1 00:00:01,240 --> 00:00:18,560 Speaker 1: The volume What is going on everybody? John Middlecoff three 2 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:24,440 Speaker 1: and out podcast mid afternoon Thursday, already back volume party, 3 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:27,680 Speaker 1: late night, hanging out with Eddie Oh bumped into a 4 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:32,559 Speaker 1: con met Bill Simmons, bullshited with Peter schreger Um. Just 5 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 1: name dropping here, my guys, James and Michael Holst that 6 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:38,959 Speaker 1: run this podcast. We had a few too many. We 7 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:41,800 Speaker 1: had a few too many. I'm a little I'm a 8 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:46,000 Speaker 1: little dusty today, little foggy upstairs. But like Eddie true 9 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:50,600 Speaker 1: pro got up early, hopped in a cold shower, slammed 10 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:53,559 Speaker 1: the Dunkin Donuts bagel sandwich. Then I got in and 11 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:56,400 Speaker 1: out when I landed. Uh so I am I am full, 12 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 1: I am locked and loaded, got a cold bottle of 13 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:02,360 Speaker 1: water and ready to uh talk some football and obviously 14 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:04,960 Speaker 1: the super Bowl. And we will dive just deep into 15 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:07,319 Speaker 1: some of my thoughts not just on the super Bowl, 16 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 1: but some of the potential headlines obviously going into the 17 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:12,640 Speaker 1: super Bowl did but they could play out when the 18 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:15,199 Speaker 1: super Bowl is done, depending on who wins the game. 19 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:18,319 Speaker 1: A couple other things that are going around the NFL 20 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 1: that I wrote down that we'll just we'll kind of 21 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:22,960 Speaker 1: fly around, hit some really quick. And then of course 22 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:26,120 Speaker 1: the Middlecoff mail Bag at John Middlecoff is the Instagram 23 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:29,120 Speaker 1: at John Middlecoff is the Instagram. Fire in those d ms, 24 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:31,560 Speaker 1: get your question answered here on the show. Stucky will 25 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:34,720 Speaker 1: be on the weekend podcast I need you. If you 26 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 1: listen through Colin's feed, subscribe to this podcast, especially if 27 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:40,839 Speaker 1: you like golf, because we're doing the Goal podcast every week. 28 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:44,520 Speaker 1: Jason Sobol's coming on. They're talking some bets. I gotta 29 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 1: I got a lot of bets spread around this weekend 30 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:53,200 Speaker 1: on the waste management and uh and yeah, so the podcast. Subscribe, 31 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:56,280 Speaker 1: firing those d m s and let's talk a little 32 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 1: super Bowl. But before we talk super Bowl, I had 33 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 1: a I had a chance listen. Football guys gravitate towards 34 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 1: each other, winners like other winners. So me and at 35 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 1: o'seron UH talks for a long time yesterday it was 36 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:09,920 Speaker 1: it was really cool. Um, you know, and I you know, 37 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 1: I've probably been critical of him, but he had one 38 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:14,800 Speaker 1: of the greatest seasons of all time and no one 39 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 1: can ever take that away from And he obviously had 40 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:20,560 Speaker 1: the opportunity to coach Joe freaking Burrow. And the crazy 41 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 1: thing is when you're talking to Ed, you start talking 42 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 1: about his career. Is he got his start in college 43 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:29,600 Speaker 1: football with Jimmy Johnson and the Miami Hurricanes in the 44 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:32,760 Speaker 1: peak of their powers his first year is a graduate assistant. 45 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 1: He was telling me the story about how he was 46 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:36,840 Speaker 1: a part of special teams and helping out and that's 47 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 1: kind of how he got a foot in the door. 48 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:41,920 Speaker 1: It was the Catholics first Convicts game, which is probably 49 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 1: still to this day one of the most highly anticipated 50 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 1: college football games ever Notre Dame Miami, and then obviously 51 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:50,240 Speaker 1: being a part of the USC teams with Pete Carroll. 52 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 1: He went to a miss coach Patrick Willis. I mean, 53 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:57,840 Speaker 1: we all you know, know his resume, but it's crazy 54 00:02:57,919 --> 00:03:01,640 Speaker 1: the impact one individual and have on us in any 55 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:04,120 Speaker 1: given profession. I mean, you're you're listening to me right 56 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:08,360 Speaker 1: now because of Colin Coward. Without Colin Coward, this doesn't exist. 57 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 1: It just doesn't. I don't have a big national platform. 58 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:15,400 Speaker 1: So without him, like, I owe a lot of my 59 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 1: career and definitely just this podcast to him. It was 60 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:24,680 Speaker 1: his idea to start, you know, other podcasts, and it 61 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 1: wasn't mine. I didn't bring this to him. He reached 62 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:32,399 Speaker 1: out to me years ago, and I am forever indebted 63 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 1: and grateful to him changed my life. And we all 64 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 1: have people professionally, and I've had other people obviously, you 65 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:42,280 Speaker 1: know Andy Reid, Pat Hill, people that changed the course 66 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:45,880 Speaker 1: of my life. You can only do so much by yourself, 67 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 1: and listen, I'm kind of a solo operator, but you 68 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:53,040 Speaker 1: you need help at different turns in life, and sometimes 69 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 1: you just gotta get lucky. Right when everyone anyone asked like, 70 00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:59,640 Speaker 1: how do you mean? Colin Coward? Twitter? And I hate Twitter, 71 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 1: I detest Twitter, but without it, the relationship probably doesn't happen. 72 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 1: It doesn't happen. I think it's fair to say so 73 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 1: it does have. It did have one benefit for me, 74 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:14,480 Speaker 1: uh meeting him, and just like once upon a time, 75 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 1: and I said this earlier this year, is how bad 76 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 1: of a mistake Urban Meron meant made going with Dwayne Haskins. 77 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 1: And someone that was part of the program emailed me 78 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:27,719 Speaker 1: saying that, you know, it's easy to say now, but 79 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:30,040 Speaker 1: I was there at all the spring practices and Dwayne 80 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 1: not only outplayed him, it was the right move at 81 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 1: the time, and obviously Dwayne went to have a you know, 82 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:37,799 Speaker 1: the best single season I mean maybe c. J. Stroud 83 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:41,680 Speaker 1: chattered some of the records, but um in Ohio state 84 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 1: history now and those are gonna keep getting broken with 85 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:45,960 Speaker 1: the way the game's going. But Dwayne had an excellent 86 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 1: season and Joe Burrow transferred, went to l s U 87 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:53,080 Speaker 1: and the rest is history. And the way at Oseron 88 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:56,400 Speaker 1: talked about this guy, I say it all the time, 89 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:58,600 Speaker 1: and it speaks to football. I think it speaks to 90 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:02,280 Speaker 1: any sport, any te sport, but definitely baseball is really 91 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 1: more of an individual sport played with nine guys. Why 92 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 1: do you think basketball is much closer? Even though the 93 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:10,400 Speaker 1: analytical movement in basketball, it's still much closer to football 94 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:14,640 Speaker 1: or heart leadership, Uh, intangible ship really matters. I see it. 95 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:16,279 Speaker 1: I have a front row seat with the Golden State Warriors. 96 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:19,680 Speaker 1: They're best player really in franchise history. But the best 97 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:22,719 Speaker 1: player on the Golden State Warriors is their highest level guy, 98 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:25,280 Speaker 1: best leader, and it sets the tone for the entire franchise. 99 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:29,200 Speaker 1: That's why they've become a bohemoth. Right Steph Curry, you 100 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 1: can coach him up. He sets the tone for every 101 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 1: other player. Tom Brady did that forever in New England. 102 00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:38,480 Speaker 1: Joe Burrow the way at Oceanon because I asked him, 103 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:40,880 Speaker 1: I said, you know, you had this great season. You're 104 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 1: rattling off all these wins. Dave Wanstead, who also worked 105 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:47,280 Speaker 1: with him in Miami, told Coward a while back that 106 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 1: one thing Jimmy Johnson was great at was creating conflict 107 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 1: when it when there wasn't any there, just to keep 108 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:56,960 Speaker 1: everyone on their toes, because it's easy. It's actually much 109 00:05:57,040 --> 00:06:01,799 Speaker 1: I've always believed this. It's much easy you're to respond 110 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:04,640 Speaker 1: to adversity, you know, if you're in a professional setting. 111 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:06,560 Speaker 1: I remember when I worked in football with someone get 112 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:08,800 Speaker 1: mad at you. When I worked in radio, like when 113 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:10,680 Speaker 1: a when a rating book would come out and you 114 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:14,360 Speaker 1: got beat. It was always easy to get motivated when 115 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 1: you were back was against the wall, right when you 116 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:22,120 Speaker 1: had to do something right. But when things are going 117 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:25,640 Speaker 1: really well, when you're on top professionally, when life's going 118 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:29,120 Speaker 1: well personally, it's it's just easy to get a little content. 119 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 1: And Belichick is a master of this, right, always pushing 120 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:35,279 Speaker 1: people's buttons. And I said, well, did you ever have 121 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:36,960 Speaker 1: to do that to keep everyone on their toes and 122 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:39,400 Speaker 1: keep people locked in? He said, no, Joe Burrow did that, 123 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:43,919 Speaker 1: and there are just certain players that are just a 124 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:49,120 Speaker 1: total package immediately from day one, Like just I love 125 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:52,479 Speaker 1: Justin Herbert, but like clearly his personality, he's had to 126 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:55,480 Speaker 1: grow in to become more assertive, and that's only gonna 127 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:58,280 Speaker 1: get stronger the better he keeps playing and the more 128 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 1: success he has, he just gonna have. Right talking to 129 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:04,719 Speaker 1: my chiefs, Guys like Patrick kind of just had it 130 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:08,840 Speaker 1: from just the jump. And Patrick a little different than Burrow, right, 131 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 1: his dad wasn't a coach, but his dad was a 132 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:14,880 Speaker 1: pro baseball player, so he had seen the highest level 133 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:18,680 Speaker 1: of just people in their individual industry and he's raced 134 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:21,160 Speaker 1: around that. So you have And I've always said this 135 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:23,600 Speaker 1: about Stephan and Clay. I think one advantage they have 136 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:25,640 Speaker 1: because they can work against you, but it could also 137 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:28,480 Speaker 1: work for you. When you get to see pro athletes 138 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:30,960 Speaker 1: and the way they work, the way they're wired, the 139 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:34,560 Speaker 1: way your dad carries yourself in that setting, it can 140 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:37,680 Speaker 1: work out very very well for you, Peyton Manning, and 141 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:41,080 Speaker 1: also I think when your dad is a coach. Earlier 142 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:44,840 Speaker 1: this year, Jalen Hurts, there was a play where Serrianni 143 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:47,800 Speaker 1: screamed to Jalen Hurts, and of course just the nature 144 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:50,920 Speaker 1: of the way we talk about sports is like, that's 145 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 1: the first question he gets. You know, what was it like? 146 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 1: Did you get mad that your coach was yelling at you? 147 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:58,800 Speaker 1: And Jalen kind of smiled. He's like, no, bro, my 148 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:01,120 Speaker 1: dad was a coach. I've been getting yelled at my 149 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:03,920 Speaker 1: whole life. I'm used to that. I respond well to that. 150 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:07,040 Speaker 1: Serrioity said the same thing, like he knows he told 151 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 1: me to coach him. These guys used to getting coached. 152 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:13,720 Speaker 1: And Joe Burrow like, when you're around that environment, why 153 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:15,560 Speaker 1: do you think he handled the adversity of having to 154 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:20,120 Speaker 1: transfer and you know, coming off a pretty shitty shitty 155 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:22,320 Speaker 1: might be strong, but he wasn't that he wasn't some 156 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:24,720 Speaker 1: big time NFL draft prospect after his first year in 157 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:27,840 Speaker 1: el SU just kept working, kept swinging his pick. But 158 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:31,200 Speaker 1: to me, the intangible stuff that Brady has always had, 159 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:33,839 Speaker 1: that clearly Joe Burrow has. You kind of have that 160 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:37,800 Speaker 1: young you know that to me, that gets developed in 161 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 1: a young man like when you're growing up. Now you 162 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:44,720 Speaker 1: can improve on that as you age. I know, just 163 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 1: speaking from my own experience, I feel I'm much more mature. 164 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:50,800 Speaker 1: I'm much I'm just a much better human now at 165 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:52,679 Speaker 1: thirty seven years old than I was at twenty five 166 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:55,040 Speaker 1: years old that I wasn't thirty one years old. But 167 00:08:55,120 --> 00:08:58,440 Speaker 1: there are things that like I don't have that, you know, 168 00:08:58,559 --> 00:08:59,920 Speaker 1: and I've been a lot of people listening. We just 169 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 1: don't have that comes naturally to us like it does 170 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:06,280 Speaker 1: a guy like Joe Burrow, everyone in the rooms looking 171 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:08,720 Speaker 1: at him. I'll never forget Carson Palmer telling me the 172 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:12,200 Speaker 1: thing he misses most about being an NFL quarterback is 173 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 1: that every single day when he walked in the facility, 174 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:17,839 Speaker 1: know that every single human was counting on him. Think 175 00:09:17,880 --> 00:09:21,120 Speaker 1: about that, Think about the pressure. I mean, I feel pressure, Like, 176 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 1: am I gonna do a good show today? Am I 177 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 1: keeping the numbers up? Are we doing well? You know? 178 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:29,840 Speaker 1: Every single person in the facility is counting on you, 179 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 1: and that doesn't even count all the fans who basically 180 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:36,640 Speaker 1: rely on you. And Joe Burrow has just this has 181 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:38,920 Speaker 1: kind of been the couple of years stretch of Joe 182 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:43,320 Speaker 1: Burrow because after the l s U season, which changed 183 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:46,840 Speaker 1: Eddie Oh's life, you can say whatever you want about him, 184 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 1: the last couple of years didn't went well. He is 185 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 1: the head coach of the greatest team in l s 186 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:55,280 Speaker 1: U history, and other coaches have won a national championship, 187 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:57,760 Speaker 1: and guess what, L s U will win another national 188 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:02,040 Speaker 1: championship sometime, saving one one Les Miles. One one those 189 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 1: teams do not hold a candle to the squad that 190 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:09,080 Speaker 1: Edo rolled out the joy in his eyes when he 191 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:12,960 Speaker 1: talked about certain plays going into Bryant Danny Stadium and 192 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:16,360 Speaker 1: beating Nick Saban in nineteen and trust me, he'd never 193 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:19,600 Speaker 1: beat Nick Saban again. And Nick, no one would say 194 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:21,959 Speaker 1: that he's a better coach than Nick Saban, but him 195 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:24,160 Speaker 1: and Joe Burrow went in there and beat the ship 196 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 1: out of him. Now, the final score was closer, but 197 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:29,480 Speaker 1: I remember sitting to my buddy Brian Hawkins house, having 198 00:10:29,520 --> 00:10:35,480 Speaker 1: some beers watching them destroy Alabama. And the way the 199 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:38,680 Speaker 1: reverence in which he talks about Burrow and the impact 200 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:41,920 Speaker 1: he has on people that he's around, on the coaches 201 00:10:41,960 --> 00:10:44,840 Speaker 1: that he's around, parallel everything that we've read that Zach 202 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:47,719 Speaker 1: Taylor says that all the Bengal guys say, and it's 203 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:51,880 Speaker 1: cool when the hype doesn't even live up to the reality, 204 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:53,960 Speaker 1: like the the I always say this about Tiger Woods, 205 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:58,280 Speaker 1: He's underrated. The hype on Tom Brady doesn't live up 206 00:10:58,280 --> 00:11:00,679 Speaker 1: to any time you meet someone that's spent around Tom 207 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:03,560 Speaker 1: Brady and the way they describe him. Anytime you get 208 00:11:03,559 --> 00:11:05,839 Speaker 1: to meet, like when I played golf with Shane Vereen 209 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:08,800 Speaker 1: uh in the fall, and I'm just I'm just peppering 210 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:11,520 Speaker 1: him with questions about the Patriots and everything. I think 211 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 1: his answers are always sweeter, and it's cool when these 212 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:17,400 Speaker 1: people get so built up and it's like, actually, they're 213 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:20,160 Speaker 1: even better than you think. And listen, I do not 214 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:21,880 Speaker 1: We'll dive into the super Bowl here in a second. 215 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:24,320 Speaker 1: I do not think the Bengals are gonna win. But 216 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:27,960 Speaker 1: I think Joe Burrow is one of the greatest additions 217 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:32,880 Speaker 1: to just having our if you like sports, uh in 218 00:11:32,920 --> 00:11:37,320 Speaker 1: a long time and talking to Ed about him, Ed 219 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:41,520 Speaker 1: was really cool. I was it was. It was cool 220 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:44,680 Speaker 1: the bullshit with him, it really was, and talk about 221 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:48,120 Speaker 1: that team and just just the excitement he gets and 222 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:49,959 Speaker 1: it shows you now he's he's rich. You know, they've 223 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:52,880 Speaker 1: paid him a lot to go away, but you can 224 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:56,439 Speaker 1: never take that away from you. 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Elway went to Super bowls, got his ass kicked. 261 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:01,520 Speaker 1: You can see gole handedly. If you're an all time 262 00:14:01,520 --> 00:14:03,880 Speaker 1: great Hall of Fame quarterback, take a team to a 263 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:07,480 Speaker 1: Super Bowl and get worked like that has happened before 264 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:11,439 Speaker 1: with two of the greatest quarterbacks ever, Marino and Elway. 265 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:15,120 Speaker 1: I expect that to happen again. It's a tough matchup 266 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:19,400 Speaker 1: for the Bengals. We saw the nine sacks that happened 267 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:22,440 Speaker 1: in the game against the Titans. The differences. Ryan Tannehill 268 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:26,360 Speaker 1: doesn't play for the uh the Los Angeles Rams, Matt 269 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:28,920 Speaker 1: Stafford does. And Matt Stafford has been awesome this playoffs. 270 00:14:29,720 --> 00:14:33,800 Speaker 1: It's a little different animal and it They could lose 271 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 1: this game fifty to nothing and it would take absolutely 272 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:40,160 Speaker 1: nothing away from what they've accomplished. Them just being in 273 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:44,360 Speaker 1: this game is insanity. Did they get a little lucky 274 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:46,720 Speaker 1: with a couple of their draws, for sure, But they 275 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:49,040 Speaker 1: did beat the Chiefs at Arrowhead. That's as good of 276 00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:51,320 Speaker 1: a win as you humanly possible to have, Like, it 277 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:54,560 Speaker 1: doesn't get any better than that. It's that's that's I 278 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:57,240 Speaker 1: think the best win you could have this season. Go 279 00:14:57,320 --> 00:15:00,720 Speaker 1: to the Arrowhead playoff game, win the game. It's best 280 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:02,600 Speaker 1: win of the season. So you'd be like, well, middle, 281 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:04,040 Speaker 1: this is the best one of the season. Why couldn't 282 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:06,280 Speaker 1: they beat the Rams. I just don't like the matchup 283 00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:09,160 Speaker 1: at all. I do not at all. Now, if Joe 284 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:12,320 Speaker 1: Burrow pulls it off, it would be the most miraculous 285 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:14,800 Speaker 1: win I think I've ever seen in my entire life, 286 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:18,240 Speaker 1: even more than the Giants game when they beat them 287 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:21,280 Speaker 1: the Patriots in OH seven o eight, because I had 288 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:24,200 Speaker 1: witnessed the Giants go toe to toe and the Giants 289 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:27,840 Speaker 1: had great defensive line, they had a really good offensive line. 290 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:31,800 Speaker 1: They had Tom Coughlin, a very well established coach. Like 291 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:34,160 Speaker 1: you look at the Bengals, You're like, what I was 292 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:35,720 Speaker 1: just happening? It feels like they were like a three 293 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:39,920 Speaker 1: man show, some some offensive weapons and Burrow. But if 294 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:42,800 Speaker 1: this word happened, I think we would talk about it 295 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:45,800 Speaker 1: as one of the truly great quote unquote stories ever. 296 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:49,040 Speaker 1: Joe Burrow resurrects this franchise two years in takes some 297 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:52,920 Speaker 1: Super Bowl because it was crazy is I know there 298 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:55,640 Speaker 1: have been The Patriots were fourteen point underdog in the Rams, 299 00:15:55,840 --> 00:16:00,440 Speaker 1: the Giants were at thirteen point underdog to uh, you know, 300 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:04,440 Speaker 1: to the Patriots. We've seen these big underdogs win these games. 301 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:06,760 Speaker 1: And this line is kind of moving between four and 302 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:09,840 Speaker 1: four and a half five. But to me, that lines off. 303 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:13,000 Speaker 1: I've said all week, this line should be like nine points. 304 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:17,840 Speaker 1: But if Joe Burrow would win it, he'd become like 305 00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:20,840 Speaker 1: the next Joe Montana. And there's a chance that maybe 306 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:23,880 Speaker 1: he is the next Joe Montana. Joe Montana never lost 307 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:25,600 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl, but Joe Montana lost a lot of 308 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:27,920 Speaker 1: playoff games. He just didn't get to the super Bowl 309 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:31,000 Speaker 1: every year. Right, And to me are the Bengals with 310 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:33,800 Speaker 1: the Bengals be back. But again it's hard for me 311 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:36,760 Speaker 1: to wrap my head around the Bengals winning this game. 312 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:41,000 Speaker 1: I actually love the Rams betting line in the first 313 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:42,760 Speaker 1: half minus three, and I like him to just win 314 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:45,600 Speaker 1: the game. And if they win the game, to me, 315 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:51,680 Speaker 1: Sean McVeigh is just he's he's thrown his hat into 316 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:55,200 Speaker 1: the ring as just he already is a superstar in 317 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:58,240 Speaker 1: terms of fame, in terms of new voriety, in terms 318 00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:01,600 Speaker 1: of what coach looks like him. But if he were 319 00:17:01,640 --> 00:17:04,359 Speaker 1: to win a super Bowl, he would just be in 320 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:07,240 Speaker 1: this level of like the world's kind of his oyster 321 00:17:07,320 --> 00:17:10,160 Speaker 1: the rest of his career. You know, is he gonna 322 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:12,800 Speaker 1: coach for another twenty years? Does he pivot in like 323 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:15,920 Speaker 1: ten years and do a broadcast thing? He would kind 324 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:21,800 Speaker 1: of have this Madden type vibe, unique personality. Champion. Uh, 325 00:17:21,840 --> 00:17:25,159 Speaker 1: everyone seems to like him. He's an easy guy to 326 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:28,320 Speaker 1: just kind of gravitate toward. One of the truly great 327 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:31,560 Speaker 1: hires ever. I mean, they hired a thirty one year 328 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:35,840 Speaker 1: old coach that at the time I thought it was insanity. 329 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:37,720 Speaker 1: It's I gonna take the l on that one. That 330 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:41,760 Speaker 1: was the best higher the Rams have ever made. You know, 331 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:43,680 Speaker 1: you could argue that and like Kurt Warner, are the 332 00:17:43,720 --> 00:17:47,160 Speaker 1: best moves in franchise history, and he's been a he's 333 00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:51,000 Speaker 1: been a flat out superstar from the jump, kicking ass, 334 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:55,480 Speaker 1: taking names, winning games, calling plays, scoring points. And then 335 00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:58,040 Speaker 1: I think you'd also have to say, like the buzz, 336 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:00,840 Speaker 1: he's got a long way left and they're gonna extend 337 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:04,640 Speaker 1: him this offseason. But one the Matt Stafford move, it's 338 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:08,560 Speaker 1: already like come to fruition, a great move, like it's 339 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:12,720 Speaker 1: worked out perfectly, But we're gonna start talking about he's 340 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:15,600 Speaker 1: gonna start rattling off wins and he's gonna win a 341 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:17,880 Speaker 1: lot with McVeigh over these next several years, like he's 342 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:20,200 Speaker 1: going to the Hall of Fame, Like that would happen 343 00:18:20,359 --> 00:18:22,960 Speaker 1: if he wins this game, assuming he stays healthy, moving 344 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:26,359 Speaker 1: forward and keeps just having successful seasons because it'll go 345 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:30,080 Speaker 1: back to looking at the Lions and going it was 346 00:18:30,119 --> 00:18:33,160 Speaker 1: alliance man, And a lot of times like that happens 347 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:35,960 Speaker 1: with great players. You go to shitty teams and it's 348 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:38,959 Speaker 1: hard to overcome them. They were only like, he's not 349 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:41,320 Speaker 1: Joe Burrow. He couldn't just go to the Bengals and 350 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:43,359 Speaker 1: make them great. He's not Peyton Manning. Couldn't just go 351 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:45,960 Speaker 1: to the Colts and make them awesome. Most guys aren't. 352 00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:50,440 Speaker 1: Most guys need some help. Pat Mahomes has benefited from 353 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:54,160 Speaker 1: his surroundings. Josh Allen has benefited from his surroundings. Matt 354 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:58,040 Speaker 1: Stafford clearly now benefits from his surrounding. The other thing 355 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:00,879 Speaker 1: is everyone just likes Matt Stafford. High guy, easy to 356 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:06,880 Speaker 1: root for, tough, great skill set, and you know, potentially 357 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:09,399 Speaker 1: Super Bowl champ and maybe Super Bowl champ. If the 358 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:10,840 Speaker 1: Rams win and blow him out and he throws a 359 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:12,720 Speaker 1: bunch set, it's probably gonna be the Super Bowl MVP 360 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:16,680 Speaker 1: because the likelihood I think thirty one I heard stuck. 361 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:20,520 Speaker 1: He told me this, thirty one of the MVPs main quarterbacks. 362 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:23,280 Speaker 1: We just it's just it's kind of like you know, 363 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:27,040 Speaker 1: the actual MVP awards or the Heisman trophies. Just easy 364 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:31,920 Speaker 1: for quarterbacks to win this award. So we almost I 365 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:38,920 Speaker 1: wouldn't say, well, scrub his Lions resume, but it's uh, 366 00:19:39,280 --> 00:19:42,080 Speaker 1: can no longer longer call him a stat pattern. You 367 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:43,800 Speaker 1: have to just call him, you know, a great player, 368 00:19:44,520 --> 00:19:46,640 Speaker 1: a great player that finally got on a really good team, 369 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:50,320 Speaker 1: started winning and won the Super Bowl. Won the Super Bowl. 370 00:19:50,359 --> 00:19:52,600 Speaker 1: Remember last year he went to the Lions, said he 371 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:56,200 Speaker 1: wanted a trade, and they facilitated it and he ended 372 00:19:56,240 --> 00:19:57,800 Speaker 1: up with the Rams. And it was really gonna between 373 00:19:57,800 --> 00:20:00,919 Speaker 1: the Rams of and whichever team he would have gone for, 374 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:04,960 Speaker 1: you know, his career would have turned into this because 375 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:07,000 Speaker 1: he was a good coach and a good organization away 376 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:10,840 Speaker 1: from being getting the respect he deserves now. He he 377 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:13,400 Speaker 1: battled through it. This year. He had a stretch where 378 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:16,199 Speaker 1: he looked like the Lions version turning it over whatever. 379 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:19,639 Speaker 1: But I really think beside the throw to tart Uh 380 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:24,520 Speaker 1: in the Niner game, he's been awesome this playoffs. I've 381 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:26,560 Speaker 1: always been a fan of him, He's he's earned my 382 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:31,119 Speaker 1: respect this last month. Um, I'm rooting for him. And 383 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:35,320 Speaker 1: then Aaron Donald, you know, I think he's widely considered, 384 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:38,320 Speaker 1: you know, I mean the best defensive player in football. 385 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:41,119 Speaker 1: I would say over the last decade him or J. J. 386 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:43,800 Speaker 1: Watt had a little stretch. I mean, he's a first 387 00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:46,280 Speaker 1: ballot Hall of Famer. He's got all these All Pros, 388 00:20:46,359 --> 00:20:49,960 Speaker 1: all these Pro Bowls, all the money. He's gonna be 389 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:53,159 Speaker 1: a Super Bowl champ. Part of what like when you 390 00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:55,679 Speaker 1: go into that, when you getting ducted at Canon and 391 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:58,479 Speaker 1: you start sitting around you like John Madden said, when 392 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:00,800 Speaker 1: they closed the doors, we talked each other at night. 393 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:03,480 Speaker 1: It's what he always believed. What what a cool line 394 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:06,280 Speaker 1: that was, Like he gets to talk and be around 395 00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:10,520 Speaker 1: the mean, Joe Green's the Lawrence Taylor's, the Reggie Whites, 396 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:14,159 Speaker 1: I mean, the greatest defensive players in the history of 397 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:18,440 Speaker 1: the sport. Ray Lewis, that's him, dick butt kiss, That's 398 00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:21,919 Speaker 1: where he is. It's where he belongs. But when you 399 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:24,200 Speaker 1: get to be with those guys and have a ring, 400 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:28,600 Speaker 1: it changes your life. It changes your career. Like part 401 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:31,159 Speaker 1: of the reason you talk about like Ray Lewis, dude 402 00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:35,560 Speaker 1: won multiple Super Bowls, Lawrence Taylor multiple Super Bowls. Ronnie Lott. 403 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:39,560 Speaker 1: People meet Ronnie Lott, he's a super Bowl champion, Ronnie Lott, 404 00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:44,720 Speaker 1: you know that's part and I think offense, you know, 405 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:47,760 Speaker 1: they have always had defense, wins, championships, and a big 406 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:50,840 Speaker 1: reason that the Rams have been so good over mcveigh's 407 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:56,199 Speaker 1: tenure starts with this guy. He's an unblockable ass fucking kicker. 408 00:21:57,400 --> 00:22:03,000 Speaker 1: He destroys people. And who'd I hear saying it? Someone 409 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:05,600 Speaker 1: on the radio and NFL guy was like, I went 410 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:08,480 Speaker 1: to the game. First time I ever called. Maybe it 411 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:10,840 Speaker 1: was Mark Slaret, he said, the first time I ever 412 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:13,600 Speaker 1: called a Rams game. You go onto the field pregame 413 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:16,040 Speaker 1: and you stand by him and he slare his former 414 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:18,960 Speaker 1: you know, offensive lineman for Super Bowl teams. You go 415 00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:21,639 Speaker 1: got it. He's not very big in terms of hype 416 00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:25,440 Speaker 1: like Aaron Donald, Reggie White, these guys are huge. Me 417 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:28,800 Speaker 1: and Joe Green, right, these guys are massive. Aaron Donald's 418 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:33,680 Speaker 1: like six ft tall, but he's just the power, the leverage. 419 00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:37,080 Speaker 1: You know, I think he would be a sleeper MVP 420 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:42,320 Speaker 1: guy for this game. But his career, you know, Stafford 421 00:22:42,359 --> 00:22:44,520 Speaker 1: still has to like kind of turn. Like we already 422 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:49,080 Speaker 1: agreed how great this guy was. Now it's just adding 423 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:51,200 Speaker 1: the pelts to the wall. Adding the Pelts to the wall. 424 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:54,800 Speaker 1: And here's the other thing. The core group of these guys, 425 00:22:55,600 --> 00:23:00,760 Speaker 1: Donald Stafford McVeigh, Jalen Ramsey, Cooper Cup, they're all coming back. 426 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:03,840 Speaker 1: So if they win this game, like I expect them 427 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:08,760 Speaker 1: to do in a blowout fashion, get ready for I 428 00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:10,959 Speaker 1: mean they are going to be the heavy favorites next 429 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:14,840 Speaker 1: year to win the NFC. Look at the NFC. Peyton's gone, 430 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:18,720 Speaker 1: Brady's gone. Niner's gonna have a rookie quarterback unless Tom 431 00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:23,199 Speaker 1: Brady goes with the forty Niners. Uh, the NFC is 432 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:27,280 Speaker 1: what Jalen hurts. You know, Aaron Rodgers getting traded to 433 00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:29,920 Speaker 1: Detroit or not Detroit, he would never do that. He 434 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:33,880 Speaker 1: quit to Denver. You see at the waste management Rogers there, 435 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:37,240 Speaker 1: some dude screams out like Aaron come to come to 436 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:40,280 Speaker 1: Denver and he's like, we'll see like a k I'll 437 00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:45,239 Speaker 1: see us soon, like he gone, he gone. So just 438 00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:48,879 Speaker 1: the Rams man, I mean, they are going to be 439 00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:50,840 Speaker 1: in position if they win this game to be not 440 00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:52,760 Speaker 1: only the heavy favorites, but be a team that we'll 441 00:23:52,760 --> 00:23:55,400 Speaker 1: be like they can win back to back. They're they're 442 00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:57,679 Speaker 1: gonna be well equipped. Now the one question mark is 443 00:23:57,720 --> 00:24:03,000 Speaker 1: just if they win, does what with retires forty years old? Uh, 444 00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:06,400 Speaker 1: you know what would they don't have any picks somehow 445 00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:09,000 Speaker 1: they have like the Yankees, just an unlimited salary cap. 446 00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:11,040 Speaker 1: So if you told me, yeah, they just signed some 447 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:13,879 Speaker 1: some left tackle tollion dollars a year, I believe it. 448 00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:17,960 Speaker 1: You know, they just able to sign everyone for unlimited money. 449 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:20,479 Speaker 1: It never makes any sense, but it feels like if 450 00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:22,639 Speaker 1: they win, they'll bring Von Miller back, to bring Odell 451 00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:25,040 Speaker 1: Beckham back. If we're worth retires, they go sign a 452 00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:29,480 Speaker 1: left tackle. It's like, yeah, they just extend Stafford. Just money, money, money, money, 453 00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:32,960 Speaker 1: money money. I guess if you can afford to build 454 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:35,359 Speaker 1: a six billion dollar stadium, you can afford to uh 455 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:39,080 Speaker 1: sign whoever they all you want. But the Super Bowl 456 00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:41,479 Speaker 1: is not doing that much for me, Like the build up, 457 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:44,720 Speaker 1: I'm not really that excited for the game, but I 458 00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:48,920 Speaker 1: am excited to watch. You know, people go into like 459 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:55,280 Speaker 1: football just their their football legacy and even kind of 460 00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:58,399 Speaker 1: hate that word, but just the way way they're viewed, 461 00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:02,320 Speaker 1: it changes your life. You know, it changed at Oderon's life. 462 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:06,679 Speaker 1: It would change McVeigh, Stafford Donald's life. To me, if 463 00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:12,560 Speaker 1: Joe Burrow loses, it doesn't impacts him zero it regardless 464 00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:14,520 Speaker 1: of the outcome. But if he were to win this game, 465 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:21,119 Speaker 1: holy shit, there's no use of the hype machine that 466 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:23,800 Speaker 1: could slow the hype that would become the Joe Burrow 467 00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:27,560 Speaker 1: freight train coming down the tracks of just he should 468 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:31,240 Speaker 1: be on every single commercial. He should get all the ladies, 469 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:35,320 Speaker 1: all the money, and he took the Bengals to Super 470 00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:40,320 Speaker 1: Bowl champion pretty well. Uh yeah, super Bowl Sunday. Let's 471 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:46,800 Speaker 1: go a couple of little notes I made about things 472 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:50,920 Speaker 1: I've seen this week. The Titans extended their general manager 473 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:54,680 Speaker 1: John Robinson and Mike Vrabel. Uh, those guys are kicking 474 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:57,160 Speaker 1: ask and taking names. I know they lost to the Bengals, 475 00:25:57,200 --> 00:25:59,879 Speaker 1: but they were the number one seed with Ryan tan 476 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:02,520 Speaker 1: that has their quarterback. They feel like they're just gonna 477 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:04,840 Speaker 1: be a consistent playoff team. Now, can you get over 478 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:08,080 Speaker 1: the hump of Ryan Tannehill? Probably not? But are they 479 00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:10,400 Speaker 1: gonna be a double digit win team every single year? 480 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:14,240 Speaker 1: And I think the Titans ownership clearly knows how good 481 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:16,879 Speaker 1: they have it. They have to the thing with the 482 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:22,679 Speaker 1: Belichick guys too, Like Belichick coaches fail, Belichick gms do not. 483 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:31,639 Speaker 1: Jason Light Super Bowl champ, John Robinson, long time Belichick executive, 484 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:37,679 Speaker 1: kicking ass, taking names, fired Malarkey after they you know, 485 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:40,600 Speaker 1: had gone to the playoffs, went and landed Mike Vrabel. 486 00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:44,640 Speaker 1: Smartest thing he's ever done, smartest thing he's ever done, 487 00:26:45,359 --> 00:26:48,399 Speaker 1: and that they are benefiting from it. Now. They have 488 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:52,680 Speaker 1: just a really solid team who're gonna keep winning. So 489 00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:57,880 Speaker 1: congrats to those guys. Uh I I enjoy that duo, 490 00:26:57,920 --> 00:27:00,720 Speaker 1: and God, they're lucky to live in Nashville. I like 491 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:04,600 Speaker 1: Brian Dables coaching staff is pretty good. He went got 492 00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:07,159 Speaker 1: Mike Kafka from Andy Reid, who when I was with 493 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:09,280 Speaker 1: the Eagles we drafted in the fourth round. I think 494 00:27:09,359 --> 00:27:11,760 Speaker 1: right when I got hired, we had just drafted him. 495 00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:14,879 Speaker 1: So really high level, smart guy from Northwestern become a 496 00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:19,000 Speaker 1: really really good coach. Uh Andy kind of turned him 497 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:22,800 Speaker 1: into like his next Matt Naggy and smart move by Kafka, 498 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:25,880 Speaker 1: like just go go somewhere else, learn something else. Sean 499 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:29,840 Speaker 1: McDermott was around in that one year in Philly. Uh So, 500 00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:31,959 Speaker 1: maybe I guess Sean McDermot is not with the Giants, 501 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:34,280 Speaker 1: but day Ball, I don't know, I don't know. How 502 00:27:34,359 --> 00:27:38,720 Speaker 1: those guys know each other. But he hired Wink Martindale 503 00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:41,520 Speaker 1: to his defensive coordinator, who you don't get a little 504 00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:45,520 Speaker 1: blitz happy, but is a really really good defensive coordinator. 505 00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:48,720 Speaker 1: And they're just gonna need some players because I think 506 00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:51,439 Speaker 1: their coaching staff is good. They have a bunch of picks. 507 00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:53,760 Speaker 1: I know everyone thinks really highly of their general manager. 508 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:58,960 Speaker 1: They hired Joe Shane, but give dable credit Kafco Wink Martindale. 509 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:02,880 Speaker 1: There's two good addition. Dan Snyder. I I love this 510 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:09,080 Speaker 1: is investigating himself. It's like, uh, it'd be like you're 511 00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:12,560 Speaker 1: getting in trouble when you were a little kid, Like Mom, 512 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:14,399 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go in Dad, I'm gonna go into my 513 00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:17,600 Speaker 1: room and I'm gonna talk. I'm gonna yell at myself. 514 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:19,320 Speaker 1: You don't need to yell at me. You don't need 515 00:28:19,359 --> 00:28:24,520 Speaker 1: to ground me. I'll do it. I got you. I'll 516 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:28,760 Speaker 1: take all discipline myself. That's that's kind of what he's doing. 517 00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:30,760 Speaker 1: Like this is this is kind of the whole Dan 518 00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:33,760 Speaker 1: Snyder thing is just kind of a joke. I don't 519 00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:36,679 Speaker 1: even know what to say. I I just it's just 520 00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:40,840 Speaker 1: one thing after another. Clearly the league who doesn't have 521 00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:43,000 Speaker 1: the juice. You can't just kick him out. They would 522 00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:46,840 Speaker 1: give anything to remove him, because it's just always something 523 00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:50,760 Speaker 1: with the guy, always something, and the franchise is so 524 00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:54,720 Speaker 1: valuable to the league given its market, given just I 525 00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:57,920 Speaker 1: know they got a new name, but the market is 526 00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:00,400 Speaker 1: a big time market that they're just there's all shitty 527 00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:04,360 Speaker 1: under the guy, and there's just always something surrounding him. 528 00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:07,840 Speaker 1: He just can never shake it. For whatever reason. She's 529 00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:09,400 Speaker 1: just he can't be that big of an idiot because 530 00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:12,240 Speaker 1: he's a self made guy that bought an NFL team 531 00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:15,920 Speaker 1: like thirty five years old, but clearly he is just 532 00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:20,160 Speaker 1: something's just off with the dude. But the best part 533 00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:21,800 Speaker 1: about being an NFL owner you can kind of do 534 00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:25,000 Speaker 1: whatever you want. I'll just investigate myself. Yeah, altern in 535 00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:27,640 Speaker 1: my text messages and wind up getting John Gruden fired. 536 00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:31,960 Speaker 1: It's he's got like fifty lives. He never gets in 537 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:40,200 Speaker 1: any trouble. The Commanders Man the Commanders. Okay, let's dive 538 00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:43,200 Speaker 1: into the Middlecoff mail bag at John Middlecoff is the 539 00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:49,640 Speaker 1: Instagram handle. Let's slide open Carter, Hey, John, I love 540 00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:53,360 Speaker 1: the show. I appreciate it. Bro Steelers general manager Kevin 541 00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:55,880 Speaker 1: Colbert is stepping down this year after the draft. My 542 00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:59,680 Speaker 1: question is, if an organization knows that GM is retiring, 543 00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:02,560 Speaker 1: why wait until after the draft to find his replacement. 544 00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:05,120 Speaker 1: The new GM may have a different philosophy when it 545 00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:08,920 Speaker 1: comes to building a team, therefore draft other players. I 546 00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:11,640 Speaker 1: think there was a similar situation with the Jets a 547 00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:13,800 Speaker 1: few years back when they fired their GM after the draft. 548 00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:17,520 Speaker 1: Very odd, unique situation. This guy has been with the organization, 549 00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:20,600 Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure for like over twenty years. He's been 550 00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:23,120 Speaker 1: the GM now for a long time. He's a pretty 551 00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:26,360 Speaker 1: good drafter. So you could argue, just when Kevin Colvert 552 00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:29,480 Speaker 1: drafts players for your team, you're pretty good shape. Uh, 553 00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:32,640 Speaker 1: you know, the Steelers are just an old school organization. 554 00:30:33,280 --> 00:30:36,800 Speaker 1: I think part of it is just you know, the 555 00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:40,320 Speaker 1: guy's retiring and you're gonna do him. I wouldn't say 556 00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:44,880 Speaker 1: a favor, but like they don't operate you know, most 557 00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:46,640 Speaker 1: new businesses, I'm with you, they would kick him to 558 00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:49,120 Speaker 1: the curve. But he's been with the Steelers since two thousand, 559 00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:52,320 Speaker 1: he's been the GM now since two thousand ten um, 560 00:30:52,480 --> 00:30:55,040 Speaker 1: and he's just good at drafting, So I would agree. 561 00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:57,760 Speaker 1: If it was like some random GM. But this guy's 562 00:30:57,760 --> 00:31:00,880 Speaker 1: an elite GM, and I'll also be stunned if they 563 00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:06,959 Speaker 1: don't hire internally. So the Steamer's philosophy transcends their GM. 564 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:10,560 Speaker 1: The Steelers philosophy starts with the Rooney's. They draft certain 565 00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:15,720 Speaker 1: type players because of the organization. You you mold to them, 566 00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:21,960 Speaker 1: they don't mold to you. So I I think, uh yeah, 567 00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:26,400 Speaker 1: I don't think it matters that much. Huge Fan had 568 00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:28,880 Speaker 1: a quick question, would you ever consider a potential live 569 00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:35,000 Speaker 1: show at the Stadium Pub and Walnut Creek? Uh? Never, 570 00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:37,360 Speaker 1: say never. I'm not a big live show guy, you know. 571 00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:39,800 Speaker 1: I'm I'm an Internet I thrive on the Internet. So 572 00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:42,800 Speaker 1: I'd go to Stadium Pub and drink some beers, have 573 00:31:42,920 --> 00:31:45,440 Speaker 1: some cocktails. They have a pretty good hot dogs there. 574 00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:47,640 Speaker 1: It's like it's basically the sports bar in the city 575 00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:49,880 Speaker 1: which I live in, which is pretty sweet. I mean, 576 00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:53,480 Speaker 1: it's it's by far our best true sports bar. Uh. 577 00:31:53,520 --> 00:31:55,840 Speaker 1: But you know, live shows I think mattered a lot 578 00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:58,080 Speaker 1: like Jim Rome back in two thousands. Now it's like, 579 00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:00,880 Speaker 1: I don't. I don't know if they the same value, 580 00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:02,880 Speaker 1: but I would. I'd go to Stadium Pub and watch 581 00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:06,520 Speaker 1: a game or something with Burrow making it to the 582 00:32:06,520 --> 00:32:09,200 Speaker 1: Super Bow already in a second year. Does this further 583 00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:11,200 Speaker 1: the point The teams have their best shot of building 584 00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:13,440 Speaker 1: a super Bowl contender in today's NFL with a stud 585 00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:16,920 Speaker 1: rookie quarterback on their first contract, since he'son stacked by 586 00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:19,120 Speaker 1: any means, but they have the opportunity to pick some 587 00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:21,520 Speaker 1: good guys together while Joe's on a rookie deal. Think 588 00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:23,600 Speaker 1: of the Cowboys failure to do it, with dak Ram's 589 00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:25,960 Speaker 1: ability to do it with Goth and even Luck's time 590 00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:29,040 Speaker 1: and Indie love the show. For sure, there's no better 591 00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:32,240 Speaker 1: deal in the NFL than getting a Pro Bowl quarterback. 592 00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:34,800 Speaker 1: I mean, even if he's the seventh pick or the 593 00:32:34,800 --> 00:32:37,960 Speaker 1: first pick in the draft, what would you guess? I 594 00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:40,760 Speaker 1: know you can't really answer me because you're listening to 595 00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:44,320 Speaker 1: this and I'm talking, But let me guess what Joe 596 00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:47,240 Speaker 1: Burrow is. I'm going to his contract right now, is 597 00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:50,440 Speaker 1: making this season. My guest would be this year in 598 00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:55,000 Speaker 1: cash seven million dollars. So I go to Joe Burrows 599 00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:59,160 Speaker 1: contract this year and he's making two million dollars. Now 600 00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:00,920 Speaker 1: part of it is bec as they give him, you know, 601 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:03,560 Speaker 1: twenty four million dollars last year and he gets amortized. 602 00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:07,320 Speaker 1: We'll think about this. Next year three million dollars, the 603 00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:10,800 Speaker 1: following year five million dollars. How do you beat that? 604 00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:16,000 Speaker 1: You don't. I mean, it's just that simple. You don't 605 00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:20,320 Speaker 1: be it. So this year, uh cap hit eight million dollars, 606 00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:23,320 Speaker 1: next year nine million dollars, the following year eleven million dollars. 607 00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:27,280 Speaker 1: Doesn't It just doesn't get any better? Why with Justin Herbert, like, 608 00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:29,400 Speaker 1: you gotta make the playoffs when he's on his rookie 609 00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:31,920 Speaker 1: contract and he's playing that well, you have to make 610 00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:39,480 Speaker 1: the playoffs? H bedrise me nuts who was buying the Broncos? 611 00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:42,080 Speaker 1: And how can how can it be Peyton Manning? I 612 00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:44,560 Speaker 1: just don't think Peyton is enough money. I think the 613 00:33:44,560 --> 00:33:47,680 Speaker 1: Broncos is gonna go for four billion dollars, so I 614 00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:49,280 Speaker 1: know Peyton's got a lot of cash, but he doesn't 615 00:33:49,280 --> 00:33:52,560 Speaker 1: have that much. I don't know. I mean I don't. 616 00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:56,400 Speaker 1: I'll be honest. I don't know any billionaires, so I'm 617 00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:59,960 Speaker 1: not exactly in those gossip circles. I have a question, 618 00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:02,640 Speaker 1: what do you think will happen with Josh Allen next season? 619 00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:05,920 Speaker 1: Having Brian day Ball replaced with Ken Dorsey More importantly, 620 00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:08,400 Speaker 1: do you feel Brian day Ball being hired by the 621 00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:12,320 Speaker 1: Giants will have any real impact on Daniel Jones given 622 00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:15,800 Speaker 1: his head coaches responsibilities. I think Dave Balls Jones offensive 623 00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:18,480 Speaker 1: coordinator would be a good fit. Just not sure how 624 00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:20,840 Speaker 1: much of an impact Dable will realistically have on the 625 00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:24,839 Speaker 1: Giants offense. I just don't think Daniel Jones is that good, 626 00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:28,640 Speaker 1: so I don't I'm not that bullish. I think they'll 627 00:34:28,640 --> 00:34:32,360 Speaker 1: have another quarterback in the next twelve months as the 628 00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:36,719 Speaker 1: as the quarterback for the Giants, uh Josh Allen. I 629 00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:39,520 Speaker 1: think Josh Allen's is gonna be sweet moving forward. I 630 00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:41,560 Speaker 1: think Josh Allen is going to be an elite player, 631 00:34:41,640 --> 00:34:45,120 Speaker 1: whether Ken Dorsey's coaching him, whether I'm coaching him, whether 632 00:34:45,160 --> 00:34:47,520 Speaker 1: you're coaching him. At this point, now, Brian deserves a 633 00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:49,880 Speaker 1: ton of credit to get him to this point. But 634 00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:52,000 Speaker 1: I think once you get to this point, you can 635 00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:55,080 Speaker 1: kick ass, take names, and never look back. I think 636 00:34:55,160 --> 00:34:57,200 Speaker 1: Josh Allen is gonna go on a tear and become 637 00:34:57,200 --> 00:34:59,879 Speaker 1: a Hall of Fame quarterback. I've been listening to pod 638 00:34:59,880 --> 00:35:02,280 Speaker 1: for a bit, appreciate it was listening to your Tuesday 639 00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:05,600 Speaker 1: pot about the Texans hiring Lovey Smith. Do you think 640 00:35:05,640 --> 00:35:08,640 Speaker 1: it is possible that the Texas front office we're doing 641 00:35:08,640 --> 00:35:11,759 Speaker 1: the NFL a solid by hiring an African American to 642 00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:15,200 Speaker 1: be coach. Realistically, the Texans don't have the players to 643 00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:17,880 Speaker 1: sniff the playoffs. So what if it's just getting in 644 00:35:17,960 --> 00:35:21,000 Speaker 1: good graces of the league type move, getting a little 645 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:24,520 Speaker 1: extra some from the league. Your thoughts just because the 646 00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:27,040 Speaker 1: league only having one black coach has to keep the 647 00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:31,160 Speaker 1: story for weeks? Yeah, I I just I don't think that. 648 00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:34,520 Speaker 1: Why would you the team? I said this if what 649 00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:36,720 Speaker 1: I'd ask to Serio is if you wanted to hire 650 00:35:37,120 --> 00:35:40,920 Speaker 1: Josh McCown and you believed in Josh McCown, why do 651 00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:43,399 Speaker 1: you care about the media backlash? What does that mean? 652 00:35:43,719 --> 00:35:45,960 Speaker 1: People talk it on Twitter? I was talking to Coward 653 00:35:45,960 --> 00:35:47,760 Speaker 1: about it last night, Like he said out this tweet 654 00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:51,160 Speaker 1: about Oklahoma in Oklahoma freaked out. He doesn't and he 655 00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:54,520 Speaker 1: doesn't react. Who cares? It doesn't actually mean anything. If 656 00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:56,640 Speaker 1: Josh McCown is gonna be a good coach, hire him 657 00:35:56,680 --> 00:35:58,600 Speaker 1: and it'll be a good coach. Like if you don't 658 00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:00,600 Speaker 1: want to hire Levey, but are just doinging it for 659 00:36:00,640 --> 00:36:03,480 Speaker 1: that purpose, which I do not think happened. I think 660 00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:05,520 Speaker 1: they hired Levy because that was maybe they thought was 661 00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:08,440 Speaker 1: their best option, and maybe a little and public pressure, 662 00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:11,640 Speaker 1: but I don't I don't really know what public pressure 663 00:36:11,719 --> 00:36:15,200 Speaker 1: truly means. Right. Pressure is like you might lose your job. 664 00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:18,239 Speaker 1: We might do, but that's not gonna happen. Now. I'm 665 00:36:18,239 --> 00:36:20,440 Speaker 1: not saying Caserrio won't keep or losing. I don't think 666 00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:25,080 Speaker 1: he's going anywhere anytime soon. But I don't. I don't know. 667 00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:28,080 Speaker 1: I don't know enough about Like, maybe he liked Lovey 668 00:36:28,160 --> 00:36:30,879 Speaker 1: more than I thought, but they didn't interview Lovey from 669 00:36:30,880 --> 00:36:32,960 Speaker 1: what I read till later in the process, so it's 670 00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:35,360 Speaker 1: not like Lovey was even a candidate at the beginning. 671 00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:38,080 Speaker 1: So maybe there is something to it. Yeah, I mean, 672 00:36:38,120 --> 00:36:42,040 Speaker 1: I'm not naive enough to think that the league didn't influence, 673 00:36:42,440 --> 00:36:46,080 Speaker 1: you know, their decision, But I mean, why would you 674 00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:48,719 Speaker 1: ever hire a coach based on what the league wants 675 00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:51,279 Speaker 1: you to do. Your job is to try to win. 676 00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:54,239 Speaker 1: That's the only thing that matters, the only thing that 677 00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:58,080 Speaker 1: matters winning and doing whatever is possible to put yourself 678 00:36:58,080 --> 00:37:01,120 Speaker 1: in the best position to win. So it's it's bizarre, 679 00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:07,799 Speaker 1: but I would say, yeah, It's believable for sure. I've 680 00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:09,960 Speaker 1: been a die hard Falcons fan my whole life. Got 681 00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:11,880 Speaker 1: season tickets for the first time this year, only to 682 00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:15,440 Speaker 1: watch every single home game be a loss. I think 683 00:37:15,480 --> 00:37:16,799 Speaker 1: you hit the nail on the head when you said 684 00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:19,160 Speaker 1: the Falcons were averages. The day is long. Can you 685 00:37:19,200 --> 00:37:21,520 Speaker 1: expand and share some thoughts on the Falcons. I think 686 00:37:21,560 --> 00:37:24,960 Speaker 1: it's clear Matt Ryan is not probably, but uh is 687 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:27,839 Speaker 1: not the problem. Is not the problem, but it's also 688 00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:30,719 Speaker 1: it's clear he's not the solution. Should the Falcons have 689 00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:33,040 Speaker 1: taken Justin Fields at four this year in the draft 690 00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:35,759 Speaker 1: and what does the franchise need to do to turn 691 00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:40,000 Speaker 1: it around? Also, what are your thoughts on Arthur Smith 692 00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:42,520 Speaker 1: as a head coach? Does the pod still go in 693 00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:44,400 Speaker 1: the off season and continue to just talk to the 694 00:37:44,520 --> 00:37:49,279 Speaker 1: National Football League? Fuck you bet your assid does. Uh? 695 00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:52,960 Speaker 1: I would say I didn't watch that much Falcon football. 696 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:55,040 Speaker 1: I watched them when they played the Niners. I thought 697 00:37:55,080 --> 00:37:58,520 Speaker 1: their defense was atrocious. So they don't have much talent 698 00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:01,760 Speaker 1: on defense. So if you're not very talented on defense, 699 00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:05,080 Speaker 1: you're gonna give up points, right, So that's in their 700 00:38:05,080 --> 00:38:07,880 Speaker 1: offense with Maddie Ice is not going to be prolific, 701 00:38:08,040 --> 00:38:11,000 Speaker 1: so they're gonna be at a below average team. Now, 702 00:38:11,760 --> 00:38:16,200 Speaker 1: I think the coach was clearly a really good offensive coordinator, 703 00:38:16,320 --> 00:38:17,960 Speaker 1: but he did a lot of his work when he 704 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:21,279 Speaker 1: had a mobile quarterback. Well, Matt Ryan can't run. Now, 705 00:38:21,640 --> 00:38:24,440 Speaker 1: I don't really know if there's anyone to blame, but 706 00:38:24,520 --> 00:38:28,480 Speaker 1: like Calvin Ridley, just having mental health issues and disappearing 707 00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:30,839 Speaker 1: and probably I've read some stories he's probably not gonna 708 00:38:30,840 --> 00:38:33,440 Speaker 1: be on the team next year. Is not ideal because 709 00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:36,719 Speaker 1: Calvin Ridley is clearly probably the most talented player, So 710 00:38:36,760 --> 00:38:39,799 Speaker 1: you just siphon him out. Calvin Ridley even play a 711 00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:42,680 Speaker 1: game this year. Maybe he did early in the season, 712 00:38:42,719 --> 00:38:45,520 Speaker 1: but I don't think he ever came back. That's a problem. 713 00:38:45,640 --> 00:38:49,880 Speaker 1: So you just you're just devoid of talent. That's he played. 714 00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:52,960 Speaker 1: He had thirty one catches, so he didn't play after October. 715 00:38:55,520 --> 00:38:57,560 Speaker 1: You just gotta you just don't have much talent. You 716 00:38:57,640 --> 00:39:02,880 Speaker 1: just need to add good players to me offensively, you know, Pitts. 717 00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:06,279 Speaker 1: It's just hard for a tight end to just you know, 718 00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:08,160 Speaker 1: if tight ends the best player in your team, you 719 00:39:08,239 --> 00:39:11,239 Speaker 1: probably got some issues. I just think the Falcons are 720 00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:14,520 Speaker 1: a couple of years away. And the quarterback thing. I mean, 721 00:39:14,560 --> 00:39:16,440 Speaker 1: Fields didn't look great this year, but you would think 722 00:39:16,520 --> 00:39:19,960 Speaker 1: him with Arthur Smith would be pretty good. I would 723 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:22,359 Speaker 1: say I would. I'm not bullish on them in two 724 00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:24,279 Speaker 1: thousand twenty two. Now, big picture, if they hit a 725 00:39:24,280 --> 00:39:25,640 Speaker 1: couple of home runs in the draft and have a 726 00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:27,719 Speaker 1: couple more good free agencies, then yeah, maybe they can 727 00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:30,279 Speaker 1: turn around Their division sucks. I mean, the Saints are 728 00:39:30,280 --> 00:39:32,840 Speaker 1: gonna come back to Earth, the Buccaneers don't have a quarterback, 729 00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:36,600 Speaker 1: and the Panthers absolutely stink. What do you think the 730 00:39:36,600 --> 00:39:39,359 Speaker 1: starting quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers this upcoming season will 731 00:39:39,360 --> 00:39:41,560 Speaker 1: be Jimmy G or a quarterback from this draft class. 732 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:44,280 Speaker 1: Seems are gonna try to win. So I would imagine 733 00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:47,879 Speaker 1: Jimmy G is definitely in the mix. Because Jimmy G's 734 00:39:47,880 --> 00:39:51,239 Speaker 1: got some issues, but I would say that he's, you know, 735 00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:55,600 Speaker 1: at least as good, if not better than what Roethlisburger was. 736 00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:59,040 Speaker 1: Last year. We talked about Burrow being cool off the field, 737 00:39:59,239 --> 00:40:01,360 Speaker 1: but do we think the coolness translates to players in 738 00:40:01,360 --> 00:40:04,640 Speaker 1: free agency wanted to come to Cincinnati. Well, they got 739 00:40:04,680 --> 00:40:07,280 Speaker 1: guys in free agency last year because they spent some money. 740 00:40:07,640 --> 00:40:10,719 Speaker 1: If you spend money, as cost said, you build it, 741 00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:13,160 Speaker 1: they will come. You spend money, players will come in 742 00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:15,960 Speaker 1: the NFL because it's not like baseball. We're only a 743 00:40:15,960 --> 00:40:18,520 Speaker 1: couple of teams pay Every team can pay. Just who's 744 00:40:18,520 --> 00:40:20,680 Speaker 1: gonna pay the most, and if they're willing to pay 745 00:40:20,719 --> 00:40:25,400 Speaker 1: the most, that being the Bengals, they will land good players, period, 746 00:40:25,400 --> 00:40:27,200 Speaker 1: point blank, end of story. So if they keep throwing 747 00:40:27,200 --> 00:40:29,239 Speaker 1: around cash, and you can do that when you have 748 00:40:29,239 --> 00:40:31,960 Speaker 1: a guy on a rookie contract like Joe Burrow, they 749 00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:35,879 Speaker 1: will get some guys. Question for you, as a Dolphins fan, 750 00:40:36,080 --> 00:40:38,320 Speaker 1: I know you're a forty Niners guy, how should we 751 00:40:38,360 --> 00:40:40,960 Speaker 1: feel about Mike McDaniel being the new head coach. I 752 00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:43,000 Speaker 1: personally love the hire because it feels like, for the 753 00:40:43,080 --> 00:40:45,760 Speaker 1: first time in a long time, we have an offensive 754 00:40:45,800 --> 00:40:48,880 Speaker 1: minded guy. And even though to a has his question marks, 755 00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:51,760 Speaker 1: Mike is doubling down that he can reinvent the offense. 756 00:40:52,719 --> 00:40:54,840 Speaker 1: How much did he play in the forty Niners offensive 757 00:40:55,040 --> 00:40:58,759 Speaker 1: success because I feel like he has a line or 758 00:40:58,800 --> 00:41:01,640 Speaker 1: the running back power. I don't feel the Miami has 759 00:41:01,680 --> 00:41:04,120 Speaker 1: the running back power or the aligne to the Niners have. 760 00:41:05,320 --> 00:41:08,880 Speaker 1: He was Kyle Shanahan's right hand guy, and he built 761 00:41:08,880 --> 00:41:12,080 Speaker 1: the run game Monday and Tuesday while Kyle worked on 762 00:41:12,120 --> 00:41:16,040 Speaker 1: other stuff and Deebo Samuel met with him and said 763 00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:19,520 Speaker 1: they met every Tuesday to go over specific place. Mike 764 00:41:19,600 --> 00:41:24,600 Speaker 1: McDaniel is an IVY League intellect smart dude. Massive loss 765 00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:28,839 Speaker 1: for the forty, no way around it, massive loss. Now, 766 00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:30,319 Speaker 1: how good is he gonna be as a head coach? 767 00:41:30,360 --> 00:41:33,719 Speaker 1: He's never called place, but he has learned in front 768 00:41:33,840 --> 00:41:37,160 Speaker 1: of one of the best minds in the NFL who 769 00:41:37,320 --> 00:41:41,040 Speaker 1: literally taught him everything. The Shanahan family taught McDaniel everything 770 00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:43,719 Speaker 1: he knows about NFL football. And I think he's a 771 00:41:43,719 --> 00:41:46,920 Speaker 1: fun personality. He's funny, younger vibe, but I think the 772 00:41:46,920 --> 00:41:51,160 Speaker 1: guy is brilliant. Now does that translate to being a 773 00:41:51,239 --> 00:41:54,600 Speaker 1: head coach? I don't know that. That's a lot, right. 774 00:41:54,600 --> 00:41:57,280 Speaker 1: You gotta run the whole team. You gotta also coordinate 775 00:41:57,320 --> 00:42:00,279 Speaker 1: the offense, you gotta develop and coach. There's just a 776 00:42:00,320 --> 00:42:03,960 Speaker 1: lot going on. But I'm I am now a sneaky 777 00:42:04,120 --> 00:42:08,320 Speaker 1: Dolphins fan. I love Mike McDaniel. I think it's very exciting. 778 00:42:08,480 --> 00:42:11,600 Speaker 1: You have a chance to just resurrect the offense. Now 779 00:42:11,640 --> 00:42:13,840 Speaker 1: the defense. You know could come back to earth. You know, 780 00:42:13,880 --> 00:42:16,000 Speaker 1: it's nothing. He's not a defensive guy, right, so whoever 781 00:42:16,040 --> 00:42:21,319 Speaker 1: his defensive coordinator is. Um, yeah, I'm rooting for, but 782 00:42:21,480 --> 00:42:24,520 Speaker 1: you just you know a lot of coordinators. And I 783 00:42:24,560 --> 00:42:29,520 Speaker 1: know technically he wasn't the play caller, but you know, 784 00:42:29,560 --> 00:42:31,880 Speaker 1: I think it was. They're taking a swing for the fences, 785 00:42:32,320 --> 00:42:34,200 Speaker 1: and sometimes you take a swing for the fences, you connect. 786 00:42:34,200 --> 00:42:38,200 Speaker 1: It could be sweet. People love the guy, love him. 787 00:42:38,440 --> 00:42:41,520 Speaker 1: Us Check calls him a legitimate genius. Kyle us Check 788 00:42:41,560 --> 00:42:45,319 Speaker 1: played at Harvard, so he's also pretty smart. Swears by 789 00:42:45,320 --> 00:42:50,319 Speaker 1: the guy. The forty Niners players love Mike McDaniel love 790 00:42:50,400 --> 00:42:53,759 Speaker 1: him now. A lot of assistant coaches have been loved 791 00:42:53,800 --> 00:42:56,359 Speaker 1: and gone on and struggled. So I'm not making any 792 00:42:56,400 --> 00:42:59,880 Speaker 1: grand predictions here. I just like I said, I'm rooting for. 793 00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:04,960 Speaker 1: Enjoy the Super Bowl, Enjoy some pops, Enjoy some chips 794 00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:09,120 Speaker 1: and salsa, maybe order some pizza and uh, let's have 795 00:43:09,200 --> 00:43:11,719 Speaker 1: a day. Let's go ramps because I got a lot 796 00:43:11,719 --> 00:43:14,000 Speaker 1: of money on them. But if bro wins, we'll we'll 797 00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:15,719 Speaker 1: give him his respect, We'll give him his just do 798 00:43:16,880 --> 00:43:40,640 Speaker 1: and uh, see you guys next week. Peace the volume