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Speaker 1: Via Around the NFL Podcast has strong relationships with their mother's.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to another edition of the Around the NFL Podcast.

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Speaker 1: My name is Dan Kansas and I am joined by

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Speaker 1: a room heroes, Mark Sessler, Chris Westling, and Greg Rosenthal.

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Speaker 1: What's up? Boys? Hey Dan? What's up? What an absolutely

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Speaker 1: true money drop this time versus the false one they

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Speaker 1: issued on the last show? What was it the last

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Speaker 1: I don't even remember, but it was ridiculous. This one

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Speaker 1: was right on the money. Well, this this sets you up.

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Speaker 1: You You had said you wanted to take a couple

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Speaker 1: of minutes and talk about your mother to start the show,

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Speaker 1: So go ahead. I did not. I did not because

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Speaker 1: she listens to this and I know if I say

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Speaker 1: something it will be twisted around by the three of

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Speaker 1: you into something that I'll have to explain in a

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Speaker 1: phone call. So I'm not going to touch it. She

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Speaker 1: has been a wonderful mother and continues to be well,

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Speaker 1: I'll tell you what. Debbie Rosenthal wins a lot of

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Speaker 1: points um, not just for raising me, but she's definitely

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Speaker 1: the only Rosenthal family member that ever listened to this podcast,

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Speaker 1: and she listens to it regularly. Has great opinions about

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Speaker 1: all of you guys. Loves you all my uh no, No,

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Speaker 1: no one in my family listens to my podcast. No

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Speaker 1: one in my direct family, nor my extended family, uh really,

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Speaker 1: nor any of my friends really, which is discerning, concerning.

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Speaker 1: I have some very close friends that listen to every show,

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Speaker 1: but for the most part, no one really even knows

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Speaker 1: about this podcast, and it feels hurt. Oh you mean

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Speaker 1: in your life sort of thing. Oh yeah, Okay. I

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Speaker 1: have a really close friend in Cincinnati, the best softball

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Speaker 1: player I've ever played with, and he's really upset because

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Speaker 1: I'll just say he's the best softball player I've ever

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Speaker 1: played with, but I'm not mentioning. It sounds like a

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Speaker 1: healthy friendship you have. You're referring to Tony Garcia, but

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Speaker 1: he's not since the best short stuff I've played. Okay, Okay, alright, guys.

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Speaker 1: By the way, good mom talk. Congratulations again to Mark Sessler,

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Speaker 1: who sitting with us now with his new MacBook. Let's

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Speaker 1: go inside Mark's head and his journey home, skipping through

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Speaker 1: the streets of Los Angeles, popping over street lights collecting

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Speaker 1: gold coins. Yeah, it's an anime character in human form.

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Speaker 1: It's been a long journey, you know, another continuing three

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Speaker 1: and the three of you have these up to date,

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Speaker 1: beautiful computers dating back to nine, you know, two thousand

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Speaker 1: Apple too, and I'm finally up to snuff. And he's

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Speaker 1: actually not an Apple. It was ah, some low level

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Speaker 1: get a Mac when I suggested you get a Mac

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Speaker 1: last time. I mean, let the record show that's your narrative.

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Speaker 1: Let the record show the Mark said I don't want

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Speaker 1: to Mac. Yeah, that's your narrative. Okay, that that was

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Speaker 1: the true story. But we heard about it for two

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Speaker 1: straight years. But now you you have a Mac as well,

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Speaker 1: and if anything, we can now start complaining that you

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Speaker 1: have the newest Absolutely I would complete the I think

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Speaker 1: it's acceptable now that the cycle of complaints goes to

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Speaker 1: But the two of you have a ripe case. I

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Speaker 1: just got a new one. The week before you did.

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Speaker 1: All right, Dan, it's your turn to complain. I'm happy

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Speaker 1: with mine. What is your next slide? Now? What are

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Speaker 1: we moving on to? Oh, I've got a lot of them.

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Speaker 1: The season is young. The next slide is connected to

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Speaker 1: Greg's new nickname, fly Boy. We don't need to get

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Speaker 1: into that right now. I'm a fly boy as well. Well, yeah,

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Speaker 1: but you have a nickname. Um. All right, this is

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Speaker 1: the Wednesday edition of the Around the NFL podcast. A

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Speaker 1: really fun show tonight, guys. A lot to get to

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Speaker 1: today because, uh, not only our camps rolling now we're

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Speaker 1: behind the glass. There he is, come here, the great irishman,

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Speaker 1: Brandon mcguess. What's up, buddy? Not that much? You know.

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Speaker 1: but where did you get batteries? Like you're pulling batteries

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Speaker 1: it's happened and batteries? I guess it's expensive. I remember

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Speaker 1: that's what you have to love about Tim Tebow. And

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Speaker 1: focus on one of his former teams, in the Philadelphia Eagles,

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Speaker 1: Kobeak may want out of this quarterback is to make

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Speaker 1: the fewest game breaking mistakes possible. And that's Simeon's reputation

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Speaker 1: to a fault is that he's a conservative, check down

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Speaker 1: type of quarterback that won't kill you. And Mark Sanchez

429
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Speaker 1: is not that guy. Uh. And other news, Lakwan Treadwill

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Speaker 1: in the first round wide receiver of the Minnesota Vikings. Uh.

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Speaker 1: There are reports out there that he is not going

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Speaker 1: to immediately take on a big role in the offense.

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Speaker 1: In fact, Treadwill is listed behind Charles Johnson on the

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Speaker 1: Vikings initial depth chart. Uh. Mark Sessler, I know you're

435
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Speaker 1: a huge Charles Johnson fan. You carry that water up

436
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Speaker 1: and down the hill for Chaz Johnson. Gotta be excited. Well,

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Speaker 1: that said, I'm not buying this because you know there's

438
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Speaker 1: nor of Turner has already talked about implementing specific you know,

439
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Speaker 1: skinny post routes, the old Michael Irvan Bang eight route

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Speaker 1: just for Treadwell, who essentially is a Michael Irvin esque

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Speaker 1: frame and height and weight. I was receivers, you, I

442
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Speaker 1: guess you don't know first year how they're gonna grow

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Speaker 1: immediately and and fit into the offense. I think by

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Speaker 1: you know, October, this will be a non story. If

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Speaker 1: not sooner, well, I think the real story here is

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Speaker 1: is Stefon Diggs, who has moved from the X spot

447
00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:32,640
Speaker 1: to the Z spot, which is much more fitting for

448
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Speaker 1: his frame and playing style. And it would surprise me

449
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Speaker 1: if he's not their best receiver this year. Yeah, the

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Speaker 1: reports in Minnesota is that he's taken a big step

451
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Speaker 1: and Treadwell if he was on the bench at the

452
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Speaker 1: beginning of the year, it would be in Mike Zimmer.

453
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Speaker 1: Zimmer's m O. I mean, he hasn't played trade Waynes yet.

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Speaker 1: He still might not be playing trade Waynes, who got

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Speaker 1: drafted even higher than tread Well, wouldn't It wouldn't surprise

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Speaker 1: me if they keep Treadwell on the bench, and you

457
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Speaker 1: think about it, Zimmer came out of the Bengals program.

458
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Speaker 1: Also doesn't rush rookies on the field. So and finally, Uh,

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Speaker 1: if you're looking for a deep sleeper in your fantasy leagues,

460
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Speaker 1: how about fifth round wide receiver Taj Sharp of the

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Speaker 1: Tennessee Titans, who has quote established himself as one of

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Speaker 1: the better route runners on the team according to Titans

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Speaker 1: online dot Com. Uh. You know, with a young, dynamic quarterback,

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Speaker 1: that guy needs to find his favorites. Is a possible

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Speaker 1: west that Sharp could be a difference maker this year. Well,

466
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Speaker 1: I don't know about difference maker. He could be a starter.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if he's talented enough as a rookie

468
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Speaker 1: to be a difference maker. But when I hear he's

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Speaker 1: the best route runner on the team, it says a

470
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Speaker 1: lot more about the other wide receivers on the team.

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Speaker 1: You mask, Greg, I love that fifth round. I mean

472
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Speaker 1: it says something. They're kid. They're dogging Dorio Green Beckham,

473
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Speaker 1: who's still getting taken in fantasy drafts pretty high. Uh. There,

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Speaker 1: you know Mike Malarkey's dogging him. He might be fourth

475
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Speaker 1: on the depth chart. I mean, you're shaking your hat.

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Speaker 1: I mean, he's a talented guy, but they have the

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Speaker 1: types of receivers they want he's not that type right now,

478
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Speaker 1: and so he's not playing, and it looks like it's

479
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Speaker 1: gonna be Richard Matthews and Sharp and Kendall writes in

480
00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:02,000
Speaker 1: right now, they're not thrilled taking in my head because

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Speaker 1: of the tweet you had the other day. If you

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Speaker 1: don't think Mike mlarkey is capable of bearing Dorial Green

483
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Speaker 1: Beckham behind Harry Douglass, you don't know Mike mclarkey and

484
00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:13,639
Speaker 1: Harry Douglass doesn't belong on this roster. Well, how about

485
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Speaker 1: one of their they keep drafting receivers in the upper rounds,

486
00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:18,560
Speaker 1: how about one of them is developed by one of

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00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:20,920
Speaker 1: the went on these coaching staffs. I mean, this is ridiculous.

488
00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:24,800
Speaker 1: It's year after year these under performing Titans receivers. Compare

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Speaker 1: that to what the Steelers do the opposite. Um, I

490
00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:33,640
Speaker 1: think it was umss Amherst maybe U mess Lowell, uh

491
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Speaker 1: County Crows two thousand two hard Candy tour. So with

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Speaker 1: the college girlfriend, very emotional night, that's I think we

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Speaker 1: should from the NFL's account, tweet that line and see

494
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Speaker 1: if that gets back to the hands as household. If

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Speaker 1: that your wife spiles back on Emily's birthday. Yes, and

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Speaker 1: by the way, thank you for the advice. I got

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Speaker 1: a babysitter for tonight. I'm gonna take my wife seven

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Speaker 1: months pregnant, get her out of the house. Well, because

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Speaker 1: wives say I don't oh no, no, no, don't fuss

500
00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:05,160
Speaker 1: over me. Well, if you don't fuss over them, you're

501
00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:08,000
Speaker 1: gonna hear about it better and move more. Very true.

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Speaker 1: And and just because um market, that was such a

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Speaker 1: great point by you, I'm gonna let you choose which

504
00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:18,320
Speaker 1: of the members of this podcast will sing the odds

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Speaker 1: and in outro, uh westwill alright? Oh no, let it rip.

506
00:26:34,119 --> 00:26:37,000
Speaker 1: I'm on record as admitting I am the worst singer

507
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Speaker 1: and dancing. That was delightful. What did the music teacher

508
00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:43,159
Speaker 1: say to you again? It's the maybe stay after class

509
00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:46,080
Speaker 1: and put my ear on the piano. Oh my god,

510
00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:51,680
Speaker 1: because you didn't have any I'm tone deaf, I have

511
00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:54,359
Speaker 1: no rhythm. Girls are always trying to get me to

512
00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:56,720
Speaker 1: dance with him when I'm when I'm dating them, and like,

513
00:26:56,760 --> 00:26:59,800
Speaker 1: there's no, it's not gonna happen. I remember I had

514
00:26:59,840 --> 00:27:03,600
Speaker 1: a barbecue not too long ago where before West met

515
00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:09,160
Speaker 1: his current uh paramore, not Mary Kay Cabot a different one. Uh,

516
00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:11,760
Speaker 1: this woman was trying to get West to dance, and

517
00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:15,240
Speaker 1: it got legitimately uncomfortable for the rest of us because

518
00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:17,119
Speaker 1: West was stonewall and I'd be like, no, I'm not

519
00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:20,159
Speaker 1: gonna dance, can't dance, not gonna do it. Which is

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00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:22,040
Speaker 1: your right to say that? That was one of like

521
00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:24,359
Speaker 1: a handful of things she wanted to change about me, Right,

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Speaker 1: I can't change West. I think I actually your belief

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00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:31,560
Speaker 1: in a higher power. That's that. It seems like a

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00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:35,720
Speaker 1: big thing to ask on the second date. Rights that then, Uh,

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00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:39,440
Speaker 1: I should stop eating pork and meat or anything like that,

526
00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:42,320
Speaker 1: as I'm smoking ribs for the group. And now this

527
00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:43,680
Speaker 1: is just petty and I don't want to be mean,

528
00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:46,080
Speaker 1: but I found that that woman's hair in my house

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00:27:46,119 --> 00:27:50,560
Speaker 1: for a week. Road No, no, no, no, I don't

530
00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:53,040
Speaker 1: need to go down that road weeks. She was a

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Speaker 1: delightful party guest. She's a very nice girl. Hopefully not

532
00:27:55,840 --> 00:28:01,200
Speaker 1: a listener of the show. Probably not stop being gotta

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Speaker 1: do that. Yes, it's time for the first Hard Knocks

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Speaker 1: Report of sponsored by NFL dot Com, slash end around

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Speaker 1: daily pop culture and football. Yes, if you want to

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Speaker 1: check out really Definitive weekly recaps of this program gotta

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Speaker 1: go to NFL dot com and around. But now we're

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Speaker 1: gonna talk about the episode a little bit and uh

539
00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:37,080
Speaker 1: a nice start to Hard Knocks. And by the way,

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Speaker 1: I should say this because we have so many loyal, wonderful, beautiful,

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Speaker 1: um sophisticated UK listeners who want to know, how can

542
00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:50,000
Speaker 1: I see Hard Knocks? Uh? It will be available on

543
00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:52,600
Speaker 1: game Pass on Friday, so if you have game Pass,

544
00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:55,480
Speaker 1: you're in luck there. And on Sky Sports, which I

545
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Speaker 1: think is like their ESPN. Is that for that? Yeah,

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00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:01,360
Speaker 1: a couple of things something like that, uh later this

547
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Speaker 1: month on Sky Sports, so you will have a chance

548
00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:07,320
Speaker 1: to see it anyway. So the first episode of Hard Knocks, UM,

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Speaker 1: of course focusing on the Los Angeles Rams and the

550
00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:12,400
Speaker 1: thing that I I'll start with because that's how I

551
00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:16,040
Speaker 1: um it was the lead of my recap was you know,

552
00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:19,160
Speaker 1: big Jeff Fisher episode, and we we have our fun

553
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Speaker 1: with with Fisher and less Sneat and the Rams about

554
00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:26,960
Speaker 1: how they've had this almost commitment to mediocrity, not their goal,

555
00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:30,520
Speaker 1: but how it's it's uh played out since two thousand twelve.

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Speaker 1: Every year seven or nine, eight and eight, seven or nine,

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00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:38,040
Speaker 1: maybe six and ten sprinkled in and uh, I can't

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00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:40,880
Speaker 1: say Jeff Fisher is not self aware because he uh

559
00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:42,960
Speaker 1: you makes a point of it to say that he

560
00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:44,840
Speaker 1: is sick of being that guy, and he does it

561
00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:49,080
Speaker 1: greg in a way that um I felt like maybe

562
00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:52,800
Speaker 1: a little cheap. Because there's a undrafted wide wide receiver

563
00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:56,840
Speaker 1: named Dion Lewis, excuse me, Dion Long who makes the

564
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Speaker 1: mistake of uh bringing having a girl at his dorm room,

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Speaker 1: which Fisher had uh stated, do not do this in

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Speaker 1: one of the early meetings of the summer, do not

567
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Speaker 1: have any um any women back at the dorm rooms.

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00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:15,040
Speaker 1: He gets caught, uh, Dion Long does and and Jeff

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Speaker 1: Fisher cuts him. It's pretty cold blooded scene. I don't

570
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Speaker 1: think there's any way that Long saw it coming the

571
00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:23,320
Speaker 1: way that it seemed like Long was under the oppression.

572
00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:25,720
Speaker 1: He was just gonna get a tongue lashing. Instead, he

573
00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:28,240
Speaker 1: gets kicked out the building and loses a job. And

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Speaker 1: then that sets up Jeff Fisher for a speech to

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Speaker 1: his team. And I will read that speech. I'm not

576
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Speaker 1: going seven and nine or eight and eight or nine

577
00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:41,000
Speaker 1: and seven, okay, or ten and six for that matter.

578
00:30:41,280 --> 00:30:43,520
Speaker 1: This team is too talented. I'm not gonna settle for that.

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Speaker 1: I know what I'm doing. We had some seven and

580
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Speaker 1: nine bulle this morning. Now Deon's gone that a seven

581
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Speaker 1: and nine bullet and we don't need it. You guys,

582
00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:53,720
Speaker 1: take ownership of this thing. Okay, you take ownership, and

583
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Speaker 1: you trust that I know what I'm doing and we're

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Speaker 1: going to be just fine. When you first heard that, West,

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Speaker 1: what were you're thinking, Well, I wish it was only

586
00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:05,000
Speaker 1: the Deon Long thing that caused this outburst, but it

587
00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:07,760
Speaker 1: is also because Tavon Austin had two bananas for lunch

588
00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:10,800
Speaker 1: and cramped up and it and it led to this,

589
00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:13,720
Speaker 1: like Jeff Fisher is gonna die on this hill, the

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00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:16,680
Speaker 1: seven and nine and seven hill. I didn't buy a

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00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:18,360
Speaker 1: word he said, and I'm not sure he got much

592
00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:21,840
Speaker 1: buying from his players on that thing. Well, I to me,

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00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:24,720
Speaker 1: the Tavon Austin thing made more sense. I wouldn't have

594
00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:27,400
Speaker 1: yelled about that necessarily either, But to me, it was

595
00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:30,240
Speaker 1: less offensive because he wasn't able to practice, which is

596
00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:32,880
Speaker 1: his job, and it affected the rest of practice because

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00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:35,040
Speaker 1: he didn't take his nutrition all that seriously. By the way,

598
00:31:35,080 --> 00:31:38,080
Speaker 1: bananas help you from having cramp that that's all the

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00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:41,440
Speaker 1: the I hate the Deon Long thing because it's so

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Speaker 1: hypocritical and it's so phony, because if he was the

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Speaker 1: number fifty five guy on the roster, he is not

602
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Speaker 1: getting caught. I'm not talking about of course, if it

603
00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:52,520
Speaker 1: was Tavon Austin or Todd Gurley, they're not getting caught.

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Speaker 1: But if he was even on the edge that he

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Speaker 1: had a chance to make the team, there's no way

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Speaker 1: they are cutting the player for having a woman apparently

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00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:02,480
Speaker 1: in his room shortly. You know, it wasn't like a

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00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:04,680
Speaker 1: long time to what happened was the guy came or

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00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:07,080
Speaker 1: whoever checks the rooms came an hour before he was

610
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Speaker 1: supposed to come, So he got busted that way. Yeah,

611
00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:12,160
Speaker 1: so it's in the middle, middle of the afternoons. And

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Speaker 1: if if this guy was even had a chance to

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Speaker 1: make the team, he's not getting cut period. So you're

614
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Speaker 1: making a moral stand for something that you're being hypocritical about.

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Speaker 1: There's just no way that they're cutting Greg's or line

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Speaker 1: or Johnny Hecker if they do that. For instance, you

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Speaker 1: also pointed to Jeff Fishers self awareness, but does he

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Speaker 1: have the self awareness to know that he's going seven

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Speaker 1: and nine not because Dion Long is doing this stuff,

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Speaker 1: because look at your offensive coordinators and your quarterbacks over

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Speaker 1: the last three or four years. It's the coaching. And

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Speaker 1: that leads to the other aspect of the episode that

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Speaker 1: really struck me in and stood out more than anything,

624
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Speaker 1: is that Listen, Jared Goff has every opportunity here to

625
00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:54,560
Speaker 1: become a really good NFL quarterback, and maybe he will

626
00:32:54,600 --> 00:32:56,760
Speaker 1: be down the line. But right now, what you saw

627
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Speaker 1: in this practice is just how incredibly green and all

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Speaker 1: he is. Both as a personality as a kid. You

629
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Speaker 1: could tell he seems a little on the immature side

630
00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:07,680
Speaker 1: at this point and you know he's twenty two or whatever,

631
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Speaker 1: but also physically, uh, you see it in so the

632
00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:14,200
Speaker 1: struggles he has in practice, just his build which is slight,

633
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Speaker 1: you see it. And Greg Williams having a private conversation

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Speaker 1: with some other coaches really almost being you know, talking

635
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Speaker 1: about how much of a challenge you're facing that he

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Speaker 1: has no idea how to run a huddle. And then

637
00:33:26,120 --> 00:33:28,000
Speaker 1: then it kind of makes sense when you think about it,

638
00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:31,160
Speaker 1: when you see the report from Ian Rappaport that case

639
00:33:31,280 --> 00:33:33,760
Speaker 1: keenum is is has a chance to be the starter.

640
00:33:33,960 --> 00:33:36,600
Speaker 1: You watch this episode and He's like, oh, yeah, of course,

641
00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:39,440
Speaker 1: because this kid has so far to go. Well, yeah,

642
00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:41,080
Speaker 1: I thought Greg Williams put it, well, you have to

643
00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:43,120
Speaker 1: have a catalog in your mind. If you're a quarterback

644
00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:45,960
Speaker 1: in the NFL, there are eighteen to nineteen words sentences,

645
00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:47,960
Speaker 1: is what Greg Williams says. That you have to memorize

646
00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:51,120
Speaker 1: and basically shout out to everyone on the team, know

647
00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:54,440
Speaker 1: everybody's job on every play. And and he's just not

648
00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:57,360
Speaker 1: there yet. I mean, the one thing that coaches the

649
00:33:57,400 --> 00:33:59,920
Speaker 1: reason they don't want to do Hard Knocks is because

650
00:34:00,560 --> 00:34:05,520
Speaker 1: state secrets and developments and player development are shown nationally

651
00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:08,360
Speaker 1: now and we're talking about it and you're writing about it.

652
00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:12,600
Speaker 1: But with such a tender position a situation like Jared Goff.

653
00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:15,400
Speaker 1: Is this good that they're on Hard Knocks with Jared

654
00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:19,160
Speaker 1: Goff not becoming an instant star and it's his personality too,

655
00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:21,360
Speaker 1: that's a problem. I think there's something to it. I

656
00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:24,239
Speaker 1: honestly think because they watched the episode, they're part of

657
00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:27,799
Speaker 1: the editing process, and I think they they think he

658
00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:30,120
Speaker 1: can take it. They think he can handle because they

659
00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:34,400
Speaker 1: show several coaches getting on him pretty good. Chris Wanky,

660
00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:38,280
Speaker 1: I don't know because gets off being this guy's challenging.

661
00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:41,280
Speaker 1: He wasn't a great player, but he's been running quarterback

662
00:34:41,520 --> 00:34:44,080
Speaker 1: right hat to me for years. But he but that annoyed,

663
00:34:44,239 --> 00:34:46,920
Speaker 1: not annoyed me. But I always I always blanched when

664
00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:49,960
Speaker 1: they're They love telling the players how close they are

665
00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:52,200
Speaker 1: to losing their jobs. The guy that are on the edge,

666
00:34:52,239 --> 00:34:54,839
Speaker 1: and he loved telling God, everyone's watching you, you know,

667
00:34:55,160 --> 00:34:57,640
Speaker 1: you better be ready because this is a big responsibility.

668
00:34:57,640 --> 00:34:59,840
Speaker 1: You better you know, because some people can't handle some

669
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:02,120
Speaker 1: people can't handle that type of pressure. And of course

670
00:35:02,120 --> 00:35:04,839
Speaker 1: everyone watching the show has to be thinking, well, Chris

671
00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:07,879
Speaker 1: Winkie was one of those people. He's speaking from he's

672
00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:10,279
Speaker 1: speaking from experience that he was not one of those

673
00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:12,319
Speaker 1: people that could handle doesn't really help them to tell

674
00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:15,319
Speaker 1: them that over and over, Am, would you require your

675
00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:19,040
Speaker 1: quarterback to know where the sun rises and sets? That

676
00:35:19,080 --> 00:35:22,400
Speaker 1: was the other uh, you know, kind of comical aspect

677
00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:24,960
Speaker 1: of the episode is uh And it did remind me

678
00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:27,359
Speaker 1: of the two thousand twelve season of Hard Knocks when

679
00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:30,000
Speaker 1: Ryan Tannehill did not know who else was in the

680
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:31,400
Speaker 1: a f C East and he caught a ton of

681
00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:35,480
Speaker 1: crap for it. But uh, Jared goff doesn't know that

682
00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:37,600
Speaker 1: the sun rises in the east and sets in the west,

683
00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:41,839
Speaker 1: and gets uh just you know, people just coming after him.

684
00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:43,840
Speaker 1: He's like the butt of jokes and it's a running

685
00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:46,920
Speaker 1: gag throughout the episode. It just seems like, so the

686
00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:50,759
Speaker 1: Tannehill thing, I'll never forget right, will you? And this

687
00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:53,120
Speaker 1: is a golf thing. And then last year the Texans

688
00:35:53,239 --> 00:35:56,640
Speaker 1: quarterbacks looked like trash on fire after hard knocks because

689
00:35:56,680 --> 00:35:58,239
Speaker 1: of the fact the way they played in the way

690
00:35:58,320 --> 00:36:00,600
Speaker 1: they were just dealt with in general, like you gotta

691
00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:02,680
Speaker 1: be willing to take that pr hit if you're the

692
00:36:02,680 --> 00:36:04,719
Speaker 1: player of the team, because it's not a it's not

693
00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:06,960
Speaker 1: a positive on golf, but that's how it is out

694
00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:08,440
Speaker 1: of the game. They try to be fair and that's

695
00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:11,319
Speaker 1: what training campus force for rookie quarterbacks to get better.

696
00:36:11,360 --> 00:36:13,120
Speaker 1: And even by the end of the episode, they're showing

697
00:36:13,160 --> 00:36:16,960
Speaker 1: him making some nice passes and making right and and

698
00:36:17,080 --> 00:36:19,160
Speaker 1: he absolutely like you would expect him to make a

699
00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:21,080
Speaker 1: lot of progress in terms of the mental side of

700
00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:22,799
Speaker 1: the thing. By the by the end of the month,

701
00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:26,239
Speaker 1: I think they were fair to um, what other thing

702
00:36:26,320 --> 00:36:29,279
Speaker 1: I be remiss not to say I felt so bad

703
00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:32,319
Speaker 1: if you're a big RAMS fan a St. Louis Are

704
00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:34,839
Speaker 1: you watching the show? I'm wondering if you where you're at,

705
00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:38,600
Speaker 1: you just stop being a RAMS fan, because not only

706
00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:41,000
Speaker 1: did this team, you know, move to l A, they

707
00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:43,400
Speaker 1: don't spend any time on that aspect. And I understand

708
00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:45,560
Speaker 1: that's that's part of the whole thing. This is in

709
00:36:45,640 --> 00:36:48,120
Speaker 1: real time and the team's moving. But this if there

710
00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:50,000
Speaker 1: was an episode where they could dig into that just

711
00:36:50,080 --> 00:36:52,640
Speaker 1: a little bit, what's what they're leaving behind, it would

712
00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:54,759
Speaker 1: have been the first episode before camp started. They chose

713
00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:56,600
Speaker 1: not to, and I don't I don't know if I

714
00:36:56,600 --> 00:36:59,600
Speaker 1: would um say that was necessarily the right thing to do, considering,

715
00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:02,120
Speaker 1: you know, the amount of time that they spent in St. Louis,

716
00:37:02,719 --> 00:37:06,400
Speaker 1: and uh the other thing, Kendrick Lamar, Yeah, that was

717
00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:09,400
Speaker 1: a surprise. Uh, these cameos weren't happening in St. Louis.

718
00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:13,320
Speaker 1: Ken Kendrick Lamar and Schoolboy Q who I wasn't aware

719
00:37:13,320 --> 00:37:17,480
Speaker 1: of Schoolboy but but they're both South Central products and uh,

720
00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:20,000
Speaker 1: they showed up at practice and I and this is

721
00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:23,200
Speaker 1: just kind of like, I don't know, my own insecurity

722
00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:26,400
Speaker 1: is coming out, but I wanted Kendrick Lamar was so talented,

723
00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:29,880
Speaker 1: as we know as a rapper and a songwriter to suck.

724
00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:34,160
Speaker 1: But he could catch and he could throw. Look like

725
00:37:34,160 --> 00:37:35,919
Speaker 1: he could really throw it. You, I think you would

726
00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:39,160
Speaker 1: like Schoolboy, Q. I gotta I'm gonna plug in on Schoolboy.

727
00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:42,560
Speaker 1: Just go groovy, groovy Tony Eddie came that song. It's

728
00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:46,040
Speaker 1: a banger? Are you lamar? I don't hear. Oh yeah, really,

729
00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:48,200
Speaker 1: I don't hear. You're talking about him as much. I

730
00:37:48,239 --> 00:37:50,759
Speaker 1: know you're very plugged in to the hip hop culture.

731
00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:54,080
Speaker 1: One last thing about this episode. Yes, a shirtless Aaron

732
00:37:54,120 --> 00:37:58,279
Speaker 1: Donald would turn Kevin Patrick into a shrinking violet. That

733
00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:00,680
Speaker 1: guy I loved how compare I did if he was

734
00:38:00,719 --> 00:38:03,840
Speaker 1: about ping pong, that he was legitimately piste, that he

735
00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:08,080
Speaker 1: was stuck with um Eugene Simps who could not play

736
00:38:08,080 --> 00:38:10,000
Speaker 1: ping pong, and so he lost to a couple of

737
00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:13,960
Speaker 1: you see Irvine jabronies. Um shout out to my wife's

738
00:38:13,960 --> 00:38:16,920
Speaker 1: album Modest. She wanted to watch the episode just to see, uh,

739
00:38:17,080 --> 00:38:20,600
Speaker 1: just to see the school. She's like, she know, yeah,

740
00:38:20,960 --> 00:38:25,040
Speaker 1: come on, guys, an eater, can't you better in that? Um?

741
00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:27,480
Speaker 1: All right, So there you go. That is uh our

742
00:38:27,520 --> 00:38:32,000
Speaker 1: first hard know Hard Knocks recap. I thought, maybe we're

743
00:38:32,040 --> 00:38:35,880
Speaker 1: gonna you're gonna, you know, maybe play act the Oh

744
00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:37,640
Speaker 1: do you want to act it out between the coach.

745
00:38:37,760 --> 00:38:39,560
Speaker 1: You want to be the coach of the center. All right,

746
00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:43,400
Speaker 1: I'll be the coach. This was This was the exchange

747
00:38:43,440 --> 00:38:45,880
Speaker 1: between the coach and the center talking about the quarterback

748
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:50,640
Speaker 1: center exchange. So yeah, always funny, Always funny because they

749
00:38:50,719 --> 00:38:53,400
Speaker 1: again they're trying to build this guy from the ground up.

750
00:38:53,400 --> 00:38:56,400
Speaker 1: Go ahead and say this is terrible. Hey, he's gonna

751
00:38:56,440 --> 00:38:59,440
Speaker 1: stick his knuckle in your app Okay, that's what I

752
00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:02,920
Speaker 1: told him. Get in there, let him feel it that

753
00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:06,240
Speaker 1: that's a little deep. Give him some more pressure. That center,

754
00:39:06,320 --> 00:39:09,080
Speaker 1: by the way, is Eric Kush, who is a UH.

755
00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:12,239
Speaker 1: I wrote in the piece of Katie Ladecki. UH like

756
00:39:12,440 --> 00:39:14,880
Speaker 1: lead now over the rest of the field. UH to

757
00:39:14,960 --> 00:39:17,359
Speaker 1: me for Hard Knocks m v P. I loved when

758
00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:21,160
Speaker 1: he was going through his suitcase of tank tops. He

759
00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:24,520
Speaker 1: is the ultimate bro. He's America. You gotta have your

760
00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:27,279
Speaker 1: arms out for America, he said. This is he had

761
00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:30,239
Speaker 1: an American flag tank top. This is for those fat

762
00:39:30,320 --> 00:39:33,200
Speaker 1: arms American Friday days. You just throw the tank on

763
00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:36,759
Speaker 1: and rip it up for America. America's gonna have cush lass.

764
00:39:37,040 --> 00:39:41,680
Speaker 1: Cush lass. Oh, jere McGuire, Yeah, well it's from the nineties,

765
00:39:41,680 --> 00:39:44,760
Speaker 1: so I know. There you go. The Hard Knox Report,

766
00:39:44,840 --> 00:39:48,400
Speaker 1: episode one. Their five episodes will do on every Wednesday. Uh,

767
00:39:48,400 --> 00:39:50,360
Speaker 1: and Mark, you're gonna catch up. So we needed you

768
00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:53,600
Speaker 1: in there. That I mean, I I really enjoyed the

769
00:39:53,600 --> 00:39:55,719
Speaker 1: show and I will watch it tonight. And if David

770
00:39:55,760 --> 00:39:59,240
Speaker 1: Eally scheduled me for another six am shift next Wednesday,

771
00:39:59,239 --> 00:40:01,960
Speaker 1: you're banked. That's how it operates. We need to get

772
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:03,840
Speaker 1: Illy on the phone to just talk about kind of

773
00:40:03,880 --> 00:40:06,520
Speaker 1: like a progress report for this new dynamic. I'm gonna

774
00:40:06,560 --> 00:40:08,560
Speaker 1: call him later. I'll deal with it. Unless you want

775
00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:10,239
Speaker 1: to call come over, you know, if you want to

776
00:40:10,239 --> 00:40:12,879
Speaker 1: come over to one of our houses and watch it. Oh,

777
00:40:13,040 --> 00:40:16,640
Speaker 1: do certainly come over to Rosenthal manner. That opens up

778
00:40:16,680 --> 00:40:21,359
Speaker 1: new possibilities. All right, Finally, let's talk about it. It's

779
00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:25,279
Speaker 1: division preview time. We'll start with the NFC East and

780
00:40:25,280 --> 00:40:27,160
Speaker 1: we're changing things up a little bit this year. We

781
00:40:27,200 --> 00:40:29,439
Speaker 1: did this last year, but we want to keep things fresh.

782
00:40:29,560 --> 00:40:32,680
Speaker 1: We always want to be both challenging ourselves in the audience.

783
00:40:32,719 --> 00:40:37,319
Speaker 1: So what we'll do we'll break this down into four

784
00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:42,000
Speaker 1: different categories and then a fifth question. So and then

785
00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:45,000
Speaker 1: we'll predict the standings and then we'll predict. Oh, we're

786
00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:48,080
Speaker 1: gonna do one through four. Okay, I was sounds fun.

787
00:40:48,120 --> 00:40:52,680
Speaker 1: I don't know. Okay, Uh, Breakout Star. Well, let's start here,

788
00:40:52,760 --> 00:40:56,760
Speaker 1: breakout Star out of the NFC East in and around

789
00:40:56,800 --> 00:40:59,560
Speaker 1: the Horn. We'll start with you, Mark Sessler. I'm gonna

790
00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:01,680
Speaker 1: go on you for me because I've said all along,

791
00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:04,759
Speaker 1: I don't think this whole nonsense that Sam Bradford is

792
00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:09,200
Speaker 1: going to be Phillies quarterback twelve thirteen games into the

793
00:41:09,239 --> 00:41:12,880
Speaker 1: season is absolute nonsense for anyone that has watched Sam Bradford.

794
00:41:13,040 --> 00:41:15,600
Speaker 1: He's in his third offense in three years. You don't

795
00:41:15,640 --> 00:41:19,080
Speaker 1: draft Carson Wentz if he is not going to be

796
00:41:19,120 --> 00:41:21,320
Speaker 1: starting a month in and he's going to start twelve

797
00:41:21,360 --> 00:41:24,799
Speaker 1: plus games and he's going to be fantastic, And I

798
00:41:24,840 --> 00:41:27,720
Speaker 1: think he's going to be in the division a bigger

799
00:41:27,760 --> 00:41:30,640
Speaker 1: deal than Ezekiel Elliott. Wow, you got to be dying

800
00:41:30,680 --> 00:41:33,759
Speaker 1: then that the Browns did not take this guy. I'm

801
00:41:33,800 --> 00:41:36,080
Speaker 1: not dying if they traded out of the number two picks,

802
00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:38,920
Speaker 1: because I think it's it's situation. I like, I am

803
00:41:38,960 --> 00:41:41,160
Speaker 1: not judging the Browns off of that. I think that

804
00:41:41,360 --> 00:41:43,200
Speaker 1: in the Eagle system he's going to do well. Not

805
00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:46,040
Speaker 1: only plays, he plays and plays well well. One thing

806
00:41:46,040 --> 00:41:49,440
Speaker 1: that helps him the bad defensive division. You get six

807
00:41:49,480 --> 00:41:51,680
Speaker 1: games against some bad defenses. I think that helps the

808
00:41:51,920 --> 00:41:55,319
Speaker 1: all the cubs in this division. Can I go last year?

809
00:41:55,400 --> 00:41:57,960
Speaker 1: I have a list and I want to step on anyone. Okay,

810
00:41:57,960 --> 00:42:00,719
Speaker 1: what do you want to do? Whatever? I'll go after. Oh,

811
00:42:00,920 --> 00:42:03,319
Speaker 1: I'll go after the two fly Boys. Alright, alright, fly

812
00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:06,759
Speaker 1: boy number one. I will stick with the Eagles. And uh,

813
00:42:06,880 --> 00:42:08,480
Speaker 1: you know, I struggled a little bit with this one.

814
00:42:08,520 --> 00:42:11,600
Speaker 1: I wanted to pick someone that really has been off

815
00:42:11,640 --> 00:42:13,879
Speaker 1: the grid, but this guy is. And Jordan Matthews has

816
00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:17,279
Speaker 1: had two nice years to start his career. UM A

817
00:42:17,320 --> 00:42:20,239
Speaker 1: Top twenty five fantasy producer Evan Silva tells me and

818
00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:23,719
Speaker 1: some of my research over at roade a World, But

819
00:42:24,480 --> 00:42:28,000
Speaker 1: now you enters his third season's twenty four years old.

820
00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:32,000
Speaker 1: He could play inside and outside. UM. I think, especially

821
00:42:32,040 --> 00:42:35,040
Speaker 1: if he gets a good quarterback playing UM. If Mark's

822
00:42:35,040 --> 00:42:37,359
Speaker 1: prediction pans out, I think he could be a guy

823
00:42:37,360 --> 00:42:39,600
Speaker 1: that makes a leap. Also a good red zone target.

824
00:42:39,640 --> 00:42:41,920
Speaker 1: He's done well in the red zone, So would I

825
00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:44,440
Speaker 1: be shocked if he made that leap to you know,

826
00:42:45,239 --> 00:42:49,520
Speaker 1: eighty and ten something like that. No, I think he

827
00:42:49,560 --> 00:42:51,640
Speaker 1: has that type of ability. We've been talking about Jordan

828
00:42:51,680 --> 00:42:54,200
Speaker 1: Matthews potential for a couple of years now. I think

829
00:42:54,200 --> 00:42:57,560
Speaker 1: this when he comes into full bloom. I've noticed that

830
00:42:57,600 --> 00:43:00,080
Speaker 1: you and Evan Silva have quite a respectful relay and

831
00:43:00,200 --> 00:43:03,440
Speaker 1: ship on Twitter. I appreciate that Evan's great at what

832
00:43:03,440 --> 00:43:05,399
Speaker 1: he does. He's like one of my favorite guys thread.

833
00:43:06,080 --> 00:43:09,200
Speaker 1: Evan Silva is the guy out fantasy, another guy hired

834
00:43:09,239 --> 00:43:14,880
Speaker 1: by Greg Brick. By brickhal well, I'm going back to

835
00:43:15,080 --> 00:43:17,120
Speaker 1: a guy that impressed this in the preseason last year,

836
00:43:17,160 --> 00:43:20,520
Speaker 1: Matt Jones. You know, I know, uh, there's some talk

837
00:43:20,560 --> 00:43:23,560
Speaker 1: about Keith Marshall, who's a rookie running back there taking

838
00:43:23,600 --> 00:43:25,279
Speaker 1: some snaff I'm trust in my eyes. I know it

839
00:43:25,280 --> 00:43:27,600
Speaker 1: didn't work out for him, but man, he's got everything

840
00:43:27,840 --> 00:43:31,680
Speaker 1: you want in a running back. Power, great ability to

841
00:43:31,719 --> 00:43:34,320
Speaker 1: make people miss in a small area. He can catch

842
00:43:34,360 --> 00:43:36,160
Speaker 1: the ball. I think that offense is going to score

843
00:43:36,360 --> 00:43:38,279
Speaker 1: plenty of touchdowns, go up and down the field a

844
00:43:38,320 --> 00:43:41,280
Speaker 1: little bit. I think he can have a monster season.

845
00:43:41,440 --> 00:43:43,399
Speaker 1: He's a guy I'd want in fantasy leagues for sure.

846
00:43:43,640 --> 00:43:46,960
Speaker 1: I feel like we skipped two obvious guys in his

847
00:43:47,040 --> 00:43:49,759
Speaker 1: Egel Elliott and Sterling Shepherd. But I'm going with a

848
00:43:49,840 --> 00:43:53,320
Speaker 1: guy that nobody's really talking about. Bashad Brelan, the redskins

849
00:43:53,360 --> 00:43:56,400
Speaker 1: other cornerback who I believe every bit as talented as

850
00:43:56,520 --> 00:43:59,200
Speaker 1: Josh Norman the ball skills are, is just as good

851
00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:03,319
Speaker 1: physically gifted uh and has been intercepting passes at the

852
00:44:03,400 --> 00:44:06,000
Speaker 1: rate of one per practice session during training camp. I

853
00:44:06,080 --> 00:44:08,000
Speaker 1: think that guy is going to be their best cornerback

854
00:44:08,160 --> 00:44:09,920
Speaker 1: this year, better than Josh Norton, I mean, and it

855
00:44:09,960 --> 00:44:13,040
Speaker 1: helps that Norman will be depending on how they operate

856
00:44:13,080 --> 00:44:16,359
Speaker 1: and taking on a lot of primary threats too. Yes,

857
00:44:16,680 --> 00:44:18,600
Speaker 1: do you ever get to have that situation when you're

858
00:44:18,880 --> 00:44:21,680
Speaker 1: you jump into a conversation, you missed the very beginning

859
00:44:21,680 --> 00:44:23,920
Speaker 1: of it, and nine percent of the the time you could

860
00:44:24,239 --> 00:44:26,160
Speaker 1: get in on and figure out what's going on, but

861
00:44:26,360 --> 00:44:29,120
Speaker 1: that ten percent you don't. I missed your name that

862
00:44:29,200 --> 00:44:30,959
Speaker 1: you said, Greg, and then I was just playing catch

863
00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:32,799
Speaker 1: up the whole time, and then West went to his

864
00:44:32,840 --> 00:44:34,239
Speaker 1: and I never knew who you were. Talking listen. They

865
00:44:34,239 --> 00:44:37,040
Speaker 1: would never know, but I appreciate that, yeareosity you want

866
00:44:37,120 --> 00:44:40,880
Speaker 1: to know? It was Matt Jones. Oh, Matt Jones. Okay, Okay,

867
00:44:40,880 --> 00:44:44,840
Speaker 1: I like it alright. Good one guys, Good ones, guys,

868
00:44:45,400 --> 00:44:52,800
Speaker 1: coma guys. Biggest concern our next category, Mark Sessler, Well,

869
00:44:53,120 --> 00:44:55,720
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go Dallas defense. I hate to be obvious again,

870
00:44:55,800 --> 00:44:58,520
Speaker 1: but I mean this is an offense that rides and

871
00:44:58,560 --> 00:45:02,479
Speaker 1: falls with Tony Romo's health. And I feel like even

872
00:45:02,520 --> 00:45:05,560
Speaker 1: if if Dez, Bryan and Romo are healthy all year,

873
00:45:06,040 --> 00:45:08,480
Speaker 1: this is a team that needs to go back to

874
00:45:08,480 --> 00:45:11,720
Speaker 1: what they did in and and chew up the clock

875
00:45:11,800 --> 00:45:14,560
Speaker 1: and time of possession. And that's what helped that defense

876
00:45:14,840 --> 00:45:17,080
Speaker 1: stay afloat that year along with you know, I think

877
00:45:17,080 --> 00:45:19,239
Speaker 1: that Rod Marinelli coached them up and did a good job.

878
00:45:19,520 --> 00:45:21,760
Speaker 1: He's dealing with a lot that coach that defense. According

879
00:45:21,760 --> 00:45:24,000
Speaker 1: to this time, you've got a rash of you know,

880
00:45:24,239 --> 00:45:27,279
Speaker 1: its suspensions players out and on top of it, the

881
00:45:27,280 --> 00:45:29,760
Speaker 1: players that are there just just not a very strong

882
00:45:29,880 --> 00:45:32,520
Speaker 1: core of defensive players. I'd be really concerned. He's I

883
00:45:32,560 --> 00:45:34,839
Speaker 1: think for them to do they have to win shootouts

884
00:45:35,200 --> 00:45:37,480
Speaker 1: and you're in a in a division with a lot

885
00:45:37,520 --> 00:45:40,600
Speaker 1: of good wide receivers and good running backs, this could

886
00:45:40,640 --> 00:45:42,600
Speaker 1: be an uphill climb for Dallas. I'm just assuming they're

887
00:45:42,600 --> 00:45:44,839
Speaker 1: gonna go twelve and four like some people are, right

888
00:45:44,920 --> 00:45:47,240
Speaker 1: I when I was at the practice, I mean, David

889
00:45:47,239 --> 00:45:50,040
Speaker 1: Irving and Ryan Russell were lining up as their starting

890
00:45:50,040 --> 00:45:53,279
Speaker 1: defensive ends to start the year, and I would you know,

891
00:45:53,360 --> 00:45:56,319
Speaker 1: forgive you if you don't have a big knowledge of

892
00:45:56,320 --> 00:45:58,600
Speaker 1: those two players, resume their county on players that have

893
00:45:58,680 --> 00:46:01,160
Speaker 1: barely ever played to play a big time roles direct

894
00:46:01,200 --> 00:46:04,719
Speaker 1: Silver Linings Playbook. Yeah, did a great job. Joy, God,

895
00:46:04,840 --> 00:46:07,200
Speaker 1: Joy was a terrible movie. But three three Kings though

896
00:46:07,239 --> 00:46:12,400
Speaker 1: Three Kings always no. I saw the billboard for it

897
00:46:13,040 --> 00:46:16,480
Speaker 1: and I said, skip that, Lawrence looking up to this, well,

898
00:46:16,520 --> 00:46:18,239
Speaker 1: it's right away. You get a feeling like you like,

899
00:46:18,280 --> 00:46:19,640
Speaker 1: you know, if you're asked your dad's you're going to

900
00:46:19,719 --> 00:46:22,640
Speaker 1: three movies a year. That was not cracking to try to.

901
00:46:22,680 --> 00:46:25,040
Speaker 1: I try to avoid reviews, but a movie like Joy,

902
00:46:25,120 --> 00:46:27,360
Speaker 1: you don't really need to hear too many negative reviews

903
00:46:27,360 --> 00:46:29,399
Speaker 1: to be like, all right, I'm just gonna trust Sorry,

904
00:46:29,440 --> 00:46:33,520
Speaker 1: David O. Russell. I'm in on everything Lawrence related. Love

905
00:46:33,600 --> 00:46:36,840
Speaker 1: Jennifer Lawrence. Oh yeah, so I was in regardless of

906
00:46:36,840 --> 00:46:38,920
Speaker 1: the reviews, and she couldn't save it. She did everything

907
00:46:38,960 --> 00:46:41,680
Speaker 1: she could. They have a lot of ifs though, but

908
00:46:42,000 --> 00:46:44,399
Speaker 1: that you're right about that shot. I mean, if Shaun

909
00:46:44,480 --> 00:46:47,320
Speaker 1: Lee ever got hurt again, he that would never happen.

910
00:46:49,280 --> 00:46:51,080
Speaker 1: I mean they'd be in trouble. That they're counting on

911
00:46:51,360 --> 00:46:53,399
Speaker 1: Mori's Claybourn and they're County. A lot of people were

912
00:46:53,440 --> 00:46:56,400
Speaker 1: in locksteps so far, Mark, we're talking about the same teams.

913
00:46:56,400 --> 00:46:58,759
Speaker 1: But I I will go something obvious too. We've talked

914
00:46:58,800 --> 00:47:01,400
Speaker 1: about a lot. My biggest concern is the Cowboys backup

915
00:47:01,400 --> 00:47:04,120
Speaker 1: planet quarterback. It's a mess. It's a terrible situation that

916
00:47:04,160 --> 00:47:09,040
Speaker 1: got worse when Kellen Moore broke his damn leg. And listen, yes,

917
00:47:09,160 --> 00:47:11,160
Speaker 1: I don't want Tony rome When to get hurt, but

918
00:47:11,360 --> 00:47:14,319
Speaker 1: what you know over under on starts for this guy

919
00:47:14,360 --> 00:47:16,640
Speaker 1: this year, you gotta set it at eight eight and

920
00:47:16,680 --> 00:47:19,120
Speaker 1: a half. That's just the reality of the game and

921
00:47:19,680 --> 00:47:23,440
Speaker 1: what we well, well, it's a back injury, it's not

922
00:47:24,280 --> 00:47:26,479
Speaker 1: and that clavical is one shot away. I think he's

923
00:47:26,480 --> 00:47:28,960
Speaker 1: the most vulnerable quarterback in the league. And they did

924
00:47:28,960 --> 00:47:31,400
Speaker 1: not put in a real backup plan, which is puzzling

925
00:47:31,400 --> 00:47:34,040
Speaker 1: to me. And once he goes, they're done. I don't

926
00:47:34,040 --> 00:47:36,399
Speaker 1: care how good that offensive line is. I don't care

927
00:47:36,480 --> 00:47:39,280
Speaker 1: what the defense surprises us, as they've done in the past.

928
00:47:39,400 --> 00:47:41,560
Speaker 1: I don't care of Ezekiel Elliott is the best running

929
00:47:41,560 --> 00:47:45,000
Speaker 1: back on the planet. Romo goes, so too, goes both

930
00:47:45,000 --> 00:47:47,440
Speaker 1: the hopes of the Cowboys and Jason Garrett. In my opinion,

931
00:47:47,440 --> 00:47:49,800
Speaker 1: I'll jump in here because that was my biggest concern.

932
00:47:49,920 --> 00:47:53,839
Speaker 1: Also the combination of Tony Romo's brittleness and the cowboys

933
00:47:54,360 --> 00:47:57,960
Speaker 1: unwillingness or inability to get more than a third string

934
00:47:58,040 --> 00:48:01,720
Speaker 1: cast off as their backup quarterback, starting with Brandon Weeden,

935
00:48:02,000 --> 00:48:05,719
Speaker 1: Matt Castle, Kellen Moore. You can't go into seasons because, look,

936
00:48:05,760 --> 00:48:08,600
Speaker 1: the Cowboys maybe slight favorites in this division, but it's

937
00:48:08,600 --> 00:48:10,759
Speaker 1: close enough that if Tony Romo is out, let's say

938
00:48:10,800 --> 00:48:13,640
Speaker 1: he's only out for a month this time, Josh McCown

939
00:48:13,840 --> 00:48:17,400
Speaker 1: can get you over that hump. Can Dak Prescott? I

940
00:48:17,440 --> 00:48:19,600
Speaker 1: don't know well? And is he Tony Romo? He was

941
00:48:19,640 --> 00:48:21,520
Speaker 1: gonna be my guy at a crossroads, but we're talking

942
00:48:21,560 --> 00:48:23,880
Speaker 1: about him now, so I'll do someone else there is

943
00:48:23,960 --> 00:48:26,360
Speaker 1: he Tony Romo? Is he gonna be able to move around?

944
00:48:26,920 --> 00:48:29,120
Speaker 1: It's a concern to me that he has to miss

945
00:48:29,160 --> 00:48:31,200
Speaker 1: so many practices in training camp. It is not a

946
00:48:31,280 --> 00:48:33,560
Speaker 1: story there. They say it's planned, and I believe them.

947
00:48:33,600 --> 00:48:35,359
Speaker 1: I mean that that's been there playing. They're gonna arrest

948
00:48:35,440 --> 00:48:37,479
Speaker 1: him as much as possible. But isn't that a little

949
00:48:37,520 --> 00:48:39,320
Speaker 1: bit of a concern. You don't see Tom Brady or

950
00:48:39,560 --> 00:48:42,000
Speaker 1: anyone like that sitting out every third practice. He's not

951
00:48:42,040 --> 00:48:44,359
Speaker 1: even allowed to play golf anymore. His body has gotten

952
00:48:44,400 --> 00:48:47,400
Speaker 1: to the point where he's so vulnerable and he's playing

953
00:48:47,560 --> 00:48:50,640
Speaker 1: a brutal game where everyone wants to kill him. He

954
00:48:50,760 --> 00:48:53,359
Speaker 1: seems ten years older than Tom Brady, who's three years

955
00:48:53,400 --> 00:48:55,760
Speaker 1: older than Romow. With all that said, they do have great,

956
00:48:55,960 --> 00:48:58,239
Speaker 1: great protection for him and great people around him, so

957
00:48:58,320 --> 00:49:00,799
Speaker 1: they could be great too. It's great, only takes one hit,

958
00:49:00,920 --> 00:49:03,560
Speaker 1: only magnifies what you said, Jerry Jones. He will never

959
00:49:03,680 --> 00:49:06,080
Speaker 1: fire himself as the GM. But to go into this

960
00:49:06,200 --> 00:49:07,719
Speaker 1: year when you still think you have a Super Bowl

961
00:49:07,760 --> 00:49:10,760
Speaker 1: window and you didn't go out and secure the backup position,

962
00:49:11,080 --> 00:49:13,359
Speaker 1: it's it's gonna be a narrative that hangs over his head.

963
00:49:13,440 --> 00:49:15,759
Speaker 1: Isn't for forever. Basics, Well, I bet a sandwich on

964
00:49:16,200 --> 00:49:19,000
Speaker 1: that they'll have a different backup that has been a

965
00:49:19,320 --> 00:49:23,839
Speaker 1: veteran starting experience, probably an account whoever it is someone

966
00:49:23,920 --> 00:49:27,080
Speaker 1: nobody's taking that sandwich pro right. That's all I'm saying.

967
00:49:27,320 --> 00:49:32,840
Speaker 1: What's my concern gonna be the Giants offensive line? I

968
00:49:32,960 --> 00:49:34,640
Speaker 1: thought I thought of a couple of spots on the

969
00:49:34,680 --> 00:49:36,719
Speaker 1: Giants because it's a it's a good rock. I think

970
00:49:36,760 --> 00:49:38,600
Speaker 1: this could be a good team. I like that they're

971
00:49:38,600 --> 00:49:41,720
Speaker 1: gonna push the pace, but they're counting on Eric Flowers,

972
00:49:41,719 --> 00:49:43,920
Speaker 1: who's a big question at left tackle. Has he gotten

973
00:49:43,920 --> 00:49:45,919
Speaker 1: any better? The right side of their line looks bad,

974
00:49:46,320 --> 00:49:49,960
Speaker 1: and it's a team that's so star driven Odell Shepherd,

975
00:49:50,239 --> 00:49:52,160
Speaker 1: Eli Manning. I think they need the line to be

976
00:49:52,480 --> 00:49:54,600
Speaker 1: much better than they were last year, and I don't

977
00:49:54,640 --> 00:49:56,839
Speaker 1: really see any reason to believe that. And that's gonna

978
00:49:56,880 --> 00:49:59,479
Speaker 1: make that running game in Rashad Jennings and that whole

979
00:49:59,520 --> 00:50:02,319
Speaker 1: poop poop platter of running backs not look very good.

980
00:50:02,560 --> 00:50:05,480
Speaker 1: It's that Rasters close, But the linebackers in the offensive

981
00:50:05,520 --> 00:50:07,719
Speaker 1: line to me, are two major major weekn and I

982
00:50:07,800 --> 00:50:10,080
Speaker 1: had Giants running backs is a backup if you guys

983
00:50:10,120 --> 00:50:12,080
Speaker 1: all took the ones I had before, because it's the

984
00:50:12,400 --> 00:50:14,239
Speaker 1: he's the guy who's the main guy there. It's a

985
00:50:14,239 --> 00:50:16,080
Speaker 1: bunch of people telling you they're going to be the guy. Right,

986
00:50:16,120 --> 00:50:18,400
Speaker 1: it's gonna be Jennings. It sounds like this, you're really

987
00:50:18,520 --> 00:50:21,960
Speaker 1: carrying the load. But he's just the guy. Marshall Newhouse.

988
00:50:22,000 --> 00:50:25,040
Speaker 1: They're right, tackle is the new Tyler Columbus. That guy's

989
00:50:25,080 --> 00:50:29,440
Speaker 1: a swinging gate. Next up the under right, the underrated

990
00:50:29,560 --> 00:50:33,120
Speaker 1: storyline in the NFC East Mark. I'm gonna go with

991
00:50:33,239 --> 00:50:36,560
Speaker 1: Phillis defense under Jim Schwartz because I think we've heard

992
00:50:36,600 --> 00:50:39,480
Speaker 1: all about, oh, the lack of depth and wide receiver,

993
00:50:39,600 --> 00:50:42,439
Speaker 1: the quarterback situation, what's going on with their offensive line.

994
00:50:42,680 --> 00:50:45,279
Speaker 1: But when you look at Fletcher Cox, Brandon Graham and

995
00:50:45,360 --> 00:50:48,560
Speaker 1: Vinny Curry, these guys initially were brought in for a

996
00:50:48,680 --> 00:50:51,600
Speaker 1: four man front and they fit well with Jim Schwartz.

997
00:50:51,680 --> 00:50:54,280
Speaker 1: And you know, going back and reading what the players

998
00:50:54,360 --> 00:50:57,359
Speaker 1: are saying, there was not an easy situation under Chip Kelly.

999
00:50:57,400 --> 00:50:59,839
Speaker 1: Those defensive players did not like being on the field

1000
00:50:59,840 --> 00:51:02,080
Speaker 1: as much as they were. Practice was tough for them.

1001
00:51:02,120 --> 00:51:04,160
Speaker 1: It was just a mess. I think Jim Schwartz has

1002
00:51:04,200 --> 00:51:06,520
Speaker 1: proven that he can be a great defensive coordinator. I

1003
00:51:06,520 --> 00:51:09,040
Speaker 1: don't like him as a head coach necessarily, but all

1004
00:51:09,120 --> 00:51:11,600
Speaker 1: these Eagles players are saying, we feel at home again.

1005
00:51:11,840 --> 00:51:14,600
Speaker 1: We're gonna bring pressure, We're gonna have fun, and I

1006
00:51:14,719 --> 00:51:17,000
Speaker 1: think this is a perfect match for a team that

1007
00:51:17,360 --> 00:51:19,640
Speaker 1: in the end might be led by its defense. We

1008
00:51:20,640 --> 00:51:23,160
Speaker 1: during the breakout Star segment we missed Vinny Curry. It

1009
00:51:23,160 --> 00:51:25,560
Speaker 1: wouldn't surprise me if he has double digit sacks this

1010
00:51:25,680 --> 00:51:28,320
Speaker 1: year in that defense. Great safety combo two with McLeod

1011
00:51:28,360 --> 00:51:30,160
Speaker 1: and Jenkins. That was gonna be my number one pick

1012
00:51:30,239 --> 00:51:33,000
Speaker 1: two for underrated story I mean, I think it's a

1013
00:51:33,120 --> 00:51:34,799
Speaker 1: nice starting lamp. The only thing that's a little worried

1014
00:51:34,880 --> 00:51:37,560
Speaker 1: Jim Schwartz kind of brought in his guys. They're starting

1015
00:51:37,600 --> 00:51:40,960
Speaker 1: cornerbacks are probably Leotis McLevin and Ron Brooks. Who are

1016
00:51:41,040 --> 00:51:42,839
Speaker 1: who are and he wants to bring in Stephen Jim

1017
00:51:42,960 --> 00:51:44,800
Speaker 1: Schwarts guy. So that's a little bit of a concern.

1018
00:51:44,880 --> 00:51:46,560
Speaker 1: But I agree, I think that Eagles defense is going

1019
00:51:46,600 --> 00:51:50,080
Speaker 1: to carry them. Uh, Marcus, what my underrated storyline is

1020
00:51:50,120 --> 00:51:53,200
Speaker 1: about the Eagles? If you're a lock step once again,

1021
00:51:53,640 --> 00:51:58,480
Speaker 1: Carson wins I had a nice conversation with A Sparrow.

1022
00:51:58,680 --> 00:52:01,239
Speaker 1: I was writing my Hard Knocks recap last night I

1023
00:52:01,280 --> 00:52:04,839
Speaker 1: took a little break did some texting with a high high,

1024
00:52:05,120 --> 00:52:08,000
Speaker 1: high level Sparrow and we were talking about how jard

1025
00:52:08,040 --> 00:52:10,279
Speaker 1: Goff was kind of thrown in, thrown in the fire

1026
00:52:10,320 --> 00:52:12,240
Speaker 1: a little bit in the in the premiere of Hard Knocks,

1027
00:52:12,320 --> 00:52:14,000
Speaker 1: and how you know they were kind of putting him

1028
00:52:14,000 --> 00:52:15,520
Speaker 1: in a tough spot, and the Rams were in a

1029
00:52:15,600 --> 00:52:18,560
Speaker 1: tough spot, uh, needing this guy to be something, and

1030
00:52:18,640 --> 00:52:20,080
Speaker 1: Jeff Fisher was in a tough spot and it was

1031
00:52:20,160 --> 00:52:22,600
Speaker 1: just just felt like the pressure was on and I

1032
00:52:22,640 --> 00:52:26,360
Speaker 1: think it underrated. Storyline is that Carson Wentz they're handling

1033
00:52:26,440 --> 00:52:28,680
Speaker 1: this right way in Philadelphia where they he's the number

1034
00:52:28,719 --> 00:52:31,399
Speaker 1: two pick. He is their future, and it seemed weird

1035
00:52:31,440 --> 00:52:33,360
Speaker 1: when they had all these quarterbacks ahead of him. He's like,

1036
00:52:33,400 --> 00:52:35,080
Speaker 1: what are they doing? But now it makes a little

1037
00:52:35,120 --> 00:52:38,400
Speaker 1: more sense. This guy gets to really assimilate into the

1038
00:52:38,480 --> 00:52:39,960
Speaker 1: league in a in a in a good way and

1039
00:52:40,080 --> 00:52:43,600
Speaker 1: maybe like Mark saying, uh, Sam Bradford struggles or Chase

1040
00:52:43,680 --> 00:52:46,239
Speaker 1: Daniels doesn't work out where those guys get hurt, who

1041
00:52:46,320 --> 00:52:49,279
Speaker 1: knows and Carson what steps in and and ends up

1042
00:52:49,320 --> 00:52:51,400
Speaker 1: being a player. But even if he only gets in

1043
00:52:51,920 --> 00:52:54,240
Speaker 1: uh in December, and then you know, he gets some starts,

1044
00:52:54,280 --> 00:52:56,120
Speaker 1: he gets his feet wet. I think the fact that

1045
00:52:56,200 --> 00:52:59,560
Speaker 1: they're not rushing this guy will pay dividends for the franchise,

1046
00:52:59,600 --> 00:53:02,680
Speaker 1: and it really is striking the difference between how the

1047
00:53:02,760 --> 00:53:07,360
Speaker 1: Rams and Eagles have handled this. Should I be collecting

1048
00:53:07,440 --> 00:53:09,800
Speaker 1: my own sparrows? I feel like I'm remiss here. I

1049
00:53:09,840 --> 00:53:12,360
Speaker 1: don't have I don't have any sparrows around the office.

1050
00:53:12,400 --> 00:53:14,239
Speaker 1: I don't know. I saw you tweet something out with

1051
00:53:14,320 --> 00:53:19,160
Speaker 1: a team source yesterday. That's pretty high level. He's a

1052
00:53:19,200 --> 00:53:26,279
Speaker 1: sparrow for you too. Sparrows um any of your thoughts

1053
00:53:26,320 --> 00:53:28,920
Speaker 1: on that, guys, I agree with I think the Rams

1054
00:53:29,360 --> 00:53:31,160
Speaker 1: where the where the Eagles in the point is the

1055
00:53:31,239 --> 00:53:36,080
Speaker 1: Eagles having like a pissing contest about their spec Yeah,

1056
00:53:36,840 --> 00:53:38,680
Speaker 1: that was slightly embarrassing and trying to get us out

1057
00:53:38,719 --> 00:53:40,560
Speaker 1: of that into the next faith. I mean where the

1058
00:53:40,680 --> 00:53:43,520
Speaker 1: Rams now feel like they're being maybe forced into doing

1059
00:53:43,840 --> 00:53:46,879
Speaker 1: what the Eagles very you know Demonseli did from the start,

1060
00:53:46,920 --> 00:53:48,759
Speaker 1: which was we're not gonna put went out there. Now

1061
00:53:48,800 --> 00:53:52,319
Speaker 1: the Rams saying well, maybe golf isn't number one, so hey,

1062
00:53:52,520 --> 00:53:55,279
Speaker 1: it's back to case know what whether and this is

1063
00:53:55,280 --> 00:53:57,520
Speaker 1: the NFCS, but whether Guff starts or not, he is

1064
00:53:57,560 --> 00:53:59,759
Speaker 1: in the line of fire this year. I mean, let's

1065
00:53:59,760 --> 00:54:01,480
Speaker 1: see if you can handle I think what you said.

1066
00:54:01,719 --> 00:54:03,200
Speaker 1: I mean, you said it well. And when was the

1067
00:54:03,280 --> 00:54:05,960
Speaker 1: last time the Eagles could have been underrated at anything

1068
00:54:06,400 --> 00:54:08,799
Speaker 1: or under the radar? This isn't under the radar team.

1069
00:54:08,880 --> 00:54:11,160
Speaker 1: That's what's under the radar, the fact that the Eagles

1070
00:54:11,200 --> 00:54:13,800
Speaker 1: who have just been no it was gonna be the

1071
00:54:13,880 --> 00:54:16,000
Speaker 1: defense before. But to me, that is that is under

1072
00:54:16,040 --> 00:54:17,600
Speaker 1: the radar, that the Eagles are now kind of a

1073
00:54:17,680 --> 00:54:22,960
Speaker 1: team just floating out there. It's if you want to

1074
00:54:23,000 --> 00:54:25,200
Speaker 1: be a coach, you want to take over for someone

1075
00:54:25,280 --> 00:54:28,200
Speaker 1: like Jim Harball or Chip Kelly. If if the roster

1076
00:54:28,360 --> 00:54:30,360
Speaker 1: is in the shambles where you're not gonna be the

1077
00:54:30,480 --> 00:54:33,120
Speaker 1: lightning run, my choice is just gonna be And I

1078
00:54:33,200 --> 00:54:36,160
Speaker 1: mentioned it briefly before. The pace that the Giants playoff

1079
00:54:36,239 --> 00:54:38,600
Speaker 1: it is an interesting team in terms of they played

1080
00:54:38,600 --> 00:54:40,560
Speaker 1: at the second highest pace of any team in the

1081
00:54:40,680 --> 00:54:43,640
Speaker 1: league last year and the sound of them at practice

1082
00:54:44,160 --> 00:54:46,400
Speaker 1: this year, it sounds like they're gonna ramp it up

1083
00:54:46,480 --> 00:54:49,040
Speaker 1: even more. The Giants have never been fun to watch,

1084
00:54:49,160 --> 00:54:51,640
Speaker 1: but I gotta say, if they keep this up, they're

1085
00:54:51,680 --> 00:54:53,759
Speaker 1: kind of the new the new Eagles. And if they

1086
00:54:53,840 --> 00:54:55,879
Speaker 1: got Odell Beckham like, that's gonna be fun to watch.

1087
00:54:55,920 --> 00:54:57,640
Speaker 1: If nothing else, that's gonna be fun. That they're going

1088
00:54:57,719 --> 00:54:59,480
Speaker 1: up and down the field with Odell. Do not be

1089
00:54:59,560 --> 00:55:03,239
Speaker 1: surprised if Eli Manning leads the NFL and touchdowns this year.

1090
00:55:03,320 --> 00:55:06,120
Speaker 1: I'm always sowed down on them, and I'm with you

1091
00:55:06,280 --> 00:55:07,960
Speaker 1: that I think they're going to have big time stats

1092
00:55:08,000 --> 00:55:10,120
Speaker 1: and quite a week for Eli Manning. Will really help.

1093
00:55:10,200 --> 00:55:14,200
Speaker 1: Is we call a famecase West oh I would love

1094
00:55:14,239 --> 00:55:18,000
Speaker 1: for that to have underrated story Manning m VP. I

1095
00:55:18,080 --> 00:55:20,799
Speaker 1: like the sound of that West underrated storyline. The best

1096
00:55:20,880 --> 00:55:28,560
Speaker 1: team Kirk coussins has ever beaten Ohio State. Look it, yes,

1097
00:55:28,719 --> 00:55:30,400
Speaker 1: I mean look at his stats last year. They look

1098
00:55:30,400 --> 00:55:33,239
Speaker 1: phenomenal and Mark and I famously stood up for him

1099
00:55:33,440 --> 00:55:36,640
Speaker 1: when Greg was bashing him. I wasn't bashing him. I

1100
00:55:36,719 --> 00:55:39,120
Speaker 1: just said he was an average guy lifted up by

1101
00:55:39,200 --> 00:55:41,880
Speaker 1: his team. Well that's what he had, that's what he is,

1102
00:55:42,040 --> 00:55:43,879
Speaker 1: And go back and look at the teams he's beaten

1103
00:55:43,880 --> 00:55:46,759
Speaker 1: in his career. Not one is a good team Week two.

1104
00:55:46,920 --> 00:55:49,520
Speaker 1: Rams last year might be the best team he's beaten,

1105
00:55:49,600 --> 00:55:51,440
Speaker 1: and I think it's I don't think you can just

1106
00:55:51,560 --> 00:55:53,960
Speaker 1: expect Kirk Cousins to have the same stats as last year.

1107
00:55:54,120 --> 00:55:57,279
Speaker 1: That's the underrated storyline. The Kissing Cousins bandwagons a little

1108
00:55:57,320 --> 00:56:00,600
Speaker 1: weird because I can't tell who's on it and who's

1109
00:56:00,640 --> 00:56:02,799
Speaker 1: off it. Well, we never like all we were doing

1110
00:56:02,880 --> 00:56:05,360
Speaker 1: was sticking up to Greg and saying, give Kirk Cousins

1111
00:56:05,400 --> 00:56:07,760
Speaker 1: a little respect. It wasn't that we thought Kirk Cousins

1112
00:56:08,080 --> 00:56:12,640
Speaker 1: was some great you love Kirk. I think Greg, you know,

1113
00:56:12,719 --> 00:56:14,719
Speaker 1: Greg went and watched all these quarterbacks, so we were

1114
00:56:14,760 --> 00:56:17,160
Speaker 1: just coming from a different angle. I was prone to

1115
00:56:17,320 --> 00:56:20,120
Speaker 1: seeing some of Kirk cousins big games and feeling he

1116
00:56:20,520 --> 00:56:22,640
Speaker 1: had taken a step forward and the whole team had.

1117
00:56:22,680 --> 00:56:25,000
Speaker 1: It wasn't just you know, the Redskins offense had a

1118
00:56:25,040 --> 00:56:26,839
Speaker 1: lot of weapons last year and they do again. Well,

1119
00:56:26,920 --> 00:56:29,120
Speaker 1: this show is going long, So I'm gonna go to

1120
00:56:29,360 --> 00:56:32,359
Speaker 1: make talk about Kirk Cousins because he was my crossroads guy.

1121
00:56:32,480 --> 00:56:34,680
Speaker 1: Do it and then we can move move to the crossroads.

1122
00:56:34,760 --> 00:56:36,520
Speaker 1: Because I don't think people see this season as a

1123
00:56:36,600 --> 00:56:39,120
Speaker 1: crossroads year for Kirk Cousins, but he's on a one

1124
00:56:39,239 --> 00:56:41,959
Speaker 1: year contract, and the way that that front office talks

1125
00:56:42,000 --> 00:56:44,840
Speaker 1: about kirk Cousins, I just get the sense, and just

1126
00:56:44,920 --> 00:56:48,080
Speaker 1: the contract itself, I get the sense they share some

1127
00:56:48,239 --> 00:56:50,359
Speaker 1: of the same doubts that we do and that if

1128
00:56:50,400 --> 00:56:53,440
Speaker 1: it doesn't go that well, that they'll be open to

1129
00:56:53,600 --> 00:56:56,160
Speaker 1: moving on from him. They have great talent around him,

1130
00:56:56,280 --> 00:56:57,840
Speaker 1: and so to me, it is a crossroads year for

1131
00:56:57,880 --> 00:56:59,400
Speaker 1: him because he can either get one of those big

1132
00:56:59,480 --> 00:57:02,080
Speaker 1: contracts or we could be thinking about him very differently

1133
00:57:02,120 --> 00:57:03,839
Speaker 1: a year. You know, he could he could come down

1134
00:57:03,920 --> 00:57:05,880
Speaker 1: to earth and none of us would be shocked and

1135
00:57:06,000 --> 00:57:08,480
Speaker 1: have an average or worst season and he could be

1136
00:57:08,640 --> 00:57:11,880
Speaker 1: in like Ryan Fitzpatrick's situation next year. Yep, let me

1137
00:57:12,000 --> 00:57:15,320
Speaker 1: piggyback on Greg here, because my crossroads campaign is the

1138
00:57:15,400 --> 00:57:20,000
Speaker 1: Redskins offense. Deshan Jackson and Pierre coach Pierre Garcone also

1139
00:57:20,080 --> 00:57:23,720
Speaker 1: in contract years not getting any younger. Do they see

1140
00:57:23,720 --> 00:57:26,440
Speaker 1: those guys as core guys after the drafting? Josh dockson

1141
00:57:26,800 --> 00:57:28,880
Speaker 1: Matt Jones make or break year for him? Is he

1142
00:57:28,920 --> 00:57:30,520
Speaker 1: going to be a feature back or is he going

1143
00:57:30,560 --> 00:57:32,680
Speaker 1: to be the guy who averaged three point four yards

1144
00:57:32,720 --> 00:57:35,160
Speaker 1: per carry and have fumbling problems. So I think for

1145
00:57:35,280 --> 00:57:37,680
Speaker 1: that entire offense just about it's it's a make or

1146
00:57:37,720 --> 00:57:44,040
Speaker 1: break year for me. Dez Bryant. Will he finally break out? No, no, no,

1147
00:57:44,160 --> 00:57:46,840
Speaker 1: I'm going JPP. He's on a one year contract in

1148
00:57:46,880 --> 00:57:49,800
Speaker 1: New York, and you know, if he plays the way

1149
00:57:49,840 --> 00:57:52,400
Speaker 1: he did last year with some of the positives and negatives,

1150
00:57:52,520 --> 00:57:54,960
Speaker 1: I don't think you get a big contract necessarily at all.

1151
00:57:55,160 --> 00:57:57,240
Speaker 1: If he comes out. I saw someone said he's gonna

1152
00:57:57,240 --> 00:57:59,760
Speaker 1: have double digit sacks. Well, we'll see. If he comes

1153
00:57:59,800 --> 00:58:02,160
Speaker 1: out and he regained some of his old form, then

1154
00:58:02,400 --> 00:58:03,920
Speaker 1: it's going to be a chance for him to go

1155
00:58:03,960 --> 00:58:05,960
Speaker 1: out in the market and lead the Giants who only

1156
00:58:05,960 --> 00:58:07,280
Speaker 1: wanted to give him a one year deal and get

1157
00:58:07,320 --> 00:58:09,520
Speaker 1: some big cash. Wow, we hit for the cycle mark.

1158
00:58:09,600 --> 00:58:13,120
Speaker 1: I will also talk about the Giants. Jerry Reese. Jerry

1159
00:58:13,160 --> 00:58:15,680
Speaker 1: Reeses been there since two thousand seven, won a Super

1160
00:58:15,720 --> 00:58:18,640
Speaker 1: Bowl's first year, was the golden boy of management in

1161
00:58:18,760 --> 00:58:21,880
Speaker 1: New York. Won a second Super Bowl. But the Giants

1162
00:58:21,960 --> 00:58:24,160
Speaker 1: have been up and down, and he spent a ton

1163
00:58:24,240 --> 00:58:27,920
Speaker 1: of money talked to ownership into opening up their pocketbook.

1164
00:58:27,960 --> 00:58:30,000
Speaker 1: And this doesn't work a lot. I mean, let's face it,

1165
00:58:30,440 --> 00:58:32,080
Speaker 1: you can get excited about the Giants, but when you

1166
00:58:32,840 --> 00:58:35,120
Speaker 1: lean on free agency to completely rebuild a roster, that

1167
00:58:35,160 --> 00:58:37,640
Speaker 1: can be very hit or miss. Uh So, if it

1168
00:58:37,680 --> 00:58:40,080
Speaker 1: goes badly, Jerry's out of a job after what's been

1169
00:58:40,120 --> 00:58:43,880
Speaker 1: a long run in New York. All right, here we

1170
00:58:43,960 --> 00:58:48,720
Speaker 1: go one through four, One through four, Mark counted off

1171
00:58:49,880 --> 00:58:58,640
Speaker 1: one Washington, two Philadelphia, three Dallas, four New York Giants.

1172
00:59:01,000 --> 00:59:05,880
Speaker 1: Interesting west one Dallas Cowboys to New York Giants, three

1173
00:59:06,680 --> 00:59:12,760
Speaker 1: Washington Redskins for Philadelphia Eagles. Wow, I got one New

1174
00:59:12,840 --> 00:59:17,360
Speaker 1: York Giants. I got one. Dallas Cowboys to Philadelphia Eagles,

1175
00:59:17,440 --> 00:59:20,240
Speaker 1: three New York Giants, four Washington Redskins first and fourth.

1176
00:59:20,520 --> 00:59:23,560
Speaker 1: I like that we're all disagreeing. Well, that's this division

1177
00:59:23,600 --> 00:59:26,240
Speaker 1: to do it. And and and I'm disagreeing to because

1178
00:59:26,240 --> 00:59:28,840
Speaker 1: I have the Eagles first. I I can't even decide,

1179
00:59:28,880 --> 00:59:32,040
Speaker 1: but I'll put I'll put the Cowboys second. I think

1180
00:59:32,080 --> 00:59:33,920
Speaker 1: they're very close with the Giants, and I have the

1181
00:59:33,960 --> 00:59:38,880
Speaker 1: Redskins going from first to worst. All right now, the lastly,

1182
00:59:39,680 --> 00:59:43,840
Speaker 1: let's each choose a song that best describes the NFC

1183
00:59:44,080 --> 00:59:48,840
Speaker 1: East in two thousand sixteen, Mark Sessler, you're up first,

1184
00:59:57,600 --> 01:00:01,280
Speaker 1: all right, So this is the diviny you know where

1185
01:00:01,360 --> 01:00:05,160
Speaker 1: old when everyone immediately recognizes this side, even before the

1186
01:00:05,680 --> 01:00:09,080
Speaker 1: words yeah it's I you know, I love myself. I

1187
01:00:09,200 --> 01:00:12,720
Speaker 1: touched myself. That's the NFC East. No matter what we

1188
01:00:12,840 --> 01:00:17,160
Speaker 1: actually do in life or what we achieve, Yeah, we

1189
01:00:17,280 --> 01:00:21,080
Speaker 1: must be on national television every week. We're so into ourselves.

1190
01:00:21,200 --> 01:00:24,520
Speaker 1: Everyone's so into us. It's not a meritocracy. The Cowboys

1191
01:00:24,600 --> 01:00:27,600
Speaker 1: could go four and twelve, They'll be on TV nine times.

1192
01:00:27,920 --> 01:00:31,960
Speaker 1: It is absolutely ridiculous. There are seven other divisions to

1193
01:00:32,000 --> 01:00:34,240
Speaker 1: focus on, and we have to deal with Chris Collins.

1194
01:00:34,280 --> 01:00:37,720
Speaker 1: We're talking NFC East every single freaking Sunday night. Enough.

1195
01:00:41,000 --> 01:00:43,840
Speaker 1: He said it all that I touched my What is

1196
01:00:43,880 --> 01:00:46,320
Speaker 1: How does that connect again? Though? Well, it's someone is

1197
01:00:46,360 --> 01:00:48,880
Speaker 1: just all into their own pleasure. All they're all about them.

1198
01:00:48,920 --> 01:00:51,040
Speaker 1: They're probably the NFC East holding up a big mirror

1199
01:00:51,040 --> 01:00:53,680
Speaker 1: and sitting from a mirror it schedule. That's the only

1200
01:00:53,720 --> 01:00:56,560
Speaker 1: reason they are. Jerry Jones has quite a bit to

1201
01:00:56,600 --> 01:00:58,960
Speaker 1: do with the television in the NFL circles, and he

1202
01:00:59,000 --> 01:01:02,160
Speaker 1: couldn't be happier with the arrangement. They are not much

1203
01:01:02,280 --> 01:01:05,120
Speaker 1: Mark Sessler, I touched myself the divinyls? Is that what

1204
01:01:05,200 --> 01:01:21,720
Speaker 1: it was? Yes? Correct, Chris Westling, We're so old? All right,

1205
01:01:21,760 --> 01:01:24,960
Speaker 1: there we go. This is, of course the remotes. I

1206
01:01:25,040 --> 01:01:28,400
Speaker 1: want to be sedated, y Wes. The NFC East is

1207
01:01:28,480 --> 01:01:31,280
Speaker 1: the most boring division in football, and it has been

1208
01:01:31,360 --> 01:01:34,640
Speaker 1: for several years. And yet to piggyback off marks point,

1209
01:01:34,960 --> 01:01:37,600
Speaker 1: they'll be on TV more in one week than the

1210
01:01:37,680 --> 01:01:39,640
Speaker 1: a f C South will be all year. I mean,

1211
01:01:39,840 --> 01:01:41,640
Speaker 1: give me a break. As much as this divisions on

1212
01:01:41,720 --> 01:01:46,080
Speaker 1: t they will put me to sleep. Just sedate me, please. Hey,

1213
01:01:46,120 --> 01:01:48,240
Speaker 1: the FC South gets a lot of good Thursday night

1214
01:01:48,280 --> 01:01:51,400
Speaker 1: games Week four team through seventeen, guys, well, there are

1215
01:01:51,400 --> 01:01:53,919
Speaker 1: a lot more fun to watch than any NFC East game.

1216
01:01:54,800 --> 01:01:56,920
Speaker 1: I get it. These teams are getting a little better.

1217
01:01:57,040 --> 01:01:59,560
Speaker 1: I'm usually down. I mean, this is what I'm with you, guys.

1218
01:02:00,000 --> 01:02:02,200
Speaker 1: What are you they're getting that Romo's injured in week

1219
01:02:02,320 --> 01:02:06,440
Speaker 1: A little Cousins balls on his face. Giants, all the

1220
01:02:06,520 --> 01:02:09,560
Speaker 1: Giants weak positions show up and come on, they're not

1221
01:02:09,640 --> 01:02:11,520
Speaker 1: that good. I don't think they're good, but they're a

1222
01:02:11,520 --> 01:02:14,040
Speaker 1: little more. Eagles offense is the worst unit in the division.

1223
01:02:14,480 --> 01:02:16,000
Speaker 1: Come on, I think this would be a good time

1224
01:02:16,040 --> 01:02:19,840
Speaker 1: for the kissing cousins to actually kiss. We just were aligned,

1225
01:02:20,040 --> 01:02:22,760
Speaker 1: were aligned, That's what I mean. We don't like boring football,

1226
01:02:23,200 --> 01:02:26,120
Speaker 1: all right? Here we go, moving on with more old

1227
01:02:26,200 --> 01:02:29,840
Speaker 1: white guy rock. Why are you guys so ashamed of

1228
01:02:29,920 --> 01:02:33,760
Speaker 1: your I'm not You don't have to act like you're cool. No,

1229
01:02:33,920 --> 01:02:35,720
Speaker 1: it's cool. It's fine. It's just old white guy rock.

1230
01:02:35,800 --> 01:02:39,880
Speaker 1: It's good. Touch myself. It's old white guy rock. I

1231
01:02:39,960 --> 01:02:48,040
Speaker 1: don't think so. Oh yeah, ah the Boss Bruce Springsteen,

1232
01:02:48,800 --> 01:02:51,320
Speaker 1: Jersey Boy. If you want to talk about NFC East

1233
01:02:51,880 --> 01:02:54,760
Speaker 1: Bruce Springsteen, that feels right. And one of my favorite

1234
01:02:54,760 --> 01:02:58,600
Speaker 1: Bruce songs off Tunnel of Love, Brilliant Disguise. And I'll

1235
01:02:58,640 --> 01:03:02,520
Speaker 1: tell you why I chose brilliant Skies, gentlemen. This is

1236
01:03:02,560 --> 01:03:05,720
Speaker 1: a song about self doubt, Bruce. This is the Voors album.

1237
01:03:05,960 --> 01:03:08,360
Speaker 1: It's is blood on the tracks. It's about a guy

1238
01:03:08,480 --> 01:03:12,000
Speaker 1: doesn't know what's right, what's wrong? And I don't know

1239
01:03:13,160 --> 01:03:15,880
Speaker 1: these teams. It's a brilliant the Skies. Are they good?

1240
01:03:16,120 --> 01:03:19,000
Speaker 1: Are they bad? Who's gonna come in first, Who's gonna

1241
01:03:19,040 --> 01:03:22,520
Speaker 1: come in last? Who is who? What is what left

1242
01:03:22,600 --> 01:03:24,680
Speaker 1: this right up up down? The sun rises in the

1243
01:03:24,720 --> 01:03:31,840
Speaker 1: east or the West. I don't know. Wow, Ruth very

1244
01:03:31,880 --> 01:03:37,120
Speaker 1: passionate about the NFC East. These teams a brilliant disguise.

1245
01:03:37,160 --> 01:03:39,360
Speaker 1: Who are they? Where will they finish? None of us knows.

1246
01:03:39,640 --> 01:03:44,080
Speaker 1: It's a great mystery, great song, great choice. Thanks. Do

1247
01:03:44,120 --> 01:03:48,920
Speaker 1: you know that song? But I liked well? I want

1248
01:03:48,920 --> 01:03:51,800
Speaker 1: to hear grigg song. Oh, I don't know. Now I'm

1249
01:03:51,840 --> 01:03:54,000
Speaker 1: rethinking it's kind of a random song no one's ever

1250
01:03:54,120 --> 01:03:57,920
Speaker 1: heard of. But let's hear it. I don't know if

1251
01:03:57,960 --> 01:04:01,760
Speaker 1: we start at the right place. Oh yeah, the National,

1252
01:04:03,480 --> 01:04:09,080
Speaker 1: of course I started in the right place. Fake Empire

1253
01:04:09,160 --> 01:04:12,320
Speaker 1: by the National, great indie band of the Outs. Why

1254
01:04:12,440 --> 01:04:15,720
Speaker 1: the choice? Well, the chorus were half awake in a

1255
01:04:15,840 --> 01:04:18,920
Speaker 1: fake empire, and that's what the NFC East is, this

1256
01:04:19,120 --> 01:04:24,600
Speaker 1: fake empire lording over the league man. For the same

1257
01:04:24,680 --> 01:04:27,479
Speaker 1: reason that Mark and West. I think you would enjoy

1258
01:04:27,600 --> 01:04:31,000
Speaker 1: this song, fake empire. I think that your sentiments are

1259
01:04:31,040 --> 01:04:34,640
Speaker 1: exactly what what wetually exactly. I knew that there would

1260
01:04:34,640 --> 01:04:36,720
Speaker 1: be a lot of the sentiments. That's why I try

1261
01:04:36,760 --> 01:04:38,760
Speaker 1: to go somewhere else. So it wasn't four of us

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Speaker 1: doing the same thing. But I get. I totally get

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Speaker 1: where all three of you guys are coming from. I

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Speaker 1: would use fake empire to describe the entity that has

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Speaker 1: caused the flyboy nickname little inside Baseball from West there.

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Speaker 1: But it's all right. You could perhaps figure it out.

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Speaker 1: Probably not I do. Like by the way, Gregg was

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Speaker 1: very uncomfortable. This is I love Okay, that's good. Greg

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Speaker 1: got a little uncomfortable. He's like, my showing too much

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Speaker 1: of my inner self by playing this kind of indie

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Speaker 1: band that not everybody well. He just accused us of

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Speaker 1: trying to be too cool, and I played, that's ashamed,

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Speaker 1: like we have to be like, oh rock is dead,

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Speaker 1: we have to only play hip hop? Are you finish

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Speaker 1: your are youself? Greg was opening his heart up and

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Speaker 1: he's like whoa. He was opening the kimono and it's like,

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Speaker 1: should I open this kimono? I think that's good? And

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Speaker 1: then I thought that was a good job by me,

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Speaker 1: because I said Greg opened that kimono nothing, that was

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Speaker 1: a good job by me. And the kimono came out

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Speaker 1: in the National. You like the National a little more

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Speaker 1: than me, but I love them. They're good, not great

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01:05:40,880 --> 01:05:43,200
Speaker 1: California music. That's what I'll say, maybe better for a

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Speaker 1: rainy day on these right, it's a dark sort of

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01:05:45,880 --> 01:05:48,320
Speaker 1: like everything is a lie type of thing, just like

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Speaker 1: the NFC East and you and you keep pigeonholing me

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Speaker 1: as a hip hop guy, so little Wayne with Us

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Speaker 1: stops and I wanted to switch off of that. That's good.

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Speaker 1: You stuck it to me a little bit in a

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Speaker 1: big spot. All right, good talk guys. Super is the

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Speaker 1: addition of the show. Uh, we will be back on

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Speaker 1: Thursday or Friday. We haven't quite nailed down the schedule

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Speaker 1: for the rest of the week, but we know there

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Speaker 1: are preseason games on Thursday, so if we have a

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Speaker 1: Friday show, that's why, because we want to talk about it.

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Speaker 1: Either way, we'll figure it out, um, but thank you

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Speaker 1: for listening. Until then. This is dan Ass signing up

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Speaker 1: for quite storm. It's got a Mac now, the Mailman,

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Speaker 1: the Boss and the Irishman behind the Glass. It's out

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Speaker 1: Thursday on Friday. You seem kind of subdued compared to

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Speaker 1: the last few shows before we get going anything wrong.

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Speaker 1: Don't read into it too much. We're all in care

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Speaker 1: your cult of sex and except for the fly Boys,

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Speaker 1: no stopping us