1 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 1: The volume The Colin Cowhard Podcast brought to you by 2 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:09,720 Speaker 1: Fan Duel. It's never been easier to play fantasy on 3 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:13,000 Speaker 1: fan Duel. Well they love basketball, golf, soccer, or any 4 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:16,840 Speaker 1: fantasy sport. There is a contest for every fan Fan 5 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 1: Duel more ways to win. This is prime Cuts, the 6 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 1: best of the Colin Coward Podcast. Cowboy insider Matt Moseley 7 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:35,839 Speaker 1: dissects the Cowboys win without Dak. New York Times bestselling 8 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:38,600 Speaker 1: author Lars Anderson discusses his new book, A Season and 9 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:40,680 Speaker 1: the Sun about Brady and the Bucks Super Bowl run. 10 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:43,840 Speaker 1: It's really really funny, great behind the scenes stories. As 11 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 1: always Action Networks. Chad Millman Best bet to Week nine. 12 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:52,920 Speaker 1: First my top takes of the week. First of all, 13 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 1: it's remarkable to me that people struggle with stuff that 14 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:04,000 Speaker 1: they experience in their own life. You've dated people in 15 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 1: your life, perhaps married. You're both good people, and the 16 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 1: fit eventually just doesn't work. You know that fit matters. 17 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 1: You've worked at companies. You're talented enough. It's not a 18 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:19,760 Speaker 1: terrible company. The fit doesn't work. But yet, when I 19 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 1: suggested that O. B J was just a bad fit 20 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:28,160 Speaker 1: with a young Baker Mayfield, I'm not blaming anybody. People 21 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:31,399 Speaker 1: thought it was a hot take. It's not a hot take. 22 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:36,880 Speaker 1: They don't fit, and the data suggests they have never fit. 23 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:39,679 Speaker 1: You know, I'll give you a great example, a show 24 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:44,119 Speaker 1: that most of us have watched, Saturday Night Live. Larry David, 25 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:49,640 Speaker 1: really a comedic genius, helps create Seinfeld does create Curb 26 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:54,400 Speaker 1: Your Enthusiasm, two of the more iconic seminal comedy shows 27 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:57,280 Speaker 1: of my lifetime. He quit after a year on Saturday 28 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:01,040 Speaker 1: Night Live because he only got one on the show. 29 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 1: He was a bust. Robert Downey Junior lasted a season. 30 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:10,880 Speaker 1: Sarah Silberman didn't work. Ben still Or lasted four episodes. 31 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:15,080 Speaker 1: Yet there have been kind of hackey comedians who do 32 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:19,560 Speaker 1: impressions that are big hits on Saturday Night Live. You 33 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 1: have to have the right comedic fit to work on 34 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:28,120 Speaker 1: that show. That's Obj. Obj was a at the time 35 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 1: he moved to Cleveland, was a big star. Supermodels in 36 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:36,480 Speaker 1: hotel rooms in Paris, New York, giants houses in Hollywood. 37 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:40,080 Speaker 1: And I had talked to him. I remember where I 38 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 1: was standing in Park City, Utah when he called me 39 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 1: and we talked during FaceTime. He didn't want to go 40 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 1: to Cleveland, he had no interest in Cleveland. He had 41 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:49,239 Speaker 1: told me the places he was interested in, and then 42 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:52,360 Speaker 1: like three weeks later he ended up in Cleveland. We 43 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:54,720 Speaker 1: just knew it just wasn't the right fit. Baker wasn't 44 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:58,120 Speaker 1: the right fit. And I'm always surprised when you know 45 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:02,160 Speaker 1: people bristle at that suggestion. We've all had relationships, we've 46 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:06,440 Speaker 1: all worked at companies. It just doesn't work. And for Obj, 47 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:10,920 Speaker 1: it never ever, ever. All the data tells you Baker 48 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 1: literally this year has a fifty percent completion rate when 49 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:19,400 Speaker 1: targeting Obj and as seventy two passer rating when targeting Obj, 50 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 1: the lowest of any receiver on the Brown's roster. As 51 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:26,799 Speaker 1: Belichick says, it's not about collecting talent, it's about building 52 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:34,240 Speaker 1: a team. The Miami Dolphins are taking some heat for 53 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 1: allowing the Deshaun Watson trade rumors to go public and 54 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 1: in the process perhaps damage to us confidence. Something to 55 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 1: remember about this is that when you get into a 56 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:54,000 Speaker 1: negotiation with somebody, there's agents involved on both sides, there's 57 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 1: players on both sides, there's owners, there's gms. It's hard 58 00:03:57,080 --> 00:04:00,720 Speaker 1: to keep things quiet. The leaks were coming from the 59 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:04,120 Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins. They had nothing that they could have won 60 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 1: with any of that information going public. The information was 61 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 1: coming from Deshaun Watson and the Houston Texans. They were 62 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:17,839 Speaker 1: trying to create a larger market for Deshaun Watson, and 63 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:23,479 Speaker 1: so the Dolphins I think started understanding they were negotiating 64 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:27,040 Speaker 1: against themselves in the last two weeks and that gave 65 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:30,800 Speaker 1: the Dolphins a lot more leverage. In fact, according to 66 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 1: multiple reports, the Dolphins went from having to give up 67 00:04:34,839 --> 00:04:38,240 Speaker 1: three or four first round picks and three players to 68 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:41,800 Speaker 1: three first round picks and just two players. Why because 69 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:44,440 Speaker 1: there was nobody else in the biddings. So the Texans 70 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:48,120 Speaker 1: for the last month have been trying to create a 71 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 1: market for Deshaun Watson. How leak that the Dolphins are interested, 72 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:58,560 Speaker 1: Leak that Caroline is interested. So that's first, you can't 73 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:01,520 Speaker 1: blame the Dolphins because somebody else leaks a story. The 74 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:05,240 Speaker 1: second thing to realize is if Tua can't overcome rumors, 75 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:09,599 Speaker 1: he's not built to be a Super Bowl champion quarterback. 76 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 1: If press clippings and rumors of other players coming to 77 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:20,440 Speaker 1: your team threatens you or erode your confidence, you're not 78 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:25,480 Speaker 1: the guy. Okay. If anything, that sort of stuff should 79 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:29,599 Speaker 1: put a massive chip on the shoulder of Tua, who 80 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:33,000 Speaker 1: came from a profoundly dominant high school program, a profoundly 81 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:35,800 Speaker 1: dominant college program. It's been kind of easy in terms 82 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:39,560 Speaker 1: of supporting cast. He probably needs a little chip on 83 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:42,479 Speaker 1: his shoulder. This is the first time he hasn't had 84 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:45,839 Speaker 1: significantly better players around him, and his teammates did not 85 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:51,040 Speaker 1: vote him captain, so obviously from a leadership standpoint, he's 86 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:55,599 Speaker 1: not clicking with teammates. Don't blame teams if stuff gets out. 87 00:05:56,560 --> 00:06:02,080 Speaker 1: Agents love salaries and their clients on the market getting 88 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:08,640 Speaker 1: out it drums up business. He's a New York Times 89 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 1: bestselling author of twelve books, A Season in the Sun, 90 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:14,719 Speaker 1: The Inside Story of Bruce Arians, Tom Brady, in the 91 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:19,760 Speaker 1: Making of a Champion, and I Lars Anderson had previously 92 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:22,920 Speaker 1: written a book co authored with Bruce Arians three or 93 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 1: four years ago called The Quarterback Whisper. And so what 94 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:31,359 Speaker 1: I find interesting is the relationship, Lars, that you have 95 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:35,960 Speaker 1: with Bruce. And we were talking as we were preparing 96 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:41,400 Speaker 1: for this interview today that if you wrote the story 97 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:46,039 Speaker 1: of this season, it's ludicrous. Brady misses out on fifteen 98 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:50,080 Speaker 1: hundred snaps. We're in a pandemic he walks into a 99 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 1: house of a stranger looking for Byron Leftwich. He's doing, 100 00:06:56,720 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 1: He's doing high school. He createsctic is the high school 101 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 1: football field that a local affiliate gets on video from 102 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:08,400 Speaker 1: a helicopter. I'm not sure he got in trouble with 103 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 1: that or not. The whole thing was sort of make 104 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:13,880 Speaker 1: it up as they go. And I wondered with your 105 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:17,760 Speaker 1: relationship with Bruce arians when it was all said and done, 106 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 1: was even Bruce a little surprised? I mean, it looks 107 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:28,240 Speaker 1: so chaotic on that Thursday night in Chicago. It was 108 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 1: like almost duct taping things together a week to week 109 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 1: with your relationship with Bruce when it was all over, 110 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:39,360 Speaker 1: a little surprised a scale of one to ten, a three. 111 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:43,000 Speaker 1: I mean, it is almost a ludicrous, hard to believe 112 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:48,840 Speaker 1: script in what happened. Yeah, especially one with how the 113 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:54,080 Speaker 1: season started, going into New Orleans and getting thumped and 114 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:58,040 Speaker 1: Tom throws a pick six and there's another interception, and 115 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:06,320 Speaker 1: then Bruce uh publicly criticizes Tom, and Uh, everybody's already like, oh, 116 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:09,520 Speaker 1: in the national media, the marriage is over, it's dead 117 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 1: and uh. And then when they're seven and five going 118 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:17,840 Speaker 1: into the buy, there were some pundits who were calling 119 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:22,240 Speaker 1: for Bruce's job saying, hey, uh, this isn't working. The 120 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:27,000 Speaker 1: Bruce arians offense and the Tom Brady offense absolutely not working. 121 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:32,360 Speaker 1: But um, you know, they kept grinding a way and eventually, 122 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 1: as I said on your show the other day, and 123 00:08:34,559 --> 00:08:36,719 Speaker 1: thank you for having me on and your show and 124 00:08:37,040 --> 00:08:39,439 Speaker 1: thank you for having me on your podcast, calling, Uh, 125 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:41,720 Speaker 1: you've been a huge advocate for this book. I really 126 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:45,880 Speaker 1: appreciate it. I appreciate it. Um. Uh. You know they 127 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:55,440 Speaker 1: had a melding of Tom's preferred offense and and Ba's offense. Um. Now, 128 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:58,480 Speaker 1: could Bruce have envisioned that they were going to be 129 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 1: this good? This asked no. When there were seven and five. 130 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 1: You know what Bruce was thinking, we're going to start 131 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:11,000 Speaker 1: preparing for next year. We're going to use these last 132 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:14,040 Speaker 1: games of the season to get ready for next year. 133 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:16,080 Speaker 1: He did not think he was going to click as 134 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:19,480 Speaker 1: quick as it did. And you know he didn't say 135 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:22,600 Speaker 1: that publicly, but that's what he was thinking privately. That's 136 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:25,880 Speaker 1: what he was saying to Jason light the general manager. 137 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:29,160 Speaker 1: He's like, hey, we're one year away. But you know, 138 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:34,240 Speaker 1: when he was recruiting Tom and then Tom signs. One 139 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:38,200 Speaker 1: of the first things that Bruce said to Tom was, 140 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:42,640 Speaker 1: we are really good, but our players don't know it 141 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:47,480 Speaker 1: because of this culture of losing. And in you know, 142 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:53,760 Speaker 1: Jamis Winston the previous year, thirty touchdowns, thirty interceptions, you know, 143 00:09:53,960 --> 00:10:00,240 Speaker 1: and the last throw of Jamis's career for Tampa it 144 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:02,880 Speaker 1: was a pick six and the shortest overtime game in 145 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:06,720 Speaker 1: the history of the NFL. And afterward you could just 146 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:10,960 Speaker 1: see the exasperation on Bruce's face when he when he 147 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:13,720 Speaker 1: just said, you know, Jamis does so many great things, 148 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:17,400 Speaker 1: but he also says so many terrible things. And so 149 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:20,920 Speaker 1: Bruce knew in his own mind, he didn't share this 150 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:24,000 Speaker 1: with his assistant, that he had to move on from Jamis. 151 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:29,120 Speaker 1: And really who they were targeting was Teddy Bridgewater. They 152 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:33,040 Speaker 1: thought Bridgewater is going to be our guys. He's from Florida, 153 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:38,040 Speaker 1: he'll want to come back home. And and then slowly 154 00:10:39,160 --> 00:10:42,480 Speaker 1: they get word that that Brady could be interested. And 155 00:10:42,520 --> 00:10:46,199 Speaker 1: if you remember at the NFL combine, so this is 156 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:50,320 Speaker 1: pre pandemic. Yeah, all the coaches get their their time 157 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:53,840 Speaker 1: up at the microphone right and in front of the 158 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:57,480 Speaker 1: national media, and Bruce has asked, Hey, who do Who 159 00:10:57,520 --> 00:10:59,319 Speaker 1: do you want? Who do you want to be your quarterback? 160 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:03,000 Speaker 1: And he that Tom Brady. You know, no idea, but 161 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:05,400 Speaker 1: you know what he was doing. He was sending a 162 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:10,040 Speaker 1: message that went all the way up to New England 163 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:15,240 Speaker 1: and through the big iron gates of Tom's mansion, letting 164 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:20,079 Speaker 1: Tom know and Tom's agent Don Lee, we want Tom. 165 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:24,080 Speaker 1: You know that's interesting. The ghost of Belichick, as I 166 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:26,560 Speaker 1: read the book, you can kind of feel it in 167 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:31,520 Speaker 1: the pages, is that every great coach Lars has a weakness, 168 00:11:31,559 --> 00:11:34,040 Speaker 1: and with Belichick, I think it's often with skill people. 169 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:36,440 Speaker 1: He's a defensive coach. He's missed in a lot of 170 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:40,640 Speaker 1: wide receivers in the league. In college, he struggled with 171 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:46,240 Speaker 1: tight end drafts, running back drafts very hit and mess 172 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:51,440 Speaker 1: And I could make the argument that he missed on Brady, 173 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:54,800 Speaker 1: that he thought it was about Tom aging and it 174 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:59,480 Speaker 1: was really a lack of self reflection that he had 175 00:11:59,559 --> 00:12:04,080 Speaker 1: creation did such a poor group of skill people. As 176 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:10,640 Speaker 1: I read the book, I wonder, deep down when you 177 00:12:10,679 --> 00:12:13,880 Speaker 1: did this book and talk to Tom, and Tom has 178 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:21,520 Speaker 1: the proverbial chip on the shoulder, But I wonder when Tom, 179 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:25,480 Speaker 1: at some point in New England realized we just can't 180 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:28,840 Speaker 1: draft receivers. Even now with the two hundred and three 181 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:31,560 Speaker 1: hundred million in free agency, it still remains the weakest 182 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:36,200 Speaker 1: receiving corps in the league. So even when acquiring Mohammed 183 00:12:36,280 --> 00:12:39,400 Speaker 1: Sanu for a second or three round pick, Nelson Agilar, 184 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:41,880 Speaker 1: Kendrick Bord, he's still not good at it. They still 185 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:44,920 Speaker 1: have nobody that separates. Do you think you know in 186 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:48,160 Speaker 1: your book, Tom makes the decision about a year out, 187 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:51,040 Speaker 1: But I wonder if he was having questions before that. 188 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:56,200 Speaker 1: I do. And look, Tom didn't dig deep on this 189 00:12:56,440 --> 00:13:01,280 Speaker 1: with me, and it wasn't like a ton amount of 190 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:05,200 Speaker 1: time Tom for this book, but pretty much everybody around him. 191 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:12,360 Speaker 1: I think Colin it can be distilled into something very simple. 192 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:17,760 Speaker 1: He did not feel appreciated by his boss. If it's 193 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:21,079 Speaker 1: me right, you know, I want to be appreciated by 194 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:25,400 Speaker 1: my editors, even Colin Coward, as successful as you are, 195 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:29,760 Speaker 1: you want to be appreciated for your job. And Tom 196 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 1: did not feel appreciated. He would Belichick, who acts as 197 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:38,160 Speaker 1: the de facto GM, wouldn't give him the contract extension. 198 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:43,760 Speaker 1: And you know, I Belichick in Tom's mind, was ready 199 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:48,360 Speaker 1: to move on. And in you know, Tom's last throw 200 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:52,160 Speaker 1: ironically enough, I said, Jameis Winston's last throw was a 201 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:55,120 Speaker 1: pick six. Tom's last throw as a Patriot was a 202 00:13:55,160 --> 00:13:59,520 Speaker 1: pick six. And as I mentioned to you when we 203 00:13:59,559 --> 00:14:03,920 Speaker 1: did the show that Clyde Christensen and Anne, Jason Light 204 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:07,480 Speaker 1: and Bruce they went back and analyzed every single throw 205 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:12,480 Speaker 1: that Tom made the previous two seasons, and they realized, 206 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:15,960 Speaker 1: he's still got it. He's still got it, and eventually 207 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:18,000 Speaker 1: they put a radar gun on him. Still got the 208 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:21,920 Speaker 1: same velocity that he had in the prime of what 209 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:24,640 Speaker 1: we thought would be the prime of his athletic career. 210 00:14:25,120 --> 00:14:28,040 Speaker 1: And was the conclusion that they came to is just 211 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:31,320 Speaker 1: what you said. Didn't have the weapons around him. So 212 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:35,040 Speaker 1: why does Tampa become so appealing? Well, for starters, they 213 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 1: got Chris Godwin, they got Mike Evans, they got oj Howard, 214 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:44,440 Speaker 1: they have a young, really good offensive line. There was 215 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:47,280 Speaker 1: no promises that they were going to draft Tristan Wirfs 216 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:51,160 Speaker 1: out of Iowa, but he becomes maybe the best tackle 217 00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:54,520 Speaker 1: in the best young tackle in the league. They certainly 218 00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:58,560 Speaker 1: hit the ballpark out of that with him, and and 219 00:14:58,760 --> 00:15:04,360 Speaker 1: also a young, aggressive defense and a talented defense. And 220 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:08,320 Speaker 1: it took Tom to come in and this is what 221 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:11,880 Speaker 1: the mandate from Bruce was, you can you need to 222 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:14,600 Speaker 1: make them know that they're good, and what did they 223 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:19,480 Speaker 1: I mean? But Tom just walking into the building changed everything. 224 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:23,320 Speaker 1: And there's just one scene that I think is so powerful. 225 00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:27,400 Speaker 1: It is when Tom and the players are out on 226 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:30,680 Speaker 1: the practice field for the first time, and it's just 227 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:33,480 Speaker 1: the trainers who can be out on the field. The 228 00:15:33,920 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 1: coaching staff is up on the second floor. Uh there's 229 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:43,760 Speaker 1: a floor to ceiling windows, and they are all basically 230 00:15:43,840 --> 00:15:47,760 Speaker 1: like have their noses pressed to the window. Right, It's 231 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:51,000 Speaker 1: like they're at the zoo, trying to trying to trying 232 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:54,920 Speaker 1: to trying to look, trying to find, you know, the 233 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:59,080 Speaker 1: the most incredible animal right at the in the in 234 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:03,400 Speaker 1: the cage or whatever. And then Tom Brady walks out 235 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:08,400 Speaker 1: and they're just like, oh my god, he's really here. 236 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:11,600 Speaker 1: Oh my god, He's really here. And even in that 237 00:16:11,640 --> 00:16:17,320 Speaker 1: first practice you could see Lineman if they missed a block, 238 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:20,440 Speaker 1: Oh sorry, Tom, not gonna happen again. Sorry Tom, Sorry, Tom, 239 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:24,240 Speaker 1: receiver drops the ball. Tom, not gonna happen again. Not 240 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:26,720 Speaker 1: gonna happen again. So what I'm trying to say is 241 00:16:27,080 --> 00:16:33,000 Speaker 1: nobody wanted to disappoint Tom because of his track record, 242 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:37,600 Speaker 1: his background, in the immense respect that everyone had for him. 243 00:16:37,840 --> 00:16:40,800 Speaker 1: And imagine how hard it is for Tom to come 244 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:44,320 Speaker 1: into a situation to be sort of the leader of 245 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:49,400 Speaker 1: the team. And he organized those offseason, those workouts at 246 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:55,520 Speaker 1: that high school with Rob Gronkowski coming and and you 247 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:59,400 Speaker 1: know he would he was very demanding, but he didn't 248 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:01,920 Speaker 1: really have a personal relationship with many of the guys. 249 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:05,280 Speaker 1: But suddenly you had dbs showing up because they wanted 250 00:17:05,320 --> 00:17:08,000 Speaker 1: to be there. You had offensive linemen showing up, I 251 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:11,080 Speaker 1: mean traveling across the country to be there. And it's 252 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:14,120 Speaker 1: all because of the respect for Tom. And truly, one 253 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:21,160 Speaker 1: person changed the entire culture, the entire focus of the organization. Interestingly, 254 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:28,960 Speaker 1: speaking of relationship, Tom Brady and Antonio Brown have a 255 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:34,520 Speaker 1: I would imagine the most a surprisingly close relationship. Yeah. 256 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:39,880 Speaker 1: I mean when it was Tom was constantly going into 257 00:17:39,920 --> 00:17:44,960 Speaker 1: the offices of BA and Jason Light again the general manager, 258 00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:48,399 Speaker 1: saying we gotta sign Antonio, we gotta sign Antonio, Gotta 259 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:52,080 Speaker 1: sign Antonio, and he kind of just wore them out, 260 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:56,720 Speaker 1: And so finally they call Antonio in after some of 261 00:17:56,760 --> 00:18:01,000 Speaker 1: his legal stuff had been resolved. They get him into 262 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:05,200 Speaker 1: the building, and uh, Antonio said all the right things 263 00:18:05,800 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 1: and um, and so Bruce and Jason decided to take 264 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:13,920 Speaker 1: a chance again. This is almost like more blind faith 265 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:17,600 Speaker 1: in Tom. And I don't want to overstate that Tom 266 00:18:17,640 --> 00:18:21,920 Speaker 1: played this role of general of assistant general manager, but 267 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:28,400 Speaker 1: he certainly impacted the influence or impacted, uh, the decisions 268 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:33,240 Speaker 1: that Jason Jason Light ultimately made. And then you know, 269 00:18:33,320 --> 00:18:37,280 Speaker 1: when Antonio flies into Tampa, he doesn't nobody in Tampa, 270 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:41,080 Speaker 1: so Tom actually picks him up at the airport. Who 271 00:18:41,119 --> 00:18:43,639 Speaker 1: picks up people at the airport these days? Calling? And 272 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:48,200 Speaker 1: then uh, you know Tom was living in Derek Jeter's mansion, 273 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:54,520 Speaker 1: the biggest house in Tampa. Uh he recently sold. Jeter 274 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:57,960 Speaker 1: recently sold it, but he and Gizelle lived there last 275 00:18:58,040 --> 00:19:03,720 Speaker 1: year and Brown stayed with them for a week or 276 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:08,199 Speaker 1: two and just the two would go over the playbook together. 277 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:12,320 Speaker 1: And now, well, you just go back to last season 278 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:15,760 Speaker 1: how important Antonio Brown became to that team, and I 279 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:19,560 Speaker 1: think I know he's hurt right now, But moving forward 280 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:22,400 Speaker 1: this year, Antonio Brown is going to be an immensely 281 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:28,919 Speaker 1: important player for Tampa Bay during the pandemic. Some teams 282 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:33,800 Speaker 1: even this year, the Colts struggle with it. Tampa never did. 283 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:37,320 Speaker 1: There must have been messaging in your book. I think 284 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:41,600 Speaker 1: with the COVID the first year, so that respect Tom 285 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:45,200 Speaker 1: brings into the table, I think had great influence. Nobody's 286 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:47,840 Speaker 1: going to disrupt a game or a practice for Tom. 287 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:50,880 Speaker 1: But if you go back and remember a lot of teams, 288 00:19:51,119 --> 00:19:54,480 Speaker 1: there were many disruptions, and if I recall the Buccaneers 289 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:58,600 Speaker 1: didn't have any COVID disruptions in a region, by the way, 290 00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:02,720 Speaker 1: which was pushing back on some mandates and some vaccines. 291 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:06,959 Speaker 1: Take me to that process because I think sometimes we're 292 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:10,840 Speaker 1: removed from that now. But boy, that that year we 293 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:16,280 Speaker 1: had games moved and canceled. Mars absolutely, and I mean 294 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:20,040 Speaker 1: it started with Bruce, right, And I'll try to keep 295 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:26,760 Speaker 1: the language. Sure, this is a podcast fire away, Okay, 296 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:31,000 Speaker 1: I'll try to keep it as clean as possible. But 297 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:36,760 Speaker 1: first first staff meeting Bruce has with his coaches. Tom 298 00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:42,040 Speaker 1: Moore is Bruce's top lieutenant, eighty two years old former. 299 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:46,120 Speaker 1: I think he was either quarterbacks coach with Bruce when 300 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:50,000 Speaker 1: they were an Indian together. Tom's a great guy and 301 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:55,119 Speaker 1: he's got so much knowledge, so many great stories, and 302 00:20:56,160 --> 00:21:00,679 Speaker 1: Bruce essentially said if any of you mfs talking to 303 00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:04,200 Speaker 1: all the coaches get me or Tom Sick, I've got 304 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:08,719 Speaker 1: a gun, I'm gonna shoot you in the news. Okay. 305 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:14,120 Speaker 1: So it started with that, and then Rob Gronkowski signs 306 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:19,760 Speaker 1: and Bruce has he had his reservations about Rob party 307 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:25,480 Speaker 1: Robe because because when Bruce was calling games for CBS, 308 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:28,400 Speaker 1: he did a Patriots game and he just he saw 309 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:31,800 Speaker 1: that Rob one couldn't get at his separation. He had 310 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:34,959 Speaker 1: like all his body armor on. He looked to Bruce 311 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:41,280 Speaker 1: like a broken player. And uh, in retrospect, it was 312 00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:45,879 Speaker 1: Jason Light and Bruce just taking Tom Brady's word on 313 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:49,720 Speaker 1: blind faith that Rob can still play because they didn't 314 00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:51,679 Speaker 1: get a chance to work him out nothing they but 315 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:56,080 Speaker 1: so they signed Rob the first day that Rob comes 316 00:21:56,080 --> 00:21:58,840 Speaker 1: into the building at one Buck play. That was one 317 00:21:58,880 --> 00:22:02,879 Speaker 1: of my favorite stories in tire book. There's signs everywhere 318 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:06,600 Speaker 1: outside of the elevator. In the elevator it says one 319 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:09,800 Speaker 1: person at a time in the elevator and the coach's 320 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:14,800 Speaker 1: offices again are on the second floor. Rob is in 321 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:18,520 Speaker 1: in the elevator with a Bucks employee. The two come 322 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:24,080 Speaker 1: up doors open, who's standing right there? But Bruce, and 323 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:28,399 Speaker 1: Bruce is just like you stupid motherfucker, and he is 324 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:32,280 Speaker 1: just going off on Rob. Can't you read a fucking sign? 325 00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:36,520 Speaker 1: Don't you know what the fuck this says? Pardon my language, 326 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:40,200 Speaker 1: but I'm just telling you exactly what happened. And Rob, 327 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:44,280 Speaker 1: being so Bruce goes on and on and on, and 328 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:48,439 Speaker 1: after Bruce is done with his diet tribe, Rob gives 329 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:51,800 Speaker 1: this sort of, you know, a goofy smile and says, 330 00:22:52,200 --> 00:23:03,120 Speaker 1: nice to meet you, coach. 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All right now, 359 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:33,919 Speaker 1: I bring in my buddy cover the Cowboys for a 360 00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:36,520 Speaker 1: long time. Matt Moseley also part of the volume. He 361 00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:39,880 Speaker 1: is a regular at the volume. He is our Cowboys 362 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:42,560 Speaker 1: source and he makes me laugh. So I'm gonna say 363 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:45,800 Speaker 1: something and I'm gonna sound like some damn troll. I 364 00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:48,920 Speaker 1: couldn't tell the difference between Cooper Rush and Kirk Cousins. 365 00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:51,879 Speaker 1: And I'm not joking. If you would have never, if 366 00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:54,440 Speaker 1: you would have never watched an NFL game and said 367 00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:57,000 Speaker 1: who's the starter and who's the backup, I'm not joking. 368 00:24:57,280 --> 00:25:01,760 Speaker 1: I really felt that. Am I nuts well? I would? 369 00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:05,920 Speaker 1: I think something the Cowboys defense had something to do 370 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:08,920 Speaker 1: with what happened to Cousins. He has his moments. I 371 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:11,679 Speaker 1: think you said it. I think I saw it on Twitter. 372 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:14,199 Speaker 1: You said something about Parsons. We probably need to talk 373 00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:17,679 Speaker 1: about Parsons at some point because he was unbelievable. He 374 00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:20,480 Speaker 1: was really good against the Charges earlier this season, and 375 00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:23,040 Speaker 1: he was great in this game and he took it over. 376 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:26,800 Speaker 1: I think this is a game that people that maybe 377 00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:30,160 Speaker 1: Vikings fans that aren't Zimmer fans, and I'm a big 378 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:32,359 Speaker 1: Zimmer fan and I've known him for a long time. 379 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:36,000 Speaker 1: I like him too. I think Mike is going to 380 00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:41,000 Speaker 1: take this one personally. I think I think the fact 381 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:43,720 Speaker 1: that they were able to get this thing done with 382 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:46,040 Speaker 1: Russian It's not like they got like a ton I mean, 383 00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:50,600 Speaker 1: I thought Zeke made a great play late in the game. Yes, 384 00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:53,879 Speaker 1: I thought that was I thought, yeah, I mean now, 385 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:55,440 Speaker 1: I mean, listen, this is why you pay him a 386 00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:57,760 Speaker 1: lot of money. Zeke's a great player. That's a Dalvin 387 00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:00,280 Speaker 1: Cook moment. That's a Zeke moment. There's about three eyes. 388 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:03,679 Speaker 1: Nick Chubb maybe, but you know what you know beyond 389 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:10,119 Speaker 1: Micah Parsons, I think Randy Gregory has been really, really 390 00:26:10,359 --> 00:26:15,320 Speaker 1: disruptive for the Cowboys opposing offensive lines. This is one 391 00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:17,960 Speaker 1: of these years, Matt, And this is the way it 392 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:20,000 Speaker 1: works a lot of times in the NFL. It's not 393 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:23,520 Speaker 1: a dynasty league. Despite what the Patriots have done to 394 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:27,080 Speaker 1: win big in this league. This was Tampa last year. 395 00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:31,600 Speaker 1: He needed about six guys to have career years, and 396 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:35,840 Speaker 1: Randy Gregory is having a career year. He's playing great. Yeah. 397 00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:39,800 Speaker 1: Think about the fact that their best, supposedly their best defender, 398 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:43,639 Speaker 1: DeMarcus Lawrence, has not stepped foot on the field yet. 399 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:47,280 Speaker 1: They survived this game. I think. I mean, I was 400 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:51,800 Speaker 1: having visions early of the Nuts the Great Bend Nucci 401 00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:54,000 Speaker 1: on a Sunday night, and I thought, oh, this is 402 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:57,520 Speaker 1: not going to go well, and they kind of hung 403 00:26:57,520 --> 00:26:59,480 Speaker 1: in there, hung in there. This will be another one 404 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:02,960 Speaker 1: you have told you before when I think the Jones 405 00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:05,800 Speaker 1: is like, a win means so much to them, the 406 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:09,879 Speaker 1: Jones family. This is enormous for them because it's one 407 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:12,760 Speaker 1: of the first times ever that they that they've been 408 00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:16,800 Speaker 1: that compromised and they've gotten a win. Whether it was 409 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:19,840 Speaker 1: with Dalton Danucci, all these people. They've had, Brett Johnson 410 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:23,200 Speaker 1: in the past, Brandon Weedon, these things have not gone 411 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:26,159 Speaker 1: their way. But to your point on Gregory, this is 412 00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:29,679 Speaker 1: a game. You know where they won this game? Is 413 00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:33,440 Speaker 1: There a few areas, but one was that drive where 414 00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:37,359 Speaker 1: all that craziness happened to them. Where a stupid call 415 00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:41,200 Speaker 1: on Gregory when literally he hits a guy that's still 416 00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:44,400 Speaker 1: in bounds. Okay, that's a bad, bad call. The other 417 00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:46,400 Speaker 1: one he kind of shoved a guy and the guy 418 00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:50,960 Speaker 1: fell down. I mean, there were some real crazy calls. 419 00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:54,760 Speaker 1: I think there were three unnecessary roughness calls on that 420 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:57,679 Speaker 1: one drive, and they still held them to a field 421 00:27:57,680 --> 00:28:00,479 Speaker 1: goal with like three and a half minutes left, and 422 00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:02,880 Speaker 1: then you need Cooper Rush to take you down the 423 00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:06,600 Speaker 1: field and he somehow gets it done. I mean, that's 424 00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:11,399 Speaker 1: the kind of win that they really haven't had in 425 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:14,399 Speaker 1: the past, and they got it with a this is 426 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:17,439 Speaker 1: not even adult and level quarterback. I mean, I know 427 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:19,159 Speaker 1: we'll have a lot of fun with this. And his 428 00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:22,520 Speaker 1: family was there, and I think it is funny and 429 00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:25,720 Speaker 1: maybe kind of true. What you said Cousins is just 430 00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:31,600 Speaker 1: kind of where they look the same. Is quarterbacks like 431 00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:36,000 Speaker 1: that love to unleash throws off their back foot, and 432 00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:39,080 Speaker 1: that's what like Cousins at some point has just decided, 433 00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:41,400 Speaker 1: I've got this incredible arm. I can do whatever I 434 00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:45,320 Speaker 1: need to do. And he just got exposed throughout a 435 00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:48,520 Speaker 1: lot of that game. You know, I've been talking about this, Matt. 436 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:52,480 Speaker 1: What's happening in the NFL is a good quarterback is 437 00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:55,440 Speaker 1: no longer good enough. This is where Brady talks about 438 00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:58,080 Speaker 1: it's a skills competition. Now. Tom had a terrible day, 439 00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:01,160 Speaker 1: and it happens, I mean, the great one. Tom hasn't 440 00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:04,000 Speaker 1: had a perfect season yet. I mean he had a stinker, 441 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:06,440 Speaker 1: two stinkers. Last year. He had a stinker. He had 442 00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:09,239 Speaker 1: three stinkers last year. He had a stinker today. But 443 00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:13,240 Speaker 1: I will say this, kirk Cousins is good, but that's 444 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:15,680 Speaker 1: just not good enough, especially in the division. If you 445 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:20,840 Speaker 1: start looking at the NFC, McVeigh, Stafford okay, Aaron Rodgers, 446 00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:26,640 Speaker 1: Lafleur okay, Brady Arians those are great quarterbacks with offensive 447 00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:30,640 Speaker 1: head coaches. So you give Kirk Cousins Mike Zimmer, who's 448 00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:33,200 Speaker 1: conservative by nature, and that's the difference to me, Matt 449 00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:36,000 Speaker 1: is that if the NFC is not as deep as 450 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:39,120 Speaker 1: the AFC, I mean New Orleans right now. To me, 451 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:43,480 Speaker 1: I mean, if Jamis stays healthy, I think they're a 452 00:29:43,560 --> 00:29:47,400 Speaker 1: leading wildcard team. I mean, look around, Washington's a dud, 453 00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:54,959 Speaker 1: Minnesota's a dud. So I mean I think kirk Cousins 454 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:59,040 Speaker 1: with McVeigh or kirk Cousins with Lafleur would give him 455 00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:03,360 Speaker 1: a little extra life. But I think with Zimmer, I 456 00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:07,600 Speaker 1: think it just there's no creative exceptionalism with that. And 457 00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:10,280 Speaker 1: so I think kirk Cousins is good, but that's not 458 00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:14,160 Speaker 1: good in twenty twenty one. It's not good enough. No, 459 00:30:14,520 --> 00:30:18,240 Speaker 1: I agree, and this has been him for a while. 460 00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:21,959 Speaker 1: He just does good enough to keep getting deals and 461 00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:26,280 Speaker 1: keep you know, he's gotten the extension, eating Detroit, beating Chicago. 462 00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:30,120 Speaker 1: You know this year, I watched them against Cleveland's defense, 463 00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:33,880 Speaker 1: he stunk. I watched them in the Arizona game, he lost. 464 00:30:33,960 --> 00:30:37,480 Speaker 1: I watched them against the Cowboys defense. He's mediocre. Again. 465 00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:40,920 Speaker 1: You can win eight nine games with that. Yeah, but then, boy, 466 00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:44,760 Speaker 1: the top top of the NFC, Matt, you're gonna have 467 00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:46,760 Speaker 1: to go up against great quarterbacks. You know, let's let's 468 00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:50,880 Speaker 1: talk about this too. We can all bang on McCarthy, 469 00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:54,360 Speaker 1: but there is something to be said that the team 470 00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:57,800 Speaker 1: plays their ass off with him. So you and I 471 00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:01,160 Speaker 1: can roll our eyaac guys, but let's go back to 472 00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:04,760 Speaker 1: last year between Dan quinn and Mike McCarthy and Dak. 473 00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:08,240 Speaker 1: You know, Dak and McCarthy, for all we know, may 474 00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:11,080 Speaker 1: get along really well. You tell me you're around the team. 475 00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:14,880 Speaker 1: I think it is a really good relationship. I think 476 00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:19,160 Speaker 1: that I think what McCarthy did that was smart was 477 00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:23,840 Speaker 1: understand that Kellen Moore and Dak had something that was 478 00:31:23,960 --> 00:31:28,440 Speaker 1: different from most most coach player relationships, and he sort 479 00:31:28,480 --> 00:31:31,120 Speaker 1: of let those guys because they sort of had a 480 00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:35,520 Speaker 1: bond and a friendships players first, and then he had 481 00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:40,360 Speaker 1: the trust of more and they've really sort of grown together. 482 00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:42,920 Speaker 1: And so I think the best thing you can say 483 00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:46,720 Speaker 1: about McCarthy is he has thick enough skin to realize 484 00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:48,880 Speaker 1: when he has a good thing going and he's not. 485 00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:51,200 Speaker 1: You know, I get frustrated with some of the things 486 00:31:51,240 --> 00:31:54,240 Speaker 1: he does. I mean, the special team stuff sometimes can 487 00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:59,640 Speaker 1: be bizarre. But I like the Jones family loves this guy. 488 00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:04,160 Speaker 1: He's been perfect. He's fine with Jerry taking the lead 489 00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:06,680 Speaker 1: and still being out front. And I think what you're 490 00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:09,640 Speaker 1: about to see is, I mean, Kellen Moore is going 491 00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:12,760 Speaker 1: to have any job he wants, whether that be Chicago 492 00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:14,560 Speaker 1: or whatever. He's going to have five to ten, but 493 00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:18,800 Speaker 1: five to ten opportunities wherever, wherever he wants to go, 494 00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:20,880 Speaker 1: he'll go. He could have at any of these college 495 00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:23,600 Speaker 1: jobs if he wanted it. That's how I think coveted 496 00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:26,440 Speaker 1: And this was a big win for him because it 497 00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:29,520 Speaker 1: proved what happens with coaches is they get connected to 498 00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:34,960 Speaker 1: certain quarterbacks, and Dak and Kelen have become extremely close, 499 00:32:35,960 --> 00:32:37,880 Speaker 1: and so there's always this kind of thought, well, is 500 00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:39,800 Speaker 1: it just because he has this great quarterbacks? I'm not 501 00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:43,400 Speaker 1: saying that's fair. But I think in this case, this 502 00:32:43,480 --> 00:32:48,000 Speaker 1: win getting it done with a compromise quarterback. And for instance, 503 00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:51,720 Speaker 1: if they had to go five to six games with Rush, 504 00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:55,760 Speaker 1: they'd be very fortunate to go five hundred. They'd be very, 505 00:32:55,920 --> 00:32:58,280 Speaker 1: very fortunate to do that. But they got to win 506 00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:01,479 Speaker 1: on the road in a tough ronment tonight and it 507 00:33:01,560 --> 00:33:06,520 Speaker 1: was big. Yeah. I mean listen, Trevor Simeon gotta win 508 00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:10,400 Speaker 1: over Brady, outplayed him. Mike White got to win over 509 00:33:10,480 --> 00:33:12,880 Speaker 1: Joe Burrow. I've always said this, like when you don't 510 00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:16,840 Speaker 1: know a guy's deficiencies, You know, when a guy comes 511 00:33:16,840 --> 00:33:19,040 Speaker 1: in late, you haven't watched film on him, you don't 512 00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:22,520 Speaker 1: know his deficiencies. So you can win games. Tebow won 513 00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:25,280 Speaker 1: seven straight. You can win games with a lot of guys. 514 00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:28,680 Speaker 1: Think about this. On Sunday, Cooper Rush beat Kirk Cousins, 515 00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:32,560 Speaker 1: Mike White beat Joe Burrow, and Trevor Simeon beat Brady. 516 00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:35,560 Speaker 1: Now if they played next week, it'd be a whole 517 00:33:35,560 --> 00:33:38,520 Speaker 1: different ball game. But I don't know. As I watched 518 00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:42,480 Speaker 1: that Cowboy game, I come back to something that if 519 00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:46,080 Speaker 1: you even in the NBA, in the NFL, you do 520 00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:49,600 Speaker 1: need guys to be having career years, and I think 521 00:33:50,520 --> 00:33:52,520 Speaker 1: Jerry Jones can take a lot of heat, but he's 522 00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:56,400 Speaker 1: always been pro player and sticking with Randy Gregory. Heat 523 00:33:56,440 --> 00:34:00,360 Speaker 1: to me is such a disruptive force if he if 524 00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:03,120 Speaker 1: he stays healthy and maintains his level of play. And 525 00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:06,880 Speaker 1: Micah Parsons is terrific, and you bring back to Marcus Lawrence. 526 00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:11,920 Speaker 1: This is a really, really athletic front. That's how it 527 00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:15,239 Speaker 1: feels to me. Okay, So let's look at the Cowboys 528 00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:17,880 Speaker 1: schedule right now, So they are they are running away 529 00:34:17,920 --> 00:34:21,960 Speaker 1: with their division. So let's look at the Cowboys schedules. 530 00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:25,399 Speaker 1: So they oh, cowboy, they get some interesting games coming up. 531 00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:30,560 Speaker 1: So they host the Bronchos. I watched the Bronchos. They're 532 00:34:30,800 --> 00:34:37,000 Speaker 1: a mess offensively, and again another weak armed quarterback in 533 00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:40,040 Speaker 1: Teddy Bridgewater who's not overly athletic, So it plays right 534 00:34:40,080 --> 00:34:43,960 Speaker 1: into Dallas's front, by the way, then they get Matt 535 00:34:44,040 --> 00:34:47,880 Speaker 1: Ryan at home, another weak armed quarterback that's not athletic, 536 00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:51,680 Speaker 1: plays into Dallas's front. Okay, then they go to Kansas City. 537 00:34:51,760 --> 00:34:54,120 Speaker 1: But again Kansas City is a team that can't stop 538 00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:56,920 Speaker 1: the run. So I hope you know that, but it 539 00:34:56,960 --> 00:34:59,240 Speaker 1: looks I look at your schedule, and I see Teddy 540 00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:04,239 Speaker 1: Bridgewater and Matt Ryan coming to Dallas. Boy. Then we 541 00:35:04,280 --> 00:35:10,240 Speaker 1: head into Thanksgiving weekend, Raiders at the Cowboys, Cowboys, Saints, Cowboys, 542 00:35:10,320 --> 00:35:13,440 Speaker 1: Washington Cowboys, Giants. Boy, there's a lot of wins on 543 00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:18,560 Speaker 1: this Washington Dallas. There's a lot of wins here. Arizona 544 00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:22,560 Speaker 1: has to come to Dallas. God, I'm I'm what am 545 00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:24,520 Speaker 1: I gotta put the pom poms down here? What the 546 00:35:24,520 --> 00:35:26,960 Speaker 1: hell's happening with me? I just I look at this. 547 00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:28,759 Speaker 1: I just look at this team, and I see I 548 00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:32,520 Speaker 1: see an athletic defensive front. I see terrific playmakers on 549 00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:35,719 Speaker 1: the edge. I see a head coach that kind of 550 00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:38,960 Speaker 1: lets his coordinator's coach. And by the way I see 551 00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:42,520 Speaker 1: Zeke and Tony Pollard, I get power, I get quick. 552 00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:45,520 Speaker 1: I see everything I want. If I'm a fan, I 553 00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:48,200 Speaker 1: think if I'm going to shoot holes in anything, you 554 00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:51,520 Speaker 1: got to keep an eye on Tyron Smith. That thing 555 00:35:51,560 --> 00:35:53,600 Speaker 1: got away from them a little bit tonight at one 556 00:35:53,640 --> 00:35:55,880 Speaker 1: point the games in the tent and they had to 557 00:35:56,040 --> 00:35:59,880 Speaker 1: Insecci over there at left Tanackle. Mike McCarthy is very 558 00:36:00,160 --> 00:36:03,319 Speaker 1: stubborn about the offensive line. Now, he did do the 559 00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:06,600 Speaker 1: inverted Did you see those formations tonight? They had Lyle 560 00:36:06,719 --> 00:36:10,040 Speaker 1: Collins and McGovern back in the backfield, so they had 561 00:36:10,080 --> 00:36:13,279 Speaker 1: seven offensive line. That's another thing about it. They're kind 562 00:36:13,280 --> 00:36:16,239 Speaker 1: of fun. They're doing some weird stuff. But what he 563 00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:19,640 Speaker 1: won't do, Like he'll have a guy like Lele Collins, 564 00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:22,880 Speaker 1: who can play right tackle, can play either of the 565 00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:27,280 Speaker 1: guard spots, and certainly has the talent to play left tackle, 566 00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:30,759 Speaker 1: But Mike's kind of stubborn and if he if he 567 00:36:30,760 --> 00:36:34,360 Speaker 1: has a guy that hasn't been lining up at left tackle, 568 00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:37,480 Speaker 1: he's been practicing this other guy at left tackle. So 569 00:36:37,960 --> 00:36:39,800 Speaker 1: I would look for that one thing they need to 570 00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:41,719 Speaker 1: do with Collins if they're going to try to keep 571 00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:43,799 Speaker 1: him as some kind of backup right now, and he'll 572 00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:47,239 Speaker 1: be the most talented backup tackle in the game in 573 00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:50,239 Speaker 1: the league right now because he's really really good. He's 574 00:36:50,239 --> 00:36:53,600 Speaker 1: just undependable. But they need to start playing him at 575 00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:57,279 Speaker 1: left tackle. So that's I think for every everything looks 576 00:36:57,320 --> 00:37:01,360 Speaker 1: pretty good. They also are there. You know, Connor Williams 577 00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:04,399 Speaker 1: is not very good. Terrence Steele on the right side 578 00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:07,919 Speaker 1: has been fantastic, has not Yeah, yeah, I think he's 579 00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:11,640 Speaker 1: I think he's good and he got all the you 580 00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:14,120 Speaker 1: love this off season stuff he won. He won all 581 00:37:14,160 --> 00:37:17,560 Speaker 1: the off season weightlifting awards. I know you're into that 582 00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:20,760 Speaker 1: and I like that stuff. Yeah, that's what I was like, Mosley. 583 00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:22,920 Speaker 1: In the newsrooms I worked at. I would win those awards. 584 00:37:22,960 --> 00:37:25,440 Speaker 1: I was the hard worker. I'd win the parking space awards. 585 00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:28,120 Speaker 1: You were out there having a good time and having 586 00:37:28,160 --> 00:37:30,879 Speaker 1: tequila being the man about town. I was out there 587 00:37:30,880 --> 00:37:33,600 Speaker 1: doing sit ups getting the parking spot for Channel three 588 00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:36,400 Speaker 1: in Vegas. You know, I grew up something Baptists. I 589 00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:42,160 Speaker 1: still I had even do it. Tequila looks like, all right, Mosley, 590 00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:45,359 Speaker 1: great talking to you buddy. Okay, It's always fun. I'll 591 00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:52,760 Speaker 1: talk to you soon, Okay. Chad Millman, CCO Action Network. 592 00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:54,759 Speaker 1: So I went three and two on my Blazing five 593 00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:57,480 Speaker 1: last week. I had Buffalo, I called the Patriots over 594 00:37:57,560 --> 00:38:01,880 Speaker 1: the Chargers, and I had the Saints giving Tom Brady 595 00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:04,880 Speaker 1: once again he's their kryptonite trouble. So we had a 596 00:38:04,920 --> 00:38:07,600 Speaker 1: good week and I thought I had a great pick 597 00:38:07,640 --> 00:38:09,760 Speaker 1: in the Colts over the Titans, but a left handed 598 00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:11,799 Speaker 1: pass from the end zone screwed me. And that's life, 599 00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:14,120 Speaker 1: and that's Carson Wentz and he's reckless and he basically 600 00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:16,600 Speaker 1: torpedoed the season. But nonetheless, I'm in a great mood, 601 00:38:17,320 --> 00:38:20,560 Speaker 1: so let's let's just that left handed pass just and 602 00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:24,840 Speaker 1: then in overtime he made an even more regrettable thrown. 603 00:38:24,920 --> 00:38:27,920 Speaker 1: I'm like, oh god, it's of some of these players. 604 00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:30,040 Speaker 1: He's darnled with more talent. You're just going to get 605 00:38:30,120 --> 00:38:31,799 Speaker 1: one of those throws a weekend. It's just the way 606 00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:34,960 Speaker 1: it is when he goes back, because look, you were 607 00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:37,400 Speaker 1: invested in the Colts. I was invested in the Colts. 608 00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:41,080 Speaker 1: Loved the Colts last weekend. A couple of flute plays there, right, 609 00:38:41,120 --> 00:38:44,080 Speaker 1: the guy getting the interception, running it back, grabbing his hammy, 610 00:38:44,160 --> 00:38:46,520 Speaker 1: falling to the ground. The Titans get the ball back, 611 00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:51,439 Speaker 1: they drive. It's fourteen fourteen. But in that overtime when 612 00:38:51,480 --> 00:38:55,960 Speaker 1: Carson Wentz dropped back, I thought to myself, this terrible. 613 00:38:56,520 --> 00:38:59,080 Speaker 1: And as soon as he did that it was picked. 614 00:38:59,120 --> 00:39:02,080 Speaker 1: I'm like, that's it, And that was probably, like, for me, 615 00:39:02,160 --> 00:39:03,960 Speaker 1: one of my biggest bets of the year. It hurts 616 00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:07,200 Speaker 1: so much like everything about that was lined upright, and 617 00:39:07,600 --> 00:39:09,880 Speaker 1: even more than the vikings, which was also pretty painful. 618 00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:13,000 Speaker 1: But you know, a Colin you live and learn, and 619 00:39:13,080 --> 00:39:15,560 Speaker 1: you move on to the next week. We're professionals, so 620 00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:19,560 Speaker 1: I like the Ravens minus six this week. Here's why. 621 00:39:20,080 --> 00:39:23,120 Speaker 1: My theory has always been well coached, talented teams that 622 00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:27,000 Speaker 1: get humiliated, especially at home, play well the next week. 623 00:39:27,160 --> 00:39:31,279 Speaker 1: The Ravens got thumped by the Bengals. They've been very 624 00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:36,680 Speaker 1: focused in Minnesota. Let's be honest here. I think there's 625 00:39:36,680 --> 00:39:42,359 Speaker 1: a little turmoil inside this organization. Mike Zimmer, I don't 626 00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:46,520 Speaker 1: know if he's long for the job. Kirk Cousins just 627 00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:49,200 Speaker 1: got beat by Cooper Rush. I don't know if there's 628 00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:52,239 Speaker 1: buying in the locker room. The Ravens now are in 629 00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:55,080 Speaker 1: a dog fight for the playoffs. Pittsburgh playing better than 630 00:39:55,120 --> 00:39:58,120 Speaker 1: we thought. Cincinnati just thumped them. I'm going to take 631 00:39:58,120 --> 00:40:00,560 Speaker 1: the Ravens with extra time to prep to thump the 632 00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:06,919 Speaker 1: Vikings square or sharp. It's completely down the middle. And 633 00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:09,880 Speaker 1: I don't like to equivocate on these because I like 634 00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:13,279 Speaker 1: to give you a direct answer. But I have heard 635 00:40:13,360 --> 00:40:15,560 Speaker 1: both sides of this, and the way the number has 636 00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:18,880 Speaker 1: moved has shown that it's on both sides. What's interesting 637 00:40:18,920 --> 00:40:22,160 Speaker 1: about the NFL now, Colin, is that the number six 638 00:40:22,719 --> 00:40:24,719 Speaker 1: has become as much of a key number as the 639 00:40:24,840 --> 00:40:27,640 Speaker 1: number seven. Remember it used to be games they tend 640 00:40:27,640 --> 00:40:31,120 Speaker 1: to land on three, seven, and ten. Now they land 641 00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:36,440 Speaker 1: on three, four, six, seven and ten because of the 642 00:40:36,520 --> 00:40:38,960 Speaker 1: extra point, because of the two point conversion, those things 643 00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:41,640 Speaker 1: come into play much more often. So six is where 644 00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:44,799 Speaker 1: this number has been bouncing around. It was at five 645 00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:47,080 Speaker 1: and a half, it went up to six, it went 646 00:40:47,120 --> 00:40:49,959 Speaker 1: up to six and a half. The wise guys bet 647 00:40:49,960 --> 00:40:52,200 Speaker 1: the Vikings at six and a half, They bet it 648 00:40:52,280 --> 00:40:55,279 Speaker 1: down to six. Now it's back at six, and so 649 00:40:55,640 --> 00:40:59,360 Speaker 1: everyone's been bouncing around. I'm with you on the Ravens 650 00:41:00,320 --> 00:41:03,040 Speaker 1: for all the reasons you said. The one thing that 651 00:41:03,080 --> 00:41:05,239 Speaker 1: everyone says the Vikings should be able to do is 652 00:41:05,280 --> 00:41:09,960 Speaker 1: defend against a running quarterback like Lamar Jackson. But this 653 00:41:10,040 --> 00:41:12,840 Speaker 1: is a team that everyone keeps saying the Vikings should 654 00:41:12,920 --> 00:41:16,520 Speaker 1: do X, the Vikings should be X, and all we 655 00:41:16,560 --> 00:41:21,680 Speaker 1: see them do is lose in really, really bad situations 656 00:41:21,840 --> 00:41:24,880 Speaker 1: that are advantageous to them. That last second loss to 657 00:41:24,920 --> 00:41:28,440 Speaker 1: the Cardinals, that last second loss to the Bengals, that 658 00:41:28,800 --> 00:41:31,759 Speaker 1: lost this week to the Cowboys. Like it's there's a 659 00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:35,359 Speaker 1: pattern there where they're having a hard time figuring out 660 00:41:35,360 --> 00:41:38,120 Speaker 1: who they are and closing out games on the road 661 00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:40,359 Speaker 1: against the rest of team that has something to prove. 662 00:41:40,640 --> 00:41:43,719 Speaker 1: I'm going to go with the Ravens. I like the Packers. 663 00:41:43,760 --> 00:41:46,120 Speaker 1: FanDuel has it at seven and a half at Kansas City. 664 00:41:46,680 --> 00:41:50,600 Speaker 1: Nobody has seen Jordan Love. He is bigfoot. We have 665 00:41:50,719 --> 00:41:54,480 Speaker 1: grainy footage about a year ago. So Kansas City's got 666 00:41:54,480 --> 00:41:56,960 Speaker 1: a bad defense and has no idea what they're getting. 667 00:41:57,120 --> 00:42:01,440 Speaker 1: There could be RPO elements. Nobody knows except Green Bay. 668 00:42:01,880 --> 00:42:05,120 Speaker 1: This is a very good running game. Davante Adams is 669 00:42:05,160 --> 00:42:10,040 Speaker 1: back to me. I think you have to be fairly tentative, 670 00:42:10,360 --> 00:42:14,239 Speaker 1: not aggressive when you faced Jordan Love. This is a 671 00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:17,840 Speaker 1: wild card game. Green Bay missing eleven starters. I know 672 00:42:17,920 --> 00:42:21,720 Speaker 1: they had Aaron went to the desert and pushed around Arizona. 673 00:42:21,960 --> 00:42:24,200 Speaker 1: I think they went in the trenches. Seven and a 674 00:42:24,239 --> 00:42:27,239 Speaker 1: half is too much highlight green Bay. Sharper squares sharp 675 00:42:27,320 --> 00:42:30,400 Speaker 1: play right there, Colin. I think there's been an overreaction 676 00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:33,960 Speaker 1: in the market to Aaron Rodgers being out. What you're 677 00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:38,760 Speaker 1: seeing is basically a nine point swing in the point spread. 678 00:42:39,640 --> 00:42:42,960 Speaker 1: Quarterbacks are always going to be worth more than anybody else. 679 00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:46,080 Speaker 1: If you've got a player other than a quarterback who's 680 00:42:46,120 --> 00:42:50,600 Speaker 1: worth one one and a half points. That is a 681 00:42:50,719 --> 00:42:54,520 Speaker 1: massive move. You've got quarterbacks. You're gonna get Aaron Rodgers, 682 00:42:54,760 --> 00:42:57,280 Speaker 1: You're gonna get Tom Brady. We saw it with Russell 683 00:42:57,280 --> 00:43:00,720 Speaker 1: Wilson and Gino Smith. The lines move seven into ten points, 684 00:43:01,120 --> 00:43:07,640 Speaker 1: so this is a nine point swing. You gotta take 685 00:43:07,640 --> 00:43:10,520 Speaker 1: the packers here. It's too much of a move in 686 00:43:10,560 --> 00:43:13,680 Speaker 1: the market. And I think the wise guys are all 687 00:43:13,719 --> 00:43:16,080 Speaker 1: going to look at this and they're gonna say, I've 688 00:43:16,120 --> 00:43:18,680 Speaker 1: gotta do it. We talked about it today in the Favorites, 689 00:43:18,760 --> 00:43:20,640 Speaker 1: like you're just gonna have to take the packers. You're 690 00:43:20,680 --> 00:43:22,960 Speaker 1: gonna have to hold your nose, take the packers because 691 00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:26,400 Speaker 1: that's where the value is. Everybody has something that drives 692 00:43:26,440 --> 00:43:32,040 Speaker 1: them crazy, right and you know, like I could never 693 00:43:32,320 --> 00:43:34,640 Speaker 1: date a woman that was a chain smoker, Like it 694 00:43:34,760 --> 00:43:36,319 Speaker 1: just I can't do it. I couldn't do those smoke. 695 00:43:37,200 --> 00:43:40,279 Speaker 1: That's not a personality quirk. The only personality quirk with 696 00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:44,480 Speaker 1: guys that is a non starter for me is needy 697 00:43:44,640 --> 00:43:49,440 Speaker 1: or high maintenance guys. I can't do it. You're a 698 00:43:49,480 --> 00:43:52,360 Speaker 1: grown up. I can't. I'm not here. Get a therapist, 699 00:43:52,880 --> 00:43:54,759 Speaker 1: Like if you have a crisis. I'm there for you, 700 00:43:55,080 --> 00:43:57,520 Speaker 1: but you can't have one a week. Can we be 701 00:43:57,560 --> 00:44:03,279 Speaker 1: honest about this. Aaron Rodgers is really high maintenance. Jesus. 702 00:44:03,320 --> 00:44:07,000 Speaker 1: Every week it's something. So this brings it all together. 703 00:44:07,840 --> 00:44:13,560 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers. The year began, they said, the media asked him, 704 00:44:13,960 --> 00:44:21,120 Speaker 1: are you vaccinated? He said, I'm immunized. Nobody pushed him 705 00:44:21,120 --> 00:44:25,959 Speaker 1: on it. Nobody said are you vaccinated? They just sort 706 00:44:25,960 --> 00:44:29,279 Speaker 1: of let it go to this day. Is he vaccinated? 707 00:44:29,600 --> 00:44:32,759 Speaker 1: Is he not vaccinated? What does it mean to be immunized? 708 00:44:33,239 --> 00:44:37,840 Speaker 1: I feel like that's a singular question that got pushed 709 00:44:37,920 --> 00:44:41,000 Speaker 1: under the rug because he felt like he could play 710 00:44:41,040 --> 00:44:44,359 Speaker 1: everybody and nobody pushed him on it. And now we're 711 00:44:44,400 --> 00:44:46,799 Speaker 1: looking at Aaron Rodgers who's going to be out for 712 00:44:46,840 --> 00:44:50,360 Speaker 1: at least one game, possibly two games, impacting his team, 713 00:44:50,640 --> 00:44:53,760 Speaker 1: impacting people who bet the Packers to have the best record, 714 00:44:53,840 --> 00:44:56,120 Speaker 1: impacting people who bet the Packers to go the NFC 715 00:44:56,200 --> 00:45:01,040 Speaker 1: title game. There's like major ramifications here. Oh huge, no idea, 716 00:45:01,120 --> 00:45:05,960 Speaker 1: What the real story is there? Well, he will come 717 00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:09,600 Speaker 1: back at the earliest on Saturday before facing the Seahawks. 718 00:45:11,239 --> 00:45:14,480 Speaker 1: That's a tough ask. If they lose to Kansas City 719 00:45:15,160 --> 00:45:19,120 Speaker 1: and Seattle. This is the heart of their toughest portion 720 00:45:19,160 --> 00:45:23,360 Speaker 1: of their schedule. They could lose home field advantage to 721 00:45:23,360 --> 00:45:29,200 Speaker 1: the Rams, Arizona or Tampa. I mean, forget the momentum 722 00:45:29,320 --> 00:45:33,080 Speaker 1: that has potentially been punctured, the idea that you go 723 00:45:33,200 --> 00:45:39,239 Speaker 1: from playing at Lambo in January to playing in Tampa, 724 00:45:39,520 --> 00:45:43,160 Speaker 1: a warm weather team having to go. Dome teams don't 725 00:45:43,200 --> 00:45:47,720 Speaker 1: do well in January and Lambou, Arizona, Los Angeles warm 726 00:45:47,760 --> 00:45:52,200 Speaker 1: weather teams don't do well in Lambeau Tampa. You have 727 00:45:52,360 --> 00:45:55,160 Speaker 1: three warm weather teams or dome teams would have played 728 00:45:55,160 --> 00:46:00,919 Speaker 1: in Lambeau. Are do we understand what happened here? It's big. 729 00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:05,440 Speaker 1: This is it's big. By the way Dallas, mostly a 730 00:46:05,480 --> 00:46:09,319 Speaker 1: warm weather franchise, plays indoors go up to Lambeau, though, 731 00:46:09,400 --> 00:46:13,880 Speaker 1: you couldn't have picked teams outside of maybe Atlanta that 732 00:46:13,920 --> 00:46:18,640 Speaker 1: would be less prepared to the weather disadvantage than they 733 00:46:18,680 --> 00:46:22,680 Speaker 1: possibly were going to gain. Selfish All right, buddy, good 734 00:46:22,719 --> 00:46:31,640 Speaker 1: seeing you see your brother at the Volume Sports YouTube channel, Twitter, Instagram, 735 00:46:31,719 --> 00:46:56,720 Speaker 1: rate review, subscribe, We'll talk soon. The Volume