1 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:14,120 Speaker 1: Well, what is going on? Uh, there was no podcast 2 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 1: on Friday. I got a little sick on Thursday, didn't 3 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:21,639 Speaker 1: have the energy. Uh you know, I'm not exactly the 4 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:25,000 Speaker 1: toughest cat, so I was. I was terrified I was 5 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:28,480 Speaker 1: getting the flu. Attacked it with vitamin C. I think 6 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:32,479 Speaker 1: I avoided it. But I'm good. But there was no 7 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 1: podcast Friday. So what I've been thinking about doing, because 8 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:40,239 Speaker 1: I have so many messages in my inbox, making this 9 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 1: basically entire podcast the Middlecoff mail Bag, and you can 10 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:46,280 Speaker 1: get up into the Middlecoff mail bag anytime you want. 11 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:48,159 Speaker 1: I do it on every podcast. But I got so 12 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:51,040 Speaker 1: many questions. I'm just gonna try to clear out the inbox. 13 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:54,640 Speaker 1: You can go to at John Middlecoff. That's my Twitter handle, 14 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:57,720 Speaker 1: that's my Instagram handle, But where I answer these questions 15 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:00,280 Speaker 1: is from Instagram. So you go to my Instagram him, 16 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:02,120 Speaker 1: you slide up in those d M s and I 17 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:06,080 Speaker 1: answer your questions. But before we get into the Middlecoff 18 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:08,040 Speaker 1: mail back, I just wanted to hit on two things 19 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 1: really quick. I was pretty fired up to talk about 20 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:14,080 Speaker 1: this on Friday. But again, my toughness scale one time 21 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:17,320 Speaker 1: I broke my toe. This old apartment I used to 22 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:19,679 Speaker 1: live in. I like wasn't paying attention and all all 23 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:21,680 Speaker 1: I did was had my shoes off and I ran 24 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:24,760 Speaker 1: into the wall, and uh. I ended up going to 25 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 1: the doctor, and that doctor had been the doctor for 26 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 1: the Raiders and the Warriors, and the A's like, he 27 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:33,120 Speaker 1: knows what professional athletes pain tolerance. And I asked him 28 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 1: after I broke my toe, I could barely walk. It 29 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:36,960 Speaker 1: was my big toe. I was with so much pain. 30 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:39,480 Speaker 1: I'm like, if I was a starting right tackle for 31 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 1: the Raiders or the Niners, would I be able to 32 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:44,200 Speaker 1: play on Sunday? And he looked at me and laughed. 33 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 1: He's like, yeah, of course you would. And so so 34 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:50,200 Speaker 1: that's relative to my pain tolerance. So I can't afford 35 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 1: to get sick. But I avoided it, and now we're here, 36 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:56,280 Speaker 1: so we're just gonna go Middlecoff mail bag. But Colin 37 00:01:56,360 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 1: touched on something on last week, either on Wednesday or Thursday. 38 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 1: It might have been Wednesday about Russell Wilson and how 39 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 1: Ciara and some people in his camp the agent talk, 40 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 1: want him to go to the New York Giants. And 41 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:12,960 Speaker 1: I believe in agent talk, and I believe it matters 42 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:17,400 Speaker 1: and they have a lot of power in this, in 43 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 1: the whole grand scheme of things, because players probably one 44 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:24,400 Speaker 1: of the only places in business where I mean, these 45 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 1: players make so much money. I got like Russell Wilson's 46 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:31,120 Speaker 1: making thirty five his next contract plus million dollars. This 47 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:34,400 Speaker 1: contract was making twenty plus million. Look at these NBA 48 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 1: players I'm seeing in my own backyard. Kevin Durants, like, 49 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 1: stop asking me about free agency. It's like, Kevin, your 50 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:42,680 Speaker 1: agents are the one plant in the stories and no 51 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:44,880 Speaker 1: one cares about these random games. So yeah, we're gonna 52 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 1: ask you about free agency. Well, in baseball and basketball, 53 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 1: free agency really matters a lot. That word really resonates. 54 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:54,920 Speaker 1: You're like, Damn, Mike Trout is gonna be a free 55 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:58,040 Speaker 1: agent in two years. Damn Kevin Durant is gonna be 56 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:01,240 Speaker 1: a free agent this year. That matter In football doesn't 57 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:04,800 Speaker 1: mean a damn thing. It literally doesn't mean anything. And 58 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:07,320 Speaker 1: I say it all the time. We as fans benefit 59 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:10,920 Speaker 1: because our best players, even if they want to leave, 60 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:13,920 Speaker 1: if I want to keep them, they're not leaving. It's 61 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 1: it's you can call it un American, you can call 62 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:21,360 Speaker 1: it whatever you want, anti employee. It's a shitty rule 63 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:24,240 Speaker 1: for good players because you want to hit free agency, 64 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:27,320 Speaker 1: you'd make more money. You know, Now, in the NBA 65 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 1: there's a cap on how much you can make, and 66 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:32,000 Speaker 1: in baseball there's not. And we just saw Manny Machado 67 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 1: got three hundred million. But I believe Colin and clearly 68 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:38,960 Speaker 1: he knows more people in this in the agent world 69 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 1: than I've ever know. So this story to me is real. 70 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:45,920 Speaker 1: But the the reality of the story is it's not 71 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:50,000 Speaker 1: up to Russell Wilson. So if John Schneider and Pete 72 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:53,040 Speaker 1: Carroll don't want to get rid of Russell Wilson, which 73 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 1: he's the best player in the history of their franchise, 74 00:03:57,480 --> 00:04:01,000 Speaker 1: is there even a close second? Honestly, Like he's he's 75 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:02,920 Speaker 1: a Hall of Fame quarterback. You get a Hall of 76 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:05,560 Speaker 1: Fame quarterback in the history of your franchise. For the 77 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:07,160 Speaker 1: most part, that guy is gonna be the best player 78 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 1: in the history of franchise. He's thirty years old. He's 79 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 1: just kind of stuck in Seattle. At minimum, he play 80 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:16,680 Speaker 1: out this year in his contract. They franchise him two 81 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:19,040 Speaker 1: years in a row, and hell, they'd probably franchise him 82 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:22,560 Speaker 1: a third time. Like unless you could work out some 83 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:26,160 Speaker 1: crazy deal where they loved Kyler Murray or something this year, 84 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 1: which I just can't see happening because they already have 85 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 1: Russell Wilson in the peak of his powers and the 86 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 1: team's good. And I I also think that if you're 87 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 1: the Seattle Seax, even if you were like God, he 88 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:39,800 Speaker 1: probably would like to be in a bigger market, even 89 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 1: though in football in NFL like Russell Wilson's so damn famous, 90 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 1: He's on countless ad campaigns. He already makes it just 91 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:51,320 Speaker 1: a ton of money. Like financially, I don't know how 92 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:54,040 Speaker 1: much more he'd make in New York, but it can't 93 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:56,479 Speaker 1: be argued he would make more in New York. But 94 00:04:56,520 --> 00:04:58,720 Speaker 1: at the end of the day, he doesn't control the situation, 95 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 1: and the other reality of Seattle would be would be 96 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:05,360 Speaker 1: willing to pay him whatever he wanted. They got private jets, 97 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:07,240 Speaker 1: get a G four, have Sierra Hop on it and 98 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:10,560 Speaker 1: flight to New York. So the story is fun and 99 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:13,279 Speaker 1: it's cool, and if it was baseball or basketball, that 100 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:16,839 Speaker 1: story would be fifty times bigger because the player would 101 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:18,839 Speaker 1: be in control. It's why when the next story with 102 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:21,360 Speaker 1: Kevin Durant has taken on a life of its own, 103 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:23,119 Speaker 1: because if he wants to go to the New York Knicks, 104 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:25,480 Speaker 1: He's going to the New York Knicks. If Russell Wilson 105 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:28,479 Speaker 1: wants to go to New York Giants, me or you 106 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:29,920 Speaker 1: are just as likely to be on the New York 107 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:32,720 Speaker 1: Giants as him next year. Hitty part about being uh 108 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:34,919 Speaker 1: in the NFL, And then the combine is this week. 109 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:37,680 Speaker 1: I wasn't able to make it just because some other 110 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 1: business things that I have to handle this week. But 111 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:43,920 Speaker 1: but it's a really big week and I think by 112 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:47,039 Speaker 1: Friday Show. The best part about this week is it's 113 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:51,080 Speaker 1: basically the start of free agency in trades, and you 114 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 1: have all these gms in the same building. You have 115 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:55,839 Speaker 1: all these coaches that are also decision makers in the 116 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 1: same building sitting down and talking to each other about 117 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 1: player transactions. So whether it's Antonio Brown, whether it's Odell Beckham, 118 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 1: You're gonna see a lot of trades and it's a really, 119 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 1: really exciting time for the league in terms of movement. 120 00:06:09,279 --> 00:06:10,960 Speaker 1: This is kind of when the league makes a big 121 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:13,600 Speaker 1: muscle flex for the next month. I know the NBA 122 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:15,480 Speaker 1: thought that they had a big week leading into the 123 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:18,560 Speaker 1: Super Bowl when Anthony Davis the trade rumors, well, guess what, 124 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:20,440 Speaker 1: he didn't get traded. You know, it was all fluff 125 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 1: like things actually happen. People are going to get traded, 126 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 1: Big names are gonna get traded, big free agents because 127 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:29,480 Speaker 1: free agency in the NFL is a little overrated, as 128 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:31,520 Speaker 1: I just talked about with Russell Wilson because of the 129 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 1: franchise tag, like DeMarcus Lawrence is not gonna hit free 130 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:38,039 Speaker 1: agency to Debbion Clowney more than likely is not gonna 131 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:41,400 Speaker 1: hit free agency. The top players just don't hit the market. 132 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:43,880 Speaker 1: So there's a lot of hype and there's I think 133 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:46,680 Speaker 1: of over a billion dollars worth of available money to 134 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 1: buy players, but they just aren't the players on the market. 135 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:52,240 Speaker 1: A lot of you know, be in C tier level guys, 136 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 1: your blue chip all pro guys, just not hitting the market. 137 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:59,279 Speaker 1: It's even last year the Khalil Mack trade was like 138 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:03,039 Speaker 1: unheard of. Usually the team that draft you, you know, 139 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:06,080 Speaker 1: the Rams, you just pay Aaron Donald. Most teams, every 140 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:07,839 Speaker 1: team in the league would have just paid Khalil Mack, 141 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:11,280 Speaker 1: even a Mark Cooper. All these guys get extended. So 142 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:13,559 Speaker 1: I think, at the end of the day, what really 143 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:16,440 Speaker 1: is fun about the combine is you start getting a 144 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 1: lot of buzz about trades and transactions, and then we 145 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:24,560 Speaker 1: also find out the measurements because that does matter. I 146 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 1: know Twitter, because the the the average guy on Twitter 147 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:30,400 Speaker 1: is five ft nine. Let's call what it is. A 148 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:33,760 Speaker 1: lot of scouts are shorter people. They root for the overachiever. 149 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 1: I'm the opposite. You know, I'm like five ten. I 150 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 1: hate midgets. I I root for big guys. I like 151 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:42,200 Speaker 1: scouting bigger players. You know, I'm not. I'm not really 152 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:46,400 Speaker 1: into a little overachiever. You know, Johnny try hard, But 153 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:49,400 Speaker 1: I do think they kind of separate themselves over this 154 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:51,400 Speaker 1: next week at the combine. How tall you are, how 155 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:54,560 Speaker 1: much you weigh, how fast you are, how agile you are, 156 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 1: and just what you look like on person, because you're 157 00:07:56,720 --> 00:07:58,800 Speaker 1: your tape speaks for itself. So if you're a really 158 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 1: good player at Oklahoma or l s U Obama or 159 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:04,080 Speaker 1: USC or whatever, I know you're good, But now what 160 00:08:04,080 --> 00:08:05,920 Speaker 1: what do you look like? Do you look the part? 161 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:08,400 Speaker 1: Do you carry yourself the part? Like? This is the 162 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:11,120 Speaker 1: big leagues. Now we we we pay a premium for you. 163 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:13,320 Speaker 1: We're gonna draft you high, We're gonna pay you a 164 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:15,880 Speaker 1: lot of money and we expect you to succeed. I 165 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 1: gotta get a feel for your personality, even if it's 166 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:20,440 Speaker 1: just kind of a snapshot. You know, I don't get 167 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:23,040 Speaker 1: that much time around you. But it's the first time 168 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:25,640 Speaker 1: every head coach in the league is meeting all these guys, 169 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:28,840 Speaker 1: and for the underclassman, the guys that didn't get the 170 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:31,160 Speaker 1: chance to go to the Senior Bowl, it's the first 171 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:33,760 Speaker 1: time that all the general managers get to meet all 172 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:37,080 Speaker 1: the underclassmen. And most of the top players typically in 173 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:40,440 Speaker 1: a draft, in the top couple rounds, tend to be juniors. 174 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:42,480 Speaker 1: So it's not like when you go to a school 175 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:44,160 Speaker 1: and a lot of gms don't get to make school 176 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:46,640 Speaker 1: calls over the years, you know, over the year because 177 00:08:46,640 --> 00:08:50,000 Speaker 1: they're traveling with their NFL team that you're definitely you're 178 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 1: just not allowed to talk to underclassman because at the time, 179 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:53,839 Speaker 1: you don't know if the underclassmen are gonna go pro. 180 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:57,280 Speaker 1: And it's just it's kind of frowned upon. And again, 181 00:08:57,360 --> 00:08:59,800 Speaker 1: I don't think general managers get to go to school. 182 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:03,320 Speaker 1: Is it's that much, especially with schools like Alabama or 183 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:08,079 Speaker 1: Oklahoma that aren't next to you know, a quote unquote 184 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:12,160 Speaker 1: NFL team. So if you're not playing, you don't get 185 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 1: to c L s U. If you don't play the 186 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:15,520 Speaker 1: Saints because you never go to New Orleans, you'll be 187 00:09:15,559 --> 00:09:17,920 Speaker 1: up in Seattle. Now maybe you can swing by Washington, 188 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:20,400 Speaker 1: but you might not have time. The hell they might 189 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:23,360 Speaker 1: not be there the week you play. So the logistics 190 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:25,320 Speaker 1: of it, it's the first time everyone's in the same 191 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 1: building and it's just an exciting time to get just 192 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:32,760 Speaker 1: just some quantitative numbers. We act like the NFL is 193 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:35,400 Speaker 1: late to analytics. What do you think the combine is? 194 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 1: How fast you are, how tall you are, how much 195 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:42,480 Speaker 1: you weigh, how much you left, how fast are you 196 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:45,000 Speaker 1: are in all the drills. It's all numbers. It's all analytics. 197 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:48,160 Speaker 1: The NFL has been doing this forever. The combines really important. 198 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:51,480 Speaker 1: Now it can be overrated, but it does matter, and 199 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:55,720 Speaker 1: it does impact guy's value for the draft in what 200 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:57,880 Speaker 1: round I can get you in. Because if you're a 201 00:09:57,960 --> 00:09:59,840 Speaker 1: guy and I think you're gonna run fast and then 202 00:09:59,840 --> 00:10:02,080 Speaker 1: you run slow, you might drop around. That doesn't mean 203 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:04,560 Speaker 1: you're It doesn't change you're a good or bad player. 204 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:08,040 Speaker 1: It just your market value changes. It's like if I 205 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:10,840 Speaker 1: go to buy a condo and the sink in the 206 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:14,440 Speaker 1: bathroom are broken, I might get forty grand off. You know, 207 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:17,439 Speaker 1: if the sink and bathroom and flooring or not screwed up, 208 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:20,720 Speaker 1: I might have to pay full price if I go. 209 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:23,280 Speaker 1: Doesn't mean the house or the condo is any worse. 210 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:26,200 Speaker 1: The player is the same. He just might run slow 211 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:28,320 Speaker 1: at the combine. But that also means I can get 212 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 1: him in the third round instead of getting him in 213 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:32,839 Speaker 1: the late first or early second. Just the reality of 214 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:34,960 Speaker 1: the deal. So this is this is a really really 215 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:40,240 Speaker 1: exciting week. Okay, let's go middlecoff mail bag got a 216 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:43,760 Speaker 1: lot of questions. What I'm gonna do is I'm just 217 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:45,960 Speaker 1: gonna slam them all out, bang them out fast, and 218 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:51,319 Speaker 1: go from there. Okay, first one, hey, John Mike mccagnet 219 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:53,240 Speaker 1: has been crushed for the job he has done since 220 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:55,920 Speaker 1: taken over in two as fifteen. That's the Jet general manager. 221 00:10:56,600 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 1: I do believe he shares his or he deserves his 222 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:03,000 Speaker 1: share of the blame on some bad moves. However, his 223 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:06,400 Speaker 1: first round picks have been Leonard Williams, Darren Lee, Jamal 224 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:10,120 Speaker 1: Adams and Sam Donald were at least all justifiable. I 225 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:12,760 Speaker 1: think people forget the tannem bomb Is Zick were some 226 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:15,080 Speaker 1: of the worst gms we've ever seen. Their first round 227 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:18,280 Speaker 1: picks in two thousand and ten, Kyle Wilson, Quentin Copele's 228 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:25,040 Speaker 1: d Milner, Calvin Pryor. Uh. Yeah, I think Mike mccagnet's terrible. 229 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:27,360 Speaker 1: There was a story last week that they're already having 230 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:31,679 Speaker 1: buyer's remorse on Tremaine Johnson. Whenever you're the general manager 231 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:34,640 Speaker 1: and you hired the coach, you know, he hired Todd 232 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:36,679 Speaker 1: Bowls and it was a disaster and by the end 233 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:40,479 Speaker 1: Classic NFL there's a bunch of finger pointing by mccagnet 234 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:43,560 Speaker 1: in his in the front office at the coaching staff. Well, 235 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:45,960 Speaker 1: like you said, I mean they some of the guys 236 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:49,199 Speaker 1: that they paid for were not very good. Tremaine Johnson 237 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:54,079 Speaker 1: didn't change once the Jets got him. He wasn't kind 238 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:57,680 Speaker 1: of an overrated player when he was on the Rams. Uh. 239 00:11:57,720 --> 00:12:01,000 Speaker 1: He was a good starter, but worth Whatever they gave 240 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:03,840 Speaker 1: him was crazy. But they were so desperate for a 241 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:06,200 Speaker 1: free agent. What's he gonna do this offseason? Are they 242 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:10,920 Speaker 1: gonna overpay Levian Bell? The problem is they need talent 243 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:13,800 Speaker 1: on offense. They don't have any skill guys, So it's 244 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:16,199 Speaker 1: not that crazy. If they were in the Levian Bill's 245 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:19,720 Speaker 1: sweepsakes last year, then in the forts were the ones 246 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:22,840 Speaker 1: bidding for Jerick McKinnon, so that they are desperate for 247 00:12:22,840 --> 00:12:25,600 Speaker 1: a running back. But are you really gonna pay Levian 248 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:30,760 Speaker 1: Bell fifteen million dollars a season? I would not do that, 249 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:33,280 Speaker 1: but they have a ton of money to spend. Again, 250 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:36,000 Speaker 1: I I just don't think Mike mccagnet is great. Like 251 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:40,800 Speaker 1: you said, he's had some moments the trade. I hated 252 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:43,120 Speaker 1: the trade from six to three, but it ended up 253 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:46,560 Speaker 1: netting them Donald. Now they gave up, however, many second 254 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:48,600 Speaker 1: round picks, and you do that in a heartbeat for 255 00:12:48,679 --> 00:12:51,319 Speaker 1: your quarterback. I'm a big Sam Donald guy. So it 256 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:54,679 Speaker 1: worked out well. Now, maybe they would have told you, 257 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:56,640 Speaker 1: and I think they did tell everyone that they liked 258 00:12:56,679 --> 00:12:59,439 Speaker 1: at least three quarterbacks. I just thought the move was 259 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:02,680 Speaker 1: kind of easy at the time. Now again, it worked out, 260 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:09,480 Speaker 1: and the aggressive guy in life usually benefits. Uh. In 261 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:12,840 Speaker 1: high stakes poker, you know, sometimes you gotta roll the dice. 262 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:15,560 Speaker 1: So at the end of the day, the result is 263 00:13:15,559 --> 00:13:19,520 Speaker 1: all that matters there. But you know is Mike mccagne 264 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:21,800 Speaker 1: you know this Adam Gates thing. Are they gonna work? 265 00:13:21,920 --> 00:13:25,720 Speaker 1: Is Adam Gates gonna respect him? I don't know. I 266 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:29,280 Speaker 1: I just I don't really see it. Maybe I maybe 267 00:13:29,280 --> 00:13:31,760 Speaker 1: I'm not working off as much tangible. I'd have to 268 00:13:31,760 --> 00:13:36,160 Speaker 1: pull up every transaction he's ever had. But I don't know. Man, 269 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:40,120 Speaker 1: I just I would not feel great if that's the job. 270 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:42,560 Speaker 1: I just don't feel he's dynamic enough. At the end 271 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:45,160 Speaker 1: of the day. Can he go against Howie Roseman? You know? 272 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:47,560 Speaker 1: Can he go against some of the best general managers 273 00:13:47,559 --> 00:13:50,240 Speaker 1: in this league? Hell? Just look at his division. He 274 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:54,000 Speaker 1: Belichick run circles around him. I think what the Bills 275 00:13:54,040 --> 00:13:58,320 Speaker 1: have going on is just they're a more well oiled machine. Now. 276 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:00,400 Speaker 1: I like Donald a lot more in John challenge. So 277 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 1: at the end of the day, I'd rather have the 278 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:05,120 Speaker 1: better quarterback and deal with the shittier GM. But there's 279 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:07,160 Speaker 1: a big year for the Jets. Uh thoughts on Jim 280 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:13,080 Speaker 1: Beeheim killing a person in his car? Uh No, No thoughts? Okay, 281 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:15,360 Speaker 1: how do you become a scout in the league? And 282 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:17,400 Speaker 1: also how do you scout offensive lineman? And do you 283 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:20,160 Speaker 1: think that scouts have gotten lazy at looking at film? 284 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:22,600 Speaker 1: I think they're We've talked about a little before my 285 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:25,400 Speaker 1: career path maybe a month ago. You know, I think 286 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:27,040 Speaker 1: there are a million ways to end up being a 287 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:28,440 Speaker 1: scout in the league. First of all, you can just 288 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:31,200 Speaker 1: play in the league, which most of us will not do. 289 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 1: You can play in college football, which again most of 290 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:35,120 Speaker 1: us will not do, and kind of go from there. 291 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:38,040 Speaker 1: You can go from coaching, which anyone can do, start 292 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:39,560 Speaker 1: in high school, work your way up to college, and 293 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:41,400 Speaker 1: work your way to the NFL and then eventually become 294 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:45,360 Speaker 1: a scout. You can just start in recruiting. And that's 295 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:49,920 Speaker 1: an area that's really blown up, uh in college football, 296 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:54,560 Speaker 1: is these recruiting positions. So many major programs now essentially 297 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:57,920 Speaker 1: have a general manager working for their program, So you 298 00:14:57,960 --> 00:15:00,680 Speaker 1: can just start off helping them whatever cold you go do, 299 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:03,480 Speaker 1: you know, try to try to work in recruiting. That 300 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:05,800 Speaker 1: that was the That was the kind of the path 301 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:09,240 Speaker 1: that I took. An offensive lineman. I I think it's 302 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:11,880 Speaker 1: harder than ever to scout offensive lineman just because of 303 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:14,880 Speaker 1: what colleges do. They never really ask any of their 304 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:18,160 Speaker 1: guys to run block, definitely not physically run block. A 305 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:20,440 Speaker 1: lot of these schools because they run such a spread 306 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:25,720 Speaker 1: kind of system. I don't think honestly, I thought scouts 307 00:15:25,760 --> 00:15:29,520 Speaker 1: spent too much time on the film because at the 308 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:33,400 Speaker 1: end of the day, the person and what the the 309 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:36,400 Speaker 1: way the guys wired and knowing the human inside and out, 310 00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:39,680 Speaker 1: to me is kind of what determined success and failure. 311 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:44,440 Speaker 1: Now the film really matters, But like I'm just trying 312 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:47,080 Speaker 1: to think of a guy like Nick Bosa, like how 313 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:49,880 Speaker 1: much film you gotta watch? He's really good. I gotta 314 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:51,960 Speaker 1: find out as medical in the person. Most guys in 315 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:55,360 Speaker 1: the first round have the baseline talent to be first 316 00:15:55,480 --> 00:15:58,600 Speaker 1: round picks, and that's why they go that high. What 317 00:15:58,680 --> 00:16:01,080 Speaker 1: are they wired? How hard are they gonna work? All 318 00:16:01,080 --> 00:16:04,760 Speaker 1: the intangible stuff that really the hardest stuff to measure 319 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:07,720 Speaker 1: in any walk of life. You can interview any human, 320 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:10,880 Speaker 1: but you never truly know until you start working around him. 321 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 1: And the X factor with football in pro sports in general, 322 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:17,720 Speaker 1: unlike most jobs, if you got a job, like my 323 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 1: first job working out at out of college was a 324 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:24,960 Speaker 1: graduate assistant, I made scholarship money. I mean I made nothing. 325 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:26,720 Speaker 1: And then my first job in the NFL, I think 326 00:16:26,760 --> 00:16:29,240 Speaker 1: I paid. I made twenty dollars when I was twenty 327 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:31,560 Speaker 1: four or twenty five, and I didn't even get health insurance. 328 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:34,120 Speaker 1: So my first full time job in the NFL made 329 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:37,560 Speaker 1: like fifty grand, made nothing. I couldn't I couldn't afford 330 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:39,960 Speaker 1: to live off that now, But it didn't matter. And 331 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:41,920 Speaker 1: most people are like that, even if you get a 332 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:44,120 Speaker 1: good job. I mean I worked in the NFL, and 333 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:48,080 Speaker 1: I had friends that were working for KPMG or Wells 334 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:51,440 Speaker 1: Fargo or whatever, tripling the amount of money, maybe not tripling, 335 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:55,600 Speaker 1: but making six figures. Now it's California, but still. And 336 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:57,240 Speaker 1: I think if you get a good degree, a lot 337 00:16:57,240 --> 00:16:59,400 Speaker 1: of people, you make a decent amount of money, maybe 338 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:02,400 Speaker 1: seventy ninety thod dollars out of or out of college, 339 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:05,600 Speaker 1: but you don't get a three million dollars signing bonus. 340 00:17:06,480 --> 00:17:08,919 Speaker 1: And most of us wouldn't handle it very well. I 341 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:11,639 Speaker 1: wouldn't handle it that well. I wouldn't known to do 342 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:13,800 Speaker 1: with all the money. I might have wasted it all. Now, 343 00:17:13,920 --> 00:17:17,320 Speaker 1: the older you get, as you acclimate and slowly make 344 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:19,439 Speaker 1: more money, it's easier to kind of understand how to 345 00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:21,399 Speaker 1: make more, where to put it, what to invest in. 346 00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:25,080 Speaker 1: I think it is a challenge for a lot of guys, 347 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:28,960 Speaker 1: and it's just the hardest part to me about evaluating 348 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 1: is what what makes the guy tick. Is he doing 349 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:34,200 Speaker 1: it for the money, is he doing it for the fame, 350 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:35,879 Speaker 1: or is he doing it for the love of the sport. 351 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:40,680 Speaker 1: Because it usually separates, there's like you could eventually become both. 352 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:43,480 Speaker 1: Like Peyton Manning, it was notorious around the NFL. Loved 353 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:46,840 Speaker 1: his money, but he clearly loved the sport more because 354 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:50,119 Speaker 1: that's what drove him. He was an absolute grinder, Tom Brady, 355 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:53,000 Speaker 1: these guys have so much, so much freaking money. I'll 356 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:55,720 Speaker 1: even give Lebron credit if you follow me on Twitter. 357 00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:58,080 Speaker 1: I give him a lot of shit. But you don't 358 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:01,680 Speaker 1: become that good without being an app luke grinder and 359 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:04,679 Speaker 1: when no one's looking. Now you could argue nowadays with 360 00:18:04,760 --> 00:18:06,640 Speaker 1: social media, you can always kind of take a video 361 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:09,440 Speaker 1: and people are always kind of looking because you could 362 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:12,320 Speaker 1: make them look with your own videos. But to me, 363 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:15,320 Speaker 1: that's the I think scouts spend too much time on 364 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:19,119 Speaker 1: film because you can, to me, once you've watched three games, 365 00:18:19,160 --> 00:18:20,919 Speaker 1: you can kind of see if a guy like, if 366 00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:22,760 Speaker 1: the guy is good enough or not. Then I got 367 00:18:22,760 --> 00:18:26,600 Speaker 1: to find out the way the guys wired. My first 368 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:28,440 Speaker 1: question is do you think the one and done rule 369 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:31,359 Speaker 1: in college basketball should be taken away and does it 370 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:35,000 Speaker 1: hurt college basketball all together? And secondly, this is kind 371 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:36,480 Speaker 1: of a you never know what you're gonna get in 372 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:41,920 Speaker 1: the Middlecoff mail bag. Listen, I don't care. I I 373 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:45,280 Speaker 1: like college basketball. The one and done doesn't phaze me 374 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:47,280 Speaker 1: at all. You know, I know that I know some 375 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:49,399 Speaker 1: people that work in the NBA in the front office, 376 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:53,320 Speaker 1: and I've heard like woes Is podcast another podcast talk 377 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:56,720 Speaker 1: about it that the NBA is not rooting for one 378 00:18:56,760 --> 00:18:58,240 Speaker 1: and done to go away. You think they want to 379 00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:01,800 Speaker 1: go into high school gyms. That's the one huge benefit 380 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:05,000 Speaker 1: of the NFL now physically, because of the toll it 381 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:09,119 Speaker 1: takes on your body. Maybe one or two guys you 382 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:11,800 Speaker 1: know would be ready every year that aren't, you know, 383 00:19:11,960 --> 00:19:15,800 Speaker 1: non quarterbacks that are like an offensive defensive lineman. They're 384 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:18,600 Speaker 1: just position players that would be ready after their first 385 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:20,400 Speaker 1: or second year in college. So it would be such 386 00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:24,320 Speaker 1: a tiny, tiny percentage of players then it will It's 387 00:19:24,359 --> 00:19:26,479 Speaker 1: never really gotten that big of a deal, you know, 388 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:28,359 Speaker 1: in the NFL. But in the NBA, some of these 389 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:30,159 Speaker 1: guys are ready to go, like seventeen or eighteen, but 390 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:33,399 Speaker 1: they're not mentally. Even Zion Williams, for as great as 391 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:36,440 Speaker 1: he is. I saw Dabbo Sweeney say that he would 392 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:40,359 Speaker 1: be an unreal UH football player, and he probably would. 393 00:19:40,359 --> 00:19:42,760 Speaker 1: I mean two pounds and he moves like a cat. 394 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:45,800 Speaker 1: But as he ready mentally, like, think how much more 395 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:49,000 Speaker 1: mature he'll be in four or five years. Now? You 396 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:51,919 Speaker 1: could argue the employment. And I'm a big believer, just 397 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:55,960 Speaker 1: the cream always rises at the top. You know. It's like, 398 00:19:56,480 --> 00:19:58,960 Speaker 1: just because he had to wait one year a duke, 399 00:19:59,280 --> 00:20:02,440 Speaker 1: his life didn't suck that bad. Most guys go and 400 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:04,360 Speaker 1: that are quote unquote gonna be one and done guys. 401 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 1: A lot of guys hurt their stock. For as many 402 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:08,359 Speaker 1: of them that do well as I on, a lot 403 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:11,400 Speaker 1: of them kind of get exposed. So again, I always 404 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:15,240 Speaker 1: think the cream eventually rises. Now, whether it's fair, whether 405 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:17,600 Speaker 1: it's not fair, there are rules. We all have to 406 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:20,199 Speaker 1: follow them, right. There are certain jobs that will not 407 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:23,679 Speaker 1: hire you without a college degree. Is that fair or not? 408 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:26,920 Speaker 1: In two thousand nineteen, should we even care? You can't 409 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:30,080 Speaker 1: be a college coach in Division one I know for 410 00:20:30,119 --> 00:20:33,800 Speaker 1: a fact, maybe one Double A, but I know like 411 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:37,120 Speaker 1: Division one, Power five you could not coach at Oregon 412 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:39,159 Speaker 1: or Texas or whatever. If you did not have a 413 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:42,000 Speaker 1: college degree, you can't coach. You have to have a 414 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:44,560 Speaker 1: degree to coach. There, Like, is that a stupid rule? 415 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:46,679 Speaker 1: But guess what, there are rules. We all have to 416 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:50,000 Speaker 1: follow them. Some rules suck. So if you guys got 417 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:51,480 Speaker 1: to go to college for a year, I'm not that 418 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:53,600 Speaker 1: bothered by it. He went to do he played for 419 00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:57,320 Speaker 1: coach k It's sweet. So what Jadeveon Clowney had to 420 00:20:57,320 --> 00:21:01,280 Speaker 1: go to stay at Clemson or South Carolina for three years, 421 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:03,720 Speaker 1: played for Steve Spurrier. They played in big time games. 422 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:06,360 Speaker 1: He's now either gonna get franchise or paid. It all 423 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:09,399 Speaker 1: worked out. Matt Barkley was the number one high school 424 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:12,159 Speaker 1: recruiting the country, and everyone's like, I can't believe he 425 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:13,680 Speaker 1: went back to school for a senior year. Do you 426 00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:15,600 Speaker 1: know what? It turned out that Barkley was just an 427 00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:18,920 Speaker 1: average NFL player, and he stuck around the league a 428 00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 1: lot longer than I thought. But we all get exposed 429 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:23,600 Speaker 1: in life. You're either good enough or not, whether a 430 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:26,760 Speaker 1: rule holds you back a year or not. Eventually the 431 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:31,520 Speaker 1: cream rises, and in sports, the great meritocracy, probably in 432 00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:36,280 Speaker 1: all of America, it's just impossible to dispute it unless 433 00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:38,359 Speaker 1: it's baseball and they give you Brian Kenny is the 434 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:40,879 Speaker 1: world give you eight million stats that make it not 435 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:45,040 Speaker 1: even fun to talk about. Okay, being a guy from Cleveland, 436 00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:47,680 Speaker 1: I've always stood by the Browns. Now the thing they 437 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:50,320 Speaker 1: finally look good. Where do you think they go in 438 00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:55,640 Speaker 1: the draft? After the picture of DJ Metcalf dk dk Metcalf, 439 00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:58,320 Speaker 1: the dude that went viral on the on the internet 440 00:21:58,359 --> 00:22:03,480 Speaker 1: for looking like the cock meets Artold Schwarzenegger. I mean, 441 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:09,000 Speaker 1: he's absolutely freaking enormous, borderline too big for my taste. 442 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:11,040 Speaker 1: Now I've watched him a little Bit's a pretty good player, 443 00:22:11,359 --> 00:22:13,720 Speaker 1: but I don't want my receiver's looking that big. A 444 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:17,440 Speaker 1: lot of people were comparing him to to uh, to 445 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:20,400 Speaker 1: David Boston who was on the Jews, And why doesn't 446 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:23,480 Speaker 1: anyone talk about Ken's Ampezi who was the quarterback coach 447 00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:26,439 Speaker 1: for Baker, not Freddy. Kitchens just always thought he deserves 448 00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:29,480 Speaker 1: more of the spotlight for his work. Well, I'll start 449 00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:31,439 Speaker 1: with the ladder. I think Freddie got a lot of 450 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:36,280 Speaker 1: credit because Hugh Jackson and Todd Haley got fired. So 451 00:22:36,359 --> 00:22:40,240 Speaker 1: the two quote unquote offensive geniuses. The guy Hugh Jackson 452 00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:43,080 Speaker 1: been a long time offensive coordinator and he had been 453 00:22:43,119 --> 00:22:44,960 Speaker 1: calm plays for the Browns, and they brought in Todd 454 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:47,919 Speaker 1: Haley who had been kicked as for the Steelers, and 455 00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:51,639 Speaker 1: Freddie Kitchens was clearly way better than those guys that 456 00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:55,160 Speaker 1: play colleague. So anytime you're a play caller, you're going 457 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:58,240 Speaker 1: to get quadruple the amount of credit as a position coach, 458 00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:00,800 Speaker 1: and the position coach can get a lot. Think about 459 00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:03,399 Speaker 1: two years ago now with the Eagles they won the 460 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:06,480 Speaker 1: Super Bowl, John d Philippo was getting interviewed as the 461 00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:09,080 Speaker 1: quarterback coach for head coaching jobs. He eventually got the 462 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:11,639 Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings offensive coordinator job, but he was getting a 463 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:14,040 Speaker 1: lot of credit like Dann, this guy works with Wentz, 464 00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:16,960 Speaker 1: this guy works with you know full had Folds ready 465 00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:19,400 Speaker 1: doing a great job, but he didn't get anywhere near 466 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:22,600 Speaker 1: the credit. Obviously, Doug was the head coach. But Doug 467 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:24,639 Speaker 1: got all the create because he was calling the place. 468 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:27,440 Speaker 1: You know, that's what kind of put what's his name? 469 00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:29,439 Speaker 1: Who turned out to be pretty good. Frank writch, like, 470 00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:32,080 Speaker 1: what's he actually doing? No one kind of knew. Well, 471 00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:34,720 Speaker 1: it turns out all three guys. I'm still a believer 472 00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:36,400 Speaker 1: in Flip and I think he'll bounce back this year 473 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:39,640 Speaker 1: in Jacksonville because falls probably his quarterback. Frank's really good 474 00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:42,720 Speaker 1: and Doug's good. That's just think tank of really good coaches. 475 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:45,480 Speaker 1: To me, you need just more than one like Zampez 476 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:47,959 Speaker 1: and Freddy Kitchens. Maybe they're just both high level coaches. 477 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:50,879 Speaker 1: Did they move zamp Z up to quote unquote the 478 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:54,840 Speaker 1: offensive coordinators, He's still just the quarterback coach either way. 479 00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:58,560 Speaker 1: I think I think the Browns are gonna be fascinating. Uh, 480 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:00,640 Speaker 1: it's crazy when you look at the rounds. I don't 481 00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:02,480 Speaker 1: have the draft order off the top of my head. 482 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:07,359 Speaker 1: I think they're like sixteen or eighteen. It's weird looking 483 00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:09,480 Speaker 1: at the top ten and not seeing the Browns and 484 00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:12,040 Speaker 1: then looking at the top fifteen and not seeing the Browns, 485 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:14,720 Speaker 1: Like what is going on here? So that speaks to 486 00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:17,879 Speaker 1: kind of Baker Mayfield, uh, that they are going to 487 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:22,480 Speaker 1: be I would say the sexiest pick to make the 488 00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:25,520 Speaker 1: playoffs this year, Like everyone's gonna pick them to make 489 00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:27,600 Speaker 1: the playoffs preseason, not to win the super Bowl, but 490 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:30,399 Speaker 1: kind of what the forty niners were last year. It 491 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:33,520 Speaker 1: shows you you are very Now the Browns roster is 492 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:35,800 Speaker 1: a lot better than the Niners, but you're very dependent 493 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:38,639 Speaker 1: on that quarterback. I mean, Baker's gotta play sixteen games 494 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:41,000 Speaker 1: and even then, Freddy Kitch has never been a head coach. 495 00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:44,920 Speaker 1: To make the playoffs, you probably gonna win ten. When's 496 00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:47,680 Speaker 1: the last time the Browns won ten? Now, Baker's all 497 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:50,920 Speaker 1: he's done. His whole life is win. But that they're 498 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:54,399 Speaker 1: gonna be a fascinating team. I would imagine they go 499 00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:57,600 Speaker 1: wide receiver, you know, in that first round. You can 500 00:24:57,640 --> 00:25:00,000 Speaker 1: also go tight end. There are a couple of tight ends. 501 00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:03,240 Speaker 1: Because a tight end now these days that they're catching 502 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:05,800 Speaker 1: for over a thousand yards, you can they operate like 503 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:09,199 Speaker 1: X wide receiver. So just drafted one of the sweet 504 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:11,399 Speaker 1: tight ends from Iowa, you know, and play him in 505 00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:14,000 Speaker 1: the slot and throw him eight ninety balls a year, 506 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:16,359 Speaker 1: or try to get him eight ninety catches a year 507 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:18,440 Speaker 1: and throw him a hundred fifty balls a year. That 508 00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:22,920 Speaker 1: wouldn't be a great ratio. Maybe a hundred Okay, more 509 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:26,360 Speaker 1: likely to make the college football playoff debut next year 510 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:32,359 Speaker 1: Penn State or Michigan. Well, Penn State is replacing their quarterbacks. 511 00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:35,960 Speaker 1: That's a that's a pretty big unknown. Now. I don't 512 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:39,119 Speaker 1: fall recruiting closely or no their roster closely enough. I 513 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:41,080 Speaker 1: know they've been crushing it. So the guy they have 514 00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:44,760 Speaker 1: the backup quarterbacks probably a pretty good player. But to me, 515 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:49,960 Speaker 1: all the pressures on Michigan Urban's gone. Jim's got this 516 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:53,280 Speaker 1: returning older quarterback. I'm not the biggest shape Patterson guy, 517 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:55,600 Speaker 1: and he got exposed in that Ohio State game, but 518 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:58,520 Speaker 1: he's returning. He was a big time recruit. They got 519 00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:00,480 Speaker 1: a bunch of just other big tim was the last 520 00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:04,879 Speaker 1: couple of years, like it's time to kind of, you know, Pitzer, 521 00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:07,680 Speaker 1: get off the pot here, Jim. I'm a Jim Harball guy. 522 00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:11,720 Speaker 1: I've supported Jim Harbaugh and I think he's a big 523 00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:14,560 Speaker 1: time coach. But he's got to win this year and 524 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:18,200 Speaker 1: he's gotta win that damn conference. No more excuses this year. 525 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:21,000 Speaker 1: There weren't any excuses. Got off to a tough start 526 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:23,080 Speaker 1: against Notre Dame. At Notre Dame, turns out they were 527 00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:25,520 Speaker 1: a college football playoff team, so it wasn't that. As 528 00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:27,879 Speaker 1: the year went on, it wasn't a bad loss. But 529 00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:30,959 Speaker 1: then for all the marbles on the line to go 530 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:34,400 Speaker 1: up against Ohio State and just get outmatched and looked 531 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:36,560 Speaker 1: like they were in a different world. It was embarrassing. 532 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:39,720 Speaker 1: I thought that was the worst loss of Jim Harbaugh's career. 533 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:43,320 Speaker 1: I know he lost the Super Bowl, but that wasn't 534 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:45,760 Speaker 1: a bad to me. He loses super Bowl, it's like whatever. 535 00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:48,520 Speaker 1: To lose like that against Ohio State when you never 536 00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:51,239 Speaker 1: beat him in you're in four tries, when you had 537 00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:53,320 Speaker 1: a team that in theory should have been able to 538 00:26:53,359 --> 00:26:56,320 Speaker 1: go toe to toe. It was bad. They looked like 539 00:26:56,359 --> 00:26:58,840 Speaker 1: they were on a different level speedwise. She Patterson didn't 540 00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:02,879 Speaker 1: look good. So I I don't know how they're gonna 541 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:06,119 Speaker 1: make up that talent gap just in twelve months. But 542 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:08,960 Speaker 1: the big GAP's gotta be urban just being gone. To me, 543 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:12,800 Speaker 1: that's the that's where I think the gap gets closed. 544 00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:15,040 Speaker 1: How much longer do you think the Falcon super Bowl 545 00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:18,040 Speaker 1: window will be open? And what position upgrades do you 546 00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:23,159 Speaker 1: think help them get them over the hump? Uh? I 547 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:25,680 Speaker 1: think they're gonna be pretty good this year. They had 548 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:28,840 Speaker 1: it felt like they had five or six major injuries 549 00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:31,080 Speaker 1: in September. You know, they lost a couple of players 550 00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:33,800 Speaker 1: that opening weekend, especially the second weekend, so they lost 551 00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:38,440 Speaker 1: Dion Jones. The safety Bell they just said lost them 552 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:40,919 Speaker 1: or not Bell, but whoever. The big hitting safety they 553 00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:44,480 Speaker 1: have is Bell plays I think for the Saints, bigging 554 00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:47,760 Speaker 1: safety from Florida, who sweet, but he tears a c 555 00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:51,120 Speaker 1: L in that game the start linebacker goes out. Their 556 00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:54,000 Speaker 1: offense was actually really good. Their defense was atrocious. I 557 00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:57,200 Speaker 1: mean it was terrible. It was really bad. Now dan 558 00:27:57,280 --> 00:28:01,800 Speaker 1: Quinn's calling defense. Uh, their passing game. I know there's 559 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:03,800 Speaker 1: kind of been some sneaky rumors they could trade Julio. 560 00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:06,560 Speaker 1: Why would you just keep Julio? You got Calvin Ridley, 561 00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:10,280 Speaker 1: Matt Ryan's still crushing, Freeman's coming back off injury. You 562 00:28:10,359 --> 00:28:12,679 Speaker 1: paid him some money. Your offense to still be dynamic. 563 00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:16,040 Speaker 1: If you're just better on defense, well, why couldn't they 564 00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:18,399 Speaker 1: compete to win that division? Now? I don't know if 565 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:20,439 Speaker 1: they're ever gonna go fifteen and one again or fourteen 566 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:22,640 Speaker 1: two whatever they did that Super Bowl year, but they 567 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:25,880 Speaker 1: definitely could be a double digit playoff team. So I'm 568 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:28,320 Speaker 1: a dan Quinn guy. I think he's a really good coach. 569 00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:32,280 Speaker 1: I think it was tough that Super Bowl hangover slash. 570 00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:35,200 Speaker 1: The when you factor in all the injuries, it was 571 00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:37,000 Speaker 1: just bound. It was just one of those weird seasons 572 00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:39,920 Speaker 1: everyone has. I think the Carolina Panthers are coming back 573 00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:43,840 Speaker 1: to earth. The Tampa Bay Bucks are in a period 574 00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:46,640 Speaker 1: of transition, but they're gonna be better fast. But I 575 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:49,840 Speaker 1: do think the Falcons could compete at least with the 576 00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:52,720 Speaker 1: Saints for the division and probably you know, ten of 577 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:56,600 Speaker 1: leven wins win a wild card. I'm an avid yet 578 00:28:56,680 --> 00:29:00,560 Speaker 1: realistic Browns fan. I have having discussions about Nick Chubb 579 00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:04,120 Speaker 1: verse Kwon Barkley. Do you think Chubb could end up 580 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:08,280 Speaker 1: having a better career. Chubb is a really good player, 581 00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:13,280 Speaker 1: but better career. I mean Sa Kwan, buddy in the 582 00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:16,720 Speaker 1: league put it to me perfectly this year in about December. 583 00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:18,800 Speaker 1: He's like, I think Sa Kwan might be the best 584 00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:21,760 Speaker 1: running back in the NFL right now. Catching the ball, 585 00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:25,600 Speaker 1: running inside, running outside really is only knock. You get 586 00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:28,400 Speaker 1: a little bit better breaking tackles. But his top end 587 00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:33,720 Speaker 1: speed is just elite. He's more instinctive like Todd Gurley. 588 00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:36,480 Speaker 1: For as great as Todd Gurley is, and he's awesome, 589 00:29:36,840 --> 00:29:39,400 Speaker 1: he's six too. He can run like a deer and 590 00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:41,960 Speaker 1: he can play. He's like se Kwon elite top end speed, 591 00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:44,840 Speaker 1: catches the ball really really well, like a wide receiver, 592 00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:48,720 Speaker 1: so to seek one. But he's not the most instinctive runner. Now, 593 00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:50,800 Speaker 1: his instincts, to me, got a little bit better this year. 594 00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:54,520 Speaker 1: It's where Zeke Zeke has great instincts, but his top 595 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:57,280 Speaker 1: end speed it just as he's gotten a little more thicker. 596 00:29:57,560 --> 00:29:59,400 Speaker 1: He's not quite as fast. He's not as fast. Sa 597 00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:03,920 Speaker 1: Kwan uh Shady's not the same. Trying to David Johnson's 598 00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:06,760 Speaker 1: you know, his team was so shitty's hard to even judge. 599 00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:10,800 Speaker 1: Uh Nick Chobb can be a really really good player, 600 00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:13,880 Speaker 1: but I and I'm talking Pro Bowls. He could make 601 00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:17,200 Speaker 1: a couple of Pro Bowls. But is he ever gonna 602 00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:20,680 Speaker 1: be better than Sae Kwon Barkley? No chance? Hey, John 603 00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:22,960 Speaker 1: Diehard Browns fan. God, we got a lot of Browns 604 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:25,240 Speaker 1: fans that are listening, or at least they're active on 605 00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:28,320 Speaker 1: social media. Who are some realistic free agent targets for 606 00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:31,080 Speaker 1: this offseason? I've heard Tyrell Williams is one of the 607 00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:33,800 Speaker 1: possible outside threats for Baker. What about a guy like 608 00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:39,280 Speaker 1: Emmanuel Sanders appreciate any input, Emmanuel? What do he tears Achilles? 609 00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:42,520 Speaker 1: Last year, Williams clearly he's not gonna be back with 610 00:30:42,520 --> 00:30:45,640 Speaker 1: the Charger. That's not a bad one. Golden Tape, get 611 00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:47,880 Speaker 1: an older veteran guy in there. To me, you can 612 00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:53,040 Speaker 1: always have a veteran guy. I don't think the receiver 613 00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:56,840 Speaker 1: list is great. I would imagine they'd be more active 614 00:30:56,840 --> 00:31:00,600 Speaker 1: and trading for guys with all these new coaches all 615 00:31:00,640 --> 00:31:05,920 Speaker 1: over the NFL. Miami, uh, the Jets, the Cardinals, so 616 00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:09,240 Speaker 1: the Tampa's you're gonna be able to acquire guys that 617 00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:11,960 Speaker 1: do not fit the new coaches scheme through a trade. 618 00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:15,360 Speaker 1: So the free agent market I have to go through 619 00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:17,880 Speaker 1: it a little more as it comes up right around 620 00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:20,960 Speaker 1: the corner. Actually, but looking at it in the fall, 621 00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:23,920 Speaker 1: it just was terrible. I mean, Golden Tape was clearly 622 00:31:23,960 --> 00:31:26,480 Speaker 1: the best guy, and he's quite He's not quite what 623 00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:30,320 Speaker 1: he once was. So if you're depending on free agent 624 00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:35,480 Speaker 1: wide receivers in this year's crop, you're gonna be let down. 625 00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:40,800 Speaker 1: It's just not that many good players. Uh. I'm a 626 00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:43,600 Speaker 1: massive Colts fan from all the way over here in 627 00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:47,760 Speaker 1: New Zealand. I see you, Kiwi. I was wondering what 628 00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:49,720 Speaker 1: the Colts having the most cap space in the league 629 00:31:49,760 --> 00:31:52,360 Speaker 1: over a hunter million is there any chance the league 630 00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:54,720 Speaker 1: rules that would force Chris Ballard into using a certain 631 00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:57,400 Speaker 1: amount of the cap space. I can't imagine other owners 632 00:31:57,440 --> 00:31:59,600 Speaker 1: around the league would be very happy with Orsay having 633 00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:02,440 Speaker 1: a small all payroll and making the playoffs this most 634 00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:05,480 Speaker 1: recent season. I don't think anyone really cares. You can 635 00:32:05,520 --> 00:32:07,960 Speaker 1: always roll it over, but I think it if it 636 00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:10,240 Speaker 1: hits after three or four years of not hitting a 637 00:32:10,320 --> 00:32:13,320 Speaker 1: certain threshold, you then have to pay everyone on your 638 00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:16,040 Speaker 1: team more money. It's like a it's a mandatory floor. 639 00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:18,200 Speaker 1: But it doesn't kick in every year. It kicks in 640 00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:21,040 Speaker 1: I think every four years, because the Raiders were in 641 00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:23,880 Speaker 1: danger of doing it a couple of years ago. Uh. 642 00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:27,200 Speaker 1: That's that's part of when you really your only highest 643 00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:29,240 Speaker 1: you have one highly paid player in the luck t 644 00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:33,200 Speaker 1: y makes decent coin most of their most of their 645 00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:36,240 Speaker 1: good players are young players. I mean draft better. I 646 00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:39,160 Speaker 1: don't think anyone gets mad. Uh, there's just there's not 647 00:32:39,280 --> 00:32:43,160 Speaker 1: enough players to pay. That's I did the math. The 648 00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:47,200 Speaker 1: top ten teams going into this free agency have over 649 00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:51,760 Speaker 1: seven hundred million dollars in available cap space, So if 650 00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:55,120 Speaker 1: you factored in the other twenty two teams, the number 651 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:59,320 Speaker 1: is surely over a billion dollars. Just google NFL free agents. 652 00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:03,000 Speaker 1: There's gonna be three or four guys immediately franchise. Lawrence, 653 00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:06,760 Speaker 1: Frank Clark, Hell Robbie gold is gonna get franchise. A 654 00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:11,280 Speaker 1: kicker DeFord might get franchise. These guys just do not 655 00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:15,600 Speaker 1: hit the open market, Jadeveon Clowney. So that where's all 656 00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:19,719 Speaker 1: this money going? I I just don't see it because 657 00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:23,080 Speaker 1: when you look at the players, they're just not good enough. Like, 658 00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:26,240 Speaker 1: what are the cults supposed to do? Just sign a 659 00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:29,720 Speaker 1: bunch of guys that they don't really want, you know, 660 00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:32,160 Speaker 1: or or don't think are worth that much. You gotta 661 00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:35,160 Speaker 1: overpay in free agency. And that's just the nature of 662 00:33:35,240 --> 00:33:38,840 Speaker 1: any open market bidding when there are multiple people bidding it, 663 00:33:38,840 --> 00:33:42,080 Speaker 1: it drives with the price, just basic economics. But I 664 00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:45,080 Speaker 1: I just don't think the talent is there for people 665 00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:48,800 Speaker 1: to be worthy of all the cash that people are 666 00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:52,960 Speaker 1: gonna want. What are the chances that Jimmy g is 667 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:55,760 Speaker 1: not as good as the Niner Empire hopes he is 668 00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:58,360 Speaker 1: turns out to be and he becomes an average quarterback. 669 00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:01,440 Speaker 1: Would that be on top of a lackluster season, be 670 00:34:01,520 --> 00:34:05,880 Speaker 1: the end of the lynch Shanahan Era. Uh, it's a 671 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:09,160 Speaker 1: good question. If he is not good, and I am 672 00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:12,040 Speaker 1: someone who believes he is a really good player, it 673 00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:14,799 Speaker 1: would be devastating for the forty nine for them to 674 00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:18,160 Speaker 1: be competitive. They are very dependent on Jimmy to be good. 675 00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:21,080 Speaker 1: I think he's good. Now, he's got to stay on 676 00:34:21,080 --> 00:34:23,920 Speaker 1: the field. Right now, he's an injury prone player. You 677 00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:26,600 Speaker 1: can say they were freak injuries, whatever, He's an injury 678 00:34:26,600 --> 00:34:29,360 Speaker 1: prone player. He started ten games, he got hurt twice. 679 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:32,279 Speaker 1: Second injury cost him the season, the other injury cost 680 00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:34,920 Speaker 1: him multiple games. So I I gotta see that he 681 00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:36,600 Speaker 1: can say on the field because right now, that's his 682 00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:39,080 Speaker 1: biggest red flag to me when he's on the field. 683 00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:41,560 Speaker 1: I've seen him. He's good and I know people like 684 00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:44,319 Speaker 1: I didn't start great this year. He's fine. He had 685 00:34:44,360 --> 00:34:47,440 Speaker 1: a rough game at Minnesota when Minnesota was viewed as 686 00:34:47,440 --> 00:34:49,240 Speaker 1: one of the best teams in the league. He bounced 687 00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:52,480 Speaker 1: back the next weekends the Lions and really started coming 688 00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:55,239 Speaker 1: on in that Chiefs game until he tried to run 689 00:34:55,239 --> 00:34:57,880 Speaker 1: the dB over and towards a c L. I I 690 00:34:57,920 --> 00:35:02,279 Speaker 1: think he's an upperruschelon player. I will be shocked if 691 00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:04,480 Speaker 1: he stays on the field, which I'm not confident in. 692 00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:07,400 Speaker 1: That's my red flag. If he can play five the 693 00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:09,759 Speaker 1: next five years, he never misses a game, he will 694 00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:13,160 Speaker 1: be a top eight quarterback. If he gets hurt a lot. Yeah, 695 00:35:13,239 --> 00:35:16,279 Speaker 1: it's just, uh, it's a problem. The Niners have all 696 00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:19,120 Speaker 1: their chips in the middle of the table on Jimmy Garoppolo. 697 00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:23,680 Speaker 1: What should the Seahawks do about Frank Clark if they 698 00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:26,120 Speaker 1: keep them via the franchise tag or just resign them. 699 00:35:26,120 --> 00:35:27,279 Speaker 1: What do you think they'll do in the draft for 700 00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:30,080 Speaker 1: free agency? For defense? I'd like to see them shure 701 00:35:30,160 --> 00:35:32,719 Speaker 1: up the secondary by either picking up Landing Collins or 702 00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:36,719 Speaker 1: drafting Deontay Deonte Thompson, kid from Alabama who I just 703 00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:39,840 Speaker 1: read this morning that he had risk surgery, is not 704 00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:42,040 Speaker 1: gonna be able to do anything at the combine. Landing 705 00:35:42,080 --> 00:35:45,080 Speaker 1: Collins could play that, you know, kind of Cam Chancellor role. 706 00:35:45,719 --> 00:35:48,920 Speaker 1: I think, under no circumstances, Frank Clark not on the 707 00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:52,239 Speaker 1: Seahawks next year they they franchise them. You just you 708 00:35:52,239 --> 00:35:54,279 Speaker 1: don't draft a guy and then he becomes that good 709 00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:55,959 Speaker 1: and then you let him walk. So I think Frank 710 00:35:55,960 --> 00:35:59,440 Speaker 1: Clark will be franchised in a perfect world, you extend him, 711 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:02,200 Speaker 1: but it's hard for these guys to sign extensions. If 712 00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:05,799 Speaker 1: I'm Frank Clark, I go, well, I signed the franchise tag. 713 00:36:05,840 --> 00:36:08,880 Speaker 1: And what's the franchise tag for a pass rusher? Sixteen 714 00:36:08,920 --> 00:36:11,520 Speaker 1: seventeen million dollars. I mean it's a lot of money. 715 00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:14,040 Speaker 1: But if Frank Clark were to hit free agency, if 716 00:36:14,040 --> 00:36:16,799 Speaker 1: Seattle just went, I'm gonna let Frank Clark walk, he 717 00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:20,520 Speaker 1: would get twenty million dollars a year. The amount of teams, 718 00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:23,840 Speaker 1: like I said, the top ten teams seven hundred millions. 719 00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:25,880 Speaker 1: Just of the top ten teams off the top of 720 00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:27,399 Speaker 1: my head, you know the teams that could use them, 721 00:36:27,640 --> 00:36:29,960 Speaker 1: The Colts a ton of money, Niners ton of money, 722 00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:34,960 Speaker 1: Raiders ton of money, the Jets ton of money. All 723 00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:38,480 Speaker 1: the teams in the top ten could use them because 724 00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:42,520 Speaker 1: they it's hard to find pass rushers. So I I 725 00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:47,000 Speaker 1: think they franchise him and they're kind of in a 726 00:36:47,040 --> 00:36:48,880 Speaker 1: tough spot, but you just can't let him walk. The 727 00:36:49,239 --> 00:36:52,640 Speaker 1: Pete Carroll's best attribute since he's been with Seattle is 728 00:36:52,680 --> 00:36:56,440 Speaker 1: he makes his second dairy players really good. Look what 729 00:36:56,480 --> 00:36:58,399 Speaker 1: he did when he first got there. What was camp? 730 00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:01,480 Speaker 1: The fourth third round pick? Fourth round pick Richard fifth. 731 00:37:02,120 --> 00:37:05,200 Speaker 1: Earl was a really high pick. Randon Browner was playing 732 00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:09,319 Speaker 1: in the CFL. So look at what they did this 733 00:37:09,400 --> 00:37:11,359 Speaker 1: year with the guys. I mean, once Earl went out, 734 00:37:11,520 --> 00:37:13,720 Speaker 1: them able to just kind of patchwork it with younger 735 00:37:13,719 --> 00:37:19,439 Speaker 1: players was was pretty incredible. Then the dude, what's the 736 00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:23,640 Speaker 1: the twins? The one cour of Griffin, Shaq Griffin, He's 737 00:37:23,640 --> 00:37:25,960 Speaker 1: gonna one with the one arm. He's not that great 738 00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:27,719 Speaker 1: of a player, great story, but he's more of a 739 00:37:27,760 --> 00:37:30,120 Speaker 1: backup special teams guy. But his brother is a really 740 00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:34,400 Speaker 1: good corner. So I I think that you just Pete's 741 00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:37,799 Speaker 1: really good at drafting and developing defensive backs. That's his 742 00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:41,239 Speaker 1: baby is DBS. He's a secondary coach kind of at 743 00:37:41,280 --> 00:37:45,240 Speaker 1: his core. As the Cowboys looked like they aren't renewing 744 00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:48,359 Speaker 1: Garrett's contract, do you think the Cowboys fire him early 745 00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:51,759 Speaker 1: in the season if they have a bad start. I 746 00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:54,399 Speaker 1: think when you look at their staff, you know, now 747 00:37:54,440 --> 00:37:58,359 Speaker 1: they've kind of rebuilt and retooled their offensive staff. Their 748 00:37:58,360 --> 00:38:01,840 Speaker 1: offensive coordinators thirty years old Kellen Moore. So if you 749 00:38:01,840 --> 00:38:04,880 Speaker 1: were to fire Jason Garrett, Jason Garrett doesn't call the plays, 750 00:38:05,239 --> 00:38:07,960 Speaker 1: he doesn't call the defense or definitely doesn't call the offense, 751 00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:10,120 Speaker 1: So you might as well just keep him in right 752 00:38:10,160 --> 00:38:12,080 Speaker 1: out the season because if you did fire him, who 753 00:38:12,080 --> 00:38:14,759 Speaker 1: would be the head coach? You wouldn't make Kellen Moore 754 00:38:14,840 --> 00:38:16,800 Speaker 1: do that in his first year as an offensive coordinator. 755 00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:19,520 Speaker 1: John Kitten does the quarterback coach, I think his first 756 00:38:19,600 --> 00:38:22,360 Speaker 1: year ever coaching in the NFL. You, I guess you 757 00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:24,919 Speaker 1: could maybe make Mirror Nelly the head coach because Chris 758 00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:29,440 Speaker 1: ro Chards is the defensive coordinator. I think Jason Garrett 759 00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:32,120 Speaker 1: coaches out this season no matter what. Uh And I 760 00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:35,479 Speaker 1: think Dallas gonna be pretty good. They have some money 761 00:38:35,560 --> 00:38:38,439 Speaker 1: under the cap, they don't have to extend act this year. 762 00:38:38,680 --> 00:38:40,640 Speaker 1: They got all these guys coming back. They get a 763 00:38:40,719 --> 00:38:44,239 Speaker 1: year of a Maori what's his name? The kid they 764 00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:48,840 Speaker 1: drafted from Colorado State gallops pretty good. I like him. 765 00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:52,440 Speaker 1: I like with the Cowboys have going on. Hey, John 766 00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:55,920 Speaker 1: long listener since the radio days, who has the most 767 00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:59,239 Speaker 1: approved on the Niners and Raiders roster? I think we 768 00:38:59,239 --> 00:39:01,280 Speaker 1: talked about it or he were on the Niners. Jimmy's 769 00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:04,560 Speaker 1: got to prove he can stay healthy. From a playing standpoint, 770 00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:08,560 Speaker 1: Solomon Thomas showed some signs of life last year down 771 00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:13,120 Speaker 1: the stretch. Can he take another big step? I'm anyone 772 00:39:13,160 --> 00:39:15,200 Speaker 1: that's followed me for a while knows I'm not a 773 00:39:15,239 --> 00:39:18,880 Speaker 1: Solomon Thomas guy, but I hate writing off young players 774 00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:21,680 Speaker 1: that are twenty two, twenty three years old. If Solomon 775 00:39:21,760 --> 00:39:25,040 Speaker 1: was seven, I'd be like, I don't know, but he 776 00:39:25,160 --> 00:39:27,520 Speaker 1: is really young. He was one of the youngest rookies 777 00:39:27,520 --> 00:39:29,799 Speaker 1: a couple of years ago. He's still he was young 778 00:39:29,880 --> 00:39:35,080 Speaker 1: last year. I'm not totally just over him as a 779 00:39:35,120 --> 00:39:37,640 Speaker 1: player yet. On the Raiders, I don't know, man, I 780 00:39:38,080 --> 00:39:41,799 Speaker 1: think their roster stinks. Maybe Colton Miller because they drafted 781 00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:43,960 Speaker 1: him last year in the first round. Can he proved 782 00:39:44,040 --> 00:39:47,160 Speaker 1: to be a legitimate starting left tackle, because Gary and 783 00:39:47,200 --> 00:39:49,440 Speaker 1: Conley last year proved that he was a really good player, 784 00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:52,879 Speaker 1: probably the best player on their team, assuming Derek's back 785 00:39:52,920 --> 00:39:55,000 Speaker 1: to meet Derrick has to play a lot better, but 786 00:39:55,120 --> 00:39:58,920 Speaker 1: Colton Miller the offensive line they invested number fifteen overall 787 00:39:58,960 --> 00:40:02,160 Speaker 1: pick all they got from going from ten to fifteen 788 00:40:02,239 --> 00:40:04,879 Speaker 1: was a third rounder, which they traded for a guy 789 00:40:04,920 --> 00:40:08,560 Speaker 1: that can't put down the bong in Martavis Bryant. So 790 00:40:09,200 --> 00:40:14,600 Speaker 1: it'd probably be Colton Miller has the most approved. Okay, 791 00:40:14,719 --> 00:40:18,040 Speaker 1: let me uh. I like to give a little thumbs 792 00:40:18,120 --> 00:40:21,560 Speaker 1: up after I read uh your message because that lets 793 00:40:21,560 --> 00:40:26,160 Speaker 1: me know that I read it. Okay, love the podcast. 794 00:40:26,480 --> 00:40:29,239 Speaker 1: I'm curious about the attention that special team plays get. 795 00:40:29,280 --> 00:40:32,839 Speaker 1: What evaluating college player before the draft? For instance, does 796 00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:37,239 Speaker 1: a player like Terry McLaurin wide receiver Ohio State, who 797 00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:41,479 Speaker 1: is primarily known for great punk coverage staying a chance 798 00:40:41,520 --> 00:40:44,000 Speaker 1: of being drafted even if they think is unlikely to 799 00:40:44,040 --> 00:40:46,520 Speaker 1: be a starting wide receiver in the NFL? Do you 800 00:40:46,520 --> 00:40:50,359 Speaker 1: think there's value in special teams being a primary consideration 801 00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:55,480 Speaker 1: for teams in the draft? One thousand percent. To me, 802 00:40:55,640 --> 00:40:58,960 Speaker 1: I haven't studied this guy, but any time that you're 803 00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:02,440 Speaker 1: just an ass kick punt and kickoff cover guy and 804 00:41:02,480 --> 00:41:04,880 Speaker 1: you can play all the core special teamers, look at 805 00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:08,560 Speaker 1: Matthew Slater. I've said before, and I feel more confident 806 00:41:08,600 --> 00:41:11,760 Speaker 1: now than ever. To me, I have no problem putting 807 00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:15,160 Speaker 1: Matt Slater in the Hall of Fame as a special 808 00:41:15,200 --> 00:41:18,520 Speaker 1: teams player. He's the greatest cover guy of my life 809 00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:20,960 Speaker 1: and he's been their team captain for eight years or 810 00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:23,359 Speaker 1: whatever on the best team in the league. So if 811 00:41:23,640 --> 00:41:27,720 Speaker 1: Matt Slater Ken does not play offense. I would imagine 812 00:41:27,719 --> 00:41:29,840 Speaker 1: if I went to NFL dot com, he as like 813 00:41:30,160 --> 00:41:34,120 Speaker 1: fifteen career catches. He is a special teamer and he's 814 00:41:34,320 --> 00:41:38,680 Speaker 1: dominates at it, and he got drafted. So if yeah, 815 00:41:38,719 --> 00:41:41,160 Speaker 1: if you kick ass on special teams and you can cover, 816 00:41:41,320 --> 00:41:44,360 Speaker 1: you're tough even if you don't return, like Matt Slater 817 00:41:44,400 --> 00:41:48,560 Speaker 1: doesn't return, he just covers in blocks. And Belichick, I 818 00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:51,440 Speaker 1: would imagine when when he retires, Belichick will give one 819 00:41:51,480 --> 00:41:56,400 Speaker 1: of his great uh you know, like uh team issued 820 00:41:56,440 --> 00:42:00,200 Speaker 1: press conference or team issued statements. Ever, remember when he 821 00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:02,520 Speaker 1: traded Logan Mankins. He's like Logan Mankins the best offensive 822 00:42:02,560 --> 00:42:05,200 Speaker 1: lineman ever coached. That's is probably the best special teams 823 00:42:05,239 --> 00:42:08,399 Speaker 1: player he's ever coached. He drafted him, he keeps extending him. 824 00:42:08,440 --> 00:42:12,480 Speaker 1: So yeah, I think that's on the area scout. What 825 00:42:12,680 --> 00:42:14,680 Speaker 1: if I if I'm going into Ohio State or I'm 826 00:42:14,719 --> 00:42:17,880 Speaker 1: going into whatever school, that's I gotta know that. And 827 00:42:17,960 --> 00:42:20,120 Speaker 1: usually you dig and you find that out and someone 828 00:42:20,239 --> 00:42:22,799 Speaker 1: you know, you talked to the special teams coach or 829 00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:25,279 Speaker 1: even one of the coordinators, tell you this guy can't 830 00:42:25,320 --> 00:42:27,760 Speaker 1: play offense for us, but he kicks ass on special teams. 831 00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:29,880 Speaker 1: That's why that's why you put in your scouts, and 832 00:42:29,920 --> 00:42:32,040 Speaker 1: then you tell your special teams coach about it and 833 00:42:32,080 --> 00:42:34,239 Speaker 1: your head coach, and then you evaluate from there. So 834 00:42:34,960 --> 00:42:38,440 Speaker 1: it definitely plays a role. With the draft coming up 835 00:42:38,440 --> 00:42:41,919 Speaker 1: in about a month, that's a couple of months. There's 836 00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:44,160 Speaker 1: been a lot of hype around Kyler Murray, but I 837 00:42:44,239 --> 00:42:48,120 Speaker 1: haven't heard much talk about Nick Bosa. Do you think 838 00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:52,960 Speaker 1: there's a chance of him going number one overall or 839 00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:56,200 Speaker 1: at least top five in Bosa? I think part of 840 00:42:56,239 --> 00:42:58,560 Speaker 1: it it's just the nature of the sport. We talked 841 00:42:58,560 --> 00:43:02,040 Speaker 1: the most about quarterbacks. We just talk quarterbacks, quarterbacks, quarterbacks, 842 00:43:02,080 --> 00:43:04,960 Speaker 1: quarterbacks every show I do until the season, I could 843 00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:08,840 Speaker 1: just do a different something on quarterbacks, starting quarterbacks, backup quarterbacks, 844 00:43:08,840 --> 00:43:13,000 Speaker 1: college quarterbacks. We love talking quarterbacks, we always have. It's 845 00:43:13,000 --> 00:43:14,520 Speaker 1: why they get paid the most money. They're the most 846 00:43:14,560 --> 00:43:19,879 Speaker 1: important player. And I that Kyler Murray is such a polarizing, fascinating, 847 00:43:19,960 --> 00:43:23,239 Speaker 1: fascinating player that he just kind of trumps everyone else 848 00:43:23,239 --> 00:43:25,160 Speaker 1: in the draft. Is he the best player in this draft? Now? 849 00:43:25,640 --> 00:43:27,799 Speaker 1: Nick bos a better player, for sure, but there are 850 00:43:27,920 --> 00:43:31,120 Speaker 1: questions on Nick Bosa. Nick Bosa missed the majority of 851 00:43:31,120 --> 00:43:33,520 Speaker 1: the season because he had a sport Tournia. Is Nick 852 00:43:33,600 --> 00:43:37,239 Speaker 1: Bosa healthy. That's one of the big questions at this combine. Like, 853 00:43:37,320 --> 00:43:39,800 Speaker 1: I I know, Nick Bosa when he's healthy is a badass. 854 00:43:39,880 --> 00:43:42,320 Speaker 1: We've all seen the film. His brother is a badass. 855 00:43:42,360 --> 00:43:46,040 Speaker 1: He's a badass. They're just badasses. Can he stay healthy? 856 00:43:46,120 --> 00:43:48,640 Speaker 1: I gotta get my doctors get a look at that 857 00:43:48,719 --> 00:43:51,239 Speaker 1: and see what's up with his injury, because right now 858 00:43:51,280 --> 00:43:54,480 Speaker 1: he's not healthy or he hasn't been healthy. I think 859 00:43:54,480 --> 00:43:57,399 Speaker 1: that's the biggest question mark because I've heard they like him. Uh, 860 00:43:57,560 --> 00:44:00,560 Speaker 1: Joey was kind of a party er. I actually Nick's 861 00:44:00,560 --> 00:44:03,200 Speaker 1: a little more mellow, uh that That whole class of 862 00:44:03,280 --> 00:44:07,080 Speaker 1: dudes that came out for uh, for Ohio State, him 863 00:44:07,080 --> 00:44:09,200 Speaker 1: and Zeke. You know, there were some questions about those two, 864 00:44:09,239 --> 00:44:12,080 Speaker 1: like du Partey. Now it turns out four or five 865 00:44:12,120 --> 00:44:15,640 Speaker 1: years later, who gives a ship? Those guys are asked kickers. 866 00:44:16,080 --> 00:44:20,640 Speaker 1: That whole team was full of ass kickers. Bosa, Zeke, 867 00:44:21,960 --> 00:44:25,799 Speaker 1: Michael Thomas. Team was sweet. The guy that I thought 868 00:44:25,920 --> 00:44:28,120 Speaker 1: was the Florida guy, but he's actually bell. All the 869 00:44:28,160 --> 00:44:33,320 Speaker 1: corners Gary On, they had what's the kid they drafted? 870 00:44:33,440 --> 00:44:36,920 Speaker 1: He probably wasn't playing, but Marcus Lattimore. Team was stacked 871 00:44:37,360 --> 00:44:41,400 Speaker 1: Taylor Decker, but Zeke and Bosta were their best. And 872 00:44:41,760 --> 00:44:45,680 Speaker 1: Nick Bosa is a lot like his brother. So my 873 00:44:45,800 --> 00:44:47,839 Speaker 1: concern with Nick Bosa and a lot of people around 874 00:44:47,880 --> 00:44:49,440 Speaker 1: where I live or like, should the Niners take him 875 00:44:49,440 --> 00:44:51,080 Speaker 1: from the Niners take him for the Niners stake because 876 00:44:51,080 --> 00:44:53,120 Speaker 1: I don't think he's gonna go one. I've been saying 877 00:44:53,120 --> 00:44:55,520 Speaker 1: over and over. I think Dwayne Haskins is gonna end 878 00:44:55,560 --> 00:44:58,160 Speaker 1: up going number one overall. Cardinals are gonna trade back. 879 00:44:59,040 --> 00:45:01,200 Speaker 1: Nick Bosa will be there it too. I think the 880 00:45:01,280 --> 00:45:03,600 Speaker 1: Niners could take them, but I also think they gotta 881 00:45:03,600 --> 00:45:06,920 Speaker 1: be comfortable with his injury. Here's the other thing. Joey 882 00:45:06,960 --> 00:45:10,680 Speaker 1: Bosa held out for who knows, you know, forever with 883 00:45:10,719 --> 00:45:13,880 Speaker 1: the Chargers over some stupid little rule in the contract. 884 00:45:14,280 --> 00:45:17,040 Speaker 1: So the Bosas are somewhat of a pain in the butt. 885 00:45:17,320 --> 00:45:19,560 Speaker 1: Look at his brother this year had an injury, no 886 00:45:19,680 --> 00:45:22,799 Speaker 1: issue with left the team, but some people might look 887 00:45:22,880 --> 00:45:26,200 Speaker 1: upon that a little negatively. I think he's gonna be 888 00:45:26,239 --> 00:45:29,000 Speaker 1: a fascinating player at this combine and if it goes well, 889 00:45:29,080 --> 00:45:32,040 Speaker 1: because I know he's big. His tape speaks for itself. 890 00:45:33,080 --> 00:45:35,200 Speaker 1: If he gets a clean bill of health. I think 891 00:45:35,239 --> 00:45:39,440 Speaker 1: you'll get a lot more buzz on Nick Bosa coming 892 00:45:39,480 --> 00:45:41,239 Speaker 1: back to be you know a top two or three 893 00:45:41,239 --> 00:45:43,960 Speaker 1: player in this draft. Appreciate everyone listening. Try to bang 894 00:45:43,960 --> 00:45:46,640 Speaker 1: out a bunch of questions. I only got a couple left. 895 00:45:46,640 --> 00:45:48,600 Speaker 1: I'll save them go Friday. If you got more questions, 896 00:45:48,600 --> 00:45:51,400 Speaker 1: slide up in my d MS at John Middlecoff Middlecoff Mailbag. 897 00:45:51,680 --> 00:45:55,239 Speaker 1: Do it every week. Uh, it's gonna start start getting 898 00:45:55,280 --> 00:45:57,680 Speaker 1: fun here combines starting this week, free agencies right around 899 00:45:57,680 --> 00:46:00,760 Speaker 1: the corner, and then the drafts not far away. Buckle up, baby, 900 00:46:00,960 --> 00:46:23,320 Speaker 1: thanks for listening. Tell your friends. Audie else M