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Speaker 1: What is going on? Everybody? It's me John Middlecoff. It's

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Speaker 1: Three and Out Podcast. I've pre checked everyone listening on

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Speaker 1: this little thing we call opening Night. I don't even

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Speaker 1: know if they call that in football, but we had

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Speaker 1: Game one Super Bowl Champs. Can't see Chiefs against the

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Speaker 1: Bill O'Brien's Houston Texans, no DeAndre Hopkins, and it wasn't

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Speaker 1: that great of a game. That was if you're a

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Speaker 1: four to twenty, but honestly, it didn't feel that close.

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Speaker 1: We'll dive in to a couple of thoughts based on

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Speaker 1: the game. Got a lot of stuff coming up on

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Speaker 1: this weekend, some Belichick thoughts, some Brady thoughts, some things

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Speaker 1: your question the answer here on the podcast if you

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Speaker 1: If you could, and I know a lot of you

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Speaker 1: us sell it. It's all basically. I know, I'm just

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Speaker 1: I just talk, but the salespeople tell me it does

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Speaker 1: with reviews and helps the rankings and all and all

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Speaker 1: that type stuff. But we had football, and I think

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Speaker 1: pat Riley used this term once upon a time, the

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Speaker 1: disease of more the disease of me. I think it's

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Speaker 1: human nature, right, It's really easy when you're in the gutter,

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Speaker 1: when you I've been fired before, that feeling of like

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna show them. I've always believed that when you're

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Speaker 1: at your lowest points, it's the easiest to respond, right,

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Speaker 1: it's to me, it's easy to dig yourself out of

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Speaker 1: a hole. It's harder sometimes to stay at the top

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Speaker 1: of the mountain. And why I've always thought it's really

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Speaker 1: impressive when champions can maintain their edge and their drive.

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Speaker 1: I've said it forever about Tiger Woods. He's worth hundreds

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Speaker 1: of millions of dollars, He's won everything humanly possible, and

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Speaker 1: yet he's still grinding trying to win. And hell, he

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Speaker 1: who will get him later? Forty three years old, six Lombardies,

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Speaker 1: he made it. What's he doing? This drive is incredible.

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Speaker 1: But I do think individuals you can find, right Tom, Michael, Tiger, whatever,

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Speaker 1: It's hard to find teams to stay motivated, especially players

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Speaker 1: once they got paid. Now, I expected Mahomes the contract

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Speaker 1: and the reverence they have for Patrick, but just his attitude,

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Speaker 1: his mindset, like he was not gonna be phased by

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Speaker 1: the money. Now, when you get paid that type money,

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Speaker 1: you never know. But still, I mean, he was the

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Speaker 1: tenth overall pick, he had been a millionaire, he had

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Speaker 1: won the m v P. We saw him bounce back

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Speaker 1: I thought that Patrick Mahomes were gonna see. Is the

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Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes we're gonna see? And it's clear there is

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Speaker 1: no argument, not that there really was, but he's he's

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Speaker 1: not just the best quarterback, He's the best player in

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Speaker 1: the league by a mile. He's clearly the best quarterback,

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Speaker 1: Like he's just he's a bona fide superstar, rock star,

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Speaker 1: one of the most elite talents we've ever seen, but

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Speaker 1: more like Chris Jones got paid, and I had thought

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Speaker 1: over the offseason, like, you know, is he a guy

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Speaker 1: made money as a third contract. He looked like tonight, like, oh,

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Speaker 1: their shoulder, this team, man, you don't need to be

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Speaker 1: Bill Walsh. You don't need to be Tom Landry, you

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Speaker 1: don't need to be Parcels to see this team is elite.

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Speaker 1: I mean they had the best offensive the league the

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Speaker 1: in fu mode. It's I don't know really what you do, right.

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Speaker 1: They have more talent than you. Basically every game they're

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Speaker 1: much cohesion. Kelsey, Mahomes, Tyreek, even Watkins. Now, these guys

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Speaker 1: if the quarterback stays healthy, I think they're the heavy

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Speaker 1: what happens one day, Like I have the utmost respect

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Speaker 1: And I'll promise you this. I know enough people now

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Speaker 1: in the media, and we've all heard the stories. Some

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Speaker 1: people just show up when you have that big of

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Speaker 1: a work ethic, and clearly the Chiefs do, and you

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Speaker 1: go along with Mahomes and how good he is? Like

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Speaker 1: what type contract would you had to give Patrick Mahomes

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Speaker 1: I mean, I didn't even think they like played that

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Speaker 1: Just see you later, Audi, l see you guys next week.

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Speaker 1: I mean, that's just man that can't see Chief's team

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Speaker 1: I want my homes, I want Deshaun Watson, but you

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Speaker 1: And when Deshaun Watson takes off, and I'm not talking

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Speaker 1: he can do clearly. But when he gets sacked and

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Speaker 1: Part of being a hundred fifty million dollar, hundred sixty

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Speaker 1: There's a fine line of being a playmaker keeping plays

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Speaker 1: you because you're the franchise, and you when you start

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Speaker 1: when you put them on television, more people watch than

426
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Speaker 1: any other team beside the Dallas Cowboys, and we don't

427
00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:54,639
Speaker 1: get that anymore. So it's gonna be fascinating to watch

428
00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:58,600
Speaker 1: Tom Brady and Bruce arians underdog. How I think they're

429
00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:01,280
Speaker 1: gonna be good, but who knows, Like there there is

430
00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:05,000
Speaker 1: a chance that we just look back like that's you know,

431
00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:08,000
Speaker 1: like bred Farv with the Jets, you know, or Jordan

432
00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:12,840
Speaker 1: with the Wizards, or it's like Montana with the Chiefs, right,

433
00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:15,680
Speaker 1: who knows? I don't. I don't have a good feel.

434
00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:19,480
Speaker 1: I I think they're gonna be pretty solid. But you know,

435
00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:21,199
Speaker 1: your guests as good as mine. I mean, we've he's

436
00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:24,320
Speaker 1: forty three years old. He drinks, you know, a lot

437
00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:27,480
Speaker 1: of water, eats a lot of avocados and doesn't eat tomatoes.

438
00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:32,240
Speaker 1: But man, forty three years old. The majority of my life.

439
00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:35,800
Speaker 1: Once you got to like thirty seven, you started looking

440
00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:37,879
Speaker 1: like Philip Rivers did last year. You don't get to

441
00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:42,240
Speaker 1: keep kicking ass, right, So eventually it's gonna come to ahead?

442
00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:44,040
Speaker 1: Is it this year? Is it next year? Does it

443
00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:46,840
Speaker 1: never happen? Does he just defy logic? Maybe he does?

444
00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:50,760
Speaker 1: Maybe just the greatest you know, quarterback and human that's

445
00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:53,800
Speaker 1: ever lived. I don't know. And Belichick, you you think

446
00:23:54,359 --> 00:23:58,280
Speaker 1: is eventually gonna just have a losing season. I wouldn't

447
00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:01,360
Speaker 1: bet against either though, uh I know that, but I'll

448
00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:05,520
Speaker 1: promise you we're gonna miss the tandem. I'd argue, we

449
00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:09,440
Speaker 1: already do a little. One thing I've always said, and

450
00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:14,159
Speaker 1: my experience getting to live in Philadelphia really crystallized this

451
00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:18,439
Speaker 1: for me, is that the biggest difference between West Coast

452
00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:22,040
Speaker 1: sports and like Northeast sports, or i'd even say the

453
00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:26,160
Speaker 1: South and probably the South a little more college sports,

454
00:24:27,119 --> 00:24:29,920
Speaker 1: but they can be shitty and still be interesting in

455
00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:32,439
Speaker 1: the South and the Northeast. When I was in Philly,

456
00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:34,560
Speaker 1: we had a down year, just as many people cared,

457
00:24:35,359 --> 00:24:38,240
Speaker 1: like when the Philly sucked. People are locked in if

458
00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:40,360
Speaker 1: the Yankees are good or bad. People are gonna care.

459
00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:45,960
Speaker 1: Alabama win or loose. Everyone's all in. University of Florida

460
00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:48,600
Speaker 1: could have a down year, but people are still like

461
00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:53,359
Speaker 1: they're moved emotionally. Out West. We just don't do boring,

462
00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:57,640
Speaker 1: you know. And I think listen, people say we're fair

463
00:24:57,640 --> 00:25:02,080
Speaker 1: weather fans. It's true. That doesn't mean we're not really passionate,

464
00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:06,240
Speaker 1: but We're just less likely to care that much when

465
00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:10,159
Speaker 1: you lose baseball, basketball, football, you name it. When it

466
00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:14,840
Speaker 1: comes to sports, whether it's the weather, whether it's just

467
00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:18,840
Speaker 1: I think a lot of it's the weather, I do,

468
00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:20,760
Speaker 1: But I also think it's just more of a laid

469
00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:25,760
Speaker 1: back culture. I don't think people are as die hard now.

470
00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:28,919
Speaker 1: Once you win, all their chips are on the table,

471
00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:33,200
Speaker 1: and I I've seen it. I've never lived in southern California,

472
00:25:33,359 --> 00:25:36,240
Speaker 1: but I really just I went to school in the

473
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Speaker 1: Central Coast with a lot of people from l A

474
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Speaker 1: and a lot of people from the Bay Area. I

475
00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:42,919
Speaker 1: always thought the biggest difference of the people were just

476
00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:46,040
Speaker 1: they surf down there. We didn't surf up here. It's

477
00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:48,240
Speaker 1: just a bigger part of the culture. But in terms

478
00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:50,880
Speaker 1: of the way we carry ourselves, the way we talk

479
00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:53,840
Speaker 1: pretty similar. It really is. But when I when I

480
00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:56,880
Speaker 1: went to Philly for those couple of years, I was like,

481
00:25:57,160 --> 00:25:59,280
Speaker 1: this is a different human out here. I actually kind

482
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Speaker 1: of liked it because I'm little patients, very passionate about

483
00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:07,040
Speaker 1: sports obviously, and just kind of crazy like I I

484
00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:10,120
Speaker 1: fit in pretty well un Philly. I enjoyed my time there.

485
00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:13,280
Speaker 1: I related a lot to the people there though, Like

486
00:26:13,359 --> 00:26:15,000
Speaker 1: at my core, I still have a lot of California

487
00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:17,600
Speaker 1: in me. But I've seen it with the Niners, Like

488
00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:20,679
Speaker 1: there were years where apathy sent in and people just

489
00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:24,000
Speaker 1: did not care and the television ratings plummeted. This is

490
00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:26,280
Speaker 1: the Sanford Sco forty Niners, who are one of the

491
00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:28,639
Speaker 1: biggest brands in the league. When they win, they do

492
00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:33,800
Speaker 1: huge national television ratings. Their fan base in numbers is massive.

493
00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:37,320
Speaker 1: They win three games, no one will watch, you know,

494
00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:40,760
Speaker 1: when the UH, like when the Eagles or Steelers or

495
00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:45,240
Speaker 1: Packers or the UH New York Giants, even when those

496
00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:48,680
Speaker 1: teams suck, like people are paying attention, talk radio still booming.

497
00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:51,400
Speaker 1: It draws a lot of emotion. It's not that way

498
00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:54,439
Speaker 1: out here. And I think the one thing the Niners have,

499
00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:57,480
Speaker 1: or even now Seattle has, is they've been in an

500
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Speaker 1: area for a long time and they resonate with people

501
00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:05,399
Speaker 1: now over generations. The l A Rams are kind of different, right,

502
00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:08,240
Speaker 1: you know. St. Louis stole the team from l A

503
00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:11,840
Speaker 1: for twenty years, and Cronky, who's a Missouri native, brought

504
00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:15,040
Speaker 1: him back. He spent five billion dollars on the stadium

505
00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:17,840
Speaker 1: that we're gonna watch Sunday Night against the Cowboys, watching

506
00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:21,320
Speaker 1: Hard Knocks. I mean just the stadium looks badass. I would,

507
00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:25,560
Speaker 1: you know, hopefully and that once Corona dies sooner than

508
00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:28,120
Speaker 1: later and we can get back to normal in two

509
00:27:28,119 --> 00:27:31,520
Speaker 1: thousand one two two, somewhere in the near future, I

510
00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:34,000
Speaker 1: would like to go to Soulfi Stadium, also the Vegas

511
00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:37,120
Speaker 1: Stadium Allegiance Raiders might try to not let me in,

512
00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:40,119
Speaker 1: but I'll definitely stanmdble it man, I'll buy a ticket.

513
00:27:40,119 --> 00:27:41,879
Speaker 1: I like sitting with the people. I would like to

514
00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:44,520
Speaker 1: see those two stadiums. They look they look freaking awesome.

515
00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:48,639
Speaker 1: But here's the one thing with l A and I

516
00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:51,240
Speaker 1: think it's a big reason why they chang Change traded

517
00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:56,160
Speaker 1: for Jalen Ramsey. I would say up here like having stars,

518
00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:58,560
Speaker 1: it definitely matters. Like I grew up on Barry Bonds,

519
00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:02,080
Speaker 1: Stephen Curry, Montan, you see all these guys. But I

520
00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:04,080
Speaker 1: do think if you win, people were care. There have

521
00:28:04,119 --> 00:28:08,000
Speaker 1: been some Giants teams that didn't have great stardom, and

522
00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:10,760
Speaker 1: everyone in this area carred. I do think it's pretty

523
00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:13,240
Speaker 1: important down there to have some star power. Like when

524
00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:16,720
Speaker 1: I think the Lakers, I think Magic Shack Kobe. When

525
00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:19,040
Speaker 1: I think even the Dodgers, this team they've had over

526
00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:23,280
Speaker 1: the last you know, five six years, just loaded with stars, right.

527
00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:26,879
Speaker 1: I mean the peak Carroll USC team felt like an

528
00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:30,159
Speaker 1: NFL team. I never went to one of their practices,

529
00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:33,119
Speaker 1: but everyone used to tell me. You would go on

530
00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:38,200
Speaker 1: like a Wednesday of competition Tuesday and just the celebrities

531
00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:40,440
Speaker 1: and the agents, and it was just a zoo. It

532
00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:43,720
Speaker 1: was a party. It was It was Hollywood is what

533
00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:46,040
Speaker 1: it was. And I think naturally when we think l

534
00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:47,640
Speaker 1: A that's the first thing we think of, is like

535
00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:52,680
Speaker 1: Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, the stars Malibu and anyone that's

536
00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:55,680
Speaker 1: driven down there. It's beautiful, it's gorgeous, it's freaking awesome.

537
00:28:56,400 --> 00:29:00,000
Speaker 1: But they're very they're fair weather like we all are

538
00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:03,520
Speaker 1: out West, but they're also very star driven. And the

539
00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:06,040
Speaker 1: l A Rams, I think have a star head coach.

540
00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:09,920
Speaker 1: I think McVeigh is like, uh, the millennial version of Gruden.

541
00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:12,160
Speaker 1: You watch him on Hard Knocks, I'm not I'm not

542
00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:14,400
Speaker 1: sure many people listening did not watch much Hard Knocks.

543
00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:17,560
Speaker 1: The television ratings were terrible. I'll admit it got a

544
00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:20,720
Speaker 1: little slow. The last couple of episodes, but I enjoy

545
00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:24,000
Speaker 1: watching Sean McVeigh and Anthony Lynn. I feel bad I

546
00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:26,200
Speaker 1: talk a lot of crap about him. I still don't

547
00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:28,600
Speaker 1: know if he's a great like scheme guy because he

548
00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:30,600
Speaker 1: doesn't call the offense, doesn't call the defense. But he

549
00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:33,600
Speaker 1: has a really impressive guy, high character guy, very likable.

550
00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:35,840
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't want to be Anthony Lynn's friend,

551
00:29:36,080 --> 00:29:40,240
Speaker 1: Like that's a He's an impressive dude, say with Sean McVeigh,

552
00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:43,680
Speaker 1: and Sean McVeigh is really probably the star of their franchise,

553
00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:46,440
Speaker 1: and then you get Aaron Donald. They just pay Jalen Ramsey,

554
00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:51,000
Speaker 1: they got Jared Goff. They have star players on paper, right,

555
00:29:51,520 --> 00:29:54,240
Speaker 1: they have two of the best defensive players in the league.

556
00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:57,200
Speaker 1: As someone in the league text me or I was

557
00:29:57,240 --> 00:29:59,320
Speaker 1: actually on the phone with him, probably within the last week.

558
00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:02,720
Speaker 1: He's like, you know what, Brocker is a good starter.

559
00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:06,720
Speaker 1: He's like Google the rest of their defensive roster they stink.

560
00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:12,040
Speaker 1: How are they gonna stop anybody? What happens? And listen.

561
00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:14,720
Speaker 1: I think Jalen's the best corner of the league, and

562
00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:16,680
Speaker 1: I think Aaron Donald is one of the best defensive

563
00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:20,000
Speaker 1: players we've ever seen. But if one of those two

564
00:30:20,040 --> 00:30:21,560
Speaker 1: guys goes down. I mean they're paying them both an

565
00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:23,560
Speaker 1: astronomical amount of money in the next couple of years.

566
00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:25,360
Speaker 1: They're not gonna be able to build up that defense.

567
00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:29,640
Speaker 1: And offensively, they're paying Jared goff like he is a

568
00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:31,520
Speaker 1: Pro Bowl star, and I like Jared Goffin. I think

569
00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:35,040
Speaker 1: he's gonna be fine. But he can't move, He's not

570
00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:38,280
Speaker 1: a mobile quarterback. And their offensive line can't block anybody,

571
00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:42,560
Speaker 1: so their margin for error on offense is pretty slipt. Now,

572
00:30:42,760 --> 00:30:44,120
Speaker 1: they should be able to run the ball. I know

573
00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:46,120
Speaker 1: a lot of people in the league, like the Acres

574
00:30:46,160 --> 00:30:48,239
Speaker 1: kid that they draft out of Florida State. They do

575
00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:51,800
Speaker 1: have a lot of skill guys right in Cooper Cups

576
00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:54,680
Speaker 1: a baller. Robert Woods once in a draft meeting compared

577
00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:57,600
Speaker 1: to Reggie Wayne didn't look good early got out of Buffalo.

578
00:30:57,960 --> 00:30:59,520
Speaker 1: Feel a lot better about that now. I think he's

579
00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:02,040
Speaker 1: gonna go on to have a long, productive career. Yeat

580
00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:04,800
Speaker 1: nine over ninety catches last year. He's a baller. And

581
00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:08,880
Speaker 1: Van Jefferson he looks good too. But as we saw

582
00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:11,640
Speaker 1: like last year, the teams that win win in the trenches.

583
00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:14,280
Speaker 1: Can you win with an offense you gotta have a

584
00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:17,239
Speaker 1: good offensive line. You can't beat good teams because most

585
00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:20,040
Speaker 1: good teams have good defensive lines. When your offensive line

586
00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:22,360
Speaker 1: is weak. It's the problem for the Packers, it was

587
00:31:22,440 --> 00:31:24,600
Speaker 1: problem for the Vikings, It's gonna be the problem for

588
00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:28,360
Speaker 1: the Rams. And I'm just fascinated to know they spend

589
00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:31,120
Speaker 1: all this money on the stadium, all these glits and

590
00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:34,200
Speaker 1: bright lights, and they're spending, you know, just a crazy

591
00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:37,440
Speaker 1: amount of money on a handful of guys, and I

592
00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:39,640
Speaker 1: don't know if it's gonna be good enough. And I

593
00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:41,560
Speaker 1: don't think they're gonna be terrible. They have too much

594
00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:43,880
Speaker 1: high end talent. The problem though, with having a lot

595
00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:46,280
Speaker 1: of high end talent that you're paying a large percentage

596
00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:48,920
Speaker 1: of your cap. If one of them gets injured, your

597
00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:53,560
Speaker 1: depth on your team is very, very limited. And listen,

598
00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:55,560
Speaker 1: they had no choice. Once you give up two first

599
00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:58,520
Speaker 1: rounders to get Jalen Ramsey, what are you gonna do?

600
00:31:58,600 --> 00:32:00,680
Speaker 1: Let him test free agency after this here, I mean you,

601
00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:02,920
Speaker 1: you had to pay them, and I got no problem

602
00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:07,040
Speaker 1: paying them. But talking with some guys, and my philosophy

603
00:32:07,040 --> 00:32:10,200
Speaker 1: on corners have changed a little bit. I would put

604
00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:12,360
Speaker 1: all my chips in the table on my front seven,

605
00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:15,400
Speaker 1: I would get multiple sweet defensive linement I I think

606
00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:19,120
Speaker 1: linebackers undervalued in the NFL. Think how many teams in

607
00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:22,080
Speaker 1: the league have either a sweet running back. I saw

608
00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:25,280
Speaker 1: Jon Gruden the other day give it a press conference, like, well,

609
00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:28,200
Speaker 1: we got McCaffrey this week, we got Alvin Kamarrow. The

610
00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:31,640
Speaker 1: next week. You know, we got Austin Ekeler the following week.

611
00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:35,280
Speaker 1: You know, next week it's Melvin Gordon, Philip Lindsay. You know,

612
00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:39,760
Speaker 1: just every team's got sweet running backs. Now, Chris Carson

613
00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:43,480
Speaker 1: this one, Miles Sanders this week, then we got this guy.

614
00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:45,800
Speaker 1: It's like every team has a guy that can zeke,

615
00:32:46,640 --> 00:32:49,600
Speaker 1: they can catch, that can run. Who's covering that guy?

616
00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:52,640
Speaker 1: Your linebackers. You need three down raw linebackers the day

617
00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:56,080
Speaker 1: and age of these, you know, two down mikes are dead.

618
00:32:56,680 --> 00:33:01,880
Speaker 1: The hybrid linebackers matter. Now, O Slee'd want Luke Keikley.

619
00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:04,360
Speaker 1: But just get some of these guys that are in

620
00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:07,200
Speaker 1: the league, like the Niners guy Fred Warner. Obviously Bobby

621
00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:09,520
Speaker 1: Wagner has had a long career. You see some of

622
00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:12,240
Speaker 1: these guys drafted the last couple of years. Last year,

623
00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:16,760
Speaker 1: Bush from from Michigan, you saw this year Kenneth Murray,

624
00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:19,160
Speaker 1: Queen the guys at the end of the first round,

625
00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:23,040
Speaker 1: the kid the Seahawks drafted. You need guys that can

626
00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:26,720
Speaker 1: play sideline to sideline and cover. Who's doing that for

627
00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:28,640
Speaker 1: the Rams. They didn't have any money, so Corey Littleton

628
00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:31,560
Speaker 1: got to walk to the Raiders. I think their team's

629
00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:33,760
Speaker 1: pretty flawed. I think they're gonna be in a little

630
00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:36,200
Speaker 1: bit of trouble. And you don't want to be in

631
00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:40,479
Speaker 1: trouble in l A because people won't care, and they

632
00:33:40,480 --> 00:33:44,440
Speaker 1: have so much money invested in this working. I think

633
00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:46,520
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a challenge. Now again, let me put

634
00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:48,520
Speaker 1: this on record. I don't think the Rams are gonna stink.

635
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Speaker 1: I think they're going to compete to win eight nine

636
00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:54,040
Speaker 1: games and be in the wild card mix the whole year,

637
00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:58,440
Speaker 1: just like last year. If if the playoff rules were

638
00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:01,440
Speaker 1: of two thousand twenty where two tho nineteen, they would

639
00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:03,920
Speaker 1: have made the playoffs. I just don't know if that's

640
00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:06,520
Speaker 1: good enough. Like part of going to l A, like

641
00:34:06,800 --> 00:34:10,400
Speaker 1: I need Jack Kobe, you know, I need Mookie Batts

642
00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:13,360
Speaker 1: and Clayton Kershaw. Now you can lose in the playoffs

643
00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:17,000
Speaker 1: or whatever, that's fine. But I need some just I

644
00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:20,360
Speaker 1: need eleven wins if you really want to get Southern

645
00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:24,759
Speaker 1: California talking about you, because you got Lebron James, you

646
00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:27,880
Speaker 1: got the Dodgers killing it. I think it's gonna be

647
00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:30,319
Speaker 1: harder than people think. Like no one cares about making

648
00:34:30,360 --> 00:34:32,200
Speaker 1: the super Bowl two years ago. I think how much

649
00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:35,120
Speaker 1: has happened since then. I barely remember the super Bowl

650
00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:38,400
Speaker 1: this year and I went. I didn't actually go to

651
00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:40,680
Speaker 1: the game, but I was there in Miami feels like

652
00:34:40,760 --> 00:34:43,799
Speaker 1: seven years ago. So that there is pressure. If I'm

653
00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:47,040
Speaker 1: standing crossing, I'm spending all this money. I'm telling my

654
00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:50,319
Speaker 1: GM like I'm telling Sean, like, put your balls on

655
00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:54,120
Speaker 1: the table this year. Try we need to win ten games,

656
00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:57,520
Speaker 1: double digit plus because if we went we go seven

657
00:34:57,520 --> 00:34:59,760
Speaker 1: to nine, eight and eight, no one in this town's

658
00:34:59,760 --> 00:35:06,160
Speaker 1: gonna care. Okay, we're gonna do this every every Friday.

659
00:35:06,480 --> 00:35:09,399
Speaker 1: And this this is not my idea. But I'm gonna

660
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Speaker 1: pick three games, and I've actually bet on two of these.

661
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Speaker 1: But we're gonna talk about it from a gambling perspective. Now,

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Speaker 1: whoever sent me this d M, I can't my d ms.

663
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Speaker 1: I get so many and I lose them. And it's

664
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Speaker 1: like I can't keep up track with everyone. But it's

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Speaker 1: gonna be called three for the money. Again, the d

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Speaker 1: m r's idea, not mine. Appreciate the idea. I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: pick three games. I I have hard cash on two

668
00:35:35,719 --> 00:35:39,040
Speaker 1: of these, and I still, by the time kickoff goes,

669
00:35:39,160 --> 00:35:41,319
Speaker 1: might bet on the other. But I would have no

670
00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:44,440
Speaker 1: problem betting on on all three of these. These are

671
00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:46,440
Speaker 1: where I'm gonna put my money. I I bet. I

672
00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:49,280
Speaker 1: think you hear a lot of people talk in sports

673
00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:51,239
Speaker 1: now that like act like they gamble. I think a

674
00:35:51,239 --> 00:35:54,399
Speaker 1: lot of them are lying. I'm thirty five. I've been

675
00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:57,520
Speaker 1: gambling since probably about sixteen when I used to sneak

676
00:35:57,520 --> 00:36:01,560
Speaker 1: into Cash Creek playing blackjack. I've been gambling on sports

677
00:36:01,640 --> 00:36:04,719
Speaker 1: since college, Eli Manning, So that would have been about

678
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Speaker 1: oh eight. I would have been, you know, early twenty,

679
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Speaker 1: so about you know, fourteen years maybe oh seven. We

680
00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:16,520
Speaker 1: didn't I didn't have access to like bookies. And when

681
00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:19,160
Speaker 1: online casino started to get big. If you remember when

682
00:36:19,239 --> 00:36:22,440
Speaker 1: online poker or just poker on ESPN kind of blew up.

683
00:36:22,760 --> 00:36:24,960
Speaker 1: Then online poker became big, and then you could bet

684
00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:28,080
Speaker 1: on sports. So I got into it about oh seven,

685
00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:31,719
Speaker 1: So I actually gamble, you know, I lose a lot,

686
00:36:32,120 --> 00:36:35,399
Speaker 1: and I have to take periods off because as I've

687
00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:37,799
Speaker 1: made more money, Like I don't get that much choose

688
00:36:37,840 --> 00:36:39,839
Speaker 1: out of a ten dollar bet, like, you know, my

689
00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:41,960
Speaker 1: my unit's probably a hundred dollars a unit for me

690
00:36:42,719 --> 00:36:45,359
Speaker 1: and I I can get up there pretty quick, you know,

691
00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:48,120
Speaker 1: And anyone the gambles knows you can lose, but you

692
00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:52,759
Speaker 1: can also win, and I plan on winning. So three

693
00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:56,440
Speaker 1: for the money. Let's go with my first game. And

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Speaker 1: this is based off my bookie. Obviously, some of these

695
00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:02,400
Speaker 1: numbers might change a point, a half, a point. Some

696
00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:04,800
Speaker 1: of these games have changed like three or four points

697
00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:07,440
Speaker 1: over the last couple of weeks. I've been eyeing this

698
00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:11,440
Speaker 1: game since the schedule came out. From a gambling perspective.

699
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Speaker 1: The Browns at the Ravens. I think the Ravens are

700
00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:17,040
Speaker 1: a little overvalued right now. I say it all the time.

701
00:37:18,080 --> 00:37:24,319
Speaker 1: Look at dominant rushing schemes, like especially unique ones like

702
00:37:24,360 --> 00:37:28,240
Speaker 1: the wildcat, what Hardoy did with Kaepernick, they usually don't

703
00:37:29,120 --> 00:37:32,720
Speaker 1: dominate for a long period of time, right Dominant running

704
00:37:32,719 --> 00:37:37,839
Speaker 1: backs Emmett Smith, Walter Payton, Barry Sanders, Adrian Peterson, lt

705
00:37:38,120 --> 00:37:41,960
Speaker 1: can dominate, but schemes when you're running, like the triple

706
00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:44,640
Speaker 1: option or the zone read stuff like that, it can

707
00:37:44,640 --> 00:37:47,120
Speaker 1: get neutralized. Because what the hell do you think coaches

708
00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:50,160
Speaker 1: do for the last eight months, especially during the coronavirus.

709
00:37:50,239 --> 00:37:52,680
Speaker 1: They watch a bunch of film. So all these teams

710
00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:54,359
Speaker 1: in the a f C North, who do you think

711
00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:57,600
Speaker 1: they watched. I think they've studied Duck Hodges. No, they

712
00:37:57,640 --> 00:38:00,879
Speaker 1: watched the Ravens and La Mare. Now Lamar is gonna

713
00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:03,280
Speaker 1: have to become a better pastor. That's just that's a fact.

714
00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:07,560
Speaker 1: And listen, the Browns beat him last year. It's the

715
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Speaker 1: line I think opened at eight and a half. It

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Speaker 1: came down all the way to seven last time I

717
00:38:11,239 --> 00:38:13,600
Speaker 1: saw it at seven a half. I like the Browns here.

718
00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:16,080
Speaker 1: I think they finally have a coach who just might

719
00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:18,000
Speaker 1: have a chance to know what he's doing. They have

720
00:38:18,040 --> 00:38:21,759
Speaker 1: a ton of sweet personnel. Their offense is loaded, their

721
00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:24,600
Speaker 1: offensive lines better, they can run the ball, they have

722
00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:27,680
Speaker 1: good players on defense. I don't know if the Browns

723
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Speaker 1: necessarily win this game, but seven and a half points,

724
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Speaker 1: I like the Brownies. This has been my favorite game

725
00:38:33,760 --> 00:38:35,840
Speaker 1: on the slate for a while, and it's crazy that

726
00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:38,840
Speaker 1: I say my favorite game of the slate involves betting

727
00:38:38,840 --> 00:38:41,680
Speaker 1: on Gruden and Derek Carr. But that's where I've ended

728
00:38:41,760 --> 00:38:45,879
Speaker 1: up because under no circumstances should John Gruden in year three.

729
00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:48,600
Speaker 1: He has complete control of this roster. They have a

730
00:38:48,640 --> 00:38:52,080
Speaker 1: bunch of good players now, especially on offense. They shouldn't

731
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Speaker 1: kill the Carolina Panthers. Cam Newton, Luke Keikley, Greg Olsen,

732
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Speaker 1: Steve Smith Sr. Ain't walking through that door. Teddy Bridgewater

733
00:39:01,160 --> 00:39:05,040
Speaker 1: is now. McCaffrey's a stud and if you play fantasy,

734
00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:07,719
Speaker 1: i'd probably put him on your fantasy team. But if

735
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Speaker 1: I wanted to win a game and they didn't win

736
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Speaker 1: many last year, I don't think Carolina is gonna be

737
00:39:12,040 --> 00:39:14,839
Speaker 1: any good. I think it's gonna be a huge Just

738
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Speaker 1: learning curve from Matt Rule. Never been a head coach

739
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Speaker 1: in the league, obviously been a head coach at Temple,

740
00:39:19,320 --> 00:39:22,080
Speaker 1: been a hoad coach at Baylor. Playing Brady Breeze and

741
00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:25,040
Speaker 1: Matt Ryan is a little different animal than getting Texas

742
00:39:25,120 --> 00:39:28,360
Speaker 1: Tech and Texas back to back weeks. Welcome to the

743
00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:30,560
Speaker 1: big leagues. I like Matt Rule. Joe Brady was a

744
00:39:30,640 --> 00:39:33,960
Speaker 1: quality control coach. A couple of years ago, and beside McCaffrey,

745
00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:37,280
Speaker 1: their defensive roster does not look good. The Raiders should

746
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Speaker 1: win this game by ten, and I know the game

747
00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:41,759
Speaker 1: opened up. I think it even it's now minus three.

748
00:39:41,960 --> 00:39:44,200
Speaker 1: I would probably like the Raiders almost up to a touchdown.

749
00:39:45,120 --> 00:39:47,279
Speaker 1: I've heard from people on the Raiders coaching staff. Darren

750
00:39:47,320 --> 00:39:49,360
Speaker 1: Waller is even better than he was last year and

751
00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:52,440
Speaker 1: he was a pro bowler. Josh Jacobs's stud the Bryan

752
00:39:52,600 --> 00:39:57,080
Speaker 1: Editwards and Rugs are awesome. They should dominate Carolina. The cohesion.

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00:39:57,120 --> 00:39:59,719
Speaker 1: They haven't lost a coach in three years. Groon has

754
00:39:59,719 --> 00:40:02,120
Speaker 1: been ca one plays now, as has a head coach

755
00:40:02,120 --> 00:40:04,680
Speaker 1: back in the league for a couple of years. Uh.

756
00:40:04,719 --> 00:40:07,640
Speaker 1: Their teams are just much more improved on defense. They

757
00:40:07,640 --> 00:40:11,200
Speaker 1: spend some money at linebacker. I love the Raiders minus three,

758
00:40:11,360 --> 00:40:13,440
Speaker 1: which is crazy if they if they lose this. For me,

759
00:40:13,560 --> 00:40:16,240
Speaker 1: I have some cash on this game. I'm gonna be pissed.

760
00:40:17,160 --> 00:40:19,759
Speaker 1: This is my favorite game of the week. Though. Uh.

761
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Speaker 1: Someone tweeted at me today Joe Judge, I think like

762
00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:26,120
Speaker 1: twenty minutes into practice freaked out it was a bad

763
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Speaker 1: practice and made him all restart again. This isn't Little League,

764
00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:33,040
Speaker 1: this is in college is the NFL And I I

765
00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:35,399
Speaker 1: just talked to some friends in the NFL. They said,

766
00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:38,879
Speaker 1: google the who the Giants have on defense? And I did,

767
00:40:39,239 --> 00:40:41,319
Speaker 1: and I don't know any of these players. They're not

768
00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:43,239
Speaker 1: very good. They just cut their first round pick that

769
00:40:43,280 --> 00:40:45,120
Speaker 1: they drafted last year. They don't have the pass rush,

770
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Speaker 1: they don't have any secondary, the slow at linebacker. The

771
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Speaker 1: Steelers who went eight in eight last year with a

772
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Speaker 1: guy named Duck and Mason Rudolph. If big Ben is

773
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Speaker 1: just he doesn't have to be Peek big Ben, pro Bowler,

774
00:40:58,200 --> 00:41:01,160
Speaker 1: All Pro, future Hall of Famer, he just has to

775
00:41:01,160 --> 00:41:04,680
Speaker 1: be like Kirk Cousins. They have offensive skill guys. The

776
00:41:04,680 --> 00:41:07,520
Speaker 1: guy they drafted last year I think from Toledo, Deante

777
00:41:07,600 --> 00:41:12,440
Speaker 1: Thompson is legit. I'm I still believe in juju uh.

778
00:41:12,719 --> 00:41:16,239
Speaker 1: They're just their defense is top notch. Do you think

779
00:41:16,239 --> 00:41:18,840
Speaker 1: Sae Kwon Barkley and Daniel Jones now sa Kwan is

780
00:41:18,840 --> 00:41:20,880
Speaker 1: gonna make place because Sa Kwan is elite? Do you

781
00:41:20,920 --> 00:41:23,759
Speaker 1: think Daniel Jones gonna make plays against Pittsburgh Steelers Monday Night?

782
00:41:23,840 --> 00:41:27,719
Speaker 1: Joe Judge, Mike Tomlin, I like the Steelers huge in

783
00:41:27,760 --> 00:41:30,040
Speaker 1: this game. Now, I got it, at five, it's up

784
00:41:30,080 --> 00:41:33,360
Speaker 1: to six. I'd probably like it up to seven points.

785
00:41:33,719 --> 00:41:36,960
Speaker 1: There's obviously gonna be no fans in Giant Stadium, MetLife,

786
00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:39,719
Speaker 1: whatever the hell they call it now. Uh, I just

787
00:41:39,880 --> 00:41:42,720
Speaker 1: I can't like the Steelers enough Steelers minus six Graders

788
00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:45,680
Speaker 1: minus three Browns plus seven and a half is what

789
00:41:45,760 --> 00:41:47,640
Speaker 1: I have it at three for the money, those are

790
00:41:47,640 --> 00:41:51,040
Speaker 1: my picks. Okay, let's end this week with the Little

791
00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:54,440
Speaker 1: Middlecoff mailbag at John Middlecoff is an Instagram handle d

792
00:41:54,640 --> 00:41:57,960
Speaker 1: m S open, slide right in and we interact here.

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Speaker 1: Hey John Long, I'm listener, first time, d m R.

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Speaker 1: Why have the Packers only won two Super Bowls with

795
00:42:05,520 --> 00:42:07,960
Speaker 1: Farvan Rodgers? Is it just because we are not a

796
00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:10,759
Speaker 1: free agent destination? I know we got Reggie White a

797
00:42:10,760 --> 00:42:12,600
Speaker 1: long time ago, but I wanted to hear your opinion,

798
00:42:13,520 --> 00:42:16,520
Speaker 1: whether on the show or a quick DM thanks. That's

799
00:42:16,520 --> 00:42:19,239
Speaker 1: a hell of a question, uh, you know. To me,

800
00:42:19,320 --> 00:42:21,880
Speaker 1: it's less about the free agent destination and just more like,

801
00:42:21,960 --> 00:42:25,360
Speaker 1: how did they not win three of the last twenty

802
00:42:25,440 --> 00:42:28,560
Speaker 1: five years with Farvan Rogers. It really is crazy, especially

803
00:42:28,600 --> 00:42:32,760
Speaker 1: some of Rogers teams. Now they ran into the Harbor Niners,

804
00:42:33,239 --> 00:42:35,600
Speaker 1: they ran into that Seattle team, but remember they had

805
00:42:35,640 --> 00:42:39,759
Speaker 1: Seattle on the ropes. I don't really know what to say.

806
00:42:39,960 --> 00:42:43,440
Speaker 1: I would say the over under of having to top

807
00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:48,640
Speaker 1: ten quarterbacks all time for when did far get good

808
00:42:48,760 --> 00:42:51,839
Speaker 1: ninety five through two thousand twenty, so for twenty five

809
00:42:51,920 --> 00:42:54,000
Speaker 1: years now. I know Farv've had a down down year

810
00:42:54,040 --> 00:42:57,200
Speaker 1: a couple of years, and Rogers they had. You know,

811
00:42:57,200 --> 00:42:58,919
Speaker 1: they've had a couple of down years over the years,

812
00:42:58,920 --> 00:43:01,920
Speaker 1: but twenty of the twenty five years have an elite

813
00:43:02,000 --> 00:43:05,160
Speaker 1: quarterback play. I would say the over under would have

814
00:43:05,200 --> 00:43:07,840
Speaker 1: been two and a half and I probably would have

815
00:43:07,840 --> 00:43:10,880
Speaker 1: taken the over, so I would have said, this is

816
00:43:10,920 --> 00:43:12,760
Speaker 1: the least amount of Super Bowls you could have, possibly

817
00:43:12,760 --> 00:43:14,920
Speaker 1: one with Aaron Rodgers and Brett farf is what they had.

818
00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:17,439
Speaker 1: I'd say the max would have been like four. Three

819
00:43:17,480 --> 00:43:20,239
Speaker 1: would have felt right. I don't know if it has

820
00:43:20,280 --> 00:43:22,400
Speaker 1: to do necessarily with free agent destination, because I think

821
00:43:22,440 --> 00:43:26,239
Speaker 1: you can always I think you can always sign people.

822
00:43:26,280 --> 00:43:29,520
Speaker 1: And look they started throwing around a little money they

823
00:43:29,520 --> 00:43:34,719
Speaker 1: signed to Darius last year. Uh yeah, the NFL, all

824
00:43:34,760 --> 00:43:39,920
Speaker 1: these teams have money. There's a long ask question. Geez, Louis,

825
00:43:42,320 --> 00:43:45,320
Speaker 1: I heard you disparage Matt Patricia and the Lions organization

826
00:43:45,480 --> 00:43:48,279
Speaker 1: is truly sad. But am I crazy for thinking they

827
00:43:48,280 --> 00:43:50,400
Speaker 1: have a damn good chance to win the division this season?

828
00:43:50,920 --> 00:43:54,319
Speaker 1: I have a few reasons to like them. Stafford might

829
00:43:54,320 --> 00:43:57,000
Speaker 1: be the most underrated quarterback in the year in the league.

830
00:43:57,400 --> 00:44:01,400
Speaker 1: Last year, in the eight games he plays night teen touchdowns. Okay,

831
00:44:01,400 --> 00:44:03,320
Speaker 1: they choked away the fourth quarter and had to settle

832
00:44:03,360 --> 00:44:05,600
Speaker 1: for a tie in Arizona, Chiefs had to convert a

833
00:44:05,600 --> 00:44:07,839
Speaker 1: fourth and eighte on the final drive to win. Okay,

834
00:44:07,880 --> 00:44:10,120
Speaker 1: blah blah blah. In the Division, Minnesota green Bay are

835
00:44:10,160 --> 00:44:12,480
Speaker 1: known to have great home field advantages, but there will

836
00:44:12,520 --> 00:44:15,160
Speaker 1: be no or limited fans this season. Good point, so

837
00:44:15,200 --> 00:44:18,239
Speaker 1: that advantage will be mitigated to some extent, although in

838
00:44:18,360 --> 00:44:20,480
Speaker 1: theory is that green Bay's advantage has to do with

839
00:44:20,520 --> 00:44:23,200
Speaker 1: their grass, not just the fans. Minnesota place three teams

840
00:44:23,200 --> 00:44:25,759
Speaker 1: coming off a bye to our home teams one a row.

841
00:44:25,800 --> 00:44:30,160
Speaker 1: Blah blah. Okay. I hate to bet against Zimmer. His

842
00:44:30,239 --> 00:44:33,000
Speaker 1: record against the spread surpassed only by Belichick, but his

843
00:44:33,040 --> 00:44:36,640
Speaker 1: defenses looked depleted. His d line lost Everson Griffin. This

844
00:44:36,680 --> 00:44:40,960
Speaker 1: because you've got a pretty informative take here, Uh. The

845
00:44:41,000 --> 00:44:43,640
Speaker 1: Bears also have quarterback controversy. I don't believe they will

846
00:44:43,680 --> 00:44:45,719
Speaker 1: improve this season. Love the podcast. Sorry for such a

847
00:44:45,840 --> 00:44:48,680
Speaker 1: lengthy response. Please tell me why shouldn't bet the house

848
00:44:48,760 --> 00:44:52,799
Speaker 1: on this? Uh? Yeah, in fairness, if you were going

849
00:44:52,840 --> 00:44:54,480
Speaker 1: to take a flyer on the Lions, this would be

850
00:44:54,520 --> 00:44:56,959
Speaker 1: the year. I think the Bears are gonna be better,

851
00:44:57,719 --> 00:44:59,760
Speaker 1: just because I don't think their quarterback play can possibly

852
00:44:59,760 --> 00:45:02,200
Speaker 1: wear be worse. If Drabinsky is just a shitty they'll

853
00:45:02,239 --> 00:45:04,960
Speaker 1: bench him for fALS. I think Minnesota will come back

854
00:45:05,000 --> 00:45:07,000
Speaker 1: to earth a little bit in same with Green Bay.

855
00:45:07,040 --> 00:45:08,920
Speaker 1: But they still have Aaron Rodgers, like you said, they

856
00:45:08,920 --> 00:45:10,160
Speaker 1: still have Mike Zimmer and they still have a lot

857
00:45:10,160 --> 00:45:13,839
Speaker 1: of good players. I just don't what is Patricia shown

858
00:45:13,880 --> 00:45:16,840
Speaker 1: us that he's good? Like, Yeah, Matt Stafford can be

859
00:45:16,880 --> 00:45:19,120
Speaker 1: a good quarterback and when he's on he could throw

860
00:45:19,200 --> 00:45:22,160
Speaker 1: forty five touchdowns, so maybe he could overcome as bad coach.

861
00:45:22,200 --> 00:45:23,799
Speaker 1: But is there defense? Is gonna be any good? Do

862
00:45:23,880 --> 00:45:27,920
Speaker 1: they have any pass rush? I don't know. I just

863
00:45:28,320 --> 00:45:31,360
Speaker 1: I have a hard time closing my eyes and seeing

864
00:45:31,440 --> 00:45:35,600
Speaker 1: Matt Patricia being a division champ. To be honestly, I

865
00:45:35,640 --> 00:45:38,239
Speaker 1: have a hard time closing my eyes and seeing Matt

866
00:45:38,280 --> 00:45:42,680
Speaker 1: Patricia in the playoffs. So I don't know what else

867
00:45:42,680 --> 00:45:44,719
Speaker 1: to say to you. I mean, this is all just

868
00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:48,520
Speaker 1: these are my opinions. Uh, going into a season, I

869
00:45:48,520 --> 00:45:52,399
Speaker 1: don't have any tangible information to say yes or no, right,

870
00:45:52,520 --> 00:45:55,160
Speaker 1: but I just I'm betting against Matt Patricia when I

871
00:45:55,200 --> 00:45:59,600
Speaker 1: get an opportunity, I'm betting against Matt Patricia. I'm a

872
00:45:59,640 --> 00:46:02,200
Speaker 1: Bears ran from New Zealand and was wondering what you

873
00:46:02,239 --> 00:46:04,160
Speaker 1: think there is any chance the Bears could get Aaron

874
00:46:04,239 --> 00:46:06,759
Speaker 1: Rodgers from the Packers next season. I know they got

875
00:46:06,760 --> 00:46:08,600
Speaker 1: fools who will end up the start of the season,

876
00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:10,440
Speaker 1: but I think there was a chance Rodgers has a

877
00:46:10,480 --> 00:46:12,640
Speaker 1: few seasons left in him and the Bears could really

878
00:46:12,719 --> 00:46:15,960
Speaker 1: use them. I think the Bears would take Aaron Rodgers

879
00:46:16,040 --> 00:46:19,400
Speaker 1: so faster head would spend. Here's the problem. The Packers

880
00:46:19,400 --> 00:46:21,200
Speaker 1: are not gonna cut Aaron Rodgers. If they do get

881
00:46:21,280 --> 00:46:23,040
Speaker 1: rid of them, They're gonna trade them. But here's the

882
00:46:23,040 --> 00:46:27,200
Speaker 1: bigger problem. Jordan's love is terrible right now. So the

883
00:46:27,280 --> 00:46:30,720
Speaker 1: chances that the Packers trade Aaron Rodgers after this season

884
00:46:30,760 --> 00:46:32,560
Speaker 1: to go with Jordan's love, I would say, would be

885
00:46:32,600 --> 00:46:36,640
Speaker 1: slim to me after Jordan's Love had the worst training camp.

886
00:46:36,719 --> 00:46:38,520
Speaker 1: What feels like of any quarterback that's going to make

887
00:46:38,520 --> 00:46:42,000
Speaker 1: an NFL team this year, I would say he he

888
00:46:42,200 --> 00:46:47,080
Speaker 1: just Rogers is starting for a minimum two seasons, so

889
00:46:47,320 --> 00:46:50,000
Speaker 1: I just don't think he's gonna be available. And if

890
00:46:50,000 --> 00:46:53,000
Speaker 1: they did trade Aaron Rodgers, here's where I know there

891
00:46:53,080 --> 00:46:56,040
Speaker 1: is no chance they would trade them. That would be

892
00:46:56,640 --> 00:47:01,839
Speaker 1: the Chicago Bears. So I mean, they're just Chicago Bears

893
00:47:01,880 --> 00:47:06,359
Speaker 1: are not kidding him, They're just They're just not I'm

894
00:47:06,400 --> 00:47:08,680
Speaker 1: a die hard Browns fan, and I don't understand what

895
00:47:08,719 --> 00:47:10,840
Speaker 1: clowne he just did. He chose to go to the

896
00:47:10,840 --> 00:47:12,440
Speaker 1: Titans when he could have gone to the Browns for

897
00:47:12,480 --> 00:47:15,640
Speaker 1: more money while playing opposite of Miles Garrett, with Garrett

898
00:47:15,640 --> 00:47:17,560
Speaker 1: seeing the majority of double teams, clown he could have

899
00:47:17,600 --> 00:47:20,160
Speaker 1: thrived and maybe next season got that massive contract he's

900
00:47:20,160 --> 00:47:24,200
Speaker 1: been looking for. Acknowledging that no one knows the what

901
00:47:24,280 --> 00:47:26,800
Speaker 1: the COVID will do to the cap. So my question

902
00:47:26,840 --> 00:47:29,279
Speaker 1: is what about the Browns perception? We had those one

903
00:47:29,280 --> 00:47:31,400
Speaker 1: in fifteen and oh and sixteen years under Hugh Jackson,

904
00:47:31,440 --> 00:47:34,040
Speaker 1: but since then they've constantly added talent and vastly improved roster.

905
00:47:34,640 --> 00:47:36,839
Speaker 1: Do you think free agents will view the Browns as

906
00:47:36,880 --> 00:47:39,080
Speaker 1: toxic and refused to go there, or do you think

907
00:47:39,120 --> 00:47:43,440
Speaker 1: there's just mismanned situation by Clowney and his agent. Well,

908
00:47:44,000 --> 00:47:45,840
Speaker 1: if they offered fifteen million and he didn't go to

909
00:47:45,840 --> 00:47:48,480
Speaker 1: the Browns, he's moron. I mean, the Seattle Seahawks offered

910
00:47:48,520 --> 00:47:51,040
Speaker 1: fifteen million, he didn't go there. I think him going

911
00:47:51,040 --> 00:47:53,880
Speaker 1: to the Titans was pretty simple. Mike Varible, Mike Variable,

912
00:47:53,880 --> 00:47:57,200
Speaker 1: coachman Houston. So he's very comfortable. He knows the scheme,

913
00:47:57,320 --> 00:47:59,719
Speaker 1: he knows the coach, so he knows the head coach

914
00:48:00,000 --> 00:48:01,680
Speaker 1: eaves of them. Well, I think it was easy for

915
00:48:01,760 --> 00:48:03,640
Speaker 1: him to be excited about going to Seattle. They just

916
00:48:03,719 --> 00:48:07,120
Speaker 1: traded for him. Now, I'm with you. These teams clearly

917
00:48:07,120 --> 00:48:11,320
Speaker 1: wanted him, were offering him money. In fairness to Clowney,

918
00:48:11,400 --> 00:48:13,719
Speaker 1: like I like, there is a lot of talent on

919
00:48:13,760 --> 00:48:15,680
Speaker 1: the roster. I just think he watches the Browns, he

920
00:48:15,760 --> 00:48:18,799
Speaker 1: goes they suck, right, But you put Clowney there with

921
00:48:18,840 --> 00:48:21,359
Speaker 1: Myles Garrett in that offense, some of the guys they

922
00:48:21,360 --> 00:48:23,560
Speaker 1: also have on defense, they would have been good. I'm

923
00:48:23,600 --> 00:48:27,799
Speaker 1: with you. Clowney lost money. I mean there's there's just

924
00:48:28,120 --> 00:48:31,239
Speaker 1: Clowney misplayed it. I think he thinks he's a lot

925
00:48:31,320 --> 00:48:35,120
Speaker 1: better than he is, and he's now at the title.

926
00:48:35,200 --> 00:48:37,399
Speaker 1: Now he still got twelve million dollars and he could

927
00:48:37,440 --> 00:48:40,200
Speaker 1: make up to fifteen. But I'm with you now he's

928
00:48:40,239 --> 00:48:42,240
Speaker 1: looking at it like Jeffrey Simmons, the guy they drafted

929
00:48:42,280 --> 00:48:46,279
Speaker 1: from Misissippi State's a baller. Uh. I think he thinks

930
00:48:46,280 --> 00:48:50,040
Speaker 1: he's gonna eat and dominate, not eat literally. I mean

931
00:48:50,120 --> 00:48:52,680
Speaker 1: he's gonna eat obviously, but he's also gonna, you know,

932
00:48:52,719 --> 00:48:55,400
Speaker 1: psack the quarterback in theory. I mean, he doesn't never

933
00:48:55,400 --> 00:48:58,279
Speaker 1: get double digit sacks, But I think it had to

934
00:48:58,320 --> 00:49:02,520
Speaker 1: do with Rabel and the and the scheme fit. Would

935
00:49:02,520 --> 00:49:05,160
Speaker 1: you rather have Dak Prescott or Carson Wentz long term?

936
00:49:05,200 --> 00:49:07,439
Speaker 1: As a Cowboy fan, I wanted Wentz when he came out,

937
00:49:07,480 --> 00:49:10,400
Speaker 1: and I believe he's the better player. Dak is extremely

938
00:49:10,480 --> 00:49:13,839
Speaker 1: durable and seems to have the Klutch gene. Thoughts, well,

939
00:49:13,880 --> 00:49:16,840
Speaker 1: he didn't last year against the Eagles. If I was

940
00:49:16,880 --> 00:49:19,040
Speaker 1: a betting man right now and you said, John Middlecoff,

941
00:49:19,080 --> 00:49:22,719
Speaker 1: you're the head coach slash GM of you know the

942
00:49:22,760 --> 00:49:28,239
Speaker 1: expansion Middle coughs and you get one quarterback, there two

943
00:49:28,239 --> 00:49:30,239
Speaker 1: available and you can only pick one. Would you take

944
00:49:30,320 --> 00:49:33,799
Speaker 1: Dak Prescott or Carson Wentz. I would take Dak Prescott,

945
00:49:35,000 --> 00:49:37,399
Speaker 1: not because he's more talented than Carson Wentz. He's not.

946
00:49:37,920 --> 00:49:40,920
Speaker 1: Carson is vastly more talented, but I would have to

947
00:49:40,960 --> 00:49:44,600
Speaker 1: take the safer route. One guy is durable and doesn't

948
00:49:44,640 --> 00:49:47,400
Speaker 1: miss any games. I just I think it's that simple.

949
00:49:47,719 --> 00:49:49,879
Speaker 1: Do I think Carson is a better player? I do.

950
00:49:50,520 --> 00:49:53,000
Speaker 1: Would I rather have Carson if he is healthy? I would,

951
00:49:53,800 --> 00:49:56,920
Speaker 1: But that's not the reality, because the reality is one

952
00:49:56,960 --> 00:49:59,120
Speaker 1: guy already got hurt in this training camp. And I

953
00:49:59,160 --> 00:50:01,360
Speaker 1: like Carson Wentz. I'm a huge fan. I think he

954
00:50:01,360 --> 00:50:03,440
Speaker 1: has immense talent. He should win m v ps in

955
00:50:03,480 --> 00:50:06,760
Speaker 1: this league. If Dac wins m VPS, he's got talent,

956
00:50:07,120 --> 00:50:09,360
Speaker 1: but it will be more like he had sweet wide receivers,

957
00:50:09,360 --> 00:50:12,680
Speaker 1: he had Zeke, the offense clicked. If Carson wins, like

958
00:50:12,719 --> 00:50:16,440
Speaker 1: cars can just carry a franchise, Dad can't carry a franchise.

959
00:50:16,680 --> 00:50:22,640
Speaker 1: But durability, this is the NFL. This is staying healthy.

960
00:50:22,680 --> 00:50:25,480
Speaker 1: You could argue is a skill, right, It's not a

961
00:50:25,520 --> 00:50:28,799
Speaker 1: skill you can control. Like nobody wants to get hurt.

962
00:50:29,200 --> 00:50:31,440
Speaker 1: No one wants to Terry Seals. You know, as Derwin

963
00:50:31,560 --> 00:50:35,799
Speaker 1: James injury prone, you know you have to say, yes,

964
00:50:35,960 --> 00:50:38,080
Speaker 1: get hurt in college. He's been hurt twice in the pros.

965
00:50:38,320 --> 00:50:40,920
Speaker 1: There's no disputing he's a star. He's the best safety

966
00:50:40,960 --> 00:50:43,399
Speaker 1: in the league right now. If he's healthy, he's always hurt.

967
00:50:43,440 --> 00:50:45,080
Speaker 1: You watch hard knocks and there's just like, this guy's

968
00:50:45,080 --> 00:50:47,840
Speaker 1: the best player on our team. Might not even be

969
00:50:47,880 --> 00:50:49,720
Speaker 1: that close. And they got a team with Joey Bosa.

970
00:50:50,080 --> 00:50:51,920
Speaker 1: It's like, yeah, this guy's and Keenan Allen, this guy

971
00:50:51,960 --> 00:50:53,759
Speaker 1: is the best player on our team two years in

972
00:50:53,760 --> 00:50:57,919
Speaker 1: a row. MRS season. Now, Carson did play sixteen games

973
00:50:58,000 --> 00:51:01,120
Speaker 1: last year, but just word, you know, it's just it's

974
00:51:01,160 --> 00:51:04,600
Speaker 1: just hard to feel good about them staying healthy. That

975
00:51:04,600 --> 00:51:06,960
Speaker 1: that that would be my biggest question mark, which just

976
00:51:08,760 --> 00:51:12,399
Speaker 1: staying healthy. Man, Oh, here it is. This was Ricky Lee.

977
00:51:13,400 --> 00:51:15,120
Speaker 1: I gotta suggest him for you. You You need to bring

978
00:51:15,160 --> 00:51:18,160
Speaker 1: gambling elements and to expand your audiences with your knowledge

979
00:51:18,160 --> 00:51:20,719
Speaker 1: and information. Give out three picks every Friday against the spread,

980
00:51:20,760 --> 00:51:24,200
Speaker 1: and you call it three for the money. That's my suggestion.

981
00:51:24,239 --> 00:51:27,359
Speaker 1: Great show, brother, Well, I used it, Ricky, I like it.

982
00:51:28,040 --> 00:51:32,000
Speaker 1: I found you. I'm glad I ran into your into

983
00:51:32,040 --> 00:51:38,200
Speaker 1: your DM. Okay, last one question for the pod, what

984
00:51:38,280 --> 00:51:40,040
Speaker 1: do you think it would take for the NFL to

985
00:51:40,120 --> 00:51:43,239
Speaker 1: cancel the season? So far, COVID has kept at Bay

986
00:51:43,400 --> 00:51:45,480
Speaker 1: for the league. But you know, if there are any

987
00:51:45,520 --> 00:51:48,120
Speaker 1: if this happens, that will be do this clauses that

988
00:51:48,160 --> 00:51:51,120
Speaker 1: are in the NFL policies for this season. I think

989
00:51:51,120 --> 00:51:56,040
Speaker 1: there are no chance. Zero. I mean, I just they're playing.

990
00:51:56,719 --> 00:51:58,719
Speaker 1: If people get Corona, they just won't play that week.

991
00:51:59,080 --> 00:52:00,360
Speaker 1: Like there's just too much money in line. This is

992
00:52:00,360 --> 00:52:03,480
Speaker 1: how everyone gets paid, coaches, players, they're all in this together.

993
00:52:03,560 --> 00:52:05,479
Speaker 1: The players want to play, why because they get paid.

994
00:52:05,480 --> 00:52:08,080
Speaker 1: The coaches want to play because they like coaching and

995
00:52:08,120 --> 00:52:11,160
Speaker 1: they like money that the owners want to play because

996
00:52:11,160 --> 00:52:13,480
Speaker 1: that's how they get paid. The networks want them to play,

997
00:52:13,960 --> 00:52:15,560
Speaker 1: so they'll just deal with it. That's why they expand

998
00:52:15,600 --> 00:52:18,120
Speaker 1: the practice squad. I have talked to friends in the league.

999
00:52:18,160 --> 00:52:22,880
Speaker 1: They get tested every day, tested every day. Their testing

1000
00:52:22,920 --> 00:52:26,279
Speaker 1: policy is intense. Every day you're getta swab up your nose.

1001
00:52:26,920 --> 00:52:31,560
Speaker 1: So they're just they're very proactive on this and they've

1002
00:52:31,600 --> 00:52:34,880
Speaker 1: been from the jump. There's too much money online. I mean,

1003
00:52:35,000 --> 00:52:37,640
Speaker 1: I think they're spending millions of dollars as a league

1004
00:52:37,800 --> 00:52:40,880
Speaker 1: every month to do this testing. It's worth it to

1005
00:52:41,000 --> 00:52:43,560
Speaker 1: make the hundreds of millions of dollars are gonna make

1006
00:52:43,840 --> 00:52:45,520
Speaker 1: it was worth it for them to spend. Let's just

1007
00:52:46,640 --> 00:52:48,400
Speaker 1: I did some net math. I could be a little

1008
00:52:48,400 --> 00:52:53,279
Speaker 1: off somewhere between fifteen to twenty million dollars just the

1009
00:52:53,280 --> 00:52:58,480
Speaker 1: football operation, the football players, the scouts, coaches, trainers like,

1010
00:52:58,600 --> 00:53:02,080
Speaker 1: just that group would add up to about eighteen million

1011
00:53:02,120 --> 00:53:04,719
Speaker 1: dollars if my numbers were right, you know, around a

1012
00:53:04,800 --> 00:53:09,160
Speaker 1: hundred dollars a test, you know, just every month. Think

1013
00:53:09,200 --> 00:53:11,520
Speaker 1: about when other people in these buildings start coming back

1014
00:53:11,560 --> 00:53:13,600
Speaker 1: in right now, they're not gonna be around the coaches

1015
00:53:13,640 --> 00:53:15,560
Speaker 1: and the players, but still you're gonna get tested every day.

1016
00:53:15,560 --> 00:53:17,280
Speaker 1: You're not gonna let someone random guy in the building.

1017
00:53:17,480 --> 00:53:22,560
Speaker 1: It's not tested spending millions of dollars every every month

1018
00:53:22,719 --> 00:53:25,440
Speaker 1: around the league, and the players and coaches are are

1019
00:53:25,480 --> 00:53:28,480
Speaker 1: the players and owners are splitting this cost right because

1020
00:53:28,480 --> 00:53:30,040
Speaker 1: it's it's worth it for all of them to get

1021
00:53:30,040 --> 00:53:33,600
Speaker 1: their money. Because it is. And I think it's just

1022
00:53:33,680 --> 00:53:37,759
Speaker 1: simple business. You know, it's not you know people talk

1023
00:53:37,800 --> 00:53:40,279
Speaker 1: about science and all that stuff. This is just they'll

1024
00:53:40,320 --> 00:53:43,600
Speaker 1: do whatever they take to make their money. It's really

1025
00:53:44,560 --> 00:53:46,920
Speaker 1: as black and white as that. And one thing is

1026
00:53:46,960 --> 00:53:48,840
Speaker 1: clear with the NFL. They'll do anything for their money,

1027
00:53:49,120 --> 00:53:52,440
Speaker 1: just like every business. You know. These businesses are not charities.

1028
00:53:52,840 --> 00:53:55,560
Speaker 1: They're not in too set the moral compass for society.

1029
00:53:55,719 --> 00:53:58,200
Speaker 1: They're in. It's a turn a profit, and turn a

1030
00:53:58,239 --> 00:54:02,359
Speaker 1: profit they will do. Pre should everyone listening and uh

1031
00:54:02,600 --> 00:54:05,440
Speaker 1: I'll talk to you next week after Sunday's games. Audios