1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:03,560 Speaker 1: You are listening to the Dan Patrick Show on Fox 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:06,920 Speaker 1: Sports Radio. Oh, it's the day before the day the 3 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:10,840 Speaker 1: NFL Draft. PAULI is getting nervous. Is there going to 4 00:00:10,920 --> 00:00:14,600 Speaker 1: be a quarterback taken in the first thirteen picks? Tom Pellicero, 5 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:17,079 Speaker 1: the NFL Network will join us coming up here in 6 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:21,040 Speaker 1: a little bit. Red G Miller, NBA on TNT Analysts 7 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:23,360 Speaker 1: a little bit later on. You can be involved in 8 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:26,000 Speaker 1: the program in a variety of ways. You can dial 9 00:00:26,079 --> 00:00:28,640 Speaker 1: us up, email, tweet, all the above. We say good 10 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:32,199 Speaker 1: morning to our streaming partner, Peacock. It's really simple. 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Our Stats of the Day, brought to you 35 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 1: by the great folks at Pennini America, the official trading 36 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 1: cards to the Dan Patrick Show. Hit the music stat 37 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 1: of the day, I've got one that is on fire 38 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:13,520 Speaker 1: if you include the postseason. The Suns are now fifty 39 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 1: and oh when leading after three quarters. They're looking to 40 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 1: join the twenty nineteen twenty twenty Lakers who went fifty 41 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 1: seven and oh. It's the only team since nineteen fifty 42 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:25,639 Speaker 1: four to go an entire season without losing a game. 43 00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 1: When leading after three quarters, Sons went up three games 44 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:41,120 Speaker 1: to two and the Pelicans Heat close out the Hawks. 45 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:45,520 Speaker 1: Grizzlies up three two on the Wolves, Bowls Bucks tonight, 46 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 1: Nuggets at the Warriors. If you didn't follow the NBA 47 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 1: during the regular season, you probably weren't aware of the 48 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 1: jump that John Morant has made in his game. Last night, 49 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 1: he put all those skills on display. The Grizzlies were 50 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:01,359 Speaker 1: down double digits less than seven minutes to go. John 51 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 1: Moran scored eighteen in the fourth quarter, leading the grizz 52 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:10,360 Speaker 1: past the Timberwolves. He'd finished with thirteen rebounds, nine assists, 53 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 1: and thirty points. And if that wasn't enough, he had 54 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 1: an unbelievable dunk that sounded like this, Brooks, I have. 55 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 1: That's the play of the day. The game winning layup 56 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 1: is what I have. Oh wow, that would have been great. 57 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:29,760 Speaker 1: It would have seemed like we had planned this out. 58 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:34,440 Speaker 1: My bad. Maybe next time. John Moran has one of 59 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:36,600 Speaker 1: the best dunks in the past generation. Yeah you can 60 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:40,440 Speaker 1: hear that. That was really just a tease. Yeah, but 61 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 1: that's play of the day. Yeah, I know, But Okay, 62 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 1: I could have still played it and then had it 63 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 1: as play of the day. How about we re enacted, Um, 64 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 1: let's see, Uh, how do I do to do play 65 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 1: by play? And then we could be the character actors. 66 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 1: Are you going to be the crown? It's It would 67 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:04,480 Speaker 1: have sounded something like this, John rand in the lane over, 68 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:13,320 Speaker 1: I'm like, maybe that's one of the greatest postseason dunk's error. 69 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 1: You gotta get in it. I mean, are you kidding me? 70 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:22,799 Speaker 1: Corn Center Top ten dramatic reenactment of a place sounds 71 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 1: pretty good? Yeah, I mean, are you kidding me? I 72 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 1: don't believe what I do So half man, half bird. 73 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:36,200 Speaker 1: That was Vince Carter, Like, everybody's going crazy over this dunk, 74 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:38,560 Speaker 1: and look, it's a great dunk. It's a it's a 75 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:43,280 Speaker 1: postseason dunk. But you're they want to call it the 76 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:45,960 Speaker 1: greatest dunk they've ever seen, and I just would say 77 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 1: maybe not. There's a few other ones. And the reason 78 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:52,600 Speaker 1: why I would probably bring in other dunks there. Uh, 79 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:57,120 Speaker 1: you know, for arguing points when you dunk on somebody 80 00:04:57,440 --> 00:05:00,280 Speaker 1: you truly dunk on them, is when they go up 81 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:06,000 Speaker 1: to try to block your shot. When John Starks dunked 82 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:10,400 Speaker 1: and that was on all the balls. That's a big dunk. 83 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 1: kJ Kevin Johnson dunked on a kim Elaju on one 84 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:19,080 Speaker 1: of the two or three best defensive players of all time, 85 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:23,799 Speaker 1: and Kate kJ Is you know, given up eight inches 86 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:26,919 Speaker 1: there too, a chemilaj one that was a great dunk. 87 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:30,560 Speaker 1: There's been so many great dunk now John Morant cocking 88 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:34,080 Speaker 1: and pulling and uh, you know with the dunk, you 89 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:36,840 Speaker 1: know Malik Beasley is just standing there and he just 90 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 1: jumps over him. I mean, it's not like Vince Carter 91 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:43,679 Speaker 1: jumped over a seven foot or Frederick Weiss and dunked 92 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:47,159 Speaker 1: in the Olympics. But this is you know, it's a 93 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:51,000 Speaker 1: great play, explosive play, but also help them win the game. 94 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:53,840 Speaker 1: That's the most important part with this. But there's so 95 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 1: many dunks in NBA history and even postseason history where 96 00:05:58,279 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 1: somebody challenges you. That's when you dunk on somebody, you 97 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:06,960 Speaker 1: dunk over. John Morant dunked over Malik Beasley. He didn't 98 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:10,680 Speaker 1: dunk on him, he dunked over him. Yeah. Did you 99 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:12,480 Speaker 1: say in the morning, meaning you would consider calling a 100 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 1: charge a job? Cane said it the other way. We're looking, 101 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:20,320 Speaker 1: we're looking at the video and I go, is that 102 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:22,840 Speaker 1: a charge? And Seeton goes, you can't call a charge there? 103 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 1: Can we reenact what that call would sound like? The 104 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:29,720 Speaker 1: crowd would be vastly different. Okay, right, John Morant down 105 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:40,480 Speaker 1: the lane and dug they called a charge. Uh. John 106 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:43,640 Speaker 1: Moran is just twenty two years of age. You know, 107 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:48,279 Speaker 1: you're just seeing somebody emerge as his star. You know, 108 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:50,920 Speaker 1: when he came into the league, and I think our 109 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:54,000 Speaker 1: question was would you rather have Zion or John Morant? 110 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:57,680 Speaker 1: And I said John Morant because I thought that I 111 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:00,719 Speaker 1: could get longevity out of him. I thought Ion's body 112 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:04,760 Speaker 1: would turn on him, and well we've seen some of that. 113 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 1: Plus John Morant's more exciting when you think about it. 114 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:11,960 Speaker 1: John Morant in game I still think the best highlight 115 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:14,160 Speaker 1: that he's had of his career when he went up 116 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:17,040 Speaker 1: to block that shot, like he went up and caught it, 117 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:21,040 Speaker 1: and I thought, oh my god, it looked like you 118 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:24,440 Speaker 1: know where you're seeing cgi where you're going. That little 119 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:26,760 Speaker 1: guy just went up and at the top of the 120 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:29,880 Speaker 1: square and he didn't block a shot. He caught a 121 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:33,960 Speaker 1: shot that to me was you know, as impressive, if 122 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:36,200 Speaker 1: not more so than this dunk that he had last night. 123 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 1: But you know, you look around the NBA, you know 124 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:43,160 Speaker 1: they're in good hands with young talent here. Minnesota is 125 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 1: a fun team. You know, they're they're they're kind of 126 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 1: on the verge of being maybe like Memphis. And here's 127 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 1: another thing. John Moran is not the most improved player 128 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:59,560 Speaker 1: in the NBA. He won the award Desmond Baine, his teammate, 129 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 1: who nobody knew. That's the guy who deserved most improved. 130 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 1: John Moran is a great player. Oh yes, Marve, can 131 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 1: we stop with giving them most improved players to lottery picks? 132 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:17,600 Speaker 1: John Moran is the second overall pick. I know, yeah, 133 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 1: i'd agree. Where did Desmond band go to school? Okay? 134 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:23,880 Speaker 1: Me neither? I don't know. I think that you know 135 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:28,320 Speaker 1: who could get most improved next year? A former number 136 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:32,640 Speaker 1: one pick, Ben Simmons. He played eighty two more games, 137 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:35,880 Speaker 1: he has a previous seasons improved. I'm already starting the 138 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:42,480 Speaker 1: campaign Ben Simmons most improved player next year? Alrighty whole 139 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 1: question today? Man, what happened to the show? We're not 140 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:49,000 Speaker 1: even ten minutes in. We're on fire? Dang all right, 141 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:50,959 Speaker 1: well might as well this one's gonna seem like it's 142 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:52,400 Speaker 1: completely out of the blue, but it kind of goes 143 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:54,440 Speaker 1: with what we're saying. Who's gonna have a better season 144 00:08:54,520 --> 00:09:01,640 Speaker 1: next year? Who John Morand or Trey Young? Uh? Tradead 145 00:09:01,679 --> 00:09:06,319 Speaker 1: a bad couple of weeks. Here, Give me the question again. 146 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:08,720 Speaker 1: I said, Who's going to have a better season next year? 147 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 1: John Morand or Trey Young? Uh? Well, Trey led the 148 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:17,200 Speaker 1: league in scoring and assist He had the most points 149 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:20,880 Speaker 1: scored and assist. Still a lot of turnovers. He got 150 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 1: roughed up. I mean, Miami went after him a lot 151 00:09:23,840 --> 00:09:26,400 Speaker 1: of times, and he's not getting the calls that he 152 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:29,760 Speaker 1: wants got Him and Harden are being officiated differently, or 153 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:33,120 Speaker 1: maybe they're being officiated like everybody else is, and we've 154 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:36,720 Speaker 1: seen we've seen that have an impact on their game. 155 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:39,840 Speaker 1: I would say John Morand. The one question I have 156 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:42,920 Speaker 1: or concern about John Morand is you're not going to 157 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:47,400 Speaker 1: be able to keep attacking the rim at that size. Now, 158 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:50,640 Speaker 1: in a different era, he would have gotten knocked on 159 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:52,920 Speaker 1: his rear end a few times. They would not put 160 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:55,680 Speaker 1: up with any of that nonsense. You know, Jordans stopped 161 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:59,719 Speaker 1: attacking because they were They foul him hard, and then 162 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:02,280 Speaker 1: my would eventually just set up on the low post 163 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:04,840 Speaker 1: and you know, take you to school, hitting those little 164 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 1: turnaround jumpers. You know, job Morant, I developed the outside 165 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:13,400 Speaker 1: game a little bit. I think that'll help because I 166 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:17,000 Speaker 1: don't think you can keep attacking, you know, because there's 167 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:20,559 Speaker 1: an Iverson feel to him of attacking that way. And 168 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:22,920 Speaker 1: I think Allen Iverson's going to join us on the 169 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:25,880 Speaker 1: program tomorrow. I'll see if he sees those comparisons. Yes, 170 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:29,040 Speaker 1: I don't know if it was just a graphic that 171 00:10:29,120 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 1: was used on social media or something like that, or 172 00:10:31,559 --> 00:10:34,439 Speaker 1: if it was an actual poster, but there's this image 173 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:37,679 Speaker 1: of Alan Iverson just standing and there's sort of like 174 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:40,320 Speaker 1: that operation game where it points to all of the 175 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:43,920 Speaker 1: different injuries. He said. It looks like it's like acupuncture. 176 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:46,600 Speaker 1: There's just a good jillion things. I'm like, oh, this fractured, 177 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:50,240 Speaker 1: this separated, this whatever, and eventually it's going to catch 178 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:53,520 Speaker 1: up to you. At twenty two. You can fly, you know, 179 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:55,680 Speaker 1: you can go to the hoop, you can attack, and 180 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:59,079 Speaker 1: eventually you're gonna have these guys who get banged up 181 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:01,520 Speaker 1: and they have to change their game a little bit. 182 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:04,880 Speaker 1: I would like to see Jaw change his game before 183 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:09,760 Speaker 1: somebody forces him to change his game physically. You know, 184 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:13,360 Speaker 1: Trey Young used to go to the hoop, and you know, 185 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:15,480 Speaker 1: stop going to the hoop, not going to get to 186 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:18,120 Speaker 1: the free throw line. We've seen James Harden same way, 187 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:20,800 Speaker 1: not shooting as many free throws as you normally do. 188 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:26,760 Speaker 1: But Jah Moran attacks and it's fun to watch. It's 189 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:29,559 Speaker 1: a fun team. That's why when you know, you looked 190 00:11:29,559 --> 00:11:32,720 Speaker 1: at and I don't know how many games he played, 191 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:36,360 Speaker 1: maybe sixty two something like that, and you know people 192 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:39,600 Speaker 1: use that as a you know, against him, that for MVP, 193 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:42,400 Speaker 1: and I said, well, you're missing the point here. You're 194 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:45,760 Speaker 1: missing how good Memphis is as a team like that. 195 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:48,840 Speaker 1: You can be use it as a negative with job, 196 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:50,760 Speaker 1: but you've got to have a compliment here for the 197 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 1: rest of the team, because that is a good team 198 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:56,320 Speaker 1: they got. They got some fun players and they're not 199 00:11:56,360 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 1: afraid of the big moments so far. And I also 200 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:01,400 Speaker 1: saw this the criticiss him of Trey Young. I not 201 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:04,040 Speaker 1: ready for the big, big moment there. He went to 202 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:07,000 Speaker 1: the Eastern Conference finals last year. Where were you last 203 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:10,439 Speaker 1: year with the big moment there? Give credit to Miami, 204 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:15,959 Speaker 1: you know, Oladipo Jimmy Butler, bam Adebayo, they had an 205 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:20,320 Speaker 1: answer for him. And you know, Atlanta is not Atlanta 206 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:23,360 Speaker 1: got to the Eastern Conference finals. They're not a great team. 207 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:26,439 Speaker 1: You know, they border on being a good team. But 208 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:29,400 Speaker 1: they still need to, you know, improve that roster a 209 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:32,920 Speaker 1: little bit because it is it's too Tray Young heavy. Yes, 210 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:35,160 Speaker 1: and I know the Knicks weren't great and they only 211 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:37,440 Speaker 1: won one game, but Trey Young did he not step 212 00:12:37,559 --> 00:12:40,440 Speaker 1: up in Madison Square Garden of all places? Well, I 213 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:43,040 Speaker 1: don't care where you do. A Madison Square Garden doesn't 214 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:47,000 Speaker 1: mean anything now it used to. Now it doesn't mean anything. 215 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:50,160 Speaker 1: How you beat the Knicks. So that those fans they 216 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:52,560 Speaker 1: can get a little, a little crazy on you. You know, 217 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:56,040 Speaker 1: they can't guard you, chanting about his receding hairline goal game. 218 00:12:56,080 --> 00:13:00,280 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, man, that's gonna really affect you. And 219 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:03,000 Speaker 1: they can't guard you, so who cares. I mean, you know, 220 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:05,079 Speaker 1: when you have a home court advantage, use you. When 221 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:07,480 Speaker 1: your team is really good, then you have a home 222 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:11,319 Speaker 1: court advantage. It like Seattle, man, Seattle had an unbelievable 223 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:14,160 Speaker 1: home field advantage when they had the Legion of Boom. 224 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:16,760 Speaker 1: Nobody talked about that home field advantage last year, do 225 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:19,320 Speaker 1: they the last couple of years. It's amazing. When you 226 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:21,080 Speaker 1: have a really good team, then that's a tough place 227 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:24,440 Speaker 1: to play. Nobody says that about going into Orlando to 228 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:26,760 Speaker 1: face the Magic Man. That's a tough place to play. 229 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:30,240 Speaker 1: If Orlando was great, then they might go. Man, that team, 230 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:34,840 Speaker 1: that's pretty a pretty tough place. Pelicans said. You know, 231 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:36,480 Speaker 1: now all of a sudden it became a little bit 232 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:39,240 Speaker 1: more of a home court advantage. They're loud there, but 233 00:13:39,880 --> 00:13:43,280 Speaker 1: the Pelicans got better. That always helps, yes, Marv. Now 234 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:47,320 Speaker 1: Memphis is the grindhouse again. Yeah. Yeah. Now, when they 235 00:13:47,320 --> 00:13:49,000 Speaker 1: were bad, it was just a place where you just 236 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:50,440 Speaker 1: go on a Tuesday night and beat. It was just 237 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:52,640 Speaker 1: the house. Yeah, it's just a house. Now it's the 238 00:13:52,679 --> 00:13:55,360 Speaker 1: grind house. It was just a FedEx forum. Yeah, great, 239 00:13:55,440 --> 00:13:59,760 Speaker 1: that's true. Tom Pelo Sero, NFL Network will join us 240 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:03,080 Speaker 1: as here we are on the eve of the NFL Draft. 241 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:06,520 Speaker 1: This is when you start to get some information. I 242 00:14:06,559 --> 00:14:09,200 Speaker 1: had a source yesterday say, hey, I heard you talking 243 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:13,319 Speaker 1: about teams interested in quarterbacks, keep an eye on Tennessee. 244 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:18,920 Speaker 1: And I went Tennessee because, yeah, Ryan Tannehill, I think 245 00:14:18,920 --> 00:14:21,600 Speaker 1: it's in his last year of his deal, and are 246 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:24,760 Speaker 1: you going to extend him. Is this a luxury pick 247 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:27,360 Speaker 1: where you can maybe grab a quarterback and then you 248 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:30,960 Speaker 1: have one for the And also he said that you're 249 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:33,640 Speaker 1: going to see teams go up to the last pick 250 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:36,680 Speaker 1: of the first round. That we've seen this a couple 251 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:41,040 Speaker 1: of times. You know Lamar Jackson who was the other 252 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:44,160 Speaker 1: quarterback recently that they went up and got it the 253 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:47,280 Speaker 1: last pick of the first round to escape me. But 254 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:49,920 Speaker 1: you want to get the five year deal you want 255 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:51,640 Speaker 1: to get, not a four year deal. You want to 256 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:53,720 Speaker 1: get a five year deal. You can go up and 257 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:55,800 Speaker 1: get somebody at the end of the first round and 258 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:58,800 Speaker 1: it might be you know, Sam Howe at North Carolina 259 00:14:58,840 --> 00:15:01,880 Speaker 1: or Matt Corrall, but he like Desmond Ritter, somebody might 260 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:04,720 Speaker 1: go up there and get somebody with the last pick 261 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:07,360 Speaker 1: of the first round. So you have a five year 262 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:10,480 Speaker 1: contract with them instead of four. All right, we'll talk 263 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:14,120 Speaker 1: to Pellicero get his thoughts on Deebo. Samuel I still 264 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:17,360 Speaker 1: haven't heard why he wants out of San Francisco. Does 265 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:20,000 Speaker 1: he want to go back closer to his home in 266 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:23,840 Speaker 1: South Carolina? Does he not like the Niners? How he's 267 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:28,400 Speaker 1: being used or could this just be about money? H Well, 268 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:32,680 Speaker 1: take a break back after this, Dan Patrick Shill, Oh 269 00:15:32,680 --> 00:15:34,840 Speaker 1: what do I have here? Seton? Do I have M Drive? 270 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:38,560 Speaker 1: I think I got M Drive? 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Imagine you had an NFL draft of every 307 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:33,880 Speaker 1: player who's ever played in the NFL, and you owned 308 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:36,760 Speaker 1: a team and had the number one overall pick, removing quarterbacks, 309 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:41,720 Speaker 1: removing quarterbacks, So every player in NFL history, every lineman, etc. 310 00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:45,400 Speaker 1: You get one player, and you you also get their 311 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:48,400 Speaker 1: entire career, knowing how healthy they were, how unhealthy they were, 312 00:17:48,560 --> 00:17:50,680 Speaker 1: how long they're gonna be around. So if you're got 313 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:53,760 Speaker 1: to take Calvin Johnson the wide receiver, you get seven 314 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:57,040 Speaker 1: or eight great years. If you're going to take Lawrence Taylor, 315 00:17:57,119 --> 00:18:01,080 Speaker 1: Lawrence Taylor first team All Pro basically first eight years, 316 00:18:01,119 --> 00:18:03,679 Speaker 1: but not as long as others. So who would you 317 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:06,520 Speaker 1: take number one overall? I'd have to give that some 318 00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:09,040 Speaker 1: some serious though. There you go. How about I bring 319 00:18:09,040 --> 00:18:13,840 Speaker 1: in Tom Pelicero, the NFL Network reporter. NFL Network they're 320 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:15,560 Speaker 1: going to have the coverage of the twenty twenty two 321 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:18,520 Speaker 1: NFL Draft from Las Vegas, kicking off Thursday at eight 322 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:22,960 Speaker 1: Eastern with the first round, and Tom, I believe, joining 323 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:25,479 Speaker 1: us on the program. Tom, let me ask you that question. 324 00:18:25,840 --> 00:18:30,520 Speaker 1: Any player in NFL history, aside from a quarterback. Oh, 325 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:34,640 Speaker 1: I think we just lost. Tom Pelicero, PAULI, who would 326 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:38,880 Speaker 1: your pick be? My pick is Reggie White. For sixteen 327 00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:41,600 Speaker 1: years he was a dominant defensive lineman, not eight or 328 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:45,359 Speaker 1: nine years. He won the Defensive MVP Defensive Player of 329 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:47,640 Speaker 1: the Year at age twenty six and again at age 330 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 1: thirty seven. He had sixteen great years reduit all right, 331 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:58,920 Speaker 1: anybody else have a thought on that, you know. And 332 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:01,320 Speaker 1: here's another thing though, trying to look at the NFL 333 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:05,480 Speaker 1: now as opposed to what these guys did when they played. 334 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:07,920 Speaker 1: Like Jim Brown when he played in the late sixties, 335 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:11,200 Speaker 1: was the best player in football. But Jim Brown now, 336 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:14,960 Speaker 1: you know, how would you how would you be using 337 00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:20,840 Speaker 1: Jim Brown now? Jerry Rice? Um, you know you're gonna 338 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:23,720 Speaker 1: get twenty years? Yeah? See what position then? Do you 339 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:28,560 Speaker 1: think has changed most? Over? Running back? Yeah, it's just 340 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:32,840 Speaker 1: it's so devalued. Now, nobody's talking about a running back 341 00:19:32,840 --> 00:19:35,800 Speaker 1: in this year's draft. I've yet to see somebody saying, hey, 342 00:19:36,119 --> 00:19:39,160 Speaker 1: this running back could get into the top twenty five, 343 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:42,800 Speaker 1: top thirty. Doesn't feel like there is that running back 344 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:46,080 Speaker 1: out there. So I think that that's probably been the 345 00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:50,600 Speaker 1: position devalued the most wide receiver. Tight end feels like 346 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:53,720 Speaker 1: it feels like the tight end has been elevated more so, 347 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:57,119 Speaker 1: you know, because I go back to when Mike Ditka 348 00:19:57,200 --> 00:20:00,720 Speaker 1: played or John Mackey played, you know, kelln Enslow was 349 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:04,719 Speaker 1: the first of that hybrid wide receiver tight end, and 350 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:07,960 Speaker 1: it just feels like everybody has to have an athletic 351 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:10,560 Speaker 1: tight end. You know, you had tight ends who came in. 352 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:19,480 Speaker 1: Tony Gonzalez, followed, Kevin Winslow, Shannon Sharp, very athletic tight end. Yeah, Paul, 353 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:22,240 Speaker 1: I'm gonna throughout another player for this question. What about 354 00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:24,720 Speaker 1: Anthony Munos. I think he made ten He was ten 355 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:28,200 Speaker 1: times All Pro, not Pro Bowl, All Pro at offensive tackle. 356 00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:31,600 Speaker 1: That's a sure thing. Yeah, and at that position, I 357 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:34,399 Speaker 1: mean you could make a case Anthony Munos is the 358 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:37,760 Speaker 1: greatest offensive lineman in history. And there have been a 359 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:42,160 Speaker 1: lot of great offensive lineman, but Munos what he did, 360 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:45,920 Speaker 1: Granted it was in Cincinnati, so maybe not as many 361 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:50,280 Speaker 1: people recognized that greatness. Did get to a couple of 362 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:54,080 Speaker 1: Super Bowls, but I think he was at one one 363 00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:55,800 Speaker 1: of those Super Bowls. I don't know if he was 364 00:20:55,840 --> 00:20:59,000 Speaker 1: with them for both of those Super Bowls. So we're 365 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:02,480 Speaker 1: trying to connect with Tom Pellicero the NFL Network, and 366 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:06,000 Speaker 1: Fritzie says that it'll be about a minute there. Yeah, 367 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:10,560 Speaker 1: I'm wondering about that. If you did look at see 368 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:13,320 Speaker 1: Lawrence Taylor didn't give you a long enough shelf life. 369 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:19,439 Speaker 1: I gotta look at longevity there. I think that that's 370 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:24,200 Speaker 1: because some of these guys were great in a five 371 00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:26,680 Speaker 1: year window. But if you're looking at it, somebody could 372 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:30,479 Speaker 1: give you fifteen years of quality football. I know that 373 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:32,400 Speaker 1: Jerry Rice is going to be great for a long 374 00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:36,399 Speaker 1: time and even today, Like I always imagine that you 375 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:39,560 Speaker 1: could put your hands on Jerry Rice back then, Jerry 376 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:43,040 Speaker 1: Rice now. I mean, it's kind of crazy. If you 377 00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:45,120 Speaker 1: look at the numbers of what these guys put up 378 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:48,600 Speaker 1: when they put it up, how would they be different nowadays? 379 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:52,680 Speaker 1: I think that that would be the interesting. And even 380 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:56,320 Speaker 1: some of these quarterbacks who you weren't throwing thirty five times, 381 00:21:57,280 --> 00:22:00,439 Speaker 1: I mean you sort of through because you know had to, 382 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:03,479 Speaker 1: not because you wanted to, because you had to. You 383 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:06,080 Speaker 1: ran the football. That's what it was all about. Just 384 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:08,800 Speaker 1: run the football. Yeah, Poe. You know Lawrence Taylor, it 385 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:11,639 Speaker 1: wasn't short. It was nine out of ten years he 386 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:14,080 Speaker 1: was first team All Pro, including his rookie He was 387 00:22:14,119 --> 00:22:16,000 Speaker 1: the defensive player of the Year as a rookie, not 388 00:22:16,119 --> 00:22:20,240 Speaker 1: defensive Rookie Player of the years. Yeah, that's really nutty. 389 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:25,320 Speaker 1: How about Dion Sanders focusing just on football for thirteen 390 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:29,920 Speaker 1: fourteen years. Well, but I can't. That's not part of 391 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:32,480 Speaker 1: the equation. I'd be like me saying to Lawrence Taylor, Hey, 392 00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:35,960 Speaker 1: don't go out at night. He's that gonna work out. 393 00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:39,679 Speaker 1: It's not it's not a happening. It's some one tried that. 394 00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:42,600 Speaker 1: I think. Oh, I'm sure they did. I still love 395 00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:46,200 Speaker 1: that story that Phil Simms tells about Lawrence Taylor where 396 00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:51,200 Speaker 1: Phil Simms's wife came in and woke him up and said, hey, 397 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:55,280 Speaker 1: Lawrence is here. And it was real early in the morning, 398 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:58,399 Speaker 1: and Lawrence hadn't been to bed and he wanted to 399 00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:05,919 Speaker 1: borrow Phil's golf club. So Lawrence is here, huh go 400 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:08,880 Speaker 1: out there. Hey, can I use your golf clubs? Yeah? Pot. 401 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:11,960 Speaker 1: People are sending in a few current players, current NFL 402 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:14,840 Speaker 1: players that could be in this conversation. Aaron Donald is 403 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:18,960 Speaker 1: first team All Pro I think seven of his eight seasons. Yeah, 404 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:23,080 Speaker 1: and it doesn't sound sound like he's dropping off anytime soon. Yeah, 405 00:23:23,119 --> 00:23:27,720 Speaker 1: but how old is he he has? I just turned thirty. Yeah. Wow. 406 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:31,399 Speaker 1: Let's bring in Tom Pelicero. Tom, thanks for being patient. 407 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,680 Speaker 1: Let me ask you the question that we've been moulling over. 408 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:37,719 Speaker 1: You can have any player in the history of the sport. 409 00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:43,320 Speaker 1: Just start your team with non quarterback, and I'm getting 410 00:23:43,359 --> 00:23:46,320 Speaker 1: them at the start of their career, like draft eligible, 411 00:23:46,359 --> 00:23:50,199 Speaker 1: they're twenty one years old. Yeah, pretty hard to go 412 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:53,879 Speaker 1: against Lawrence Taylor in a discussion like that. I'll default 413 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:55,720 Speaker 1: to the wisdom of Bill Belichick and say, there's not 414 00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:59,280 Speaker 1: that many better players than that in NFL history. Yeah, 415 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:02,920 Speaker 1: we brought up Reggie White, like I'm getting longevity. If 416 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:07,159 Speaker 1: I factor that in, I'm getting twice the career at 417 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:10,959 Speaker 1: least length with Reggie White. So I see what Paulie 418 00:24:11,119 --> 00:24:13,359 Speaker 1: said where I'm getting a guy who's Defensive Player of 419 00:24:13,359 --> 00:24:16,720 Speaker 1: the Year twenty seven and thirty seven. Jerry Rice would 420 00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:19,119 Speaker 1: also be in there as well, because I'm getting longevity 421 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:22,879 Speaker 1: as well. But having seen Lawrence Taylor up close and 422 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:25,399 Speaker 1: personal when he came into the league, I couldn't imagine 423 00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:27,399 Speaker 1: being a quarterback. I mean I saw him in a 424 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:31,760 Speaker 1: preseason game tom against the Jets and Ken O'Brien. I 425 00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:34,080 Speaker 1: felt he was playing like it was the Super Bowl. 426 00:24:34,119 --> 00:24:36,439 Speaker 1: I felt bad for Ken O'Brien. I could actually see 427 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:41,679 Speaker 1: fear in the face of a football player. I was 428 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:45,280 Speaker 1: born in nineteen eighty one, So I don't obviously remember 429 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:47,800 Speaker 1: the early stages of Lawrence Taylor's career, but I do 430 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:50,399 Speaker 1: remember even later in his career, when you know, there 431 00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:52,120 Speaker 1: was a lot of different stuff going on with him, 432 00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:54,520 Speaker 1: he was still a fearsome player. And again have it 433 00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:57,440 Speaker 1: just listened to Bill Belichick talk many times about him 434 00:24:57,560 --> 00:25:01,159 Speaker 1: and just the attitude and the physical and you know, 435 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:03,080 Speaker 1: the athletic ability that he brought to the field, and 436 00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:05,800 Speaker 1: then you just go you watch the old highlight clips. Yeah, 437 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:09,160 Speaker 1: and it's like he's he's from a different planet in those. 438 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:11,080 Speaker 1: You know, he's got the enormous shoulder pads, so I 439 00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:13,560 Speaker 1: think makes everybody look smaller. Yet somehow he looks like 440 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:17,040 Speaker 1: this enormous figure who just kind of engulfs these quarterbacks. 441 00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:22,680 Speaker 1: But also he changed if you look at um, you know, offenses, 442 00:25:23,119 --> 00:25:27,480 Speaker 1: a defensive player changed offenses and how they blocked him 443 00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:30,280 Speaker 1: so you'd have the tight end and the tackles stay in. 444 00:25:30,520 --> 00:25:33,160 Speaker 1: You know, Joe Gibbs did that with Washington. I don't 445 00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:36,080 Speaker 1: know how many other football players where you know, the 446 00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:39,480 Speaker 1: offenses had to change their philosophy just to stop a 447 00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:43,840 Speaker 1: defensive player. Um, you know, Lawrence Taylor stands out to 448 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:48,480 Speaker 1: me obviously. Um, maybe Don with what he did, how 449 00:25:48,520 --> 00:25:50,840 Speaker 1: he did it taken away half the field. But can 450 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:54,600 Speaker 1: you think of another defensive player that offenses had to 451 00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:58,240 Speaker 1: try to figure out how to stop well thrown away 452 00:25:58,280 --> 00:26:00,800 Speaker 1: from from Don. I mean that was a big piece 453 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:03,880 Speaker 1: of it, you know, footing over to the offensive side 454 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:07,280 Speaker 1: of the ball. Defenses had to change for Randy Moss. 455 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:09,320 Speaker 1: I mean the year in nineteen ninety nine, I believe 456 00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:11,800 Speaker 1: the Packers used their first three picks on cornerbacks just 457 00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:13,280 Speaker 1: to try to figure out what they were going to 458 00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:15,560 Speaker 1: do with them. Now, he was very much a straight 459 00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:18,720 Speaker 1: line speed type of guy where he just but he 460 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:21,359 Speaker 1: could get over the top. He could win fifty fifty balls. 461 00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:23,000 Speaker 1: He could beat you down the field, you'd get the 462 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:25,080 Speaker 1: ball in his hands, and he could do some you know, 463 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:27,760 Speaker 1: freaky stuff. You think back to his punt return days 464 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:29,240 Speaker 1: and the other things he could do. I mean, he 465 00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:32,480 Speaker 1: was a rare, rare athlete. And you know, classic example 466 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:35,200 Speaker 1: of that process. He slid in the draft for a 467 00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:38,280 Speaker 1: variety of reasons. Everybody, even though everyone knew that he 468 00:26:38,359 --> 00:26:41,280 Speaker 1: was an absolutely hillacious player. But if you know, if 469 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:44,200 Speaker 1: you're talking about starting your franchise with somebody. Well, Randy 470 00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:47,280 Speaker 1: played for a few franchises and there were reasons behind that. 471 00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:49,880 Speaker 1: But you talk about, you know, Reggie White ten years 472 00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:52,280 Speaker 1: apart being the defensive player of the year. Randy Moss 473 00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:54,359 Speaker 1: had two of the greatest seasons we ever saw in 474 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:58,480 Speaker 1: nineteen ninety eight and two thousand and seven. After a 475 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:02,680 Speaker 1: venture to thes for a couple of seasons, they're in between. 476 00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:04,840 Speaker 1: I mean, I've never seen a better rookie receiver in 477 00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:07,480 Speaker 1: my lifetime than Moss, and I'm not sure I've ever 478 00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:09,480 Speaker 1: seen a player of a better season than he did 479 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:11,919 Speaker 1: when he joined up with Tom Brady. You know, seven 480 00:27:12,359 --> 00:27:15,280 Speaker 1: NFL Networks coverage. So the draft from Vegas kicks off 481 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:18,000 Speaker 1: Thursday to eight Eastern with the first round. Where's the 482 00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:24,320 Speaker 1: drama in the draft time everywhere? That's the simplest way 483 00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:26,760 Speaker 1: to put it. Right now, I know that you don't 484 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:30,960 Speaker 1: have the clear cut number one quarterback, you don't have 485 00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:33,680 Speaker 1: the sexy skill position guys who are going to get 486 00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:37,880 Speaker 1: drafted really high. You've got some really good, solid players 487 00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:40,360 Speaker 1: at the top of the draft, guys like Aidan Hutchinson, 488 00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:43,720 Speaker 1: highly productive. All signs points to have him having a 489 00:27:43,720 --> 00:27:46,560 Speaker 1: really long and good career. But the fact that we're 490 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:49,000 Speaker 1: sitting here talking about a guy in Trayvon Walker, who 491 00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:53,000 Speaker 1: granted has unbelievable traits, but had I believe, nine sacks 492 00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:55,040 Speaker 1: in his entire call his career at Georgia being the 493 00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:58,359 Speaker 1: number one overall pick. That's just that's indicative of just 494 00:27:58,480 --> 00:28:01,440 Speaker 1: kind of the uncertainty that you have in this draft. 495 00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:05,119 Speaker 1: A lot of that is driven by the quarterbacks. There's 496 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:07,879 Speaker 1: just talking to all the gms and head coaches I 497 00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:10,240 Speaker 1: have over the past forty eight to seventy two hours here, 498 00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:13,240 Speaker 1: everybody's trying to figure out at what point the quarterbacks 499 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:16,159 Speaker 1: begin to go. That is absolutely going to be some 500 00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:19,560 Speaker 1: of the driving drama, certainly in our NFL network coverage. 501 00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:23,320 Speaker 1: As much as you never want to knock the offensive Lindman, 502 00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:24,639 Speaker 1: you know, the fact that you could have three or 503 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:27,120 Speaker 1: four offensive tackles in the top ten is not exactly 504 00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:29,280 Speaker 1: going to be, you know, the peak of excitement. But 505 00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:32,560 Speaker 1: you know, when does Malik Willisco, When does Kenny Pickett go? 506 00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:36,880 Speaker 1: When does Desmond Ritter go? These guys Sam, how they're 507 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:39,719 Speaker 1: ranked in all different ways across different boards. I had 508 00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:42,160 Speaker 1: a phone call last night with a head coach who 509 00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:45,040 Speaker 1: told me he thought Desmond Ritter is going to be 510 00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:47,560 Speaker 1: the best one about all these guys, which you haven't 511 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:50,320 Speaker 1: heard anywhere because everyone's talking about Willis or Pickett as 512 00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:54,200 Speaker 1: the top quarterback. There's just there's so much, you know, 513 00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:56,880 Speaker 1: opinion that goes into this, and different teams are different 514 00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:59,520 Speaker 1: ways of evaluating things. I think there's drama all over 515 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:02,240 Speaker 1: the play. It just might not feel like going into 516 00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:04,960 Speaker 1: the draft you have the same drama because we don't 517 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:08,120 Speaker 1: know that there's one, two, three quarterbacks that are definitely 518 00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:09,760 Speaker 1: going to go in the top five. All right. We 519 00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:13,680 Speaker 1: have a bet here in house that my producer Paulie 520 00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:17,560 Speaker 1: thinks a quarterback will go in the top thirteen picks. 521 00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:22,920 Speaker 1: That's a pretty good over under if we're setting such 522 00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:26,640 Speaker 1: things here in Vegas. You know, the hotspots would seem 523 00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:30,240 Speaker 1: to be. You've got Carolina in Atlanta at six and eight, respectively. 524 00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:32,760 Speaker 1: Both those teams are threats to take a quarterback. That 525 00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:36,320 Speaker 1: seems rich for both teams to take a quarterback. But 526 00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:39,320 Speaker 1: you heard Scott Fitterer the Panthers GM saying yesterday that 527 00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:42,120 Speaker 1: the sweet spot for a trade down would be somewhere 528 00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:44,720 Speaker 1: in the teams. Well, where do the other threats lie 529 00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:47,560 Speaker 1: You've got the Saints who owned sixteen to nineteen, You've 530 00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:50,280 Speaker 1: got the Steelers who own twenty. If you're a team 531 00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:51,840 Speaker 1: that's going to trade down and still try to get 532 00:29:51,840 --> 00:29:53,800 Speaker 1: a quarterback, you're not going to want to drop below 533 00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:56,200 Speaker 1: those picks. And if you're a team that's trying to 534 00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:58,880 Speaker 1: come up, you're probably thinking you've got to get ahead 535 00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:02,600 Speaker 1: of certainly Pittsburgh, but also New Orleans as well. And 536 00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:05,480 Speaker 1: that's kind of the gamesmanship that goes into this, and 537 00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:08,400 Speaker 1: it's why you're right now. You know, sometimes there's reports 538 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:11,560 Speaker 1: about this team's getting calls or making calls about trading down. Well, 539 00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:14,360 Speaker 1: odds are they're also making trades about you, calls about 540 00:30:14,360 --> 00:30:17,080 Speaker 1: trading back. They're having conversations with all these different teams 541 00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:19,240 Speaker 1: to figure out, Okay, what would the price be if 542 00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:21,760 Speaker 1: we did this, And because again you have so much 543 00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:23,920 Speaker 1: less certainty at the top of the draft, there are 544 00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:26,720 Speaker 1: way more scenarios that these gems are having to talk through, 545 00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:29,000 Speaker 1: just because if it comes to you on the cloth, 546 00:30:29,040 --> 00:30:30,800 Speaker 1: you've got to be prepared to take a player, but 547 00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:32,600 Speaker 1: you've also got to be prepared for a lot of 548 00:30:32,600 --> 00:30:35,000 Speaker 1: different scenarios that can play out. Based upon what's happened 549 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:36,920 Speaker 1: in the few picks ahead of you. Okay, I want 550 00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:40,800 Speaker 1: you on record the quarterback and the team who takes 551 00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:47,320 Speaker 1: the first quarterback. The team is a difficult one, Dan, 552 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:51,520 Speaker 1: and predictions are a dangerous aspect of the business. If 553 00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:55,520 Speaker 1: you are saying the safe pick, how about this. The 554 00:30:55,840 --> 00:31:01,680 Speaker 1: safe bet is going to be that the New Orleans Saints, 555 00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:03,720 Speaker 1: with one of their two pick at sixteen or nineteen, 556 00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:06,040 Speaker 1: take a quarterback. That's not to say that they will. 557 00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:09,040 Speaker 1: I'm not reporting that they will before anybody tweet second. 558 00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:11,480 Speaker 1: But what I'm saying is I think a lot of 559 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:13,880 Speaker 1: people focus on the Steelers, but don't overlook the Saints. 560 00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:16,600 Speaker 1: They did a ton of work on all these quarterbacks. 561 00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:20,400 Speaker 1: They had private visits with a bunch of them. They're 562 00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:22,840 Speaker 1: in a position where they brought back Jameis Winston. He's 563 00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:25,600 Speaker 1: making decent money. I want to say it's fourteen million 564 00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:28,800 Speaker 1: dollars a year base, but it's certainly not pop of 565 00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:31,040 Speaker 1: the echelon starter money. And you're starting over with a 566 00:31:31,080 --> 00:31:33,360 Speaker 1: new head coach in Dennis Allen. So it would make 567 00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:37,000 Speaker 1: sense if I were betting for any team, Let's take 568 00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:38,440 Speaker 1: New Orleans out of it. For a second. If I 569 00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:41,360 Speaker 1: had to pick one quarterback to go first, I would say, 570 00:31:41,360 --> 00:31:44,560 Speaker 1: based on all my conversations, the best bet is Malique 571 00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:47,800 Speaker 1: Willis from Liberty, simply because there are a bunch of 572 00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:50,160 Speaker 1: coaches who have said similar things to me, which is 573 00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:53,640 Speaker 1: he's the only guy who has those elite traits. This 574 00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:57,360 Speaker 1: is a Patrick Mahomes Josh Allen world. You can watch 575 00:31:57,480 --> 00:32:00,800 Speaker 1: Kenning Pickett. He's running a pro style offense. He's making 576 00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:03,280 Speaker 1: every throw you want to see. Had a great final 577 00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:05,840 Speaker 1: year at Pitt where he was for you know, six years. 578 00:32:05,840 --> 00:32:08,920 Speaker 1: He started like fifty games there but broke out last season. 579 00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:11,720 Speaker 1: You know a little bit like Joe Burrow in that 580 00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:15,960 Speaker 1: he doesn't have the elite arm, but he's accurate enough. 581 00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:20,480 Speaker 1: He's got really good leadership traits, smallish hands. But it's 582 00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:23,240 Speaker 1: where's the upside with Kenny Pickett. With Millik Willis, the 583 00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:25,320 Speaker 1: floor is much lower than it is on picket. But 584 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:29,280 Speaker 1: Willis won over a lot of people through obviously his workouts. 585 00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:31,360 Speaker 1: He's got a cannon arm, really good running ability in 586 00:32:31,440 --> 00:32:35,240 Speaker 1: eight playmaking ability. He watched his highlight tape. It's unbelievable 587 00:32:35,280 --> 00:32:37,120 Speaker 1: some of the throws he makes. But he's coming from 588 00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:40,560 Speaker 1: a super simplistic offense at Liberty, much like what Sam 589 00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:43,760 Speaker 1: Howell ran, much like what Matt Corrall ran. Is he 590 00:32:43,840 --> 00:32:46,920 Speaker 1: going to be able to make his game translate over? 591 00:32:47,040 --> 00:32:49,880 Speaker 1: And when he played you know, legit opponents, like top 592 00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:52,920 Speaker 1: twenty five type of opponents. He had two games against him, 593 00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:54,920 Speaker 1: Ole Miss in Coastal Carolina. I think we're the two 594 00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:57,720 Speaker 1: the beat Coastal. They lost to Old Miss, but Malik 595 00:32:57,760 --> 00:33:00,320 Speaker 1: Willis had like no touchdowns and five interceptions. Those two 596 00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:02,680 Speaker 1: games ran for five touchdowns. But those are all things 597 00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:05,320 Speaker 1: that you're taking into account here. You're projecting the traits. 598 00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:08,080 Speaker 1: The traits are there. He's shorter, but the traits are strong. 599 00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:10,840 Speaker 1: You're just wondering can he make the leap? And where 600 00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:13,360 Speaker 1: he impressed people in his interviews was both on the 601 00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:16,280 Speaker 1: board and in his personality. Guys people kind of think, 602 00:33:16,440 --> 00:33:19,240 Speaker 1: much like Freylance a year ago, they think this guy 603 00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:21,240 Speaker 1: can do it. You're betting on the person as much 604 00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:23,280 Speaker 1: as you are the player. I'll leave you with this 605 00:33:24,840 --> 00:33:28,440 Speaker 1: who has a new team first, Deebo, Samuel or Baker Mayfield. 606 00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:33,440 Speaker 1: The smart money there would be on Baker Mayfield. And 607 00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:35,560 Speaker 1: sorry for all these gambling puns. I'm really not trying 608 00:33:35,560 --> 00:33:37,240 Speaker 1: to do it. I think it's seeped into my veins 609 00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:40,800 Speaker 1: after several days here at the Cosmopolitan. The smart money 610 00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:44,200 Speaker 1: would be on Baker Mayfield, just because everyone knows that 611 00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:47,280 Speaker 1: the Browns are in a position where they probably have 612 00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:49,480 Speaker 1: to deal them. You'd never say never about them holding 613 00:33:49,520 --> 00:33:51,880 Speaker 1: on to him into camp or even having them start 614 00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:54,440 Speaker 1: the season, depending what happens with Deshaun Watson or whether 615 00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:58,160 Speaker 1: they potentially can be an NFL suspension that investigations ongoing, 616 00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:02,240 Speaker 1: but they're going to get called, probably most likely after 617 00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:04,920 Speaker 1: Round one when people see where those top quarterbacks ended 618 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:07,560 Speaker 1: up going. So Baker Mayfield could be something. It could 619 00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:10,400 Speaker 1: happen before the draft too, but most likely Friday is 620 00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:12,799 Speaker 1: when the leverage points are going to line up for 621 00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:17,120 Speaker 1: potential trade with Deebo Samuel. They're absolutely your team's interested. 622 00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:21,040 Speaker 1: I can tell you there's multiple offers that have been made. 623 00:34:21,680 --> 00:34:24,560 Speaker 1: The people in the league who know Kyle Shanahan best 624 00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:27,560 Speaker 1: do not believe he's going to trade this guy. Kyle 625 00:34:27,640 --> 00:34:31,160 Speaker 1: doesn't want players to be calling their shots. Debo is 626 00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:33,799 Speaker 1: also somebody who he's told his own team. Kyle has 627 00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:36,279 Speaker 1: told his own players in the past this guy is 628 00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:38,799 Speaker 1: probably the best player I've ever been around, and he 629 00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:41,560 Speaker 1: can do so many different things in that offense. An 630 00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:44,439 Speaker 1: offensive really revolves around being able to run the same 631 00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:46,320 Speaker 1: plays over and over out of a lot of different 632 00:34:46,360 --> 00:34:49,120 Speaker 1: personnel groups. That's why Kyle uschecks so valuable to him, 633 00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:51,440 Speaker 1: so why DeVos so valuable to him. He doesn't want 634 00:34:51,440 --> 00:34:53,640 Speaker 1: to let the guy go, but they're gonna have to 635 00:34:53,680 --> 00:34:56,600 Speaker 1: make a determination sooner than later, and most likely it'd 636 00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:58,440 Speaker 1: have to be today just because then you need to 637 00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:02,399 Speaker 1: work out the contract the opensation. Ideally, you'd physical him 638 00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:04,880 Speaker 1: before the draft begins tomorrow to finish off the trade 639 00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:07,640 Speaker 1: as well, because you're gonna be talking about a first 640 00:35:07,719 --> 00:35:10,200 Speaker 1: round pick and more being involved in that trade. It's 641 00:35:10,239 --> 00:35:12,200 Speaker 1: going to have to get a movie if it happens. 642 00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:14,560 Speaker 1: I'm not saying it won't. I would just tell you 643 00:35:14,600 --> 00:35:16,520 Speaker 1: the people who have talked to Kyle, the people who 644 00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:20,239 Speaker 1: know how he and John Lynch think, are skeptical that 645 00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:22,680 Speaker 1: he's actually going to let the guy go. Thank you, buddy, 646 00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:26,440 Speaker 1: have a good time. Tom will be watching any time, Dan. Thanks. 647 00:35:26,560 --> 00:35:29,960 Speaker 1: That's Tom Pelacero. He's a reporter for the NFL Network 648 00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:32,720 Speaker 1: and you can watch the coverage on the NFL Network. 649 00:35:33,480 --> 00:35:36,720 Speaker 1: It's eight eastern Tomorrow night, First Round. Take a break 650 00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:40,480 Speaker 1: Play of the day. If you didn't see John Morand's dunk, 651 00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:43,920 Speaker 1: you'll get to hear the dunk heard around the NBA 652 00:35:44,239 --> 00:35:47,800 Speaker 1: right after this. 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Stifle Nicholas and Company Incorporated, 681 00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:35,200 Speaker 1: Member SIPC NYS. What's the poll question? We went with Seaton. 682 00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:38,680 Speaker 1: We actually just had a fun one sent in from 683 00:37:38,719 --> 00:37:42,120 Speaker 1: a listener to It said, whose career is John Morant 684 00:37:42,239 --> 00:37:45,880 Speaker 1: most likely to mirror? And some of the suggestions they 685 00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:47,640 Speaker 1: put up, which we can change if you want. It's 686 00:37:47,680 --> 00:37:53,560 Speaker 1: Russell Westbrook, Derrick Rose, Dwayne Wade, or we could put 687 00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:55,840 Speaker 1: in Alan iverson you want, although some of those might 688 00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:59,160 Speaker 1: be a little similar. D Wade was a guy who 689 00:37:59,200 --> 00:38:01,479 Speaker 1: attacked the bass when he first came into the league, 690 00:38:01,719 --> 00:38:04,120 Speaker 1: and then he stopped attacking the basket when he would 691 00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:07,600 Speaker 1: get banged up. Because I wondered if that style, you know, 692 00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:11,600 Speaker 1: if there was longevity attached to d Wade's style. But man, 693 00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:15,319 Speaker 1: he wasn't afraid he'd slashed to the hoop. Yeah, Poling 694 00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:17,680 Speaker 1: their stats are pretty similar. Dwayne Wade's third year in 695 00:38:17,680 --> 00:38:20,279 Speaker 1: the league twenty seven point two, John rand Over twenty 696 00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:23,279 Speaker 1: seven and his third year in the league. Yeah, it 697 00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:26,919 Speaker 1: just feels like, I don't want to say it's it's 698 00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:29,879 Speaker 1: not as tough to score, but it feels like it's 699 00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:32,399 Speaker 1: not as tough to score now. It feels like there's 700 00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:35,560 Speaker 1: more opportunities for I mean, look at the teams that 701 00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:37,840 Speaker 1: are getting one hundred and twenty five, one hundred and 702 00:38:37,920 --> 00:38:40,800 Speaker 1: thirty five points now. Granted, you can go back to 703 00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:45,960 Speaker 1: the late eighties where you had you know, it was 704 00:38:46,040 --> 00:38:49,480 Speaker 1: just like Greco Roman wrestling, you know, Mike for Tello 705 00:38:49,560 --> 00:38:51,719 Speaker 1: with the Calves and pat Riley with the Knicks. They 706 00:38:51,840 --> 00:38:55,360 Speaker 1: nearly ruined the NBA because it was about being physical 707 00:38:55,880 --> 00:38:59,680 Speaker 1: and the NBA allowed Imagine that you have the greatest athletes, 708 00:39:00,520 --> 00:39:03,680 Speaker 1: and you're not letting them be great because you're letting 709 00:39:03,719 --> 00:39:07,520 Speaker 1: the guys who don't have the athleticism be the enforcers. 710 00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:11,560 Speaker 1: It's just so counterproductive that sometimes you'd you know, the 711 00:39:11,719 --> 00:39:14,160 Speaker 1: NHL went through a period where it felt like and 712 00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:16,600 Speaker 1: maybe the New Jersey Devils are the blame for it. 713 00:39:16,760 --> 00:39:19,400 Speaker 1: They succeeded because of it, but they, you know, they 714 00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:23,000 Speaker 1: just played this shell defense there and you couldn't see 715 00:39:23,040 --> 00:39:25,399 Speaker 1: great players. You should watch a game and be able 716 00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:28,880 Speaker 1: to tell, you know, that guy's great. And there were 717 00:39:28,920 --> 00:39:31,640 Speaker 1: times I would watch and you couldn't tell that. In hockey, 718 00:39:32,080 --> 00:39:34,560 Speaker 1: you know, somebody say, oh, Peter Forsberg's unbelievable. Then I 719 00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:37,560 Speaker 1: watched and I go, I don't see anything. But then 720 00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:40,600 Speaker 1: when you saw Gretzky play, you could see that, you 721 00:39:40,680 --> 00:39:43,439 Speaker 1: know he there was more freedom there and you could 722 00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:46,160 Speaker 1: see greatness. When you watch the NBA now you do 723 00:39:46,320 --> 00:39:48,640 Speaker 1: want to see greatness out there. And there were times 724 00:39:48,760 --> 00:39:51,560 Speaker 1: there where the Knicks and Calves and some of the 725 00:39:51,640 --> 00:39:55,000 Speaker 1: other teams were really physical. Now Detroit did it as well, 726 00:39:55,400 --> 00:39:58,520 Speaker 1: but Detroit still had a very talented team, you know, 727 00:39:58,600 --> 00:40:01,840 Speaker 1: Bill amber Rick Mhorn. They were physical with you but 728 00:40:01,960 --> 00:40:04,680 Speaker 1: then you still had Isaiah Thomas and Vinnie Johnson and 729 00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:08,600 Speaker 1: Joe Dumars and Dennis Rodman. You had athleticism on display. 730 00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:13,239 Speaker 1: That's what you want to see. And sometimes, you know, 731 00:40:13,360 --> 00:40:16,399 Speaker 1: the sport gets in the way of what they should 732 00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:19,319 Speaker 1: be showcasing. And I thought the NBA set themselves back, 733 00:40:19,560 --> 00:40:21,600 Speaker 1: and you know, we would tune in to watch, Oh, 734 00:40:21,719 --> 00:40:27,160 Speaker 1: that's tough basketball. It felt like playoff basketball. Wasn't you know, 735 00:40:27,520 --> 00:40:30,680 Speaker 1: resigned to playoff basketball? It was. It was every night, 736 00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:34,319 Speaker 1: it felt like playoff basketball in those years. Yeah, I'm 737 00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:36,319 Speaker 1: looking at John Moran's stats and it's interesting because he's 738 00:40:36,440 --> 00:40:38,600 Speaker 1: more of a slasher. He takes four and a half 739 00:40:38,760 --> 00:40:41,200 Speaker 1: threes per game he attempts. That's actually kind of low 740 00:40:41,280 --> 00:40:44,200 Speaker 1: for a shooting guard who averages twenty seven points. He 741 00:40:44,320 --> 00:40:47,360 Speaker 1: only shoots less than twenty five percent of his attempts 742 00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:50,680 Speaker 1: are threes. He's taken many more twos, and his shooting 743 00:40:50,680 --> 00:40:52,920 Speaker 1: percentage is fifty percent from the field, which is fantastic 744 00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:55,760 Speaker 1: for a shooting guard. But he does hit his threes. 745 00:40:55,960 --> 00:40:59,839 Speaker 1: He's shooting thirty four percent three, which is solid. That's good. 746 00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:03,000 Speaker 1: I would like to see him shoot more because it'll 747 00:41:03,040 --> 00:41:06,080 Speaker 1: make him even more effective that it's like a Zion 748 00:41:06,360 --> 00:41:09,480 Speaker 1: when Zion comes back. If you're able to keep you 749 00:41:09,560 --> 00:41:11,200 Speaker 1: know that in the back of your mind that hey, 750 00:41:11,239 --> 00:41:14,000 Speaker 1: I can still shoot these threes, then it allows you 751 00:41:14,239 --> 00:41:16,880 Speaker 1: to get to the hoop. But when you talk about highlights, 752 00:41:17,280 --> 00:41:20,360 Speaker 1: I mean Zion. Zion was a highlight reel when he 753 00:41:20,440 --> 00:41:23,960 Speaker 1: was in high school and at times at Duke, But 754 00:41:24,080 --> 00:41:27,240 Speaker 1: in the NBA he's more like a smaller Moses Malone. 755 00:41:28,120 --> 00:41:30,480 Speaker 1: He gets his shot blocked, I think more than anybody, 756 00:41:31,840 --> 00:41:34,920 Speaker 1: but he has that sticktuitiveness where he's just gonna get it, 757 00:41:35,080 --> 00:41:37,440 Speaker 1: You're gonna block it, I'm going back up again, And 758 00:41:37,800 --> 00:41:40,920 Speaker 1: that's what he does. John Morans, the highlight guy. Yes, 759 00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:44,200 Speaker 1: Vince Carter, what he did is just so unfair for 760 00:41:44,320 --> 00:41:47,719 Speaker 1: all of the future human highlight reel guys like this, 761 00:41:47,880 --> 00:41:50,879 Speaker 1: because that's it's like, yeah, okay, joh, I know you're 762 00:41:50,880 --> 00:41:53,680 Speaker 1: a slasher and I know you're super electric. Can jump 763 00:41:53,719 --> 00:41:55,279 Speaker 1: in like all these I put find a three point 764 00:41:55,320 --> 00:41:57,960 Speaker 1: or two because Vince did. Remember when he did. Dang, 765 00:41:58,360 --> 00:42:03,279 Speaker 1: that's tough. Is Vince top five three pointers made all time? 766 00:42:03,360 --> 00:42:06,959 Speaker 1: Does that sound right? And transition's kind of underappreciated still 767 00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:09,760 Speaker 1: even though we mentioned it, it's very underappreciated. Is crazy 768 00:42:09,880 --> 00:42:12,799 Speaker 1: to think that one of the greatest dunkers of all 769 00:42:12,880 --> 00:42:16,160 Speaker 1: time was also turned out to be a great three 770 00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:19,520 Speaker 1: point shooter, one of the greats of all time at that, 771 00:42:19,640 --> 00:42:23,680 Speaker 1: Reggie Miller segue Jonas in the final hour of the program. 772 00:42:23,760 --> 00:42:28,360 Speaker 1: More phone calls coming up. People want to argue the 773 00:42:28,680 --> 00:42:32,359 Speaker 1: greatest dunk of all time. Look, I'm open to conversation here. 774 00:42:35,239 --> 00:42:37,040 Speaker 1: One hour in the books, two more to go on 775 00:42:37,160 --> 00:42:40,560 Speaker 1: this Wednesday, Dan Patrick Show close out hour one with 776 00:42:40,760 --> 00:42:43,480 Speaker 1: link Soul. I took inventory when I walked in. 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