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Speaker 1: What is going on? Everybody? John middle Cop three and

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Speaker 1: Out podcast, Back at it again April about three o'clock.

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Speaker 1: Recording this on a Thursday. I hope you guys if

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Speaker 1: In these quarantine bizarre times, we'll just keep on swinging. Luckily,

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Speaker 1: we still got stuff to talk about in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: College football obviously collided, you know, last week with the

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Speaker 1: draft something that I'm just doing some research and looking

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Speaker 1: for things to talk about over the next several weeks.

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Speaker 1: One thing really stood out to me, and we're gonna

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Speaker 1: dive into that right off the bat. About the SEC

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Speaker 1: A bunch of players in the NFL have either had

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Speaker 1: around the league. NFL stories had a lot going on

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Speaker 1: and then of course at middle Cop, well, excuse me, Middlecoff,

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Speaker 1: We got a bunch of questions. I'm gonna try to

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Speaker 1: You know, during these quarantine times, I've been doing a

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Speaker 1: We put up a Michael Pittman video today. We've done,

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Speaker 1: The SEC had more players drafted in this last draft

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Speaker 1: They set a record in this draft. They had forty

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Speaker 1: what you're looking for. When when you don't even need

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Speaker 1: to think twice, like, yeah, I'm not picking up his

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Speaker 1: fifth year option. That's a problem. That's a whiff, Like

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Speaker 1: that's Solomon Thomas, Mr bisky. Those are major, major whiffs.

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Speaker 1: John Ross, major major with Tach McKinley, and any time,

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Speaker 1: to me, you have a player, like if you miss

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Speaker 1: on a guy at pick four or eight or thirty one,

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Speaker 1: I can understand it, Like I people are like middle counts,

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Speaker 1: just a nine or homer. I understand the forty nine

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Speaker 1: ers on Reuben Foster. They traded back into the first round.

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Speaker 1: They drafted him at thirty one. His talent would have

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Speaker 1: he would have if he just stayed on the field,

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Speaker 1: been a no brain or fifth year option guy. But

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Speaker 1: he gets arrested twice. He gets arrested at a team

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Speaker 1: hotel on the road. Then they trade him to the Redskins,

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Speaker 1: and his legs shatters and then I think today or

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Speaker 1: the other day the Redskins officially made they're not gonna

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Speaker 1: pick up his thick your option. That's a disaster. That's

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Speaker 1: that's a disaster. But I also I view the disaster

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Speaker 1: at thirty one the fortys. Bigger disaster is Solomon Thomas,

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Speaker 1: because they could have Jamal Adams, who also had his

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Speaker 1: fifth year option picked up. So they got a guy

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Speaker 1: that we'll have a four year career on the forty

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Speaker 1: niners and then we'll bounce around the league. And again,

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Speaker 1: these guys aren't like a scrub where he's gonna be

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Speaker 1: in the XFL or the A a F. But you

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Speaker 1: have to have a guy that you don't even think

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Speaker 1: twice about or else you need to seriously as a

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Speaker 1: general manager, as a staff, you know, do some internal

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Speaker 1: have some internal dialogue, do a deep dive on why

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Speaker 1: you screwed up that pick, Because that you do that

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Speaker 1: back to back years, you're gonna find yourself unemployed pretty fast. Okay,

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Speaker 1: let's fire around a couple of just NFL topics that

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Speaker 1: are floating around out there. Ron Rivera said that Dwayne

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Speaker 1: Haskins showed enough two enable them to pass on to

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Speaker 1: a for Chase Young. I don't know if that's necessarily

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Speaker 1: true or not. I just wonder this if I was

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Speaker 1: going into a new job and the guy I worked

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Speaker 1: for and was paying me a boatload of money really

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Speaker 1: liked an employee, and that employee in this situation happens

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Speaker 1: to be Dwayne Haskins. You get a long term contract,

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Speaker 1: you clearly have some stability. Helped Jay Gruden lasted there,

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Speaker 1: you know, longer than you think. If you're around Rivera,

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Speaker 1: why wouldn't you do your owner solid and just go,

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Speaker 1: you know what, Well, let's see what this guy has.

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Speaker 1: But they've already had a contingency plan because they traded

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Speaker 1: for their guy in Carolina, Kyle Allen that the offensive

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Speaker 1: coordinator likes. And it's easy to justify it. Go, I'm

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Speaker 1: a defensive guy, the best player that I've had over

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Speaker 1: the last you know, ten years. Obviously Cam was the

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Speaker 1: most important player. Luke Keickley was the better player, and

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Speaker 1: Luke keickle is the lock Hall of Famer. Is Cam

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Speaker 1: going to Hall of Fame? Probably not. You go, I'll

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Speaker 1: draft a Hall of Famer. And if we need to

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Speaker 1: reconvene next year and get a quarterback, we're at a

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Speaker 1: unique time in NFL history where most teams are turning

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Speaker 1: down quarterbacks. How Cam can't find a job, Jamis becomes

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Speaker 1: a backup. We'll be okay, we'll figure this thing out.

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Speaker 1: I think it might have been an easy concession. Do

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Speaker 1: I truly believe that Ron Rivera likes Dwayne Haskins. I

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Speaker 1: don't because I heard things that the combine. I'm pretty

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Speaker 1: confident that he's leary. But he's also like any football coach.

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Speaker 1: If Dwayne Haskins was good this fall and shows a

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Speaker 1: lot of improvements and looks like the guy that had

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Speaker 1: a great statistical year his one year starting at Ohio State,

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Speaker 1: maybe they'll roll with him. If he's terrible and crappy,

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Speaker 1: then this will be his one shot and they'll either

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Speaker 1: trade him at the end of the next offseason or

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Speaker 1: will be in the backup. Really pretty simple. So I

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Speaker 1: think Ron is a pretty practical guy that there are

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Speaker 1: certain battles we all choose to fight and ones that

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Speaker 1: aren't worth it quite yet. Now, if this had been

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Speaker 1: three or four years in and this was forced on him,

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Speaker 1: maybe be different. But I think your first year on

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Speaker 1: the job, I don't think you're gonna be an attack

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Speaker 1: mode on everything to Cam Newton. Where the hell is

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Speaker 1: he gonna play? Where is Cam Newton going to play?

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Speaker 1: Find me a spot? Do they exist? Well? Where's he going?

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Speaker 1: I mean, where is he going? Hell? The Saints. Jamis Winston,

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Speaker 1: who threw thirty three touchdowns last year lead the league

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Speaker 1: in yardage, just signed a contract for one point one

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Speaker 1: million dollars. Cam can say always wants he's much more

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Speaker 1: accomplished than Jamis, and that is true, that is a fact.

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Speaker 1: But here's the one thing Jamis has on Cam. He's healthy. Cam,

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Speaker 1: your last two seasons shoulder foot checkmate, you're injured. And

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Speaker 1: does any one believe that Cam Newton would sign a

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Speaker 1: contract for one point one million dollars? I have a

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Speaker 1: hard time seeing that. But I also have a hard

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Speaker 1: time seeing who's who's really offering him a contract? Is

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Speaker 1: there is there a chance? Is there an outside chance

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Speaker 1: that Cam Newton is unemployed going into the season? As

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Speaker 1: crazy as that sounds, now, I think if Cam Newton

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Speaker 1: is healthy, he should be in the NFL for sure.

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Speaker 1: Who's making a starting quarterback like even just crappy teams

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Speaker 1: like the Jets, Giants, Donald Daniel Jones both draft in

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Speaker 1: the top six Cardinals Kyler Murray. I mean, just go

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Speaker 1: go to the teams that drafted the top ten the Jaguars,

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Speaker 1: But I mean, are they gonna sign Andy Dalton now

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Speaker 1: that he's been cut? We'll dive into him in a second.

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Speaker 1: The Chargers drafted a guy, Dolphins drafted a guy, Bengals

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Speaker 1: drafted a guy, the Redskins. You know. Ron Rivera is like, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'm probably not doing that at this point, because again,

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Speaker 1: they drafted a guy two years ago in the top fifteen,

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Speaker 1: and Dwayne Haskins, who's getting a shot. Where does the guy?

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Speaker 1: I don't see the landing spot though, I don't know

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Speaker 1: if the landing spot exists. Carolina another top ten team,

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Speaker 1: who's terrible. They just signed Teddy Bridgewater sixty million dollars.

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Speaker 1: Just keep working our way up, Raiders. I guess that

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Speaker 1: you can never discount John Bruden, Kyle Shanahan Nope, Atlanta

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Speaker 1: Falcons nope, Dallas Cowboys Nope. Well you wouldn't think. I

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Speaker 1: guess if Dak Dak think is a little weird. He

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Speaker 1: just held the Eagles. I mean he drafted Jalen Hurts.

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Speaker 1: I don't see where he's going. And trust me, I've

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Speaker 1: thought about it. Nick Foles restructured his contract, which is interesting.

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Speaker 1: I just pressure burst pipes for makes diamonds and maybe

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Speaker 1: that Mitch just with Nick Foles being there, you know

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Speaker 1: his Backs against the Wall has his best season ever

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Speaker 1: and just becomes, you know, like his version of Alex

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Speaker 1: Smith for a couple of years. Alex Smith sucked with

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Speaker 1: the Niners, harbag out there, resurrect his career. I have

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Speaker 1: a hard time seeing that because he was terrible a

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Speaker 1: second year under Matt Naggy. Like this offense, He's just

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Speaker 1: not very good. He can't hit guys that are wide open.

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Speaker 1: So it's fifth year option. I, like I said, I'd

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Speaker 1: be floored if they pick it up. I'll be Florida

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Speaker 1: if Mr Biscuit is a starter on opening Day. I

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Speaker 1: really will, and I hope I'm wrong. I mean, I

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Speaker 1: like seeing young guys resurrect their career, become good players.

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Speaker 1: The more good players at quarterback that there are in

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Speaker 1: the NFL, the better it is for all of us

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Speaker 1: to talk about it that watch the NFL. It just

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Speaker 1: makes the NFL more interesting. He's not very good, and

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Speaker 1: I just don't think he can fix his issues. He's

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Speaker 1: not He's just not very accurate. I mean, I don't

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Speaker 1: know what else to say. Pep Hamilton's the XFL folded

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Speaker 1: and all the coaches lost their jobs somehow. I didn't

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Speaker 1: know this, but I guess the Chargers had a didn't

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Speaker 1: have a quarterback coach. He's not the quarterback coach for

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Speaker 1: for the l A Chargers. He's been He's worked for

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Speaker 1: six different NFL teams. It's crazy part about the NFL

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Speaker 1: is if you are just one of those coaches that

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Speaker 1: bounced around a lot, usually means just whether you're unlucky.

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Speaker 1: Maybe you're just not that great of a coach, because

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Speaker 1: if you are a really good coach for the most

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Speaker 1: part as an assistant coach, that team wants to keep

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Speaker 1: you unless you get go from a position coach to

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Speaker 1: a coordinator, and then you're probably a better position coach.

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Speaker 1: I mean there are I guess ever, every individual is

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Speaker 1: a little different. But yeah, just you know, he benefited

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Speaker 1: from the XFL folding. He got himself a job with

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Speaker 1: the with the Los Angeles Chargers. Now, how much does

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Speaker 1: this impact much Anthony Lynn's offensive guy. Uh. I think

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Speaker 1: they have a younger coordinator, so maybe this, you know,

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Speaker 1: gives a guy with a little experience to to work

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Speaker 1: around Herbert and Tyrod Taylor. Okay, let's dive into Middlecoff.

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Speaker 1: Mail back at John Middlecoff Twitter, Instagram, but my Instagram

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Speaker 1: d ms. You slide up in him, ask a question

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Speaker 1: and you get an answer. Here on the show, this

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Speaker 1: is the People's Show three and out. We could rename

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Speaker 1: it three and out with John Middlcoff the People's Show

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Speaker 1: or three and out the People Show. Hell, you don't

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Speaker 1: even need my name in it? Could you provide a

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Speaker 1: little insight into your weekly schedule? Well, during quarantine, I

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Speaker 1: guess it depends, you know, if quarantine wasn't going on Monday,

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Speaker 1: I tried to get up some time between six and seven. Uh,

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Speaker 1: if it was normal like during quarantine. Sometimes I just

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Speaker 1: watch TV or I'm I am playing on the iPad

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Speaker 1: way too late, you know, probably midnight. But I tried

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Speaker 1: to get to bed. To me, the key is I'm

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Speaker 1: not someone that like, I'm not Kobe or Donald Trump.

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Speaker 1: I don't operate off three hours sleep. I need like

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Speaker 1: six to seven and a half. Maybe don't need eight,

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Speaker 1: but I need I need like six to seven. I

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Speaker 1: try to go to bed by thirty up by some

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Speaker 1: time between six and seven. My office is in my home,

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Speaker 1: I take double shots, those Starbucks double shots, the light ones.

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Speaker 1: I pound two right when I get up. I don't

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Speaker 1: coffee takes too long. I'd like to hit the ground running.

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Speaker 1: And I usually if it's Monday, I usually read stuff,

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Speaker 1: get stuff ready for the three and Out podcast. Uh

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Speaker 1: do some work that way, uh, if it wasn't quarantine. Also,

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Speaker 1: depending on what part of the month it is, sent

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Speaker 1: invoices for my other podcast or am doing business stuff.

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Speaker 1: Usually in the morning. I usually work out mid morning

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Speaker 1: sometime between depending on what's going on that day, nine

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Speaker 1: to eleven, sometime in that range, eat lunch, shower, So

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Speaker 1: my three and Out podcast is put together. Uh usually

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Speaker 1: do a periscope Monday through Friday, you know, of what

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Speaker 1: the big stories are, sometime between two and three. Uh,

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Speaker 1: then record the podcast usually at after that. Right now,

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Speaker 1: we've been doing a lot of YouTube's like uh instead

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Speaker 1: I usually do. My other podcast is Monday, Wednesday, Friday,

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Speaker 1: give or take this one's you know Tuesday Friday. Uh, yeah,

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Speaker 1: and try to mix in you know work out. It's

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Speaker 1: you know, probably ten hours a week chasing business in

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Speaker 1: terms of uh, emailing people, working with the ad agencies

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Speaker 1: we work of trying to establish new business. So that's

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Speaker 1: that takes up a lot of my time. But when

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Speaker 1: because ultimately, when I do land the deal, I get

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Speaker 1: or whatever. But it's like it's not I don't look

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Speaker 1: It's probably you gotta get kicked in the ascid to

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Speaker 1: do a little bit more if you're not getting a

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Speaker 1: huge amount of money. But all the cash comes to me.

637
00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:07,040
Speaker 1: And then you know, depending on what time of year

638
00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:09,160
Speaker 1: it is, and I watch a lot of games, and

639
00:34:09,200 --> 00:34:10,879
Speaker 1: then you know, try to have a little free time

640
00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:12,960
Speaker 1: to play golf or whatever. But right now, hell, I'm

641
00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:15,960
Speaker 1: not doing anything. Uh So I don't know that probably

642
00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:17,880
Speaker 1: sounds kind of boring. You gotta mix in, you know,

643
00:34:17,920 --> 00:34:21,640
Speaker 1: doing some other stuff. Hanging out with babes. Eating eating

644
00:34:21,719 --> 00:34:23,239
Speaker 1: is a huge you know, there's definitely a couple of

645
00:34:23,239 --> 00:34:27,760
Speaker 1: meals in there. Yeah, so that's it's not too crazy.

646
00:34:28,640 --> 00:34:30,799
Speaker 1: Thoughts on Drew Lock being somewhat of a question mark

647
00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:33,360
Speaker 1: and the Broncos seven and a half wins by Vegas standards,

648
00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:35,080
Speaker 1: I actually think the Danver Broncos could be a little

649
00:34:35,080 --> 00:34:37,640
Speaker 1: bit of a sleeper this fall. They went They went

650
00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:42,680
Speaker 1: uh seven and nine last year after a horrendous start

651
00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:45,120
Speaker 1: to the season. I think Vic Fangio is one of

652
00:34:45,160 --> 00:34:47,239
Speaker 1: the better defensive coordinators, not just in the league, but

653
00:34:47,280 --> 00:34:49,480
Speaker 1: in the last twenty years. I think they do have

654
00:34:49,520 --> 00:34:52,080
Speaker 1: a very talented roster. If Drew Lock is good, they

655
00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:54,760
Speaker 1: have a bunch of offensive weapons now with Sutton Judy

656
00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:58,040
Speaker 1: and and kJ Handler. They signed Melvin Gordon, they have

657
00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:00,840
Speaker 1: Philip Lindsay. Their offensive lines still a little bit of

658
00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:03,800
Speaker 1: a question mark, but their defense should be really good.

659
00:35:04,920 --> 00:35:06,400
Speaker 1: It would not shock me at all if they're a

660
00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:11,840
Speaker 1: playoff team. I like him a lot. Actually, I like

661
00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:13,839
Speaker 1: what I saw at Drew Lock now was only four

662
00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:16,680
Speaker 1: or five games or whatever he obviously had. I think

663
00:35:16,680 --> 00:35:18,800
Speaker 1: it was the game against the Texans, where he was unreal.

664
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Speaker 1: I think he's got a chance to be pretty good.

665
00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:23,640
Speaker 1: Why are people so hard on Lamar not winning a

666
00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:26,040
Speaker 1: playoff game yet he only had played one full season.

667
00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:27,839
Speaker 1: It seems like in today's world you have to win

668
00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:30,880
Speaker 1: right away or you're not respected. People don't seeven Remember

669
00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:33,440
Speaker 1: it took Peyton Manning eight years to finally win a

670
00:35:33,440 --> 00:35:37,279
Speaker 1: Super Bowl. Well. Lamar said the other day when he

671
00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:41,360
Speaker 1: was got announced as the Madden Front cover guy that

672
00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:44,279
Speaker 1: he was disappointed himself. He's had two playoff games and

673
00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:47,359
Speaker 1: they were both at home, and he's played terrible. And

674
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:49,279
Speaker 1: this year he won the m v P. So I

675
00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:51,719
Speaker 1: get he's new to the league, but you're the m

676
00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:53,840
Speaker 1: v P of the league and you host a playoff

677
00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:57,520
Speaker 1: game and you're the what were they? Yeah, they were

678
00:35:57,520 --> 00:36:00,560
Speaker 1: the number one seed and you get kind of outraced

679
00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:05,040
Speaker 1: by the sixth seed. I guess bad loss and last year.

680
00:36:05,920 --> 00:36:08,319
Speaker 1: I don't hold the first year against the Chargers as

681
00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:11,800
Speaker 1: much as over his head as much like that's charges

682
00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:15,120
Speaker 1: were hot, they were the better team. That's whatever that happens.

683
00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:18,400
Speaker 1: It was a first round game, but the loss of

684
00:36:18,480 --> 00:36:22,359
Speaker 1: Tennessee Titans is on him. He was terrible, and but

685
00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:24,480
Speaker 1: what I like about him he admitted it. I was

686
00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:26,279
Speaker 1: think Peyton Manning got a lot of ship early in

687
00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:29,440
Speaker 1: his career. Peyton Manning lost a lot of playoff games

688
00:36:29,960 --> 00:36:31,799
Speaker 1: where he put up a lot of sweet stats and

689
00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:33,759
Speaker 1: once some m vps and he took a lot of heat.

690
00:36:34,400 --> 00:36:38,520
Speaker 1: Peyton Manning was i'd say one of the more polarizing players.

691
00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:40,680
Speaker 1: So he won that Super Bowl. And remember the year

692
00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:42,160
Speaker 1: he won the Super Bowl, they were down big in

693
00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:45,480
Speaker 1: the a f C Championship game. You could argue, for

694
00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:47,960
Speaker 1: as sweet as Super Bowl was, the defining game in

695
00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:50,799
Speaker 1: Peyton Manning's career, is really that? I guess it would

696
00:36:50,800 --> 00:36:52,600
Speaker 1: have been January of oh seven, the a f C

697
00:36:52,719 --> 00:36:56,319
Speaker 1: Championship game against the Pats. Were they down to ten

698
00:36:56,400 --> 00:37:01,160
Speaker 1: at halftime three? I forget the exact score, but it

699
00:37:01,239 --> 00:37:05,000
Speaker 1: might be the defining game of his career. Been listening

700
00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:06,839
Speaker 1: since I found you on Collins Feed. What are your

701
00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:10,319
Speaker 1: thoughts on the whole? Al Shan Jeffrey went saga air

702
00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:12,960
Speaker 1: quotes because nobody wants to talk about it. How you

703
00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:16,880
Speaker 1: would expect Howie to handle a disgruntled wide receiver talking

704
00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:19,359
Speaker 1: shit about your franchise quarterback? Will the Birds be able

705
00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:22,600
Speaker 1: to move on from au Sean. Yeah, I think it's

706
00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:24,719
Speaker 1: one of those that they were stuck with him contractually.

707
00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:28,280
Speaker 1: They still need wide receivers like they need al Shan

708
00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:30,239
Speaker 1: to be good. When they were good, au Sean played

709
00:37:30,239 --> 00:37:32,960
Speaker 1: a big role on the team. Now, I don't know

710
00:37:33,160 --> 00:37:36,160
Speaker 1: the dynamics exactly beside people think that it was all

711
00:37:36,239 --> 00:37:39,759
Speaker 1: Sean leaking the quotes about Carson. I would try to

712
00:37:39,760 --> 00:37:41,680
Speaker 1: sit him down and see what I could do, and

713
00:37:41,719 --> 00:37:44,239
Speaker 1: I would imagine they have. But if the Eagles want

714
00:37:44,239 --> 00:37:46,720
Speaker 1: to be good in two thousand twenty, al Sean should

715
00:37:46,719 --> 00:37:49,280
Speaker 1: play a role in that team. Having a six ft

716
00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:51,400
Speaker 1: four guy that can high point balls and be a

717
00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:54,279
Speaker 1: red zone target should help your team out, especially when

718
00:37:54,320 --> 00:37:57,440
Speaker 1: you can balance them out. You draft Jalen reagor trade

719
00:37:57,480 --> 00:38:00,840
Speaker 1: for uh Markee's good one. You have to Sean Jackson

720
00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:03,200
Speaker 1: like you have some speed. Now, al Sean should be

721
00:38:03,239 --> 00:38:05,440
Speaker 1: able to thrive a little bit. So I would tell

722
00:38:05,440 --> 00:38:09,920
Speaker 1: al Sean to accept your huge contract. Let's be quiet,

723
00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:12,600
Speaker 1: Let's be a good guy and just go out there

724
00:38:12,640 --> 00:38:17,239
Speaker 1: and play. That's that's what i'd say. Always a big

725
00:38:17,239 --> 00:38:19,360
Speaker 1: fan of the pod. Always fun to hear cutting grass

726
00:38:19,360 --> 00:38:20,759
Speaker 1: in the background. What do you think will be the

727
00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:22,920
Speaker 1: biggest bust of this year's NFL draft? Is it too

728
00:38:22,920 --> 00:38:25,720
Speaker 1: early to tell? Yeah, I mean it's we're a weekend.

729
00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:29,560
Speaker 1: I mean, I I I got no take there. It's

730
00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:32,040
Speaker 1: just unfair. But I do think you have somewhat of

731
00:38:32,080 --> 00:38:35,880
Speaker 1: an idea after year one, you go, this guy's trending

732
00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:37,200
Speaker 1: in the bad way, or this guy is in a

733
00:38:37,239 --> 00:38:42,080
Speaker 1: bad situation. But I mean, right now i'd be pulling

734
00:38:42,080 --> 00:38:43,840
Speaker 1: stuff out of my ask to pretend like, yeah, I

735
00:38:43,840 --> 00:38:45,719
Speaker 1: think this guy is gonna be a bust. Now. I

736
00:38:45,760 --> 00:38:48,239
Speaker 1: do think there there's pressure on all these guys. I

737
00:38:48,239 --> 00:38:50,800
Speaker 1: think a couple of the tackles are just not gonna work.

738
00:38:51,560 --> 00:38:53,600
Speaker 1: I think one of the high corners is just not

739
00:38:53,640 --> 00:38:55,239
Speaker 1: going to turn out to be a great player for

740
00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:58,440
Speaker 1: whatever reason. You would say Akuda going to the Detroit

741
00:38:58,520 --> 00:39:01,759
Speaker 1: like that's a dysfunctional place. How often do you guys

742
00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:04,520
Speaker 1: go there and thrive? And I'd say Slay did, and

743
00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:09,160
Speaker 1: he did, but they got rid of him. But Atkuda,

744
00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:10,600
Speaker 1: I mean, he was good in college. I'm not trying

745
00:39:10,600 --> 00:39:12,800
Speaker 1: to take anything away from when scouting for the draft.

746
00:39:12,840 --> 00:39:15,279
Speaker 1: How much film are you watching? Is it just college film?

747
00:39:15,360 --> 00:39:19,600
Speaker 1: Only when they started. Well. As a media guy, I'm

748
00:39:19,719 --> 00:39:23,680
Speaker 1: mainly just watching highlight tapes. I'm watching games live during

749
00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:25,600
Speaker 1: the fall. I watched a lot of college football, and

750
00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:29,760
Speaker 1: then I'm texting my friends. As a scout, you're watching

751
00:39:31,280 --> 00:39:34,520
Speaker 1: if I'm you know, Brett Veach and I'm watching Clyde.

752
00:39:35,520 --> 00:39:37,480
Speaker 1: You know, I've probably watched a couple of L s

753
00:39:37,560 --> 00:39:39,759
Speaker 1: U games live during the fall, but I if I'm

754
00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:43,120
Speaker 1: really breaking him down in the All twenty two film,

755
00:39:43,160 --> 00:39:45,160
Speaker 1: I'm probably picking out four or five of his games

756
00:39:46,239 --> 00:39:51,120
Speaker 1: against Alabama, against Georgia and the two playoff games, and

757
00:39:51,200 --> 00:39:55,000
Speaker 1: I'm just I probably go to my computer and every

758
00:39:55,040 --> 00:39:56,840
Speaker 1: time he's on the field, I do a little query

759
00:39:56,880 --> 00:39:59,560
Speaker 1: and I just watch all his snaps. So you're watching

760
00:39:59,560 --> 00:40:02,520
Speaker 1: four if I games against the Leach competition now with

761
00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:05,040
Speaker 1: big time guys that have been big time for a

762
00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:07,600
Speaker 1: couple of years. You've watched them over a period of time,

763
00:40:08,520 --> 00:40:10,279
Speaker 1: but you're watching a lot of plays, man. I mean

764
00:40:10,320 --> 00:40:14,520
Speaker 1: it's I know the media thinks that they're you know,

765
00:40:14,600 --> 00:40:17,640
Speaker 1: great scouts at home, but watching guys on YouTube and

766
00:40:17,719 --> 00:40:19,960
Speaker 1: sitting in an office watching All twenty two tape all

767
00:40:20,040 --> 00:40:24,399
Speaker 1: day long, day after day after day after day. He's

768
00:40:24,440 --> 00:40:28,400
Speaker 1: a little different animal because I've done both. I know

769
00:40:28,440 --> 00:40:31,440
Speaker 1: you already touched on Clyde Edwards Hilaire, But what do

770
00:40:31,480 --> 00:40:34,000
Speaker 1: you think the Chiefs second and third round picks? Did

771
00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:36,960
Speaker 1: they get players who can make an impact on rookie deals? Well?

772
00:40:36,960 --> 00:40:39,400
Speaker 1: I had a buddy on another staff that watched. I

773
00:40:39,400 --> 00:40:41,400
Speaker 1: think his name is is it Willie Gay Jr. The

774
00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:44,879
Speaker 1: linebacker from Mississippi State they draft in the second round.

775
00:40:44,920 --> 00:40:47,040
Speaker 1: People I know loved him. They think he's a really

776
00:40:47,080 --> 00:40:50,920
Speaker 1: really good player, a modern day linebacker, sideline to sideline

777
00:40:50,920 --> 00:40:53,880
Speaker 1: and athletic guy. When they drafted him, I thought ESPN

778
00:40:53,880 --> 00:40:55,480
Speaker 1: did a good job of showing his highlights. This guy

779
00:40:55,480 --> 00:40:58,560
Speaker 1: can really run and that's something the Chiefs. Chiefs lacked

780
00:40:59,400 --> 00:41:02,680
Speaker 1: their third round pick, the TCU tackle. People, I don't

781
00:41:02,719 --> 00:41:06,160
Speaker 1: really like him. High character, tough guy. Wouldn't shock me

782
00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:07,960
Speaker 1: if he's starting for the Chiefs in a couple of years,

783
00:41:08,360 --> 00:41:11,080
Speaker 1: you know, whether Fisher just gets too expensive, or Mitchell

784
00:41:11,080 --> 00:41:14,440
Speaker 1: Schwartz believes or just whatever like that he'll be their

785
00:41:14,520 --> 00:41:17,880
Speaker 1: third tackle and maybe they have an injury. Uh That

786
00:41:18,280 --> 00:41:20,440
Speaker 1: from people I know. I can't pretend to like study

787
00:41:20,520 --> 00:41:23,320
Speaker 1: the guy's film, but people I don't like him. Everyone

788
00:41:23,760 --> 00:41:26,560
Speaker 1: Brett Vach is good. Like Brett Andnany are just on

789
00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:28,799
Speaker 1: the same page. They just they kind of just know

790
00:41:28,840 --> 00:41:31,399
Speaker 1: what they're doing, you know. And I think when you're

791
00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:35,239
Speaker 1: a head coach of of Coach Reid's level, and you

792
00:41:35,280 --> 00:41:37,719
Speaker 1: have a guy that you trust that much who was

793
00:41:37,800 --> 00:41:40,080
Speaker 1: that good at personnel, you're you're in pretty good shape.

794
00:41:41,280 --> 00:41:43,080
Speaker 1: I'm not just saying this because I know the guys,

795
00:41:43,160 --> 00:41:47,120
Speaker 1: but Brett Vach is good. You know. It's not random

796
00:41:47,200 --> 00:41:49,120
Speaker 1: that he was a big part of drafting and he

797
00:41:49,160 --> 00:41:52,200
Speaker 1: loved my homes or Marcus Peters or all these guys

798
00:41:52,280 --> 00:41:57,400
Speaker 1: like it's He's just good. I have a question for

799
00:41:57,440 --> 00:41:59,480
Speaker 1: your mail bag. Last year, many analysts said that the

800
00:41:59,480 --> 00:42:02,800
Speaker 1: Cleveland Uns were loaded, but the team ultimately greatly underperformed.

801
00:42:03,320 --> 00:42:05,759
Speaker 1: Those few who are correctly predicted that the Browns would

802
00:42:05,800 --> 00:42:08,239
Speaker 1: underperform last year are now stating the Browns have a

803
00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:12,040
Speaker 1: legitimate team and could make the playoffs. What is different

804
00:42:12,080 --> 00:42:15,960
Speaker 1: about the Browns this year as opposed to last year. Well,

805
00:42:16,640 --> 00:42:22,120
Speaker 1: the major difference would be the coach. Freddy Kitchens was

806
00:42:22,280 --> 00:42:25,680
Speaker 1: the Jim tom Sula of hires. Last year. It was

807
00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:29,320
Speaker 1: I mean, it was a joke. You couldn't hire Freddy Kitchens,

808
00:42:29,360 --> 00:42:32,280
Speaker 1: and they did and it was a disaster. I also

809
00:42:32,320 --> 00:42:35,520
Speaker 1: think that they hired Freddy Kitchens then they acquired Odell Beckham.

810
00:42:35,640 --> 00:42:38,160
Speaker 1: It was just kind of a ticking time bomb. Well,

811
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Speaker 1: you get Kevin Stefanski, who I still think is a

812
00:42:40,640 --> 00:42:43,239
Speaker 1: big unknown. He was a one year coordinator. Now they

813
00:42:43,239 --> 00:42:46,319
Speaker 1: had a great statistical year in Minnesota, Cousins had a

814
00:42:46,360 --> 00:42:49,000
Speaker 1: career year. Their running game kicked, ask dig stealing, they

815
00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:51,240
Speaker 1: were awesome. So you just think you get a little

816
00:42:51,239 --> 00:42:55,400
Speaker 1: more of a steady individual who has at least coordinated

817
00:42:55,440 --> 00:42:57,480
Speaker 1: plays for a full season for a playoff team that

818
00:42:57,520 --> 00:43:01,839
Speaker 1: won a playoff game. Now out why I don't feel

819
00:43:01,840 --> 00:43:03,480
Speaker 1: as confident and everyone I know in the league that

820
00:43:03,560 --> 00:43:07,400
Speaker 1: the Browns had a really really good draft is I'm

821
00:43:07,440 --> 00:43:10,640
Speaker 1: a little insurance. Baker Mayfield like, are we sure he's good?

822
00:43:10,760 --> 00:43:12,680
Speaker 1: Because I saw enough last year I was like, what

823
00:43:12,880 --> 00:43:15,520
Speaker 1: is wrong with this guy? Now that gets back to

824
00:43:15,560 --> 00:43:18,520
Speaker 1: the coach. They do have a ton of talent, but

825
00:43:18,840 --> 00:43:21,279
Speaker 1: football comes down to coaching. It's not like if the

826
00:43:21,480 --> 00:43:23,840
Speaker 1: if the Cleveland Browns were an NBA team, they'd be

827
00:43:23,880 --> 00:43:25,560
Speaker 1: a lock playoff team. You'd be like, yeah, they're a

828
00:43:25,600 --> 00:43:28,080
Speaker 1: lock like home court advantage team. That's not the way

829
00:43:28,080 --> 00:43:30,640
Speaker 1: football works. Now the team is going to be dramatically better,

830
00:43:31,640 --> 00:43:33,759
Speaker 1: but we'll see. Man. I think there's a lot of

831
00:43:33,760 --> 00:43:38,200
Speaker 1: pressure just because they have O'Dell, they have Baker. They're

832
00:43:38,200 --> 00:43:42,720
Speaker 1: just a polarizing team. But I think people just probably

833
00:43:42,800 --> 00:43:45,440
Speaker 1: look more at the coach and just think that they're better.

834
00:43:45,480 --> 00:43:51,799
Speaker 1: Situation situated with with Stefanski, how do you feel about

835
00:43:51,800 --> 00:43:53,480
Speaker 1: the direction of the Miami Dolphins and what do you

836
00:43:53,520 --> 00:43:57,080
Speaker 1: predict their record is going to be? Well, I mean,

837
00:43:57,080 --> 00:43:59,360
Speaker 1: they had a good draft. They drafted a bunch of

838
00:43:59,360 --> 00:44:03,160
Speaker 1: good players. They now have a franchise quarterback. I think

839
00:44:03,160 --> 00:44:09,400
Speaker 1: the guests there record, Uh, I'd probably have to know

840
00:44:09,520 --> 00:44:12,960
Speaker 1: more about to a situation. If they just roll back Fitzpatrick,

841
00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:16,360
Speaker 1: maybe they win five or six games if two is

842
00:44:16,400 --> 00:44:19,720
Speaker 1: fully healthy, you know, and the way that they played

843
00:44:19,760 --> 00:44:21,879
Speaker 1: down the stretch. They have an influx of talent. They've

844
00:44:21,920 --> 00:44:24,240
Speaker 1: signed a couple of free agents, they have a multiple

845
00:44:24,320 --> 00:44:27,799
Speaker 1: starting corners. You know, could they win seven games if

846
00:44:27,800 --> 00:44:31,040
Speaker 1: two is fully healthy and he's you, You and I.

847
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Speaker 1: We all know as much as anybody. We don't know.

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Speaker 1: No one knows at least if O T A s

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Speaker 1: were going like, would would two be able to do

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Speaker 1: rookie minicamp? Would he just sit on the side. I

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Speaker 1: don't know. I would assume he wouldn't. But are they

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Speaker 1: just gonna red shirt him and play Fitzpatrick and have

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Speaker 1: Rosen as the backup? Is who we're gonna be the backup?

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Speaker 1: How's it gonna work? Is he's just the starter? I

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Speaker 1: have no clue, but I would say they're definitely trending

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Speaker 1: in the right direction. If the Steelers go five hundred

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Speaker 1: or worse, how bunch of fans panic with the quarterback

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Speaker 1: coach situation? To me, the coach situation, he's kind of

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Speaker 1: established himself right. We learned that Antonio Brown is one

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Speaker 1: of the craziest humans who's ever played in the NFL,

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Speaker 1: and under Mike Tomlin, he handled him last year. Ben

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Speaker 1: tears his arm like he's Jacob deGrom or just excuse me,

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Speaker 1: no A synderguards the guy that had Tommy John and

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Speaker 1: Tomlin went eight and eight with Mason Rudolph and Duck Hodges.

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Speaker 1: Like Mike Tomlin's good is Mike Tomlin, Belichick is Mike Tomlin.

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Speaker 1: Sean Payton is Mike tomin Andy Reid. No, he doesn't

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Speaker 1: call either side of the ball. But is he a

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Speaker 1: damn good coach? Hell yes? Is he a top ten

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Speaker 1: in NFL coach? Hell yes. If I'm the Steelers, I

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Speaker 1: want Mike Tomlin to be my coach because if Mike

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Speaker 1: Tomlin gets fired at the end of the year, whoever

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Speaker 1: needs to coach, He's the number one option. Think how

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Speaker 1: eat fast Ron Rivera got hired. Well, Mike Tomlin is

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Speaker 1: way more accomplished than Ron Rivera, and I like Ron

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Speaker 1: river is a good coach. But the quarterback situation to

876
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Speaker 1: me already is a question mark. You've got an old

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Speaker 1: ben who kind of looks fat, who's coming back from

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Speaker 1: a major injury. That there's a chance he's not good anymore.

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Speaker 1: There's chance he's is old it's over. And if that's

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Speaker 1: the case, luckily their defense is still good enough that

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Speaker 1: they could probably compete, but they would have to be

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Speaker 1: then be in the uh, you know, in the quarterback

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Speaker 1: market next year. Found your pot through the herd. I'm

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Speaker 1: a fan. My question is about the Vikings. Do you

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Speaker 1: see them as rebuilding? They let a bunch of key

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Speaker 1: players walk this offseason, but it was clear that many

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Speaker 1: of them either problems in the locker room like Dicks

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Speaker 1: passed their prime Rhodes Griffin, or just not that good

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Speaker 1: waynes in Alexander. Yeah, I think the Vikings are trying

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Speaker 1: to win. I mean, they got Cousin the contract, they's

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Speaker 1: got feeling, they got Digs. They draft Justin Jefferson, who's

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Speaker 1: gonna play immediately. They draft a corner I think Gladly

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Speaker 1: from TCU, who should start immediately. They still have Danil Hunter,

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Speaker 1: they still have Kendricks, they still have Harrison Smith. They

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Speaker 1: still have a coach who is, you know, like Fangio,

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Speaker 1: one of the better defensive coordinators in the league. I

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Speaker 1: think they're trying to I think they are a French

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Speaker 1: playoff team, you know, just depending on how how good

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Speaker 1: these young players are. Alone's trying to get me to

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Speaker 1: be of their financial planner. H Two questions concerning the

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Speaker 1: quarterback situation in Dallas and New England. If Dak refuses

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Speaker 1: to play this season without a new, absurdly expensive contract,

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Speaker 1: are the Cowboys a potential landing spot for relatively cheap

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Speaker 1: Cam Newton And is the only reason they would do

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Speaker 1: that because it would sever ties with Dac and push

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Speaker 1: him into free agency the following season two. How unlikely

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Speaker 1: is that the Patriots start the season with more than

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Speaker 1: two quarterbacks Stidham Howyer that they have right now. They

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Speaker 1: signed the Michigan State bum and Jamar Smith Louisiana Tech,

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Speaker 1: who I believe has pro potential if they can coach

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Speaker 1: him up the accuracy as you d f a s

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Speaker 1: start with the Cowboys. I don't think you draft Ceedee Lamb.

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Speaker 1: I don't think you signed a Marie Cooper for sixty

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Speaker 1: million to not figure it out with Dak though, like

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Speaker 1: I've talked about, I would play him on the one

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Speaker 1: year franchise tag. I'd be shocked, and MacArthur would want

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Speaker 1: to work with Cam Newton. I I don't see that

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Speaker 1: happening the Patriots. I think they're just gonna play with

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Speaker 1: Jared Sidham. I think they're gonna give jeared to him

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Speaker 1: a sixteen game tryout and just see what the hell

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Speaker 1: they got. If they win nine games, they make the

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Speaker 1: seventh seed. Great. If they win sixth, great and they'll reconvene.

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Speaker 1: But I think it's gonna be that simple. They're gonna

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Speaker 1: play with Jared Sidham and just see what happens. Uh.

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Speaker 1: The U D f A S. Maybe one of those

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Speaker 1: guys could beat out Brian Horrier. Probably not though, so

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Speaker 1: I just think that that's that's the plan. Appreciate everyone listening,

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Speaker 1: have a good weekend, and uh stay safe out there,

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Speaker 1: and uh stay busy, I don't know, doing what I guess,

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Speaker 1: going on walks, you know, and enjoy looking out the

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Speaker 1: window at the sun. Hopefully it's ends sooner or later.

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Speaker 1: But thanks for listening again, and uh, talk to you

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Speaker 1: guys soon.