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Speaker 1: So I want to give my opinions on the Giants

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Speaker 1: my god, Trim Bulk. That was a terrible trimpball key,

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Speaker 1: but he keeps his job again. I mean, guy, guy's

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Speaker 1: his staff. So the Bengals fire his defensive coordinator. Uh,

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Speaker 1: This week. Definitely was stucky on Thursday. We have a

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Speaker 1: tickets low as prices guarantee. Black Monday has come and went,

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Speaker 1: And it turned out it wasn't that crazy. It wasn't

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Speaker 1: Zach Taylor Today, you know, it's funny, like you watch

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Speaker 1: last couple of years coaching Pennix in that group at Washington.

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Speaker 1: So you're gonna get positives out of this experience if

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Speaker 1: you're him. But it just shows you, like, you know,

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Speaker 1: sometimes in the NFL you have behind the scenes pretty

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Speaker 1: ugly relationships between a head coach and a coordinator. You

431
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Speaker 1: have massive egos, and everyone's making seven figures. Now some

432
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Speaker 1: guys are making eight and the other guy might be

433
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Speaker 1: making three. But a guy making three million dollars is

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Speaker 1: gonna think a lot of himself. And you hired me

435
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Speaker 1: for a reason. I know what I'm doing, and I

436
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Speaker 1: think sometimes when you get these offensive defensive coordinators, the

437
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Speaker 1: defensive coordinator looks at the offensive guy like, you don't

438
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Speaker 1: fucking know what you're talking about when it comes to

439
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Speaker 1: my unit, when it comes to my group, and then

440
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Speaker 1: you get these huge egos we saw last year with

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Speaker 1: Wink and Dable. You know, it's usually like an offensive

442
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Speaker 1: an offensive guy, or a defensive and a defensive guy.

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Speaker 1: Even if you're not gonna like everyone. If you like

444
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Speaker 1: everyone and everyone likes you, you're probably not that successful.

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Speaker 1: But it's much easier to have a conversation with the

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Speaker 1: like minded person on your side of the ball. So

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Speaker 1: if I'm an offensive line coach and you're a wide

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Speaker 1: receiver coach or you're the quarterback coach, like eventually we

449
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Speaker 1: can find some common ground. But I think a lot

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Speaker 1: of times when you get Mike McDonald's a defensive coach,

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Speaker 1: Ryan Grubs an offense of coach. So they just speak

452
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Speaker 1: a different language to begin with. One guy speaks Chinese,

453
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Speaker 1: the other guy speaks Spanish, and that's and again they

454
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Speaker 1: both have huge egos. They're both multimillionaires. At this point,

455
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Speaker 1: that's where you start button heads, and you know, you

456
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Speaker 1: think it's just anyone listening. With little kids, sometimes they

457
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Speaker 1: don't listen. It's not that much different with a thirty

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Speaker 1: eight year old and a forty five year old. They

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Speaker 1: start going fuck you, fuck you, and that that kind

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Speaker 1: of can kind of happen throughout the season. And unless

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Speaker 1: you know you got a big jay digging in or

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Speaker 1: someone internally wants that out. You don't know. I mean

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Speaker 1: last year the wink and the day ball stuff just

464
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Speaker 1: started leaking out, so we all heard about it. You know,

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Speaker 1: a lot of these situations, it's not that much different.

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Speaker 1: We just don't know what's going on. And last but

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Speaker 1: not least, I do think Jalen Hurts being in the

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Speaker 1: concussion protocol this long has gotta be a little concerning

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Speaker 1: to Howie and Siriani and just the team because I

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Speaker 1: know you've won some regular season games with Tanner McKee

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Speaker 1: and Kenny Pickett. If Jalen Hurts is out of a

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Speaker 1: playoff game, now, we still got a long way to go.

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Speaker 1: He can be clear in the next couple days. But

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Speaker 1: it's not an ideal thing. I mean, a lot of

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Speaker 1: times these guys get cleared I would say relatively fast,

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Speaker 1: at most miss a week. But if Jalen Hurts cannot

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Speaker 1: play a playoff game, I will bet against the Eagles,

478
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Speaker 1: regardless how good their team is. Like I'll bet on

479
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Speaker 1: you and regular season, we get to the playoffs, assuming

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Speaker 1: Jordan loves healthy. We'll find out as the week is

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Speaker 1: Christian Watson towards ACL But like that would be a

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Speaker 1: major issue, it really would, And this just shows you.

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Speaker 1: And we talked about this, you know, the day Jalen

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Speaker 1: got hurt and Pickett came in and then they ended

485
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Speaker 1: up losing to Washington. How fast this shit can change.

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Speaker 1: We've seen over the years somehow Mahomes can just shake

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Speaker 1: off ankle injuries like no human you have ever seen.

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Speaker 1: I retired from pick up basketball probably late twenties, early thirties,

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Speaker 1: But anyone who's ever had the pickup basketball rolled ankle

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Speaker 1: where you're like, I think I just shattered my ankle,

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Speaker 1: and then a couple of days goes by and you

492
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Speaker 1: can kind of walk it off, but you clearly sprain

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Speaker 1: an ankle. That pain hurts so bad. And for Mahomes,

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Speaker 1: he's able to shake it off. But you know, we

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Speaker 1: saw was it Carson Wentz the one year he got

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Speaker 1: a concussion in the playoff game, which kind of ended

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Speaker 1: his tenure with the Eagles. I just think like we're

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Speaker 1: in a day and age where success even with the

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Speaker 1: team is loaded as Philly Saquon, two K receivers, sweet aligned,

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Speaker 1: badass D line, sweet coordinator's good. Your quarterback misses a game, godspeed,

501
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Speaker 1: hold on for your ass doesn't mean they couldn't pull

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Speaker 1: it off, But I think that would be that would

503
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Speaker 1: be pretty nuts. Now we still I'm recording this Monday afternoon.

504
00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:58,359
Speaker 1: We've got a long way to go. But that was

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Speaker 1: just like, damn, this is pretty serious concussion. You know,

506
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Speaker 1: some guys shake it in a couple of days. Other

507
00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:09,960
Speaker 1: guys like this. It clearly lingers on And yeah, I

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Speaker 1: just that game, I would say, you know, assuming the

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Speaker 1: Packers were to play well, even if Jalen was playing like,

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Speaker 1: you could see it being a good game. That's the thing,

511
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Speaker 1: Like the two best matchups on paper, right we just

512
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Speaker 1: talent is Packers Eagles and in theory Steelers Ravens. But

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Speaker 1: no one gives the Steelers a chance. It's like I've

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Speaker 1: been watching you. You're not any good, Like I see

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Speaker 1: it over and over and over again, Like I'm not

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Speaker 1: just gonna be like, ah, this is the week. Doesn't

517
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Speaker 1: mean it can't happen, but no one's gonna think that.

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Speaker 1: Where I think when you look at the Packers, like

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Speaker 1: they kind of haven't been playing great either, but you

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Speaker 1: go listen, I could see them having a good game

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Speaker 1: and just pushing Philly. But you tell me Jalen Hurts

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Speaker 1: is out. WHOA that changes the landscape for sure. Okay,

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Speaker 1: let's dive into a little thing we like to call

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Speaker 1: the middle Cough mail bag. Just my Instagram at John Middlecoff.

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Speaker 1: At John Middlecoff is the Instagram fire in those dms,

526
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Speaker 1: get your questions answered on the show Instagram dms wide open.

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Speaker 1: We will start with Noah, Hi John. Now that the

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Speaker 1: pretenders the Vikings got smacked by a depleted Lions team,

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Speaker 1: can we stop pretending that the Eagles aren't going to

530
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Speaker 1: bully ball their way to the super Bowl? How we

531
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Speaker 1: built an absolute buzzsaw and as an Eagles fan, I'm

532
00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:54,560
Speaker 1: ready for some revenge on the Chiefs. Love your content.

533
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Speaker 1: We mentioned it earlier on the other video and for

534
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Speaker 1: a podcast. Obviously, that Jalen hurts with his injury situation

535
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Speaker 1: is something to monitor. So like, I mean, if he plays,

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Speaker 1: you guys have every bit as good of a chance

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Speaker 1: as any team in the playoffs, including the Chiefs, to

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Speaker 1: be in the super Bowl. I would agree with you there,

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Speaker 1: but like, this is the playoffs. Man, it's hard everyone.

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Speaker 1: I don't want to say everyone, but I think the

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Speaker 1: Lions are probably gonna lose, and they have something pretty special.

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Speaker 1: Their offense is elite, Their offense is elite, and they

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Speaker 1: have a really good defensive coordinator. And we'll see over

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Speaker 1: the next I would say a couple of weeks. Who's

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Speaker 1: able to come back? I think the Lions can beat you?

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Speaker 1: Do I think the Washington Commanders can. No? Do. I

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Speaker 1: think the Packers can probably not do. I think Minnesota

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Speaker 1: can on the road? No do. I think the Rams can. No.

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Speaker 1: But I do think the Lions are a real deal.

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Speaker 1: I mean coaching scheme cold ma. Sure your talent is

551
00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:06,480
Speaker 1: second to none, right, but like this is the playoffs, man,

552
00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:09,440
Speaker 1: This shit's really really hard, especially on the road. And

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Speaker 1: if the Lions take care of business in the second round,

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00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:15,840
Speaker 1: and so do you guys, for the next couple of weeks,

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Speaker 1: you will have to go to Detroit, which is a

556
00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:22,360
Speaker 1: very tough place to play. Is it fair to say

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Speaker 1: that after the Lions game, Darnald is playing for fifty

558
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Speaker 1: million to one hundred million over the next two weekends

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Speaker 1: if the Vikings go that far. Feels like after the

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Speaker 1: Lions game, he's back to maybe three years for one

561
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Speaker 1: hundred with one playoff win, and maybe that grows to

562
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Speaker 1: one fifty with two with two or more playoff wins.

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Speaker 1: Then all of a sudden, we're talking two hundred million.

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Speaker 1: What do you think. Hate to say it, but I'll

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Speaker 1: be betting the Rams because I think there's a lot

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Speaker 1: of pressure on Darnald that there is. I would say

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Speaker 1: no one over the next seven fourteen days has more

568
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Speaker 1: money on the line. And that was a jarring experience

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Speaker 1: the other night for a guy who you know has

570
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Speaker 1: a lot of critics, has a lot of support. But

571
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Speaker 1: like the best part about this industry is it is

572
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Speaker 1: very fluid and information comes and things change, And that

573
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Speaker 1: was like, whoa I mean the eight overthrows. He was

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Speaker 1: missing guys. I saw Brian Baldinger put out something where

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Speaker 1: Jordan Addison was wide open in one of the red

576
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Speaker 1: zone trips and he's looking right at him and he

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Speaker 1: just doesn't pull the trigger. So he was rattled. I

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Speaker 1: think it's fair to say like that was I'm seeing

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Speaker 1: ghost games, and part of that's great coaching. You know,

580
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Speaker 1: Aaron Glenn was bringing people from all over the place,

581
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Speaker 1: but he was shook. And I have a hard time

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Speaker 1: paying a lot of money to people to get shook

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Speaker 1: in big games. And I just think that I know

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Speaker 1: the way these gms talk, I know the way owners

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00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:53,600
Speaker 1: I mean, I just following the league, like there's a

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Speaker 1: lot on the line, and that's what's cool about all this.

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00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:58,040
Speaker 1: You know, this isn't basketball. We're like, you give a

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00:32:58,120 --> 00:33:01,000
Speaker 1: max to everybody? Can you dribble and score twenty here's

589
00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:03,960
Speaker 1: two hundred million dollars. That's not the way it works. Plus,

590
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Speaker 1: they drafted a quarterback, so it's easily one of the

591
00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:10,960
Speaker 1: biggest stories in the NFL. If he goes to LA

592
00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:14,640
Speaker 1: and shits the bed ie plays like he just played,

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Speaker 1: it'd be hard to justify like doing anything more than

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Speaker 1: franchising him. He goes to LA lights him up, next

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Speaker 1: game plays well, yeah, I mean, I think we'd be

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Speaker 1: talking about getting a long term contract, right, but if

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00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:33,680
Speaker 1: it looks just like we saw, it would be a

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Speaker 1: problem for him and his representation. Help me understand, how

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Speaker 1: does Joe Shane have a job not only after this

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Speaker 1: disastrous of a season, but after the Sake one debacle.

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Speaker 1: I think it's hard for a lot of fans and

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Speaker 1: people that fall football to wrap their head around the situation, like,

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Speaker 1: how what what's going on here? We just witnessed this

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Speaker 1: guy off season hard knocks like we saw it. It

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00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:10,600
Speaker 1: was pretty bad. How's this going on right now, like,

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00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:13,919
Speaker 1: can someone explain this to us all? And no one can.

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Speaker 1: And my logic is simple. I just don't think he

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Speaker 1: wanted to rehire people. I don't think he wanted to

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00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:22,960
Speaker 1: go through a coaching GM search. He's been doing that

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Speaker 1: countless times over the last decade and it's failed every time.

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Speaker 1: So he's just keeping his fingers crossed that he can

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Speaker 1: just roll it out a little bit longer, almost like

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Speaker 1: one of your stocks if you ever, if you've ever

614
00:34:34,400 --> 00:34:37,640
Speaker 1: been down like fifty sixty seventy five percent, you can

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00:34:37,680 --> 00:34:40,560
Speaker 1: do two things. You can either sell and then reallocate

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Speaker 1: the funds, or you can just ride it and be like,

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Speaker 1: I just hope we can just get close to even.

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Speaker 1: And I think he's just hoping, like next year, can

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Speaker 1: you just win seven or eight games and just get

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Speaker 1: us back to train, back on the tracks. I don't

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Speaker 1: see how, based on what we've seen, that you would

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Speaker 1: have any confidence in that. As a Vikings fan, the

623
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Speaker 1: Lion game was painful to watch Donald missing guys all

624
00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:08,840
Speaker 1: over the place and having no answer for the constant blitz.

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Speaker 1: I'll reserve my final judgment to the playoff game, but

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Speaker 1: I'd be hesitant to give the guy a big contract

627
00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:18,880
Speaker 1: if we end up with Kirk two point zero situation

628
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Speaker 1: of playing good in the regular season only to choke

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Speaker 1: in the playoffs, I hear you. I mean I think

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Speaker 1: this we just mentioned it. I think this Rams Viking

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Speaker 1: game is just it's this is a good this is

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Speaker 1: a good Monday night opening weekend. Like, there's just a

633
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Speaker 1: lot on the line. You know, how much longer does

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Speaker 1: Stafford have Cooper cups last game on the Rams? You know,

635
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Speaker 1: Ken McVeigh kind of pull one out of the hat

636
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Speaker 1: where he's an underdog at home? Sam Donald, like, can

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Speaker 1: he erase what we just witnessed? Are they gonna lose

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Speaker 1: Brian Flores do a head coaching job? You know you're

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Speaker 1: gonna extend Kevin O'Connell. You would imagine this season right like,

640
00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:04,920
Speaker 1: are you gonna if he has a bad game? Are

641
00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:07,080
Speaker 1: you just gonna pivot a JJ McCarthy. Then the pressure

642
00:36:07,120 --> 00:36:10,080
Speaker 1: that it would put on JJ. So that this is

643
00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:11,920
Speaker 1: what's fun about sports. I mean, there are just a

644
00:36:11,960 --> 00:36:15,200
Speaker 1: lot of variables at all times, whether you're a good

645
00:36:15,320 --> 00:36:17,279
Speaker 1: or a bad team, There's just a lot going on

646
00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:20,239
Speaker 1: and a lot of people with different opinions and it's

647
00:36:20,239 --> 00:36:24,360
Speaker 1: hard to like, you know, determine who's actually right and

648
00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:27,480
Speaker 1: who's actually wrong. And I would say right now, like

649
00:36:27,640 --> 00:36:32,080
Speaker 1: I wouldn't blame any fan for being like that was

650
00:36:32,160 --> 00:36:35,760
Speaker 1: a weird experience the other night, like are we sure?

651
00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:39,799
Speaker 1: And that's why you ask the questions because it was

652
00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:44,200
Speaker 1: it was bizarre. I know you've been on this for

653
00:36:44,239 --> 00:36:46,319
Speaker 1: a while, but well, the media and more importantly, the

654
00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:49,920
Speaker 1: Dolphins admit McDaniel is not the guru they all claim

655
00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:53,600
Speaker 1: he is. Every other offensive minded head coach has had

656
00:36:53,640 --> 00:36:57,680
Speaker 1: their star quarterback go down and make their offense look

657
00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:01,680
Speaker 1: still really good. Yeah, with Mike the instant to a

658
00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:05,720
Speaker 1: doesn't play. The offense looks below average with the best

659
00:37:05,719 --> 00:37:08,120
Speaker 1: weapons in the league. And do you think he will

660
00:37:08,160 --> 00:37:10,719
Speaker 1: be on the hot seat next year? One really quick

661
00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:13,040
Speaker 1: on the Dolphins for Tyreek Hill to like act like

662
00:37:13,080 --> 00:37:15,680
Speaker 1: an NBA player, like I'm out guys, like it's it's

663
00:37:15,719 --> 00:37:18,120
Speaker 1: been real, Like you just signed a three year, ninety

664
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Speaker 1: million dollars contract. It's not the way this business works.

665
00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:23,799
Speaker 1: You'll be out if they want to trade you, but

666
00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:27,960
Speaker 1: it's just not the way, Like they're not cutting you,

667
00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:31,799
Speaker 1: you're outware like to go on vacation now, I don't

668
00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:33,759
Speaker 1: know why the Dolphins would want him if he doesn't

669
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Speaker 1: want to be there, but these things are complicated. They

670
00:37:36,719 --> 00:37:39,560
Speaker 1: just gave him a ton of guaranteed money. Do people

671
00:37:39,680 --> 00:37:42,520
Speaker 1: want Tyreek Hill at thirty one years old for thirty

672
00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:48,319
Speaker 1: million dollars a year? I think it's not as you know,

673
00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:50,359
Speaker 1: much of a no brainer as it would have been

674
00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:53,279
Speaker 1: two or three years ago, you know. And let's face it,

675
00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:55,880
Speaker 1: what a massive win for the Chiefs. They punted on

676
00:37:55,920 --> 00:38:00,839
Speaker 1: Tyreek Hill again, an all time great player, a Hall

677
00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:03,919
Speaker 1: of Fame player. But they've won two Super Bowl since

678
00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:07,279
Speaker 1: and they're the number one seed and he's been the

679
00:38:07,320 --> 00:38:10,080
Speaker 1: wildcard twice, bounced both times, and this year they missed

680
00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:12,399
Speaker 1: the playoffs, which it's not his fault, like he's played

681
00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:15,040
Speaker 1: at a high level. But it just shows you, man,

682
00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:18,000
Speaker 1: everyone's always like, we got to go all in on

683
00:38:18,040 --> 00:38:20,200
Speaker 1: the wide receiver, and to me, depending on who the

684
00:38:20,239 --> 00:38:24,040
Speaker 1: wide receiver is, I get it, you know, with the Vikings,

685
00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:27,480
Speaker 1: totally understand. Justin Jefferson with the Cowboys, totally understand. Ceedee

686
00:38:27,520 --> 00:38:29,480
Speaker 1: lamp If the forty nine ers had to do over,

687
00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:32,360
Speaker 1: they would have traded Brandon at Yuk right, And I

688
00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:35,920
Speaker 1: think the Chiefs proved that like tyreek Hill, who's obviously

689
00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:37,799
Speaker 1: way better than Brandon at Yuke, like that that was

690
00:38:37,880 --> 00:38:40,399
Speaker 1: the right move, that that was a game changing move

691
00:38:40,440 --> 00:38:43,640
Speaker 1: for them. I don't know, man, I think I could

692
00:38:43,719 --> 00:38:46,360
Speaker 1: not have Mike McDaniel as my head coach, Like you

693
00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:50,360
Speaker 1: just got no shot, None, got no shot? Now what

694
00:38:50,520 --> 00:38:53,279
Speaker 1: I want him on my staff? Do I think he's

695
00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:57,120
Speaker 1: an excellent position coach slash like run game coordinator? Yeah?

696
00:38:57,400 --> 00:39:01,000
Speaker 1: Could I have him be the leader of my five

697
00:39:01,160 --> 00:39:05,120
Speaker 1: to eight billion dollar organization? I think you're destined to

698
00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:10,040
Speaker 1: loose in terms of like your ceiling is capped, and

699
00:39:10,080 --> 00:39:12,720
Speaker 1: we've seen his ceiling and it's just not that high.

700
00:39:14,120 --> 00:39:18,200
Speaker 1: So I think it is what it is again, quirky guy, easy,

701
00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:22,160
Speaker 1: everyone jumped on the bandwagon. Funny sounds and looks different

702
00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:25,600
Speaker 1: than most coaches. But god, his team now has looked

703
00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:27,480
Speaker 1: pretty similar the last three years. And like you said,

704
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Speaker 1: how could he not scheme up some random guy just

705
00:39:30,200 --> 00:39:33,759
Speaker 1: to be competitive that they can't function without Tua? And

706
00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:36,239
Speaker 1: it's not like Tua's Dan Marino. How can you not

707
00:39:36,480 --> 00:39:42,480
Speaker 1: function without Tua? It is kind of alarming question for

708
00:39:42,520 --> 00:39:46,440
Speaker 1: the mailbag. Isn't it time for us to consider Baker

709
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Speaker 1: Mayfield the best quarterback in the NFC. I feel like

710
00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:53,760
Speaker 1: his playmaking with his legs is electrifying. And I understand

711
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Speaker 1: he has sixteen picks, but I feel like you can

712
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Speaker 1: live with that when it's forty total touchdowns. The picks

713
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Speaker 1: I guess he threw. He throw one pick or two

714
00:40:02,719 --> 00:40:06,680
Speaker 1: picks against the Saints. The pick he did throw when

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00:40:06,719 --> 00:40:09,480
Speaker 1: I was watching, like his arm got tipped or the

716
00:40:09,520 --> 00:40:13,840
Speaker 1: ball got tipped, which I would imagine that happens to

717
00:40:13,920 --> 00:40:16,439
Speaker 1: a decent amount of guys, like if you dove into

718
00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:20,400
Speaker 1: their interceptions, it's not all their fault. Baker Mayfield's a

719
00:40:20,440 --> 00:40:24,480
Speaker 1: really good player. He's clearly slim down, so like you said,

720
00:40:24,600 --> 00:40:28,560
Speaker 1: he is much more mobile, and he has a explosive arm.

721
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Speaker 1: Like really, the knock on him is he's six feet

722
00:40:31,719 --> 00:40:34,640
Speaker 1: you know, shade under six to one. I mean to me,

723
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Speaker 1: if he was like six ' four, I think we'd

724
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Speaker 1: be talking about him like a top five or six quarterback.

725
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Speaker 1: And he's to me, he was easily a top ten

726
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Speaker 1: quarterback this year. And what he's done to replace Brady

727
00:40:44,160 --> 00:40:47,640
Speaker 1: back to back years, winning the division this year, he

728
00:40:47,719 --> 00:40:50,799
Speaker 1: was just really good. He's just a really good player, now,

729
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Speaker 1: like really good. He's gonna be a starter in the

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Speaker 1: NFL as long as his body holds up for a

731
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Speaker 1: long time. So I'm with you. Best quarterback in the NFC, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean him and golf this year he was awesome.

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Speaker 1: Speaking of them, what do you think the ceiling is

734
00:41:06,320 --> 00:41:08,920
Speaker 1: for the Bucks? Over the next couple of years? They

735
00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:12,759
Speaker 1: drafted Irving and McMillan, who both had good years. Do

736
00:41:12,800 --> 00:41:17,359
Speaker 1: you see them making a deep playoff run with Baker? Well,

737
00:41:17,480 --> 00:41:21,319
Speaker 1: offense is not their problem. It was sputtering yesterday. But

738
00:41:21,840 --> 00:41:25,160
Speaker 1: defensively they're gonna need some help. So they're just gonna

739
00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:27,759
Speaker 1: need to keep investing on the defensive side of the ball. Now,

740
00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:30,440
Speaker 1: part of that is Winfield's been hurt, but and v

741
00:41:30,520 --> 00:41:32,560
Speaker 1: deave is one of the best players you know in

742
00:41:32,600 --> 00:41:37,439
Speaker 1: the NFL. Vdavey is a stud. But it does feel

743
00:41:37,440 --> 00:41:39,239
Speaker 1: like they need a little more pop and juice over

744
00:41:39,280 --> 00:41:41,759
Speaker 1: on that side of the ball, a little longer in

745
00:41:41,800 --> 00:41:47,560
Speaker 1: the tooth. But yeah, i'd be pretty I mean, you

746
00:41:47,560 --> 00:41:50,280
Speaker 1: have one of the best gms in the league, Jason Lights,

747
00:41:50,320 --> 00:41:54,919
Speaker 1: a stud currently watched in the Lions Vikings game and

748
00:41:55,200 --> 00:41:57,840
Speaker 1: with the upcoming Black Monday, the Vikings have hired a

749
00:41:57,880 --> 00:42:00,680
Speaker 1: GM not that long ago in the line turned around

750
00:42:00,680 --> 00:42:03,360
Speaker 1: their front office when they hired the guy from the Rams.

751
00:42:04,480 --> 00:42:07,000
Speaker 1: How do you do that? We always talk about coaches

752
00:42:07,719 --> 00:42:09,719
Speaker 1: and there it is kind of transparent with all these

753
00:42:09,719 --> 00:42:13,399
Speaker 1: assistant coaches. But how is a front office structured? How

754
00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:17,359
Speaker 1: many guys does a newly hired GM bring with him

755
00:42:17,360 --> 00:42:21,719
Speaker 1: to accumulate a staff? Do you let go of former scouts?

756
00:42:21,960 --> 00:42:24,120
Speaker 1: And how can you build a good draft board? Your

757
00:42:24,160 --> 00:42:26,960
Speaker 1: old team will most likely lock you out of their system.

758
00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:29,239
Speaker 1: Probably the question is a bit long, but would love

759
00:42:29,280 --> 00:42:31,600
Speaker 1: to get a bit of insight. Well, I think it

760
00:42:31,640 --> 00:42:34,880
Speaker 1: all depends on the person, you know. I'll give you

761
00:42:34,920 --> 00:42:38,160
Speaker 1: an example. When John Lynch came to the forty nine ers,

762
00:42:38,200 --> 00:42:41,000
Speaker 1: he kept a large percentage of the guys that were

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00:42:41,040 --> 00:42:44,640
Speaker 1: already there. Some guys go into a front office and

764
00:42:44,719 --> 00:42:48,600
Speaker 1: within a year wipe out the majority of guys. So

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00:42:48,880 --> 00:42:54,080
Speaker 1: it's all dependent on the GM. I'd say most general managers,

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Speaker 1: whether they're John Lynch or whether they're you know, whoever's

767
00:42:58,719 --> 00:43:01,640
Speaker 1: going to take over some of these jobs, will immediately

768
00:43:01,680 --> 00:43:05,439
Speaker 1: bring a right hand guy. So, for example, John Lynch

769
00:43:05,480 --> 00:43:08,520
Speaker 1: brought Adam Peters. When Adam Peters got the Washington job.

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00:43:08,960 --> 00:43:10,560
Speaker 1: I forget the guy's name, but he brought a guy

771
00:43:10,560 --> 00:43:14,200
Speaker 1: from the Alliance with him. So you usually immediately bring

772
00:43:14,239 --> 00:43:18,040
Speaker 1: a guy because you get hired typically in January, so

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00:43:18,120 --> 00:43:21,160
Speaker 1: you are gonna work with that scouting staff right when

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00:43:21,239 --> 00:43:25,680
Speaker 1: you get the job. So I take over, you know,

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00:43:25,719 --> 00:43:28,279
Speaker 1: sometime in the next couple of weeks. The amount of

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00:43:28,320 --> 00:43:31,200
Speaker 1: scouts I have all over the country and some of

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00:43:31,239 --> 00:43:35,400
Speaker 1: the in house guys typically unless I have, you know,

778
00:43:35,440 --> 00:43:39,440
Speaker 1: a vandetta hatred toward a specific individual, I'm gonna work

779
00:43:39,480 --> 00:43:43,960
Speaker 1: with those guys throughout the draft. Now, coaches contracts, everyone's

780
00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:47,080
Speaker 1: on contract if you're a scout or a coach. Coach's

781
00:43:47,160 --> 00:43:52,799
Speaker 1: contract ends when the season ends. Scouting contracts and when

782
00:43:52,840 --> 00:43:56,759
Speaker 1: the draft ends, so it's almost like a time to

783
00:43:56,800 --> 00:43:59,600
Speaker 1: evaluate your staff. Guys that you don't know, you get

784
00:43:59,600 --> 00:44:02,120
Speaker 1: to know, you see their work. You know. The thing

785
00:44:02,160 --> 00:44:05,600
Speaker 1: with scouting, like a lot of professions, it's not necessarily

786
00:44:05,640 --> 00:44:09,200
Speaker 1: based on how good or bad you are. It's relationships.

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00:44:09,280 --> 00:44:11,479
Speaker 1: How much do I like you, how much you're gonna

788
00:44:11,520 --> 00:44:15,799
Speaker 1: fit into what I want. But I think there is

789
00:44:15,840 --> 00:44:19,000
Speaker 1: no set like this is the way it happens. Some

790
00:44:19,200 --> 00:44:21,720
Speaker 1: gms come in and they keep the majority of the staff.

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00:44:22,200 --> 00:44:26,840
Speaker 1: Because listen, like, if you're a forty year old college scout,

792
00:44:27,480 --> 00:44:29,560
Speaker 1: you can kind of work with anybody. You'll just do

793
00:44:29,640 --> 00:44:33,600
Speaker 1: what you're told, right, But if you're like the assistant GM,

794
00:44:33,680 --> 00:44:36,160
Speaker 1: more than likely I'm not gonna keep you, or even

795
00:44:36,200 --> 00:44:38,879
Speaker 1: the college scouting director more than likely I'm gonna want

796
00:44:38,880 --> 00:44:41,200
Speaker 1: to bring my own guy. But I can work with

797
00:44:41,239 --> 00:44:45,959
Speaker 1: a lot of younger scouts and mold them or teach them,

798
00:44:46,120 --> 00:44:48,839
Speaker 1: or just pivot whatever they've been doing to what we're

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00:44:48,920 --> 00:44:53,279
Speaker 1: gonna do. So I think a decent amount of the

800
00:44:53,280 --> 00:44:59,640
Speaker 1: time more than coaches, scouts survive coaches typically, you know, staff,

801
00:44:59,680 --> 00:45:02,560
Speaker 1: the major of guys get fired. There was a lot

802
00:45:02,600 --> 00:45:05,160
Speaker 1: of talk that Ben Johnson is getting a head coaching job,

803
00:45:05,200 --> 00:45:07,439
Speaker 1: but would Aaron Glenn be not high on that list

804
00:45:07,480 --> 00:45:13,000
Speaker 1: as well? I think you would be in if you're

805
00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:16,560
Speaker 1: going to interview one, which most everyone's gonna interview Ben Johnson,

806
00:45:16,640 --> 00:45:20,080
Speaker 1: you'd be crazy to not interview Aaron Glenn. Former player,

807
00:45:20,239 --> 00:45:25,279
Speaker 1: clearly a good scheme guy, excellent teacher, excellent motivator, kind

808
00:45:25,280 --> 00:45:30,920
Speaker 1: of a badass. I think you are not doing your

809
00:45:31,040 --> 00:45:33,360
Speaker 1: job if you don't interview like if you're gonna interview one,

810
00:45:33,400 --> 00:45:37,760
Speaker 1: you gotta interview in both. Longtime listener, am I crazy?

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00:45:37,960 --> 00:45:41,120
Speaker 1: Having just watched the Vikings Lions game. I actually put

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00:45:41,120 --> 00:45:45,600
Speaker 1: the majority of that loss on the Vikings coaching. Obviously,

813
00:45:45,640 --> 00:45:48,480
Speaker 1: the Lions came to play in are a serious force,

814
00:45:49,280 --> 00:45:51,560
Speaker 1: but at one point that game could have been fifteen

815
00:45:51,600 --> 00:45:54,880
Speaker 1: to seven from Minnesota. If they took the points available

816
00:45:55,280 --> 00:45:58,200
Speaker 1: and didn't call a time out with twenty eight seconds

817
00:45:58,239 --> 00:46:01,200
Speaker 1: left in the half, that would have been a huge

818
00:46:01,239 --> 00:46:06,120
Speaker 1: momentum swing in the game. Additionally, everyone and their grandmother

819
00:46:06,200 --> 00:46:09,759
Speaker 1: knew the Lions were gonna blitz on obvious passing situations,

820
00:46:10,880 --> 00:46:14,200
Speaker 1: but it was clear long, slow developing routes were being

821
00:46:14,239 --> 00:46:18,759
Speaker 1: called consistently. Darnold played bad, but I personally believe the

822
00:46:18,800 --> 00:46:24,520
Speaker 1: coaching was even worse. I would say that these coaches nowadays,

823
00:46:25,480 --> 00:46:29,000
Speaker 1: you know, part of kicking the field goals is based

824
00:46:29,000 --> 00:46:32,680
Speaker 1: on playing good defense, and I think they look at

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00:46:32,719 --> 00:46:35,399
Speaker 1: it and they just go it might be a close game,

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00:46:36,120 --> 00:46:40,560
Speaker 1: you know, let's say seven to three or seven to six.

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00:46:41,000 --> 00:46:42,480
Speaker 1: It's like, why don't you just kick a field goal

828
00:46:42,480 --> 00:46:46,600
Speaker 1: and make it nine to seven or twelve to seven, right,

829
00:46:46,760 --> 00:46:50,759
Speaker 1: Just keep kicking field goals, they go, well, eventually, this

830
00:46:50,920 --> 00:46:55,520
Speaker 1: Lion's offense is going to score points. So I think

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Speaker 1: you have to acknowledge that you're playing one of the

832
00:46:57,960 --> 00:47:02,480
Speaker 1: best offenses in recent memory, that you gotta lean to

833
00:47:02,520 --> 00:47:05,520
Speaker 1: be aggressive. But I hear you it's like your offense

834
00:47:05,600 --> 00:47:08,799
Speaker 1: is not working and the game is a low scoring game.

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00:47:10,680 --> 00:47:13,680
Speaker 1: I just don't think people think like that when they're

836
00:47:13,680 --> 00:47:16,080
Speaker 1: playing a team like the Lions that have so much firepower.

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00:47:18,200 --> 00:47:20,879
Speaker 1: A big fan of the show. As a Vikings fan,

838
00:47:20,920 --> 00:47:23,319
Speaker 1: I'm very annoyed that my team didn't get talked about

839
00:47:23,360 --> 00:47:26,480
Speaker 1: all year and then when it finally is, it's trade

840
00:47:26,560 --> 00:47:32,160
Speaker 1: McCarthy or trade koc. This isn't major League Baseball. The

841
00:47:32,200 --> 00:47:35,000
Speaker 1: small market teams are just as legitimate as the bigger ones.

842
00:47:35,360 --> 00:47:38,600
Speaker 1: I'm tired of the national media focusing on mediocre big

843
00:47:38,640 --> 00:47:44,040
Speaker 1: market teams all year long than finally transitioning. Yeah, I mean,

844
00:47:44,080 --> 00:47:47,520
Speaker 1: I that was a Glazer report to me. The McCarthy

845
00:47:48,400 --> 00:47:52,360
Speaker 1: conversation is fair. You drafted the guy number one, you know,

846
00:47:52,440 --> 00:47:55,520
Speaker 1: in the first round. You signed Sam Darnold, who has

847
00:47:55,760 --> 00:48:00,400
Speaker 1: an incredible gear Beside the Lions game, the Kevin O'Connell

848
00:48:00,480 --> 00:48:03,960
Speaker 1: thing is like, I'm sorry, like he gets like, that's

849
00:48:03,960 --> 00:48:08,000
Speaker 1: on Kevin O'Connell as well. That story shouldn't happen, right

850
00:48:08,120 --> 00:48:11,359
Speaker 1: it AM's on the Vikings. It should be well known.

851
00:48:11,440 --> 00:48:14,160
Speaker 1: We're gonna do everything possible to extend this guy. But

852
00:48:14,200 --> 00:48:17,000
Speaker 1: they haven't even talked, Like that's an embarrassing moment for

853
00:48:17,040 --> 00:48:20,840
Speaker 1: the franchise. But if other teams like, hey, he hasn't

854
00:48:20,840 --> 00:48:23,200
Speaker 1: been signed, we're gonna sniff around. If I was the

855
00:48:23,200 --> 00:48:27,440
Speaker 1: Detroit Lions, I'd be leaking that out. I'd want chaos

856
00:48:27,440 --> 00:48:30,040
Speaker 1: to happen and for the Vikings to not then immediately

857
00:48:30,040 --> 00:48:33,000
Speaker 1: put out a statement we intend to sign Kevin O'Connell.

858
00:48:33,040 --> 00:48:36,200
Speaker 1: He's our coach. It was just a low level moment.

859
00:48:36,239 --> 00:48:38,719
Speaker 1: But to blame anyone else, but like that, that's on

860
00:48:38,760 --> 00:48:42,200
Speaker 1: the franchise. The McCarthy thing, that's just on your situation.

861
00:48:43,360 --> 00:48:45,880
Speaker 1: But like the moment Glazer comes out with that report, like,

862
00:48:46,200 --> 00:48:49,239
Speaker 1: if I'm the Vikings, I gotta come back. It's not

863
00:48:49,280 --> 00:48:52,160
Speaker 1: about smaller big markets. The Chiefs get talked about all

864
00:48:52,200 --> 00:48:54,919
Speaker 1: the time. They're not a big market. Packers get talked

865
00:48:54,920 --> 00:48:59,360
Speaker 1: about constantly. The Lions get talked about constantly. Question for

866
00:48:59,400 --> 00:49:02,439
Speaker 1: the bag Raheem Morris is down nineteen and forty seven

867
00:49:02,480 --> 00:49:06,440
Speaker 1: as a head coach and completely butchered the end of

868
00:49:06,480 --> 00:49:10,120
Speaker 1: the Falcon season. I'm twenty eight years old and my

869
00:49:10,239 --> 00:49:14,120
Speaker 1: core memories with the Falcons are the utter embarrassment twenty

870
00:49:14,160 --> 00:49:18,120
Speaker 1: eight to three. What does Raheem actually do for a team?

871
00:49:18,760 --> 00:49:20,799
Speaker 1: If our offense is bad and he has a huge

872
00:49:20,800 --> 00:49:23,799
Speaker 1: sample size of losing football as a head coach, I

873
00:49:23,840 --> 00:49:26,359
Speaker 1: don't know what we're gonna do keeping her. I don't

874
00:49:26,400 --> 00:49:29,240
Speaker 1: even want to talk about the Cousin signing. In my mind,

875
00:49:29,280 --> 00:49:31,879
Speaker 1: he shares the blame with the front office, and that's

876
00:49:31,880 --> 00:49:37,600
Speaker 1: a standalone, fireable offense. I am sure our general manager

877
00:49:37,719 --> 00:49:40,239
Speaker 1: Terry Fontina is a dead man walking, But if you

878
00:49:40,280 --> 00:49:43,239
Speaker 1: are Arthur Blank, would you also fire Morris and just

879
00:49:43,280 --> 00:49:45,760
Speaker 1: go after Ben Johnson or maybe even a known commodity

880
00:49:45,800 --> 00:49:50,520
Speaker 1: that works well with quarterback like Mike McCarthy. Also, do

881
00:49:50,560 --> 00:49:53,279
Speaker 1: you think mister Blank would actually consider moving on? And

882
00:49:53,320 --> 00:49:59,000
Speaker 1: I've always found his moves a season or two too late. Well,

883
00:49:59,040 --> 00:50:00,799
Speaker 1: I don't think. I think I You guys haven't had

884
00:50:00,800 --> 00:50:04,840
Speaker 1: a winning season since twenty seventeen, and he inducted himself

885
00:50:04,840 --> 00:50:09,520
Speaker 1: into the Hall of Fame this year, So I wouldn't

886
00:50:09,520 --> 00:50:13,440
Speaker 1: be confident in anything going on in Atlanta. Listen, Raheem

887
00:50:13,520 --> 00:50:17,000
Speaker 1: got a lot of high last year, and it shows

888
00:50:17,040 --> 00:50:20,160
Speaker 1: you like sometimes when you're a coordinator and people like

889
00:50:20,239 --> 00:50:23,399
Speaker 1: you and you're with a famous team and Sean mcvay's boy,

890
00:50:24,280 --> 00:50:26,560
Speaker 1: doesn't mean you're gonna be a good head coach. And

891
00:50:26,719 --> 00:50:29,280
Speaker 1: that was I mean, they just lost to the Panthers

892
00:50:29,440 --> 00:50:32,319
Speaker 1: with their season on the line. They couldn't stop a

893
00:50:32,400 --> 00:50:36,680
Speaker 1: nosebleed in that game. Bryce Young had five fucking touchdowns,

894
00:50:37,280 --> 00:50:41,040
Speaker 1: So it's like Raheem Morris is a defensive guy. The

895
00:50:41,080 --> 00:50:43,920
Speaker 1: Cousin situation is just feels like a group a GM

896
00:50:43,960 --> 00:50:46,880
Speaker 1: and head coach that were just kind of flying blind.

897
00:50:47,280 --> 00:50:50,879
Speaker 1: They didn't necessarily know what they were doing to win

898
00:50:51,040 --> 00:50:54,080
Speaker 1: eight games. You guys didn't even go above five hundred.

899
00:50:54,200 --> 00:50:56,440
Speaker 1: If I was a fan, I'd be this is a joke.

900
00:50:57,719 --> 00:50:59,919
Speaker 1: He just one thing like the Giants, the Jackson, these teams.

901
00:51:01,120 --> 00:51:03,960
Speaker 1: Clearly you guys have some talent, like you guys should

902
00:51:04,000 --> 00:51:06,960
Speaker 1: be nine or ten wins. And the way everything was

903
00:51:06,960 --> 00:51:09,360
Speaker 1: handled with Cousins and then going to Penix late, it's like,

904
00:51:10,080 --> 00:51:13,680
Speaker 1: did we have any sort of vision here? And I

905
00:51:13,719 --> 00:51:16,040
Speaker 1: hear you I think Rahiem is one of those guys

906
00:51:16,080 --> 00:51:17,960
Speaker 1: who's well liked in the media. I don't know him.

907
00:51:18,000 --> 00:51:19,480
Speaker 1: Seems like a good guy, seems like a fun guy

908
00:51:19,480 --> 00:51:23,160
Speaker 1: to kick it with, but it'd be hard to have

909
00:51:23,280 --> 00:51:26,719
Speaker 1: much faith in that situation right now. The other thing is, like,

910
00:51:26,760 --> 00:51:30,239
Speaker 1: compare him Todd Bowles, Like Todd Bowles is good. They

911
00:51:30,320 --> 00:51:32,239
Speaker 1: have gone back to back years now where they've needed

912
00:51:32,239 --> 00:51:34,880
Speaker 1: an offensive coordinator. They've just hired two good offensive coordinators.

913
00:51:35,640 --> 00:51:38,960
Speaker 1: That organization knows how to draft. So it's like you're

914
00:51:39,000 --> 00:51:42,759
Speaker 1: going up against Tampa, who is just a well run organization.

915
00:51:43,360 --> 00:51:45,920
Speaker 1: How are you gonna compete with that? And the reality

916
00:51:45,960 --> 00:51:48,759
Speaker 1: is you're not. They're gonna keep winning it. With so

917
00:51:48,840 --> 00:51:52,279
Speaker 1: many meaningless games and playoff teams resting starters. Do you

918
00:51:52,280 --> 00:51:56,160
Speaker 1: think the NFL needs to rethink the playoff seeding format.

919
00:51:56,360 --> 00:51:59,200
Speaker 1: One thought I had to give the top three seeds

920
00:51:59,520 --> 00:52:03,160
Speaker 1: to the three division winners, then seed four to seven

921
00:52:03,520 --> 00:52:06,880
Speaker 1: based on record. It would intensify the race for the

922
00:52:06,920 --> 00:52:10,400
Speaker 1: three seed since the fourth division winner may have to

923
00:52:10,440 --> 00:52:15,560
Speaker 1: go on the road. The Rams game would be meaningful today. Pittsburgh,

924
00:52:15,640 --> 00:52:18,600
Speaker 1: Houston and LA Chargers would have a ton line trying

925
00:52:18,640 --> 00:52:21,360
Speaker 1: to earn a home game, and a team like Detroit

926
00:52:21,719 --> 00:52:25,600
Speaker 1: Minnesota would be rewarded with one home game for winning

927
00:52:25,640 --> 00:52:29,120
Speaker 1: fourteen games. It just seems like something needs to be done.

928
00:52:29,320 --> 00:52:33,120
Speaker 1: I hear you. But for whatever reason, the NFL baseball

929
00:52:33,120 --> 00:52:36,280
Speaker 1: does this too, puts an emphasis on winning the division.

930
00:52:38,120 --> 00:52:45,200
Speaker 1: You get, you know, a large gap. There's a difference

931
00:52:45,280 --> 00:52:48,000
Speaker 1: of like, you get more credit when you win the division,

932
00:52:48,680 --> 00:52:52,240
Speaker 1: even if your division on a given your sucks because

933
00:52:52,280 --> 00:52:54,360
Speaker 1: you play that you know, you play every team in

934
00:52:54,400 --> 00:52:57,319
Speaker 1: your division twice. So baseball does the same thing. Like

935
00:52:57,360 --> 00:53:00,160
Speaker 1: you've had one year the Dodgers were a wildcard, won

936
00:53:00,200 --> 00:53:03,080
Speaker 1: like one hundred and six games, But if you were

937
00:53:03,080 --> 00:53:04,560
Speaker 1: in a division, you won ninety five and you won

938
00:53:04,600 --> 00:53:07,280
Speaker 1: the division, like you just you skipped a wild card spot.

939
00:53:08,040 --> 00:53:10,040
Speaker 1: And obviously the NFL has done this for a long

940
00:53:10,080 --> 00:53:12,920
Speaker 1: period of time. Did if you win a division, you're

941
00:53:12,960 --> 00:53:16,000
Speaker 1: getting a home game. I really don't have a problem

942
00:53:16,080 --> 00:53:17,920
Speaker 1: with it because if you look at the if you

943
00:53:17,960 --> 00:53:23,800
Speaker 1: really look at both conferences this year, the AFC South

944
00:53:23,880 --> 00:53:29,319
Speaker 1: really sucked, but even like the Rams winning that that

945
00:53:29,360 --> 00:53:35,360
Speaker 1: was a competitive division. I got no issue with it.

946
00:53:35,120 --> 00:53:40,360
Speaker 1: It's not something I think about that much. Week eighteen

947
00:53:40,600 --> 00:53:46,200
Speaker 1: just historically as always somewhat of a throwaway, and the

948
00:53:46,239 --> 00:53:48,359
Speaker 1: reality is as long as they have one or two

949
00:53:48,440 --> 00:53:52,319
Speaker 1: good games, you could argue that's all that matters. I'm

950
00:53:52,320 --> 00:53:55,200
Speaker 1: cool with it because it kind of felt a little

951
00:53:55,200 --> 00:54:00,000
Speaker 1: more chill from me on my side, but I hear you.

952
00:54:00,800 --> 00:54:03,759
Speaker 1: My question for the mail bag is what steps would

953
00:54:03,760 --> 00:54:06,400
Speaker 1: you take or suggest as a former NFL scout to

954
00:54:06,520 --> 00:54:10,640
Speaker 1: help the Steelers compete in the AFC. We've spent plenty

955
00:54:10,640 --> 00:54:12,920
Speaker 1: of capital on the old line, we failed to get

956
00:54:12,960 --> 00:54:16,240
Speaker 1: any better on offense, if we're being honest, highest paid defense,

957
00:54:16,320 --> 00:54:18,320
Speaker 1: and we just keep doubling down on that side of

958
00:54:18,360 --> 00:54:22,000
Speaker 1: the ball money wise, I truly don't understand what has

959
00:54:22,040 --> 00:54:25,200
Speaker 1: happened to the franchise that always could draft and develop

960
00:54:25,280 --> 00:54:31,080
Speaker 1: offensive talent. I do think ever, since you know really

961
00:54:31,080 --> 00:54:37,560
Speaker 1: good Roethlisberger, it's really exposed everything you could function with

962
00:54:37,880 --> 00:54:41,680
Speaker 1: I would say, average offensive linemen and make them look

963
00:54:41,719 --> 00:54:45,720
Speaker 1: good because of him. Obviously, offensive skill wise, you've always

964
00:54:45,719 --> 00:54:49,279
Speaker 1: been able to draft wide receivers. But it's one thing

965
00:54:49,320 --> 00:54:54,359
Speaker 1: to go from like Plexico to Emmanuel Sanders to Antonio

966
00:54:54,520 --> 00:54:58,640
Speaker 1: Brown to this kid who's clearly got some talent, but

967
00:54:59,440 --> 00:55:02,800
Speaker 1: he ain't fun Antonio Brown, and I think they're putting

968
00:55:02,800 --> 00:55:05,960
Speaker 1: the pressure on him to be like some superstar like

969
00:55:06,080 --> 00:55:09,200
Speaker 1: b are carry us, you know, like we see wide

970
00:55:09,239 --> 00:55:14,719
Speaker 1: receivers do sometimes act like AJ Brown act like ceedee lamb,

971
00:55:14,719 --> 00:55:16,919
Speaker 1: We're just gonna feed you the pill. It's like, yeah,

972
00:55:16,960 --> 00:55:18,759
Speaker 1: I don't know if he can. I don't know if

973
00:55:18,800 --> 00:55:21,920
Speaker 1: that's really working. So to me, they put all their

974
00:55:21,920 --> 00:55:25,080
Speaker 1: eggs in his basket. And George Pickens is a major

975
00:55:25,080 --> 00:55:30,760
Speaker 1: wild card. Friar was good. You know, they drafted Nausei

976
00:55:30,840 --> 00:55:32,680
Speaker 1: in the first round. Like I think if they had

977
00:55:32,719 --> 00:55:35,280
Speaker 1: to do over, they would not have taken them. Clearly,

978
00:55:35,280 --> 00:55:38,000
Speaker 1: they didn't pick up his fift year option. He's a fine,

979
00:55:38,080 --> 00:55:41,000
Speaker 1: he's okay, solid starter, but he's probably more like a

980
00:55:41,000 --> 00:55:43,480
Speaker 1: third or fourth round pick. I don't know, man, I

981
00:55:43,719 --> 00:55:46,920
Speaker 1: just think it's a quarterback situation. Then you draft Kenny

982
00:55:46,920 --> 00:55:49,200
Speaker 1: Pickett and it's like, what are we doing? Then you

983
00:55:49,239 --> 00:55:53,160
Speaker 1: get this situation where if you're ever bragging about two

984
00:55:53,200 --> 00:55:55,400
Speaker 1: free agents that you either trade for or signed, like

985
00:55:55,440 --> 00:55:58,000
Speaker 1: we didn't have to spend any money. It's like, okay,

986
00:55:58,000 --> 00:56:00,600
Speaker 1: it's cool if it's like a guard or like a linebacker.

987
00:56:00,800 --> 00:56:03,840
Speaker 1: If it's your quarterback room. It's one thing when the

988
00:56:03,880 --> 00:56:05,840
Speaker 1: guy's on a rookie contract, but part of the bragging,

989
00:56:05,920 --> 00:56:07,600
Speaker 1: like we didn't have to spend any money and listen,

990
00:56:07,640 --> 00:56:10,440
Speaker 1: it was the best option, but like it's ultimately the

991
00:56:10,480 --> 00:56:15,400
Speaker 1: reason they're here. They clearly just don't think Justin Fields

992
00:56:15,400 --> 00:56:17,319
Speaker 1: can play. I know he was banged up a couple

993
00:56:17,400 --> 00:56:19,440
Speaker 1: weeks ago and was inactive in one of the games,

994
00:56:19,440 --> 00:56:23,480
Speaker 1: but they just don't put him in. They don't trust

995
00:56:23,520 --> 00:56:27,040
Speaker 1: him to throw at all. And Russell, let's face it,

996
00:56:27,120 --> 00:56:30,960
Speaker 1: like the guy that we all harold did as this

997
00:56:31,560 --> 00:56:34,279
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame talent in Seattle feels like a long,

998
00:56:34,400 --> 00:56:38,160
Speaker 1: long time ago. And the dynamic attribute of his game

999
00:56:39,280 --> 00:56:42,160
Speaker 1: still throws a nice de ball, but that's about it.

1000
00:56:42,480 --> 00:56:46,759
Speaker 1: He ain't really running around like he used to. Now

1001
00:56:46,800 --> 00:56:49,759
Speaker 1: that Belichick has a new job, which coaches do you

1002
00:56:49,800 --> 00:56:54,160
Speaker 1: think can breathe a little easier? Siriani comes to mind. Also,

1003
00:56:54,440 --> 00:56:56,560
Speaker 1: who do you think will be the surprise firing of

1004
00:56:56,600 --> 00:56:59,799
Speaker 1: the year and which team is in need of a

1005
00:56:59,800 --> 00:57:01,839
Speaker 1: coch coach? Do you think we'll get a surprise higher

1006
00:57:01,960 --> 00:57:06,520
Speaker 1: for example, something like the Bears hiring Ryan Day. Yeah,

1007
00:57:06,719 --> 00:57:11,040
Speaker 1: I think Sirianni because of the two coordinators unless the

1008
00:57:11,080 --> 00:57:14,320
Speaker 1: Packers were to beat him like fifty to twenty. I

1009
00:57:14,800 --> 00:57:17,120
Speaker 1: think he's pretty safe, and I think they're going to

1010
00:57:17,160 --> 00:57:20,160
Speaker 1: give this regime, you know, obviously the rest of this

1011
00:57:20,280 --> 00:57:26,560
Speaker 1: year and then next year. Would Jerry have hired Belichick?

1012
00:57:26,600 --> 00:57:29,720
Speaker 1: Would Belichick have been interested with Jerry? Did Belichick know

1013
00:57:29,800 --> 00:57:32,400
Speaker 1: when he took the North Carolina job that McCarthy wasn't

1014
00:57:32,400 --> 00:57:35,640
Speaker 1: gonna get fired. I would say Todd Bowles would have

1015
00:57:35,680 --> 00:57:38,920
Speaker 1: been a guy just because of Jason Light's connection with Bill.

1016
00:57:38,960 --> 00:57:42,600
Speaker 1: But like Todd's doing a good job. You know, it

1017
00:57:42,680 --> 00:57:48,600
Speaker 1: doesn't feel like the Raiders are keeping Antonio Pierce as

1018
00:57:48,640 --> 00:57:53,640
Speaker 1: of recording this Monday afternoon. But would Mark Davis he

1019
00:57:53,760 --> 00:57:57,080
Speaker 1: hired Josh McDaniels and all those guys. Now, obviously Belichick's

1020
00:57:57,120 --> 00:57:59,280
Speaker 1: a lot different Josh McDaniels a head coach, But still

1021
00:58:00,160 --> 00:58:02,520
Speaker 1: I don't know if I think that's why Bill took

1022
00:58:02,560 --> 00:58:04,360
Speaker 1: the UNC job. I don't think there were a lot

1023
00:58:04,360 --> 00:58:06,200
Speaker 1: of options, and I think he kind of knew it.

1024
00:58:07,600 --> 00:58:09,640
Speaker 1: And I think that the Eagles thing was something that

1025
00:58:09,720 --> 00:58:13,440
Speaker 1: was real last year but kind of just has gone away.

1026
00:58:13,600 --> 00:58:15,640
Speaker 1: I mean, when you're the number two seed and you

1027
00:58:15,680 --> 00:58:18,120
Speaker 1: look destined to be in like the NFC Championship Game.

1028
00:58:19,880 --> 00:58:24,240
Speaker 1: It wouldn't shock me if Marcus Freeman interviewed, if Ryan

1029
00:58:24,360 --> 00:58:27,040
Speaker 1: Day interviewed. I'm not even saying the Bears. I'm just saying,

1030
00:58:27,080 --> 00:58:30,600
Speaker 1: like some covert interviews, Matt Campbell had a really good

1031
00:58:30,680 --> 00:58:33,480
Speaker 1: year at Iowa State. But I do think there are

1032
00:58:33,480 --> 00:58:36,040
Speaker 1: a lot of good NFL candidates. You got Ben Johnson,

1033
00:58:36,080 --> 00:58:39,600
Speaker 1: you got Aaron Glenn, you got Mike Vrabel. There aren't

1034
00:58:39,640 --> 00:58:43,080
Speaker 1: that many jobs open either. If McCarthy stays so, I

1035
00:58:43,120 --> 00:58:46,000
Speaker 1: have no clue what the Bears are gonna do none.

1036
00:58:46,200 --> 00:58:49,840
Speaker 1: I mean, I have no feel for that. It doesn't

1037
00:58:49,880 --> 00:58:51,840
Speaker 1: really feel like a college guy is gonna make the jump.

1038
00:58:52,760 --> 00:58:55,680
Speaker 1: It really doesn't. And who's to say, like Ryan Day

1039
00:58:55,760 --> 00:58:57,440
Speaker 1: or Marcus Freeman. I mean, those guys are making like

1040
00:58:57,440 --> 00:59:00,600
Speaker 1: eleven twelve million dollars. I bet the Bears were just

1041
00:59:00,600 --> 00:59:04,200
Speaker 1: paying eber Flues like five million dollars. So to get

1042
00:59:04,200 --> 00:59:07,160
Speaker 1: me to leave Ohio State or Notre Dame, you have

1043
00:59:07,200 --> 00:59:09,480
Speaker 1: to pay me like fifteen million dollars a year. The

1044
00:59:09,520 --> 00:59:13,480
Speaker 1: Bears are gonna do that. I would say the Jags,

1045
00:59:13,520 --> 00:59:15,440
Speaker 1: but the Jags tried that with Urban Myron. It blew

1046
00:59:15,520 --> 00:59:17,800
Speaker 1: up in their face. I guess the one guy, and

1047
00:59:17,840 --> 00:59:22,200
Speaker 1: we've mentioned before would be Kirby Smart, but I don't know.

1048
00:59:22,280 --> 00:59:24,000
Speaker 1: It feels like he's got a pretty good thing going

1049
00:59:24,040 --> 00:59:28,920
Speaker 1: to Georgia again makes a ton of money. Has I

1050
00:59:28,920 --> 00:59:31,120
Speaker 1: don't want to say he's on scholarship for life, but

1051
00:59:32,720 --> 00:59:35,560
Speaker 1: feels like he had minimums got he could have a

1052
00:59:35,640 --> 00:59:37,560
Speaker 1: He'd have to be a disaster to get like five

1053
00:59:37,600 --> 00:59:40,200
Speaker 1: more years he played there, He's already won two Natties.

1054
00:59:40,600 --> 00:59:43,920
Speaker 1: They just the two sweet guys that transfer portal at USC.

1055
00:59:44,080 --> 00:59:47,520
Speaker 1: He just landed them both. The little return guy Branch.

1056
00:59:48,240 --> 00:59:53,920
Speaker 1: So I I do think he would be interested if

1057
00:59:54,120 --> 00:59:56,720
Speaker 1: he wasn't at like his dream school where he's just

1058
00:59:56,800 --> 00:59:59,080
Speaker 1: the boss and the most important guy on campus. I

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Speaker 1: think Lane Kiffin would love to do it. Would anyone

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Speaker 1: higher Lane? I don't know, you know. I think Brian Kelly,

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Speaker 1: once upon a time was definitely a guy. His stock

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Speaker 1: has fallen dramatically. Why would Sarks got a pretty good

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Speaker 1: gig at Texas? So? I think part of it is

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Speaker 1: these guys in college now make so much money, they're

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Speaker 1: the GM, and yet they don't have one owner they

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Speaker 1: answered to They got to answer to some boosters. They

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Speaker 1: got to answer to the chancellor and they got to

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Speaker 1: answer to the ad. But it's a pretty good gig.

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Speaker 1: Everyone that tries to shit on college like, oh my god,

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Speaker 1: it's like, it's not that bad. Guys at the top schools.

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Speaker 1: Coach at Texas, Ohio, State, Georgia, Michigan pays a shit load,

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Speaker 1: you get unlimited first round picks, you get a huge

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Speaker 1: nil budget. So I guess, sitting here right now, I

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Speaker 1: would never say never, but I wouldn't anticipate one of

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Speaker 1: like the Ryan Day, Marcus Freeman Kirby aren't sark like

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Speaker 1: that type guy becoming a coach this cycle. And if

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Speaker 1: I was a team, I would be hesitant to do it.

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Speaker 1: I'd be very I mean, look at it. All these

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Speaker 1: guys are freaking out about nil, Belichick, I want to

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Speaker 1: do that. Well, if you're freaking out about nil, like

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Speaker 1: the college or I mean the pros, like they make

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Speaker 1: way more money in the pros and yeah they're under

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Speaker 1: contract and it's different, but still you're dealing with Tyreek Hill.

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Speaker 1: I'm out, like you deal with a lot of these

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Speaker 1: guys have huge, huge platforms and brands, so it's like, well,

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Speaker 1: you can't deal with some twenty year old making five

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Speaker 1: hundred g's, how do you deal with the you know,

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Speaker 1: the crazy wide receiver making twenty eight godspeed to you.

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Speaker 1: So I guess overall, I would lean no college guy, though.

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Speaker 1: I think it'd be a cool story and I'm not

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Speaker 1: opposed to it. I hope it happens because I would

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Speaker 1: love to talk about it, but yeah, I doubt that happens.

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Speaker 1: I think these college guys Ryan Days one more went

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Speaker 1: away from like people forgetting about that Michigan game pretty quickly. Okay,

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Speaker 1: we will talk to you tomorrow. Have a great day,

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Speaker 1: have a great afternoon morning whenever you're listening to this,

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Speaker 1: and we will talk soon. The volume