WEBVTT - NFL Training Camp Questions 0:00:08.880 --> 0:00:11.400 Welcome to the favorites of the podcast. Part of the 0:00:11.440 --> 0:00:15.720 Volume Podcast Network item Chad Meulman of The Action Network. 0:00:16.560 --> 0:00:18.720 Let's get right to it. We're going to bring in 0:00:18.760 --> 0:00:21.880 my cost my companion, Mike cam Padre, my BFF Professional Better, 0:00:22.000 --> 0:00:25.320 Simon Hunter et O Simon. 0:00:25.400 --> 0:00:27.600 More Football Chat. Let's get to her brother. 0:00:27.600 --> 0:00:32.440 This week across the nation, Simon. NFL teams commence a 0:00:32.760 --> 0:00:38.400 decades old right of summer, the return of training camp. 0:00:38.680 --> 0:00:43.839 We've talked about quarterbacks on this show recently, playoff teams 0:00:44.200 --> 0:00:49.559 we think will populate the NFL postseason fantasy moves, and 0:00:49.600 --> 0:00:52.519 today you and I were going to talk about the 0:00:52.520 --> 0:00:57.200 biggest questions and issues we hope to see resolved by 0:00:57.240 --> 0:01:00.000 the end of training gamp. But we can't do it alone. 0:01:00.720 --> 0:01:04.400 To do this, we are welcoming on one of our oldest, dearest, 0:01:04.480 --> 0:01:11.840 most respected friends in the business, the original original og, 0:01:13.040 --> 0:01:15.920 host of the Action Network podcast and the Big Bets 0:01:15.959 --> 0:01:19.560 on Campus podcasts for the Action Network, the Prime Minister 0:01:19.680 --> 0:01:25.120 of Degenerate Nation. Not going to sleep again until April. Folks. 0:01:25.160 --> 0:01:28.280 Welcome back, Stucky, Yo. 0:01:28.400 --> 0:01:30.960 What's going on? Thanks for having me, guys, Good to 0:01:30.959 --> 0:01:32.720 see you again. Good to be talking football. 0:01:32.720 --> 0:01:32.959 Again. 0:01:33.120 --> 0:01:36.880 Just recorded the kickoff episode for Big Bets on Campus 0:01:36.880 --> 0:01:41.960 college Football. It's just an overwhelming it's just starting out. 0:01:41.959 --> 0:01:44.320 It's an overwhelming kind I'm like, I have all these 0:01:44.360 --> 0:01:48.280 college football teams, and then I'm like, then I said, 0:01:48.280 --> 0:01:50.000 aside time for NFL. And then I'm like, wait, am 0:01:50.040 --> 0:01:52.400 I forgetting this about? Have I looked into this? And 0:01:53.280 --> 0:01:55.800 there's just not enough that you can know this time 0:01:55.840 --> 0:01:59.559 of the year. But it's still the calm before the storm. 0:01:59.640 --> 0:02:01.800 It's only you're going to get crazier. So trying to 0:02:01.840 --> 0:02:08.440 still find some quiet time when I can. But yeah, 0:02:08.040 --> 0:02:09.400 it'll be here before we know it. 0:02:09.480 --> 0:02:09.919 Can't wait. 0:02:11.840 --> 0:02:15.520 The National Football League originated in the nineteen twenties in 0:02:15.600 --> 0:02:19.840 rural America, then moved to the cities to flourish and prosper, 0:02:20.160 --> 0:02:24.720 but each summer the game relives its heritage. Tiny college 0:02:24.760 --> 0:02:28.160 towns across the country witnessed the first bloom of the 0:02:28.280 --> 0:02:33.240 NFL season, and coaches welcomed back familiar faces. 0:02:34.240 --> 0:02:38.200 First question the Dallas Cowboys, who I think will make 0:02:38.240 --> 0:02:40.960 the playoffs. I think they could contend for the conference. 0:02:41.360 --> 0:02:43.959 I'm doing that in spite of their running back situation, 0:02:44.560 --> 0:02:49.840 in spite of a curious hire to put it as 0:02:50.040 --> 0:02:56.400 delicately as possible, in Brian Schottenheimer running an NFL team stock, 0:02:58.040 --> 0:03:02.600 what do you think of questions being answered and will 0:03:02.639 --> 0:03:07.480 we see questions answered during training camp regarding the Cowboys, 0:03:07.919 --> 0:03:10.560 their running back situation and Brian Schottenheimer as a coach. 0:03:11.760 --> 0:03:16.240 Yeah, not a fan of the higher just a curious 0:03:17.360 --> 0:03:20.720 off season a recent few years. Curious tole Dak looks 0:03:21.880 --> 0:03:24.880 that'll definitely be worth keeping an eye on. But I'm 0:03:24.919 --> 0:03:27.959 not a fan of either Javonte Williams or Miles Standers. 0:03:28.000 --> 0:03:30.960 I think they've proven that. I mean, maybe you get 0:03:31.120 --> 0:03:33.320 a bump from Javonte Williams, but the fact that he 0:03:33.360 --> 0:03:37.960 wasn't able to do anything in that Denver backfield, and 0:03:38.120 --> 0:03:40.880 just relatively speaking to others too, that it's not like 0:03:40.920 --> 0:03:43.600 they were other all pro running backs in the backfield 0:03:43.800 --> 0:03:46.240 kind of troubling. So I think it's important that they 0:03:46.240 --> 0:03:52.360 get something from their rookies, MafA indor Blue. So yeah, 0:03:52.400 --> 0:03:55.640 that's something I think worth paying attention to. Now. Seanneimer 0:03:55.720 --> 0:04:01.040 made some curious comments just about the learning curve of 0:04:01.840 --> 0:04:05.040 the running backs and how the you know, the veterans 0:04:05.040 --> 0:04:07.680 have the advantage, So maybe he's not going to give 0:04:07.720 --> 0:04:09.760 them a fair shake. But I think in order for 0:04:09.800 --> 0:04:12.960 them to have the best, you know, to reach their ceiling, 0:04:12.960 --> 0:04:15.960 to have the best possible offense, it's one or both 0:04:16.000 --> 0:04:18.640 of those rookies have to give them something. Whether it's 0:04:18.680 --> 0:04:22.800 you know, blue and passing downs. If it's more MafA early, 0:04:22.880 --> 0:04:24.640 I don't know if they're going to get that real shot, 0:04:24.800 --> 0:04:27.960 but it's definitely something worth keeping an eye on. 0:04:30.440 --> 0:04:33.920 Simon. We don't like the Brian Schottenheimer higher, We don't 0:04:34.040 --> 0:04:37.039 like the running back situation. I don't know that that 0:04:37.160 --> 0:04:39.880 matters in terms of how we're thinking about betting the Cowboys. 0:04:40.360 --> 0:04:43.039 What could you see? What would you like to see 0:04:43.120 --> 0:04:45.599 during training camp to make you feel better about the 0:04:45.600 --> 0:04:46.799 position we're taking on them. 0:04:47.720 --> 0:04:50.800 I don't totally Brian are the My thing with Brian is, 0:04:51.120 --> 0:04:52.840 like we've talked about, it just felt like so out 0:04:52.880 --> 0:04:56.000 of left field, where you know, we talk analagem. If 0:04:56.000 --> 0:04:57.440 they could have got vable, why would you not go 0:04:57.440 --> 0:04:59.680 to get Rabele Like Jerry Jones has got the money, 0:05:00.000 --> 0:05:03.560 he can outbid these other owners. But yeah, it's it's 0:05:03.560 --> 0:05:05.440 an interesting move, but at the same time, it's an 0:05:05.440 --> 0:05:07.760 offense that Dak's comfortable and that's what's the key. 0:05:07.800 --> 0:05:08.040 To me. 0:05:08.080 --> 0:05:10.320 It's like, okay, at least know the offense won't change 0:05:10.320 --> 0:05:15.240 that much. You know, Miles Sanders looks like he's in 0:05:15.279 --> 0:05:16.880 the best ship of his life. We see that this 0:05:16.920 --> 0:05:20.599 time of year, people will post those type of things. 0:05:20.760 --> 0:05:24.600 Everyone's always in the best shapely. 0:05:25.080 --> 0:05:28.240 Yeah, no idea, because it's like Miles's issue is not 0:05:28.279 --> 0:05:30.640 being in incredible shape of being jacked. It's staying healthy 0:05:30.680 --> 0:05:33.080 and on the field and you know, hitting the right holes. 0:05:33.160 --> 0:05:35.240 So it's there's still to me to make questions at 0:05:35.279 --> 0:05:37.120 their running back position that yeah, I'm hoping to find 0:05:37.120 --> 0:05:39.360 out more, but we really won't know until the bullets 0:05:39.360 --> 0:05:42.240 start flying. And to me out the gate, the fact 0:05:42.240 --> 0:05:45.560 that they're going to Philadelphia, I love it for this team 0:05:45.560 --> 0:05:47.040 because it's such a tone setter for the rest of 0:05:47.040 --> 0:05:48.920 their season. If they can go in there pull up 0:05:48.920 --> 0:05:51.280 that upset. Not that not just the confidence I'll give 0:05:51.279 --> 0:05:54.080 to the team, but Brian himself, that's a huge deal. 0:05:54.120 --> 0:05:55.440 So I don't know how much I'll learn in training 0:05:55.480 --> 0:05:57.760 camp here, but that week one, I really do feel 0:05:57.760 --> 0:05:59.080 like it sets the tone for this Dallas team for 0:05:59.080 --> 0:06:01.720 the rest season. They get blown out, man, did they 0:06:01.720 --> 0:06:03.320 have a rough road ahead of them because the season 0:06:03.440 --> 0:06:05.360 just keeps getting harder and harder as it goes along. 0:06:05.400 --> 0:06:07.360 For Dallas here they should. 0:06:07.120 --> 0:06:09.479 Hire they should have hire Dion like it's already a circuit. 0:06:09.520 --> 0:06:13.400 It's a circus there. Just just embraced the full circus. 0:06:13.440 --> 0:06:15.960 I mean they brought Pickens in, which fits with the circus. 0:06:16.279 --> 0:06:16.719 That theme. 0:06:18.240 --> 0:06:20.400 We'll see if he's like bought in. That's another thing 0:06:20.720 --> 0:06:22.920 to keep an eye. You probably won't know that until 0:06:23.320 --> 0:06:26.320 until games. But that's something like how bought in his 0:06:26.360 --> 0:06:29.039 piket's going to be because it's gonna have some opportunities 0:06:29.040 --> 0:06:34.720 opposite of lamb. But uh, it's cowboys are always It's 0:06:34.720 --> 0:06:35.960 a circus is down there right now? 0:06:37.160 --> 0:06:41.919 Another circus follows him everywhere he goes. Aaron Rodgers to 0:06:41.960 --> 0:06:46.560 the Pittsburgh Steelers. Chris Raybond has written about this for 0:06:46.760 --> 0:06:53.600 six years. The slow descent into mediocrity of Aaron Rodgers 0:06:53.880 --> 0:06:58.000 and the amount of attention that he gets and the 0:06:58.040 --> 0:07:01.320 amount of expectations that follow because of what kind of 0:07:01.360 --> 0:07:06.279 career he's had versus how he has actually performed are 0:07:06.320 --> 0:07:13.080 not in concert. Simon, give me your take on the Steelers. 0:07:13.400 --> 0:07:15.840 What do we think we will see in training camp 0:07:15.920 --> 0:07:17.680 to make you feel good because I know you like 0:07:17.720 --> 0:07:19.240 the Steelers to make the playoffs. 0:07:20.200 --> 0:07:22.440 Yeah. For me, what I'm looking for them training camp 0:07:22.560 --> 0:07:25.080 is just you want to hear everything's all good with him, 0:07:25.120 --> 0:07:28.160 that Arthur Smith offense, that he's comfortable in it. And 0:07:28.200 --> 0:07:30.840 we need TJ in camp. Right, that's the big deal 0:07:30.880 --> 0:07:33.440 for the Steelers. This camp is just is there no 0:07:33.520 --> 0:07:36.960 distractions everyone in there? Because I know I get where 0:07:37.040 --> 0:07:39.960 Chris was coming from, but he was a little early, right, 0:07:40.000 --> 0:07:43.640 he won a couple MVPs because they did Draftward and eleven. 0:07:43.720 --> 0:07:46.480 It sparked a new fire under Rogers. We've seen that 0:07:46.560 --> 0:07:48.680 spark with him and he did feel that doubt last 0:07:48.720 --> 0:07:51.520 year and he realized that Achilles, it's a lot different 0:07:51.560 --> 0:07:54.040 coming back from that injury in your early thirties late 0:07:54.080 --> 0:07:56.600 twenties than it is in your forties. So to me, 0:07:56.720 --> 0:07:58.840 we saw that second half he was so much better 0:07:59.080 --> 0:08:01.440 than he was early. He's especially pushing off that leg. 0:08:01.560 --> 0:08:04.119 So yeah, I just nine and eight with that team. 0:08:04.160 --> 0:08:06.840 It just it feels right right that just another year 0:08:06.840 --> 0:08:09.120 where Tomlin somehow gets them to nine or ten wins, 0:08:09.520 --> 0:08:11.760 and you know that's we know the deal it's an 0:08:11.840 --> 0:08:14.720 aging team. This feels like the last run for this 0:08:14.880 --> 0:08:16.880 corps and it's gonna be a rebuild mode for the 0:08:16.880 --> 0:08:19.000 next three four years for this Pittsburgh franchise. 0:08:19.440 --> 0:08:19.680 Stuck. 0:08:19.720 --> 0:08:21.840 Where are you on Aaron Rodgers and the Steelers right now? 0:08:22.480 --> 0:08:24.800 I don't think anyone really knows, like what level you're 0:08:24.800 --> 0:08:27.240 gonna get? That's yeah, I think it's it. Seven brings 0:08:27.280 --> 0:08:30.240 up a good point. Does he embrace the Arthur Smith 0:08:30.280 --> 0:08:33.959 offense and he's kind of just doing his own thing 0:08:34.000 --> 0:08:36.240 and he gets rid of the ball so quick. I'm 0:08:36.280 --> 0:08:38.120 curious to watch the offensive line there too, though, But 0:08:39.920 --> 0:08:42.840 I think he's could potentially be an upgrade for what 0:08:42.880 --> 0:08:46.120 they have had in recent years. Effort tour since Big 0:08:46.160 --> 0:08:49.760 Ben has left. But how much of last year was 0:08:50.120 --> 0:08:52.680 the injury and how much was it his age? And 0:08:52.720 --> 0:08:55.360 then there's another year, so how much more will his 0:08:55.400 --> 0:08:59.960 age impact versus him being another year free clear up 0:09:00.080 --> 0:09:04.280 the injury that I don't think anyone knows. So it's 0:09:04.280 --> 0:09:06.920 definitely one to keep an eye on. Yeah, the Steelers, 0:09:06.960 --> 0:09:10.800 I mean they run at Tomlin's on how does it 0:09:10.880 --> 0:09:14.560 keep happening? But Voodoo I don't know. I mean the 0:09:14.600 --> 0:09:17.960 Steelers since two thousand and eight, they're sixty two and seven. 0:09:18.000 --> 0:09:20.480 When they win the turnover battle, they win like ninety 0:09:20.520 --> 0:09:22.560 percent of their games. The rest of the NFL when 0:09:22.559 --> 0:09:24.640 they win the turnover batle it's like seventy ish percent. 0:09:26.280 --> 0:09:30.320 Since twenty nineteen, after Big Ben left, they're plus fifty 0:09:30.960 --> 0:09:34.000 turnover margin. They're the only team that has a positive 0:09:34.000 --> 0:09:37.000 turnover margin every single season. The Chiefs, for example, a 0:09:37.040 --> 0:09:39.360 team you think of usually good. They're plus ten over 0:09:39.400 --> 0:09:43.880 that same span. The Steelers in one possession games, they're 0:09:44.800 --> 0:09:49.559 forty three twenty and one since twenty nineteen. This is 0:09:49.600 --> 0:09:51.079 what they do. They win all the close games. They 0:09:51.080 --> 0:09:54.520 win the turnover battle. That's where I think Rogers fifths 0:09:54.640 --> 0:09:58.160 well Sky one of the lowest interception rates in NFL 0:09:58.240 --> 0:10:02.480 history to turn the ball over, which is good. I mean, 0:10:02.480 --> 0:10:04.040 the only team better on one such gets steals in 0:10:04.080 --> 0:10:06.640 nineteen the Chiefs. They just passed the Steelers because they 0:10:06.679 --> 0:10:08.840 went what eleven and zero one session games last year. 0:10:10.120 --> 0:10:11.920 So yeah, I don't know. I think it's wait and 0:10:11.960 --> 0:10:15.880 C mode until we get into the live games. But 0:10:16.200 --> 0:10:19.880 uh yeah, it feels like the Steelers are just inevitably 0:10:19.880 --> 0:10:22.400 going to be nine and eight for eternity where they 0:10:22.440 --> 0:10:24.480 need to not be for like one year. They need 0:10:24.520 --> 0:10:29.880 to they need to find their solution at quarterback, which 0:10:29.920 --> 0:10:32.559 they haven't done since big Enough. I mean, like their 0:10:32.679 --> 0:10:38.240 long term solution their franchise quarterback, and they need to 0:10:38.240 --> 0:10:40.320 have just I think eventually they need to have a 0:10:40.360 --> 0:10:43.360 bad year or get to it really lucky and take 0:10:43.360 --> 0:10:45.240 a stab at a quarterback. I mean, the Ravens got 0:10:45.320 --> 0:10:46.440 Lamar at thirty one. 0:10:46.920 --> 0:10:49.120 That's going to say that that's what Pittsburgh's paying for 0:10:49.160 --> 0:10:52.880 that miss on Lamar like he was so Pittsburgh. The 0:10:52.920 --> 0:10:56.000 fact that the Ravens do what they do, they came in, 0:10:56.080 --> 0:10:58.000 they got them at the end of that first I 0:10:58.120 --> 0:11:00.000 just I feel like it's it just changed the scope 0:11:00.080 --> 0:11:02.640 with that division for the next ten fifteen years. Like 0:11:02.679 --> 0:11:06.560 the Pittsburgh Tomlin apparently loved them, the GM didn't. There 0:11:06.600 --> 0:11:08.680 comes a Raven swooping down take them. I just that 0:11:08.720 --> 0:11:11.439 whole storyline to me is so magical, where you just 0:11:11.480 --> 0:11:13.800 see how the two franchisees have gone. One team always 0:11:13.800 --> 0:11:15.400 think they're going to super Bowl, the other teams happy 0:11:15.440 --> 0:11:17.160 to get nine and eight. So it's crazy. 0:11:17.679 --> 0:11:20.200 Yeah, I mean, go ahead, step I was just gonna say, 0:11:20.200 --> 0:11:21.480 I've been the Ravens have won a Super Bowl since 0:11:21.559 --> 0:11:24.000 it's twelve either, But I mean they feel they're so 0:11:24.120 --> 0:11:28.600 much closer. But like, if I'm a Steelers fans, you 0:11:28.600 --> 0:11:31.040 could argue both sides, like are you just tired of this? 0:11:31.120 --> 0:11:33.319 Like Tomlin? He's so good at what he does, but 0:11:33.360 --> 0:11:34.880 are you just tired of the tom and speaking tired? 0:11:34.880 --> 0:11:36.680 They don't want to playoff game in what eight years? 0:11:37.960 --> 0:11:40.880 But like, then again, you're always Sundays, You're like in 0:11:40.920 --> 0:11:43.120 the mix, right, So because Sunday, who wants to go 0:11:43.200 --> 0:11:46.480 through two years where you're not in the mix. So, 0:11:46.840 --> 0:11:48.880 but it just feels like they just need to they 0:11:48.920 --> 0:11:52.319 need a reset to get back into that mix. Now 0:11:53.000 --> 0:11:55.640 maybe this is the time, right, Like I don't know, 0:11:55.720 --> 0:11:58.240 but this this does feel like the last Serrah, or 0:11:58.240 --> 0:11:58.760 it should be. 0:12:00.120 --> 0:12:03.720 There's glory in the legends of this hard muscle life, 0:12:03.920 --> 0:12:08.200 and there's poetry in each season made of sweat and stripe, 0:12:08.840 --> 0:12:11.280 But now is the time to work and strain of 0:12:11.360 --> 0:12:14.800 a sport that tests the spirit and challenges the brain. 0:12:18.280 --> 0:12:25.240 There are four quarterback situations. They're not even controversies, they're 0:12:25.440 --> 0:12:31.280 just what is the worst of a bad situation? The Saints, 0:12:31.320 --> 0:12:36.280 who might have the worst quarterback room in NFL history. 0:12:35.280 --> 0:12:40.079 They're basically deciding between a twenty five year old second 0:12:40.160 --> 0:12:44.560 round pick who's a rookie and a not that much 0:12:44.640 --> 0:12:50.480 younger sixth round pick, second year player who performed terribly 0:12:50.880 --> 0:12:56.560 last year in their quarterback room. The Giants drafted a 0:12:56.640 --> 0:13:01.280 quarterback high in Jackson Dart in the first round, but 0:13:01.679 --> 0:13:05.080 really they signed Russell Wilson and Jameis Winston to be 0:13:05.280 --> 0:13:10.640 the starting quarterback this year. The Browns, we all know 0:13:10.760 --> 0:13:13.840 what they did with Dylan Gabriel, dr Sanders, but Joe 0:13:13.880 --> 0:13:17.240 Flacco might be the starting quarterback. And then in Indy 0:13:17.400 --> 0:13:23.439 we've got Daniel Jones and Anthony Richardson Simon. Of those 0:13:23.559 --> 0:13:31.840 four situations, rank them for me from worst to less worst. 0:13:33.360 --> 0:13:35.320 All it depends what we're looking for, you Like, just 0:13:35.360 --> 0:13:38.240 this season, I guess, yeah, Saints probably are gonna be 0:13:38.280 --> 0:13:41.480 the worst team, and you know they're they're in a 0:13:41.559 --> 0:13:45.360 nice spot though. They if this kid starts he shows nothing, 0:13:45.520 --> 0:13:47.840 Like you know, Rosen, you get the number one pick, 0:13:48.160 --> 0:13:50.520 you just take another quarterback, You just keep shooting the shot. 0:13:50.600 --> 0:13:54.080 So the Saints, if this kid's absolutely terrible, great, like 0:13:54.320 --> 0:13:56.839 they that whole their car thing, just put them in 0:13:56.880 --> 0:13:58.720 the hole of holes. So I think everything is kind 0:13:58.720 --> 0:14:00.199 of graver for them. But yeah, do I think will 0:14:00.200 --> 0:14:03.160 be the worstest here. Of course, giants right there with him. 0:14:03.160 --> 0:14:05.720 It's I mean, I know they're gonna do. They'll probably 0:14:05.720 --> 0:14:08.960 start the VET. I hope Dark comes in. He's just 0:14:09.480 --> 0:14:11.360 lights up in camp, right, I mean, he has so 0:14:11.480 --> 0:14:14.320 much to work on. Just I mean, it's brutal because 0:14:14.320 --> 0:14:16.600 it's they're in the probably the toughest division in NFC. 0:14:16.679 --> 0:14:18.760 But just throw them to the wolves. Just see what 0:14:18.760 --> 0:14:20.400 the kids made up. We see time and time again 0:14:20.480 --> 0:14:23.760 either these kids can swim or they sink. And to 0:14:23.840 --> 0:14:27.240 me they another late first round pick. Let's see what 0:14:27.320 --> 0:14:32.360 Dart has. Yeah, the the Browns. I put them below 0:14:32.440 --> 0:14:34.320 the Colts just for this upcoming year because of what 0:14:34.360 --> 0:14:38.240 you talked about chat. It's like, is it Flacco does 0:14:38.320 --> 0:14:41.560 he lose out to Shador? Does somehow Gabriel beat him out? 0:14:41.560 --> 0:14:44.080 Like it's just so many unknowns that like they are 0:14:44.120 --> 0:14:45.720 a team that I'm excited to watch them in the 0:14:45.720 --> 0:14:48.440 training camp because they're going to be, in my mind 0:14:48.480 --> 0:14:50.520 playing all those guys a lot, and they'll be fun 0:14:50.560 --> 0:14:52.400 to bet on or bet against depending on how bad 0:14:52.440 --> 0:14:56.400 these quarterbacks are. But yeah, that's the unknown. There is 0:14:56.400 --> 0:14:59.080 insane where you know, the Colts of all these guys, 0:14:59.120 --> 0:15:02.000 all these bad teams. We joked about it, there's a 0:15:02.000 --> 0:15:04.080 world where the Colts can win their division. Like if 0:15:04.160 --> 0:15:07.640 Daniel Jones comes in to this situation and makes it work, 0:15:08.480 --> 0:15:10.440 it could happen. Like we've seen him when he's right, 0:15:10.480 --> 0:15:14.040 when he can run the ball, he's pretty talented. When 0:15:14.040 --> 0:15:15.960 he does zero time like he's had with the Giants, 0:15:16.000 --> 0:15:19.720 burning that awful offensive line, he was terrible. So you know, 0:15:19.800 --> 0:15:22.880 it's it's tough. But to me, I don't know how 0:15:22.880 --> 0:15:25.160 Anthony Richardon beats out Daniel Jones if he's not healthy, 0:15:25.200 --> 0:15:28.080 he's not practicing this upcoming training camp. So I just 0:15:28.080 --> 0:15:30.120 feel like it's gonna be Daniels job to lose. So yeah, 0:15:30.120 --> 0:15:31.880 I guess I'll have a right in the order you 0:15:32.160 --> 0:15:35.760 put it in there, Chad Saints, Giants, Brown's Colts stuck. 0:15:35.800 --> 0:15:37.720 Which one of these are UNI paid most attention to. 0:15:38.320 --> 0:15:40.720 I mean, you think will have the biggest impact on 0:15:40.800 --> 0:15:44.080 how you bet this season, both futures and during the 0:15:44.080 --> 0:15:44.760 regular season. 0:15:45.320 --> 0:15:47.800 The Steelers going nine and eight and Daniel Jones. We're 0:15:47.800 --> 0:15:50.600 gonna be talking about those two things forever. I mean, 0:15:51.120 --> 0:15:53.720 the Colts have to start Richards. I mean, we're seeing 0:15:53.760 --> 0:15:56.160 his health. I don't know if they will, but see, 0:15:56.800 --> 0:15:58.360 obviously it depends on his health. And that's something to 0:15:58.400 --> 0:16:00.560 keep an eye for trading camp. But like you gotta 0:16:00.600 --> 0:16:03.280 find out what you have with your high draftic like 0:16:03.360 --> 0:16:05.040 Daniel Jones is going to win you a Super Bowl, Like, 0:16:05.120 --> 0:16:07.200 you just got to find out and then figure out 0:16:07.240 --> 0:16:10.920 if you got to pivot off there. By the way, 0:16:10.960 --> 0:16:12.760 this is not the Saint's sonat the worst quarterback room 0:16:12.760 --> 0:16:14.320 of all time. There's been some bad ones. Maybe it'll 0:16:14.400 --> 0:16:15.760 end up any way, but at least there's some on 0:16:15.760 --> 0:16:18.080 sertainty with Chuck. But I'll just I'll throw out a 0:16:18.080 --> 0:16:20.840 couple just for fun. Danny Knell the ninety seven Giants 0:16:20.920 --> 0:16:23.040 took over for Dave Brown. He averaged one hundred and 0:16:23.080 --> 0:16:26.040 five yards per game over like ten games. The two 0:16:26.080 --> 0:16:28.440 thousand Chiefs two thousand and seven Chiefs, it was a 0:16:28.440 --> 0:16:30.200 hard knocks team. If you want to go back and 0:16:30.240 --> 0:16:33.520 watch a bad Hard Knocks Brody Croyle versus Damon Heward. 0:16:33.520 --> 0:16:36.200 That was the quarterbacks that year. Two thousand and one 0:16:36.240 --> 0:16:38.720 Panthers you met. You mentioned Chuck's age. 0:16:39.480 --> 0:16:39.840 Chad. 0:16:40.080 --> 0:16:41.880 The two thousand and one Panthers went one in fifteen. 0:16:41.960 --> 0:16:44.720 Chris Winky was their quarterback. He was thirty as a rookie. 0:16:44.760 --> 0:16:46.440 I think you had to leve. I got to remember 0:16:46.480 --> 0:16:50.040 that eleven touchdowns, nineteen interceptions they went one in fifteen, 0:16:50.560 --> 0:16:52.760 and then you've got to get a Browns team in there. 0:16:53.040 --> 0:16:57.800 Two thousand Browns, Tim Couch and Doug Peterson. I think 0:16:57.920 --> 0:17:02.640 Spurgeon win started the game. They combined nine touchdowns, nine 0:17:03.360 --> 0:17:07.320 and nineteen interceptions. That's as bad as it gets. But 0:17:08.080 --> 0:17:10.000 I will say from a wind totals perspective, it's something 0:17:10.000 --> 0:17:11.520 you want to keep an eye on, or at least 0:17:11.560 --> 0:17:14.840 just be cognizant of. With the Giants, it's like I 0:17:14.880 --> 0:17:18.000 think they're gonna start RUSS, but then they have a 0:17:18.240 --> 0:17:22.639 really hard schedule. So if it goes downhill, but I 0:17:22.680 --> 0:17:24.280 don't know, with like Dabo on his job, but I 0:17:24.280 --> 0:17:26.720 don't know if they are, they then like, all right, 0:17:26.800 --> 0:17:28.199 let's just throw the kid out there, right, and then 0:17:28.240 --> 0:17:30.919 you could end up losing more games. Your floor goes down. 0:17:31.440 --> 0:17:33.040 So with these low win totals, that's something to keep 0:17:33.040 --> 0:17:35.240 in mind. NFL teams don't tank. Every once in a 0:17:35.240 --> 0:17:39.480 while you have a team and the Bucks came out 0:17:39.480 --> 0:17:41.359 they did this one year and like a week eighteen, 0:17:41.400 --> 0:17:43.080 you really want to lose for a draft pick. And 0:17:43.119 --> 0:17:46.320 even then teams mess themselves up all the time. Giants 0:17:46.320 --> 0:17:48.920 did it last year. They don't tank, but you could 0:17:48.960 --> 0:17:51.640 just make decisions to Like the Browns, for example, very 0:17:51.640 --> 0:17:53.720 low win total. I think they're gonna start Flaco. I 0:17:53.720 --> 0:17:57.359 think he's the best option right now. But if the 0:17:57.400 --> 0:18:01.040 brown season goes downhill, is a team that probably wants 0:18:01.840 --> 0:18:03.600 to get a high draft pick. Again, I don't know, 0:18:03.640 --> 0:18:05.520 but then they traded for two quarterbacks and draft the 0:18:05.520 --> 0:18:07.480 two quarterbacks. But then you might just throw the kids 0:18:07.520 --> 0:18:08.639 in there and see what you got, and then it 0:18:08.640 --> 0:18:13.400 could be really bad, go from bad to worse. So yeah, 0:18:13.480 --> 0:18:18.639 keeping an eye on all of them. But the most 0:18:18.680 --> 0:18:23.800 interesting to me is is probably the cults. I just 0:18:24.000 --> 0:18:25.879 as far as campus concerned, I want to see, like 0:18:25.920 --> 0:18:30.159 where Richardson's at, how healthy he is, and what happens 0:18:30.200 --> 0:18:33.679 with that situation. But like it's definitely something to keep 0:18:33.680 --> 0:18:35.480 an eye with. The wind totals like that, something that 0:18:35.480 --> 0:18:37.439 I'm afraid of with the Browns, Like I showed a 0:18:37.480 --> 0:18:40.000 little value and they're over But like I'm like, who 0:18:40.040 --> 0:18:44.119 knows what ends up happening with these quarterbacks and then 0:18:44.160 --> 0:18:48.040 their decision if they're sitting at three and ten or 0:18:48.359 --> 0:18:50.160 four and ten, what they do in the last couple 0:18:50.160 --> 0:18:53.119 of games. It's it's definitely something to keep in mind. 0:18:53.720 --> 0:18:56.400 Well, look, we're talking about quarterbacks, and we're talking about 0:18:56.720 --> 0:19:00.200 what they're going to look like in training camp. Obviously, 0:19:00.280 --> 0:19:03.880 there has been a huge discussion about Ben Johnson joining 0:19:03.960 --> 0:19:08.960 the Bears. Stuck you just talked about, you know, July 0:19:09.280 --> 0:19:11.920 is the best shape of your life. He's going to 0:19:11.960 --> 0:19:16.399 be a team leader season. How do you separate this? 0:19:17.040 --> 0:19:20.840 We see Caleb, we see Ben Johnson. What can we 0:19:21.040 --> 0:19:25.439 possibly learn during training camp as an avid fan and 0:19:25.560 --> 0:19:31.480 a season better and a veteran camp watcher who in 0:19:31.520 --> 0:19:35.840 takes this information for real value? What will you see? 0:19:35.880 --> 0:19:38.119 What would you like to see that won't just be hyperbole? 0:19:39.520 --> 0:19:42.120 Yeah, I mean a lot of it is, first of all, 0:19:42.119 --> 0:19:45.480 like interceptions and something like camps and can be a 0:19:45.520 --> 0:19:47.560 good thing like this is when you're like starting to 0:19:47.560 --> 0:19:50.760 figure out things that people overreact to that. But with Caleb, 0:19:51.040 --> 0:19:54.359 it's going to come down to does he understand and 0:19:54.440 --> 0:19:57.119 he's he willing to understand the structure and the logic 0:19:57.480 --> 0:20:00.680 of the offense and make those easy throw the quick 0:20:00.760 --> 0:20:04.440 reads going through his progressions instead of you know, he's 0:20:04.480 --> 0:20:05.920 got to take fewer negative plays. 0:20:05.920 --> 0:20:06.040 Now. 0:20:06.040 --> 0:20:08.560 The offensive line is going to help with that. I mean, 0:20:08.600 --> 0:20:10.920 I think they're probably the most improved offensive line in 0:20:10.960 --> 0:20:12.480 the NFL. One of the reasons I'm pretty high on 0:20:12.480 --> 0:20:15.480 the Bears for like maybe the first time since like 0:20:15.560 --> 0:20:19.439 the two thousands. His deep ball is something that I 0:20:19.480 --> 0:20:23.280 want to watch, Like just the deep ball numbers, accuracy, 0:20:23.320 --> 0:20:26.159 and that comes down to the footwork which needs to 0:20:26.200 --> 0:20:29.480 be worked on the trust of the offensive line, and 0:20:29.760 --> 0:20:32.600 but it's really there's eliminating those negative plays. Like you 0:20:32.680 --> 0:20:35.120 still want him to have some of that improvisation, which 0:20:35.160 --> 0:20:37.439 is what you know made him great in college, and 0:20:37.760 --> 0:20:40.919 you don't want to take that all away, but just 0:20:41.000 --> 0:20:45.080 like fully understanding the offense, improving some of that footwork, 0:20:46.240 --> 0:20:49.800 and then just really buying in and a lot of 0:20:49.800 --> 0:20:52.439 that is just what you kind of have to infer 0:20:52.600 --> 0:20:55.440 from some of the things you watch and read, and 0:20:55.480 --> 0:20:57.560 you can't You're not going to figure it all out 0:20:57.680 --> 0:20:59.439 in camp and some of it's just going to be 0:20:59.520 --> 0:21:01.159 like and there's gonna be a learning curve it So 0:21:01.160 --> 0:21:03.040 we have to expect with Caleb and this new offense, 0:21:04.920 --> 0:21:07.480