1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: Be Around the NFL Podcast. No pants needed for the 2 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:10,360 Speaker 1: Bunker Cast. Well, welcome to another edition of the Around 3 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:13,720 Speaker 1: the NFL Podcast, presented by Intoit Quick Books, the official 4 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:17,160 Speaker 1: sponsor of the NFL. My name is Dan Hansens, and 5 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:21,000 Speaker 1: I'm coming to you from a booker full of heroes 6 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:25,119 Speaker 1: across l A. Mark Sessler, Chris Wesley, and Greg Rosenthal. 7 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:33,040 Speaker 1: What's up with hey? Dan? Happy Monday. I get the 8 00:00:33,159 --> 00:00:36,040 Speaker 1: feeling talking to Dan and others that maybe for some 9 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:40,600 Speaker 1: this weekend was not exactly a a waltz through Rose 10 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:44,159 Speaker 1: Gardens centered in Los Angeles the weekend for me, the 11 00:00:44,159 --> 00:00:47,880 Speaker 1: weekend for me was fine enough. But today, because it's 12 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:51,160 Speaker 1: a two income household, as it must be in Los 13 00:00:51,159 --> 00:00:54,320 Speaker 1: Angeles for many of us, um Emily had a very 14 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:57,000 Speaker 1: booked morning for work. I had a very book morning 15 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:01,840 Speaker 1: for work. We have two little monsters going crazy. The 16 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:05,480 Speaker 1: center does not hold. Don't you understand COVID nineteen. You 17 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:09,720 Speaker 1: can't do this to us? And once again we're just 18 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:12,319 Speaker 1: getting started. I mean, I think if you're gonna I'm 19 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:14,840 Speaker 1: already looking forward to the final Bunker Cast. As much 20 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:17,720 Speaker 1: fun as this is, like, imagine like the party feeling 21 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:20,200 Speaker 1: when we realize it's gonna be like the last one. 22 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:23,000 Speaker 1: It's gonna be like inmates, like ready to get out 23 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:25,759 Speaker 1: of jail. Because I'm putting the over under. It's gotta 24 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 1: be into May at the very least. Right who might 25 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 1: be conservative? I mean based on you know where you're where, 26 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 1: you're reading updates, you know, Uh, today's show gonna be fun. 27 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:43,400 Speaker 1: We are going to introduce to you the listener a 28 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 1: little sneak preview, actually because the piece on NFL dot 29 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 1: com won't go live until tomorrow morning. But the two 30 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:53,920 Speaker 1: thousand and twenty Gray Beards a roster comprised entirely of 31 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:58,440 Speaker 1: NFL veterans not currently attached to a team. Um, I 32 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 1: roll out the sixth and of that roster, and I'm 33 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 1: going to essentially go through it position by position, and you, 34 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:11,320 Speaker 1: gentlemen and Ricky are feel free to chime in with 35 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 1: any thoughts on it, positive and negative. I'm excited about 36 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 1: this year's team, this squad, it these are the glory 37 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 1: days for Gray Beards. I don't want to give too 38 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 1: many spoiler alerts, but this roster is it's competitive. It's 39 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 1: the one team that COVID nineteen is helping apparently, coronavirus 40 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 1: has been good for the Gray Beards. The longstanding The 41 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:37,800 Speaker 1: longstanding goal of the Gray Beards is to feel the 42 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:41,640 Speaker 1: competitive team, best case scenario A five team. This is 43 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 1: the first time I ever did this exercise, and honestly 44 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:48,359 Speaker 1: feel like, you know, a bounce of the ball one way, 45 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:50,959 Speaker 1: a holding call or p I call goes your favor. 46 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 1: We could we could sneak in the back door of 47 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 1: the A C playoffs. Well, there's a couple of position 48 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:57,280 Speaker 1: groups that pop off the page. I mean, I don't 49 00:02:57,320 --> 00:02:59,520 Speaker 1: really recall that in the past. It like there were 50 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:02,240 Speaker 1: some people legitimately with gray hair on their faces and 51 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 1: probably having waves sports goodbye. You know when you did 52 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:09,200 Speaker 1: this exercise at different times. There's there the pass rush, 53 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 1: some other areas. We'll get into it. Yeah, you couldn't. 54 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 1: You couldn't get a quarterback to stand behind last year's 55 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: offensive line on that team. But this year we've got 56 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:21,839 Speaker 1: a sentry out there. Unbelievable and a little tradition. I'd 57 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:23,360 Speaker 1: like to start this year at the Gray Beards. At 58 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 1: the end of the show, I'm gonna unveil the theme 59 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 1: song of the Gray Beards, So stay stayed. At the 60 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:32,040 Speaker 1: end of today's show, including you, Greg, you can't leave, 61 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 1: all right, Um, you want to get into it, please, 62 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 1: all right, let me pull up my copy I sent 63 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:47,360 Speaker 1: to you, gentlemen, as West was alluding to, um, the 64 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:50,920 Speaker 1: rough copy that went over to Phil Specter just moments ago, 65 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:54,640 Speaker 1: the gray beards. Um. What I try to do here 66 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:59,280 Speaker 1: is build out close to a full roster, so you're 67 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 1: gonna have uh backups at many positions. I don't do 68 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:05,280 Speaker 1: backups for certain positions like do you really want me 69 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 1: deep diving on backup offensive lineman? Do you really want 70 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:11,520 Speaker 1: to know what my swing lineman is. I'm not gonna 71 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:15,000 Speaker 1: go that route. So, but I have five starting offensive lineman, 72 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:17,360 Speaker 1: actually five offensive lineman. I don't think that's that bad. 73 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 1: And uh, but for some of the other more fun 74 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:23,479 Speaker 1: position groups quote unquote fun, um, I have backups and 75 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:28,720 Speaker 1: and and um. And let's stag in here because yes, 76 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:30,760 Speaker 1: as I said, I'm feeling really good about this team. 77 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 1: I want complete honesty where you think the team needs 78 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:37,000 Speaker 1: to be improved, maybe a player that I missed. Again, 79 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:40,159 Speaker 1: this is a exercise where it's not live on the 80 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:42,760 Speaker 1: website yet, and until it goes live on the website, 81 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 1: I can make roster changes, and just just so everyone knows, um, 82 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:51,080 Speaker 1: once a gray beard, always a gray beard. So for 83 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 1: instance Cam Newton and we'll get to the quarterback room 84 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:56,960 Speaker 1: in a second, Cam Newton obviously gray beard if he 85 00:04:57,120 --> 00:05:01,240 Speaker 1: signs with the Denver Broncos, and hey, Denver Broncos, beef 86 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:05,160 Speaker 1: up that quarterback room. Um before on Wednesday, say, it 87 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 1: doesn't matter he was on the gray Beards. He was 88 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:09,640 Speaker 1: a free agent Tuesday morning when this went live. That's 89 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:11,160 Speaker 1: the only thing you really need to know. This isn't 90 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 1: like the top one on one list that you and 91 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 1: I created where we have to pull players from the 92 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:18,880 Speaker 1: one oh one rankings when they get signed by someone. 93 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:22,560 Speaker 1: This is a evergreen exercise, absolutely, and it's always better 94 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 1: that way, isn't it. I would think? So, you know, 95 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,279 Speaker 1: based on our work together, I trust your work solo, 96 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:30,320 Speaker 1: and it does. It does happen every year, Greg, without fail. 97 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:31,840 Speaker 1: I know you're you're a man with an eye on 98 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:35,440 Speaker 1: the transaction wire at all times. In the hours that 99 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:37,800 Speaker 1: lead up to the publishing of the piece, without fail, 100 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 1: one to two, sometimes even three players come off the board. 101 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:44,080 Speaker 1: Because are we in the third wave of free agency? Now? 102 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:47,720 Speaker 1: Where are we exactly? Wave who knows. Uh, the guys 103 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 1: tend to fall off because again, the guys I've put 104 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:53,599 Speaker 1: on this team are quality players for the most part. 105 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 1: So the fact that they still don't have jobs, uh, 106 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:58,559 Speaker 1: that typically doesn't last. So let's get into it. Will start, 107 00:05:58,640 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 1: yes with the quarterback room. And I just want to 108 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 1: give a little perspective to people. Last year, in the 109 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:07,680 Speaker 1: same exercise last March, I think it was March two 110 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:10,520 Speaker 1: thousand nineteen, world was a lot different. So was the 111 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:13,440 Speaker 1: quarterback room of the Gray Beards because installed as the 112 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:17,800 Speaker 1: starter was Sam Bradford coming off another year where he 113 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:20,120 Speaker 1: was just wrecked by knee injury's now out of football, 114 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:22,919 Speaker 1: now getting killed by Mark Sesler on Twitter for the 115 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:25,200 Speaker 1: money that he brought into his family during his career. 116 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 1: Uh perhaps factual. The backup to Bradford in this exercise 117 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:35,920 Speaker 1: last year, brock Osweiler. Oh my god, brock Osweiler was 118 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 1: the second best quarterback I could come up with. And 119 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:40,440 Speaker 1: I don't recall there being a huge pushback from you 120 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:42,400 Speaker 1: guys when we talked about it on the podcast. And 121 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:45,719 Speaker 1: then I had third string Josh McCown, classic locker room guy. 122 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:47,880 Speaker 1: He ended up playing in the playoffs. So that was 123 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:49,920 Speaker 1: the He's the only one of them that actually played 124 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:53,920 Speaker 1: last year. So here we go. Last year Bradford, Ossweiler, McCown. 125 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 1: This year, Cam Newton, my starter, Jamis Winston, my backup, 126 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:04,240 Speaker 1: Andy Dalton, the clipboard holder inactive on most Sundays. How 127 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:06,640 Speaker 1: does it happen? Who knows? But that is the best 128 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 1: quarterback room that I've ever had in this exercise, and 129 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:13,200 Speaker 1: really probably better than almost any team in football. When 130 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 1: you look at the pure level of talent across the 131 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 1: entire depth chart, I don't know how you got them 132 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:22,320 Speaker 1: all under the cap. You know. That's one of the 133 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:24,480 Speaker 1: ways that Dan does a great job with this Gray 134 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:28,240 Speaker 1: Beards team. But Cam Newton has been posting these, you know, 135 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:31,720 Speaker 1: Instagram videos of him like working out on the stairs. 136 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:34,119 Speaker 1: I'm by I'm usually not buying into this offseason stuff. 137 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:36,440 Speaker 1: I'm buying into the Cam Newton's gonna really train hard 138 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 1: and got to be better than ever and you better 139 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:40,400 Speaker 1: watch out for Cam Newton on the Gray Beards. There 140 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 1: was the classic. It happens sometimes in the off season 141 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:45,760 Speaker 1: a player puts out an Instagram at a charity function 142 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:49,880 Speaker 1: and then everybody's like, oh, he's so skinny. He does 143 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:54,120 Speaker 1: look a little bit um streamlined this offseason, not quite 144 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:56,800 Speaker 1: as bulky. Well, let me ask you this question, was 145 00:07:57,560 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 1: are you comfortable with my depth chart or would you 146 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:03,960 Speaker 1: rearrange it? No? I like it. I think it's you 147 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:06,760 Speaker 1: gotta have Cam number one, and then Winston's got a 148 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 1: little bit more potential than Dalton, so I'm fine with that. UM. 149 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:14,240 Speaker 1: I think the Winston Dalton decision really depends on the 150 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:18,240 Speaker 1: specifics of your team, and I think Dalton to me, 151 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:20,280 Speaker 1: i'd probably if I was a contender, I'd be more 152 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:22,120 Speaker 1: likely to go with him. If I was a builder, 153 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:25,800 Speaker 1: I'd be more likely to go with Winston. Think about 154 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:28,720 Speaker 1: this too, Joe Flacco Mark didn't make the cut for 155 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:31,680 Speaker 1: the Graybeards and the same exercise last year, he would 156 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:34,400 Speaker 1: have been the starter. So even the fourth best guy 157 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:36,520 Speaker 1: in the market right now, and we know Flacco is 158 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:39,440 Speaker 1: of advanced age and and the body isn't what it 159 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:42,839 Speaker 1: used to be. UM, but he's even available if we 160 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:45,240 Speaker 1: wanted to for this exercise. I think that you have 161 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:51,160 Speaker 1: UM benefited playing off of a healthy amount of trepidation 162 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:53,600 Speaker 1: by a lot of coaching staffs to bring in someone 163 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 1: like Cam Newton to play back up or even Jamis 164 00:08:56,920 --> 00:08:59,680 Speaker 1: Winston based on what we know about Cam Newton and 165 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:03,400 Speaker 1: the weird sort of Jekyl side of the Jekyl and Hyde, 166 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:04,880 Speaker 1: if that was the good one of the two, I've 167 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:08,040 Speaker 1: not read that book recently. Um and where you know 168 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 1: you get the good side of Jameis Winston, you're gonna 169 00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:12,719 Speaker 1: get a head coach kind of feeling like I want 170 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:16,120 Speaker 1: to see this guy if panic sets in by week four, 171 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 1: week five. So I just thinking in Dalton is a 172 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:20,840 Speaker 1: consistent guy you can rely on. So your quarterback room. 173 00:09:20,880 --> 00:09:22,040 Speaker 1: I don't know if you have a ring of honor 174 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:24,640 Speaker 1: on this team, but I feel like they've already got 175 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:27,360 Speaker 1: a better shot that some of these jabronies playing under 176 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:30,360 Speaker 1: center in years past. This is a hot room. Isn't 177 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:32,920 Speaker 1: Jackals the doctor? That would be the respectable one, right? 178 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:35,040 Speaker 1: I mean it to sure. I don't know what he's 179 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:37,679 Speaker 1: doing creating the hide person, but I don't. I don't know, 180 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 1: you know, we have to revisit that one. I think, well, 181 00:09:42,320 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 1: it's probably like an early undiagnosed bipolar split personality larrea 182 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:51,000 Speaker 1: that played out as a horn. This is this quarterback 183 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:54,080 Speaker 1: room is better. All three of them are better than 184 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:56,880 Speaker 1: any quarterback that's available in some of these off seasons, 185 00:09:56,920 --> 00:10:00,240 Speaker 1: like brock Eiswiler was the number one quarterback back in 186 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:03,680 Speaker 1: his off season, and I went back and looked at 187 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:06,000 Speaker 1: some of our lists, like there's been years where any 188 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:07,839 Speaker 1: one of these threes would have been better than any 189 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:10,640 Speaker 1: quarterback available. Pretty wild. There really is a once in 190 00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:13,559 Speaker 1: a generation or more type off season when it comes 191 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:16,520 Speaker 1: to the quarterback position, and the Graybeards are reaping all 192 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:19,920 Speaker 1: the benefits. Moving on to running back, all right, I 193 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:22,280 Speaker 1: don't I kind of like this position group too. We 194 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:26,320 Speaker 1: got Devanta Freeman. I have him as my start right now, 195 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:28,760 Speaker 1: and I totally understand if, based on the tape he 196 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:30,959 Speaker 1: put out there with the Falcons, you want to bump 197 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:33,200 Speaker 1: him down or hell, throw him off the roster because 198 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:36,000 Speaker 1: he really did very little that team. Maybe had a 199 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:38,280 Speaker 1: had a moment here or there where it made you 200 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:41,800 Speaker 1: think maybe still got it. But at twenty eight years old, 201 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:46,360 Speaker 1: basically starting over. Given his track record, especially in his 202 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:49,960 Speaker 1: Kyle Shanahan years, um, he's a guy that the Gray 203 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:52,920 Speaker 1: Beards are gonna take a flyer on every single time. Okay, 204 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:55,600 Speaker 1: every day of the week, twice on Sunday, okay, um 205 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:57,839 Speaker 1: and then you have behind him a really nice one 206 00:10:57,840 --> 00:11:00,040 Speaker 1: to tandem that I just lifted. I pill I'm not 207 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:03,680 Speaker 1: the only person to pilfer Bill O'Brien this season. While 208 00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:06,320 Speaker 1: he's gone and getting David Johnson and like praying to 209 00:11:06,360 --> 00:11:09,600 Speaker 1: the gods that he bounces back. He lets Carlos Hide 210 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:12,400 Speaker 1: and Lamar Miller, a pair of twenty nine year old 211 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:15,280 Speaker 1: cheap veterans that combined and I don't think a lot 212 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 1: of people realize this, they combine for two thousand yards 213 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:22,360 Speaker 1: last year as a tanem okay. So we have Hide 214 00:11:22,559 --> 00:11:24,760 Speaker 1: rushed over a thousand yards at almost four and a 215 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:28,000 Speaker 1: half yards to carry. You have Miller who just missed 216 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:30,360 Speaker 1: a thousand yards. So you put two guys in there 217 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:32,440 Speaker 1: that could get it done. Lamar Miller a little bit older, 218 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:34,560 Speaker 1: but I think he still has that home run ability. 219 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:36,880 Speaker 1: And then finally, Greg, out of respect to you and 220 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:39,280 Speaker 1: your son, who looks very cool with the glasses. I 221 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:43,000 Speaker 1: like it. Um Frank Gore, welcome to the gray Beard. 222 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:45,360 Speaker 1: That's been a long time coming, thirty seven years young, 223 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:50,360 Speaker 1: classic veteran guy, and just like Josh McCown last year, 224 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:53,720 Speaker 1: he's the guy that beat writers can pre write the 225 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 1: piece about what a what a great locker room guy is, 226 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:58,720 Speaker 1: and then they quietly take the four day weekend with 227 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:02,080 Speaker 1: their families in August. I mean, like so much of 228 00:12:02,120 --> 00:12:04,800 Speaker 1: Frank Gore's career, He's going to start out with lower 229 00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:07,400 Speaker 1: expectations here on towards the bottom of the depth chart, 230 00:12:07,559 --> 00:12:10,480 Speaker 1: and he's climbing that thing. Even even DeVonta Freeman at 231 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:13,080 Speaker 1: twenty nine years old doesn't have nearly as much juice. 232 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:15,600 Speaker 1: I like Carlos Hide as the starter here, though I 233 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:18,480 Speaker 1: don't have to. I don't know she used for Freeman. 234 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 1: I'm with Greg on this one. Running Backs are like 235 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:26,160 Speaker 1: baseball pitchers. If a baseball pitcher's arm isn't right that year, 236 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:28,280 Speaker 1: you can't you can't count on them running backs that 237 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:30,200 Speaker 1: their legs aren't right. You can't count on We have 238 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:33,360 Speaker 1: no indication that the DeVante Freeman's legs are right. What 239 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:35,400 Speaker 1: have you done for me lately in the running back world? 240 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:38,840 Speaker 1: Carlos Hide coming off a much better season, and for 241 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:42,680 Speaker 1: the sake of your copy, Lamar Miller's yardage came two 242 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:46,240 Speaker 1: thousand eighteen. That was Duke Johnson who teamed with I 243 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:50,200 Speaker 1: Thank you very much. That's a huge catch and completely 244 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:53,640 Speaker 1: uh invalidates many of the things I said prior to 245 00:12:53,679 --> 00:12:58,720 Speaker 1: you speaking. Lamar had an A c L. I believe, 246 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:00,760 Speaker 1: by the way, it is good be the end here 247 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:03,560 Speaker 1: of um Lashawn McCoy did not make you didn't even 248 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:05,960 Speaker 1: make the gray beards, which is a slap in the face. 249 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:07,480 Speaker 1: Could be the end of his career, could be the 250 00:13:07,559 --> 00:13:10,240 Speaker 1: end of Frank Gore's career. Here this offseason, I could 251 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:13,800 Speaker 1: see it and see them possibly not getting jobs. Where's 252 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:18,000 Speaker 1: Duke Johnson He's still employed? Yeah, Okay, so I'm gonna 253 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:20,280 Speaker 1: great last year, played great in that playoff game. I'll 254 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:22,959 Speaker 1: slide out Lamar Miller and that does open up a 255 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:26,760 Speaker 1: roster spot. Then, so hey, you might Lamar Miller might 256 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:29,120 Speaker 1: still be a good candidate, maybe maybe a bounce back 257 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:31,640 Speaker 1: guy off the A C L. Yeah, that injury happened 258 00:13:31,640 --> 00:13:34,959 Speaker 1: in the summer, not like in December something Walker, who 259 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:37,400 Speaker 1: do you who do you think should be starting? Hide 260 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:46,080 Speaker 1: or Freeman? How? Yeah? Good call with his parental units, 261 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:48,560 Speaker 1: so you know there's harmony at home. Alright, I'm gonna 262 00:13:48,559 --> 00:13:51,040 Speaker 1: slide him up the old depth chart, moving right along 263 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:55,000 Speaker 1: to full back all right. NFL dot Com has a 264 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:59,760 Speaker 1: page that they update periodically available free agents tracker and 265 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:04,280 Speaker 1: Roosevelt Knicks was the only fullback on that list, so 266 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:06,560 Speaker 1: he is the fullback of the Gray Beards by default. 267 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:10,960 Speaker 1: I mean, I I don't hate to pick um you did, 268 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:13,800 Speaker 1: you didn't have. It's like the man running against nobody 269 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:18,040 Speaker 1: for city councilor alderman in eight he's gonna win. But 270 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:21,120 Speaker 1: I if I'm the person updating that page on NFL 271 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:23,040 Speaker 1: dot com, I want to take a long look in 272 00:14:23,040 --> 00:14:25,800 Speaker 1: the mirror and say it's time to, you know, pump 273 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:29,240 Speaker 1: up that residu gets somewhere else that Look how far 274 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:32,360 Speaker 1: fullbacks have fallen there? You know how every time there's 275 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:34,800 Speaker 1: an opening for a kicker, there's like eight guys that 276 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:37,000 Speaker 1: the kicker circuit. You bring them all in, you try 277 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:41,240 Speaker 1: them out. There's only one fullback on the circuit. If 278 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:43,480 Speaker 1: you need a fullback, you just bring in Rosie Knicks 279 00:14:43,520 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 1: and there you go. Patriots swooped in and took old 280 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:49,640 Speaker 1: Danny vitally right off the free agent market. Have to 281 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:52,400 Speaker 1: have a good But what about the like illustrously overhyped. 282 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:54,000 Speaker 1: Like I'm not saying over hyped. I don't know how 283 00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:55,880 Speaker 1: good he is at fullback, but I feel like Derek 284 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:58,680 Speaker 1: Watt has like eight billion articles written about him because 285 00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:01,880 Speaker 1: he's playing full I can go into the Steelers. Well 286 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:04,520 Speaker 1: there's something else there too. It's a nice little meaty 287 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:10,560 Speaker 1: hook for feature writers there as well, you know J. J. Watt. No, 288 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:12,600 Speaker 1: I mean I get that, but it's you know, I 289 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:14,400 Speaker 1: think we all get it. And it's been pounded over 290 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:17,680 Speaker 1: our head repeatedly. John Kuhen waiting for the phone to ring, 291 00:15:17,760 --> 00:15:21,240 Speaker 1: but the grave beards ain't calm. He's retired, right, I 292 00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:24,160 Speaker 1: think when one thing, just thinking of fullbacks in the Patriots, 293 00:15:24,160 --> 00:15:26,120 Speaker 1: because that is going to be a really great full 294 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:30,800 Speaker 1: back room. Um is that. Yeah, they lost Brady, but 295 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:33,800 Speaker 1: they're getting James Devilon back in two thousand twenty according 296 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:36,200 Speaker 1: to most people, like that's the reason why they were struggling. 297 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:40,080 Speaker 1: So with Devil and back, they should be fine. All right, Wes, 298 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:41,640 Speaker 1: I want to see you up on this one because 299 00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:44,760 Speaker 1: when we get to the wide receiver room, you know, 300 00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:46,480 Speaker 1: there's a man at the top of the depth chart 301 00:15:46,520 --> 00:15:49,760 Speaker 1: that nearly ended our podcast last September. His name is 302 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:53,040 Speaker 1: Antonio Brown, and I know he's a jerk and he's 303 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:56,040 Speaker 1: had some issues off the field that are you know, 304 00:15:56,160 --> 00:16:00,720 Speaker 1: to put it mildly uh disappointing and worrisome. But when 305 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:03,560 Speaker 1: I'm putting together a roster like this, I just couldn't 306 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:06,440 Speaker 1: do it. Was I couldn't look away. And when I 307 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:10,200 Speaker 1: look at the wide receiver group that's remaining in general, 308 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:13,720 Speaker 1: it's one of the weakest positional groups. I needed this guy. 309 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:17,920 Speaker 1: So I signed Antonio Brown, uh thirty two years old 310 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:21,000 Speaker 1: entering week one to lead my wide receiver group. Let's 311 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:22,760 Speaker 1: start there. What do you think was well? I think 312 00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:28,600 Speaker 1: you have as much integrity as Bill Belichick bat This guy, 313 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:33,480 Speaker 1: Antonio Brown, um just walks into everyone's life, throws out 314 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:37,680 Speaker 1: his poison, spews it out to everyone in life. Antonio 315 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:41,400 Speaker 1: Brown is poison, and he shows no remorse whatsoever. And 316 00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:44,800 Speaker 1: to me, you separate people who show remorse versus people 317 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:46,920 Speaker 1: who don't. And the two people I've been most angry 318 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:49,880 Speaker 1: about on this podcast have been Greg Hardy and Antonio 319 00:16:50,840 --> 00:16:53,920 Speaker 1: two people who do not show remorse, will not change 320 00:16:53,920 --> 00:16:56,640 Speaker 1: their behavior, and just spew their poison out wherever they can. 321 00:16:57,840 --> 00:17:00,680 Speaker 1: That's fair. I'm certainly management's gonna sit down with him 322 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:03,240 Speaker 1: and see if he's at all contrite because he's now. 323 00:17:03,400 --> 00:17:05,440 Speaker 1: He's now. Why would you believe him. If he says 324 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:08,840 Speaker 1: he's contrite, I get it. I get it. He is. 325 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:12,720 Speaker 1: He's been terrible, but he's human and we all deserve 326 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:16,879 Speaker 1: second chances, where most of us do. What about seven chances? 327 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:19,800 Speaker 1: I just want to see West where he's at headspace wise, 328 00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:21,639 Speaker 1: if he feels like if it feels like he's in 329 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:24,800 Speaker 1: a healthy place mentally, and whether he's willing to try 330 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:27,439 Speaker 1: to salvage his NFL career, which is on life support 331 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:30,600 Speaker 1: at this point. It's your team by all means, sign him. 332 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:33,679 Speaker 1: I do worry a little bit about you know you 333 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:36,639 Speaker 1: hear GM say, we don't just you know, bring a 334 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:39,720 Speaker 1: collection of talent together. We build a team. And I 335 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:44,560 Speaker 1: am imagining the wide receiver room Antonio Brown, Josh Gordon, 336 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:47,760 Speaker 1: and Dez Bryant. It's just it's a lot going on. 337 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:49,560 Speaker 1: There a lot of people there that are gonna want 338 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:52,240 Speaker 1: the ball. Yeah, just a tad psychedelic. I'm not sure 339 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:56,800 Speaker 1: what happens by week five with Josh Gordon in Antonio Brown. Uh, 340 00:17:56,840 --> 00:17:59,040 Speaker 1: I kind of like with Shard Higgins in here, one 341 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:01,920 Speaker 1: of the chances anton Neal Brown and Josh Gordon are 342 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:05,280 Speaker 1: both on the team in week five, I didn't realize 343 00:18:05,320 --> 00:18:09,399 Speaker 1: the game that this team has five actual opponents to play. 344 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:11,359 Speaker 1: I don't know, I'm not aware of the rest of 345 00:18:11,359 --> 00:18:13,719 Speaker 1: the league that they're involved in. But in the NFL, 346 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:17,879 Speaker 1: just replace Team X with the Gray Beards. Oh, I 347 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:19,679 Speaker 1: think they'll still be on your team. I've got some 348 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:22,280 Speaker 1: I've got some other options for you, though, Dan, two 349 00:18:22,320 --> 00:18:24,879 Speaker 1: guys i'd rather have than many of these players. Ted Ginn. 350 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,040 Speaker 1: I think Ted Ginnon could play in the NFL at 351 00:18:27,119 --> 00:18:30,119 Speaker 1: least have a little role. And Paul Richardson. Uh. I 352 00:18:30,119 --> 00:18:32,520 Speaker 1: would take Paul Richardson over Dez Bryan at the at 353 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:35,360 Speaker 1: the very least. Well, I like I like, as anybody 354 00:18:35,359 --> 00:18:37,320 Speaker 1: that follows the Gray Beards knows. I like a little 355 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:40,119 Speaker 1: name brand sizzle, and maybe he can't play anymore, but 356 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:42,560 Speaker 1: get Dez in the building, let's see what he what 357 00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:44,320 Speaker 1: he's got left. But I do like the gain one 358 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:47,840 Speaker 1: again is also we don't talk about special teams on 359 00:18:48,359 --> 00:18:51,440 Speaker 1: the Gray Beards, but he certainly would be a presence there. 360 00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:54,479 Speaker 1: That's where you are separate from Belichick, who seems slightly 361 00:18:54,480 --> 00:18:57,479 Speaker 1: obsessed with one third of the game exactly boring. And 362 00:18:57,720 --> 00:19:02,400 Speaker 1: you're gonna say something Mark about um Higgins. I believe right, Well, 363 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:04,440 Speaker 1: I mean I I don't. I think he's gonna get 364 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:06,840 Speaker 1: picked up somewhere. I'd be surprised if he doesn't, just 365 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:09,520 Speaker 1: based on his age. But so he's twenty five, and 366 00:19:09,560 --> 00:19:12,119 Speaker 1: when we call the gray beard, I believe if he 367 00:19:12,119 --> 00:19:13,919 Speaker 1: were to grow a beard, it may not have a 368 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:15,879 Speaker 1: lot of grain at the age has no if for 369 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:17,680 Speaker 1: the reader down the road that you don't you could 370 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:19,840 Speaker 1: be nineteen and be on this thing if you had 371 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:22,600 Speaker 1: been on an NFL team. Right, he's the one. I 372 00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:24,720 Speaker 1: think he's the youngest guy too. I would guess I 373 00:19:24,760 --> 00:19:26,520 Speaker 1: hadn't done this yet. I planned to do because I 374 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:29,480 Speaker 1: always do. Get the median age, which I would guess 375 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:31,720 Speaker 1: is gonna ping right around thirty one or so, which 376 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:37,359 Speaker 1: is gray beard territory in the NFL. Anyway, moving on 377 00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:41,920 Speaker 1: to tight end Mr big Chest on the gray Beards, 378 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:44,840 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, wes Hey. Like I said, it's your team. 379 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:46,560 Speaker 1: I don't have to stick up for this team. I 380 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:49,560 Speaker 1: don't have to defend them. They go out there totally 381 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:53,119 Speaker 1: independent of any of my views. And you people on Twitter, 382 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:57,960 Speaker 1: if any of you idiots start to criticize me for 383 00:19:58,040 --> 00:20:03,400 Speaker 1: putting a player on a fake team in these times, 384 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:06,320 Speaker 1: you're gonna get mad at me about putting Antonio Brown 385 00:20:06,359 --> 00:20:12,040 Speaker 1: on a fake team. Idiots tight end. They're already idiots, 386 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:14,639 Speaker 1: and even we had the article is not published and 387 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:18,359 Speaker 1: you're fighting with trolls in your brain. It's coming, it's coming. 388 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:20,720 Speaker 1: I've been in the game long enough to know it's coming. 389 00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:23,800 Speaker 1: Delaney Walker is my starting tight end. Don't love it. 390 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:26,920 Speaker 1: It's a very thin positional group on the free agent market. 391 00:20:27,119 --> 00:20:28,920 Speaker 1: Thirty six years old. We've talked about him on this 392 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:31,760 Speaker 1: pod when the Titans moved on that he was sneaky 393 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:34,800 Speaker 1: old and has been a playmaker for them, but also 394 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:38,280 Speaker 1: now has been dealing with injury issues and uh, what 395 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:40,400 Speaker 1: does he have left in the tank as a backup? 396 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:43,280 Speaker 1: The best I could do is Luke Stocker, who's a 397 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:47,840 Speaker 1: capable blocking back. He has two hands and legs and 398 00:20:48,440 --> 00:20:52,520 Speaker 1: a heart. I'd say no worries because looking at your 399 00:20:52,560 --> 00:20:55,160 Speaker 1: receiver room, you could just go four wide and dominate 400 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:58,160 Speaker 1: um quarter after quarter with what you've got set up there. 401 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:02,320 Speaker 1: I'm just sad that that your see now on what 402 00:21:02,480 --> 00:21:05,160 Speaker 1: really should be Jason Witten's final act should be team 403 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:07,520 Speaker 1: captain of the Graveyards. I mean, how that the Raiders 404 00:21:07,520 --> 00:21:10,080 Speaker 1: screwed that up for everyone. They totally botch it. All right, 405 00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:11,959 Speaker 1: let's take a break here before we moved to the 406 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:15,600 Speaker 1: trenches at this time to get an update on the 407 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:18,840 Speaker 1: news of the NFL since we last left you Flash 408 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:24,040 Speaker 1: with Mark the Manko Sessler, Thank you, Demon a scoring 409 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:30,480 Speaker 1: update the NFL one coronavirus zero. Good afternoon, It's too twenty. 410 00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:32,600 Speaker 1: I'm Mark Sessler and this report brought to you by 411 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:36,320 Speaker 1: Joseph about a modern take on heritage men's where Joseph 412 00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:40,520 Speaker 1: aboot Suits offer modern luxury, the refinement and globally inspired 413 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:45,600 Speaker 1: American elegance. Joseph Aboud dot com optimism a bounds, NFL circles, 414 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:49,159 Speaker 1: Demon were league heavies remain hopeful that a global pandemic 415 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:52,080 Speaker 1: will not slow the dead president's churning out of pro 416 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:56,200 Speaker 1: football's mega machine, with Falcon's owner Arthur Blank telling Peter 417 00:21:56,359 --> 00:21:59,200 Speaker 1: King by September, my hope is we'll be able to 418 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:01,560 Speaker 1: bring people together they're in some former fashion, in a 419 00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:06,160 Speaker 1: safe manner and play Corona time can't slowdown. Oregon quarterback 420 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:09,880 Speaker 1: Justin Herbert scheduled for a video call Monday with Las 421 00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:13,960 Speaker 1: Vegas Raiders with the Las Vegas Raiders cut to Los Angeles, 422 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:17,760 Speaker 1: where Lee Harvey Oswald level Patsy Tyrod Taylor wants to 423 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:21,440 Speaker 1: win quotes turn heads as a starter for the Chargers. 424 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:24,639 Speaker 1: We all wait breathlessly for the Demon to adjust his 425 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:27,920 Speaker 1: power rankings. Just stick to the copy of Jerk. In 426 00:22:28,040 --> 00:22:30,760 Speaker 1: other news, Vick Hip Derek Wolfe agrees to a one 427 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:34,480 Speaker 1: year deal with Baltimore. The Lions, determined to underwhelm until 428 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:38,880 Speaker 1: Jesus circles back around, signed ex Packers white out Geronimo Allison. 429 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:41,719 Speaker 1: The Chiefs three signed to Marcus Robinson to a one 430 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:45,920 Speaker 1: year deal, and in baseball, the Padres option righty Gerardo 431 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:49,639 Speaker 1: Reyes to the El Paso Chihuahuas. The Redskins also added 432 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:53,160 Speaker 1: x Philly coverman Ronald Darby, which led the Jettison Quinn 433 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:57,040 Speaker 1: Dunbar now as Seahawk to call Washington an organization that 434 00:22:57,119 --> 00:23:00,879 Speaker 1: in quotes, lies and makes excuses. Dune Ares since deleted 435 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:03,600 Speaker 1: his Twitter account, leading us to wonder when the Dmon 436 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:06,040 Speaker 1: might think about Deep sixteen one or two of his 437 00:23:06,119 --> 00:23:10,240 Speaker 1: online projects reports every twenty minutes. This is Mark Sessler 438 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:19,880 Speaker 1: with your sports uptake. Yes, beautifully moving on to uh, 439 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:24,320 Speaker 1: let's see a veteran unit, A savvy veteran unit led 440 00:23:24,359 --> 00:23:27,320 Speaker 1: by Jason Peters. Happy to have Jason still on the board. 441 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:30,960 Speaker 1: Um at this juncture here in the fourteenth wave of 442 00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:34,520 Speaker 1: free agency. Free agency. Of course, I'm former All Pro 443 00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:37,960 Speaker 1: with the Eagles, but still according to the metrics out there, 444 00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:39,919 Speaker 1: Greg was getting the job done last year. Not at 445 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:43,840 Speaker 1: the same peak Jason Peters levels, but plenty good enough 446 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:46,479 Speaker 1: to get a job somewhere. This has to be one 447 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:49,639 Speaker 1: of your best looking left tackles and tackle the paring 448 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:52,080 Speaker 1: that this offensive line. I know you haven't gotten into 449 00:23:52,119 --> 00:23:53,840 Speaker 1: all of it. It's about as good as as some 450 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:56,119 Speaker 1: teams out there. Let me roll through it. Ron Leary 451 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:59,639 Speaker 1: at left guard, um whose solid Josh Klein. People are 452 00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:02,320 Speaker 1: surprised the Vikings dumped him just thirty years old. He's 453 00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:04,240 Speaker 1: at right guard. He might end up back with Minnesota. 454 00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:07,600 Speaker 1: A K Shipley. I got him in a Q Shipley. 455 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:11,120 Speaker 1: I got him in the pivot, as insiders call it. Um. 456 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 1: He has been a really durable player for the Cardinals. Uh. 457 00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:16,600 Speaker 1: He missed one year I believe with an a C L, 458 00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:19,120 Speaker 1: but has been a starter for every game every other year. 459 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:21,440 Speaker 1: He's there. Nice veteran present there and then on the 460 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:24,920 Speaker 1: right tackle side, a bit of a reclamation project. Greg Reford. 461 00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:29,000 Speaker 1: Uh to Damar Dotson thirty four years young. He had 462 00:24:29,160 --> 00:24:32,119 Speaker 1: a long run with Tampa. A nice crafty technician I 463 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:36,480 Speaker 1: call him. This offensive line is is way better than 464 00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:39,400 Speaker 1: like every other year, the one that the Dolphins run 465 00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:41,840 Speaker 1: out there. It's better than the Jets. I would take 466 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:44,640 Speaker 1: this over the Jets right now. A little calm down there. 467 00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:49,600 Speaker 1: But yeah, So it is interesting that you that that 468 00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:54,760 Speaker 1: Joe Douglas is the quote unquote offensive lineman mastermind and 469 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:56,800 Speaker 1: he's picking up all these guys on the cheap. Well, 470 00:24:56,840 --> 00:24:58,440 Speaker 1: I just did the same thing, and I do think 471 00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:01,080 Speaker 1: it looks better right now. Recognized the names on this 472 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:04,040 Speaker 1: offensive line. Joe Douglas, who I I agree as a mastermind, 473 00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:07,240 Speaker 1: has signed three or four interior lineman last I thought 474 00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:09,040 Speaker 1: that that he just crafted the names out of thin 475 00:25:09,119 --> 00:25:10,800 Speaker 1: air and sent it out as a press release. But 476 00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:15,720 Speaker 1: they are apparently beefy men attempting to protect Sam Donald 477 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:20,960 Speaker 1: already bought his George Phant jerseys for both of his sons. Uh. 478 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:23,200 Speaker 1: Sorry that you guys weren't tape dogging enough like Joe 479 00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:25,679 Speaker 1: Douglas to know that those guys are really on the 480 00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:30,480 Speaker 1: up and up. I really miss Van Rotten. You know what, 481 00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:34,760 Speaker 1: West your Van Rotten. Uh, let's move to the edge defender. 482 00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:38,320 Speaker 1: But anyway, that's a really kind of solid veteran offensive 483 00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:42,000 Speaker 1: line and a lot better than many teams he saw 484 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:44,440 Speaker 1: last year in the NFL. And yeah, wake up call 485 00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:47,840 Speaker 1: two teams that are looking for lineman that there might 486 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:50,159 Speaker 1: be talent out there still if you're willing to pay 487 00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:52,359 Speaker 1: an old guy, I'd throw this out too that you 488 00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:55,440 Speaker 1: know this team, this, this Graybeards team, despite their age 489 00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:59,800 Speaker 1: out on the median, are totally disobeying all COVID nineteen 490 00:25:59,840 --> 00:26:02,960 Speaker 1: rule as they are together right now practicing. Uh, they're 491 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:05,119 Speaker 1: in sessions together rolling out what is going to be 492 00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:07,800 Speaker 1: an innovative offense. So leg up on the rest of 493 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:13,359 Speaker 1: the league that is, I would say overcautious COVID nineteen 494 00:26:13,359 --> 00:26:15,240 Speaker 1: and there and they that'll be the end of the grave. 495 00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:19,960 Speaker 1: They are there, Uh, the higher risk group at their age, 496 00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:22,199 Speaker 1: all right, jadeveon Clowney, I mean that's a gift from 497 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:24,840 Speaker 1: the gods. This happens maybe once a year, once every 498 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:28,800 Speaker 1: two years, where because of some market deficiencies for the player, 499 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:31,760 Speaker 1: he ends up still on the market. Clowney at twenty 500 00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:35,399 Speaker 1: seven years old, uh is a star, or at least 501 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:37,760 Speaker 1: he has a star named brand and he is the 502 00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:40,040 Speaker 1: leader of our edge group. Now we got some good, 503 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:44,280 Speaker 1: good other edge options here. Everson Griffin thirty two years old, 504 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:47,720 Speaker 1: has had big years with the Vikings. Of course, Cameron Wake, 505 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:50,680 Speaker 1: who's very old now thirty eight. But Griffin and Wake 506 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:52,879 Speaker 1: of nine combined Pro Bowls. So you know, I'm not 507 00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:55,680 Speaker 1: gonna give them, uh, you know, a hundred snaps the game. 508 00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:57,680 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go send him a hunting every once in 509 00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:00,800 Speaker 1: a while. I'm gonna use them smartly. And then Clay 510 00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:05,480 Speaker 1: Matthews always zeus or always wants uh certain guys that 511 00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:09,280 Speaker 1: I could slap on the media guide, and I'm gonna 512 00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:12,040 Speaker 1: have Cam of course to represent the offense. And then 513 00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:15,040 Speaker 1: I'll have a shot of Clay Matthews and his amazing 514 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:18,840 Speaker 1: flowing locks um on the defense representing the defense for 515 00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:21,280 Speaker 1: the media guide. So Clay's there, and you know, he 516 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:24,520 Speaker 1: wasn't so bad last year in Los Angeles either. You're 517 00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:27,880 Speaker 1: more like an empressario in this one. You're barn storming 518 00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:30,119 Speaker 1: with Clowney and and Everson Griffin. They're only good for 519 00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:32,240 Speaker 1: the off season. By the time the season rules around, 520 00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:34,600 Speaker 1: they're gonna be off your team. It's like Babe Ruth 521 00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:40,120 Speaker 1: going to Japan in they made the cut as of today, 522 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:43,000 Speaker 1: Griffin played really well last year. I mean, that's one 523 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:46,719 Speaker 1: of the better defensive end duos in the entire NFL 524 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:50,320 Speaker 1: that the Graybeard own. Thank you. And I don't know 525 00:27:50,359 --> 00:27:53,200 Speaker 1: if the Micman hit it um, but there is a 526 00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:55,760 Speaker 1: report out there that Clowney might wait until training camp 527 00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:59,919 Speaker 1: to sign. Now, so uh, that market is fairly standing. 528 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,440 Speaker 1: Have enough time, had that Joseph Aboud copy to get 529 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:04,040 Speaker 1: through it. You know, you only have so much time, 530 00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:05,720 Speaker 1: and I you know, ideal with that. When that when 531 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:08,199 Speaker 1: that report becomes factual and I have triple sources on 532 00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:11,520 Speaker 1: my own, then it becomes part of the news copy 533 00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:14,560 Speaker 1: on the interior D line. I just got some hogs 534 00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:18,679 Speaker 1: in here. You're doing damage, taking up space and we 535 00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:22,480 Speaker 1: had we had last year. West. I remember you complimenting 536 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:24,080 Speaker 1: the gray Beards as a team that was gonna be 537 00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:26,440 Speaker 1: hard to run against. I feel like that's an every 538 00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:29,960 Speaker 1: year thing because these guys tend to last a little 539 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:33,440 Speaker 1: longer because they're not you know, it's flashy, but Mike Daniels. 540 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:35,560 Speaker 1: Maybe he has fallen off a little bit, but just 541 00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:38,800 Speaker 1: thirty one years old. Good reclamation project projects. Same could 542 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:41,440 Speaker 1: be said for Snacks. Harrison, who really did not play 543 00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:43,760 Speaker 1: well last year, wasn't stopping the run, but that was 544 00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:46,240 Speaker 1: what he was great at um and all the previous 545 00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:47,959 Speaker 1: years in the league. So I'm banking on to come 546 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:51,120 Speaker 1: back there. Timmy Joern again twenty seven years old, could 547 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:52,800 Speaker 1: be a value signing. And then I got the big 548 00:28:52,920 --> 00:28:57,800 Speaker 1: Estonian Marcus Hunt thirty three years the eastern block. I mean, 549 00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:00,280 Speaker 1: how many six ft eight Estonians can you put on 550 00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:04,240 Speaker 1: your roster? Well, I'm doing it. Yeah, Snacks is a 551 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:07,760 Speaker 1: good get. Um, these guys, Snacks and Mike Daniels same 552 00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:10,600 Speaker 1: age as lin Vell Joseph, and yet Joseph is getting 553 00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:13,280 Speaker 1: paid big bucks while these guys sit around on the 554 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:16,960 Speaker 1: gray beards. Well, Daniels is barely played the last two 555 00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:19,920 Speaker 1: years and and did not look like himself the uh 556 00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:23,480 Speaker 1: the brief times I think, yeah, just you know, these 557 00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:25,680 Speaker 1: aren't guys you're gonna be putting on the on the tickets. 558 00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:29,040 Speaker 1: You've got enough defensive ends for that linebacker Nigel Bradham. 559 00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:30,480 Speaker 1: I'm gonna have him in the middle. Don't ask me 560 00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:32,479 Speaker 1: if I'm playing four three or three four. I don't know. 561 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:36,480 Speaker 1: That's your flexible, your versatile. Braden's like guy in the middle, 562 00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:38,880 Speaker 1: the eyes and the ears of the defense, alco Ogle, 563 00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:42,320 Speaker 1: Tree and Darren Lee a couple of reclamation projects as well. 564 00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:46,600 Speaker 1: There thoughts about the linebacker group, uh not the strength 565 00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:51,000 Speaker 1: of your team. Uh I would say that. And Uncle Tree, 566 00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:54,480 Speaker 1: somebody will pay him like ten million dollars and then 567 00:29:54,480 --> 00:29:58,440 Speaker 1: cut him in November. I like Darren Lee getting um 568 00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:02,280 Speaker 1: kind of the coveted former jet that Dan knows. So 569 00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:04,600 Speaker 1: he's gonna make the team spot. He's got to be 570 00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:07,160 Speaker 1: one of those guys every year, every year, every year, 571 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:09,240 Speaker 1: and there's gotta be something that got him picked in 572 00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:12,440 Speaker 1: the first round. He's got speed, he's got agility, goes 573 00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:16,000 Speaker 1: sideline and sideline. Baby. This is a totally this is 574 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:18,200 Speaker 1: off topic of the linebackers, but I just realized there's 575 00:30:19,080 --> 00:30:22,200 Speaker 1: I think only eight of our top sixty free agents 576 00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:24,880 Speaker 1: that West and I put on our list are still available. 577 00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:26,920 Speaker 1: And you've got two of the top two of the 578 00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:29,760 Speaker 1: top three players in the entire market are on the graybeards. 579 00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:32,960 Speaker 1: You've you've had, You've won the off season. It's always 580 00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:36,840 Speaker 1: dangerous to win the off season cornerback. I like this group. 581 00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:40,640 Speaker 1: They're obviously a little overly seasoned, uh and they're and 582 00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:44,280 Speaker 1: they're not gonna be going any Pro Bowls. But in 583 00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:47,040 Speaker 1: past years it's been an absolute disaster, and I don't 584 00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:49,760 Speaker 1: think that's the case. This year got Prince Amukamara and 585 00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:53,320 Speaker 1: Brandon Carr on the outside. I got Logan Ryan in 586 00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:57,120 Speaker 1: the slot, and then Traymont Williams, who, at thirty seven 587 00:30:57,160 --> 00:31:01,360 Speaker 1: years old, is um you know to be uh not 588 00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:03,880 Speaker 1: the youngest guy. But the metrics tell us in the 589 00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:07,960 Speaker 1: advanced analytics tell us what is what is gentleman, call 590 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:14,520 Speaker 1: it my computer? Then whatever he calls that that he 591 00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:16,960 Speaker 1: can still play the guitar in twenty nineteen, So welcome 592 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:25,240 Speaker 1: to the gray Beards for four years. I'm confused. I'm 593 00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:28,360 Speaker 1: confused why Logan Ryan um is a free agent at 594 00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:31,600 Speaker 1: all right now. Maybe he's buying that PFF hype that 595 00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:33,720 Speaker 1: he was like one of the best cornerbacks in the 596 00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:35,880 Speaker 1: league for the first eleven or twelve weeks this season. 597 00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:37,920 Speaker 1: Not sure he's at that level, but he's still he's 598 00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:40,760 Speaker 1: still a good ball player. I saw something that he 599 00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:42,800 Speaker 1: he wasn't taking a penny less than a ten million 600 00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:44,560 Speaker 1: dollars he made last year, so that might be the 601 00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:48,600 Speaker 1: hold up. Moving out to safety to Marius Randall, twenty 602 00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:52,280 Speaker 1: eight years old. Uh, verse, little guy could use him 603 00:31:52,640 --> 00:31:54,600 Speaker 1: uh in a couple of different ways as a safety. 604 00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:59,760 Speaker 1: He's there. Tavon Wilson, same thing. Um. Eric Reid, who 605 00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:03,080 Speaker 1: had a down season in Carolina after signing that extension, 606 00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:08,160 Speaker 1: still just twenty eight years old. Bounce back guy, um. 607 00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:11,120 Speaker 1: And then of course Eric Berry, A little nod to you, 608 00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:13,040 Speaker 1: Chris Westley, Come on, you got to give the cancer 609 00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:16,360 Speaker 1: survivor another shot. Oh yeah, get Eric Berry. That's your 610 00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:18,920 Speaker 1: team leader right there. Uh. And you've got a good 611 00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:21,760 Speaker 1: one two punch with Randall and Reid. I think the 612 00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:24,840 Speaker 1: ro also reports out there that Barry, you know, wanted 613 00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:28,920 Speaker 1: to get as healthy as possible and is doing quite 614 00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:31,280 Speaker 1: well right now. So this might be just another steal 615 00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:35,080 Speaker 1: where you're um operating and churning. Uh, maybe a day 616 00:32:35,160 --> 00:32:38,400 Speaker 1: or two or three before most NFL operations. Well done, 617 00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:42,040 Speaker 1: Thank you, Mark Special teams kicker Adam Vinetieri. I mean 618 00:32:42,040 --> 00:32:45,000 Speaker 1: this is always gonna happen. An actual Gray Beer joins 619 00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:48,880 Speaker 1: the Gray Beer forty seven years young, very very difficult 620 00:32:49,080 --> 00:32:52,640 Speaker 1: final season with Indianapolis. We all know that. But this 621 00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:55,960 Speaker 1: guy is a legend, and he says, and I find 622 00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:58,760 Speaker 1: him to be a man that wouldn't lie, even if 623 00:32:58,760 --> 00:33:01,920 Speaker 1: it meant trying to extend into his marathon career. He 624 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:05,360 Speaker 1: said that his struggles last year were more related to 625 00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:09,680 Speaker 1: injury issues in his lower body than age, and I'm 626 00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:11,640 Speaker 1: gonna take him at his word and give him a shot. 627 00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:14,560 Speaker 1: He's so much older than everyone else on your team 628 00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:16,880 Speaker 1: that you've got like a Smurfs dynamic here, and he's 629 00:33:16,880 --> 00:33:22,360 Speaker 1: Papa Smurf. That's fair. And then UH punter Marquette King. 630 00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:24,920 Speaker 1: I wanted to bring one guy back from the XFL, 631 00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:28,960 Speaker 1: and UH King was playing for the St. Louis battle 632 00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:34,160 Speaker 1: Hawks prior to the COVID nineteen uh pandemic. You know, 633 00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:37,560 Speaker 1: kind of a guy that nobody seems to like. Um 634 00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:39,560 Speaker 1: In the piece I wrote, he's kind of like the 635 00:33:39,640 --> 00:33:43,040 Speaker 1: Dwight Howard of the NFL, where he does a lot 636 00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:46,080 Speaker 1: of bits. He's he's wacky and he gets up in 637 00:33:46,120 --> 00:33:48,920 Speaker 1: people's faces with his comedic stylings and no one really 638 00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:54,200 Speaker 1: likes it. But after sitting down with UH management for 639 00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:56,560 Speaker 1: the Gray beards. He'll know to use more of the 640 00:33:56,640 --> 00:33:59,000 Speaker 1: leg and less of the mouth. Well, this happened in 641 00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:02,760 Speaker 1: the same talk where Antonio Brown and Josh Gordon and 642 00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:05,920 Speaker 1: filling the blank are also in the room learning about 643 00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:09,640 Speaker 1: the behavior boundaries required. You know why you turn it 644 00:34:09,640 --> 00:34:11,799 Speaker 1: on Josh Gordon now that he's not a Brown. For 645 00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:15,520 Speaker 1: years you just said, oh, Josh Gordon, he uh oh, 646 00:34:15,640 --> 00:34:18,240 Speaker 1: he smoked marijuana once and now he's going to prison, 647 00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:20,319 Speaker 1: and he used to mock the NFL. He's not a 648 00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:22,920 Speaker 1: bad person, he just has a dig don't. I wouldn't 649 00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:24,520 Speaker 1: call him a bad person. I think it's fair to 650 00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:29,000 Speaker 1: call him um dangerously unreliable um per at least per. 651 00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:31,480 Speaker 1: I don't. Again, you're operating in a new rule system, 652 00:34:31,520 --> 00:34:34,080 Speaker 1: so maybe you catch as everyone else tried to get 653 00:34:34,080 --> 00:34:37,680 Speaker 1: that Josh Gordon five year comeback. Don't think so. He's 654 00:34:37,719 --> 00:34:40,120 Speaker 1: really only there because there aren't a lot of options 655 00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:42,600 Speaker 1: to choose from. In fact, maybe he'll be the guy 656 00:34:42,640 --> 00:34:44,640 Speaker 1: that goes in favor of Ted Gainn. I don't know, 657 00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:49,080 Speaker 1: but he's so good it's like worth it may you know, 658 00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:51,840 Speaker 1: like maybe it comes through for even a gamer. I 659 00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:53,520 Speaker 1: don't know if he was even that good last year 660 00:34:53,880 --> 00:34:59,920 Speaker 1: before he disappeared from Seattle. And that is on Marquete 661 00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:05,400 Speaker 1: King philosophically, are you a comedian if nobody pays attention 662 00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:10,000 Speaker 1: to your comedy? I think people have people have to 663 00:35:10,040 --> 00:35:14,440 Speaker 1: wonder about, you know. The NFL dot com did a 664 00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:18,839 Speaker 1: long form on on Marquette King. Our our editor was 665 00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:22,120 Speaker 1: the was the author, and um, the way his career 666 00:35:22,160 --> 00:35:26,719 Speaker 1: has gone since that long form, it's a bit of 667 00:35:26,719 --> 00:35:28,600 Speaker 1: a curse, a bit of a curse, a bit of 668 00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:32,480 Speaker 1: a red flag, but of a lot of nifico. All right, 669 00:35:32,600 --> 00:35:36,400 Speaker 1: And as promised, those are the gray Beards. And before 670 00:35:36,440 --> 00:35:39,080 Speaker 1: we get to uh making predictions on their record if 671 00:35:39,080 --> 00:35:41,880 Speaker 1: they were to replace a random team in the NFL, 672 00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:44,800 Speaker 1: I'd like to um perform a song in honor of 673 00:35:45,560 --> 00:36:03,800 Speaker 1: a proud group of men. Ricky. Once upon a time 674 00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:14,200 Speaker 1: I was a young star. It wasn't very far a god. 675 00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:22,160 Speaker 1: But now everyone thinks you're done. It's not fun, no 676 00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:28,359 Speaker 1: time to run. You gotta get that back while I care. 677 00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:49,960 Speaker 1: Great bills, always keep the faith, great bills. We're gonna 678 00:36:50,239 --> 00:37:02,799 Speaker 1: save the day. We're here to day gone tomorrow. Room. 679 00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:08,560 Speaker 1: Will you watch your follow It's done me in I 680 00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:22,200 Speaker 1: can't play you will see me leave the way, prays 681 00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:50,920 Speaker 1: never go away, rapists never go As a workout, just 682 00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:53,759 Speaker 1: watching it, I can't imagine singing it. I mean, it 683 00:37:53,800 --> 00:37:55,840 Speaker 1: was one of my favorite. Um, it's one of my 684 00:37:55,880 --> 00:38:00,440 Speaker 1: favorite experiences of any like live music, is watching singer 685 00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:04,840 Speaker 1: read the lyrics off of the teleprompter or whatever was 686 00:38:04,840 --> 00:38:09,279 Speaker 1: going on that was there was some intensity in those eyes. Yeah, 687 00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:10,879 Speaker 1: I thought I had good energy. It's one of those 688 00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:12,920 Speaker 1: kinds of songs where I thought it was over and 689 00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:16,040 Speaker 1: it went on for another eighty eight five seconds, which 690 00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:18,200 Speaker 1: was you know, I liked it, joined it, and I 691 00:38:18,200 --> 00:38:20,319 Speaker 1: think it's I think part of what makes it more 692 00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:24,400 Speaker 1: emotional is um getting older myself and you know, growing 693 00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:28,080 Speaker 1: out this beard during this pandemic and they're being gray 694 00:38:28,080 --> 00:38:31,080 Speaker 1: and the beard and and maybe just the times in 695 00:38:31,120 --> 00:38:33,760 Speaker 1: general where we are right now that the gray beards 696 00:38:33,760 --> 00:38:37,479 Speaker 1: have never been more relatable is as underdogs and people 697 00:38:37,600 --> 00:38:41,600 Speaker 1: looking just to stay alive, stay alive. Yeah, I mean 698 00:38:41,640 --> 00:38:44,200 Speaker 1: this is a hard scrabbled crew, most of them, you know, 699 00:38:44,520 --> 00:38:49,040 Speaker 1: scraping by on the eight hundred thousand dollar remaining year 700 00:38:49,120 --> 00:38:51,000 Speaker 1: contract they have where they're still going to be paid 701 00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:53,759 Speaker 1: by ex employer. So I I hear you. This is 702 00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:57,279 Speaker 1: what we need to be getting behind moralistically and just 703 00:38:57,440 --> 00:38:59,880 Speaker 1: you know, as we think about our children. All right, 704 00:39:00,040 --> 00:39:02,719 Speaker 1: we will be back tomorrow. Check it out again. Oh no, 705 00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:04,000 Speaker 1: I do want to get it real quick. What do 706 00:39:04,040 --> 00:39:06,640 Speaker 1: you guys think? What is this team's record? If you 707 00:39:06,640 --> 00:39:09,359 Speaker 1: you know, everybody does these stupid predictions where they go 708 00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:13,160 Speaker 1: game by game on a touch screen, what would be 709 00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:16,040 Speaker 1: the record of this Gray Beards team? Will start with you, Greg, 710 00:39:18,080 --> 00:39:20,879 Speaker 1: I'm giving them six wins. I don't think I've ever 711 00:39:20,960 --> 00:39:23,400 Speaker 1: put you over two or three before. No, you haven't, 712 00:39:23,440 --> 00:39:29,880 Speaker 1: so that is notable, wrong, but notable. Mark. You know, 713 00:39:29,960 --> 00:39:34,360 Speaker 1: this reminds me one of those like really interesting football 714 00:39:34,440 --> 00:39:38,160 Speaker 1: life type squads where everyone you've got it just all veterans, 715 00:39:38,280 --> 00:39:40,399 Speaker 1: and the locker room is gonna be raucous. They're gonna 716 00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:44,160 Speaker 1: support each other, They're gonna surprise people. Go nine and seven. 717 00:39:45,600 --> 00:39:49,800 Speaker 1: I like that, Wes. I actually, to tell the truth, 718 00:39:49,840 --> 00:39:51,680 Speaker 1: I had the exact same record as Greg. I had 719 00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:54,279 Speaker 1: six and ten in my head. Um, I think you 720 00:39:54,360 --> 00:39:59,560 Speaker 1: might have some durability issues. Um, maybe some team speed 721 00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:03,800 Speaker 1: issues at the skill positions, and some insurrection issues. I 722 00:40:04,160 --> 00:40:06,840 Speaker 1: think that there may not be many people wanting to 723 00:40:06,880 --> 00:40:09,760 Speaker 1: be cohesive and listen to authority in this locker room. Wait, 724 00:40:09,760 --> 00:40:13,319 Speaker 1: wait a second, we got Eric Berry in the locker rooms. 725 00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:15,440 Speaker 1: We got who else do we have? I had another 726 00:40:15,440 --> 00:40:18,480 Speaker 1: big Frank Gore's in the locker room. I mean, there 727 00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:21,719 Speaker 1: are people that are gonna keep things number. We're giving 728 00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:23,920 Speaker 1: you a lot of credit for cam And and Clowney. 729 00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:26,520 Speaker 1: Those two alone, can can they win six games? They 730 00:40:26,560 --> 00:40:30,920 Speaker 1: gotta make up for some dry spots here. I don't know, 731 00:40:30,960 --> 00:40:33,480 Speaker 1: I feel like you sneak into the playoffs there you go. 732 00:40:33,880 --> 00:40:36,800 Speaker 1: I don't know you. This is the best team you've 733 00:40:36,840 --> 00:40:41,120 Speaker 1: ever had. Yeah, there's two teams in the playoffs too, 734 00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:43,960 Speaker 1: So yeah, I think this is true. And Erica went 735 00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:46,479 Speaker 1: back and listened to all the episode that she wasn't 736 00:40:46,520 --> 00:40:49,640 Speaker 1: involved in with the Gray Beards, just for that analysis. 737 00:40:50,200 --> 00:40:53,840 Speaker 1: Bro al right, we will We will be back um 738 00:40:53,960 --> 00:40:57,600 Speaker 1: on Tuesday with another edition of the show. So we're 739 00:40:57,600 --> 00:41:01,200 Speaker 1: gonna keep rolling in a short uh you know, shorter 740 00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:04,799 Speaker 1: terms of time to the show. But we're gonna keep 741 00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:07,840 Speaker 1: going five days a week until someone says we shouldn't 742 00:41:07,840 --> 00:41:10,319 Speaker 1: do that, including you, the listeners. Feel free to tell 743 00:41:10,360 --> 00:41:12,719 Speaker 1: us if you think this is too much content for you, 744 00:41:12,800 --> 00:41:16,000 Speaker 1: but uh that's certainly uh in play as well. 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