1 00:00:05,559 --> 00:00:12,119 Speaker 1: This is straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What is up? 2 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 1: Straight Fire, Fam, It's me Jason McIntyre, Straight Fire for Friday, 3 00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:22,800 Speaker 1: March seventeenth. You know, I love the tournament, but oh boy, 4 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:25,960 Speaker 1: wasn't a great day one. Now, individual bets went well 5 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 1: for me. I basically watched as much of the tournament 6 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:31,240 Speaker 1: as I could. Individual bets what well. The Calcutta will 7 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:33,839 Speaker 1: talk about later, Arizona letting me down, Hope, letting me 8 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:36,680 Speaker 1: in my group down. But I thought before we dove 9 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 1: into the tournament and there really was no significant NFL news, 10 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:43,800 Speaker 1: A couple of minor signings, nothing on the Aaron Rodgers front, 11 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:46,120 Speaker 1: and it appears that it could drag out for a while. 12 00:00:46,159 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 1: I sure as hell hope that's not the case. But 13 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:52,080 Speaker 1: but before we dive into sports stuff, I think to 14 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 1: welcome back Rob G to the podcast. He calls himself 15 00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 1: a superproducer, and he was probably producing too much because 16 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:01,320 Speaker 1: my goodness, he's been on the he just he's just 17 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 1: coming off the DL. I don't know if it's the 18 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 1: i R, maybe the short term i R, short term deal, 19 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 1: whatever it's called, but Rob G is back. Rob. We 20 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:10,480 Speaker 1: are just beyond thrilled to have you back. We missed 21 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 1: you for talking about Jimmy g going to your raiders. 22 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:17,199 Speaker 1: I know how geeked you are about that, losing Darren Waller, 23 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:19,760 Speaker 1: your guy. Um, but first of all, I mean, I 24 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:20,920 Speaker 1: don't know how much you want to talk about the 25 00:01:20,959 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 1: eye injury. UM, go ahead, you're you're call. Well, it 26 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:27,920 Speaker 1: didn't feel like the short term I R. Let me 27 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 1: tell you that one. I mean it basically from beginning 28 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:35,000 Speaker 1: to end was like three and a half weeks. And 29 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:38,160 Speaker 1: even still I'm not totally out of it, you know, 30 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:41,760 Speaker 1: because um so, what it started was I had a 31 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 1: infection in my left eye and it got really swollen 32 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 1: and it was like eighty percent closed, right, So I 33 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:50,160 Speaker 1: did see that, by the way, he showed up on 34 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:53,240 Speaker 1: one podcast. Yeah, bro, you get you get battered by 35 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 1: h and so you know, I'm basically doing everything one 36 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:00,080 Speaker 1: eye with my right eye, my good eye, and and 37 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 1: straining it. But it's all you know, I could do 38 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:05,280 Speaker 1: along when that's really open. So, as is the case 39 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:08,639 Speaker 1: with infections, especially a viral infection, with where I had, 40 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:11,799 Speaker 1: it moved from the left eye to the right eye, 41 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 1: which is normal. However, me straining my eye that much 42 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 1: coupled with the infection led to me getting a scratched cornea. 43 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:23,240 Speaker 1: So even after I cleared the infection and I was 44 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 1: cool on that front, my eye couldn't see at all 45 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 1: because the cornea objective. So I'm putting all these different drops, 46 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 1: all those different ointment burning you know, couldn't see. It's terrible, right, 47 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:39,400 Speaker 1: And every time I go to see the doctor, they're like, 48 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:42,400 Speaker 1: are you sure you don't wear classes? Because your vision 49 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:44,520 Speaker 1: is that of like a seventy year old man with 50 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 1: glaucoma right now, like that, that's what you're looking like. 51 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:52,400 Speaker 1: And even now you know, the scratch cornea is healing, 52 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:54,480 Speaker 1: which is good. What they have on me is that 53 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:57,960 Speaker 1: I gotta say, I see now why baseball players use steroids, 54 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 1: because this stuff is phenomenal. Between that and the ointment, 55 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:04,280 Speaker 1: it's great, vision is still not one hundred percent back. 56 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:05,840 Speaker 1: They say it's gonna take a couple of weeks for 57 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:09,640 Speaker 1: you know, the fogginess to drift away. I can see 58 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 1: you good here on zoom, but as far as like 59 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 1: your name on the side quarter panel is you know, look, 60 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:18,400 Speaker 1: I see a j were you were you struggling to 61 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 1: watch UCLA's point total? Did you just know we got 62 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 1: this in the bag, it's all gone. You know. The 63 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 1: thing is when I'm watching games now is I can 64 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 1: see the games happening, so I see UCLA doing work 65 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 1: like I expected. Just don't ask me to read the 66 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:34,040 Speaker 1: scorebook at the bottom of the corner of the TV. 67 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:36,120 Speaker 1: That's the only thing. It's good to have you back. 68 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know if you're gonna have to 69 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 1: watch fewer college hoops action listen. The first day was 70 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:44,920 Speaker 1: not amazing. Early on it was incredible. What's Virginia Maryland 71 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 1: went down to the wire, Virginia with one of the 72 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:51,720 Speaker 1: worst melts you'll see against Furman. But like the nights late, like, 73 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 1: it just wasn't amazing. It didn't feel like one of 74 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 1: those iconic days. I don't know what were your overall 75 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 1: Like A was like, oh my gosh, it's number ball 76 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 1: never forget this, and F was total dud. It felt 77 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 1: like rob I don't know, like a C plus kind 78 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 1: of day. Yeah, I think that seems fair, especially because 79 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 1: you know, there was really only two upsets today. You know, 80 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 1: if you think about it, it it was the Furman over Virginia, 81 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:18,360 Speaker 1: which anybody who watched at the ending of that game, 82 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 1: it was the most college basketball you know, youth league, 83 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:27,239 Speaker 1: you know, I'm sure, I mean your kids leagues probably 84 00:04:27,279 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 1: no better than in the last few seconds. Don't just 85 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 1: throw the ball up for grabs and let the other 86 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:33,919 Speaker 1: team intercepted. Here's the worst part. Key Hey Clark is 87 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 1: a twenty three year old, like super senior around Forever 88 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:41,919 Speaker 1: won the title with them. I think he was on 89 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:43,720 Speaker 1: that team that lost to UNBC. I don't know if 90 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 1: he played, but like, you're up by four with thirteen 91 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:51,719 Speaker 1: seconds left and you lose the games that should never happen. 92 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:55,120 Speaker 1: He gets trapped in the corner and then they have 93 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:58,360 Speaker 1: a timeout, like awareness, and where's the coach to jump 94 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:00,920 Speaker 1: in with the timeout? Throw it off, guys, like do something. 95 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:04,320 Speaker 1: He chucks it up like a grenade, right, and I 96 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 1: don't the announcers were making it sound rob like he 97 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:08,599 Speaker 1: thought he could throw it the length of the court 98 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:11,480 Speaker 1: from corner to corner. I mean he's like a five 99 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:16,920 Speaker 1: nine point guard. Like yeah, even if he's standing there 100 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:19,280 Speaker 1: by himself, the chance of him throwing it to you know, 101 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:22,000 Speaker 1: end line to end line is not high. There was 102 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:23,360 Speaker 1: even video. I don't know if you saw this on 103 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:26,120 Speaker 1: the Graham, but one of the Furman. Players were like, 104 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 1: he just threw off. He threw it up. I can't 105 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 1: believe that happened. And of course they get it to 106 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 1: a kid who bangs of three and it is bedlam 107 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 1: and Virginia goes down not a big one. Now, listen, Rob, 108 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:38,920 Speaker 1: I will say this. I saw a lot of um. 109 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:41,160 Speaker 1: I don't know if the word is hate is correct, 110 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 1: but a lot of bashing Virginia, like, oh my gosh, 111 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:46,880 Speaker 1: look at how bad these guys have been recently in 112 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 1: the NCAA tournament. Lost in the first round this year, 113 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:52,880 Speaker 1: lost in the first round. Last year, won the national title, 114 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:55,880 Speaker 1: lost in the first round to UNBC, And people are like, 115 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:59,880 Speaker 1: oh gosh, that is that is brutal. I'm like, hold up, 116 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:05,799 Speaker 1: hold up. At least ninety five percent of college basketball 117 00:06:05,839 --> 00:06:09,599 Speaker 1: ninety percent, wouldn't they take that? Maybe you would a title. 118 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:11,920 Speaker 1: You got a title. You know you can't take that away. 119 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:13,680 Speaker 1: The first round loss to stink. But listen, this is 120 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:16,559 Speaker 1: what Virginia does. They play slowdown offense. They don't shoot 121 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:19,159 Speaker 1: the three. I think they attempted like eleven threes in 122 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:22,039 Speaker 1: the game. A Curry attempts at by himself right in 123 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 1: a game like come on. Yeah, I mean the p 124 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 1: one listeners to this pod will know that the Virginia 125 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:28,800 Speaker 1: the last couple of years you just mentioned that is 126 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:31,919 Speaker 1: almost knows for knows what the Los Angeles Lakers have 127 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:34,960 Speaker 1: done in the Lebron James era. Oh it's miss playoffs, 128 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:38,160 Speaker 1: miss playoffs out in the first round, may not make 129 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:41,599 Speaker 1: the playoffs, but championship like that that they the Virginia 130 00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:43,880 Speaker 1: and the Lakers are one in the same. And you 131 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:47,120 Speaker 1: know what Laker fans um, I think they're happy. Now listen, 132 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:48,720 Speaker 1: I will confess I woke up this morning. I have 133 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:50,480 Speaker 1: not even looked at NBA scores, so we won't even 134 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:52,840 Speaker 1: mention the NBA except for one topic Rob sent me. 135 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:55,040 Speaker 1: Maybe we'll get that in later. But like for me, 136 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 1: this is like all college basketball. I was locked in 137 00:06:58,160 --> 00:06:59,720 Speaker 1: the second I got home from the lot in the 138 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:02,039 Speaker 1: show watching. I did have to go to my kids 139 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:04,160 Speaker 1: open house at the school, and of course the Wi 140 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:06,720 Speaker 1: Fi not good, so I'm having to text. I need 141 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:09,200 Speaker 1: score updates every five minutes, you know, from certain people, 142 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:11,960 Speaker 1: and you know, then I had to drive to pick 143 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:14,360 Speaker 1: up my kids from a couple of sports after school activities. 144 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:17,040 Speaker 1: But with the phone I can literally watch the game 145 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:18,760 Speaker 1: and play it in my car, so I'm hearing it. 146 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:21,480 Speaker 1: I'm not watching while I'm driving. But I'll say this, 147 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:25,559 Speaker 1: Rob I mentioned the Calcutta. I'm not supposed to really 148 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:27,920 Speaker 1: talk about them on the podcast because there's you know, 149 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:31,640 Speaker 1: significant money at stake and people don't want like anybody 150 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:35,160 Speaker 1: snooping around and wondering, you know, like I don't know. 151 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:38,280 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna I'm just gonna say this. So I 152 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:40,920 Speaker 1: didn't do the local Calcutta. I'm not gonna get into 153 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 1: the reasons why I had the offer. I could have 154 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:46,640 Speaker 1: done it, I just didn't after you know, basically looking 155 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:48,520 Speaker 1: at the teams that they were interested in. And I'm 156 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:50,240 Speaker 1: a small pot guy on that one, so I have 157 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:54,880 Speaker 1: like no say, which is fine, but I'm not gonna 158 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 1: do it if I don't really have that much of 159 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 1: a say in the teams. So there was another one 160 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:03,480 Speaker 1: that's you know, significant pot. I think the pot was 161 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 1: like two fifty five last hour and now listen, it's 162 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 1: not it's weird because like a lot of the teams 163 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:13,080 Speaker 1: will get payouts and it's structured. I'm not gonna go 164 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:16,360 Speaker 1: way into the weeds, but basically, for instance, you pay 165 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:20,280 Speaker 1: ten thousand dollars for a team. If they win two games, 166 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:22,600 Speaker 1: you probably get your money back. If they win three, 167 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 1: you probably make a little. Now they go beyond that huge, 168 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:28,760 Speaker 1: so you want to find value. And you know, we 169 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:31,640 Speaker 1: had some numbers. Guys. Preston Johnson who comes on the podcast, 170 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:34,360 Speaker 1: he was in our group and he's crunching numbers and 171 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 1: he's got models and all this stuff. And it's funny 172 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:39,439 Speaker 1: because after you Cela lost to Arizona, Robin, I know 173 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:42,120 Speaker 1: you saw that in the Pac twelve tournament. I even said, like, 174 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:44,360 Speaker 1: I don't like this Arizona team. I just think they 175 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:46,800 Speaker 1: don't have any good wings. They're not athletic. The guards 176 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 1: or spotty either bigs are good, but I don't know, man. 177 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:54,080 Speaker 1: But the numbers come back that they were undervalued in 178 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:56,839 Speaker 1: their region. They had like a not a cupcake region, 179 00:08:56,920 --> 00:09:00,440 Speaker 1: but like Missouri Utah State would not be formidable opponent, 180 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:05,600 Speaker 1: Baylor might be in trouble Creighton. So Arizona made some sense. 181 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:08,720 Speaker 1: So we got them for twelve thousand, four hundred dollars 182 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:14,560 Speaker 1: and they're up fifty five fifty with like four minutes left, 183 00:09:14,559 --> 00:09:17,080 Speaker 1: and I had I just you could feel the energy 184 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:19,240 Speaker 1: in that building. Through the TV screen. I'm like, this 185 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:20,640 Speaker 1: is not going well. I start looking at the free 186 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:23,600 Speaker 1: throw shooting. I'm like, our guys suck. And then Princeton 187 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:26,840 Speaker 1: just claus back fifty five fifty two, fifty five fifty three, 188 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:28,880 Speaker 1: and then you know, they fallen behind him, like it's over. 189 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:31,640 Speaker 1: They didn't go to number ten. They had this damn kid, Raymie. 190 00:09:31,679 --> 00:09:34,040 Speaker 1: I shouldn't say damn. He's a college kid. He just 191 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:36,160 Speaker 1: total hero ball of the final eight minutes as the 192 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:38,200 Speaker 1: offense bogged down and it just was ugly and I 193 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:41,160 Speaker 1: was frustrated. But you know what, it's not over. We 194 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:43,120 Speaker 1: could still make money on this tournament. Just things have 195 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:47,120 Speaker 1: to break our way, Rob, I don't know this whole. 196 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:49,560 Speaker 1: Like nobody west of the Rockies has won a title 197 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:52,520 Speaker 1: since Arizona in ninety seven. Like there's a reason for that. 198 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:56,280 Speaker 1: The basketball out here is just they look soft. Now, 199 00:09:56,280 --> 00:09:58,160 Speaker 1: you Cela did not look soft. And we'll see how 200 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:01,360 Speaker 1: Gonzaga does today. But you know, some of them, it's 201 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:03,040 Speaker 1: hard to say stuff like that when you see Ala 202 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 1: and Gonzaga. I have been making final fours, you know 203 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:10,680 Speaker 1: several that's fair. Um good. Zaga kind of got punked 204 00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:12,480 Speaker 1: by Baylor. But I see your point, and they got 205 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:16,440 Speaker 1: pushed around by Arkansas. As for Arizona, like that was 206 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:20,440 Speaker 1: just a bed shitting of epic proportions. Disappointing loss. Um. Yeah, 207 00:10:20,559 --> 00:10:22,920 Speaker 1: obviously that's the one that busted everyone's bracket, right, you know, 208 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:26,520 Speaker 1: I think I saw on ESPN's Twitter late late late 209 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:30,080 Speaker 1: on Thursday it was something like point zero zero six 210 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:32,880 Speaker 1: percent of their brackets that were left on ESPN had 211 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:36,600 Speaker 1: already was remaining as perfect. So you know, like that 212 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:39,600 Speaker 1: was the one that obviously did it. And as shocking 213 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 1: as it was at you know, to see after the fact, 214 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:44,839 Speaker 1: I think I'm with you that as you're watching the game, 215 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:47,559 Speaker 1: you could feel it happening like it wasn't the end 216 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:53,040 Speaker 1: result wasn't all that, you know out of the you know, extraordinary, 217 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:55,800 Speaker 1: because you could feel that it was going down, like 218 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:58,040 Speaker 1: it wasn't like a buzzer beat or like the ferment thing. 219 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:02,599 Speaker 1: You felt it come. But even after the game was 220 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:05,280 Speaker 1: over and you see all the breaking news and you know, 221 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:08,000 Speaker 1: ESPN is it on their FS one doesn't the ticker 222 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:11,320 Speaker 1: and everything like that, CBS Sports and then you see 223 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:13,439 Speaker 1: later says this is the third year in a row 224 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 1: that it too was beating the fifteen. So you're like, oh, well, 225 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:17,480 Speaker 1: it's really not that big of a deal anymore, because 226 00:11:17,559 --> 00:11:20,600 Speaker 1: this kind of thing happens now. It's crazy. We talked 227 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:22,480 Speaker 1: to this frand for show about this. I think we 228 00:11:22,559 --> 00:11:26,720 Speaker 1: talked a lisk about this, even Thomas Casale Thursday. Guys, 229 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:30,320 Speaker 1: twos over fifteens are happening. It's just a thing now. 230 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:32,840 Speaker 1: It's weird because we went through the twos and we 231 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:35,160 Speaker 1: didn't even really touch on Princeton. You know, they're not 232 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:38,000 Speaker 1: a great it's not a great Princeton team. Arizona just 233 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:40,960 Speaker 1: played awful down the stretch. Teams get tight, Listen, Tennessee 234 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:43,959 Speaker 1: got a little tight. The number two overall seeds Houston 235 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:48,079 Speaker 1: looked awful and barely escaped the Northern Kentucky. Whoever they 236 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:50,320 Speaker 1: are is I think it's something to do with Vikings 237 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:53,360 Speaker 1: or Norsemen, because you know, there was some weird, funnily 238 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:55,839 Speaker 1: dressed people in that one. And I'll say this is 239 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:58,960 Speaker 1: a shocker. Rub Alabama's the number one overall seed, their 240 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:02,040 Speaker 1: best player, arguably the best player in the tournament, Brandon 241 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:04,440 Speaker 1: Miller probably the number two pick. He might have kept 242 00:12:04,440 --> 00:12:07,600 Speaker 1: past Scoot Henderson. He did not even make a shot, 243 00:12:08,320 --> 00:12:12,040 Speaker 1: and Alabama one didn't make one basket. So this is 244 00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:15,280 Speaker 1: gonna be a crazy tournament. Now. Usually if the first 245 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 1: day is not bonkers, the second day will get a 246 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:22,760 Speaker 1: little nutty. I'm reluctant to go overboard and say, hey, 247 00:12:22,760 --> 00:12:27,240 Speaker 1: all this batshit stuff is going to happen, but I 248 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:30,440 Speaker 1: would if I'm like a marquette, I gotta i gotta 249 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:34,760 Speaker 1: be on alert. And I do wonder Rub if you're 250 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:37,440 Speaker 1: a number of you know, a high seed Perdue which 251 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:43,040 Speaker 1: hasn't played yet, your marquette you are, who's the three 252 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:45,959 Speaker 1: you got? Zagly you haven't played yet, your coach has 253 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:48,040 Speaker 1: now Ammo for his guys. Do you guys think this 254 00:12:48,120 --> 00:12:50,720 Speaker 1: is an effing joke? Arizona just won the PAC twelve 255 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:56,600 Speaker 1: tournament and lost to Princeton. Princeton, Okay, Virginia went to 256 00:12:56,960 --> 00:12:58,400 Speaker 1: Did they go to the a SEC Final? I think 257 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:02,480 Speaker 1: I think they did. They went out and lost to 258 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:08,400 Speaker 1: Furman Furman. And here's the scary thing, A team that 259 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:10,160 Speaker 1: not a lot of people talked about, but I gassed 260 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:12,560 Speaker 1: up on this podcast. I haven't met my brackets that 261 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:16,800 Speaker 1: you know, Bracket check contest, Duke Rob, did you see 262 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:18,800 Speaker 1: how much money. They took Oral Roberts. I had so 263 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:21,000 Speaker 1: many people telling me, oh, dude, money pouring in on 264 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:23,960 Speaker 1: Aora Roberts down eight, down to seven and a half seven, 265 00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:28,000 Speaker 1: they closed, Duke did only six point favorites. Wow. They 266 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:32,280 Speaker 1: never led by less than double digits after the first 267 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:35,440 Speaker 1: like four minutes. I think they started fourteen nothing and 268 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:38,920 Speaker 1: they just overwhelmed Oral Roberts. It like was never remotely close. 269 00:13:39,240 --> 00:13:42,840 Speaker 1: So I think a lot of professional gamblers probably took 270 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:45,400 Speaker 1: a bath. I was slightly down if you don't count 271 00:13:45,440 --> 00:13:47,520 Speaker 1: the Calcutta. Of course, I'm not gonna count it, because 272 00:13:47,520 --> 00:13:50,000 Speaker 1: you don't settle up until the end. Fox Sports Radio 273 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 1: has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch 274 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:56,040 Speaker 1: all of our shows at Fox sports Radio dot com 275 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:59,800 Speaker 1: and within the iHeartRadio app. Search f SR to listen. 276 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:02,880 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna get into too much into today's matchups 277 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:04,480 Speaker 1: because we've broken them down in the last few days, 278 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:07,320 Speaker 1: but I do want to ask you real quick. Here 279 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:10,320 Speaker 1: are some Saturday matchups. Now, this is how brutal it 280 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:12,360 Speaker 1: is for the tournament. Are you ready for the opening 281 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:16,559 Speaker 1: game Saturday? Usually it is between a team that's in 282 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:18,920 Speaker 1: a marquee market on the East coast because it starts 283 00:14:18,920 --> 00:14:23,480 Speaker 1: at twelve ten pm Eastern time. Okay, the opening matchup 284 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:29,680 Speaker 1: Saturday is Furman and San Diego State, go geez. That 285 00:14:29,920 --> 00:14:33,400 Speaker 1: is devastating. Like usually it's like, oh, that's appointment viewing, 286 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:37,200 Speaker 1: and that's a standalone game, Rob standalone. Now, I assume 287 00:14:37,280 --> 00:14:40,560 Speaker 1: they would they thought, okay, we Virginia wins. They open there, 288 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:43,240 Speaker 1: you know, not a huge market, but they're in DC. 289 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:46,000 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, not a huge like team in terms of 290 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:48,800 Speaker 1: pleasure watching, but Virginia is up kind of a big 291 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:53,000 Speaker 1: deal acc country for see. They want a title recently, 292 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:57,520 Speaker 1: Like that's a standalone game, man, that that's absolutely brutal. 293 00:14:57,560 --> 00:15:01,000 Speaker 1: Not A second game is Duke in tennis, which should 294 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:04,120 Speaker 1: be really freaking good. Tennessee did not look great, but 295 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:06,440 Speaker 1: they have the bigs to hang with Duke. I'll go 296 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:09,040 Speaker 1: out on a limb right now. I already bet Arkansas 297 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:12,160 Speaker 1: getting four against Kansas Rob that I'm looking forward. Yeah, 298 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:15,400 Speaker 1: Kansas didn't look good in Arkansas. Now, they didn't close strong, 299 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:17,280 Speaker 1: but they got the run and jump athletes. They got 300 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:19,120 Speaker 1: a couple of pros, a couple of first round picks. 301 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:22,600 Speaker 1: That's gonna be good. And I think I'm probably gonna 302 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:25,440 Speaker 1: take them on the money line as well. Auburn against Houston. Now, 303 00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:29,520 Speaker 1: I know everybody's gonna say, oh, Houston look terrible. It's 304 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:32,880 Speaker 1: less about how bad they looked. It's that Sasser got hurt, 305 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:35,640 Speaker 1: their second best player kind of got hurt. They both finished, 306 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:38,640 Speaker 1: but the coach mentioned the injuries the biggest aspect Rob. 307 00:15:38,760 --> 00:15:42,200 Speaker 1: This game is being played in Birmingham. Auburn had a 308 00:15:42,240 --> 00:15:45,240 Speaker 1: distinct tone court advantage against Iowa. And if you don't 309 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:48,120 Speaker 1: think people said, whoa, whoa, we're playing number one, We're 310 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:50,080 Speaker 1: playing Houston in the number one seed and they're not 311 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:55,000 Speaker 1: going to drive to burming it. That's not a hike. Okay, 312 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:57,240 Speaker 1: I think this is going to be a crazy scene. 313 00:15:57,280 --> 00:15:59,040 Speaker 1: And I would not be shocked at all if Houston 314 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:01,000 Speaker 1: lost outright to all. Now, I didn't have that in 315 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:03,240 Speaker 1: any of my brackets. I had Iowa winning probably sixty 316 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:06,280 Speaker 1: forty over Auburn. But what do you think, Rob, you 317 00:16:06,280 --> 00:16:08,480 Speaker 1: feel in that Auburn over Houston And you know what 318 00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:11,240 Speaker 1: I mean, My bracket doesn't look great, you know if 319 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:12,720 Speaker 1: they were a lot of people doesn't. And I think 320 00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:15,360 Speaker 1: I'm like at seventy percent through day one, which is 321 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 1: not good if you want to actually win some of 322 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:19,000 Speaker 1: these contests. Right, we have a big one over at 323 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:21,360 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Trade. I'm kind of cash in on that one, 324 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:27,800 Speaker 1: but I didn't realize that Auburn and IOWA was played 325 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:32,240 Speaker 1: that close to Auburn's campus when I feeled out my bracket. 326 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:35,000 Speaker 1: Had I known that, I would have definitely picked Auburn. 327 00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:37,600 Speaker 1: And it's just my fault for not reading you know, 328 00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:41,480 Speaker 1: the lines like that, like I should have, and that 329 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:44,480 Speaker 1: kind of stuff matters in a big way in college sports. 330 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:47,800 Speaker 1: You know, Houston, you know you mentioned their top two 331 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:50,320 Speaker 1: players being injured, and that's that's obviously the biggest thing. 332 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:55,120 Speaker 1: But in college home court advantage is like you know, 333 00:16:55,160 --> 00:16:59,760 Speaker 1: people think because the NBA, because it's in these playoffs series. 334 00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:02,480 Speaker 1: You know, the Warriors, I think of want a road 335 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:04,879 Speaker 1: playoff game and something like twenty five straight series Like 336 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:07,960 Speaker 1: it happens all the time. Boston goes on the road 337 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:10,840 Speaker 1: and beats Milwaukee in Game six, where you know, Tatum 338 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:13,040 Speaker 1: has like forty five or something like. This is a 339 00:17:13,119 --> 00:17:17,719 Speaker 1: regular thing in college basketball, especially because the crowds are 340 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:19,959 Speaker 1: so much smaller, they're right on top of you. A 341 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:24,479 Speaker 1: lot of these kids, they're they're just not emotionally mature 342 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:27,040 Speaker 1: enough yet to handle hostile environments. And that's fine because 343 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:31,080 Speaker 1: they're so They're eighteen, nineteen, twenty years old, and so Houston, 344 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:33,960 Speaker 1: even though I believe they are the better team, clearly 345 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:38,000 Speaker 1: the injuries are a big factor. But they're going to 346 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:41,640 Speaker 1: be basically playing a road game. Yeah, and that's something 347 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:43,680 Speaker 1: you really got to consider. I mean, I think, look 348 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:45,080 Speaker 1: at the early lines right now. I don't know what 349 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:46,639 Speaker 1: you have, but I see, Yeah, I was trying to 350 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:50,440 Speaker 1: let minus five and a half, I'm really leaning taking 351 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:52,760 Speaker 1: the points in Auburn. And now it's not only that, 352 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:55,399 Speaker 1: so I mentioned San Diego State firm in San Diego 353 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:57,240 Speaker 1: State's a West Coast team. You know it'll be their 354 00:17:57,280 --> 00:18:00,119 Speaker 1: body clock nine am for that tip off, file that away. 355 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:04,840 Speaker 1: But Houston Auburn in Birmingham at seven ten pm. I 356 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:07,080 Speaker 1: just looked at the distance an hour and a half 357 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:10,680 Speaker 1: from the Auburn campus to Birmingham. I would assume it's 358 00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:14,520 Speaker 1: gonna be eighty twenty Auburn fans. It's gonna be hostile. Yeah, 359 00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:15,920 Speaker 1: I think you got to consider five and a half 360 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:18,280 Speaker 1: and the money line, and listen, I don't I'm not 361 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:21,840 Speaker 1: saying Auburn's good by any stretch, but Houston didn't bring 362 00:18:21,880 --> 00:18:24,040 Speaker 1: their a game. They're dinged up and it's essentially a 363 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:25,760 Speaker 1: road game. I don't know if you guys remember the 364 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:28,359 Speaker 1: South Carolina run to the final four. They had some 365 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:31,240 Speaker 1: okay players. I think one guy made the league. They 366 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:34,080 Speaker 1: took down a duke team with Jason Tatum, Luke Kinnard, 367 00:18:34,119 --> 00:18:35,399 Speaker 1: and they had like the same deal. It was a 368 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:38,520 Speaker 1: ten verses two I think. And you know the game 369 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:40,520 Speaker 1: was played like close to the South Carolina campus and 370 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:42,960 Speaker 1: it was a rowdy crowd and Duke just got wrecked. 371 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:45,800 Speaker 1: So that this is a massive game changer. I did 372 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:47,960 Speaker 1: not see that coming. Rob. No other games really jump 373 00:18:48,040 --> 00:18:49,960 Speaker 1: out Saturday, you know, I know you probably want to 374 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:51,880 Speaker 1: bounce back off the d L and take the wife out. 375 00:18:52,359 --> 00:18:56,199 Speaker 1: The Saturday night game is going to be Northwestern u 376 00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:59,880 Speaker 1: c l A eight forty tip off, so that could 377 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:01,880 Speaker 1: you got to get to an early dinner. I think 378 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:06,040 Speaker 1: UCLA probably will win. Northwestern's feisty, but I don't know 379 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:09,600 Speaker 1: if they're feisty enough all right outside of the tournament. 380 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:11,560 Speaker 1: We haven't talked to you since Garoppolo, so I need 381 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:14,560 Speaker 1: your thoughts. I mean, is this a playoff team. Are 382 00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:18,000 Speaker 1: you thrilled? I mean, are you moderately happy they added 383 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:21,640 Speaker 1: Jakobe Myers? Didn't they? Yes, they did. There's a great pickup. 384 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:24,439 Speaker 1: And my answer to all of your questions is no, 385 00:19:25,119 --> 00:19:28,000 Speaker 1: I'm not excited. I'm not moderately excited. This is not 386 00:19:28,080 --> 00:19:31,680 Speaker 1: a playoff team. Jimmy Garoppolo is not the answer. Look 387 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:34,320 Speaker 1: like we've I mean, I don't want to beat a 388 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:36,080 Speaker 1: dead horse. We've talked about this a lot. I don't 389 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:40,040 Speaker 1: understand how Josh McDaniels can inherit a playoff team after 390 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:43,160 Speaker 1: having all of that chaos with that roster. The John 391 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:46,840 Speaker 1: Grooten emails, maybe he's racist, maybe he's misoga, just maybe 392 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:51,640 Speaker 1: he's just an asshole. Whatever. Damon Arnette, first round cornerback, 393 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:54,640 Speaker 1: kicked off the team for going John Morant, pointing he 394 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:57,240 Speaker 1: he originated the John Morant gun on social media thing 395 00:19:57,320 --> 00:19:59,680 Speaker 1: like that was him first, right, and he got kicked 396 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:02,560 Speaker 1: off the team because he was threatening somebody on ig 397 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:08,520 Speaker 1: Henry Ruggs, their best receiver kills somebody, right, you know, 398 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:10,920 Speaker 1: all these different things. None of their first round draft 399 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:13,520 Speaker 1: picks are the first three round guys except for Josh 400 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:15,679 Speaker 1: Jacobs was even on the roster or something like that, 401 00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:18,560 Speaker 1: like it was really bad. They have interim coach, they 402 00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:20,879 Speaker 1: can make the playoffs, and they actually put a scare 403 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:23,919 Speaker 1: into the Cincinnati Bengals. So you take that team with 404 00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:25,760 Speaker 1: all that chaos and they were still able to band 405 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:30,000 Speaker 1: together and do something. You add, for my money, the 406 00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:33,760 Speaker 1: best receiver in football, Davante Adams and who what had 407 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:38,000 Speaker 1: been at top five production wise pass rusher over the 408 00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:41,879 Speaker 1: last few years in Chandler Jones yea, and suddenly everybody 409 00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:47,560 Speaker 1: takes a step back, and zero accountability from the head coach, 410 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:50,320 Speaker 1: zero accountability from the front office because they came in 411 00:20:50,320 --> 00:20:53,280 Speaker 1: as a tandem deal. And instead what you're seeing is 412 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:57,520 Speaker 1: they're basically tearing the team down. They're trying to They're 413 00:20:57,560 --> 00:21:01,280 Speaker 1: doing exactly what every single other coach from the Belichick 414 00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:04,400 Speaker 1: coaching tree has done. They're trying to instill the Patriot way, 415 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:08,879 Speaker 1: bringing familiar faces. It started um last year when they 416 00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:11,840 Speaker 1: brought in the running back this and then Chandler generals 417 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:14,320 Speaker 1: has a familiarity as well. Then it moves on this year. 418 00:21:14,359 --> 00:21:17,040 Speaker 1: Now you've got Jimmy g Jacobe Meyers and they're just 419 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:20,720 Speaker 1: trying to build Patriots West there's a reason why Josh 420 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:23,800 Speaker 1: McDaniels and the Raiders were listed in the NFLPA player 421 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:26,280 Speaker 1: poll as being one of the teams that runs their 422 00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:28,520 Speaker 1: players into the ground. All right, well, hold on, hold 423 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:30,920 Speaker 1: on it. First of all, they kept Josh Jacobs, right, 424 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:34,479 Speaker 1: they recite him. He's on the franchise that they got 425 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:37,760 Speaker 1: the franchise. How many guys are happy on the franchise? 426 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:42,080 Speaker 1: Deck kept Hunter renfrou offensive line is not terrible, it's 427 00:21:42,119 --> 00:21:44,760 Speaker 1: not good. Defense has a lot of question marks. But 428 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:48,919 Speaker 1: I don't see why you're disappointed with Jimmy Garoppolo. Like, 429 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:51,040 Speaker 1: clearly Carr did not work out. He did not have 430 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:53,680 Speaker 1: a good season at all, and it doesn't seem like 431 00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:57,080 Speaker 1: McDaniels liked him. Well, here's the thing people were saying, Oh, well, yeah, 432 00:21:57,080 --> 00:21:59,040 Speaker 1: I think Jimmy G's an upgrade. I talked to Eddie 433 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:01,480 Speaker 1: House front of the podcast him on Thursday. Well, he's 434 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:03,159 Speaker 1: a big Raider fan, so we chop it up now 435 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:06,000 Speaker 1: and again, and he's really excited about Jimmy G. And 436 00:22:06,119 --> 00:22:07,720 Speaker 1: if I had more time to talk to him, what 437 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:09,960 Speaker 1: I would have told him is, if Jimmy G is 438 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:11,920 Speaker 1: that good, why did he get half the money that 439 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:16,159 Speaker 1: Derek Carr got okay, doesn't make anything right. Jimmy g 440 00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:21,359 Speaker 1: is a limited, mediocre quarterback who always gets hurt if 441 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:24,600 Speaker 1: he if he couldn't carry like I'm not Scar, but 442 00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:27,880 Speaker 1: in San Francisco he was winning as a game manager. 443 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:31,080 Speaker 1: He is not going to have the opportunity would be 444 00:22:31,119 --> 00:22:33,320 Speaker 1: a game manager with the Raiders because the team's not 445 00:22:33,359 --> 00:22:34,840 Speaker 1: good enough. The rest of the team's not going to be. 446 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:36,840 Speaker 1: How about this, if he doesn't make mistakes, you know, 447 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:40,479 Speaker 1: I'm the Derek Carr had probably one of his worst seasons. 448 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:42,520 Speaker 1: A lot of bad interceptions, a lot of bad roads. 449 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:46,480 Speaker 1: You know, this team had a lot of one win losses, 450 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:48,159 Speaker 1: if memory serves. I don't have all the numbers in 451 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:50,040 Speaker 1: front of me, but I think they lost like six 452 00:22:50,119 --> 00:22:52,240 Speaker 1: or seven games by by one score, and they blew 453 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:55,840 Speaker 1: three seventeen. And they did that. They kept blowing halftime 454 00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:59,120 Speaker 1: leads at like an alarming rate, which is scary. Obviously 455 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 1: McDaniels is I couldn't want that pinned on him. I 456 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:03,560 Speaker 1: think what he's trying to do is say, listen, this 457 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:06,280 Speaker 1: is just a quarterback problem. We were close. I'll get 458 00:23:06,359 --> 00:23:08,280 Speaker 1: us over the hump. Is that possible? I don't know. 459 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:10,120 Speaker 1: They've got to do a lot to get the defense better. 460 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:13,639 Speaker 1: I know they traded away Rot Waller, but if they 461 00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:17,359 Speaker 1: don't signs Foster Moreau, it's Foster or Fabian Foster Moreau, 462 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:20,400 Speaker 1: Fabian Moreau. I think it's a say defensive back somewhere. Yes. Yeah, 463 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:23,560 Speaker 1: If they don't keep Foster Moreau, they're in trouble because 464 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:26,200 Speaker 1: right now you can't go into the season with Jasper 465 00:23:26,359 --> 00:23:29,359 Speaker 1: Horsestead as there. That's honestly on the depth chart. I 466 00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:31,480 Speaker 1: don't know who that is. And the backup is Cole 467 00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:34,920 Speaker 1: fothering him. Whoever those guys are. Now here's a good thing. 468 00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:40,399 Speaker 1: They have a what number pick do they have is seven? Seven? Well, listen, 469 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:42,200 Speaker 1: you could get a tight end at seven. You could 470 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:43,920 Speaker 1: trade back and get more picks, which I think is 471 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:46,760 Speaker 1: the move. Would you want Jalen Carter if he falls 472 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:48,800 Speaker 1: to seven because he's been going through some stuff. The 473 00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:51,520 Speaker 1: George Georgia defensive tackle, who was thought to be maybe 474 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:53,359 Speaker 1: the top player in the draft, Like he's gained weight, 475 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:56,239 Speaker 1: he had that of off court issue, he's got some 476 00:23:56,280 --> 00:23:58,800 Speaker 1: problems now. I think he personally falls out of the 477 00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:02,080 Speaker 1: top ten. We'll see. We're still you know, a month 478 00:24:02,119 --> 00:24:05,480 Speaker 1: and change away from the draft, but it's not trending 479 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:07,119 Speaker 1: well for him right now. Would you want to take 480 00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:10,560 Speaker 1: a flyer on him as like a depressed asset who's 481 00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:12,560 Speaker 1: falling or is that no? No, no, no no, no. We've 482 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:14,960 Speaker 1: had enough risky first round picks. We got to keep 483 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:17,320 Speaker 1: it safe here and get an instant contributor who I 484 00:24:17,359 --> 00:24:18,879 Speaker 1: don't have to worry about every time I go to 485 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:22,200 Speaker 1: sleep at night. I would lean with the ladder only because, 486 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:25,800 Speaker 1: and this was the downfall of the Gruden Mayock marriage. 487 00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:29,240 Speaker 1: They drafted horribly in the first three rounds. Like, I 488 00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:31,959 Speaker 1: think the only guy that they got who's a legitimate 489 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:36,600 Speaker 1: NFL player is Josh Jacobs. All the other guys washed 490 00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:41,080 Speaker 1: out or got cut or whatever. Alex Leatherwood, Cleveland Furl, 491 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:44,440 Speaker 1: Jonathan Abrams, you know all those guys. They did really 492 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:47,199 Speaker 1: well in the back end with Hunter Renfroe, Max Crosby, 493 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:49,920 Speaker 1: but in the top three they were terrible. So if 494 00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:53,520 Speaker 1: this new Patriots West is going to work, it's going 495 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:55,800 Speaker 1: to be because they draft well, it's not going to 496 00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:58,919 Speaker 1: be because of these Jimmy g acquisition. I like Jakobe Might. 497 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:00,240 Speaker 1: I think he's a good player, but I don't think 498 00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:03,760 Speaker 1: he's like a difference maker type receiver. So, I mean, 499 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:05,560 Speaker 1: if he's so, he went for being the one in 500 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:08,960 Speaker 1: New England, and now he's opposite Davante Adams, so he's 501 00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:11,439 Speaker 1: gonna be facing a lot of number two cornerbacks. I 502 00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:15,240 Speaker 1: think that's a huge upgrade for him. For him, absolutely, Yeah, 503 00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:17,720 Speaker 1: he's a fine receiver. He you know, I just don't 504 00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:19,280 Speaker 1: know if he's like, oh man, you see we got 505 00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:23,440 Speaker 1: your Kobe Myers, like that's now it's interesting. Under Mayock, 506 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:29,760 Speaker 1: Alabama players were drafted significantly early. Clemson, yeah, Alabama. Yeah, 507 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:31,720 Speaker 1: though it seems like there was some kind of love affairs. 508 00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:35,200 Speaker 1: So in twenty nineteen they drafted three Clemson players and 509 00:25:35,359 --> 00:25:38,719 Speaker 1: Alabama guy in the second round, and then in twenty 510 00:25:38,840 --> 00:25:41,760 Speaker 1: twenty the Henry Ruggs ill faded year two Clemson guys 511 00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:44,159 Speaker 1: and Henry Ruggs in the first round. And then in 512 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:47,920 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one, no Clemson guys, but Alabama's Alex Leatherwood 513 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:49,919 Speaker 1: to open and that has not panned out. If you 514 00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:53,679 Speaker 1: look at the stats, oh, it's very bleak. Even the 515 00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:56,800 Speaker 1: safety out of TCU Trevor Morrig did he even do much? No, 516 00:25:56,920 --> 00:25:59,440 Speaker 1: I mean he was build coming out as the top 517 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:02,120 Speaker 1: deep safety in the draft, and then you watch him 518 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:06,320 Speaker 1: play and it's like what Tay watching one interception? Well 519 00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:10,400 Speaker 1: again college tape in the twelve yikes. Um so, so 520 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:15,120 Speaker 1: not that thrilled about um Garoppolo. I mean, so you're 521 00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:17,200 Speaker 1: thinking there's a case to make the playoffs or no, 522 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:22,159 Speaker 1: no shout whatsoever. I mean, the AFC is a juggernaut. 523 00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:24,680 Speaker 1: So if they played in the NFC, maybe I feel 524 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:27,200 Speaker 1: better about it. But the AFC is loaded. I mean, rob, 525 00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:31,600 Speaker 1: I can't get over this. Remember twenty twenty one the 526 00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:34,199 Speaker 1: number one seeds with the Green Bay Packers and the 527 00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:38,680 Speaker 1: Tennessee Titans. Both of them missed the playoffs. The following 528 00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:41,359 Speaker 1: year one had Aaron Rodgers together had I guess, can 529 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:43,120 Speaker 1: I say Derrick Henry or is that just didn't better? 530 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:47,520 Speaker 1: It's like disrespectful the Ryan's ad Hill it is. But 531 00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:51,760 Speaker 1: um so things happen. I listen, I don't see the 532 00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:54,320 Speaker 1: Who was the number one seed? By the way, was 533 00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:56,840 Speaker 1: it Chiefs? It was Chiefs this year? It was well, 534 00:26:56,840 --> 00:26:59,920 Speaker 1: there was that weird incident with the Buffalo Bills player 535 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:02,840 Speaker 1: and the football, that that coin flip thing, But it 536 00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:05,639 Speaker 1: was the Chiefs and the Eagles were the one seeds. 537 00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:11,480 Speaker 1: I don't see the Eagles totally cratering. I mean, they're 538 00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:15,160 Speaker 1: gonna make the playoffs and obviously in the NFC, But yeah, 539 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:18,240 Speaker 1: it's tough. Short of a massive injury to a Burrow 540 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:20,680 Speaker 1: or of a Holmes or Herbert, I think those three 541 00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:26,000 Speaker 1: are locks. I would say Jacksonville a lot. Okay, fine, 542 00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:28,720 Speaker 1: By the way, we could wrap up on this, this 543 00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:32,719 Speaker 1: Austin Eckler situation. Fox Sports Radio has the best sports 544 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:35,520 Speaker 1: talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our shows 545 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:39,120 Speaker 1: at Fox Sports Radio dot com and within the iHeart 546 00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:42,600 Speaker 1: Radio app search f SR to listen live. He just 547 00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:46,760 Speaker 1: wanted his deal early, right, right, Yeah, so there's no 548 00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:49,600 Speaker 1: chance he holds out next seed. I can't imagine that 549 00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:52,480 Speaker 1: he would, but listen that he knows his usage rate 550 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:55,600 Speaker 1: is through the roof, and all you need is one 551 00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:57,960 Speaker 1: injury and they'll probably end up franchise tagging him after 552 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:02,120 Speaker 1: next year, right, I would assume. So this whole situation 553 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:04,720 Speaker 1: is weird because it's like they gave him permission to 554 00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:06,919 Speaker 1: seek a trade knowing that he's gonna want a new 555 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:09,760 Speaker 1: deal afterwards. Right. And this is a similar situation with 556 00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:12,440 Speaker 1: where you gotta going with Lamar Jackson is people love 557 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:15,480 Speaker 1: the player like you love Lamar Jackson, you love Austin Eckler. 558 00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:19,480 Speaker 1: They're both fantastic players. The problem is Lamar Jackson wants 559 00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:21,640 Speaker 1: a fully guarantee deal, which NFL teams don't want to do. 560 00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:24,360 Speaker 1: The problem with Auston Ecklers He's a small running back. 561 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:28,800 Speaker 1: Nobody is gonna be giving up premium draft assets and 562 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:32,719 Speaker 1: paying top dollar for a small role back with miles 563 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:35,120 Speaker 1: on him. Wait, I didn't even realize this. He's been 564 00:28:35,119 --> 00:28:37,520 Speaker 1: in the league for longer than I thought. Yeah, I 565 00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:40,400 Speaker 1: mean he was a backup for a long time, got 566 00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:42,560 Speaker 1: his shot paid off in a big way. He's a 567 00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:45,960 Speaker 1: really good player. But it's like, how many teams, especially nowadays, 568 00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:49,360 Speaker 1: whether running back has been depreciating in value year by year, 569 00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:51,600 Speaker 1: is gonna say, yeah, let me give up a third 570 00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:54,880 Speaker 1: round pick and then make him the second highest paid 571 00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:57,680 Speaker 1: running back in football. I just don't see that happening. Well. 572 00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:00,800 Speaker 1: He also, he turns twenty eight in May, and we 573 00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:03,880 Speaker 1: know that a right around thirty the running backs allegedly 574 00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:06,640 Speaker 1: are cooked. But if you take a flyer on him, 575 00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:08,880 Speaker 1: I mean he's gonna want like a three year deal 576 00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:12,520 Speaker 1: with big money. Listen, if you've got money to spend 577 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:14,240 Speaker 1: and you've got a quarterback on the rookie deal, I 578 00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:16,640 Speaker 1: don't hate picking this guy up because it's he's kind 579 00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:18,040 Speaker 1: of a receiver and then he comes out of the 580 00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:21,560 Speaker 1: backfield and last season he had one hundred and seven catches. 581 00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:26,280 Speaker 1: I'm assuming that led all running backs year before seventy. 582 00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:30,200 Speaker 1: This guy delivers, you know, I if I'm not paying 583 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:32,760 Speaker 1: my quarterback yet, Like, if I'm Jacksonville, why are you 584 00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:34,560 Speaker 1: not jumping on Austin Neckler. You don't have to pay 585 00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:36,560 Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence. He's only been in the league for two years. 586 00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:41,160 Speaker 1: Why is it Jacksonville back in Jacksonville? Who Travis Etn? Yeah, 587 00:29:41,160 --> 00:29:44,680 Speaker 1: he's really good. I mean the team that makes sense 588 00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:46,760 Speaker 1: from a fit stam wave, though I don't think they 589 00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:51,960 Speaker 1: have the money to do it would be Buffalo m Yeah. 590 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:53,719 Speaker 1: How are they affording him? Yeah? I don't think they 591 00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:57,600 Speaker 1: have the money because Alan got paid. So Etn first 592 00:29:57,680 --> 00:30:00,520 Speaker 1: round picked, missed the entire rookie season. He's only played 593 00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:03,240 Speaker 1: one year. I don't I don't think he's even in 594 00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:05,560 Speaker 1: the same class. I mean, he's a solid player, but 595 00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:09,000 Speaker 1: he's on a rookie deal. He's cheap. He's really now 596 00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:13,160 Speaker 1: because they have Lawrence and him on rookie deals, they're 597 00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:16,600 Speaker 1: able to overspend on the wide receiving corps, which they 598 00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:19,280 Speaker 1: did with Christian Kirk and then they Zay Jones. They 599 00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:22,360 Speaker 1: just brought in Calmer Ridley the defense they're gonna start. 600 00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:24,040 Speaker 1: You know, they paid big money for some of the 601 00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:27,400 Speaker 1: guys on the back end, so I don't see them. 602 00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:30,000 Speaker 1: I don't see any team really investing big money in 603 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:32,880 Speaker 1: a running back moving forward. I think there's Zigel Elliott situation, 604 00:30:32,880 --> 00:30:35,200 Speaker 1: who just got cut this week really scared a lot 605 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:38,480 Speaker 1: of teams off. So if you think about the offensive coordinator, 606 00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:40,800 Speaker 1: he's from Dallas and what did he do. He basically 607 00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:46,880 Speaker 1: split Zeke and Tony Pollard two back system. I don't 608 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:49,320 Speaker 1: know how Ekla would feel about that. Is he gonna 609 00:30:49,360 --> 00:30:51,600 Speaker 1: like that or not? Really? Because it means his touches 610 00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:53,480 Speaker 1: are down and now he's going into a contract year. 611 00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:57,720 Speaker 1: This is a tough one. I personally like him, I 612 00:30:57,760 --> 00:31:01,760 Speaker 1: think more than others. Might have a fantasy influence, um, 613 00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:05,000 Speaker 1: but I'm just telling you this guy is so vital 614 00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:07,200 Speaker 1: to this offense because when the offensive line was decimated, 615 00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:09,080 Speaker 1: last year, I felt like there were so many dump 616 00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:12,200 Speaker 1: offs to Eckler and he's just making chicken shit out 617 00:31:12,240 --> 00:31:14,480 Speaker 1: of chicken soup out of chicken shit all the time, 618 00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:17,560 Speaker 1: like he's Herbert under pressures. Let me just dump it 619 00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:19,320 Speaker 1: off and then and then Excelle makes a play, makes 620 00:31:19,320 --> 00:31:22,880 Speaker 1: people miss. I don't know, guys. I I mean again, 621 00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:26,040 Speaker 1: I'm not breaking the bank for Eckler, but I'm definitely 622 00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:29,840 Speaker 1: keeping the guy happy and maybe working in a little 623 00:31:29,920 --> 00:31:33,000 Speaker 1: more of who's the young running back? They have, um 624 00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:36,840 Speaker 1: Josh Kelly, Now he's often hurt. They have Isaiah Spiller 625 00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:39,280 Speaker 1: as a young kid, but they like reworked the deals 626 00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:42,640 Speaker 1: of Alan and Mike Williams, so they're like set on 627 00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:46,000 Speaker 1: the outside. You got to assume that Corey Lindsay will 628 00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:48,520 Speaker 1: be healthy and Ray saw Slater offensive line was good 629 00:31:48,560 --> 00:31:50,960 Speaker 1: until it fell apart. Like I think this is the 630 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:53,120 Speaker 1: Super Bowl contending team. I know you refuse to believe 631 00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:56,360 Speaker 1: that we'll see if jac Jackson's even back for the 632 00:31:56,400 --> 00:31:59,600 Speaker 1: beginning of the season after that gruesome injury. I like 633 00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:01,880 Speaker 1: charge you take Echo off that team. I think it 634 00:32:02,080 --> 00:32:04,840 Speaker 1: is a significant dot down grade, like Zeke off the Cowboys. 635 00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:08,440 Speaker 1: I don't think it does anything. Jakeawon Barkley. You can't 636 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:10,800 Speaker 1: take him off the Giants. They desperately need him to. 637 00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:14,440 Speaker 1: It's gonna say have nothing else. I think the Chicago 638 00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:17,800 Speaker 1: Bears didn't they move on from Montgomery. They did where 639 00:32:17,840 --> 00:32:21,400 Speaker 1: Detroit now, I think, right, So these running backs are interchangeable. 640 00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:23,960 Speaker 1: Jamal Williams I think led the NFL in touchdowns. Yeah, 641 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:26,080 Speaker 1: and the Lions are just like, all right, piece out bro. 642 00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:29,920 Speaker 1: So the Bears are gonna try out Khalil Herbert, Dante Foreman, 643 00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:33,320 Speaker 1: who I think he backed up McCaffrey at some point. Yeah, 644 00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:36,240 Speaker 1: he was. It was actually a fantasy savior for a 645 00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:38,640 Speaker 1: lot of teams. They're down the stretch with Carolina because 646 00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:40,240 Speaker 1: he had a couple of games, right, he had like 647 00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:42,760 Speaker 1: one hundred and twenty yards and had two touchdowns like 648 00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:45,120 Speaker 1: in a row, back to back. So I know he 649 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:47,440 Speaker 1: got my one of my teams through some rough patches 650 00:32:47,480 --> 00:32:49,760 Speaker 1: for sure. So if you're Detroit, you got DeAndre Swift, 651 00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:52,720 Speaker 1: David Montgomery, Craig Reynolds. I don't think it makes sense. 652 00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:55,240 Speaker 1: I'll wrap up on this. This is the only take 653 00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:57,520 Speaker 1: I have really on Lamar Jackson, because there's been nothing, 654 00:32:57,560 --> 00:33:00,560 Speaker 1: no chatter or no anything which is odd or on 655 00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:04,760 Speaker 1: brand for him since he doesn't have an agent. Could 656 00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:07,640 Speaker 1: the Colt scrab Lamar Jackson. They have the fourth pick, 657 00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:10,240 Speaker 1: They're not gonna get one of the two best quarterbacks, right, 658 00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:14,160 Speaker 1: I don't, I don't. I don't like. Maybe you stay 659 00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:16,800 Speaker 1: put for CJ. Strout and you're terrible again, but then 660 00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:18,760 Speaker 1: you're gonna be drafting at the top of the draft 661 00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:21,680 Speaker 1: and you just wasted a first round pick on Strout. 662 00:33:21,840 --> 00:33:25,640 Speaker 1: I don't know. They picked up Gardner, Minshew, Matt Ryan's gone, 663 00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:30,240 Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor not paying him. Your receivers are Pittman, you're 664 00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:33,800 Speaker 1: not paying him, and a couple of nobodies. Offensive line 665 00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:36,120 Speaker 1: is and the defense is there. Like they have a 666 00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:37,840 Speaker 1: chance to be one of the worst teams in the league. 667 00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:39,800 Speaker 1: Or they could go out and go after Lamar Jackson. 668 00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:43,240 Speaker 1: What's the argument against bringing Lamar Jackson into the turf 669 00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:49,280 Speaker 1: in Lucas Oil playing in the AFC South. I only 670 00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:52,360 Speaker 1: have one and that is if I'm gonna have to 671 00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:55,120 Speaker 1: give up two picks and pay him, I'm not giving 672 00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:59,760 Speaker 1: up a number four overall pick. The only way that 673 00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:02,560 Speaker 1: they those two picks plus contract makes sense is if 674 00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:04,560 Speaker 1: you're a team picking in the back half of the draft. 675 00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:09,120 Speaker 1: For me, from my perspective, I can't I can't imagine 676 00:34:09,160 --> 00:34:12,719 Speaker 1: giving up the number four pick and another first So 677 00:34:12,760 --> 00:34:16,399 Speaker 1: a lot of people, I think, believe if somebody made 678 00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:18,640 Speaker 1: a move on Lamar and they had like the twenty 679 00:34:18,680 --> 00:34:21,520 Speaker 1: sixth pick and then next year's first round, the Ravens 680 00:34:21,520 --> 00:34:26,320 Speaker 1: would just match it and sign him, right right, Maybe 681 00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:28,200 Speaker 1: they don't match if they can get the number four 682 00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:31,279 Speaker 1: pick because they might see a quarterback they like. So 683 00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:37,000 Speaker 1: maybe that adds actually enticing to Baltimore. And if you're 684 00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:40,160 Speaker 1: the Colts, like, listen, since Andrew Luck left, you see 685 00:34:40,160 --> 00:34:41,800 Speaker 1: how tough it's been defined a quarterback. I mean, we 686 00:34:41,840 --> 00:34:44,080 Speaker 1: always joke about the Dolphins. I joke about my Jets. 687 00:34:44,360 --> 00:34:47,160 Speaker 1: They're now willing to be held hostage by Aaron Rodgers 688 00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:50,320 Speaker 1: for a one or two year rental. You know, Colts 689 00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:52,239 Speaker 1: had a really good run with Peyton Manning. They had 690 00:34:52,239 --> 00:34:55,879 Speaker 1: a solid playoff run with Andrew Luck. Now you're looking 691 00:34:55,920 --> 00:34:58,440 Speaker 1: at being in the waste land until you are awful 692 00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:00,040 Speaker 1: and drafting at the top of the draft. So I 693 00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:01,640 Speaker 1: don't know, Rob, I think if I'm the Colts, I 694 00:35:01,640 --> 00:35:04,799 Speaker 1: have to consider Lamar sounds like you wouldn't do it. 695 00:35:05,480 --> 00:35:07,280 Speaker 1: I mean, if it's if not the Colts, then who 696 00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:09,880 Speaker 1: that's the problem. And then he holds out right, the 697 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:12,560 Speaker 1: market is really dried up. I don't know which teams 698 00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:15,399 Speaker 1: are really need a quarterback. They can't draft one. Yeah, 699 00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:17,520 Speaker 1: and then you try. You know, I don't know why 700 00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:20,880 Speaker 1: Atlanta hasn't gotten Knick Lamar. You've got him play for 701 00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:25,040 Speaker 1: seven million dollars less than Daniel Jones this season. Maybe 702 00:35:25,080 --> 00:35:29,200 Speaker 1: Lamar just sits out. He's twenty six, he's still in 703 00:35:29,239 --> 00:35:32,920 Speaker 1: his prime. I mean, Deshaun Watson did sit out that 704 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:38,120 Speaker 1: one season. I think essentially he hits him his two seasons, right, yeah, 705 00:35:38,360 --> 00:35:41,279 Speaker 1: one in a one full season and then for ten games. Yeah, 706 00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:44,640 Speaker 1: so you know you could make an argument. Lamar just says, 707 00:35:44,680 --> 00:35:46,560 Speaker 1: screw it, I'm sitting out. And then they're like, all right, 708 00:35:46,600 --> 00:35:48,680 Speaker 1: well we're not gonna tag him again. And then then 709 00:35:48,719 --> 00:35:52,160 Speaker 1: what it's just it's about to get ugly in Baltimore 710 00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:54,960 Speaker 1: because I don't think Lamar wants to be there. So 711 00:35:55,080 --> 00:35:56,960 Speaker 1: we'll see what happens. But it's early next week. We 712 00:35:57,000 --> 00:35:59,440 Speaker 1: have a really good guest lined up on the NFL 713 00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:02,799 Speaker 1: front and obviously enjoy the games. This weekend, I'll be 714 00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:07,280 Speaker 1: putting some bets on social media. Rob get that eye healthy. 715 00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:08,680 Speaker 1: We'll talk to you guys all Monday.