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Speaker 1: What is going on? Everybody Freeing Out podcast with me,

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Speaker 1: John Middlecock Back and Adam Again Tuesday morning, Wednesday morning,

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Speaker 1: whenever the hell you're listening. We got a lot of football.

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Speaker 1: Had a had a great weekend of football, where so

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Speaker 1: I thought, just watched the Monday night football game. Uh,

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Speaker 1: I was watching the fourth quarner. I'm like, what is

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Speaker 1: of good thoughts on the weekend, and we're gonna dive

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Speaker 1: into once we get past the night football game. The

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Speaker 1: three teams in the NFL that have really separated themselves.

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Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson just his performance on Sunday was just fantastic.

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Speaker 1: Some thoughts on Kyle Shanahan, who's you know? And Richard

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Speaker 1: Sherman who the forty Niners man are just kicking ass

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Speaker 1: and taking names right now, and those two deserve a

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Speaker 1: lot of credit. Uh, the Bears man Ryan Pace back

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Speaker 1: to Deshaun Watson, It's gonna be hard to live that

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Speaker 1: one down. And as a GM, you know, you're not

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Speaker 1: defined by your record, You're defined by the players you pick.

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Speaker 1: And that's he's gonna have to. Uh, he's gonna have

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Speaker 1: to pivot this offseason and figure out a replacement for

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Speaker 1: his mistake in the draft. The Browns. Listen, I don't

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Speaker 1: know how many times we're gonna beat the dead horse,

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Speaker 1: but their total embarrassment down seventeen nothing in the first

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Speaker 1: we'll dive into just some other little things I saw

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Speaker 1: around the league. Uh, and then obviously the Middlecoff mail bag,

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Speaker 1: like we do every show at John Middlecoff is my

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Speaker 1: Instagram handle and those d M same as my Twitter handle. Uh,

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Speaker 1: slide up in and I'll answer your questions right here

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Speaker 1: on the on the podcast. That's how it's how we interact.

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Speaker 1: You know, we don't take uh can't take calls because

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Speaker 1: this isn't technically a live show. Well I mean i'm

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Speaker 1: as I'm talking, I'm live, but for the show, it's uh,

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Speaker 1: it's the way I like to keep you guys involved. Listen,

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Speaker 1: the Steelers are gonna move to three and four and

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Speaker 1: the Dolphins row and seven. And the Dolphins are probably

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Speaker 1: Their efforts pretty damn good. They try really hard, they

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Speaker 1: just stick. Their organization literally punted on the season. They

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Speaker 1: Tries really hard. It's just good enough for you to lose.

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Speaker 1: And the Steelers listen, man. As we go into November,

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Speaker 1: they got more wins in the Browns. Now, the schedules

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Speaker 1: this injury, he's big Ben. By about December, he's gonna

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Speaker 1: be big big Ben. He's gonna put on some malb's now.

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Speaker 1: He's got a long time. He's got the off season

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Speaker 1: And I don't blame him. Sometimes you just just want to

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Speaker 1: eat and drink a couple of cold ones, you know,

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Speaker 1: in the fall, you don't have much to do. But

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Speaker 1: the Steelers are three and four. They play the Colts

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Speaker 1: yourself in that situation as just a professional. If everyone

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Speaker 1: But Mike Tomlins record speaks for itself. He's never had

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Speaker 1: he's one of the one of the better corners, one

423
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Speaker 1: of the better dbs in the league. He he is

424
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Speaker 1: playing at a super super high level. And I bet

425
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Speaker 1: he'd tell you, Yeah, physically, maybe I'm not what I

426
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Speaker 1: was when I was twenty three, but I'm infinitely smarter.

427
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Speaker 1: And when you bring a guy like that to me,

428
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Speaker 1: he's I say this all the time about him. He's

429
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Speaker 1: the most physical, tackling corner I've ever seen. He doesn't

430
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Speaker 1: talk as much as he wants. Did you know he's

431
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Speaker 1: not as boisterous in terms of just he's actually pretty

432
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Speaker 1: understated now in a and that's weird. Who would ever

433
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Speaker 1: thought we'd say that four or five years ago, And

434
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Speaker 1: you mature as a human and it's just not as

435
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Speaker 1: necessary probably to talk because you just back it up.

436
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Speaker 1: But the swag that he brings just being around those guys,

437
00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:07,800
Speaker 1: you know, because anytime you're gonna win for the first time,

438
00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:10,800
Speaker 1: it helps when you have someone who's been there before.

439
00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:13,400
Speaker 1: This guy has been to multiple Super Bowls. He's gonna

440
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Speaker 1: walk into the Hall of Fame to be like, guys, this,

441
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Speaker 1: we're we're headed in the right direction. And he was

442
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Speaker 1: saying that over and over last year, and Kyle Shanahan,

443
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Speaker 1: who had been to the Super Bowl now granted as

444
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Speaker 1: an offensive coordinator, was saying the same things. We're head

445
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Speaker 1: in the right direction. But I think for a lot

446
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Speaker 1: of us on the outside, it's like, well, are they

447
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Speaker 1: eventually gonna win? Are they gonna get this done? And

448
00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:35,919
Speaker 1: now they are, and the way they're doing it is

449
00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:40,240
Speaker 1: they are kicking the ship out of people. They took

450
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Speaker 1: the Panthers, who you know, they'll probably be an eight

451
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Speaker 1: and a team at the end of the year. They

452
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Speaker 1: made him look like a zero win team. That was.

453
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Speaker 1: That's as big of a beat down as you'll see

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Speaker 1: all season long. Offensively, they run it right down your throat.

455
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Speaker 1: And the thing that makes Kyle special and they kind

456
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Speaker 1: of has the parallels to Harbor in the sense he

457
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Speaker 1: lives to run the ball, he wants to shove the

458
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Speaker 1: run down your throat until you tap out and say uncle.

459
00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:09,720
Speaker 1: And most young guys, including me, like, if you're like

460
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Speaker 1: a middle con gonna let you call plays on this drive?

461
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Speaker 1: What plays would you call passes? I would throw bombs.

462
00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:19,080
Speaker 1: I would throw like skinny posts. I would throw just

463
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Speaker 1: deep breaking routes. Most young coaches want to throw the ball.

464
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Speaker 1: I don't blame him. It's fun to throw. He's kind

465
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Speaker 1: of old school in that sense. I mean, now, granted

466
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Speaker 1: he learned from the Master's father. They will gash you

467
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Speaker 1: till the cows come home. If you put a good

468
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Speaker 1: defense with a good run game, you're gonna win games.

469
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Speaker 1: And then Jimmy just keeps getting better and better. And

470
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Speaker 1: then you factor in Kyle's ability to call plays. He's

471
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Speaker 1: a magician. Like I feel pretty confident saying the Niners

472
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Speaker 1: are legit. Are they gonna win the Super Bowl? I

473
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Speaker 1: don't know. Are they even gonna be a top two seed?

474
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Speaker 1: I don't know either. They still play the Packers, they

475
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Speaker 1: still play the Saints, and you kind of look at

476
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Speaker 1: the standings. Packers have one loss, the Saints have one loss.

477
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Speaker 1: The Niners right now are undefeated, and they play on Thursday,

478
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Speaker 1: Night Football against the Cardinals, which they should win, but

479
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Speaker 1: they still then they play Seattle, they play Seattle twice,

480
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Speaker 1: they play those teams, They play the Ravens like they're

481
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Speaker 1: gonna They're not gonna run the table. Fourteen and two

482
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Speaker 1: is probably what it's gonna take, in my opinion, to

483
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Speaker 1: get a first round by in the NFC. There's a

484
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Speaker 1: chance that you could go thirteen and three and be

485
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Speaker 1: the three seed and be like playing you know, the

486
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Speaker 1: Rams in the first round. So we don't know where

487
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Speaker 1: this Niners team is gonna be seated, but we know

488
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Speaker 1: that we know the Saints are good. We know the

489
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Speaker 1: Packers are good because Aaron Rodgers, like the Niners are

490
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Speaker 1: on their level. Now are they gonna win those games?

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Speaker 1: I don't know. Great part about this season we're gonna

492
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Speaker 1: find out. But after watching them after the bye, they

493
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Speaker 1: came out after that, they went on the by and

494
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Speaker 1: they were three and oh I hate early buys, but

495
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Speaker 1: it is what it is like, are this when are

496
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Speaker 1: these guys deal? And they came out and they took

497
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Speaker 1: Freddy Kitchens and they said you don't belong and beat

498
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Speaker 1: the living crap out them. Then they went to Washington

499
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Speaker 1: or excuse me. They went to l A and it

500
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Speaker 1: was like, yeah, you guys are decent. We're gonna kick

501
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Speaker 1: the crap out of you. And they did. Then they

502
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Speaker 1: went to Washington, they played in the Mud Bowl and

503
00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:13,359
Speaker 1: they just it's the NFL. They found a way to

504
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Speaker 1: win off the Mud Bowl. They came back and they

505
00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:20,600
Speaker 1: played the Carolina Panthers and they made him look like

506
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Speaker 1: the Washington Redskins would have looked on a dry field.

507
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Speaker 1: That that that's as impressive of a game as you'll see.

508
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Speaker 1: And Kyle and the mindset and guys like Richard Sherman

509
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Speaker 1: and obviously drafting the right players deserve a ton of credit.

510
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Speaker 1: But the Niners are not going away. Okay, let's uh,

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Speaker 1: let's dive in. Watching the Raider Houston Texan game yesterday.

512
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Speaker 1: We we got power outages right now and my power

513
00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:51,080
Speaker 1: went out mid fort third quarter and the radar halftime.

514
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Speaker 1: I had to adjust on the fly. Luckily, the gym

515
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Speaker 1: I belonged to is also a hotel and has uh

516
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Speaker 1: has games set up? We're just I mean, has TV

517
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Speaker 1: sit up? They had all the games going Sunday. So

518
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Speaker 1: I just threw some stuff in a in a backpack

519
00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:07,960
Speaker 1: and flew to the gym, so I didn't miss much

520
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Speaker 1: and I didn't miss the Shawn Watson. And I think

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Speaker 1: I've been thinking a lot about this the last twenty

522
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Speaker 1: four hours and trying to figure in an analogy, and

523
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Speaker 1: I don't really have one. But you know, sometimes in

524
00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:24,640
Speaker 1: life we just overthink things and it happens a lot.

525
00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:27,800
Speaker 1: It's scouting, you know, when a guy you know. Colin

526
00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:29,879
Speaker 1: always says like, just listen, the guy's gonna tell you

527
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Speaker 1: who he is. From a personality standpoint, I think sometimes

528
00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:36,080
Speaker 1: just watch, the guy's gonna tell you who he is.

529
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Speaker 1: Like Dalvin Cook right now is probably my favorite player

530
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Speaker 1: in the NFL. I didn't love him as an NFL prospect.

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Speaker 1: I think I overthought that one. I absolutely love the

532
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Speaker 1: way the guy plays. And Shaun Watson. Who When When

533
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Speaker 1: I first got to the NFL in two thousand and ten,

534
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Speaker 1: you know, I was very you know, versed on West

535
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Speaker 1: Coast football at the Pack twelve of the Mountain West

536
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Speaker 1: and even following like you know, the Big twelve and stuff.

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Speaker 1: But I wasn't super locked in on the A C

538
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Speaker 1: C from an NFL standpoint, And I just remember hearing

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Speaker 1: all these stories like oh, Clemson man produced all these

540
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Speaker 1: NFL players, but they never win a damn thing. And

541
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Speaker 1: think about it, they always had all this talent. And

542
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Speaker 1: as my guy feels Savage always told me about Jimbo

543
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Speaker 1: and Florida State. They recruited an SEC player and they

544
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Speaker 1: play an A C C schedule, and once Florida State

545
00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:28,280
Speaker 1: fell off the map, Dabbo changed Clemson. But one of

546
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Speaker 1: the big reasons he changed Clemson is because he got

547
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Speaker 1: this guy named DeShawn Watson. And we all saw it.

548
00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:38,080
Speaker 1: And it wasn't just against Duke and North Carolina and Miami,

549
00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:41,120
Speaker 1: who's all these programs are down. It was in the

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Speaker 1: playoffs against the best and the brightest. It was looking

551
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Speaker 1: Nick Saban right down the gun barrel and going toe

552
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Speaker 1: to toe with him in a loss, and a year

553
00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:52,040
Speaker 1: later he comes back and finds a way to beat

554
00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:55,680
Speaker 1: him walk off touchdown. Dabbo tried to tell us all

555
00:28:55,800 --> 00:29:00,400
Speaker 1: the kid is Michael Jordan's, even John Gruden yesterday, John

556
00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:04,880
Speaker 1: Gruden compared to Michael Jordan's. And I don't blame him

557
00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:08,240
Speaker 1: because in this world that we live in, in this world,

558
00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:10,720
Speaker 1: I gotta find this video. Just listen to this. I

559
00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:12,280
Speaker 1: made a lot of plays. Now, he made a lot

560
00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:14,480
Speaker 1: of place fourth and one coming out of the locker

561
00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:16,640
Speaker 1: room and start the third quarter. You know, they go

562
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Speaker 1: for it on their own thirty yard line and he

563
00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:22,320
Speaker 1: runs for it. There a couple of scrambled completions. You know,

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Speaker 1: you just um, you tip your hat to Watson. He

565
00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:30,760
Speaker 1: was awesome today. Dog On Watson. Um. Yeah, we only

566
00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:33,080
Speaker 1: had the ball three times in a second half. Unfortunate,

567
00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:40,240
Speaker 1: very unfortunate. Had a lot of penalties and dog On Watson.

568
00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:43,600
Speaker 1: And you watch the game. I don't even have his

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Speaker 1: box score up in front of me, you know why,

570
00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:48,480
Speaker 1: because it doesn't matter. I could care less if you

571
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Speaker 1: told me the game I watched. He threw a couple

572
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Speaker 1: of picks. He only completed twenty balls, the only through

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Speaker 1: for two yards. You can't quantify what this dude brings

574
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Speaker 1: to the table. You can't quant fire. Now. Obviously he

575
00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:04,880
Speaker 1: threw multiple touchdowns, and you can't quantify that stuff. He

576
00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:08,680
Speaker 1: made a play yesterday, the game winning touchdown. He got

577
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Speaker 1: kicked in the face as he's falling to the ground.

578
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Speaker 1: Somehow has the balance of body control and just the

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Speaker 1: athletic ability and just will to keep his feet just

580
00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:25,400
Speaker 1: and his body erect while looking down the field gets

581
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Speaker 1: kicked in the face. They just slow motion shot of

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Speaker 1: his face. He even tweeted it last night. It said

583
00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:34,520
Speaker 1: the one I banned it. He had one eye as

584
00:30:34,560 --> 00:30:37,720
Speaker 1: he's bleeding from his face and he throws a touchdown.

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Speaker 1: It was one of the most remarkable second halfs. I

586
00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:43,480
Speaker 1: don't even think the Texans are that good, but I

587
00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:46,480
Speaker 1: think they're a locked playoff team because of this guy.

588
00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:50,760
Speaker 1: And back to the Breeze and the Brady. And it's

589
00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:53,240
Speaker 1: a quarterback league, which is true. You're gonna need a

590
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Speaker 1: quarterback to make big plays in the playoffs. But now

591
00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:57,880
Speaker 1: to really be a thirteen and three fourteen and two team,

592
00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:01,120
Speaker 1: you need a really diverse team. I truly believe that.

593
00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:04,920
Speaker 1: But the quarterback league the Texans right now aren't that good.

594
00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:08,080
Speaker 1: They feel like a two man team now literally with J. J.

595
00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:13,000
Speaker 1: Watt do tours Packy's out Deshaun Watson. The Raiders should

596
00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:15,080
Speaker 1: have won the game. They were up the majority of it,

597
00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:17,480
Speaker 1: they were out playing him. The kid just wouldn't let

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Speaker 1: him lose. He refused to lose the game. And in

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Speaker 1: a day and age when we love to quantify everything.

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Speaker 1: Hell I worked in corporate America for a little bit

601
00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:30,160
Speaker 1: before I came to the podcast world. Technically still Corporate

602
00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:33,400
Speaker 1: America a premier in Fox, but it's it's less. And

603
00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:35,520
Speaker 1: I'm not saying numbers aren't big now because they are.

604
00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:38,080
Speaker 1: But when you work for Corporate America where no one

605
00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:40,680
Speaker 1: necessarily knows you, they just judge you on the numbers,

606
00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:44,360
Speaker 1: it just becomes like you can work with people that

607
00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:46,760
Speaker 1: aren't that good they get promoted, and guys that are

608
00:31:46,840 --> 00:31:50,479
Speaker 1: really good that don't. It doesn't always tell the correct

609
00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:54,280
Speaker 1: story in my opinion, and I'm not obviously the numbers

610
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Speaker 1: are good to Deshaun Watson. But what I witnessed yesterday

611
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Speaker 1: the will, the desire than just the ability. I think

612
00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:03,760
Speaker 1: so many people, including myself, when this guy was coming out,

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Speaker 1: well he doesn't have the arms, strength, Well he doesn't

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Speaker 1: do this. He was so good in college and he's

615
00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:12,520
Speaker 1: so good now that he's gonna go down. I mean,

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Speaker 1: the guy's a Hall of famer. The guy will be

617
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Speaker 1: in the Hall of Fame if he can stay healthy.

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00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:20,040
Speaker 1: I say that without hesitation. If Deshaun Watson stays healthy,

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Speaker 1: he's going through the Hall of Fame. It's just it's

620
00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:25,480
Speaker 1: it's a lock like The only thing that will withhold

621
00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:29,600
Speaker 1: his ability to make it there is health. And you know,

622
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Speaker 1: I'll get into the team that that picked a player

623
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Speaker 1: over him coming up. But what an incredible performance. I

624
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Speaker 1: felt like as a just a sports fan first and foremost,

625
00:32:40,840 --> 00:32:43,280
Speaker 1: that's why I do this because I love watching these games.

626
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Speaker 1: You turn off that game and even Raider fans, you know,

627
00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:49,680
Speaker 1: they're mad at the refs, they're mad at everyone. You

628
00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:51,920
Speaker 1: just like Gruden said, you just tip your hat to

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Speaker 1: the guy dog on Watson. Okay, let's get into the Bears,

630
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Speaker 1: and uh, I guess they're my Bears. They were definitely

631
00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:02,400
Speaker 1: my Bears when they won the division. I don't feel

632
00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:05,160
Speaker 1: quite as confident claiming them anymore because I I don't

633
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Speaker 1: like a quarterback. I actually liked them coming out of

634
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Speaker 1: North Carolina. But in the quarterback we just talked about.

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Speaker 1: In probably any industry, you have certain things that define you,

636
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Speaker 1: like in whatever your businesses. I guess in the podcast

637
00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:23,360
Speaker 1: slash radio business, it would be like ratings, right, You're

638
00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:25,640
Speaker 1: just defined on how well you do because how well

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00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:28,280
Speaker 1: you do then generates the revenue. And then I mean,

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Speaker 1: ultimately all this stuff. You know, even what I'm doing

641
00:33:30,840 --> 00:33:33,640
Speaker 1: is a business and the point is to generate revenue, right,

642
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Speaker 1: I say it all the time like this, unless you

643
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Speaker 1: work for a charity, your number one goal in America,

644
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Speaker 1: if you're running a business is to make money. Well,

645
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Speaker 1: in pro sports, it's to win games. And GMS because

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Speaker 1: they you know, gms can say all they want. The

647
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Speaker 1: win loss record reflects them kind of, it reflects much

648
00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:56,160
Speaker 1: more of the coach. You get much more credit as

649
00:33:56,160 --> 00:34:00,560
Speaker 1: a GM about the players you pick, about the players

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Speaker 1: you pick. That's how ultimately, like the reason Bill Polian

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Speaker 1: is in the Hall of Fame. Yea, his teams are

652
00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:10,120
Speaker 1: really good he was part of is because of all

653
00:34:10,160 --> 00:34:13,640
Speaker 1: the Hall of famers he picked. Al Davis I think

654
00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:16,719
Speaker 1: has the record in the Hall of Fame pick like

655
00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:20,040
Speaker 1: eight Hall of Fame players. Like that's what defines you

656
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Speaker 1: as an executive. Who do you pick? And when you

657
00:34:24,680 --> 00:34:30,520
Speaker 1: pass on players, especially at quarterback, and you take another quarterback,

658
00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:33,000
Speaker 1: like we wouldn't talk about Bill Polian and he wouldn't

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Speaker 1: have been in the Hall of Fame if he had

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00:34:34,040 --> 00:34:38,600
Speaker 1: taken Ryan Leap over Peyton Manning. Just the fact Ryan

661
00:34:38,640 --> 00:34:42,080
Speaker 1: Pace has built an excellent team made an easy trade

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Speaker 1: for Khlil mac allen Robinson has you know, drafted Eddie Jackson,

663
00:34:47,440 --> 00:34:52,000
Speaker 1: kiem Hicks signed him, drafted or signed Danny Trevathan drafted

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Speaker 1: ro Kwan Smith has done a really, really good job,

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Speaker 1: except his quarterback as a disaster. Yesterday he had two

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Speaker 1: fourth quarters turnovers in a game where they had a

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00:35:01,640 --> 00:35:04,279
Speaker 1: six point lead. Now we can harp all we want

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00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:07,640
Speaker 1: about the missfield goal. I disagree with the strategy, but

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Speaker 1: I also understand it. And as Dion Sanders said last

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Speaker 1: night on NFL Network, make the freaking kick, like that's

671
00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:16,480
Speaker 1: what you're paid to do. Make the freaking kick. It's

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00:35:16,480 --> 00:35:19,319
Speaker 1: not a fifty five yarder, it's a forty yarder. Hit it.

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00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:21,040
Speaker 1: And if you tell the coach to put on the

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00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:24,239
Speaker 1: left hash and you hook it, that's on. You hit

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Speaker 1: the kick, split the uprights. So I don't even pretend

676
00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:30,960
Speaker 1: to understand kicking mechanics or anything. All I know is

677
00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:32,920
Speaker 1: black and white. Either missed the kick or you make

678
00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:35,359
Speaker 1: the kick. Wind wasn't blowing that much. Hit the kick.

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00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:39,200
Speaker 1: But Mr Bisky right now is a major problem. And

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00:35:39,239 --> 00:35:41,359
Speaker 1: for as good of a team as Ryan paces put together,

681
00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:44,719
Speaker 1: and I think top to bottom, not counting the quarterback,

682
00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:47,960
Speaker 1: it's the top six seven roster in the NFL, but

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Speaker 1: a quarterbacks a disaster, and they just talked about this

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Speaker 1: guy who's headed to the Hall of Fame. As at

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Speaker 1: Houston Texan, you have the other guy. They went to

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Speaker 1: the same conference, they came out in the same draft.

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00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:01,319
Speaker 1: You even trade it up a spot from pick three

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00:36:01,360 --> 00:36:03,720
Speaker 1: to two to get this guy, and now you're stuck

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00:36:03,760 --> 00:36:07,040
Speaker 1: with him. But as I've talked about on previous podcast,

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Speaker 1: you only make this work if you pretend it's not

691
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Speaker 1: an issue. Now I think we're at the point where

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Speaker 1: you can't even pretend that. But you can't pick up

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Speaker 1: the fifth year option. That is not an option anymore,

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Speaker 1: and I think you have to think about I tweeted

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Speaker 1: on Sunday, I'd cut him now, Chase Daniel stinks you.

696
00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:25,840
Speaker 1: You're not gonna do that. You gotta just play with

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00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:27,759
Speaker 1: Mitch the rest of the year. But I would cut

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Speaker 1: him after this season. I would just move on because

699
00:36:30,920 --> 00:36:33,239
Speaker 1: he's not even good enough to be your backup. Just

700
00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:37,359
Speaker 1: to move on, and it's hard the dynamics of having

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00:36:37,360 --> 00:36:39,839
Speaker 1: the guy being the former starter now your backup. Just

702
00:36:39,880 --> 00:36:43,000
Speaker 1: cut it, just cut bait and and move on, because

703
00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:45,799
Speaker 1: the longer that you hold onto your l's and this

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00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:48,359
Speaker 1: is gonna be the biggest al he'll hopefully ever take.

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00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:51,680
Speaker 1: And it's a big l. The worst you'll look, and

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Speaker 1: the faster you can be reactive and proactive of searching

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Speaker 1: for another quarterback, searching for an upgrade. The faster you'll

708
00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:06,960
Speaker 1: never shake this. But people will learn to forget, you know,

709
00:37:07,080 --> 00:37:10,319
Speaker 1: because your team, if you just get top fifteen quarterback play,

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00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:12,640
Speaker 1: if you could just get a Jacobe Bursett, hell, even

711
00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:15,600
Speaker 1: an Andy Dalton, we'll be back in the playoffs next year.

712
00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:18,520
Speaker 1: But if you keep doing and rolling this guy out

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00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:22,320
Speaker 1: and pretending that it's off, we just another year development.

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Speaker 1: It ain't happening. There was a reason he was a

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Speaker 1: one year starter in college. There was a there's a

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Speaker 1: reason right now that he throws a fourth quarter pick

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00:37:30,280 --> 00:37:32,400
Speaker 1: and then has a fourth quarter fumble and you're on

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00:37:32,440 --> 00:37:34,759
Speaker 1: the goal line, you're in seven plays and he can't

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Speaker 1: score a touchdown. He's not good enough. He's not good enough.

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Speaker 1: And in professional sports at the highest level, even these

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00:37:44,520 --> 00:37:47,080
Speaker 1: guys like Mr. Bisky is a in an elite athlete

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Speaker 1: relative to the rest of us. But when you put

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Speaker 1: him on an NFL field and you ask him to

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Speaker 1: play NFL quarterback. He's below average. He just is. You know,

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Speaker 1: he can have some moments and he made a nice

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00:37:58,040 --> 00:38:00,680
Speaker 1: play with his legs, but at the end of the day,

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Speaker 1: at that position, you have to be able to win

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Speaker 1: by throwing the football, and he can't consistently hit layup throws.

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00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:12,160
Speaker 1: So I think the faster these guys and you're not

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Speaker 1: gonna be able to do until the offseason, can just

731
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Speaker 1: throw up the red flag and just say I whipped.

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00:38:18,640 --> 00:38:22,799
Speaker 1: I missed. It sucks. I apologize to the fans, but

733
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Speaker 1: we will do everything in our power to upgrade the spot.

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Speaker 1: The faster you can begin to just forget this little

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00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:34,360
Speaker 1: era in Barracks quarterback history. Okay, I flipped on the

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Speaker 1: Patriot game this morning because I didn't get to watch

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Speaker 1: it yesterday. I was watching the Raider game in the

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Speaker 1: Niner game, and I can only consume so much at

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Speaker 1: one time. So you know, before I come on anything,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna talk about. Great part is I People always

741
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Speaker 1: ask like, how do you watch the games? Get the

742
00:38:50,600 --> 00:38:53,279
Speaker 1: NFL app You can rewatch all the games. You can

743
00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:55,840
Speaker 1: watch TV copies. They do a condensed version in thirty

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00:38:55,880 --> 00:38:57,880
Speaker 1: seconds or I mean thirty minutes. You can't watch a

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00:38:57,880 --> 00:39:01,160
Speaker 1: game at thirty seconds, thirty thirty thirty five minutes. Easy

746
00:39:01,200 --> 00:39:04,440
Speaker 1: to consume any game you want in the league on Sunday.

747
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Speaker 1: And my one big takeaway from the Browns. Listen, we

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Speaker 1: all know all their variables, right. They have a ton

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Speaker 1: of talent. They have a cocky quarterback that is talented.

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Speaker 1: They have a coach that clearly probably doesn't know what

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00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:20,479
Speaker 1: he's doing. They got a craziest owner. They got an

752
00:39:20,520 --> 00:39:23,840
Speaker 1: ego driven general manager. Like we put it all in

753
00:39:23,840 --> 00:39:25,680
Speaker 1: the combination, you shake it up, and you get the

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Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns. The game was over at the end of

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Speaker 1: the first quarter. The Browns, coming off of bye. The

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00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:33,520
Speaker 1: Patriots played a Monday night game. Now you can say

757
00:39:33,560 --> 00:39:36,120
Speaker 1: the Monday night game was like a practice against the Jets,

758
00:39:36,160 --> 00:39:38,640
Speaker 1: but they still played a Monday night game on the road.

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00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:42,080
Speaker 1: The Patriots were up at the end of the first

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00:39:42,160 --> 00:39:48,200
Speaker 1: quarter seven teamed nothing, seventeen to nothing. I would imagine

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Speaker 1: every game that the Patriots have had a double digit lead,

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Speaker 1: let's just say a two touchdown plus lead at the

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Speaker 1: end of the first quarter in Foxborough. Since those two guys,

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Speaker 1: the coach and the quarterback, have been running this operation

765
00:40:04,920 --> 00:40:08,320
Speaker 1: there's no chance they're not at minimum maybe one loss.

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Speaker 1: I'd be shocked if it's not an undefeated record. The

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00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:15,280
Speaker 1: game was, the Browns had no shot. It was done obviously.

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Speaker 1: All the penalties the brown I mean, Baker's the one

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Speaker 1: picked that he threw to the defensive lineman, just the

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Speaker 1: fundamentals for the Patriots, creating fumbles, doing all the little things.

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Speaker 1: The Cleveland Browns just consistently looked discombobulated coming off of bye,

772
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Speaker 1: coming off of bye. It is just it's everything most

773
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Speaker 1: of us thought the Browns would be though. Uh, a

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00:40:44,440 --> 00:40:49,640
Speaker 1: lot of talent, not much discipline. Uh, not very consistent

775
00:40:49,760 --> 00:40:54,319
Speaker 1: in their schematical approach. What defines them? Who are they like?

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00:40:54,400 --> 00:40:56,920
Speaker 1: What do they do? Well? Just bring up most teams

777
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Speaker 1: in the league. Just close your eyes and think, I

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00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:02,320
Speaker 1: think Baltimore Raven what do you think, run game, Lamar Jackson,

779
00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:05,960
Speaker 1: run around, making plays, hardball, just tough guy. I'll just

780
00:41:05,960 --> 00:41:10,000
Speaker 1: pick random teams. Tampa Bay Buccaneers just gonna throw it deep.

781
00:41:10,320 --> 00:41:12,440
Speaker 1: He might turn it over, but he might throw a touchdown.

782
00:41:13,640 --> 00:41:17,600
Speaker 1: The Houston Texans just Watkins and Hopkins carry you. Uh,

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00:41:17,719 --> 00:41:22,839
Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings run the ball, pass rush, Seattle Seahawks run

784
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Speaker 1: the ball, Russell Wilson, Gojudini. The Cleveland Browns Uh Freddy

785
00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:34,200
Speaker 1: Kitchen looks bewildered on the sideline. How does he consistently

786
00:41:34,239 --> 00:41:38,319
Speaker 1: look so lost and it always comes back Jim tom

787
00:41:38,320 --> 00:41:41,680
Speaker 1: Sula consistently look lost? Have you ever been asked to

788
00:41:41,719 --> 00:41:45,239
Speaker 1: do something that when you're not prepared, you look lost too?

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00:41:45,440 --> 00:41:49,000
Speaker 1: If you could look at yourself when you're doing something

790
00:41:49,080 --> 00:41:52,319
Speaker 1: and you're in so over your head you don't have

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00:41:52,440 --> 00:41:56,799
Speaker 1: answers when things come up. And when you're in a

792
00:41:56,840 --> 00:41:59,400
Speaker 1: public business like the NFL, and there are cameras on

793
00:41:59,480 --> 00:42:02,400
Speaker 1: you at all time, you can't fake it, you can't

794
00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:06,560
Speaker 1: hide it. Everyone's looking at you. And when the Browns

795
00:42:06,600 --> 00:42:10,000
Speaker 1: when they traded for Odell Beckham, when you add Odell

796
00:42:10,160 --> 00:42:13,680
Speaker 1: Beckham to your team, everyone's really gonna look at you.

797
00:42:14,040 --> 00:42:17,840
Speaker 1: There two and five, and so they have nine games

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Speaker 1: left to me to have a legitimate shot. Even in

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Speaker 1: the a f C, which is not as good as

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00:42:22,560 --> 00:42:25,840
Speaker 1: the NFC, nine and seven probably not a lock. But

801
00:42:25,880 --> 00:42:27,680
Speaker 1: if you got nine and seven you'd have a chance.

802
00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:30,600
Speaker 1: So in the next nine games they'd have to go

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00:42:30,719 --> 00:42:33,960
Speaker 1: seven in two. I don't care well if they play

804
00:42:34,040 --> 00:42:35,960
Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphins every game the rest of the season.

805
00:42:35,960 --> 00:42:40,239
Speaker 1: They would probably make the playoffs. But why would they

806
00:42:40,239 --> 00:42:42,880
Speaker 1: be allowed to beat the Steelers, to beat the Ravens again,

807
00:42:43,120 --> 00:42:45,680
Speaker 1: They're not allowed to win any game beside maybe when

808
00:42:45,719 --> 00:42:48,960
Speaker 1: they play the Miami Dolphins or even the Cincinnati Bengals.

809
00:42:49,719 --> 00:42:53,560
Speaker 1: To think that under Freddie Kitchens in an NFL schedule,

810
00:42:53,719 --> 00:42:55,680
Speaker 1: that they can figure out a way to go seven

811
00:42:55,680 --> 00:42:59,560
Speaker 1: and two over their next nine is not realistic because

812
00:42:59,560 --> 00:43:03,839
Speaker 1: they're going to lose. Part of being a undisciplined, undefined

813
00:43:03,880 --> 00:43:06,880
Speaker 1: operation is you're gonna lose, Like, yeah, of course, you're

814
00:43:06,920 --> 00:43:08,680
Speaker 1: gonna lose the Patriots, or get your ass kicked by

815
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Speaker 1: the Niners, or loser the Rams or Seattle, like yeah,

816
00:43:12,960 --> 00:43:15,000
Speaker 1: a little unfair. I mean their scheduled, They've just played

817
00:43:15,000 --> 00:43:16,720
Speaker 1: a lot of good teams. They've lost a lot of games.

818
00:43:17,440 --> 00:43:20,239
Speaker 1: But part of their problem now is the way their

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00:43:20,360 --> 00:43:23,920
Speaker 1: run and the way they're led by Freddy and the

820
00:43:23,960 --> 00:43:26,759
Speaker 1: players they have now in the bad habits they've now developed,

821
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Speaker 1: it is impossible to go seven in two. I would

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00:43:30,680 --> 00:43:34,360
Speaker 1: say I would be floored if they're able to just

823
00:43:34,480 --> 00:43:37,360
Speaker 1: rattle off some wind streak and keep their playoff hopes alive.

824
00:43:37,480 --> 00:43:41,000
Speaker 1: They're not equipped to do that under Freddy Kitchens. It's

825
00:43:41,040 --> 00:43:44,000
Speaker 1: just not possible. The divisions over because the Ravens are

826
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Speaker 1: already five and two, so they have a well, they

827
00:43:47,280 --> 00:43:49,120
Speaker 1: have beat the Ravens, so if they could ever just

828
00:43:49,160 --> 00:43:51,719
Speaker 1: get to their level. But how do the Ravens not

829
00:43:51,760 --> 00:43:54,279
Speaker 1: get to ten wins? I mean they're five and two.

830
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Speaker 1: Let's say they lose this weekend of the Patriots, they're

831
00:43:56,200 --> 00:43:58,479
Speaker 1: five and three, they go five and three the second

832
00:43:58,520 --> 00:44:00,200
Speaker 1: half of the season, boom their ten and six. There's

833
00:44:00,239 --> 00:44:03,400
Speaker 1: just no chance you're telling me the Browns could possibly,

834
00:44:03,760 --> 00:44:05,560
Speaker 1: you know, if they beat him again but still rattle

835
00:44:05,600 --> 00:44:09,799
Speaker 1: off a bunch of other wins and go eighting one

836
00:44:09,840 --> 00:44:15,000
Speaker 1: down the stretch. Come on, please, not not possible. And

837
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Speaker 1: it's a great example of when you get a new

838
00:44:18,320 --> 00:44:20,360
Speaker 1: sexy team that you think has a lot of talent,

839
00:44:20,960 --> 00:44:23,360
Speaker 1: if you have zero and I mean zero faith in

840
00:44:23,400 --> 00:44:26,600
Speaker 1: their coach, don't ever think they're gonna be good. Because

841
00:44:26,600 --> 00:44:30,080
Speaker 1: we now have pretty good evidence that the Tom Seula's

842
00:44:30,600 --> 00:44:33,520
Speaker 1: that the Freddie Kitchens, the guys that have no business

843
00:44:33,600 --> 00:44:37,480
Speaker 1: and I mean no business being a head coach, are

844
00:44:37,480 --> 00:44:40,160
Speaker 1: gonna be beyond over their head, they're gonna have no

845
00:44:40,280 --> 00:44:43,759
Speaker 1: answers to the test. You know, they're not gonna have

846
00:44:43,840 --> 00:44:46,720
Speaker 1: a shot when they play good teams. And in the NFL,

847
00:44:46,760 --> 00:44:49,319
Speaker 1: you're just you're gonna play the Seattles and the pet

848
00:44:49,480 --> 00:44:54,480
Speaker 1: In the Belichicks and the and you know, just playoff

849
00:44:54,560 --> 00:44:57,320
Speaker 1: level teams. It's just a nature of any football schedule.

850
00:44:57,960 --> 00:45:00,759
Speaker 1: But then when you play the random teams that you know,

851
00:45:00,880 --> 00:45:04,040
Speaker 1: when you play Jacksonville Jaguars, you're not some lock to

852
00:45:04,040 --> 00:45:07,400
Speaker 1: beat them, When you play the you know, the Arizona

853
00:45:07,440 --> 00:45:10,040
Speaker 1: Cardinals that they might beat you. You just you can

854
00:45:10,160 --> 00:45:13,600
Speaker 1: lose any of these games. And I think it's a

855
00:45:13,600 --> 00:45:16,719
Speaker 1: great example of you have to put when you're in

856
00:45:16,719 --> 00:45:19,359
Speaker 1: a coaching search, you have to find the best guy,

857
00:45:19,520 --> 00:45:22,840
Speaker 1: because whenever you settle, especially when you settle on a

858
00:45:22,840 --> 00:45:25,880
Speaker 1: guy that doesn't have an experience, you get this. You

859
00:45:25,960 --> 00:45:28,920
Speaker 1: get a two and five team looking like the ship

860
00:45:30,000 --> 00:45:34,800
Speaker 1: is about to sink. Okay, let's uh, before we do

861
00:45:34,880 --> 00:45:38,239
Speaker 1: the middlecuff mail bag, I just want to hit on

862
00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:41,440
Speaker 1: just some different stuff I wrote down that intrigued me

863
00:45:41,480 --> 00:45:45,160
Speaker 1: over the weekend. I mentioned this a little earlier, but

864
00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:48,920
Speaker 1: J J. Watt out for the season. You know, he's

865
00:45:49,160 --> 00:45:51,640
Speaker 1: hasn't been the same in terms of sacks, but I

866
00:45:51,680 --> 00:45:53,360
Speaker 1: think as of a couple of weeks ago he was

867
00:45:53,440 --> 00:45:57,279
Speaker 1: leading the league in pressures. He definitely looks stiffer to me,

868
00:45:57,560 --> 00:46:02,120
Speaker 1: like not as explosive and not as uh, you know,

869
00:46:02,120 --> 00:46:04,440
Speaker 1: he just couldn't get home. But he was still really powerful,

870
00:46:04,520 --> 00:46:06,759
Speaker 1: he still played hard, and he's still one of the

871
00:46:06,800 --> 00:46:09,240
Speaker 1: Texans better players. Like that, that's a pretty big blow,

872
00:46:10,239 --> 00:46:13,000
Speaker 1: you know. He tweeted basically, it sucks and all that.

873
00:46:13,080 --> 00:46:16,000
Speaker 1: I mean, it sucks, you know. I he might be

874
00:46:16,080 --> 00:46:18,680
Speaker 1: a little cheesy every once in a while, but I

875
00:46:18,760 --> 00:46:22,080
Speaker 1: have nothing but admiration for his work, ethic and his toughness.

876
00:46:22,560 --> 00:46:24,520
Speaker 1: And I've gotten a lot of d ms asking me

877
00:46:24,560 --> 00:46:26,839
Speaker 1: like is he a Hall of Famer? And for me

878
00:46:26,920 --> 00:46:30,000
Speaker 1: to be a hall of famer? Like it's why I

879
00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:33,319
Speaker 1: I never am a believer in like longevity, like just

880
00:46:33,400 --> 00:46:35,680
Speaker 1: if you do something for a long time, Like I

881
00:46:36,080 --> 00:46:39,520
Speaker 1: love Frank Gore. I absolutely love Frank Gore. When he

882
00:46:39,560 --> 00:46:41,520
Speaker 1: was on the Niners in his peak, was one of

883
00:46:41,520 --> 00:46:44,080
Speaker 1: my favorite players ever. Was he ever a top three

884
00:46:44,160 --> 00:46:46,920
Speaker 1: or four running back in the NFL? Maybe? Like once,

885
00:46:47,520 --> 00:46:50,120
Speaker 1: you know, and again, I'm not trying to be a hater.

886
00:46:51,080 --> 00:46:54,520
Speaker 1: I just think my standards for the Hall of Fame,

887
00:46:54,600 --> 00:46:56,359
Speaker 1: Like when I closed my eyes and you say hall

888
00:46:56,400 --> 00:47:01,319
Speaker 1: of Fame, I think like Belichick, Brady Roger yours, you know,

889
00:47:01,440 --> 00:47:05,280
Speaker 1: Julio Jones like the best of the best, and Pique.

890
00:47:05,360 --> 00:47:08,279
Speaker 1: J J. Watt for those you know, like thirteen to

891
00:47:08,640 --> 00:47:12,360
Speaker 1: fifteen or sixteen was as good as it gets. His

892
00:47:12,520 --> 00:47:16,319
Speaker 1: peak was elite of the elite, So to me, he's

893
00:47:16,320 --> 00:47:19,960
Speaker 1: a Hall of Famer. Eagles win. It was a must win.

894
00:47:20,040 --> 00:47:23,240
Speaker 1: They just didn't have a choice. You know, you couldn't

895
00:47:23,280 --> 00:47:25,279
Speaker 1: go to Buffalo and lose that game. You went to

896
00:47:25,320 --> 00:47:27,960
Speaker 1: Buffalo and you lost that game, your season was over.

897
00:47:28,520 --> 00:47:30,840
Speaker 1: So they kept the thing afloat. Now they get the Bears,

898
00:47:30,880 --> 00:47:34,879
Speaker 1: who are reeling coming to Philly. Pretty big game, but

899
00:47:35,280 --> 00:47:37,800
Speaker 1: you think Doug Peterson and Carson Wentz, We're gonna go

900
00:47:37,840 --> 00:47:41,040
Speaker 1: to Buffalo and loose. Come on. And I like Sean McDermott,

901
00:47:41,040 --> 00:47:42,919
Speaker 1: and I liked the Bills, like I think they're tough,

902
00:47:43,320 --> 00:47:47,120
Speaker 1: physical defense. But I I think I heard something on

903
00:47:47,160 --> 00:47:51,319
Speaker 1: the radio today or a podcast. I gotta look at

904
00:47:51,360 --> 00:47:54,160
Speaker 1: the box score really quick because of what I heard

905
00:47:54,200 --> 00:47:59,239
Speaker 1: on that game. It was not pretty for for you

906
00:47:59,280 --> 00:48:03,080
Speaker 1: know who a k a. The Buffalo Bill's quarterback. Let's

907
00:48:03,080 --> 00:48:05,959
Speaker 1: see if I can find the box score. I'm pulling

908
00:48:05,960 --> 00:48:10,080
Speaker 1: it up right now. Josh Allen won sixteen hundred seventy

909
00:48:10,120 --> 00:48:13,520
Speaker 1: yards and two touchdowns. So it's not terrible, not terrible

910
00:48:13,560 --> 00:48:18,759
Speaker 1: at all, but thirteen. You can only sco thirteen points

911
00:48:18,800 --> 00:48:22,279
Speaker 1: against the Philadelphia Eagles defense right now, Come on, you

912
00:48:22,320 --> 00:48:25,520
Speaker 1: gotta be better. Josh Allen at home Garterner Minshew, you know,

913
00:48:25,600 --> 00:48:30,640
Speaker 1: just wheeling and dealing. The Jacksonville Jaguars lost Nick Foles.

914
00:48:31,400 --> 00:48:33,759
Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure in the first or second quarter of

915
00:48:33,760 --> 00:48:36,239
Speaker 1: that game. It might have been the first quarter of

916
00:48:36,400 --> 00:48:41,239
Speaker 1: Week one. Breaks is clavical Week one. Eight games later,

917
00:48:41,280 --> 00:48:44,640
Speaker 1: there four and four with a six round rookie quarterback.

918
00:48:45,880 --> 00:48:49,400
Speaker 1: That that that's really really impressive to go four and

919
00:48:49,560 --> 00:48:53,600
Speaker 1: four with a six round rookie quarterback and they're really

920
00:48:53,640 --> 00:48:55,960
Speaker 1: just a two point play away from being five and three.

921
00:48:56,600 --> 00:48:58,440
Speaker 1: They are that they got a big game this weekend

922
00:48:58,440 --> 00:49:02,080
Speaker 1: against Houston. You in in uh, I wanted to say

923
00:49:02,200 --> 00:49:07,239
Speaker 1: like Spain, but it's uh, it's the UK Jamis. This

924
00:49:07,320 --> 00:49:12,520
Speaker 1: is an insane stat Now they got screwed. They the

925
00:49:12,520 --> 00:49:15,600
Speaker 1: they're playing the almost called the hust Texans the Tennessee Titans.

926
00:49:16,000 --> 00:49:21,000
Speaker 1: They ran a fake kick and Tampa destroyed the guy

927
00:49:21,800 --> 00:49:25,520
Speaker 1: the kicker or the holder or was the kicker, and

928
00:49:25,680 --> 00:49:27,360
Speaker 1: he fumbled and they picked it up and went the

929
00:49:27,440 --> 00:49:29,560
Speaker 1: other way and they blew it dead. Like that's an embarrassment.

930
00:49:29,600 --> 00:49:34,320
Speaker 1: Al river n You're an embarrassment. But you get screwed.

931
00:49:34,360 --> 00:49:38,080
Speaker 1: And I know Bruce arians was piste off. This is

932
00:49:38,080 --> 00:49:42,720
Speaker 1: an insane stat. The Tampa by Buccaneers have played seven games.

933
00:49:43,239 --> 00:49:47,680
Speaker 1: James win says, twelve interceptions. I mean he's on pace

934
00:49:49,280 --> 00:49:55,279
Speaker 1: for high twenties. Right, I feel like picks a lock

935
00:49:55,800 --> 00:49:59,560
Speaker 1: if he doesn't get benched. Wow, the Chargers somehow, you

936
00:49:59,600 --> 00:50:03,640
Speaker 1: know that Bneiro missing the kick win the game their

937
00:50:03,680 --> 00:50:07,160
Speaker 1: three and five. Then tonight mid Monday night football game,

938
00:50:07,200 --> 00:50:11,120
Speaker 1: they fire kN wizzen Hunt. What fire kin wizzen Hunt.

939
00:50:11,920 --> 00:50:16,200
Speaker 1: Who's gonna call plays? Anthony Lynn? Come on, what are

940
00:50:16,200 --> 00:50:19,560
Speaker 1: the Chargers doing? The Raiders? You gotta you gotta give

941
00:50:19,600 --> 00:50:23,080
Speaker 1: him credit. They really have played well. I I was

942
00:50:23,120 --> 00:50:26,680
Speaker 1: not a believer in John Gruden, but he has a

943
00:50:26,719 --> 00:50:29,640
Speaker 1: team playing hard. Now if he had maybe not blown

944
00:50:29,680 --> 00:50:31,319
Speaker 1: a couple of picks the last couple of years on

945
00:50:31,320 --> 00:50:34,080
Speaker 1: guys like Cleveland Ferrell and Art and Key and taking

946
00:50:34,120 --> 00:50:37,000
Speaker 1: some guys that actually can rush the passer. The Raiders

947
00:50:37,000 --> 00:50:40,120
Speaker 1: set up three and four might be like, I don't

948
00:50:40,160 --> 00:50:43,440
Speaker 1: know five and two that they have Beside the Chiefs

949
00:50:43,520 --> 00:50:45,920
Speaker 1: game and the Vikings game, they legitimately should have won

950
00:50:45,960 --> 00:50:48,959
Speaker 1: every game. I mean, they outplayed the Texas to Shaun

951
00:50:49,000 --> 00:50:52,520
Speaker 1: Watson just you know, went Michael Jordan's and when you

952
00:50:52,560 --> 00:50:56,279
Speaker 1: go Michael Jordan's, in my experience, you usually win. But

953
00:50:56,360 --> 00:50:59,680
Speaker 1: the Raiders they couldn't sack to Shawn Watson despite getting

954
00:50:59,719 --> 00:51:02,359
Speaker 1: back here all the time. But I'd say, John, that's

955
00:51:02,400 --> 00:51:04,760
Speaker 1: what happens when you're rolling out Arden Key and Cleveland Farrell.

956
00:51:04,880 --> 00:51:07,319
Speaker 1: These guys aren't good enough. You took Cleveland Farrell at

957
00:51:07,400 --> 00:51:11,720
Speaker 1: fourth overall with a fourth overall pick in a draft

958
00:51:11,719 --> 00:51:16,080
Speaker 1: that was loaded with defensive lineman. You desperately need a linebacker.

959
00:51:16,120 --> 00:51:18,560
Speaker 1: Devin White went the next pick, Josh Allen went the

960
00:51:18,600 --> 00:51:21,440
Speaker 1: following pick. How does that happen? You took Cleveland Farrell.

961
00:51:22,040 --> 00:51:24,480
Speaker 1: You can't draft character in the top five. You gotta

962
00:51:24,560 --> 00:51:31,720
Speaker 1: draft talent. The Jets, God, they suck, I mean they suck.

963
00:51:32,480 --> 00:51:34,239
Speaker 1: I know there's been a lot of like, is Sam

964
00:51:34,280 --> 00:51:37,279
Speaker 1: Donald the next jamis I'm not ready to go that

965
00:51:37,480 --> 00:51:39,960
Speaker 1: far yet in terms of interceptions, but he is turning

966
00:51:40,000 --> 00:51:42,759
Speaker 1: the ball over a lot. They trade Leonard Williams at

967
00:51:42,760 --> 00:51:46,279
Speaker 1: eight and the New York Giants Levin Williams. Isn't that good?

968
00:51:46,760 --> 00:51:48,800
Speaker 1: You know, he's just not He's a he's a tweeterer.

969
00:51:49,080 --> 00:51:51,560
Speaker 1: He's probably more suited to play three four to be

970
00:51:51,600 --> 00:51:55,680
Speaker 1: a five technique. Uh, but you know, I guess he

971
00:51:55,719 --> 00:51:58,080
Speaker 1: doesn't probably have to move and he gets to play

972
00:51:58,120 --> 00:52:01,600
Speaker 1: at the same place. The Atlanta Alkins are one in seven.

973
00:52:02,480 --> 00:52:06,000
Speaker 1: I'm gonna repeat that. The Atlanta Falcons are one in seven.

974
00:52:06,680 --> 00:52:09,680
Speaker 1: And when I looked up, I had the red zone

975
00:52:09,719 --> 00:52:12,840
Speaker 1: on and I'm pretty sure it was twenty four to nothing.

976
00:52:13,120 --> 00:52:15,919
Speaker 1: The most amazing stat of that game, though, is Matt

977
00:52:16,000 --> 00:52:19,560
Speaker 1: job through for over four d fifty yards and I

978
00:52:19,560 --> 00:52:22,239
Speaker 1: mean the final score I think was like seventy. I

979
00:52:22,280 --> 00:52:24,000
Speaker 1: don't even know what the final score was, but it was.

980
00:52:24,640 --> 00:52:28,400
Speaker 1: It was a blowout. They got steamrolled, and it's the classic.

981
00:52:28,440 --> 00:52:31,799
Speaker 1: Like oh, NFL scores don't aren't always indicative of the game.

982
00:52:32,120 --> 00:52:35,640
Speaker 1: You're not twenty four nothing and half like geez, Dan

983
00:52:35,760 --> 00:52:39,359
Speaker 1: Quinn one in seven, Danny Dimes through four touchdounds, So

984
00:52:39,480 --> 00:52:43,880
Speaker 1: don't don't sleep on Danny Dimes. Mail bad question. Who's

985
00:52:43,880 --> 00:52:46,640
Speaker 1: your top ten offensive minded coach in all of football?

986
00:52:47,000 --> 00:52:52,120
Speaker 1: Who's your top ten offensive minded coaches in football? Right now?

987
00:52:52,160 --> 00:52:54,520
Speaker 1: I'd go, you know, the guys that are grandfather Dan

988
00:52:54,600 --> 00:52:58,320
Speaker 1: would be Sean Payton and Andy Reid. Then I would

989
00:52:58,320 --> 00:53:03,799
Speaker 1: put Kyle Shanahan and Josh McDaniels. So that's four. I'd

990
00:53:03,800 --> 00:53:07,000
Speaker 1: throw Lincoln Riley in there. That's five. You didn't say, Uh,

991
00:53:07,160 --> 00:53:09,360
Speaker 1: you didn't say pro football. So I throw Lincoln Riley

992
00:53:09,360 --> 00:53:13,000
Speaker 1: in There's five. Uh. You know, I think Sean mcveigh's

993
00:53:13,000 --> 00:53:15,640
Speaker 1: earned it. So I'm gonna throw Sean McVeigh in there.

994
00:53:15,760 --> 00:53:19,839
Speaker 1: I'm gonna throw Bruce Arians in there. I'm at about seven. Now,

995
00:53:20,840 --> 00:53:23,399
Speaker 1: who am I missing? You can't throw Adam Gaze in there.

996
00:53:23,440 --> 00:53:25,520
Speaker 1: You can't throw Jason g I'm gonna throw Doug Peterson

997
00:53:25,560 --> 00:53:29,360
Speaker 1: in there. He's Super Bowl playoff victory last year. Doug Peterson,

998
00:53:29,480 --> 00:53:36,800
Speaker 1: My guy, Doug Peterson. Uh, I'm gonna who am I missing?

999
00:53:38,160 --> 00:53:41,000
Speaker 1: So I'm trying to think of some playoff teams. Got

1000
00:53:41,040 --> 00:53:45,000
Speaker 1: the Chiefs you know, I'd go Frank Reich. Frank Reich.

1001
00:53:45,040 --> 00:53:47,160
Speaker 1: A lot of people. I always struggled with it because

1002
00:53:47,160 --> 00:53:49,560
Speaker 1: I called him like Frank Reich. It's Frank Reich. So

1003
00:53:49,600 --> 00:53:52,200
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna call Frank Reich. I go Frank Reich.

1004
00:53:52,360 --> 00:53:56,720
Speaker 1: He'd be in there too. Who else am I'm missing

1005
00:53:57,600 --> 00:53:59,920
Speaker 1: the a f C. South. She already got Sean pay

1006
00:54:01,200 --> 00:54:03,920
Speaker 1: north Turner. You can throw north Turner in there, Gary Kubiak,

1007
00:54:05,160 --> 00:54:08,239
Speaker 1: I struggle past about seven, but I feel pretty good

1008
00:54:08,239 --> 00:54:11,960
Speaker 1: about that group. Do you think Mike Tomlin is coaching

1009
00:54:11,960 --> 00:54:14,719
Speaker 1: for his job? The Steelers problem seemed like they're more

1010
00:54:14,719 --> 00:54:17,080
Speaker 1: than just losing a quarterback. Is losing Ben the only

1011
00:54:17,120 --> 00:54:20,160
Speaker 1: reason they're sucking? Well, they did win tonight, and I

1012
00:54:20,239 --> 00:54:22,680
Speaker 1: think I got this text at about when they were

1013
00:54:22,719 --> 00:54:25,440
Speaker 1: losing in the game. I do think they were somewhat

1014
00:54:25,480 --> 00:54:27,840
Speaker 1: coaching for their job, and the GM was gm ng

1015
00:54:27,840 --> 00:54:30,200
Speaker 1: for his job. I think I heard on some other

1016
00:54:30,239 --> 00:54:32,839
Speaker 1: show that the GM doesn't have a contract for next year.

1017
00:54:33,360 --> 00:54:35,239
Speaker 1: You don't trade a first round pick for Minka if

1018
00:54:35,280 --> 00:54:39,760
Speaker 1: you're not living just for the moment. Uh, And they

1019
00:54:39,760 --> 00:54:41,560
Speaker 1: I think they've traded I think they trade like a

1020
00:54:41,560 --> 00:54:44,120
Speaker 1: fifth round pick for one of the Seattle's tight ends.

1021
00:54:44,719 --> 00:54:47,320
Speaker 1: So yeah, I mean I think they're I don't know

1022
00:54:47,360 --> 00:54:50,360
Speaker 1: if they're coaching like every game for their job, but

1023
00:54:51,680 --> 00:54:53,480
Speaker 1: I don't think they can afford to go six and ten.

1024
00:54:53,760 --> 00:54:55,360
Speaker 1: Could they afford to go eight and eight in a

1025
00:54:55,440 --> 00:54:59,120
Speaker 1: year where Ben terraces elbow? Yeah? But if they go

1026
00:54:59,200 --> 00:55:01,719
Speaker 1: eight and eight with Duck Hodges and Mason Rudolph, I

1027
00:55:01,920 --> 00:55:05,360
Speaker 1: think that's pretty impressive. Here, newer listener to the podcast

1028
00:55:05,360 --> 00:55:08,279
Speaker 1: and love your material, Appreciate what you do. Thanks, would

1029
00:55:08,320 --> 00:55:10,040
Speaker 1: love to hear your take on Brady putting his house

1030
00:55:10,080 --> 00:55:12,719
Speaker 1: on the market and what implications that may have. I

1031
00:55:12,840 --> 00:55:15,040
Speaker 1: personally feel like he knows his days are numbered, and

1032
00:55:15,080 --> 00:55:18,279
Speaker 1: the final hurdle hurdle in cumenting his legacy is to

1033
00:55:18,280 --> 00:55:21,759
Speaker 1: prove himself as a winner without Belichick. Hell Belichick is

1034
00:55:21,760 --> 00:55:24,160
Speaker 1: stubborn old Ox, and I could see him one to

1035
00:55:24,160 --> 00:55:27,319
Speaker 1: do the same without Brady. If you're buying the speculation,

1036
00:55:27,480 --> 00:55:32,160
Speaker 1: where do you think he could land? So I've thought

1037
00:55:32,160 --> 00:55:34,839
Speaker 1: a lot about this last forty eight hours, like an

1038
00:55:34,920 --> 00:55:41,400
Speaker 1: unhealthy amount. My gut says he either retires, you know,

1039
00:55:41,480 --> 00:55:43,360
Speaker 1: they win the Super Bowl and he retires, or he

1040
00:55:43,400 --> 00:55:46,920
Speaker 1: just comes back to the Patriots, because why would you

1041
00:55:46,960 --> 00:55:51,800
Speaker 1: leave the Patriots and the upside to go prove your legacy.

1042
00:55:52,160 --> 00:55:56,879
Speaker 1: If you're Brady, you'd have the downside of let's say

1043
00:55:56,920 --> 00:55:59,440
Speaker 1: you go to Team X and we're getting all these teams,

1044
00:55:59,840 --> 00:56:03,080
Speaker 1: you go six and ten because like Brady is no dummy,

1045
00:56:03,120 --> 00:56:05,000
Speaker 1: he just has played all these teams for years. Like

1046
00:56:05,040 --> 00:56:07,920
Speaker 1: sometimes the team just has a shitty year, and that

1047
00:56:08,000 --> 00:56:10,480
Speaker 1: would not that Like Steve Young said on Monday that

1048
00:56:10,520 --> 00:56:13,879
Speaker 1: football couple a couple of weeks ago, no one would

1049
00:56:13,920 --> 00:56:17,840
Speaker 1: remember that in twenty years. True, But part like you

1050
00:56:17,880 --> 00:56:20,360
Speaker 1: can never argue who's more important. I mean you can't

1051
00:56:20,440 --> 00:56:22,520
Speaker 1: argue it, but you can never win the argument Belichick

1052
00:56:22,600 --> 00:56:24,960
Speaker 1: or Brady. Belichick or Brady, they're just kind of tied

1053
00:56:24,960 --> 00:56:28,399
Speaker 1: at the hip the goats. But if they break up

1054
00:56:29,280 --> 00:56:32,040
Speaker 1: and Brady plays two years, let's say for the Chargers.

1055
00:56:32,320 --> 00:56:34,600
Speaker 1: Let's say Josh McDaniels and him go to the Chargers,

1056
00:56:35,120 --> 00:56:38,200
Speaker 1: which I think would be insane. So, Tom Brady, who

1057
00:56:38,360 --> 00:56:42,319
Speaker 1: you're my favorite quarterback ever. I think you're the best

1058
00:56:42,400 --> 00:56:46,160
Speaker 1: quarterback ever. You're gonna go play for Dean Spanos, a

1059
00:56:46,200 --> 00:56:49,480
Speaker 1: guy whose legacy is being a cheap owner and a

1060
00:56:49,560 --> 00:56:54,359
Speaker 1: lifetime underachiever on the field and off the field, and

1061
00:56:54,480 --> 00:56:59,440
Speaker 1: tie your post Belichick legacy to that guy. Even if

1062
00:56:59,520 --> 00:57:03,080
Speaker 1: Josh comes with you. That that is insane. I don't

1063
00:57:03,080 --> 00:57:05,440
Speaker 1: give a ship. If their roster looks like the eight

1064
00:57:05,600 --> 00:57:09,080
Speaker 1: five Bears mixed with the oh seven Pats, that is

1065
00:57:09,120 --> 00:57:16,680
Speaker 1: a risk. That is just a risk. Now, Belichick, he'd win.

1066
00:57:17,080 --> 00:57:19,840
Speaker 1: I mean this team, if he just somehow got his

1067
00:57:19,880 --> 00:57:22,200
Speaker 1: hands on like an Andy Dalton next year, they'd be fine.

1068
00:57:22,800 --> 00:57:24,680
Speaker 1: I don't know if he'd win the super Bowl, but

1069
00:57:24,720 --> 00:57:27,040
Speaker 1: he'd win ten eleven games. You make the playoffs, like,

1070
00:57:27,080 --> 00:57:30,240
Speaker 1: Belichick is a lock to make the playoffs with just

1071
00:57:30,520 --> 00:57:33,520
Speaker 1: Jared Sidham, Andy Dalton, you name it, just quarterback, ex

1072
00:57:33,600 --> 00:57:37,400
Speaker 1: solid guy Mariota. He'll figure it out. Tom's a little

1073
00:57:37,480 --> 00:57:40,840
Speaker 1: riskier because he's depending on the organization. He's depending on

1074
00:57:40,880 --> 00:57:44,240
Speaker 1: all these random coaches, like he's got Belichick. So what

1075
00:57:44,360 --> 00:57:46,960
Speaker 1: happens they lose? They go three straight year or two

1076
00:57:46,960 --> 00:57:50,880
Speaker 1: straight years, lose defensive coordinators, Patricia goes, Brian Flores goes,

1077
00:57:51,360 --> 00:57:55,720
Speaker 1: and Belichick's like, fuck itt uh, Stephen Belichick, I'll bump

1078
00:57:55,760 --> 00:57:58,800
Speaker 1: you up, Bilma, you're unemployed. Come here, I'll call the

1079
00:57:58,840 --> 00:58:03,240
Speaker 1: defense they're like setting the record for interceptions in NFL

1080
00:58:03,400 --> 00:58:06,760
Speaker 1: history this year. Someone tweeted up or DM me tonight

1081
00:58:06,880 --> 00:58:10,400
Speaker 1: and said, do you think Belichick could call the offensive

1082
00:58:10,400 --> 00:58:13,880
Speaker 1: place if he wanted to? I didn't hesitate to write

1083
00:58:14,120 --> 00:58:17,720
Speaker 1: one million percent. Yes. Now would he be Andy or

1084
00:58:17,760 --> 00:58:21,920
Speaker 1: Peyton or or Kyle Shanahan? Probably not. But I think

1085
00:58:21,920 --> 00:58:24,760
Speaker 1: if Belichick called offensive place, he was the o C.

1086
00:58:25,040 --> 00:58:28,000
Speaker 1: Next year, Josh leaves and let's see he elevates his

1087
00:58:28,080 --> 00:58:30,560
Speaker 1: kid to be the defensive coordinator and Bills like, you

1088
00:58:30,560 --> 00:58:34,280
Speaker 1: know what, I'm gonna be the offensive coordinator. I think

1089
00:58:34,280 --> 00:58:35,680
Speaker 1: they would score a lot of points and be a

1090
00:58:35,720 --> 00:58:38,800
Speaker 1: top ten offense. I believe that to my core. So

1091
00:58:39,680 --> 00:58:43,560
Speaker 1: I think it's much riskier for for Tom now, like

1092
00:58:43,880 --> 00:58:47,680
Speaker 1: Young said, in thirty years, no one's gonna talk about

1093
00:58:47,680 --> 00:58:50,480
Speaker 1: Willie Mays on the Mets. No one's talking about Tom

1094
00:58:50,520 --> 00:58:53,760
Speaker 1: Brady for whoever. Now the one curve ball is he's

1095
00:58:53,760 --> 00:58:57,280
Speaker 1: from the Bay Area. What if he called Kyle Shanahan said,

1096
00:58:57,280 --> 00:59:01,120
Speaker 1: I want in now the way Jimmy's playing. If Jimmy

1097
00:59:01,160 --> 00:59:03,320
Speaker 1: keeps playing like he's playing, it's not worth the risk.

1098
00:59:03,640 --> 00:59:07,160
Speaker 1: But what if the forts, you know, finished fourteen and

1099
00:59:07,160 --> 00:59:08,760
Speaker 1: two and they're one and done in the playoffs, they're

1100
00:59:08,800 --> 00:59:10,880
Speaker 1: lose in the first round. Jimmy doesn't play well and

1101
00:59:10,960 --> 00:59:13,520
Speaker 1: Tom wins the super Bowl and Tom plays well, and

1102
00:59:13,520 --> 00:59:15,640
Speaker 1: it's like I want in. You're gonna turn him down.

1103
00:59:15,800 --> 00:59:19,160
Speaker 1: It gets a little complicated. I am buying that there's

1104
00:59:20,160 --> 00:59:22,400
Speaker 1: like where they say they're smoked, there's fire. I mean literally,

1105
00:59:22,400 --> 00:59:24,880
Speaker 1: I don't know if you've googled in California. Our whole

1106
00:59:24,920 --> 00:59:29,200
Speaker 1: state's on fire. Uh, there's something there. I don't know

1107
00:59:29,280 --> 00:59:33,200
Speaker 1: what I do. Think Tom's too smart to realize, like

1108
00:59:33,280 --> 00:59:37,280
Speaker 1: you just don't go anywhere. You just don't randomly go. Now,

1109
00:59:37,520 --> 00:59:41,080
Speaker 1: having been someone that lived in the Northeast, now I was,

1110
00:59:41,760 --> 00:59:43,880
Speaker 1: I wasn't. I mean, no one knew who I was,

1111
00:59:44,320 --> 00:59:46,640
Speaker 1: and I had no money. I just wanted to come

1112
00:59:46,640 --> 00:59:49,760
Speaker 1: back to California because I'm from California and I just

1113
00:59:49,800 --> 00:59:54,200
Speaker 1: like the weather out here. It helps my life now, Tom,

1114
00:59:54,240 --> 00:59:56,080
Speaker 1: like I was watching Michigan Notre Dame when I was

1115
00:59:56,120 --> 00:59:59,240
Speaker 1: at the wedding this weekend. Genius. You know you can

1116
00:59:59,240 --> 01:00:00,920
Speaker 1: watch games on your phone when you're sitting at the

1117
01:00:00,920 --> 01:00:03,840
Speaker 1: table and they're getting married. It's fantastic, And I'm thinking

1118
01:00:04,240 --> 01:00:08,160
Speaker 1: it's so cold, because how miserable this place looks. Tom

1119
01:00:08,160 --> 01:00:11,280
Speaker 1: Brady is not wired like a California anymore, California anymore

1120
01:00:11,320 --> 01:00:13,240
Speaker 1: when it comes to weather. He played four years at

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01:00:13,280 --> 01:00:15,680
Speaker 1: Michigan in that freezing cold weather, and there's been twenty

1122
01:00:15,760 --> 01:00:19,200
Speaker 1: years in New England. So this his desire to come

1123
01:00:19,200 --> 01:00:21,200
Speaker 1: back to l A just for one year. That big

1124
01:00:21,240 --> 01:00:25,360
Speaker 1: he can retire and move there whenever he wants. So

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Speaker 1: I guess to end this, I think Tom would be nuts,

1126
01:00:29,320 --> 01:00:32,640
Speaker 1: and I get it. What make Tom great was his drive,

1127
01:00:32,760 --> 01:00:37,520
Speaker 1: this desire, this belief in himself. But man, I think

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01:00:37,560 --> 01:00:41,600
Speaker 1: what he had is so freaking special that if you

1129
01:00:41,720 --> 01:00:43,880
Speaker 1: want to keep playing, and I'm not even sure if

1130
01:00:43,880 --> 01:00:47,680
Speaker 1: he quite does it necessarily, like if he wins it again,

1131
01:00:47,760 --> 01:00:50,240
Speaker 1: just go out on top. But if you, if you

1132
01:00:50,320 --> 01:00:52,680
Speaker 1: are going to think about to keep playing after this year,

1133
01:00:53,280 --> 01:00:55,920
Speaker 1: just play for the Patriots as just a as a

1134
01:00:55,960 --> 01:00:59,880
Speaker 1: lover of greatness in football. Don't break up a Bill,

1135
01:01:00,280 --> 01:01:02,600
Speaker 1: because I think Bill kind of wants to Bills like

1136
01:01:02,640 --> 01:01:05,720
Speaker 1: I dare him to leave. I think Bill's praying he leaves.

1137
01:01:06,360 --> 01:01:08,840
Speaker 1: I think Bill that that that would be my number

1138
01:01:08,840 --> 01:01:13,960
Speaker 1: one hot take. I think Bill Belichick would would you

1139
01:01:14,000 --> 01:01:16,640
Speaker 1: know you'd be like, I'll give you five million, you

1140
01:01:16,760 --> 01:01:18,600
Speaker 1: just take it out of my salary cap. Get Tom

1141
01:01:18,640 --> 01:01:20,600
Speaker 1: out of here. I'll prove I can kick the ship

1142
01:01:20,680 --> 01:01:24,840
Speaker 1: out of anybody. With Middle coffit quarterback, with Stidim at quarterback,

1143
01:01:25,680 --> 01:01:29,080
Speaker 1: with C. J. Bethort at court, I don't care. I'll

1144
01:01:29,120 --> 01:01:31,840
Speaker 1: win games. And I think at this point in time,

1145
01:01:32,000 --> 01:01:35,280
Speaker 1: you'd have to be an idiot to say, yeah, Belichick

1146
01:01:35,280 --> 01:01:37,800
Speaker 1: wouldn't figure it out, because we all know he would.

1147
01:01:38,360 --> 01:01:41,320
Speaker 1: We all know he would, and Tom it would be

1148
01:01:41,360 --> 01:01:44,000
Speaker 1: a little more difficult for Tom somewhere else, just because

1149
01:01:44,040 --> 01:01:46,320
Speaker 1: there are more variables. You gotta learn, new teammates, you

1150
01:01:46,400 --> 01:01:50,920
Speaker 1: got new coaches, owners, just comfortability. You don't have Belichick

1151
01:01:51,000 --> 01:01:54,880
Speaker 1: covering up weaknesses on the team. I I my fingers

1152
01:01:54,920 --> 01:01:58,400
Speaker 1: across Tom either stays or retires. I actually think you

1153
01:01:58,400 --> 01:02:01,080
Speaker 1: should retire. You know, if if he wins Super Bowl,

1154
01:02:01,160 --> 01:02:03,520
Speaker 1: just go out on top. I think they'd be badass.

1155
01:02:03,720 --> 01:02:07,200
Speaker 1: He has seven Super Bowls. No one is ever touching

1156
01:02:07,240 --> 01:02:11,040
Speaker 1: that record. No one's ever touching that record. Think about that,

1157
01:02:11,200 --> 01:02:13,520
Speaker 1: no one's ever touching that record. Think of all the

1158
01:02:13,560 --> 01:02:17,080
Speaker 1: records and sports. Could anyone score a hundred points an

1159
01:02:17,160 --> 01:02:21,280
Speaker 1: NBA game. Probably not, but it's it's not crazy to think.

1160
01:02:21,320 --> 01:02:25,960
Speaker 1: I mean, Kobe scored eighty could anyone SI game hit streaks?

1161
01:02:27,040 --> 01:02:30,120
Speaker 1: That's that's break a bole. The cal Ripken streak is

1162
01:02:30,120 --> 01:02:34,080
Speaker 1: probably impossible. I think seven Super Bowl victories, I'd argue

1163
01:02:34,160 --> 01:02:37,760
Speaker 1: six is never getting sniffed. Who in the NFL right

1164
01:02:37,760 --> 01:02:41,600
Speaker 1: now could even make an argument like Russell Wilson has one,

1165
01:02:42,280 --> 01:02:45,040
Speaker 1: he's gonna win five more? Do you think when Russell

1166
01:02:45,040 --> 01:02:48,240
Speaker 1: Wilson retires he has three? If I if you set

1167
01:02:48,240 --> 01:02:50,520
Speaker 1: the number at two and a half, i'd hammer the

1168
01:02:50,640 --> 01:02:54,280
Speaker 1: ender Drew Berr He's gonna win two. So it's just

1169
01:02:54,280 --> 01:02:58,800
Speaker 1: shows he's won six and he might win seven any reason.

1170
01:02:58,880 --> 01:03:00,920
Speaker 1: Daniel Hunter on the Viking, does it get recognized the

1171
01:03:00,960 --> 01:03:03,000
Speaker 1: top five pass rusher us an animal with the most

1172
01:03:03,000 --> 01:03:08,120
Speaker 1: acts by NFL history. Well, my buddies in the league

1173
01:03:08,360 --> 01:03:10,040
Speaker 1: they tell me all the time the Vikings have the

1174
01:03:10,040 --> 01:03:13,320
Speaker 1: best edge rushing combo in the NFL. They they say,

1175
01:03:13,320 --> 01:03:17,040
Speaker 1: it's just Daniel Hunter Everson Griffin best edge rushing combo

1176
01:03:17,040 --> 01:03:19,720
Speaker 1: in the league. So yeah, listen to the media watches

1177
01:03:19,760 --> 01:03:24,440
Speaker 1: TV copies while they're eating cheeseburgers and like reading stuff

1178
01:03:24,440 --> 01:03:27,400
Speaker 1: on the Internet. You know, the NFL people live in

1179
01:03:27,400 --> 01:03:30,680
Speaker 1: the film room. They're just banging all twenty two. So

1180
01:03:30,720 --> 01:03:32,680
Speaker 1: if you want to know who's the best, you can't

1181
01:03:32,720 --> 01:03:36,360
Speaker 1: worry about what a guy like me says or Collins says.

1182
01:03:36,840 --> 01:03:39,800
Speaker 1: When it gets to the really really nerdy stuff, you

1183
01:03:39,920 --> 01:03:42,240
Speaker 1: gotta to ask someone in the NFL. And you wouldn't

1184
01:03:42,240 --> 01:03:45,880
Speaker 1: meet an NFL personnel man worth their salt that wouldn't

1185
01:03:45,880 --> 01:03:49,240
Speaker 1: say Daniel Hunter is not a badass. I remember texting

1186
01:03:49,280 --> 01:03:53,040
Speaker 1: Flip last year during training camp and he's like, holy shit,

1187
01:03:53,240 --> 01:03:58,880
Speaker 1: n is a badass. The Raiders have been an underdog

1188
01:03:58,920 --> 01:04:01,680
Speaker 1: in every game this season. Miami is the only other team,

1189
01:04:01,720 --> 01:04:05,800
Speaker 1: which means Vegas thinks Oakland stinks. Yet when I watched them,

1190
01:04:05,840 --> 01:04:09,080
Speaker 1: at least always in the first half, they play hard

1191
01:04:09,160 --> 01:04:11,120
Speaker 1: and have looks of a fringe playoff team nine and

1192
01:04:11,160 --> 01:04:13,640
Speaker 1: seven range. Am I that far off on my assessment

1193
01:04:13,640 --> 01:04:17,960
Speaker 1: of the Raiders. There's Vegas undervaluing them. I think I

1194
01:04:18,000 --> 01:04:19,920
Speaker 1: think when the season ends, the Raiders are gonna win

1195
01:04:19,920 --> 01:04:22,600
Speaker 1: six or seven games. But I I agree with you

1196
01:04:22,640 --> 01:04:25,320
Speaker 1: the Raiders are undervalued. They have a good offensive line,

1197
01:04:25,360 --> 01:04:29,000
Speaker 1: they have a good running back. Their most undervalued player, though,

1198
01:04:29,080 --> 01:04:31,480
Speaker 1: is the quarterback to two and a half years ago.

1199
01:04:31,520 --> 01:04:34,400
Speaker 1: He was an MVP candidate. Now everyone acts like he's,

1200
01:04:35,440 --> 01:04:39,080
Speaker 1: you know, Kyle Allen, just some scrub like Derek and play.

1201
01:04:39,160 --> 01:04:41,400
Speaker 1: Derek just had three touchdowns on the road against Texans.

1202
01:04:41,640 --> 01:04:43,760
Speaker 1: Didn't turn the ball over. Now he almost threw one,

1203
01:04:43,840 --> 01:04:48,280
Speaker 1: but he to me, him and his more comfortable. He's

1204
01:04:48,320 --> 01:04:51,680
Speaker 1: more comfortable in this grooding offense. Is a big reason

1205
01:04:51,720 --> 01:04:55,240
Speaker 1: why they've just been competitive. Media hates him, Twitter hates

1206
01:04:55,320 --> 01:04:58,600
Speaker 1: him like the guy can play a little bit. You

1207
01:04:58,640 --> 01:05:02,000
Speaker 1: think hardbad did enough to save a job tonight, or

1208
01:05:02,040 --> 01:05:04,880
Speaker 1: you think he has to beat Ohio State. There's probably

1209
01:05:04,880 --> 01:05:07,360
Speaker 1: not a scenario where they win the Big Ten this year,

1210
01:05:07,440 --> 01:05:10,120
Speaker 1: but they've got a lot of young pieces. If not,

1211
01:05:10,280 --> 01:05:12,240
Speaker 1: he's trying to run off to the Redskins. I give

1212
01:05:12,280 --> 01:05:14,960
Speaker 1: another year. He's not going to the Redskins. The win,

1213
01:05:16,120 --> 01:05:19,720
Speaker 1: not just beating Notre Dame, but kicking their ass. That's

1214
01:05:20,440 --> 01:05:23,120
Speaker 1: that's a big deal. You know. I think everyone was

1215
01:05:23,200 --> 01:05:26,200
Speaker 1: ready to bury Jim. And that's what happens when you're

1216
01:05:26,200 --> 01:05:28,720
Speaker 1: really good and you don't quite get over the hump.

1217
01:05:28,960 --> 01:05:32,520
Speaker 1: People are looking to kind of call you a fraud. Uh.

1218
01:05:32,680 --> 01:05:37,040
Speaker 1: I picked the Michigan Wolverines on Saturday morning. I just

1219
01:05:37,160 --> 01:05:40,080
Speaker 1: I usually do picks like on Twitter at John Middlecoff

1220
01:05:40,840 --> 01:05:44,200
Speaker 1: and uh I picked him simply no logic beside harbous

1221
01:05:44,200 --> 01:05:46,520
Speaker 1: bound to win a big game. He's just bound to

1222
01:05:46,560 --> 01:05:48,840
Speaker 1: win a big game, especially at home, and he did

1223
01:05:49,160 --> 01:05:51,680
Speaker 1: and his team came to play like Jim Harbaugh is

1224
01:05:51,720 --> 01:05:54,360
Speaker 1: not the village idiot, despite what everyone acts like and

1225
01:05:54,360 --> 01:05:58,040
Speaker 1: and people talk about him. Do you think the Patriots

1226
01:05:58,040 --> 01:06:00,840
Speaker 1: can go sixt and win the Super Bowl? I definitely

1227
01:06:00,880 --> 01:06:03,080
Speaker 1: think they can win the Super Bowl. I would say

1228
01:06:03,160 --> 01:06:08,080
Speaker 1: sixteen and oh, you know, the their offense isn't exactly

1229
01:06:08,120 --> 01:06:10,640
Speaker 1: the oh seven Pats right now, so they could get

1230
01:06:10,680 --> 01:06:13,400
Speaker 1: into a game where it's just low scoring and maybe

1231
01:06:13,440 --> 01:06:18,440
Speaker 1: the defense doesn't make the play. I would be a

1232
01:06:18,520 --> 01:06:21,440
Speaker 1: little shocked if they went sixteen. And to me, they

1233
01:06:21,600 --> 01:06:24,440
Speaker 1: feel when you watch them, more like a fourteen and

1234
01:06:24,480 --> 01:06:26,840
Speaker 1: two team than I mean. I've only seen one six

1235
01:06:27,120 --> 01:06:29,840
Speaker 1: two team, sixteen and no team in my life, and

1236
01:06:29,880 --> 01:06:33,360
Speaker 1: that sixteen no team felt like part of to me.

1237
01:06:33,400 --> 01:06:35,600
Speaker 1: It's easier to be a sixteen and no team when

1238
01:06:35,600 --> 01:06:38,160
Speaker 1: you have the greatest offense ever, Like if you have

1239
01:06:38,200 --> 01:06:40,480
Speaker 1: the greatest defense ever, if that's what you're known as,

1240
01:06:40,600 --> 01:06:42,280
Speaker 1: and not saying that they do. But they have one

1241
01:06:42,280 --> 01:06:45,280
Speaker 1: of the best defenses in recent memory. You're more likely

1242
01:06:45,320 --> 01:06:48,160
Speaker 1: to be a win team if your offense is just solid,

1243
01:06:48,400 --> 01:06:51,120
Speaker 1: then you are sixteen and no team like the Patriots.

1244
01:06:51,520 --> 01:06:52,840
Speaker 1: I don't have the numbers in front of me, but

1245
01:06:52,840 --> 01:06:54,640
Speaker 1: it felt like they were scoring forty points a game

1246
01:06:54,680 --> 01:06:59,720
Speaker 1: with Welker and and Randy and Dante and all those guys.

1247
01:07:00,120 --> 01:07:02,600
Speaker 1: So I would say they lose a game. Now, they

1248
01:07:02,680 --> 01:07:06,200
Speaker 1: usually lose a random game. If if you said, put

1249
01:07:06,240 --> 01:07:09,120
Speaker 1: a gun to my head, what's their record, I'd say,

1250
01:07:09,160 --> 01:07:18,320
Speaker 1: like fifteen and one, But I think they lose a game. Uh.

1251
01:07:18,440 --> 01:07:21,480
Speaker 1: Atlanta born and race now living in Charlotte, so obviously

1252
01:07:21,520 --> 01:07:25,560
Speaker 1: I'm going Falcons related here. All the local AFT outlets,

1253
01:07:25,760 --> 01:07:29,560
Speaker 1: the Athletic included, are only talking about the timeline of

1254
01:07:29,640 --> 01:07:33,960
Speaker 1: when Quinn will be fired. They've mentioned for journalistic integrity

1255
01:07:34,000 --> 01:07:37,200
Speaker 1: related reasons, they won't speculate on coaching searches to replace

1256
01:07:37,240 --> 01:07:39,880
Speaker 1: someone who isn't fired yet, which I totally understand. What

1257
01:07:39,960 --> 01:07:42,640
Speaker 1: that said. Who do you see as the most likely

1258
01:07:42,720 --> 01:07:45,440
Speaker 1: candidate for the job. Kubiak was interested in the o

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Speaker 1: C job last year. Like it's Kubiak and an option

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Speaker 1: as a head coach. He has been sick before, and

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Speaker 1: I think he's talked about he just wants to be

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Speaker 1: an offensive coordinator. If you had to go candidates for

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Speaker 1: the job, let's say the Jaguars go like nine and seven,

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01:08:00,720 --> 01:08:03,200
Speaker 1: ten and six and Gardner Minshew plays really well. I

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01:08:03,240 --> 01:08:06,240
Speaker 1: think John d Philippo would get an interview if the

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Speaker 1: forty Niners keep doing what they're doing. Mike McDaniels one

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01:08:10,800 --> 01:08:13,960
Speaker 1: of the young guys on Kyle staff who worked with

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Speaker 1: them in Atlanta, that Kyle credits as just like his

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01:08:17,120 --> 01:08:23,479
Speaker 1: little genius. Uh. I think he would be an interview candidate. Uh.

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Speaker 1: Josh McDaniels, you know the connection there with I guess yeah,

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01:08:29,120 --> 01:08:33,000
Speaker 1: Thomas de d Mittrof. They crossed over a little bit

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01:08:33,040 --> 01:08:34,960
Speaker 1: in New England, but he's just a New England guy.

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01:08:35,400 --> 01:08:38,960
Speaker 1: I could see Josh McDaniels interviewing there. I could see,

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01:08:39,000 --> 01:08:41,719
Speaker 1: you know, Arthur Blank's got big money, Urban Meyer, Lincoln

1275
01:08:41,800 --> 01:08:45,879
Speaker 1: Riley take you know swings like that. The Falcons will

1276
01:08:47,240 --> 01:08:49,040
Speaker 1: They're not just gonna go after like the Jim tom

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01:08:49,080 --> 01:08:51,479
Speaker 1: Seula's and Anthony Lynz. I would expect them to go

1278
01:08:51,520 --> 01:08:53,960
Speaker 1: after big time names now, Like do you want to

1279
01:08:54,000 --> 01:08:56,800
Speaker 1: coach Matt Ryan? That's the other thing, like, is do

1280
01:08:56,840 --> 01:08:58,479
Speaker 1: you want to be tied at the hip to Matt Ryan.

1281
01:08:58,520 --> 01:09:00,960
Speaker 1: They just gave him a hundred million in dollars, so

1282
01:09:01,000 --> 01:09:02,760
Speaker 1: you're kind of stuck with him for next year. In

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01:09:02,800 --> 01:09:05,400
Speaker 1: the following year, you're you're stuck with him for two

1284
01:09:05,439 --> 01:09:08,720
Speaker 1: more years. I'm an Eagles fan, and all I see

1285
01:09:08,760 --> 01:09:11,439
Speaker 1: is people saying the Eagles should go get Robbie Anderson

1286
01:09:11,439 --> 01:09:14,120
Speaker 1: from the Jets. However, I'm seeing Allen Robinson chained at

1287
01:09:14,240 --> 01:09:17,720
Speaker 1: Robinsky kursed offense or other wide receivers that are in

1288
01:09:17,760 --> 01:09:20,640
Speaker 1: non winning teams. Would it be that much harder to

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01:09:20,640 --> 01:09:25,120
Speaker 1: get someone like Robinson as said to Anderson, Yes, under

1290
01:09:25,240 --> 01:09:29,400
Speaker 1: no circumstances. If I'm the Bears, unless you gave me

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01:09:29,439 --> 01:09:31,479
Speaker 1: a first round pick, which I don't think you can

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Speaker 1: do what I give up Allen Robinson. I would not

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01:09:33,560 --> 01:09:36,320
Speaker 1: give up Allen Robinson for a second round pick unless

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01:09:36,320 --> 01:09:37,880
Speaker 1: you're giving me a first round pick, which no one's

1295
01:09:37,880 --> 01:09:40,000
Speaker 1: gonna do. I'm just keeping him. He is too good

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01:09:40,000 --> 01:09:42,519
Speaker 1: of a player. I love Allen Robinson. I would much

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01:09:42,600 --> 01:09:46,000
Speaker 1: rather have Allen Robinson Robbie Anderson. I don't really love

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01:09:46,240 --> 01:09:49,320
Speaker 1: Robbie Anderson. Now, I'm not acting like I've studied him

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01:09:49,360 --> 01:09:51,280
Speaker 1: that much. I get he can fly and he can

1300
01:09:51,320 --> 01:09:54,840
Speaker 1: make some plays. I think the Eagles just kind of

1301
01:09:54,880 --> 01:09:58,360
Speaker 1: stand pat and just maybe I'm wrong, but it just

1302
01:09:58,439 --> 01:10:02,360
Speaker 1: doesn't feel like the trademark. They can't really overspend. It

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01:10:02,479 --> 01:10:04,800
Speaker 1: just doesn't make sense to give like a second round pick.

1304
01:10:05,360 --> 01:10:07,240
Speaker 1: And I don't think like we're they're kind of want

1305
01:10:07,240 --> 01:10:10,160
Speaker 1: to spend like that fourth round range. There's any players

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01:10:10,200 --> 01:10:18,120
Speaker 1: worth trading for? Hey, John love the pod. One of

1307
01:10:18,160 --> 01:10:21,000
Speaker 1: the things you mentioned on your podcast is that getting

1308
01:10:21,000 --> 01:10:23,240
Speaker 1: fired is one of the best things that happened to you.

1309
01:10:23,240 --> 01:10:25,839
Speaker 1: You mentioned it made you reflect and learn from your mistakes.

1310
01:10:26,200 --> 01:10:29,440
Speaker 1: I'm wondering what some of your key learnings were from experience.

1311
01:10:29,760 --> 01:10:32,519
Speaker 1: I personally feel that failure is the best teacher, probably

1312
01:10:32,520 --> 01:10:37,320
Speaker 1: because I failed a lot. I love to hear your reflections. Well,

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01:10:37,640 --> 01:10:43,599
Speaker 1: I'd say when I got fired in ean Philly by

1314
01:10:43,720 --> 01:10:47,800
Speaker 1: Chip and Howie and Funny, I mean, how he fired me.

1315
01:10:47,880 --> 01:10:51,120
Speaker 1: I'm still blazed with the guy. Is that one thing

1316
01:10:51,120 --> 01:10:53,040
Speaker 1: I probably regret a little bit. When I was scouting

1317
01:10:53,080 --> 01:10:55,160
Speaker 1: and it was hard, I was in my twenties. I

1318
01:10:55,240 --> 01:10:57,280
Speaker 1: was the lowest guy in the totem pole, but I'm

1319
01:10:57,320 --> 01:11:02,520
Speaker 1: pretty opinionated, and I just I didn't really get outspoken

1320
01:11:02,600 --> 01:11:05,880
Speaker 1: until right at the end and we had a change

1321
01:11:05,960 --> 01:11:09,400
Speaker 1: over and chipped in like that. But the one thing

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Speaker 1: that I when I left, I always realized is like,

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01:11:12,760 --> 01:11:15,360
Speaker 1: if you believe in it, just stand up and say it,

1324
01:11:15,680 --> 01:11:18,320
Speaker 1: you know, and believe in what you say, and don't

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01:11:18,360 --> 01:11:20,559
Speaker 1: be scared of that, you know. And that was one

1326
01:11:20,600 --> 01:11:24,880
Speaker 1: thing in Philly. Sometimes I I probably wasn't assertive enough

1327
01:11:25,680 --> 01:11:28,120
Speaker 1: and just and I probably could have been, but it

1328
01:11:28,640 --> 01:11:31,600
Speaker 1: was it was hard. I mean, it wasn't like I

1329
01:11:31,800 --> 01:11:34,160
Speaker 1: couldn't just go storming into how He's office every day

1330
01:11:34,160 --> 01:11:36,040
Speaker 1: and banging the table. Though we I mean all of

1331
01:11:36,040 --> 01:11:38,760
Speaker 1: our office. It was a small operation, you know. There

1332
01:11:38,760 --> 01:11:41,480
Speaker 1: were different times when a guy like Andrew sen Dajo,

1333
01:11:41,720 --> 01:11:44,760
Speaker 1: who's ironically I think now on the Eagles. I think

1334
01:11:44,840 --> 01:11:47,439
Speaker 1: he's on the Eagles now, but he was on Minnesota

1335
01:11:47,479 --> 01:11:49,080
Speaker 1: for a long time and a really good player. I

1336
01:11:49,120 --> 01:11:52,160
Speaker 1: loved him. He was in that little league that was

1337
01:11:53,479 --> 01:11:55,240
Speaker 1: I forget what the league was even called, but they

1338
01:11:55,240 --> 01:11:58,800
Speaker 1: had a team in Sacramento in Vegas and oh, maha,

1339
01:11:58,920 --> 01:12:01,280
Speaker 1: and I just didn't on the table hard enough, you know,

1340
01:12:01,320 --> 01:12:03,640
Speaker 1: I just didn't make it kind of hurt, you know,

1341
01:12:03,760 --> 01:12:07,439
Speaker 1: just I wasn't loud enough about it. And sometimes looking back,

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01:12:08,040 --> 01:12:11,120
Speaker 1: I could have definitely been more sort of again, it's

1343
01:12:11,160 --> 01:12:14,240
Speaker 1: easier to say now in thirty five, you know, I

1344
01:12:14,400 --> 01:12:16,880
Speaker 1: just I mean I was ten years ago, you know,

1345
01:12:16,960 --> 01:12:19,160
Speaker 1: So you just have I make more now in a

1346
01:12:19,280 --> 01:12:21,800
Speaker 1: quarter than I did there in a year, So you

1347
01:12:21,920 --> 01:12:24,439
Speaker 1: just you become more confident in yourself. It's it's things

1348
01:12:24,479 --> 01:12:27,160
Speaker 1: like you're you learn from your mistakes of knowing that

1349
01:12:27,240 --> 01:12:30,200
Speaker 1: you couldn't have probably done what you're gonna do later.

1350
01:12:30,760 --> 01:12:32,680
Speaker 1: And the second time I was fired from radio is

1351
01:12:32,720 --> 01:12:37,479
Speaker 1: just I was unhappy in a situation and I was stuck.

1352
01:12:38,400 --> 01:12:42,960
Speaker 1: When life so short, to be miserable at a job,

1353
01:12:43,000 --> 01:12:46,880
Speaker 1: and I mean truly I was miserable is the worst

1354
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Speaker 1: way to live possible. I don't care how much money

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Speaker 1: you're making now, if you're you know, I didn't have

1356
01:12:51,760 --> 01:12:54,800
Speaker 1: kids either, so I understand, like you can't just up

1357
01:12:54,800 --> 01:12:58,439
Speaker 1: and quit every job. But you know, I think if

1358
01:13:00,479 --> 01:13:03,479
Speaker 1: if you are confident enough in yourself, it's a great

1359
01:13:03,479 --> 01:13:05,960
Speaker 1: part about America, and you are talented at whatever you do.

1360
01:13:06,080 --> 01:13:08,519
Speaker 1: You can always quit and find something else if you

1361
01:13:08,680 --> 01:13:12,479
Speaker 1: despise who you're working for. You know, life's too short

1362
01:13:12,560 --> 01:13:15,240
Speaker 1: to be in places for years upon years. Now you're

1363
01:13:15,240 --> 01:13:18,320
Speaker 1: gonna be miserable on It's human nature. I get mad

1364
01:13:18,360 --> 01:13:19,960
Speaker 1: at should I do now? And I watched and talk

1365
01:13:20,000 --> 01:13:22,479
Speaker 1: about sports for a living, you know, and we all

1366
01:13:22,520 --> 01:13:24,439
Speaker 1: have to do things that we don't love doing on

1367
01:13:24,479 --> 01:13:28,840
Speaker 1: a given time. But living in misery is and the

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01:13:28,880 --> 01:13:31,960
Speaker 1: best thing. Like I I despise everything Chip Kelly stands

1369
01:13:32,000 --> 01:13:36,680
Speaker 1: for as an evaluator football philosophically, I would have hated it.

1370
01:13:37,160 --> 01:13:40,280
Speaker 1: So you know, everything's happened for a reason. Not being

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Speaker 1: in radio has led me to do in this, which

1372
01:13:42,120 --> 01:13:45,400
Speaker 1: is you know, I have the biggest audience I've ever

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01:13:45,400 --> 01:13:49,240
Speaker 1: had in my life because of this. So and there

1374
01:13:49,240 --> 01:13:51,320
Speaker 1: are other things just you know, I think you learn

1375
01:13:51,360 --> 01:13:54,679
Speaker 1: a lot from when you're in personal relationships breakups and stuff.

1376
01:13:54,760 --> 01:13:58,360
Speaker 1: But definitely never be scared to stand up for yourself.

1377
01:13:58,800 --> 01:14:02,920
Speaker 1: You know, never be never hesitate to defend what you

1378
01:14:03,000 --> 01:14:05,599
Speaker 1: believe in, because, as a wise man told me, the

1379
01:14:05,600 --> 01:14:08,880
Speaker 1: only person who truly cares about you is you. You know,

1380
01:14:09,280 --> 01:14:11,920
Speaker 1: That's this is the reality with Matt Stafford playing at

1381
01:14:11,920 --> 01:14:15,080
Speaker 1: an MVP level clip Should the Lions be buying at

1382
01:14:15,080 --> 01:14:17,160
Speaker 1: the deadline? The offense has had its ups and downs.

1383
01:14:17,400 --> 01:14:19,320
Speaker 1: We have no run game then I think the running

1384
01:14:19,320 --> 01:14:21,960
Speaker 1: back out hurt. The defense is heavily bent and not

1385
01:14:22,080 --> 01:14:24,040
Speaker 1: really broke. This year, we're on the street as Philly

1386
01:14:24,080 --> 01:14:28,360
Speaker 1: wants Slay. Should the Lions deal him and put team

1387
01:14:28,439 --> 01:14:31,040
Speaker 1: stock in the next year or do we have to buy?

1388
01:14:31,360 --> 01:14:33,600
Speaker 1: Is it time for Detroit? Bob Quinn's draft picks have

1389
01:14:33,640 --> 01:14:35,320
Speaker 1: been hit or miss. I don't want to give up

1390
01:14:35,320 --> 01:14:39,400
Speaker 1: on this year, but people in Detroit deserve a good team.

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01:14:39,439 --> 01:14:41,280
Speaker 1: I actually think the Lions could win this weekend. I

1392
01:14:41,280 --> 01:14:45,320
Speaker 1: mean they're playing the Raiders in Oakland. Um. You know

1393
01:14:45,439 --> 01:14:47,400
Speaker 1: I wouldn't punt on the season. But if you get

1394
01:14:47,400 --> 01:14:50,679
Speaker 1: a second round pick for Slay and you know Patricia

1395
01:14:50,760 --> 01:14:52,719
Speaker 1: doesn't want him, I don't think that would be crazy

1396
01:14:52,760 --> 01:14:56,439
Speaker 1: move at all. Hey, John, love the pod all the

1397
01:14:56,439 --> 01:15:00,479
Speaker 1: way from Mexico. Viva la Mexico. With Bill reaching the

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01:15:00,520 --> 01:15:02,920
Speaker 1: three hundred win, do you think Brady will reach to

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01:15:03,120 --> 01:15:06,719
Speaker 1: fifty this season? And if so, win, well, how many wins?

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01:15:06,760 --> 01:15:10,560
Speaker 1: I'm gonna google Tom Brady right now. It is I

1401
01:15:10,840 --> 01:15:16,479
Speaker 1: looked it up yesterday. If you combined Sean Payton and

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01:15:16,479 --> 01:15:20,240
Speaker 1: Andy Reid. Andy had two hundred wins going into the Packers,

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01:15:20,240 --> 01:15:23,720
Speaker 1: so he still had two hundred. Sean Payton, I don't

1404
01:15:23,720 --> 01:15:25,880
Speaker 1: know if it was before. It must have been after

1405
01:15:26,280 --> 01:15:29,519
Speaker 1: the Arizona game had a hundred and twenty five wins. Combined.

1406
01:15:29,640 --> 01:15:32,679
Speaker 1: They have three hundred and twenty five wins. The two

1407
01:15:32,680 --> 01:15:37,000
Speaker 1: of them wins they combine them, they only have twenty

1408
01:15:37,040 --> 01:15:42,880
Speaker 1: five more wins than than Bill Belichick. That is pretty wild.

1409
01:15:43,920 --> 01:15:46,559
Speaker 1: I don't have Brady's win loss record in front of me,

1410
01:15:46,720 --> 01:15:56,880
Speaker 1: so maybe I do. Actually no, I don't, so I

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01:15:57,439 --> 01:16:04,240
Speaker 1: would say that sure, maybe he'll get to Uh, what's

1412
01:16:04,320 --> 01:16:07,200
Speaker 1: the Pete Bill NFL film that you mentioned on the

1413
01:16:07,200 --> 01:16:12,559
Speaker 1: pod Huge Fan? The Pete Bill NFL film? Oh, it's

1414
01:16:12,560 --> 01:16:14,519
Speaker 1: just the It's just the NFL films of the Super

1415
01:16:14,560 --> 01:16:18,760
Speaker 1: Bowl where Belichick refuses to call the time out and

1416
01:16:18,760 --> 01:16:22,400
Speaker 1: Pete's freaking out and then they run the past play

1417
01:16:22,439 --> 01:16:25,679
Speaker 1: after the Marshawn Lynch run and Malcolm Butler picks it off.

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01:16:25,800 --> 01:16:28,840
Speaker 1: If you just go to YouTube and type in you

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01:16:28,880 --> 01:16:34,120
Speaker 1: know whatever that Super Bowl is or Seahawks, Uh, New

1420
01:16:34,120 --> 01:16:38,080
Speaker 1: England Patriots. You know, miked up Bill Belichick. You'll you'll

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01:16:38,120 --> 01:16:40,360
Speaker 1: find it. I mean, just just go to YouTube watch

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01:16:40,400 --> 01:16:44,599
Speaker 1: Bill Belichick miked up. Its great. Appreciate everyone listening. Thanks guy.

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01:16:44,680 --> 01:16:46,920
Speaker 1: That's pretty good. Uh, pretty excited. We got a good

1424
01:16:46,960 --> 01:16:49,439
Speaker 1: Thursday night game. Well, I mean kind of in theory

1425
01:16:49,479 --> 01:16:54,000
Speaker 1: forts Kyler Murray should be kind of exciting. I may

1426
01:16:54,200 --> 01:16:57,719
Speaker 1: have a good guest coming up, a former quarterback, former

1427
01:16:57,800 --> 01:17:01,759
Speaker 1: number one overall pick. I guess he's technically still a quarterback,

1428
01:17:01,800 --> 01:17:04,479
Speaker 1: but he's retired. I might have run into him at

1429
01:17:04,479 --> 01:17:06,960
Speaker 1: the golf tournament and after a couple of cocktails, you know,

1430
01:17:07,320 --> 01:17:10,240
Speaker 1: the producer and me went, hey, man, I love to

1431
01:17:10,280 --> 01:17:12,720
Speaker 1: have you on, and he said yes, And I was

1432
01:17:12,800 --> 01:17:16,400
Speaker 1: emailing with him today. So we'll see if that comes

1433
01:17:16,400 --> 01:17:19,599
Speaker 1: to fruition. That would be for Friday. So we'll talk

1434
01:17:19,640 --> 01:17:22,280
Speaker 1: about the game Friday and have a little interview. Potentially,

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01:17:23,080 --> 01:17:25,120
Speaker 1: I'd be pretty fired up. I think it'd be pretty good. Again,

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01:17:25,200 --> 01:17:27,920
Speaker 1: I don't do guests unless they're big, big guests. We've

1437
01:17:27,960 --> 01:17:32,280
Speaker 1: had Lincoln Riley, Andy Reid, Havvy Roseman. This would be

1438
01:17:32,280 --> 01:17:35,200
Speaker 1: a pretty big guest. Pretty good guest too. Okay, Audios,

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Speaker 1: share with your friends see him