1 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:11,719 Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What is up 2 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:16,120 Speaker 1: Straight Fire Family, It's me Jason McIntyre, Straight Fire for Tuesday, 3 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:20,360 Speaker 1: February eighth. Gotta go to interview today, guys. Really good 4 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:23,239 Speaker 1: one to get you kind of crunk for not necessarily 5 00:00:23,320 --> 00:00:26,960 Speaker 1: the super Bowl, but kind of the offseason machinations. You 6 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:30,400 Speaker 1: like that word early here on a Tuesday morning of 7 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:34,080 Speaker 1: coaching and potential quarterback carousel, just because I'm kind of 8 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:38,199 Speaker 1: into that stuff. Forward thinking what's next. I don't like 9 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:40,160 Speaker 1: to look back as much as I like to look 10 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:42,279 Speaker 1: forward and kind of beat people to the punch on 11 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:44,479 Speaker 1: what's next. So I'm bringing on Albert Brier, friend of 12 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 1: the podcast Monday Morning Quarterback. Uh, longtime good journalists to 13 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:52,840 Speaker 1: cover in the NFL. A couple of quick house cleaning notes. 14 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:56,240 Speaker 1: You know my goal every every time I go to 15 00:00:56,400 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl Week. I've never actually been to a 16 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:01,560 Speaker 1: Super Bowl. Fun fact, I've been at Super Bowl Week 17 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:04,479 Speaker 1: multiple times. Just go to the parties. Back in the day, 18 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:07,080 Speaker 1: I covered the parties for US Weekly and it was 19 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:10,039 Speaker 1: pretty epic. A couple of the best parties I've ever 20 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 1: been to in my life. Playboy Party in Jacksonville, Um 21 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:18,319 Speaker 1: Maxim party in She's I'm spacing, But it was like 22 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 1: around two thousand five, Um, Playboy party in Detroit. Um. 23 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 1: A couple of I mean, just a couple of really 24 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:32,319 Speaker 1: strong years of super Bowl parties back in the day. Um. 25 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 1: In recent years, obviously, things have changed. I got married, 26 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 1: I'm a little older, I've got kids, I'm not in 27 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 1: town as long, and you know, it's a little tougher 28 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:42,160 Speaker 1: to get into the parties when you're not on the 29 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 1: front lines like reporting. Now I'm just like, hey, I'm 30 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 1: doing all this stuff for Fox. Let me get into 31 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 1: your party. Uh. And usually it works. Well, Miami was successful. 32 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 1: But it's weird this year that the Super bowls in 33 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:56,160 Speaker 1: l A, which is where I live. And so I've 34 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:59,279 Speaker 1: still got to like, you know, deal with my life 35 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:02,320 Speaker 1: as a to being out of town and just doing whatever. 36 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 1: I can meet anybody for drinks anytime. Now it's like, well, uh, 37 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:09,120 Speaker 1: you know, my kids are still going to school. My 38 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 1: new dog, which is very exciting, still has to be walked. Um. 39 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 1: I kind of got my regular pickup basketball game, you know, 40 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 1: like you kind of want to live your normal life. 41 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 1: But it is super Bowl week, which is unique. Um, 42 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 1: And I thought I'd quickly take this opportunity to give 43 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:26,640 Speaker 1: a shout out, UM to a buddy of mine who 44 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:30,800 Speaker 1: recently passed away. I went to college with him, and 45 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:33,679 Speaker 1: he attended my wedding. I haven't seen him for a 46 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:38,519 Speaker 1: little over a decade, but UM just struggled with alcohol 47 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:43,440 Speaker 1: in recent years and it went downhill pretty quick. UM, 48 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 1: and he passed away recently, and you know, his services 49 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:50,640 Speaker 1: are going to be in Virginia where he was living, 50 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 1: like the day before the super Bowl, and I'm you know, 51 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:56,360 Speaker 1: texting with some friends. I'm trying to make it and 52 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 1: it's just like super Bowl Week is super busy work wise. 53 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:02,919 Speaker 1: I mean, we have a gambling shows Sunday morning. Obviously, 54 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:05,680 Speaker 1: Friday is a big you know, I do the herd 55 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 1: um and we have a gambling show Thursday. And it's 56 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:13,400 Speaker 1: just it's a tough it's a tough week and I'm 57 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:16,799 Speaker 1: trying to get back and I I don't know, it's 58 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 1: not looking like I'll be heading back, which stinks because 59 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 1: it's a body of mine who was in my fantasy 60 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:24,080 Speaker 1: football league for like the last five years. And you know, 61 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:26,440 Speaker 1: I don't want to get too deep into it. We 62 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:28,800 Speaker 1: knew he was he would send random text to the 63 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:30,680 Speaker 1: group like they were kind of off topic and like 64 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 1: I just didn't really not fully coherent. Um, and it 65 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 1: just it's like what the hell. Um. So it's just 66 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 1: it's a super busy week and I'm trying to, you know, 67 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 1: get some big time guests. We did have one Hall 68 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 1: of Famer canceled on us, which is disappointing for this week. UM. 69 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 1: And it's just it's weird not being on the road 70 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 1: for the super Bowl. Had some really good times Arizona, obviously, 71 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 1: Miami is a great city. UM, I'm trying. I don't 72 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:03,560 Speaker 1: think I've ever done one in New Orleans. I know 73 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 1: that's a big super Bowl uh city and a great city. 74 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:10,720 Speaker 1: I've never been to New Orleans in my life. Um, 75 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:12,760 Speaker 1: but you know who knows down the road, maybe I'll 76 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 1: make one of those. Um. All right, so uh a 77 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 1: quick note before we get to Albert Brier. I'm sure 78 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 1: you guys saw one of the weirder stories on Monday 79 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:24,600 Speaker 1: was that Kyler Murray the great quarterback. And yeah he's great. 80 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:26,919 Speaker 1: He is two years in a row. He was like 81 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:32,120 Speaker 1: a fringe MVP candidate midway through the season. Um scrubbed 82 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:35,280 Speaker 1: his Instagram of all Arizona cardinal stuff. Now we ask 83 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:40,520 Speaker 1: Brier about this, and I interviewed him Monday, like late afternoon. 84 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 1: That's some time to let them marinate. And I had 85 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:45,279 Speaker 1: further thoughts that I want to, you know, sleep on 86 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 1: it and you get a little more clear headed. And 87 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:50,440 Speaker 1: this is what kind of hit me about the saga. 88 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:53,440 Speaker 1: And again the answer with Brier was like the instant reaction, 89 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 1: This one I've let marinate for a minute. And the 90 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:00,640 Speaker 1: more I think about it, Kyler came into the NFL 91 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:02,839 Speaker 1: at the same time as Cliff Kingsbury. They're kind of 92 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 1: joined at the hip, okay, And as Breer will articulate 93 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:10,200 Speaker 1: here shortly, Kyler Murray is up for that extension which 94 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 1: quarterbacks can get after the third year. And he goes 95 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:14,360 Speaker 1: through some of the quarterbacks who have gotten it after 96 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:18,080 Speaker 1: year three, and it's like freaking Ryan Tanney who got one, 97 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 1: Carson went Steward got like every oh, almost everybody's getting. 98 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:26,520 Speaker 1: Kyler is going to get it right. And then you 99 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:29,359 Speaker 1: just wonder about Kingsbury and the narrative around killed Cliff 100 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:35,040 Speaker 1: Kingsbury is very strange. People clearly do not like him. 101 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:37,800 Speaker 1: The media feels like he was given something he did 102 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 1: not earn he did not um cut his teeth if 103 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:45,640 Speaker 1: you will. In the NFL. UH as like a coordinator 104 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:48,760 Speaker 1: for multiple years and like a lot of people think 105 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 1: he's gotten by on like his he's cool uh and 106 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 1: and he's like a ladies man and all this nonsense. 107 00:05:56,960 --> 00:05:59,279 Speaker 1: Let's just be realistic. These are just the facts about 108 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:02,400 Speaker 1: Cliff Kingsbury. We'll get to the collapse in a moment, 109 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:04,640 Speaker 1: uh in the second half of the season. But these 110 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:08,039 Speaker 1: are the facts. This is reality on Cliff Kingsbury. He's 111 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:09,960 Speaker 1: only been in the league three years as a head coach. 112 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 1: His first year with the rookie quarterback they went five 113 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 1: ten and one. His second year, they improved to eight 114 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:19,039 Speaker 1: and eight. His third year, they improved to eleven and six. 115 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:23,480 Speaker 1: They play in the best division in the NFL, unequivocally. 116 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:28,840 Speaker 1: In Kingsbury's first year, the Rams went to the Super 117 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:37,279 Speaker 1: Bowl in the San Francisco went to the Super Bowl 118 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:40,880 Speaker 1: in the Rams are going to the super Bowl. So 119 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:43,839 Speaker 1: you can see that division and how awesome it is 120 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:48,680 Speaker 1: and how challenging it is. Russell Wilson's in that division, like, 121 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 1: this is a stacked division, and Cliff Kingsbury has gotten 122 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:54,520 Speaker 1: better in each of the three years, and you guys 123 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:56,240 Speaker 1: want to kill him and be like, oh, we're not 124 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:59,520 Speaker 1: playing Cliff Kingsbury. And to me, this is where the 125 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 1: Kyler Instagram scrubbing comes in, because it's like Kyler and 126 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:07,440 Speaker 1: Kingsbury are kind of connected here. Surely they like each other, 127 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 1: and it almost feels like remember the last domino here 128 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:14,640 Speaker 1: is they both share an agent. If Kingsbury is waiting 129 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 1: for an extension, so he's not lame duck. Hey we 130 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:21,240 Speaker 1: made the playoffs, you know. Uh, and they're like yeah, 131 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:24,480 Speaker 1: we we haven't seen it. And Kyler is his guy, 132 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 1: and Kyla is like, wait, am I gonna get paid? 133 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:30,000 Speaker 1: And they're like no, Now, we don't know totally what's happening. 134 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:34,040 Speaker 1: But if you're upset at the Cardinals and you remove 135 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 1: all indications of them from your social media, that generally 136 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:40,880 Speaker 1: means you're unhappy with them. If you break up with 137 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:43,840 Speaker 1: your girlfriend, you're gonna scrub her off your i G 138 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:47,200 Speaker 1: because you're done. No, obviously, Kyliner, he's not done with 139 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:50,840 Speaker 1: Arizona unless he's going to baseball, which would be the 140 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:53,880 Speaker 1: shocker of all shockers. But just think about it from 141 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:58,800 Speaker 1: Kyler's perspective, like you guys have what going on? Like, 142 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 1: what were you guys? A four Cliff Kingsbury got here? 143 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:03,760 Speaker 1: You were Steve Wilkes and maybe a one or two 144 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 1: win team, right the Josh Rosen experiment flop miserably. Yeah, 145 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:12,200 Speaker 1: you got to a Super Bowl. Um, I think with 146 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:14,440 Speaker 1: Kurt Warner or is it Carson Palmer. I'm not gonna 147 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:17,280 Speaker 1: look it up. I'm sorry. But like, other than that, 148 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:22,080 Speaker 1: like the Arizona Cardinals have not really been a marquee 149 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 1: franchise here in the NFL, and Kyler's got him on 150 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:30,240 Speaker 1: the map. They're getting primetime games and the arrow is 151 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:32,839 Speaker 1: pointing up for Arizona. Regardless of what you think of 152 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:35,360 Speaker 1: Kingsbury as a fourth quarter coach and the second half 153 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:37,439 Speaker 1: of the season coach. Yes, those are facts as well. 154 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:41,559 Speaker 1: He has struggled in the second half of seasons. As 155 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:44,719 Speaker 1: he has struggled, he's also ascended every year, improved by 156 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:47,120 Speaker 1: three wins from his first to second, then three more 157 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:49,400 Speaker 1: and got to the playoffs and I know they lost, 158 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:52,120 Speaker 1: and oh well they lost. You stinks, Like I mean, really, 159 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:54,880 Speaker 1: if if that's how you're gonna judge quarterbacks and coaches, 160 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:58,240 Speaker 1: then there's you're gonna recycle coaches and quarterbacks every year, 161 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:01,080 Speaker 1: that's going to be the new prometer, Like, oh, well, 162 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 1: that guy lost in year three and he's done. Like 163 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:08,719 Speaker 1: I think Kyler Murray is being a little aggressive here, 164 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:11,040 Speaker 1: but there must be some ugly behind the scenes stuff 165 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:12,920 Speaker 1: that we don't know about. And remember that owner has 166 00:09:13,520 --> 00:09:16,760 Speaker 1: kind of, uh not the greatest reputation in the league. 167 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:18,680 Speaker 1: We'll leave it at that, all right, without further ado, 168 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:21,880 Speaker 1: Let's get to Albert Briar of Monday Morning Quarterback. Fox 169 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:25,000 Speaker 1: Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. 170 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:28,240 Speaker 1: Catch all of our shows at Fox Sports Radio dot 171 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:31,280 Speaker 1: com and within the I Heart Radio app search f 172 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:37,520 Speaker 1: s R to listen live. Jason likes to think he 173 00:09:37,559 --> 00:09:40,719 Speaker 1: knows everything when it comes to sports. I know what 174 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 1: sports dance want, but for everything he doesn't, he knows 175 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:47,000 Speaker 1: a guy who does. Let's just say I know a 176 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:51,000 Speaker 1: guy who knows a guy who knows another guy. All right, 177 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:54,000 Speaker 1: let's welcome into straight fire a guy you know, uh, 178 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:57,199 Speaker 1: big time NFL media member. He's out here in l 179 00:09:57,280 --> 00:09:59,560 Speaker 1: a for Super Bowl week and there's just so much 180 00:09:59,679 --> 00:10:01,160 Speaker 1: chaos still on the coaching fun I was like, I 181 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:02,839 Speaker 1: just start texting him, like dude, I need to bring 182 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:04,760 Speaker 1: you on the pod. Need to make sense of this 183 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:08,960 Speaker 1: Lovey Smith chaos, Dennis Allen getting the job of the Saints. 184 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 1: Let's bring in Albert Brier, the man, the myth, the legend. 185 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:14,120 Speaker 1: How are you, man, I'm good. How are you doing? 186 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:16,280 Speaker 1: J Mac? I'm I'm I'm doing all right. I'm a 187 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:19,280 Speaker 1: little surprised this Lovey Smith thing. I mean, listen, obviously 188 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:22,440 Speaker 1: we'll talk Super Bowl Bengals, rams, um, your thoughts on 189 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:26,040 Speaker 1: Los Angeles, but we gotta start with the coaching, right, 190 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:29,000 Speaker 1: I mean, Lovey Smith a week ago. Was he on 191 00:10:29,120 --> 00:10:33,040 Speaker 1: anybody's radar for this job? No? Um, you know, And 192 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:35,280 Speaker 1: I think a big part of it, Jay McK is 193 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:39,880 Speaker 1: just kind of where they were last year. And you know, 194 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:42,680 Speaker 1: despite the fact that I think that there were some 195 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:46,199 Speaker 1: silver linings and going for and thirteen. UM, I can 196 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:48,520 Speaker 1: tell you that a big part of the David College 197 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:52,120 Speaker 1: being fired was some of the organizational issues within the staff, 198 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:55,440 Speaker 1: the game management issues. UM, just things that you would 199 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:58,280 Speaker 1: sort of terms like non patriot things. Do you know 200 00:10:58,360 --> 00:11:00,960 Speaker 1: that I think frustrated at Cassara area to some degree. 201 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:05,520 Speaker 1: So the idea that they would be hiring somebody off 202 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:08,520 Speaker 1: of Collie's staff. I think we would have been formed 203 00:11:08,559 --> 00:11:11,560 Speaker 1: everybody two weeks ago. I just wasn't gonna go that way. 204 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:14,280 Speaker 1: And I think that the feeling I got was they 205 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:17,360 Speaker 1: were going to seek alignment and try to um set 206 00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:19,960 Speaker 1: the organization up a certain way, whether that was through 207 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:24,440 Speaker 1: hiring Brian Flores or Gerard Mayo or Josh McCown. They're 208 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:29,320 Speaker 1: gonna try to use this opportunity to align the organization philosophically. 209 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:32,720 Speaker 1: Now they're could have known commodity and Lovey Smith. I'll 210 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:36,360 Speaker 1: be really interested to see how his staff is set 211 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:38,280 Speaker 1: up because I think in the end some of the 212 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:41,240 Speaker 1: events of the last week sort of push things this way. 213 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:44,760 Speaker 1: So is it possible that they set up some sort 214 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:47,720 Speaker 1: of That's one thing that I'm going to keep my 215 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:51,360 Speaker 1: eye on it. Yeah, it's interesting. Uh, Lovey Smith at 216 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:55,000 Speaker 1: the University of Illinois. You're a big, big ten guy, 217 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:57,480 Speaker 1: So you know this, love you Smith would seventeen and 218 00:11:57,760 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 1: thirty nine as a head coach, and I know it's 219 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:02,960 Speaker 1: tough to win at eleanor Ban seventeen and thirty nine. 220 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:06,199 Speaker 1: Remember the outrage about Cliff Kingsbury who was under five 221 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:10,120 Speaker 1: Albert seventeen and thirty nine. Now everybody. I mean, the 222 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:13,520 Speaker 1: consensus seems to be oh as soon as Brian Flores 223 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 1: sued the NFL, they had to hire somebody who was 224 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:20,840 Speaker 1: African American, they bring it in Flores. They definitely can't 225 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:22,959 Speaker 1: hire Josh McCown. Let's just bring in Lovely Smith. He 226 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:26,040 Speaker 1: was here last year. I mean, like, my thing is, like, 227 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:28,679 Speaker 1: if that was the case, get Rod Mayo, you know, 228 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:30,800 Speaker 1: go get one of the rides guys. I mean, go 229 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:34,120 Speaker 1: get to Miko Ryan's. Like. I I just you know, 230 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:36,679 Speaker 1: like I like, I I see the way that this 231 00:12:36,720 --> 00:12:38,800 Speaker 1: could end, and it could end the same way that 232 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:42,000 Speaker 1: David Culler thing ended. Whatchress is that? You know? I 233 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:44,480 Speaker 1: think really, um, you know, if we want to talk 234 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:48,280 Speaker 1: about the broader topic of improving diversity, Um, you know, 235 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:50,560 Speaker 1: let's go find our Sean mcphigh, let's go find our 236 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:53,040 Speaker 1: Kyle she Man, you know, and there are guys, bright, 237 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 1: young guys. But I think I have a chance to 238 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:58,240 Speaker 1: be that, and I think that that's real progress. But 239 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:01,960 Speaker 1: um yeah, I mean I the first thing you think 240 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:03,640 Speaker 1: of again is the same thing you thought of with 241 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:05,440 Speaker 1: David Culley, which is this is gonna be a short 242 00:13:05,559 --> 00:13:08,559 Speaker 1: term thing. And then Nicko Sirio doesn't have his long 243 00:13:08,679 --> 00:13:11,840 Speaker 1: term guy. It does make you wonder, like, if Josh 244 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:15,480 Speaker 1: McCown winds up on that staff, is this sort of 245 00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:18,360 Speaker 1: like almost like a training program, you know what I mean, 246 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:20,920 Speaker 1: like where they're getting him ready to go, Because there 247 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:24,400 Speaker 1: was a strong sentiment that organization that Josh McCown was 248 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:27,480 Speaker 1: gonna be the head coach a few days ago, and 249 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:30,400 Speaker 1: it Lovey Smith and Pet Hamilton we're actually gonna stay 250 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:33,520 Speaker 1: on as the coordinators. So the fact that this is 251 00:13:33,559 --> 00:13:37,880 Speaker 1: sort of gone the other way now makes you think, okay, like, 252 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:41,480 Speaker 1: is Lovey Smith really the guy that Nickos Sirio saddling 253 00:13:41,559 --> 00:13:44,040 Speaker 1: up with, or are they gonna set things up a 254 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:46,559 Speaker 1: certain way where maybe they could bring Josh McCown in, 255 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:49,360 Speaker 1: is an assistance a head coach or something like that, 256 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:52,800 Speaker 1: whether there be some sort of succession plan in place otherwise, 257 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:55,680 Speaker 1: it's just it's hard to see where this isn't just 258 00:13:55,760 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 1: spinning your wheels after firing David Culley. Best know, that's 259 00:14:00,559 --> 00:14:02,920 Speaker 1: no affront to love Smith is a great dude who 260 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:05,160 Speaker 1: did a really good job in Chicago. But that was 261 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:08,360 Speaker 1: a long time ago, you know, And so I think 262 00:14:08,360 --> 00:14:11,200 Speaker 1: it's fair to ask a lot of questions about, you know, 263 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:14,800 Speaker 1: filling this job with the guy who was internal who 264 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:17,360 Speaker 1: you didn't interview until four weeks after the season, and 265 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:20,040 Speaker 1: he was walked down the hall, right, Yeah, an interview 266 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 1: until four weeks after the season, and yeah kind of 267 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:26,240 Speaker 1: And I feel bad because everybody's gonna be pilot on Lovely. 268 00:14:26,320 --> 00:14:29,080 Speaker 1: But I'm sure he's thrilled, right, he's getting another bite 269 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:31,200 Speaker 1: at the apple as a head coach. I do want 270 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:33,640 Speaker 1: to ask Albert, you know, for for mm QB, like 271 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:37,600 Speaker 1: how hard can you be in a situation like this 272 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:40,600 Speaker 1: where it's kind of obvious to everyone looking, but you 273 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:44,440 Speaker 1: do still have to write knowing that agents and coaches 274 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:47,280 Speaker 1: and assistants are all reading, and you know the league 275 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:49,200 Speaker 1: is paying attention to what all these guys right, Like 276 00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:52,520 Speaker 1: is it? Do you have to be a little political 277 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:55,280 Speaker 1: with how you frame this? Be honest? Like, most of 278 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:59,400 Speaker 1: the people I cover understand my job, and um, my 279 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:03,600 Speaker 1: job is in sider ish, you know, I would say, um, 280 00:15:03,680 --> 00:15:06,920 Speaker 1: but like I have to have more opinion than some 281 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:09,880 Speaker 1: other people that are in similar positions as me, and 282 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:14,440 Speaker 1: you know, like I think most people understand as long 283 00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:17,720 Speaker 1: as I'm fair, Like I won't take cheap shots, you know, 284 00:15:17,920 --> 00:15:21,680 Speaker 1: And I like I I'd like to think that everything 285 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:24,760 Speaker 1: i'm i've right is informed and everything that I say 286 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:27,120 Speaker 1: on the show, like this one on the radio on 287 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:30,880 Speaker 1: TV is coming from somewhere. And so, you know, I 288 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:33,480 Speaker 1: think one thing that I one thing I tell people 289 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:35,960 Speaker 1: is like, listen, like this isn't me just shooting from 290 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:37,840 Speaker 1: the hip. If if I'm saying something or I'm critical 291 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:40,560 Speaker 1: or something, it's coming from an informed place. So you 292 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:43,160 Speaker 1: may not like it, but I'm doing my best to 293 00:15:43,160 --> 00:15:45,120 Speaker 1: be fair to you and to be to everybody that 294 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:48,400 Speaker 1: I cover. And so, um, you know, if I had 295 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:52,040 Speaker 1: relationships fracture because the stuff I've said, our opinions I've had, 296 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:54,640 Speaker 1: Sure that stuff happens, you know, But I think that's 297 00:15:54,640 --> 00:15:56,320 Speaker 1: sort of the comest of doing business in a job 298 00:15:56,400 --> 00:15:59,360 Speaker 1: like mine. We don't need to go deep on Dennis 299 00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:01,680 Speaker 1: Smith in the say this seems like it's been coming 300 00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:04,280 Speaker 1: a long time in New Orleans. Um, but I do 301 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:06,720 Speaker 1: want to ask that division is kind of crazy. Right 302 00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:09,440 Speaker 1: Brady retires, I think it's safe to assume Gronk will 303 00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:13,000 Speaker 1: not be back. Sean Payton retires or not, I'm sorry, 304 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 1: retire goes to television and nobody really believes the Panthers 305 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:19,600 Speaker 1: are close to anything. Um Matt rules a kind of 306 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:21,240 Speaker 1: on the hot seat. And then you've got like the 307 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:25,240 Speaker 1: Atlanta Falcons, who are pretty much a train wreck. I 308 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:28,120 Speaker 1: guess Matt Ryan's gonna stay, Like, what's up with that division? 309 00:16:28,840 --> 00:16:30,880 Speaker 1: Is that the worst division in the league. The Falcons 310 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:33,520 Speaker 1: are a little more competitive than people pepill realize. You know, 311 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:35,520 Speaker 1: they had their bad moments, but I think they won 312 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:38,280 Speaker 1: seven games this year. I have to again, but I 313 00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:40,280 Speaker 1: think they want seven games this year, and you know, 314 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:43,280 Speaker 1: I think Arthur Smith and his staff there's reason for 315 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:46,560 Speaker 1: optimism there. And I'm not saying they go win the 316 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:49,240 Speaker 1: NFC West next year, but could they win the NFC South. 317 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 1: You know, like a couple of things go the right way. 318 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:54,920 Speaker 1: Maybe Calvin Ridley is back, Maybe they trade him for 319 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:58,280 Speaker 1: a pick um, you know, like they've got resources now. 320 00:16:58,880 --> 00:17:03,080 Speaker 1: Kyle Pitts looks like a player their first round pick um. 321 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:06,800 Speaker 1: You know, I just I think that the Falcons have 322 00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:10,679 Speaker 1: a good plan right now, and I think there's reason 323 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:13,359 Speaker 1: to believe that Arthur Smith's got chance to be a 324 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:16,240 Speaker 1: really good head coach in the league. And so you know, 325 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:18,119 Speaker 1: I think you look at where the four teams are, 326 00:17:18,560 --> 00:17:20,560 Speaker 1: the Saints are gonna be interesting because they still have 327 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:22,240 Speaker 1: a lot of good players. So I think the Saints 328 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:25,040 Speaker 1: probably going as the favorite, depending on the Campa does 329 00:17:25,080 --> 00:17:27,720 Speaker 1: a quarterback. I think Tampa is in for a little 330 00:17:27,720 --> 00:17:30,240 Speaker 1: bit of a reset year because of their cap situation, 331 00:17:31,080 --> 00:17:33,280 Speaker 1: you know, and then Caroline and to making a break 332 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:35,359 Speaker 1: for Matt rule, So that goes one of two ways. 333 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:37,800 Speaker 1: So yeah, I think it's intriguing from that standpoint. But 334 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:40,240 Speaker 1: I wouldn't sleep on the Atlanta Falcons. I think that 335 00:17:41,359 --> 00:17:43,480 Speaker 1: to be optimistic about what Arthur Smith did in this 336 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:47,800 Speaker 1: first year, and that like maybe maybe like look like 337 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 1: Terry Fonto was there that the GM there was there 338 00:17:50,840 --> 00:17:54,399 Speaker 1: in New Orleans when they built around an aging Drew Brees. 339 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:56,639 Speaker 1: Drew Brees is the last few years in the league 340 00:17:57,040 --> 00:17:59,000 Speaker 1: get one of the best rosters in football around it. 341 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:02,160 Speaker 1: So who knows, maybe Matt Ryan's got four or five 342 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:05,159 Speaker 1: years left and maybe you can get something out of 343 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:07,360 Speaker 1: it over the next couple if you draft well and 344 00:18:07,359 --> 00:18:08,680 Speaker 1: and you do what you need to do in free 345 00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:12,719 Speaker 1: agency with assets like Calvin Readley. So Falcons won seven games, 346 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:16,960 Speaker 1: they also had a minus one point differential, second second 347 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:19,200 Speaker 1: worst in the NFC. So when they got their butts kicked, 348 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:23,160 Speaker 1: they got destroyed, they had a worse point different Yeah, 349 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:25,400 Speaker 1: they just threw in the towel. Um, so let's get 350 00:18:25,400 --> 00:18:29,320 Speaker 1: crazy here. Um, while we're in the NFC South, give 351 00:18:29,359 --> 00:18:32,159 Speaker 1: me some whacky names for whose quarterbacking the Tampa Bay 352 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:35,399 Speaker 1: Buccaneers next year. Um, I'll just toss out so it 353 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:38,560 Speaker 1: ain't gonna be obviously Gabbert. Um, I think Gabbert's back 354 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:41,239 Speaker 1: up there right, Yeah, he's okay. I don't think it's 355 00:18:41,240 --> 00:18:44,440 Speaker 1: gonna be him. I'll just toss out a name, Um, 356 00:18:44,480 --> 00:18:47,800 Speaker 1: Marcus Mariota, I don't think so. I'll give you a 357 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:50,480 Speaker 1: name that I think they would at least kick the 358 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:52,600 Speaker 1: tires on. But they thought about a lot a couple 359 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:58,040 Speaker 1: of years ago, and that's Teddy Bridgewater. So Teddy was 360 00:18:58,119 --> 00:19:02,000 Speaker 1: on their list. Um, and they were looking at I 361 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:04,720 Speaker 1: believe I gotta I have to pull it up. But 362 00:19:04,760 --> 00:19:08,760 Speaker 1: it was Brady Jamis was on there to come back. Potentially. 363 00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:11,320 Speaker 1: Brady was obviously number one, but like like they were 364 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:13,359 Speaker 1: looking at Jamie, they were looking at Rivers, they were 365 00:19:13,359 --> 00:19:16,520 Speaker 1: looking at Teddy, and Teddy was somebody that they actually considered. 366 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:19,959 Speaker 1: It doesn't seem to make sense, right because Bruce really 367 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:22,080 Speaker 1: normally likes like the guy who can push the ball 368 00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:24,080 Speaker 1: down the field was kind of built like a tank, 369 00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:26,960 Speaker 1: and that's not Teddy. But for one reason or another, 370 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:30,840 Speaker 1: there was real interest there and so like Teddy sort 371 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:33,919 Speaker 1: of I think established himself as that. I don't know 372 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:36,359 Speaker 1: if case Keenum is the right one to compare him do, 373 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:38,720 Speaker 1: but like the guy, the guy who could be a 374 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:40,600 Speaker 1: stop gap for you for a year to help you 375 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:42,720 Speaker 1: tread water. And I think that's sort of what the 376 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:45,040 Speaker 1: Bucks need right now. Right Like I don't know if 377 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:47,399 Speaker 1: an Aaron Rodgers is gonna want to go there. Maybe 378 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:50,840 Speaker 1: some of the retooling they have to do um because 379 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:52,960 Speaker 1: they think got to swing on to Jimmy Garoppolo. Maybe 380 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:55,480 Speaker 1: I think what they need is just the sort of 381 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:57,960 Speaker 1: like a stop gap who's gonna be able to get 382 00:19:58,040 --> 00:20:00,000 Speaker 1: them to the next guy. May not be the next guy, 383 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:01,960 Speaker 1: but who's gonna get them to the next guy. And 384 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:04,119 Speaker 1: Teddy Bridgewater sort of feels like he's gotten into that 385 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:06,480 Speaker 1: phase of their career. And again a couple of years ago, 386 00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:08,600 Speaker 1: when they got Brady, they did do a bunch of 387 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:13,240 Speaker 1: investigating into him. Interesting. Um, I remember case Keenum got 388 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:15,560 Speaker 1: to an NFC Championship game? Did he not with the Vikings, 389 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 1: the Kirks Kirk cousins and they haven't gotten back. Interesting. Um. 390 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:25,840 Speaker 1: While we're in the NFC, bizarre story emerges on Monday 391 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:30,040 Speaker 1: that Kyler Murray and I don't know who unearthed this 392 00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:32,359 Speaker 1: or if there was even anything there to begin with, 393 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:36,760 Speaker 1: he has scrubbed his Instagram of the Arizona corpus Like 394 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:39,400 Speaker 1: you know the internet pretty well, J Mack. Who monitors 395 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:42,520 Speaker 1: this stuff? I know that's a damn good question. Like, 396 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:45,120 Speaker 1: I mean, it just doesn't make sense, like, oh, I'm 397 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:48,200 Speaker 1: just checking Kyler Murray's page in February because I'm m 398 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:52,360 Speaker 1: Kayla Murray fan. I don't know, um, but I'm trying 399 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:55,719 Speaker 1: to think, like there was that story recently about the 400 00:20:55,760 --> 00:21:00,359 Speaker 1: owner uh not paying out bonuses. Um. I have heard 401 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:03,200 Speaker 1: some rumblings that there was people were trying to pick 402 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:07,080 Speaker 1: out the Arizona. I don't know if there's a front office, um, 403 00:21:07,119 --> 00:21:10,280 Speaker 1: but a couple either coordinators or front office guys were 404 00:21:10,320 --> 00:21:13,159 Speaker 1: being poached and I just don't know. I'm grasping at 405 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:16,200 Speaker 1: straws here. What's going on? Yeah, So, I mean, like, 406 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:19,600 Speaker 1: I think it was uncomfortable with the a couple of 407 00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:21,399 Speaker 1: days after they lost to the Rams, and you remember 408 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:23,399 Speaker 1: how bad that loss, how it didn't look very good 409 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:25,960 Speaker 1: in that game overall. They just got their asses kicked 410 00:21:25,960 --> 00:21:29,840 Speaker 1: by the Rams, And you know, I like, I know 411 00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:32,960 Speaker 1: that there was tension in that building afterwards. There was 412 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:34,720 Speaker 1: supposed to be like an end of the year personnel 413 00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:37,199 Speaker 1: meeting right the day after the season all teams do 414 00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:40,719 Speaker 1: this sort of thing that got canceled, like just really abruptly. 415 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:43,520 Speaker 1: So it raised the radar people in the building like 416 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:47,439 Speaker 1: or people getting fired here. And eventually things settled down, 417 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:49,359 Speaker 1: but the question about the bonuses was out there and 418 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:53,879 Speaker 1: everything else, And you know, I think it's gonna be 419 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:56,600 Speaker 1: interesting to see where this goes, because I think the 420 00:21:56,640 --> 00:21:59,199 Speaker 1: tone that the owner set in the week after the 421 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:02,480 Speaker 1: season ended was I'm not happy with what's happened here, 422 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:05,600 Speaker 1: and there's gonna be there's gonna need to be better 423 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:09,679 Speaker 1: results down the stretch in two thousand and twenty two. 424 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:13,399 Speaker 1: And if you want to attach Kyler to it, Kyler, 425 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:16,000 Speaker 1: Kyler is a good to do. But Kyler could be 426 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:17,760 Speaker 1: a little up and down. He can be a little moody, 427 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:20,800 Speaker 1: you know, and so you can see where if something 428 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:24,040 Speaker 1: strikes him the wrong way, and remember he's coming into 429 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:27,000 Speaker 1: this critical part of his career. If hewhere if something 430 00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:29,640 Speaker 1: strikes him the wrong way, maybe he has a reaction 431 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:31,160 Speaker 1: to it, and who knows what it is, but maybe 432 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:33,159 Speaker 1: there was something that happened and then he had a 433 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:37,879 Speaker 1: reaction to Um. I'll tell you this, like every quarterback 434 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:40,919 Speaker 1: looks at that and starts to think about whether they 435 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:43,840 Speaker 1: admit it or not. After your third year, you're eligible 436 00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:46,359 Speaker 1: for a new contract. So right now Kyler Murray is 437 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:51,080 Speaker 1: eligible to to get a top of the market contract 438 00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:53,399 Speaker 1: that Cardinals are willing to do it. So is it 439 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:56,239 Speaker 1: possible that they went looking for a contract and they 440 00:22:56,280 --> 00:22:58,760 Speaker 1: found out the Cardinals want to wait a year. Um, 441 00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:01,959 Speaker 1: We've waited year last year with Baker Mayfield. There are 442 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:04,880 Speaker 1: things that that could be a play and I think 443 00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:08,119 Speaker 1: like his personal situation again coming out of like what 444 00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:10,760 Speaker 1: was kind of an uncomfortable end of the season coming 445 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:14,400 Speaker 1: out of um, you know, like like someone certain coming 446 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:16,119 Speaker 1: out of the season with someone certain about where the 447 00:23:16,119 --> 00:23:21,640 Speaker 1: franchise might be going past two and then thinking to yourself, well, 448 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:24,840 Speaker 1: at least I can maybe get paid, and maybe that 449 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:27,160 Speaker 1: didn't go the way you wanted to. You can see 450 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:30,280 Speaker 1: where one plus one plus one might add up to. 451 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:34,560 Speaker 1: So the working theory is Kyler or his agent went 452 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:36,800 Speaker 1: to Arizona and said, hey, let's talk Turkey. We got 453 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:40,640 Speaker 1: to the Playoffs's been three years now. I just want 454 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:45,440 Speaker 1: to circle back. Um Mahomes obviously got paid after your three. 455 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:49,320 Speaker 1: Josh Allen got a huge contract after your three. Correct. 456 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:51,280 Speaker 1: So the history of it, if you look at it, 457 00:23:51,359 --> 00:23:56,080 Speaker 1: j Mack is most often got I think if you 458 00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:58,480 Speaker 1: look at the history of it, Andrew Luck, the Colts 459 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:02,800 Speaker 1: wait until after year war. But that's rare, and Luck 460 00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:05,760 Speaker 1: was pretty secure in his spot, like nobody was. Nobody 461 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:09,360 Speaker 1: was like made the playoffs three straight years, right, So 462 00:24:10,119 --> 00:24:13,359 Speaker 1: Bryan Tannehill got paid after three years in Miami. Might 463 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:17,800 Speaker 1: have to put back down the list. Um uh. Carson 464 00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:20,680 Speaker 1: Wentz got paid after three years in Philly. Jared Goff 465 00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:23,639 Speaker 1: got paid after three years in l A. My Homes 466 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:27,159 Speaker 1: got paid after three years in Kansas City, Deshaun Watson 467 00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:30,119 Speaker 1: got paid after three years in Houston. Josh Allen got 468 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:34,159 Speaker 1: paid after three years in UM in Buffalo. So the 469 00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:37,520 Speaker 1: history is, if a team is really sure then they're 470 00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:41,400 Speaker 1: gonna act after three years. Now, Baltimore didn't last year. 471 00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:43,840 Speaker 1: Baltimore has waited and so now we're through four years 472 00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:46,719 Speaker 1: of Lamar Jackson's career. But Lamar is a little bit 473 00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:49,240 Speaker 1: of a unique situation because he's his own agent, you know. 474 00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:52,000 Speaker 1: And so Erica Cossa said it the other day, we're 475 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:54,159 Speaker 1: sort of going with the pace that Lamar wants to 476 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:56,760 Speaker 1: go with this. At Baker, we've seen where that went, 477 00:24:57,359 --> 00:25:00,000 Speaker 1: you know, like how things were awkward this year because 478 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,360 Speaker 1: as they went into that fourth year and that's where 479 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:05,000 Speaker 1: Kyler is going now. Kyle is going into that fourth 480 00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:07,400 Speaker 1: year and a lot of times if a quarterback goes 481 00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:09,760 Speaker 1: into the fourth year without a new contract and it's 482 00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:12,880 Speaker 1: still a team starter, it can be a little bit awkward. Yeah, 483 00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:15,480 Speaker 1: I'll be honest, Albert, I'm pretty stunned the way you're 484 00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:17,679 Speaker 1: framing it. Like, you know, it's tough to find a 485 00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:22,160 Speaker 1: franchise quarterback. I looking at Kyler and what he's done 486 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:26,040 Speaker 1: in three years, I think he's probably a franchise quarterback. 487 00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:28,720 Speaker 1: I mean, again, you never know for sure, but I'm 488 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:31,159 Speaker 1: not to rub him the wrong way again. I don't know, 489 00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:33,919 Speaker 1: I don't know that's happened. That's that's speculation, just to 490 00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:36,760 Speaker 1: be clear on that. But I mean it's often times 491 00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:39,040 Speaker 1: these things can come up, and I do think, like 492 00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:44,000 Speaker 1: you know, I I think it's hard for a quarterback 493 00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:47,879 Speaker 1: to you know, like go into that that period that 494 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:51,679 Speaker 1: like that that that window to get paid and like 495 00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:55,000 Speaker 1: how the team show any sort of uncertainty? So is 496 00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:57,400 Speaker 1: it possible that that could have happened that couldn't happen 497 00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:00,600 Speaker 1: going forward? Sure, and you think about it too. I mean, 498 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:04,560 Speaker 1: Kyler as a draft pick was pretty specific to Cliff. 499 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:07,639 Speaker 1: So if the team is not like certain that that 500 00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:10,399 Speaker 1: it's gonna hold on a Cliff past two thousand and 501 00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:12,879 Speaker 1: twenty two, is the owner going to sign off on 502 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:16,720 Speaker 1: a million dollar per year contract for Kyler Murray? When 503 00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:19,080 Speaker 1: maybe think about it and you're saying to yourself, am 504 00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:21,640 Speaker 1: I sure that the next coach is going to be 505 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:25,600 Speaker 1: a soul on Kyler or as Cliff was, or even 506 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:30,480 Speaker 1: like what Kyler being on a huge contract change the 507 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:33,399 Speaker 1: rule candidates? Like would there be certain candidates who wouldn't 508 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:34,919 Speaker 1: come here? So I think those are all things that 509 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:37,960 Speaker 1: you consider now, um, coming out of year, like the 510 00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:40,920 Speaker 1: Cardinals just have and look like that The fact of 511 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:42,960 Speaker 1: the matter is, like, if you look at it, they've 512 00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:45,920 Speaker 1: improved every year. But the fact that things were a 513 00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:47,919 Speaker 1: little bit uncomfortable coming out of the year for a 514 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:50,920 Speaker 1: lot of people, I think frames the off season as certain. 515 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:54,800 Speaker 1: I just I don't get it. They were without DeAndre Hopkins. 516 00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:59,360 Speaker 1: Yeah they're afo like you take away, Yeah, like are 517 00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:00,880 Speaker 1: they are they now in the first round of place? 518 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:03,159 Speaker 1: I don't know. I mean, you look at Kyler's numbers, 519 00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:08,199 Speaker 1: completion percentage improved every year. Um, you know, it's like 520 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:11,680 Speaker 1: he's a really good quarterback. People don't think. You know. 521 00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:14,240 Speaker 1: What's fascinating about it, too, is that they really so 522 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:16,159 Speaker 1: one thing I know that they did in the offseason 523 00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:18,800 Speaker 1: what last year was they felt like they needed like 524 00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:22,200 Speaker 1: older veteran players to put themselves over the top, right, like, 525 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:25,280 Speaker 1: because they felt like they were a few plays away from, 526 00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:27,119 Speaker 1: you know, going from seven wins to ten wins in 527 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:29,639 Speaker 1: two thousand and twenty. So they went and they brought 528 00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:32,960 Speaker 1: in a bunch of older veterans like J. J. Watt, 529 00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:36,000 Speaker 1: like a J. Green, like Rodney Hudson that they felt 530 00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:39,080 Speaker 1: like could kind of change the culture and like kind 531 00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:40,840 Speaker 1: of like teach the younger guys how to win, and 532 00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:43,840 Speaker 1: it worked, it did, But then what happened Those guys 533 00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:46,600 Speaker 1: started to get banked up he nowhere down and the 534 00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:49,800 Speaker 1: age of the team started to show up down the stream. 535 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:52,520 Speaker 1: All right, let's put let me quickly ask um, did 536 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:56,080 Speaker 1: you go down to the Senior Bowl? Okay, I know 537 00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:58,440 Speaker 1: that that's like a haven. So I've done the Combine. 538 00:27:58,480 --> 00:28:00,240 Speaker 1: You know that we we've hung out at the Combine. 539 00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:04,320 Speaker 1: But I've heard Senior Bowl is is way juicier. Um. 540 00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:07,520 Speaker 1: I know that you empty the column in Monday morning, quarterback, 541 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:09,480 Speaker 1: you empty the notepad. All the good stuff comes out, 542 00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:12,639 Speaker 1: but there has to be something, some fascinating stuff that 543 00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:14,760 Speaker 1: you're like, Man, I don't know if I could put 544 00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:17,600 Speaker 1: this out there. That's give me something that you heard 545 00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:21,199 Speaker 1: in mobile, give you something fun. Um. So you know, 546 00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:25,080 Speaker 1: there's been a lot of questions about, uh, the quarterbacks, right, 547 00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:28,520 Speaker 1: And I had a personnel person say to me, so 548 00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:32,359 Speaker 1: all the top quarterbacks were there there in this year's 549 00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:35,600 Speaker 1: class except for Matt Corral, the old Matt old miss couarterback. Right. Okay, 550 00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:39,000 Speaker 1: the quarterbacks were so bad last week, or so I 551 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:43,040 Speaker 1: would say, mediocre last week that one personnel man said 552 00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:46,080 Speaker 1: to me, Matt Corral had the best week of anybody here. 553 00:28:46,520 --> 00:28:50,640 Speaker 1: He wasn't here. And it's interesting because you look at 554 00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:52,960 Speaker 1: the different guys. I think Kenny Pickott probably went in 555 00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:58,520 Speaker 1: with the you know, with the with I think probably 556 00:28:58,560 --> 00:29:00,640 Speaker 1: it's like maybe like having a slightly over the other 557 00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:04,400 Speaker 1: others to be the first one taken. Well, buckle up 558 00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:07,640 Speaker 1: j Mack for a lot of hand sized talk over 559 00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:10,400 Speaker 1: the next couple of months because his hand came in 560 00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:13,200 Speaker 1: small and then it was sort of revealed the teams 561 00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:15,520 Speaker 1: that he has all these different gloves that he uses 562 00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:19,280 Speaker 1: for different conditions. And it rained on Wednesday and Mobile 563 00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:21,680 Speaker 1: and he had a really bad day because of it. 564 00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:25,880 Speaker 1: And so like Kenny Pickett had issues, Molik Willis like 565 00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:30,440 Speaker 1: looked impressive physically but really raw. You know. You just 566 00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:33,520 Speaker 1: sort of go through the quarterback class and I think 567 00:29:33,560 --> 00:29:37,840 Speaker 1: that this is gonna been draft and if you remember 568 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:39,560 Speaker 1: that group, and I think it's like the thirt teen 569 00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:41,560 Speaker 1: draft in a lot of different ways. I think it's 570 00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:43,200 Speaker 1: gonna be that way with the quarterbacks and that year 571 00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:46,719 Speaker 1: the quarterbacks where EJ. Manuel, Geno Smith, Matt Barkley, those guys. 572 00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:50,000 Speaker 1: So I think it's that sort of class and then 573 00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:53,360 Speaker 1: the other thing about that group is like that thirteen class, 574 00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:55,200 Speaker 1: you didn't want to be drafting in the top ten. 575 00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:57,320 Speaker 1: And I think that's the way this draft is at 576 00:29:57,360 --> 00:30:00,240 Speaker 1: the top two, where you've got good I was like 577 00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:04,160 Speaker 1: Keavon Tibodeau and A Hutchinson and Evan Neal and um 578 00:30:04,520 --> 00:30:07,480 Speaker 1: and and and uh and I kind of I'm gonna 579 00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:12,800 Speaker 1: mess up his name. He cam back state offensive tackle. 580 00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:17,080 Speaker 1: Like you have good players, really good players, but these 581 00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:21,080 Speaker 1: aren't like blue chip Like it's not we're not We're 582 00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:24,240 Speaker 1: not talking about guys like you know, Miles Garrett or 583 00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:27,320 Speaker 1: a Chase Young at the top of yeah, yeah, um, 584 00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:31,240 Speaker 1: let me ask so um. Matt Rule was at Temple 585 00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:35,960 Speaker 1: and had recruited Picket heavily when he was at college. Um, 586 00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:38,760 Speaker 1: you know, Carolina plays at that NFC South where weather 587 00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:42,360 Speaker 1: is not a huge factor. Atlanta's in the Dome. You know, 588 00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:44,720 Speaker 1: maybe there's some rain. But by and Law, I mean 589 00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:46,720 Speaker 1: it's not Denver, Like I don't think pick it could 590 00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:51,040 Speaker 1: go to Denver um or even like Seattle. But do 591 00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:53,560 Speaker 1: you think six is too high for Pickett? I mean, 592 00:30:53,920 --> 00:30:57,240 Speaker 1: Matt Rule, if you want to keep your job, say hey, man, 593 00:30:57,400 --> 00:30:59,560 Speaker 1: give me the rookie quarterback, and I mean, you're gonna 594 00:30:59,560 --> 00:31:03,200 Speaker 1: give the guy chance. Think there's many pressure on that 595 00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:07,040 Speaker 1: in that building from ownership to take a big swinger quarterback. 596 00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:09,800 Speaker 1: Now the question becomes and there has been that pressure there. 597 00:31:10,280 --> 00:31:13,960 Speaker 1: I'm sure you know that. Um Like I think like 598 00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:16,920 Speaker 1: I think that this. I think it's gonna be tough 599 00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:20,760 Speaker 1: for them to convince just Sheawn Watson or Russell Wilson 600 00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:24,360 Speaker 1: and Aaron Rodgers whoever is available to go there, because 601 00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:26,960 Speaker 1: it's like one of these things where you bring a 602 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:30,800 Speaker 1: guy back and like the owner hasn't really said anything right, 603 00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:33,560 Speaker 1: Like there's been no public support for for rule, so 604 00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:35,440 Speaker 1: rules sort of sitting out there and he's twisting in 605 00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:37,200 Speaker 1: the way and everybody thinks job is gonna be on 606 00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:40,360 Speaker 1: the line in two thousand and twenty two. That makes 607 00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:43,200 Speaker 1: it exponentially harder to go and get a big fish 608 00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:47,000 Speaker 1: in the quarterback market. I guess the counter would be, right, Albert, 609 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:49,800 Speaker 1: if you said, hey, Deshan, you come here, look at 610 00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:52,320 Speaker 1: this division. You know, Aaron Rodgers wants to go to Denver. 611 00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:56,040 Speaker 1: He's got to face Herbert Mahomes twice. Uh Rado just 612 00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:58,240 Speaker 1: went to the playoffs like this divisions kicked. Now the 613 00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:01,000 Speaker 1: Brady's gone and Sean Payton's go on right right. But 614 00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:03,840 Speaker 1: the problem is, like, so I think the uncertain the 615 00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:06,920 Speaker 1: uncertainty in Caroline a place that Caroline does counteract that 616 00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:09,920 Speaker 1: to some degree because you're bringing a guy, You're bringing 617 00:32:09,920 --> 00:32:14,280 Speaker 1: a guy in and so you're saying to him, here's 618 00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:16,040 Speaker 1: your coach this year. We have no idea who your 619 00:32:16,040 --> 00:32:19,520 Speaker 1: coach is gonna be next, and you're sort of setting 620 00:32:19,560 --> 00:32:22,920 Speaker 1: up a scenario where, I mean, if you don't hire 621 00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:24,440 Speaker 1: the right coach, do you have a problem with that 622 00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:27,880 Speaker 1: quarterback a year down the line. And so like that's 623 00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:30,800 Speaker 1: why I think like a team like Denver is positioned 624 00:32:31,080 --> 00:32:33,320 Speaker 1: nicely right right now to go make a move for 625 00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:36,840 Speaker 1: a quarterback, because I mean, like whoever the quarterback is, 626 00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:39,480 Speaker 1: you know Nathaniel Hacket is gonna be your your your 627 00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:43,120 Speaker 1: head coach. You know that George Payton is gonna be 628 00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:45,520 Speaker 1: your GM. You may not know who your owner is 629 00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:49,560 Speaker 1: gonna be, at least in the very least right now, 630 00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:53,240 Speaker 1: You're you're looking at like a relatively stable football operation. 631 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:57,040 Speaker 1: That's tough for care That's what's tough for Caroline is 632 00:32:57,080 --> 00:32:59,240 Speaker 1: that the owner wants to take a big swinging quarterback. 633 00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:01,840 Speaker 1: But the instant bill relity um they're looking at going 634 00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:05,000 Speaker 1: into two could damage their ability to convince one of 635 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:08,520 Speaker 1: those guys to come because and look like I believe 636 00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:13,680 Speaker 1: I think I think Watson, I'm not just I think 637 00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:16,040 Speaker 1: Watson and Wilson both have no trade clauses, and then 638 00:33:16,520 --> 00:33:20,479 Speaker 1: Rogers doesn't. But regardless of who does or who doesn't, 639 00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:22,600 Speaker 1: we know all of them have the fact of no 640 00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:25,120 Speaker 1: trade clauses pretty much. Yet all of them can just 641 00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:27,520 Speaker 1: say I'm not showing up in a team, won't trade 642 00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:29,880 Speaker 1: before Yeah, Aaron Rodgers, I'll just retire, all right, Two 643 00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:34,520 Speaker 1: more quick ones. Um, let's go to the New York Giants. 644 00:33:34,560 --> 00:33:37,320 Speaker 1: They add Brian Dable, table is so hot, right, made 645 00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:40,480 Speaker 1: Josh Allen a star, got him a ton of money. 646 00:33:40,240 --> 00:33:43,160 Speaker 1: Are I know they're saying the right things about Daniel Jones, 647 00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:46,400 Speaker 1: But do you think they could lure a Russell Wilson 648 00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:49,360 Speaker 1: hey man New York City marketing? And oh, by the way, 649 00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:50,920 Speaker 1: you get to work with one of the best offensive 650 00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:54,320 Speaker 1: coordinators and Brian Dable, who's gonna be a lightout head coach. 651 00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:56,960 Speaker 1: You think Russell Wilson's didn't play for the giants. I 652 00:33:57,040 --> 00:34:00,000 Speaker 1: think it's gonna like sort of depend on Joe Shane, 653 00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:03,320 Speaker 1: the new general manager's assessment of the roster um. And 654 00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:05,200 Speaker 1: I think you only do something like that if you 655 00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:08,080 Speaker 1: feel like you're close. Russell Wilson is not that young anymore. 656 00:34:08,120 --> 00:34:11,200 Speaker 1: He's thirty three. He's got two years left on his contract. 657 00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:13,200 Speaker 1: So if you're gonna, you know, go give up what 658 00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:16,120 Speaker 1: it's gonna take to get him, then you're probably gonna 659 00:34:16,120 --> 00:34:18,760 Speaker 1: give a new contracts, so you're gonna double down on him. 660 00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:22,759 Speaker 1: And then the question becomes are you good enough around him? 661 00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:26,879 Speaker 1: And like if you think, all right, like he maybe 662 00:34:26,920 --> 00:34:30,640 Speaker 1: has three or four years left at this level, are 663 00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:32,520 Speaker 1: you gonna be able to get good enough enough to 664 00:34:32,520 --> 00:34:34,400 Speaker 1: make it worth it? And so I think it's so 665 00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:37,920 Speaker 1: much that's gonna depend on how Joe Shane assesses the 666 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:40,279 Speaker 1: roster and whether or not you can get things like 667 00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:43,399 Speaker 1: the offensive line fixed fast enough to get the most 668 00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:47,680 Speaker 1: out of somebody like Russell Wilson. Otherwise there, I mean, otherwise, 669 00:34:48,160 --> 00:34:49,680 Speaker 1: if you if you go in there and you're the 670 00:34:49,719 --> 00:34:52,200 Speaker 1: GM and you think it's gonna take me like maybe 671 00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:54,239 Speaker 1: two off seasons to get where I need to go, 672 00:34:54,840 --> 00:34:57,400 Speaker 1: then maybe it is worth just taking the extended look 673 00:34:57,880 --> 00:35:02,560 Speaker 1: at at Dame. Get a year. I mean, just look 674 00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:06,160 Speaker 1: at them for a year, don't exercise the option, and 675 00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:08,840 Speaker 1: if it works great, If it doesn't, then you have 676 00:35:08,880 --> 00:35:12,799 Speaker 1: the flexibility to move on. All right, quick CounterPunch on that. Hey, 677 00:35:12,840 --> 00:35:16,120 Speaker 1: look at Cincinnati Albert all homegrown on the offensive side, 678 00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:18,520 Speaker 1: and what they do on the defensive side. They went shopping, 679 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:22,320 Speaker 1: bought Hendrickson, bought a bunch of defensive guys, a Woozier 680 00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:25,840 Speaker 1: and Presto. They're in the Super Bowl. Like, could you 681 00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:30,440 Speaker 1: sell that to Russell Wilson? Yeah, I mean, if the 682 00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:34,719 Speaker 1: question is do your needs match up with do your 683 00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:37,320 Speaker 1: needs match up with what's going to be available in 684 00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:40,239 Speaker 1: free agency? You know, And so that's a big thing, 685 00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:42,719 Speaker 1: Like they need their offensive line fixed. I don't think 686 00:35:42,719 --> 00:35:44,000 Speaker 1: there's gonna be a ton of help for them in 687 00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:46,160 Speaker 1: free agency. Like if you need to receive, if you 688 00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:49,840 Speaker 1: can get a receiver this year, right, Allen Robinson, Vante Adams, 689 00:35:49,840 --> 00:35:53,200 Speaker 1: all those guys offensive line, it's always hard to fill 690 00:35:53,239 --> 00:35:55,160 Speaker 1: that with veterans. You almost have to build that that 691 00:35:55,239 --> 00:35:57,040 Speaker 1: through the draft because when the teams get good ones, 692 00:35:57,280 --> 00:35:59,640 Speaker 1: they generally don't let them go maybe you can get 693 00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:03,239 Speaker 1: swung on a Brandon share for someone like that. Um, 694 00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:05,120 Speaker 1: but can you fix the whole line in one offseason? 695 00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:07,600 Speaker 1: I think that's the question you gotta ask yourself. The 696 00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:12,359 Speaker 1: Bengals were interesting last year because they actually were, I think, 697 00:36:12,480 --> 00:36:15,440 Speaker 1: very honest with themselves. And so they let a couple 698 00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:20,600 Speaker 1: of homegrown players go in Karl Lawson and Carl Lawson 699 00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:25,200 Speaker 1: and William Jackson, and they replaced Karl Lawson with Trey Henderson. 700 00:36:25,480 --> 00:36:29,600 Speaker 1: They replaced William Jackson with two players with Woozier and 701 00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:32,120 Speaker 1: Mike Hilton, and they got a lot better as a result, 702 00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:36,000 Speaker 1: you know. And so you know, I think what Cincinnati 703 00:36:36,080 --> 00:36:38,839 Speaker 1: did was actually being like honest with yourself about your 704 00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:41,520 Speaker 1: own players and saying we need to do better than that. 705 00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:44,200 Speaker 1: It's almost like what it's like on a smaller scale, 706 00:36:44,239 --> 00:36:45,880 Speaker 1: but almost like what the Rams do with golf, right, 707 00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:50,200 Speaker 1: they were honest with themselves about golf. So um, but 708 00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:53,200 Speaker 1: the Bengals did was a little unique. But I think 709 00:36:53,239 --> 00:36:56,400 Speaker 1: the common thread, um, when we're talking about them and 710 00:36:56,440 --> 00:36:58,880 Speaker 1: what we're talking about, you, you know, proposing the Giants 711 00:36:58,920 --> 00:37:02,600 Speaker 1: do is is like that the what's out there on 712 00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:05,240 Speaker 1: the free agent market has to match up with your needs, 713 00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:07,520 Speaker 1: and I'm not sure it would for the Giants. Again, 714 00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:09,480 Speaker 1: maybe you take a big swing on somebody like Brandon 715 00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:11,839 Speaker 1: Sheriff and he hadd an offensive lineman in the draft, 716 00:37:11,920 --> 00:37:14,920 Speaker 1: and maybe that fixes everything, UM, but would be expensive 717 00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:17,960 Speaker 1: to do that. Of course, Fox Sports Radio has the 718 00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:20,960 Speaker 1: best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of 719 00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:24,479 Speaker 1: our shows at Fox Sports Radio dot com and within 720 00:37:24,520 --> 00:37:27,000 Speaker 1: the I Heart Radio app search f s R to 721 00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:30,080 Speaker 1: listen live. Al Right, so Albert will wrap up with 722 00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:34,040 Speaker 1: everybody's favorite quarterback, Jimmy Garoppolo. His old guy Josh McDaniels 723 00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:36,560 Speaker 1: is in Vegas. We don't know what's up with car 724 00:37:37,239 --> 00:37:40,640 Speaker 1: and McDaniel who was just his offensive coordinator in San 725 00:37:40,640 --> 00:37:42,359 Speaker 1: fran is now going to Miami. We don't know what's 726 00:37:42,440 --> 00:37:46,239 Speaker 1: up with Tua. What's your early read on Garoppolo? And 727 00:37:46,280 --> 00:37:48,360 Speaker 1: there's gonna be a million I'm still kind of in 728 00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:51,600 Speaker 1: on Pittsburgh given that that's a definite opening. But what 729 00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:53,160 Speaker 1: what what are you hearing? What do you what's your 730 00:37:53,239 --> 00:37:56,880 Speaker 1: vibe right now in early February? Well, I think, you know, 731 00:37:57,080 --> 00:37:59,000 Speaker 1: I think it'll be traded, and I think it'll probably 732 00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:01,879 Speaker 1: happen before the UM, before the start of the league year, 733 00:38:02,239 --> 00:38:04,279 Speaker 1: or it'll be agreed to before the start of the 734 00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:07,080 Speaker 1: league year. And my guess is it's gonna be a 735 00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:11,399 Speaker 1: team that maybe takes a big swing and can't land 736 00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:13,960 Speaker 1: one of the huge names. So two teams that I 737 00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:15,880 Speaker 1: have my eye on, or two teams that were actually 738 00:38:15,880 --> 00:38:19,120 Speaker 1: pretty heavy into the Stafford sweep stakes last year. And 739 00:38:19,120 --> 00:38:21,720 Speaker 1: that's one thing we talked about in Carolina and another 740 00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:24,680 Speaker 1: that we haven't in Washington. And so you know, I 741 00:38:24,719 --> 00:38:29,759 Speaker 1: mentioned Carolina being very aggressive and looking for their next quarterback. 742 00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:32,880 Speaker 1: I think Washington is gonna be the same way. I 743 00:38:32,880 --> 00:38:34,880 Speaker 1: think Washington is gonna go after it and try to 744 00:38:34,880 --> 00:38:37,600 Speaker 1: get one of the big names. I think if they 745 00:38:37,640 --> 00:38:40,400 Speaker 1: fall short, they could be in the Garoppolo market too. 746 00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:43,480 Speaker 1: So um, you know, you know, we've we've talked about 747 00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:46,560 Speaker 1: the name about about a bunch of teams that you know, 748 00:38:46,640 --> 00:38:48,600 Speaker 1: we all think they're gonna be in this and it's 749 00:38:48,640 --> 00:38:51,279 Speaker 1: teams that we're you know, sort of in the and 750 00:38:51,360 --> 00:38:53,960 Speaker 1: then de Shaun Watson sweep stakes last year. You know, 751 00:38:54,040 --> 00:38:58,000 Speaker 1: your den Version, your Miami's, your Caroline's, your Philadelphia is um, 752 00:38:58,040 --> 00:39:00,600 Speaker 1: I think Washington is gonna be in that mix this year. Two. 753 00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:03,319 Speaker 1: The only thing is those are two NFC teams. I 754 00:39:03,360 --> 00:39:07,719 Speaker 1: guess stand you know in San Francisco just doesn't really care. 755 00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:10,279 Speaker 1: We'll just send him. It doesn't really matter that. You know, 756 00:39:10,520 --> 00:39:12,719 Speaker 1: Carolina is kind of far from the playoffs. Washington was 757 00:39:12,760 --> 00:39:14,400 Speaker 1: there a year ago there, Yeah, I mean, I just 758 00:39:14,440 --> 00:39:17,480 Speaker 1: think if you're in San Francisco's position, where you gave 759 00:39:17,560 --> 00:39:20,040 Speaker 1: up so much to go get Tray Lance, I think, 760 00:39:20,160 --> 00:39:22,400 Speaker 1: like you just the best way to serve yourself as 761 00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:24,799 Speaker 1: a recoup as much of that as you possibly can. 762 00:39:25,320 --> 00:39:27,800 Speaker 1: And so if the best offers coming from the NFC. 763 00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:30,279 Speaker 1: And I just named five teams and what three of 764 00:39:30,280 --> 00:39:33,200 Speaker 1: them are in the NFC, and you know, I think 765 00:39:33,239 --> 00:39:36,439 Speaker 1: Miami is probably sticking with to Um at this point. 766 00:39:36,520 --> 00:39:38,759 Speaker 1: I think they're higher is sort of indicated that they're 767 00:39:38,760 --> 00:39:40,560 Speaker 1: gonna stick with two or at least look at to 768 00:39:40,760 --> 00:39:43,160 Speaker 1: uh uh. That takes an NFC team off to the 769 00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:46,879 Speaker 1: off the board, and so like that leaves three at 770 00:39:46,880 --> 00:39:49,400 Speaker 1: the least four teams three in the NFC. And I 771 00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:51,880 Speaker 1: think if you're the Niners, really based on what you 772 00:39:51,920 --> 00:39:55,520 Speaker 1: gave up to go and get Um, what you gave 773 00:39:55,600 --> 00:39:57,840 Speaker 1: up to go and get Tray Lance, I think you 774 00:39:57,880 --> 00:39:59,880 Speaker 1: have to have confidence that you made the right decision. 775 00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:02,400 Speaker 1: And if that means that you gotta face Jimmy g 776 00:40:02,520 --> 00:40:04,040 Speaker 1: a little bit more often than you would if you 777 00:40:04,080 --> 00:40:06,160 Speaker 1: send him to the other conference, I think that's something 778 00:40:06,239 --> 00:40:08,600 Speaker 1: that you live with. Yeah, all right, Albert Brier, Monday 779 00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:11,680 Speaker 1: Morning quarterback, he's all over. I mean, you're basically a 780 00:40:11,760 --> 00:40:14,880 Speaker 1: celebrity in Boston. Um, I'll probably see you out of 781 00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:18,239 Speaker 1: here super Bowl week. Um you can you can you 782 00:40:18,280 --> 00:40:22,800 Speaker 1: stand down there by the beach? Well? I mean I 783 00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:26,359 Speaker 1: I certainly will be venturing into West Hollywood. I don't 784 00:40:26,360 --> 00:40:29,440 Speaker 1: know about downtown except for maybe Thursday. Um, You're not 785 00:40:29,480 --> 00:40:33,439 Speaker 1: downtown very much, not really unless it's a Lakers game. 786 00:40:34,120 --> 00:40:36,719 Speaker 1: I rarely. I went to one play pick up basketball 787 00:40:36,719 --> 00:40:39,239 Speaker 1: one time in downtown. It was like ninety degrees. I 788 00:40:39,280 --> 00:40:41,800 Speaker 1: was like, I haven't, isn't warmer here than it is 789 00:40:41,800 --> 00:40:46,600 Speaker 1: everywhere else? It feels that way. Yes, it's very way hot. Okay, 790 00:40:47,440 --> 00:40:49,360 Speaker 1: I sort of feel like this is like the warmest 791 00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:51,839 Speaker 1: I've ever been in l A. But I'm usually down 792 00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:53,919 Speaker 1: like year away. I'm usually down in the South Bay 793 00:40:54,120 --> 00:40:57,520 Speaker 1: or you know, up you know, up with the Rams 794 00:40:57,520 --> 00:41:00,560 Speaker 1: and there Ventura, And this is this, Jeff only feel. 795 00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:03,640 Speaker 1: It feels like summer here in the middle of downtown. 796 00:41:03,960 --> 00:41:05,920 Speaker 1: But hey, listen, it's better than Boston, right, I mean 797 00:41:05,920 --> 00:41:08,000 Speaker 1: you got like two snow on the ground. Maybe. Yeah, 798 00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:09,880 Speaker 1: we actually got thirty. We had a storm to hit 799 00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:13,319 Speaker 1: us with thirty inches. Um, that was my all, my 800 00:41:13,320 --> 00:41:15,480 Speaker 1: wife to handle that because I was like cancing or 801 00:41:15,520 --> 00:41:17,959 Speaker 1: something like that. You were like, i'll see you later. 802 00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:21,520 Speaker 1: Back enjoy the kids and thirty inches of snow. All right, 803 00:41:21,520 --> 00:41:24,320 Speaker 1: all right man, thanks again, Albert and uh continued success. 804 00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:26,160 Speaker 1: We'll see you soon, man, alright, great, Thanks Jay Mack.