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Speaker 1: a locked and loaded guard for them seven years from now.

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Speaker 1: So everybody could calm down with the laughter. And I

426
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Speaker 1: do think Greg, you and I have been not at

427
00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:04,160
Speaker 1: loggerheads over it. But you think I don't give Mac

428
00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:08,639
Speaker 1: Jones enough pop, I am. It's certainly within the realm

429
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Speaker 1: of reason that he takes a big year to jump here,

430
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Speaker 1: and they did get him DeVante Park. I would have

431
00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:15,800
Speaker 1: liked it they went and we're a little more aggressive

432
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Speaker 1: in the draft and got him another player. I mean

433
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Speaker 1: they took you're mad about we brought up the new

434
00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:25,600
Speaker 1: play caller, but somehow it with the Max Jones getting

435
00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:27,560
Speaker 1: a new play caller and that that his head coach,

436
00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:29,680
Speaker 1: who was a big concern, very good play call now

437
00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:36,520
Speaker 1: he's gone. I guess people on it what is said,

438
00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:39,480
Speaker 1: which I hate nepotism in the NFL. Maybe they're maybe

439
00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:41,960
Speaker 1: they're wrong, maybe they're right about Taekwa and Thornton, but

440
00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:44,399
Speaker 1: people were really surprised, like just a straight line speed

441
00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:48,080
Speaker 1: guy overall. Maybe I'm just scarred because Denzel Mims was

442
00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:51,560
Speaker 1: also highly ted second up that got a bailor that

443
00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:55,560
Speaker 1: turned out none of the bailor of receivers have worked. Yeah.

444
00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:00,840
Speaker 1: I used to play this on repete in my car,

445
00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:05,680
Speaker 1: like in high school. Yeah. I taught palates in college

446
00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:09,840
Speaker 1: and I would always think that's okay if it's non

447
00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:13,679
Speaker 1: team related talk and easy with the trunks. In general,

448
00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:21,320
Speaker 1: you're trying to kill us over here, finger guns. He's

449
00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:24,479
Speaker 1: got to learn when to just ignore me. All right,

450
00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:30,439
Speaker 1: here you go the Dolphins. All right, Dolphins, good stuff.

451
00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:35,160
Speaker 1: I can take a class some time they have the Dolphins,

452
00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:38,320
Speaker 1: Like look at this Tyreek Hill, Toron Armstead to two

453
00:23:38,359 --> 00:23:40,879
Speaker 1: amazing additions, Chase Edmunds forheam Mustard. And when you look

454
00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:44,120
Speaker 1: at Mike McDaniel, I trust that he'll maximize those running backs.

455
00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:47,240
Speaker 1: I think they've hop scotched the Patriots from a roster perspective,

456
00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:50,879
Speaker 1: and it looks stronger than the Jets from one angle.

457
00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:52,520
Speaker 1: I think it's fair to ask the public, can you

458
00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:56,840
Speaker 1: smell what hard rock is cooking down? But do you trust?

459
00:23:56,880 --> 00:24:00,600
Speaker 1: I would say this, do you Trusty to take it

460
00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:02,199
Speaker 1: to the next level? I know that's almost just the

461
00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:05,199
Speaker 1: obvious question. I mean, he has zero excuses. He has

462
00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:08,639
Speaker 1: a Shanahan offshoot who does great things with quarterbacks in

463
00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:12,600
Speaker 1: today's NFL. Though if Ta is not a totally different

464
00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:14,480
Speaker 1: version of who he is, I don't think there's any

465
00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:16,920
Speaker 1: chance he's their quarterback this time next off season. I

466
00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:20,320
Speaker 1: was going to take it a step further and say,

467
00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:23,639
Speaker 1: how you know, when does Teddy Bridgewater enter the picture

468
00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:26,359
Speaker 1: here because I don't know if he makes it to Halloween,

469
00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:28,800
Speaker 1: if he doesn't hit the ground running, because this is

470
00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:32,320
Speaker 1: year three now and they have put a really solid

471
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Speaker 1: team around him. They gave him a Hall of Fame

472
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Speaker 1: next Level one of one. Number one wide receiver Jalen

473
00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:41,359
Speaker 1: Waddle had one of the best rookie seasons in recent

474
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Speaker 1: NFL history. Um, he is a stud, uh and now

475
00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:49,920
Speaker 1: you have the opportunity here to take your offense to

476
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Speaker 1: the next step. And if they don't, I think patients

477
00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:55,040
Speaker 1: will run out fast. Yeah, I agree, And yet I

478
00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:57,720
Speaker 1: kind of think modest improvement from to it to where

479
00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:01,199
Speaker 1: he's like an average NFL starting quarterbacks somewhere close to

480
00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:03,680
Speaker 1: where Teddy was for Denver last year. And this team

481
00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:05,040
Speaker 1: is going to be a lot better because the team

482
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Speaker 1: around because everything else is gonna be better. You know,

483
00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:10,840
Speaker 1: I don't know if he needs to uh excel for

484
00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:13,680
Speaker 1: this team to win ten games. They they're over under

485
00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:15,480
Speaker 1: his over the Patriots, that right, don't you think? So

486
00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:18,680
Speaker 1: It's it's weird though that like they didn't have any

487
00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:21,240
Speaker 1: picks this year, so they went from like rebuilding, We're

488
00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:24,120
Speaker 1: all about picks, that's all we care about. His picks

489
00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:25,960
Speaker 1: and then they blew all the picks too. Now they're

490
00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:29,760
Speaker 1: the team with no picks and it's the same seven

491
00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:31,880
Speaker 1: different coaches now, so that he's got to sell out

492
00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:34,240
Speaker 1: otherwise he's gone. Right, So they still have their corners,

493
00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:35,800
Speaker 1: by the way, and I really like both of their

494
00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:39,000
Speaker 1: corners obviously, Xavian Howard and Byron Jones. That's really helpful,

495
00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:41,600
Speaker 1: really nice for them. Also, I think I love the

496
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Speaker 1: Cedric Wilson drama and whatever going back and forth and whatever,

497
00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:47,560
Speaker 1: which was hilarious, like low key what is it. I

498
00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:50,720
Speaker 1: don't know, the Cedric basically basically like Dallas was trying

499
00:25:50,760 --> 00:25:51,960
Speaker 1: to keep him and the like. It was just a

500
00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:54,960
Speaker 1: lot of drama over Cedric, which is I mean, he's

501
00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:57,080
Speaker 1: their third not to be mean, but it's you know,

502
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Speaker 1: whide receiver number three, and they were just all this

503
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Speaker 1: fighting funny. I kind of like the third round pick,

504
00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:04,000
Speaker 1: Channing Tindall. It's like his name. He just seems like

505
00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:05,720
Speaker 1: a guy. He's got to play right away. He was

506
00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:08,480
Speaker 1: probably behind the land And Roberts as a run stopping guy.

507
00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:10,320
Speaker 1: You can get a land In Roberts out of your life.

508
00:26:10,359 --> 00:26:14,280
Speaker 1: Talking to handsome Hag, big Dolphins fan future general manager

509
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Speaker 1: of UK properties for the end of quiet at promotion

510
00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:20,000
Speaker 1: staying at his castle, and he was a little bummed

511
00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:22,600
Speaker 1: in Vegas that there was no Jewe. So Tyrek Hill

512
00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:27,280
Speaker 1: was your first round play. Looking at it that way,

513
00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:32,879
Speaker 1: that's not how the draft works, though. Yeah, it's aggressive.

514
00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:38,399
Speaker 1: You were technically talking about the team stuff. Well, I

515
00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:42,480
Speaker 1: won't next time. Cindy on the Jets. Okay, the Jets

516
00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:45,120
Speaker 1: did a really really nice job with this draft, probably

517
00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:48,199
Speaker 1: the best draft overall, especially with their fourth place schedule.

518
00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:51,000
Speaker 1: They probably got the most better. That's terrible English, but

519
00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:54,159
Speaker 1: they probably improved the most. I also liked that they

520
00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:56,159
Speaker 1: added lake in Tomlinson. You know, we forget about some

521
00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:58,600
Speaker 1: of these offensive line pieces. You know, obviously he came

522
00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:01,399
Speaker 1: over from San Francisco. There's familiarity with his head coach.

523
00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:04,040
Speaker 1: I think if you look to see what do you

524
00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:06,639
Speaker 1: you really need to evaluate what is Zach Wilson the

525
00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:08,840
Speaker 1: guy yes or no? Because clearly it's not Joe Flacco,

526
00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:11,480
Speaker 1: Like he's not competing for that for that real job. Right,

527
00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:13,600
Speaker 1: So when you look to see, like, okay, what can

528
00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:15,080
Speaker 1: we do, well, we can load him up with a

529
00:27:15,119 --> 00:27:18,240
Speaker 1: really good wide receiver. We can see Elijah Moore. If

530
00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:19,800
Speaker 1: he can stay healthy, you could be great. I don't

531
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Speaker 1: know if Corey Dave's gonna come back, and I hope

532
00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:24,359
Speaker 1: he stays healthy, but he has been oft injured. I think.

533
00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:27,359
Speaker 1: Actually adding Jeremy Ruckert, who teammates with Garrett Wilson at

534
00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:29,680
Speaker 1: Ohio State, that was a really nice ad as well.

535
00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:32,640
Speaker 1: Breece Hall was many people's consensus number one running back.

536
00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:36,040
Speaker 1: They stole Jermaine Johnson and a Mod Gardner. Some people

537
00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:38,040
Speaker 1: had him as their number one corners that people had

538
00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:40,800
Speaker 1: him as number two. So clearly they got their guy,

539
00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:43,320
Speaker 1: and I loved the whole like you're always the one

540
00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:46,679
Speaker 1: he is from one detroit Man to another, you were

541
00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:48,600
Speaker 1: you were always the one that those funny. But they

542
00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:51,000
Speaker 1: still have a lot of pieces too. It's not like

543
00:27:51,040 --> 00:27:53,719
Speaker 1: there were five players away, right, So there are some

544
00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:56,720
Speaker 1: question marks here. McKay beck needs to pay off because

545
00:27:56,760 --> 00:28:00,439
Speaker 1: that's a you know, physical, huge situation and to have

546
00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:03,199
Speaker 1: to overcome if you're left tackle, isn't that their right

547
00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:05,840
Speaker 1: tackles George Fant right now listed in the number one

548
00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:07,920
Speaker 1: on the depth chart, Like that's kind of scary as well,

549
00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:10,560
Speaker 1: So we'll have to see. But low key c. J

550
00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:14,200
Speaker 1: Usama also a good ad. So your model has them

551
00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:16,840
Speaker 1: jumping up like four wins too, it was like two

552
00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:19,440
Speaker 1: point five. It was like two point five wins overall,

553
00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:21,399
Speaker 1: in part because they play a fourth place schedule, so

554
00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:23,840
Speaker 1: it tipped the scale to have a better chance to

555
00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:26,600
Speaker 1: win some of those games. And that's a really big increase.

556
00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:29,080
Speaker 1: It's not, you know, I like Jet fans, I want

557
00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:31,760
Speaker 1: you to be happy, but one cornerback does not an

558
00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:33,800
Speaker 1: entire defense make you know, So you gotta you gotta

559
00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:35,920
Speaker 1: figure out that they I mean DJ read so they've

560
00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:39,160
Speaker 1: kind of overmade that to me, not to oversimplify it,

561
00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:41,480
Speaker 1: but it does the tackle positions in the quarterback because

562
00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:44,960
Speaker 1: they've now built a compelling roster, not a super Bowl roster,

563
00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:48,280
Speaker 1: but now there's pieces in play. Fan. Does he stay healthy?

564
00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:50,560
Speaker 1: Is he gonna be good enough? Becked him? Is he

565
00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:53,120
Speaker 1: gonna get his weight under control and be a real player?

566
00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:56,040
Speaker 1: And Kanzach Wilson do it? Those are all still big questions,

567
00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:58,600
Speaker 1: but they've at least made themselves intriguing as a team.

568
00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:01,360
Speaker 1: They're intriguing. I mean, you like, there is a from

569
00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:03,320
Speaker 1: a bird's eye view, a real plan that kind of

570
00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:05,760
Speaker 1: married the draft and free to see together and made

571
00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:07,920
Speaker 1: the Jets better. The one thing I don't like in

572
00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:11,160
Speaker 1: the New York market, but just national in general, is

573
00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:14,800
Speaker 1: when everyone is saying the team is now competent and

574
00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:16,840
Speaker 1: could be successful if the quarter it's like a lot

575
00:29:16,840 --> 00:29:19,400
Speaker 1: of pressure on Zach Wilson to make a big step

576
00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:21,160
Speaker 1: and I'm just not sure, based on what we saw

577
00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:22,920
Speaker 1: last year that he has it in. I mean, he's

578
00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:24,720
Speaker 1: another player like to that might not be there a

579
00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:28,080
Speaker 1: year final. He's starting. He's in a great situation for

580
00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:31,600
Speaker 1: a second year quarterback. I think this isn't a totally

581
00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:34,280
Speaker 1: rebuilding team. Joe Douglas got hired four years ago and

582
00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:40,120
Speaker 1: this is his third year. So this is like when

583
00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:42,280
Speaker 1: you're supposed to show your your wares and I think

584
00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:44,200
Speaker 1: he's done it. I think he's done it. They're set

585
00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:49,720
Speaker 1: up pretty well. Oh I thought I was going to

586
00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:53,040
Speaker 1: get away with it, all right, Everybody hold right there

587
00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:55,800
Speaker 1: to take a quick break, a responsible break. We'll be

588
00:29:55,880 --> 00:30:00,360
Speaker 1: right back. Let's move nor get us go with the

589
00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:03,560
Speaker 1: defending conference champions. Okay, So I talked about the Saints

590
00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:07,840
Speaker 1: being built to stop today's passing attacks. I think that's

591
00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:11,520
Speaker 1: the Bengals identity and yeah, yeah, it's the idea. Their

592
00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:14,520
Speaker 1: first identity, of course is their quarterback and his past

593
00:30:14,600 --> 00:30:17,400
Speaker 1: catchers in the skill position guys. How special they're gonna

594
00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:20,280
Speaker 1: be is how far they're gonna go. But defensively, this

595
00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:24,480
Speaker 1: Bengals team, by taking two players in the secondary to

596
00:30:24,560 --> 00:30:27,920
Speaker 1: start their draft in Daxton Hill and then Cameron Taylor

597
00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:32,720
Speaker 1: Britt to me, just makes this secondary potentially special. Uh.

598
00:30:32,880 --> 00:30:36,640
Speaker 1: They have seven or eight really competent guys. I think

599
00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:39,920
Speaker 1: they were a pretty good secondary before. Now you can

600
00:30:39,920 --> 00:30:43,080
Speaker 1: get so multiple. You got Mike Hilton and Daxon Hill.

601
00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:45,160
Speaker 1: Daxon Hill can do a lot of different things like

602
00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:49,120
Speaker 1: incredibly athletic. Maybe Eli Apples kicked out of the starting lineup,

603
00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:52,240
Speaker 1: but when he's suddenly your fourth or fifth cornerback, that

604
00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:55,040
Speaker 1: looks great. And I really like the idea that they

605
00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:57,400
Speaker 1: kind of know who they are. And they also look

606
00:30:57,440 --> 00:30:59,240
Speaker 1: at the rest of the a f C. I think

607
00:30:59,560 --> 00:31:01,480
Speaker 1: and look at the Bills, they look at the Chiefs,

608
00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:03,920
Speaker 1: and they think, how can we slow down these two teams?

609
00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:06,160
Speaker 1: And I think more than almost any team in the AFC,

610
00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:08,040
Speaker 1: they're built for it. I mean, they don't get to

611
00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:11,200
Speaker 1: the super Bowl last year without ball Hawckey and secondary play.

612
00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:13,320
Speaker 1: They don't beat the Titans necessarily. I mean they were

613
00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:15,960
Speaker 1: in all those games in such close affairs. I love

614
00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:17,480
Speaker 1: what they did. I love what they did along the

615
00:31:17,520 --> 00:31:19,640
Speaker 1: offensive line. It's like they were the one team where

616
00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:21,960
Speaker 1: it was like Duke Tobin at the combine, we talked

617
00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:23,520
Speaker 1: to him, this is what you need to go do,

618
00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:26,120
Speaker 1: and they went and did it exactly with with a

619
00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:29,160
Speaker 1: precise plan around protecting Joe Burrow. I said they might

620
00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:31,520
Speaker 1: go even deeper and go take another one in the draft.

621
00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:36,600
Speaker 1: They went fourth round. Um, but three starters, three agency

622
00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:39,960
Speaker 1: getting three starters, they're a much better team. And there

623
00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:42,520
Speaker 1: was a lot there's a lot of magic sprinkle dust

624
00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:45,840
Speaker 1: over the Bengals in January and into February, and they

625
00:31:45,880 --> 00:31:48,120
Speaker 1: almost took it all the way home one last drive

626
00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:50,120
Speaker 1: when Eli Apple got exposed by the way on that

627
00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:53,440
Speaker 1: final drive. But was good before that. But like this

628
00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:57,600
Speaker 1: now is a team that they aggressively attacked their deficiencies.

629
00:31:58,000 --> 00:31:59,880
Speaker 1: I think it's a better team now. It's very hard

630
00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:02,960
Speaker 1: to run it back after something like that. Um So

631
00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:07,920
Speaker 1: I understand that, But Cindy, they're better, They're better. Yeah, Look,

632
00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:10,160
Speaker 1: I think they're gonna have to answer some questions at

633
00:32:10,160 --> 00:32:13,080
Speaker 1: tight end because CG. Zama was a big, big factor there,

634
00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:16,120
Speaker 1: and I do think they had hurt and a little

635
00:32:16,280 --> 00:32:20,080
Speaker 1: maybe I means, so well, can you do that? Yeah,

636
00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:21,479
Speaker 1: so can you do that? And then also think they

637
00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:23,680
Speaker 1: probably should have added to the running back position because

638
00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:25,960
Speaker 1: they used for Joe Mixon, made him he got hurt.

639
00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:28,840
Speaker 1: So I just I'm not saying it was bad. I'm

640
00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:30,840
Speaker 1: just saying if there were two areas of improvement, maybe

641
00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:32,680
Speaker 1: those were. I do struggle to see them as the

642
00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:35,840
Speaker 1: third best team. Like part of it is like they

643
00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:38,280
Speaker 1: went on a magical run. Yeah, I don't know that's

644
00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:40,560
Speaker 1: exactly who they are because part of that they were

645
00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:42,920
Speaker 1: hot and cold because they didn't say, oh, look what

646
00:32:42,920 --> 00:32:44,400
Speaker 1: we did last year, We're going to bring back the

647
00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:47,360
Speaker 1: same team. They there's been a significant turnover here. Mike

648
00:32:47,480 --> 00:32:49,680
Speaker 1: Hilton had a good quote here. People are predicting them

649
00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:52,200
Speaker 1: as a one hit wonder why because it's the Bengals,

650
00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:54,680
Speaker 1: point blank period. When you think of the Bengals, you're like, oh,

651
00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:56,720
Speaker 1: the Bengals, you know. But now with this group of

652
00:32:56,760 --> 00:32:58,840
Speaker 1: guys we have and the coaches we have, we're really

653
00:32:58,840 --> 00:33:08,480
Speaker 1: turning this organization repect right, not anymore. I could you

654
00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:10,360
Speaker 1: shoot me all you want. It seems to have no effect.

655
00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:15,760
Speaker 1: It's making me better, It's making me talk more marks

656
00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:18,560
Speaker 1: the Steelers. I mean, I was just thinking about how

657
00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:21,320
Speaker 1: in the run of this podcast, we've never seen anything

658
00:33:21,360 --> 00:33:25,000
Speaker 1: close to a Steelers team as deeply in transitions as

659
00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:27,640
Speaker 1: they are right now. I mean, it obviously starts at

660
00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:31,680
Speaker 1: a quarterback. It has me intrigued though, because we called

661
00:33:31,680 --> 00:33:33,560
Speaker 1: them draft winners coming out of that weekend, and I

662
00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:35,520
Speaker 1: think they were. If you look at their lineup on offense,

663
00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:40,320
Speaker 1: Naji Harris, Deonta Johnson, Chase Claypool Pratt, Pat Friarmouth who

664
00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:43,120
Speaker 1: I like a lot, George Pickens, and Calvin Austin, Kenny

665
00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:45,800
Speaker 1: Picket I think is winning this battle. Only Deonte Johnson

666
00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:49,240
Speaker 1: remains as a starter from week one two seasons ago.

667
00:33:49,280 --> 00:33:52,360
Speaker 1: They've changed a lot. My one question because they they've

668
00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:55,800
Speaker 1: had a nice offseason. Their offensive line was an achilles

669
00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:58,440
Speaker 1: heel last year. They haven't done much there and that

670
00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:01,880
Speaker 1: gives me bad vibes about putting either Mitch Drabinski behind

671
00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:04,360
Speaker 1: a line like that or a rookie quarterback. Is this

672
00:34:04,440 --> 00:34:08,719
Speaker 1: rebuild put on hold a little bit? Because of that situation. Maybe, uh,

673
00:34:09,200 --> 00:34:12,440
Speaker 1: that's the case for starting things off with Mitch Drabinsky,

674
00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:14,520
Speaker 1: a guy who can move. A part of the problem

675
00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:18,040
Speaker 1: with their set up was that they had a literal statue,

676
00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:21,880
Speaker 1: a two and seventy pounds statue behind center stone age pony,

677
00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:24,920
Speaker 1: stone age pony, maybe the ultimate since Dan Marino posts

678
00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:27,840
Speaker 1: Achilles stone Age pony. And now if you get a

679
00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:29,560
Speaker 1: guy behind there, I can move a bit pick it

680
00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:31,960
Speaker 1: obviously can move better than Big Bend at this stage,

681
00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:34,480
Speaker 1: that's gonna help. But you're right, that is a real concern.

682
00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:38,040
Speaker 1: I'm more worried about their coaching and their evaluation than Letton.

683
00:34:38,200 --> 00:34:39,719
Speaker 1: Like what they did this Obviously they brought in two

684
00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:43,359
Speaker 1: starters and Mason Cole from the Vikings. James Daniels was

685
00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:45,640
Speaker 1: like a nice free agent signing. It was more that

686
00:34:45,680 --> 00:34:49,040
Speaker 1: they gave Chuka a core for a huge contract. Three

687
00:34:49,160 --> 00:34:51,080
Speaker 1: or d NFF. Adam has one of the worst tackles

688
00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:52,560
Speaker 1: in Leak. For what it's worth, you have a fourth

689
00:34:52,640 --> 00:34:55,160
Speaker 1: round second year player Dan Moore at left tackle who

690
00:34:55,200 --> 00:34:58,120
Speaker 1: they like and and look look pretty good. But that's

691
00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:02,240
Speaker 1: asking a lot out of a mismashed group who really

692
00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:04,719
Speaker 1: never has made up for the fact what that Mike

693
00:35:04,840 --> 00:35:08,440
Speaker 1: Munchak left. Basically, when Mike Munchak left, this offense changed

694
00:35:09,080 --> 00:35:11,200
Speaker 1: in terms of their offensive line. Well, I look at

695
00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:13,759
Speaker 1: the line, and I look at the situation. Remember, you

696
00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:16,120
Speaker 1: know you had an outgoing GM and you've got you

697
00:35:16,160 --> 00:35:18,279
Speaker 1: don't know who's coming in next. I think he's like,

698
00:35:18,719 --> 00:35:20,520
Speaker 1: I want to be the guy that got all the

699
00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:23,320
Speaker 1: good receivers. I don't give a crap about this old line,

700
00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:26,120
Speaker 1: Like I want my Like I'm this is my last one.

701
00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:29,000
Speaker 1: Here's the the icing on the kick. I'm not he

702
00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:31,239
Speaker 1: has great at it, but it's not sexy to take

703
00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:33,840
Speaker 1: pound men that don't move very much. That you need it,

704
00:35:33,920 --> 00:35:36,320
Speaker 1: I obviously may advocate for it, but what did the

705
00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:39,440
Speaker 1: models say about pick it? As a as a prospect?

706
00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:43,160
Speaker 1: Most pro Ready had the most snaps facing weird defenses

707
00:35:43,239 --> 00:35:47,360
Speaker 1: meaning not based defense meaning disguised looks in the secondary uh,

708
00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:49,920
Speaker 1: non traditional fronts, things that you'll see in the NFL.

709
00:35:49,960 --> 00:35:52,840
Speaker 1: So highest passer rating also when facing these situations. So

710
00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:55,000
Speaker 1: was the most pro ready if that's how you're gonna

711
00:35:55,040 --> 00:35:57,120
Speaker 1: find pro Ready. Did you guys see the video of

712
00:35:57,120 --> 00:36:01,040
Speaker 1: the phone call from Tomlin to pick it? Huge smile

713
00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:02,799
Speaker 1: on its so you don't see Tom like this, so

714
00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:05,440
Speaker 1: happy and excited. I was just like that looks like

715
00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:08,640
Speaker 1: a guy who's like I found my starter week one.

716
00:36:09,239 --> 00:36:11,440
Speaker 1: Let's roll with the kid mac Jones, with the Patriots.

717
00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:13,319
Speaker 1: I don't have to start my stone age pony. You

718
00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:16,439
Speaker 1: think he enjoyed starting, bet not. He should be coaching

719
00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:18,040
Speaker 1: here every year just for all the crap he said

720
00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:26,440
Speaker 1: to deal with. You cannot praise any Let's uh, let's

721
00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:30,680
Speaker 1: let's put the gun down, all right, yes, justin Let's

722
00:36:30,680 --> 00:36:33,640
Speaker 1: just let's let the let the guests. We have a

723
00:36:33,640 --> 00:36:36,279
Speaker 1: wonderful guest, Cynthia. Here. Let's try not to trank or

724
00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:39,359
Speaker 1: unless you really deserves it, Greg fire away. He likes

725
00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:43,600
Speaker 1: it right right, Yes, Cindy, when it feels offensive to

726
00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:46,959
Speaker 1: the listener, the trigger, you can pull the trigger. Whenever

727
00:36:47,040 --> 00:36:50,200
Speaker 1: he's drunk. Everyone get drunk otherwise, so he's drunk with

728
00:36:50,800 --> 00:36:52,759
Speaker 1: I swore an oath not that was a tough one.

729
00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:55,120
Speaker 1: That was a real test of your loyalty. And he

730
00:36:55,560 --> 00:36:59,600
Speaker 1: did not comply entirely that he said he would best

731
00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:04,200
Speaker 1: things about the Ravens, Cynthia. Oh, the Ravens had an

732
00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:07,680
Speaker 1: awesome draft. I really think having a guy that fits

733
00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:11,280
Speaker 1: your system so perfectly, like Kyle Hamilton's did fall to fourteen,

734
00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:13,520
Speaker 1: which this guy for me, if you had to say

735
00:37:13,719 --> 00:37:16,760
Speaker 1: ahead of the draft, neutral could go to any team

736
00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:19,360
Speaker 1: who was the guy that's most likely become All Pro first,

737
00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:22,440
Speaker 1: it was Kyle Hamilton's. So you're getting this and understand

738
00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:24,680
Speaker 1: there's some positional value things here where some people don't

739
00:37:24,719 --> 00:37:27,680
Speaker 1: think safety is as easily. You know that that one

740
00:37:27,760 --> 00:37:29,719
Speaker 1: is not as high value position as some of the others.

741
00:37:29,719 --> 00:37:31,879
Speaker 1: But I would argue kind of the opposite. With all

742
00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:35,480
Speaker 1: these teams playing multiple defensive backs, a whole bunch of

743
00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:38,200
Speaker 1: packages where you need at least five defensive backs, his

744
00:37:38,360 --> 00:37:40,720
Speaker 1: use is going to be from day one really really important.

745
00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:42,719
Speaker 1: He also is great at blitzing. They have kind of

746
00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:44,720
Speaker 1: all of these different ways where he goes in sideline

747
00:37:44,719 --> 00:37:47,840
Speaker 1: to siline. He probably dropped because at the combine he

748
00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:50,000
Speaker 1: didn't run as fast of a forty as other people.

749
00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:54,080
Speaker 1: Totally ridiculous, right, And then they added Tyler linder Bomb.

750
00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:57,200
Speaker 1: I love this pick. I understand an interior a alignment

751
00:37:57,239 --> 00:37:59,600
Speaker 1: is not necessarily the sexiest pick. Some people think like

752
00:37:59,640 --> 00:38:02,760
Speaker 1: positional value again, center isn't as great, but linder Bomb

753
00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:05,040
Speaker 1: could kick out to the left guard, right guard. I

754
00:38:05,120 --> 00:38:07,520
Speaker 1: understand they have Kevin Zeitler there, but you know they're

755
00:38:07,560 --> 00:38:09,759
Speaker 1: they're trying to figure out how to replace a guy

756
00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:11,920
Speaker 1: who had you know, he's gonna be a Hall of

757
00:38:11,920 --> 00:38:14,359
Speaker 1: Famer that just left two seasons ago. So now you've

758
00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:16,080
Speaker 1: got to figure out along this old line. Okay, what

759
00:38:16,120 --> 00:38:17,839
Speaker 1: are we gonna do to keep our quarterback who likes

760
00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:21,319
Speaker 1: to run into kind of scrambling drills. We need We

761
00:38:21,360 --> 00:38:23,760
Speaker 1: need this line to just hold as long as possible.

762
00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:26,960
Speaker 1: Running passing downs doesn't matter. The only question mark that

763
00:38:26,960 --> 00:38:29,800
Speaker 1: didn't push them up higher in terms of total value

764
00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:31,840
Speaker 1: in the draft is now they have they created a

765
00:38:31,840 --> 00:38:34,360
Speaker 1: problem that they have to solve what ride receiver, And

766
00:38:34,440 --> 00:38:37,000
Speaker 1: that is something that they They're still wide receivers left

767
00:38:37,080 --> 00:38:39,800
Speaker 1: to look at in free agency, but it did create

768
00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:42,160
Speaker 1: a new problem for them to have that as far

769
00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:45,160
Speaker 1: as the draft went, I mean, I'm pretty sure that

770
00:38:45,239 --> 00:38:48,600
Speaker 1: they cry like I I killed was kicking myself for

771
00:38:48,680 --> 00:38:50,279
Speaker 1: not calling them a winner the other day because I

772
00:38:50,280 --> 00:38:52,240
Speaker 1: feel like they had about as good a draft as anyone.

773
00:38:52,280 --> 00:38:56,520
Speaker 1: Travis Jones, their third round defensive tackle, could play right away. Uh,

774
00:38:56,800 --> 00:38:59,000
Speaker 1: and they're gonna be playing three safeties all the time,

775
00:38:59,120 --> 00:39:01,560
Speaker 1: all the time, and but that's that's how the league

776
00:39:01,600 --> 00:39:03,799
Speaker 1: is moving that. The Patriots did that quite a bit

777
00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:05,680
Speaker 1: last year. They took the guy in the fourth round,

778
00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:09,759
Speaker 1: Henry's guy, Daniel Felele, another rugby player who's now the

779
00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:12,720
Speaker 1: biggest man in the NFL three and eighty six pounds,

780
00:39:12,960 --> 00:39:15,120
Speaker 1: and he's a guy kind of like Jordan my Lota

781
00:39:15,120 --> 00:39:17,000
Speaker 1: who was gonna be rough around the edges. But if

782
00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:20,839
Speaker 1: you're gonna land with a team for the Ravens are

783
00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:22,839
Speaker 1: the right thing. They won eight games a year ago

784
00:39:23,120 --> 00:39:25,600
Speaker 1: due to great coaching and just because it's the Ravens

785
00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:29,240
Speaker 1: with a shattered secondary with a backfield that was broken

786
00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:31,040
Speaker 1: from before the start of the season, which is a

787
00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:32,799
Speaker 1: huge part of what they want to do. The wide

788
00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:35,719
Speaker 1: receiver thing is sticky. But if there's a team that

789
00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:38,239
Speaker 1: maybe had one less wide receiver than other teams and

790
00:39:38,239 --> 00:39:42,360
Speaker 1: would still thrive, I think it could be. Baltimore signed

791
00:39:42,520 --> 00:39:49,440
Speaker 1: Jarvis Landry right figure out you're gonna pay someone he

792
00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:51,520
Speaker 1: would be annoyed by week three though in Baltimore, I

793
00:39:51,560 --> 00:39:55,560
Speaker 1: think that's the problem. Feel there might pick for the

794
00:39:55,600 --> 00:39:58,359
Speaker 1: division winner on May three. I just feel like they're

795
00:39:58,719 --> 00:40:02,520
Speaker 1: a big bounce back season comeback season approaches in Charms City,

796
00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:07,799
Speaker 1: which leads us to the Cleveland Browns. So last week,

797
00:40:07,920 --> 00:40:11,239
Speaker 1: Major League Baseball handed out a three four game suspension

798
00:40:11,719 --> 00:40:15,840
Speaker 1: to Dodgers picture Trevor Bauer. The band covered two full seasons,

799
00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:19,239
Speaker 1: longest punishment under the Sports Domestic Violence Violence Policy since

800
00:40:19,239 --> 00:40:22,480
Speaker 1: it was instituted in August two thousand fifteen. Cut to

801
00:40:22,520 --> 00:40:27,000
Speaker 1: the NFL different circumstances, but obviously some troubling allegations connected

802
00:40:27,040 --> 00:40:30,360
Speaker 1: to Watson. His fate with the NFL's yet to be announced,

803
00:40:30,520 --> 00:40:33,520
Speaker 1: and we don't know how this is gonna end with Watson,

804
00:40:33,520 --> 00:40:36,320
Speaker 1: and it's, you know, like it or not. Cleveland looms

805
00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:39,799
Speaker 1: as a superpower in the conference when you combine that

806
00:40:39,920 --> 00:40:44,000
Speaker 1: roster with Watson. But when will Watson actually play a game?

807
00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:46,840
Speaker 1: The Browns went eight nine last season with Baker. I

808
00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:50,240
Speaker 1: don't see them being much better with Jake Briskett behind center.

809
00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:52,960
Speaker 1: So that's my question. When when will we find out

810
00:40:53,280 --> 00:40:56,759
Speaker 1: when Watson plays? And would it be possible that they

811
00:40:56,920 --> 00:41:00,440
Speaker 1: got really tough on him the way Baseball did bower

812
00:41:00,680 --> 00:41:03,239
Speaker 1: nfls And it hasn't been their style to be that way,

813
00:41:03,280 --> 00:41:05,680
Speaker 1: But you wonder if the baseball thing could affect the

814
00:41:05,719 --> 00:41:08,200
Speaker 1: football thing. Well, what's a huge question, because the way

815
00:41:08,239 --> 00:41:11,680
Speaker 1: that the NFL hands down punishment doesn't always feel that

816
00:41:11,719 --> 00:41:13,800
Speaker 1: there's a rhyme or reason from case A to B

817
00:41:13,960 --> 00:41:17,040
Speaker 1: to se. They handle things differently, and and and this

818
00:41:17,080 --> 00:41:19,480
Speaker 1: one has been as murky as possible. I don't have

819
00:41:19,560 --> 00:41:21,640
Speaker 1: a huge read on what the NFL will do here. Yeah,

820
00:41:21,680 --> 00:41:25,080
Speaker 1: the longer it goes and just a little whispers of anything,

821
00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:29,439
Speaker 1: I'm worried no offense to the Browns of course, uh,

822
00:41:29,480 --> 00:41:31,279
Speaker 1: that it's going to go the other way, that it

823
00:41:31,360 --> 00:41:33,919
Speaker 1: might be less than we expect, or that he could

824
00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:36,200
Speaker 1: be on the field sooner that they don't take it

825
00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:38,839
Speaker 1: too seriously. And then you kind of look at, Okay,

826
00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:40,919
Speaker 1: what do they have. One thing that struck me about

827
00:41:40,920 --> 00:41:44,200
Speaker 1: their draft was like David Bell is a third round pick.

828
00:41:44,560 --> 00:41:47,080
Speaker 1: He's gonna play for them probably, Like he's kind of

829
00:41:47,080 --> 00:41:50,480
Speaker 1: a pro ready looking maybe he's in the slot there.

830
00:41:50,520 --> 00:41:53,520
Speaker 1: Like they need receivers, they don't really have receivers more

831
00:41:53,560 --> 00:41:55,799
Speaker 1: than any team in the NFL. I feel like they

832
00:41:55,800 --> 00:41:59,239
Speaker 1: could use Odell Beckham, Like they feel like the best

833
00:41:59,280 --> 00:42:01,719
Speaker 1: fit for to back hum right now, I mean it's

834
00:42:01,719 --> 00:42:04,640
Speaker 1: hard to imagine, but like David Bell might be their

835
00:42:04,719 --> 00:42:07,120
Speaker 1: number two right now, their third round pick, their their

836
00:42:07,160 --> 00:42:09,400
Speaker 1: thin it wide out and their thinn it defensive tackle.

837
00:42:09,520 --> 00:42:13,120
Speaker 1: Their their roster is not at great pieces too though.

838
00:42:13,120 --> 00:42:15,600
Speaker 1: But it's like, but all that, I'm glad you're throwing

839
00:42:15,600 --> 00:42:17,719
Speaker 1: out the other aspects that are around the Browns right now.

840
00:42:17,760 --> 00:42:20,520
Speaker 1: But ultimately it all goes back to what's going on

841
00:42:20,560 --> 00:42:23,640
Speaker 1: with Watson and the mystery and you know what, it's

842
00:42:23,680 --> 00:42:27,120
Speaker 1: gonna be a really really and we've had these conversations before,

843
00:42:27,160 --> 00:42:30,600
Speaker 1: but bad look for the league if one of the

844
00:42:30,640 --> 00:42:33,560
Speaker 1: major leagues comes down hard on a prominent that's a

845
00:42:33,600 --> 00:42:36,160
Speaker 1: Cy Young Award winner and then NFL drops a four

846
00:42:36,200 --> 00:42:39,120
Speaker 1: game band or something that, I mean, nothing would surprise

847
00:42:39,200 --> 00:42:41,480
Speaker 1: me anymore. But like they can, they can, they can

848
00:42:41,480 --> 00:42:43,920
Speaker 1: wrap this up. Let's wrap it up, NFL. You've got

849
00:42:43,920 --> 00:42:46,640
Speaker 1: the Hugh Jackson investigations done in a couple of weeks.

850
00:42:47,080 --> 00:42:50,240
Speaker 1: It's been two years almost. I feel dark energy around

851
00:42:50,239 --> 00:42:53,000
Speaker 1: this team. I know that's that's personal feelings involved, but

852
00:42:53,040 --> 00:42:55,600
Speaker 1: it's kind of like when Andre the Giant turned bad,

853
00:42:55,920 --> 00:42:57,680
Speaker 1: he was like, it's just as this was a team

854
00:42:57,719 --> 00:43:00,359
Speaker 1: that you was sort of a lovable loser and they

855
00:43:00,440 --> 00:43:02,680
Speaker 1: went to uh, they went to dark places. I don't

856
00:43:02,719 --> 00:43:05,239
Speaker 1: enjoy it at all. Yeah, it is a bummer. The

857
00:43:05,239 --> 00:43:08,000
Speaker 1: Lions kind of taking that mantle. No, no, no, non

858
00:43:08,800 --> 00:43:19,640
Speaker 1: compared the Lions because this, this, this is different. This

859
00:43:19,840 --> 00:43:22,319
Speaker 1: right here, this is different. We're saying nothing about this team.

860
00:43:22,320 --> 00:43:24,680
Speaker 1: I want nothing to say about this team. Next, why

861
00:43:24,680 --> 00:43:27,560
Speaker 1: don't we move on to the We need to take

862
00:43:27,560 --> 00:43:31,520
Speaker 1: a break. Yes, okay, let's take a break and we'll

863
00:43:31,560 --> 00:43:35,399
Speaker 1: hit the ac sound all right, We're back. Here we go.

864
00:43:35,920 --> 00:43:41,400
Speaker 1: Sessler Titans. The Titans, they strike me as a team

865
00:43:41,440 --> 00:43:44,480
Speaker 1: that have floated away to some degree. I see a

866
00:43:44,520 --> 00:43:47,080
Speaker 1: club that traded away it's best player in a J. Brown.

867
00:43:47,120 --> 00:43:49,680
Speaker 1: We've talked about that a ton. They drafted the QB

868
00:43:49,800 --> 00:43:52,879
Speaker 1: of tomorrow and Malik Willis, which has Ryan Tannehill now

869
00:43:53,000 --> 00:43:56,160
Speaker 1: basically in the opposition of playing for his job because

870
00:43:56,160 --> 00:43:58,440
Speaker 1: I think he's gonna hear it from fans and everyone

871
00:43:58,440 --> 00:44:00,719
Speaker 1: else right out of the gate. I be struggles and

872
00:44:00,760 --> 00:44:03,560
Speaker 1: that's a possibility. You've got Derrick Henry, who has been

873
00:44:03,640 --> 00:44:06,400
Speaker 1: leaned on super heavy forever in an offensive line that

874
00:44:06,440 --> 00:44:09,319
Speaker 1: I see questions at left guard. I see questions at

875
00:44:09,360 --> 00:44:11,879
Speaker 1: right tackle. I don't love that for Ryan Tannehill either.

876
00:44:12,239 --> 00:44:14,279
Speaker 1: It helps to be in a junkie division, but this

877
00:44:14,360 --> 00:44:17,000
Speaker 1: feels like a lesser version of last year's team. Right

878
00:44:17,080 --> 00:44:19,080
Speaker 1: now we are where we are today? Am I being

879
00:44:19,080 --> 00:44:22,239
Speaker 1: too tough on grave Diggers? Hyper federal? Can I hear

880
00:44:22,280 --> 00:44:24,400
Speaker 1: the Tannehill quote? And I just want to hear this

881
00:44:24,880 --> 00:44:27,800
Speaker 1: today going around a little bit. Tannehill on Malik Willis

882
00:44:27,800 --> 00:44:31,160
Speaker 1: and and you know that new partnership in the quarterback room.

883
00:44:31,239 --> 00:44:33,799
Speaker 1: I mean that's part of being in a quarterback room,

884
00:44:33,840 --> 00:44:36,200
Speaker 1: in the same room. You know, we're we're competing against

885
00:44:36,200 --> 00:44:38,760
Speaker 1: each other, We're uh, you know, watching the same tape,

886
00:44:38,760 --> 00:44:41,440
Speaker 1: we're doing the same drills. Um. I don't think it's

887
00:44:41,480 --> 00:44:45,000
Speaker 1: my job to mentor him, but um, you know, if

888
00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:48,440
Speaker 1: he learns learns from me along the way, then um,

889
00:44:48,600 --> 00:44:50,640
Speaker 1: then that's a great thing. Graver. I don't have a

890
00:44:50,680 --> 00:44:52,960
Speaker 1: problem with that. I know some people are gonna say

891
00:44:53,000 --> 00:44:57,799
Speaker 1: it makes him seem selfish. There's there's missing part of it,

892
00:44:57,840 --> 00:44:59,520
Speaker 1: because part of it was talking about he's like I

893
00:44:59,560 --> 00:45:02,160
Speaker 1: had to go therapy last time when I was like

894
00:45:02,320 --> 00:45:04,920
Speaker 1: he talks about like how he really struggled and like

895
00:45:05,000 --> 00:45:08,480
Speaker 1: has come overcome struggles, and he mentioned therapy by names

896
00:45:09,680 --> 00:45:11,800
Speaker 1: doins getting out of the when he was in a

897
00:45:11,840 --> 00:45:18,239
Speaker 1: mental headspace before and he worked himself the playoff laws.

898
00:45:18,760 --> 00:45:21,600
Speaker 1: This is something where you like know enough about Ryan

899
00:45:21,640 --> 00:45:24,719
Speaker 1: Tannehill's character and how his teammates have reacted to him

900
00:45:24,719 --> 00:45:26,759
Speaker 1: and everything about him like throughout his career. That's like

901
00:45:27,320 --> 00:45:29,440
Speaker 1: he's just being honest, the same thing Eli man like.

902
00:45:29,760 --> 00:45:32,160
Speaker 1: And yet Eli Manning was like, great friends with Danny

903
00:45:32,520 --> 00:45:34,160
Speaker 1: doesn't mean he's not going to be a professionally. Just

904
00:45:34,239 --> 00:45:38,479
Speaker 1: answering the question. I like it. I'd rather hear the truth. Like, also,

905
00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:40,480
Speaker 1: you don't have a J. Brown anymore, Like that's going

906
00:45:40,520 --> 00:45:42,080
Speaker 1: to be a heck of a lot harder. He's got

907
00:45:42,080 --> 00:45:45,760
Speaker 1: to be annoyed, Like with somebody stuff. Here's what annoyed about.

908
00:45:45,760 --> 00:45:48,920
Speaker 1: Like we we Grave Digger talked before the draft, like,

909
00:45:48,960 --> 00:45:52,279
Speaker 1: what's their biggest need is offensive line? Um, they were

910
00:45:52,320 --> 00:45:56,080
Speaker 1: a mess last year. They didn't really address that this offseason,

911
00:45:56,239 --> 00:45:59,000
Speaker 1: so that would have me very concerned. One of the

912
00:45:59,000 --> 00:46:01,560
Speaker 1: worst offensive line in the league without aging. But your

913
00:46:01,560 --> 00:46:04,000
Speaker 1: biggest concern, Yeah, I mean we're sitting here now the

914
00:46:04,080 --> 00:46:06,040
Speaker 1: draft and free agency are complete, and we still don't

915
00:46:06,040 --> 00:46:09,480
Speaker 1: know who two of their starters are. That's kind of crazy.

916
00:46:09,520 --> 00:46:12,279
Speaker 1: I want you to keep talking and then tranquilize yourself tack.

917
00:46:12,719 --> 00:46:18,920
Speaker 1: So that's why Mark was giving Digger stretch. Stretch it out.

918
00:46:19,200 --> 00:46:21,239
Speaker 1: Anybody picking up a little bit of tension between Mark

919
00:46:21,280 --> 00:46:25,359
Speaker 1: and Grave Digger here for this. I'm glad I could

920
00:46:25,360 --> 00:46:29,080
Speaker 1: see their Their origination story is good attention. I do

921
00:46:29,239 --> 00:46:31,600
Speaker 1: think the Titans are a worst team right now than

922
00:46:31,640 --> 00:46:34,160
Speaker 1: they were than the team that played the Bengals in January,

923
00:46:34,280 --> 00:46:36,120
Speaker 1: so that's probably not a good place to be. Which

924
00:46:36,120 --> 00:46:48,680
Speaker 1: team they played the Bengals. Trink yourself. Cults Jim Mercy

925
00:46:48,680 --> 00:46:50,680
Speaker 1: said last week, you believe Matt Ryan could play another

926
00:46:50,719 --> 00:46:54,280
Speaker 1: four seasons with the Cults. The owner's rosy viewpoint echoed

927
00:46:54,320 --> 00:46:58,680
Speaker 1: in their draft class included eight picks, no quarterbacks. Chris

928
00:46:58,719 --> 00:47:01,520
Speaker 1: Ballard lost that first round under in the doomed Carson

929
00:47:01,560 --> 00:47:05,360
Speaker 1: Wentz acquisition one, but he still came out of Vegas

930
00:47:05,440 --> 00:47:08,560
Speaker 1: with solid hall included offensive players with each of the

931
00:47:08,600 --> 00:47:12,160
Speaker 1: first three picks. The Colts struggled to score points with

932
00:47:12,200 --> 00:47:15,480
Speaker 1: Wentz last season, especially down the stretch. Do we trust

933
00:47:16,480 --> 00:47:19,080
Speaker 1: this attack with Matt Ryan leading the way to improve

934
00:47:19,200 --> 00:47:21,440
Speaker 1: enough to put them in the conversation with the a

935
00:47:21,520 --> 00:47:23,600
Speaker 1: f C S leading. I just wanted one more thing.

936
00:47:24,080 --> 00:47:29,200
Speaker 1: This team was looking really good in mid December nine

937
00:47:29,239 --> 00:47:34,920
Speaker 1: of twelve, great running game, defense, getting just taking care

938
00:47:34,960 --> 00:47:36,839
Speaker 1: of business, and then it all fell apart. Are they

939
00:47:36,880 --> 00:47:40,000
Speaker 1: that far away or do they not have enough? I

940
00:47:40,040 --> 00:47:42,360
Speaker 1: think that, you know, given where they were drafting and

941
00:47:42,400 --> 00:47:44,560
Speaker 1: what they were looking at. I like that they cut

942
00:47:44,600 --> 00:47:47,399
Speaker 1: their losses with Carson Wentz before. I mean, if it's

943
00:47:47,400 --> 00:47:49,120
Speaker 1: not gonna be the right solution, don't try to force

944
00:47:49,160 --> 00:47:52,160
Speaker 1: it to work. Take the L and move on. Matt Ryan.

945
00:47:52,800 --> 00:47:54,600
Speaker 1: This is a guy who we've seen how good he's

946
00:47:54,600 --> 00:47:56,720
Speaker 1: been with play action. They got to a Super Bowl

947
00:47:56,800 --> 00:47:58,960
Speaker 1: when he was able to effectively use play action. You

948
00:47:58,960 --> 00:48:00,440
Speaker 1: know when you can use play action when you have

949
00:48:00,440 --> 00:48:02,279
Speaker 1: a good running back. So I think that this is

950
00:48:02,320 --> 00:48:05,680
Speaker 1: an interesting and in this division, Like tell me how,

951
00:48:05,840 --> 00:48:09,040
Speaker 1: tell me how the other team's got so significantly better?

952
00:48:09,120 --> 00:48:12,279
Speaker 1: It's similar, but they also have holes. I don't think

953
00:48:12,280 --> 00:48:15,040
Speaker 1: this roster as good as it was when when Philip

954
00:48:15,120 --> 00:48:17,239
Speaker 1: rivers there. I I they kind of remind me of

955
00:48:17,280 --> 00:48:20,560
Speaker 1: the late Mike Shanahan Arab Broncos where I swear it

956
00:48:20,600 --> 00:48:24,000
Speaker 1: was like the coaching uh in. The play calling was great,

957
00:48:24,040 --> 00:48:26,319
Speaker 1: but the talent wasn't quite all the way there because

958
00:48:26,320 --> 00:48:28,600
Speaker 1: this receiver group, maybe Alec Pierce hits as a second

959
00:48:28,640 --> 00:48:31,960
Speaker 1: round pick, but it's it's a mid level receiver pick.

960
00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:36,280
Speaker 1: They drafted Bernard Raymond in the third round. Rayman may

961
00:48:36,400 --> 00:48:38,799
Speaker 1: start at left tackle. They don't really have an experience.

962
00:48:40,600 --> 00:48:45,359
Speaker 1: They were They were assigned Marcel Debo though from Germany,

963
00:48:45,520 --> 00:48:48,680
Speaker 1: and we want to go cover this game in Germany.

964
00:48:48,719 --> 00:48:50,680
Speaker 1: So I just want to I just want to, you know,

965
00:48:50,760 --> 00:48:52,880
Speaker 1: put that out there. They were assigned every team in

966
00:48:52,920 --> 00:48:56,160
Speaker 1: the a f C South got an international player Pathway

967
00:48:56,200 --> 00:48:59,040
Speaker 1: program guy from Henry Hudson. He just gives it out

968
00:48:59,080 --> 00:49:01,560
Speaker 1: to a different division in every year, and this year

969
00:49:02,080 --> 00:49:06,480
Speaker 1: he gave it to one and a twig. They got

970
00:49:06,520 --> 00:49:08,200
Speaker 1: my favorite tight end Tho in the draft. They got

971
00:49:08,239 --> 00:49:11,640
Speaker 1: to Gelanni Woods. That's my favorite. Just the point is

972
00:49:11,719 --> 00:49:15,160
Speaker 1: sent us to Germany. That was the point point And

973
00:49:15,200 --> 00:49:16,640
Speaker 1: I want to just throw that out there. It was

974
00:49:16,719 --> 00:49:19,719
Speaker 1: I p P day. It was a big things like

975
00:49:19,760 --> 00:49:22,360
Speaker 1: I'm in the chair now, I'll teach you swears in German.

976
00:49:23,239 --> 00:49:25,240
Speaker 1: That's I can help you with. I grew up in Luxembourg,

977
00:49:25,280 --> 00:49:28,320
Speaker 1: so you can teach you swears in Germany. You swear

978
00:49:28,360 --> 00:49:30,319
Speaker 1: in German and that wouldn't need to be bleached here.

979
00:49:31,239 --> 00:49:32,560
Speaker 1: You're not going to find out. This is not the

980
00:49:32,600 --> 00:49:35,080
Speaker 1: reason I wanted. I just could. I just learned you

981
00:49:35,120 --> 00:49:37,879
Speaker 1: grew up in Luxembourg like a week ago, and that's

982
00:49:37,920 --> 00:49:41,520
Speaker 1: I get swear in French like a soft German swear

983
00:49:41,600 --> 00:49:47,160
Speaker 1: like not not the worst thing. My My boss already

984
00:49:47,160 --> 00:49:49,280
Speaker 1: trying to like sell me for a pack of cigarettes,

985
00:49:49,320 --> 00:49:54,759
Speaker 1: so you know I like about that. Keep going. Let's

986
00:49:54,760 --> 00:49:58,359
Speaker 1: put three minutes on the clock for that. All right,

987
00:49:58,520 --> 00:50:02,440
Speaker 1: Let's move on now to the Houston Texans sending. What

988
00:50:02,680 --> 00:50:04,040
Speaker 1: do you want me to say about the Texans? I

989
00:50:04,080 --> 00:50:09,359
Speaker 1: don't know me? Okay, So they clearly seem to be

990
00:50:09,360 --> 00:50:11,640
Speaker 1: believing in Davis Mills. Whether or not the rest of

991
00:50:11,719 --> 00:50:14,759
Speaker 1: us think that that's the truth, I don't know. It

992
00:50:14,880 --> 00:50:18,360
Speaker 1: seems like they are. I did think that the John

993
00:50:18,440 --> 00:50:21,759
Speaker 1: Mechi wide receiver pick up. You know, people stop talking

994
00:50:21,760 --> 00:50:23,920
Speaker 1: about him because he got hurt kind of in the

995
00:50:23,960 --> 00:50:28,160
Speaker 1: season before Giraffe season picked up. But John Metchi watches film.

996
00:50:28,200 --> 00:50:29,839
Speaker 1: He's right up there with some of those top guys.

997
00:50:29,840 --> 00:50:32,200
Speaker 1: I mean Alabama guys like this is a guy who's

998
00:50:32,920 --> 00:50:36,160
Speaker 1: very very good. Also, how the Patriots get in trouble

999
00:50:36,160 --> 00:50:38,960
Speaker 1: when they hire other Patriots guys, because I guarantee you

1000
00:50:39,000 --> 00:50:41,600
Speaker 1: they would have taken John Metchi with their second round pick,

1001
00:50:41,600 --> 00:50:44,960
Speaker 1: but instead, you know, they took Derek Stingley, which that

1002
00:50:45,000 --> 00:50:48,120
Speaker 1: has some Derek again it was one too for for

1003
00:50:48,239 --> 00:50:50,720
Speaker 1: which corners, but he does fit the Levey Smith system.

1004
00:50:50,760 --> 00:50:53,480
Speaker 1: Now that means there's a little bit of projection there

1005
00:50:53,520 --> 00:50:55,200
Speaker 1: because is he going to be the guy who's on

1006
00:50:55,239 --> 00:50:57,600
Speaker 1: twenty nineteen when he was all world at l s

1007
00:50:57,640 --> 00:50:58,800
Speaker 1: U Or are we going to see the guy in

1008
00:50:58,840 --> 00:51:00,520
Speaker 1: the past two years that it's going to be a

1009
00:51:00,520 --> 00:51:03,400
Speaker 1: coach in two years. That's but I will have to

1010
00:51:03,480 --> 00:51:05,279
Speaker 1: there's some low key thing I have to point out.

1011
00:51:05,360 --> 00:51:07,840
Speaker 1: There's Austin Deckless. He's our potential, right, So he's a

1012
00:51:07,920 --> 00:51:10,880
Speaker 1: sixth round pick. This kid he is from he went

1013
00:51:10,960 --> 00:51:16,360
Speaker 1: tells you he eats turtles. His grandmother made him turtle

1014
00:51:16,400 --> 00:51:19,920
Speaker 1: stew and he was the most entertaining person that I've

1015
00:51:19,920 --> 00:51:22,040
Speaker 1: talked to in a really long time. You talked to

1016
00:51:22,040 --> 00:51:23,920
Speaker 1: about East West Shrine. So this is the type of

1017
00:51:23,920 --> 00:51:29,439
Speaker 1: stuff you get. Turtle eating like, what is it like? What? Like, okay,

1018
00:51:29,719 --> 00:51:34,279
Speaker 1: just tho, I've had turtle before, like the arms, legs

1019
00:51:34,280 --> 00:51:38,160
Speaker 1: and head and you'd eat. He said it didn't taste

1020
00:51:38,160 --> 00:51:40,279
Speaker 1: like chicken, but he didn't know what it tasted like,

1021
00:51:40,400 --> 00:51:42,279
Speaker 1: and he said maybe more like turkey. But this is

1022
00:51:42,400 --> 00:51:46,000
Speaker 1: his kid's nuts. Like he's super fun to talk to me,

1023
00:51:46,200 --> 00:51:50,719
Speaker 1: like the human of the reptiles to human for me,

1024
00:51:52,120 --> 00:51:55,160
Speaker 1: I'm a tortoise owner. I was a turtle owner. Now

1025
00:51:55,200 --> 00:51:57,400
Speaker 1: I'm a tortoise owner. We've got got old Nori in

1026
00:51:57,440 --> 00:51:59,520
Speaker 1: the backyard. Yeah, now maybe I wouldn't need it, but

1027
00:51:59,520 --> 00:52:02,479
Speaker 1: it was good what did get in. But that's something

1028
00:52:03,640 --> 00:52:05,920
Speaker 1: often because I hope he makes the team I'm rooting for.

1029
00:52:07,120 --> 00:52:09,000
Speaker 1: But he loved his grandma so much. He's like anything

1030
00:52:09,120 --> 00:52:10,839
Speaker 1: she would she could have gotten me eating my finger.

1031
00:52:10,920 --> 00:52:13,600
Speaker 1: You know, he's learning about swamp people. This is very interesting.

1032
00:52:14,239 --> 00:52:19,080
Speaker 1: Nine draft picks in Vegas Derek Stingley, Kenyan Green fifteen overall,

1033
00:52:19,160 --> 00:52:22,600
Speaker 1: Jalen Petrie sat as we talked about, those are all

1034
00:52:22,640 --> 00:52:25,359
Speaker 1: starters for a team that needs to build. I think

1035
00:52:25,360 --> 00:52:27,640
Speaker 1: a serial has kind of done a good job, like

1036
00:52:27,880 --> 00:52:30,440
Speaker 1: last year was just a disaster. But like Davis Mills

1037
00:52:30,480 --> 00:52:33,680
Speaker 1: deserves a second chance. I always thought this was a

1038
00:52:33,719 --> 00:52:36,640
Speaker 1: potential landing spot for Baker Mayfield. It's never come up once,

1039
00:52:36,760 --> 00:52:39,080
Speaker 1: which is interesting because, like the backup team is Jeff

1040
00:52:39,239 --> 00:52:41,200
Speaker 1: criscal So it's not like you're sitting here being like, hey,

1041
00:52:41,280 --> 00:52:42,759
Speaker 1: let's give him a chance. But then I put a

1042
00:52:42,840 --> 00:52:46,400
Speaker 1: veteran like, where's the Brian Hoyer of this situation? Right?

1043
00:52:46,440 --> 00:52:49,000
Speaker 1: That's not what Jeff Driscoll makes too much sense. I

1044
00:52:49,040 --> 00:52:50,600
Speaker 1: think I think they are a little bit of an

1045
00:52:50,680 --> 00:52:55,080
Speaker 1: underdog to Baker at why why don't you rather have

1046
00:52:56,360 --> 00:53:00,800
Speaker 1: another showed something. I think they want to see Davis

1047
00:53:00,840 --> 00:53:06,439
Speaker 1: Mills hard, like Davis Mills, don't put it down. Put

1048
00:53:06,440 --> 00:53:13,279
Speaker 1: it down, Jackson will, Yeah, you are so. My my

1049
00:53:13,400 --> 00:53:17,279
Speaker 1: question with them is is trying enough? Like they're like

1050
00:53:17,280 --> 00:53:20,479
Speaker 1: they're trying. You can't say that the Jaguars aren't trying

1051
00:53:20,480 --> 00:53:22,680
Speaker 1: the Bears. I have questioned if the Bears are trying enough.

1052
00:53:23,120 --> 00:53:26,279
Speaker 1: I don't know if the Titans are trying enough. The

1053
00:53:26,400 --> 00:53:30,719
Speaker 1: Jaguars are absolutely trying to fix the worst franchise in

1054
00:53:30,760 --> 00:53:33,200
Speaker 1: the league. You know, based on Winds, based on their coach.

1055
00:53:33,560 --> 00:53:37,160
Speaker 1: They have at least ten new starters uh combined between

1056
00:53:37,200 --> 00:53:39,719
Speaker 1: their offense and defense. But when I when I look

1057
00:53:39,760 --> 00:53:43,720
Speaker 1: at their offense, I guess my question is, like, Cynthia,

1058
00:53:43,760 --> 00:53:46,160
Speaker 1: do you think it's enough? Because I look at what's

1059
00:53:46,200 --> 00:53:49,239
Speaker 1: around Trevor Lawrence and maybe it's a little better. They

1060
00:53:49,239 --> 00:53:51,800
Speaker 1: made the decision to keep the offensive line more or

1061
00:53:51,840 --> 00:53:54,080
Speaker 1: less the same. You brought in Brandon Schurff. It was

1062
00:53:54,080 --> 00:53:56,520
Speaker 1: a big addition in terms of runblocker, but you you

1063
00:53:56,560 --> 00:54:00,200
Speaker 1: resigned Cam Robinson instead of drafting someone. And I look

1064
00:54:00,200 --> 00:54:02,160
Speaker 1: at that group around him, and I just said, is

1065
00:54:02,160 --> 00:54:05,520
Speaker 1: it enough? Because I'm not overly impressed. Well, Walker little

1066
00:54:05,560 --> 00:54:07,360
Speaker 1: is there? So your kids are going to be happy

1067
00:54:07,600 --> 00:54:12,640
Speaker 1: to know that fan favorite. Um, I don't know if

1068
00:54:12,640 --> 00:54:14,319
Speaker 1: it's going to be enough. This seems to be. They

1069
00:54:14,360 --> 00:54:17,279
Speaker 1: made some interesting decisions that I'm I don't know. But

1070
00:54:17,360 --> 00:54:19,840
Speaker 1: the thing that they did really well was screw everyone

1071
00:54:19,880 --> 00:54:21,920
Speaker 1: else up in the wide receiver market, which was pretty

1072
00:54:21,920 --> 00:54:26,200
Speaker 1: epic for them by that Christian Kirk comp in the marketplace. Really,

1073
00:54:26,280 --> 00:54:28,600
Speaker 1: they really stuck it to a lot of other teams

1074
00:54:28,600 --> 00:54:30,640
Speaker 1: because people like I am way better than Christian Ker.

1075
00:54:30,760 --> 00:54:32,799
Speaker 1: You're going to need to pay me. See all the

1076
00:54:32,840 --> 00:54:35,319
Speaker 1: rest of the contracts that followed. So I think it's

1077
00:54:35,320 --> 00:54:37,880
Speaker 1: going to look better. And I think low key best

1078
00:54:37,920 --> 00:54:41,360
Speaker 1: news for uh, you know, for Trevor Lawrence is the

1079
00:54:41,400 --> 00:54:43,279
Speaker 1: fact that Travis A t N will be back. I

1080
00:54:43,320 --> 00:54:46,680
Speaker 1: think that that's super helpful. Using him along with James

1081
00:54:46,800 --> 00:54:49,920
Speaker 1: Robinson will be a big upgrade. I mean, Luke Fortner

1082
00:54:50,040 --> 00:54:52,439
Speaker 1: the third round pick as a center, Okay, I don't

1083
00:54:52,480 --> 00:54:54,440
Speaker 1: know it. It just it's gonna be It's gonna be

1084
00:54:54,480 --> 00:54:56,480
Speaker 1: interesting to see how that all plays out. And They're

1085
00:54:56,520 --> 00:54:59,000
Speaker 1: defense did get better upfront, and I do like their

1086
00:54:59,000 --> 00:55:01,080
Speaker 1: linebacker picks, but this is it was kind of like

1087
00:55:01,120 --> 00:55:03,120
Speaker 1: they were like, let's just throw a dart. We're gonna

1088
00:55:03,120 --> 00:55:06,040
Speaker 1: put ten names here, and then of these are sort

1089
00:55:06,080 --> 00:55:07,680
Speaker 1: of our consensus tend at this pick, and we'll just

1090
00:55:07,680 --> 00:55:09,160
Speaker 1: throw a dart and pick that because you know, why

1091
00:55:09,160 --> 00:55:11,080
Speaker 1: would you you know, Devin Lloyd is awesome. And but

1092
00:55:11,080 --> 00:55:13,359
Speaker 1: then like doubling down with Chad MoMA after that, like

1093
00:55:13,719 --> 00:55:16,320
Speaker 1: we're sort of redundancy is interesting. I do have questions

1094
00:55:16,320 --> 00:55:19,200
Speaker 1: about how much power Doug Peterson has inside the structure

1095
00:55:19,239 --> 00:55:21,440
Speaker 1: of that team, because the lead up to the draft

1096
00:55:21,520 --> 00:55:24,080
Speaker 1: was just like this camp wants this player, this camp

1097
00:55:24,120 --> 00:55:26,320
Speaker 1: wants this player. Never even heard about Doug Peterson. I

1098
00:55:26,760 --> 00:55:29,799
Speaker 1: My the thing though, is that I organizationally to go

1099
00:55:29,880 --> 00:55:32,600
Speaker 1: from last year where Trevor Lawrence spent the entire season

1100
00:55:32,640 --> 00:55:35,120
Speaker 1: like in a bathtub of total chaos under Urban and Meyer.

1101
00:55:35,520 --> 00:55:37,520
Speaker 1: There are a much better team, I think, just in

1102
00:55:37,560 --> 00:55:40,799
Speaker 1: every possible way, because they've removed a total cancer. And

1103
00:55:40,920 --> 00:55:43,920
Speaker 1: maybe Doug Peterson has power in the organization. Maybe it doesn't.

1104
00:55:43,920 --> 00:55:46,160
Speaker 1: You know, what we do know is he's a professional.

1105
00:55:46,480 --> 00:55:49,680
Speaker 1: He's been here before. Guy's got a real he has

1106
00:55:49,680 --> 00:55:52,400
Speaker 1: a great analytics one of my one of my favorite.

1107
00:55:53,520 --> 00:55:56,359
Speaker 1: He's going to be a professional that's going to help

1108
00:55:56,840 --> 00:55:59,879
Speaker 1: the kid, Trevor Lawrence build on it. And every year

1109
00:56:00,320 --> 00:56:06,400
Speaker 1: there is a team that nobody even thinks about than division.

1110
00:56:06,440 --> 00:56:08,680
Speaker 1: But Jack, don't be surprised if they're hanging around in

1111
00:56:08,719 --> 00:56:13,840
Speaker 1: the division racing after you know, Thanksgiving. Surprised. Okay, maybe

1112
00:56:13,920 --> 00:56:16,839
Speaker 1: I would give you Halloween or the South winner wins

1113
00:56:16,880 --> 00:56:21,719
Speaker 1: seven games, Right, That's what I think I'm telling I'm

1114
00:56:21,719 --> 00:56:24,360
Speaker 1: trying to teach Justin to take the path of peace,

1115
00:56:25,040 --> 00:56:27,799
Speaker 1: but sometimes you've got to pick up the piece. And

1116
00:56:27,880 --> 00:56:29,040
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, I think you did a

1117
00:56:29,040 --> 00:56:32,799
Speaker 1: good job. They're actually an assortment of it. Actually it's

1118
00:56:32,800 --> 00:56:35,200
Speaker 1: likely a second, but I got there, and I think

1119
00:56:35,200 --> 00:56:38,880
Speaker 1: you're saying pace but like using a different anyways, Alright,

1120
00:56:39,080 --> 00:56:41,440
Speaker 1: we're getting we're getting close. Now let's head to the

1121
00:56:41,480 --> 00:56:44,560
Speaker 1: a f C. West. Let's close things out, Cindy. Starting

1122
00:56:44,600 --> 00:56:48,040
Speaker 1: with the Chiefs, best division in football. Chiefs had a

1123
00:56:48,239 --> 00:56:51,319
Speaker 1: very very good draft. The problem is is that when

1124
00:56:51,360 --> 00:56:53,200
Speaker 1: you have a lot of things that are it's a

1125
00:56:53,239 --> 00:56:56,520
Speaker 1: totally different tack. They've had some interesting different strategies. Right

1126
00:56:56,719 --> 00:56:58,560
Speaker 1: the year after the Super Bowl, they brought back a

1127
00:56:58,560 --> 00:57:00,640
Speaker 1: lot of their starters, so they had a lot of continuity,

1128
00:57:00,640 --> 00:57:03,799
Speaker 1: and of course during COVID that continuity was an advantage.

1129
00:57:03,920 --> 00:57:05,799
Speaker 1: But then you remake this old line and you kind

1130
00:57:05,800 --> 00:57:08,279
Speaker 1: of remake the old line that are better at run

1131
00:57:08,320 --> 00:57:11,040
Speaker 1: blocking and than pass blocking, and then you pass a ton.

1132
00:57:11,320 --> 00:57:13,680
Speaker 1: So it takes a while for the two things to

1133
00:57:13,760 --> 00:57:16,760
Speaker 1: kind of come together. And then now you add a

1134
00:57:16,800 --> 00:57:19,560
Speaker 1: lot of different pieces. Obviously you get rid of Tyreek Hill,

1135
00:57:19,600 --> 00:57:22,400
Speaker 1: who you're not going to replace, but you add some

1136
00:57:22,440 --> 00:57:25,880
Speaker 1: pieces that are very good. So Trent McDuffie their first

1137
00:57:25,960 --> 00:57:27,520
Speaker 1: round pick that they went up to go and get,

1138
00:57:27,920 --> 00:57:31,560
Speaker 1: and then George carl loftis again adding at a position

1139
00:57:31,560 --> 00:57:33,280
Speaker 1: of need. This is interesting. And by the way, I

1140
00:57:33,320 --> 00:57:36,320
Speaker 1: love the Leo Shaneal pick because Steve Spagnolo defenses. It

1141
00:57:36,360 --> 00:57:39,240
Speaker 1: takes them all to a little bit to come together

1142
00:57:39,320 --> 00:57:42,480
Speaker 1: because it's a more complicated defense. Trent McDuffie does have

1143
00:57:42,800 --> 00:57:44,920
Speaker 1: a lot of the different attributes and he's played at

1144
00:57:44,920 --> 00:57:50,000
Speaker 1: the system most similarly to what Spags has done, so

1145
00:57:50,040 --> 00:57:52,000
Speaker 1: I think that will help quickly. But you know it's

1146
00:57:52,000 --> 00:57:55,200
Speaker 1: gonna the wide receiver room that is going to take

1147
00:57:55,240 --> 00:57:57,360
Speaker 1: a couple of games for even a guy with a

1148
00:57:57,440 --> 00:58:00,360
Speaker 1: talent level Patrick Mahomes to get used to having, I mean,

1149
00:58:00,400 --> 00:58:03,480
Speaker 1: other than his tight end. It's all this is it.

1150
00:58:03,560 --> 00:58:05,560
Speaker 1: This is where at Travis Kelsey is still the lead

1151
00:58:05,600 --> 00:58:08,440
Speaker 1: dog here at the tight end spot. But Juju Smith,

1152
00:58:08,440 --> 00:58:15,160
Speaker 1: Schuster mvs Sky more Mark. Do you think that is that?

1153
00:58:15,720 --> 00:58:19,320
Speaker 1: I think in on other teams maybe not, But you

1154
00:58:19,360 --> 00:58:21,400
Speaker 1: have Patrick Mahomes and I can't think of a team

1155
00:58:21,400 --> 00:58:24,200
Speaker 1: that I trust more under Andy Reid to make this

1156
00:58:24,240 --> 00:58:27,160
Speaker 1: work somehow. It's a great draft. I love that. I

1157
00:58:27,200 --> 00:58:29,520
Speaker 1: love how they're all very different, though they make it

1158
00:58:29,600 --> 00:58:32,440
Speaker 1: makes sense to me. I think they're very much with

1159
00:58:32,520 --> 00:58:36,040
Speaker 1: the trend that you don't need two great receivers necessarily,

1160
00:58:36,040 --> 00:58:38,280
Speaker 1: but you need four different ones that can all play,

1161
00:58:38,280 --> 00:58:39,800
Speaker 1: and they have four different ones. And you mentioned the

1162
00:58:39,840 --> 00:58:42,680
Speaker 1: offensive line makeover that they were so focused on last year.

1163
00:58:43,040 --> 00:58:45,400
Speaker 1: It weren't like it wasn't the only thing they needed

1164
00:58:45,440 --> 00:58:48,120
Speaker 1: to do last year but their offensive line. But will

1165
00:58:48,280 --> 00:58:50,560
Speaker 1: take a minute for these receivers and Patrick Mahomes against

1166
00:58:51,800 --> 00:58:57,160
Speaker 1: going to day one. Yeah, that Tyree killed leaving, Uh,

1167
00:58:57,480 --> 00:59:00,200
Speaker 1: you could still actually build a really explosive offense with

1168
00:59:00,280 --> 00:59:02,760
Speaker 1: the different pieces that fit together. I buy all that.

1169
00:59:02,960 --> 00:59:05,680
Speaker 1: And I like Jujuiceth Houster getting out of a big

1170
00:59:05,760 --> 00:59:08,680
Speaker 1: ben prison and you don't like as much, but he

1171
00:59:08,760 --> 00:59:12,000
Speaker 1: can make plays downfield sky more. Again, you're projecting a

1172
00:59:12,120 --> 00:59:15,200
Speaker 1: prospect making an immediate impact. It's all kind of there,

1173
00:59:15,720 --> 00:59:18,200
Speaker 1: but it might take time. And they've been known to

1174
00:59:18,280 --> 00:59:23,840
Speaker 1: Steve Spagnola's defense, which they put two first round picks in,

1175
00:59:23,920 --> 00:59:25,960
Speaker 1: and they have a lot of veterans on that defense.

1176
00:59:26,120 --> 00:59:28,560
Speaker 1: How about you not be like so up and down,

1177
00:59:28,640 --> 00:59:30,800
Speaker 1: where your top five for half the year or your

1178
00:59:30,800 --> 00:59:33,160
Speaker 1: bottom five for the other half. Let's just show up

1179
00:59:33,240 --> 00:59:36,480
Speaker 1: and maybe that they carried the chief sections of it,

1180
00:59:36,600 --> 00:59:39,479
Speaker 1: and then they're going to be better without Tyreek Killer

1181
00:59:39,520 --> 00:59:41,840
Speaker 1: that you're not gonna be better without Davonte Adams, Like,

1182
00:59:41,920 --> 00:59:43,840
Speaker 1: that's a bunch of that go pound salt on that one,

1183
00:59:44,640 --> 00:59:50,960
Speaker 1: or sand or sand YouTube salt bats salt. It's not

1184
00:59:51,120 --> 00:59:56,800
Speaker 1: the same, all right, here we go. Chandler Jones was

1185
00:59:56,920 --> 01:00:00,960
Speaker 1: signed to hunt quarterbacks with Max CROs Be. Davante Adams

1186
01:00:01,000 --> 01:00:06,680
Speaker 1: acquired Blockbuster changes everything for the Vegas offense. Life's good

1187
01:00:06,720 --> 01:00:10,400
Speaker 1: for Derek Carr, who also has Darren Waller. It's almost unfair.

1188
01:00:11,280 --> 01:00:19,000
Speaker 1: But do we truly I'm asking you what you feel.

1189
01:00:19,080 --> 01:00:21,760
Speaker 1: Do we truly see the Raiders as an a f

1190
01:00:21,840 --> 01:00:25,160
Speaker 1: C contender or are they going to be remembered because

1191
01:00:25,240 --> 01:00:26,520
Speaker 1: by the way, a lot of things in the power

1192
01:00:26,600 --> 01:00:28,760
Speaker 1: rankings and may are gonna be very wrong by January.

1193
01:00:29,240 --> 01:00:32,720
Speaker 1: Or are they a classic offseason hype bunny that will

1194
01:00:32,760 --> 01:00:35,840
Speaker 1: be long forgotten by the middle of May the middle

1195
01:00:35,880 --> 01:00:38,680
Speaker 1: of January. Mark They're my number one argument for why

1196
01:00:39,000 --> 01:00:41,560
Speaker 1: we should receive the playoffs um ignoring a f C

1197
01:00:41,720 --> 01:00:45,000
Speaker 1: NFC but just put like the top fourteen teams one

1198
01:00:45,080 --> 01:00:48,080
Speaker 1: to fourteen, because I think it's the one problem is

1199
01:00:48,120 --> 01:00:50,520
Speaker 1: getting out of that division. Correct. It's like they could

1200
01:00:50,560 --> 01:00:52,400
Speaker 1: probably run away with the A f C South. I'm

1201
01:00:52,440 --> 01:00:55,680
Speaker 1: not sure that you're gonna you're gonna subtract wins in

1202
01:00:55,840 --> 01:00:58,400
Speaker 1: Vegas because they're gonna beat each other up right. The

1203
01:00:58,440 --> 01:01:00,640
Speaker 1: other thing is, and you know, Josh mc daniels has

1204
01:01:00,680 --> 01:01:03,600
Speaker 1: always fit really well in the Patriots milieu where he's

1205
01:01:03,640 --> 01:01:04,960
Speaker 1: the play caller and doesn't have to do all the

1206
01:01:05,000 --> 01:01:07,840
Speaker 1: rest of the stuff. The Josh McDaniels outside of New

1207
01:01:07,880 --> 01:01:10,080
Speaker 1: England has been a raging disaster. I get that was

1208
01:01:10,120 --> 01:01:12,880
Speaker 1: a long time ago. People can change. He's talked about that,

1209
01:01:13,240 --> 01:01:15,880
Speaker 1: but I don't know what Jash McDaniel's head coach, what

1210
01:01:16,040 --> 01:01:18,080
Speaker 1: that all does, and how well it works with Derek Carr.

1211
01:01:18,080 --> 01:01:20,520
Speaker 1: Although Derek Carr's haircut makes me think they could hop

1212
01:01:20,560 --> 01:01:22,680
Speaker 1: scotch one or two team in that division possible right

1213
01:01:22,720 --> 01:01:25,000
Speaker 1: when you kind of like go down the list of

1214
01:01:25,080 --> 01:01:29,760
Speaker 1: their roster, as exciting as it is, that you can't

1215
01:01:29,800 --> 01:01:32,400
Speaker 1: double Hunter Renfro like the Chargers were in Week eighteen

1216
01:01:32,480 --> 01:01:35,120
Speaker 1: so much last year. Now that you have Davante Adams like,

1217
01:01:35,200 --> 01:01:37,480
Speaker 1: I think it's still the fourth best roster in the

1218
01:01:37,840 --> 01:01:40,439
Speaker 1: division and there's plenty of talent, but the offensive line

1219
01:01:40,600 --> 01:01:45,400
Speaker 1: especially was not great on paper or on the Field

1220
01:01:45,560 --> 01:01:47,400
Speaker 1: a year ago and they didn't really do much. They

1221
01:01:47,520 --> 01:01:50,160
Speaker 1: drafted a third round pick, they didn't have picks. Dylan

1222
01:01:50,240 --> 01:01:53,720
Speaker 1: Paramet guard. Uh, you brought over an offensive line coach

1223
01:01:53,840 --> 01:01:56,920
Speaker 1: from the Patriots. Maybe that'll work out. But I do

1224
01:01:57,160 --> 01:02:00,760
Speaker 1: I do worry about that in this division. I'll say

1225
01:02:00,920 --> 01:02:05,720
Speaker 1: on the tray Von Mullin rock us in. Those are

1226
01:02:05,720 --> 01:02:13,760
Speaker 1: their starting corners. Yes, that's good in that division, that's

1227
01:02:13,960 --> 01:02:15,480
Speaker 1: that's not I don't know if that's going to be enough.

1228
01:02:15,840 --> 01:02:17,760
Speaker 1: And it was a big middle finger to Mike Mayak

1229
01:02:17,840 --> 01:02:20,880
Speaker 1: that they declined all three fifth year options those first

1230
01:02:20,960 --> 01:02:25,960
Speaker 1: round picks. Also, let's do the same thing. It's fair

1231
01:02:26,160 --> 01:02:28,880
Speaker 1: either way. I don't know who was, but either way

1232
01:02:29,080 --> 01:02:32,640
Speaker 1: it's it's actually impressive that they are an interesting, compelling

1233
01:02:32,720 --> 01:02:35,800
Speaker 1: team considering the whiffs of that mess. They're going to

1234
01:02:35,880 --> 01:02:38,080
Speaker 1: get lit up in the secondary. Is what you do.

1235
01:02:40,600 --> 01:02:45,960
Speaker 1: Jonathan Abraham hasn't I like Patrick Graham, right, I don't know.

1236
01:02:46,120 --> 01:02:48,600
Speaker 1: I just think that start just going to I think

1237
01:02:49,080 --> 01:02:52,480
Speaker 1: stuff could be very good and one of these teams anyway.

1238
01:02:52,680 --> 01:02:55,880
Speaker 1: Josh McDaniels at the combine, he smiled and was like

1239
01:02:56,000 --> 01:02:58,160
Speaker 1: super nice to me. He has to do that stuff now,

1240
01:02:58,320 --> 01:03:01,080
Speaker 1: freaking crazy he was, So I'll take the Darks. I

1241
01:03:01,120 --> 01:03:03,880
Speaker 1: want to say this, it's one of these teams. It's

1242
01:03:03,920 --> 01:03:06,640
Speaker 1: more likely than not that one of these teams will

1243
01:03:06,640 --> 01:03:12,120
Speaker 1: disappoint someone's taking. I had to pick, I would be

1244
01:03:12,200 --> 01:03:14,800
Speaker 1: the Raiders. But I also at this time, I feel

1245
01:03:14,880 --> 01:03:17,680
Speaker 1: pretty good about him. But it's gonna be tough. You're right,

1246
01:03:17,720 --> 01:03:20,680
Speaker 1: You're right. Let's move on. Chargers. Greg. You know, as

1247
01:03:20,720 --> 01:03:24,440
Speaker 1: a long time Chargers quasi fan, it almost feels like

1248
01:03:24,480 --> 01:03:26,560
Speaker 1: they would be the team set up for that because

1249
01:03:26,640 --> 01:03:29,160
Speaker 1: they're the Charges. But it's not gonna happen because they

1250
01:03:29,200 --> 01:03:34,000
Speaker 1: got Justin Herbert and he's immortal. He's unbelievable. And I

1251
01:03:34,480 --> 01:03:39,080
Speaker 1: like to Zion Johnson pick because he was the guy

1252
01:03:39,160 --> 01:03:41,800
Speaker 1: I think the team's right behind the Chargers all wanted

1253
01:03:41,840 --> 01:03:43,880
Speaker 1: to take. And so that's a good sign when you do.

1254
01:03:44,000 --> 01:03:47,439
Speaker 1: When it's like when you make the the play call

1255
01:03:47,520 --> 01:03:48,920
Speaker 1: that you don't want the other team to make you

1256
01:03:48,960 --> 01:03:50,560
Speaker 1: made the pick. I think a lot of those teams

1257
01:03:50,640 --> 01:03:53,320
Speaker 1: wanted Zion Johnson. I think he fits in perfectly. They

1258
01:03:53,360 --> 01:03:55,800
Speaker 1: still have a question at right tackle. Was Storm Norton.

1259
01:03:56,160 --> 01:03:59,880
Speaker 1: I think if Tom Talsco like had to redo this offseason.

1260
01:04:00,000 --> 01:04:01,959
Speaker 1: I think he had hopes that he would maybe add

1261
01:04:02,160 --> 01:04:06,920
Speaker 1: one more offensive weapon, uh to the mix, maybe a

1262
01:04:07,000 --> 01:04:09,560
Speaker 1: pass catcher. And I do think they could be someone

1263
01:04:09,800 --> 01:04:13,320
Speaker 1: lurking in the O b J sweepstakes here because they

1264
01:04:13,360 --> 01:04:15,040
Speaker 1: still have a little bit of cap space. And I

1265
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Speaker 1: think that that was maybe one part of the checklist

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Speaker 1: they didn't quite get ticked off, is add one more

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Speaker 1: pass catcher. I was surprised they didn't draft someone. I

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Speaker 1: thought that they were sort of a home run to

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Speaker 1: draft a wide out. But I do trust this team

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Speaker 1: to make the most out of Khalil Mack and J. C.

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Speaker 1: Jackson on defense. Those are two massive additions, Like you

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Speaker 1: didn't need to draft after those two. I mean, if

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Speaker 1: you already have your quarterback, you do have a left tackle,

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Speaker 1: you have nailed that down, and he's on a rookie country,

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Speaker 1: it would be a little, um, a little full of yourself.

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01:04:41,840 --> 01:04:44,120
Speaker 1: You're just like, I'm not, I mean, well, you'd be

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Speaker 1: a little full of yourself. But I'm just saying, like,

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Speaker 1: for what they've got like and I love the Zigon

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Speaker 1: Johnson big. Obviously I went to BC, so of course

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna like a Zigon Johnson. You have like a

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Speaker 1: close personal relations like all the bc UH players and

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Speaker 1: coaches that you seem to have a network of them

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01:04:58,920 --> 01:05:00,919
Speaker 1: or you And you know, you know what's even better

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01:05:01,000 --> 01:05:03,240
Speaker 1: for me that Ryan Day was there when I was there,

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Speaker 1: So that actually really helps me for the networking part

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01:05:06,200 --> 01:05:13,120
Speaker 1: because Ryan Day actually pretty darn coach become Johnson. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that that's the unofficial edict of the Chargers. Protect Justin

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01:05:17,600 --> 01:05:20,200
Speaker 1: Herbert at all costs. Smart smart move. I'm gonna do it.

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Speaker 1: I'm this guy's unofficial fan club leader. But how about

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Speaker 1: we get will Fuller, have him run some go routes

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Speaker 1: for Justin Herbert. I don't know. Healthy think will Fuller

1292
01:05:30,360 --> 01:05:31,960
Speaker 1: was one of those guys who had the same trainer

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Speaker 1: as Dehanre Hopkins Beaver Tranquilizer. What is that? I think

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Speaker 1: that might be. I think you're absolutely right that will

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Speaker 1: Fuller is UH. At this point, what's he gonna cost

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Speaker 1: one year? Four million dollars? He'll pay you at this point, right,

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Speaker 1: he could make a difference for a team in cheaper too.

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Speaker 1: Will Fuller is is always a wild card, not even

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Speaker 1: off the field, but on the field to play to

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01:06:00,400 --> 01:06:03,800
Speaker 1: think about it, but I think J Miller can we

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Speaker 1: get I like, I like one of the free agent

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Speaker 1: signings Stone Smart. Hey, it sounds good to me. I

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01:06:11,160 --> 01:06:13,400
Speaker 1: hope he makes it. This is the official team. Like

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01:06:13,520 --> 01:06:15,240
Speaker 1: by the end, we always just start running out of

1305
01:06:15,360 --> 01:06:22,080
Speaker 1: theme and compliments, but we don't know rant about b

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01:06:22,200 --> 01:06:23,800
Speaker 1: C in the middle of that, and still can't get

1307
01:06:23,840 --> 01:06:27,720
Speaker 1: to the buzzy. I'm still mad about Glenn Foley beating

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01:06:27,760 --> 01:06:31,080
Speaker 1: Notre Dame. When I was at Boston Coology beat Notre

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01:06:31,160 --> 01:06:33,200
Speaker 1: Dame all four years, which is like pretty amazing because

1310
01:06:33,240 --> 01:06:36,360
Speaker 1: we did not have this good of teams. All Right, finally,

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Speaker 1: let's wrap it up. Mark, This is your opportunity to

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Speaker 1: end the show. Mark, Mark, thank you for the support.

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Speaker 1: I appreciate that. I feel like we've been talking about

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Speaker 1: the Broncos for years as being a quarterback away from

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01:06:51,320 --> 01:06:53,560
Speaker 1: being a super Bowl threat, and so now they got

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Speaker 1: their guy. We get into how annoying last summer was.

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01:06:56,960 --> 01:07:01,040
Speaker 1: It was, it was the previous summer was, previous seasons

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01:07:01,040 --> 01:07:05,160
Speaker 1: as well. The Panthers, you know, the Broncos better worry

1319
01:07:05,280 --> 01:07:08,440
Speaker 1: that the Teddy leaving effect. You know, sometimes you don't

1320
01:07:08,480 --> 01:07:10,480
Speaker 1: know what you had until he's gone. I think we're

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01:07:10,520 --> 01:07:14,960
Speaker 1: getting I with this either. I think we're getting a feisty, angry,

1322
01:07:15,680 --> 01:07:18,360
Speaker 1: top shelf version of Russell Wilson. I really do. I

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01:07:18,480 --> 01:07:21,760
Speaker 1: also Nathaniel Hackett is my cup of tea. A lot

1324
01:07:21,840 --> 01:07:24,160
Speaker 1: of it is good. It's rosie. But I would say this,

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Speaker 1: or I would ask you this. Are we overlooking a

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01:07:26,880 --> 01:07:30,280
Speaker 1: somewhat shaky offensive line? Are we overlooking the idea that

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01:07:30,360 --> 01:07:33,320
Speaker 1: Hackett and Russell Wilson have never worked together? Are we

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01:07:33,440 --> 01:07:35,919
Speaker 1: overlooking a defense that is now run by someone named

1329
01:07:36,200 --> 01:07:41,280
Speaker 1: is Giro Viro? Uh? Instead of Vick Fongio. That's not

1330
01:07:41,520 --> 01:07:44,160
Speaker 1: the person that's running the defense, Gero Viro. Yeah, it's

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01:07:44,160 --> 01:07:47,960
Speaker 1: the new defensive. It all seems sensational on paper. Do

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Speaker 1: you have concerns though, that there might be a fly

1333
01:07:49,760 --> 01:07:52,000
Speaker 1: in the ointment here somewhere? They're the other team? They

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01:07:52,040 --> 01:07:55,320
Speaker 1: are to me like the Raiders, or it's like definitely

1335
01:07:55,400 --> 01:07:57,440
Speaker 1: have talked myselves into them. They're number eight in my

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Speaker 1: power ranks. But you can absolutely make a case that

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01:08:00,560 --> 01:08:03,800
Speaker 1: they are off season hype bunny for the ages. They

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Speaker 1: remind me a little bit of the Broncos in that,

1339
01:08:06,560 --> 01:08:09,240
Speaker 1: like when Peyton Manning got there, we weren't sure what

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01:08:09,360 --> 01:08:11,000
Speaker 1: Manning was gonna be like but we're kind of like

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01:08:11,680 --> 01:08:13,640
Speaker 1: they might be a super Bowl contender right away with

1342
01:08:13,680 --> 01:08:15,480
Speaker 1: it with a new head coach in this case, that

1343
01:08:15,680 --> 01:08:18,320
Speaker 1: usually doesn't happen, and it absolutely worked and they were

1344
01:08:18,360 --> 01:08:22,280
Speaker 1: a super Bowl contender. I I I'm not buying the

1345
01:08:22,439 --> 01:08:26,799
Speaker 1: doubt so much. You're right, the offensive line has some questions.

1346
01:08:26,840 --> 01:08:29,200
Speaker 1: You brought bit of Billy Turner from the Packers. He

1347
01:08:29,320 --> 01:08:33,400
Speaker 1: knows Hackett. I think just roster is the top five

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01:08:33,520 --> 01:08:35,640
Speaker 1: roster in the NFL. They don't have like because I

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01:08:35,720 --> 01:08:41,000
Speaker 1: was trying the Broncos. Let's hear in Cynthia. I had

1350
01:08:41,080 --> 01:08:44,640
Speaker 1: some questions. Number one actually less on the defense. I

1351
01:08:44,720 --> 01:08:47,799
Speaker 1: love Bradley Chub, I love pats her Tan. I understand,

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01:08:47,880 --> 01:08:49,439
Speaker 1: you know it's only the second season, so it's gonna

1353
01:08:49,439 --> 01:08:52,000
Speaker 1: take a minute. I obviously you know Justin Simmons were

1354
01:08:52,040 --> 01:08:53,960
Speaker 1: to go all BC here, Bannito was a good pick

1355
01:08:54,000 --> 01:08:56,600
Speaker 1: in the was an awesome pick. So I like that.

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01:08:56,720 --> 01:09:00,040
Speaker 1: I feel more comfortable with their defense than I you.

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01:09:00,240 --> 01:09:02,840
Speaker 1: And look, I know Russell Wilson is a very very

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01:09:02,920 --> 01:09:05,960
Speaker 1: good quarterback. That part of what makes all of this

1359
01:09:06,120 --> 01:09:08,720
Speaker 1: team work though, was I just need to see some

1360
01:09:08,800 --> 01:09:12,439
Speaker 1: more consistency when Coreland Sutton was really good then that

1361
01:09:12,560 --> 01:09:14,880
Speaker 1: was two seasons ago before he got hurt. Last season,

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01:09:14,920 --> 01:09:19,360
Speaker 1: I did not see that same sack. I didn't see

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01:09:19,439 --> 01:09:22,960
Speaker 1: Jerry Judy come out of a big injury. I understand,

1364
01:09:23,080 --> 01:09:25,680
Speaker 1: but but are you going to get your Maybe he

1365
01:09:25,800 --> 01:09:28,320
Speaker 1: needs to bea for tranquilizer. I don't know, But like

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01:09:28,680 --> 01:09:31,760
Speaker 1: you know, Jerry Judy, I haven't seen them live up

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01:09:31,800 --> 01:09:34,439
Speaker 1: to their where they should be yet. Now maybe maybe

1368
01:09:34,479 --> 01:09:37,320
Speaker 1: the quarterback does change that. But your route running still

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01:09:37,360 --> 01:09:39,479
Speaker 1: your route running. I still to see it further. I

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01:09:39,520 --> 01:09:41,680
Speaker 1: got to see it first. I'm not anti. This is

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Speaker 1: just a really hard to put these guys in the

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Speaker 1: NFC East. We're good, like tangible proof Greg a little bit.

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01:09:47,960 --> 01:09:49,639
Speaker 1: They got him out of U. L A to fill

1374
01:09:49,720 --> 01:09:52,040
Speaker 1: in for Noah Fan because that's the same. But I'm

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01:09:52,080 --> 01:09:57,400
Speaker 1: just saying, there's there are you know? Yeah, I got it.

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01:09:57,760 --> 01:10:00,680
Speaker 1: The projection. It's a projection with the Broncos, the big one,

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01:10:01,000 --> 01:10:08,960
Speaker 1: Bronco's country. Let's rite Seattle, did that Seattle that? I'm

1378
01:10:09,040 --> 01:10:11,960
Speaker 1: just doing the thing where I'm making the expectations so high.

1379
01:10:12,439 --> 01:10:17,000
Speaker 1: Yet if Russell Wilson can't deliver, then um, then I

1380
01:10:17,120 --> 01:10:20,840
Speaker 1: bury him in a Teddy related argument. You know who's

1381
01:10:20,920 --> 01:10:27,440
Speaker 1: more likely to crumble out of the West playoff picture immediately,

1382
01:10:27,960 --> 01:10:30,479
Speaker 1: Raiders or Broncos. Let's look at the schedule. I swear

1383
01:10:30,560 --> 01:10:33,120
Speaker 1: the schedule is going to determine. I know May twelve

1384
01:10:33,400 --> 01:10:36,760
Speaker 1: schedule released next week. But you know it's just interesting too.

1385
01:10:36,840 --> 01:10:40,479
Speaker 1: It's interesting. Inter national games are getting announced though Wednesday,

1386
01:10:40,600 --> 01:10:43,680
Speaker 1: and the the local Denver papers have been saying the

1387
01:10:44,600 --> 01:10:46,760
Speaker 1: that Broncos Jaguars is going to be one. How about

1388
01:10:46,800 --> 01:10:50,280
Speaker 1: this paper say it? Don't think maybe it's not. Guess

1389
01:10:50,360 --> 01:10:52,320
Speaker 1: I have a guess on though some of them, but

1390
01:10:52,360 --> 01:10:54,719
Speaker 1: I don't think it's that. How about this over under

1391
01:10:54,800 --> 01:10:56,880
Speaker 1: on a f C West primetime games like putting out

1392
01:10:56,880 --> 01:10:59,320
Speaker 1: a hundred and fifteen. I know I'm down for that, though,

1393
01:10:59,439 --> 01:11:02,120
Speaker 1: I'm with you, give me good games. I think I

1394
01:11:02,200 --> 01:11:03,960
Speaker 1: think one of those an f C West teams is

1395
01:11:04,000 --> 01:11:06,080
Speaker 1: going to have to go over to a country that's

1396
01:11:06,120 --> 01:11:07,760
Speaker 1: not the one that Handsome Hank is in, and that's

1397
01:11:07,800 --> 01:11:09,680
Speaker 1: gonna be very hard for them, and that's gonna be

1398
01:11:09,720 --> 01:11:12,200
Speaker 1: a that's gonna be a digger for their scheduling. We

1399
01:11:12,280 --> 01:11:15,679
Speaker 1: had this conversation with the NFC West a year ago,

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01:11:15,840 --> 01:11:19,080
Speaker 1: like they can't all be good. One of them needs

1401
01:11:19,160 --> 01:11:23,360
Speaker 1: to be a huge letdown. It turned into Seattle, Oh gosh,

1402
01:11:23,400 --> 01:11:25,960
Speaker 1: Seattle crew rumble. Seattle fans were so mean to me

1403
01:11:26,000 --> 01:11:27,719
Speaker 1: ahead of last season when I said that I didn't

1404
01:11:27,720 --> 01:11:29,960
Speaker 1: think that that they were going to finish fourth. I

1405
01:11:30,080 --> 01:11:33,559
Speaker 1: got tons of hate, like almost Tennessee Titans levels of hate.

1406
01:11:34,479 --> 01:11:40,240
Speaker 1: Leaders But I like the re I just like feel

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01:11:40,320 --> 01:11:44,679
Speaker 1: you let it fuel. You said it all, Cynthia. Thanks guys,

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01:11:44,720 --> 01:11:46,640
Speaker 1: thanks for having Where can the people find you? You know?

1409
01:11:46,920 --> 01:11:51,599
Speaker 1: Right here with you. I'm just never leaving. She's a squatter.

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01:11:52,240 --> 01:11:56,800
Speaker 1: That's your first job, Braver in the studio. Alright, I'll

1411
01:11:56,840 --> 01:11:59,360
Speaker 1: get right on that one. Alright, great dig a good job, No,

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01:11:59,560 --> 01:12:02,840
Speaker 1: great up in your first show. Great job. Well, I

1413
01:12:02,960 --> 01:12:05,599
Speaker 1: want Mark's actual honest take on your first show. Mark

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01:12:05,640 --> 01:12:07,479
Speaker 1: on you. I mean, you've been performing at a high

1415
01:12:07,560 --> 01:12:10,760
Speaker 1: level for months and you continued that today. Thank you

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01:12:11,080 --> 01:12:14,120
Speaker 1: to quote um you know, some of the draft grades,

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01:12:14,200 --> 01:12:17,679
Speaker 1: but also Dan's famous post show grades of our early

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01:12:17,800 --> 01:12:20,120
Speaker 1: days of the podcast. I'm gonna go be minus this

1419
01:12:20,320 --> 01:12:23,760
Speaker 1: was Yeah, this is as there's always room for improvements.

1420
01:12:23,800 --> 01:12:26,479
Speaker 1: You gotta start, you gotta start somewhere, all right, let's

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01:12:26,520 --> 01:12:30,040
Speaker 1: go next. Next show Thursday, we will have handsome Hag

1422
01:12:30,200 --> 01:12:33,080
Speaker 1: by the way to share the international schedule and Patrick

1423
01:12:33,120 --> 01:12:36,920
Speaker 1: Claiban because we go around the NFC, so check that out.

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01:12:37,760 --> 01:12:42,240
Speaker 1: Until then, Mrs Dan Hans for Cynthia Freeland, Greg rosen Thal,

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01:12:42,320 --> 01:12:45,960
Speaker 1: Mark Cessler, the grave Digger behind the Glass Welcome Aboard

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01:12:46,000 --> 01:12:51,200
Speaker 1: formerly Mr Graver, thank you for agreeing to abstain heed

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Speaker 1: the call s