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Speaker 1: What is going on? Everybody? John Little Coop three in

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Speaker 1: out podcast. That's Me, That's the show. Back at it

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Speaker 1: again Monday afternoon, April six, recording. This means we're about

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Speaker 1: I got a bunch of thoughts on that I've texted

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Speaker 1: around the league. We had breaking news this morning. Roger

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Speaker 1: times when you're not Some places aren't allowed to social gather,

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Speaker 1: the top. Then we got some risers and followers, uh,

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Speaker 1: this coronavirus. And then of course what we do every

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Speaker 1: week and every show. Middlecoff mail Bag at John Middlecoff

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Speaker 1: greatly appreciate it. I know a lot of you have,

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Speaker 1: and I already appreciate it, but I'd appreciate it more

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Speaker 1: would like that before we dive into the virtual draft there.

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Speaker 1: This weekend, Trump held a phone call with all the commissioners.

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Speaker 1: Of course, after it comes out that he's hoping that

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Speaker 1: It does feel I know Colin talked about this on

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Speaker 1: way more ups than downs, and a couple of his

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Speaker 1: when he's on being able to play with anyone he

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Speaker 1: would get a job immediately if medically he could check out.

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Speaker 1: But what's the big problem for Cam Newton. Your doctors,

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Speaker 1: your trainers can't get him medically right now that they're

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Speaker 1: they're not able to interact with him. If this process,

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Speaker 1: I I just think it would be impossible for him

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Speaker 1: absolutely impossible. Jamis Winston, maybe a guy like Jamis because

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Speaker 1: might have to wait till after the draft. But I

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Speaker 1: just I can't see under any circumstances if Cam Newton's

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Speaker 1: a doctor could go he's healthy enough to sign a

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Speaker 1: team not signing him. Obviously there are impact of like

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Speaker 1: how much money does he think he's earned or I

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Speaker 1: mean think he's were how much does a team think

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Speaker 1: he's worth. They'd have to somewhat meet in the middle.

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Speaker 1: I don't know what his number would be. It would

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Speaker 1: probably be an incentive lace deal. Maybe you have to

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Speaker 1: sign a one year deal. You can't convince me though

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Speaker 1: that NFL teams he's can't freaking Newton. He's had more

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Speaker 1: than enough moments to get a job. And I do

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Speaker 1: understand you talk to people in the NFL. We don't

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Speaker 1: we don't know how a shoulder is. There are people

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Speaker 1: in the NFL right now that think his shoulder is

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Speaker 1: shot and shot might be strong, but just never gonna

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Speaker 1: be the same. And he's just they wouldn't touch him.

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Speaker 1: And I think that because last year the tape was

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Speaker 1: so bad and it was coming off the shoulder injury,

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Speaker 1: that it's freaking a lot of teams out and unless

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Speaker 1: they can get their hands, their doctor's hands on that shoulder,

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Speaker 1: he's in trouble. Big winner, I would say the biggest

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Speaker 1: winner right now is the NFL. Talked about it in

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Speaker 1: the opening that they've benefited a lot from the timing

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Speaker 1: of Corona. Their season was over, the Super Bowl just

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Speaker 1: happened to combine and had just happened. They can function,

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Speaker 1: whether you agree with it or not. You can have

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Speaker 1: free agency virtually, you can have the draft virtually, they're

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Speaker 1: going to You can't play the NBA season virtually, you

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Speaker 1: can't play Opening Day, virtually, you can't play the Masters virtually.

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Speaker 1: Either played or you don't. And all those got wiped

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Speaker 1: out for the NFL boom, everything stopped. Free agency. Here

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Speaker 1: we are. Everything still stopped. A month later, Boom Draft,

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Speaker 1: here we are, and they've benefited greatly. There are many

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Speaker 1: businesses besides, like the beer industry, the food industry. Some

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Speaker 1: of you guys working in specific industries probably add some that.

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Speaker 1: When I say the food industry, I don't say the

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Speaker 1: restaurant industry. I say the food industry, like Safe Way

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Speaker 1: and Save Martin, Albertson's in those stores. That are businesses

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Speaker 1: booming for them because we're all eaten at home NonStop.

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Speaker 1: But the NFL has just thrived because they've had inventory

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Speaker 1: for stuff happening that can just happen on social media,

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Speaker 1: where the other leagues had to shut down their product.

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Speaker 1: And then I would say, the biggest loser is going

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Speaker 1: to be the Goodell Hugs Forever. The NFL first round

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Speaker 1: and I got to go live to the event. It

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Speaker 1: was actually Cam Newton, Jere It was a great draft.

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Speaker 1: It's like Cam Newton, J. J. Watt, Julio, A. J. Green,

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Speaker 1: Alden Smith Von Miller. I mean it's it's actually one

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Speaker 1: of the great drafts of all time. That Star Study group. Also,

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Speaker 1: you got a throw in like Blaine Gabberton and I think, uh,

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Speaker 1: the quarterback from Washington's forgetting his name, oh, Jake Locker.

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Speaker 1: But it it had some stars and it's cool. I

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Speaker 1: mean that moment when your name gets called, especially once

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Speaker 1: we get past the first couple of picks, you don't

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Speaker 1: know who it's gonna be. And then they announced j. J. Watt,

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Speaker 1: you know, DeAndre Hopkins, Deshaun Watson, Patrick Mahomes, blah blah

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Speaker 1: blah to a tongue of baloa, ceedee lamb, Jerry Judy.

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Speaker 1: Their lives have been made. They got drafted into the

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Speaker 1: NFL in the first round and they come out there

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Speaker 1: they give goodella hug. It is a cool moment. It

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Speaker 1: is a great event. It does not clearly huge ratings.

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Speaker 1: This one will probably be the highest rating one and

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Speaker 1: it's gonna kind of suck. It's gonna be Roger announcing

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Speaker 1: from his like living room. The Oakland Raiders have drafted

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Speaker 1: Jerry Judy, right, the Carolina Panthers have drafted Isaiah Simmons,

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Speaker 1: and again we're gonna make do the best we can

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Speaker 1: because these are only options. But that's that's a huge

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Speaker 1: moment that sucks for the kids, especially the high the

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Speaker 1: first round guys. They're gonna miss out on a once

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Speaker 1: in a lifetime opportunity. You don't get to make that up.

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Speaker 1: Maybe next year when we're back to normal, all the

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Speaker 1: first rounders can announce the pick. I don't know, Maybe

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Speaker 1: we can do something with them to involve them. But

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Speaker 1: the draft was also gonna be in Vegas. They were

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Speaker 1: gonna have at was it the Blaggio was the Blaggio? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: with the water and they were gonna have a stage

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Speaker 1: on the water, players coming out on a boat. It

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Speaker 1: was gonna be insane, was gonna be so cool. It

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Speaker 1: was gonna be one of the most outrageous things any

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Speaker 1: sports league has ever done. It was like w W

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Speaker 1: E meets the NFL in Vegas and they had to

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Speaker 1: cancel it, and that there's no way around it. That sucks. Okay,

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Speaker 1: let's go Middlecoff mail back at John Middlecoff. Got a

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Speaker 1: lot of questions at John middlecoff Instagram d m s

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Speaker 1: slide right in give it a follow if you like, uh,

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Speaker 1: post do some hits of stories. I need to start

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Speaker 1: posting a little bit more. But we're a on quarantine,

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Speaker 1: Like what am I gonna take pictures of? Hey? John

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Speaker 1: pod is pretty good sarcasm. What better time than this bleep?

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Speaker 1: Agree to give us your all time eleven on offense

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Speaker 1: and defense. Maybe even throwing a kicker and punter would

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Speaker 1: be cool. Cheers from Austria. Wow, okay, punter. I'm going

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Speaker 1: Ray guy just because I like him and when he

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Speaker 1: got introduced into the Hall of Fame, I saw a

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Speaker 1: football live it was just I like that guy. Kicker.

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Speaker 1: I'll probably go Tucker offense, I'd go my my personal

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Speaker 1: I mean, I fell in love with football, Steve Young,

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Speaker 1: but I think my favorite quarterback ever, like I love Brady,

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Speaker 1: I love Manning, but just a guy that was, like

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Speaker 1: you know, and I kind of hated the Packers, but

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Speaker 1: I love this guy was far I mean I far

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Speaker 1: be just if I just had in his peak to

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Speaker 1: watch a game. He's what I like to watch. Running

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Speaker 1: back beat Barry Sanders tight end, probably be Gronk, but

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Speaker 1: you know, Kittles moving up the list, I'll go Moonio's uh,

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Speaker 1: let's let's throw it back to a career that was

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Speaker 1: cut short. But Selly. Let's go Larry Allen my center

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Speaker 1: because when I was at Fresno State, he spoke to

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Speaker 1: the team and this guy was the baddest m effort,

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Speaker 1: even if like he could barely walk. He was tiny

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Speaker 1: because his back was all shoddy. It looked like five

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Speaker 1: ten Jim Otto, complete badass. Let's go Steve Hutchinson wide receiver,

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Speaker 1: Jerry Rice, Randy Moss. Let's go defense D line. We'll

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Speaker 1: go Reggie White. What are we gonna run up? What's

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Speaker 1: run of three? Four? So I get some outside back. Now,

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Speaker 1: I was round a four three. Let's go Reggie White.

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Speaker 1: Uh D tackles. I'll go. I'll go to a little

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Speaker 1: new school. I'll go Aaron Donald I met. I didn't

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Speaker 1: meet him. I just stood next to him at Starbucks

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Speaker 1: of the Combine, and I just always liked this guy.

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Speaker 1: John Randall, badass, other defensive end. This guy was a

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl m v P. That's gonna be personal. I

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Speaker 1: put a lot of money on the Broncos because I

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Speaker 1: just I didn't think the Panthers gonna win, and Von

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Speaker 1: Miller won the Super Bowl m v P. So I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna put him on there. I know technically it's an

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Speaker 1: outside linebacker, but he's a hybrid. We'll go Lawrence Taylor,

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Speaker 1: middle linebacker. I'm a sucker for this guy. Patrick Willis. Uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, I think Pete Navarro Bowman again sucker for

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Speaker 1: these two players. Bowman willis my favorite inside linebacking Dooever,

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Speaker 1: I think both of them could have played will Sam

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Speaker 1: Um Mike. You know, we'll do whatever you ask him

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Speaker 1: to do. I mean they're probably you can put Ray Lewis.

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Speaker 1: You know younger Ray Lewis, he could really fly. Or

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Speaker 1: Locker was probably a true Mike, but he he was

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Speaker 1: so athletic in his prime he could do it all again.

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Speaker 1: Dating myself a little bit like Mike Singletary. I didn't

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Speaker 1: really watch him play. Corner Dion Sanders, safety, ed Reid,

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Speaker 1: Rod Woodson, other corner Reevus. Also, I'm a soccker for Sherman.

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Speaker 1: Sherman make my team, so that's offense, defense, my kickers, coach. Uh,

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Speaker 1: you know that, I'll go Walsh. I'll go Walsh just

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Speaker 1: because Walsh was a badass. That's a good question. Not

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Speaker 1: that's not bad. Off top of my head, throw a

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Speaker 1: little squad together, I mean you probably could do. Probably

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Speaker 1: missing some guys slot receiver, slot receiver, I'd go a

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Speaker 1: couple of tight ends. I'd go like Gronk and who's

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Speaker 1: like a great tight end from the two thousand's trying

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Speaker 1: to think, I don't even know you're not thinking Street

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Speaker 1: during quarantine. Uh love your takes. Two questions. Two questions

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Speaker 1: on arm strength. Football personalities talk about arm strength all

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Speaker 1: the time, but almost as if if it's a if

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Speaker 1: it's a static and can't improve throughout college or in

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Speaker 1: the NFL. Can quarterbacks improve their arm strength or are

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Speaker 1: they generally always gonna have about the same range. I think,

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Speaker 1: for the most part, since I've really been watching this

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Speaker 1: stuff critically, I'd say once I got into Fresno State,

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Speaker 1: no way, you really started watching guys, and I saw

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Speaker 1: a lot of guys that played in college or in

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Speaker 1: high school film like Matt Barkley, and trying to think

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Speaker 1: of some of the West Coast quarterbacks that made into

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Speaker 1: the pros. I saw Derek Carr in college. I mean,

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Speaker 1: Derek Carr's arm has been really strong since high school.

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Speaker 1: Those are two guys that jump to mind. I don't know.

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Speaker 1: Barkley didn't really make it, but he stayed a long time.

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Speaker 1: You know. Aaron Rodgers, I would say, is somewhat of

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Speaker 1: an outlier. His arm got dramatically stronger. I think Brady's

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Speaker 1: arm improved, But think about most guys in the league,

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Speaker 1: like Drew Brees's arm never got strong. He works his

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Speaker 1: ass off, Payton's never got strong. Rivers never get strong.

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Speaker 1: I think it's a little bit like a pitcher. It

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Speaker 1: would be interesting to talk to a baseball pitcher about this,

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Speaker 1: especially a good one. Can can your arm strength get

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Speaker 1: that much stronger? You know, if you're like a starting pitcher,

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Speaker 1: you kind of throw what you throw. Just think out

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Speaker 1: of the guys whoever your favorite baseball team is. For

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Speaker 1: the most part, once a guy gets to the big leagues,

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Speaker 1: really when he's younger, is gonna be as hard as

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Speaker 1: he ever throws. Then it goes down. I think football players,

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Speaker 1: for the most part, it doesn't improve that much. Can

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Speaker 1: you break the current NFL starters into tears of arms?

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Speaker 1: Frank is the other part of the question. Stafford Mahomes Alan, thanks, John, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I would say, off the top of my head, the

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Speaker 1: five best arms in the league. Mahomes Stafford jump right

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Speaker 1: off the page. Josh Allen for sure. Uh, Rogers used

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Speaker 1: to have just a howitzer. I don't think it's quite

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Speaker 1: as strong, but it's still pretty damn good. And when

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Speaker 1: he wants to let it rip. He he can go.

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Speaker 1: Lsburg Lamar Cam Cam used to be big with a show.

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Speaker 1: Older's all messed up. Brady dot as much. Breeze, No Dak,

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Speaker 1: no DeShawn, no Jimmy No. Chargers don't have a quarterback

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Speaker 1: golf No Eli's gone, uh, Patriots on the quarterback, Kirk Cousins, Nort,

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Speaker 1: Carson Wentz, you know, Carson Wentz, Mahomes, Stafford Rogers, Josh

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Speaker 1: Allen Rogers used to be a lead. I just you know,

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Speaker 1: at thirty six, I don't think he quite spins it

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Speaker 1: like he used to, but he's still upper echelon. Then

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Speaker 1: I think there's just a group of guys like Russell Wilson.

637
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Speaker 1: You know, it's just not in the top tier. But

638
00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:39,880
Speaker 1: he's as good as anyone. He needs to let her rip,

639
00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:44,840
Speaker 1: you know, Brady. I still don't think when Brady has

640
00:33:44,880 --> 00:33:47,120
Speaker 1: time in the pocket and sets his feet and throws

641
00:33:47,120 --> 00:33:50,000
Speaker 1: a dart, he can throw it as well as anybody.

642
00:33:50,120 --> 00:33:52,800
Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson sneaky doesn't have that great of an arm.

643
00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:55,800
Speaker 1: I mean it's solid. You know who's underrated arm strength?

644
00:33:56,880 --> 00:34:00,960
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray, Kyler Murray. When he lets it rip, you're

645
00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:04,560
Speaker 1: like I remember watching them like by the end of September.

646
00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:08,080
Speaker 1: My take on Kyler was, this guy is not gonna suck.

647
00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:10,680
Speaker 1: I don't know, it's you know, it's out of his control.

648
00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:13,000
Speaker 1: How good his team is is I mean, Vance Joseph

649
00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:15,920
Speaker 1: is their defensive coordinator. They're awful. His coach has never

650
00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:18,960
Speaker 1: coached in the NFL. It's lots out of his control,

651
00:34:19,040 --> 00:34:22,040
Speaker 1: but just his pure talent is like damn. I think

652
00:34:22,120 --> 00:34:27,560
Speaker 1: some of the younger guys, Jamie's okay, Donald, you know, okay,

653
00:34:28,160 --> 00:34:30,960
Speaker 1: Josh Rosen actually was pretty solid, but he's never gonna

654
00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:33,080
Speaker 1: I mean, is Josh Rosen close to being out of

655
00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:38,680
Speaker 1: the league. Baker's okay, Lamar's solid, Lamar's actually I'd say

656
00:34:38,680 --> 00:34:42,239
Speaker 1: gotten a little better. Uh. Derek Carr actually has a

657
00:34:42,239 --> 00:34:44,840
Speaker 1: pretty good arm. It was funny. He gets kind of

658
00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:46,960
Speaker 1: knocked for being a checkdown guy, but his arm strength

659
00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:52,239
Speaker 1: actually is pretty good. Found you a few months back

660
00:34:52,239 --> 00:34:54,800
Speaker 1: on Colin's podcast. Do you think that Bill Belichick tanks

661
00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:58,080
Speaker 1: this season, drafts Lawrence, then surrounds him with weapons and

662
00:34:58,120 --> 00:35:01,000
Speaker 1: turns into another ten to twelve year tend to twenty

663
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Speaker 1: your reign. Yeah, I mean, I think that's They're not

664
00:35:05,680 --> 00:35:09,160
Speaker 1: gonna tank their team is too good, that their defense

665
00:35:09,239 --> 00:35:10,719
Speaker 1: is too good. Now I've seen I don't know if

666
00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:15,320
Speaker 1: it's quite Reddit or just some Internet rumors. Could Detroit

667
00:35:15,960 --> 00:35:17,640
Speaker 1: trade I think the Patriots have what do they have?

668
00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:22,080
Speaker 1: Twenty two three? Somewhere in the early twenties, would they

669
00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:24,160
Speaker 1: trade all the way back to three? Let's say the

670
00:35:24,160 --> 00:35:28,560
Speaker 1: Patriots like twa would you trade them three for that pick?

671
00:35:29,080 --> 00:35:32,560
Speaker 1: Stephen Gilmore? And like a second Stephon Gilmore was Defensive

672
00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:34,919
Speaker 1: Player of the Year and he's under contract and they're

673
00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:37,759
Speaker 1: trying to win now, just throwing out there. I saw

674
00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:39,520
Speaker 1: it again. Not I don't. I wouldn't say it's a

675
00:35:39,560 --> 00:35:41,960
Speaker 1: credible source, but it was enough that I was like, uh,

676
00:35:42,719 --> 00:35:45,960
Speaker 1: you know, it might be something there. I really enjoy

677
00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:49,920
Speaker 1: the listeners show. I go to a Minnesota State University,

678
00:35:50,560 --> 00:35:54,160
Speaker 1: man man Cato, the school Adam Thland went to, Well, Good,

679
00:35:54,239 --> 00:35:58,040
Speaker 1: Little Good, Little Nugget, which is division to school. I

680
00:35:58,120 --> 00:36:01,520
Speaker 1: was wondering how much time out spend looking at lower

681
00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:07,840
Speaker 1: division prospects. Well, you, most teams besides like two in

682
00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:10,960
Speaker 1: the league go there. They're either involved with blessed Oh

683
00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:13,800
Speaker 1: shows you how long I've been out of the game.

684
00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:16,200
Speaker 1: There was like or like a National scouting Service I

685
00:36:16,239 --> 00:36:18,880
Speaker 1: forget the name of it. And you go to a meeting,

686
00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:23,000
Speaker 1: you know, and like after the draft, so usually drafts

687
00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:25,319
Speaker 1: in April, usually by the end of May, and you

688
00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:27,320
Speaker 1: go to this meeting for like four or five days

689
00:36:28,160 --> 00:36:30,719
Speaker 1: and they give you a book or like a pamphlet.

690
00:36:30,760 --> 00:36:32,759
Speaker 1: It's like a three ring binder. Hell now it might

691
00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:35,000
Speaker 1: be on iPads, I don't know, but it usually it

692
00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:37,160
Speaker 1: used to be in Marco Island is where we went

693
00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:39,879
Speaker 1: when we were in Philly, and most teams are there

694
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Speaker 1: and it's badass. You're right on the water. It's like

695
00:36:41,640 --> 00:36:44,480
Speaker 1: a sweet little vacation, and you go through all the

696
00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:47,920
Speaker 1: players in your area that a scout that works for

697
00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:50,919
Speaker 1: the service had gone through. Like if you have your

698
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Speaker 1: scout California, let's say you've got three states California, Oregon, Washington.

699
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Speaker 1: You go through every college I'm talking USC to you

700
00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:04,279
Speaker 1: See Davis, to Division three schools, and if they got

701
00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:07,879
Speaker 1: legit prospects, they write them down and so if there

702
00:37:07,960 --> 00:37:10,240
Speaker 1: is a sweet player at that school, like Adam Feeling,

703
00:37:10,600 --> 00:37:13,759
Speaker 1: you would know before the season starts. And because of

704
00:37:13,840 --> 00:37:15,880
Speaker 1: stats and stuff, you're keeping an eye on that stuff

705
00:37:15,920 --> 00:37:20,239
Speaker 1: in your area plus buzz just starts. You know, I

706
00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:24,200
Speaker 1: think the term like diamonds, I need to find a diamond.

707
00:37:24,520 --> 00:37:26,319
Speaker 1: That used to happen a lot in the seventies and

708
00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:29,800
Speaker 1: eighties in sports in general. Remember Blue Chips, the movie

709
00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:32,480
Speaker 1: with Shack and Penny Hardaway when Nick Nolty goes to

710
00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:35,680
Speaker 1: like to buy you and just shacks in there, you know,

711
00:37:35,960 --> 00:37:38,200
Speaker 1: playing on like that would hoop and it's It's still

712
00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:40,640
Speaker 1: one of my favorite movie scenes ever. Skinny Shack just

713
00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:46,360
Speaker 1: throwing alley oops, dunking, dunking on dudes, blocking shots. I

714
00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:48,560
Speaker 1: think sports used to be a lot like that, Like

715
00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:51,080
Speaker 1: a scout used to find, hey, hey, coach, I got

716
00:37:51,080 --> 00:37:52,919
Speaker 1: this guy here, Hey I got this guy there in

717
00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:56,439
Speaker 1: in pro basketball, football, and baseball. I think that's very,

718
00:37:56,560 --> 00:38:00,480
Speaker 1: very difficult now because the internet scouting sir versus now

719
00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:04,360
Speaker 1: for high school athletes has become such big business that

720
00:38:05,320 --> 00:38:08,880
Speaker 1: you just you're hearing about these guys at such a

721
00:38:08,960 --> 00:38:11,520
Speaker 1: young age that it's hard for guys to get under

722
00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:15,080
Speaker 1: the cracks. And in football, probably more than like in baseball,

723
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Speaker 1: a lot of guys playing the big leagues that went

724
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Speaker 1: to junior college. In basketball internationally, now the world so flat.

725
00:38:23,239 --> 00:38:26,640
Speaker 1: I would say, how many guys non Division one players

726
00:38:26,640 --> 00:38:29,440
Speaker 1: get drafted in the NBA. Not very many. In football,

727
00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:32,440
Speaker 1: you do get a lot of Nonpower five guys and

728
00:38:32,520 --> 00:38:36,600
Speaker 1: definitely some lower divisions, definitely Division one Double A right

729
00:38:36,920 --> 00:38:39,600
Speaker 1: North Dakota State where he's from. I went to cal Poly.

730
00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:42,520
Speaker 1: We've produced some NFL guys UC Davis. We have some

731
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Speaker 1: out West, but there's a lot in the Midwest and

732
00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:47,839
Speaker 1: the South. I think they play a pretty big role

733
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Speaker 1: in the draft. Are there gonna be a lot of

734
00:38:49,680 --> 00:38:53,080
Speaker 1: Division two in Division three guys drafted? No, it's just

735
00:38:53,160 --> 00:38:55,759
Speaker 1: not the case. Doesn't mean they can't necessarily play, but

736
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Speaker 1: you know, usually they're there for a reason. Who's the

737
00:38:59,040 --> 00:39:04,000
Speaker 1: best incoming offensive skill position player in your opinion, that's

738
00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:07,719
Speaker 1: a hell of a question. Listen, I like, if if

739
00:39:07,719 --> 00:39:09,640
Speaker 1: I know the guy can catch, and I don't know,

740
00:39:10,080 --> 00:39:12,440
Speaker 1: I'd have to text around. But I love Jonathan Taylor.

741
00:39:12,640 --> 00:39:16,319
Speaker 1: I think Jonathan Taylor's a stud. I like all three

742
00:39:16,320 --> 00:39:18,920
Speaker 1: wide receivers a lot. I like Jerry Judy, I like

743
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Speaker 1: Ceedee Lamb, and I like Henry Ruggs. Depending on what

744
00:39:22,320 --> 00:39:24,640
Speaker 1: my team needed, if I needed in a Marii Cooper

745
00:39:24,680 --> 00:39:27,400
Speaker 1: and Marvin Harrison route runner, I'm going Judy. If I

746
00:39:27,440 --> 00:39:30,560
Speaker 1: want a DeAndre Hopkins, those type guy, I'm going Ceedee Lamb.

747
00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:32,960
Speaker 1: Now you could argue when you and if I, if

748
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Speaker 1: I wanted to Sean Jackson speed demon, I'm going Rugs.

749
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Speaker 1: I think the thing if you're gonna pick one of

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Speaker 1: those three players, the guys that usually translate the best

751
00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:46,319
Speaker 1: are the Hopkins type guys, the physical players, the dudes

752
00:39:46,360 --> 00:39:49,040
Speaker 1: that make great contested catches. Now, you can argue that

753
00:39:49,080 --> 00:39:52,120
Speaker 1: the route runners can always get open, but sometimes and

754
00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:55,160
Speaker 1: they're hard to fail. The one thing is with the

755
00:39:55,200 --> 00:39:58,960
Speaker 1: Ceedee Lambs is they usually hit in the sense of

756
00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:03,160
Speaker 1: they're just gonna function the It's hard for Jerry Judy

757
00:40:03,160 --> 00:40:06,120
Speaker 1: to fail because you're getting open, but they can underachieve,

758
00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:10,440
Speaker 1: where the Rugs is probably your biggest swinging for the fences.

759
00:40:10,480 --> 00:40:12,799
Speaker 1: You could strike out or hit a home run. You know,

760
00:40:12,880 --> 00:40:14,520
Speaker 1: John Ross a couple of years ago was draft to

761
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Speaker 1: D eight. He's been a royal bust. Uh. You know

762
00:40:17,360 --> 00:40:20,320
Speaker 1: Marii Cooper is an underachiever. He still averages seventy catches,

763
00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:23,560
Speaker 1: a thousand yards and six touchdowns a year. So I

764
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Speaker 1: know people in Oklahoma they love Ceedee Lamb I think

765
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Speaker 1: when you look at Oklahoma under Lincoln Riley, his guys

766
00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:33,560
Speaker 1: to play for him what he asked of you. Like

767
00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:36,840
Speaker 1: their standards, there are sneaky pretty high. How many Oklahoma

768
00:40:36,840 --> 00:40:39,680
Speaker 1: guys over the last besides like Baker have failed And

769
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Speaker 1: I wouldn't call Baker a failure yet, But I'm just

770
00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:45,600
Speaker 1: saying coming to the league and played well. Mixing uh

771
00:40:45,680 --> 00:40:49,000
Speaker 1: Sterling Shepherd trying to think of a couple off the

772
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Speaker 1: top of my head. Obviously Kyler Murray, even Baker, and

773
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Speaker 1: he starts all the offensive linemen, look at Mark Andrews,

774
00:40:55,239 --> 00:40:58,520
Speaker 1: goes right to Baltimore and beats out the dude drafted

775
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Speaker 1: ahead of him. It's so you see these guys. Markey's

776
00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:03,879
Speaker 1: Brown was hurt last year in and out, but he's

777
00:41:03,880 --> 00:41:05,800
Speaker 1: gonna be a good player. These guys coming to the

778
00:41:05,920 --> 00:41:08,359
Speaker 1: NFL ready to play. I just I think see Lamb's

779
00:41:08,360 --> 00:41:10,040
Speaker 1: gonna be a really good player. Like I said, I

780
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Speaker 1: think I think he might be the first wide receiver drafted.

781
00:41:13,719 --> 00:41:16,319
Speaker 1: Big Packers fan here, do you think Devin Funches has

782
00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:18,320
Speaker 1: a chance to be an impact for free agent signing?

783
00:41:18,440 --> 00:41:21,640
Speaker 1: I feel like Rogers could elevate him. Also, what wide

784
00:41:21,680 --> 00:41:25,440
Speaker 1: receiver should they take in the first round. I would agree.

785
00:41:25,480 --> 00:41:28,040
Speaker 1: If you think about it, they've had some back shoulder

786
00:41:28,120 --> 00:41:31,759
Speaker 1: fade guys like James Jones had a lot of success there.

787
00:41:31,840 --> 00:41:34,319
Speaker 1: James Jones couldn't run. I saw I talked to James

788
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Speaker 1: Jones when I was at the Super Bowl. I love

789
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Speaker 1: James Jones, San Jose State guy. But when you have

790
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Speaker 1: an accurate quarterback that can just throw seeds on the

791
00:41:42,680 --> 00:41:46,040
Speaker 1: back shoulder stuff because Funches can't really run, so Canny

792
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Speaker 1: resurrect him. I mean when you say resurrect, if he

793
00:41:49,520 --> 00:41:52,399
Speaker 1: gets forty catches, that'd be pretty good. When you look

794
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Speaker 1: at wide receivers at the end of the first round,

795
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Speaker 1: I think the s U guy is really I you

796
00:41:56,400 --> 00:41:58,759
Speaker 1: is how you say his name, Mims. The Baylor kid

797
00:41:58,880 --> 00:42:02,959
Speaker 1: is very very interesting. Would a kJ Hammler, the guy

798
00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:05,040
Speaker 1: that can just fly from Penn State? Would he make

799
00:42:05,080 --> 00:42:07,880
Speaker 1: any sense? There? Is that too high, but I I

800
00:42:07,920 --> 00:42:09,920
Speaker 1: do think it's time for the Packers to start drafting

801
00:42:09,920 --> 00:42:12,560
Speaker 1: some offensive players for Aaron Rodgers. For the love of God,

802
00:42:15,040 --> 00:42:17,000
Speaker 1: I was wondering if you would break down the Pack

803
00:42:17,040 --> 00:42:20,080
Speaker 1: twelve for me hopefully this football season. Who is the

804
00:42:20,120 --> 00:42:24,080
Speaker 1: worst and best? Please go over the coaching changes. That's

805
00:42:24,080 --> 00:42:27,880
Speaker 1: a lot um. I would say the best team in

806
00:42:27,920 --> 00:42:29,640
Speaker 1: the Pack twelve going into the season is gonna be

807
00:42:29,760 --> 00:42:32,080
Speaker 1: organ They're returning a ton of guys. They're gonna have

808
00:42:32,080 --> 00:42:35,920
Speaker 1: a new quarterback, but their defense is basically all returning

809
00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:39,480
Speaker 1: their offensive skill guys should be back from injury, and

810
00:42:39,520 --> 00:42:42,080
Speaker 1: if their quarterback is just solid, they're really really good.

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Speaker 1: They host Ohio State Week two at in Eugene at

812
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Speaker 1: Austin Stadium. That's gonna be one of the biggest games

813
00:42:48,280 --> 00:42:51,920
Speaker 1: probably of the nonconference in the country. Uh that they

814
00:42:51,920 --> 00:42:53,839
Speaker 1: should be the team to beat. I don't really even

815
00:42:53,840 --> 00:42:56,840
Speaker 1: think there's a close second. I maybe a s U.

816
00:42:56,960 --> 00:42:58,880
Speaker 1: I mean, they're gonna return the quarterback who's got a

817
00:42:58,920 --> 00:43:01,760
Speaker 1: chance to be really really good. But it's gonna be interesting.

818
00:43:01,760 --> 00:43:05,400
Speaker 1: Like in college football. You know, the the off season

819
00:43:05,440 --> 00:43:08,000
Speaker 1: in college football is really big because, unlike the NFL,

820
00:43:08,080 --> 00:43:10,400
Speaker 1: you get to wear pads in practice, you do do

821
00:43:10,440 --> 00:43:13,720
Speaker 1: a lot of work the strength program for college guys,

822
00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:16,880
Speaker 1: unlike the NFL. I heard rich Richard Sherman say this

823
00:43:17,760 --> 00:43:21,200
Speaker 1: within the last month. He's like, you know, I do

824
00:43:21,320 --> 00:43:24,239
Speaker 1: most of my hardcore training, like leading up to training camp.

825
00:43:24,280 --> 00:43:26,399
Speaker 1: The off season is kind of when I relax. Now,

826
00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:28,520
Speaker 1: he's an older player. But in the NFL, what you

827
00:43:28,560 --> 00:43:31,560
Speaker 1: get in four or five years you have a specific regiment.

828
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Speaker 1: Do you know exactly what you're doing when you're a seventeen, eighteen,

829
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Speaker 1: nineteen year old kid at Colorado, at Alabama, at l

830
00:43:38,080 --> 00:43:42,520
Speaker 1: s U, at Washington wherever. Your growth as a human

831
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Speaker 1: is huge, putting on the muscle mask, going through the

832
00:43:46,560 --> 00:43:49,879
Speaker 1: intense training, and they're not gonna get that. I would

833
00:43:49,880 --> 00:43:52,520
Speaker 1: say the worst cal actually might be a sleeper to

834
00:43:52,640 --> 00:43:55,880
Speaker 1: their Their defense is really good. Return to quarterback Bill Musgrave,

835
00:43:55,960 --> 00:43:58,600
Speaker 1: the offensive coordinator, I would say the worst team in

836
00:43:58,640 --> 00:44:01,120
Speaker 1: the Pack twelve probably gonna be called RADO. I would

837
00:44:01,160 --> 00:44:06,200
Speaker 1: expect them to be really bad. My friends don't believe

838
00:44:06,280 --> 00:44:08,840
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson is a top five quarterback in the league.

839
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Speaker 1: I'm not sure how to convince them how good he is.

840
00:44:12,280 --> 00:44:15,120
Speaker 1: Can you discuss what NFL people see in his game

841
00:44:15,120 --> 00:44:17,879
Speaker 1: that the regular fan cannot. Well, if your friends don't

842
00:44:17,880 --> 00:44:20,360
Speaker 1: think Russell Wilson's a top five quarterback in the NFL,

843
00:44:21,080 --> 00:44:23,279
Speaker 1: I don't know what they're watching. Because he's easily a

844
00:44:23,280 --> 00:44:25,560
Speaker 1: top five quarterback in the NFL. He's probably a top

845
00:44:25,719 --> 00:44:28,600
Speaker 1: three quarterback in the NFL. You'd argue after last year,

846
00:44:29,480 --> 00:44:33,040
Speaker 1: you know him, Lamar and Mahomes by far the three

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Speaker 1: best quarterbacks in the league. And the difference is Lamar

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Speaker 1: Jackson can't win in the playoffs because he can't throw

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Speaker 1: first downs. So I can't put Lamar Jackson above Russell Wilson.

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Speaker 1: I know we got the MVP at great regular season.

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Speaker 1: Can you win a playoff game Russell camp and clearly

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Speaker 1: Mahomes can too. I don't know. He's just he's incredible.

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Speaker 1: He's one of the greatest playmakers we've ever seen. He's

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Speaker 1: one of the greatest scrambler and throwers we've ever seen.

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Speaker 1: He's one of the great carriers of a franchise we've

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Speaker 1: ever seen. He's one of the great deep ball throwers

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Speaker 1: we've ever seen. He's just a bona fide superstar. I

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Speaker 1: mean to me, he's he's just your no doubt about

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Speaker 1: it eye test guy. You watch a Russell Wilson game

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Speaker 1: and you just come away going, God, that number three,

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Speaker 1: that little quarterback Seattle has got is a baller. Okay,

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Speaker 1: we'll end on that. I hope everyone stays safe, keep

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Speaker 1: quarantining and so we can get the hell out of

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Speaker 1: this and UH got out of our houses sooner or later.

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Speaker 1: Keep your head up. We just gotta keep trucking. And

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Speaker 1: UH at least we got the draft not not too

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Speaker 1: far away, so but under two and a half weeks.

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Speaker 1: By the time here the second podcast the week by Friday,

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Speaker 1: will be under two weeks until the NFL Draft, So

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Speaker 1: I guess we've got something to look forward to. And

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Speaker 1: UH keep flattening that curve, baby, audios say, and