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Speaker 1: and out podcast. That's this podcast. Uh, it's halftime of

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Speaker 1: So we'll dive into you know, just the games over

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Speaker 1: And I got a lot going on today. You know,

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Speaker 1: Matt Naggy ran a great play where he brought this

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Speaker 1: Good offensive coaches do, and if you're a good offensive

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Speaker 1: the most polarizing coach college or pro going. Uh. You know,

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Speaker 1: for yourself. And then the Colts why they remind me

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Speaker 1: mailbag at John Middlecoff is my Instagram. You can find

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Speaker 1: It's easy to follow me there. But let's start with

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Speaker 1: this game. You know, I don't think it can be

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Speaker 1: You never go wrong paying a premium for a premium.

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Speaker 1: They got two first round picks for Khalil Mack. One

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Speaker 1: like he's ready to jump off a bridge. He looks miserable. Now,

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Speaker 1: money in other avenues. But the number one thing you

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Speaker 1: have to do to keep people's attention is either be good.

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Speaker 1: That's probably the goal for every team. Just be good

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Speaker 1: and competitive, and people will watch whether you're in l A,

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Speaker 1: whether you're in Green Bay, it doesn't matter where you are.

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Speaker 1: If you're good, people will care in any sport, but

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Speaker 1: more than ever in football. But if you're bad, you

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Speaker 1: have to sell something. You know, do we have a

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Speaker 1: rookie quarterback? Do we have a new coach? Are we

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Speaker 1: doing something that's kind of fun? And it's why that

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Speaker 1: when Eli's teammates last week, and I get it, there's

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Speaker 1: boys freaked out. They were somewhat misguided that the reason

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Speaker 1: the Giants made the move was because they needed something

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Speaker 1: for their fans. And I say this all the time.

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Speaker 1: The business every dollar in pro sports, whether you own

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Speaker 1: a team, whether you're a player, whether you're someone like

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Speaker 1: me in the media, whether you're a coach, all comes

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Speaker 1: from the fans. That's where all this money is generated.

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Speaker 1: Every penny that a team generates is fan driven, whether

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Speaker 1: it's your naming rights. Why do you think someone's willing

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Speaker 1: to pay you twenty thirty million dollars a year to

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Speaker 1: put it on a building because a lot of people

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Speaker 1: talk about it, because a lot of people see it

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Speaker 1: because of fans. If there wasn't any fans, no one

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Speaker 1: would pay any of this money. People want to be

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Speaker 1: involved with such something a lot of people watch or

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Speaker 1: talk about. Get that's marketing one on one, right. So

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Speaker 1: the Giants needed to kind of breathe some life into

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Speaker 1: what was becoming kind of apathetic around their franchise. The

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Speaker 1: Giants were a terrible watch If Sae Kwan Barkley was

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Speaker 1: not handed the football, they've become unwatchable the last couple

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Speaker 1: of years. So going too Danny Dimes breathe some life

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Speaker 1: into their fan base. It made Sunday before you knew

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Speaker 1: he was good or bad interesting. Which if Eli had

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Speaker 1: started the game the game someone like me, I wouldn't

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Speaker 1: mention this game at all. I would not have cared.

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Speaker 1: I wouldn't have watched one snap that game would have

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Speaker 1: been irrelevant to watch another ELI performance, who actually can

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Speaker 1: still throw the ball, he just can't move. And the

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Speaker 1: Giants offensive line is terrible, So if your offensive lines

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Speaker 1: are terrible, you have to be somewhat athletic to avoid

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Speaker 1: some of these hits. There's never been more pass rushers

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Speaker 1: in the league. They're more pass rushers coming in the

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Speaker 1: league these last five to ten years than our good

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Speaker 1: offensive lineman. It's basically supply and demands. So you're seeing

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Speaker 1: better pass rushers because they're not a good offensive line

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Speaker 1: and ELI can't move, so insert Danny Dimes. I don't

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Speaker 1: regret being hard on Dave Gettleman during the draft because

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Speaker 1: I'm pretty confident even looking back, how would Danny Dimes

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Speaker 1: not have been there at seventeen and their defense, which

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Speaker 1: is probably through three games. I don't have the stat

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Speaker 1: in front of me. I'd imagine maybe there were some

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Speaker 1: bad Giants teams before my lifetime. I mean I was more.

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Speaker 1: I know they went through some probably lean years in

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Speaker 1: the seventies and even the early eighties before Parcels got there.

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Speaker 1: But for the most part in my life of consuming football.

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Speaker 1: The Giants have been kind of defensive, a defensive team.

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Speaker 1: They've had good defenses. Now some years have been worse

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Speaker 1: than others, but they've been a defensive heavy team. So

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Speaker 1: imagine if they would have drafted let's say Josh Allen

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Speaker 1: at six overall in Danny Dimes seventeen. Now, ultimately, if

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Speaker 1: Danny Dives becomes this Hall of famer, did they do

488
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Speaker 1: the right thing? Yeah, but you can't tell me because

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Speaker 1: the draft is a stock market. It's not necessarily about

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Speaker 1: you know, this guy is gonna be Hall of famer.

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Speaker 1: Have Well, if you can get that same Hall of

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Speaker 1: famer in the third round, you don't need to take

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Speaker 1: him in the first round. And just look back the

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Speaker 1: two teams that they were probably scared of, most of

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Speaker 1: taking Daniel Jones. Will call him Daniel Jones just so

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Speaker 1: you know what I'm talking about. It was a Washington Redskins. Well,

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Speaker 1: their owner loved Dwayne Haskins, so they were not gonna

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Speaker 1: take Daniel Jones. And then John Elway, who clearly has

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Speaker 1: just a a love and a desire to have big

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Speaker 1: arm quarterbacks. And look who we took Drew Lock. Look

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Speaker 1: who we traded for Joe Flacco doesn't mean they're good.

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Speaker 1: But Danny dimes he's more of an accurate He's like

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Speaker 1: a better version of Alex Smith. He's athletic, he's accurate,

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Speaker 1: he's a good arm. I wouldn't call him have a

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Speaker 1: great arm, but it's definitely good enough. And back when

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Speaker 1: you say Alex Smith, like six or seven years ago,

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Speaker 1: people thought you were saying a bad thing. Alex Smith

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Speaker 1: was really good. If that's what Danny Dives becomes. The

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Speaker 1: Giants were being pretty good shape and this guy's probably

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Speaker 1: has a little more live of an arm. But I'm

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Speaker 1: hesitant to do this because we've seen so many times

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Speaker 1: when you just watch one game or even like a

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Speaker 1: month of games, and you go, this guy is the

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Speaker 1: next great quarterback. For the most part, like Momes, we

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Speaker 1: knew Mahomes was special after his first game at the

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Speaker 1: end of his rookie year. You just watch that, you're like, WHOA,

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Speaker 1: this doesn't really look like anything. But then he had

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Speaker 1: an entire season through fifty touchdowns one the m v P,

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Speaker 1: it's hard to discount this guy might be the best

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Speaker 1: player in the league. And then he's come back and

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Speaker 1: there's no way you could even argue that. Even Carson Wentz,

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Speaker 1: He's had some injuries, but if you just watch Carson,

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Speaker 1: you don't need to look at a box score. You

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Speaker 1: go that guy doesn't look like most other quarterbacks. Same

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Speaker 1: with Shaun Watson, and same with several young quarterbacks. But

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Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield, as I'll talk about later on the show,

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Speaker 1: was a guy that short sent small sample size has

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Speaker 1: kind of been punked so far this year. So it's

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Speaker 1: it's hard to maintain and sustain playing in the NFL

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Speaker 1: at a high level. Weekend week out, the more and

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Speaker 1: more film that gets out on you. But through one game,

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Speaker 1: and that's all we can judge. Danny dives on he

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Speaker 1: was fantastic watching the game. He made some gorgeous throws,

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Speaker 1: but the number one thing that stood out to me

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Speaker 1: was just how cool, calm and collected he was. You know,

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Speaker 1: I'm watching other quarterbacks yesterday, like, for example, Derek Carr,

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Speaker 1: who's in your seven, who's freaks out in the pocket.

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Speaker 1: I watched Baker Mayfield, who started several games, freaks out

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Speaker 1: in the pocket. Danny Dimes just sitting there, pressure is coming,

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Speaker 1: pressure is not coming. He kind of looks the ain't

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Speaker 1: and then his accuracy really stood out. He looks like

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Speaker 1: a really good quarterback. And if you've been listening to

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Speaker 1: me for a long time, you know after the draft,

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Speaker 1: one thing that I was told by a bunch of

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Speaker 1: NFL scouts is a lot of people or the people

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Speaker 1: that I knew in the South that did the SEC

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Speaker 1: and dukes in that region, even though they're not there

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Speaker 1: in the a SEC. But you get you know, the

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Speaker 1: Carolinas down to like Alabama, you kind of have that region,

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Speaker 1: maybe Mississippi. I don't even have I don't have a

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Speaker 1: map in front of me, but you don't have those

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Speaker 1: SEC states. And then a couple of those a SEC states.

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Speaker 1: People liked Daniel Jones. They thought he was like a

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Speaker 1: fringe first round pick. I know people that had first

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Speaker 1: round grades on him. I think there's a difference between

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Speaker 1: thinking the guy's a fringe first round or a guy

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Speaker 1: you'd feel comfortable taking in the late twenties, like in

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Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers and Lamar Jackson, you know that kind of

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Speaker 1: range where they went and taking a guy six overall,

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Speaker 1: especially when you have a guy whose resume in Dave Gettleman,

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Speaker 1: that's fair to question, it really is. And Pat Schremer

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Speaker 1: is so arrogant when he gets in front of a microphone,

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Speaker 1: you know, like he's no all be all like Pat,

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Speaker 1: we've seen you be a head coach so far and

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Speaker 1: it's been an utter train wreck disaster. So let's just

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Speaker 1: let's just be a little humble like your starting quarterback

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Speaker 1: and your backup quarterback and just see how this thing

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Speaker 1: plays out. Yeah, it was a really good win in

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Speaker 1: Daniel Jones once he has the game winning drive where

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Speaker 1: he runs in the touchdown. To me, that's the big

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Speaker 1: number that stood out. He threw two touchdowns. Evan Ingram

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Speaker 1: had some just highlight plays, just some wow moments, just

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Speaker 1: we're incredible. Evan Ingram's a star. And probably the most

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Speaker 1: impressive part about the game is Sae Kwon Barkley goes out.

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Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure early midway through the second quarter, but

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Speaker 1: for the majority of the game, especially as they're coming

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Speaker 1: back in the second half, Barkley is down on the field.

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Speaker 1: So that makes it even more impressive that this guy

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Speaker 1: was unaffected by their best player and easily their best

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Speaker 1: playmaker going out and just starts making plays and puts

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Speaker 1: them in a position to win the game. Now, ultimately,

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Speaker 1: a kicker missed a short field goal after the defense

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Speaker 1: again and gave up another major pick or excuse me,

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Speaker 1: along pass down the sideline to Mike Evans, But that Dan,

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Speaker 1: that's out of the quarterback's control. The quarterback played a

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Speaker 1: high level game winning football in his first start. Now

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Speaker 1: can he keep rattling this off? Time will tell, but

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Speaker 1: no one will argue, especially no one in the NFL

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Speaker 1: if you just throw on that game where you just

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Speaker 1: don't go, wow, this guy is really impressive. And I

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Speaker 1: think more than ever, you have to have some athletic

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Speaker 1: ability because back to what I was saying about the

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Speaker 1: offensive lineman, there's so many good pass rushers, and offensive

594
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Speaker 1: linemen are consistently getting beat like drums on every team,

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Speaker 1: even the good ones. You have to be able to

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Speaker 1: move around unless you're Tom Brady and you just constantly

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Speaker 1: get rid of the ball so fast because you know

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Speaker 1: the offense like you know the alphabet. Is just you

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00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:48,920
Speaker 1: couldn't know the the offense any better. I don't even

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Speaker 1: know the offense like an alphabet. You get what I'm saying.

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Speaker 1: Tom Brady's football genius of their own offense. No one

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Speaker 1: knows it better, probably including Belichick and Josh McDaniels. So

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Speaker 1: he's just operating on a higher level. And Danny Dimes

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Speaker 1: can really move obviously have the two rushing touchdowns, but

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Speaker 1: you just see it behind the pocket. And I give

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Speaker 1: quarterbacks credit that keep plays alive behind the line of

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Speaker 1: scrimmage without You don't need to be Lamar Jackson necessarily

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Speaker 1: or Kyler Murray to take off. You can be a

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Speaker 1: great player by keeping plays alive just outside of the

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Speaker 1: tackle box, keeping your eyes downfield and looking to throw.

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Speaker 1: And I thought that's what Daniel Jones did a really

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Speaker 1: good job of. He never looked super flustered, which is

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Speaker 1: really impressive. He's clearly a high level guy. He's clearly

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Speaker 1: really smart player. From Duke so I I think you'd

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Speaker 1: give his opening debut start an A or an A plus.

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Speaker 1: I probably couldn't have gotten much better. You you'd say, well,

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Speaker 1: they want Yeah, they kind of got lucky for the win.

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Speaker 1: I don't even factor in the win or lost to

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Speaker 1: his performance. His performance in a vacuum was high level.

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Speaker 1: It was exceptional. Now, Canny, keep that up, we'll see

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Speaker 1: it's going to be difficult. They clearly play in hostile environments.

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Speaker 1: The New York Media slash fan base can turn on

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Speaker 1: you like Danny times in a dime. So you gotta

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Speaker 1: be very very excited if you're a New York Giants fan,

625
00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:09,560
Speaker 1: and you should be. But this notion that like Dave

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Speaker 1: Gettleman deserves some apology or something right now still seems

627
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Speaker 1: a little crazy. And Albert Brier, who I really like,

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Speaker 1: I saw him during training camp kind of he tweeted

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Speaker 1: something this morning he thought it was kind of groupthink

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Speaker 1: on Twitter. I really don't believe that. I I think

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Speaker 1: it was simple, at least from anyone with common sense,

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Speaker 1: was Dave, you did not need to draft him at six,

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Speaker 1: and you ended up taking a nose tackle where you

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Speaker 1: could have got Josh Allen and had Danny Dimes. Because

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Speaker 1: I don't think they would have taken as much heat

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Speaker 1: if they had taken Danny Dimes at seventeen, which is

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Speaker 1: again where they could have got him. You know, you couldn't.

638
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Speaker 1: You couldn't have gotten Kyler Murray at three, like he

639
00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:45,920
Speaker 1: was going number one in this draft no matter what

640
00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:48,240
Speaker 1: the year Wentz and Gosl, like those guys were going

641
00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:50,920
Speaker 1: really high to meet Danny Dive, Like part of part

642
00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:53,600
Speaker 1: of what makes the Baltimore Ravens Pickle Lamar Jackson. So

643
00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:56,480
Speaker 1: great is they understood the market. They didn't have to

644
00:31:56,520 --> 00:31:58,560
Speaker 1: trade up and get him like twelve. They knew they

645
00:31:58,600 --> 00:32:00,440
Speaker 1: could get him at the end of the first round.

646
00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:03,840
Speaker 1: Once upon time, the Minnesota Vikings did that with Teddy Bridgewater.

647
00:32:04,320 --> 00:32:07,280
Speaker 1: That's what makes a really fantastic pick for a guy

648
00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:09,800
Speaker 1: that's not going super high now. At the end of

649
00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:11,960
Speaker 1: the day, like I said, if he just has a

650
00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:14,720
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame career, no one will really remember that, right,

651
00:32:14,760 --> 00:32:16,080
Speaker 1: It'll be all right. They took him at six they

652
00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:19,920
Speaker 1: should have, but I will and I'm not changing my

653
00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:25,360
Speaker 1: tune on that one just quite yet. Okay, let's let's

654
00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:28,760
Speaker 1: dive into the Eagles and the older you get. The

655
00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:31,160
Speaker 1: wisdom you get when you're young is just be prepared

656
00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:35,160
Speaker 1: for anything. Crazy things happen, and you're young, you're like, okay, yeah, whatever.

657
00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:37,720
Speaker 1: And then as you get older and I'm about to

658
00:32:37,720 --> 00:32:39,800
Speaker 1: be thirty five and a couple of weeks, experience a

659
00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:42,400
Speaker 1: lot of crazy shit over the last ten years. You know,

660
00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:45,320
Speaker 1: I've been fired a couple of times. I didn't expect

661
00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:48,840
Speaker 1: it to happen. One time I did. Uh. This year,

662
00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:51,200
Speaker 1: for example, on my other podcast, We had a big

663
00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:54,320
Speaker 1: sponsor that just all of a sudden went bankrupt. So

664
00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:56,560
Speaker 1: I'm just like, Okay, when's my big check that you

665
00:32:56,560 --> 00:32:59,280
Speaker 1: owe me coming? And they're like, well, we're in bankruptcy.

666
00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:02,760
Speaker 1: You're like what. And I'm sure many people listening to

667
00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:05,560
Speaker 1: this who are in all sorts of different business The

668
00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:08,720
Speaker 1: number one thing you learn in any business right is

669
00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:13,040
Speaker 1: expect the unexpected, because things change. You never know what's

670
00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:16,520
Speaker 1: coming on a daily basis. Just what what makes life

671
00:33:16,520 --> 00:33:20,480
Speaker 1: so crazy makes it somewhat hard. Right, The best companies,

672
00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:25,360
Speaker 1: the best individual people, the most successful teams can handle

673
00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:30,520
Speaker 1: crazy things, and sometimes crazy shit happens. And in football,

674
00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:33,600
Speaker 1: the crazy ship that you can't really expect your injuries.

675
00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:37,800
Speaker 1: You just injuries happen. Now you hope they happen to

676
00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:42,080
Speaker 1: players that aren't as important as others. Clearly, if your

677
00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:45,680
Speaker 1: star quarterback gets hurt, you're screwed. But other positions, like

678
00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:47,800
Speaker 1: if you're starting left tackle goes down, if your best

679
00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:50,840
Speaker 1: player on defense goes down, it's a problem. But what

680
00:33:50,920 --> 00:33:53,720
Speaker 1: if your top two targets on offense go down, some

681
00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:56,360
Speaker 1: of your best you know, your big free agent acquisition

682
00:33:56,360 --> 00:33:59,800
Speaker 1: goes down. You've gotta be able to adapt, but it

683
00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:02,480
Speaker 1: kind of hard, and sometimes young players are thrust into

684
00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:05,960
Speaker 1: positions they're not ready for. I've watched the Philadelphia Eagles

685
00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:09,160
Speaker 1: game against the Detroit Lions, and I was pretty impressed.

686
00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:12,879
Speaker 1: I think Carson Wentz is playing really, really well. There's

687
00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:14,759
Speaker 1: just so much you can do. I'm getting d m

688
00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:19,080
Speaker 1: s from people that are like Howie drafted j J

689
00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:22,880
Speaker 1: and Miles Sanders and they are not producing at a

690
00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:25,920
Speaker 1: high enough level. Well, I don't think they expected j J.

691
00:34:26,160 --> 00:34:28,200
Speaker 1: Or take a whiteside. They have to play this much,

692
00:34:28,239 --> 00:34:32,040
Speaker 1: this fast. De Sean Jackson got hurt, Alson Jeffrey got hurt.

693
00:34:32,719 --> 00:34:35,040
Speaker 1: Their backup tight end who plays a lot god Or

694
00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:37,400
Speaker 1: has been banged up. Like, there's only so much you

695
00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:40,160
Speaker 1: can do. Malik Jackson, who they signed at a relatively

696
00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:44,239
Speaker 1: really cheap deal, Boom gone for the season. Tim Journ again, right,

697
00:34:44,280 --> 00:34:46,360
Speaker 1: is he here too? They just they just lose a

698
00:34:46,360 --> 00:34:49,600
Speaker 1: lot of bodies. There's not you can only account for

699
00:34:49,680 --> 00:34:52,040
Speaker 1: so many bodies. Like, even if you got Carson Wentz,

700
00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:54,680
Speaker 1: who to me looks fantastic, there's only so much you

701
00:34:54,719 --> 00:34:57,640
Speaker 1: can do. I came away from the Eagles game yesterday

702
00:34:57,680 --> 00:35:00,839
Speaker 1: kind of impressed. Their best offensive weapon right now by

703
00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:03,400
Speaker 1: a mile is Nelson Aghilar. And if you watch the

704
00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:05,799
Speaker 1: funny clip about the dude that saved the babies from

705
00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:08,239
Speaker 1: the fire, he even made fun of Nelson Aglar in

706
00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:10,480
Speaker 1: a time of tragedy. Also, that speaks now important the

707
00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:12,359
Speaker 1: NFL as a guy in a time of tragedies thinking

708
00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:15,320
Speaker 1: about Nelson agilars drops. Luckily, he didn't drop the babies

709
00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:18,440
Speaker 1: unlike Nelson Aghilar dropped the footballs. But Nelson Aglar had

710
00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:23,799
Speaker 1: two touchdowns. So you can't make the playoffs in September.

711
00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:27,440
Speaker 1: But sometimes you cannot make the playoffs in September in

712
00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:30,200
Speaker 1: the sense of you start owing four oh and five,

713
00:35:30,360 --> 00:35:32,400
Speaker 1: you're in trouble. Now. We saw last year the Colts

714
00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:35,640
Speaker 1: were able to overcome it. It's hard to call must

715
00:35:35,640 --> 00:35:40,200
Speaker 1: win games for talented teams before like November. But this

716
00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:43,399
Speaker 1: is a massive game for the Eagles on Thursday night.

717
00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:47,320
Speaker 1: And like I said, crazy stuff happens. You don't control

718
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:50,200
Speaker 1: your schedule as an NFL team. So it turns out

719
00:35:50,239 --> 00:35:53,759
Speaker 1: they have this crazy rash of injuries. They're playing Alliance team,

720
00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:55,919
Speaker 1: which is actually much improved, and then it turns out

721
00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:57,880
Speaker 1: they have a Thursday night game that happens to be

722
00:35:57,880 --> 00:36:00,760
Speaker 1: in week four. You know, just the cards, your doubts,

723
00:36:00,840 --> 00:36:03,319
Speaker 1: and you gotta you just gotta gotta overcome it. That's

724
00:36:03,360 --> 00:36:06,160
Speaker 1: the great part about just our society. It's a pretty

725
00:36:06,160 --> 00:36:08,520
Speaker 1: black and white society. It's a great part about capitalism.

726
00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:10,440
Speaker 1: You either make money or you don't. You know, you

727
00:36:10,480 --> 00:36:13,040
Speaker 1: either run successful companies or you don't. And football either

728
00:36:13,080 --> 00:36:15,600
Speaker 1: win or you don't. Like if you lose, your a loser,

729
00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:19,160
Speaker 1: you know, And there's no tougher place to play in Philly.

730
00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:20,759
Speaker 1: But I do think you can kind of take a

731
00:36:20,760 --> 00:36:24,319
Speaker 1: step back and go, we are playing with, you know,

732
00:36:24,719 --> 00:36:27,560
Speaker 1: a gun that's only half loaded. Luckily, our gun is

733
00:36:27,600 --> 00:36:30,480
Speaker 1: just led by a coach that has looked Belichick in

734
00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:32,360
Speaker 1: the face and beat him in the biggest game with

735
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Speaker 1: his backup quarterback, a star quarterback who is playing really well.

736
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Speaker 1: Like to me, Carson wentz Is game just jumps off

737
00:36:39,719 --> 00:36:41,920
Speaker 1: the television screen right now. I think he's playing at

738
00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:44,320
Speaker 1: an elite level. Like he can't catch the ball for

739
00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:46,880
Speaker 1: the wide receivers, but he's also throwing it for guys

740
00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:49,080
Speaker 1: then a month ago, they didn't know they were gonna

741
00:36:49,120 --> 00:36:51,560
Speaker 1: depend on. And that's part of why Doug makes a

742
00:36:51,560 --> 00:36:54,920
Speaker 1: lot of money, and their coaching staff is so highly

743
00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:56,799
Speaker 1: thought of around the league. You gotta get these guys

744
00:36:56,880 --> 00:36:59,600
Speaker 1: up to speed. And I think sometimes the thing that

745
00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:03,239
Speaker 1: people don't understand, just the casual fan is when you

746
00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:05,400
Speaker 1: have a major injury to a guy like Alshon Jeffrey

747
00:37:05,480 --> 00:37:08,920
Speaker 1: and he starts missing games. Aushan Jeffrey has just taken

748
00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:10,919
Speaker 1: so many reps and it is such a big part

749
00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:13,920
Speaker 1: of the plan all August that a guy like Artega

750
00:37:13,960 --> 00:37:16,919
Speaker 1: Whiteside is running with twos and threes and who isn't

751
00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:19,160
Speaker 1: a big part of in the huddle with the ones

752
00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:21,600
Speaker 1: Now they get thrust into it because it's just the

753
00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:24,440
Speaker 1: next band up mentality. But sometimes it takes a minute.

754
00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:26,919
Speaker 1: Hell sometimes Nelson Aglar is a good example. He wasn't

755
00:37:26,920 --> 00:37:28,920
Speaker 1: even good for like the first three years of his career.

756
00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:32,200
Speaker 1: Not everyone like you can be a good player in

757
00:37:32,239 --> 00:37:35,080
Speaker 1: the NFL and not having figure it out until two

758
00:37:35,160 --> 00:37:37,279
Speaker 1: or three or four years into your career. Look at

759
00:37:37,600 --> 00:37:40,480
Speaker 1: Dante Fowler gets traded from the Jags last year and

760
00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:44,160
Speaker 1: it's been a completely different human. So I I just

761
00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:46,920
Speaker 1: think the Eagles they're at one of those times in

762
00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:50,160
Speaker 1: their franchise where a lot of ship went wrong, and

763
00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:53,440
Speaker 1: they've actually adapted as well as you possibly can. I mean,

764
00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:56,040
Speaker 1: two weeks ago, it took a fourth and four wide

765
00:37:56,040 --> 00:37:59,399
Speaker 1: receiver screen to one of the best wide receivers we've

766
00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:01,880
Speaker 1: ever seen to beat him on the road. When they

767
00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:05,399
Speaker 1: had multiple guys go down in pregame warmups, not not

768
00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:08,760
Speaker 1: during the game, in pregame warmups, I think how crazy

769
00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:12,480
Speaker 1: that is. So I've actually learned more about the Eagles.

770
00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:15,759
Speaker 1: I know it was a tough loss last night, but

771
00:38:16,080 --> 00:38:17,959
Speaker 1: or yesterday if you're listening to a couple of days ago,

772
00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:22,000
Speaker 1: but I actually came away pretty impressed. And again back

773
00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:24,319
Speaker 1: to Carson. The number one thing you have to have

774
00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:27,000
Speaker 1: in this league to really be a player, and why

775
00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:29,040
Speaker 1: the Eagles are gonna be a factor this year if

776
00:38:29,040 --> 00:38:31,239
Speaker 1: they can just get one or two of these guys back,

777
00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:34,399
Speaker 1: is because that guy is so freaking good. I say

778
00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:38,360
Speaker 1: it all the time. There's there's under thirty guys, there's

779
00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:41,160
Speaker 1: mahomes or as they stay in the State Farm commercial, Mahomie.

780
00:38:41,520 --> 00:38:44,399
Speaker 1: You got Mahomie at the top. I think this guy

781
00:38:44,560 --> 00:38:46,480
Speaker 1: is the clear next guy, and I don't even know

782
00:38:46,520 --> 00:38:49,400
Speaker 1: if there's anyone close to his level. I like DeShawn Watson.

783
00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:53,200
Speaker 1: But he ain't that Jared Goff clearly ain't that. Baker Mayfield.

784
00:38:54,280 --> 00:38:58,120
Speaker 1: Let's let's pump the brakes on him. Jimmy g No. Uh,

785
00:38:58,200 --> 00:39:01,319
Speaker 1: Derek Carr's not even in the conversation in anymore. So

786
00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:04,360
Speaker 1: you know, Lamar Jackson had seventy yards through three quarters

787
00:39:04,360 --> 00:39:06,640
Speaker 1: of Arrowhead, So let's pump the brakes a little there too.

788
00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:09,240
Speaker 1: That I think the Eagles are gonna be okay. Everyone

789
00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:10,919
Speaker 1: in Philly needs to take a deep breath. I get

790
00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:13,080
Speaker 1: you freak out, and I think it's awesome what I

791
00:39:13,080 --> 00:39:16,480
Speaker 1: love about Philly. The standards are high, sky high. It's

792
00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:18,680
Speaker 1: about winning every week. There are only a couple of

793
00:39:18,719 --> 00:39:21,239
Speaker 1: markets that once they know they have a good team,

794
00:39:21,239 --> 00:39:23,880
Speaker 1: like that's sixty expectation and it should be. That's what

795
00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:25,640
Speaker 1: happens to you have Carson Wentz, that's the way I've

796
00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:28,200
Speaker 1: been around, That's the way how he thinks. Jeffrey Lurry.

797
00:39:28,239 --> 00:39:31,320
Speaker 1: These the highest level, you know, besides like New England,

798
00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:34,040
Speaker 1: that there's high level of an organization as you're gonna get.

799
00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:37,360
Speaker 1: I'm telling you, I think they're gonna be okay. Uh.

800
00:39:37,440 --> 00:39:41,000
Speaker 1: And but I won't discount that this game Thursday night

801
00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:44,120
Speaker 1: is pretty must win. You know, they got the Cowboys

802
00:39:44,160 --> 00:39:46,799
Speaker 1: who are three and oh are look like destined to

803
00:39:46,840 --> 00:39:48,759
Speaker 1: be a twelve win team. The other thing, you got

804
00:39:48,840 --> 00:39:51,280
Speaker 1: to think, if your Philly is being a wild card team,

805
00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:53,960
Speaker 1: probably gonna have to take you know, ten win, ten

806
00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:56,640
Speaker 1: wins to get there. So if you start two and two,

807
00:39:56,960 --> 00:39:59,399
Speaker 1: it's much easier to get ten wins than one and three.

808
00:39:59,800 --> 00:40:02,080
Speaker 1: So this is this is a big game. But but

809
00:40:02,120 --> 00:40:05,759
Speaker 1: I have I have faith in the birds. Okay, let's

810
00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:10,200
Speaker 1: get into the tale of two coaches. And you know,

811
00:40:10,320 --> 00:40:14,279
Speaker 1: coaching is clearly a really, really hard profession, right. It

812
00:40:14,360 --> 00:40:17,120
Speaker 1: takes the time these guys spend in the office. I've

813
00:40:17,120 --> 00:40:20,520
Speaker 1: seen it firsthand, college and pro. It's a you make

814
00:40:20,560 --> 00:40:23,719
Speaker 1: a lot of money, but you really work. You know,

815
00:40:23,800 --> 00:40:27,080
Speaker 1: you spend a lot of time on your craft. It's

816
00:40:27,120 --> 00:40:30,040
Speaker 1: not your typical job. You're also paid a lot of money.

817
00:40:30,080 --> 00:40:33,360
Speaker 1: I mean, assistant coaches in this league, in the NFL

818
00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:36,640
Speaker 1: and in college, you know, are making huge cash, four

819
00:40:36,760 --> 00:40:40,040
Speaker 1: or five six thousand dollars, like coach running backs, you know,

820
00:40:40,080 --> 00:40:42,479
Speaker 1: the offensive line coach making a million dollars. I don't

821
00:40:42,880 --> 00:40:44,759
Speaker 1: I don't feel sorry, No one does. In this kind

822
00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:47,960
Speaker 1: that's not the way society works. But they do work,

823
00:40:48,360 --> 00:40:50,719
Speaker 1: spend a lot of time and away from their families

824
00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:56,399
Speaker 1: and earned the the cash at least through effort. Now,

825
00:40:56,480 --> 00:40:58,600
Speaker 1: not all of them are good, I promise you. And

826
00:40:58,600 --> 00:40:59,920
Speaker 1: I mean, if you're listening to this, you know now

827
00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:03,280
Speaker 1: all coaches are created equal. But I saw two guys

828
00:41:03,320 --> 00:41:05,600
Speaker 1: this weekend, and I think it's the tale of two

829
00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:10,800
Speaker 1: men one. And I think in coaching in general, experience,

830
00:41:11,120 --> 00:41:14,439
Speaker 1: just like with players do it. Does experience really matter?

831
00:41:14,520 --> 00:41:17,399
Speaker 1: I think it helps in certain situations, but you're either

832
00:41:17,560 --> 00:41:20,799
Speaker 1: physically gifted enough or you're not. Like if I put

833
00:41:20,840 --> 00:41:22,640
Speaker 1: the ball in your hands in a position, can you

834
00:41:22,680 --> 00:41:27,160
Speaker 1: make a player or not? But most things in life,

835
00:41:27,400 --> 00:41:31,520
Speaker 1: like coaching, like normal jobs, you get better with time.

836
00:41:32,280 --> 00:41:36,360
Speaker 1: And Kyle Shanahan, who I had anointed like most people,

837
00:41:36,400 --> 00:41:38,600
Speaker 1: is one of the best offensive minds in the league,

838
00:41:38,600 --> 00:41:40,040
Speaker 1: and I thought he was gonna be a star head coach.

839
00:41:40,320 --> 00:41:42,560
Speaker 1: And even after he had two straight seasons of drafting

840
00:41:42,560 --> 00:41:44,839
Speaker 1: in the top ten, he was still considered. If they

841
00:41:44,840 --> 00:41:47,680
Speaker 1: had some hypothetical coaching draft, he would have been a

842
00:41:47,719 --> 00:41:50,960
Speaker 1: top pick. And I said, the one thing about this

843
00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:53,399
Speaker 1: season is he needed to prove himself. But the one

844
00:41:53,440 --> 00:41:56,919
Speaker 1: thing that I always was impressed on with Kyle. When

845
00:41:56,920 --> 00:41:59,840
Speaker 1: things went really poorly, as they did his first two seasons,

846
00:42:00,239 --> 00:42:03,080
Speaker 1: he handled it pretty well. And he was good with

847
00:42:03,120 --> 00:42:05,359
Speaker 1: the media in the sense that when he would come

848
00:42:05,360 --> 00:42:08,080
Speaker 1: after losses, he was wearing it on his face. But

849
00:42:08,160 --> 00:42:11,400
Speaker 1: I never saw him snap. And I think he was

850
00:42:11,440 --> 00:42:14,319
Speaker 1: in a position when he got the head coaching job. One.

851
00:42:14,400 --> 00:42:17,840
Speaker 1: He's a pretty unique human, right. He was born into

852
00:42:17,840 --> 00:42:20,920
Speaker 1: a family whose dad was one of the best offensive

853
00:42:20,920 --> 00:42:23,320
Speaker 1: minds we've ever seen, and then was a head coach

854
00:42:23,600 --> 00:42:26,160
Speaker 1: for countless years, one Super Bowls like it. Was a

855
00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:29,840
Speaker 1: pretty famous guy. Now, sometimes just being around it doesn't

856
00:42:29,840 --> 00:42:32,719
Speaker 1: equate to make you successful, but you're around it, you

857
00:42:32,760 --> 00:42:34,839
Speaker 1: have a front row seat. And then he got into

858
00:42:34,880 --> 00:42:38,920
Speaker 1: coaching immediately in college and was coaching Boom right off

859
00:42:38,920 --> 00:42:41,280
Speaker 1: the bat. Became a j A Texas right up until

860
00:42:41,280 --> 00:42:43,759
Speaker 1: he became an offensive coordinator I think in his late twenties.

861
00:42:44,239 --> 00:42:46,439
Speaker 1: And go back and google some of those Houston teams

862
00:42:46,440 --> 00:42:48,719
Speaker 1: where he was the coordinator on they were pretty damn good.

863
00:42:48,719 --> 00:42:51,160
Speaker 1: Now it was kobyak Colin plays, I'd have to go

864
00:42:51,160 --> 00:42:54,120
Speaker 1: google that, but I'm pretty sure Kyle played a big

865
00:42:54,200 --> 00:42:56,120
Speaker 1: role in Kobyak would tell you that, and they had

866
00:42:56,160 --> 00:42:59,440
Speaker 1: the best offensive running game in the NFL. So this

867
00:42:59,480 --> 00:43:02,239
Speaker 1: guy at a very young age, and he probably got

868
00:43:02,239 --> 00:43:04,319
Speaker 1: the benefit of the doubt because of his last name.

869
00:43:04,360 --> 00:43:06,879
Speaker 1: If his last name had been middlecoff, Does he become

870
00:43:06,880 --> 00:43:10,400
Speaker 1: an offensive coordinator that early, No, But he took advantage

871
00:43:10,400 --> 00:43:13,360
Speaker 1: of the situation. He's clearly really bright and grinded and

872
00:43:13,400 --> 00:43:16,040
Speaker 1: grinded and then left with his two because become the

873
00:43:16,080 --> 00:43:18,600
Speaker 1: offensive coordinator for his dad and then bounced around a

874
00:43:18,640 --> 00:43:21,120
Speaker 1: little bit. Had a lot of experience. So even when

875
00:43:21,160 --> 00:43:22,959
Speaker 1: he was hired to be the forty niner head coach,

876
00:43:23,360 --> 00:43:24,719
Speaker 1: however old he was at the time when he was

877
00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:27,480
Speaker 1: hired thirty seven, thirty eight, whatever it was, he had

878
00:43:27,520 --> 00:43:29,840
Speaker 1: had a lot of experience. Like I've said with McVeigh,

879
00:43:30,160 --> 00:43:32,640
Speaker 1: McVeigh was hired at thirty one years old, but he

880
00:43:32,680 --> 00:43:35,040
Speaker 1: had been coaching the moment he left in college. Now

881
00:43:35,080 --> 00:43:38,440
Speaker 1: that's still at warp speed, but it's not like he

882
00:43:38,480 --> 00:43:40,160
Speaker 1: had been coaching for a couple of years a former

883
00:43:40,200 --> 00:43:42,920
Speaker 1: player or anything. This guy started coaching. Sometimes when you're

884
00:43:42,920 --> 00:43:44,799
Speaker 1: a shitty player and you know you want to get

885
00:43:44,800 --> 00:43:48,560
Speaker 1: into coaching, it helps because when you're two years old,

886
00:43:48,600 --> 00:43:51,240
Speaker 1: you just start, you know, where some of these guys,

887
00:43:51,239 --> 00:43:55,279
Speaker 1: these former players where maybe they played to the twenty eight.

888
00:43:55,320 --> 00:43:56,880
Speaker 1: Even if they have a shorter career, they've made a

889
00:43:56,880 --> 00:43:59,279
Speaker 1: little cash, they might not get into it until their

890
00:43:59,360 --> 00:44:03,240
Speaker 1: thirty one, two or whatever. So Kyle Shanahan was able

891
00:44:03,280 --> 00:44:06,760
Speaker 1: to handle two first years of things not going very well,

892
00:44:07,000 --> 00:44:10,960
Speaker 1: and I was always really impressed. One every game Kyle

893
00:44:11,000 --> 00:44:13,560
Speaker 1: Shanahan coaches, he has a couple of moments if you're

894
00:44:13,560 --> 00:44:15,399
Speaker 1: sitting on your couch or you're at the game, where

895
00:44:15,400 --> 00:44:19,120
Speaker 1: you go, WHOA, oh wow, I didn't see that. Ohoh,

896
00:44:19,239 --> 00:44:20,919
Speaker 1: that makes you do that, And that's what a good

897
00:44:20,920 --> 00:44:23,160
Speaker 1: offensive coach does. It's what Andy Reid does, so what

898
00:44:23,239 --> 00:44:26,080
Speaker 1: Josh McDaniels does, it's what Sean Payton does, it's what

899
00:44:26,120 --> 00:44:29,240
Speaker 1: Sean McVeigh has done throughout his career. That's what good

900
00:44:29,320 --> 00:44:32,920
Speaker 1: offensive coaches do, and Kyle is consistent at it. So

901
00:44:33,000 --> 00:44:36,040
Speaker 1: I always thought he's a really good offensive coordinator. But

902
00:44:36,080 --> 00:44:37,560
Speaker 1: there's more to being a head coach than being the

903
00:44:37,560 --> 00:44:39,879
Speaker 1: offensive coordinator. Well, this year, he's got a team that's

904
00:44:39,880 --> 00:44:42,840
Speaker 1: pretty damn good and they're winning games that aren't always

905
00:44:42,840 --> 00:44:44,759
Speaker 1: pretty so far right. Now they're three and now they

906
00:44:44,760 --> 00:44:47,840
Speaker 1: haven't really played anyone, but clearly they've gotten a lot better.

907
00:44:48,320 --> 00:44:50,640
Speaker 1: So I've kind of been validated that I annointed Kyle

908
00:44:50,640 --> 00:44:53,160
Speaker 1: Shanahan is one of the top coaches in the NFL. Yeah,

909
00:44:53,200 --> 00:44:55,600
Speaker 1: he just needed some better players, but he was equipped

910
00:44:55,600 --> 00:44:57,880
Speaker 1: because of the experience, and we knew he had a

911
00:44:57,920 --> 00:45:00,160
Speaker 1: long resume of colling plays. We knew he could at

912
00:45:00,200 --> 00:45:02,640
Speaker 1: least do one thing well. He's continued to do that

913
00:45:02,640 --> 00:45:04,960
Speaker 1: well as a head coach. And clearly the players on

914
00:45:05,000 --> 00:45:07,960
Speaker 1: his team like him. They rally around him, and they

915
00:45:07,960 --> 00:45:09,879
Speaker 1: play hard for him. That was the other thing, even

916
00:45:09,920 --> 00:45:12,600
Speaker 1: when they were getting smoked in last year when Jimmy

917
00:45:12,600 --> 00:45:15,080
Speaker 1: G towards a c L and even the year before

918
00:45:15,160 --> 00:45:17,399
Speaker 1: when Jimmy before Jimmy G got there and Brian Hoyer

919
00:45:17,520 --> 00:45:19,920
Speaker 1: was the coach, the one thing the forty Niners consistently

920
00:45:19,960 --> 00:45:23,040
Speaker 1: did under Kyle Shanahan, win or lose, was play their

921
00:45:23,080 --> 00:45:26,279
Speaker 1: ass off. And I think all you guys know, if

922
00:45:26,320 --> 00:45:28,839
Speaker 1: you've been watching football a long time, that is not

923
00:45:28,960 --> 00:45:31,959
Speaker 1: just some guarantee for any team, right just playing hard

924
00:45:32,520 --> 00:45:34,360
Speaker 1: where I think if you look on the flip side,

925
00:45:34,440 --> 00:45:38,560
Speaker 1: Freddy Kitchens, who last night, gave a press conference a

926
00:45:38,600 --> 00:45:40,080
Speaker 1: couple of nights ago. I guess if you're listening to

927
00:45:40,080 --> 00:45:42,560
Speaker 1: this on Tuesday or Wednesday, while he was chewing gum

928
00:45:42,960 --> 00:45:44,760
Speaker 1: and I'm gonna sound a little bit like my dad,

929
00:45:44,800 --> 00:45:47,000
Speaker 1: but it was one of the worst looks I've ever seen.

930
00:45:47,120 --> 00:45:49,719
Speaker 1: He looked like a slob. And yeah, he's got the

931
00:45:49,760 --> 00:45:51,799
Speaker 1: bright red face kind of looks, you know, like a

932
00:45:51,800 --> 00:45:54,239
Speaker 1: big drinker. Let's call it what it is. That's that's

933
00:45:54,360 --> 00:45:56,160
Speaker 1: usually what a big time drinker looks like. At that

934
00:45:56,200 --> 00:45:59,960
Speaker 1: red face. Freddy Kittens ain't that old. His body clearly

935
00:46:00,000 --> 00:46:02,320
Speaker 1: shows that he might be throwing them back. But I

936
00:46:02,600 --> 00:46:04,759
Speaker 1: know a lot of functional people that drink a lot

937
00:46:04,800 --> 00:46:06,760
Speaker 1: that so I'm not even judging it there. And definitely

938
00:46:06,760 --> 00:46:08,440
Speaker 1: a lot of football coaches over the years have been

939
00:46:08,440 --> 00:46:11,960
Speaker 1: big drinkers. But he'd never been an offensive coordinator up

940
00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:15,120
Speaker 1: until midway through last season when the Browns literally fired

941
00:46:15,200 --> 00:46:17,800
Speaker 1: everyone in their building that could they could call plays.

942
00:46:18,400 --> 00:46:21,640
Speaker 1: So Freddy Kitchens gets the job with limited experience as

943
00:46:21,680 --> 00:46:24,120
Speaker 1: a play cooler. So part of the reason you're hiring

944
00:46:24,160 --> 00:46:27,200
Speaker 1: him because he's not like some raw rob hardball, right,

945
00:46:27,600 --> 00:46:30,560
Speaker 1: He's not. He's never proven to be some Belichick just

946
00:46:30,600 --> 00:46:33,400
Speaker 1: because you kind of liked him, and everyone around the

947
00:46:33,480 --> 00:46:35,480
Speaker 1: league were like, well, John Dorsey, big ego guy. He

948
00:46:35,520 --> 00:46:38,360
Speaker 1: wants someone he can control. Now you're seeing Freddy Kitchens.

949
00:46:38,560 --> 00:46:41,560
Speaker 1: Things aren't going quite as planned one because he doesn't

950
00:46:41,600 --> 00:46:44,880
Speaker 1: have experience calling plays like guys like Kyle had. So

951
00:46:44,960 --> 00:46:46,920
Speaker 1: even when they got their experience and there is some

952
00:46:47,080 --> 00:46:49,920
Speaker 1: learning on the job, Kyle can always resort back to

953
00:46:50,280 --> 00:46:51,920
Speaker 1: I know how to do this when they do this,

954
00:46:52,000 --> 00:46:54,000
Speaker 1: because I've done it for ten years. I know how

955
00:46:54,000 --> 00:46:55,640
Speaker 1: to do this when they do this, or when they

956
00:46:55,640 --> 00:46:58,040
Speaker 1: do this, I can do this. Freddy doesn't have any

957
00:46:58,040 --> 00:47:00,400
Speaker 1: of that. He's never called plays up until last season.

958
00:47:00,680 --> 00:47:03,320
Speaker 1: He's clearly over his head. He looks like a slob.

959
00:47:03,640 --> 00:47:06,719
Speaker 1: He last nights he's blamed. You're telling the reporters like

960
00:47:06,760 --> 00:47:09,160
Speaker 1: you can write an article, blame it. Blame it all

961
00:47:09,280 --> 00:47:11,439
Speaker 1: on me. You know? Is that Southern draw And don't

962
00:47:11,440 --> 00:47:13,120
Speaker 1: get me wrong, I love the South, so I'm not

963
00:47:13,239 --> 00:47:14,799
Speaker 1: making fun of the Southern draws. Just one of the

964
00:47:14,880 --> 00:47:17,040
Speaker 1: only accents that I do. Well, you can put it

965
00:47:17,040 --> 00:47:19,839
Speaker 1: all on me. I'm the coach. Yeah, Freddy, we are

966
00:47:19,840 --> 00:47:22,239
Speaker 1: gonna put it on you. You ran a draw on

967
00:47:22,360 --> 00:47:24,359
Speaker 1: fourth and nine in the fourth quarter of a game

968
00:47:24,400 --> 00:47:28,120
Speaker 1: against the defending NFC champs. You're an idiot. That was

969
00:47:28,160 --> 00:47:30,640
Speaker 1: one of the most moronic things we've ever seen. But

970
00:47:30,719 --> 00:47:33,759
Speaker 1: why should we be shocked. The guy has zero experience.

971
00:47:33,960 --> 00:47:36,399
Speaker 1: The guy is clearly in over his head. The guy

972
00:47:36,480 --> 00:47:39,520
Speaker 1: has no clue what he's doing. The quarterbacks getting worse,

973
00:47:39,680 --> 00:47:43,080
Speaker 1: the offense looks discombbulated. It's a disaster, it really is.

974
00:47:43,360 --> 00:47:45,160
Speaker 1: I said this last week after the Monday night game,

975
00:47:45,160 --> 00:47:46,640
Speaker 1: even when they beat the crap out of the Jets,

976
00:47:46,719 --> 00:47:48,960
Speaker 1: they didn't even look good then, Like this team is

977
00:47:49,480 --> 00:47:51,520
Speaker 1: the way they're playing right now, they have no shot.

978
00:47:51,920 --> 00:47:54,359
Speaker 1: They don't have a snowballs chance in hell to make

979
00:47:54,360 --> 00:47:58,279
Speaker 1: the playoffs if things don't dramatically improve. And I don't

980
00:47:58,320 --> 00:48:00,400
Speaker 1: see how you could feel confident if you're a Browns

981
00:48:00,440 --> 00:48:03,080
Speaker 1: fan or definitely feel like a Ravens fan, like thank

982
00:48:03,080 --> 00:48:06,200
Speaker 1: god Freddy Kitchens as the coach, because with guys like McVeigh,

983
00:48:06,440 --> 00:48:08,879
Speaker 1: guys like Kyle even say what you want to got

984
00:48:08,880 --> 00:48:11,560
Speaker 1: the the Arizona Cardinals game in the background. I don't

985
00:48:11,560 --> 00:48:13,960
Speaker 1: think Cliff Kingsbury is a very good NFL head coach

986
00:48:14,239 --> 00:48:15,879
Speaker 1: or he's proven to be a good coach at all

987
00:48:15,920 --> 00:48:18,400
Speaker 1: throughout his career as a head coach. But at least,

988
00:48:18,400 --> 00:48:21,200
Speaker 1: you know, he does one things well. He can call plays.

989
00:48:21,400 --> 00:48:24,040
Speaker 1: He can scheme up some plays, whether they work or not.

990
00:48:24,160 --> 00:48:26,399
Speaker 1: He can resort the things he's done in the past.

991
00:48:26,440 --> 00:48:29,360
Speaker 1: Freddy can't. So the most basic level. You see the

992
00:48:29,920 --> 00:48:32,680
Speaker 1: You see all this pressure now mounting because the Browns

993
00:48:32,880 --> 00:48:35,239
Speaker 1: had all these expectations which were out of whack to

994
00:48:35,320 --> 00:48:38,080
Speaker 1: begin with, and he's kind of freaking out. He has

995
00:48:38,160 --> 00:48:40,239
Speaker 1: no clue what to do. Of course he's freaking out.

996
00:48:40,480 --> 00:48:42,839
Speaker 1: You and I would freak out if we're putting situations

997
00:48:42,920 --> 00:48:46,320
Speaker 1: that we have zero experience in. That's a normal human reaction.

998
00:48:46,719 --> 00:48:48,479
Speaker 1: Part of the reason I think, looking back, why Kyle

999
00:48:48,520 --> 00:48:50,480
Speaker 1: hadn't freaked out. He's like, well, I know I'm a

1000
00:48:50,480 --> 00:48:52,520
Speaker 1: really good play caller, so if I can just figure

1001
00:48:52,760 --> 00:48:54,359
Speaker 1: some other things out on the team, I know I'm

1002
00:48:54,400 --> 00:48:56,239
Speaker 1: gonna be able to do that. Well, Like, what is

1003
00:48:56,280 --> 00:48:58,440
Speaker 1: Freddy Kitchens when he sits there on his office Monday

1004
00:48:58,480 --> 00:49:01,120
Speaker 1: through Saturday, go, you know what? This is what I

1005
00:49:01,200 --> 00:49:04,120
Speaker 1: do well? And I think if he's being honest with himself,

1006
00:49:04,160 --> 00:49:06,840
Speaker 1: there's nothing that there really isn't and what's crazy. This

1007
00:49:06,880 --> 00:49:10,600
Speaker 1: guy was a former quarterback at Alabama and he just

1008
00:49:10,680 --> 00:49:14,959
Speaker 1: comes off kind of like a bumbling idiot. He really does,

1009
00:49:15,640 --> 00:49:17,799
Speaker 1: and it's it's an embarrassing look. And I thought last

1010
00:49:17,880 --> 00:49:20,799
Speaker 1: night chewing the gum and the postgame press conference was

1011
00:49:20,880 --> 00:49:23,640
Speaker 1: just was a sight to behold. It was like, well

1012
00:49:24,200 --> 00:49:27,920
Speaker 1: they went on Sports Center, from Freddie Kitchens to Sean McVeigh.

1013
00:49:28,239 --> 00:49:31,200
Speaker 1: It was like watching these guys are in the same industry,

1014
00:49:31,440 --> 00:49:34,360
Speaker 1: let alone, these guys have the same position in the industry.

1015
00:49:34,640 --> 00:49:37,040
Speaker 1: It was an eye opening experience just sitting there on

1016
00:49:37,120 --> 00:49:40,400
Speaker 1: my couch and just randomly flipping the channels. I'm like, oh,

1017
00:49:40,440 --> 00:49:42,680
Speaker 1: Freddie Kitchens press conference on it. I'm gonna watch this,

1018
00:49:43,120 --> 00:49:46,600
Speaker 1: and then it clipped over right to Sean McVeigh. It

1019
00:49:47,000 --> 00:49:50,200
Speaker 1: was like watching one guy that runs a fortune CEO

1020
00:49:50,719 --> 00:49:52,520
Speaker 1: and the other guy that runs like a mom and

1021
00:49:52,560 --> 00:49:55,319
Speaker 1: pop sandwich shop. You're like, yeah, no, no, wonder the

1022
00:49:55,320 --> 00:49:59,040
Speaker 1: guy in the blue won the game. Okay, let's get

1023
00:49:59,040 --> 00:50:05,080
Speaker 1: into Jim Harbaugh and the disaster that was Saturday morning

1024
00:50:05,120 --> 00:50:09,640
Speaker 1: for me in Madison, Wisconsin. Jump Around, Jump Around Baby.

1025
00:50:09,680 --> 00:50:12,040
Speaker 1: I actually went when I was at Frisden State. We

1026
00:50:12,080 --> 00:50:15,000
Speaker 1: played him places a badass. It's an awesome place to play,

1027
00:50:15,400 --> 00:50:18,120
Speaker 1: and Hardbud get his as kicked that There's no no

1028
00:50:19,000 --> 00:50:21,279
Speaker 1: way around it. That's just that's a fact. You know,

1029
00:50:21,600 --> 00:50:23,879
Speaker 1: if you watched Hell, the game was over at first half.

1030
00:50:23,960 --> 00:50:25,600
Speaker 1: It was kind of like the Monday night football game,

1031
00:50:26,160 --> 00:50:28,520
Speaker 1: but the final score didn't even get as close. In

1032
00:50:28,560 --> 00:50:32,160
Speaker 1: one it it was it was they got demolished. And

1033
00:50:32,400 --> 00:50:35,440
Speaker 1: I think we've probably always overreacted. Like in the sixties,

1034
00:50:35,440 --> 00:50:37,680
Speaker 1: people are getting mad when Mickey Manne was striking out

1035
00:50:37,719 --> 00:50:41,280
Speaker 1: or Joe Namath was throwing an interception, if you watching

1036
00:50:41,320 --> 00:50:42,719
Speaker 1: it at your house or you were at the game,

1037
00:50:42,800 --> 00:50:46,080
Speaker 1: just no one could see it now, whether it's me,

1038
00:50:46,239 --> 00:50:50,279
Speaker 1: whether it's you, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, TikTok, I don't even

1039
00:50:50,320 --> 00:50:51,680
Speaker 1: know what TikTok is. I just to think all the

1040
00:50:51,719 --> 00:50:54,160
Speaker 1: kids are talking about it. That's where people react now

1041
00:50:54,200 --> 00:50:58,760
Speaker 1: and you feel everyone's experience so on Twitter, on social media,

1042
00:50:59,000 --> 00:51:01,960
Speaker 1: Twitter's like where I lived during games. He was Hardballs

1043
00:51:02,040 --> 00:51:05,640
Speaker 1: the village idiot. He is the village idiot, and there

1044
00:51:05,760 --> 00:51:09,799
Speaker 1: is no arguing that he hasn't quite lived up to expectations.

1045
00:51:09,880 --> 00:51:12,680
Speaker 1: He's own four versa Ohio state. That's probably his biggest issue,

1046
00:51:13,160 --> 00:51:15,360
Speaker 1: and he hasn't really competed for a national title. And

1047
00:51:15,400 --> 00:51:18,640
Speaker 1: when they hired Jim Harbaugh, let's not forget he was

1048
00:51:18,800 --> 00:51:20,920
Speaker 1: he was just a free agent because the Niners were

1049
00:51:20,960 --> 00:51:23,920
Speaker 1: moving off him. He chose them, as I mean, obviously

1050
00:51:23,960 --> 00:51:27,520
Speaker 1: they desperately wanted him, but he chose them. And people

1051
00:51:27,560 --> 00:51:30,560
Speaker 1: act like it's been a complete failure at Michigan and

1052
00:51:30,600 --> 00:51:33,920
Speaker 1: that hardball almost is like some media creation. And to me,

1053
00:51:34,000 --> 00:51:36,520
Speaker 1: a media creation is like John gruten. John Gruen's this

1054
00:51:36,560 --> 00:51:39,640
Speaker 1: quarterback guru. Check his resume. He's had one good quarterback

1055
00:51:39,680 --> 00:51:41,399
Speaker 1: in the last twenty five years, and granted he took

1056
00:51:41,400 --> 00:51:43,120
Speaker 1: ten years off and it was a thirty four year

1057
00:51:43,120 --> 00:51:45,680
Speaker 1: old Rich Cannon. He's not a quarterback guru. He had

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00:51:45,719 --> 00:51:48,160
Speaker 1: a quarterback show on ESPN for ten years. It was

1059
00:51:48,160 --> 00:51:50,120
Speaker 1: fun to watch, but he's not a quarter I mean,

1060
00:51:50,120 --> 00:51:51,880
Speaker 1: Dereck car is getting worse and worse. He's not a

1061
00:51:51,960 --> 00:51:54,840
Speaker 1: quarterback guru. That's to me a media Chip Kelly is

1062
00:51:54,880 --> 00:51:58,960
Speaker 1: this innovative, you know, generational coach. Well, that's looking like

1063
00:51:58,960 --> 00:52:01,360
Speaker 1: a media creation now, though Chip at least backed it

1064
00:52:01,440 --> 00:52:03,919
Speaker 1: up for a little bit at Oregon. When it comes

1065
00:52:03,920 --> 00:52:07,160
Speaker 1: to Jim Harbaugh since two thousand nine. Let me read

1066
00:52:07,200 --> 00:52:09,840
Speaker 1: you something. I'm gonna call it his win loss record.

1067
00:52:10,200 --> 00:52:12,440
Speaker 1: This is starting at Stanford, going all the way up

1068
00:52:12,520 --> 00:52:15,880
Speaker 1: until right now eight and five, twelve and one, thirteen

1069
00:52:15,920 --> 00:52:19,719
Speaker 1: and three, eleven and five, eleven and four, eight and eight,

1070
00:52:20,120 --> 00:52:22,759
Speaker 1: ten and three, ten and three, eight and five, ten

1071
00:52:22,800 --> 00:52:26,719
Speaker 1: and three and currently two and one, and the main

1072
00:52:26,840 --> 00:52:28,919
Speaker 1: numbers there is ten and three, ten and three, eight

1073
00:52:28,920 --> 00:52:31,160
Speaker 1: and five, ten and three, two and one. At Michigan,

1074
00:52:31,200 --> 00:52:33,799
Speaker 1: they would have liked U thirteen in one season right

1075
00:52:33,880 --> 00:52:37,319
Speaker 1: A's playoff yere so that no way around that. It's

1076
00:52:37,320 --> 00:52:40,520
Speaker 1: been a disappointment in San Francisco, when he by far

1077
00:52:40,560 --> 00:52:43,440
Speaker 1: had his most success. He went to three straight NFC Championships.

1078
00:52:43,480 --> 00:52:45,319
Speaker 1: He went to a Superabowl, so meaning he won an

1079
00:52:45,400 --> 00:52:48,360
Speaker 1: NFC and he won the division. He won the division

1080
00:52:48,360 --> 00:52:51,640
Speaker 1: twice like That's he's accomplished a lot. And he went

1081
00:52:51,680 --> 00:52:54,279
Speaker 1: to a BCS game when he was at Stanford. But

1082
00:52:54,800 --> 00:52:57,400
Speaker 1: one of his problems right now is the coaching turnover

1083
00:52:57,520 --> 00:53:00,760
Speaker 1: for him is big. And the one thing Jim Harbaugh,

1084
00:53:00,880 --> 00:53:04,440
Speaker 1: like his brother John Harbaugh, are very dependent. They're good coaches,

1085
00:53:04,760 --> 00:53:07,560
Speaker 1: but they're very dependent on their staff. At the end

1086
00:53:07,600 --> 00:53:13,040
Speaker 1: of the day, Sean Payton, Andy Reid, Kyle Shanahan, Sean McVeigh.

1087
00:53:13,120 --> 00:53:16,560
Speaker 1: When all else fails, they could call the offense, whether

1088
00:53:16,600 --> 00:53:18,560
Speaker 1: they want to give the play calling duties away, whether

1089
00:53:18,600 --> 00:53:20,880
Speaker 1: they want to keep him. Ideally, if I'm hiring all

1090
00:53:20,920 --> 00:53:23,759
Speaker 1: those guys, I want them to call plays. But they

1091
00:53:23,800 --> 00:53:26,239
Speaker 1: have the ability, at any moment's notice if they are

1092
00:53:26,239 --> 00:53:28,759
Speaker 1: not doing it, to immediately return to form and call

1093
00:53:28,920 --> 00:53:32,920
Speaker 1: the place. So that separates them from you know, the

1094
00:53:32,960 --> 00:53:36,080
Speaker 1: hardballs are motivators and they're great at it. Their resumes

1095
00:53:36,080 --> 00:53:40,479
Speaker 1: speak for themselves. John's won a Super Bowl, Jim's never

1096
00:53:40,520 --> 00:53:42,719
Speaker 1: won a title, but he's been a damn good coach

1097
00:53:42,760 --> 00:53:44,799
Speaker 1: for a long period of time. But they're a little

1098
00:53:44,880 --> 00:53:48,799
Speaker 1: raw ray. They're leading into battle. They are dependent on

1099
00:53:48,840 --> 00:53:52,960
Speaker 1: their offensive and their defensive coordinator. And right now Jim Harbaugh,

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00:53:53,000 --> 00:53:55,520
Speaker 1: as someone told me this offseason, because I said, God,

1101
00:53:55,760 --> 00:53:58,640
Speaker 1: what's up with this guy named Josh Daddis this person

1102
00:53:58,719 --> 00:54:01,120
Speaker 1: from Alabama that was getting all this hype on the internet.

1103
00:54:01,120 --> 00:54:03,719
Speaker 1: I didn't know anything about. He was Alabama's wide receiver coach.

1104
00:54:04,120 --> 00:54:07,200
Speaker 1: Jim Harbor hired him within five hours of talking to

1105
00:54:07,280 --> 00:54:10,000
Speaker 1: him on the phone. Never met the guy and and

1106
00:54:10,400 --> 00:54:14,759
Speaker 1: to criticize Jim. Jim bragged about that in the media

1107
00:54:14,800 --> 00:54:16,520
Speaker 1: because as I've heard, this guy is a big time

1108
00:54:16,520 --> 00:54:19,719
Speaker 1: self promoter. And part of it now is coaching has

1109
00:54:19,760 --> 00:54:21,960
Speaker 1: become such a big business because, like I said, they

1110
00:54:22,040 --> 00:54:23,680
Speaker 1: make so much money. You can be a running back

1111
00:54:23,719 --> 00:54:26,719
Speaker 1: coach in the SEC and make grand you're a coordinator

1112
00:54:26,760 --> 00:54:29,160
Speaker 1: in the league, you're making one point five. You're an

1113
00:54:29,200 --> 00:54:31,239
Speaker 1: offensive coordinator in Michigan. This guy is he's thirty five

1114
00:54:31,320 --> 00:54:33,160
Speaker 1: years old. He's making a million dollars a year. Well,

1115
00:54:33,160 --> 00:54:34,959
Speaker 1: if you're the guy's agent and you're getting five percent

1116
00:54:35,040 --> 00:54:36,839
Speaker 1: of that, you just do the math. You've got ten

1117
00:54:36,880 --> 00:54:39,080
Speaker 1: clients that are offensive coordinators in college football. It's a

1118
00:54:39,080 --> 00:54:43,400
Speaker 1: big business. So it's an agent run now business, just

1119
00:54:43,440 --> 00:54:46,440
Speaker 1: like with players, but with coaches. The thing with players,

1120
00:54:46,840 --> 00:54:49,439
Speaker 1: if I'm a general manager of a team, I can

1121
00:54:49,600 --> 00:54:52,200
Speaker 1: watch you on tape and know exactly what you do.

1122
00:54:52,280 --> 00:54:56,080
Speaker 1: It becomes more difficult with coaches, especially coaches that I'm

1123
00:54:56,080 --> 00:54:59,960
Speaker 1: elevating from position coach to coordinator. And four in Hardy

1124
00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:03,040
Speaker 1: a success in San Francisco. He had Greg Roman, and

1125
00:55:03,080 --> 00:55:05,400
Speaker 1: he had Brad Seeley, and he had Vic Fangio. The

1126
00:55:05,680 --> 00:55:09,040
Speaker 1: entire time. Look whose defensive coordinator's been at Michigan. He's

1127
00:55:09,040 --> 00:55:10,719
Speaker 1: had the same guy the entire time now, granted, and

1128
00:55:10,719 --> 00:55:12,919
Speaker 1: they didn't look good on Saturday before the most part,

1129
00:55:13,040 --> 00:55:17,680
Speaker 1: they've been a defensive lead team. Uh Don Brown, I

1130
00:55:17,680 --> 00:55:20,440
Speaker 1: think it's his name. The old guy was in all

1131
00:55:20,480 --> 00:55:23,520
Speaker 1: of them. Nothing on Amazon was fantastic. He's been really good.

1132
00:55:23,560 --> 00:55:26,560
Speaker 1: They've had consistency on that side of the ball. Well,

1133
00:55:26,760 --> 00:55:29,000
Speaker 1: on offense they have not. And he just hired a

1134
00:55:29,000 --> 00:55:31,160
Speaker 1: guy that, from what I've heard, has no clue what

1135
00:55:31,200 --> 00:55:33,560
Speaker 1: he's doing. And then you watch the game for two

1136
00:55:33,600 --> 00:55:35,640
Speaker 1: weeks in a row, now Army in Wisconsin. It was

1137
00:55:35,680 --> 00:55:38,760
Speaker 1: clear because here's what he went up against. Jim Leonard.

1138
00:55:38,800 --> 00:55:40,920
Speaker 1: You know what, Jim Leonard is not a self promoter,

1139
00:55:41,160 --> 00:55:44,759
Speaker 1: you know what, Jim Jim Leonard is a veteran football guy.

1140
00:55:45,080 --> 00:55:47,600
Speaker 1: Played in the league for a while, and he was

1141
00:55:47,680 --> 00:55:50,279
Speaker 1: the favorite player of one of the best ex's nose

1142
00:55:50,360 --> 00:55:53,080
Speaker 1: defensive coaches in the league at the time, and Rex Ryan.

1143
00:55:53,120 --> 00:55:55,600
Speaker 1: He was Rex's guy. And then right when he got

1144
00:55:55,600 --> 00:55:57,640
Speaker 1: done playing, he became a coach. And now he's been

1145
00:55:57,680 --> 00:55:59,759
Speaker 1: a coordinator for several years at WI Consint and he's

1146
00:55:59,760 --> 00:56:02,560
Speaker 1: been can ask and taking names, and it's pretty clear

1147
00:56:02,640 --> 00:56:05,120
Speaker 1: like he they I mean, you just google it. They're

1148
00:56:05,120 --> 00:56:07,680
Speaker 1: not getting the same caliber player that like Michigan Ohio

1149
00:56:07,760 --> 00:56:10,759
Speaker 1: State gets, yet their defense is on that level. Why

1150
00:56:10,800 --> 00:56:12,719
Speaker 1: because he's an elite coach. So when you put an

1151
00:56:12,719 --> 00:56:14,680
Speaker 1: elite coach against a coach that has no clue what

1152
00:56:14,680 --> 00:56:19,120
Speaker 1: they're doing, that's what you get on Saturday morning, WISC Wisconsin, Michigan.

1153
00:56:19,200 --> 00:56:21,920
Speaker 1: Now it's because Jim Harba is not calling the plays

1154
00:56:22,239 --> 00:56:25,120
Speaker 1: now he is responsible for the entire program. He hired

1155
00:56:25,160 --> 00:56:27,319
Speaker 1: Josh Gaddis, so you can crush him for that, like

1156
00:56:27,400 --> 00:56:30,200
Speaker 1: his downfall the sheet season could be hiring Josh Gaddis

1157
00:56:30,200 --> 00:56:32,239
Speaker 1: and that could lead to seven or eight wins, which

1158
00:56:32,239 --> 00:56:34,920
Speaker 1: would be a down year for him. Now does he

1159
00:56:35,000 --> 00:56:38,480
Speaker 1: deserves he fired Josh Gaddis? Sure, he's gonna be depended

1160
00:56:38,520 --> 00:56:41,120
Speaker 1: on the next guy hires, same thing, rince wash repeat.

1161
00:56:41,160 --> 00:56:42,719
Speaker 1: If that guy is really good, he'll have a chance.

1162
00:56:42,719 --> 00:56:45,239
Speaker 1: If he's average, he won't. So that would be the

1163
00:56:45,320 --> 00:56:48,000
Speaker 1: question mark on Jim and that would probably separate him.

1164
00:56:48,040 --> 00:56:50,560
Speaker 1: Like at the end of the day, Saban knows everything

1165
00:56:50,560 --> 00:56:53,439
Speaker 1: you need to know about defense. Dabbl Sweeney has been

1166
00:56:53,600 --> 00:56:56,279
Speaker 1: clearly knows offense right. I don't know if he even

1167
00:56:56,280 --> 00:56:58,439
Speaker 1: necessarily calls the offensive place. I don't think he does.

1168
00:56:58,960 --> 00:57:01,200
Speaker 1: But the one thing that Dabbil elite at is recruiting

1169
00:57:01,239 --> 00:57:03,520
Speaker 1: wide receivers because he's a wide receiver coach, and that's

1170
00:57:03,520 --> 00:57:06,480
Speaker 1: been a separating factor over the years for Clemson. But

1171
00:57:07,080 --> 00:57:10,000
Speaker 1: Jim has hung his hat on motivation and at the

1172
00:57:10,440 --> 00:57:12,919
Speaker 1: at that level when you're trying to be the best

1173
00:57:12,920 --> 00:57:14,640
Speaker 1: of the best. I mean, Jim Leonard could be easily

1174
00:57:14,640 --> 00:57:17,120
Speaker 1: be a defensive coordinator in the NFL. Hell, Jim Leonard

1175
00:57:17,160 --> 00:57:18,880
Speaker 1: might be an NFL coach in like five years. He

1176
00:57:18,960 --> 00:57:20,520
Speaker 1: might be a head coach in college next year. If

1177
00:57:20,560 --> 00:57:22,080
Speaker 1: he wants to be. He he already could have been.

1178
00:57:22,080 --> 00:57:24,520
Speaker 1: He surely turned down jobs. You have to have high

1179
00:57:24,600 --> 00:57:26,960
Speaker 1: level coaching. And if you want to criticize Jim for

1180
00:57:27,040 --> 00:57:30,280
Speaker 1: not being some scheme offensive XS and those, guy, go ahead.

1181
00:57:30,440 --> 00:57:33,400
Speaker 1: But he's never been that and his resume speaks for himself.

1182
00:57:33,440 --> 00:57:35,760
Speaker 1: All he does is win. He made a terrible higher

1183
00:57:35,760 --> 00:57:37,800
Speaker 1: and it's gonna be probably the downfall of this season.

1184
00:57:38,000 --> 00:57:40,200
Speaker 1: But acting like Jim Harbaugh is just some village idiot.

1185
00:57:40,240 --> 00:57:42,800
Speaker 1: He doesn't know what he's doing just it's just not true,

1186
00:57:43,160 --> 00:57:45,000
Speaker 1: because we know you get judged on one thing as

1187
00:57:45,040 --> 00:57:48,080
Speaker 1: a head coach, wins and losses. Either win or you don't.

1188
00:57:48,320 --> 00:57:51,240
Speaker 1: And Jim Harbaugh everywhere he's gone has one. Now has

1189
00:57:51,280 --> 00:57:53,520
Speaker 1: he won at a high enough level to make everyone

1190
00:57:53,560 --> 00:57:56,960
Speaker 1: happy at Michigan. No? Is he going to be able to,

1191
00:57:57,040 --> 00:57:59,200
Speaker 1: like do I envision when I closed my eyes, Jim

1192
00:57:59,240 --> 00:58:02,880
Speaker 1: Harbaugh holding up a national championship trophy at Michigan at

1193
00:58:02,880 --> 00:58:06,360
Speaker 1: this point in time. Probably not. I don't because one

1194
00:58:06,400 --> 00:58:09,760
Speaker 1: downfall so far for Jim Harbaugh is he also kind

1195
00:58:09,760 --> 00:58:12,440
Speaker 1: of got annointed as his quarterback guru. And the one

1196
00:58:12,480 --> 00:58:14,600
Speaker 1: thing he's done a very very poor job of a

1197
00:58:14,680 --> 00:58:18,720
Speaker 1: Michigan is finding quarterbacks. And he should have somewhat the

1198
00:58:18,760 --> 00:58:21,800
Speaker 1: pick of the literate Michigan. He's Jim Harbaugh, he's super famous.

1199
00:58:21,840 --> 00:58:24,640
Speaker 1: He was coming from San Francisco and he just just

1200
00:58:24,800 --> 00:58:27,480
Speaker 1: swung and missed. He went and got to Shaye Patterson

1201
00:58:27,600 --> 00:58:30,320
Speaker 1: character from Old Miss, and I get that he was

1202
00:58:30,320 --> 00:58:31,920
Speaker 1: good at all Miss, but he looks like he should

1203
00:58:31,920 --> 00:58:35,760
Speaker 1: be playing at Nevada. You know, he's got Christian McCaffrey's brother,

1204
00:58:35,760 --> 00:58:37,400
Speaker 1: who I don't think that good because he can't beat

1205
00:58:37,400 --> 00:58:40,160
Speaker 1: out Jaye. Patterson. Like you, you eventually got to go

1206
00:58:40,280 --> 00:58:47,040
Speaker 1: find Jacob Eason. Uh you know, uh toua something, justin

1207
00:58:47,080 --> 00:58:50,680
Speaker 1: Herbert something, not what you know, Trevor Lawrence, Go go

1208
00:58:50,800 --> 00:58:53,360
Speaker 1: recruit one of these guys that can change your franchise.

1209
00:58:53,440 --> 00:58:56,320
Speaker 1: Because even though college football is probably a little bit

1210
00:58:56,400 --> 00:58:59,200
Speaker 1: less about X's nose and definitely more about talent, when

1211
00:58:59,200 --> 00:59:01,280
Speaker 1: you see when they get these games, get to the playoffs,

1212
00:59:01,320 --> 00:59:04,160
Speaker 1: when it's Oklahoma against Clemson, when it's Alabama against Clemson,

1213
00:59:04,400 --> 00:59:07,160
Speaker 1: when it's Georgia against Alabama, when it's Michigan Ohio State,

1214
00:59:07,520 --> 00:59:09,920
Speaker 1: when all the players are relatively equal, it becomes an

1215
00:59:10,000 --> 00:59:13,080
Speaker 1: NFL game. And right now, Hardball, his ex his nose

1216
00:59:13,080 --> 00:59:15,360
Speaker 1: clue aren't good, but his players aren't either, and his

1217
00:59:15,520 --> 00:59:18,840
Speaker 1: quarterback is nowhere up to par. So, yeah, Hardball is

1218
00:59:18,920 --> 00:59:22,280
Speaker 1: not coming through because we expected championships and that might

1219
00:59:22,280 --> 00:59:24,440
Speaker 1: not even happen. But to act like Hardball is just

1220
00:59:24,480 --> 00:59:27,120
Speaker 1: some scrub coach that to me seems a little hot,

1221
00:59:27,160 --> 00:59:31,880
Speaker 1: taky and just a little factually incorrect. This is a

1222
00:59:31,920 --> 00:59:34,040
Speaker 1: long podcast, so we just had so much to talk about,

1223
00:59:34,040 --> 00:59:35,520
Speaker 1: and there's so many things. I was fired up on

1224
00:59:35,600 --> 00:59:37,720
Speaker 1: it that I had to touch on. I'm gonna get

1225
00:59:37,720 --> 00:59:39,160
Speaker 1: into this last topic and then we'll get in the

1226
00:59:39,160 --> 00:59:42,600
Speaker 1: Middlecoff mail Bag, and that's how'll wind the show. But

1227
00:59:43,040 --> 00:59:44,880
Speaker 1: before we get in the Middlecoff mail Bag, I just

1228
00:59:44,920 --> 00:59:49,320
Speaker 1: wanted to talk briefly because I try to watch the

1229
00:59:49,360 --> 00:59:52,240
Speaker 1: majority of games before I do this podcast. You know,

1230
00:59:52,280 --> 00:59:55,360
Speaker 1: I watched Thursday night game obviously, and then multiple games Sunday.

1231
00:59:55,400 --> 00:59:58,080
Speaker 1: But it's it's really difficult to watch him all at once.

1232
00:59:58,160 --> 01:00:00,800
Speaker 1: Anyone that says they do, and that is lying. I mean,

1233
01:00:00,840 --> 01:00:03,480
Speaker 1: you physically can if you have ten TVs or whatever,

1234
01:00:03,760 --> 01:00:06,160
Speaker 1: but it's impossible to keep up with everything. So usually

1235
01:00:06,200 --> 01:00:08,240
Speaker 1: on Monday morning, I've kind of got a routine. I've

1236
01:00:08,240 --> 01:00:11,640
Speaker 1: been doing this for years anyway, but just I try

1237
01:00:11,680 --> 01:00:13,680
Speaker 1: to watch like four or five of the games that

1238
01:00:13,760 --> 01:00:16,360
Speaker 1: I'm interested in. And now, you know, the Cowboys, Eagles,

1239
01:00:16,360 --> 01:00:20,240
Speaker 1: the Giants, the Steelers, the Packers. Teams you guys care about, uh,

1240
01:00:20,280 --> 01:00:21,960
Speaker 1: they're the biggest fan base. I try to keep an

1241
01:00:21,960 --> 01:00:23,560
Speaker 1: eye on, and then just the teams that I like too,

1242
01:00:23,600 --> 01:00:25,280
Speaker 1: So you try to watch every game in the league

1243
01:00:25,360 --> 01:00:28,720
Speaker 1: before I press record. One team that I've found a

1244
01:00:28,720 --> 01:00:30,880
Speaker 1: lot of joy and watching so far this season has

1245
01:00:30,920 --> 01:00:35,680
Speaker 1: been the Colts, and I would, I guess you know

1246
01:00:35,720 --> 01:00:37,240
Speaker 1: a lot of you if you like sports, read the

1247
01:00:37,240 --> 01:00:40,120
Speaker 1: book Moneyball by Michael Lewis on Billy Bean and it's

1248
01:00:40,160 --> 01:00:42,600
Speaker 1: one of the best books I've ever read. And then

1249
01:00:42,680 --> 01:00:44,880
Speaker 1: I kind of got to live in when I had

1250
01:00:44,920 --> 01:00:48,080
Speaker 1: wasn't hosted a radio show for three years. We had

1251
01:00:48,160 --> 01:00:51,800
Speaker 1: the Ace. They were our broadcast partners. So during spring training,

1252
01:00:52,200 --> 01:00:55,200
Speaker 1: me and Guy I still do a podcast with, we'd

1253
01:00:55,200 --> 01:00:57,160
Speaker 1: go down to spring training, we'd be around the Ace.

1254
01:00:57,200 --> 01:00:58,400
Speaker 1: And this was a couple of years when they had

1255
01:00:58,480 --> 01:01:00,360
Speaker 1: really good teams. They made the playoffs a but years.

1256
01:01:00,440 --> 01:01:04,200
Speaker 1: Josh Donaldson, you know, nassesspist Sonny Gray was still good then,

1257
01:01:04,320 --> 01:01:06,480
Speaker 1: like they had some stunts, Brandon Moss was hitting bombs,

1258
01:01:06,880 --> 01:01:09,840
Speaker 1: and it was Billy's like seventh team, and no one

1259
01:01:09,880 --> 01:01:11,880
Speaker 1: in baseball has done it like Billy because he doesn't

1260
01:01:11,920 --> 01:01:14,000
Speaker 1: have the money to work with and he has to

1261
01:01:14,080 --> 01:01:16,360
Speaker 1: change over the squad every three or four years because

1262
01:01:16,360 --> 01:01:18,680
Speaker 1: he can't pay the guys, so they become close to

1263
01:01:18,680 --> 01:01:21,960
Speaker 1: free agency and he has to trade him and Moneyball,

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01:01:22,360 --> 01:01:25,200
Speaker 1: who I think It's become like kind of the gold standard.

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01:01:25,200 --> 01:01:28,000
Speaker 1: Obviously in sports. It inspired a ton of really smart

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01:01:28,040 --> 01:01:31,120
Speaker 1: guys at these Harvard you know, these high level institutions

1267
01:01:31,400 --> 01:01:33,560
Speaker 1: that wanted to get in sports but weren't athletes. And

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01:01:33,600 --> 01:01:36,160
Speaker 1: now a lot of them are running baseball, running basketball,

1269
01:01:36,400 --> 01:01:38,640
Speaker 1: some of them are making hay in football. And it

1270
01:01:39,240 --> 01:01:41,120
Speaker 1: was an inspiring book. I mean, you read it. Billy

1271
01:01:41,440 --> 01:01:43,720
Speaker 1: the Difference, though, don't ever get it twisted about Billy Bean.

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Speaker 1: Despite Billy Bean, he actually I think he went out

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01:01:46,800 --> 01:01:48,840
Speaker 1: of high school. He went pro. This guy could have

1274
01:01:48,840 --> 01:01:51,720
Speaker 1: gone to Stanford. Like Billy is really really sharp, and

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01:01:51,760 --> 01:01:53,680
Speaker 1: he was also a first round draft pick. So Billy

1276
01:01:53,760 --> 01:01:56,600
Speaker 1: is a kind of a unique character. But the one

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Speaker 1: thing I always noticed two things actually with Billy is

1278
01:02:00,320 --> 01:02:02,960
Speaker 1: his locker rooms had high character guys. I remember going

1279
01:02:03,000 --> 01:02:04,360
Speaker 1: in there just thinking it was gonna be a ton

1280
01:02:04,400 --> 01:02:07,280
Speaker 1: of individuals because the spreadsheet was gonna pop out, just

1281
01:02:07,360 --> 01:02:09,640
Speaker 1: all these random individuals that were good at doing a

1282
01:02:09,680 --> 01:02:12,160
Speaker 1: specific thing. And then I remember going to the clubhouse

1283
01:02:12,240 --> 01:02:14,720
Speaker 1: like fourteen and fifteen when they had again these teams

1284
01:02:14,720 --> 01:02:18,480
Speaker 1: were winning nine plus games. They can damn. These guys

1285
01:02:18,480 --> 01:02:21,000
Speaker 1: are really tight. This is like a tight group of guys.

1286
01:02:21,240 --> 01:02:24,360
Speaker 1: He places an emphasis on character. I remember interviewing guys

1287
01:02:24,400 --> 01:02:26,240
Speaker 1: that work for Billy, They're like, yeah, that matters a lot.

1288
01:02:26,360 --> 01:02:29,600
Speaker 1: We we emphasize that, and I think sometimes the analytical

1289
01:02:29,640 --> 01:02:32,560
Speaker 1: guys don't care about that as much Billy does. He

1290
01:02:32,640 --> 01:02:36,120
Speaker 1: understands the value of having good people in his clubhouse

1291
01:02:36,880 --> 01:02:38,920
Speaker 1: and the team this year, they're gonna host the wild

1292
01:02:38,920 --> 01:02:41,960
Speaker 1: Card game. They're probably the fourth best team in baseball,

1293
01:02:42,000 --> 01:02:45,920
Speaker 1: behind the Yankees, the Astros, the Dodgers, and whatever order

1294
01:02:45,920 --> 01:02:47,920
Speaker 1: you want to place them. And then the ace and

1295
01:02:47,960 --> 01:02:50,880
Speaker 1: his payrolls nothing, and his team is loaded. I actually

1296
01:02:50,880 --> 01:02:53,080
Speaker 1: think this team this year is better than those teams

1297
01:02:53,120 --> 01:02:54,640
Speaker 1: four or five years ago. Did I thought it was

1298
01:02:54,800 --> 01:02:59,640
Speaker 1: damn good. And the other thing is that the big

1299
01:03:00,240 --> 01:03:03,360
Speaker 1: area of difference and separator for Billy relative to the

1300
01:03:03,360 --> 01:03:06,240
Speaker 1: majority of teams in baseball isn't that he has the

1301
01:03:06,280 --> 01:03:08,080
Speaker 1: best players. I mean, this year he has a couple

1302
01:03:08,080 --> 01:03:10,840
Speaker 1: of guys that are elite, but for the most part

1303
01:03:10,960 --> 01:03:13,520
Speaker 1: his one through nine, and really, in baseball, you have

1304
01:03:13,560 --> 01:03:16,360
Speaker 1: a twenty five man roster. So in football it would

1305
01:03:16,360 --> 01:03:18,920
Speaker 1: be equivalent to your forty six man roster because on

1306
01:03:19,000 --> 01:03:20,680
Speaker 1: any game you can play those guys even though you

1307
01:03:20,680 --> 01:03:22,920
Speaker 1: have a fifty three man roster. On game day, you

1308
01:03:23,000 --> 01:03:25,400
Speaker 1: only have access to the forty six guys on game day,

1309
01:03:25,400 --> 01:03:27,400
Speaker 1: and baseball you have access to all twenty five guys,

1310
01:03:27,720 --> 01:03:31,000
Speaker 1: and his twenty five guys on an everyday basis for

1311
01:03:31,120 --> 01:03:34,800
Speaker 1: six months during the baseball season, his worst player is

1312
01:03:34,880 --> 01:03:37,480
Speaker 1: usually way better than your worst player. Now, you might

1313
01:03:37,560 --> 01:03:40,880
Speaker 1: have better players, you know, one through ten, but where

1314
01:03:40,920 --> 01:03:44,480
Speaker 1: he kills you is like eleven through twenty four. His

1315
01:03:44,680 --> 01:03:48,160
Speaker 1: like seventeenth best players sometimes in his individual role that

1316
01:03:48,200 --> 01:03:50,720
Speaker 1: he asked him to do, is so much better than

1317
01:03:50,720 --> 01:03:53,960
Speaker 1: your seventeenth best player. It's not even funny. And in

1318
01:03:54,000 --> 01:03:57,440
Speaker 1: baseball over time, that separates. I'm telling you that's the

1319
01:03:57,480 --> 01:04:01,120
Speaker 1: most underrated part of the Moneyball era is his depth

1320
01:04:01,280 --> 01:04:04,240
Speaker 1: of talent. It's not necessarily his high end and over

1321
01:04:04,400 --> 01:04:07,280
Speaker 1: this twenty year plus your run of Billy Bean being

1322
01:04:07,280 --> 01:04:10,360
Speaker 1: the GM he's had high end guys. It's that his

1323
01:04:10,560 --> 01:04:14,680
Speaker 1: backups are so much freaking better than your than your backups,

1324
01:04:14,960 --> 01:04:17,600
Speaker 1: and even like his seventh or eighth guy in his

1325
01:04:17,720 --> 01:04:21,040
Speaker 1: starting lineup is probably better than your seventh or eighth guy,

1326
01:04:21,200 --> 01:04:25,040
Speaker 1: especially on the majority of the league. And I'm watching

1327
01:04:25,080 --> 01:04:28,800
Speaker 1: the Indianapolis Colts, and I've talked at length about Chris

1328
01:04:28,800 --> 01:04:31,600
Speaker 1: Ballard and how impressive he is. But the number one

1329
01:04:31,680 --> 01:04:33,920
Speaker 1: thing that I when I see and I watch his

1330
01:04:34,000 --> 01:04:36,680
Speaker 1: team play, I flipped on the Colts against the Falcons.

1331
01:04:36,720 --> 01:04:38,840
Speaker 1: Julio Jones the best player in the field. I mean,

1332
01:04:38,840 --> 01:04:40,320
Speaker 1: he might be one of the best players we've ever

1333
01:04:40,320 --> 01:04:43,160
Speaker 1: seen the league. Sonos a monster. I mean the Atlanta

1334
01:04:43,240 --> 01:04:46,760
Speaker 1: Falcons have some premium players the Colts, who's like their

1335
01:04:46,800 --> 01:04:50,000
Speaker 1: best player, t Y Hilton, Quentin Nelson and left guard.

1336
01:04:50,360 --> 01:04:53,240
Speaker 1: For the most part, they're not a star driven team,

1337
01:04:53,280 --> 01:04:56,280
Speaker 1: but the majority of their starters and the majority of

1338
01:04:56,320 --> 01:04:59,760
Speaker 1: their guys that they play are better than yours. They

1339
01:04:59,840 --> 01:05:02,800
Speaker 1: just out depth you to death. They just from a

1340
01:05:02,840 --> 01:05:05,720
Speaker 1: total one through about forty you. However, many guys you're

1341
01:05:05,720 --> 01:05:08,439
Speaker 1: playing on game day, they're pretty solid. They don't really

1342
01:05:08,480 --> 01:05:10,840
Speaker 1: have Yeah, that's a shitty player. I don't really say that.

1343
01:05:10,840 --> 01:05:14,080
Speaker 1: When I watched them play, all their guys are good. Now,

1344
01:05:14,120 --> 01:05:17,920
Speaker 1: they don't have Khalil Max and Patrick Mahomes, you know,

1345
01:05:18,000 --> 01:05:20,040
Speaker 1: and guys like that walking through the door. But every

1346
01:05:20,040 --> 01:05:23,640
Speaker 1: guy they're rolling out is at minimum just a functional starter.

1347
01:05:23,840 --> 01:05:26,320
Speaker 1: Then they have above average starters and some really a

1348
01:05:26,320 --> 01:05:28,880
Speaker 1: couple of really good starters. That's why. And then you

1349
01:05:28,880 --> 01:05:31,400
Speaker 1: watch them, you go, well, they're really good coach. They clearly,

1350
01:05:31,600 --> 01:05:34,120
Speaker 1: if you follow Chris Valor, plays a high level of

1351
01:05:34,160 --> 01:05:38,160
Speaker 1: emphasis on character, and you go, no wonder when Andrew

1352
01:05:38,240 --> 01:05:41,040
Speaker 1: Luck retires right before the season, even though, as I've

1353
01:05:41,040 --> 01:05:43,200
Speaker 1: said before, he was not gonna play, They're probably gonna

1354
01:05:43,200 --> 01:05:45,640
Speaker 1: put him on I R. Most teams even if they

1355
01:05:45,720 --> 01:05:47,400
Speaker 1: knew the guy was injured, it would have crippled their

1356
01:05:47,440 --> 01:05:49,720
Speaker 1: season just because it would have been so deflating. It

1357
01:05:49,760 --> 01:05:52,720
Speaker 1: hasn't really affected the Colts. If anything, I think they

1358
01:05:52,720 --> 01:05:54,680
Speaker 1: look like a ten or eleven win team woul Jakobe

1359
01:05:54,880 --> 01:05:57,959
Speaker 1: set leading him because of the depth, because of how

1360
01:05:58,000 --> 01:06:02,200
Speaker 1: many NFL players they have. They are just they're just

1361
01:06:02,240 --> 01:06:05,959
Speaker 1: so deep and not of just Pro bowlers. This isn't

1362
01:06:05,960 --> 01:06:09,480
Speaker 1: the Niners where they're rolling out eleven All Pros and

1363
01:06:09,600 --> 01:06:12,360
Speaker 1: fifteen Pro Bowlers and multiple Hall of Famers. What they're

1364
01:06:12,440 --> 01:06:15,480
Speaker 1: rolling out is just really solid NFL starters. And there's

1365
01:06:15,520 --> 01:06:18,360
Speaker 1: a reason when you go besides like the paths, most

1366
01:06:18,360 --> 01:06:21,760
Speaker 1: teams quote unquote have holes, Well, if your holes in

1367
01:06:21,760 --> 01:06:25,120
Speaker 1: your position of weakness are still really solid players, they

1368
01:06:25,200 --> 01:06:28,080
Speaker 1: might not be difference makers. You can get by and

1369
01:06:28,160 --> 01:06:30,680
Speaker 1: you can win most weeks if you have a really

1370
01:06:30,680 --> 01:06:33,880
Speaker 1: good coaching staff, which they do. Frank Wright, some of

1371
01:06:33,920 --> 01:06:36,000
Speaker 1: his play calls just jump off the screen. And then

1372
01:06:36,040 --> 01:06:39,760
Speaker 1: if you know Chris Ballard, he takes much his swings

1373
01:06:39,800 --> 01:06:43,200
Speaker 1: in the draft, aren't He's not taking swings for the fences.

1374
01:06:43,480 --> 01:06:46,120
Speaker 1: And that's typically the way I was raised in football

1375
01:06:46,160 --> 01:06:48,480
Speaker 1: around Pad Hill and then coach reading the Eagles like

1376
01:06:49,160 --> 01:06:51,600
Speaker 1: I like a little more high end talent. I take

1377
01:06:51,640 --> 01:06:55,000
Speaker 1: some swings. I even take some character swings. I that

1378
01:06:55,200 --> 01:06:57,440
Speaker 1: my philosophy of the way I think about football, the

1379
01:06:57,440 --> 01:07:00,080
Speaker 1: way I was raised around the guys the top me

1380
01:07:00,120 --> 01:07:01,400
Speaker 1: the game in the sport. That's just the way I

1381
01:07:01,440 --> 01:07:04,080
Speaker 1: kind of think. But I'm watching Chris ballor do it?

1382
01:07:04,320 --> 01:07:07,040
Speaker 1: And I start questioning should I start going a little

1383
01:07:07,080 --> 01:07:11,560
Speaker 1: his way? Because we saw when Bill Polian's team lost

1384
01:07:11,560 --> 01:07:14,920
Speaker 1: Peyton Manning, they couldn't win. They couldn't sniff five wins.

1385
01:07:14,960 --> 01:07:17,360
Speaker 1: This team lost luck, and a couple of years into

1386
01:07:17,400 --> 01:07:20,880
Speaker 1: Chris Ballard's building process, they're gonna compete for eight to

1387
01:07:20,920 --> 01:07:24,000
Speaker 1: ten wins, no problem. I think how impressive that is.

1388
01:07:24,440 --> 01:07:27,280
Speaker 1: And you can only do that if your roster is

1389
01:07:27,400 --> 01:07:30,200
Speaker 1: really well built. The majority of teams in the league.

1390
01:07:30,200 --> 01:07:32,680
Speaker 1: I'm talking the majority of playoff teams in the league

1391
01:07:32,920 --> 01:07:35,400
Speaker 1: would crumble and it wouldn't even be that weird. They

1392
01:07:35,440 --> 01:07:38,960
Speaker 1: would have no chance to win five games if they

1393
01:07:39,000 --> 01:07:43,480
Speaker 1: lost their starting quarterback Colt Los Their like whatever, let's

1394
01:07:43,640 --> 01:07:47,959
Speaker 1: let's roll. And their their toughness, they're they're just will

1395
01:07:48,080 --> 01:07:49,880
Speaker 1: to win. And to me, when you get will to

1396
01:07:49,920 --> 01:07:53,200
Speaker 1: win and the intangible stuff that is based off the

1397
01:07:53,240 --> 01:07:55,320
Speaker 1: type of guys you're bringing into your locker room and

1398
01:07:55,360 --> 01:07:57,600
Speaker 1: it just jumps off the screen. I mean, I'm watching

1399
01:07:57,600 --> 01:08:00,240
Speaker 1: a little humble brag on the treadmill this morning, just

1400
01:08:00,280 --> 01:08:04,120
Speaker 1: like God, they are kicking the Falcons, asked, and whether

1401
01:08:04,160 --> 01:08:07,000
Speaker 1: the Falcons are that good or not? They are really talented.

1402
01:08:07,440 --> 01:08:10,560
Speaker 1: And before Neil went down, which I think, how stupid

1403
01:08:10,560 --> 01:08:13,400
Speaker 1: it is, he tears his achilles. I didn't see today.

1404
01:08:13,440 --> 01:08:15,520
Speaker 1: Actually they thought he tours achilles. By the time you're

1405
01:08:15,520 --> 01:08:18,160
Speaker 1: listening to I'm sure it's out. I guess he slams

1406
01:08:18,200 --> 01:08:21,080
Speaker 1: his helmet. I'm watching I'm listening to music watching the game,

1407
01:08:21,080 --> 01:08:23,080
Speaker 1: so I'm not listening to it. Slams his helmet, he

1408
01:08:23,120 --> 01:08:25,200
Speaker 1: gets a he gets a fifteen yard penalty. I think

1409
01:08:25,200 --> 01:08:27,960
Speaker 1: how stupid that is, Like some of these referees. You

1410
01:08:27,960 --> 01:08:30,120
Speaker 1: guys are idiots, I mean, what are you what are

1411
01:08:30,120 --> 01:08:32,680
Speaker 1: you guys doing? But they were just out toughed, they

1412
01:08:32,680 --> 01:08:35,559
Speaker 1: were outclassed with just a will to win. Now, Julio

1413
01:08:35,680 --> 01:08:38,559
Speaker 1: Jones and Mohammed Sanu and Hooper and some of the

1414
01:08:38,600 --> 01:08:42,240
Speaker 1: offensive weapons that the Falcons have are really talented. I mean,

1415
01:08:42,240 --> 01:08:45,799
Speaker 1: their offensive skill guys beside Matt Ryan are freaking awesome.

1416
01:08:46,200 --> 01:08:48,599
Speaker 1: And Julio did everything in his power to keep them

1417
01:08:48,600 --> 01:08:51,680
Speaker 1: in that game. But the Colts as a whole, and

1418
01:08:51,800 --> 01:08:54,360
Speaker 1: it's just it's the ultimate team game. One thing that

1419
01:08:54,400 --> 01:08:56,000
Speaker 1: fires me up more and more is when I see

1420
01:08:56,040 --> 01:08:58,720
Speaker 1: running backs hand the ball to their offensive lineman when

1421
01:08:58,760 --> 01:09:01,040
Speaker 1: they score a touchdown. That's something I notice good teams do.

1422
01:09:01,680 --> 01:09:03,680
Speaker 1: It's the ultimate team game. And they they say it's

1423
01:09:03,680 --> 01:09:05,360
Speaker 1: cliche or whatever, but they say it for a reason

1424
01:09:05,400 --> 01:09:08,680
Speaker 1: because it is. And the Colts they're not gonna win

1425
01:09:08,680 --> 01:09:10,280
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. Hell, they might not even win a

1426
01:09:10,320 --> 01:09:12,439
Speaker 1: playoff game. They might get blown out in the first

1427
01:09:12,479 --> 01:09:14,920
Speaker 1: round the playoffs. That they play a a Ravens or

1428
01:09:15,040 --> 01:09:17,479
Speaker 1: Chiefs or Patriots or I guess they wouldn't play the

1429
01:09:17,520 --> 01:09:19,040
Speaker 1: Chiefs of the Patriots, probably in the first round, but

1430
01:09:19,040 --> 01:09:21,720
Speaker 1: who whoever they play, they might not They might lose

1431
01:09:21,720 --> 01:09:23,799
Speaker 1: in the first round, the playoff game by double digits.

1432
01:09:24,120 --> 01:09:27,040
Speaker 1: But I am so damn impressed with their operation and

1433
01:09:27,080 --> 01:09:30,000
Speaker 1: the team they've built from top to bottom, because they're

1434
01:09:30,000 --> 01:09:32,639
Speaker 1: a great example of if you build the thing right

1435
01:09:32,680 --> 01:09:35,439
Speaker 1: and you just get a functional quarterback, and Jacobe has

1436
01:09:35,520 --> 01:09:37,519
Speaker 1: moments where he's better than that and has moments where

1437
01:09:37,520 --> 01:09:40,200
Speaker 1: he's not as good as that. It's impressive. And you

1438
01:09:40,360 --> 01:09:42,880
Speaker 1: can win in this league if you if you do

1439
01:09:42,920 --> 01:09:45,280
Speaker 1: it right, and you know how to draft, and you

1440
01:09:45,320 --> 01:09:47,639
Speaker 1: know the type guys you want in that locker room.

1441
01:09:48,120 --> 01:09:51,559
Speaker 1: My my hats off. I couldn't respect Chris Ballard anymore

1442
01:09:51,600 --> 01:09:55,120
Speaker 1: after watching his team through three weeks. There was good

1443
01:09:55,160 --> 01:09:58,360
Speaker 1: to Middcoff mail back at John Middlecoff my Instagram handle,

1444
01:09:58,520 --> 01:10:00,760
Speaker 1: slide up in those and asked me questions. And we'll

1445
01:10:00,800 --> 01:10:02,840
Speaker 1: bang out a couple trying to keep the shortest because

1446
01:10:02,880 --> 01:10:05,160
Speaker 1: we've already held we're already our ten minutes into this thing.

1447
01:10:05,600 --> 01:10:08,320
Speaker 1: Question for the pot still think Philly is elite. Lost

1448
01:10:08,320 --> 01:10:11,320
Speaker 1: two backbreakers that they should have won. Can't keep Carson

1449
01:10:11,400 --> 01:10:13,679
Speaker 1: from getting hit and Carson isn't playing like a god.

1450
01:10:13,880 --> 01:10:17,080
Speaker 1: Every Eagle fan thinks he is. I disagree. I think

1451
01:10:17,080 --> 01:10:20,280
Speaker 1: Carson has been awesome for He was awesome in the

1452
01:10:20,320 --> 01:10:24,479
Speaker 1: opening weekend. Trying to think who they play. Oh, they

1453
01:10:24,520 --> 01:10:27,000
Speaker 1: played the Falcons two weeks ago. Like I said, I

1454
01:10:27,200 --> 01:10:30,240
Speaker 1: thought he was took over in the second half. And

1455
01:10:30,280 --> 01:10:32,120
Speaker 1: watching that game against the Lions, I thought, for the

1456
01:10:32,120 --> 01:10:34,800
Speaker 1: most part, like he can't hold onto the football. Al

1457
01:10:34,920 --> 01:10:39,000
Speaker 1: John's gone, Deshawn's gone. I I think he's playing pretty well.

1458
01:10:39,640 --> 01:10:41,760
Speaker 1: Uh you can just like I talked about earlier, you

1459
01:10:41,800 --> 01:10:44,080
Speaker 1: just got to overcome it. You know, sometimes you get

1460
01:10:44,520 --> 01:10:47,120
Speaker 1: you get handed a ship sandwich and you just have

1461
01:10:47,240 --> 01:10:50,559
Speaker 1: to kind of come out with chicken salad. Right. That's

1462
01:10:50,600 --> 01:10:52,639
Speaker 1: just part of the NFL. That what makes it really tough.

1463
01:10:52,680 --> 01:10:55,200
Speaker 1: It's why Carson gets paid a lot of money. That's

1464
01:10:55,200 --> 01:10:56,880
Speaker 1: why Doug gets paid a lot of money. That's why

1465
01:10:57,040 --> 01:10:59,760
Speaker 1: Fletcher Cox gets paid a lot of money. They just

1466
01:11:00,080 --> 01:11:02,720
Speaker 1: have to figure it out, you know, they just and

1467
01:11:02,760 --> 01:11:04,360
Speaker 1: I think at the end of the day, they're too

1468
01:11:04,400 --> 01:11:08,400
Speaker 1: well running organization. Big game Thursday. But even if they lost,

1469
01:11:08,520 --> 01:11:10,400
Speaker 1: while I do think it's must win just to kind

1470
01:11:10,400 --> 01:11:12,920
Speaker 1: of keep your head above water. They could get so

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01:11:12,960 --> 01:11:15,800
Speaker 1: many guys back, and you know they have the talent

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01:11:15,880 --> 01:11:17,680
Speaker 1: on their team if they're healthy to rattle off like

1473
01:11:17,680 --> 01:11:19,840
Speaker 1: four or five straight wins. So even if you're one

1474
01:11:19,880 --> 01:11:22,240
Speaker 1: in three or two and four, if you can win

1475
01:11:22,320 --> 01:11:25,200
Speaker 1: four straight, boom, you're above five hundred. So I it's

1476
01:11:25,200 --> 01:11:27,439
Speaker 1: Philly elite right now. Of course not they're not playing

1477
01:11:27,439 --> 01:11:30,519
Speaker 1: at an elite level, but there is not an excuse,

1478
01:11:30,600 --> 01:11:33,240
Speaker 1: but there is a reason why they are not. And

1479
01:11:33,320 --> 01:11:36,960
Speaker 1: you can only take so many major injury hits and

1480
01:11:37,040 --> 01:11:39,839
Speaker 1: kind of keep on rolling. And again I I will,

1481
01:11:40,800 --> 01:11:44,120
Speaker 1: I will fight for Carson Wentz and support his play

1482
01:11:44,200 --> 01:11:46,920
Speaker 1: because I think he's been really good. What are the

1483
01:11:46,960 --> 01:11:50,080
Speaker 1: elements of a good play by play color commentating crew?

1484
01:11:50,160 --> 01:11:53,080
Speaker 1: What separates the midday Sunday cruise from the prime time

1485
01:11:53,120 --> 01:11:56,479
Speaker 1: guys like Michael's and Collins Worth. Also, I'd be interested

1486
01:11:56,520 --> 01:11:59,400
Speaker 1: to know how these crews are chosen for their respective assignments.

1487
01:12:00,040 --> 01:12:02,679
Speaker 1: That's a fascinating question. Maybe I should do an interview

1488
01:12:03,479 --> 01:12:06,320
Speaker 1: with someone at Fox that sets that up. How they

1489
01:12:06,360 --> 01:12:08,160
Speaker 1: do that, I mean, maybe that would be kind of cool.

1490
01:12:08,560 --> 01:12:11,599
Speaker 1: I could look into that, and uh, I actually kind

1491
01:12:11,600 --> 01:12:13,519
Speaker 1: of like that idea. I think that would be kind

1492
01:12:13,520 --> 01:12:17,799
Speaker 1: of cool for me personally. Al's probably just the coolest,

1493
01:12:17,840 --> 01:12:21,280
Speaker 1: smoothest of them all. I think Mike Tariko is just

1494
01:12:21,520 --> 01:12:24,880
Speaker 1: really good saying with Joe Buck. They just know how

1495
01:12:24,920 --> 01:12:27,280
Speaker 1: to call a game. They know when to talk, they

1496
01:12:27,320 --> 01:12:31,719
Speaker 1: know when not to talk. Nance Nance a little cheesy

1497
01:12:31,800 --> 01:12:34,000
Speaker 1: for my style, but I love them in golf because

1498
01:12:34,000 --> 01:12:36,360
Speaker 1: I think I kind of watched them through the golf lens.

1499
01:12:36,560 --> 01:12:38,720
Speaker 1: But I think Tony Romos kind of loosened them up.

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01:12:38,720 --> 01:12:40,320
Speaker 1: To me. The key with being a good play by

1501
01:12:40,320 --> 01:12:43,439
Speaker 1: play guy is you've gotta be a little loose there.

1502
01:12:43,479 --> 01:12:45,960
Speaker 1: There are two elements for me personally what I look

1503
01:12:46,000 --> 01:12:48,519
Speaker 1: for now there are other things that play by play

1504
01:12:48,560 --> 01:12:50,320
Speaker 1: guys look at other play by play guys. I just

1505
01:12:50,360 --> 01:12:54,160
Speaker 1: know for me, as someone that has watched games now

1506
01:12:54,200 --> 01:12:57,280
Speaker 1: for a living for a long time and watch games

1507
01:12:57,320 --> 01:12:59,280
Speaker 1: like the only one of the only true things I've

1508
01:12:59,320 --> 01:13:04,400
Speaker 1: ever love doing watch games, I would say be just

1509
01:13:04,600 --> 01:13:08,400
Speaker 1: have a good cadence for the place, and when a

1510
01:13:08,479 --> 01:13:11,519
Speaker 1: big play happens, be a big play announcer. That's Al

1511
01:13:11,560 --> 01:13:14,720
Speaker 1: Michael's right, you believe in miracles. He's a big play

1512
01:13:14,760 --> 01:13:17,640
Speaker 1: announcer and he can just be loose and have a

1513
01:13:17,640 --> 01:13:20,439
Speaker 1: good time. That's there's something to that. And I think

1514
01:13:20,479 --> 01:13:23,439
Speaker 1: what makes a great color commentator. Like watching Booger tonight,

1515
01:13:24,160 --> 01:13:26,120
Speaker 1: he's talking like cover two. I don't even know if

1516
01:13:26,160 --> 01:13:28,320
Speaker 1: he's right. Did you don't understand the average fan has

1517
01:13:28,360 --> 01:13:31,160
Speaker 1: no clue what that means. You have to dumb it down.

1518
01:13:31,520 --> 01:13:34,280
Speaker 1: And that's why John Madden is the greatest commentator of

1519
01:13:34,320 --> 01:13:37,720
Speaker 1: all time. That's why Gruden was so excellent. They can

1520
01:13:37,760 --> 01:13:39,920
Speaker 1: give you kind of this in depth analysis in a

1521
01:13:40,040 --> 01:13:43,360
Speaker 1: dummy way that my mom can understand. I think Romo

1522
01:13:43,439 --> 01:13:46,679
Speaker 1: is kind of the modern version of that. I don't

1523
01:13:46,720 --> 01:13:48,880
Speaker 1: like collins Worth, but I don't hate him either. He's

1524
01:13:48,880 --> 01:13:52,040
Speaker 1: just kind of met. I actually think Chris Spielman is

1525
01:13:52,040 --> 01:13:56,839
Speaker 1: it Chris Spielman because Rix's brothers. The GM is really good, uh.

1526
01:13:57,240 --> 01:13:59,200
Speaker 1: I think there's an element of just a crew that

1527
01:13:59,439 --> 01:14:02,000
Speaker 1: it kind of was like their friends. I know, my

1528
01:14:02,080 --> 01:14:05,519
Speaker 1: favorite crew in the history of sports is Dwayne Keeper

1529
01:14:06,240 --> 01:14:09,519
Speaker 1: and Mike Kruco, who are the San Fransco Giants guys,

1530
01:14:09,640 --> 01:14:12,040
Speaker 1: and they're just they're fun. They can and now baseball

1531
01:14:12,080 --> 01:14:14,240
Speaker 1: is a little different because you gotta tell stories, you've

1532
01:14:14,240 --> 01:14:15,880
Speaker 1: gotta be able to make fun of each other. You've

1533
01:14:15,880 --> 01:14:18,800
Speaker 1: gotta be able to make fun of guys. And you know,

1534
01:14:18,960 --> 01:14:22,120
Speaker 1: I got to meet Dennis eckers Lee like a month

1535
01:14:22,160 --> 01:14:25,120
Speaker 1: ago in the gym, and I was introduced to him

1536
01:14:25,160 --> 01:14:28,000
Speaker 1: by actually my doctor who does the a's and knows

1537
01:14:28,240 --> 01:14:31,960
Speaker 1: eck and I've just watched through like a major league

1538
01:14:31,960 --> 01:14:35,960
Speaker 1: pass and he's really critical. And I personally like that. Now, granted,

1539
01:14:36,000 --> 01:14:37,439
Speaker 1: I kind of have some of that in me, and

1540
01:14:37,479 --> 01:14:39,960
Speaker 1: I think most fans do because if you're sitting at

1541
01:14:40,000 --> 01:14:43,160
Speaker 1: home watching the game, and it's different in football because

1542
01:14:43,200 --> 01:14:45,280
Speaker 1: and this is what what makes Troy Aikman really good,

1543
01:14:45,280 --> 01:14:47,840
Speaker 1: it's hell blast players because guess what, the fan of

1544
01:14:47,880 --> 01:14:49,880
Speaker 1: the team that's watching the game, when the guy screws up,

1545
01:14:49,960 --> 01:14:52,000
Speaker 1: he's blasting the guy on the couch. That's what the

1546
01:14:52,040 --> 01:14:53,920
Speaker 1: fan relates to. That's what you and me relate to.

1547
01:14:53,920 --> 01:14:56,200
Speaker 1: When we're sitting on the couch watching the game, we go,

1548
01:14:56,360 --> 01:14:58,000
Speaker 1: what the hell is going on? So we want our

1549
01:14:58,000 --> 01:15:00,400
Speaker 1: announcer to say that. And I don't like cook cutter

1550
01:15:01,000 --> 01:15:03,840
Speaker 1: commentators that are afraid to say anything like who are

1551
01:15:03,840 --> 01:15:05,840
Speaker 1: you afraid to piss off? Now? I get if you

1552
01:15:05,920 --> 01:15:07,880
Speaker 1: work for a team, and that makes it complicated but

1553
01:15:07,920 --> 01:15:11,200
Speaker 1: if you're a national announcer, as they all are in

1554
01:15:12,080 --> 01:15:16,200
Speaker 1: professional football, like every game you watch because there's no

1555
01:15:16,320 --> 01:15:18,920
Speaker 1: local broadcast once the season starts. So I like a

1556
01:15:18,920 --> 01:15:21,040
Speaker 1: guy that will kind of rip a guy and not

1557
01:15:21,360 --> 01:15:22,680
Speaker 1: you know, go out of the way to do it,

1558
01:15:22,720 --> 01:15:24,960
Speaker 1: but if you screw up, kind of blast him. You know.

1559
01:15:25,000 --> 01:15:27,519
Speaker 1: Dennis Eckersley does it to his guys in Boston, and

1560
01:15:27,560 --> 01:15:29,760
Speaker 1: Troy Aikman will do it whoever game he's calling. I

1561
01:15:29,840 --> 01:15:32,040
Speaker 1: think that's kind of separated him over the years because

1562
01:15:32,080 --> 01:15:34,479
Speaker 1: we're all thinking of it, or you have the stones

1563
01:15:34,560 --> 01:15:36,960
Speaker 1: to say it, and if if you have any what

1564
01:15:37,240 --> 01:15:41,080
Speaker 1: of a you know, of a playing career, like a

1565
01:15:41,080 --> 01:15:43,200
Speaker 1: lot of these guys do they call games like, if

1566
01:15:43,240 --> 01:15:45,680
Speaker 1: you're a really good player, you you have some you

1567
01:15:45,720 --> 01:15:48,920
Speaker 1: have the stature to say something. Then again we're all thinking.

1568
01:15:49,240 --> 01:15:51,320
Speaker 1: So I'd say the key would be from a play

1569
01:15:51,360 --> 01:15:54,040
Speaker 1: by play guy, be loose and be able to kind

1570
01:15:54,040 --> 01:15:56,240
Speaker 1: of make fun of yourself and make fun of situations

1571
01:15:56,280 --> 01:15:58,160
Speaker 1: and be a big play guy. So when a big

1572
01:15:58,200 --> 01:16:00,759
Speaker 1: play happens, you better be able to get to attend

1573
01:16:01,200 --> 01:16:04,000
Speaker 1: and then the commentator be able to act like I

1574
01:16:04,040 --> 01:16:06,400
Speaker 1: would want to hang out with you be funny and

1575
01:16:06,520 --> 01:16:09,160
Speaker 1: dumb things down because the common fan does not know

1576
01:16:10,160 --> 01:16:13,479
Speaker 1: what you know, Spider two, why Banana is? They just

1577
01:16:13,520 --> 01:16:16,280
Speaker 1: don't what what Cover seven. I don't even know if

1578
01:16:16,280 --> 01:16:19,760
Speaker 1: Cover seven exists, you know Cover two with They just

1579
01:16:19,760 --> 01:16:22,200
Speaker 1: don't know what that stuff means because it's I've been

1580
01:16:22,200 --> 01:16:25,320
Speaker 1: in football now for ten plus years and it's complicated,

1581
01:16:25,400 --> 01:16:28,479
Speaker 1: especially defense. It's really complicated for people. So you gotta

1582
01:16:28,520 --> 01:16:30,200
Speaker 1: be and that's what made Madden so great. Can you

1583
01:16:30,280 --> 01:16:32,400
Speaker 1: dumb it down? I've been around a lot of coaches

1584
01:16:32,560 --> 01:16:35,200
Speaker 1: when we have these conversations. It doesn't get that in depth.

1585
01:16:35,320 --> 01:16:38,080
Speaker 1: Now they're game plan meeting and stuff does. But only

1586
01:16:38,200 --> 01:16:40,599
Speaker 1: super football nerds in that are in that game plan

1587
01:16:40,680 --> 01:16:44,320
Speaker 1: meeting as coaches and some quarterbacks. Huge fan of the pod.

1588
01:16:44,320 --> 01:16:47,280
Speaker 1: I appreciate it. After seeing the Saints beat Seattle the

1589
01:16:47,320 --> 01:16:49,320
Speaker 1: way they did, do you think they can survive without

1590
01:16:49,400 --> 01:16:52,080
Speaker 1: Drew and make a playoff run? Full disclosure, I haven't

1591
01:16:52,080 --> 01:16:54,639
Speaker 1: watched this game yet. I just saw bits and pieces

1592
01:16:54,720 --> 01:17:00,080
Speaker 1: on the red Zone channel. But that's no way around it.

1593
01:17:00,080 --> 01:17:02,320
Speaker 1: It's a it's a huge win. You know, they got

1594
01:17:02,360 --> 01:17:04,960
Speaker 1: what they gotta was it a fumble six and they

1595
01:17:05,000 --> 01:17:07,679
Speaker 1: got a punt return. So if you are gonna win

1596
01:17:07,840 --> 01:17:13,760
Speaker 1: games without Drew Brees, you're gonna need to score that way, right,

1597
01:17:13,960 --> 01:17:16,160
Speaker 1: You're gonna need to get defensive scores, You're gonna need

1598
01:17:16,200 --> 01:17:18,600
Speaker 1: to get special team scores. You're just gonna need to

1599
01:17:18,640 --> 01:17:22,360
Speaker 1: create turnovers so you're in position for your offense. You know,

1600
01:17:22,360 --> 01:17:26,599
Speaker 1: Teddy Bridgewater went nineteen seventy seven yards and two touchdownds. Hell,

1601
01:17:26,640 --> 01:17:28,280
Speaker 1: if he can do that and the defense can play well.

1602
01:17:28,320 --> 01:17:31,400
Speaker 1: I saw Pete Carroll because a lot of people on

1603
01:17:31,400 --> 01:17:33,439
Speaker 1: Twitter's like, why is Pete Carroll going forward? I guess

1604
01:17:33,439 --> 01:17:34,960
Speaker 1: he went forward and some fourth and short and it

1605
01:17:35,080 --> 01:17:36,680
Speaker 1: cost him. You know, I don't know if it was

1606
01:17:36,720 --> 01:17:39,160
Speaker 1: Pete Carroll's best game. I didn't see that the clip

1607
01:17:39,200 --> 01:17:40,600
Speaker 1: of the ball hit him in the eye and he

1608
01:17:40,640 --> 01:17:44,800
Speaker 1: had stages on his head. Uh. As an impressive win.

1609
01:17:44,960 --> 01:17:47,800
Speaker 1: And there's a reason Sean Payton makes eight nine million

1610
01:17:47,840 --> 01:17:49,800
Speaker 1: dollars whatever he makes. He's a big time coach. So

1611
01:17:49,880 --> 01:17:53,280
Speaker 1: I'm not the biggest Teddy Bridgewater guy, but Sean Payton

1612
01:17:53,320 --> 01:17:55,120
Speaker 1: is good enough, and I think their team is good enough.

1613
01:17:55,200 --> 01:17:57,760
Speaker 1: Give this guy some credits. Dennis Allen has been a

1614
01:17:57,800 --> 01:18:00,519
Speaker 1: really good defensive coordinating these last couple of yearsfo him.

1615
01:18:00,560 --> 01:18:02,160
Speaker 1: You know, he's just he's a stiff guy. You know,

1616
01:18:02,160 --> 01:18:03,720
Speaker 1: he's one of those guys that looks like he only

1617
01:18:03,720 --> 01:18:06,720
Speaker 1: needs like Ko smoothies and chicken salads. But he's a

1618
01:18:06,720 --> 01:18:09,959
Speaker 1: solid defensive coordinator. And ever since that John Payton's got him,

1619
01:18:10,000 --> 01:18:11,519
Speaker 1: you know it's the Saints have been a lot better

1620
01:18:11,600 --> 01:18:14,759
Speaker 1: these last three years with with Dennis Allen, just wondering

1621
01:18:14,800 --> 01:18:16,880
Speaker 1: what you think about Frank Gore still performing at the

1622
01:18:16,920 --> 01:18:19,559
Speaker 1: stage of his career. He set to pass Barry Sanders

1623
01:18:19,680 --> 01:18:21,920
Speaker 1: is the third all time leading rusher in NFL history,

1624
01:18:21,920 --> 01:18:24,400
Speaker 1: and it's tied for twenty one and touchdowns for running backs.

1625
01:18:26,080 --> 01:18:28,600
Speaker 1: I I just think he's the ultimate pro. You know,

1626
01:18:28,640 --> 01:18:30,840
Speaker 1: when I when I think of a professional running back,

1627
01:18:30,920 --> 01:18:33,400
Speaker 1: I think of Frank Gore. He could run it inside,

1628
01:18:33,479 --> 01:18:35,920
Speaker 1: he could run it outside, he can catch, he can block,

1629
01:18:36,040 --> 01:18:38,840
Speaker 1: and he's an elite teammate. There's a reason you play

1630
01:18:38,920 --> 01:18:40,920
Speaker 1: that many years in the league, and his toughness is

1631
01:18:40,920 --> 01:18:44,400
Speaker 1: through the roof. I have nothing but the utmost respect

1632
01:18:44,400 --> 01:18:47,400
Speaker 1: for him. I think it's just it's incredible that he's

1633
01:18:47,400 --> 01:18:49,880
Speaker 1: still doing it. I Mean, I don't think anyone besides

1634
01:18:49,920 --> 01:18:51,640
Speaker 1: Frank Gore thought he would still be going at this

1635
01:18:51,720 --> 01:18:55,440
Speaker 1: level still to this day. But it's just an incredible accomplishment.

1636
01:18:55,960 --> 01:18:58,240
Speaker 1: I think, you know he's gonna be He's kind of

1637
01:18:58,240 --> 01:19:01,320
Speaker 1: like the Jason Taylor and running backs, so he's he's

1638
01:19:01,360 --> 01:19:04,000
Speaker 1: now becoming close to what looks to be a I

1639
01:19:04,000 --> 01:19:06,240
Speaker 1: don't know first I don't know first ballot Hall of Famer,

1640
01:19:06,240 --> 01:19:07,560
Speaker 1: but it's gonna be hard to keep him out of

1641
01:19:07,560 --> 01:19:09,479
Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame if he just keeps you used

1642
01:19:09,479 --> 01:19:12,479
Speaker 1: to keep accumulating these staffs, these stats, even though at

1643
01:19:12,479 --> 01:19:15,320
Speaker 1: the end of the day, Frank Gore's, even in his peak,

1644
01:19:15,360 --> 01:19:17,519
Speaker 1: has probably never been a top three running back in

1645
01:19:17,560 --> 01:19:21,120
Speaker 1: the league. But I don't think that's gonna matter, just

1646
01:19:21,160 --> 01:19:22,599
Speaker 1: because at the end of the day, his numbers are

1647
01:19:22,600 --> 01:19:27,120
Speaker 1: gonna be stupid Raiders fan, here, is there any hope

1648
01:19:27,120 --> 01:19:28,960
Speaker 1: for this season we'll get better? Should I just look

1649
01:19:28,960 --> 01:19:31,640
Speaker 1: forward to the draft? Just three games in? Yeah? I

1650
01:19:31,680 --> 01:19:34,400
Speaker 1: mean their schedules brutal, brutal, Like I talked, I mean,

1651
01:19:34,439 --> 01:19:37,080
Speaker 1: they play the Colts this week, then they got the Bears,

1652
01:19:37,479 --> 01:19:40,680
Speaker 1: then they got the Texans and the Packers. They're just

1653
01:19:41,479 --> 01:19:44,120
Speaker 1: they look destined to be a top five drafting team,

1654
01:19:44,160 --> 01:19:46,320
Speaker 1: And is Derek Carr gonna be on this team? Like,

1655
01:19:46,360 --> 01:19:47,800
Speaker 1: if he plays like he did the last two weeks,

1656
01:19:47,840 --> 01:19:49,240
Speaker 1: He's not gonna be on this team next year. He's

1657
01:19:49,240 --> 01:19:51,599
Speaker 1: not gonna make it to Las Vegas. He just is not.

1658
01:19:52,240 --> 01:19:55,160
Speaker 1: And is it all his fault. No, But he has

1659
01:19:55,240 --> 01:19:57,479
Speaker 1: to play better if he wants to continue to be

1660
01:19:57,520 --> 01:19:59,960
Speaker 1: the quarterback of the Raiders. Croom did not draft him,

1661
01:20:00,000 --> 01:20:02,800
Speaker 1: Gruden did not sign him to this contract. And again

1662
01:20:02,800 --> 01:20:04,479
Speaker 1: I hate putting all the blame on him, because their

1663
01:20:04,479 --> 01:20:08,320
Speaker 1: offensive lines terrible, their skill guys are shitty. They put

1664
01:20:08,840 --> 01:20:11,200
Speaker 1: and I don't blame Gruden once he acquired this guy.

1665
01:20:11,240 --> 01:20:13,439
Speaker 1: Once you acquire Antonio Brown, you build your whole offense

1666
01:20:13,439 --> 01:20:15,439
Speaker 1: around him. So all offseason they're prepared to have eighty

1667
01:20:15,439 --> 01:20:16,840
Speaker 1: four and then it blows up in their face and

1668
01:20:16,880 --> 01:20:19,920
Speaker 1: they're left kind of just with nothing in their hands.

1669
01:20:20,040 --> 01:20:23,400
Speaker 1: They got Terrell Williams, which is a good, like, you know,

1670
01:20:25,080 --> 01:20:28,120
Speaker 1: complimentary receiver. Think about Terrell Williams. He had a lot

1671
01:20:28,120 --> 01:20:31,040
Speaker 1: of success in San Diego. I mean, l a, maybe

1672
01:20:31,120 --> 01:20:33,280
Speaker 1: do you start in San Diego? But Keenan Allen was

1673
01:20:33,320 --> 01:20:36,160
Speaker 1: a one and they had Gates and then Hunter Henry

1674
01:20:36,160 --> 01:20:37,960
Speaker 1: and Melvin Gordon like he had a lot of help

1675
01:20:38,000 --> 01:20:40,639
Speaker 1: around him. Now he's the best player on their offense

1676
01:20:41,240 --> 01:20:44,519
Speaker 1: and it's a problem. My question for you is the

1677
01:20:44,560 --> 01:20:47,240
Speaker 1: forty Niners edge pass rush has been killer to start

1678
01:20:47,880 --> 01:20:50,000
Speaker 1: and winning them games. Do you think the edge pressure

1679
01:20:50,080 --> 01:20:55,080
Speaker 1: or pressure up the middle causes more problems for quarterbacks? Well,

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Speaker 1: I mean, I know, like Drew Brees and a lot

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01:20:57,200 --> 01:20:59,920
Speaker 1: of guys say always their pressure right up their face,

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01:21:00,160 --> 01:21:03,680
Speaker 1: because most good quarterbacks like to slide up. Most good

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01:21:03,760 --> 01:21:06,719
Speaker 1: quarterbacks don't like to slide left or right. Tom Brady

1684
01:21:06,720 --> 01:21:08,800
Speaker 1: wants to step up, Drew Brees wants to step up,

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01:21:08,800 --> 01:21:11,400
Speaker 1: Peyton Manning wants to step up. You know, some of

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01:21:11,400 --> 01:21:13,880
Speaker 1: these new school guys like Mahomes, I don't even think

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01:21:13,920 --> 01:21:16,479
Speaker 1: it matters, you know, that's I think I've bet Coach

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01:21:16,479 --> 01:21:18,760
Speaker 1: Read probably tell you that far off like step up,

1689
01:21:18,800 --> 01:21:20,840
Speaker 1: step all right, you know you just he'll step forever.

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01:21:21,280 --> 01:21:24,760
Speaker 1: But I think the traditional pocket quarterback likes to step up.

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01:21:25,160 --> 01:21:27,519
Speaker 1: You could argue that some of these younger guys that

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01:21:27,640 --> 01:21:30,320
Speaker 1: kind of float. I'm just kind of thinking this on

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01:21:30,360 --> 01:21:34,160
Speaker 1: the fly. It actually makes sense edge pressure might mess

1694
01:21:34,200 --> 01:21:36,760
Speaker 1: them up because they're naturally inclined to go left or

1695
01:21:36,880 --> 01:21:38,719
Speaker 1: right where I think of a lot of the old

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01:21:38,760 --> 01:21:44,639
Speaker 1: school kind of prototypical studs have always been step up guys.

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01:21:44,640 --> 01:21:47,360
Speaker 1: But I watched a lot of the Shawn Watson's, the Mahomes,

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01:21:47,439 --> 01:21:50,920
Speaker 1: even the Winzes. It's kind of all over the map. Now,

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01:21:50,920 --> 01:21:53,200
Speaker 1: maybe that's just part of being young and just your

1700
01:21:53,280 --> 01:21:56,920
Speaker 1: natural instincts are not like in ten years in the league.

1701
01:21:56,920 --> 01:21:59,040
Speaker 1: You just know, you know it's ingrained in you. I

1702
01:21:59,040 --> 01:22:01,599
Speaker 1: think probably early are on your career, like Jimmy Garoppolo,

1703
01:22:01,640 --> 01:22:04,760
Speaker 1: he will just roll out, you know, and those guys

1704
01:22:04,760 --> 01:22:06,439
Speaker 1: can get away with it. But as you get older,

1705
01:22:06,880 --> 01:22:08,720
Speaker 1: you don't move as fast. You gotta be careful. I

1706
01:22:08,720 --> 01:22:10,840
Speaker 1: think Rogers a good example of this. He's always been

1707
01:22:10,920 --> 01:22:13,400
Speaker 1: king of like rolling out. Russell does still doesn't too.

1708
01:22:13,520 --> 01:22:15,040
Speaker 1: Now Russell has to do it a little bit because

1709
01:22:15,040 --> 01:22:18,240
Speaker 1: he has to see. But I would say edge pressure

1710
01:22:18,280 --> 01:22:20,720
Speaker 1: for some of these younger guys and like Brady or

1711
01:22:20,880 --> 01:22:25,600
Speaker 1: Rogers or excuse me, breeze up the middle. That's a

1712
01:22:25,640 --> 01:22:28,080
Speaker 1: good question. It's good, good little talking point there. So

1713
01:22:28,240 --> 01:22:30,040
Speaker 1: the Packers started three and oh are you buying them

1714
01:22:30,080 --> 01:22:33,559
Speaker 1: as a legit contender for a championship? Watch their game today,

1715
01:22:34,439 --> 01:22:36,880
Speaker 1: and I mean flack of stinks, even though he actually

1716
01:22:36,920 --> 01:22:39,879
Speaker 1: didn't play that bad. The Broncos defense gets no pressure

1717
01:22:39,920 --> 01:22:42,360
Speaker 1: and they don't really have any wide receivers. But I

1718
01:22:42,360 --> 01:22:43,920
Speaker 1: will give the Packers a lot of credit on this

1719
01:22:43,960 --> 01:22:47,120
Speaker 1: their defense right now, loos top notch. Is it Preston

1720
01:22:47,240 --> 01:22:49,760
Speaker 1: Smith or Zaire Smith? I get the Smith brothers mess

1721
01:22:50,040 --> 01:22:53,519
Speaker 1: mixed up, but they've caused havoc. Kenny Clark is a baller,

1722
01:22:53,600 --> 01:22:57,880
Speaker 1: Blake Martinez is a just a tackling machine. Jaire Alexander

1723
01:22:57,920 --> 01:22:59,680
Speaker 1: is one of the best corners in the league. The

1724
01:22:59,720 --> 01:23:03,040
Speaker 1: sad of each kid they drafted just makes play after play,

1725
01:23:03,320 --> 01:23:07,000
Speaker 1: and they still have Davante Adams. Anytime you got Aaron Rodgers, listen.

1726
01:23:07,000 --> 01:23:09,040
Speaker 1: I was not a believer in Matt Lafleur. And it's

1727
01:23:09,040 --> 01:23:11,360
Speaker 1: not like their offense is really knocking the ball out

1728
01:23:11,360 --> 01:23:13,479
Speaker 1: of the park here. But the one thing that can't

1729
01:23:13,520 --> 01:23:15,599
Speaker 1: be denied with them that if you have a defense

1730
01:23:15,680 --> 01:23:18,800
Speaker 1: like that and Aaron Rodgers is your quarterback, you're gonna

1731
01:23:18,800 --> 01:23:22,120
Speaker 1: be in pretty good shape to compete for I don't know,

1732
01:23:22,160 --> 01:23:25,280
Speaker 1: a championship, but they're gonna be in the mix come

1733
01:23:25,280 --> 01:23:27,840
Speaker 1: playoff time. And if you just keep winning, you get

1734
01:23:27,840 --> 01:23:30,439
Speaker 1: a one or two seed. It's not easy to go

1735
01:23:30,520 --> 01:23:32,640
Speaker 1: into Lambeau and win. And it's definitely not easy to

1736
01:23:32,680 --> 01:23:34,679
Speaker 1: go to the Lambeaux and win if they have a defense.

1737
01:23:35,040 --> 01:23:36,760
Speaker 1: Teams like the Niners used to be able to go

1738
01:23:36,840 --> 01:23:39,479
Speaker 1: into Lambeau and win, or the Giants when their defense

1739
01:23:39,560 --> 01:23:41,600
Speaker 1: wasn't as good. Well, if your defense you had a

1740
01:23:41,640 --> 01:23:43,679
Speaker 1: top five defense in the league, it's like the Bears,

1741
01:23:43,680 --> 01:23:45,600
Speaker 1: good luck going in there and winning a game in

1742
01:23:45,640 --> 01:23:49,320
Speaker 1: the playoffs. Now the Eagles did it, but they mean

1743
01:23:49,360 --> 01:23:51,240
Speaker 1: they had a top notch defense too. You have to

1744
01:23:51,280 --> 01:23:53,640
Speaker 1: have a top notch defense to play with some of

1745
01:23:53,680 --> 01:23:57,120
Speaker 1: these teams in the freezing cold like. Ultimately, that's one

1746
01:23:57,160 --> 01:24:01,280
Speaker 1: thing the Chiefs really need to shore up is how

1747
01:24:01,320 --> 01:24:03,880
Speaker 1: do they figure it out where they can play on

1748
01:24:03,920 --> 01:24:05,840
Speaker 1: the on the Patriots level, because at the end of

1749
01:24:05,880 --> 01:24:07,680
Speaker 1: the day, that game is gonna come down to a

1750
01:24:07,720 --> 01:24:09,680
Speaker 1: play here or play there, and it's gonna come down

1751
01:24:09,680 --> 01:24:12,760
Speaker 1: to an open field tackle, a pressure. And we know

1752
01:24:12,840 --> 01:24:16,240
Speaker 1: the Patriots defense is special. I think the Chiefs defense

1753
01:24:16,400 --> 01:24:19,280
Speaker 1: is flashed, but for the most part, it's just not

1754
01:24:19,360 --> 01:24:21,920
Speaker 1: as good as the as the Patriots. Now, the Chief's

1755
01:24:22,000 --> 01:24:25,400
Speaker 1: offense is probably better. But the playoffs really comes down

1756
01:24:25,400 --> 01:24:27,800
Speaker 1: to me more. That's the one thing that I won't

1757
01:24:27,920 --> 01:24:31,200
Speaker 1: change on at least when you're playing outside in these

1758
01:24:31,240 --> 01:24:33,439
Speaker 1: cold temperatures. You're gonna play in Kansas City in January,

1759
01:24:33,439 --> 01:24:35,439
Speaker 1: You're gonna play in Chicago in January. You're gonna playing

1760
01:24:35,439 --> 01:24:38,680
Speaker 1: Philly in January in New England and January. Defense matters. Now,

1761
01:24:38,680 --> 01:24:41,000
Speaker 1: if you're coming to l A or you're you know,

1762
01:24:41,120 --> 01:24:43,360
Speaker 1: playing in the Saints in the Dome or the Colts

1763
01:24:43,360 --> 01:24:45,120
Speaker 1: in the Dome, you can probably get by it with

1764
01:24:45,200 --> 01:24:47,440
Speaker 1: not as good of a defense. But you're playing outside

1765
01:24:47,520 --> 01:24:51,280
Speaker 1: in seven degrees and it's raining or snowing, you better

1766
01:24:51,320 --> 01:24:54,160
Speaker 1: have some bad m efforts on on the defensive side.

1767
01:24:54,160 --> 01:24:56,320
Speaker 1: You better tackle well, you better pressure the quarterback, and

1768
01:24:56,320 --> 01:24:58,400
Speaker 1: you better be world coached. And for the most part,

1769
01:24:58,400 --> 01:25:01,120
Speaker 1: it's pretty try and Drew formula. Did I mean, look

1770
01:25:01,120 --> 01:25:02,360
Speaker 1: at the Chiefs last year. They have one of the

1771
01:25:02,400 --> 01:25:05,439
Speaker 1: best offense we've ever seen, now, partly as DeFord was

1772
01:25:05,479 --> 01:25:08,360
Speaker 1: offside of the game end, but you know that it

1773
01:25:08,479 --> 01:25:10,760
Speaker 1: was just their defense was ultimately the thing that let

1774
01:25:10,840 --> 01:25:13,680
Speaker 1: them down, not not the offense. Okay, we'll call it

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Speaker 1: today as a long podcast audios, godspeed. Hope you enjoy

1776
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Speaker 1: see a little later this week. Tell all your friends

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Speaker 1: see