1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:06,240 Speaker 1: And now move the sticks with Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks. 2 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:11,959 Speaker 1: Everybody what's going on and welcome to move the sticks, DJ, Bucky. 3 00:00:12,119 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 1: The super Bowl is is passed, but now the fund 4 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:17,400 Speaker 1: begins because we can start talking about what is going 5 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:20,680 Speaker 1: to shape up as I think Buck, the most interesting 6 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:23,159 Speaker 1: off season in the NFL that I can remember, and 7 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:24,799 Speaker 1: we've had We've had years where you've had, you know, 8 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:26,920 Speaker 1: the Peyton watch right where one of where Peyton Manning 9 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 1: was gonna go um, and then you had the Kirk 10 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:31,360 Speaker 1: Cousins situation a couple of years ago we knew he 11 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:33,479 Speaker 1: was going to be on the market. But Buck, the 12 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:37,279 Speaker 1: number of quarterbacks that could be changing UH direction this 13 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:39,960 Speaker 1: this offseason and new locations, I don't know if I've 14 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 1: ever seen anything like it now. It's fascinating. Everything always starts, 15 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:47,280 Speaker 1: and it begins and ends with the quarterback in mind. 16 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:49,839 Speaker 1: Either you're building your team around the quarterback or you're 17 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:52,159 Speaker 1: trying to figure out a way to have your defense 18 00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:54,240 Speaker 1: and the things around it to be able to knock 19 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 1: the quarterback down. And so when we think about the 20 00:00:57,080 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 1: teams that are in these rebuilding states, in the amount 21 00:00:59,880 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 1: the inventory that is available at the quarterback position. Veterans 22 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 1: and in the twenty draft class, a lot of movers 23 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:09,399 Speaker 1: and shakers. There are a lot of quarterbacks that would 24 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 1: be in new locations. We'll see how many of those 25 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:14,679 Speaker 1: guys will end up getting starting jobs. Though. Yeah, we're 26 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:18,400 Speaker 1: both cranking on college players to get ready for the combine. Um, 27 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 1: doing that prep. But man, free agency is going to 28 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:23,280 Speaker 1: be here before you know it, soon after the combine 29 00:01:23,319 --> 00:01:26,040 Speaker 1: and and before the draft. And I thought, for today's episode, 30 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:29,160 Speaker 1: kind of our first offseason episode, the most important position, 31 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 1: the quarterback position. As you mentioned, um, all this potential 32 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:34,960 Speaker 1: turnover we could see around the league. I thought, for 33 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 1: today's show, buck Uh, we just kind of go through 34 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:40,199 Speaker 1: these one by one of all these quarterbacks we could 35 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:44,480 Speaker 1: see potentially moving, and and not only the the NFL guys, 36 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:46,600 Speaker 1: but then maybe the top handful or so of the 37 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 1: college players, and just kind of line out where we 38 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 1: see it right now as we record this on February four, 39 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:54,800 Speaker 1: what we think the market will look like, who might 40 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 1: be interested in these teams and where might the fits be. Yeah, 41 00:01:58,080 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 1: I mean, let's do it, man, Let's get right to 42 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 1: it all right, Let's let's start here. We'll go a 43 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 1: f C and then NFC. We'll start with the big 44 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:06,160 Speaker 1: fish here and Tom Brady, who is going to be 45 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:09,320 Speaker 1: free juked everybody out with his little Hulu ad that 46 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:12,799 Speaker 1: he had where measure of him walking out of the tunnel. Yeah, 47 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 1: nicely done. Tat's off to his marketing department for getting 48 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 1: that done, creating a lot of interest in the commercial 49 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 1: to pay it off. Um. But I've gone through these 50 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 1: buck and kind of listed a couple of teams. So 51 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 1: I'll give you a couple of teams that I think 52 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 1: makes sense, and then you can add to that list, 53 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 1: um or or you could even emphasize the list whatever 54 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 1: way you want to go. But I wrote down most 55 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:34,480 Speaker 1: likely New England. I still think at his age forty two, 56 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 1: you really want to go to a new place, learn 57 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:39,120 Speaker 1: a new system, all that stuff. Um, it doesn't make 58 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 1: a ton of sense to me. Uh So to me, 59 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:43,440 Speaker 1: I thought New England is still the favorite. And then 60 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 1: for the second team, I actually put Las Vegas in 61 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 1: the Raiders. I know the Chargers have been mentioned a 62 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 1: lot with Tom Brady. Um, I just think Las Vegas 63 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 1: for for where he is right now, and their offensive 64 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 1: line I think is a little bit ahead of where 65 00:02:56,919 --> 00:02:59,120 Speaker 1: the Chargers offensive line is I think the Chargers have 66 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 1: much more weapons to play with um, but I think 67 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:04,080 Speaker 1: as you get older, mobility is a problem. I would 68 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:06,320 Speaker 1: think he would probably steer a little bit more towards 69 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 1: having that protection in a run game to help him 70 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:10,360 Speaker 1: out a little bit. Yeah, I think I think here's 71 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:12,520 Speaker 1: the here's the thing when it comes to to Tom Brady, 72 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 1: and I think that the tough thing that everyone has 73 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:20,079 Speaker 1: when it comes to evaluating him is like, we all 74 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:23,800 Speaker 1: understand the resume and the reputation and all of that stuff, 75 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:26,520 Speaker 1: and so you're trying to keep that in perspective while 76 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:28,919 Speaker 1: also looking at the player that we saw last year 77 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 1: who didn't have a really good year, who began to 78 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:35,000 Speaker 1: show signs of decline, significant signs of decline. And so 79 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 1: when you talk about the team that would be best 80 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 1: suited to take him, I would say it's the New 81 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 1: England Patriots. One of the reasons why is because they've 82 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,880 Speaker 1: seen the best of Tom Brady and each and every 83 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 1: day they've also seen where he's lacking, where he's weak at. 84 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 1: And the thing that New England has always been able 85 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:52,960 Speaker 1: to do, they've been able to take players and put 86 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 1: him in the best situation for them to succeed. Now, 87 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 1: for tom Brady, last year, they didn't necessarily have the 88 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:01,600 Speaker 1: weapons around him to elevate him and to help him 89 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 1: play at a high level. So if they choose to 90 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 1: go down this road where they bring Tom Brady back, 91 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,520 Speaker 1: and they bring him back on a thirty million dollar 92 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 1: plus deal, the only way to enable Tom Brady to 93 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:14,400 Speaker 1: look like Tom Brady of old is they really have 94 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 1: to invest in the playmakers on the outside. And it 95 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:19,920 Speaker 1: can be draft picks, it can be guys that they're 96 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 1: kind of pulling off the street at market rates, at 97 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 1: bargain basement race. They have to pay big money to 98 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 1: find some guys that can come right in and be 99 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 1: right now players in a system that can be complex 100 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 1: and complicated for veteran receivers to pick up because there 101 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:40,680 Speaker 1: is so much that takes place after the snap, no doubt. 102 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 1: And I want to ask you Buck just because if 103 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:46,040 Speaker 1: you're you know history and knowledge of of John Gruden 104 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:49,600 Speaker 1: and relationship there. When you look at gruden success in Oakland, 105 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 1: Rich Cannon veteran, you look at his success in Tampa, 106 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:55,680 Speaker 1: Brad Johnson veteran, UM, I know they could dip their 107 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:58,559 Speaker 1: toe in the draft water. But in terms of trying 108 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 1: to do something that's been even to work for John Gruden, 109 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:03,240 Speaker 1: it's been the veteran, not the young guy. Yes, so 110 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:06,240 Speaker 1: here here's why it will working. And having watched it 111 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 1: up close and personal with John Gruden taking rich Gannon 112 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:12,480 Speaker 1: and look, I played with rich Gannon in Kansas City 113 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:14,480 Speaker 1: before he went to Oakland. Then I played with rich 114 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:17,799 Speaker 1: Gannon in Oakland under John Gruden, and I will say 115 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:20,919 Speaker 1: that the reason why that relationship work. You're talking about 116 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 1: two people who were intensely competitive, who were smart grinders, 117 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 1: workers and natural leaders. They were kindred spirits when it 118 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:32,320 Speaker 1: came to how they wanted the game to be played 119 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 1: and how they wanted the rest of the team to play. 120 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:37,520 Speaker 1: Tom Brady would probably find a kindred spirit and John 121 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:40,719 Speaker 1: Gruden because John Gruden wants to win. John Gruden loves 122 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 1: to put a lot on the quarterback. Tom Brady appears 123 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 1: to be a guy who likes to have all of 124 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:49,360 Speaker 1: that responsibility. He loves the work, He loves all of that. 125 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:52,200 Speaker 1: And the thing that Tom could probably bring to the 126 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:56,039 Speaker 1: Raiders not only legitimizing them with like the rings and 127 00:05:56,360 --> 00:05:58,919 Speaker 1: kind of the winning pedigree, but he can show the 128 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:03,040 Speaker 1: young guys what it should look like when you're a champion. Um, 129 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:06,359 Speaker 1: I'm not saying that there's a leadership void with the Raiders, 130 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:08,839 Speaker 1: but I'm saying that he certainly could benefit from having 131 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:12,400 Speaker 1: a champion at the quarterback position that can kind of 132 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:14,920 Speaker 1: show them how to get over the hump. That might 133 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:17,360 Speaker 1: be worth his weight in gold, even if he is 134 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:22,080 Speaker 1: a depreciating asset as a player, the knowledge to work ethic, 135 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:26,800 Speaker 1: demonstrating how to be a professional and the champion may 136 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 1: pay more benefits for the Raiders than any other team. 137 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:32,359 Speaker 1: When you kind of look at Tom Brady on the 138 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:35,400 Speaker 1: open market. Yeah, it'll be interesting to see what he 139 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:37,240 Speaker 1: ends up doing. I think that New England, I think 140 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 1: we both agree on that New England's probably the most 141 00:06:39,279 --> 00:06:41,920 Speaker 1: likely UH scenario and that he returns there. They've got 142 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:43,840 Speaker 1: to upgrade the weaponry around him. But you know, I 143 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 1: wouldn't sleep on the Chargers. I would not sleep on 144 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:48,800 Speaker 1: the Raiders. Will see what happens there. Um. Interesting one. 145 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 1: As we go down through the a f C here Cincinnati, 146 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:53,600 Speaker 1: we all assumed Joe Burrow will be the first overall 147 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:57,480 Speaker 1: pick um that puts Andy Dalton potentially on the block. 148 00:06:57,560 --> 00:06:59,800 Speaker 1: That could move on from him, and the two teams 149 00:06:59,839 --> 00:07:02,880 Speaker 1: I wrote down number one. I still stuck with Cincinnati 150 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 1: because I think Andy is like the perfect bridge quarterback. 151 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:08,359 Speaker 1: I mean, if you, if you we're gonna describe the 152 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:11,080 Speaker 1: perfect bridge quarterback, you describe Alex Smith, and I think 153 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:13,560 Speaker 1: Andy Dalton very similar there. I think he would be 154 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:16,440 Speaker 1: very helpful to a young quarterback even if Andy, you know, 155 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 1: it wasn't even starting, if he was just there as 156 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:20,840 Speaker 1: as the kind of that mentor role, I think he 157 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:23,320 Speaker 1: would do well in that spot there in Cincinnati. But 158 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:25,400 Speaker 1: the other one I wrote down this might surprise people. 159 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:29,360 Speaker 1: I wrote down Philadelphia because no team has shown over 160 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:31,280 Speaker 1: the years and no team is a greater example of 161 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:35,600 Speaker 1: having invested money in the backup quarterback position. Carson Wentz, 162 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:38,800 Speaker 1: as good as he is, buck has had his injury issues. So, um, 163 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:41,840 Speaker 1: they've invested. First they invested in Chase Daniel, then obviously 164 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:44,640 Speaker 1: Nick Foles and that paid off with the Super Bowl. Um, 165 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:48,400 Speaker 1: Howie Roseman believes and spending money at that backup quarterback 166 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:51,080 Speaker 1: position so that your season does not collapse if something 167 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:53,880 Speaker 1: happens to your starter. And in this case, with Carson's 168 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 1: injury history, it's even a wiser investment. You need to 169 00:07:56,960 --> 00:07:59,400 Speaker 1: invest in that backup quarterback. And I think Andy Dalton 170 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:02,160 Speaker 1: underneath Doug Peterson um, they might be able to kind 171 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:03,760 Speaker 1: of polish him up a little bit and give him 172 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:06,200 Speaker 1: a chance to go on as Nick Foles did and 173 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:08,960 Speaker 1: cash in somewhere else down the line. Man, It's funny. 174 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:11,920 Speaker 1: I like both scenarios, and I like both scenarios, uh 175 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:15,040 Speaker 1: for a few different reasons. I love it in Cincinnati, 176 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:17,360 Speaker 1: and I'm gonna say this, and and I know I'm 177 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:20,640 Speaker 1: gonna get some pushback from it. But when I evaluated 178 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:23,000 Speaker 1: Joe Burrow in the middle of the year, the guy 179 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 1: that I kind of liken him to was Andy Dalton. 180 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 1: And I know people who canna be like, oh, Andy 181 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 1: Dalton is a mediocre quarterback and average quarterback despite the 182 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 1: fact he's a three time Pro Bowler. But the guy 183 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:33,719 Speaker 1: that I'm comparing him to is the Andy Dawn that 184 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:35,960 Speaker 1: played at TCU. And I think if you go back 185 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 1: and anyone can pop in YouTube and look at what 186 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:40,160 Speaker 1: Andy Dalton did at TCU. He was forty two and 187 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:42,839 Speaker 1: seven as a starter at TCU. He was the guy 188 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:45,360 Speaker 1: that ran a spread offense who was also athletic and 189 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 1: mobile and accurate and those things. Now he grated out 190 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:50,720 Speaker 1: to be a second round player, but he jumped right 191 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 1: into Cincinnati, and Cincinnati won a bunch of games with 192 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:55,760 Speaker 1: him at quarterback. If you keep him in the fold 193 00:08:55,880 --> 00:08:58,520 Speaker 1: and you enabled him to kind of be the mentor 194 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:01,599 Speaker 1: to Joe Burrow, I think you have a seamless transition 195 00:09:01,679 --> 00:09:04,800 Speaker 1: from one starting quarterback to the next. I like the 196 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 1: Philadelphia situation, but I have another scenario. How about the 197 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:10,720 Speaker 1: New England Patriots. I know it was rumored that, look 198 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:14,040 Speaker 1: that would be a potential destination for him, But if 199 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 1: you think about Tom brady depart in New England and 200 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:19,840 Speaker 1: what Bill Belichick typically likes to do. He likes to 201 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:24,360 Speaker 1: have a smart, uh cerebral, effective quarterback who can manage 202 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:26,480 Speaker 1: the game, who understands how to play it. We can 203 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:28,800 Speaker 1: say a lot of things about Andy Dalton. Andy Dalton 204 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:30,560 Speaker 1: understands how to play the game, and he can play 205 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:32,600 Speaker 1: a winning way. I would say that he would benefit 206 00:09:32,640 --> 00:09:35,440 Speaker 1: from having maybe an upgrade in coaching in terms of 207 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:39,200 Speaker 1: the other parts of building a complimentary format that would 208 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:41,160 Speaker 1: allow him to win. I think he would be the 209 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:45,200 Speaker 1: perfect fit in New England. He's a low ego, low 210 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:48,480 Speaker 1: drama guy. I think he kind of just fits the profile. 211 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:51,800 Speaker 1: And even though the footsteps would be big to step 212 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:54,719 Speaker 1: into Tom Brady's footsteps, I think he has the right 213 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:57,480 Speaker 1: temperament and ego to be able to kind of handle that. Yeah, 214 00:09:57,480 --> 00:09:59,040 Speaker 1: I can kind of compliment what they want to do. 215 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:01,160 Speaker 1: You know how the team's build right now, play great defense, 216 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:03,640 Speaker 1: run the football, protect the football. I mean, that's kind 217 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:05,720 Speaker 1: of that's Andy Dalton. That's that's what you're gonna get 218 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:07,960 Speaker 1: there with Andy Dalton. Actually, I like that idea there 219 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:10,760 Speaker 1: with the Patriots. Uh, the next one here, Buck, I 220 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:12,800 Speaker 1: don't know if there's any other option. Ryan Tannehill is 221 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:15,000 Speaker 1: gonna be a Tennessee Titan. I can't envision any scenario 222 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:17,000 Speaker 1: in which he's not a Tennessee Titan next year. Know 223 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:19,280 Speaker 1: the way that he played, the way that he played 224 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:21,559 Speaker 1: down the stretch, the way that he sparked the offense, 225 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:24,400 Speaker 1: the synergy and connection that he has not only with 226 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 1: the rest of the team, but more particular, the way 227 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:28,679 Speaker 1: he and Derrick Henry are kind of that one two 228 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:31,200 Speaker 1: punch on the offense. I love the way that Arthur 229 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:35,000 Speaker 1: Smith put this offense together with Ryan Tannehill, uh, used 230 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:38,280 Speaker 1: his legs, used athleticism, really featured him as a play 231 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:41,040 Speaker 1: action passer. And then the connection that he immediately had 232 00:10:41,080 --> 00:10:43,920 Speaker 1: with the guys on the outside A. J. Brown, Corey, 233 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:47,239 Speaker 1: Corey Davis. As he continues to kind of take ownership 234 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:49,880 Speaker 1: of this offense. I just believe it clicks and the 235 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:52,480 Speaker 1: success that they have, I think you have to continue 236 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:55,320 Speaker 1: to dance with Ryan Tannehill. You may look at a 237 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:58,400 Speaker 1: younger quarterback, um, someone that may be in the second 238 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:01,040 Speaker 1: third round of developmental type do but right now I 239 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:04,079 Speaker 1: think Ryan tanne has the right fit for this this team. Yeah. 240 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:05,520 Speaker 1: To me, it's just a matter of whether or not 241 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:08,000 Speaker 1: you want a short term situation go year by year, 242 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:10,520 Speaker 1: whether you feel confident enough to invest in him long term. 243 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:12,960 Speaker 1: That to me is the decision with Ryan Tannehill there 244 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:16,120 Speaker 1: with the Tennessee Titans. We go on now to to 245 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:18,400 Speaker 1: a really interesting one with Philip Rivers, and I think 246 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:21,960 Speaker 1: we're gonna find out very soon what his situation is 247 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:24,080 Speaker 1: with the Los Angeles Chargers. Maybe by the time you 248 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:26,360 Speaker 1: listen to this, who knows, you might know what's going 249 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:29,760 Speaker 1: on there, but we'll see. I wrote down the two teams. 250 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:31,520 Speaker 1: I wrote down, And this the first one might surprise 251 00:11:31,559 --> 00:11:34,360 Speaker 1: some people. I wrote down Indie because when you look 252 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:37,520 Speaker 1: at the Colts, this is a team from from Rivers standpoint, 253 00:11:37,559 --> 00:11:39,800 Speaker 1: makes a lot of sense. Um, you've got a head 254 00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:42,360 Speaker 1: coach there in Frank Reich who you have a great 255 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:46,080 Speaker 1: relationship with, who coached you there with the Chargers previously. Uh. 256 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:48,959 Speaker 1: Nick Sirianni, the the offensive coordinator, has a relationship with 257 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:51,760 Speaker 1: him as well. Um So you've got a scheme fit 258 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:53,840 Speaker 1: very easy for him to come in and pick up 259 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:56,280 Speaker 1: whatever they want to do. I believe he's an upgrade 260 00:11:56,280 --> 00:11:59,600 Speaker 1: over Jacoby Pricett. It would be a great offensive line 261 00:11:59,640 --> 00:12:01,600 Speaker 1: in front of him, one that he hasn't played behind 262 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:04,160 Speaker 1: since going back to the old Charger days early on 263 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:07,520 Speaker 1: in his career when they had that group with UH, 264 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:09,880 Speaker 1: with Nick Hardwick and and all those dudes in front 265 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:12,480 Speaker 1: of him that were that were outstanding in that offensive line. 266 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:15,400 Speaker 1: Um So, I think you get protected. He's also gonna 267 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:17,800 Speaker 1: be playing nine games in doors you count the road 268 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:20,720 Speaker 1: game there in Houston every year minimum. Um, as you 269 00:12:20,720 --> 00:12:22,600 Speaker 1: start to lose a little bit on your arm strength, 270 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:24,679 Speaker 1: I think that could prolong his career. And it's a 271 00:12:24,679 --> 00:12:27,000 Speaker 1: team that's ready to win right now. So I actually 272 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:29,120 Speaker 1: put the Colts down there at the first position, and 273 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:31,120 Speaker 1: I put the Chargers down there in the second position. 274 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:33,080 Speaker 1: But I think, look, we're gonna know really soon what 275 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:35,920 Speaker 1: the Chargers plans are. Um. I assume that it's gonna 276 00:12:35,960 --> 00:12:38,600 Speaker 1: involve drafting a quarterback, whether that that's at the top 277 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:40,360 Speaker 1: of the first round or the top of the second round. 278 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:43,559 Speaker 1: But bringing in another young quarterback with Tyrod Taylor there 279 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:45,320 Speaker 1: to kind of be the bridge quarterback seems to make 280 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:47,160 Speaker 1: a lot of sense. But we'll know more here in 281 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:50,040 Speaker 1: the coming days. So here, here's what's interesting. I actually 282 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:52,800 Speaker 1: love the scenario. And I didn't love it when I 283 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:54,560 Speaker 1: first heard it. When I thought about it, because I 284 00:12:54,559 --> 00:12:56,839 Speaker 1: was like, man, Philip Rivers, like the turnovers this year 285 00:12:56,920 --> 00:12:59,360 Speaker 1: really bother me, Uh did he fall off the cliff? 286 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:01,840 Speaker 1: But then I just I just think about Frank Wright, 287 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:04,160 Speaker 1: and I think a couple of things. Why Frank Wright 288 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:06,120 Speaker 1: would be the right coach for Philip Rivers at this 289 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:09,000 Speaker 1: stage of his career. One Frank Wright played the position. 290 00:13:09,320 --> 00:13:11,960 Speaker 1: Frank Wright has a clear understanding because he played so 291 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:15,000 Speaker 1: long in the league. He kind of understands how guys 292 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:18,320 Speaker 1: kind of mature as quarterbacks and how they eventually begin 293 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:20,480 Speaker 1: to fade the black. I think what he can do 294 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:24,160 Speaker 1: is kind of stem some of the deterioration that maybe 295 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:26,240 Speaker 1: we've seen from Philip rivers game in terms of like 296 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:29,720 Speaker 1: the carelessness with the ball and those things. Also, because 297 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:32,720 Speaker 1: they have a previous relationship, I think the biggest thing 298 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:35,839 Speaker 1: when you have a veteran quarterback coming into a new situation, 299 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:40,400 Speaker 1: will he respect the coach and will he allow himself 300 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:43,319 Speaker 1: to be coached? Well? I think because they have that relationship, 301 00:13:43,679 --> 00:13:47,040 Speaker 1: I think Philip Rivers will submit and allow Frank Wright 302 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:50,000 Speaker 1: the coach and maybe coach him hard in terms of, hey, 303 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:51,800 Speaker 1: we need to fix this, we need to work on 304 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:54,240 Speaker 1: these things. When it comes to the fundamentals, hey we 305 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 1: need to work on taking care of the ball. And 306 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:59,040 Speaker 1: then what Frank Wrych also will do is what he 307 00:13:59,080 --> 00:14:01,960 Speaker 1: did with Andrew. He'll protect him by making sure that 308 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:04,520 Speaker 1: the running game is a factor when you have an 309 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:07,920 Speaker 1: aging quarterback. The beauty of it is, look, all of 310 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:10,520 Speaker 1: that experience and wisdom really comes into play like four 311 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:12,480 Speaker 1: or five games off the year, But if you got 312 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:14,840 Speaker 1: the rest of the team up and going and humming 313 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:18,160 Speaker 1: the running game the defense, then those guys can just 314 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:20,920 Speaker 1: kind of play in a management role for the majority 315 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:23,040 Speaker 1: of the season, but you break them out when you 316 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:26,080 Speaker 1: need them. I don't think Philip Rivers has ever been 317 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:29,760 Speaker 1: allowed to play that way, or I don't know if 318 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:32,920 Speaker 1: he's really submitted and allowed himself to play that way. 319 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:36,040 Speaker 1: I think Frank Wright could have convincing conversations to get 320 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:38,680 Speaker 1: him to play that way. Yeah. I think everything that 321 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:41,160 Speaker 1: you said makes a lot of sense. And I think, um, 322 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:43,720 Speaker 1: you know, not feeling like you have to do too much. 323 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:46,560 Speaker 1: I don't think you would necessarily with the way that 324 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:48,680 Speaker 1: Colts team is constructed right now, I think he could 325 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:51,600 Speaker 1: go on there and kind of seamlessly make that transition. Um, 326 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:53,520 Speaker 1: we'll see what the Chargers. They hold the keys there 327 00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:56,120 Speaker 1: in terms of his future and what they want to do. Uh. 328 00:14:56,200 --> 00:15:00,280 Speaker 1: Next one, Marcus Mariota. Obviously we talked about Ryan. He'll 329 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:01,920 Speaker 1: be in the future there for the Tennessee Titans. So 330 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:04,120 Speaker 1: what does that mean for Mariota? Uh? To me, Buck, 331 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:06,480 Speaker 1: I thought west Coast. Get him back to the West Coast, 332 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:08,720 Speaker 1: get him in a place where he can kind of 333 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:12,200 Speaker 1: collect himself. Um. And I look at two teams. I 334 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:15,000 Speaker 1: put the Chargers down. Um, you've got Tyrod Taylor there. 335 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:18,360 Speaker 1: I think, Marcus Mariota, you talk about changing your dynamic 336 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:21,360 Speaker 1: from Philip Rivers being a pure pocket passer to being 337 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:24,160 Speaker 1: guys that are mobile and threats with their legs. Um, 338 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:26,520 Speaker 1: I think that Mariota, that could be a good fit 339 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:28,080 Speaker 1: for him there. I think you'd have a good chance 340 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:31,120 Speaker 1: to beat out Tyrod Taylor there and uh with all 341 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:32,960 Speaker 1: the weapons they have in place, and then using his 342 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:34,800 Speaker 1: mobility to get away from some of the issues as 343 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:37,760 Speaker 1: they continue to develop this offensive line would make sense. 344 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:40,320 Speaker 1: And then I put down San Francisco. Um, you know 345 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:43,280 Speaker 1: Jimmy Garoppolo, I don't. I don't think they're necessarily gonna 346 00:15:43,280 --> 00:15:45,320 Speaker 1: look to replace Jimmy Garoppolo. Buck. I think he played 347 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:47,200 Speaker 1: well on the whole. I think you miss a couple 348 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:49,560 Speaker 1: throws in the Super Bowl, but I don't think it's 349 00:15:49,640 --> 00:15:51,920 Speaker 1: you know, bring him in there just to say, hey, 350 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:54,440 Speaker 1: we've got a little competition here for you, and then 351 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 1: let Kyle Shanahan work with Mark. Marcus Mariota think back 352 00:15:57,320 --> 00:15:59,960 Speaker 1: to the Shanahan's when Archie three came into the lead 353 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:02,320 Speaker 1: and what they were able to do with him. Now, 354 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:06,080 Speaker 1: Marcus Mariota as You've talked about numerous times. Buck, He's 355 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:08,600 Speaker 1: got to accept the fact that his legs are an 356 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:13,200 Speaker 1: asset and stop trying to be a pure pocket only passer. 357 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:15,920 Speaker 1: It's not that's not who you are. That's that's fine, 358 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:17,720 Speaker 1: and you can win a lot of football games with 359 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:20,040 Speaker 1: you moving around and making plays. Embrace that, And I 360 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:22,200 Speaker 1: think if Shanahan could get through to him on that 361 00:16:22,680 --> 00:16:25,520 Speaker 1: we talked about adding firepower to this team. Maybe it's 362 00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:28,400 Speaker 1: maybe he doesn't beat out Jimmy Garoppolo, but maybe that 363 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:30,720 Speaker 1: he could find a role much like a Taysom Hill 364 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:33,360 Speaker 1: did what the New Orleans Saints. Maybe Marcus Mariota could 365 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:35,720 Speaker 1: find that type of a role with the Shanahan offense 366 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:38,240 Speaker 1: up there in San franc Man. I hadn't even thought 367 00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:40,440 Speaker 1: about it, would considered to San Francisco forty ninus, but 368 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:42,240 Speaker 1: I absolutely love that one. And the reason why I 369 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:46,280 Speaker 1: love that one, I believe that system will tee up 370 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:48,840 Speaker 1: and serve up enough completions to make the game very 371 00:16:48,880 --> 00:16:51,760 Speaker 1: easy for Marcus Mariota. What we really haven't seen from 372 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:54,280 Speaker 1: that system is what most of the people who utilized 373 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 1: at UH original Mike Shanahan, Gary Kubiak, Kyle Shanahan, Sean 374 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:02,360 Speaker 1: make vasis him. We haven't really seen them utilize the 375 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:06,679 Speaker 1: bootleg movement. Part of it with Jimmy Garoppolo is more traditional, 376 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:10,320 Speaker 1: straight dropback, a couple of boost, but not like they 377 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:13,640 Speaker 1: could with Marcus Mariyoda. You're talking about adding your dimension 378 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:17,119 Speaker 1: to the running game. The added dimension is not necessarily 379 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:21,320 Speaker 1: Marcus Mariyoda as the quarterback design runner, but Marcus Mariyoda 380 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:24,840 Speaker 1: potentially coming out the back door on bootlegs. Imagine how 381 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:26,440 Speaker 1: you have to hold on the back side when they're 382 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:29,440 Speaker 1: handing the ball off to one of the many running backs. 383 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:31,960 Speaker 1: They kind of occupies the running back position for the Niners. 384 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:33,800 Speaker 1: I think it would be great. And then with Deebo 385 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:36,600 Speaker 1: Samu and some of those guys and George Kittle, because 386 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:39,560 Speaker 1: Marcus Marioda loves to target it tight in you're talking 387 00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:41,680 Speaker 1: about the middle of the field being wide open off 388 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:44,920 Speaker 1: play action that works for him. How about another scenario, 389 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:48,760 Speaker 1: because when Marcus Marioda was coming out of Oregon, I 390 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:52,200 Speaker 1: compared him to Alex Smith, the guy who helped Alex 391 00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:56,000 Speaker 1: Smith continue to rehab his image as a starting quarterback. Yes, 392 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:58,480 Speaker 1: it was Jim Harbaugh, but man, he did a lot 393 00:17:58,480 --> 00:18:01,000 Speaker 1: of work in Kansas City on the Indy Reid. When 394 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:05,440 Speaker 1: you think about Pat Mahomes and Pat Mahomes being everything 395 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:09,320 Speaker 1: right now, why not bringing to Marcus Mariota as a backup. 396 00:18:09,359 --> 00:18:11,639 Speaker 1: We saw them kind of pluck Matt Moore off the 397 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:15,520 Speaker 1: street when Pat Mahomes went down. If I'm Marcus Marioda, 398 00:18:15,560 --> 00:18:18,080 Speaker 1: why not go to Andy Reid and let the quarterback 399 00:18:18,119 --> 00:18:21,159 Speaker 1: whisper sprinkle a little of that magic dust on me 400 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:23,720 Speaker 1: so I can learn how to play the position and 401 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:26,879 Speaker 1: get ready. We've seen Andy Reid has been successful with 402 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:29,840 Speaker 1: every quarterback that he is touched, going all the way 403 00:18:29,840 --> 00:18:34,560 Speaker 1: back to Philadelphia with Donovan McNabb and Jeff Garcia uh a, J. 404 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:38,440 Speaker 1: Pheeley has success, Coy Deptmer. Why not take a year 405 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:41,160 Speaker 1: or two to learn how to play the position? Learn 406 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:44,280 Speaker 1: while also watching one of the best young quarterbacks that 407 00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:47,160 Speaker 1: we've seen in Pat Mahomes. I think Kansas City would 408 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:50,720 Speaker 1: be a great fit for Marcus Mariota. Yeah, I think 409 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:53,080 Speaker 1: I love that. And I remember if I'm if I 410 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:58,160 Speaker 1: remember correctly, Buck, I was in Philadelphia when Mariota came out. Um, 411 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:00,000 Speaker 1: and I want to say Andy Reid had a little 412 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:03,520 Speaker 1: affinity there for for Marcus Marriot and go back and 413 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:06,119 Speaker 1: look in and I'll say this, like Marcus Mariota is 414 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:08,359 Speaker 1: twenty six years old, buck, I mean, he's still got 415 00:19:08,359 --> 00:19:10,280 Speaker 1: a lot ahead of gotta got he got a lot 416 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:12,880 Speaker 1: of juice. And if one thing I know about Andy, 417 00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:14,680 Speaker 1: and this is something that everyone that worked on a 418 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:19,840 Speaker 1: coach Mike Holmgran has done. You can never collect enough quarterbacks. Um, 419 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:22,680 Speaker 1: They're invaluable when it comes to being able to develop them, 420 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:25,639 Speaker 1: rebuild them, then auction them off. Andy Reid gets his 421 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:27,960 Speaker 1: hands on Marcus Mariot to one and to ask some 422 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:30,000 Speaker 1: energy to and because he'd get a chance to work 423 00:19:30,040 --> 00:19:33,680 Speaker 1: with another talented quarterback, another one that he can develop. 424 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:37,280 Speaker 1: Man he gets him up and running. Imagine what they 425 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:38,960 Speaker 1: could do, what he may be able to fetch on 426 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:40,879 Speaker 1: the open market if he does have a five or 427 00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:43,720 Speaker 1: six game stretch where he plays really well, what they 428 00:19:43,720 --> 00:19:45,440 Speaker 1: can get back. And we talked about the Kan City 429 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:49,320 Speaker 1: Chiefs always adding weapons, Well, then you get another weapon 430 00:19:49,359 --> 00:19:51,679 Speaker 1: that would maybe enable you to continue to play the 431 00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:53,760 Speaker 1: same way that you play with Pat Mahomes. He's not 432 00:19:53,840 --> 00:19:57,600 Speaker 1: Pat Mahomes, but the athleticism, the playmaking ability they do 433 00:19:57,680 --> 00:20:00,399 Speaker 1: have some traits that uh kind of cross over. I 434 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:01,639 Speaker 1: think it would be a great fit for him in 435 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:03,879 Speaker 1: Kansas City. The interesting thing that with Kansas City is 436 00:20:03,880 --> 00:20:06,960 Speaker 1: once they pay Pat, I don't know that they'd have 437 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:10,200 Speaker 1: because you gotta believe Marcus Mariotta is at least gonna 438 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:13,080 Speaker 1: get top tier backup money from teams around the league. 439 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:17,000 Speaker 1: Think you think you squeeze all that money? Uh what 440 00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:18,879 Speaker 1: did Teddy end up getting? He got like seven might 441 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:22,520 Speaker 1: go back to Mike seven. Whatever he got. Yeah, he's 442 00:20:22,520 --> 00:20:26,320 Speaker 1: gonna get that. He's gonna get That's what I'm saying. 443 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:28,280 Speaker 1: If he if he's going to command at minimum, I'm 444 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:30,440 Speaker 1: thinking Marcus Mariota, somebody's gonna pay him ten million a 445 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:32,760 Speaker 1: year to come in as the backup. Um So then 446 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:34,960 Speaker 1: now you're sitting there going, I can't I can't have 447 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:37,879 Speaker 1: forty million dollars Patrick Mahomes and ten million dollars in 448 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:40,679 Speaker 1: my backup. Uh So that that'll be just kind of 449 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:43,840 Speaker 1: a financial situation. To see what happens there with that one. 450 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:46,320 Speaker 1: Next one on the list, Buck I wrote down Derek Carr, 451 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:49,200 Speaker 1: And you know, look, I don't know what's gonna happen 452 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:51,760 Speaker 1: with Derek Carr. He could very well move to Las Vegas, 453 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:53,800 Speaker 1: move into that house that he's got that he's building 454 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:56,200 Speaker 1: right next to John Gruden. But just when you listen 455 00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:58,320 Speaker 1: to the public comments that are out there, Buck, I 456 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:01,600 Speaker 1: do not get an overwhelming sense of support there with 457 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:04,960 Speaker 1: their car, And so when I look at that, I 458 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:06,879 Speaker 1: could see them trying. You know, they've got assets. The 459 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:09,040 Speaker 1: Oakland Raiders have money, and they have draft picks, so 460 00:21:09,119 --> 00:21:10,879 Speaker 1: they've got avenues where they could go out and get 461 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:13,680 Speaker 1: a veteran. We've already talked about Tom Brady potentially, Um, 462 00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:15,240 Speaker 1: they could go into the draft. We'll get to those 463 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:17,280 Speaker 1: guys here in a little bit. Um. But if they 464 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:19,920 Speaker 1: do decide to move on from Derek Carr, I mean really, 465 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:21,680 Speaker 1: I can cut and paste everything you said about Andy 466 00:21:21,760 --> 00:21:23,560 Speaker 1: Dalton going to the New England Patriots, and I would 467 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:25,840 Speaker 1: just cut and paste it to Derek Carr. Uh and 468 00:21:26,119 --> 00:21:28,680 Speaker 1: the other thing I would add on that, Derek Carr 469 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:32,160 Speaker 1: the Fresno State connection. There's always like these weird connections, 470 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:35,159 Speaker 1: right Pat Hill there at Fresno State. You look at 471 00:21:35,160 --> 00:21:38,000 Speaker 1: Pat Hill having coach with Bill Belichick, having a closer 472 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:41,119 Speaker 1: relationship there, so that that could be kind of an 473 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:43,280 Speaker 1: easy way for Belichick to kind of do his homework 474 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:46,640 Speaker 1: on Derek Carr through Pat Hill. Look, that's that's that's 475 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:48,400 Speaker 1: a good idea. The only thing that I worry about 476 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:51,880 Speaker 1: when it comes to Derek Carr and Bill Belichick, um 477 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:54,000 Speaker 1: and and and I can't get it. I can't get 478 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:57,359 Speaker 1: a full sense of this, But I wonder about the toughness, 479 00:21:57,840 --> 00:22:00,920 Speaker 1: you know, like I kind of feel like at that position, 480 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:04,199 Speaker 1: like the toughness. Is he tough enough to endure the 481 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:06,240 Speaker 1: stuff that would come along with it? Because not only 482 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:08,920 Speaker 1: like you're not talking physically, you're not talking just to 483 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:12,439 Speaker 1: grind the mental stuff or whatever. Because whoever steps in 484 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:15,800 Speaker 1: and replace TV twelve, like you have to have enough 485 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:19,879 Speaker 1: enough resolve and and and grit and mental toughness to 486 00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:22,840 Speaker 1: endure all the criticism that is going to come because 487 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:26,560 Speaker 1: remember they're going to romanticize Tom Brady when he leaves, 488 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:31,280 Speaker 1: and so with every mistake, every bad game, every social performance, 489 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:34,639 Speaker 1: you're going to be compared to number twelve. Does he 490 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:40,199 Speaker 1: have enough intestinal fortitude to handle stepping in for Tom Brady? 491 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:41,560 Speaker 1: That is the only thing that would leave me to 492 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:43,480 Speaker 1: pause a little bit with him going to New England. 493 00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:46,639 Speaker 1: I do believe there's some other teams that would entertain 494 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:49,480 Speaker 1: it like it. It popped up on Twitter right like uh. 495 00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:51,600 Speaker 1: I had a debate with the one of Gastro Sports 496 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:54,600 Speaker 1: track about Derek car potentially going to the Dallas Cowboys, 497 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:58,480 Speaker 1: and on paper, yes, it would look great. Like from 498 00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:01,040 Speaker 1: a schematic standpoint, Mike mc arthy being able to work 499 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:04,080 Speaker 1: with Derek Carr, quick rhythm thrower, a guy that can 500 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:06,320 Speaker 1: get the ball out in perimeter and let those guys go. 501 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:09,200 Speaker 1: The one thing he would be stepping into that leadership 502 00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:12,439 Speaker 1: vacuum that would be vacated by Dak Prescott leaving if 503 00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:16,000 Speaker 1: that Prescott departed or whatever. A lot of things that 504 00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:18,320 Speaker 1: I have with Derek Carr have little to do with 505 00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:22,200 Speaker 1: his physical ability and more to do with like his ticker, 506 00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:25,800 Speaker 1: his toughness, his heart, his competitive desire. Is he built 507 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:28,560 Speaker 1: forward on a grander stage because look, leaving the Raiders, 508 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:31,040 Speaker 1: going to New England and going to the Cowboys, you're 509 00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:33,080 Speaker 1: talking about being on some of the biggest stages that 510 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:35,199 Speaker 1: you can find. I just want if he's built for 511 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:37,840 Speaker 1: all of that. Yeah, My my thing with with Derek 512 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 1: is just I just want to see him just embrace 513 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:42,120 Speaker 1: kind of that attack mode. You know, you see glimpses 514 00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:43,920 Speaker 1: of it and you get excited, but then he kind 515 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:45,439 Speaker 1: of gets back in and it is a little bit 516 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:47,520 Speaker 1: too cautious and too conservative. I think there's a happy 517 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:50,080 Speaker 1: medium in there somewhere to be found, like the scale 518 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:52,400 Speaker 1: right between a Jamis Winston and a Derek Carr. Can 519 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:54,600 Speaker 1: you find something in the middle there, you know, without 520 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:57,360 Speaker 1: being reckless, but being a little more aggressive. I think 521 00:23:57,400 --> 00:23:59,879 Speaker 1: that's you know, that's my that's my frustration because I 522 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:02,720 Speaker 1: you see glimpses of him, um showing that ability. I 523 00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:04,600 Speaker 1: just want to see him be continue, you know, continued, 524 00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:08,160 Speaker 1: show me that aggressive attacking style UM that I wish 525 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:09,840 Speaker 1: we had a little bit more of. When we get 526 00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:12,639 Speaker 1: to the Dallas Cowboys, Buck, I that's Dak Prescott. Dak 527 00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:14,879 Speaker 1: Prescott's not leaving Dallas. Dallas is not gonna let that 528 00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:16,639 Speaker 1: one get away one way or the other. He'll be 529 00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:20,080 Speaker 1: a cowboy. No, I think he looks he's before then 530 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:22,320 Speaker 1: they have all the levers, like, they can drop the 531 00:24:22,359 --> 00:24:24,159 Speaker 1: franchise tag on him, they can sign him to a 532 00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:27,640 Speaker 1: long term deal. So regardless, we're gonna see Dak Prescott 533 00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:30,000 Speaker 1: with the Dallas Cowboys. I'm actually excited to see it. 534 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,640 Speaker 1: Because I'm excited to see what Mike McCarthy actually does 535 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:35,800 Speaker 1: with Dak Prescott. This is a little different in terms 536 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:39,280 Speaker 1: of everyone always thinks about Mike McCarthy being attached to 537 00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:42,040 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers. But I want people to go back and 538 00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:45,320 Speaker 1: think Mike McCarthy was an offensive coordinator in New Orleans 539 00:24:45,359 --> 00:24:48,480 Speaker 1: when Aaron Brooks was the quarterback, and he up Aaron 540 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:51,040 Speaker 1: Brooks play at a very very high level. And I 541 00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:52,800 Speaker 1: know a lot of people have made it out to 542 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:55,840 Speaker 1: be where Aaron Rodgers make Mike McCarthy, But make no mistake, 543 00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:59,320 Speaker 1: he is a very very solid quarterback developer in Whisper. 544 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:02,000 Speaker 1: He will do a really really good job with Dak Prescott. 545 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,320 Speaker 1: Regardless of whether they continue to use Killing Moore system 546 00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:07,800 Speaker 1: or his system. We will see Dak Prescott's game continue 547 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:11,359 Speaker 1: to improve with Mike McCarthy really working on the fundamentals 548 00:25:11,359 --> 00:25:13,560 Speaker 1: and mechanics with him. Yeah, I'd be excited if I 549 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:15,280 Speaker 1: was a Cowboy fan. I know they've got a ton 550 00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:16,920 Speaker 1: of free agents, They've got to figure out who they're 551 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:19,440 Speaker 1: gonna pay here. Um, But I do feel like Dak 552 00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:21,920 Speaker 1: Prescott this is he's just getting going here. He's gonna 553 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:23,840 Speaker 1: be a very good player for them for the next decade. 554 00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:26,080 Speaker 1: They've got their guy, they'll take care of him. Uh, 555 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:28,720 Speaker 1: don't worry about it now. Now we get to an 556 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:32,520 Speaker 1: interesting one here, Buck, Cam Newton. Uh, Cam Newton. They're 557 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:35,680 Speaker 1: coming off injury with the Carolina Panthers. You've got obviously 558 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:38,320 Speaker 1: new coach there, Matt Rule, who gets a seven year contract, 559 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:40,639 Speaker 1: so you know he is not going anywhere. You've got 560 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:43,920 Speaker 1: a relatively new owner. Um. This to me, a lot 561 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:45,960 Speaker 1: of things point to okay, we're going in a new 562 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:49,919 Speaker 1: direction starting over. Um, can they you know, see what 563 00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:53,200 Speaker 1: they can potentially get for a Cam Newton. But having 564 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:55,119 Speaker 1: said that, I think when they kind of look at 565 00:25:55,119 --> 00:25:57,600 Speaker 1: what their options are where they're picking in the draft, 566 00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:01,160 Speaker 1: who they'd be able to be in on in free agency, 567 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:04,479 Speaker 1: I don't I don't see an upgrade Buck, I just 568 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:06,480 Speaker 1: don't see one out there. So when I look at 569 00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:09,200 Speaker 1: it that way, well, a lot of those factors point 570 00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:12,840 Speaker 1: to a change. To me. I always my dad gave 571 00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:14,239 Speaker 1: me this advice when I was young and we were 572 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:17,920 Speaker 1: talking about jobs and you know, potentially leaving one job 573 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:19,360 Speaker 1: or going to the other one, and he always said, 574 00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:22,159 Speaker 1: don't ever, Um, you know, don't ever jump off a 575 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:23,920 Speaker 1: train unless you know you're gonna be able to get 576 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:28,480 Speaker 1: on one. Don't know, he said. He said run to something, 577 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:31,600 Speaker 1: don't run from something. So in other words, Okay, maybe 578 00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:33,800 Speaker 1: I don't love everything about Cam Newton, but if you 579 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:36,720 Speaker 1: don't have something out there that you like better, sorry, man, 580 00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:38,639 Speaker 1: that's that's who you're dancing with right now. And I 581 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:40,919 Speaker 1: just don't see an upgrade out there for Carolina. They 582 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:43,199 Speaker 1: don't have one on the roster. Um, So I have 583 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:46,560 Speaker 1: Carolina being the most likely that he returns there, and 584 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:48,440 Speaker 1: then the second team I wrote down just because I 585 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:51,159 Speaker 1: thought it would be fun. I don't see the Bears 586 00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:53,520 Speaker 1: giving up on Mitch Robiski anytime soon. I think they're 587 00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:55,360 Speaker 1: very much committed to him and try and get him 588 00:26:55,359 --> 00:26:57,439 Speaker 1: healthy in the offseason. Hope he can bounce back and 589 00:26:57,480 --> 00:27:00,400 Speaker 1: have a better year. But Matt Naggy, how having spent 590 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:03,680 Speaker 1: that time under Andy Reid, Um, I think he would. 591 00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:06,679 Speaker 1: He would be a fun creative outlet to use Cam Newton, 592 00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:08,720 Speaker 1: provided we see the Cam Newton return to the health 593 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:12,119 Speaker 1: that we saw him previously. Yeah, look, I like that. 594 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:15,560 Speaker 1: It would be interesting, uh to kind of put Cam 595 00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:18,400 Speaker 1: in the Windy City. I think it would be challenging, though, 596 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:20,400 Speaker 1: I think would be challenging to put a guy who 597 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:23,920 Speaker 1: has been an m v P right behind a quarterback 598 00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:26,320 Speaker 1: who has been struggling, who has heard a lot to 599 00:27:26,359 --> 00:27:27,920 Speaker 1: me with that, to me with me, and you're kind 600 00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:30,879 Speaker 1: of moving on. I get Cam Newton to be a backup. 601 00:27:31,119 --> 00:27:35,440 Speaker 1: It's like Cam Newton, he's the dude like Mitch would 602 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:37,360 Speaker 1: have to have to do it. I have another scenario, 603 00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:39,800 Speaker 1: and so you're really close to this team. How about 604 00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:41,800 Speaker 1: the l A Charges. And here's why I would say 605 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:43,919 Speaker 1: Cam Newton potentially with the l A Charges. I know 606 00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:46,520 Speaker 1: Tyrod Taylor is there, but you're the l A Chargers. 607 00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:49,879 Speaker 1: You're in l A. L A demands a little showtime, 608 00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:53,040 Speaker 1: they demand a little star power. So Anthony Lynn has 609 00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:56,000 Speaker 1: had success dealing with athletic quarterbacks, when then you give 610 00:27:56,080 --> 00:27:58,280 Speaker 1: him an athletic quarterback who was played at a m 611 00:27:58,359 --> 00:28:01,919 Speaker 1: v P level who also has some star power, a 612 00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:04,639 Speaker 1: little casher, a little hey, maybe we should tune in 613 00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:07,240 Speaker 1: to see what the charges look like with maybe a 614 00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:10,480 Speaker 1: guy who was a megastar at the position. So him 615 00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:13,520 Speaker 1: and him with the Chargers, Cam new with the Chargers 616 00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:17,800 Speaker 1: is one scenario. The second scenario would be the Washington Redskins. 617 00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:20,280 Speaker 1: And on paper it doesn't look like a great fit, 618 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:23,400 Speaker 1: because look, they just drafted a guy in Dwayne Haskins. 619 00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:26,600 Speaker 1: What typically happens when you're a head coach and you 620 00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:30,560 Speaker 1: get full autonomy to run the personnel department, what you 621 00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:32,960 Speaker 1: typically do is you fall back in love with the 622 00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:36,520 Speaker 1: guys that you've always had around you. And so I 623 00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:39,920 Speaker 1: could see Ron Rivera kind of still having loving eyes 624 00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:43,440 Speaker 1: for Cam Newton if Cam Newton comes available, and because 625 00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:45,480 Speaker 1: they did go on a Super Bowl run, and because 626 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:49,160 Speaker 1: he did basically raise Cam Newton from a pup to 627 00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:52,720 Speaker 1: a full blown out grown man and m v pleep 628 00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:55,680 Speaker 1: m v P player, I could see Ron Riveria being like, 629 00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:58,160 Speaker 1: you know what, maybe the nation's capital as we jump 630 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:01,440 Speaker 1: starting our team, maybe just maybe a hand the kings 631 00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:05,000 Speaker 1: of the keys to the kingdom to Cam Newton. Yeah, 632 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:07,600 Speaker 1: I again, Buck, I had come back to the original point, though, 633 00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:10,320 Speaker 1: I mean, do you see who's Carolina gonna get? That's 634 00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:12,520 Speaker 1: better right now? I see, I don't know. That's that's 635 00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:15,960 Speaker 1: always been That's always that That's always been the thing. 636 00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:17,920 Speaker 1: And I know we can talk about like ushering in 637 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:21,560 Speaker 1: a change and a new culture and look, Keikly has gone, 638 00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:24,080 Speaker 1: Greg Osen has gone, So it appears that the next 639 00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:26,640 Speaker 1: domino to fall would be Cam Newton. But Matt Rule 640 00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:28,280 Speaker 1: has to look around and say, hey, someone has to 641 00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:30,760 Speaker 1: take a snap, and that's that. Someone has to have 642 00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:33,400 Speaker 1: some credibility. We look at the rest of the league 643 00:29:33,560 --> 00:29:36,480 Speaker 1: and we can talk about down sizing in terms of 644 00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:38,920 Speaker 1: the number on the camp. But Cam Newton is nineteen 645 00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:41,400 Speaker 1: million dollars. So what am I really doing if I 646 00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:44,400 Speaker 1: move on from him? Maybe, just maybe for a year, 647 00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:48,880 Speaker 1: we roll with Cam Newton and see what about? What about? What? 648 00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:50,960 Speaker 1: What about the buck? The elephant in the room? Why? 649 00:29:51,040 --> 00:29:52,840 Speaker 1: Why are we not? Why are we not thinking about this? 650 00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:55,600 Speaker 1: I mean, let's put our NBA hat on here for 651 00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:58,480 Speaker 1: a second. Let's think about a quarterback at Clemson. Let's 652 00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:01,800 Speaker 1: put our NBA hat on and see a lot of patients. 653 00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:05,120 Speaker 1: Word I'm not saying. I'm not gonna say the word 654 00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:08,720 Speaker 1: about Maybe. So maybe maybe we're gonna treat this like 655 00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:10,640 Speaker 1: a recreational football team and say, hey, guys, we're just 656 00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:12,440 Speaker 1: gonna wory about the process. We're not gonna worry about 657 00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:14,640 Speaker 1: the wins and losses. We're just gonna get better, learn 658 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:16,400 Speaker 1: how to Pratt and is learn how to communicate one 659 00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:18,440 Speaker 1: another and all those things. And oh, by the way, 660 00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:20,480 Speaker 1: if we happen to go to and fourteen and we're 661 00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:24,760 Speaker 1: position in rock Hill, South Carolina, to get a quarterback 662 00:30:24,840 --> 00:30:27,880 Speaker 1: that may wear orange at one of the institutions in 663 00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:31,360 Speaker 1: South Carolina, maybe just maybe that just happens to work out. 664 00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:34,840 Speaker 1: Not a bad thought, teach. I'm not gonna say anything. 665 00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:37,480 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna say anything. But if you're listening to 666 00:30:37,520 --> 00:30:39,400 Speaker 1: this right now, I may or may not be doing 667 00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:44,360 Speaker 1: the boat to celebration. I mean, maybe, just maybe it's 668 00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:47,160 Speaker 1: maybe it is a viable Hey can We're gonna let 669 00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:49,080 Speaker 1: you go. We're just gonna play with uh, you know, 670 00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:51,240 Speaker 1: we agree with we'll let you play quarterback for this year, 671 00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:53,720 Speaker 1: and you know, just give you a full opportunity to 672 00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:56,200 Speaker 1: develop and grow and do all those things. And we'll 673 00:30:56,280 --> 00:30:58,040 Speaker 1: let Joe Brady learn how to call plays at the 674 00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:00,680 Speaker 1: NFL level and all those things so he be ripe, 675 00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:03,800 Speaker 1: primpt and ready to go for when some guy with 676 00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:09,000 Speaker 1: flowing locks um kind of comes and fall. Let's do 677 00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:12,920 Speaker 1: it right now, start Week one. Starting at quarterback for 678 00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:19,600 Speaker 1: your Carolina Panthers, Willie Mays Hayes come on out. I 679 00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:22,920 Speaker 1: mean not not not a bad not not a bad thing. 680 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:25,360 Speaker 1: Get a bunch of young players playing well. And one 681 00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:27,840 Speaker 1: thing we know about coach, if you look, if you 682 00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:31,000 Speaker 1: looked around the league, out I mean, they make the 683 00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:36,160 Speaker 1: most sense geographically. And you think about who's potentially out there. 684 00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:39,040 Speaker 1: If any team you're gonna say could potentially go down 685 00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:42,440 Speaker 1: that path, that team makes more sense than any of 686 00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:44,320 Speaker 1: the team in the league. And one thing that we've 687 00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:46,560 Speaker 1: seen is like Matt Rule is undaunted by having slow 688 00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:48,600 Speaker 1: stars to his tenures. You look at what he did 689 00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:51,800 Speaker 1: at temporary at Baylor. Hey, you know what we go 690 00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:53,880 Speaker 1: one if your team doesn't change the next year, we 691 00:31:53,880 --> 00:31:55,760 Speaker 1: can get up and going. And all you have to 692 00:31:55,760 --> 00:31:58,400 Speaker 1: do is insert that guy, the guy that we're kind 693 00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:02,480 Speaker 1: of alluding to. May you just maybe it might be right? Hey, Buck, 694 00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:04,560 Speaker 1: you know when you're learning how to swim and you're young, 695 00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:07,080 Speaker 1: and you're kind of like in between, like your underwater, 696 00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:09,000 Speaker 1: but you're trying to get up and you don't have 697 00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:10,760 Speaker 1: enough juice. You know, you know the best way to 698 00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:13,280 Speaker 1: get up to the top, Buck, You go right to 699 00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:19,840 Speaker 1: the bottom and spring, push up, push, That's all I'm saying. 700 00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:23,000 Speaker 1: Sometimes you gotta go down to get up. Um, all right, 701 00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:25,840 Speaker 1: New Orleans. Uh, this is interesting. We'll see what Drew 702 00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:29,160 Speaker 1: Brees decides to do. Um. The interesting thing to me 703 00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:32,720 Speaker 1: is if Drew Brees decides to retire, all right, let's 704 00:32:32,760 --> 00:32:34,760 Speaker 1: just say, you know, potentially does that he played well 705 00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:37,880 Speaker 1: last year. But if he does decide to retire, I 706 00:32:37,560 --> 00:32:41,040 Speaker 1: I think it's Taysom Hill. I know Teddy was undefeated 707 00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:43,240 Speaker 1: in in his little stretch there, but I think Sean 708 00:32:43,280 --> 00:32:45,840 Speaker 1: Payton wants to see what he can do with Taysom 709 00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:48,440 Speaker 1: Hill and and how creative he can be. I think 710 00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:51,120 Speaker 1: it it might be a two quarterback situation, but I 711 00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:54,080 Speaker 1: would think it'll it'll be Taysom Hill is the one 712 00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:57,880 Speaker 1: a part of a two quarterback situation. Yeah. Um, you 713 00:32:57,920 --> 00:33:00,880 Speaker 1: know it'd be interesting because, like you heard, Drew Brees 714 00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:04,120 Speaker 1: talked about that two quarterback situation in terms of like, hey, 715 00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:06,920 Speaker 1: if I took thirty snaps and Taston took another twenty 716 00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:08,560 Speaker 1: and we did some of those things, like maybe, just 717 00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:11,200 Speaker 1: maybe it could work out. I do believe Sean Payton 718 00:33:11,320 --> 00:33:15,080 Speaker 1: is fascinated by Taysom Hill. He's fascinated by being able 719 00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:17,400 Speaker 1: to do some of the new school stuff. And as 720 00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:20,560 Speaker 1: we saw this year, all of us have egos in 721 00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:24,560 Speaker 1: this business, and coaches for sure have egos. You had 722 00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:26,719 Speaker 1: to know that on some of those Mondays he had 723 00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:29,160 Speaker 1: to pop in a little Lamar Jackson tape, he had 724 00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:31,000 Speaker 1: to pop in a little Calumary tape, he had to 725 00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:34,160 Speaker 1: pop in some Deshaun Watson and Pat Mahomes and said, man, 726 00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:35,959 Speaker 1: it's kind of fun when you got one of those 727 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:37,480 Speaker 1: guys that can kind of run around and you can 728 00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:39,200 Speaker 1: do some of those stuff like I can add a 729 00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:43,120 Speaker 1: whole entire column to my my play sheet if I 730 00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:44,960 Speaker 1: have a guy like that. And I think with Taysom 731 00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:48,160 Speaker 1: Hill and some of the stuff that he's flashed, maybe, 732 00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:51,520 Speaker 1: just maybe we do see the combination of number nine 733 00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:53,680 Speaker 1: and number seven kind of sharing the duties as a 734 00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:56,520 Speaker 1: quarterback in New Orleans. Um, let's get let's stay in 735 00:33:56,520 --> 00:33:59,080 Speaker 1: New Orleans there with another quarterback there and Teddy Bridgewater Buck. 736 00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:01,480 Speaker 1: We need to talk about Ted and and what would 737 00:34:01,480 --> 00:34:04,959 Speaker 1: make sense for him and where he could potentially go. Um. 738 00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:07,400 Speaker 1: I don't know. I I think the Taysom Hill thing 739 00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:09,680 Speaker 1: takes precedence there in New Orleans, and I don't know 740 00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:11,600 Speaker 1: necessarily that he would be the guy there in New Orleans. 741 00:34:11,640 --> 00:34:13,640 Speaker 1: And so when I look around for other teams, the 742 00:34:13,640 --> 00:34:15,680 Speaker 1: tempting thing about Teddy like to me, I look at 743 00:34:15,680 --> 00:34:18,319 Speaker 1: the Chargers. If you're the Chargers and you can get 744 00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:20,720 Speaker 1: Teddy Bridgewater, not only do you get a young player 745 00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:23,160 Speaker 1: who's played at a very high level. You know he's 746 00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:26,040 Speaker 1: and he's a distributor, right, so you've got the weapons there. 747 00:34:26,239 --> 00:34:28,239 Speaker 1: He can distribute the football. He's not going to turn 748 00:34:28,239 --> 00:34:30,640 Speaker 1: it over, which you knew was a frustration for Anthony 749 00:34:30,719 --> 00:34:33,480 Speaker 1: lynn Uh last year, which just the number of term 750 00:34:33,680 --> 00:34:36,160 Speaker 1: turnovers they had there at the quarterback position. So if 751 00:34:36,200 --> 00:34:39,200 Speaker 1: you get a Teddy Bridgewater and then what you've done, 752 00:34:39,239 --> 00:34:41,440 Speaker 1: Buck is you've freed yourself up. Now you've got the 753 00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:44,680 Speaker 1: sixth pick, and now let's have some fun because you 754 00:34:44,680 --> 00:34:46,879 Speaker 1: can go out and you can go get the top 755 00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:49,000 Speaker 1: tackle in the draft, whoever you think that is. If 756 00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:51,239 Speaker 1: you think that's Jeddrick Wills at Alabama, if you think 757 00:34:51,239 --> 00:34:54,640 Speaker 1: that's McKay Beckton, if you think it's Tristan Worth's whoever. Um, 758 00:34:54,680 --> 00:34:57,279 Speaker 1: you can go get the tackle to upgrade the offensive line, 759 00:34:57,400 --> 00:35:00,000 Speaker 1: or you get Teddy Bridgewater. Now you've freed yourself up 760 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:02,640 Speaker 1: with that six pick to do what I'm most enticed 761 00:35:02,680 --> 00:35:07,279 Speaker 1: by having watched this Charger's team and being an NFL fan, Man, 762 00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:10,200 Speaker 1: I would give me Isaiah Simmons and let him and 763 00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:13,960 Speaker 1: Derwin James just having on the back end of that 764 00:35:14,040 --> 00:35:17,800 Speaker 1: defense with two versatile chess pieces. And now you've got Bosa. 765 00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:20,320 Speaker 1: You so you've got Ingram coming back. You've got past rushers, 766 00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:22,720 Speaker 1: and you've got two of the more athletic versatile players 767 00:35:23,160 --> 00:35:25,319 Speaker 1: UH in the NFL. With those two guys, and now 768 00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:28,120 Speaker 1: you've got Teddy Bridgewater, you're protecting the football. He's efficient. 769 00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:31,080 Speaker 1: When I look at all these options, if I'm the Chargers, 770 00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:33,080 Speaker 1: I think I put Teddy Bridgewater right at the top 771 00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:36,359 Speaker 1: of my list. Yeah, like, that's not a bad idea, DJ, 772 00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:40,080 Speaker 1: because here's what you're also doing. And I do wonder 773 00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:42,319 Speaker 1: because if you move on from Philip Rivers and now, 774 00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:45,600 Speaker 1: maybe Anthony Lynn really builds the team in the way 775 00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:48,840 Speaker 1: that he kind of envisions it needs to play to 776 00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:52,319 Speaker 1: really have sustainable success. Maybe they do become a little 777 00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:55,279 Speaker 1: more of a complimentary team where maybe the defense is 778 00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:57,920 Speaker 1: the driving force of their success. Maybe they invest a 779 00:35:57,920 --> 00:36:00,200 Speaker 1: little more in the running game in the offensive line, 780 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:04,120 Speaker 1: and then your quarterback is able to efficiently deliver passes 781 00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:06,320 Speaker 1: down the field. Look it worked for the San Francisco 782 00:36:06,360 --> 00:36:08,200 Speaker 1: forty nine is and I'm not saying that the Chargers 783 00:36:08,520 --> 00:36:11,600 Speaker 1: front is exactly what the nus, but they certainly have 784 00:36:11,640 --> 00:36:13,560 Speaker 1: played good enough defense to do some of the things. 785 00:36:13,719 --> 00:36:15,759 Speaker 1: So if you think about how they d Lineman with 786 00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:18,200 Speaker 1: the sixth pick, if you think about how the Chargers 787 00:36:18,440 --> 00:36:21,040 Speaker 1: have been built in a year ago, how they were 788 00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:22,799 Speaker 1: able to kind of get into the playoffs in mayk 789 00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:26,879 Speaker 1: because the defense was leading away. Dominant defense, running game, 790 00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:29,480 Speaker 1: efficient quarterback play. That could be the way. And then 791 00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:32,080 Speaker 1: if you add another defensive playmaker like a Simmons to 792 00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:35,920 Speaker 1: go with Derwin James Man you're talking about, I mean 793 00:36:36,040 --> 00:36:38,160 Speaker 1: fireworks on the defense of the ball as you kind 794 00:36:38,160 --> 00:36:41,680 Speaker 1: of knocking people around, and we've talked about it. You 795 00:36:41,719 --> 00:36:44,240 Speaker 1: have to build your team to beat the new bully 796 00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:45,799 Speaker 1: in the in the in the a f C West, 797 00:36:45,840 --> 00:36:48,000 Speaker 1: which the Kansas City Chiefs. How are you going to 798 00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:50,680 Speaker 1: close the gap? Is that A We're going to outscore 799 00:36:50,719 --> 00:36:53,200 Speaker 1: them or no, we're gonna slow the game down and 800 00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:54,960 Speaker 1: we're gonna play like the forty nine is played. And 801 00:36:55,239 --> 00:36:56,799 Speaker 1: the way to forty nine is control of the game 802 00:36:56,840 --> 00:37:00,319 Speaker 1: for three and a half quarters. Defense, run it and 803 00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:03,520 Speaker 1: find a way to get Pat Mahomes uncomfortable in office spot. 804 00:37:03,719 --> 00:37:05,680 Speaker 1: It may be investing a little more in your defense, 805 00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:07,480 Speaker 1: but you have to have an efficient quarterback on a 806 00:37:07,520 --> 00:37:10,080 Speaker 1: chief deal to be able to do it. Yeah, he's 807 00:37:10,120 --> 00:37:12,400 Speaker 1: an interesting option to me. I don't know that necessarily 808 00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:14,560 Speaker 1: the upside is through the roof buck, but I think 809 00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:17,239 Speaker 1: a very high floor, meaning I think Teddy Bridgewater needs 810 00:37:17,239 --> 00:37:19,120 Speaker 1: to go to a good team and established team with 811 00:37:19,160 --> 00:37:20,880 Speaker 1: a lot of players. I think you can keep that 812 00:37:20,920 --> 00:37:22,480 Speaker 1: train rolling. We saw it last year when he was 813 00:37:22,520 --> 00:37:24,440 Speaker 1: when he was playing for New Orleans. And one other 814 00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:26,680 Speaker 1: team that I would mention with Teddy Bridgewater the Tampa 815 00:37:26,680 --> 00:37:29,279 Speaker 1: Bay Buccaneers, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers would be a 816 00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:32,120 Speaker 1: team that you would have to consider because you saw 817 00:37:32,239 --> 00:37:36,000 Speaker 1: Bruce Arians growing increasingly more frustrated with the turnovers from 818 00:37:36,320 --> 00:37:39,400 Speaker 1: Jamis Winston and you talk about thirty interceptions with the 819 00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:42,480 Speaker 1: weapons that they have on the outside. Really you're telling 820 00:37:42,520 --> 00:37:45,040 Speaker 1: your quarterback, hey man, just don't mess this up. Just 821 00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:48,240 Speaker 1: don't give it away to the other team. Mike Evans, 822 00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:51,319 Speaker 1: Chris Goodwin, Uh, you have O. J. Howard. They still 823 00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:53,120 Speaker 1: can beef up the office line in the running game. 824 00:37:53,560 --> 00:37:57,239 Speaker 1: But man, if they just don't give games away by 825 00:37:57,239 --> 00:37:59,400 Speaker 1: turning it over, they certainly would have a chance to 826 00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:01,879 Speaker 1: be a team that is in the playoffs the next season. Well, 827 00:38:01,880 --> 00:38:04,440 Speaker 1: that gets us to Tampa, and that gets us to 828 00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:08,839 Speaker 1: Jamis Winston, um Buck, I I still you know, look, 829 00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:11,520 Speaker 1: I I still put Tampa down as the favorite that 830 00:38:11,920 --> 00:38:16,040 Speaker 1: turns there. Uh you know to me that that makes 831 00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:17,799 Speaker 1: probably the most sense when you look at all these 832 00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:20,600 Speaker 1: different options. But I put the Raiders down there as well. 833 00:38:20,719 --> 00:38:23,120 Speaker 1: And and that's what I referenced earlier, trying to find 834 00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:25,440 Speaker 1: that happy medium. Maybe that's what it is. Maybe you 835 00:38:25,520 --> 00:38:27,879 Speaker 1: maybe you bring in Jamis Winston with Derek Carr, put 836 00:38:27,920 --> 00:38:31,360 Speaker 1: them together, and hope Derek Carr and his conservative nature 837 00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:34,800 Speaker 1: rubs off on Jamis and hope jamis is aggressive nature 838 00:38:35,239 --> 00:38:37,520 Speaker 1: rubs off on Derek Carr, and then it just let's 839 00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:39,480 Speaker 1: have a competition here, Let's see who Let's see who 840 00:38:39,520 --> 00:38:42,279 Speaker 1: comes out of this thing. Well, one thing that uh, look, 841 00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:44,880 Speaker 1: I I talked about it with Andy Reid and what 842 00:38:45,040 --> 00:38:47,920 Speaker 1: everyone learned from coach Holborn, Uh, you can never have 843 00:38:48,040 --> 00:38:50,280 Speaker 1: enough quarterbacks and you always kind of take on these 844 00:38:50,600 --> 00:38:54,480 Speaker 1: reclamation projects. Well, when I first went to the Oakland Raiders, 845 00:38:54,719 --> 00:38:57,440 Speaker 1: the starting quarterback for the Raiders was Jeff George. Uh, 846 00:38:57,560 --> 00:38:59,880 Speaker 1: Jeff George was a guy who was as talented as 847 00:38:59,880 --> 00:39:01,560 Speaker 1: he come. But John Gruten was like, well, let me 848 00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:04,279 Speaker 1: get my hands on him, and maybe I can fix him. 849 00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:07,319 Speaker 1: And because we all have egos in this business, every 850 00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:10,440 Speaker 1: quarterback whisper thinks they can fix the quarterback. So maybe, 851 00:39:10,480 --> 00:39:13,400 Speaker 1: just maybe, John Gruten is looking at Jamis Winston and 852 00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:15,719 Speaker 1: he's looking at the highlights. He's looking at him push 853 00:39:15,760 --> 00:39:17,879 Speaker 1: the ball down the field. He's looking at the miraculous 854 00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:21,520 Speaker 1: place that he's making, and he's saying, if I can 855 00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:24,759 Speaker 1: just get him to fix the bone head decisions, to 856 00:39:24,880 --> 00:39:29,520 Speaker 1: do away with those decisions, imagine how good he can be. 857 00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:32,080 Speaker 1: So maybe he takes on that challenge with the Las 858 00:39:32,160 --> 00:39:35,160 Speaker 1: Vegas Raiders because look, the leadership skills are there, the 859 00:39:35,239 --> 00:39:38,200 Speaker 1: fearlessness and the courage and the toughness, all those things 860 00:39:38,239 --> 00:39:41,480 Speaker 1: are there. His biggest issue is he is careless and 861 00:39:41,560 --> 00:39:45,359 Speaker 1: reckless with the football. Maybe John Gruden says, I can 862 00:39:45,360 --> 00:39:47,319 Speaker 1: put him in a situation where I coach him hard 863 00:39:47,560 --> 00:39:49,600 Speaker 1: and I can fix that part of his game. Yeah, 864 00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:52,160 Speaker 1: I think it'd be fascinating. I mean, that's the year 865 00:39:52,160 --> 00:39:54,640 Speaker 1: I'd want to see hard knocks. Just to see those two, 866 00:39:54,800 --> 00:39:56,520 Speaker 1: you know, in the room together and see how that 867 00:39:56,560 --> 00:39:58,759 Speaker 1: all would shake out. There would be kind of fun. 868 00:39:59,120 --> 00:40:01,040 Speaker 1: Um all right, Buck, that was kind of our quarterback 869 00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:03,839 Speaker 1: carousel there, and as you can tell by the guys 870 00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:06,640 Speaker 1: we just went through, it's gonna be a fascinating offseason. Uh. 871 00:40:06,760 --> 00:40:08,520 Speaker 1: Let's go just quick pace here, because we're gonna have 872 00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:10,440 Speaker 1: a lot more time talk about these draft guys as 873 00:40:10,440 --> 00:40:13,040 Speaker 1: we go through the process, but just kind of as 874 00:40:13,080 --> 00:40:15,520 Speaker 1: we stand right now, very early on the two, two 875 00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:18,359 Speaker 1: or three teams that make the most sense for these players. Um. 876 00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:21,040 Speaker 1: I'll run through the top obviously one, two, three, four 877 00:40:21,120 --> 00:40:23,680 Speaker 1: or five six quarterbacks here and kind of give you 878 00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:26,480 Speaker 1: my two two teams, and then kind of just after 879 00:40:26,520 --> 00:40:28,960 Speaker 1: I get through your this list, Buck, kind of highlight 880 00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:30,960 Speaker 1: which ones you like or which fits you'd like to 881 00:40:31,040 --> 00:40:34,920 Speaker 1: change here. Uh, Burrow Cincinnati's obvious one. I put Miami 882 00:40:34,960 --> 00:40:37,480 Speaker 1: down there just as a second in case, you know, 883 00:40:37,520 --> 00:40:39,319 Speaker 1: they have all the firepower if they were in love 884 00:40:39,400 --> 00:40:41,000 Speaker 1: with him. I don't think that since Anati Bengals will 885 00:40:41,040 --> 00:40:42,680 Speaker 1: trade off of one. But they're the one team with 886 00:40:42,719 --> 00:40:45,040 Speaker 1: the firepower to get up there if they wanted to. 887 00:40:45,040 --> 00:40:48,960 Speaker 1: To AH, Miami and the Chargers, that make the most 888 00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:53,080 Speaker 1: sense to me with him Herbert, the Chargers and the Lions. Uh, 889 00:40:53,080 --> 00:40:55,040 Speaker 1: there's some buzz on the streets that the Lions really like, 890 00:40:55,120 --> 00:40:57,840 Speaker 1: justin Herbert. That's why I mentioned that one. Uh, Jordan's 891 00:40:57,880 --> 00:41:01,960 Speaker 1: love the Colts and the Raiders um high upside, low floor, 892 00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:03,520 Speaker 1: a little bit of a wild card, but a lot 893 00:41:03,560 --> 00:41:06,520 Speaker 1: to work with their Uh, you trust your your your 894 00:41:06,880 --> 00:41:09,000 Speaker 1: your guys to develop quarterbacks with Frank Reig and with 895 00:41:09,080 --> 00:41:11,160 Speaker 1: John Gruden very confident they could get it out of him. 896 00:41:11,680 --> 00:41:14,719 Speaker 1: From Jake From from Georgia staying in Atlanta, backing up 897 00:41:14,760 --> 00:41:17,600 Speaker 1: Matt Ryan to eventually take over playing indoors, which I 898 00:41:17,640 --> 00:41:19,960 Speaker 1: think would benefit him. And then I put Miami in 899 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:21,919 Speaker 1: the second round is kind of you know, hey, let's 900 00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:24,799 Speaker 1: get impact players early on. We take Jake From in 901 00:41:24,800 --> 00:41:27,880 Speaker 1: the second round if they're not comfortable with to his injury. 902 00:41:27,920 --> 00:41:30,720 Speaker 1: And then Jacob Eeson Tampa Bay, our buddy Lancers airline 903 00:41:30,760 --> 00:41:32,680 Speaker 1: has been beating that drum for a while. And then 904 00:41:32,719 --> 00:41:34,919 Speaker 1: I put Carolina down there and that to me would 905 00:41:34,920 --> 00:41:38,240 Speaker 1: be Carolina probably in the second round. Is somebody just Okay, 906 00:41:38,280 --> 00:41:40,239 Speaker 1: we're not gonna get a quarterback. We don't like one 907 00:41:40,239 --> 00:41:42,359 Speaker 1: here early. Let's see if we can get a guy 908 00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:45,120 Speaker 1: like Jacob's in there in the second round. Look, man, 909 00:41:45,400 --> 00:41:48,879 Speaker 1: of all those things, um, Joe Burrow, the only other 910 00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:50,839 Speaker 1: team that I was throwing there would be Carolina because 911 00:41:50,880 --> 00:41:53,840 Speaker 1: of the natural relationship with Joe Brady. Uh. You just 912 00:41:53,840 --> 00:41:56,279 Speaker 1: talk about a scenario. Maybe Cincinnati wants to get back. 913 00:41:56,320 --> 00:41:58,640 Speaker 1: Maybe you can dangle Kim Neon out there. Maybe just 914 00:41:58,680 --> 00:42:01,239 Speaker 1: maybe they kind of fall for it. Uh. I don't 915 00:42:01,239 --> 00:42:03,760 Speaker 1: know to I think the la Charges are the perfect 916 00:42:03,800 --> 00:42:06,839 Speaker 1: fit West Coast Presidence. He comes from Hawaii. Not only that, 917 00:42:06,880 --> 00:42:08,600 Speaker 1: but when you look at him, in my mind, he 918 00:42:08,680 --> 00:42:11,320 Speaker 1: still kind of reminds me of Drew Brees, quick rhythm thrower, 919 00:42:11,520 --> 00:42:13,719 Speaker 1: all the weapons that they have on the outside. He 920 00:42:13,840 --> 00:42:16,080 Speaker 1: literally can just uh put the ball in the hands 921 00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:17,680 Speaker 1: of the playmakers and let them do their thing in 922 00:42:17,680 --> 00:42:21,160 Speaker 1: the perimeter. Justin Herbert I think really helped himself with 923 00:42:21,200 --> 00:42:23,359 Speaker 1: his performance at the Senior Bowl. Throughout the week, not 924 00:42:23,400 --> 00:42:25,320 Speaker 1: necessarily anything that he did on the field, but his 925 00:42:25,440 --> 00:42:28,440 Speaker 1: interaction with his teammates were the way he handled business 926 00:42:28,480 --> 00:42:31,080 Speaker 1: behind the scenes. I think you could see a scenario 927 00:42:31,120 --> 00:42:33,560 Speaker 1: where the Detroit Lines fall in love with him based 928 00:42:33,600 --> 00:42:37,040 Speaker 1: on watch him interact and saying like, hey, this is 929 00:42:37,360 --> 00:42:40,839 Speaker 1: the future of our franchise, and what could we get 930 00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:43,120 Speaker 1: back from Matthew Stafford if we put him on the 931 00:42:43,160 --> 00:42:46,320 Speaker 1: open market. When you think about building and rebuilding a squad, 932 00:42:47,200 --> 00:42:51,960 Speaker 1: justin like Love is is interesting to me because Indianapolis 933 00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:54,800 Speaker 1: is great. Then you talk about the Las Vegas Raiders, 934 00:42:55,200 --> 00:42:57,400 Speaker 1: John Gruden loving two teams that I would bring up, 935 00:42:57,520 --> 00:43:01,080 Speaker 1: Tampa Bay Buccaneers because Bruce arians loves gun Slinger, and 936 00:43:01,120 --> 00:43:04,680 Speaker 1: then I just continue to think about New Orleans. And 937 00:43:04,719 --> 00:43:06,840 Speaker 1: some of this has to do with like people have 938 00:43:06,960 --> 00:43:10,279 Speaker 1: made the light. I'm not saying these comparisons of valid, 939 00:43:10,320 --> 00:43:12,880 Speaker 1: but the light comparisons between Love's game and Pat Mahomes. 940 00:43:13,160 --> 00:43:15,319 Speaker 1: Imagine Sean Payton thinking, hey, you know what I would 941 00:43:15,320 --> 00:43:16,600 Speaker 1: like to do some of the things that I saw 942 00:43:16,640 --> 00:43:19,560 Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl with Love from I think you 943 00:43:19,640 --> 00:43:21,759 Speaker 1: hit the nail on the head the wild card. And 944 00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:23,840 Speaker 1: I just had this conversation last night with a scouting 945 00:43:23,880 --> 00:43:26,919 Speaker 1: buddy of mine, Jacob Easton. He was like, I don't 946 00:43:27,000 --> 00:43:29,200 Speaker 1: understand he said, look, man, I went through your mob 947 00:43:29,280 --> 00:43:31,880 Speaker 1: drafting like I was okay with he said, the names 948 00:43:31,880 --> 00:43:33,799 Speaker 1: that kind of popped up to me. He's like, I 949 00:43:33,840 --> 00:43:36,360 Speaker 1: wasn't really in love with the love thing. He's like, 950 00:43:36,480 --> 00:43:38,480 Speaker 1: how come Easton isn't in your deal. He's like, when 951 00:43:38,480 --> 00:43:41,040 Speaker 1: I look at him, I think he might be the 952 00:43:41,040 --> 00:43:43,600 Speaker 1: the third or the fourth best quarterback in the deal. 953 00:43:43,680 --> 00:43:45,520 Speaker 1: He's like, you may want to continue to pay close 954 00:43:45,520 --> 00:43:47,319 Speaker 1: attention to him. He said, I'm not the only one 955 00:43:47,560 --> 00:43:51,239 Speaker 1: on the streets that has a fascination for what this 956 00:43:51,360 --> 00:43:54,480 Speaker 1: kid could be. So look with Easton, and I think 957 00:43:54,480 --> 00:43:56,520 Speaker 1: it would be really important when we get to the combine, 958 00:43:56,880 --> 00:44:00,400 Speaker 1: when people get a chance to really see Easton throw 959 00:44:00,880 --> 00:44:05,160 Speaker 1: and they see the talent. You could see some conversation 960 00:44:05,239 --> 00:44:08,279 Speaker 1: and some buzz build about Eastan. He was still a 961 00:44:08,360 --> 00:44:10,640 Speaker 1: little up and down this year, but you can't deny 962 00:44:10,719 --> 00:44:14,640 Speaker 1: the talent. And at a time where everyone is kind 963 00:44:14,680 --> 00:44:18,640 Speaker 1: of regretting not pulling the trigger on Pat Mahomes, you're 964 00:44:18,680 --> 00:44:21,800 Speaker 1: going to see some people take chances that they ordinarily 965 00:44:21,840 --> 00:44:25,640 Speaker 1: wouldn't take on quarterbacks based on what the potential could 966 00:44:25,640 --> 00:44:28,520 Speaker 1: be as opposed to what we've just seen with our 967 00:44:28,560 --> 00:44:31,480 Speaker 1: eyes Yeah, he has got a huge arm. He's got 968 00:44:31,480 --> 00:44:33,839 Speaker 1: some bad habits he's got to break out of. Um. 969 00:44:33,880 --> 00:44:35,680 Speaker 1: But I can see that. I can see some people 970 00:44:35,680 --> 00:44:37,319 Speaker 1: falling in love with him there, Buck, And he is 971 00:44:37,320 --> 00:44:38,880 Speaker 1: gonna put on a show with the combine because he 972 00:44:38,880 --> 00:44:41,920 Speaker 1: can absolutely spend it. Um, he's got a huge arm. Uh, 973 00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:44,719 Speaker 1: no doubt so. UM. It's gonna be fun to see 974 00:44:44,719 --> 00:44:46,839 Speaker 1: how all this shakes out here in this offseason. It's 975 00:44:46,840 --> 00:44:49,719 Speaker 1: gonna be fascinating. I do want to give you some 976 00:44:49,800 --> 00:44:52,279 Speaker 1: love here, Buck, because I actually wrote this down after 977 00:44:52,280 --> 00:44:55,200 Speaker 1: our episode the other day because I think what you 978 00:44:55,200 --> 00:45:00,520 Speaker 1: you so precisely described where the quarterback position is headed. 979 00:45:00,719 --> 00:45:03,080 Speaker 1: And I think we've you know, we've done the trucks 980 00:45:03,080 --> 00:45:05,239 Speaker 1: and trailers thing forever, and we've been talking about that 981 00:45:05,280 --> 00:45:07,320 Speaker 1: on the show, and I think it's really smart and 982 00:45:07,320 --> 00:45:09,239 Speaker 1: I think it makes a lot of sense. But when 983 00:45:09,280 --> 00:45:12,680 Speaker 1: you said the other day that the quarterback position is 984 00:45:12,719 --> 00:45:17,239 Speaker 1: now about scores above shooters, and I've been thinking about 985 00:45:17,320 --> 00:45:20,640 Speaker 1: that since we talked about it, it is the perfect analogy. 986 00:45:20,680 --> 00:45:23,520 Speaker 1: That's exactly what it is. Forever. We've talked about you know, 987 00:45:23,520 --> 00:45:27,000 Speaker 1: shooters a k a. Passers from the pocket being accurate 988 00:45:27,120 --> 00:45:30,480 Speaker 1: making shots, making shots, making shots, and then now it's 989 00:45:30,520 --> 00:45:33,560 Speaker 1: about scores. If you can beat your man and score. Um, 990 00:45:33,840 --> 00:45:35,560 Speaker 1: you don't have to be the most accurate guy from 991 00:45:35,600 --> 00:45:37,040 Speaker 1: behind the arc, you know what I mean, Like you're 992 00:45:37,120 --> 00:45:39,560 Speaker 1: getting buckets and there's different ways to do that. So 993 00:45:39,680 --> 00:45:41,040 Speaker 1: at the end of the day, the goal of the 994 00:45:41,080 --> 00:45:44,000 Speaker 1: offense is score as many points as possible. Uh, So 995 00:45:44,400 --> 00:45:47,480 Speaker 1: you can sacrifice some of your your shooting accuracy. If 996 00:45:47,480 --> 00:45:49,040 Speaker 1: you can get to the bucket and you can make plays, 997 00:45:49,160 --> 00:45:50,920 Speaker 1: you can score points. And I think that is what 998 00:45:51,040 --> 00:45:53,360 Speaker 1: it's about going forward at this quarterback position. How do 999 00:45:53,400 --> 00:45:56,040 Speaker 1: you find guys that put the ball in the paint? Yeah, 1000 00:45:56,040 --> 00:45:59,520 Speaker 1: I mean it is really unbelievable. And look two guys 1001 00:45:59,560 --> 00:46:03,280 Speaker 1: that come to mind. That kind of led me to think, Uh, 1002 00:46:03,320 --> 00:46:05,920 Speaker 1: this way led us to kind of have these conversations DJ. 1003 00:46:06,040 --> 00:46:08,840 Speaker 1: I think we we were right together with Lamar Jackson 1004 00:46:09,200 --> 00:46:12,399 Speaker 1: and Josh Allen. I think we both could notice their 1005 00:46:12,400 --> 00:46:15,200 Speaker 1: flaws and their warts, and we could spend I mean, 1006 00:46:15,200 --> 00:46:16,600 Speaker 1: we could spend a ton of the time on the 1007 00:46:16,600 --> 00:46:19,840 Speaker 1: podcast talking about what they can't do well. Both guys 1008 00:46:19,840 --> 00:46:22,560 Speaker 1: have gone into lead and the league, and both of 1009 00:46:22,560 --> 00:46:24,640 Speaker 1: those guys have had a level of success that I 1010 00:46:24,680 --> 00:46:28,960 Speaker 1: don't know if anybody could have forecasted one with Lamar. Well, 1011 00:46:28,960 --> 00:46:32,200 Speaker 1: first we'll start with Josh. With Josh Allen, the intrigue 1012 00:46:32,320 --> 00:46:36,000 Speaker 1: was look big, arm talented, but man, we we never 1013 00:46:36,040 --> 00:46:39,040 Speaker 1: really saw him play up and we could make excuses 1014 00:46:39,080 --> 00:46:40,799 Speaker 1: about a he didn't have the weapons around him at 1015 00:46:40,800 --> 00:46:43,799 Speaker 1: Wyoming and you never just saw him connect where he 1016 00:46:43,800 --> 00:46:46,240 Speaker 1: goes to Buffalo and he kind of becomes a little 1017 00:46:46,280 --> 00:46:48,960 Speaker 1: different player than we saw at Wyoming because he is 1018 00:46:49,000 --> 00:46:51,799 Speaker 1: really a dual threat. His ability to make plays with 1019 00:46:51,880 --> 00:46:55,759 Speaker 1: his legs while sprinkling in a couple of wild throws 1020 00:46:55,760 --> 00:46:58,719 Speaker 1: each and every game have put the Buffalo Bills back 1021 00:46:58,880 --> 00:47:01,640 Speaker 1: as a playoff contend there where you can see them 1022 00:47:01,719 --> 00:47:04,960 Speaker 1: growing into a title contender with him at quarterback. And 1023 00:47:04,960 --> 00:47:09,320 Speaker 1: then Lamar Jackson, Look, man, anytime you win the Hodsman 1024 00:47:09,360 --> 00:47:11,239 Speaker 1: Trophy the way did you want? Anytime you're able to 1025 00:47:11,280 --> 00:47:14,279 Speaker 1: put together back to back fifteen hundred yards seasons in 1026 00:47:14,400 --> 00:47:17,239 Speaker 1: college at Louisville while also passing for over thirty or 1027 00:47:17,239 --> 00:47:19,480 Speaker 1: four hundred yards in each of those seasons, you're talking 1028 00:47:19,480 --> 00:47:22,640 Speaker 1: about a remarkable athlete and playmaker. But when you look 1029 00:47:22,680 --> 00:47:24,600 Speaker 1: at the tape, you wondered, man, I just don't know 1030 00:47:24,640 --> 00:47:26,759 Speaker 1: if he can throw it well enough. Well long beer whole. 1031 00:47:26,760 --> 00:47:28,600 Speaker 1: He gets a chance as a rookie, They're go on 1032 00:47:28,640 --> 00:47:31,279 Speaker 1: a great run into the playoffs. He then becomes the 1033 00:47:31,480 --> 00:47:34,440 Speaker 1: m v P of the league in his second season, 1034 00:47:34,800 --> 00:47:36,719 Speaker 1: doing it in a very unique way. Yeah, we can 1035 00:47:36,719 --> 00:47:39,400 Speaker 1: talk about the passing touchdowns, but really the dude had 1036 00:47:39,440 --> 00:47:43,160 Speaker 1: over twelve hundred yards on the ground. I love Michael Vick, 1037 00:47:43,239 --> 00:47:46,239 Speaker 1: but what Lamar Jackson did surpass what Michael Vick did 1038 00:47:46,360 --> 00:47:49,200 Speaker 1: as a runner. So now I'm just like, you know, 1039 00:47:49,400 --> 00:47:54,120 Speaker 1: like it is about getting buckets. It is can't look 1040 00:47:55,239 --> 00:47:58,359 Speaker 1: some people don't like Russell Westbrook, but Russell Westbrook just 1041 00:47:58,920 --> 00:48:02,440 Speaker 1: miles and collects triple doubles. Who was the next Russell 1042 00:48:02,520 --> 00:48:05,480 Speaker 1: Westbrook at the position? The guy that can just go 1043 00:48:05,600 --> 00:48:08,360 Speaker 1: and get buckets no matter what it looks like. I 1044 00:48:08,400 --> 00:48:10,680 Speaker 1: do believe it. At quarterback, we have to begin to 1045 00:48:10,719 --> 00:48:14,720 Speaker 1: appreciate guys who just find a way to string together 1046 00:48:14,800 --> 00:48:16,960 Speaker 1: first downs and put the ball into pain. Yeah, and 1047 00:48:16,960 --> 00:48:19,560 Speaker 1: if you're gonna go Russell Westbrook kind of being Lamar Jackson, 1048 00:48:19,600 --> 00:48:21,480 Speaker 1: I'll go with a guy like Dwyane Wade being at 1049 00:48:21,520 --> 00:48:24,400 Speaker 1: Josh Allen. You know, Dwayne Wade's probably not gonna win 1050 00:48:24,440 --> 00:48:26,839 Speaker 1: the three point contest and he's a score and that's 1051 00:48:26,840 --> 00:48:29,360 Speaker 1: what Josh Allen has been able to do. It's just 1052 00:48:29,400 --> 00:48:31,000 Speaker 1: a great I love it. I love it when we 1053 00:48:31,040 --> 00:48:33,400 Speaker 1: take an analogy for one sport and put it in 1054 00:48:33,440 --> 00:48:35,359 Speaker 1: another and and it makes sense and that one to me. 1055 00:48:35,480 --> 00:48:38,120 Speaker 1: So it's well done. Um all right, Buck, this has 1056 00:48:38,160 --> 00:48:39,440 Speaker 1: been a lot of fun. Man. I think this is 1057 00:48:39,480 --> 00:48:41,600 Speaker 1: a nice jumping off episode here for us as we 1058 00:48:41,640 --> 00:48:43,920 Speaker 1: go into the off season. Man, it's gonna be it's 1059 00:48:43,920 --> 00:48:45,799 Speaker 1: gonna be fun. We've got a ton of guys here 1060 00:48:45,840 --> 00:48:48,480 Speaker 1: is still to watch here to get ready for the combine. Um, 1061 00:48:48,480 --> 00:48:51,280 Speaker 1: but free agency is is uh is gonna be around 1062 00:48:51,320 --> 00:48:53,200 Speaker 1: the corner here before you know it. So that was 1063 00:48:53,200 --> 00:48:54,840 Speaker 1: a lot of fun going through that today. It was 1064 00:48:54,880 --> 00:48:56,480 Speaker 1: it was a lot of fun. And DJ here here's 1065 00:48:56,520 --> 00:48:58,960 Speaker 1: what I would like to do, like as we're going forward, 1066 00:48:59,360 --> 00:49:01,640 Speaker 1: um at think I would like a little more interaction 1067 00:49:01,719 --> 00:49:04,600 Speaker 1: from the listeners when it comes to like what would 1068 00:49:04,640 --> 00:49:06,640 Speaker 1: you guys like to hear us talk about, Like what 1069 00:49:06,800 --> 00:49:09,359 Speaker 1: topics are first and foremost in your mind? Like look, 1070 00:49:09,440 --> 00:49:13,000 Speaker 1: drop us a note on Twitter, like put a hashtag empts, 1071 00:49:13,480 --> 00:49:16,160 Speaker 1: um so empts draft questions, so we can kind of 1072 00:49:16,200 --> 00:49:18,479 Speaker 1: just figure out what do you guys want to talk about. 1073 00:49:18,600 --> 00:49:21,520 Speaker 1: How can we make this better and make sure you 1074 00:49:21,600 --> 00:49:25,120 Speaker 1: leave those reviews wherever you can. Uh, we want to 1075 00:49:25,120 --> 00:49:26,640 Speaker 1: make sure that we make this the best one that's 1076 00:49:26,640 --> 00:49:28,480 Speaker 1: out there when it comes to the draft in football. 1077 00:49:28,560 --> 00:49:30,839 Speaker 1: So hit us up, let us know. Yeah, I want 1078 00:49:30,840 --> 00:49:32,600 Speaker 1: to do it's a great idea and I want to 1079 00:49:32,600 --> 00:49:34,720 Speaker 1: do one. We'll get to this, we'll get a hashtag 1080 00:49:34,719 --> 00:49:36,960 Speaker 1: and we'll tweet it out. Um at Bucky Brooks that 1081 00:49:37,080 --> 00:49:38,840 Speaker 1: move the sticks will end up tweeting out a hashtag. 1082 00:49:38,880 --> 00:49:41,600 Speaker 1: But I do want to do one specific episode before 1083 00:49:41,640 --> 00:49:45,480 Speaker 1: the combine where we just do draft hashtag, draft questions, 1084 00:49:45,560 --> 00:49:47,600 Speaker 1: you know, MTS, draft questions, whatever, and we will do 1085 00:49:47,600 --> 00:49:49,520 Speaker 1: an entire episode. We'll take four to you an hour 1086 00:49:49,960 --> 00:49:52,239 Speaker 1: and then we'll just go through and just answer all 1087 00:49:52,280 --> 00:49:54,560 Speaker 1: the questions that you guys have there as we get 1088 00:49:54,600 --> 00:49:56,719 Speaker 1: towards the combine. I think it's a great idea, would 1089 00:49:56,719 --> 00:50:00,319 Speaker 1: be fun. Let's let's get rolling here. We got yeah, 1090 00:50:00,320 --> 00:50:01,840 Speaker 1: it'd be great. We got uh, we got a lot 1091 00:50:01,880 --> 00:50:03,080 Speaker 1: of guys to watch, lots of stuff to do, so 1092 00:50:03,080 --> 00:50:04,480 Speaker 1: we're gonna get rolling here, but do you want to 1093 00:50:04,520 --> 00:50:06,640 Speaker 1: thank the Bill for producing this Bad Boy? Thank you 1094 00:50:06,680 --> 00:50:09,680 Speaker 1: guys for listening. We'll catch you next time right here on, 1095 00:50:09,840 --> 00:50:24,120 Speaker 1: move the sticks.