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Speaker 1: What is going on everybody? John Middlecop the Rein Out podcast.

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Speaker 1: It's I mean less than five minutes after that game

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Speaker 1: just ended. That's entertainment, you know, Thank God for the NFL.

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Speaker 1: I remember when like four or five years ago, everyone

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Speaker 1: at ESPN was telling us the NFL was gonna crumble. Uh,

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Speaker 1: fun times. That was that. That's the type game why

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Speaker 1: the NFL is king. You know, it's just that's entertainment

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Speaker 1: at its finest when it comes to uh, when it

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Speaker 1: comes to sporting events. You know, you're just on the

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Speaker 1: edge of your seat. Two. Someone text me, I didn't

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Speaker 1: look at the line was Ravens minus three. If that's true,

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Speaker 1: that's crazy. Uh that that was that was crazy. Uh.

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Speaker 1: We'll obviously into that game. And then just a lot

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Speaker 1: of other stuff coming up. Jalen hurts thoughts on different

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Speaker 1: quarterback situations around the league. Some things I noticed trending up,

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Speaker 1: trending down. Uh, some college thoughts Gus mels On fired

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Speaker 1: from the University Auburn, and uh, and a little middle

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Speaker 1: Coff mail bag at John Middlecoff is my Instagram handle.

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Speaker 1: The direct messages are are wide open and welcome for

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Speaker 1: you to come on in and ask me any question

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Speaker 1: to my feed. And I see a lot of buzzing

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Speaker 1: on the internet like cowards going to bar stool and

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Speaker 1: just ship you never know, Uh, keep your head on

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Speaker 1: But subscribe to the podcast Three and Out Podcast. Greatly

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Speaker 1: appreciate that, and we'll just keep on humming. I don't

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Speaker 1: even know where to start. Uh. I guess on the

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Speaker 1: most basic level, the Browns, it can't really. I think

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Speaker 1: there are two two teams that really stand out in

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Speaker 1: my mind over the last couple of decades that have

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Speaker 1: just been a laughing stock. I don't count the Jaguars,

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Speaker 1: no offense to any of you Jacksonville fans, you just

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Speaker 1: aren't very relevant to me. The two teams that stand

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Speaker 1: when it comes to football and it comes to dysfunction,

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Speaker 1: difficult to take over, like whoever takes if John Harbaugh

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Speaker 1: retired at the end of this year. The Ravens are

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Speaker 1: set up to succeed. They have an infrastructure, they have

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Speaker 1: the Steelers, like now, whoever takes over one day for

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Speaker 1: why all the top programs Alabama, Ohio State, Clemson, like

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Speaker 1: they're just on a different level. The same thing with

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Speaker 1: winning teams in the NFL. There's a different expectation when

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Speaker 1: when you play for the Steelers, when you play for

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Speaker 1: the Packers. That's not the case with the Browns at

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Speaker 1: least the majority of my adult life. And Kevin Stefanski

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Speaker 1: has gone there and they're now nine and four, but

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Speaker 1: And maybe I've been a little hard on Baker Mayfield

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Speaker 1: There were some plays like I'm not gonna come here

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Speaker 1: He threw a bad pick that was basically a pick six.

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Speaker 1: They scored on the next play. Some of the plays

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Speaker 1: fifth year option. I still don't see a thirty million

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Speaker 1: I don't really like as a player. I've never not

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Speaker 1: I find myself enjoying watching Lamar Jackson play. Now what

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Speaker 1: He does that constantly. That is his problem. Why now

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Speaker 1: So do you know why like the Ravens two you

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Speaker 1: his numbers are a little skewed because he missed the quarter,

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Speaker 1: but I mean he's struggling the throw for like two

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Speaker 1: And that's why I think too often, and I get

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Speaker 1: What do you think the Ravens do this offseason? With

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Speaker 1: Lamar's contract? Why are we in a rush? And I

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Speaker 1: extend him this offseason. I'm not extending Lamar Jackson. I

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Speaker 1: what I'm doing now. I wouldn't necessarily do that for Baker.

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Speaker 1: extending Baker Mayfield either, Like why why do we need

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Speaker 1: Their defensive roster is awful, so like he deserves to

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Speaker 1: take responsibility. It was announced Jalen Hurts is gonna start again.

427
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Speaker 1: Of course he is. He looked pretty good. I watched

428
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Speaker 1: that game my iPad about ten o'clock on Sunday night,

429
00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:13,879
Speaker 1: just a little condensed version. I was impressed. And I

430
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Speaker 1: think overall, and I said it last week, Carson Wentz

431
00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:19,200
Speaker 1: needed to go to the sideline. He needed a mental break.

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Speaker 1: I also think one thing the Eagles game showed is

433
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Speaker 1: when you're in a team environment, when you're in an

434
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Speaker 1: office environment, if something is not working, it can bring

435
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Speaker 1: a lot of other people down, even if you like

436
00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:35,119
Speaker 1: the person. And I think it's fair to say that

437
00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:36,800
Speaker 1: a lot of guys on the Eagles roster. I know

438
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Speaker 1: Jason Kelsey gave some comments like Carson Wentz and wanted

439
00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:44,119
Speaker 1: it to work. But when there's a negative energy in

440
00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:48,280
Speaker 1: a building, and I've experienced it definitely in radio, everyone

441
00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:52,359
Speaker 1: is miserable. It's not a fun place to be and listen.

442
00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:56,679
Speaker 1: Like high level business, high level football shouldn't always be fun.

443
00:22:57,080 --> 00:23:01,359
Speaker 1: But when every single human is miserable coming in and

444
00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:03,280
Speaker 1: whether that be in business, you're not gonna make any money,

445
00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:07,800
Speaker 1: whether that being football, you're not gonna win. It's it's counterproductive.

446
00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:14,000
Speaker 1: So when you change something up and just pull kind

447
00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:17,439
Speaker 1: of a curveball, there is the opportunity for that just

448
00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:20,760
Speaker 1: to wake some people up and give people new life.

449
00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,480
Speaker 1: And when I watched the Eagles play with Jalen Hurts,

450
00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:26,280
Speaker 1: I saw a team that just had a little more

451
00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:28,879
Speaker 1: life to them, had a little more pep in their step,

452
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Speaker 1: and sometimes change. And this is why I think in

453
00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:36,600
Speaker 1: football people just go to the backup quarterback. In baseball,

454
00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:38,199
Speaker 1: it happens all the time. When a quarterback or when

455
00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:40,320
Speaker 1: a pitcher doesn't have it, you just bring another guy.

456
00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:43,720
Speaker 1: Same thing in basketball, like when you're starting lineup doesn't happen.

457
00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:46,680
Speaker 1: How often of any basketball team you've ever rooted for

458
00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:49,520
Speaker 1: second unit coming in there, lightening up the first you know,

459
00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:51,920
Speaker 1: whoever they're playing, they brought you back in a game,

460
00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:53,879
Speaker 1: and the head coach just leaves them in, lets it go.

461
00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:57,000
Speaker 1: Sometimes you just gotta ride the hot hand in writing.

462
00:23:57,000 --> 00:24:00,600
Speaker 1: A hot hand in life in sports doesn't mean you

463
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Speaker 1: do it forever. Most people don't stay hot forever, you know,

464
00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:08,000
Speaker 1: but it can just get the train back on the tracks,

465
00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:11,480
Speaker 1: and for whatever reason, it looked like the wide receivers

466
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Speaker 1: were trying a little bit harder, like the defense was

467
00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:16,240
Speaker 1: tackling a little bit more. Now there are some football

468
00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:20,160
Speaker 1: elements why the Eagles were just better and ultimately beat

469
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Speaker 1: you know, one of the best teams in the league

470
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Speaker 1: in the Saints. Jalen Hurts did not throw interceptions. And

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Speaker 1: I was thinking, like, what is the big difference watching

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Speaker 1: this game then watching Carson Wentz play, And the number

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Speaker 1: one thing he consistently did when I watched Carson Wentz

474
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Speaker 1: this season was throw picks. And it's impossible when you

475
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Speaker 1: consistently throw interceptions, whether it be in the red zone,

476
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Speaker 1: whether it be on a drive, whether it be in

477
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Speaker 1: the other team's territory, and not be just dramatically inflating

478
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Speaker 1: to your entire roster. And Jalen Hurts is he perfect?

479
00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:56,800
Speaker 1: Is the elite? I mean he through for dred sixty

480
00:24:56,800 --> 00:24:59,320
Speaker 1: seven yards. A huge part of his success was on

481
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Speaker 1: the ground. He ran for over a hundred, but he

482
00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:04,720
Speaker 1: did not throw an interception. Now, there was a pass

483
00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:06,840
Speaker 1: I think on an out route that easily could have

484
00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:09,200
Speaker 1: been like a pick six. He was not perfect by

485
00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:12,239
Speaker 1: any means, but the other team didn't catch it, and

486
00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:14,560
Speaker 1: for whatever reason, the other team when Carson was playing,

487
00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:17,679
Speaker 1: was catching the football. If you do not turn the

488
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Speaker 1: ball over. The Eagles have you know, enough talent on

489
00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:24,000
Speaker 1: offense in Miles Sanders and Goddard in full gum al

490
00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:28,560
Speaker 1: Shawn's back now Jalen reagor, they should be decent. And

491
00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:31,600
Speaker 1: the problem with the Eagles with Carson Wentz, they could

492
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Speaker 1: not score points. They were constantly going in a halftime

493
00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:38,280
Speaker 1: zero points, three points, six points. They went in a

494
00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:42,920
Speaker 1: halftime against the Saints was seventeen points. Can you imagine

495
00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:44,760
Speaker 1: the feeling of just being on that team, being a

496
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Speaker 1: coach and just looking at the scoreboard when you were

497
00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:50,199
Speaker 1: walking off the field to go get you know, a

498
00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:52,719
Speaker 1: power bar and a gatorade and sit there for fifteen

499
00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:58,080
Speaker 1: minutes and just seeing seventeen points. How just invigorating that

500
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Speaker 1: must have felt, How in lightening, how just inspiring. It's

501
00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:03,879
Speaker 1: like we had a chance to win a game because

502
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Speaker 1: we're scoring points, and that was just that was not

503
00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:10,119
Speaker 1: the case of Carson Wentz. So listen, I don't know,

504
00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:13,480
Speaker 1: Jalen hurts. He actually looked better than I thought he

505
00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:16,280
Speaker 1: would look. I always red flag the first time a

506
00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:18,760
Speaker 1: guys out a little bit, especially if it's a running quarterback.

507
00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:21,320
Speaker 1: I don't think he's some long term answer. Could be wrong,

508
00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:24,639
Speaker 1: but I I bet against it. It was clearly the

509
00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:27,920
Speaker 1: right move and it worked with flying Colors. The other

510
00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:31,919
Speaker 1: thing I was wrong on, but I also understand is

511
00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:35,000
Speaker 1: Taysom Hill is much better than I thought. Is he

512
00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:37,840
Speaker 1: some elite future top five quarterback? I don't know, but

513
00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:39,840
Speaker 1: I do think he's a starting quarterback in the NFL.

514
00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:43,200
Speaker 1: He was thirty eight for almost three yards and two touchdowns.

515
00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:45,840
Speaker 1: He has a really strong arm, and he obviously can

516
00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:49,040
Speaker 1: run around and make plays with his legs. And watching

517
00:26:49,119 --> 00:26:51,800
Speaker 1: Josh Allen on Sunday Night, you realize, like Sean Payton

518
00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:54,360
Speaker 1: on his own team has this guy that he's seen

519
00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:57,760
Speaker 1: in practice with a big arm, big athlete, high character guy.

520
00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:02,080
Speaker 1: Breeze loves ran A four four. He knows the offense, like,

521
00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:05,720
Speaker 1: is it really that shocking? Sean Payton likes him. Most

522
00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:07,960
Speaker 1: coaches don't give a ship what the what the internet

523
00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,600
Speaker 1: is saying about them. John Payton goes to practice every

524
00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:12,600
Speaker 1: day for the last three or four years with Taysom

525
00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:15,800
Speaker 1: Hill on his team, sees clearly he can do all

526
00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:18,119
Speaker 1: this other stuff, but just from a quarterback, big arm,

527
00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:21,000
Speaker 1: much better than Breeze. High character guy, just like Breeze,

528
00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:25,040
Speaker 1: clearly really smart, understands the offense pretty accurate, but again,

529
00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:27,479
Speaker 1: huge arm, something that he hasn't had. He goes, well,

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00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:29,919
Speaker 1: I got all these offensive skill guys around him, why

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00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:31,840
Speaker 1: can't the guy make place. I'm one of the best

532
00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:34,640
Speaker 1: coaches in the in the sport. Why can't I coach

533
00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:36,560
Speaker 1: this guy up and make him a quarterback? He was

534
00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:39,679
Speaker 1: a quarterback in college. It's not like I'm moving a

535
00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:41,760
Speaker 1: guy from wide receiver to quarterback and hope. No. This

536
00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:44,800
Speaker 1: guy can throw. He's a little unconventional the way he

537
00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:47,920
Speaker 1: kind of back pedals and stuff. But it's just like whatever,

538
00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:52,720
Speaker 1: football is a little unconventional. Now, you see all these guys, like,

539
00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:54,679
Speaker 1: if you want to get an elite quarterback prospect, you

540
00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:57,160
Speaker 1: typically have to draft him high. Saints are winning ten

541
00:27:57,240 --> 00:28:01,120
Speaker 1: to thirteen games every year. They're never drafting high. They're

542
00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:02,920
Speaker 1: ten and three right now, they're gonna end up being

543
00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:05,439
Speaker 1: twelve and four. They're not gonna sniff one of these

544
00:28:05,440 --> 00:28:09,280
Speaker 1: top quarterbacks. He never has access to him, So yeah,

545
00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:12,000
Speaker 1: I get why he likes Taysom Hill that's his guy,

546
00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:16,959
Speaker 1: that's his project. Guys pretty good, much dramatically better than

547
00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:20,400
Speaker 1: I thought, dramatically better than anyone on social media thought

548
00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:23,399
Speaker 1: I would imagine any Saints fan listening, he has to

549
00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:25,959
Speaker 1: be a little bit better than you would imagine. He's not.

550
00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:28,720
Speaker 1: I thought he might be bad. He's not only not

551
00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:31,800
Speaker 1: bad like I watched him sometimes ago. This guy's pretty good.

552
00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:35,000
Speaker 1: Now it's all relative to how good. You know, He's

553
00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:39,880
Speaker 1: got a long ways to go, but I'm pretty fascinating.

554
00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:45,400
Speaker 1: I think this might work. Okay, let's just uh, let's

555
00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:47,840
Speaker 1: look at some stuff and to quote by guy Jim Kramer,

556
00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:51,080
Speaker 1: some things I saw this weekend that I'm buying and

557
00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:53,960
Speaker 1: some things I saw this weekend that I'm selling. You know,

558
00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:56,920
Speaker 1: right now, no one cares what you did in October.

559
00:28:56,960 --> 00:29:00,400
Speaker 1: The playoffs are almost here. How your team's looking, Are

560
00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:02,720
Speaker 1: you trading up? Are your trending down? And I'm gonna

561
00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:05,719
Speaker 1: start with the Washington football team I'm buying with they're selling.

562
00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:09,840
Speaker 1: Ron Rivera is a legitimate head coach. He brings an

563
00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:14,480
Speaker 1: element to any franchise of toughness, of discipline, and direction.

564
00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:18,320
Speaker 1: The Carolina Panthers when he took over in two thousand

565
00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:21,800
Speaker 1: eleven were a joke. They had the number one pick

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Speaker 1: in the draft. Eight nine years later, they became a very,

567
00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:28,560
Speaker 1: very respectable franchise. Took him to the playoffs several times.

568
00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:31,640
Speaker 1: Obviously went to the Super Bowl. He's a legitimate NFL coach.

569
00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:35,040
Speaker 1: I watched that game every snap. I hope you, if

570
00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:37,960
Speaker 1: you weren't a Washington Football team fan or a Niner fan,

571
00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:41,440
Speaker 1: don't waste your time. No one wants to watch Nick

572
00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:45,160
Speaker 1: Mullins play football, especially against the defense that's really good.

573
00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:48,280
Speaker 1: The football team has a front seven that is no joke.

574
00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:53,080
Speaker 1: Chase Young is everything anyone hoped Clowney will be, plays

575
00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:56,800
Speaker 1: his ass off and dominates. And they have several other

576
00:29:56,840 --> 00:30:00,160
Speaker 1: defensive linemen that you just are just game records. They

577
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Speaker 1: are really good up front on defense. Offensively, Alex is hurt.

578
00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:08,000
Speaker 1: He's just not that good, and Dwayne Haskins is even worse.

579
00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:11,000
Speaker 1: But they're tough, they're physical. They're just trying to try

580
00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:13,960
Speaker 1: to ugly up the game. Big picture, if they can

581
00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:17,520
Speaker 1: find themselves with a starting quarterback. If I was them,

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00:30:17,560 --> 00:30:20,240
Speaker 1: I'd be all over like Dak Prescott. You just gave

583
00:30:20,320 --> 00:30:22,800
Speaker 1: them Dak Prescott, or gave them just the top. You know,

584
00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:27,800
Speaker 1: fifteen sixteen quarterback, they'd be a lock playoff team. They are,

585
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Speaker 1: they are solid. They're missing a quarterback and probably some weapons,

586
00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:35,320
Speaker 1: but a quarterback is really what they need. Clearly that

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00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:39,080
Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh Steelers, I would sell, uh, you just it's

588
00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:42,240
Speaker 1: hard to handle that many injuries on defense when defense

589
00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:45,600
Speaker 1: is what separated you. With bud Dupree and the middle

590
00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:49,760
Speaker 1: linebacker Bush, they were unstoppable that they could do everything.

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00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:51,720
Speaker 1: They could rush the pastor they could stop the run,

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00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:53,800
Speaker 1: they could cover the past. They could do it all.

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00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:57,160
Speaker 1: And just when you lose one of your best pass rushers,

594
00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:01,440
Speaker 1: it hurts. There's no way around it. Bud Dupree and

595
00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:04,560
Speaker 1: what are just a dominant force. When you take one

596
00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:06,960
Speaker 1: of the two of them away, it's not quite as potent.

597
00:31:07,360 --> 00:31:12,080
Speaker 1: Despite t J being a star. Offensively, they can't run

598
00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:14,080
Speaker 1: the ball. I had some people DM me like middle

599
00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:16,840
Speaker 1: Coffee being a little hard on Ben, like he is

600
00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:20,160
Speaker 1: not the problem. I don't think Ben is the problem,

601
00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:23,440
Speaker 1: but he is no longer what he used to be.

602
00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:26,240
Speaker 1: He can't really scramble, he can't really move. He's a

603
00:31:26,280 --> 00:31:29,440
Speaker 1: true pocket quarterback, and I think you watched him in

604
00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:31,920
Speaker 1: that game against the Bills, like his accuracy is a

605
00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:33,720
Speaker 1: little hit or miss. The big fell can still throw

606
00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:37,520
Speaker 1: some darts, still throws a beautiful touchdown. But he's just

607
00:31:38,360 --> 00:31:41,080
Speaker 1: he's still a really good player. And clearly with him

608
00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:44,080
Speaker 1: they are infinitely better off than all the scrubs they

609
00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:47,120
Speaker 1: had last year. But the day and age of him

610
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Speaker 1: being like a Hall of Famer and one of the

611
00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:51,840
Speaker 1: elite guys in the league are are just over. So

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00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:54,360
Speaker 1: I just I don't see how they're gonna make that

613
00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:57,160
Speaker 1: much hay in the playoffs because offensively they're not potent

614
00:31:57,280 --> 00:32:00,800
Speaker 1: enough and clearly defensively they're just not the same Seattle.

615
00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:02,640
Speaker 1: I got a lot of people d M in me,

616
00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:06,760
Speaker 1: what's going on? What's going on? Are we screwed? Good

617
00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:09,440
Speaker 1: teams have a couple of bad weeks. Russell Wilson had

618
00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:12,200
Speaker 1: a couple of shitty weeks. It happens. It's football, it's

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Speaker 1: the National Football League. It's hard being quarterbacks hard. You're

620
00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:19,240
Speaker 1: not just gonna have a perfect season like it's it's okay.

621
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Speaker 1: I said, if if it gets weird against the Jets,

622
00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:25,280
Speaker 1: I will say your franchise has an issue right now.

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00:32:25,480 --> 00:32:28,440
Speaker 1: But I will buy Seattle. They're gonna be fine. Their

624
00:32:28,440 --> 00:32:30,880
Speaker 1: defense is getting better. I know, as the Jets, but

625
00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:32,560
Speaker 1: you know what you happens when you play the Jets.

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00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:34,400
Speaker 1: If you're a really good team, you beat them forty

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00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:37,360
Speaker 1: to three. If they can stay healthy, they have as

628
00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:39,640
Speaker 1: good of a chance as any team in the NFC

629
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Speaker 1: to win it because their defense is a little bit

630
00:32:41,240 --> 00:32:44,160
Speaker 1: better now. Jamal Adams gives him a pass rushing you know,

631
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Speaker 1: element despite him being a dB, but he's a great

632
00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:49,800
Speaker 1: pass rusher. Uh, their defense just looks a little bit better.

633
00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:51,960
Speaker 1: They need Russell to play like an m v P.

634
00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,239
Speaker 1: If Russell plays like an MVP and their defense just

635
00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:56,920
Speaker 1: isn't shitty, it's just middle of the road, Seattle can

636
00:32:56,920 --> 00:32:58,920
Speaker 1: win the NFC. What did I say from the beginning,

637
00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:01,920
Speaker 1: I can't take Seattle's seriously with the joke defense. Well,

638
00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:04,400
Speaker 1: their defense is no longer a joke. Their offense has

639
00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:07,240
Speaker 1: been a problem. So if the offense can just get back,

640
00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:09,960
Speaker 1: you know, the train back on the tracks and just

641
00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:12,920
Speaker 1: be potent again, and their defense just be incrementally better,

642
00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:16,360
Speaker 1: They're good. I'm buying Seattle stock. I trust Seattle more

643
00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:18,480
Speaker 1: than I do the Rams in the playoffs, mainly because

644
00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:22,400
Speaker 1: of Russell Wilson and Jared goff. Uh. The Giants, I

645
00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:25,680
Speaker 1: gotta sell a little stock. I like Joe Judge. Defensively,

646
00:33:25,720 --> 00:33:28,680
Speaker 1: they play really hard. It's hard to take a team seriously.

647
00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:31,600
Speaker 1: And this Washington a little bit like this too. I

648
00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:34,640
Speaker 1: just think Washington has better players in the Giants top

649
00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:38,160
Speaker 1: to bottom. Like you're just Daniel Jones. He fumbles all

650
00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:40,920
Speaker 1: the time. Now sometimes it's not his fault, a free

651
00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:43,440
Speaker 1: rusher coming around the edge and the balls on the ground.

652
00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:46,760
Speaker 1: But every time I watch them, and you know, it

653
00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:48,959
Speaker 1: was the only game I had locally on, so I

654
00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:51,520
Speaker 1: had I have two TVs in my living room and

655
00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:53,240
Speaker 1: I had the Red Zone on one and I had

656
00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:55,840
Speaker 1: the other channel was the Arizona Giants game. And the

657
00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:58,719
Speaker 1: ball is always on the ground. And I kind of

658
00:33:58,800 --> 00:34:01,680
Speaker 1: want to like Daniel Jones almost called him Alex Jones.

659
00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:04,240
Speaker 1: He's not Alex Jones. Daniel Jones like, it's like, could

660
00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:07,000
Speaker 1: he be Alex Smith? Alex Smith is really accurate. Daniel

661
00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:09,200
Speaker 1: Jones to me, is a little reckless with the football

662
00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:12,360
Speaker 1: despite being really talented. Like to me, he's kind of

663
00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:16,000
Speaker 1: their problem, you know, in a weird way. Because defensively

664
00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:19,320
Speaker 1: they play really hard. They're well coached. They're like the

665
00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:22,040
Speaker 1: Washington football team, just with a little less talent. So

666
00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:25,360
Speaker 1: I'm I feel pretty confident, but not really that confident

667
00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:27,399
Speaker 1: because I don't love if Alex, I don't know how

668
00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:32,040
Speaker 1: long he's out, don't really trust Dwayne Haskins. But I

669
00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:34,120
Speaker 1: do think just the football teams, their defense is better.

670
00:34:34,239 --> 00:34:38,360
Speaker 1: So I would sell some giant stock the Packers. Uh,

671
00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:41,520
Speaker 1: I mean, there's just they're just a dominant force on offense.

672
00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:45,760
Speaker 1: Davante Aaron's probably gonna win the MVP him or Mahomes.

673
00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:48,960
Speaker 1: Thea flour has been awesome this year calling plays. You

674
00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:50,719
Speaker 1: play a bad team in the Lions and you beat

675
00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:54,160
Speaker 1: him pretty soundly, Like that's what good teams do. And

676
00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:56,879
Speaker 1: the big thing this year that is different than last

677
00:34:56,960 --> 00:34:59,800
Speaker 1: year because to me, their defense, I would still red flag.

678
00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:03,560
Speaker 1: I would still not totally trust their defense. But an

679
00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:06,480
Speaker 1: underrated element last year the Packers was like, what's up

680
00:35:06,480 --> 00:35:09,759
Speaker 1: with Aaron Rodgers? He doesn't look quite as good. It's

681
00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:11,720
Speaker 1: easy for us to say on the outside they drafted

682
00:35:11,719 --> 00:35:14,960
Speaker 1: a first round quarterback. They believe that. It's not media speak.

683
00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:17,400
Speaker 1: This isn't Kyrie Irving, Like you're just making ship up.

684
00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:20,080
Speaker 1: Now we were all saying it, and then their team

685
00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:23,920
Speaker 1: drafted a quarterback in the first round, but they have

686
00:35:24,040 --> 00:35:26,840
Speaker 1: got him playing some of the best football of his career.

687
00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:29,719
Speaker 1: He was twenty and thirty three yesterday for three touchdowns.

688
00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:33,360
Speaker 1: Davante Is I don't see if there there might be

689
00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:35,280
Speaker 1: a receiver as good as him, but there's not anyone

690
00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:37,680
Speaker 1: better than him right now in the NFL. He is

691
00:35:37,719 --> 00:35:41,560
Speaker 1: a baller and they are now with the Saints losing

692
00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:43,759
Speaker 1: in first place because obviously they own the timebreaker. They

693
00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:46,879
Speaker 1: beat him this year, and they got a pretty clear

694
00:35:46,920 --> 00:35:50,440
Speaker 1: path to win the next three games, uh and get

695
00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:55,319
Speaker 1: that number one seed, and a little like Seattle when

696
00:35:55,360 --> 00:35:57,399
Speaker 1: when you have one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time,

697
00:35:57,480 --> 00:35:59,640
Speaker 1: I just even if your defense is flawed, I think

698
00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:01,839
Speaker 1: you gotta pretty good chance to win the NFCAT Now.

699
00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:04,680
Speaker 1: I don't think either one is beating the Chiefs, but

700
00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:07,040
Speaker 1: you know, the NFC is is wide open right now.

701
00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:11,640
Speaker 1: The last team I would sell is just again, I

702
00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:13,879
Speaker 1: was just saying this guy's praises. I think Taysom Hill

703
00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:16,960
Speaker 1: looks good. You just can't lose the Eagles with Jalen

704
00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:19,080
Speaker 1: Hurts like that, to me is a little bit of

705
00:36:19,080 --> 00:36:22,120
Speaker 1: a weird loss. You just you can't lose that game.

706
00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:26,320
Speaker 1: You can't lose that game to Jalen Hurts first start,

707
00:36:27,120 --> 00:36:29,680
Speaker 1: the dude that couldn't start at Alabama. You lost to

708
00:36:29,760 --> 00:36:32,279
Speaker 1: him when you're fighting for the number one seed any

709
00:36:32,280 --> 00:36:34,439
Speaker 1: other year. To me, this wouldn't be that big a deal.

710
00:36:34,640 --> 00:36:36,879
Speaker 1: But only one team gets to buy this year, so

711
00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:43,319
Speaker 1: that loss is a huge, huge deal. I don't know, man,

712
00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:46,000
Speaker 1: that's just what are they gonna do? Like, is Drew

713
00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:48,560
Speaker 1: Brees is automatically get a starting job back because he

714
00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:51,480
Speaker 1: wasn't that great before. Taysom Hill clearly brings a different

715
00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:53,879
Speaker 1: element to their game. I guess you could probably use

716
00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:58,040
Speaker 1: Tassom a little bit more. Um, But man, you lose

717
00:36:58,120 --> 00:37:01,480
Speaker 1: to the Eagles, would Jalen Hurts, who runs from a

718
00:37:01,520 --> 00:37:05,560
Speaker 1: hundred yards on you? That was? That was a weird lost.

719
00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:07,680
Speaker 1: The Saints have had a couple of weird losses. Second

720
00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:09,840
Speaker 1: week of this season when the Raiders kicked their ass.

721
00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:12,600
Speaker 1: This loss. I want to really like the Saints, but

722
00:37:12,680 --> 00:37:15,040
Speaker 1: I don't know, man, that that was. That was bizarre.

723
00:37:16,080 --> 00:37:18,440
Speaker 1: Let's just hit a couple of quick things on college football.

724
00:37:19,200 --> 00:37:21,520
Speaker 1: A bunch of guys have been fired that I guess

725
00:37:21,560 --> 00:37:24,040
Speaker 1: the biggest name that was fired so far has been

726
00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:27,279
Speaker 1: gust smells On with Auburn and Tennessee is gonna have

727
00:37:27,320 --> 00:37:29,560
Speaker 1: an opening probably within the next year. Would Jeremy pruittt

728
00:37:29,640 --> 00:37:32,960
Speaker 1: losing his job? I was talking with some people in

729
00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:37,200
Speaker 1: the business, people that are closed with coaches, and I

730
00:37:37,600 --> 00:37:40,239
Speaker 1: don't think there's a league that has a false sense

731
00:37:40,280 --> 00:37:45,440
Speaker 1: of reality than some individual teams within the SEC. As

732
00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:47,680
Speaker 1: talking to people that are very, very tired in the SEC,

733
00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:50,600
Speaker 1: they think Auburn is a terrible job because of the

734
00:37:50,600 --> 00:37:54,040
Speaker 1: inflated expectations with your rival being the best program in

735
00:37:54,040 --> 00:37:58,120
Speaker 1: the country, the shady and just different people pulling all

736
00:37:58,120 --> 00:38:02,200
Speaker 1: the strings in the background. A little bit Texas that

737
00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:06,279
Speaker 1: these jobs view themselves like their Alabama, like their Ohio state,

738
00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:09,200
Speaker 1: and they just are not yet. You were held to

739
00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:14,000
Speaker 1: those expectations, so the moment you go ten and three,

740
00:38:14,239 --> 00:38:18,600
Speaker 1: it's viewed at like a you didn't accomplish anything. And

741
00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:20,960
Speaker 1: I saw it happening with Florida with Jim mcawain when

742
00:38:20,960 --> 00:38:23,520
Speaker 1: he was going to the SEC championship game. It was

743
00:38:23,560 --> 00:38:26,600
Speaker 1: not good enough. Now ultimately Dan mullen is a much

744
00:38:26,640 --> 00:38:29,520
Speaker 1: better fit there. But like is he a disappointment because

745
00:38:29,520 --> 00:38:31,720
Speaker 1: he lost two games, lost L s U and Texas

746
00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:38,040
Speaker 1: and m this year. It's very, very difficult. And the

747
00:38:38,080 --> 00:38:41,000
Speaker 1: person tied in had a good point. He said, if

748
00:38:41,040 --> 00:38:44,480
Speaker 1: I had a hot coaching candidate, I would one million

749
00:38:44,520 --> 00:38:47,680
Speaker 1: percent and send him to the Big twelve. And I

750
00:38:47,719 --> 00:38:49,759
Speaker 1: recommend send him to the Pack twelve. The problem is

751
00:38:49,760 --> 00:38:53,280
Speaker 1: the PAC twelve that, just like the Washington was supposed

752
00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:55,640
Speaker 1: to play in the PAC twelfth championship game. They yanked him.

753
00:38:55,680 --> 00:38:59,319
Speaker 1: Now it's Oregon just a ship show. Academia comes first

754
00:38:59,360 --> 00:39:02,480
Speaker 1: out here, even though football pays the bill. It's a disaster.

755
00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:06,400
Speaker 1: I just honestly, the Pact twelve should merge with the

756
00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:10,240
Speaker 1: Mountain West, especially if Oregon loses Mario Cristo Baal to Auburn.

757
00:39:10,719 --> 00:39:13,640
Speaker 1: If you're number one program with cash, can't keep a

758
00:39:13,680 --> 00:39:16,680
Speaker 1: coach from going to Auburn, Like let's just let's just

759
00:39:16,719 --> 00:39:20,600
Speaker 1: go Power four. But to me, the Big twelve there

760
00:39:20,680 --> 00:39:23,640
Speaker 1: is probably not a better job in America, Like Alabama

761
00:39:23,719 --> 00:39:26,400
Speaker 1: is a good job, but you better win big, and

762
00:39:26,440 --> 00:39:29,000
Speaker 1: it's not easy to win big there because you've got Florida,

763
00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:31,160
Speaker 1: you've got Georgia, you've got L s U, and you've

764
00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:32,840
Speaker 1: got A and M and now you've got Lane Kiffin

765
00:39:32,920 --> 00:39:35,879
Speaker 1: coming for your ass. And it's easy for Nick because

766
00:39:35,920 --> 00:39:38,719
Speaker 1: it's rolling now. But whoever comes in next, the expectations

767
00:39:38,760 --> 00:39:42,000
Speaker 1: are gonna it's a tough job. All the SEC jobs

768
00:39:42,040 --> 00:39:46,160
Speaker 1: really hard, really really hard. The Ohio State job now

769
00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:49,200
Speaker 1: for Ryan Day actually isn't that hard because the school

770
00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:53,239
Speaker 1: kind of recruits itself. Michigan, your big rival, isn't any good.

771
00:39:53,640 --> 00:39:56,520
Speaker 1: Wisconsin just won't have the talent you have. It's gonna

772
00:39:56,560 --> 00:39:59,360
Speaker 1: be pretty easy for Ohio State to consistently keep winning.

773
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:01,719
Speaker 1: He said, I'd put someone in the Big ten. You

774
00:40:01,719 --> 00:40:03,759
Speaker 1: can get a job. It's why James Franklin started making

775
00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:05,800
Speaker 1: some noise. He started recruiting big time and was winning

776
00:40:05,800 --> 00:40:09,879
Speaker 1: ten eleven games. But the Big twelve beside Oklahoma, which

777
00:40:09,880 --> 00:40:12,760
Speaker 1: you could argue is the best job in the country

778
00:40:13,160 --> 00:40:17,120
Speaker 1: because the rest of your conference stinks. Matt Campbell easily

779
00:40:17,160 --> 00:40:19,279
Speaker 1: could get some big time NFL offers and might not

780
00:40:19,320 --> 00:40:22,880
Speaker 1: be at Iowa State. Long Texas is a mess. Lincoln

781
00:40:22,960 --> 00:40:26,600
Speaker 1: Riley makes eight nine million dollars, wins the conference every year.

782
00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:28,239
Speaker 1: Now it's gonna be a little hard for him to

783
00:40:28,239 --> 00:40:30,600
Speaker 1: win a national championship. Just because the way he has

784
00:40:30,640 --> 00:40:32,680
Speaker 1: to be build his team to win in the conference

785
00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:36,719
Speaker 1: doesn't necessarily help to beat Clemson, Alabama, l s U

786
00:40:37,120 --> 00:40:39,960
Speaker 1: or or Ohio State. But as long as he gets

787
00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:42,720
Speaker 1: to the to the final four, he's gonna be viewed

788
00:40:42,719 --> 00:40:45,680
Speaker 1: at as a success. The expectations are not that out

789
00:40:45,680 --> 00:40:47,960
Speaker 1: of whack. As long as they win their eleven twelve

790
00:40:47,960 --> 00:40:50,840
Speaker 1: games every year, beat Texas, and go to the playoffs,

791
00:40:50,880 --> 00:40:53,440
Speaker 1: he's good and he's gonna keep doing that. You can

792
00:40:53,440 --> 00:40:55,160
Speaker 1: be a guy to keep that job for twenty years,

793
00:40:55,160 --> 00:40:57,600
Speaker 1: Bob stoops it. That doesn't happen to me, Like there

794
00:40:57,600 --> 00:40:59,839
Speaker 1: are many coaches unless you're saved and keeping a job

795
00:40:59,880 --> 00:41:02,560
Speaker 1: for fifteen twenty years in the SEC, not now now

796
00:41:02,560 --> 00:41:06,160
Speaker 1: with all the money. So you look at the SEC,

797
00:41:06,280 --> 00:41:09,479
Speaker 1: I would not take SEC jobs. Like when Tennessee comes open,

798
00:41:09,560 --> 00:41:12,719
Speaker 1: that's not a good job. The recruiting base thinks the

799
00:41:12,760 --> 00:41:17,920
Speaker 1: expectations it's it's like Nebraska. We're living like it's it's

800
00:41:17,920 --> 00:41:23,080
Speaker 1: two twenty. Times have changed, the game has changed, the

801
00:41:23,239 --> 00:41:27,880
Speaker 1: money has changed, recruiting has changed. These jobs are very

802
00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:30,520
Speaker 1: very difficult. I saw some people on Twitter like how

803
00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:34,080
Speaker 1: could Auburn pay Gus Mills on twenty million in the pandemic.

804
00:41:34,160 --> 00:41:36,239
Speaker 1: I'll tell you a booster cut a check. This big

805
00:41:36,280 --> 00:41:39,680
Speaker 1: boy business. Someone paid him to go away, and I

806
00:41:39,760 --> 00:41:42,560
Speaker 1: was told that when he was celebrating with his team

807
00:41:42,560 --> 00:41:46,560
Speaker 1: after Mississippi State, the Auburn administration was working on the

808
00:41:46,600 --> 00:41:49,640
Speaker 1: finalization of getting the money to get him gone. And

809
00:41:49,719 --> 00:41:53,600
Speaker 1: there's internet, you know, the Auburn tweeted it out him

810
00:41:53,680 --> 00:41:55,920
Speaker 1: dancing with his players. He had no clue. He went

811
00:41:56,000 --> 00:41:58,279
Speaker 1: six and four in the middle of a pandemic and

812
00:41:58,560 --> 00:42:01,120
Speaker 1: they fired him. And let's to night. He'd been there

813
00:42:01,120 --> 00:42:03,080
Speaker 1: eight years. They paid him twenty million to go away.

814
00:42:03,320 --> 00:42:05,360
Speaker 1: You could gladly pay me twenty million dollars to go

815
00:42:05,400 --> 00:42:08,560
Speaker 1: away and he'll get another job. But that job is

816
00:42:08,600 --> 00:42:12,160
Speaker 1: just not good, Jimbo. Now, Texas and m is just

817
00:42:12,280 --> 00:42:15,279
Speaker 1: way better than you l s U. Even when they're down.

818
00:42:15,400 --> 00:42:18,600
Speaker 1: It just has more talent. You're never gonna sniff consistently.

819
00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:22,160
Speaker 1: Alabama Lane is just throwing a wrench in everything. Kirby

820
00:42:22,239 --> 00:42:24,239
Speaker 1: and Georgia is good, and Dan Mullen and Florida is good.

821
00:42:24,880 --> 00:42:26,759
Speaker 1: Like It's just it's gonna be very, very difficult to

822
00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:29,080
Speaker 1: win an obor. Yet they view themselves like they should

823
00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:30,960
Speaker 1: be competing for national championships, and I just don't think

824
00:42:30,960 --> 00:42:33,800
Speaker 1: he should. It's why if Mario Cristal Ball is smart,

825
00:42:34,040 --> 00:42:36,960
Speaker 1: he doesn't leave Oregan. He can easily out recruit everyone

826
00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:40,160
Speaker 1: on the West Coast. Football is not really king out

827
00:42:40,200 --> 00:42:43,560
Speaker 1: here yet because it were pro sports yet it Oregon.

828
00:42:43,600 --> 00:42:45,840
Speaker 1: It's a really big deal. People are very, very passionate

829
00:42:45,840 --> 00:42:48,600
Speaker 1: about Oregan Sports. He has an unlimited budget with Nike

830
00:42:48,680 --> 00:42:51,520
Speaker 1: to do whatever he needs to do. The pressure doesn't

831
00:42:51,680 --> 00:42:55,000
Speaker 1: sniff the sec hell. Remember when what's his name went

832
00:42:55,040 --> 00:42:58,120
Speaker 1: from Oregon to Florida State, he was fired within like

833
00:42:58,160 --> 00:43:03,680
Speaker 1: two years. Didn't work Willie whatever Taggart because the expectations

834
00:43:03,719 --> 00:43:06,960
Speaker 1: in the South. It's like coached in the pros, winner

835
00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:09,280
Speaker 1: go Home. In college is like, you know Clay Helton

836
00:43:09,280 --> 00:43:11,520
Speaker 1: and he's a good guy. Guys graduated, we produced, Yeah,

837
00:43:11,560 --> 00:43:14,839
Speaker 1: were you good? We're usc But Clay Helton's school, we're

838
00:43:14,920 --> 00:43:17,480
Speaker 1: good to go, right. That's how it works out here.

839
00:43:17,960 --> 00:43:22,000
Speaker 1: It takes being Kevin Sumlin, who stories on him around

840
00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:24,520
Speaker 1: the University of Arizona are not good. I wouldn't call

841
00:43:24,600 --> 00:43:27,680
Speaker 1: him the most focused individual. He lost seventy to seven

842
00:43:27,680 --> 00:43:29,200
Speaker 1: to his rival. That that's what it took to get

843
00:43:29,280 --> 00:43:32,640
Speaker 1: him fired seventy to seven. If I lost one game

844
00:43:32,680 --> 00:43:34,600
Speaker 1: seventies seven in the SEC, I probably get fired the

845
00:43:34,640 --> 00:43:37,960
Speaker 1: next day. You're one. So Mario would be nuts if

846
00:43:37,960 --> 00:43:40,319
Speaker 1: he ever left. But I think you see this all

847
00:43:40,320 --> 00:43:42,440
Speaker 1: over college football with the amount of you know, in

848
00:43:42,640 --> 00:43:45,360
Speaker 1: pro football, you answered to one owner. In college football,

849
00:43:45,360 --> 00:43:47,840
Speaker 1: you answered all these boosters, You answered the president, you

850
00:43:47,880 --> 00:43:51,040
Speaker 1: answered to the a D. Just very very complicated. You

851
00:43:51,080 --> 00:43:55,080
Speaker 1: get too many cooks in the kitchen. It's it's it's

852
00:43:55,239 --> 00:43:58,000
Speaker 1: very difficult that all these schools to consistently wine. Like

853
00:43:58,040 --> 00:44:02,279
Speaker 1: Texas carries themselves like they're ow State. Google Texas. In

854
00:44:02,360 --> 00:44:04,879
Speaker 1: my I'm thirty six years old. The majority of my life,

855
00:44:04,920 --> 00:44:07,320
Speaker 1: they're like an eight or nine win team. Mac Brown

856
00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:09,680
Speaker 1: had a decade long stretch there where they were really good.

857
00:44:09,960 --> 00:44:11,520
Speaker 1: You know, it turns out mc brown was really good.

858
00:44:11,920 --> 00:44:14,439
Speaker 1: All the other coaches they get in stink. They win,

859
00:44:14,719 --> 00:44:16,680
Speaker 1: you know, seven to nine games. That's just who they are.

860
00:44:17,680 --> 00:44:21,040
Speaker 1: You are not Oklahoma, Texas. That's a fact. You'll never

861
00:44:21,120 --> 00:44:26,120
Speaker 1: be Oklahoma ever. Auburn, You're you're never gonna be Alabama.

862
00:44:26,200 --> 00:44:29,239
Speaker 1: Be happy winning eight nine games. That's good, Like that's

863
00:44:29,280 --> 00:44:32,880
Speaker 1: that's Okay, but that's not the case of these SEC schools.

864
00:44:32,880 --> 00:44:34,680
Speaker 1: That's not the case of Texas, that's not the case.

865
00:44:34,680 --> 00:44:37,960
Speaker 1: That's some Michigan. You know, they view themselves with such

866
00:44:37,960 --> 00:44:41,279
Speaker 1: a false sense of reality. And when you're an employee,

867
00:44:41,760 --> 00:44:44,040
Speaker 1: like the great part about owning the business, you get

868
00:44:44,080 --> 00:44:46,560
Speaker 1: to have a sense of reality, like it's it's your vision.

869
00:44:47,239 --> 00:44:50,000
Speaker 1: When you're a football coach at these universities and even

870
00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:51,680
Speaker 1: in the pros, like you get to work with the

871
00:44:51,719 --> 00:44:54,320
Speaker 1: owner so he knows your vision. Like in college football,

872
00:44:54,520 --> 00:44:56,600
Speaker 1: it's like you gotta convince boosters and then this one

873
00:44:56,600 --> 00:44:58,600
Speaker 1: guy might not might not like you. Well, he might

874
00:44:58,680 --> 00:45:00,600
Speaker 1: be worth a hundred million dollar and he could write

875
00:45:00,600 --> 00:45:02,520
Speaker 1: a five million dark check to add to the buyout

876
00:45:02,560 --> 00:45:04,080
Speaker 1: to get you out of there. So you've got all

877
00:45:04,120 --> 00:45:08,000
Speaker 1: these people working against you. Gets really complicated. And I

878
00:45:08,320 --> 00:45:10,680
Speaker 1: just think college football is in a weird path because

879
00:45:11,000 --> 00:45:13,120
Speaker 1: Saban and Dabbo guys like that. I've set the bar

880
00:45:13,160 --> 00:45:16,080
Speaker 1: so high that every program thinks they should be sniffing that.

881
00:45:16,600 --> 00:45:19,239
Speaker 1: In the reality is most of these programs like just

882
00:45:19,560 --> 00:45:21,719
Speaker 1: be lucky to be like Boise State, you know, win

883
00:45:21,840 --> 00:45:24,719
Speaker 1: some games, playing ball games, make your money and go home.

884
00:45:26,120 --> 00:45:28,520
Speaker 1: One thing this weekend showed me is there is just

885
00:45:29,760 --> 00:45:32,520
Speaker 1: we don't know much about quarterbacks. I mean, honest to god,

886
00:45:32,840 --> 00:45:35,319
Speaker 1: we have I mean the top guys we know, but

887
00:45:35,440 --> 00:45:39,399
Speaker 1: everyone else the projections coming out of college. It's why

888
00:45:39,400 --> 00:45:43,080
Speaker 1: I listen the hype on Trevor Lawrence can't get any stronger.

889
00:45:43,760 --> 00:45:46,640
Speaker 1: So if he is not an absolute superstar, it'll be

890
00:45:46,680 --> 00:45:51,560
Speaker 1: a letdown. We constantly kind of prop guys up, We

891
00:45:51,680 --> 00:45:54,799
Speaker 1: constantly shoot on guys and bury them, and you know,

892
00:45:54,920 --> 00:45:59,040
Speaker 1: with quarterbacks, you just never know. You never know. It's

893
00:45:59,080 --> 00:46:02,040
Speaker 1: the one position I thinking all of sports that the

894
00:46:02,080 --> 00:46:06,520
Speaker 1: more information we have and the more data we get,

895
00:46:06,560 --> 00:46:09,960
Speaker 1: still the more confusing it is. Because Josh Allen, when

896
00:46:09,960 --> 00:46:13,279
Speaker 1: he came out of college, there is no way you

897
00:46:13,280 --> 00:46:14,879
Speaker 1: could watch him and go, yeah, you know, I think

898
00:46:14,880 --> 00:46:16,520
Speaker 1: this guy is gonna be in three years one of

899
00:46:16,520 --> 00:46:19,759
Speaker 1: the most accurate quarterbacks in the league. Well, three years

900
00:46:19,800 --> 00:46:23,359
Speaker 1: after he's drafted. He started fifty a rookie year. He's

901
00:46:23,360 --> 00:46:28,759
Speaker 1: now it's sevent He's improved seventeen percent in terms of

902
00:46:28,760 --> 00:46:34,200
Speaker 1: his completion percentage. That is insane. This is someone I

903
00:46:34,200 --> 00:46:36,120
Speaker 1: didn't like it all coming out of college because I'm like,

904
00:46:36,160 --> 00:46:38,920
Speaker 1: there's no way he's gonna be that accurate. He hasn't

905
00:46:38,920 --> 00:46:40,720
Speaker 1: just become accurate, has become one of the more accurate

906
00:46:40,800 --> 00:46:45,480
Speaker 1: quarterbacks in the league. He's potent. I think, clearly beside

907
00:46:45,520 --> 00:46:47,560
Speaker 1: my Homes in my opinion, for the guys under thirty,

908
00:46:47,560 --> 00:46:49,839
Speaker 1: he'd be the number two guy off the board. If

909
00:46:49,840 --> 00:46:52,719
Speaker 1: we just had a fantasy draft in real football, you

910
00:46:52,800 --> 00:46:56,280
Speaker 1: gave every general manager the opportunity to pick any quarterback

911
00:46:56,320 --> 00:46:58,600
Speaker 1: that's young not named Mahomes. Who were they picking. I

912
00:46:58,680 --> 00:47:02,200
Speaker 1: think I think Josh Allen would be overwhelming favorite. We

913
00:47:02,239 --> 00:47:03,719
Speaker 1: knew his physical gifts, but we didn't think he was

914
00:47:03,760 --> 00:47:06,359
Speaker 1: gonna be accurate. Then he's accurate, and then you see

915
00:47:06,360 --> 00:47:09,160
Speaker 1: a guy like Mr Bisky who clearly wasn't swinging a mess.

916
00:47:09,160 --> 00:47:11,080
Speaker 1: It's like, what's this guy's deal, what's this guy's This

917
00:47:11,120 --> 00:47:13,239
Speaker 1: guy's just not any good? Then they bench him for

918
00:47:13,320 --> 00:47:15,720
Speaker 1: Nick Foles. Then he comes back in the last three weeks,

919
00:47:15,719 --> 00:47:18,480
Speaker 1: only Aaron Rodgers the last three weeks of throwing more touchdowns.

920
00:47:19,360 --> 00:47:22,440
Speaker 1: He's got seven touchdowns last week, three three touchdowns yesterday.

921
00:47:22,800 --> 00:47:25,080
Speaker 1: Mr Bisky is playing really good. If they would have

922
00:47:25,120 --> 00:47:27,120
Speaker 1: had this Mr Bhisky the last couple of years, the

923
00:47:27,120 --> 00:47:29,880
Speaker 1: way he's been playing the last three weeks, they'd be,

924
00:47:29,920 --> 00:47:31,560
Speaker 1: they would have been in the playoffs last year, they'd

925
00:47:31,600 --> 00:47:33,279
Speaker 1: be they have a winning record this year and be

926
00:47:33,280 --> 00:47:36,640
Speaker 1: in the playoffs again. But how why is this happening?

927
00:47:36,920 --> 00:47:39,480
Speaker 1: I don't know, Like I do know what Josh Allen

928
00:47:39,480 --> 00:47:42,000
Speaker 1: haven't talked to McDermott, how hard he works, and but

929
00:47:42,080 --> 00:47:43,480
Speaker 1: I think there have been a lot of guys over

930
00:47:43,520 --> 00:47:46,440
Speaker 1: the years that worked really hard, that have the intellectual

931
00:47:46,920 --> 00:47:50,560
Speaker 1: you know, intelligence, that have the the total package in

932
00:47:50,600 --> 00:47:52,719
Speaker 1: terms of character and a good teammate and every and

933
00:47:52,760 --> 00:47:55,640
Speaker 1: it just doesn't come through. And then you have guys

934
00:47:55,719 --> 00:47:58,120
Speaker 1: like Trabisky where you're just like, you know, this guy's

935
00:47:58,160 --> 00:48:00,400
Speaker 1: just not good enough, and maybe he's not. I'm clearly

936
00:48:00,440 --> 00:48:02,080
Speaker 1: he never has been. But then he comes back and

937
00:48:02,080 --> 00:48:05,680
Speaker 1: he starts killing it again. So we talked about Carson

938
00:48:05,719 --> 00:48:08,640
Speaker 1: Wentz getting that time to kind of take a deep breath.

939
00:48:08,760 --> 00:48:11,759
Speaker 1: Sometimes when you've hit rock bottom, taking a step back

940
00:48:11,880 --> 00:48:15,040
Speaker 1: really helps. Sometimes when you go through a traumatic experience,

941
00:48:15,440 --> 00:48:19,200
Speaker 1: it helps to just take a step back. And Josh

942
00:48:19,200 --> 00:48:23,440
Speaker 1: Allen's a good example of where you go. And I

943
00:48:23,480 --> 00:48:25,959
Speaker 1: think I just speaks in life. I just filled out,

944
00:48:27,040 --> 00:48:30,440
Speaker 1: uh some like thing for a journalism student just to

945
00:48:30,520 --> 00:48:34,560
Speaker 1: ask like five questions, and he one of the questions was, like,

946
00:48:35,400 --> 00:48:38,719
Speaker 1: the question was pretty simple. It was who helped you

947
00:48:38,760 --> 00:48:43,160
Speaker 1: get to where you are now? And the most basic

948
00:48:43,239 --> 00:48:46,600
Speaker 1: answer to that question for me is my parents. I

949
00:48:46,640 --> 00:48:52,160
Speaker 1: had two parents who supported me in everything but also

950
00:48:52,320 --> 00:48:54,560
Speaker 1: held me accountable, made me go to school, made me

951
00:48:54,640 --> 00:48:58,319
Speaker 1: try hard, made me attempt to get good grades, made

952
00:48:58,360 --> 00:49:00,680
Speaker 1: me stick things out once I come into too, Like

953
00:49:00,719 --> 00:49:04,239
Speaker 1: the most basic level of my ability to succeed in

954
00:49:04,280 --> 00:49:08,840
Speaker 1: anything in life starts and ends with him like, yeah,

955
00:49:08,840 --> 00:49:10,960
Speaker 1: then I got lucky being around Pat Hill, being around

956
00:49:10,960 --> 00:49:14,120
Speaker 1: Andy Reid and everything that has taken place over the

957
00:49:14,200 --> 00:49:17,520
Speaker 1: last you know, fourteen fifteen years, but without the most

958
00:49:17,560 --> 00:49:22,319
Speaker 1: basic level of being taught how to work hard, how

959
00:49:22,360 --> 00:49:25,560
Speaker 1: to treat people. I don't know now, maybe you can

960
00:49:25,600 --> 00:49:27,480
Speaker 1: develop that as you get older if you weren't taught

961
00:49:27,480 --> 00:49:30,080
Speaker 1: as a younger age. But the biggest reason, like I

962
00:49:30,200 --> 00:49:32,520
Speaker 1: have a chance to succeed. I feel like anything I

963
00:49:32,560 --> 00:49:36,560
Speaker 1: do strictly because of my parents, and clearly not everyone

964
00:49:36,719 --> 00:49:40,040
Speaker 1: has that. So I think the advantages of a guy

965
00:49:40,080 --> 00:49:42,240
Speaker 1: like Josh Allen, once you get him in your building,

966
00:49:42,760 --> 00:49:45,040
Speaker 1: you get a guy that's pretty equipped to handle all

967
00:49:45,080 --> 00:49:47,399
Speaker 1: this stuff. He comes to a team that hasn't won,

968
00:49:47,960 --> 00:49:51,200
Speaker 1: He's drafted seventh overall. Hell, he doesn't have that much success,

969
00:49:51,520 --> 00:49:54,760
Speaker 1: and for whatever reason, he's just in a pretty good position. Now,

970
00:49:55,160 --> 00:49:58,040
Speaker 1: I just like, why does that guy work when historically

971
00:49:58,040 --> 00:49:59,640
Speaker 1: a lot of other guys don't work. I don't know.

972
00:50:01,320 --> 00:50:04,799
Speaker 1: I think as we go, we have more questions about

973
00:50:04,880 --> 00:50:08,240
Speaker 1: quarterbacks than answers, and we're gonna have a quarterback crop

974
00:50:09,600 --> 00:50:13,240
Speaker 1: of obviously Trevor Lawrence, but justin Fields, Zack Wilson, Trey Lance,

975
00:50:13,680 --> 00:50:17,319
Speaker 1: Kyle Trask, Mac Jones. Some of these guys are gonna fail.

976
00:50:17,800 --> 00:50:20,839
Speaker 1: Some of these guys are gonna really succeed, and we'll

977
00:50:20,960 --> 00:50:24,200
Speaker 1: we'll have some hard answers. Right went to a battle organization,

978
00:50:24,320 --> 00:50:27,080
Speaker 1: didn't have a good offensive coordinator, and some of these

979
00:50:27,080 --> 00:50:29,400
Speaker 1: guys are gonna go to places like why didn't this work?

980
00:50:29,800 --> 00:50:31,800
Speaker 1: High character guy went to a good coach and he

981
00:50:31,880 --> 00:50:37,040
Speaker 1: just wasn't good enough. It's just the quarterback position, truly

982
00:50:37,120 --> 00:50:40,799
Speaker 1: is one of the great head scratchers of because so

983
00:50:40,880 --> 00:50:43,319
Speaker 1: much goes into it. It's so much more than just

984
00:50:43,400 --> 00:50:45,480
Speaker 1: physical talent, Because once you get to the NFL, you

985
00:50:45,520 --> 00:50:48,000
Speaker 1: have on the most basic level, probably the physical talent,

986
00:50:49,000 --> 00:50:52,840
Speaker 1: but the external stuff, the internal stuff. Why can't Josh

987
00:50:52,840 --> 00:50:55,480
Speaker 1: Allen improves accuracy? Is it just simple? Brian Dayball is

988
00:50:55,520 --> 00:50:58,520
Speaker 1: a great coach. Well, his accuracy disappear when Brian day

989
00:50:58,560 --> 00:51:01,319
Speaker 1: Ball leaves. Will he maintain it? I don't know. It's

990
00:51:01,320 --> 00:51:03,880
Speaker 1: one of the fun parts about sports. How's it gonna looks?

991
00:51:03,960 --> 00:51:07,120
Speaker 1: MS Trabisky? Like, what if the Bears win four straight

992
00:51:07,120 --> 00:51:08,800
Speaker 1: to end the season and go nine and seven and

993
00:51:08,840 --> 00:51:11,000
Speaker 1: Tramisky has a great season? Do they just bring Mitch back?

994
00:51:11,280 --> 00:51:13,919
Speaker 1: I don't know. Could you convince yourself would have miss

995
00:51:13,960 --> 00:51:17,319
Speaker 1: bros like fifteen touchdowns the last six games of his

996
00:51:17,480 --> 00:51:20,120
Speaker 1: season and you know, you know he really figured it out?

997
00:51:20,960 --> 00:51:23,880
Speaker 1: You convince yourself at I necessarily wouldn't say that, But

998
00:51:24,000 --> 00:51:28,560
Speaker 1: I don't know. He looks pretty good. Just every year

999
00:51:28,760 --> 00:51:31,120
Speaker 1: we have more information, the game's change. We have more

1000
00:51:31,120 --> 00:51:34,640
Speaker 1: guys throwing touchdowns, more guys being accurate, and yet I

1001
00:51:34,680 --> 00:51:36,880
Speaker 1: still don't feel comfortable like this guy is gonna be

1002
00:51:36,920 --> 00:51:38,759
Speaker 1: good in the NFL. This guy is not gonna be

1003
00:51:38,800 --> 00:51:41,840
Speaker 1: good in the NFL, because really, beside Trevor Lawrence, depending

1004
00:51:41,840 --> 00:51:44,480
Speaker 1: on who you talk to, justin Field Zack Wilson, Trey Lance,

1005
00:51:45,000 --> 00:51:48,759
Speaker 1: mac Jones, Kyle Trask, even the rookies this year and

1006
00:51:48,800 --> 00:51:51,279
Speaker 1: the young guys, Sam Donald, is he gonna be good

1007
00:51:51,320 --> 00:51:54,040
Speaker 1: moving forward? If I asked ten people in the NFL,

1008
00:51:54,040 --> 00:51:58,719
Speaker 1: I'd probably get ten different answers. We really it just

1009
00:51:58,760 --> 00:52:03,560
Speaker 1: shows us we really don't know that much about quarterbacks. Okay,

1010
00:52:04,840 --> 00:52:08,879
Speaker 1: let's go Middlecoff mail back at John Middlecoff my Instagram

1011
00:52:08,920 --> 00:52:11,719
Speaker 1: at John Middlecoff. I think I just said that I

1012
00:52:11,719 --> 00:52:13,440
Speaker 1: didn't need to say it again. I try to post

1013
00:52:13,440 --> 00:52:17,399
Speaker 1: some like separate content from my podcast and just maybe

1014
00:52:17,440 --> 00:52:18,800
Speaker 1: I need to start like doing a take of the

1015
00:52:18,880 --> 00:52:22,160
Speaker 1: day and just throw it on Instagram because I I'm

1016
00:52:22,160 --> 00:52:24,520
Speaker 1: gonna start doing that on some YouTube pages. I'm gonna

1017
00:52:24,520 --> 00:52:26,600
Speaker 1: I'll talk about that more and I'm coming in the

1018
00:52:26,640 --> 00:52:31,319
Speaker 1: next month. But just try to just diversify the portfolio

1019
00:52:31,480 --> 00:52:33,880
Speaker 1: with the media takes, you know. But I need to

1020
00:52:33,880 --> 00:52:37,560
Speaker 1: be consistent. I do typically a couple posts a week

1021
00:52:37,680 --> 00:52:40,000
Speaker 1: on Instagram of just something happens, but I need to

1022
00:52:40,000 --> 00:52:42,719
Speaker 1: be a little more consist I'm gonna try starting Tuesday,

1023
00:52:43,120 --> 00:52:45,560
Speaker 1: take of the day. We'll do a take of the day,

1024
00:52:46,000 --> 00:52:48,040
Speaker 1: and uh, I'm not sure what that's gonna be yet

1025
00:52:48,040 --> 00:52:50,759
Speaker 1: here on Monday night. But I might just try to

1026
00:52:50,800 --> 00:52:53,480
Speaker 1: do seven days a week. Take of the day. Sounds easy,

1027
00:52:53,560 --> 00:52:55,680
Speaker 1: but you know it gets a little harder than you think.

1028
00:52:57,000 --> 00:53:01,680
Speaker 1: Okay from Tom question for the mail bag, why are

1029
00:53:01,680 --> 00:53:05,520
Speaker 1: the Jacksonville Jaguars so bad? I'm from England and I'm

1030
00:53:05,520 --> 00:53:10,360
Speaker 1: a full home FC fan. The con family owns both teams,

1031
00:53:10,360 --> 00:53:14,320
Speaker 1: with Tony the Sun taking a sports director role at both.

1032
00:53:15,200 --> 00:53:17,759
Speaker 1: Their record is full home owners. I can't say that

1033
00:53:17,800 --> 00:53:21,719
Speaker 1: I don't has not been great and some bad management

1034
00:53:21,760 --> 00:53:25,239
Speaker 1: and player choices. Same for the Jacks. You know what's

1035
00:53:25,239 --> 00:53:29,600
Speaker 1: funny is thet is like five or six years ago

1036
00:53:30,640 --> 00:53:35,080
Speaker 1: invested into this team, this soccer team in Europe. They

1037
00:53:35,120 --> 00:53:37,920
Speaker 1: put in like tw million dollars. They didn't put in

1038
00:53:37,960 --> 00:53:40,320
Speaker 1: that much, but the team was not in the Premier League.

1039
00:53:41,040 --> 00:53:43,399
Speaker 1: And then last year I can't even think of the team,

1040
00:53:43,440 --> 00:53:47,040
Speaker 1: the Leads Leads United. Last year they got bumped up

1041
00:53:47,920 --> 00:53:50,640
Speaker 1: and I text someone that just in the loop with

1042
00:53:50,680 --> 00:53:53,279
Speaker 1: the Niners, and I go, what does that mean for

1043
00:53:53,320 --> 00:53:56,400
Speaker 1: you guys? He's like, well, our investment just went up

1044
00:53:56,400 --> 00:54:00,640
Speaker 1: about fourfold, you know, and uh, it's pretty big deal

1045
00:54:00,680 --> 00:54:02,880
Speaker 1: for the Niners. Ownership, like it was a really good investment,

1046
00:54:03,000 --> 00:54:04,759
Speaker 1: and I was like, what, I don't know much about

1047
00:54:04,880 --> 00:54:08,160
Speaker 1: European soccer besides like Manchester United in man City and

1048
00:54:08,520 --> 00:54:12,000
Speaker 1: some of the big ones. But then I brought this

1049
00:54:12,080 --> 00:54:14,520
Speaker 1: up on my other podcast and people started d M

1050
00:54:14,680 --> 00:54:19,480
Speaker 1: N me about how bad the Jags are. It's soccer

1051
00:54:19,560 --> 00:54:22,040
Speaker 1: because I think I was talking about the Jags and

1052
00:54:22,080 --> 00:54:25,759
Speaker 1: whatever team they owned got relegated, like the Niners team. Again,

1053
00:54:25,800 --> 00:54:28,719
Speaker 1: the Niners team, they're a minority owner, but their team

1054
00:54:28,880 --> 00:54:31,879
Speaker 1: boom jumped in they I think the way the guy

1055
00:54:31,920 --> 00:54:35,080
Speaker 1: with the Niners described it, it was like he called

1056
00:54:35,120 --> 00:54:37,720
Speaker 1: him like the Oakland Raiders, kind of like a sleeping giant.

1057
00:54:37,760 --> 00:54:39,759
Speaker 1: If they ever got good, it would be cool. That's

1058
00:54:39,760 --> 00:54:42,839
Speaker 1: what their team is. But whatever team that shod Kan

1059
00:54:42,960 --> 00:54:46,920
Speaker 1: owns sucks. So listen, I don't know much about him

1060
00:54:46,960 --> 00:54:48,919
Speaker 1: beside the guy's got a lot of money. But here's

1061
00:54:48,960 --> 00:54:51,560
Speaker 1: what I do know. He's good at business. He owns

1062
00:54:51,719 --> 00:54:55,000
Speaker 1: soccer teams and he owns football teams, and they fucking suck.

1063
00:54:55,600 --> 00:54:58,640
Speaker 1: So like the evidence that we have of him as

1064
00:54:58,640 --> 00:55:01,000
Speaker 1: a sports team owner. Don't know much about the Jackson.

1065
00:55:01,000 --> 00:55:03,399
Speaker 1: I don't know anyone that works there. Whatever they're doing

1066
00:55:03,960 --> 00:55:06,880
Speaker 1: is a disaster, and clearly whatever they're doing with the

1067
00:55:06,920 --> 00:55:11,719
Speaker 1: soccer team also a disaster. This isn't that complicated. You

1068
00:55:11,800 --> 00:55:15,240
Speaker 1: just hire good coaches, You hire good gms. In soccer,

1069
00:55:15,320 --> 00:55:18,400
Speaker 1: you hire good managers, which are the head coach or whatever.

1070
00:55:18,880 --> 00:55:22,920
Speaker 1: I watched Man City on Amazon Prime. They hired Liga,

1071
00:55:23,120 --> 00:55:26,840
Speaker 1: the pep, the bald guy. They started kicking acid man City,

1072
00:55:27,160 --> 00:55:29,879
Speaker 1: and I watched the Barcelona document on him. I think

1073
00:55:29,880 --> 00:55:31,879
Speaker 1: that wherever Messi used to play, where he was the coach,

1074
00:55:31,960 --> 00:55:34,880
Speaker 1: he's a badass. He's like, you know, Mike Tomlin or

1075
00:55:34,880 --> 00:55:38,040
Speaker 1: something over there. But just hire good coaches. Same with football.

1076
00:55:38,120 --> 00:55:42,200
Speaker 1: Hire a good coach, hire good GM. This like your team.

1077
00:55:42,280 --> 00:55:44,400
Speaker 1: Most teams aren't good if you have bad gms and

1078
00:55:44,440 --> 00:55:46,840
Speaker 1: bad coaches. If you have good gms and good coaches,

1079
00:55:46,880 --> 00:55:51,280
Speaker 1: you're like, I don't know, Seattle, you know l A, Rams, Chiefs,

1080
00:55:51,760 --> 00:55:55,759
Speaker 1: the Saints, Steelers. You know, this isn't This isn't a

1081
00:55:55,840 --> 00:55:59,960
Speaker 1: complicated strategy how to be good at running a sport

1082
00:56:00,200 --> 00:56:03,520
Speaker 1: team whatever. It takes higher good people at the most

1083
00:56:03,560 --> 00:56:07,760
Speaker 1: important positions, which are coach and general manager. And clearly

1084
00:56:07,800 --> 00:56:12,000
Speaker 1: he just does a terrible job doing that. It's been

1085
00:56:12,040 --> 00:56:15,040
Speaker 1: three years now. Did Mark Davis make the right call

1086
00:56:15,120 --> 00:56:18,400
Speaker 1: by firing del Rio and hiring Gruten j d R

1087
00:56:18,520 --> 00:56:21,160
Speaker 1: probably needed to go after that season, but I'm not

1088
00:56:21,200 --> 00:56:24,600
Speaker 1: sure this experiment has panned out. He's still got seven years,

1089
00:56:24,640 --> 00:56:27,120
Speaker 1: but so far it's been more of the same for

1090
00:56:27,160 --> 00:56:32,600
Speaker 1: the Raiders. Here's a reality. I was on a radio

1091
00:56:32,960 --> 00:56:35,160
Speaker 1: station that had the Raiders. So I was going to

1092
00:56:35,200 --> 00:56:37,400
Speaker 1: a lot of Raider games and I did Raiders pre

1093
00:56:37,480 --> 00:56:39,759
Speaker 1: and post game. Someone asked, for those of you who

1094
00:56:39,760 --> 00:56:42,440
Speaker 1: don't know, I had a radio show, we were the

1095
00:56:42,520 --> 00:56:46,040
Speaker 1: Raiders station. They were so terrible, and I did post

1096
00:56:46,040 --> 00:56:48,040
Speaker 1: game and I you know, I mean, you guys, listen

1097
00:56:48,080 --> 00:56:51,200
Speaker 1: to me. I'm pretty what's on my mind, I'm gonna say.

1098
00:56:51,480 --> 00:56:55,560
Speaker 1: And the Raiders are on the you know, on the

1099
00:56:55,640 --> 00:56:58,600
Speaker 1: far end of get very very sensitive. They are a

1100
00:56:58,640 --> 00:57:03,120
Speaker 1: sensitive bunch. And the president of the team hated me

1101
00:57:03,680 --> 00:57:06,120
Speaker 1: because I was constantly talking shit about them, trying to

1102
00:57:06,160 --> 00:57:08,960
Speaker 1: move in the football team. Again, they were terrible. This

1103
00:57:09,160 --> 00:57:13,160
Speaker 1: was before del Rio got there. Like Dennis Allen, I mean,

1104
00:57:13,160 --> 00:57:16,280
Speaker 1: it was an embarrassing They were an embarrassing franchise and

1105
00:57:16,320 --> 00:57:18,880
Speaker 1: so we we were at odds with them. But My

1106
00:57:18,920 --> 00:57:20,800
Speaker 1: boss was cool. He's like, just let it rip beyond.

1107
00:57:20,800 --> 00:57:22,600
Speaker 1: I'm just being honest. I mean, when you went in

1108
00:57:22,680 --> 00:57:26,240
Speaker 1: three games. At one point in time, the president of

1109
00:57:26,280 --> 00:57:30,200
Speaker 1: the Raiders, they were oh in ten and they were

1110
00:57:30,200 --> 00:57:32,880
Speaker 1: going into a Chiefs game on Thursday Night football. The

1111
00:57:32,960 --> 00:57:35,840
Speaker 1: Raiders ended up upsetting them. But after they went to

1112
00:57:35,880 --> 00:57:37,880
Speaker 1: oh in ten and I was doing the post game,

1113
00:57:38,360 --> 00:57:40,640
Speaker 1: I tweeted out, like, the Raiders have a path to

1114
00:57:40,680 --> 00:57:43,120
Speaker 1: go oh and sixteen because their last six games it's

1115
00:57:43,120 --> 00:57:45,760
Speaker 1: like the Raiders, the Niners, the Bills, like they were

1116
00:57:45,760 --> 00:57:47,360
Speaker 1: gonna lose a lot of games. They ended up going

1117
00:57:47,400 --> 00:57:50,240
Speaker 1: three and thirteen. That was Derek Carr and Khalil's rookie year.

1118
00:57:50,480 --> 00:57:53,360
Speaker 1: But the the president of the Raiders saw that tweet

1119
00:57:53,400 --> 00:57:56,360
Speaker 1: and he wasn'tcensed. Again oh and they were oh intent.

1120
00:57:56,840 --> 00:57:58,480
Speaker 1: But this is type stuff you deal with when you're

1121
00:57:58,480 --> 00:58:00,080
Speaker 1: a partner of a team. You know, it's it's a

1122
00:58:00,080 --> 00:58:03,680
Speaker 1: little complicated. It's just really low level ship. Like, Bro,

1123
00:58:03,800 --> 00:58:06,200
Speaker 1: your team fucking sucks your oh intent? Why why are

1124
00:58:06,240 --> 00:58:08,880
Speaker 1: you worrying about what John Middlecoff's tweeting. But he wasn't

1125
00:58:08,880 --> 00:58:11,120
Speaker 1: just worried about it. He was calling my boss as

1126
00:58:11,120 --> 00:58:13,919
Speaker 1: he's at the tarmac of whatever team they just got

1127
00:58:13,920 --> 00:58:17,440
Speaker 1: blown out for. So I've went around the Raiders really closely,

1128
00:58:17,440 --> 00:58:20,360
Speaker 1: and a new guys on the coaching staff. I just

1129
00:58:20,440 --> 00:58:23,560
Speaker 1: I follow the team really closely. And when Jack got here,

1130
00:58:23,680 --> 00:58:26,200
Speaker 1: he was a grown up. He made them change a

1131
00:58:26,200 --> 00:58:28,680
Speaker 1: bunch of stuff. He just got them up to speed.

1132
00:58:29,080 --> 00:58:31,200
Speaker 1: First year he went seven and nine. The second year

1133
00:58:31,920 --> 00:58:34,240
Speaker 1: they were competing with the Chiefs to win the division.

1134
00:58:34,640 --> 00:58:36,120
Speaker 1: Might have been the Broncos actually at the time that

1135
00:58:36,200 --> 00:58:38,320
Speaker 1: might have been paid Mannings. Last year sixteen, I can't

1136
00:58:38,400 --> 00:58:42,880
Speaker 1: quite remember, but they Derek broke his ankle and then

1137
00:58:42,920 --> 00:58:44,360
Speaker 1: they lost in the first round of the playoffs. But

1138
00:58:44,360 --> 00:58:46,280
Speaker 1: they were a twelve win team that year. They were

1139
00:58:46,320 --> 00:58:48,439
Speaker 1: really might have been eleven. They were really really good.

1140
00:58:49,120 --> 00:58:52,080
Speaker 1: Gruten's going on, now your three, this is your three

1141
00:58:52,840 --> 00:58:55,520
Speaker 1: where unlike Jack, like Reggie mackenzie did have a lot

1142
00:58:55,520 --> 00:58:57,520
Speaker 1: of juice as the GM like he was picking players

1143
00:58:57,560 --> 00:58:59,760
Speaker 1: with Jack, but it was a team effort grewing his

1144
00:58:59,800 --> 00:59:02,840
Speaker 1: pick and every player. As I talked about earlier, it's

1145
00:59:03,000 --> 00:59:04,520
Speaker 1: there on path. I mean, the Ravens are not gonna

1146
00:59:04,560 --> 00:59:06,160
Speaker 1: The Ravens are gonna win ten or eleven games. The

1147
00:59:06,240 --> 00:59:08,959
Speaker 1: Raiders are not going to go to the playoffs, John Gruden,

1148
00:59:09,000 --> 00:59:10,400
Speaker 1: you paid him a hundred million dollars and not go

1149
00:59:10,480 --> 00:59:14,320
Speaker 1: to the playoffs. One thing I hear about John Gruden,

1150
00:59:15,560 --> 00:59:19,280
Speaker 1: it's just so abrasive and he's not easy to deal

1151
00:59:19,320 --> 00:59:22,880
Speaker 1: with for position coaches, maybe not position coaches as much.

1152
00:59:23,360 --> 00:59:26,440
Speaker 1: Mayock I. I don't think it's smooth sailing in that building.

1153
00:59:27,320 --> 00:59:29,439
Speaker 1: And it starts with John. Like you can be tough

1154
00:59:29,480 --> 00:59:32,120
Speaker 1: to deal with when you're Nick Saban, when you dominate

1155
00:59:32,600 --> 00:59:34,840
Speaker 1: like John screaming any Like, John, when's the last time

1156
00:59:34,880 --> 00:59:39,280
Speaker 1: you won a big game in the NFL? Oh? Oh seven?

1157
00:59:39,800 --> 00:59:42,280
Speaker 1: Like when I was a junior in college, back when

1158
00:59:42,320 --> 00:59:46,320
Speaker 1: I had hair, I mean almost we're talking this two

1159
00:59:46,320 --> 00:59:49,760
Speaker 1: thousand and twenty, We're talking thirteen, fourteen years ago. Like,

1160
00:59:50,000 --> 00:59:52,439
Speaker 1: who are you? You want a Super Bowl with Tony

1161
00:59:52,480 --> 00:59:56,320
Speaker 1: John's players? Is there a chance? John Gruden is one

1162
00:59:56,360 --> 01:00:01,280
Speaker 1: of the most overrated coaches in NFL history. Given hype,

1163
01:00:01,360 --> 01:00:03,400
Speaker 1: and there was a ton of hype for a decade.

1164
01:00:03,680 --> 01:00:05,880
Speaker 1: Every team lined up to try to hire him coach

1165
01:00:06,800 --> 01:00:10,800
Speaker 1: pro and college. Now he gets blown out by the Falcons.

1166
01:00:11,800 --> 01:00:14,480
Speaker 1: He needs a cover zero to beat the Jets. Think

1167
01:00:14,480 --> 01:00:18,480
Speaker 1: about that, the Raiders fans rightfully, so were sold a

1168
01:00:18,480 --> 01:00:21,200
Speaker 1: bag of goods. I thought he'd be good too. I

1169
01:00:21,240 --> 01:00:24,320
Speaker 1: thought John Gruden was gonna be like the offense of

1170
01:00:24,360 --> 01:00:30,240
Speaker 1: Bill Parcels, this old school badass zero, messing around, screaming

1171
01:00:30,240 --> 01:00:33,479
Speaker 1: at guys, holding guys, really accountable, team, flying around, hitting

1172
01:00:33,480 --> 01:00:36,440
Speaker 1: people in the mouth. Instead, it's just he gives a

1173
01:00:36,480 --> 01:00:39,680
Speaker 1: lot of excuses. Like he just said after the last game,

1174
01:00:39,680 --> 01:00:42,760
Speaker 1: he's like, you know, not to make excuses. Cleveland Farrell

1175
01:00:42,800 --> 01:00:44,520
Speaker 1: was out with the hand, we had three guys out

1176
01:00:44,560 --> 01:00:47,840
Speaker 1: with Corona. Jonathan Abraham got knocked out in the third quarter.

1177
01:00:47,880 --> 01:00:49,840
Speaker 1: It was like, John, you just made like seven excuses.

1178
01:00:50,960 --> 01:00:54,600
Speaker 1: You're you're the opposite of Bill Parcels. Mark Davis loves

1179
01:00:54,680 --> 01:00:58,400
Speaker 1: him and he's not gonna fire him. But it's been

1180
01:00:58,440 --> 01:01:02,240
Speaker 1: an awful higher. I mean, did just it just pass?

1181
01:01:02,720 --> 01:01:07,600
Speaker 1: You know? I don't know anyway around it. It's been, uh,

1182
01:01:08,280 --> 01:01:10,840
Speaker 1: given how much they're paying him and how long his

1183
01:01:10,960 --> 01:01:14,480
Speaker 1: contract is. I means, if you had to bet right now,

1184
01:01:14,600 --> 01:01:17,880
Speaker 1: is Jon Gruden he's in your three. They're not gonna

1185
01:01:17,920 --> 01:01:19,840
Speaker 1: make the playoffs, probably won't make the playoffs. Me when

1186
01:01:19,840 --> 01:01:21,520
Speaker 1: are they ever gonna make the playoffs? What they don't

1187
01:01:21,520 --> 01:01:23,840
Speaker 1: make the playoffs for Like his first five years, is

1188
01:01:23,880 --> 01:01:28,440
Speaker 1: he gonna quit? I thought coward. I thought he was wrong,

1189
01:01:28,720 --> 01:01:30,400
Speaker 1: but it turns out he was dead right. I mean

1190
01:01:30,400 --> 01:01:33,640
Speaker 1: he's right about a lot of stuff. He says. When

1191
01:01:33,680 --> 01:01:35,920
Speaker 1: you're that good at something and you like something that much,

1192
01:01:36,040 --> 01:01:38,120
Speaker 1: you don't stay away from it for ten years. Like,

1193
01:01:38,200 --> 01:01:41,760
Speaker 1: looking back, that's pretty weird that he just left for

1194
01:01:41,800 --> 01:01:44,760
Speaker 1: a decade. It's why some of these rumors about Bill

1195
01:01:44,800 --> 01:01:47,880
Speaker 1: Kauer like, no, I'm not no Bill Kauer. I like

1196
01:01:47,960 --> 01:01:50,080
Speaker 1: Bill Cawer. I've met him before. I think he's a badass.

1197
01:01:50,760 --> 01:01:52,400
Speaker 1: Could not hire him right now to be my coach?

1198
01:01:52,840 --> 01:01:56,320
Speaker 1: Zero chance, no possible way. Could not hire Bill Kauer.

1199
01:01:57,040 --> 01:01:59,920
Speaker 1: If you care that and like football that much, maybe

1200
01:02:00,080 --> 01:02:02,160
Speaker 1: take five years off. You don't take a decade, You

1201
01:02:02,160 --> 01:02:06,960
Speaker 1: don't take fifteen years. A big fan of the podcast

1202
01:02:07,040 --> 01:02:10,040
Speaker 1: from the UK, so big that my girlfriend now feels

1203
01:02:10,040 --> 01:02:13,160
Speaker 1: that she actually knows you're uh you such as the

1204
01:02:13,160 --> 01:02:15,760
Speaker 1: amount I consume your content and the frequency your voice

1205
01:02:15,800 --> 01:02:19,520
Speaker 1: bellows from either of the car or ALEXA. Well that's

1206
01:02:19,520 --> 01:02:25,240
Speaker 1: good anyway. I often hear you mentioned badassery or high

1207
01:02:25,320 --> 01:02:28,680
Speaker 1: caliber when you're talking about qualities you admire in those

1208
01:02:29,000 --> 01:02:32,080
Speaker 1: around you. So given this, if you had to take

1209
01:02:32,120 --> 01:02:35,440
Speaker 1: five football players from your time watching and working in

1210
01:02:35,480 --> 01:02:41,560
Speaker 1: the sport down into the foxhole with you and why cheers,

1211
01:02:43,520 --> 01:02:47,600
Speaker 1: that's a great question. I would first in a fox

1212
01:02:47,880 --> 01:02:51,040
Speaker 1: you'd want a smart guy around you. You'd want a tactician,

1213
01:02:51,400 --> 01:02:53,040
Speaker 1: right if you're in a foxhole, if you're in a

1214
01:02:53,080 --> 01:02:56,520
Speaker 1: war situation, if you're in just something where you need

1215
01:02:56,560 --> 01:02:58,640
Speaker 1: a guy to lead your safety. I'd want Peyton Manning

1216
01:02:59,160 --> 01:03:02,520
Speaker 1: to me. Peyton man is the ultimate thinker and just

1217
01:03:02,560 --> 01:03:05,880
Speaker 1: a grinder. I didn't want to think her. Then I

1218
01:03:06,400 --> 01:03:11,200
Speaker 1: probably need I need like a big freak left tackle.

1219
01:03:11,360 --> 01:03:13,720
Speaker 1: And when I first got to the Eagles, Jason Peters

1220
01:03:13,920 --> 01:03:15,960
Speaker 1: had to be the biggest freak in the league. He

1221
01:03:16,000 --> 01:03:19,200
Speaker 1: was like three pounds, He moved like a wide receiver.

1222
01:03:19,720 --> 01:03:22,440
Speaker 1: He had power like a power lifter. I mean, it

1223
01:03:22,520 --> 01:03:26,320
Speaker 1: was just insane how strong he was. I'd probably take

1224
01:03:26,360 --> 01:03:30,720
Speaker 1: Aaron Donald because I just want someone to just destroy people.

1225
01:03:31,760 --> 01:03:34,760
Speaker 1: Probably need a little speed, but also you know a

1226
01:03:34,800 --> 01:03:37,760
Speaker 1: tough guy. I mean, Charles Woodson is you know. I

1227
01:03:37,760 --> 01:03:39,280
Speaker 1: was around him a little bit at the end with

1228
01:03:39,320 --> 01:03:41,760
Speaker 1: the Raiders. Always loved him those years with the Packers.

1229
01:03:41,840 --> 01:03:44,400
Speaker 1: I just love c wood I mean, who doesn't love Charles.

1230
01:03:44,400 --> 01:03:50,640
Speaker 1: I'd go Charles Woodson. Um, you know, I mean this

1231
01:03:50,680 --> 01:03:54,800
Speaker 1: guy just pound for pound. The last guy in the

1232
01:03:54,800 --> 01:03:57,400
Speaker 1: world you'd want to tackle in his prib probably Adrian Peterson.

1233
01:03:58,200 --> 01:04:00,880
Speaker 1: So you know he Hell, he's like almost four years

1234
01:04:00,880 --> 01:04:02,520
Speaker 1: old and he's still running strong. How do you beat

1235
01:04:02,560 --> 01:04:05,280
Speaker 1: a P? I know Oklahoma calls an a D. I

1236
01:04:05,320 --> 01:04:06,840
Speaker 1: just call him a P. It's all the same ship.

1237
01:04:09,040 --> 01:04:11,520
Speaker 1: Is this Baker's coming out party? Let's end on this.

1238
01:04:12,440 --> 01:04:15,600
Speaker 1: You know he threw a bad pick. He was twenty

1239
01:04:15,640 --> 01:04:19,160
Speaker 1: seven or forty six. Uh, I think it was a

1240
01:04:19,200 --> 01:04:21,400
Speaker 1: good moment. It was a good step forward. I'm not

1241
01:04:21,440 --> 01:04:24,640
Speaker 1: going to annoy. You can't annoint him after this, but

1242
01:04:24,720 --> 01:04:27,600
Speaker 1: it was a very positive game. They had four rushing

1243
01:04:27,640 --> 01:04:30,040
Speaker 1: touchdowns and he was one of them, which it was

1244
01:04:30,080 --> 01:04:32,680
Speaker 1: a really good play. He made good plays. He he

1245
01:04:32,760 --> 01:04:36,040
Speaker 1: made winning plays. He was a winning player tonight. I

1246
01:04:36,160 --> 01:04:38,840
Speaker 1: think nothing in in a big game on Monday night football,

1247
01:04:39,440 --> 01:04:43,440
Speaker 1: when with millions of people watching, the bright slot, the

1248
01:04:43,480 --> 01:04:46,640
Speaker 1: bright lights, the bright lights on it, you could see

1249
01:04:46,640 --> 01:04:52,080
Speaker 1: your breath. The a f C. North is for tough dudes,

1250
01:04:52,600 --> 01:04:55,680
Speaker 1: Like it ain't the Softwest coast like where I live,

1251
01:04:56,160 --> 01:05:02,640
Speaker 1: like Cincinnati, Cleveland, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, no domes, all outside, all

1252
01:05:02,680 --> 01:05:05,680
Speaker 1: in freezing cold environments. They all play each other late

1253
01:05:05,680 --> 01:05:08,080
Speaker 1: in the season. I know since he sucks now, but

1254
01:05:08,120 --> 01:05:11,160
Speaker 1: Marvin look back when Marvin was there, Like, that's just

1255
01:05:12,000 --> 01:05:14,880
Speaker 1: I have not I have the utmost respect for that division.

1256
01:05:15,320 --> 01:05:17,880
Speaker 1: I just look at that division and I go, that's

1257
01:05:17,880 --> 01:05:21,320
Speaker 1: where the bad motherfucker's play. You know that, that's where

1258
01:05:21,320 --> 01:05:23,520
Speaker 1: the tough guys play. Think about some of those games

1259
01:05:23,520 --> 01:05:27,120
Speaker 1: with the Bengals and the Steelers, the Ravens and the Steelers.

1260
01:05:27,720 --> 01:05:30,840
Speaker 1: I know tonight wasn't necessarily like a knockdown, drag out,

1261
01:05:31,360 --> 01:05:35,200
Speaker 1: you know, blood bath, but it's just so cold. I

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Speaker 1: I just I love the a f C North, what

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Speaker 1: what it stands for and represents as a as a

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Speaker 1: football division. I guess that'll that'll wrap it up for

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Speaker 1: us and I will see you guys later this week.

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Speaker 1: Enjoy the week Christmas. Ride around the corner. Don't forget

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Speaker 1: to do your shopping. You don't want to be last minute.

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Speaker 1: I've done some online shopping. Keep your fingers crossed. Everything

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Speaker 1: arrives on time. You never know what Corona. You know,

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Speaker 1: ship might arise like March, but audios, godspeed, enjoy the week,

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Speaker 1: stay healthy, stay uh, stay positive. Let's let's end on that.

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Speaker 1: Stay positive. Godspeed, m