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Yeah, I'm just gonna 34 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 1: do a podcast right now and talk a little football 35 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:11,119 Speaker 1: because the Chicago Bears have been tabbed to do hard 36 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:16,560 Speaker 1: Knocks this fall, and I was thinking about it. I 37 00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 1: think hard knocks is pretty overrated, to be like a 38 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:23,680 Speaker 1: detriment on your ability to focus and stuff. And I 39 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:28,399 Speaker 1: want to dive into why in twenty twenty four, I'm 40 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:31,400 Speaker 1: in agreement that once upon a time, for sure, it 41 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 1: was a lot for a team. I'm just not sure 42 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:39,720 Speaker 1: if it is anymore. Jalen Waddle, the former Alabama star 43 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:44,800 Speaker 1: wide receiver now Miami Dolphin's young stud, got a big 44 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:48,240 Speaker 1: contract extension and why I think this is now the 45 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:54,119 Speaker 1: blueprint for Brandon Ayuk. Justin Jefferson obviously wants a lot 46 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 1: of money, and there were some rumors about could Minnesota 47 00:02:57,440 --> 00:02:59,400 Speaker 1: have traded him. It's like, how do you trade Justin 48 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 1: Jefferson's It's like, part of resetting a franchise is being 49 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:06,680 Speaker 1: open to everything. It's part of a GM's job to 50 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 1: take these conversations. Chris Forrester, the forty nine ers O 51 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 1: line coach, had some interesting comments yesterday about team building. 52 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 1: The SEC is gonna do injury reports, which I think 53 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 1: is very smart, and the Big Ten started doing them 54 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 1: last year, and just time to get with the times 55 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:28,520 Speaker 1: because I think we all know we're headed to basically 56 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 1: a two conference AFC NFC version of college football one 57 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:37,280 Speaker 1: day sooner than later, and a Fugazi Friday when it 58 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:40,200 Speaker 1: comes to NFL contracts. That's just been driving me nuts. 59 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 1: But other than that, I think I'm gonna hold off 60 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:46,560 Speaker 1: on the mail bag and maybe I'll do a mail 61 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:50,720 Speaker 1: bag for Monday morning, or maybe I'll do it for Tuesday. 62 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 1: We'll see how I'm feeling on Sunday. Sometimes it's like 63 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 1: I get that anxiety and guilt. It's like I gotta 64 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 1: do a podcast. So it might do one Sunday, might not. 65 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 1: We'll see. We'll see how the weekend goes. But so 66 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 1: no mail back day. Just a pretty meaty football podcast 67 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:08,960 Speaker 1: as well as subscribe to three and out. Everything's up 68 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:12,320 Speaker 1: on YouTube and uh yeah, we'll just we'll have a 69 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 1: full podcast next week. The US opens only a couple 70 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:17,039 Speaker 1: of weeks away. I made a little parlay for my 71 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:22,240 Speaker 1: friends at DraftKings all Dallas. I went Scotti Shcheffler, Dallas Stars, 72 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:26,279 Speaker 1: Dallas Mavericks. They get paid a lout like forty five 73 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:29,720 Speaker 1: to one or something because I did the I did 74 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:31,720 Speaker 1: the same parlay, but instead of the Stars, I did 75 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 1: the Edmonton Oilers, and then I freaked out yesterday when 76 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:36,640 Speaker 1: they were down to nothing. So now I basically got 77 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:39,920 Speaker 1: two parlays. So whoever wins that series, I'm rooting for 78 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:41,960 Speaker 1: to win the Stanley Cup. I'm rooting for the Mavericks. 79 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 1: I'm rooting for Scotty Scheffer at Pinehurst. So at your 80 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:49,599 Speaker 1: gambling minute with Middlecuff. But before we dive in to 81 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 1: some football, where as they say in Mexico Football Americano, 82 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:57,080 Speaker 1: that I plan on getting out of the house Saturday night, 83 00:04:57,440 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 1: have a little fun, letting the hair that I don't 84 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:03,560 Speaker 1: have down, having a few Bruce Skis, and singing some songs. 85 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:07,000 Speaker 1: Luke Combs is coming to I'd say Scottsdale, but it's 86 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:11,760 Speaker 1: actually Glendale because they built the football stadium out in BFE. 87 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:15,159 Speaker 1: But I'm going, and I'm going for one reason, and 88 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:18,680 Speaker 1: one reason only my friends. At game time, I have 89 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:21,840 Speaker 1: been to more events, more concerts, more games. 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I think it's pretty funny that once something 109 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:27,760 Speaker 1: gets established like this is difficult, it's difficult forever. It's like, yeah, 110 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:32,120 Speaker 1: things kind of change. Like back in the day twenty 111 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:35,320 Speaker 1: twenty five years ago, whenever Hard Knocks first started, it 112 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:40,440 Speaker 1: was probably very intrusive to have multiple cameras following you 113 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:44,200 Speaker 1: everywhere around when I was a kid, my mom to 114 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:48,600 Speaker 1: get the pictures, I don't even know the right adjective 115 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:51,320 Speaker 1: to describe it published. You would have to go to 116 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:54,839 Speaker 1: Long's Drugs in the middle of Davis and wait a 117 00:06:54,839 --> 00:06:57,760 Speaker 1: couple days, and then they would have your photos. Remember 118 00:06:57,800 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 1: those things, if you're my age year older. Those three 119 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:02,719 Speaker 1: ring binders that you'd all have whenever you go to 120 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 1: families houses, they'd all have all your friends just full 121 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:09,880 Speaker 1: of photos. Now that's called the iPhone. And I had 122 00:07:09,880 --> 00:07:14,240 Speaker 1: some friends that had personal recorders, some like legit cameras. 123 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:19,520 Speaker 1: They were pretty big handheld cameras. Again, all on the iPhone. 124 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:23,600 Speaker 1: Press conferences and media and all that stuff used to 125 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:27,200 Speaker 1: be a really really big deal. Now I think all 126 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:31,120 Speaker 1: these guys are really numb to it because one think 127 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 1: how many teams. I'm pretty sure every single one puts 128 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:39,120 Speaker 1: out like in depth videos leading up through free agency, 129 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:42,520 Speaker 1: the draft, and then on draft night with their own 130 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 1: camera crew, camera boom mic. I watched the Jags in 131 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:49,880 Speaker 1: Trimbalk last night. There's a fucking boom mic in the 132 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:52,840 Speaker 1: draft room. I haven't been in the draft room for 133 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:56,040 Speaker 1: a while, but it wasn't in nineteen ninety seven. In 134 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 1: the twenty twelve, twenty thirteen, and the Eagles were on 135 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 1: the fourth front of this with cameras, with in house production, 136 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:06,720 Speaker 1: none of that existed. We I'd say for the last 137 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:09,960 Speaker 1: several years, all the teams in the league are all 138 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:13,080 Speaker 1: doing it, so the coaches are kind of numb to 139 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:15,880 Speaker 1: being miked up and having a camera around them in 140 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:20,320 Speaker 1: their own building. Most of you, I would imagine listening, 141 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:23,320 Speaker 1: haven't been to like an NFL press conference. But if 142 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:26,400 Speaker 1: you go to one with a coach and definitely a 143 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:30,720 Speaker 1: player in a locker room, every single person interviewing them 144 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:34,880 Speaker 1: basically has their camera up in the light on and 145 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:37,480 Speaker 1: these players are so numb to it. Everything they do 146 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:42,520 Speaker 1: on record is on camera, so forever. This notion was like, oh, 147 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:48,920 Speaker 1: the intrusive nature of hard knocks, the cameras mics. That 148 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:51,400 Speaker 1: probably was true in two thousand and six. It was 149 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:54,600 Speaker 1: a lot because you weren't used to seeing people walk 150 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 1: around with cameras beside on game day. Well in twenty 151 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:01,480 Speaker 1: twenty four, I go to the local deli and three 152 00:09:01,559 --> 00:09:05,120 Speaker 1: people are filming themselves eating a roast beef sandwich. Times 153 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:08,520 Speaker 1: have changed, and no one knows that more than players 154 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 1: and coaches. So hard knocks probably used to be a 155 00:09:12,559 --> 00:09:16,920 Speaker 1: major pain in the ass. Obviously it's not ideal, but 156 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:20,080 Speaker 1: I think it's never been less of a hindrance on 157 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:22,960 Speaker 1: the operation of training camp. And here's the other thing, 158 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:26,080 Speaker 1: and I've been saying this for a while. He listen, 159 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:29,199 Speaker 1: I hard knocks is not for me. It is no 160 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:33,440 Speaker 1: longer for me. It doesn't mean because of this job. 161 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 1: Definitely last year with Aaron Rodgers and the Jets and 162 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:40,080 Speaker 1: this year with Caleb Williams. I'm gonna watch because that's 163 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:42,320 Speaker 1: kind of what I do for a living, though I 164 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:45,160 Speaker 1: don't really like it, because the hard Knocks I grew 165 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:48,440 Speaker 1: up on, like most people in the two thousands, was 166 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:53,560 Speaker 1: so raw, real and authentic. You got inside the coaches 167 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:58,680 Speaker 1: in front office, the roundtable of the meetings about personnel, 168 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:02,440 Speaker 1: and then the SENTI talking shit about guys who to 169 00:10:02,559 --> 00:10:05,680 Speaker 1: cut what was gonna go on, because that's really what happens. 170 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:09,959 Speaker 1: You no longer get any of that. Watching the turk 171 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 1: go get guys. You barely see that anymore. You get 172 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:17,720 Speaker 1: a little taste of it, but I would say relative 173 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:19,640 Speaker 1: to what it used to be, it's been cut by 174 00:10:19,679 --> 00:10:23,120 Speaker 1: like ninety percent. So to me who's also worked in 175 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:26,040 Speaker 1: it and seen what really gets said and the way 176 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:29,840 Speaker 1: people really talk, it doesn't do much for me. But 177 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:34,160 Speaker 1: maybe I'm not the audience anymore, and that's okay. But 178 00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:37,960 Speaker 1: I understand the power of the NFL, the popularity of 179 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:41,840 Speaker 1: the NFL. It used to just be training camp, hard 180 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:45,120 Speaker 1: Knocks four or five episodes. Now they're literally having an 181 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:47,880 Speaker 1: off season Hard Knocks with the New York Giants and 182 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:50,360 Speaker 1: then they're gonna have an in season Hard Knocks with 183 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:55,080 Speaker 1: some team, so basically going year round while all these 184 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:58,160 Speaker 1: teams are doing in house production that is kind of similar. 185 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:02,240 Speaker 1: So we are inundated with content, which is cool. I'm 186 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:05,360 Speaker 1: not pushing back against that, but Hard Knocks to me, 187 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:07,880 Speaker 1: used to be something very different than it is now. 188 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:12,240 Speaker 1: Obviously the power of social media seeing guys cut teams 189 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:15,080 Speaker 1: are very sensitive to that, and I understand from their end, 190 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:18,240 Speaker 1: like I don't want you in when the GM and 191 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:21,839 Speaker 1: the coach are talking about who's being shitty and who's 192 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:24,199 Speaker 1: not going to make the team. But we did used 193 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:27,520 Speaker 1: to get that twenty years ago. At least it felt 194 00:11:27,559 --> 00:11:30,640 Speaker 1: like we got a lot more because we did. Now 195 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:34,120 Speaker 1: we don't, and I don't expect that this fall. But 196 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:38,520 Speaker 1: it's also why these player excuse me. The players they 197 00:11:38,559 --> 00:11:42,280 Speaker 1: don't really care, but the coaches in GM, especially Ryan Poles, 198 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:44,960 Speaker 1: who's not some big like talking to the media all 199 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:48,560 Speaker 1: the time. Guy is surely not gonna like this, but 200 00:11:48,640 --> 00:11:51,599 Speaker 1: he has full editorial control, Like they're not going to 201 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:54,679 Speaker 1: post anything he doesn't want them to post in the show. 202 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:58,680 Speaker 1: So I'm sure the reaction inside hallis Hall today is 203 00:11:58,679 --> 00:12:03,760 Speaker 1: like this sucks eber Flu's polls Ian Cunningham, his assistant GM. 204 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:05,839 Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, I actually think 205 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:08,400 Speaker 1: it could be pretty good in the sense of, like, 206 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:10,640 Speaker 1: you got a lot of buzz on your team. People 207 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:14,400 Speaker 1: want to see Caleb Williams. This franchise has been down 208 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:17,400 Speaker 1: at what feels like for a long time, and now 209 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:19,800 Speaker 1: a lot of people are very interested in your operation. 210 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:24,360 Speaker 1: The other thing is like Hard Knocks was always a 211 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:26,840 Speaker 1: death sentence, like if you went on Hard Knocks, you 212 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:30,040 Speaker 1: were gonna suck. Well, two years ago the Lions went 213 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:32,360 Speaker 1: on Hard Knocks. It was good, mainly because Dan Campbell 214 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:35,400 Speaker 1: and I usually think the strength of a Hard Knocks 215 00:12:35,640 --> 00:12:38,200 Speaker 1: is the head coach. If the head coach is a 216 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:41,960 Speaker 1: big personality, it can carry the show. Remember Bill O'Brien, 217 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:45,480 Speaker 1: Rex Ryan. Obviously, Dan Campbell, to me it was more 218 00:12:45,559 --> 00:12:49,200 Speaker 1: enjoyable than the Jets last year with the Solids. He's 219 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:52,720 Speaker 1: just not as entertaining that way. And I don't expect 220 00:12:52,760 --> 00:12:57,880 Speaker 1: eber Fleus to you know, be Leo DiCaprio behind the camera, 221 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:02,920 Speaker 1: but the thing with hard knocks the last couple of years. 222 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:05,640 Speaker 1: The Lion started I think one in five, but by 223 00:13:05,679 --> 00:13:07,880 Speaker 1: the end of the season, when they beat the Packers 224 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:11,000 Speaker 1: in Aaron Rodgers last game, they clearly were one of 225 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:13,560 Speaker 1: the better teams in the league that second half. And 226 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:16,000 Speaker 1: if you take the second half of last season and 227 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:18,880 Speaker 1: then this season, you could make the argument that only 228 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:22,880 Speaker 1: the Chiefs and Niners have been better during that time. Obviously, 229 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:27,480 Speaker 1: last year, the moment Aaron Rodgers Achilles rips in half 230 00:13:27,559 --> 00:13:30,000 Speaker 1: their season was over. It had nothing to do with 231 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:32,839 Speaker 1: the cameras or the microphones. Now were they going to 232 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:35,679 Speaker 1: be as good as people like me thought? Who knows? 233 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:38,760 Speaker 1: It could have been a major struggle with their offensive line, 234 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:41,560 Speaker 1: and maybe they wouldn't have been as good. They clearly 235 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:44,760 Speaker 1: would not as been as bad as they were with 236 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:48,400 Speaker 1: Zach Wilson right, But would they have been a legitimate 237 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:51,760 Speaker 1: playoff contender? No one will ever know. We'll get to 238 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:55,240 Speaker 1: potentially see this year if he can stay healthy. But 239 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:57,800 Speaker 1: I don't think hard knocks has any impact on your 240 00:13:57,840 --> 00:14:01,600 Speaker 1: success or failure once the season starts, because I think 241 00:14:01,679 --> 00:14:05,520 Speaker 1: looking back, the distraction was probably a big deal. Guys, 242 00:14:05,559 --> 00:14:08,240 Speaker 1: weren't his focus. Guys were screwing around, Guys were trying 243 00:14:08,240 --> 00:14:11,600 Speaker 1: to be actors for the camera. Like I said, I 244 00:14:11,640 --> 00:14:14,560 Speaker 1: think most of these guys, I mean think how Caleb 245 00:14:14,559 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 1: Williams has been in the spotlight for probably like five years. 246 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:19,960 Speaker 1: He was one of the biggest recruits in the country. 247 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:22,520 Speaker 1: He then went to Oklahoma where he was trying to 248 00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:25,520 Speaker 1: beat out Spencer Rattler, who's now an NFL player, and 249 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:29,400 Speaker 1: then he transferred to USC probably at least so far 250 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:33,280 Speaker 1: an unprecedented ANIL deal. What Jayden Rashotta thought he was 251 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:35,960 Speaker 1: getting from Florida, Caleb actually got that in southern California. 252 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:39,080 Speaker 1: So these used to the camera being around, all these 253 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:41,720 Speaker 1: guys are numb to it. Hell, Keenan Allen's bet on 254 00:14:41,760 --> 00:14:43,560 Speaker 1: this before the Chargers when they had the dual hard 255 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:47,720 Speaker 1: knocks with the Rams. So I think this is really overblown. Now, 256 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:50,640 Speaker 1: Like I said, I understand being a team, you'd rather 257 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:53,400 Speaker 1: not have it than have it, But I don't think 258 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:56,520 Speaker 1: it's anywhere near what it once was. You know, like 259 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:58,600 Speaker 1: when I was in college in two thousand and five, 260 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:12,160 Speaker 1: contracts are all about comps. They're all about comps. It's 261 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:15,600 Speaker 1: why consistently we see the next player at a position, 262 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:18,440 Speaker 1: you know, get a percent or two more than the 263 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:23,120 Speaker 1: previous guy when they've put up similar numbers. Right, So 264 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:27,320 Speaker 1: when you see Jalen Waddle get a seventy six million 265 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 1: dollar guaranteed extension, and then you look at his stats, 266 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:33,640 Speaker 1: he's been in the low seventies the last couple of 267 00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:37,640 Speaker 1: years in catches over a thousand yards both years. Because 268 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:41,320 Speaker 1: whenever I hear you know, Brandon Ayuk, it's only going up. Well, 269 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:44,320 Speaker 1: Brandon Ayuk has nothing in common with Jamar Chase or 270 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:48,880 Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson. Those guys are in a different universe than him. 271 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:53,840 Speaker 1: They are absolute number one wide receivers who can carry 272 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:57,720 Speaker 1: your team and produce at the highest level possible. That's 273 00:15:57,760 --> 00:16:00,800 Speaker 1: well known where we've seen two other guys in the 274 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:05,560 Speaker 1: same draft class, Jalen Wattle Devonte Smith be number two 275 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:09,240 Speaker 1: wide receivers on their team, and they're both really good, 276 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:13,160 Speaker 1: just like Brandon Ayuk, and they both get a contract 277 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:16,560 Speaker 1: in a ballpark that is right at the same level. 278 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:20,240 Speaker 1: So when I see Jalen Wattle get this contract, I go, 279 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:23,400 Speaker 1: that's Brandon Aiggs's contract. And now the only question is 280 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:26,400 Speaker 1: are the forty nine ers willing to give him that 281 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:29,720 Speaker 1: because if Brandon thinks he's getting something in some different 282 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:33,200 Speaker 1: stratosphere than that number, then his agent is living on 283 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:36,840 Speaker 1: Mars because that's the number. Like that, That's what we're 284 00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:39,080 Speaker 1: talking about. Where I think it gets complicated is for 285 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:43,520 Speaker 1: the Minnesota Vikings, Justin Jefferson is like, hey, guys, I 286 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:46,440 Speaker 1: mean I got nothing in common with these number two 287 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:50,440 Speaker 1: wide receivers. You're looking at it arguably the best wide 288 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:54,120 Speaker 1: receiver in the league, hoss. So that's seventy six million dollars, 289 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:58,440 Speaker 1: I'm gonna need one hundred and to me, that's probably 290 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:02,160 Speaker 1: the starting point of the conversation with Justin Jefferson and 291 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:04,800 Speaker 1: the number he's looking to get. And I bet Minnesota 292 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:08,320 Speaker 1: would like that number, probably in the eighties and maybe 293 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:11,240 Speaker 1: they end up at like ninety six ninety five million dollars, 294 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:15,040 Speaker 1: but his numbers in a different world, just like Jamar Chasis. 295 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:19,040 Speaker 1: But this is Brandon Ayuk's contract. Now, the question is 296 00:17:19,320 --> 00:17:21,920 Speaker 1: with the forty nine ers are they willing to give 297 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:25,600 Speaker 1: him this money? Now? What makes it a little more complicated, 298 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:28,720 Speaker 1: and this is no one's fault because draft spots are slotted. 299 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:33,359 Speaker 1: Is when you are drafted really high, like Jayalen Wattle. 300 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 1: He was the sixth pick in the draft when he 301 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:40,560 Speaker 1: signed his rookie contract, whether he was good or the 302 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:44,159 Speaker 1: worst player in NFL history, four years, twenty seven million 303 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:48,960 Speaker 1: dollars guaranteed, no matter what, whether he caught one ball 304 00:17:49,119 --> 00:17:52,159 Speaker 1: or seven thousand balls, it didn't matter. Same thing with 305 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:55,800 Speaker 1: Brandon Ayuk, but he was drafted way later, picked twenty seven. 306 00:17:56,560 --> 00:18:01,080 Speaker 1: He got a four year, twelve million dollar contract. So 307 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:06,679 Speaker 1: Jalen Wattle already has may double what Brandon aucass. So 308 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:10,440 Speaker 1: sometimes you get some of these guys that haven't made 309 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:13,560 Speaker 1: as much money because they weren't, as you know, drafted 310 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:17,159 Speaker 1: as high, that they can draw a harder line, and 311 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:19,600 Speaker 1: sometimes it works the other way. They haven't made as 312 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:21,440 Speaker 1: much money and you just throw a little cash in 313 00:18:21,480 --> 00:18:25,520 Speaker 1: front of them and they sign, like Nico Collins, one 314 00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:28,080 Speaker 1: of the best deals potentially in the league, because if 315 00:18:28,080 --> 00:18:31,120 Speaker 1: he just maintains his level of play, he's every bit 316 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:34,280 Speaker 1: the player of Jalen Waddle or Brandon Ayuk. Yet from 317 00:18:34,320 --> 00:18:38,120 Speaker 1: a guaranteed dollars perspective, he's way cheaper. Now, his resume 318 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:40,879 Speaker 1: is shorter. He hasn't been doing it at the same length, 319 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:44,000 Speaker 1: you know, or the same uh you know, year in, 320 00:18:44,119 --> 00:18:45,560 Speaker 1: year out, but I think he would say, look at 321 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:47,880 Speaker 1: the fuck I was playing with a quarterback I got 322 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:51,560 Speaker 1: C J. Stroud, Look at my numbers. So these are 323 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:54,560 Speaker 1: complicated conversations. It's why when I see this story break 324 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:59,399 Speaker 1: with over the last week that Minnesota was open to 325 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:03,520 Speaker 1: trading Jish Jefferson, Well, of course they were, because they 326 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:06,280 Speaker 1: let Kirk Cousins walk. They were gonna go all in 327 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:09,680 Speaker 1: on a rookie quarterback who was a red shirt. Isn't 328 00:19:09,680 --> 00:19:14,160 Speaker 1: that the time to reset everything when your team might 329 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:16,439 Speaker 1: not be good for a couple of years. That is 330 00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:19,119 Speaker 1: not the time to pay one hundred million dollars to 331 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:22,439 Speaker 1: a wide receiver. This is We talk about this a 332 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:26,320 Speaker 1: lot with DeVante, and I understand DeVante is very prideful 333 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:28,280 Speaker 1: in the Raiders. It means a lot because it was 334 00:19:28,320 --> 00:19:31,399 Speaker 1: his family's team. He has some family that couldn't travel 335 00:19:31,440 --> 00:19:33,160 Speaker 1: to Green Bay that's been able to see him play. 336 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:36,679 Speaker 1: I understand all that. And you know, Davonte got to 337 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:38,960 Speaker 1: not he didn't win a Super Bowl, but played in 338 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:42,320 Speaker 1: a ton of playoff games, saw the highest level of 339 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:45,280 Speaker 1: football when he was in Green Bay. But you put 340 00:19:45,359 --> 00:19:46,880 Speaker 1: him on a bad team. I don't care how many 341 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:49,320 Speaker 1: numbers he puts up a couple of years ago. I mean, 342 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:52,919 Speaker 1: he was awesome. The team didn't sniff the playoffs, so 343 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:56,199 Speaker 1: you gotta be careful like how you're allocating your resources 344 00:19:56,280 --> 00:19:58,879 Speaker 1: now if you also go, well, I'm not paying my 345 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:01,879 Speaker 1: quarterback anything, shouldn't I be investing in these other players? 346 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:05,080 Speaker 1: Totally hear that too. It's all a preference how you 347 00:20:05,119 --> 00:20:07,800 Speaker 1: want a team build. But part of being a GM 348 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:10,360 Speaker 1: and part of being in a front office is kind 349 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:13,480 Speaker 1: of being open to everything. So if they would have 350 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:16,320 Speaker 1: gotten two ones and two twos during the draft for 351 00:20:16,520 --> 00:20:21,160 Speaker 1: justin Jefferson, probably made some sense. Here's the one problem, though, 352 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:24,040 Speaker 1: The teams that might be kind of interested in doing 353 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:28,360 Speaker 1: something like that would probably be the good teams. So 354 00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:31,560 Speaker 1: the teams with established quarterbacks that would trade you a 355 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:34,400 Speaker 1: ton and probably going to be drafting in the mid 356 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:37,680 Speaker 1: twenties for a couple of years, that's not ideal. Now 357 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:40,800 Speaker 1: things can change. Look at the Lions with d La 358 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:44,639 Speaker 1: rams and that pick, like you never know, but like, 359 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:47,359 Speaker 1: and I'm not Buffalo's cap space. But let's say the 360 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:50,600 Speaker 1: Bills or a team like that, the Chiefs, Hey, we'll 361 00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:52,439 Speaker 1: give you two ones and two twos for this player. 362 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:54,960 Speaker 1: And again, obviously I'm not factoring in the cap. I'm 363 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:56,800 Speaker 1: just saying if that's on the table or the Baltimore 364 00:20:56,840 --> 00:20:59,720 Speaker 1: Ravens or whatever, more likely that pick, worst case is 365 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:02,560 Speaker 1: going to be like twenty six. So it's like, should 366 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:05,439 Speaker 1: we just keep them? And then the teams that are 367 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:08,320 Speaker 1: drafting really high, why wouldn't they just take a wide 368 00:21:08,359 --> 00:21:11,159 Speaker 1: receiver that might turn into eighty five ninety percent of 369 00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:14,000 Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson for a quarter of the price. It's where 370 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:16,640 Speaker 1: these deals can be pretty complicated. It's why a lot 371 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:21,320 Speaker 1: of these times guys don't get traded. And we've seen 372 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:25,520 Speaker 1: guys get traded. You know that we're already established. You know, 373 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:28,080 Speaker 1: Tyreek Hill went for a one in a two, same 374 00:21:28,119 --> 00:21:31,600 Speaker 1: thing with Devonte Adams or maybe a one and a three. 375 00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:33,800 Speaker 1: I have to look back up, and those guys were 376 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:36,320 Speaker 1: established like Hall of Fame level talents at the time 377 00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:39,800 Speaker 1: of the trade, and Justin is, you know, definitely trending 378 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:41,960 Speaker 1: that way. A couple more years, it will be undeniable. 379 00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:47,440 Speaker 1: But these situations are complicated because this is not baseball 380 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:50,400 Speaker 1: where it's an uncapped league, and I know there are 381 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:53,480 Speaker 1: tax ramifications if you get to a certain level, but 382 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:56,719 Speaker 1: you have to factor in big picture how you're building 383 00:21:56,720 --> 00:21:59,760 Speaker 1: your team. Now, i'd argue, when this guy's on the 384 00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:03,479 Speaker 1: f he's worth keeping on your team, especially for a 385 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:07,400 Speaker 1: young project quarterback. But I do think it's fair to say, 386 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:11,160 Speaker 1: and I know they've pushed back about this, but it's 387 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:15,920 Speaker 1: been pretty well documented now several times that like they 388 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:19,040 Speaker 1: were open to it doesn't mean that they got close 389 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:21,119 Speaker 1: to doing it. It doesn't mean there was an offer 390 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:26,000 Speaker 1: that got to that point. But most teams are this way. 391 00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:29,800 Speaker 1: Most teams are this way. And we've talked about this before, like, 392 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:33,480 Speaker 1: there are certain players that there's no offer that I'm 393 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:36,120 Speaker 1: going to trade you for. You can call me about 394 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:38,640 Speaker 1: Josh Allen all day long. I'm never trading you Josh 395 00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:42,399 Speaker 1: Allen or Patrick Mahomes. But there are other players like 396 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:45,440 Speaker 1: Trent Williams. The Niners are very beholden the Trent Williams. 397 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:48,800 Speaker 1: They have four average offensive linemen in him, an all 398 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:51,800 Speaker 1: time great Hall of Famer. But if someone called Kyle 399 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:56,360 Speaker 1: Shanahan right now and John Lynch and said hey, we'll 400 00:22:56,359 --> 00:23:01,160 Speaker 1: give you two to ones, two to two's and a player, 401 00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:05,600 Speaker 1: you have to have the conversation. Even though it's like, hey, 402 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:07,919 Speaker 1: who's gonna play left tackle for us? Be a big loss? 403 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:11,080 Speaker 1: He also thirty five. He could retire after this year, 404 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:15,480 Speaker 1: Like this is a this is what happens in the 405 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:18,679 Speaker 1: NFL now when the dust settles, I expect him to 406 00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:21,560 Speaker 1: be a Minnesota Viking. But they're also run by an 407 00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:27,760 Speaker 1: analytically driven GM and typically guys from a finance background 408 00:23:28,119 --> 00:23:31,760 Speaker 1: are always balancing ROI, what type of ROI we're gonna 409 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:33,760 Speaker 1: get out of this player in the near future as 410 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:36,679 Speaker 1: we're working through a quarterback. I could just see it 411 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:38,240 Speaker 1: being all on the table now. It doesn't make sense 412 00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:40,680 Speaker 1: to trade him now right. You would have traded during 413 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:43,119 Speaker 1: the draft, but I bet their offers for the draft 414 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:46,640 Speaker 1: weren't that great. And I think sometimes with a defensive 415 00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:50,600 Speaker 1: lineman Khalil Mack, it's easy to give the form, but 416 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:53,920 Speaker 1: you've seen other positions. It's like, was that really worth it? 417 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:57,920 Speaker 1: Like if the Raiders could do it again? And this 418 00:23:58,000 --> 00:23:59,960 Speaker 1: is DeVante is one of my favorite players in the EN. 419 00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:04,520 Speaker 1: I'm pro DeVante Adams. They would not do that deal, 420 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:08,840 Speaker 1: not because he's not a really good player, not because 421 00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:12,000 Speaker 1: he's not a really good leader and just a guy 422 00:24:12,119 --> 00:24:15,159 Speaker 1: you want your young players to emulate because it doesn't 423 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:19,280 Speaker 1: make football sense. It doesn't make football sense, Tyreek. It 424 00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 1: turns out that team was a little closer. You put 425 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:23,680 Speaker 1: him with Jayalen Waddell and you have one of the 426 00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:25,960 Speaker 1: best duos in the league and it helps your quarterback 427 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:28,840 Speaker 1: that you just drafted number five overall. Like that deal 428 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:31,320 Speaker 1: makes a lot of sense. The DeVante Adams deal looking 429 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:33,760 Speaker 1: back does not. And look at the guys that did 430 00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:36,800 Speaker 1: that deal, both fired either have a job in the NFL. 431 00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:41,280 Speaker 1: So these situations when you the money now and I 432 00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:44,720 Speaker 1: know the CAP's going up every single year, it's still 433 00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:50,040 Speaker 1: very complicated. Nico Collins deal, that's easy to do. Casirio 434 00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:52,520 Speaker 1: probably wouldn't admit this probably one of the easier deal 435 00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:55,400 Speaker 1: he's ever done. It's like, listen, I guess he could 436 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:57,959 Speaker 1: get injured or whatever, but we feel pretty good, especially 437 00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:01,159 Speaker 1: where the market is we're getting. We're we're paying whatever 438 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:04,200 Speaker 1: less thirty forty percent less than some of these guys 439 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:07,639 Speaker 1: on guaranteed money. We love this player now with this 440 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:12,159 Speaker 1: young quarterback, no brainer. Juwan Jennings type deals are the 441 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:14,440 Speaker 1: easiest deals in the league. It's like, wait, this guy's 442 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:18,000 Speaker 1: on our team. We guarantee him ten million dollars. Once 443 00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:21,240 Speaker 1: you get above you know, the old fifty is probably 444 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:23,360 Speaker 1: the new seventy seventy five. If you have a star 445 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:27,800 Speaker 1: defensive player, it's one hundred plus million dollars. And think 446 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:29,480 Speaker 1: about all the guys that have signed for one hundred 447 00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:33,639 Speaker 1: plus million dollars. Bosa, both Bosa brothers, Miles Garrett. You 448 00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:36,399 Speaker 1: know how good those guys are, Like, there's no disputing it. 449 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:39,560 Speaker 1: But when you allocate that much money, look at Joey. 450 00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:41,760 Speaker 1: Joey gets hurt a lot. Now you could argue he 451 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:44,399 Speaker 1: got hurt, you know, a lot before that, but in general, 452 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:45,760 Speaker 1: when he's been on the field, he's been a high 453 00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:48,400 Speaker 1: end player. But the moment that guy starts getting banged 454 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:51,120 Speaker 1: up and you're allocating that many resources from a financial 455 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:54,760 Speaker 1: standpoint on your cap and your true cash, it's a problem. 456 00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:59,800 Speaker 1: Obviously with the quarterback when that doesn't work out, Holy Canoli. 457 00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:03,960 Speaker 1: Look at Sean Watson. It's been a disaster. Russell Wilson 458 00:26:04,359 --> 00:26:08,000 Speaker 1: one of the worst contracts in sports history, really so far. 459 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:11,119 Speaker 1: Less than two years later he was benched and cut, 460 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:14,440 Speaker 1: Like why look at his numbers? Don't hear that many 461 00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:19,960 Speaker 1: people crying for him, wasn't that good, But be interesting 462 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:23,200 Speaker 1: to see when this justin Jefferson, the dust settles could 463 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:26,560 Speaker 1: be a while. Same thing with Jamar Chase Chris Forrester, 464 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:30,760 Speaker 1: the forty nine Ers offensive line coach. I think it's 465 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:32,959 Speaker 1: fair to say he's one of the better coaches in 466 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:37,000 Speaker 1: the league for sure, most famously known for doing a 467 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:40,919 Speaker 1: little booger sugar on his desk in Miami with his 468 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:44,560 Speaker 1: stripper girlfriend. But that's a long time ago, going through 469 00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:47,359 Speaker 1: a rough time, think rough divorce. I watched some of 470 00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:50,200 Speaker 1: his press conference. I've always been pretty impressed and I've 471 00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:53,240 Speaker 1: seen him win. You subtract Trent Williams, who I could 472 00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:56,200 Speaker 1: coach the other four guys over the course of the 473 00:26:56,320 --> 00:27:00,159 Speaker 1: last three or four years, I would get exposed on 474 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:05,160 Speaker 1: other teams. This is where scheme really matters in football. 475 00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:11,040 Speaker 1: The zone running scheme is something where you can get 476 00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:13,200 Speaker 1: away with a lot of average players if they have 477 00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:16,560 Speaker 1: good foot to quickness. And he basically admitted as such. 478 00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:21,240 Speaker 1: He said, We've won a lot of games with a 479 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:23,960 Speaker 1: lot of guys who are right there at the line, 480 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:28,320 Speaker 1: and he basically described the line of if you can 481 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:32,399 Speaker 1: just block someone and just function as an average starter 482 00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:35,360 Speaker 1: we can win with you here now there. If you're 483 00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:37,720 Speaker 1: below that line and you can't block people, I don't 484 00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:40,639 Speaker 1: care what plays, what scheme you're running, we're in trouble. 485 00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:44,560 Speaker 1: But we don't need Trent Williams. I mean, we need 486 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:49,000 Speaker 1: Trent Williams at every position to win. And he essentially 487 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:51,919 Speaker 1: said in the draft that if all things are equal, 488 00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:55,280 Speaker 1: I will promote as the offensive line coach and as 489 00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:58,320 Speaker 1: clear as this organization, we want guys that touch the 490 00:27:58,359 --> 00:28:01,840 Speaker 1: ball over the guys the block because if you can 491 00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:05,240 Speaker 1: just give me someone that I can work with, he's like, 492 00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:08,280 Speaker 1: my right tackle could be average. And if he has 493 00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:10,840 Speaker 1: a great block on a quick screen to a wide 494 00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:14,800 Speaker 1: receiver and that guy gets tackled three yards past the 495 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:20,000 Speaker 1: line of scrimmage, nobody cares. But if that guy whiffs 496 00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:24,119 Speaker 1: on that quick screen and the quarterback gets it to 497 00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:28,160 Speaker 1: Debo and Deebo takes it sixty yards, no one ever 498 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:32,439 Speaker 1: notices that whiff. And I think the power of having 499 00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:35,720 Speaker 1: I saw this in the NFL when I was there, 500 00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:38,000 Speaker 1: not too often because most of the coaches were on 501 00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:41,680 Speaker 1: the same page for Andy, but I hear stories about 502 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:44,160 Speaker 1: it all over since I've been out. Is how many 503 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:48,760 Speaker 1: assistant coaches are given players that they do not want, 504 00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:51,600 Speaker 1: and then, let's face it, we're all human beings. You 505 00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:54,640 Speaker 1: don't give the same effort. And when everyone's not on 506 00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:58,680 Speaker 1: the same page in these drafts, the assistant coaches, the coordinators, 507 00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:01,560 Speaker 1: the head coach, and the front office, you got problems. 508 00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:04,480 Speaker 1: So typically, if you told me an offensive line coach 509 00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:07,360 Speaker 1: who would he want during the draft, I'd say offensive 510 00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:10,160 Speaker 1: linemen all the time. And he even said, like, I 511 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:12,120 Speaker 1: got no problem with it. I would have taken a 512 00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:15,720 Speaker 1: wide receiver too, because those guys in this game were 513 00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:19,320 Speaker 1: playing given how good I am as an offensive line coach, 514 00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:22,680 Speaker 1: and this is the power of good position coaches, because 515 00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:25,560 Speaker 1: I can give you less of a talent and I 516 00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:30,720 Speaker 1: can win with them. The amount of games the forty 517 00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:34,520 Speaker 1: nine ers won with Mike McGlinchey is insanity to me. Really, 518 00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:38,320 Speaker 1: you can't pass block. And then he leaves for fifty 519 00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:40,400 Speaker 1: five million dollars of Sean Payton, which is still one 520 00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:43,120 Speaker 1: of the crazier contracts I've ever seen, because you don't 521 00:29:43,120 --> 00:29:45,720 Speaker 1: get paid to run block in the NFL. You get 522 00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:48,400 Speaker 1: paid to protect a quarterback. And then they went to 523 00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:52,240 Speaker 1: Colton mckivitz and there was no drop off because of 524 00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:55,160 Speaker 1: this guy. Anyone that falls football. You hear about Jeff 525 00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:59,320 Speaker 1: Stoutlin all the time in Philadelphia. Whatever he's making, he's underpaid. 526 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,160 Speaker 1: I've seen him. The forty nine Ers defensive line coach 527 00:30:02,440 --> 00:30:07,959 Speaker 1: Chris Caseric. He takes random players arden Key, Cleveland, Ferrell, 528 00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:11,640 Speaker 1: guys who have failed other places. Nick Bosa is gonna 529 00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:14,800 Speaker 1: be successful with whoever he plays for. Anyone in the 530 00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:19,120 Speaker 1: NFL can coach Nick Bosa, Nick Bosa, Miles Garrett, right, 531 00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:21,640 Speaker 1: Tyreek Hill. These guys are gonna be stars no matter 532 00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:24,560 Speaker 1: where they go. But what about all the other players. 533 00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:28,160 Speaker 1: Because you're investing all your financial resources into that guy, 534 00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:31,080 Speaker 1: you're gonna have less resource than some other guys, and 535 00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:34,240 Speaker 1: you're gonna need them to produce. So when my position 536 00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:36,560 Speaker 1: coach can get the most out of hey, I can 537 00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:38,080 Speaker 1: take a fifth rounder and he can be our starting 538 00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:40,600 Speaker 1: right guard. I can take a seventh rounder and he 539 00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:43,160 Speaker 1: can be my starting right tackle. And it's one thing 540 00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:45,720 Speaker 1: to be like, yeah, some guys start in the NFL 541 00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:48,160 Speaker 1: in three win teams. No, we're gonna win twelve thirteen 542 00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:49,960 Speaker 1: games and we're gonna be competing for the Super Bowl. 543 00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:55,080 Speaker 1: That's why you pay certain position coaches premiums because they're 544 00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:58,160 Speaker 1: worth their weight in gold. And it's hard to quantify. 545 00:30:58,760 --> 00:31:01,760 Speaker 1: But in the NFL, and it's clear if you're a 546 00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:04,040 Speaker 1: fan of a team, like you know the good position coaches, 547 00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:06,120 Speaker 1: you know the bad position coach, just watch their unit. 548 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:09,360 Speaker 1: That's a thing with football, like in basketball, I got 549 00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:11,000 Speaker 1: no clue if you're a good coach or a bad coach. 550 00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:13,640 Speaker 1: Like Jason Kidd. I've been following his career since he 551 00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:16,560 Speaker 1: was a player. Is he a good coach? Is he 552 00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:20,920 Speaker 1: a bad coach? I know, clearly he's probably good communicating 553 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:24,479 Speaker 1: basketball and leading men right as a point guard, But 554 00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:27,080 Speaker 1: like what's he actually doing with Luke and Cara? I 555 00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:30,920 Speaker 1: don't know. But you know in football like yeah, this works, 556 00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:34,720 Speaker 1: this is gonna play, or this is not gonna play, 557 00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:38,640 Speaker 1: especially at the highest level. And that's always the uncertainty 558 00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:40,360 Speaker 1: for the shitty teams, like how many good players do 559 00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:43,000 Speaker 1: you actually have? How many players do you have that 560 00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:46,440 Speaker 1: you can win with? Because you might have half your 561 00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:49,480 Speaker 1: team could be average players. If it's balanced out with 562 00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:53,440 Speaker 1: high end players, those guys, those average players can become 563 00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:57,760 Speaker 1: winning players, and they become winning players because of the 564 00:31:57,800 --> 00:32:01,800 Speaker 1: scheme and because of the coaching and because everyone's on 565 00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:04,320 Speaker 1: the same page, there's not one guy. It's like, ah, 566 00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:07,880 Speaker 1: I should have got an extra player in the third round. 567 00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:10,320 Speaker 1: We were gonna draft a wide receiver and we never did. 568 00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:13,200 Speaker 1: And that's not to say like I saw a clip 569 00:32:13,760 --> 00:32:20,080 Speaker 1: when the Colts drafted what's his name, the wide receiver 570 00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:23,440 Speaker 1: from Texas in the second round and they went to 571 00:32:23,520 --> 00:32:26,960 Speaker 1: Reggie Reggie Wayne, who's their wide receiver coach, and he 572 00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:29,240 Speaker 1: was going nut Like, obviously, you get excited when you 573 00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:32,520 Speaker 1: draft players that you like as a position coach, but 574 00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:35,720 Speaker 1: are you on the same page with the vision of 575 00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:39,680 Speaker 1: the operation and know that, hey, not every guy is 576 00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:41,920 Speaker 1: gonna be Reggie Wayne. You're gonna have to coach some 577 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:44,880 Speaker 1: John Middlecoffs and you're gonna be depending on that guy 578 00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:47,280 Speaker 1: some games. So he'd better be able to know what 579 00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:53,400 Speaker 1: he's doing and produce. The SEC is going to start 580 00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:58,560 Speaker 1: doing injury reports. I guess the Big Ten last year, 581 00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:03,600 Speaker 1: two hours before game time did these here's a reality, 582 00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:06,920 Speaker 1: the SEC in the Big Ten. This thing is gonna 583 00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:10,400 Speaker 1: morph into NFL light eventually. I don't know if it's 584 00:33:10,440 --> 00:33:13,040 Speaker 1: in five years, ten years, twelve years. They're gonna be 585 00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:15,680 Speaker 1: two big conference and they're all gonna play each other. 586 00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:18,560 Speaker 1: And I know Coward right now is trying to defend 587 00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:23,240 Speaker 1: the Trojans. The Trojans are an embarrassment right now backing 588 00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:25,600 Speaker 1: out of the LSU game. There is no defending this. 589 00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:27,520 Speaker 1: This is not your one on Lincoln Riley, this is 590 00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:29,160 Speaker 1: your three. I'm paying them one hundred and twenty million 591 00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:33,000 Speaker 1: dollars to win national championships. We shouldn't be dodging anybody, 592 00:33:33,880 --> 00:33:35,880 Speaker 1: is my guy? Pat Hill used to say, the USC 593 00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:39,960 Speaker 1: Trojans by this point should want to play anybody, anytime, anywhere, 594 00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:46,440 Speaker 1: because ultimately Georgia, Bama, whatever, woul they would feel good 595 00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:50,440 Speaker 1: about winning that game. We all don't feel good about 596 00:33:50,520 --> 00:33:54,120 Speaker 1: USC winning that game. But that's we talked about that yesterday. 597 00:33:55,120 --> 00:33:59,880 Speaker 1: It's just it's an awful look, it really is. You 598 00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:02,480 Speaker 1: should have injury reports now, do they need to be 599 00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:04,960 Speaker 1: three days a week like the NFL? If you just 600 00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:09,840 Speaker 1: did a universal injury report on Friday after Friday practice 601 00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:14,400 Speaker 1: of basically who's up and who's down and who's questionable, 602 00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:18,319 Speaker 1: that to me is more than enough. But like we're 603 00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:21,600 Speaker 1: talking big business now, we're talking billions of dollars. Everyone's 604 00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:26,040 Speaker 1: getting paid. Players, coaches, networks are all involved. Obviously we're 605 00:34:26,040 --> 00:34:28,440 Speaker 1: balls deep with the gambling company. Let's all get on 606 00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:31,800 Speaker 1: the same page and let's all do this. It actually 607 00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:34,600 Speaker 1: makes it easier on the coaches. You don't need to 608 00:34:34,640 --> 00:34:36,719 Speaker 1: hide from any of this stuff, kind of play that 609 00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:39,319 Speaker 1: cloak and dagger game. I'm like, eh, you know, he's 610 00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:43,120 Speaker 1: kind of practiced. He's you know, no, he's up. He's 611 00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:45,919 Speaker 1: we plan on him playing. I don't know how well, 612 00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:48,760 Speaker 1: but we plan on him playing. No, he's a no goat. 613 00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:53,319 Speaker 1: That's where we're at today with football, and I think 614 00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:57,520 Speaker 1: the SEC and the Big ten. Uh, it's inevitable where 615 00:34:57,520 --> 00:35:00,920 Speaker 1: we're headed. But this is a good first start. Not 616 00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:04,120 Speaker 1: that it has a huge impact on gambling from the 617 00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:06,759 Speaker 1: sense of like they can still fudge it a little bit, 618 00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:10,279 Speaker 1: but like you want to be real, you want to 619 00:35:10,320 --> 00:35:13,080 Speaker 1: be what this is becoming, Like, this is this is 620 00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:18,440 Speaker 1: a smart step. Okay, Fougazi Friday. It's got to be 621 00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:22,880 Speaker 1: NFL contracts, It's got to be NFL contracts. All I 622 00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:29,080 Speaker 1: hear Christian McCaffrey's contract that he signed years ago, sixteen 623 00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:33,319 Speaker 1: million dollars a year. He's the highest paid running back 624 00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:36,520 Speaker 1: in NFL history, and no one has eclipsed them since. 625 00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:41,799 Speaker 1: And I looked at his contract and I go, well, 626 00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:44,640 Speaker 1: he's not making sixteen million dollars. He's got two years left. 627 00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:47,960 Speaker 1: He's making under twelve million dollars these next two years. 628 00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:50,799 Speaker 1: So all I see on the internet is you make 629 00:35:50,920 --> 00:35:54,600 Speaker 1: sixteen million dollars a year, and agents love to say 630 00:35:54,640 --> 00:35:59,399 Speaker 1: that Jalen Waddle twenty eight point three million dollars a year. 631 00:36:00,440 --> 00:36:05,880 Speaker 1: I've always said nothing is more overrated than average per 632 00:36:06,040 --> 00:36:11,000 Speaker 1: year salary in the NFL. In the NBA, it's usually 633 00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:13,000 Speaker 1: like he makes thirty this year, thirty one next year, 634 00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:15,760 Speaker 1: thirty two the next year. All guarantee signed a ninety 635 00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:18,520 Speaker 1: three million dollar contract. That is not the way these 636 00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:22,839 Speaker 1: NFL contracts work. So currently voluntary McCaffrey hasn't been around 637 00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:25,960 Speaker 1: for a couple weeks. People like guys he's getting married 638 00:36:26,320 --> 00:36:32,720 Speaker 1: to Olivia, former Miss USA practice three days. It's pretty clear. 639 00:36:33,239 --> 00:36:36,319 Speaker 1: I've done my digging. I got a few sources on 640 00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:39,439 Speaker 1: the places around that have heard some things, heard some things. 641 00:36:39,760 --> 00:36:42,600 Speaker 1: Pretty clear. The guy wants a race. Don't blame him. 642 00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:47,040 Speaker 1: Scored twenty one touchdowns last year, carried the Niners at 643 00:36:47,040 --> 00:36:50,080 Speaker 1: certain times on offense. We all agreed one of the 644 00:36:50,080 --> 00:36:52,319 Speaker 1: best players in the league. And if I was him 645 00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:54,200 Speaker 1: and I saw, well he makes sixteen million dollars a year, 646 00:36:54,239 --> 00:36:58,040 Speaker 1: I say, bullshit, I make eleven eight And for me, 647 00:36:58,200 --> 00:37:00,520 Speaker 1: for you, for most people, take a lot seven point eight 648 00:37:00,560 --> 00:37:03,640 Speaker 1: million dollars. You want to pay me eleven point eight 649 00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:07,800 Speaker 1: million dollars tomorrow, I'm there. But if you're Christian mccaffre, 650 00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:11,200 Speaker 1: you go listen, this ain't enough money. And this is 651 00:37:11,239 --> 00:37:15,880 Speaker 1: where these NFL contracts kind of get, you know, in 652 00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:19,200 Speaker 1: this weird space of well, he was paid a signing 653 00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:24,359 Speaker 1: bonus four years ago, and then that money gets on 654 00:37:24,400 --> 00:37:27,719 Speaker 1: the books spread out over time, so you can say 655 00:37:27,719 --> 00:37:29,600 Speaker 1: it's that much money, but that money was paid a 656 00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:31,719 Speaker 1: long time ago. He's probably bought a house or two 657 00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:35,040 Speaker 1: cents with that money. That money's gone. We're in savings 658 00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:37,520 Speaker 1: or in the market or whatever. The money the forty 659 00:37:37,600 --> 00:37:41,440 Speaker 1: nine ers owe me, which they didn't pay me that 660 00:37:41,640 --> 00:37:44,840 Speaker 1: signing bonus another team did. So what you're paying me 661 00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:48,399 Speaker 1: the contract you inherited, ain't sniffing the top is paid 662 00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:50,239 Speaker 1: running back in the NFL. And we all know that 663 00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:53,960 Speaker 1: I am so I fully supportive. I'm Christian McCaffrey. Like 664 00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:56,440 Speaker 1: he listen, Kyle, I'm not gonna make a big snink, 665 00:37:56,840 --> 00:37:59,520 Speaker 1: not gonna make a big you know, dog and pony 666 00:37:59,560 --> 00:38:03,320 Speaker 1: show around on this. But I'm not playing for this number. 667 00:38:04,320 --> 00:38:06,440 Speaker 1: I'm not asking for thirty million dollars a year. I 668 00:38:06,480 --> 00:38:08,759 Speaker 1: get it. I played running back even though I catch 669 00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:11,920 Speaker 1: about seventy balls a year and scort seven touchdowns receiving, 670 00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:16,480 Speaker 1: and I'm probably right there with like Marshall Fulk and Ladanian. 671 00:38:16,520 --> 00:38:19,000 Speaker 1: Tomlinson is one of the great pass catching running backs 672 00:38:19,040 --> 00:38:22,600 Speaker 1: in the history league. But this number ain't working. And 673 00:38:22,680 --> 00:38:27,560 Speaker 1: this fugazi of my contract. You guys don't get credit 674 00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:31,240 Speaker 1: for the signing bonus you traded. You inherited a contract 675 00:38:31,280 --> 00:38:34,680 Speaker 1: with no guaranteed money left essentially after that first year. 676 00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:38,359 Speaker 1: So I'm gonna need a race and we're gonna need 677 00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:41,320 Speaker 1: to get this from eleven point eight. If I was McCaffrey, 678 00:38:41,400 --> 00:38:45,560 Speaker 1: I'd want about twenty million dollars. I don't think I 679 00:38:45,560 --> 00:38:47,640 Speaker 1: could play for less than nineteen. It's like, wait, you're 680 00:38:47,640 --> 00:38:52,320 Speaker 1: prepared to pay Brandon Ayuk twenty eight twenty nine million 681 00:38:52,360 --> 00:38:57,000 Speaker 1: dollars a year. I almost caught as many balls as him. Oh, 682 00:38:57,040 --> 00:38:58,680 Speaker 1: I happen to lead the league in rushing and have 683 00:38:58,719 --> 00:39:02,760 Speaker 1: fourteen touchdowns on the ground. So like, listen, I always 684 00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:06,400 Speaker 1: push back. Most of these running backs pretty replaceable. This 685 00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:08,440 Speaker 1: guy when he's health he's not now. I also understand 686 00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:10,560 Speaker 1: from the forty nineer standpoint, you play running back. This 687 00:39:10,640 --> 00:39:14,719 Speaker 1: is the market. I know this. Like Christian McCaffrey is 688 00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:18,840 Speaker 1: beloved by the head coach. I'm like, hey, listen, I 689 00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:22,920 Speaker 1: ain't bleeding again till we update this thing, because this 690 00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:25,680 Speaker 1: ain't working for me. And if I read one more 691 00:39:25,719 --> 00:39:28,560 Speaker 1: fucking person in the media say I make a number 692 00:39:29,239 --> 00:39:32,840 Speaker 1: that I do not make, I'm gonna puke in my 693 00:39:32,880 --> 00:39:36,480 Speaker 1: mouth because it's just and this happens constantly. This guy 694 00:39:36,560 --> 00:39:37,880 Speaker 1: makes so and so, and then all of a sudden 695 00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:40,640 Speaker 1: he's cut and he's like, well, he would have made this, 696 00:39:40,719 --> 00:39:42,480 Speaker 1: and he had three years left on his contract. They 697 00:39:42,520 --> 00:39:45,840 Speaker 1: were unguaranteed. It's all just these contracts are a giant fuguzzi. 698 00:39:46,239 --> 00:39:49,000 Speaker 1: It's why the quarterback contracts are the one with the 699 00:39:49,160 --> 00:39:52,600 Speaker 1: giant amount of guaranteed money that you are kind of stuck. 700 00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:55,000 Speaker 1: The Broncos were shit out of luck. It's like, what 701 00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:56,600 Speaker 1: are you gonna do? Well? I'll just cut them and 702 00:39:56,640 --> 00:39:59,600 Speaker 1: eat it. But no one does that with other positions. 703 00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:01,800 Speaker 1: It's why you got to be very hesitant about signing 704 00:40:02,239 --> 00:40:05,240 Speaker 1: these players now. I mean, these guards are signing sixty 705 00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:08,120 Speaker 1: seventy million dollar contracts, wide receiver a signing seventy eighty 706 00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:11,960 Speaker 1: million dollar contracts. Obviously high end defensive linemen. Where you 707 00:40:12,040 --> 00:40:14,880 Speaker 1: do feel good about signing Miles Garrett or Nick Bosa. 708 00:40:15,800 --> 00:40:18,280 Speaker 1: You're just terrified if they ever get injured, you're you're screwed. 709 00:40:18,600 --> 00:40:22,200 Speaker 1: But that's part of football. But man, I just I 710 00:40:22,239 --> 00:40:25,600 Speaker 1: see constantly he makes sixteen million dollars a year and 711 00:40:25,680 --> 00:40:27,960 Speaker 1: he just doesn't like the forty nine ers do not 712 00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:30,000 Speaker 1: have to pay him sixteen million dollars a year. These 713 00:40:30,040 --> 00:40:33,719 Speaker 1: next two years, they're way short of that. It's in 714 00:40:33,760 --> 00:40:37,640 Speaker 1: the elevens. So I just that's something that's been driving 715 00:40:37,640 --> 00:40:40,800 Speaker 1: me wild. And other than that, I don't really have 716 00:40:40,840 --> 00:40:44,120 Speaker 1: any other fugazis beside, Like listen, all I've ever heard 717 00:40:44,360 --> 00:40:47,480 Speaker 1: is Arizona being the hottest place ever. And don't get 718 00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:50,360 Speaker 1: me wrong, it's really hot. Last year had thirty straight 719 00:40:50,440 --> 00:40:53,560 Speaker 1: days over one hundred and fifteen degrees. Even though I 720 00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:58,279 Speaker 1: was talking today with a guy from Montana, guy named Lenny, 721 00:40:58,320 --> 00:41:00,759 Speaker 1: and he was telling me, like cold he's ever felt 722 00:41:00,840 --> 00:41:04,480 Speaker 1: is like minus forty five fifty degrees and he's like, 723 00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:07,200 Speaker 1: you know, consistently gets well below zero where he's from, 724 00:41:07,239 --> 00:41:10,000 Speaker 1: and it's just freezing cold. And I said, what would 725 00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:12,080 Speaker 1: you take? He said, I'll take heat every day of 726 00:41:12,080 --> 00:41:14,799 Speaker 1: the week. I'm like, that's why the snowbirds exist. But 727 00:41:15,160 --> 00:41:17,640 Speaker 1: I'll be the first to admit, once you get over 728 00:41:17,719 --> 00:41:21,719 Speaker 1: one ten, it is extremely hot, Like you're moving to Arizona. 729 00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:24,600 Speaker 1: It's so hot. It's like it was one hundred and 730 00:41:24,640 --> 00:41:26,600 Speaker 1: six degrees when I lived in Walnut Creek. It was 731 00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:28,680 Speaker 1: one hundred and twelve degrees when I lived in Fresno. 732 00:41:28,800 --> 00:41:32,400 Speaker 1: It's hot in California too. But I drove three hours 733 00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:36,279 Speaker 1: up to the mountains, place called Pine Top, Little Lake, 734 00:41:36,760 --> 00:41:40,520 Speaker 1: a couple of lakes. It's like seventy five degrees. It 735 00:41:40,560 --> 00:41:44,600 Speaker 1: was beautiful, and it is crazy how many places that 736 00:41:44,920 --> 00:41:47,800 Speaker 1: you would never go to that if you just didn't 737 00:41:47,960 --> 00:41:50,640 Speaker 1: move there, And like, I probably never ever if I 738 00:41:50,640 --> 00:41:52,480 Speaker 1: had never moved to Arizona, would it ended up there? 739 00:41:52,560 --> 00:41:54,920 Speaker 1: And then I started driving around. They had three golf courses. 740 00:41:54,920 --> 00:41:57,080 Speaker 1: A couple of them were sweet. A couple country clubs, 741 00:41:57,080 --> 00:41:59,319 Speaker 1: I'm like shit, I'd buy a cabin there and join 742 00:41:59,400 --> 00:42:02,960 Speaker 1: that club. And don't let people tell you that everywhere 743 00:42:02,960 --> 00:42:06,680 Speaker 1: in Arizona is scolding hot, because this place, Pine Top 744 00:42:06,680 --> 00:42:08,799 Speaker 1: as well as flag Staff. You go there, it's like 745 00:42:08,840 --> 00:42:14,960 Speaker 1: seventy six degrees beautiful. The volume