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Speaker 1: this little thing you're listening to. I'm John Middlecock, this

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Speaker 1: and we're off and running. It's August second. Football pads

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Speaker 1: Lewis Riddick had a tweet that I'll get into. UM.

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Speaker 1: in the camps. Appreciate everyone that subscribed to my podcast.

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Speaker 1: Ballard Frank Reich run the Colts. They officially have a

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Speaker 1: disaster on their hand. As I'm sure many of you saw,

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Speaker 1: Carson Wentz will get surgery on his foot. It feels

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Speaker 1: You gotta love the timeline five weeks or could be

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Speaker 1: Like the five weeks that's a joke. That's not happening.

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Speaker 1: And listen, I have hammered home for years on this show.

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Speaker 1: That unlike every other big business when you acquire anything

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Speaker 1: These are the last five years of the books. Like

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Speaker 1: You have to project in business, just like you do

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Speaker 1: with football players. Once upon a time, Blockbuster turned out

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Speaker 1: Now you could argue this was this is part of

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Speaker 1: in a year everyone's gonna be like this is a

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Speaker 1: potential playoff team, and that's how everyone around the league

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Speaker 1: is thinking at some different level, and that part is cool. Now, Obviously,

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Speaker 1: the worst part of training camp by far are the injuries.

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Speaker 1: Anytime you have a serious injury like that Carson Wentz

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Speaker 1: injury for the Colts sucks. Anytime a guy gets card

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Speaker 1: off practice once these preseason games happen. Anytime a guy

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Speaker 1: gets seriously injured in the preseason game, it's the worst.

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Speaker 1: But other than that, preseason is pretty fun. You're kind

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Speaker 1: of feeling out your team, seeing the growth of all

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Speaker 1: the guys. It's a cool time. The other thing, and

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Speaker 1: I follow a lot of teams I'm sure most people

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Speaker 1: do on social media. And when you follow a lot

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Speaker 1: of teams on Twitter, like if I get up early

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Speaker 1: in the morning, you know, between like six or seven,

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Speaker 1: a lot of teams on the other side of the

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Speaker 1: country are either just practiced or going to practice, and

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Speaker 1: a lot of their coaches talk before practice, So I

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Speaker 1: just end up running, Oh, Matt rules talking, you know,

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Speaker 1: Fallow the Panthers, Matt laflour is talking. Uh, Mike McCarthy's talking,

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Speaker 1: Mike Zimmer's talking, And I'm I'm a sucker for a coach.

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Speaker 1: Press Conference, and this much is clear. In the NBA.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if you saw today, uh Kawhi Leonard,

448
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Speaker 1: who has a torn a c L and is probably

449
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Speaker 1: gonna miss the entire season, declined thirty seven million dollars

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Speaker 1: from the Clippers. He plans on signing a two million

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Speaker 1: dollar deal. A couple of years ago, Kevin Durant towards

452
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Speaker 1: Achilles declined the Warriors two million dollar offer. The NBA

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Speaker 1: coaches never ever say a turf word about a about

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Speaker 1: a good player, let alone a store. In baseball, the

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Speaker 1: managers besides maybe like a Tony Larusa or a Tito Francona,

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Speaker 1: who actually think just left the team because he's sick

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Speaker 1: at well Tito, big Tito fan. Gabe Kapler makes eight

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Speaker 1: grand I don't think there's a guy on the Giants

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Speaker 1: who makes less than Gabe Kapler. The days of Bruce

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Speaker 1: Bocci and Tommy Losorda swinging a big stick like Bill

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Speaker 1: Parcels are over in the sport of baseball. They baseball managers. Well,

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Speaker 1: in the NBA, the players are in charge in baseball,

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Speaker 1: the general managers run the sport. In football. When you

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Speaker 1: watch these coaches, conference coaches or have all the juice,

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Speaker 1: and they can say whatever they want about a good,

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Speaker 1: middle of the road bad player. What they say matters,

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Speaker 1: and everyone in that building knows that guy has all

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Speaker 1: the juice because once the season starts, and really were

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Speaker 1: it started right now, guys know you better be locked

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Speaker 1: in because if the headman is mad at me, I

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Speaker 1: got issues. If the head coaches down on me, my

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Speaker 1: job is on the line. And that is just not

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Speaker 1: the case in the other two sports, and it hasn't

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Speaker 1: been in the NBA for a long time, but baseball

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Speaker 1: I have seen a dramatic shift and anyone that follows

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Speaker 1: the sport closely, like general managers are in complete control.

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Speaker 1: There's a reason gms are making three four five million

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Speaker 1: dollars and coaches making seven fifty grand. Aaron Boone is

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Speaker 1: the manager of the New York Yankees, makes a million

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Speaker 1: dollars a million dollar. Bruce Bochi, who just retired a

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Speaker 1: couple of years ago, was making like six a million dollars.

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Speaker 1: That's like what Belichick makes a month. Think about that.

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Speaker 1: If Belichick makes twelve million dollars, makes that a month.

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Speaker 1: Joe Judge, last you're signed for like seven and a

485
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Speaker 1: half million dollars a year. So and listen, money does

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Speaker 1: give you some juice when you pay these coaches a

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Speaker 1: lot of money. And listen, football is clearly a little

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Speaker 1: different these other sports, but the coach is just in

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Speaker 1: complete control. Let's face it, the NFL, by a mile,

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Speaker 1: is the healthiest of all the sports. I actually think

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Speaker 1: the baseball season has been fantastic. Obviously, the Giants are

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Speaker 1: playing well, but just over I was watching some of

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Speaker 1: the raised Red Sox. What an incredible series. It's I

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Speaker 1: think the Tampa Bay Rays. Quick tangent I tweeted this

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Speaker 1: out on Friday. I was having a couple of pops.

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Speaker 1: They were on TV and they were just going toe

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Speaker 1: to toe with the Red Sox, and it hit me.

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Speaker 1: I was like, there can't be a better pound for

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Speaker 1: pound organization in all of sports, including the NFL, than

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Speaker 1: the race. Because in the NFL, as we saw, every

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Speaker 1: team got three million dollars last year. In baseball, the

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Speaker 1: Rays are spending seventy five million dollars. The Red Sox

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Speaker 1: and the Yankees have hundreds of millions of dollars to

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Speaker 1: spend on players. The other thing is the race turn

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Speaker 1: over players one and turn over the g MS their

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Speaker 1: gms get jobs, doesn't matter. They just keep on kicking ass.

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Speaker 1: I have nothing but respect for the Tampa Bay Rays.

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Speaker 1: Tampa Bay right now kind of on top of the world,

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Speaker 1: the Rays kicking the Red Sox and Yankees. Asked the

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Speaker 1: Rays of own the Yankees now for a while. Tampa

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Speaker 1: Bay the football team, super Bowl champs, the Lightning NHL champs. Uh.

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Speaker 1: I saw Florida State they want in. I don't know

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Speaker 1: if Tallahassee's by Tampa Bay. I don't know why I

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Speaker 1: just connected those two. But let's why don't I Tampa

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Speaker 1: the the the Florida State seminoles one in on the

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Speaker 1: a SEC. So good times for for the Tampa Bay region. Again,

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Speaker 1: have no clue of Florida State is remotely close. I've

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Speaker 1: only been to Fort ladder Dale in Miami. Actually, what

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Speaker 1: did Jacksonville too on a scouting trip? Uh? The Jacksonville

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Speaker 1: stadium sucks. Okay, let's fire around the league. Just some

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Speaker 1: things that are going on, Things that I've seen on

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Speaker 1: the social media stree teams, things that I have seen

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Speaker 1: in my text messages. Just try to text, keep keep

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Speaker 1: my ear of the streets first and foremost. Justin Herbert

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Speaker 1: He's had several passes go viral. Anyone that watched the

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Speaker 1: play last year, I think we all agree his talent

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Speaker 1: is immense. Talked to Coward about this. I think when

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Speaker 1: you go back, if you look at Oregon, two things

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Speaker 1: works against him. One Marcus Mariota. Mariota similar personality, wasn't

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Speaker 1: the loudest guy in the room. Was actually you know,

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Speaker 1: I think people in the league viewed him closer to

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Speaker 1: introverted than like some extroverted leader. I think Herbert had

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Speaker 1: some of those characteristics, and then Mariota never lived up

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Speaker 1: to the hype. The difference is justin Herbert and Mariota

535
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Speaker 1: didn't have much in common. Beside they're both tall. Herbert

536
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Speaker 1: has a way better arm, He's just as fast. He's

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Speaker 1: physically much thicker, way better prospect. Here's the other thing.

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Speaker 1: Mariota played with much better players when he played at Oregon.

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Speaker 1: Justin Herbert did not play with good skill guys. I

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Speaker 1: don't think they had a drafted wide receiver. Oregan's always

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Speaker 1: had good tight ends. I can't name one freaking tight end.

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Speaker 1: Here's the other thing. Since I was a kid, Oregon

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Speaker 1: has had big time running backs. Remember the Wizzonator, Ontario Smith,

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Speaker 1: Sacramento Grand High School. Up until Chip Kelly, they were

545
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Speaker 1: always pump Jonathan Stewart pumping out ballers in the backfield,

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Speaker 1: Kenyan Barner, Michael James. Now were they great NFL players

547
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Speaker 1: hit or miss, but they were legit players. In college,

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Speaker 1: Herbert didn't have a good running back, he didn't questionable

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Speaker 1: tight ends, and no dynamic wide receivers, so he really

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Speaker 1: got nippicked. And then to a who clearly Justin Herbert

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Speaker 1: is more gifted than to a to got to play

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Speaker 1: with Waddle, with Davante, with Judy, and with with Riggs,

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Speaker 1: and with good tight ends and with Naji Harris. So

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Speaker 1: it's just it's not really comparable. Looking back, if you

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Speaker 1: could do the draft over I think there was a

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Speaker 1: legitimate or at least there will be, and as this

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Speaker 1: season plays out, that Justin Herbert should have even gone

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Speaker 1: first overall. Now it would have crazy because Joe Burrow

559
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Speaker 1: was so damn good in college. I think Joe Burrow

560
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Speaker 1: is gonna be good in the pros. But I think

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Speaker 1: Justin Herbert has a ceiling that's higher than than Joe Burrow.

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Speaker 1: Ceedee Lamb. He was awesome last year. I think there's

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Speaker 1: a chance when this season ends, we go back or

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Speaker 1: maybe two or three years and go, how is Ceedee

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Speaker 1: Lamb not a top five pick. I think when the

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Speaker 1: dust settles, he is going to be the best wide

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Speaker 1: receiver in his class. And that's saying something because that

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Speaker 1: class was legit Justin Jefferson rookie star, gonna be a

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Speaker 1: really good player, Brandon i Yuk really good player, Jerry Judy,

570
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Speaker 1: really good player, Higgins really good player. I mean a

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Speaker 1: ton of wide receivers. It was known as one of

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Speaker 1: the best wide receiver drafts of all time. When the

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Speaker 1: draft happened, let alone, we saw the guys rookie they're

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Speaker 1: all good. I I think when the dust settles and

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Speaker 1: in a several years, we look back and Ceedee Lamb,

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Speaker 1: I get it. He's destroying Cowboys dbs that aren't very good,

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Speaker 1: but I think he would destroy any dB he has.

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Speaker 1: He reminds me when I see clips of DeAndre Hopkins,

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Speaker 1: as he should with everyone. He is an incredible jump

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Speaker 1: ball player. His contested catchability is probably second to none

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Speaker 1: right now in the league. With with Hopkins, uh Devon

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Speaker 1: DeVante Smith, the Eagles first round pick, Heisman Trophy winner,

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Speaker 1: not ideal spraying Disney Now, I mean, there's nothing you

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Speaker 1: can do. Some some of this stuff's random. It's kind

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Speaker 1: of crazy. He's been pretty consistently healthy at Alabama, then

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Speaker 1: he gets the Eagles, he gets hurt, but nothing you

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Speaker 1: can do. Uh, it doesn't seem to be too bad.

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Speaker 1: But more than likely he's gonna miss a huge chunk

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Speaker 1: of training camp, if not all of training camp, because

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Speaker 1: if it's potentially two to three weeks, well in three weeks,

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Speaker 1: you're already in late August. I think you're kind of

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Speaker 1: easing him in to get ready for a week one.

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Speaker 1: So that's that's a pretty big blow. I saw Vic Fangio,

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Speaker 1: head coach of the Denver Broncos, said his quarterback race

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Speaker 1: for who's gonna be the starting quarterback is even Stephen,

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Speaker 1: Drew Lock, and Teddy Bridgewater. What I would do, Like

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Speaker 1: we've seen Teddy Bridgewater. You're not winning anything with Teddy Bridgewater.

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Speaker 1: If it's even Stephen, just go with Drew Lock. Hopefully

599
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Speaker 1: his higher ceiling, his ability to make more plays down field,

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Speaker 1: just gives you a better chance to win. Because I

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Speaker 1: just like, I'm sorry, Teddy Bridgewater is a backup a

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Speaker 1: good backup, a guy I would want to pay five, six,

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Speaker 1: seven million dollars to back by star quarterback up. But

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Speaker 1: he's not a starting quarterback. Now Drew Lock might not

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Speaker 1: be either, but at least there's more unknown with Drew Lock,

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Speaker 1: more physical talent in that body. And let's face it,

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Speaker 1: the Broncos have some talent. I mean, Judy Fan. They

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Speaker 1: get Sutton back, they have good running backs, their offensive

609
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Speaker 1: lines pretty good. They get Von Miller back. I saw

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Speaker 1: Bradley Chubbs just back to practice. I mean they might

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Speaker 1: have a good pass rush if you just get some

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Speaker 1: you know, explosive quarterback play. Who knows Hollywood Brown. I

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Speaker 1: saw a hard boss say that his hamstring injury is

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Speaker 1: much worse than first and spading, which is a problem

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Speaker 1: for a speed guy. Now, on the bright side, Sammy Watkins,

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Speaker 1: from what I've read and maybe heard, has been excellent

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Speaker 1: for their team. Problem with Sammy, as we know, you

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Speaker 1: can't really depend on because he gets hurt. I think

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Speaker 1: they had high hopes for Hollywood Brown. Uh. They bring

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Speaker 1: in t Martin. They bring in my guy, Keith Williams,

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Speaker 1: who is the best wide receiver coach I've ever been around.

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Speaker 1: Their wide receiver is gonna be coached up. But they

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Speaker 1: have Bateman from the kid they drafted from Minnesota. I

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Speaker 1: saw Marcus Peters was saying he looks pretty good in practice,

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Speaker 1: So that's um should be exciting if they can get healthy.

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Speaker 1: They're they're passing game obviously, Mark Andrews, you know, it's

627
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Speaker 1: probably a top five tight end in the league, so

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Speaker 1: it should be in theory, a much more explosive passing game.

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Speaker 1: This one made me laugh because I went through it

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Speaker 1: when the Raiders were moving, and clearly, whenever you're having

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Speaker 1: you know, problems with your with your stadium situation, and

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Speaker 1: you're battling for money, you're battened for real estate, you're

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Speaker 1: dealing with politicians, and let's face it, being dealing with

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Speaker 1: politicians is a pain in the ass, regardless of what

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Speaker 1: side you fall on. That that's not even debatable. But

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Speaker 1: the Bills who are owned by a family that are

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Speaker 1: worth a lot of money, I don't blame an owner.

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Speaker 1: If I owned a team and it was worth a

639
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Speaker 1: hundred billion dollars, I had unlimited money, wouldn't I still

640
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Speaker 1: try to get the city to chip in a little bit. Wait,

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Speaker 1: you're saying I don't have to put an extra five

642
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Speaker 1: million or an extra billion. I can get the city

643
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Speaker 1: to do that. Like of course, you know, would you

644
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Speaker 1: rather spend a million dollars on a home or put

645
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Speaker 1: down two hundred grand and have the bank give you

646
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Speaker 1: eight grand. We do that all the time. Now, what

647
00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:41,960
Speaker 1: if someone instead of you having to service the debt,

648
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Speaker 1: someone else would or split the debt with you. You

649
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Speaker 1: think you'd be like, no, I'll just I'll just service

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Speaker 1: the debt, or actually, you know, the city will service

651
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Speaker 1: the debt, but you get to own the house. Of course,

652
00:34:50,719 --> 00:34:53,680
Speaker 1: you would just business one on one. The media gets

653
00:34:53,680 --> 00:34:56,479
Speaker 1: so up in arms. How could you do this? Because

654
00:34:56,480 --> 00:34:58,480
Speaker 1: that's how you do every business. You ask for the

655
00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:01,160
Speaker 1: moon and you just see what you can get. Now,

656
00:35:01,520 --> 00:35:03,920
Speaker 1: this is what I read flag because the Raiders used

657
00:35:03,920 --> 00:35:06,640
Speaker 1: to do this with San Antonio. There is not going

658
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Speaker 1: to be another team in Texas. There is the Dallas Cowboys,

659
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Speaker 1: which listen, I know they don't win a lot, but

660
00:35:12,520 --> 00:35:15,040
Speaker 1: they're the biggest brand in the league, and the Houston Texas.

661
00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:17,480
Speaker 1: Houston's like a top five city in America. They already

662
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Speaker 1: have two teams in the state. They are not Jerry

663
00:35:21,040 --> 00:35:23,959
Speaker 1: is never allowing another team now, Jerry is a business whore.

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Speaker 1: He helps out the league because he's a great partner.

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00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:28,520
Speaker 1: He will let them float that out and not fight

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Speaker 1: it back. There is no team, No NFL team is

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Speaker 1: ever moving to Austin. I promise you that the Cowboys

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00:35:35,480 --> 00:35:38,239
Speaker 1: and the Texas they would never allow that. It is

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Speaker 1: never ever happening. So are the Bills threatening? Yeah, because

670
00:35:43,239 --> 00:35:45,479
Speaker 1: they're trying to get stuff? Now, could they move? Maybe

671
00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:48,839
Speaker 1: there are other destinations. I promise you they are not

672
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Speaker 1: ever moving to Austin, Texas. Neither is any other team. Okay,

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Speaker 1: let's go a Middlecoff mail bag Instagram at in Middle Coff.

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Speaker 1: You fire in those d m s like some of

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Speaker 1: you guys did. Right here, you get your question answered,

676
00:36:06,840 --> 00:36:12,879
Speaker 1: very easy, very straightforward. Love the pot. Which potential wild

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Speaker 1: card teams do you think have the highest ruined someone's

678
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Speaker 1: season chance. I'm a Charger fan, and I know it's early,

679
00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:22,520
Speaker 1: but I feel like that the team can build chemistry

680
00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:25,120
Speaker 1: and Staley can even just be semi live up to

681
00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:29,000
Speaker 1: the expectations. We could ruin someone's season. I know a

682
00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:32,200
Speaker 1: super Bowl run is unlikely, but I'd like to show

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Speaker 1: that we're legit. Yeah, I think I think the Chargers

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00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:38,560
Speaker 1: are definitely a team that can make the playoffs. I

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Speaker 1: think the Minnesota Vikings, if their defense could just get

686
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Speaker 1: back to somewhat of what they have been in the past,

687
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Speaker 1: can compete to make the playoffs. I would say those

688
00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:50,560
Speaker 1: are two teams that did not make the playoffs last

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Speaker 1: year that could become wild card teams. And then if

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Speaker 1: you look at the teams that you would need someone

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Speaker 1: to fall out, right, So if you look at the

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Speaker 1: a f C, you know, the Browns, they have definitely

693
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Speaker 1: one of the most talented teams on paper. But let's

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Speaker 1: just ken Baker Mayfield just become a legitimate star. Are

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Speaker 1: the Steelers, like, is Big Bend just shot that? That's

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Speaker 1: something to keep an eye on. I'm pretty confident in

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Speaker 1: the Ravens, the Chiefs and the Bills. Um, you know,

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Speaker 1: the Dolphins are they just gonna maintain. And in the NFC,

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Speaker 1: you know, I mean, the Packers are gonna not gonna

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Speaker 1: go away. Maybe the Saints too, Maybe the Saint Suffing

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Speaker 1: make the playoffs. You know, the Bears made the playoffs

702
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Speaker 1: as well. I mean, honestly, maybe both those two teams

703
00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:36,880
Speaker 1: aren't in the playoffs now. Justin Herbert excuse me, justin

704
00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:40,319
Speaker 1: Fields is good, maybe the Bears are good. I also

705
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Speaker 1: think there's gonna be this curveball of this extra game,

706
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Speaker 1: like does tennant seven make the playoffs? Eleven games made

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Speaker 1: the playoffs? Last year in the a f C, you

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00:37:48,719 --> 00:37:50,920
Speaker 1: had to win eleven games to make the playoffs. The

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00:37:50,960 --> 00:37:54,000
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins went ten and six and missed the Raiders,

710
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:56,560
Speaker 1: who were right in the wild card mix heading into December,

711
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Speaker 1: missed the playoffs by three games, and in the NFC

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00:38:00,640 --> 00:38:04,239
Speaker 1: eight and eight got in with the Bears. So I

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Speaker 1: I would imagine my guesses the a f C is

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Speaker 1: better than the NFC. I think in the NFC, ten

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Speaker 1: and seven might get you the seventh spot. In the

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Speaker 1: a f C, you probably gotta go eleven and six.

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Speaker 1: I also wonder like seven and nine always felt pretty bad?

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Speaker 1: Does eight and nine feel bad? Does nine and eight

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Speaker 1: feel good? Ten and seven is gonna feel pretty good,

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Speaker 1: Seven and ten is gonna feel really shitty. If you

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Speaker 1: go seven and ten and you're a coach, you might

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Speaker 1: get fired. Like seven and ten is one of those

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Speaker 1: those numbers that are just I don't know, man. I'm

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Speaker 1: a big fan of the show and view you as

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00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:48,560
Speaker 1: an awesome football mind. Why didn't it work out for

726
00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:51,160
Speaker 1: you as a scout and did you pursue the career

727
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Speaker 1: beyond a scout to be to begin with? Also, if

728
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Speaker 1: you're interested in hiring anyone to help with your show,

729
00:38:56,640 --> 00:38:59,560
Speaker 1: even invest in other sports minds, I would love to talk.

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Speaker 1: I'm a lifelong Cowboys fan. My grandpa has seen all

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Speaker 1: five Super Bowls, my dad went to the three in

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Speaker 1: the nineties. Is there anything I can look as a

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Speaker 1: positive for being a Cowboys fan in the future of

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Speaker 1: the franchise? Okay, starting with the Cowboys, I actual think

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Speaker 1: you guys are gonna be decent this year because your

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Speaker 1: defense can't be as bad as it was last year.

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Speaker 1: Even though Dan Quinn as a defensive coordinator, like his

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Speaker 1: defense is in in uh Atlanta were awful. So is

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Speaker 1: he some great defensive mind? I don't know. There's just

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Speaker 1: no way he could be as bad as Mike Nolan.

741
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Speaker 1: And I think offensively, as long as Dax. I mean again,

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Speaker 1: I've been saying over and over Dack's injury makes me

743
00:39:34,239 --> 00:39:36,320
Speaker 1: a little nervous. But if he's healthy, their offense should

744
00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:40,480
Speaker 1: be dominant, especially their pass offense should be unstoppable. And

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00:39:40,719 --> 00:39:43,920
Speaker 1: you know, just I got fired young in the NFL.

746
00:39:44,040 --> 00:39:48,240
Speaker 1: I didn't know anybody and on other teams really and

747
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Speaker 1: I wasn't gonna move around. And I'm also open minded.

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Speaker 1: I wasn't dead set like I had to be by

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Speaker 1: the rest of my life in the NFL. I got

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Speaker 1: an opportunity in the radio business and I never looked back.

751
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Speaker 1: And you know, it's just I'm not a religious person,

752
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Speaker 1: though I do believe, and things happen for a reason,

753
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Speaker 1: and I just think everything kind of happened for a reason,

754
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Speaker 1: and I would never have been able to get a

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Speaker 1: radio show or have the success I've had independently with

756
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Speaker 1: these podcasts. I mean, I probably would have had some

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Speaker 1: on this one with with Colin, but my other one,

758
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Speaker 1: we didn't start it from scratch. And a big reason

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Speaker 1: they gave me credibility to get a radio show on

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Speaker 1: the top five market was I had worked in the NFL,

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00:40:25,560 --> 00:40:27,880
Speaker 1: so you know, it was like almost meant for it

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Speaker 1: to happen this way. I mean, I was a pretty

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Speaker 1: good scout. I'm better at this and this is way

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Speaker 1: more lucrative for me, and it's more fun for me.

765
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Speaker 1: I like being in control. I enjoyed the business aspect

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Speaker 1: of things I get to do now that I never

767
00:40:41,520 --> 00:40:43,600
Speaker 1: would have got to do in the NFL because you

768
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Speaker 1: just watch players all day long, which I mean it's fun,

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Speaker 1: but for me, it just wasn't for me. I know,

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Speaker 1: I know some of my buddies that are best in

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Speaker 1: the league of doing it, and they're great at it,

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Speaker 1: and they can do that better than I can. I

773
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Speaker 1: just I would lose focus. I was able to focus

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Speaker 1: her back then, I would not be able to do

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00:41:01,719 --> 00:41:03,359
Speaker 1: it at my age right now. And it's not even

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00:41:03,520 --> 00:41:05,719
Speaker 1: I'm not old. I just I just had so many

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00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:09,840
Speaker 1: other interests. I like playing too much golf too. I

778
00:41:09,840 --> 00:41:11,440
Speaker 1: didn't play any when I worked in the NFL. I

779
00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:14,920
Speaker 1: just play a lot now. Is Matta floor soft? As

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Speaker 1: I've watched Matt lead this team, there's no question he

781
00:41:17,280 --> 00:41:20,360
Speaker 1: can unite a team. But you know, teams adapt to

782
00:41:20,440 --> 00:41:23,400
Speaker 1: the personality of their coach. The Packers se more finesse

783
00:41:23,480 --> 00:41:26,040
Speaker 1: than hard and gritty. The team gets punched in the

784
00:41:26,080 --> 00:41:28,760
Speaker 1: mouth and can't seem to come back angry and pissed.

785
00:41:29,320 --> 00:41:33,040
Speaker 1: Is that the coaches personality that should be considered punch

786
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Speaker 1: in the mouth. I mean, they've won twenty six games.

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Speaker 1: As someone who questioned Matt Lafloors higher early on, I

788
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Speaker 1: might be wrong. They won twenty six games. He's won

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Speaker 1: a playoff game each of the last two years. Now

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Speaker 1: the Tampa's more physical, they were just better. He doesn't

791
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Speaker 1: pick the players like their defense is just flawed. Offensively,

792
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Speaker 1: they were dominant and that's his baby. Now as a

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Speaker 1: head coach is more than just colin place. He hires

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Speaker 1: the coaches. So he didn't choose Mike Petton though that

795
00:42:02,360 --> 00:42:04,960
Speaker 1: was forced on him for Murphy, Well he fired him

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Speaker 1: and against Joe Barry. So now we're gonna see like

797
00:42:07,480 --> 00:42:10,120
Speaker 1: that was his hand picked defensive coordinator, Joe Berry because

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Speaker 1: he had juice. You know why he had juice, because

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Speaker 1: he'd won a lot of games. Like are they soft

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Speaker 1: a little bit? Reggie White ain't walking through that door?

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Speaker 1: Right Leroy, Butler ain't no where to be found. Jyler Jaire,

802
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Speaker 1: Alexander's not soft, Canny Clark's not soft? I I is

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Speaker 1: he Bill Parselves No? But as Sean mcveighor Kyle Shanahan. No,

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Speaker 1: was Kyle Shanahan's defensive line tough because he's some tough

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Speaker 1: coach or because they had Buckner Bosa and Armstead like

806
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Speaker 1: does was the Rams defense awesome because mcvais is a

807
00:42:45,640 --> 00:42:49,600
Speaker 1: defensive guy. No, they have fucking Aaron Donald and Jalen Ramsey.

808
00:42:49,960 --> 00:42:52,920
Speaker 1: Now he does get credit for hiring Brandon Saley, but

809
00:42:52,960 --> 00:42:55,800
Speaker 1: like I don't view any of the Shanahan offensive guys

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Speaker 1: like they love running the ball, which to me is

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Speaker 1: a physical characteristic. But are they like tough Bill Parcels

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Speaker 1: Hardbaugh types? Now, so I I've come around on Matta floor.

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Speaker 1: My question is about scouting smaller school players is from Matthew.

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Speaker 1: I appreciate what you said, but I don't want to

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Speaker 1: read all the compliments, though I do and I do

816
00:43:17,120 --> 00:43:19,480
Speaker 1: enjoy them. But you can't let him go to your head.

817
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Speaker 1: The NFL has had many players make the big time

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Speaker 1: by coming from smaller schools. Examples Jerry Rice, Terrell, Owens,

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Speaker 1: Shannon Sharp. As a scout, when you see players from

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Speaker 1: smaller schools stand out, how do you determine if their

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Speaker 1: dominance is due to their talents or simply a product

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Speaker 1: of playing weaker competition. This is a great question. When

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Speaker 1: I mentioned earlier Ramsey's bardon who the Giants? Any Giants

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Speaker 1: fan or you know if you fallow football knows he

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00:43:48,600 --> 00:43:51,160
Speaker 1: came from cal Poly when I was there. He broke

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Speaker 1: Jerry Rice's records when he was at cal Poly, and

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Speaker 1: Ramsey was like six six. He was enormous, unsopvable well.

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Speaker 1: Obviously in Division one Double A, there wasn't a corner

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Speaker 1: in the conference who could hang with him like he

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Speaker 1: just destroyed people. If you would have put him in

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Speaker 1: the SEC, he would not have been as good because

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00:44:09,040 --> 00:44:10,600
Speaker 1: once he got to the NFL, he couldn't get open.

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Speaker 1: So it is very, very hard to determine. When you're

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Speaker 1: watching Trey Lance. You can see the physical attributes, but

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Speaker 1: he's ultimately doing it against guys that are not going

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00:44:20,760 --> 00:44:23,359
Speaker 1: to play in the NFL. Now, just because you play

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Speaker 1: in the SEC. If I'm a pass rusher or I'm

838
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Speaker 1: a wide receiver, every game I go up against a

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Speaker 1: guy that might not be an NFL player, but four

840
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Speaker 1: or five times a year, I'm going up against a first,

841
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Speaker 1: a second, a third round pick. So I can watch

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Speaker 1: that game and see how he plays against an individual

843
00:44:41,120 --> 00:44:43,279
Speaker 1: that's also going to play in the league. One thing

844
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Speaker 1: Belichick has done, I think he's talked about it, but

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Speaker 1: it's just well known in the league. He watches the

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Speaker 1: previous year's tape. So if you come out as a senior,

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Speaker 1: he'll watch you as a junior because the guys you

848
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Speaker 1: played when you were a junior have been in the league.

849
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Speaker 1: So he goes, well, you were beating this. If you're

850
00:44:58,400 --> 00:45:00,440
Speaker 1: a defensive tackle, you were kicking this guy as asked.

851
00:45:00,480 --> 00:45:03,680
Speaker 1: He's a starting guard for the Packers. Right, you beat

852
00:45:03,719 --> 00:45:07,440
Speaker 1: this team's but this center starts for the Bills. We

853
00:45:07,520 --> 00:45:10,800
Speaker 1: drafted this left guard. So I can put two and

854
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Speaker 1: two together. It's really hard to do that in smaller

855
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Speaker 1: level programs. What you have to do is siphon out

856
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Speaker 1: the physical attributes. Is he fast enough, is he strong enough?

857
00:45:20,760 --> 00:45:24,000
Speaker 1: Does he have the speed if he's a quarterback, does

858
00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:26,040
Speaker 1: he have the arm strength if he's a linebacker, does

859
00:45:26,040 --> 00:45:29,120
Speaker 1: he have the play speed, the tackling ability, whatever it

860
00:45:29,160 --> 00:45:32,120
Speaker 1: may be for the individual position. But it's difficult. It

861
00:45:32,239 --> 00:45:35,880
Speaker 1: is a projection. It is an educated guessing game. And

862
00:45:35,920 --> 00:45:38,160
Speaker 1: then you also just project him to other players in

863
00:45:38,200 --> 00:45:41,920
Speaker 1: which he plays like. But yeah, it's it's much easier

864
00:45:41,920 --> 00:45:46,040
Speaker 1: to feel confident about your evaluation on a guy from Oregon,

865
00:45:46,160 --> 00:45:48,960
Speaker 1: on a guy from Ohio State, on a guy from Texas,

866
00:45:49,760 --> 00:45:52,840
Speaker 1: right than it is from Weber State. Now, just because

867
00:45:52,840 --> 00:45:56,400
Speaker 1: you're playing at Weber State or McNee State or insert

868
00:45:56,480 --> 00:45:59,880
Speaker 1: whatever small program does not mean you shouldn't be drafted

869
00:45:59,880 --> 00:46:02,279
Speaker 1: to the top one picks. Does not mean that once

870
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Speaker 1: you get to an NFL training camp you can start.

871
00:46:05,840 --> 00:46:08,960
Speaker 1: It's just easier for a general manager to convince his

872
00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:12,600
Speaker 1: coaches and his owner that the guy from a bigger

873
00:46:12,600 --> 00:46:15,319
Speaker 1: school you should pick because, like you, you listened to

874
00:46:15,320 --> 00:46:17,640
Speaker 1: some guys. Is it fair to say all three of

875
00:46:17,640 --> 00:46:19,560
Speaker 1: those guys are outliers? I mean, Jerry Rice the greatest

876
00:46:19,600 --> 00:46:23,400
Speaker 1: court or wide receiver Bowl time, Terrell Owens probably third

877
00:46:23,719 --> 00:46:27,080
Speaker 1: behind Randy Moss or hell maybe second, and Shannon Sharp

878
00:46:27,239 --> 00:46:28,560
Speaker 1: is a Hall of Fame tight end, one of the

879
00:46:28,560 --> 00:46:33,120
Speaker 1: greatest pass catching players in league history. So I would

880
00:46:33,600 --> 00:46:37,000
Speaker 1: you can't use the true outliers right when talking about quarterbacks.

881
00:46:37,040 --> 00:46:39,400
Speaker 1: We can't compare everyone in the homes. We just we

882
00:46:39,480 --> 00:46:43,320
Speaker 1: need to compare people like Kirk Cousins right to Jimmy Garoppolo,

883
00:46:43,440 --> 00:46:46,359
Speaker 1: just like middle of the road guys. When I think

884
00:46:46,600 --> 00:46:50,040
Speaker 1: too often in meetings, I was never great at this,

885
00:46:50,120 --> 00:46:52,280
Speaker 1: and I'm not good at this. Some of my friends

886
00:46:52,320 --> 00:46:54,680
Speaker 1: in the league are really good at this. Doing player comps.

887
00:46:55,160 --> 00:46:58,200
Speaker 1: I think too often with player comps unless you're like Khalil,

888
00:46:58,280 --> 00:47:00,120
Speaker 1: a guy going in the top five, If you're like

889
00:47:00,120 --> 00:47:02,279
Speaker 1: a second or three round pick, I should not be

890
00:47:02,360 --> 00:47:05,280
Speaker 1: comparing you to Hall of famers. I should be comparing

891
00:47:05,280 --> 00:47:08,879
Speaker 1: you too Starters. Hall of Famers are the one per

892
00:47:08,880 --> 00:47:12,960
Speaker 1: cent of the one percent, And it's just a natural reaction, right,

893
00:47:13,280 --> 00:47:15,279
Speaker 1: this guy is gonna be like that guy. Well, it's

894
00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:17,200
Speaker 1: way better to be like, you know, this is Jerry

895
00:47:17,239 --> 00:47:20,360
Speaker 1: Judy is like Marvin Harrison. You know what. Jerry Judy

896
00:47:20,440 --> 00:47:23,680
Speaker 1: might just be like, uh, I'm just trying to think

897
00:47:23,680 --> 00:47:25,640
Speaker 1: of a random player. The problem is you don't ever

898
00:47:25,680 --> 00:47:28,600
Speaker 1: talk about random players, right. You would never be like,

899
00:47:28,640 --> 00:47:33,160
Speaker 1: you know, Amari Cooper, he's gonna be like, uh, he's

900
00:47:33,160 --> 00:47:36,399
Speaker 1: gonna be like Brandon Lloyd. You'd be like, I'm out.

901
00:47:37,480 --> 00:47:41,239
Speaker 1: You'd be like Amari Cooper, he's the next you'd say

902
00:47:41,280 --> 00:47:45,120
Speaker 1: Marvin Harrison. Right, you just use that for for route runners,

903
00:47:45,440 --> 00:47:48,319
Speaker 1: big contest catch guys. You wouldn't be like, you know,

904
00:47:48,360 --> 00:47:52,440
Speaker 1: Ceedee Lamb, He's the next Michael Crabtree, Like, do I

905
00:47:52,480 --> 00:47:54,120
Speaker 1: want to take him in the first round? But if

906
00:47:54,160 --> 00:47:56,920
Speaker 1: I go, hey, Ceedee Lambs, the next DeAndre Hopkins. You

907
00:47:57,000 --> 00:48:00,680
Speaker 1: perk up, you go damn, you know Keenan Allen reminds

908
00:48:00,719 --> 00:48:03,880
Speaker 1: me of and you say a pro bowler, like, Damn,

909
00:48:03,880 --> 00:48:07,000
Speaker 1: I want that guy. If you say some random guy,

910
00:48:07,480 --> 00:48:08,920
Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know if I see it.

911
00:48:09,560 --> 00:48:11,480
Speaker 1: Like if I tell you some wide receiver next year

912
00:48:11,560 --> 00:48:13,680
Speaker 1: is coming out and I compare him to Sammy Watkins,

913
00:48:14,640 --> 00:48:16,560
Speaker 1: it would hit a little bit different than if I

914
00:48:16,600 --> 00:48:19,239
Speaker 1: compare them to Davante Adams. You'd like, Damn, I want

915
00:48:19,239 --> 00:48:22,400
Speaker 1: the next Davante Adams. I mean, who do we trail lands?

916
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Speaker 1: He's the next You've got a little bit Ma Homes

917
00:48:24,160 --> 00:48:26,399
Speaker 1: and a little bit of Josh Allen. What if he's

918
00:48:26,440 --> 00:48:29,200
Speaker 1: just like Dak Prescott with a better arm, that's pretty good.

919
00:48:29,480 --> 00:48:31,480
Speaker 1: But if you said that, you'd like, I don't know.

920
00:48:31,640 --> 00:48:34,120
Speaker 1: The irony is Dak Prescott's makes forty million dollars a year.

921
00:48:35,200 --> 00:48:38,640
Speaker 1: We always, you know, like it's like math, you always

922
00:48:38,719 --> 00:48:41,439
Speaker 1: round up with player cops. You always get like you'd

923
00:48:41,520 --> 00:48:45,080
Speaker 1: rather compare him to Reggie White than some random defensive end.

924
00:48:45,560 --> 00:48:48,560
Speaker 1: But we all know the reality is more likely there's

925
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Speaker 1: only be on one Reggie White. After listening to the

926
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Speaker 1: last episode, what do you think about college football introducing

927
00:48:55,400 --> 00:48:59,280
Speaker 1: relegation where the bottom three teams of the conferences SEC, A, C, C, etc.

928
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Speaker 1: Uh play the top three teams of another conference for

929
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Speaker 1: a chance to move up into those conferences. The problem

930
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Speaker 1: is the schools would never agree because if I'm in

931
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Speaker 1: the SEC. Let's say I'm a I'm Vanderbilt who has

932
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Speaker 1: an excellent baseball program, but football pays the bills and

933
00:49:14,680 --> 00:49:18,799
Speaker 1: my football team sucks. I profit off being in the conference, right,

934
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Speaker 1: I make my fifties seventy eighty whatever the money's gonna

935
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Speaker 1: end up going to from just playing in the SEC.

936
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Speaker 1: Even if I win three or four games and get

937
00:49:26,680 --> 00:49:31,600
Speaker 1: my ask kicked, that money floats my athletic program. Why

938
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Speaker 1: would I ever vote to get relegated? Right? If I

939
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Speaker 1: was Tennessee, who has been very, very up and down,

940
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Speaker 1: and more often than not down, I would never ever

941
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Speaker 1: risk it. If Bama wouldn't care, l S you wouldn't care.

942
00:49:46,239 --> 00:49:49,040
Speaker 1: But the lower Kentucky's what if they have a couple

943
00:49:49,040 --> 00:49:50,759
Speaker 1: of bad seasons, all of a sudden they're playing to

944
00:49:50,840 --> 00:49:53,960
Speaker 1: like keep your spot? That too much money, too lucrative,

945
00:49:54,680 --> 00:49:57,440
Speaker 1: The money has gotten so big. The key is you

946
00:49:57,480 --> 00:49:59,399
Speaker 1: want to get into the country club that they can't

947
00:49:59,480 --> 00:50:01,880
Speaker 1: kick you out. Once you're in the club, you're in.

948
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Speaker 1: It's why Texas Oklahoma wanted in the club. Obviously Oklahoma

949
00:50:05,760 --> 00:50:09,400
Speaker 1: brings a powerhouse football program, Texas brings a lot of eyeballs,

950
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Speaker 1: but they just know they're in, you know. It's it's

951
00:50:13,000 --> 00:50:15,200
Speaker 1: a big deal for no different than when the Big

952
00:50:15,200 --> 00:50:17,520
Speaker 1: Twelve is going. Like Kansas State, just being in the

953
00:50:17,520 --> 00:50:21,080
Speaker 1: Big Twelve is a big deal. The Pact Twelve, like

954
00:50:21,200 --> 00:50:23,160
Speaker 1: Oregon State being a part of the conference a big

955
00:50:23,160 --> 00:50:25,359
Speaker 1: deal for them. They don't want to have to fight

956
00:50:25,440 --> 00:50:27,799
Speaker 1: for their spot every year. And that's just not the

957
00:50:27,800 --> 00:50:30,840
Speaker 1: way it works, you know. And that's just the reality

958
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Speaker 1: of the way pro sports and college sports now work.

959
00:50:33,880 --> 00:50:37,440
Speaker 1: Once you're in the conference, unless the conference gets disbanded

960
00:50:37,520 --> 00:50:41,440
Speaker 1: or top teams leave, you're kind of grandfathered in. You're

961
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Speaker 1: set now. I think we're gonna see a lot of change,

962
00:50:44,560 --> 00:50:48,799
Speaker 1: right and who knows, it's only gonna grow. So these

963
00:50:48,800 --> 00:50:51,719
Speaker 1: conferences are not gonna shrink, They're only gonna try to

964
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Speaker 1: add teams. Fascinating the way it plays out. Appreciate everyone listening.

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Speaker 1: Have a great week, Um, have a great, great week,

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Speaker 1: and I will see you guys Friday. Adios.