1 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:11,880 Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What is up, 2 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:17,439 Speaker 1: straight Fire Fan? It's the Jason McIntyre Straight Fire for Thursday, 3 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:26,280 Speaker 1: October Halloween weekend right around the corner. Ah, guys, I'm 4 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:28,400 Speaker 1: excited for Halloween. I'm excited. I got a big tennis 5 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 1: match rematch against the guy who beat me in my 6 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 1: tennis ladder. I'm three and one. I have one loss, 7 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 1: it was in a third set tiebreaker ten eight. I 8 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:38,240 Speaker 1: have rematch against him on Friday. So I played a 9 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:40,520 Speaker 1: tune up against the guy who's way way, way way 10 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:43,640 Speaker 1: way better than me. Yesterday I got destroyed. Very humbled 11 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 1: hashtag humbled. Um. I'm trying not to get a two 12 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:50,959 Speaker 1: negative mindset as I opened the podcast today, because as 13 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 1: everybody knows, you know, it depends if you went to 14 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 1: bed early on the East Coast. You're waking up and 15 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:58,320 Speaker 1: seeing that the Los Angeles Lakers dropped to oh and 16 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 1: four with a loss in Denver. It was close in 17 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 1: the third quarter. Lakers briefly lead I think in the 18 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:09,560 Speaker 1: first basket of the third quarter, and then it got ugly. Um, 19 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:11,920 Speaker 1: and you know, Lakers missed a million threes. This is 20 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:15,800 Speaker 1: Lebron's first oh and four starts since his rookie year. 21 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 1: Rookie year, guys, it's getting ugly. We'll get to the 22 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:25,760 Speaker 1: Lakers in a second. I pondered opening the podcast with 23 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:28,440 Speaker 1: the NFL, but we have a great NFL guest, so 24 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:33,679 Speaker 1: I'll go NBA NFL dovetail into our guest, Greg greg 25 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:37,479 Speaker 1: Aman from The Athletic. He covers the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. 26 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 1: Who are you know? It's such a weird scenario. Tampa 27 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 1: Bay Bucks on the struggle bus. Aaron Rodgers, upset under 28 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 1: five hundred, goes to Green Bay this weekend as a 29 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 1: double digit underdog. Not familiar territory for him. Bill Belichick 30 00:01:56,160 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 1: humiliated in prime time. Just let that sink in for sex. Belichick, Rogers, 31 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 1: and Brady all not in jeopardy of missing the playoffs, 32 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 1: but right now on the outside looking in and not 33 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 1: looking good at all. That is to me incredibly strange. 34 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:16,040 Speaker 1: We've never seen that before. So we'll dive into the Bucks. 35 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:18,240 Speaker 1: I'll offer a best bet, or try to at the 36 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 1: end of the podcast. T's in NFL pick or two 37 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 1: for the weekend. Starting to like the card, but uh, 38 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 1: injuries are just incredible right now. Coaches are starting to 39 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:31,239 Speaker 1: chirp about the turf situation with so many guys, especially 40 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 1: the turf. It's so fie with so many people um 41 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:36,919 Speaker 1: getting injured. All right, let's let's start with the NBA 42 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:40,000 Speaker 1: and the Lakers. I'm not going to really talk too 43 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:43,240 Speaker 1: much about the Nets and the Bucks. I was unhappy 44 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:47,560 Speaker 1: with Janice going at Ben Simmons and making a layup 45 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:50,400 Speaker 1: and then saying he's too small to guard me by 46 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:53,960 Speaker 1: putting his hand close to the to the court, Like, Bro, 47 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 1: you're a two time m v P. You are literally 48 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:01,400 Speaker 1: two inches taller than Vin Simmons. You made a lay up. 49 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:03,080 Speaker 1: If you're dunk on his head and want to celebrate, 50 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 1: go for it. Dun't go. Yeah, do tap your head, 51 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:09,200 Speaker 1: say he's too small, whatever you want. But to say 52 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 1: he's too small to make it a layup, I don't know. 53 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 1: I said that on social media and all these Nets, 54 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:16,360 Speaker 1: all these Brooks Bucks fans are calling me boomer and 55 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 1: I've got problems and whatever. All people just get angry. 56 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:23,360 Speaker 1: You're very defensive of be honest. Bottom line, be honest, 57 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:25,519 Speaker 1: say stop them. They couldn't you had like forty three points. 58 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 1: Steve Nash got ejected. Ben Simmons did not foul out, 59 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:32,079 Speaker 1: but he only had four points and the Nets fall 60 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:34,000 Speaker 1: to one in three, So that's a big story. The 61 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 1: Sixers not as big of a story, but they fell 62 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 1: to one and four. I think Sixers lose to the 63 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 1: Toronto Raptors, and like, you know, it's weird. Brooklyn's getting 64 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:50,280 Speaker 1: some attention. The Sixers fall to one and four. Nobody 65 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 1: not a soul talking about the Sixers. By the way, 66 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 1: I'm the I'm the idiot who picked the Sixers too, 67 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 1: have the best record in the East and go to 68 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 1: the NBA Finals Sixers or one and four. No chirping 69 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 1: yet from embeat. He looked a little lack of daisical 70 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 1: and the highlights I saw. I did not watch a game. 71 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 1: He did not look He looked unhappy, defensively, kind of 72 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 1: loafing a bit. I don't know what's going on. James 73 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 1: Harden only twelve shots. I like tracking stuff like this. 74 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:21,360 Speaker 1: James Harden twelve shots and beat seventeen Tyrese Maxie twenty one, 75 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:25,320 Speaker 1: Tobias Harris like a thirty five million dollar man, took 76 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:30,799 Speaker 1: five shots one basket. It's weirdness going on with the Sixers. 77 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:32,480 Speaker 1: I don't want to say, Doc Rivers is in trouble. 78 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 1: It's too early. It's one in four. By the way, 79 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:37,000 Speaker 1: I broke out a calculator, because you guys have loved this. 80 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 1: NFL season now has seventeen games, So I did eighty 81 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:47,880 Speaker 1: two NBA games divided by seventeen NFL four point eight. 82 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:56,720 Speaker 1: So essentially five NBA games is one NFL game. So 83 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:59,279 Speaker 1: the Sixers starting one in four is the equivalent of 84 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:05,160 Speaker 1: your oh and one in the NFL. The Lakers starting 85 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 1: owen four is the equivalent of you're about to be 86 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:11,360 Speaker 1: oh and one. You're getting blasted in the fourth quarter 87 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 1: of the season opener. So here's the interesting thing about 88 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:19,159 Speaker 1: the Lakers. It isn't the loss or the shooting, or 89 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 1: that they sat Russell Westbrook. Do you know, did you 90 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:25,839 Speaker 1: guys actually take the time to look at the schedule? 91 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:29,960 Speaker 1: This is the really scary part. So they're owing four 92 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:35,920 Speaker 1: Friday in Minnesota. Minnesota has a winning record, Minnesota has 93 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:41,400 Speaker 1: they look good. After that, they are at home to Denver, 94 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:45,960 Speaker 1: a team that just beat them. Then they are at 95 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:49,039 Speaker 1: home against the Pelicans, and the Pelicans, by the way, 96 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:54,720 Speaker 1: have the uh there're three and one. Then they are 97 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:56,479 Speaker 1: at home against the Utah Jazz and I know you 98 00:05:56,480 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 1: could scoff at the Jazz. Oh, they were supposed to 99 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:00,400 Speaker 1: be tanking their four in one, and they are like 100 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:03,119 Speaker 1: ten deep. A lot of good players don't be great 101 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:06,680 Speaker 1: and they are just like it looks like the kind 102 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:09,160 Speaker 1: of team where they take the court and they're like, 103 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:10,800 Speaker 1: we don't care what people say. We got a bunch 104 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 1: of junkyard dogs on our team. I mean Colin Sexton, 105 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 1: Lori Market and you guys can scoff and laugh and 106 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:20,599 Speaker 1: oh it's Jason, it's early. I'm just saying this team 107 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:24,120 Speaker 1: will not get punked. Jordan Clarkson is like, hey, I'm 108 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:26,600 Speaker 1: gonna start passing the ball so that somebody could trade 109 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 1: for me, because I know Utah and Danny Ainge they 110 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:31,920 Speaker 1: want uh they want to be in the Victor won 111 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:33,640 Speaker 1: ban Yama sweepsticks. They don't want to be like the 112 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 1: play in Marketing is playing hard. Jared Vanderbilt, I don't 113 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:38,640 Speaker 1: know if you guys even know him. He was in Minnesota. 114 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 1: He's like a dog defensively, Walker Kessler looks decent. Taylor 115 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 1: Norton Tucker is getting a chance. Like they got some 116 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:48,120 Speaker 1: guys on that team, and I'm just saying so we've 117 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:51,039 Speaker 1: now rattled off. Lakers are owned for Minnesota, Denver, New Orleans. 118 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 1: You to all have winning records. Cleveland they have a 119 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:58,039 Speaker 1: winning record too. They're very good. They might be a 120 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:01,800 Speaker 1: top four seed in the East. That's how good Cleveland is. Okay, 121 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:05,479 Speaker 1: then they have Utah at Utah, and then they have 122 00:07:05,839 --> 00:07:08,719 Speaker 1: the Clippers, which is like a home game, but you 123 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:11,560 Speaker 1: know they're the away team. So the Lakers are owned 124 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:14,840 Speaker 1: four and their next one, two, three, four, five, six, 125 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:18,960 Speaker 1: seven opponents all have winning records. The Lakers, mind, you 126 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 1: are own four. This has a chance to snowball very 127 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:31,720 Speaker 1: very quickly. And listen, we're not going to do revisionist 128 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:34,760 Speaker 1: history here. Okay. If have you ever been an argument 129 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:38,360 Speaker 1: with your wife, and you can start bringing up old 130 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:43,640 Speaker 1: stuff that were mistakes or annoyances or they forgot to 131 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:48,680 Speaker 1: do this that or whatever that gets you nowhere, it's reductive. 132 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:50,920 Speaker 1: It serves no purpose that there's no point in going 133 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:53,160 Speaker 1: back and saying, why did Lebron good rush so Westbrook 134 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 1: to l a what it was dumb? He messed up, 135 00:07:56,600 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 1: it was stupid. Lebron sorely regrets it. Well, the Lakers 136 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:04,280 Speaker 1: new this offseason they needed shooting you're right. Rob Polinka 137 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:06,200 Speaker 1: and company did not get it done. I think the 138 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 1: Lonnie Walker pick up is good. I think he's been 139 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:09,920 Speaker 1: very good. Patrick Beverley, I don't know what's going on 140 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 1: in the locker room. Maybe he's he's a leader there. 141 00:08:12,520 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 1: He doesn't look like gameplay much. Austin Reeves game minus 142 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:19,520 Speaker 1: twenty three. Lonnie Walker was minus twenty seven. But he 143 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:23,800 Speaker 1: gives you energy. He's probably the third best player. Kendrick 144 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:27,600 Speaker 1: Nunns in his own head. Um, Matt Ryan, I think 145 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:32,080 Speaker 1: he got past the rotation by Troy Brown. Uh, that's 146 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:34,640 Speaker 1: a kid out of Oregon. He can't make any threes either. 147 00:08:35,040 --> 00:08:37,440 Speaker 1: Twenty eight minutes over three from deep. Yeah, Troy Brown 148 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:39,720 Speaker 1: only twenty three years old. Kind of a good byeload 149 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:41,840 Speaker 1: for the Lakers. This was a lottery pick, or maybe 150 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:44,599 Speaker 1: he was a fifteen pick. Sorry. So Lakers got a 151 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:47,920 Speaker 1: bunch of guys, but they can't shoot eight of thirty 152 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:52,880 Speaker 1: from deep a robust twenty six percent, which is crazy 153 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:57,520 Speaker 1: because the Nuggets actually shot worse from deep. Um nine 154 00:08:57,559 --> 00:09:00,840 Speaker 1: of thirty four twenty six point five. End Lakers were 155 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:04,000 Speaker 1: twenty six point seven. Um. I'm just gonna point out 156 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:09,040 Speaker 1: one thing Anthony Davis thirty six minutes, one free throw attempt. 157 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:14,880 Speaker 1: Patrick Beverley had four free throw attempts. The Lakers other 158 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:19,120 Speaker 1: Big Jones the number thirty bouncy shot block shots. He 159 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:22,680 Speaker 1: had four free throw attempts at twelve minutes. Anthony Davis 160 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:25,320 Speaker 1: a end of the line and you know what that means. 161 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 1: And they Davis is doing his perimeter thing. Now. I 162 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:34,120 Speaker 1: know he only shot one three against uh against Denver, 163 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 1: but let's just go through his free throws in the 164 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:37,800 Speaker 1: opener against Golden State nine, way to go, way to 165 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:41,760 Speaker 1: attack the basket, and then it was seven against the 166 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:43,800 Speaker 1: paper Clips, and then it was four against Portland and 167 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:48,880 Speaker 1: now one against Denver. Increasingly he's not hanging a banging 168 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:53,360 Speaker 1: and if you look at the scoring downward trajectory two 169 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 1: like anthy Davis, I know you don't want it, but 170 00:09:57,360 --> 00:09:59,560 Speaker 1: you gotta get in there. And bang, I thought Yo 171 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:01,840 Speaker 1: kids bullied him. Yokich had a good game. But Yokich 172 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:03,360 Speaker 1: is a great player. He's a two time m v P. 173 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:07,959 Speaker 1: Last I checked Anthony Davis, no mvpiece, really good player, 174 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:11,880 Speaker 1: but Yokich is a better player. I think that's undeniable. Yokich, 175 00:10:11,880 --> 00:10:18,559 Speaker 1: of course finished with nine four steels, seven free throw attempts. Listen, 176 00:10:18,679 --> 00:10:22,760 Speaker 1: the Lakers are in are in bad shape. And this 177 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:26,520 Speaker 1: idea that Polinka can continue to not trade Russ and 178 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 1: then they figure it out over twenty games and wait 179 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:32,440 Speaker 1: till Thanksgiving. There's no way that's gonna fly. It just 180 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:37,559 Speaker 1: is not gonna happen. Why would Lebron sign that extension 181 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:40,320 Speaker 1: to stay in l A when this is the crap 182 00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:44,959 Speaker 1: product the team's putting out winless You know you aren't. 183 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:46,760 Speaker 1: You want to look around the league and take a look. 184 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:52,160 Speaker 1: Let's count up all the winless NBA teams on this lovely, 185 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:56,520 Speaker 1: lovely Thursday morning. The Sacramento Kings the team I like 186 00:10:56,600 --> 00:10:58,240 Speaker 1: a lot. You guys know, I'm all in on the 187 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:02,080 Speaker 1: Kings this year. They are owing three, but they have 188 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:07,160 Speaker 1: also played a fairly robust set of games. They played 189 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:10,520 Speaker 1: the Warriors, which was obviously extremely difficult. They're one of 190 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:14,439 Speaker 1: the best teams in the league. They opened up against 191 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:18,160 Speaker 1: Portland's which has proven to be pretty good, and they 192 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:20,480 Speaker 1: lost the Clippers by two. They have a big game 193 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:23,319 Speaker 1: tonight against Memphis. Sacramento. You can't be going on for 194 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:27,360 Speaker 1: the other two undefeated or winless teams. I'm sorry, winless 195 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:30,880 Speaker 1: the l A Lakers with a minus eight point two 196 00:11:30,880 --> 00:11:33,959 Speaker 1: point differential worst in the West, and the Orlando Magic, 197 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:37,520 Speaker 1: who lost to the Knicks and are now o N five. 198 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:40,439 Speaker 1: Palo Bancaro is playing awesome, but they have no guard 199 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:45,520 Speaker 1: play in Orlando. They it's no Jalen Suggs has hurt again, 200 00:11:45,920 --> 00:11:49,200 Speaker 1: like they it's just it's ugly. But that's the company 201 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 1: the Lakers are keeping right now. Folks us and I 202 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:53,959 Speaker 1: know you want to say this is a playoff team, 203 00:11:53,960 --> 00:11:57,040 Speaker 1: and I said this was a playoff team, and the 204 00:11:57,080 --> 00:11:59,200 Speaker 1: stay in a playoff team. They got a lot of 205 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:03,200 Speaker 1: work to do. Again, eighty two games season, this is 206 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:07,400 Speaker 1: super duper early. But remember Lebron ain't playing eighty two games. 207 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:11,480 Speaker 1: Anthony Davis is not playing eighty two games. So I 208 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:13,040 Speaker 1: think you've got to swing a trade as soon as 209 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:15,560 Speaker 1: this weekend. I think maybe listen if the Pacers ain't it, 210 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:20,440 Speaker 1: make a move Charlotte Hornets. Um, I I don't know 211 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:23,560 Speaker 1: where you want to go, whether it's who who else 212 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:25,360 Speaker 1: has some guys that they may be looking on onload. 213 00:12:25,679 --> 00:12:30,240 Speaker 1: You know, I don't think that teams are willing to 214 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:32,600 Speaker 1: sell at this point because one of the big theories. 215 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:37,120 Speaker 1: The reason they kept saying Thanksgiving was there would be 216 00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:41,600 Speaker 1: a race to the bottom to get Victor weimban Yama. 217 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:45,720 Speaker 1: So if you're in a dog fight with several other teams, 218 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 1: what's the move give away your best players? Take Russell Westbrook, 219 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:53,800 Speaker 1: cut him and then you'll lose straight When you've got 220 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:56,520 Speaker 1: your best players gone, San Antonio out of the gate 221 00:12:56,559 --> 00:12:59,199 Speaker 1: three and two? Are they looking They're not looking to 222 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:01,160 Speaker 1: make the playoffs. There's don't win there for them getting 223 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:04,280 Speaker 1: to the playoffs. There's a better chance of winning the 224 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 1: lottery than getting to the playoffs and making it mean anything. 225 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:10,600 Speaker 1: Utah is going to want to be in that boat. 226 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:13,080 Speaker 1: They're just they're not there yet. You can't start like 227 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:15,480 Speaker 1: this and then dump players. So the Lakers are kind 228 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:18,959 Speaker 1: of screwed. And you know the body language on Lebron 229 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:21,840 Speaker 1: and Great. I don't like Anthony Davis hanging his head. 230 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:24,320 Speaker 1: You wanted to win this game with Westbrook sitting out? 231 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:27,320 Speaker 1: Can you keep him out again? What if you lose 232 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:30,640 Speaker 1: in Minnesota? Minnesota, I believe was the place where Patrick 233 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:35,920 Speaker 1: Beverley I was talking smack to Westbrook last year. Russell 234 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:37,360 Speaker 1: was on the bench, looked like he was part of 235 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:40,199 Speaker 1: the team and everything. It's just it's really getting ugly. 236 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:43,520 Speaker 1: This is a side show. And folks, when when I 237 00:13:43,559 --> 00:13:47,920 Speaker 1: moved out here, uh l a became, by my good 238 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:51,760 Speaker 1: oh good fortune, the epicenter of the NBA. Lebron and 239 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:55,440 Speaker 1: Anthony Davis get here and they win a title. The 240 00:13:55,440 --> 00:13:58,840 Speaker 1: Clippers get their super team. They didn't want anything. The 241 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:02,559 Speaker 1: Rams win this Super Bowl. The Chargers come here now 242 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:07,120 Speaker 1: justin Herbert. They're sputtering, by the way, Rams now completely sputtering. 243 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:11,200 Speaker 1: And the Dodgers win the World Series and now they 244 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:15,600 Speaker 1: get bounced early. Um, it's just been a weird fall 245 00:14:16,040 --> 00:14:18,439 Speaker 1: for the teams that were starring like two years ago. 246 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:20,920 Speaker 1: And I know it's tough to stay on top forever. Listen, 247 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:23,440 Speaker 1: this podcast has been rocking and rolling. I don't I 248 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:24,960 Speaker 1: don't know if I can keep it on top forever. 249 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:28,400 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 250 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:31,400 Speaker 1: the nation. Catch all of our shows at Fox sports 251 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:34,600 Speaker 1: Radio dot com and within the I Heart Radio app 252 00:14:34,640 --> 00:14:37,680 Speaker 1: search f s R to listen live. All right, I 253 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:40,000 Speaker 1: want to quickly pivot to the NFL before we get 254 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:43,760 Speaker 1: to our guests. So the Philadelphia Eagles traded for Robert 255 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:47,240 Speaker 1: Quinn gave up a fourth round pick. Listen to Rich 256 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:50,360 Speaker 1: get Richer. When you're going all in, remember the Rams 257 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:53,000 Speaker 1: adding von Miller. I don't think Robert Quinn obviously is 258 00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:55,480 Speaker 1: in the von Miller category. Hasn't been great this year, 259 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:59,920 Speaker 1: but looks around him and in uh in Chicago nothing. 260 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 1: And if you are a Philadelphia Eagle fan right now, 261 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:07,359 Speaker 1: you gotta be stoked. Quarterback on the rookie deal, undefeated, 262 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:10,760 Speaker 1: Your front four is great, and now you add a great, 263 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:14,400 Speaker 1: great potential player like Robert Quinn. Cornerbacks have been excellent. 264 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:19,440 Speaker 1: A J. Brown's dominating Listen, schedule, their favorite the rest 265 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:21,760 Speaker 1: of the way. Philadelphia is going to be the number 266 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:25,480 Speaker 1: one seed in these in the NFC, They're gonna be 267 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:31,000 Speaker 1: number one. Now will they be able to beat, say 268 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:34,320 Speaker 1: a San Francisco team at home? They'll get to buy. 269 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:36,320 Speaker 1: I think that's a lot that they get to buy. 270 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:39,200 Speaker 1: At this point. The schedule lines up everything for them. 271 00:15:39,320 --> 00:15:42,000 Speaker 1: Um So let's the number one thing in the NFL 272 00:15:42,040 --> 00:15:44,760 Speaker 1: that happened on Wednesday. Number two Matt Ryan. I don't 273 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:46,800 Speaker 1: know if you guys saw this video. Matt Ryan spoke 274 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:51,200 Speaker 1: about his benching, and he made it sound like he 275 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:55,000 Speaker 1: was completely totally caught off guard. He had no clue 276 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:57,760 Speaker 1: this was coming, and he was like, you know, it 277 00:15:57,800 --> 00:16:01,840 Speaker 1: was a little sad. Here's the weird thing who called 278 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:06,520 Speaker 1: for this? Frank Reich or Jim Mercy. If you're Frank Reich, 279 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:08,760 Speaker 1: who gives you a better chance to win. A former 280 00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:11,240 Speaker 1: m v P who's thirty seven and looked great two 281 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:15,720 Speaker 1: weeks ago against Jacksonville, albeit attempting fifty seven and fifty 282 00:16:15,760 --> 00:16:19,520 Speaker 1: eight passes thirty seven and one half. Or Sam Ellinger, 283 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:23,200 Speaker 1: a guy who has never started an NFL game, but 284 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:27,160 Speaker 1: does give you more mobility behind a lackluster offensive line. 285 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:30,800 Speaker 1: I don't know the answer. Only Right knows that answer. 286 00:16:31,560 --> 00:16:35,560 Speaker 1: Was it right or was it Jim Mercy? Because remember 287 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:38,160 Speaker 1: her say has a quick trigger with quarterbacks. Given the 288 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:43,680 Speaker 1: Carson Wentz debacle, It's it's just league is getting so weird. 289 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:46,200 Speaker 1: The Saints are gonna start Andy Dalton over Jameis Winston. 290 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:49,200 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, Jamie's remember last year man, he 291 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:50,720 Speaker 1: looked good at a couple of games, then he gets 292 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:54,400 Speaker 1: hurt and now it's like Andy Daltons through two pick 293 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:58,280 Speaker 1: six is against Arizona and interception the end zone and 294 00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:01,720 Speaker 1: you're still starting him. What does that say, Holy cow, 295 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:06,160 Speaker 1: that ain't good for jamis Patriots say that mac Jones 296 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:08,439 Speaker 1: is gonna be starting. I mean, the NFL is just 297 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:12,840 Speaker 1: bonkers right now. I think consider this. Belichick had to 298 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:17,080 Speaker 1: start mac Jones. Why because you would have totally lost 299 00:17:17,119 --> 00:17:20,160 Speaker 1: your quarterback. The guy was your first round draft pick 300 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:24,040 Speaker 1: quarterback last year as a rookie, gets you to the playoffs, 301 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:29,200 Speaker 1: gets hurt and then gets essentially booed off the field 302 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:32,280 Speaker 1: for Bailey Zappy and you pull him. If you don't 303 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:34,240 Speaker 1: go back to him, his confidence is shot. It might 304 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:36,720 Speaker 1: already be shot. But at the same time, does mac 305 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:39,960 Speaker 1: Jones feel like he's long for New England? And this 306 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:42,480 Speaker 1: is real? Like there was an article on Fox Sports 307 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:45,080 Speaker 1: by one of our writers saying that the mac Jones 308 00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:48,719 Speaker 1: camp is unhappy with the benching. And that's what it was. 309 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:51,520 Speaker 1: This was a benching. Let's be real, if this happens 310 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:55,760 Speaker 1: anywhere else in the league, You're starting quarterback gets pulled 311 00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:58,639 Speaker 1: after three series and not an injury, in effectiveness, and 312 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:02,760 Speaker 1: you're losing. He got ben That's what happened. Mac Jones 313 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:05,439 Speaker 1: got straight up bench and bills going back to and 314 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:07,119 Speaker 1: now mac Jones in the back of his head is 315 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:10,960 Speaker 1: like ship man, do I have to play this safe? Well? 316 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:13,480 Speaker 1: What happens if I throw a pick or fumble? Am 317 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:16,960 Speaker 1: I gonna get benched again? That's not a good mentality 318 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:19,760 Speaker 1: to have when you start a quarterback going on the 319 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:22,800 Speaker 1: road against a pretty damn good Jets defense, if I 320 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:27,080 Speaker 1: must say so. But finally, let's wrap up with I 321 00:18:27,119 --> 00:18:30,560 Speaker 1: think what is the silliest NFL story? And that's my guy, 322 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:33,239 Speaker 1: Russell Wilson. Yes, I've been told by some of you guys, Oh, 323 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:37,800 Speaker 1: I look like Russell Wilson. I'm a Russell Wilson fan. 324 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:42,320 Speaker 1: I have always liked his game. He seems like a 325 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:45,280 Speaker 1: humble superstar. This was a guy who fell in the 326 00:18:45,359 --> 00:18:49,000 Speaker 1: draft because of his height instantly made Seattle a winner. Yeah, 327 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:51,080 Speaker 1: he had a great defense and he had Marshawn Lynch. 328 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:57,280 Speaker 1: But for my money, Russell Wilson has been a terrific quarterback. 329 00:18:57,320 --> 00:19:00,680 Speaker 1: If you're asked if I have a vote, Russell Wilson's 330 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:02,240 Speaker 1: is gonna be a Hall of He's gonna end his 331 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:03,879 Speaker 1: career as a Hall of Famer, no doubt about it. 332 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:07,000 Speaker 1: Won a Super Bowl was an interception away from a second. 333 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:08,760 Speaker 1: I think he's a Hall of famerly, I mean, you 334 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:12,320 Speaker 1: got to Seattle the playoffs every freaking year, like, oh, 335 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:17,800 Speaker 1: I think except one. He fantastic quarterback. All that being said, 336 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:21,639 Speaker 1: I can see why people think he's so cringe and 337 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:25,720 Speaker 1: I the word cringe is a little cringe. But let's 338 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:30,800 Speaker 1: be realistic. When you get off a flight from London 339 00:19:31,560 --> 00:19:34,840 Speaker 1: to London from Denver and you tell the media, yeah, 340 00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:36,960 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be great to go, it was an eight 341 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:39,760 Speaker 1: hour flight and I was stretching for four hours, and 342 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:41,760 Speaker 1: I was running up and down the aisles doing high knees, 343 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:47,960 Speaker 1: and they put that out there. It's like, what an 344 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:51,119 Speaker 1: eight hour flight and you're stretching for four hours? Folks. 345 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:53,680 Speaker 1: I know there's a lot of you weekend Warriors out there. 346 00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:56,239 Speaker 1: I know some of you guys are getting older, and 347 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:58,280 Speaker 1: you know you have to stretch after playing two hours 348 00:19:58,280 --> 00:20:04,280 Speaker 1: of basketball. How long do you stretch? Is it two minutes, 349 00:20:05,040 --> 00:20:07,280 Speaker 1: five minutes? Let's be real with ourselves, is it ten? 350 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:14,480 Speaker 1: Let's say you did twenty, maybe you did thirty. On 351 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:17,280 Speaker 1: the day. You stretch more than you ever have. You 352 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:20,679 Speaker 1: probably did one hour. And we're to believe that Russell 353 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:24,120 Speaker 1: Wilson stretched for four hours of an eight hour flight 354 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:26,119 Speaker 1: four do you know what four hours of stretching is? 355 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:32,280 Speaker 1: I can't even comprehend that high knees while your teammates 356 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:35,720 Speaker 1: are sleeping, and then telling the media about it. Now, 357 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:38,800 Speaker 1: kJ Hambler did come out on Twitter and basically say, no, Cap, 358 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:45,600 Speaker 1: it's real. I just I can understand some of the 359 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:50,119 Speaker 1: backlash to Russell Wilson. I can't. I'm starting to believe it. 360 00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:53,960 Speaker 1: I personally think Aaron Rodgers is a way worse person 361 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:57,720 Speaker 1: just the stories I've heard from former players, former teammates. 362 00:20:58,520 --> 00:21:01,200 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers seems like way or stute than Russell Wilson. 363 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:04,400 Speaker 1: But people like Rogers because he has He's one more. 364 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:08,320 Speaker 1: The um goes on the podcast with Joe Rogan and 365 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:10,760 Speaker 1: you know he's anti VAXX, and people like whatever. I 366 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:14,000 Speaker 1: get it. I just russ Man do a little bit less, 367 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:17,399 Speaker 1: a little less, all right. Now, Let's get to our guests. 368 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:25,159 Speaker 1: He covers the Tampa Bay Bucks for the Athletic Greg Ahman. 369 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:31,440 Speaker 1: Jason likes to think he knows everything when it comes 370 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:34,639 Speaker 1: to sports. I know what sports dance want, but for 371 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:37,960 Speaker 1: everything he doesn't. He knows a guy who does. Let's 372 00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:40,760 Speaker 1: just say, I know a guy who knows a guy 373 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:44,720 Speaker 1: who knows another guy. All right, let's welcome into straight fire. 374 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:47,160 Speaker 1: A guy who's covered the Tampa Bay Bucks for about 375 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:51,200 Speaker 1: a decade. He went from the outhouse the Jamis Winston years, 376 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:54,160 Speaker 1: to the penthouse, the super Bowl, and now maybe back 377 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:57,399 Speaker 1: to the outhouse. Greg Ahman from the Athletic Greg, how 378 00:21:57,480 --> 00:22:00,680 Speaker 1: are you man? Hey? Doing well? Thanks for having me on? Yeah, yeah, 379 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:03,639 Speaker 1: thanks for having me, Thanks for joining me. Um, I 380 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:06,840 Speaker 1: gotta say to you know, tonight's game feels like a 381 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:12,919 Speaker 1: big moment in the Brady era. Given Baltimore not totally healthy, 382 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:16,240 Speaker 1: but I think everybody agrees the better team and Tampa 383 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:19,440 Speaker 1: probably at rock bottom last week in the Carolina loss. 384 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:21,760 Speaker 1: I'm just curious what was the vibe after the game 385 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:26,720 Speaker 1: in the locker room around the players. Yeah, like disbelief, um, 386 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:29,639 Speaker 1: and honestly, and that that's after you know, Pittsburgh the 387 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:32,720 Speaker 1: week before was a colossal disappointment. I mean, like I 388 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:35,320 Speaker 1: had written that it was the most disappointing loss of 389 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:37,880 Speaker 1: the Brady era in Tampa, and that was a two 390 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:41,720 Speaker 1: point loss, you know, basically on a mis conversion, and 391 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:44,159 Speaker 1: then you go from that to barely getting on the 392 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:48,480 Speaker 1: scoreboard at all. You know, Carolinas one in five traded away, 393 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:51,760 Speaker 1: you know if they're franchise running back three days earlier 394 00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:54,040 Speaker 1: and still managed to rush for a hundred thirty nine 395 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:58,040 Speaker 1: in the second half on them. Um, yeah, Sunday in Charlotte. 396 00:22:58,040 --> 00:22:59,920 Speaker 1: Pretty much everything that could go wrong and went wrong, 397 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:03,560 Speaker 1: and that makes their This makes this Ravens game a 398 00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:06,280 Speaker 1: really big one for him. Now we'll get to Brady 399 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:08,919 Speaker 1: in a moment, but I just I'm curious who's taken 400 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:13,080 Speaker 1: more heat this week, whether it's fans, um, I don't 401 00:23:13,080 --> 00:23:18,000 Speaker 1: know the front office, um ownership, but the defense, which 402 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:20,320 Speaker 1: has kind of been a rock in the Bulls era 403 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:24,600 Speaker 1: with Brady. Of course, right got just run over by Carolina. 404 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:26,920 Speaker 1: But at the same time, Byron Leftwitch and I swear 405 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:30,679 Speaker 1: Byron Leftwich when he and Brady kind of we're together 406 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:32,679 Speaker 1: doing the Super Bowl run two years ago. Everybody's like, oh, 407 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:35,000 Speaker 1: Byron Leftwitch in line to get a job. I mean, 408 00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:37,960 Speaker 1: the offense has been anemic this year. Who which side 409 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:40,879 Speaker 1: has been a bigger disappointment? Oh, the offense is definitely 410 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:44,560 Speaker 1: a much much bigger disappointment. That defense is probably better 411 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:46,359 Speaker 1: than they were last year. I mean they've given up 412 00:23:46,359 --> 00:23:50,200 Speaker 1: to your points, they're dealing with injuries. Um, but to 413 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:53,080 Speaker 1: be I mean and honestly against the Ravens, it's they're 414 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:54,480 Speaker 1: they're gonna be hurting it at there. I mean, they're 415 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:57,040 Speaker 1: down four their top six dbs. They might not have 416 00:23:57,040 --> 00:23:59,120 Speaker 1: a Keen Hicks again, which is not what you want 417 00:23:59,119 --> 00:24:02,880 Speaker 1: to hear against top five running attack. But no, the defense, 418 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:06,639 Speaker 1: I would say statistically is probably outperformed expectations. Where in 419 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:09,919 Speaker 1: the offense is is probably two touchdowns a game worse 420 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:12,760 Speaker 1: than than they were a year ago. Is there a 421 00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:15,160 Speaker 1: is there a way to pinpoint that those offensive woes? 422 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:17,440 Speaker 1: I know, the offensive line has been a train wreck, 423 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:21,280 Speaker 1: the injuries have been significant, the abrupt retirement. But at 424 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:23,720 Speaker 1: the same time, it feels like Brady historically has done 425 00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:26,800 Speaker 1: well with like the scat back out of the backfield 426 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:29,359 Speaker 1: who can catch passes James White if you remember him 427 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:32,280 Speaker 1: in New England. They had a couple other like shifty guys, 428 00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:34,080 Speaker 1: so Brady could just dump it off and make plays. 429 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:37,480 Speaker 1: What ails this offense right now, Yeah, there's a lot 430 00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:40,400 Speaker 1: wrong with it. It definitely starts with the offensive line. Um, 431 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:42,480 Speaker 1: they have three new starters on the interior. You know, 432 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:45,320 Speaker 1: lost a pair of pro bowlers, you know, Alan Mark 433 00:24:45,359 --> 00:24:48,240 Speaker 1: pat their left guard retired kind of unexpectedly the spring, 434 00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:51,760 Speaker 1: and then they lose a Pro Bowl center, Ryan Jensen 435 00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:53,560 Speaker 1: to a knee injury in the second day of training camp. 436 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:57,960 Speaker 1: So you have to very young, inexperienced starters and left 437 00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:00,199 Speaker 1: guard and stander. I think Robert Haines has to be 438 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:03,440 Speaker 1: held up pretty well. Uh the rookie look, Luke Getticky, 439 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:06,480 Speaker 1: who's their left guard, has struggled and he's faced a 440 00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:09,800 Speaker 1: really good lineup of d tackles every week, but he 441 00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:12,919 Speaker 1: hasn't handled it well. So he's actually out for the 442 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:15,960 Speaker 1: Ravens game. Um that they set a foot injury, but 443 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:18,520 Speaker 1: he had already kind of drifted into a platoon where 444 00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:21,879 Speaker 1: he was rotating with his backup Sunday at Carolina. So 445 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:24,600 Speaker 1: they'll go with a guy named Nick Leverett, another young guy. 446 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:28,360 Speaker 1: Um has has played before but doesn't have a lot 447 00:25:28,359 --> 00:25:30,120 Speaker 1: of experience. And I mean they're just hoping he can 448 00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:32,560 Speaker 1: be better than Gettick he's been so far. I look 449 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:34,959 Speaker 1: at even tight end, you know, the gronk loss obviously 450 00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:37,440 Speaker 1: is massive. But now Cameron Brad looks like he may 451 00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:40,199 Speaker 1: not go. And I'm on the depth chart and I 452 00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:43,440 Speaker 1: see a gentleman by the name of Kate Atton says, 453 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:45,040 Speaker 1: I've never heard his name in my life. Is he 454 00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:47,600 Speaker 1: going to be the starter? Yeah? No, k and Kons 455 00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:50,480 Speaker 1: the guy you'll you'll definitely see a lot of against 456 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:53,639 Speaker 1: the Ravens. UM fourth round pick out of Washington, the 457 00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:55,760 Speaker 1: guy they really liked. A thirty five yard catch there 458 00:25:55,800 --> 00:26:00,720 Speaker 1: was their biggest play against Carolina. UM, they've got really 459 00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:02,840 Speaker 1: very little out of the tight end position. Cam Braid 460 00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:06,000 Speaker 1: had a concussion, came back, sprained his neck, so he's 461 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:09,240 Speaker 1: this is now the third game Hill mess. Kyle Rudolph 462 00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:11,680 Speaker 1: has been a massive disappointment. I mean, he has two 463 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:14,560 Speaker 1: catches in the two games he's played in, but he's 464 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:18,280 Speaker 1: been a healthy scratch five times already. UM. Behind a 465 00:26:18,359 --> 00:26:21,560 Speaker 1: six round draft pick, k Doten is a guy that 466 00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:24,800 Speaker 1: Brady likes and has has already shown some things. I 467 00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:27,840 Speaker 1: think he leads all rookie tight ends and in receiving yards. 468 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:30,600 Speaker 1: Right now, it's not a a great class at tight end, 469 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:32,960 Speaker 1: but he's somebody they really like and somebody you know 470 00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:35,239 Speaker 1: has made in the last two or three weeks, has 471 00:26:35,240 --> 00:26:39,639 Speaker 1: really stepped up and started making place. So the defensive line, UM, 472 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:43,720 Speaker 1: you know they they haven't graded out great against Pro 473 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:49,119 Speaker 1: Football Focus. Uh, the lineback like Devin White, who's been incredible. 474 00:26:49,359 --> 00:26:51,200 Speaker 1: H the kid I believe and went to l s U. 475 00:26:51,320 --> 00:26:54,720 Speaker 1: He grades out as the seventy of seventy nine linebackers. 476 00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:57,400 Speaker 1: What the hell happened to Devin White? Yeah, he's Uh, 477 00:26:57,400 --> 00:26:59,680 Speaker 1: it's it's a bad thing. He's I think he's number 478 00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:03,080 Speaker 1: four or in the league in percentage of tackles that 479 00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:07,000 Speaker 1: are missed tackles. It's like, um, and he's always been 480 00:27:07,040 --> 00:27:09,640 Speaker 1: a quick guy, and he's just not getting into gaps right, 481 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:13,040 Speaker 1: he's not in the right place. He's missing assignments. Um. 482 00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:15,000 Speaker 1: You go back to Pittsburgh and he misses on the 483 00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:17,119 Speaker 1: opening drive and lets Naja Harris go in for an 484 00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:21,240 Speaker 1: easy touchdown. Um, so he's in a big spot. I mean, 485 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:23,560 Speaker 1: Devin White is he's good. It has a fifth year option. 486 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:26,280 Speaker 1: But if he has a good year this year, you 487 00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:28,400 Speaker 1: go back to I mean he was I want to say, 488 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:33,160 Speaker 1: he was NFC Defensive Player of the Month in September. Um, 489 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:35,000 Speaker 1: and you're thinking, Wow, this guy's you know, really set 490 00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:37,919 Speaker 1: himself up where if he just has that for the 491 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:39,600 Speaker 1: rest of the year, he's gonna get locked up in 492 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:41,959 Speaker 1: one of these you know, five year, hundred ten million 493 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:45,879 Speaker 1: dollar contracts. And what he's done is he's he's played 494 00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:49,320 Speaker 1: poorly enough that that that that's in question. That's not 495 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:51,480 Speaker 1: a lot right now. I mean they've got Lavonte David 496 00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:55,480 Speaker 1: who's playing, you know, in his eleventh season, potentially his 497 00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:57,920 Speaker 1: last season, and they want to go to know that 498 00:27:57,960 --> 00:27:59,680 Speaker 1: they can kind of pass the torch and have Devin 499 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:02,000 Speaker 1: White step in as a leader as a linebacker in 500 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,800 Speaker 1: the middle of the defense. And he hasn't been that. Um, 501 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:06,480 Speaker 1: if you go back to the first two games, was 502 00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:09,879 Speaker 1: definitely there making all kinds of plays. But the flash 503 00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:11,879 Speaker 1: place have gone away. The Bucks have had no takeaways 504 00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:15,720 Speaker 1: as a defense in the last three games. Um, wild things. 505 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:18,160 Speaker 1: They haven't turned the ball over either for three games. 506 00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:20,080 Speaker 1: It's the only team in the Super Bowl Air to 507 00:28:20,119 --> 00:28:24,840 Speaker 1: go three straight games with no turnovers either way. That's 508 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:27,720 Speaker 1: kind of starting. I'm the only idiot, probably not the 509 00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:30,520 Speaker 1: only idiot, but I was on them against Atlanta and 510 00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:33,000 Speaker 1: I saw that. You know, they won, but they let 511 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:35,040 Speaker 1: Atlanta in the back door the fourth quarter, they looked 512 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:37,080 Speaker 1: like they stopped playing. They got the benefit of a 513 00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:40,240 Speaker 1: late flag on that Brady hit that maybe saved him. 514 00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:42,480 Speaker 1: And then they go to Pittsburgh. I'm like, Pittsburgh missing 515 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:45,880 Speaker 1: everybody in the secondary. Come on and Tampa loses out right, 516 00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:49,760 Speaker 1: and then Carolina fire sale and I was on Tampa 517 00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:54,600 Speaker 1: Bay again. And I don't know, Greg, this un characteristic 518 00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:58,680 Speaker 1: of Brady. I'm just curious, Like, you know, after that 519 00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:02,720 Speaker 1: Carolina game, did you sense anything like people are starting 520 00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:05,440 Speaker 1: to doubt one another in that locker room? Yeah, I 521 00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:08,280 Speaker 1: mean what you'll hear is that guys will say, we've 522 00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:10,800 Speaker 1: got to keep everybody together, and and I always feel 523 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:13,160 Speaker 1: like when they have to say that, there's a risk 524 00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:15,760 Speaker 1: of not doing that, you know, like normal normal, you 525 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:18,000 Speaker 1: don't have to hear that from guys in the locker room. 526 00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:20,400 Speaker 1: And I heard that multiple times in the locker room 527 00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:22,640 Speaker 1: in Carolina. Was that, you know, the main thing is 528 00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:24,680 Speaker 1: we gotta, you know, get back to work. We gotta 529 00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:28,000 Speaker 1: keep everybody together, because what happens is is the defense 530 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:31,320 Speaker 1: starts point fingers at the offense and vice versa. Um. 531 00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:33,240 Speaker 1: You know, defense had a good game for about two 532 00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:36,080 Speaker 1: and a half quarters where they've given up a touchdown, 533 00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:38,200 Speaker 1: but it was seven nothing. They had three straight three 534 00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:41,680 Speaker 1: and ounce to start the second half, and then eventually, 535 00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:43,480 Speaker 1: I mean it's like the offense keeps giving it back 536 00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:45,680 Speaker 1: and it's you know, time of possession isn't working in 537 00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:49,120 Speaker 1: your favor, and the defense starts looking like a gas 538 00:29:49,160 --> 00:29:52,600 Speaker 1: defense and starts missing assignments and gives up a sixty 539 00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:54,880 Speaker 1: yard run and gives up all kinds of rushing yards 540 00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:59,280 Speaker 1: to back up running backs. Yeah, and you know you 541 00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:01,760 Speaker 1: mentioned finger pointing, and this is where it gets fascinating 542 00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:03,640 Speaker 1: because you know, you look at a defense. I know 543 00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:05,560 Speaker 1: you said they've been good, but like, who is the 544 00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:08,160 Speaker 1: leader of that defense? Could it be Devin White? Given 545 00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:11,080 Speaker 1: how poorly he's played? And I wonder is there someone 546 00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:13,680 Speaker 1: in that defense that could would be willing to call 547 00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:17,160 Speaker 1: out Tom Brady in the offense? Yeah, I don't know that. 548 00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:18,880 Speaker 1: That's a tough one because I mean, the guy, the 549 00:30:18,920 --> 00:30:20,880 Speaker 1: guy brought a ring two years ago. He's got seven 550 00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:23,680 Speaker 1: of them. So if there's anybody that's kind of beyond reproach, 551 00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:27,160 Speaker 1: it's a tough sal to to call out Brady. Um. 552 00:30:27,320 --> 00:30:30,000 Speaker 1: But no, they have leaders in that locker, and they've 553 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:31,959 Speaker 1: lost some of their veteran leaders up front. I mean, 554 00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:33,960 Speaker 1: you think about in Dominican Sue. You think about Jason 555 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:37,040 Speaker 1: Barrett paul Um, they're gone, and I think a Keen 556 00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:39,200 Speaker 1: Hicks is there to kind of take sus pice, but 557 00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:42,520 Speaker 1: he's been physically gone for the last five games, so 558 00:30:42,720 --> 00:30:45,240 Speaker 1: they definitely are. You know, Logan Ryan, who would be 559 00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:47,240 Speaker 1: an absolute leader in the secondary, is on I R 560 00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:50,560 Speaker 1: right now and end up missing six games. Um, so 561 00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:55,160 Speaker 1: there's a void of the experienced leadership. Lavante David is 562 00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:57,160 Speaker 1: still there and he's absolutely you know, kind of the 563 00:30:57,160 --> 00:31:00,320 Speaker 1: most tenured the anchor guy in the middle there, but 564 00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:05,160 Speaker 1: there's there's definitely less um leadership on the defensive side 565 00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:07,840 Speaker 1: than they had a year ago. Fox Sports Radio has 566 00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:10,800 Speaker 1: the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all 567 00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:14,160 Speaker 1: of our shows at Fox Sports Radio dot com and 568 00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:16,800 Speaker 1: within the I Heart Radio app. Search f s R 569 00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:20,160 Speaker 1: to listen live. So let's get to Brady, who in 570 00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:22,560 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh was pointing fingers at the offensive line and kind 571 00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:26,040 Speaker 1: of f bombing him. Yeah, you know, listen, it's easy 572 00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:28,680 Speaker 1: to bring up the divorce with the wife and the distraction, 573 00:31:29,240 --> 00:31:32,240 Speaker 1: but I'm still I'm still puzzled by that whole trip 574 00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:36,200 Speaker 1: for Craft's wedding. Um, listen, you you got your ear 575 00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:38,240 Speaker 1: to the ground in the locker room, have had there 576 00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:40,920 Speaker 1: been gripes about that Brady's not locked any misses every 577 00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:43,280 Speaker 1: Wednesday or whatever. It is obviously not this week because 578 00:31:43,280 --> 00:31:46,200 Speaker 1: of the short week. But at what point does Brady 579 00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:49,640 Speaker 1: mr Seven Super Bowl rings? Does he lose his equity 580 00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:53,440 Speaker 1: with the team? Yeah, it's I mean publicly, they're certainly 581 00:31:53,440 --> 00:31:55,240 Speaker 1: not saying that publicly. I think they're saying he's as 582 00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:58,360 Speaker 1: commun as anybody is, um And to be clear, like, hey, 583 00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:00,640 Speaker 1: they announced he was gonna take when days off as 584 00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:03,680 Speaker 1: maintenance days, and he really hasn't since he took a 585 00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:06,640 Speaker 1: rest date today, but I think five of the six 586 00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:09,200 Speaker 1: since they said he was gonna take wednesdays off, we 587 00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:11,400 Speaker 1: keep seeing him out there and it's a weird thing 588 00:32:11,400 --> 00:32:13,239 Speaker 1: to have to ask a coach like why is your 589 00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:16,600 Speaker 1: quarterback practicing? You know? But but he is, and and 590 00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:18,520 Speaker 1: we couldn't tell it. That was like out of spite, 591 00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:21,760 Speaker 1: annoyed at the backlash that he might want or need 592 00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:27,840 Speaker 1: maintenance days at age. But he's been out there very consistently. Uh. 593 00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:31,160 Speaker 1: Regardless of that, it's a bad look to take a 594 00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:35,160 Speaker 1: private jet to go to your former owners private wedding 595 00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:38,000 Speaker 1: the Friday night before a game, and it'd be better 596 00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:41,240 Speaker 1: if you came out and wipe that team off the field. 597 00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:43,520 Speaker 1: But to come out and open three for ten and 598 00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:47,200 Speaker 1: fall behind and lose to a one win Steelers team, 599 00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:50,760 Speaker 1: you're asking for people to question if that impacted you 600 00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:55,560 Speaker 1: or your teammates or the offense um because he's a 601 00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:57,600 Speaker 1: tone center. I mean, he's a guy that you know 602 00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:00,760 Speaker 1: for years, all you heard was every practice matters and 603 00:33:00,800 --> 00:33:04,520 Speaker 1: every snap of every practice matters, UM, And now you know, 604 00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:08,280 Speaker 1: I think maybe it's just the conditional aspect of him 605 00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:10,880 Speaker 1: coming back out of retirement. But they got a Tom 606 00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:13,760 Speaker 1: Brady that that's gonna need eleven days off in August 607 00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:16,640 Speaker 1: to be away from the team, and he's gonna go 608 00:33:16,760 --> 00:33:20,600 Speaker 1: to a craft wedding two nights before a ball game, 609 00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:24,320 Speaker 1: and he was there Friday. He missed a Saturday walk 610 00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:27,280 Speaker 1: through that there's not a lot of revelatory details in 611 00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:31,600 Speaker 1: a Saturday walk through. Again, if you're not playing that well. 612 00:33:31,680 --> 00:33:34,400 Speaker 1: And even when they were winning, they had four field 613 00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:36,720 Speaker 1: goals against Dallas, they weren't good in the red zone, 614 00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:39,160 Speaker 1: they weren't cramped. At no point have they really looked 615 00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:44,320 Speaker 1: like Bucks offense in seven games this season, so you're 616 00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:47,360 Speaker 1: just exposing yourself to extra criticism when you do something 617 00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:50,040 Speaker 1: like that. I'm just did anybody ask Tom how many 618 00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:52,360 Speaker 1: walk throughs have you missed in your career? I guarantee 619 00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:55,920 Speaker 1: no I haven't. It's not many, I can tell you that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 620 00:33:56,080 --> 00:34:01,440 Speaker 1: Um So back before Arians left, he was a gruff 621 00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:05,320 Speaker 1: uh tough like him and Brady reportedly had a bunch of, 622 00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:07,920 Speaker 1: you know, confrontations. There was this whole thing about on 623 00:34:07,960 --> 00:34:10,200 Speaker 1: the bye week they mended and that led to the 624 00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:14,240 Speaker 1: Super Bowl run or what have you. But Arian's gone 625 00:34:14,440 --> 00:34:18,120 Speaker 1: and now Todd Bull's there. Bulls doesn't. Is not the 626 00:34:18,160 --> 00:34:21,480 Speaker 1: same dude as Arians, not, not the same personality, doesn't 627 00:34:21,480 --> 00:34:24,960 Speaker 1: have the rich history. I mean, listen, Bulls with the Jets. 628 00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:28,520 Speaker 1: Now he didn't have a great quarterback, but they couldn't 629 00:34:28,520 --> 00:34:32,560 Speaker 1: win anything, right. It's just I wonder is that under 630 00:34:33,239 --> 00:34:35,879 Speaker 1: underplayed aspect to this? Yeah? I mean I think Todd 631 00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:38,840 Speaker 1: Bowles has a great respect within this locker room because 632 00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:41,279 Speaker 1: his defense was a big part of why they won 633 00:34:41,320 --> 00:34:42,600 Speaker 1: that Super Bowl. You know, you go back to that 634 00:34:42,640 --> 00:34:45,200 Speaker 1: game to hold the Chiefs that a touchdown. They won 635 00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:47,600 Speaker 1: thirty one nine, but that nine was a really impressive 636 00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:49,880 Speaker 1: nine if you remember that chiefs Offense and who Patrick 637 00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:52,640 Speaker 1: Mahomes was that year, So I think he has all 638 00:34:52,680 --> 00:34:55,760 Speaker 1: the authority he needs in the locker room. Um. What's 639 00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:59,840 Speaker 1: what's different is that when the Buck struggled under Bruce, 640 00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:04,920 Speaker 1: you know, you heard very honest, blunt critical Bruce calling 641 00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:07,600 Speaker 1: people out, and that's not who Todd Balls is. So 642 00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:10,479 Speaker 1: we haven't heard that, you know. I think he's still 643 00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:15,600 Speaker 1: kind of been a positive guy. Um. And that's probably 644 00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:18,239 Speaker 1: the biggest contrast. I think he and Bruce behind the 645 00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:20,680 Speaker 1: scenes are very much kind of the same kind of coach. 646 00:35:20,920 --> 00:35:23,759 Speaker 1: He'll cuss people out, he'll call people out in meetings, 647 00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:26,000 Speaker 1: but he's not really doing it on the podium. So 648 00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:29,239 Speaker 1: it's a little bit of a different feel. Um. And 649 00:35:29,280 --> 00:35:31,239 Speaker 1: there's there's all. I mean, Bruce is still here. That's 650 00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:32,880 Speaker 1: the other thing that makes this awkward is that Bruce 651 00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:35,440 Speaker 1: arians is still a consultant on this team, still in 652 00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:38,920 Speaker 1: a golf card at practice, still wheeling around talking to Brady, 653 00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:42,080 Speaker 1: talking to coaches. He he hasn't left, So you have 654 00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:45,640 Speaker 1: that weird kind of emeritus role where you know people 655 00:35:45,680 --> 00:35:47,839 Speaker 1: were asking Balls like, you know, would you would you 656 00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:50,440 Speaker 1: ask Bruce to be more involved to spark the offense, 657 00:35:51,080 --> 00:35:53,080 Speaker 1: and he kind of got defensive. I mean, he's worked 658 00:35:53,080 --> 00:35:55,880 Speaker 1: with Bruce since he was a dB a Temple thirty 659 00:35:55,920 --> 00:35:59,840 Speaker 1: seven years ago. They go back a long way, so 660 00:36:00,239 --> 00:36:04,200 Speaker 1: you don't really hear Todd say anything uh negative about 661 00:36:04,200 --> 00:36:06,200 Speaker 1: Arians at all, but he's like, this isn't Bruce's team, 662 00:36:06,239 --> 00:36:08,760 Speaker 1: this is my team. And if you're looking for a spark, 663 00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:10,720 Speaker 1: you don't look from a spark from a former coach. 664 00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:13,560 Speaker 1: So it was kind of a little bit more more 665 00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:16,359 Speaker 1: put offish than you'd expect to hear there. Maybe well, 666 00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:20,719 Speaker 1: let me ask why is Bruce Arians still around? I 667 00:36:20,719 --> 00:36:21,960 Speaker 1: think he likes to be around. I mean, I think 668 00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:24,759 Speaker 1: they value his opinion. I think he's again, this is 669 00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:27,279 Speaker 1: a staff. I mean, as much as this is titles team, 670 00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:30,920 Speaker 1: he inherited Bruce Arians staff almost intact um. And that's 671 00:36:30,920 --> 00:36:33,240 Speaker 1: fine because they he's worked with all these guys rages, 672 00:36:33,280 --> 00:36:35,279 Speaker 1: But I mean there's five or six guys on the 673 00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:37,640 Speaker 1: staff that go back to Bruce's Temple staff in the 674 00:36:37,719 --> 00:36:41,960 Speaker 1: nineteen eighties and have been with him for decades, so 675 00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:44,600 Speaker 1: so it's all Bruce's guys. Yeah, it's still I mean, 676 00:36:44,719 --> 00:36:49,160 Speaker 1: and obviously Casey Rogers. It was Bowles defensive coordinator with 677 00:36:49,160 --> 00:36:52,240 Speaker 1: the Jets. And there's other guys that Bowles has worked 678 00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:54,920 Speaker 1: with before Bruce and without Bruce, so it's not just 679 00:36:56,080 --> 00:36:59,080 Speaker 1: only Arians guys, but his imprint is still very much 680 00:36:59,080 --> 00:37:01,000 Speaker 1: on this team, is what I mean to say. Interesting. 681 00:37:01,120 --> 00:37:05,120 Speaker 1: How was a relationship greg between Brady and Bruce Arians? 682 00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:09,600 Speaker 1: I think it's fine. We don't see it. Um. You know, 683 00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:11,839 Speaker 1: it was something that came up a lot this offseason 684 00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:16,719 Speaker 1: before Tom had retired, Before and after Bruce had retired. 685 00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:19,839 Speaker 1: There there's a lot of complex transactions going on there, 686 00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:21,480 Speaker 1: and Bruce and made a point to say, no, he 687 00:37:21,520 --> 00:37:24,480 Speaker 1: thinks they're fine. You know, one to golf with him. 688 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:28,240 Speaker 1: He he thinks that a lot of the supposed friction 689 00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:31,640 Speaker 1: between them, in terms of the coup or forcing anybody 690 00:37:31,640 --> 00:37:34,839 Speaker 1: out there, has been vastly overblown. Brady has said as 691 00:37:34,920 --> 00:37:36,759 Speaker 1: much again, and I don't know that either party would 692 00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:39,920 Speaker 1: really admit to something if it didn't, but they've been 693 00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:44,440 Speaker 1: fairly adamant in again, appearing in each other's charity events 694 00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:46,840 Speaker 1: and things like that that you wouldn't necessarily have to 695 00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:48,839 Speaker 1: do if you really didn't like the guy. But as 696 00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:52,200 Speaker 1: somebody who's been around the team, the franchise for a decade. 697 00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:56,920 Speaker 1: What do you think about the Arians Brady relationship. I mean, 698 00:37:56,920 --> 00:37:58,560 Speaker 1: it's I think it's I don't. I don't think it's 699 00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:02,279 Speaker 1: why he left. I think the way that Bruce explained that, Um, 700 00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:03,960 Speaker 1: you know, Bruce will tell you that, you know when 701 00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:07,120 Speaker 1: when Tom came back, his goal all along has been 702 00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:09,719 Speaker 1: able to leave this team to somebody he wanted to coach, 703 00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:13,160 Speaker 1: and he wanted that to be Bowls. And it's it's odd, 704 00:38:13,239 --> 00:38:14,960 Speaker 1: but it's kind of selfless of him to want to 705 00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:17,200 Speaker 1: give Bowls a team with Tom Brady a quarterback as 706 00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:21,280 Speaker 1: opposed to he coaches this year. Whatever they do, they retired, 707 00:38:21,360 --> 00:38:24,359 Speaker 1: it's like, hey, Todd, here's Kyle Trash. Best of luck. 708 00:38:24,840 --> 00:38:28,839 Speaker 1: Um so I get that, and it again, I also 709 00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:32,280 Speaker 1: get why people think that things didn't go that smoothly. 710 00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:34,120 Speaker 1: And the one thing I would say is that if 711 00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:36,640 Speaker 1: if Brady had orchestrated a coup and gotten him out, 712 00:38:37,040 --> 00:38:40,080 Speaker 1: I don't think Bruce would still be awkwardly around this 713 00:38:40,160 --> 00:38:42,160 Speaker 1: team all But yeah, I don't know that I buy 714 00:38:42,160 --> 00:38:43,680 Speaker 1: that you had the power to move him out. You 715 00:38:43,719 --> 00:38:45,800 Speaker 1: could move him out a little bit more completely, is 716 00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:48,920 Speaker 1: all I would say, I'm taking notes as you're talking, 717 00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:52,560 Speaker 1: and um, you know, the whole Wednesday thing with Brady 718 00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:55,000 Speaker 1: just got me wondering when they when did they announce 719 00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:58,319 Speaker 1: He's taken Wednesdays off back in August? Now, this was weak. 720 00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:01,919 Speaker 1: This was week three, I think, and it came out 721 00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:04,200 Speaker 1: and it's one of those where I think rap Sheet 722 00:39:04,239 --> 00:39:07,080 Speaker 1: had it nationally and put it out there first and 723 00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:09,960 Speaker 1: Todd confirmed it. This was like maybe a Monday. We 724 00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:12,560 Speaker 1: asked him on the podium after a game and he 725 00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:14,480 Speaker 1: confirmed it, and Todd kind of did a good job 726 00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:16,480 Speaker 1: of downplaying and saying like, look, we have a lot 727 00:39:16,520 --> 00:39:19,439 Speaker 1: of veterans that are going to get weekly days off. 728 00:39:19,480 --> 00:39:21,080 Speaker 1: It was amusing. This was back when it was a 729 00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:24,799 Speaker 1: thing for Julio Jones to have Wednesday off. Julio has 730 00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:29,080 Speaker 1: played like ten snaps since that day, but um, back 731 00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:31,840 Speaker 1: when he only needed maintenance days, it was like, Julio 732 00:39:31,840 --> 00:39:34,359 Speaker 1: is gonna take Wednesday's off, Chris Godwin's gonna take Friday's off, 733 00:39:34,360 --> 00:39:37,359 Speaker 1: Mikevin's it's gonna take Thursdays off. So he's like, all right, well, 734 00:39:37,360 --> 00:39:40,160 Speaker 1: there's like five veteran types that want to have rest 735 00:39:40,239 --> 00:39:43,239 Speaker 1: days just to just to ease the physical burden on them, 736 00:39:43,640 --> 00:39:46,399 Speaker 1: and Brady happens to be one of them. And then again, 737 00:39:46,440 --> 00:39:49,359 Speaker 1: to make it even stranger, Brady then refused to take 738 00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:52,279 Speaker 1: his Wednesday's off, and we'd see him and he's there 739 00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:54,600 Speaker 1: working out on Wednesday, and it's like you, you're kind 740 00:39:54,600 --> 00:39:57,040 Speaker 1: of checking the practice report to make sure they're including 741 00:39:57,120 --> 00:40:01,239 Speaker 1: him correctly when he works. Um, so it's strange. But 742 00:40:01,280 --> 00:40:03,480 Speaker 1: again it's it's I think Brady just showing that he 743 00:40:03,520 --> 00:40:08,239 Speaker 1: wants to be there and yeah, well, speculative, but I'm 744 00:40:08,239 --> 00:40:11,799 Speaker 1: looking at the schedule. So in week three, there was 745 00:40:11,840 --> 00:40:15,000 Speaker 1: no talk of Brady gisel divorce. This was like they 746 00:40:15,040 --> 00:40:18,960 Speaker 1: were two and oh heading into that game against the Packers. 747 00:40:19,560 --> 00:40:23,399 Speaker 1: I wonder if that was Brady saying, Hey, I need 748 00:40:23,400 --> 00:40:25,279 Speaker 1: I need to spend more time with my family. Um, 749 00:40:25,360 --> 00:40:27,399 Speaker 1: things are not going well, so I'm gonna take Wednesday's off. 750 00:40:28,080 --> 00:40:30,520 Speaker 1: What do you think about that? Guess it could be 751 00:40:31,239 --> 00:40:33,600 Speaker 1: purely speculative, right, and it could be they got to 752 00:40:33,640 --> 00:40:36,279 Speaker 1: a point where things are irreconcilable and he said so 753 00:40:36,360 --> 00:40:38,640 Speaker 1: he's now back at practice. Yeah, so he's like, I 754 00:40:38,640 --> 00:40:40,880 Speaker 1: don't need to take Wednesdays because my wife is not 755 00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:42,920 Speaker 1: hanging out with me. Oh man, what a mess. I 756 00:40:42,960 --> 00:40:48,440 Speaker 1: am just curious. Tom Brady looks visibly thinner. Um, And 757 00:40:48,480 --> 00:40:50,120 Speaker 1: I know, listen, that's a silly question to ask a 758 00:40:50,120 --> 00:40:52,560 Speaker 1: guy who covers the NFL. But when he stands with 759 00:40:52,640 --> 00:40:57,520 Speaker 1: the podium, he just looks he looks thinner. I don't know, Greg, 760 00:40:57,560 --> 00:41:01,319 Speaker 1: you married, yes, yeah, okay, So I don't know. When 761 00:41:01,360 --> 00:41:03,520 Speaker 1: you go through stressful times with the wife, maybe you're 762 00:41:03,560 --> 00:41:07,279 Speaker 1: eating less, you lose weight. It's tough. What do you 763 00:41:07,320 --> 00:41:09,839 Speaker 1: make of this, like brady new look, because he does 764 00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:13,239 Speaker 1: look like considerably thinner or stress the hell out. I 765 00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:15,359 Speaker 1: don't know which one would you think? Yeah, he looks 766 00:41:15,360 --> 00:41:17,080 Speaker 1: a little little gone through the face. You see the 767 00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:19,480 Speaker 1: kind of the cheek bones more than maybe I'm not 768 00:41:19,560 --> 00:41:23,680 Speaker 1: like pulling up old photos to they compare. But um, 769 00:41:23,760 --> 00:41:25,560 Speaker 1: you definitely hear that a lot from fans. They definitely 770 00:41:25,600 --> 00:41:27,879 Speaker 1: pick up on that. There was that. But even back 771 00:41:27,880 --> 00:41:30,560 Speaker 1: in Spring, I had taken a thick picture at the 772 00:41:30,640 --> 00:41:33,319 Speaker 1: Ring of Honor ceremony to Spring and like his hair 773 00:41:33,440 --> 00:41:35,160 Speaker 1: wasn't a bad light or his skin wasn't in the 774 00:41:35,239 --> 00:41:38,239 Speaker 1: right light, and people were ripping up him down. I mean, 775 00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:42,640 Speaker 1: so it's okay if every once in a while too. Um. 776 00:41:42,680 --> 00:41:45,319 Speaker 1: I guess we could wrap up with let's say the 777 00:41:45,320 --> 00:41:48,680 Speaker 1: Bucks don't show up, Ravens beat him and they fall 778 00:41:48,760 --> 00:41:51,360 Speaker 1: to three and five? Is this officially defcon one for 779 00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:53,520 Speaker 1: Brady in the Bucks? I know the division is a joke, 780 00:41:53,600 --> 00:41:56,200 Speaker 1: so they still have a really good chance. But I 781 00:41:56,200 --> 00:41:59,160 Speaker 1: think at some point the Saints are gonna get healthy. Um, 782 00:41:59,320 --> 00:42:00,879 Speaker 1: and I think they'll make a run. I don't buy 783 00:42:00,880 --> 00:42:03,759 Speaker 1: the Panthers or the Falcons as much, but it's three 784 00:42:03,760 --> 00:42:06,840 Speaker 1: and five, like, oh, we've got major problems. Are we 785 00:42:06,880 --> 00:42:09,760 Speaker 1: already there? Oh? No, they're already there. I mean, and honestly, 786 00:42:09,800 --> 00:42:11,960 Speaker 1: their next game is the Rams, who are three and 787 00:42:11,960 --> 00:42:14,680 Speaker 1: o against Tom Brady with the Bucks. So it's it's 788 00:42:14,680 --> 00:42:17,400 Speaker 1: not getting prettier. Um, they'll be three and six if 789 00:42:17,400 --> 00:42:18,759 Speaker 1: they lose those two, and then they have to go 790 00:42:18,880 --> 00:42:22,919 Speaker 1: across the ocean and play a much tougher Seahawks team 791 00:42:22,920 --> 00:42:26,560 Speaker 1: than they probably expected to face in Munich. Um, you 792 00:42:26,600 --> 00:42:28,480 Speaker 1: know you gotta win in Germany to get to four 793 00:42:28,520 --> 00:42:30,600 Speaker 1: and six. That's not something Tom Brady saw when he 794 00:42:30,640 --> 00:42:34,320 Speaker 1: came out of retirement. Um. I think there's an urgency 795 00:42:34,520 --> 00:42:38,439 Speaker 1: right now very much. Could they take an extra loss. Yes, 796 00:42:38,440 --> 00:42:42,120 Speaker 1: I mean Baltimore was probably one of their tougher games 797 00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:44,279 Speaker 1: just based on who they are going into the year. 798 00:42:44,320 --> 00:42:47,400 Speaker 1: So it's not surprising if they lose that game. But 799 00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:50,360 Speaker 1: if if they're three and six, even in a crappy 800 00:42:50,440 --> 00:42:52,400 Speaker 1: NFC South, that that's a tough hold to dig youre 801 00:42:52,480 --> 00:42:54,399 Speaker 1: ray out of that. I don't think the division leader 802 00:42:54,400 --> 00:42:58,439 Speaker 1: will be better than four and five probably, but now 803 00:42:58,480 --> 00:43:00,440 Speaker 1: you have to win. You have to sweep your remaining 804 00:43:00,600 --> 00:43:04,719 Speaker 1: division games and just be a completely lackluster nine and 805 00:43:04,760 --> 00:43:06,840 Speaker 1: eight division champ and hope you just get it together 806 00:43:06,840 --> 00:43:09,080 Speaker 1: and get healthy in the playoffs. Yeah, would you lose 807 00:43:09,080 --> 00:43:11,720 Speaker 1: to Carolina and Pittsburgh, two teams that are probably drafting 808 00:43:11,719 --> 00:43:14,840 Speaker 1: in the top ten. It's right? Whoa And listen, they 809 00:43:14,920 --> 00:43:16,920 Speaker 1: didn't really separate from the Falcons. I know they were 810 00:43:16,960 --> 00:43:20,040 Speaker 1: up twenty one nothing, right, and and it's like, you know, 811 00:43:20,040 --> 00:43:22,600 Speaker 1: they struggled that Saints game. I was on the Saint 812 00:43:22,640 --> 00:43:25,360 Speaker 1: so I remember nothing. I mean Saints was three nothing 813 00:43:25,360 --> 00:43:28,240 Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter. Yeah, so all of a sudden, 814 00:43:28,320 --> 00:43:30,799 Speaker 1: they don't look like the juggernaut they used to be. 815 00:43:30,960 --> 00:43:34,080 Speaker 1: I am one last question, Um, you know Brady has 816 00:43:34,440 --> 00:43:37,279 Speaker 1: is squelching any talk of walking away, and he says, 817 00:43:37,320 --> 00:43:40,120 Speaker 1: I'm not a quitter, And my instant thought is, dude, 818 00:43:40,120 --> 00:43:42,120 Speaker 1: you're you're quitting on your family. They will they want 819 00:43:42,160 --> 00:43:46,439 Speaker 1: you home. But do you think this is Brady's final year? Yes? 820 00:43:46,760 --> 00:43:49,600 Speaker 1: And I again, I mean he's already retired and unretired 821 00:43:49,640 --> 00:43:51,640 Speaker 1: once year, so I don't say that with authority, but 822 00:43:51,680 --> 00:43:54,200 Speaker 1: if I had to answer, I think it is. I mean, 823 00:43:54,239 --> 00:43:57,680 Speaker 1: like you see Matt Ryan in Indeed, and you're reminded 824 00:43:57,719 --> 00:44:03,200 Speaker 1: of of how poorly these eight career final chapter type 825 00:44:03,280 --> 00:44:06,360 Speaker 1: changes can go. And at least here Brady has a 826 00:44:06,400 --> 00:44:10,120 Speaker 1: super Bowl in a division title, and this third year 827 00:44:10,200 --> 00:44:13,240 Speaker 1: might go off the rails. But I mean, short of Peyton, 828 00:44:13,239 --> 00:44:16,160 Speaker 1: Manning and Denver, there's not many final acts that have 829 00:44:16,239 --> 00:44:18,759 Speaker 1: gone better for the quarterback, even with this being a 830 00:44:18,800 --> 00:44:22,400 Speaker 1: disappointing year. So for him to gamble again and go 831 00:44:22,520 --> 00:44:25,000 Speaker 1: somewhere else, I think it's just I think he I 832 00:44:25,000 --> 00:44:27,040 Speaker 1: think he'll probably be aware that there's a good chance 833 00:44:27,080 --> 00:44:29,759 Speaker 1: it doesn't work out as well as it did his 834 00:44:29,840 --> 00:44:33,080 Speaker 1: first year, the last type he changed teams. Alright, Greg Allman, 835 00:44:33,360 --> 00:44:35,560 Speaker 1: uh the athletic Greg Hey, thanks a lot for taking 836 00:44:35,560 --> 00:44:38,200 Speaker 1: the time. Good luck the rest of the way. You're 837 00:44:38,200 --> 00:44:40,680 Speaker 1: gonna be in high demand. Man. This Bucks team boof 838 00:44:41,080 --> 00:44:43,720 Speaker 1: a lot of drama. Thanks man, have a good one. 839 00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:47,800 Speaker 1: The only thing better than sitting on your couch watching 840 00:44:47,840 --> 00:44:52,000 Speaker 1: the game. He's making money while you do it. Here's 841 00:44:52,080 --> 00:44:57,560 Speaker 1: your best bet. Good stuff from Greg ahmen, unless, of course, 842 00:44:57,600 --> 00:45:01,000 Speaker 1: you are a Bucks fan. And it sounds pretty bleak 843 00:45:01,280 --> 00:45:04,279 Speaker 1: for Tampa Bay. I was just going through how I'm 844 00:45:04,280 --> 00:45:09,399 Speaker 1: gonna bet Tampa Baltimore, and I start making a case 845 00:45:09,400 --> 00:45:11,200 Speaker 1: for Baltimore, and then I look at the injury report 846 00:45:11,200 --> 00:45:14,200 Speaker 1: and I'm like, holy hell, is Mark Andrew is gonna play? 847 00:45:15,080 --> 00:45:16,920 Speaker 1: It's Bate been back, Like what is going on? This 848 00:45:16,920 --> 00:45:19,600 Speaker 1: team is so beat up, it's brutal. And of course 849 00:45:19,640 --> 00:45:23,520 Speaker 1: Greg outlaid the Tampa situation. No Winfield their top cornerback 850 00:45:23,520 --> 00:45:26,759 Speaker 1: on the outside, Carlton Davis is down, Cavin brad obviously out, 851 00:45:26,800 --> 00:45:30,120 Speaker 1: No Russell Gauge, Julio Jones will see Hicks doesn't look 852 00:45:30,120 --> 00:45:32,160 Speaker 1: like he's coming back to stop the run. Like Tampa's 853 00:45:32,160 --> 00:45:35,080 Speaker 1: beat up. She can make a case that who the 854 00:45:35,080 --> 00:45:37,239 Speaker 1: hell knows how to play this game? Tampa at home? 855 00:45:37,280 --> 00:45:39,319 Speaker 1: What does home field mean? I don't know? Remember Tom 856 00:45:39,360 --> 00:45:44,439 Speaker 1: Brady's um nighttime woes. Everybody made all those jokes about 857 00:45:44,480 --> 00:45:47,440 Speaker 1: old Man and Brady would struggle in primetime. He did 858 00:45:47,480 --> 00:45:51,359 Speaker 1: not look good in the opener primetime against Dallas. I mean, 859 00:45:51,520 --> 00:45:54,960 Speaker 1: if there's a play, maybe it's Baltimore in in the 860 00:45:55,000 --> 00:45:57,479 Speaker 1: first half. Baltimore has been the best first half team 861 00:45:57,520 --> 00:46:00,719 Speaker 1: this season scoring wise. I don't know. I mean, I 862 00:46:01,239 --> 00:46:02,960 Speaker 1: I don't think I can bet. You guys know I've 863 00:46:03,000 --> 00:46:04,759 Speaker 1: gone down swing three weeks in a row. If you 864 00:46:04,840 --> 00:46:06,960 Speaker 1: listen to the interview three weeks in a row. In 865 00:46:06,960 --> 00:46:10,520 Speaker 1: the contest with Tampa, I am absolutely not touching them. 866 00:46:10,560 --> 00:46:13,280 Speaker 1: I would not touch him. If you offered me a grand, Jason, 867 00:46:13,320 --> 00:46:15,239 Speaker 1: here's a thousand dollars, I'm just giving it to you. 868 00:46:15,280 --> 00:46:18,000 Speaker 1: Put it on Tampa. I say, no, I'm pocketing that money. 869 00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:20,880 Speaker 1: I'm not putting on it. Rather put on the give 870 00:46:20,880 --> 00:46:22,840 Speaker 1: away all my picks for the weekend yet, because I 871 00:46:22,880 --> 00:46:24,080 Speaker 1: still got a day and I want to look at 872 00:46:24,080 --> 00:46:26,840 Speaker 1: injury ports. But I said, I'll put that grand on Arizona. 873 00:46:27,560 --> 00:46:30,480 Speaker 1: You know, yeah, the Arizona Cardinals road Dogs, baby Cliff 874 00:46:30,560 --> 00:46:36,640 Speaker 1: King's break road dog King. Anyways, I don't know. This 875 00:46:37,040 --> 00:46:40,160 Speaker 1: was my most fun scenario with the Tampa situation. Okay, 876 00:46:40,440 --> 00:46:43,560 Speaker 1: so let's say Baltimore wins tonight, Tampa falls to three 877 00:46:43,560 --> 00:46:46,719 Speaker 1: and five. Then this weekend, let's say the Saints lose 878 00:46:46,800 --> 00:46:49,520 Speaker 1: to the Raiders. By the way, still no Marshawn Lattimore practice, 879 00:46:49,560 --> 00:46:52,839 Speaker 1: Still no Michael Thomas, Still no Jervis Landry. I'll say 880 00:46:52,840 --> 00:46:54,640 Speaker 1: I ain't. I wanted to make your kids for the Saints, 881 00:46:54,680 --> 00:46:58,360 Speaker 1: but you don't have Lattimore. They've been destroyed by receivers 882 00:46:59,080 --> 00:47:00,719 Speaker 1: the last two weeks without a lot of more. It's 883 00:47:00,760 --> 00:47:04,719 Speaker 1: been ugly. Now it's Jamar Chase and it was who 884 00:47:04,760 --> 00:47:08,799 Speaker 1: was the other? DeAndre Hopkins had ten catches. Uh, you 885 00:47:08,840 --> 00:47:13,799 Speaker 1: know what's Davante Adams gonna do? Right? So let's say 886 00:47:13,800 --> 00:47:19,360 Speaker 1: the Saints lose, Tampa loses, and Carolina beats. Yes, Carolina 887 00:47:19,440 --> 00:47:22,160 Speaker 1: beats Atlanta. I'm looking hard at Carolina. I didn't bet 888 00:47:22,160 --> 00:47:24,400 Speaker 1: it yet. The numbers kind of getting away from me. 889 00:47:25,520 --> 00:47:27,719 Speaker 1: It's coming down. There's money on Carolina on the road 890 00:47:27,800 --> 00:47:32,680 Speaker 1: in Atlanta. If Carolina beats Atlanta, Folks, your first place 891 00:47:32,760 --> 00:47:39,120 Speaker 1: team in the NFC South is, Yes, the Carolina Panthers, 892 00:47:39,360 --> 00:47:43,879 Speaker 1: the team that fired their head coach and traded their 893 00:47:43,920 --> 00:47:46,960 Speaker 1: franchise player, Christian McCaffrey, who's the face of the franchise, 894 00:47:47,320 --> 00:47:51,280 Speaker 1: and they will now be in first place. That's insanity. 895 00:47:51,360 --> 00:47:53,759 Speaker 1: With the three and five record, every team in the 896 00:47:53,800 --> 00:47:57,000 Speaker 1: division has a negative point differential. Tampa's at zero heading 897 00:47:57,040 --> 00:47:59,239 Speaker 1: into tonight. But if you asked me for a pick, 898 00:47:59,280 --> 00:48:01,680 Speaker 1: ultimately I'd a Baltimore. But listen, you don't have to 899 00:48:01,719 --> 00:48:04,839 Speaker 1: bet every game. You don't. There's no rule that says 900 00:48:04,880 --> 00:48:07,400 Speaker 1: you must bet every game. Of course, not come on, 901 00:48:08,440 --> 00:48:12,840 Speaker 1: I forget the exact war in Buffett quote, but nobody 902 00:48:12,880 --> 00:48:15,480 Speaker 1: has an advantage when they're betting on every horse something 903 00:48:15,480 --> 00:48:17,719 Speaker 1: along those lines. It's like you do. You don't have 904 00:48:17,719 --> 00:48:21,200 Speaker 1: to bet every game. I would lean Baltimore here. Maybe 905 00:48:21,200 --> 00:48:23,880 Speaker 1: there's an in game bet on the Ravens to be 906 00:48:23,920 --> 00:48:25,879 Speaker 1: had if if Tampa goes down with the scripted drive 907 00:48:25,920 --> 00:48:29,480 Speaker 1: and scores first, you get Baltimore to better price. But overall, 908 00:48:30,320 --> 00:48:32,319 Speaker 1: this is kind of a gross game. I I I 909 00:48:32,400 --> 00:48:36,040 Speaker 1: may actually not be watching because there's an event I 910 00:48:36,120 --> 00:48:39,160 Speaker 1: might be going to. We'll see. I don't know, um, 911 00:48:39,200 --> 00:48:43,160 Speaker 1: But that's it for today's podcast. Obviously, we will have 912 00:48:43,239 --> 00:48:46,319 Speaker 1: an NFL Heavy pod on Friday. As we always do, 913 00:48:46,680 --> 00:48:51,480 Speaker 1: decent college football weekend. Keep an eye on Tennessee against Kentucky. 914 00:48:51,640 --> 00:48:53,480 Speaker 1: Kind of an interesting game. But that's all for now. 915 00:48:53,600 --> 00:48:54,280 Speaker 1: Talk to you tomorrow.