1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:08,160 Speaker 1: The Around the NFL Podcast mostly believes in aliens. Welcome 2 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:10,600 Speaker 1: back to another edition of the Around the NFL Podcast. 3 00:00:10,720 --> 00:00:12,600 Speaker 1: My name is Dan Hansus, and I am joined by 4 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:18,440 Speaker 1: a room field with heroes, well some heroes, Chris westling 5 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 1: to my left and Greg Rose with alt in my right. 6 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:26,720 Speaker 1: What's up? Boys, Hey Dan West If if you just 7 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:28,560 Speaker 1: you know, get out of the way for a second. 8 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:31,000 Speaker 1: I want to talk about this cold that I'm dealing with. 9 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:35,760 Speaker 1: Um because we are, we're facing challenges here in in 10 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:38,960 Speaker 1: in the in the studio. West your brave battle against 11 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:42,560 Speaker 1: the big sea. But this summer cold. I mean, don't 12 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:47,559 Speaker 1: underestimate little sea. You know when you get hit with 13 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 1: a summer cold, let alone one that comes right before 14 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:56,840 Speaker 1: you leave for vacation, which I'm doing tomorrow. I don't 15 00:00:56,880 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 1: talk about something that makes you rethink, like your priorities 16 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 1: where you are in life. I'm in that spot right now. 17 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:07,640 Speaker 1: I think, whenever you have a chance to reevaluate your priorities, 18 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:09,839 Speaker 1: because you have the sniffles, you have to do it. 19 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 1: I mean, who gets who gets a cold? It's summer, yeah, 20 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:16,479 Speaker 1: and then you get banged with the cold. No, it's tough. 21 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:18,240 Speaker 1: I know, West. You kind of you know, you've been 22 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:21,800 Speaker 1: in and in and out battling um, you know, having 23 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:25,319 Speaker 1: your battle, but just say you know about West so much. Right. 24 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 1: But well, what what I was gonna say was, you know, 25 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 1: Dan was Dan was at that party at the work 26 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 1: function function on Thursday night, and who knows. I don't 27 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 1: know if the sniffles are related or not, but it 28 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:39,800 Speaker 1: probably was a little bit of a drag on his weekend. 29 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 1: So I was thinking about Dan quite a bit this 30 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:44,399 Speaker 1: weekend because of that. Wow, well thanks, uh, thanks great, 31 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 1: I appreciate it. Yeah, we had a good time at 32 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:51,400 Speaker 1: the Commissioner's awards and we got a little turned out. 33 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:53,920 Speaker 1: And I'll tell you what, Sally, you you opted not 34 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 1: to attend, and then, uh, I think you would have 35 00:01:57,400 --> 00:01:59,320 Speaker 1: had a good time. I think I would have only 36 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 1: added to that turned out aspect of the party. It 37 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 1: might be a good thing I didn't show up. So yeah, 38 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 1: everybody out there who might be worried, you're like, Okay, 39 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:10,120 Speaker 1: should we start to go fund me or whatever for Dan? No, 40 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:12,799 Speaker 1: I would say hold off on that for now. We'll 41 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 1: see where I am as the week progresses. I again, 42 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 1: I will be on vacation after today, but I am 43 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:21,360 Speaker 1: very basically annoyed that I have a cold and West, 44 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:23,080 Speaker 1: like you and me, we could talk about this stuff. 45 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 1: I am on the same way length because cancer is 46 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:29,519 Speaker 1: not what I thought it would be. It really is 47 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 1: an annoyance. Yeah, I thought it'd be like the tumor 48 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:35,120 Speaker 1: is eating you away from the inside. You know, you 49 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 1: feel fatigued after chem out. No, it's it's annoyance with 50 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:41,840 Speaker 1: not being able to eat. I would kill for a cheeseburger. 51 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:45,600 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I just annoyance. You're saying cancer is a 52 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:47,680 Speaker 1: little less like gravity toss than you thought it would. 53 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 1: I'm saying that it's completely different than I thought it 54 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:55,079 Speaker 1: would be. Like the symptoms, the day to day frustrations 55 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:59,640 Speaker 1: are as much mental as physical, and in my case 56 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:02,799 Speaker 1: with a sophageal cancer, it's my complete inability to eat 57 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:06,080 Speaker 1: or drink basically anything. Right now, it's awful. Well, we 58 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:08,679 Speaker 1: were saying before the show started, West has lost weight 59 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:11,079 Speaker 1: because you're not able to eat as much. But right now, 60 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 1: it's not like scrag. West doesn't look good. It's actually 61 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:18,800 Speaker 1: like West kind of looks hot right now. God, he 62 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 1: he looks tight and right and uh and so far, 63 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:25,640 Speaker 1: so good in terms of your frame. Uh, and you know, 64 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 1: I wish we could have a cheeseburger together. Though West, 65 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 1: I was given these sniffles, haven't stopped Dan from wolfing 66 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 1: down lunch at the huddle in about thirty five seconds. Today. Listen, 67 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:36,600 Speaker 1: when you have a cold, you get a feet of cold. 68 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 1: He did, la, both of us didn't he? Yeah, I 69 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:41,160 Speaker 1: did you say that. I was giving the paramore hard 70 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 1: time because I can tell she is more attractive attracted 71 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:47,360 Speaker 1: to me now with cancer than she was before cancer. 72 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:50,920 Speaker 1: And then you know, I got I got a I 73 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:53,120 Speaker 1: got a guilty laugh out of her for that. That's 74 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 1: that's a problematic situation. Yeah that Yeah, I don't know 75 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 1: if I was you, how I would feel about that. 76 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 1: Life's life, well take away you can get Yeah. So yeah, 77 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 1: although you know this has moved now away from my 78 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 1: situation back to you, I will say that it is great. 79 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 1: Great to have you with us, West, every time you hear, 80 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:15,480 Speaker 1: we love it. And uh, now today's show, now, today's show. 81 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:19,360 Speaker 1: It's it's it's solid. It's a solid show. I'm kind 82 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:21,039 Speaker 1: of into the show a little bit pre show. Great, 83 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 1: let's see Wes is here. This weight loss has been 84 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:30,160 Speaker 1: a positive on some level I'm not feeling well. Greg's 85 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:33,600 Speaker 1: a little difficult in the pre production media, but then 86 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 1: we came around. Okay, so, uh, today's show, we're gonna 87 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:43,040 Speaker 1: hit up some news in a little bit more unconventional way. 88 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:46,000 Speaker 1: Uh As we'll get to in a couple of minutes. 89 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:48,240 Speaker 1: And then what we're gonna do is, we did this 90 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:50,440 Speaker 1: last summer and we want to revisit its. It's kind 91 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:53,560 Speaker 1: of fun. Uh. Is we'll look at the twelve teams 92 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:57,600 Speaker 1: that made the playoffs last year and then it's kind 93 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:00,200 Speaker 1: of like our confidence scale on how confident it we 94 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:03,240 Speaker 1: are that those uh, those teams will return to the 95 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 1: playoffs in seventeen after making the dance a season ago. 96 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:09,520 Speaker 1: So we'll go through that. Uh And that included some 97 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:11,880 Speaker 1: math that we'll get to that I sat out and 98 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:14,920 Speaker 1: we put it in Greg's hands. Uh. So that's that's 99 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:17,880 Speaker 1: the plan for today. Before we get going formally, will 100 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:21,760 Speaker 1: say hello to a solid behind the glass. Hey, buddy fellas, 101 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,279 Speaker 1: how was it go? Is it? How it goes? So 102 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:26,160 Speaker 1: you you did not want to hang out with us 103 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:30,719 Speaker 1: at the at the definitely award, I was just feeling 104 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:33,480 Speaker 1: about I was I would rather sit on my tuckas 105 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:37,280 Speaker 1: and that's what you did, right, because Thursday was your Friday? 106 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 1: What did you do? Uh? I watched the n NBA 107 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:42,960 Speaker 1: draft with a couple of co workers and just saut 108 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:44,920 Speaker 1: on my tukas. It was nice. So you were hanging 109 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 1: out with co workers because you gave us. But the 110 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:49,160 Speaker 1: reasoning why you weren't going to the wards is why 111 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:51,000 Speaker 1: would I hang out with people I work with all day? 112 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:53,640 Speaker 1: But these co workers live across the street for me, 113 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:56,040 Speaker 1: so it was literally like walk across the street. Boom, 114 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 1: They're watching the NBA draft. About it, Let's listen, new 115 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:04,479 Speaker 1: never happens to me. Stuff like that never happens to 116 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:11,640 Speaker 1: anybody except from Marcus. Now. One of the things UH 117 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 1: with with Wes and and this fight he's up against, 118 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 1: Uh the idea of let's, you know, have some fun 119 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 1: Together's get together and maybe have some like nights in 120 00:06:20,839 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 1: at west Manor. And that was a sound clip from 121 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:28,760 Speaker 1: the Eddie Murphy vehicle Boomerang, which West I know you 122 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:31,240 Speaker 1: and I have a lot of common ground on that film. 123 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:36,160 Speaker 1: We're both big fans Hammertime Baby. Yeah. I love Boomerang. 124 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:39,320 Speaker 1: It's it's one of my favorite movies of the nineties. Um, Greg, 125 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:41,679 Speaker 1: this was this movie came out before you entered Earth. 126 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:46,200 Speaker 1: Uh we were. I watched Boomerang many times to night school. Actually, 127 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:47,800 Speaker 1: did you were? I was in on bo I'm in 128 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:50,919 Speaker 1: on Boomerang. Okay, good Um. So we're gonna have like 129 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:54,719 Speaker 1: a Boomerang viewing party. At some point we were banging 130 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:57,320 Speaker 1: out the details with the paramour at the commissioner's event. 131 00:06:57,839 --> 00:06:59,679 Speaker 1: Uh a dinner. Now it's just a matter of getting 132 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:02,800 Speaker 1: our ends procuring a copy a Boomerang, which might be 133 00:07:02,839 --> 00:07:05,480 Speaker 1: more difficult than no, you can. I can order it 134 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 1: from Amazon Streaming or something for two or whatever. And 135 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 1: if you're not aware of Boomerang, I was Eddie Murphy 136 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 1: playing the suave, single dude on the loose in New 137 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:18,960 Speaker 1: York who struggled to commit Robin Gibbons. In her prime, 138 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:22,320 Speaker 1: halle Berry, before she was the leading lady, she had 139 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:24,840 Speaker 1: to play a second She had to play the supporting actress. 140 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:26,760 Speaker 1: She played the support and you know what, I love 141 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 1: should have brought your ass home last night. Halle Berry 142 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:31,880 Speaker 1: was at the point where she was playing a girl 143 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:35,560 Speaker 1: next door supporting part, which she obviously outgrews. I've never 144 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:37,720 Speaker 1: seen a girl next door to me looking like Hallie Berry. 145 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:40,280 Speaker 1: All right, Now, that's what we're gonna do for the news, 146 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 1: is gonna mix it up a little bit. We love 147 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:45,680 Speaker 1: road a World, and not just because Greg built the 148 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:49,720 Speaker 1: entire enterprise brick by brick, not even just HTML. Of 149 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:52,040 Speaker 1: course he built out the website, but I mean also 150 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:55,840 Speaker 1: the office in one of his business. Greg is at 151 00:07:55,960 --> 00:07:59,280 Speaker 1: very not physically doing it. You were the brain child 152 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 1: for everything behind root a World's rise. Yes or no? No, 153 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:06,680 Speaker 1: I would say Matthew Polyatt, who is the first blurber? 154 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:09,680 Speaker 1: He does he still? Do you know? He was the 155 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:11,880 Speaker 1: guy I was the second full time, I was first 156 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:13,920 Speaker 1: full time in football, but he was doing all the 157 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:16,800 Speaker 1: sports Polyat. I worked under Pollop for a minute. I 158 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 1: was doing baseball on road a World for at least 159 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:24,080 Speaker 1: one summer. Can you save for the polyot Anyway, The 160 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:26,800 Speaker 1: point was that both Greg and then later West worked 161 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:29,720 Speaker 1: at road a World in various capacities. Uh it's a 162 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:32,840 Speaker 1: great website. Uh listen. NFL dot com is an excellent 163 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:36,280 Speaker 1: website as well, but a great place for all matters 164 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:38,400 Speaker 1: football at the NFL page and road a World. So 165 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:40,680 Speaker 1: what we want to do is what I do often 166 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:42,320 Speaker 1: when I just check in what's going on. I see 167 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:44,920 Speaker 1: Rotal World just go straight down the road A World headlines, 168 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:47,680 Speaker 1: and they're not paying for this and perhaps they should. 169 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 1: Um sy, can we reach out to road A World 170 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:53,840 Speaker 1: to see if h retroactively they can pay us for 171 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:56,240 Speaker 1: what we're about to do. Yeah, just like not even 172 00:08:56,320 --> 00:08:59,960 Speaker 1: twenty bucks? About how about a pizza, We'll take a piez. 173 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:04,679 Speaker 1: They can spring for Boomerang. Let's get Evan Sylva on 174 00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:06,840 Speaker 1: the line, see if he could buy Boomerang and then 175 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:10,640 Speaker 1: mail it to us. You can definitely afford that you could. 176 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 1: You could buy it for seven ninety six on on 177 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:16,640 Speaker 1: Walmart dot com. We'll see if the Shadowy League figures 178 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:18,840 Speaker 1: might might be able to expense that one thing. You 179 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:20,839 Speaker 1: have to buy a DVD player because who owns the 180 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:24,000 Speaker 1: DVD players? We gotta We're bumping up against some stuff here. 181 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:26,160 Speaker 1: Let's start at the top of the Rotor World headlines. 182 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:28,200 Speaker 1: Michael Floyd since the one day in jail that it 183 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:32,080 Speaker 1: comes after violating the terms of his house arrest. He was, 184 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:35,120 Speaker 1: of course, you know the story that he was under 185 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:38,800 Speaker 1: house arrest, could not um drink any alcohol, had the 186 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:43,320 Speaker 1: monitoring bracelet on, and then uh flunked the test. Reportedly 187 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:46,920 Speaker 1: or multiple tests and blamed it on kombucca, which we tried, 188 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:49,040 Speaker 1: which was pretty tasty. I gotta see tried it. Yeah, 189 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:51,240 Speaker 1: I really liked it. On this podcast we had some 190 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:54,920 Speaker 1: kombucca ta and it was pretty pretty happy. So that 191 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:57,320 Speaker 1: never had it before. Why not see what's going on. 192 00:09:57,440 --> 00:09:59,840 Speaker 1: We can thank Michael Floyd for that. Open your mind. 193 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:02,880 Speaker 1: They got it on tap at the facility, don't at 194 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:06,680 Speaker 1: the Vikings facility, and that's how he got in trouble anyway, 195 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:08,560 Speaker 1: So Michael Floyd, who was signed by the Vikings, they 196 00:10:08,559 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 1: have them in their plans and there was a fear 197 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:13,800 Speaker 1: that Floyd was going to miss a big portion of 198 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:16,880 Speaker 1: season might get thrown in in the pokey. So what 199 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:19,480 Speaker 1: they call it for an extended amount of time because 200 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:23,160 Speaker 1: the judgment who's goal. Instead it's just one day, so 201 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:24,800 Speaker 1: he's out of there. I don't know what this does 202 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:27,839 Speaker 1: for his uh with the NFL if this leads some 203 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:30,240 Speaker 1: more trouble, but that's what's going on one day in 204 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:32,920 Speaker 1: jail for Michael Floyd. Let the man have his kombucha, 205 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 1: I mean the test. There are many ridiculous things about that, 206 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:39,600 Speaker 1: you know, excuse, but the biggest one was the tests 207 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:42,040 Speaker 1: were taking at like four thirty in the morning. That 208 00:10:42,080 --> 00:10:46,760 Speaker 1: means he was just chugging kombucha overnight. In that scenario, Uh, 209 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:50,560 Speaker 1: I think it could impact the NFL suspension of Michael Floyd, 210 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:54,080 Speaker 1: which the Vikings and everyone else including Floyd, are still 211 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:56,560 Speaker 1: waiting to find out what it's going to be. So 212 00:10:56,640 --> 00:10:59,360 Speaker 1: the fact that he did not, you know, stick to 213 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:01,880 Speaker 1: the terms of his house arrest and it's still been 214 00:11:01,880 --> 00:11:04,240 Speaker 1: a problem, I would think that something the NFL will 215 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:06,520 Speaker 1: frown on and potential. I mean, this could be a 216 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:08,960 Speaker 1: long suspension, it might not be a short one could 217 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:11,000 Speaker 1: be and it might also not hurt the Vikings very 218 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:13,959 Speaker 1: much at all, considering he's running behind Laquon tread Will 219 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:17,640 Speaker 1: as a third receiver moving on of the Rodal World headlines, 220 00:11:17,679 --> 00:11:23,199 Speaker 1: they have what is he not? He is moving on? 221 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:26,319 Speaker 1: Nick Fairley has an issue here and the Saints have 222 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:30,560 Speaker 1: placed fairly on the reserve NFI list. With that hard 223 00:11:30,559 --> 00:11:32,760 Speaker 1: condition he's dealing with, he's expected to miss all of 224 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:36,240 Speaker 1: twenty seventeen that according to The Times pick un Uh. 225 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:39,640 Speaker 1: This came after multiple consultations to try to to nail 226 00:11:39,679 --> 00:11:43,920 Speaker 1: down what what he was dealing with. Three different opinions. Uh, 227 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:46,079 Speaker 1: and now we're wondering if we've seen the last of 228 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:49,360 Speaker 1: Nick Fairly in the NFL. We hope not. But how 229 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:53,480 Speaker 1: do you how would you describe Greg Rosathal Nick Fairley's 230 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:58,839 Speaker 1: career to this point. That's a great question. He's I can't. 231 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:01,960 Speaker 1: I have to say he's had a good career. He 232 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:05,760 Speaker 1: is been better as a part time player that as 233 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:07,960 Speaker 1: a starter. But once teams like the Lions and the 234 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:11,600 Speaker 1: Saints figured that out and the Rams, he was pretty valuable. 235 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:13,560 Speaker 1: I mean, he earned a four year, twenty eight million 236 00:12:13,559 --> 00:12:16,680 Speaker 1: dollar contracts, so his value to the Saints was was 237 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:20,600 Speaker 1: pretty high. Here's what's counterintuitive about Nick Fairley. The Lions 238 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:23,600 Speaker 1: spent years trying to get him to lose weight, and 239 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:25,640 Speaker 1: then he goes to the Saints, is bigger than he 240 00:12:25,679 --> 00:12:28,840 Speaker 1: ever was and has his best year. Right. But I 241 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:30,600 Speaker 1: think he was a good like. I think the Rams 242 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:32,320 Speaker 1: would say they were happy with what they got out 243 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:34,960 Speaker 1: of Nick Fairley too. He wasn't a guy who's gonna 244 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:38,520 Speaker 1: be great every snap, but a big guy who disrupts 245 00:12:38,520 --> 00:12:41,240 Speaker 1: you in the middle of the line that has significant value. 246 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:43,640 Speaker 1: And then the contract says it and it's another big 247 00:12:43,679 --> 00:12:45,920 Speaker 1: loss for the Saints. Who has had a worse off 248 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 1: season than the Saints. No one is the answer. Who 249 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:54,280 Speaker 1: else they They lost their starting center Max Onnger, who 250 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 1: knows maybe he'll be back for early in the season, 251 00:12:57,600 --> 00:13:00,480 Speaker 1: and they lost Heron Armstead, their left go for four 252 00:13:00,520 --> 00:13:04,079 Speaker 1: to six months. I mean, that's three key players who 253 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:07,040 Speaker 1: are getting paid a lot of money with pretty serious injuries. 254 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:11,080 Speaker 1: Up next, this one coming out of Philadelphia. The Eagles 255 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:14,840 Speaker 1: wide receivers coach Mike Ross says that al Shan Jeffrey 256 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:22,559 Speaker 1: has had the best offseason in years triplet triplet trot 257 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:26,839 Speaker 1: not according to ESPN dot Com, believes that he's pleased 258 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:29,360 Speaker 1: where he is. Gross said, he's please where Jeffrey is 259 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:33,400 Speaker 1: physically and mentally. He's in a good place. Uh grow 260 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:36,120 Speaker 1: work for Jeffrey for three seasons in Chicago, including that 261 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:38,760 Speaker 1: one big, huge year he had in two thousand thirteen 262 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:41,320 Speaker 1: when he kind of broke out as a future star. 263 00:13:41,960 --> 00:13:44,000 Speaker 1: But you know this is common place. That's why it's 264 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:46,360 Speaker 1: a trip alert people. It is a trop ler. I 265 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:48,720 Speaker 1: wouldn't put too much stock in it, but with Alshon 266 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:51,360 Speaker 1: Jeffrey as much as any wide receiver in the game 267 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:54,920 Speaker 1: over the past half decade, his conditioning has been a problem, 268 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:57,880 Speaker 1: so I think if he's in shape, that's half the battle. No, 269 00:13:58,000 --> 00:13:59,880 Speaker 1: I mean this, this headline I think was at the 270 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:02,000 Speaker 1: hop when we first came up with this idea. Some 271 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:06,480 Speaker 1: actual news dropped in between, and this, you know, nonsense 272 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:08,920 Speaker 1: is kind of was the inspiration that there's so little 273 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:11,160 Speaker 1: going on, let's just go through these roador world things. 274 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:14,600 Speaker 1: I read a tweet from Joe Thomas, Brown's left tackle. Yes, yes, 275 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 1: he tweeted out today you have to feel sorry for 276 00:14:18,280 --> 00:14:20,360 Speaker 1: NFL beat writers who have to come up with these 277 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:25,280 Speaker 1: meaningless offseason articles. Ever heard of a quote bad off season? 278 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:30,000 Speaker 1: And he was linking to a Pro Football Talk article 279 00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:34,680 Speaker 1: that was praising Jamal Adams for his unbelievable work. And 280 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:37,520 Speaker 1: it's true this I really, I know we say this 281 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:39,640 Speaker 1: every year, but I put it. I've never actually gone 282 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:42,240 Speaker 1: to an O t A before or minicamp, and it 283 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:45,400 Speaker 1: really hammered at home that they're not playing football, so 284 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:47,640 Speaker 1: what and and everyone kind of knows this, and yet 285 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:50,080 Speaker 1: we they still fall into the same thing. He's had 286 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:53,120 Speaker 1: a good offseason or bad offseason. What it just means 287 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:55,120 Speaker 1: they're like in shape or not were they're not even 288 00:14:55,120 --> 00:14:57,640 Speaker 1: playing the sport really that they're gonna be playing what 289 00:14:57,720 --> 00:15:00,600 Speaker 1: were they playing like? Seven on seven? Yeah? Seven, there's 290 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:02,800 Speaker 1: no I mean, there's no tackling. There's no even touching. 291 00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:06,120 Speaker 1: You can't. Yeah, there there's seven. Occasionally there's eleven on eleven. 292 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:09,680 Speaker 1: Most of it's just individual work. You know your positional groups, 293 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:11,560 Speaker 1: so you can get in shorts. But it's all clean. 294 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:13,720 Speaker 1: Very little from many of us as a as a 295 00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 1: reporter especially, but I even think as coaches. Okay, he's 296 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:18,480 Speaker 1: had his best office. I guess that just means he's 297 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:20,280 Speaker 1: in shape and he's kind of focus. He's healthy and 298 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:22,840 Speaker 1: in shape. That's all you can ask for. Next up, 299 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:27,600 Speaker 1: Cam Newton resumes throwing. It's not bad, not bad. The 300 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:32,960 Speaker 1: first time he's throwing since undergoing shoulder surgery on marcht Uh. 301 00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:34,720 Speaker 1: You know this comes he was supposed to throw at 302 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:37,840 Speaker 1: the end of minicamp and that never happened. Um, and 303 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:40,320 Speaker 1: now here he is throwing a week or two later, 304 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:42,920 Speaker 1: and there still is a belief that he will be 305 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:47,080 Speaker 1: ready to roll come training camp. Cam Newton West, Uh 306 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:52,040 Speaker 1: just mean anything too nothing? I think throw Andrew Luck 307 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:56,080 Speaker 1: in the same category. It's our seven Football News World 308 00:15:56,520 --> 00:15:58,880 Speaker 1: where this stuff appears to be meaningful and it really 309 00:15:58,920 --> 00:16:00,840 Speaker 1: doesn't mean anything. We'll find out what it means when 310 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:03,520 Speaker 1: when training camp opens and when we see him in 311 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:07,040 Speaker 1: action against actual football players. But no, the fact that 312 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:09,320 Speaker 1: he's actually throwing. He probably could have thrown a couple 313 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:12,040 Speaker 1: of weeks ago, but they everything has a timetable and 314 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:13,800 Speaker 1: you have to do it by that. No, I don't 315 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:17,320 Speaker 1: think it means much. Sully. The Panthers released a video. Yeah, 316 00:16:17,360 --> 00:16:20,160 Speaker 1: they released a video, and it was the most overproducing 317 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:22,160 Speaker 1: I've ever seen. It was just him throwing in the 318 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:25,000 Speaker 1: locker room. I did catch that magic music and I'm like, 319 00:16:25,040 --> 00:16:26,680 Speaker 1: are you serious? Sun in the corner of my eye 320 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:29,440 Speaker 1: and I was like seated. It like Teddy Bridgewater returning 321 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:32,760 Speaker 1: from one of the most devastating injuries, which the Vikings 322 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:34,440 Speaker 1: kind of blew out as a hype video, which I 323 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:36,920 Speaker 1: gets a little different. Plus, it was in the locker 324 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:38,920 Speaker 1: room where the ceilings are like ten feet high, so 325 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:41,000 Speaker 1: it's not like you're really throwing. It's like he threw 326 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:44,080 Speaker 1: to a trainer that was like ten feet away from him. Alright, 327 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:46,760 Speaker 1: moving on, it's a little something that he's ahead of 328 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:50,560 Speaker 1: Andrew Luck despite being too much he's well Andrew Luck 329 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:54,200 Speaker 1: can probably it's my entire point. He's not ahead of 330 00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:57,320 Speaker 1: Andrew Luck. But because the Colts have told Andrew Luck 331 00:16:57,320 --> 00:16:59,480 Speaker 1: we don't want you throwing, he hasn't tested on. My 332 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:02,960 Speaker 1: point is that he had surgery two months later, and 333 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:05,760 Speaker 1: they've been confident the whole time that Newton will be 334 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:07,920 Speaker 1: ready for camp, and that's been thrown, so I think 335 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:10,119 Speaker 1: it's safe to say from the outside he's on a 336 00:17:10,119 --> 00:17:12,359 Speaker 1: little bit of a faster timeline and his surgery was 337 00:17:12,520 --> 00:17:16,159 Speaker 1: likely not as invasive. My point would be that we 338 00:17:16,320 --> 00:17:19,560 Speaker 1: know nothing and you're just using conjecture here. The Colts 339 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:22,640 Speaker 1: have approached lux rehab differently and they don't want him 340 00:17:22,640 --> 00:17:25,040 Speaker 1: to try throwing, so he could be way ahead of Newton, 341 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:27,399 Speaker 1: and we just have no idea. We're just this is 342 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:29,800 Speaker 1: why it's a June story. Next up, Miami, J and 343 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:32,960 Speaker 1: g I could push for nineteen hundred total yards with 344 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:36,960 Speaker 1: a question mark. This coming from ESPN James Walker, uh, 345 00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:39,800 Speaker 1: who believes that g I could put up nineteen hundred 346 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:41,480 Speaker 1: total yards if he stays sething. But I only thought 347 00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:44,760 Speaker 1: on this and it's all obviously, UH kind of ridiculous 348 00:17:44,840 --> 00:17:48,480 Speaker 1: to UH to really make that type of statement, especially 349 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:51,760 Speaker 1: if you're gonna say nineteen hundred, bro, just go to 350 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:54,160 Speaker 1: two k just say you can approach two thousand yards. 351 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:58,719 Speaker 1: Nineteen hundred is oddly specific, right, and having the question 352 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:00,920 Speaker 1: mark at the end also may said like, well, yes, 353 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:03,240 Speaker 1: he could. He could run for any amount of yards. 354 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:06,960 Speaker 1: You could put three hundred yards, you could total yards. 355 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:09,719 Speaker 1: But he could not do a million. But could a million? 356 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:11,840 Speaker 1: Is not no, he couldn't put on the spot here, 357 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:15,240 Speaker 1: Oh stop. If you were still running road World, would 358 00:18:15,320 --> 00:18:17,119 Speaker 1: this be a headline? That's what I didn't want this 359 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:19,480 Speaker 1: to be about. We love road a World. It's a 360 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:22,400 Speaker 1: it's put myself on the spot. It's not a headline. 361 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:26,240 Speaker 1: It's just a beat writer throwing numbers out. West coming back. 362 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:29,560 Speaker 1: What's the heat? That's what I like. I mean, he's 363 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:31,280 Speaker 1: come back. You miss a couple of shows, figured West, 364 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:34,280 Speaker 1: He's he's gonna come in calm. No, West is coming 365 00:18:34,320 --> 00:18:38,240 Speaker 1: in with that yard and energy. And you know what, 366 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:40,119 Speaker 1: it's not just because West is in the fight of 367 00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:42,040 Speaker 1: his life right now doesn't mean he's gonna come in 368 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:46,320 Speaker 1: like I said, Oh, good point, Greg, you did it again. 369 00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:49,760 Speaker 1: What's the next news? It's like, No, it's gonna be 370 00:18:49,840 --> 00:18:54,800 Speaker 1: west j J. I last year started twelve games and 371 00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:58,040 Speaker 1: he had fourteen hundred yards from scrimmage. So just doing 372 00:18:58,040 --> 00:19:00,320 Speaker 1: the math out if he can stay healthy, he was. 373 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:03,720 Speaker 1: He was basically at that pace last year. And Uh, 374 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:07,440 Speaker 1: I think this is not an overly optimistic projection. If 375 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:10,640 Speaker 1: I'm in fantasy drafts, I'm taking some j J. I'm 376 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:13,760 Speaker 1: I'm thinking two thousand yards from scrimmage. If he could 377 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:16,800 Speaker 1: run for two hundred yards in three different games in 378 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:19,200 Speaker 1: every year of his career, he'd be the best running 379 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:22,119 Speaker 1: back of all time. Their offensive line was really terrible 380 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:24,520 Speaker 1: I think last year, and and we'll see if it's 381 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:27,600 Speaker 1: better on paper, maybe it should be better. I think 382 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:29,159 Speaker 1: he's that type of runner and he's one of the 383 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:31,639 Speaker 1: few running backs left that if he's healthy, we know 384 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:33,879 Speaker 1: he's going to get the ball three hundred times. Next up, 385 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:40,280 Speaker 1: levy on Bell videoed videoed? Is that a word? Playing basketball? Uh? 386 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:42,720 Speaker 1: Why is this notable? Because Levy on Bell had groin 387 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:46,560 Speaker 1: surgery back in March. Levy on Bell tweeted it out himself. 388 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:50,120 Speaker 1: Uh on Twitter and then rodal World turned into a blur. 389 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:54,560 Speaker 1: And that's how the sausage gets made. Baby, does it? Matter. Well, 390 00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:57,000 Speaker 1: here's how the sausage also gets made. The headline field 391 00:19:57,040 --> 00:19:59,159 Speaker 1: I think only has a certain amount of characters couldn't 392 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:02,880 Speaker 1: fit in videotape went with video. I don't know. I mean, 393 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:05,240 Speaker 1: he's I guess is that does this matter? When you 394 00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:07,800 Speaker 1: built the HTML though, why didn't you just build in 395 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:10,000 Speaker 1: a little more space to get in a headline that 396 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:13,000 Speaker 1: the more character space, the more you could put into 397 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:15,560 Speaker 1: that headline. And a website like this, it lives and 398 00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:17,280 Speaker 1: dies on the headlines. I mean, I feel like that's 399 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:20,680 Speaker 1: a basic structure er on your part. I think you 400 00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:23,679 Speaker 1: need to put it, you know, limit, then the headlines 401 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:27,040 Speaker 1: just go forever, all the way across the page. They 402 00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:28,480 Speaker 1: would just go all the way across the page like 403 00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:31,480 Speaker 1: two word headlines, bang bang bang bang bang. But I 404 00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:33,680 Speaker 1: didn't build row a world brick by brick. See. I 405 00:20:33,760 --> 00:20:36,359 Speaker 1: think there's a subtle but important distinction here between Levyan 406 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:39,280 Speaker 1: Bell and Cam Newton. Cam Newton isn't gonna be throwing 407 00:20:39,359 --> 00:20:43,000 Speaker 1: like soft tan yard passes in games, right. Levan Bell 408 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:45,680 Speaker 1: is going to be making the same maneuvers in football 409 00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:47,800 Speaker 1: that he used on a basketball court. And when you 410 00:20:47,840 --> 00:20:50,280 Speaker 1: can actually see the videotape and he's moving with some 411 00:20:50,320 --> 00:20:53,720 Speaker 1: agility that would tell me that a growing surgery worked. 412 00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:56,560 Speaker 1: And he's he's in football ship, he's fine. And I 413 00:20:56,600 --> 00:20:58,680 Speaker 1: don't know, if you watch this, Dan, you're saying to 414 00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:00,840 Speaker 1: move it along. You gotta watch this video. I mean, 415 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:05,119 Speaker 1: watches crossover here is nice. I mean, he is making 416 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:08,159 Speaker 1: some moves. You gotta wait a second here. I mean 417 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:12,560 Speaker 1: he's going between the legs crossover, then going back and 418 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:14,720 Speaker 1: going with the left hand. It's pretty good. I mean, 419 00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:17,800 Speaker 1: he's a good athlete. Looks like TDS Instagram videos against 420 00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:21,000 Speaker 1: what he does. To your point, West, it does look 421 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:23,200 Speaker 1: like a kind of move he would be making running 422 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:26,040 Speaker 1: the ball. And he's a big dude. You see him 423 00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:28,440 Speaker 1: on the looks a little big. He his weight is 424 00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:30,399 Speaker 1: fluctuated as a pro. He looks like he's back up 425 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:33,080 Speaker 1: a little little beefy. Maybe that should be the next run, 426 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:39,600 Speaker 1: next up, let's hope. Never mind. Colin Riddeck refutes Chiefs 427 00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:44,280 Speaker 1: rumors and what is this about? ESPN analyst Lewis Riddeck 428 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:51,600 Speaker 1: has not uh, excuse me, what is this report updating 429 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:54,360 Speaker 1: an earlier report. ESPN analyst Lewis Riddeck has not been 430 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:57,600 Speaker 1: contacted by the Chiefs. The news comes from Rideck himself. 431 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:00,840 Speaker 1: The Chiefs has not contacted me if there's no interview 432 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:03,440 Speaker 1: set up for this week's source me, he tweeted. Rapture 433 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:06,399 Speaker 1: to reported that the Chiefs were looking to interview Riddick 434 00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:09,800 Speaker 1: for their GM job. But maybe that's not the case. 435 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:12,960 Speaker 1: I mean, if I'm on the Rotor World News shift, 436 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:17,440 Speaker 1: I'm paying particular attention to Lewis Riddeck's phrasing, which includes 437 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:20,959 Speaker 1: this week. To me, that's key. He's not He's not 438 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:23,320 Speaker 1: denying it out right. He's saying this week, I don't 439 00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:25,520 Speaker 1: have any and he said, I have not contacted me, 440 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:29,520 Speaker 1: and I don't know. I'm always gonna have Yeah NFL 441 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:34,200 Speaker 1: network Uh Insider Ian rapports back. These are all done 442 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:38,000 Speaker 1: through agents and intermediates, So I don't think that report 443 00:22:38,119 --> 00:22:41,240 Speaker 1: from Ian comes out of nowhere. He gave Riddick a 444 00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:44,640 Speaker 1: little bit of a L O L whatever on some 445 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:48,320 Speaker 1: on some some someone responded saying like, what's up with this? 446 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:52,600 Speaker 1: And uh, I you never know, maybe he hadn't who knows. 447 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:54,639 Speaker 1: I don't want to get another man's business, but it's 448 00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:58,560 Speaker 1: tricky when you have one job and other people are 449 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:02,240 Speaker 1: searching you out for another mob and maybe you Yeah, 450 00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:04,880 Speaker 1: all of these different reports, I think we can take 451 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:07,960 Speaker 1: l O L whatever and say that's lau Ravio Magnifico. 452 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:10,880 Speaker 1: If Ian is approaching it that way, he knows there's 453 00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:12,760 Speaker 1: something going on, and he said they're working to set 454 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:18,480 Speaker 1: up an interview, not necessarily moving on Paxton Lynch gaining 455 00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:21,800 Speaker 1: ground on Trevor Simeon. That according to Mike Klice at 456 00:23:21,840 --> 00:23:25,199 Speaker 1: nine News Denver, Uh, Lynch quote made his move on 457 00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:28,760 Speaker 1: Simeon during the final two weeks of O t A's West. 458 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:32,639 Speaker 1: Trevor Simeon did pretty well last year, but Lynch is 459 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:34,119 Speaker 1: going to be a guy to watch her. He's a 460 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:36,040 Speaker 1: first round pick. First round picks don't sit on the 461 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:39,320 Speaker 1: bench for two years. It's an interesting scenario and Broncos 462 00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:41,720 Speaker 1: fans have been cracking me up on Twitter lately because 463 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:44,920 Speaker 1: they are rooting so hard for Paxston Lynch, so hard 464 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:49,080 Speaker 1: that they are seeing his two thousand sixteen game film 465 00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:54,040 Speaker 1: through some pretty perverse eyes. He had a brutal two 466 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:58,679 Speaker 1: starts for the Broncos. Getting the distance between Trevor Simeon 467 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:02,080 Speaker 1: and Paxston Lynch last year is measured in Miles Paxton 468 00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:05,160 Speaker 1: Lynch was so overwhelmed and whose light years light years 469 00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:08,719 Speaker 1: And Mike Class who wrote this article said, without that 470 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:12,200 Speaker 1: last week of mini camps and O. T. A. S. 471 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:14,000 Speaker 1: Simeon would have ran away with this job. So in 472 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:17,280 Speaker 1: that sense it's important, But wasn't advanced Joseph, who was 473 00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:19,400 Speaker 1: the head coach, who when asked what he's taking away 474 00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:23,520 Speaker 1: from O. T. S said no, absolutely nothing, right, which 475 00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:25,119 Speaker 1: I so I give him a chance. I mean, I 476 00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:27,440 Speaker 1: give Lynch a chance, but let's let's see in camp. 477 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:30,000 Speaker 1: I agree. I think it. It says two things. One 478 00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:32,920 Speaker 1: that he's comfortable with Mike McCoy's offense, that it probably 479 00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:35,800 Speaker 1: took a few practices, and two that he's comfortable being 480 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:38,800 Speaker 1: an NFL player. You know, guys who come from spread 481 00:24:38,840 --> 00:24:41,560 Speaker 1: systems in college don't even know how to run a huddle. 482 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:44,359 Speaker 1: So he's just now getting to do everything. Now, is 483 00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:46,480 Speaker 1: getting to be more natural instead of thinking about it 484 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:48,200 Speaker 1: every time he's doing something. By the way, who gets 485 00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:50,960 Speaker 1: this side who starts in Denver? Was advanced Joseph or 486 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:55,000 Speaker 1: is it John Oway or is it Mike McCoy. I 487 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:58,240 Speaker 1: just feel like l that's always boy, that Lynch move, 488 00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:01,320 Speaker 1: that if he if he's gonna put some pressure on 489 00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:02,880 Speaker 1: the people below and I can see it happen. It's 490 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:04,879 Speaker 1: a great it's a great question. I think that the 491 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:08,159 Speaker 1: honest answer would probably be it's collaborative, that that you 492 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:13,199 Speaker 1: wanted to be discussing it. And but in Elway's voice matters. 493 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:15,840 Speaker 1: I was thinking football, there's only sixteen games. You can't 494 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:18,639 Speaker 1: really afford to be playing a guy just because you 495 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:21,280 Speaker 1: drafted him higher. You have to play to win. Moving 496 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:25,000 Speaker 1: on Adam Gaze message Peyton Manning about a return. Now, 497 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:27,719 Speaker 1: this one's a little interesting. It came from the Miami Herald. Uh. 498 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:31,639 Speaker 1: This came right after Tannehill partially to Ryan Tannehill partially 499 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:35,159 Speaker 1: towards a c L in week fourteen. The Tech said, hey, 500 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:39,040 Speaker 1: teen Tannehill went down. I think he's going to miss 501 00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:41,239 Speaker 1: some time. The first question I'm going to get at 502 00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:43,440 Speaker 1: the press conference of the morning is if I'm gonna 503 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:45,440 Speaker 1: tell if I'm going to bring you to Miami, what 504 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:48,320 Speaker 1: do you want me to tell them that? My question, 505 00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:51,280 Speaker 1: first of all, is that serious? Second of all, is 506 00:25:51,280 --> 00:25:53,520 Speaker 1: that really the first question that any reporter is gonna ask? 507 00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:57,080 Speaker 1: I'm curious, shouldn't shouldn't the reporter asked that I think 508 00:25:57,080 --> 00:26:01,320 Speaker 1: that it was done. He was was uggling and not 509 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:03,560 Speaker 1: looking to play football. I don't think that was on 510 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:06,560 Speaker 1: anyone's mind last December. Really, do you remember it ever 511 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:09,199 Speaker 1: coming up at the time of that had happened. It 512 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:10,880 Speaker 1: feels like it came up at least once a month 513 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:14,000 Speaker 1: that people are wondering if Peyton Manning was gonna come back. Mhmm. 514 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:18,280 Speaker 1: I think any reporter who knows Gaye's relationship with Manning 515 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:21,080 Speaker 1: would have to ask that it seems like, well, it 516 00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:24,919 Speaker 1: seems like Gaye was now. This came from Archie Manning, 517 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:28,919 Speaker 1: who was talking to The Times Pickyune at the Manning 518 00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:34,000 Speaker 1: Passing Academy down in Louisiana, and Archie always loves like 519 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:37,320 Speaker 1: kind of like putting these things out there. I feel 520 00:26:37,359 --> 00:26:40,480 Speaker 1: like I feel like Gaye was probably just testing the water, 521 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:43,520 Speaker 1: seeing what old sheriff wanted to say. Would there have 522 00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:46,680 Speaker 1: been anything more depressing site than a forty year old 523 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:49,639 Speaker 1: Peyton Manning throwing wobbling ducks in early January for an 524 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:53,120 Speaker 1: overmatch Miami team in the playoffs. It would have been 525 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:54,760 Speaker 1: a horrible way for him to me out. He went 526 00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:57,399 Speaker 1: out as a Super Bowl champion. That would have been 527 00:26:57,440 --> 00:26:59,440 Speaker 1: so sad if he went out with a Dolphins team 528 00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:01,720 Speaker 1: learning a a book on the fly, his body unable 529 00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:04,480 Speaker 1: to make the throws that he makes the throw. And 530 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:06,560 Speaker 1: then if he took that hit that Matt Moore took, 531 00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:09,080 Speaker 1: who is it? Was it from James Harrison? I don't 532 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:13,560 Speaker 1: remember who? Think it laid him out. Matt Moore took 533 00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:16,560 Speaker 1: some took a beating in that in that Steelers game. 534 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:18,440 Speaker 1: Out of all of the headlines, I think this is 535 00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:21,359 Speaker 1: the biggest non story. What do you want me to 536 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:23,480 Speaker 1: tell them? To me? Is just straight up, what do 537 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:24,760 Speaker 1: you want me to tell him? I don't think there's 538 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:28,720 Speaker 1: more to It's his friends, So what do you want 539 00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:29,920 Speaker 1: me to do? What do you want me to say? 540 00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:32,720 Speaker 1: When they ask me this? Jake Jake Gruden gush is 541 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:37,639 Speaker 1: about third year wide receiver uh Jamison Crowder Uh This 542 00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:40,760 Speaker 1: according to the Washington Post, he's an excellent, dynamic player, 543 00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:44,280 Speaker 1: continues to prove every day why we love him so much. 544 00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:47,160 Speaker 1: This could be seen, obviously is another trope allerd Uh? 545 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:49,720 Speaker 1: Do we believe James and crowd is the real deal? 546 00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:52,280 Speaker 1: I think this is a story because I don't know 547 00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:55,200 Speaker 1: if this is the same article, but last week also 548 00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:58,120 Speaker 1: came news that he's gonna be playing in two wide sets, 549 00:27:58,160 --> 00:28:01,760 Speaker 1: so like, especially for a fantasy football news site, Jamison 550 00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:04,440 Speaker 1: Crowder should be getting upwards of nine to a thousand 551 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:07,520 Speaker 1: snaps instead of playing third receiver snaps. I think that 552 00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:10,359 Speaker 1: is big news. Yeah, Terrell Prior is gonna get a 553 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:13,520 Speaker 1: lot of attention, Josh dots and people are curious about. 554 00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:17,120 Speaker 1: But crowders, the more likely to guide him and read 555 00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:18,760 Speaker 1: are still going to be the guys you think of 556 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:20,800 Speaker 1: as one too. They're the guys that have been there. 557 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:24,679 Speaker 1: I'm so sick. I hate it. Here are you okay? No, 558 00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:26,919 Speaker 1: I'm not okay. This is the thing that I'm up 559 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:29,000 Speaker 1: against it. I'm dealing with it, and I'm not happy. 560 00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:31,440 Speaker 1: It could be on a plane with my two and 561 00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:33,800 Speaker 1: a half year old son tomorrow for five and a 562 00:28:33,840 --> 00:28:37,240 Speaker 1: half hours. Is that something that I'm excited? Could you 563 00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:40,240 Speaker 1: knock this out and by then drink some fluids, get 564 00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:42,160 Speaker 1: some sleep and try And I got nine hours of 565 00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:45,520 Speaker 1: sleep yesterday and you know, woke up sicker. I have. 566 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:47,560 Speaker 1: I haven't offered for you just because you're such a 567 00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:51,680 Speaker 1: good friend I have. You would not believe my medicine cabinet. 568 00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:54,840 Speaker 1: Take me through it. Yeah, you can have your first 569 00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:57,920 Speaker 1: choice of whatever pill you want in my menage. Is 570 00:28:57,920 --> 00:29:00,560 Speaker 1: this legal? What we're talking about right now? This treet legal? 571 00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:05,560 Speaker 1: I think it's okay between friends. Are they prescribed to you? Yes? 572 00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:09,760 Speaker 1: Can I take someone else someone else's prescribed medicine, I'll 573 00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:12,040 Speaker 1: do it. I'm not selling them to you. I'm just 574 00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:14,280 Speaker 1: giving you one. It's like a magic pill for your 575 00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:17,320 Speaker 1: airplane ride. We have a shadowy League figure in the 576 00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:20,960 Speaker 1: back today looking a skance at us. You might need 577 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:23,240 Speaker 1: help sleeping on that flight. All I'm saying is I've 578 00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:27,520 Speaker 1: got some powerful power. Oss. You show even even though 579 00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:31,640 Speaker 1: you're my elder, you show a lack of awareness about 580 00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:36,280 Speaker 1: being a father. Still. I would love to say, Hey, Emily, 581 00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:39,400 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go and knock out. It's just me and 582 00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:43,760 Speaker 1: Jack following up Harrison. It's just me and the boy. See, 583 00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:46,400 Speaker 1: I thought Emily. I thought Emily would be there, and 584 00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:48,520 Speaker 1: I was gonna say, you're not asking permission, You're just 585 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:53,200 Speaker 1: popping the pill, and then consequences be what may. That 586 00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:56,320 Speaker 1: is funny. Emily and Harry are following a few days later, 587 00:29:56,360 --> 00:29:58,880 Speaker 1: But it's just Jack and I could do that and 588 00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:02,440 Speaker 1: just tell the light attendant, Hey, you're watching him like 589 00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:05,840 Speaker 1: that's never been done before. He's only partially part every 590 00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:09,600 Speaker 1: other flight in the sixties, he's only partially potty trained. 591 00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:11,960 Speaker 1: And it's a total It's a wild wild West with 592 00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:14,440 Speaker 1: number two right now and then I just passed out 593 00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:17,280 Speaker 1: for six hours. Good my medicine. Cabinda is awfu limits 594 00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:21,560 Speaker 1: to you that finally in the Rodal World headlines doesn't 595 00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:24,800 Speaker 1: matter or not? Uh New Jersey Advanced Media is Connor 596 00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:28,560 Speaker 1: Hughes not or expects Matt Forte to be the Jets 597 00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:33,520 Speaker 1: offensive workhorse this season? Uh you know, this is like 598 00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:36,000 Speaker 1: it's a fantasy site at its heart. Do not draft 599 00:30:36,040 --> 00:30:39,360 Speaker 1: any Jets. Don't do it because even Matt Forte, you 600 00:30:39,520 --> 00:30:44,040 Speaker 1: proved last year best used in uh small portions at 601 00:30:44,080 --> 00:30:47,040 Speaker 1: this state of his career. He h Once he started 602 00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:49,040 Speaker 1: using him too much, he went down the drain BLA. 603 00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:51,440 Speaker 1: Paul might be a better player at this stage. Uh 604 00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:54,200 Speaker 1: so in terms of the handcuff situation, maybe, but you 605 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:55,680 Speaker 1: don't want to get involved with the Jets this year. 606 00:30:55,920 --> 00:31:00,360 Speaker 1: I do not trust Connor Hughes anymore after this. That's hired. 607 00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:02,480 Speaker 1: I mean, what are you talking about an offensive work 608 00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:04,600 Speaker 1: horse who's thirty one years old and looked like the 609 00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:06,640 Speaker 1: slowest running back in the NFL. Ash Well, he might 610 00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:09,920 Speaker 1: be on a historically bad Jets team. So if there 611 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:11,760 Speaker 1: was any type of team that would have a thirty 612 00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:14,239 Speaker 1: one year old workout horse running back, maybe it's right. 613 00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:16,160 Speaker 1: But this is the same coaching staff that talked to 614 00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:21,800 Speaker 1: Bill House that he could be a pro bowler. Fairness, 615 00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:23,840 Speaker 1: he was in a tough spot. I mean, that's that's 616 00:31:23,960 --> 00:31:27,080 Speaker 1: essentially the company has changed. But Connor Or essentially the 617 00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:29,640 Speaker 1: same company he was at the Newark Star Ledger. You 618 00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:34,560 Speaker 1: follow it a legend like Connor Or at your company. 619 00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:37,640 Speaker 1: It'd be like if if Peyton Smith was the next 620 00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:41,640 Speaker 1: quarterback of the Broncos or it isn't even a good example, 621 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:43,680 Speaker 1: you know, because he wasn't that good. I'm just saying, 622 00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:47,000 Speaker 1: you know what, I have the same name if if 623 00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:51,480 Speaker 1: Derek Beeter, uh you know, replaced old number two at 624 00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:56,160 Speaker 1: short stop Peter Peter. This is this is how it 625 00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:58,480 Speaker 1: breaks down. You want to be the guy. You want 626 00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:00,480 Speaker 1: to be the guy, okay, and then if you're not 627 00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:02,520 Speaker 1: the guy, you never be one. 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That's Meand's dot com slash NFL 654 00:33:40,280 --> 00:33:45,560 Speaker 1: twenty excuse me around, slash around the nfland dot com 655 00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:49,080 Speaker 1: slash around the NFL. You know, I we had that 656 00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:51,800 Speaker 1: big bonanza where we said everybody buy me Andy's at 657 00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:55,360 Speaker 1: noon on that Wednesday a few weeks back, and people 658 00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:57,760 Speaker 1: did it. And then I go to report it upstairs. 659 00:33:57,760 --> 00:34:00,240 Speaker 1: I say, hey, did we get we get any feedback this? 660 00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:05,000 Speaker 1: Did we move some units? Beyandy is happy? Silence. I 661 00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:07,240 Speaker 1: see there's a shadowy lead figure behind the glass. I 662 00:34:07,240 --> 00:34:10,320 Speaker 1: don't know if he you know, if if he's cracking 663 00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:14,040 Speaker 1: some skulls. They we should have the upstairs people saying hey, guys, 664 00:34:14,440 --> 00:34:16,200 Speaker 1: you and Meudy's are in a good spot right now 665 00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:20,000 Speaker 1: emotionally and uh you know, financially, and that we just 666 00:34:20,080 --> 00:34:22,319 Speaker 1: we float. We have no idea whether we affected the 667 00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:24,200 Speaker 1: bottom line at all or in the trust tree with me, 668 00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:27,360 Speaker 1: and who knows, maybe we are. Maybe there's such a 669 00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:30,200 Speaker 1: juggernaut now that it didn't even but we have a 670 00:34:30,200 --> 00:34:33,719 Speaker 1: lot of people. Got sandironiums on right now. Yeah, nice pair. 671 00:34:33,920 --> 00:34:36,320 Speaker 1: Got the pizzas. The pizzas are the best. The pizza 672 00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:40,200 Speaker 1: pizza pizzas are good pizza pie. So maybe we'll find 673 00:34:40,200 --> 00:34:43,080 Speaker 1: out at some point whether we you know, we made 674 00:34:43,080 --> 00:34:46,759 Speaker 1: some progress. I gotta get that Beyondy's trust tree. That's 675 00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:49,640 Speaker 1: where you want to be in life, all right now. 676 00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:54,880 Speaker 1: Fund exercise, it's uh, you know, it's one of those things. 677 00:34:55,200 --> 00:34:58,360 Speaker 1: It's one of those things. Every year, UM teams that 678 00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:01,520 Speaker 1: made the playoffs the prior season they don't return. So 679 00:35:01,719 --> 00:35:05,880 Speaker 1: anybody that wants to get conservative with with their predictions 680 00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:09,400 Speaker 1: for the season, you're bang. You're banging yourself in a 681 00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:12,680 Speaker 1: big spot because every year multiple teams fall out. Greg 682 00:35:12,719 --> 00:35:14,879 Speaker 1: in fact, put you on the spot a little bit here. 683 00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:18,080 Speaker 1: How many teams fell out of the playoffs this past 684 00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:24,000 Speaker 1: season that we're in. I'm gonna sneeze. I could go 685 00:35:24,040 --> 00:35:25,879 Speaker 1: get myself. I want to die. I could go through 686 00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:29,000 Speaker 1: and count them. Uh, that wouldn't be very good podcasting. 687 00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:33,799 Speaker 1: I'm gonna guess five. Oh okay, uh, maybe Sully, can 688 00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:35,440 Speaker 1: you work on this while we while we do this, 689 00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:38,319 Speaker 1: which teams? How many teams did not return? Maybe name 690 00:35:38,360 --> 00:35:40,400 Speaker 1: the teams as well. Anyway, it's gonna be probably if 691 00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:43,440 Speaker 1: I had a guess three or four, three to five. 692 00:35:43,560 --> 00:35:45,279 Speaker 1: He used to be about six a year, and then 693 00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:47,480 Speaker 1: I feel like the last few years there's been as 694 00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:51,560 Speaker 1: the NFL. Yeah, the parody issue and it's made there's 695 00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:53,880 Speaker 1: some top heavy teams. Anyway, so twelve teams make it 696 00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:59,480 Speaker 1: six in each conference? Nailed it, and uh so what 697 00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:06,000 Speaker 1: would we did was West Gregg and myself each there 698 00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:10,600 Speaker 1: you go? Um uh, we called a confidence scale. We 699 00:36:10,640 --> 00:36:13,040 Speaker 1: took each team and the team that we were most 700 00:36:13,080 --> 00:36:16,440 Speaker 1: confident about would get one point and the team we 701 00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:19,279 Speaker 1: were least confident about would get twelve points. And then 702 00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:22,759 Speaker 1: we added it up divide. Uh did we divide it? Gregor? 703 00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:25,040 Speaker 1: We just went with a total sub. We didn't do 704 00:36:25,080 --> 00:36:27,560 Speaker 1: a divider. It's okay, that's fine. I put you in 705 00:36:27,640 --> 00:36:29,600 Speaker 1: charge of the map. Elmings, I can't, but there there 706 00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:31,759 Speaker 1: would be no point in dividing it. I mean, we 707 00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:34,799 Speaker 1: have the numbers, but he made so it's thirty five. 708 00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:38,040 Speaker 1: The numbers don't really matter that much. I mean, we're 709 00:36:38,160 --> 00:36:42,319 Speaker 1: sorting it out, and there you go. You got your order, 710 00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:44,239 Speaker 1: got the auto right here. I'm looking right at it 711 00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:46,200 Speaker 1: right now. See I got a little bit lost in 712 00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:47,880 Speaker 1: the wildern to say with the numbers. It happens on 713 00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:51,000 Speaker 1: the show. Um, so here we go. Let's go through 714 00:36:51,040 --> 00:36:54,080 Speaker 1: the teams. So six didn't make it last year. Let's 715 00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:56,440 Speaker 1: just work off that there's a good chance that either 716 00:36:56,680 --> 00:36:59,120 Speaker 1: like half of the teams. It could be more than 717 00:36:59,160 --> 00:37:00,719 Speaker 1: half of the teams, but don't expect it to be 718 00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:03,440 Speaker 1: anything less than let's say three or four. So a 719 00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:06,160 Speaker 1: lot of teams are coming back. I might have messed up. 720 00:37:06,560 --> 00:37:10,239 Speaker 1: Oh no, did blow it. One of these teams is 721 00:37:10,239 --> 00:37:13,359 Speaker 1: gonna suffer debilitating You know I was good. I didn't 722 00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:15,200 Speaker 1: say anything. Yeah, that's okay to worry about Le's double 723 00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:17,160 Speaker 1: check in my math. Well, we'll start at the top 724 00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:20,120 Speaker 1: because there's no there's no reason to pretend like this 725 00:37:20,160 --> 00:37:23,399 Speaker 1: isn't uh going to be the choice. I'm just happy 726 00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:26,560 Speaker 1: that Greg didn't elude himself into thinking that set up 727 00:37:26,600 --> 00:37:28,600 Speaker 1: some of the team will be ahead. All three of 728 00:37:28,640 --> 00:37:31,560 Speaker 1: us put number one for a total of three Let's 729 00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:33,600 Speaker 1: take a trip to the throne of bees real quick here. 730 00:37:34,120 --> 00:37:36,239 Speaker 1: Just like we were just talking about on the a 731 00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:40,359 Speaker 1: f C Hierarchy Update, Patriots we had it in their 732 00:37:40,360 --> 00:37:42,600 Speaker 1: own tier. Although we were arguing with Greg a little 733 00:37:42,600 --> 00:37:44,759 Speaker 1: bit who thought that the Steelers should be right next 734 00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:49,759 Speaker 1: to them, the Pats a universally all most likely what 735 00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:52,920 Speaker 1: would it take? I think, Greg West, you just said it, basically, 736 00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:55,719 Speaker 1: what would it take the Patriots to miss the playoffs? 737 00:37:56,239 --> 00:37:58,879 Speaker 1: Even if Brady gets injured? The roster is strong enough 738 00:37:58,920 --> 00:38:01,279 Speaker 1: and Jimmy Garoppolo is good enough for them still to 739 00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:03,239 Speaker 1: make the playoffs. So what would they still be the 740 00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:05,520 Speaker 1: heavy favorites in the East at Brady? I mean it, 741 00:38:05,280 --> 00:38:09,960 Speaker 1: it is. It is crazy that if not for three 742 00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:12,359 Speaker 1: you know, and an eleven and five record not being 743 00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:15,520 Speaker 1: good enough in the Matt Castle year, that they would 744 00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:19,400 Speaker 1: have made the playoffs every year since two thousand and two. Wow, 745 00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:21,719 Speaker 1: and even then they tied for first that year too. 746 00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:24,160 Speaker 1: But that is that. It is absolutely insane. Here's what 747 00:38:24,200 --> 00:38:27,760 Speaker 1: it would take, and this is within the realm of possibility. 748 00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:29,799 Speaker 1: We've seen this happen to teams before. They would take 749 00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:34,120 Speaker 1: an injury to Brady and Garoppolo yeah, which is and 750 00:38:34,280 --> 00:38:37,200 Speaker 1: probably Gronk, you know which that happens almost every time. 751 00:38:37,239 --> 00:38:38,680 Speaker 1: I think, I think it's fair to say, are they 752 00:38:38,680 --> 00:38:43,399 Speaker 1: a playoff team with Jake Briskett? You know still in Belichick? Yeah, 753 00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:46,640 Speaker 1: he's still Belichick, and he's proven. Matt Castle is Matt Castle, 754 00:38:46,680 --> 00:38:48,200 Speaker 1: and they want to eleven games that year they went 755 00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:50,920 Speaker 1: one and one with Brisket last year. You know what, 756 00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:54,920 Speaker 1: they might still make it. That would be I don't 757 00:38:54,960 --> 00:38:58,560 Speaker 1: take anything away from Bellichick because he helped to develop Brady. 758 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:01,080 Speaker 1: But if they ever it on a deep playoff run 759 00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:04,080 Speaker 1: with a Jake Brisket at the controls, why even do 760 00:39:04,120 --> 00:39:06,839 Speaker 1: the league anymore? We've seen it at its highest level. 761 00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:08,880 Speaker 1: Coach at the highest level. Why have head coaches anymore? 762 00:39:08,880 --> 00:39:11,000 Speaker 1: But they have Belichick. They also have a guy who, 763 00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:15,920 Speaker 1: if he's not the best schemer, I was gonna say, 764 00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:18,560 Speaker 1: Josh McDaniels, I mean, Kyle Shanahan is great, but Josh 765 00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:21,879 Speaker 1: McDaniels is right there with him. That Scarneckia is a star. 766 00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:25,480 Speaker 1: Neck He gets it. He has a pretty good because 767 00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:27,520 Speaker 1: not only is he an offensive line coach, do you 768 00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:30,799 Speaker 1: know any other offensive line coaches in the league? A lot? 769 00:39:30,840 --> 00:39:34,279 Speaker 1: All right, all right, do you know that? Like, did 770 00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:38,360 Speaker 1: anyone get more credit than Dante Scarneckia for fixing everything 771 00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:40,280 Speaker 1: wrong with the Patriots? So they also have the greatest 772 00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:42,799 Speaker 1: offensive line coach of all all time? What is this 773 00:39:43,080 --> 00:39:48,440 Speaker 1: greatest quarterback, greatest head coach, greatest offensive line coach. He 774 00:39:48,440 --> 00:39:51,719 Speaker 1: gets overlooked the continuity Brady's always been in essentially the 775 00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:54,480 Speaker 1: same systems. So it was a big drop off for 776 00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:58,160 Speaker 1: our group at number two. Uh, but we all looks 777 00:39:58,200 --> 00:40:00,520 Speaker 1: like we all have them in good sition? Are the 778 00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:05,000 Speaker 1: Steelers are the second least likely team a total of eight? 779 00:40:05,120 --> 00:40:08,719 Speaker 1: And I wanna I want to see what I uh 780 00:40:09,080 --> 00:40:12,719 Speaker 1: sent to Gregor's Greg? Can you I thought you were 781 00:40:12,719 --> 00:40:18,120 Speaker 1: gonna send me this flame? It on? Greg talking about 782 00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:22,759 Speaker 1: I had them at three? That means someone else, someone 783 00:40:22,800 --> 00:40:24,200 Speaker 1: else had them at three, and then one of us 784 00:40:24,200 --> 00:40:27,279 Speaker 1: had them at two. Yeah, you've got it off. You've 785 00:40:27,320 --> 00:40:29,880 Speaker 1: got it all. I do have it all. Good. So 786 00:40:29,960 --> 00:40:33,399 Speaker 1: the Steelers second least likely in UH in the West, 787 00:40:33,440 --> 00:40:35,600 Speaker 1: that makes sense, right, I had them at three. I 788 00:40:35,640 --> 00:40:37,480 Speaker 1: had the Seahawks is more likely. But I think you 789 00:40:37,480 --> 00:40:40,040 Speaker 1: can make certainly make the argument that Steelers and more, 790 00:40:40,080 --> 00:40:42,960 Speaker 1: I mean, the Steelers have missed the playoffs a decent 791 00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:46,120 Speaker 1: amount in the Mike tom Lin era. In my so 792 00:40:46,360 --> 00:40:48,399 Speaker 1: it they are a little bit more of an up 793 00:40:48,440 --> 00:40:51,480 Speaker 1: and down UH team. I guess they haven't since two 794 00:40:51,480 --> 00:40:53,320 Speaker 1: thousand thirteen, but they did miss it two years in 795 00:40:53,360 --> 00:40:55,200 Speaker 1: a row at one point, and they missed it three 796 00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:57,600 Speaker 1: times Undertown. But we we spent a long time, so 797 00:40:57,640 --> 00:40:59,759 Speaker 1: I won't repeat myself, but I think they're the second 798 00:40:59,800 --> 00:41:02,000 Speaker 1: best team in the NFL. I think they're They're in 799 00:41:02,040 --> 00:41:04,880 Speaker 1: the same ballpark on the Patriots and one thing, and 800 00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:06,799 Speaker 1: we talk about what can stop them. Yes, again, it's 801 00:41:06,840 --> 00:41:10,319 Speaker 1: probably injuries, but Landry Jones playing quarterback exactly, there's a 802 00:41:10,320 --> 00:41:13,800 Speaker 1: big difference between the Patriots, uh. And maybe it explains 803 00:41:13,800 --> 00:41:16,520 Speaker 1: a lot why the Patriots, who see their window wide 804 00:41:16,520 --> 00:41:18,800 Speaker 1: open right now, would not trade Garoppol because they know 805 00:41:18,840 --> 00:41:21,120 Speaker 1: they have coverage, whereas the Steelers know their seasons over 806 00:41:21,320 --> 00:41:24,399 Speaker 1: if Roethlisberg gets hurt. Let's face it, Roethlisberger gets hurt 807 00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:26,560 Speaker 1: a lot. He hasn't had too many serious injuries, but 808 00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:29,719 Speaker 1: now you're getting into that part of his career where 809 00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:33,120 Speaker 1: stuff can happen. Josh Jobbs is gonna win that backup spot, 810 00:41:33,239 --> 00:41:35,040 Speaker 1: calling it out and not a bad division. You at 811 00:41:35,080 --> 00:41:37,520 Speaker 1: least have some teams in that division pipe down with 812 00:41:37,560 --> 00:41:42,520 Speaker 1: the Josh Dobbs ball had. Yeah, Josh, all right, so 813 00:41:42,600 --> 00:41:45,480 Speaker 1: number three, let's move on. So we're comingroable with the Steelers. 814 00:41:45,880 --> 00:41:49,080 Speaker 1: The Packers coming at number three, just a total of nine. 815 00:41:49,760 --> 00:41:53,240 Speaker 1: Uh So I had them at two uh myself because 816 00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:55,399 Speaker 1: I also looked at the division. That's why I had 817 00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:58,200 Speaker 1: them number two. And I I'm not really as high 818 00:41:58,239 --> 00:42:01,480 Speaker 1: on the Vikings as uh uh as maybe some other 819 00:42:01,520 --> 00:42:04,440 Speaker 1: people are this year. The Bears. I think we all 820 00:42:04,480 --> 00:42:08,160 Speaker 1: know what's going with the Bears. Uh they stink and 821 00:42:08,440 --> 00:42:11,600 Speaker 1: um and the Lions. I think the lines will come 822 00:42:11,640 --> 00:42:14,279 Speaker 1: down to earth as they did near by the end 823 00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:16,160 Speaker 1: of the season. So I think the Packers by default 824 00:42:16,160 --> 00:42:18,360 Speaker 1: are in a very good position to win that division 825 00:42:18,680 --> 00:42:21,600 Speaker 1: going away this year. Very confident the Packers getting back 826 00:42:21,640 --> 00:42:24,640 Speaker 1: yet again again. I'm more confident in the Seahawks because 827 00:42:24,680 --> 00:42:27,239 Speaker 1: of division. I actually like the Vikings a lot this year. 828 00:42:27,640 --> 00:42:30,399 Speaker 1: M And I think the West is the Seahawks to win. 829 00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:33,719 Speaker 1: It's always the Sea, Yeah, I hear you. The thing 830 00:42:33,840 --> 00:42:37,560 Speaker 1: is they have made the playoffs and it's almost underrated. 831 00:42:37,640 --> 00:42:40,719 Speaker 1: Seven straight years it didn't make on an eight seven 832 00:42:40,719 --> 00:42:42,880 Speaker 1: and one way. Fine, but that that speaks to you 833 00:42:42,960 --> 00:42:44,759 Speaker 1: talking about it being a bad division. I mean, they've 834 00:42:44,800 --> 00:42:46,440 Speaker 1: made it seven straight years and they made the division 835 00:42:46,480 --> 00:42:50,040 Speaker 1: around six of those years. So I don't see any 836 00:42:50,080 --> 00:42:53,400 Speaker 1: reason why this isn't a even among those Packers teams. 837 00:42:53,400 --> 00:42:56,279 Speaker 1: On paper, I think this is a good Packers team 838 00:42:56,360 --> 00:42:58,160 Speaker 1: that they should have reason to feel a little bit 839 00:42:58,160 --> 00:43:01,399 Speaker 1: better about their defense. They're pretty deep on offense that 840 00:43:01,760 --> 00:43:04,600 Speaker 1: that they're right there kind of with with the Steelers 841 00:43:04,600 --> 00:43:06,759 Speaker 1: as two teams, I would be really stunned if they 842 00:43:06,760 --> 00:43:11,400 Speaker 1: somehow blew it. Uh. Okay, So those three the only 843 00:43:11,440 --> 00:43:13,640 Speaker 1: three teams in single digits when you added up our 844 00:43:13,719 --> 00:43:18,160 Speaker 1: three little confidence ranking. So then number four the Seahawks 845 00:43:18,920 --> 00:43:21,920 Speaker 1: with twelve total points and uh West you said you 846 00:43:21,960 --> 00:43:23,640 Speaker 1: had him at too. Why don't you dig in a 847 00:43:23,680 --> 00:43:26,400 Speaker 1: little bit more? Why you thought there almost they basically 848 00:43:26,480 --> 00:43:30,320 Speaker 1: stole called lock. They are every year. I mean, what's changed? 849 00:43:31,239 --> 00:43:33,600 Speaker 1: I don't, I don't. Why would we doubt the Seahawks 850 00:43:33,600 --> 00:43:36,600 Speaker 1: for a minute? Mhm. I guess you can make the 851 00:43:36,680 --> 00:43:39,040 Speaker 1: case that the Seahawks is, you know, maybe on the 852 00:43:39,080 --> 00:43:42,600 Speaker 1: defensive side of the ball. Uh, whether it be injuries 853 00:43:42,719 --> 00:43:45,920 Speaker 1: or whatever else. Don't have the same allure as they 854 00:43:45,960 --> 00:43:49,560 Speaker 1: once did, and maybe that window of them being a 855 00:43:49,560 --> 00:43:52,680 Speaker 1: a ultimate, like a real favorite in the NFC has 856 00:43:52,680 --> 00:43:54,880 Speaker 1: closed now. And I feel like they've come back to 857 00:43:54,920 --> 00:43:58,319 Speaker 1: the pack just a little bit. I guess. I feel 858 00:43:58,320 --> 00:44:01,040 Speaker 1: like their defense has been together so long that it's 859 00:44:01,040 --> 00:44:04,279 Speaker 1: it's an obvious competitive advantage. And I don't think the 860 00:44:04,320 --> 00:44:06,560 Speaker 1: Cardinals roster is any better than last year. In fact, 861 00:44:06,600 --> 00:44:08,560 Speaker 1: I think the Cardinals roster is worse than last year's, 862 00:44:08,600 --> 00:44:10,840 Speaker 1: especially on the defensive side of the ball. Yeah, I 863 00:44:10,880 --> 00:44:13,399 Speaker 1: had them fifth, but it's only because you know, there's 864 00:44:13,440 --> 00:44:15,759 Speaker 1: such good teams I think ahead of them, including the 865 00:44:15,840 --> 00:44:18,200 Speaker 1: you know, I put the Falcons and Packers, you know, 866 00:44:18,239 --> 00:44:20,960 Speaker 1: a little bit safer the one concerned. You know, they 867 00:44:20,960 --> 00:44:23,160 Speaker 1: weren't a great offensive team last year. That was you know, 868 00:44:23,200 --> 00:44:24,759 Speaker 1: there was a lot of focus on the defense, but 869 00:44:24,800 --> 00:44:26,759 Speaker 1: it really was the fact that they weren't good pat 870 00:44:26,800 --> 00:44:29,879 Speaker 1: they weren't good passing the ball, very up and down. Uh, 871 00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:32,720 Speaker 1: late in the season, Russell Wilson had some rough games. 872 00:44:32,840 --> 00:44:34,960 Speaker 1: You know, they were just I like the Cardinals this 873 00:44:35,040 --> 00:44:36,680 Speaker 1: year have been I've been saying that, and so that's 874 00:44:36,680 --> 00:44:38,200 Speaker 1: why I had them a little bit lower, but they 875 00:44:38,320 --> 00:44:41,280 Speaker 1: still would be the only way that the Seahawks getting 876 00:44:41,280 --> 00:44:42,680 Speaker 1: a lot of troubles that they go through one of 877 00:44:42,680 --> 00:44:44,839 Speaker 1: those funks where they end up being a around ten 878 00:44:44,880 --> 00:44:47,319 Speaker 1: win team and the Cardinals bounced all the way back, 879 00:44:47,520 --> 00:44:50,520 Speaker 1: which happens if Carson Palmer plays like he did in 880 00:44:50,520 --> 00:44:53,120 Speaker 1: the later portion of the season, and if you know, 881 00:44:53,560 --> 00:44:56,160 Speaker 1: Honey Badger gets back to being Honey Badger and David 882 00:44:56,239 --> 00:44:59,680 Speaker 1: Johnson continues to be a dominating force that it's not impossible, 883 00:44:59,760 --> 00:45:01,839 Speaker 1: but all right, we had him at I had him 884 00:45:01,880 --> 00:45:04,680 Speaker 1: at five, Greg at five, West of two. Next up, 885 00:45:04,800 --> 00:45:09,840 Speaker 1: number five on our list combined list the Atlanta Falcons, 886 00:45:09,880 --> 00:45:13,840 Speaker 1: another team, this team, stronger roster than last year. I 887 00:45:13,920 --> 00:45:15,480 Speaker 1: had them down. I think I might have had them 888 00:45:15,480 --> 00:45:19,560 Speaker 1: at fifth on my pool because the NFC South might 889 00:45:19,600 --> 00:45:22,440 Speaker 1: be the strongest division in the NFL. I mean, that's 890 00:45:22,440 --> 00:45:24,279 Speaker 1: a lot of I care in that, that's a lot 891 00:45:24,320 --> 00:45:27,560 Speaker 1: of competition, and you could see if the Falcons suffer 892 00:45:27,600 --> 00:45:30,360 Speaker 1: an injury, even for just a month, it would allow 893 00:45:30,520 --> 00:45:33,920 Speaker 1: maybe the Panthers or the Bucks to sail past them. 894 00:45:33,960 --> 00:45:36,040 Speaker 1: My instinct is always you know a team has a 895 00:45:36,120 --> 00:45:39,440 Speaker 1: great year out of nowhere, then I think naturally, I 896 00:45:39,520 --> 00:45:41,120 Speaker 1: just kind of pick them to fall back to the 897 00:45:41,120 --> 00:45:43,640 Speaker 1: middle of the pack. But I'm I'm fighting against that 898 00:45:43,680 --> 00:45:46,560 Speaker 1: with this Falcons team because they're loaded. I just think 899 00:45:46,560 --> 00:45:49,000 Speaker 1: they're loaded. I think their defense is gonna be so 900 00:45:49,120 --> 00:45:52,480 Speaker 1: much better. They have so much room to improve that 901 00:45:52,480 --> 00:45:55,040 Speaker 1: that I'm in on on the Falcons as Yeah, they 902 00:45:55,040 --> 00:45:57,280 Speaker 1: were fourth on my list and I'm in on them 903 00:45:57,280 --> 00:46:00,960 Speaker 1: really as the co NFC favorites with the Packers. I 904 00:46:01,040 --> 00:46:03,520 Speaker 1: just don't think they I don't. I know, Kyle Shanahan's gone, 905 00:46:03,520 --> 00:46:04,920 Speaker 1: but I don't think they can blow it. I had 906 00:46:04,920 --> 00:46:07,920 Speaker 1: them at seventh on my list for the Kyle Shanahan 907 00:46:08,040 --> 00:46:10,799 Speaker 1: But I do put a lot into the Super Bowl 908 00:46:10,800 --> 00:46:14,479 Speaker 1: hangover thing with teams, uh and there was never a worse, 909 00:46:15,200 --> 00:46:18,600 Speaker 1: never a worse tequila night out than one. And I 910 00:46:18,640 --> 00:46:20,400 Speaker 1: think these guys, they've been talking about it all of 911 00:46:20,400 --> 00:46:21,920 Speaker 1: the season, how and a lot of them are like, Oh, 912 00:46:21,960 --> 00:46:23,560 Speaker 1: we'll never get over that game. I think they might 913 00:46:23,640 --> 00:46:27,880 Speaker 1: lose a little bit of you know, swaggers. It's a 914 00:46:28,200 --> 00:46:30,160 Speaker 1: cheesy way to look at it, but I feel like 915 00:46:30,239 --> 00:46:32,560 Speaker 1: that loss will stick with him, and I don't think 916 00:46:32,560 --> 00:46:35,640 Speaker 1: they'll be as good offensively this year. The if the 917 00:46:35,680 --> 00:46:37,799 Speaker 1: defense is a lot better than it's getting better. Nice 918 00:46:37,880 --> 00:46:42,359 Speaker 1: young group. I mean maybe your experience recently with a hangover, though, 919 00:46:42,520 --> 00:46:46,600 Speaker 1: is impact in your judgment. Well, well I can relate, 920 00:46:46,760 --> 00:46:49,800 Speaker 1: That's what I'm saying. I get one or two hangovers 921 00:46:50,200 --> 00:46:52,520 Speaker 1: a year at this stage of the game, and I 922 00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:54,759 Speaker 1: did have one on Friday. Luckily, it was a day 923 00:46:54,760 --> 00:46:56,960 Speaker 1: off for me, so I was able to to rest 924 00:46:57,080 --> 00:47:01,640 Speaker 1: up and recharge the old batteries. Ah, but it was 925 00:47:01,640 --> 00:47:03,520 Speaker 1: a tough friday. It's not how you want to spend 926 00:47:03,560 --> 00:47:07,560 Speaker 1: your friday. Hey, you know at this point, what a hangover? 927 00:47:07,719 --> 00:47:10,239 Speaker 1: What are we doing here? What are we doing here 928 00:47:10,239 --> 00:47:11,920 Speaker 1: and drinking to the point whe're gonna hang over? No, 929 00:47:12,200 --> 00:47:15,480 Speaker 1: you're grown ass man. There's no more of that. Alright, 930 00:47:15,520 --> 00:47:20,040 Speaker 1: Moving on number six. Maybe that's why I'm sick. Maybe 931 00:47:20,080 --> 00:47:26,680 Speaker 1: it was my body saying, hey, you are a thirty 932 00:47:26,680 --> 00:47:30,040 Speaker 1: seven year old father of two. When the when the 933 00:47:30,080 --> 00:47:32,480 Speaker 1: woman sticks the shot of tequila in your face, what 934 00:47:32,600 --> 00:47:36,280 Speaker 1: you should say to her is no, ma'am, no, no 935 00:47:36,480 --> 00:47:40,719 Speaker 1: crazy dre. I am not going to take that spell 936 00:47:40,800 --> 00:47:44,719 Speaker 1: you later. Alright, moving on, let's see where your body's like. 937 00:47:44,719 --> 00:47:47,520 Speaker 1: I'm used to softball you running around the bases on 938 00:47:47,560 --> 00:47:49,920 Speaker 1: Thursday night. What's up with that? Exactly number six, we 939 00:47:49,960 --> 00:47:54,280 Speaker 1: have the Raiders. Now it's kind of interesting here. Well, sorry, 940 00:47:54,320 --> 00:47:57,360 Speaker 1: we don't ding the Raiders until we really talk about that. 941 00:47:58,640 --> 00:48:00,480 Speaker 1: You have to say something nice. Yeah, well, I mean 942 00:48:00,480 --> 00:48:03,320 Speaker 1: we haven't been sex. It's kind of nice. There is 943 00:48:03,800 --> 00:48:06,399 Speaker 1: that nice. It's not it's not not nice. It's not 944 00:48:06,400 --> 00:48:09,200 Speaker 1: not nice. I have noticed they're in arguably the toughest division. 945 00:48:09,320 --> 00:48:11,480 Speaker 1: It's a trend, Sally. I've noticed the least couple of 946 00:48:11,480 --> 00:48:13,440 Speaker 1: shows that I'm not sure you understand what the ding 947 00:48:13,560 --> 00:48:15,839 Speaker 1: is for. No, it's for it's for nice things. I've 948 00:48:15,880 --> 00:48:18,480 Speaker 1: noticed that too. Yeah, at one point we were just 949 00:48:18,560 --> 00:48:20,759 Speaker 1: like and then the third team in the a f 950 00:48:20,840 --> 00:48:25,200 Speaker 1: C West, the Raiders, like were like, yeah, that's we 951 00:48:25,280 --> 00:48:27,960 Speaker 1: mentioned him for new listeners, by the way, but for 952 00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:31,160 Speaker 1: new listeners and Sally, the ding is part of a 953 00:48:31,600 --> 00:48:34,439 Speaker 1: Derek Carr initiative when he came onto the show, came 954 00:48:34,440 --> 00:48:38,000 Speaker 1: onto the podcast. Part of the deal from Greg and 955 00:48:38,040 --> 00:48:41,560 Speaker 1: I to be unblocked by Derek Carr, the Raiders quarterback 956 00:48:41,560 --> 00:48:43,719 Speaker 1: in the highest paid man in the NFL. Now, you 957 00:48:43,760 --> 00:48:45,680 Speaker 1: have to say something nice about the Raiders every show. 958 00:48:46,200 --> 00:48:48,040 Speaker 1: I thought it would just say anything about the Raiders. 959 00:48:48,120 --> 00:48:52,160 Speaker 1: But that's where the disconnected. Lad we've worked it out, 960 00:48:52,200 --> 00:48:55,400 Speaker 1: and we worked this out. Okay, good, right here we go. 961 00:48:55,760 --> 00:48:58,399 Speaker 1: I mean it's it's a lesson to anyone out there 962 00:48:58,560 --> 00:49:01,240 Speaker 1: wants to come on our show and get the around 963 00:49:01,280 --> 00:49:04,879 Speaker 1: the NFL bump, unblock us. Get the bump. You're gonna 964 00:49:04,920 --> 00:49:10,120 Speaker 1: be paid. That's true. Absolutely, I mean, connect the dots, everybody. 965 00:49:10,400 --> 00:49:13,080 Speaker 1: The Raiders. We had a total of seventeen points, and 966 00:49:13,440 --> 00:49:16,840 Speaker 1: I uh think you what that's okay? Why is it 967 00:49:16,960 --> 00:49:19,560 Speaker 1: only because of as Sully said, the a f C. 968 00:49:19,719 --> 00:49:22,120 Speaker 1: West why they shouldn't be higher? Because I think of anything, 969 00:49:22,120 --> 00:49:25,279 Speaker 1: the Raiders, with their quarterback healthy again and all the 970 00:49:25,320 --> 00:49:27,799 Speaker 1: pieces coming together, should be higher this list. I had 971 00:49:27,800 --> 00:49:30,000 Speaker 1: them at four myself. West, your thoughts. I do think 972 00:49:30,040 --> 00:49:32,200 Speaker 1: they are a stronger team than some of the ones ranked. 973 00:49:32,239 --> 00:49:34,440 Speaker 1: I think the Raiders are a stronger team than the Packers, 974 00:49:35,560 --> 00:49:37,839 Speaker 1: but they're in a tougher division and I do think 975 00:49:37,880 --> 00:49:39,920 Speaker 1: they should be clear favorites in that division. I think 976 00:49:39,920 --> 00:49:41,799 Speaker 1: the Raiders are a stronger team now than they were 977 00:49:42,160 --> 00:49:45,560 Speaker 1: in late December and early januine interesting. I think that's fair. 978 00:49:46,040 --> 00:49:48,640 Speaker 1: I I like the Chargers, the Chiefs, and the Broncos. 979 00:49:48,640 --> 00:49:49,839 Speaker 1: They are going to be a lot to deal with. 980 00:49:49,920 --> 00:49:51,719 Speaker 1: But I think it's fair to say that they're the 981 00:49:51,760 --> 00:49:54,200 Speaker 1: most talented and should be the favorites. And they're just 982 00:49:54,239 --> 00:49:56,160 Speaker 1: in an a f C where we're we have two 983 00:49:56,160 --> 00:49:57,880 Speaker 1: teams in the Paths and the Steelers that we think 984 00:49:57,920 --> 00:50:01,480 Speaker 1: are stone called locks. We're not really hurting the Raiders 985 00:50:01,480 --> 00:50:04,439 Speaker 1: by this. By this math where six teams out, six 986 00:50:04,480 --> 00:50:08,120 Speaker 1: teams in, they're back in. Okay, that's a good point. 987 00:50:08,160 --> 00:50:10,360 Speaker 1: That's a good point. They're back in now. Yeah, if 988 00:50:10,360 --> 00:50:12,160 Speaker 1: you want to break it down this way, according to 989 00:50:12,200 --> 00:50:14,920 Speaker 1: the way we did this, these next six teams are 990 00:50:14,920 --> 00:50:17,799 Speaker 1: the most likely teams to get booted. But I will 991 00:50:17,880 --> 00:50:20,320 Speaker 1: I will add a caveat here. We have the Cowboys 992 00:50:20,320 --> 00:50:24,040 Speaker 1: here at number seven and a nineteen total score adding 993 00:50:24,080 --> 00:50:28,200 Speaker 1: up our three uh confidence ratings. Uh, there's quite a 994 00:50:28,280 --> 00:50:30,239 Speaker 1: drop off after the Cowboys. So I think all of 995 00:50:30,320 --> 00:50:33,360 Speaker 1: us feel that the Cowboys, while things can go wrong, 996 00:50:33,600 --> 00:50:35,360 Speaker 1: and I've said it many times on the show and 997 00:50:35,400 --> 00:50:37,520 Speaker 1: on network, that I think a lot of things kind 998 00:50:37,520 --> 00:50:39,799 Speaker 1: of everything went right for the Dallas last year. So 999 00:50:40,480 --> 00:50:43,200 Speaker 1: judging on the fact that sometimes the team will come 1000 00:50:43,200 --> 00:50:45,160 Speaker 1: down to earth that they could face a bigger struggle 1001 00:50:45,520 --> 00:50:48,160 Speaker 1: and the the NFC East is gonna be, I think, 1002 00:50:48,280 --> 00:50:51,440 Speaker 1: very competitive. But at the same time, I'm pretty confident 1003 00:50:51,480 --> 00:50:53,919 Speaker 1: still the Cowboys are gonna be back. I in fact 1004 00:50:53,960 --> 00:50:55,840 Speaker 1: have them ahead of the Falcons. But where did you 1005 00:50:55,840 --> 00:50:59,439 Speaker 1: guys have That's surprisingly because having you been on, the 1006 00:50:59,480 --> 00:51:02,359 Speaker 1: Cowboys are due to suffer a letdown. But I feel 1007 00:51:02,360 --> 00:51:04,360 Speaker 1: the same way about the Foulon. Yeah, but I I 1008 00:51:05,040 --> 00:51:06,880 Speaker 1: the reason I have them close together a little bit 1009 00:51:06,880 --> 00:51:10,120 Speaker 1: lower is that they're both loaded teams. But there is 1010 00:51:10,160 --> 00:51:13,120 Speaker 1: something about both those teams that I can't move past. 1011 00:51:13,760 --> 00:51:17,000 Speaker 1: I think so Dan buried the Falcons that kind of 1012 00:51:17,000 --> 00:51:22,320 Speaker 1: slipped under my rate buried. Okay, Yeah, we were consistent. 1013 00:51:22,360 --> 00:51:24,960 Speaker 1: We all had the Cowboys six six seven. I just 1014 00:51:25,000 --> 00:51:27,440 Speaker 1: could see that I would be a little surprised if 1015 00:51:27,440 --> 00:51:29,239 Speaker 1: they missed the playoffs, but I wouldn't be shocked because 1016 00:51:29,239 --> 00:51:31,040 Speaker 1: I think that division could go a different a couple 1017 00:51:31,080 --> 00:51:33,040 Speaker 1: of different ways, and I think the NFC is deep. 1018 00:51:33,280 --> 00:51:35,319 Speaker 1: I think it's deeper in the a f C. The 1019 00:51:35,400 --> 00:51:37,600 Speaker 1: one concern for me with the Cowboys is the concern 1020 00:51:38,360 --> 00:51:41,719 Speaker 1: throughout the Jerry Jones era since Jimmy Johnson left. They 1021 00:51:41,760 --> 00:51:43,520 Speaker 1: just don't have the depth. So if they do get 1022 00:51:43,560 --> 00:51:46,719 Speaker 1: injuries to keep positions, I don't see them being there. 1023 00:51:46,800 --> 00:51:50,560 Speaker 1: But the offensive personnel, where you've got an all Pro 1024 00:51:50,760 --> 00:51:53,520 Speaker 1: wide receiver and all Pro at tight end, three all 1025 00:51:53,560 --> 00:51:55,720 Speaker 1: pros on the offensive line, and all Pro at running 1026 00:51:55,719 --> 00:51:57,719 Speaker 1: back and the reigning Rookie of the Year at quarterback, 1027 00:51:58,200 --> 00:52:00,000 Speaker 1: is way too stocked for them to miss the play 1028 00:52:00,080 --> 00:52:03,879 Speaker 1: off barring injuries. I think I think you're right. I mean, 1029 00:52:03,880 --> 00:52:06,239 Speaker 1: I think I think the defense, you're just counting on 1030 00:52:06,360 --> 00:52:09,279 Speaker 1: Rod Marrionelli to do a lot. You're changing out four 1031 00:52:09,360 --> 00:52:11,840 Speaker 1: starters from a secondary that was pretty good, was the 1032 00:52:11,880 --> 00:52:14,040 Speaker 1: best part of the defense. You don't really have much 1033 00:52:14,239 --> 00:52:16,399 Speaker 1: in terms of a pass rush to get excited about. 1034 00:52:17,160 --> 00:52:19,080 Speaker 1: It's tasking a lot. Well, you'd say the same thing 1035 00:52:19,120 --> 00:52:23,240 Speaker 1: about Rob marrionlly every year. Here's the final five teams 1036 00:52:23,280 --> 00:52:25,400 Speaker 1: that will start. Now, these are the teams according to 1037 00:52:25,400 --> 00:52:28,360 Speaker 1: the way we broke it down. It's pretty none of 1038 00:52:28,360 --> 00:52:30,399 Speaker 1: these teams would surprise any of us in this room 1039 00:52:30,400 --> 00:52:32,239 Speaker 1: if they missed the playoffs. Kind of picking them not 1040 00:52:32,320 --> 00:52:34,160 Speaker 1: to make it. And that starts, you know, that starts 1041 00:52:34,160 --> 00:52:36,400 Speaker 1: in a somewhat surprising place a team that doesn't get 1042 00:52:36,440 --> 00:52:38,719 Speaker 1: a lot of respect is the Kansas City Chiefs, where 1043 00:52:38,760 --> 00:52:45,600 Speaker 1: they scored twenty five. I'll do the math. Eight three 1044 00:52:45,600 --> 00:52:48,600 Speaker 1: people eight point three. We have them an eight point three, 1045 00:52:49,719 --> 00:52:53,359 Speaker 1: which is, you know, not that good, which explains why 1046 00:52:53,360 --> 00:52:56,239 Speaker 1: they are actually ranked eight eight. Round it down. Then 1047 00:52:56,239 --> 00:52:58,560 Speaker 1: he'd take it down to eight. It's I mean, the 1048 00:52:58,600 --> 00:53:01,560 Speaker 1: math checks out. Here's here's my problem with the Chiefs. 1049 00:53:01,600 --> 00:53:05,719 Speaker 1: They are experiencing an identity crisis. They are not operating 1050 00:53:05,800 --> 00:53:07,880 Speaker 1: as a team that is all in to win in 1051 00:53:07,920 --> 00:53:11,359 Speaker 1: two thousand seventeen or else. They may not have cut 1052 00:53:11,400 --> 00:53:14,680 Speaker 1: their number one receiver, they would not have fired their GM, 1053 00:53:14,719 --> 00:53:17,520 Speaker 1: they would not have used their first round pick on 1054 00:53:17,600 --> 00:53:19,560 Speaker 1: a quarterback who won't even come off the bench when 1055 00:53:19,560 --> 00:53:21,880 Speaker 1: they could have used the first round pick to boost 1056 00:53:21,960 --> 00:53:24,879 Speaker 1: another position in their starting lineup. I don't think they're 1057 00:53:24,920 --> 00:53:28,120 Speaker 1: operating like a team that expects to win that division 1058 00:53:28,160 --> 00:53:31,239 Speaker 1: this year. I like I like that. I think that 1059 00:53:31,280 --> 00:53:33,439 Speaker 1: the logic checks out. If you're in that building behind 1060 00:53:33,520 --> 00:53:36,480 Speaker 1: closed doors and you're looking at the landscape, but you're 1061 00:53:36,520 --> 00:53:39,160 Speaker 1: saying yourself, Okay, I know wins loss. We have the 1062 00:53:39,200 --> 00:53:41,680 Speaker 1: best record of anybody in less season and a half 1063 00:53:41,680 --> 00:53:44,560 Speaker 1: of the NFL. But are we really can we honestly 1064 00:53:44,560 --> 00:53:46,480 Speaker 1: look at the mirror, tell us tell ourselves that we 1065 00:53:46,520 --> 00:53:48,520 Speaker 1: are better than the Patriots, that we can match up 1066 00:53:48,560 --> 00:53:50,800 Speaker 1: with the Steelers in a big spot, that the Raiders 1067 00:53:50,800 --> 00:53:52,840 Speaker 1: aren't a better team than us if they're healthy. And 1068 00:53:52,880 --> 00:53:55,480 Speaker 1: maybe they're saying to ourselves instead of like selling out 1069 00:53:55,520 --> 00:53:57,960 Speaker 1: with the team we know isn't quite there, Let's continue 1070 00:53:57,960 --> 00:54:00,520 Speaker 1: to take her as Tom Brady gets a little it older, 1071 00:54:00,719 --> 00:54:03,239 Speaker 1: and maybe we'll be ready to strike a year or two. 1072 00:54:03,320 --> 00:54:06,560 Speaker 1: It's like, let's keep one ft two seventeen. Let's keep 1073 00:54:06,560 --> 00:54:08,960 Speaker 1: our foot there. We we have a chance to make 1074 00:54:09,000 --> 00:54:10,880 Speaker 1: the playoffs, but we know we can't get past the 1075 00:54:10,880 --> 00:54:15,200 Speaker 1: Patriots and the Steelers. But we're gonna build around Tyreek Hill, 1076 00:54:15,280 --> 00:54:19,120 Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes, some young guys on defense, especially in the 1077 00:54:19,160 --> 00:54:21,480 Speaker 1: second ay, and and they'll be they'll be better for 1078 00:54:21,520 --> 00:54:24,520 Speaker 1: the fact I I think they're always trying to compete, 1079 00:54:24,560 --> 00:54:28,040 Speaker 1: and like most good organizations, they're trying to think long term. Two. 1080 00:54:28,280 --> 00:54:30,160 Speaker 1: I I agree with you. You're right in in a 1081 00:54:30,200 --> 00:54:32,480 Speaker 1: way you're looking ahead with the Mahomes pick, But that's 1082 00:54:32,520 --> 00:54:35,000 Speaker 1: exactly the type of pick that they should be making. 1083 00:54:35,040 --> 00:54:38,080 Speaker 1: And that's one pick one first rounder and the other 1084 00:54:38,120 --> 00:54:41,120 Speaker 1: two examples. I don't think they believe Jeremy Macklin was 1085 00:54:41,160 --> 00:54:43,520 Speaker 1: that good a player anymore for whatever reason, whether they're 1086 00:54:43,560 --> 00:54:45,440 Speaker 1: right or wrong. And I think that the GM thing 1087 00:54:45,480 --> 00:54:48,839 Speaker 1: is something that speaks the dysfunction or speaks the lack 1088 00:54:48,880 --> 00:54:51,239 Speaker 1: of communication. But it's not something they expected to do. 1089 00:54:51,280 --> 00:54:53,480 Speaker 1: It's not a good sign. They allowed this guy to 1090 00:54:53,600 --> 00:54:56,759 Speaker 1: fire a couple of people below him that were respected. 1091 00:54:56,920 --> 00:54:59,600 Speaker 1: Now they hire new guys that he hired, then they 1092 00:54:59,680 --> 00:55:02,359 Speaker 1: fire him. It Morris come out about the doors. He thinks, 1093 00:55:02,360 --> 00:55:04,840 Speaker 1: since since we're talking, it sounded like it really sounds 1094 00:55:04,880 --> 00:55:07,840 Speaker 1: like I think it came down to him swinging his 1095 00:55:07,960 --> 00:55:11,360 Speaker 1: you know what around and maybe wanting contract, you know, 1096 00:55:11,400 --> 00:55:13,160 Speaker 1: and then it had to do that contract and the 1097 00:55:13,200 --> 00:55:15,160 Speaker 1: owner was like, who's the boss. I'm the boss. I'm 1098 00:55:15,200 --> 00:55:19,160 Speaker 1: the owner. You're out swinging his contractor swinging his contract. 1099 00:55:19,880 --> 00:55:23,120 Speaker 1: You never want to do that, all right? Number nine 1100 00:55:23,120 --> 00:55:25,200 Speaker 1: on the list not a surprise to me. I thought 1101 00:55:25,200 --> 00:55:27,960 Speaker 1: they'd be lower because of the ELI hatred of this room. 1102 00:55:28,160 --> 00:55:33,239 Speaker 1: Uh the giants come in the score of t and uh, well, 1103 00:55:33,280 --> 00:55:36,000 Speaker 1: you guys all have your reasons, but uh, the reason 1104 00:55:36,040 --> 00:55:39,399 Speaker 1: why the Giants are at number nine is what Greg. 1105 00:55:40,280 --> 00:55:42,080 Speaker 1: I even had him a little lower at number ten. 1106 00:55:42,239 --> 00:55:48,480 Speaker 1: So I fulfilled your stereos of our views. And really 1107 00:55:49,080 --> 00:55:52,560 Speaker 1: so West was a little more optimistic, I mean, because 1108 00:55:52,560 --> 00:55:54,160 Speaker 1: the only thing keeping him out of the playoffs is 1109 00:55:54,160 --> 00:55:58,000 Speaker 1: their quarterback. Well, they're potentially they're two tackles. Whenever I 1110 00:55:58,040 --> 00:56:00,919 Speaker 1: mentioned on the podcast that their tackles were abysmal last 1111 00:56:01,000 --> 00:56:03,320 Speaker 1: year and they haven't replaced him at all. Uh, Giants 1112 00:56:03,320 --> 00:56:05,880 Speaker 1: fans send me pictures of how much weight Eric Flowers 1113 00:56:05,960 --> 00:56:08,800 Speaker 1: is lost. All right, let's let's let's see him play. 1114 00:56:08,880 --> 00:56:12,120 Speaker 1: Let's see him play. Let's see him play. You always 1115 00:56:12,120 --> 00:56:14,439 Speaker 1: want your offensive tackles to be in the two forty range. 1116 00:56:14,760 --> 00:56:16,880 Speaker 1: I think they're good. I'm thinking about your offensive tackle 1117 00:56:16,920 --> 00:56:18,640 Speaker 1: lost weight? Is that a good thing? Right? They were 1118 00:56:18,640 --> 00:56:20,480 Speaker 1: saying he was out of shape last year. Now he's good. 1119 00:56:20,640 --> 00:56:23,600 Speaker 1: Maybe that's fine. And if they improve on the offensive line, 1120 00:56:24,080 --> 00:56:26,840 Speaker 1: then they have a chance. They have some really loaded positions. 1121 00:56:26,880 --> 00:56:29,319 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna argue, but we're talking about some good, 1122 00:56:29,520 --> 00:56:32,520 Speaker 1: good teams here. Yeah, I think they if I'm eli 1123 00:56:32,680 --> 00:56:35,160 Speaker 1: a little bit annoyed. First of all, I'm caught in 1124 00:56:35,239 --> 00:56:39,400 Speaker 1: a some type of memberabilia Ponzi scheme that people are 1125 00:56:39,400 --> 00:56:41,279 Speaker 1: saying I'm a part of. I'm not happy about that, 1126 00:56:41,280 --> 00:56:43,239 Speaker 1: but I'm also not happy about my old line kind 1127 00:56:43,239 --> 00:56:45,280 Speaker 1: of stunk last year and then my team didn't really 1128 00:56:45,880 --> 00:56:50,759 Speaker 1: invest in free agency or draft stock and fixing that. Uh, 1129 00:56:50,840 --> 00:56:54,080 Speaker 1: he's like, I'm old, thirty six years old. Now am 1130 00:56:54,120 --> 00:56:56,120 Speaker 1: I gonna get better? Like that? But this is a 1131 00:56:56,120 --> 00:56:57,799 Speaker 1: lot we've talked about. There's a lot of pressure on 1132 00:56:57,840 --> 00:56:59,600 Speaker 1: Eli this year, and he's gonna have to perform whether 1133 00:56:59,680 --> 00:57:01,920 Speaker 1: or not the offensive one is up to snow NFC East. 1134 00:57:02,000 --> 00:57:04,200 Speaker 1: Any one of those teams can win in a given week, 1135 00:57:04,360 --> 00:57:06,239 Speaker 1: and the NFC, I think is deeper. So that that's 1136 00:57:06,239 --> 00:57:08,880 Speaker 1: why they know the Giants need West. I thought they 1137 00:57:08,880 --> 00:57:12,280 Speaker 1: scar neck you. Yeah, they do make a power play 1138 00:57:12,640 --> 00:57:16,640 Speaker 1: sweep him out of New England eli career year. They 1139 00:57:16,680 --> 00:57:21,520 Speaker 1: can also use uh Patriots offensive line personnel and their quarterback. 1140 00:57:22,600 --> 00:57:25,760 Speaker 1: That's fair. They take Jimmy g although the quarterback. I 1141 00:57:25,800 --> 00:57:27,640 Speaker 1: don't know, if you've got spereal Giants fans, you would 1142 00:57:27,640 --> 00:57:30,720 Speaker 1: take Jimmy g over Eli right now. You know what 1143 00:57:30,760 --> 00:57:33,040 Speaker 1: a lot of people would have taken, uh Tom Brady 1144 00:57:33,040 --> 00:57:34,840 Speaker 1: over Eli in those two super Bowl games as well 1145 00:57:37,880 --> 00:57:41,360 Speaker 1: as if like Eli out played him or something. Right, Listen, 1146 00:57:41,800 --> 00:57:45,640 Speaker 1: can't change with history. His history West, as you've said 1147 00:57:45,680 --> 00:57:50,920 Speaker 1: many times, is instructive. Now, now these last three spots 1148 00:57:50,920 --> 00:57:52,400 Speaker 1: and we gotta wrap this up. This is going on 1149 00:57:52,480 --> 00:57:55,120 Speaker 1: too long. But if you are third or higher on 1150 00:57:55,160 --> 00:57:58,800 Speaker 1: this list, uh, that means this room does not think 1151 00:57:58,880 --> 00:58:00,640 Speaker 1: you are going back to the play us. And it 1152 00:58:00,680 --> 00:58:02,919 Speaker 1: starts with the Miami Dolphins at thirty. And I will 1153 00:58:02,960 --> 00:58:06,520 Speaker 1: say I'm surprised that they are this low. I had 1154 00:58:06,560 --> 00:58:10,160 Speaker 1: them at eleven. Uh. Personally, uh, because I'm just not 1155 00:58:10,240 --> 00:58:13,280 Speaker 1: buying into the Dolphins type. But I thought you guys 1156 00:58:13,400 --> 00:58:16,160 Speaker 1: were a little bit more, at least you Greg, We're 1157 00:58:16,160 --> 00:58:19,400 Speaker 1: a little bit more excited about this Miami team making 1158 00:58:19,440 --> 00:58:22,960 Speaker 1: noise and apparently not. I like them, fine, but you 1159 00:58:23,000 --> 00:58:24,800 Speaker 1: got to compare into the field. Do I really like 1160 00:58:24,880 --> 00:58:28,360 Speaker 1: them that much more than the Bengals or the Chargers 1161 00:58:29,160 --> 00:58:32,360 Speaker 1: or the Chiefs, you know, the Broncos. No. I think 1162 00:58:32,360 --> 00:58:35,480 Speaker 1: they're in that middle tier, and I I there's some 1163 00:58:35,520 --> 00:58:37,440 Speaker 1: things about them in the offense that I like, but 1164 00:58:37,480 --> 00:58:39,480 Speaker 1: I don't expect them to have a better record this year, 1165 00:58:39,600 --> 00:58:42,560 Speaker 1: No way. I think the roster is stronger. I expect him. 1166 00:58:42,600 --> 00:58:44,840 Speaker 1: I fully expect him to have a worst record because 1167 00:58:44,880 --> 00:58:47,640 Speaker 1: of this reason. They won eight of their ten games 1168 00:58:47,720 --> 00:58:50,400 Speaker 1: last year by a touchdown or less. And history is 1169 00:58:50,440 --> 00:58:53,960 Speaker 1: instructive that good luck does not go over from year 1170 00:58:54,000 --> 00:58:56,280 Speaker 1: to year. It's not gonna happen. They are much more 1171 00:58:56,320 --> 00:58:58,640 Speaker 1: likely to have bad luck and close games. And they're 1172 00:58:58,680 --> 00:59:01,840 Speaker 1: not a team that's gonna be blowing team out. They could. 1173 00:59:02,440 --> 00:59:04,760 Speaker 1: If you're being optimistic as a dophin Son, you look 1174 00:59:04,760 --> 00:59:06,880 Speaker 1: at your division. Okay, we could go four and oh 1175 00:59:06,880 --> 00:59:10,120 Speaker 1: against the Jets and Bills. That's true. And then you look, 1176 00:59:10,120 --> 00:59:11,960 Speaker 1: all right, maybe we can split with the Pats, but 1177 00:59:12,000 --> 00:59:13,600 Speaker 1: even if they take us out twice, we're still in 1178 00:59:13,640 --> 00:59:15,600 Speaker 1: good shape in our division. Now we just gotta go 1179 00:59:15,640 --> 00:59:17,680 Speaker 1: find another six ways you're making me think I think 1180 00:59:17,760 --> 00:59:20,400 Speaker 1: I I did rank them ahead of the Giants, for instance, 1181 00:59:20,400 --> 00:59:22,720 Speaker 1: like I think they have a pretty strong roster. I 1182 00:59:22,800 --> 00:59:26,760 Speaker 1: do too. I think their roster is borderline playoff calibert Yeah, alright, 1183 00:59:26,800 --> 00:59:29,320 Speaker 1: And then eleven on this list or a total thirty 1184 00:59:29,360 --> 00:59:32,560 Speaker 1: three the Houston Texans, And this one makes sense. The 1185 00:59:32,640 --> 00:59:39,040 Speaker 1: quarterback is either Tom Savage, who may or may not exist, 1186 00:59:40,240 --> 00:59:42,720 Speaker 1: might be Nick Cage preparing for a future roles like 1187 00:59:42,800 --> 00:59:45,480 Speaker 1: we have not really hammered this thing down yet, or 1188 00:59:45,600 --> 00:59:49,560 Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson, who is a completely green rookie. And unless 1189 00:59:50,000 --> 00:59:53,120 Speaker 1: once every twenty years or thirty years a guy like 1190 00:59:53,600 --> 00:59:56,120 Speaker 1: uh Dak Prescott comes along and you go to the places, 1191 00:59:56,240 --> 00:59:58,680 Speaker 1: but usually the rookies not taking into the playoffs, and 1192 00:59:58,720 --> 01:00:00,840 Speaker 1: Tom Savage isn't taken anybody the playoffs. I don't care 1193 01:00:00,880 --> 01:00:03,960 Speaker 1: if J. J. Watson your team for as lucky as 1194 01:00:03,960 --> 01:00:07,320 Speaker 1: the Dolphins were. Any list you see, even if teams 1195 01:00:07,360 --> 01:00:10,680 Speaker 1: aren't watching, even if staticians statisticians aren't watching games, and 1196 01:00:10,760 --> 01:00:13,000 Speaker 1: unless you see if teams unlikely to make the playoffs, 1197 01:00:13,000 --> 01:00:15,000 Speaker 1: is gonna include the Texans and the Dolphins because of 1198 01:00:15,040 --> 01:00:18,520 Speaker 1: their good luck and close games. The Texans were ranked 1199 01:00:18,560 --> 01:00:21,360 Speaker 1: twenty nine in Football Outsiders d v o A, which 1200 01:00:21,440 --> 01:00:24,640 Speaker 1: factors into account strength of schedule, how well they were 1201 01:00:24,640 --> 01:00:27,040 Speaker 1: playing at the end of the year, every factor imaginable. 1202 01:00:27,280 --> 01:00:30,120 Speaker 1: They were between the forty nine and the Rams, and 1203 01:00:30,160 --> 01:00:32,120 Speaker 1: the only teams lower than them were the Rams, Browns, 1204 01:00:32,120 --> 01:00:34,800 Speaker 1: and Jets. Last year. This was not a good team. 1205 01:00:34,800 --> 01:00:37,200 Speaker 1: They were a very lucky team last year. That the 1206 01:00:37,280 --> 01:00:39,320 Speaker 1: argument for them is they're still in the a f 1207 01:00:39,400 --> 01:00:41,960 Speaker 1: C South, and maybe our Titans, who we like a 1208 01:00:42,000 --> 01:00:44,080 Speaker 1: lot in this room, don't come through and it only 1209 01:00:44,120 --> 01:00:46,280 Speaker 1: takes nine wins. But this was not a good team, 1210 01:00:46,320 --> 01:00:48,560 Speaker 1: I do I They were dead last on my for 1211 01:00:48,640 --> 01:00:51,440 Speaker 1: this exercise. They were dead last for me. And they 1212 01:00:51,480 --> 01:00:54,440 Speaker 1: can see them moving five games if you look really wow, 1213 01:00:54,720 --> 01:00:57,040 Speaker 1: if you look at the last five teams on our 1214 01:00:57,360 --> 01:00:59,760 Speaker 1: collective list, there one thing they have a combat is 1215 01:00:59,760 --> 01:01:03,480 Speaker 1: that quarterback position is either a question mark or kind 1216 01:01:03,480 --> 01:01:06,439 Speaker 1: of like a man the chiefs Alex Smith. We talked 1217 01:01:06,440 --> 01:01:09,120 Speaker 1: about that with a rookie in the wings, Eli Manning. 1218 01:01:09,120 --> 01:01:10,560 Speaker 1: We don't know what he has left at this point. 1219 01:01:10,640 --> 01:01:13,840 Speaker 1: Ryan Tannehill, what is Ryan Tannehill? No one understands him yet, 1220 01:01:14,360 --> 01:01:16,680 Speaker 1: uh or maybe he's just Ryan Tannehill was the middle 1221 01:01:16,680 --> 01:01:20,200 Speaker 1: of the line quarterback Houston Texans. There and then finally 1222 01:01:20,720 --> 01:01:23,480 Speaker 1: number twelve the one that the reason I say that 1223 01:01:23,640 --> 01:01:27,240 Speaker 1: is they have a quarterback that could end up getting 1224 01:01:27,280 --> 01:01:30,200 Speaker 1: a contract that's as big or close to Derek Carr's 1225 01:01:30,240 --> 01:01:34,520 Speaker 1: contract and Matthew Stafford. And yet we have the Detroit lines, 1226 01:01:34,680 --> 01:01:38,520 Speaker 1: the team least likely to get back to the playoffs West. 1227 01:01:38,520 --> 01:01:41,280 Speaker 1: It is a Quarterback League. Your boy Vince Lombardi said, 1228 01:01:41,320 --> 01:01:43,840 Speaker 1: it's the only thing that messes up football is it's 1229 01:01:43,840 --> 01:01:46,560 Speaker 1: too much dependent on a great quarterback. I don't I'm 1230 01:01:46,600 --> 01:01:48,520 Speaker 1: not gonna say Matthew Stafford is a great quarterback when 1231 01:01:48,520 --> 01:01:50,560 Speaker 1: he's a very good one, and yet we are so 1232 01:01:50,680 --> 01:01:53,160 Speaker 1: down on the Detroit lines. Why I ranked him twelve 1233 01:01:53,240 --> 01:01:59,400 Speaker 1: because relegation wasn't an option in this They were losing 1234 01:01:59,480 --> 01:02:02,000 Speaker 1: fifteen of sixteen games in the By the way, Watt 1235 01:02:02,200 --> 01:02:04,440 Speaker 1: counter Or in the last podcast went after people do 1236 01:02:04,520 --> 01:02:07,840 Speaker 1: relegation bits about the NFL. I love the idea of 1237 01:02:07,880 --> 01:02:10,840 Speaker 1: relegation and wish that all major US sports would take 1238 01:02:10,880 --> 01:02:12,680 Speaker 1: care of it. Get rid of your little tanking, you 1239 01:02:12,720 --> 01:02:17,040 Speaker 1: little sports, alright, go on start relegating. Uh, they were. 1240 01:02:17,160 --> 01:02:19,200 Speaker 1: They were losing in a fourth quarter of fifteen or 1241 01:02:19,280 --> 01:02:21,640 Speaker 1: sixteen games. That's a sign of a terrible team that 1242 01:02:21,720 --> 01:02:24,200 Speaker 1: got lucky. The Browns are the only other team in 1243 01:02:24,240 --> 01:02:26,600 Speaker 1: the league that was losing in fifteen of sixteen games 1244 01:02:26,600 --> 01:02:28,880 Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter. The Lions had no business in 1245 01:02:28,920 --> 01:02:31,480 Speaker 1: the playoffs last year. They backed in with three straight 1246 01:02:31,520 --> 01:02:33,440 Speaker 1: losses in the end of the year, and they are 1247 01:02:33,480 --> 01:02:39,320 Speaker 1: the most boring team in the NFL this they got personal. Yeah, 1248 01:02:39,360 --> 01:02:41,560 Speaker 1: they're not that boring. I mean, any team with Matthew 1249 01:02:41,600 --> 01:02:44,000 Speaker 1: I love watching Matthew Stafford throw the pig skin around. 1250 01:02:44,360 --> 01:02:47,320 Speaker 1: That's what they say, pigskin. If you're losing football, talk 1251 01:02:47,440 --> 01:02:49,640 Speaker 1: like that. They were losing what the fourth quarters at 1252 01:02:49,640 --> 01:02:52,480 Speaker 1: the Stato Well that means, you know, it's a lot 1253 01:02:52,520 --> 01:02:56,280 Speaker 1: of comeback wins. Yeah, I mean, how dare you say 1254 01:02:56,360 --> 01:03:01,200 Speaker 1: that the team with Jim Bob coooners boring? So they 1255 01:03:01,280 --> 01:03:04,400 Speaker 1: can play bad games, they can play bad teams tightly. 1256 01:03:04,640 --> 01:03:07,680 Speaker 1: I'm not worried about I'm not worried about them on offense. Overall, 1257 01:03:07,680 --> 01:03:09,600 Speaker 1: I think they can be fine. Their line looks okay, 1258 01:03:09,760 --> 01:03:11,640 Speaker 1: I mean I put them low on this list too, 1259 01:03:11,840 --> 01:03:14,200 Speaker 1: doesn't didn't their line just move their left tackle, lose 1260 01:03:14,240 --> 01:03:16,040 Speaker 1: their left tackle and someone else? That was a problem 1261 01:03:16,080 --> 01:03:19,040 Speaker 1: when you're training for Greg Robinson. Yeah. In fact, about 1262 01:03:19,040 --> 01:03:21,520 Speaker 1: the lines, I have a Jim Bob Cootter autograph. Where'd 1263 01:03:21,560 --> 01:03:23,720 Speaker 1: you get it? Knoxville? When he was when he was 1264 01:03:23,760 --> 01:03:26,640 Speaker 1: at Tennessee. I'm pretty proud of that. Where does a 1265 01:03:26,720 --> 01:03:31,040 Speaker 1: man keep an autograph? Yeah? Especially you know I was 1266 01:03:31,320 --> 01:03:35,080 Speaker 1: he wasn't I was what like fourteen when he was there. Yeah, 1267 01:03:35,200 --> 01:03:37,200 Speaker 1: so you don't still have it? Oh I do. It's 1268 01:03:37,240 --> 01:03:39,320 Speaker 1: just back in the attic. Did you Did you get 1269 01:03:39,360 --> 01:03:41,520 Speaker 1: the autograph just because you thought his last day it 1270 01:03:41,600 --> 01:03:44,800 Speaker 1: was funny? No? I got it because it's Jim Bob 1271 01:03:44,840 --> 01:03:47,560 Speaker 1: Cooter and he's like a folk hero. And for Tennessee fans, 1272 01:03:47,800 --> 01:03:51,280 Speaker 1: who was the quarterback at the time, Eric Cage, uh, 1273 01:03:51,560 --> 01:03:56,360 Speaker 1: former jet I think West was indirectly saying you aren't 1274 01:03:56,400 --> 01:03:58,920 Speaker 1: a man if you're asking others for autographs, but you 1275 01:03:59,000 --> 01:04:02,240 Speaker 1: were fourteen year old. That's it's perfectly acceptable for a 1276 01:04:02,280 --> 01:04:04,280 Speaker 1: fourteen year old. I don't think that grown men should 1277 01:04:04,320 --> 01:04:06,160 Speaker 1: be asking that grown men to put their name on it. 1278 01:04:06,360 --> 01:04:10,320 Speaker 1: This wasn't last year. U Okay, So there you go, everybody, 1279 01:04:10,920 --> 01:04:13,760 Speaker 1: lines fans, you know where to find Chris Wesley at 1280 01:04:13,880 --> 01:04:16,920 Speaker 1: Chris Wesley on Twitter. Uh. He's just that he's not 1281 01:04:17,000 --> 01:04:18,440 Speaker 1: excited about your team. That's just the way it is. 1282 01:04:18,960 --> 01:04:22,320 Speaker 1: Thirty five points by the way, and I encourage you 1283 01:04:22,360 --> 01:04:24,360 Speaker 1: all to come at me because I haven't been as 1284 01:04:24,360 --> 01:04:26,600 Speaker 1: active on Twitter, so my block numbers are going down 1285 01:04:26,800 --> 01:04:28,959 Speaker 1: and I can't have it. There you go, we gotta 1286 01:04:28,960 --> 01:04:31,840 Speaker 1: get get Chris Wesley's block numbers up. Come after about 1287 01:04:31,840 --> 01:04:34,400 Speaker 1: the lines and that's it. That's it for today's show. 1288 01:04:34,480 --> 01:04:36,880 Speaker 1: We'll be back. Well, I'm not gonna be back. I am, 1289 01:04:38,560 --> 01:04:41,000 Speaker 1: uh you know, fighting this cold. Number one, but number two, 1290 01:04:41,040 --> 01:04:43,920 Speaker 1: I'm going back to New York. That means the next 1291 01:04:43,960 --> 01:04:45,400 Speaker 1: time you hear from the rest of the team will 1292 01:04:45,440 --> 01:04:49,040 Speaker 1: be Thursday. And that means the Bendy's Reader is up 1293 01:04:50,000 --> 01:04:53,920 Speaker 1: for grabs number one, top of the list. Also, Collin 1294 01:04:54,000 --> 01:04:57,880 Speaker 1: will be here on Thursday, right. I don't know Marks 1295 01:04:57,920 --> 01:05:00,360 Speaker 1: a Wild Cards you'll be hosting it? Yeah, maybe Mark 1296 01:05:00,400 --> 01:05:03,320 Speaker 1: will be back. We don't know. Maybe you'll be here, 1297 01:05:03,360 --> 01:05:07,520 Speaker 1: maybe it won't. Uh have a safe flight. Say hello 1298 01:05:07,680 --> 01:05:10,520 Speaker 1: to Deb and Keith, and I'm sure you'd be playing 1299 01:05:10,560 --> 01:05:13,280 Speaker 1: some cornhole and maybe even a little whiffable and stay strong, 1300 01:05:15,200 --> 01:05:19,960 Speaker 1: feel better, Greg, thank you? All right, So that's it 1301 01:05:20,960 --> 01:05:23,320 Speaker 1: And when I get back, well, you guys are free 1302 01:05:23,360 --> 01:05:25,880 Speaker 1: to talk to talk about it as well. Uh. We 1303 01:05:26,000 --> 01:05:29,480 Speaker 1: need to figure out this five thousand uh rehditor. We 1304 01:05:29,560 --> 01:05:32,320 Speaker 1: gotta figure out I have an idea. Do you want 1305 01:05:32,360 --> 01:05:33,360 Speaker 1: to share it now? Or do you want to talk 1306 01:05:33,360 --> 01:05:35,960 Speaker 1: about the scenes. I don't want I don't want to 1307 01:05:36,000 --> 01:05:39,080 Speaker 1: make you uncomfortable when I suggest what I'm gonna suggest, 1308 01:05:40,120 --> 01:05:43,160 Speaker 1: because you're the only wild card here. Let's well, let's 1309 01:05:43,200 --> 01:05:45,800 Speaker 1: hear it. They get an invite to West Lemania four, 1310 01:05:48,280 --> 01:05:51,000 Speaker 1: all expenses made. No, they have they have to get there, 1311 01:05:51,040 --> 01:05:54,240 Speaker 1: but they get the invite. Wow. I would be fine 1312 01:05:54,320 --> 01:05:56,040 Speaker 1: with that. I would think we should be able to 1313 01:05:56,840 --> 01:06:00,120 Speaker 1: have someone a paid trip, uh to some type of 1314 01:06:00,600 --> 01:06:03,160 Speaker 1: I don't know, we'll talk about it. I listen, I 1315 01:06:03,240 --> 01:06:06,360 Speaker 1: have no problem a listener coming to your party. That'd 1316 01:06:06,400 --> 01:06:10,320 Speaker 1: be fun. All right, that's it, just day in a 1317 01:06:10,360 --> 01:06:13,360 Speaker 1: handsas I'm just trying to get through this day, just 1318 01:06:13,440 --> 01:06:16,680 Speaker 1: not building, signing off for the mailman, the boss, and 1319 01:06:16,800 --> 01:06:21,920 Speaker 1: sell you behind the glass Felt Thursday,