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Speaker 1: as good as the Bills who just landed themselves a

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Speaker 1: get fired up for the weekend. Hopefully you guys are

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Speaker 1: we had a big week we had on Derek Carr

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Speaker 1: and I'm sure next week we'll have a bunch more trades.

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Speaker 1: I can say is, buckle up, let's talk some football.

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Speaker 1: One pet peeve of mine before we dive into the

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Speaker 1: nitty gritty is I saw a lot of this on

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Speaker 1: the internet today. They gave a a second round pick

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Speaker 1: that they're not all created equal? Because if I told

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Speaker 1: thirteen is worth what two pick twenty nine? So not

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Speaker 1: all picks in a round are created equal clearly, so

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Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills trading pick sixty for DJ Moore might

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Speaker 1: much of this today, as like, god, that is a lot. Well,

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Speaker 1: the Houston Texans, for example, have the Washington Commander's second

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Speaker 1: So what happened to the Texans? They got picked thirty seven,

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Speaker 1: They traded pick sixty for DJ Moore a team, let's

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Speaker 1: was the McDonald's CEO. His name is Chris's long last name,

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Speaker 1: very difficult to say. He looks like a guy that

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Speaker 1: takes health very seriously. Jawline skinny, looks like he runs

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Speaker 1: or pelotons. Probably a couple smoothies during the day, intermediate

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Speaker 1: intermediate fasting, a lot of greens, protein heavy, not many

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Speaker 1: carbs like you can just view some individuals, especially as

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Speaker 1: they get older and go that guy takes hell seriously. Well,

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Speaker 1: he's the CEO of McDonald's, which obviously is the largest

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Speaker 1: chain restaurant I think in the history of the world

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Speaker 1: and currently the biggest in the world. Right, They do

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Speaker 1: a lot of money worth of business. I think billions

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Speaker 1: upon billions of dollars of revenue. And i'd be lying.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I got about for McDonald's coffee is a

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Speaker 1: little weak, though it tastes pretty good. Definitely don't hate

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Speaker 1: a good mcflurry or two, and every once in a

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Speaker 1: while you're starving cheeseburger and bad. He did a video

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Speaker 1: of like I think it's called the Arch. I've never

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Speaker 1: had it, but it's probably somewhat in the uh in

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Speaker 1: the big Mac kind of world, I would guess, And

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Speaker 1: he was doing like a taste test slash to promote it,

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Speaker 1: and he he put it to his mouth. He could

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Speaker 1: barely bite the burger, and I was just thinking, like

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Speaker 1: I googled it today. On average the last couple of years,

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Speaker 1: he's made like eighteen nineteen million dollars. So this is

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Speaker 1: a very lucrative position being the CEO of McDonald's. And

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Speaker 1: there are a lot of people all over the world

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Speaker 1: that are in positions at a job at a company

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Speaker 1: that don't believe in the company, that don't associate with

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Speaker 1: the company outside of work. If I've known people in

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Speaker 1: the beer industry that don't drink, so this is not

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Speaker 1: like something that doesn't happen. But if you're gonna put

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Speaker 1: a guy on camera to eat a cheeseburger from McDonald's

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Speaker 1: and make it look like the burger has the plague

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Speaker 1: in it, and he could barely touch it because he

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Speaker 1: knows there's a lot of stuff in that burger that

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Speaker 1: are bad for his body. Someone probably should have thought,

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Speaker 1: let's get a chevier guy that is just gonna slam

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Speaker 1: this burger, hammer some fries and wash it down with

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Speaker 1: a coke, And that was not what they did. And

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Speaker 1: then a burger King, Wendy's, all these other companies came

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Speaker 1: out with their CEOs doing it and making fun of it,

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Speaker 1: attacking burgers. But I just think sometimes I could imagine

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Speaker 1: he was excited, he wanted to do it, and then

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Speaker 1: when the light went on and rubber was meeting the road,

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Speaker 1: he looked at that burger and thought to himself, I

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Speaker 1: haven't eat McDonald's in years, potentially decades, maybe ever. I

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Speaker 1: just work here. I make a lot of money and

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Speaker 1: we're very profitable. But it was fucking hilarious. So if

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Speaker 1: you haven't seen it, just type in CEO McDonald's East,

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Speaker 1: the Big Arch and you know it right away when

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Speaker 1: you see a guy. Because if you see a guy

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Speaker 1: and he's super skinny, unless he's like Chad Johnson, you're like,

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Speaker 1: you don't eat McDonald's bro and this guy definitely doesn't

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Speaker 1: and he was caught red handed. Okay, let's go mailbag

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Speaker 1: at John Middlecoff at John Middlecoff is the Instagram, Fire

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Speaker 1: into those dms and get your questions answered here on

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Speaker 1: the podcast. This is a Bears question. Can you explain

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Speaker 1: the dj more trade from the Bear's perspective? If tied

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Speaker 1: to Cross be okay, But otherwise why would you give

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Speaker 1: up a top wide receiver? He said, a number one

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Speaker 1: wide receiver that made some of the biggest catches in

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Speaker 1: recent Bears history. When Rome and Burden aren't close to

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Speaker 1: being number ones yet keep up the good work part

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Speaker 1: of the business. And we touch on this a little bit.

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Speaker 1: Is projecting right? Is projecting guys? Rolls? Guys step up?

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Speaker 1: I do think they're pretty equipped with two tight ends

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Speaker 1: to be take a little bit no pun intended of

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Speaker 1: the Burden off Luther Burden and even Rome that I

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Speaker 1: think at a perfect world levelin have like ninety catches.

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Speaker 1: I think Comet in this offense could have like fifty,

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Speaker 1: So you could have one hundred and thirty hundred and

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Speaker 1: forty hundred and fifty catches between your two tight ends.

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Speaker 1: And if both the wide receivers can just I don't

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Speaker 1: want to say be complimentary players, but give you one

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Speaker 1: hundred and fifty catches between the two of them. So

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Speaker 1: maybe Rome gives you eighty the other guy gives you sixty.

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Speaker 1: I guess that math would be a little off and

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Speaker 1: be more like eighty five sixty five something like that.

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Speaker 1: You'd be in pretty good shape. But that's part of drafting,

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Speaker 1: like it puts pressure on the guy, but you better

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Speaker 1: be right. And I think Ben Johnson's really high on

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Speaker 1: luther In Lovelin, and clearly for them to okay this trade,

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Speaker 1: they feel pretty good about Rome, and I think there's

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Speaker 1: a ton of pressure on Rome to become You don't

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Speaker 1: need Randy Moss or Jerry Rice. You could win a

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl with two number twos, Like can they both

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Speaker 1: just become like really good players? Like at the end

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Speaker 1: of the day, the Bears did not were not a

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Speaker 1: super Bowl team this year. And I mean they got

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Speaker 1: farther than they probably should have with that bat of

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Speaker 1: a defense. It wasn't I mean, the offense had weird spurts,

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Speaker 1: but their defense was atrocious, which ironic because their defense

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Speaker 1: actually played pretty good what was it against the Rams?

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Speaker 1: But Yeah, I just think that part of the business.

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Speaker 1: You got to make financial decisions. DJ makes a decent

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Speaker 1: amount of money. The bills guaranteed more money that the

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Speaker 1: Bears weren't going to do that. It probably factors in

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Speaker 1: financially as much as it does the projection of the

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Speaker 1: other wide receivers, which they're clearly doing. And that's also

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Speaker 1: when you have a good coach. Do you know what

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Speaker 1: the ultimate kind of theme is in the building. He'll

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Speaker 1: figure it out. That's part of having Andy Reid, Kyle Shanahan,

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Speaker 1: Sean McVeigh, Ben Johnson. He'll figure it out. He'll get

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Speaker 1: it done, He'll make something happen. He'll find someone if

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Speaker 1: those guys can't. That's how you have to think, what

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Speaker 1: up man? This is from Gilly. I want to know

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Speaker 1: why the media is so obsessed with trying to push

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Speaker 1: Max out of Vegas. Max and the Raiders have said

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Speaker 1: multiple times it's not what they want, but every other

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Speaker 1: day someone is starting a new rumor. It feels somewhat orchestrated.

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Speaker 1: At this point. One of the best known pass to

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Speaker 1: success in the NFL is getting a young quarterback and

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Speaker 1: surrounding him with high end talent. Apparently except when it

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Speaker 1: comes to the Raiders. The Patriots, Bears, and Commanders wouldn't

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Speaker 1: have had the same success they did the last couple

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Speaker 1: of years if they dumped veterans around their young quarterbacks.

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Speaker 1: So why are the Raiders any different. In addition, the

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Speaker 1: media says a trade him to a contender, Well, they'll

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Speaker 1: get a pick in the high twenties, and then in

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Speaker 1: the next segment they'll say they're only fifteen first round

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Speaker 1: talents in this upcoming draft. I think it's bullshit. The

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Speaker 1: media has taken it upon themselves to try and force this.

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Speaker 1: They've tried their hardest to get them to trade the

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Speaker 1: first pick as well. So what's the deal here? Sorry

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Speaker 1: for the long question. As a Raider fan, it's frustrating

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Speaker 1: seeing the NFL will try and constantly screw the Raiders.

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Speaker 1: Is now Davis. I can give several examples, including the

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Speaker 1: Gruden firing. Uh, the trading. The Raiders are not trading

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Speaker 1: Fernando Mendoza to the Jets for fucking seven first round picks.

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Speaker 1: They're not trading for Nando Mendos. They're gonna draft for

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Speaker 1: Nanda Mendos. Slow time, not much going on, you know,

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Speaker 1: It's like, uh, the Thunder and the Spurs can't carry segments,

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Speaker 1: so you got Steven A. Collin Zion fat. You know,

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Speaker 1: there's only so much going on, so you gotta manipulate stories.

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Speaker 1: You gotta create angles, which is the business they're in.

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Speaker 1: The Max thing, though, started with Jay Glazier at the

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Speaker 1: late December, which the Raiders did the right thing. You're

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Speaker 1: sitting down swing at the number one pick and you

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Speaker 1: need knee surgery and it worked, and listen, it pissed

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Speaker 1: Max off, which wouldn't you want him to be pissed?

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Speaker 1: Wouldn't you want him to be mad? Right? So I

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Speaker 1: I think they understand it. I think it's pretty clear

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Speaker 1: that Max and Spytech have a good relationship. But I

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Speaker 1: also think that the Raiders know in their division that

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Speaker 1: they're not close to winning next year, that they are

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Speaker 1: still a couple of years away, And what if in

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Speaker 1: three years Max is not the same player. So if

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Speaker 1: you can get two first round picks for him right now,

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Speaker 1: when you're probably gonna win five or six games next year.

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Speaker 1: Derek Carr came on the show and they made the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: His third year with the Raiders. First year I was there,

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Speaker 1: they started zero to ten and finished three and thirteen.

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Speaker 1: It's not going to be great next year. And even

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Speaker 1: if Max is there, like I saw Miles Garrett on

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Speaker 1: the Browns, he's a better player at Max crowd, it

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Speaker 1: doesn't matter, and their defense is pretty good. So I

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Speaker 1: don't think I know you Raider fans get so offended

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Speaker 1: by the media, and in fairness, they've been talking about

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Speaker 1: you for a long time. Some of it most of

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00:34:18,640 --> 00:34:21,439
Speaker 1: it probably self inflicted, but that's neither here nor there.

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Speaker 1: I do think there's validity to this one, and it

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00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:29,480
Speaker 1: started with Max, and I think some of these stories

589
00:34:29,520 --> 00:34:32,560
Speaker 1: have come out, like you know, Max's Max areted looking around,

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00:34:33,040 --> 00:34:36,160
Speaker 1: he realized there might be greener pastures. I think he

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Speaker 1: started changing his mindset because he's had time over the

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Speaker 1: last couple of months to say, I do not want

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Speaker 1: to be traded. I want to stay here. And I

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Speaker 1: don't blame him, he just kind of I think he's

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Speaker 1: letting it play out. And my guess is he's traded

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Speaker 1: in the next three or four days, and I don't

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Speaker 1: think that's a bad thing. I do think that's the

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Speaker 1: right move for the Raiders, for the bag. So a

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Speaker 1: bit tongue in cheek, but then a bit not as

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Speaker 1: an international NFL and forty nine are fanatic who traveled

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Speaker 1: from Australia to our last two forty nine or Super

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Speaker 1: bowls Miami in Vegas. I was at them both too,

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Speaker 1: not the games, but that week they were awesome, too great.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I don't think anyone would complain if you

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Speaker 1: put the Super Bowl in Vegas or Miami every single year.

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00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:24,360
Speaker 1: I support the league expanding abroad and can't wait for

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Speaker 1: the Niners the Rams matchup down here. So here's the

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Speaker 1: rant to anyone from the NFL who ever mentioned the

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Speaker 1: term world champions about a Super Bowl win but now

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Speaker 1: wines about flying around the world, they can shut the

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Speaker 1: bleep up. I agree. I've always hated World champions, but

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Speaker 1: now it might have a little more substance and validity

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Speaker 1: behind it, Right, if you're truly gonna play all over

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Speaker 1: the world, yeah, maybe our World champs. And I totally

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Speaker 1: get it. For those of you that live internationally, if

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Speaker 1: you live in some of these places in Europe, if

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Speaker 1: you live in Mexico City, if you live in Australia,

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Speaker 1: it's pretty cool. And if you're a Niner fan, they're

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Speaker 1: coming to Australia. I bet that game rocks mailbag moving

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Speaker 1: to Pacifica or Half Moon Bay from Tampa Bay. Those

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Speaker 1: are two coastal areas in the Bay area. Because my

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Speaker 1: fiance got a promotion with her company based out of

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Speaker 1: Palo Alto. I'm only going to be there for one

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Speaker 1: and a half two years quote hopefully, and I'm still

625
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Speaker 1: owning my home in Florida. I'm a Florida guy at heart,

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Speaker 1: so I love surfing, duck hunting, spearfishing. Based off my

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Speaker 1: knowledge of San fran area, I might hate it. I

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Speaker 1: wanted to see what do you think I should do

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Speaker 1: to make the most of my two year stint in California.

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Speaker 1: I've never been in my life, and I know it's

631
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Speaker 1: your home turf well, if you like to surf. Not

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Speaker 1: a surf guy, right. The one thing I learned at

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Speaker 1: cal Poly, which is in the middle of California, that

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00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:03,880
Speaker 1: most of us from northern California there's a culture. Anyone

635
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Speaker 1: that went to school with people from the beaches in

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Speaker 1: southern California or San Diego, there's a surf culture and

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00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:13,600
Speaker 1: they kind of fit that stereotype. Even though the surfing

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00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:17,720
Speaker 1: up in northern California is better, we have bigger waves.

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Speaker 1: The problem is it's like the largest concentration I think

640
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Speaker 1: besides like South Africa of great white sharks in the

641
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Speaker 1: world and Mavericks, which is you know, can have like

642
00:37:28,920 --> 00:37:33,520
Speaker 1: fifty seventy five foot waves breaks on a reef also

643
00:37:33,560 --> 00:37:36,640
Speaker 1: as sharks everywhere. So I don't know if you're that good,

644
00:37:36,680 --> 00:37:39,200
Speaker 1: but there is really good surfing up in that area.

645
00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:43,879
Speaker 1: There's definitely duck hunting Inland, you know, close to where

646
00:37:43,880 --> 00:37:47,440
Speaker 1: I grew up in closer to like the Central Valley.

647
00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:50,280
Speaker 1: I don't know. I would just soak it in everyone

648
00:37:50,360 --> 00:37:52,600
Speaker 1: in life. If you get the opportunity when you're young,

649
00:37:53,719 --> 00:37:56,959
Speaker 1: should move to a place. Now it's gonna economically cost

650
00:37:56,960 --> 00:37:58,680
Speaker 1: you guys a little bit. No, she's getting to pay raise,

651
00:37:58,719 --> 00:38:02,280
Speaker 1: but she's gonna give a lot. Bat to California, somewhere

652
00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:05,720
Speaker 1: where you just you're not comfortable, move to a state.

653
00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:09,440
Speaker 1: I did this when I in my twenties to Philadelphia, uh,

654
00:38:09,480 --> 00:38:11,960
Speaker 1: and it helped change my life. It put me in

655
00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:16,680
Speaker 1: an uncomfortable situation because the older you get, the less

656
00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:20,480
Speaker 1: likely you are going to be with change. So when

657
00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:23,640
Speaker 1: you're young making some of these quote unquote force moves,

658
00:38:24,200 --> 00:38:28,280
Speaker 1: obviously it's typically connected to a job is an incredible

659
00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:31,840
Speaker 1: life experience, even if you don't think you have that

660
00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:34,359
Speaker 1: much common with the people, or you just just take

661
00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:36,520
Speaker 1: it in. I mean, if you've moved to half Moon Bay,

662
00:38:36,560 --> 00:38:39,719
Speaker 1: it's on the fucking water in the Pacific Ocean. So

663
00:38:40,080 --> 00:38:42,319
Speaker 1: now it's expensive. You know you're gonna you're gonna pay

664
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Speaker 1: a lot. But just find a place to rent and

665
00:38:45,239 --> 00:38:49,400
Speaker 1: just there's a million things to do. Uh Now, I

666
00:38:50,160 --> 00:38:53,320
Speaker 1: don't know what specifically you want to do. I would

667
00:38:53,640 --> 00:38:57,480
Speaker 1: it's not Northern California is not like Southern California or

668
00:38:57,520 --> 00:38:59,560
Speaker 1: Florida where you just go hang out at the beach.

669
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Speaker 1: You know, I'm born and raised probably hour fifteen minute

670
00:39:06,360 --> 00:39:10,120
Speaker 1: from some of the beaches like Bedega Bay. You just

671
00:39:11,080 --> 00:39:13,200
Speaker 1: Northern California is not a go to the beach and

672
00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:16,239
Speaker 1: just lay there and look at the waters. It can

673
00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:20,600
Speaker 1: be cold, it can be windy. The water is freezing cold,

674
00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:23,200
Speaker 1: but it is cool. There are a ton of good

675
00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:26,239
Speaker 1: places to eat in the city. You go to Lake Tahoe,

676
00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:31,160
Speaker 1: you go to Yosemite. There are a lot of places

677
00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:33,080
Speaker 1: to go. You could go down to the Pacific Highway

678
00:39:33,120 --> 00:39:35,920
Speaker 1: and go to southern California, go to San Diego, I

679
00:39:35,960 --> 00:39:38,120
Speaker 1: would definitely go to San Diego if I were you taking.

680
00:39:38,239 --> 00:39:42,600
Speaker 1: That's more like beachy town. You go to the Central Coast,

681
00:39:42,640 --> 00:39:45,960
Speaker 1: which is where I cal Pauly San Luis Obispo. But

682
00:39:46,040 --> 00:39:50,959
Speaker 1: Pismo Beach is probably three and a half hours from

683
00:39:51,160 --> 00:39:55,160
Speaker 1: you know, half Moon Bay. You can find enough to

684
00:39:55,400 --> 00:40:10,879
Speaker 1: enjoy yourself, for sure. The show has been great lately

685
00:40:11,160 --> 00:40:14,000
Speaker 1: with all the information from the combine. I have a

686
00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:17,440
Speaker 1: mailbag question. I think it was the right move for

687
00:40:17,480 --> 00:40:20,400
Speaker 1: the Colts to sign Daniel Jones to attack. He's been

688
00:40:20,440 --> 00:40:22,840
Speaker 1: the best quarterback they've had since Rivers are luck and

689
00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:25,240
Speaker 1: it seems like the coaches and players really like him. However,

690
00:40:25,719 --> 00:40:27,400
Speaker 1: a ton of people online are saying they should have

691
00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:31,640
Speaker 1: sign Kyler Murray. I don't really agree. The narrative seems

692
00:40:31,640 --> 00:40:33,560
Speaker 1: to be that Kyler is a high level quarterback, but

693
00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:36,040
Speaker 1: I can't remember that being the case. Has he ever

694
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Speaker 1: been better than Jones? Both nineteen quarterbacks? I think Jones

695
00:40:40,320 --> 00:40:41,960
Speaker 1: is the best in the class. What are your thoughts?

696
00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:48,719
Speaker 1: I was I saw Peter Schrager tell I had the

697
00:40:48,760 --> 00:40:52,200
Speaker 1: TV on, and he told McAfee that if you take

698
00:40:52,280 --> 00:40:54,799
Speaker 1: he wanted to do something for TV at ESPN where

699
00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:57,920
Speaker 1: you take five plays of Kyler Murray's career, and he

700
00:40:57,920 --> 00:40:59,520
Speaker 1: could make the argument like, these are some of the

701
00:40:59,520 --> 00:41:02,640
Speaker 1: best plays you'll ever see. And I remember when I

702
00:41:02,640 --> 00:41:06,319
Speaker 1: first got hired at Fresno State and Pat Hill used

703
00:41:06,320 --> 00:41:10,520
Speaker 1: to hate highlight tapes because it's like, anyone can make

704
00:41:10,560 --> 00:41:13,640
Speaker 1: a highlight tape look like a future Division I player.

705
00:41:14,239 --> 00:41:16,960
Speaker 1: Any guy in this draft could make a five play

706
00:41:17,040 --> 00:41:20,040
Speaker 1: highlight tape that's gonna get drafted in the third day,

707
00:41:20,120 --> 00:41:23,279
Speaker 1: that would look like a first rounder. You don't play

708
00:41:23,360 --> 00:41:27,560
Speaker 1: highlight tape. You play football. So part of Kyler Murray's problem,

709
00:41:27,680 --> 00:41:31,160
Speaker 1: no one ever disputed on an individual play basis, he

710
00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:33,640
Speaker 1: could make one of the best plays that week in

711
00:41:33,680 --> 00:41:36,880
Speaker 1: the National Football League and he's done it. But that's

712
00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:41,760
Speaker 1: not football. Football is like every single series, every single half,

713
00:41:41,880 --> 00:41:45,640
Speaker 1: every single week, doing it week in week out. Like

714
00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:47,720
Speaker 1: if I had to have a player, if they're both healthy,

715
00:41:47,719 --> 00:41:51,360
Speaker 1: I would rather have Daniel Jones one hundred percent. Kyler

716
00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:55,160
Speaker 1: can't see now he's injured, and I just think he's

717
00:41:55,200 --> 00:41:59,680
Speaker 1: a highlight player. The issue with Daniel Jones is he

718
00:41:59,719 --> 00:42:04,359
Speaker 1: has a torn achilles. He has a torn achilles, so

719
00:42:05,400 --> 00:42:07,839
Speaker 1: there's going to be pressure on the Colts next year

720
00:42:07,880 --> 00:42:10,520
Speaker 1: to try to win. It's like, is he going to

721
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Speaker 1: be ready for Week one? And if he is, how

722
00:42:13,760 --> 00:42:17,440
Speaker 1: good is he gonna be early in the season. I

723
00:42:17,440 --> 00:42:19,840
Speaker 1: think that's a little concerning. Now, didn't he have a

724
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Speaker 1: major injury? Didn't he tears ACL in New York? I

725
00:42:21,960 --> 00:42:27,640
Speaker 1: mean he's had some major injuries. Chiefs fan, how do

726
00:42:27,680 --> 00:42:30,680
Speaker 1: you think the Chiefs approached the running back position? I

727
00:42:30,719 --> 00:42:33,160
Speaker 1: see many having loved there at nine, but I can't

728
00:42:33,200 --> 00:42:35,960
Speaker 1: see the Chiefs waiting to hope he is there and

729
00:42:35,960 --> 00:42:38,480
Speaker 1: not instead grabbing one of those free agent backs and

730
00:42:38,520 --> 00:42:41,840
Speaker 1: then taking a d lineman at nine. Thoughts? Also, what

731
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Speaker 1: are your favorite areas to stay in Tahoe. We've stayed

732
00:42:44,320 --> 00:42:47,680
Speaker 1: at Edgewood and loved it, but recently we have rented

733
00:42:47,760 --> 00:42:52,879
Speaker 1: homes along the Rubicon Bay. We've stayed the last couple

734
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Speaker 1: of years in an inclined village. It's on the Nevada side,

735
00:43:00,400 --> 00:43:03,600
Speaker 1: opposite of Edgewood. Edgewood is where they play the golf

736
00:43:03,600 --> 00:43:06,839
Speaker 1: tournament with all the football players, which is beautiful as well.

737
00:43:07,320 --> 00:43:09,600
Speaker 1: I grew up staying on that side of the lake

738
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Speaker 1: where Heavenly the Ski Resort is one of my good

739
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Speaker 1: friends in I mean still is at my wedding. Has

740
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Speaker 1: his parents have had a pad back then at a

741
00:43:20,920 --> 00:43:23,880
Speaker 1: smaller lake on His dad was from South Lake Tahoe.

742
00:43:24,320 --> 00:43:29,200
Speaker 1: But my mother in law, she a couple of years

743
00:43:29,200 --> 00:43:32,160
Speaker 1: ago bought like a town home on the other side

744
00:43:32,160 --> 00:43:36,439
Speaker 1: of the lake, which listen Lakedaho is hard to beat.

745
00:43:37,239 --> 00:43:40,960
Speaker 1: I personally like Inclined Village a lot, but you can't

746
00:43:40,960 --> 00:43:43,279
Speaker 1: beat Edgewood. I've never stayed at Edgewood. I've been there

747
00:43:43,320 --> 00:43:46,640
Speaker 1: boozing a bunch over the course of my youth, but

748
00:43:46,760 --> 00:43:50,160
Speaker 1: I've never actually stayed there. I've definitely gambled at those casinos, though.

749
00:43:52,320 --> 00:43:54,680
Speaker 1: You just it's hard to be in Lake Tahoe, not

750
00:43:54,760 --> 00:43:56,319
Speaker 1: of a smile on your face and a beer in

751
00:43:56,320 --> 00:44:00,799
Speaker 1: your hand in the summer winter. You couldn't pay me

752
00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:03,680
Speaker 1: to go anymore. My winter sports and I love skiing,

753
00:44:04,520 --> 00:44:08,480
Speaker 1: probably in junior high and high school. I can't even

754
00:44:08,520 --> 00:44:10,799
Speaker 1: fathom skiing ever again. I don't even think I'll put

755
00:44:10,840 --> 00:44:13,839
Speaker 1: boots on my feet ever. Can't risk breaking a leg,

756
00:44:13,880 --> 00:44:18,080
Speaker 1: tearing acl ripping an achilles, no chance head injury. Those

757
00:44:18,200 --> 00:44:23,560
Speaker 1: days are done. What was your question the chiefs, Yeah,

758
00:44:23,600 --> 00:44:25,759
Speaker 1: free agency. I don't know one thing They could do

759
00:44:26,760 --> 00:44:31,320
Speaker 1: is take an impact lineman at nine. They could always

760
00:44:31,320 --> 00:44:33,399
Speaker 1: take the other Notre Dame back and pick twenty nine.

761
00:44:33,400 --> 00:44:36,000
Speaker 1: If he's on the board, he can fly, he can return,

762
00:44:36,080 --> 00:44:41,279
Speaker 1: he can catch price. If they did want a running back,

763
00:44:42,040 --> 00:44:46,120
Speaker 1: I definitely think that that would be an option. As

764
00:44:46,160 --> 00:44:50,560
Speaker 1: I've gotten older and moved further into hospital administration, I

765
00:44:50,680 --> 00:44:54,400
Speaker 1: focused on learning from people who clearly know their craft.

766
00:44:55,120 --> 00:44:58,719
Speaker 1: Watching you Transition on Netflix and interviews with top NFL executives,

767
00:44:58,960 --> 00:45:03,160
Speaker 1: it's clear you operate at high level, is my mom? No,

768
00:45:03,320 --> 00:45:06,400
Speaker 1: this is a guy named John. As your career advanced,

769
00:45:06,480 --> 00:45:11,759
Speaker 1: did you also find yourself intentionally seeking out high level mentors,

770
00:45:12,160 --> 00:45:15,359
Speaker 1: even if very informal or like when you met Coward?

771
00:45:15,600 --> 00:45:21,120
Speaker 1: Would love to know the details of the story. Yeah.

772
00:45:20,520 --> 00:45:24,160
Speaker 1: I think I've just been very lucky. Once I got

773
00:45:24,160 --> 00:45:26,480
Speaker 1: out of college and I went to work at Fresley

774
00:45:26,560 --> 00:45:29,440
Speaker 1: State pat Hill, I went to work for the Eagles.

775
00:45:29,440 --> 00:45:31,880
Speaker 1: It was Andy Reid and Howie Roseman, and I was around,

776
00:45:31,960 --> 00:45:36,080
Speaker 1: you know, Veach and other people in that organization when

777
00:45:36,080 --> 00:45:38,400
Speaker 1: I got into this business. Now, I've been around and

778
00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:41,480
Speaker 1: associated with Colin for a long time, so I don't

779
00:45:41,520 --> 00:45:45,440
Speaker 1: know if I specifically it's not like I go on

780
00:45:45,520 --> 00:45:47,960
Speaker 1: LinkedIn and go I want to connect. I'm bad at

781
00:45:47,960 --> 00:45:53,840
Speaker 1: that type stuff. I've just maybe been unintentionally intentionally seeking

782
00:45:53,880 --> 00:45:56,399
Speaker 1: these type people, and I've just ended up working for

783
00:45:56,640 --> 00:46:01,840
Speaker 1: around or with people that are much higher level than myself.

784
00:46:02,400 --> 00:46:05,800
Speaker 1: So some people and you sound like it are good at,

785
00:46:05,840 --> 00:46:08,400
Speaker 1: you know, seeking out mentors, seeking out people. That's not

786
00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:10,920
Speaker 1: I'm just not great at that unless I'm at the

787
00:46:10,920 --> 00:46:14,640
Speaker 1: combine i start introducing myself to everybody. But I've been

788
00:46:14,719 --> 00:46:19,160
Speaker 1: very fortunate to see firsthand what it looks like to

789
00:46:19,200 --> 00:46:21,520
Speaker 1: be really successful. And I think, you know, a lot

790
00:46:21,520 --> 00:46:25,919
Speaker 1: of these lew Holtz speeches have gone viral. I think

791
00:46:26,000 --> 00:46:29,440
Speaker 1: most messages from successful people tend to be pretty similar.

792
00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:34,680
Speaker 1: It's about consistency, it's about discipline, it's about treating people

793
00:46:34,719 --> 00:46:38,160
Speaker 1: the right way. It's about having a good foundation at home.

794
00:46:38,960 --> 00:46:42,080
Speaker 1: You know. I think a huge advantage in life is

795
00:46:42,239 --> 00:46:46,040
Speaker 1: having a you know, if you are married, liking and

796
00:46:46,160 --> 00:46:49,759
Speaker 1: having a strong partnership with that person. If you do not,

797
00:46:49,920 --> 00:46:54,279
Speaker 1: there is no point because your life will get derailed it.

798
00:46:54,600 --> 00:46:56,960
Speaker 1: It's not possible to function if your home life's in shambles.

799
00:46:57,040 --> 00:46:58,799
Speaker 1: Unless you're like Tiger Woods in two thousand and eight.

800
00:46:59,560 --> 00:47:04,600
Speaker 1: Most people can't. So I think all these clips of

801
00:47:04,640 --> 00:47:07,319
Speaker 1: Lou Holtz and some of his speeches to the team

802
00:47:07,360 --> 00:47:10,360
Speaker 1: and stuff, it's all tends to be in the same world.

803
00:47:10,880 --> 00:47:14,640
Speaker 1: And I think most people I've seen, you know, Pat

804
00:47:14,719 --> 00:47:17,520
Speaker 1: Hill is one of the best, you know, smaller school

805
00:47:17,560 --> 00:47:20,040
Speaker 1: head coaches in the country for a decade plus. Obviously

806
00:47:20,040 --> 00:47:22,680
Speaker 1: Andy speaks for itself in colin. They all have a

807
00:47:22,719 --> 00:47:26,680
Speaker 1: lot of similarities. One ironically they're all friends with each other.

808
00:47:27,480 --> 00:47:33,920
Speaker 1: But two is like work, ethic, energy, passion, Like there

809
00:47:33,920 --> 00:47:36,200
Speaker 1: are like some things that go along with these people.

810
00:47:36,320 --> 00:47:38,680
Speaker 1: And I think you see this, whether it's Warren Buffett

811
00:47:38,760 --> 00:47:42,120
Speaker 1: or Bezos or the guy crushing it that owns three

812
00:47:42,239 --> 00:47:45,360
Speaker 1: h VAC companies, you know in your town who's a

813
00:47:45,440 --> 00:47:48,160
Speaker 1: multi millionaire that no one even realizes. It's like that

814
00:47:48,200 --> 00:47:50,200
Speaker 1: they're all kind of grinders, and they all kind of

815
00:47:50,280 --> 00:47:52,319
Speaker 1: like the grind. And if you don't like it's just

816
00:47:52,320 --> 00:47:54,560
Speaker 1: gonna be hard to do. It doesn't mean you got

817
00:47:54,600 --> 00:47:56,480
Speaker 1: to every single day wake up with a smile on

818
00:47:56,480 --> 00:47:58,720
Speaker 1: your face. But I think most people are pretty passionate

819
00:47:58,719 --> 00:48:00,880
Speaker 1: about what they do and pretty fired up, you know

820
00:48:00,920 --> 00:48:03,880
Speaker 1: that don't go around life just kind of pouting and

821
00:48:04,040 --> 00:48:06,520
Speaker 1: pissed off. Doesn't mean you can't be pissed off on

822
00:48:06,560 --> 00:48:10,560
Speaker 1: certain days, but like that, you kind of gotta attack

823
00:48:10,640 --> 00:48:13,040
Speaker 1: the world a little bit every day, as Jim would say,

824
00:48:13,080 --> 00:48:15,640
Speaker 1: with an enthusiasm unknown to mankind. Again, some of these

825
00:48:15,640 --> 00:48:18,200
Speaker 1: things people make fun of. I don't know most successful

826
00:48:18,239 --> 00:48:20,560
Speaker 1: people I've seen. All these guys are like I mean,

827
00:48:20,680 --> 00:48:24,359
Speaker 1: Andy and Coward were Who even knows how much Pat

828
00:48:24,440 --> 00:48:27,480
Speaker 1: Hill was making millions. He was the first million dollar

829
00:48:28,560 --> 00:48:31,640
Speaker 1: non power for head coach back in the early two thousands.

830
00:48:32,280 --> 00:48:33,680
Speaker 1: I think they all have like the same three or

831
00:48:33,680 --> 00:48:37,560
Speaker 1: four characteristics. So I think I've just been lucky to

832
00:48:38,320 --> 00:48:42,160
Speaker 1: experience it more than like seek because I if someone

833
00:48:42,239 --> 00:48:45,319
Speaker 1: just tells me something that's not Sometimes my wife, like

834
00:48:45,360 --> 00:48:50,360
Speaker 1: we were trying to install she had a Cherokee. We

835
00:48:50,440 --> 00:48:53,360
Speaker 1: got her a new, bigger car, and we sold the

836
00:48:53,400 --> 00:48:56,520
Speaker 1: car to the dealership. As we're leaving with the other car,

837
00:48:57,320 --> 00:49:01,040
Speaker 1: we're trying to install the car seat, and she brought

838
00:49:01,239 --> 00:49:05,320
Speaker 1: the directions and I'm like, I don't learn that way,

839
00:49:05,760 --> 00:49:08,160
Speaker 1: so you can. She's like read the directions like I

840
00:49:08,160 --> 00:49:11,080
Speaker 1: can't read that, Like I won't, I'll get frustrated. So

841
00:49:11,120 --> 00:49:13,200
Speaker 1: I let me go to YouTube and let me try

842
00:49:13,200 --> 00:49:15,560
Speaker 1: it out. That's how I'll figure it out. And we

843
00:49:15,600 --> 00:49:18,400
Speaker 1: all kind of learn different ways. So it's like I

844
00:49:18,440 --> 00:49:22,800
Speaker 1: could sit with get advice from certain people. That's not really.

845
00:49:23,000 --> 00:49:25,680
Speaker 1: If I had a phone call tomorrow with Warren Buffett

846
00:49:25,719 --> 00:49:29,320
Speaker 1: not saying I wouldn't take things away, I'd be better

847
00:49:29,360 --> 00:49:31,120
Speaker 1: off having warned, like, hey, give me a couple of

848
00:49:31,160 --> 00:49:33,399
Speaker 1: things and let me just try them over the course

849
00:49:33,440 --> 00:49:35,239
Speaker 1: of the next year and let me get back to you.

850
00:49:35,880 --> 00:49:38,560
Speaker 1: Like our motto at cal Poly was learned by doing,

851
00:49:38,560 --> 00:49:42,120
Speaker 1: and that's truly, Like I sounds corny or whatever, that's

852
00:49:42,200 --> 00:49:45,440
Speaker 1: how I learned. I can't learn. I realized why I

853
00:49:45,560 --> 00:49:47,520
Speaker 1: never learned in school, because you just sit there and

854
00:49:47,520 --> 00:49:50,680
Speaker 1: they go over powerpoints like I'm fucking I'm not paying attention.

855
00:49:51,600 --> 00:49:53,719
Speaker 1: But if you told me to go do something with

856
00:49:53,760 --> 00:49:55,759
Speaker 1: what you're trying to teach me, I'm probably more likely

857
00:49:55,800 --> 00:49:58,200
Speaker 1: to learn. We finally got the car seat in, but

858
00:49:58,719 --> 00:50:00,839
Speaker 1: the lady that sold me the car was what are

859
00:50:00,920 --> 00:50:06,080
Speaker 1: you doing? Are elite edge rushers now overrated and overpaid. Garrett,

860
00:50:06,120 --> 00:50:09,200
Speaker 1: Watt Crosby all have been on irrelevant teams for years.

861
00:50:09,600 --> 00:50:12,320
Speaker 1: Garrett has a record year, and the Browns did nothing

862
00:50:12,880 --> 00:50:16,479
Speaker 1: similar to how they lay how they say how hard

863
00:50:16,520 --> 00:50:17,839
Speaker 1: it is for a team to win a Super Bowl

864
00:50:17,840 --> 00:50:20,920
Speaker 1: after paying the quarterback? Would it makes sense to trade

865
00:50:21,000 --> 00:50:24,319
Speaker 1: a high priced edge for multiple mid level starters and

866
00:50:24,400 --> 00:50:28,080
Speaker 1: spread the cap. I do think it's hard. With the

867
00:50:28,120 --> 00:50:32,840
Speaker 1: Garrett thing, the Browns are a joke, Like if you

868
00:50:32,840 --> 00:50:35,560
Speaker 1: put Miles Garrett on the Bills, like he could win

869
00:50:35,560 --> 00:50:37,360
Speaker 1: a Super Bowl. If you put Miles Garrett on the

870
00:50:37,440 --> 00:50:42,160
Speaker 1: Rams as a defensive end, unless you're like Lawrence Taylor

871
00:50:42,800 --> 00:50:45,400
Speaker 1: is in twenty twenty six, you're gonna need a good offense.

872
00:50:46,000 --> 00:50:48,520
Speaker 1: You know TJ. Watt by the end of the year.

873
00:50:49,920 --> 00:50:53,160
Speaker 1: Look at the Steelers, right, Crosby played for the Raiders.

874
00:50:53,480 --> 00:50:56,600
Speaker 1: I mean Gino Smith's trying to pick every game. Some

875
00:50:56,640 --> 00:50:59,200
Speaker 1: of these articles coming out of Chip Kelly. He would

876
00:50:59,280 --> 00:51:02,640
Speaker 1: even come to the lot at halftime. He let his

877
00:51:02,680 --> 00:51:04,799
Speaker 1: assistants talk to the team. I mean, you talk about

878
00:51:04,800 --> 00:51:06,719
Speaker 1: an all time mail it in for six million dollars

879
00:51:06,760 --> 00:51:09,719
Speaker 1: a year, I mean talk about an all ski mask team.

880
00:51:10,560 --> 00:51:12,920
Speaker 1: Guy would be the head coach. So I think you're

881
00:51:13,000 --> 00:51:15,520
Speaker 1: using these three examples, like now, I don't know how

882
00:51:15,520 --> 00:51:18,319
Speaker 1: good TJ still is as he lost a step. But

883
00:51:18,360 --> 00:51:20,560
Speaker 1: these guys, when they're playing well, if you put him

884
00:51:20,600 --> 00:51:23,960
Speaker 1: on a team with a good offense, they're gonna make

885
00:51:24,000 --> 00:51:28,359
Speaker 1: a big impact. The Steelers haven't had a quarterback for

886
00:51:28,440 --> 00:51:31,480
Speaker 1: like eight years, back when Ben was good. I mean

887
00:51:31,480 --> 00:51:34,200
Speaker 1: this year, Rogers tried, but he's forty one. The offense

888
00:51:34,280 --> 00:51:38,040
Speaker 1: kind of sucked. He got injured in Crosby's I can't

889
00:51:38,040 --> 00:51:40,960
Speaker 1: blame Max Crosby. So I think I have a hard

890
00:51:41,000 --> 00:51:43,319
Speaker 1: time having an issue with having one of those guys

891
00:51:43,360 --> 00:51:47,359
Speaker 1: on my team. What peptides do you take? I'm just

892
00:51:47,680 --> 00:51:52,040
Speaker 1: we're four days in. I think it's BPC and CJC.

893
00:51:52,600 --> 00:51:55,160
Speaker 1: The are the two I'm slamming five days a week.

894
00:51:55,960 --> 00:51:58,879
Speaker 1: Haven't quite noticed a difference yet. Lady said that it

895
00:51:58,960 --> 00:52:01,680
Speaker 1: might take a little while. I'm a big believer. I

896
00:52:01,680 --> 00:52:06,360
Speaker 1: remember in high school, what was the stuff? What was

897
00:52:06,400 --> 00:52:09,279
Speaker 1: the stuff that McGuire was taking andro I remember some

898
00:52:09,280 --> 00:52:10,880
Speaker 1: of the guys in the football team started taking it.

899
00:52:10,960 --> 00:52:12,880
Speaker 1: I was like, give me some, So I bought some,

900
00:52:13,600 --> 00:52:17,360
Speaker 1: but I didn't. I lift way more in my thirties

901
00:52:17,360 --> 00:52:19,719
Speaker 1: and forties than I ever did in high school when

902
00:52:19,719 --> 00:52:21,600
Speaker 1: I was a football team, and I would just take it,

903
00:52:21,719 --> 00:52:25,719
Speaker 1: thinking I would get big. Nothing happened probably wasn't great

904
00:52:25,719 --> 00:52:30,040
Speaker 1: for my body. It's like McGuire looks like that, shit,

905
00:52:30,080 --> 00:52:31,880
Speaker 1: what am I gonna look like? I'm a little be sweet.

906
00:52:33,160 --> 00:52:35,040
Speaker 1: I know we are a good football content part of

907
00:52:35,080 --> 00:52:36,759
Speaker 1: the year, but I'd love to hear your thoughts on

908
00:52:36,800 --> 00:52:41,640
Speaker 1: the Angels owner already moreno saying the Angels fans don't

909
00:52:41,680 --> 00:52:44,120
Speaker 1: care about winning and that it's not even a top

910
00:52:44,200 --> 00:52:49,840
Speaker 1: five priority. This feels like a giant slap in the face.

911
00:52:49,960 --> 00:52:53,440
Speaker 1: As a lifelong Angels fan, My family has given this

912
00:52:53,600 --> 00:52:56,080
Speaker 1: scumbag too much of our money and I'm no longer

913
00:52:56,120 --> 00:52:59,680
Speaker 1: spending money on this lifeless franchise. Last year, at a game,

914
00:53:00,120 --> 00:53:04,040
Speaker 1: Angels fans showed up in all white Angel costumes with

915
00:53:04,160 --> 00:53:06,880
Speaker 1: Halo's and it got a lot of media attention, and

916
00:53:06,920 --> 00:53:09,919
Speaker 1: then you heard sell the team chance over the TV.

917
00:53:10,600 --> 00:53:13,840
Speaker 1: It almost feels like this was a retaliation for that.

918
00:53:14,960 --> 00:53:18,160
Speaker 1: Does it make sense for the Major League Baseball to

919
00:53:18,440 --> 00:53:22,359
Speaker 1: step in and force a sale of a team since

920
00:53:22,360 --> 00:53:27,279
Speaker 1: he obviously doesn't care to be competitive. MLBPA can't be

921
00:53:27,360 --> 00:53:30,680
Speaker 1: happy with him openly admitting the price of winning is

922
00:53:30,719 --> 00:53:33,319
Speaker 1: too high. If I was going to defend him a

923
00:53:33,320 --> 00:53:37,560
Speaker 1: little bit. He's made some insane signings over the years. Right,

924
00:53:37,600 --> 00:53:40,040
Speaker 1: he gave Albert Pooles like ten years, three hundred million

925
00:53:40,080 --> 00:53:43,080
Speaker 1: dollars back when that was a ton of money. He

926
00:53:43,120 --> 00:53:47,920
Speaker 1: gave Rendon after the Nationals won the World Series, a

927
00:53:48,000 --> 00:53:51,480
Speaker 1: ton of money as rendon't even played. I mean, that's

928
00:53:51,520 --> 00:53:55,040
Speaker 1: an all time ski mask contract. I mean they've given

929
00:53:55,080 --> 00:53:58,160
Speaker 1: Trout like three billion dollars. He plays like seven games

930
00:53:58,160 --> 00:54:01,160
Speaker 1: a year. He has paid a lot of money to

931
00:54:01,200 --> 00:54:04,319
Speaker 1: individual players. None of it's worked out. I mean, shit,

932
00:54:04,400 --> 00:54:08,359
Speaker 1: he signed Otani out of Japan and the guy left

933
00:54:08,400 --> 00:54:13,000
Speaker 1: to the Dodgers. I'd say the highlight, Well, when I

934
00:54:13,040 --> 00:54:14,480
Speaker 1: was in high school, you guys beat the Giants for

935
00:54:14,520 --> 00:54:18,320
Speaker 1: the World Series. That sucked. Russell Ortz, Dusty Baker, that

936
00:54:18,560 --> 00:54:22,560
Speaker 1: still stinks. But what's his name? Who's your closer? Bonds?

937
00:54:22,640 --> 00:54:28,080
Speaker 1: Hit Bonds hit a ball? And what was your third base?

938
00:54:28,120 --> 00:54:30,839
Speaker 1: In his name? Not? You guys had a pretty sweet team.

939
00:54:31,280 --> 00:54:32,960
Speaker 1: They panned to him in the dugout and he's like,

940
00:54:33,000 --> 00:54:35,759
Speaker 1: that's the longest ball I've ever seen hit. Problem is,

941
00:54:35,760 --> 00:54:37,239
Speaker 1: the Giants were down two runs. It was a solo

942
00:54:37,239 --> 00:54:40,480
Speaker 1: home run the ninth, But you guys said, listen, you

943
00:54:40,480 --> 00:54:42,600
Speaker 1: want a World Series. That was pretty cool, but that

944
00:54:42,680 --> 00:54:45,360
Speaker 1: was a long time ago now, and two not to

945
00:54:45,440 --> 00:54:49,680
Speaker 1: date myself. That's I was. I would have been probably

946
00:54:49,680 --> 00:54:53,319
Speaker 1: eighteen when that happened. Now it's twenty twenty six, So

947
00:54:54,000 --> 00:54:57,040
Speaker 1: I feel your pain. I don't know, man, Baseball was

948
00:54:57,040 --> 00:55:00,279
Speaker 1: a weird business. It really is. You have the Roger

949
00:55:00,280 --> 00:55:02,320
Speaker 1: are spending all this money. You have the Phillies and

950
00:55:02,360 --> 00:55:04,440
Speaker 1: the Mets and the Blue Jays and the Yankees, and

951
00:55:04,440 --> 00:55:07,200
Speaker 1: then you have teams that don't spend any money. Then

952
00:55:07,239 --> 00:55:09,239
Speaker 1: you have these weird teams like the Angels, who are

953
00:55:09,280 --> 00:55:12,440
Speaker 1: periodically pay for a big time guy, but then their

954
00:55:12,480 --> 00:55:16,960
Speaker 1: team just sucks. I don't really have an answer. I

955
00:55:17,000 --> 00:55:22,040
Speaker 1: don't Baseball is just a bizarre ecosystem of owners of teams,

956
00:55:22,080 --> 00:55:28,759
Speaker 1: of finances. I've never followed it less to have like

957
00:55:28,800 --> 00:55:31,880
Speaker 1: a concrete answer, And specifically, I don't really know anything

958
00:55:31,920 --> 00:55:36,319
Speaker 1: about the Angels. You could argue, don't give them your

959
00:55:36,320 --> 00:55:39,640
Speaker 1: money anymore. And what's even more valuable than money is

960
00:55:39,680 --> 00:55:42,000
Speaker 1: your time. So it's like you're giving your money and

961
00:55:42,040 --> 00:55:45,239
Speaker 1: then you're going to a gate for three hours. I

962
00:55:45,280 --> 00:55:47,399
Speaker 1: would stop that. I know you've talked a lot about

963
00:55:47,480 --> 00:55:50,319
Speaker 1: Jalen hurts and how he doesn't fit in with the

964
00:55:50,320 --> 00:55:53,160
Speaker 1: Eagles back in Oklahoma when he was there for a year,

965
00:55:53,360 --> 00:55:55,640
Speaker 1: a lot of them, a lot of the same stuff

966
00:55:55,719 --> 00:55:58,680
Speaker 1: was going on, even at parties. He just seemed above

967
00:55:58,719 --> 00:56:01,680
Speaker 1: it all. Reminds me of Russell Wilson. Let me defend

968
00:56:01,760 --> 00:56:06,320
Speaker 1: Jalen here. All of our personalities are different. Philip Rivers

969
00:56:07,120 --> 00:56:11,160
Speaker 1: is different than Dak Prescott is different than Mahomes, is

970
00:56:11,160 --> 00:56:15,640
Speaker 1: different than Lamar Jackson, is different than Jameis Winston. So

971
00:56:16,120 --> 00:56:18,759
Speaker 1: every quarterback's personality is not going to be the same.

972
00:56:19,920 --> 00:56:23,440
Speaker 1: Jalen is a different cat. I don't think he's exactly

973
00:56:23,520 --> 00:56:25,880
Speaker 1: holding parties at his house for all the team to

974
00:56:25,880 --> 00:56:28,879
Speaker 1: come over. The key to be in the quarterback though,

975
00:56:29,200 --> 00:56:32,520
Speaker 1: whether you're Jalen or Russell Wilson or whether you're Patrick Mahomes,

976
00:56:33,160 --> 00:56:35,920
Speaker 1: does every guy in that huddle want to go to

977
00:56:35,960 --> 00:56:40,040
Speaker 1: war with you? Because if they do, you can't really

978
00:56:40,040 --> 00:56:43,120
Speaker 1: ask much more. And that's you know. No one's ever

979
00:56:43,200 --> 00:56:48,080
Speaker 1: questioned Jalen's work, ethic, his focus, how how hardy tries

980
00:56:49,640 --> 00:56:54,920
Speaker 1: up until this year when he stopped running. But listen,

981
00:56:54,920 --> 00:56:57,239
Speaker 1: I knew people at Oklahoma when he played there. It

982
00:56:57,320 --> 00:57:01,680
Speaker 1: was just it was a big, a lot different experience

983
00:57:01,719 --> 00:57:05,279
Speaker 1: in Baker Mayfield in the locker room, right, But you know,

984
00:57:05,400 --> 00:57:07,319
Speaker 1: not everyone has to be the same. I think the

985
00:57:07,360 --> 00:57:11,719
Speaker 1: bigger issue is does he do everything that's needed from

986
00:57:11,760 --> 00:57:14,960
Speaker 1: his star quarterback to ingratiate himself with his teammates still

987
00:57:15,880 --> 00:57:19,040
Speaker 1: at this famous level in which he's at with the money,

988
00:57:20,000 --> 00:57:23,520
Speaker 1: Because everything I've heard, that's what Lamar does, That's what

989
00:57:23,600 --> 00:57:26,840
Speaker 1: Josh Allen does, That's what Patrick Mahomes does. That's what

990
00:57:26,920 --> 00:57:30,600
Speaker 1: Dak Prescott does. That's what Peyton Manning and Tom Brady

991
00:57:30,600 --> 00:57:34,640
Speaker 1: and Philip Rivers and all those guys did. That's the

992
00:57:34,680 --> 00:57:38,240
Speaker 1: price of being the quarterback. Sometimes, on like a Thursday night,

993
00:57:38,280 --> 00:57:39,800
Speaker 1: you got to take the guys out for some beers,

994
00:57:41,280 --> 00:57:43,880
Speaker 1: even if you don't want to go for beers, even

995
00:57:43,920 --> 00:57:45,920
Speaker 1: if you don't want to go to the pizza joint,

996
00:57:46,360 --> 00:57:49,200
Speaker 1: even if you just want to go home and hang

997
00:57:49,200 --> 00:57:51,440
Speaker 1: out with your wife and watch a movie and go

998
00:57:51,480 --> 00:57:55,080
Speaker 1: to bed. Like it's sometimes you got it in certain

999
00:57:55,200 --> 00:58:01,000
Speaker 1: roles in life, especially ones that pay premiums. Stuff that's

1000
00:58:01,040 --> 00:58:04,640
Speaker 1: not part of your contract is required. And that's where

1001
00:58:04,680 --> 00:58:06,120
Speaker 1: I think there's gonna be a lot of pressure this

1002
00:58:06,160 --> 00:58:10,040
Speaker 1: offseason on Jalen to like, you really need to be

1003
00:58:10,080 --> 00:58:14,640
Speaker 1: all in on your group. And you know, obviously, if

1004
00:58:14,680 --> 00:58:16,840
Speaker 1: you're playing well, no one criticized you. But when you

1005
00:58:16,840 --> 00:58:19,960
Speaker 1: start playing kind of hit or miss, people start nippicking you.

1006
00:58:20,760 --> 00:58:23,440
Speaker 1: And I think he's just he's always been a polarizing player.

1007
00:58:23,520 --> 00:58:25,080
Speaker 1: I mean, he's a second round pick for a reason.

1008
00:58:25,920 --> 00:58:30,280
Speaker 1: He got benched at Alabama. He went from playing well

1009
00:58:30,320 --> 00:58:32,360
Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl to this year led the league

1010
00:58:32,400 --> 00:58:34,480
Speaker 1: in three and outs. So I don't have a great

1011
00:58:34,520 --> 00:58:37,720
Speaker 1: answer there, but it doesn't bother me, like I ideally

1012
00:58:37,760 --> 00:58:43,360
Speaker 1: I want Tom Brady, right, Brett Farr, Troygman, the guy

1013
00:58:43,360 --> 00:58:47,160
Speaker 1: that every teammate loves. Doesn't mean you got to be

1014
00:58:47,320 --> 00:58:50,680
Speaker 1: best friends with everybody, but you need that guy to

1015
00:58:50,680 --> 00:58:53,520
Speaker 1: respect you. And for whatever reason, Russell Wilson could never

1016
00:58:53,600 --> 00:58:55,720
Speaker 1: get the respect out of guy's in Seattle. I don't

1017
00:58:55,720 --> 00:58:57,760
Speaker 1: know if there was resentment what was going on there.

1018
00:58:58,160 --> 00:59:02,920
Speaker 1: That's not how it started with Jalen with the Eagles,

1019
00:59:03,280 --> 00:59:05,040
Speaker 1: but it does feel like it's kind of got to

1020
00:59:05,080 --> 00:59:08,520
Speaker 1: that point where and this is probably why AJ's gonna

1021
00:59:08,520 --> 00:59:10,200
Speaker 1: get traded, because they kind of need to reset in

1022
00:59:10,200 --> 00:59:13,760
Speaker 1: that locker room. But it's gonna be incumbent on Hurts.

1023
00:59:14,200 --> 00:59:17,360
Speaker 1: It's like, Bro, we need you to kind of rally

1024
00:59:17,400 --> 00:59:20,439
Speaker 1: the troops. Like Jason Kelsy's not here anymore, buttcher Cox

1025
00:59:20,480 --> 00:59:23,960
Speaker 1: is not here anymore. Brandon Graham's probably not gonna unretire again.

1026
00:59:24,720 --> 00:59:26,880
Speaker 1: So I'm fascinated to watch the way this all shapes

1027
00:59:26,920 --> 00:59:30,040
Speaker 1: out and keep firing those dms at John Middlecoff, at

1028
00:59:30,080 --> 00:59:33,720
Speaker 1: John Middlecoff's the Instagram. Appreciate all you guys, and see

1029
00:59:33,760 --> 00:59:38,360
Speaker 1: you next week. The volume