1 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:13,119 Speaker 1: What is going on? Everybody freeing out? Podcast? Back again? 2 00:00:13,520 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 1: It is June as I recorded it, fourth the July, 3 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 1: right around the corner. Hopefully your summer is going well. 4 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:25,160 Speaker 1: Uh in the in the slow time of the NFL 5 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:28,240 Speaker 1: calendar for sure, But don't worry. That's why I get 6 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:30,640 Speaker 1: paid the big bucks. They actually gotta think. I got 7 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:34,600 Speaker 1: a lot going on today with NBA free agency starting. 8 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 1: I think there are some parallels and some interesting things. 9 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:40,839 Speaker 1: I've just it got me thinking about the NFL and 10 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:43,600 Speaker 1: just one thing they really have going for them, because 11 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:46,120 Speaker 1: I thought forever free agency in the NFL wasn't that 12 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:50,200 Speaker 1: interesting because big players did not ever hit the market 13 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:54,760 Speaker 1: like the equivalent of Lebron Kauai, Anthony Davis, Kevin Durant, 14 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:58,280 Speaker 1: Clay Thompson like that level player in his prime never 15 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:02,400 Speaker 1: hits free agency. But the NFL has had a drastic 16 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 1: change I think has really helped that period out. Drew 17 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:10,759 Speaker 1: Brees gave Zion assigned jersey and basically said, like he's 18 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:14,200 Speaker 1: passing the torch, and it got me thinking, like Zion, 19 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:18,400 Speaker 1: if he becomes Lebron James or a player of that magnitude, 20 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:20,160 Speaker 1: which hopefully does I don't know if you saw when 21 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:23,679 Speaker 1: he got drafted, he started crying. It was awesome. But 22 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:26,880 Speaker 1: I think there are several quarterbacks right now they can 23 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:31,080 Speaker 1: have a Zion type impact on their team. Uh. And 24 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:33,560 Speaker 1: we'll dive into that. And then I did the a 25 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 1: f C East, I did the NFC East today, I 26 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:39,679 Speaker 1: will do the a f C South, and then I'll 27 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:42,040 Speaker 1: do the NFC South next week. I may only have 28 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:45,480 Speaker 1: one podcast now next week. Uh, fourth of July falls 29 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:47,960 Speaker 1: on Thursday. But we'll see. Maybe maybe I'll do too. 30 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:50,880 Speaker 1: We'll take it. I'll take it day by day. Uh. 31 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 1: And then we'll get into the Middlecoff mail bag as 32 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:55,080 Speaker 1: I do on every show. Fire up in my d 33 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:58,000 Speaker 1: M s at John Middlecoff on Instagram, and I'll answer 34 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 1: your questions here up on the podcast. But let's start 35 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 1: with this. You know, not everything in sports is black 36 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 1: and white, like I I do think there's a point 37 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:10,760 Speaker 1: in time like the NBA, for example, has basically become 38 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 1: like the s weekly of sports. Their off season is 39 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:18,960 Speaker 1: way more captivating and interesting than their than their actual product. 40 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:22,519 Speaker 1: And is that a good or bad thing. I think 41 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:25,919 Speaker 1: they've kind of hit the slippery slope now where it's 42 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:28,959 Speaker 1: almost a bad thing. Like, you need your games to 43 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:32,119 Speaker 1: matter in sports. And I say this all the time. 44 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:34,520 Speaker 1: The greatest thing football has going for it is the sport. 45 00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 1: Is there just urgency to every game because every game matters. 46 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:40,839 Speaker 1: You just can't really fake it, right, you only play 47 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 1: sixteen of them. The inventory of the amount of games 48 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 1: are dramatically smaller than baseball or basketball. Clearly than baseball, 49 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:50,799 Speaker 1: but even the basketball. I mean, you do the math, 50 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 1: eight two divided by sixteen. Uh, not a mathematician, but 51 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:59,960 Speaker 1: what's that seven? Six, five times fifteen, four times fifty 52 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:02,919 Speaker 1: in his sixty Yeah, so would be like like five. 53 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 1: It's like, you know, I mean every game is like 54 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:07,960 Speaker 1: a fifth of the season. That's it's a big deal. 55 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:13,240 Speaker 1: And I I think the NFL forever, like NBA free 56 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 1: agency this last like ten years with Lebron changing, the 57 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:20,960 Speaker 1: sport has become a really big deal because big time 58 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 1: players hit free agency, and these guys have gotten so 59 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:27,080 Speaker 1: rich that they're in such a different world. Even like 60 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 1: NFL players, they're making CEO level money. They can turn 61 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 1: down millions upon millions of dollars. People sign up in 62 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 1: my d m s and when they're asking questions for 63 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:38,960 Speaker 1: middlecoff mail bag often go like, you know, do you 64 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 1: think this guy would take less money? And in the NFL, 65 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 1: the simple answer, whenever you're talking about an NFL free agent, 66 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 1: they don't worry about about as much about fit, about 67 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:51,120 Speaker 1: coaching staff, about all all that stuff is secondary. The 68 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 1: money is always first because if you get dramatically more 69 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:57,880 Speaker 1: guaranteed money, you can't turn that down, especially in a 70 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 1: sport where your career might not be long. Think about this, 71 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:05,080 Speaker 1: like Lebron James going into year seventeen, year seventeen. Most 72 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:08,040 Speaker 1: NFL player's career lasts like ten years, like good players 73 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:11,280 Speaker 1: twelve years, Like it's crazy to see a non quarterback 74 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 1: go fifteen plush years. But the NBA they do have 75 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:17,599 Speaker 1: like this next week is a big week for them. 76 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:19,520 Speaker 1: You're gonna have a lot of potentially a lot of 77 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:22,479 Speaker 1: player movement forever. And I found this out when I 78 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 1: went to the NFL. It was like all NFL free agency. 79 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:28,480 Speaker 1: And I remember I vividly remember putting up the board 80 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 1: in the Eagles office with the magnets of all these 81 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:35,040 Speaker 1: names of remember the time it was like Ray Rice, Hellodi, 82 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 1: Nada uh namby awesome on. I was swinging a miss, 83 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:42,039 Speaker 1: but just a lot of Logan Mankins and all these 84 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:45,839 Speaker 1: guys names who would always get franchised. They would always 85 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:49,280 Speaker 1: and they'd never hit the market, which I always I'm 86 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:52,279 Speaker 1: adamant and I believe this to my core. That's another 87 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:54,840 Speaker 1: thing the NFL has going for it. It can keep 88 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:57,480 Speaker 1: players if you want to keep them. And the number 89 00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:01,279 Speaker 1: one thing for the consumer who literally pays for every 90 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:04,599 Speaker 1: penny of pro sports, you can't just screw them over 91 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:06,360 Speaker 1: all the time. And I think sometimes in the NBA 92 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:09,479 Speaker 1: they're kind of getting toyed with a little the fan 93 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:13,159 Speaker 1: because the fans starts out and you guys all reach 94 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:15,080 Speaker 1: out to me, I'm a so and so fan, you're 95 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:19,360 Speaker 1: a fan of the team first. But the NFL for 96 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:22,239 Speaker 1: a long long time just didn't have as much movement, 97 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 1: impactful movement in free agency. Really the big offseason moment 98 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:30,320 Speaker 1: was always much more tailored to the draft, right. Their 99 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:33,960 Speaker 1: draft was really the most important draft, even unlike the NBA, 100 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:37,280 Speaker 1: because every round is producing guys who are gonna have 101 00:05:37,279 --> 00:05:40,520 Speaker 1: big impacts on Sunday immediately, Like second round picks in 102 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:43,440 Speaker 1: the NBA are gonna suck in the NFL, like seventh 103 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:46,880 Speaker 1: rounders are gonna be starters. But free agency always left 104 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:49,440 Speaker 1: something to be desired, and then this kind of new 105 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:54,799 Speaker 1: wave of aggressive gms, younger gms have made trading such 106 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 1: a big deal. Look at the amount of players like these, 107 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:01,919 Speaker 1: this list of players they actually didn't sign as free agents, 108 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:05,839 Speaker 1: but they basically were used like they were in free agency. 109 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:08,240 Speaker 1: Odell Beckham Jr. You're after he signed this big deal 110 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 1: with the Giants. Traded Frank Clark, who they weren't gonna franchise, traded, 111 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 1: DFD traded Amari Cooper last year, traded Khalil Mack traded. 112 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:20,800 Speaker 1: I mean, obviously John Bruten added to this list. Brandon 113 00:06:20,839 --> 00:06:26,600 Speaker 1: Cooks traded twice. Uh oh, I thought it was that Peterson. 114 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 1: Marcus Peters, the corner from Kansas City traded. Now Andy 115 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:32,880 Speaker 1: Reid has his hand in a couple of these. He's 116 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:36,159 Speaker 1: always been a very progressive mind and very aggressive, but 117 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 1: I think a lot of people now have kind of 118 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:41,360 Speaker 1: come to that level and it's added a lot more intrigued. 119 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:45,320 Speaker 1: So the NFL free agency market now the most interesting part, 120 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:49,680 Speaker 1: unlike the NBA, where players literally are just unrestritain free agents. 121 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:52,320 Speaker 1: You can't franchise tag me and I just leave. Because 122 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:56,840 Speaker 1: if there was a franchise tag What would happen right now? Uh, 123 00:06:56,920 --> 00:07:00,440 Speaker 1: Kawhi Leonard would get franchise tagged, Kevin Durant would get 124 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:04,960 Speaker 1: franchise tagged, Kemba Walker would get franchise tagged. Clay Thompson 125 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:07,880 Speaker 1: they would just max out, but they would franchise Kevin 126 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:11,000 Speaker 1: Durant and they would max out Clay Thompson. Like that's 127 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:14,080 Speaker 1: what would happen. But instead, in the NFL forever it 128 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:16,000 Speaker 1: was like, God, these guys are never gonna leave. Well 129 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 1: now they just get traded. Like Jadeveon Clowney, What's gonna 130 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 1: happen to him? I don't know, he might if he 131 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:22,680 Speaker 1: gets traded in the next month. Would I be shocked? No? 132 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:26,200 Speaker 1: I actually kind of expected so. I I do think 133 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:30,280 Speaker 1: the NFL's adapt that way, and that their free agency 134 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:33,520 Speaker 1: now is basically just the trademark. It's no longer just 135 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 1: these unrestricted I'm excited for next week because it's always 136 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:40,680 Speaker 1: cool when there's movement. Uh. And the NBA is like 137 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:44,200 Speaker 1: at the at just like the Apex right now of 138 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:49,080 Speaker 1: movement because you have the superstar studded free agency class 139 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:50,640 Speaker 1: and it feels like a lot of them are gonna 140 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:53,160 Speaker 1: move teams were in the NFL, You're like, oh, this 141 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:55,680 Speaker 1: guy's not going anywhere. It's gonna get franchise. But now 142 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:58,240 Speaker 1: we see because of the turnover and head coaches, there's 143 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:00,600 Speaker 1: been a crazy amount of turnover with g MS these 144 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 1: last several years, these players getting traded and they've been 145 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:06,000 Speaker 1: Like the Odell Beckham trade was one of the crazier 146 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:09,119 Speaker 1: moments of the year, right Flint Frank Clark d Ford 147 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:12,400 Speaker 1: kind of swapped was nuts. The clear mc trade is 148 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:15,880 Speaker 1: still one of the crazier trades ever, given how much 149 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:18,640 Speaker 1: they gave up, how much they ended up paying him. 150 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 1: How that trade and the great part about trades, and 151 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:24,000 Speaker 1: that's what's kind of cool about the Anthony Davis trade 152 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:28,920 Speaker 1: is there's always so much to it. Like the Raiders 153 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:30,880 Speaker 1: got the two first round picks, but they didn't think 154 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:32,960 Speaker 1: the Bears were gonna be any good, and then the 155 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:37,080 Speaker 1: Bears won the division and and the pick was twenty three. 156 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 1: I think they thought the pick was gonna be twenty two. 157 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:42,559 Speaker 1: So when you just see a guy leaving understricted free 158 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:44,959 Speaker 1: agency just leaves part of like when you get a 159 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:47,199 Speaker 1: big trade is usually have to throw in some sweet 160 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 1: draft picks. Well, then there's that whole elephant in the room. Well, 161 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 1: what if the team is actually good, is that draft 162 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:54,080 Speaker 1: pick gonna be good? Is that draft pick gonna be bad? 163 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:56,480 Speaker 1: That's the big thing with Anthony Davis, right. They have 164 00:08:56,520 --> 00:08:59,320 Speaker 1: all these trades coming up in like ten years or 165 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:01,760 Speaker 1: maybe not that long, seven eight years. What's it gonna 166 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:03,720 Speaker 1: look like? It could be ugly or it might not 167 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:07,000 Speaker 1: face them. There's so much unknown with these trades. I 168 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:09,520 Speaker 1: actually more of a I'm more of a sucker for 169 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:12,560 Speaker 1: a sweet trade that I am just an unrestricted free 170 00:09:12,559 --> 00:09:15,880 Speaker 1: agency signing. In any sport, they're always got a little 171 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:18,760 Speaker 1: more juiced to it. And the NFL now is kind 172 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:21,560 Speaker 1: of making a killing off the trade market. I saw 173 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:25,840 Speaker 1: a pretty cool video the other day. It was I 174 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:27,600 Speaker 1: saw it. I'm like, it might have been during Colin 175 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:30,000 Speaker 1: Show or maybe on Twitter, I don't even remember. It 176 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:35,679 Speaker 1: was Drew Brees had gifted Zion a signed jersey, and 177 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:37,960 Speaker 1: I think he wrote on the jersey or left a 178 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:41,760 Speaker 1: note basically saying I'm passing the torch like this is 179 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:45,040 Speaker 1: gonna be your city now. And Zion, who is just 180 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:50,680 Speaker 1: as likable of a young pro athlete as I think 181 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 1: we've ever seen. I mean, maybe since like ninety two Shock, 182 00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:59,160 Speaker 1: maybe like a super young Brett Farve. There there is 183 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:05,239 Speaker 1: a select you of just guys that are vibrant, elite talents, 184 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:10,040 Speaker 1: always smile. Every kid wants to know or have a 185 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:13,480 Speaker 1: piece of apparel with that guy's name on, and the 186 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:15,439 Speaker 1: parents are proud to get it. And I think he's 187 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:17,360 Speaker 1: one of those guys. Obviously Drew Brees kind of one 188 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:19,959 Speaker 1: of those guys too, but he became in a little 189 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:23,240 Speaker 1: older in life. But it got me thinking, like in 190 00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:29,199 Speaker 1: the NFL, to have a zion, a true, true franchise changer, 191 00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:34,360 Speaker 1: he has to be a quarterback. Like last year, I've 192 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:38,839 Speaker 1: become a pseudo uh Chicago Bears fan. I've kind of 193 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:41,800 Speaker 1: helicoptered in. You know, if Matt Naggi ever left, I 194 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:43,440 Speaker 1: don't know if I'd be as big a fan. But 195 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:46,040 Speaker 1: I got some buddies, know, people that work in the organization. 196 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:48,960 Speaker 1: And then they got Khalil Mack who was might have 197 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:50,840 Speaker 1: been my favorite player in the league. It was awesome, 198 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:54,040 Speaker 1: but just him by himself and he was he helped 199 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:57,280 Speaker 1: them become a solid team and because they were gonna 200 00:10:57,280 --> 00:10:59,000 Speaker 1: be good last year, he took him to a new level. 201 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:02,120 Speaker 1: Won the division, but like in the playoffs, it was 202 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:04,520 Speaker 1: kind of up to Mitch, Like, if the Bears are 203 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:07,000 Speaker 1: gonna take a huge step, it's gonna because of become 204 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:11,040 Speaker 1: Mitch's team. Like, he's gonna even if their defense stays 205 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:12,719 Speaker 1: and league like, he's gonna have to make plays in 206 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:14,800 Speaker 1: big games. We all know that I'm pretty sent the 207 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:17,640 Speaker 1: choir here. There's probably not a business like this in 208 00:11:17,679 --> 00:11:21,840 Speaker 1: all of America that at that level, billion dollar business 209 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:25,560 Speaker 1: that is dependent more on one human, even more than 210 00:11:25,559 --> 00:11:28,040 Speaker 1: the coach, more than the CEO, more than the owner, 211 00:11:28,160 --> 00:11:31,720 Speaker 1: just the quarterback. If you have a badass quarterback, you 212 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:35,920 Speaker 1: can overcome everything. Now, eventually you may hit some rough spots, 213 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:39,080 Speaker 1: but you will win if your quarterback's a badass. And 214 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:41,360 Speaker 1: I started looking around the league, and I just wrote 215 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:44,839 Speaker 1: down a couple of guys like, if your quarterback hits 216 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:48,520 Speaker 1: like Boom, the Colts draft Payton Manning, franchise changed, Boom, 217 00:11:48,559 --> 00:11:52,080 Speaker 1: the Patriots hit on Tom Brady, franchise change when Ron 218 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:54,960 Speaker 1: Wolfe traded for Brett Farve. It's basically like having an 219 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:59,040 Speaker 1: NBA superstar land in your lap. It changes your franchise forever. 220 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:01,760 Speaker 1: In clearly, we have a couple of guys kind of 221 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:04,920 Speaker 1: in their prime that are great examples of that right now. 222 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:08,320 Speaker 1: Obviously the older guys, the Roethlisberger's Brady Breeze, you know, 223 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:11,040 Speaker 1: even Rogers. But I think we got two guys in 224 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:14,600 Speaker 1: the sweet spot, right, Russell Wilson and Andrew Luck. Now 225 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:18,200 Speaker 1: Luck was a little unique because he was replacing Manning, 226 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:20,840 Speaker 1: so their franchise was already pretty elite, but it was 227 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:24,400 Speaker 1: basically just because of Peyton. We saw Peyton removed. They 228 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:27,719 Speaker 1: were terrible. Peyton missed the season, they were one of 229 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:30,000 Speaker 1: the worst teams we've ever seen, and then they got 230 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:33,840 Speaker 1: Andrew Luck. Boom didn't skip a beat. Seattle is probably 231 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:37,000 Speaker 1: a better example because the majority of my life. I 232 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:39,040 Speaker 1: guess there was a little period with Homegrin when they 233 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:42,360 Speaker 1: got good, but for the most part, Seattle sucked. And 234 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:45,480 Speaker 1: then when Pete Carroll went there, they were in major trouble. 235 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:48,880 Speaker 1: And Russell Wilson changed your franchise. Now he wasn't Russell 236 00:12:48,920 --> 00:12:51,560 Speaker 1: Wilson at first, right, Their defense kind of did, but 237 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:54,920 Speaker 1: they've been able to maintain, sustain and do everything because 238 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:58,400 Speaker 1: of him. I looked around the league, like, who is 239 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 1: likely to kind of be the next Zion in theory. 240 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 1: Now again, I'm not saying these guys are Zion level talents. 241 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:05,840 Speaker 1: We don't even know. We haven't seen Zion play a game, 242 00:13:06,080 --> 00:13:08,920 Speaker 1: But I'm assuming he's gonna be a great NBA player 243 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:11,199 Speaker 1: health As long as he stays healthy, I think he's 244 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:14,360 Speaker 1: gonna be elite. Well, there are several quarterbacks right now 245 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:17,360 Speaker 1: that have a chance to change the franchise. What we 246 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:20,800 Speaker 1: just saw one last year became and again he was 247 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:23,880 Speaker 1: drafted to a team that was already good. But it's 248 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:28,400 Speaker 1: pretty clear that Patrick Mahomes is an absolute franchise changer. 249 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:31,480 Speaker 1: Coach ree has ever won a Super Bowl. The Chiefs 250 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:34,400 Speaker 1: have never won a Super Bowl. I'm pretty sure I 251 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:36,440 Speaker 1: got I might have to check my NFL history. Maybe 252 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:38,040 Speaker 1: they won one way back in the day, was at 253 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:40,680 Speaker 1: the ANFL. I gotta check my NFL history on that one. 254 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:43,320 Speaker 1: But they hadn't won a playoff game and forever again 255 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:45,400 Speaker 1: born in eighty four, So don't don't shoot the messenger here, 256 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:48,480 Speaker 1: But clearly, Patrick Mahomes for as good as that team 257 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:50,760 Speaker 1: has been in a large majority of my adult life, 258 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:52,720 Speaker 1: the Chiefs have been good. They were good in the 259 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:56,920 Speaker 1: nineties with Marty Schottenheimer, then they were good when uh 260 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:59,199 Speaker 1: when vermil went there. Now their defense wasn't good, but 261 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:01,480 Speaker 1: they scored a lot of points. Remember a couple of 262 00:14:01,559 --> 00:14:03,439 Speaker 1: years ago, even Scott Pioli as bad as a guy. 263 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:05,600 Speaker 1: They made the playoffs. Coach Reid has made the playoffs 264 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:08,280 Speaker 1: like before Mahomes four out of five years. But it's 265 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:10,640 Speaker 1: pretty clear like this guy. It's like going from a 266 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:13,480 Speaker 1: good NBA player, like landing Kevin Durant. Like the Warriors 267 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:16,360 Speaker 1: were good with Harrison Barnes and then they got Kevin Durant. 268 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:18,600 Speaker 1: It was like game over. Like I promise you, if 269 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:21,360 Speaker 1: Mahomes stays healthy, he's going to win a Super Bowl 270 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:23,840 Speaker 1: in his career. Like that's gonna happen. So that I 271 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:26,760 Speaker 1: wouldn't even put him quite in the in this kind 272 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:30,640 Speaker 1: of group because he's already established. He is elite, right, 273 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:33,680 Speaker 1: I know that. Here's the group though, that I think 274 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:36,240 Speaker 1: can get very interesting, the three guys from last year, 275 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:42,120 Speaker 1: Donald Allen and Baker. I would even put Rosen on 276 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:44,840 Speaker 1: the side just because he's already been traded. I just 277 00:14:45,640 --> 00:14:48,040 Speaker 1: and I like Josh Rosen, but I'm gonna put I'm 278 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:50,320 Speaker 1: gonna red flag him, not necessarily in a bad way, 279 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:52,480 Speaker 1: I just don't even know what to do with him yet. 280 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:55,120 Speaker 1: I know this, The New York Jets have been an 281 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:58,960 Speaker 1: absolute dumpster fire the majority of the last twenty five years. 282 00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:01,880 Speaker 1: Sam Donald's can change this all and now he's got 283 00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:05,080 Speaker 1: an offensive head coach. I'm a big Sam Donald believer 284 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:08,280 Speaker 1: based on his college stuff. I'll be honest. I didn't 285 00:15:08,280 --> 00:15:10,960 Speaker 1: watch that much of him last year. I'm not putting 286 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:13,320 Speaker 1: that much stock in the last year. They had a 287 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:16,040 Speaker 1: dead man walking as the coach, and wide receiver sucked. 288 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:18,960 Speaker 1: They had no offensive weapons or offensive line wasn't good. 289 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:22,120 Speaker 1: I think we can start evaluating him now, but he 290 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:25,640 Speaker 1: definitely isn't is that type guy in theory. Him and 291 00:15:25,760 --> 00:15:30,160 Speaker 1: Josh Allen, because Josh Allen the Bills. Now, they just 292 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:32,360 Speaker 1: broke the longest streak of not making the playoffs in 293 00:15:32,360 --> 00:15:35,600 Speaker 1: the NFL. Right it was since I'm not a math major, 294 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:38,440 Speaker 1: but pretty sure that's nineteen years, maybe twenty depends if 295 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 1: you count that ninety nine year. Uh, that's a long time. Now. 296 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:45,560 Speaker 1: I'm not the biggest Josh Allen believer from a talent standpoint. 297 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:48,440 Speaker 1: Love the human fall on Instagram, big fan of the person. 298 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:51,040 Speaker 1: He's the type person you want to bet On, I 299 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 1: just not a huge Like I have a philosophy, if 300 00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:58,640 Speaker 1: you're really inaccurate in college, you're probably gonna be really 301 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:01,840 Speaker 1: inaccurate in the pros. Usually doesn't change overnight, and that's 302 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:04,360 Speaker 1: his biggest issue. They haven't really They added a bunch 303 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:06,440 Speaker 1: of midget wide receivers, so I don't expect him to 304 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:08,400 Speaker 1: just hit a bunch of these guys when they're catching 305 00:16:08,520 --> 00:16:10,640 Speaker 1: radius a small Now, maybe he'll prove me wrong. I'm 306 00:16:10,680 --> 00:16:13,440 Speaker 1: rooting for him. But if Josh Allen becomes a superstar, 307 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:16,640 Speaker 1: I mean he would change the course of the Bills 308 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:20,000 Speaker 1: franchise Baker, who I think has already been annointed this level, 309 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:22,800 Speaker 1: like he's the Zion of Cleveland, Like, let's pump our 310 00:16:22,840 --> 00:16:25,960 Speaker 1: brakes a little bit. But I will not dispute. It 311 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:28,280 Speaker 1: does feel like Baker is a chance to be pretty special, 312 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:31,800 Speaker 1: and unlike Donald and Allen, you go, well, his team's 313 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:34,920 Speaker 1: pretty equipped. That's the one thing about Zion Zion showing 314 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:37,400 Speaker 1: up to the Pelicans. They got Brandon Ingram Now, they 315 00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:39,680 Speaker 1: got Lonzo Ball. They also have Drew Holiday, they got 316 00:16:39,720 --> 00:16:42,080 Speaker 1: a max lot. They can go sign like Al Horford, 317 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:44,720 Speaker 1: like their team could be pretty good. Thing with Baker 318 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:48,040 Speaker 1: Mayfields like, Okay, I wasn't. I didn't start the first 319 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:49,960 Speaker 1: three or four games last year because of Tyrod. Then 320 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:52,480 Speaker 1: I came in. I was pretty solid, have a little 321 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:54,520 Speaker 1: blemish cut. I didn't play that well against winning teams. 322 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:57,040 Speaker 1: But we had no wide receivers. You know, we had 323 00:16:57,040 --> 00:16:59,920 Speaker 1: some weird stuff going on. Coach got fired. Whatever, Now 324 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:02,360 Speaker 1: out we can go. Okay, you got a loaded I mean, 325 00:17:03,400 --> 00:17:05,840 Speaker 1: you gotta big. You've got a lot to work with here, right. 326 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:09,800 Speaker 1: You got Odell Beckham Jr. Who's one of the most 327 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:12,520 Speaker 1: talented players in the league. You got Jarvis Landry who's 328 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:14,600 Speaker 1: one of the most consistent players in the league. You 329 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:16,680 Speaker 1: have Nick Chubb, who I think most people around the 330 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:18,359 Speaker 1: leagu would say he's one of the better young running 331 00:17:18,359 --> 00:17:22,240 Speaker 1: backs in the league. You have this super talented, uh 332 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:24,520 Speaker 1: you know, offensive weapon of a tight end. They can 333 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:27,879 Speaker 1: just fly, make plays like you're ready to roll. And 334 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:29,800 Speaker 1: you've got a division that's kind of influx. Though. I 335 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:33,639 Speaker 1: wouldn't count out the Steelers, But like Baker Mayfield, I 336 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:37,240 Speaker 1: saw his his odds to win the MVP or to one. 337 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:40,040 Speaker 1: Like to me, he's got a chance. If the Cleveland 338 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:42,280 Speaker 1: Browns win the NFC North. Now, I don't necessarily think 339 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:45,200 Speaker 1: they will, but if they do, that means he's gonna 340 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:47,080 Speaker 1: have a big year. And that means thirty five forty 341 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:49,040 Speaker 1: touchdowns for Baker Mayfield and they win the North, the 342 00:17:49,080 --> 00:17:53,040 Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns win the North, he'll win the MVP Mitch 343 00:17:53,119 --> 00:17:55,199 Speaker 1: in Chicago. And I don't think you'll necessarily see it 344 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:58,360 Speaker 1: this year because and I'm not saying I wouldn't put 345 00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:01,360 Speaker 1: Mitch in that these guys category. But if Mitch does 346 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:03,560 Speaker 1: become a really good player and him and Matt Matt 347 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:05,160 Speaker 1: Nagy is able to take him to the next level, 348 00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:07,800 Speaker 1: like he'll have been a big reason to save the 349 00:18:07,840 --> 00:18:11,680 Speaker 1: Chicago Bears. They drafted him number two overall. They traded 350 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:14,560 Speaker 1: up to get him one spot. That was kind of crazy, 351 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:16,560 Speaker 1: and let's face it, the Bears have never really had 352 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:19,520 Speaker 1: a quarterback. So if Mr Bisky can get this team 353 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:21,719 Speaker 1: where it doesn't just look like the defense is carrying him, 354 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:23,440 Speaker 1: because that's what it kind of was last year. Now, 355 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:26,119 Speaker 1: he had a couple of moments I forget who it 356 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:29,080 Speaker 1: was against. Was against like the Jaguars. He threw six 357 00:18:29,119 --> 00:18:31,359 Speaker 1: touchdowns in one game. I remember watching it was like 358 00:18:31,359 --> 00:18:33,520 Speaker 1: one of the morning games. I think he had five 359 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:35,719 Speaker 1: in the first half. Might have beens against the Bills, 360 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:39,760 Speaker 1: I mean Bears fans, no, but it was just I'm like, God, 361 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:44,200 Speaker 1: if Mr Bisky looks like Patrick Mahomes right now, but 362 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:47,280 Speaker 1: we've seen flashes. But if he ever becomes it and 363 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:50,560 Speaker 1: changed the course of the Chicago Bears, I mean, he 364 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:53,840 Speaker 1: will be a Zion. Now again, I'm not saying that 365 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:56,560 Speaker 1: any of these guys are Zion level talents because they're not. 366 00:18:56,920 --> 00:18:59,160 Speaker 1: To me. The only Zion level talent of the last 367 00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:01,920 Speaker 1: like ten years Andrew good Luck. But as we've seen 368 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:05,840 Speaker 1: over and over, like if you become a superstar quarterback, 369 00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:07,920 Speaker 1: you become a rock star in this league. You become 370 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:10,040 Speaker 1: Russell Wilson. Like Russell Wilson was the third round pick 371 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:14,399 Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson who left a pretty bad taste in my 372 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:17,720 Speaker 1: mouth that playoff game just because you saw some of 373 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:19,679 Speaker 1: his deficiencies. Now maybe you would just off, but his 374 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:22,359 Speaker 1: arm strength. He's had a pretty damn good, you know, 375 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:24,760 Speaker 1: special year and a half as the Texans starting quarterback. 376 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:27,439 Speaker 1: And the Texans who have never won Dick I mean, 377 00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:29,440 Speaker 1: let's just call it what it is. I mean, they've 378 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:31,800 Speaker 1: won a handful of playoff games. They've never been to 379 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:34,320 Speaker 1: the a f C championship game. Now, they haven't been 380 00:19:34,359 --> 00:19:37,240 Speaker 1: around that long, but the facts are the facts. Like, 381 00:19:37,240 --> 00:19:39,359 Speaker 1: this is a team that has really nothing in their 382 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:41,760 Speaker 1: trophy case. If he ever can get this team to 383 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:44,000 Speaker 1: a super Bowl or win a Super Bowl, I mean, 384 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:45,480 Speaker 1: this guy would go down as one of the most 385 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:51,240 Speaker 1: accomplished quarterbacks ever. National champion in college, super Bowl winner 386 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:53,600 Speaker 1: in the pros. You would think if they're like a 387 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:55,920 Speaker 1: one or two seed, he's gonna win an MVP one day. 388 00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:58,520 Speaker 1: Their offense is pretty loaded, they have an offensive quarterback 389 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:02,320 Speaker 1: or offensive coach. I kind of like Deshaun Watson to 390 00:20:02,359 --> 00:20:05,280 Speaker 1: become the rock star out of this group. And then 391 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:08,600 Speaker 1: the last guy. He's a little older, but because like 392 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:11,440 Speaker 1: Jimmy Garoppolo didn't play in New you know, in New England, 393 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:14,480 Speaker 1: and rightfully so, Tom Brady was starting quarterback. But if 394 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:16,480 Speaker 1: you can be the guy to save the San Francsco 395 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:19,800 Speaker 1: forty Niners, by far the biggest brand on the West Coast, 396 00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:22,960 Speaker 1: you become an immediate rock star. Plus he already kind 397 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:27,000 Speaker 1: of resonates like like Sam Donald, Josh Allen, I mean 398 00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:28,920 Speaker 1: to their fan base as they do. But I don't 399 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:31,760 Speaker 1: think the casual guy like Jimmy Garoppolo is much more 400 00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:34,880 Speaker 1: famous than all these guys, probably beside Baker, like you say, 401 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:37,240 Speaker 1: Jimmy Garoppolo, and part of that it's just the Patriots, 402 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:40,600 Speaker 1: but Patriots is part of his resume. And then I 403 00:20:40,640 --> 00:20:43,320 Speaker 1: think he's trying to think. I guess the Sewan towards 404 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:45,720 Speaker 1: a c L. But Sean was also a rookie winning 405 00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:48,480 Speaker 1: towards a c L any Twarton practice. When Jimmy, when 406 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:49,919 Speaker 1: you tear your A c L in a game and 407 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:53,119 Speaker 1: everyone's watching, it has a little more like magnitude and 408 00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:56,520 Speaker 1: staying power with the fans. Now it's the same ultimate result, 409 00:20:56,640 --> 00:20:58,679 Speaker 1: like you're out. But when I watch you tear your 410 00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:00,560 Speaker 1: ra c L or you tear your acale in a 411 00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:02,919 Speaker 1: practice or an O t A, I think it kind 412 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:05,439 Speaker 1: of hits us a little differently. So I think Jimmy 413 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:08,840 Speaker 1: has a big chance to become, you know, just a superstar, 414 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:13,120 Speaker 1: like and let's call it what it is. I got Donald, 415 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:17,400 Speaker 1: Allen Baker, Deshaun Mitch, Jimmy like mahomes already a star. 416 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:22,720 Speaker 1: That group of guys probably out of the seven, one, two, three, four, 417 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:25,679 Speaker 1: out of the six. Four of them are gonna We're 418 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:28,040 Speaker 1: gonna in five eight years ago that I didn't live 419 00:21:28,119 --> 00:21:31,080 Speaker 1: up to the hype. And probably one of them is 420 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:33,360 Speaker 1: going to become a Hall of Famer and the other 421 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:36,960 Speaker 1: one's gonna become probably like a Tony Romo. Now you know, 422 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:39,840 Speaker 1: I'm still a big believer in Jimmy. I think Jimmy, 423 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:42,600 Speaker 1: I almost him, is the most talented of this group. 424 00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:44,480 Speaker 1: I put Baker right up there too, because Baker is 425 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:48,240 Speaker 1: so accurate. But Jimmy can't stay healthy. Donald. I mean, 426 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:50,680 Speaker 1: if you have the Jets working against them the Bills, 427 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:52,360 Speaker 1: and he's don't have the offensive piece, like you can 428 00:21:52,359 --> 00:21:54,719 Speaker 1: see how it goes the other way fast. Like Deshaun 429 00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:57,200 Speaker 1: Watson clearly is just not gonna suck because they already 430 00:21:57,200 --> 00:22:00,040 Speaker 1: have good players around him. Mitch is gonna to a 431 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:03,919 Speaker 1: wild guard like you probably bet against him. But some 432 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:06,400 Speaker 1: of these guys are not just gonna hit, but they're 433 00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:09,240 Speaker 1: gonna be stars. Because if you could become a consistent 434 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:11,600 Speaker 1: winner in the NFL and you're the quarterback and you're young, 435 00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:14,639 Speaker 1: we anoint you, We put you on a pedestal. I 436 00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:17,160 Speaker 1: mean how we've done that with Mahomes And I mean 437 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:19,080 Speaker 1: Mahomes just got to the a f C Championship game. 438 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:21,280 Speaker 1: But it's not like he's want anything yet. But I 439 00:22:21,320 --> 00:22:23,640 Speaker 1: think we all, including myself, have him as a star. 440 00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:25,840 Speaker 1: I can't watch to wait to watch this group of 441 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:31,440 Speaker 1: guys next season. Okay, let's dive into another division. Earlier 442 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:34,120 Speaker 1: this week, I did the NFC East. Today, I will 443 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:36,920 Speaker 1: do the a f C South. Uh, we'll just work 444 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:39,400 Speaker 1: our way across the country. We're starting east and we're 445 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:42,160 Speaker 1: moving west. I could have just jumped south or north. 446 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:44,760 Speaker 1: I just I chose the South. So I'll do the 447 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:47,359 Speaker 1: FC South today and I'll do the NFC South next 448 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:50,960 Speaker 1: next week. But the f C South, just as a whole, 449 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:52,760 Speaker 1: I think it's fair to say this is one of 450 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:56,000 Speaker 1: the better divisions in football. You could argue it's as 451 00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:59,600 Speaker 1: deep as any division in football. It might be the 452 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:02,520 Speaker 1: best division in football. Last year you had two teams 453 00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:05,399 Speaker 1: to make the playoffs with a third. Basically there was 454 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:08,680 Speaker 1: a playing game week seventeen. I I think, just looking 455 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:11,040 Speaker 1: at it from someone that has no dog in the 456 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:13,240 Speaker 1: fight here, not I don't necessarily root for any of 457 00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:16,679 Speaker 1: these guys. You know people that I know. John Robinson's 458 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:18,439 Speaker 1: the general manager of the Titan has been on the 459 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:21,880 Speaker 1: show before it Root for Him. John d. Filippo known 460 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:25,760 Speaker 1: him forever. He's with the Jags. Root for Him Colts. 461 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:28,919 Speaker 1: I don't know Chris Ballard, but he seems like a 462 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:31,760 Speaker 1: cool guy to know. I know Collins buddies with him. 463 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:34,840 Speaker 1: I just like him and I like Luck the Texans. 464 00:23:35,119 --> 00:23:37,439 Speaker 1: I feel like, because everyone hates Bill O'Brien, I just 465 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:40,200 Speaker 1: kind of like Bill O'Brien. But I don't necessarily I 466 00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:42,159 Speaker 1: don't have that many dogs in the fights here, Like 467 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:47,760 Speaker 1: I don't really care. But I think any normal unemotional 468 00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:50,200 Speaker 1: football fan will go got this division is pretty damn good. 469 00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:53,160 Speaker 1: Because it is. And what's the main reason it's good. Well, 470 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:57,680 Speaker 1: you got Andrew Luck. You have Deshaun Watson. He gets hurt, 471 00:23:57,800 --> 00:24:00,240 Speaker 1: but he's still pretty good when he's healthy. And what 472 00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:02,960 Speaker 1: I mean pretty good, I mean like a Alex Smith 473 00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:05,680 Speaker 1: like player, Marcus Mariotta. And then you get Nick Foles. 474 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:08,119 Speaker 1: So it's a good quarterback division. But let's start with 475 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:10,760 Speaker 1: the over unders and I'll start at the top, the 476 00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:14,040 Speaker 1: Indianapolis Colts. When you look at the Indianapolis Colts made 477 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:17,000 Speaker 1: the playoffs last year, won a playoff game on the road, 478 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:20,040 Speaker 1: against the Houston Texans. They were the wild card. Remember 479 00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:22,200 Speaker 1: last year they started like was ohen four oh and 480 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:24,080 Speaker 1: five and they just rattled off a bunch of wins. 481 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:27,280 Speaker 1: You look at their off season, they they're again. They're 482 00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:29,720 Speaker 1: over and under his nine and a half first glance, 483 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:32,080 Speaker 1: I liked the over. I think there are eleven twelve 484 00:24:32,119 --> 00:24:35,919 Speaker 1: win team. They added Devin Funches. They drafted Paris Campbell, 485 00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:38,960 Speaker 1: the dude. They can fly from Ohio State. Uh. They 486 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:41,000 Speaker 1: also their pass rushes kind of hit or miss. I 487 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:43,360 Speaker 1: know de Mikra Autrey had a good year last year, 488 00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:46,520 Speaker 1: but justin Houston, who is he a little over the hill? 489 00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:49,320 Speaker 1: Is he a great pass rusher anymore? Probably not, but 490 00:24:49,359 --> 00:24:51,080 Speaker 1: he's still good against the run. He's a good player. 491 00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:55,360 Speaker 1: Uh to me, that's the biggest question mark. Uh. Their dbs, 492 00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:57,359 Speaker 1: you know, hit or miss. But their offensive line is 493 00:24:57,400 --> 00:25:00,320 Speaker 1: much improved. Their wide receivers, as long as you got luck, 494 00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:02,520 Speaker 1: are gonna produce. They hit a home run last year 495 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:05,520 Speaker 1: with Erky Braun. Uh. I mean, Quinn Nelson looks like 496 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:08,560 Speaker 1: a Hall of Famer. The middle linebacker they drafted last 497 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:10,760 Speaker 1: year in the second round, Darius Leonard was a star. 498 00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:13,879 Speaker 1: Their coaches solid you gotta like their team. I mean, 499 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:16,560 Speaker 1: I just you say, the Indianapolis Colts nine and a half. 500 00:25:17,359 --> 00:25:19,919 Speaker 1: It feels like I will be shell shocked if they 501 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:22,040 Speaker 1: don't win double digit games. And I at the end 502 00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:23,680 Speaker 1: of the day like him to win eleven or twelve. 503 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:25,880 Speaker 1: I think they win the division. You can get them 504 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:30,440 Speaker 1: plus one twenty to win the division. The Texans, uh, 505 00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:33,439 Speaker 1: they had a you know, interesting offseason, just fired their 506 00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:37,480 Speaker 1: general manager. Uh at took a first round offensive lineman 507 00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:40,600 Speaker 1: who not the casual football fan has never heard of 508 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:43,360 Speaker 1: because he was a small school guy. They were jumped, 509 00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:46,720 Speaker 1: you know, by Howie Roseman the Philadelphia Eagles before they're 510 00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:50,159 Speaker 1: picked for what many viewed is the best, uh probably 511 00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:52,840 Speaker 1: highest upside offensive lineman in the draft. Definitely the best 512 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:55,320 Speaker 1: pass protecting offensive lineman in the draft, Andre Dillard. And 513 00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:57,600 Speaker 1: that's the big problem with the Texans. They can't pass protect. 514 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:01,880 Speaker 1: I don't love Lamar Miller, but Hopkins a star. Will 515 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:05,760 Speaker 1: Fuller's coming back. Deshaun Watson is a good player defensively, 516 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:08,600 Speaker 1: I mean J. J. Watt, who I did not think 517 00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:10,520 Speaker 1: was gonna be anywhere near as good as he was 518 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:15,200 Speaker 1: last year. It looks fantastic Merciless is good. Uh their dbs, 519 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:18,040 Speaker 1: I mean, their defense is always solid. Clowney has become 520 00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:20,600 Speaker 1: a good player. He's kind of the wild card in 521 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:25,760 Speaker 1: this whole deal because he's franchised. Rumors are Bill O'Brien's 522 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:28,080 Speaker 1: at that high on them. They're definitely not gonna pay him. 523 00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:30,600 Speaker 1: If someone gonna trade for him, I don't see anyone 524 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:33,280 Speaker 1: breaking the bank for him. Kind of a complicated situation. 525 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:35,680 Speaker 1: I would imagine he misses all the training camp shows 526 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:38,840 Speaker 1: up week one. Even that being said, I still think 527 00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:41,200 Speaker 1: they're just rosters who talented. They have way too many 528 00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:45,000 Speaker 1: blue chip guys. They got Clowney, they got what they 529 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:47,800 Speaker 1: would have to Shawn. They have Hopkins. I mean, they 530 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:50,919 Speaker 1: have a coach that's proven he can win. I like 531 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:53,560 Speaker 1: them to win ten games. So I like the over there. 532 00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:57,800 Speaker 1: The Titans, to me, they're kind of the sleeper again, 533 00:26:57,880 --> 00:27:00,920 Speaker 1: if Mariota can just stay healthy. They have proven they're 534 00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:04,920 Speaker 1: a playoff team when he plays. They win games because defensively, 535 00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:08,040 Speaker 1: their front seven is really good. Derrick Henry is starting 536 00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:10,320 Speaker 1: to show signs like he's a good player. Dean Louise 537 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:13,440 Speaker 1: a good running back. Corey Davis had some flashes last year, 538 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:16,600 Speaker 1: they drafted A J. Brown, who many viewed was the 539 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:19,560 Speaker 1: best wide receiver at Old Miss, not DK Metcalf, and 540 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:22,080 Speaker 1: I would agree with that. They drafted the kid in 541 00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:25,840 Speaker 1: the first round from Mississippi State. I think Simmons is 542 00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:28,280 Speaker 1: last name who tours a c L that many have 543 00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:30,320 Speaker 1: viewed people that I know in the league that he 544 00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:33,600 Speaker 1: was a lock top five, top seven player. They got 545 00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:37,040 Speaker 1: him what what like picked eighteen or nineteen or wherever 546 00:27:37,119 --> 00:27:39,680 Speaker 1: it was late in the teens. Now he's coming off 547 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:41,440 Speaker 1: in a c L. I would assume he's not gonna play. 548 00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:44,760 Speaker 1: So that's kind of that has no impact this season, 549 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:47,240 Speaker 1: But big picture, I remember going to practice last year. 550 00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:49,399 Speaker 1: Their team is talented, like they have a lot of 551 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:52,600 Speaker 1: good players. That's why every year they win eight games. 552 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:56,639 Speaker 1: This eight number my first reaction. I just wouldn't bet it. 553 00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:59,439 Speaker 1: I wouldn't feel comfortable taking the under because I just 554 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:02,160 Speaker 1: think they have who much talent. Vrabel is a good coach, 555 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:06,400 Speaker 1: are coaching staff solid. Their offense was shitty last year. Well, 556 00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:08,560 Speaker 1: they had a first time coordinator. Where's he now he's 557 00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:11,040 Speaker 1: the head coach the Green Bay Packers, So their offense 558 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:15,359 Speaker 1: could it be better? Maybe? I don't see why not again? 559 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:19,240 Speaker 1: To me, the biggest I guess question mark with this team. 560 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:22,080 Speaker 1: If you like the over, which would mean you'd probably 561 00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:24,200 Speaker 1: think they're a playoff team because if they're gonna win, 562 00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:27,160 Speaker 1: you know, nine ten games, you're probably getting a wild card. 563 00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:29,600 Speaker 1: That would mean you'd probably take the Texans spot and 564 00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:32,160 Speaker 1: they'd be an eight or seven win team. You're betting 565 00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:35,400 Speaker 1: on Marcus Mariota plan. Now, you gotta give John Robinson 566 00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:38,640 Speaker 1: some credit. He made a pretty interesting I'd say you 567 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:40,920 Speaker 1: made one of the more interesting moves of the offseason. 568 00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:43,640 Speaker 1: He treated for Ryan Tannehill, a guy that's been a 569 00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:45,959 Speaker 1: full time starter since he's coming to in the NFL. 570 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:49,800 Speaker 1: Now he's often hurt too, But that is easily right 571 00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:52,360 Speaker 1: now now that Nick Foles is with the Jaguars, who 572 00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:54,640 Speaker 1: will get to next that's easily the best backup in 573 00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:56,880 Speaker 1: the NFL right now is Ryan Tannehill. The other thing, 574 00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:58,440 Speaker 1: it's hard to get hurt when you're the backup because 575 00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:01,480 Speaker 1: you're not really playing, you're not taking all the reps. 576 00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:05,400 Speaker 1: So I actually, and we'll get to the the divisional 577 00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:09,400 Speaker 1: odds obviously, Like I said that, the culture plus one twenty, 578 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:12,000 Speaker 1: the Texans are plus two twenty. The Titans actually the 579 00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:15,720 Speaker 1: worst odds at plus six fifty. If you like the Titans, 580 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:17,320 Speaker 1: I actually like him as a sleeper to win this 581 00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:20,640 Speaker 1: division because again that they are pretty close. You know, 582 00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:23,200 Speaker 1: all these teams or the separation is not that far 583 00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:25,680 Speaker 1: because all these rosters are pretty good. To me, it 584 00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:28,520 Speaker 1: comes down to Mariota and just the execution of the offense. 585 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:31,520 Speaker 1: And then the Jaguars got a new offensive coordinator and 586 00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:34,520 Speaker 1: John D. Philippo, they got a new quarterback. Let's let's 587 00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:36,080 Speaker 1: call it what it is. They had to shake Bortles. 588 00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:40,200 Speaker 1: Portals was absolutely killing them. Had some moments, but for 589 00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:42,520 Speaker 1: the most last year he killed him. He was when 590 00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:44,360 Speaker 1: I say had some moments the year that they made 591 00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:46,680 Speaker 1: it to the playoffs, I guess the playoffs. I mean 592 00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:48,680 Speaker 1: they made it the FC Championship game. They beat the Steelers. 593 00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:50,920 Speaker 1: They won two playoff games just two years ago. You know, 594 00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:54,360 Speaker 1: it's crazy about like Portals two playoff victories. Now, granted 595 00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:56,680 Speaker 1: one was the Bills. I think the final score of 596 00:29:56,680 --> 00:29:59,000 Speaker 1: that game was like ten of three. But the second one, 597 00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:01,880 Speaker 1: it wasn't all him, but he played pretty well in 598 00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:04,960 Speaker 1: that game. They beat the Steelers on the road. That's 599 00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:07,880 Speaker 1: Blake Morals. If he never plays another game in the 600 00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:10,000 Speaker 1: NFL of his in his life, he can go, you 601 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:12,040 Speaker 1: know what I meant, the Steelers in the road in 602 00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:14,160 Speaker 1: the on the road in the second round. That's pretty 603 00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:18,680 Speaker 1: impressive accomplishment. So the Jags, to me, they lost Molik Jackson, 604 00:30:19,080 --> 00:30:21,560 Speaker 1: who's you know, I mean, a very good defensive lineman. 605 00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:24,600 Speaker 1: They still have a stack defensive roster, even though Jalen 606 00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:28,120 Speaker 1: Rams he's acting a little weird obviously, Addon Nick Foles offensively. 607 00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:31,080 Speaker 1: Canna have Marquis Lee coming back. Leonard four Nette was 608 00:30:31,160 --> 00:30:34,920 Speaker 1: basically a disaster last year. Confidence in his ass. They're 609 00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:37,800 Speaker 1: raising the standard on him. I never liked drafting Leonard 610 00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:39,880 Speaker 1: four Neett in the top five, but he is a 611 00:30:39,920 --> 00:30:42,400 Speaker 1: good player. He definitely shouldn't be much better than he 612 00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:46,480 Speaker 1: showed last year. I mean, honestly, it wouldn't shock me 613 00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:48,280 Speaker 1: if you've got a couple of eleven win teams with 614 00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:50,880 Speaker 1: the Colton, the Texans, the Titans, you know, around eight 615 00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:52,920 Speaker 1: or nine wins and the Jags around seven or eight. 616 00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:55,600 Speaker 1: Just looking at it, maybe as I go through all 617 00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:58,480 Speaker 1: these I'll find a better division. But I don't think 618 00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:01,080 Speaker 1: there's a division with best of a drop off from 619 00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:03,480 Speaker 1: the best team based on last year, the Colts, to 620 00:31:03,560 --> 00:31:06,120 Speaker 1: the worst team the Jacks. Like like we just talked 621 00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:09,480 Speaker 1: about the NFC East last week. The difference between the 622 00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:11,640 Speaker 1: Eagles and the Cowboys and the Giants are like the 623 00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:14,800 Speaker 1: Grand Canyon when I'm just talking the roster, like the 624 00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:17,960 Speaker 1: Jaguars roster. If if I said Bill Belichick, if I 625 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:20,920 Speaker 1: said tomorrow, Bill Belichick is coaching the Jacks, you'd be like, oh, yeah, 626 00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:23,840 Speaker 1: they can make the playoffs. I mean, I if I 627 00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:26,000 Speaker 1: told you Bill Belichick was a coach of the Jacks, 628 00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:30,440 Speaker 1: you would bet a thousand dollars on plus you know, 629 00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:32,560 Speaker 1: basically four to one on them to win the division. 630 00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:34,800 Speaker 1: I'd like them to win the division, you know, so 631 00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:38,120 Speaker 1: that their talent is there. Uh. But again, I think 632 00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:40,520 Speaker 1: the sleeper of this division to me, if you like 633 00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:43,000 Speaker 1: a sleeper, is the Titans to win the division at 634 00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:45,880 Speaker 1: plus six fifty. But at the end of the day, 635 00:31:45,880 --> 00:31:48,480 Speaker 1: if I'd take an emotion out and not going with sleepers, 636 00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:51,600 Speaker 1: I said, Colts win it. They win eleven twelve games. 637 00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:55,240 Speaker 1: Texans come in at a solid ten both over Titans. 638 00:31:55,320 --> 00:31:57,480 Speaker 1: Right at that eight. To me, that's kind of that 639 00:31:57,480 --> 00:31:59,880 Speaker 1: sweet spot. I'd probably go push meny, I would not 640 00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:02,640 Speaker 1: bet it, and then the Jags at eight. I take 641 00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:05,000 Speaker 1: the under, but that would be an under that I 642 00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:07,320 Speaker 1: wouldn't want to touch. I my recommendation would be I 643 00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:10,840 Speaker 1: would not bet it. Uh, it's kind of crazy. I mean, 644 00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:12,360 Speaker 1: just a couple of years ago this was viewed as 645 00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:15,480 Speaker 1: the worst division in football, and now I think when 646 00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:17,760 Speaker 1: you look at it, if it's not the best, it's 647 00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:24,200 Speaker 1: easily right up there. Okay, last, but not least, Middlecoff 648 00:32:24,240 --> 00:32:26,960 Speaker 1: mailback answer your questions. Slide up in those d m s. 649 00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:29,520 Speaker 1: They're always wide open at John Middlecoff is my Instagram 650 00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:34,240 Speaker 1: handle same as my Twitter handle, UM easily accessible up 651 00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:38,400 Speaker 1: on these internet streets. Hey John, love the pod me too. 652 00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:41,880 Speaker 1: You've mentioned often that when it comes to NFL contracts, 653 00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:43,960 Speaker 1: the guaranteed money is what matters most, at least in 654 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:47,680 Speaker 1: my view. True. However, doesn't the per year average have 655 00:32:47,760 --> 00:32:51,800 Speaker 1: a hit on the salary cap regardless of guarantees or 656 00:32:52,040 --> 00:32:55,760 Speaker 1: teams able to adjust that once guarantees are paid? Thanks 657 00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:58,160 Speaker 1: in advance. Well, I've talked. I've spent a lot of 658 00:32:58,160 --> 00:33:01,440 Speaker 1: time talking to a couple salary cap guys over the years. 659 00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:04,920 Speaker 1: I am not a salary cap expert. But and this 660 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:06,680 Speaker 1: is kind of off the cust so I'd probably have 661 00:33:06,720 --> 00:33:09,120 Speaker 1: to write it all down exactly how it works. But 662 00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:11,480 Speaker 1: when you give someone a signing bonus, so I'll just 663 00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:14,760 Speaker 1: use basic math. Say we do a two year deal 664 00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:18,720 Speaker 1: ten million dollars per so a total of twenty million 665 00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:21,680 Speaker 1: dollars average per year of ten million dollars a year, 666 00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:25,560 Speaker 1: and I give you eight million dollars guaranteed. Well, that 667 00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:28,680 Speaker 1: eight million dollars guaranteed is money that you're getting paid 668 00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:32,600 Speaker 1: no matter what. I can advertise that money a little 669 00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:36,720 Speaker 1: cow poly accounting phrase people like listening like, no way, 670 00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:38,680 Speaker 1: way to go out on a limb. There with the amortization, 671 00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:40,920 Speaker 1: so you can use that eight million dollars. You can 672 00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:43,360 Speaker 1: cut it by half, so the four million to four 673 00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:46,880 Speaker 1: million to both years, so that number gets spread out 674 00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:49,480 Speaker 1: over the life of the contract, which in this case 675 00:33:49,520 --> 00:33:52,080 Speaker 1: would be two million dollars. And then there are two 676 00:33:52,120 --> 00:33:55,240 Speaker 1: separate numbers that matter for the salary cap. That's the 677 00:33:55,240 --> 00:33:59,400 Speaker 1: actual cash you're getting paid that year and what it 678 00:33:59,480 --> 00:34:02,480 Speaker 1: hits on the salary cap. And again I think that's 679 00:34:02,480 --> 00:34:06,120 Speaker 1: a combination of the guaranteed money of your average per 680 00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:08,279 Speaker 1: year I'd have to get someone that knows what they're 681 00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:11,360 Speaker 1: talking about. I don't feel confident exactly how that number 682 00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:14,120 Speaker 1: gets set, like the actual cap number, the cash flow 683 00:34:14,200 --> 00:34:17,480 Speaker 1: being paid, and then there is the dead cap. And 684 00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:20,879 Speaker 1: the dead cap is important because like if I pay 685 00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:23,080 Speaker 1: you this, if my signing bonus is paid and all 686 00:34:23,080 --> 00:34:26,040 Speaker 1: the guaranteed money is gone, I can then cut you 687 00:34:26,080 --> 00:34:28,759 Speaker 1: at any moment for little the no impact on my 688 00:34:28,840 --> 00:34:31,799 Speaker 1: salary cap. That's why when you see a new contract 689 00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:34,160 Speaker 1: and I, let's say I give a guy twenty million 690 00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:36,840 Speaker 1: dollars guaranteed, well, it's gonna be difficult to cut that 691 00:34:36,840 --> 00:34:39,120 Speaker 1: guy in the first couple of years and not get 692 00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:41,880 Speaker 1: a major hit of just emptiness on my salary cap. 693 00:34:42,160 --> 00:34:45,760 Speaker 1: But by year three, that's done. It's why it's also 694 00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:49,120 Speaker 1: with a guaranteed money like the signing bonus. Matt Ryan 695 00:34:49,160 --> 00:34:50,840 Speaker 1: got a signing bonus, and I had a dude that 696 00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:53,839 Speaker 1: runs an NFL like finances tell me. The craziest part 697 00:34:53,880 --> 00:34:57,480 Speaker 1: of Matt Ryan's contract is that the point of signing, 698 00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:01,640 Speaker 1: Arthur Blank had to have a hundred million dollars on hand, 699 00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:05,640 Speaker 1: and that hundred million dollars signing bonus immediately gets put 700 00:35:05,719 --> 00:35:08,120 Speaker 1: in escrow, and I think it has to get paid, 701 00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:12,560 Speaker 1: like the actual signing bonus within a year. And that's 702 00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:14,960 Speaker 1: what was so nuts about Matt Ryan's contract. That's why 703 00:35:15,120 --> 00:35:19,000 Speaker 1: when you see like Jimmy Garoppolo's contract, Derek Carr's contract, 704 00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:21,759 Speaker 1: like they got forty million dollars signing bonus, so it's 705 00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:25,120 Speaker 1: not as crazy. And then there's like the injury guarantee, 706 00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:29,000 Speaker 1: which I look at as the normal guarantee, especially for quarterbacks. 707 00:35:30,080 --> 00:35:32,279 Speaker 1: But again, like I probably need to get someone on 708 00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:34,279 Speaker 1: this podcast who knows a little bit more of that, 709 00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:38,120 Speaker 1: because it is really complicated. It's not like NBA level complication, 710 00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:41,399 Speaker 1: but you know, just in terms of the salary cap, 711 00:35:41,480 --> 00:35:44,120 Speaker 1: but the contracts by far so much more complicated than 712 00:35:44,160 --> 00:35:47,600 Speaker 1: the NBA or the Major League Baseball because they're not 713 00:35:47,640 --> 00:35:51,319 Speaker 1: all guaranteed. There are different bonuses, there are ways you 714 00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:54,840 Speaker 1: can restructure contracts that I need to get like a 715 00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:56,520 Speaker 1: Howie Roseman. I tried to get him, but he went 716 00:35:56,560 --> 00:35:58,799 Speaker 1: to vacation. Hopefully we'll get him in the fall and 717 00:35:58,840 --> 00:36:02,480 Speaker 1: talk a little bitout that, because that's pretty interesting. When 718 00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:04,839 Speaker 1: you see the Colts making a deep playoff run, making 719 00:36:04,880 --> 00:36:06,719 Speaker 1: winning the Super Bowl, I mean, I think in the 720 00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:09,360 Speaker 1: next couple of years. I mean, I would like I 721 00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:11,400 Speaker 1: just talked about him earlier. I think they have a 722 00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:15,479 Speaker 1: super Bowl caliber team. Now, ideally, you'd want probably one 723 00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:19,280 Speaker 1: more dynamic playmaker on offense. You I mean, you would 724 00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:21,719 Speaker 1: love like a clear Mac, but hell, you would just 725 00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:24,560 Speaker 1: take like a I'm just trying to think of like 726 00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:27,200 Speaker 1: a solid pass rusher, you know, just give me like 727 00:36:27,239 --> 00:36:30,120 Speaker 1: eight or nine sacks. They just need a little bit 728 00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:33,200 Speaker 1: more of a consistent pass rush. But yeah, I think 729 00:36:33,239 --> 00:36:35,880 Speaker 1: they will be in the mix this year. If the 730 00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:39,200 Speaker 1: forty Niners finished below five hundred, let's say five and eleven, 731 00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:42,040 Speaker 1: is it safe to say that Lynch and Shanahan both 732 00:36:42,080 --> 00:36:46,479 Speaker 1: get fired. Uh No, They signed six year deals, both 733 00:36:46,520 --> 00:36:50,480 Speaker 1: of them and coaches and GM deals are fully guaranteed. 734 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:54,360 Speaker 1: So Kyle Shanahan signed for over seven million dollars. Again 735 00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:57,439 Speaker 1: not a math major, but seven times six years, that's 736 00:36:57,480 --> 00:36:59,640 Speaker 1: forty two million dollars. The Niners are paying him no 737 00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:03,200 Speaker 1: matter what. John Lynch, because he had another job and 738 00:37:03,239 --> 00:37:07,879 Speaker 1: had leverage, got about four million dollars. So combined they 739 00:37:07,920 --> 00:37:13,000 Speaker 1: make over sixty million dollars. So I I think at 740 00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:17,200 Speaker 1: minimum these guys are getting four years and I'd be 741 00:37:17,320 --> 00:37:19,640 Speaker 1: shocked if they don't make it till five. Now, if 742 00:37:19,640 --> 00:37:23,120 Speaker 1: they go five and eleven and I live in the Bay, 743 00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:26,279 Speaker 1: for those that are new to the podcast, people be 744 00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:30,400 Speaker 1: piste off and the heat would be on, and rightfully so, 745 00:37:30,680 --> 00:37:33,720 Speaker 1: I've said over and over for Kyle, if Jimmy's healthy 746 00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:36,560 Speaker 1: this year, you can't be as good of a coach 747 00:37:36,719 --> 00:37:39,360 Speaker 1: as we all consider Kyle to be myself included, and 748 00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:41,759 Speaker 1: not make the playoffs once your first three years, like 749 00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:43,600 Speaker 1: it's time to pits or get off the pot, it's 750 00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:46,080 Speaker 1: time to get something done, or I'm just gonna start 751 00:37:46,160 --> 00:37:48,640 Speaker 1: viewing you as a really good offensive mind but struggle 752 00:37:48,640 --> 00:37:50,440 Speaker 1: as a head coach again. The wild card here is 753 00:37:50,520 --> 00:37:53,600 Speaker 1: Jimmy's health. If Jimmy is healthy, they should make the playoffs. 754 00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:56,080 Speaker 1: To me, it's that simple. Or you know when I 755 00:37:56,120 --> 00:37:58,000 Speaker 1: say make the playoffs, if you win nine or ten 756 00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:00,200 Speaker 1: games and miss the playoffs, I probably could live with that, 757 00:38:00,760 --> 00:38:03,239 Speaker 1: but you can't be you can't. At minimum, you gotta 758 00:38:03,239 --> 00:38:06,279 Speaker 1: win nine games. You gotta win. You have to win. 759 00:38:06,719 --> 00:38:10,080 Speaker 1: Sean McVeigh, two years, two playoffs, you know it's time 760 00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:14,120 Speaker 1: to start winning. I'm a big Colts Andrew Luck fan. 761 00:38:14,239 --> 00:38:16,640 Speaker 1: And my friend is on the Baker Mayfield bandwagon. We 762 00:38:16,719 --> 00:38:19,080 Speaker 1: have debates all the time about which quarterback is better. 763 00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:22,279 Speaker 1: Come on, it's not a conversation right now, and which 764 00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:24,120 Speaker 1: has the higher ceiling. So I want to hear your 765 00:38:24,120 --> 00:38:27,400 Speaker 1: thoughts about who you'd rather have better for the franchise 766 00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:30,000 Speaker 1: for the next five or ten years, Well ten years, 767 00:38:30,040 --> 00:38:34,040 Speaker 1: because Luck's thirty, you'd rather take Baker because Baker years old, 768 00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:36,000 Speaker 1: so he'd only be in his mid thirties. But the 769 00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:40,160 Speaker 1: higher ceiling. I will be shell shocked if Baker is 770 00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:42,880 Speaker 1: ever as good as Andrew Luck. Andrew Luck took one 771 00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:44,920 Speaker 1: of the shittiest teams we've ever seen and took him 772 00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:47,280 Speaker 1: to the playoffs as a rookie, then then a second 773 00:38:47,360 --> 00:38:49,000 Speaker 1: year and third year. He won a playoff game in 774 00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:50,600 Speaker 1: a second year. In his third year he won two 775 00:38:50,600 --> 00:38:53,759 Speaker 1: playoff games. Along that road, he beat Peyton Manning and 776 00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:55,399 Speaker 1: then look what he did last year. They started going 777 00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:58,680 Speaker 1: five coming back off missing the season, Boom starts getting 778 00:38:58,719 --> 00:39:00,480 Speaker 1: to rhythm, takes his team to the play outs, win 779 00:39:00,520 --> 00:39:03,560 Speaker 1: a playoff game. The chance that Baker is ever that 780 00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:05,759 Speaker 1: good to me or slim to none. For Baker to 781 00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:08,960 Speaker 1: be better than Andrew Luck. He basically just has to 782 00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:11,000 Speaker 1: be a Hall of Famer. You just would assume he's 783 00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:13,720 Speaker 1: the next Drew Breeze. So I would say that Andrew 784 00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:16,520 Speaker 1: Luck is just a superior player. I've seen him win. 785 00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:18,319 Speaker 1: I've seen him win big games. I've seen him go 786 00:39:18,320 --> 00:39:20,840 Speaker 1: on the road win big games. I've seen his win divisions. 787 00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:24,320 Speaker 1: I've seen him nothing. I haven't seen him do except 788 00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:27,120 Speaker 1: win a super Bowl. Like let's Baker has been starting 789 00:39:27,160 --> 00:39:30,239 Speaker 1: for I think the Baker hype again, I'm a Baker fan, 790 00:39:30,600 --> 00:39:32,839 Speaker 1: but I think it's borderline out of control. I mean, 791 00:39:32,960 --> 00:39:35,400 Speaker 1: we talked about him like he's like Brett Farve already, 792 00:39:35,719 --> 00:39:38,440 Speaker 1: let's just see him win a game that matters. He hasn't. Really, 793 00:39:38,600 --> 00:39:41,120 Speaker 1: he has literally not won a game that has mattered 794 00:39:41,200 --> 00:39:44,680 Speaker 1: yet in the Pros, hasn't won one of them any 795 00:39:44,719 --> 00:39:47,160 Speaker 1: places for the Browns, like it's hard to shake dysfunction. 796 00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:52,720 Speaker 1: Who have a bigger following the Niners are the Raiders, 797 00:39:53,480 --> 00:39:56,800 Speaker 1: I mean the forty Niners. People get so mad about 798 00:39:56,880 --> 00:40:01,400 Speaker 1: me around here. The forty Niners fan base is dramatically 799 00:40:01,520 --> 00:40:04,759 Speaker 1: larger than the Raiders, and part of building a big 800 00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:08,359 Speaker 1: fan base is winning. The Niners for twenty plus years, 801 00:40:08,360 --> 00:40:11,840 Speaker 1: so multiple generations. One in one of the biggest markets 802 00:40:11,840 --> 00:40:14,640 Speaker 1: in the country and in like the eighties, football was 803 00:40:14,680 --> 00:40:17,120 Speaker 1: still kind of a national game. You could suck people 804 00:40:17,120 --> 00:40:19,799 Speaker 1: from around the country. Like the Raiders think they're a 805 00:40:19,800 --> 00:40:21,759 Speaker 1: lot bigger, the fans think they're a lot bigger than 806 00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:23,840 Speaker 1: they actually are. There was an article last year, I 807 00:40:23,840 --> 00:40:26,239 Speaker 1: think in the Mercury News, like a local newspaper around here, 808 00:40:27,120 --> 00:40:28,960 Speaker 1: that like, and part of it was Al Davis was 809 00:40:29,040 --> 00:40:33,200 Speaker 1: good of, like, you know, basically convincing his fans things 810 00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:35,319 Speaker 1: were happening that actually weren't happening, like they were this 811 00:40:35,360 --> 00:40:37,640 Speaker 1: big global brand. They were this big global band. Like 812 00:40:37,719 --> 00:40:40,000 Speaker 1: that's great in theory, but we've seen ratings, like when 813 00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:43,759 Speaker 1: they're on national television games, the ratings dip, Like they 814 00:40:43,840 --> 00:40:45,520 Speaker 1: went to Mexico and all I've ever heard from the 815 00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:48,960 Speaker 1: Raiders like we own Mexico. The fans were channing Tom Brady. 816 00:40:49,360 --> 00:40:51,640 Speaker 1: You know. So let's just I think the Raider fans 817 00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:53,880 Speaker 1: think they're a little bigger than they are now. And 818 00:40:53,920 --> 00:40:57,120 Speaker 1: I don't blame the fans. I blame the organization. When 819 00:40:57,200 --> 00:41:01,359 Speaker 1: you suck forever, you do not grow right. Businesses grow 820 00:41:01,520 --> 00:41:04,960 Speaker 1: by having success, Like how did the Patriots become The 821 00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:07,200 Speaker 1: Patriots are a way bigger brand. Why they've been winning 822 00:41:07,239 --> 00:41:09,759 Speaker 1: for twenty years? How the Niners become such a big deal. 823 00:41:10,120 --> 00:41:12,920 Speaker 1: They won from one to two thousand. They won for 824 00:41:13,080 --> 00:41:15,719 Speaker 1: twenty straight years in the NFL, that's a lot. The 825 00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:18,279 Speaker 1: NFL hasn't been around that long. What super Bowl we 826 00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:22,759 Speaker 1: on like, so they won for of it. Think about 827 00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:26,719 Speaker 1: that they won fort like the Patriots. The NFL is 828 00:41:26,760 --> 00:41:29,160 Speaker 1: what again, I might be off of my Super Bowl 829 00:41:29,160 --> 00:41:31,600 Speaker 1: at fifty two whatever. The Patriots been winning now for 830 00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:35,640 Speaker 1: twenty years, so that's of the history of the sport. 831 00:41:35,680 --> 00:41:38,239 Speaker 1: They've been winning. Like the Raiders had a stretch where 832 00:41:38,239 --> 00:41:41,200 Speaker 1: they won for like twelve years, but that was also 833 00:41:41,280 --> 00:41:44,680 Speaker 1: like the time to win was like post ninety because 834 00:41:44,920 --> 00:41:48,560 Speaker 1: the population growth the Internet. If you haven't won the 835 00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:52,200 Speaker 1: Internet age at all, that's a huge part of the two. 836 00:41:52,560 --> 00:41:54,880 Speaker 1: Like the Niners haven't won that much in the Internet age, 837 00:41:54,960 --> 00:41:57,320 Speaker 1: but there are three years of winning in the Internet age. 838 00:41:58,080 --> 00:42:00,200 Speaker 1: It was one of the most impactful winning stretches we've 839 00:42:00,239 --> 00:42:03,200 Speaker 1: ever seen in the Jim Harbought era because they went 840 00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:06,399 Speaker 1: viral every five minutes. They were a big deal. So 841 00:42:06,520 --> 00:42:08,960 Speaker 1: it's it's the Niners. And again, I'm not throwing shade 842 00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:11,960 Speaker 1: at the Raiders. That's just a fact. Every metric. I mean, 843 00:42:11,960 --> 00:42:15,040 Speaker 1: I see my other podcast. There's no when I talk 844 00:42:15,080 --> 00:42:16,600 Speaker 1: about one and I don't talk about the other. Like 845 00:42:16,640 --> 00:42:20,960 Speaker 1: it's clear which draws more people in in every metric, 846 00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:30,040 Speaker 1: TV radio, podcasting, you name it. Okay born in Long 847 00:42:30,120 --> 00:42:32,040 Speaker 1: Island and I've been a Giants fan since I was 848 00:42:32,040 --> 00:42:37,920 Speaker 1: in diapers. As most Giants fans, I've been severely disappointing. 849 00:42:37,960 --> 00:42:40,440 Speaker 1: The overall direction of the team is going first passing 850 00:42:40,440 --> 00:42:43,319 Speaker 1: on Donald Trading, O'Dell, letting landon Collins go, and then 851 00:42:43,400 --> 00:42:46,080 Speaker 1: Daniel Jones. It pays me to say, but I hope 852 00:42:46,160 --> 00:42:48,520 Speaker 1: Dwayne Haskins puts a hurting on them twice a year 853 00:42:48,520 --> 00:42:50,440 Speaker 1: for a couple of years to show how incompetent Dave 854 00:42:50,480 --> 00:42:53,640 Speaker 1: Battleman truly is. I guess my question is this, I'm 855 00:42:53,719 --> 00:42:55,239 Speaker 1: kind of ad lib and he's not saying all this. 856 00:42:55,280 --> 00:42:58,080 Speaker 1: I just like throwing my own words in there. How 857 00:42:58,160 --> 00:43:01,520 Speaker 1: likely do you think is that Haskins becomes a star 858 00:43:01,680 --> 00:43:05,719 Speaker 1: and Daniel Jones continues to be Daniel Jones And at 859 00:43:05,719 --> 00:43:07,920 Speaker 1: twenty seven years old, is okay to jump ship and 860 00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:12,359 Speaker 1: become a Jests fan. Thanks he me. Uh you know, 861 00:43:12,719 --> 00:43:14,680 Speaker 1: I watched a decent amount of Dwayne Haskins, and I 862 00:43:14,680 --> 00:43:17,200 Speaker 1: thought he was really good, but I never deep deep 863 00:43:17,239 --> 00:43:20,040 Speaker 1: dive studied him. A couple of my buddies that I 864 00:43:20,120 --> 00:43:23,880 Speaker 1: rely on for all my like hardcore, like if he 865 00:43:23,920 --> 00:43:25,560 Speaker 1: tells me something, I'm gonna have a take on it, 866 00:43:25,640 --> 00:43:28,960 Speaker 1: and that's that's he's gonna kind of map out my stance. 867 00:43:29,200 --> 00:43:32,120 Speaker 1: They didn't like Dayne Haskins that much. Now, they didn't 868 00:43:32,120 --> 00:43:34,000 Speaker 1: really like Daniel Jones that much either, but I actually 869 00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:35,719 Speaker 1: had it. I had a buddy that does the sec 870 00:43:35,880 --> 00:43:38,319 Speaker 1: They thought Daniel Jones was a solid player, thought he 871 00:43:38,360 --> 00:43:40,000 Speaker 1: was like a late first round pick, not the sixth 872 00:43:40,040 --> 00:43:45,799 Speaker 1: overall pick, but liked them so yeah, I would. I 873 00:43:45,800 --> 00:43:48,120 Speaker 1: think there's a better chance that Daniel Jones just not 874 00:43:48,239 --> 00:43:51,640 Speaker 1: that great and that Dwayne Haskins is also not that great. 875 00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:53,839 Speaker 1: Like that to me is how it's probably gonna play out. 876 00:43:54,320 --> 00:43:57,799 Speaker 1: I see this all the time now, and I'm I'm 877 00:43:57,840 --> 00:44:00,680 Speaker 1: not the most loyal of a sports fan. I grew up. 878 00:44:01,520 --> 00:44:03,560 Speaker 1: Part of it was because when I got to the NFL, 879 00:44:03,600 --> 00:44:05,319 Speaker 1: I stopped giving a ship like I grew up a 880 00:44:05,400 --> 00:44:07,960 Speaker 1: huge Niner fan. But then once I started working for 881 00:44:07,960 --> 00:44:10,239 Speaker 1: the Eagles, like I'm trying to beat the Niners, and 882 00:44:10,480 --> 00:44:12,759 Speaker 1: the one year they beat us, like my second year, 883 00:44:12,760 --> 00:44:14,520 Speaker 1: it was a bit. It was a big loss for us, 884 00:44:14,800 --> 00:44:16,799 Speaker 1: so I didn't want them to win, and you kind 885 00:44:16,800 --> 00:44:18,880 Speaker 1: of loose and then you start like getting My friends 886 00:44:18,880 --> 00:44:21,799 Speaker 1: are getting jobs, you know, like Matt Naggie gets a job, 887 00:44:21,800 --> 00:44:24,040 Speaker 1: like I like the Bears. Now I want the Niners 888 00:44:24,120 --> 00:44:26,600 Speaker 1: win because it's good for me financially, but I don't 889 00:44:26,680 --> 00:44:31,400 Speaker 1: have any sports don't resonate with me quite like it 890 00:44:31,480 --> 00:44:33,440 Speaker 1: once did as a fan, just because I'm making money 891 00:44:33,440 --> 00:44:36,680 Speaker 1: off it. Though I do root for people. And when 892 00:44:36,719 --> 00:44:38,399 Speaker 1: I know you or I like you, I go all 893 00:44:38,440 --> 00:44:41,480 Speaker 1: in and I say this all the time and I 894 00:44:41,520 --> 00:44:44,800 Speaker 1: get it, like I I've I'm still probably the only 895 00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:47,080 Speaker 1: team I'm I'm a true fan of is the San 896 00:44:47,080 --> 00:44:50,680 Speaker 1: Francisco Giants. I think right now they have some joke qualities, 897 00:44:50,760 --> 00:44:53,360 Speaker 1: like their president is currently suspended because he tossed his 898 00:44:53,400 --> 00:44:55,799 Speaker 1: wife on the ground. He's also been leading to charge 899 00:44:55,840 --> 00:44:58,040 Speaker 1: to land all these free agents like he's George Seinbrenner, 900 00:44:58,360 --> 00:45:00,279 Speaker 1: even though he actually doesn't own the team and he 901 00:45:00,280 --> 00:45:02,000 Speaker 1: can't Land a free agent to save his life. I've 902 00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:05,279 Speaker 1: had enough of them, and I've become somewhat of a 903 00:45:05,360 --> 00:45:08,200 Speaker 1: horror as a sports fan, meaning like I grew up 904 00:45:08,200 --> 00:45:10,440 Speaker 1: hating the Dodgers, but I'll be honest with you, I 905 00:45:10,520 --> 00:45:14,399 Speaker 1: like the Dodgers team. They're very enjoyable to watch. If 906 00:45:14,400 --> 00:45:16,719 Speaker 1: you're gonna hate, like if you're gonna be a die 907 00:45:16,760 --> 00:45:18,680 Speaker 1: hard fan of a team and your team is gonna 908 00:45:18,719 --> 00:45:21,399 Speaker 1: suck for a long period of time, it basically being 909 00:45:21,480 --> 00:45:24,360 Speaker 1: like in a shitty relationship and refusing to get a 910 00:45:24,360 --> 00:45:26,920 Speaker 1: divorce or break up, Like it's kind of stupid when 911 00:45:26,920 --> 00:45:29,759 Speaker 1: you think about it, And if she ever changes, you 912 00:45:29,760 --> 00:45:31,960 Speaker 1: can always go back to her, like you're You're always 913 00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:35,160 Speaker 1: welcome back. It's a great thing about fans or about teams. 914 00:45:35,560 --> 00:45:38,120 Speaker 1: They'll always allow you back. They'll always take your time back, 915 00:45:38,160 --> 00:45:40,480 Speaker 1: they always take your money back. So yeah, if you want, 916 00:45:40,520 --> 00:45:43,360 Speaker 1: if you like Sam Donald, root for Sam Donald. But 917 00:45:43,400 --> 00:45:45,279 Speaker 1: you don't have to be like a die hard Jets fan. 918 00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:46,640 Speaker 1: But you can just like, you know what, I'm a 919 00:45:46,640 --> 00:45:49,759 Speaker 1: Sam Donald guy or whoever you like. And that's that's 920 00:45:49,800 --> 00:45:51,880 Speaker 1: what I've become as a sports fan. It's become a 921 00:45:51,920 --> 00:45:56,440 Speaker 1: lot more enjoyable than just when your team sucks. It's 922 00:45:56,880 --> 00:46:00,120 Speaker 1: miserable to root for them, especially when they're going know 923 00:46:00,200 --> 00:46:03,680 Speaker 1: where fast, like the Giants are. So I think a 924 00:46:03,719 --> 00:46:05,600 Speaker 1: lot of like die hard fans will say, like you're 925 00:46:05,640 --> 00:46:08,759 Speaker 1: a sellout. Yeah, then here's the thing. It would be 926 00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:10,920 Speaker 1: one thing like listen, I hope Daniel Jones does well, 927 00:46:10,960 --> 00:46:13,520 Speaker 1: but once you realize he sucks like he sucks. Odell 928 00:46:13,520 --> 00:46:15,360 Speaker 1: Beckham is one of the most talented players the Giants 929 00:46:15,400 --> 00:46:17,280 Speaker 1: have ever had, and they traded him, Like you're supposed 930 00:46:17,280 --> 00:46:20,040 Speaker 1: to support that. What I never understand about the people 931 00:46:20,080 --> 00:46:21,920 Speaker 1: that say you can't turn your team, so you just 932 00:46:22,080 --> 00:46:24,879 Speaker 1: supposed to have unconditional support, like they're your kid, even 933 00:46:24,920 --> 00:46:28,080 Speaker 1: though you have zero control over anything they're doing. And 934 00:46:28,160 --> 00:46:30,480 Speaker 1: a lot of the decisions, especially when a franchise is, 935 00:46:30,719 --> 00:46:33,719 Speaker 1: you know, kind of falling apart, is they do the 936 00:46:33,800 --> 00:46:36,480 Speaker 1: dumbest stuff over and over that drives you nuts. It's 937 00:46:36,480 --> 00:46:39,160 Speaker 1: just not a healthy relationship to be in. Like it's 938 00:46:39,560 --> 00:46:41,440 Speaker 1: it's been an easy relationship for people around the Bay 939 00:46:41,440 --> 00:46:43,520 Speaker 1: Area to root for the Warriors. It's not an easy 940 00:46:43,560 --> 00:46:46,239 Speaker 1: relationship if you root for like the Orlando Magic, like 941 00:46:46,280 --> 00:46:48,680 Speaker 1: that wouldn't even be fun. I would never blame anyone 942 00:46:48,719 --> 00:46:51,000 Speaker 1: if they're like, you know what, I was an Orlando 943 00:46:51,040 --> 00:46:53,080 Speaker 1: Magic fan growing up, but I've been rooting for the 944 00:46:53,120 --> 00:46:56,200 Speaker 1: Celtics for the last ten years. Like I totally understand. 945 00:46:56,520 --> 00:46:58,719 Speaker 1: So yeah, I I I give you the green lights. 946 00:46:58,760 --> 00:47:01,640 Speaker 1: People will disagree with me, but I got no issue 947 00:47:01,640 --> 00:47:03,520 Speaker 1: if you go become a Jets fan or at least 948 00:47:03,680 --> 00:47:05,680 Speaker 1: and and you can justify it. Been like I was 949 00:47:05,719 --> 00:47:07,680 Speaker 1: a big Sam Donald guy. I wanted the Giants to 950 00:47:07,760 --> 00:47:09,520 Speaker 1: draft him. I'm rooting for him. To me, that's what 951 00:47:09,560 --> 00:47:11,239 Speaker 1: you said. You don't even say like I'm a Jets 952 00:47:11,239 --> 00:47:13,319 Speaker 1: fan because at your core you're not a Jets fan. 953 00:47:13,719 --> 00:47:16,640 Speaker 1: Your true love is the Giants. But if you had 954 00:47:16,640 --> 00:47:19,120 Speaker 1: watched Sam Donald and you like Sam Donald, then you 955 00:47:19,120 --> 00:47:21,040 Speaker 1: follow Sam Donald on Instagram, You're like, God, this is 956 00:47:21,040 --> 00:47:23,080 Speaker 1: a high level guy. I wanted this guy would have been, 957 00:47:23,200 --> 00:47:25,799 Speaker 1: how do we not draft this guy? Now? Part of 958 00:47:25,800 --> 00:47:28,360 Speaker 1: it's like, well we did take sa Kwan Berkley. That 959 00:47:28,480 --> 00:47:30,400 Speaker 1: is the saving grace here. Like if you are going 960 00:47:30,440 --> 00:47:32,760 Speaker 1: to pass on like Brett Farve, but you do draft 961 00:47:32,800 --> 00:47:36,040 Speaker 1: Barry Sanders, it's not the worst thing. Would you rather 962 00:47:36,080 --> 00:47:38,520 Speaker 1: have Brett Farve than Barry Sanders. Yeah, I know that 963 00:47:38,640 --> 00:47:41,080 Speaker 1: actually didn't happen. I'm just using this as a as 964 00:47:41,080 --> 00:47:44,520 Speaker 1: a best case scenario, and clearly see Kwan is already 965 00:47:44,520 --> 00:47:46,600 Speaker 1: really good. But we all know, like, you can't just 966 00:47:46,640 --> 00:47:48,440 Speaker 1: win with the great running back, you need a quarterback. 967 00:47:48,480 --> 00:47:52,160 Speaker 1: So I I feel you what would surprise you more? 968 00:47:52,200 --> 00:47:54,399 Speaker 1: If the Raiders had a top ten defense next year, 969 00:47:54,800 --> 00:47:56,839 Speaker 1: or if they win ten or eleven games and win 970 00:47:56,880 --> 00:48:01,680 Speaker 1: the division? I I mean I think both are impossible. 971 00:48:01,880 --> 00:48:05,560 Speaker 1: I I guess I would say I don't see any 972 00:48:05,640 --> 00:48:07,120 Speaker 1: chance on God's Green. Or if they have a top 973 00:48:07,160 --> 00:48:11,560 Speaker 1: ten defense, they have no pass rush. Uh, the dbs 974 00:48:11,560 --> 00:48:14,840 Speaker 1: are okay, and they don't really have any linebackers. Like 975 00:48:14,920 --> 00:48:17,279 Speaker 1: could they win ten games? Like yeah, I could? You know, 976 00:48:17,320 --> 00:48:20,040 Speaker 1: Derek Carr's an MVP candidate again, Gruden just gets in 977 00:48:20,080 --> 00:48:22,560 Speaker 1: a sweet spot. Antonio Brown has a huge year. Tyrrell 978 00:48:22,640 --> 00:48:24,799 Speaker 1: Williams has a huge year. Josh Jacobs the rookie of 979 00:48:24,800 --> 00:48:27,959 Speaker 1: the year. They're they're they're built a little like they were, 980 00:48:28,239 --> 00:48:30,319 Speaker 1: you know Jack the second year? Jack? Do real? They 981 00:48:30,360 --> 00:48:35,040 Speaker 1: made the playoffs, Elite offense, crappy defense because I or not. 982 00:48:35,320 --> 00:48:38,240 Speaker 1: That year they actually caused a lot of turnovers because 983 00:48:38,239 --> 00:48:44,440 Speaker 1: of Mac. But I I to me, the absolutely zero 984 00:48:44,560 --> 00:48:46,840 Speaker 1: chance they were top ten defense. I think it's just 985 00:48:46,960 --> 00:48:52,440 Speaker 1: like physically impossible. They don't know the players. Uh. What 986 00:48:52,480 --> 00:48:54,600 Speaker 1: were some of your favorite things you did while scouting 987 00:48:54,640 --> 00:48:56,640 Speaker 1: for the Eagles and some of your least favorite huge 988 00:48:56,640 --> 00:49:03,920 Speaker 1: Eagles fan, I would say my least favorite things. Uh, 989 00:49:04,080 --> 00:49:06,319 Speaker 1: let's start with the least favorite. I would say just 990 00:49:06,400 --> 00:49:09,040 Speaker 1: doing pro scouting over and over. It gets kind of 991 00:49:09,080 --> 00:49:12,959 Speaker 1: boring just just evaluating players. Like the great part about 992 00:49:12,960 --> 00:49:16,600 Speaker 1: college Like I love college scouting because you're basically evaluating people. 993 00:49:17,120 --> 00:49:20,280 Speaker 1: You're getting to watch the player and project the player 994 00:49:20,600 --> 00:49:23,880 Speaker 1: and then learn about the person while interacting with a 995 00:49:23,920 --> 00:49:26,319 Speaker 1: lot of people. As a pro scout, you kind of 996 00:49:26,360 --> 00:49:29,680 Speaker 1: just sit in the office and you just watch tape 997 00:49:29,719 --> 00:49:31,719 Speaker 1: of players that you never get to meet talk to. 998 00:49:32,800 --> 00:49:34,720 Speaker 1: The majority of them you never even get to sign, 999 00:49:35,160 --> 00:49:38,440 Speaker 1: you know. And unlike coaches that do a lot of 1000 00:49:38,440 --> 00:49:40,520 Speaker 1: that too, they actually for a couple hours day every 1001 00:49:40,560 --> 00:49:41,719 Speaker 1: day get to go out in the field. As a 1002 00:49:41,719 --> 00:49:43,680 Speaker 1: pro scout, you just keep watching tape. It just gets 1003 00:49:43,760 --> 00:49:46,120 Speaker 1: kind of monotonous, and as you can tell, I just 1004 00:49:46,160 --> 00:49:48,080 Speaker 1: got too much personality to be cooped up in a 1005 00:49:48,120 --> 00:49:50,520 Speaker 1: cage like a cat. I need to I need to 1006 00:49:50,560 --> 00:49:53,680 Speaker 1: be unchained, be on the move. So the pro scouting 1007 00:49:53,719 --> 00:49:58,400 Speaker 1: stuff was awesome. I didn't love this, but it was 1008 00:49:58,600 --> 00:50:02,080 Speaker 1: a pretty unreal exp Avarian's surreal experience, like being the 1009 00:50:02,120 --> 00:50:06,000 Speaker 1: turk uh cutting guys again, Like I didn't take any 1010 00:50:06,080 --> 00:50:09,160 Speaker 1: joy and cutting guys, but it was just, you know, 1011 00:50:09,200 --> 00:50:13,200 Speaker 1: an experience you can't get anywhere else. Uh. Things I 1012 00:50:13,280 --> 00:50:15,920 Speaker 1: don't miss, like just the the hours you have to 1013 00:50:15,960 --> 00:50:18,360 Speaker 1: put in in terms of sometimes I just feel like 1014 00:50:18,400 --> 00:50:20,880 Speaker 1: I'm not actually accomplishing anything, but I'm sitting in the office. 1015 00:50:21,800 --> 00:50:25,520 Speaker 1: But I also do appreciate, like the grind of a 1016 00:50:25,560 --> 00:50:29,120 Speaker 1: football season and having had a front row seat, and 1017 00:50:29,160 --> 00:50:30,880 Speaker 1: it was I mean college was just like this to 1018 00:50:31,040 --> 00:50:34,040 Speaker 1: the same similar hours, but like when you play a 1019 00:50:34,080 --> 00:50:37,839 Speaker 1: game on Saturday or Sunday, just how much time has 1020 00:50:37,880 --> 00:50:40,840 Speaker 1: gone in from the scattering reports to the practices to 1021 00:50:40,960 --> 00:50:44,480 Speaker 1: the In the NFL, you're you know, evaluating the officials, 1022 00:50:44,840 --> 00:50:47,759 Speaker 1: keeping track of the weather, keeping track of the injuries. 1023 00:50:47,840 --> 00:50:50,160 Speaker 1: It's just it's pretty awesome to be on the inside 1024 00:50:50,160 --> 00:50:52,800 Speaker 1: of just the weekly games, especially when you're a good team, 1025 00:50:53,080 --> 00:50:54,680 Speaker 1: like my first year, we were a playoff teams, so 1026 00:50:54,760 --> 00:50:58,440 Speaker 1: every game mattered so much, and that that was pretty powerful. 1027 00:50:58,520 --> 00:51:00,759 Speaker 1: The other good thing is a lot of free you know, 1028 00:51:01,040 --> 00:51:04,080 Speaker 1: and at the time I was poor. I mean, hell, 1029 00:51:04,160 --> 00:51:06,160 Speaker 1: I take free food right now. I don't care how 1030 00:51:06,239 --> 00:51:07,680 Speaker 1: rich you are. You never turned down free food. You 1031 00:51:07,680 --> 00:51:09,040 Speaker 1: just get a lot of free food. You know. You 1032 00:51:09,080 --> 00:51:11,799 Speaker 1: just see you around a lot of food you get. 1033 00:51:11,840 --> 00:51:13,880 Speaker 1: You know, my gym I just found out raised the 1034 00:51:13,880 --> 00:51:15,920 Speaker 1: price I pay it again. It's the Bay Area, but 1035 00:51:15,960 --> 00:51:18,919 Speaker 1: I pay a hundred seventy dollars a month from my gym. 1036 00:51:19,160 --> 00:51:22,080 Speaker 1: Now it also is a hotel and you know at 1037 00:51:22,120 --> 00:51:24,960 Speaker 1: basketball courts and pools and all sorts of ship but 1038 00:51:25,000 --> 00:51:29,560 Speaker 1: still a hundred seventy dollars, Like it's absurd. Well, in 1039 00:51:29,600 --> 00:51:31,200 Speaker 1: the NFL, I never paid for a gym. I had 1040 00:51:31,239 --> 00:51:34,280 Speaker 1: my own gym there and everything you need, Sonna, steam rooms, 1041 00:51:34,360 --> 00:51:39,360 Speaker 1: locker rooms, you had it all. So miss those little perks. Uh. 1042 00:51:39,560 --> 00:51:43,880 Speaker 1: Something else I hated. One thing I hated as a scout, 1043 00:51:44,560 --> 00:51:46,759 Speaker 1: and I think you definitely feel this as a GM too. 1044 00:51:46,920 --> 00:51:52,040 Speaker 1: It's just how powerless you are. Like in my job now, Uh, 1045 00:51:52,160 --> 00:51:55,520 Speaker 1: I control everything that's said on this podcast. So if 1046 00:51:55,520 --> 00:51:56,960 Speaker 1: I were to get in trouble, if I were to 1047 00:51:57,000 --> 00:51:59,200 Speaker 1: go viral, if I were to have something positive happen. 1048 00:51:59,400 --> 00:52:02,560 Speaker 1: It's all on and not as much on this one. 1049 00:52:02,600 --> 00:52:04,400 Speaker 1: I don't necessarily sell the ads on this one, but 1050 00:52:04,440 --> 00:52:07,279 Speaker 1: my other ones, Like I control my financial destiny, I 1051 00:52:07,520 --> 00:52:09,480 Speaker 1: just have much more control over my life as a 1052 00:52:09,520 --> 00:52:13,080 Speaker 1: GM definitely has Like a road scout or a pro scout, 1053 00:52:13,080 --> 00:52:15,800 Speaker 1: you have no control over everything. You're just a peon 1054 00:52:16,880 --> 00:52:19,719 Speaker 1: who just is part of the craziness. But you don't 1055 00:52:19,719 --> 00:52:22,799 Speaker 1: actually get to control anything. Now that's probably natural with 1056 00:52:22,880 --> 00:52:26,319 Speaker 1: any job when you're you know, under thirty, but it 1057 00:52:26,440 --> 00:52:28,440 Speaker 1: always you know, if I if I was thirty four 1058 00:52:28,480 --> 00:52:30,640 Speaker 1: still work in the NFL as a road scout, you 1059 00:52:30,680 --> 00:52:33,480 Speaker 1: don't really have that much power. Where Ever, since I've 1060 00:52:33,480 --> 00:52:36,279 Speaker 1: been in the media, Like and the other thing is 1061 00:52:37,360 --> 00:52:40,560 Speaker 1: you find out about this guy John Middlekoff, let's say 1062 00:52:40,560 --> 00:52:42,960 Speaker 1: it as a scout for whatever team, you have no 1063 00:52:43,040 --> 00:52:45,480 Speaker 1: clue if I'm good or bad. None. There's that guy 1064 00:52:45,520 --> 00:52:47,080 Speaker 1: know what he's looking at? Does he not? And there 1065 00:52:47,120 --> 00:52:49,280 Speaker 1: are a lot of people in the league that suck, 1066 00:52:49,600 --> 00:52:51,120 Speaker 1: just like there are a lot of people that are good, 1067 00:52:51,480 --> 00:52:54,080 Speaker 1: but that's on the outside unless you actually work with 1068 00:52:54,120 --> 00:52:55,719 Speaker 1: him and I was lucky I got to work with, 1069 00:52:56,400 --> 00:52:58,719 Speaker 1: you know, like Howie Roseman. I was around Howie for 1070 00:52:59,200 --> 00:53:01,680 Speaker 1: my first Like eek, you realize, like, yeah, this this 1071 00:53:01,680 --> 00:53:04,919 Speaker 1: guy is pretty unique. I was around Brett Beach really quick. 1072 00:53:04,920 --> 00:53:08,440 Speaker 1: You're like, god, this guy's a unique character. Lewis Riddick 1073 00:53:08,560 --> 00:53:11,160 Speaker 1: got this guy's unique character. And then I got buddies 1074 00:53:11,160 --> 00:53:13,400 Speaker 1: that you wouldn't even know their names that are working 1075 00:53:13,440 --> 00:53:15,799 Speaker 1: for various teams that I would go to the map for. 1076 00:53:15,840 --> 00:53:17,920 Speaker 1: They're as good of a scout as anyone in the league, 1077 00:53:18,239 --> 00:53:20,360 Speaker 1: but you don't know who they are, you know. So 1078 00:53:20,480 --> 00:53:24,319 Speaker 1: there's there's that element which I kind of miss, I mean, 1079 00:53:24,360 --> 00:53:26,800 Speaker 1: when you work and and maybe I was lucky in Philly. 1080 00:53:26,840 --> 00:53:28,560 Speaker 1: We just had a lot of like high level guys, 1081 00:53:28,760 --> 00:53:30,600 Speaker 1: so I got to experience. I mean, I I could 1082 00:53:30,600 --> 00:53:33,040 Speaker 1: have easily worked for another organization with a lot of slappy's, 1083 00:53:33,480 --> 00:53:35,480 Speaker 1: but I would imagine there are a lot of organizations 1084 00:53:35,520 --> 00:53:37,800 Speaker 1: that get fired and people get blown out that actually 1085 00:53:37,840 --> 00:53:41,080 Speaker 1: were good. And again, maybe it's like this in every profession. 1086 00:53:41,960 --> 00:53:45,600 Speaker 1: I mean, I've been fired, uh multiple times in radio 1087 00:53:45,760 --> 00:53:48,759 Speaker 1: and in in the NFL, and I thought I was 1088 00:53:48,960 --> 00:53:51,480 Speaker 1: really good both times. Like I thought there wasn't anyone 1089 00:53:51,520 --> 00:53:53,640 Speaker 1: as good as a scout, where as I was equally 1090 00:53:53,680 --> 00:53:55,799 Speaker 1: as good as anyone else. And as a radio there 1091 00:53:55,880 --> 00:53:59,520 Speaker 1: was definitely I was as unique as anyone on the radio, 1092 00:53:59,560 --> 00:54:02,759 Speaker 1: and for ever might choke crushed. But you know, both 1093 00:54:02,760 --> 00:54:06,200 Speaker 1: times management changed and I got blown out. You know. 1094 00:54:06,600 --> 00:54:08,920 Speaker 1: So it's like people like middle Coff, you got fired, 1095 00:54:08,920 --> 00:54:10,680 Speaker 1: what are you showing up late to work? Like, Yeah, 1096 00:54:10,880 --> 00:54:13,359 Speaker 1: it's kind of not the business I'm working in, you know. 1097 00:54:13,360 --> 00:54:16,480 Speaker 1: It's just it's a volatile industry. So and that used 1098 00:54:16,520 --> 00:54:18,719 Speaker 1: to be something that just because you got fired, you 1099 00:54:18,760 --> 00:54:21,359 Speaker 1: were a loser. I think most industries kind of thing 1100 00:54:21,440 --> 00:54:23,480 Speaker 1: like that. And then if you get into certain businesses 1101 00:54:23,560 --> 00:54:26,239 Speaker 1: like Bill Belichick's been fired. I'm not saying it was 1102 00:54:26,280 --> 00:54:28,600 Speaker 1: Bill Belichick in the NFL or but I think all 1103 00:54:28,600 --> 00:54:30,400 Speaker 1: over the NFL you see guys get fired every year 1104 00:54:30,440 --> 00:54:33,160 Speaker 1: that are probably pretty good. Like I don't know, Brian Gaine, 1105 00:54:33,200 --> 00:54:35,080 Speaker 1: the Houston, Texas GM. Was he good? Was he not? 1106 00:54:35,120 --> 00:54:37,680 Speaker 1: I don't know, you know, maybe he really was, maybe 1107 00:54:37,680 --> 00:54:40,040 Speaker 1: you just got a raw deal, or maybe he just 1108 00:54:40,080 --> 00:54:43,720 Speaker 1: actually was shitty. That's that's the hard part about the NFL. 1109 00:54:43,760 --> 00:54:46,080 Speaker 1: Like coaches, we get pretty good. We got a good idea, right, 1110 00:54:46,480 --> 00:54:48,759 Speaker 1: like Hugh Jacks and Jim tom Stewer, You're like, what 1111 00:54:48,800 --> 00:54:53,000 Speaker 1: are you doing? You know? But when scouts in front 1112 00:54:53,040 --> 00:54:55,839 Speaker 1: office people get fired, you're like, I guess if he's 1113 00:54:55,840 --> 00:54:57,760 Speaker 1: the GM and he's picked the players, like Mike mccagnut, 1114 00:54:57,760 --> 00:54:59,279 Speaker 1: it was pretty clear he didn't know what he was doing. 1115 00:54:59,600 --> 00:55:01,680 Speaker 1: Like Brian gain I got no clue in Brian Gaines 1116 00:55:01,719 --> 00:55:04,480 Speaker 1: good or bad. Hell I I would imagine most Houston, 1117 00:55:04,480 --> 00:55:05,920 Speaker 1: Texas fans would be like, yeah, I don't really know. 1118 00:55:06,360 --> 00:55:09,800 Speaker 1: It was clear like Ryan Griggson, this overstill overshead, and 1119 00:55:09,840 --> 00:55:11,600 Speaker 1: then Chris Ballard gets in there, like, oh, this Chris 1120 00:55:11,640 --> 00:55:14,719 Speaker 1: Ballard guy is pretty impressive. And even I at first 1121 00:55:14,840 --> 00:55:17,000 Speaker 1: was like, just because the hype was so strong, I 1122 00:55:17,040 --> 00:55:18,840 Speaker 1: was like, who is it? Can we pump the brakes? 1123 00:55:18,880 --> 00:55:20,759 Speaker 1: Now it's like, hey, I'll tip my hat. This Chris 1124 00:55:20,760 --> 00:55:27,160 Speaker 1: Ballard's legit, so a little overview. Appreciate everyone listening. Enjoy 1125 00:55:27,239 --> 00:55:28,960 Speaker 1: the fourth of July weekend. I guess I'll talk to 1126 00:55:29,040 --> 00:55:32,040 Speaker 1: you before the fourth of July. It's only but I 1127 00:55:32,520 --> 00:55:34,400 Speaker 1: I freaking love the fourth of July. I gotta love 1128 00:55:34,400 --> 00:55:38,279 Speaker 1: America and uh enjoy Enjoy the weekend. Talk to you 1129 00:55:38,280 --> 00:55:39,320 Speaker 1: soon peace, see you