WEBVTT - Projected Starters AUTOPSY 0:00:00.520 --> 0:00:07.440 Be Around the NFL Podcast wants to find Mark Sessler 0:00:07.480 --> 0:00:10.440 a new job. Welcome to another edition of the Around 0:00:10.480 --> 0:00:15.200 the NFL Podcast. My name is Dan Hansis. I come 0:00:15.240 --> 0:00:18.080 to you from a virtual room filled with some heroes. 0:00:18.640 --> 0:00:21.119 The offwad mentioned Mark Sessler. Don't go anywhere, Mark, we 0:00:21.200 --> 0:00:25.280 need your buddy now more than ever. And Greg Rosenthal, 0:00:29.120 --> 0:00:32.280 I mean, if you were to voluntarily leave the company 0:00:32.640 --> 0:00:35.839 to pursue other projects and you reached out for help, 0:00:36.240 --> 0:00:39.040 obviously we would help you on that end. But uh, 0:00:39.440 --> 0:00:41.240 and I just don't really want to pursue that. Even 0:00:41.280 --> 0:00:44.720 as I thought, well, I mean, these are either listener 0:00:44.760 --> 0:00:48.240 generated or it came from inside our own company. That 0:00:48.240 --> 0:00:50.800 that message, and it said that the It didn't say 0:00:50.800 --> 0:00:52.720 that I'm looking for a new job. It said the 0:00:52.760 --> 0:00:55.400 a t N podcast I believe is looking at help, 0:00:55.520 --> 0:00:58.000 hoping to find me a new job. So it's sort 0:00:58.000 --> 0:01:00.720 of an unsettling way to open um a show that 0:01:00.720 --> 0:01:02.880 will probably wind on for eighty or ninety minutes, but 0:01:02.880 --> 0:01:04.640 I'll do my best. No one said it means you 0:01:04.680 --> 0:01:07.600 have to leave this job. Maybe it's a white you 0:01:07.600 --> 0:01:10.840 know deal where you get a side hustle you start 0:01:10.880 --> 0:01:13.679 working for the Browns. You get that double stream of 0:01:13.680 --> 0:01:17.400 income and suddenly like the whole assessler household is just flying. 0:01:17.600 --> 0:01:19.360 I mean, we know a few people that have worked 0:01:19.360 --> 0:01:21.520 for the Browns and there, um, you know, they're not 0:01:21.560 --> 0:01:23.880 far from us right now. Dan. It also doesn't always 0:01:24.240 --> 0:01:27.720 turn out well. You know, sometimes those stays with the 0:01:27.720 --> 0:01:31.720 Browns end under mysterious circumstances. What's that I hear in 0:01:31.720 --> 0:01:40.800 the background. Oh, oh my gosh, that's oh my god, 0:01:41.200 --> 0:01:47.400 that's Nick Stoke's music. Just right crash, just right, crushed 0:01:47.400 --> 0:01:49.480 the beer cans and like dump them over my head, 0:01:49.920 --> 0:01:51.680 you know. I mean I've been known to do that. 0:01:52.320 --> 0:01:55.960 I've been known to do that. Well you know, Um, 0:01:56.000 --> 0:02:01.320 some things are best left to mystery. Oh, Shook, he's back. 0:02:01.600 --> 0:02:05.600 How about that? You know? Nick? I was thinking, um, 0:02:05.680 --> 0:02:09.040 what did Freddie Kitchens do? I know, we're gonna have 0:02:09.080 --> 0:02:11.320 to get some drinks inside of Shook sometime just to 0:02:11.320 --> 0:02:13.200 get the load on this. Got to get him inside 0:02:13.240 --> 0:02:16.600 that the chiseled body, Shook. I was thinking, you are 0:02:18.160 --> 0:02:21.320 a rising star with NFL media. I see you on 0:02:21.400 --> 0:02:26.080 Network now a lot. You're football writing is top notch. Um, 0:02:26.120 --> 0:02:30.040 You're you have a striking appearance because of your well built, 0:02:30.040 --> 0:02:34.320 built physique and your bald head and you're fairly symmetrical face. 0:02:34.360 --> 0:02:37.240 There's a lot of things going for you right now, nick, um. 0:02:37.280 --> 0:02:40.480 But we need now is to put the We need 0:02:40.560 --> 0:02:45.600 to put together some symmetrical It would be nice. But 0:02:47.960 --> 0:02:51.120 I had a few project ideas, some um and you 0:02:51.120 --> 0:02:53.119 could take this I p and run with the run 0:02:53.160 --> 0:02:55.440 with it, and then of course if it takes off, 0:02:55.480 --> 0:02:57.480 you can just give me a producer credit and I'll 0:02:57.520 --> 0:02:59.560 stay out of it on the creative end. But maybe 0:02:59.560 --> 0:03:04.280 I just get a paycheck. Um, Nick shook? And that's 0:03:04.360 --> 0:03:09.040 kind of just you on various personal, domestic, global affairs 0:03:09.080 --> 0:03:12.280 that concern you. Yeah, I mean I like that idea. 0:03:12.360 --> 0:03:14.320 I get that a lot. You know, people think they're 0:03:14.360 --> 0:03:17.799 really clever when when I'm like wow, I say I'm 0:03:17.840 --> 0:03:20.399 in a social setting and I say wow, and they go, oh, 0:03:20.440 --> 0:03:24.359 would that? Um, would that make you perhaps shook? Are 0:03:24.360 --> 0:03:26.640 you sure I was gonna say that not the first 0:03:26.680 --> 0:03:30.160 time that you've gotten that as a potential programming idea? 0:03:30.480 --> 0:03:33.160 Or I usually pat them on the back and say, 0:03:33.639 --> 0:03:35.440 you know what, I've never heard that in my life before. 0:03:35.760 --> 0:03:43.160 Thank you on the back. Yeah, how about Yeah, it's 0:03:43.200 --> 0:03:45.320 at just the start. How about Nick Shook Me All 0:03:45.400 --> 0:03:49.320 Night Long? And that's a sex and relationship podcast that 0:03:49.400 --> 0:03:52.720 one would would take off on a different podcast network. 0:03:52.760 --> 0:03:56.680 I think, um, it would be dangerous, but in a 0:03:56.720 --> 0:04:00.440 good way. And then finally, um, I just got Chook, 0:04:00.960 --> 0:04:04.880 Cole and Nick on earthquakes and other seismic activities. I 0:04:04.920 --> 0:04:07.200 have experienced a few months living in l a And 0:04:07.200 --> 0:04:09.360 and we even had one here in the Cleveland area 0:04:09.400 --> 0:04:11.200 a couple of summers ago that was so small you 0:04:11.240 --> 0:04:13.640 couldn't even feel it, but the news told you about 0:04:13.680 --> 0:04:16.600 it for five days because it's so rare. That is 0:04:16.640 --> 0:04:18.920 a nice sort of breaking news element to it as well, 0:04:18.920 --> 0:04:21.200 where people would say, you know, we've felt something in 0:04:21.240 --> 0:04:22.840 the middle of the night, you know where to go? 0:04:22.880 --> 0:04:24.599 You go to where you know you have to suddenly 0:04:24.600 --> 0:04:28.680 start an earthquake oriented podcast at three twelve am. Um, 0:04:28.760 --> 0:04:30.840 I like it. I love it. Just imagine like here 0:04:30.880 --> 0:04:34.560 in southern California, whenever there's a tremor, everyone runs the 0:04:34.600 --> 0:04:38.200 Twitter and says earthquake or you feel that, blah blah blah. 0:04:38.560 --> 0:04:40.960 Shook has a live link. It's a live stream and 0:04:41.040 --> 0:04:43.400 he's breaking it down for two hours, like doing my 0:04:43.440 --> 0:04:45.120 corn acky. I got my sleeves rolled up. I'm in 0:04:45.160 --> 0:04:47.280 front of some big board that and like you know, 0:04:47.440 --> 0:04:50.480 the the Richter scale and the seismic graph and where 0:04:50.520 --> 0:04:56.000 the epicenter was. Here's another one, Shook not Stirred, a 0:04:56.080 --> 0:05:00.599 podcast about mixology. That's good, that's see, it's all there. 0:05:01.320 --> 0:05:04.400 When you are blessed with the physique, well you've earned 0:05:04.440 --> 0:05:09.200 that with the that dome, with the fairly symmetrical face, 0:05:09.920 --> 0:05:12.280 with the mind that you have, and then the name 0:05:12.360 --> 0:05:15.640 to top it off. It's it's the off season and 0:05:15.680 --> 0:05:18.200 it's time to start thinking bigger. That's all. Nick. I'm 0:05:18.240 --> 0:05:19.800 just lucky that when I shaved my head for the 0:05:19.839 --> 0:05:22.080 first time that I didn't have an oblong head at 0:05:22.120 --> 0:05:27.760 least to what I can so important sound like, go ahead, Mark, No, 0:05:27.839 --> 0:05:29.159 I was gonna say, Nick, you could do a lot 0:05:29.200 --> 0:05:32.159 of things with Nick as well, shaving Nix and you 0:05:32.160 --> 0:05:35.000 know Nix and Razors like a little shaving podcast. People 0:05:35.000 --> 0:05:37.480 with beards are very um, you know, they're very trendy. 0:05:37.560 --> 0:05:39.680 Right now, there's people with the fashionable beards. You can 0:05:39.760 --> 0:05:42.440 cater to them. How about this shook about Nicks And 0:05:42.480 --> 0:05:45.440 it's all about cutting yourself, shaving and how to avoid that. 0:05:45.800 --> 0:05:48.279 You know, I think this brainstorming session just produced a winner. 0:05:50.360 --> 0:05:54.760 That's great. Um. On a more serious note, Nick, this 0:05:54.839 --> 0:05:59.280 is your first show with us since you so beautifully 0:05:59.800 --> 0:06:05.760 how us UM handle recaps on Sunday Nights and uh, 0:06:05.960 --> 0:06:08.000 you know you would you would come in and tag 0:06:08.000 --> 0:06:12.520 in for Chris westling Um last season, which was, you know, 0:06:12.560 --> 0:06:16.560 a very kind of difficult, vulnerable time for the podcast, 0:06:16.960 --> 0:06:20.719 and UM, you know, especially as West was getting sicker 0:06:20.839 --> 0:06:23.400 and he started to worry about where where it was 0:06:23.440 --> 0:06:26.680 all going. Shook was always there and always very um 0:06:27.760 --> 0:06:30.520 versatile for us and always cool to jump on whenever 0:06:30.600 --> 0:06:33.919 and fill in, and you do feel, um, you know, 0:06:34.040 --> 0:06:37.400 it's a very important place in the history of this podcast. Nick, 0:06:37.520 --> 0:06:40.599 and UM hope to have you involved in this upcoming 0:06:40.600 --> 0:06:43.080 regular season on Sunday Nights because God knows we need 0:06:43.120 --> 0:06:45.040 the help. But thank you for being part of that 0:06:45.080 --> 0:06:47.159 time in the history of the show. As difficult as 0:06:47.160 --> 0:06:49.560 it was. Well, I'll tell you what, guys, Ever since 0:06:49.600 --> 0:06:53.720 I had since Gregg first hired me seven years ago, UM, 0:06:53.839 --> 0:06:55.240 I always wanted to be a part of this and 0:06:55.279 --> 0:06:57.160 it was always It's always been on her and will 0:06:57.160 --> 0:06:59.320 continue to be an honor for every time that I'm 0:06:59.360 --> 0:07:02.279 able to join you guys, So thank you for having me. Yeah, 0:07:02.320 --> 0:07:04.800 thanks man, it was if you were I remember you 0:07:04.839 --> 0:07:07.200 were there on that that. I'll never forget that episode 0:07:07.240 --> 0:07:11.120 now that you know, the last you know, Brown's win, 0:07:11.400 --> 0:07:14.360 not not the last Browns win ever, but the Browns 0:07:14.400 --> 0:07:16.920 playoff win where you have West kind of tagged tagged 0:07:16.920 --> 0:07:22.160 out for you like that. That was an amazing show. Um, 0:07:22.200 --> 0:07:25.160 all right, coming up on today's show with Nick Shook 0:07:25.560 --> 0:07:30.440 sitting in for the whole banger of that, how long 0:07:30.480 --> 0:07:32.920 did you say, Mark, eighty to ninety minutes? We'll try 0:07:32.960 --> 0:07:35.560 to come in under that, but no promises. I mean 0:07:35.800 --> 0:07:39.760 ninety would be I is where I'm sitting out? Was 0:07:39.800 --> 0:07:41.720 where you know now we're now, we're ten minutes and 0:07:41.720 --> 0:07:45.560 I think we got at least another ninety three minutes ago. Uh, 0:07:45.680 --> 0:07:48.080 coming up on todays show. You know we've talked about it. 0:07:48.440 --> 0:07:51.440 We talked about it last week, and um, in general, 0:07:52.000 --> 0:07:55.680 Greg's biggest offseason written piece on NFL dot com is 0:07:55.720 --> 0:07:58.240 his projected starter series. And you would think during this 0:07:58.280 --> 0:08:00.440 time of year, when things are a little slow, that 0:08:00.560 --> 0:08:03.320 we would have been hitting it hard. And yet we 0:08:03.560 --> 0:08:07.960 neglected the series. We didn't. It came up casually in conversation, 0:08:08.000 --> 0:08:10.960 but it never got its own sag. And now days 0:08:10.960 --> 0:08:14.680 and weeks have passed, you know, since the debut of 0:08:14.720 --> 0:08:19.200 the series. We're now finally going to address it in 0:08:19.240 --> 0:08:22.120 a series that in a segment we like to call 0:08:23.040 --> 0:08:35.240 projected Starters, Yes, projected Starters Autopsy, where we dig through 0:08:35.280 --> 0:08:40.599 the corps of Greg's brilliant series and share some takeaways 0:08:40.640 --> 0:08:46.680 of our own. Also slightly grizzly, but I think that 0:08:46.720 --> 0:08:48.959 people are going to enjoy it. Poke in the corps, 0:08:49.160 --> 0:08:51.319 it took weeks to make up this sound drop, so 0:08:51.480 --> 0:08:57.040 it's worth the way. Also, we promised them you get them. 0:08:57.120 --> 0:08:59.760 We share some of the iTunes reviews out there at 0:08:59.760 --> 0:09:02.319 the end of the show, but before that, let's hit 0:09:02.360 --> 0:09:04.520 the news. I mean, let's face for the giants are 0:09:04.520 --> 0:09:08.720 coming off a worst week than Harvey. Weinste Andre up 0:09:09.160 --> 0:09:16.400 four boys. That's what we chose for Al. Come on, 0:09:17.360 --> 0:09:21.160 granted it was um not Al's finest moment, that that 0:09:21.200 --> 0:09:23.760 would not be his do you believe in miracles moment? 0:09:23.880 --> 0:09:26.240 It might be the opposite of it, It might be 0:09:26.280 --> 0:09:30.960 the unbreakable, it might be the Samuel Jackson to Bruce 0:09:31.000 --> 0:09:34.920 Willis moment and Al Michael's career, but it might be 0:09:34.960 --> 0:09:37.560 more like, do you believe in Mike Tarico taking over 0:09:37.600 --> 0:09:43.319 in one more year? Mike Tarko hired by uh NBC 0:09:43.559 --> 0:09:45.800 several years ago. I was always thought to be the 0:09:45.840 --> 0:09:49.080 heir apparent to Al Michael's. Now we're at a stage 0:09:49.120 --> 0:09:51.520 where Al is in the final year of his contract. 0:09:52.120 --> 0:09:54.959 NBC has the Super Bowl, it's in Los Angeles, al 0:09:55.000 --> 0:09:58.440 Michael's hometown, and now here we are in a situation 0:09:58.440 --> 0:10:00.800 whereas Al going off into the sons that probably not 0:10:00.840 --> 0:10:03.440 al Michael's loves what he's doing, even at seventy six 0:10:03.559 --> 0:10:06.320 years old. And this report from friend of the show 0:10:06.679 --> 0:10:10.720 Andrew Marshawan, NBC's Al Michaels has emerged as Amazon Prime's 0:10:10.760 --> 0:10:13.040 top choice to do play by play for its forthcoming 0:10:13.080 --> 0:10:18.080 exclusive Thursday night NFL package. The Post has learned recording 0:10:18.120 --> 0:10:20.880 has already begun, with NBC an active part of the 0:10:20.880 --> 0:10:23.800 discussions that could include its top production people being part 0:10:24.120 --> 0:10:27.760 of a potential deal as well. According to sources, Amazon 0:10:27.840 --> 0:10:33.160 begins it's exclusive broadcast up Thursday Night Football next season. 0:10:34.480 --> 0:10:37.680 Greg It's Michael's is the target here but there's also 0:10:37.720 --> 0:10:40.360 talk about Joe Buck and an Eagle. I love it. 0:10:40.800 --> 0:10:45.440 There's a weird Jay Leno announces he's retiring in seven years, 0:10:45.480 --> 0:10:48.560 and Conan's waiting to take over Vibe going on. It's 0:10:48.559 --> 0:10:54.120 another NBC boondoggle potentially here where Tarico has earned his 0:10:54.200 --> 0:10:57.440 shot and the old guy is still there. Um giving 0:10:57.480 --> 0:11:01.000 Al a final act to his career on a great 0:11:01.040 --> 0:11:05.400 platform that feels perfect. I hope it happens. Yeah, I 0:11:05.440 --> 0:11:07.280 love this. We we've talked about it now for a 0:11:07.280 --> 0:11:09.520 few years. It's not that I want all out of 0:11:09.559 --> 0:11:11.720 my life. I still think he's, you know, top four, 0:11:12.280 --> 0:11:13.560 you know, I want him to be on one of 0:11:13.559 --> 0:11:15.720 these prime time neews. He's just taking you know, he's 0:11:15.760 --> 0:11:18.240 just a late career Joe Montana in front of Steve 0:11:18.280 --> 0:11:21.040 Young doesn't belong on that Sunday Night so perfect. Put 0:11:21.080 --> 0:11:24.640 him on the new Amazon and we fly. I'm into it. 0:11:25.200 --> 0:11:28.000 But he'd still do the NBC Sunday Night games this 0:11:28.120 --> 0:11:31.240 year according to that Oh yeah yeah. So Amazon doesn't 0:11:31.240 --> 0:11:34.960 start till two, so he then would segue pretty naturally. 0:11:35.000 --> 0:11:37.599 He gets his swan song at NBC. It's in l 0:11:37.679 --> 0:11:40.120 a As as Dan mentioned, he gets the super Bowl 0:11:40.520 --> 0:11:42.960 and then he just moves to Thursday night and Joe 0:11:42.960 --> 0:11:46.080 Buck doesn't have to work as hard. I mean, Trico's 0:11:46.160 --> 0:11:49.120 very much feels like a New England based Jimmy Garoppolo 0:11:49.200 --> 0:11:51.480 product where you you know, you thought maybe he's the 0:11:51.480 --> 0:11:54.560 heir apparent, but the lead guy is just too good 0:11:54.600 --> 0:11:58.040 and staying around too long. And like IM think on 0:11:58.160 --> 0:12:01.480 Michael's is this maybe he's not where he was like 0:12:01.880 --> 0:12:06.360 years ago. Um for me, he's he's still like the 0:12:06.520 --> 0:12:08.600 top of the mountain and I would love to be 0:12:08.679 --> 0:12:12.040 his age and still passionate about, um, what one is doing. 0:12:12.120 --> 0:12:14.280 I think that's kind of There's these announcers that have 0:12:14.280 --> 0:12:17.120 been in our lives for like our entire lives. It's crazy, 0:12:17.120 --> 0:12:20.040 I mean, and he's the dude that announces like every sport. Um, 0:12:20.160 --> 0:12:22.160 I love it. I find another part of this job 0:12:22.200 --> 0:12:25.880 as we must continually chat about other men becoming very 0:12:25.960 --> 0:12:28.160 rich and you have to have the stomach for that. 0:12:28.480 --> 0:12:31.840 I'm most curious to hear Al Michael's read, like the 0:12:31.840 --> 0:12:35.439 ad reads or the information about streaming during those broadcasts 0:12:35.480 --> 0:12:38.120 being in Amazon Prime, and how he handles the whole 0:12:38.120 --> 0:12:40.520 concept of that. You you would think that they might 0:12:40.520 --> 0:12:43.240 be a little looser. I guess it's still an NFL partner. 0:12:43.320 --> 0:12:46.600 But you know that if the gambling shackles are coming 0:12:46.640 --> 0:12:50.720 off in general across the coverage of the NFL, you 0:12:50.760 --> 0:12:52.960 would think like Amazon would maybe be the one that 0:12:53.000 --> 0:12:55.760 pushes the boundaries a little bit, and Al would love 0:12:55.800 --> 0:12:59.160 to dive into that kind of like how in Major 0:12:59.280 --> 0:13:02.400 League Baseball they using the minor leagues to try to 0:13:02.400 --> 0:13:05.200 figure out some rules to make the game go uh 0:13:05.200 --> 0:13:09.120 in a more expedient manner. Maybe maybe the streaming platform 0:13:09.280 --> 0:13:12.199 is the setup for primetime in Sunday and Monday and 0:13:12.240 --> 0:13:15.600 all that. I like that, and I hope Al gets 0:13:15.640 --> 0:13:17.920 that final act and was like one other little nugget 0:13:17.920 --> 0:13:19.960 in that like and it's not surprising, but they talked 0:13:19.960 --> 0:13:23.720 about Nate Burlison as perhaps the partner to whoever they 0:13:23.800 --> 0:13:25.640 hire as the play by play man, which is you 0:13:25.679 --> 0:13:28.240 know again, I think it's like his next ascension. But 0:13:28.559 --> 0:13:30.280 Amazon is like, We're not going to try to like 0:13:30.559 --> 0:13:32.280 put a bunch of kids out there. We're gonna try 0:13:32.320 --> 0:13:34.120 to put together a team that is like one of 0:13:34.160 --> 0:13:40.280 the best teams around. In other news, Lamar Jackson in 0:13:40.480 --> 0:13:43.400 his three NFL seasons, which of course, includes an m 0:13:43.480 --> 0:13:48.080 VP award in t nineteen. He has operated almost totally 0:13:48.960 --> 0:13:53.520 out of the pistol formation. That's changing, we hear in June, 0:13:54.400 --> 0:13:57.959 ESPN dot coms Jameson Hensley reports that the offense and 0:13:58.120 --> 0:14:02.120 Baltimore this season will include play with Jackson starting under center. 0:14:03.120 --> 0:14:06.080 Greg Roman, the team's OC, told reporters on Wednesday the 0:14:06.200 --> 0:14:09.480 changes coming to the team's approach. He doesn't know what 0:14:09.520 --> 0:14:12.679 the percentage will be or the extent of how much 0:14:12.720 --> 0:14:14.440 they're going to use it, but they're working on it 0:14:14.520 --> 0:14:17.320 and evaluating it every day. Shook, Why do you think 0:14:17.800 --> 0:14:20.240 the Ravens are doing this? And do you think this 0:14:20.320 --> 0:14:23.720 is important or just the June non story. I think 0:14:23.720 --> 0:14:25.720 it good. Jump starts their passing offense a little bit, 0:14:25.760 --> 0:14:28.920 and and the reason for that is is first variety, 0:14:28.960 --> 0:14:32.000 but secondly the boot opportunities and how well you can 0:14:32.040 --> 0:14:34.640 get him on the rollout. In that sort of situation, 0:14:34.720 --> 0:14:36.840 it's more natural coming from under center with a run 0:14:36.840 --> 0:14:39.760 fake and breaking back to your opposite side than necessarily 0:14:39.800 --> 0:14:41.840 doing the read option type of thing where it's more 0:14:42.200 --> 0:14:44.920 lateral than it is gaining depth on your rollout. So 0:14:45.280 --> 0:14:47.960 I think that that's probably one of the goals of 0:14:48.000 --> 0:14:50.560 going under center. They also have a rushing attack that 0:14:50.600 --> 0:14:54.000 has proven in part because of Lamar Jackson's presence in 0:14:54.000 --> 0:14:57.200 that offense is proven to be very effective and um 0:14:57.240 --> 0:14:59.360 coming out of some traditional sets. I think adds more 0:14:59.440 --> 0:15:02.920 unpredicted ability and limits team's ability to potentially stack the 0:15:02.920 --> 0:15:05.600 box or or trying to game playing against that running attack. 0:15:05.880 --> 0:15:08.040 Can't do what you did before the year before. It's 0:15:08.080 --> 0:15:11.320 like the history of offensive evolution in the NFL. If 0:15:11.360 --> 0:15:14.240 you do it, you're gonna get stuck like once once 0:15:14.280 --> 0:15:17.120 you get past the mid nineties two started the two thousands, 0:15:17.160 --> 0:15:19.160 and I think that was part of the Ravens issue 0:15:19.400 --> 0:15:21.600 last year. Not that they were bad offensively. It's still 0:15:21.600 --> 0:15:23.760 a good running game, but they didn't really evolve what 0:15:23.800 --> 0:15:26.200 they do. You have to change in some way each 0:15:26.240 --> 0:15:28.520 year or else it's not gonna work. And as long 0:15:28.520 --> 0:15:31.520 as they don't lose kind of the core of what 0:15:31.600 --> 0:15:33.480 they do. And it's not like they're not gonna use 0:15:33.560 --> 0:15:36.040 his legs and it's not like play action can't be effective. 0:15:36.080 --> 0:15:38.200 From under center could be more effective, and they're a 0:15:38.200 --> 0:15:40.960 great play action teams, So you they got they need 0:15:40.960 --> 0:15:43.000 to have a few more flavors to throw out there 0:15:43.000 --> 0:15:45.200 each week. I mean it was like two seasons ago 0:15:46.000 --> 0:15:51.480 they were appropriately lauded for um bludgeoning teams with their approach. 0:15:51.560 --> 0:15:54.040 But last year, you know they didn't have Nick Boyle. 0:15:54.200 --> 0:15:56.440 They tried to do that again. Um. They were largely 0:15:56.480 --> 0:15:59.280 successful for parts of the season, but there were all 0:15:59.320 --> 0:16:01.480 these sideshow is that we talked about on Tuesday, with 0:16:01.720 --> 0:16:04.640 you know, Lamar Jackson saying that the defenses were calling 0:16:04.640 --> 0:16:07.320 out plays. Pre snapped like, you know, that's the trick 0:16:07.360 --> 0:16:09.680 with the Greg Roman offense, and he said all offseason 0:16:09.760 --> 0:16:11.960 we have to expand. I mean, I will say this though, 0:16:12.320 --> 0:16:15.520 the Ravens social media team got a little too um 0:16:15.520 --> 0:16:18.200 excited about the concept of this yesterday and put out 0:16:18.200 --> 0:16:20.720 don't know if you saw this this um Lamar Jackson 0:16:21.040 --> 0:16:23.680 passed to Sammy Watkins and it was like an ultra 0:16:23.840 --> 0:16:26.560 duck and all these people were like, why did you 0:16:26.640 --> 0:16:30.360 put that clip out there? Like it's it did not 0:16:30.520 --> 0:16:33.000 help this messaging on any level. You have to go 0:16:33.120 --> 0:16:36.000 check it out. I get you could look at it 0:16:36.000 --> 0:16:38.920 cynically and say it's a you know, tacit admission that 0:16:39.080 --> 0:16:42.760 the offense was kind of going a wrong direction last year, 0:16:42.880 --> 0:16:45.280 or you could just say, Okay, this is smart. This 0:16:45.320 --> 0:16:47.160 is smart. Yet, like you guys are saying, you have 0:16:47.200 --> 0:16:49.720 to evolve. You can't just stay the same way. And 0:16:49.800 --> 0:16:52.600 imagine if if if Lamar is comfortable on this and 0:16:52.600 --> 0:16:56.160 he's got some better playmakers this year, you know, maybe 0:16:56.160 --> 0:16:58.120 his game takes a jump and that would be very 0:16:58.120 --> 0:17:05.600 exciting for the Ravens. And other news, the COVID nineteen vaccine. 0:17:06.320 --> 0:17:10.119 It's very important that we all get vaccinated. And um, 0:17:10.359 --> 0:17:13.200 there are some people in our country and and uh 0:17:13.320 --> 0:17:16.800 that don't feel that way, and that is creating a 0:17:17.320 --> 0:17:20.919 level of tension in our nation. There's always tension in 0:17:20.960 --> 0:17:23.200 this country, especially I feel like in the last few years. 0:17:23.200 --> 0:17:25.520 But the new thing now is the idea of being 0:17:25.600 --> 0:17:29.560 vaccinated and and the Buffalo Bills are kind of a 0:17:29.640 --> 0:17:33.560 case study in the NFL. The Bills, let me set 0:17:33.640 --> 0:17:38.200 up this way the NFL, if you get to UM 0:17:38.480 --> 0:17:41.960 vaccination on your roster, it allows you to relax some 0:17:42.040 --> 0:17:44.000 of the restrictions on your team. It just makes life 0:17:44.000 --> 0:17:46.360 a lot easier for the team in addition to makes 0:17:46.359 --> 0:17:49.920 it safer, uh for everyone. But the Bills aren't really 0:17:49.920 --> 0:17:51.479 talking about it. They don't want to talk about when 0:17:51.480 --> 0:17:54.720 they're asked about a quarterback, Josh Allen and linebacker Tremaine 0:17:54.840 --> 0:17:57.919 Edmonds did not want to talk about the vaccines, and 0:17:57.960 --> 0:18:01.960 then Jordan Poyer said, according to the Buffalo News, the following, 0:18:02.000 --> 0:18:04.760 real quick, before we start, I'm not gonna be answering 0:18:04.920 --> 0:18:07.119 questions about vaccines. So if you guys can direct your 0:18:07.160 --> 0:18:09.040 questions on a football I would love to answer them. 0:18:09.160 --> 0:18:12.439 All respect I appreciate it. What is this? What's this 0:18:12.520 --> 0:18:16.200 all about? Greg? What's going on here? I think they 0:18:16.359 --> 0:18:19.919 have been put in the spotlight because Josh Allen and 0:18:20.160 --> 0:18:23.280 especially Called Beasley have been so vocal and I think 0:18:23.359 --> 0:18:26.920 player player or a family member I think was his wife, 0:18:27.000 --> 0:18:29.840 you know it was too. But Beasley was so vocal 0:18:30.080 --> 0:18:35.000 about essentially not believing the science and wanting the social 0:18:35.040 --> 0:18:38.399 media to his own research, and Josh Allen essentially alluded 0:18:38.440 --> 0:18:39.840 to that too, Like if you're if you don't want 0:18:39.880 --> 0:18:42.040 to answer the questions and you're saying it's private, it's 0:18:42.080 --> 0:18:45.080 it's pretty clear which which direction you're going. And I'd 0:18:45.119 --> 0:18:47.639 like to think they actually huddled a little bit and said, 0:18:48.119 --> 0:18:52.119 we don't want this to be a problem within our team, um, 0:18:52.160 --> 0:18:55.199 and let's just shut it down in terms of the 0:18:55.240 --> 0:18:58.600 media as a story. At some point though, it'll be 0:18:58.640 --> 0:19:01.120 a bigger deal because the les, as you mentioned, Dan 0:19:01.240 --> 0:19:04.080 are are different depending on how vaccinated you are, and 0:19:04.119 --> 0:19:06.399 then when you get to the season, they really get different. 0:19:06.480 --> 0:19:10.240 Like if you're in the bye week and you're not vaccinated, 0:19:10.240 --> 0:19:12.480 you gotta show up to get tested every day, and 0:19:12.560 --> 0:19:14.879 if not, you can go. You know, you can go 0:19:14.920 --> 0:19:18.600 to Hawaii. You go with Jason Witten and Tony Romo 0:19:18.680 --> 0:19:20.639 and Ticago. I think they just lived there now. They 0:19:20.680 --> 0:19:23.159 just hang out, the four of them in Cabo and 0:19:23.200 --> 0:19:24.840 you could do whatever you want. So that would seem 0:19:24.880 --> 0:19:27.080 to be like where the rubber hits the road there, 0:19:27.080 --> 0:19:28.880 where it's like, are they really gonna stay away from 0:19:28.880 --> 0:19:31.640 it during the season when you get these advantages as 0:19:31.640 --> 0:19:35.760 a team, I don't know. I'd struggle to think that 0:19:36.480 --> 0:19:42.000 by training camp of of rosters players would not would 0:19:42.040 --> 0:19:45.960 not be vaccinated. But you know our country though country's 0:19:47.440 --> 0:19:49.920 are vaccinated or had at least one shot right now, 0:19:50.160 --> 0:19:51.920 and tons of people have bailed on the second one. 0:19:51.960 --> 0:19:54.200 So you know, there's just that, like last year, there's 0:19:54.200 --> 0:19:57.280 a human element to how it's being processed to some degree, 0:19:57.320 --> 0:20:00.000 And I mean I guess, listen, like, it's not really 0:20:00.080 --> 0:20:02.920 fair that Josh Allen would be like picked apart by 0:20:02.960 --> 0:20:06.400 everyone um for doing something different than we all did. 0:20:06.760 --> 0:20:09.480 But I totally get it. And the bill, the bills 0:20:09.520 --> 0:20:11.399 are in a weird spot if if if like he 0:20:11.440 --> 0:20:13.520 refuses to answer those questions to your point, I could 0:20:13.520 --> 0:20:16.760 just simply suggests that he's against it. Not only that, 0:20:16.800 --> 0:20:19.600 but then you think about the competitive advantages or disadvantages, 0:20:19.640 --> 0:20:22.479 you know, like Greg had you know, mentioned it. I mean, 0:20:22.840 --> 0:20:24.360 when it comes to the coaching staff, they can't even 0:20:24.359 --> 0:20:26.400 be involved with they're not vaccinated. You know, there's there's 0:20:26.400 --> 0:20:28.960 like a clear separation. There's the masking that's involved, and 0:20:29.000 --> 0:20:32.800 there's also the vulnerability associated because let's face it, according 0:20:32.840 --> 0:20:35.479 to the CDC, you know, you get vaccinated, you the 0:20:35.560 --> 0:20:38.400 chance that you're infected and can spread are extremely low, 0:20:38.440 --> 0:20:40.520 which is you know, led to the change in mask 0:20:40.640 --> 0:20:43.560 advising and everything else. Well, if you're unvaccinated and you 0:20:43.640 --> 0:20:47.040 contract COVID nineteen, guess what you're stuck in where we 0:20:47.040 --> 0:20:50.480 were last year, which is you're out and and anybody 0:20:50.480 --> 0:20:52.920 who's near you who wasn't vaccinated is out. And if 0:20:52.960 --> 0:20:55.480 this is something that's prevalent more among one team. You're 0:20:55.480 --> 0:20:59.040 setting yourself up for issues going into the season. I hate, 0:20:59.480 --> 0:21:01.240 and we don't to go down this road too far, 0:21:01.280 --> 0:21:03.359 but I hate that this has become on some level 0:21:04.080 --> 0:21:07.880 a political side taking scenario. It's it's it's just it's 0:21:08.000 --> 0:21:11.199 it's very frustrating because it's the science is there that 0:21:11.320 --> 0:21:13.719 this works. Everybody should get a shot. And if you're 0:21:13.760 --> 0:21:17.240 listening to some for your fellow man, I mean, you 0:21:17.280 --> 0:21:20.080 hear a lot about patriotic thoughts. It's like, let's let's 0:21:20.320 --> 0:21:23.160 have some concern for other people, all right. And other 0:21:23.200 --> 0:21:28.800 news hit the trope alert. Ricky troth let, troth let, 0:21:29.680 --> 0:21:34.760