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Speaker 1: What is going on? Everybody? John middlecoff rereing out podcast

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Speaker 1: Back at it again, fresh off this Thursday night football game,

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Speaker 1: one of the last games of the Colosseum. Having spent

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Speaker 1: uh many nights, many games over the last decade at

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Speaker 1: the Oakland Colisseum, special place, cool place, especially a night game.

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Speaker 1: That place is litt uh It's got a it's got

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Speaker 1: a legit edge to it. It really does. And when

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Speaker 1: the team's playing well, listen, I will dive into Grouden

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Speaker 1: here in a second, but you know, I'll tip my

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Speaker 1: hat to him. I I I was as big of

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Speaker 1: a critic as you can find, and he's shut me up.

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Speaker 1: He shut a lot of people up there, five and four.

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Speaker 1: And they're just good. I mean they have a good offense.

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Speaker 1: Their defense isn't good, but they make some key stops.

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Speaker 1: And tonight Rivers throwing the ball all over the place.

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Speaker 1: What do you I mean, Rivers, I don't know what

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Speaker 1: was going on. We'll dive into the Chargers, who were

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Speaker 1: just you know, Dean Spanos, who's you know, you've got

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Speaker 1: teams leaking that he should move to London. You know,

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Speaker 1: I have a theory on that. We'll dive into BAM

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Speaker 1: L s U some thoughts on those games or just

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Speaker 1: that game, uh, really a game of the weekend probably

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Speaker 1: BAM L s U twelve thirty Pacific Standard Time, twelve

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Speaker 1: thirty CBS. And then uh, and then all the games

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Speaker 1: on Sunday do that every you know Friday podcast. Just

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Speaker 1: a couple of minutes on each game. Not a great slate,

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Speaker 1: but you know, a couple of interesting games. Kind of

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Speaker 1: crazy at Land at New Orleans is a thirteen point

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Speaker 1: thirteen and a half point spread. I mean that used

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Speaker 1: Thirteen point spread. I mean, how's that? That's insane? Uh?

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Speaker 1: And then the Middlecoff mailback light always at John Middlecoff

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Speaker 1: is my Instagram handle. Slide up into those d m

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Speaker 1: s and then I interact with you and answer your

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Speaker 1: questions here on the podcast. But let's start with Gruden. Listen,

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Speaker 1: he took a lot of ship. You know, it was

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Speaker 1: crazy when he signed the ten year, hundred million dollar contract.

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Speaker 1: Be thought it was nuts, and rightfully so, it was nuts.

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Speaker 1: The guy had coached in ten years. Then everything that

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Speaker 1: they quite had a plan. He had a plan to

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Speaker 1: will give them credit now. They made him basically plead

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Speaker 1: they freed themselves. Now I didn't the moment they cut him.

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Speaker 1: From a football perspective, he's pretty good player. At least

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Speaker 1: on Antonio Brown. The biggest reason they gave John Gruden

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Speaker 1: all the month, well, they gave it to him for

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Speaker 1: several reasons. When they're moving and they're going to the

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Speaker 1: entertainment capital of the world, and John Gruen's a rock star.

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Speaker 1: He is, he's he let's call it what it is.

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Speaker 1: He's a bigger rock star than he he is a coach,

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Speaker 1: at least until this last month, when he's established he's

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Speaker 1: next several years. And he's resurrected Derek's career. He has

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Speaker 1: Derek playing very very well and Derector's there's a lot

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Speaker 1: And then I listen, this is the most Raider player

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Speaker 1: It's just ridiculous. It's it's over the top. Drives to

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Speaker 1: But the Raiders deserve to win this game, and they

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Speaker 1: deserve a ton of credit, they really do. I had

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Speaker 1: incredible accomplishment, It really would. The Chargers, on the other hand,

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Speaker 1: How can anyone be shocked when you lose again? You

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Speaker 1: to get to Dean and be like, listen, I've never died,

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Speaker 1: And Dean, you're getting two hundred fifty two hundred sixty

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Speaker 1: How about how about you hire a eight million dollar

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Speaker 1: They can't stand Dean Spanos and his organization. They are

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Speaker 1: against Sean McDermott and this Bill's defense, which for the

426
00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:21,359
Speaker 1: most part has been pretty dominant all season long, Like

427
00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:25,680
Speaker 1: just that matchup in a vacuum is awful. Then when

428
00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:29,359
Speaker 1: you factor in the Browns are two and six, coming

429
00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:32,320
Speaker 1: off a game where they got thoroughly outplayed by the

430
00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:38,320
Speaker 1: Denver Broncos, coming home where the fans are gonna be

431
00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:41,840
Speaker 1: a little restless. I I this is a tough spot

432
00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:45,040
Speaker 1: for Cleveland, man. I like the Bills plus two and

433
00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:48,120
Speaker 1: a half. Uh you know, Cleveland went loses this game.

434
00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:51,359
Speaker 1: I mean we're talking about a four or five win season,

435
00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:54,720
Speaker 1: maybe three wins. I mean, maybe just the wheels fall off.

436
00:21:55,359 --> 00:21:59,560
Speaker 1: Freddie Kitchens, Freddie my Kitchens is on fire. Is just

437
00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:03,320
Speaker 1: in embles, you know. And I say this to people

438
00:22:03,359 --> 00:22:07,399
Speaker 1: all the time because, uh, you know, the the a

439
00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:10,239
Speaker 1: f C playoff pictures a little more open obviously than

440
00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:12,439
Speaker 1: the NFC. Of just the Bills are gonna win ten

441
00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:15,240
Speaker 1: games and they're gonna be a playoff team. I feel

442
00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:17,840
Speaker 1: confident right now, even before this game, calling the Bills

443
00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:20,560
Speaker 1: a playoff lock. Now, part of that is they're in

444
00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:23,240
Speaker 1: the f C. But do you feel good about the

445
00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:26,320
Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns playing a playoff lock even if it is

446
00:22:26,359 --> 00:22:29,000
Speaker 1: an AFC team? I I don't so. I I think

447
00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:33,120
Speaker 1: the Browns two and seven, you guys stink. Cards at

448
00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:38,200
Speaker 1: Tampa Cards getting four and a half. Uh Jamis. Watch

449
00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:41,160
Speaker 1: that game against Seattle. He was actually pretty good. He's

450
00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:43,000
Speaker 1: one of those weird players that can be one of

451
00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:45,000
Speaker 1: the worst players in the league one series and then

452
00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:46,480
Speaker 1: be one of the best players in the league for

453
00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:49,119
Speaker 1: another series. Part of that is Mike Evans is stud

454
00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:53,000
Speaker 1: Ronald Jones has been much better. Chris Godwin is really good.

455
00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:55,040
Speaker 1: They just have a lot of weapons. I don't think

456
00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:58,359
Speaker 1: the Cards offense, excuse me, the Cards defense is very good.

457
00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:01,359
Speaker 1: Cardinals having place this last Thursday, so they're getting a

458
00:23:01,359 --> 00:23:05,280
Speaker 1: little extra time. Tampa, you know, just played in Seattle,

459
00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:08,240
Speaker 1: so that's a long trip home. I'm gonna take Tampa.

460
00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:10,320
Speaker 1: I just I just think they have a lot better players.

461
00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:12,800
Speaker 1: I think it's just I like Tampa minus four and

462
00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:16,040
Speaker 1: a half in this game, Giants had the Jets. Who's

463
00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:18,560
Speaker 1: watching this game? I mean, you talk about a game

464
00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:22,240
Speaker 1: that couldn't mean much less being in the Capitol, the

465
00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:25,440
Speaker 1: biggest media market in America, and you have two teams.

466
00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:27,560
Speaker 1: What are the Jets one and seven and the Giants

467
00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:31,760
Speaker 1: are two and six, So I mean they're combined basically,

468
00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:35,200
Speaker 1: Just is this a competition? To who's gonna draft higher,

469
00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:37,479
Speaker 1: you know, potentially be the number one overall pick. Well,

470
00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:41,520
Speaker 1: probably Cincinnati. But god, these two teams are terrible that

471
00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:45,000
Speaker 1: they really are. These two teams suck. Who would have thought?

472
00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:47,760
Speaker 1: You know, I feel bad for Sae Kwon Barkley. I

473
00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:50,879
Speaker 1: don't feel as bad for Sam Donald anymore. You know

474
00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:54,040
Speaker 1: the motto incident, and he's just been terrible. Uh, he's

475
00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:55,880
Speaker 1: just gotta pick it up. He's got to play better.

476
00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:58,920
Speaker 1: You know, he's got to stop doing Jamis type things

477
00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:02,159
Speaker 1: because if you start getting compared to Jamis, we got

478
00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:04,440
Speaker 1: a pretty big red flag. The winner of this game

479
00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:06,760
Speaker 1: is kind of irrelevant. I I would say, if the

480
00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:09,560
Speaker 1: Jets lose this game, are we talking about like a

481
00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:12,200
Speaker 1: two and fourteen season? You're gonna go two and fourteen

482
00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:13,600
Speaker 1: the first year as a head coach. I get you,

483
00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:17,159
Speaker 1: guys stink, But two and fourteen, that's Jim tom Seula.

484
00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:23,119
Speaker 1: I always say, went five and eleven Falcons at the Saints. This,

485
00:24:23,119 --> 00:24:26,200
Speaker 1: this single number, I guess not it's a double digit number,

486
00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:28,639
Speaker 1: should be the biggest indictment why dan Quinn should be

487
00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:30,960
Speaker 1: relieved of his duties immediately when the season is over.

488
00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:32,720
Speaker 1: This used to be one of the better rivalries in

489
00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:35,040
Speaker 1: the NFL. For the last you know, I'd say decade,

490
00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:37,200
Speaker 1: Atlant has been pretty good. The Saints obviously have been

491
00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:39,760
Speaker 1: really good, and they just they've had a good rivalry.

492
00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:42,520
Speaker 1: They're a thirteen and a half point underdog coming off

493
00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:44,840
Speaker 1: of bye. Let me repeat that, they're a thirteen and

494
00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:47,840
Speaker 1: a half point underdog coming off of bye. I watched

495
00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:50,360
Speaker 1: earlier this week getting ready for the Monday night Seattle

496
00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:54,400
Speaker 1: forty Niners game in Lant against Seattle, I mean their defense,

497
00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:56,680
Speaker 1: like do they even practice? Do they know what's going on?

498
00:24:57,160 --> 00:24:59,560
Speaker 1: Because they definitely have weapons on offense. Julio is still

499
00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:01,600
Speaker 1: one of the best players in the league. Calvin Ridley's

500
00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:05,080
Speaker 1: a stud Matt Shop through four fifty yards against Seattle.

501
00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:08,920
Speaker 1: It was their their their defense. It's just hideous. I mean,

502
00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:11,840
Speaker 1: it's it's a joke. I don't get it, Dan, when

503
00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:16,600
Speaker 1: you're defensive coordinator, I don't necessarily love the Saints in

504
00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:20,119
Speaker 1: the number in the sense just because Atlantic and score

505
00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:23,439
Speaker 1: haul of points. But god, that's you're on basically a

506
00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:28,240
Speaker 1: two touchdown a two touchdown underdog to your rival. That's

507
00:25:28,359 --> 00:25:30,400
Speaker 1: that's wild. The Saints are clearly one of the best

508
00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:32,480
Speaker 1: teams in the league, so it's not shocking, but man,

509
00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:34,879
Speaker 1: things change fast in Atlanta, like the Saints to win

510
00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:38,399
Speaker 1: that game, Ravens has since you know, I don't know

511
00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:40,920
Speaker 1: what to say the Ravens. I guess the only red

512
00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:43,680
Speaker 1: flag on this game is the Ravens played one of

513
00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:46,560
Speaker 1: the best games they've played, you know, five years, against

514
00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:51,000
Speaker 1: the Patriots on national television. Lamar was unreal. We're all humans.

515
00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:54,440
Speaker 1: So when when the Ravens players are sitting down there,

516
00:25:55,119 --> 00:25:57,960
Speaker 1: how do they take Cincinnati? Seriously? I get how coaches

517
00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:00,439
Speaker 1: do it. They manipulated in their mind. Anything can beat

518
00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:03,399
Speaker 1: anyone on a given Sunday. That's true, except when you

519
00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:05,359
Speaker 1: play the Bengals. I don't think they can beat any

520
00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:08,640
Speaker 1: team now unless the Ravens just do not even attempt

521
00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:11,520
Speaker 1: to practice or try. And I'm talking obviously the coaches, well,

522
00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:14,040
Speaker 1: I'm talking about the players. I think Lamar is not

523
00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:16,080
Speaker 1: really wired like that, which is a good thing. Playing

524
00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:19,879
Speaker 1: an opponent like Cincinnati, the crowd will probably be half empty,

525
00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:23,240
Speaker 1: and Cincinnati, I'd expect the Ravens to win, but I

526
00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:24,840
Speaker 1: kind of like the Bengals plus ten and a half.

527
00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:29,520
Speaker 1: I wouldn't even bet the game Panthers at the Packers. Uh,

528
00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:31,840
Speaker 1: this would be a game if you're on the McCaffrey

529
00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:34,080
Speaker 1: train for m v P. If he goes for one

530
00:26:34,119 --> 00:26:37,480
Speaker 1: fifty and they win this game at Lambeau. I don't

531
00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:39,080
Speaker 1: think he'll end up winning the m v P. It's

532
00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:42,000
Speaker 1: probably gonna go to Watson, or it's gonna go to uh,

533
00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:45,320
Speaker 1: you know, go to Russell Wilson. But McCaffrey can throw

534
00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:47,200
Speaker 1: his hat in the ring and have a legitimate shot

535
00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:49,480
Speaker 1: to be like, come on, guys, I'm one of the

536
00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:53,520
Speaker 1: best players you know in this game, easily one of

537
00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:55,359
Speaker 1: the best non quarterbacks in this game. I don't even

538
00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:58,520
Speaker 1: think that's arguable at this point. But the Packers, who

539
00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:00,560
Speaker 1: just got their ass kicked against the chart Argers did

540
00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:03,600
Speaker 1: not play well at all. Boast in Ingram kicked their ass,

541
00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:06,800
Speaker 1: you'd expect them to come back. I said this when

542
00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:09,600
Speaker 1: the Panthers came to San Francisco. If the forty Niners

543
00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:12,960
Speaker 1: are a real defense, you kick Kyle Allen's ass. And

544
00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:16,520
Speaker 1: that's what the forty Niners did. They kicked, they whooped them. Now,

545
00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:19,920
Speaker 1: if the Packers are a legitimate one or two seed,

546
00:27:20,359 --> 00:27:22,240
Speaker 1: I think at the end of the day is probably

547
00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:24,800
Speaker 1: gonna go to the Saints and the Niners. But Packers

548
00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:26,520
Speaker 1: are seven two. I mean, they're right in this thing

549
00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:30,199
Speaker 1: you work, Kyle Allen. I've had multiple coaches tell me

550
00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:32,119
Speaker 1: Mike Petten is one of the better defensive coordinators in

551
00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:35,280
Speaker 1: the league. This type of game where you just in Lambeau,

552
00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:39,040
Speaker 1: Kyle Allen should get destroyed now and McCaffrey you should

553
00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:41,679
Speaker 1: have two people follow him wherever he goes. But this,

554
00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:44,520
Speaker 1: to me should be a Packers defensive game against Kyle

555
00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:49,120
Speaker 1: Allen where they make him look like a scrub. Lions

556
00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:51,800
Speaker 1: at the Bears minus two and a half. The Bears

557
00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:53,960
Speaker 1: are minus two and a half. You get three points

558
00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:56,000
Speaker 1: from being a home team, So that shows you Vegas

559
00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:58,919
Speaker 1: doesn't think Chicago is very good, and right now they're not.

560
00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:02,120
Speaker 1: Their offense is a troupe shous, their defense is not

561
00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:06,000
Speaker 1: played situationally very well. That they've had a huge The

562
00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:10,560
Speaker 1: drop off from Vic Fangio to Chuck Pagano has been massive,

563
00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:15,000
Speaker 1: has been has been very very big. I love the guy,

564
00:28:15,119 --> 00:28:17,600
Speaker 1: He's one of my favorite players, you know, in recent memory.

565
00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:20,440
Speaker 1: But clil Mac's not playing very well. His effort is

566
00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:23,080
Speaker 1: very hit or miss, right now they're paying him ninety

567
00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:25,800
Speaker 1: million dollars, the highest paid player in in NFL history

568
00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:30,639
Speaker 1: as a defensive player. To dominate, to dominate. And remember

569
00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:33,040
Speaker 1: years ago, and I've talked about this before, I guess

570
00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:35,919
Speaker 1: it was last year Bill Belichick was offended by the

571
00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:38,760
Speaker 1: Lawrence Taylor talk. He should have been because Lawrence Taylor

572
00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:40,640
Speaker 1: played his balls off. And right now Khalil is kind

573
00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:43,120
Speaker 1: of going through the motions. It's it's, you know, for

574
00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:45,640
Speaker 1: a guy who standards are super high, it's borderline kind

575
00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:48,400
Speaker 1: of embarrassing. And that's where Fangio would not allow it.

576
00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:51,480
Speaker 1: Just Pogano allowing it. You're either coaching it or allowing

577
00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:53,840
Speaker 1: it to happen. The Lions offense is one of the

578
00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:56,520
Speaker 1: more entertaining offense in the league. Stafford's having a career year.

579
00:28:57,120 --> 00:28:59,280
Speaker 1: The Hockinson guy, they drafted the top ten. The tight

580
00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:03,959
Speaker 1: ends of stud Jones and and Uh and Golladay are

581
00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:07,280
Speaker 1: players like they can throw the ball all over the yard.

582
00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:10,360
Speaker 1: This is a scary matchup for the Bears, man that

583
00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:13,400
Speaker 1: they're in desperation mode. Naggie and Mitch are desperate for

584
00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:17,680
Speaker 1: a win facing the Lions team who is just is

585
00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:20,720
Speaker 1: just a weird shitty team because they're gonna win five

586
00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:22,520
Speaker 1: or six games when the dust settles at the end

587
00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:24,160
Speaker 1: of the year. But they're gonna have one of the

588
00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:29,600
Speaker 1: best offenses in the league. Dolphins at the Colts. Uh.

589
00:29:29,760 --> 00:29:33,360
Speaker 1: Unlike Cincinnati, it's a little easier to take Miami seriously

590
00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:36,520
Speaker 1: just because on tape they do play really hard. Indie's

591
00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:39,880
Speaker 1: coming off a pretty devastating loss at Pittsburgh. The question

592
00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:42,440
Speaker 1: now is Jacoby is he gonna play this week? Even

593
00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:44,920
Speaker 1: if he doesn't play, how long is he out? If

594
00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:47,080
Speaker 1: he does play, will he look the same? Is that

595
00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:50,040
Speaker 1: knee injury gonna be something that lingers because he's a

596
00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:53,440
Speaker 1: much better player than Brian Hoyer. So, you know, if

597
00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:56,800
Speaker 1: Indie's gotta start Brian Hoyer for several weeks in a row,

598
00:29:57,520 --> 00:30:01,000
Speaker 1: their playoff position starts being somewhat in question. They get

599
00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:03,960
Speaker 1: knocked out of the playoff mixed fast. You know, you

600
00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:07,440
Speaker 1: lose a couple of games, Houston separates themselves. You have

601
00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:09,719
Speaker 1: some of these teams like the Chargers the Raiders, they

602
00:30:09,760 --> 00:30:14,000
Speaker 1: don't go away. Both those two teams have beat Indie. UH.

603
00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:16,760
Speaker 1: I would expect Indie to win this game. But if

604
00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:19,560
Speaker 1: you gotta start Brian Hoyer Man that this Miami team

605
00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:22,520
Speaker 1: is not quitting, unlike the BEng Goals and the Redskins

606
00:30:23,080 --> 00:30:26,040
Speaker 1: and even the Jets who just play lifeless, that that

607
00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:28,480
Speaker 1: has not been the Dolphin style. This is a weird

608
00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:31,160
Speaker 1: spot for Indie where you just you kind of want

609
00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:33,440
Speaker 1: to overlook an opponent, but you're not quite good enough

610
00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:35,640
Speaker 1: to overlook an opponent. And we've seen Indie when they

611
00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:38,400
Speaker 1: play down to their competition, they can lose. When they

612
00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:40,720
Speaker 1: play up to their competition, they're good. But when they

613
00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:45,440
Speaker 1: play down, anyone can beat them. Ravens that's or excuse me,

614
00:30:45,480 --> 00:30:49,120
Speaker 1: not Ravens. Rams at the Steelers Rams coming off a bye,

615
00:30:49,520 --> 00:30:54,080
Speaker 1: I would imagine Jalen Ramsey chases around juju. Uh. You

616
00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:57,120
Speaker 1: know the Steelers listen there, four and four, they're they're

617
00:30:57,120 --> 00:30:59,320
Speaker 1: in this thing. You know, they're only two games back

618
00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:02,080
Speaker 1: right now the Evens. If they win this game and

619
00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:04,160
Speaker 1: they're five and four and they've just beaten back to

620
00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:05,960
Speaker 1: back weeks the Colts and the Rams, they're gonna be

621
00:31:05,960 --> 00:31:08,680
Speaker 1: feeling pretty good about themselves. The Rams win this weekend,

622
00:31:08,680 --> 00:31:10,480
Speaker 1: they'll be coming off of by and have be six

623
00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:12,840
Speaker 1: and three. They'll feel it. We're healthy, We traded for

624
00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:15,760
Speaker 1: Jalen Ramsey. Let's make a run at this thing. Let's

625
00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:17,640
Speaker 1: make a freaking run. And depending on what happens on

626
00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:21,120
Speaker 1: Monday Night Football, if somehow the San Francisco for slip

627
00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:23,360
Speaker 1: up and Seattle were to beat him, they go, well,

628
00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:25,600
Speaker 1: the Niners got a loss, and they're still gotta play.

629
00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:28,280
Speaker 1: They still gotta play us again. They have to play

630
00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:30,640
Speaker 1: New Orleans, they gotta play Green Bay, they gotta play

631
00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:33,200
Speaker 1: the Ravens. They gotta play Seattle again. In Seattle, this

632
00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:36,280
Speaker 1: thing's on like Donkey Kong baby. Uh. And if the

633
00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:39,760
Speaker 1: Steelers win, you know, it's just like I talked about

634
00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:42,760
Speaker 1: their culture, like they all have nine and seven written

635
00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:45,520
Speaker 1: all over them. I would lean the Rams in this game.

636
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Speaker 1: But some about Mike Tomlins, something about playing in Pittsburgh,

637
00:31:49,760 --> 00:31:52,800
Speaker 1: something about this team having a little life. I am

638
00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:56,920
Speaker 1: not gonna bury the Steelers by any means. Game of

639
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Speaker 1: the Day, Vikings Cowboys. Uh. Starting with the Vikings, you

640
00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:03,480
Speaker 1: know they I don't want to say they rushed them back,

641
00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:05,240
Speaker 1: but they tried to get theealing back on the field

642
00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:08,000
Speaker 1: and his hamstring pulled again. And as of recording this,

643
00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:10,880
Speaker 1: he hasn't practiced yet this week, so that that's a

644
00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:14,440
Speaker 1: problem when their offense is really dominant. They have two

645
00:32:14,440 --> 00:32:17,000
Speaker 1: wide receiver. You can't double team dicks. You're gonna double

646
00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:19,080
Speaker 1: team dicks. Okay, I'll throw it to theeling every play.

647
00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:21,240
Speaker 1: You're gonna stack the box. Okay, I'll throw it to

648
00:32:21,280 --> 00:32:23,400
Speaker 1: those guys. You're gonna play coverage. I'll slam you with

649
00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:26,600
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook. When you miss one of those three guys,

650
00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:28,920
Speaker 1: it becomes a problem. When they have all three of

651
00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:33,040
Speaker 1: those guys on the field, Dalvin Cook, Adam Feeling, and Digs.

652
00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:36,120
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins looks like a stud. When he's missing one,

653
00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:39,840
Speaker 1: he looks a little more pedestrian. And this game is

654
00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:42,960
Speaker 1: in Dallas, pretty big swing game for the Cowboys because

655
00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:45,000
Speaker 1: the Eagles already lost the Vikings. So if you beat

656
00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:47,960
Speaker 1: the Vikings, you're in pretty good shape. Uh, you just

657
00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:51,400
Speaker 1: had a pretty easy win on Monday Night football. Vanderesh

658
00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:53,880
Speaker 1: was limited in practice. But even if Vanderess can't go,

659
00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:56,800
Speaker 1: one of the cowboys biggest luxuries right now is Sean

660
00:32:56,880 --> 00:32:58,800
Speaker 1: Lee's their backup. So if Sean Lee has to be

661
00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:00,920
Speaker 1: your starting middle linebacker right extra, Jalen Smith, you're in

662
00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:04,200
Speaker 1: pretty good shape. I'm fascinated and fired up to watch

663
00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:07,200
Speaker 1: this game. I just have the hard time thinking the

664
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Speaker 1: Vikings can win without feeling you're telling me Kirk Cousins

665
00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:13,440
Speaker 1: is gonna play well enough against that Dallas defense on

666
00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:16,120
Speaker 1: Sunday Night football. I just close my eyes and say

667
00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:18,240
Speaker 1: that out loud and have a hard time envisioning that

668
00:33:18,560 --> 00:33:21,520
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins is going to play well Sunday night football.

669
00:33:21,560 --> 00:33:23,720
Speaker 1: Just just close your eyes and say that. They're like, oh,

670
00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:26,480
Speaker 1: what am I talking about? Because he won't because he

671
00:33:26,520 --> 00:33:30,920
Speaker 1: never does. So I I like the Cowboys in this game. Okay,

672
00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:34,520
Speaker 1: let's dive into the Middlecoff mailback that is Instagram at

673
00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:37,680
Speaker 1: John Middlecoff, same as my Twitter handle, and you slide

674
00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:41,160
Speaker 1: up in those d m s and I will answer

675
00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:44,520
Speaker 1: your questions right here on the pot. I just want

676
00:33:44,560 --> 00:33:46,680
Speaker 1: to ask, do you think Lamar Jackson doing good in

677
00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:50,720
Speaker 1: the league helps make a case for Jalen Hurts being

678
00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:55,120
Speaker 1: a first round pick next year? I do not, even

679
00:33:55,120 --> 00:33:58,040
Speaker 1: though I heard some stats that Jalen Hurts is throwing

680
00:33:58,080 --> 00:34:00,440
Speaker 1: for more yards this year than Kyler did last year

681
00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:02,800
Speaker 1: and is also running for more yards than Kyler did

682
00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:06,000
Speaker 1: last year. I know you asked about Lamar, but you

683
00:34:06,040 --> 00:34:08,600
Speaker 1: know Kyler is another good example went one. When you

684
00:34:08,640 --> 00:34:11,840
Speaker 1: watch Jalen Hurts, I think he's helped himself out a lot,

685
00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:15,959
Speaker 1: but he has years of tape of being really, really inaccurate.

686
00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:19,120
Speaker 1: I also think you see he's not quite the runner

687
00:34:19,320 --> 00:34:22,080
Speaker 1: like when you watch Kyler Lamar, they're a little more explosive,

688
00:34:22,120 --> 00:34:24,520
Speaker 1: little faster. Jalen is a little more like a true

689
00:34:24,600 --> 00:34:27,480
Speaker 1: running back, a little slower, but much more physical. I mean,

690
00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:30,200
Speaker 1: still a really good player. I could not draft Jalen

691
00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:33,680
Speaker 1: Hurts in the first round. I probably couldn't. Again, maybe

692
00:34:33,680 --> 00:34:37,120
Speaker 1: I'm jaded because of Alabama and you talk to people

693
00:34:37,160 --> 00:34:40,799
Speaker 1: that go through Oklahoma that maybe they think differently. I

694
00:34:40,920 --> 00:34:45,160
Speaker 1: will be stunned if he goes in the in the

695
00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:50,840
Speaker 1: first round, Absolutely stunned. While the front office, okay, I

696
00:34:50,920 --> 00:34:53,000
Speaker 1: have a question about the Panthers. While the front office

697
00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:54,919
Speaker 1: has to decide what to do between Cam and Kyle,

698
00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:57,600
Speaker 1: Allen McCaffrey has become the best running back in the league.

699
00:34:57,640 --> 00:35:00,000
Speaker 1: I feel like they need to get this quarterback situation

700
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:02,799
Speaker 1: and figure out before they waste CMC's talent. Do you

701
00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:04,880
Speaker 1: think they should move on from Cam and roll with

702
00:35:04,920 --> 00:35:07,640
Speaker 1: Alan or try to draft a quarterback into near future.

703
00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:10,400
Speaker 1: I like the idea of drafting someone because Cam is

704
00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:12,480
Speaker 1: two injury prone and now that Alan seems like he

705
00:35:12,560 --> 00:35:15,520
Speaker 1: can't be more than just a game manager. Well, the

706
00:35:15,560 --> 00:35:17,560
Speaker 1: good part about I think Cam's on I all Right,

707
00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:20,000
Speaker 1: so this season is done, you have the rest of

708
00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:23,959
Speaker 1: this year and you play the Packers this weekend? Right? Uh? Yeah,

709
00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:26,359
Speaker 1: you play the Packers this weekend. What's a big game?

710
00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:28,520
Speaker 1: Talk about that? We'll talk about that a little earlier.

711
00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:31,479
Speaker 1: That you can find out this year, Like, just play

712
00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:33,040
Speaker 1: this year out. If you get ten and six and

713
00:35:33,080 --> 00:35:35,160
Speaker 1: can make a Wild Cards, then Kyle Allen has done

714
00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:37,120
Speaker 1: enough to be your quarterback next year if you end

715
00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:39,000
Speaker 1: up going eight and eight and he kind of ships

716
00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:41,360
Speaker 1: the bed against the Packers like he did against the Niners.

717
00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:43,960
Speaker 1: And then again when you play the Saints and you know,

718
00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:47,040
Speaker 1: you got a draft a guy, and if memory serves

719
00:35:47,080 --> 00:35:50,480
Speaker 1: me correct, didn't they draft Will Greer this year and

720
00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:53,759
Speaker 1: like the fourth or third round? But yeah, I guess

721
00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:55,480
Speaker 1: they could be in the market again. For sure. You

722
00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:58,799
Speaker 1: could always you could always trade Cam, maybe get another pick,

723
00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:01,200
Speaker 1: you know, maybe get a second round pick or something

724
00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:04,160
Speaker 1: and use it on a player. But but I think

725
00:36:04,239 --> 00:36:06,759
Speaker 1: as you sit here in November seven, you have two

726
00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:09,239
Speaker 1: more months of a trial run with Kyle Allen. But

727
00:36:09,320 --> 00:36:11,239
Speaker 1: like you said, you you you not only just have

728
00:36:11,320 --> 00:36:14,040
Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey. You've got DJ Moore, like you've got some

729
00:36:14,080 --> 00:36:17,160
Speaker 1: other players on offense, Samuel that you you can be

730
00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:20,440
Speaker 1: an explosive offense because Christian is so special, Greig Olson

731
00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:23,000
Speaker 1: still playing well, the defense is still solid, Luke still

732
00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:25,520
Speaker 1: one of the best players in the league. That yeah,

733
00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:27,479
Speaker 1: I mean, I think it's not it's just much about

734
00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:29,799
Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey. It's just you need a quarterback to win

735
00:36:29,840 --> 00:36:32,759
Speaker 1: in this league. And if Kyle is good enough to

736
00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:35,440
Speaker 1: just have you compete for the playoffs, could you just

737
00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:38,359
Speaker 1: add more guys, you know, to go along with him

738
00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:41,040
Speaker 1: and have an even better team with him. I think

739
00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:43,239
Speaker 1: you have options. And that's as long as Kyle Allen

740
00:36:43,360 --> 00:36:47,560
Speaker 1: keeps playing solid football, he leaves the options open for you.

741
00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:50,920
Speaker 1: But hev ever starts playing terrible, you know, considering like

742
00:36:52,160 --> 00:36:54,880
Speaker 1: like he ultimately becomes who most people thought he was

743
00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:57,839
Speaker 1: gonna be, just an undrafted free agent, you know, start

744
00:36:57,880 --> 00:36:59,759
Speaker 1: playing poorly, then you just know you have to move on.

745
00:36:59,840 --> 00:37:03,120
Speaker 1: That's probably the worst case scenario. I'm unfortunately a die

746
00:37:03,160 --> 00:37:05,160
Speaker 1: hard Bears fan. It was wondering what your thoughts are

747
00:37:05,160 --> 00:37:07,080
Speaker 1: in the future of Ryan Pace. Should he be fired

748
00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:09,080
Speaker 1: for one of the biggest whiffs in NFL history that

749
00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:11,719
Speaker 1: even a casual fan like myself saw coming. I know

750
00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:13,840
Speaker 1: it's a huge mistake at the most important position, but

751
00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:16,120
Speaker 1: I think he's done a great job building the rest

752
00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:18,319
Speaker 1: of the team outside of Rabinsky. Should the city of

753
00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:23,120
Speaker 1: Chicago give him a second chance? I think one. I

754
00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:26,319
Speaker 1: don't know Ryan Pace. I know people obviously that know him.

755
00:37:26,360 --> 00:37:28,520
Speaker 1: They like him a lot. I've heard he's a super

756
00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:32,320
Speaker 1: high character, great human being, and like you said, minus

757
00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:35,960
Speaker 1: the quarterback, that roster is really really good. Like you

758
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:39,400
Speaker 1: put a top fifteen quarterback on that roster, you'd be

759
00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:41,640
Speaker 1: a playoff team. I think we can all admit that

760
00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:43,960
Speaker 1: right now, you have a bottom five quarterback and you're awful.

761
00:37:44,120 --> 00:37:46,600
Speaker 1: Now the defense hasn't played as well, but the roster

762
00:37:46,719 --> 00:37:51,319
Speaker 1: talent is there. You you get whiffs in football. Now.

763
00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:53,920
Speaker 1: I think that he has to come out at the

764
00:37:53,960 --> 00:37:57,320
Speaker 1: end of the season basically raise his hand and admit

765
00:37:57,640 --> 00:38:02,760
Speaker 1: I whiffed. You have to be candid with your failure.

766
00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:05,840
Speaker 1: If he tries to hide from it, or run from it,

767
00:38:05,960 --> 00:38:08,440
Speaker 1: or pretend like it doesn't happen and not move on

768
00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:12,040
Speaker 1: from Mitch. I got no problem with Chicago screaming for

769
00:38:12,120 --> 00:38:14,400
Speaker 1: him to be fired. I think he deserves more time

770
00:38:14,680 --> 00:38:18,000
Speaker 1: he's getting. He's gonna get more time, but he has

771
00:38:18,080 --> 00:38:21,640
Speaker 1: to admit his wrong and cut Mitch r Biski. You

772
00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:24,320
Speaker 1: cannot roll back next year with Mitch, even at the backup.

773
00:38:24,360 --> 00:38:28,080
Speaker 1: He's not a backup quarterback. Hell, I just keep chasing

774
00:38:28,080 --> 00:38:31,040
Speaker 1: goes signed to some other Cam Newton, Andy Dalton, whoever

775
00:38:31,160 --> 00:38:34,320
Speaker 1: your upgrade is, Philip Rivers, whoever you can get, because

776
00:38:34,320 --> 00:38:36,040
Speaker 1: whoever you can get is gonna be better than Mitch.

777
00:38:36,560 --> 00:38:38,600
Speaker 1: But you gotta move on from Mitch, and I think

778
00:38:38,600 --> 00:38:42,200
Speaker 1: everyone will acknowledge. Listen, you took a swing, you missed.

779
00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:44,920
Speaker 1: It stings a little because we could have had Deshaun Watson.

780
00:38:45,040 --> 00:38:47,920
Speaker 1: But you know you can't cry over spilled milk. It's

781
00:38:47,920 --> 00:38:49,799
Speaker 1: water under the bridge. Let's move on and let's go

782
00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:51,440
Speaker 1: find our quarterback because you've got all these guys in

783
00:38:51,480 --> 00:38:53,239
Speaker 1: your contract coming back next year and the team should

784
00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:56,040
Speaker 1: be pretty talented. So yeah, I I do not think

785
00:38:56,040 --> 00:39:00,400
Speaker 1: he should be fired. But the the absolute key is

786
00:39:00,440 --> 00:39:03,400
Speaker 1: to admit that he whiffed. And we've seen time and

787
00:39:03,440 --> 00:39:08,640
Speaker 1: time again that general managers coaches humans in general. It

788
00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:10,680
Speaker 1: doesn't even have to be out sports can be stubborn

789
00:39:10,719 --> 00:39:13,480
Speaker 1: man And this is a very public job. So you

790
00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:17,080
Speaker 1: cut Mitch Robiski. You are admitting to the world that

791
00:39:17,120 --> 00:39:19,680
Speaker 1: you wiped even though we all know you did. That's

792
00:39:19,840 --> 00:39:21,840
Speaker 1: I think that's easier for us on the outside is

793
00:39:21,960 --> 00:39:23,760
Speaker 1: tell you to do than it actually is for people

794
00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:27,520
Speaker 1: to do. I'm a big time sports fan, but I'm

795
00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:29,400
Speaker 1: a true student of the game, especially with football. I

796
00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:31,080
Speaker 1: coach high school for a few years and I study

797
00:39:31,120 --> 00:39:34,600
Speaker 1: film with NFL game passing college football film alike. I

798
00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:38,280
Speaker 1: currently have a Cushee forty six thousand dollar job at Nashville,

799
00:39:38,280 --> 00:39:41,719
Speaker 1: but I'd love to move back into coaching scouting. Maybe

800
00:39:41,719 --> 00:39:43,759
Speaker 1: this is a personal one I wasn't supposed to read,

801
00:39:43,760 --> 00:39:45,200
Speaker 1: but I'll just keep reading it. Do you have any

802
00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:47,279
Speaker 1: tips for me currently? What are some steps I can

803
00:39:47,280 --> 00:39:49,680
Speaker 1: get back into the industry. I feel like I was

804
00:39:49,719 --> 00:39:51,960
Speaker 1: put on this earth to do. What is a realistic

805
00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:54,080
Speaker 1: option for me and what type of pay is in

806
00:39:54,120 --> 00:39:58,359
Speaker 1: the industry? Pay well, I mean I always recommend when

807
00:39:58,360 --> 00:39:59,879
Speaker 1: people ask, how do you get into scout and get

808
00:39:59,880 --> 00:40:02,160
Speaker 1: an college football and you've already coached in high school.

809
00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:04,560
Speaker 1: Just try to get involved in college, you know, whether

810
00:40:04,600 --> 00:40:06,680
Speaker 1: it's just in you know, sometimes it sucks. You gotta

811
00:40:06,680 --> 00:40:08,520
Speaker 1: be like an unpaid assistant just to get your foot

812
00:40:08,520 --> 00:40:10,360
Speaker 1: in the door. You can ever get your foot in

813
00:40:10,400 --> 00:40:12,880
Speaker 1: the door, you'll have a chance to be seen by people.

814
00:40:13,400 --> 00:40:15,400
Speaker 1: And I'd say the most powerful thing about the the

815
00:40:15,440 --> 00:40:19,319
Speaker 1: professional football in college and definitely in the pros if

816
00:40:19,360 --> 00:40:21,440
Speaker 1: you just get your foot in the door with the team.

817
00:40:21,840 --> 00:40:23,560
Speaker 1: I just got my foot in the door with the

818
00:40:23,600 --> 00:40:26,600
Speaker 1: two thousand ten Eagles. Well it turns out Brett Veach

819
00:40:26,719 --> 00:40:29,600
Speaker 1: was there, Lewis Riddick was there, Phillips, Phil Savage was there,

820
00:40:29,640 --> 00:40:32,280
Speaker 1: Howe Roseman was there, Andy Reid was there, Sean McDermott

821
00:40:32,320 --> 00:40:34,719
Speaker 1: was there, Matt Naggie was there, Doug Peterson was there.

822
00:40:35,239 --> 00:40:36,800
Speaker 1: I didn't know any of those guys. I mean, I

823
00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:38,480
Speaker 1: knew who Andy Reid was, but I didn't know the

824
00:40:38,480 --> 00:40:40,880
Speaker 1: rest of them. And you just never know. Same thing

825
00:40:40,880 --> 00:40:43,040
Speaker 1: with college football. When I got involved in college football,

826
00:40:43,080 --> 00:40:44,960
Speaker 1: I had guys like Doug nust Meyer, who's now the

827
00:40:44,960 --> 00:40:48,440
Speaker 1: tight end coach at uh AT for the Cowboys who

828
00:40:48,560 --> 00:40:51,280
Speaker 1: was on our staff. We had several players that played

829
00:40:51,280 --> 00:40:53,600
Speaker 1: in the league. We have some players now that are

830
00:40:53,640 --> 00:40:57,320
Speaker 1: coaching around college football. You just it's a powerful sport

831
00:40:57,360 --> 00:41:00,520
Speaker 1: because it's like a It's like a spider web that

832
00:41:00,719 --> 00:41:04,279
Speaker 1: spreads so quickly and has so many connections, and you

833
00:41:04,320 --> 00:41:07,400
Speaker 1: can always connect back to the one part of the

834
00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:09,920
Speaker 1: web where you started and you just got to get

835
00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:11,640
Speaker 1: your foot in the door. So if you really want

836
00:41:11,680 --> 00:41:14,880
Speaker 1: to coach, uh, just just do whatever you have to

837
00:41:14,920 --> 00:41:17,680
Speaker 1: do to get If you're in Nashville, Tennessee, go you know, Vanderbilt,

838
00:41:17,680 --> 00:41:19,560
Speaker 1: if they fired Derek Mason, whoever they bring in the

839
00:41:19,600 --> 00:41:21,920
Speaker 1: next coach, go down to the football office, you know,

840
00:41:21,960 --> 00:41:23,680
Speaker 1: in like February, and it's be like, I want in.

841
00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:27,040
Speaker 1: I'll do whatever you need me to do. And just

842
00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:29,080
Speaker 1: as they say no, just come back the next day

843
00:41:29,120 --> 00:41:31,720
Speaker 1: and say I won't take no for an answer. I'm serious.

844
00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:34,680
Speaker 1: I mean I've done stuff like that before. I mean

845
00:41:34,719 --> 00:41:36,840
Speaker 1: it doesn't always work, but sometimes that might lead to

846
00:41:36,880 --> 00:41:39,840
Speaker 1: something else. The problem with the Jaguars going to London

847
00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:42,279
Speaker 1: is that every away game would be a major away game.

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Speaker 1: Imagine going from London to Dallas and back eleven hour

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Speaker 1: flight rough. There's a reason there's a bye week before

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Speaker 1: teams that travel. It would be brutal. I agree when

851
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Speaker 1: when I gave my uh my theory of moving the

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Speaker 1: Jacks to London, it's there are holes in the theory,

853
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Speaker 1: and there are holes in my plan just having a

854
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Speaker 1: team being over there full time because the travel is deep.

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Speaker 1: What about when you know, if the Jaguars, let's say

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Speaker 1: they moved to London and they're in the f C East,

857
00:42:09,200 --> 00:42:11,760
Speaker 1: what about when the f C East plays the NFC West,

858
00:42:12,360 --> 00:42:14,359
Speaker 1: and yeah, you get to home games, but you also

859
00:42:14,400 --> 00:42:17,960
Speaker 1: got to play between the four of them, the Cardinals, Seattle,

860
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Speaker 1: l A and San Francisco. There's no there's no disputing

861
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Speaker 1: that the travel would be a mother but it's pretty

862
00:42:25,400 --> 00:42:27,600
Speaker 1: clear that the league sniffing around over there. So I'm

863
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Speaker 1: just trying to get ahead of it. I'm not saying

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Speaker 1: there aren't holes in the theory. I fully understand time

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Speaker 1: travel and how far you know, six hours from New York,

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Speaker 1: like you said, seven and a half probably from Dallas,

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Speaker 1: or eight from Dallas. Eleven maybe eleven from Dallas. It's

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Speaker 1: eleven both ways. I don't know. I've never even been

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00:42:45,320 --> 00:42:47,759
Speaker 1: to London, been to Spain a long way away, So

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Speaker 1: I I get that, but I I think we're headed

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00:42:50,719 --> 00:42:53,640
Speaker 1: that way. I I really do. Or maybe we're headed

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Speaker 1: to a place where we just do a London game

873
00:42:56,239 --> 00:43:01,200
Speaker 1: for like eight straight weeks and we just rotate. I

874
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Speaker 1: love the podcast Founding through the Herd thing on the

875
00:43:03,640 --> 00:43:07,000
Speaker 1: weekly or okay, thanks Bro. Is Baker's career salvageable at

876
00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:09,560
Speaker 1: this point? Yeah? I mean, come on, guys, it's year

877
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Speaker 1: one and a half. I understand that he has been

878
00:43:12,080 --> 00:43:14,600
Speaker 1: a skilled, accurate pastor from most of his career, but

879
00:43:14,680 --> 00:43:16,799
Speaker 1: I just can't imagine someone who appears to have such

880
00:43:16,840 --> 00:43:20,400
Speaker 1: a little self awareness struggles with maturity and stuck to this.

881
00:43:20,560 --> 00:43:22,920
Speaker 1: I'm Baker, and I won't change mentality appears to be

882
00:43:22,960 --> 00:43:25,680
Speaker 1: a recipe for disaster. But maybe I'm not seeing the

883
00:43:25,680 --> 00:43:30,120
Speaker 1: whole picture. I don't even think that's arguable right now. Baker,

884
00:43:31,160 --> 00:43:35,560
Speaker 1: his his at arrogance probably the wrong word, but his

885
00:43:35,680 --> 00:43:38,840
Speaker 1: stubbornness with this is my way or the highway is

886
00:43:38,920 --> 00:43:42,280
Speaker 1: killing him. And listen tonight. You know, if you're listening,

887
00:43:42,360 --> 00:43:45,800
Speaker 1: you're over thirty years old. I just turned thirty five,

888
00:43:45,960 --> 00:43:49,680
Speaker 1: I mean ten years ago, when I was twenty five. Actually,

889
00:43:49,760 --> 00:43:54,399
Speaker 1: probably more arrogant cocky now. I was much more I

890
00:43:54,480 --> 00:43:57,000
Speaker 1: was more immature then, but I was much more willing

891
00:43:57,040 --> 00:44:00,239
Speaker 1: to keep my mouth shut. And I think it's just

892
00:44:00,320 --> 00:44:02,920
Speaker 1: kind of you are, kind of who you are. Uh.

893
00:44:02,960 --> 00:44:07,399
Speaker 1: And in fairness to him, his cockiness was created and

894
00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:10,680
Speaker 1: there was substance behind it. He went to Oklahoma, he

895
00:44:10,760 --> 00:44:13,600
Speaker 1: earned a scholarship. He was a three year starter. They

896
00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:15,880
Speaker 1: went to the playoffs twice. He then was the number

897
00:44:15,880 --> 00:44:19,120
Speaker 1: one pick in the draft. Everyone in Cleveland when lebron

898
00:44:19,200 --> 00:44:22,759
Speaker 1: Laft got on their knees and basically gave this guy,

899
00:44:23,800 --> 00:44:26,239
Speaker 1: please save us, you know, I mean, they treated this

900
00:44:26,280 --> 00:44:28,880
Speaker 1: guy like king. So he he thinks the way he

901
00:44:28,920 --> 00:44:33,319
Speaker 1: acts is right. Right. It's like if if you do

902
00:44:33,440 --> 00:44:35,640
Speaker 1: something wrong when you're a little kid and no one

903
00:44:35,680 --> 00:44:37,960
Speaker 1: tells you that it's wrong, you don't know the difference.

904
00:44:38,680 --> 00:44:42,120
Speaker 1: It's like when a dog choose your shoe until you

905
00:44:42,160 --> 00:44:44,000
Speaker 1: get mad at your dog or scold your dog when

906
00:44:44,040 --> 00:44:46,799
Speaker 1: they're young for doing that. They don't know that they're

907
00:44:46,800 --> 00:44:49,759
Speaker 1: just chewing. Because they're chewing, they chew right. And and

908
00:44:49,840 --> 00:44:51,719
Speaker 1: some dogs you can yell at them all you want,

909
00:44:51,719 --> 00:44:54,719
Speaker 1: they're still gonna chew the shoe. So There's a chance

910
00:44:54,719 --> 00:44:58,720
Speaker 1: that Baker Mayfield's mentality may never change, but it's definitely

911
00:44:58,719 --> 00:45:00,759
Speaker 1: gonna take some legit fail year. I think for him

912
00:45:00,840 --> 00:45:04,560
Speaker 1: to change. He just he's makes too much money. He's

913
00:45:05,920 --> 00:45:08,960
Speaker 1: he's never really taken heat up until this year. Now,

914
00:45:09,040 --> 00:45:12,040
Speaker 1: maybe the heat and the pressure will get to him.

915
00:45:12,080 --> 00:45:16,080
Speaker 1: But I don't know. I I'm pretty concerned. I got

916
00:45:16,120 --> 00:45:19,040
Speaker 1: a pretty big red flag on Baker Mayfield. I'm a

917
00:45:19,080 --> 00:45:21,160
Speaker 1: Bears fan who feels like his parents are going through

918
00:45:21,160 --> 00:45:23,799
Speaker 1: a divorce. Mitch and Naggy could be not worse. Matt

919
00:45:23,880 --> 00:45:25,600
Speaker 1: could be a not a worse match for each other.

920
00:45:25,880 --> 00:45:28,040
Speaker 1: Mitch would benefit greatly from being in an offense like

921
00:45:28,080 --> 00:45:30,400
Speaker 1: the forty Niners Ravens or the Seahawks days when they

922
00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:32,440
Speaker 1: were play calling in a run heavy quarterback that doesn't

923
00:45:32,440 --> 00:45:35,320
Speaker 1: have to think much. Is it possible reasonable for Naggy

924
00:45:35,400 --> 00:45:38,840
Speaker 1: to transform the offense to be more like Kyle's side?

925
00:45:38,880 --> 00:45:42,040
Speaker 1: Note Watson or Mahomes would be sweet with Naggy. I

926
00:45:42,080 --> 00:45:45,280
Speaker 1: think Kyle would hate m R Whisky. I think Kyle

927
00:45:45,320 --> 00:45:48,680
Speaker 1: would despise Mr Whisky. Mr Whisky is not an accurate quarterback.

928
00:45:49,280 --> 00:45:51,440
Speaker 1: He has no clue where the balls are going on

929
00:45:51,600 --> 00:45:54,680
Speaker 1: Kyle's plays on the play action stuff. I I agree

930
00:45:54,719 --> 00:45:57,120
Speaker 1: Matt needs to run some more under center stuff with Mitch.

931
00:45:57,600 --> 00:45:59,239
Speaker 1: But just because you go under center, you turn your

932
00:45:59,280 --> 00:46:01,320
Speaker 1: back and the play action you turn around, you eventually

933
00:46:01,360 --> 00:46:05,000
Speaker 1: got to hit somebody. And Mitch has guys open every

934
00:46:05,080 --> 00:46:08,440
Speaker 1: game and he's airmailing them by thirty feet. I think

935
00:46:08,480 --> 00:46:11,440
Speaker 1: Kyle would want to strangle him. I get in theory.

936
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Speaker 1: You think, well, Kyle, you know every offense he did. Yeah,

937
00:46:14,680 --> 00:46:17,040
Speaker 1: he deals with a lot of accurate passers, and Mitch

938
00:46:17,120 --> 00:46:21,000
Speaker 1: has been very, very inaccurate of late. I'm telling you

939
00:46:21,360 --> 00:46:25,359
Speaker 1: Jimmy Garoppolo was driving Kyle nuts. I think Kyle Kyle

940
00:46:25,360 --> 00:46:32,080
Speaker 1: would have cut Mitch Robisky like three weeks ago. Uh.

941
00:46:32,200 --> 00:46:34,960
Speaker 1: I'm a sport management student at the University of Cincinnati.

942
00:46:35,000 --> 00:46:37,400
Speaker 1: Would love to get into football front office. What should

943
00:46:37,400 --> 00:46:40,680
Speaker 1: I do to try to get in with the Bengals. Well,

944
00:46:40,719 --> 00:46:43,920
Speaker 1: it's you know, here's the positive. I think they got

945
00:46:43,960 --> 00:46:48,759
Speaker 1: two scouts so that the the scouting department is then

946
00:46:50,480 --> 00:46:53,239
Speaker 1: in all sincerity, I would just show up at the

947
00:46:53,280 --> 00:46:56,000
Speaker 1: office and just asked to talk with I think Dick

948
00:46:56,080 --> 00:46:59,080
Speaker 1: Toben is their general manager or Mike Brown show up.

949
00:46:59,800 --> 00:47:01,879
Speaker 1: I mean as crazy as that to just show up

950
00:47:02,560 --> 00:47:05,360
Speaker 1: and say I want in, I want to volunteer. I

951
00:47:05,440 --> 00:47:08,720
Speaker 1: have worked at UH Sports Management. I'll do whatever it takes.

952
00:47:09,360 --> 00:47:13,319
Speaker 1: I'll get your coffee, I'll I'll do whatever you need

953
00:47:13,320 --> 00:47:16,520
Speaker 1: me to do. It doesn't matter. You want me to

954
00:47:16,560 --> 00:47:19,520
Speaker 1: like carry the footballs out to practice, you want me

955
00:47:19,600 --> 00:47:22,520
Speaker 1: to log in the hit tapes, whatever you need me

956
00:47:22,600 --> 00:47:24,600
Speaker 1: to do, I'll do. Now you might have to say

957
00:47:24,600 --> 00:47:27,799
Speaker 1: I'll do it for free, but it might be your end. Now,

958
00:47:27,800 --> 00:47:29,520
Speaker 1: you gotta be careful, Mike Brown. He might let you

959
00:47:29,520 --> 00:47:31,920
Speaker 1: work for free for a while, but I would I

960
00:47:31,920 --> 00:47:35,080
Speaker 1: would highly recommend just showing up. Someone in business told

961
00:47:35,080 --> 00:47:37,879
Speaker 1: me that a long time ago, and for the most part,

962
00:47:37,960 --> 00:47:40,000
Speaker 1: in the jobs I have, I never had to do

963
00:47:40,080 --> 00:47:42,320
Speaker 1: that until on my other podcast when I had to

964
00:47:42,360 --> 00:47:46,000
Speaker 1: start selling ads, and I work with some ad agency,

965
00:47:46,080 --> 00:47:47,480
Speaker 1: so a lot of them. M It's not in person,

966
00:47:47,520 --> 00:47:50,680
Speaker 1: but I've scored some deals just from showing up. I'm

967
00:47:50,719 --> 00:47:52,960
Speaker 1: just telling you, and I know a lot of stories

968
00:47:52,960 --> 00:47:55,840
Speaker 1: of people that got into football by just knocking on

969
00:47:55,880 --> 00:47:58,480
Speaker 1: the door, knocking on the coach's door, knocking on the

970
00:47:58,480 --> 00:48:02,000
Speaker 1: GMS door, sending ters. I would say, like, that's a

971
00:48:02,000 --> 00:48:03,799
Speaker 1: little old school sending letters. I don't know if that

972
00:48:03,840 --> 00:48:07,680
Speaker 1: works as much anymore. And sending emails. We all know

973
00:48:07,719 --> 00:48:10,520
Speaker 1: how many spam emails you get. I think you're better

974
00:48:10,520 --> 00:48:13,960
Speaker 1: off just showing up and just just relentlessly showing up.

975
00:48:14,239 --> 00:48:17,799
Speaker 1: That that would be my advice. Don't be a stalker, though,

976
00:48:17,840 --> 00:48:21,280
Speaker 1: but toe the line, get right there on the fence

977
00:48:21,320 --> 00:48:22,960
Speaker 1: of like is this guy a stoker or is this

978
00:48:22,960 --> 00:48:26,520
Speaker 1: guy desperate for a job? And people appreciate that stuff,

979
00:48:26,560 --> 00:48:29,479
Speaker 1: they really do, especially in the football world. These people

980
00:48:29,480 --> 00:48:31,560
Speaker 1: are nuts. And then they just want people that are

981
00:48:31,560 --> 00:48:34,040
Speaker 1: committed and will do whatever it takes if you show

982
00:48:34,080 --> 00:48:36,000
Speaker 1: them you'll do whatever it takes. Just show up every

983
00:48:36,040 --> 00:48:38,480
Speaker 1: day until you can speak to someone and then you

984
00:48:38,520 --> 00:48:42,520
Speaker 1: get your shot. Throw your haymaker, not literally at the guy,

985
00:48:42,600 --> 00:48:45,440
Speaker 1: but just your your best, whatever you got, whatever pictures

986
00:48:45,480 --> 00:48:47,759
Speaker 1: you got, throw them if you ever get a chance

987
00:48:47,800 --> 00:48:50,000
Speaker 1: talk to somebody. But that would be my advice. Appreciate

988
00:48:50,040 --> 00:48:52,480
Speaker 1: everyone listening. Been a fun week, looking forward to l

989
00:48:52,560 --> 00:48:55,120
Speaker 1: s U Alabama. That's that game is gonna be sweet.

990
00:48:55,719 --> 00:48:57,399
Speaker 1: Who would have thought the Raiders of five and four?

991
00:48:57,480 --> 00:49:00,200
Speaker 1: But but here we are three and out podcast. Tell

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Speaker 1: all your friends audios have a great weekend seem