1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: You are listening to the Dan Patrick Show on Fox 2 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:07,920 Speaker 1: Sports Radio, usually Pompey or Chris Collinsworth who joins us 3 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:10,080 Speaker 1: on the program. Where do you want to start? Chris? 4 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:14,000 Speaker 1: What's your game? Oh? I thought i'd start with my 5 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:18,000 Speaker 1: free Mercedes that I did. All right, you're just giving 6 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:20,079 Speaker 1: them away. Look out in the driveway. Look out in 7 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:22,480 Speaker 1: the driveway, have Holly, go out in the driveway. It's 8 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:26,720 Speaker 1: right there, Yeah, right there. Okay, which game you want 9 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 1: to start with? Um, let's start with the Tampa Okay. 10 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:34,600 Speaker 1: I was surprised. I mean, there's a couple things that 11 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:37,159 Speaker 1: surprised me. But the one thing I think will get 12 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:39,919 Speaker 1: overlooked is I thought that was a Tampa win, a 13 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:43,320 Speaker 1: true Tampa win. Tom will get the credit, but that 14 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:46,840 Speaker 1: Tampa defense did some special things against Aaron Rodgers that 15 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:50,920 Speaker 1: I think will be understated. Chris. Um, how would you 16 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:55,440 Speaker 1: describe what that philosophy was? Well, I think that you 17 00:00:55,560 --> 00:01:00,040 Speaker 1: have to Hey, I think you're dead on um. And 18 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 1: and maybe in part we finally saw that David Batier 19 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:07,880 Speaker 1: injuries show up in this game, you know, because we 20 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:11,000 Speaker 1: saw a week ago that it didn't show up. It 21 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 1: was like, oh, it just looked like the Green Bay offense. 22 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:16,520 Speaker 1: It was no worries at all. They finally figured it 23 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:18,400 Speaker 1: out and Aaron's going to do what he does. They're 24 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:20,280 Speaker 1: going to run the ball, maybe a little bit more, 25 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:24,120 Speaker 1: but you know it's gonna be fun. But for the 26 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:29,039 Speaker 1: second straight time now, the Tampa Bay defense dominated Aaron Rodgers. 27 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:33,559 Speaker 1: And you know, I studied the first game between these 28 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 1: two teams because I had one of them the following 29 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:40,120 Speaker 1: week whatever, So I got to watch all the blitzing 30 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:43,480 Speaker 1: that Tampa did, and you know, they really impacted Aaron 31 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 1: Rodgers in a way that I just had not seen 32 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:48,720 Speaker 1: anybody really impact him. And then you come back in 33 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:51,520 Speaker 1: this game and yeah, they had some five man pressures 34 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 1: and they did a little bit of that, but there 35 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 1: was a lot of one on one winning going on 36 00:01:56,760 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 1: on the defensive line of the Buccaneers. And one of 37 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 1: the problems you have when you have a superstar out 38 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 1: and we'll get to this in the Kansas City game now, 39 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 1: because they're going to be missing both of their tackles, 40 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:11,640 Speaker 1: but without David Baktri in there, all of a sudden, 41 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 1: all the help that you could give the other guys 42 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 1: on that offensive line goes away. Now you're one on 43 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 1: one at other positions as well as the left tackle position, 44 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 1: And that could always be assumed if you were Aaron Rodgers. 45 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:30,239 Speaker 1: If you have bakdr in there, you just assume that 46 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:33,519 Speaker 1: that backside has covered. So you're really only worried about 47 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 1: four offensive linemen and doing whatever you need to do 48 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:40,920 Speaker 1: to protect them. Yeah, but you see, and this was 49 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 1: a depleted secondary two like, they didn't even have a 50 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:46,360 Speaker 1: healthy secondary, and they were putting all that pressure on 51 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:50,360 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers. Let me start with the Packers. You didn't 52 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 1: take advantage of Tom brady three interceptions in the second 53 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 1: If I would have said Brady's thrown three picks in 54 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 1: the second half, you just assume that they're going to 55 00:02:58,080 --> 00:02:59,920 Speaker 1: be able to take advantage. They only cashed in with 56 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:02,639 Speaker 1: six points. What was the big problem do you think 57 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 1: with that offense and not being able to do anything? 58 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 1: You know, I think a you have to give credit 59 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:12,200 Speaker 1: to what they did defensively. You know, maybe it was 60 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:14,639 Speaker 1: just the confidence they built in the first game where 61 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:16,960 Speaker 1: they utterly they were down ten nothing in that first 62 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:19,799 Speaker 1: game playing in Tampa and came back in one thirty 63 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:22,919 Speaker 1: eight to ten. And the other part of it is 64 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:26,359 Speaker 1: and you hit on this that you know, you'd start 65 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:29,760 Speaker 1: the game without Winfield, you lose Whitehead, the other safety 66 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:32,800 Speaker 1: in the game. So now what you're really saying is, 67 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 1: if I'm going to bring pressure, I'm going to trust 68 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 1: Jamal Dean and Sean Murphy blunting and Carlton Davis one 69 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 1: on one out there on the outside, you know, to 70 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:47,120 Speaker 1: make plays. And did they always stop them? Know? They didn't. 71 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 1: But that was a young group coming into this season. 72 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 1: When I analyzed the Tampa Bay team, I said, they'll 73 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 1: go as far as the secondary takes them. You know, 74 00:03:56,920 --> 00:04:00,240 Speaker 1: they're all babies, they're all young. You know Winfields out now, 75 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 1: but they're all young players, and sometimes that's a good thing, 76 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:07,320 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. Dan, You know there was 77 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:09,680 Speaker 1: a time when you and I were young and dumb 78 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 1: and I didn't know any better. Of course, I went 79 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:13,760 Speaker 1: to the Super Bowl my first year. Of course, I 80 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 1: went to the Pro Bowl my first year in the lady. 81 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:18,800 Speaker 1: This happens to everybody, right. This is a long way 82 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 1: from the Florida Gators going oh ten and won my 83 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:24,760 Speaker 1: junior year. So I mean, sometimes it just works out 84 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 1: and you build this confidence and it starts going. But 85 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:32,560 Speaker 1: I really think that looking now at what the getting 86 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:35,839 Speaker 1: Beta Vea back and having some push. You know, Beta 87 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:39,880 Speaker 1: Vea was the best player on this Bucks defense when 88 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:42,360 Speaker 1: he was playing earlier in the year, he was the best. 89 00:04:42,839 --> 00:04:45,160 Speaker 1: And what Devin White did a week ago in that 90 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 1: game and LaMonte David and Barrett and the Dominican Sue 91 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:51,279 Speaker 1: and Jason Pierre Paul looked like Jason Pierre Paul again. 92 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:55,119 Speaker 1: All of a sudden, you go, wow. You know those 93 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:58,360 Speaker 1: three interceptions, at least two of them, I can't remember 94 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:00,719 Speaker 1: the third. At least two of them were three and outs, 95 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:04,880 Speaker 1: you know it was. It was three and out and Dutch. Typically, 96 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:08,440 Speaker 1: when Aaron Rodgers buries you, when you get one of 97 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:11,279 Speaker 1: those quick changes and he gets the ball back in 98 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:14,160 Speaker 1: his hands, they've got something in their hip pocket and 99 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:16,560 Speaker 1: he buries you. Let's go to the end of the 100 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 1: first half. How does that happen with that kind of 101 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:25,919 Speaker 1: defensive formation and Scottie Miller gets behind you. I'm just 102 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:28,920 Speaker 1: going to take a guess. I'm sitting there watching the 103 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:32,440 Speaker 1: game with our family and I said, I think he's 104 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 1: gonna throw a hail Mary here, because I didn't think 105 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:41,200 Speaker 1: that that Green Bay would allow them to throw a 106 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:44,840 Speaker 1: quick out right to get in field goal range. So 107 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:48,159 Speaker 1: if you're not going to be gifted that, then I'm 108 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:49,799 Speaker 1: just going to take a shot at of Hail Mary 109 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:54,680 Speaker 1: and see what happens here. Right, But in reality, they 110 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:57,680 Speaker 1: could have had the quick out and they could have 111 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:04,120 Speaker 1: had the deep ball. I'm gonna say that for King defensively. 112 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:08,280 Speaker 1: Maybe he was thinking about that. Maybe he was thinking, 113 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:11,040 Speaker 1: they're gonna they're gonna run a ten yard out here 114 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:13,360 Speaker 1: and getting field goal range, and so I'm gonna I'm 115 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:16,360 Speaker 1: gonna undercut this sucker and pick six it, and you know, 116 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 1: maybe because otherwise, you know, you're at the very least 117 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:26,559 Speaker 1: in three deep or quarters or at least two deep, 118 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:28,840 Speaker 1: with two guys sort of sitting back on the goal 119 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 1: line somewhere. But when he launched it, I said, I mean, 120 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:35,640 Speaker 1: I was thinking right away, this is a touchdown. I mean, 121 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:38,840 Speaker 1: Tom Brady's not throwing this ball unless Scotty Miller, who 122 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:41,080 Speaker 1: was really a bit of the unsung hero of this 123 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:44,560 Speaker 1: team now with the Antonio Brown out, coming down with 124 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:46,760 Speaker 1: that thing. It was. It was an amazing play, and 125 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:49,719 Speaker 1: it lost the Green Bay Packers and Aaron Rodgers a 126 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:52,279 Speaker 1: chance to go to the Super Bowl. Yeah, and people 127 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:55,440 Speaker 1: don't understand. You know, Scotty Miller was a track guy 128 00:06:55,720 --> 00:06:58,679 Speaker 1: in high school and you know, a four three nine 129 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:01,920 Speaker 1: guy at the combine. You know, he's not like Edelman, 130 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:04,560 Speaker 1: He's not one of them, not Wes Wilker. He's actually 131 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:07,920 Speaker 1: got straight ahead, you know, track speed. But you know, 132 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:11,640 Speaker 1: let's go to the two minutes to go and the 133 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:15,240 Speaker 1: you know, we're third night. You got to score a 134 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:18,720 Speaker 1: touchdown there, Rogers. You know, they had three plays where 135 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:20,840 Speaker 1: they were going into the end zone there, and then 136 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 1: you had the fourth down where they kicked the field goal. 137 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:26,840 Speaker 1: How about the how about all four plays together though, Chris, 138 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:29,000 Speaker 1: if you were going to dissect those on what the 139 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 1: philosophy was of Green Bay and that they ended with 140 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:36,080 Speaker 1: kicking a field goal? Yeah, I mean they came back 141 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:38,760 Speaker 1: to a play that little double move, you know, where 142 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:41,160 Speaker 1: he came in and went back up, So you can't 143 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:43,400 Speaker 1: blame him for that. That would that would look good 144 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:48,000 Speaker 1: before they I thought the real sequence came down to 145 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:53,360 Speaker 1: third down, because on third down you have to tell 146 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:57,320 Speaker 1: your quarterback are we going for this? On fourth down? Right? 147 00:07:57,440 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 1: You have to And I'm gonna take it one stuff 148 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 1: further than that. I'm going to say this is not 149 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 1: a decision for the head coach. I think it's in 150 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:12,240 Speaker 1: today's day and age, and almost every team has this. 151 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:14,840 Speaker 1: And if the Green Bay Packers don't have this, they 152 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:17,800 Speaker 1: need to have this. They need to have a full 153 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:22,040 Speaker 1: time guy and maybe a full time staff that understands 154 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:24,920 Speaker 1: the analytics of where we are in the game. Right. 155 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:29,240 Speaker 1: So let's take what the situation was. It was just 156 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 1: outside the two minute warning, so you're going to have 157 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 1: three timeouts, and you're going to have a two minute warning, right, 158 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:42,360 Speaker 1: so effectively four timeouts. So now you're also in a 159 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:46,000 Speaker 1: position where no matter what you do, if you kick 160 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:49,600 Speaker 1: a field goal, the goal is still the same. You 161 00:08:49,679 --> 00:08:53,480 Speaker 1: still have to score a touchdown. Under no circumstances do 162 00:08:53,559 --> 00:08:56,679 Speaker 1: you not have to score a touchdown in that situation. 163 00:08:57,400 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 1: So you're going to take two shots scoring a touchdown. 164 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 1: You're going to take it on fourth down and if 165 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:06,880 Speaker 1: you make it, two point conversion. But more importantly, if 166 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 1: you miss it, if you don't score the touchdown, there, 167 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 1: you're leaving Tampa and Tom Brady the ball on the 168 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:16,439 Speaker 1: seven or eight yard line wherever they were in that situation. 169 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:19,640 Speaker 1: I can just tell you, being inside your own ten 170 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:22,439 Speaker 1: yard line with a trip to the Super Bowl on 171 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:27,200 Speaker 1: the line is so significant in what you can do defensively, 172 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:31,080 Speaker 1: You're play calling, how you attack it, the whole thing. 173 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:35,000 Speaker 1: So there should have been So they played for one, 174 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:38,160 Speaker 1: you know, one shot and a touchdown that would have 175 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 1: won the game, as opposed to needing a two point conversion. So, 176 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:44,080 Speaker 1: I mean, let's not Guy's not crazy, right, I mean, 177 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:46,280 Speaker 1: there is a thing, but there's no way in that 178 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:50,000 Speaker 1: set of circumstances if they had the right analytics team 179 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:54,600 Speaker 1: with them. They don't tell you know, Matt, you got 180 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:57,839 Speaker 1: to take your shot for two touchdowns? Here talking to 181 00:09:57,920 --> 00:10:01,080 Speaker 1: Chris collins Worth NBC Sunday Night Football, and I agree 182 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:05,200 Speaker 1: with you, and I you know, I'm watching it wondering. Okay, 183 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:08,360 Speaker 1: at the worst case scenarios, you leave Brady inside his 184 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:10,720 Speaker 1: ten and then you take your chances at getting the 185 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:14,200 Speaker 1: ball back then scoring a touchdown two point conversion. Gwenda overtime. 186 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:19,720 Speaker 1: The Kansas City Buffalo game, I kept thinking, if you're Buffalo, 187 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:21,760 Speaker 1: you can't go with the same script you had the 188 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:25,679 Speaker 1: last time you played him? Can you be aggressive enough 189 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:30,040 Speaker 1: with Kansas City? I get the approach if you were 190 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:33,600 Speaker 1: coaching Buffalo the approach. Would it have been much different 191 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:40,000 Speaker 1: than you saw last night with Sean McDermott and Josh Allen. Probably, 192 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:42,480 Speaker 1: But that's easy to say today, you know. I mean 193 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:46,720 Speaker 1: I saw the results of the game, right, A couple 194 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:50,679 Speaker 1: of things I would have wanted to mean, Patrick Mahomes 195 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:53,640 Speaker 1: was the story of the whole week, right, it was 196 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:57,000 Speaker 1: turf toe, and it was coming off concussion. I don't 197 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:00,120 Speaker 1: think the concussion had anything to do with anything that 198 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:01,520 Speaker 1: he did in the game, So I'm just going to 199 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:04,640 Speaker 1: erase that one. The turf toe. I don't know that 200 00:11:04,679 --> 00:11:07,560 Speaker 1: we really found out if it mattered or not. You know, 201 00:11:07,679 --> 00:11:10,600 Speaker 1: I kind of wanted to see I mean, you know 202 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:12,840 Speaker 1: what he does with that little back pedal and throw 203 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:15,800 Speaker 1: of his right, but at some point he has to 204 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:18,160 Speaker 1: make a quick stop and pivot and get back into 205 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:21,679 Speaker 1: his throwing motion. I would want to see him, at 206 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:25,640 Speaker 1: least in the first quarter that game run around a 207 00:11:25,679 --> 00:11:28,160 Speaker 1: little bit. You know, you had a nine to nothing lead. 208 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:31,000 Speaker 1: The Chiefs do what did what they always do, which 209 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:33,440 Speaker 1: is they're going to spotch it. It's like when I 210 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:36,120 Speaker 1: used to race my dad, you know, he would spot 211 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:39,760 Speaker 1: me ten yards before the race would start, and so 212 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:42,280 Speaker 1: they spot him the nine points, which is usual for 213 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:46,600 Speaker 1: Kansas City, and then here it comes right. And I'm 214 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:49,400 Speaker 1: not saying that they could have impacted Mahomes, but I 215 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:52,280 Speaker 1: would have at least early in that game wanted him 216 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:56,600 Speaker 1: thinking about that turf toe, you know, and you've got something, 217 00:11:56,880 --> 00:11:58,959 Speaker 1: and we saw it impact him a little bit the 218 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:01,240 Speaker 1: week before and while he was throwing the ball. When 219 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:04,880 Speaker 1: you have something and he's the best player on the field, 220 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 1: I want to challenge that a little bit more than 221 00:12:08,320 --> 00:12:11,040 Speaker 1: I think they did. How would you feel if you're 222 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:17,600 Speaker 1: a Buffalo fan today? Good? Really good. I thought Josh 223 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 1: was not anywhere close to his best in this game, 224 00:12:21,679 --> 00:12:26,400 Speaker 1: and he reverted back to his weakness when he was struggling, 225 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:28,559 Speaker 1: and he wasn't struggling much this year. I don't want 226 00:12:28,559 --> 00:12:31,280 Speaker 1: to He's an ungodly player. I mean, it really is. 227 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:33,400 Speaker 1: And I think he's going to be great, great, great, 228 00:12:33,440 --> 00:12:38,800 Speaker 1: I really do. But young quarterbacks, when they're in big moments, 229 00:12:38,920 --> 00:12:42,560 Speaker 1: are in really tough situations or under pressure, do the 230 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:46,680 Speaker 1: same thing. They scramble right. Scramble right is a sign 231 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:52,240 Speaker 1: of we have to improve this. Right. Patrick Mahomes is 232 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:54,719 Speaker 1: just as good going to his left scrambling as he 233 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:57,560 Speaker 1: is the right When you scramble to one side of 234 00:12:57,559 --> 00:12:59,840 Speaker 1: the field, especially to the right side of the field. 235 00:13:00,679 --> 00:13:03,920 Speaker 1: People have defenses have seen that so much. Now Josh 236 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:05,880 Speaker 1: has the ability to throw it all the way back 237 00:13:05,920 --> 00:13:09,640 Speaker 1: across the field. I llah John Elway or somebody like that. 238 00:13:10,679 --> 00:13:13,679 Speaker 1: But for the most part, you're you're taking a third 239 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:16,679 Speaker 1: of the field away from what the defense has to cover. 240 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:21,040 Speaker 1: And in addition, you're also telling them if we bring 241 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:23,400 Speaker 1: any kind of pressure off the left side at all, 242 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:25,920 Speaker 1: he's going to move to his right. So you can 243 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:29,400 Speaker 1: begin to play that a little bit more. Young quarterbacks 244 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:36,160 Speaker 1: always do. Watch the next preseason watch drafted quarterbacks, though, 245 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:39,280 Speaker 1: I mean nine times out of ten when they're flashed 246 00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:42,040 Speaker 1: out of the pocket, they're moving to their right over. Okay, 247 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:44,360 Speaker 1: we'll give them three years and they'll figure this out. 248 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:53,439 Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford fits best war Oh boy, I think New England. 249 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:58,280 Speaker 1: You know that that feels like the obvious choice to me. 250 00:13:59,679 --> 00:14:03,400 Speaker 1: But you know, Dak Prescott is going to determine a 251 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:08,560 Speaker 1: lot of things in my mind, because I'm assuming Dak 252 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:13,480 Speaker 1: gets signed with the Dallas Cowboys. But man, after this 253 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:16,960 Speaker 1: twenty twenty and twenty twenty one and Covid. I'm not 254 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:21,080 Speaker 1: assuming anything anymore. You know, I just don't know what's 255 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:25,480 Speaker 1: going to happen. You know, is Derek Carr going to 256 00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:28,160 Speaker 1: be in play? Is you know? I mean, there's going 257 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:31,840 Speaker 1: to be some guys out there, and these the draft 258 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:34,720 Speaker 1: choices this year are going to be good as well. 259 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:38,760 Speaker 1: And I think I think the question that has to 260 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:42,920 Speaker 1: be answered for me in New England is is this 261 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:45,960 Speaker 1: a long term or a short term play? I mean, 262 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:49,440 Speaker 1: Bill Belichick, I'm going to assume he wants to go 263 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:52,840 Speaker 1: get Don Shul's record, which means that he's probably has 264 00:14:52,880 --> 00:14:56,080 Speaker 1: another four or five years at least to try and 265 00:14:56,120 --> 00:14:59,480 Speaker 1: go get that. If he doesn't and this is a 266 00:14:59,480 --> 00:15:02,040 Speaker 1: two year dame plan and he wants to retire, you know, 267 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:06,360 Speaker 1: only Bill knows this, then Matthew Stafford feels like a 268 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:08,960 Speaker 1: great fit to me, you know, pop in there, Let's 269 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:10,680 Speaker 1: see what we can do, Let's see what we can 270 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:14,040 Speaker 1: we can do quickly. If he starts moving up in 271 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:15,760 Speaker 1: the draft and they go get a play, I'm like, 272 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:19,200 Speaker 1: all right, this man, he's never going to retire. Um. 273 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:21,840 Speaker 1: So there's there's a lot of different things in play. 274 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:25,960 Speaker 1: But but for Matthew Stafford, I think he's I think 275 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:29,080 Speaker 1: he still has it. I do. I've always thought that 276 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:33,840 Speaker 1: he was a better player than what the results indicated, 277 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:38,600 Speaker 1: you know, but who knows. Great to talk to you, Chris. 278 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:42,200 Speaker 1: We appreciate your time as always. Hope you're well. Thank you, Dan, 279 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:44,520 Speaker 1: good talking to your buddy. It's Chris Collins where Sunday 280 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:47,520 Speaker 1: Night Football color Analyst. Thanks for listening to The Dan 281 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:50,200 Speaker 1: Patrick Show podcast. Be sure to catch us live every 282 00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:53,600 Speaker 1: weekday morning nine to noon Eastern or six to nine 283 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:56,640 Speaker 1: Pacific on Fox Sports Radio. Find your local station for 284 00:15:56,680 --> 00:15:59,440 Speaker 1: The Dan Patrick Show at Fox Sports Radio dot com 285 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:02,480 Speaker 1: or street miss live every day on the iHeartRadio app 286 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:06,560 Speaker 1: by searching f s R, or stream as live on 287 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:12,880 Speaker 1: the Peacock Act. Ariel hell Wani he covers the sport 288 00:16:12,920 --> 00:16:16,360 Speaker 1: of MMA UFC for the Mothers Ship and he was 289 00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:21,960 Speaker 1: there to cover the Connor McGregor fight this weekend Dustin Pourier, 290 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 1: and he set to join us here on the program. 291 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:28,280 Speaker 1: More phone calls coming up as well. What did you 292 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:31,960 Speaker 1: expect to happen this weekend? Ariel? If I'm being honest, 293 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:34,240 Speaker 1: I expected Connor McGregor to win that fight, and that's 294 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:38,480 Speaker 1: that's no knock on Dustin Pourier. I just thought, considering 295 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:41,480 Speaker 1: how their first fight went six and a half years ago, 296 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:43,760 Speaker 1: and considering how Connor looked and how he felt and 297 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 1: what he was saying, I thought he was going to win. 298 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:49,560 Speaker 1: But I'm not surprised. And it really bothered me to 299 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:52,400 Speaker 1: hear the disrespect that Dustin was getting leading up to 300 00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:54,240 Speaker 1: this fight, because I think a lot of casual fans 301 00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:56,120 Speaker 1: just tuned in for Connor fights and they say, oh, 302 00:16:56,160 --> 00:16:58,280 Speaker 1: he beat him six and a half years ago. In 303 00:16:58,360 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 1: less than two minutes, it's going to be a keke quad. 304 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:02,640 Speaker 1: Dustin Poier is one of the ten best fighters on 305 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:05,119 Speaker 1: the planet and no one should really be shocked by 306 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:07,360 Speaker 1: what he did on Saturday. But if you're a casual fan, 307 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:10,239 Speaker 1: should you want to know more about Pourier or the 308 00:17:10,280 --> 00:17:13,320 Speaker 1: condition of McGregor as he moves forward in his career. 309 00:17:14,359 --> 00:17:17,280 Speaker 1: I mean, obviously, Connor's the biggest star in the history 310 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:19,399 Speaker 1: of the sports, so I think his next move is 311 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:23,600 Speaker 1: probably what's of most interest to fans. You know, we 312 00:17:23,680 --> 00:17:25,879 Speaker 1: live in this culture. One thing that really bothers me 313 00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:29,160 Speaker 1: is especially with fighting. You know, these memes and stuff 314 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:31,719 Speaker 1: of him being you know, knocked out on the ground 315 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:34,520 Speaker 1: and mocking the fighters and stuff like that. Like, I 316 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:37,480 Speaker 1: think people are reveling in his quote unquote demise. I 317 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:39,879 Speaker 1: think I was on your show the Monday after his 318 00:17:39,960 --> 00:17:43,439 Speaker 1: first fight, his first loss to Nathan Diaz, and everyone 319 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:46,080 Speaker 1: back then in twenty sixteen was reveling in his demise. 320 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:47,800 Speaker 1: And what did he do. He dusted himself off and 321 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:50,080 Speaker 1: he won the rematch. So I suspect the same thing 322 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:56,200 Speaker 1: will happen here. He's embraced the bad guy, right, Honestly, 323 00:17:56,280 --> 00:17:59,600 Speaker 1: if you're the villain, the villain, how's that? You know what? 324 00:18:00,119 --> 00:18:03,359 Speaker 1: In the in the in the past, yes, But the 325 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:05,960 Speaker 1: last year or so we have seen a change in 326 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:09,520 Speaker 1: his demeanor and his character so to speak. First of all, 327 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:12,960 Speaker 1: like this fight started with him pledging to donate five 328 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:16,840 Speaker 1: hundred thousand dollars to Dustin's charity. Dustin has this amazing 329 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:19,320 Speaker 1: charity in Louisiana called the Good Fight Foundation, where he 330 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:23,000 Speaker 1: builds playgrounds and helps kids less fortunate. So that's how 331 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:25,600 Speaker 1: this really started. So he is donating five hundred thousand dollars. 332 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:28,000 Speaker 1: He's done a lot for his community back home in Ireland. 333 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:30,000 Speaker 1: He I mean, if you look at the talk leading 334 00:18:30,080 --> 00:18:31,639 Speaker 1: up to the fight, there was no trash talk if 335 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:34,240 Speaker 1: you look at the video and the scenes after the fight, 336 00:18:34,359 --> 00:18:37,320 Speaker 1: no trash talk, hugging, saying I'm happy for you. So 337 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:40,840 Speaker 1: this isn't the Connor who fought Floyd. He's trying to 338 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:43,320 Speaker 1: change now. If he fights a guy like Habib, who 339 00:18:43,359 --> 00:18:49,200 Speaker 1: he intensely hates, I suspect the old Connor could come back. Yeah, 340 00:18:49,480 --> 00:18:52,480 Speaker 1: but that is good for the sport. That Connor McGregor 341 00:18:52,600 --> 00:18:56,959 Speaker 1: is the new and improved Connor McGregor. So leading up 342 00:18:56,960 --> 00:18:58,800 Speaker 1: to this fight, I had a lot of people say like, oh, 343 00:18:58,840 --> 00:19:01,000 Speaker 1: I missed the trash talking Connor right Like I want 344 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:04,200 Speaker 1: the showman. I want the braggadocious guy who's going to 345 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:07,680 Speaker 1: go out there and hurl these insults. I personally think 346 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:10,720 Speaker 1: that he fights better this way. But maybe there's something 347 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:12,919 Speaker 1: to be said for going back to the old Connor. 348 00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:15,280 Speaker 1: Maybe there's something to be said for that guy who was, 349 00:19:15,359 --> 00:19:17,840 Speaker 1: you know, poking the bear, trying to climb the ladder, 350 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:19,760 Speaker 1: trying to get everyone's attention. Maybe that gave him a 351 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:21,760 Speaker 1: little umph. I feel like that's looking into it a 352 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:23,800 Speaker 1: little too much. But yes, there's no doubt about it. 353 00:19:23,880 --> 00:19:26,040 Speaker 1: People fell in love with this guy, not because he 354 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:28,600 Speaker 1: was donating money to his opponent's charity. They fell in 355 00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:31,000 Speaker 1: love with him because he was, you know, calling people's 356 00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:33,320 Speaker 1: names and and and pretty much turning the whole sport 357 00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:35,399 Speaker 1: upside down. So, yes, there's absolutely a point to be 358 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:39,280 Speaker 1: made there. Did could be get McGregor's attention. Do you 359 00:19:39,359 --> 00:19:42,119 Speaker 1: think when he kind of called like, I'm trying to 360 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:45,400 Speaker 1: understand this because he's just saying basically, hey, come on, 361 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:47,199 Speaker 1: you know you got something to say, come on in, 362 00:19:47,359 --> 00:19:51,399 Speaker 1: let's you know, if I'm Colbib, I'm going like why Yeah, 363 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:53,560 Speaker 1: So you know, this whole thing has been sort of 364 00:19:53,560 --> 00:19:56,680 Speaker 1: blown out of proportion. You were called back in July 365 00:19:56,840 --> 00:19:59,159 Speaker 1: of twenty ten at the Boys and Girls Club and 366 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:02,280 Speaker 1: Stanford Connectic. There was something dubbed as the Decision. You 367 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:05,080 Speaker 1: remember that, right, I vaguely recall that, Yes, yeah, we 368 00:20:05,119 --> 00:20:07,320 Speaker 1: found out if Lebron likes to bite his nails and 369 00:20:07,359 --> 00:20:11,040 Speaker 1: all that stuff. Well, this was worse than that decision. 370 00:20:11,119 --> 00:20:12,960 Speaker 1: I never thought I'd see a worse decision than the 371 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:15,119 Speaker 1: one in twenty ten, But what they've done with Habib 372 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:17,600 Speaker 1: has been worse because there is no decision to be made. 373 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:20,840 Speaker 1: This guy has been very clear about his intentions. His 374 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:23,919 Speaker 1: father passed away. His mother, who he's very close to, 375 00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:25,840 Speaker 1: has said, I don't want you to fight without your 376 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:28,280 Speaker 1: father by your side, and he is respecting that. We 377 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:30,040 Speaker 1: need to leave the guy alone. We need to let 378 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:32,000 Speaker 1: him go off unto the sunset. If he wants to 379 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:34,200 Speaker 1: come back in two years, great, but take the belt 380 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:37,160 Speaker 1: away vacated. To be honest, this fight on Saturday should 381 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:39,240 Speaker 1: have been for the vacant title. And so I don't 382 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:40,840 Speaker 1: think he's coming back. I don't think he was coming 383 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:43,040 Speaker 1: back if connorwan and I certainly don't think he's coming 384 00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:45,600 Speaker 1: back now that Dustin Pouria won because he beat Dustin 385 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:48,840 Speaker 1: Pourrie in twenty nineteen. There's really no reason, no purpose 386 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:50,040 Speaker 1: for him to come back at this time, and I 387 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:52,199 Speaker 1: wish they would just leave him alone. How would you 388 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:56,960 Speaker 1: sum up the last ten months for UFC. Oh my gosh, 389 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:58,959 Speaker 1: it has been a whirlwind. So, as you know, they 390 00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:00,639 Speaker 1: were the first ones to come back. They wanted to 391 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:03,280 Speaker 1: come back. In April, they were told to stand down 392 00:21:03,359 --> 00:21:06,560 Speaker 1: by Disney in the state of California. Danoyd forged on, 393 00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:09,600 Speaker 1: much to the chagrin of some. He put on the 394 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:12,679 Speaker 1: events in Florida and then in Vegas, and an Abu Dhabi. 395 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:16,080 Speaker 1: I think that as a result of being first, and 396 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:18,919 Speaker 1: though they rolled the dice, and I even had reservations 397 00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:21,040 Speaker 1: about them coming so soon, coming back so soon in 398 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:24,359 Speaker 1: the pandemic, they have. They have earned a lot of 399 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:26,880 Speaker 1: new fans and a lot of people who never spoke 400 00:21:26,920 --> 00:21:29,920 Speaker 1: to me about MMA, friends, family, neighbors now love the 401 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:32,639 Speaker 1: sport because in May, June and July there was nothing 402 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:34,800 Speaker 1: going on, there was nothing to gamble on, and they 403 00:21:34,840 --> 00:21:36,800 Speaker 1: fell in love with the sports. So the UFC capitalized 404 00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:39,080 Speaker 1: on that and if you if you look at the 405 00:21:39,119 --> 00:21:40,920 Speaker 1: numbers for this pay per view, they're saying one point 406 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:43,640 Speaker 1: six to one point eight million. That's a smashing success. 407 00:21:44,359 --> 00:21:49,320 Speaker 1: Lind Does a fighter get old in UFC? Well, you know, 408 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:53,040 Speaker 1: my co host Daniel Cormier is a forty one and 409 00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:56,000 Speaker 1: he just retired and he was a two time Olympian. 410 00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:59,639 Speaker 1: So it depends on your career. It also depends on 411 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:01,520 Speaker 1: the image that you take. You know, there's a lot 412 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:04,280 Speaker 1: of guys who get into these firefights each and every 413 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:07,760 Speaker 1: time they fight, and come thirty one, thirty two, thirty three, 414 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:10,000 Speaker 1: they start to slow down. You have other guys like 415 00:22:10,119 --> 00:22:13,159 Speaker 1: Kabib who's in his early thirties, who's taken almost no 416 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:15,480 Speaker 1: damage strat his career, and I suspect he could fight 417 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:18,320 Speaker 1: into his forties. Connor, this was his first time that 418 00:22:18,359 --> 00:22:20,800 Speaker 1: he had ever been kote or t KOed. He had 419 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:22,760 Speaker 1: never really taken this kind of damage in a fight. 420 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:25,160 Speaker 1: I mean, of course he's been submitted, but that's different, right, 421 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:26,920 Speaker 1: So I was saying, you know, if he still wants 422 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:28,880 Speaker 1: to do this, he could do this into his late thirties. 423 00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:30,560 Speaker 1: So it really depends. I mean, one of the greatest 424 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:33,119 Speaker 1: fighters of all time, Randy Coutur, started fighting in his 425 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:36,720 Speaker 1: mid thirties and went into his mid forties. So it's 426 00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:39,679 Speaker 1: it's not quite like baseball, basketball, football, where you know, 427 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:41,639 Speaker 1: you start when you're early twenties and then you're kind 428 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:43,639 Speaker 1: of done by your mid to late thirties. It's a 429 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:45,560 Speaker 1: little different in that regard. I was talking to the 430 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:47,640 Speaker 1: wife last night and we were wondering where we could 431 00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:50,200 Speaker 1: take the kids, and I was wondering, can you vacation 432 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:55,600 Speaker 1: on fight fight Island if you have a lot of 433 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:58,439 Speaker 1: money and also if you I think if you have 434 00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:01,919 Speaker 1: some connections. You know, Fight Island is not really like 435 00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:04,560 Speaker 1: a fight. It's just a place it's it's it's brilliant 436 00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:06,920 Speaker 1: marketing on their their part. They have been to quote 437 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:09,160 Speaker 1: unquote Fight Island many times in the past. In fact, 438 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:12,200 Speaker 1: I was there eleven years ago. It's Yas Island in 439 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:15,600 Speaker 1: Abu Dhabi, and you know, the geniuses at the UFC 440 00:23:16,119 --> 00:23:18,679 Speaker 1: dubbed did Fight Island and to their credit, it caught on. 441 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:21,400 Speaker 1: But they did have fans in attendance, so people did 442 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:24,800 Speaker 1: u did fly in from all over they said, and 443 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:27,240 Speaker 1: you know they had around two thousand for this fight. 444 00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:30,399 Speaker 1: The prices were astronomical, Like I think that the cheapest 445 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:33,800 Speaker 1: ticket was like two thousand, twenty five hundred something like that. So, yes, 446 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:36,280 Speaker 1: you could go to Abu Dhabi, Dubai and if you 447 00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:38,000 Speaker 1: look at the scenes over there, it seems like they're 448 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:40,480 Speaker 1: handling the pandemic a little better than we are over here. 449 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:42,560 Speaker 1: But you're not really going to see much if you 450 00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:44,399 Speaker 1: go to quote unquote Fight Island because it's basically just 451 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:46,280 Speaker 1: an arena in a hotel. Yeah, as long as it's 452 00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:49,000 Speaker 1: all inclusive. That's what my wife wanted to know. You know, 453 00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:51,119 Speaker 1: like we could do a ground and Pound restaurant. It 454 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:57,040 Speaker 1: could be like a steakhouse, yes, little arm bar Yeah, 455 00:23:57,040 --> 00:24:02,560 Speaker 1: the arm bar I love that great out of that 456 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:03,760 Speaker 1: off the top of my head, by the way, No, 457 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:06,800 Speaker 1: that's well done. Hey, I would grab it. I'd trademark 458 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:11,080 Speaker 1: that thing, the arm bar let Connor McGregor, know you 459 00:24:11,119 --> 00:24:13,000 Speaker 1: know what. I think he's doing pretty well with his 460 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:15,439 Speaker 1: whiskey and all his other endeavors. I might hold on 461 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:17,280 Speaker 1: to that one. Dana White will probably watch this and 462 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:19,920 Speaker 1: steal it in trade market within the next ten minutes. Though. 463 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:24,119 Speaker 1: Great to talk to, Ariel. Thanks for joining us as always, buddy, anytime. 464 00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:27,600 Speaker 1: Thank you. I like that the armbar Ariel hell Wannie. 465 00:24:28,359 --> 00:24:30,480 Speaker 1: Be sure to catch the live edition of The Dan 466 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:33,639 Speaker 1: Patrick Show week days at nine am Eastern six am 467 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:37,439 Speaker 1: Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the iHeart Radio WAP. 468 00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:40,320 Speaker 1: Let me bring in Ryan Clark of the Mothership, the 469 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:43,680 Speaker 1: former defensive back and kind enough to join us here 470 00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:46,000 Speaker 1: on short notice. Do you want to start afc R 471 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:49,199 Speaker 1: NFC there, Ry, listen as your show. Damn man, I'm 472 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:51,159 Speaker 1: just honored to be on. I'll start what you tell me, 473 00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:55,439 Speaker 1: all right. Let's start with the approach the Buffalo Bills 474 00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:59,080 Speaker 1: had last night, and what does Tampa learn from what 475 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:02,760 Speaker 1: Buffalo did or didn't do that you can't stop him 476 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:05,360 Speaker 1: no matter what you pick. But you think about think 477 00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:08,320 Speaker 1: about what Tampa did when they played Kansas City the 478 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:11,119 Speaker 1: first time. They did what we've seen them do throughout 479 00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:13,680 Speaker 1: the playoffs. They went man and man, they were single 480 00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:16,680 Speaker 1: high safety and Patrick Mahomes carved them up for over 481 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:19,640 Speaker 1: four hundred yards. And so the Buffalo Bills went back 482 00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:22,879 Speaker 1: to something they did in Week six, right where Patrick 483 00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:25,560 Speaker 1: Mahomes was checking off two runs and they ended up 484 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:28,120 Speaker 1: rushing forward two hundred yards, but they kept the score down. 485 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:30,920 Speaker 1: They only scored twenty six. What did he do differently 486 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:33,520 Speaker 1: this time? Though? He went to the catch and run. 487 00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:37,840 Speaker 1: He allowed Travis Kelsey, He allowed Tyreek Hill to get 488 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:41,159 Speaker 1: the ball in space and have opportunities to create bigger plays. 489 00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:44,480 Speaker 1: He got outside the pocket and created second play opportunities. 490 00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:46,639 Speaker 1: And so it's kind of picked your poison. When you 491 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:49,199 Speaker 1: play against the Kansas City Chiefs. Your hopes are he 492 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:51,280 Speaker 1: gets it out of his hand fast enough to not 493 00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:53,960 Speaker 1: create big plays. But if you can't tackle on the 494 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:56,600 Speaker 1: back end, which the Buffalo Bills didn't do last night, 495 00:25:56,880 --> 00:25:58,840 Speaker 1: you're in trouble. And so I think you have to 496 00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:01,240 Speaker 1: have a mixture of that, but more than anything, then 497 00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:04,719 Speaker 1: he can't read your mail before the play. If Patrick 498 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:07,600 Speaker 1: Mahomes knows where to go with the football right away, 499 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:09,840 Speaker 1: if he knows if you're in single high safety, or 500 00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:12,040 Speaker 1: if he knows if you're in cover two, and he 501 00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:14,439 Speaker 1: can get the ball out of his hands quickly. Those 502 00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:17,160 Speaker 1: guys that catch the ball, those skills players are much 503 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:20,159 Speaker 1: too good to contain. And so thy Bows has a 504 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:23,399 Speaker 1: hard decision on his hands. Okay, but you're a defensive player. 505 00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:25,920 Speaker 1: You couldn't go into a game as a player going 506 00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:30,639 Speaker 1: we have no chance of stopping them, right, You wouldn't 507 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:33,040 Speaker 1: go in or maybe you will. Have you ever gone 508 00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:35,400 Speaker 1: into a game where you went, we have no chance 509 00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:38,960 Speaker 1: of stopping this quarterback or this offense. You know, absolutely not. 510 00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:42,280 Speaker 1: And the Tampa Bay Buccaneers won't feel that way at all. 511 00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:44,840 Speaker 1: You know, even Carlton Davis, who was burned for two 512 00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:47,800 Speaker 1: hundred yards in the first quarter against Tyreek Hill, he's 513 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:49,840 Speaker 1: gonna step up and feel like he can do better 514 00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:53,120 Speaker 1: this time, especially after matching up pretty well with Davante 515 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:57,919 Speaker 1: Adams yesterday. But Tyreek Hill is different, Travis Kelsey is different, 516 00:26:57,960 --> 00:27:00,000 Speaker 1: and so this is a game where you need your defense. 517 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:01,720 Speaker 1: It's a coordinator to help you. This is a game 518 00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:04,760 Speaker 1: where you need your offense to run the football and 519 00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:08,160 Speaker 1: keep Patrick Mahomes off the field as much as possible. 520 00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:11,480 Speaker 1: You know, you don't just defend Patrick Mahomes with eleven 521 00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:14,320 Speaker 1: people playing defense. You offend him. Do you defend him 522 00:27:14,359 --> 00:27:16,560 Speaker 1: with your team? You defend him with your strategy, with 523 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:19,000 Speaker 1: your scheme, And so yeah, you feel like you can 524 00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:20,679 Speaker 1: go out there and play. But I'm gonna tell you this, 525 00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:23,640 Speaker 1: in twenty and ten, when Aaron Rodgers at the height 526 00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:26,440 Speaker 1: of his Aaron Rodgers ness, we go to the Super 527 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:28,840 Speaker 1: Bowl and we played extremely well. There were plays I 528 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:31,600 Speaker 1: planned to get interceptions, there were things coach the boat 529 00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:34,119 Speaker 1: knew and we knew exactly what was coming, and we 530 00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:36,480 Speaker 1: were right there able to make the play. And his 531 00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:40,119 Speaker 1: throw was better, the placement was better, the velocity was 532 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:43,119 Speaker 1: better than we were. And sometimes that's what you know. 533 00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:45,920 Speaker 1: I'm not even gonna say sometimes most of the times, 534 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:48,760 Speaker 1: that's what you run into when you played Patrick Mahomes. 535 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:51,400 Speaker 1: And many teams have seen that the last two years 536 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:54,439 Speaker 1: in the playoffs. But can you I don't know if 537 00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:58,000 Speaker 1: you disguise when you're going to double cover Kelsey or 538 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:00,480 Speaker 1: when you're going to double cover Tyreek kills. You can't 539 00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:03,840 Speaker 1: double cover both of them. But so how do you 540 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:07,560 Speaker 1: pick your poison each series or each player? You know 541 00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:11,240 Speaker 1: each quarter? You know that best of these two weeks 542 00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:14,080 Speaker 1: are about right. These two weeks are about understanding where 543 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:16,560 Speaker 1: they get the football and when they get it in 544 00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:19,600 Speaker 1: the most important moments, and you can double them, and 545 00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:22,200 Speaker 1: you can disguise when you double it. And you also 546 00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:26,280 Speaker 1: know that you have Lavante David and you have Devin White, right, 547 00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:30,240 Speaker 1: maybe the best linebacking corps in the NFL, definitely top three. 548 00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:32,240 Speaker 1: And you look at that and you say, you know what, 549 00:28:32,359 --> 00:28:35,320 Speaker 1: it's gonna be your job to handle Clyde Edwards Hilaire, 550 00:28:35,359 --> 00:28:38,080 Speaker 1: It's gonna be your job to handle Darryl Williams. We're 551 00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:40,600 Speaker 1: not gonna stack the front. We're not gonna put eight 552 00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:42,600 Speaker 1: people in the box if they choose to run it. 553 00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:45,440 Speaker 1: We feel like our guys are better than their guys 554 00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:47,360 Speaker 1: of front. And so if you do have to call 555 00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:50,360 Speaker 1: a play, which we called in Pittsburgh was double the stars, right, 556 00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:52,400 Speaker 1: if you play the team that had two threats, if 557 00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:55,880 Speaker 1: it was Rob Bronkowski and Wes Welker, right, and you 558 00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:57,800 Speaker 1: know you're gonna double the stars with a backer in 559 00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:00,560 Speaker 1: the safety, You're gonna lean a safety to Irek Hill. 560 00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:02,680 Speaker 1: Then you do those type of things. You just have 561 00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:05,880 Speaker 1: to do it timely. And it's not necessarily about describe 562 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:08,760 Speaker 1: this disguising it because sometimes I want you to know 563 00:29:08,960 --> 00:29:11,560 Speaker 1: I'm doubling Tyreek Hill, so you just throw it somewhere 564 00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:13,640 Speaker 1: the hell else. I want you to know I'm doubling 565 00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:15,760 Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey, so you can throw it somewhere to hell else. 566 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:17,600 Speaker 1: And I think Todd bows is going to have to 567 00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:20,200 Speaker 1: figure out when it's the right time to play too high, 568 00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:23,520 Speaker 1: single high double blitz because if he catches you and 569 00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:25,920 Speaker 1: he knows it's coming, there's nothing you can do to 570 00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:28,440 Speaker 1: stop it. What's it like when you're on the field 571 00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:31,480 Speaker 1: with somebody you know is a whole lot faster than you, 572 00:29:32,240 --> 00:29:36,200 Speaker 1: like Tyreek Hill seems frightening. He's a whole lot faster. 573 00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:38,440 Speaker 1: Do you have a guy that you played against where 574 00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:42,360 Speaker 1: you went that guy's a whole lot faster, John, And 575 00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:46,120 Speaker 1: it didn't even take any thought. There's a play. There's 576 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:48,600 Speaker 1: a play. The year after we win win the Super Bowl, Dan, 577 00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:50,400 Speaker 1: and this is coming off of the offseason. It's the 578 00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:52,800 Speaker 1: first game. It's a Thursday ninety game, you know, the 579 00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:56,840 Speaker 1: coronation of the reigning champs. Him. We're playing cover two, 580 00:29:56,920 --> 00:29:59,440 Speaker 1: so I'm kind of backside, about nine yards off the ball, 581 00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:03,320 Speaker 1: and they start with runaway for me, and so runaway 582 00:30:03,320 --> 00:30:05,160 Speaker 1: I had to cut back right so I couldn't overrun 583 00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:08,120 Speaker 1: the ball. He starts back towards us. He cuts back 584 00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:11,560 Speaker 1: to the backside and I'm nine yards from the line 585 00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:15,160 Speaker 1: of scrimmage. Chris Johnson is still behind the line of scrimmage, 586 00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:17,640 Speaker 1: but I see that he's going to get outside. I 587 00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:21,320 Speaker 1: didn't take a forty five degree angle. I turned my 588 00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:24,400 Speaker 1: body directly to the goal line he was going to 589 00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:28,680 Speaker 1: and I started running and not looking at him because 590 00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:31,120 Speaker 1: I understood I wasn't going to catch him. The only 591 00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:33,560 Speaker 1: reason I turned to row Dan was so when the 592 00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:37,240 Speaker 1: film came on Coach le bocas Day Great Effort RC. 593 00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:41,200 Speaker 1: The only thing that helped me is that Troy played 594 00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:43,920 Speaker 1: on our team and he was somehow on game day 595 00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:46,600 Speaker 1: the fastest person in the world, and he ended up 596 00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:48,960 Speaker 1: catching him forty yards down the field. So the more 597 00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:51,920 Speaker 1: to the story is Chris Johnson ran by me and 598 00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:55,240 Speaker 1: Troy Pallamalu all at the same time when I knew 599 00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:57,640 Speaker 1: I was only running to show that I had worked 600 00:30:57,640 --> 00:31:00,800 Speaker 1: out in the offseason because I wasn't catching it. Is 601 00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:03,920 Speaker 1: Ryan Clark of the Mothership joining us. I love what 602 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:08,920 Speaker 1: you tweeted out about Scotty Miller. Ryan tweeted out, Scotty 603 00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:11,480 Speaker 1: Miller's not like any of those new England receivers. I'm 604 00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:14,400 Speaker 1: tired of telling folks that nothing about number ten says 605 00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:17,560 Speaker 1: bring his lunch pail first in last out, coach on 606 00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:20,560 Speaker 1: the field, reads the zone, dude as a burner, address 607 00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:24,400 Speaker 1: him as such. Lol. You should have tweeted that to 608 00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:28,920 Speaker 1: Kevin King prior to the game, because he forgot that 609 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:31,960 Speaker 1: Scotty Miller was a track guy. This isn't Wes Welker 610 00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:35,880 Speaker 1: or Julian Edelman. Yes, well, you know, you know, you 611 00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:38,760 Speaker 1: know what happened. What's funny is I tweeted that before 612 00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:42,040 Speaker 1: the play at the end of the second quarter, so 613 00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:45,719 Speaker 1: this was I don't know. I think they replaced Cameron 614 00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:47,760 Speaker 1: Brady with Scotty Miller and he runs out and they 615 00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:50,320 Speaker 1: throw him the ball in. You know, Troy's going off 616 00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:54,800 Speaker 1: about Julian Edelman and West Welker, you know, and listen guys. 617 00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:57,360 Speaker 1: I try not to bring race into things, but sometimes 618 00:31:57,520 --> 00:32:00,440 Speaker 1: Rachiel Bias plays the part. And this wasn't my race bias. 619 00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:03,120 Speaker 1: It was Troy. Troy saw a short, little white guy 620 00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:05,600 Speaker 1: and he thought, all those other dudes that had ever 621 00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:08,640 Speaker 1: played with Tom Brady, he is not that dude. This 622 00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:11,520 Speaker 1: is the dude that when you do go to the 623 00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:12,880 Speaker 1: track meet, and I hope I can say this on 624 00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:14,920 Speaker 1: your show. When you do go to the track meet 625 00:32:15,120 --> 00:32:17,400 Speaker 1: and he wins the one, the four by one, by 626 00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:20,160 Speaker 1: coming back from last place and beating all the other 627 00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:22,280 Speaker 1: black dudes on the track, they say, hey, man, y'all 628 00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:25,360 Speaker 1: seen that white boy. That's who Scotty Miller is. He's 629 00:32:25,480 --> 00:32:29,360 Speaker 1: that fast, he's that explosive, and he will embarrass you. 630 00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:31,520 Speaker 1: And so I don't know what we have to do 631 00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:35,360 Speaker 1: to get scouting reports around the world changed. But this 632 00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:37,840 Speaker 1: is he's none of those people. Now he may do 633 00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:40,480 Speaker 1: all those things. He may be first in first out. 634 00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:44,360 Speaker 1: He's also first to finish every sprint at practice. He's 635 00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:46,960 Speaker 1: the fastest guy on the team. He's a deep ball threat. 636 00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:49,400 Speaker 1: And had Kevin King raged my Twitter, or had he 637 00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:51,800 Speaker 1: had his phone on the sideline, maybe he wouldn't have 638 00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:54,800 Speaker 1: been beat deep. I think I need a faster name 639 00:32:54,880 --> 00:32:58,520 Speaker 1: for him, Ryan like Gi Miller, doesn't. I mean, that 640 00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:02,160 Speaker 1: doesn't sound like a fast guy. I think it does. 641 00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:05,120 Speaker 1: I mean, think about it. Chris Johnson, that's a fast name, 642 00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:07,280 Speaker 1: you know. Well, No, he had a great he had 643 00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:10,840 Speaker 1: a great nickname. Though, Oh yeah, we do it. I don't. 644 00:33:11,080 --> 00:33:15,760 Speaker 1: I mean, white Lightning would obviously be probably two racist. 645 00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:21,080 Speaker 1: But how about Smoke Miller. But John Brown is Smoke 646 00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:25,120 Speaker 1: in Buffalo. Oh okay, yeah, but he's not in the playoffs, 647 00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:30,360 Speaker 1: so he can There's only two teams left in the playoffs. 648 00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:33,160 Speaker 1: I don't know what other like Jungle Cat is as 649 00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:36,120 Speaker 1: fast as either, because that is already playing on the 650 00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:40,760 Speaker 1: other side. Um the decision by the Packers to go 651 00:33:40,840 --> 00:33:43,040 Speaker 1: for the field goal, I can only tell you what 652 00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:46,040 Speaker 1: I thought in real time, and I didn't understand the 653 00:33:46,120 --> 00:33:49,120 Speaker 1: sequence of plays. If you know you're gonna go for 654 00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:51,760 Speaker 1: it on fourth down, I got to change what I'm 655 00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:55,680 Speaker 1: gonna do for the other three downs. But I'm curious 656 00:33:55,720 --> 00:33:57,760 Speaker 1: what you saw and if you agreed with what the 657 00:33:57,800 --> 00:34:01,239 Speaker 1: Packers were trying to do. Absolutely did not agree with 658 00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:03,440 Speaker 1: what the Packers were trying to do. I think when 659 00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:05,400 Speaker 1: you get in that position, Dan, you say, this is 660 00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:08,759 Speaker 1: four down territory, and now you start to call your 661 00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:11,960 Speaker 1: plays according to that. Obviously you have the miss on 662 00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:16,359 Speaker 1: the miscommunication on the slant, then you have second down, 663 00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:18,520 Speaker 1: then on third you know, we're trying to decide whether 664 00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:21,799 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers runs or does whatever. But I think if 665 00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:24,200 Speaker 1: you call your plays differently, you're not in a position 666 00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:26,160 Speaker 1: where you're thinking of going for fourth and eight or 667 00:34:26,160 --> 00:34:28,560 Speaker 1: fourth to nine. You're closer to the goal line and 668 00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:31,400 Speaker 1: you can make those plays. The other thing that's confusing 669 00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:34,680 Speaker 1: for me is you hear so many times when people 670 00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:37,000 Speaker 1: are in the red zone, they get a penalty and 671 00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:39,960 Speaker 1: you say, oh, the playbook now opened up. How come 672 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:42,120 Speaker 1: the playbook was closed all of a sudden, a sudden 673 00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:45,000 Speaker 1: and you have Aaron Rodgers. I'm not sure if you 674 00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:48,360 Speaker 1: ever watched The Fresh Prince of bel Air, Dan, but 675 00:34:48,440 --> 00:34:51,160 Speaker 1: here's what I thought about. What he essentially did was 676 00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:53,719 Speaker 1: what Colton did on the last shot of the game 677 00:34:53,719 --> 00:34:55,680 Speaker 1: when he stole the ball from Will Smith. He didn't 678 00:34:55,680 --> 00:34:58,319 Speaker 1: give him a chance, and if you remember, Carlton threw 679 00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:01,800 Speaker 1: that ball over the BA basketball goal. And that's what happened. 680 00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:03,520 Speaker 1: When you when you kick that field goal, and now 681 00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:06,040 Speaker 1: you're depending on your defense, who has Kevin Kean on it, 682 00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:09,200 Speaker 1: who played terrible all day. You've taken the ball out 683 00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:11,520 Speaker 1: of the best player on your team's hand, probably the 684 00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:14,960 Speaker 1: MVP this season. And what struggling me most about this 685 00:35:15,080 --> 00:35:17,839 Speaker 1: is the reason you're losing, The reason you're down at 686 00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:21,120 Speaker 1: least a touchdown, is because Bruce arians trusted his Hall 687 00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:23,160 Speaker 1: of Fame quarterback and put him back on the field 688 00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:25,080 Speaker 1: late in the second quarter, and they pick up a 689 00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:28,240 Speaker 1: fourth dollar then they throw that football to Scottie Miller's score. 690 00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:31,080 Speaker 1: You have to have that same type of gumption, those 691 00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:33,520 Speaker 1: same type of guts. You gotta go win it in 692 00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:36,200 Speaker 1: that moment. And to make that decision, even when the 693 00:35:36,239 --> 00:35:39,280 Speaker 1: analytics tell you it's not that big of a change 694 00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:42,480 Speaker 1: if you go for the field goal or not is unacceptable. 695 00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:47,920 Speaker 1: Did you ever get a pick against Brady? Of course not. 696 00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:51,200 Speaker 1: He always Brady beat our butt like every time we 697 00:35:51,239 --> 00:35:56,480 Speaker 1: beat him. One time and it was in life. No, No, 698 00:35:56,560 --> 00:35:58,840 Speaker 1: he was actually I would give him this. I got 699 00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:01,520 Speaker 1: at the opportunity to talk to him my last year 700 00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:03,279 Speaker 1: we were in Washington, we were playing him. He was 701 00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:06,600 Speaker 1: actually highly complimentary of me and Troy, But I will 702 00:36:06,640 --> 00:36:08,759 Speaker 1: say this, the year Troy and I were both out 703 00:36:09,239 --> 00:36:12,239 Speaker 1: was the year Anthony Smith guaranteed to win at the 704 00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:17,920 Speaker 1: undeceated Patriots. He throws, he throws a touchdown, a bomb, 705 00:36:17,920 --> 00:36:23,480 Speaker 1: he those a long pass and runs sixty yards. Anthony 706 00:36:23,480 --> 00:36:25,160 Speaker 1: Smith ended up being the guy beat him a play, 707 00:36:25,239 --> 00:36:28,080 Speaker 1: runs sixty yards to stand in front of Anthony Smith 708 00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:31,960 Speaker 1: and tell him about his guarantee. And when I saw that, 709 00:36:32,160 --> 00:36:34,040 Speaker 1: like it was like the realist moment to me because 710 00:36:34,040 --> 00:36:35,520 Speaker 1: I was like, here he is this, you know, six 711 00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:41,719 Speaker 1: round kick a guy from California, extremely classy, extremely distinguished, 712 00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:44,520 Speaker 1: and he chose to run sixty yards. He didn't have 713 00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:47,319 Speaker 1: to to tell somebody about keeping their mouth clothes. And 714 00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:49,160 Speaker 1: that's when I gained a lot of respect for the 715 00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:52,040 Speaker 1: competitive top Brady was What do you think Aaron Rodgers 716 00:36:52,120 --> 00:36:56,800 Speaker 1: was saying after the game about his future in Green Bay. 717 00:36:57,239 --> 00:36:59,680 Speaker 1: I think this was the first time, because of the 718 00:36:59,719 --> 00:37:04,560 Speaker 1: way things ended, Aaron Rodgers let himself look at the draft, 719 00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:08,640 Speaker 1: the draft pick of Jordan Love and totality. I think 720 00:37:08,680 --> 00:37:11,080 Speaker 1: he tried his best to be a great teammate. He 721 00:37:11,120 --> 00:37:13,080 Speaker 1: tried his best to be a great leader. And I 722 00:37:13,120 --> 00:37:15,920 Speaker 1: think because he understood that the perception of him was 723 00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:18,480 Speaker 1: that he wasn't going to do that. The perception of 724 00:37:18,560 --> 00:37:20,320 Speaker 1: him was that he was going to make it hard 725 00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:23,160 Speaker 1: on Jordan Love and the Green Bay Packers. I think 726 00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:25,040 Speaker 1: he fought that all season and I think he found 727 00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:28,239 Speaker 1: some joy in that. And I believe you get to 728 00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:31,920 Speaker 1: this position, you don't win the you don't win then 729 00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:35,239 Speaker 1: NFC Championship, your coach doesn't allow you to go for 730 00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:37,560 Speaker 1: it on fourth down, and then you start to let 731 00:37:37,560 --> 00:37:40,160 Speaker 1: everything wail on you. You know, the pick, not getting 732 00:37:40,160 --> 00:37:42,920 Speaker 1: an extra weapon, not giving me the opportunity to go 733 00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:45,600 Speaker 1: on fourth down, maybe not having a chance to have 734 00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:48,040 Speaker 1: an extra playmaker that helped me win this game, and 735 00:37:48,160 --> 00:37:50,279 Speaker 1: you say, you know what, this may not be the 736 00:37:50,360 --> 00:37:52,600 Speaker 1: place for me. But that's emotion talking. I think he 737 00:37:52,600 --> 00:37:56,040 Speaker 1: steps away and realizes he's twenty six and six in 738 00:37:56,080 --> 00:37:58,440 Speaker 1: the last two season, and he's been seasons and he's 739 00:37:58,440 --> 00:38:01,360 Speaker 1: been to the NFC Championship twice, and he'll probably settle 740 00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:03,359 Speaker 1: down and understand, let's go try to get another run 741 00:38:03,360 --> 00:38:06,799 Speaker 1: at this. Would you want Matthew Stafford if you're a 742 00:38:06,840 --> 00:38:10,759 Speaker 1: contender and you need a quarterback, I would I think 743 00:38:10,800 --> 00:38:14,080 Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford is one of the more underrated players of 744 00:38:14,080 --> 00:38:16,960 Speaker 1: his generations because he's been in Detroit his whole life. 745 00:38:17,440 --> 00:38:20,560 Speaker 1: It's because he necessarily hasn't had the pieces around him 746 00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:23,120 Speaker 1: to win. This is a guy with this much arm 747 00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:28,000 Speaker 1: talent and plenty arm talent to win football games. Obviously, 748 00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:30,640 Speaker 1: we've seen the type of toughness that this man has 749 00:38:30,760 --> 00:38:33,400 Speaker 1: because of the beatings he's taken. I think you have 750 00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:34,799 Speaker 1: to be the right team, you know, from the San 751 00:38:34,840 --> 00:38:37,680 Speaker 1: Francisco forty nine ers, somebody I look at from the 752 00:38:37,680 --> 00:38:40,279 Speaker 1: Washington football team. It's a quarterback, I look at it. 753 00:38:40,280 --> 00:38:43,319 Speaker 1: If I'm the Indianapolis coach, he's a quarterback, I take 754 00:38:43,360 --> 00:38:44,760 Speaker 1: a look at it. I don't know if those teams 755 00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:47,600 Speaker 1: have what the Detroit Lions will want to get him, 756 00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:50,800 Speaker 1: but he's definitely a viable choice of a starting quarterback 757 00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:52,359 Speaker 1: at this league. Yeah, I don't know if it's just 758 00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:56,040 Speaker 1: a first round pick, Ryan, because if they decide, why 759 00:38:56,040 --> 00:38:59,120 Speaker 1: did they announce publicly that they're parting ways? Why do 760 00:38:59,160 --> 00:39:03,480 Speaker 1: you you lose leverage, don't you? Yeah? I thank you 761 00:39:03,520 --> 00:39:06,520 Speaker 1: definitely lose levers because if I'm another team out there, 762 00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:09,360 Speaker 1: I said, well, if we don't have the trade capitol 763 00:39:09,560 --> 00:39:12,200 Speaker 1: or want to give up the trade capital it will 764 00:39:12,239 --> 00:39:14,840 Speaker 1: take to get him. Then they're gonna probably just release 765 00:39:14,920 --> 00:39:17,239 Speaker 1: him anyway. Why not play that game? Why not play 766 00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:19,719 Speaker 1: the free agent game? Or maybe there's a team that 767 00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:23,879 Speaker 1: wants him so much, believes he's so vital to their 768 00:39:23,960 --> 00:39:26,920 Speaker 1: success or believe that they're won Matthew Stafford away for 769 00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:31,600 Speaker 1: winning a championship that does come with what's take, what's needed, 770 00:39:31,680 --> 00:39:35,080 Speaker 1: or what Detroit wants to get him. I think that 771 00:39:35,280 --> 00:39:37,920 Speaker 1: for me, I don't announce it, or maybe you just 772 00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:40,600 Speaker 1: announce it so teams know that Matthew Staffords has the 773 00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:43,319 Speaker 1: ability to start talking about the trade and what that 774 00:39:43,360 --> 00:39:45,560 Speaker 1: would look like for him and for the Detroit Lions. 775 00:39:46,360 --> 00:39:48,360 Speaker 1: He So, I don't talk to you before the Super Bowl? 776 00:39:49,360 --> 00:39:53,040 Speaker 1: Who do you gut? As long as Patrick Mahomes is alive, 777 00:39:53,080 --> 00:39:55,160 Speaker 1: I'm probably going to pick him to win every single 778 00:39:55,200 --> 00:39:57,920 Speaker 1: game he plays in. So I got the Chiefs. You're 779 00:39:57,960 --> 00:40:01,399 Speaker 1: gonna bet against Tom Brady? I am, But now we're 780 00:40:01,440 --> 00:40:09,160 Speaker 1: real money. Hey, you're doing great. We appreciate you joining 781 00:40:09,239 --> 00:40:11,080 Speaker 1: us and hope to have you on again. Thank you, 782 00:40:11,160 --> 00:40:14,479 Speaker 1: Ryan mate, Thank you so much. That's Ryan Clark. Thanks 783 00:40:14,520 --> 00:40:17,000 Speaker 1: for listening to The Dan Patrick Show podcast. 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