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Speaker 1: probably just d m NG back and forth with you.

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Speaker 1: But so if I just him back and forth you

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Speaker 1: and you're asking a question, sometimes because you already asked

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Speaker 1: a question, it's hard to find what I'm trying to do. Record,

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Speaker 1: But that's what that is. I'm gonna dive, not really

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Speaker 1: to the game, because at that game, I can't believe

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Speaker 1: I even watched that thing. Odell Beckham uh signed today.

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Speaker 1: During the podcast we record on Thursday. Every Thursday, we

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Speaker 1: subscribe to that as well. And I probably mentioned that

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Speaker 1: Odell Beckham hadn't signed. And I also think I mentioned

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Speaker 1: that like Tah was injured, which he was, but he

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Speaker 1: clearly ended up playing in the game. Doesn't really change

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Speaker 1: anything I said really about Odell Beckham either, But I

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Speaker 1: wanted to start there because Odell Beckham, you know, in

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Speaker 1: Odell Beckham fashion waited milked it signed with the Rams.

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Speaker 1: And I have a couple angles on this. On the

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Speaker 1: most basic level, the Rams have a good thing. They

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Speaker 1: have a really good culture. They have really high level guys,

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Speaker 1: starting with their head coach who changed the franchise. He

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Speaker 1: is clearly a multiplier right in a good way. Positive

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Speaker 1: things happen around Sean McVeigh. Then they have a corps

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Speaker 1: of guys starting with their best player number. Anytime your

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Speaker 1: best player in any organization, in any home is your

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Speaker 1: highest level guy, tone center, you're gonna be all right.

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Speaker 1: And Jalen Ramsey is a good example. You know, it

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Speaker 1: could be a little you know at some personality quirks

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Speaker 1: and blended in perfectly. Matt Stafford Whitworth. I mean, you're

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Speaker 1: talking about super high care cup high level guys, right,

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Speaker 1: And I understand part of building a culture, and definitely

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Speaker 1: in sports, and it probably works this way and in

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Speaker 1: you accumulate and add high level people, and high level

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Speaker 1: people that are good at their job usually rub off

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Speaker 1: on others. It's why when you're best players are your

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Speaker 1: best leaders. Everyone Kyle kind of follow suit, right, and

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Speaker 1: the Rams have a lot of that. I do think

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Speaker 1: they're risking some of that by adding Odell Beckham because

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Speaker 1: the Odell Beckham that we all talk about kind of

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Speaker 1: like an NBA player. I felt like this was an

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Speaker 1: Adam Silver NBA transaction. We have been talking about Odell

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Speaker 1: the same. Super Bowl, super Bowl, super Bowl, super Bowl.

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Speaker 1: That's the only thing they care about this year is

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Speaker 1: of risky because while they probably overpaid for von Miller,

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Speaker 1: giveing a second and a third, von Miller is a winner.

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Speaker 1: Von Miller is a decade long team captain on a

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Speaker 1: good or bad. Von Miller, high level guy, no issues.

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Speaker 1: He's everything. The way we talk about Odell Beckham, Robert

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Speaker 1: Woods awesome number two. Do they need him now? I

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Speaker 1: think the pushback and if you've got Andy Reid, Sean Payton,

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Speaker 1: And when you have a super Bowl level team, you

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Speaker 1: And I get it, but this guy is not some

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Speaker 1: stories are today Von Miller and Jalen Ramsey are recruiting

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Speaker 1: the hell out of him. Well, I get it, but

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Speaker 1: they played defense. Cooper Cup pick up the phone, Robert

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Speaker 1: not fit in where like I said, von Miller fit

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Speaker 1: Like I just I'm a little uncomfortable as just someone

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Speaker 1: got humbled? Has he really now he knows what he's signing?

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Speaker 1: Up for. But it's another thing when von Miller and

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Speaker 1: I just I think this is a slippery slope and

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Speaker 1: I know O'Dell just turned twenty nine, but he's been

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Speaker 1: if they just need him to be a role player

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Speaker 1: and he can do it, great, it'll work. They tried

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Speaker 1: that with Deshan Jackson, who's older, who's way older, and

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Speaker 1: and mcveighs like, bro, I don't have more targets for you.

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Speaker 1: You see this white dude from Eastern Washington. He looks

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Speaker 1: like Jerry Rice right now, he's on Google. I had

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Speaker 1: He's coming from this losing team and now he's trying

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Speaker 1: just I think it's risky. I really do. The difference

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Speaker 1: it doesn't feel like Odell's in that in that mold.

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Speaker 1: I don't know, man, it feels like he's going more

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Speaker 1: for l A. Speaking of l A kind of hit

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Speaker 1: me watching the Dolphins tonight. I wonder if it's impossible

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Speaker 1: the late nineties, the team has not been good. You've

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Speaker 1: had like two good seasons. Last year was one of them. Like,

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Speaker 1: or there's just too many distractions. It's just too hard.

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Speaker 1: if it's sustainable. Obviously you can make money there and

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Speaker 1: business decision. Does nothing for football. If anything, Cam is

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Speaker 1: equally as bad as Sam Donald, and I say that

427
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Speaker 1: with all due respect. The guys accomplished infinitely more on

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Speaker 1: the field over his career. He had a fantastic career,

429
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Speaker 1: Pro bowls, m v P, took his team to a

430
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Speaker 1: Super Bowl, accomplished a shipload But it's over, Like, let's

431
00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:50,560
Speaker 1: just let's call a spade a spade. It's over. And

432
00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:53,560
Speaker 1: this was somewhat of a desperate move. But they're not alone.

433
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Speaker 1: Right two is already injured again. One two is not

434
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Speaker 1: that good. He's already been injured twice this season. Like,

435
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Speaker 1: there are several teams when you are in you know,

436
00:22:02,359 --> 00:22:05,199
Speaker 1: some people call it quarterback purgatory. I just call it

437
00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:08,800
Speaker 1: a quarterback disastrous situation, Like you're just kind of screwed

438
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Speaker 1: because you either have one or you don't. There are

439
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Speaker 1: no Baltimore Ravens of two thousand, you know one, or

440
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Speaker 1: even the Seattle teams in the early part of last decade.

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Speaker 1: I mean they Russell Wilson. While he eats nowhere near

442
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Speaker 1: what he is now, it was still pretty good. They

443
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Speaker 1: had Marshawn Lynch, you know, the five Bear, some of

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Speaker 1: the teams that anyone like thirty five or older kind

445
00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:30,720
Speaker 1: of grew up on. You could be a playoff team

446
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Speaker 1: with just an elite defense and no offense. That's not

447
00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:35,879
Speaker 1: really a case anymore, you have to have a thirty

448
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Speaker 1: million dollar quarterback. Now they might not make that because

449
00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:41,040
Speaker 1: they're on their rookie contract, but at minimum they've gotta

450
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Speaker 1: be worth that. If they're not, you have problems. And

451
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Speaker 1: that's what you see with Miami, right the biggest difference

452
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Speaker 1: between the Chargers in Miami, one team got Herbert. One

453
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Speaker 1: team got to a. Right. If you would have put

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Speaker 1: to a on the Chargers, they would be they wouldn't

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Speaker 1: be any good. They winning won seven games last year,

456
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Speaker 1: that's for damn sure, and they would have no chance

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Speaker 1: to make the playoffs this year. In Miami's kind of

458
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Speaker 1: screwed and they're not. You know there, Watson thing was

459
00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:03,520
Speaker 1: the opposite of a pr move. It was a football move.

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Speaker 1: They wanted Watson. He's really good a football and the

461
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Speaker 1: only way for them to be good a football is

462
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Speaker 1: to have a good quarterback. Obviously last year they were

463
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Speaker 1: good on defensive special teams, but you can't sustain that.

464
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Speaker 1: The one place you can sustain in the modern day

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Speaker 1: NFL is having a good quarterback. Look at the Jets, like,

466
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Speaker 1: what a disastrous situation there in that Mike White clearly

467
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Speaker 1: in his game and you know two series last week

468
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Speaker 1: and he's starting again. That looked why better than Zach Wilson. Now,

469
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Speaker 1: Zack's a rookie from B y U. But I think

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Speaker 1: every Jets fan would say, you know, it's been a

471
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Speaker 1: little concerning. It's one thing to lose. We knew we

472
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Speaker 1: weren't going to be that good, but I was expecting

473
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Speaker 1: a little more, you know, for the number two overall pick,

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Speaker 1: and you just haven't got it. And when you have

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Speaker 1: a quarterback situation, you can't do any pr For the Jets,

476
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Speaker 1: there's no camp. They don't have a Cam Newton. You know,

477
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Speaker 1: Dan Marino ain't walking through that door from Miami. The

478
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Speaker 1: Panthers had Cam Newton in their back pocket and they

479
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Speaker 1: made the play. And that will last for a couple

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Speaker 1: of games. But the him and he starts skipping a

481
00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:03,399
Speaker 1: couple of balls. If he starts in a couple of weeks,

482
00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:08,239
Speaker 1: the shine will wear off and all the people, you know,

483
00:24:08,359 --> 00:24:10,600
Speaker 1: praising it on social media will be shooting on him.

484
00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:14,719
Speaker 1: That's the way the world works. Another big story this

485
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Speaker 1: week was I had people in the NFL, We're like,

486
00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:19,720
Speaker 1: you gotta talk about this because people in the NFL

487
00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:21,919
Speaker 1: are pissed, and I get it. You're really emotional, if

488
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Speaker 1: you're an executive, if you're a coach, if you're a player.

489
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Speaker 1: You see the inconsistencies with the league. Right, and we've

490
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Speaker 1: seen him for years. It's like Ray Rice, you got

491
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Speaker 1: spending two games, then the video comes out and all

492
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Speaker 1: of a sudden, he's done for his career. Right, tom

493
00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:40,560
Speaker 1: Brady deflated football's they came after his phone. They suspended

494
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Speaker 1: him four games, like the deflayed football. We've seen him

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Speaker 1: play since, Like, I don't think the football has had

496
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Speaker 1: any impact on Tom Brady. Then in this week the

497
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Speaker 1: Rogers situation, and my mom is really mad at Aaron Rodgers,

498
00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:56,920
Speaker 1: like John, I can't believe Aaron Rodgers live, like lied

499
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Speaker 1: to who the media? Who cares for the media things?

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Speaker 1: His team knew, the league, knew the league. They have

501
00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:05,080
Speaker 1: all the status of everyone. But he got fined four

502
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Speaker 1: teen thousand dollars. Now I don't have the sheet of

503
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Speaker 1: what all the fines costs. But then I did see

504
00:25:10,359 --> 00:25:14,719
Speaker 1: that Ceedee Lamb, the the Cowboy wide receiver, was find

505
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Speaker 1: more for having an untucked jersey, and he was kind

506
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Speaker 1: of pissed, like this is kind of bullshit. Of course

507
00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:22,800
Speaker 1: it is the league office. Here's what I know, and

508
00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:26,120
Speaker 1: I said this earlier this week about the referees. They

509
00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:29,040
Speaker 1: do not care what you think. They don't care what

510
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Speaker 1: a coach thinks, they do not care what a player thinks.

511
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Speaker 1: They simply couldn't care less, like it doesn't bother them

512
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Speaker 1: at all, and everyone gets so worked up, like these

513
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Speaker 1: fines are ridiculous, are absolutely insane. Well, the only way

514
00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:50,199
Speaker 1: they are going to change anything if people stop watching

515
00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:53,639
Speaker 1: the games, because that's the only thing that impacts the

516
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Speaker 1: bottom line for the league office and the owners. Until

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Speaker 1: that happens, all this is just kind of just throw

518
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Speaker 1: it at the wall. See what sticks. It's all kind

519
00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:06,040
Speaker 1: of made up. You can wear that color cleat, you

520
00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:08,720
Speaker 1: can't wear that color cleat. You got to wear a mask.

521
00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:11,240
Speaker 1: But if we don't notice, we don't really care. Oh

522
00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:15,360
Speaker 1: but now everyone's piste off, so we'll get involved right now.

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Speaker 1: I understand if I was Tom Brady, it's like, wait,

524
00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:20,480
Speaker 1: you sud spending me four games, and Aaron Rodgers, who

525
00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:24,639
Speaker 1: clearly the mass protocol for the the press conference, which

526
00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:27,280
Speaker 1: I actually agree with them, is really stupid. But you know,

527
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Speaker 1: the rules a rule, and clearly some players would say, well,

528
00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:31,960
Speaker 1: if I had broke the rule, I would have gotten trouble.

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Speaker 1: Maybe maybe they're not really enforcing it. Maybe it was

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Speaker 1: a situation like the speed limit. Right, some cops see

531
00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:39,240
Speaker 1: you going ten miles over the speed limit, might not care.

532
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Speaker 1: Some cops see you going four miles an hour over

533
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Speaker 1: the speed limit, they might play you over. That's what

534
00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:45,639
Speaker 1: it feels like a little bit here. It's very arbitrary.

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Speaker 1: That's what the NFL has kind of become. But as

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Speaker 1: long as we watch the games, they will not care

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Speaker 1: who throws a flag, how many flags, if a referee

538
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Speaker 1: hip check someone, whether they find you a hundred dollars

539
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Speaker 1: or two dollars for an untucked jersey, whether they find

540
00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:03,880
Speaker 1: you from mass situations. It's always been inconsistent. They're not

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Speaker 1: like I think ideally the league wouldn't want to be in,

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00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:12,640
Speaker 1: you know, the judicious business that the operating as like, uh,

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00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:14,960
Speaker 1: you know, the police force. Even though it feels like

544
00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:17,040
Speaker 1: they like it, I don't think they do. But they

545
00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:19,439
Speaker 1: have no choice because the pressure for the fans. So

546
00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:22,080
Speaker 1: then they just put you know, the rules for the

547
00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:26,000
Speaker 1: cleats and your jerseys. But clearly it makes no sense.

548
00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:28,320
Speaker 1: And I'm just as I told my buddy in the league.

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00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:31,600
Speaker 1: I don't think they care. It's never gonna change as

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00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:33,960
Speaker 1: long as people watch and we consume it. I saw

551
00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:37,320
Speaker 1: a headline earlier this week that ratings are up eight percent.

552
00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:42,399
Speaker 1: They make all their money on television ratings. I I

553
00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:46,600
Speaker 1: also saw a headline that attendance in pro sports is down. Well,

554
00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:49,760
Speaker 1: that's only going to increase, right, I gotta I got

555
00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:52,520
Speaker 1: multiple TVs in my living room, seventy in and a

556
00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:56,080
Speaker 1: fifty five inchur I've been to games. My seat in

557
00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:58,800
Speaker 1: my lazy boy with the TV is a much better

558
00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:03,000
Speaker 1: view than a game can provide. It's also much more convenient.

559
00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:04,520
Speaker 1: I don't have to pay for parking, I don't have

560
00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:06,080
Speaker 1: to drive, I don't have to pay for a ticket

561
00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:08,879
Speaker 1: like I'm already paying for the cable. Might as well

562
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Speaker 1: just watch the game at home. And clearly, when we

563
00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:13,560
Speaker 1: saw the media rights deal, that's how all these leagues

564
00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:17,159
Speaker 1: now pay for everything, especially football. That's where they make

565
00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:20,240
Speaker 1: all their money. They need your attention, your attention, and

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Speaker 1: I'd argue this. I tell people this all the time

567
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Speaker 1: my time. One thing I've learned is I've gotten older.

568
00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:27,760
Speaker 1: You used to think like you know, you gotta work,

569
00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:29,920
Speaker 1: you gotta work. You gotta work, and like what you

570
00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:33,280
Speaker 1: your service, you provide someone, but you're the time that

571
00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:35,439
Speaker 1: you provide people is the most valuable thing you have.

572
00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:38,920
Speaker 1: And clearly, for the NFL, the time that you spent

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00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:43,480
Speaker 1: watching them on television is by far the most valuable

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Speaker 1: thing they possess as a business. It's by far the

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Speaker 1: most valuable thing because they can get people to watch

576
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Speaker 1: for long periods of time, and a lot of them,

577
00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:56,080
Speaker 1: a high quantity of human beings. No other league possesses

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Speaker 1: that anymore. That's why the NFL run circles around everyone.

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Speaker 1: It's also why they just Rodgers. Here's fourteen thousand. Oh

580
00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:06,320
Speaker 1: ceedee lamb, here's here's seventeen thousand, and it makes no sense.

581
00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:08,360
Speaker 1: But let's face it. You go back to Ray Rice.

582
00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:10,600
Speaker 1: Once we all saw the video, it's like, wait, Roger,

583
00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:13,280
Speaker 1: you're spending two games for that? Are you a fucking lunatic?

584
00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:16,640
Speaker 1: Tom Brady deflating balls? You guys are gonna suspend you

585
00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:18,600
Speaker 1: want to see us phone? What? What? What the hell

586
00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:20,719
Speaker 1: are we doing? There's gonna be a lot more What

587
00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:22,160
Speaker 1: the hell are we doing? Is because that's how it

588
00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:24,520
Speaker 1: always been. But as long as they keep printing money.

589
00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:28,800
Speaker 1: It's not gonna change. And then to go into the

590
00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:31,400
Speaker 1: pretty big game this week, at least on paper, the

591
00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:34,240
Speaker 1: Seattle's only three and five. Obviously Green Bay just lost

592
00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:36,840
Speaker 1: the game to Kansas City. But I got to thinking,

593
00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:39,760
Speaker 1: like Russell Wilson, and you know, as of right now,

594
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Speaker 1: I don't know if Aaron Rodgers technically being been cleared,

595
00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:44,400
Speaker 1: but all signs point to Aaron Rodgers gonna play this week.

596
00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:47,320
Speaker 1: So you have Russell Wilson and Aaron Rodgers, And really,

597
00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:50,120
Speaker 1: when you think of the top quarterbacks, it's weird because

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Speaker 1: you know, I think Aaron is it's hard to it's

599
00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:57,280
Speaker 1: hard to articulate this is a better talent than Tom.

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00:29:57,360 --> 00:30:01,480
Speaker 1: Obviously Tom is a had a more accomplished career. Uh

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Speaker 1: And Russell, you could even argue, is more quote unquote talented,

602
00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:07,240
Speaker 1: just athletic ability throwing. But I'm not saying they're better

603
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Speaker 1: in Tom Brady. But you know what I'm getting in there,

604
00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:11,400
Speaker 1: and two of them, I mean, Aaron Rodgers gonna go

605
00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:13,520
Speaker 1: down as a top five quarterback of all time, and

606
00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:15,520
Speaker 1: who knows, Russell still has a lot more time left.

607
00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:18,160
Speaker 1: Mike go down as the top ten quarterback of all time.

608
00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:20,360
Speaker 1: So any time you get a matchup like this, it's

609
00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:22,840
Speaker 1: a really big deal. But both these guys, let's face it,

610
00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:25,920
Speaker 1: share a little bit in common. They both became major,

611
00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:30,120
Speaker 1: major fucking drama queens. This offseason. It was it was, honestly,

612
00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:33,800
Speaker 1: especially Rogers, a little exhausting. Like Aaron, it was like,

613
00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:36,400
Speaker 1: you played for the Packers, Your team is really good.

614
00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:38,960
Speaker 1: What are you complaining about? Because they didn't let you

615
00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:41,760
Speaker 1: know about a practice squad guy. And clearly they you know,

616
00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:44,480
Speaker 1: gave into it this week, right or I mean this

617
00:30:44,560 --> 00:30:46,960
Speaker 1: year they gave him Randall Cobby, They've listened to him.

618
00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:50,520
Speaker 1: And Russell was like, you know he did like the week.

619
00:30:50,560 --> 00:30:53,640
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers like, I'm not asking for a trade, but

620
00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:56,520
Speaker 1: if I did, my agent and me would like these

621
00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:59,680
Speaker 1: four markets, we'd be open. Even though we're definitely not asking.

622
00:30:59,760 --> 00:31:01,640
Speaker 1: It's on them if they want to keep us. And

623
00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:04,280
Speaker 1: it all stems back from years ago when John Schneider,

624
00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:09,520
Speaker 1: the general manager, went to Josh Allen's pro day. It's like, Russell,

625
00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:11,880
Speaker 1: are you really getting bent out of shape on your

626
00:31:11,920 --> 00:31:14,360
Speaker 1: GM going to a pro day? Because if you are,

627
00:31:14,480 --> 00:31:17,960
Speaker 1: then you're pretty thin skinned. But multip people have reported

628
00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:20,440
Speaker 1: that they're just's like and maybe it's more Pete Carroll,

629
00:31:20,640 --> 00:31:24,160
Speaker 1: grown old, whatever, But I think both guys are fantastic

630
00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:27,920
Speaker 1: examples of you know, the more talented you are at

631
00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:30,640
Speaker 1: the highest level of any private sector business, especially one

632
00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:32,360
Speaker 1: like this where there's a lot of money on the line,

633
00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:35,760
Speaker 1: people just put up with your drama. I think you're

634
00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:39,160
Speaker 1: seeing the opposite opposite with Odell Beckham Jr. It's like, clearly,

635
00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:41,680
Speaker 1: you know, social media would make you think teams are

636
00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:43,760
Speaker 1: lined up, Like I'd say, if teams were lined up,

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Speaker 1: he would already be signed. His drama now exceeds his ability.

638
00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:50,240
Speaker 1: He's become more of a caricature than a star wide

639
00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:54,520
Speaker 1: receiver were These two guys are absolute all star Hall

640
00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:56,360
Speaker 1: of Fame level guys in the peak of their powers.

641
00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:58,520
Speaker 1: So you know what Seattle had to do this offseason.

642
00:31:58,600 --> 00:32:00,400
Speaker 1: They kind of had to bite it, had to do

643
00:32:00,440 --> 00:32:02,840
Speaker 1: whatever Russell wanted, and they did. They made some trades

644
00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:05,680
Speaker 1: for offensive lineman. They were just they were aggressive, right,

645
00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:07,480
Speaker 1: and they really have been the last couple of years.

646
00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:09,960
Speaker 1: But for whatever reason, he didn't think they were same

647
00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:13,040
Speaker 1: thing with the Packers, right, they were just they had

648
00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:16,880
Speaker 1: to do everything humanly possible to figure this out to

649
00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:20,040
Speaker 1: fix the problem because no matter how much drama, no

650
00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:22,840
Speaker 1: matter how many deep e qualities these two bring to

651
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Speaker 1: the table, and let's face it, they both bring a lot.

652
00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:29,880
Speaker 1: You know, Rogers, I actually think he gets a a

653
00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:32,680
Speaker 1: poor rap. It feels like his teammates like him. I

654
00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:34,720
Speaker 1: know there have been some guys on his early teams

655
00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:36,680
Speaker 1: when he was younger, and sometimes that happens when you're

656
00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:39,120
Speaker 1: the younger guy, the older guys look at you differently.

657
00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:40,920
Speaker 1: But I'd say the last four or five years, it

658
00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:43,720
Speaker 1: feels like most of his teammates really like him. Russell

659
00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:46,200
Speaker 1: little different. I don't know if Russell is a big,

660
00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:48,320
Speaker 1: like hang out with this teammates guy. I don't know

661
00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:50,640
Speaker 1: if Russell is a big. It doesn't feel like that

662
00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:54,040
Speaker 1: many teammates are pounding their chest like that's my boy,

663
00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:58,800
Speaker 1: that's my guy. Definitely nowhere near like Mahomes were Brady

664
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Speaker 1: or hell even like I said, Rogers, but their talents

665
00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:04,200
Speaker 1: so good that there's nothing you can do. And here's

666
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Speaker 1: what I'll give Russell Wilson a ton of credit. I mean,

667
00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:11,120
Speaker 1: I can't admire this anymore because we talked about this

668
00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:13,360
Speaker 1: a lot with players, right, Are they doing it for

669
00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:16,240
Speaker 1: the fame. Are they doing it for the money? You know,

670
00:33:16,280 --> 00:33:18,320
Speaker 1: a lot of coaches will talk like, do you are

671
00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:21,040
Speaker 1: are you doing this? Do you want to play football

672
00:33:21,160 --> 00:33:23,120
Speaker 1: or do you want what football can provide for you?

673
00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:25,520
Speaker 1: Because football in the NFL provides a lot of things, right.

674
00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:27,920
Speaker 1: Gives you a massive platform, It gives you, if you're

675
00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:30,920
Speaker 1: a decent player, a ton of money. Uh. It creates

676
00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:33,640
Speaker 1: a brand that would not have existed, and a lot

677
00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:37,960
Speaker 1: of players get that as time goes. Brady Manning, you know,

678
00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:40,840
Speaker 1: whoever mahomes. But they're in it for the juice of

679
00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:44,880
Speaker 1: competing and ultimately, whether it's sixteen or seventeen games, getting

680
00:33:44,880 --> 00:33:47,280
Speaker 1: to every single one of those games, and they will

681
00:33:47,320 --> 00:33:50,520
Speaker 1: move heaven and earth to play every single Sunday. And

682
00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:53,520
Speaker 1: you cannot dispute this guy had never missed a game

683
00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:56,960
Speaker 1: in his entire career, despite being a smaller player who's

684
00:33:56,960 --> 00:34:00,280
Speaker 1: taken some lacious hits over the year. He shout, there's

685
00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:03,040
Speaker 1: his finger. It had this weird like it clearly didn't

686
00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:05,040
Speaker 1: look right and was in a ton of pain and

687
00:34:05,080 --> 00:34:09,280
Speaker 1: it was messed up. He was working night and day

688
00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:12,400
Speaker 1: with all these weird crazy doctors to get back and

689
00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:16,160
Speaker 1: now miraculously he's back. I tip my hat to Russell

690
00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:19,560
Speaker 1: Wilson because no matter what drama he brings, you know

691
00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:22,200
Speaker 1: that he will do everything in his power to play

692
00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:25,000
Speaker 1: in every single game. And ultimately, anyone listening to this,

693
00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:27,319
Speaker 1: if you're a fan of whatever team that you like,

694
00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:29,359
Speaker 1: you know there are some guys that are just not

695
00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:32,759
Speaker 1: that reliable. Like I would say the number one characteristic

696
00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:36,600
Speaker 1: that I admire in Russell Wilson besides like his arm,

697
00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:40,200
Speaker 1: is just his reliability. And remember Drew Brees a couple

698
00:34:40,239 --> 00:34:42,480
Speaker 1: of years ago shatters his thumb and just did everything

699
00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:44,960
Speaker 1: trained stay in l A to fix that thing. Like

700
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Speaker 1: you are in an upper class like Russell doesn't need

701
00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:49,799
Speaker 1: the money anymore. Hell, if his career end today, he'd

702
00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:52,239
Speaker 1: probably go to the Hall of Fame. But he's ultimately

703
00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:55,080
Speaker 1: in a weird way. Why he feels like this Marrit

704
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Speaker 1: to cr Now he's like the star, he's still kind

705
00:34:58,239 --> 00:35:00,719
Speaker 1: of a football junkie and his long as he has

706
00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:03,920
Speaker 1: that like you just gotta give into everything he wants

707
00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:06,720
Speaker 1: because he's bigger and more important than anyone in Seattle

708
00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:10,839
Speaker 1: and Rogers, Let's face it, got a lot of you know,

709
00:35:11,320 --> 00:35:13,759
Speaker 1: ex extra credit would be the wrong way to put it,

710
00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:16,600
Speaker 1: but like you know, kind of validated everything he's been

711
00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:18,719
Speaker 1: saying in the last two years, Like Jordan's Love is

712
00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:21,520
Speaker 1: nowhere close to being their starting quarterback. If Jordan's Love

713
00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:24,799
Speaker 1: was our starting quarterback in two thousand two, Packers would

714
00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:28,040
Speaker 1: probably win six games. If Aaron Rodgers you're starting quarterback,

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00:35:28,120 --> 00:35:29,600
Speaker 1: you have a chance. I mean, hell, if he hadn't

716
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Speaker 1: missed last week, could they have gone fourteen and three? Right? Hell,

717
00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:36,560
Speaker 1: they still could. They've only lost two games. I'd say

718
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Speaker 1: probably end up going like twelve and five. But when

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Speaker 1: you have Aaron Rodgers, you're competing for the number one

720
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Speaker 1: overall seat. When you don't with Jordan's Love, you're not

721
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Speaker 1: gonna make the playoffs. And I know Howard Stern. I

722
00:35:47,080 --> 00:35:50,520
Speaker 1: saw he said this week that, uh that Aaron Rodgers

723
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Speaker 1: should be banned from the NFL. Kind of ironic because

724
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Speaker 1: I would imagine for about twenty years of Howard Stern's

725
00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:58,920
Speaker 1: career that's isn't that what everyone was saying about him?

726
00:35:59,239 --> 00:36:02,360
Speaker 1: Get Howard Stern off the airways. We cannot have people

727
00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:06,279
Speaker 1: like Howard Stern around well, Rogers, like Howard Sarn is

728
00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:09,520
Speaker 1: so valuable. There is no canceling them, and even for

729
00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:12,040
Speaker 1: the Packers, there's only an extension coming up, so they

730
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Speaker 1: better get on their knees and beg him to stay.

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Speaker 1: There are two really really big games this week and

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Speaker 1: they're both in the a f C, starting with Sunday

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Speaker 1: Night Football. Uh, the Raiders hosting the Kansas Chiefs and

734
00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:28,520
Speaker 1: watching Kansas City last week, I was just I thought

735
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Speaker 1: it was one of the worst games I've ever seen

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Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes play. And I was reading some quotes that

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Speaker 1: he had talking with I think like the Kansas City

738
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Speaker 1: Star this week, saying that, uh, you know, I'm not

739
00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:40,719
Speaker 1: gonna stop taking deep shots. I've had a lot of

740
00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:42,960
Speaker 1: success over the years taking deep shots. It's who I am.

741
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Speaker 1: Gonna keep taking deep shots. And I'm a big believer

742
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Speaker 1: in do what you do well, And clearly what he

743
00:36:49,239 --> 00:36:53,560
Speaker 1: does well is throw bombs. It's kind of what you

744
00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:57,479
Speaker 1: know created Patrick Mahomes, right, he was just throwing deep

745
00:36:57,520 --> 00:37:00,239
Speaker 1: bombs to guys that could all fly. When we think

746
00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:02,799
Speaker 1: of the Chiefs, obviously Kelsey does a lot of work,

747
00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:04,960
Speaker 1: like within twenty yards, but I think if we all

748
00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:07,600
Speaker 1: close our eyes and say, hey, Patrick Mahomes can see Chiefs,

749
00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:09,759
Speaker 1: first thing you think of is like go routes and

750
00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:15,280
Speaker 1: post routes right, just absolute you know, seeds going forty

751
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Speaker 1: fifty yards. And I said, if I could talk to him,

752
00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:21,879
Speaker 1: I'd say, Patrick, no one argues your ability to push

753
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Speaker 1: down the ball down the field. You you have a

754
00:37:23,640 --> 00:37:25,359
Speaker 1: chance to go down as one of the great gun

755
00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:28,880
Speaker 1: slingers in the league history. But it's like in the NBA, right,

756
00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:31,920
Speaker 1: we're just basketball in general. If what last night I

757
00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:34,399
Speaker 1: was watching the Warriors game. Steph was off a little

758
00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:36,440
Speaker 1: bit shooting threes. He had missed a bunch in a row.

759
00:37:36,680 --> 00:37:38,319
Speaker 1: So what do they tell you to do? Tell you

760
00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:40,520
Speaker 1: to get to the basket? Why, Because at worst you're

761
00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:42,799
Speaker 1: gonna get a layup. At best, you know you're gonna

762
00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:45,080
Speaker 1: three point play. You know you're gonna get foul. And

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00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:47,239
Speaker 1: then you're gonna get free throws, which for a guy

764
00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:51,280
Speaker 1: like Steph was like free throw shooter, are gonna be automatic? Patrick,

765
00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:54,120
Speaker 1: you can take the checkdown. Think back to the Gruden

766
00:37:54,200 --> 00:37:56,799
Speaker 1: quarterback camp. You know the most famous thing that came

767
00:37:56,800 --> 00:37:59,120
Speaker 1: out of that was Spider two Why Banana? Well, the

768
00:37:59,160 --> 00:38:01,160
Speaker 1: thing we made some uch fun about Spider two Why

769
00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:04,279
Speaker 1: Banana was throwing in the flat to the fullback you

770
00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:07,560
Speaker 1: never go broke taking a profit. No one would ever

771
00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:10,799
Speaker 1: tell you not to throw deep to Tyreek Hill if

772
00:38:10,800 --> 00:38:12,960
Speaker 1: he's open, or hell, even if he's covered in a

773
00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:15,759
Speaker 1: one on one situation. But right now you're deep ball

774
00:38:15,840 --> 00:38:18,399
Speaker 1: is off. Just like Steph Curry, the greatest three point

775
00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:21,520
Speaker 1: shooter in the history league, sometimes three point shot is off.

776
00:38:22,040 --> 00:38:24,000
Speaker 1: He has to get to the rack, he has to

777
00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:27,360
Speaker 1: shoot a closer shot. It's okay to take a dumpdown.

778
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Speaker 1: And this week they're playing the Raiders, who kind of

779
00:38:30,239 --> 00:38:32,640
Speaker 1: been some shambles, right. They just go to they go

780
00:38:32,680 --> 00:38:35,960
Speaker 1: to New York. They they didn't get killed, but I

781
00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:40,320
Speaker 1: mean they got outplayed for sure. And now they're hosting

782
00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:43,840
Speaker 1: this game. They've already lost to the Chargers. Clearly. You

783
00:38:43,880 --> 00:38:46,879
Speaker 1: know this was a rough couple of weeks stretch, really

784
00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:50,640
Speaker 1: a month stretch. Right, Gruden gets canned, Henry Ruggs has

785
00:38:50,680 --> 00:38:54,600
Speaker 1: the just disastrous, tragic incident that took an innocent person's life.

786
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Speaker 1: He's done. This week. They cut Damon our Nett, the

787
00:38:57,840 --> 00:39:00,120
Speaker 1: other first round pick from two thousand and twenty, who

788
00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:02,680
Speaker 1: was holding up a gun that looked like something If

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00:39:02,719 --> 00:39:05,440
Speaker 1: you guys younger won't know this, but doom it used

790
00:39:05,440 --> 00:39:07,640
Speaker 1: to be this video game where you'd have just these

791
00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:10,319
Speaker 1: crazy guns and it looks like a gun you'd find

792
00:39:10,360 --> 00:39:12,680
Speaker 1: and listen. I grew up in a home of you know,

793
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Speaker 1: gun owner. I've seen a lot of guns. I've never

794
00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:18,319
Speaker 1: quite seen anything like the thing he was holding. And

795
00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:20,759
Speaker 1: he got released, and so they just got a lot

796
00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:24,080
Speaker 1: of things just it's just a little weird. Now. Derek

797
00:39:24,160 --> 00:39:26,120
Speaker 1: Carr has always been able to kind of right the

798
00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:28,880
Speaker 1: ship in the building, but sometimes on the field it

799
00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:32,000
Speaker 1: hasn't always translated. They signed to Sean Jackson, who ironically

800
00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:35,880
Speaker 1: his career started with Andy Reid and Brett Viach in Philadelphia.

801
00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:38,680
Speaker 1: But you know, I don't know. I mean, I think

802
00:39:38,680 --> 00:39:41,280
Speaker 1: this is a pretty good spot for the Chiefs, um

803
00:39:41,320 --> 00:39:43,360
Speaker 1: but they haven't been playing that well. I think the

804
00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:45,200
Speaker 1: Raiders are gonna be a ton of pressure on them

805
00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:47,399
Speaker 1: because if you lose this game, that means you lose

806
00:39:47,400 --> 00:39:50,800
Speaker 1: at home, you've lost to the Chargers and to the

807
00:39:50,880 --> 00:39:53,320
Speaker 1: Chiefs already. Then you still have to go to Arrowhead.

808
00:39:53,560 --> 00:39:55,440
Speaker 1: And let's face it like that, whenever the Raiders in

809
00:39:55,480 --> 00:39:57,239
Speaker 1: the Chargers play, as long as Herbert's on the field,

810
00:39:57,280 --> 00:40:00,480
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a coin flip game. The this is.

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Speaker 1: You know, it wouldn't shock me if both these two

812
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Speaker 1: teams make the playoffs. But if I was a betting man,

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00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:07,120
Speaker 1: I would just lean with Mahomes and Andy just because

814
00:40:07,160 --> 00:40:09,560
Speaker 1: of their resume. But going back to what I said

815
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Speaker 1: about Mahomes, he has to just take a deep breath

816
00:40:12,719 --> 00:40:14,200
Speaker 1: every once in a while and just throw a couple

817
00:40:14,200 --> 00:40:17,560
Speaker 1: of dump downs like live to fight another down. Part

818
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Speaker 1: of the reason these interceptions are coming and the poor

819
00:40:19,880 --> 00:40:22,560
Speaker 1: play is coming and the offense isn't moving is because

820
00:40:22,600 --> 00:40:25,480
Speaker 1: he's not hitting on the deep ball. So he's just

821
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Speaker 1: he's just got to throw a change up like it's

822
00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:31,799
Speaker 1: even if you throw nur the change up works. There's

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Speaker 1: a reason guys throw it, and there's a reason big

824
00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:36,520
Speaker 1: league hitters will tell you that the off speed stuff

825
00:40:36,719 --> 00:40:41,080
Speaker 1: gives them trouble. No different with the NFL defenses. And

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Speaker 1: then the Browns at the Patriots. Uh, I think we

827
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Speaker 1: all thought the Browns were gonna be a lock playoff

828
00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:51,000
Speaker 1: team right. Their roster on paper look fantastic. Miles Garrett,

829
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Speaker 1: he's on pace to be the defensive player of the year.

830
00:40:53,120 --> 00:40:57,600
Speaker 1: He has twelve sacks, but he missed practice on Wednesday,

831
00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:00,760
Speaker 1: his first misspractice of the season. Something happened with this foot.

832
00:41:00,840 --> 00:41:03,239
Speaker 1: Now I would imagine he's still gonna play on Sunday,

833
00:41:03,280 --> 00:41:06,279
Speaker 1: But is he compromised. You know Nick Chubb, who as

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Speaker 1: of recording this podcast is you know, on the COVID list.

835
00:41:09,320 --> 00:41:12,239
Speaker 1: Now he's vaccinated, he can test out of it, and

836
00:41:12,440 --> 00:41:15,400
Speaker 1: clearly he has a huge impact on their offense. He's

837
00:41:15,480 --> 00:41:17,800
Speaker 1: the best player on their offense. Hell, he's the second

838
00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:20,399
Speaker 1: best player on their team behind Myles Garrett. When Nick

839
00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:23,560
Speaker 1: Chubb plays, the Browns have a chance to beat anyone

840
00:41:23,600 --> 00:41:25,399
Speaker 1: in the league because at any moment, the guy can

841
00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:27,880
Speaker 1: go for a hundred hundred yards like Derrick Henry with

842
00:41:27,920 --> 00:41:30,359
Speaker 1: the Titans. He's that good. He's a baller, and they

843
00:41:30,400 --> 00:41:33,439
Speaker 1: have a run first like the Tennessee Titans run first offense. Now,

844
00:41:33,480 --> 00:41:35,400
Speaker 1: they did get some mojo back last week beating the

845
00:41:35,400 --> 00:41:37,560
Speaker 1: Cincinnati Bengals, but I think it's fair to say Cincinnati

846
00:41:37,640 --> 00:41:40,360
Speaker 1: might be a little overrated, right, This is a different animal.

847
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Speaker 1: Plus it's in Foxborough. Like I think Belichick, they found

848
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Speaker 1: their identity. They're really good on defense, they can run

849
00:41:46,920 --> 00:41:50,520
Speaker 1: the ball. Mac Jones has just been basically everything. Cam

850
00:41:50,560 --> 00:41:53,960
Speaker 1: Newton wasn't just complete the easy stuff. Hit a quick out,

851
00:41:54,080 --> 00:41:56,520
Speaker 1: hit a quick someone in the flat route, you know,

852
00:41:56,640 --> 00:41:59,840
Speaker 1: hit a basic slant route. He can just hit basic routes.

853
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:01,759
Speaker 1: They're not It's not like they're pushing the ball down

854
00:42:01,760 --> 00:42:04,160
Speaker 1: the field. It's not like he's hitting huge plays. That's

855
00:42:04,200 --> 00:42:06,000
Speaker 1: not what the Patriots need. Hell, they didn't even need

856
00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:08,960
Speaker 1: that with Brady. He didn't and Dunkey to death. But

857
00:42:09,080 --> 00:42:11,320
Speaker 1: if they can run the ball and play really good defense,

858
00:42:11,400 --> 00:42:13,520
Speaker 1: you know, they're always up to something. On special teams,

859
00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:16,520
Speaker 1: I like New England in this spot. Uh, And then

860
00:42:16,600 --> 00:42:18,760
Speaker 1: I would say the Browns would be in some trouble

861
00:42:19,040 --> 00:42:21,279
Speaker 1: right they We've already talked about their schedule the way

862
00:42:21,280 --> 00:42:23,480
Speaker 1: it ends, playing the Ravens a couple of times, still

863
00:42:23,480 --> 00:42:26,920
Speaker 1: have to play the Raiders, um play the Steelers again.

864
00:42:27,480 --> 00:42:29,840
Speaker 1: So I just think this is a pretty big moment

865
00:42:29,880 --> 00:42:32,399
Speaker 1: for Bill. And if Bill wins this game, I think

866
00:42:32,440 --> 00:42:35,400
Speaker 1: the Patriots have like the Jags the following week. I

867
00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:38,279
Speaker 1: have to double check that, but I remember looking they

868
00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:40,719
Speaker 1: had a pretty easy game the following week. All of

869
00:42:40,760 --> 00:42:42,560
Speaker 1: a sudden, we'll look up and the Patriots are gonna

870
00:42:42,560 --> 00:42:44,799
Speaker 1: be seven and four. And really, if you think about

871
00:42:44,840 --> 00:42:47,960
Speaker 1: two of their most famous losses this season. One they

872
00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:50,680
Speaker 1: lost on a missed the last second field goal against

873
00:42:50,719 --> 00:42:53,520
Speaker 1: Tampa in that game and they played really, really well,

874
00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:56,040
Speaker 1: and then the Cowboy game, which they lost in overtime.

875
00:42:56,400 --> 00:42:59,240
Speaker 1: Like I, I think the Patriots might even be better

876
00:42:59,280 --> 00:43:01,879
Speaker 1: than their record now. I think the Browns are really

877
00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:04,960
Speaker 1: talented and if they're healthy, they're really good. But I

878
00:43:05,040 --> 00:43:07,160
Speaker 1: just have a hard time closing my eyes and picture

879
00:43:07,239 --> 00:43:12,279
Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield beating Bill Belichick on Sunday in Foxboro. Now

880
00:43:12,480 --> 00:43:16,160
Speaker 1: and their fans now have a little life. Um I

881
00:43:16,160 --> 00:43:20,839
Speaker 1: I can't wait for those two a f C games. Okay,

882
00:43:20,920 --> 00:43:24,040
Speaker 1: let's get to a little Middlecoff mail bag at John

883
00:43:24,040 --> 00:43:29,040
Speaker 1: Middlecoff is the Instagram and let's uh, let's fire through

884
00:43:29,080 --> 00:43:32,359
Speaker 1: it listen to every podcast. I'm a big fan of

885
00:43:32,400 --> 00:43:36,759
Speaker 1: Justin Fields because I am uh a Georgia Bulldog fan.

886
00:43:37,040 --> 00:43:39,400
Speaker 1: I'm also a Cowboy fan. I know we made a

887
00:43:39,400 --> 00:43:42,440
Speaker 1: great draft pick with Micah Parsons, but do you realize

888
00:43:42,440 --> 00:43:45,560
Speaker 1: we could have franchise Dac and drafted Fields with the

889
00:43:45,600 --> 00:43:48,719
Speaker 1: tenth pick instead of giving it to the Eagles. I'm

890
00:43:48,760 --> 00:43:51,799
Speaker 1: not a Dack believer. McCarthy has done an amazing job

891
00:43:51,840 --> 00:43:54,640
Speaker 1: with him, but he isn't worth a hundred forty million dollars.

892
00:43:55,840 --> 00:43:59,160
Speaker 1: I mean the chances that justin fields now, he's more

893
00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:02,120
Speaker 1: physically gifted it than Dak. He has a bigger arm,

894
00:44:02,360 --> 00:44:06,400
Speaker 1: he's faster, I guess Dac would be he's bigger, but

895
00:44:06,640 --> 00:44:09,440
Speaker 1: is ever as big as Dak? To me, would be

896
00:44:09,480 --> 00:44:13,040
Speaker 1: pretty extreme. And I get what you're saying. You know,

897
00:44:13,120 --> 00:44:14,920
Speaker 1: the money, like I've said, I thought it was a

898
00:44:14,920 --> 00:44:19,600
Speaker 1: little rich too. But here's what I will say that

899
00:44:21,560 --> 00:44:24,960
Speaker 1: you just Michael Parsons a star, so you would be

900
00:44:25,000 --> 00:44:26,520
Speaker 1: one thing if like you had missed on the pick

901
00:44:26,600 --> 00:44:28,120
Speaker 1: and you're like, you know, we could have just moved on,

902
00:44:28,200 --> 00:44:31,520
Speaker 1: got a younger quarterback, You got a star defensive player,

903
00:44:32,239 --> 00:44:36,560
Speaker 1: an absolute superstar. So I think you're in pretty good shape.

904
00:44:36,960 --> 00:44:40,000
Speaker 1: You should be happy with it. Um, you're in a

905
00:44:40,040 --> 00:44:43,040
Speaker 1: good spot. Big fan of the show. What do you

906
00:44:43,040 --> 00:44:45,400
Speaker 1: think the situation is with the Saints now that the

907
00:44:45,440 --> 00:44:48,879
Speaker 1: third string starter and Winston is out. With Taysom Hill

908
00:44:49,360 --> 00:44:51,400
Speaker 1: being able, will he be able to carry them to

909
00:44:51,440 --> 00:44:55,600
Speaker 1: the playoffs or is get a tank off team. I

910
00:44:55,600 --> 00:44:58,719
Speaker 1: don't know what that means. I would say that they're

911
00:44:58,719 --> 00:45:00,400
Speaker 1: in a little trouble even though I you kind of

912
00:45:00,440 --> 00:45:04,239
Speaker 1: like him this week against the Titans. Uh, pretty devastating situation.

913
00:45:04,360 --> 00:45:07,120
Speaker 1: Now I was hard on Jamis now, granted, the more

914
00:45:07,160 --> 00:45:10,680
Speaker 1: you watch him, the receivers are all small. What's his name?

915
00:45:10,680 --> 00:45:13,680
Speaker 1: Michael Thomas was not coming back, he announced earlier a

916
00:45:13,680 --> 00:45:16,319
Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago. I think so it might not

917
00:45:16,440 --> 00:45:19,400
Speaker 1: have mattered, but there is a drop off between simme

918
00:45:19,520 --> 00:45:25,359
Speaker 1: and and Jamis And obviously what's his name? Taysom Hill

919
00:45:25,440 --> 00:45:28,120
Speaker 1: is not a starting quarterback. I think we're gonna learn

920
00:45:28,120 --> 00:45:31,240
Speaker 1: a lot about him this week on the road against

921
00:45:31,320 --> 00:45:34,280
Speaker 1: you know, the hottest team in the NFL. Can they stop?

922
00:45:34,440 --> 00:45:36,440
Speaker 1: You know? Do? They just dominate them? And it doesn't

923
00:45:36,480 --> 00:45:39,880
Speaker 1: matter for the quarterback. But let's pull up their schedule.

924
00:45:40,320 --> 00:45:43,240
Speaker 1: I mean, they already beat for whatever reason. They played

925
00:45:43,400 --> 00:45:46,320
Speaker 1: very well against Tampa. If they played Tampa like sixteen

926
00:45:46,360 --> 00:45:49,400
Speaker 1: times a year, they'd be in pretty good shape. But

927
00:45:49,680 --> 00:45:53,799
Speaker 1: the Saints, so they're five and three. They go to

928
00:45:53,920 --> 00:45:57,160
Speaker 1: the Titans, then they get the Eagles. They go to Philly,

929
00:45:57,400 --> 00:45:59,560
Speaker 1: so if somehow they can win this weekend, they'll be

930
00:45:59,600 --> 00:46:02,799
Speaker 1: favorite the following weekend in Philadelphia. Then they got a

931
00:46:02,800 --> 00:46:05,319
Speaker 1: tough back to back. They host the Bills, and host

932
00:46:05,400 --> 00:46:08,360
Speaker 1: the Cowboys. Then they get they go to play the

933
00:46:08,440 --> 00:46:13,399
Speaker 1: Jets at the Bucks, the Dolphins, the Panthers, and the Falcons. Yeah.

934
00:46:13,400 --> 00:46:15,120
Speaker 1: I don't think it's crazy. This team wins five more

935
00:46:15,120 --> 00:46:17,839
Speaker 1: games against the playoffs. Uh, this this is a big

936
00:46:17,880 --> 00:46:20,120
Speaker 1: week though. If they win this weekend, they're in pretty

937
00:46:20,120 --> 00:46:23,480
Speaker 1: good shape and they'll just patch work the quarterback situation together,

938
00:46:23,560 --> 00:46:27,880
Speaker 1: which is I give them credit. It's a remarkable accomplishment

939
00:46:28,400 --> 00:46:30,799
Speaker 1: that he's able to do this with these random quarterbacks.

940
00:46:31,160 --> 00:46:33,400
Speaker 1: I mean two years ago he did it with Teddy Bridgewater,

941
00:46:33,880 --> 00:46:38,319
Speaker 1: who clearly is just a backup. And I guess if

942
00:46:38,360 --> 00:46:39,920
Speaker 1: you put Teddy on a good team, I mean, he's

943
00:46:39,920 --> 00:46:42,840
Speaker 1: on a talented team now in Denver and they're winning

944
00:46:42,880 --> 00:46:45,839
Speaker 1: games somehow. The Denver Broncos are five and four. We've

945
00:46:45,880 --> 00:46:48,759
Speaker 1: all talked about them like they were the shittiest team

946
00:46:48,760 --> 00:46:51,440
Speaker 1: in the league for for a competitive team, and they're

947
00:46:51,480 --> 00:46:53,600
Speaker 1: actually like when the dust settles, or the Broncos gonna

948
00:46:53,600 --> 00:46:57,160
Speaker 1: go like nine and eight or ten and seven. Mailback question,

949
00:46:57,640 --> 00:47:02,120
Speaker 1: new coaches, scouts or stay half of pro teams get

950
00:47:02,200 --> 00:47:05,520
Speaker 1: as upset with the officiating as fans do, or do

951
00:47:05,560 --> 00:47:09,000
Speaker 1: they see it as a necessarily eat necessary evil. I

952
00:47:09,040 --> 00:47:11,480
Speaker 1: have no emotional connection to the Bears or the Steelers,

953
00:47:11,880 --> 00:47:13,680
Speaker 1: but it was the closest I've come to turning off

954
00:47:13,680 --> 00:47:16,560
Speaker 1: the TV because the officiating minute made it feel as

955
00:47:16,600 --> 00:47:19,719
Speaker 1: if the revolt result of the game simply did not matter.

956
00:47:20,280 --> 00:47:23,279
Speaker 1: Bad calls happen, I get it, and good teams find

957
00:47:23,280 --> 00:47:25,440
Speaker 1: a way to win in spite of the refs. But

958
00:47:25,520 --> 00:47:29,560
Speaker 1: at what point do those on the inside draw inside

959
00:47:29,600 --> 00:47:34,520
Speaker 1: the lines verse the fans who are much more emotionally driven. Yeah,

960
00:47:34,520 --> 00:47:36,760
Speaker 1: I mean, I think people freak the funk out inside.

961
00:47:37,000 --> 00:47:42,000
Speaker 1: I think executive scouts, coaches, they lose it because, like fans,

962
00:47:42,080 --> 00:47:46,040
Speaker 1: they know are the is this serious? And unlike the fans,

963
00:47:46,080 --> 00:47:48,680
Speaker 1: like if you're a fan, you know, you read articles

964
00:47:48,719 --> 00:47:51,719
Speaker 1: about your team and maybe watch some press conferences, but

965
00:47:51,920 --> 00:47:54,719
Speaker 1: you work, you have a normal job, like you do

966
00:47:54,800 --> 00:47:58,200
Speaker 1: other stuff with your life. If I'm Matt Naggie or

967
00:47:58,200 --> 00:48:01,719
Speaker 1: I'm Mike Tomlin or I'm Rob is Burger, I'm justin fields.

968
00:48:01,760 --> 00:48:04,839
Speaker 1: I've spent seventy eight hours of the week getting ready

969
00:48:04,880 --> 00:48:09,520
Speaker 1: for that game, studying, watching tape, doing everything humanly possible.

970
00:48:09,920 --> 00:48:13,800
Speaker 1: Then all of a sudden, tony CURRENTI is just pulling

971
00:48:13,840 --> 00:48:16,640
Speaker 1: plays out of you know who knows where and throwing

972
00:48:16,680 --> 00:48:21,040
Speaker 1: flags and hip checking my players. Yeah, it's frustrating. Now

973
00:48:21,200 --> 00:48:24,400
Speaker 1: I where I sit now, I'm able to be unemotional

974
00:48:24,440 --> 00:48:27,160
Speaker 1: about it because, like you, it doesn't ultimately like that

975
00:48:27,200 --> 00:48:30,160
Speaker 1: game didn't matter to me, and I wasn't gambling on

976
00:48:30,200 --> 00:48:32,759
Speaker 1: the game. But I just like, I'm gonna say it

977
00:48:32,760 --> 00:48:35,520
Speaker 1: over and over, the NFL does not care. As long

978
00:48:35,560 --> 00:48:38,319
Speaker 1: as you and me watch and guess what we have

979
00:48:38,480 --> 00:48:44,240
Speaker 1: continued to watch, nothing's gonna change. The referees will continue

980
00:48:44,239 --> 00:48:47,480
Speaker 1: to be incompetent, have the worst calls in the history

981
00:48:47,520 --> 00:48:51,360
Speaker 1: of life. I mean, it's not gonna change because it

982
00:48:51,400 --> 00:48:56,319
Speaker 1: hasn't changed now in years. It keeps happening. If the

983
00:48:56,400 --> 00:48:59,839
Speaker 1: Vikings and forty Niners traded coaches straight up, would both

984
00:49:00,000 --> 00:49:03,960
Speaker 1: teams benefit both fan bases patients wearing thin forty Niners

985
00:49:04,040 --> 00:49:06,880
Speaker 1: defense sucks. Coles would fit in right with the Vikings

986
00:49:06,920 --> 00:49:09,040
Speaker 1: offense and be a better play caller than what they

987
00:49:09,080 --> 00:49:12,280
Speaker 1: got going this year. With the forty Niners trade Kyle

988
00:49:12,360 --> 00:49:16,319
Speaker 1: for Zimmer, No, the Vikings would The forty Niners would

989
00:49:16,320 --> 00:49:21,279
Speaker 1: not take Mike Zimmer no chance, absolutely none. I don't

990
00:49:21,280 --> 00:49:27,480
Speaker 1: see it. Question, who is the best five and four team.

991
00:49:27,560 --> 00:49:31,320
Speaker 1: We have the Patriots, the Chiefs, the Browns, the Bengals,

992
00:49:31,680 --> 00:49:35,040
Speaker 1: and the Broncos. Pretty good list of teams. Probably a

993
00:49:35,040 --> 00:49:37,839
Speaker 1: coin flip between the Chiefs and the Patriots, and if

994
00:49:37,840 --> 00:49:39,480
Speaker 1: they played each other out to pick the Chiefs because

995
00:49:39,480 --> 00:49:41,319
Speaker 1: of my homes. But the Patriots might be a more

996
00:49:41,360 --> 00:49:43,359
Speaker 1: well rounded team because their defense and they can really

997
00:49:43,440 --> 00:49:46,120
Speaker 1: run the ball. The Browns went healthy, are really good,

998
00:49:46,239 --> 00:49:50,480
Speaker 1: but they're not healthy. I mean, Baker is just never healthy.

999
00:49:50,520 --> 00:49:53,359
Speaker 1: Excuse me, Baker was healthy last year. He's just not.

1000
00:49:53,560 --> 00:49:55,880
Speaker 1: He can't get healthy right now because of his because

1001
00:49:55,920 --> 00:49:58,200
Speaker 1: the labor it's not going to get better, so they're

1002
00:49:58,239 --> 00:50:01,520
Speaker 1: stuck with it. Uh So, yeah, that would be my answer.

1003
00:50:02,560 --> 00:50:04,440
Speaker 1: Hey man, My question is about the Steelers in the

1004
00:50:04,520 --> 00:50:07,919
Speaker 1: quarterback situation. Not long ago I heard someone talking about

1005
00:50:07,960 --> 00:50:10,279
Speaker 1: the Steelers are the top tier organization when it comes

1006
00:50:10,280 --> 00:50:13,080
Speaker 1: to drafting developing players and that they have a certain

1007
00:50:13,080 --> 00:50:15,200
Speaker 1: type guy that they want and they don't move off that.

1008
00:50:15,600 --> 00:50:17,960
Speaker 1: So my question is are we all sleeping on Dwayne

1009
00:50:18,000 --> 00:50:21,719
Speaker 1: Haskins saving his career and maybe being the future of

1010
00:50:21,760 --> 00:50:24,120
Speaker 1: the Steelers. I mean, if anyone can coach the kid

1011
00:50:24,200 --> 00:50:26,560
Speaker 1: up it would be Tomlin and the historically great franchise.

1012
00:50:27,080 --> 00:50:30,440
Speaker 1: Thank you appreciate it. That one feels like a stretch

1013
00:50:30,520 --> 00:50:32,200
Speaker 1: to me. But yeah, I don't think you can ever

1014
00:50:32,280 --> 00:50:35,640
Speaker 1: discount the Steelers. I would say history would say guys

1015
00:50:35,640 --> 00:50:39,480
Speaker 1: like Dwayne Haskins, you know, I would bet against it

1016
00:50:39,600 --> 00:50:42,360
Speaker 1: that he's gonna be really good. Now, could he be serviceable?

1017
00:50:42,400 --> 00:50:44,880
Speaker 1: And could they win nine games with him? Could he

1018
00:50:44,920 --> 00:50:46,840
Speaker 1: be like the poor man's version of what Jamis was

1019
00:50:46,840 --> 00:50:49,719
Speaker 1: going to be for the Saints? Potentially? But he was

1020
00:50:49,840 --> 00:50:54,439
Speaker 1: so bad, so bad with uh with the football team,

1021
00:50:54,760 --> 00:50:58,759
Speaker 1: like horrendously terrible, Like it didn't get any worse, and

1022
00:50:58,920 --> 00:51:01,200
Speaker 1: he was a bad guy. He was just that. They

1023
00:51:01,200 --> 00:51:04,720
Speaker 1: couldn't stand him. They thought he was just a complete loser.

1024
00:51:05,360 --> 00:51:08,200
Speaker 1: So yeah, could the Steelers you know, change that, get

1025
00:51:08,239 --> 00:51:11,040
Speaker 1: that out of him? Potentially? Yeah, Young people mature at

1026
00:51:11,080 --> 00:51:14,960
Speaker 1: different ages. Maybe he matures. Is he talented enough? I

1027
00:51:14,960 --> 00:51:17,759
Speaker 1: don't know. I wasn't a huge fan, but I don't

1028
00:51:17,760 --> 00:51:20,440
Speaker 1: pretend to be Bill Walsh. I would bet against it.

1029
00:51:20,880 --> 00:51:24,080
Speaker 1: Even with the Steelers, I would bet against it. Appreciate

1030
00:51:24,120 --> 00:51:27,479
Speaker 1: everyone listening, have a great weekend, and I will talk

1031
00:51:27,480 --> 00:51:51,760
Speaker 1: to everyone Monday. Volume