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So I got a bunch 37 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 1: of questions and we just put it out on Saturday 38 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:27,720 Speaker 1: morning pretty easy, and wanted to bang out a bunch 39 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:31,960 Speaker 1: of your questions. So we'll start with JR. Question for 40 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 1: the back, how do you feel about the recent poll 41 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:39,079 Speaker 1: that The Athletic published showing coaches and executives around the 42 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:47,200 Speaker 1: league voting the Ravens as the best front office in football? Uh? 43 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:51,360 Speaker 1: Basically what this poll says forty NFL executives and coaches 44 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:55,799 Speaker 1: ranked the top front offices, and the Ravens were one, 45 00:02:56,200 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 1: The Chiefs were two. The Niners and Eagles round out 46 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:03,160 Speaker 1: the top four, with the Lions and the Packers right there. 47 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 1: I have no problem with it. I think at this 48 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:11,680 Speaker 1: point in time you would have to rank the Chiefs 49 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 1: one because whoever is going to get the top vote, 50 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:19,760 Speaker 1: it's going to be because they've had a long history 51 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 1: of having success, and clearly the Ravens have like they've 52 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:28,920 Speaker 1: been good for since I've basically been in junior high 53 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:33,320 Speaker 1: in the late nineties with the Ray Lewis Jonathan og 54 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 1: didn't all the way through. I mean, they've had some 55 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 1: bumps in the road, but you win a Super Bowl 56 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 1: in two thousand, you win another Super Bowl in two 57 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 1: thousand and what was at twelve. You've been in the 58 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 1: mix a lot over both decades. You've been a one 59 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 1: seed what twice over the last five years. I just 60 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 1: would have to put the Chiefs one because part of 61 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 1: this is they have also been consistently good since Andy 62 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 1: Reid has been there and Veach has been there too. Now, 63 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:03,840 Speaker 1: Veitch has only been the GM. I forget the exact 64 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:07,040 Speaker 1: year he got it. Was it twenty seventeen or twenty 65 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 1: eighteen when he became the GM, But like I mean, 66 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 1: they've just had more success at the highest level than 67 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:18,359 Speaker 1: the Ravens. You know, with this Lamar run, they have 68 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 1: won only a couple of playoff games, where the Chiefs 69 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 1: having just won playoff games, they've been winning Super Bowls 70 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:26,560 Speaker 1: and last year to me kind of stamped it. I 71 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:29,360 Speaker 1: mean the move they made trading Tyreek Hill and then 72 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:32,839 Speaker 1: winning back to back Super Bowls and rebuilding their defense. 73 00:04:34,839 --> 00:04:38,200 Speaker 1: So I would have the Chiefs won just because, like 74 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 1: the body of work now is not as long as 75 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:44,919 Speaker 1: the Ravens. But you know, Da Costa took over for 76 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 1: when Ozzie retired. Harbaugh's been there the majority of the time. 77 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:51,360 Speaker 1: And let's face it, like where John Harbaugh come from. 78 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:56,040 Speaker 1: Andy Reid obviously the Eagles, you know, and Howie and 79 00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:59,599 Speaker 1: their success over two decades, and Andy played a part 80 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 1: in that so I don't know if this is just 81 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:05,920 Speaker 1: like present day. The Chiefs are also, I mean they're 82 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:09,760 Speaker 1: three and oh one team's one and two, which obviously 83 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:11,839 Speaker 1: the Ravens aren't your typical one and two team, neither 84 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:15,159 Speaker 1: of the forty nine ers. But I got no issue 85 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:18,279 Speaker 1: with it other teams like I would have the Packers 86 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:21,839 Speaker 1: if we're just basing this on clearly just not today. 87 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 1: It's over a body of work. To me, the Packers 88 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:28,240 Speaker 1: have to be above the Lions Seattle. I think John 89 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:32,080 Speaker 1: Schnyder is one of the best GMS rams to you know, 90 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:34,800 Speaker 1: the Bills. If it's just based on Brandon Bean and 91 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:38,720 Speaker 1: Sean McDermott, their success speaks for themselves. I mean, the 92 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 1: draft pick of Josh Allen seems like a no brainer now. 93 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:44,400 Speaker 1: It was not viewed that way at the time, and 94 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:47,039 Speaker 1: I think I was fall under the category as like 95 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:49,440 Speaker 1: that's kind of crazy. It's pretty bold. I mean, it's 96 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 1: one of the great draft picks of all time, especially 97 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:54,039 Speaker 1: when you include like they trade it up really really far. 98 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:56,800 Speaker 1: I think they traded with the Browns. I know you 99 00:05:56,839 --> 00:06:00,080 Speaker 1: don't cover baseball, but you did spend some time in 100 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:03,760 Speaker 1: the Bay Area and with the Oakland A's recent departure. 101 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:05,960 Speaker 1: I'd like to hear your thoughts about the East Bay 102 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 1: losing three professional sports team over the course of five years. 103 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:13,680 Speaker 1: I'd also like to know if what is the appeal 104 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:17,840 Speaker 1: of Vegas as a sports market. I can see how 105 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:20,400 Speaker 1: an NFL team like the Raiders could make it work, 106 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:23,159 Speaker 1: as an NFL game is a huge event, but for 107 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:26,040 Speaker 1: a team like the A's that play eighty one home games, 108 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:29,200 Speaker 1: I don't know it's going to be a great attraction 109 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 1: to Vegas. Well, it's all based on money, and you know, 110 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 1: I didn't just you know, live in the Bay Area. 111 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:41,039 Speaker 1: I worked at a radio station for I don't even 112 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:43,719 Speaker 1: know three and a half years that had the A's 113 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:48,400 Speaker 1: and the Raiders and went up against the opposing station 114 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:53,280 Speaker 1: that had the best properties the Niners and the Giants. Now, 115 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:56,760 Speaker 1: the thing with football, like the Niners are much bigger 116 00:06:56,760 --> 00:06:59,680 Speaker 1: than the Raiders in the Bay Area and just in general, 117 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:01,920 Speaker 1: and that just has to do. I mean, I saw 118 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:05,480 Speaker 1: someone a meme about the last time the Raiders won 119 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 1: a playoff game. All these things didn't exist, and it's 120 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:12,920 Speaker 1: been a long time. So obviously success plays a huge 121 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:17,760 Speaker 1: part in it. But football's big and even a bad 122 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:21,800 Speaker 1: football team matters. But for a radio property, for example, 123 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:24,320 Speaker 1: and I could just use my experience. You know, football 124 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 1: games are on the weekend, right, so you get credit 125 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:30,320 Speaker 1: for ratings Monday through Friday. Now, the benefit of having 126 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:33,120 Speaker 1: a football team like can br in the Bay Areas, 127 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:35,600 Speaker 1: they get Kyle Shanahan, they get John Lynch every week, 128 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:37,920 Speaker 1: you know, and with the Raiders we got Derek Carr 129 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:41,160 Speaker 1: and Charles Woodson like so you get guests like that. 130 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:46,080 Speaker 1: That matters. But baseball is the more powerful radio property 131 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:48,240 Speaker 1: because you get every day, you get a weekday game. 132 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:50,840 Speaker 1: Now they're at night, but some of them are during 133 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:52,480 Speaker 1: the day. You get a lot of day games when 134 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:57,280 Speaker 1: they travel. It's powerful. And the A's history speaks for itself. 135 00:07:57,840 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 1: I mean they were a legendary franchise dynasty in the seventies. 136 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 1: They're one of the more popular teams of the eighties 137 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 1: with Ricky Henderson, Mark McGuire and jose Canseco and then 138 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 1: they made a movie about Billy Bean. But when we 139 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:15,160 Speaker 1: had the A's they didn't rate at all. Nobody listened. 140 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:17,840 Speaker 1: And this is not recently when they've sucked like they 141 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:20,280 Speaker 1: were really good. They were competing to be the number 142 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:23,840 Speaker 1: one seed and the Giants, now they had won some 143 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:25,720 Speaker 1: World Series, but their teams were kind of hit or 144 00:08:25,760 --> 00:08:30,720 Speaker 1: miss during that time, crushed the A's. So I didn't 145 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:34,200 Speaker 1: comment on social media or whatever, because my opinion isn't 146 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:37,280 Speaker 1: gonna be that kind. I don't think there is a 147 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:42,079 Speaker 1: market for the Warriors. Joe Laka bought the Warriors to 148 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:44,959 Speaker 1: move them out of that arena and move them to 149 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 1: the city. But that was his number one goal gawn 150 00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:53,439 Speaker 1: like player acquisition, when he bought the team, was to 151 00:08:53,679 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 1: move them immediately. The Raiders a little more complicated. I mean, 152 00:08:57,840 --> 00:09:01,400 Speaker 1: they've been a pretty nomadic franchise. I mean, in my life, 153 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:05,760 Speaker 1: they've been in what La, Oakland, and now Vegas. They've 154 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:09,120 Speaker 1: been in three different places in a span of twenty 155 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:12,679 Speaker 1: five years, so actually less than that because they ended 156 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:14,760 Speaker 1: up moving in twenty twenty and when they moved back 157 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:18,439 Speaker 1: to the Bay in ninety four, so you're talking about 158 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:22,040 Speaker 1: twenty six years, three different cities. Now. The A's a 159 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:24,480 Speaker 1: little more complicated. Obviously been there for a long time, 160 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:28,280 Speaker 1: but I don't think they're financially viable there. Separate from 161 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:30,559 Speaker 1: their owner, who he gets a lot of shit, he 162 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:33,000 Speaker 1: won't spend any money. You know what my take's always been, 163 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:35,360 Speaker 1: Even if he's spent money, I don't think it would work. 164 00:09:36,559 --> 00:09:40,679 Speaker 1: I don't think the way baseball is set up, it 165 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:45,760 Speaker 1: is plausible to have two teams given the market conditions 166 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:48,240 Speaker 1: of the Bay Area. The Giants suck out all the 167 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:51,240 Speaker 1: oxygen and honestly, they're kind of struggling right now. And 168 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:53,400 Speaker 1: I'm not talking on the field. I'm just talking about 169 00:09:53,679 --> 00:09:57,679 Speaker 1: the business dynamics of getting the investments. I actually think 170 00:09:57,760 --> 00:10:00,280 Speaker 1: the A's. My hot take is they'll never be in 171 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:02,240 Speaker 1: Vegas because I don't think they make sense in Vegas. 172 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 1: But they're gonna work in Sack because the business community, 173 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:09,080 Speaker 1: let's say, in the Bay Area, was not gonna give 174 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:11,640 Speaker 1: the A's any money like they give the Giants, like 175 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:13,800 Speaker 1: they give the Warriors, like they give the forty nine ers. 176 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:17,080 Speaker 1: Like Ultimately, if Mark Davis had played at White right, 177 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:20,040 Speaker 1: he would have had a chance because it's football. But 178 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:22,520 Speaker 1: I think the money that they will get in Sacramento, 179 00:10:22,559 --> 00:10:25,000 Speaker 1: I mean, they're playing in a triple A stadium, but 180 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:28,720 Speaker 1: I actually think that makes sense. Fifteen sixteen thousand people. 181 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:31,720 Speaker 1: I think they will draw way more people the next 182 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:33,600 Speaker 1: couple of years. And they ever have in the coliseum. 183 00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:36,280 Speaker 1: Here's the thing with the Colisseum. It's like no one's 184 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:39,600 Speaker 1: showing up. I was going to games in twenty thirteen 185 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:43,880 Speaker 1: and fourteen and fifteen again when they were good, like 186 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:47,520 Speaker 1: they were hosting teams in the playoffs. They hosted the 187 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:51,120 Speaker 1: Tigers in a game five with Verlander and Scherzer. Guess 188 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:52,959 Speaker 1: what if you'd go to a day game or a 189 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:57,000 Speaker 1: game during the week. Was no one there? This thing 190 00:10:57,200 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 1: like the brand had died a long time ago, despite 191 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:03,640 Speaker 1: like Billy Bean and those guys being really good. But 192 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:08,640 Speaker 1: I understand people being emotional. They're not like leaving the country. 193 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:11,640 Speaker 1: They're just going an hour up the road. I mean, 194 00:11:11,679 --> 00:11:14,720 Speaker 1: I was born and raised in Davis, which is connected 195 00:11:14,760 --> 00:11:18,400 Speaker 1: by a causeway to Sacramento, which from where I grew up. 196 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:22,040 Speaker 1: When the river Cats came to Sacramento, I don't know, 197 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:25,520 Speaker 1: it was like it's longer now because traffic's a disaster now. 198 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:27,760 Speaker 1: But I could go door to door in like fifteen minutes. 199 00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:32,640 Speaker 1: I think it's gonna work, I really do. And the 200 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:34,959 Speaker 1: A's were just not a viable property anymore in the 201 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:39,040 Speaker 1: Bay Area. The brand was toxic, the owner was toxic, 202 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:45,360 Speaker 1: and the people had just tapped out and the Giants listen. 203 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:48,000 Speaker 1: People don't like to hear this. Oakland people are sensitive 204 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:51,000 Speaker 1: about this. But the ratio, and I've just seen it 205 00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:54,360 Speaker 1: from a number perspective. I worked in radio. I did 206 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:57,480 Speaker 1: a lot of stuff in local TV at Comcast, which 207 00:11:57,640 --> 00:12:02,520 Speaker 1: had the properties. It's like a nine to one ratio. 208 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:06,240 Speaker 1: The difference is like a Giants fan will not watch 209 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:10,200 Speaker 1: the A's nobody watched them or listen to them. Football's different. 210 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:14,640 Speaker 1: Even though forty nine Er fans vastly outnumber Raiders fans, 211 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:17,880 Speaker 1: not just in northern California, in the state of California, 212 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:21,880 Speaker 1: people will still watch random football games like the Raiders 213 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:24,160 Speaker 1: playing the Broncos or whatever. When I lived there, like 214 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:27,080 Speaker 1: people were still paying attention. That's not the case with baseball, 215 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:30,360 Speaker 1: and I think there were a lot of different variables. 216 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:34,880 Speaker 1: But some of the reaction which I get, people are 217 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:38,320 Speaker 1: emotional about this stuff. It's been bad for a long 218 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:41,800 Speaker 1: long time. I also think that there's something in sports 219 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:45,440 Speaker 1: and you don't see this really anywhere. It's why people 220 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:47,560 Speaker 1: laugh when, like, you know, if the Bears don't get 221 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:50,760 Speaker 1: what they want, they could what leave. They're never leaving 222 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:54,400 Speaker 1: the chiefs could they're not leaving, and we all know 223 00:12:54,559 --> 00:12:59,160 Speaker 1: that no one even those threats fall on deaf Ears fast, 224 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:02,240 Speaker 1: where with the Oakland teams, it was like they could 225 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:06,319 Speaker 1: leave and everyone knew they were serious. No, and even I, 226 00:13:06,559 --> 00:13:10,160 Speaker 1: like I pushed back against Vegas heavily with the Raiders. 227 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:14,200 Speaker 1: It's the smartest thing anyone's ever done with that franchise. 228 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:17,480 Speaker 1: So listen, I give more credit to Jerry Jones in 229 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:20,599 Speaker 1: the league, but Mark was clearly on board with it. 230 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:25,480 Speaker 1: And financially it's taken them to another level because they 231 00:13:25,559 --> 00:13:29,079 Speaker 1: were drowning because the amount of money they were getting, 232 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:31,760 Speaker 1: not just because of the stadium, but the businesses in 233 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:33,760 Speaker 1: the Bay Area were not going to funnel them cash 234 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:36,600 Speaker 1: like they would Jet in the forty nine ers, especially 235 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:41,040 Speaker 1: once Jet built the stadium in twenty thirteen. So I 236 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:44,120 Speaker 1: think it all boils down to economics. All this stuff 237 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:48,280 Speaker 1: is not that emotional. It's all about money. And listen, 238 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:50,640 Speaker 1: you can talk shit about the owner being really cheap, 239 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:53,839 Speaker 1: but like his franchise makes no money, and if he 240 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:56,760 Speaker 1: would invested money, I don't think they would have made money. 241 00:13:57,360 --> 00:14:00,880 Speaker 1: I really don't. And I think it's gonna work in Sack. 242 00:14:01,679 --> 00:14:04,160 Speaker 1: I know it's gonna work in Sack. And my hot 243 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:07,320 Speaker 1: take is they'll never end up in Vegas because Vegas 244 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:10,319 Speaker 1: if me and you owned a sports team right now 245 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:13,920 Speaker 1: and had no connection to either Oakland will never have 246 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:17,200 Speaker 1: another baseball you know, a Major League baseball team, an 247 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:20,240 Speaker 1: NFL team, or a basketball team. Ever. Again, I'm talking 248 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:25,920 Speaker 1: NBA every team. Like, when the NBA expands, do you 249 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:27,960 Speaker 1: know where they're gonna expand Vegas? 250 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:28,720 Speaker 3: You know what? 251 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:31,960 Speaker 1: Money? It's all about money. You've got the barrier has 252 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:35,000 Speaker 1: a ton, Yeah, and the other two teams dominate that 253 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:37,920 Speaker 1: cash flow. And once you get your hand in the 254 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:40,400 Speaker 1: cookie jar, you don't want to share the cookies. And 255 00:14:40,520 --> 00:14:43,280 Speaker 1: Jed ain't sharing the cookies, and the giants ain't sharing 256 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:46,240 Speaker 1: the cookies, and the people that have the cookies want 257 00:14:46,280 --> 00:14:50,080 Speaker 1: to give them the cookies. So it's like, it's harsh, 258 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:52,360 Speaker 1: it sounds bad. You'd be like middle Clock, You're just 259 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:54,560 Speaker 1: a Niners giant sky. Yeah. I grew up that way, 260 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:59,000 Speaker 1: so did most people my age in that area. And 261 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:01,920 Speaker 1: this is not like just guessing this, Like I have 262 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:05,880 Speaker 1: tangible data. I worked in a world where the numbers 263 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:12,680 Speaker 1: matter and I saw it firsthand. I just did so 264 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:17,080 Speaker 1: It's sad, but it's also been inevitable. And I feel 265 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:22,280 Speaker 1: like that that city, like in modern day the Internet era, 266 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:25,680 Speaker 1: like those teams like Chicago would get a team whether 267 00:15:25,760 --> 00:15:28,640 Speaker 1: it was nineteen twenty or whether it was twenty twenty five. 268 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:32,760 Speaker 1: San Francisco slash Shan Jose would get a team in 269 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:36,680 Speaker 1: any era. Oakland would not. And in this modern day 270 00:15:36,680 --> 00:15:40,840 Speaker 1: area with you know the listen their government, the local 271 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:44,720 Speaker 1: government's a laughing sock. I mean a complete joke, not 272 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:47,080 Speaker 1: just locally. I mean when I grew up like that 273 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:51,040 Speaker 1: was like Jesus, fuck's going on in Oakland? And all 274 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:54,160 Speaker 1: their owners had the same saying the same tunes. They 275 00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:57,600 Speaker 1: really did. So you can say John Fisher, super cheap guy, 276 00:15:57,760 --> 00:16:01,840 Speaker 1: wanted out, okay, Mark Davis, and Davis always bitched and moaned, 277 00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:06,360 Speaker 1: well what about Joe Lacam who is universally agreed upon 278 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:10,280 Speaker 1: like a successful business man, wanted no part of it. 279 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:14,000 Speaker 1: So again sounds harsh, and I understand if you're a 280 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:18,120 Speaker 1: fan of the team, but that area is such a 281 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 1: shithole where the colisseum An Oracle is no different than Candlestick. 282 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:26,360 Speaker 1: Candlestick was bad, and what they do they moved him out, 283 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:28,880 Speaker 1: and we can argue all day long. It sucks, especially 284 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:31,360 Speaker 1: if you don't live down in that area too, if 285 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:33,880 Speaker 1: you live in you know, the East Bay or San Francisco, 286 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:36,040 Speaker 1: to have to drive down there, it sucks. But there 287 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:38,400 Speaker 1: was a reason that they put dynamite around Candlestick and 288 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:40,680 Speaker 1: blew that fucking thing to Smith the Rens. They should 289 00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:43,120 Speaker 1: do the same thing to the coliseum in Oracle, blow 290 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:46,640 Speaker 1: it up, because it's it's useless and it has been 291 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:50,360 Speaker 1: for a long time. And the Colisseum, like Oracles, obviously 292 00:16:50,840 --> 00:16:54,560 Speaker 1: old and just outdated. The Colisseum is a relic. 293 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:55,960 Speaker 3: You know. 294 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:57,760 Speaker 1: I had a couple of people, I guess I mentioned 295 00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:01,640 Speaker 1: that the kicker for the Cowboys was the best kicker 296 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:02,920 Speaker 1: in the league, and a couple of people were like, 297 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:08,480 Speaker 1: what about Boswell? What about Budker? Like listen, guys, this 298 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:13,879 Speaker 1: isn't quarterbacks. Like okay, Budger's better Boswell? Like we're not 299 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:18,359 Speaker 1: no one's ranking kickers or punters. My point was simply, 300 00:17:18,560 --> 00:17:23,000 Speaker 1: like the dude is an incredible story, was a college 301 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:26,680 Speaker 1: soccer player and has transitioned and is clearly one of 302 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:29,520 Speaker 1: the best kickers in the NFL. Is he one? Is 303 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:33,360 Speaker 1: he four? I don't care, like we're not spending any 304 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:37,800 Speaker 1: energy on ranking kickers, but we all agree he's really good. 305 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:43,120 Speaker 1: He's really good, And that was my point. So here's 306 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:46,359 Speaker 1: a question. Is this Cowboys kicker we're trading for. That 307 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:49,760 Speaker 1: guy consistently makes sixty yard field goals. Seems like a weapon. 308 00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:53,399 Speaker 1: Well why wouldn't the Cowboys won? Do you have? The 309 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:56,360 Speaker 1: crazy part about the Cowboys is they trade for Trey 310 00:17:56,440 --> 00:17:58,720 Speaker 1: Lance a couple of years ago, which, let's face it, 311 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:02,400 Speaker 1: Jerry was hoping to strike oil and get off Dak Prescott, 312 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:05,560 Speaker 1: which actually worked in Dak's benefit. And to me, I 313 00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:08,080 Speaker 1: was thinking this last night when he signed the contract. 314 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:11,440 Speaker 1: Can you imagine what that front office thought the moment 315 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:14,040 Speaker 1: they saw that guy practice, Like, yeah, we're stuck with 316 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:16,480 Speaker 1: Dak whatever he and that's why Dak ends up getting 317 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:21,800 Speaker 1: two hundred twenty million dollars or whatever. But the Cowboys' 318 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:25,840 Speaker 1: third quarterback, Trey Lance, makes more than their backup quarterback 319 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:29,400 Speaker 1: who he cannot beat out. And you could not play 320 00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:31,680 Speaker 1: a game if you had the choice, you would not 321 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:34,640 Speaker 1: take Trey Lance over Cooper Rush in way more money 322 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:39,320 Speaker 1: than their kicker, who is clearly a weapon. I got 323 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:42,560 Speaker 1: no problem with guys underperforming that are starters or whatever, 324 00:18:43,480 --> 00:18:46,920 Speaker 1: but there should be some sort of like when you're 325 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:50,520 Speaker 1: like a backup and you don't play, your salary goes 326 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:53,560 Speaker 1: into a pool and like the guy that's starting, like 327 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:57,119 Speaker 1: gets some of your money. Because in what world does 328 00:18:57,240 --> 00:19:00,560 Speaker 1: Brandon Aubrey make eight hundred and ninety k and the 329 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:04,159 Speaker 1: third string quarterback make five million dollars? And I understand 330 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:07,320 Speaker 1: these contracts are signed a long time ago, but if 331 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:09,240 Speaker 1: I'm Cooper Rush, it's like, wait, I make half as 332 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:12,520 Speaker 1: much as this guy. When if something happens to Dak 333 00:19:12,560 --> 00:19:14,640 Speaker 1: and it has before I've come in and I've manned 334 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:18,720 Speaker 1: the ship. Kind of messed up economics on the Cowboys 335 00:19:19,359 --> 00:19:23,000 Speaker 1: huge Eagles fan hate house. Siriani has no other responsibilities 336 00:19:23,040 --> 00:19:25,520 Speaker 1: other than running the team and managing the game on Sundays, 337 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:28,840 Speaker 1: and he's terrible at it. Do you think if he 338 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:32,560 Speaker 1: was fired he would get a coordinator job? If not, 339 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:35,800 Speaker 1: he just screams he needs to be gone. Do I 340 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:39,560 Speaker 1: think he'd get a coordinator job. He was their coordinator 341 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:43,520 Speaker 1: when they first hired him, and he demoted himself slash. 342 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:47,320 Speaker 1: They devoted him for Shane Sichin and then the last 343 00:19:47,359 --> 00:19:50,800 Speaker 1: two years when Shane left, they hired another guy. They 344 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:54,399 Speaker 1: fired that guy and they hired another guy. So his 345 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:59,240 Speaker 1: own team is acknowledging. He cannot call plays his own 346 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:01,680 Speaker 1: team and if you want to give him credit for 347 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:05,840 Speaker 1: that himself as well. So why would another team, if 348 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:08,200 Speaker 1: he gets fired, hire that guy. I know you're not 349 00:20:08,280 --> 00:20:12,000 Speaker 1: necessarily saying that, but long winded way of saying no, 350 00:20:13,119 --> 00:20:18,320 Speaker 1: under no circumstances would Nick Sirianni would be hired as 351 00:20:18,359 --> 00:20:22,840 Speaker 1: an offensive coordinator? How could you? He literally doesn't do 352 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:25,800 Speaker 1: it for his own team. We can nitpick Shane Waldrin 353 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:28,199 Speaker 1: or Lou Getzi or some of these guys that get 354 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:31,119 Speaker 1: hired Alex van Pelt like once they get fired. But 355 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:35,719 Speaker 1: they have been calling plays consistently, right, this guy does 356 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:39,920 Speaker 1: not call plays. They don't let him do that. He 357 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:43,080 Speaker 1: doesn't let himself do that. Is there? Any way? They 358 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:45,560 Speaker 1: fire a mid season, go to Kellen Moore, and then 359 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:51,800 Speaker 1: hire Bill in the offseason. Well, to me, Bill is 360 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:56,560 Speaker 1: a package deal. Whenever you do hire Bill, I think 361 00:20:56,600 --> 00:21:00,679 Speaker 1: he brings Josh, So I would be a little stunned 362 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:06,240 Speaker 1: if he works with another offensive coordinator not named Josh McDaniels. 363 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:19,480 Speaker 1: Even in John for the Pod just turn twenty one. 364 00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:23,760 Speaker 1: Congratulations and driving out to meet my fam in lom 365 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:28,360 Speaker 1: Poke Avla Beach yearly transition tradition. Have yourself a good 366 00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:30,720 Speaker 1: time from Marilyn and have been listening to you and 367 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:33,960 Speaker 1: Colin for a while. I'm a Steeler fan and gotta 368 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:38,400 Speaker 1: say I'm excited to see if Steve if Fields can 369 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:42,760 Speaker 1: beat that perfect Baker Gino role of sustainable and cheap 370 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:46,960 Speaker 1: enough to build a dope roster. What say you on 371 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:53,760 Speaker 1: all three quarterback situations peak play? Uh, Well, here's the thing. 372 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:59,080 Speaker 1: When you pay a guide nothing like they did originally 373 00:21:59,160 --> 00:22:02,119 Speaker 1: with Gino, and like they did originally with Baker, and 374 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:05,880 Speaker 1: then you have a successful season with that guy, right 375 00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:10,000 Speaker 1: like last year the Tampa did with Baker a couple 376 00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:13,040 Speaker 1: of years ago they did with Gino Smith, you then 377 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:17,800 Speaker 1: have to pay them like Baker was a free agent, 378 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:20,359 Speaker 1: so you either let him walk or you give them 379 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:22,560 Speaker 1: like what they did one hundred million bucks. You know 380 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:26,040 Speaker 1: Gino got less than that, but Gino still, what does 381 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:29,120 Speaker 1: Geno make thirty million dollars a year twenty five minutes. 382 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:32,199 Speaker 1: It's not like he makes two So at the end 383 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:35,800 Speaker 1: of the year it feels just has a solid season 384 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:40,240 Speaker 1: and you guys win the division, win twelve games. It's 385 00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:42,040 Speaker 1: not like you just get to keep Field for four 386 00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:45,600 Speaker 1: million dollars. Now, it's not like he makes fifty million dollars. 387 00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:49,439 Speaker 1: But what do you do? Do you franchise tag him? 388 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:51,720 Speaker 1: Do you just give him? Try to give him the 389 00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:55,600 Speaker 1: Baker contract? Is he cool accepting that? That's where it 390 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:58,320 Speaker 1: gets complicated. And I don't know the answer to that. 391 00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:04,480 Speaker 1: I would say this, I'll take Geno and Baker. When 392 00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:08,040 Speaker 1: those guys make the contracts they make relatively cheap. You're 393 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:10,639 Speaker 1: only stuck with for a couple of years. You know, 394 00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:14,399 Speaker 1: Gino makes less guaranteed than Daniel Jones. You know Baker 395 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:17,520 Speaker 1: makes a little bit more. But like, if you can 396 00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:20,040 Speaker 1: function this year with Fields, I can give him that contract. 397 00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:24,920 Speaker 1: I cannot unless he takes gigantic strides. Once you start 398 00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:29,159 Speaker 1: getting into that kind of TUA world and above, then 399 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:32,000 Speaker 1: we got major question marks. Like to me, once I 400 00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:34,600 Speaker 1: start going one hundred and fifty million guaranteed and above, 401 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:38,040 Speaker 1: you got to be able to carry the team. And 402 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:44,480 Speaker 1: I mean, I have a lot of respect for the organization, 403 00:23:45,359 --> 00:23:47,120 Speaker 1: but let's call a spade a spade. I mean they're 404 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:49,520 Speaker 1: being carried by their defense. It's not like they're scoring 405 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:52,880 Speaker 1: a ton of touchdowns here. And he's played good. He's 406 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:55,040 Speaker 1: been better this year than he was for the Bears. 407 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:57,119 Speaker 1: And I think he mentioned I saw I was at 408 00:23:57,119 --> 00:24:00,119 Speaker 1: the gym and I saw it on the TV. They 409 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:04,600 Speaker 1: showed like Cam Hayward's podcast he was on, and he 410 00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:06,639 Speaker 1: must have made a comment about like he likes the 411 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:11,280 Speaker 1: coaching style more in Pittsburgh than he did in Chicago, 412 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:18,120 Speaker 1: which obviously helps big Commanders fan question about our old 413 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:24,040 Speaker 1: offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan. Obviously, he's great coach and is 414 00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:27,399 Speaker 1: one with quarterbacks like Garoppolo and now Party, who I 415 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:30,400 Speaker 1: think is a good, great quarterback. But do you think 416 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:32,240 Speaker 1: in the back of his mind when he gets in 417 00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:35,680 Speaker 1: these games and looks at the other sideline and sees 418 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:41,280 Speaker 1: a Josh Allen or Patrick Mahomes, first round quarterbacks loaded 419 00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:45,040 Speaker 1: with physical traits, he is rolling with a seventh rounder. 420 00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:50,879 Speaker 1: He feels like he's stuck in quarterback purgatory. My guess 421 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:55,359 Speaker 1: is in twenty twenty, the forty nine Ers were coming 422 00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:58,240 Speaker 1: off a Super Bowl loss, They had a bunch of injuries, 423 00:24:58,359 --> 00:25:01,680 Speaker 1: and they had an awful season. It ended up leading 424 00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:02,080 Speaker 1: them to. 425 00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:05,320 Speaker 3: Is that what led them to Nick Bosa. 426 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:07,879 Speaker 1: No, maybe Nick Bosa was already on the team. They 427 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:10,560 Speaker 1: might have led them to McGlinchey. I forget, But they 428 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:12,359 Speaker 1: were just really, really bad in twenty twenty. 429 00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:14,520 Speaker 3: What was the pick? Maybe they traded Buckner. 430 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:17,280 Speaker 1: I don't know, I forget. I'm all that feels like 431 00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:21,440 Speaker 1: a long time ago. Oh, that led them to Trey Lance. 432 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:24,240 Speaker 1: That's what it did. That led so to the twenty 433 00:25:24,359 --> 00:25:26,359 Speaker 1: twenty season. They ended up with the twelfth pick. They 434 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:29,240 Speaker 1: traded up to get Trey Lance in the twenty twenty 435 00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:34,119 Speaker 1: one draft. I was thrown off of my years in 436 00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:37,640 Speaker 1: that season. Toward the end of the year, San Jose 437 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:41,119 Speaker 1: had the most draconian COVID rules in the history of 438 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:43,720 Speaker 1: the world, and the forty nine ers got kicked out 439 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:47,160 Speaker 1: of the Bay Area, so they had to come to Arizona. 440 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:50,840 Speaker 1: A couple of years later, your boy followed them, and 441 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:55,000 Speaker 1: so the last I don't know five six games of 442 00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:59,560 Speaker 1: the year they were here, they played home games in 443 00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:03,080 Speaker 1: Era Zona because of the rules. This is the fall 444 00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:06,840 Speaker 1: of twenty twenty. We're so insane in Santa Clara County 445 00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:09,960 Speaker 1: that they just packed up and left and bid Well's like, 446 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:13,560 Speaker 1: you can come use my stuff. And that year, toward 447 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:17,359 Speaker 1: the end of the year, sometime in December, I forget too, 448 00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:21,960 Speaker 1: might have been like week twelve or thirteen or fourteen, 449 00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:25,080 Speaker 1: they played Josh Allen and he wasn't great. I mean, 450 00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:27,280 Speaker 1: he looked like Mahomes and this was a young version 451 00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:29,920 Speaker 1: of Josh Allen. And I think that really hit Kyle 452 00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:32,879 Speaker 1: like we need to be aggressive and go get something. 453 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:34,840 Speaker 1: And Jimmy was still on the team, but Jimmy was hurt, 454 00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:39,479 Speaker 1: and they traded for Trey Lance, who was a physical 455 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:42,399 Speaker 1: trade guy, and it blew up in their face. So 456 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:45,719 Speaker 1: I think once you have the experience of having something 457 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:48,720 Speaker 1: like that blow up in your face, like yeah, he 458 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:52,119 Speaker 1: would love Josh Allen or Mahomes. But I think, and 459 00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:55,880 Speaker 1: I'm guilty of this too, those guys are so rare, 460 00:26:57,040 --> 00:27:01,680 Speaker 1: Like everyone wants those guys, like right, even the good 461 00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:05,359 Speaker 1: teams like the Steelers, Like just look at all the 462 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:08,920 Speaker 1: other good teams in the NFL. The Lions have Jared GoF, 463 00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:11,280 Speaker 1: They love him, they would love they would take Josh 464 00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:14,320 Speaker 1: Allen over him in a New York minute, But it's 465 00:27:14,359 --> 00:27:16,840 Speaker 1: hard to get those guys. And let's face it, there 466 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:19,439 Speaker 1: is an element in the draft, whether you trade up 467 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:22,800 Speaker 1: or are drafting high and you take them that you 468 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:24,840 Speaker 1: just kind of keep your fingers crossed that it works. 469 00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:29,399 Speaker 1: So I think, yes, would he rather have Mahomes or 470 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:32,920 Speaker 1: Josh Allen than Purty, of course, but I think after 471 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:36,080 Speaker 1: the Trey Lance experience, I think he feels pretty grateful 472 00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:37,720 Speaker 1: and lucky to have a guy that he knows that 473 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:41,560 Speaker 1: he can win with and he's prett damn good. My 474 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:45,560 Speaker 1: question is what advice would you give someone on negative comments. 475 00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:49,760 Speaker 1: I have a Ravens podcast with my dad called Ravens 476 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:54,840 Speaker 1: Flock Talk, and we can have some controversial takes. That's 477 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:56,959 Speaker 1: always been my premise since day one. Dude to how 478 00:27:57,080 --> 00:28:00,760 Speaker 1: passionate we are. There are no pomp pom to if 479 00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:05,240 Speaker 1: someone isn't playing or coaching. Well, it started as a 480 00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:07,800 Speaker 1: fun project, bonding among with my dad. It's cool you 481 00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:11,680 Speaker 1: got a podcast with your dad, talk and ball. We 482 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:14,199 Speaker 1: went from thirty two followers last year to over one 483 00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:17,639 Speaker 1: point five k rookie numbers to my haters, but this 484 00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:21,840 Speaker 1: is with no content in the off seasons. However, now 485 00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:25,080 Speaker 1: I can't help but to respond to the trolls and 486 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:27,800 Speaker 1: hate because it gets to be too much. Maybe I 487 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:30,280 Speaker 1: focus too much on the negative comments first the positives. 488 00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:33,040 Speaker 1: But because I record the videos and it takes a 489 00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:35,400 Speaker 1: lot of work to edit, I simply have my heart 490 00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:38,280 Speaker 1: in this hold myself to a standard which doesn't seem 491 00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:41,440 Speaker 1: appreciated at times if someone disagrees or proceeds to make 492 00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:46,640 Speaker 1: things personal, which I retaliate hard to zone it out. 493 00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:51,280 Speaker 1: I guess I've just been doing this long enough and 494 00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:54,320 Speaker 1: have heard everything like to me comments on the internet. 495 00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:58,880 Speaker 1: Obviously I appreciate any positive comments, but if you're gonna 496 00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:02,280 Speaker 1: read the positive comment, you're also gonna read the negative 497 00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:07,680 Speaker 1: comments because it's unavoidable, and I don't know, maybe I've 498 00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:11,800 Speaker 1: just I don't mean it's gonna come off wrong, because 499 00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:15,720 Speaker 1: I appreciate anyone who watches or listens, because times the 500 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:18,240 Speaker 1: most valuable asset we have, and in what I do, 501 00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:21,160 Speaker 1: getting other people's time is obviously the business I'm in. 502 00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:23,880 Speaker 1: So if you're gonna watch it, whether you hate me 503 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:27,840 Speaker 1: or like me, I do appreciate it. But one thing, 504 00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:30,640 Speaker 1: as I've gotten older doing this, comments mean nothing to me. 505 00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:37,560 Speaker 1: I mean, they really don't, and partly because you can't 506 00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:41,200 Speaker 1: read them without seeing negatives, and you just have to realize, 507 00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:45,920 Speaker 1: like no matter what you do, it's the Internet, right, 508 00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:50,680 Speaker 1: so you're gonna see shit that is just bad. And 509 00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:54,760 Speaker 1: I guess I've gotten to the point a long time 510 00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:57,720 Speaker 1: ago where it just doesn't mean anything to me. I 511 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:00,360 Speaker 1: don't let it emotionally, or try not to. We're all 512 00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:04,920 Speaker 1: human beings. But one I don't try to look into 513 00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:09,240 Speaker 1: like you know. One thing I've done is i've gotten older, 514 00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:12,200 Speaker 1: is I've deleted Twitter on my phone. I don't have 515 00:30:12,360 --> 00:30:15,400 Speaker 1: it for a couple of reasons. One obviously I like 516 00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:18,480 Speaker 1: getting my news and stuff, but do I need to 517 00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:20,960 Speaker 1: see everyone I follows opinion on everything all the time, 518 00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:23,160 Speaker 1: Like why do I need all this in my brain? 519 00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:25,840 Speaker 1: And two it's really hard to not see just like 520 00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:28,480 Speaker 1: you're you know, to go to your replies and see 521 00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:31,360 Speaker 1: what people are saying, and let's just face it, it's 522 00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:36,000 Speaker 1: gonna tend to be negative. And I think the you 523 00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:39,960 Speaker 1: either do two things. You either learn how to realize 524 00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:44,040 Speaker 1: like listen if more and more people are listening, like 525 00:30:44,520 --> 00:30:47,960 Speaker 1: that is what matters. What ultimately I care about is 526 00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:51,280 Speaker 1: you're growing. And if you're growing and people like it 527 00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:54,360 Speaker 1: and you like what you're doing, and I listen, I 528 00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:56,160 Speaker 1: don't know if it's a side project. If you can 529 00:30:56,240 --> 00:30:59,239 Speaker 1: make any money off it, like that's all that matters, right, 530 00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:02,960 Speaker 1: because comments are such a small subset. I learned this 531 00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:07,600 Speaker 1: in radio, that like don't let a packed phone line. 532 00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:10,320 Speaker 1: This is back, you know, And I guess some radio 533 00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:13,400 Speaker 1: stations still do this, but like take phone calls you 534 00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:17,560 Speaker 1: could have. You could do a topic and the phone 535 00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:20,640 Speaker 1: lines light up, and let's say there are nine lines 536 00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:23,640 Speaker 1: where people can call into and you can think this 537 00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:28,040 Speaker 1: is an incredible polarizing topic, and then you get the 538 00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:30,320 Speaker 1: ratings three weeks later and you're like, no one was 539 00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:33,720 Speaker 1: actually listening. And I think comments can work like that 540 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:37,200 Speaker 1: in this business. It's why I think overall the media 541 00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:41,800 Speaker 1: it's weird, Like they tend to hate Elon. Obviously there 542 00:31:41,840 --> 00:31:46,720 Speaker 1: are political reasons for that. You know, he feels right wing. 543 00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:51,400 Speaker 1: They are they're not Democrat, they're like hardcore left. Yet 544 00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:55,160 Speaker 1: they are obsessed with his app in Twitter, and they've 545 00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:58,520 Speaker 1: loved it for fifteen years and most of them spend 546 00:31:58,560 --> 00:32:00,400 Speaker 1: a lot of time on there. And I think it 547 00:32:00,440 --> 00:32:03,760 Speaker 1: can really jade you because it is a negative place 548 00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:05,600 Speaker 1: and if you just want to sit in negativity, like 549 00:32:05,680 --> 00:32:07,760 Speaker 1: you said, you struggle with it and listen, I'm not 550 00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:11,080 Speaker 1: acting like I haven't before in the past, and every 551 00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:12,840 Speaker 1: once in a while fall into that trap. But you 552 00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:16,400 Speaker 1: realize none of it matters. None of it matters. I mean, 553 00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:21,440 Speaker 1: it's completely irrelevant. You could spend all day, every day 554 00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:25,600 Speaker 1: responding to negativity on the internet. You literally could spend 555 00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:30,240 Speaker 1: your entire day. It's like like one thing I've learned 556 00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:32,680 Speaker 1: not to, you know, pat myself on the back. But 557 00:32:32,840 --> 00:32:34,560 Speaker 1: early on in Twitter, I had to have an opinion 558 00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:38,040 Speaker 1: on everything. Now it's like, in what world do I 559 00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:42,160 Speaker 1: want to waste any energy arguing with people I don't know, 560 00:32:42,760 --> 00:32:45,920 Speaker 1: I don't give a shit about they might hate me 561 00:32:46,080 --> 00:32:51,640 Speaker 1: on the internet. Why do I care over like whatever 562 00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:56,280 Speaker 1: you name it any Caitlin Clark's recent controversy, Like is 563 00:32:56,360 --> 00:32:58,880 Speaker 1: it actually a controversy or they are just a bunch 564 00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:01,760 Speaker 1: of angry people on the internet screaming back and forth 565 00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:07,040 Speaker 1: at each other that represent a tiny, tiny subset of 566 00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:11,280 Speaker 1: human beings and most people. I always sometimes if you 567 00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:13,240 Speaker 1: just scroll on the Internet and you're like, God, everyone's 568 00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:16,000 Speaker 1: so angry, and then you just do something in the 569 00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:18,080 Speaker 1: real world, like just I don't know, go to the 570 00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:21,080 Speaker 1: gym or go out to eat and everyone's like smiling 571 00:33:21,160 --> 00:33:25,440 Speaker 1: and friendly. You're like I thought everyone's really angry. You're like, actually, 572 00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:28,080 Speaker 1: you just turn off your phone, and that's not the 573 00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:33,200 Speaker 1: real world. And I think one benefit anyone of I 574 00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:37,560 Speaker 1: don't know that's over thirty years old would have is 575 00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:40,960 Speaker 1: definitely if you're my age closer to forty and kind 576 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:44,360 Speaker 1: of grown up in both worlds of pre internet, post Internet, 577 00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:47,000 Speaker 1: and just seeing the social media part of the Internet 578 00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:50,680 Speaker 1: the entire time, I can't imagine being like fifteen years 579 00:33:50,680 --> 00:33:53,800 Speaker 1: old on this if I had a young daughter a 580 00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:57,840 Speaker 1: young son on social media, like that would be really 581 00:33:57,920 --> 00:34:00,800 Speaker 1: really hard because it'd be im possible to have any 582 00:34:00,840 --> 00:34:03,760 Speaker 1: perspective of like, this isn't the end all be all. 583 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:07,880 Speaker 1: If anything, it's doesn't matter because that's ultimately my take. 584 00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:14,839 Speaker 1: It does not matter one who gives a shit if 585 00:34:15,160 --> 00:34:18,319 Speaker 1: someone's talking shit about your take. If anything, you want 586 00:34:18,400 --> 00:34:22,359 Speaker 1: them to interact, right, But at the end of the day, 587 00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:25,600 Speaker 1: you can't make everybody happy. And definitely when it comes 588 00:34:25,680 --> 00:34:28,880 Speaker 1: to the Internet on comments, so I think the faster 589 00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:32,040 Speaker 1: you learned, the only thing that matters is you do 590 00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:34,719 Speaker 1: what you like. To me, the number one thing that 591 00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:39,160 Speaker 1: is successful in the world of content creation whether that's 592 00:34:39,280 --> 00:34:45,200 Speaker 1: YouTube people, podcasters, whatever, is just authenticity. People aren't going 593 00:34:45,239 --> 00:34:48,680 Speaker 1: to agree with everything you say. Welcome to life. So 594 00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:50,640 Speaker 1: it's like, if you believe it and you're not just 595 00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:54,959 Speaker 1: faking it, who cares? You know, Listen, people are gonna 596 00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:58,680 Speaker 1: think I'm a whack job. Sometimes I've never made up 597 00:34:58,719 --> 00:35:01,680 Speaker 1: a comment here, Like, I only say what I believe. 598 00:35:02,239 --> 00:35:05,200 Speaker 1: Sometimes I'll be right, sometimes I'll be wrong. I thought 599 00:35:05,239 --> 00:35:07,200 Speaker 1: the Bears probably be pretty good. I thought the Steelers 600 00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:10,879 Speaker 1: would suck. Probably wrong on both right. But I didn't 601 00:35:10,920 --> 00:35:13,600 Speaker 1: just say that because I was like, you know, maybe 602 00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:16,520 Speaker 1: I could stroke the fleemes of the Steelers fan base. 603 00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:20,239 Speaker 1: I don't really give a shit. If I truly cared, 604 00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:22,080 Speaker 1: maybe I'm doing this wrong. I talk about the Cowboys 605 00:35:22,239 --> 00:35:25,840 Speaker 1: open up the show basically every single podcast. We obviously 606 00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:28,399 Speaker 1: don't do that. I'll talk about them when they matter, 607 00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:30,759 Speaker 1: they play a game, like last night, We're gonna open 608 00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:35,760 Speaker 1: the show with them. But I don't just be authentic. 609 00:35:36,160 --> 00:35:38,359 Speaker 1: Do what you do and kind of let the chips 610 00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:42,480 Speaker 1: fall where they may. Congrats on building a little podcast. 611 00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:47,239 Speaker 1: It's also sports, and people are very emotional about that. 612 00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:53,080 Speaker 1: So people get worked up, right when you say something 613 00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:58,040 Speaker 1: bad about someone that they like. It's just comes with 614 00:35:58,120 --> 00:36:09,640 Speaker 1: a territory. What do you think about Quinn Ewers as 615 00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:12,080 Speaker 1: an NFL prospect? He was granted as one of the 616 00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:15,800 Speaker 1: best quarterback prospects of all time coming out of high school, 617 00:36:16,239 --> 00:36:19,480 Speaker 1: but it feels like he is underachieved relative to that ranking. 618 00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:22,440 Speaker 1: The injury bug has gotten to him each year as 619 00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:25,279 Speaker 1: a starter. To me, that's the biggest question mark because 620 00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:27,000 Speaker 1: I thought in that Michigan game he looked like an 621 00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:29,520 Speaker 1: NFL player. I did not believe that the previous year 622 00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:34,920 Speaker 1: he looked like listen, Michigan is not twenty twenty three, Michigan. 623 00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:38,879 Speaker 1: They're still gonna win. They're gonna go like nine and four, 624 00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:41,800 Speaker 1: and they got NFL guys all over the place, and 625 00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:44,600 Speaker 1: he was brilliant in that game. So I was like, damn, okay, 626 00:36:44,640 --> 00:36:46,200 Speaker 1: I might have to look at this guy a little differently. 627 00:36:46,520 --> 00:36:48,960 Speaker 1: And then he gets injured, and like you said, he 628 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:53,719 Speaker 1: gets injured all the time. So that to me, he 629 00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:56,239 Speaker 1: clearly was playing at a higher level this year, which 630 00:36:56,320 --> 00:36:59,840 Speaker 1: is normal young player. You get better, but you gotta 631 00:36:59,880 --> 00:37:02,320 Speaker 1: be able to stay on the field. And now we 632 00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:04,719 Speaker 1: have a short sample size, but he gets injured a 633 00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:09,600 Speaker 1: lot he really does, and let's face it, weird spot 634 00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:16,280 Speaker 1: for Sark, weird spot for Sark. What if I almost 635 00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:21,560 Speaker 1: say to Eli, what if Arch just plays well, you 636 00:37:21,719 --> 00:37:25,360 Speaker 1: just bench him because he's cool with it. I don't know, 637 00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:30,000 Speaker 1: it's I think it's a complicated factor here, and I 638 00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:32,080 Speaker 1: think everyone just assumes they're going to just go back 639 00:37:32,080 --> 00:37:35,720 Speaker 1: to Quinn yard maybe but maybe not. We've seen crazier 640 00:37:36,040 --> 00:37:39,040 Speaker 1: in college. In the pros, sometimes you get injured. A 641 00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:41,719 Speaker 1: guy comes in, whether he's got hype or not, and 642 00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:48,360 Speaker 1: he never comes out so he can make the throws surgical, 643 00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:50,560 Speaker 1: intermediate to short passing game. However, he does have a 644 00:37:50,600 --> 00:37:54,439 Speaker 1: bad habit of throwing random interceptions. Also, how do you think? Yeah, 645 00:37:57,880 --> 00:38:01,440 Speaker 1: I think it's a fascinating to you know scenario. I 646 00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:04,759 Speaker 1: think if Arch, depending on how this injury goes, but 647 00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:07,879 Speaker 1: makes it to the Oklahoma game, then plays, well, there, 648 00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:13,560 Speaker 1: you're gonna bench him after that. This notion of like 649 00:38:13,680 --> 00:38:15,839 Speaker 1: can never lose your job to injury, Like we threw 650 00:38:15,880 --> 00:38:19,839 Speaker 1: that thing in the trash decades ago. You can get 651 00:38:20,160 --> 00:38:24,719 Speaker 1: this is bottom line business now. People getting paid a 652 00:38:24,760 --> 00:38:31,839 Speaker 1: lot of variables here. I would not bet the farm 653 00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:34,839 Speaker 1: that we just see Quinn Ewers again, we might maybe 654 00:38:34,880 --> 00:38:39,400 Speaker 1: we do. Maybe Arch turns out like he plays against Oklahoma, 655 00:38:39,560 --> 00:38:44,120 Speaker 1: he would struggle because their defense is really good. A 656 00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:47,399 Speaker 1: big fan twenty three years old, been a Browns fan 657 00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:51,320 Speaker 1: my entire life. Curious on your take with the Deshaun 658 00:38:51,360 --> 00:38:54,960 Speaker 1: Watson situation. I know we're gonna be in cap hell, 659 00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:57,680 Speaker 1: but the way he is playing, you have to sit 660 00:38:57,760 --> 00:39:00,719 Speaker 1: him down after a while, right. I fear that we 661 00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:03,040 Speaker 1: keep throwing him out there. Not only will he lose 662 00:39:03,120 --> 00:39:05,360 Speaker 1: the locker room, but a lot of these guys like 663 00:39:05,480 --> 00:39:11,040 Speaker 1: Miles Chubb Amari Ward are gonna want out. Yeah. I 664 00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:12,880 Speaker 1: think the hard part about the NFL is you're kind 665 00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:16,640 Speaker 1: of stuck. You know this. This is not the NBA 666 00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:19,000 Speaker 1: where guys just you know a Mari's been traded for 667 00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:22,160 Speaker 1: a reason. He's kind of a polarizing player. It's weird, 668 00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:25,840 Speaker 1: like he is good, but he's not great, but he 669 00:39:25,920 --> 00:39:29,279 Speaker 1: makes a lot of money. But like Miles Garrett's gonna 670 00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:33,840 Speaker 1: want out. Okay, what if they say no? You know, 671 00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:37,280 Speaker 1: in these other sports, like they always acquiesce to your demands, 672 00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:41,440 Speaker 1: and football that's not really the case. You know, I 673 00:39:41,560 --> 00:39:43,480 Speaker 1: only trade you when I want to trade you too, 674 00:39:44,520 --> 00:39:47,480 Speaker 1: So people like, that's not fair to say, well, that's 675 00:39:47,600 --> 00:39:48,280 Speaker 1: kind of the business. 676 00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:49,200 Speaker 3: You know. 677 00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:51,200 Speaker 1: This is not like Kevin Durants, like I'm ready for 678 00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:53,080 Speaker 1: a new place. They're like, Okay, where do you want 679 00:39:53,120 --> 00:39:57,759 Speaker 1: to go? That's not really the way it works. But 680 00:39:58,200 --> 00:40:06,399 Speaker 1: this Deshawn's situation. They play the Raiders this week. Max 681 00:40:06,520 --> 00:40:11,160 Speaker 1: Crosby's banged up, and you can't beat the Raiders. It's 682 00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:15,000 Speaker 1: gonna be a long year, man, it really is. I 683 00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:17,839 Speaker 1: think it's must win just to kind of quiet people down. 684 00:40:18,320 --> 00:40:19,880 Speaker 1: But you could say the same thing about the Raiders 685 00:40:20,840 --> 00:40:23,279 Speaker 1: kind of must win for them. This is just a 686 00:40:23,440 --> 00:40:25,959 Speaker 1: must win for two bad teams. This is a game 687 00:40:27,360 --> 00:40:30,200 Speaker 1: that I probably I'll have a one of the boxes, 688 00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:34,280 Speaker 1: but I made a pack with myself, Like I Deshaun 689 00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:38,000 Speaker 1: Watson is just an awful watch. The Raiders are not 690 00:40:38,120 --> 00:40:40,879 Speaker 1: a great watch either. But I do like a good 691 00:40:40,920 --> 00:40:44,719 Speaker 1: train wreck, so I'll be paying attention to this. I 692 00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:49,320 Speaker 1: know this, Cleveland fans. You lose this game, looks like 693 00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:52,160 Speaker 1: you've got no chance of the playoffs. Your quarterback's awful, 694 00:40:52,280 --> 00:40:59,360 Speaker 1: you feel stuck with them. Gonna get weird. Man. I 695 00:40:59,440 --> 00:41:02,279 Speaker 1: have a question, isn't the narrative that Mahomes won the 696 00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:05,960 Speaker 1: last two Super Bowls with no weapons. False. I mean, 697 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:08,600 Speaker 1: obviously in the NFC, the Eagles and Niners and Lions 698 00:41:08,640 --> 00:41:10,919 Speaker 1: had better weapons. But if you look at the true 699 00:41:10,960 --> 00:41:13,800 Speaker 1: contenders in the AFC the last two seasons, the Bills, 700 00:41:13,840 --> 00:41:16,279 Speaker 1: the Ravens, and the Bengals, I don't think the gap 701 00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:19,920 Speaker 1: between their weapons and the Chiefs weapons was big. I mean, 702 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:23,560 Speaker 1: Kelsey is dramatically better player than Diggs, especially in the playoffs. 703 00:41:24,200 --> 00:41:26,759 Speaker 1: Rice is at least as good as Cape Davis, and 704 00:41:26,840 --> 00:41:29,080 Speaker 1: I don't see a big difference between Pacheco and Cook. 705 00:41:30,600 --> 00:41:30,799 Speaker 3: Yeah. 706 00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:33,640 Speaker 1: I think it's more that they just traded like this 707 00:41:33,760 --> 00:41:37,000 Speaker 1: all time great wide receiver in Tyreek Hill, which we 708 00:41:37,080 --> 00:41:41,239 Speaker 1: all agree with. Tyreek Hill is an elite player, and 709 00:41:41,360 --> 00:41:44,279 Speaker 1: they just patchworked and they were fine. Like you said, 710 00:41:44,320 --> 00:41:47,480 Speaker 1: I mean, Travis Kelce is the greatest pass catching tight 711 00:41:47,560 --> 00:41:50,959 Speaker 1: end in the history league. Isaiah Pacheco, it was clear 712 00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:53,440 Speaker 1: pretty early like this guy is a high end starting 713 00:41:53,520 --> 00:41:57,120 Speaker 1: running back. Rice wasn't on the team two years ago. 714 00:41:57,760 --> 00:42:00,640 Speaker 1: So as a rookie, yeah, he was good, but he 715 00:42:00,840 --> 00:42:01,960 Speaker 1: wasn't on the team that won it. 716 00:42:02,239 --> 00:42:05,520 Speaker 3: To who they played two years ago? Who the Chiefs 717 00:42:05,560 --> 00:42:09,080 Speaker 3: playing the Super Bowl. Why am I forgetting this? They 718 00:42:09,120 --> 00:42:12,440 Speaker 3: played the Niners? How am I blanking on this? They 719 00:42:12,520 --> 00:42:17,879 Speaker 3: beat the Bengal Oh they played the Eagles. My mind going, yeah, 720 00:42:17,880 --> 00:42:22,279 Speaker 3: they played the Eagles. That was the controversial Actually, Bradberry said, 721 00:42:22,280 --> 00:42:25,920 Speaker 3: I committed paster interference, but that was where Andy had 722 00:42:25,960 --> 00:42:29,160 Speaker 3: some play calls that people were not happy with Jonathan 723 00:42:29,239 --> 00:42:33,879 Speaker 3: Gannon in Philly. I think it's more that like back 724 00:42:33,960 --> 00:42:39,800 Speaker 3: to back years he's beaten because you're right, the AFC, 725 00:42:41,640 --> 00:42:46,000 Speaker 3: that Ravens team, you know, z Flowers, a rookie. Lamar 726 00:42:46,239 --> 00:42:48,200 Speaker 3: was the MVP, but it was a bad MVP year. 727 00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:53,680 Speaker 3: Mark Andrews was injured, likely still a young ascending player. 728 00:42:54,680 --> 00:42:57,399 Speaker 1: But I think back to back Super Bowls he beat 729 00:42:57,880 --> 00:43:00,600 Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts, who was an MVP candidate with A J. Brown, 730 00:43:00,680 --> 00:43:04,280 Speaker 1: DeVante Smith, Dallas Goddard, and then last year he beats 731 00:43:05,239 --> 00:43:08,400 Speaker 1: Brock Purty who was also an MVP candidate with Deebo, 732 00:43:08,480 --> 00:43:12,520 Speaker 1: Samuel Brandon, Au, Christian McCaffrey, and George Kittle. Like, I 733 00:43:12,560 --> 00:43:15,880 Speaker 1: think we have to acknowledge in those two games that 734 00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:20,960 Speaker 1: if you flip flop the quarterbacks then it wouldn't even 735 00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:23,760 Speaker 1: be Can you imagine Patrick mahomes like AJ Brown, DeVante 736 00:43:23,840 --> 00:43:27,400 Speaker 1: Smith and Dallas Goddard, or with Deebo, Samuel, George Kittle, Brandon, 737 00:43:27,440 --> 00:43:30,920 Speaker 1: I you Christian McCaffrey and Juwan Jennings. I mean, I 738 00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:34,600 Speaker 1: think that's that's the conversation. But on the totality of it, 739 00:43:35,120 --> 00:43:36,920 Speaker 1: he's got a great defense. So if you've got a 740 00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:39,919 Speaker 1: great defense and you're a good quarterback, your team's gonna 741 00:43:39,920 --> 00:43:42,840 Speaker 1: be good. If you get a great defense and you 742 00:43:42,920 --> 00:43:46,000 Speaker 1: give me Kirk Cousins or Dak Prescott, it's a playoff team. 743 00:43:47,080 --> 00:43:49,040 Speaker 1: If you give me a great defense and you give 744 00:43:49,080 --> 00:43:52,439 Speaker 1: me an all time great quarterback, it's immediately a Super 745 00:43:52,440 --> 00:43:56,880 Speaker 1: Bowl contender. So I hear what you're saying and who's 746 00:43:56,920 --> 00:44:03,640 Speaker 1: really pushing that narrative. Also, okay, last question from the 747 00:44:03,719 --> 00:44:06,200 Speaker 1: UK Love the pod. I'll be heading to the Bears 748 00:44:06,239 --> 00:44:08,919 Speaker 1: Jags game in London and have been for the last 749 00:44:08,960 --> 00:44:12,000 Speaker 1: few years. My question is how long do you think, 750 00:44:12,120 --> 00:44:15,880 Speaker 1: if ever, we will see a Super Bowl in London. 751 00:44:16,680 --> 00:44:18,480 Speaker 1: It seems like every year there are more and more 752 00:44:18,520 --> 00:44:23,760 Speaker 1: games over here. You know one thing, I'm not very connected. 753 00:44:24,120 --> 00:44:25,719 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't have any connections like with the 754 00:44:25,840 --> 00:44:32,360 Speaker 1: league office, people that run the business angles of these decisions, 755 00:44:32,560 --> 00:44:34,799 Speaker 1: which obviously starts with rog and kind of his crew. 756 00:44:37,040 --> 00:44:42,480 Speaker 1: I think there's a big difference in having expanded international games, 757 00:44:42,680 --> 00:44:46,400 Speaker 1: which the league has done. Right, Brazil this year, Germany 758 00:44:46,520 --> 00:44:48,680 Speaker 1: last year? Are they going to Germany again? This year? 759 00:44:49,840 --> 00:44:52,440 Speaker 1: They've gone to Mexico City, Like they've made a very 760 00:44:52,640 --> 00:44:58,239 Speaker 1: very conscious effort expanding internationally. World is flat. I get it, though, 761 00:44:58,360 --> 00:45:01,319 Speaker 1: even if I disagree, like that game did not need 762 00:45:01,400 --> 00:45:03,440 Speaker 1: to be in Brazil, But that's another conversation for a 763 00:45:03,480 --> 00:45:08,080 Speaker 1: different day. In having the Super Bowl there, So my 764 00:45:10,200 --> 00:45:13,600 Speaker 1: uneducated in the sense that I don't have inside information 765 00:45:13,719 --> 00:45:18,719 Speaker 1: on this, but my guess of just following this league 766 00:45:18,719 --> 00:45:22,360 Speaker 1: as closely as I do, I'd be a little stunned 767 00:45:22,400 --> 00:45:24,680 Speaker 1: if for the foreseeable future of the Super Bowls aren't 768 00:45:24,719 --> 00:45:29,840 Speaker 1: held in America, and specifically, like, why don't we just 769 00:45:29,960 --> 00:45:34,440 Speaker 1: do the rotation, which makes a lot of sense La Scottsdale, 770 00:45:34,760 --> 00:45:40,319 Speaker 1: New Orleans, Miami in Vegas. Vegas last year was cool. 771 00:45:41,040 --> 00:45:44,440 Speaker 1: Vegas is now in that rotation, But I don't think 772 00:45:44,560 --> 00:45:50,799 Speaker 1: that one like the other rule I guess is if 773 00:45:50,840 --> 00:45:52,600 Speaker 1: you get a new stadium, you're supposed to get the 774 00:45:52,600 --> 00:45:56,160 Speaker 1: Super Bowl, right Minnesota, Atlanta, San Francisco, Like when they 775 00:45:56,200 --> 00:45:59,360 Speaker 1: got their new stadiums, I got a Super Bowl. I 776 00:45:59,440 --> 00:46:02,279 Speaker 1: don't think any anyone would complain if you just tip 777 00:46:02,400 --> 00:46:10,240 Speaker 1: the main just worked your way west east. So far Scottsdale, Vegas, 778 00:46:11,840 --> 00:46:17,879 Speaker 1: New Orleans, Miami. Who's pushing back on that? I don't 779 00:46:17,920 --> 00:46:21,279 Speaker 1: think anybody. And the reality is, like who really goes 780 00:46:21,320 --> 00:46:24,640 Speaker 1: to the Super Bowl? I mean it's not a huge 781 00:46:24,719 --> 00:46:28,560 Speaker 1: contingent of people minus the media, Like this isn't one 782 00:46:28,600 --> 00:46:34,120 Speaker 1: of those I mean, millions of people aren't attending this thing. 783 00:46:36,040 --> 00:46:38,440 Speaker 1: So to me, to make it to places where you 784 00:46:38,480 --> 00:46:40,160 Speaker 1: would want to go where a lot of fun stuff's 785 00:46:40,160 --> 00:46:43,960 Speaker 1: going on. Like listen, I like Scottsdale more than Vegas. 786 00:46:44,080 --> 00:46:48,160 Speaker 1: But Vegas is a better super Bowl set up than here. 787 00:46:48,880 --> 00:46:51,680 Speaker 1: Their stadium is right by the Strip. That's a bright 788 00:46:51,800 --> 00:46:56,239 Speaker 1: light events town. I mean in Scottsdale, the stadium's out 789 00:46:56,239 --> 00:47:01,879 Speaker 1: in bf E. Everyone is hunkered down in old town Scottsdale. 790 00:47:02,400 --> 00:47:04,600 Speaker 1: You know, it's kind of spread out. San Francisco is 791 00:47:04,640 --> 00:47:08,720 Speaker 1: the same way, LA is the same way. Would anyone 792 00:47:08,800 --> 00:47:10,800 Speaker 1: complain if they're like for the next five years and 793 00:47:10,840 --> 00:47:15,640 Speaker 1: super Bowl is gonna be in Vegas? I would doubt it. 794 00:47:16,640 --> 00:47:20,839 Speaker 1: I really would. If Roddge's announced for five straight years 795 00:47:21,040 --> 00:47:25,279 Speaker 1: Super Bowl in Vegas, I think the complaints would add 796 00:47:25,440 --> 00:47:28,480 Speaker 1: up to zero. And I'm not counting people on the internet. 797 00:47:28,960 --> 00:47:33,080 Speaker 1: I'm counting on people league employees, people that are going 798 00:47:33,160 --> 00:47:35,400 Speaker 1: to attend no matter what you know. Obviously, if you 799 00:47:35,440 --> 00:47:40,400 Speaker 1: work around football, if you cover football all the networks, 800 00:47:41,560 --> 00:47:44,320 Speaker 1: I think there would be zero complaints. As someone that 801 00:47:44,480 --> 00:47:46,279 Speaker 1: just has only been there a couple of times and 802 00:47:46,360 --> 00:47:50,400 Speaker 1: it's cool, like Miami's pretty badass, but same type. Do 803 00:47:50,400 --> 00:47:54,040 Speaker 1: you a little spread out which listen, depending on who 804 00:47:54,080 --> 00:47:56,879 Speaker 1: you are. I'm not complaining about stuff being spread out, 805 00:47:57,040 --> 00:48:01,240 Speaker 1: but I would just put Vegas on scholar ship. That's 806 00:48:01,320 --> 00:48:06,800 Speaker 1: my personal opinion. The volume 807 00:48:09,640 --> 00:48:10,040 Speaker 3: Mm hmm