1 00:00:09,119 --> 00:00:14,200 Speaker 1: What is going on everybody? John middlecop three and out podcast, 2 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:19,479 Speaker 1: and uh, Merry Christmas to all, and hope everyone is 3 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 1: having as good of a Christmas and getting ready for Christmas. 4 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:23,960 Speaker 1: I guess this is gonna come out on Christmas Eve. 5 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 1: Have a good Christmas, have a good weekend, you spend 6 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 1: some time with your family and uh, you know, and 7 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:32,839 Speaker 1: relax a little bits as much as you can in this. 8 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 1: I guess the bright on the bright side, two thousand 9 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:38,600 Speaker 1: twenties almost over. I'm recording this on the you know, 10 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:41,880 Speaker 1: we got seven eight days. We'll being two thou can't 11 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:45,520 Speaker 1: be as bad as two thousand twenty, right, So Merry Christmas. 12 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:47,839 Speaker 1: From the bottom of my heart, everyone that listens. I 13 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:52,599 Speaker 1: greatly appreciate it. Um. I have a lot of fun 14 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:56,320 Speaker 1: doing this, obviously, and if no one listens, this wouldn't exist. 15 00:00:56,520 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 1: So I appreciate everyone that listens and tells your friends 16 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:03,960 Speaker 1: and U. I can't say how much I appreciate it enough, 17 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:06,200 Speaker 1: because I I truly do. But I want to do 18 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:09,160 Speaker 1: a little quicker show, uh some just a couple of 19 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 1: things off the top on some college quarterbacks, NFL retreads, 20 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:16,680 Speaker 1: and general managers and coaches. I'll just fly through the game, 21 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:18,400 Speaker 1: some quick hitters. It's kind of crazy. We got a 22 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:22,039 Speaker 1: Friday night game, we got three Saturday games, and then 23 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:24,360 Speaker 1: we have a obviously just a Sunday, and then we 24 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 1: have Monday. We got a lot, a lot of NFL football, 25 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:30,319 Speaker 1: a lot of NFL football. Probably no Middlecoff mailbag on 26 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 1: this show, but at John Middlecoff is my Instagram. Shoot 27 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 1: me a question obviously, Well, well that's not gonna stop. 28 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:39,679 Speaker 1: But I think I answered a decent amount of questions 29 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:43,240 Speaker 1: personally DM and you guys, so I I will get 30 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:46,440 Speaker 1: to your questions. Keep them flowing, keep them firing. And 31 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 1: for everyone that's left a review on the podcast, I 32 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:53,440 Speaker 1: greatly appreciate Apple iTunes. That really helps. If you can 33 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:55,000 Speaker 1: leave a five star if you like the show. If 34 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 1: not leave it one star, I don't I don't care 35 00:01:56,800 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 1: if you leave a little personalized review. That's cool. To Spotify. 36 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:01,600 Speaker 1: I don't know if they do reviews, but wherever you listen, 37 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:04,960 Speaker 1: leave a review if you can. That helps the business, 38 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:08,480 Speaker 1: the podcast business, and keeps uh you know, roof over 39 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 1: my head. Uh lucky you know. I'm looking at my 40 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 1: roof right now. No no leaks, because if there was 41 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 1: a leak. I don't know. I'm tired of paying for 42 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:18,880 Speaker 1: ship around my conduct of fix. I just looked I 43 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 1: got a leak in my uh the garbage disposal. I'm like, 44 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:24,840 Speaker 1: you know, the one thing my dad always told me, 45 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 1: as you get older, you just make more money to 46 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:29,400 Speaker 1: then spend more money, and a lot of it is 47 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 1: you just buy more expensive things that eventually break and 48 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:33,880 Speaker 1: then you gotta fix. Right, You save up all this 49 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 1: money once you know, you get a house, well how 50 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:38,120 Speaker 1: much your houses? Right, you gotta furnish the house, and 51 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 1: things break, you gotta fix the house. It's never ending, 52 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:43,560 Speaker 1: you know, it's just getting getting old is is fun 53 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 1: and I enjoy moving on in my life, my twenties, 54 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:49,679 Speaker 1: my thirties. Like, I'm a big believer, things always get 55 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 1: better in terms of like your life should always be improving. 56 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:55,920 Speaker 1: You have more knowledge, you have more understanding, surround yourself 57 00:02:55,919 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 1: with the people you want to surround yourself with. But 58 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 1: it is more stressful as you get older. You know, 59 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:04,360 Speaker 1: when I was younger, stresses were pretty basic. You know, eat, 60 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:07,960 Speaker 1: screw around, hang out with your buddies. Uh changes as 61 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 1: you get older, but so is life. Let's start with 62 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 1: the college quarterbacks. And it's like this every year, and 63 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:19,920 Speaker 1: I think it's only gonna get even crazier because the 64 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 1: amount of talent in college, at least the numbers, how 65 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 1: how many of these programs now pass. It's every year 66 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:31,240 Speaker 1: to me, we're gonna have three or four guys that 67 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 1: are gonna justify potential be talked about as first round picks. 68 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 1: And I think more than ever now, we're gonna have 69 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 1: guys that are legitimately gonna be like top ten picks. 70 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 1: And I think we have a lot of good quarterbacks 71 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:44,520 Speaker 1: in the NFL. We kind of have this older guard 72 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 1: that's looks like they're on their way out right. Drew 73 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 1: Brees is, Ben Roethlisberger, Eli just retired, Flacco's done, the 74 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 1: Rivers is coming down the home stretch. Tom Brady's forty 75 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 1: three years old. And then we have this influx of 76 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 1: guys who have been drafted the last four or five years, 77 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 1: and it feels like this rookie class right now and 78 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:03,480 Speaker 1: the rookie class that is coming, the rookie class then 79 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 1: after them, like we're gonna see a lot more quarterback turnover, 80 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 1: which is cool. But I've been in these draft rooms 81 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:11,880 Speaker 1: and I feel like the way you talk about a 82 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 1: draft prospect, it's like you talk about your next girlfriend. Right. 83 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 1: You think it's always gonna be the grass is always 84 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:19,520 Speaker 1: gonna be greener on the other side of the fence. 85 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:23,279 Speaker 1: It's dating is honestly not much different than the draft. 86 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 1: Every year you go into the draft, and I've been 87 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:28,680 Speaker 1: in these draft meetings. You think that all these players 88 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:31,359 Speaker 1: on college film, right, and all these guys that you 89 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:33,720 Speaker 1: have on the board, if you could have access to them, 90 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:35,839 Speaker 1: all that your team would change and you'd be a 91 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 1: super Bowl contender, When the reality is most of them fail. 92 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:41,200 Speaker 1: I mean, how many of you guys right now, especially 93 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:44,479 Speaker 1: the younger people listening, are swiping every day. Be like God, 94 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 1: especially like a bumble where the chick has to hit 95 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:48,760 Speaker 1: you up. If she hits me up, you know we 96 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:50,680 Speaker 1: could live happily ever after it's like you don't even 97 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:53,039 Speaker 1: know her. You know, you guys can probably hate each other. 98 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:55,159 Speaker 1: Would be a reality if you got this player in 99 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:57,120 Speaker 1: your building, and then you always know after the fact 100 00:04:57,200 --> 00:04:59,400 Speaker 1: in the draft you're like, God, thank god we didn't 101 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:02,560 Speaker 1: draft him, or man, I wish we would have drafted him, 102 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:04,880 Speaker 1: When the reality is you don't wish you would have 103 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 1: drafted him because at the time you didn't like him. 104 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:08,920 Speaker 1: So it's always easy to play the hindsight. It's always 105 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:10,840 Speaker 1: easier to act like things are always gonna get better 106 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:14,240 Speaker 1: and that's just not the reality. But this quarterback class, 107 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 1: and we saw it with the you know, uh two 108 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 1: thousand eight teen, Josh Rosen was just signed off a 109 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:23,600 Speaker 1: practice squad. The best quarterback, at least the most accomplished 110 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:26,280 Speaker 1: quarterback in that class was the last guy draft in 111 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:29,800 Speaker 1: the first round in Lamar Jackson. Then Josh Allen has 112 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:33,240 Speaker 1: been dramatically better. Baker Mayfields playing well, but no one 113 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 1: would argue the talent relative Josh Allen and Baker Mayfield, 114 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:38,039 Speaker 1: Josh Allen is a better player. If you could redo 115 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:40,520 Speaker 1: that draft between Josh Allen Baker Mayfield, you're taking Josh 116 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 1: Allen and then Sam Donald. Up until the Jets lost, 117 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:45,240 Speaker 1: I thought Sam Donald's gonna be a really good player. 118 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:47,840 Speaker 1: I know Daniel Jeremiah compared him like Russell Wilson, because 119 00:05:47,839 --> 00:05:49,880 Speaker 1: that's what we do in the draft, like we do 120 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:52,880 Speaker 1: with internet dating or anyone that's ever talked to this 121 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:55,440 Speaker 1: like single or on or like kind of on the 122 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:57,479 Speaker 1: rocks with their relationship. They always think that they're gonna 123 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:01,200 Speaker 1: like nail the next Cindy Crawford now literally Nailer. But 124 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:03,440 Speaker 1: I mean hopefully, But once they get out of a relationship, 125 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 1: like start dating someone like that, in the reality, that's 126 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 1: not what's gonna happen. Just like I'm watching Zack Wilson 127 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:11,640 Speaker 1: play for B y U. He looks fantastic, he looks awesome, 128 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:14,720 Speaker 1: and it's easy to go, God, how is this guy 129 00:06:14,839 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 1: not gonna be unreal in the pros? And then I'm 130 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 1: texting with an executive in the league and he's like, 131 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 1: how many quarterbacks in the NFL right now are two 132 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:25,840 Speaker 1: hundred pounds? And I started asking another questions. He's like, Bro, 133 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:29,560 Speaker 1: you didn't answer my question. How many NFL quarterbacks are 134 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:32,240 Speaker 1: two hundred pounds? And I like start thinking, I'm like 135 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:35,200 Speaker 1: Kyler Murray. He's like, well, Kyler Murray's like almost two pounds. 136 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:37,200 Speaker 1: The answer is zero. He's like, that's what this guy 137 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:39,840 Speaker 1: weighs like two pounds. And when you look at him 138 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:41,800 Speaker 1: on film because of Corona, you haven't been able to 139 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:44,000 Speaker 1: be around him. He's not that big, but you're watching 140 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 1: him on just on TV, he looks unreal. Like I'm 141 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 1: thinking to myself, how is this guy not the number 142 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:52,480 Speaker 1: two pick in the draft. And I'm kind of come 143 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:54,480 Speaker 1: into thinking that, like, how is this guy not gonna 144 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:57,200 Speaker 1: go really high? But this is what happens during the 145 00:06:57,279 --> 00:06:59,600 Speaker 1: draft time. We see all these college quarterbacks. Hell, we're 146 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:03,640 Speaker 1: doing it, Trevor Lawrence. We have anointed Trevor Lawrence. And 147 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:06,279 Speaker 1: whether it's rightfully so or not, I don't know. I'm 148 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 1: just really in the media business now. I said on 149 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:11,360 Speaker 1: the couch watch these games. My job is on the 150 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:13,520 Speaker 1: line whether I get this right or wrong. Everyone I 151 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:16,000 Speaker 1: talked to in the NFL now, a lot of my 152 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:20,440 Speaker 1: friends or even coaches are on our part of organizations 153 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:23,880 Speaker 1: with franchise quarterbacks. So it's like it's one thing to 154 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:26,200 Speaker 1: be like, yeah, this guy, we would love this guy, 155 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:28,640 Speaker 1: but they don't really have to draft him. So do 156 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:30,680 Speaker 1: they really think that or they just kind of saying it, 157 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:34,120 Speaker 1: Because anytime you're not drafting really high, it's always easy 158 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 1: to be like, oh, yeah, Myles Garrett can't miss or 159 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:38,240 Speaker 1: Nick Bosa can't miss. And maybe you believe that, but 160 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:40,240 Speaker 1: it's easy to say when you don't have to actually 161 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:43,680 Speaker 1: have to draft him. It definitely happens with quarterbacks and 162 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:46,440 Speaker 1: the hype on these guys, it's just kind of gotten 163 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:48,880 Speaker 1: out of control. And maybe it's the hype machine, the media, 164 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 1: it's just the whole deal. But like a lot of 165 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:55,360 Speaker 1: these quarterbacks just aren't gonna be good because we've seen 166 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:58,600 Speaker 1: it for my entire life. The majority of quarterbacks in 167 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:02,000 Speaker 1: the NFL are probably average to below. There only is 168 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:05,000 Speaker 1: on a given year, you know, probably less than ten 169 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:08,200 Speaker 1: like star quarterbacks, and there's really like superstars. There's like 170 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:11,440 Speaker 1: three or four. Yet I think we're already talking ourselves 171 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:13,880 Speaker 1: into Zach Wilson is gonna be a stud. Trey Lance, like, 172 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:17,000 Speaker 1: you know, he's played one season. Everyone's acting like he's 173 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:20,280 Speaker 1: gonna be some next star. Uh. Between Mac Jones and 174 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:22,000 Speaker 1: Kyle Trast, those guys are getting a lot of love. 175 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 1: Maybe one of them goes in the first round. Justin 176 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:27,440 Speaker 1: Fields was like the highest recruit of him all him 177 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:30,280 Speaker 1: and Trevor Lawrence. This five star guy went to Georgia transferred. 178 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:32,160 Speaker 1: But you watch him, you go, leaves a lot to 179 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:34,720 Speaker 1: be desired. But then I'm going, well, how can I 180 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 1: hate Justin Fields when I despised Josh Allen and he's 181 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:40,320 Speaker 1: turned out to be a really good coach like, I 182 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:42,560 Speaker 1: don't love what I've seen of Justin Fields, but if 183 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 1: you put him with Kyle Shanahan, maybe he gets the 184 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:47,160 Speaker 1: most out of him because he's got the tools. He's 185 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:49,440 Speaker 1: clearly a high character guy. He was the one when 186 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:51,960 Speaker 1: the media were like, no college football. He basically was like, no, 187 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:53,920 Speaker 1: fuck you. I want to play, you know, because I'm 188 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:56,200 Speaker 1: actually a player. You guys just right about the league. 189 00:08:56,440 --> 00:08:58,839 Speaker 1: You get to work. I want to work too, and 190 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:01,760 Speaker 1: he's got to play and hadn't gone perfectly. It's gone okay, 191 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:05,760 Speaker 1: it's gone like it's probably been neutral, but you know, 192 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:09,200 Speaker 1: I just think it's very scary with draft picks the 193 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:11,240 Speaker 1: way we talk about it, and I'm as guilty as 194 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:14,720 Speaker 1: anybody is. Is just gonna work and we to me, 195 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 1: it gets back to dating. And as someone who's date 196 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:19,040 Speaker 1: a lot and men a serious relationship right now, you 197 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:21,480 Speaker 1: just talk yourselves into like anytime you start dating someone, 198 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:22,920 Speaker 1: you kind of like it, like could this one be 199 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:24,839 Speaker 1: the one? Can you start thinking about stuff like that 200 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:27,680 Speaker 1: when the reality is just let it be, Like, let's 201 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:30,080 Speaker 1: just let it play out. And I think the hard 202 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:32,080 Speaker 1: part is with a first round pick, especially with the 203 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:34,840 Speaker 1: first round quarterback. There is no, Let's just like, let's 204 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:37,240 Speaker 1: just see what it is, right, because the pressure is 205 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:40,320 Speaker 1: so immense the moment you signed them, because you literally 206 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:42,199 Speaker 1: are married. The moment you are not signed them but 207 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:45,360 Speaker 1: draft them really high. There is an insane amount of 208 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:49,600 Speaker 1: pressure on Baker Mayfield, on Josh Allen, on Kyler Murray, 209 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:53,679 Speaker 1: on Jared Goff, on Carson Wentz on Josh Allen. Now, 210 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:56,800 Speaker 1: Josh Rosen was like, I thought Josh Rosen was gonna 211 00:09:56,800 --> 00:09:58,280 Speaker 1: be really good in the league, and then he was 212 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:01,160 Speaker 1: just terrible, And of a sudden, couple of years later, 213 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:04,400 Speaker 1: he's on a practice squad. He was the tenth pick 214 00:10:04,559 --> 00:10:08,160 Speaker 1: in the draft. Let me let me repeat that, the 215 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:11,760 Speaker 1: tenth pick in the draft in two thousand eighteen. He 216 00:10:11,880 --> 00:10:14,439 Speaker 1: spent his entire season, his third year in the league, 217 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:18,760 Speaker 1: on a practice squad. That's insane that that's that, but 218 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:21,480 Speaker 1: that happened. That's I would imagine if we did a 219 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:25,520 Speaker 1: deep study on Josh Rosen his draft spot, any guy 220 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:28,319 Speaker 1: draft in the top ten two years later either out 221 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:31,080 Speaker 1: of the league or on a practice squad. It's unheard of. Now. Granted, 222 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:36,120 Speaker 1: the practice squad rules have changed, but so like guys 223 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:38,079 Speaker 1: like him that played in the league. When I was 224 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:41,240 Speaker 1: in the league, like you know, a decade ago, those rules, 225 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:43,440 Speaker 1: once you started getting snaps. It was like a red 226 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:46,560 Speaker 1: shirt back in the day with college. Once you played, 227 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:49,240 Speaker 1: you burned it. Once you started playing, you couldn't go 228 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:51,440 Speaker 1: on practice squads. They've changed that, and really for the better. 229 00:10:51,559 --> 00:10:53,440 Speaker 1: It helps guys like Josh Rosen stay in the league. 230 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:56,000 Speaker 1: But it's just it's just wild. So I think we 231 00:10:56,040 --> 00:10:58,920 Speaker 1: need to be careful with draft picks. Uh, And listen, 232 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:00,880 Speaker 1: I like talking about as much as anybody, and I 233 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:03,280 Speaker 1: will continue to talk about it as much as anybody. 234 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:07,000 Speaker 1: But we just always think it's gonna be We're gonna 235 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:09,640 Speaker 1: meet as a fan, this is the person that's going 236 00:11:09,679 --> 00:11:12,120 Speaker 1: to change our franchise. You know, this is the girl 237 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:13,600 Speaker 1: that I'm gonna spend the rest of my life with 238 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:15,560 Speaker 1: and have children with. And more than likely, you know 239 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:17,880 Speaker 1: that's not gonna be the case. You know, more than likely, 240 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:19,880 Speaker 1: if you draft a quarterback really high, the guy is 241 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:21,880 Speaker 1: not gonna turn into Aaron Rodgers. The guy is not 242 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:24,160 Speaker 1: gonna be Paid Manning. He might just be okay, he 243 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:26,160 Speaker 1: might just be Jared Goff And you could argue there's 244 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:28,600 Speaker 1: nothing really wrong with that, right, the Rams keep winning. 245 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:31,280 Speaker 1: You could argue with him despite him whatever, but you've 246 00:11:31,320 --> 00:11:34,280 Speaker 1: been fine. But I think the expectations when you're drafted 247 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:37,840 Speaker 1: really high, and all these guys expect especially however, many 248 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:40,640 Speaker 1: of this crew of guys is drafted in the top ten. 249 00:11:40,679 --> 00:11:42,880 Speaker 1: And we're just watching Zack Wilson that Bowl game. The 250 00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:45,360 Speaker 1: hype on him is pretty strong, but like you know, 251 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:49,400 Speaker 1: he's small. Uh he played at a smaller school. Uh. 252 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:52,600 Speaker 1: Level of competition, pretty big question mark. I just think 253 00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:54,680 Speaker 1: this is where but then I go too far the 254 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:57,480 Speaker 1: other way. I was texting with a buddy in the 255 00:11:57,559 --> 00:12:01,680 Speaker 1: NBA and we're talking about just different players, why they worked, 256 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:04,480 Speaker 1: why they didn't. And I think one reason why you 257 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:06,200 Speaker 1: miss on a lot of players, And this is the 258 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:09,680 Speaker 1: same thing with relationships when you start being too negative. 259 00:12:09,840 --> 00:12:12,040 Speaker 1: When when you talk about a girl and you're like, 260 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:13,880 Speaker 1: what you don't like about her, and you spend all 261 00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:15,800 Speaker 1: your time saying what you don't like about her, And 262 00:12:15,880 --> 00:12:17,920 Speaker 1: we do this in draft rooms, what we don't like 263 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 1: about the player, instead of highlighting the things that you 264 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:23,920 Speaker 1: really like about her or the player. And I think 265 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:27,080 Speaker 1: if you look at it optimistically, it's a little bit easier. 266 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:29,200 Speaker 1: But then you can't be one of the Remember Ryan 267 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:32,319 Speaker 1: Grigson's big things was be glass glass half full, be 268 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:35,760 Speaker 1: glass half full, be glass half full. Well, if your 269 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:39,640 Speaker 1: glass half full on a toxic relationship or a player 270 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:43,280 Speaker 1: that's not any good, that's not smart. But because that's 271 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:45,800 Speaker 1: gonna make you draft bad players. We're getting a bad 272 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:49,440 Speaker 1: relationships just because a little bit of good things. Uh. 273 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:53,040 Speaker 1: The draft is a massive crapshoot and you're basically just 274 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:57,040 Speaker 1: flipping a coin. No one truly knows, even Trevor Lawrence, 275 00:12:57,080 --> 00:13:01,560 Speaker 1: this can't miss all time prosper act could easily not 276 00:13:01,679 --> 00:13:03,560 Speaker 1: live up to the hype. We've seen it before and 277 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:06,800 Speaker 1: we'll see it again. So I just think we need 278 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:10,360 Speaker 1: to look at the draft, probably a little bit more cautiously, 279 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:14,240 Speaker 1: uh than I think we we do currently, because we 280 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:16,360 Speaker 1: we act like all these players are just gonna be stars. 281 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:20,880 Speaker 1: It's just not the case. You know. One added benefit 282 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:24,240 Speaker 1: of doing the Middlecoff mail bag and giving you guys 283 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:26,680 Speaker 1: the Instagram and telling you guys the d m mer 284 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:29,960 Speaker 1: questions is some of you guys just shoot me thoughts, 285 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:32,240 Speaker 1: not even questions. You know. I get a lot of 286 00:13:32,280 --> 00:13:35,240 Speaker 1: people that go, hey, this isn't for the podcast, But 287 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:38,439 Speaker 1: I had this thought, or I was thinking this. Sometimes 288 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:43,120 Speaker 1: it's like a stock thought, sometimes it's who knows, and 289 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:48,560 Speaker 1: sometimes it's just like a football philosophical belief. And someone 290 00:13:48,679 --> 00:13:52,640 Speaker 1: DM me the other day that said, is the NFL 291 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:58,199 Speaker 1: the only industry in America, big big boy industry that 292 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:04,000 Speaker 1: consistently hires re treads. Aren't most businesses looking for the 293 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:10,040 Speaker 1: next big thing, the next young star, the next innovative individual. 294 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:12,480 Speaker 1: And I started thinking about that, and then the more 295 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:15,720 Speaker 1: and more I see these people interviewing Thomas Demitroff and 296 00:14:15,760 --> 00:14:19,640 Speaker 1: Scott Pioli, you know, and Rick Smith and some of 297 00:14:19,640 --> 00:14:23,520 Speaker 1: these gms that interview and sometimes with coaches. To me, 298 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:27,680 Speaker 1: there's difference between a coaching retread. Like to me, Pat 299 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:31,720 Speaker 1: Shermer was a retread. When Andy Reid got rehired, he 300 00:14:31,760 --> 00:14:36,120 Speaker 1: wasn't a re retread. He just got another job, right, 301 00:14:36,560 --> 00:14:40,320 Speaker 1: even Bill Belichick. Like when Bill Belichick became the Patriots coach, 302 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:43,680 Speaker 1: he was known as by far the best coordinator in 303 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:46,520 Speaker 1: the NFL. For Bill Parcels, his game plans were in 304 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:49,160 Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame. He took a kind of a 305 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:51,960 Speaker 1: joke franchise in the Browns and kind of had them 306 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:55,760 Speaker 1: going in the right direction. Now that would borderline, but 307 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:59,800 Speaker 1: I think definitely with general managers. When I see Scott 308 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:04,640 Speaker 1: only interviewing, like we saw that song in dance, I 309 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:07,920 Speaker 1: saw him put the snicker rapper in the stairwell. I 310 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:11,840 Speaker 1: saw him be terrible at his job. I saw Thomas 311 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:16,560 Speaker 1: Demetrov he got over a decade, Like the reason the 312 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:20,080 Speaker 1: Falcon stink is because of him, right. I saw him 313 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:23,840 Speaker 1: pick multiple coaches, Mike Smith, Dan Quinn, good guys, and 314 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:26,920 Speaker 1: he even had some good players on those teams. But 315 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:29,320 Speaker 1: like like I've I've seen Thomas to Hell, I've seen 316 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:33,280 Speaker 1: Rick Smith. Why isn't the NFL And look at the 317 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:37,560 Speaker 1: teams that hired innovative people. Andy Reid once upon a 318 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:39,880 Speaker 1: time had never been a coordinator in the NFL when 319 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:43,280 Speaker 1: the Eagles hired him. How many years was Sean Payton 320 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:45,960 Speaker 1: an offensive coordinator when he became the coach of the Saints. 321 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:51,720 Speaker 1: Look at recently, Sean McVeigh was thirty years old, Kyle 322 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:56,040 Speaker 1: Shanahan was like thirty six, thirty seven years old. Even 323 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:59,520 Speaker 1: Matt Laflour, who I've been proven wrong on, like those 324 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:03,440 Speaker 1: teams kind of took a swing. It's do you know 325 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:08,120 Speaker 1: why retreads get hired in football because it's easy, and 326 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:11,880 Speaker 1: sometimes like is Ron Rivera a retread? Or was he 327 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:14,120 Speaker 1: a guy whose quarterback got hurt? He was a really 328 00:16:14,280 --> 00:16:16,840 Speaker 1: solid coach and just got another job, Like I don't 329 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 1: look at Ron Rivera like I look at you know, 330 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:26,600 Speaker 1: I'd say, Schumer's the name that comes to my mind. 331 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:29,680 Speaker 1: Like to me, Schumer's like when you fail and get 332 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:34,040 Speaker 1: another job, like Ron Rivera had success. Even why McCarthy, 333 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:37,120 Speaker 1: He might just be a bad coach, but even like 334 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:39,720 Speaker 1: he constantly one Now it turns out it was only 335 00:16:39,720 --> 00:16:45,040 Speaker 1: because Aaron Rodgers. It's just so easy to take, I mean, 336 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:47,960 Speaker 1: the easy route in life. And I think any time 337 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:50,360 Speaker 1: that you hire a guy that just some people know, 338 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:54,440 Speaker 1: you get a little more credit the moment the press 339 00:16:54,440 --> 00:16:57,280 Speaker 1: conference happens. And I think you see that a lot. 340 00:16:58,240 --> 00:17:01,160 Speaker 1: And for example, like I'm hawking into a Mike for 341 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:05,720 Speaker 1: Colin Coward because Colin took a chance on a guy 342 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:08,720 Speaker 1: that he had met on Twitter. I mean, think about that, 343 00:17:09,040 --> 00:17:12,359 Speaker 1: he probably could have found someone, you know, Michael Lombardi, 344 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:15,719 Speaker 1: Mike Tanne Mom people that were just more famous in 345 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:20,880 Speaker 1: the space to just host a podcast. But I when 346 00:17:20,880 --> 00:17:23,760 Speaker 1: I say about Colin Cowry. He's very forward thinking. He 347 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:28,920 Speaker 1: ain't into retreads. The best organizations you think the Steelers 348 00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:32,320 Speaker 1: are into retreads. They hair Mike Tomlin. I give Pete 349 00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:35,200 Speaker 1: Carroll a lot of credit. He hired John Schneider. John 350 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:38,959 Speaker 1: Snider helped change his career because he pushed for Russell Wilson, 351 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:42,399 Speaker 1: like Andy Reid saw something a long time ago, and 352 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:46,800 Speaker 1: Brett Veach. Kyle Shanahan was open minded enough when he 353 00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:50,920 Speaker 1: got the job to then go hire John Lynch, like 354 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:54,280 Speaker 1: you have to be willing. And I think part of 355 00:17:55,040 --> 00:18:00,520 Speaker 1: taking a shot on the unknown, which is risky, is 356 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:03,560 Speaker 1: the ability to be willing to fail. And I think 357 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:06,800 Speaker 1: any human being, whether it's an owner, whether it's a coach, 358 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:10,879 Speaker 1: whether it's a business, that is willing to fail is 359 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:13,639 Speaker 1: more likely to hit it big because you're taking a 360 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:17,959 Speaker 1: big swing. Now you might strike out when the pitch comes, 361 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:21,720 Speaker 1: it might be a curve ball. I'll never forget Little 362 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:24,639 Speaker 1: League when I knew I sucked at baseball sixth grade, 363 00:18:24,840 --> 00:18:28,200 Speaker 1: playing the best team, the Twins. Chris Williams, who ended 364 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:30,320 Speaker 1: up playing high school football with He's actually my brother's 365 00:18:30,359 --> 00:18:32,520 Speaker 1: neighbor now he was he was one of the best 366 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:35,000 Speaker 1: little league players. The little league team was stacked. You know, 367 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:38,119 Speaker 1: literally everyone throws hard, right, I mean everyone throws fastballs, 368 00:18:38,359 --> 00:18:40,440 Speaker 1: and then the really good pictures throw fastballs that look 369 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:44,080 Speaker 1: like fucking Justin Verlander. Well, he threw fastballs, and he 370 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:46,320 Speaker 1: threw a like a curveball, and I remember seeing that 371 00:18:46,359 --> 00:18:48,560 Speaker 1: ball break and was like, oh my god, how do 372 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:51,000 Speaker 1: you hit that? And then as I've got you know, 373 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:53,560 Speaker 1: I couldn't. I was so terrible at baseball. I quit after. 374 00:18:53,640 --> 00:18:56,000 Speaker 1: I never played again after, like little league. But I'm 375 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:58,560 Speaker 1: a baseball fan. And that's why good pictures with good 376 00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:01,520 Speaker 1: breaking stuff, like you ain't hitting him, like, you gotta 377 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:05,480 Speaker 1: be willing to strike out, and I think the best 378 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:08,720 Speaker 1: organizations are always willing to do that. I think bad 379 00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:12,439 Speaker 1: organizations typically play it safe. And I wouldn't touch any 380 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:14,880 Speaker 1: of these retreads. It's why I've talked a lot about 381 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:17,840 Speaker 1: Lewis Riddick, like, is it a risky higher? Of course, 382 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:21,480 Speaker 1: he's never been an assistant GM, right, But I've seen 383 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:23,919 Speaker 1: Louis and I can speak from experience like he was. 384 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:26,800 Speaker 1: He's equipped to be a general manager, right, just like 385 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:28,560 Speaker 1: a lot of guys that I'm sure you're gonna interview 386 00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:31,000 Speaker 1: are equipped to be a gentleman. They just need a shot. 387 00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:33,439 Speaker 1: But it's it's easy to hire Scott Pioli. You know, 388 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:35,720 Speaker 1: he worked for Belichick for a long time. He's learned 389 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:37,560 Speaker 1: a lot from his stuff, and this will be a 390 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:39,840 Speaker 1: pushback on a coach with Josh McDaniels. Like we saw 391 00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:42,920 Speaker 1: that song in Dance did not go well. We saw 392 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:45,160 Speaker 1: a lot of guys that had never had coaching experience 393 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:48,400 Speaker 1: before have a lot of success. Right. Mike rab would 394 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:50,240 Speaker 1: never been a head coach. He doesn't have issues with 395 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:52,720 Speaker 1: dealing people. Frank Raik never been a head coach. He 396 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:55,159 Speaker 1: didn't have issues of dealing with people. Doug Peterson had 397 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:57,040 Speaker 1: never been a head coach. He won a Super Bowl. 398 00:19:57,400 --> 00:19:59,160 Speaker 1: Sean McVeigh had never been a head coach, was thirty 399 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:02,320 Speaker 1: years old. He's been time. Kyle Shanahan, you know he's 400 00:20:02,359 --> 00:20:05,600 Speaker 1: so young. He went third year in goes to Super Bowl. 401 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:09,680 Speaker 1: You gotta be willing to think outside the box. So 402 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:12,040 Speaker 1: you know, you just gotta keep open pray that your 403 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:15,600 Speaker 1: team doesn't hire retread because I think that you can 404 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:18,000 Speaker 1: talk about guys get better on their second opportunity, But 405 00:20:18,119 --> 00:20:20,359 Speaker 1: I think there's so much talent in the NFL is 406 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:23,240 Speaker 1: such an ambitious place. I think foot I think the 407 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:25,760 Speaker 1: NFL has kind of turned into the athletic Wall Street, 408 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:28,959 Speaker 1: just because the money is so big, the Eagles are 409 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:32,000 Speaker 1: so big, the hours are so long. I mean, it's 410 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:39,520 Speaker 1: a machismo, aggressive, capitalistic, just war zone. But some guys 411 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:41,880 Speaker 1: just get these jobs over and over and they kind 412 00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:44,399 Speaker 1: of corner the market on the cash. When you have 413 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:46,359 Speaker 1: all these young I mean, I've been around young people 414 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:49,280 Speaker 1: that are on different teams right now that I like, 415 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:52,520 Speaker 1: I know for a fact, or better evaluators than some 416 00:20:52,560 --> 00:20:54,640 Speaker 1: of these guys with jobs now. Being a general manager 417 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:58,520 Speaker 1: is about more than being evaluator, right. It's about managing people. 418 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:01,560 Speaker 1: It's about handling the salary cap, It's about dealing with agents, 419 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:03,400 Speaker 1: is about dealing with your head coach. It's more than 420 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:05,840 Speaker 1: just sitting in a room and watching tape. Trim Balky 421 00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:07,719 Speaker 1: could sit in the room and watch tape. Couldn't deal 422 00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:09,760 Speaker 1: with people. You gotta be able to deal with coaches. 423 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:12,040 Speaker 1: Why I'm so bullish on Lewis. I know we can 424 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:13,720 Speaker 1: deal with coaches. I know we can handle the media, 425 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:15,120 Speaker 1: like I know he can do other stuff and I've 426 00:21:15,119 --> 00:21:17,399 Speaker 1: seen him evaluate. He's gonna miss on players just like 427 00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:20,439 Speaker 1: everyone else, but he can handle it. So I I 428 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:24,320 Speaker 1: think the key is I just hope some younger, lesser 429 00:21:24,359 --> 00:21:27,320 Speaker 1: known people get some jobs this hiring cycle in the 430 00:21:27,359 --> 00:21:33,000 Speaker 1: general manager spots. Okay, let's just fire through the games. Um, 431 00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:37,520 Speaker 1: kind of a crazy weekend. Christmas Day. I guess Christmas 432 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:43,439 Speaker 1: Night we got Viking Saints. We got three games on Saturday, Niners, Cardinals. 433 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:46,040 Speaker 1: At least for me is Amazon. I guess maybe for 434 00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:48,880 Speaker 1: the country's Amazon only. I guess for me, I get 435 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:51,879 Speaker 1: local broadcasts, but Amazon only. And then we got two 436 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:55,560 Speaker 1: other games Tampa Lions, Dolphins, Vegas. And then we got 437 00:21:55,560 --> 00:22:01,160 Speaker 1: a little smaller slate on Sunday. So let's just fire 438 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:03,399 Speaker 1: through the games. That's probably the easiest way to do. 439 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:05,920 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna go through the games and just give 440 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:07,840 Speaker 1: my the first thing that comes to my head. Let's 441 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:11,800 Speaker 1: kind of go rapid fire here. Viking Saints. Listen, Drew 442 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:14,920 Speaker 1: Brees looked terrible. His arm strength was bad before he 443 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:18,119 Speaker 1: got hurt. Now with the broken ribs. If I was 444 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 1: Sean Payton, I get Drew changed my career. He's the 445 00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:25,199 Speaker 1: greatest quarterback I've ever coached. He's gonna go down as 446 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:28,440 Speaker 1: a Hall of Famer. I would think about Taysom Hill. 447 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:30,480 Speaker 1: Do I have a better chance to make a run 448 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:32,919 Speaker 1: in the NFC with Taysom Hill. That's would a sound 449 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:36,119 Speaker 1: like I was on drugs three months ago. But if 450 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:39,280 Speaker 1: Drew Brees can't throw, like we got issues, Taysom Hill 451 00:22:39,359 --> 00:22:44,880 Speaker 1: has a running element. Vikings are you know seven point underdog? 452 00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:47,200 Speaker 1: I just they're out of the playoffs. I just don't 453 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:52,480 Speaker 1: even know if they'll care. Uh Tampa the Lions Saturday morning. Uh, 454 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:56,959 Speaker 1: Lions entire coaching staff as like Corona, They've already fired 455 00:22:56,960 --> 00:22:59,840 Speaker 1: a couple of coaches. I think the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 456 00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:02,000 Speaker 1: are to beat the ship out of him. Brady kind 457 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:04,480 Speaker 1: of flipped a switch in the second half against Atlanta. 458 00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:08,400 Speaker 1: That offense looks really good in a dome. I think 459 00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:12,800 Speaker 1: Tampa destroys him. Niners at the Cards listen, Nick Mullins. 460 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:16,320 Speaker 1: I think needs Tommy John. The Niners signed Josh Rosen. 461 00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:19,479 Speaker 1: I don't even think the Cardinals are playing very well, 462 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:22,879 Speaker 1: but this is a game the Cardinals should win pretty easily. 463 00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:25,760 Speaker 1: The Niners have continued to play hard, they just had 464 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:32,320 Speaker 1: so many injuries. Quarterback play has been atrocious. Uh, George Kittle, 465 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:35,000 Speaker 1: I would not play him if I was Kyle Shanahan 466 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:39,080 Speaker 1: under no circumstances when I let him play in this game. Uh, 467 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:41,320 Speaker 1: just I can't risk an injury the last two games 468 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:44,000 Speaker 1: of this season. I can't do it. But like the 469 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:46,600 Speaker 1: Cardinals in that thing, Dolphins at the Raiders, I mean 470 00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:50,360 Speaker 1: John Gruden back to back years last year six and four, 471 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:52,280 Speaker 1: this year six and three in the driver's seat to 472 00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:55,879 Speaker 1: get a wild card crumbles down the stretch. Numbers are 473 00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:59,000 Speaker 1: being thrown out there of his winning percentage in December. 474 00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:02,160 Speaker 1: It's a grocious in his career. I don't know why 475 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:06,280 Speaker 1: he wears people out. Uh, practice is too hard. I 476 00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:09,919 Speaker 1: don't get it. I don't I don't know. I can't comprehend. 477 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:13,639 Speaker 1: But his team's completely fall apart. Uh. It looks like 478 00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:15,879 Speaker 1: as a recording this Marriotta is probably gonna play in 479 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:18,119 Speaker 1: the game. Mariota looked pretty good on that Thursday night 480 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:21,800 Speaker 1: game against the Chargers. The Dolphins have an identity, it's 481 00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:25,080 Speaker 1: toughness and its defense. Um. I just like the Dolphins 482 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:26,639 Speaker 1: in this game. I just think they're better than the 483 00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:31,520 Speaker 1: Vegas Raiders. John Gruden's Vegas Raiders. It can't be summed 484 00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:33,320 Speaker 1: up any other way, and then they're just a failure. 485 00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:35,680 Speaker 1: They just are a failure. How much money they're paying 486 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:38,159 Speaker 1: Gruden back to back years missing the playoffs when they 487 00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:39,960 Speaker 1: were in the driver's seat to get a wild card spot. 488 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:43,000 Speaker 1: Gruden just can't get it done. Brown's Jets. I don't 489 00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:46,760 Speaker 1: really have a take. I just the Brown should kill him. Uh. 490 00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:49,920 Speaker 1: The Jets probably screw themselves out of Trevor Lawrence with 491 00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:52,639 Speaker 1: the win last week. This game is pretty interesting. The 492 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:56,160 Speaker 1: Colts at the Steelers. Colts have found their mojo. Man, 493 00:24:56,600 --> 00:24:59,000 Speaker 1: you know, Philip Rivers played really well the last month. 494 00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:01,600 Speaker 1: That defense is humming. The Forest Buckner one of the 495 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:04,000 Speaker 1: biggest Pro Bowl snubs in the history of Pro Bowl snobs. 496 00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:06,160 Speaker 1: Though I'm not gonna get work up for a Pro 497 00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:09,359 Speaker 1: Bowl snub because there is no Pro Bowl game, but 498 00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:12,280 Speaker 1: that is that's insanity. The Forest Buckler has easily been 499 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:16,040 Speaker 1: a top five defensive player this year. Hell, beside Aaron Donald, 500 00:25:16,119 --> 00:25:18,159 Speaker 1: he might be the second best defensive player in the 501 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:22,520 Speaker 1: game this year, not a Pro Bowler. Steelers are in shambles. 502 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:27,800 Speaker 1: Offense is awful. Ben is terrible right now. Juju tiktoking 503 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:32,800 Speaker 1: on the on the opposing team's logo. I don't know 504 00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:34,480 Speaker 1: how you don't like the Colts in this game. I don't. 505 00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:37,359 Speaker 1: I just I think the Steelers are just in absolute shambles. 506 00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:41,240 Speaker 1: And sometimes you peak too early, some injuries happen. I 507 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:43,360 Speaker 1: don't know what I'm a Mike Tomlin guy. I don't 508 00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:46,399 Speaker 1: really know what he does. He can't make Ben Roethlisburger 509 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:48,800 Speaker 1: more mobile. Roethlisberger just is what he is right now. 510 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:52,760 Speaker 1: He's an old declining quarterback legend, Hall of Famer. But 511 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:55,840 Speaker 1: it's over. I think it's over. So I like the 512 00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:58,199 Speaker 1: Colts in that game. Bears of the Jaguars. Don't let 513 00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:00,840 Speaker 1: Metro Bisky get hot be because the Bears are playing 514 00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:03,080 Speaker 1: good football right now. They're scoring a lot of points. 515 00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:06,080 Speaker 1: The defense is kind of found. It's mojo. The Bears 516 00:26:06,119 --> 00:26:08,560 Speaker 1: win this game. They're eight and seven, and it's probably 517 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:10,320 Speaker 1: gonna come down to can they beat the Packers and 518 00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:12,000 Speaker 1: then can the Rams beat the Cardinals? And they're in 519 00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:15,720 Speaker 1: the playoffs, so it may control their own destiny in 520 00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:17,439 Speaker 1: the sense of it. If they get to nine and seven, 521 00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:19,080 Speaker 1: they got a pretty good chance. If you think the 522 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:22,439 Speaker 1: Rams are gonna beat the Cardinals Week seven team, so 523 00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:26,520 Speaker 1: like the Bears in that game. The Falcons against the Chiefs, 524 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:31,080 Speaker 1: I haven't seen the updated status. But with the Steelers, 525 00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:33,359 Speaker 1: the Chiefs beat the Bills. Like Chiefs are gonna be 526 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:35,600 Speaker 1: the one seed. I don't see. Like this is gonna 527 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:37,439 Speaker 1: be hard for Andy to keep these guys focus these 528 00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:39,760 Speaker 1: last couple of weeks. They don't have much to play for. 529 00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:43,200 Speaker 1: Uh there you know whatever, twelve and one right now 530 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:46,600 Speaker 1: or thirteen and one with two games remaining, divisions over 531 00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:50,919 Speaker 1: the one seeds. Basically over um. The Falcons are one 532 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:53,280 Speaker 1: of those weird teams. If you overlook they can score 533 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:57,200 Speaker 1: some points. We'll get into it for three for the money. 534 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:59,679 Speaker 1: But I just I don't know why or how the 535 00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:01,920 Speaker 1: Chiefs are gonna care. And I don't blame them. Like 536 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:04,000 Speaker 1: they're the best team in the league by a wide 537 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:06,840 Speaker 1: margin and they're gonna get the one seed, which means 538 00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:09,000 Speaker 1: they're gonna get a buy How do you take the 539 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:11,680 Speaker 1: Falcon seriously, I don't know how. I'm just putting myself 540 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:13,040 Speaker 1: in those shoes. I don't think I could do it 541 00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:16,800 Speaker 1: Denver against the Chargers to be there are two things here. 542 00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:19,640 Speaker 1: Anytime you get to watch Justin Herbert, that's fun he's 543 00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:23,280 Speaker 1: a fun player to watch. He is a he's just 544 00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:25,280 Speaker 1: a good player. I mean, there's just no way around it. 545 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:28,399 Speaker 1: And the Broncos, like they gotta ask themselves, is what's 546 00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:30,800 Speaker 1: Drew Lock steel? Is this guy good enough to be 547 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:33,560 Speaker 1: my quarterback? And I don't think we know the answer. 548 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:36,560 Speaker 1: But every game you get when you don't have the answer, 549 00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:39,399 Speaker 1: that is more information you get towards ultimately getting to 550 00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:42,200 Speaker 1: that answer. It's the number one question they're trying to 551 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:43,919 Speaker 1: figure out, is Drew lock good enough to be our 552 00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:47,359 Speaker 1: franchise quarterback? Right now? At best you can say we 553 00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:49,280 Speaker 1: don't know the answer. At worst you say he's not. 554 00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:51,640 Speaker 1: So you need to You need to keep seeing him 555 00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:54,800 Speaker 1: playing these games. Can he hang on a field where 556 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:57,280 Speaker 1: Justin Herbert's on the other side or doesn't look like 557 00:27:57,320 --> 00:27:59,440 Speaker 1: that guy is dramatically better? Because if he is, and 558 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:02,160 Speaker 1: it's Justin Herbert and Pat Mahomes like, you probably gotta 559 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:07,320 Speaker 1: start shopping for another guy. Rams Verse Seattle, this probably 560 00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:09,960 Speaker 1: the game, I guess the night games This and the 561 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:15,000 Speaker 1: Titans backers. Rams control their own destiny, Seattle controls their 562 00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:17,680 Speaker 1: own destiny. Rams win this game and win week sevent 563 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:20,720 Speaker 1: team they win the NFC West. Seattle wins this game, 564 00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:24,200 Speaker 1: they win the NFC West. This is big boy football. 565 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:28,040 Speaker 1: The Rams just played the worst game they've played as 566 00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:30,320 Speaker 1: Sean McVeigh as the head coach. They lost to the 567 00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:33,040 Speaker 1: fucking New York Jets, who were about to go winless. 568 00:28:33,119 --> 00:28:34,679 Speaker 1: And they didn't just lose. They kind of got their 569 00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:39,000 Speaker 1: ass kicked. Seattle had been playing crappy Russ had those 570 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:41,040 Speaker 1: two bad games. They've kind of got their mojo back 571 00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:44,440 Speaker 1: beating the Jets two weeks ago, housing the Jets and 572 00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:47,040 Speaker 1: then beating the vic not the Vikings, but the Washington 573 00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:49,200 Speaker 1: football team. So they've kind of got the train back 574 00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:52,080 Speaker 1: on the tracks and they just know they win this game, 575 00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:54,800 Speaker 1: they win the division, and you win the division depending 576 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:56,920 Speaker 1: on what happens with the Saints and the Packers, Like, 577 00:28:57,880 --> 00:28:59,480 Speaker 1: you're not gonna get the one seed, but could you 578 00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:01,400 Speaker 1: get the two? Could you start playing for seating? Could 579 00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:03,480 Speaker 1: you get some home games? You never know, if the 580 00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:05,520 Speaker 1: Packers were to lose in round two and you win 581 00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:07,960 Speaker 1: and you're the uh and you're the two seed, maybe 582 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:10,560 Speaker 1: you host the NFC championship game. So getting that two 583 00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:13,200 Speaker 1: seed is still a big deal because who knows who 584 00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:16,200 Speaker 1: plays Maybe Tampa plays the Packers, you know, in Week 585 00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:19,560 Speaker 1: two of the playoffs. That's a hard game. They've already 586 00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:22,520 Speaker 1: beat him, so this is a big game for Seattle. 587 00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:25,400 Speaker 1: I think we all agree. The Rams, you know, they're 588 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:27,600 Speaker 1: probably one and done team in the playoffs. Maybe they 589 00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:29,680 Speaker 1: win a playoff game. But it's hard to trust with 590 00:29:29,760 --> 00:29:32,120 Speaker 1: Jared Goff. He's just not a trustable player right now. 591 00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:34,280 Speaker 1: He gets paid a lot of money, makes a lot 592 00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:36,720 Speaker 1: of cash, but you just don't have much faith in 593 00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:39,520 Speaker 1: him winning football game, especially big football games. Eagles at 594 00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:43,640 Speaker 1: the Cowboys. Uh, Cowboys, I think technically are still alive. 595 00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:46,000 Speaker 1: But to me, there's only one story in this game. 596 00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:49,000 Speaker 1: Does Jalen Hurts continue to play well? Does he still 597 00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:51,040 Speaker 1: play like he did last week? Because if you could 598 00:29:51,040 --> 00:29:54,320 Speaker 1: do that like this, this Carson West thing is not 599 00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:57,080 Speaker 1: going away. Do we get another leak on Sunday morning 600 00:29:57,080 --> 00:29:59,640 Speaker 1: of Carson Wentz pitching a moment about something. Do we 601 00:29:59,680 --> 00:30:01,920 Speaker 1: get like, you know, Jalen Hurts doesn't being nice to me? 602 00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:04,080 Speaker 1: We got one of those things again? Where does it 603 00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:06,560 Speaker 1: kind of simmer down? Does it quiet down? But does 604 00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:09,280 Speaker 1: does Jalen Hurts keep playing well? Because the Cowboys defense 605 00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:11,440 Speaker 1: is not good? So Jalen Hurts gonna light them up 606 00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:14,120 Speaker 1: for three touchdowns, run for another. Is he gonna throw 607 00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:16,960 Speaker 1: it for three yards? He keeps playing like this. Now 608 00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:20,800 Speaker 1: he's got a little problem on his hands. Uh, Titans Packers, 609 00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:23,160 Speaker 1: this is a big boy game. I was texting with 610 00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:25,080 Speaker 1: a buddy in the league and I said, is there 611 00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:27,640 Speaker 1: any team that could beat the Chiefs? And he said 612 00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:30,360 Speaker 1: maybe the Titans. Their defense isn't good enough, but you 613 00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:33,280 Speaker 1: just control the clock, you run the ball on them, 614 00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:36,760 Speaker 1: and you just slow the game down. With Derrick Henry, Well, 615 00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:40,640 Speaker 1: that is the formula to beat the Packers right their defense. Like, 616 00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:42,920 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers probably gonna win the MVP. He's had a 617 00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:45,920 Speaker 1: fantastic yere Matt Lafleur has had a fantastic year. That 618 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:48,880 Speaker 1: offense has been elite. Aaron Rodgers gonna throw like forty 619 00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:52,480 Speaker 1: five touchdowns. But this is a type game against the Titans, 620 00:30:52,480 --> 00:30:55,520 Speaker 1: who have They've been awesome. I mean, Ryan Tannehill has 621 00:30:55,560 --> 00:30:57,880 Speaker 1: proved himself as one of the better quarterbacks in the league. 622 00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:00,360 Speaker 1: People like me like like to talk ship at him, 623 00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:03,960 Speaker 1: but his numbers, his play, they speak for themselves. He's 624 00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:05,840 Speaker 1: just been good and the Titans are good. I mean 625 00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:08,040 Speaker 1: they're ten and four. That's a legit ten and four. 626 00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:11,760 Speaker 1: Like they are legitimate. I don't want to say Super 627 00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:14,400 Speaker 1: Bowl contender, but like playoff contender. Like they can win 628 00:31:14,480 --> 00:31:16,200 Speaker 1: some playoff games. We saw him do it last year. 629 00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:19,000 Speaker 1: Beat the Patriots, beat the Ravens. Like they can make 630 00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:22,840 Speaker 1: noise in the playoffs. There's a big game. I mean, 631 00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:25,120 Speaker 1: if they beat the Packers, you just I think the 632 00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:27,480 Speaker 1: Chiefs just are keeping an eye on them, like they're 633 00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:29,760 Speaker 1: they got a big time coaching frable, they got a 634 00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:32,520 Speaker 1: big time identity. You know, we'll see what the Packers. 635 00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:36,720 Speaker 1: The one thing gets interesting with them Lambeau when it 636 00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:39,520 Speaker 1: gets really cold, like you know, Rogers ain't can be 637 00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:41,120 Speaker 1: thrown for four in yards and some of these games, 638 00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:42,960 Speaker 1: so can their defense step up? We know they can 639 00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:46,280 Speaker 1: run the ball. This is just a fantastic game. Like 640 00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:49,520 Speaker 1: can't wait to sit in the couch, crack a beer, 641 00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:54,200 Speaker 1: eat some leftovers, and just consume Sunday night football. This 642 00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:58,480 Speaker 1: is that's big boy football game right there. Okay, let's 643 00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:00,600 Speaker 1: get you out of here on this. Well. Three for 644 00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:06,000 Speaker 1: the money. I went one one and I pushed Seattle 645 00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:09,200 Speaker 1: and Washington somehow pushed, but I lost the Eagles game, 646 00:32:09,920 --> 00:32:15,400 Speaker 1: and I won the over on the Ravens Jaguars. So 647 00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:19,280 Speaker 1: I'm twenty seven and twenty on the season. Well three 648 00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:22,120 Speaker 1: for the money, pick three games. I'm gonna start with 649 00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:25,000 Speaker 1: Atlanta plus ten and a half. Again, back to the 650 00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:28,360 Speaker 1: motivation for the Chiefs, Like, I just gonna be hard 651 00:32:28,360 --> 00:32:30,160 Speaker 1: for them to stay locked in if you've watched them 652 00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:32,640 Speaker 1: the last couple of months, definitely the last month and 653 00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:35,400 Speaker 1: a half, they just lose focus. I don't blame them, 654 00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:37,480 Speaker 1: no fans, they know they're better. How are they gonna 655 00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:40,640 Speaker 1: take the Falcon? Seriously, you're giving the Falcons over ten points. 656 00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:44,320 Speaker 1: Matt Ryan, king of garbage time, touchdowns and yards. I'm 657 00:32:44,360 --> 00:32:47,160 Speaker 1: just taking that. This is my favorite bet on the board. 658 00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:50,120 Speaker 1: Another bet that I like, but it makes me nervous 659 00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:52,440 Speaker 1: just because I don't know their motivation. But I think 660 00:32:52,560 --> 00:32:55,479 Speaker 1: Zimmer Cousins feeling like they got high character guys are 661 00:32:55,520 --> 00:32:59,320 Speaker 1: gonna play hard. The Vikings getting seven points at the Saints, 662 00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:02,480 Speaker 1: like Drew Brees, that offense, like it just doesn't scare me. Now. 663 00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:05,800 Speaker 1: The Saints defense is good, but the Vikings offense is potent. 664 00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:10,800 Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson, Thelan Dalvin Cook Cousins has played pretty well 665 00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:13,400 Speaker 1: really the last couple of years. I like the Vikings. 666 00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:16,080 Speaker 1: If they just try, they will cover. This game was 667 00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:18,920 Speaker 1: two weeks ago. I would love him. Plus seven makes 668 00:33:18,920 --> 00:33:21,560 Speaker 1: me a little nervous. But as long as I get 669 00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:23,840 Speaker 1: Drew Brees with bad ribs, like, it's just it's gonna 670 00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:26,040 Speaker 1: be hard for them to score in the Minnesota Man, 671 00:33:26,360 --> 00:33:28,920 Speaker 1: they can put up points in the other game. It's 672 00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:32,600 Speaker 1: just the war of attrition is finally one. You know 673 00:33:32,680 --> 00:33:36,240 Speaker 1: that Nick Mullins tears Tommy John surgery potentially on his elbow. 674 00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:39,160 Speaker 1: Jimmy Garoppolo no where to be found. They have to 675 00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:42,520 Speaker 1: sign Josh Rose and starts C. J. Beathard. The Cardinals 676 00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:44,880 Speaker 1: now are like can see the playoffs insight. They have 677 00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:47,920 Speaker 1: to win this game. They just not you know, the 678 00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:51,080 Speaker 1: Bears are on their heels. They end with the Rams. 679 00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:54,240 Speaker 1: So this is kind of a game that just that 680 00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:57,239 Speaker 1: they have to win. I mean their minus four if 681 00:33:57,320 --> 00:33:59,760 Speaker 1: Vegas rest like, the Cardinals should be like minus eight 682 00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:02,480 Speaker 1: in this game. Kyler Murray's owned the Niners since he's 683 00:34:02,480 --> 00:34:05,720 Speaker 1: come in the league. He's just been a problem for them. 684 00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:09,319 Speaker 1: Their defense is really injured right now. I just I 685 00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:11,200 Speaker 1: don't see how the Cardinals don't win this game by 686 00:34:11,239 --> 00:34:13,480 Speaker 1: like ten. I'm not gonna say the Niners are gonna quit. 687 00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:15,960 Speaker 1: They have a lot of pride, they've played hard, but 688 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:17,839 Speaker 1: they just you just run out of steam, you run 689 00:34:17,840 --> 00:34:21,399 Speaker 1: out of juice. And I think even an average Cardinals team, 690 00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:22,799 Speaker 1: because that's kind of what they are right now, they're 691 00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:26,080 Speaker 1: pretty average, I think it's just dramatically better. I don't 692 00:34:26,080 --> 00:34:28,040 Speaker 1: see how they cover Hopkins. I don't see how they 693 00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:32,080 Speaker 1: slow down um Kyler, and I just don't see how 694 00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:36,359 Speaker 1: the Niners score motcharts now hurt C J. Bethard. So 695 00:34:36,440 --> 00:34:39,720 Speaker 1: I like the Cardinals minus four. Again. I appreciate everyone listening. 696 00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:43,000 Speaker 1: Hopefully I gave you a little entertainment over the weekend 697 00:34:43,160 --> 00:34:47,279 Speaker 1: or before you go to Christmas parties and uh and yeah, 698 00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:50,560 Speaker 1: Marry Christmas. Thanks again for everything and for you listening 699 00:34:50,560 --> 00:34:54,160 Speaker 1: and telling your friends about me. I again, I can't 700 00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:57,279 Speaker 1: emphasize how much I appreciate that. I I truly do 701 00:34:57,320 --> 00:35:00,480 Speaker 1: from the bottom of my heart. So have a great 702 00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:02,560 Speaker 1: Christmas weekend. Audios.