WEBVTT - 03/16/21 DPS Hour 2 Dianna Russini 0:00:01.040 --> 0:00:04.400 Hey, this is Jason McIntyre. Join me every weekday morning 0:00:04.440 --> 0:00:08.400 on my podcast Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. This isn't 0:00:08.400 --> 0:00:12.080 your typical sportspod pushing the same tired narratives down your 0:00:12.119 --> 0:00:15.560 throat every day. Straight Fire gives you honest opinions on 0:00:15.760 --> 0:00:18.759 all the biggest sports headlines, accurate stats to help you 0:00:18.800 --> 0:00:21.480 win big at the sports book, and all the best guests. 0:00:21.600 --> 0:00:24.319 Do yourself a favor and listen to Straight Fire with 0:00:24.520 --> 0:00:29.400 Jason McIntyre on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever 0:00:29.440 --> 0:00:35.680 you get your podcasts. Our two. On this Tuesday, Dan 0:00:35.760 --> 0:00:39.120 and the Dane's Dan Patrick Show, one of our favorite reporters, 0:00:39.159 --> 0:00:42.280 Diana Rossini from the Mothership will join us covers the 0:00:42.400 --> 0:00:45.919 NFL Shack Barrett. He'll join us a little later on 0:00:46.000 --> 0:00:49.879 the Buccaneers linebacker he Got Paid, and Sean Payton, the 0:00:50.040 --> 0:00:52.239 Saints head coach, will join us coming up as well. 0:00:52.280 --> 0:00:54.840 We'll get to phone calls in his second hour, Age 0:00:54.880 --> 0:00:58.160 seven seven three DP show email address DP at Dan 0:00:58.200 --> 0:01:00.920 Patrick dot com, Twitter handle at d P show. Golf 0:01:00.920 --> 0:01:04.280 fans the Honda Classic this week, and you can get 0:01:04.280 --> 0:01:08.880 the coverage on Golf Channel and NBC Sports mclovin poll. 0:01:09.000 --> 0:01:11.920 Question results from the first hour, will Bill Belichick we 0:01:12.040 --> 0:01:15.119 had another super Bowl? Eighty four percent say no, okay, 0:01:15.319 --> 0:01:17.600 I have a free agency poll. Okay, when you hear 0:01:17.640 --> 0:01:20.160 your team signed a guy, is your first reaction, great, 0:01:20.160 --> 0:01:22.520 we got another player, or oh, that's a lot of money. 0:01:22.560 --> 0:01:24.880 This might now work out. Well. I never know if 0:01:24.880 --> 0:01:29.080 it's true money that we're talking about, because the agent's 0:01:29.160 --> 0:01:32.319 job is to give the impression that his client just 0:01:32.400 --> 0:01:36.440 signed for the max, and it's not always that we 0:01:36.520 --> 0:01:39.000 know that. And I think once you get into the 0:01:39.000 --> 0:01:42.080 weeds and you find out, okay, maybe that isn't that 0:01:42.200 --> 0:01:45.160 big of a contract, that exorbitant. But then there are 0:01:45.160 --> 0:01:47.760 other ones when you go, oh, no, they did pay 0:01:47.800 --> 0:01:50.480 a lot. The Patriots paid an awful lot to get 0:01:50.520 --> 0:01:55.600 younger yesterday, and by all accounts, they did a pretty 0:01:55.600 --> 0:01:58.520 good job. Now, there are a lot of teams that 0:01:58.640 --> 0:02:03.720 win in March. They win in free agency. You got 0:02:03.720 --> 0:02:07.360 to win in September, in October and November, because we've 0:02:07.400 --> 0:02:09.680 had teams that may made a big splash and then 0:02:09.680 --> 0:02:12.000 all of a sudden, you go, yeah, would they end 0:02:12.080 --> 0:02:15.519 up a lot of these teams. I applaud teams to 0:02:15.639 --> 0:02:18.120 at least try that. They go out and they spend money. 0:02:18.280 --> 0:02:21.760 Remember when Belichick was talking about the Patriots had no money. 0:02:22.760 --> 0:02:25.240 That was a year ago. Where'd they get that money? 0:02:25.800 --> 0:02:27.920 All of a sudden, you know, they're sending, you know, 0:02:27.960 --> 0:02:31.160 spending like drunk sailors on a weekend. I'll take one 0:02:31.200 --> 0:02:32.680 of them and one of those, and one of them 0:02:32.720 --> 0:02:36.040 and one of those, and here we go, Patriots. They're 0:02:36.080 --> 0:02:39.200 ready to go. Yeah, Polly, I can think it's a 0:02:39.280 --> 0:02:41.000 like a speaking as a local fan, Like if you're 0:02:41.040 --> 0:02:43.040 a fan of a team, I don't think it matters 0:02:43.080 --> 0:02:45.160 what the price is if I feel that my team 0:02:45.240 --> 0:02:47.800 signed a player on a position where we stink, Like 0:02:47.840 --> 0:02:49.720 if you have a bad offensive line. If I'm the Chiefs. 0:02:49.720 --> 0:02:52.280 If I'm a Chiefs fan and they lost two offensive 0:02:52.320 --> 0:02:54.600 linemen in the past two weeks, but then they signed 0:02:54.639 --> 0:02:57.280 offensive I'm like, we addressed that. I don't know if 0:02:57.280 --> 0:02:59.560 we actually address that. But when you see a name 0:02:59.600 --> 0:03:01.560 that helps your team at a certain position, he feels 0:03:01.560 --> 0:03:03.960 a week this, you feel better. The Buccaneers are getting 0:03:03.960 --> 0:03:07.240 the band back together, or at least they're trying, And 0:03:07.600 --> 0:03:09.600 I'm going to give their front office a lot of credit. 0:03:09.840 --> 0:03:13.040 I mean it helps that Brady, you know, he created 0:03:13.080 --> 0:03:18.440 some salary cap space with his contract. Yesterday they resigned 0:03:18.440 --> 0:03:21.840 Shack Barrett and possibly the biggest prize in the entire 0:03:21.880 --> 0:03:24.839 free agency class. It's a four year deal, seventy two 0:03:24.840 --> 0:03:28.480 million dollars, thirty six million guaranteed. It's a lot of money, 0:03:28.960 --> 0:03:32.000 but it doesn't feel like it's a whole lot for 0:03:32.080 --> 0:03:35.360 the position that is the most coveted in the NFL. 0:03:36.080 --> 0:03:39.880 And signing Barrett takes some pressure off Tampa because later 0:03:39.920 --> 0:03:42.160 in the day they got Rob Gronkowski for another year. 0:03:42.400 --> 0:03:47.119 They already franchise tag Chris Godwin. Now they work out 0:03:47.200 --> 0:03:53.480 something within Dominican Sue, Antonio Brown, Leonard Fournette. There's talk 0:03:53.560 --> 0:03:57.160 right now that Leonard Fournette is weighing an offer, according 0:03:57.200 --> 0:04:00.520 to Albert Breer, the Monday morning quarterback to stay in 0:04:00.600 --> 0:04:05.640 Tampa or the other possibility as Seattle made a strong 0:04:05.880 --> 0:04:10.320 offer to him. But Brady is trying to keep Leonard 0:04:10.360 --> 0:04:14.560 Fournette in Tampa. But you have Antonio Brown, do you 0:04:14.600 --> 0:04:19.240 bring him back? Leonard Fournette and Domickin sue. But you know, 0:04:19.279 --> 0:04:23.360 if you're one of these players, you're probably thinking maybe 0:04:23.360 --> 0:04:26.560 one more year with Tampa. You know, Tom's forty three, 0:04:26.600 --> 0:04:29.839 but you're not going to bet against him. The defense, 0:04:30.560 --> 0:04:33.120 you know, Lavante David, they resigned him, so you give 0:04:33.120 --> 0:04:38.080 me Barrett and David. I'm good. I like that defense 0:04:38.160 --> 0:04:41.080 a lot. It's a young defense, and you know how 0:04:41.120 --> 0:04:42.680 I feel about it. And I said, that's the reason 0:04:42.720 --> 0:04:45.240 why they won the Super Bowl. Also, when you look 0:04:45.240 --> 0:04:47.359 at the Kansas City Chiefs and they signed one of 0:04:47.640 --> 0:04:51.359 the Patriots lineman, Joe Tuning, and he's very good. But 0:04:51.480 --> 0:04:54.400 the Chiefs had to get their offensive line in gear 0:04:54.839 --> 0:04:57.880 because as we saw, keep this in mind, go back 0:04:57.920 --> 0:05:03.359 to the previous Super Bowl against San francis and you 0:05:03.400 --> 0:05:06.719 know the pressure that Bosa put on Mahomes in that 0:05:06.920 --> 0:05:09.760 Super Bowl. He would have been the MVP, could have 0:05:09.760 --> 0:05:13.160 been the MVP had San Francisco one. Bosa was that 0:05:13.240 --> 0:05:16.520 much of an impact. But when you have an offensive 0:05:16.560 --> 0:05:22.160 line that is average or suspect, it makes somebody as 0:05:22.200 --> 0:05:27.800 talented as Patrick Mahomes average. We never want to admit that. 0:05:29.279 --> 0:05:32.920 When you have that offensive line, it's amazing how good 0:05:32.960 --> 0:05:37.400 you can look. Mahomes is a wonderful talent. But what 0:05:37.600 --> 0:05:40.240 happened last year in the Super Bowl. This past year 0:05:40.800 --> 0:05:46.800 with Tampa Bay. They made Mahomes look average. Got to 0:05:46.839 --> 0:05:53.239 have the offensive line, Dak Prescott, rookie year offensive line, 0:05:54.160 --> 0:05:57.200 a couple of Hall of famers up there, Zeke Elliott. 0:05:57.760 --> 0:06:00.960 Everything was great thirteen and three. If you don't have 0:06:01.120 --> 0:06:06.120 that offensive line, you're not going anywhere. You know, the 0:06:06.160 --> 0:06:08.800 Colts now as opposed to when they had Andrew Luck. 0:06:09.360 --> 0:06:11.440 Andrew Luck left the game because they didn't have an 0:06:11.440 --> 0:06:15.160 offensive line. Now you have one of the best offensive 0:06:15.200 --> 0:06:17.320 linemen in football in a future Hall of Famer in 0:06:17.360 --> 0:06:20.440 Quinton Nilsen. And we don't talk about the Colts offensive 0:06:20.480 --> 0:06:24.240 line anymore. And if I'm Carson Wentz, those are my 0:06:24.279 --> 0:06:27.120 best friends. And that's why I think Wentz will have 0:06:27.400 --> 0:06:32.240 a comeback year. But even as good as Patrick Mahomes is, 0:06:33.560 --> 0:06:36.040 the first three quarters of the Super Bowl, he was 0:06:36.200 --> 0:06:40.640 average or below average. You put pressure on any quarterback. 0:06:40.680 --> 0:06:43.440 I don't care who it is, you're gonna be average. 0:06:43.960 --> 0:06:49.479 Aaron Rodgers NFC Title Game, put pressure on Mahomes in 0:06:49.480 --> 0:06:55.039 the Super Bowl, put pressure on average Brady at time 0:06:56.880 --> 0:07:01.760 when Brady doesn't have time. It's not pretty. That's why 0:07:01.880 --> 0:07:04.320 getting these offensive linemen. A lot of times we look 0:07:04.320 --> 0:07:06.680 at the skill position, and we got all that team 0:07:06.839 --> 0:07:08.760 I made a big splash. They got a wide receiver 0:07:09.279 --> 0:07:12.240 or they got a tight end. I want to know 0:07:12.680 --> 0:07:15.440 when you get the guys that you know, aren't that 0:07:15.800 --> 0:07:19.320 headline name. You know, it's like you got to read 0:07:19.400 --> 0:07:21.200 down in the body of the story and you go 0:07:21.320 --> 0:07:24.240 and by the way, they also added such and such 0:07:24.280 --> 0:07:27.080 and such and such. We never focus on those players, 0:07:27.560 --> 0:07:30.320 but those are the focus. That's the focus we should 0:07:30.320 --> 0:07:32.960 have because those are the guys that are going to 0:07:33.040 --> 0:07:37.960 decide how successful you are. And I love what Tampa 0:07:38.000 --> 0:07:41.640 did with the defense being able to keep everybody. Fournette 0:07:41.680 --> 0:07:44.880 was wonderful in the playoffs, certainly in the Super Bowl. 0:07:45.160 --> 0:07:51.160 Do I need Antonio brownback? No? And Dominican Sue played well, 0:07:52.200 --> 0:07:54.800 But I don't know what he wants when you win 0:07:54.840 --> 0:07:58.280 that Super Bowl. Now it's different. Now Leonard Fournette won 0:07:58.320 --> 0:08:00.400 a super Bowl. Now you go, I want to get 0:08:00.400 --> 0:08:03.040 paid because he was on the rookie deal when he 0:08:03.080 --> 0:08:07.160 went to Jacksonville. You know, but it has to be 0:08:07.280 --> 0:08:10.160 hard to go, God, I got another chance of winning 0:08:10.200 --> 0:08:13.360 a super Bowl with this team, or do I want 0:08:13.360 --> 0:08:17.200 more money? And when you have that super Bowl ring, 0:08:18.200 --> 0:08:21.520 it's easier to go. You know, I'm gonna take the money. Yeah, 0:08:22.280 --> 0:08:25.360 But then if you're like looking at I could stay 0:08:25.440 --> 0:08:28.160 with the Buccaneers and win another super Bowl, or I 0:08:28.200 --> 0:08:30.440 could go over to a thirteen and three team and 0:08:30.480 --> 0:08:33.320 get paid a bunch. Still pretty close to the Super Bowl. 0:08:33.360 --> 0:08:35.680 I mean, Seahawks is like, it's not like you're landing 0:08:35.679 --> 0:08:38.760 in a terrible spot. You know. Granted, I know everything 0:08:38.760 --> 0:08:43.120 with Russell Wilson right now, but they're still pretty good. Yeah, 0:08:43.120 --> 0:08:45.320 but it feels like they already have three running backs 0:08:46.080 --> 0:08:48.920 and now you're gonna bring in Leonard Fournette. You got 0:08:48.960 --> 0:08:53.600 a team that feels like it's in a little disarray there. Meanwhile, 0:08:53.679 --> 0:08:58.280 everything's good with Tom got my defense back. You know, 0:08:58.360 --> 0:09:00.600 I don't need to carry the ball all the time. 0:09:00.640 --> 0:09:04.000 I can be fresh. I could just chill like Gronk does. 0:09:04.160 --> 0:09:06.080 Leonard Fournette could go. You know, I'm just gonna do 0:09:06.080 --> 0:09:09.640 what Gronk does, you know, just do my job and 0:09:09.640 --> 0:09:11.480 then wait till the postseason and then you can give 0:09:11.480 --> 0:09:13.360 me all the carries you want. It's like Gronk. There 0:09:13.360 --> 0:09:15.840 were games when the Buccaneers played I didn't even hear 0:09:15.880 --> 0:09:20.960 Gronk's name called he was semi retired I think last year, 0:09:21.720 --> 0:09:24.440 and then you know then and then he you know, 0:09:24.760 --> 0:09:29.760 catch a touchdown, passes super he's having fun. You know 0:09:30.000 --> 0:09:33.120 that atmosphere. Something to be said for that. With the 0:09:33.200 --> 0:09:37.880 opportunity players would go to New England because of Tom Brady. 0:09:38.640 --> 0:09:40.560 They knew that they had a chance if Tom Brady 0:09:40.679 --> 0:09:45.160 was there. And that's the same way with Tampa Bay. 0:09:46.280 --> 0:09:49.680 Do you want to leave a situation where that dude 0:09:49.760 --> 0:09:53.520 might win another Super Bowl and you know what he 0:09:53.559 --> 0:09:56.640 did with his salary, spread it out, whatever they do, 0:09:56.720 --> 0:10:00.679 however they doctor it. You kept two re the impressive 0:10:00.720 --> 0:10:06.960 defensive players. Yeah. Point this just in from Adam Schefter. 0:10:07.080 --> 0:10:10.720 The Patriots have signed another player, tight end Hunter Henry. 0:10:10.720 --> 0:10:14.439 Remember him on the thirty seven million dollars including twenty 0:10:14.440 --> 0:10:17.959 five million guaranteed. Okay, John who Smith and Hunter Henry 0:10:17.960 --> 0:10:20.679 the tight ends in New England. That's great. I mean 0:10:20.720 --> 0:10:24.240 Smith is a really good tight end, really good. But 0:10:25.240 --> 0:10:28.720 Hunter Henry was really good a couple of years ago, 0:10:28.760 --> 0:10:32.480 and then he got injured. Well, every charger gets injured. 0:10:32.640 --> 0:10:35.960 But it's a three year deal there, twenty five million guaranteed. 0:10:36.920 --> 0:10:41.120 That's impressive. I like that if Hunter Henry can still 0:10:41.160 --> 0:10:47.080 play healthy. Yeah, but John Smith can play. He could 0:10:47.080 --> 0:10:50.040 be really good in that offense. Yeah, eleven Cam Newton's 0:10:50.080 --> 0:10:52.000 good throwing at tight end. Greg Olson and him were 0:10:52.080 --> 0:10:55.720 great together. Yeah, and now it's like the Aaron Hernandez 0:10:55.760 --> 0:10:59.760 Gronk again. Oh boy, Oh not quite. You can't say 0:10:59.760 --> 0:11:02.880 that more right, Yeah, not quite. Well he did in 0:11:03.160 --> 0:11:05.640 the field double tight ends, he did, Yes, he did. 0:11:06.040 --> 0:11:08.560 He feels a little bit like Bill Belichick's greatest hits though, 0:11:08.720 --> 0:11:12.960 I don't know. Well it did work out, yeah, sort 0:11:13.000 --> 0:11:19.320 of for a little while. Yeah, they resigned her. Neda's 0:11:19.400 --> 0:11:22.200 like one hundred million dollars deal. Oh I know, I know. 0:11:23.559 --> 0:11:26.480 That's one of those where you go, did anybody like 0:11:26.559 --> 0:11:30.480 if I'm giving you one hundred million dollars, I need 0:11:30.480 --> 0:11:33.400 to find out everything about you just a little bit. 0:11:33.480 --> 0:11:35.200 How do you spend your money now that you have? 0:11:35.320 --> 0:11:40.120 But he had issues in college. Urban Meyer was his coach, 0:11:40.480 --> 0:11:47.480 and urban Meyer is friends with Bill Belichick. Like, Okay, 0:11:48.000 --> 0:11:50.720 I'm gonna ask you. You're gonna co sign on this. Yeah, 0:11:50.720 --> 0:11:54.120 he got some trouble, but he's a really talented kid. Okay, 0:11:54.160 --> 0:11:57.120 we'll take you. Now. I want to find out how 0:11:57.160 --> 0:11:59.800 you spend your money when you get your money money. 0:11:59.760 --> 0:12:04.200 Were feels a whole lot about people, and you know 0:12:05.559 --> 0:12:12.559 he's scared people in the building. Aaron Hernandez scared people. 0:12:13.559 --> 0:12:16.480 Key did not play games when he got there. He 0:12:16.640 --> 0:12:20.240 would not let you treat him like a rookie. He's 0:12:20.280 --> 0:12:27.280 scared people professional football players. Yeah. Pay Grock and Aaron 0:12:27.280 --> 0:12:29.600 Hernandez were taking the same draft. Gronck was round two, 0:12:29.640 --> 0:12:33.360 Aaron Hornande's round four to Florida. By the way, guess 0:12:33.360 --> 0:12:45.160 who's also lurking as another option for Leonard Fournette. Fritzie Washington, 0:12:45.360 --> 0:12:53.000 No McLevin, my Philadelphia Eagles, no Seaton. I have no idea, Okay, 0:12:53.040 --> 0:12:57.320 PAULI like not a one of thirty two teams the Jets, Jets, 0:12:57.360 --> 0:13:06.200 no Paully, the Chiefs, the PA Yes, which would be 0:13:06.240 --> 0:13:08.920 interesting that they would be taking him from Tom Brady 0:13:09.120 --> 0:13:11.560 in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He asked McLevin. They have 0:13:11.600 --> 0:13:14.360 like eight running backs. No, I know, they have Damien Harris, 0:13:14.360 --> 0:13:17.360 Sony Michelle, all these guys. That's a last thing they need. 0:13:17.400 --> 0:13:22.360 Let's see what you do with that Fournette. Tom. Do 0:13:22.440 --> 0:13:26.400 they still have Rex Birkend? Is he still there? They 0:13:26.400 --> 0:13:28.840 don't know. I have no idea. Yeah, remember the draft. 0:13:28.920 --> 0:13:31.320 Bill Belichick was sitting there and he had the little 0:13:31.320 --> 0:13:33.920 dog next to a little dog Nike. Is the dog 0:13:34.000 --> 0:13:37.120 hitting the computer and deciding these guys. Is Bill at 0:13:37.120 --> 0:13:39.520 the new you know, like uh, Martha's vineyard or something? 0:13:39.559 --> 0:13:41.199 The dog is hitting sign sign SCIgen sign on the 0:13:41.280 --> 0:13:43.880 court or if you know, if Belichick gets up to 0:13:43.880 --> 0:13:47.000 go get a drink and the dog gets the key 0:13:47.040 --> 0:13:49.439 that says he yesked to somebody, Hey, what are you thinking? 0:13:49.720 --> 0:13:55.079 Yes or no? Yes? Uh? Who said yes? Did that deal? 0:13:55.400 --> 0:14:01.480 I came from your computer? Bill? Yes, Cleve give the 0:14:01.520 --> 0:14:04.200 patch credit. They set out a picture of that dog 0:14:04.720 --> 0:14:07.199 at the computer last night to say this is a 0:14:07.240 --> 0:14:10.600 guy making picks. So they're all, you know, the Pats 0:14:10.679 --> 0:14:13.679 realize this is a crazy great If they're gonna blame somebody, 0:14:13.679 --> 0:14:19.320 they're gonna blame a poor little dog. By way, the 0:14:19.400 --> 0:14:23.000 Houston Texans Nick Cassario made all these smart, low cost 0:14:23.080 --> 0:14:25.520 signings yesterday. As the reviews out there, he signed a 0:14:25.520 --> 0:14:27.400 bunch of guys for like two million dollars. That are 0:14:27.400 --> 0:14:31.720 good values. Was he the genius behind the Patriots? I 0:14:31.800 --> 0:14:35.440 don't know, I don't know it hasn't gone well since 0:14:35.480 --> 0:14:39.280 he's been in Houston. That wasn't his fault. He inherited 0:14:39.360 --> 0:14:44.440 all that, didn't he, I guess, But he's not fixing it. 0:14:45.440 --> 0:14:47.480 Are you? How curious are you about the Patriots next 0:14:47.520 --> 0:14:51.080 year to see where this all goes? Well, I'm always curious. 0:14:51.640 --> 0:14:54.400 But they're not even the best team in their own division. 0:14:54.560 --> 0:14:57.640 And if they're not careful, the Dolphins are going to 0:14:57.720 --> 0:15:01.400 pass him if they already haven't. You know, the Dolphins 0:15:01.440 --> 0:15:04.960 are sitting there with a third pick overall. You gotta 0:15:05.040 --> 0:15:09.720 just you know, a Belichick disciple there. You know they're 0:15:09.760 --> 0:15:13.240 They're a team that's sneaky good. Yes, Ton. And if 0:15:13.280 --> 0:15:16.560 you're a Patriots fan, what would be considered a successful season, 0:15:17.280 --> 0:15:19.960 winning one playoff game, getting into a road wild card game? 0:15:20.000 --> 0:15:22.880 What is it beating Tom Brady during the regular season? 0:15:22.960 --> 0:15:25.760 That's the most important thing? Is that game in New 0:15:25.760 --> 0:15:29.360 England or in Tampa? God, it's gotta be in New England, 0:15:29.760 --> 0:15:33.200 right Setan. Yeah, Todd loves to throw out the But 0:15:33.200 --> 0:15:35.640 what would be SAI divisional round home game? Is that 0:15:35.680 --> 0:15:38.960 a success for you? The very specifically in a way 0:15:39.080 --> 0:15:41.120 or wild card way game, a wild card way game 0:15:41.840 --> 0:15:45.280 in winning a wild card game at home, it's a 0:15:45.640 --> 0:15:49.880 road could you possibly divisional round playoff? Is that a 0:15:49.920 --> 0:15:52.320 success for this team? You believe they're interested in going 0:15:52.320 --> 0:15:55.680 to the super Bowl? There a road wildcard win? Is 0:15:55.720 --> 0:15:58.080 that a couple of years ago? Do you ask Todd 0:15:58.080 --> 0:15:59.720 what he wanted for his practice this year? Goes I'd 0:15:59.720 --> 0:16:03.680 like a rest round playoff loss. Yeah, yeah, a road playoffs. 0:16:04.960 --> 0:16:09.080 I'd be satisfied with a first round road playoff LOSSHT 0:16:09.440 --> 0:16:11.040 time by the road in a while that they won 0:16:11.120 --> 0:16:13.200 thirty six twelve and the next year its five fifteen, 0:16:13.200 --> 0:16:21.080 and then you're a weird dude. Yeah, if I was 0:16:21.120 --> 0:16:24.960 gonna ranking weirdness, well, no, it's Fritzie first and foremost. 0:16:25.080 --> 0:16:27.720 He's he's emeritus, he's the winner. Ding ding ding ding 0:16:27.800 --> 0:16:37.920 ding ding ding the least weird. Mm hmm. Yeah. You 0:16:38.000 --> 0:16:42.360 have to distinguish on air and off air, right, because 0:16:42.360 --> 0:16:45.720 Todd is the weirdest. He's also the realist. Yeah, well, 0:16:45.960 --> 0:16:48.720 Todd is Todd. And that's why people always say, you know, 0:16:48.760 --> 0:16:50.640 it's Todd. You know, does he put on an act? 0:16:50.640 --> 0:16:53.800 And I go, no, you should see when we're not 0:16:53.880 --> 0:16:58.040 on the air, that's that's when that's when the real 0:16:58.160 --> 0:17:02.760 Todd appears, Um mcclevin on the ear and off the 0:17:02.800 --> 0:17:15.359 hear different, Um Seaton's same on and off. Um. Paully 0:17:15.520 --> 0:17:19.400 intrigues me a little bit more because I still don't 0:17:19.400 --> 0:17:21.920 know who he is and it's only been like we've 0:17:21.960 --> 0:17:27.199 been together. Yeah, I still don't know Paulli I designed 0:17:28.359 --> 0:17:32.159 maybe maybe a man of mystery. Yeah, but like I 0:17:32.200 --> 0:17:36.359 know everything about Todd everything. There are things I don't 0:17:36.400 --> 0:17:37.960 want to know about Todd, and I know I have 0:17:38.000 --> 0:17:42.440 shared a little too much of time. Yes, yes, yes, everything. 0:17:43.080 --> 0:17:45.240 But but I will say that that's who you are. 0:17:45.760 --> 0:17:47.439 Like you get to show up for work and you 0:17:47.520 --> 0:17:50.080 just get to be yourself. You don't have to be somebody. 0:17:51.040 --> 0:17:55.120 Uh McLevin is smart enough to you know, play dumbs sometimes. Well. 0:17:55.359 --> 0:17:57.320 The thing about Polly, though is we see a lot 0:17:57.359 --> 0:18:00.639 of Paul's life, Like the text thread is, he's not 0:18:00.720 --> 0:18:03.399 shy about what he's doing. He kind of shares like 0:18:03.480 --> 0:18:05.680 his meals with us on air, and yet hates when 0:18:05.720 --> 0:18:09.040 other people share those things that text thread. Paul Paul 0:18:09.160 --> 0:18:11.320 is odd. He's very interesting, felt because he's got a 0:18:11.359 --> 0:18:14.520 lot of very particular hang ups. Yeah. Um, like we 0:18:14.640 --> 0:18:18.080 just did a look in over at the over at 0:18:18.080 --> 0:18:22.040 the like big screen, right, and Paul is very focused 0:18:22.080 --> 0:18:24.480 on gotta change up the seats, guys, got to move around, 0:18:24.480 --> 0:18:26.280 gotta keep it interesting kind of thing like no sign 0:18:26.320 --> 0:18:28.720 seats here, no sign seat where nobody cares about that 0:18:28.800 --> 0:18:31.119 and nobody's watching, like, hey, look, they're in different seats 0:18:31.119 --> 0:18:33.199 this time. But Paul's like, no, no, no no, gotta keep 0:18:33.200 --> 0:18:35.280 it interesting, gotta move around the seats. Well. I don't 0:18:35.280 --> 0:18:37.560 like when people get too deep into routines. I think 0:18:37.560 --> 0:18:39.600 it makes life boring. It's kind of like when, uh, 0:18:40.200 --> 0:18:43.720 what's that the movie with the Dead Poets Society? You 0:18:43.760 --> 0:18:46.600 gotta change up your views and people get really comfortable 0:18:46.640 --> 0:18:48.280 doing the same exact thing. Everybody's sitting in the same 0:18:48.280 --> 0:18:50.840 exact yeah, but you sit in the same exact chair 0:18:50.920 --> 0:18:52.680 for the morning meeting. That's why I like to mix 0:18:52.680 --> 0:18:54.879 it up, Acacia. But you just said to mix it up, 0:18:56.080 --> 0:18:58.440 you know, twenty minutes, And isn't the act of watching 0:18:58.440 --> 0:19:00.119 a video over there the same thing? That's but it 0:19:00.160 --> 0:19:02.239 would need to change up, not like who's sitting in 0:19:02.240 --> 0:19:05.879 what seat? I'm up for that, you know what I mean, Right, 0:19:06.000 --> 0:19:10.280 isn't that? Yeah? Yeah, See, I think Paul's pretty close 0:19:10.480 --> 0:19:13.199 on air and offer I don't think he's super different. 0:19:13.280 --> 0:19:17.560 I think he's pretty similar kind of Yeah, I don't. 0:19:17.560 --> 0:19:19.360 I don't see him as a man of mystery. Really. 0:19:19.400 --> 0:19:24.240 I think you guys all my interests, all my hobbies. Piccadillos, Yeah, 0:19:24.240 --> 0:19:28.160 I've told you all my lame sports stories. Piccadillos. Yeah. 0:19:28.400 --> 0:19:31.560 Is that a barbecue joining out in Mississippi? Or some 0:19:31.640 --> 0:19:34.000 type of shoes that children wear? Yeah? Oh, you're wearing 0:19:34.040 --> 0:19:37.000 your Piccadillo's today, buddy. Like, there's certain meals you eat 0:19:37.080 --> 0:19:39.159 that you don't want to tell Polly about. Seats right, Like, 0:19:39.200 --> 0:19:41.720 you cannot tell Polly you ate pizza from like a 0:19:41.800 --> 0:19:43.680 generic store, because he will get so mad. He's like 0:19:43.680 --> 0:19:46.320 her life is too short to eat from a chain restaurant, 0:19:46.320 --> 0:19:48.520 and he gets all upset about it, and he notices 0:19:49.160 --> 0:19:52.479 what you wear. If you have a new pair of shoes, 0:19:53.040 --> 0:19:56.280 Paulli will notice that. I blame that on the scenario 0:19:56.359 --> 0:19:59.600 here that we work with five people generally for twenty years. 0:19:59.640 --> 0:20:01.960 When we're to ESPN, there's thousands of people milling about 0:20:01.960 --> 0:20:03.920 the hallways. Yeah, we're in a room where we're kind 0:20:03.920 --> 0:20:06.800 of like, uh, it's like biosphere here or whatever it's called. 0:20:07.640 --> 0:20:09.200 So we see the same people. So I notice you're 0:20:09.359 --> 0:20:11.240 like Seaton has a new pair of jeans. He tried 0:20:11.240 --> 0:20:13.240 to say they're old jeans, that they're obviously now. So 0:20:13.320 --> 0:20:15.520 this is what I love most about Paul is that 0:20:15.600 --> 0:20:18.800 he'll disagree with you about things that he couldn't possibly know. 0:20:19.080 --> 0:20:22.840 So I've had these genes for probably two years, new jeans, Like, no, 0:20:23.240 --> 0:20:24.679 I don't know about that, Like, why wouldn't I just 0:20:24.680 --> 0:20:26.560 admit they were new jeans? Why would I lie about that? 0:20:26.760 --> 0:20:28.680 I wish I knew why you lied about yours. I 0:20:28.720 --> 0:20:31.679 had a new pair of tennis shoes, but they weren't 0:20:32.000 --> 0:20:35.080 I hadn't worn them, but they were about six months old. 0:20:35.600 --> 0:20:37.640 I had worn them once, and then I wore him again. 0:20:37.760 --> 0:20:41.920 Paul goes on new shoes. Huh, I go, no, no, yeah, 0:20:42.240 --> 0:20:44.199 I don't know. I said, yeah, I know, I had 0:20:44.280 --> 0:20:49.560 him before. I don't know. Why am I arguing, Okay, 0:20:49.680 --> 0:20:51.880 why am I debating this with you? Yes? Time, Well yeah, 0:20:51.920 --> 0:20:53.359 but that's the thing, like why what are you supposed 0:20:53.400 --> 0:20:54.760 to do with that? Why? What is the next part 0:20:54.760 --> 0:20:57.239 of it? Just kind of lies? Why? It's one thing 0:20:57.280 --> 0:20:59.000 to notice it, but then when you're calling someone out 0:20:59.000 --> 0:21:02.000 on weear that shirt last Thursday, and then whether it's 0:21:02.040 --> 0:21:07.240 yes or no, that's the point. Go pull last Thursday. 0:21:07.280 --> 0:21:08.920 Get me a picture of Todd's shirt. I need to 0:21:08.960 --> 0:21:11.520 do it. Yes, it changes my whole day. I walk 0:21:11.560 --> 0:21:13.320 in here at six forty five and there's nothing going on. 0:21:13.359 --> 0:21:15.480 Then Fritzie walks in on a Monday. We're in the 0:21:15.480 --> 0:21:17.800 same outfit he warre on a Thursday. I'm like, that's fascinating. 0:21:18.040 --> 0:21:20.640 Was it laundered? Was it not laundered? Now more fascinating 0:21:20.760 --> 0:21:23.159 that Todd wore the same thing from Thursday to Monday, 0:21:23.240 --> 0:21:27.000 or that you noticed that he war that's the bizarre. Yeah, 0:21:27.040 --> 0:21:29.760 that's fair. That is Yeah, like the things that you 0:21:30.640 --> 0:21:34.720 zero in on were that on Thursday? What? Yes? I 0:21:34.800 --> 0:21:38.600 have an unusual awareness, not a healthy aware, it's unusual. 0:21:39.440 --> 0:21:43.840 I watching Diana receiving, watch this conversation out trying to 0:21:43.840 --> 0:21:45.560 think of ways to get out of this interview. Oh 0:21:45.600 --> 0:21:47.320 my bad, let me take a break. He's smart and 0:21:47.359 --> 0:21:50.680 she's talented. Get out of here. 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