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Speaker 1: twenty seven to nine. They sacked Sam Darnald seventy five times.

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Speaker 1: Actually it was nine. They sacked him nine times for

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Speaker 1: be Sam Darnald and did he how much money did

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Speaker 1: bring into question Kevin O'Connell, who called a terrible game

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Speaker 1: the night and didn't learn a thing from the Detroit

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Speaker 1: So we will dive into that situation. Sean McVay just

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Speaker 1: wins another playoff game, and then the big news of

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Speaker 1: the day none on the field, was the Cowboys and

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Speaker 1: it was fired contract not renewed. That's technically what happened

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Speaker 1: to me once upon a time. I just didn't get

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Speaker 1: my contract renewed. Mike McCarthy is free to go interview

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Speaker 1: But I think the big headline with the Cowboys is

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Speaker 1: So we will discuss that. And if you listen on

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Speaker 1: and Out. Obviously all of our stuff's on YouTube. And

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Speaker 1: let's talk some football. We do need to start with

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Speaker 1: Minnesota because anytime, and I thought Troy Aikman summed it

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Speaker 1: up pretty well when you have a great regular season,

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Speaker 1: and Minnesota had an awesome regular season to win fourteen

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Speaker 1: it really is, and it's winning you your division. I

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Speaker 1: maybe even more than nine. So it's they They were

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Speaker 1: awesome start to finish this season, but the last two

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Speaker 1: He is addicted to passing. I looked it up. Sam

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Speaker 1: in the night, it's not about what's gonna happen at

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Speaker 1: Bill Parcels used to do this shit all the time

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Speaker 1: And obviously I think big picture, just to put a

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Speaker 1: The other big story of the day was the Dallas Cowboys,

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Speaker 1: that is the Dallas Cowboys. They literally never do anything

428
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Speaker 1: like anyone else. Look at how they treat their massive contracts.

429
00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:46,760
Speaker 1: They always wait till the last minute. They always pay

430
00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:49,800
Speaker 1: the most humanly possible, even when the guy's a great player.

431
00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:52,320
Speaker 1: It's like this probably didn't have to be like that.

432
00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:56,560
Speaker 1: And maybe there's an element to Jerry stock Market's been ripping.

433
00:24:57,119 --> 00:24:59,639
Speaker 1: He holds out as late as possible to put that

434
00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:03,119
Speaker 1: money Nescrow. But the more and more I thought about it,

435
00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:06,760
Speaker 1: I just do not understand the point of making this

436
00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:11,200
Speaker 1: decision a week after Black Bunday, when we basically knew

437
00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:15,160
Speaker 1: coming into the season this was a make or break

438
00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:17,879
Speaker 1: season for the coach. Give it. He didn't have a contract,

439
00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:21,359
Speaker 1: So I don't know how they're gonna try to justify it.

440
00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:24,159
Speaker 1: I'm sure they will, and I put some of this

441
00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:26,800
Speaker 1: on Mike. He could have drawn a line in the sand.

442
00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:29,280
Speaker 1: Maybe he thought that it might be tenable and they

443
00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:32,960
Speaker 1: could work this out, But it just I'd be hard

444
00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:37,720
Speaker 1: pressed to understand the rationale behind this. Now, who is

445
00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:42,040
Speaker 1: going to be their next head coach? They discussed, you know,

446
00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:46,720
Speaker 1: Jerry Jones and Deon Sanders have talked. Obviously, If Jerry

447
00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:51,440
Speaker 1: Jones offers Deon Sanders the job, Dion is as good

448
00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:56,320
Speaker 1: as gone from Colorado. Seeya, I'm out. Now do we

449
00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:58,359
Speaker 1: know for a fact that he's gonna offer him the job?

450
00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:02,639
Speaker 1: Who knows? What are his options? A couple college coaches Dion.

451
00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:05,480
Speaker 1: I think if Bill Belichick was available, they definitely would

452
00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:08,760
Speaker 1: talk to him. I read the Dion's buyouts eight million dollars.

453
00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:13,240
Speaker 1: We know Belichick's buyouts ten million dollars, way less crazy.

454
00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:18,240
Speaker 1: If Jerry wants Dion, he just made Colorado beyond relevant.

455
00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:22,240
Speaker 1: With Shador and Travis Hunter, they won nine games. If

456
00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:27,480
Speaker 1: Dion left Colorado, everyone would just do cartwheels for how

457
00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:30,720
Speaker 1: awesome that experience was. This year, the Belichick thing would

458
00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:33,640
Speaker 1: be pretty ugly, but Belichick's done a lot of shit

459
00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:40,240
Speaker 1: that's pretty cold blooded. Like I would say, Belichick's NFL career,

460
00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:46,160
Speaker 1: non game day is defined by being pretty ruthless and

461
00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:49,920
Speaker 1: having no heart and doing things that most people would

462
00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:53,520
Speaker 1: be uncomfortable doing. So to think that if he did

463
00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:57,600
Speaker 1: want the cowboy job and Jerry Jones wanted Belichick, that

464
00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:00,879
Speaker 1: Bill would worry about, well, I've only been here, you know,

465
00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:03,520
Speaker 1: a month, and I promised I would stay in what

466
00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:08,440
Speaker 1: world watching his career? Do business thinks that he would

467
00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:11,440
Speaker 1: give a flying fuck how many people he'd piss off

468
00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:14,560
Speaker 1: at North Carolina? I don't. Here's the thing with Dion,

469
00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:16,360
Speaker 1: though he's got a couple of things going for him.

470
00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:19,960
Speaker 1: They just brought back Mike Zimmer to be their defensive coordinator,

471
00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:22,199
Speaker 1: and by the end of the year, when they had

472
00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:24,600
Speaker 1: a lot of guys healthy, they clearly looked a lot

473
00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:27,480
Speaker 1: better on defense. Do you know who one of Dion's

474
00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:31,840
Speaker 1: favorite coaches of all time was? Mike Zimmer? Go to

475
00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:36,040
Speaker 1: Mike Zimmer's Wikipedia page. Who was the dB coach in

476
00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:41,600
Speaker 1: the mid to late nineties. Zimmer, that's his guy. So

477
00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:44,639
Speaker 1: you go, well, we can keep Zimmer, we can add

478
00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:48,359
Speaker 1: Dion to be the CEO, head coach and listen, I'm

479
00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:51,760
Speaker 1: not the biggest Pat Shermer guy, but Dion does have

480
00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:56,359
Speaker 1: an NFL coordinator as his OC. Because if you're Jerry,

481
00:27:56,400 --> 00:28:00,240
Speaker 1: the big question would be, like Dion clearly related to play.

482
00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:04,080
Speaker 1: You can lead a group, you keep Zimmer, we're all

483
00:28:04,119 --> 00:28:07,640
Speaker 1: on the same page, But what about the offense? Like

484
00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:12,880
Speaker 1: if Dion just had some random college coordinator, I wonder

485
00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:15,359
Speaker 1: if you're Jerry and those guys you feel a little uncomfortable.

486
00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:18,320
Speaker 1: I can bring Pat Sherman, who has been an offensive

487
00:28:18,359 --> 00:28:22,040
Speaker 1: coordinator countless places, and once upon a time in Minnesota

488
00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:25,520
Speaker 1: with case keenum had one of the great coordinating seasons

489
00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:28,399
Speaker 1: in recent memory. They were in the NFC Championship and

490
00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:31,680
Speaker 1: lost of that Nick Foles team. So there are boxes

491
00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:35,560
Speaker 1: that check for Dion. Now, I think a lot of

492
00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:40,600
Speaker 1: people assume that if Dion Sanders gets this job, he

493
00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:42,880
Speaker 1: would want to kick Dak to the curb and go

494
00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:46,840
Speaker 1: after Shador. I actually think it'd be more likely they're

495
00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:50,400
Speaker 1: drafting twelve just to keep build up the team and

496
00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:56,040
Speaker 1: coach Dak Prescott. Now, if Shador fell to twelve, then yeah,

497
00:28:56,240 --> 00:28:58,440
Speaker 1: I could see the Cowboys draft them. Do I think

498
00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:00,640
Speaker 1: they would trade like three first round to get up

499
00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:03,200
Speaker 1: to like two or three to draft shitdoor and do

500
00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:05,400
Speaker 1: whatever with Dak and need one hundred million dollars in

501
00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:08,680
Speaker 1: dead cap. I don't see that coming. So if there

502
00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:11,240
Speaker 1: is a world where Deon Sanders is the head coach,

503
00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:15,080
Speaker 1: I believe Mike Zimmer would stay as the defensive coordinator,

504
00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:18,240
Speaker 1: and I also believe that Dak Prescott would stay as

505
00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:22,479
Speaker 1: the quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys. And I don't think

506
00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:26,400
Speaker 1: it's that crazy. And I think part of it is like, Jerry,

507
00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:29,600
Speaker 1: you're over eighty, you go out with a bank, Let's

508
00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:33,840
Speaker 1: make this the ultimate marketing machine. You talk about beyond

509
00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:37,320
Speaker 1: bry Lights. Everyone talking about you. And listen, what Deon

510
00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:41,920
Speaker 1: did this year was pretty impressive. Colorado was a joke

511
00:29:42,040 --> 00:29:44,440
Speaker 1: before he got there. Two years later, they won nine

512
00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:47,720
Speaker 1: games and honestly, we're a half away from going to

513
00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:50,600
Speaker 1: the Big twelve championship game. Now. I think it turns

514
00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:54,920
Speaker 1: out Arizona State was better, but like, they were pretty

515
00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:57,600
Speaker 1: good this year. And the other thing is like they

516
00:29:57,600 --> 00:30:02,040
Speaker 1: were pretty well coached, definitely on defense, which is Don's

517
00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:04,840
Speaker 1: side of the ball. And clearly Dion can relate to

518
00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:08,200
Speaker 1: young talented players I mean, they're recruiting really, really well. Now,

519
00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:10,680
Speaker 1: you could argue in college football a huge part of

520
00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:15,600
Speaker 1: that is because of nils, which I hate the word nil.

521
00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:19,040
Speaker 1: It's just called pay to play. But it's just a salary.

522
00:30:19,120 --> 00:30:21,120
Speaker 1: I'm just paying you to play. Like what are you

523
00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:23,840
Speaker 1: actually And I heard Dion actually say this, Like what

524
00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:26,880
Speaker 1: commercials are any of these guys on? Like what billboards

525
00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:29,200
Speaker 1: are these guys on. They're just getting paid three hundred

526
00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:32,400
Speaker 1: thousand dollars to play dB. They're not being paid three

527
00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:36,800
Speaker 1: hundred thousand dollars to go on TV and promote sunglasses.

528
00:30:37,120 --> 00:30:40,320
Speaker 1: That's not happening. But I also think the other name

529
00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:43,120
Speaker 1: to keep an eye on if Dion doesn't happen, if

530
00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:46,840
Speaker 1: Belichick doesn't happen, would be Kellen Moore. A couple of

531
00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:52,080
Speaker 1: years ago, Jerry was well or outspoken about how highly

532
00:30:52,120 --> 00:30:54,000
Speaker 1: he thought about Callen and how he viewed him as

533
00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:57,920
Speaker 1: a future head coach. And the other thing with the

534
00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:01,080
Speaker 1: Cowboys is they are indebted when it comes to the

535
00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:06,480
Speaker 1: quarterback position for hundreds of millions of dollars, like Dak Prescott.

536
00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:11,920
Speaker 1: They just gave him so much fucking money, So you

537
00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:14,240
Speaker 1: almost have to double down in that situation. If you

538
00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:18,560
Speaker 1: are gonna fire Mike, who made Dak look really really good,

539
00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:23,680
Speaker 1: you have to be like leaning to be inclined to

540
00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:27,520
Speaker 1: hire someone that is also gonna make Dak look really

541
00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:31,760
Speaker 1: really good. And Kellen Moore was not only his quarterback coach,

542
00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:34,600
Speaker 1: but was offensive coordinator, and clearly they have a really

543
00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:38,520
Speaker 1: good relationship. And I think Jerry can also look at

544
00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:41,240
Speaker 1: it like, well, who am I hurting if I hire

545
00:31:41,320 --> 00:31:44,320
Speaker 1: Kellen a guy that did I view like I created

546
00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:46,440
Speaker 1: and I put on the map even though he didn't

547
00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:50,120
Speaker 1: Chris Peterson Boys State did. But from an NFL coaching standpoint,

548
00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:55,480
Speaker 1: I hurt the Eagles, right, I mean the Eagles. Let's face,

549
00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:58,720
Speaker 1: I haven't seen the line. My guess would be six

550
00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:01,760
Speaker 1: seven point favorite against the Rams. I would say five

551
00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:04,760
Speaker 1: and a half as the smallest. So if we assume

552
00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:07,480
Speaker 1: they win that game at home, Kellen Moore will be

553
00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:10,920
Speaker 1: coordinating a team in the championship game with probably a

554
00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:14,280
Speaker 1: pretty decent chance to win. And if you don't think

555
00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:16,440
Speaker 1: that that matters to him not only getting his guy back,

556
00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:21,280
Speaker 1: but hurting one of his biggest rivals, that has to

557
00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:24,640
Speaker 1: mean something. So I would say the Dion thing's clearly

558
00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:28,800
Speaker 1: real like and it makes a lot of sense. But

559
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:32,959
Speaker 1: if for whatever reason it doesn't happen to me in Belichick,

560
00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:35,000
Speaker 1: which I would have thought last year, or if he

561
00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:37,480
Speaker 1: wasn't at North Carolina, would have been a real I

562
00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:40,680
Speaker 1: don't know. I wouldn't say that he's he's going to

563
00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:44,400
Speaker 1: be loyal to UNC. But the way Lombardi has openly

564
00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:49,520
Speaker 1: talked about how I would say in trench they are

565
00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:53,280
Speaker 1: at Chapel Hill, maybe you gotta believe him. I don't know,

566
00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:55,720
Speaker 1: but I do think that Kellen Moore, I think those

567
00:32:55,760 --> 00:33:00,200
Speaker 1: would be the three names, Dion Belichick, Kellen Moore. I'd

568
00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:02,120
Speaker 1: be stunned if it's not one of those three guys

569
00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:19,280
Speaker 1: coaching the Dallas Cowboys in twenty twenty five. Okay, let's

570
00:33:19,280 --> 00:33:22,800
Speaker 1: do a little Middlecoff mail bag at John Middlecoff. At

571
00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:26,440
Speaker 1: John Middlecoff is the Instagram. Fire in those dms, Fire

572
00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:29,280
Speaker 1: in those dms, get your questions answered here on the

573
00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:37,080
Speaker 1: show at John Middlecoff Instagram. Dms wide freaking open. See

574
00:33:37,080 --> 00:33:39,480
Speaker 1: if I can find those dms. We'll start with Sean

575
00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:43,280
Speaker 1: with the Packers lost to the Eagles, do you think

576
00:33:43,320 --> 00:33:49,600
Speaker 1: it's time to place Lafloor on the dread and hot seat.

577
00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:52,920
Speaker 1: I'm not saying fire him now, but I'm saying that

578
00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:55,360
Speaker 1: this season we went one in five in the division. God,

579
00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:58,680
Speaker 1: it's not great. We're a block field goal away from

580
00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:01,760
Speaker 1: being zero to six, as well as zero to six

581
00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:05,080
Speaker 1: against the top three teams in the conference. I'd be

582
00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:08,800
Speaker 1: more okay with it if those losses were a bit closer,

583
00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:11,919
Speaker 1: but we never came out of the gates and fell

584
00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:15,719
Speaker 1: down two scores in every game to the Bears. I

585
00:34:15,760 --> 00:34:18,680
Speaker 1: feel like we've been complacent and content with just winning

586
00:34:18,680 --> 00:34:22,759
Speaker 1: ten plus games, but the ultimate goal is the super Bowl.

587
00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:26,880
Speaker 1: Lafour has proven he can A minus get there and

588
00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:29,280
Speaker 1: B minus get his team to show up for big games.

589
00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:33,520
Speaker 1: Feels like we're in a similar boat as Pittsburgh with Tomlin,

590
00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:37,760
Speaker 1: where we're winning, but our ceiling isn't high enough aka

591
00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:41,200
Speaker 1: the super Bowl. Personally, I'd give him another year two max,

592
00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:43,840
Speaker 1: and see if it changes. I hear what you're saying,

593
00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:49,200
Speaker 1: and I understand the frustration. I think he's proven. You know,

594
00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:52,120
Speaker 1: last year, you guys won a playoff game on the road.

595
00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:57,400
Speaker 1: He resurrected Aaron Rodgers' career, he made I know Jordan

596
00:34:57,440 --> 00:34:59,920
Speaker 1: Love's been all over the map this year. But he

597
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:02,880
Speaker 1: he took a quarterback who had never really played beside

598
00:35:02,960 --> 00:35:06,040
Speaker 1: one game and turned him into a competence starter, a

599
00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:08,920
Speaker 1: guy that you could make the playoffs with. Honestly, some

600
00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:11,600
Speaker 1: of his work with Malik Willis was really really impressive.

601
00:35:12,560 --> 00:35:15,880
Speaker 1: I think one concerning part for the Packers is like

602
00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:19,160
Speaker 1: they have ten sweet wide receivers, but it doesn't feel

603
00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:22,759
Speaker 1: like any of them just kind of rose above the next. Right,

604
00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:25,759
Speaker 1: Christian Watson clearly now with the torn acl and let's face,

605
00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:30,600
Speaker 1: he was underwhelming this year. Is the expectations were higher.

606
00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:36,720
Speaker 1: Jayden Reid very talented player, but I think the expectations

607
00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:39,600
Speaker 1: for him were higher than the way it played out.

608
00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:42,480
Speaker 1: Let me just so, Jaden Reid had fifty five catches,

609
00:35:43,080 --> 00:35:48,040
Speaker 1: Tucker Craft had fifty, Dobbs had forty six, Wis had

610
00:35:48,080 --> 00:35:50,759
Speaker 1: thirty nine. I think you were kind of hoping one

611
00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:52,640
Speaker 1: of those guys would be like, Okay, this guy could

612
00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:56,120
Speaker 1: be a top seven eight wide receiver in the NFL,

613
00:35:56,719 --> 00:35:58,920
Speaker 1: And the season ended, we're still left like, who's the

614
00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:01,960
Speaker 1: best dude out of them all? And clearly, you know,

615
00:36:02,040 --> 00:36:05,520
Speaker 1: Read looked like you heard his shoulder bad. Obviously, Dobbs

616
00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:08,800
Speaker 1: with the head injuries already wearing the concussion cap. I

617
00:36:09,120 --> 00:36:12,400
Speaker 1: haven't really been online today, but I would guess I

618
00:36:12,440 --> 00:36:14,319
Speaker 1: don't know, maybe Laflor said this last night, I mean,

619
00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:19,000
Speaker 1: get another concussion. So I just think that you need

620
00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:22,279
Speaker 1: some of those guys to step up and defensively, you

621
00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:24,319
Speaker 1: guys actually felt like you were better this year than

622
00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:27,480
Speaker 1: the years past. He's got a couple more years, man.

623
00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:31,240
Speaker 1: I mean the division thing would be a little concerning.

624
00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:34,760
Speaker 1: To go one in one in five and like you said,

625
00:36:34,840 --> 00:36:37,359
Speaker 1: easily could have lost the one Bears game, to go

626
00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:40,359
Speaker 1: oh and six like that's a problem, and to lose

627
00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:44,480
Speaker 1: the Eagles twice. So basically, if you take like and

628
00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:48,200
Speaker 1: you said it, the Lions, Vikings, and Eagles the three

629
00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:51,120
Speaker 1: best teams in the NFC record wise, you're zero and

630
00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:54,319
Speaker 1: six against and then to lose to the Bears when,

631
00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:57,160
Speaker 1: let's face it, you're trying to win. Question for the

632
00:36:57,200 --> 00:37:01,560
Speaker 1: bag McCarthy out as Dallas coach. Should the Cowboys trade

633
00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:04,640
Speaker 1: for Mike Tomlin. He needs a fresh start and the

634
00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:11,080
Speaker 1: Cowboys definitely need his toughness. You know, if you look

635
00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:14,759
Speaker 1: at recent memory, I guess they had Wade Phillips. I'm

636
00:37:14,760 --> 00:37:18,000
Speaker 1: trying to think if there was like a consistent theme.

637
00:37:18,560 --> 00:37:22,880
Speaker 1: But they had Parcels, Wade Phillips defensive guys, Jason Garrett

638
00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:27,440
Speaker 1: McCarthy offensive guys. I don't know if Jerry has necessarily

639
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Speaker 1: a consistent theme. You know, Campo was a defensive guy.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, I mean, we have to see their options,

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Speaker 1: and you know it's there are gonna be some stories

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Speaker 1: coming out. I would imagine the next couple of days

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Speaker 1: the way this plays out. But also, are the Cowboys

644
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Speaker 1: in a position to trade for Mike Tomlin? To me,

645
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Speaker 1: if you're gonna get Mike Tomlin, you might as well

646
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Speaker 1: just keep Mike McCarthy. So I Albert burs said, they're

647
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Speaker 1: basically the same guy. One just coaches offense and one

648
00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:56,359
Speaker 1: just coach the defense. To me, and I talked about

649
00:37:56,400 --> 00:37:59,360
Speaker 1: this earlier on the podcast portion, on the video portion.

650
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Speaker 1: I did it on the reaction video to Monday Night Football.

651
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Speaker 1: But you're paying Dak Prescott all this money, you're gonna

652
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Speaker 1: hire an offensive coach, like, you're not gonna go like

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Speaker 1: firing Mike McCarthy When Dak and the quarterback is kind

654
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Speaker 1: of his baby. I have a hard time thinking they're

655
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Speaker 1: gonna go defense. Honestly, can't see it, and I don't

656
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Speaker 1: think it makes much sense. And we'll see, you know

657
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Speaker 1: I besides just the initial reaction and the Jerry Jones

658
00:38:32,040 --> 00:38:35,080
Speaker 1: statement thrown out there, I would imagine we'll learn a

659
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Speaker 1: lot more over the next twenty four to forty eight

660
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Speaker 1: hours about the details of what exactly happened, Like why

661
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Speaker 1: didn't this happen last week? Don't quite understand that Chargers

662
00:38:45,719 --> 00:38:48,759
Speaker 1: fans still recovering. I would imagine we move on from

663
00:38:48,800 --> 00:38:53,320
Speaker 1: Bosa and mac is retiring. It seems Khalil Mack's retiring.

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Speaker 1: Denise have I though Khalil Mack was fantastic this season.

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Speaker 1: I maybe I'm just out of the loop. I'd be

666
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Speaker 1: a little surprised if you're retired. I mean, Khalil Mackett

667
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Speaker 1: feels like could still Garner even if they were to

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Speaker 1: tell him they don't want him. I don't know why

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Speaker 1: they wouldn't. I would think that the Chargers would want

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Speaker 1: Khalil Mack. I mean, he's a Pro Bowl level guy

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Speaker 1: this year and like legitimately earned it. He I feel

672
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Speaker 1: like he had more than six sax played in sixteen games,

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Speaker 1: six sects. This doesn't feel right. I thought I thought

674
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Speaker 1: he had more than that. Maybe he did. I don't know.

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Speaker 1: Maybe I thought a season was better. Never mind, I

676
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Speaker 1: thought he's pretty good, but I guess the sack total

677
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Speaker 1: wasn't as high. Everybody wants to talk about how we

678
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Speaker 1: are gonna trade sign a big time wide receiver, but

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Speaker 1: to me, Harbaugh doesn't really do that. What about acquiring

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Speaker 1: Miles Garrett? You think that's in play. The discourse on

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Speaker 1: Herbert is infuriating people so quick to forget how well

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Speaker 1: he played against Denver that we needed him to clinch

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Speaker 1: a spot. Or versus Las Vegas last week and it

684
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Speaker 1: was the difference of the five and the seven seed

685
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Speaker 1: O line couldn't stop a nosebleed offense as a whole

686
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Speaker 1: was horrendous. This is not all on Herbert. I don't

687
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Speaker 1: know that Greg Roman is the right guy. Some of

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Speaker 1: his play calling baffled me. JK just carried the ball

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Speaker 1: nine times. There's a reason he was out of a

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Speaker 1: job for a while. The Harballs are very loyal to

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Speaker 1: Greg Roman. I mean, he's worked for Jim, then he

692
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Speaker 1: worked for John, and now he's working for Jim again.

693
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Speaker 1: They freaking love the guy. I don't know him personally.

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Speaker 1: Seems like a nice guy, but he does I would

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Speaker 1: say he's not known as the greatest pass game guy.

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Speaker 1: As a run game coordinator, he's good at that, but

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Speaker 1: when it comes to scheming the pass, I don't think

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Speaker 1: Greg Roman's the first guy you think about. No one's

699
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Speaker 1: confusing him with O'Connell McVeigh or Andy Reid, but Jim

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Speaker 1: Harbaugh loves him. I'm here on the discourse with Herbert.

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Speaker 1: The thing with Miles Garrett is you'd have to trade

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Speaker 1: a lot, and I have a hard time seeing them

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Speaker 1: trade a lot for an older guy, even if that

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Speaker 1: player is big time. I feel like the Packers or

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Speaker 1: a team like that is more likely to make that

706
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Speaker 1: move than or even I've seen the Arizona Cardinals like

707
00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:19,080
Speaker 1: some desperate teams. You know, the Chargers, they were ahead

708
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Speaker 1: of schedule this year, so I'd be stunned if you know.

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Speaker 1: That's if Miles Garrett and the Chargers forgiven. I mean,

710
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Speaker 1: this is a guy that could easily put I know

711
00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:35,680
Speaker 1: he's older and he needs a contract extension, but two

712
00:41:35,800 --> 00:41:38,840
Speaker 1: ones at his age would be pretty bold. But I

713
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Speaker 1: think he would definitely garner a one in two twos.

714
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Speaker 1: I mean, he's still an elite player. It's just his

715
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Speaker 1: age and you have to give him another one hundred

716
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Speaker 1: plus million dollars. Been an avid fan for a long time.

717
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Speaker 1: I'm reaching out because I listen to your podcast last night,

718
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Speaker 1: would call him, and I appreciated your in depth conversation

719
00:41:55,200 --> 00:41:59,840
Speaker 1: about California versus other places we've long entertained heading to

720
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Speaker 1: the Phoenix area ourselves. How has the transition transition be

721
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Speaker 1: or Ben? Are you enjoying it? Any other insights you

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Speaker 1: can share? I know you're busy, probably get a million

723
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Speaker 1: of these. I don't even know if this was a

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Speaker 1: mailbag question necessarily, maybe just wanted a personal response. I

725
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Speaker 1: learned a long time ago. You know, I've lived in Philadelphia,

726
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Speaker 1: I've lived in Kansas City. I've lived in Fresno, the

727
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Speaker 1: Bay Area. You kind of do what you do once

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Speaker 1: you become an adult, right, My life for the last

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Speaker 1: twenty years has really Monday through Friday, you know, Monday

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Speaker 1: through Sunday if you work weekends, revolves around work food.

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Speaker 1: Jim Like, that's a pretty consistent theme of mine on

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Speaker 1: most work days, where I just tend to work a lot.

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Speaker 1: So whether I lived in Alaska or I lived in

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Speaker 1: Dallas or Arizona or California, like I do the same things.

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Speaker 1: I'm a pretty big creature of habit So to me,

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Speaker 1: it was just about being in a place that I

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Speaker 1: wanted to be, because my life today is not any

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Speaker 1: different than it was three years ago or four years

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Speaker 1: ago when I was living in the Bay Area. In

740
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Speaker 1: terms of my routine, I do think bang for my buck,

741
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Speaker 1: and from a tax perspective, it was a gigantic game

742
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Speaker 1: changer coming from California to Arizona. And I don't just

743
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Speaker 1: mean on your income taxes. You know, I had a

744
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Speaker 1: condo in California, for example, that was I paid like

745
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Speaker 1: five hundred grand for it, which most places in the country.

746
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Speaker 1: If you don't live in California and looked at the

747
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Speaker 1: condo I owned for the price I paid for it,

748
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Speaker 1: you would think I was on drugs. And it was

749
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Speaker 1: just I mean, it was going right. If you wanted

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Speaker 1: to live or that area, you had no choice but

751
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Speaker 1: my property taxes because in that area, I pay more

752
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Speaker 1: property taxes for that condo than I do for a

753
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Speaker 1: house that's worth I don't know, well over double of

754
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Speaker 1: what the condo was worth. So you just save money

755
00:44:01,360 --> 00:44:05,080
Speaker 1: in so many different places, which as I'm starting a family,

756
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Speaker 1: it just it matters. So I factored all that in

757
00:44:09,320 --> 00:44:12,480
Speaker 1: uh And to me, there's an element of one thing

758
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Speaker 1: about you know, I don't live in Phoenix. I live

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Speaker 1: in North Scottsdale, and it was an area when I

760
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Speaker 1: first started coming here more consistently, like four or five

761
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Speaker 1: years ago, I fell in love with and I like golf.

762
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Speaker 1: And the other thing is like I grew up in

763
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Speaker 1: the heat. Where I grew up in Davis, which is

764
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Speaker 1: basically ten minutes away from Sack Unlike the Bay area,

765
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Speaker 1: which can be very cold and even during the summer,

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Speaker 1: it doesn't get that hot. Where I grew up, it

767
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Speaker 1: was one hundred and five to one hundred and eight

768
00:44:40,440 --> 00:44:42,360
Speaker 1: degrees for a couple months a year, so I was

769
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Speaker 1: used to the heat. And I lived in Fresnoe for

770
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Speaker 1: a long time. Like I like the heat. So if

771
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Speaker 1: you don't like the heat here, it can be a problem.

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Speaker 1: I mean, for a couple months stretch, it is really

773
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Speaker 1: really hot. But in terms of cleanliness, in terms of

774
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Speaker 1: things are new, like the one thing with the barrier,

775
00:44:58,400 --> 00:45:02,319
Speaker 1: everything was old. It's paying an ultra premium for just

776
00:45:02,440 --> 00:45:06,520
Speaker 1: old and shitty. And it's like why and I come

777
00:45:06,560 --> 00:45:12,480
Speaker 1: here and everything's new, everything's clean. I just I love

778
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Speaker 1: this area and I've loved it for years. It's exceeded

779
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Speaker 1: my expectations. Obviously, you know, getting married here, so she's

780
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Speaker 1: been a huge part of it. But overall, I would

781
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Speaker 1: say this, your life doesn't change that much place to

782
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Speaker 1: place once you get to be of a certain agent.

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Speaker 1: And who knows, maybe you're older than me. I think

784
00:45:35,480 --> 00:45:39,120
Speaker 1: you would agree. It's just about what are the benefits

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00:45:39,200 --> 00:45:41,880
Speaker 1: of leaving, you know, whether you have young children. The

786
00:45:41,880 --> 00:45:45,440
Speaker 1: schools are better, obviously, the pays better in terms of

787
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Speaker 1: what you get to take home, the bang for your buck,

788
00:45:48,440 --> 00:45:52,000
Speaker 1: of what you get for what you pay for in

789
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Speaker 1: terms of a home. The other thing is I just

790
00:45:55,280 --> 00:45:59,160
Speaker 1: looked at it simply like if these were stocks. I

791
00:45:59,280 --> 00:46:02,759
Speaker 1: love the Stock Mart, I would short where I was

792
00:46:02,800 --> 00:46:06,200
Speaker 1: coming from. I'm like, this is not sustainable, this is

793
00:46:06,280 --> 00:46:09,400
Speaker 1: not going to keep working out. They're at a breaking point.

794
00:46:10,560 --> 00:46:13,759
Speaker 1: And I looked at Vegas and I looked at Arizona Scottsdale.

795
00:46:13,800 --> 00:46:17,440
Speaker 1: I'm like, I would invest heavily if these were publicly

796
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Speaker 1: traded companies. And obviously Vegas and Scottsdale are booming, and

797
00:46:22,360 --> 00:46:24,680
Speaker 1: mainly because so many people from California are moving to

798
00:46:24,760 --> 00:46:28,640
Speaker 1: those areas, and so you look in twenty thirty years,

799
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Speaker 1: you buy now what it's going to become. I don't

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Speaker 1: even I mean, I would die on this hill. I

801
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Speaker 1: feel pretty confident of where things are going, and mainly

802
00:46:39,280 --> 00:46:41,759
Speaker 1: like companies are going to more and more are going

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Speaker 1: to start here, you know, forever. That was a huge

804
00:46:43,600 --> 00:46:46,960
Speaker 1: point of difference for the Bay Area. Silicon Valley companies

805
00:46:47,000 --> 00:46:50,480
Speaker 1: started there, Like, I wouldn't bet on that happening for

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Speaker 1: the next thirty years, not saying it won't happen on

807
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Speaker 1: an individual basis, but at the rate in which it

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Speaker 1: was happening. So I just saw I was like, ah,

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Speaker 1: I'm out, and it's probably the best thing I've ever done.

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Speaker 1: First off, for the bail bag the Eagles fan, I

811
00:47:05,880 --> 00:47:09,759
Speaker 1: often find myself conflicted watching Jalen. I know he does

812
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Speaker 1: not have the arm talent of the top five guys,

813
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Speaker 1: but I can't help but wonder while watching him this

814
00:47:15,080 --> 00:47:17,560
Speaker 1: year that he is being told her coach to be

815
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Speaker 1: overly conservative with the ball and that is making him

816
00:47:21,320 --> 00:47:25,160
Speaker 1: look even worse. Clearly, everyone in the building knows that

817
00:47:25,239 --> 00:47:28,879
Speaker 1: if he doesn't turn the ball over, they almost always win,

818
00:47:29,520 --> 00:47:32,480
Speaker 1: and he just seems to be playing to that at times.

819
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Speaker 1: It just makes it look so much meh. As a passer.

820
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Speaker 1: I think if he let it rip a bit, he

821
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Speaker 1: may have a few more picks, but he may look

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Speaker 1: more like twenty twenty two Jalen. Yeah. I mean, I

823
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Speaker 1: can't speak to what he's being told on a weekly

824
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Speaker 1: basis about how to play, but I do think it

825
00:47:51,040 --> 00:47:54,719
Speaker 1: was pretty clear as this season went on that he

826
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Speaker 1: is less likely to just sling that pill around unless

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Speaker 1: it's pretty. And I would say, yeah, maybe he's being

828
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Speaker 1: told that, but you would think that aj Brown knows that,

829
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Speaker 1: and it doesn't feel like he likes the vibe of

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Speaker 1: this whole thing. I think as a whole, Jalen has

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Speaker 1: always struggled for the guys that make a lot of

832
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Speaker 1: money to pull the trigger. Definitely, within the pocket, he

833
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Speaker 1: will scramble to throw. But you know, when he sits

834
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Speaker 1: in the pocket, that's not really Listen, he's a better

835
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Speaker 1: player than Tua, but just in terms of snap get

836
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Speaker 1: the ball out, Tua is getting rid of that football.

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Speaker 1: That's Jalen's kind of the opposite. I just think he's

838
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Speaker 1: a bizarre player. I think that's part of it he's

839
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Speaker 1: a bizarre player because I heard someone say, well, he

840
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Speaker 1: wins a lot, and I think I saw the stats

841
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Speaker 1: of his some of his NFC playoff wins against the Giants,

842
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Speaker 1: recently against the forty nine ers, and obviously the game yesterday.

843
00:48:50,280 --> 00:48:52,920
Speaker 1: It's all He's thrown for many yurs. So part of

844
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Speaker 1: that is he benefits from being on a really good team.

845
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Speaker 1: And we've seen him in a big moment against the

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00:48:59,120 --> 00:49:01,800
Speaker 1: Chiefs throw for a lot of yards, but it almost

847
00:49:01,840 --> 00:49:04,760
Speaker 1: feels like that game was more of an outlier. Uh,

848
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Speaker 1: he's a great runner, great runner, be strong. He's a

849
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Speaker 1: really really good runner. He's a unique runner. Uh, He's

850
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Speaker 1: he has a very instinctive running style and he's a

851
00:49:14,800 --> 00:49:18,279
Speaker 1: good playmaker outside the pocket. But if you can keep

852
00:49:18,360 --> 00:49:20,719
Speaker 1: him within the pocket, like you watch Jayden Daniels last night,

853
00:49:20,960 --> 00:49:22,920
Speaker 1: Jane will sit in that pocket and throw a strike

854
00:49:22,960 --> 00:49:25,080
Speaker 1: over the middle of the field. He's a little taller,

855
00:49:25,440 --> 00:49:29,759
Speaker 1: maybe it's easier for him to see, but yeah, I

856
00:49:29,840 --> 00:49:32,440
Speaker 1: don't know. I think Jalen has always been a pretty

857
00:49:33,040 --> 00:49:36,680
Speaker 1: head scratching player. I think that's part of it. He's

858
00:49:36,920 --> 00:49:39,879
Speaker 1: because he's better than so many guys. But you watch him,

859
00:49:40,000 --> 00:49:42,680
Speaker 1: like how good is he? And he's clearly not in

860
00:49:42,719 --> 00:49:46,759
Speaker 1: the same universe as the elite guys, but you can

861
00:49:46,800 --> 00:49:48,480
Speaker 1: win a lot of games with him because how he's

862
00:49:48,480 --> 00:49:50,439
Speaker 1: such a good GM and they have such a loaded roster.

863
00:49:51,600 --> 00:49:54,080
Speaker 1: I'd have a hard time just saying though it's strictly

864
00:49:54,120 --> 00:49:56,919
Speaker 1: because the coaches are telling him not to throw the ball.

865
00:49:57,600 --> 00:49:59,759
Speaker 1: I mean, they're paying their two wide receivers, they but

866
00:50:00,040 --> 00:50:03,000
Speaker 1: load of money. I think they trust me. The Eagles

867
00:50:03,080 --> 00:50:07,799
Speaker 1: Jeffrey Lurry, they like throwing the football. Like you said,

868
00:50:07,840 --> 00:50:09,680
Speaker 1: it might be time for Tomlin and the Steelers to

869
00:50:09,719 --> 00:50:13,919
Speaker 1: part ways. How would you feel about a trade or

870
00:50:14,480 --> 00:50:17,000
Speaker 1: if he was hired by the Cowboys. I don't think

871
00:50:17,040 --> 00:50:19,279
Speaker 1: it's entirely on Tomlin. I think it's more of an

872
00:50:19,320 --> 00:50:22,879
Speaker 1: offensive talent issue that the Cowboys don't have that much

873
00:50:22,880 --> 00:50:26,000
Speaker 1: of an issue with that. When the Cowboys are good,

874
00:50:26,200 --> 00:50:28,920
Speaker 1: or at least in the playoffs, that's good for the NFL,

875
00:50:28,960 --> 00:50:30,719
Speaker 1: and I feel like their fans would be in the

876
00:50:30,719 --> 00:50:33,840
Speaker 1: position that the Steelers are in every year. The Cowboys

877
00:50:33,920 --> 00:50:36,920
Speaker 1: already have really good defensive pieces. Tomlin would have to

878
00:50:37,000 --> 00:50:40,919
Speaker 1: just change the culture ps even after the shit show.

879
00:50:41,040 --> 00:50:43,840
Speaker 1: My take is love takes the number five spot in

880
00:50:43,880 --> 00:50:46,680
Speaker 1: the top five quarterbacks. His peak is insane, and he

881
00:50:46,719 --> 00:50:50,160
Speaker 1: actually won a playoff game. Maybe this is before the

882
00:50:50,160 --> 00:50:52,280
Speaker 1: game yesterday. I'm not sure what that ps was about.

883
00:50:52,920 --> 00:50:57,080
Speaker 1: My thing with we talked about it earlier, is just

884
00:50:57,160 --> 00:51:00,200
Speaker 1: the Dak Prescott paying him a lot of money, and

885
00:51:00,280 --> 00:51:02,520
Speaker 1: you would think you'd want your head coach to be

886
00:51:02,600 --> 00:51:05,400
Speaker 1: involved in that scenario. I mean, part of Mike Tomlin

887
00:51:05,440 --> 00:51:08,840
Speaker 1: the number one questions like who's the OC, who's the

888
00:51:08,840 --> 00:51:12,200
Speaker 1: guy calling the place? Like at least you knew when

889
00:51:12,239 --> 00:51:16,120
Speaker 1: it was Jason Garrett, Kellen Moore, Kellen Moore, McCarthy. I mean,

890
00:51:16,160 --> 00:51:19,680
Speaker 1: these are all offensive guys, and part of the problem

891
00:51:19,680 --> 00:51:21,880
Speaker 1: with Tomlin is like, what's going on with this defense?

892
00:51:21,960 --> 00:51:25,440
Speaker 1: Why does it look so atrocious? Think about this the

893
00:51:25,480 --> 00:51:28,080
Speaker 1: Cowboys down the stretch as they got guys back, I

894
00:51:28,080 --> 00:51:30,439
Speaker 1: felt like their defense for the most part, looked better

895
00:51:30,480 --> 00:51:34,560
Speaker 1: than the Pittsburgh Steelers down the stretch. Love the podcast.

896
00:51:35,640 --> 00:51:39,000
Speaker 1: It's the only break I get from studying from my

897
00:51:39,160 --> 00:51:43,160
Speaker 1: board exams. Also love the new guy intern Jackson Baby

898
00:51:43,719 --> 00:51:46,799
Speaker 1: great addition to the pot. How was Brow not an

899
00:51:46,800 --> 00:51:49,800
Speaker 1: All Pro? He was clearly the best quarterback in the league.

900
00:51:50,200 --> 00:51:53,880
Speaker 1: Plus he was better than Josh Allen in every category.

901
00:51:54,719 --> 00:51:57,319
Speaker 1: I'm kind of in agreement with Colin on this. I

902
00:51:57,440 --> 00:52:01,920
Speaker 1: don't get that caught up All pros, Pro Bowls, MVPs.

903
00:52:02,800 --> 00:52:05,719
Speaker 1: I simply don't give a shit. And you know, in

904
00:52:05,760 --> 00:52:08,520
Speaker 1: a weird way, like j Brow makes fifty five million

905
00:52:08,560 --> 00:52:11,279
Speaker 1: dollars a year, fifty million dollars a year, he just

906
00:52:11,520 --> 00:52:15,480
Speaker 1: threw forty five touchdowns or whatever. Clearly wasn't his fault.

907
00:52:15,520 --> 00:52:17,520
Speaker 1: His team didn't make the playoffs. The defense screwed him

908
00:52:17,560 --> 00:52:21,960
Speaker 1: early in the season, Like does it even matter? Like

909
00:52:22,040 --> 00:52:23,960
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow is on a path to the Hall of

910
00:52:23,960 --> 00:52:26,200
Speaker 1: Fame whether it was an All Pro this year or not.

911
00:52:27,239 --> 00:52:28,920
Speaker 1: I do think it's difficult to make him an All

912
00:52:28,960 --> 00:52:33,799
Speaker 1: Pro when the other two guys like the Bills, are

913
00:52:34,000 --> 00:52:38,440
Speaker 1: very very Josh Allen reliant, Like if he his stats

914
00:52:38,480 --> 00:52:41,480
Speaker 1: weren't as good as Burrows, but you take him off

915
00:52:41,560 --> 00:52:43,960
Speaker 1: and you put an average quarterback, they win like three games.

916
00:52:44,080 --> 00:52:46,120
Speaker 1: Same thing with the Bengals, So it's like no difference

917
00:52:46,200 --> 00:52:49,239
Speaker 1: his importance. And his team was the two seed in

918
00:52:49,280 --> 00:52:51,680
Speaker 1: the AFC. What are you gonna do not put Lamar

919
00:52:51,880 --> 00:52:53,840
Speaker 1: on there? So I think it was more of a

920
00:52:53,840 --> 00:52:56,200
Speaker 1: product of those two guys. Their teams had really good

921
00:52:56,200 --> 00:53:12,520
Speaker 1: seasons and they're clearly their team's best player. I'm currently

922
00:53:12,680 --> 00:53:17,320
Speaker 1: a junior in college studying accounting, but I love hearing

923
00:53:17,320 --> 00:53:19,560
Speaker 1: you and Colin talk about the front office side of

924
00:53:19,560 --> 00:53:22,200
Speaker 1: the NFL. I would love to get an injured ship.

925
00:53:22,880 --> 00:53:25,840
Speaker 1: I can't even speak today an internship. I've been talking

926
00:53:25,880 --> 00:53:28,719
Speaker 1: a lot, obviously, I mean for podcasting, but I just

927
00:53:28,719 --> 00:53:30,840
Speaker 1: feel like, in general, do you have any advice for

928
00:53:30,880 --> 00:53:34,919
Speaker 1: who to contact? I would say one advice I have

929
00:53:35,000 --> 00:53:37,800
Speaker 1: in this modern world we live in, go to LinkedIn

930
00:53:38,560 --> 00:53:41,920
Speaker 1: and find people that work for teams. You know, I mean,

931
00:53:41,960 --> 00:53:44,359
Speaker 1: you're young. You should understand how to you know, use

932
00:53:44,360 --> 00:53:48,240
Speaker 1: that how to search by specific teams and then search

933
00:53:48,320 --> 00:53:52,160
Speaker 1: for people in their business development office and then connect

934
00:53:52,160 --> 00:53:55,760
Speaker 1: with them and shoot them dms, you know, the message service.

935
00:53:57,760 --> 00:54:00,520
Speaker 1: When I was in college, none of this should existed.

936
00:54:00,600 --> 00:54:03,480
Speaker 1: There were no such thing as direct messages. There was

937
00:54:03,520 --> 00:54:06,719
Speaker 1: no such thing as LinkedIn. I had to send handwritten

938
00:54:06,800 --> 00:54:11,760
Speaker 1: letters to these teams and keep my fingers crossed. Someone responded,

939
00:54:12,160 --> 00:54:15,160
Speaker 1: that was the only way I could get involved. And

940
00:54:15,239 --> 00:54:19,279
Speaker 1: you have so many avenues now to some of them

941
00:54:19,360 --> 00:54:21,160
Speaker 1: might not see it. Some of them might not respond.

942
00:54:21,680 --> 00:54:27,040
Speaker 1: But if you LinkedIn connect with fifty people in the

943
00:54:27,120 --> 00:54:30,680
Speaker 1: NFL on different teams, I'm talking total, and shoot them

944
00:54:30,680 --> 00:54:35,240
Speaker 1: all a message, a couple of them will respond. That's

945
00:54:35,600 --> 00:54:38,680
Speaker 1: what I would do. Lafleura for Tomlin who says no

946
00:54:39,480 --> 00:54:43,719
Speaker 1: the Packers. I would not trade Laflora for Tomlin, straight up,

947
00:54:44,680 --> 00:54:50,600
Speaker 1: no chance. Twenty twenty five question do you think Lamar

948
00:54:50,800 --> 00:54:53,840
Speaker 1: or Josh could be top ten running backs in the

949
00:54:53,920 --> 00:55:00,640
Speaker 1: league if they couldn't throw? I mean, Josh down six

950
00:55:00,680 --> 00:55:04,680
Speaker 1: foot five, so I would say based on his size

951
00:55:05,640 --> 00:55:09,040
Speaker 1: six five, two forty if he was just in the

952
00:55:09,080 --> 00:55:11,919
Speaker 1: backfield like Derrick Henry, would he look the same as

953
00:55:11,960 --> 00:55:15,400
Speaker 1: being a quarterback. I don't think he would. I do

954
00:55:15,440 --> 00:55:17,360
Speaker 1: think Lamar I don't know if he'd necessarily be a

955
00:55:17,440 --> 00:55:20,560
Speaker 1: running back. I think he could be like a hybrid player,

956
00:55:20,680 --> 00:55:24,239
Speaker 1: assuming he could catch, and he could definitely be a

957
00:55:24,239 --> 00:55:27,120
Speaker 1: star offensive player, you know, give him some end to

958
00:55:27,200 --> 00:55:30,160
Speaker 1: rounds if he could run in the slot. I think

959
00:55:30,239 --> 00:55:32,640
Speaker 1: Josh would probably have to play tight end, but again

960
00:55:32,719 --> 00:55:34,880
Speaker 1: I would have to assume both those guys could catch.

961
00:55:37,239 --> 00:55:40,600
Speaker 1: Lamar's style is more natural as a runner. To me.

962
00:55:40,800 --> 00:55:44,360
Speaker 1: Part of Josh, and I would put Mahomes under this

963
00:55:44,560 --> 00:55:47,520
Speaker 1: as well, Herbert too. Obviously Mahomes is the worst runner

964
00:55:47,560 --> 00:55:50,920
Speaker 1: of that group. Is when you're a quarterback, you're dropping

965
00:55:50,960 --> 00:55:54,120
Speaker 1: back to pass and then I decide to run. There

966
00:55:54,239 --> 00:56:00,440
Speaker 1: is there's an element of that version of my running

967
00:56:00,440 --> 00:56:03,800
Speaker 1: ability where you guys, half the guys are defending against

968
00:56:03,800 --> 00:56:06,880
Speaker 1: the pass that when I play the run, it's just

969
00:56:07,000 --> 00:56:10,200
Speaker 1: it's not apples to apples. You know, like Lamar, they

970
00:56:10,200 --> 00:56:12,640
Speaker 1: do so much in the run game where it's truly

971
00:56:13,040 --> 00:56:16,719
Speaker 1: a run. Look. Obviously Josh does some as well, but

972
00:56:16,960 --> 00:56:21,879
Speaker 1: I clearly both are high end NFL athletes. I think

973
00:56:21,960 --> 00:56:25,080
Speaker 1: Josh could be I mean, why couldn't he be like

974
00:56:25,120 --> 00:56:28,160
Speaker 1: a slot tight end? And Lamar kind of be the

975
00:56:28,239 --> 00:56:32,320
Speaker 1: skinnier version of like Deebo Samuel. I'm an avid listener.

976
00:56:33,000 --> 00:56:36,080
Speaker 1: I was wondering how you got into scouting. I currently

977
00:56:36,120 --> 00:56:38,680
Speaker 1: played Division III football, and I'm interested in working in

978
00:56:38,719 --> 00:56:41,960
Speaker 1: the football space. I was wondering if it's more about connections.

979
00:56:41,960 --> 00:56:46,000
Speaker 1: I get this question a lot. You're already playing college football.

980
00:56:46,680 --> 00:56:48,360
Speaker 1: I think the number one thing you should do is

981
00:56:48,400 --> 00:56:51,400
Speaker 1: try to get involved in college football. So you're in

982
00:56:51,480 --> 00:56:56,080
Speaker 1: D three, how do you parlay that into a graduate

983
00:56:56,120 --> 00:56:59,799
Speaker 1: assistant job for Division I program And now with these

984
00:57:00,400 --> 00:57:04,040
Speaker 1: or these programs running like NFL style personnel departments, you

985
00:57:04,120 --> 00:57:07,600
Speaker 1: can work in the scouting department for a college and

986
00:57:07,840 --> 00:57:10,280
Speaker 1: be in the recruiting world. That's how I got my start.

987
00:57:10,400 --> 00:57:12,880
Speaker 1: I started working in recruiting at Fresno State. Hell I

988
00:57:12,880 --> 00:57:14,719
Speaker 1: did it at Cal Paul when I was an undergrad.

989
00:57:15,400 --> 00:57:17,760
Speaker 1: But that's what you should try to do in all

990
00:57:17,800 --> 00:57:21,520
Speaker 1: these programs. Power for and even non Power four are

991
00:57:21,600 --> 00:57:26,920
Speaker 1: going to have these positions, so that that's the I

992
00:57:26,960 --> 00:57:31,400
Speaker 1: would say route I would take. My question is about

993
00:57:31,440 --> 00:57:34,720
Speaker 1: JJ McCarthy. Everyone this year is talking him up and

994
00:57:34,760 --> 00:57:37,280
Speaker 1: how he is better than anyone in this upcoming draft,

995
00:57:37,720 --> 00:57:40,720
Speaker 1: which probably is true. I don't know if they're saying

996
00:57:40,760 --> 00:57:43,400
Speaker 1: he's better than anyone. They're just saying he was a

997
00:57:43,400 --> 00:57:46,880
Speaker 1: better prospect coming out of college. But he was the

998
00:57:46,920 --> 00:57:49,720
Speaker 1: fifth quarterback taken last year, and I could have sworn.

999
00:57:49,760 --> 00:57:53,840
Speaker 1: The concern was he wasn't asked to do much at Michigan,

1000
00:57:54,400 --> 00:57:57,360
Speaker 1: which was wide Minnesota taking him was the ideal spot

1001
00:57:57,680 --> 00:58:00,720
Speaker 1: because they could develop him into a young, younger cousins.

1002
00:58:01,240 --> 00:58:04,080
Speaker 1: So with only bad teams looking for quarterbacks, will a

1003
00:58:04,240 --> 00:58:08,280
Speaker 1: trade for him actually work out. I just don't think

1004
00:58:08,320 --> 00:58:12,480
Speaker 1: he's getting traded. What's the incentive for the Minnesota Vikings

1005
00:58:12,480 --> 00:58:15,960
Speaker 1: to trade him. I'm recording this part before the game,

1006
00:58:16,040 --> 00:58:20,680
Speaker 1: but regardless of what happens tonight, I just don't think

1007
00:58:20,720 --> 00:58:23,520
Speaker 1: he's a tradable player if you're them, unless you're gonna

1008
00:58:23,560 --> 00:58:27,720
Speaker 1: give me a top fifteen pick. And I have a

1009
00:58:27,760 --> 00:58:30,080
Speaker 1: hard time seeing anyone give them a top fifteen pick

1010
00:58:30,120 --> 00:58:33,200
Speaker 1: for Jaj McCarthy who's already been injured and already wasted

1011
00:58:33,200 --> 00:58:36,360
Speaker 1: a year of his rookie contract and couldn't practice all year,

1012
00:58:36,960 --> 00:58:39,600
Speaker 1: so his value from when they drafted him to sitting

1013
00:58:39,600 --> 00:58:43,080
Speaker 1: here today is diminished. I think they put him on

1014
00:58:43,080 --> 00:58:44,760
Speaker 1: the trading block. I do not think they get a

1015
00:58:44,800 --> 00:58:49,680
Speaker 1: first round pick for him. Got a question, lifelong Steeler fan.

1016
00:58:49,960 --> 00:58:53,400
Speaker 1: Despite knowing how the wild Card game would go, I

1017
00:58:53,480 --> 00:58:58,120
Speaker 1: still found myself disappointed and frustrated. It's the way life is.

1018
00:58:58,160 --> 00:59:01,040
Speaker 1: Sometimes we know the outcome of a city situation, and

1019
00:59:01,120 --> 00:59:05,320
Speaker 1: still once it happens, we find ourselves being angry or

1020
00:59:05,320 --> 00:59:07,919
Speaker 1: bitter at the situation, even though we knew going into

1021
00:59:07,960 --> 00:59:12,040
Speaker 1: it how what the outcome would be. At this point,

1022
00:59:12,080 --> 00:59:14,560
Speaker 1: I want to see tom either fired or best case

1023
00:59:14,560 --> 00:59:19,080
Speaker 1: scenario trading. At this point, it's clear we are unable

1024
00:59:19,160 --> 00:59:23,280
Speaker 1: to compete with the big dogs of the AFC. Do

1025
00:59:23,360 --> 00:59:27,520
Speaker 1: you think it's time to blow everything up from scratch,

1026
00:59:28,400 --> 00:59:33,000
Speaker 1: trading away pieces like Minca, TJ, etc. For better positioning

1027
00:59:33,000 --> 00:59:36,880
Speaker 1: in the draft so we can secure a young franchise quarterback.

1028
00:59:37,720 --> 00:59:41,280
Speaker 1: My pushback to that would be because if you just,

1029
00:59:41,440 --> 00:59:43,840
Speaker 1: if you just had a fire sale, you would be

1030
00:59:43,880 --> 00:59:47,520
Speaker 1: able to get a lot of ammunition for all these guys,

1031
00:59:48,240 --> 00:59:54,080
Speaker 1: including Tomlin. But from a player standpoint, who in college

1032
00:59:54,120 --> 00:59:57,440
Speaker 1: right now do you think is some lock superstar quarterback.

1033
00:59:57,760 --> 01:00:00,120
Speaker 1: I'm not even talking about this draft with cam and

1034
01:00:00,240 --> 01:00:04,840
Speaker 1: Dion instaudeur, But who do I see next year? Like

1035
01:00:04,880 --> 01:00:09,800
Speaker 1: Carson Beck. I'm still baffled by Miami, who is a

1036
01:00:09,960 --> 01:00:14,320
Speaker 1: much worse football program than Georgia, whose defense is atrocious,

1037
01:00:15,280 --> 01:00:17,960
Speaker 1: giving cam Ward three or four million dollars when he

1038
01:00:18,040 --> 01:00:24,560
Speaker 1: has a surgically repaired and not necessarily repaired They literally

1039
01:00:24,600 --> 01:00:26,760
Speaker 1: just did the surgery and he has like a Barry

1040
01:00:26,760 --> 01:00:30,680
Speaker 1: Bonds level thing on his elbow on his throwing arm,

1041
01:00:31,200 --> 01:00:34,880
Speaker 1: exactly what brock Purdy had. Well, brock Purdy couldn't really

1042
01:00:34,920 --> 01:00:38,200
Speaker 1: do anything up until training camp, and even then they

1043
01:00:38,240 --> 01:00:40,920
Speaker 1: had to be very careful with him during training camp.

1044
01:00:41,600 --> 01:00:44,520
Speaker 1: So Carson Beck's gonna get no offseason and then come back.

1045
01:00:44,520 --> 01:00:46,280
Speaker 1: You're paying him three or four million. He's not a

1046
01:00:46,320 --> 01:00:49,040
Speaker 1: better player than cam Ward, and cam Ward carried you

1047
01:00:49,880 --> 01:00:52,160
Speaker 1: to ten wins. Like I think there's a chance they

1048
01:00:52,200 --> 01:00:55,600
Speaker 1: win like seven or eight games with Carson Beck, but

1049
01:00:55,880 --> 01:00:59,680
Speaker 1: that's he's returning. Let's say Quen Yours returns. We have

1050
01:00:59,840 --> 01:01:04,520
Speaker 1: no clue if arch Manning's any good. Ryola was terrible

1051
01:01:04,560 --> 01:01:06,960
Speaker 1: last year and he's not even draft eligible, So you

1052
01:01:06,960 --> 01:01:08,919
Speaker 1: have to think. You look around the country, like, who

1053
01:01:08,960 --> 01:01:14,440
Speaker 1: are these can't miss high end quarterbacks? Some will surely

1054
01:01:14,520 --> 01:01:16,840
Speaker 1: the cream will rise and we'll get a couple guys

1055
01:01:17,440 --> 01:01:21,200
Speaker 1: that excel. But as we sit here tonight and today

1056
01:01:21,240 --> 01:01:25,120
Speaker 1: and going into the offseason, even come the combine and

1057
01:01:25,240 --> 01:01:29,200
Speaker 1: free agency in the draft, you could not feel great

1058
01:01:29,360 --> 01:01:32,680
Speaker 1: about the next couple of years because there is a

1059
01:01:32,760 --> 01:01:35,919
Speaker 1: great unknown. There's no one in college with the hype

1060
01:01:35,960 --> 01:01:39,400
Speaker 1: of Caleb Williams or even back to like Baker Mayfield.

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Speaker 1: They're just I think there's just a lot of question

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01:01:43,040 --> 01:01:46,320
Speaker 1: marks with a lot of different guys big fan of

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01:01:46,320 --> 01:01:49,080
Speaker 1: the pod, listen to multiple times per week, Big Niner Homer.

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Speaker 1: That being said, how on earth can anyone justify paying

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Speaker 1: Herbert fifty five per year? After this, and questioned Brock

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01:01:55,880 --> 01:01:58,920
Speaker 1: getting his Herbert is zero to two in the postseason

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01:01:59,640 --> 01:02:03,000
Speaker 1: and incredibly bad. Brock is four and one with very

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01:02:03,160 --> 01:02:07,000
Speaker 1: solid performances, including a Super Bowl appearance. Herbert finally got

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01:02:07,040 --> 01:02:10,439
Speaker 1: the right coach in talent around him. The contract is unacceptable.

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Speaker 1: Can't believe there is not big question marks around this.

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01:02:14,040 --> 01:02:16,360
Speaker 1: I think a lot of people question how good Justin

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01:02:16,400 --> 01:02:19,760
Speaker 1: Herbert is. I think a lot of people do. But

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01:02:19,800 --> 01:02:21,640
Speaker 1: he played on an offense this year where his best

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01:02:21,640 --> 01:02:24,720
Speaker 1: two players was a rookie LADDI mcconkee and JK. Dobbins.

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Speaker 1: So when you look at Justin Herbert this year, he

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01:02:31,120 --> 01:02:36,720
Speaker 1: through three interceptions, twenty three touchdowns and three interceptions. Brock

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01:02:36,760 --> 01:02:40,840
Speaker 1: Perdy threw two interceptions. Let's see down the stretch. He

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01:02:40,880 --> 01:02:43,480
Speaker 1: threw two picks against the Lions, one against the Dolphins,

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Speaker 1: one against the Rams, all in must win spots. He

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01:02:46,280 --> 01:02:49,400
Speaker 1: was atrocious. So, yeah, like what you did a couple

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01:02:49,400 --> 01:02:52,000
Speaker 1: of years ago, awesome. I could talk to you all

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Speaker 1: day about the success I had in twenty thirteen or

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01:02:55,680 --> 01:03:00,640
Speaker 1: seventeen or twenty Who cares twenty twenty five? So next year,

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01:03:00,680 --> 01:03:05,000
Speaker 1: who would you rather have? Justin Herbert or Brock Party?

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01:03:05,240 --> 01:03:08,000
Speaker 1: Every human being I know would take Justin Herbert over

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01:03:08,040 --> 01:03:11,280
Speaker 1: brock Party. I'm pretty confident that Kyle Shanahan and John

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01:03:11,320 --> 01:03:14,200
Speaker 1: Lynch would as well. Big said Brock, Perty's had success,

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01:03:14,480 --> 01:03:18,280
Speaker 1: he played on an absolutely loaded team. Jalen Hurts just

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01:03:18,280 --> 01:03:20,280
Speaker 1: won a playoff game yesterday. You'd have to do shit.

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01:03:21,760 --> 01:03:24,160
Speaker 1: You didn't have to do anything like think about this.

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01:03:24,440 --> 01:03:30,760
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson, Josh Allen, and Jalen Hurts and Jayden Daniels

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01:03:30,800 --> 01:03:34,160
Speaker 1: all won playoff games. Did Jalen Hurts have to do

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01:03:34,200 --> 01:03:36,800
Speaker 1: the same as the other three guys? Not even close.

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01:03:36,960 --> 01:03:40,320
Speaker 1: So when we just say playoff wins, obviously they matter,

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01:03:41,400 --> 01:03:43,680
Speaker 1: but we have to put it into context. And listen,

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01:03:43,720 --> 01:03:46,760
Speaker 1: Brock's made some big time plays in playoff games, but

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01:03:46,800 --> 01:03:51,080
Speaker 1: he's also done some questionable stuff as well. And I like, listen,

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Speaker 1: I I don't like paying anyone fifty five million dollars

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01:03:54,160 --> 01:03:57,760
Speaker 1: if their name's not Josh Allen, Joe Burrow, Lamar Jackson

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01:03:57,800 --> 01:04:01,000
Speaker 1: or Patrick Mahomes. But if you want to play brock

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01:04:01,040 --> 01:04:03,080
Speaker 1: Purty fifty five million dollars and think you can build

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01:04:03,080 --> 01:04:04,560
Speaker 1: a team and he can carry you. Like, that's just

1103
01:04:04,600 --> 01:04:07,280
Speaker 1: not gonna happen. Can you win games with brock Purty

1104
01:04:07,320 --> 01:04:10,960
Speaker 1: win his team's good, yes? Can you build the team

1105
01:04:11,120 --> 01:04:14,120
Speaker 1: when his team's not good? I don't know, Or can

1106
01:04:14,160 --> 01:04:16,920
Speaker 1: you build the team around him win his team's average.

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01:04:17,920 --> 01:04:20,960
Speaker 1: That's why I said going into this offseason, like they're

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01:04:21,000 --> 01:04:22,400
Speaker 1: gonna pay him. I don't know what the number is

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01:04:22,400 --> 01:04:25,400
Speaker 1: gonna be, but he's gonna get money this offseason. Okay,

1110
01:04:25,520 --> 01:04:28,840
Speaker 1: you better hit on these first round picks. I guess

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01:04:28,880 --> 01:04:31,000
Speaker 1: you only have one first round pick. You better hit

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01:04:31,040 --> 01:04:33,520
Speaker 1: on pick eleven and pick forty three because I know

1113
01:04:33,600 --> 01:04:35,440
Speaker 1: you hit on the late round picks. Do it all

1114
01:04:35,480 --> 01:04:39,080
Speaker 1: the time. Can you go get your Micah Parsons or

1115
01:04:39,120 --> 01:04:42,880
Speaker 1: your Tristan Wurfs because you got pick eleven. That better

1116
01:04:42,920 --> 01:04:45,919
Speaker 1: be a fucking home run. And pick forty three better

1117
01:04:45,920 --> 01:04:48,360
Speaker 1: be an immediate starter. If it's not, they're gonna have

1118
01:04:48,400 --> 01:04:51,760
Speaker 1: problems because we saw brock Purty when it kind of

1119
01:04:51,800 --> 01:04:54,320
Speaker 1: got tough, and it's like, well all these guys were injured.

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Speaker 1: Well yeah, just will be to a victory. I want

1121
01:04:56,720 --> 01:04:58,920
Speaker 1: to hop on your back and you carry me. You

1122
01:04:58,960 --> 01:05:00,720
Speaker 1: cannot throw a pick in this and half of a

1123
01:05:00,760 --> 01:05:03,080
Speaker 1: tight game with the season on the line, and he

1124
01:05:03,120 --> 01:05:07,680
Speaker 1: constantly did, and it made me concerned. I can handle losing,

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01:05:07,760 --> 01:05:10,160
Speaker 1: but it's like, why do we lose well Brock through

1126
01:05:10,200 --> 01:05:14,640
Speaker 1: devastating interceptions game after game after game. I can live

1127
01:05:14,720 --> 01:05:19,040
Speaker 1: with uninterception or an awful performance in one game. Does

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01:05:19,080 --> 01:05:21,120
Speaker 1: it happen a lot? And that's what it felt like

1129
01:05:21,160 --> 01:05:24,480
Speaker 1: it was happening with Rock Purty Lions game shootout. We

1130
01:05:24,480 --> 01:05:26,680
Speaker 1: cannot turn the ball over. Jared Goff could not afford

1131
01:05:26,720 --> 01:05:30,040
Speaker 1: to turn the ball over. Brock turns over twice, stares

1132
01:05:30,080 --> 01:05:35,000
Speaker 1: down safeties. I like the guy. I'm not anti Brock party.

1133
01:05:35,160 --> 01:05:37,320
Speaker 1: I like him. About thirty five million dollars? Well what

1134
01:05:37,320 --> 01:05:38,480
Speaker 1: about his cop? What about this?

1135
01:05:38,520 --> 01:05:39,000
Speaker 2: I don't care.

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01:05:39,120 --> 01:05:42,320
Speaker 1: He's just he's not talented enough for me ever to

1137
01:05:42,640 --> 01:05:44,640
Speaker 1: have him put me on his back. He's that was

1138
01:05:44,680 --> 01:05:47,920
Speaker 1: talented is Baker Mayfield. Baker Mayfield has a better arm

1139
01:05:47,920 --> 01:05:51,520
Speaker 1: and every bit that's good of a runner like Baker Mayfield,

1140
01:05:51,520 --> 01:05:53,320
Speaker 1: like can give me forty touchdowns? Is Brock Purty ever

1141
01:05:53,400 --> 01:05:57,440
Speaker 1: gonna be a forty touchdown thrower too many times this

1142
01:05:57,560 --> 01:06:00,960
Speaker 1: year in big spots, like his average arm strength came

1143
01:06:01,000 --> 01:06:04,000
Speaker 1: into play. But yeah, I mean, they'll probably give him

1144
01:06:04,000 --> 01:06:06,520
Speaker 1: a ton of money and then the pressure on him

1145
01:06:06,560 --> 01:06:09,360
Speaker 1: is gonna be immense because I can't have a year

1146
01:06:09,400 --> 01:06:16,200
Speaker 1: where he was twenty touchdowns and twelve interceptions and he

1147
01:06:16,280 --> 01:06:19,760
Speaker 1: was sixty five percent. That's the other thing, Like with

1148
01:06:19,880 --> 01:06:23,920
Speaker 1: brock Party skill set, I need like seventy percent. I

1149
01:06:23,960 --> 01:06:26,760
Speaker 1: need a much higher completion percentage because I'm never gonna

1150
01:06:26,760 --> 01:06:30,920
Speaker 1: get a forty touchdown season. So if you're gonna be

1151
01:06:30,960 --> 01:06:33,880
Speaker 1: like twenty five touchdowns and ten picks, can I get

1152
01:06:33,920 --> 01:06:36,240
Speaker 1: like seventy one percent completion percentage? That's part of what

1153
01:06:36,360 --> 01:06:40,360
Speaker 1: made Drew Brees so awesome. He was so accurate. Sometimes

1154
01:06:40,400 --> 01:06:44,520
Speaker 1: Brock's not that accurate, and sometimes he is, but it's

1155
01:06:44,560 --> 01:06:48,080
Speaker 1: just you never know what's gonna come. As a Texans

1156
01:06:48,080 --> 01:06:52,600
Speaker 1: fan currently watching US beat the Chargers, Slowick clearly has

1157
01:06:52,640 --> 01:06:56,200
Speaker 1: an awful feel for the game. Despite winning thanks to

1158
01:06:56,360 --> 01:07:01,520
Speaker 1: CJ's improvisation, the defense in special teams unit, the play

1159
01:07:01,560 --> 01:07:05,280
Speaker 1: calling is poor. What makes winning teams choose to make

1160
01:07:05,320 --> 01:07:08,320
Speaker 1: a coaching change? How often does this happen? Do you

1161
01:07:08,360 --> 01:07:12,040
Speaker 1: think Houston will make an offensive coordinator change the spring.

1162
01:07:13,360 --> 01:07:16,000
Speaker 1: Crazy thing is they look so bad in that game

1163
01:07:17,000 --> 01:07:19,520
Speaker 1: until that final drive, and honestly was the play where

1164
01:07:19,640 --> 01:07:23,360
Speaker 1: the ball the missnap with CJ picks it up, scrambles,

1165
01:07:23,440 --> 01:07:26,040
Speaker 1: makes the play and then he just he turned into

1166
01:07:26,080 --> 01:07:30,080
Speaker 1: twenty twenty three CJ. Stroud. I remember watching him last

1167
01:07:30,160 --> 01:07:33,120
Speaker 1: year though, and feeling like Bobby Slowick had a decent

1168
01:07:33,200 --> 01:07:36,040
Speaker 1: feel for like he was a good offensive coordinator, and

1169
01:07:36,120 --> 01:07:39,720
Speaker 1: this year, for whatever reason, it just it feels clunky.

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Speaker 1: I'm with you to me. I think there can be

1171
01:07:42,640 --> 01:07:45,800
Speaker 1: several reasons that a coach an assistant coach is fired.

1172
01:07:46,720 --> 01:07:51,920
Speaker 1: One could be the owner, like the owner just goes like,

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01:07:52,120 --> 01:07:54,920
Speaker 1: you got to fire this guy. We're firing the coordinator,

1174
01:07:55,920 --> 01:07:58,280
Speaker 1: so you figure out how you want to tell him,

1175
01:07:58,320 --> 01:08:01,120
Speaker 1: but he's not coming back. The other could be the

1176
01:08:01,120 --> 01:08:03,640
Speaker 1: head coach and the assistant coach just don't see eyed,

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01:08:05,080 --> 01:08:08,440
Speaker 1: which would be a little shocking given that they've been

1178
01:08:08,440 --> 01:08:11,800
Speaker 1: boys now for a while. They've now won multiple playoff

1179
01:08:11,800 --> 01:08:15,080
Speaker 1: games together, so like they've fallen out of favor. I

1180
01:08:15,080 --> 01:08:17,360
Speaker 1: would say those would basically be the two options. The

1181
01:08:17,400 --> 01:08:20,320
Speaker 1: owner wants them or the head coach wants them gone. Yeah,

1182
01:08:20,479 --> 01:08:22,880
Speaker 1: I would say it's just really that simple. But there's

1183
01:08:22,920 --> 01:08:26,120
Speaker 1: not like a checklist. You know, we went from this

1184
01:08:26,400 --> 01:08:29,599
Speaker 1: statistically to this. I think you have a pretty good

1185
01:08:29,640 --> 01:08:32,599
Speaker 1: feel like are the players not buying in? Does your

1186
01:08:32,680 --> 01:08:35,320
Speaker 1: quarterback question him? Do you think that him and the

1187
01:08:35,479 --> 01:08:42,360
Speaker 1: quarterback have a diminishing relationship? Do you think that he

1188
01:08:42,479 --> 01:08:46,479
Speaker 1: wasn't as he's getting worse? So I yeah. I mean

1189
01:08:46,520 --> 01:08:51,400
Speaker 1: there's probably been in the history, just the modern history,

1190
01:08:51,439 --> 01:08:54,599
Speaker 1: the last twenty plus years of assistant coaches getting fired.

1191
01:08:55,920 --> 01:08:59,080
Speaker 1: You could probably find an example of literally everything. I

1192
01:08:59,120 --> 01:09:03,120
Speaker 1: just don't like you, The owner wants you gone, my

1193
01:09:03,280 --> 01:09:06,880
Speaker 1: quarterback doesn't like you. We had a blow up, and

1194
01:09:06,920 --> 01:09:10,200
Speaker 1: there's no you know, responding to it. You know, it's

1195
01:09:10,240 --> 01:09:13,439
Speaker 1: one of those situations, like a relationship, where you get

1196
01:09:13,479 --> 01:09:15,600
Speaker 1: into an argument and some things are said and you

1197
01:09:15,600 --> 01:09:18,760
Speaker 1: can just never take it back. Maybe you don't listen

1198
01:09:18,800 --> 01:09:22,439
Speaker 1: to me, like almost like a malcontent, Like I want

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01:09:22,479 --> 01:09:25,120
Speaker 1: you to do X, Y and Z, and you do A,

1200
01:09:25,280 --> 01:09:29,280
Speaker 1: B and C and so football philosophically, we're not on

1201
01:09:29,320 --> 01:09:31,920
Speaker 1: the same page. I think that could be. That happens

1202
01:09:31,960 --> 01:09:34,640
Speaker 1: a lot for sure. I mean I hear situations of

1203
01:09:34,720 --> 01:09:37,720
Speaker 1: that happening all the time, Like I wanted. I kept

1204
01:09:37,720 --> 01:09:39,600
Speaker 1: telling you to run the ball more and you passed it,

1205
01:09:39,720 --> 01:09:42,920
Speaker 1: or vice versa. Maybe you think you have a young,

1206
01:09:43,120 --> 01:09:46,479
Speaker 1: up and coming coach who's better, and basically I want

1207
01:09:46,479 --> 01:09:48,320
Speaker 1: to fire you to keep that guy around so he

1208
01:09:48,360 --> 01:09:53,040
Speaker 1: doesn't get an offensive coordinator job somewhere else. Yeah. I

1209
01:09:53,320 --> 01:09:56,080
Speaker 1: guess that's probably the best way I can describe, at

1210
01:09:56,160 --> 01:09:58,720
Speaker 1: least for my knowledge of the stories I've heard over

1211
01:09:58,760 --> 01:10:02,080
Speaker 1: the years of why things happened. Appreciate everyone listening. We

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01:10:02,120 --> 01:10:05,360
Speaker 1: will talk to you soon. Audios, have a great day.

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Speaker 1: The volume