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Joe Burrow stops 11 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:54,920 Speaker 1: by Nick Wright, stop by how good was he? Also 12 00:00:55,160 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 1: Chad Millman, Action Network, Sharper Square. I swear the playoffs 13 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:05,520 Speaker 1: arrive and we're bringing our a game, baby, Prime Cuts. 14 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:14,319 Speaker 1: The video is now out of OBJ former Giants Browns 15 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:18,400 Speaker 1: rams receiver on an airplane that he got kicked off of. 16 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 1: Well it's not great, but yet there's plenty of O. B. J. 17 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:28,480 Speaker 1: Stands defending him. I've come to terms with something about 18 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 1: celebrity in our country. It can be Justin Bieber, it 19 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:38,680 Speaker 1: can be Taylor Swift, it can be OBJ. Men are 20 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 1: often still little boys. They're fanboys. That's my turn for 21 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:47,920 Speaker 1: them fanboys. They worship celebrities. I love having fans. I 22 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 1: don't want any of you to worship me, nor should you. 23 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 1: I'm completely flawed. But OBJ all over the interweb, little 24 00:01:57,120 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 1: boys in their thirties and forties who are physically men 25 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 1: but have no sense of self. They worship, They coddle, 26 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:13,720 Speaker 1: They waited in line. They wear jerseys. You'll never see 27 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:17,680 Speaker 1: me wearing a jersey. I thought OBJ moved into des 28 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:20,520 Speaker 1: Bryant territory. Remember when Dez Bryant was on hard Knocks 29 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 1: near the end of his career, and there was a 30 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 1: piece of video of des Bryant calling out a coach 31 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 1: and being temperamental and immature and incredibly needy. His market 32 00:02:33,919 --> 00:02:41,519 Speaker 1: literally dried up. Nobody wanted des Bryant aging receivers who 33 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:45,840 Speaker 1: come off as petulant and needy. OBJ has no market, 34 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 1: none dover. But Obj's never had any self awareness. He's 35 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 1: now more known for you know, the end zone, peeing 36 00:02:56,440 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 1: the model in Paris on the boat, this video on 37 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 1: the plane. Outside of the one handed catch, what's his 38 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:09,840 Speaker 1: next biggest catch? If my kids acted like the video 39 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:12,680 Speaker 1: of OBJ, I would write them out of the will 40 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:18,160 Speaker 1: and one of my kids is sixteen. Obj's like in 41 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 1: his thirties, total arrogant, entitled, lack of self awareness. But 42 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 1: I can tell you right now, fanboys will be all 43 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 1: over this podcast whining and defending OBJ because that's the culture. 44 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 1: We have a celebrity culture and some guys, some men 45 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 1: are boys fanboys, and it doesn't matter what the behavior is. 46 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:46,280 Speaker 1: I mean, the first time I really came to terms 47 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:50,280 Speaker 1: with this was years ago with Bobby Knight, and Bobby 48 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:54,000 Speaker 1: Knight had a horrible reputation and a secret video of 49 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 1: practice came out and I forget the name of the player, 50 00:03:57,600 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 1: and you could see him putting his hand on his throat. 51 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 1: And I worked with a guy in the media who 52 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:04,360 Speaker 1: was a co host for a short period of time, 53 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:07,480 Speaker 1: who loved Bobby Knight, who defended it, and I remember saying, 54 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 1: what if that was your kid, would you defend it? Really, 55 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 1: it was the first time it really hit home that 56 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 1: there are men who are really have the maturity of 57 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:22,360 Speaker 1: boys that they worship. I mean, I collected baseball cards 58 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:27,280 Speaker 1: when I was eight, and I admire great artists. I mean, 59 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:30,279 Speaker 1: I was you know, it was Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, 60 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes. These guys are incredible. I don't worship And 61 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:40,160 Speaker 1: if you're still defending OBJ, he just became Dez Bryant 62 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:44,919 Speaker 1: that video. No thanks, folks. What's the one position college 63 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:48,240 Speaker 1: football furnishes the NFL with every year with twenty new 64 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:56,039 Speaker 1: really good players wide receiver? OBJ is temperamental, brittle, expensive 65 00:04:56,600 --> 00:05:03,000 Speaker 1: and emotionally needy. Hard pass. So I was talking to 66 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:07,479 Speaker 1: somebody I met the other day in regards to timing, 67 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 1: and they were talking about the podcast industry, and we 68 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 1: were actually talking about the subscription service called The Athletic 69 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 1: and how it sold to the New York Times for 70 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 1: four hundred and fifty five hundred million dollars. And this 71 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:27,440 Speaker 1: person was saying, because of the erosion of the stock market, 72 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:32,719 Speaker 1: Dow Jones is down several thousand, and because you know 73 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 1: the world's always changing with so many new platforms, is 74 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:38,839 Speaker 1: that it may not sell for that today, not even 75 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:41,279 Speaker 1: close to that, but it did. Then there's a moment 76 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:45,360 Speaker 1: in time for everything to sell in the media. That's 77 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:48,160 Speaker 1: what this person, who has a lot of experience we 78 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 1: talked about, is that sometimes something that sells won't sell 79 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:54,480 Speaker 1: in six months. You've got a hit on the time 80 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:58,400 Speaker 1: and I thought, that's what's fascinating about the New England Patriots. 81 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:02,560 Speaker 1: This was the year to get into the playoffs. The 82 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:06,160 Speaker 1: Jets were a ship show at quarterback and Tuah couldn't 83 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:09,719 Speaker 1: stay healthy. Okay, if Miami goes out and gets Derek 84 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 1: Carr and the Jets get Garoppolo, Matt Jones is the 85 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:15,920 Speaker 1: fourth best quarterback in your division. You don't get to 86 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:20,279 Speaker 1: the playoffs with the fourth best quarterback in your division. 87 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:23,560 Speaker 1: I don't see an easy way out for New England. 88 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:30,840 Speaker 1: I mean Tua probably inside the Dolphins executive suite. They've 89 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:33,880 Speaker 1: made a decision to move on. He's simply college and pro. 90 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:37,440 Speaker 1: Can't stay healthy. Not his fault, his reality. And the 91 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:40,280 Speaker 1: Jets are obviously going to the market. They need a 92 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 1: left tackle and a quarterback. They have talent running back, corner, 93 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:53,360 Speaker 1: defensive line weapons. They got good players. And New England 94 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:58,279 Speaker 1: doesn't have a single receiver that separates. Davante Parker doesn't separate, 95 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 1: Jacobe Myers doesn't set parade. They're really average O line 96 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:08,880 Speaker 1: wide receiver, tight end. It's not a highly abundant wide 97 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:11,560 Speaker 1: receiver group in the first round, maybe by the second, 98 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 1: but Jordan Addison maybe is a first round wide receiver 99 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:19,640 Speaker 1: Zay Jones. Maybe is there's not four or five this 100 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:22,440 Speaker 1: year like there have been in previous years. I don't 101 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:25,880 Speaker 1: know the way out. That's what's fascinating. This was the 102 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:30,240 Speaker 1: year and they wasted it by connecting Joe Judge and 103 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:33,680 Speaker 1: Matt Patricia to the offense. Go back and look at 104 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 1: mac jones rookie stats. They're pretty remarkable. They're really solid, 105 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:44,960 Speaker 1: be plus stuff, and he regressed. So the timing go 106 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 1: back to timing. This was the year to get some momentum. 107 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:52,040 Speaker 1: If mac Jones played well, you'd have a greater chance 108 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 1: to go into the free agent market and convince a 109 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins, who reportedly Arizona is going to move. Convince 110 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:02,520 Speaker 1: a great Hopkins. Hey, I had a great rookie year 111 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:05,760 Speaker 1: followed by a great second year. Come to New England 112 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:07,520 Speaker 1: and be the star. Well he looks at it now, 113 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:10,240 Speaker 1: d hop would look at New England and go oh, 114 00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 1: I wouldn't want to be part of that. That offends 115 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:17,840 Speaker 1: a mess. So I don't know the easy way out. 116 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 1: And I thought it was absolutely something that Bill Belichick, 117 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:27,760 Speaker 1: when asked about the season, immediately said I'm returning for 118 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 1: twenty twenty four. That's not your call, that's the owner's call. 119 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:36,080 Speaker 1: The fact that Belichick put it out publicly I'll be 120 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:40,080 Speaker 1: back next year Andy Reid doesn't say that it's the 121 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:43,280 Speaker 1: owner's call. That's never the coach's call. In the NFL 122 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:47,199 Speaker 1: or the NBA. I'll be back Steve Kerr's back if 123 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:49,480 Speaker 1: Joe Lacob, who owns the Warriors, wants it back, and 124 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:53,640 Speaker 1: that's Steve Kerr. So I think Belichick knows he's kind 125 00:08:53,679 --> 00:08:57,360 Speaker 1: of cornered here. The staff isn't great, doesn't have an 126 00:08:57,400 --> 00:09:01,559 Speaker 1: offensive coordinator, doesn't ever tied in a receiver that separates. 127 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:06,880 Speaker 1: Didn't you think it was something that Belichick's first opinion was, 128 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:12,840 Speaker 1: I'll be back, basically cornering Bob Kraft. Bob Kraft now 129 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:17,520 Speaker 1: is on the defensive. Oh wait, Belichick's coming back bill 130 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:20,560 Speaker 1: didn't leave it open for a meeting or a discussion 131 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:23,520 Speaker 1: or an argument or a tug of war over his future. 132 00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:27,640 Speaker 1: I thought it was something I want to talk Derek Carr, 133 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:30,439 Speaker 1: so he has a no trade clause. The Raiders are 134 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:32,560 Speaker 1: now looking around for trade partners. They want to do 135 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:36,760 Speaker 1: it February fifteenth or earlier. That helps them out in 136 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:41,880 Speaker 1: the salary situation, so you can go to therapy. I've 137 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:44,200 Speaker 1: gone to therapy, but when I go to therapy, I 138 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:48,240 Speaker 1: am seeking a change, not everybody is. I've probably had 139 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:51,400 Speaker 1: six seven different therapists in my life. I moved all 140 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:53,960 Speaker 1: over the country, as many of you know, and I 141 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:57,360 Speaker 1: have gone for a specific reason to overcome something, fight 142 00:09:57,400 --> 00:10:02,040 Speaker 1: through something, work through something. But I have friends who 143 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:05,319 Speaker 1: have been therapists, and they'll tell you that change is hard. 144 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:10,319 Speaker 1: Even when you want to change, most people don't. And 145 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:13,800 Speaker 1: so I watched the New York Jets. They're trying to 146 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:18,120 Speaker 1: find a quarterback. So what do they do. They fire 147 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:21,600 Speaker 1: their offensive coordinator, Mike Lafleur. Apparently it came from the owners. 148 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:26,160 Speaker 1: The New York Jets need therapy. They can't help themselves. 149 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 1: They've got a breakthrough, so Derek Carr is going to 150 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:34,120 Speaker 1: seek continuity. The Jets already had a few things working 151 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:38,040 Speaker 1: against them. They have a defensive coach, they don't have 152 00:10:38,040 --> 00:10:43,360 Speaker 1: a good left tackle, they have a defensive culture. One 153 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:45,880 Speaker 1: of the few things they had going for them interesting 154 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:50,280 Speaker 1: young wide receiver talent and Matt Lafleur's smart brother as 155 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:54,680 Speaker 1: their coordinator. Now they just fired him. If you're trying 156 00:10:54,679 --> 00:10:56,920 Speaker 1: to attract Derek Carr because you're not going to get 157 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:01,319 Speaker 1: Tom Brady, so it's down to Garoppolo, Tanning Hill, Derek Carr, 158 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:04,800 Speaker 1: and Derek Carr. To me's the best one on the market. 159 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:10,360 Speaker 1: He's always healthy, usually solid B B plus. You just 160 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:15,600 Speaker 1: fired your offensive coordinator, Matt Lafleur's brother is respected. It 161 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:18,080 Speaker 1: was one of the few things you had working for you. 162 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:22,120 Speaker 1: Now it looks like Miami in your same division is 163 00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:27,560 Speaker 1: the perfect landing space. Better weather, offensive coach, significantly better 164 00:11:27,679 --> 00:11:34,680 Speaker 1: veteran weapons, better left tackle jets. You're like the person 165 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:37,760 Speaker 1: that goes to therapy, but you're really not looking to change. 166 00:11:38,320 --> 00:11:40,440 Speaker 1: You're just going because somebody said you needed to go 167 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:46,960 Speaker 1: to therapy. Defensive coach, New York taxes, no left tackle, 168 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 1: shaky ownership. Now you have fire or respected oc. What 169 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:59,440 Speaker 1: are you doing looking to get more out of the 170 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:03,480 Speaker 1: NFL season? 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Now, was there a a one 205 00:13:57,559 --> 00:14:01,000 Speaker 1: or a two game or one or two half moment 206 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:04,840 Speaker 1: for you, Joe that you said, Okay, boom, we're clicking, 207 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:08,640 Speaker 1: We're all good. This this is a good team. Not really, 208 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:11,800 Speaker 1: you know, we we had moments of that early in 209 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:16,200 Speaker 1: the year, and it really just came down to being 210 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:18,960 Speaker 1: more consistent as a team and as an offense. You know, 211 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:22,240 Speaker 1: I wouldn't say there was one or two games that 212 00:14:23,160 --> 00:14:25,600 Speaker 1: you point tune do like that's that's the turning point. 213 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:27,760 Speaker 1: It's just kind of progression of the season. You get 214 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:30,880 Speaker 1: better throughout the season, you have more practice time together, 215 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:34,040 Speaker 1: you have more reps accumulated, and you just getting better 216 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:38,600 Speaker 1: as the season goes. I'm not a huge fan of 217 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:42,560 Speaker 1: playing a team a third time, So why I'm not 218 00:14:42,640 --> 00:14:47,520 Speaker 1: a fan of, you know, Miami Buffalo a third time 219 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 1: Seattle San Francisco. I don't like it. I think it's hard. 220 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:55,400 Speaker 1: I mean, let's be honest, Buffalo is hard to beat once. Yeah, 221 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:58,520 Speaker 1: I mean do you look at it and think, all right, 222 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:01,240 Speaker 1: they know my tendencies. How do you you view it? Yeah, 223 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:04,960 Speaker 1: that's why division games are always harder because you've you 224 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:07,920 Speaker 1: play each other twice a year. You know how the 225 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:12,680 Speaker 1: other unit operates, you know the guys, you know the scheme, 226 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:14,680 Speaker 1: they know what you're trying to do. You know what 227 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:17,560 Speaker 1: they're trying to do, so you you know, it's always 228 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:19,720 Speaker 1: harder in those division games, and that's why they're always 229 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:24,160 Speaker 1: so tight. Do you feel more responsibility? It's very easy 230 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:26,920 Speaker 1: for a team that just beat a team to be 231 00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:29,120 Speaker 1: flat the next week. That's the history of the league. 232 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:31,280 Speaker 1: You beat a team, then you have to rally the 233 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:33,720 Speaker 1: guys and say, yes, we got to play with our 234 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:35,800 Speaker 1: hair and fire. We can't beat them. Do you feel 235 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:38,640 Speaker 1: a little bit, Joe, like this is really where leadership 236 00:15:38,680 --> 00:15:44,440 Speaker 1: comes in urgency? Go this is everything. No, because our 237 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:46,600 Speaker 1: guys know how hard of us to beat those guys 238 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:49,440 Speaker 1: last week, and they're going to be healthier, and we 239 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:52,280 Speaker 1: know what happened earlier in the year. So you know, 240 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:54,000 Speaker 1: like I said, these division you got to take all 241 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:58,760 Speaker 1: these division games as seriously as possible, because you we 242 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:02,160 Speaker 1: know a Baltimore on the defensive side of the football, 243 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:03,520 Speaker 1: and we know that they have on the offensive side 244 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:06,520 Speaker 1: of the football. There a really, really good football team 245 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:08,960 Speaker 1: that you know wins a lot of football games, and 246 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:10,440 Speaker 1: so it's going to be a tough challenge for US. 247 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:14,640 Speaker 1: Brian Dable, Giants coach, who's got actually a lot of 248 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:18,560 Speaker 1: rings as an assistant or a coordinator, said, playoff experience 249 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:21,280 Speaker 1: is overrated. Now I look at you last year, you 250 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:23,240 Speaker 1: didn't have any and you went on the road I 251 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:26,440 Speaker 1: think two out of three weekends. Where is it a 252 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:33,320 Speaker 1: little overrated and where is their value in your experience? Yeah, 253 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:36,400 Speaker 1: that's that's tough to say, because really, once you get 254 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:41,480 Speaker 1: into the game, every game is the same, and I 255 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:45,280 Speaker 1: think that's that's how you have to handle it, so 256 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:49,200 Speaker 1: I obviously I would say the more reps you have 257 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:54,120 Speaker 1: accumulated of something, the better you're going to perform. But also, 258 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:57,480 Speaker 1: once you get in it's it's just another game. It 259 00:16:57,520 --> 00:17:00,640 Speaker 1: doesn't feel on the field like a playoff game to you. No, 260 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:03,280 Speaker 1: you know, the fans are, it's a little more energetic 261 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:06,400 Speaker 1: in the crowd, and the atmosphere is always better, but 262 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:08,679 Speaker 1: you know, once you're out there on the field, you're 263 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:14,720 Speaker 1: blocking all that out. Anyway, when you look at this 264 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:18,440 Speaker 1: season where you're at, I think situationally, you're a better 265 00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:20,879 Speaker 1: quarterback than a year ago. That's what it feels like 266 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:24,600 Speaker 1: to me. I thought your first two years they were rare, 267 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:27,800 Speaker 1: but you'd have an occasional meltdown the game's fast. Did 268 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:31,639 Speaker 1: you do you sense like you can sense okay this 269 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:33,520 Speaker 1: this could have been one of these moments. Do you 270 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:36,160 Speaker 1: in real time ever feel like, Man, a year ago 271 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:38,920 Speaker 1: I could have melted down there. No, I don't really 272 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:41,480 Speaker 1: feel like that. I do feel like I've I've drastically 273 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:45,320 Speaker 1: improved my play this season from from last year, just 274 00:17:45,359 --> 00:17:48,240 Speaker 1: in the totality, and so I'm I'm happy with that, 275 00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:51,280 Speaker 1: but there's also a lot of room to improve as well. 276 00:17:51,520 --> 00:17:53,560 Speaker 1: And so you know, I like where we're at as 277 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:56,159 Speaker 1: a team and as an offense and as defense, and 278 00:17:56,520 --> 00:17:58,800 Speaker 1: honestly as as a locker room as well. We have 279 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:01,600 Speaker 1: one of the locker rooms I've ever been part of, 280 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:04,119 Speaker 1: and I really think that's ends up being the key 281 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:08,840 Speaker 1: to winning. How concerned are you with your offensive line injuries? 282 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:12,359 Speaker 1: You know, we have guys that we really believe in 283 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:16,159 Speaker 1: that have played a lot of football, Guys like Max 284 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:19,920 Speaker 1: and Hakim that you know I've stepped in these last 285 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:22,680 Speaker 1: couple of weeks. You know, Hakim was our starting right 286 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:24,399 Speaker 1: guard for the majority of the season last year, and 287 00:18:24,440 --> 00:18:26,679 Speaker 1: Max played a lot of football in this league, and 288 00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:28,240 Speaker 1: so we got we got faith in both of those 289 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:32,439 Speaker 1: guys to go out and do their jobs. You know, 290 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:36,520 Speaker 1: when you're I could argue that your college team that 291 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:41,280 Speaker 1: LSU is so sort of iconic Louisiana high school football 292 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:46,000 Speaker 1: and Ohio State, that your college programs were much more 293 00:18:46,119 --> 00:18:50,080 Speaker 1: marquis than your NFL team. I think it's funny that 294 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:52,439 Speaker 1: you're considered the first or second best quarterback in this 295 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:56,840 Speaker 1: league by like people I respect, and yet Buffalo in 296 00:18:57,040 --> 00:19:02,240 Speaker 1: Kansas City, I mean Philadelphia. It's like, in a weird way, 297 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:05,159 Speaker 1: it's a perfect spot. In college at Ohio State, you're 298 00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:08,880 Speaker 1: a favorite every week. Yeah, LSU is a favorite. Your 299 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:11,720 Speaker 1: team just got to the super Bowl, and when I 300 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:14,000 Speaker 1: pick you number one, I have for five straight weeks. 301 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:16,000 Speaker 1: People are like, are you crazy? And I'm like, are 302 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:19,560 Speaker 1: you watching the games? You're like twelve and four? Do 303 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:22,600 Speaker 1: you feel sometimes even as good as you guys are. 304 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:25,359 Speaker 1: I mean, you're in a division with the Steelers and 305 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:28,680 Speaker 1: the Browns and the Ravens. These franchises are like Bedrock 306 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:31,480 Speaker 1: blue Blood. Do you do you still feel a little 307 00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:35,119 Speaker 1: bit like the new kid on the block? Uh? You know, 308 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:38,280 Speaker 1: maybe sometimes, but you don't. I don't really don't really 309 00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:42,040 Speaker 1: think in those in those ways. You know, we're so 310 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:45,880 Speaker 1: focused on the day to day of getting better and 311 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:48,280 Speaker 1: and interacting with each other and getting the work that 312 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:51,280 Speaker 1: we need to get done. It. Uh it honestly, we 313 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:55,959 Speaker 1: don't really talk about it too much. Your thoughts on 314 00:19:56,119 --> 00:20:01,280 Speaker 1: home field being decided by a coin flip. I know why, 315 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:06,399 Speaker 1: but it's I mean, I guess the NBA lottery is 316 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:10,720 Speaker 1: a ping pong balls. I mean it's kind of odd, right, Yeah, 317 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:15,280 Speaker 1: you know, I wasn't you know, I understood it. I 318 00:20:15,359 --> 00:20:19,639 Speaker 1: understood why I did it. I just wish that we 319 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:22,520 Speaker 1: would have been offered the same opportunity for a potential 320 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:25,840 Speaker 1: second round matchup for the Bills. That we didn't end 321 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:29,840 Speaker 1: up getting to play that game, you know, through no 322 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:32,600 Speaker 1: fault of our own, and it should have been canceled. 323 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:34,760 Speaker 1: We didn't want to play after that happened either, But 324 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:38,359 Speaker 1: you know, I think that we just weren't afforded some 325 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:44,359 Speaker 1: opportunities that other people were. Take you off. I wouldn't 326 00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:48,120 Speaker 1: say take me off. We'll play well whatever with with 327 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:53,320 Speaker 1: whatever we're dealt, but it is what it is. When 328 00:20:53,359 --> 00:20:56,800 Speaker 1: I go back to the Damar Hamlin moment, what really 329 00:20:57,160 --> 00:21:02,040 Speaker 1: sticks out to me is the fear on the players faces. 330 00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:07,439 Speaker 1: I said this on the air. I was skiing a 331 00:21:07,520 --> 00:21:10,639 Speaker 1: year and a half ago, and apparently there was a 332 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:13,840 Speaker 1: crash in about forty to fifty yards from me. A 333 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:17,199 Speaker 1: helicopter flew in and they performed CPR. I did not 334 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:20,479 Speaker 1: know the person. It was forty yards away. It freaked 335 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:22,880 Speaker 1: me out. I'm like, all right, that's a rap. I'm 336 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:26,880 Speaker 1: done skiing today. And that was somebody I didn't know. 337 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:32,679 Speaker 1: As I watched you guys watch that, I the composure 338 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:37,359 Speaker 1: you had, I mean, did Joe, you probably never seen 339 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:42,040 Speaker 1: anything like that. Did Was it totally unnerving? Yeah, it 340 00:21:42,119 --> 00:21:48,320 Speaker 1: was a scary emotional moment. What witnessing somebody that plays 341 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:51,840 Speaker 1: the same game that you do, you know, go through 342 00:21:52,119 --> 00:21:56,439 Speaker 1: a crisis that is life threatening and you know that 343 00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:59,360 Speaker 1: you really take a step back and look at what 344 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:02,680 Speaker 1: you do and who you do it with, and makes 345 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:07,320 Speaker 1: you appreciate that and at the same time reminds you 346 00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:11,160 Speaker 1: that that's always possibility every Sunday and every every Monday 347 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:14,960 Speaker 1: and every Saturday that you walk out there. So I 348 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:20,800 Speaker 1: think a lot of discussions were had throughout the league privately, 349 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:23,959 Speaker 1: you know, with loved ones. I know I had, I 350 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:27,000 Speaker 1: had some that you know, that moment is scary, It 351 00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:31,200 Speaker 1: can happen, and you know you try to try to 352 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:32,959 Speaker 1: limit it, but there's not a lot you can do. 353 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:36,720 Speaker 1: It's a normal football play that happens just about every 354 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:38,960 Speaker 1: play of every single game, which is what's so scary 355 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:41,800 Speaker 1: about it. One of the things I said the other 356 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:45,359 Speaker 1: day is that I think the five best quarterbacks in 357 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:49,720 Speaker 1: the league. I use this term the five guys I 358 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:51,800 Speaker 1: wouldn't take a phone call on if I was a 359 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:57,520 Speaker 1: general manager. You Alan Mahomes, Herbert and Trevor Lawrence. I 360 00:22:57,640 --> 00:23:00,720 Speaker 1: love Brady and Aaron Rodgers and Matt Stafford, but they're older. 361 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:02,520 Speaker 1: I'd take a phone call if I had to. I'm 362 00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:04,080 Speaker 1: not going to take a phone call on you five 363 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:07,879 Speaker 1: to watch you and Josh Allen. It was really it 364 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:10,760 Speaker 1: was pretty you know, I'm I'm in my late fifties, Joe. 365 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:18,840 Speaker 1: I love Josh Allen so much. I love everything you 366 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:21,679 Speaker 1: young guys are about. There was a real a moment 367 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:24,800 Speaker 1: between you two and here he looks like Superman. He's 368 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:28,679 Speaker 1: he's bigger than defensive ends. He looks like Superman. He 369 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:32,800 Speaker 1: was incredibly vulnerable. Do you remember that moment when you're 370 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:37,520 Speaker 1: right next to him. Yeah, that was that was tough. 371 00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:40,320 Speaker 1: You know, me and Josh are friends and and I've 372 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:42,640 Speaker 1: known each other for a couple of years now, and 373 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:46,119 Speaker 1: you know, it was just kind of a moment of 374 00:23:46,720 --> 00:23:51,840 Speaker 1: unity between you know, not just two teams, but football players, 375 00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:57,360 Speaker 1: and you know, we know what each individual person means 376 00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:02,240 Speaker 1: to everyone else in a locker room, and to see 377 00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:05,440 Speaker 1: people going through that was you know, it was tough. 378 00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:09,240 Speaker 1: And you know, everyone in our locker room took a 379 00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:10,800 Speaker 1: step back and said it could have been any one 380 00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:13,000 Speaker 1: of us in that exact same situation, and so that's 381 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:17,119 Speaker 1: why it really hit everybody so hard. I thought the 382 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:24,040 Speaker 1: Cincinnati crowd was amazing. I thought nobody left utter silence. 383 00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:28,360 Speaker 1: I've never seen anything like it. Even the anthem, there's 384 00:24:28,359 --> 00:24:32,679 Speaker 1: always a guy in the third deck drunk, screaming the 385 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:36,919 Speaker 1: whole thing Joe. From the players, to the coaches to 386 00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:40,560 Speaker 1: the fans. I've been doing this thirty years. I was 387 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:43,880 Speaker 1: so blown away. But the Cincinnati fans like, in an instant, 388 00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:47,800 Speaker 1: our guy needs help. They're a guy needs help. Did 389 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:49,600 Speaker 1: you notice any of that or were you were you 390 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:53,720 Speaker 1: already fixated on Damar. You realize that once you take 391 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:56,280 Speaker 1: a step back, you know, maybe a day or two later, 392 00:24:56,359 --> 00:24:59,280 Speaker 1: and you know, really reflect on the situation. It made 393 00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:04,639 Speaker 1: me very proud to live in the community, one, be 394 00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:08,160 Speaker 1: a part of the organization to play for Zach three 395 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:12,680 Speaker 1: just with, and also very proud of the medical staff 396 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:17,359 Speaker 1: and trainers, doctors you know we got unfortunately got to 397 00:25:17,359 --> 00:25:20,400 Speaker 1: watch them operate and you know, they were lights out. 398 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:23,760 Speaker 1: So it just made me proud to be a part 399 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:28,240 Speaker 1: of what we have going on here. Yeah, aren't medical 400 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:31,960 Speaker 1: people amazing? Aren't they amazing? Yeah? We had I mean, 401 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:36,080 Speaker 1: you just those kind of moments, you know, you find 402 00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:40,399 Speaker 1: out what people are made of, and the people that 403 00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:43,600 Speaker 1: were out there on that field are badasses. You could 404 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:46,560 Speaker 1: probably make an argument, Joe that you'll never look You'll 405 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:49,200 Speaker 1: never come into a stadium and see those medical people 406 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:54,320 Speaker 1: the same like to you do you almost view them 407 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:58,639 Speaker 1: like like like before they're part of the ensemble, they're 408 00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:01,200 Speaker 1: like heroes now, like you almost look at him differently 409 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:04,800 Speaker 1: when you enter a stadium. Yeah, I do. You know, 410 00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:07,119 Speaker 1: I walked into the training room, the training room the 411 00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:09,879 Speaker 1: next day, and I did look at everybody in that 412 00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:12,679 Speaker 1: room a little differently. You know, I really appreciate those 413 00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:19,280 Speaker 1: guys and girls. All right, my buddy Nick, right um. 414 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:20,920 Speaker 1: We haven't talked to Nick in a couple of months. 415 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:23,520 Speaker 1: He's really busy. First things first is a smash hit. 416 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:27,040 Speaker 1: It's crushing, you know, it's funny, Nick, Thank you, buddy. 417 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:32,160 Speaker 1: You know, the show's so successful. I've really nicely decorated 418 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:35,400 Speaker 1: my house with all these you know, we get ratings bonuses, Yeah, 419 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:37,520 Speaker 1: I mean just wealth just hitting me in the face. 420 00:26:37,720 --> 00:26:39,560 Speaker 1: But your producers won't let me show it off. They 421 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:41,920 Speaker 1: said I have to turn off all the lights. They said, 422 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:44,719 Speaker 1: you're you're you're shaming Colin Coward. Collin's doing this from 423 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:48,000 Speaker 1: a closet and you know, somewhere, And I assumed the 424 00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:51,520 Speaker 1: Upper Valley in Los Angeles, and I've got this palatial estate. 425 00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:53,320 Speaker 1: I can't show it all. That's fine. Maybe at the 426 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:57,040 Speaker 1: end of the pod, I'll get up and so people 427 00:26:57,080 --> 00:26:59,919 Speaker 1: can see what a beautiful scene I have behind me. 428 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:02,880 Speaker 1: But go ahead, Sorry, all right, I want to talk 429 00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:07,679 Speaker 1: to you about There's two coaches in football that I 430 00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:12,800 Speaker 1: think bother the media, but Jesus they're good. Brian Kelly 431 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:17,199 Speaker 1: has won everywhere instantly. He had a terrible incident at 432 00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:21,080 Speaker 1: Notre Dame. A young man died. He is gruff, he 433 00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:25,000 Speaker 1: turns purple when he's screaming at players. And Jim does 434 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:31,159 Speaker 1: a really really crummy cagn accent out of nowhere column 435 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:35,240 Speaker 1: But go ahead, yeah. And Jim Harbaugh. And because Jim harbraw, 436 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:38,680 Speaker 1: I think he's on the spectrum and he's awkward and 437 00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:41,040 Speaker 1: he doesn't really need the media. I think I get 438 00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:45,200 Speaker 1: along with people. I struggle with him. People don't understand it. 439 00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:48,840 Speaker 1: Harbor went forty four, nineteen and one in a division 440 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:51,800 Speaker 1: with arguably the most talented team in football in twenty 441 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:56,720 Speaker 1: years the Seahawks. The Seahawks won six games and went 442 00:27:56,760 --> 00:28:00,320 Speaker 1: to three straight NFC Championship games with Alex Man in 443 00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:03,520 Speaker 1: Cap as the quarterbacks, and Cap had a nice moment. 444 00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:06,360 Speaker 1: The Cap wasn't a blue Chipper. Alex Smith was considered 445 00:28:06,359 --> 00:28:10,320 Speaker 1: a bust and immediately contended for championships and contended at 446 00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:13,240 Speaker 1: Stanford and turned Michigan into a contender. Yeah, so I 447 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:15,880 Speaker 1: thought about this. You know, when we do a show, 448 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:19,000 Speaker 1: I have opinions, but sometimes I'll sleep on it. Is 449 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:22,840 Speaker 1: that in college the NIL has actually helped coaches because 450 00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:25,440 Speaker 1: it used to be you were felt guilty for making 451 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:28,119 Speaker 1: money because players weren't. Now a quarterback at USC can 452 00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:31,399 Speaker 1: make five million. Nobody talks about coaches salaries, but a 453 00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:37,080 Speaker 1: lot of these situations at Michigan you do feel like 454 00:28:37,359 --> 00:28:40,959 Speaker 1: your salaries published. You're the highest paid state employee at 455 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:43,560 Speaker 1: eight million, Or you go to the NFL make eighteen 456 00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:46,120 Speaker 1: and nobody cares. Now you get fired sooner, but nobody cares. 457 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:49,720 Speaker 1: Is that? I think to myself, I wouldn't leave Michigan, 458 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:54,360 Speaker 1: but I do wonder now once the players get paid, 459 00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:57,880 Speaker 1: the downside, because I'm for the players getting paid, but 460 00:28:57,920 --> 00:29:01,920 Speaker 1: the downside is well, shit, if I'm gonna have my 461 00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:05,320 Speaker 1: players paid and they're gonna transfer any time, I'd rather 462 00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:07,120 Speaker 1: just be a pro coach and make twice the money 463 00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:08,520 Speaker 1: and not deal with the NC double A and we're 464 00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:11,120 Speaker 1: gonna lose a lot of these great coaches and not 465 00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:15,600 Speaker 1: have to deal with is he academically eligible? I would listen. 466 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:19,120 Speaker 1: I think some people love recruiting. I think I would 467 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:24,280 Speaker 1: hate it. I think the grind of the travel, plus 468 00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:28,400 Speaker 1: there has to be an element of and I don't 469 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:31,160 Speaker 1: want to sound like an old man. And again, some 470 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:33,960 Speaker 1: coaches love it, and maybe that's why they're coaches because 471 00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:38,600 Speaker 1: they love that thing. But of like trying to convince 472 00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:42,920 Speaker 1: a seventeen year old to you know, date you essentially, 473 00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:47,480 Speaker 1: that seems again, I don't think i'd love it. I 474 00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:49,240 Speaker 1: don't think it'd be like, what are you doing? I'm like, well, 475 00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:53,880 Speaker 1: I gotta fly to Baton Rouge because this seventeen year 476 00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:55,880 Speaker 1: old kid that I thought was gonna come play for me, 477 00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:58,560 Speaker 1: now I think he's gonna go play for Texas. So 478 00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:00,800 Speaker 1: I have to explain I have to and over him. 479 00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:04,720 Speaker 1: His mom and his dad like that. So I would 480 00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:09,000 Speaker 1: far prefer pro coaching where you're dealing with with grown ups. 481 00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:11,760 Speaker 1: You only have to worry about the football part, and 482 00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:15,960 Speaker 1: you don't have to convince twenty twenty five new guys 483 00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:19,440 Speaker 1: every single year to come play for you. What is 484 00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:23,240 Speaker 1: interesting to me is it does seem like the money 485 00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:26,080 Speaker 1: in certain instances college You know, I mean, you tell 486 00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:28,240 Speaker 1: me if I'm wrong. Colin in certain instance seemed like 487 00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:31,680 Speaker 1: the money's bigger in college football. So like did melt Tucker, 488 00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:34,800 Speaker 1: who's what not one of the fifteen best coaches got 489 00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:38,760 Speaker 1: ninety million dollars? Like knowing that very few NFL coaches 490 00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:43,080 Speaker 1: have that. So I think for certain guys, college is 491 00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:46,120 Speaker 1: a better deal. Hardball. Here's the thing I want to 492 00:30:46,160 --> 00:30:48,240 Speaker 1: say about Hardball, because I I think Hardball is a 493 00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:51,120 Speaker 1: great coach, a great coach. And I made the point 494 00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:54,400 Speaker 1: on your show five years ago when I was filling 495 00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:55,840 Speaker 1: in for you, and then I made it again the 496 00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:59,360 Speaker 1: other day that he has an argument that if the 497 00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:03,360 Speaker 1: question is I need someone to coach my football team, 498 00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:05,960 Speaker 1: but I won't tell you if it's college or pro, 499 00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:09,440 Speaker 1: he should be the number one draft pick because you 500 00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:11,600 Speaker 1: can say, well, I'll take Belichick. Well what if he's 501 00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:14,400 Speaker 1: it's Alabama, Like, well, you know what I mean. Okay, 502 00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:16,840 Speaker 1: no, no no, they all take Saban. Well what if it's 503 00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:20,480 Speaker 1: the Jets, Like Harball has proof of concept at both 504 00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:26,960 Speaker 1: levels instantly good, So so I think he's a great coach. 505 00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:29,400 Speaker 1: The one thing I think the media is getting wrong 506 00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:32,640 Speaker 1: with the Hardball story is this they're like, oh, the 507 00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:37,640 Speaker 1: new owners of the Broncos, they're the Walton family. They've 508 00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:44,840 Speaker 1: got seventy billion dollars. When it comes to coach salaries, 509 00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:49,960 Speaker 1: the difference between seventy billion net worth and seven billion 510 00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:54,160 Speaker 1: net worth is irrelevant. Well, the coach salaries, it's like, oh, 511 00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:56,840 Speaker 1: they can pay him twenty million a year, so can 512 00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:00,360 Speaker 1: eighty percent of the owners, Like, as long as you've 513 00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:03,560 Speaker 1: got more than a billion, you can pay the coach anything. 514 00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:07,200 Speaker 1: So the idea that the dit Broncos had this leg 515 00:32:07,280 --> 00:32:09,480 Speaker 1: up because their owners are so rich, I think people 516 00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:11,800 Speaker 1: have it wrong. I don't think it's the three richest 517 00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:15,040 Speaker 1: NFL owners have an advantage. I think it's the four 518 00:32:15,640 --> 00:32:20,440 Speaker 1: NFL owners that don't have real money are a huge disadvantage. 519 00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:24,680 Speaker 1: So whether I think those teams are at a real disadvantage, 520 00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:27,040 Speaker 1: but I think I think every I think eighty percent 521 00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:30,240 Speaker 1: of the teams could hire a twenty million dollars a 522 00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:33,160 Speaker 1: year coach on a four year deal, fire him and 523 00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:36,680 Speaker 1: do that five consecutive cycles and have four hundred million 524 00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:39,960 Speaker 1: of dead coach money and it doesn't affect their bottom 525 00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:43,800 Speaker 1: line at all because they are multi or Decca billionaires. 526 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:46,880 Speaker 1: I think there's a few teams, whether it's the Cardinals, 527 00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:49,440 Speaker 1: the Raiders, whomever, where it's like, oh, man, do they 528 00:32:49,520 --> 00:32:52,840 Speaker 1: have to keep this coach because they can't afford to 529 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:57,760 Speaker 1: pay the buyout? Finally, I love these, By the way, 530 00:32:57,960 --> 00:33:01,040 Speaker 1: I always feel guilty. I tell my staff call Nick 531 00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:04,400 Speaker 1: the first sign of no bail, No, no, no. I 532 00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:06,400 Speaker 1: love doing it. And I hadn't been on in a while, 533 00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:09,160 Speaker 1: but we'll do it, especially no, we got we can 534 00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:10,880 Speaker 1: do this, Colin. I love doing it. You know that. 535 00:33:11,800 --> 00:33:17,840 Speaker 1: So I think I said this years ago when ESPN 536 00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:23,000 Speaker 1: did the phone, which was a disaster, is that ESPN 537 00:33:23,160 --> 00:33:27,160 Speaker 1: owed the industry to roll the dice on the phone 538 00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:31,400 Speaker 1: because they had the capital to take big swings. They 539 00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:34,920 Speaker 1: were making so much money eight billion annually. They owed 540 00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:39,760 Speaker 1: the industry. It would have think about the industry today 541 00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:43,240 Speaker 1: if it now owned the phone industry. Joran cable TV 542 00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:46,280 Speaker 1: and and by the way, those big swings. I never 543 00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:48,000 Speaker 1: worked for ESPN like you did, but I give them 544 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:52,080 Speaker 1: credit anyway for things. Also created thirty for thirty that's 545 00:33:52,120 --> 00:33:55,200 Speaker 1: a big, expensive swing and it was awesome and it 546 00:33:55,240 --> 00:33:56,920 Speaker 1: was you know what I mean, it was awesome and 547 00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:59,040 Speaker 1: like so that Yeah, the phone is like known as 548 00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:01,280 Speaker 1: kind of a disaster, but yeah, but go ahead. Yeah. 549 00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:03,959 Speaker 1: So I think the Amazons of the world and the 550 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:10,520 Speaker 1: Apples of the world, to elevate society artificial intelligence, have 551 00:34:10,680 --> 00:34:15,239 Speaker 1: the money take big swings on things because small companies can't. 552 00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:21,759 Speaker 1: And to advance society, that's important. So one of the 553 00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:24,839 Speaker 1: things I believe, you know, I've been doing this long time, 554 00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:30,720 Speaker 1: a very large audience, audio whatever. I never ever believe 555 00:34:30,719 --> 00:34:32,960 Speaker 1: I'm the gatekeeper of any industry. I'm not going to 556 00:34:33,040 --> 00:34:36,840 Speaker 1: tell people how to broadcast skip you. It doesn't matter. 557 00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:40,280 Speaker 1: Max Kellerman, Stephen A. Smith, we all have different styles. 558 00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:42,640 Speaker 1: I'm a believer and lean into you. Whatever you is, 559 00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:46,800 Speaker 1: do more you. But I like occasionally and I believe 560 00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:50,839 Speaker 1: in this strongly throwing out a theory that could be 561 00:34:50,920 --> 00:34:56,880 Speaker 1: absurd because I don't want talk show hosts to feel 562 00:34:56,880 --> 00:35:00,959 Speaker 1: they're trapped. I think I owe it in a weird way, 563 00:35:01,080 --> 00:35:03,080 Speaker 1: I see myself as I'm not going to get fired 564 00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:05,440 Speaker 1: for a crazy take. Who cares if anybody rips me. 565 00:35:05,480 --> 00:35:08,080 Speaker 1: I have a huge army of followers behind me. So 566 00:35:08,200 --> 00:35:13,920 Speaker 1: I like throwing out occasionally something that seems absurd. Okay, 567 00:35:14,040 --> 00:35:16,840 Speaker 1: I like right, Like it's like I can do it. 568 00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:20,440 Speaker 1: Who cares? It's I have the You have the cache, 569 00:35:20,480 --> 00:35:25,759 Speaker 1: credibility and career that you can. You're not bulletproof, but 570 00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:28,239 Speaker 1: you at least have you know, you're wearing it. You 571 00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:30,759 Speaker 1: got some body armor on and you can take some 572 00:35:30,840 --> 00:35:35,400 Speaker 1: slugs your way. Yeah, got it? Okay. So Mike Vrabel 573 00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:40,000 Speaker 1: played with Tom Brady. He is absolutely one of the 574 00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:44,040 Speaker 1: smartest coaches in the league. He knows the importance of 575 00:35:44,080 --> 00:35:47,960 Speaker 1: the position. And he's now in a conference where Trevor 576 00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:51,040 Speaker 1: Lawrence looks like a top five quarterback. He's in a 577 00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:57,200 Speaker 1: conference with Mahomes and Allan and Burrow and Herbert and 578 00:35:57,320 --> 00:36:01,560 Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence, all the good young guys are in his way, 579 00:36:01,680 --> 00:36:05,920 Speaker 1: and Bryce Young's about to be there. That's right. And 580 00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:09,240 Speaker 1: Vrabel is gonna get on the phone after this season 581 00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:12,600 Speaker 1: because there's no dead cap hit for Tannehill and he's 582 00:36:12,600 --> 00:36:16,759 Speaker 1: gonna say, Aaron get the f down here. Oh it's Rashville. 583 00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:19,120 Speaker 1: I thought you're gonna say he's gonna try to sighting 584 00:36:19,239 --> 00:36:22,800 Speaker 1: Tom No, because you said he's friends with Tom Aaron. 585 00:36:23,800 --> 00:36:29,640 Speaker 1: So he's gonna say, Aaron, he's gonna play to his vanity. Mahomes, Burrow, Herbert, 586 00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:36,000 Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence, I need you. He understands quarterback Aaron's never 587 00:36:36,080 --> 00:36:40,279 Speaker 1: had great defenses in green Bay. The one year he did, 588 00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:45,600 Speaker 1: they want it, so green Bay simultaneously would take a hit. 589 00:36:46,560 --> 00:36:49,200 Speaker 1: But because they're not paying Jordan Love even they could 590 00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:52,600 Speaker 1: afford it, they can't afford to cut him, but they 591 00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:55,279 Speaker 1: can trade it. They can't trade him and it doesn't 592 00:36:55,360 --> 00:36:59,480 Speaker 1: kill him. And they look at their division. Gos's not 593 00:36:59,520 --> 00:37:03,840 Speaker 1: a super are Cousins has limitations, Justin Fields has a 594 00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:07,640 Speaker 1: defensive coach and a dysfunctional organization, and they're like, screw it, 595 00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:10,520 Speaker 1: let's give it a run. For two years, we found 596 00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:14,279 Speaker 1: our two receivers. By the way, the cap hit isn't 597 00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:18,640 Speaker 1: his punitive? That My hot take is Rabel's gonna get 598 00:37:18,680 --> 00:37:22,759 Speaker 1: on the phone and try really hard to convince Aaron 599 00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:25,560 Speaker 1: Rodgers and Green Bay's gonna say, Christ, we're walking on 600 00:37:25,600 --> 00:37:28,839 Speaker 1: eggshells for twelve years here. Oh listen, I don't think 601 00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:31,680 Speaker 1: that's crazy. Further, I thought you were gonna say Brady's 602 00:37:31,719 --> 00:37:33,279 Speaker 1: gonna go there, and I was only going to say 603 00:37:33,320 --> 00:37:36,880 Speaker 1: that's crazy because I don't think Tom Brady's moving to Nashville. 604 00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:39,040 Speaker 1: And again, I'm from Kansas City. I'm not taking a 605 00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:41,440 Speaker 1: By the way, I'm not comparing myself to Apple or 606 00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:45,040 Speaker 1: Amazon in this whole scenario. No, But in the no, 607 00:37:45,239 --> 00:37:48,239 Speaker 1: what you are doing is you are saying people that 608 00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:52,799 Speaker 1: have the ability to take big swings in any inshore 609 00:37:53,160 --> 00:37:59,720 Speaker 1: should do it. So I you in in the ecosystem 610 00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:04,759 Speaker 1: of sports broadcasting. I don't know. I don't know who. 611 00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:06,960 Speaker 1: If you're not Apple or Amazon, I don't know who 612 00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:09,120 Speaker 1: is there. You know, whatever it is, that's fine, it's 613 00:38:09,160 --> 00:38:12,040 Speaker 1: fine it we're listen. By the way, there's forty minutes 614 00:38:12,239 --> 00:38:14,879 Speaker 1: into a Nick Wright Colin Coward podcast. The people are 615 00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:17,520 Speaker 1: still listening. Either really love one of us, or really 616 00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:24,399 Speaker 1: hate one of us, or doesn't even matter. But um so, 617 00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:29,160 Speaker 1: the Rogers thing I'm gonna I hadn't thought about him 618 00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:32,520 Speaker 1: with Tennessee, here's what I do think. And Packer fans 619 00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:35,719 Speaker 1: are killing me for this. But I said after they 620 00:38:35,760 --> 00:38:38,000 Speaker 1: went four and eight, and Aaron had the broken thumb 621 00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:43,720 Speaker 1: that they should start playing Jordan Love. And now they're like, oh, 622 00:38:43,760 --> 00:38:46,840 Speaker 1: look at us now, and the answers really look at you. 623 00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:50,080 Speaker 1: Now what am I looking at? Like the it'd be 624 00:38:50,160 --> 00:38:53,120 Speaker 1: one thing if you were on this four game winning 625 00:38:53,160 --> 00:38:56,279 Speaker 1: streak because Rogers is lightening it up. On the four 626 00:38:56,320 --> 00:38:59,759 Speaker 1: game winning streak, Colin Rogers has four touchdown passes, He 627 00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:02,920 Speaker 1: has eighty seven rating. They are averaging less than two 628 00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:05,560 Speaker 1: hundred passing yards per game. But on the four game 629 00:39:05,600 --> 00:39:08,840 Speaker 1: winning streak because they have forced twelve turnovers in four games, 630 00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:11,960 Speaker 1: they have two defensive touchdowns two. Uh, we now know 631 00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:14,920 Speaker 1: was you know? I was dealing with a serious injury 632 00:39:14,920 --> 00:39:17,600 Speaker 1: and melted down. They played they give me a break. 633 00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:23,759 Speaker 1: I said, you've got to play love. And it's not 634 00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:26,680 Speaker 1: necessarily punting on the season, but whatever, you've got to 635 00:39:26,719 --> 00:39:28,640 Speaker 1: play love. And the reason you gotta play love is 636 00:39:28,840 --> 00:39:30,600 Speaker 1: the question I asked was are you still in the 637 00:39:30,640 --> 00:39:34,439 Speaker 1: Super Bowl business in Green Bay? Because if you are, 638 00:39:34,880 --> 00:39:37,759 Speaker 1: you're not winning it this year. And what you need 639 00:39:37,800 --> 00:39:43,040 Speaker 1: to do is figure out can the kid play and 640 00:39:43,120 --> 00:39:46,360 Speaker 1: if he can play a little bit. But you're like, okay, 641 00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:49,480 Speaker 1: he's not ready yet. Guess what, If you're still in 642 00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:52,080 Speaker 1: the super Bowl business and you're keeping Aaron Rodgers, someone 643 00:39:52,080 --> 00:39:54,200 Speaker 1: will trade your draft pick for him. You can use 644 00:39:54,239 --> 00:39:56,200 Speaker 1: that to help next year's team, because this team's not 645 00:39:56,280 --> 00:39:58,359 Speaker 1: good enough if he's If you're still in the super 646 00:39:58,400 --> 00:40:00,960 Speaker 1: Bowl business and he is good enough, well, guess what. 647 00:40:01,520 --> 00:40:04,400 Speaker 1: Then you have the conversation of do we trade Aaron? 648 00:40:04,920 --> 00:40:07,800 Speaker 1: But whatever it is, they should have used this time 649 00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:11,600 Speaker 1: to get information on Jordan's love. Instead, they are going 650 00:40:11,640 --> 00:40:15,719 Speaker 1: to blindly pick up his fifth year option, blindly having 651 00:40:15,719 --> 00:40:18,360 Speaker 1: seen him play one game against the Chiefs terribly last 652 00:40:18,440 --> 00:40:21,279 Speaker 1: year and a half a game this year. It's insane, 653 00:40:21,719 --> 00:40:23,120 Speaker 1: and they're not going to be able to trade him 654 00:40:23,120 --> 00:40:25,399 Speaker 1: because nobody has seen him play. They're not gonna Now, 655 00:40:25,480 --> 00:40:29,640 Speaker 1: maybe they trade Aaron, like you're saying, But the risk 656 00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:32,919 Speaker 1: there is that Jordan loves no good. Now. I don't 657 00:40:32,920 --> 00:40:35,799 Speaker 1: think he's no good, but it's on the board just 658 00:40:35,880 --> 00:40:38,920 Speaker 1: because he hasn't played, and so I don't think the 659 00:40:38,960 --> 00:40:41,160 Speaker 1: Packers have handled this right. I also don't think Aaron's 660 00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:45,480 Speaker 1: made it particularly easy for them, like throughout this process. 661 00:40:45,480 --> 00:40:49,000 Speaker 1: But I think the idea, you know, Mark Schlaret came 662 00:40:49,040 --> 00:40:51,879 Speaker 1: on my show, and I said, no, what Naven my show. 663 00:40:52,120 --> 00:40:53,480 Speaker 1: It was the day I was filling in for you. 664 00:40:53,560 --> 00:40:55,160 Speaker 1: He came on your show, but I was talking to 665 00:40:55,239 --> 00:41:00,399 Speaker 1: him and I set made the point that the Packers 666 00:41:00,440 --> 00:41:02,160 Speaker 1: should have played Love because they have to design his 667 00:41:02,200 --> 00:41:04,600 Speaker 1: fifth year option. And he said he believes they have 668 00:41:04,760 --> 00:41:08,359 Speaker 1: already decided that they are picking it up. And he 669 00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:10,000 Speaker 1: didn't say he was told this. I don't want to 670 00:41:10,040 --> 00:41:14,440 Speaker 1: misquote stink. He said he thinks his theory is that 671 00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:17,399 Speaker 1: they're moving on from Aaron, that they've seen enough from 672 00:41:17,600 --> 00:41:20,440 Speaker 1: Love that that the reason they didn't play him in 673 00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:22,839 Speaker 1: this spot is because they knew this was Aaron the end. 674 00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:26,239 Speaker 1: They were gonna let Aaron get his final run and 675 00:41:26,360 --> 00:41:30,440 Speaker 1: see what happens. But it's an interesting situation they have 676 00:41:30,480 --> 00:41:32,800 Speaker 1: found themselves in. Can I ask you one question before 677 00:41:32,840 --> 00:41:37,759 Speaker 1: we go? Sure, everyone is saying the NFC's wide open, 678 00:41:37,840 --> 00:41:41,840 Speaker 1: the NFC has no juggernaut. Why are the Niners not 679 00:41:41,920 --> 00:41:46,799 Speaker 1: a juggernaut? They feel like a juggernaut to me? Man, 680 00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:53,440 Speaker 1: how about this? So today a buddy of mine, degenerate gambler, 681 00:41:53,560 --> 00:41:57,160 Speaker 1: great guy's a fireman and Connecticut good friend. He sends 682 00:41:57,160 --> 00:41:59,800 Speaker 1: me shit all the time he's a basketball scout on 683 00:41:59,840 --> 00:42:04,640 Speaker 1: the East. Coachs is so great, And he said, for 684 00:42:04,760 --> 00:42:08,759 Speaker 1: all those questioning brock Purdy, he goes Matt Campbell will 685 00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:10,879 Speaker 1: be one of the finalists for the Michigan job if 686 00:42:10,880 --> 00:42:16,400 Speaker 1: Harball leaves. He's viewed as a super sharp coach, he said. 687 00:42:18,200 --> 00:42:21,759 Speaker 1: During brock Purdy's run, in the four years as a 688 00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:28,040 Speaker 1: starter at Iowa State, they were thirty and seventeen, twenty 689 00:42:28,040 --> 00:42:30,400 Speaker 1: five and ten in the Big Twelve, and seven and 690 00:42:30,440 --> 00:42:33,759 Speaker 1: ten record against ranked opponents. Now that's not worthy. This 691 00:42:33,920 --> 00:42:39,640 Speaker 1: is Iowa State this year with Matt Campbell four and eight, 692 00:42:40,640 --> 00:42:43,320 Speaker 1: one in eight in the Big twelve. Wow, oh and 693 00:42:43,560 --> 00:42:47,280 Speaker 1: four against ranked opponents. Do we have Tony Romo Kurt 694 00:42:47,320 --> 00:42:53,000 Speaker 1: Warner on our hands, a great player that was under evaluated, 695 00:42:54,760 --> 00:42:59,200 Speaker 1: under evaluated. Sure, under evaluated. Yeah, here's the thing. But 696 00:42:59,440 --> 00:43:01,640 Speaker 1: I guess my point is, even if he's not a 697 00:43:01,719 --> 00:43:04,560 Speaker 1: great player, the Niners won a game this year started 698 00:43:04,600 --> 00:43:07,360 Speaker 1: by Trey Lanes. They won a bunch of games started 699 00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:10,400 Speaker 1: by Jimmy Garoppolo. They're now undefeated with games started by 700 00:43:10,520 --> 00:43:16,200 Speaker 1: Rock Purty. Sometimes a team is not reliant on the quarterback, 701 00:43:16,640 --> 00:43:18,719 Speaker 1: and it would seem to be a team that has 702 00:43:18,840 --> 00:43:23,960 Speaker 1: Nicky Bosa, Eric Armstead, an amazing defensive coordinator, that the 703 00:43:24,280 --> 00:43:27,560 Speaker 1: Hafonga who looks like he plays three positions at once, 704 00:43:27,920 --> 00:43:30,760 Speaker 1: the safety. They have the best left tackle in football, 705 00:43:30,960 --> 00:43:33,319 Speaker 1: maybe the best running back in football, the second best 706 00:43:33,400 --> 00:43:37,399 Speaker 1: tight end, two awesome wide receivers, team kicks ass Man, 707 00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:40,359 Speaker 1: and now am I also kind of trying to speak 708 00:43:40,360 --> 00:43:43,600 Speaker 1: into existence speaking of good, great friends of yours that 709 00:43:43,640 --> 00:43:48,280 Speaker 1: have gambling problems. I put, I did this on my podcast, 710 00:43:48,480 --> 00:43:50,719 Speaker 1: Well's right with Ni right in the preseason gambling show. 711 00:43:51,840 --> 00:43:53,800 Speaker 1: I put, I did a whole preseason show where I 712 00:43:53,880 --> 00:43:57,520 Speaker 1: did my season over under Betsy, and then you can 713 00:43:57,600 --> 00:44:02,160 Speaker 1: get off fan duel before the season super like you 714 00:44:02,239 --> 00:44:05,040 Speaker 1: could pick an NFC winner in an AFC winner and 715 00:44:05,239 --> 00:44:06,920 Speaker 1: parlay it. So just pick who's going to be in 716 00:44:06,960 --> 00:44:11,759 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. And before the year, Chiefs Niners was 717 00:44:12,320 --> 00:44:15,920 Speaker 1: fifty to one, not even a winner, not Chiefs over 718 00:44:16,040 --> 00:44:18,279 Speaker 1: nine Ers Niners is just the Chiefs whin the AFC Niners. 719 00:44:18,320 --> 00:44:20,279 Speaker 1: When the FC is fifty to one, I put a 720 00:44:20,360 --> 00:44:25,120 Speaker 1: thousand dollars on a column. So I've got that's a 721 00:44:25,400 --> 00:44:28,960 Speaker 1: live bet right now. That's a I think the Niners 722 00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:31,360 Speaker 1: to me with what's going on in Philly with the injuries, 723 00:44:31,400 --> 00:44:34,480 Speaker 1: are the favorites in the NFC and the Chiefs are 724 00:44:34,560 --> 00:44:38,600 Speaker 1: certainly at least co favorites in the AFC, And I 725 00:44:38,719 --> 00:44:41,320 Speaker 1: think the Niners. I think people are talking about the 726 00:44:41,440 --> 00:44:45,759 Speaker 1: NFC like it's wide open, purely because and I get it, 727 00:44:45,920 --> 00:44:47,840 Speaker 1: it's not just a rookie. It's a seventh round rookie. 728 00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:51,960 Speaker 1: But the kids played great. Shanahan has proven he can 729 00:44:52,040 --> 00:44:55,320 Speaker 1: win in the playoffs without great quarterback play. And I 730 00:44:55,400 --> 00:45:00,200 Speaker 1: think this roster is stacked. Stacked, so do I. And 731 00:45:00,360 --> 00:45:04,040 Speaker 1: Debo's coming back, and Debo's coming back. That's the other 732 00:45:04,160 --> 00:45:06,640 Speaker 1: thing to look at, which teams this time of year 733 00:45:07,080 --> 00:45:10,480 Speaker 1: are getting healthier and which teams are getting more injured. 734 00:45:10,800 --> 00:45:13,640 Speaker 1: Philly is the most injured it's been all year. The 735 00:45:15,000 --> 00:45:18,800 Speaker 1: Chiefs nobody cares because it's Mahomes. He hasn't had his 736 00:45:18,920 --> 00:45:21,600 Speaker 1: number one wide receiver for six weeks. They haven't had 737 00:45:21,640 --> 00:45:23,719 Speaker 1: their number one running back who's not very good, but 738 00:45:23,960 --> 00:45:27,720 Speaker 1: for five weeks. They're both coming back. Like the teams, 739 00:45:27,800 --> 00:45:30,319 Speaker 1: you gotta that's something you always got to watch. It's 740 00:45:30,360 --> 00:45:32,320 Speaker 1: one of the things I worry about with your Bengals 741 00:45:33,200 --> 00:45:36,200 Speaker 1: Lyle Collins, like you had that offensive line continuity all year. 742 00:45:36,600 --> 00:45:40,040 Speaker 1: Lyle Collins goes down, like how that is concerning to me? 743 00:45:40,280 --> 00:45:42,480 Speaker 1: One last thing involving before I go. I don't know 744 00:45:42,560 --> 00:45:45,200 Speaker 1: if I believe this or not, but it is injured. 745 00:45:45,239 --> 00:45:47,320 Speaker 1: I mean believe it, it's true, but I don't know 746 00:45:47,400 --> 00:45:49,560 Speaker 1: if I buy into it. The Steelers are seven and 747 00:45:49,680 --> 00:45:53,520 Speaker 1: two when t J. Watt plays, seven and two when 748 00:45:53,560 --> 00:45:57,320 Speaker 1: t J. Wapp plays, that's crazy. That team's got no 749 00:45:57,520 --> 00:46:00,840 Speaker 1: one on offense. I know Collins were was following Alban's 750 00:46:00,840 --> 00:46:04,160 Speaker 1: about Kinney Pickett. Dude's got hands smaller than your daughter 751 00:46:04,239 --> 00:46:06,759 Speaker 1: and he's got six touchdown past. I don't think it's superstar, 752 00:46:11,160 --> 00:46:16,360 Speaker 1: all right. Chad Millman, c CEO Action Network. All odds 753 00:46:16,520 --> 00:46:19,600 Speaker 1: provided by a FanDuel. So. I ended my regular season 754 00:46:19,760 --> 00:46:22,520 Speaker 1: hitting fifty four and a half percent. I had a 755 00:46:22,600 --> 00:46:25,040 Speaker 1: winning week last week. I like to get to fifty 756 00:46:25,120 --> 00:46:28,560 Speaker 1: six this year. I was fifty four and a half percent. 757 00:46:28,719 --> 00:46:32,279 Speaker 1: I'm okay with it. If I picked earlier in the week, 758 00:46:32,360 --> 00:46:34,200 Speaker 1: I think I could go from fifty four and a 759 00:46:34,280 --> 00:46:37,080 Speaker 1: half to fifty six. I'm not going to make any excuses. 760 00:46:37,160 --> 00:46:39,880 Speaker 1: That's not who I am. Anyway, let me ask you 761 00:46:39,920 --> 00:46:46,120 Speaker 1: a question. Last week, I said, take these teams and 762 00:46:46,280 --> 00:46:48,920 Speaker 1: I feel like you'll get there. And I don't think 763 00:46:48,960 --> 00:46:51,600 Speaker 1: you took those teams. I think I took one of 764 00:46:51,640 --> 00:46:54,000 Speaker 1: the teams. I didn't have a problem finishing at fifty 765 00:46:54,040 --> 00:46:58,680 Speaker 1: six percent this year. Well, you're a professional gambler. Well, 766 00:46:58,719 --> 00:47:01,359 Speaker 1: I'm trying to get you there. That's why I give 767 00:47:01,400 --> 00:47:05,279 Speaker 1: you the answers. Yeah, that's what my mechanics says. And 768 00:47:05,360 --> 00:47:07,640 Speaker 1: then I say, listen, you work at Jiffy lou fix 769 00:47:07,760 --> 00:47:12,040 Speaker 1: my goddamn car. No, listen, you do that, that's what 770 00:47:12,200 --> 00:47:14,000 Speaker 1: you do. That's why I bring you on. I am 771 00:47:14,080 --> 00:47:20,239 Speaker 1: a slightly more refined square than your average square. But 772 00:47:20,360 --> 00:47:27,759 Speaker 1: I'm a square that said, I usually take underdogs. Let 773 00:47:27,880 --> 00:47:31,480 Speaker 1: me tell you because I like two of the favorites 774 00:47:31,520 --> 00:47:34,160 Speaker 1: this week, let me tell you the underdog I like. 775 00:47:35,160 --> 00:47:39,560 Speaker 1: I like the Ravens. It's now at minus ten. They've 776 00:47:39,640 --> 00:47:44,200 Speaker 1: given Burrow Joe Burrow issues. I do not like having 777 00:47:44,280 --> 00:47:48,920 Speaker 1: to face a team back to back. Cincinnati's better, there's 778 00:47:48,960 --> 00:47:55,120 Speaker 1: no question. But this series and this Baltimore culture made 779 00:47:55,239 --> 00:47:59,279 Speaker 1: Brady earn every win, made Peyton earn every playoff win. 780 00:47:59,680 --> 00:48:04,680 Speaker 1: There built for this stuff. The lines ten, I have 781 00:48:04,960 --> 00:48:08,720 Speaker 1: to take the Ravens. Sharper square, you have to take 782 00:48:09,120 --> 00:48:12,440 Speaker 1: the Ravens. I'm sick about this. It's totally sharp. I 783 00:48:13,760 --> 00:48:16,040 Speaker 1: took the Ravens at six and a half thinking Lamar 784 00:48:16,160 --> 00:48:19,400 Speaker 1: Jackson might play. I took the Ravens at seven and 785 00:48:19,480 --> 00:48:22,680 Speaker 1: a half when I thought that when it became clear 786 00:48:22,800 --> 00:48:26,400 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson probably wasn't going to play. I can't believe 787 00:48:26,520 --> 00:48:30,440 Speaker 1: this number keeps going up, and I think you nailed 788 00:48:30,480 --> 00:48:35,120 Speaker 1: a couple of things on the head. Number one, playing 789 00:48:35,160 --> 00:48:39,800 Speaker 1: the team again is a challenge. Number two, Culturally, this 790 00:48:40,000 --> 00:48:42,560 Speaker 1: is a good spot for the Ravens. They don't get 791 00:48:42,880 --> 00:48:47,040 Speaker 1: blown out in games three. Let's talk about the offensive 792 00:48:47,080 --> 00:48:50,920 Speaker 1: line for the Bengals, which are now down two key players. 793 00:48:51,719 --> 00:48:54,840 Speaker 1: And even last week, when when the Ravens were resting 794 00:48:55,000 --> 00:48:59,280 Speaker 1: eight starters, they were still getting pressure on Joe Burrow. 795 00:48:59,680 --> 00:49:03,799 Speaker 1: And this is an entirely different defense since Halloween, that's 796 00:49:03,840 --> 00:49:08,279 Speaker 1: when Roquan Smith joined the team. Since that time, they've 797 00:49:08,320 --> 00:49:11,960 Speaker 1: gone from twentieth I'll use a fancy term, fancy analytics 798 00:49:12,080 --> 00:49:15,640 Speaker 1: term that betters love. DVOA really just a stat that 799 00:49:15,960 --> 00:49:20,239 Speaker 1: encompasses many different metrics to come up with all encompassing number. 800 00:49:20,280 --> 00:49:22,400 Speaker 1: A lot of betters use it. They were twentieth in 801 00:49:22,480 --> 00:49:26,319 Speaker 1: DVOA against the rush. After a Roquan Smith, they were 802 00:49:26,400 --> 00:49:30,840 Speaker 1: third one hundred and thirty two points allowed since Smith 803 00:49:31,000 --> 00:49:34,080 Speaker 1: joined second fused in the NFL. He's a tackling machine. 804 00:49:34,120 --> 00:49:37,640 Speaker 1: He after start water. He's tackling machines. But here's the 805 00:49:37,680 --> 00:49:40,560 Speaker 1: other key. He joined the team and Patrick Queen, who 806 00:49:40,600 --> 00:49:42,880 Speaker 1: had been underachieving which is why they traded for him, 807 00:49:43,320 --> 00:49:46,719 Speaker 1: moved over and now together they are a much more 808 00:49:46,800 --> 00:49:52,840 Speaker 1: athletic pass rushing dynamo that has the third most pressures 809 00:49:53,000 --> 00:49:56,919 Speaker 1: of any linebacker duo since Roquan Smith joined the team. 810 00:49:57,000 --> 00:50:01,359 Speaker 1: So ten is just a massive number. It's getting out 811 00:50:01,440 --> 00:50:06,879 Speaker 1: of control. Yeah. Secondly, Seahawks getting nine and a half 812 00:50:07,120 --> 00:50:09,800 Speaker 1: some places ten. The weather is going to be windy 813 00:50:09,840 --> 00:50:12,759 Speaker 1: and cold and wet. I know I live here. We're 814 00:50:12,800 --> 00:50:16,000 Speaker 1: getting hit with what they call cyclone bombs Pineapple Express. 815 00:50:16,360 --> 00:50:19,840 Speaker 1: Now southern California is just getting wet. No cows getting 816 00:50:19,960 --> 00:50:25,200 Speaker 1: wind and wet. You're asking a rookie quarterback, first playoff game. 817 00:50:26,320 --> 00:50:29,719 Speaker 1: Pete Carroll's been around the block. This is not his 818 00:50:29,920 --> 00:50:34,600 Speaker 1: first rodeo. Do I think the Seattle Seahawks struggle to 819 00:50:34,640 --> 00:50:38,160 Speaker 1: move the ball. Yeah, their offensive line. The rookie tackles have, 820 00:50:38,360 --> 00:50:40,640 Speaker 1: as Greg Kosell pointed out to me this week, have 821 00:50:40,840 --> 00:50:45,560 Speaker 1: regress post Thanksgiving. Why because you go from college, you 822 00:50:45,640 --> 00:50:48,480 Speaker 1: go down to Phoenix or Miami and train, you go 823 00:50:48,600 --> 00:50:51,239 Speaker 1: into camp, you go to the season, and you hit 824 00:50:51,320 --> 00:50:54,520 Speaker 1: a wall post Thanksgiving. All rookies do. So. The old 825 00:50:54,560 --> 00:50:57,040 Speaker 1: line for Seattle is not what it was in September 826 00:50:57,120 --> 00:51:02,960 Speaker 1: when Charles Cross was impenetrable but lousy weather, a completion 827 00:51:03,239 --> 00:51:08,080 Speaker 1: machine and Geno Smith Brock pretty makes an early mistake. 828 00:51:08,320 --> 00:51:12,560 Speaker 1: Shanahan gets tight and restrictive. It feels like twenty four 829 00:51:12,760 --> 00:51:18,000 Speaker 1: seventeen to me, ugly, wet, sloppy, one one unlucky Niner 830 00:51:18,120 --> 00:51:21,560 Speaker 1: turnover early. Shanahan puts the clamps in, want to get 831 00:51:21,600 --> 00:51:25,920 Speaker 1: out of town ball control. Seattle feels like the side 832 00:51:26,239 --> 00:51:31,200 Speaker 1: Sharper Square Sharp Calls winner of the Week. I've referenced 833 00:51:31,239 --> 00:51:35,879 Speaker 1: Sharp Calls on the podcast multiple times this season. It's 834 00:51:35,960 --> 00:51:38,600 Speaker 1: a segment we do on the Favorites me and Simon Hunter, 835 00:51:38,760 --> 00:51:41,000 Speaker 1: where over the course of the week we get a 836 00:51:41,040 --> 00:51:43,640 Speaker 1: lot of calls from professional betters who are listening to 837 00:51:43,719 --> 00:51:45,960 Speaker 1: the podcast and they will give us their feedback on 838 00:51:46,120 --> 00:51:49,400 Speaker 1: games we are talking about. This was the game they 839 00:51:49,480 --> 00:51:53,320 Speaker 1: all called about. They like the Seahawks in this spot. 840 00:51:53,880 --> 00:51:56,520 Speaker 1: A lot of reasons why, all of which you just mentioned. 841 00:51:56,920 --> 00:51:59,479 Speaker 1: On the field. I think the weather is certainly something 842 00:51:59,520 --> 00:52:01,520 Speaker 1: that when you at a number this big, you have 843 00:52:01,680 --> 00:52:05,279 Speaker 1: to take the weather in any consideration, especially unprecedented weather 844 00:52:05,440 --> 00:52:11,400 Speaker 1: like this. Tons and tons of trends backing the Seahawks 845 00:52:11,640 --> 00:52:17,120 Speaker 1: in this situation. So yeah, you're playing the sharp side here. Okay, 846 00:52:17,160 --> 00:52:19,120 Speaker 1: I'm going to take another favorite. I love them and 847 00:52:19,280 --> 00:52:24,719 Speaker 1: will not be mocked for it. Dallas off losses, has 848 00:52:24,840 --> 00:52:28,080 Speaker 1: followed all of them this year with multiple wins. It 849 00:52:28,280 --> 00:52:31,560 Speaker 1: was Dak's worst performance. I have a rule, and it's 850 00:52:31,600 --> 00:52:34,400 Speaker 1: one of my only betting rules. When a B to 851 00:52:34,520 --> 00:52:37,600 Speaker 1: B plus quarterback, a capable quarterback a Kirk Cousins at 852 00:52:37,680 --> 00:52:42,640 Speaker 1: Dak Prescott has a stinker, they read the press, they 853 00:52:42,719 --> 00:52:46,200 Speaker 1: hear the press, they're pissed. They always bounce back with 854 00:52:46,320 --> 00:52:51,279 Speaker 1: a solid or better than solid performance. Dallas is the 855 00:52:51,360 --> 00:52:56,520 Speaker 1: better team. You take out Mike Evans against Carolina's fourth 856 00:52:56,600 --> 00:53:01,200 Speaker 1: string cornerback. They can't run. They haven't been vertically successful. 857 00:53:02,200 --> 00:53:06,080 Speaker 1: There are certain realities with teams. Tampa hasn't run the 858 00:53:06,120 --> 00:53:09,520 Speaker 1: football in two years. They're totally one dimensional. Brady's gonna 859 00:53:09,520 --> 00:53:13,760 Speaker 1: throw forty eight times. I don't care. I'm swallowing the points. 860 00:53:13,840 --> 00:53:18,520 Speaker 1: I like the Cowboys Sharper square, totally square. The line 861 00:53:18,520 --> 00:53:21,759 Speaker 1: opened at three. I betted at three on Sunday night. 862 00:53:22,320 --> 00:53:25,560 Speaker 1: It's been sitting around at two and a half all week. 863 00:53:25,920 --> 00:53:29,440 Speaker 1: And there's a lot of signals here for the Bucks. 864 00:53:29,600 --> 00:53:33,600 Speaker 1: Number one again, short home favorite. You're telling me that 865 00:53:33,680 --> 00:53:37,320 Speaker 1: I can have Tom Brady, who just finished another record 866 00:53:37,440 --> 00:53:40,319 Speaker 1: setting year with his best full game of the year 867 00:53:40,320 --> 00:53:42,839 Speaker 1: in Week seventeen. I don't poop poo what he did 868 00:53:43,239 --> 00:53:47,839 Speaker 1: in Week seventeen against a coach in Mike McCarthy, who, 869 00:53:47,960 --> 00:53:51,759 Speaker 1: let's face it, has proven to be bad in these 870 00:53:52,239 --> 00:53:57,880 Speaker 1: tactical situations, high risk situations, where the season is on 871 00:53:58,000 --> 00:54:00,359 Speaker 1: the line. He just has been. I mean that, going 872 00:54:00,440 --> 00:54:04,120 Speaker 1: back to Green Bay, teams underperformed in the postseason. Look 873 00:54:04,160 --> 00:54:07,480 Speaker 1: at how ill prepared they were last year justin trying 874 00:54:07,520 --> 00:54:09,560 Speaker 1: to get a snap off at the end of the game. 875 00:54:09,880 --> 00:54:11,959 Speaker 1: Look at the Cowboys have done the past several weeks 876 00:54:12,040 --> 00:54:16,799 Speaker 1: against Sam Howell, Josh Dobbs Gardner Minshew giving up twenty 877 00:54:16,840 --> 00:54:20,440 Speaker 1: seven points per game the past five weeks, Dak Prescott 878 00:54:21,040 --> 00:54:24,200 Speaker 1: leading the league interceptions, missing a third of the season, 879 00:54:24,760 --> 00:54:26,759 Speaker 1: so he's going up against a top ten defense in 880 00:54:27,200 --> 00:54:30,600 Speaker 1: total yards, passing, yards per attempt sacks. And by the way, 881 00:54:31,120 --> 00:54:34,080 Speaker 1: they've got a Keem Hicks and Vita Vea playing together again. 882 00:54:34,120 --> 00:54:36,640 Speaker 1: It's only the eighth time that's happened all year. The 883 00:54:36,760 --> 00:54:40,799 Speaker 1: other seven times Tampa was six and one, they gave 884 00:54:40,920 --> 00:54:43,440 Speaker 1: up less than four yards per rush, less than fifteen 885 00:54:43,480 --> 00:54:46,960 Speaker 1: points per game. Without both of those guys five yards 886 00:54:47,000 --> 00:54:49,880 Speaker 1: per rush, twenty five points per game. So you're getting 887 00:54:50,120 --> 00:54:53,800 Speaker 1: a very healthy defense that will probably play like we 888 00:54:53,880 --> 00:54:57,520 Speaker 1: expected them too well season long. Okay, Bills are now 889 00:54:58,080 --> 00:55:00,360 Speaker 1: all odds provided by a fan tool like a thirteen 890 00:55:00,360 --> 00:55:05,480 Speaker 1: and a half point favorite. I honestly I would take Buffalo. 891 00:55:05,640 --> 00:55:08,160 Speaker 1: I think it's going to be awful. Bills by a million. 892 00:55:08,360 --> 00:55:13,359 Speaker 1: This was our big balls better the week forty to fourteen. Yeah, 893 00:55:15,160 --> 00:55:18,040 Speaker 1: you know, I bet the Bills at twelve and a half. 894 00:55:18,120 --> 00:55:19,759 Speaker 1: I didn't have the smarts to bet him when it 895 00:55:19,800 --> 00:55:24,440 Speaker 1: was at ten. I feel like and a lot of 896 00:55:24,520 --> 00:55:27,600 Speaker 1: the wise guys feel like in these wild card games, 897 00:55:28,719 --> 00:55:34,640 Speaker 1: they oftentimes play to the script, and they oftentimes played 898 00:55:34,680 --> 00:55:39,000 Speaker 1: to the script when it's a first time playoff quarterback 899 00:55:39,440 --> 00:55:44,000 Speaker 1: playing against a veteran playoff quarterback or the past twenty 900 00:55:44,080 --> 00:55:47,120 Speaker 1: years fourteen and thirty five against the spread for first 901 00:55:47,160 --> 00:55:51,200 Speaker 1: time playoff quarterbacks and very small sample size, but favorites 902 00:55:51,200 --> 00:55:53,200 Speaker 1: of ten or more at home in the wildcard round 903 00:55:53,719 --> 00:55:55,600 Speaker 1: five and one the past six a year or so. 904 00:55:56,480 --> 00:55:58,800 Speaker 1: I am not afraid of taking the bills at a 905 00:55:58,880 --> 00:56:01,480 Speaker 1: big number in the game, and the wise guys aren't either. 906 00:56:16,160 --> 00:56:23,120 Speaker 1: The volume. 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