1 00:00:01,320 --> 00:00:17,360 Speaker 1: The volume. This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What 2 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:21,520 Speaker 1: is up Straight Fire, fam, It's me Jason McIntyre. Straight 3 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:26,960 Speaker 1: Fire for Friday, July seventh, Folks, You know these are 4 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:29,160 Speaker 1: the dog days in sports. We got the MLB All 5 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:31,360 Speaker 1: Star Game coming up, and you know when that happens, 6 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:34,960 Speaker 1: there's like absolutely nothing else happening live sports wise. But 7 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:38,520 Speaker 1: we do have the NBA Summer League nearly upon us. Now, 8 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:43,960 Speaker 1: Cowherd is going to an MMA fight UFC. I don't 9 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:46,159 Speaker 1: even know who's fighting this Saturday in Vegas, and he 10 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:47,760 Speaker 1: was like, yeah, I'm going you should go out there, 11 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:49,880 Speaker 1: and I'm like, oh, well, I do have a Hall pass. 12 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 1: I was thinking of going out to Vegas. So I look. 13 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:59,000 Speaker 1: Victor Wembin Yama's debut tonight, big debut for Big Vic. 14 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 1: One of the most hyped athletes, maybe one of the 15 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 1: most hyped athletes since Otani. I mean Otani was supremely 16 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 1: hyped for just basketball. You got to probably go back 17 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:14,560 Speaker 1: to Lebron. In the NFL, Trevor Lawrence was pretty hyped, 18 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 1: but one Benyama has a global whiff to it because 19 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 1: he's from Paris and his debut tonight against Brandon Miller 20 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:27,080 Speaker 1: and we'll talk about Brandon Miller in a second. Is 21 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 1: very exciting. So everybody's pumped up about the game. I 22 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 1: was like, Oh, maybe I'll parachute into Vegas go to 23 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:34,360 Speaker 1: the game. And then I hear it's been sold out 24 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:38,559 Speaker 1: for a week. And if, as if the hype around 25 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:41,480 Speaker 1: Woman Yama wasn't enough, are you ready for this? An 26 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 1: unbelievable story dropped on TMZ early Thursday morning. Victor Weebanyama 27 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:50,440 Speaker 1: was entering the restaurant Catch, and I have been to 28 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 1: Catch out here in LA. That was a little overpriced, 29 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:57,160 Speaker 1: but over all the food was excellent. Victor Wae Miyama 30 00:01:57,240 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 1: is entering Catch with his security guard. Now it's not 31 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 1: as private security. The San Antonio Spurs have a security 32 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 1: guard assigned to Wemban Yama. They're entering Catch, and it 33 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 1: just so happens that Britney Spears the globe. She's a 34 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:14,639 Speaker 1: global pop star. Everybody knows who Britney Spears is. Britney 35 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:17,920 Speaker 1: Spears is apparently walking into Catch with her husband, some 36 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:20,840 Speaker 1: guy who I have no idea who he is, and 37 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 1: two friends who are not named. So they're walking into Catch, 38 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:28,120 Speaker 1: and according to TMZ, now this is. According to TMZ, 39 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 1: I'll just append this to it. Believe none of what 40 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:35,639 Speaker 1: you hear and fifty percent of what you see. That's 41 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 1: like a line that I can't believe what I just saw. 42 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 1: You know that kind of deal. According to TMZ, Britney 43 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 1: Spears was behind Wee Banyama was all excited because she's 44 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:51,800 Speaker 1: a big fan. Okay, Britney Spears is a big fan 45 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:57,120 Speaker 1: of Wemban Yama, the teenager from France, and Britney Steers 46 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:00,640 Speaker 1: taps him on the shoulder and then taps him on 47 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:05,359 Speaker 1: the back, and at that point, the Spurs security guard realizes, 48 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:07,920 Speaker 1: oh my gosh, we've got a fan out of control, 49 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:10,519 Speaker 1: and doesn't even like turn and say no more please, 50 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:15,560 Speaker 1: He just backhands. According to TMZ, Britney Spears in the face, 51 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 1: knocking her down at the restaurant and and knocking her 52 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:24,720 Speaker 1: sunglasses off of her face. So we're not talking about 53 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 1: like a little hey, get out of here shove like 54 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:28,920 Speaker 1: what Jordan Poole gave Draymond Dreene Green before he got 55 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:30,880 Speaker 1: sucker punch. We're talking about it out in a helm 56 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:35,680 Speaker 1: what from the security guard. Britney goes down, blah blah blah, 57 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 1: According to TMZ, Britney Spears is alleged to have said 58 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:46,840 Speaker 1: this is bleeping America in like anger. She was rattled. 59 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 1: You got hit in the face, your sunglasses knocked off. 60 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:53,280 Speaker 1: I mean, you're shook. I don't really know what to 61 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 1: believe here, because I find it without video. I find 62 00:03:57,320 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 1: it incredibly hard to believe on a number of levels. 63 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 1: First of all, that a mere backhand slap of someone 64 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 1: could knock down another human being. And I'm not talking 65 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:10,560 Speaker 1: about there's no wind up, there's just a backhand slap. Now, 66 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 1: it's possible that Britney Spears was off balance. We know 67 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 1: she's got a history of you know, let's just say 68 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 1: she's had a history of issues, and it's possible that, 69 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:25,240 Speaker 1: you know, she had been having fun prior to this, 70 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 1: and she was wobbly. Who knows, But I find that 71 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:30,640 Speaker 1: part hard to believe. What's even more difficult to believe, 72 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:35,159 Speaker 1: rob is that Britney Spears is a big fan of 73 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:40,280 Speaker 1: wm Minyama and she wanted his picture. Okay, I'm almost 74 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:47,400 Speaker 1: certain that Victor Wembenyama. It has no idea who Britney 75 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:50,080 Speaker 1: Spears is for sure. You know, he's nineteen years old. 76 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 1: He was born in what two thousand and four? Okay, 77 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:56,360 Speaker 1: Britney Spears' career has I mean, it spiraled out of control, 78 00:04:56,760 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 1: so he probably has no idea who he is. I'm 79 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:02,839 Speaker 1: also question whether Britney Spears really knows who Wembin Yama is. 80 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 1: Does she follow international basketball? Does she follow the NBA draft? 81 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 1: Is she a Spurs fan? Who's her NBA team she's from? 82 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:11,520 Speaker 1: Like Louisiana, I don't remember. We're called seeing her at 83 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:15,080 Speaker 1: Pelicans games, like Britney Spears is a fan of Wemban Yama. 84 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 1: What's possible is Britney's husband fiance, whoever this dude is 85 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:22,840 Speaker 1: she's with, said hey, britt oh my gosh, it's one 86 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:25,719 Speaker 1: ben Yama. Can we get a pick? And if this 87 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:28,800 Speaker 1: Jabbroni or her husband goes up to Weeban Yama, he's 88 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:31,279 Speaker 1: gonna be like, who are you now? If it's Britney Spears, 89 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:34,400 Speaker 1: he might be like, oh, you're attractive, and oh are 90 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 1: you famous? You know? Like she is obviously still Britney Spears. 91 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 1: If I don't follow her on Instagram, but I did 92 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 1: go to her account before talking about this, still looks 93 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:46,880 Speaker 1: extremely nice and attractive. I'm assuming he was leveraging his 94 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:51,720 Speaker 1: wife's fame to maybe have sway with the teenager from France. 95 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:56,680 Speaker 1: So all of this leading up to his debut rob 96 00:05:57,200 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 1: This story is kind of salacious, a little silly, also spectacular, 97 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:06,760 Speaker 1: but at the same time, like I'm starting to get concerned, 98 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:10,320 Speaker 1: like wembin Yama's getting put in this stratosphere where now 99 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:13,920 Speaker 1: global pop stars like Britney Spears are asking for a 100 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:16,520 Speaker 1: photo with him, and I don't know, like is it 101 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:19,080 Speaker 1: genuine or is it just like, holy cow, look at 102 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:21,640 Speaker 1: this circus act too, seven foot five, Let me get 103 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 1: a picture with this guy. I don't know what to believe. 104 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:27,719 Speaker 1: But at the same time, like, is this a precursor 105 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:29,440 Speaker 1: to what's gonna happen this season in the NBA for 106 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 1: wem ben Yama Because I want to see him healthy 107 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:33,240 Speaker 1: and on the court. I don't want these sideshow acts 108 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:35,920 Speaker 1: like Zia Williamson was strippers and porn stars. I want 109 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:37,200 Speaker 1: wemb ben Yama hooping. 110 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 2: Let me tell you, I pray that this story is legit. 111 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:46,520 Speaker 2: Like when I first read it, the first thing that 112 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 2: came to mind was coming to America and the barbershop 113 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:52,200 Speaker 2: scene where he's talking about how he met Martin Luther 114 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:54,599 Speaker 2: King Jr. And he was walking around the corner and 115 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:56,160 Speaker 2: someone punched him in the chest and he fell down 116 00:06:56,200 --> 00:06:57,880 Speaker 2: and he's like, oh, doctor King. He's like, I'm sorry 117 00:06:57,920 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 2: that you were someone else. Like I thought that would 118 00:06:59,880 --> 00:07:02,640 Speaker 2: have been the perfect scenario for this whole Britney spears 119 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:09,200 Speaker 2: when Benyama situation. Look, it's your rationale about her husband 120 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:12,200 Speaker 2: probably knowing who he is. The fact that he's, you know, 121 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:14,960 Speaker 2: nine feet tall is probably a big deal as well. 122 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:17,160 Speaker 2: I mean, there's very few of those guys that tall 123 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:19,960 Speaker 2: to begin with. And he has a team of security 124 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:22,560 Speaker 2: guards and I'm assuming like an entourage, So you have 125 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:25,960 Speaker 2: to know that he's somebody in boardt you know, I 126 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 2: can definitely see that. But it's also possible that maybe 127 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:34,120 Speaker 2: she knows who he is kind of in passing. Like 128 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:38,880 Speaker 2: Woj said a few weeks ago that he's a three 129 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:43,160 Speaker 2: months ago at the lottery, that this is the greatest 130 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 2: prospect in team sports history. You have NBA executives and 131 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:52,040 Speaker 2: not just on Fox Sports One and ESPN, but like 132 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:57,280 Speaker 2: CNN and Fox News and MSNBC talking about this globalization 133 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 2: of the NBA and how this kid is the great 134 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:03,720 Speaker 2: greatest prospect you know, since Lebron James, Michael Jordan, you know, 135 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:06,880 Speaker 2: and whether you or not you follow sports like that 136 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:09,840 Speaker 2: or you follow the NBA, you know who Lebron James is. 137 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:12,160 Speaker 2: You know who Michael Jordan is. So if they're talking 138 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:15,080 Speaker 2: about him like that, then it would make sense why 139 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:20,120 Speaker 2: even the most casual fans of sports period would at 140 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:23,600 Speaker 2: least know, Oh, that's the extremely tall French kid that's 141 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 2: supposed to be the greatest things in slang spread. So 142 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:29,320 Speaker 2: it's possible maybe that Britty knew she was. I hope 143 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:31,040 Speaker 2: that she did, and that she still got slapped. It's 144 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:31,559 Speaker 2: kind of funny. 145 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:34,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, it kind of makes me wonder. Uh, Spurs travel 146 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:36,720 Speaker 1: to La Spurs travel to New York, Spurs travel to 147 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:39,200 Speaker 1: South Beach. Like. I'm not saying that there's gonna be 148 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:43,200 Speaker 1: incidents around VIC, but I do just worry, like you know, 149 00:08:43,320 --> 00:08:45,920 Speaker 1: some other A lot of NBA guys are massive, like 150 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:48,560 Speaker 1: Lebron James walking in a crowd six foot nine, six 151 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:51,880 Speaker 1: foot eight, he's gonna stand out, obviously, but there's a 152 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:54,719 Speaker 1: chance it's like, oh, that guy's really tall. One Ben 153 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:58,080 Speaker 1: Yama's seven to five, like he will you could see 154 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:00,880 Speaker 1: him coming from I don't know what miles away, Like, 155 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 1: the guy is enormous and everybody's gonna be like, oh 156 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:05,880 Speaker 1: that's that's that tall guy, and they're gonna want photos. 157 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:08,520 Speaker 1: I just I'm I had not thought about this in 158 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:10,840 Speaker 1: terms of the one Benyama hype train until this Britney 159 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:13,880 Speaker 1: Spears incident happened. I do wonder is this a blessing 160 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:20,320 Speaker 1: in disguise? Is there a chance that maybe the Spurs say, geez, like, 161 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:22,880 Speaker 1: this could be a thing all season. Maybe instead of 162 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:27,320 Speaker 1: just one super aggressive bodyguard, we need a PAILANX of 163 00:09:27,480 --> 00:09:31,000 Speaker 1: guys not surrounding one Benyama, but kind of protecting the kid. 164 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:33,800 Speaker 1: You don't want him to be this introduction, uh to 165 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:37,520 Speaker 1: the NBA where at America, where he's just getting swarmed 166 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:39,920 Speaker 1: everywhere he goes, like if he's a Beatles or something. 167 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:42,199 Speaker 1: It's funny because I saw Draymond Green come out and say, 168 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:45,520 Speaker 1: we're setting him up to fail, uh bin Yama to 169 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:49,199 Speaker 1: hype too much hype this we're setting like just stop. 170 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:53,400 Speaker 1: This isn't people setting him up to fail. Look at 171 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:56,360 Speaker 1: what he can do on the basketball court. This is 172 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:59,640 Speaker 1: not stuff we've ever seen before. And Draymond Green, for 173 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 1: his point even said on his podcast that there's only 174 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:06,440 Speaker 1: a handful of guys he'd take over one Bin Yama. 175 00:10:06,679 --> 00:10:10,040 Speaker 1: So are you too, Draymond setting one Ba Yama up 176 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:13,080 Speaker 1: to fail? Like, this is what we do in the media. 177 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:17,280 Speaker 1: We hype the hell out of prospects. That's what we do. 178 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:20,240 Speaker 1: We hype him to stir excitement. Hey, it's a new 179 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:23,880 Speaker 1: face on the scene. Somebody knew, you know, Lebron's getting 180 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:26,080 Speaker 1: up there in age Jef Curry's own thirty five. Like 181 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:29,920 Speaker 1: they've dominated dominated the league for like the last well, 182 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:31,720 Speaker 1: Curry for the last eight years, Lebron for the last 183 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:34,880 Speaker 1: like fifteen. Okay, they're starting to be phased out. Remember 184 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:37,480 Speaker 1: with Peyton Manning and Tom Brady were starting to get 185 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:41,559 Speaker 1: old in their late thirties. Everybody's, Oh, who's the next quarterback? 186 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:45,480 Speaker 1: Who's got next? Everybody wants to latch on and be early. 187 00:10:45,559 --> 00:10:48,040 Speaker 1: Oh I called that guy, or oh I was all over. 188 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:50,280 Speaker 1: That's what the media likes to do. We like to 189 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:55,040 Speaker 1: hype new prospects, get new guys into the discussion, into 190 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:59,560 Speaker 1: the orbit, and put them on everybody's radar. Like, but 191 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:02,000 Speaker 1: what I'm is like when a Patrick Mahomes comes out 192 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:05,000 Speaker 1: of nowhere right. He was a college quarterback. Patrick Mahomes 193 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:07,280 Speaker 1: had a couple highlight plays in college where he's chucking 194 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:09,840 Speaker 1: the ball ninety yards, but overall he wasn't like a 195 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:10,520 Speaker 1: great prospect. 196 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:10,959 Speaker 2: He was not. 197 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:17,680 Speaker 1: Hyped, and generally what happens generally is the greatest players 198 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:20,920 Speaker 1: at the top of their sport. Usually usually we're not 199 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:23,280 Speaker 1: the most typed. Obviously, you can start with Tom Brady, 200 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:26,480 Speaker 1: who has the most rings in the NFL. He's considered 201 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:29,640 Speaker 1: the greatest quarterback of all time, Like, you know, six 202 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:32,280 Speaker 1: round pick one hundred and ninety ninth overall. Did he 203 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:35,840 Speaker 1: slip through the cracks or is there something to not 204 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:38,280 Speaker 1: being hyped in Harold and having to work your way 205 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:41,719 Speaker 1: up the ladder and grind in the salt mines and 206 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:44,640 Speaker 1: then you deliver this greatness that is incredible and a 207 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:49,480 Speaker 1: great look for the league. Lebron obviously is slightly different, 208 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:51,120 Speaker 1: as he's lived up to the hype and then some. 209 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:54,160 Speaker 1: Michael Jordan wasn't even the number one overall pick. He 210 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:56,680 Speaker 1: did win a title at Carolina, but it's not like 211 00:11:56,720 --> 00:11:58,520 Speaker 1: he came in and it was like, Oh, Michael, this 212 00:11:58,559 --> 00:12:00,920 Speaker 1: guy's gonna take over the league. Larry Bird and Magic 213 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:05,880 Speaker 1: Johnson certainly qualified as guys. Shack, you know, one of 214 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:08,120 Speaker 1: the great centers of all time. Plenty of guys. I 215 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:11,079 Speaker 1: mean Tim Duncan was a number one overall pick NFL, 216 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:15,240 Speaker 1: I think slightly less even Joe Montana. I think Rob 217 00:12:15,280 --> 00:12:16,800 Speaker 1: you can check. It was like a third round pick. 218 00:12:16,840 --> 00:12:21,360 Speaker 1: Like generally in the NFL, it's really tough. It's just 219 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:26,160 Speaker 1: an inexact science, not quite a crapshoot. But in the NBA, like, hey, 220 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:28,960 Speaker 1: we've seen we saw Lebron when he was I think fifteen. 221 00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:32,280 Speaker 1: I was their courtside when Lebron faced Lenny Cook in 222 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:34,600 Speaker 1: t Neck, New Jersey at the Adidas camp because I 223 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:37,040 Speaker 1: worked at the newspaper, which was like, I don't know, 224 00:12:37,559 --> 00:12:40,520 Speaker 1: a few minutes away, and I'll never forget. Lebron hit 225 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:43,200 Speaker 1: like a half court shot to win the game, and 226 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:45,480 Speaker 1: I was like, Oh my gosh, this guy really is incredible. 227 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:47,360 Speaker 1: And Lenny Cook was like a New York City phenom 228 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:50,760 Speaker 1: at the time, and Lebron just ended up just destroying him. 229 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:52,440 Speaker 1: And I was like, oh my gosh, this guy, Lebron's 230 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:55,440 Speaker 1: going to be unbelievable. But you know, Steph Curry was 231 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:58,120 Speaker 1: not not even a top five pick. The Timberwolves took 232 00:12:58,160 --> 00:13:01,920 Speaker 1: two point guards ahead of Steph Curry, Johnny Flynn and 233 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:03,600 Speaker 1: Ricky Rubio. By the way, I just read a piece 234 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:06,360 Speaker 1: I think it was Chris Ballard and SI about David 235 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:08,199 Speaker 1: Kahn and what he's up to. He's the GM who 236 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:11,679 Speaker 1: drafted those two guys, and obviously he didn't want to 237 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:15,720 Speaker 1: talk about his process picking those two guys over Curry. 238 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:18,760 Speaker 1: But like again, Steph Curry not the kind of guy 239 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:20,719 Speaker 1: that you'd expect to be like an all time top 240 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:23,360 Speaker 1: ten player, came out of nowhere. So yes, there are 241 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:27,440 Speaker 1: big expectations for Wembin Yama, and the spotlight and the 242 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:29,840 Speaker 1: glare will be on him. Guys, Steph Curry was not 243 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:32,320 Speaker 1: getting national TV games out of the gate as a rookie. 244 00:13:32,679 --> 00:13:34,199 Speaker 1: He's not on the radar. He had a couple of 245 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:37,439 Speaker 1: ankle injuries in the first few years. There was no hype, 246 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:41,520 Speaker 1: like nobody none of the what was it, the Barkley crew, 247 00:13:41,559 --> 00:13:43,640 Speaker 1: the TNT guys, they were not talking about Steph Curry 248 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:45,560 Speaker 1: and his rookie You're like, oh, here comes Curry, Oh 249 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:48,120 Speaker 1: my god. There was none of that. That's gonna be 250 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:51,000 Speaker 1: the case with Webbin Yamo all season long. Why because 251 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:56,160 Speaker 1: the audience is gravitating toward a new, potentially generational prospect. 252 00:13:56,360 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 1: They're not doing that. They're not Draymond simply because the 253 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:03,880 Speaker 1: media is hyping him. Look at the film. I mean, 254 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:06,280 Speaker 1: Rob you you would, you would? You would hopefully agree 255 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:08,400 Speaker 1: with me that. Like, I don't need some media to 256 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:10,080 Speaker 1: hype the hell out of a prospect. I can just 257 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:14,360 Speaker 1: watch what when Benyama's doing. We've never seen this stuff before. 258 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:17,480 Speaker 1: Jokic was a second round pick. Just Wanner title is 259 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:20,120 Speaker 1: the best player in the league? Yannis? What do you go? 260 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:23,800 Speaker 1: Twelve thirteen, somewhere in that range, was the best player 261 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:27,200 Speaker 1: in the league. Like, these guys have risen quickly, and 262 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:29,560 Speaker 1: I think a lot of the media, if anything, is 263 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:34,000 Speaker 1: afraid to have missed on another European prospect. Remember there 264 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:36,600 Speaker 1: was still a Luca versus Tree Young debate when they 265 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:38,640 Speaker 1: were coming into the league. Remember, so the media kind 266 00:14:38,640 --> 00:14:41,680 Speaker 1: of missed on Luca. The media definitely missed on Jokic, 267 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:43,520 Speaker 1: the media definitely missed on Yannis. And they're like, wait 268 00:14:43,520 --> 00:14:46,000 Speaker 1: a minute, wait a minute, international players are taken over. 269 00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:48,600 Speaker 1: When Ben Yama's the guy, he's the guy. You gotta 270 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:51,520 Speaker 1: have watch next, Like, Okay, great, they can say that, Rob, 271 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:54,240 Speaker 1: But I have eyes too, and I can watch one 272 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:58,560 Speaker 1: Ben Yama totally dominate. Again, it's a lesser league. He 273 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:01,560 Speaker 1: did face Scoot Henderson and company, but like even in 274 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:03,600 Speaker 1: those lesser leads they got guys six seven, six eight, 275 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:06,720 Speaker 1: sixty nine six ten seven feet and he's dominated. So 276 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:08,880 Speaker 1: I don't think the hype train is out of control. 277 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:10,920 Speaker 1: I'm just worried about all the ancillary crap that. 278 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:15,200 Speaker 2: Goes with it. Rob, Yeah, what helps win Bnyama? Even 279 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:17,600 Speaker 2: though you know, the internet's available and you can kind 280 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:19,640 Speaker 2: of watch him play, and to your point, that league 281 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:21,960 Speaker 2: that he plays in is not the top league over 282 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:25,360 Speaker 2: in Europe. But what helps his case as well is 283 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:28,960 Speaker 2: that the only time that people were really locked in 284 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:31,920 Speaker 2: and watching him playing was against that G League team, 285 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:34,360 Speaker 2: and he put on a freaking show. I think he 286 00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:36,520 Speaker 2: had like thirty five and ten and like a bunch 287 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:39,240 Speaker 2: of blocks, and he was doing you know, three pointers 288 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:41,840 Speaker 2: with one foot like he was. He put on everything 289 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:45,200 Speaker 2: in his in his bag was on full display. And 290 00:15:46,280 --> 00:15:49,560 Speaker 2: had they known who he was two years ago, would 291 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:51,160 Speaker 2: they have still felt the same way if they had 292 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:53,720 Speaker 2: seen him get bodied up by Kenny Lofton Junior, who 293 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:56,680 Speaker 2: I believe went undrafted to the Memphis Grizzlies. Like, that's 294 00:15:56,720 --> 00:15:58,440 Speaker 2: the same guy, and that's what's going to happen. He's 295 00:15:58,440 --> 00:16:01,120 Speaker 2: a young player. What I think is going to be 296 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:04,160 Speaker 2: most fascinating with Gwen ben Yama, specifically because the hype 297 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:06,880 Speaker 2: around him is so big. You mentioned the tickets already 298 00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:11,400 Speaker 2: being sold out. Obviously this is an Apples Orange comparison, 299 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:14,560 Speaker 2: But when Lonzo Ball came out of UCLA because of 300 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:16,680 Speaker 2: his father and the hype train around him and everything 301 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:18,960 Speaker 2: he was saying about how great my son is, that 302 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:21,600 Speaker 2: my son's better than Michael Jordan and blah blah blah, 303 00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:25,280 Speaker 2: they're as much as it was like a side show 304 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:27,160 Speaker 2: to want to just see what he can, just see 305 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:30,600 Speaker 2: what the hype is about with this kid. I would 306 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:33,240 Speaker 2: argue that probably half of the people who tuned in 307 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:36,800 Speaker 2: were tuning in to watch him fail. That they wanted 308 00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:40,280 Speaker 2: to see this kid not because of anything he did, 309 00:16:40,280 --> 00:16:42,560 Speaker 2: but because of his dad. That we want to see 310 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:44,840 Speaker 2: him fall fat, flat on his face so we can 311 00:16:44,920 --> 00:16:47,600 Speaker 2: laugh at everything that his dad's been saying. Part of 312 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:50,720 Speaker 2: me feels like because there's so many big name people 313 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:54,160 Speaker 2: in sports media like you know, Draymond and WOJ and 314 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:57,200 Speaker 2: Friend of the Show Chris Brustar, Jason McIntyre, whoever, pick 315 00:16:57,200 --> 00:17:00,200 Speaker 2: your favorite person. Everybody is so all in and the 316 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:03,120 Speaker 2: consensus is that this kid's gonna be great. They almost 317 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:06,440 Speaker 2: want to see him go down because they can say, see, 318 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:08,640 Speaker 2: these guys know what they're talking about the media, blah 319 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:10,879 Speaker 2: blah blah, Like the media is this big enemy that 320 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:13,040 Speaker 2: we all got to be wary of. So that's what 321 00:17:13,080 --> 00:17:16,080 Speaker 2: I'm anxious to see comes Saturday morning. However he plays, 322 00:17:17,119 --> 00:17:19,120 Speaker 2: are you gonna see people come out of the woodwork 323 00:17:19,119 --> 00:17:21,560 Speaker 2: and see like, oh see he got pounded on the rebounds. 324 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:24,480 Speaker 2: He's too thin. He can't take the pain of the NBA. 325 00:17:25,119 --> 00:17:27,199 Speaker 2: That's what I'm most interested about with Oneman Yama. 326 00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 1: The other thing I forgot to add, so not only 327 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:33,439 Speaker 1: does the media love to unearth new hidden gems, but 328 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:36,000 Speaker 1: they love the build up tear down Rob you know this. 329 00:17:36,119 --> 00:17:38,720 Speaker 1: The media was hyping Lonzo. No, it didn't help, it 330 00:17:38,720 --> 00:17:41,399 Speaker 1: didn't hurt that Magic Johnson was like, hey, save some 331 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:43,399 Speaker 1: of my records. Remember that. I mean, it was just like, 332 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:45,080 Speaker 1: come on, I do remember that. Yeah, it was like, 333 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:48,080 Speaker 1: come on, let's settle down just a little bit. Magic Johnson, 334 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:52,840 Speaker 1: Lonzo's dad. You're right, he certainly didn't help. And it 335 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:54,840 Speaker 1: made me think about this. I don't even know what 336 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:57,560 Speaker 1: Webbin Yama's parents look like. Is his dad a seven footter? 337 00:17:57,640 --> 00:18:00,240 Speaker 1: I have no idea. Does he have brothers, sisters? I know, 338 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:02,920 Speaker 1: I know very little about him other than he looks 339 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:06,679 Speaker 1: utterly dominant in the basketball footage I've seen of him. 340 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:09,600 Speaker 1: So yeah, I mean, I'm clearly rooting for one Ben Yama, 341 00:18:09,920 --> 00:18:11,399 Speaker 1: not rooting for him to fail. I'm not one of 342 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:13,879 Speaker 1: those guys. But yeah, the media gets caught up in 343 00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:16,320 Speaker 1: this build up tear down, and you could see it 344 00:18:16,359 --> 00:18:18,840 Speaker 1: with a guy like Carson Wentz in the NFL. They 345 00:18:18,920 --> 00:18:22,359 Speaker 1: loved building him up. Oh, North Dakota State, Carson Wentz. 346 00:18:22,359 --> 00:18:24,679 Speaker 1: Here he comes. He's this big guy, nearly won an 347 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:26,919 Speaker 1: MVP and it never bounced back from the injuries. And 348 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:29,440 Speaker 1: now it's just I mean, just torch Carson Wentz. He's 349 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:31,560 Speaker 1: not even signed in the NFL right now, but even 350 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:34,080 Speaker 1: in the NBA. I mean, how many times have we 351 00:18:34,080 --> 00:18:36,280 Speaker 1: heard about this guy is the next baby Jordan from 352 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:41,560 Speaker 1: the Bradford Smith shout out to Louisville Harold Minor, next baby, 353 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:43,360 Speaker 1: You remember Harold Minor, usc guy? 354 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:45,360 Speaker 2: That was my guy? Yeah? Absolutely, Yeah. 355 00:18:45,359 --> 00:18:49,320 Speaker 1: Who didn't love these guys? And that's more a media creation, like, 356 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:52,680 Speaker 1: oh look, this guy's basically got the Michael Jordan's starter kid. 357 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:56,560 Speaker 1: I'll never forget Ty Lou came out essentially. I think 358 00:18:56,600 --> 00:18:58,600 Speaker 1: it was in Orlando, I'm not certain, but wherever he 359 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:02,479 Speaker 1: was early in his career, he tried to look like 360 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:05,280 Speaker 1: Alan Iverson with I think it was the braids and 361 00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:08,280 Speaker 1: like the bagginess. He really tried to be like an Averson. 362 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:10,080 Speaker 1: And there's a lot of guys like that who wanted 363 00:19:10,119 --> 00:19:13,480 Speaker 1: to look like and be like kind of mimic other players. 364 00:19:13,880 --> 00:19:17,400 Speaker 1: And it's like, I get it. You know, you're trying 365 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:19,679 Speaker 1: to make a name for yourself by looking like and 366 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:21,360 Speaker 1: playing like this guy. And I'm gonna be the next 367 00:19:21,359 --> 00:19:23,520 Speaker 1: so and so. Kobe obviously did it with Jordan and 368 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:26,879 Speaker 1: the mannerisms and everything, but I don't know, I just 369 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:30,800 Speaker 1: be yourself, be authentic, don't worry about the media hype train, 370 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:34,119 Speaker 1: you know. And Rob all in with this, we're talking 371 00:19:34,119 --> 00:19:37,720 Speaker 1: about Victor wembin Yama on video and on the podcast 372 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:40,919 Speaker 1: because we know there is an appetite for Victor wembin Yama. Okay, 373 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:45,399 Speaker 1: you remember you remember this, Darn Fox went against Lonzo 374 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:48,920 Speaker 1: Ball in high school and Fox dominated him. Why because 375 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:51,480 Speaker 1: Lonzo Ball was the hype everybody knew. Oh the Ball 376 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:55,280 Speaker 1: brothers and LaMelo and the other brother and Lonzo they 377 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:57,800 Speaker 1: were like a story. And that put a target on 378 00:19:57,880 --> 00:20:00,240 Speaker 1: his back. And they went head to head in the 379 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:04,159 Speaker 1: NBA and Fox ate him up and it was like, 380 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:06,879 Speaker 1: I'm coming for you because you're getting all the hype. Rob. 381 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:09,840 Speaker 1: Here we are a little ways down the road Lonzo Ball. 382 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:12,520 Speaker 1: I know he's had some injuries. Nobody would argue, Dear 383 00:20:12,680 --> 00:20:15,520 Speaker 1: Fox better player. The media hype Lonzo, but not just 384 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:18,520 Speaker 1: hyped him to hype him and Rob, you know this 385 00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:22,680 Speaker 1: as a producer, like, we need to appeal to our audience. 386 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:24,720 Speaker 1: What does the audience care about. I know we've got 387 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:27,280 Speaker 1: a huge NFL audience, We've got a gambling audience, we 388 00:20:27,359 --> 00:20:29,480 Speaker 1: have something of a fantasy audience, and we got a 389 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:32,240 Speaker 1: basketball audience. We've got a college football audience. I would 390 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:34,199 Speaker 1: love to come out here and talk O Toni, and 391 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:37,040 Speaker 1: I think we will here shortly, probably next week, because 392 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:39,320 Speaker 1: you know, do you trade O'tanni do you keep him? 393 00:20:39,359 --> 00:20:42,080 Speaker 1: But I know our audience is not heavy heavily skewed 394 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:45,200 Speaker 1: toward baseball. The baseball audience goes to the baseball podcast. 395 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:48,560 Speaker 1: We're kind of at all sports, you guys. I'm a 396 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:51,720 Speaker 1: personality or whatever you want to call me, and you 397 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:55,880 Speaker 1: know kind of what I like and what I gravitate toward. 398 00:20:56,240 --> 00:20:59,800 Speaker 1: But yeah, like if we put Lonzo Ball in a 399 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:02,919 Speaker 1: pot three years ago, people are gonna listen. If you 400 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:05,199 Speaker 1: put Lonzo Ball in like a headline podcast, now, is 401 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:07,840 Speaker 1: anybody listening? Probably crickets. I mean you got it. You 402 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:10,639 Speaker 1: got your podcast feed, You open iTunes, you're looking if 403 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:12,480 Speaker 1: you see, oh, this guy's talking about Lonzo Ball or 404 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:15,480 Speaker 1: Victor webin Yama, Like that's a no brainer, right, But 405 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:17,800 Speaker 1: who's the guy you mentioned? Loston? Kenny Lofton tried doing 406 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:20,520 Speaker 1: a podcast about Kenny Lofton and nobody people. Probably you're 407 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:24,520 Speaker 1: not gonna listen. So it's not necessarily as media hyping. 408 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:28,040 Speaker 1: We know what you guys want. I hear you guys 409 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:30,639 Speaker 1: coming after me from my Joel and b take heavy. 410 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:32,880 Speaker 1: I see Saints fans love me. I've got all these 411 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:35,520 Speaker 1: new followers now because I said on the Herd Wednesday, 412 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:39,200 Speaker 1: among my crazy NFL predictions that could come true, Saints 413 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:42,120 Speaker 1: win the NFC, And now all these people are like, oh, 414 00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:45,920 Speaker 1: j Maax, Saints, let's go Derek Carr, It's like, okay, 415 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:47,720 Speaker 1: so now I'm like a Saints guy and people want 416 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:50,200 Speaker 1: to hear me talk about the Saints. But in reality, 417 00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:52,040 Speaker 1: that was just a crazy take, like what are the 418 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:54,879 Speaker 1: odds that's gonna happen? Slim, very slim that the Saints 419 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:57,040 Speaker 1: win the NFC, but there is a path to it, 420 00:21:57,560 --> 00:22:00,160 Speaker 1: and like, I don't know, Rob, I'm just rambling now. 421 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:02,639 Speaker 1: But you know, as the producer, every day, you're not 422 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:04,720 Speaker 1: coming to me and saying, hey, dude, there's this NHL 423 00:22:04,760 --> 00:22:06,800 Speaker 1: guy under the radar. We got to talk. We gotta 424 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:08,840 Speaker 1: do a podcast like that's not happening. We're not doing that. 425 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:11,320 Speaker 1: You got there's other podcasts that they can talk about 426 00:22:11,320 --> 00:22:11,760 Speaker 1: that stuff. 427 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:16,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, and like it or not again in America, 428 00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:19,520 Speaker 2: Victor Wembanyama is going to move the needle in a 429 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:22,480 Speaker 2: way that we probably haven't seen in years in the NBA. 430 00:22:23,280 --> 00:22:25,160 Speaker 2: And let me just put it to you in this perspective. 431 00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:28,400 Speaker 2: We were talking before the podcast, Brandon Miller number two 432 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:31,800 Speaker 2: overall pick to Charlotte has been struggling Joe Namath style. 433 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:35,000 Speaker 2: You know, these first two games he has ten assists, 434 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:38,879 Speaker 2: ten turnovers, fifteen thousand two Summer League games. Right, there's 435 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:43,800 Speaker 2: is a small blip of commentary about Brandon Miller and 436 00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:46,439 Speaker 2: how poorly he's played because this is the Summer League, 437 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:48,679 Speaker 2: but more importantly because it's Brandon Miller. Nothing against him, 438 00:22:48,720 --> 00:22:51,600 Speaker 2: but he's just not a household name yet. I would 439 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:53,679 Speaker 2: even argue Scoot Henderson is more of a household name 440 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:57,399 Speaker 2: at this point than Brandon Miller. If Victor win Banyama 441 00:22:57,760 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 2: comes out tonight and goes for eight points and six 442 00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:06,320 Speaker 2: rebounds and nine fouls, I promise you that is gonna 443 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:11,239 Speaker 2: lead almost every television debates show on Monday, Like that 444 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:15,560 Speaker 2: is what's going to happen. People care about this guy 445 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:19,560 Speaker 2: in a way that it's hard to put into words. So, yes, 446 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:22,320 Speaker 2: we America is asking for when mien Yama content, We 447 00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:24,920 Speaker 2: will oblige and give them when wen Yama content. 448 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:27,960 Speaker 1: Right, So that hopefully will prepare you for tonight's thrilling 449 00:23:28,119 --> 00:23:32,280 Speaker 1: Summer League matchup. Webn Yama, Brandon Miller sold out in 450 00:23:32,359 --> 00:23:36,000 Speaker 1: Vegas and now we're gonna pivot to the NFL. So 451 00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:38,920 Speaker 1: we've got just enough Fridays left before the start of 452 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:42,520 Speaker 1: the NFL season that if we can jam every single 453 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:47,000 Speaker 1: division on a Friday into the podcast, I think we'll 454 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:49,760 Speaker 1: finish the league in time. So we'll just quickly buzz through. 455 00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:53,880 Speaker 1: We'll start in the NFC. Last year, the Philadelphia Eagles 456 00:23:54,119 --> 00:23:57,520 Speaker 1: fourteen and three. Now I'm not gonna go super deep 457 00:23:57,520 --> 00:24:01,040 Speaker 1: on every team, Sorry, Commanders fans, but I'll say this 458 00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:04,959 Speaker 1: last year at this time, just remember this. Okay, last year, 459 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:08,240 Speaker 1: at this time, everybody was picking four teams to be 460 00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:10,320 Speaker 1: the best team in the NFC. A lot of people 461 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:12,560 Speaker 1: love the Rams. They had just won the Super Bowl. Okay, 462 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:14,840 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers and the Packers had been the number one 463 00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:16,520 Speaker 1: seed two years in a row, and he had been 464 00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:21,360 Speaker 1: two MVPs. Everybody loved the Packers. Okay, so the Rams, Packers. 465 00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:23,000 Speaker 1: There was a lot of love for the Cowboys, who 466 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:28,760 Speaker 1: were still good. Dak Prescott and like people like the Cowboys, 467 00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:32,159 Speaker 1: don't surprise. And the fourth team that everybody loved was 468 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:34,760 Speaker 1: the Tampa Oh actually there was five. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 469 00:24:34,760 --> 00:24:36,679 Speaker 1: had had Tom Brady, they were one year removed from 470 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:39,160 Speaker 1: winning a Super Bowl and then the fifth the forty 471 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:43,120 Speaker 1: nine ers who perennially are in the mix. No, well, 472 00:24:43,119 --> 00:24:45,479 Speaker 1: I shouldn't say nobody, because I do remember Aaron Shatz 473 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:48,159 Speaker 1: of Football Outsiders came on this podcast and was started 474 00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:50,600 Speaker 1: hyping the Eagles, and you start looking at the schedule 475 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:52,920 Speaker 1: where you're like, ooh, there's a path to some success here. 476 00:24:53,359 --> 00:24:55,240 Speaker 1: And I went to Vegas and I bet them to 477 00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:57,920 Speaker 1: win the division and exceed their win total and blah 478 00:24:57,920 --> 00:25:01,919 Speaker 1: blah blah, and the Eagles go fourteen. I'm just telling you, Rob, No, 479 00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:04,960 Speaker 1: not many people, maybe like one percent of the football 480 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:09,520 Speaker 1: prognosticating audience had the Eagles winning the NFC. So what 481 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:13,200 Speaker 1: happens now this year? Right? We just saw, well, it's 482 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:17,040 Speaker 1: the Eagles obviously fourteen and three. They'll probably do it again. 483 00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:19,680 Speaker 1: And it's the Niners. But they got a quarterback question 484 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:21,960 Speaker 1: and it's a Cowboys. That's what everybody loves. Aaron Rodgers 485 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:24,880 Speaker 1: has gone, there really isn't even a fourteen. The NFC 486 00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:28,080 Speaker 1: is super wide open. I mean, you look at the 487 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:31,240 Speaker 1: NFC East. I'll tell you right now, the Giants will regress. 488 00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:34,679 Speaker 1: I'm looking at their record nine to seven and one 489 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:36,800 Speaker 1: last year. Squeak into the playoffs get to win over 490 00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:40,399 Speaker 1: the Vikings. I'm not a believer in Daniel Jones. You 491 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:42,560 Speaker 1: guys know this. Saquon Barkley is still not signed. I 492 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:44,880 Speaker 1: expect him to be signed. Yes, they got better, adding 493 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:48,600 Speaker 1: Rob G's Darren Waller from the Raiders. The defense should 494 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:52,800 Speaker 1: be good, but this team essentially new head coach, new coordinator, 495 00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:55,520 Speaker 1: and took some people by surprise. They won some gimmicky games. 496 00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:57,960 Speaker 1: They were getting slaughtered by the Ravens. I think it 497 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:00,720 Speaker 1: was seventeen three or twenty two, twenty three, and then 498 00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:04,040 Speaker 1: they storm back. Lamar Jackson vomits all over himself and 499 00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:05,600 Speaker 1: next thing you know, the Giants win that game. They 500 00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:07,600 Speaker 1: wont some ugly games, and there's nothing wrong with that. 501 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:10,080 Speaker 1: It's like like tennis game. I played a buddy this 502 00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:13,520 Speaker 1: week who's better than me, and you know, all of 503 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:15,880 Speaker 1: a sudden, it's four to three him in the first set, 504 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:18,240 Speaker 1: and he's like frustrated, like how am I not putting 505 00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:20,720 Speaker 1: this guy? This guy takes lessons every week and he 506 00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:23,000 Speaker 1: expected to come out here murder me. It was two nothing, 507 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:24,720 Speaker 1: and then I fight back, it's three three, he's up 508 00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:26,720 Speaker 1: four to three. He beats me sixty three sixty three. 509 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:28,520 Speaker 1: But second said he was up four to nothing, and 510 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:30,720 Speaker 1: I storm back and he's like, this is taking me 511 00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:34,040 Speaker 1: forever to understand your junk tennis game. Because I don't 512 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:37,640 Speaker 1: have precision strokes. I'm doing some wacky stuff out there. 513 00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:41,000 Speaker 1: I'm just getting by on my athletic ability. Yeah, go 514 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:43,600 Speaker 1: ahead and laugh. And all of a sudden, I did 515 00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:45,280 Speaker 1: lose sixt to three sixty three. But he you know, 516 00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:47,640 Speaker 1: he's a good player. I feel like the Giants last 517 00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:50,000 Speaker 1: year got by with a lot of junk, and now 518 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,760 Speaker 1: you're paying Daniel Jones a lot of money. The future 519 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:55,679 Speaker 1: doesn't look as bright. I see a world where the 520 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,680 Speaker 1: New York Giants finished last in the division. I think 521 00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:00,880 Speaker 1: that's on the table. The more realistically, they'll be third, 522 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:03,919 Speaker 1: but they're not going to the playoffs. Washington is the 523 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:06,200 Speaker 1: tough team to predict. We know the Eagles are winning 524 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:09,879 Speaker 1: the division. I think Dallas could have a path to 525 00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:11,760 Speaker 1: win the division. But I'll tell you my issue with 526 00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:16,480 Speaker 1: Dallas in a second. So the reason I'm questionable on 527 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:20,320 Speaker 1: Washington is uncertainty. We don't know what Sam Howell is 528 00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:22,560 Speaker 1: gonna be, and I know everybody's gonna say, well, we 529 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:26,520 Speaker 1: saw Sam Howell, Jason, he's not good time out. Last year, 530 00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:29,720 Speaker 1: you guys, remember Jalen Hurts was a one year started 531 00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:31,920 Speaker 1: with the Eagles. Do you remember the playoff game against Tampa. 532 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:33,800 Speaker 1: I remember it because I lost money picking the Eagles 533 00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:35,879 Speaker 1: like an idiot. They were down thirty one nothing and 534 00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:37,520 Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts was a deer in the headlights, could not 535 00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:40,960 Speaker 1: complete a pass. Bucks were all over everything they got. 536 00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:44,040 Speaker 1: Aj Brown helped take him to the stratosphere. But Jalen 537 00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:46,760 Speaker 1: Hurts made a leap that we don't see, like a 538 00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:49,679 Speaker 1: Josh Allen type. We don't see those leaps, and that 539 00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:52,200 Speaker 1: caught everybody by surprise. What is Sam Howell gonna be? 540 00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:53,800 Speaker 1: He started one game in the league, kid out of 541 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:56,440 Speaker 1: North Carolina. He was for a minute like a really 542 00:27:56,480 --> 00:28:00,480 Speaker 1: really good prospect at North Carolina. But I don't know 543 00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:02,000 Speaker 1: what Eric b Enemy is going to be as an 544 00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:06,679 Speaker 1: offensive quarter finally calling plays right forever. He was the 545 00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:10,040 Speaker 1: OCN name only in case. Andy Reid was running the 546 00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:12,800 Speaker 1: show and he had Patrick Mahomes. So I don't know 547 00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:14,840 Speaker 1: what Washington is going to be. I kind of like 548 00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:17,840 Speaker 1: their scope position. Guys. They won eight games last year 549 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:21,359 Speaker 1: with a poopoo platter of Carson Wentz and whoever the 550 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:24,320 Speaker 1: hell else they had a quarterback. Like I mean, I 551 00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:29,679 Speaker 1: don't know if you told me Rob g Jay, I 552 00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:32,399 Speaker 1: could see a nine and eight Washington team creeping on 553 00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:35,920 Speaker 1: a wildcout. Would that surprise you? 554 00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:40,840 Speaker 2: No? No, wouldn't at all. Like this division, well, all 555 00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:44,920 Speaker 2: the teams in this division, especially outside of Philadelphia, because 556 00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:47,479 Speaker 2: I think their town level was so immense, you couldn't 557 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:51,320 Speaker 2: surprise me if they went seven and ten or eleven 558 00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:53,800 Speaker 2: and six with any of the other three teams. The 559 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:57,240 Speaker 2: variance in this division is going to be incredible because 560 00:28:58,160 --> 00:29:02,920 Speaker 2: for whatever reason they all played, they're tough and riverboat 561 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:06,560 Speaker 2: Ron for all of his you know, shortcomings, especially at 562 00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:08,680 Speaker 2: the quarterback position. To your point, we have no idea 563 00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:12,960 Speaker 2: if Sam Hawkin play or not. Is it feasible that 564 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:15,600 Speaker 2: he has a Daniel Jones X season where they say, hey, 565 00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:18,600 Speaker 2: limit the turnovers, we're gonna play defense, we're gonna run 566 00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:20,920 Speaker 2: the football, we're gonna win ugly, And next thing you know, 567 00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:25,320 Speaker 2: heading into December, they're what at seven or eight win team. 568 00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:27,200 Speaker 2: But that's shocky, not not really. 569 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:29,680 Speaker 1: Not at all. And remember Chase Young, who was like 570 00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:31,800 Speaker 1: a big time prospect coming out of Ohio State. He 571 00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:34,760 Speaker 1: was a monsters, a rookie, had the bad injury and 572 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:37,600 Speaker 1: he was just ineffective last year. They declined his fifth 573 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:39,520 Speaker 1: year option. He's playing for a contract and this is 574 00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:42,480 Speaker 1: just second contracts. The big money went. Would not shock 575 00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:44,720 Speaker 1: me if Chase Young came back as a defensive end 576 00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:46,680 Speaker 1: and was like among the league leaders in Sackson just 577 00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:50,080 Speaker 1: plays like a man angry because they declined his fifth year. 578 00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:51,960 Speaker 1: You know, he's like, I gotta get paid. Come on, 579 00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:54,800 Speaker 1: this is the generational wealth I'm sitting on, and because 580 00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:56,400 Speaker 1: of the injury, it's kind of slowed his career. So 581 00:29:56,480 --> 00:29:58,000 Speaker 1: I don't know what to make a Washington, I could 582 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:02,080 Speaker 1: see them finishing. I'll say second, third, or fourth, but 583 00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:05,600 Speaker 1: most likely third or fourth. Dallas is the tough one. 584 00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:08,120 Speaker 1: Here's my issue, Just to be clear, Eagles will be 585 00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:11,680 Speaker 1: The Eagles almost certainly win the division. Yes, there's some 586 00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:15,080 Speaker 1: concern about losing both coordinators, and the team is aging 587 00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:18,160 Speaker 1: a bit, and there's just too much talent for me 588 00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:21,440 Speaker 1: for them to go from like fourteen to nine. You know, 589 00:30:21,480 --> 00:30:23,520 Speaker 1: I saw some stats about how Jalen hurts barely through 590 00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:26,400 Speaker 1: fourth quarter passes last year because they were kicking everybody's 591 00:30:26,440 --> 00:30:29,200 Speaker 1: ass so badly going into the fourth quarter like this 592 00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:32,200 Speaker 1: was a really good team. I don't see an area. 593 00:30:32,280 --> 00:30:35,840 Speaker 1: There's not a unit where there's a drop off. I 594 00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:38,000 Speaker 1: think they've got the best offense in the division by far. 595 00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:39,760 Speaker 1: I think they've got the best defense in the division. 596 00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:41,440 Speaker 1: I know the Cowboys is good, but I'll still take 597 00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:43,320 Speaker 1: the Eagles. So I got the Eagles winning the division 598 00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:46,400 Speaker 1: probably eleven or twelve wins. Dallas is the interesting one. 599 00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:50,880 Speaker 1: Rob So Kellen Moore highly thought of as an OC, 600 00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:57,480 Speaker 1: loved by Jerry Jones. Kellen Moore is ousted by McCarthy. 601 00:30:57,840 --> 00:30:59,880 Speaker 1: Now why would McCarthy do that? And I think a 602 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:02,560 Speaker 1: lot of people are predicting, well, Kellen Moore loves to 603 00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:06,640 Speaker 1: throw the football, he likes tempo, and that's not really 604 00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:09,720 Speaker 1: McCarthy's DNA. McCarthy is a slow down kind of guy. 605 00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:12,680 Speaker 1: He wants to run the football, he wants to win 606 00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:14,840 Speaker 1: with defense. He's got a good DC in Dan Quinn. 607 00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:19,320 Speaker 1: So out goes Kellen Moore to the Chargers. In comes 608 00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:22,280 Speaker 1: Brian Schottenheimer. Now I've tried to find the answer to this. 609 00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:27,440 Speaker 1: It's a tough one. Will blackman who comes to the 610 00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:29,560 Speaker 1: Herd you know what, once every few weeks or whatever. 611 00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:32,680 Speaker 1: He's actually an intern with the Dallas Cowboys right now. 612 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:34,760 Speaker 1: And I asked him, like, okay, so what are you 613 00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:37,320 Speaker 1: sitting in on meetings and he's like, yeah, you know, 614 00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:39,520 Speaker 1: I'm around. I'm like, I want to know who's calling 615 00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:44,440 Speaker 1: plays because it's not totally clear. McCarthy is an offensive guy. 616 00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:46,280 Speaker 1: He don't fire the OC to bring in a new 617 00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:48,720 Speaker 1: guy to call plays when his job, Yes, his job 618 00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:52,640 Speaker 1: is on the line. So my gut tells me McCarthy 619 00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:55,040 Speaker 1: is gonna call plays. There have been various reports about 620 00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:57,040 Speaker 1: who's gonna call him, but I think it's gonna be McCarthy. 621 00:31:57,560 --> 00:31:59,840 Speaker 1: And some people have looked at his history and he 622 00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:02,640 Speaker 1: wants to slow it down. His pace is gonna be 623 00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:05,680 Speaker 1: one of the slowest in the league. And now you 624 00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:08,800 Speaker 1: lost Zekes, so a lot of Tony Pollard and try 625 00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:11,040 Speaker 1: to win with defense and listen, that may work fine 626 00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:14,120 Speaker 1: in the regular season because they do have a good defense. 627 00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:17,600 Speaker 1: Trayvon Diggs, by the way, who was thought to be 628 00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:19,800 Speaker 1: a good corner but the numbers said not really that good, 629 00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:22,040 Speaker 1: and then he was kind of good. I think he 630 00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:24,400 Speaker 1: isn't the kind of guy you're gonna put on number 631 00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:26,880 Speaker 1: ones anymore because now you got Gilmore and you got 632 00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:28,920 Speaker 1: Michael Parsons. Like they got a really good defense. They're 633 00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:31,600 Speaker 1: gonna cause them people some problems. It's the offense that 634 00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:33,960 Speaker 1: worries me. I think they want Dak. Remember they lost 635 00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:37,280 Speaker 1: their tight end, Dalton Schultz. I think they want Dak 636 00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:40,680 Speaker 1: doing a lot of game managing. Back to when he 637 00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:43,320 Speaker 1: was a rookie. What do you have like twenty four 638 00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:46,080 Speaker 1: touchdowns and four picks, some ridiculous numbers, but he was. 639 00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:48,640 Speaker 1: He took I think one hundred and fifty two hundred 640 00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:53,040 Speaker 1: fewer pass attempts when he was a younger quarterback, and 641 00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:54,800 Speaker 1: now he's being forced to throw a lot more pace 642 00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:59,200 Speaker 1: and tempo up with Keller Moore, I would just it 643 00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:03,480 Speaker 1: feels boom, bust ish rob with the Cowboys. I don't 644 00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:05,080 Speaker 1: want to say they fall off a cliff here, but 645 00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:07,240 Speaker 1: I don't want to say that they're definitely eleven or 646 00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:08,880 Speaker 1: twelve wood team. I think they'd probably sett a lot 647 00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:11,520 Speaker 1: about ten wins and they're in the wildcard mix. 648 00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:14,880 Speaker 2: Yeah. If there was such thing as a make or 649 00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:17,000 Speaker 2: break year, this is a make or break year for 650 00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:20,840 Speaker 2: Mike McCarthy and Dak Prescott because to your point, that roster, 651 00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:25,080 Speaker 2: I know, like the Eagles kind of skew our idea 652 00:33:25,080 --> 00:33:27,120 Speaker 2: of what a loaded roster is because between them and 653 00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:32,320 Speaker 2: the Niners, it's like ridiculous. It's all pros everywhere. But relatively, 654 00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:36,400 Speaker 2: this Cowboys team is stacked up and down the roster, receivers, 655 00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:39,960 Speaker 2: running backs, offensive, defensive, Micah Parsons. You know, like their 656 00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:43,720 Speaker 2: secondary Trayvon Diggs had a billion interceptions and he was 657 00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:46,800 Speaker 2: maybe their third or fourth best defender. Like that's how 658 00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:51,560 Speaker 2: good their team is a talent wise, everything's gonna fall 659 00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:54,040 Speaker 2: on Dak Prescott if he comes up small again because 660 00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:56,400 Speaker 2: I think in the regular season they're a ten plus team, 661 00:33:56,840 --> 00:33:59,520 Speaker 2: ten plus wins either way. Yeah, if they flaim out 662 00:33:59,560 --> 00:34:02,480 Speaker 2: in the playoff again, and it's again, it's because Dak 663 00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:06,920 Speaker 2: Prescott can't do what you would expect a highly paid 664 00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:10,040 Speaker 2: franchise quarterback to do. I would not be surprised if 665 00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:11,840 Speaker 2: this time next year, Jerry Jones is looking for a 666 00:34:11,840 --> 00:34:12,480 Speaker 2: new quarterback. 667 00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:14,799 Speaker 1: Yeah, a new quarterback. Oh, I think he was say 668 00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:19,240 Speaker 1: coach woww QB wow. I mean I think dan Quinn 669 00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:21,680 Speaker 1: thinks that he's getting the job. Remember the last two 670 00:34:21,680 --> 00:34:24,040 Speaker 1: summers he's interviewed. For the last two offseasons he's interviewed. 671 00:34:24,040 --> 00:34:25,959 Speaker 1: I think he had one or two offers in that time, 672 00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:29,000 Speaker 1: and my guest would be out with McCarthy. Let's just 673 00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:31,000 Speaker 1: promote Dan quinn because the defense is great, the offense 674 00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:34,160 Speaker 1: can't figure it out. Yeah, So I think we're pretty 675 00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:37,400 Speaker 1: much in lock. Said, Eagles for sure in the playoffs, 676 00:34:38,280 --> 00:34:41,920 Speaker 1: Cowboys probably second, and then I think I'm gonna I'll 677 00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:44,040 Speaker 1: go out on a limb. Washington third, Giants fourth. And yes, 678 00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:45,680 Speaker 1: I don't like the Giants because I'm a Jets fan, 679 00:34:45,719 --> 00:34:48,920 Speaker 1: but I don't know, Robert, You're mostly in agreement with 680 00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:51,480 Speaker 1: Giants in Washington. Uh. 681 00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:55,000 Speaker 2: I guess the thing is, I don't have a strong 682 00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:56,840 Speaker 2: feeling either way. I can see both of these teams 683 00:34:57,400 --> 00:34:59,560 Speaker 2: winning ten, winning ten games, I can see them both 684 00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:04,239 Speaker 2: losing winning six games right there. I guess I would 685 00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:06,600 Speaker 2: lean Giants, though, because I trust Dayball more than I 686 00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:07,400 Speaker 2: trust Ron Rivera. 687 00:35:07,560 --> 00:35:08,879 Speaker 1: So I one thing I want to do. I want 688 00:35:08,880 --> 00:35:12,480 Speaker 1: to check the Washington's schedule real quick, because if there's 689 00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:15,160 Speaker 1: a world where hey, this team is not good and 690 00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:17,640 Speaker 1: the new owner steps in and let's see out of 691 00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:20,600 Speaker 1: the gate Ooh, looks like they open with Arizona. That 692 00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:24,120 Speaker 1: should be a win Denver, probably a loss Buffalo Philly. 693 00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:27,120 Speaker 1: So let's say they start one in three, Rob, then 694 00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:30,080 Speaker 1: they have that huge game against Chicago and it like 695 00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:32,319 Speaker 1: and I say huge because it's like, Okay, we got 696 00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:35,360 Speaker 1: to beat Chicago. But if you lose to Chicago, Atlanta's 697 00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:39,800 Speaker 1: supposed to be good Giants, Eagles, Patriots. Like if Washington 698 00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:42,439 Speaker 1: starts out something crazy bad like one and seven, does 699 00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:46,240 Speaker 1: the new owners say, hey see that kid at USC 700 00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:49,759 Speaker 1: we want them. Let's start Operation Tank, Let's start playing 701 00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:51,680 Speaker 1: the young guys, and let's aggressively go for I don't 702 00:35:51,719 --> 00:35:55,799 Speaker 1: personally think they'll be that bad because Rivera doesn't want 703 00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:57,799 Speaker 1: that to happen. Obviously is jobs on the line. But 704 00:35:57,880 --> 00:36:00,960 Speaker 1: my gut tells me Washington is pluck and competitive, just 705 00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:04,080 Speaker 1: like they were last year. All Right, that's a lengthy 706 00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:07,279 Speaker 1: Friday podcast to take you into the weekend. We'll be 707 00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:12,399 Speaker 1: back on Monday. Hordes of Webbin Yama cover is just 708 00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:14,799 Speaker 1: just tons of it. Rob. You want to guess his 709 00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:16,040 Speaker 1: stat line for the game. 710 00:36:17,239 --> 00:36:23,200 Speaker 2: Twenty one eight rebounds, five blocks. 711 00:36:23,360 --> 00:36:28,680 Speaker 1: I'll go seventeen sixteen and seven seventeen points, sixteen boards, 712 00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:31,360 Speaker 1: seven blocks. I think he's unbelievable. Now, I hope the 713 00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:33,600 Speaker 1: Spurs don't screw it up and he plays like fifteen minutes. 714 00:36:33,719 --> 00:36:36,879 Speaker 1: That would suck, but on brand for the Spurs. All right, guys, 715 00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:37,640 Speaker 1: talk to you tomorrow.