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<v Speaker 2>Welcome in. We'll driving the great episode two fifty six

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<v Speaker 2>to not quite get Away Day, but it's close to it.

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<v Speaker 2>We've got this show, the TV Show, potentially some announcements

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<v Speaker 2>at Fox the TV Show tomorrow, and then I'm off

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<v Speaker 2>for the next ten days after that before we get

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<v Speaker 2>into full blown football season, and so a lot to

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<v Speaker 2>do today, Gonna do it fast. There's a really tough

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<v Speaker 2>NFL injury, a big NFL trade last night. We're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>give some coaches some advice, as we have in the past.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll open up the coaching hotline all of that, but

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<v Speaker 2>first let me tell you what missed the cut. Not

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<v Speaker 2>on today's show is Micah Parson's playing running back at practice,

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<v Speaker 2>even though I thought that was fun. Josh Allen calls

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<v Speaker 2>Zen's his secret trick. Oh, Josh, let me tell you

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<v Speaker 2>not to give the bills some added advice, but pop

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<v Speaker 2>on a couple stage one nicotine patches buddy before a game.

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<v Speaker 2>You will focus and feel alive the way you never have.

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<v Speaker 2>And Jim Harbaugh says at thanks but no thanks to

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<v Speaker 2>Colin Kaepernick the quarterback, but is open to Colin Kaepernick

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<v Speaker 2>the coach. Demonse, good to see you, And I'm now

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<v Speaker 2>gonna tell you don't know the story I'm about to tell.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not about you. I always feel bad when I

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<v Speaker 2>tell Demanse a story that's about him that he doesn't know.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna tell that's not what's happening here. But I

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<v Speaker 2>think you'll like this story. So eight years ago I

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<v Speaker 2>went to literally like eight years almost to the day,

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<v Speaker 2>I went to Syracuse and did a talk. So that

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<v Speaker 2>was before first things first existed, when I was just

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<v Speaker 2>filling in and going on Collins Show. I went to

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<v Speaker 2>Syracuse and it wasn't like a big formal thing. Like

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<v Speaker 2>in a theater. It was at the radio station that

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<v Speaker 2>formed my career War and they announced it to the

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<v Speaker 2>kids who were working at WAR that they could come

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, I basically talk and answer questions whatever

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<v Speaker 2>it was. And one of the people there was ty Butler,

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<v Speaker 2>who if you know Demons, you've met him. He was

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<v Speaker 2>a student there. He ended up working with me on

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<v Speaker 2>What's Right with Nick Wright, the radio show on Mad

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<v Speaker 2>Dogs Sports Radio. And now tye is a local New

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<v Speaker 2>York sports talk star. He works for ESPN New York.

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<v Speaker 2>He does stuff on TV. He and I have become friends.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know, Syracuse and War is you know, kind

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<v Speaker 2>of not It's not the only place, but it is

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<v Speaker 2>the place for young aspiring sportscasters. And during the Olympics,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm watching Noah Eagle and I've been I've obviously been

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<v Speaker 2>aware of Noah for years. In Noah's dad is Iron Eagle,

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<v Speaker 2>who was a Syracuse legend and a great broadcast for

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<v Speaker 2>forty years or thirty years. I don't want to date him.

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<v Speaker 2>And Noah did the Clippers job and has gotten some

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<v Speaker 2>big gigs and was doing the Olympics with Dwayne Wade.

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<v Speaker 2>But that's all I had thought of when I saw

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<v Speaker 2>Noah Eagle over the years was us as a young kid.

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<v Speaker 2>And to me, there is a real Joe Buck Jack

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<v Speaker 2>Buck possibility of And this is a high compliment. Jack

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<v Speaker 2>Buck was one of the greatest broadcasters ever. His son Joe,

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<v Speaker 2>Joe might not like me saying this, but I believe

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<v Speaker 2>has surpassed him. Where Joe is now maybe the greatest

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<v Speaker 2>him costas obviously Al Michael's play by play guy ever,

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<v Speaker 2>where the dad was a legend and the son maybe

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<v Speaker 2>overtook him. It's too early to say that's going to

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<v Speaker 2>happen with Noah and I an Eagle, but after his

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<v Speaker 2>performance in these Olympics, it's on the board, his kids

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<v Speaker 2>twenty seven years old and crushed it met the moment

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<v Speaker 2>consistently on the men's and women's basketball and his profile

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<v Speaker 2>is only going to grow. And his dad is a legend,

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<v Speaker 2>a Hall of Fame broadcaster, and maybe he'll surpass it.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh So here's the reason I'm telling the story right now.

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<v Speaker 2>And I said the eight years ago thing. During the Olympics,

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<v Speaker 2>something occurred to me. I was like, did I ever

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<v Speaker 2>talk to Noah Egle Because I was like, wait, he

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<v Speaker 2>was probably at Syracuse when I did that talk, and

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<v Speaker 2>so I went to my email and typed into the

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<v Speaker 2>search bar Noah Eagle, and this came up, and I

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<v Speaker 2>want to read it to the audience. Mister Wright. My

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<v Speaker 2>name is Noah Eagle, and I was amongst the crowd

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<v Speaker 2>and new house last night to listen to you speak.

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<v Speaker 2>I enjoyed your stories and great piece of advice. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>sorry I couldn't stay longer afterward to come up and

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<v Speaker 2>introduce and formally introduced myself. Oh that's funny, it says formerly,

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<v Speaker 2>he meant formally. I work at both War and Z

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<v Speaker 2>eighty nine, and to hear you talk about how both

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<v Speaker 2>played such a vital role in your future success was

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<v Speaker 2>a reminder how great Syracuse is. I'm a big fan

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<v Speaker 2>of yours and love what you've been doing at Fox.

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<v Speaker 2>I look forward to seeing what the future as in

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<v Speaker 2>store for your career. I was honored to be able

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<v Speaker 2>to hear you speak and hope to meet you one

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<v Speaker 2>day in person, And thankfully, because I'm not good at email,

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<v Speaker 2>I did respond. It was like a couple weeks later

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<v Speaker 2>I responded, it was nice to meet you, appreciate the note.

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<v Speaker 2>Keep in touch, but that was crazy to me, Like

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<v Speaker 2>it's a crazy to me for a couple of reasons.

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<v Speaker 2>One is I'm now officially like the old guy. Like

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<v Speaker 2>this guy who's calling the Olympics heard was at a

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<v Speaker 2>talk I gave when he was in college. It also

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<v Speaker 2>speaks to his meteoric rise that he was sending me

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<v Speaker 2>that email on August thirty first, twenty sixteen, and on

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<v Speaker 2>August tenth, twenty twenty four, he's calling the gold medal

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<v Speaker 2>game for the men's Olympic team. I mean, it's pretty remarkable.

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<v Speaker 3>At that time.

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<v Speaker 4>And had no idea that you guys had had a

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<v Speaker 4>conversation previously.

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<v Speaker 3>I guess via email, but.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, yeah, no, I it was. Here's the thing, he

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<v Speaker 2>and I have never spoken since then. That's our only interaction.

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<v Speaker 2>But I saw that and it made me feel old.

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<v Speaker 2>It also made me want to shout out Syracuse and

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<v Speaker 2>Z eighty nine and wa R. And it was really

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<v Speaker 2>cool and so inspiring. I mean, it's really cool. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, listen his dad's iron eagle. I think he

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<v Speaker 2>had plenty of inspiration separate from it, but it all,

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<v Speaker 2>it's the It's just it was really I couldn't believe

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<v Speaker 2>when I saw that and on Tuesday, I when I said,

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<v Speaker 2>remind me telling Noah Eagle story, that's the one that

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<v Speaker 2>I wanted to tell. So shout out to him. Good

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<v Speaker 2>for him, Uh, good for great you know, a great

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<v Speaker 2>young broadcaster, and he is. You know, Joe Joe Buck

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<v Speaker 2>talked about this because there's a lot of broadcasters that

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<v Speaker 2>got their foot in the door because their dad was

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<v Speaker 2>a great broadcaster. And then the question is, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>do you kick the door open? How well do you do?

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<v Speaker 2>Joe obviously is the gold standard of that. But Noah's

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<v Speaker 2>doing a hell of a job. All right, let's talk

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<v Speaker 2>football here to Monsey and to some sad news.

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<v Speaker 3>Go ahead.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, So Minnesota's had a pretty crummy off season. Uh

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<v Speaker 4>jj McCarthy is out for the year, I think with

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<v Speaker 4>a tormniskus and Darnld's officially the starter. Jordan Addison was

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<v Speaker 4>carted off at practice yesterday. Minnesota was already plus one

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<v Speaker 4>thousand to win the division before this. What do you

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<v Speaker 4>think their chances are at winning anything at this point?

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<v Speaker 4>And should the TA should have? Should the Vice can

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<v Speaker 4>just go full out tank and trade justin Jefferson?

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<v Speaker 2>So maybe the Chiefs No, they no, Okay, they're not

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<v Speaker 2>going to trade Justin Jefferson. Uh and they listen, they

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<v Speaker 2>this is brutal for them because it so I couldn't

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<v Speaker 2>believe this fact. But then I thought about it, I'm like, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>I guess it kind of makes sense. JJ McCarthy is

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<v Speaker 2>going to be the first quarterback drafted in the first

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<v Speaker 2>round in the common Draft era, which means since nineteen

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<v Speaker 2>sixty seven, So we're talking about more than fifty five

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<v Speaker 2>years to miss his entire rookie season with injury without

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<v Speaker 2>ever playing a single snap. So you might say, well,

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<v Speaker 2>that's crazy, And then I thought about it. I'm like, well,

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<v Speaker 2>that would mean you would have to get injured before

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<v Speaker 2>Week one, which is what happened to him. So it

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<v Speaker 2>is relative. We've had guys sit their whole rookie season.

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<v Speaker 2>We've had guys like Anthony Richardson play briefly, get hurt

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<v Speaker 2>and then miss time. He's the first guy first round

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<v Speaker 2>quarterback ever to miss his entire rookie no, so, but

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<v Speaker 2>that was that was not his rooki year. That was

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<v Speaker 2>he got injured in the seton in it in year

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<v Speaker 2>two and he got there. And there have been plenty

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<v Speaker 2>of guys to play zero snaps their rookie year, but

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<v Speaker 2>not because of injury. It was because of a Mahomes

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<v Speaker 2>Alex Smith situation. But even in that situation, Mahomes played

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<v Speaker 2>the final game of that season. So it is it

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<v Speaker 2>is brutal for Minnesota for this season. The bright side

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<v Speaker 2>is twofold one is the torn meniscus is a tricky

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<v Speaker 2>one because there's two procedures you can do and it's

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<v Speaker 2>counterintuitive as far as the impact it has and how

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<v Speaker 2>it works. If you tear your meniscus, you can do

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<v Speaker 2>a procedure where they just trim the meniscus, basically shorten it,

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<v Speaker 2>and you can be back in a month. The other

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<v Speaker 2>option they have is to repair the meniscus, fix the tear,

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<v Speaker 2>and you're out four to six months. So why wouldn't

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<v Speaker 2>they just trim it. The reason you choose to repair

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<v Speaker 2>it and not just trim it is because the trim

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<v Speaker 2>can shorten your career and lead to longer term knee issues.

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<v Speaker 2>Dwayne Wade is a guy who early in his basketball

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<v Speaker 2>career suffered a torn meniscus. They trimmed it, and he

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<v Speaker 2>would tell you that's one of the reasons that eight

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<v Speaker 2>nine years later he had all those knee issues and

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<v Speaker 2>now he's calling the Olympics alongside Noah Eagle. What Lebron

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<v Speaker 2>his draft mate play in the Olympics when d Wade's

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<v Speaker 2>career ended years ago. So the I was worried that

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<v Speaker 2>the Vikings were going to and JJ was going to

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<v Speaker 2>opt to do the trim because man, I don't want

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<v Speaker 2>to miss this full season. You do a trim, I

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<v Speaker 2>could be back out there by week two or three.

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<v Speaker 2>They did the judicious smart thing. But it's just so

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<v Speaker 2>whack for them that he's now out for the year.

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<v Speaker 3>There and go ahead, go ahead, Sorry, no, I was

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<v Speaker 3>just go ahead and they're over under his two and

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<v Speaker 3>a half. Now do you think that's well, it's a

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<v Speaker 3>little crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>No, I listen, I know the producers put that in there.

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<v Speaker 2>That's impossible that that's true. Hey, that's not your mistake.

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<v Speaker 2>There's no chance that's accurate. And if they if the

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<v Speaker 2>producers show me that that is correct, I will put

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<v Speaker 2>fifty thousand dollars on it before the end of the

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<v Speaker 2>podcast that that's the that's their hold on that's their

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<v Speaker 2>division wins. So they were the producers wrong twice that

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<v Speaker 2>there's zero two and a half division wins. You only

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<v Speaker 2>get six so yeah too. No, no, no, no, I honestly

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<v Speaker 2>I doubt it changed. They're over under uh much because

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<v Speaker 2>a rookie JJ McCarthy versus Sam Darnold, who's just gonna

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<v Speaker 2>be bad. But you know, it's a seven year vet.

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<v Speaker 2>They they're over under before the injury was seven and

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<v Speaker 2>a half. My guess is it's still right around that still.

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<v Speaker 2>So I don't actually think it impacts their ability. It

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<v Speaker 2>lowers their ceiling this year because maybe JJ was gonna

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<v Speaker 2>light the world on fire, and I did love his

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<v Speaker 2>performance in that preseason game, but it it does not.

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<v Speaker 2>It doesn't really make them, you know, the worst team

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<v Speaker 2>in football this season anything like that. Uh, it's just

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<v Speaker 2>a bummer because you wanted him to take his lumps

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<v Speaker 2>this season. You wanted him, you wanted him to learn

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<v Speaker 2>from this season. Now, one bright side is that I

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<v Speaker 2>think JJ what JJ was going to be if he

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<v Speaker 2>played Week one. The second youngest quarterback to ever start

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<v Speaker 2>a game in the NFL. The youngest was actually Darnold.

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<v Speaker 2>He's twenty one years old, Okay, so even with him

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<v Speaker 2>missing this year, he's going to start his career at

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<v Speaker 2>twenty two years old. Compare that to, for example, Michael Pinnix,

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<v Speaker 2>who is twenty four. Bo Knicks who turns twenty five

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<v Speaker 2>this season or at the very end of this season.

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<v Speaker 2>So he's still so young that I think he'll be okay.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just if you're a Viking fan, You've had such

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<v Speaker 2>a sad offseason. You had a play a player die

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<v Speaker 2>tragically in a car accident, you had two other corners injured,

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<v Speaker 2>the Addison injury. Here is the one thing I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 2>say about carted off and training camp. That can be

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<v Speaker 2>a misleading thing, and people covering these teams need to

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<v Speaker 2>need to do a better job of clarifying. So, for example,

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<v Speaker 2>yesterday I'm driving into work and I see Chiefs right

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<v Speaker 2>tackle Juwan Taylor carted off the field, and I'm like,

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<v Speaker 2>you've gotta be kidding me. But what happened was he

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<v Speaker 2>tweaked his shoulder and he rode off the field in

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<v Speaker 2>the front seat of the golf cart. So carted off

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<v Speaker 2>in the regulars season means devastating, awful injury. Carted off

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<v Speaker 2>in preseason can mean that. It can also mean they

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<v Speaker 2>have carts all over the place, and if a guy

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<v Speaker 2>gets dinged, he rides in the cart. You know what,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean to the training room, and so it's so,

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<v Speaker 2>but that Addison got it. You know, Addison got in

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<v Speaker 2>trouble this offseason and then also got injured, So it

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<v Speaker 2>hasn't it obviously has been a brutal offseason for the Vikings,

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<v Speaker 2>and you feel for him. I do think their their

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<v Speaker 2>course of action here was the smart one, and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>glad this is the path that they took. I just

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<v Speaker 2>think if you're a Vikings fan, now you don't have

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<v Speaker 2>much reason to care about this season.

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<v Speaker 3>All right, let's just je.

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<v Speaker 2>Did you say that they just signed him? They just

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<v Speaker 2>signed him. There's first of all, they can't trade him.

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<v Speaker 2>Second of all, it the the the reason you would

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<v Speaker 2>trade great players is if you don't have the draft

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<v Speaker 2>capital to move up to get your franchise quarterback. They

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<v Speaker 2>think they have their franchise quarterback in JJ. So no,

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<v Speaker 2>it's just kind of a you know, hold in place

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<v Speaker 2>season and then you move on. All right.

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<v Speaker 4>Next, So Jalen Hurts is not throwing an interception in

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<v Speaker 4>training camp. Oh well, some may say that's good. You

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<v Speaker 4>think that it's a problem. I think you think that

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<v Speaker 4>maybe Jalen Hurts isn't taken enough chances or maybe there's

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<v Speaker 4>a problem with that Eagles defense.

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<v Speaker 3>So here, what is it here?

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<v Speaker 2>All right? Listen, I understand I'm gonna come across as

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<v Speaker 2>a total hater here, but I just know I'm right.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the comp that Wilds used and then he

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<v Speaker 2>was too cowardly to do it on the air, but

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<v Speaker 2>he did it off the air, And so now I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna quote him was you don't want to hang out

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<v Speaker 2>with someone that is when you go to dinner, they're

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<v Speaker 2>going to the bathroom three times because they're blowing lines

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<v Speaker 2>of coke. And you don't want to go to someone

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<v Speaker 2>that when you hang out with them, when they go

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<v Speaker 2>to dinner, they ask the waiter to tell them every

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<v Speaker 2>item in every dish because they can't have gluten or

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<v Speaker 2>sugar or wheat, and they don't drink coffee and any

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<v Speaker 2>of it. Those two extremes both will ruin your night.

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<v Speaker 2>So here's my point. You don't want a guy throwing

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<v Speaker 2>a pick every day at training camp, and you don't

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<v Speaker 2>want a guy who's thrown none at training camp. Again,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think it's everything, but I don't think it's nothing.

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<v Speaker 2>And again people can make fun of me for this.

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<v Speaker 2>They asked me on the show what's the right amount

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<v Speaker 2>of training camp interceptions? And I said, I don't know,

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<v Speaker 2>probably how many mahomes is thrown whatever, however many he's

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<v Speaker 2>thrown is probably the right amount. I think we're taking

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<v Speaker 2>a few internet hits. So let's take a Wick break,

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<v Speaker 2>come back and give some coaches some advice. We'll do

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<v Speaker 2>that next What's Right? Welcome back in What's Driving? Nick Right?

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<v Speaker 2>Apologize for those slight technical difficulties to monsday. Before we

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<v Speaker 2>get to our coaches corner or coaches hotline, I should say, uh,

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<v Speaker 2>let's keep the show going talking little packers Texans.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, so yesterday on your show you said that Green

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<v Speaker 4>Bay or Houston is bound to have a letdown season.

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<v Speaker 4>So which team are you going to lean towards and

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<v Speaker 4>what will influence your decision on that?

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<v Speaker 2>So I don't know yet, but I just know that

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<v Speaker 2>those two. So let's go back two years ago. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>two years ago the two teams that I guess we

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<v Speaker 2>got to go back three years ago, but just follow me.

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<v Speaker 2>Three years ago. The Lions and Jags were bad, bad teams,

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<v Speaker 2>but they one of them chained. They both changed quarterbacks,

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<v Speaker 2>they changed coaches, and there was you know, that's what

0:20:06.440 --> 0:20:10.360
<v Speaker 2>the franchise had hoped for. But then those seasons they

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<v Speaker 2>won like two or three games each of them, maybe

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<v Speaker 2>the Lions won four. The Jags obviously fire their coach,

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<v Speaker 2>the Lions don't, and the next year those two teams

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<v Speaker 2>kind of came out of nowhere. Both came on strong

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<v Speaker 2>at the end of the season. The Lions end up

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<v Speaker 2>winning their final game of the year against Green Bay,

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<v Speaker 2>but still missing the playoffs. The Jags surge into the

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<v Speaker 2>playoffs win a playoff game that was them two years ago.

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<v Speaker 2>And both of them came into last season as trendy

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<v Speaker 2>popular picks, the Lions and the Jags. Young quarterback in Jacksonville,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, kind of quarterback on a second chance, not

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<v Speaker 2>necessarily young in Detroit, but both of those teams were

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<v Speaker 2>the trendy. They were too popular to even be called sleepers.

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<v Speaker 2>People really believed in them. And one of them lived

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<v Speaker 2>up to all those expectations. In Detroit won game the

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<v Speaker 2>first game of the year against Kansas City. They were,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, putting Marquis Spots got to the NFC Championship game.

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<v Speaker 2>The other one the Jags ended up, I think because

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<v Speaker 2>Trevor got hurt. But whatever, having a very disappointing season,

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<v Speaker 2>falling short of expectations. The reason I tell that story

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<v Speaker 2>is the Jags Texan I'm sorry, the Jags Lions last

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<v Speaker 2>year remind me a lot, not even because they're both

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<v Speaker 2>from the NFC North and the AFC South of the

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<v Speaker 2>Packers Texans. This year teams that two years ago we

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<v Speaker 2>would have thought were, you know, in the kind of

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<v Speaker 2>no man's land rebuilding figuring it out. Last year. Both

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<v Speaker 2>came on very strong at the end of the year,

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<v Speaker 2>played their best football after not being very good early

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<v Speaker 2>in the year. At the end of the year, one

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<v Speaker 2>playoff games, and both of them are considered kind of

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<v Speaker 2>fringe Super Bowl contenders. This year, I'm here to tell

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<v Speaker 2>you NFL history tells us one of those two teams

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<v Speaker 2>is going to disappoint because progression in this league is

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<v Speaker 2>not linear. It's not the NBA, where it's like you're awful,

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<v Speaker 2>you get to five hundred, you finally make the playoffs,

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<v Speaker 2>you finally go on a playoff run, and then you

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<v Speaker 2>can win a championship. In the NFL, progression is more

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<v Speaker 2>like you go up, take a couple steps back, go up,

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<v Speaker 2>go up again, step back. That's how it is historically

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<v Speaker 2>for players and for teams, and for the.

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<v Speaker 3>Packers anticks for these not the bost.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes exactly. I just think one of these teams, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think. I think these two teams are a little

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<v Speaker 2>too trendy, and we are a little too focused on

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<v Speaker 2>the last thing we saw from them rather than the

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<v Speaker 2>entirety of what we saw from them. The Packers are

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<v Speaker 2>considered have a lot, a lot of hype for a

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<v Speaker 2>team that through fifteen weeks last year was six and eight,

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<v Speaker 2>six and eight, and then they win their final three games,

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<v Speaker 2>they blow out the Cowboys, they're in great position in

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<v Speaker 2>round two, or seemingly great position, and then lose, and

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<v Speaker 2>now everyone believes in them. The Texans are going for it,

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<v Speaker 2>adding Digs, adding Danell Hunter, adding Joe Mixon, and I

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<v Speaker 2>get that, and I respect it. Point where I am

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<v Speaker 2>willing and we'll see when we come back from vacation

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<v Speaker 2>and we do our official picks and predictions and bets

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<v Speaker 2>all of that, which of these two teams I land on.

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<v Speaker 2>The point I'm making demands is, if NFL history is

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<v Speaker 2>our guide, one of these two teams is going to

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<v Speaker 2>fall woefully short of expectations. And I I right now

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<v Speaker 2>am leaning. I think the Texans are better than the Packers,

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<v Speaker 2>but I think the Texans are more likely to be

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<v Speaker 2>the team that deals with that because I think the

0:24:43.720 --> 0:24:47.280
<v Speaker 2>Texans the Packers don't have to deal with the first

0:24:47.280 --> 0:24:51.040
<v Speaker 2>place schedule the Texans do. The Texans are in the

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<v Speaker 2>AFC and as good as much as I like CJ

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<v Speaker 2>and Demico, the Texans this year, while the schedule starts

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<v Speaker 2>off relatively soft, the end of the year I think

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<v Speaker 2>is brutal and I could see I could see this

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<v Speaker 2>going sideways on them, but I'm not sure because I

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<v Speaker 2>think CJ is awesome and I love their receiver core,

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<v Speaker 2>and there's a lot to like about the team in.

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<v Speaker 4>The locker room as well. Now who knows what that

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<v Speaker 4>with that effect affect.

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<v Speaker 2>That could be correct and that could be combustible, so

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<v Speaker 2>we'll see. I just I think there is this time

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<v Speaker 2>of year nobody wants to pick an actual sleeper. They

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<v Speaker 2>want to pick a team that is a trendy pick

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<v Speaker 2>and call it a sleeper like this would not be

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<v Speaker 2>my pick, but an actual sleeper would be. I think

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<v Speaker 2>Seattle is going to be dangerous. I think Washington is

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<v Speaker 2>going to be dangerous. I think the the Raiders are

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<v Speaker 2>going to be dangerous. That's an actual sleeper. The Packers

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<v Speaker 2>and Texans are a couple standard deviations away from sleeper.

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<v Speaker 2>They are trendy picks. All right, let's go to you

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<v Speaker 2>want to say something I see. I don't think they're

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think they're a sleeper super Bowl team. I

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<v Speaker 2>think they're by the odds. I think they're a fringe

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<v Speaker 2>super Bowl team. But maybe I'm wrong. All right, let's

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<v Speaker 2>go hard. Let's go to the holdouts.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, so the holdouts are continuing. We got Brandon Ayuk.

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<v Speaker 4>We don't know if you're staying in San Francisco or

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<v Speaker 4>going to Pittsburgh.

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<v Speaker 3>There's no movement for CD.

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<v Speaker 4>Weirdly on Hassan Reddick has no connection with the Jets

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<v Speaker 4>and is not playing. So when we look back at this,

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<v Speaker 4>which holdout do you think will end up hurting their

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<v Speaker 4>team the most?

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<v Speaker 3>Well?

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<v Speaker 2>I think CD is gonna end up with the Cowboys.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't understand what they're doing. It could hurt him

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<v Speaker 2>in week one, but he'll be fine. I thought Ayuk

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<v Speaker 2>was a Steeler a week ago. So if Ayuk stays,

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<v Speaker 2>then I think they're fine there. Okay, if they end

0:27:11.000 --> 0:27:15.919
<v Speaker 2>up trading him, obviously, it's devastating. The holdout that was

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<v Speaker 2>not mentioned here that I think could be the most

0:27:19.000 --> 0:27:23.600
<v Speaker 2>important is Trent Williams with the Niners. He's the best

0:27:23.640 --> 0:27:28.320
<v Speaker 2>player on their team. He is the only guy you

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<v Speaker 2>really trust on their offensive line, and he's old, and

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<v Speaker 2>so him missing all of camp if that leads to

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<v Speaker 2>another injury. He also wants upon a time in Washington

0:27:40.840 --> 0:27:44.240
<v Speaker 2>held out for like half the season, so he has

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<v Speaker 2>shown he's one of the only guys in the league

0:27:46.320 --> 0:27:49.720
<v Speaker 2>who has shown I'm willing to miss games, and so

0:27:50.440 --> 0:27:54.199
<v Speaker 2>that would that's that has not gotten enough coverage. The

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<v Speaker 2>Hassan Reddick thing is the flashing red light siren for

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<v Speaker 2>multiple reasons. One, the Jets need him. As good as

0:28:04.520 --> 0:28:07.520
<v Speaker 2>the Jets defense was last year, they had one guy

0:28:07.560 --> 0:28:11.600
<v Speaker 2>with at least eight sacks, Bryce Huff. He's gone to

0:28:11.680 --> 0:28:14.680
<v Speaker 2>the Eagles. The Eagles signed him because they were trading

0:28:14.920 --> 0:28:18.639
<v Speaker 2>Hassan Reddick, so it's a position of need for the Jets.

0:28:18.960 --> 0:28:21.600
<v Speaker 2>They lost Huff, they spent a first round pick on

0:28:21.640 --> 0:28:24.200
<v Speaker 2>Will McDonald last year, who has not popped at least

0:28:24.240 --> 0:28:27.920
<v Speaker 2>didn't last year, and Reddick doesn't want to play for them.

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<v Speaker 2>But the other reason it's a flashing red or it's

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<v Speaker 2>a red flag is because it shows total organizational incompetence.

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<v Speaker 2>Like Matthew Judon yesterday got traded to the Falcons. Why

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<v Speaker 2>because he wanted a new contract the Patriots didn't want

0:28:44.360 --> 0:28:47.040
<v Speaker 2>to give him. You know what, I am one hundred

0:28:47.040 --> 0:28:50.400
<v Speaker 2>percent certain on the Falcons have worked out a contract

0:28:50.440 --> 0:28:54.680
<v Speaker 2>with Matthew Judin to where he'll be happy, because that's

0:28:54.720 --> 0:28:58.680
<v Speaker 2>what organizations that know what they're doing do. They don't

0:28:58.760 --> 0:29:01.920
<v Speaker 2>trade for a player who's unhappy about a contract without

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<v Speaker 2>working out a new deal and then act shocked he's

0:29:05.000 --> 0:29:07.760
<v Speaker 2>unhappy about a contract so they need him on the

0:29:07.800 --> 0:29:12.080
<v Speaker 2>field and it shows organizational incompetence. Go ahead, Demantsey.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, at least those guys at least they didn't

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<v Speaker 4>have to at least they hadn't played a season with

0:29:17.680 --> 0:29:20.840
<v Speaker 4>Hassan Redick. Yet I still think the CD Lamb one

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<v Speaker 4>is the worst of the three.

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<v Speaker 3>If he does end up not playing, what's gonna you know,

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<v Speaker 3>what's gonna happen to that playing? Right?

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<v Speaker 4>Oh?

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<v Speaker 2>Ye?

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<v Speaker 4>And then yes, but but what does it say, like

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<v Speaker 4>you know what, CD, you're playing with me at this point,

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<v Speaker 4>like you're going on you're talking about.

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<v Speaker 3>Nobody appreciates CD more than me. It's like, what are

0:29:40.880 --> 0:29:42.280
<v Speaker 3>you talking? Just just pay me?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh well, listen, I think it's dumb, and I totally

0:29:46.280 --> 0:29:49.280
<v Speaker 2>agree with you, But I think all feelings will be

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<v Speaker 2>healed when they give him four years, one hundred and

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<v Speaker 2>thirty million dollars, which I'll go ahead and plant my

0:29:56.840 --> 0:29:59.080
<v Speaker 2>flag on that right now. I think that's what he's

0:29:59.120 --> 0:30:05.440
<v Speaker 2>gonna get, four years, one thirty with seventy five guaranteed

0:30:06.200 --> 0:30:09.960
<v Speaker 2>and so so that'll but it still could lead to

0:30:10.000 --> 0:30:12.640
<v Speaker 2>a slow starter soft tissue injuries because of the lack

0:30:12.680 --> 0:30:15.040
<v Speaker 2>of training. I get that, but I don't think there's

0:30:15.040 --> 0:30:18.320
<v Speaker 2>any chance he actually misses time. All right, let's go

0:30:18.360 --> 0:30:21.080
<v Speaker 2>to our game, demands the coaching hotline.

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<v Speaker 3>Coaching hotline.

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<v Speaker 4>All right, So coaches around the NFL are paying attention

0:30:25.680 --> 0:30:25.880
<v Speaker 4>to you.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, they're about to put me in the room first. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>So coaches around the NFL are paying attention to you,

0:30:31.600 --> 0:30:34.959
<v Speaker 4>not because of your world renowned clock management skills, but

0:30:35.000 --> 0:30:37.640
<v Speaker 4>because of your revolutionary run the ball on second and

0:30:37.760 --> 0:30:40.200
<v Speaker 4>seven approach at NCAA twenty five.

0:30:40.320 --> 0:30:42.000
<v Speaker 3>So are you officially playing now?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh? I? Oh? Not only am I playing? So yeah,

0:30:45.520 --> 0:30:49.400
<v Speaker 2>the franchise, we retired it. We did ten solid years

0:30:49.400 --> 0:30:52.600
<v Speaker 2>at Syracuse. We won two national championships, we had three

0:30:52.720 --> 0:30:56.880
<v Speaker 2>number one recruiting classes, and my work there was done.

0:30:57.560 --> 0:31:01.080
<v Speaker 2>So now I've actually started playing the game, and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>here to tell you I'm cooking. I'm here to tell

0:31:04.400 --> 0:31:11.760
<v Speaker 2>you that that I am the no. It's all online.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm playing, and I am confident enough, and I'm justifying

0:31:17.720 --> 0:31:21.880
<v Speaker 2>how often I'm playing by saying it's helping me learn

0:31:22.120 --> 0:31:25.920
<v Speaker 2>about the college football rosters headed into the season because

0:31:26.000 --> 0:31:28.880
<v Speaker 2>this new gun has the real ratings, the real names,

0:31:28.920 --> 0:31:33.240
<v Speaker 2>all of it, which means every game I use a

0:31:33.280 --> 0:31:38.240
<v Speaker 2>different team. So I've played forty games and I've used

0:31:38.280 --> 0:31:42.080
<v Speaker 2>forty different teams. I started with all the Tier one teams.

0:31:42.520 --> 0:31:46.000
<v Speaker 2>Now I've used all the Tier two teams. Now I'm

0:31:46.120 --> 0:31:50.680
<v Speaker 2>making my way through the Tier three teams. And I'm

0:31:50.680 --> 0:31:54.320
<v Speaker 2>here to tell you if you're a starting quarterback on

0:31:54.320 --> 0:31:58.640
<v Speaker 2>one of the teams I pick, and you're slow and

0:31:58.720 --> 0:32:04.400
<v Speaker 2>there is an accurate, low awareness, but very fast freshman

0:32:04.560 --> 0:32:08.240
<v Speaker 2>deep on the depth chart, you're getting benched, buddy, because

0:32:08.280 --> 0:32:11.440
<v Speaker 2>I am out here running the speed option and the

0:32:11.520 --> 0:32:17.040
<v Speaker 2>read option so option, like I'm Georgia Tech. I am

0:32:17.080 --> 0:32:21.480
<v Speaker 2>out here just putting speed on the field, running the

0:32:21.600 --> 0:32:25.320
<v Speaker 2>damn ball, running the damn ball, and then chucking it

0:32:25.440 --> 0:32:30.680
<v Speaker 2>deep and frustrating people. Yesterday I had this guy in

0:32:30.760 --> 0:32:36.040
<v Speaker 2>the torture chamber because here's the thing. Yesterday I played

0:32:36.040 --> 0:32:41.200
<v Speaker 2>a game before I went to work, so this usually

0:32:41.240 --> 0:32:43.080
<v Speaker 2>I play when I get home from work, but yesterday

0:32:43.080 --> 0:32:45.120
<v Speaker 2>I had all my stuff done early, and it was

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<v Speaker 2>like ten to twenty and I was the only one

0:32:47.520 --> 0:32:49.560
<v Speaker 2>at home. I'm like, I'm getting a game, in which

0:32:49.600 --> 0:32:53.440
<v Speaker 2>means now I'm playing. Either now I'm playing. If it's

0:32:53.480 --> 0:32:56.160
<v Speaker 2>an adult, it probably means he doesn't have a job,

0:32:56.560 --> 0:32:59.080
<v Speaker 2>because it's ten twenty in the afternoon and we're playing,

0:32:59.360 --> 0:33:01.920
<v Speaker 2>or ten twenty the morning and we're playing in Cuba.

0:33:02.400 --> 0:33:06.440
<v Speaker 2>And this guy was so mad at the defensive coverages

0:33:06.480 --> 0:33:09.000
<v Speaker 2>and disguises I was throwing at him, and he kept

0:33:09.080 --> 0:33:11.840
<v Speaker 2>saying into the mic, you just stay in that cover.

0:33:11.920 --> 0:33:14.360
<v Speaker 2>You're just in cover two man. Get out of cover

0:33:14.440 --> 0:33:16.480
<v Speaker 2>two man. But I was never in cover two man.

0:33:16.760 --> 0:33:20.760
<v Speaker 2>I am just in the absolute torture chamber. And listen,

0:33:20.800 --> 0:33:25.840
<v Speaker 2>I only score like thirteen points a game. I'm out

0:33:25.840 --> 0:33:29.520
<v Speaker 2>here kicking field goals demanday, I'm punning on fourth and media.

0:33:30.080 --> 0:33:34.000
<v Speaker 2>I am, well, yeah, you got it, you gotta. I'm

0:33:34.160 --> 0:33:37.800
<v Speaker 2>using third down as just to give up down to

0:33:37.880 --> 0:33:39.920
<v Speaker 2>center the ball to make sure I'm in good field

0:33:39.920 --> 0:33:44.080
<v Speaker 2>goal position for your I am playing the most conservative

0:33:44.240 --> 0:33:49.959
<v Speaker 2>brand of video game football anyone's ever seen, and nobody

0:33:49.960 --> 0:33:52.600
<v Speaker 2>can deal with me. I mean, I just keep now again,

0:33:53.000 --> 0:33:56.320
<v Speaker 2>the way it works, you have to win enough to

0:33:56.480 --> 0:34:00.120
<v Speaker 2>get to the level of the actual great players. But

0:34:00.200 --> 0:34:04.520
<v Speaker 2>I have rapidly ascended the ranks. I won the quote

0:34:04.960 --> 0:34:09.560
<v Speaker 2>national championship in whatever the second easiest difficulty is. I

0:34:09.600 --> 0:34:12.879
<v Speaker 2>in my ten games, I did so well. Yeah freshmen, right,

0:34:13.400 --> 0:34:17.520
<v Speaker 2>So now I'm I'm currently undefeated in the sophomore division.

0:34:17.840 --> 0:34:21.800
<v Speaker 2>So I guess I haven't played. I've played almost thirty games, okay,

0:34:22.239 --> 0:34:25.520
<v Speaker 2>and I'm just out here cooking, and so eventually I'm

0:34:25.560 --> 0:34:29.200
<v Speaker 2>sure I'm going to I'm going to play people that

0:34:29.280 --> 0:34:32.800
<v Speaker 2>are really, really good. But these these.

0:34:32.680 --> 0:34:33.640
<v Speaker 3>Kids, you should play me.

0:34:33.840 --> 0:34:37.879
<v Speaker 4>They I've played like like maybe sixteen games and used

0:34:37.920 --> 0:34:40.440
<v Speaker 4>Texas in every single one of them, so I'd be using.

0:34:40.239 --> 0:34:44.200
<v Speaker 2>Texas, so you should. So you so, but the Texas

0:34:44.320 --> 0:34:47.799
<v Speaker 2>is excellent, and Quinn your is a good passer, but

0:34:47.880 --> 0:34:51.840
<v Speaker 2>he's not mobile. The team you should try if you

0:34:51.920 --> 0:34:55.759
<v Speaker 2>want a team that has great players and the and

0:34:55.840 --> 0:34:59.279
<v Speaker 2>a good quarterback, but also he can scoot. Georgia is

0:35:00.200 --> 0:35:06.000
<v Speaker 2>no George's quarter Alabama, Alabama Jalen Milrow. Yeah. The other

0:35:06.040 --> 0:35:09.120
<v Speaker 2>thing I'll tell you right now is the second fastest

0:35:09.200 --> 0:35:15.160
<v Speaker 2>quarterback in the entire game is Syracuse's third string kids

0:35:15.200 --> 0:35:20.640
<v Speaker 2>at speed? Oh my goodness, folks, get mad. I placed.

0:35:21.040 --> 0:35:25.000
<v Speaker 2>So I played with Syracuse a few times. Exit's my school,

0:35:25.280 --> 0:35:27.600
<v Speaker 2>and I'm here to tell you man. They're like, oh yeah,

0:35:27.640 --> 0:35:30.840
<v Speaker 2>like they're Ohio State, and then they see they're playing

0:35:30.840 --> 0:35:34.560
<v Speaker 2>a Tier three Syracuse. They're all excited, and they've got

0:35:34.560 --> 0:35:38.200
<v Speaker 2>a great tight end Aronde Gadson Junior and this quarterback.

0:35:38.719 --> 0:35:41.280
<v Speaker 2>And I'm just out here running the option, running the option.

0:35:41.400 --> 0:35:43.160
<v Speaker 2>You're ready for it, You're ready for it. And then

0:35:43.200 --> 0:35:45.800
<v Speaker 2>boom Gadson over the middle, and then running the option,

0:35:45.880 --> 0:35:49.000
<v Speaker 2>running the option. Oh yeah, oh I'm out. Yeah. I

0:35:49.120 --> 0:35:53.920
<v Speaker 2>love this game. I missed this game so much, and

0:35:54.080 --> 0:35:57.480
<v Speaker 2>so all right, sorry coaches, so oh the reason you

0:35:57.520 --> 0:35:59.800
<v Speaker 2>even brought this up is because I said to coach Mangini,

0:36:00.480 --> 0:36:04.640
<v Speaker 2>I now have a newfound respect for running the ball

0:36:04.680 --> 0:36:07.640
<v Speaker 2>on first and ten, for running the ball on second

0:36:07.680 --> 0:36:11.719
<v Speaker 2>and seven, for making the defense respect the run to

0:36:12.000 --> 0:36:16.359
<v Speaker 2>open up my passing options. And so Coach Manginie's been

0:36:16.360 --> 0:36:19.120
<v Speaker 2>trying to convince me that for years. But now that

0:36:19.160 --> 0:36:20.880
<v Speaker 2>I'm in it, now that i'm.

0:36:20.840 --> 0:36:23.440
<v Speaker 3>Really you didn't always agree with run the ball on

0:36:23.480 --> 0:36:24.440
<v Speaker 3>second and seven.

0:36:26.160 --> 0:36:30.839
<v Speaker 2>Strategy, I get very frustrated. Basically, let me just tell

0:36:30.840 --> 0:36:34.560
<v Speaker 2>you something in video games. Maybe I was on with

0:36:34.640 --> 0:36:38.759
<v Speaker 2>coach about real football, and he knows he's watched enough

0:36:38.800 --> 0:36:42.320
<v Speaker 2>Chiefs games with me that basically, every time the Chiefs

0:36:42.360 --> 0:36:44.720
<v Speaker 2>run the ball, I get mad. Let's just let Patrick

0:36:44.760 --> 0:36:48.600
<v Speaker 2>do it. Just leave it, leave the game in Patrick's hands.

0:36:48.719 --> 0:36:51.040
<v Speaker 2>That's what I want, but I do understand it. Okay,

0:36:51.200 --> 0:36:53.680
<v Speaker 2>let's go to our coaching hotline. Sorry, that's probably longer

0:36:53.680 --> 0:36:56.279
<v Speaker 2>than people wanted or needed on n C Double eight,

0:36:56.440 --> 0:36:58.560
<v Speaker 2>but I'm here to tell you I love the game.

0:36:58.840 --> 0:37:01.759
<v Speaker 2>I missed it so much, and I'm so glad it's back.

0:37:02.200 --> 0:37:06.040
<v Speaker 4>Go ahead, I'm glad you're having Bob's So yeah, since

0:37:06.080 --> 0:37:08.120
<v Speaker 4>the hot line is blinking, we've i mean, since the

0:37:08.160 --> 0:37:11.160
<v Speaker 4>demand is so high, We've started a hotline. So new

0:37:11.200 --> 0:37:13.640
<v Speaker 4>head coaches get sixty seconds of your time for you

0:37:13.680 --> 0:37:16.920
<v Speaker 4>to iron them straight. First off, you got Jim Harbaugh.

0:37:17.520 --> 0:37:19.800
<v Speaker 4>He's been away from the NFL for nearly a decade

0:37:19.880 --> 0:37:21.320
<v Speaker 4>and needs to be caught up to speed.

0:37:21.560 --> 0:37:24.480
<v Speaker 3>What's your advice to Jim Harball? All right?

0:37:24.680 --> 0:37:30.040
<v Speaker 2>Advice Jim Harbaugh is very simple, which is stick with

0:37:30.120 --> 0:37:32.719
<v Speaker 2>what got you there. There's gonna be a lot of

0:37:32.840 --> 0:37:36.320
<v Speaker 2>external pressure. You have justin Herbert. He has this cannon.

0:37:37.280 --> 0:37:43.360
<v Speaker 2>He's Herbert's dealing with Planner Fascia, a planner for Situs injury.

0:37:43.480 --> 0:37:47.640
<v Speaker 2>Was Planner Fascio. Instead of drafting Neighbors at number five,

0:37:47.680 --> 0:37:53.640
<v Speaker 2>you drafted Joel. You're in a division where none of

0:37:53.680 --> 0:37:57.719
<v Speaker 2>the teams, the Chiefs included, have great run defenses. You

0:37:57.920 --> 0:38:02.280
<v Speaker 2>hired Greg Roman. You want to the ball, keep running

0:38:02.360 --> 0:38:06.520
<v Speaker 2>the ball and Bill and don't do what the previous

0:38:06.600 --> 0:38:08.719
<v Speaker 2>regime did there. And I think, by the way, he's

0:38:08.719 --> 0:38:11.360
<v Speaker 2>gonna take all this advice and try to microwave it.

0:38:11.760 --> 0:38:14.520
<v Speaker 2>Look at it as this year we're gonna get back

0:38:14.560 --> 0:38:18.560
<v Speaker 2>to respectability. Next year we're gonna expect to be a

0:38:18.560 --> 0:38:21.000
<v Speaker 2>playoff team, and the year after we're gonna try to

0:38:21.040 --> 0:38:23.719
<v Speaker 2>compete with the Chiefs of the division. That's exactly what

0:38:23.760 --> 0:38:26.520
<v Speaker 2>he's going to do, and that'd be my advice. I

0:38:26.520 --> 0:38:28.600
<v Speaker 2>don't think he really needs advice. I think he's doing

0:38:28.600 --> 0:38:30.680
<v Speaker 2>it the smart way and that's what they're gonna do. Next.

0:38:31.160 --> 0:38:31.640
<v Speaker 3>Take it.

0:38:32.080 --> 0:38:35.200
<v Speaker 4>Next is Raheem Morris with the Falcons. He's asking to

0:38:35.200 --> 0:38:38.600
<v Speaker 4>do a better job than Arthur Smith. Doesn't seem too hard.

0:38:39.160 --> 0:38:40.880
<v Speaker 4>What's your advice for Raheem Morris?

0:38:42.160 --> 0:38:46.800
<v Speaker 2>So I listen, there is going to be a lot

0:38:46.800 --> 0:38:51.040
<v Speaker 2>of focus on Oh my god, finally Kyle Pitts and

0:38:51.120 --> 0:38:54.640
<v Speaker 2>Drake London can get the ball. And again, this is

0:38:54.680 --> 0:38:58.040
<v Speaker 2>gonna sound very old school of me. However, even with

0:38:58.160 --> 0:39:02.480
<v Speaker 2>the addition of Matthew Judhan on defense, the Falcons are

0:39:02.520 --> 0:39:06.480
<v Speaker 2>going to have one of the worst defenses in football now.

0:39:06.600 --> 0:39:09.640
<v Speaker 2>Raheem is a great defensive mind and will be able

0:39:09.640 --> 0:39:12.160
<v Speaker 2>to coach them up to a degree, but they don't

0:39:12.200 --> 0:39:16.520
<v Speaker 2>have enough talent, which means they can't be getting in shootouts.

0:39:17.520 --> 0:39:21.160
<v Speaker 2>The most important player on your team needs to be

0:39:21.239 --> 0:39:25.000
<v Speaker 2>Bjean Robinson. He was my pick last year for Offensive

0:39:25.080 --> 0:39:27.960
<v Speaker 2>Player of the Year. Before the year, if you remember,

0:39:28.360 --> 0:39:31.440
<v Speaker 2>I still think he is a superstar. I think he

0:39:31.520 --> 0:39:34.040
<v Speaker 2>might leave this season as the best running back in

0:39:34.120 --> 0:39:38.879
<v Speaker 2>football and then get Kyle Pitts back re engaged via

0:39:39.040 --> 0:39:41.960
<v Speaker 2>Kirk Cousins. But you don't want to get in shootouts

0:39:41.960 --> 0:39:43.799
<v Speaker 2>with that defense. I think Raheem knows this.

0:39:43.960 --> 0:39:48.160
<v Speaker 4>Next, Yes, sir, all right, dan Quinn is back as

0:39:48.160 --> 0:39:50.280
<v Speaker 4>a head coach, this time it's in Washington.

0:39:50.920 --> 0:39:51.719
<v Speaker 3>Good news for him.

0:39:51.719 --> 0:39:53.759
<v Speaker 4>There's nothing he can do that's worse than blowing the

0:39:53.840 --> 0:39:55.120
<v Speaker 4>twenty eight to three lead in.

0:39:55.080 --> 0:39:58.240
<v Speaker 3>The Super Bowl. What's your advice for dan Quinn?

0:40:00.400 --> 0:40:10.320
<v Speaker 2>Keep man, do not do not allow designed quarterback runs

0:40:10.960 --> 0:40:14.360
<v Speaker 2>to be a big part of the first two months

0:40:14.360 --> 0:40:19.080
<v Speaker 2>of your team. I understand that Jaden is great at that,

0:40:19.680 --> 0:40:22.719
<v Speaker 2>and I understand that that is going to be some

0:40:22.800 --> 0:40:25.960
<v Speaker 2>of one of Jaden's first instincts will be I'm faster

0:40:26.120 --> 0:40:31.200
<v Speaker 2>than these guys. Until you have seen for months of

0:40:31.320 --> 0:40:37.320
<v Speaker 2>practice that he knows how to protect himself. Tell him, man,

0:40:37.680 --> 0:40:40.560
<v Speaker 2>you are sliding, you are getting out of bounds, and

0:40:40.640 --> 0:40:43.560
<v Speaker 2>you are running as a last resort. I watched him

0:40:43.600 --> 0:40:47.640
<v Speaker 2>in college take some of the most brutal hits people

0:40:47.760 --> 0:40:51.280
<v Speaker 2>talk about Lamar, him and Lamar. Lamar is much thicker

0:40:51.440 --> 0:40:55.120
<v Speaker 2>previously was, but also Lamar is the best I've ever

0:40:55.160 --> 0:40:58.960
<v Speaker 2>seen at not letting people square him up. Don't let

0:40:59.080 --> 0:41:02.920
<v Speaker 2>Jaden get lit up early, even if it puts a

0:41:02.920 --> 0:41:06.000
<v Speaker 2>ceiling on your offense early. This is a long term thing.

0:41:06.600 --> 0:41:09.919
<v Speaker 2>And so I like Jayden's talent. He is so thin

0:41:10.160 --> 0:41:13.480
<v Speaker 2>and takes such big hits that until he bulks up

0:41:13.840 --> 0:41:16.640
<v Speaker 2>and learns how to avoid those hits, that would be

0:41:16.719 --> 0:41:17.640
<v Speaker 2>my biggest focus.

0:41:17.840 --> 0:41:20.880
<v Speaker 3>Next, we just blessed Dan Quinn with ten extra seconds.

0:41:21.520 --> 0:41:25.480
<v Speaker 4>Mao and Mike McDonald aren't only replacing legendary and coaches,

0:41:25.680 --> 0:41:27.879
<v Speaker 4>they're also they also need your help.

0:41:28.320 --> 0:41:31.320
<v Speaker 3>What's your advice for Girard Mayo and Mike McDonald.

0:41:32.760 --> 0:41:35.680
<v Speaker 2>Well, I guess we need sixty seconds here because it's

0:41:35.680 --> 0:41:39.600
<v Speaker 2>for two of them. For Girard Mayo, man, just try

0:41:39.640 --> 0:41:45.600
<v Speaker 2>to get through this this season. Your nobody wants to

0:41:45.600 --> 0:41:49.279
<v Speaker 2>come play for you. You just trade it away your

0:41:49.320 --> 0:41:55.040
<v Speaker 2>best defensive player and it would uh Honestly, if I

0:41:55.239 --> 0:41:59.640
<v Speaker 2>knew Gerard, what I would tell him was, man, just

0:41:59.719 --> 0:42:02.680
<v Speaker 2>make sure you have a good relationship with Craft's kid,

0:42:03.560 --> 0:42:07.880
<v Speaker 2>because it seems like he's running the show and this

0:42:08.080 --> 0:42:11.480
<v Speaker 2>is going to be a brutal season, a brutal season.

0:42:12.000 --> 0:42:15.759
<v Speaker 2>The while I didn't believe the over under for the

0:42:15.840 --> 0:42:18.120
<v Speaker 2>Vikings could be set at two and a half. The

0:42:18.160 --> 0:42:21.439
<v Speaker 2>Patriots it could have been. It's not. I think it's

0:42:21.440 --> 0:42:24.879
<v Speaker 2>four and a half. And it's not a bad thing

0:42:25.360 --> 0:42:27.600
<v Speaker 2>if Drake May doesn't play for a little bit till

0:42:27.600 --> 0:42:30.839
<v Speaker 2>you get your offensive line figured out. Like the Patriots are,

0:42:31.440 --> 0:42:34.200
<v Speaker 2>you know, really looking like for the second straight year

0:42:34.239 --> 0:42:36.800
<v Speaker 2>they're going to be a bottom two team in the NFL.

0:42:37.080 --> 0:42:41.640
<v Speaker 2>For Mike McDonald, it's a different story, Mike McDonald, man,

0:42:42.360 --> 0:42:47.440
<v Speaker 2>I saw you with listen. Rokwan Smith is a great player,

0:42:47.560 --> 0:42:51.080
<v Speaker 2>Kyle Hamilton is a great player. The rest of those

0:42:51.160 --> 0:42:55.120
<v Speaker 2>players on the Ravens defense last year are not blue chippers,

0:42:55.680 --> 0:42:58.680
<v Speaker 2>and you turned them into one of the three best

0:42:58.719 --> 0:43:03.600
<v Speaker 2>defenses in football. I wonder what you can do with

0:43:03.880 --> 0:43:08.000
<v Speaker 2>that Seattle defense with Weatherspoon. It doesn't have as much

0:43:08.040 --> 0:43:11.879
<v Speaker 2>you know, it doesn't have Kyle Hamilton Roqwan Smith duo,

0:43:12.880 --> 0:43:16.920
<v Speaker 2>but you have Weatherspoon, you have Rik wooland so you

0:43:16.960 --> 0:43:19.960
<v Speaker 2>think your corners are taken care of. I think that

0:43:20.200 --> 0:43:24.560
<v Speaker 2>division is a little more open than other people do.

0:43:25.000 --> 0:43:27.160
<v Speaker 2>I think the Rams are good, I think the Niners

0:43:27.200 --> 0:43:29.320
<v Speaker 2>are good. I don't think either one of them are great,

0:43:30.000 --> 0:43:32.840
<v Speaker 2>and so I think if Gino can get back to

0:43:32.880 --> 0:43:35.520
<v Speaker 2>the geno he was two years ago, and if you

0:43:35.600 --> 0:43:37.880
<v Speaker 2>allow say, you know what, He's gonna throw some picks,

0:43:38.160 --> 0:43:41.400
<v Speaker 2>but I'm okay with that. We have two good wide receivers,

0:43:41.440 --> 0:43:46.400
<v Speaker 2>maybe three with jsn Lockett and Metcalf, chuck it deep.

0:43:46.800 --> 0:43:52.360
<v Speaker 2>Take chances on offense, and trust your own coaching acumen

0:43:52.440 --> 0:43:54.919
<v Speaker 2>to raise the level of the defense. The Seahawks could

0:43:54.960 --> 0:43:57.520
<v Speaker 2>be a sneaky team. So that's the advice I would

0:43:57.560 --> 0:44:01.759
<v Speaker 2>give those guys, was that the least one.

0:44:02.920 --> 0:44:05.839
<v Speaker 4>Dave Canals is in for quite the challenge in Carolina,

0:44:06.280 --> 0:44:08.560
<v Speaker 4>say the best for last. What is your advice for

0:44:08.640 --> 0:44:10.240
<v Speaker 4>Dave Canalis?

0:44:11.920 --> 0:44:15.880
<v Speaker 2>Well, this year is about one thing and one thing only.

0:44:17.320 --> 0:44:24.160
<v Speaker 2>Can you get Bryce Young to a level where you

0:44:24.320 --> 0:44:27.920
<v Speaker 2>feel like you don't have to start over at quarterback again?

0:44:28.520 --> 0:44:31.360
<v Speaker 2>You were smart and that you spent money on interior

0:44:31.440 --> 0:44:35.800
<v Speaker 2>offensive lineman this offseason, which you have to do because

0:44:35.800 --> 0:44:38.920
<v Speaker 2>you have a short quarterback. He can't have pressure up

0:44:38.960 --> 0:44:42.120
<v Speaker 2>the middle. It's just what you have to do and

0:44:43.280 --> 0:44:48.279
<v Speaker 2>pour as much resources as possible into that side of

0:44:48.320 --> 0:44:50.920
<v Speaker 2>the ball. By the way, Baker's not very tall. You

0:44:51.040 --> 0:44:54.600
<v Speaker 2>got a great season out of Baker and see if

0:44:54.840 --> 0:44:58.560
<v Speaker 2>at the end of the year, you believe Bryce can

0:44:58.680 --> 0:45:03.040
<v Speaker 2>tap back into the player he was at Alabama. I

0:45:03.080 --> 0:45:06.399
<v Speaker 2>am highly skeptical because of the size. But this year

0:45:06.480 --> 0:45:11.200
<v Speaker 2>is about nothing other than getting an answer about Bryce

0:45:11.320 --> 0:45:13.719
<v Speaker 2>Young by the end of the season. I think he

0:45:13.880 --> 0:45:17.400
<v Speaker 2>knows that. And also just steer clear of the owner.

0:45:18.640 --> 0:45:21.239
<v Speaker 2>Is the least contact you can have with that.

0:45:21.160 --> 0:45:21.880
<v Speaker 3>Guy, the better.

0:45:22.160 --> 0:45:24.920
<v Speaker 2>That's the advice I would give him.

0:45:25.000 --> 0:45:28.920
<v Speaker 3>All right, Is that it? Yeah? I hope he takes it. Yeah,

0:45:28.920 --> 0:45:29.239
<v Speaker 3>all right.

0:45:30.040 --> 0:45:34.320
<v Speaker 2>My coaching consultancy business is just, I mean absolutely cooking.

0:45:34.600 --> 0:45:37.439
<v Speaker 2>I mean, I know the first couple guys I gave

0:45:37.520 --> 0:45:40.840
<v Speaker 2>pretty obvious advice too. That was perfect advice to everyone.

0:45:41.120 --> 0:45:43.520
<v Speaker 2>We answer some of your listener questions. Next, What's right?

0:45:49.880 --> 0:45:51.960
<v Speaker 2>All right, welcome back in What's Right with Nick? Right,

0:45:52.000 --> 0:45:54.600
<v Speaker 2>let's answer some listener questions Demansea.

0:45:55.120 --> 0:45:58.040
<v Speaker 4>Nick Wright muse. Does Lebron get a legacy spot on

0:45:58.160 --> 0:46:02.759
<v Speaker 4>Team USA? I'll to ROSSI for LA twenty eight, especially

0:46:02.920 --> 0:46:04.280
<v Speaker 4>if he's still a Laker.

0:46:05.440 --> 0:46:10.360
<v Speaker 2>Oh listen, if he's still in the league in four years, Yeah,

0:46:10.360 --> 0:46:13.280
<v Speaker 2>he'll get a spot. Yeah, I mean that I don't

0:46:13.920 --> 0:46:16.040
<v Speaker 2>and the fact that it's in LA, maybe he would

0:46:16.080 --> 0:46:20.680
<v Speaker 2>want one. I think if he let me put it

0:46:20.719 --> 0:46:23.960
<v Speaker 2>like this, if he wants one, I think he gets one.

0:46:24.600 --> 0:46:26.600
<v Speaker 2>I don't know that he'll want who knows what he's

0:46:26.640 --> 0:46:29.759
<v Speaker 2>doing in four years, but yeah, I think he'd get

0:46:29.760 --> 0:46:31.359
<v Speaker 2>one in four years if he wants one.

0:46:31.440 --> 0:46:35.760
<v Speaker 4>Next corn Beer. Is the Ravens super Bowl window closed

0:46:35.800 --> 0:46:37.120
<v Speaker 4>if they don't win it this year?

0:46:38.040 --> 0:46:41.719
<v Speaker 2>No, listen, this is something Joe Burrow did have right

0:46:42.160 --> 0:46:44.600
<v Speaker 2>when Joe was asked a year or two ago about

0:46:44.600 --> 0:46:47.080
<v Speaker 2>the Bengals super Bowl window and he was like, our

0:46:47.120 --> 0:46:50.360
<v Speaker 2>super Bowl windows my whole career, I do. If you

0:46:50.600 --> 0:46:54.640
<v Speaker 2>have a great quarterback, your super Bowl window is never

0:46:54.840 --> 0:46:58.799
<v Speaker 2>fully closed. It's yeah, I mean it was a great

0:46:58.880 --> 0:47:04.680
<v Speaker 2>quote by Joe, And it has different levels of openness,

0:47:04.960 --> 0:47:08.600
<v Speaker 2>you know what I mean. Like right now, the Bills,

0:47:08.640 --> 0:47:11.719
<v Speaker 2>for instance, are not in a rebuild, but they're in

0:47:11.760 --> 0:47:15.680
<v Speaker 2>a retool, clean up the books, tweaking situation, so their

0:47:15.719 --> 0:47:18.560
<v Speaker 2>window is a little more closed than it was two

0:47:18.719 --> 0:47:23.560
<v Speaker 2>years ago, but it's still open the Ravens. The question

0:47:23.640 --> 0:47:27.919
<v Speaker 2>for the Ravens is you know, going to be at

0:47:27.960 --> 0:47:31.720
<v Speaker 2>some point if they keep coming close and falling short,

0:47:32.320 --> 0:47:36.800
<v Speaker 2>are they going to say John Harbaugh's message is growing stale?

0:47:37.200 --> 0:47:39.840
<v Speaker 2>I don't think they're close to that point out of

0:47:39.880 --> 0:47:43.080
<v Speaker 2>the year they had last year, but the that it

0:47:43.120 --> 0:47:46.319
<v Speaker 2>can just be tough for a team, even if it's

0:47:46.320 --> 0:47:50.480
<v Speaker 2>not even if the coach is great if well, yeah,

0:47:50.520 --> 0:47:53.200
<v Speaker 2>I mean Dallas, but I mean McCarthy's not been there

0:47:53.239 --> 0:47:55.160
<v Speaker 2>nearly as long as Harball. But it can just when

0:47:55.560 --> 0:47:58.080
<v Speaker 2>this is the only coach these guys have had with

0:47:58.160 --> 0:48:00.919
<v Speaker 2>this team and you keep coming short, like that could

0:48:00.920 --> 0:48:03.480
<v Speaker 2>happen to mc What I'm describing about a couple of

0:48:03.560 --> 0:48:06.759
<v Speaker 2>years from now, potentially happening to Harball, could happen this

0:48:06.880 --> 0:48:10.239
<v Speaker 2>year with McDermott. Where if the Bill's losing Round one

0:48:10.320 --> 0:48:12.359
<v Speaker 2>or two again this year, even if they don't think

0:48:12.400 --> 0:48:15.040
<v Speaker 2>McDermott did a bad job, they might just be like,

0:48:15.160 --> 0:48:17.359
<v Speaker 2>we need a new messenger, you know what I mean,

0:48:17.440 --> 0:48:19.320
<v Speaker 2>Like it's just the that's kind of what happened to

0:48:19.360 --> 0:48:21.800
<v Speaker 2>Pete Carroll. Pete Carroll's very old, but that's what happened

0:48:21.800 --> 0:48:22.759
<v Speaker 2>to Pete Carroll last year.

0:48:22.760 --> 0:48:27.920
<v Speaker 3>All right, Next, Niko Draganich, is Herbert under any pressure

0:48:27.960 --> 0:48:30.400
<v Speaker 3>this year or is the lack of weapons gonna be

0:48:30.920 --> 0:48:33.920
<v Speaker 3>gonna be the excuse now that he has Harball? What

0:48:34.080 --> 0:48:36.800
<v Speaker 3>needs to happen for Herbert to lose the elite status.

0:48:37.719 --> 0:48:41.200
<v Speaker 2>So listen, I don't think Herbert's an elite quarterback. I

0:48:41.239 --> 0:48:44.120
<v Speaker 2>think he's got elite talent, but he needs to put

0:48:44.160 --> 0:48:46.759
<v Speaker 2>together a start to finish elite season at this point

0:48:46.760 --> 0:48:48.680
<v Speaker 2>in his career for him to be in that top

0:48:48.760 --> 0:48:51.720
<v Speaker 2>top tier, well, the second tier. Top tier is mahomes

0:48:51.719 --> 0:48:54.120
<v Speaker 2>by himself. For him to be in that second tier,

0:48:54.200 --> 0:48:57.080
<v Speaker 2>he's not there. I do think he has some built

0:48:57.120 --> 0:49:00.799
<v Speaker 2>in excuse excuses as far as they have one of

0:49:00.800 --> 0:49:05.200
<v Speaker 2>the worst wide receiver rooms in the league, and you

0:49:05.280 --> 0:49:08.680
<v Speaker 2>lose Keenan, you lose Mike Williams. But I do think

0:49:09.280 --> 0:49:12.080
<v Speaker 2>here's where the pressure is amped up on Herbert. No

0:49:12.120 --> 0:49:14.719
<v Speaker 2>one's going to blame coaching the way they have in

0:49:14.840 --> 0:49:18.319
<v Speaker 2>years past with Anthony Lynn and with Brandon Staley. That's

0:49:18.400 --> 0:49:20.960
<v Speaker 2>not going to be the case. So now it will

0:49:21.040 --> 0:49:25.680
<v Speaker 2>fall on Herbert to a degree. But his talent is

0:49:25.840 --> 0:49:29.440
<v Speaker 2>so eye popping that there's going to be a lot

0:49:29.480 --> 0:49:33.200
<v Speaker 2>of people that just I mean, there are smart football

0:49:33.280 --> 0:49:38.520
<v Speaker 2>people that swear justin Herbert's better than Joe Burrow. I

0:49:38.680 --> 0:49:42.960
<v Speaker 2>disagree with them, but those people that they talk about

0:49:43.320 --> 0:49:46.080
<v Speaker 2>his ability to make all the throws, his size, his strength,

0:49:46.160 --> 0:49:51.160
<v Speaker 2>all those things arm power. I disagree with them, but

0:49:51.320 --> 0:49:55.080
<v Speaker 2>that's where the listener's talking about his quote elite status.

0:49:55.160 --> 0:50:00.160
<v Speaker 3>Next, Scott Frasier, what very highly rated team falls on

0:50:00.160 --> 0:50:03.000
<v Speaker 3>its face and what bad teams actually play well and

0:50:03.080 --> 0:50:05.120
<v Speaker 3>are a threat for a division or a wildcard.

0:50:06.400 --> 0:50:11.640
<v Speaker 2>So that is a great question, Scott, And that is

0:50:12.239 --> 0:50:15.520
<v Speaker 2>that exact question is going to be the premise of

0:50:15.600 --> 0:50:18.840
<v Speaker 2>a huge amount of our gambling show, cause it's really

0:50:18.920 --> 0:50:22.319
<v Speaker 2>asking which teams are overvalued which teams are undervalued. So

0:50:22.400 --> 0:50:25.280
<v Speaker 2>I'm not going to answer that right now for two reasons.

0:50:25.280 --> 0:50:28.280
<v Speaker 2>One is I don't want to answer it in sixty

0:50:28.320 --> 0:50:30.080
<v Speaker 2>second where I'm must to spend twenty minutes on it.

0:50:30.480 --> 0:50:35.560
<v Speaker 2>And also, pardon me, I haven't done really the requisite

0:50:35.680 --> 0:50:39.919
<v Speaker 2>study yet to know which I fully one hundred percent

0:50:39.960 --> 0:50:42.680
<v Speaker 2>believe and I know where I'm leaning, but I haven't

0:50:42.719 --> 0:50:47.759
<v Speaker 2>done my full Warren Sharp preview, Football Outsiders preview all

0:50:48.000 --> 0:50:51.719
<v Speaker 2>they're not football outsiders anymore, but Aaron Schatz's preview. All

0:50:51.760 --> 0:50:55.799
<v Speaker 2>that stuff that'll dive into on vacation and when we

0:50:55.840 --> 0:50:56.319
<v Speaker 2>get back.

0:50:56.800 --> 0:51:01.040
<v Speaker 4>Next, Doctor Octagon win is the game Mplin show. Is

0:51:01.080 --> 0:51:04.479
<v Speaker 4>Demons going to be betting again. This cold streak last

0:51:04.520 --> 0:51:09.480
<v Speaker 4>year paid for my Christmas in vacation. Oh on the

0:51:09.480 --> 0:51:10.440
<v Speaker 4>bets O.

0:51:11.320 --> 0:51:17.680
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, the Gambling Show comes back. First day, the Day

0:51:17.280 --> 0:51:21.200
<v Speaker 2>of Chiefs Ravens. Three weeks from today, the Gambling Show

0:51:21.239 --> 0:51:24.160
<v Speaker 2>comes back. So I mean, yeah, that's going to be great.

0:51:24.400 --> 0:51:27.240
<v Speaker 3>That's what I'm going to do. Doctor Arctagon.

0:51:28.120 --> 0:51:35.080
<v Speaker 2>I think maybe it's down the two teams. Yeah it was,

0:51:36.040 --> 0:51:38.919
<v Speaker 2>but you were too. We'll get it together, don't worry,

0:51:38.960 --> 0:51:39.800
<v Speaker 2>all right, last.

0:51:39.600 --> 0:51:43.959
<v Speaker 4>Question, uhriez Nick. My friends and I were arguing about

0:51:43.960 --> 0:51:48.239
<v Speaker 4>this yesterday in poker. Should a straight beat a flush?

0:51:48.280 --> 0:51:49.719
<v Speaker 4>I know it doesn't, but should it?

0:51:51.200 --> 0:51:55.040
<v Speaker 2>No, it shouldn't. So the reason it's very very simple.

0:51:55.560 --> 0:52:00.600
<v Speaker 2>What beats one in poker is just based on what's

0:52:01.280 --> 0:52:04.439
<v Speaker 2>more probable than the next. So in a five card

0:52:04.480 --> 0:52:08.000
<v Speaker 2>poker hand, you're guaranteed to at least have high card.

0:52:08.160 --> 0:52:10.319
<v Speaker 2>That's why that's the worst hand you can have. It's

0:52:10.440 --> 0:52:13.359
<v Speaker 2>just have high card. The next most likely thing you're

0:52:13.400 --> 0:52:16.719
<v Speaker 2>to have is one pair. The next most likely is

0:52:16.760 --> 0:52:19.160
<v Speaker 2>two pair, than three of a kind, then a straight,

0:52:19.320 --> 0:52:21.520
<v Speaker 2>than a flush, then a full house, than four of

0:52:21.560 --> 0:52:24.920
<v Speaker 2>a kind than a straight flush. So if you actually

0:52:25.000 --> 0:52:29.640
<v Speaker 2>did that the math on how likely is a straight

0:52:30.080 --> 0:52:34.120
<v Speaker 2>versus how likely is a flush? You are about twice

0:52:34.200 --> 0:52:36.839
<v Speaker 2>as likely to get a straight than you are to

0:52:36.840 --> 0:52:40.919
<v Speaker 2>get a flush, which is why a straight doesn't beat

0:52:40.920 --> 0:52:43.560
<v Speaker 2>a flush, because they're easier to come by. So no,

0:52:43.680 --> 0:52:47.920
<v Speaker 2>it shouldn't. That's the very very simple explanation. It's just

0:52:48.000 --> 0:52:51.680
<v Speaker 2>a probabilities thing, and so the least probable is the

0:52:51.719 --> 0:52:55.239
<v Speaker 2>most valuable. The most probable is the least value, and

0:52:55.320 --> 0:53:00.279
<v Speaker 2>it is inversely. The strength of hand is inverse first

0:53:01.000 --> 0:53:07.160
<v Speaker 2>directly correlated to its probability. That's it. I hope that

0:53:07.280 --> 0:53:09.600
<v Speaker 2>was a nice little math and poker lesson at the

0:53:09.640 --> 0:53:12.719
<v Speaker 2>end of the pod. On that note, speaking of gambling,

0:53:13.440 --> 0:53:18.080
<v Speaker 2>guess what I will be doing one week from today. Really,

0:53:18.400 --> 0:53:21.120
<v Speaker 2>if I do the time zone change, it might be

0:53:21.239 --> 0:53:26.040
<v Speaker 2>one week from this very moment. Yes, I will be demanse.

0:53:26.719 --> 0:53:27.960
<v Speaker 2>Do you want to guess or do you want me

0:53:28.000 --> 0:53:28.399
<v Speaker 2>to tell you?

0:53:28.440 --> 0:53:31.480
<v Speaker 3>Playing poker in Vegas? Oh?

0:53:31.600 --> 0:53:37.880
<v Speaker 2>Well no, you're close, but no, I might be playing poker,

0:53:38.680 --> 0:53:43.359
<v Speaker 2>it might be blackjack, it might be craps. It will

0:53:43.400 --> 0:53:47.440
<v Speaker 2>not be in Vegas. I will be wearing a tuxedo

0:53:48.640 --> 0:53:53.560
<v Speaker 2>a la James Bond, and I will be gambling at

0:53:54.280 --> 0:54:01.600
<v Speaker 2>Casino Monte Carlo in my I have booked my dad.

0:54:01.840 --> 0:54:08.439
<v Speaker 2>We're staying in Monico. Is the size of Manhattan? If

0:54:08.440 --> 0:54:15.000
<v Speaker 2>that it's basically well yeah, no, I mean, I'm gonna

0:54:15.040 --> 0:54:18.839
<v Speaker 2>be in Europe the whole time. So but we are

0:54:19.120 --> 0:54:23.520
<v Speaker 2>in we're from We are at some point going from

0:54:24.520 --> 0:54:29.200
<v Speaker 2>the south of France up to Milan, and en route

0:54:29.480 --> 0:54:33.880
<v Speaker 2>you pass through a country that really shouldn't be a country.

0:54:34.000 --> 0:54:36.640
<v Speaker 2>It's this tiny place that's just like a tax haven

0:54:36.719 --> 0:54:39.200
<v Speaker 2>for the richest people in the world. That's some royal

0:54:39.239 --> 0:54:44.720
<v Speaker 2>family set up called Monaco, and they have the maybe

0:54:44.760 --> 0:54:47.520
<v Speaker 2>the greatest casino in the world there. You have to

0:54:47.560 --> 0:54:50.480
<v Speaker 2>wear black tie. I don't know what the steaks are,

0:54:50.680 --> 0:54:54.080
<v Speaker 2>probably higher than I'm totally comfortable gambling, but I'm doing it,

0:54:54.600 --> 0:54:57.080
<v Speaker 2>and so your mother and I for what, We're only

0:54:57.080 --> 0:54:59.800
<v Speaker 2>gonna be there one day. It's we're just passing through

0:55:00.440 --> 0:55:03.839
<v Speaker 2>so we can get dressed to the nines and go

0:55:03.920 --> 0:55:08.360
<v Speaker 2>gamble at Casino Monte Carlo. I can't wait. It'll be

0:55:08.400 --> 0:55:11.160
<v Speaker 2>one week Thursdays when I'm gonna be there. It'll be

0:55:11.239 --> 0:55:14.479
<v Speaker 2>one week from right now. Oh my goodness, my heart's

0:55:14.560 --> 0:55:15.759
<v Speaker 2>racing just thinking about it.

0:55:16.000 --> 0:55:17.720
<v Speaker 3>Oh, leave with some Monico money.

0:55:19.040 --> 0:55:21.759
<v Speaker 2>Well yeah, that's a great point. Uh yeah, me too.

0:55:21.920 --> 0:55:25.919
<v Speaker 2>But you know what you pay for the experiences, that's

0:55:25.920 --> 0:55:28.959
<v Speaker 2>what you do. Oh my goodness, gracious, it's gonna be great.

0:55:29.080 --> 0:55:30.600
<v Speaker 2>All right, I'll see you guys on TV in a

0:55:30.600 --> 0:55:34.799
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