1 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 1: What is up? Everybody? Back at it again on a 2 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:20,239 Speaker 1: Saturday on a weekend, Happy Saturday, Happy Draft. As I'm 3 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:24,360 Speaker 1: recording this, it's the middle of the third round, um 4 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:28,480 Speaker 1: the Vikings pick, so we're just rocking and rolling. I 5 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:31,120 Speaker 1: wanted to wait till the weekend just to see if 6 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:33,559 Speaker 1: something crazy happened. Obviously, the Rogers thing is what I'm 7 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:36,080 Speaker 1: gonna start with, and then just some of the main points. 8 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:39,560 Speaker 1: I'm mainly gonna stick. Let'sten, I play the hits. Uh, 9 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 1: we're gonna talk about the first round, some things that 10 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:45,440 Speaker 1: stood out to me and some funny things, and yeah, 11 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:48,360 Speaker 1: the quarterbacks, and we'll dive into a little bit the 12 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 1: Middlecoff mail bag at John Middlecoff my Instagram handle. I'm 13 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:55,720 Speaker 1: probably gonna do that on a weekend, which would probably 14 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:58,200 Speaker 1: be there Saturday or Sunday. I'm recording this on Friday, 15 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 1: so someday this weekend I'm gonna throw a butt. I 16 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 1: have so many direct messages a k d M S 17 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:06,000 Speaker 1: and I just I want to do a football podcast 18 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 1: and we'll say I'll say some of the d ms 19 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 1: also for Tuesday's pod, but I want to make this 20 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:14,000 Speaker 1: just kind of a heavy hitter. What was going on 21 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:17,760 Speaker 1: in the last hours, and uh, we'll do with that. 22 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 1: If you listen on Collins feed, you guys know the drill. 23 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:23,640 Speaker 1: Please leave a review and subscribe to the three and 24 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:28,760 Speaker 1: Out podcast feed. It helps with uh, with business. I 25 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:32,280 Speaker 1: want to start with Aaron Rodgers, biggest story in America right, 26 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:37,560 Speaker 1: absolute bombshell. He wants to get traded slash, He's never 27 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 1: gonna play for the Packers again. A lot happened on Thursday. 28 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:43,600 Speaker 1: We were all swimming. Help me, you know, obviously I 29 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 1: covered the forty nine is really closely. It was like 30 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 1: at the forty niners gonna trade for Aaron Rodgers. A 31 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:51,240 Speaker 1: lot happened as I'm recording this right now. He's still 32 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:54,000 Speaker 1: on the Packers, but I think we need to rewind 33 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:58,080 Speaker 1: and listen. Full disclosure, candid about it. I was open 34 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 1: about a year ago. I thought they did the right 35 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:05,200 Speaker 1: thing when they took Jordan's love. They made a calculated 36 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:10,120 Speaker 1: educated guests that Aaron Rodgers career was trending down. You 37 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 1: know why their first year Gudikins on the floor as 38 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:15,440 Speaker 1: the head coach and the general manager. It didn't go well. 39 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:19,200 Speaker 1: So they thought big picture and they drafted Jordan's love 40 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:22,120 Speaker 1: at the end of the first round. Here's the problem. 41 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 1: Sometimes when you make a decision, it does not have 42 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:29,640 Speaker 1: the desired outcome. A lot of people get married, guess what. 43 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:32,800 Speaker 1: A lot of people get divorces. A lot of people 44 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:34,640 Speaker 1: go to work a companies because they think they're gonna 45 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:36,640 Speaker 1: move their way up and make a lot of money, 46 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:39,840 Speaker 1: and they get stuck and they're not able to move up. 47 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:44,120 Speaker 1: We all make decisions, at least the most of us, right, 48 00:02:44,919 --> 00:02:49,359 Speaker 1: with the best intentions possible and the information. I would say, 49 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:53,720 Speaker 1: any good decision maker with the best information you know 50 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:57,800 Speaker 1: that's available to them, and most people in a company 51 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:00,839 Speaker 1: in the NFL, in any in a house old are 52 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 1: just giving suggestions. There's really only one decision maker. When 53 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 1: I grew up, it was my mom or dad, right, 54 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 1: Ultimately was their decision. If if you have kids, it's you, 55 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 1: it's not them. They tell you what they want to do. 56 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:17,080 Speaker 1: You're in control. When you work at a company, you 57 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:20,520 Speaker 1: give suggestions, it's ultimately the boss or the owner's decision. 58 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:23,920 Speaker 1: All these kids that have been drafted tonight, you know 59 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 1: the team is drafting them in hopes they're gonna be 60 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:31,079 Speaker 1: a good fucking player. Pro Bowls starters, second contract guys, 61 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:34,360 Speaker 1: they don't know. They're just taking the information in hand 62 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 1: and they're making educated decisions because we all want an 63 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 1: outcome that we really kind of can't control. But a 64 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 1: lot of stuff in life is out of control. We're 65 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 1: kind of hoping for. We know where we wanted to go, 66 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:48,640 Speaker 1: but we don't know if we're gonna get there. And 67 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 1: I think most people make the decisions with I mean, 68 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 1: I think, you know, I guess there are some, you know, 69 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:57,920 Speaker 1: bad people, but most good hearted people make the decision 70 00:03:57,960 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 1: that they think is best. If they run a company 71 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 1: for the company, if they run an NFL team for 72 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 1: the team. What does Belichick always say, I'm gonna do 73 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 1: the best thing in the interest of the team. I 74 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 1: don't think he's lying. Doesn't mean everything always works out. 75 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 1: They saw Aaron Rodgers didn't go well. They took Jordan's love. 76 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:19,799 Speaker 1: Here's a simple reality. It backfired in their face. Rogers 77 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:23,280 Speaker 1: was piste off. Don't totally blame him, even though at 78 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 1: the time he was coming off a season where I 79 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:28,799 Speaker 1: don't want to say he looked washed, but he looked 80 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:32,200 Speaker 1: like his arrow was pointing down. Then he comes back 81 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 1: and he wins the m v P. He carries the 82 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 1: team I don't know to the NFC Championship where they 83 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:40,159 Speaker 1: hosted the game at home, and he was the best 84 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 1: player in the league. It's not even arguable he was 85 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:45,359 Speaker 1: better start to finish than Patrick Mahomes, who might be 86 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:47,839 Speaker 1: the best quote unquote player in the league. But last 87 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:50,880 Speaker 1: year Rogers individually was the best player in the league. 88 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 1: And here's what Rogers does really well. And I told 89 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 1: Colin this on his podcast. He had a quote, It's 90 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:59,400 Speaker 1: crazy when you read a book or you read an article, 91 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:02,599 Speaker 1: it really you remember. If it's really good, you don't 92 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:04,800 Speaker 1: remember the whole thing. At least I don't. Maybe it's 93 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:08,600 Speaker 1: my limited intellectual capacity, but I'll never forget this. It's 94 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:10,920 Speaker 1: kind of crazy. I you know, I do this podcast 95 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:13,520 Speaker 1: for Colin. I once was reading his book just because 96 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 1: I was a fan of his work, and he in 97 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 1: his first book, It's really the it's only count I 98 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:20,200 Speaker 1: think he wrote two books. I only read the first one, 99 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:22,960 Speaker 1: but he had a great line. I remember writing it down. 100 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:24,480 Speaker 1: I didn't even need to. It's stuck in my head 101 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:28,760 Speaker 1: forever that holding a grudge is like chain smoking hate. 102 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:32,800 Speaker 1: And I've never forgot that because I'm petty, and I 103 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 1: can hold grudges. I still do to this day, even 104 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:39,480 Speaker 1: though I've tried, quote unquote, as I've matured. Uh again, 105 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:42,280 Speaker 1: that's in quotations. You could say I'm not that mature, 106 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:44,919 Speaker 1: but I'm definitely more mature than I was four or 107 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:47,719 Speaker 1: five years ago. That I try not to hold grudges 108 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:49,880 Speaker 1: because I do think he was onto something. It's like 109 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:53,600 Speaker 1: holding hate inside your body, and the majority of humans 110 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:57,159 Speaker 1: and I fall in this category struggle to function when 111 00:05:57,200 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 1: the grudges at the top of my mind. I think 112 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:03,120 Speaker 1: as I've aged, I've been able to kind of compartmentalize 113 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:05,560 Speaker 1: a grudge. I still like a little grudge, you know, 114 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:08,120 Speaker 1: when someone I think kind of fox me. It's hard 115 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 1: for me to forget. But I used to definitely in 116 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:13,000 Speaker 1: my late twenties and early thirties. And again you're talking 117 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:15,600 Speaker 1: about a guy who got fired in the NFL, who 118 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:18,279 Speaker 1: had a rough breakup and radio that it was just 119 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:20,880 Speaker 1: really angry, But it really both times the best thing 120 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:23,040 Speaker 1: that ever happened to me. And as time goes on, 121 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:25,480 Speaker 1: you just you kind of let it go. But early 122 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:28,160 Speaker 1: on I would have been way more productive and probably 123 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 1: Wade made more money faster if I would have flown 124 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:36,200 Speaker 1: to the side because I'm not great at compartmentalizing anger. 125 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:40,640 Speaker 1: Clearly Rogers, who's like a year older than me. Yeah, 126 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:42,320 Speaker 1: I'll be thirty seven this year, he'll be thirty eight, 127 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:43,799 Speaker 1: So yeah, he's a year older than me, a class 128 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:46,680 Speaker 1: older than me in high school, I think, and he's 129 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:51,479 Speaker 1: talked about this, got very very good at compartmentalizing his 130 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:54,760 Speaker 1: emotions because he's always been known as a petty guy, right, 131 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:57,000 Speaker 1: and I think a lot of people are. I don't. 132 00:06:57,040 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 1: I don't think he's alone by any means. Most people 133 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:02,440 Speaker 1: are definitely not as talented at what they do as Aaron. 134 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:07,160 Speaker 1: And this year he was laser focused. He embraced the offense, 135 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 1: and he eviscerated the NFL, absolutely destroyed them, basically took 136 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:17,600 Speaker 1: the uh you know, gasoline, poured it all over everyone 137 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 1: he played and lit the match up until the last 138 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:22,240 Speaker 1: game when he was he was you know, it was 139 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:24,239 Speaker 1: his best game of the season. But I'm not putting 140 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:27,720 Speaker 1: that whole game on Rogers. But they lost in the 141 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:30,960 Speaker 1: NFC Championship game. One thing was clear with some of 142 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:33,760 Speaker 1: his comments after the season to McAfee and then what 143 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:37,920 Speaker 1: happened this week. He never forgot. He just put it 144 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:41,520 Speaker 1: to the side. But like any true grudge holder, he 145 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:43,960 Speaker 1: never let it go. He didn't, you know, wrap it 146 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:46,560 Speaker 1: up and throw it in the trash. He was piste off, 147 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:49,760 Speaker 1: and in fairness to him, all the fenn Rogers here, 148 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:56,120 Speaker 1: their decision to him was a major refew and it failed. 149 00:07:56,680 --> 00:08:01,400 Speaker 1: It backfired because it pissed him off. Lash makes him 150 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:04,440 Speaker 1: hate them, and they have a problem on their hands now, 151 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:07,880 Speaker 1: and it's easy to say, well, just suck it up 152 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:10,640 Speaker 1: and come back together. Look at the Seattle Seahawks. I 153 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 1: was just talking to Coward about this. They go acquire 154 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 1: a tight end this offseason, They go acquire a new 155 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:20,560 Speaker 1: offensive coordinator, They go inquire a new UH offensive lineman, 156 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:24,320 Speaker 1: Gabe Jackson. They bring back Chris Carson. They do a 157 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 1: good job of just simmering the fire around Russell Wilson. 158 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:30,440 Speaker 1: The Packers kind of do the opposite. For the ninth 159 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:33,679 Speaker 1: time in ten years, they take a defensive player in 160 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:36,559 Speaker 1: the first round. Now, I always defend teams that win 161 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:40,680 Speaker 1: consistently because drafting in the late twenties is difficult. Khalil 162 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:44,920 Speaker 1: Max and Julio Joneses and J. J. Watts aren't just 163 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:49,600 Speaker 1: sitting there when you're picking at But that was basically like, yeah, 164 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:51,280 Speaker 1: we're just gonna do what we do. We don't really 165 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:54,280 Speaker 1: care about Aaron's feelings. And it's two thousand twenty one. 166 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:59,160 Speaker 1: It's not Aaron. Not only is your franchise he prints 167 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:02,120 Speaker 1: money for your friend. The problem with their franchise though, 168 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:06,560 Speaker 1: there's not an individual who understands how much money Aaron's 169 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:10,160 Speaker 1: making them because their owner does not exist. So there 170 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:13,840 Speaker 1: is like this disconnect between a money guy that Aaron 171 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:15,560 Speaker 1: could go do and be like, what the funk are 172 00:09:15,559 --> 00:09:18,360 Speaker 1: we doing that guy? They have a team president who's 173 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 1: an employee, and they have a GM. They are a 174 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:25,080 Speaker 1: front office run operation. I think they're in a tough 175 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:27,720 Speaker 1: spot now. I also think it's easy for anyone to 176 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:31,840 Speaker 1: say I'm out, I'm not coming back. Aaron makes seven 177 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:36,160 Speaker 1: million dollars a year last time I checked, that's about 178 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:39,800 Speaker 1: two million dollars a game. That's a lot of coin. 179 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:43,280 Speaker 1: Is he gonna sit out games? I doubt it. But 180 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:46,440 Speaker 1: if he's true and goes listen, guys, I'm never playing 181 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:50,199 Speaker 1: for you again, trade me. And in modern day times, 182 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:52,800 Speaker 1: that has more juice than it did in the Al 183 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:57,199 Speaker 1: Davis heyday back when Bill Parcels was coaching. Those days 184 00:09:57,240 --> 00:10:00,760 Speaker 1: are kind of over. Even in the NFL. It takes 185 00:10:00,760 --> 00:10:03,560 Speaker 1: a rare guy. Most players. You say, shut up, we 186 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:06,640 Speaker 1: don't care. He's the best player in the league. When 187 00:10:06,679 --> 00:10:11,080 Speaker 1: he says that, it actually batters, and listen. They created this, 188 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:14,920 Speaker 1: They made a decision. I've been to several weddings. People 189 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:18,400 Speaker 1: are happy. Some of those people still happily married, several 190 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:21,080 Speaker 1: kids some of those weddings. I'm only in my mid thirties, 191 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:22,600 Speaker 1: so you do the math. Some of these people aren't 192 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:25,920 Speaker 1: that old. Got divorced and got divorced fast. No one 193 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:29,360 Speaker 1: gets married thinking they're gonna get a divorce. They made 194 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:32,880 Speaker 1: the move thinking Rogers was trending the wrong way. He wasn't. 195 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:36,040 Speaker 1: He fired back and played arguably his best season in 196 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:39,280 Speaker 1: five years. So now they've got a problem on their 197 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:42,560 Speaker 1: hands if they are going to trade him. One destination 198 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:45,720 Speaker 1: makes a lot of sense. The Las Vegas Raiders, which 199 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:48,640 Speaker 1: a team that he literally put on the list of 200 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:51,320 Speaker 1: teams he would go to. I would have listened. I 201 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:55,319 Speaker 1: understand that the Niners were arrival. If you love Trey Lance, 202 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:57,360 Speaker 1: I don't know if they did. It doesn't get any 203 00:10:57,400 --> 00:10:59,199 Speaker 1: better than the third overall pick and replace him with 204 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:01,960 Speaker 1: a quarterback. Because here's what you can't do. You can't 205 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:04,360 Speaker 1: trade of the Denver Broncos for three first rounders in 206 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:07,360 Speaker 1: a second round pick, not get a quarterback back and 207 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:10,680 Speaker 1: roll with Jordan's love. Because if Jordan's love sucks, and 208 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:15,160 Speaker 1: last year he definitely sucked, you get fired and you 209 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:17,240 Speaker 1: never become a GM and you never become a head 210 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:22,400 Speaker 1: coach in the NFL again. So I do think this situation. Ideally, 211 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:25,600 Speaker 1: you want him back on your team. Obviously. I mean 212 00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:29,120 Speaker 1: that's not preaching the choir here. That's that's what you want. 213 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:32,840 Speaker 1: That's a desired outcome. But if he truly makes us think, 214 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 1: I do believe he has the juice to force his 215 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:37,280 Speaker 1: way out. And I only think there's one destination that 216 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:40,240 Speaker 1: makes any sense. That's the Packers. You get back a 217 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:43,160 Speaker 1: quarterback who you can immediately be competitive with, make the 218 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:46,960 Speaker 1: playoffs next year. Derek Carr, his teammate Davantae Adams from college, 219 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:50,240 Speaker 1: their buddies. Here would be one fixable thing. And I 220 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:54,640 Speaker 1: told Coward this on his podcast. I said, listen, you 221 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:58,360 Speaker 1: want to make good something in my business? When you 222 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:00,960 Speaker 1: mess up an add read and the company's like, you know, 223 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:03,120 Speaker 1: you screwed up the ad read or you forgot to 224 00:12:03,160 --> 00:12:06,520 Speaker 1: read the ad. We need to make good. I imagine 225 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:09,839 Speaker 1: anyone listening, depending on what your industry is, probably pretty normal. 226 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:12,960 Speaker 1: Something screws up and we paid for it. You need 227 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:15,319 Speaker 1: to make good on that. Here's a way to make 228 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:18,480 Speaker 1: good on Aaron Rodgers and listen. I'm not a salary 229 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:20,800 Speaker 1: cap expert. They would need to figure out some things. 230 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:25,439 Speaker 1: Go trade for Julio Jones. Go hey, listen, Aaron, We're sorry. 231 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:29,120 Speaker 1: We messed up the Jordan love trade. Will trade Jordan's love, 232 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:32,280 Speaker 1: get rid of Jordan's love. If that's what it takes, 233 00:12:32,480 --> 00:12:35,280 Speaker 1: Go get Julio Jones, and then you got DeVante and 234 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:37,760 Speaker 1: then you got Julio. Because here's what we know. It's 235 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:40,760 Speaker 1: laughable when people like you know he'll retire, he'll go 236 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:43,160 Speaker 1: host Jeopardy. No he won't. He's the m v P 237 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:45,920 Speaker 1: the league. He wants to play football. The question is 238 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:47,760 Speaker 1: does he ever want to look at Mark Murphy and 239 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:50,840 Speaker 1: Brian Gudukins in the face again because they took Jordan's love. 240 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:53,080 Speaker 1: Put yourself in that situation, even if you had a 241 00:12:53,120 --> 00:12:56,400 Speaker 1: down year, you literally carried the franchise for a year, 242 00:12:57,160 --> 00:13:00,959 Speaker 1: multiple m v ps before last year won a Super 243 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:05,640 Speaker 1: Bowl helped. I mean, clearly, Roger Stott McCarthy was a 244 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:09,240 Speaker 1: village idiot, whether that's true or not. Like you'd say 245 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:12,280 Speaker 1: based on last year Aaron Rodgers case, it looks pretty good. 246 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:16,240 Speaker 1: Looks like I would lean he was onto something you 247 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:19,800 Speaker 1: either gotta make good or like understand like he's kind 248 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:23,240 Speaker 1: of right on this. You made a decision, and that's 249 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:27,800 Speaker 1: what gms are paid to do. Not all decisions are easy, 250 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:30,440 Speaker 1: and most of them, or at least probably half of them, 251 00:13:30,559 --> 00:13:33,920 Speaker 1: when it comes to the draft, do not work. It's 252 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:36,160 Speaker 1: one thing, though, when you pick a player who can't 253 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:39,400 Speaker 1: play whatever you move on, you go find someone that 254 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:43,199 Speaker 1: can through a trade, through the waiver wire, through whatever, 255 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:46,720 Speaker 1: free agency. It's another thing to pick a player to 256 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:49,560 Speaker 1: replace another player who happens to be the MVP of 257 00:13:49,559 --> 00:13:52,960 Speaker 1: the league, who happens to be a guy who needed 258 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:55,680 Speaker 1: more help a team that was right there on the cusp. 259 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:58,840 Speaker 1: Goudikins blew it. So when I read like, you know 260 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:02,120 Speaker 1: this is a tough spot for Nickens, Yes, one that's 261 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:06,880 Speaker 1: self inflicted. He created this fire. There is no way 262 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:09,840 Speaker 1: around it now I've said before, I'm not trying to 263 00:14:09,920 --> 00:14:13,480 Speaker 1: like create new narratives or new angles because I've said before, 264 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:16,800 Speaker 1: do they get some credit from motivating Aaron? And the 265 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:19,920 Speaker 1: more I've thought about it, maybe a little. But Aaron's 266 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:22,760 Speaker 1: been great before, like Eron's just I don't know an 267 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:26,720 Speaker 1: elite player. So they made a move, a bold move. 268 00:14:27,640 --> 00:14:30,400 Speaker 1: It blew up in their face. And if I was them, 269 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:33,320 Speaker 1: I would work day and night to fix this thing. 270 00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:36,520 Speaker 1: I'd be kissing his ass. I'd fly out to see him. 271 00:14:36,560 --> 00:14:39,480 Speaker 1: I trade for Julio Jones. I do whatever is necessary. 272 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:41,160 Speaker 1: But if I do get to a point and he's 273 00:14:41,160 --> 00:14:43,880 Speaker 1: got the juice to make it, this is never the 274 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:48,320 Speaker 1: Genie's never going back into the bottle. It's over to me. 275 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:51,160 Speaker 1: The Raiders are the only team that could keep these 276 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:54,000 Speaker 1: guys head above water and keep their jobs for the 277 00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:57,560 Speaker 1: foreseeable future because they get a quarterback back under contract 278 00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:01,000 Speaker 1: who knows your star receiver and it's retty good. Fox 279 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:04,160 Speaker 1: Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. 280 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 1: Catch all of our shows at Fox Sports Radio dot 281 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:10,440 Speaker 1: com and within the I Heart Radio app search f 282 00:15:10,760 --> 00:15:13,720 Speaker 1: s R to listen live. Okay, before we get into 283 00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:17,760 Speaker 1: some of my thoughts on the first round. I have 284 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:19,600 Speaker 1: to read this quote because it's one of the most 285 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:24,480 Speaker 1: incredible things I've ever seen. And I love Dan Campbell. 286 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:28,560 Speaker 1: I've been a big Dan Campbell fan from an entertainment standpoint. 287 00:15:29,240 --> 00:15:32,200 Speaker 1: Do Staley I considered as a friend. He's on the 288 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:36,560 Speaker 1: staff and I love do Staley. I'm rooting for the Lions. 289 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:45,520 Speaker 1: The Lions drafted a pass rusher, levi on Zoriki from Washington. 290 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:48,400 Speaker 1: He opted out this year, didn't play. I think the 291 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:51,000 Speaker 1: Niners were going to draft him. The Lions traded up 292 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:54,040 Speaker 1: to get ahead of them and take him. Here was 293 00:15:54,080 --> 00:15:56,920 Speaker 1: his quote after he got picked and went on with 294 00:15:56,960 --> 00:16:00,840 Speaker 1: the Detroit media. If this doesn't sum up the Detroit 295 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:07,240 Speaker 1: Lions and the Dan Campbell operation, I don't know what does. Quote. 296 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:11,360 Speaker 1: I like fucking people up. I like to get off 297 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:14,280 Speaker 1: the line and just put my helmet or my hands 298 00:16:14,360 --> 00:16:18,200 Speaker 1: on an offensive lineman and fuck up an offensive scheme 299 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:22,480 Speaker 1: pretty much. I like pushing them back two or three 300 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:28,040 Speaker 1: yards and just making them feel like shit. End of quote. 301 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:32,040 Speaker 1: This is a great tweet. Chris, who tweeted this out. 302 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:36,840 Speaker 1: The press conference was like a Scorsese film. Goodness like that. 303 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:40,720 Speaker 1: I love everything about Dan Campbell. I love this kid. 304 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:44,240 Speaker 1: That's awesome. I don't know much about that player. A 305 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:48,040 Speaker 1: lot of Pack twelve players pan a swol, that guy 306 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:50,520 Speaker 1: the organ safety. A lot of guys that got drafted 307 00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:53,560 Speaker 1: in the top uh, like fifty picks did not play 308 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:56,480 Speaker 1: this year. But I want to start. We'll get into 309 00:16:56,480 --> 00:16:58,160 Speaker 1: the quarterbacks here in a second, but just some picks 310 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:01,240 Speaker 1: that stood out to me. Listen. I love wide receivers, 311 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:04,600 Speaker 1: I love running backs. I like offense. I consider myself 312 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:07,320 Speaker 1: an offensive guy. I don't know that much about defense, 313 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:09,159 Speaker 1: even if I mean, if you just put me on 314 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:11,280 Speaker 1: the whiteboard, way, I don't. I'm not a defensive guy. 315 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:15,159 Speaker 1: I can evaluate defensive lineman, linebackers, and definitely dbs or 316 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:18,040 Speaker 1: not my strong suit. I lean offense. In my career 317 00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:20,800 Speaker 1: in the league and definitely in college too. Offensive coaches 318 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:23,320 Speaker 1: are best, players were always on offense. I feel very, 319 00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:29,679 Speaker 1: very comfortable evaluating talking about being around offensive people. So 320 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:34,640 Speaker 1: I like wide receivers, but I fundamentally don't believe when 321 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:38,320 Speaker 1: you get a sweet quarterback and draft a guy like 322 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:40,919 Speaker 1: a Joe Burrow, Like I mean, I don't know if 323 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:43,399 Speaker 1: to a sweet, but you drafted him really high. You 324 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:46,879 Speaker 1: have to protect him. And in the draft you have 325 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:50,439 Speaker 1: to have a hierarchy. Offensive linemen are more important than 326 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:53,240 Speaker 1: wide receivers. Why I can get wide receivers in the 327 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:56,159 Speaker 1: second and third round. And I understand that to have 328 00:17:56,240 --> 00:17:59,280 Speaker 1: played with Jalen Waddle. Guess what I love Jalen Waddle. 329 00:17:59,720 --> 00:18:02,560 Speaker 1: I understand that Joe Burrow played with Jamaar Chase. Guess 330 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:05,200 Speaker 1: what I love Jamaar Chase. I like both those players. 331 00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:08,600 Speaker 1: I would take him on my team yesterday. Those guys 332 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:12,520 Speaker 1: are badasses, but I would take an offensive lineman Pinas 333 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:17,480 Speaker 1: Sewell over both those guys, and both teams passed on them. 334 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:22,600 Speaker 1: I disagree fundamentally with that philosophy. Joe Burrow was out 335 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:25,440 Speaker 1: for the season last year because they could not block. Well, 336 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:28,080 Speaker 1: you got Jonah Williams coming back, You draft Pinai sewell, 337 00:18:28,119 --> 00:18:30,720 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, you're cooking with gas. We're going 338 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:34,840 Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphins. You get Penais Seul, you got Austin Jackson, 339 00:18:34,920 --> 00:18:39,080 Speaker 1: you got two tackles. I understand, Like, I get it. 340 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:42,560 Speaker 1: I want wide receivers, but you gotta get the guy 341 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:46,720 Speaker 1: helped first. I remember when I was doing stuff with 342 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:50,560 Speaker 1: the Raiders, they drafted Marii Cooper the year after they 343 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:56,920 Speaker 1: drafted Derek Carr, but they already had Gabe Jackson, Donald 344 00:18:57,000 --> 00:19:00,439 Speaker 1: Penn and Rodney Hudson, like they had a core group 345 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:06,720 Speaker 1: of offensive linemen already on the team. I like building 346 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:10,439 Speaker 1: in the trenches early in the draft. I didn't like 347 00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:13,359 Speaker 1: those picks, not because I didn't like the player. I 348 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:17,639 Speaker 1: just was like, Uh, I don't know, here's another thing 349 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:20,480 Speaker 1: that really stands out. And I don't necessarily totally blame 350 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:23,159 Speaker 1: them this year, but it's happened now like twice in 351 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:25,960 Speaker 1: four or five years. Why do we always know who 352 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:29,479 Speaker 1: the New York Giants are gonna take? We always know 353 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:34,080 Speaker 1: the Eagles jumped them, and maybe it was clear. Maybe 354 00:19:34,119 --> 00:19:37,720 Speaker 1: it's maybe I'm being unfair, but Howary Roseman flips with 355 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:41,159 Speaker 1: the Cowboys to get Davonte Smith because he knew the 356 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:43,920 Speaker 1: Giants were gonna take him. The Giants do a poor 357 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:48,159 Speaker 1: job just in general, of keeping it close to the 358 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:52,120 Speaker 1: vest who they're gonna draft. I just didn't quite get 359 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:54,720 Speaker 1: that one. And I gotta give the Cowboys a lot 360 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:58,760 Speaker 1: of credit. They trade back with the Eagles because guess what, 361 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:01,240 Speaker 1: there's not like, you know, we don't want to play 362 00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:03,840 Speaker 1: Davante Smith. Davante was either going to the Eagles or 363 00:20:03,880 --> 00:20:05,399 Speaker 1: he was going to the Giants. The Cowboys gonna have 364 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:07,720 Speaker 1: to play him twice a year, so they said, ship, 365 00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:09,320 Speaker 1: we might as well take the extra third round pick 366 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:11,560 Speaker 1: and draft the same guy that we would take anyway 367 00:20:11,720 --> 00:20:13,920 Speaker 1: that turns out. Obviously, the Giants moved back with the 368 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:19,359 Speaker 1: deal with the with the Bears. But I like like 369 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:22,600 Speaker 1: back to Dan Campbell, like their excitement when they took 370 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:24,560 Speaker 1: penn A Sewel because they're just trying to build in 371 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:26,679 Speaker 1: the trenches because that's the one place where you can 372 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:30,119 Speaker 1: still be really physical. I love it. I like the 373 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:33,639 Speaker 1: running backs going twenty four and twenty five. Naji is 374 00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:38,320 Speaker 1: a baller, Travis E t n baller. Don't love Urban Meyer, 375 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:42,720 Speaker 1: you know, dropping he's a third down back. No Urban, 376 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:46,199 Speaker 1: he's your starting running back. And the rookie they had 377 00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:48,879 Speaker 1: last year is good. But as someone in the league 378 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:51,800 Speaker 1: told me, they're like, you know, Urbans either gonna be 379 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:54,159 Speaker 1: two things. The Jags are hoping he's going to be 380 00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:59,760 Speaker 1: Jimmy Johnson. He might be Butch Davis now, but save 381 00:20:59,840 --> 00:21:02,720 Speaker 1: us one pretty big in college. I don't think Urban's 382 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:05,240 Speaker 1: gonna be Butch Davis, But I don't know. Comments like that, 383 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:08,520 Speaker 1: like is he gonna be Jimmy Johnson, I don't know. 384 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:11,159 Speaker 1: And I like their first two picks. Hell, I like 385 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:14,840 Speaker 1: the third pick. They've got the corner they took from Georgia. 386 00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:19,760 Speaker 1: So I just to me, value of value, value is key, 387 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:23,160 Speaker 1: Like certain and J. C. Horne, those guys are plug 388 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:27,600 Speaker 1: in place starters, a premium position Draft eight nine, Like 389 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:30,000 Speaker 1: those two picks for the Panthers and the Broncos. That's 390 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:33,520 Speaker 1: not out thinking the room, but taking wide receivers when 391 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:35,800 Speaker 1: stud tackles are on the board. Look what happened a 392 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:40,000 Speaker 1: couple of picks later? What do the Chargers do? Where 393 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:43,520 Speaker 1: Shawn Slater ship? We'll take him. What are the Jets 394 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:46,800 Speaker 1: do they trade up for Tucker from USC? I like 395 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:50,560 Speaker 1: taking offensive lineman really high because history would say I 396 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:53,359 Speaker 1: can get badass wide receivers in the second and third round. 397 00:21:54,119 --> 00:21:56,880 Speaker 1: So I just didn't love those picks. And let's talk 398 00:21:56,880 --> 00:22:02,000 Speaker 1: about the quarterbacks. We've talked to, you know, forever forever 399 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:06,239 Speaker 1: about Trevor Lawrence. Um, he's a big time talent. It's 400 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:08,439 Speaker 1: gonna be on Urban Meyer and the coaching staff. He 401 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:10,919 Speaker 1: to me is gonna be good enough. It's gonna be 402 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:12,879 Speaker 1: whether they can surround him. They already got et n 403 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:15,760 Speaker 1: they got some wide receivers. They should be pretty uh 404 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:17,840 Speaker 1: pretty talented on offense. I actually had a buddy in 405 00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:20,640 Speaker 1: the league text me just impromptly, like, you know, looking 406 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:22,320 Speaker 1: at the Jack's roster, I can see them winning six 407 00:22:22,359 --> 00:22:24,040 Speaker 1: or seven games. They have a lot more talent on 408 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:26,840 Speaker 1: the team. Obviously starts with the quarterback. But to me, 409 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:29,359 Speaker 1: the coach, we'll see. I mean, the jury is gonna 410 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:31,680 Speaker 1: be out. We're all gonna be watching it pretty closely. 411 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:35,560 Speaker 1: It's a fascinating watch. Two guys I got red flag though, 412 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:39,520 Speaker 1: are Zack Wilson. I think it's gonna be difficult. I 413 00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:43,040 Speaker 1: I really do. Their team is not very good. It's 414 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:45,879 Speaker 1: just not They signed Corey Davis. They don't have a 415 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:51,119 Speaker 1: running back. Uh. They they drafted you know uh what, 416 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:53,119 Speaker 1: they drafted a wide receiver last year high in the 417 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:56,320 Speaker 1: second round. But you know, this guy's coming from b 418 00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:58,959 Speaker 1: y U, New York City. The pressure, I just think 419 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:01,320 Speaker 1: it's gonna be really really difficult. First time a head coach, 420 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:06,600 Speaker 1: first time coordinator on defense and on offense. Laflour's brother 421 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:09,879 Speaker 1: has never called plays. Obviously, he's worked with Kyle forever. 422 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:13,800 Speaker 1: So the pressure is just it's New York. It's angry, 423 00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:16,959 Speaker 1: It's just it's gonna be intense. Here's the other elephant 424 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:18,879 Speaker 1: in the room. I think Sam Donald is gonna be 425 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:22,119 Speaker 1: pretty good in Carolina, so part of Zack Wilson. The 426 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:24,159 Speaker 1: reason you're there is because they traded Sam Donald, who 427 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:27,520 Speaker 1: they drafted number three overall. So if he's playing well 428 00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:31,239 Speaker 1: and Wilson struggling, it just could be difficult. I think 429 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:34,160 Speaker 1: Mac Jones everyone just assumes mac Jones is gonna be good. 430 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:38,400 Speaker 1: First and foremost, mac Jones didn't fall. I actually think 431 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:42,240 Speaker 1: he got drafted relatively high, fifteen from Mac fucking Jones. 432 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:45,480 Speaker 1: And I'm not at mac Jones hater. I'd say historically 433 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:49,280 Speaker 1: mac Jones goes in the second round, like pick fifteen 434 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:51,959 Speaker 1: is pretty high. And I love Belichick. I think he's 435 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,040 Speaker 1: the greatest coach of all time, but let's not act 436 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:58,200 Speaker 1: like he's some great drafter recently. Could mac Jones be 437 00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:01,640 Speaker 1: good in New England? Sure? Could? He also struggle one. 438 00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:07,879 Speaker 1: Sean McDermott is a big time defensive coach, so is 439 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:10,600 Speaker 1: Brian Flores. Do you know what New England. Is that 440 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:17,159 Speaker 1: Alabama is not cold, snows, rain, sleets. Mac Jones not 441 00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:19,920 Speaker 1: used to that weather. We I don't know how he's 442 00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:23,880 Speaker 1: gonna play in November and December. It's tough. The pressure 443 00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:26,000 Speaker 1: also of playing for Bill Belichick. Now I get he 444 00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:29,479 Speaker 1: played for Saban. This is a different level. It just 445 00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:34,240 Speaker 1: is he doesn't have Jalen Waddle. He doesn't have Davante Smith. 446 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:38,439 Speaker 1: Nag Harris ain't walking through that door. And I know 447 00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:40,399 Speaker 1: they signed a couple of tight ends and they signed 448 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:43,480 Speaker 1: Kendrick Borne, and they signed Nelson Aghilor. I don't love 449 00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:46,800 Speaker 1: Nelson aghilar in that weather. That's going to be a 450 00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:54,359 Speaker 1: challenge to Justin Fields. The value for Justin Fields, a 451 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:57,640 Speaker 1: guy almost six ft four inches tall who ran off 452 00:24:57,680 --> 00:25:00,720 Speaker 1: in the four fours with a big time are him. 453 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:04,640 Speaker 1: In the history of the draft high productions, there never 454 00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:06,760 Speaker 1: been in trouble off the field. That guy usually goes 455 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:09,640 Speaker 1: in the top five. So for the Bears to get 456 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:15,280 Speaker 1: him at eleven, that's highway robbery. I was texting with Naggie. 457 00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:18,800 Speaker 1: He's so fired up, like just the value there that 458 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:22,560 Speaker 1: just fell in his lap. That's crazy. Now, I don't 459 00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:25,000 Speaker 1: know if it's gonna work or not. But that talent 460 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:30,639 Speaker 1: you could combine Tris Rabisky, you could combine Dalton, you 461 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:32,960 Speaker 1: could throw in Folds. I don't know. Foalds accomplished a 462 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:37,280 Speaker 1: lot those three buying their talent. They don't equal Fields. Now, 463 00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:41,720 Speaker 1: talent doesn't equal success in the NFL at quarterback, but 464 00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:45,040 Speaker 1: it's hard to just find these type talents who also 465 00:25:45,119 --> 00:25:48,960 Speaker 1: produced in college. So for the Bears to just be 466 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:50,440 Speaker 1: there at twenty and all of a sudden, this kid 467 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:52,720 Speaker 1: starts falling down and they're able to get up to eleven. 468 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:55,920 Speaker 1: Ryan pay should go to church this Sunday and say 469 00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:58,239 Speaker 1: some say some thanks. I'm not even a religious guy. 470 00:25:58,240 --> 00:25:59,399 Speaker 1: I don't even know what you say. But you hit 471 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:01,439 Speaker 1: your knees, you look ups, you look up top, and 472 00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:04,320 Speaker 1: you go, how did this happen to me? We end 473 00:26:04,359 --> 00:26:06,639 Speaker 1: up with Justin Fields because we were about to go 474 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:10,560 Speaker 1: into the season with Andy Freakin Dalton. Like it's like 475 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:13,200 Speaker 1: maybe Andy Dalton starts. I heard someone say, like maybe 476 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:16,679 Speaker 1: he could be the Alex Alex Smith. Andy Dalton one, 477 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:18,600 Speaker 1: he's not as good as Alex Smith. To Justin Fields 478 00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:22,080 Speaker 1: should start day one. Andy Dalton, You're the backup buddy, 479 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:24,520 Speaker 1: and enjoy being a ten million dollar backup. There's nothing 480 00:26:24,520 --> 00:26:27,320 Speaker 1: wrong with that. But Justin Field should start day one, 481 00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:32,920 Speaker 1: and it's if he's good, he could save really their jobs. 482 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:37,840 Speaker 1: Here's the other thing. An underrated part about getting drafted 483 00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:42,800 Speaker 1: is where your narrative starts with the fans and the media, 484 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:45,960 Speaker 1: especially in a big city. It's like, if Mac Jones, 485 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:48,160 Speaker 1: I'll get to the Niners. Here in a second, had 486 00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:51,240 Speaker 1: come to the Niners, it would have been very, very 487 00:26:51,320 --> 00:26:54,360 Speaker 1: negative from the jump in a weird way. People would 488 00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:56,920 Speaker 1: have been rooting against him. Instead, he goes to the 489 00:26:56,960 --> 00:27:01,520 Speaker 1: Patriots and it's up to he looks like a savior. 490 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:07,840 Speaker 1: Justin Fields the moment they we looked up at our 491 00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:11,000 Speaker 1: television screen in said a trade is in and the 492 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:13,040 Speaker 1: Bears are on the clock, and you're going, oh my god, 493 00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:15,360 Speaker 1: they're gonna get Justin Fields. And they get Justin Fields. 494 00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:17,879 Speaker 1: There is not a team in the league that's a 495 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:23,600 Speaker 1: big market team that went into the draft with more negativity, 496 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:27,879 Speaker 1: with more thoughts of we're kind of screwed. Our team 497 00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:32,439 Speaker 1: sucks to within one pick to go, we have hope. 498 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:37,080 Speaker 1: Another reality is in the Midwest, the big tennis king 499 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:42,520 Speaker 1: these big ten schools, fifty sixty thousand people go to them. 500 00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:47,640 Speaker 1: I'm sure many people listening attended one of those universities, Wisconsin, 501 00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:50,440 Speaker 1: Notre or not Notre Dame's on the big tent, Michigan, 502 00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:57,240 Speaker 1: Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State, Indiana. These are enormous schools. Well, 503 00:27:57,240 --> 00:28:01,520 Speaker 1: what's the biggest city in the Midwest, Chicago. This guy 504 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:05,200 Speaker 1: is gonna have people pulling for him. And that hasn't 505 00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:08,359 Speaker 1: been the case with Rubisky because early on people realize, 506 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:12,280 Speaker 1: oh my god, Mahomes and Watson are elite. Our guy sucks. 507 00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:17,320 Speaker 1: Now justin fields man end up being bad, but everyone 508 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:19,040 Speaker 1: is going to support him. The first couple of years 509 00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:22,040 Speaker 1: with his ups and downs, he has everyone pulling for him. 510 00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:24,040 Speaker 1: And I'm not talking about the coaches in the front office, 511 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:27,720 Speaker 1: because that's all Trubisky had. The fans gave up on him. 512 00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:30,240 Speaker 1: The fans have this guy's back. And there's something to 513 00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:32,680 Speaker 1: be said about the momentum of a player when they're 514 00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:35,920 Speaker 1: drafted pulling for them. I see that in my backyard 515 00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:40,479 Speaker 1: with Trey Lance. The forty Niners overpaid to get up 516 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:44,959 Speaker 1: to three because they wanted to control the situation. I 517 00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:47,400 Speaker 1: never thought for a minute mac Jones would go there, 518 00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:50,360 Speaker 1: and some people have said that I'm telling you Kyle 519 00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:52,080 Speaker 1: would have picked them. Other people have said it was 520 00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:55,560 Speaker 1: a lie. I don't know, Kyle. I haven't asked him. 521 00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:58,920 Speaker 1: I don't know what to believe. Here's what I do know. 522 00:28:59,760 --> 00:29:03,200 Speaker 1: The information is in had they picked mac Jones at 523 00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:07,560 Speaker 1: number three, it would have been the biggest overpay arguably 524 00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:13,080 Speaker 1: in the history of America, in any business. Because Mac Jones, 525 00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:17,720 Speaker 1: I'd argue, was overdrafted at fifteen. But you can't trade 526 00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:20,640 Speaker 1: pick twelve, two other first round picks and a third 527 00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:23,920 Speaker 1: round pick for mac Jones because we saw his value. 528 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:29,640 Speaker 1: And let's face it, Patriots, little desperate Cam Newton can 529 00:29:29,760 --> 00:29:33,760 Speaker 1: run the ball, can't really throw anymore, thank god either. 530 00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:36,600 Speaker 1: Kyle love Trey Lance, which he acted like he did 531 00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:41,000 Speaker 1: after Thursday night, talked into it, whatever, But he took 532 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:45,040 Speaker 1: a guy with the high ceiling now probably the riskiest 533 00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:50,280 Speaker 1: pick in NFL history started one game. Small school team 534 00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:55,040 Speaker 1: traded the farm forum. But the team is well equipped 535 00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:59,760 Speaker 1: to kick ass and take names. They just drafted Tray Sermon. 536 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,840 Speaker 1: As I've been recording this, they drafted a guard. They 537 00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:05,560 Speaker 1: already have Trent Williams, they have Deebo Samuel They have 538 00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:08,440 Speaker 1: Brandon a Youth, they have George Kittle, they have Raheem Mozart. 539 00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:13,240 Speaker 1: Their offense is pretty loaded. Here's another part of their team. 540 00:30:13,280 --> 00:30:17,360 Speaker 1: Because the Patriots took Mac Jones, Jimmy Garoppolo doesn't really 541 00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:20,880 Speaker 1: have anywhere to go. So Jimmy Garoppolo has no choice. 542 00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:24,400 Speaker 1: He just gets to kind of be the starter slash 543 00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:28,000 Speaker 1: compete with Trey Lance. But Jimmy Garoppolo has a lot 544 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:31,720 Speaker 1: on the line. He's twenty nine years old, he's not forty. 545 00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:34,160 Speaker 1: He potentially, if he acts like a good guy, help 546 00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:37,520 Speaker 1: starts and plays well, can have a long career as 547 00:30:37,560 --> 00:30:40,880 Speaker 1: a starting quarterback and make a lot of money. But 548 00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:43,680 Speaker 1: if he acts like an asshole and treats him poorly 549 00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:47,320 Speaker 1: when he's in no position to do that, it could 550 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:51,520 Speaker 1: limit his chances. Jimmy's represented by Donnie a Tom Brady 551 00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:54,160 Speaker 1: guy like. They're typically pretty smart, high character. He knows 552 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:56,520 Speaker 1: what's on the line. They kind of got Jimmy by 553 00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:58,880 Speaker 1: the balls in a sense of Jimmy's just gonna do 554 00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:00,280 Speaker 1: what they tell him to do. And right now he's 555 00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:02,520 Speaker 1: technically the starting quarterback, and ideally I think they would 556 00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:04,320 Speaker 1: like him to just play well and Trey Lance to 557 00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:08,200 Speaker 1: back him up personally, I would have an open competition 558 00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:11,520 Speaker 1: because the moment you draft a player, whether it's in 559 00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:14,120 Speaker 1: the second to seventh round or the first round, their 560 00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:16,760 Speaker 1: clock starts. Now the great part about a first round 561 00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:19,440 Speaker 1: pickcause you have a fifth year option, which meaning times 562 00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:22,160 Speaker 1: a little bit on your side. But I would rather 563 00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:27,520 Speaker 1: slowly integrate Tray Lance. I went to cal Poly. We 564 00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:30,720 Speaker 1: consider it Harvard to the West Coast, even though it's 565 00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:32,680 Speaker 1: not Harvard to the West Coast, because guys like me 566 00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:35,040 Speaker 1: could get in. But they had a motto and I 567 00:31:35,080 --> 00:31:37,080 Speaker 1: live by it to this day because I don't learn 568 00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:39,960 Speaker 1: anything by just reading a textbook. I never did, or 569 00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:43,600 Speaker 1: sitting there watching a teacher do PowerPoint presentations. It's like, hey, teacher, 570 00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:46,880 Speaker 1: no one's fucking watching you. Click this button and chain 571 00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:50,880 Speaker 1: slide to slide. We don't care. This doesn't This is 572 00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:54,880 Speaker 1: not how most of us learn. But that's another argument 573 00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:58,800 Speaker 1: for higher education another day. Our model was learned by doing. 574 00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:02,040 Speaker 1: We had a lot of labs, We did a lot 575 00:32:02,040 --> 00:32:05,040 Speaker 1: of like hands on projects. They were big on internships, 576 00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:08,320 Speaker 1: they were big on actually getting jobs for school credit. 577 00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:11,360 Speaker 1: It was it was big in my major and as 578 00:32:11,400 --> 00:32:14,240 Speaker 1: i've gotten the last fifteen years of my adult life, 579 00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:17,160 Speaker 1: whether it was working in football, working in radio, now 580 00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:20,600 Speaker 1: working in the I introduced myself now. I used to 581 00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:22,760 Speaker 1: say I was a podcaster. I introduced myself now with 582 00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:25,160 Speaker 1: a straight face, and I say, I'm a streamer. Say 583 00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:26,680 Speaker 1: what do you do for a living? I said, I'm 584 00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:28,719 Speaker 1: a streamer. They look at me like I'd probably make 585 00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:31,080 Speaker 1: like five dollars. Little they know, but I say it 586 00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:33,240 Speaker 1: with pride. I used to be kind of insecure about it. 587 00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:36,400 Speaker 1: I'm a podcaster. Now I don't even say that anymore. 588 00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:38,520 Speaker 1: I say I'm a streamer and I kind of smirk. 589 00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:42,200 Speaker 1: And but I've learned how to do all this stuff 590 00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:46,240 Speaker 1: through trial and error. The reason Josh Allen was able 591 00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:48,240 Speaker 1: to kick ass and take names this year and lead 592 00:32:48,240 --> 00:32:50,960 Speaker 1: the team to the a f C Championship Games because 593 00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:53,960 Speaker 1: he had ups and downs his first two years. Mahomes 594 00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:57,920 Speaker 1: is an outlier. I like my guy playing from the jump. Now, 595 00:32:57,960 --> 00:33:00,320 Speaker 1: I get it. If he's clearly not ready, we one. 596 00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:03,200 Speaker 1: I understand because Jimmy's there. But you have to get 597 00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:05,760 Speaker 1: this guy ready because this guy isn't just the future, 598 00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:09,000 Speaker 1: but he's also the present. Because his contract tells you 599 00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:10,960 Speaker 1: that is you don't have an unlimited amount of time, 600 00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:13,400 Speaker 1: like you really have to take advantage of these next 601 00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:16,120 Speaker 1: three or four years. And the way you take advantage 602 00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:18,960 Speaker 1: of his second and third year is him being ready 603 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:22,160 Speaker 1: because he played his first year. And I get at 604 00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:24,080 Speaker 1: the Niners think they're, you know, one of the best 605 00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:26,200 Speaker 1: teams in the NFC, and and roster wise, if their 606 00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:29,600 Speaker 1: quarterback plays well, they definitely are. But I could live 607 00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:32,080 Speaker 1: with some ups and downs with a rookie quarterback knowing 608 00:33:32,120 --> 00:33:34,160 Speaker 1: it's gonna benefit me in two years more than like 609 00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:37,200 Speaker 1: trying to win a playoff game this year. Would Jimmy Garoppolo. 610 00:33:37,440 --> 00:33:39,560 Speaker 1: Now you could argue if Jimmy Garoppolo were to win 611 00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:41,800 Speaker 1: a playoff game, his value goes up and you can 612 00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:43,960 Speaker 1: flip him. So, I mean, there are two sides of 613 00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:47,040 Speaker 1: this argument. It's a fascinating story where I don't think 614 00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:50,520 Speaker 1: there's really Trevor Lawrence the starter day one, Zack Wilson's 615 00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:53,800 Speaker 1: the starter day one. I would make Justin Fields the 616 00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:57,160 Speaker 1: starter day one. I know Bill Belichick said Cam Newton's 617 00:33:57,160 --> 00:33:59,440 Speaker 1: the starter. I'm gonna call bullshit. I would expect Mac 618 00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:02,160 Speaker 1: Jones to be a starter week one. Trey lance A 619 00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:06,680 Speaker 1: little more complicated, but I I lean just make him 620 00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:12,400 Speaker 1: the starter. I really do believe that. And I you know, 621 00:34:12,640 --> 00:34:15,200 Speaker 1: the fourth and through the seventh rounds, they're gonna be 622 00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:17,520 Speaker 1: a ton of players. Go. I say the same thing 623 00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:21,400 Speaker 1: every year. I don't put that much stock in anyone 624 00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:24,719 Speaker 1: that's drafted on the third day, because you can get 625 00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:27,080 Speaker 1: drafted in the fourth round. And I've been lucky enough 626 00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:30,560 Speaker 1: to go to these practices for a decade, and you 627 00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:32,719 Speaker 1: realize within a couple of practices, whether you work for 628 00:34:32,760 --> 00:34:34,760 Speaker 1: a team or whether I'm just on the sideline watching 629 00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:36,600 Speaker 1: and you go, God, who's that guy and they're like, oh, 630 00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:39,359 Speaker 1: that's one of our undrafted free agents. And the thing 631 00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:44,120 Speaker 1: with football, it's the greatest competition meritocracy probably in America 632 00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:46,719 Speaker 1: that you get. Some of these guys show up, they're 633 00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:48,680 Speaker 1: immediately making third you know, they signed a thirty five 634 00:34:48,719 --> 00:34:51,799 Speaker 1: million dollar contract of their first rounder. Other guys show up, 635 00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:55,719 Speaker 1: they get a five thousand dollar bonus. Some undrafted free 636 00:34:55,719 --> 00:34:58,400 Speaker 1: agents don't even get a bonus, but let's say fives 637 00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:02,240 Speaker 1: that's that's all the money they get guaranteed, ten thousand dollars. 638 00:35:03,080 --> 00:35:05,840 Speaker 1: And within a week, the head coach, the general manager, goes, 639 00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:09,840 Speaker 1: Holy sh it, this guy gonna be a starter force. 640 00:35:10,239 --> 00:35:13,040 Speaker 1: That's how fast it happens. And there's no league like it. 641 00:35:13,239 --> 00:35:15,680 Speaker 1: Right baseball, you've gotta work your way through the minors, 642 00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:18,879 Speaker 1: and obviously anyone that's ever known in any minor league 643 00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:23,200 Speaker 1: baseball player will tell you. I mean, the the hierarchy 644 00:35:23,239 --> 00:35:25,040 Speaker 1: that goes there, I mean, it's big, and I'm not 645 00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:27,600 Speaker 1: saying there's not a hierarchy in the NFL. Right, first 646 00:35:27,719 --> 00:35:29,600 Speaker 1: round picks are gonna get more reps in the undrafted 647 00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:32,160 Speaker 1: free agent. But the undrafted free agent can't just make 648 00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:34,440 Speaker 1: the team, or can't just make the team. He could start. 649 00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:37,319 Speaker 1: It happens every year. Same with a sixth round pick 650 00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:39,399 Speaker 1: and beat out a third round pick, the seventh round 651 00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:41,719 Speaker 1: pick and beat out a second round pick. Now, the 652 00:35:41,719 --> 00:35:43,919 Speaker 1: seventh round pick could get cut if he sucks. Second 653 00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:46,279 Speaker 1: round pick can't. But that guy can start, and that 654 00:35:46,280 --> 00:35:50,080 Speaker 1: guy can play, And it happens every year. Another thing 655 00:35:50,239 --> 00:35:52,040 Speaker 1: that I talked to a buddy about a couple of 656 00:35:52,120 --> 00:35:54,800 Speaker 1: days ago, and I've been thinking about for a while 657 00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:57,640 Speaker 1: is when I got in the NFL in two thousand ten, 658 00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:01,839 Speaker 1: and historically it was always like this. If you were 659 00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:06,239 Speaker 1: a quote unquote weed guy. You smoked weed, it was 660 00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:09,560 Speaker 1: a huge negative. People looked at you like you were 661 00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:13,239 Speaker 1: a bad guy. Hell, I know my my parents are older, right. 662 00:36:13,280 --> 00:36:15,800 Speaker 1: My dad's gone, but he would be in his late seventies, 663 00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:18,640 Speaker 1: my mom seventy seventy three years old. When I was 664 00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:21,920 Speaker 1: growing up, they thought weed was like crack cocaine. They 665 00:36:21,920 --> 00:36:24,920 Speaker 1: thought if I smoked weed, I would, you know, go 666 00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:27,720 Speaker 1: to jail. I'd lose my ambition and I'd be a loser. 667 00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:30,240 Speaker 1: I smoked a little weed in high school. The problem 668 00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:32,760 Speaker 1: is I didn't really like it back then. I couldn't 669 00:36:32,760 --> 00:36:35,960 Speaker 1: control my mind and I freaked out. In the last 670 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:38,200 Speaker 1: three or four years, I've been in business with weed 671 00:36:38,239 --> 00:36:41,520 Speaker 1: companies and I got back into it the edibles, and 672 00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:44,200 Speaker 1: I'm I've been just much better control of my mind. 673 00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:48,279 Speaker 1: I love it helps me sleep. It's made me much 674 00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:50,799 Speaker 1: more creative. It's led to a lot of topics I've 675 00:36:50,800 --> 00:36:53,960 Speaker 1: done over the years on this podcast. It's really helped 676 00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:57,000 Speaker 1: me in the business I'm in, think of different topics, 677 00:36:57,000 --> 00:37:00,160 Speaker 1: think of different angles. I am way more creative of 678 00:37:00,239 --> 00:37:03,239 Speaker 1: on it personally. And I've been drinking for twenty plus 679 00:37:03,360 --> 00:37:06,520 Speaker 1: years and I've never drank less than I have the 680 00:37:06,600 --> 00:37:09,520 Speaker 1: last three or four years. I hate being hung over. 681 00:37:10,239 --> 00:37:12,160 Speaker 1: But here's one thing I know and I don't. I'm 682 00:37:12,160 --> 00:37:14,719 Speaker 1: not against drinking. I love to drink. It's fun. I 683 00:37:14,760 --> 00:37:18,000 Speaker 1: just hate being hung over drinking. Having been a guy 684 00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:20,240 Speaker 1: that's drank for a long time and someone who smoked 685 00:37:20,320 --> 00:37:22,480 Speaker 1: and taking edibles now for a long period of time, 686 00:37:23,239 --> 00:37:26,360 Speaker 1: drinking is infinitely worse for you. But if you're in 687 00:37:26,360 --> 00:37:27,880 Speaker 1: a draft room and I tell you, you know, this 688 00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:29,799 Speaker 1: guy parties a couple of times a week, it's like 689 00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:33,320 Speaker 1: I was just out with the boys, shotgunning some beers, 690 00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:39,120 Speaker 1: taking some shots, chasing some ladies. It's applauded. Yet in 691 00:37:39,160 --> 00:37:40,920 Speaker 1: these draft rooms, I had a friend tell me that 692 00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:42,640 Speaker 1: he's like, you know, we had these draft meetings and 693 00:37:42,680 --> 00:37:45,400 Speaker 1: these guys are crushing these guys for getting high and 694 00:37:45,400 --> 00:37:48,520 Speaker 1: playing video games, are getting high and hanging out their buddies. 695 00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:53,040 Speaker 1: I'm like, you're sucking morons. They're harmless. And I think 696 00:37:53,080 --> 00:37:56,120 Speaker 1: people that have changed their thought processes and realizing because 697 00:37:56,120 --> 00:37:59,279 Speaker 1: I heard of a prominent player in this draft. One 698 00:37:59,320 --> 00:38:00,960 Speaker 1: of the knocks on him was he liked to get 699 00:38:01,320 --> 00:38:04,000 Speaker 1: he liked to get baked, he liked to smoke, a 700 00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:08,440 Speaker 1: little weed and play video games. People like loser, what's 701 00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:13,440 Speaker 1: he doing? It's like, guys, this isn't like And really 702 00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:16,279 Speaker 1: the reason weed, I think my parents thought that was 703 00:38:16,320 --> 00:38:21,200 Speaker 1: because big tobacco, which clearly cigarettes are way worse for 704 00:38:21,239 --> 00:38:24,600 Speaker 1: you than smoking a joint. Now, I don't smoke weed 705 00:38:24,760 --> 00:38:28,160 Speaker 1: because I'm scared to like burn my lungs, because really 706 00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:30,480 Speaker 1: the only thing I can productively do is talk, and 707 00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:33,520 Speaker 1: if I ever couldn't talk, I would have a problem 708 00:38:33,560 --> 00:38:36,000 Speaker 1: putting a roof over my head. So I just take edibles. 709 00:38:36,120 --> 00:38:37,880 Speaker 1: But I know a lot of people have smoking. They're fine. 710 00:38:38,880 --> 00:38:42,640 Speaker 1: It's like one thing I know about alcohol. Within a 711 00:38:42,760 --> 00:38:45,160 Speaker 1: couple of months ago, I lost a friend, a guy 712 00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:47,759 Speaker 1: I grew up with, one of my best friends in 713 00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:51,160 Speaker 1: elementary school, in junior high, in high school, we went 714 00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:55,520 Speaker 1: to college together. He had a pretty big drinking problem. 715 00:38:55,560 --> 00:38:57,360 Speaker 1: I don't know anyone, and I've known a lot of 716 00:38:57,400 --> 00:39:00,480 Speaker 1: people who have smoked a lot of weed. And where 717 00:39:00,520 --> 00:39:02,600 Speaker 1: I was from, maybe I was around it early, around 718 00:39:02,680 --> 00:39:05,920 Speaker 1: just drugs in general, it was like junior high people 719 00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:09,520 Speaker 1: that an't smoking weed. I'm thirty six years old. For 720 00:39:09,880 --> 00:39:14,000 Speaker 1: well over twenty years, never had an issue, not one, 721 00:39:15,560 --> 00:39:18,200 Speaker 1: so I think these teams that have changed their philosophy 722 00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:20,759 Speaker 1: on Like, there are players on every team in the 723 00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:23,839 Speaker 1: NFL star players to get high all the time. You know, 724 00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:28,360 Speaker 1: the NBA is full of potheads, the best players in 725 00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:31,200 Speaker 1: the league, several of them. We have a running joke 726 00:39:31,239 --> 00:39:34,000 Speaker 1: in the Bay Area about Clay Thompson. No one cares. 727 00:39:34,080 --> 00:39:35,719 Speaker 1: It's not that big a deal. Do you know what? 728 00:39:35,719 --> 00:39:39,320 Speaker 1: I'd rather have my star player doing in two getting 729 00:39:39,400 --> 00:39:42,719 Speaker 1: high than have a drinking problem. And that is a 730 00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:44,640 Speaker 1: theme right now. And we talked about it a little 731 00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:47,800 Speaker 1: while ago, within the last couple of months, about this draft, 732 00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:52,520 Speaker 1: about guys that play video games, like that's a big thing. 733 00:39:52,680 --> 00:39:54,640 Speaker 1: I mean, I remember when I first got to the league, 734 00:39:54,640 --> 00:39:56,080 Speaker 1: and we always read about when we were a kid, 735 00:39:56,080 --> 00:39:57,920 Speaker 1: guys that like guys like to party, and guys like 736 00:39:57,960 --> 00:39:59,719 Speaker 1: to go to club, and guys like to do recreational 737 00:39:59,800 --> 00:40:03,080 Speaker 1: dru It's like cocaine, right, and it's like, you gotta 738 00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:06,319 Speaker 1: be careful with those guys. And I think that that 739 00:40:06,560 --> 00:40:09,960 Speaker 1: human because the way society is changing, the way these 740 00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:14,200 Speaker 1: kids are growing up, they're more likely to play a 741 00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:16,520 Speaker 1: video game to connect with their friends on the internet. 742 00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:20,200 Speaker 1: I'm talking about Star College football players then go to 743 00:40:20,239 --> 00:40:24,120 Speaker 1: a club like the guys years ago do blow and drink. 744 00:40:25,360 --> 00:40:27,959 Speaker 1: That's just the reality of the society that we're living 745 00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:31,200 Speaker 1: in with technology, and honestly, I say that's a good thing. 746 00:40:32,160 --> 00:40:34,360 Speaker 1: And I heard about a star player in this draft 747 00:40:34,360 --> 00:40:36,839 Speaker 1: who I wouldn't say fell, but went a little lower 748 00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:39,759 Speaker 1: than he said. One of the knocks about him was like, 749 00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:43,120 Speaker 1: you know, he just gets high too much. It's like, 750 00:40:43,160 --> 00:40:44,640 Speaker 1: what have you watched him play? He's like, yeah, he 751 00:40:44,719 --> 00:40:48,600 Speaker 1: kicks ass. It's like, you guys, man have an anequated 752 00:40:48,600 --> 00:40:52,960 Speaker 1: thought process. Here. My dad would rolling his roll over 753 00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:55,520 Speaker 1: in his grave heard me talking like this around marijuana 754 00:40:55,560 --> 00:40:59,040 Speaker 1: because I I've been around that generation. They they thought 755 00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:02,040 Speaker 1: it was meth, like they thought it was a hardcore drug. 756 00:41:02,239 --> 00:41:06,200 Speaker 1: It's just it's just not, you know, it really isn't. 757 00:41:06,520 --> 00:41:10,200 Speaker 1: And I'm someone who was very anti marijuana for probably 758 00:41:10,200 --> 00:41:12,919 Speaker 1: most of my twenties because I I used to make 759 00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:15,719 Speaker 1: me feel really weird, and it turns out is really 760 00:41:15,760 --> 00:41:17,840 Speaker 1: I just couldn't really control my I was immature with 761 00:41:17,880 --> 00:41:21,520 Speaker 1: my mind. Now everyone's different. I'm not saying like everyone 762 00:41:21,520 --> 00:41:24,239 Speaker 1: should smoke marijuana or take edibles or drinking like everyone 763 00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:27,120 Speaker 1: should do what they want to do. But my overall 764 00:41:27,160 --> 00:41:30,959 Speaker 1: point is we need to be careful with the way 765 00:41:31,080 --> 00:41:34,960 Speaker 1: we say, like being a quote unquote wed guy in college, 766 00:41:35,480 --> 00:41:37,480 Speaker 1: do you know what that is? That's the norm? Do 767 00:41:37,520 --> 00:41:38,880 Speaker 1: you know what used to be the norm? And like 768 00:41:39,200 --> 00:41:42,880 Speaker 1: two thousand five or ninety five or two thousand guy drinking, 769 00:41:43,400 --> 00:41:47,359 Speaker 1: most guys drank. I bet most guys still drink, right, 770 00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:50,160 Speaker 1: I'm sure if you're listening, you drink. I'm literally have 771 00:41:50,200 --> 00:41:53,200 Speaker 1: a glass of wine in my hand right now. I'm 772 00:41:53,239 --> 00:41:55,680 Speaker 1: not a big wine guy, but I just I had 773 00:41:55,680 --> 00:41:59,120 Speaker 1: this new sponsor in my other podcast, and it's actually 774 00:41:59,160 --> 00:42:02,400 Speaker 1: pretty good. I'm not gonna lie so well. My point 775 00:42:02,560 --> 00:42:06,319 Speaker 1: is just overall, the teams that are just get ahead 776 00:42:06,360 --> 00:42:09,720 Speaker 1: of this stuff make better decisions and they don't pass 777 00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:11,920 Speaker 1: on a guy. It's one thing to pass on a 778 00:42:11,960 --> 00:42:15,839 Speaker 1: guy in this draft. And the thing you realize, I'm 779 00:42:15,840 --> 00:42:18,480 Speaker 1: out of the loop now, Like going into the draft, 780 00:42:19,040 --> 00:42:22,120 Speaker 1: I don't know stories about every player, but when a 781 00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:24,960 Speaker 1: guy gets drafted, especially on teams that I'm interested in, 782 00:42:25,440 --> 00:42:29,080 Speaker 1: I'll text my friends, an executive, a college director, and 783 00:42:29,120 --> 00:42:31,799 Speaker 1: I'll go, what's his deal? And he'll go, you know, 784 00:42:31,920 --> 00:42:35,480 Speaker 1: he fell because he had an issue in college, something 785 00:42:35,560 --> 00:42:39,080 Speaker 1: that's pretty shady, something with a girlfriend, and he'd be like, whoa. 786 00:42:39,560 --> 00:42:41,600 Speaker 1: But then you hear you know, and we thought, you know, 787 00:42:41,640 --> 00:42:43,080 Speaker 1: he might have a weed problem, and he'd be like, 788 00:42:43,160 --> 00:42:47,520 Speaker 1: huh seriously, like that's your issue with him? Like come on, guys, 789 00:42:47,600 --> 00:42:50,680 Speaker 1: get with the times. There's a big difference between And 790 00:42:50,760 --> 00:42:53,279 Speaker 1: I'd say, and honestly, this is gonna sound crazy, but 791 00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:57,040 Speaker 1: I would imagine fifteen years ago, domestic violence and being 792 00:42:57,080 --> 00:42:59,440 Speaker 1: a guy that smokes weed would both have been equal. 793 00:42:59,560 --> 00:43:02,600 Speaker 1: Demera would have both, and some teams got you pulled 794 00:43:02,640 --> 00:43:06,120 Speaker 1: off the board. Think about that now. Luckily, I think 795 00:43:06,120 --> 00:43:09,040 Speaker 1: some of these forward thinking coaches, some of these open 796 00:43:09,080 --> 00:43:11,120 Speaker 1: minded coaches, some of these coaches I don't know that 797 00:43:11,160 --> 00:43:14,000 Speaker 1: are just locked into the way society is. Don't think 798 00:43:14,040 --> 00:43:17,359 Speaker 1: like that anymore. But you'd be nuts if you didn't 799 00:43:17,400 --> 00:43:22,240 Speaker 1: believe that. Some of these old school scouts, old school coaches, 800 00:43:22,440 --> 00:43:25,719 Speaker 1: and old school gms, I imagine how you know, most 801 00:43:25,719 --> 00:43:30,400 Speaker 1: of the owners dabble, but still factor that in. And 802 00:43:30,640 --> 00:43:32,600 Speaker 1: it's the reason sometimes you look up you go, why 803 00:43:32,640 --> 00:43:34,400 Speaker 1: is this guy falling? Why is this guy not falling? 804 00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:38,439 Speaker 1: Sometimes it's information that teams only have good or bad, 805 00:43:39,560 --> 00:43:43,040 Speaker 1: but I think you'd be surprised, which with how much 806 00:43:43,160 --> 00:43:49,480 Speaker 1: marijuana still factors in which to me is just insanity. Uh, 807 00:43:49,680 --> 00:43:53,000 Speaker 1: have a great weekend. The Draft I just looked up 808 00:43:53,040 --> 00:43:55,000 Speaker 1: it's I guess officially over for the night, so we're 809 00:43:55,040 --> 00:43:57,200 Speaker 1: onto the to the fourth round. By the time you're 810 00:43:57,200 --> 00:44:00,239 Speaker 1: listening to this, you know they'll probably be look out 811 00:44:00,280 --> 00:44:03,280 Speaker 1: a zoo or something going on. But have a great weekend, 812 00:44:03,400 --> 00:44:05,759 Speaker 1: have a great night. Audios.