WEBVTT - Not So Fast Episode 7 0:00:01.270 --> 0:00:05.220 Welcome to Not So Fast with Andrew Perloff and Paul Pabst, 0:00:05.440 --> 0:00:08.740 where two longtime friends challenge each other on the biggest 0:00:08.780 --> 0:00:10.100 sports stories of the day. 0:00:10.119 --> 0:00:12.640 Here's Andrew Perloff and Paul Pabst. 0:00:13.540 --> 0:00:14.660 Not so fast, my friends. 0:00:17.079 --> 0:00:21.390 Welcome to Not So Fast. I'm Andrew Perloff. He's Paul Pabst. Paul, 0:00:21.650 --> 0:00:22.370 we made it. 0:00:22.470 --> 0:00:24.970 The NFL season is here. We got a Wednesday Night 0:00:24.989 --> 0:00:27.960 Football at WNF. We love it. NBC. We got a 0:00:28.000 --> 0:00:29.880 football on the set. I think they only sent one 0:00:29.900 --> 0:00:30.590 of one to us. 0:00:31.050 --> 0:00:33.870 I'm not sure about that, Paul. I've seen others. You know, 0:00:33.970 --> 0:00:36.770 here's the point. Mike Tirico, Chris Collinsworth, our good buddies 0:00:36.810 --> 0:00:38.370 are going to be in our house tonight. Right. 0:00:38.409 --> 0:00:40.199 They don't know we're good friends. We think of them 0:00:40.229 --> 0:00:41.879 as good friends. They kind of know who we are. 0:00:42.060 --> 0:00:46.780 Yeah, Patriots-Seahawks tonight, 820 Eastern. Paul, why does this matchup 0:00:46.800 --> 0:00:48.940 feel a little different than some opening nights? 0:00:49.000 --> 0:00:51.680 Well, Seattle's most interesting defending Super Bowl champ, maybe of 0:00:51.760 --> 0:00:54.660 all time, is that they're still fighting for respect. Usually 0:00:54.680 --> 0:00:56.820 that ends when you win the Super Bowl, especially in 0:00:56.860 --> 0:00:59.370 dominant fashion. And the Seahawks last year, they weren't some 0:00:59.470 --> 0:01:02.250 fluky team. They weren't like they lucked in or they 0:01:02.310 --> 0:01:04.309 won it on a fluke. And there still seems like 0:01:04.330 --> 0:01:08.030 they're battling the Rams, the Cowboys, and others for relevancy. 0:01:08.360 --> 0:01:11.300 Well, yes, but I'd say they don't get back. I'd 0:01:11.319 --> 0:01:12.820 say that neither of these teams get back. Let me 0:01:12.840 --> 0:01:15.880 give you some numbers, Paul. Okay, Super Bowl winner, about 25% 0:01:15.880 --> 0:01:17.959 make it to the Super Bowl the following year, and 0:01:18.060 --> 0:01:21.160 half of those teams win. That's only about 13%. And 0:01:21.180 --> 0:01:24.360 the Super Bowl loser, only 14% of them make it back. 0:01:24.400 --> 0:01:26.060 You know, you heard about the Super Bowl losing jinx. 0:01:26.480 --> 0:01:28.220 You look at Seattle and New England, a lot of 0:01:28.240 --> 0:01:31.240 people are making picks. I'm seeing some Seattle, not a 0:01:31.260 --> 0:01:33.840 lot of New England. But still, you're right. The Seahawks 0:01:33.900 --> 0:01:34.560 are not feared. 0:01:34.700 --> 0:01:36.990 I'm going to stat you back. The Seahawks weren't fluky. 0:01:37.110 --> 0:01:40.330 In 2025, the regular season, the Seahawks outscored their opponents 0:01:40.630 --> 0:01:44.530 by 191 points. That's the most point differential in all 0:01:44.550 --> 0:01:46.970 of professional football. That's not a fluke. And look at 0:01:47.030 --> 0:01:49.160 where they are in the odds. They're fourth, which is 0:01:49.780 --> 0:01:53.150 lightly respectable. But do you think it's because... The Seahawks 0:01:53.210 --> 0:01:55.270 didn't make a big splash in the offseason. Not a 0:01:55.310 --> 0:01:57.430 lot of changes. I know they let Ken Walker go, 0:01:57.490 --> 0:02:00.410 but they are a drama-free Super Bowl team. 0:02:01.670 --> 0:02:04.380 No, I don't think so. Because you have to look 0:02:04.400 --> 0:02:06.100 at how they got there last year. They beat a 0:02:06.140 --> 0:02:09.740 Patriots team that, in my opinion, probably was a year ahead. 0:02:09.760 --> 0:02:11.019 It shouldn't have been that year. 0:02:11.240 --> 0:02:12.620 I do agree with that. I think you've got a 0:02:12.639 --> 0:02:15.730 good point. They didn't have to beat the Bills, the Chiefs, 0:02:16.050 --> 0:02:17.430 or the Ravens to win that Super Bowl. 0:02:17.669 --> 0:02:19.669 And what else happens to Super Bowl teams? They lose 0:02:19.690 --> 0:02:21.530 their coordinators, and I know you think this is a 0:02:21.570 --> 0:02:24.130 big deal. They lost Clint Kubiak, who was running the 0:02:24.190 --> 0:02:27.340 offense with Sam Darnold. We'll see how much that hurts. 0:02:27.620 --> 0:02:29.340 It's hurt a lot of the past Super Bowl winners. 0:02:29.400 --> 0:02:30.660 It's certainly hurt my Eagles. 0:02:30.840 --> 0:02:33.480 Okay, but Sam Darnold, does he factor in this at all? 0:02:33.540 --> 0:02:36.940 Because people like, don't love, nationally, Sam Darnold, even after 0:02:37.000 --> 0:02:38.200 leading a team to a Super Bowl. 0:02:38.480 --> 0:02:42.210 Yeah, I mean, we've seen Sam Darnold with questionable offensive coordinators. 0:02:42.250 --> 0:02:45.850 He's not the same quarterback. Everything was working perfectly last year. 0:02:46.900 --> 0:02:48.820 I like the Seahawks a lot. I agree, by the way. 0:02:48.860 --> 0:02:49.940 I think they're going to have a chip on their 0:02:49.960 --> 0:02:54.700 shoulder because of this disrespect, and they are a solid team. But, again, 0:02:54.720 --> 0:02:57.620 it feels like the Rams are the defending champions or 0:02:57.650 --> 0:03:00.050 the Seahawks are the upstart team when that's not the case. 0:03:00.130 --> 0:03:02.610 I'm a premature warm take you here, and Sam Darnold 0:03:02.650 --> 0:03:06.130 reminds me of Joe Montana from the stance of his coolness, 0:03:06.210 --> 0:03:09.150 his calmness. Joe Montana didn't put up monster stats. He 0:03:09.190 --> 0:03:11.429 was more of a guy who just pinpoint, ran a 0:03:11.450 --> 0:03:14.419 little bit, passed really well, but just kept winning. Now, 0:03:14.560 --> 0:03:17.120 it's really early to make any Montana comparisons with him, 0:03:17.450 --> 0:03:20.739 but demeanor-wise, I think Darnold has a little Montana in him. 0:03:21.970 --> 0:03:23.250 That's a little too warm for me. I'm going to 0:03:23.290 --> 0:03:25.810 say that's outright hot. Sam Darnold, Joe Montana? 0:03:25.830 --> 0:03:28.810 I'm not retracting, but what I'm saying is he is cool. 0:03:28.910 --> 0:03:32.000 He's entered that zone where he's trustworthy. Is he going 0:03:32.020 --> 0:03:34.300 to go left and throw 70 yards across his body? 0:03:34.340 --> 0:03:35.620 You're never going to see those highlights. 0:03:35.780 --> 0:03:38.540 I think Steve Young actually makes more sense because Steve 0:03:38.600 --> 0:03:41.490 Young took forever to reach that elite level Sam Darnold, 0:03:41.510 --> 0:03:43.150 the early part of his career, was not good, just 0:03:43.170 --> 0:03:44.050 like Steve Young was. 0:03:44.350 --> 0:03:46.850 Did you just out-warm take me by doubling down and 0:03:46.890 --> 0:03:49.930 saying not just Joe Montana, but now Steve Young comparisons? 0:03:49.950 --> 0:03:51.690 Yeah, I totally topped you there. 0:03:51.770 --> 0:03:53.190 You can tell we don't rehearse this show. 0:03:53.770 --> 0:03:56.600 Meanwhile, New England, you know, listen, they beat last year, 0:03:56.640 --> 0:03:59.460 they beat the Chargers. Chargers never win the playoffs. They 0:03:59.500 --> 0:04:02.520 beat the Texans, CJ Stroud, terribly. And then they beat 0:04:02.540 --> 0:04:04.780 the Broncos with a backup quarterback in the playoffs to 0:04:04.880 --> 0:04:08.370 reach the Super Bowl, struggle in the Super Bowl. I mean, 0:04:08.390 --> 0:04:10.650 everyone is kind of back for New England. The key players, 0:04:10.690 --> 0:04:13.290 they have their coaches back. But still, there are a 0:04:13.310 --> 0:04:15.170 lot of questions about it as far as, like, Super 0:04:15.210 --> 0:04:17.450 Bowl repeat. It's hard to see. I went through. 0:04:17.470 --> 0:04:19.330 There's this website. You could look at all the experts' 0:04:19.390 --> 0:04:21.940 picks before the season. And I found two out of, like, 0:04:21.940 --> 0:04:25.100 60 that had the AFC title game with the Patriots 0:04:25.120 --> 0:04:27.500 in it. Nobody loves the Patriots at all. I think 0:04:27.540 --> 0:04:30.260 they think, yeah, they overachieved a little bit last year. 0:04:30.300 --> 0:04:33.599 Drake Bay a little ahead of schedule. But they added A.J. Brown. 0:04:33.740 --> 0:04:36.460 They added some other tools. They actually have a little 0:04:36.480 --> 0:04:39.130 bit better of a roster than last year I do think, 0:04:39.170 --> 0:04:40.810 and I don't want to get into the offseason, but 0:04:40.830 --> 0:04:44.099 I think the offseason messy stuff around the Patriots distracted 0:04:44.140 --> 0:04:46.220 the media from that they're a quality football team. 0:04:46.540 --> 0:04:47.740 You mean the Mike Vrabel stuff? 0:04:47.839 --> 0:04:49.220 Yeah, you said it, not me. 0:04:49.460 --> 0:04:51.220 I would just say it. I mean, also people are 0:04:51.240 --> 0:04:53.760 talking about their harder schedule. That's a big storyline. I 0:04:53.790 --> 0:04:56.010 don't think the Vrabel messiness stuff matters because you look 0:04:56.029 --> 0:04:58.070 at every great team, they have messiness. Maybe not with 0:04:58.089 --> 0:04:58.490 the head coach. 0:04:58.510 --> 0:05:00.070 I don't think it actually matters on the field, but 0:05:00.089 --> 0:05:01.130 it mattered with the coverage. 0:05:01.370 --> 0:05:04.050 Yeah, I mean, listen, I like the Patriots a lot 0:05:04.089 --> 0:05:05.650 this year, but we're going to do our Super Bowl 0:05:05.680 --> 0:05:08.070 picks later. When you look at their schedule this year, 0:05:08.330 --> 0:05:09.970 it is a lot harder to pick them than it 0:05:10.029 --> 0:05:12.089 was last year. And they still have Buffalo looming in 0:05:12.110 --> 0:05:12.650 the AFC East. 0:05:12.710 --> 0:05:15.180 We did mention this yesterday. The Patriots finished with Jets 0:05:15.660 --> 0:05:18.240 and Dolphins in two of their last three. That could 0:05:18.279 --> 0:05:19.880 help if it's dicey getting into the playoffs. 0:05:20.339 --> 0:05:22.740 Yeah, so you don't have any faith in the Jets 0:05:22.800 --> 0:05:23.320 and the Dolphins? 0:05:23.620 --> 0:05:24.979 I'm going to say no. That's a hard no. That's 0:05:25.020 --> 0:05:26.690 not even a warm take. That's a cold take. All right, 0:05:26.700 --> 0:05:29.890 let's get to it. The Patrick Mahomes situation is all set. 0:05:29.990 --> 0:05:32.690 He will start Monday Night Football against the Broncos, according 0:05:32.730 --> 0:05:35.310 to Andy Reid. You said at one point you may 0:05:35.370 --> 0:05:38.300 hold him back. I also am concerned with Patrick Holmes 0:05:38.360 --> 0:05:41.490 going against the, at worst, second-best pass rush in the league. 0:05:42.089 --> 0:05:45.710 Would you be worried? Do you expect a different-looking Mahomes 0:05:46.150 --> 0:05:47.930 Monday night and maybe the first month of the season? 0:05:48.110 --> 0:05:50.510 Well, Mahomes knows how to play conservatively. He usually only 0:05:50.589 --> 0:05:52.830 runs in the playoffs and in the fourth quarter when 0:05:52.870 --> 0:05:54.470 they need it. So he is not going to put 0:05:54.490 --> 0:05:57.290 himself out there. But here's a guy you just don't 0:05:57.310 --> 0:06:01.520 count out. Remember... The Super Bowl against the Eagles in Arizona, 0:06:01.820 --> 0:06:03.820 he was limping at halftime. Then he came out in 0:06:03.839 --> 0:06:06.159 the second half and completely shredded the Eagles. 0:06:06.200 --> 0:06:06.540 Great point. 0:06:06.960 --> 0:06:10.200 I just think that Patrick Mahomes defies all logic. And 0:06:10.279 --> 0:06:12.039 everyone's sort of counting them out. It says the weapons 0:06:12.100 --> 0:06:14.860 around him aren't great. But the weapons after Tyreek Hill 0:06:14.880 --> 0:06:18.340 left have never been great. It's Patrick Mahomes. And, no, 0:06:18.480 --> 0:06:20.200 I don't question him at all. I think he'll figure 0:06:20.220 --> 0:06:21.260 out the health and be effective. 0:06:21.339 --> 0:06:24.780 Any concern about guys who are kind of semi-proven? Xavier Worthy? 0:06:24.800 --> 0:06:24.880 Nope. 0:06:25.160 --> 0:06:25.860 Rasheed Rice? 0:06:25.940 --> 0:06:26.160 Nope. 0:06:26.680 --> 0:06:28.219 Travis Kelsey? No worries. 0:06:28.810 --> 0:06:31.030 I have no worries. I have no worries. If Mahomes 0:06:31.089 --> 0:06:33.570 is healthy and Andy Reid is the head coach, I 0:06:33.589 --> 0:06:35.630 think that the reason we even know those names are 0:06:35.670 --> 0:06:36.390 because of Mahomes. 0:06:36.510 --> 0:06:38.589 Do you see them pivoting a little bit towards leaning 0:06:38.630 --> 0:06:40.230 towards the running game, maybe at the first half of 0:06:40.250 --> 0:06:42.669 the season or in playoff games, to spend money on 0:06:42.810 --> 0:06:45.710 Kenneth Walker, the artist formerly known as Kenneth Walker III, 0:06:45.750 --> 0:06:48.159 now Ken Walker? That seems like a pivot to me, 0:06:48.240 --> 0:06:50.040 that they're saying, we're going to run the ball and 0:06:50.200 --> 0:06:53.120 focus it to make Mahomes less of a target. 0:06:53.260 --> 0:06:55.640 No, that's a great point. They've been near the bottom 0:06:55.660 --> 0:06:57.620 of the league in explosive runs the last few years. 0:06:58.029 --> 0:07:00.530 Hopefully for them, Ken Walker can get a few going. 0:07:00.589 --> 0:07:02.409 Explosive runs, only good in football. 0:07:02.550 --> 0:07:04.900 All right, we're going to do predictions throughout the show today, 0:07:04.920 --> 0:07:06.760 and we're going to start with a couple of awards. 0:07:06.779 --> 0:07:09.240 We're going to do all the awards. We're going to start, Paul, 0:07:09.540 --> 0:07:12.610 with the O-Poi and the D-Poi, the Offensive Player of 0:07:12.630 --> 0:07:14.600 the Year and the Defensive Player of the Year. Why 0:07:14.620 --> 0:07:16.500 don't you get us going with Offensive Player of the Year? 0:07:16.520 --> 0:07:18.619 We have to start with the caveat that the Offensive 0:07:18.660 --> 0:07:20.460 Player of the Year and the Defensive Player of the Year, 0:07:20.560 --> 0:07:24.670 the OPOY is always a non-quarterback who overachieves. Not always, 0:07:24.710 --> 0:07:26.610 but most. Almost always. If you're a running back or 0:07:26.650 --> 0:07:28.930 wide receiver, it's very hard to win the MVP. Look 0:07:28.970 --> 0:07:32.370 at the odds. Jameer Gibbs, B. John Robinson, neither won 0:07:32.390 --> 0:07:36.470 it last year. Chase, Puka, Jefferson, all the usual suspects. 0:07:37.030 --> 0:07:40.360 Jonathan Taylor in there, he's kind of a quiet assassin there. 0:07:40.980 --> 0:07:42.760 That seems to be the cutoff point of people who 0:07:42.780 --> 0:07:45.040 can win it. I will go first. I gave this 0:07:45.080 --> 0:07:46.850 a lot of thought, a lot of thought last night, 0:07:47.110 --> 0:07:49.230 and then I did the thing. I stopped thinking because 0:07:49.250 --> 0:07:51.270 thinking gets me in trouble when I pick. I went obvious. 0:07:51.650 --> 0:07:54.290 Jameer Gibbs and here's why from the Lions. Jameer Gibbs 0:07:54.310 --> 0:07:56.430 is under contract. He got the big new deal, and 0:07:56.450 --> 0:07:58.350 they have less depth at running back. They're kind of 0:07:58.450 --> 0:08:00.880 spotty at the running back position. There's no more David 0:08:00.920 --> 0:08:04.100 Montgomery to thunder and lightning that offense. It's all Jameer 0:08:04.120 --> 0:08:07.119 Gibbs all the time. He's a sure thing. He's entering 0:08:07.160 --> 0:08:09.160 his prime as a running back. I could see one 0:08:09.200 --> 0:08:13.020 of those 2,400 yards of all-purpose rushing and receiving seasons 0:08:13.330 --> 0:08:14.770 and cruising to the Opoy. 0:08:14.950 --> 0:08:16.600 Are you a little worried about the wear and tear 0:08:16.650 --> 0:08:18.600 on him now that he won't have as much help 0:08:18.620 --> 0:08:18.840 to share? 0:08:18.880 --> 0:08:21.500 Not yet, but this is when you use him. He's 0:08:21.560 --> 0:08:24.300 completely under contract. You have three years to get a 0:08:24.320 --> 0:08:25.200 Super Bowl with this guy. 0:08:25.620 --> 0:08:29.400 Okay. I am also going a non-quarterback, pretty obvious, and 0:08:29.440 --> 0:08:31.520 I'm pretty high up in the odds as well. I 0:08:31.540 --> 0:08:33.510 think people forgot about Jamar Chase just a little bit. 0:08:33.540 --> 0:08:35.469 They haven't forgotten about him, but you remember two years 0:08:35.510 --> 0:08:37.429 ago he won the Triple Crown for receiving, which is 0:08:37.450 --> 0:08:40.230 completely unstoppable. I think Joe Burrow is on a mission 0:08:40.309 --> 0:08:42.600 this year. Last year, of course, he was hurt for 0:08:42.630 --> 0:08:45.660 half the season. Chase and Burrow, to me, is probably 0:08:45.700 --> 0:08:49.199 the number one quarterback-to-wide receiver connection in the entire league. 0:08:49.540 --> 0:08:52.540 I think Chase really wants people to remember what he 0:08:52.559 --> 0:08:54.980 did two years ago. And I think the Bengals, they're 0:08:55.000 --> 0:08:57.180 not going to be my Super Bowl pick necessarily, but 0:08:57.200 --> 0:08:59.860 I think they are all in for this year. Improvements 0:08:59.940 --> 0:09:02.920 on defense. I think they're fired up. Burrow just looks 0:09:02.940 --> 0:09:05.199 like a man on the mission. And Chase is the 0:09:05.240 --> 0:09:06.020 one who's going to benefit from that. 0:09:06.040 --> 0:09:07.300 I think this is a great pick because if you 0:09:07.320 --> 0:09:09.199 look at every year, I always look at targets by 0:09:09.220 --> 0:09:11.760 a wide receiver and targets for a quarterback. And he 0:09:11.940 --> 0:09:14.540 always leads the league. When Joe Burrow is healthy, Jamar 0:09:14.580 --> 0:09:17.199 Chase leads the league in targets per game. It's like, JSN, 0:09:17.640 --> 0:09:19.400 don't be creative. Just throw it to that guy. 0:09:19.500 --> 0:09:21.300 And not only that, he can get a five-yard pass 0:09:21.340 --> 0:09:23.500 and go to the house or go long. Guy, he's 0:09:23.520 --> 0:09:26.920 the most versatile big-time receiver. Everybody's got a specialty. He's 0:09:26.970 --> 0:09:27.370 got them all. 0:09:27.390 --> 0:09:30.109 All right, let's get to the depoy, the defensive player 0:09:30.330 --> 0:09:33.150 of the year. I'm going to go again with less thinking, 0:09:33.370 --> 0:09:36.510 more obviousness. Will Anderson of the Texans. He is hitting 0:09:36.550 --> 0:09:38.790 his stride as a player. He just turned 25 years old. 0:09:39.710 --> 0:09:42.510 He's a monster on the defensive line. Miles Garrett is 0:09:42.550 --> 0:09:44.229 in there. I don't think Miles Garrett could win it 0:09:44.290 --> 0:09:46.050 this year because the team he's on will help him 0:09:46.130 --> 0:09:48.820 out too much. He already won it. Aiden Hutchinson, right 0:09:48.840 --> 0:09:51.680 in the mix. Nick Benito, not enough respect, but Will 0:09:51.740 --> 0:09:55.210 Anderson Jr., he's unbelievable. He's the best pass rusher in 0:09:55.230 --> 0:09:57.500 the game, not named Miles Garrett, and he's probably a tie. 0:09:57.980 --> 0:10:00.160 And he's at the point in his career now, age 25, 0:10:00.160 --> 0:10:02.840 if I were the offensive line, I would just start 0:10:02.900 --> 0:10:04.940 reasoning with him. I would just say, Will, can you 0:10:04.980 --> 0:10:08.040 just take it easy on us? Because he's truly unstoppable. 0:10:08.480 --> 0:10:10.440 The other side of his defensive line, Daniil Hunter, so 0:10:10.480 --> 0:10:12.859 you can't assign a back to him on every single play. 0:10:13.100 --> 0:10:14.640 Let me just make this clear. So you want the 0:10:14.679 --> 0:10:16.819 left tackle to be like, hey, Will, you know, I 0:10:16.820 --> 0:10:19.199 have a family at home. I have a contract coming 0:10:19.220 --> 0:10:20.740 up this year. Can you please just take it easy? 0:10:20.760 --> 0:10:22.460 Yeah, I'll let you have this sack and then you 0:10:22.500 --> 0:10:24.380 relax for a couple quarters because we both know I 0:10:24.400 --> 0:10:24.820 can't stop. 0:10:24.920 --> 0:10:27.730 I'm not sure that's how the NFL works. I'll tell 0:10:27.770 --> 0:10:29.790 you how not so fast works. We don't tell our 0:10:29.830 --> 0:10:33.710 picks in advance. Nope. And I picked Will Anderson as well. Fine. 0:10:33.890 --> 0:10:36.810 Twelve sacks last year. That number goes up. That defense is, 0:10:36.970 --> 0:10:40.010 to me, one of the most impressive units, offensive defense 0:10:40.050 --> 0:10:42.559 around the league. Daniil Hunter on the other side makes 0:10:42.580 --> 0:10:45.560 it impossible to block. I think that defense is the 0:10:45.600 --> 0:10:47.760 story of the year, so I'm going narrative, and he 0:10:47.820 --> 0:10:50.840 will have the numbers. You know who my dark horse was, 0:10:50.880 --> 0:10:53.660 and he's not a dark horse. Everyone forgot about Aiden Hutchinson. 0:10:54.040 --> 0:10:56.460 Aiden Hutchinson with Detroit was going to win it two 0:10:56.500 --> 0:10:58.980 years ago, so he's in the mix, but I think 0:10:59.000 --> 0:11:00.880 Will Anderson's the hardest guy to block. I did think 0:11:00.900 --> 0:11:03.400 that until I heard your strategy of being nice to him. 0:11:03.540 --> 0:11:04.210 It's unusual. 0:11:04.330 --> 0:11:06.130 I don't think any offensive tackles are going to take 0:11:06.170 --> 0:11:08.359 us up on that, but Will Anderson's entering that prime, 25-29, 0:11:08.350 --> 0:11:12.689 like J.J. Watt is prime. Aaron Donald is prime. They 0:11:12.730 --> 0:11:15.760 have that four- or five-year window that they're truly unstoppable, 0:11:16.040 --> 0:11:17.080 and it doesn't really matter what year. 0:11:17.100 --> 0:11:19.380 Yeah, very few players, one defensive player of the year, 0:11:19.400 --> 0:11:22.500 have been 30 or over. Correct. Miles Garrett just turned 30, 0:11:22.500 --> 0:11:22.939 by the way. 0:11:22.980 --> 0:11:26.480 But he is an anomaly of, like, Genetics. 0:11:26.900 --> 0:11:28.480 I'm just saying, that might be a reason to fade him. 0:11:28.520 --> 0:11:31.010 I like your reasoning. He'll split sacks with Aaron Donald 0:11:31.050 --> 0:11:33.309 and everyone else there. All right, coming up next, we'll 0:11:33.330 --> 0:11:36.550 go back to college football. Western Michigan has changed its tune. 0:11:36.950 --> 0:11:39.050 What's next in the fallout from the Michigan game? Next 0:11:39.170 --> 0:11:43.900 on Not So Fast. Here we go, Pearl. 0:11:43.960 --> 0:11:46.460 Midday pick-me-up, as always, on Not So Fast. And this 0:11:46.540 --> 0:11:49.120 one we're going, we always go out west because that's 0:11:49.140 --> 0:11:52.960 what we do here. Ooh, Lazaro Montez going yard, as 0:11:53.000 --> 0:11:58.520 they say. Big fella, great hitter. Really nice uniforms. Number 99. 0:11:58.520 --> 0:12:01.660 That one would have gotten out of pretty much every park, 0:12:01.760 --> 0:12:02.819 including national parks. 0:12:03.059 --> 0:12:06.000 What if he said, I'm not 99 after Aaron Judge. 0:12:06.040 --> 0:12:08.120 I'm after Wayne Gretzky. I'm a big hockey guy. That'd 0:12:08.140 --> 0:12:08.600 be original. 0:12:08.720 --> 0:12:11.400 That would be original. Now, I'm not sure that's accurate. 0:12:11.580 --> 0:12:13.460 We'll check. We'll look into it because we're journalists. All right, 0:12:13.480 --> 0:12:16.140 let's get back to Not So Fast, Paxton Perloff. All 0:12:16.179 --> 0:12:18.300 day we're doing our NFL predictions. Coach of the Year, 0:12:18.370 --> 0:12:20.969 the Cody, coming up in about 10 minutes. A lot 0:12:20.990 --> 0:12:23.530 coming on, but let's go with warm takes. Nice quarterback. 0:12:23.750 --> 0:12:26.050 cuddly warm takes to start the NFL season. Here we go. 0:12:26.059 --> 0:12:31.840 I'm going to go back to college. Western Michigan University, 0:12:31.900 --> 0:12:33.559 we know what happened the other day against Michigan. If 0:12:33.580 --> 0:12:35.000 you didn't see it, you don't own a phone or 0:12:35.040 --> 0:12:38.080 a TV. And Western Michigan University, it took some time 0:12:38.100 --> 0:12:40.280 to think about it. And the Mac, which we love, 0:12:40.400 --> 0:12:42.719 Mac games Tuesday and Wednesday, the Mac took time to 0:12:42.740 --> 0:12:44.800 think about it and looked it over and issued the statement. 0:12:45.040 --> 0:12:48.219 They went back at it. After further study and investigations, 0:12:48.280 --> 0:12:51.500 now evident that replay protocol was not properly followed in 0:12:51.540 --> 0:12:54.160 determining whether time remained on the clock at the conclusion 0:12:54.179 --> 0:12:56.920 of the Western Michigan-Michigan game. As a result, the MAAC 0:12:56.970 --> 0:13:00.110 has submitted a formal appeal to the NCAA FBS Oversight 0:13:00.130 --> 0:13:02.650 Committee and the college football playoff. The MAAC is requesting 0:13:02.670 --> 0:13:06.230 that those bodies recognize Western Michigan as the actual winner 0:13:06.450 --> 0:13:09.130 of the game. That's no joke. They're saying, we looked 0:13:09.150 --> 0:13:11.369 at this, we took our time, and you made the 0:13:11.410 --> 0:13:14.760 wrong decision. What they're saying is that the Big Ten 0:13:15.300 --> 0:13:17.099 and people at the Michigan game should have only looked 0:13:17.120 --> 0:13:19.380 at the TV clock and not gone to the secondary 0:13:19.440 --> 0:13:22.960 Big Ten clock because that is not protocol. Protocol. And 0:13:23.620 --> 0:13:26.319 You know what's funny? A couple hours later, the NCAA 0:13:26.360 --> 0:13:29.100 agreed with them to a point. The Big Ten agreed 0:13:29.120 --> 0:13:31.300 with them to a point. If you look a little 0:13:31.330 --> 0:13:33.449 bit later, what did the Big Ten and the NCAA do? 0:13:33.470 --> 0:13:36.870 They responded with, yeah, you're right, my bad. And they said, 0:13:36.990 --> 0:13:40.110 here's new guidance for college football games going forward. The 0:13:40.150 --> 0:13:42.630 official time for all college games is the time displayed 0:13:42.730 --> 0:13:46.230 on the in-stadium clock. So what they said, the NCAA 0:13:46.290 --> 0:13:48.880 to Western Michigan and the MAAC is, yep, you're right, 0:13:49.020 --> 0:13:51.540 we were wrong. That said, we're not giving you the ballgame. 0:13:51.660 --> 0:13:53.679 They aren't going to give them the ballgame today. They're 0:13:53.700 --> 0:13:55.620 not going to fix this. How do you feel about 0:13:55.640 --> 0:13:56.400 this at this juncture? 0:13:56.580 --> 0:13:58.760 Well, it's so funny. The game was Saturday, and today 0:13:58.820 --> 0:14:01.260 I believe is Wednesday. Yes. And it feels like this 0:14:01.280 --> 0:14:03.640 story is just as hot as it was on Sunday. 0:14:04.240 --> 0:14:06.730 So much back and forth on DP's show field. I 0:14:06.790 --> 0:14:09.410 don't think that you can change the result. Firstly, that's 0:14:09.429 --> 0:14:11.530 the way I lean. I know we did a poll 0:14:11.650 --> 0:14:14.110 earlier in the hour about it, but I don't think 0:14:14.150 --> 0:14:16.449 you can change the result, although the message has been 0:14:16.510 --> 0:14:18.220 sent next time they better not screw this up. 0:14:18.330 --> 0:14:21.390 It's not a flag by an official. It's a replay message. 0:14:22.310 --> 0:14:25.390 extra down that was given improperly. And if any game 0:14:25.410 --> 0:14:27.590 you could say this down should have happened, if you 0:14:27.630 --> 0:14:29.720 take the down away, then you go to the score 0:14:30.040 --> 0:14:31.960 with zeros left on the clock, which was a Western 0:14:31.980 --> 0:14:33.980 Michigan win. If you're ever going to give one back 0:14:34.120 --> 0:14:36.920 in sports, this is one that everyone would agree with, 0:14:37.300 --> 0:14:38.660 except for maybe Michigan football. 0:14:38.850 --> 0:14:40.290 I do think you get a mulligan in the sense 0:14:40.310 --> 0:14:43.020 the college football playoff committee can look back and sort 0:14:43.060 --> 0:14:45.460 of give half credit to Western Michigan for this. So 0:14:45.500 --> 0:14:47.820 if they're in it for that last spot for the 0:14:47.840 --> 0:14:49.860 group of five, I think people will remember how this 0:14:49.900 --> 0:14:50.260 game ended. 0:14:50.380 --> 0:14:52.900 Last thing on this, I emailed the Mac in Western 0:14:52.920 --> 0:14:55.260 Michigan to see are they going to go forward on this? 0:14:55.300 --> 0:14:56.950 We're waiting to hear back, but are they going to 0:14:56.970 --> 0:14:58.510 take this to the court or are they tapping out 0:14:58.530 --> 0:14:59.410 and saying we're going to accept this? 0:15:00.490 --> 0:15:01.930 Oh, man, we'll see. All right, I'm going to go 0:15:01.950 --> 0:15:05.430 to the NFL. Baker Mayfield gets paid in Tampa Bay, 0:15:05.490 --> 0:15:07.740 and it seems like a very positive day for the Bucs. 0:15:08.440 --> 0:15:11.060 Not so fast. I don't understand what the Bucs are 0:15:11.080 --> 0:15:14.080 doing big picture here, Paul. I know Baker Mayfield is 0:15:14.100 --> 0:15:16.340 a very good player, but they were not able to 0:15:16.380 --> 0:15:18.020 get to the next level when he was getting paid 0:15:18.020 --> 0:15:20.210 $ 33 million a year. How are they going to get 0:15:20.230 --> 0:15:22.970 to the Super Bowl now that he's getting paid $ 55 0:15:22.230 --> 0:15:24.370 million a year? We know one of the best ways 0:15:24.390 --> 0:15:25.729 to get to the Super Bowl is to have a 0:15:25.810 --> 0:15:29.570 quarterback on a rookie deal. When QBs get expensive, it 0:15:29.630 --> 0:15:32.380 is very hard to build a team around them. So 0:15:32.620 --> 0:15:35.360 the Bucs are running back Baker Mayfield and Todd Bowles. 0:15:36.050 --> 0:15:38.330 I don't get it. Todd Bowles, in particular, his head coach, 0:15:38.390 --> 0:15:40.490 does not have a Super Bowl upside to me. You 0:15:40.510 --> 0:15:42.930 look at the last few years with these two guys. 0:15:43.290 --> 0:15:48.170 Baker's been 9-8, 10-7, 8-9. They're right around. 500. To me, 0:15:48.230 --> 0:15:51.620 if I have an NFL team, it's Super Bowl or bus, 0:15:51.700 --> 0:15:54.840 and I see this as we're good enough, this is fine, 0:15:54.900 --> 0:15:58.480 we like Baker, but there's no pathway to the next level. 0:15:58.560 --> 0:16:00.300 I'm with you. We talked about this a few weeks ago, 0:16:00.340 --> 0:16:02.380 not so fast, when we were just talking before the 0:16:02.420 --> 0:16:04.620 show started, and we said you're kind of in no 0:16:04.660 --> 0:16:07.290 man's land with Baker Mayfield. If you pay him $ 55 million, 0:16:07.310 --> 0:16:10.470 you're giving him max money for maybe B-plus level play. 0:16:10.830 --> 0:16:13.150 But I think that the Bucs are in this no-man 0:16:13.190 --> 0:16:15.650 land where if they don't do it now, Baker Mayfield 0:16:15.670 --> 0:16:17.430 becomes a free agent and they have to start over 0:16:17.460 --> 0:16:19.840 at the quarterback position, which you're saying is maybe the 0:16:19.880 --> 0:16:20.380 right decision. 0:16:20.640 --> 0:16:22.420 Yeah, I mean, the problem is they probably won't have 0:16:22.440 --> 0:16:24.960 a great draft pick after this year. So even if 0:16:25.020 --> 0:16:26.960 it is a really rich quarterback class, but they could 0:16:26.980 --> 0:16:28.560 trade up. Yeah, they're going to have to start over 0:16:28.580 --> 0:16:30.140 at some point. What, do you get three years with 0:16:30.160 --> 0:16:31.850 Baker Mayfield? I don't think they win a Super Bowl 0:16:31.870 --> 0:16:34.190