1 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:11,960 Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. Hello and welcome, 2 00:00:12,039 --> 00:00:17,119 Speaker 1: ladies and gentlemen. It's me Jason McIntyre Straight Fire here 3 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:23,360 Speaker 1: on Wednesday, January inauguration day, meaning there's gonna be a 4 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:27,640 Speaker 1: lot of news happening and sports are gonna be pushed 5 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:30,319 Speaker 1: to the backdrop, and you know what, for one day, 6 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:33,320 Speaker 1: It's okay, I understand that. But maybe we'll have some 7 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:38,199 Speaker 1: big sports news later today. When Patrick Mahomes uh may 8 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:41,360 Speaker 1: or may not practice with the Kansas City Chiefs. Everybody 9 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:44,479 Speaker 1: waiting with bated breath to find out when the best 10 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:49,160 Speaker 1: quarterback in the NFL, with apologies to Aaron Rodgers, whether 11 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:51,920 Speaker 1: or not he can suit up for this weekend's a 12 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:56,160 Speaker 1: f C title game, Chiefs Bills, very good game. Listen, 13 00:00:56,160 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 1: everybody hopes Patrick Mahomes plays. But I'm actually gonna start 14 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:04,319 Speaker 1: today's show by reminding you to subscribe, rate and review. 15 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 1: Sometimes I forget to slip that in there, and um, 16 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:10,920 Speaker 1: that helps the metrics, That helps the audience grow. We 17 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:14,400 Speaker 1: love when you subscribe, rate and review. Later in the podcast, 18 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:18,800 Speaker 1: we have a great guest, Brady papinga former Packers Super 19 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:22,520 Speaker 1: Bowl champion, stops by and he went to b y U. 20 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 1: He is an enormous Taysom Hill advocate. They're good friends, 21 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:30,920 Speaker 1: and I asked him about Zack Wilson, the b y 22 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:33,200 Speaker 1: U quarterback who I would love for the Jets to 23 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:36,360 Speaker 1: get if they can't get to Shaun Watson. I think 24 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 1: the Jets fans who listen to this, and yes, Rob 25 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:40,959 Speaker 1: g hates it when I talk about the Jets, but 26 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:43,759 Speaker 1: the Jets fans who listened to this are gonna love 27 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:47,560 Speaker 1: what Brady Papeinga has to say about Zack Wilson. But 28 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:52,560 Speaker 1: first I need to open the podcast talking about what 29 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 1: I think is probably gonna end up being the second 30 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 1: biggest story in sports this evening, and that's the return, 31 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:04,160 Speaker 1: allegedly of Kyrie Irving to the Brooklyn Nets. The Nets 32 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:07,840 Speaker 1: will play the Cleveland Cavaliers. Kyrie Irving is expected to 33 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 1: return from his two weeks sabbatical miss seven games. And 34 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:13,200 Speaker 1: I know a lot of people are gonna be like, oh, 35 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:15,680 Speaker 1: let me just fast forward through Kyrie Irving and get 36 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:18,919 Speaker 1: to the NFL stuff. Just be patient. There is a 37 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 1: bigger picture story here, okay. Kyrie spoke to the media 38 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:28,960 Speaker 1: on Tuesday and offered no details about his absence. He's 39 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 1: basically like, yeah, let's move on, let's move on family stuff, 40 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 1: personal stuff, blah. I don't I don't want to get 41 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:37,080 Speaker 1: into it. I'm happy to be back. I addressed the team. 42 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:40,120 Speaker 1: I addressed everyone that needed to be addressed. So I 43 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 1: guess Steve Nash, the head coach, who he said they 44 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:45,960 Speaker 1: don't really need a head coach. Hopefully Steve Nash has 45 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 1: the deal, the Nets owner, and obviously Kevin Durant and 46 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:52,520 Speaker 1: James Harden. Um. I think what I want to talk 47 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 1: about here is, you know, Kyrie being a different dude. 48 00:02:57,240 --> 00:02:59,400 Speaker 1: And I will say I've taken some shots at Kyrie 49 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:04,079 Speaker 1: Irving on this podcast, on my radio show, on television. Um, 50 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:06,440 Speaker 1: I've taken plenty of shots at Kyrie Irving and he's 51 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 1: low hanging fruit at this point. Okay, But I want 52 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 1: to back off for a second and zoom out for 53 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 1: a second, and I want you guys to take this 54 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 1: approach to Kyrie Irving and his absence. Okay. I had 55 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:21,000 Speaker 1: thought of this witty opening, like, hey, what happens if 56 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 1: your wife says I need to piece out I needed 57 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:27,360 Speaker 1: two weeks sabbatical and she just vanishes without a trace, 58 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:30,360 Speaker 1: and then she shows up two weeks later and you're like, 59 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:32,800 Speaker 1: what the hell you can't You can't do that. You 60 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 1: know you're gonna dump your wife. If it's your girlfriend, 61 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 1: you're moving on. Um. I thought about opening with that, 62 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 1: and I thought, and that's that's probably a little art 63 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:44,920 Speaker 1: on Kyrie Irving. Let me take this angle and I 64 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:49,040 Speaker 1: went to his Instagram page. You know, millennials, all they 65 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:52,800 Speaker 1: do is they love Instagram. Right, as a young athlete, 66 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 1: the best way to reach your audience you're following is 67 00:03:56,840 --> 00:03:59,640 Speaker 1: through Instagram. That Twitter not really that big for athletes, 68 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 1: they don't of it. Instagram is the best. Facebook is 69 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 1: very corporate. That's what you do to pop your uh 70 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 1: you know latest ad Right, you do that on Facebook, 71 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 1: But the young people are on Instagram. Yes, you need 72 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 1: to follow me on the Graham. So I went to 73 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 1: get an idea of Kyrie Irving's Instagram. First of all, 74 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:20,880 Speaker 1: he has fifteen million followers. I decided, you know what, 75 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:22,919 Speaker 1: let me go to some other NBA players. So I 76 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:26,560 Speaker 1: went to Steph Curry's I g all it is is 77 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:31,640 Speaker 1: basically basketball, which he loves, and his family, you know, 78 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:35,280 Speaker 1: his wife who is like an amateur cookbook person, and 79 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:39,720 Speaker 1: his kids hoops and family for Steph Curry and said, well, Jay, 80 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 1: he's a little bit older. Okay, let me check Lebron. 81 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:45,160 Speaker 1: You know, the most popular player in the NBA. You know, 82 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:50,400 Speaker 1: greatest player of all time, Lebron basketball, heavy on the 83 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:53,720 Speaker 1: social activism and his family family. Guy loves basketball, a 84 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 1: lot of basketball. Jason, You're going to Kyrie's younger, Kyrie's 85 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 1: twenty Okay, okay, let me go look at the young guys. 86 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:06,720 Speaker 1: Luca don Chech post about his girlfriend and a lot 87 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:12,640 Speaker 1: of posts about basketball. Luca don Chech loves basketball, all right. 88 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:15,440 Speaker 1: Let me look at Janice. I go to Janice's I 89 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 1: g he's a little younger than Kyrie. All basketball. It's 90 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:21,640 Speaker 1: like the honest posts after every other game or something. 91 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:23,960 Speaker 1: I didn't check all the dates, but it is a 92 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:28,000 Speaker 1: ton of basketball. The point, folks, is that if this 93 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:30,480 Speaker 1: is your way to express yourself to your fans, who 94 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:33,480 Speaker 1: you are, what you love. Go to my Instagram right, 95 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:40,440 Speaker 1: family stuff, sports, takes, gambling, um, other interests that I have. 96 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:44,080 Speaker 1: I'm trying to spend time outdoors because l A wants 97 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:48,120 Speaker 1: you to stay indoors, trying to do hiking. Um, it's 98 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:50,960 Speaker 1: it's a it's kind of a window into who I am. 99 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 1: So now we get to Kyrie Irving. And if you 100 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:56,520 Speaker 1: go to Kyrie Irving's Instagram page, what do you see. 101 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:01,839 Speaker 1: I don't see no basketball. I don't see any basketball. 102 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:06,120 Speaker 1: No pictures of Kyrie Irving playing basketball. There's one of 103 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:09,240 Speaker 1: him with a basket, he's a dressed in a nice alfit, 104 00:06:09,279 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 1: he's a basketball under his leg. But you know there's 105 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 1: another one where, um, he's lacing up his sneakers, obviously 106 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:19,159 Speaker 1: an ad because he's got a lucrative sneaker deal. But 107 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:22,359 Speaker 1: there are no images of Kyrie, no videos of Kyrie 108 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:26,840 Speaker 1: doing basketball. And I need at this point to preface 109 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:30,520 Speaker 1: it by repeating myself that I am a fan of 110 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:34,680 Speaker 1: Kyrie Irving the basketball player. I love watching him do 111 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:38,000 Speaker 1: his thang on the court. His skill set is absurdly fun. 112 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:42,479 Speaker 1: I you know, I like watching Kyrie Irving play basketball 113 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:46,960 Speaker 1: more than James Harden. Confession. I own a Kyrie Irving jersey, 114 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:51,039 Speaker 1: the burnt orange. It just looks sick from his Calves days. 115 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:56,280 Speaker 1: I'm a Kyrie Irving basketball fan. Now I'm not a psychologist, 116 00:06:56,560 --> 00:07:00,919 Speaker 1: major shocker, um, but when I look at Kyrie's page, 117 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:05,600 Speaker 1: I see a young man who's lost, who doesn't know 118 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:08,160 Speaker 1: who he is or what he wants to be, someone 119 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:12,760 Speaker 1: who is struggling with who they are, maybe to find 120 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:19,360 Speaker 1: their place in this giant, terrifying, scary, uncertain world. I mean, 121 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 1: maybe he's struggling with fame a little bit. And I 122 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 1: remembered that friend of the podcast, Brian Windhorst, He's been 123 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 1: on here a couple of times, as insightful as it 124 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:31,680 Speaker 1: gets regarding the NBA. Three years ago he wrote a 125 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 1: piece and the dateline was, I believe North Dakota. Kyrie 126 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:39,200 Speaker 1: Irving never knew his mother. His mom and his dad 127 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:41,360 Speaker 1: separated when he was really young, and then his mom 128 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 1: passed away when Kyrie was like four years old. And 129 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:48,920 Speaker 1: Windhorse wrote a piece about Kyrie Irving going to North 130 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:52,080 Speaker 1: Dakota a few summers ago, three summers ago to understand 131 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:55,560 Speaker 1: where his mom came from, and she was from the 132 00:07:55,800 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 1: Standing Rock Sioux tribe that she was born into um 133 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 1: And it's like, that's kind of heavy. A young man, 134 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 1: Kyrie Irving not knowing his mom at all and then 135 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:13,160 Speaker 1: finding out she was part of this huge tribe in 136 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:18,360 Speaker 1: North Dakota. And on some level I can kind of 137 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:22,560 Speaker 1: understand his uncertainty. Um. I think I've talked about this 138 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:26,400 Speaker 1: a little on my radio show. My brother and I, Um, 139 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:28,760 Speaker 1: you know, we got the twenty three and me a 140 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 1: few years ago to get a better understanding of our 141 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 1: families backgrounds. You know, our parents are from the Caribbean, 142 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker 1: and we only knew my my dad's mom and my 143 00:08:39,040 --> 00:08:42,680 Speaker 1: mom's mom, um their dad, their fathers had passed away, 144 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:45,480 Speaker 1: and we didn't really know the great grandparents. The history 145 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:48,040 Speaker 1: were mixed. Obviously if you you know, see the picture 146 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:50,839 Speaker 1: of me or my brother, and you know that stuff 147 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 1: interests us. I mean, I'm revealing way too much that 148 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:56,240 Speaker 1: you don't care about. And I'm sure that our young 149 00:08:56,280 --> 00:08:58,959 Speaker 1: audience and I do know the audience information where you 150 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:02,240 Speaker 1: guys are from. You know, um ages we I know, 151 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:03,480 Speaker 1: we know all that stuff. And I know there's a 152 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:05,640 Speaker 1: lot of young guys being like, dude, what are you doing, Jason, 153 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:09,200 Speaker 1: this is way too heavy. Um. But like, I took 154 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:13,320 Speaker 1: on a project among my my mom's side of the family. 155 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:15,080 Speaker 1: I hit up our cousins. I'm like, you know what 156 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:16,679 Speaker 1: I'm gonna do, a family tree. I want to get 157 00:09:16,679 --> 00:09:20,680 Speaker 1: a better understanding of the history of the family and 158 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:23,600 Speaker 1: everybody's like, great, Jay, let us know when you're done. Uh. 159 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:27,079 Speaker 1: And this is a taller order than I imagined. Um, 160 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:29,640 Speaker 1: but like I'm into that stuff. You know. The thing is, 161 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:32,920 Speaker 1: I'm a little older than Kyrie. I'm a little surprised 162 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:37,400 Speaker 1: this is happening to him when he's like you know, um, 163 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:42,640 Speaker 1: and you know again you need to zoom out on Kyrie. 164 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:44,680 Speaker 1: It's easy to bash him and say, bro, you didn't 165 00:09:44,679 --> 00:09:46,800 Speaker 1: show up for two weeks. What the hell I've done 166 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:48,880 Speaker 1: that here on this podcast. But I took my time 167 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:51,760 Speaker 1: today and I really sifted through it, and like, bottom line, 168 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:55,880 Speaker 1: he is a complicated young man. And when you start 169 00:09:55,920 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 1: talking about guys who want to retire early and walk away, 170 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:02,319 Speaker 1: dudes got generation a wealth from his contracts. His sneakers 171 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:06,040 Speaker 1: are gonna sell long after he's playing in the NBA. Um, 172 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:11,240 Speaker 1: he don't need basketball. And I mean, maybe I'm overthinking it. 173 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:14,640 Speaker 1: And this was a big middle finger to the Nets 174 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:18,800 Speaker 1: for going out and getting James Harden and not getting 175 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:22,439 Speaker 1: the coach that he wanted, whoever that may be. Um. 176 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:25,240 Speaker 1: I just I do wonder if this all is gonna 177 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:29,439 Speaker 1: galvanize the Brooklyn Nets and they're gonna come together as 178 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:35,520 Speaker 1: a team as a unit and maybe rally around Kyrie Ving. Hey, man, 179 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:38,200 Speaker 1: Kyrie needs us. He's our teammate, he's our dog. He's 180 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:40,719 Speaker 1: going through some stuff, some personal stuff. He needs us, 181 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:44,520 Speaker 1: and maybe the team rallies around Kyrie. This is a 182 00:10:44,559 --> 00:10:47,000 Speaker 1: tall order for Steve Nash and his first year ever 183 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:49,959 Speaker 1: being a head coach in the NBA. All this dumps 184 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:52,800 Speaker 1: on your plate. That is a lot. Okay. They have 185 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:56,400 Speaker 1: one guy who loves basketball so much in Kevin Durant. 186 00:10:56,440 --> 00:11:00,120 Speaker 1: He'll show up in the comments section and scrap up 187 00:11:00,679 --> 00:11:04,320 Speaker 1: and verbally spar with people. I mean, I tagged Kevin 188 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:06,920 Speaker 1: Durant enough times in Instagram post a couple of years 189 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:08,120 Speaker 1: back when I said he was the best player in 190 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:10,480 Speaker 1: the NBA. He started replying to me. Who am I. 191 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:13,440 Speaker 1: I'm just a guy on radio TV, you know, talking 192 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:15,720 Speaker 1: about Kevin Durant and he's replying to me, and we 193 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:18,840 Speaker 1: opened a dialogue. Was like, jeez, this guy loves who 194 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:22,880 Speaker 1: And then your other guy is James Harden, who loves 195 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:25,880 Speaker 1: him some James Harden and loves him some strip clubs. 196 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:30,960 Speaker 1: He enjoys being a celebrity. He's loving life. He loves 197 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:34,200 Speaker 1: basketball too. He wants nothing more than a championship. Well 198 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:37,760 Speaker 1: maybe in strip clubs, but how Nash is going to 199 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:42,200 Speaker 1: get these three to get together on the same page 200 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:44,839 Speaker 1: and win a championship. Dat is going to be fascinating. 201 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:49,160 Speaker 1: This along with the reappearance of Steph Curry who took 202 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:51,920 Speaker 1: down the Lakers on Monday night, Lebron trying to go 203 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:55,640 Speaker 1: back to back, the emergence of Zion Williamson who's starting 204 00:11:55,679 --> 00:11:59,760 Speaker 1: to play really well, brandon ingram as well. Janice did 205 00:11:59,840 --> 00:12:01,840 Speaker 1: May the right decision. The NBA has been off to 206 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:04,760 Speaker 1: a sluggish start, but I'm telling you, I think the 207 00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:07,360 Speaker 1: return of Kyrie Irving tonight is a step in the 208 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:11,319 Speaker 1: right direction. Of course, after conference championship weekend this weekend 209 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:15,360 Speaker 1: in the NFL, it's like, welcome back, NBA. We've only 210 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:17,839 Speaker 1: got one football game left and the NBA kind of 211 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:20,440 Speaker 1: matters a lot again now, So I'm kind of excited 212 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:23,240 Speaker 1: for the NBA to return. It has been a tough 213 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:26,440 Speaker 1: start for the league, but I'm excited to see what 214 00:12:26,520 --> 00:12:29,199 Speaker 1: Kyrie's got tonight. All Right, I've rambled long enough. Let's 215 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:37,200 Speaker 1: get to the main man. Brady Papinga Jason likes to 216 00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:40,320 Speaker 1: think he knows everything when it comes to sports. I 217 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:43,480 Speaker 1: know what sports stands want, but for everything he doesn't. 218 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:46,720 Speaker 1: He knows a guy who does. Let's just say I 219 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:51,280 Speaker 1: know a guy who knows he knows another guy. All right, 220 00:12:51,320 --> 00:12:55,040 Speaker 1: let's welcome into straight fire. A guy I've known probably 221 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:57,920 Speaker 1: five or six years now. He's done some Fox Sports Radio, 222 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:02,720 Speaker 1: some FS one and he was on the last Packers 223 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:07,880 Speaker 1: team to win the Super Bowl. Former defensive star Brady Papinka. Brady, 224 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:12,719 Speaker 1: how you doing, man, Doing fantastic? Good to be with you, Ja, fantastic. 225 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:15,120 Speaker 1: That's good to hear. Man. It's tough to be fantastic 226 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:19,120 Speaker 1: right now in America, in l A County, right, that's 227 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:22,040 Speaker 1: right now. Yeah, you gotta gotta work for it, no question, 228 00:13:22,679 --> 00:13:24,800 Speaker 1: Yeah you do. All right, let's get started, Brady, with 229 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:27,600 Speaker 1: your Green Bay Packers. They are in the NFC title Game, 230 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:31,800 Speaker 1: hosting Tampa Bay. I want to start a big picture 231 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:34,040 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers. You know, this could have gone a lot 232 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:36,200 Speaker 1: of ways when they drafted a quarterback in the first 233 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:39,440 Speaker 1: round after going thirteen and three, Aaron Rodgers could have pouted, 234 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:42,360 Speaker 1: could have been whiny. Instead, he just turned it on 235 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:45,600 Speaker 1: and dominated. Um. Your thoughts on this season and what 236 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:48,520 Speaker 1: you remember as a teammate of Aaron Rodgers. Yeah, Aaron 237 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:50,920 Speaker 1: Rodgers is the ultimate competitor. I mean he knew the 238 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:53,520 Speaker 1: deal right from the beginning because he used to be 239 00:13:53,720 --> 00:13:57,559 Speaker 1: Jordan's love when he came in to the Packers back 240 00:13:57,559 --> 00:14:00,080 Speaker 1: in two thousand five with myself and Ted Thoms, and 241 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:04,200 Speaker 1: he'd know the culture immediately by drafting Aaron Rodgers of competition. 242 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:09,559 Speaker 1: He even said, Lord Farve, the great untouchable can still 243 00:14:09,640 --> 00:14:12,960 Speaker 1: be dethroned if he doesn't perform. And that sent a 244 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:15,920 Speaker 1: reverberating message to the whole team that, hey, you know, 245 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:17,920 Speaker 1: and I talked to John Schneider, who's the current, you know, 246 00:14:18,559 --> 00:14:21,280 Speaker 1: general manager with these Hawks. He was the former assistant 247 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:24,320 Speaker 1: basically general manager of the Packers back then, and he 248 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:25,800 Speaker 1: would tell us that all the time. He would get 249 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:27,800 Speaker 1: with us and he would just say, hey, man, if 250 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:30,000 Speaker 1: we draft a guy in the first round at your position, 251 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:33,040 Speaker 1: don't get offended. You know, we draft the best guys 252 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:37,000 Speaker 1: on the board. And hey, we're not afraid to compete. 253 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:38,880 Speaker 1: You know, we're not afraid to have you guys competed. 254 00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:41,800 Speaker 1: If you guys are afraid to compete, we're sorry. And 255 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:43,440 Speaker 1: he basically left it like, well, then you better find 256 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:46,200 Speaker 1: another team. So Aaron's known the deal for fifteen out 257 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:48,160 Speaker 1: of years, you know, And last time this did have 258 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:50,680 Speaker 1: to AI. A lot of people don't remember is when 259 00:14:50,760 --> 00:14:54,960 Speaker 1: Farv retired then came back, but basically retired. The Packers 260 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:57,600 Speaker 1: moved on for Farf and Aaron was the guy. The 261 00:14:57,640 --> 00:15:00,440 Speaker 1: Packers still picked Brian Brown in the second around, and 262 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:04,080 Speaker 1: you don't pick guys in the second round to be backups, right, 263 00:15:04,360 --> 00:15:06,720 Speaker 1: And I remember they had an interviewer there and after 264 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:11,280 Speaker 1: the draft and Aaron was asked, is there a quarterback competition? 265 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:14,720 Speaker 1: And He's like, nope, even though there was. And what 266 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:16,720 Speaker 1: he meant was is I'm gonna I'm gonna play so 267 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:19,480 Speaker 1: well that Brian Brown is gonna become an afterthought and 268 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:21,880 Speaker 1: based off of most people's reaction when you bring up 269 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 1: Brian Brown's name, that's exactly what he did. And that's 270 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 1: what he's done to Jordan Love. I forgot even Jordan 271 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:30,400 Speaker 1: Love was on the team. But when he was picked 272 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:33,160 Speaker 1: his last year and everybody was thinking Aaron was freaking 273 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:36,520 Speaker 1: out and having these like psycho breakdowns, in my mind 274 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:39,480 Speaker 1: it was no, he's got those competitive juices flowing and 275 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:41,760 Speaker 1: he's gonna do the same thing. He's gonna play so 276 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:46,080 Speaker 1: well that it won't even be a question whether or 277 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:47,960 Speaker 1: not Jordan Love is going to go on the field 278 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:51,760 Speaker 1: or not. And he did exactly that, and he'll continue 279 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:55,120 Speaker 1: to do that. And I do believe that he's of 280 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:57,800 Speaker 1: the mentality because you know, Farv wasn't used to this, 281 00:15:57,840 --> 00:16:01,280 Speaker 1: because remember far Farve played culture to where you don't 282 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:03,680 Speaker 1: get replaced until you kind of say I'm done, and 283 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:06,600 Speaker 1: then you're done. That's what happened. Then now Aaron's under 284 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:09,240 Speaker 1: the premise that I have to play on the lead level. 285 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:11,120 Speaker 1: If I do that, I'll be able to leave on 286 00:16:11,160 --> 00:16:14,080 Speaker 1: my own terms. I do believe that's what Aaron wants, 287 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:17,760 Speaker 1: and I do believe he will make that happen unless 288 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:21,080 Speaker 1: there's some freakish injury. But that's where he's at, and 289 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:23,120 Speaker 1: it was the best pick for the Packers. The Packers 290 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:25,720 Speaker 1: knew the psychology of Aaron. We all do that are 291 00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:27,840 Speaker 1: close to Aaron, and we knew the best thing for 292 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:30,760 Speaker 1: the Packards is that Aaron plays at an all time 293 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:33,480 Speaker 1: elite level, which he is right now, and the best 294 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:35,240 Speaker 1: way to do that is a lot of even a 295 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:37,320 Speaker 1: bigger fire under him, which he already has a fire, 296 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:40,360 Speaker 1: but even a bigger one bringing somebody into potentially take 297 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:44,120 Speaker 1: a spot. So do you so you think they did 298 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:46,600 Speaker 1: the right thing go in first round quarterback like Aaron 299 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:49,000 Speaker 1: Rodgers probably looked at it as che's These guys don't 300 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:52,920 Speaker 1: draft receivers. For me, they don't draft defensive stars. We 301 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:55,600 Speaker 1: could we could have used some guys at certain positions 302 00:16:55,920 --> 00:16:58,320 Speaker 1: and you guys drafted a backup. Now ultimately, you know, 303 00:16:58,520 --> 00:17:01,040 Speaker 1: playing the results, it worked. But I mean, Brady, this 304 00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:03,920 Speaker 1: was a thirteen and three team last year. Yeah, but 305 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:05,920 Speaker 1: I mean you look at Davanta Adams, He's the future 306 00:17:05,960 --> 00:17:09,840 Speaker 1: Hall of Famer, Lazard. I mean, their full Tonians played phenomenal. 307 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:12,200 Speaker 1: To me, it was more of a respect out of Aaron, 308 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:13,879 Speaker 1: you know. I mean you look at the history of 309 00:17:13,920 --> 00:17:17,159 Speaker 1: the Packers, Jordy Nelson, Donald Driver, Greg Jennings. You just 310 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:19,480 Speaker 1: got all these good, good receivers and none of them 311 00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:21,879 Speaker 1: were drafted in the first round. And a lot of 312 00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:24,480 Speaker 1: it was as a reflection of the quarterback. The quarterback, 313 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:26,800 Speaker 1: and I'm not trying to take anything from receivers, but 314 00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:31,000 Speaker 1: a quarterback can make a good receiver great. Unfortunately, a 315 00:17:31,119 --> 00:17:34,000 Speaker 1: great quarterback or a great receiver can't make a good 316 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:37,440 Speaker 1: quarterback great. And that's what Aaron's proved time and time again. 317 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:39,520 Speaker 1: And the defensively they got the Smith brothers. They paid 318 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:41,399 Speaker 1: a lot of money to get those guys into town. 319 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:44,840 Speaker 1: You know, they got talent on defense. They drafted well 320 00:17:44,880 --> 00:17:48,439 Speaker 1: with druggire Alexander. So I mean to me, it was 321 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:50,720 Speaker 1: whoever they added in the first round was icing on 322 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:53,439 Speaker 1: the cake. It wasn't somebody that was gonna come in 323 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:55,280 Speaker 1: and be a huge difference maker. Most likely here to 324 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:57,679 Speaker 1: come in if they would have drafted a receiver and 325 00:17:57,720 --> 00:18:00,720 Speaker 1: not even really had any play and even have you know, 326 00:18:00,760 --> 00:18:04,320 Speaker 1: tapped into the starting lineup, that's how advanced their receivers are. 327 00:18:04,359 --> 00:18:06,640 Speaker 1: And so you know you can make this argument, well, heck, 328 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:08,760 Speaker 1: you drafted a backup quarterback to go to the bench. 329 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:11,600 Speaker 1: Well a lot better to draft a backup quarterback. It's 330 00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:13,919 Speaker 1: gonna light even a bigger fire to your best player 331 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:15,840 Speaker 1: than a guy that's gonna go to the bench. That's 332 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:19,000 Speaker 1: gonna be an afterthought. All right, let's go to another 333 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:22,080 Speaker 1: quarterback in the league. Now, this one. Uh, I don't know. 334 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:23,479 Speaker 1: I don't want to say you're on an island here, 335 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:26,440 Speaker 1: because I like him as well. But Taysom Hill of 336 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:30,840 Speaker 1: the New Orleans Saints missed the Saints Bucks game, and 337 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:33,240 Speaker 1: it was pretty clear to anybody watching that Cheez Drew 338 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:36,960 Speaker 1: Brees shot they could use Taysom Hill Drew Brees. Now, 339 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:39,920 Speaker 1: looking at retirement, Brady, there's gonna be a lot of questions, 340 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:43,920 Speaker 1: Is it Jamis Winston, Is it Taysom Hill? Uh? Tell 341 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:47,200 Speaker 1: the audience why you're so enamored with Taysom Hill. Well, 342 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:49,840 Speaker 1: it's kind of fascinating, you know. I think the Taysom 343 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:55,600 Speaker 1: Hill narrative. He's so over criticized because you look at 344 00:18:55,640 --> 00:18:57,760 Speaker 1: the four games he played. He played other than the 345 00:18:57,760 --> 00:19:00,800 Speaker 1: Denver Bronco game, which was by designed just basically say 346 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:02,760 Speaker 1: sit on the ball, don't lose it, our defense and 347 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:04,280 Speaker 1: winness the game, and we're gonna run the ball down 348 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:07,280 Speaker 1: their throats, which the Broncos defense that was their weakness. 349 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:11,199 Speaker 1: Outside of that, he played phenomenally in those other games. 350 00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:16,640 Speaker 1: Considering this, every guy that he was competing against specializes 351 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:20,440 Speaker 1: in training, in meetings and practice and doing one thing. 352 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:23,440 Speaker 1: Guess what Taste has been doing all season up until 353 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:25,480 Speaker 1: that point. Oh, what is the tight end doing? What 354 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:27,200 Speaker 1: is the h back doing? What does the running back doing, 355 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:30,800 Speaker 1: what is the receiver doing? Oh? And quarterback that's almost impossible. 356 00:19:31,119 --> 00:19:33,800 Speaker 1: And so to take a guy that's been mixing himself 357 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:36,639 Speaker 1: in and bouncing himself with all these different positions and 358 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:39,360 Speaker 1: then to play the most important position and go out 359 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:42,320 Speaker 1: there and and have a quarterback rating over a hundred. 360 00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:45,960 Speaker 1: And he did even plan at offense that was meant 361 00:19:46,119 --> 00:19:51,080 Speaker 1: to even have the quarterback move, let alone run. I mean, 362 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:54,120 Speaker 1: that was as impressive of a quarterbacking as you can 363 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:58,280 Speaker 1: imagine under the circumstances. And so I get where the 364 00:19:58,320 --> 00:19:59,919 Speaker 1: criticism comes because I read a lot of the BLA 365 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:04,119 Speaker 1: Dougs and it's really from the huge fantasy football fanatics. 366 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:07,240 Speaker 1: They get upset because it hurts their team when he 367 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:09,280 Speaker 1: plays quarterback because a lot of them drafted him as 368 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:10,639 Speaker 1: a tight end. And then all of a sudden they 369 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:13,560 Speaker 1: gotta make moves and and so the narrative is very 370 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:16,280 Speaker 1: interesting there. And then when you look at the Saints 371 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:19,520 Speaker 1: and the moves they've made, they have always looked at 372 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:22,480 Speaker 1: Taysom as the heir apparent to Jamis Winston and that 373 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:26,280 Speaker 1: has not changed. Here's and here's my breakdown. You know, 374 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:30,240 Speaker 1: everybody likes Jamis because he does have all the tools 375 00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:32,480 Speaker 1: that you want physically in a quarterback. He could throw 376 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:34,840 Speaker 1: all this rows, he moves well, he's big, he has 377 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:38,280 Speaker 1: a perceived presence about and the people like as a leader, 378 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:41,160 Speaker 1: although I would say, well, when that's been tested, he's 379 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:43,400 Speaker 1: he's kind of shown that he's more trying to still 380 00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:46,480 Speaker 1: find his leadership capabilities and actually being a true leader, 381 00:20:46,520 --> 00:20:49,040 Speaker 1: which is why he ended up in the position he did. 382 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:53,840 Speaker 1: But with Jamie's like, let's say he does win the 383 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:56,080 Speaker 1: spot this next year, and let's say that STS somehow 384 00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:59,640 Speaker 1: sway him to stay, He's still gonna have to at 385 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:03,119 Speaker 1: the very least share snaps with Taysom Hill because there's 386 00:21:03,119 --> 00:21:05,399 Speaker 1: no way that the Santra getting ready to taste. The 387 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:09,040 Speaker 1: Saints are almost a hundred million dollars over the cape. 388 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:12,280 Speaker 1: If they cut tasting, that's a ten million dollar cap hit. 389 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:15,360 Speaker 1: If they trade TASTI, it's a big cap hit. So 390 00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:19,000 Speaker 1: he's not going anywhere. So if you're Jameis Winston, unless 391 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:22,680 Speaker 1: the Staints go over the cap even more, which unfortunately 392 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:24,560 Speaker 1: in NFL there's no such thing as a you know, 393 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:27,720 Speaker 1: a attacks like an NBA where the owners like, okay, 394 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:30,000 Speaker 1: we'll pay extra money to keep this guy. It's a 395 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:33,960 Speaker 1: hard cap He's not. He the only and where everybody 396 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:36,879 Speaker 1: gets confused as Sean Payton is the ultimate Jedi minder 397 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:39,960 Speaker 1: mind trigger. And when he said we'd love to have 398 00:21:40,359 --> 00:21:44,480 Speaker 1: Jamison back or James back, we would love to you know, 399 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:47,320 Speaker 1: he could be a starter here. He's trying to sway 400 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:49,879 Speaker 1: Jamis to come back, because the reality is his taste 401 00:21:50,040 --> 00:21:52,440 Speaker 1: is gonna be the starter. He got hurt this year. 402 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:54,760 Speaker 1: He has a history of getting hurt. He plays recklessly. 403 00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:57,520 Speaker 1: You you're gonna need a guy that's capable of being 404 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:04,160 Speaker 1: a starter backing up Tastom Hill. So just read the 405 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:05,760 Speaker 1: You know, if everybody wants to know what the Saints 406 00:22:05,760 --> 00:22:09,199 Speaker 1: think about him and what their plans for Tasting and Jamis, 407 00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:11,120 Speaker 1: just look at how much they paid each guy their 408 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:14,439 Speaker 1: captive for this next year, and unless something crazy happens, 409 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:16,080 Speaker 1: tastem In almost likely will be the start in the 410 00:22:16,119 --> 00:22:18,680 Speaker 1: quarterback of the Saints is next year. Yeah, I don't 411 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:20,960 Speaker 1: I'm with you on that. I think Taysom Hill, I 412 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:24,000 Speaker 1: think he'll beat out Jamis Winston. Frankly, I guess my 413 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:26,800 Speaker 1: concern is, you know, when you look at the rest 414 00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:29,840 Speaker 1: of the roster. I mean Brady Trey Hendrickson who led 415 00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:32,520 Speaker 1: them in sacks, he's a free agent, the linebacker, and 416 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:36,920 Speaker 1: Zaloney he's a free agent. Look in the secondary, Crawley, 417 00:22:37,040 --> 00:22:40,560 Speaker 1: Um William, Marcus Williams, P. J. Williams, Rankings on the 418 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:44,040 Speaker 1: defensive line, they're all free agents. Uh, you're gonna you 419 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:46,680 Speaker 1: can't afford them. I would not be shocked if they 420 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:48,480 Speaker 1: just said to Jameis Winston, hey man, go out and 421 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:50,520 Speaker 1: get another job if you want one, Well, just gonna 422 00:22:50,560 --> 00:22:52,840 Speaker 1: arribe at tysom Hill. Well you gotta remember too there 423 00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:55,720 Speaker 1: there is a possibility because James did ride the bench 424 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:59,320 Speaker 1: that he has a market that's softer like last year 425 00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:01,200 Speaker 1: to where he's looked king at maybe three or four 426 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:05,080 Speaker 1: offers of minimum salary. So they're they're gonna they're they're 427 00:23:05,359 --> 00:23:08,120 Speaker 1: extra icing on the cake of that deal is to say, well, 428 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:11,040 Speaker 1: if you stay with us, you'll have a chance to start, 429 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:15,200 Speaker 1: which if there's three or four other situations that aren't 430 00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:20,359 Speaker 1: that I you know, likely of the incumbent being you 431 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:23,399 Speaker 1: could say, however just not playing as a start or not, 432 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:25,439 Speaker 1: you know, just had him and replacing it, then that 433 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:27,879 Speaker 1: makes it more attractive for him to stay. So you know, 434 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:30,440 Speaker 1: Sean Payton, what he was doing is he was getting 435 00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:35,480 Speaker 1: you know, starting to negotiate with basically soft dollars, meaning 436 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:37,800 Speaker 1: we don't have any money, but hey, we can get 437 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:40,600 Speaker 1: you a situation that may do like we Happenny Bridgewater. 438 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:43,919 Speaker 1: That maybe ultimate me, what breaks the tie between you 439 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:46,280 Speaker 1: go and elsewhere if the money is the same and 440 00:23:46,359 --> 00:23:50,040 Speaker 1: staying here. So that's what you know Sean was doing 441 00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:52,280 Speaker 1: the whole time. And so you're right, there's no way 442 00:23:52,320 --> 00:23:55,320 Speaker 1: the Saints canna. There's no way you have to keep 443 00:23:55,359 --> 00:23:57,360 Speaker 1: those core guys. They have one of the most complete 444 00:23:57,400 --> 00:24:00,199 Speaker 1: teams in my opinion. Everybody thinks I'm gonna take you know, 445 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:02,399 Speaker 1: Taysom Hill Homer, which they can say that, I mean 446 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:04,040 Speaker 1: went to the same school. I know the guy very well. 447 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:05,760 Speaker 1: I was the guy in the burrito shop when I 448 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:07,919 Speaker 1: saw him before he went to the draft, when he 449 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:09,600 Speaker 1: looked at me and I go, yeah, bro, you're gonna 450 00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:11,040 Speaker 1: be playing in the NFL next year, And he looked 451 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:12,960 Speaker 1: at me shocked, like I am I go watch you 452 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:16,640 Speaker 1: will and look at him. I'm not. I'm not. I'm 453 00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:19,240 Speaker 1: not thinking credit for his career. But yeah, you can 454 00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 1: call me at Homer. But the reality is is if 455 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:24,280 Speaker 1: takes Hill plays instead and Drew Brees. I don't know 456 00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:27,399 Speaker 1: if if the Saints are eliminated for the class they 457 00:24:27,520 --> 00:24:30,680 Speaker 1: they may be up in Lambeau this week. Yeah. Well, 458 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:33,000 Speaker 1: Breeze was pretty awful in that game. But let's not 459 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:35,600 Speaker 1: beat up the old guy anymore. Let me ask you 460 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:39,720 Speaker 1: about another b y U guy, Brady Um Zack Wilson, 461 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:41,879 Speaker 1: quarterback of b y You. You know he was good 462 00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:45,840 Speaker 1: last year and then this past fall he was incredible 463 00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:49,119 Speaker 1: for b y U. He's now, depending on who you 464 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:51,760 Speaker 1: read or talk to, the number two quarterback coming into 465 00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:54,400 Speaker 1: this draft. My Jets happened to have the number two picked. 466 00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:57,159 Speaker 1: Now if they are not able to deal for Deshaun Watson. 467 00:24:57,600 --> 00:24:59,760 Speaker 1: I gotta be honest, Brady, I'm all aboard the Zach 468 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,720 Speaker 1: Wilson train. I like Justin Fields, but I love what 469 00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:05,439 Speaker 1: I've seen from Zach Wilson. Tell me what you know 470 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:07,720 Speaker 1: about him and any any thoughts or feelings you have 471 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:10,639 Speaker 1: on him transitioning to the NFL. Oh yeah, well, you 472 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:13,680 Speaker 1: know what made Zack Wilson to me as sure fire 473 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:17,080 Speaker 1: NFL caliber NFL starting quarterback was the work that he 474 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:19,560 Speaker 1: put in in the off season. If you watched any 475 00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:21,439 Speaker 1: b y U games this last year, it was it 476 00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:24,040 Speaker 1: was something that was constantly talked about. And what he 477 00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:27,000 Speaker 1: did is a former b y U, former NFL quarterback 478 00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:29,840 Speaker 1: by the name of John Back. He runs a basically 479 00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:32,840 Speaker 1: a quarterback in school here in Huntington Beach area, so 480 00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:36,240 Speaker 1: southern California, just south of Los Angeles. And so when 481 00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:39,399 Speaker 1: b y U s football program went on pause because 482 00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:43,240 Speaker 1: of COVID, what Zack Wilson did every single weekend is 483 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:45,880 Speaker 1: he drove from Prover, Utah to Huntington Beach. It's ten 484 00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:48,520 Speaker 1: hours each way, and he works personally with John Back. 485 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:52,480 Speaker 1: That's the kind of what ethic that wins you the 486 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:55,480 Speaker 1: day in the NFL, the starting quarterback, and that to 487 00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:58,359 Speaker 1: me is right there, like and then it then it translated. 488 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:00,480 Speaker 1: I mean, he was making NFL throws neast year, but 489 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:03,520 Speaker 1: this year, I mean, I'm watching him. I'm like, it's 490 00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:05,960 Speaker 1: not a far fetched comparison to compare him to Aaron 491 00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:08,560 Speaker 1: Rodgers into two and I'm not saying that he's at 492 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:10,880 Speaker 1: that level, but at least somebody has flashes that look 493 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:14,080 Speaker 1: like Aaron Rodgers and Patrick Mahomes. He has those in 494 00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:17,240 Speaker 1: the ability to move and throw, move and throw off 495 00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:19,800 Speaker 1: of different planes, be off balance, throw up side, on 496 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:23,960 Speaker 1: three quarters, over the top. He has that whole package. 497 00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:27,160 Speaker 1: And so when you're in a league to wear moving 498 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:30,159 Speaker 1: and elongating plays as a quarterback is probably the number 499 00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:33,080 Speaker 1: one trade. And just having baseline throwing skills, I mean, 500 00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:36,480 Speaker 1: we see that with a number of quarterbacks. He's he's 501 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:38,119 Speaker 1: one of the best of doing that. Trevor Lawrence is 502 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:41,879 Speaker 1: the best in this draft, but by far, Zack Wilson's 503 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:45,320 Speaker 1: the second best. Justin phild We just haven't seen enough 504 00:26:45,359 --> 00:26:47,280 Speaker 1: out of him in his college career of him moving 505 00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:49,960 Speaker 1: on the on the run, throwing out different planes, and 506 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:51,439 Speaker 1: that's a lot of time. A Bran product, you have 507 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:54,120 Speaker 1: superior talent. You know, you don't have to really move 508 00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:56,200 Speaker 1: because your line has clean gives you clean pockets, and 509 00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:58,199 Speaker 1: then you're throwing the wide open receivers because they're just 510 00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:01,399 Speaker 1: superior talent wise to defense that you're facing. But with 511 00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:04,199 Speaker 1: Zach Wilson, it's he's a proven commodity. He's gonna be 512 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:07,720 Speaker 1: able to move well, throw accurately on the run, which 513 00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:11,320 Speaker 1: if the Jets pick them and they have Matt Lafleur's 514 00:27:11,359 --> 00:27:14,200 Speaker 1: little brother. I hate to call Matt Lafs a little better, 515 00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:16,960 Speaker 1: but the Fleur's Brothers. Now the offensive corner, you're gonna 516 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:19,239 Speaker 1: get that same It's the Shanahan offense where they use 517 00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:24,040 Speaker 1: those wide zone plays complimented with boots and they called waggles, 518 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:26,600 Speaker 1: which just you're getting the quarterback on the move coupled 519 00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:29,199 Speaker 1: with those flash and pass so you're going to be 520 00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:32,800 Speaker 1: you know, you're you're putting a premium on moving and throwing. 521 00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:36,240 Speaker 1: It would be an absolute perfect fit for Zach Wilson 522 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:38,560 Speaker 1: to go to the Jets. But don't sleep on Sam Donald. 523 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:42,560 Speaker 1: Sam Donald is also a guy is also gone with 524 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:45,520 Speaker 1: you really well on the run and he just needs 525 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:47,520 Speaker 1: to be in the right scheme and so, but it 526 00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:51,159 Speaker 1: would not hurt to absolutely draft Zach Wilson in the 527 00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:54,159 Speaker 1: second ground, let him openly compete with Sam Donald for 528 00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:56,760 Speaker 1: that quarterback spot and just see how the chips fall 529 00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:58,879 Speaker 1: at the end of the day. And if Sam Donald 530 00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:01,840 Speaker 1: just can't, let's say, Wilson, you know, beat him out. Okay, 531 00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:04,680 Speaker 1: now you have a chip to trade it to another team, 532 00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:07,120 Speaker 1: you know. But yeah, well, I guess my only pushback 533 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:10,560 Speaker 1: on that, Brady is if he gets beaten out by 534 00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:13,760 Speaker 1: the number two picks Zach Wilson, Like, the trade market 535 00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:16,159 Speaker 1: is gonna be way depressed for Sam Donald. You're not 536 00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:18,080 Speaker 1: gonna get anything, and then you'll lose him for nothing. 537 00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:21,400 Speaker 1: I would frankly be looking to deal him now. While 538 00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:23,680 Speaker 1: there is a lot of quarterback openings around the league. 539 00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:26,200 Speaker 1: I mean forty nine, we don't know Colts, we don't 540 00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:29,160 Speaker 1: know Steelers, we don't know. If I'm the Jets, I'm 541 00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:34,080 Speaker 1: looking to move Donald now. No, because I I believe 542 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:36,639 Speaker 1: there's enough upside there with Sam Because to me, the 543 00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:40,360 Speaker 1: question comes this, if you hold onto him and he 544 00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:44,120 Speaker 1: realizes its potential with somebody there that's going to compete 545 00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:47,280 Speaker 1: against him the right scheme, which is really being a 546 00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:49,680 Speaker 1: top tier quarterback in the NFL, is it worth it 547 00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:52,720 Speaker 1: worst case scenario having to hold onto him and trade 548 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:54,560 Speaker 1: him for a seventh round pick. To me, it is. 549 00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:58,600 Speaker 1: And that's just because such avidible position. So I wouldn't. 550 00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:00,760 Speaker 1: I just wouldn't put on And I've seeing that's great 551 00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:03,360 Speaker 1: about the rookie pay skills. You're not having to pay 552 00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:06,640 Speaker 1: Zach Wilson like you'd be paying you know, already established 553 00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:08,840 Speaker 1: starting quarterback. You still got him on a very poperaful 554 00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:11,840 Speaker 1: rookie deal to where you can't create a very competitive 555 00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:14,720 Speaker 1: situation for both guys, and you can see how it 556 00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:16,800 Speaker 1: plays out. But I'm not one to just all of 557 00:29:16,840 --> 00:29:19,440 Speaker 1: a sudden throw Sam Donald all, you know, to the scrap. Yeah, 558 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:22,440 Speaker 1: I I all these Jets fans, Brady think I hate 559 00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:24,680 Speaker 1: Sam Donald. I don't. I'm a huge fan. He's gonna 560 00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:28,240 Speaker 1: be successful. But you've got to maximize your return on investment. 561 00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:33,840 Speaker 1: And you know, paying Donald and Wilson obviously not ideal. Um, 562 00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:36,280 Speaker 1: I don't know. We we just saw the final four 563 00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:38,880 Speaker 1: in the a f C, right, all four quarterbacks on 564 00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:41,520 Speaker 1: the rookie deals. That's the quick way to build. I 565 00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:45,000 Speaker 1: know the NFC obviously was the polar opposite. Um, But yeah, 566 00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:48,120 Speaker 1: I'm bullish on Zach Wilson. I saw a little Deshaun Watson. 567 00:29:48,160 --> 00:29:51,440 Speaker 1: You see Rogers, Huh, Yeah, Well, Deshaun Watson is the 568 00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:53,640 Speaker 1: same thing when I see out of Deshaun Watson, though 569 00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:56,840 Speaker 1: he's a little stronger. Deshaun Watson reminds me more of 570 00:29:56,840 --> 00:30:00,600 Speaker 1: the category of like a Josh Allen Trevor Lawrence. Zach 571 00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:03,760 Speaker 1: Wilson doesn't have the same strength like roots strength to 572 00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:06,560 Speaker 1: where he can break tackles and even break tackles in 573 00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:09,040 Speaker 1: the pocket and and kind of I mean, he could 574 00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:13,640 Speaker 1: drive balls into tight areas. But but Deshaun Watson, Josh Shannon, 575 00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:16,000 Speaker 1: you know Ben Roethlisberger when he was really in his 576 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:18,480 Speaker 1: prime and could move not now, they're all kind of 577 00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:20,360 Speaker 1: the same mode where it's like it's one thing that 578 00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:22,800 Speaker 1: to beat the offensive line, to zack them, and then 579 00:30:22,840 --> 00:30:24,080 Speaker 1: it's a whole other thing to try to get the 580 00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:26,520 Speaker 1: guy down to the ground, you know. But but in 581 00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:29,880 Speaker 1: terms of movement skills and throwing on the move, absolutely, 582 00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:34,440 Speaker 1: he's very similar to Shaun Watson, very very close. All right, Brady, 583 00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:37,560 Speaker 1: we'll wrap up with this. Um, I gotta ask, have 584 00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:41,240 Speaker 1: you ever had a concussion in the NFL? YEA, yeah, 585 00:30:41,280 --> 00:30:42,920 Speaker 1: I had. I had to lay it up like that, 586 00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:45,600 Speaker 1: I knew you laugh. Um, I don't know. Just I 587 00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:47,480 Speaker 1: guess talk me through one and then we'll get to 588 00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:50,280 Speaker 1: Pat Mahomes. But I guess talked me through the concussion. 589 00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:52,480 Speaker 1: What you remember, what the protocol was like, and all 590 00:30:52,480 --> 00:30:55,720 Speaker 1: that fun stuff stuff. What's really hard about the concussions 591 00:30:55,800 --> 00:30:58,120 Speaker 1: is you just forget things. You forget your assignments and 592 00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:02,200 Speaker 1: then your head becomes extremely susceptible to repeated concussions like it. 593 00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:04,800 Speaker 1: I remember against the Chicago Bears the two thousand five 594 00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:07,120 Speaker 1: I ran down to kickoff and I ran right into 595 00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:10,400 Speaker 1: a I don't know, nine pound wedge three three pound dudes. 596 00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:15,280 Speaker 1: I get up, You're seeing stars, your realities blurry. But 597 00:31:15,320 --> 00:31:18,320 Speaker 1: then it was like it didn't take that much of 598 00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:20,239 Speaker 1: an impact to hit the side on my head and 599 00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:23,920 Speaker 1: I and I kept having those episodes. So it's not 600 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:26,040 Speaker 1: a fun thing, you know, And if you're a quarterback 601 00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:28,720 Speaker 1: and you gotta make all these decisions, I mean, he's 602 00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:31,400 Speaker 1: got to be a dent clear. Can he be cleared 603 00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:34,760 Speaker 1: before the a f C Championship game, that's the question, 604 00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:38,000 Speaker 1: And absolutely he can based off the severity of it. 605 00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:40,640 Speaker 1: But it's all gonna come down to to recall, because 606 00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:44,040 Speaker 1: that's really what these you know, protocols, what the concussions 607 00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:46,280 Speaker 1: are is how quickly can he pull back his his 608 00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:48,600 Speaker 1: short term memory and if you get that back in 609 00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:50,760 Speaker 1: because I don't think he had that big of a hit. 610 00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:54,480 Speaker 1: It wasn't like one of those hits to where I 611 00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:56,200 Speaker 1: mean it was he was concussed because you could see 612 00:31:56,240 --> 00:32:00,400 Speaker 1: him getting up, but it wasn't like, so the blow 613 00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:02,320 Speaker 1: isn't so much to where you're like, oh man, it's 614 00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:03,960 Speaker 1: gonna take him while to recover from that one. It 615 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:06,040 Speaker 1: was almost like it just hit the sweet spot, you know. 616 00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:10,000 Speaker 1: And so I almost anticipate him coming back as long 617 00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:13,280 Speaker 1: as he passed all the protocols, which they're gonna for 618 00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:16,000 Speaker 1: surely publicized. I stn't think that the Chiefs are all 619 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:17,920 Speaker 1: gonna all of a sudden gonna, you know, have them 620 00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:20,320 Speaker 1: come back without publicizing, which they'll do at the last moment. 621 00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:21,480 Speaker 1: They're not gonna do it in the middle of the the week, 622 00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:23,840 Speaker 1: as they want the bills that have to prepare for 623 00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:27,200 Speaker 1: everything that the Chiefs could potentially do, which doesn't matter 624 00:32:27,240 --> 00:32:30,800 Speaker 1: who's playing quarterback. It's already a headache weapons of Kelsey, 625 00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:32,880 Speaker 1: of Hill. I mean, you've got just so many guys 626 00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:35,520 Speaker 1: in the running games starting to go. So but yeah, 627 00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:38,160 Speaker 1: it'll be interesting to see how that ultimately folds up, 628 00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:41,200 Speaker 1: you know, unfolds, because he could very well be ready 629 00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:42,840 Speaker 1: to go, and he could very well still be in 630 00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:46,760 Speaker 1: concussion protocol. So it's kind of I want to ask you, 631 00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:50,800 Speaker 1: Andy Reid and the Chiefs are very carefully using their words. 632 00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:54,120 Speaker 1: Brady he Andy Reid has not said the word concussion. 633 00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:57,720 Speaker 1: The Chiefs, anybody that's been interviewed, they haven't said the word. 634 00:32:57,760 --> 00:32:59,800 Speaker 1: They keep just saying, oh, he's in the protocol. And 635 00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:03,320 Speaker 1: if you notice quietly they're going to the media and 636 00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:05,600 Speaker 1: not using concussion, They're saying, oh, it's just he got 637 00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:08,200 Speaker 1: hit right on the nerve, a stinger or whatever. I 638 00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:12,600 Speaker 1: do wonder if there is a little bit of something 639 00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:15,040 Speaker 1: going on here. I'm not accusing them of anything. It 640 00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:17,400 Speaker 1: just felt odd that they're not coming out and saying 641 00:33:17,400 --> 00:33:19,800 Speaker 1: the word concussion. Yeah, it's pr you know. And I 642 00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:22,440 Speaker 1: think the biggest thing is they don't want backlash if 643 00:33:22,480 --> 00:33:26,680 Speaker 1: he plays. They don't want any public opinion to say 644 00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:29,360 Speaker 1: that they've mismanaged that situation for the sake of just 645 00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:31,920 Speaker 1: wanting to get to the Super Bowl. So there there, 646 00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:34,520 Speaker 1: it's a big pr move on their end to to 647 00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:37,200 Speaker 1: look like, hey, you know what, we don't even look 648 00:33:37,240 --> 00:33:39,040 Speaker 1: at it as a concussion. Because I read that too. 649 00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:40,640 Speaker 1: It's almost like they look at his like he got 650 00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:42,760 Speaker 1: like a stinger, you know, that's why he got it. 651 00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:45,160 Speaker 1: And I've had those two as a matter of fact. Yeah, 652 00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:48,840 Speaker 1: the Brady thirty million people were watching and Pat Mahomes 653 00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:51,520 Speaker 1: stood up and Jim Nanson Tony Romo announcing the game 654 00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:54,440 Speaker 1: basically lost it. They were like, oh no, no, not 655 00:33:54,560 --> 00:33:56,640 Speaker 1: Pat Mahomes, and everybody at Homes like, oh my gosh, 656 00:33:57,200 --> 00:33:59,480 Speaker 1: well he was couldn't It's wobbly. Yeah, he was like 657 00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:01,920 Speaker 1: a limp a shout of water. But I gotta stay. 658 00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:04,080 Speaker 1: I've had those two to where you get a stinger 659 00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:06,480 Speaker 1: and like, my whole left side of my body went numb. 660 00:34:07,280 --> 00:34:09,440 Speaker 1: So it wasn't a concussion. That just was a stinger 661 00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:12,319 Speaker 1: and you're walking like you're gumby, you know, And that's 662 00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:14,880 Speaker 1: how exactly Mahomes looks. So it's were you able to 663 00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:16,680 Speaker 1: go back in the game or yeah, I went right. 664 00:34:16,680 --> 00:34:18,799 Speaker 1: Happened in the game. And I wouldn't have categorized that 665 00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:22,160 Speaker 1: as a concussion though, because I didn't have the same 666 00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:25,279 Speaker 1: effects from it. You know how I described earlier how 667 00:34:25,719 --> 00:34:27,640 Speaker 1: when you have a concussion, you have the dizziness, the 668 00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:31,120 Speaker 1: loss of orientation, the lack of focus, the loss of 669 00:34:31,160 --> 00:34:33,920 Speaker 1: short term memory, and then your head is very sensitive 670 00:34:33,920 --> 00:34:35,440 Speaker 1: to where you just get a small blow and all 671 00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:38,040 Speaker 1: of a sudden, those same symptoms of appear again. You know, 672 00:34:38,080 --> 00:34:40,640 Speaker 1: this one was one episode, it was a nerve and 673 00:34:40,640 --> 00:34:42,560 Speaker 1: it just shot down your body and it's like your 674 00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:44,000 Speaker 1: foot to sleep, you know, But it was your whole 675 00:34:44,040 --> 00:34:45,920 Speaker 1: left side of my body. And then it came back 676 00:34:45,960 --> 00:34:48,600 Speaker 1: and you were good. So that's why I they're choosing 677 00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:51,560 Speaker 1: their words wisely because it may not have been a 678 00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:53,600 Speaker 1: concussion as we would describe, and now it was a 679 00:34:53,680 --> 00:34:55,799 Speaker 1: neurological as a connected to the brain, all that kind 680 00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:58,160 Speaker 1: of stuff for sure, because that's where all the nerves go. 681 00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:02,799 Speaker 1: But to to want a pigeonhole themselves to where it's 682 00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:05,360 Speaker 1: a concussion and then that he has to now pass 683 00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:10,440 Speaker 1: a certain predetermined call the play, now you start to 684 00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:12,360 Speaker 1: really pay yourself into a corner. So I get what 685 00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:15,120 Speaker 1: they're doing. But uh, but they're either way, they're gonna 686 00:35:15,120 --> 00:35:17,520 Speaker 1: be dangerous, They're gonna be tough, but I do anticipate 687 00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:20,640 Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes play. Yeah, before I ask about the toe, 688 00:35:20,680 --> 00:35:22,279 Speaker 1: I just want to say, did you ever have to 689 00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:26,960 Speaker 1: go to the independent neurologist where um, you know, you 690 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:28,960 Speaker 1: had to be cleared by that person before you could 691 00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:31,560 Speaker 1: return and what was that experience? Like? Never? Did you know? 692 00:35:31,640 --> 00:35:35,040 Speaker 1: That came right after I had left the NFL and 693 00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:38,240 Speaker 1: neurologist situation. But that's a good thing, you know, because 694 00:35:38,239 --> 00:35:41,400 Speaker 1: he doesn't have the interest team, he's gonna be separate 695 00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:43,680 Speaker 1: from the team. So that's what's good about. It's just 696 00:35:43,719 --> 00:35:46,600 Speaker 1: going to create a sense of transparency for the situation 697 00:35:46,640 --> 00:35:49,000 Speaker 1: that if he's cleared, then we all know that you 698 00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:52,640 Speaker 1: know what this is. There's no neurological expert out there 699 00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:54,400 Speaker 1: that's gonna put their reputation on the line of their 700 00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:57,240 Speaker 1: job there, their ability to make money through that profession 701 00:35:57,280 --> 00:35:59,560 Speaker 1: on the line by just throwing a guy out there 702 00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:04,160 Speaker 1: that's not ready to go. So that's that was my thought. Brady, 703 00:36:04,200 --> 00:36:06,839 Speaker 1: like that independent guy, he has no stink in this. No, 704 00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:08,759 Speaker 1: I'm not losing my license over this. I don't think 705 00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:10,880 Speaker 1: you should play him. And then what then the chiefer, 706 00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:14,880 Speaker 1: they can't play it. But anyway, everybody's focusing on the concussion. 707 00:36:15,239 --> 00:36:17,680 Speaker 1: Nobody's really talking about the toe. But if you really 708 00:36:17,760 --> 00:36:21,200 Speaker 1: watch that replay of that game, he was missing some 709 00:36:21,320 --> 00:36:25,000 Speaker 1: throws there with the toe injury late second quarter, early 710 00:36:25,040 --> 00:36:28,080 Speaker 1: third I was like, you know, he couldn't plant. I 711 00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:31,440 Speaker 1: don't know. People are probably struggling to wrap around how 712 00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:33,879 Speaker 1: a toe could keep a quarterback out of a game. 713 00:36:33,920 --> 00:36:36,080 Speaker 1: But I mean try to help us understand. Yeah, well, 714 00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:38,640 Speaker 1: the the ability to throw the ball with velocity doesn't 715 00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:40,600 Speaker 1: come from your arm. Many people think that that's how 716 00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:42,480 Speaker 1: you throw hard, You're gonna have a strong arm. That's 717 00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:44,759 Speaker 1: that's the term we all use. Right, somebody throws our 718 00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:47,120 Speaker 1: they got a strong arm. It's not true. It comes 719 00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:50,080 Speaker 1: from their ground. Most guys who have very strong arms 720 00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:53,480 Speaker 1: have lower body power, and they got torque power. That 721 00:36:53,520 --> 00:36:55,920 Speaker 1: torque power starts from the toes and reverberates all the 722 00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:58,200 Speaker 1: way through the core, and then their arm is basically 723 00:36:58,200 --> 00:37:01,360 Speaker 1: just like a whip that comes out after all that movement. 724 00:37:01,520 --> 00:37:06,120 Speaker 1: So if your base is a little disrupted, which it was, 725 00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:09,680 Speaker 1: your ability to throw accurately is going to be effective 726 00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:15,080 Speaker 1: negatively now, because Mahomes works so frequently on throwing on 727 00:37:15,320 --> 00:37:18,279 Speaker 1: unorthodox basis or platforms, is the other term they'd like 728 00:37:18,360 --> 00:37:20,880 Speaker 1: to use. He could have adapted. I felt like he 729 00:37:20,920 --> 00:37:23,480 Speaker 1: was starting to adapt to his injury. Like he at 730 00:37:23,520 --> 00:37:25,640 Speaker 1: first he in his mind, he's like, Okay, I'm gonna 731 00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:27,960 Speaker 1: go with it, but it was bothering him enough to 732 00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:31,200 Speaker 1: where his affecting his accuracy. After that, he could make 733 00:37:31,239 --> 00:37:34,319 Speaker 1: adjustments to where he's not feeling the pain shoot up 734 00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:36,759 Speaker 1: through his foot when he's stepping into a throw, if 735 00:37:36,760 --> 00:37:38,920 Speaker 1: you get what I mean, which would then make him 736 00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:40,719 Speaker 1: to operate at a level of where he could throw 737 00:37:40,719 --> 00:37:42,759 Speaker 1: the ball delivered accurately. And that's because he could do 738 00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:44,799 Speaker 1: it in so many ways. So I don't think long 739 00:37:44,920 --> 00:37:46,560 Speaker 1: term it would have affected him because he would have 740 00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:49,520 Speaker 1: just adapted to that injury. And if it's still something 741 00:37:49,520 --> 00:37:51,440 Speaker 1: that's an issue and he's cleared, I don't think it's 742 00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:53,839 Speaker 1: gonna be a big issue other than they're probably not 743 00:37:53,840 --> 00:37:58,200 Speaker 1: gonna call many speed option plays with this guy that's hurt. 744 00:37:58,360 --> 00:37:59,919 Speaker 1: And if you remember back of the Super Bowl asked 745 00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:02,040 Speaker 1: against the forty Niners, they ran him on a bunch 746 00:38:02,120 --> 00:38:05,600 Speaker 1: of speed option plays, which you know, exposed him to injury, 747 00:38:05,680 --> 00:38:08,560 Speaker 1: but also through that it was a phenomenal flurty Niner 748 00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:11,400 Speaker 1: defense off. But but that's the only adjustment I think 749 00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:13,480 Speaker 1: would happen is they're just gonna not expose them in 750 00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:16,440 Speaker 1: the run game like they did previously. All Right, you 751 00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:18,680 Speaker 1: got any picks for this weekend? Who you got? Oh? Yeah, 752 00:38:18,719 --> 00:38:20,279 Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be a Kansas. It's gonna be 753 00:38:20,280 --> 00:38:25,279 Speaker 1: like a classic Super Bowl Man Kansas City versus the Okay, yeah, 754 00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:27,239 Speaker 1: a lot of people. I listen, people are getting behind 755 00:38:27,239 --> 00:38:29,919 Speaker 1: the idea of Tampa hosting the Super Bowl, which would 756 00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:33,720 Speaker 1: be fun home team there, but I don't see that happening. Alright. 757 00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:38,160 Speaker 1: Let me finish by saying this. That cold day is 758 00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:41,920 Speaker 1: going to shock everybody on Tampa, even Tom Brady who 759 00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:44,439 Speaker 1: was used to playing in the Northeast. When it's cold 760 00:38:44,520 --> 00:38:47,960 Speaker 1: in December and January, it's very different, especially if you've 761 00:38:47,960 --> 00:38:50,560 Speaker 1: been living in warm weather. It's gonna take them a 762 00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:53,719 Speaker 1: good half to adjust to those conditions. It's that's why 763 00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:56,520 Speaker 1: Tampa Bay it took him like thirty years. It took 764 00:38:56,560 --> 00:38:59,600 Speaker 1: Tampa Bay's organization thirty years to win a game when 765 00:38:59,600 --> 00:39:01,480 Speaker 1: the temper there wasn't over forty degrees. I don't know 766 00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:03,840 Speaker 1: if people know that, and it's just it's the opposite 767 00:39:03,840 --> 00:39:05,759 Speaker 1: if you're a northerly team. Yeah, look it up, and 768 00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:08,759 Speaker 1: it took twenty seven years to win a game that 769 00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:11,640 Speaker 1: the temperature, the starting temperature the game was under fourty degrees. 770 00:39:12,040 --> 00:39:14,080 Speaker 1: And then the opposite is true too. It's very difficult 771 00:39:14,120 --> 00:39:16,319 Speaker 1: for like the Packers to go south if it were 772 00:39:16,360 --> 00:39:19,640 Speaker 1: like ninety degrees and they're living in like leather, so 773 00:39:20,360 --> 00:39:22,960 Speaker 1: it's good. Well, I I almost wonder remember they totally 774 00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:26,600 Speaker 1: shipped the bed in Tampa earlier this year. Uh, I 775 00:39:26,600 --> 00:39:29,880 Speaker 1: think it was October, maybe in late September, early October. 776 00:39:29,920 --> 00:39:31,640 Speaker 1: But they were awful. I mean they did have to 777 00:39:31,680 --> 00:39:34,359 Speaker 1: tend nothing lead but then they just wilt it. Yes, 778 00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:38,160 Speaker 1: and and I mean it's that that climate change, man, 779 00:39:38,760 --> 00:39:42,840 Speaker 1: especially when you go from that drastic, very very you 780 00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:45,480 Speaker 1: can call it, like, uh, the temperature is really a 781 00:39:45,520 --> 00:39:49,359 Speaker 1: big difference. Uh, it takes you a while. Use doesn't matter. 782 00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:50,920 Speaker 1: I mean if I was Bruce Arians, I had have 783 00:39:50,960 --> 00:39:56,000 Speaker 1: flown out to Wisconsin already get those guys there acclimated. 784 00:39:56,080 --> 00:39:57,839 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, so it's not even issue because it's gonna 785 00:39:57,840 --> 00:40:00,200 Speaker 1: be an issue the first two or three quarters and 786 00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:02,160 Speaker 1: that's just too late. I mean, you saw the Tennessee Titans. 787 00:40:02,719 --> 00:40:05,080 Speaker 1: I don't know if you saw them, but they yeah, no, no, 788 00:40:05,120 --> 00:40:09,080 Speaker 1: they got and that was a snow game. But I 789 00:40:09,120 --> 00:40:12,400 Speaker 1: think it's like chance of snow on Sunday, but temperature 790 00:40:12,640 --> 00:40:15,000 Speaker 1: high of twenty eight and this game will be played 791 00:40:15,080 --> 00:40:17,960 Speaker 1: late in the afternoon evening, so no sun. Yeah, it's 792 00:40:17,960 --> 00:40:19,759 Speaker 1: gonna be a cold one all right, Brady papinga Super 793 00:40:19,800 --> 00:40:22,280 Speaker 1: Bowl champ Brady, keep up the good works, stay safe, 794 00:40:22,320 --> 00:40:25,719 Speaker 1: and um, you know, enjoy the summer once l A 795 00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:28,879 Speaker 1: County opens up. All right, James, Appreciate you, man,