1 00:00:04,428 --> 00:00:06,628 Speaker 1: Good Morning Football is the production of the NFL in 2 00:00:06,708 --> 00:00:26,788 Speaker 1: partnership with iHeartRadio. All those single digits not quite yet. 3 00:00:26,788 --> 00:00:28,908 Speaker 1: We're eleven days away from Super Bowl fifty seven. In 4 00:00:28,948 --> 00:00:34,228 Speaker 1: the stage is it's getting there, State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, 5 00:00:34,828 --> 00:00:37,788 Speaker 1: Beautiful Blue Skies. It's gonna be a stunning backdropper. Patrick 6 00:00:37,868 --> 00:00:41,468 Speaker 1: Mahomes and the Chiefs against Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles. 7 00:00:41,508 --> 00:00:43,388 Speaker 1: The two one seats coming in from the AFC in 8 00:00:43,428 --> 00:00:46,468 Speaker 1: the NFC Super Bowl fifty seven kicks off Sunday, February twelve, 9 00:00:46,668 --> 00:00:49,628 Speaker 1: six thirty pm Eastern on Fox. Welcome inside, Good In 10 00:00:49,668 --> 00:00:52,588 Speaker 1: Morning Football, presented by Old Trapper Beeve Jurkey, live here 11 00:00:52,588 --> 00:00:54,348 Speaker 1: in New York City, but our show is spread out 12 00:00:54,388 --> 00:00:56,628 Speaker 1: a little bit. Today It's Wednesday, first of the month. 13 00:00:56,628 --> 00:01:00,028 Speaker 1: In February, I m Jamie Ardold's, Pete Shreger, Jason mccordy, 14 00:01:00,348 --> 00:01:03,508 Speaker 1: Sean O'Hara, and then joining us live from Las Vegas 15 00:01:03,588 --> 00:01:08,028 Speaker 1: is one Kyle Brand. Good morning, Kyle, Hi, Jamie, Hi, everybody. 16 00:01:08,388 --> 00:01:10,548 Speaker 1: I thought it was being flown here by the network 17 00:01:10,588 --> 00:01:12,548 Speaker 1: to be part of the newly imagined Pro Bowl Games 18 00:01:12,548 --> 00:01:14,708 Speaker 1: presented by Verizon but it turns out I'm just here 19 00:01:14,788 --> 00:01:17,428 Speaker 1: so O'Hara could do swingers quotes all week, so we'll 20 00:01:17,428 --> 00:01:20,668 Speaker 1: really enjoy that. Guys. I'm in Las Vegas. I'm right 21 00:01:20,668 --> 00:01:23,548 Speaker 1: here on the balcony overlooking the beautiful Bellagio fountains, and 22 00:01:23,548 --> 00:01:25,828 Speaker 1: am I walk through the lobby at three forty five 23 00:01:25,868 --> 00:01:27,548 Speaker 1: am this morning where you feel like you're walking through 24 00:01:27,588 --> 00:01:30,188 Speaker 1: an actual zoo. I wanted to peek over to the 25 00:01:30,228 --> 00:01:31,988 Speaker 1: sports book. I would never do that, but I wanted 26 00:01:32,028 --> 00:01:34,028 Speaker 1: to see if maybe the Broncos Super Bowl odds have 27 00:01:34,108 --> 00:01:35,748 Speaker 1: changed in the last twenty four hours. I didn't get 28 00:01:35,748 --> 00:01:37,948 Speaker 1: to see. Maybe we'll find out. That's the question, isn't 29 00:01:37,948 --> 00:01:40,708 Speaker 1: a Kyle, don't worry. Sean is just a stopped up 30 00:01:40,748 --> 00:01:42,908 Speaker 1: with movie quotes, so we'll let him. I love that. 31 00:01:42,948 --> 00:01:47,308 Speaker 1: I mean, look, there you go, there you go. All right, Kyle, 32 00:01:47,428 --> 00:01:48,988 Speaker 1: hang with us because we got a couple of topics 33 00:01:48,988 --> 00:01:54,348 Speaker 1: as radio shack your top the lead block, two baby 34 00:01:54,508 --> 00:01:59,908 Speaker 1: boaching hires yesterday Damico Ryans to Houston and Sean Peyton 35 00:02:00,028 --> 00:02:02,548 Speaker 1: Bump Boom Boom to Denver. We're gonna dig into both 36 00:02:02,548 --> 00:02:04,988 Speaker 1: of these right now. We're gonna start with pain Sean Payton. 37 00:02:05,588 --> 00:02:07,748 Speaker 1: Here are the details on the trade that went down 38 00:02:07,788 --> 00:02:10,188 Speaker 1: with the Saints. Now, to keep in mind, Peyton had 39 00:02:10,308 --> 00:02:13,108 Speaker 1: years left on his deal, his contract with the New 40 00:02:13,188 --> 00:02:14,868 Speaker 1: Orleans Saints. That's why it was never going to be 41 00:02:14,908 --> 00:02:17,028 Speaker 1: a straight up higher for Shanton Payton. Wherever he go, 42 00:02:17,108 --> 00:02:18,548 Speaker 1: a deal had to be made. He had to be 43 00:02:18,588 --> 00:02:21,508 Speaker 1: given permission by the Saints to interview and meet with teams. 44 00:02:21,828 --> 00:02:24,468 Speaker 1: He did so with the Broncos, conversations went down a 45 00:02:24,508 --> 00:02:27,428 Speaker 1: lot of different places. It sounds like both in Denver 46 00:02:27,668 --> 00:02:31,508 Speaker 1: and in Los Angeles, but the Broncos wasting no time 47 00:02:31,828 --> 00:02:35,388 Speaker 1: to find proper wardrobe for their new hire. That's the visor. 48 00:02:35,828 --> 00:02:37,468 Speaker 1: I don't know if that's the visor, but it looks 49 00:02:37,508 --> 00:02:39,348 Speaker 1: like one that he may be morning next year on 50 00:02:39,388 --> 00:02:42,028 Speaker 1: the sideline, A big visor guy, Sean Payton is So 51 00:02:42,468 --> 00:02:44,748 Speaker 1: we'll see if he gets a foodie to rock as well. 52 00:02:44,788 --> 00:02:48,348 Speaker 1: But those are his new colors. Sean Payton, headeded and repeater. 53 00:02:48,508 --> 00:02:51,148 Speaker 1: You spent all of last season with Sean on a 54 00:02:51,308 --> 00:02:54,668 Speaker 1: Fox pregame show. You guys were fantastic together, But now 55 00:02:54,668 --> 00:02:56,308 Speaker 1: he's with the Denver Broncos. What do you make of 56 00:02:56,308 --> 00:02:58,988 Speaker 1: this move? Sean Payton and that visor and picturing Kevin 57 00:02:59,068 --> 00:03:01,628 Speaker 1: James in that movie for Netflix that I need now, 58 00:03:01,628 --> 00:03:03,908 Speaker 1: the Sean Payton Kevin James movie in Denver about how 59 00:03:03,948 --> 00:03:06,868 Speaker 1: There's alway down. Peyton went into this season with Fox 60 00:03:06,908 --> 00:03:09,788 Speaker 1: with the expectation was going to be a one year situation, 61 00:03:09,828 --> 00:03:11,308 Speaker 1: but it had to be two years. Fine, but he 62 00:03:11,548 --> 00:03:13,348 Speaker 1: wanted to get back into coaching. He said that to 63 00:03:13,388 --> 00:03:16,268 Speaker 1: anybody who asked, and this offseason as it started, he 64 00:03:16,308 --> 00:03:19,988 Speaker 1: couldn't interview with anybody until January seventeenth. So once that happened, 65 00:03:20,068 --> 00:03:23,428 Speaker 1: things started to ramp up. He really enjoyed his meeting 66 00:03:23,548 --> 00:03:26,468 Speaker 1: in Los Angeles in Orange County that he met with 67 00:03:26,588 --> 00:03:30,068 Speaker 1: the Broncos ownership last Monday, so not this past Monday, 68 00:03:30,108 --> 00:03:32,628 Speaker 1: the Monday before last Monday, and that included Greg Penner, 69 00:03:32,748 --> 00:03:35,708 Speaker 1: the new owner who comes from the Walmart Company and 70 00:03:35,828 --> 00:03:38,628 Speaker 1: is now owning the Denver Broncos, but also Condoleeza Rice 71 00:03:38,748 --> 00:03:40,948 Speaker 1: was in that room, George Peyton, the GM was in 72 00:03:40,988 --> 00:03:43,948 Speaker 1: that room, and several others of the Broncos Leadership Council, 73 00:03:43,988 --> 00:03:46,228 Speaker 1: and he came away thinking, Gosh, I love and the 74 00:03:46,268 --> 00:03:49,228 Speaker 1: big takeaway that he had for me and also some 75 00:03:49,268 --> 00:03:50,588 Speaker 1: of the other people he's been talking to in his 76 00:03:50,628 --> 00:03:53,428 Speaker 1: circle was that is a football town, that is a 77 00:03:53,468 --> 00:03:57,828 Speaker 1: football franchise. They are starving for football greatness. And when 78 00:03:57,828 --> 00:04:00,188 Speaker 1: you look at that bronchos a logo, it's different than 79 00:04:00,228 --> 00:04:01,788 Speaker 1: some of the other logos in the league. So he 80 00:04:01,868 --> 00:04:04,428 Speaker 1: had this feeling of Okay, I'm I'm going to scratch it, 81 00:04:04,548 --> 00:04:05,788 Speaker 1: just gonna be done. But then he met with the 82 00:04:05,828 --> 00:04:08,188 Speaker 1: Cardinals and he was blown away by the Cardinals. He 83 00:04:08,268 --> 00:04:10,508 Speaker 1: then the Cardinals meeting was seven hours long, and he 84 00:04:10,588 --> 00:04:12,628 Speaker 1: loved meeting with them and they had a great meeting. Anything, 85 00:04:12,668 --> 00:04:14,668 Speaker 1: we get to this past Saturday and there's all these 86 00:04:14,708 --> 00:04:16,828 Speaker 1: reports going around that there's no seats left at the 87 00:04:16,828 --> 00:04:18,508 Speaker 1: table for Sean Payton. It might have to be going 88 00:04:18,548 --> 00:04:19,988 Speaker 1: back to Fox. And we asked him on the Fox 89 00:04:20,028 --> 00:04:22,108 Speaker 1: pregame show on Sunday. I said, straight up to him, 90 00:04:22,108 --> 00:04:24,308 Speaker 1: I said, coach, there are reports out there that you 91 00:04:24,428 --> 00:04:25,908 Speaker 1: do not have a seat at the table and you 92 00:04:26,068 --> 00:04:28,388 Speaker 1: will not be returning to coaching in twenty twenty three. 93 00:04:28,388 --> 00:04:30,788 Speaker 1: He said, give it a few days. I'm not saying that. 94 00:04:30,948 --> 00:04:33,708 Speaker 1: There are still several irons in the fire. There were, 95 00:04:33,708 --> 00:04:36,308 Speaker 1: and this escalated quickly. The two things that were huge 96 00:04:36,348 --> 00:04:38,548 Speaker 1: to your point, Jamie, was they had to agree to 97 00:04:38,588 --> 00:04:40,908 Speaker 1: trade terms. Now the Saints they were gonna have different 98 00:04:40,988 --> 00:04:42,988 Speaker 1: terms with the Carolina Panthers. They were gonna have different 99 00:04:43,028 --> 00:04:44,508 Speaker 1: terms with an NFC team than they might have had 100 00:04:44,508 --> 00:04:46,868 Speaker 1: with the AFC team. How it all works out at 101 00:04:46,908 --> 00:04:48,388 Speaker 1: first a second and they have to give up a 102 00:04:48,428 --> 00:04:50,868 Speaker 1: third and they get Sean Payton. That that sounds like 103 00:04:50,868 --> 00:04:53,148 Speaker 1: a great job by Mickey Loomis and the Saints considering 104 00:04:53,948 --> 00:04:56,188 Speaker 1: you win another year, you might be getting a fourth 105 00:04:56,268 --> 00:04:59,068 Speaker 1: or a fifth round pick. So they get this. In exchange, 106 00:04:59,428 --> 00:05:02,148 Speaker 1: they do get that first round pick, which which I 107 00:05:02,188 --> 00:05:04,628 Speaker 1: think is huge, and that was from the San Francisco trade, 108 00:05:05,308 --> 00:05:07,828 Speaker 1: which was the Miami trade of Bradley Chubb. So it's 109 00:05:07,828 --> 00:05:09,708 Speaker 1: the Niners pick. So it's the end of the first round, 110 00:05:09,708 --> 00:05:12,508 Speaker 1: and you also get second round pick back to Peyton. 111 00:05:12,548 --> 00:05:16,828 Speaker 1: Though the issue was going to be the terms and 112 00:05:16,828 --> 00:05:19,308 Speaker 1: all that, but also his compensation and that hasn't been 113 00:05:19,308 --> 00:05:21,028 Speaker 1: reported yet. We don't know exactly what that is. But 114 00:05:21,028 --> 00:05:22,988 Speaker 1: the Broncos were gonna have to write a very big check. 115 00:05:23,708 --> 00:05:26,708 Speaker 1: This move, to me shows that this organization is willing 116 00:05:26,788 --> 00:05:29,668 Speaker 1: to write those big checks. They have the resources. We 117 00:05:29,708 --> 00:05:31,388 Speaker 1: could break down what it means for Russell and all 118 00:05:31,388 --> 00:05:33,748 Speaker 1: that stuff, But the thing that Peyton was taken away 119 00:05:33,748 --> 00:05:35,508 Speaker 1: by it. It's such a small little detail, but sing 120 00:05:35,508 --> 00:05:37,388 Speaker 1: for you guys at home to think about. They had 121 00:05:37,388 --> 00:05:41,428 Speaker 1: a week eighteen game that meant nothing against the Chargers 122 00:05:41,428 --> 00:05:43,428 Speaker 1: and Justin Herbert was on the field for a little 123 00:05:43,428 --> 00:05:46,108 Speaker 1: bit and the field wasn't up to snuff up in Denver. 124 00:05:46,228 --> 00:05:48,388 Speaker 1: It wasn't good to go, wasn't what they wanted. Ownership 125 00:05:48,388 --> 00:05:50,388 Speaker 1: put in four hundred thousand dollars to make sure a 126 00:05:50,908 --> 00:05:54,468 Speaker 1: week eighteen game field surface was right. And I remember 127 00:05:54,508 --> 00:05:55,948 Speaker 1: just talking to him after that game, him being like, 128 00:05:55,988 --> 00:05:57,548 Speaker 1: that's the kind of commitment you'd like to see from 129 00:05:57,588 --> 00:06:00,348 Speaker 1: a team. They're committing that money to Sean Payton, and 130 00:06:00,468 --> 00:06:02,508 Speaker 1: we could break it down whether he's got anything left 131 00:06:02,508 --> 00:06:03,788 Speaker 1: in the tank and how it's going to be against 132 00:06:03,868 --> 00:06:05,988 Speaker 1: Mahomes and Herbert and all that stuff. But the Broncos 133 00:06:05,988 --> 00:06:07,388 Speaker 1: put their money where their mouths are, and they have 134 00:06:07,428 --> 00:06:10,228 Speaker 1: new owners who were not worried about the check and 135 00:06:10,268 --> 00:06:14,188 Speaker 1: they certainly weren't worried about who's in their division. They 136 00:06:14,228 --> 00:06:16,228 Speaker 1: are going all in and they're going with Sean Payton, 137 00:06:16,308 --> 00:06:18,188 Speaker 1: who I think has good football coaching left in him, 138 00:06:18,228 --> 00:06:20,108 Speaker 1: but only time will tell him. Yeah, I think that's 139 00:06:20,148 --> 00:06:22,308 Speaker 1: awesome that Sean Payton's going to be in Denver. I'm 140 00:06:22,348 --> 00:06:24,908 Speaker 1: excited for Cliff Kingsbury to join you at the table 141 00:06:24,948 --> 00:06:28,628 Speaker 1: at Fox as the coach now coming and another guy. 142 00:06:28,668 --> 00:06:31,108 Speaker 1: So but for Shawn Paynton, this phenomenal. And you talked 143 00:06:31,148 --> 00:06:33,788 Speaker 1: about Russell Wilson and there's so many questions with their 144 00:06:33,868 --> 00:06:36,388 Speaker 1: offense and his development. And I look at Sean Payton's 145 00:06:36,388 --> 00:06:38,228 Speaker 1: track record. I mean, he was the head coach for 146 00:06:38,268 --> 00:06:41,748 Speaker 1: the Saints for fifteen years and he was always in 147 00:06:41,828 --> 00:06:44,148 Speaker 1: the top ten when it came to points and when 148 00:06:44,148 --> 00:06:46,708 Speaker 1: it came to yards added those fifteen seasons, it was 149 00:06:46,748 --> 00:06:49,108 Speaker 1: only two seasons that he wasn't in the top ten 150 00:06:49,108 --> 00:06:51,428 Speaker 1: in yards and only three seasons that he wasn't in 151 00:06:51,428 --> 00:06:54,108 Speaker 1: the top ten in points. So now the question marks come, 152 00:06:54,148 --> 00:06:56,548 Speaker 1: all right, how does rush fin his offense? Just at 153 00:06:56,588 --> 00:06:58,948 Speaker 1: the third and I look at it as just look 154 00:06:58,988 --> 00:07:01,028 Speaker 1: at his track record, and yes, Drew Brees is there, 155 00:07:01,388 --> 00:07:03,388 Speaker 1: but he found a way to be at the top 156 00:07:03,428 --> 00:07:06,588 Speaker 1: of the NFL every single year in offense. And when 157 00:07:06,628 --> 00:07:08,908 Speaker 1: we look at the Denver Broncos, their defense has been stacked. 158 00:07:08,908 --> 00:07:11,748 Speaker 1: The last two years they've been really good and last 159 00:07:11,788 --> 00:07:14,308 Speaker 1: year follow suit as well. So getting a guy like 160 00:07:14,468 --> 00:07:17,708 Speaker 1: Champagne with his mind and his ability to draw plays 161 00:07:17,748 --> 00:07:20,028 Speaker 1: and call plays in the right moment, if you're a 162 00:07:20,068 --> 00:07:22,708 Speaker 1: Denver Broncos fan, you have to be fired up to 163 00:07:22,828 --> 00:07:25,988 Speaker 1: get this guy. We've been talking about it all since 164 00:07:26,028 --> 00:07:29,828 Speaker 1: the postseason started January seventeen. Champagne and the most sought 165 00:07:29,828 --> 00:07:32,468 Speaker 1: after coach. And for the Broncos, you got your guy. 166 00:07:32,748 --> 00:07:34,428 Speaker 1: And yes, you had to give up some draft picks 167 00:07:34,428 --> 00:07:36,348 Speaker 1: and there's gonna you're gonna have to work around that. 168 00:07:36,588 --> 00:07:38,948 Speaker 1: But he's there, he's in Denver, and he's excited because 169 00:07:39,148 --> 00:07:41,428 Speaker 1: there's no salary cap for coaches. It's not the fans money. 170 00:07:41,428 --> 00:07:43,108 Speaker 1: It's not like your taking like they blew the doors 171 00:07:43,108 --> 00:07:45,708 Speaker 1: away and guess what, it's their money. Yeah, And for owners, 172 00:07:45,708 --> 00:07:47,908 Speaker 1: it's basically like whatever I'm willing to take out of 173 00:07:47,908 --> 00:07:49,828 Speaker 1: my right pocket to pay the coach because you're playing 174 00:07:49,828 --> 00:07:51,548 Speaker 1: your players out of the left pocket. I think for 175 00:07:51,628 --> 00:07:53,708 Speaker 1: Broncos fans right now, you've got to be ecstatic. Right 176 00:07:53,748 --> 00:07:55,268 Speaker 1: for the next two weeks, all you're gonna hear about 177 00:07:55,268 --> 00:07:57,188 Speaker 1: as Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl and it's 178 00:07:57,268 --> 00:07:59,548 Speaker 1: your one of your divisional rivals, and yet here you 179 00:07:59,588 --> 00:08:02,388 Speaker 1: are stealing the show right now because of Sean Payton. 180 00:08:02,428 --> 00:08:05,388 Speaker 1: When Russell Wilson got traded it to Denver, I mean, 181 00:08:05,508 --> 00:08:07,908 Speaker 1: everybody was all on board with the Orange and the Broncos. 182 00:08:07,908 --> 00:08:10,188 Speaker 1: We're in it to win it. This is this division 183 00:08:10,228 --> 00:08:12,988 Speaker 1: is going to come down to Russell Wilson versus Patrick Mahomes. 184 00:08:13,028 --> 00:08:14,628 Speaker 1: And it didn't pan out that way, but I think 185 00:08:14,628 --> 00:08:17,268 Speaker 1: not with Sean Payton, you get a very similar sense 186 00:08:17,308 --> 00:08:19,828 Speaker 1: to when Peyton was with New Orleans trying to rebuild 187 00:08:19,828 --> 00:08:22,908 Speaker 1: a quarterback's career who was coming off with disastrous shoulder 188 00:08:22,988 --> 00:08:26,388 Speaker 1: surgery and Drew Brees now a disastrous season for Russell Wilson, 189 00:08:26,668 --> 00:08:28,908 Speaker 1: it's the same thing for Sean Payton. Look I've been 190 00:08:28,908 --> 00:08:31,148 Speaker 1: through this before. Oh and guess what, you guys are 191 00:08:31,148 --> 00:08:34,028 Speaker 1: almost exactly the same prototype. Look at the tail of 192 00:08:34,028 --> 00:08:35,948 Speaker 1: the tape right here. These two fighters right here, these 193 00:08:35,948 --> 00:08:39,268 Speaker 1: two quarterbacks, same height, basically five to eleven, five twelve, 194 00:08:39,348 --> 00:08:42,348 Speaker 1: I mean, same everything. The one thing that's not on 195 00:08:42,388 --> 00:08:47,948 Speaker 1: there is Drew Brees five five thousand yards seasons, not 196 00:08:48,108 --> 00:08:51,788 Speaker 1: one MVP. Russell Wilson, doesn't have an mp A lot. 197 00:08:51,788 --> 00:08:53,828 Speaker 1: I know that's a banter for another day, but I 198 00:08:53,868 --> 00:08:55,788 Speaker 1: look at what that is going to mean to Russell 199 00:08:55,788 --> 00:08:58,188 Speaker 1: Wilson now as he looks at Look this offensive ball's 200 00:08:58,188 --> 00:09:00,508 Speaker 1: coming out on rhythm, flashing passing game. To your point 201 00:09:00,548 --> 00:09:02,668 Speaker 1: about the play call, what Sean Payton does and how 202 00:09:02,668 --> 00:09:04,588 Speaker 1: he puts his quarterbacks in his offense in the great 203 00:09:04,588 --> 00:09:07,308 Speaker 1: positions to succeed, it's unparalleled. And you know his first 204 00:09:07,308 --> 00:09:10,948 Speaker 1: fifteen script it plays are always a must watch every 205 00:09:11,028 --> 00:09:14,508 Speaker 1: Monday morning because just seeing how he layers different things, protections, play, 206 00:09:14,548 --> 00:09:16,628 Speaker 1: actually passes. I think we're gonna get a great version 207 00:09:16,628 --> 00:09:18,948 Speaker 1: of Russell Wilson, something we didn't really see last year. Yeah, 208 00:09:18,788 --> 00:09:20,388 Speaker 1: you needed the person to bring out the best and 209 00:09:20,468 --> 00:09:24,628 Speaker 1: Russell Wilson. Kyle always has really great commentary just regarding 210 00:09:24,708 --> 00:09:27,588 Speaker 1: Russell Wilson and how he plays and lives. And is 211 00:09:27,588 --> 00:09:30,308 Speaker 1: Sean Payton the right guy for Russell Wilson for the 212 00:09:30,348 --> 00:09:32,788 Speaker 1: Broncos Kyle brand, what do you think? Yeah, we're gonna 213 00:09:32,788 --> 00:09:34,428 Speaker 1: find We're gonna find out fast. Let's cut to the 214 00:09:34,468 --> 00:09:36,428 Speaker 1: chase here, guys, is Russell Wilson any good? Is he 215 00:09:36,428 --> 00:09:38,548 Speaker 1: gonna play? Well? That we can throw a parade for 216 00:09:38,548 --> 00:09:40,508 Speaker 1: Sean Payton, and I will throw a parade for Sean 217 00:09:40,548 --> 00:09:42,668 Speaker 1: Payton and put it on a masterclass and the power 218 00:09:42,708 --> 00:09:45,668 Speaker 1: of being single and the allure of being wanted. We 219 00:09:45,748 --> 00:09:47,668 Speaker 1: see it all the time. John Gruden used to do 220 00:09:47,708 --> 00:09:50,548 Speaker 1: it for years. Jim Harbod does it every year. Somehow, 221 00:09:50,588 --> 00:09:52,988 Speaker 1: in the last calendar year, Sean Payton has become some 222 00:09:53,028 --> 00:09:56,388 Speaker 1: sort of combination of Tom Landry and Don Shula and 223 00:09:56,468 --> 00:09:58,908 Speaker 1: Bill Walsh. And like guys, Sean Payton has the same 224 00:09:58,908 --> 00:10:01,348 Speaker 1: resume as Mike McCarthy. You can hold him side by 225 00:10:01,388 --> 00:10:03,308 Speaker 1: side and all the greatest hits are there. And yet 226 00:10:03,388 --> 00:10:05,908 Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy is a punch and Sean Payton. It became 227 00:10:05,948 --> 00:10:07,548 Speaker 1: God's gift to coaching over the last year. I like 228 00:10:07,588 --> 00:10:09,828 Speaker 1: coach Peyton. Of course they do is likable guys, a 229 00:10:09,828 --> 00:10:12,508 Speaker 1: likable coach with some great results. But you're gonna go 230 00:10:12,508 --> 00:10:14,468 Speaker 1: win a super Bowl now with Denver because that's the 231 00:10:14,468 --> 00:10:17,388 Speaker 1: expectation for what they paid draftwise and what they're doing 232 00:10:17,468 --> 00:10:19,868 Speaker 1: to get the quarterback and the coach win a super Bowl. 233 00:10:19,868 --> 00:10:22,508 Speaker 1: And that's if you can get through probably the most 234 00:10:22,588 --> 00:10:25,748 Speaker 1: talented AFC of this generation and that's if you can 235 00:10:25,788 --> 00:10:28,748 Speaker 1: get through probably the best division in the league, and 236 00:10:28,788 --> 00:10:31,188 Speaker 1: that's if you can do it with at best the 237 00:10:31,308 --> 00:10:34,388 Speaker 1: third best quarterback in that division. So it's exciting. It 238 00:10:34,508 --> 00:10:36,948 Speaker 1: is a jolt of electricity. I think it's a little 239 00:10:36,988 --> 00:10:39,428 Speaker 1: bit overhyped, and I think the entire media is crime 240 00:10:39,508 --> 00:10:41,428 Speaker 1: tears of joy that Sean Payton's going to bring his 241 00:10:41,468 --> 00:10:44,348 Speaker 1: next dynasty to Denver. But there's a lot of work 242 00:10:44,388 --> 00:10:47,268 Speaker 1: to be done in a very difficult setting. We'll see 243 00:10:47,308 --> 00:10:49,668 Speaker 1: what Rush shows up with next year. Yeah, Kyle, I 244 00:10:49,668 --> 00:10:52,228 Speaker 1: think you're right. He's a great coach, but sometimes wanting 245 00:10:52,228 --> 00:10:54,228 Speaker 1: what you can't have just for that one year away 246 00:10:54,268 --> 00:10:57,028 Speaker 1: from the game made fans and football just want Trump 247 00:10:57,028 --> 00:10:58,988 Speaker 1: Payton back in the game even more. Let's move on 248 00:10:59,028 --> 00:11:01,988 Speaker 1: to the next move from yesterday. The Texans landed their 249 00:11:02,028 --> 00:11:05,308 Speaker 1: most wanted head coach, and that coach is the selfie 250 00:11:05,308 --> 00:11:07,948 Speaker 1: actually that's on the Texas Twitter account is fantastic. It's 251 00:11:07,948 --> 00:11:10,428 Speaker 1: like all teeth out of Damiko Ryans. He is so happy, 252 00:11:10,628 --> 00:11:13,308 Speaker 1: saying it's his dream job and that his family is 253 00:11:13,348 --> 00:11:15,988 Speaker 1: thrilled to be back in Houston. That's because Demco Ryans. 254 00:11:16,228 --> 00:11:18,148 Speaker 1: Of course, he was drafted by the Texans in two 255 00:11:18,188 --> 00:11:20,308 Speaker 1: thousand and six, and now he takes charge of this 256 00:11:20,348 --> 00:11:23,268 Speaker 1: team in twenty twenty three. This man turned this defense 257 00:11:23,308 --> 00:11:26,388 Speaker 1: with forty nine ers into an absolute spectacle across the NFL, 258 00:11:26,428 --> 00:11:29,228 Speaker 1: wrecking shop every team that they played against. He is 259 00:11:29,268 --> 00:11:31,828 Speaker 1: a brilliant defensive master mind, jacent, but the hiring as 260 00:11:31,828 --> 00:11:33,868 Speaker 1: a whole. Now he gets to run an entire team himself. 261 00:11:33,868 --> 00:11:35,988 Speaker 1: Would you think about this pick? Well, I think everybody 262 00:11:36,148 --> 00:11:38,828 Speaker 1: in every NFL circle is excited about this. I mean, 263 00:11:38,868 --> 00:11:41,028 Speaker 1: you look at Houston over the past few years. It 264 00:11:41,068 --> 00:11:43,468 Speaker 1: seems like forever ago that they were playing in that 265 00:11:43,548 --> 00:11:46,428 Speaker 1: divisional game against the Kansas City Chiefs and are up 266 00:11:46,468 --> 00:11:49,308 Speaker 1: twenty four to zip in the second quarter. And since 267 00:11:49,348 --> 00:11:53,388 Speaker 1: then Bill O'Brien was fired. You traded Hopkins to the 268 00:11:53,428 --> 00:11:57,188 Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals, then you had Collie, then you had Lovey Smith, 269 00:11:57,268 --> 00:11:58,828 Speaker 1: and now all of a sudden, just like all right, 270 00:11:58,868 --> 00:12:01,548 Speaker 1: we have our guy. Damco Ryans as a guy is 271 00:12:01,588 --> 00:12:04,188 Speaker 1: a Houston Texans drafted there and now he's a bone 272 00:12:04,228 --> 00:12:07,148 Speaker 1: of and he's a guy that's had results as we 273 00:12:07,308 --> 00:12:11,068 Speaker 1: watched his defenses perform in San Francisco. I've been a 274 00:12:11,068 --> 00:12:13,908 Speaker 1: part of organizations where it's like a revolving door of 275 00:12:13,948 --> 00:12:16,148 Speaker 1: the head coach. It's hard to figure out what the 276 00:12:16,228 --> 00:12:19,948 Speaker 1: expectations are and who you are as a team identity wise. 277 00:12:20,428 --> 00:12:22,788 Speaker 1: They have just secured that with the hire of Damiko 278 00:12:22,908 --> 00:12:25,548 Speaker 1: Ryan's He's a former player. He's a guy that was 279 00:12:25,588 --> 00:12:28,028 Speaker 1: a captain while he was playing that everybody looks up to. 280 00:12:28,348 --> 00:12:30,988 Speaker 1: Now he walks into building, he commands the respect and 281 00:12:31,028 --> 00:12:34,508 Speaker 1: the attention of every single player and employee in the 282 00:12:34,548 --> 00:12:37,428 Speaker 1: Houston Texans franchise. I think he's the guy that they 283 00:12:37,468 --> 00:12:39,508 Speaker 1: have to say, hey, you know what, he's our future? 284 00:12:39,548 --> 00:12:41,748 Speaker 1: Are there question marks? Are who's a quarterback going to be? 285 00:12:41,748 --> 00:12:43,868 Speaker 1: At all of those different things? Of course, but now 286 00:12:43,908 --> 00:12:45,668 Speaker 1: that you have a leader, you have somebody at the 287 00:12:45,708 --> 00:12:48,308 Speaker 1: helm that you can trust and get everybody moving in 288 00:12:48,348 --> 00:12:51,428 Speaker 1: the same path, in the same direction at once. Now 289 00:12:51,468 --> 00:12:53,548 Speaker 1: you can start to build on those things and move forward. 290 00:12:53,588 --> 00:12:55,948 Speaker 1: It's interesting, it's a defensive coordinator. Now the rest of 291 00:12:55,988 --> 00:12:58,588 Speaker 1: the league seems to be shifting to offense, offense, offense. 292 00:12:58,628 --> 00:13:00,588 Speaker 1: The Texans are like, just give us the greatest leader 293 00:13:00,588 --> 00:13:02,748 Speaker 1: we can get to stabilize this thing. And I don't 294 00:13:02,748 --> 00:13:04,948 Speaker 1: think you find a better leader in NFL circles and 295 00:13:04,988 --> 00:13:07,708 Speaker 1: Demco Ryans right now. To your point, thirty eight years old, 296 00:13:07,748 --> 00:13:10,388 Speaker 1: former player has only been coaching for six years. Meteoric 297 00:13:10,508 --> 00:13:13,188 Speaker 1: rise up that ORG chart in San Francisco. But when 298 00:13:13,228 --> 00:13:15,228 Speaker 1: he got to Houston in two thousand and six, he 299 00:13:15,308 --> 00:13:17,148 Speaker 1: was a second round pick. He was second to league 300 00:13:17,148 --> 00:13:19,348 Speaker 1: in tackles, he was defensive player of the year as 301 00:13:19,348 --> 00:13:21,348 Speaker 1: far as rookies go, and he's got the record for 302 00:13:21,388 --> 00:13:23,188 Speaker 1: most tackles ever by a rookie. And then he became 303 00:13:23,228 --> 00:13:25,508 Speaker 1: the captain and it was like, he is the Houston 304 00:13:25,548 --> 00:13:28,348 Speaker 1: Texans in a lot of ways. To your point, though, 305 00:13:28,628 --> 00:13:31,548 Speaker 1: if you're hiring a defensive coordinator and today is passing NFL, 306 00:13:32,228 --> 00:13:34,908 Speaker 1: I'm fascinated to see who the offensive coordinator higher is 307 00:13:34,948 --> 00:13:37,028 Speaker 1: because it matters so much. Let's assume they take a 308 00:13:37,068 --> 00:13:39,108 Speaker 1: quarterback of the first round. Let's say it's Bryce Young, 309 00:13:39,188 --> 00:13:42,348 Speaker 1: Let's say it's Will Levits. Demiko Ryans does not coach offense. 310 00:13:42,388 --> 00:13:44,548 Speaker 1: So to me, this is a huge hire for Houston. 311 00:13:44,668 --> 00:13:46,708 Speaker 1: It's great, he's going to get this thing stables. He's 312 00:13:46,708 --> 00:13:48,748 Speaker 1: got a six year deal, which is like, if you're 313 00:13:48,748 --> 00:13:50,548 Speaker 1: a Texans fan, like, all right, we've got our guy. 314 00:13:50,628 --> 00:13:53,308 Speaker 1: We got but the almost one a is who's the 315 00:13:53,348 --> 00:13:55,588 Speaker 1: offensive coordinator, who's the quarter who's a quarterback going to 316 00:13:55,668 --> 00:13:58,148 Speaker 1: Because when you're in that AFC, you're facing Trevor Lawrence 317 00:13:58,188 --> 00:14:01,348 Speaker 1: twice a year, but you're also gonna be facing Mahomes, Burrow, Lamar, 318 00:14:01,668 --> 00:14:04,348 Speaker 1: your old guy, Watson, Herbert and so on and so forth. 319 00:14:04,588 --> 00:14:07,348 Speaker 1: So to me, Houston, blank slate of a roster, blank 320 00:14:07,428 --> 00:14:09,788 Speaker 1: slate of a franchise at this point, great hire in 321 00:14:09,828 --> 00:14:12,428 Speaker 1: Demiko Ryans, but can't be done yet. Love the hire, 322 00:14:12,468 --> 00:14:13,708 Speaker 1: and I love the point you just made about the 323 00:14:13,708 --> 00:14:16,068 Speaker 1: offensive coordinator because guess who the defensive coordinator for the 324 00:14:16,148 --> 00:14:19,068 Speaker 1: Niners was before Demiko Salid Robert Salah. Guess who just 325 00:14:19,108 --> 00:14:22,108 Speaker 1: fired his offensive coordinator or amically parted ways and now 326 00:14:22,108 --> 00:14:24,268 Speaker 1: he's looking, you know, and needed a new one. So yeah, 327 00:14:24,268 --> 00:14:26,908 Speaker 1: he's got to fix the offense. I'm so excited for Ahtown, 328 00:14:27,028 --> 00:14:29,348 Speaker 1: for Demiko. I can't remember the last time we were 329 00:14:29,428 --> 00:14:32,548 Speaker 1: talking this gushingly about the Houston Texas. I feel like 330 00:14:32,588 --> 00:14:35,428 Speaker 1: we avoided talking about the Houston Texas because it just 331 00:14:35,468 --> 00:14:37,588 Speaker 1: felt like there was a dark cloud over them and 332 00:14:38,388 --> 00:14:40,828 Speaker 1: the sun is out. I mean, the clouds are gone. 333 00:14:40,908 --> 00:14:43,228 Speaker 1: Pig Pen is no longer there. It's not falling around. 334 00:14:43,468 --> 00:14:46,628 Speaker 1: Damiko Ryan's and his electric smile are lighting up the 335 00:14:46,668 --> 00:14:49,068 Speaker 1: city of Houston right now, and all Texas fans are beaming. 336 00:14:49,148 --> 00:14:51,228 Speaker 1: But here's the only catch. Guess what, Demiko, you got 337 00:14:51,268 --> 00:14:52,748 Speaker 1: a lot of work to do. Miko, you got to 338 00:14:52,748 --> 00:14:54,628 Speaker 1: fix this defense. Can we just take a look at 339 00:14:54,668 --> 00:14:56,748 Speaker 1: what he's going from right now with the forty nine 340 00:14:56,828 --> 00:15:00,148 Speaker 1: ers compared to what he's inheriting with this Houston Texans defense. 341 00:15:00,348 --> 00:15:02,068 Speaker 1: Brian Billick, a good friend of mine and a former 342 00:15:02,108 --> 00:15:03,388 Speaker 1: colleague on this now where you used to say that 343 00:15:03,468 --> 00:15:05,548 Speaker 1: things they hire you for are the things they fired 344 00:15:05,588 --> 00:15:09,028 Speaker 1: you for, They're hiring Miko to fix this defense. Look 345 00:15:09,028 --> 00:15:11,708 Speaker 1: at what he did in San Francisco. Unbelievable. I mean, 346 00:15:12,108 --> 00:15:15,628 Speaker 1: the seventy seven yards per game allowed on the ground. 347 00:15:16,108 --> 00:15:18,748 Speaker 1: He inherits the worst rush defense possibly in the history 348 00:15:18,748 --> 00:15:20,908 Speaker 1: of the NFL. I think we've talked about it here 349 00:15:20,908 --> 00:15:23,628 Speaker 1: at this breakfast table about how awful they were. Twenty 350 00:15:24,228 --> 00:15:28,108 Speaker 1: rushing touchdowns allowed. I mean, this is unbelievable when you 351 00:15:28,108 --> 00:15:30,868 Speaker 1: think about how bad this defense was. And yet Damiko 352 00:15:30,988 --> 00:15:32,708 Speaker 1: Ryans you just mentioned, you know, Deva the player of 353 00:15:32,708 --> 00:15:34,788 Speaker 1: the year. I played against him. One of the smartest 354 00:15:34,788 --> 00:15:37,108 Speaker 1: linebackers ever played against, and he would hit you with 355 00:15:37,148 --> 00:15:41,548 Speaker 1: a smile. I don't think anybody disliked the Ryans even 356 00:15:41,548 --> 00:15:42,868 Speaker 1: on the other side of him. He was just an 357 00:15:42,908 --> 00:15:45,748 Speaker 1: unbelievable personality. But he's got a monumental task in trying 358 00:15:45,748 --> 00:15:47,908 Speaker 1: to take over this Texas defense and flip the script. 359 00:15:48,188 --> 00:15:50,588 Speaker 1: There's a lot of great top five talents in the 360 00:15:50,668 --> 00:15:52,548 Speaker 1: NFL draft this year. I don't think the Texans have 361 00:15:52,588 --> 00:15:54,428 Speaker 1: so many problems to fix that they could go any 362 00:15:54,508 --> 00:15:57,828 Speaker 1: direction they want and it would be the right fix 363 00:15:57,988 --> 00:16:00,788 Speaker 1: for the Texans. Kyle Deshaun's point. We have kind of 364 00:16:00,828 --> 00:16:02,468 Speaker 1: looked at the Texas over the last couple of years 365 00:16:02,508 --> 00:16:04,708 Speaker 1: and thought, like, oh man, what can they do right 366 00:16:04,788 --> 00:16:06,868 Speaker 1: at this point? To you, does this feel like the 367 00:16:06,908 --> 00:16:09,028 Speaker 1: best direction that this team could go in, let's say, 368 00:16:09,068 --> 00:16:11,148 Speaker 1: for the next six years with this head coach. Well, 369 00:16:11,188 --> 00:16:13,628 Speaker 1: I like hearing the table. It doesn't come up a 370 00:16:13,628 --> 00:16:15,108 Speaker 1: lot when we talk about head of coaches, and I 371 00:16:15,108 --> 00:16:17,068 Speaker 1: think it's intriguing. This in the AFC South, which is 372 00:16:17,068 --> 00:16:20,148 Speaker 1: a really enigmatic division. I love it and I'm excited 373 00:16:20,148 --> 00:16:21,588 Speaker 1: about it because I like the fire and I like 374 00:16:21,628 --> 00:16:23,908 Speaker 1: the energy I have to say, as a skeptic, I'm 375 00:16:23,948 --> 00:16:28,068 Speaker 1: always a little wary of the hiring the beloved player 376 00:16:28,308 --> 00:16:30,468 Speaker 1: from your franchise has passed to be the head coach. 377 00:16:30,588 --> 00:16:32,468 Speaker 1: It just seems a little cuteiet to me. If they 378 00:16:32,548 --> 00:16:34,908 Speaker 1: played any role in the history of it is interesting. 379 00:16:34,988 --> 00:16:37,668 Speaker 1: You know, Art Shell good, Mike Dick a great, Mike 380 00:16:37,788 --> 00:16:41,468 Speaker 1: Munschek not great. How does Damiko Ryans fit into that fraternity? 381 00:16:41,548 --> 00:16:43,428 Speaker 1: I just want the best person. I don't care if 382 00:16:43,428 --> 00:16:45,468 Speaker 1: they never played football or if their first ballot guy 383 00:16:45,548 --> 00:16:48,308 Speaker 1: for your franchise AFC South. Interesting. I also have to 384 00:16:48,308 --> 00:16:50,268 Speaker 1: say I love that we started the show today. Jamie 385 00:16:50,268 --> 00:16:52,588 Speaker 1: and Peter has a wealth of information about Sean Payton, 386 00:16:52,748 --> 00:16:55,348 Speaker 1: and he began our first block with a Paul Blart reference. 387 00:16:55,548 --> 00:16:57,788 Speaker 1: That's good Morning football, guys, no matter where you do 388 00:16:57,788 --> 00:17:01,708 Speaker 1: it from, very well rounded. Here at the table, team 389 00:17:01,788 --> 00:17:04,668 Speaker 1: first thing out of the mind. You all right, yeah, exactly. 390 00:17:04,668 --> 00:17:07,068 Speaker 1: We're gonna keep talking these hires and how they affect 391 00:17:07,268 --> 00:17:09,668 Speaker 1: not only their teams but the NFL as a whole 392 00:17:09,708 --> 00:17:11,588 Speaker 1: here in Good Morning Football. Still to come as well. 393 00:17:11,788 --> 00:17:14,428 Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts swimming history is the first 394 00:17:14,468 --> 00:17:17,268 Speaker 1: black quarterbacks to face off in his Super Bowl. Jason 395 00:17:17,388 --> 00:17:18,668 Speaker 1: is going to tell us a little bit more of 396 00:17:18,708 --> 00:17:21,308 Speaker 1: that as we kick off Black History and open cegury Claus, 397 00:17:21,428 --> 00:17:25,668 Speaker 1: let the Super Bowl hype begin. Poor we're most excited 398 00:17:25,708 --> 00:17:42,388 Speaker 1: to see take the field in Arizona Whiteboard. Wednesday is next. 399 00:17:43,388 --> 00:17:46,988 Speaker 1: Today is February first, the beginning of Black History Month, 400 00:17:47,268 --> 00:17:51,108 Speaker 1: and next Sunday, Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts will write 401 00:17:51,148 --> 00:17:55,468 Speaker 1: their own trailblazing chapter while becoming the first black quarterbacks 402 00:17:55,628 --> 00:17:59,028 Speaker 1: to face off in the Super Bowl. Super Bowl fifty 403 00:17:59,028 --> 00:18:01,708 Speaker 1: seven will be the tenth Super Bowl to feature at 404 00:18:01,748 --> 00:18:05,268 Speaker 1: least one black starting quarterback, and while the list of 405 00:18:05,268 --> 00:18:08,948 Speaker 1: these starters isn't exactly lengthy as not long, we would 406 00:18:09,028 --> 00:18:11,148 Speaker 1: like it to be a lot longer as both proud 407 00:18:11,308 --> 00:18:13,868 Speaker 1: and a historic group of men who served as the 408 00:18:13,988 --> 00:18:17,868 Speaker 1: cornerstones of black excellence in football. In nineteen eighty eight, 409 00:18:17,948 --> 00:18:22,708 Speaker 1: a full twenty one years after the Big First Super Bowl, 410 00:18:23,028 --> 00:18:26,948 Speaker 1: Doug Williams becomes the first black quarterback to win the 411 00:18:27,028 --> 00:18:30,948 Speaker 1: Super Bowl. And not only does Washington prevail over Denver 412 00:18:31,388 --> 00:18:35,308 Speaker 1: in that game, but also Williams is announced as an 413 00:18:35,388 --> 00:18:39,548 Speaker 1: MVP for his performance. But even after Doug would do it. 414 00:18:39,548 --> 00:18:43,308 Speaker 1: It would take another twelve years for another black quarterback 415 00:18:43,548 --> 00:18:46,868 Speaker 1: to appear on the big stage. That honor belonged to 416 00:18:46,908 --> 00:18:50,828 Speaker 1: Steve McNair, whose Tennessee Titans reached Super Bowl thirty four 417 00:18:51,188 --> 00:18:54,748 Speaker 1: but lost a heartbreaker to the Rams and the Greatest 418 00:18:54,748 --> 00:18:58,548 Speaker 1: Show on Tour. Like Steve, both Donovan McNabb and Colin 419 00:18:58,628 --> 00:19:01,828 Speaker 1: Kaepernick would go on to start Super Bowls and both 420 00:19:01,868 --> 00:19:05,828 Speaker 1: of those teams fell short. It wasn't until Russell Wilson 421 00:19:05,988 --> 00:19:10,668 Speaker 1: Super Bowl forty eight, twenty six years after Doug Williams win, 422 00:19:10,948 --> 00:19:15,108 Speaker 1: where we'd have another black quarterback starting and winning the 423 00:19:15,148 --> 00:19:18,948 Speaker 1: big game. Russ would go on to reach another Super Bowl, 424 00:19:19,468 --> 00:19:22,268 Speaker 1: but losing that one, and then Cam Newton would follow 425 00:19:22,348 --> 00:19:27,228 Speaker 1: suit on center stage and fourth saw as well, Patrick Mahomes. 426 00:19:27,308 --> 00:19:30,868 Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes became the third starting quarterback to play in 427 00:19:30,868 --> 00:19:33,508 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl and win with the Kansas City Chiefs 428 00:19:33,588 --> 00:19:36,188 Speaker 1: when he defeated to forty nine Ers and Super Bowl 429 00:19:36,228 --> 00:19:41,628 Speaker 1: fifty four. January fifteenth, nineteen sixty seven, the first ever 430 00:19:41,708 --> 00:19:44,908 Speaker 1: Super Bowl was played in LA, with the Green Bay 431 00:19:44,948 --> 00:19:49,828 Speaker 1: Packers walking away victorious. Now February twelve, two thousand and 432 00:19:49,908 --> 00:19:52,948 Speaker 1: twenty three will mark a new milestone for the NFL. 433 00:19:53,388 --> 00:19:56,428 Speaker 1: Mahomes will be making his third Super Bowl appearance against 434 00:19:56,508 --> 00:19:59,828 Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts, making his debut on the center stage the 435 00:19:59,988 --> 00:20:04,668 Speaker 1: first ever Super Bowl featuring two black starting quarterbacks. After 436 00:20:04,708 --> 00:20:07,468 Speaker 1: that game, I'll be looking forward to the lasting image 437 00:20:07,628 --> 00:20:11,588 Speaker 1: of our fourth starting black quarterback winning, standing at midfield, 438 00:20:12,068 --> 00:20:15,308 Speaker 1: smiling ear to ear with his arm around his father, 439 00:20:15,708 --> 00:20:19,988 Speaker 1: knowing that they just made a huge stamp in NFL history. 440 00:20:20,268 --> 00:20:23,468 Speaker 1: Looking forward to it. Guys started Black History Month, two 441 00:20:23,508 --> 00:20:25,988 Speaker 1: starting quarterbacks. What do you think, Jason, it must be 442 00:20:26,468 --> 00:20:28,508 Speaker 1: an incredible point of pride. And I think we heard 443 00:20:28,508 --> 00:20:31,188 Speaker 1: it from Patrick at the start of that segment, where 444 00:20:31,348 --> 00:20:33,748 Speaker 1: to your point, it's not just like, oh, now ten 445 00:20:33,828 --> 00:20:37,908 Speaker 1: years later, we haven't the frequency is improving, which it 446 00:20:37,988 --> 00:20:39,948 Speaker 1: sounds like not only the fact that it is the 447 00:20:39,948 --> 00:20:42,588 Speaker 1: first time we see two black quarterbacks, but just knowing 448 00:20:42,628 --> 00:20:44,588 Speaker 1: that it's starting to happen more and more, and how 449 00:20:44,628 --> 00:20:47,628 Speaker 1: important the parallel is to representation in such a position 450 00:20:47,668 --> 00:20:49,948 Speaker 1: of prominence in the NFL, no doubt about. And I 451 00:20:49,948 --> 00:20:52,588 Speaker 1: think even better than that is who the two guys are. 452 00:20:52,948 --> 00:20:55,588 Speaker 1: We have Jalent Hurts and what he represents and Patrick 453 00:20:55,668 --> 00:20:58,148 Speaker 1: Mahomes what he represents and then both of these guys, 454 00:20:58,388 --> 00:21:00,468 Speaker 1: you look at their journey and their paths and the 455 00:21:00,548 --> 00:21:03,628 Speaker 1: importance of their father. Patrick Mahomes Senior talking about having 456 00:21:03,748 --> 00:21:05,788 Speaker 1: his son at games, and then we know what Jalen 457 00:21:05,868 --> 00:21:07,988 Speaker 1: hurts growing up with his dad. As a coach, I 458 00:21:08,068 --> 00:21:10,348 Speaker 1: heard Ryan Clark talk about it. So much in the 459 00:21:10,468 --> 00:21:13,868 Speaker 1: media is portrayed about these different athletes and father being 460 00:21:13,908 --> 00:21:16,548 Speaker 1: absent in the breakdown of their family. And now we 461 00:21:16,628 --> 00:21:19,268 Speaker 1: have these two guys on the biggest stage in our game, 462 00:21:19,388 --> 00:21:21,788 Speaker 1: and both of their fathers would be there has such 463 00:21:21,828 --> 00:21:24,068 Speaker 1: a huge impact on their son's being in this stu. 464 00:21:24,188 --> 00:21:27,188 Speaker 1: It's interesting too because there's this coaching conversation of how 465 00:21:27,188 --> 00:21:29,988 Speaker 1: do we get the coaches to have more representation. And 466 00:21:30,508 --> 00:21:33,708 Speaker 1: the quarterback coach in Philly is Brian Johnson, African American 467 00:21:33,828 --> 00:21:37,068 Speaker 1: quarterback coach, former player at Utah. The offensive coordinator for 468 00:21:37,108 --> 00:21:38,868 Speaker 1: the Kansa City Chiefs is Eric b Enemy, So they're 469 00:21:38,908 --> 00:21:40,948 Speaker 1: coached by black men as well, and that's on the 470 00:21:40,948 --> 00:21:42,828 Speaker 1: offensive side of the ball, which is something that is 471 00:21:42,868 --> 00:21:44,668 Speaker 1: a great issue in league circles as to how we 472 00:21:44,748 --> 00:21:47,028 Speaker 1: promote those jobs. But let's say that these two young 473 00:21:47,108 --> 00:21:49,148 Speaker 1: men are there, but they're also their coaches and their ears. 474 00:21:49,188 --> 00:21:51,308 Speaker 1: They also represent something as well. And we heard Jamal 475 00:21:51,348 --> 00:21:53,748 Speaker 1: Williams yesterday talk about the fact that his running back 476 00:21:53,748 --> 00:21:56,548 Speaker 1: coach Juice Dale, has helped him because he's gone through it. 477 00:21:56,588 --> 00:21:58,828 Speaker 1: He's a black man in that role and his guy 478 00:21:58,868 --> 00:22:01,668 Speaker 1: to him. Yeah, this is so cool from so many levels. 479 00:22:01,668 --> 00:22:03,548 Speaker 1: But I think one of the greatest parts about being 480 00:22:03,548 --> 00:22:06,748 Speaker 1: an NFL player the impact you have with kids, and 481 00:22:06,828 --> 00:22:08,708 Speaker 1: so for kids to be able to watch the Super 482 00:22:08,748 --> 00:22:11,148 Speaker 1: Bowl and to aspire to do that, Hey, I want 483 00:22:11,148 --> 00:22:12,908 Speaker 1: to be a quarterback. You know, there are no limits. 484 00:22:13,028 --> 00:22:15,068 Speaker 1: And I think that's what's great about Mahomes and what 485 00:22:15,148 --> 00:22:17,388 Speaker 1: Jayla hurts. But Doug Williams was a pioneer being the 486 00:22:17,428 --> 00:22:19,148 Speaker 1: first to do it. And now for the youth to 487 00:22:19,188 --> 00:22:20,468 Speaker 1: be able to see that and say, hey, you know what, 488 00:22:20,508 --> 00:22:22,108 Speaker 1: I want to play quarterback. I want to go do that. 489 00:22:22,148 --> 00:22:23,588 Speaker 1: You know what, you can do that? And I think 490 00:22:23,588 --> 00:22:26,308 Speaker 1: it's great for these young kids to have this kind 491 00:22:26,348 --> 00:22:27,988 Speaker 1: of a vision and to see it in existence and 492 00:22:28,028 --> 00:22:29,748 Speaker 1: then to know, you know what, I can do that too. 493 00:22:29,828 --> 00:22:32,068 Speaker 1: I love that you said that Tony Dungee grew up 494 00:22:32,068 --> 00:22:35,828 Speaker 1: watching Jimmy Ray was a quarterback at Michigan State at 495 00:22:35,828 --> 00:22:39,268 Speaker 1: a time where black guys didn't play quarterback. Jimmy Ray 496 00:22:39,348 --> 00:22:41,628 Speaker 1: never got an opportunity to play in the NFL. But 497 00:22:41,748 --> 00:22:44,308 Speaker 1: when Dungee saw Jimmy Ray as a kid, he knew 498 00:22:44,348 --> 00:22:46,148 Speaker 1: that he could become a quarterback. He would go on 499 00:22:46,228 --> 00:22:48,508 Speaker 1: to play dB in the league, but still went to 500 00:22:48,588 --> 00:22:51,908 Speaker 1: Minnesota and was coached actually by the guy that recruited 501 00:22:51,988 --> 00:22:55,068 Speaker 1: Jimmy Ray to Michigan State. That's cool, Jason, Hey, thanks 502 00:22:55,068 --> 00:22:56,988 Speaker 1: for kicking off my history. About to appreciate it. That's 503 00:22:56,988 --> 00:23:01,028 Speaker 1: important table their son for Whiteboard Wednesday. Let's just a 504 00:23:01,108 --> 00:23:02,948 Speaker 1: jump right into there, a love time. When asked about 505 00:23:02,948 --> 00:23:05,268 Speaker 1: facing his former team in Super Both fifty seven, Andy 506 00:23:05,308 --> 00:23:07,868 Speaker 1: Reid said, you try to blank out all the hype 507 00:23:07,988 --> 00:23:10,148 Speaker 1: that goes with this game the player, though, let's skate 508 00:23:10,228 --> 00:23:12,508 Speaker 1: the opposite way that you want to hype up instead 509 00:23:12,548 --> 00:23:14,748 Speaker 1: ahead of Super Bowl fifty seven is Andrew's trying to 510 00:23:14,748 --> 00:23:17,708 Speaker 1: black you out. Peter says, I would like this personal. Yeah, 511 00:23:17,708 --> 00:23:20,468 Speaker 1: the Eagles run game has been unstoppable, and if we 512 00:23:20,508 --> 00:23:22,988 Speaker 1: go back to September, I could have picked any player 513 00:23:23,068 --> 00:23:26,148 Speaker 1: in the league as as a breakout player for on defense, 514 00:23:26,228 --> 00:23:28,268 Speaker 1: any player and I came on this very show and 515 00:23:28,468 --> 00:23:31,388 Speaker 1: very boldly with a serious face, said the following Chiefs 516 00:23:31,588 --> 00:23:36,988 Speaker 1: linebacker Nick Bolton by number two player on this list. 517 00:23:37,108 --> 00:23:40,188 Speaker 1: Nick Bolton came on real strong last year, but this 518 00:23:40,268 --> 00:23:41,948 Speaker 1: year is the year. I think he makes it where 519 00:23:41,988 --> 00:23:44,068 Speaker 1: it's like, oh, Nick Bolton's one of the best linebackers 520 00:23:44,068 --> 00:23:47,348 Speaker 1: in the entire sport, because that's the leap. I don't 521 00:23:47,388 --> 00:23:49,428 Speaker 1: know if he's made that leap. Honestly, I think he's 522 00:23:49,428 --> 00:23:51,188 Speaker 1: had a great season and they're in the Super Bowl. 523 00:23:51,348 --> 00:23:53,628 Speaker 1: I don't know if anyone at home considers Nick Boltlan 524 00:23:53,748 --> 00:23:56,268 Speaker 1: a household name. Willie Gay had better moments in the thing, 525 00:23:56,308 --> 00:23:59,068 Speaker 1: and they're a tandem. I'd like to see Nick Bolton 526 00:23:59,428 --> 00:24:01,788 Speaker 1: come out there and be the Fred Warner type in 527 00:24:01,828 --> 00:24:04,348 Speaker 1: this game, be the guy that everyone's talking about afterwards 528 00:24:04,708 --> 00:24:06,788 Speaker 1: and saying, Wow, Nick Bolton is one of those elite guys. 529 00:24:06,788 --> 00:24:09,148 Speaker 1: I'm gonna hype up Nick Bolton. I did it in September. 530 00:24:09,188 --> 00:24:11,108 Speaker 1: I think he's a second year player who is outstanding 531 00:24:11,108 --> 00:24:13,748 Speaker 1: at linebacker. Where's that jersey number thirty two. I think 532 00:24:13,748 --> 00:24:15,748 Speaker 1: you're gonna be hearing his name a lot, especially with 533 00:24:15,788 --> 00:24:17,348 Speaker 1: the way that Jalen hurts moves in the way that 534 00:24:17,428 --> 00:24:19,068 Speaker 1: run game gets to the next level. I like that, 535 00:24:19,188 --> 00:24:22,308 Speaker 1: Nick Bolton, I remember you were rocking the right. He's 536 00:24:22,348 --> 00:24:25,228 Speaker 1: made plays, but it's different consistency. I'm gonna go in 537 00:24:25,308 --> 00:24:27,388 Speaker 1: another Kansas City Chief, and I'm gonna go one of 538 00:24:27,388 --> 00:24:30,468 Speaker 1: my former teammates, my guy, Joe Tuney. I refer to 539 00:24:30,508 --> 00:24:32,948 Speaker 1: him as duffle Bag Joe because when he got to 540 00:24:33,028 --> 00:24:35,548 Speaker 1: Kansas City, they gave him the duffle bag with all 541 00:24:35,628 --> 00:24:38,748 Speaker 1: the cash. And this guy only player in NFL history, 542 00:24:38,828 --> 00:24:42,188 Speaker 1: first three seasons in the NFL, he was playing in 543 00:24:42,388 --> 00:24:45,188 Speaker 1: the super Bowl. This week, these twelve days leading up 544 00:24:45,188 --> 00:24:47,348 Speaker 1: to the big Game, all we're gonna be talking about 545 00:24:47,508 --> 00:24:51,068 Speaker 1: is the Philadelphia Eagles and third defensive front. I gotta 546 00:24:51,148 --> 00:24:53,828 Speaker 1: hype up my guy tunes Hey, you're a guy on 547 00:24:53,828 --> 00:24:56,228 Speaker 1: that offensive line with a ton of experience. You've been 548 00:24:56,268 --> 00:24:59,428 Speaker 1: in this moment, You've been in this game numerous times. 549 00:24:59,868 --> 00:25:02,628 Speaker 1: Lead that group, step up, take on the challenge, and 550 00:25:02,668 --> 00:25:05,348 Speaker 1: I'm excited to see him compete against that front from 551 00:25:05,348 --> 00:25:07,828 Speaker 1: the Philadelphia Eagles because they're gonna have to have a 552 00:25:07,868 --> 00:25:09,348 Speaker 1: good game if they want to win. You guys, he 553 00:25:09,388 --> 00:25:12,188 Speaker 1: got his hands filled with Jivan Hargrave. He's been a 554 00:25:12,188 --> 00:25:14,948 Speaker 1: beast right now, I'm gonna stick with that Eagles pass rush. 555 00:25:14,948 --> 00:25:17,988 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go Hassan Reddick, give me my boy. Temple 556 00:25:18,068 --> 00:25:19,868 Speaker 1: tough right. For those of you who don't know the 557 00:25:19,868 --> 00:25:23,148 Speaker 1: story about Hassan Reddick, he walked on at Temple, all right, 558 00:25:23,228 --> 00:25:26,828 Speaker 1: non scholarship kid. He actually was a safety down in Temple. 559 00:25:26,828 --> 00:25:28,788 Speaker 1: They ended up moving to a linebacker maybe a little 560 00:25:28,788 --> 00:25:31,348 Speaker 1: defensive end, and he drafted by the Cardinals, the Carolina 561 00:25:31,388 --> 00:25:33,868 Speaker 1: Panthers found a home in Philadelphia. And I'll tell you 562 00:25:33,948 --> 00:25:36,948 Speaker 1: right now, Eagles fans, they're already saying Hassan Reddick might 563 00:25:36,948 --> 00:25:39,908 Speaker 1: be one of the all time greatest free agent signings 564 00:25:39,908 --> 00:25:42,828 Speaker 1: in Eagles history. So, look, he's got one more game. 565 00:25:42,868 --> 00:25:44,508 Speaker 1: I think they want to put an exclamation point on that. 566 00:25:44,548 --> 00:25:46,788 Speaker 1: But when you look at what he did all season long. Look, 567 00:25:46,828 --> 00:25:48,748 Speaker 1: he's got nineteen and a half sacks if you include 568 00:25:48,748 --> 00:25:51,428 Speaker 1: the playoffs. But he led the league in forced fumbles 569 00:25:51,628 --> 00:25:54,028 Speaker 1: during the regular season and that continued in the postseason. 570 00:25:54,068 --> 00:25:56,228 Speaker 1: So I don't think he has enough hype yet. We 571 00:25:56,308 --> 00:25:58,548 Speaker 1: got two weeks to getting a bump those tires. I'm 572 00:25:58,548 --> 00:26:00,548 Speaker 1: really looking forward to the pass rush in this game. 573 00:26:00,548 --> 00:26:03,428 Speaker 1: I'm Chris Jones has been playing unbelievably. That's an unfortunate 574 00:26:03,428 --> 00:26:07,028 Speaker 1: assignment for Lane Johnson, who admittedly said after that game 575 00:26:07,068 --> 00:26:09,028 Speaker 1: on Sunday that he were a name much played on 576 00:26:09,028 --> 00:26:11,908 Speaker 1: one leg. This man is playing through a torn adductor 577 00:26:11,948 --> 00:26:14,748 Speaker 1: in his ground. He was quoted saying when the doctor 578 00:26:14,788 --> 00:26:17,508 Speaker 1: told me that hockey players play through this injury, and 579 00:26:17,548 --> 00:26:20,428 Speaker 1: then he heard that Saints defenseman Camp Jordan played through 580 00:26:20,468 --> 00:26:22,508 Speaker 1: this injury, He's like, well, damn, now, I gotta go 581 00:26:22,508 --> 00:26:25,508 Speaker 1: play through this injury. He did so with a star 582 00:26:25,948 --> 00:26:28,228 Speaker 1: because he had to hold off Nick Bosa hasn't allowed 583 00:26:28,268 --> 00:26:31,228 Speaker 1: a sack in like thirty straight games on his side 584 00:26:31,228 --> 00:26:34,388 Speaker 1: of the ball. He played heroically on Sunday. People are 585 00:26:34,388 --> 00:26:36,868 Speaker 1: starting to take notice. Plane, you got like twelve days 586 00:26:36,908 --> 00:26:39,268 Speaker 1: to figure it out. Rest that one leg and then 587 00:26:39,308 --> 00:26:41,428 Speaker 1: tape it up or something, man, because you got Chris 588 00:26:41,468 --> 00:26:43,828 Speaker 1: Jones coming after you. So I'm sorry, but we're gonna 589 00:26:43,828 --> 00:26:45,948 Speaker 1: have to just go just get both legs back, Okay, 590 00:26:46,068 --> 00:27:03,548 Speaker 1: just Lane Johnson, you got this exactly. Hey, We're back 591 00:27:03,548 --> 00:27:06,308 Speaker 1: on go running football. Breaking news across the NFL, Tom 592 00:27:06,348 --> 00:27:10,548 Speaker 1: Brady has released a video announcing his retirement from the NFL. 593 00:27:10,668 --> 00:27:14,188 Speaker 1: Twenty three years in the league, a seven time Super 594 00:27:14,268 --> 00:27:17,748 Speaker 1: Bowl champion, is stepping away. Tom Brady tweeted the following 595 00:27:17,828 --> 00:27:19,348 Speaker 1: video out and I I want you to take a listen 596 00:27:19,428 --> 00:27:23,188 Speaker 1: firstand good morning, guys. I'll get to the point right away. 597 00:27:23,508 --> 00:27:27,068 Speaker 1: I'm retiring for good. I know the process was a 598 00:27:27,108 --> 00:27:28,948 Speaker 1: pretty big deal last time, so when I woke up 599 00:27:28,948 --> 00:27:32,268 Speaker 1: this morning, I figured I just press record. I'll let 600 00:27:32,268 --> 00:27:34,948 Speaker 1: you guys know first, so I won't be long winded. 601 00:27:35,348 --> 00:27:39,468 Speaker 1: Thank you only get one super emotional retirement essay, and 602 00:27:39,588 --> 00:27:42,788 Speaker 1: I use mine up last year. So really, thank you 603 00:27:42,828 --> 00:27:45,708 Speaker 1: guys so much, to every single one of you for 604 00:27:45,828 --> 00:27:50,868 Speaker 1: supporting me, my family, my friends, my teammates, my competitors. 605 00:27:51,388 --> 00:27:53,708 Speaker 1: I could go on forever. There's too many thank you 606 00:27:53,748 --> 00:27:56,588 Speaker 1: guys for allowing me to live my absolute dream. I 607 00:27:56,628 --> 00:28:02,228 Speaker 1: wouldn't change the thing. I love you all. A succinct 608 00:28:02,348 --> 00:28:04,868 Speaker 1: important message from Tom Brady is he an ounces his 609 00:28:04,908 --> 00:28:07,668 Speaker 1: retirement from the NFL with a self a video on 610 00:28:07,708 --> 00:28:10,788 Speaker 1: the beach wherever he is and saying that's it. After 611 00:28:10,788 --> 00:28:12,228 Speaker 1: playing in the league for as long as he did, 612 00:28:12,348 --> 00:28:15,068 Speaker 1: two thousand NFL Draft entered as the final one hundred 613 00:28:15,148 --> 00:28:17,668 Speaker 1: ninety ninth pick. Excuse me, seven super Bowls later and 614 00:28:17,748 --> 00:28:20,028 Speaker 1: he is retiring. Jason, you played with him, you know him, 615 00:28:20,028 --> 00:28:22,588 Speaker 1: would you think, Oh, man, you watched that video and 616 00:28:22,628 --> 00:28:26,148 Speaker 1: it's kind of like sad Brady. He seems emotional as 617 00:28:26,148 --> 00:28:29,068 Speaker 1: he's making that video and he's been just great for 618 00:28:29,188 --> 00:28:31,868 Speaker 1: so long. Honored that I got a chance, obviously to 619 00:28:31,868 --> 00:28:34,188 Speaker 1: share the locker room with him, but you're also kind 620 00:28:34,188 --> 00:28:37,068 Speaker 1: of happy for him. You go through a long career, 621 00:28:37,148 --> 00:28:40,388 Speaker 1: twenty three years in the NFL, the adversities, the ups 622 00:28:40,388 --> 00:28:43,268 Speaker 1: and downs. Obviously, we watched him on the field this 623 00:28:43,348 --> 00:28:45,388 Speaker 1: year and he's talked about his personal life and the 624 00:28:45,468 --> 00:28:48,108 Speaker 1: things that he's gone through this season. So to know 625 00:28:48,228 --> 00:28:51,988 Speaker 1: that he's walking away, he's embarking on a new journey 626 00:28:52,068 --> 00:28:55,228 Speaker 1: post football. But man, he was so good for so long, 627 00:28:55,348 --> 00:28:58,348 Speaker 1: and as just a football fan, we all were talking 628 00:28:58,388 --> 00:29:00,948 Speaker 1: about it as soon as the season ended. Where's Brady 629 00:29:00,988 --> 00:29:02,588 Speaker 1: gonna be next year? Is he going back to tam 630 00:29:02,628 --> 00:29:04,388 Speaker 1: but he can go back to Can go back home 631 00:29:04,428 --> 00:29:07,388 Speaker 1: to play for San Francisco. And he's like, no, I'm 632 00:29:07,468 --> 00:29:10,308 Speaker 1: riding off into the sunset. We're gonna go enjoy life. 633 00:29:10,348 --> 00:29:13,788 Speaker 1: I've been a pros pro for twenty three years. I 634 00:29:13,788 --> 00:29:15,868 Speaker 1: don't know if there's a player that's prepared and put 635 00:29:16,468 --> 00:29:18,708 Speaker 1: so much into the game that Brady has. The way 636 00:29:18,708 --> 00:29:21,508 Speaker 1: he works on his body, his mind of preparing each 637 00:29:21,548 --> 00:29:23,668 Speaker 1: and every week, the way he held his teammates and 638 00:29:23,908 --> 00:29:28,348 Speaker 1: organizations accountable. Sad to see Brady leaving the game, but 639 00:29:28,428 --> 00:29:31,308 Speaker 1: extremely happy for him knowing that, Hey, this year, it 640 00:29:31,388 --> 00:29:34,628 Speaker 1: was just a video, no production, know anything, just me 641 00:29:34,788 --> 00:29:37,588 Speaker 1: talking to the fans, me talking to my family friends, 642 00:29:37,948 --> 00:29:40,268 Speaker 1: and it's just me. And I think you enjoy that 643 00:29:40,468 --> 00:29:43,668 Speaker 1: because this guy is a bona fide superstar. And the 644 00:29:43,708 --> 00:29:45,828 Speaker 1: fact that, like any of us who take a selfie 645 00:29:45,828 --> 00:29:48,228 Speaker 1: picture or a selfie video to send to somebody, he 646 00:29:48,348 --> 00:29:51,148 Speaker 1: just sat there on the beach, wind blowing and said 647 00:29:51,188 --> 00:29:53,948 Speaker 1: I'm retiring, I'm leaving the game and thanked us but 648 00:29:54,028 --> 00:29:56,308 Speaker 1: as no as Tom, thank you for what you've given 649 00:29:56,388 --> 00:29:58,828 Speaker 1: us for twenty three years. Yeah, I think that's a 650 00:29:58,868 --> 00:30:00,988 Speaker 1: lot of this. First of all, it is real. If 651 00:30:00,988 --> 00:30:03,428 Speaker 1: anyone's wanting for three news is real. I've reached out 652 00:30:03,468 --> 00:30:06,468 Speaker 1: to multiple people in A's world and yes, it's confirmed 653 00:30:06,708 --> 00:30:08,948 Speaker 1: he is retiring. How about the way it was delivered, 654 00:30:08,988 --> 00:30:11,628 Speaker 1: That's what I'll go with here Brady is the greatest 655 00:30:11,668 --> 00:30:14,548 Speaker 1: player to ever play. And that was as perfect, I 656 00:30:14,588 --> 00:30:17,828 Speaker 1: think as kiss of like retirement. This is how it 657 00:30:17,868 --> 00:30:19,868 Speaker 1: was supposed to be done, not last year with the 658 00:30:19,908 --> 00:30:21,948 Speaker 1: will here, won't he okay, there's someone had a scoop 659 00:30:21,988 --> 00:30:23,628 Speaker 1: and then it was denied and then actually it's real. 660 00:30:23,668 --> 00:30:25,548 Speaker 1: Then this was how it should be done. There was 661 00:30:25,588 --> 00:30:29,588 Speaker 1: no prepared statement, There was no montage video. It was 662 00:30:29,628 --> 00:30:32,748 Speaker 1: Brady at his roust and most authentic form, sitting there 663 00:30:32,908 --> 00:30:35,028 Speaker 1: which looks like in the morning, it could be today, 664 00:30:35,068 --> 00:30:37,068 Speaker 1: could have recorded this yesterday, we don't know when. But 665 00:30:37,308 --> 00:30:38,948 Speaker 1: he just sat there and he looked into a camera 666 00:30:38,988 --> 00:30:40,948 Speaker 1: and thanks people wo wanted to thank. There was no 667 00:30:40,988 --> 00:30:44,468 Speaker 1: pre written statement. There was no funny gag with Lily 668 00:30:44,548 --> 00:30:47,348 Speaker 1: Tomlin or Arita moreno coming in to promote a movie. 669 00:30:47,748 --> 00:30:51,628 Speaker 1: This is Brady's retiring, and does it now, as opposed 670 00:30:51,628 --> 00:30:54,748 Speaker 1: to doing it in mid February or early Mark. Does 671 00:30:54,788 --> 00:30:56,068 Speaker 1: it now gets it out of the way. It's not 672 00:30:56,148 --> 00:30:59,028 Speaker 1: gonna hold up any team's plans. Brady is retiring, and 673 00:30:59,068 --> 00:31:01,628 Speaker 1: I appreciate the way the news was delivered from him, 674 00:31:01,788 --> 00:31:05,108 Speaker 1: raw and honest and not some polished market in campaign 675 00:31:05,388 --> 00:31:08,108 Speaker 1: or some scoop from you know, one reporter versus another. 676 00:31:08,588 --> 00:31:11,428 Speaker 1: Brady breaks the news and it's authentic. Yeah, it's kind 677 00:31:11,428 --> 00:31:14,148 Speaker 1: of the Tom Brady we've gotten all season long, right, unfiltered. 678 00:31:14,228 --> 00:31:16,228 Speaker 1: Like we've seen him at his best, we've seen him 679 00:31:16,228 --> 00:31:18,588 Speaker 1: at his worst. We've seen him grouchy, you know, grumpy, 680 00:31:18,628 --> 00:31:23,028 Speaker 1: And I think this emotion definitely endears you if you 681 00:31:23,068 --> 00:31:25,988 Speaker 1: already didn't love Tom Brady as a player and as 682 00:31:25,988 --> 00:31:28,668 Speaker 1: a person, like to hear the emotion in his voice 683 00:31:28,668 --> 00:31:30,628 Speaker 1: when he says I'm done for good like that, to 684 00:31:30,748 --> 00:31:34,028 Speaker 1: me is so much more significant than the post. You know, 685 00:31:34,028 --> 00:31:35,748 Speaker 1: the texts. People are going to read that in their 686 00:31:35,748 --> 00:31:38,948 Speaker 1: own voices and they're going to hear their own way. 687 00:31:39,068 --> 00:31:41,428 Speaker 1: But like like you mentioned, it's in the morning. I 688 00:31:41,428 --> 00:31:43,228 Speaker 1: woke up today and this is where I'm at. The 689 00:31:43,308 --> 00:31:45,868 Speaker 1: hardest thing I think in any sport to do is 690 00:31:45,868 --> 00:31:47,748 Speaker 1: to walk away when you still know you can do it, 691 00:31:47,868 --> 00:31:49,668 Speaker 1: like when you're hurt, when you're broken, when the team 692 00:31:49,708 --> 00:31:51,268 Speaker 1: doesn't want you, and then it's like, all right, that's it. 693 00:31:51,308 --> 00:31:53,508 Speaker 1: I'm at the end of the rope. Like I get it. 694 00:31:53,908 --> 00:31:55,948 Speaker 1: I think that's easy. But to walk away on your 695 00:31:55,948 --> 00:31:57,868 Speaker 1: own think about this, Tom Brady led the league in 696 00:31:57,868 --> 00:32:00,068 Speaker 1: passing attempts this year. This is not a guy that 697 00:32:00,188 --> 00:32:01,948 Speaker 1: was thrown a ball eighteen times a game and it 698 00:32:01,988 --> 00:32:04,268 Speaker 1: was just hanging by a thread. He threw more past 699 00:32:04,428 --> 00:32:07,548 Speaker 1: has been any quarterback in the league. So he can 700 00:32:07,588 --> 00:32:09,428 Speaker 1: still do it. He can still play it at a 701 00:32:09,508 --> 00:32:13,228 Speaker 1: high level. But congratulations Tom on a wonderful career. You'll 702 00:32:13,268 --> 00:32:16,308 Speaker 1: always be compared to the Goats, right, the Jordans, And 703 00:32:16,388 --> 00:32:19,908 Speaker 1: how fitting that on the your twenty third season in 704 00:32:19,948 --> 00:32:23,228 Speaker 1: the NFL. You retire in twenty twenty three, You're forever 705 00:32:23,268 --> 00:32:25,668 Speaker 1: linked to Jordan with the numbers. I can't help but 706 00:32:25,748 --> 00:32:27,788 Speaker 1: go back to this season, guys, and I felt like 707 00:32:28,548 --> 00:32:31,108 Speaker 1: every time I watched the Bucks play this year, I 708 00:32:31,108 --> 00:32:34,668 Speaker 1: could hear James Old Jones like he's he's came Like 709 00:32:35,148 --> 00:32:36,948 Speaker 1: I just felt like it was it was that type 710 00:32:36,948 --> 00:32:39,708 Speaker 1: of year. Nothing could go wrong. And for him, I'm 711 00:32:39,708 --> 00:32:41,468 Speaker 1: happy for the next life. I mean, I don't think 712 00:32:41,468 --> 00:32:42,828 Speaker 1: he's gonna be sitting on the couch. We already know 713 00:32:42,868 --> 00:32:44,668 Speaker 1: what he's gonna be doing on Sundays. But you know, 714 00:32:44,708 --> 00:32:46,868 Speaker 1: I'm happy for him because the afterlife of football is 715 00:32:46,908 --> 00:32:49,108 Speaker 1: just as good as the football life itself. Well, it's 716 00:32:49,148 --> 00:32:51,668 Speaker 1: been reported that he has a seat at the table 717 00:32:51,828 --> 00:32:54,268 Speaker 1: or at a desk with Fox Sports, and we'll see 718 00:32:54,268 --> 00:32:56,228 Speaker 1: how that transpires. I think today it's not a day 719 00:32:56,268 --> 00:32:57,628 Speaker 1: to say like, oh, we can't wait to see him 720 00:32:57,628 --> 00:32:59,508 Speaker 1: on a Fox broadcast next year. I think today is 721 00:32:59,668 --> 00:33:02,548 Speaker 1: a day to acknowledge, just like the greatest compliment I 722 00:33:02,588 --> 00:33:04,948 Speaker 1: think one can be paid, especially in your fessional world, 723 00:33:05,028 --> 00:33:07,468 Speaker 1: is like, if you set a standard that means you 724 00:33:07,508 --> 00:33:09,268 Speaker 1: are at the top of your craft, you are at 725 00:33:09,268 --> 00:33:11,428 Speaker 1: the highest of the game. And that man set a standard, 726 00:33:11,468 --> 00:33:13,668 Speaker 1: I think not only for quarterbacks in the NFL, but 727 00:33:13,788 --> 00:33:16,988 Speaker 1: for players, for teammates, for guys that are around him. 728 00:33:17,028 --> 00:33:19,548 Speaker 1: I have not come across a single coach or player 729 00:33:19,828 --> 00:33:22,148 Speaker 1: or anyone in an organization, member of the media that 730 00:33:22,188 --> 00:33:25,228 Speaker 1: I've ever been around where they have said like Tom's great, 731 00:33:25,348 --> 00:33:28,628 Speaker 1: but there's never really a butt like he's just great. 732 00:33:28,828 --> 00:33:31,108 Speaker 1: He is a great person to be around. He leads 733 00:33:31,108 --> 00:33:33,548 Speaker 1: by example and with his words and with his actions, 734 00:33:33,548 --> 00:33:36,388 Speaker 1: with his play. He is the standard. I didn't really 735 00:33:36,428 --> 00:33:39,228 Speaker 1: hear the goat thing a lot until Tom Brady became it, 736 00:33:39,308 --> 00:33:40,908 Speaker 1: and then we kind of started adding other people to 737 00:33:40,948 --> 00:33:42,828 Speaker 1: the list, and I kind of hope it goes away 738 00:33:42,828 --> 00:33:45,348 Speaker 1: now because like there is a very small, what should 739 00:33:45,348 --> 00:33:46,908 Speaker 1: be a very small list of people that should be 740 00:33:46,948 --> 00:33:48,828 Speaker 1: on that and we should call them that animal We're 741 00:33:48,868 --> 00:33:50,708 Speaker 1: not going to do anymore. I think Tom Brady is it. 742 00:33:50,828 --> 00:33:52,708 Speaker 1: He said a standard in this league that I think 743 00:33:52,708 --> 00:33:55,148 Speaker 1: we'll all appreciate for a very very long time. So 744 00:33:55,228 --> 00:33:57,948 Speaker 1: on this day of his official retirement, where Tom Brady 745 00:33:57,988 --> 00:34:00,188 Speaker 1: has done after twenty three years, just appreciate what we 746 00:34:00,188 --> 00:34:01,668 Speaker 1: had for the last twenty three years, because it has 747 00:34:01,708 --> 00:34:05,268 Speaker 1: been awesome, awesome to watch Kyle Brandt. We're in Las Vegas, 748 00:34:05,308 --> 00:34:07,188 Speaker 1: my man, I kind of wish you were here today 749 00:34:07,228 --> 00:34:09,028 Speaker 1: making it five at the table to talk about this 750 00:34:09,108 --> 00:34:13,748 Speaker 1: is incredible news to learn today. What is your immediate reaction? 751 00:34:14,828 --> 00:34:17,148 Speaker 1: My immediate reactions. I love the video. I echo a 752 00:34:17,188 --> 00:34:18,588 Speaker 1: lot of what you guys said. I love that it 753 00:34:18,628 --> 00:34:20,788 Speaker 1: was low fi. I love that it was blunt. I 754 00:34:20,868 --> 00:34:23,068 Speaker 1: love that it has a tone of self awareness in it. 755 00:34:23,148 --> 00:34:24,868 Speaker 1: He knows that people are going to be skeptical. He 756 00:34:24,948 --> 00:34:27,068 Speaker 1: made sure to say for good. Seemed to me like 757 00:34:27,108 --> 00:34:29,188 Speaker 1: a one take deal. Didn't sit there and do it 758 00:34:29,228 --> 00:34:31,548 Speaker 1: over and over there. There was nothing that ran artificial 759 00:34:31,588 --> 00:34:34,788 Speaker 1: about that I'm thrilled for Tom Brady. Dude, go just 760 00:34:35,068 --> 00:34:38,908 Speaker 1: just go. You don't owe anything to anyone, to yourself, 761 00:34:38,988 --> 00:34:41,548 Speaker 1: to the game, to the league, to us. Just get 762 00:34:41,548 --> 00:34:43,548 Speaker 1: out of here. Man. You don't have to be Superman. 763 00:34:43,788 --> 00:34:45,828 Speaker 1: You don't have to play until you're forty six and 764 00:34:45,908 --> 00:34:48,988 Speaker 1: forty fifty. Go be with your kids, Go hug your kids, 765 00:34:49,548 --> 00:34:52,148 Speaker 1: Go spend some money. Go put on ten pounds, Go 766 00:34:52,188 --> 00:34:55,228 Speaker 1: put on fifty pounds. You have been the greatest ever 767 00:34:55,428 --> 00:34:59,268 Speaker 1: for a decade already. I'm thrilled for him. Go be 768 00:34:59,348 --> 00:35:02,228 Speaker 1: a normal human being and a normal dad. You deserve it. 769 00:35:02,308 --> 00:35:04,548 Speaker 1: And personally, look, I don't know if I'm jetlag. There 770 00:35:04,628 --> 00:35:06,188 Speaker 1: was something in that Aaron Vegas. I got a little 771 00:35:06,228 --> 00:35:08,588 Speaker 1: lump in my throat watching that video. This means something 772 00:35:08,628 --> 00:35:10,828 Speaker 1: to me. This means something's all of us. This is 773 00:35:10,908 --> 00:35:12,948 Speaker 1: history where Whitney's in right now. Tom Brady is the 774 00:35:13,028 --> 00:35:15,348 Speaker 1: only NFL player who's older than me. That's over now. 775 00:35:15,548 --> 00:35:16,988 Speaker 1: I remember what I was doing in my life when 776 00:35:16,988 --> 00:35:19,068 Speaker 1: Tom Brady's career started. I remember where I was for 777 00:35:19,148 --> 00:35:20,748 Speaker 1: each of the Super Bowls he played, and I remember 778 00:35:20,828 --> 00:35:22,708 Speaker 1: where I was in my twenties and my thirties. I 779 00:35:22,748 --> 00:35:24,548 Speaker 1: feel like I grew up with Tom Brady. It feels 780 00:35:24,548 --> 00:35:26,868 Speaker 1: like one of my favorite bands decided to stop playing, 781 00:35:26,948 --> 00:35:29,628 Speaker 1: or one of my favorite lead singers passed away. Loved 782 00:35:29,668 --> 00:35:32,548 Speaker 1: the video, thrilled for him, sad for us, the end 783 00:35:32,588 --> 00:35:35,148 Speaker 1: of an era, and that's always really really nostalgic, but 784 00:35:35,668 --> 00:35:37,868 Speaker 1: very very pleased that Tom Brady can just say what 785 00:35:37,908 --> 00:35:40,868 Speaker 1: they say, which is my watch has ended. You're so right, Kyle, Yeah, 786 00:35:40,908 --> 00:35:43,988 Speaker 1: the video. While the news and the facts of the 787 00:35:44,068 --> 00:35:47,508 Speaker 1: video are kind of earth shattering on an NFL scale, 788 00:35:48,028 --> 00:35:51,188 Speaker 1: his emotion behind it, bringing in everything that we have 789 00:35:51,268 --> 00:35:53,828 Speaker 1: all watched transpired. We're not even in his life, in 790 00:35:53,868 --> 00:35:56,508 Speaker 1: his circle, but from all the outsider's perspective to watch 791 00:35:56,548 --> 00:35:58,468 Speaker 1: everything that man went through over the last year, from 792 00:35:58,588 --> 00:36:01,028 Speaker 1: a year ago today when he retired the first time, 793 00:36:01,268 --> 00:36:03,468 Speaker 1: to today when he is retiring for good, a lot 794 00:36:03,508 --> 00:36:06,788 Speaker 1: has gone down personally, professionally. So you could feel that, 795 00:36:06,908 --> 00:36:09,308 Speaker 1: I think in that thirty second video, which was important 796 00:36:09,308 --> 00:36:11,148 Speaker 1: to hear from Tom Brady himself and a Fall Network 797 00:36:11,148 --> 00:36:14,588 Speaker 1: insider Ian Rappaport is joining US now rap Sheet the news. 798 00:36:14,828 --> 00:36:17,868 Speaker 1: It's been confirmed, Tom Brady retiring. Rap Sheet. What do 799 00:36:17,908 --> 00:36:19,868 Speaker 1: you know? First of all, this is something where the 800 00:36:19,948 --> 00:36:22,068 Speaker 1: Bucks were just finding out this morning that Tom Brady 801 00:36:22,148 --> 00:36:24,188 Speaker 1: was set to retire, kept this real quiet, and my 802 00:36:24,268 --> 00:36:27,628 Speaker 1: understanding is much more family consideration than anything else. I know, 803 00:36:27,828 --> 00:36:30,348 Speaker 1: we do football, so we're like, can he still do it? 804 00:36:30,388 --> 00:36:32,468 Speaker 1: Where's his skill level? Is this going to be something 805 00:36:32,508 --> 00:36:34,628 Speaker 1: where you know, the forty nine ers or the Raiders 806 00:36:34,708 --> 00:36:36,668 Speaker 1: or the Titans are gonna still want him as a 807 00:36:36,708 --> 00:36:40,748 Speaker 1: football player. This was more family. I know his children 808 00:36:40,748 --> 00:36:44,028 Speaker 1: are moving to the Florida, to somewhere in Florida, I 809 00:36:44,108 --> 00:36:46,148 Speaker 1: believe the Miami area. I know he wanted to be 810 00:36:46,788 --> 00:36:48,668 Speaker 1: around them and stay around them, and there really were 811 00:36:48,708 --> 00:36:51,308 Speaker 1: some questions of Okay, well, if he goes across the 812 00:36:51,388 --> 00:36:53,548 Speaker 1: country or in the middle of the country or somewhere 813 00:36:53,548 --> 00:36:56,228 Speaker 1: else to play football, since obviously wasn't going to be 814 00:36:56,228 --> 00:36:58,788 Speaker 1: for the Miami Dolphins, how could he actually do it 815 00:36:58,868 --> 00:37:01,428 Speaker 1: and stay close to the people he wants to stay 816 00:37:01,468 --> 00:37:04,628 Speaker 1: close with, which, of course is his kids. Out For 817 00:37:04,628 --> 00:37:07,228 Speaker 1: the second offseason in a row, tom Brady steps away. 818 00:37:07,308 --> 00:37:09,708 Speaker 1: I wouldn't consider this a major surprise, but I would 819 00:37:09,748 --> 00:37:12,268 Speaker 1: say it's a mild surprise because I know there are 820 00:37:12,308 --> 00:37:14,828 Speaker 1: some teams I'm hearing mobile as you mentioned there's some 821 00:37:14,868 --> 00:37:18,148 Speaker 1: teams that we're discussing possibly having Tom Brady being their 822 00:37:18,228 --> 00:37:20,588 Speaker 1: quarterback and now obviously not going to happen. So that 823 00:37:21,068 --> 00:37:23,348 Speaker 1: is the Brady part. That is the personal part. Brady 824 00:37:23,388 --> 00:37:26,428 Speaker 1: steps away wanting to kind of adhere to the family 825 00:37:26,468 --> 00:37:29,068 Speaker 1: considerations that are first and foremost in his life at 826 00:37:29,108 --> 00:37:31,508 Speaker 1: forty five years old, kind of as he had always planned, 827 00:37:31,548 --> 00:37:34,028 Speaker 1: but maybe not exactly the way that he had planned. 828 00:37:34,148 --> 00:37:35,908 Speaker 1: And then there's the football part of it, which is 829 00:37:36,108 --> 00:37:38,908 Speaker 1: there's now one fewer free agent quarterback. The greatest of 830 00:37:38,908 --> 00:37:41,348 Speaker 1: all time is not going to be on free agency. 831 00:37:41,388 --> 00:37:43,628 Speaker 1: We thought that he wasn't going back to the Bucks. 832 00:37:43,828 --> 00:37:46,588 Speaker 1: Now he's not going to anyone. So many more teams 833 00:37:46,628 --> 00:37:49,108 Speaker 1: now we'll have to alter their boards and figure out 834 00:37:49,188 --> 00:37:51,228 Speaker 1: who is going to be their quarterback with Tom Brady 835 00:37:51,428 --> 00:37:54,028 Speaker 1: not it. Ian Rapport, we appreciate you because we know 836 00:37:54,068 --> 00:37:57,188 Speaker 1: you had your kind of mobile Alabama brain into year 837 00:37:57,228 --> 00:37:59,428 Speaker 1: and then Tom Brady totally three fail loop. We appreciate 838 00:37:59,468 --> 00:38:00,788 Speaker 1: you hopping on. I know you're going to join us 839 00:38:00,828 --> 00:38:02,668 Speaker 1: in a little bit as more stuff comes out about 840 00:38:02,708 --> 00:38:05,668 Speaker 1: this announcement here on Good Morning Football. To Peter's point, 841 00:38:05,708 --> 00:38:08,548 Speaker 1: and then Ian mentioned it I think highly respectful for 842 00:38:08,588 --> 00:38:11,068 Speaker 1: Brady to kind of do this and this calendar date 843 00:38:11,148 --> 00:38:13,428 Speaker 1: in the NFL offseason because a lot of teams and 844 00:38:13,548 --> 00:38:17,148 Speaker 1: media in particular photo shopping jerseys onto any fridge and 845 00:38:17,188 --> 00:38:19,468 Speaker 1: quarterback Brady in particular is kind of a fun exercise. 846 00:38:19,508 --> 00:38:21,508 Speaker 1: But to know he is off the radar, I would 847 00:38:21,548 --> 00:38:24,428 Speaker 1: think is extremely helpful to thirty one other team. Can 848 00:38:24,468 --> 00:38:26,708 Speaker 1: I make a quick point why this is? He's so brilliant. 849 00:38:26,708 --> 00:38:28,828 Speaker 1: So he's at a movie premiere last night for his 850 00:38:28,908 --> 00:38:33,748 Speaker 1: movie eighty For Brady, every single photo Google image, AP photo, 851 00:38:33,908 --> 00:38:35,948 Speaker 1: Getty image will be him looking wonderful on the red 852 00:38:35,948 --> 00:38:38,348 Speaker 1: carpet last night. He just nailed this thing to perfection. 853 00:38:38,428 --> 00:38:40,468 Speaker 1: This is not going to be anything that's not planned. 854 00:38:40,508 --> 00:38:43,468 Speaker 1: Brady has nailed this. Timing logistics. We always talk about it, 855 00:38:43,668 --> 00:38:45,428 Speaker 1: Brady now the logistics. Or he was on the red 856 00:38:45,428 --> 00:38:47,148 Speaker 1: copy last night, Peter and he was like, you know, 857 00:38:47,228 --> 00:38:48,588 Speaker 1: this is kind of fun. If I don't have to 858 00:38:48,588 --> 00:38:50,468 Speaker 1: wake up next year for practice every day, that'd be 859 00:38:50,508 --> 00:38:52,308 Speaker 1: I too. And like, there he is on the beach. 860 00:38:52,388 --> 00:38:55,788 Speaker 1: Let's roll into retirement. Everybody. Maybe on the beach Tom Brady, 861 00:38:55,988 --> 00:38:59,188 Speaker 1: Tom Brady with his feet in the sand is headed 862 00:38:59,188 --> 00:39:00,828 Speaker 1: into retirement. We're gonna have more on that here on 863 00:39:00,828 --> 00:39:03,028 Speaker 1: Good Morning Football. Hang with us breaking news here in 864 00:39:03,068 --> 00:39:03,108 Speaker 1: the