new guys for the first time, having some critics 145 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:44,080 Speaker 1: say like, is this guy really that good? Is this 146 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 1: guy a little over rited? No, he's not. And when 147 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:49,560 Speaker 1: you look at m v P odds like, I don't 148 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:51,920 Speaker 1: hate the Patrick Mahomes MVP os. And here's the other 149 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:55,160 Speaker 1: thing everyone is talking about the Chargers, myself included the 150 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:59,160 Speaker 1: roster is fantastic. Denver Broncos finally got Russell Wilson. The Raiders. 151 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 1: Is this the time when they finally take a step 152 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:04,440 Speaker 1: and become a powerhouse? Well, here's what I know. Andy 153 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 1: Reid hasn't lost that division for a long freaking time. 154 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:11,480 Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes has been a four straight a FC Championships 155 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:14,280 Speaker 1: and multiple Super Bowls in the last four years. I'm 156 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:17,520 Speaker 1: not bending against them, and I think this guy has 157 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:21,520 Speaker 1: natural motivation. You know, sometimes when you're on top. I 158 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:23,680 Speaker 1: always respect the guy when he's in the peak of 159 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:26,960 Speaker 1: his powers. You know, Tiger Woods forever, Tom Brady forever, 160 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:30,320 Speaker 1: and it's like they find a way to intrinsically motivate you. 161 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:32,800 Speaker 1: It's hard to do that because it's it's easy when 162 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:34,960 Speaker 1: you're at the bottom of the mountain and you're hiking, 163 00:08:35,040 --> 00:08:37,320 Speaker 1: You're you're trying to get to the top. You're swinging, 164 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:39,240 Speaker 1: you're you're trying to take down the guy above you. 165 00:08:39,559 --> 00:08:41,199 Speaker 1: It's another thing when you're at the top of the 166 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:44,040 Speaker 1: mountain at the summit and trying to defend everyone off. 167 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:47,840 Speaker 1: That's that's hard. It's hard to sustain greatness. And most 168 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 1: people have bumps in the road, and the greats use 169 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 1: that to motivate them even further to get back and 170 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:57,600 Speaker 1: kick ass and take names. And I expect a massive, 171 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:04,280 Speaker 1: massive season from Patrick Mahomes. Let's let's talk about Brandon Staley. 172 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:06,720 Speaker 1: I read an article and I'm gonna give him some props. 173 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:10,240 Speaker 1: I read an article in The Athletic. They talked about 174 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:15,080 Speaker 1: the process behind their uh, why they go for it 175 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 1: so often, and how they have multiple analytical guys and 176 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:23,240 Speaker 1: they read them off percentages before drives even start, and 177 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:26,000 Speaker 1: the coordinators are privy to it. And Brandon Staley knows 178 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:29,239 Speaker 1: it before the drive even starts, you know, winning percentages, 179 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:32,480 Speaker 1: all these different percentages, and he laid it out and listen, 180 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:34,880 Speaker 1: all these teams are doing it now, so it's not 181 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 1: like he's alone and Brandon state Leaven admitted like, by 182 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:41,000 Speaker 1: no means does he think he's smarter than anyone else. 183 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:43,520 Speaker 1: This is their process and they stick to it. Now, 184 00:09:43,559 --> 00:09:46,600 Speaker 1: one thing I've said about the word process, like if 185 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:49,880 Speaker 1: Steve Jobs or Jeff Bezos or Nick Saban or Bill 186 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:52,520 Speaker 1: Belichick use the word process, get out your pen and 187 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:55,360 Speaker 1: paper and take some notes. But not everyone is just 188 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:59,319 Speaker 1: allowed to get on a pedestal tell you about their process, 189 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:01,640 Speaker 1: and it's fact. Everyone to line up and give him 190 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:04,439 Speaker 1: a huge standing ovation like part of the reason a 191 00:10:04,559 --> 00:10:08,120 Speaker 1: process is applauded and thought highly of and sabing and 192 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:10,760 Speaker 1: when it comes to sports, is the guy the most 193 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:14,600 Speaker 1: outspoken about it because his process works. We have a 194 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:19,240 Speaker 1: long period of time of evidence the process of Alabama 195 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:25,160 Speaker 1: football results and wins and championships consistently. In worst case, 196 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:27,800 Speaker 1: they played for the championship. They may not win it, 197 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:30,800 Speaker 1: but they're in the damn game. I don't want to hear. 198 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:36,200 Speaker 1: And I don't necessarily blame Brandon Staley for this, but 199 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:37,880 Speaker 1: he kind of played the media and he got a 200 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:40,319 Speaker 1: lot of credit for constantly using that word. Well, this 201 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:42,600 Speaker 1: is our process. We're gonna stick to it. Well, when 202 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:45,200 Speaker 1: you missed the playoffs and seven team Streamer Conference are 203 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:47,199 Speaker 1: allowed in the playoffs. Like, I'm sorry, I don't give 204 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:50,280 Speaker 1: you credit, but one thing he did mention is last year, 205 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:53,320 Speaker 1: several times obviously they were going for it NonStop. Some 206 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:56,360 Speaker 1: of them worked, some of them didn't. And there was 207 00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:58,360 Speaker 1: one that I think we all agreed that was one 208 00:10:58,400 --> 00:11:01,840 Speaker 1: of the most egregious go for we've ever seen, you know, 209 00:11:01,920 --> 00:11:03,880 Speaker 1: early in that Radar Charger game, when he went for 210 00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:07,960 Speaker 1: an eight team yard line and even he admitted, despite 211 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:11,679 Speaker 1: what the analytical group in the box and in the 212 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:15,040 Speaker 1: booth said through the headset to the coaching staff, this 213 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:18,320 Speaker 1: gives us x percentage of win to win better than 214 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:20,439 Speaker 1: you know, if we got punt here and we're gonna 215 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:24,480 Speaker 1: lose whatever that those numbers are. That when we didn't 216 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:29,960 Speaker 1: get it, it deflated the team and specifically deflated the offense. 217 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:32,400 Speaker 1: I remember when I was working in radio and I 218 00:11:32,440 --> 00:11:34,720 Speaker 1: was going to baseball games a lot, and we used 219 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:37,160 Speaker 1: to have a lot of baseball guests on all the time, 220 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:40,280 Speaker 1: and got to know like some assistant gms and scouts 221 00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:43,240 Speaker 1: and you know, former players in baseball. A lot of 222 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:46,280 Speaker 1: former players are you know, stay with their organizations and 223 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:48,680 Speaker 1: they help in spring training, they help with rookie ball. 224 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:52,040 Speaker 1: It's it's a very unique sport that way. And all 225 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:55,000 Speaker 1: these guys would often say, you know, as the league 226 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:58,560 Speaker 1: has gotten so much more analytical, and these gms now 227 00:11:58,679 --> 00:12:02,120 Speaker 1: in baseball are paid way more than football, that it's 228 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:04,719 Speaker 1: so easy for the guy, the general manager of the 229 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:08,719 Speaker 1: assistant GM to tell the coach like, hey, here's your 230 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:11,000 Speaker 1: lineup for the day. Well, what about the guy that's 231 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:13,160 Speaker 1: had five straight days with two hits. Well, he's out 232 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:15,280 Speaker 1: because they're facing a lefty and he doesn't hit well 233 00:12:15,280 --> 00:12:18,040 Speaker 1: a lefty. Well, the man, it's on the manager then 234 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:20,720 Speaker 1: to tell that player that he's out of the lineup 235 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:22,800 Speaker 1: and will probably be out of the lineup again tomorrow. 236 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:26,320 Speaker 1: The people running the numbers never have to answer for it. 237 00:12:26,520 --> 00:12:29,080 Speaker 1: And it's one of my issues in football, Like Brandon 238 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:32,000 Speaker 1: Staley uses the numbers, Well, ultimately he has to answer 239 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:34,880 Speaker 1: for it. I mean, it's his call, he's the decision maker. 240 00:12:35,040 --> 00:12:37,600 Speaker 1: But it wasn't necessarily his idea. It was just something 241 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:39,800 Speaker 1: on a spreadsheet and the one thing you have to 242 00:12:39,880 --> 00:12:41,839 Speaker 1: factor in it. And let's face it, baseball is a 243 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:44,360 Speaker 1: little bit different than football. Of it really is just 244 00:12:44,440 --> 00:12:49,760 Speaker 1: a bunch of individual matchups. I understand building organizations around 245 00:12:49,840 --> 00:12:53,880 Speaker 1: the general manager and the players, not necessarily the manager though, 246 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:57,200 Speaker 1: as someone that ben a Giants fan, the San Fransco 247 00:12:57,280 --> 00:13:00,680 Speaker 1: Giants won multiple all three of their World Series. A 248 00:13:00,679 --> 00:13:03,400 Speaker 1: big reason was their manager. Now times are different, the 249 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:05,240 Speaker 1: game is completely different than it was played just a 250 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:08,200 Speaker 1: decade ago. But if you substitute Bruce Bocci out for 251 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:11,240 Speaker 1: some random manager, they lose. They do not win those 252 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:14,640 Speaker 1: World Series. I feel very confident saying that now. Maybe 253 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:17,920 Speaker 1: it's a different time now, but I still think there's 254 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:20,720 Speaker 1: a human element to this stuff. So let's face it. 255 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:23,400 Speaker 1: Part of the NFL in two thousand and twenty two 256 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:25,120 Speaker 1: is go for it, go for it, go for it. 257 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:26,719 Speaker 1: And one thing I say it all the time, and 258 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:29,720 Speaker 1: it pisces me off that I feel like the number elites. 259 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:32,240 Speaker 1: And even Brandon Staley mentioned this in the article in 260 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:36,160 Speaker 1: The Athletic that he hates the word analytics because it 261 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 1: has such a negative connotation. It's so easy for people to, 262 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:41,400 Speaker 1: you know, talk about it. Even though and I always 263 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:45,520 Speaker 1: think this too, people have been using numbers and percentages 264 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:48,679 Speaker 1: in the sport of football forever. It's not new, it's 265 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:52,560 Speaker 1: just much more in vogue to talk about. But when 266 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:54,760 Speaker 1: I go for it, and it's because you know, the 267 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:57,160 Speaker 1: guy that my owner wants me to listen to tells 268 00:13:57,160 --> 00:13:59,160 Speaker 1: me you should go for it here, and I say okay, 269 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:01,840 Speaker 1: and then we don't at it. It's ultimately on me 270 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:04,440 Speaker 1: and my players that screwed up, that didn't get it. 271 00:14:04,679 --> 00:14:07,199 Speaker 1: He never has to answer for anything because no one 272 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:09,680 Speaker 1: ever sees him. It's why I always see in the 273 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:13,280 Speaker 1: in Major League playoffs when Dave Roberts goes out in 274 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:15,760 Speaker 1: Game four to yank his picture, who's got like a 275 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:18,320 Speaker 1: one hitter through six innings. You're like, why is he 276 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:21,080 Speaker 1: pulling this guy? He's only throwing eight three pitches and 277 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:24,280 Speaker 1: everyone's like, Dave Roberts is an idiot. I mean, you 278 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:28,080 Speaker 1: could substitute basically any manager, and it happens every single October, 279 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:31,560 Speaker 1: and I go, are we still having these stupid arguments. 280 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:34,280 Speaker 1: It's not on the manager. He's just doing what the 281 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:37,000 Speaker 1: numbers and the front office tells him to do. He 282 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 1: is a robot four management, like, that's well established. They 283 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:45,080 Speaker 1: do not make their own lineups. This is not and 284 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:48,600 Speaker 1: in football is somewhat similar that the front office because 285 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:52,560 Speaker 1: guess what most owners can relate to an Excel spreadsheet. 286 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:55,080 Speaker 1: And the other thing that's in vogue is going for it, 287 00:14:55,120 --> 00:14:57,000 Speaker 1: so you will not get fired when you go for it, 288 00:14:57,480 --> 00:14:59,200 Speaker 1: but when you go for it and you don't get 289 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:02,040 Speaker 1: it in specific situations like the end of the half 290 00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:05,000 Speaker 1: and you and you get zero points instead of three, 291 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:08,040 Speaker 1: or you go for it the fifty yard line earlier 292 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:10,880 Speaker 1: in the game, non fourth quarter and you don't get 293 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:13,440 Speaker 1: it and that leads to seven points. Like those have 294 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:17,800 Speaker 1: repercussions on your own players. This is a game played 295 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:21,920 Speaker 1: by humans, not by robots, so there is a balancing act. 296 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:25,280 Speaker 1: And I'll give brand Staley credit. He acknowledges that, like 297 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:27,640 Speaker 1: I have to be careful when I'm going forward and 298 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:30,960 Speaker 1: some of these extreme situations, knowing that if we don't 299 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:33,280 Speaker 1: get it, because here's just a reality. If you if 300 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:35,520 Speaker 1: it's fourth and two and you have a run play 301 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:38,720 Speaker 1: and it's off tackle to the right and your guard 302 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:41,840 Speaker 1: gets blown up by let's just say Aaron Donald or 303 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:44,360 Speaker 1: the forest Bucker, and all of a sudden, that guy's 304 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:46,560 Speaker 1: in the backfield and he takes out the running back 305 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:48,760 Speaker 1: for a three yard loss, and you get stuffed at 306 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:51,880 Speaker 1: your own forty yard line. And it's tie game, middle 307 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:53,600 Speaker 1: of the third quarter and they go on to score 308 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:55,880 Speaker 1: and you end up losing by a touchdown, Like that's 309 00:15:55,920 --> 00:15:59,120 Speaker 1: what people remember, and that player and that running back 310 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:01,160 Speaker 1: feel like, oh god, we funked up what you could 311 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:02,880 Speaker 1: argue they shouldn't have been put that position in the 312 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:06,320 Speaker 1: first place. So there is a balancing act with this 313 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:09,400 Speaker 1: constantly going for it, and we all agree, Like I 314 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:13,560 Speaker 1: said that the numbers people love like we're the first. 315 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:16,000 Speaker 1: We always want to go for everyone in their couch, 316 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:19,240 Speaker 1: whether you're the CEO of Goldman Sachs or the plumber. 317 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:22,080 Speaker 1: All of us NFL fans when we're on the couch 318 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:25,920 Speaker 1: in big games, screaming out television for our favorite offensive, 319 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:28,720 Speaker 1: for our favorite for our favorite team, the offensive coordinator, 320 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:31,600 Speaker 1: the play caller, the offense to go for it. Now, 321 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:33,560 Speaker 1: there are certain times where it's like we gotta punt here. 322 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:37,400 Speaker 1: But sometimes, like most people in big spots, will be 323 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:39,720 Speaker 1: behind you going for it. So you don't get extra 324 00:16:39,720 --> 00:16:43,120 Speaker 1: credit in basic situations. But when you try to outthink 325 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:46,400 Speaker 1: the room and you don't get it, like it's it 326 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:50,680 Speaker 1: impacts your team and it impacts the psyche of the group, 327 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:53,240 Speaker 1: which ultimately you need you can't win in the NFL 328 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:56,560 Speaker 1: without offense, So I do believe that it will be 329 00:16:56,600 --> 00:17:00,240 Speaker 1: interesting to watch this year if people pull back little 330 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:02,400 Speaker 1: bit or just keep doubling down because it's gonna keep 331 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:07,560 Speaker 1: costing people games. 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One all the time, super Bowl champion, countless 373 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:30,080 Speaker 1: NFC championships, won the division a bunch of times, and 374 00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:33,119 Speaker 1: then towards the end it got weird. Aaron Rodgers hated him, 375 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:34,960 Speaker 1: even though he claims he doesn't thought he was a 376 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:37,200 Speaker 1: meat head. Maybe he doesn't, I don't know, but it 377 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:39,879 Speaker 1: felt like he did. And then we saw Mike McCarthy's 378 00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:42,159 Speaker 1: first year with the Cowboys. Hired Mike Nolan and it 379 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:45,160 Speaker 1: was a debacle. And then even last year it was like, well, 380 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:47,560 Speaker 1: they were really good. They won twelve games. They host 381 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:49,760 Speaker 1: a playoff game where they're five point favorite against the 382 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:52,959 Speaker 1: forty nine team that's struggling on offense, uh, that has 383 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:55,040 Speaker 1: a quarterback that's very hit or misses the thrower, and 384 00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:57,160 Speaker 1: you've got Dak Prescott and the Niners kicked the ship 385 00:19:57,240 --> 00:19:59,680 Speaker 1: out of you, and you had a ton of penalties 386 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:02,240 Speaker 1: in that game, and it felt like, as someone that 387 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:04,280 Speaker 1: was watching it from the forty Niner angle and who 388 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:08,280 Speaker 1: had money on the forty Niners, the Cowboys were extremely 389 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:12,960 Speaker 1: sloppy and the penalties were nuts. And then you realize 390 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 1: that the Dallas Cowboys in two thousand and twenty one 391 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:20,480 Speaker 1: led the league in penalties hundred and fifty three. I 392 00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:23,199 Speaker 1: think it was eleven more than the next team, and 393 00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:28,159 Speaker 1: they had fourteen four team in the playoff game, a 394 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:31,120 Speaker 1: home playoff game when they were the favorites, and then 395 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:33,920 Speaker 1: all offseason, Jerry goes, listen, I'm not firing this guy. 396 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:37,160 Speaker 1: He's my guy. I'm staying I'm staying with coach McCarthy, 397 00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:40,879 Speaker 1: he's my guy, and we go, okay, this fields. I 398 00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:43,280 Speaker 1: don't know, really know what their other options were besides 399 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:45,720 Speaker 1: Sean Payton, like Lincoln Riley, and you know, Sean Payton 400 00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:47,359 Speaker 1: they would have a trade for, and the Saints would 401 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:49,760 Speaker 1: have traded him. Lincoln Riley kind of felt like wasn't 402 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:52,520 Speaker 1: that interested, and it's like, okay, let's go back with 403 00:20:52,560 --> 00:20:57,199 Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy and the first preseason game, the first preseason 404 00:20:57,240 --> 00:21:00,480 Speaker 1: game they have that I read it out, was it 405 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:05,440 Speaker 1: seventeen penalties? Seventeen penalties? Did I get that number correct? Yes? 406 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:09,680 Speaker 1: They had seventeen penalties against the Broncos. Now, a lot 407 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:12,480 Speaker 1: of starters aren't planned. It's not actually some of the 408 00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:15,040 Speaker 1: guys like last year in the playoff game, Randy Gregory 409 00:21:15,119 --> 00:21:17,560 Speaker 1: was going off sides like every other play. But isn't 410 00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:20,560 Speaker 1: that kind of reflective reflection of what the hell is 411 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:23,639 Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy doing. He obviously has nothing to do with 412 00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:26,879 Speaker 1: the defense. Dan Quinn does. Uh. Kellen Moore is the 413 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:30,480 Speaker 1: offensive coordinator, who's you know, let's face, it become pretty polarizing. 414 00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:32,360 Speaker 1: Is he good? Is he bad? It's it's really hard 415 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:34,399 Speaker 1: to tell. I'm a fan, but I have a soft 416 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:36,200 Speaker 1: spot from the Whack Conference when he was a Boysey 417 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:40,600 Speaker 1: State as a player. But seventeen penalties the league averages 418 00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:45,920 Speaker 1: six point six that that's pretty nuts. So I go, what, 419 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:50,000 Speaker 1: what's Mike McCarthy's what's his best attribute? Like when I 420 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:53,200 Speaker 1: think Andy Reid, you think offensive genius, but you also 421 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:57,880 Speaker 1: think he's just fantastic with players. Sean McVeigh. Guys love 422 00:21:57,960 --> 00:22:01,119 Speaker 1: him and he's schematically pretty damn good. I would say 423 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:04,280 Speaker 1: Kyle Shanahan, same thing. I'm just going around offensive coaches. 424 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:07,560 Speaker 1: Sean Payton. I would say Sean Payton was a little 425 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:09,920 Speaker 1: more of a hard ass, but a lead offensive coach 426 00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:12,879 Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy, who at one point in time was like 427 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:15,440 Speaker 1: viewed as one of the top offensive coaches in the league. 428 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:18,760 Speaker 1: It's like, well, is he a great motivator? I don't know, 429 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:21,760 Speaker 1: I don't really see it. Is he some schematic genius, 430 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:25,520 Speaker 1: doesn't really feel like it is. His team super buttoned 431 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:28,520 Speaker 1: up and tough. Well, his Packer teams never were, and 432 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:30,960 Speaker 1: you would definitely say his Dallas Cowboy teams are not 433 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:34,720 Speaker 1: buttoned up at all. People have been d ming me 434 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:37,520 Speaker 1: that I'm just a Cowboy hater. I am not. I 435 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:40,960 Speaker 1: love Jerry Jones and I have. Like a lot of people, 436 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:44,840 Speaker 1: I think it's jealous of the Cowboy brand, I'm not 437 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:48,840 Speaker 1: jealous at all. I think it's fantastic. I actually love 438 00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:53,120 Speaker 1: everything the Cowboys represent as a brand, the power when 439 00:22:53,119 --> 00:22:56,040 Speaker 1: you talk about them, how big their fan bases. You know, 440 00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:58,840 Speaker 1: I didn't grow up around little brands, you know, so 441 00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 1: I'm a big brand guy. I grew up around Barry 442 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:03,800 Speaker 1: Bond and San Franco Giants and the San Franco forty 443 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:06,439 Speaker 1: Niners in their heyday. So I root for the bigger brands. 444 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:09,000 Speaker 1: I like Alabama and Ohio State and Duke basketball and 445 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 1: Kentucky basketball. I'm not one of these little engines. I've 446 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:14,159 Speaker 1: always laughed at the Oakland A's. I call them a 447 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:17,360 Speaker 1: poverty franchise. I root for the big boys that they 448 00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:19,760 Speaker 1: get my I like the Yankees, you know, I like 449 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:22,639 Speaker 1: Man City, but I like Tiger Woods. You know I'm 450 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:25,520 Speaker 1: not I'm not watching pro sports for the little poor 451 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:28,160 Speaker 1: franchises that are trying to overcome. I wasn't rooting last 452 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:31,640 Speaker 1: year for Cincinnati. I like Bama, Ohio State playing Georgia 453 00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:35,199 Speaker 1: and Michigan. That's what I want, you know. So to me, 454 00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:38,320 Speaker 1: this is not anti Cowboys in the brand. I wish 455 00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:40,880 Speaker 1: they were a powerhouse. The NFL would be better. Same 456 00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:43,520 Speaker 1: thing for the New York Giants. Now. Obviously the Cowboys 457 00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:46,080 Speaker 1: are good right now, but I I would give anything 458 00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:47,600 Speaker 1: to have the New York Giants as a as a 459 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:50,040 Speaker 1: double digit playoff winning team. That would be good for 460 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:52,440 Speaker 1: the league, be good for my business. W'd be fun. 461 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:55,040 Speaker 1: I like watching good teams play football that are big brands. 462 00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:58,239 Speaker 1: But you can't tell me that the Cowboys that if 463 00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:00,479 Speaker 1: you're a fan, you're not a little concerned. And if 464 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:03,680 Speaker 1: you're in that division, you know the Giants are gonna suck. 465 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:07,439 Speaker 1: Washington is I would say, somewhat of a wild card. 466 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:10,880 Speaker 1: Like in theory, maybe they wouldn't be too terrible, right, 467 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:13,840 Speaker 1: they have a good defense. Uh well that let me 468 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:17,240 Speaker 1: rephrase that they have talent on defense. And you know, 469 00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:19,840 Speaker 1: Carson Wentz is just one of the most definitely the 470 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:22,760 Speaker 1: most polarizing quarterbacks we've ever seen. But I'm pretty sure 471 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:25,600 Speaker 1: he had like twenty seven touchdowns last year and seven picks, 472 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:28,040 Speaker 1: so statistically it wasn't bad. Though when you watched him 473 00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:31,359 Speaker 1: it was a little off. Um and the Eagles, you know, 474 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:34,200 Speaker 1: I mean, we'll see you know, I'm not I'm not one. 475 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:36,800 Speaker 1: I'm not annoying Nick Sirianni quite yet. But their roster 476 00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:40,199 Speaker 1: is really good. So I I think the pressure on 477 00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:42,280 Speaker 1: the Cowboys is immense, and it feels like it's kind 478 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:46,840 Speaker 1: of the same old story. Speaking about same old story, 479 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:50,280 Speaker 1: I read um, I don't know where I read this, 480 00:24:50,359 --> 00:24:52,960 Speaker 1: maybe on MMQB or the athletics. Something about Pete Carroll 481 00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:56,439 Speaker 1: is he's talking to Albert Brewer and he was you know, 482 00:24:56,640 --> 00:25:01,160 Speaker 1: let's face the the Seattle Seahawks blew the thing up 483 00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:05,320 Speaker 1: and they're rebooting. And sometimes, you know, this happens a 484 00:25:05,359 --> 00:25:08,159 Speaker 1: lot when you get a new coaching staff. It happens 485 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:10,639 Speaker 1: all the time in college. You hire a new staff 486 00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:13,800 Speaker 1: and their offensive coordinator will come out, their strength coach 487 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:16,000 Speaker 1: will come out and go, you know, I don't know 488 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:18,679 Speaker 1: what happened here before we inherited that. You know, the 489 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:21,560 Speaker 1: covers were pretty bare. Uh, some of the stuff they 490 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:25,560 Speaker 1: were doing, no accountability. This place needs a reboot. We 491 00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:27,800 Speaker 1: we need to come in here and start from scratch. 492 00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:31,080 Speaker 1: You know this is we ain't inherited in Alabama. Ohiose 493 00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:33,800 Speaker 1: state here. You know, we're not Tom Brady eight walking 494 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:36,520 Speaker 1: through that door. And that's you. It's very negative usually 495 00:25:36,680 --> 00:25:39,400 Speaker 1: right because rightfully so. Usually people get fired because things 496 00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:43,040 Speaker 1: are bad and you need you need to uh, you know, 497 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:47,320 Speaker 1: turn the program around college or pro and I just 498 00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:49,320 Speaker 1: like mixing in a Southern accident every once in a while. 499 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:51,840 Speaker 1: It's like the only thing I can do. Uh, And 500 00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:55,520 Speaker 1: it usually don't hear it with an exist existing coach 501 00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:57,960 Speaker 1: who had been there a long time. That kind of 502 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:01,360 Speaker 1: speaks down to the previous group. But Pete Carroll told 503 00:26:01,359 --> 00:26:04,040 Speaker 1: Albert Brewery said, you know one thing that became stale 504 00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:07,600 Speaker 1: around here is once you get players that you have 505 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:09,680 Speaker 1: to pay. And He's like, well, they all deserve to 506 00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:13,800 Speaker 1: get paid. Is you know the competition, which is Pete's motto, 507 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:17,520 Speaker 1: always compete kind of dice because once you pay for 508 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:22,440 Speaker 1: Richard Sherman, Earl Thomas, cam Chancellor, Michael Bennett, Cliff Avril, 509 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:26,560 Speaker 1: Marshawn Lynch, Russell Wilson, all these players that all these 510 00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:30,200 Speaker 1: different positions, that there's no Bobby Wagner, there's no more competition, 511 00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:32,879 Speaker 1: like those guys are the starters. And I was thinking, 512 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:37,080 Speaker 1: like Pete, that was not your problem. Your problem was 513 00:26:37,119 --> 00:26:41,120 Speaker 1: not that you paid guys and you couldn't compete at 514 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:45,439 Speaker 1: every position, because guess what, every great team has sweet 515 00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:51,400 Speaker 1: players that stay there for a while. Mahomes, Kelsey Uh Hill, Aikman, 516 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:58,360 Speaker 1: Emmett uh And Michael Irvin, Jerry Rice, Steve Young, Brent Jones, 517 00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:02,600 Speaker 1: Bryan Young, I mean, what are we talking about. I 518 00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:05,200 Speaker 1: think the problem with Pete is they have a hard 519 00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:07,639 Speaker 1: time looking back and going, you know what, we screwed 520 00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:11,480 Speaker 1: up a ship ton of drafts, a ton of trades. 521 00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:15,439 Speaker 1: We had a core group that most teams do. That 522 00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:18,160 Speaker 1: you siphon players in and out off that core group 523 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:21,159 Speaker 1: and you add correctly. Honestly, it's one of the reasons 524 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:23,920 Speaker 1: the Patriots kind of peaked there for a couple of years, 525 00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:25,959 Speaker 1: like that last year for Brady they didn't do a 526 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:28,919 Speaker 1: great job of drafting around him. And listen, I've always 527 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:33,119 Speaker 1: defended winning teams drafting at the end of the round 528 00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:36,160 Speaker 1: is much more different if I'm drafting seventh every year, 529 00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:39,080 Speaker 1: Like Luke Kikleys are sitting there, you know, I mean, 530 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:43,200 Speaker 1: Kyle Pitts's are sitting there, Jamar Chases, Micah Parsons. Those 531 00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:45,520 Speaker 1: guys aren't there when you're drafting twenty six every year. 532 00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:47,400 Speaker 1: So drafting at the end of the round is hard. 533 00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:49,639 Speaker 1: And then do you do what else's hard every round 534 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:52,560 Speaker 1: you drafted the end. So I've always defended, like, your 535 00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:55,800 Speaker 1: hit rate when you're a playoff team every single year 536 00:27:56,080 --> 00:27:58,840 Speaker 1: should not be as high as the Jags who drafted 537 00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:01,560 Speaker 1: the or the Lions who consistently draft in the top five. 538 00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:04,480 Speaker 1: They should in like a three year span be able 539 00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:07,400 Speaker 1: to recoup even though most of them don't top players, 540 00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:10,280 Speaker 1: and you should, you know, hit on a lower percentage. 541 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:15,560 Speaker 1: Just uh, it's very understandable. But Seattle missed on a 542 00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:18,600 Speaker 1: kind of guys and then they used their draft capital 543 00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:20,480 Speaker 1: and missed on a ton of trades, and they kind 544 00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:23,320 Speaker 1: of had historically right, Jimmy Graham kind of backfired obviously, 545 00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:26,560 Speaker 1: Percy Harvan backfired. Jamal Adams has been a complete disaster 546 00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:31,600 Speaker 1: and they deserve, like all the criticism for screwing this 547 00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:34,919 Speaker 1: thing up. They had a historic Hall of Fame player 548 00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:37,320 Speaker 1: that they could not figure out how to build a 549 00:28:37,359 --> 00:28:40,440 Speaker 1: powerhouse around. And I think the reason we looked at 550 00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:43,560 Speaker 1: Seattle over the last three or four years, even they 551 00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:46,120 Speaker 1: were in the playoff mix, was because of one guy, 552 00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:48,280 Speaker 1: and they were you know, d K came and Tyler Locket. 553 00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:50,720 Speaker 1: I mean, there were a couple other guys and Bobby Wagner, 554 00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:53,640 Speaker 1: but for the most part without Russell Wilson. That's why 555 00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:56,760 Speaker 1: we think they're gonna suck this year. And it feels 556 00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:59,480 Speaker 1: like that Pete Carroll and honestly, it feels like they've 557 00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:02,680 Speaker 1: kind of made excuses like talk about always competing, like 558 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:06,440 Speaker 1: Are we sure, Pete? You know, have they've been always competing? Uh? 559 00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:08,840 Speaker 1: You know, did they get kind of rest on their laurels? 560 00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:11,600 Speaker 1: Are they cool with like admitting that, Yeah, we screwed 561 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:15,960 Speaker 1: up constantly, We screwed up in this situation. We are 562 00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:19,880 Speaker 1: the reason that we're in this, not because we paid players. 563 00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:23,040 Speaker 1: Welcome to the NFL. You build around a core group 564 00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:25,160 Speaker 1: of guys. In your core group of guys was sweet, 565 00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:27,640 Speaker 1: and that this is not Major League Baseball where they're 566 00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:29,880 Speaker 1: on nine year contracts. You can get rid of them. 567 00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:31,680 Speaker 1: You got rid of Richard, you got rid of cam, 568 00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:35,040 Speaker 1: you got rid of Earl Thomas. Like you can unload guys, 569 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:38,680 Speaker 1: which they did. The reason why Seattle has taken steps 570 00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:42,640 Speaker 1: back was because of the coach in the front office, period, 571 00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:45,280 Speaker 1: point blank, end of story. And if they can't admit that, 572 00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:51,160 Speaker 1: I struggle to see where they're going. I wanted to 573 00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:53,640 Speaker 1: talk about two things. First and foremost. I think Jordan 574 00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:57,000 Speaker 1: Davis to do the Eagles took the three fifty pound 575 00:29:57,080 --> 00:30:00,800 Speaker 1: defensive tackle, has a chance to just be a great 576 00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:05,360 Speaker 1: player just simply if he tries. If you try, and 577 00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:09,000 Speaker 1: you are that gifted in that big it's impossible to 578 00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:12,360 Speaker 1: suck it was a thing with Clowney. If Clowney just 579 00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:16,920 Speaker 1: consistently tried, he was gonna be an above average to 580 00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:19,240 Speaker 1: a pro Bowl level player. The knockout him was like 581 00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:21,320 Speaker 1: it was the effort always there that that was also 582 00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:24,320 Speaker 1: the knock on domic ensue. For a while, it was like, 583 00:30:24,480 --> 00:30:27,480 Speaker 1: if this guy gives max effort, he's unblockable. It's why 584 00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:29,320 Speaker 1: Aaron Donald, Like why is he one of the greatest 585 00:30:29,320 --> 00:30:31,440 Speaker 1: players of all time? Because when you watch Aaron Donald play, 586 00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:34,840 Speaker 1: he plays his balls off. He never stops going on 587 00:30:34,840 --> 00:30:38,040 Speaker 1: a hundred miles an hour. I'm watching Nick bosadae a practice, Like, 588 00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:41,080 Speaker 1: when that guy's in the game, he is playing max effort. 589 00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:44,280 Speaker 1: And when you're really talented and you give max effort, 590 00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:48,160 Speaker 1: you know you're gonna be a great player. And I 591 00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:51,240 Speaker 1: think they have themselves a stud And I think that 592 00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:53,920 Speaker 1: overall Georgia defense, I think we're gonna look back and 593 00:30:53,920 --> 00:30:57,640 Speaker 1: go that George's defense, Holy moly. I mean these guys 594 00:30:57,640 --> 00:31:00,960 Speaker 1: are everywhere throughout the league, uh, and they are really 595 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:03,280 Speaker 1: really talented. But the guy who feels like he's getting 596 00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:05,040 Speaker 1: the most credit and this is just the nature, right, 597 00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:07,520 Speaker 1: Even Jordan Davis, who has a chance to be a 598 00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:10,680 Speaker 1: stud like he's a defensive tackle. The guys we talk 599 00:31:10,760 --> 00:31:14,880 Speaker 1: about usually are skill guys, right quarterbacks, running backs, and 600 00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:19,840 Speaker 1: wide receivers and George Pickens who seattle or not Seattle. 601 00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:23,520 Speaker 1: That Pittsburgh Steelers drafted feels just like a classic another 602 00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:27,200 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Steelers taking a guy that everyone else passed on 603 00:31:27,320 --> 00:31:30,640 Speaker 1: and they got themselves a star. But in the NFL, 604 00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:35,280 Speaker 1: every you know, every guy is evaluated as as an 605 00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:39,640 Speaker 1: individual entity, right, So whether I'm evaluating uh, Jordan Davis 606 00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:43,520 Speaker 1: coming out, Kyle Hamilton's or some random fifth round pick, 607 00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:48,400 Speaker 1: we do work on that guy independently, his character, his tape, 608 00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:51,440 Speaker 1: the total package. We spend a lot of effort on 609 00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:56,040 Speaker 1: every draftable player on and off the field. And it's 610 00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:59,480 Speaker 1: easy when you know a guy gets arrested or something 611 00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:01,840 Speaker 1: happens when we use the word red flag, like oh yeah, 612 00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:03,360 Speaker 1: the guy got a d y, Oh yeah, that guy 613 00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:05,000 Speaker 1: I gotta spend it for getting into a fight, or 614 00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:07,400 Speaker 1: oh yeah, Jamis Winston he stood up in the quad 615 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:09,960 Speaker 1: and said, you know what, like it's it's understandable why 616 00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:12,400 Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield ran away from the cops in Arkansas. Like 617 00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:14,959 Speaker 1: red flag, we get Johnny Manzel right. And then there 618 00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:17,560 Speaker 1: are other things that if you're not privy to the 619 00:32:17,560 --> 00:32:20,640 Speaker 1: inside information, you go, well, what you said, this guy 620 00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:23,000 Speaker 1: failed because the character what's his character? Right? He's never 621 00:32:23,040 --> 00:32:25,240 Speaker 1: been arrested, he's never been in trouble. Well, when you 622 00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:28,200 Speaker 1: get inside the program, like football, character means a lot 623 00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:30,680 Speaker 1: to a lot of teams. And depending on the way 624 00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:34,280 Speaker 1: certain teams describe certain players like it can turn teams 625 00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:37,200 Speaker 1: off and some teams don't care. And let's face it, 626 00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:41,000 Speaker 1: George Pickens was a character red flag, nothing malicious, but 627 00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:43,719 Speaker 1: around the league. So right away, when you have some 628 00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:46,800 Speaker 1: question marks off the field, your football work ethic, all 629 00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:50,680 Speaker 1: this different stuff, some teams are not gonna be interested 630 00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:53,080 Speaker 1: in you. And just because I'm not interested in you 631 00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:55,640 Speaker 1: does not mean I don't think you can play. I 632 00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:58,240 Speaker 1: would imagine most teams around the league, even that had 633 00:32:58,280 --> 00:33:02,240 Speaker 1: George Pickens off their draft board, would acknowledge very very 634 00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:05,760 Speaker 1: talented player that you could. Some of them would admit 635 00:33:05,840 --> 00:33:07,880 Speaker 1: it wouldn't shock me if this guy becomes a pro 636 00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:11,640 Speaker 1: bowler and excels in the NFL. And I was talking 637 00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:15,160 Speaker 1: to someone with a team who took a player at 638 00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:19,040 Speaker 1: another position who was in a similar category red flags 639 00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:23,080 Speaker 1: off the field. Again, nothing criminal, never been arrested or anything, 640 00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:27,080 Speaker 1: but just immaturity. Wouldn't listen. You know, people question how 641 00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:29,840 Speaker 1: much he loved it, and this guy told me. The 642 00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:32,680 Speaker 1: more more they were around the player, they felt like 643 00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:35,040 Speaker 1: that wasn't the case, and they actually looked at the 644 00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:36,920 Speaker 1: program and went, you know, I don't not saying the 645 00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:39,840 Speaker 1: program's lying, but we feel if we get him in 646 00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:42,880 Speaker 1: our building that we can shape him. The unit at 647 00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:46,040 Speaker 1: that position in our building is excellent, the position coach 648 00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:48,520 Speaker 1: is excellent, and we feel that the core guys on 649 00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:51,240 Speaker 1: that side of the ball on our team, the leaders 650 00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:53,920 Speaker 1: are gonna be good for him. And so far in 651 00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:56,840 Speaker 1: training camp, I know they love this guy. And the 652 00:33:56,880 --> 00:34:03,080 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Steelers, who have historically handled head cases might be 653 00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:06,720 Speaker 1: strong obviously be some other guys. They've just handled question 654 00:34:06,800 --> 00:34:11,040 Speaker 1: marks at offensive positions really offense and defense, but specifically 655 00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:14,440 Speaker 1: wide receiver. Looked at George Pickens and they said to themselves, 656 00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:17,600 Speaker 1: we can handle it. Mike Tomins can handle it. Our 657 00:34:17,719 --> 00:34:19,520 Speaker 1: room can handle it. And we don't think we'll just 658 00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:21,800 Speaker 1: handle it. We think we can make these guys excel. 659 00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:24,520 Speaker 1: Why wouldn't they think that they've been doing that for 660 00:34:24,640 --> 00:34:27,040 Speaker 1: my entire adult for twenty plus years, since I've been 661 00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:30,040 Speaker 1: in high school. They've been taking guys it's kind of questionable, 662 00:34:30,239 --> 00:34:32,719 Speaker 1: and those guys have been kicking asid and taking names. 663 00:34:32,760 --> 00:34:35,719 Speaker 1: So when everyone's saying like, how did this guy fall? Well, 664 00:34:35,719 --> 00:34:38,320 Speaker 1: the reason how he falls is half the teams wouldn't 665 00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:41,080 Speaker 1: draft him, and then part of it is just supplied demand. 666 00:34:41,120 --> 00:34:44,080 Speaker 1: Other teams are taking other players. It's not really that crazy. 667 00:34:44,360 --> 00:34:47,319 Speaker 1: But when you have questionable stuff off the field, as 668 00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:49,279 Speaker 1: long as like the team that took him off the board, 669 00:34:49,320 --> 00:34:51,960 Speaker 1: as long as their owner, coach, and GM are all like, hey, 670 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:55,080 Speaker 1: we acknowledge this guy can play, we just didn't want them. 671 00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:58,480 Speaker 1: There's not an issue though. If George Pickens becomes a 672 00:34:58,560 --> 00:35:02,040 Speaker 1: stud and becomes a Pro Bowl level player, it's going, well, 673 00:35:02,560 --> 00:35:04,239 Speaker 1: why do we not have the culture to be able 674 00:35:04,239 --> 00:35:07,080 Speaker 1: to handle that, Because ideally you want to have the 675 00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:11,160 Speaker 1: culture that you can take flyers, not on too many guys, 676 00:35:11,239 --> 00:35:14,280 Speaker 1: maybe one or two throughout every other year or whatever, 677 00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:18,440 Speaker 1: and bring that guy into your building and have him excel, 678 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:22,160 Speaker 1: have him thrive, have him become a better player, and 679 00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:24,760 Speaker 1: mainly a better person, because he becomes a better person 680 00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:27,640 Speaker 1: he has the talent, you get a stud. And that's 681 00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:30,680 Speaker 1: the reason I think the Pittsburgh Steelers have consistently found 682 00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:34,600 Speaker 1: star players later in the draft at wide receiver because 683 00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:38,319 Speaker 1: they're always cool with taking some diva personalities. And the 684 00:35:38,360 --> 00:35:41,000 Speaker 1: irony is their head coach is not their play caller, 685 00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:44,239 Speaker 1: and he's doesn't have a wide receiver background, but he 686 00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:47,480 Speaker 1: definitely feels more than anyone else, like Mike Tomlin can 687 00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:51,080 Speaker 1: handle Mike, and you know what Mike Tomlin wants to 688 00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:54,200 Speaker 1: handle him, and it's it's paid off dividends. Now it's 689 00:35:54,239 --> 00:35:56,280 Speaker 1: one preseason game. I know he's had a good camp, 690 00:35:56,880 --> 00:35:59,359 Speaker 1: but I do think we just need to acknowledge like 691 00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:01,960 Speaker 1: a lot of teams would not have drafted this player. 692 00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:04,839 Speaker 1: So you get credit for doing that, but you also 693 00:36:04,880 --> 00:36:07,160 Speaker 1: benefit that there's a reason the guy falls to you. 694 00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:11,640 Speaker 1: And uh and we'll see now, you know, the Juju 695 00:36:11,719 --> 00:36:13,600 Speaker 1: thing got weird at the end. I guess they brought 696 00:36:13,680 --> 00:36:15,759 Speaker 1: him back last year. They kind of figured it out. 697 00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:18,200 Speaker 1: Obviously a bat had such a great run, like they've 698 00:36:18,239 --> 00:36:20,640 Speaker 1: actually they've gotten the best out of these guys, so 699 00:36:20,760 --> 00:36:26,200 Speaker 1: I wouldn't expect that to be any different with George Pickens, Okay, 700 00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:28,560 Speaker 1: let's uh do a little Middlecoff mail bank at John 701 00:36:28,600 --> 00:36:30,880 Speaker 1: Middlecoff is the Instagram fire in those d m s 702 00:36:30,880 --> 00:36:32,680 Speaker 1: and get a question answer here on the show. Really 703 00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:38,000 Speaker 1: easy to do. Okay, let's start with Dominic. In light 704 00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:40,680 Speaker 1: of the Patriots new offense, do you think it's still 705 00:36:40,719 --> 00:36:44,360 Speaker 1: possible for a mainly defensive team to win a Super Bowl? 706 00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:46,360 Speaker 1: Also a big fan of the pod, I've been listening 707 00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:50,400 Speaker 1: since saw your come up on Colin's feet. I think 708 00:36:51,719 --> 00:36:53,360 Speaker 1: I think it would be different. Like I don't know 709 00:36:53,400 --> 00:36:55,479 Speaker 1: if we're ever gonna see like some Ravens or eighty 710 00:36:55,560 --> 00:36:58,680 Speaker 1: five Bears, but I I think if you have a 711 00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:04,160 Speaker 1: elite pass rush and maybe a couple of good dbs, 712 00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:07,440 Speaker 1: so you're passing game is just unstoppable. I mean, your 713 00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:11,280 Speaker 1: past defense is unstoppable, and your run defense is just adequate, 714 00:37:11,320 --> 00:37:13,400 Speaker 1: like most teams are gonna run it NonStop. So if 715 00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:15,440 Speaker 1: you can just take away the passing game, like you 716 00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:17,479 Speaker 1: have one of the great past defenses we've ever seen, 717 00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:21,239 Speaker 1: because you've got pass rushers and corners and safeties, I mean, 718 00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:23,360 Speaker 1: I think you can make a run, but you couldn't 719 00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:27,160 Speaker 1: have like you know, Mason Rudolph is your quarterback you 720 00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:31,520 Speaker 1: would need just you know, uh, you know, Jimmy Garoppolo type. 721 00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:33,840 Speaker 1: I still believe you would probably need a top twenty 722 00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:37,640 Speaker 1: level quarterback. I think that would be the minimum would be, 723 00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:41,440 Speaker 1: you know, somewhere in the top twenty. What do you 724 00:37:41,440 --> 00:37:43,960 Speaker 1: think the Giants will be able to get at quarterback 725 00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:46,200 Speaker 1: next draft? The NFC East is bad enough where the 726 00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:49,600 Speaker 1: Giants can split most of their games. So after pick five, 727 00:37:49,800 --> 00:37:51,880 Speaker 1: is it worth taking? I love c J. Stroud, but 728 00:37:51,920 --> 00:37:55,879 Speaker 1: I think he's gonna go number one from Daniel that's fantastic. Hare. 729 00:37:57,080 --> 00:37:59,800 Speaker 1: I would say that the Giants are gonna be in 730 00:37:59,840 --> 00:38:02,360 Speaker 1: the X for the number one overall pick. I I 731 00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:06,840 Speaker 1: do not think, I mean, I don't think it's outrageous 732 00:38:06,840 --> 00:38:10,040 Speaker 1: that you guys get swept or you know, go one 733 00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:12,200 Speaker 1: in five in the division. I don't think he's split 734 00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:15,520 Speaker 1: and go three and three in the NFC East. So 735 00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:19,560 Speaker 1: I I would be, if I were you, pretty pretty 736 00:38:19,640 --> 00:38:21,799 Speaker 1: bullish and confident that you're gonna be in the mix 737 00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:24,279 Speaker 1: for a top five pick, and really a top two 738 00:38:24,360 --> 00:38:26,239 Speaker 1: or three pick and get one of the quarterbacks. So 739 00:38:26,280 --> 00:38:29,279 Speaker 1: C J. Stroud, Bryce Young and we'll see the other 740 00:38:29,320 --> 00:38:32,600 Speaker 1: crew of the Kentucky guy is verily highly thought of. 741 00:38:32,760 --> 00:38:36,959 Speaker 1: People are very very intrigued by the quarterback at Stanford UH. 742 00:38:37,320 --> 00:38:42,359 Speaker 1: Someone asked me, like, who is the sleeper guy Washington State. God, 743 00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:45,400 Speaker 1: I think his name is Cameron Ward. He came from 744 00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:49,640 Speaker 1: incarnate word. I have no clue or the school's from. 745 00:38:49,680 --> 00:38:52,680 Speaker 1: I had an NFL executive say that he just watched 746 00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:55,920 Speaker 1: he had never heard of him. He watched five plays 747 00:38:56,200 --> 00:38:58,319 Speaker 1: and like jumped out of his chair just because of 748 00:38:58,360 --> 00:39:02,600 Speaker 1: how surprised at how talented this guy was. And Lane 749 00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:04,840 Speaker 1: Kiffin was interested. I think this guy was, like beside 750 00:39:04,880 --> 00:39:07,400 Speaker 1: Caleb Williams, one of the top guys in the transfer portal. 751 00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:11,640 Speaker 1: I have heard. He's very, very talented. His I think 752 00:39:11,640 --> 00:39:17,680 Speaker 1: the offensive coordinator with UH at Washington State. Now, I 753 00:39:17,719 --> 00:39:20,120 Speaker 1: don't know what position he coached, but he was around 754 00:39:20,160 --> 00:39:23,360 Speaker 1: Texas Tech when mahomes And I'm not saying he's not 755 00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:25,080 Speaker 1: saying this guy's my homes, but he's just saying from 756 00:39:25,080 --> 00:39:28,200 Speaker 1: a skill set standpoint, he's big. He can really throw 757 00:39:28,239 --> 00:39:30,719 Speaker 1: the ball. Obviously, Washington State just because the offense they've 758 00:39:30,719 --> 00:39:32,719 Speaker 1: been running for the last seven eight years, they have 759 00:39:32,840 --> 00:39:36,080 Speaker 1: wide receivers. I keep an eye on Washington State in 760 00:39:36,120 --> 00:39:39,839 Speaker 1: this quarterback a middle cuff mail back question I'm sending 761 00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:41,719 Speaker 1: from my girls. I G got off. I G for 762 00:39:41,760 --> 00:39:44,880 Speaker 1: New Year's Resolution two and probably saved me through the 763 00:39:44,920 --> 00:39:48,480 Speaker 1: weirdness of the last few years. Um. You know, I've 764 00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:53,680 Speaker 1: always felt Instagram is much less weird, Like I'm really 765 00:39:53,719 --> 00:39:57,520 Speaker 1: just heavily into two social media's Instagram and Twitter. Twitter 766 00:39:57,680 --> 00:40:01,360 Speaker 1: is infinitely worse than more negative of in more crazy 767 00:40:01,480 --> 00:40:05,880 Speaker 1: than Instagram. From harm in the Barrier, I was watching 768 00:40:05,880 --> 00:40:08,319 Speaker 1: the NFL Top one hundred and Jimmy Ward was named 769 00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:10,400 Speaker 1: to the list. I know it doesn't mean much, but 770 00:40:10,480 --> 00:40:13,160 Speaker 1: he turned out to be a complete baller. Do you 771 00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:16,400 Speaker 1: guys like him in Armstead being top tier guys validate 772 00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:20,560 Speaker 1: Bulky actually being a decent talent evaluator. Regardless of how 773 00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:23,640 Speaker 1: the careers of Anthony Davis, h Potty, Alden, the Cops 774 00:40:23,640 --> 00:40:26,399 Speaker 1: are coming, Smith, and Eric Reid finished, they all could 775 00:40:26,400 --> 00:40:28,560 Speaker 1: play at a high level for a few years. Buckner 776 00:40:28,680 --> 00:40:32,279 Speaker 1: is obviously good, sure A j Jenkins and Josh Garnett blew, 777 00:40:32,719 --> 00:40:35,400 Speaker 1: but there were a bunch of guys that could play bowman. 778 00:40:35,480 --> 00:40:39,879 Speaker 1: Culiver Bruce Miller thoughts, Yeah, I mean Jimmy Ward turned out. 779 00:40:39,880 --> 00:40:42,640 Speaker 1: I mean Jimmy Wards like one of the heart and 780 00:40:42,680 --> 00:40:45,080 Speaker 1: soul leaders of one of the best defenses in the league. 781 00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:48,600 Speaker 1: Jimmy Ward is stud so you get credit on that. 782 00:40:48,640 --> 00:40:50,640 Speaker 1: You get credit on Armstead, you get credit on Buckner, 783 00:40:51,520 --> 00:40:53,279 Speaker 1: And like you said, I mean he drafted a lot 784 00:40:53,320 --> 00:40:55,480 Speaker 1: of good players when hardball was here, and then he 785 00:40:55,480 --> 00:40:58,279 Speaker 1: started drafting poorly when the team got good, because it's 786 00:40:58,320 --> 00:41:01,520 Speaker 1: hard to draft in the twenties. But Jimmy Ward turned 787 00:41:01,520 --> 00:41:04,480 Speaker 1: out to be a fantastic pick. Now the coaches get 788 00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:06,920 Speaker 1: credit on Jimmy Ward as well. He was drafted to 789 00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:08,879 Speaker 1: be a corner and a slot guy and they moved 790 00:41:08,920 --> 00:41:11,000 Speaker 1: him to free safety. I mean, the safety is kind 791 00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:16,080 Speaker 1: of interchangeable, but he is. I love Jimmy Ward. He's 792 00:41:16,120 --> 00:41:20,239 Speaker 1: one of my favorite just players in the league who's not, 793 00:41:20,719 --> 00:41:23,240 Speaker 1: you know, viewed as like some all time Hall of Famer. 794 00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:25,839 Speaker 1: I love everything he stands for. I love how hard 795 00:41:25,880 --> 00:41:29,839 Speaker 1: he practices, I love how serious he is. UM huge fan. 796 00:41:30,640 --> 00:41:33,040 Speaker 1: Does ball can get a little credit? Yeah, but reality 797 00:41:33,080 --> 00:41:35,319 Speaker 1: who cares? Like who's given him credit? You know, he's 798 00:41:35,320 --> 00:41:38,000 Speaker 1: moved on. But I hear what you're saying. It's probably 799 00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:42,000 Speaker 1: not as bad as people think. Recently, discovered you about 800 00:41:42,040 --> 00:41:45,520 Speaker 1: a month ago, and some change you go. Love it. 801 00:41:46,120 --> 00:41:48,239 Speaker 1: Keep up the good work. As a Bucks fan, I 802 00:41:48,280 --> 00:41:50,800 Speaker 1: watched how well they played in the preseason. I feel 803 00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:53,919 Speaker 1: like the franchisees leveled up since Bruce arians arrived in town. 804 00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:57,520 Speaker 1: Can you speak a little bit about what how much 805 00:41:57,600 --> 00:42:01,440 Speaker 1: culture affects teams? It feels ever since b A and 806 00:42:01,520 --> 00:42:04,799 Speaker 1: Tom arrived, it's like all the East stuff that bad, 807 00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:07,759 Speaker 1: all the stuff that bad franchises always struggle with, The 808 00:42:07,800 --> 00:42:10,480 Speaker 1: Bucks no longer struggle with. By the way, trash look 809 00:42:10,520 --> 00:42:14,319 Speaker 1: better than expected things again, well, I think there's just 810 00:42:14,360 --> 00:42:17,360 Speaker 1: some basic things, you know. I think bad teams allow 811 00:42:17,960 --> 00:42:21,839 Speaker 1: bad things to consistently happen. And I think good franchises, 812 00:42:21,920 --> 00:42:25,840 Speaker 1: high level franchises hold themselves to really really high standards 813 00:42:26,640 --> 00:42:31,120 Speaker 1: and just going to forty practice for example, high level 814 00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:35,000 Speaker 1: players hold others too high standards. So when you screw 815 00:42:35,120 --> 00:42:39,320 Speaker 1: up Nick Bosta, George Kittle, you know, boasts probably bad example, 816 00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:41,680 Speaker 1: he is not the most outspoken, but Jimmy Ward, Fred 817 00:42:41,719 --> 00:42:44,800 Speaker 1: Warner come up to you and talk to you about 818 00:42:44,800 --> 00:42:46,560 Speaker 1: what you're doing well or what you're not doing well. 819 00:42:47,239 --> 00:42:49,640 Speaker 1: And I mean that's just a practice thing. But when 820 00:42:49,640 --> 00:42:53,120 Speaker 1: you have high level players, Tom Brady, Mike Evans. You know, 821 00:42:53,120 --> 00:42:55,520 Speaker 1: you just go around your team. They don't allow you 822 00:42:55,560 --> 00:42:58,319 Speaker 1: to show up late. They don't allow you. It's the 823 00:42:58,400 --> 00:43:01,040 Speaker 1: little things in life, like do you throw your trash? 824 00:43:01,320 --> 00:43:03,960 Speaker 1: Do you keep the locker room clean? Like? The little 825 00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:07,640 Speaker 1: things kind of snowball into bigger things like if you're 826 00:43:07,680 --> 00:43:09,719 Speaker 1: not practicing hard, then why are you gonna play hard 827 00:43:10,280 --> 00:43:12,400 Speaker 1: or why are you gonna battle through when you're losing. 828 00:43:12,520 --> 00:43:15,200 Speaker 1: It's easy to play hard when you're winning. And I 829 00:43:15,239 --> 00:43:19,239 Speaker 1: think the standard and the other thing is I think 830 00:43:19,280 --> 00:43:23,360 Speaker 1: toughness is something in the NFL and in society. You know, 831 00:43:23,400 --> 00:43:27,160 Speaker 1: in society it's more mental toughness. In football because of 832 00:43:27,200 --> 00:43:30,400 Speaker 1: it's you know, it's a physical sport. It incorporates physical 833 00:43:30,480 --> 00:43:34,640 Speaker 1: and mental toughness. And I think the best coaches and 834 00:43:34,680 --> 00:43:39,880 Speaker 1: the best franchises find human beings that either are mentally 835 00:43:39,880 --> 00:43:43,840 Speaker 1: tough or have the capability to grow into mentally tough people, 836 00:43:44,320 --> 00:43:47,080 Speaker 1: and want to be led by mentally tough people like 837 00:43:47,120 --> 00:43:50,080 Speaker 1: you look on Twitter, everyone wants this utopian soft society. 838 00:43:50,360 --> 00:43:54,000 Speaker 1: Well that's not the way successful operations role, right, whether 839 00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:58,320 Speaker 1: it's football or whether it's corporations. And I think Bruce 840 00:43:58,360 --> 00:44:01,960 Speaker 1: arians is just he just a tough dude. He's a 841 00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:04,640 Speaker 1: tough s ob. What he what he did in Arizona, 842 00:44:04,680 --> 00:44:07,680 Speaker 1: he got there, they immediately competed. Because he's now you 843 00:44:07,680 --> 00:44:09,839 Speaker 1: can say he's a little loosey goosey, and he might 844 00:44:09,880 --> 00:44:13,960 Speaker 1: be relatively like Belichick, but you know, I I think 845 00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:17,080 Speaker 1: there's just a standard and a toughness that you gotta 846 00:44:17,200 --> 00:44:19,640 Speaker 1: play if you want to be around him. Because the 847 00:44:19,640 --> 00:44:22,799 Speaker 1: other thing in the NFL, you know, unless you're a 848 00:44:22,800 --> 00:44:25,120 Speaker 1: star player and under contract, but they're not, you're not 849 00:44:25,160 --> 00:44:27,640 Speaker 1: giving out star money unless I think you're really good, 850 00:44:28,080 --> 00:44:32,040 Speaker 1: unless you're the Cardinals. Do you pay Kyler Murray? When 851 00:44:32,080 --> 00:44:35,640 Speaker 1: I like, if you're if you're a mid round pick 852 00:44:35,760 --> 00:44:38,279 Speaker 1: or an undrafted free agent. The majority of guys on 853 00:44:38,320 --> 00:44:41,839 Speaker 1: a football team, I can cut. So when you're not 854 00:44:41,920 --> 00:44:45,000 Speaker 1: playing hard or I don't think you're tough, like I 855 00:44:45,120 --> 00:44:48,359 Speaker 1: cut you that there's no This isn't college football where 856 00:44:48,360 --> 00:44:50,560 Speaker 1: I beg you. We work on it for years. Like 857 00:44:51,280 --> 00:44:52,879 Speaker 1: if you're not a first round pick or a guy 858 00:44:52,920 --> 00:44:55,840 Speaker 1: under a big contract and you're not getting it done, 859 00:44:56,280 --> 00:45:00,239 Speaker 1: we get rid of you because you're not meat the 860 00:45:00,320 --> 00:45:04,360 Speaker 1: standard of what I want, right because the thing in 861 00:45:04,400 --> 00:45:07,839 Speaker 1: football is like the tape speaks for itself. You either 862 00:45:07,920 --> 00:45:09,960 Speaker 1: do it or you don't. Either get it done or 863 00:45:09,960 --> 00:45:12,919 Speaker 1: you don't. It's my favorite part about football. It's such 864 00:45:12,960 --> 00:45:16,160 Speaker 1: a black and white sport. Either win or you loose. 865 00:45:16,560 --> 00:45:19,600 Speaker 1: Either get a first down or your punt. Either get 866 00:45:19,600 --> 00:45:21,640 Speaker 1: a stop or you give up a touchdown. There's not 867 00:45:21,760 --> 00:45:24,200 Speaker 1: much well, you know, you can talk all you want 868 00:45:24,239 --> 00:45:27,680 Speaker 1: about the process, but the results are the results. And 869 00:45:27,960 --> 00:45:30,560 Speaker 1: for a coach like it's or a scout, it's very 870 00:45:30,600 --> 00:45:32,200 Speaker 1: easy to see like this guy is not getting it 871 00:45:32,200 --> 00:45:34,359 Speaker 1: done or this guy is getting done. And it doesn't 872 00:45:34,360 --> 00:45:38,600 Speaker 1: always have to be pretty. But I think they're the best. 873 00:45:38,640 --> 00:45:43,160 Speaker 1: Coaches bring a standard that the mid tier and shitty 874 00:45:43,200 --> 00:45:47,040 Speaker 1: coaches just don't. And whether that's like individuals are able 875 00:45:47,080 --> 00:45:49,080 Speaker 1: to hold people to hire standards because they're just a 876 00:45:49,120 --> 00:45:51,759 Speaker 1: little crazy, I don't know. But some guys have it. 877 00:45:51,840 --> 00:45:56,520 Speaker 1: Some guys clearly don't. Thanks for putting out great content 878 00:45:56,600 --> 00:45:58,719 Speaker 1: every week, throwing into question for the pod that's not 879 00:45:58,760 --> 00:46:01,719 Speaker 1: support related but podcast related. Has the three and Out 880 00:46:01,719 --> 00:46:04,640 Speaker 1: podcast always been under the Volume network? I could be 881 00:46:04,760 --> 00:46:06,680 Speaker 1: very wrong, but I could have sworn I found your 882 00:46:06,680 --> 00:46:09,920 Speaker 1: pod through Colin's herd feed also a sports related question. 883 00:46:10,239 --> 00:46:12,319 Speaker 1: If Andy Reid were to call you right now wanting 884 00:46:12,360 --> 00:46:14,360 Speaker 1: you to come back and work for the Chiefs, is 885 00:46:14,360 --> 00:46:17,040 Speaker 1: there any role in any organization or the world that 886 00:46:17,080 --> 00:46:20,000 Speaker 1: would interest you in your current state? And why keep 887 00:46:20,040 --> 00:46:23,800 Speaker 1: it a great work? Uh I started doing the podcast 888 00:46:23,840 --> 00:46:27,080 Speaker 1: for Colin I think in two thousand eighteen, and I 889 00:46:27,120 --> 00:46:29,000 Speaker 1: just started doing a podcast for him, and one day 890 00:46:29,040 --> 00:46:31,400 Speaker 1: he calls me on like a Saturday morning, you know, 891 00:46:31,520 --> 00:46:33,719 Speaker 1: five years ago, He's like, you want to start an 892 00:46:33,760 --> 00:46:37,480 Speaker 1: NFL podcast? So we started. You know, it was very 893 00:46:37,960 --> 00:46:40,759 Speaker 1: just me figuring out the audio probably was terrible, but 894 00:46:40,880 --> 00:46:43,759 Speaker 1: we started the three and out I think late two 895 00:46:43,800 --> 00:46:46,560 Speaker 1: thousand eighteen or early two thousand nineteen, I don't even remember. 896 00:46:47,200 --> 00:46:49,160 Speaker 1: And now I've been doing it with the volume for 897 00:46:50,520 --> 00:46:53,040 Speaker 1: almost going on a year now, so we just moved. 898 00:46:53,040 --> 00:46:55,799 Speaker 1: We just moved it over. I don't think there's any 899 00:46:55,920 --> 00:46:59,560 Speaker 1: role that I would get involved with the Chiefs. Um I. 900 00:46:59,560 --> 00:47:03,240 Speaker 1: I enjoy way rooting for him, but my running football. 901 00:47:03,760 --> 00:47:06,560 Speaker 1: But those guys are football guys guys. I'm just a 902 00:47:06,560 --> 00:47:10,600 Speaker 1: football talker and uh I, I think We're all meant 903 00:47:10,640 --> 00:47:14,640 Speaker 1: to be doing what we're doing. So Uh, I'm you know, 904 00:47:14,680 --> 00:47:17,719 Speaker 1: I'm not undercover Chiefs fan. How could you not be? 905 00:47:17,760 --> 00:47:19,360 Speaker 1: I mean, they're one of the more fun teams to watch. 906 00:47:19,400 --> 00:47:22,920 Speaker 1: But my, my, my three years, three and a half 907 00:47:23,000 --> 00:47:25,760 Speaker 1: years in the NFL, we're awesome. It was fun time 908 00:47:25,960 --> 00:47:28,560 Speaker 1: and it was a great experience. But uh, you know, 909 00:47:28,680 --> 00:47:31,440 Speaker 1: they say things work out for a reason, they and 910 00:47:31,480 --> 00:47:34,799 Speaker 1: they definitely have. Now if Clark Hunt, you know, would 911 00:47:34,800 --> 00:47:36,840 Speaker 1: he could? Would you give me some equity? Could I 912 00:47:36,880 --> 00:47:39,840 Speaker 1: buy in for two grant? You know, you know He's like, 913 00:47:39,840 --> 00:47:41,680 Speaker 1: you know, yeah, you can buy in two million dollars 914 00:47:41,719 --> 00:47:44,160 Speaker 1: and be like, well, can I buy in for you 915 00:47:44,160 --> 00:47:45,960 Speaker 1: give me a couple percent I wouldn't mind being a 916 00:47:46,000 --> 00:47:48,960 Speaker 1: little minority owner coming to uh coming to the box, 917 00:47:49,719 --> 00:47:51,359 Speaker 1: but that that would be the only thing I would 918 00:47:51,400 --> 00:47:54,200 Speaker 1: be interested in. I clearly, uh after seeing what the 919 00:47:54,200 --> 00:47:58,359 Speaker 1: Broncos went for, probably not running in those circles and 920 00:47:58,560 --> 00:48:02,000 Speaker 1: uh yeah, but you know, two under grand, if you 921 00:48:02,040 --> 00:48:04,280 Speaker 1: give me a couple of percentage two grand, I'll be interested. 922 00:48:04,760 --> 00:48:07,000 Speaker 1: I'm a big fan and really enjoy the podcast. What 923 00:48:07,160 --> 00:48:09,480 Speaker 1: is the line between Jalen Hurts keeping his job and 924 00:48:09,520 --> 00:48:12,160 Speaker 1: the Eagles moving on? I keep hearing this is make 925 00:48:12,280 --> 00:48:15,719 Speaker 1: or break your for him, but for but for you? 926 00:48:15,920 --> 00:48:17,839 Speaker 1: What can Jalen do to keep a job and what 927 00:48:17,880 --> 00:48:20,960 Speaker 1: can you do to lose the job? Well, if he 928 00:48:21,000 --> 00:48:22,799 Speaker 1: doesn't play well and they missed the playoffs, I think 929 00:48:22,840 --> 00:48:25,640 Speaker 1: Jalen would be in major trouble. Now. I do think 930 00:48:25,640 --> 00:48:28,600 Speaker 1: there's a gray area like last year, where they kind 931 00:48:28,600 --> 00:48:31,240 Speaker 1: of creep into the playoffs. Is like a seven seed, 932 00:48:31,760 --> 00:48:34,560 Speaker 1: they get bounced in the first round, and they're at 933 00:48:34,600 --> 00:48:36,959 Speaker 1: a position where let's say the Saints are right around 934 00:48:37,000 --> 00:48:40,800 Speaker 1: the same record they're drafting, you know, nineteen and twenty 935 00:48:40,880 --> 00:48:42,360 Speaker 1: or their two picks, they're not gonna be able to 936 00:48:42,360 --> 00:48:44,720 Speaker 1: get up high enough to get a guy. It would 937 00:48:44,719 --> 00:48:47,600 Speaker 1: be difficult to upgrade. So I actually think there's a 938 00:48:47,719 --> 00:48:50,239 Speaker 1: gray area where if he's just bad and they missed 939 00:48:50,239 --> 00:48:52,479 Speaker 1: the playoffs and it's clear he was the problem, he'd 940 00:48:52,480 --> 00:48:55,439 Speaker 1: be gone. But what if he's kind of like last year, 941 00:48:55,600 --> 00:48:57,879 Speaker 1: has some moments, has some down moments, but they win 942 00:48:58,000 --> 00:49:01,160 Speaker 1: nine games and they make the playoffs. And the Saints 943 00:49:01,200 --> 00:49:03,319 Speaker 1: their records good, so they're two picks, they can't get up. 944 00:49:03,520 --> 00:49:05,480 Speaker 1: They might be stuck. And to me, the way he 945 00:49:05,560 --> 00:49:09,000 Speaker 1: keeps his job is he just excels. They just went 946 00:49:09,040 --> 00:49:11,920 Speaker 1: eleven twelve games, and he's clearly a high end player 947 00:49:12,400 --> 00:49:16,840 Speaker 1: or an ascending player. And uh, listen up. From what 948 00:49:16,880 --> 00:49:20,160 Speaker 1: I've heard is he's impressive. And I said this a 949 00:49:20,200 --> 00:49:22,280 Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago. I have a lot of respect 950 00:49:22,360 --> 00:49:25,319 Speaker 1: for the crew of guys that maximize every inch of 951 00:49:25,360 --> 00:49:28,960 Speaker 1: their talent. I think Dak Prescott falls under that. I 952 00:49:29,000 --> 00:49:32,160 Speaker 1: think um Kirk Cousins falls under that. You know, we 953 00:49:32,160 --> 00:49:34,160 Speaker 1: we talked to him so much about Kyler Murray and 954 00:49:34,239 --> 00:49:37,799 Speaker 1: the film, Like, I think what disappoints people like that 955 00:49:38,280 --> 00:49:41,719 Speaker 1: about that situation is you go, god, Kyler, you are 956 00:49:41,880 --> 00:49:45,319 Speaker 1: so talented. You could be such a great player, you know. 957 00:49:45,320 --> 00:49:47,160 Speaker 1: And the other thing is we've seen these high end 958 00:49:47,200 --> 00:49:52,040 Speaker 1: talents Mahomes, Josh Allen, even Lamar feels like they do 959 00:49:52,200 --> 00:49:56,640 Speaker 1: everything humanly possible to maximize their talent. So I give 960 00:49:56,719 --> 00:50:00,280 Speaker 1: Jalen that he is way better than I ever whomed 961 00:50:00,280 --> 00:50:05,040 Speaker 1: he'd be. Uh, but it's a big, big year for him, 962 00:50:05,080 --> 00:50:08,719 Speaker 1: and I really think their roster is fantastic. But you know, 963 00:50:08,760 --> 00:50:11,600 Speaker 1: in this league, if you're gonna make the playoffs and 964 00:50:11,600 --> 00:50:15,560 Speaker 1: definitely win divisions, they're gonna be five six times a 965 00:50:15,640 --> 00:50:18,399 Speaker 1: year tight game fourth quarter you you have to make 966 00:50:18,440 --> 00:50:21,839 Speaker 1: throws like you just have to second and long, third 967 00:50:21,840 --> 00:50:25,040 Speaker 1: and long to keep drives alive. Multiple throws on the 968 00:50:25,080 --> 00:50:28,960 Speaker 1: same drive for five six games against the best teams, 969 00:50:29,040 --> 00:50:31,239 Speaker 1: against other playoff teams. That's the way you make the 970 00:50:31,239 --> 00:50:34,840 Speaker 1: playoffs and and sustain winning and and win the division. 971 00:50:35,480 --> 00:50:39,200 Speaker 1: So I think he's one of the more fascinating players 972 00:50:39,200 --> 00:50:42,480 Speaker 1: of the season. Is it just me? Or does it 973 00:50:42,480 --> 00:50:44,839 Speaker 1: feel like the NFL seasons get better and better every year? 974 00:50:45,280 --> 00:50:47,400 Speaker 1: I feel like before each season, I say to myself 975 00:50:47,440 --> 00:50:49,960 Speaker 1: and friends, this up coup been season will be so awesome, 976 00:50:50,280 --> 00:50:52,000 Speaker 1: and that there are so many stories and teams look 977 00:50:52,000 --> 00:50:54,040 Speaker 1: forward to. Do you think that's a product of so 978 00:50:54,040 --> 00:50:57,480 Speaker 1: many cool young quarterbacks mixed with older Brady Rogers, along 979 00:50:57,480 --> 00:51:01,080 Speaker 1: with the rules being changed in favor of the offensive points. Also, 980 00:51:01,400 --> 00:51:04,200 Speaker 1: for as much as I hate as much hate Goodell gets, 981 00:51:04,560 --> 00:51:05,759 Speaker 1: isn't it fair to say that he's one of the 982 00:51:05,800 --> 00:51:09,200 Speaker 1: best commissioners since the NFL continues to dominate and rise? 983 00:51:09,560 --> 00:51:11,520 Speaker 1: Or is it just a layup job and anyone could 984 00:51:11,560 --> 00:51:13,560 Speaker 1: do it. I think it's easy for people to say 985 00:51:13,560 --> 00:51:16,080 Speaker 1: it's a layup job, But I think Goodell is an 986 00:51:16,120 --> 00:51:18,879 Speaker 1: elite commissioner. I think it speaks for itself. Since he's 987 00:51:18,880 --> 00:51:22,360 Speaker 1: been in charge, the league has taken over American sports. 988 00:51:22,760 --> 00:51:28,080 Speaker 1: It isn't close. They have lacked everybody financially and just 989 00:51:28,640 --> 00:51:31,640 Speaker 1: what we consume now he has things going for him. 990 00:51:31,760 --> 00:51:34,319 Speaker 1: And gambling as it became legal, it's the number one 991 00:51:35,280 --> 00:51:37,799 Speaker 1: sport we bet on to begin with. We're betting on 992 00:51:37,840 --> 00:51:40,279 Speaker 1: that thing in the sixties and the seventies. You know, 993 00:51:40,880 --> 00:51:43,880 Speaker 1: it's like, well, California legalized marijuana. Yeah, we've been smoking 994 00:51:43,920 --> 00:51:46,239 Speaker 1: it for fifty years. You know. It's like we've been 995 00:51:46,239 --> 00:51:49,800 Speaker 1: gambling on football well before anything was legal with gambling, 996 00:51:49,840 --> 00:51:52,720 Speaker 1: So he had that built in. But I think Goodell 997 00:51:52,880 --> 00:51:56,720 Speaker 1: is an elite commissioner. Is he great at the conduct policy? 998 00:51:56,800 --> 00:51:59,719 Speaker 1: Obviously not. Is he the smoothest guy with the mic, 999 00:51:59,800 --> 00:52:02,520 Speaker 1: of course not. But his job is to make sure 1000 00:52:02,520 --> 00:52:06,759 Speaker 1: the NFL dominates, and it's dominated. Uh. I I don't 1001 00:52:06,760 --> 00:52:08,719 Speaker 1: know if I can put my finger exactly to it. 1002 00:52:08,920 --> 00:52:13,160 Speaker 1: I think the NFL benefits a lot from society we are, 1003 00:52:13,280 --> 00:52:16,759 Speaker 1: you know. I think one reason baseball while it's changed, right, 1004 00:52:16,840 --> 00:52:19,680 Speaker 1: I mean home runs and the strikeouts. I mean they 1005 00:52:19,719 --> 00:52:23,160 Speaker 1: banned the shift, but like our attention span and I 1006 00:52:23,160 --> 00:52:25,960 Speaker 1: can just speak for myself. I'm not twenty years old. 1007 00:52:26,360 --> 00:52:29,480 Speaker 1: I'm thirty seven, and I've never ever had a shorter 1008 00:52:29,520 --> 00:52:32,520 Speaker 1: attention span. I can't even imagine people in their twenties 1009 00:52:32,600 --> 00:52:35,440 Speaker 1: or their teens, how fast their attention spans are. So 1010 00:52:35,520 --> 00:52:39,040 Speaker 1: we just baseball, Like in the in the eighties and 1011 00:52:39,080 --> 00:52:41,719 Speaker 1: the seventies, there was just less to do. So it's like, yeah, 1012 00:52:41,719 --> 00:52:43,600 Speaker 1: I was watching baseball game. Now it's like, well, I 1013 00:52:43,600 --> 00:52:46,319 Speaker 1: could be watching like seventeen different shows. I could be 1014 00:52:46,360 --> 00:52:50,120 Speaker 1: text messaging with anybody. I could go on Twitter or Instagram, 1015 00:52:50,239 --> 00:52:52,560 Speaker 1: or I could, you know, go play video games on 1016 00:52:52,640 --> 00:52:56,000 Speaker 1: my computer, my console against people in China, you know, 1017 00:52:56,120 --> 00:52:59,880 Speaker 1: against people in Russia, against people in New Zealand. So 1018 00:53:00,120 --> 00:53:03,600 Speaker 1: I think the Internet has just spread everything up. And 1019 00:53:03,640 --> 00:53:06,120 Speaker 1: there's only one game a week in football, so it's 1020 00:53:06,120 --> 00:53:08,520 Speaker 1: like in basket. In baseball they play every day. It's like, yeah, 1021 00:53:08,560 --> 00:53:11,279 Speaker 1: none of this matters. In basketball, it's like their own 1022 00:53:11,280 --> 00:53:13,200 Speaker 1: players like, yeah, I'm not playing tonight. It's like if 1023 00:53:13,200 --> 00:53:15,560 Speaker 1: they don't care that, I'm not gonna care. In football, 1024 00:53:15,960 --> 00:53:21,200 Speaker 1: even with the players getting dollars, if you're healthy, you play, 1025 00:53:21,239 --> 00:53:23,279 Speaker 1: and if you play, usually play as hard as you can. 1026 00:53:24,160 --> 00:53:27,040 Speaker 1: So it just has built in benefits for the way 1027 00:53:27,160 --> 00:53:30,920 Speaker 1: our culture and society is one game a week, everyone tries, 1028 00:53:31,040 --> 00:53:34,120 Speaker 1: everyone plays hard. The other thing is like in baseball, 1029 00:53:34,160 --> 00:53:37,640 Speaker 1: obviously only ten teams have a lot of money. In basketball, 1030 00:53:37,719 --> 00:53:40,480 Speaker 1: only half the teams are willing to really try financially. 1031 00:53:40,800 --> 00:53:44,840 Speaker 1: In football, everyone gets a check from the league because 1032 00:53:44,840 --> 00:53:48,040 Speaker 1: of the media rights deal that covers the salary cap, 1033 00:53:48,719 --> 00:53:52,319 Speaker 1: so every single team can afford the same players. Now 1034 00:53:52,360 --> 00:53:54,960 Speaker 1: you can argue the signing bonuses. Obviously some teams have 1035 00:53:55,040 --> 00:53:58,680 Speaker 1: more cash on hand, but there is not a team, 1036 00:53:58,800 --> 00:54:01,600 Speaker 1: especially now with the ters going to Vegas, that can't 1037 00:54:01,600 --> 00:54:05,319 Speaker 1: afford to pay their star players enormous signing bonuses and 1038 00:54:05,360 --> 00:54:09,400 Speaker 1: pay their players on long term deals. So every team 1039 00:54:09,440 --> 00:54:11,879 Speaker 1: has the chance to compete. That that's can't be set 1040 00:54:11,960 --> 00:54:15,360 Speaker 1: in basketball, and that one can't be said in baseball. 1041 00:54:16,200 --> 00:54:19,720 Speaker 1: So I think the financial incentives, I think the pace 1042 00:54:19,760 --> 00:54:23,359 Speaker 1: of the sport. It's just one day. It's basically even 1043 00:54:23,360 --> 00:54:25,200 Speaker 1: if you even if you're a grinder and you work 1044 00:54:25,280 --> 00:54:27,560 Speaker 1: six days a week, most people are off on Sundays. 1045 00:54:27,960 --> 00:54:30,520 Speaker 1: I mean construction takes days off Sundays. My dad was 1046 00:54:30,560 --> 00:54:33,000 Speaker 1: a farmer, like most people don't work on Sundays, so 1047 00:54:33,080 --> 00:54:35,960 Speaker 1: Sundays in the fall, everyone's at home, and then the 1048 00:54:35,960 --> 00:54:40,319 Speaker 1: other two nights it's on Thursday and Monday night. So 1049 00:54:40,560 --> 00:54:44,239 Speaker 1: I just think they have natural benefits. Maybe the court 1050 00:54:44,280 --> 00:54:46,600 Speaker 1: the quarterbacks definitely help, but the league is always had 1051 00:54:46,640 --> 00:54:50,480 Speaker 1: good quarterbacks. I mean when I was a kid, Marino, Elway, 1052 00:54:50,640 --> 00:54:53,640 Speaker 1: farv Akman and Young. I mean, they're sweet quarterbacks everywhere, 1053 00:54:53,760 --> 00:54:57,120 Speaker 1: banking quarterbacks in the two thousand good quarterbacks. Now, I 1054 00:54:57,560 --> 00:54:59,600 Speaker 1: think it has more to do with the pace. I 1055 00:54:59,600 --> 00:55:01,120 Speaker 1: think it has is more to do with our less 1056 00:55:01,120 --> 00:55:04,120 Speaker 1: of interest in the other sports and just how easy 1057 00:55:04,160 --> 00:55:08,360 Speaker 1: it is to consume football just again once a week, 1058 00:55:08,840 --> 00:55:11,319 Speaker 1: once a week. It's like watching your favorite TV show. 1059 00:55:11,320 --> 00:55:13,120 Speaker 1: Back in the day, you just knew one day a 1060 00:55:13,120 --> 00:55:15,480 Speaker 1: week you got thirty minutes from an hour to watch it. Now, 1061 00:55:15,520 --> 00:55:18,040 Speaker 1: I mean we get spoiled, like if it's every episode 1062 00:55:18,080 --> 00:55:21,080 Speaker 1: Apple Plus does that sometimes, you know, if I'm trying 1063 00:55:21,080 --> 00:55:22,480 Speaker 1: to watch the whole show and it's like, oh, we 1064 00:55:22,480 --> 00:55:25,360 Speaker 1: gotta wait till next Friday. Next Friday, what are we doing? Guys? 1065 00:55:25,880 --> 00:55:28,040 Speaker 1: I like every single episode so I can record so 1066 00:55:28,080 --> 00:55:29,680 Speaker 1: I can watch them all when I'm ready to watch them. 1067 00:55:29,719 --> 00:55:34,160 Speaker 1: All uh, and that's you know, football is not you know, baseball, 1068 00:55:34,160 --> 00:55:36,480 Speaker 1: It's like, well we lost, will play again tomorrow. Basketball 1069 00:55:36,520 --> 00:55:38,040 Speaker 1: is like, oh we got three more games this week. 1070 00:55:38,600 --> 00:55:41,080 Speaker 1: Football you know, you know you play Sunday, you gotta 1071 00:55:41,080 --> 00:55:43,960 Speaker 1: wait till next Sunday to play again. And that is Uh. 1072 00:55:44,400 --> 00:55:48,880 Speaker 1: Scarcity is good for the consumer. Clearly appreciate everyone listening 1073 00:55:49,000 --> 00:55:51,839 Speaker 1: at John Middlecoff's Instagram firing those d m s. Get 1074 00:55:51,840 --> 00:55:54,520 Speaker 1: your question to answer here on the show. Hopefully everyone 1075 00:55:54,600 --> 00:55:57,880 Speaker 1: has a good week. Maybe do a golf podcast for Wednesday. 1076 00:55:57,920 --> 00:56:01,359 Speaker 1: Maybe not, we'll see and if more football podcast coming out, 1077 00:56:01,360 --> 00:56:23,840 Speaker 1: audios Peace the volume