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Speaker 1: thanks for coming to my defense, Chris, Alex Gellhart. What's up, man,

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Speaker 1: of Professionals. What are we doing today? We're talking about

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Speaker 1: long round believe it or not of your top fantasy headlines.

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Speaker 1: News um Jacksonville taken on New England in the a

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Speaker 1: Matt Harmele will start with you. How do you see

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Speaker 1: That's actually been something they've kind of struggled with this year.

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Speaker 1: I'm also gonna be breaking that down on NFL blitz

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Speaker 1: NFL dot Twitter dot com. That is accurate. Wow, I

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Speaker 1: and did what are you doing? I went and did

422
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Speaker 1: some investigative journalism on the Tequila Cowboys. Yes, and how

423
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Speaker 1: what were the reviews? I mean, not some not good

424
00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:08,440
Speaker 1: Yelp reviews. Got some good yell reviews, So I don't yeh, look,

425
00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:13,440
Speaker 1: I just moved so like I'm kind of constantly on Yelp,

426
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Speaker 1: like looking at near me, and I have like never

427
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Speaker 1: now it's just like it's like almost like a little

428
00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:19,479
Speaker 1: weird hobby. I've never been the Yelp guy, but now

429
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Speaker 1: it's like, let me like dig into So I was

430
00:21:21,760 --> 00:21:23,640
Speaker 1: like when I heard, you know, hey, you've left one

431
00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:29,840
Speaker 1: spectacular review from the karaoke place that's rights the Korean Carrie.

432
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Speaker 1: What is it like, Uh, you get a free bottle

433
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Speaker 1: of something if you yeah, we get a free bottle

434
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Speaker 1: of like super cheap champagne. So I don't know that.

435
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Speaker 1: I don't know that there's much to take from the

436
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Speaker 1: Pickner hiring because we don't know any sort of track record.

437
00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:46,159
Speaker 1: And also the benefit is him getting promoted to an

438
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Speaker 1: offense like this is guess what, it's still going to

439
00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:50,680
Speaker 1: go through Ben and through Bell and Brown. Yeah, this

440
00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:54,120
Speaker 1: is no real change. Sounds like a comfort thing. Yeah,

441
00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:57,000
Speaker 1: it says Ben lobbied hard for him because he when

442
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Speaker 1: uh they when the Steelers like forced Bruce Arians into retirement.

443
00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:04,399
Speaker 1: Ben was not happy about that. And he and Haley

444
00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:08,040
Speaker 1: have kind of always been button heads a little bit so,

445
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Speaker 1: and Haley seems like he's a might be a tough

446
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Speaker 1: guy to work with, and it seems like he's a

447
00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:16,280
Speaker 1: little bit of yeller. Seems like going back. I didn't

448
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Speaker 1: even get your picks though, Jackson in New England, who

449
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Speaker 1: do you got? Jack's harmon? I'm going to New England, Chris,

450
00:22:23,119 --> 00:22:25,760
Speaker 1: what do you got? I'm going to England to New England? Okay,

451
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Speaker 1: too and too Minnesota versus Philadelphia, Alex Scale, what do

452
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Speaker 1: you got Minnesota? Same? I'm going. Yeah. I think Philly

453
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Speaker 1: has a chance, but the dog masks on you look,

454
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Speaker 1: I think the trouble for for Philly now is like

455
00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:41,560
Speaker 1: they've they've been dealt such a rough hand, like losing

456
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Speaker 1: Carson Wentz all this stuff, and now not only they

457
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Speaker 1: have to welcome a very very good team in their

458
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Speaker 1: home stadium, but it's like they got the damn team

459
00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:51,119
Speaker 1: of destiny coming in, like they just want on that

460
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Speaker 1: climactic play. It's it's it's hard to get by a team.

461
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Speaker 1: It's that that's that good, that Will coached and has

462
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Speaker 1: that like intangible quality to go. Guys. We could joke

463
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Speaker 1: about the Patriots playing the Titans in the divisional round.

464
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Speaker 1: But if Brady gets through this Jacksonville defense and then

465
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Speaker 1: happens to meet the Minnesota Vikings in the Super Bowl

466
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Speaker 1: and that defense, that's about as impressive as I don't

467
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Speaker 1: want to happen. I'd rather have this Jack's defense and

468
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Speaker 1: put him on his back eight times. I don't know, man,

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Speaker 1: I mean it's to me them getting past If they

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Speaker 1: get past Jacksonville, I don't think it's all that impressive.

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Speaker 1: I gotta be honest with you, man, because I think

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Speaker 1: the number one reason why I don't think, you know,

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Speaker 1: Jacksonville wins this ball game is again, can they put

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Speaker 1: up the points? And I know that they've been a

475
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Speaker 1: high scoring offense as of late, but against a well coached, well,

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Speaker 1: you know, well coached team with a game plan, are

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Speaker 1: they gonna be able to put up those points? Is

478
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Speaker 1: Blake Bortle is gonna be able to escape? Uh? You

479
00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:47,000
Speaker 1: know what? Pressure mistake free, escape mistake free. That's just

480
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Speaker 1: going back to what Brady his buggabo has always been.

481
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Speaker 1: You know, good good d's get get to him with

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Speaker 1: four always. Yeah, Denver, Jacksonville, Minnesota with those eight gat

483
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Speaker 1: blitz is I don't know, I think it'd be a

484
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Speaker 1: pretty impressive road taking the Titans out of it, obviously.

485
00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:03,919
Speaker 1: I mean some of the recent games they put up

486
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Speaker 1: twenty four against the stout Arizona defense, thirty points against

487
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Speaker 1: Seattle defense. They've been a high scoring offense as of late.

488
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Speaker 1: It's been crazy against the Texans, thirty three against the

489
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Speaker 1: forty nine and then forty five against the Steelers. I mean,

490
00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:19,760
Speaker 1: we really didn't even talk about, like, how is New

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Speaker 1: England going to defend Jacksonville and what their offensive game

492
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Speaker 1: plane might look like. How do you contain Tommy Bohannon. Well,

493
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Speaker 1: I mean, obviously, yeah, it's like they don't have a

494
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Speaker 1: ton of frontline players outside of four net but like,

495
00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:35,520
Speaker 1: do for one, how how does he look coming into

496
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Speaker 1: this game? Right? He's a little named, he's dinged up

497
00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:40,560
Speaker 1: like he's also had kind of just like a schizophrenic

498
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Speaker 1: rookie year, and most of that's been with injuries. He

499
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Speaker 1: looks really good when he's good, and he's look just

500
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Speaker 1: like just another guy when he's been bad. And then

501
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Speaker 1: Bordles like, what do they do to account for his

502
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Speaker 1: running around? I mean, because the Patriots are typically a

503
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Speaker 1: high man coverage defense, and most man coverage defenses give

504
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Speaker 1: up a lot of rushing yards to quarterbacks because the

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Speaker 1: players that earn their backs, Like, do they leave somebody

506
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Speaker 1: into spy boardles? Because I think if one thing, I

507
00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:06,520
Speaker 1: don't know, but I think if there's one, because he's

508
00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:07,960
Speaker 1: not like a design runner, but it's a lot of

509
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Speaker 1: it's just that he takes off and scoots, and I

510
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Speaker 1: would imagine that the last thing that Bill Belichick and

511
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Speaker 1: the Patriots want to do get run all over on

512
00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:19,359
Speaker 1: board Like it's one. It's one thing to lose to

513
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Speaker 1: him if he just has a great game throwing it.

514
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Speaker 1: But if they're gonna lose because he's ripping off, you

515
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Speaker 1: know those he rushes whatever, I can't imagine. That's I

516
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Speaker 1: would I would love to see. And because I was

517
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Speaker 1: reading an article about how they shut down Derrick Henry's

518
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Speaker 1: you know, they played their like their base package, like

519
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Speaker 1: their like typical alignment and just stacked box and kind

520
00:25:38,840 --> 00:25:40,920
Speaker 1: of made Markus Mario to throw against them. But I

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Speaker 1: would love to see them do that against the Jags.

522
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Speaker 1: Then have Blake do those read option plays and take

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Speaker 1: off a couple of times, just to keep him honest,

524
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Speaker 1: because I mean, look like the Jags there, they don't

525
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Speaker 1: have a gatting money frontline receivers, but I'm a little

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Speaker 1: more scared of them making big plays if you if

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Speaker 1: they spread me out versus the Titans, right them spread

528
00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:03,119
Speaker 1: it's like spread it out game plan wise too. I mean,

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Speaker 1: you know Tennessee is not taking too many deep shots,

530
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Speaker 1: you know what's right. And the Jags have big play receivers,

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Speaker 1: Yeah they do. They can go down the field Westbrook.

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Speaker 1: So all right, there you go. Um a lot of

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Speaker 1: o C news by the way around the league. Jets

534
00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:21,840
Speaker 1: surprisingly fired John Morton as their offensive coordinator. The Jets, remember,

535
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Speaker 1: we're expected to be the worst team in the league

536
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Speaker 1: by far, probably the worst offense in the league. I

537
00:26:27,359 --> 00:26:30,240
Speaker 1: think they um exceeded expectations. I think there were a

538
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Speaker 1: pleasant surprise both in the NFL, in real life and

539
00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:37,200
Speaker 1: in fantasy as well. Now, again, the Jets did finish

540
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Speaker 1: fifth with the fifth fewest total yards, but if you

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Speaker 1: take away that game where Josh Baccown got hurt against Denver,

542
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Speaker 1: where they were limited to just one hundred total yards

543
00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:50,480
Speaker 1: a hundred total yards in that game, the Jets would

544
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Speaker 1: have finished with a very respectable three hundred and nineteen

545
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Speaker 1: yards per game. If you take out that Denver game,

546
00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:58,720
Speaker 1: which is pretty much middle accounts stayed the rest of

547
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Speaker 1: the season too, they probably would have bump that up

548
00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:03,120
Speaker 1: even more. They got, they got, They got pettied hard

549
00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:06,200
Speaker 1: at the end of the season. Mark Helfridge is the

550
00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:10,280
Speaker 1: new offensive coordinator in Chicago. He was most recently the

551
00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:13,720
Speaker 1: head coach at Oregon. He just got fired this past offseason.

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00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:16,119
Speaker 1: He is a chip Kelly no he had fired two

553
00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:19,440
Speaker 1: years ago, didn't he um He is a chip Kelly disciple.

554
00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:21,879
Speaker 1: I think this could actually what I don't like. You

555
00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:24,560
Speaker 1: don't as a Packer fan. I don't like seeing the

556
00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:27,800
Speaker 1: Bears getting Maggie and now healthfreak on the offense. That

557
00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:30,040
Speaker 1: could be a good combo. They still need to get

558
00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:32,520
Speaker 1: some more weapons on that offense, but they do if

559
00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:34,760
Speaker 1: they have a quarterback and now they've got some offensive

560
00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:37,080
Speaker 1: minds around them. I don't like it. So here's the

561
00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:39,159
Speaker 1: same thing. When the Vikings hired Zimmer, then like it.

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Speaker 1: Here's the thing with Helfridge, which I think is is interesting.

563
00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:44,680
Speaker 1: He's um, at least in his tenure, been able to

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00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:48,639
Speaker 1: get a lot of production from not necessarily you know,

565
00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:51,679
Speaker 1: big name players. You know, Oregon recruits in a different

566
00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:54,439
Speaker 1: kind of way, if that makes any sense. So, um,

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Speaker 1: I'm interested to see what he can do with the

568
00:27:57,800 --> 00:28:00,280
Speaker 1: casting characters that he's got in Chicago. I think I

569
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Speaker 1: think it's a smart hire because again, this is a

570
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Speaker 1: guy that has a track record to be able to

571
00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:08,800
Speaker 1: game plan around his players and not the other way around.

572
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Speaker 1: So it also looks like they went out and got

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Speaker 1: two guys that are a little more past friendly in

574
00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:16,800
Speaker 1: their schemes with Naggie and health Rich versus John Fox,

575
00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:19,200
Speaker 1: who if he could would just run the ball thirty

576
00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:21,679
Speaker 1: four times a game and wait in twelve the six. Um,

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Speaker 1: I will say this as well. I'm actually excited about

578
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Speaker 1: what that means for Jordan Howard because both Naggy and

579
00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:32,879
Speaker 1: health Rich have done a really good job at generating

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00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:37,440
Speaker 1: uh advantageous situations for their running backs. So I don't

581
00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:39,560
Speaker 1: know if Jordan Howard, I I get that he's a

582
00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:42,960
Speaker 1: liability in the past game, not necessarily, UM, I don't

583
00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:45,320
Speaker 1: know if that necessarily matters. I think they'll be able

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Speaker 1: to gain plan a situation where he'll be able to

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00:28:47,080 --> 00:28:50,680
Speaker 1: run against um, you know, light boxes. Yeah. I mean

586
00:28:50,920 --> 00:28:53,960
Speaker 1: the Chiefs really transition to like almost a college style

587
00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:57,480
Speaker 1: offense with Alex Smith there in Kansas City and Andy

588
00:28:57,560 --> 00:29:01,680
Speaker 1: Reid employing a lot of spread. Yeah, And I think

589
00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:03,400
Speaker 1: that now if if they're going to bring some of

590
00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:06,560
Speaker 1: that Chip Kelly Payson, that's really exciting for fantasy. It is.

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Speaker 1: Brian Schottenheimer is the new o C in Seattle. He

592
00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:16,800
Speaker 1: was most recently the quarterback coach in Indianapolis. He was

593
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Speaker 1: also the o C for the Jets for six seasons

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Speaker 1: from two thousand six two thousand eleven. Obviously the son

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Speaker 1: of the very famous coach houses Man not in the

596
00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:28,400
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame, Marty Schottenheimer, not in the Hall of Fame.

597
00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:31,560
Speaker 1: He's the only coach with two wins to not be

598
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Speaker 1: in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. But anyways, his son,

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00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:38,160
Speaker 1: Brian Schottenheimer now the new man in Seattle. Schotenheimer like

600
00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:41,480
Speaker 1: once upon a time was a real hot. Oh yeah,

601
00:29:42,040 --> 00:29:44,520
Speaker 1: when he was with the Jets, had some of that

602
00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:49,240
Speaker 1: early early kind of offensive success with Mark Sanchez um

603
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Speaker 1: and then obviously he's fallen out of favor since then.

604
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Speaker 1: But I know this is a higher that it has

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00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:57,120
Speaker 1: a lot of people down but slightly interested to see,

606
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Speaker 1: if you know, if the reason those Jets offenses fell

607
00:29:59,840 --> 00:30:02,000
Speaker 1: upon it was more because they were a Rex Ryan coach.

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00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:04,760
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, not because shot him, right. I know. I

609
00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:06,160
Speaker 1: know a lot of people are down in this hire,

610
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Speaker 1: but I at least think it's interesting to see if

611
00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:10,760
Speaker 1: he has he can recapture some of that early career momentum.

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Speaker 1: I think after his stint with the Jets, I think

613
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Speaker 1: he went into college and was an offensive coordinator for

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Speaker 1: one of those big programs in the SEC or something,

615
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Speaker 1: and then he went to the Rams as well. Did

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Speaker 1: he go or was he the Rams before? It was

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Speaker 1: with the Rams he was with the Rams after the Jets.

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Speaker 1: I think he went, Yeah, he went ramst uh he

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Speaker 1: his best offense was in twenty twelve or twenty ten,

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Speaker 1: excuse me, at the Jets, they were thirteen or eleventh

621
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Speaker 1: in yards, thirteenth in points. That's that's actually pretty impressive

622
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Speaker 1: given what the Jets were trying to get done there.

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Speaker 1: That's actually pretty good. All right, let's talk about coach

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Speaker 1: Speak Part two a k a. When Narratives Ruined Us

625
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Speaker 1: in seventeen five, the piece NFL dot com slash Harmon.

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Speaker 1: It's actually a really really really fun piece um. I.

627
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Speaker 1: I jokingly call it coach Speak Part two because Harmon

628
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Speaker 1: had written a coach Speak um article a couple of

629
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Speaker 1: weeks back. But this is a slightly different and this

630
00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:11,040
Speaker 1: is more of of you know, general consensus leading us

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Speaker 1: a strength right narratives and not so much in the

632
00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:16,520
Speaker 1: typical fashion of like a revenge game narrative or like

633
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Speaker 1: these in game things, but like long stories that there

634
00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:26,160
Speaker 1: were multiple, like many sides contributed to us. Uh. Sometimes

635
00:31:26,280 --> 00:31:29,120
Speaker 1: it's it's a coach saying something along with players saying

636
00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:32,160
Speaker 1: something along with like the fantasy community bond into something.

637
00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:34,520
Speaker 1: Terrell Prior one, which you lead it off with, is

638
00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:36,960
Speaker 1: by far the bagage. So there's no doubt yeah, let's

639
00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:40,120
Speaker 1: just jump into Turrell Prior, like there's I think that

640
00:31:40,240 --> 00:31:42,240
Speaker 1: this one actually and there's a couple of lessons to

641
00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:44,960
Speaker 1: tell yourself and all these it's not just like making

642
00:31:45,040 --> 00:31:46,760
Speaker 1: fun of this stuff, not just making fun of all

643
00:31:46,840 --> 00:31:48,840
Speaker 1: of us and making fun of the teams and the players.

644
00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:50,960
Speaker 1: Like I think the one thing with Terrell Prior, like

645
00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:55,320
Speaker 1: if you remember what he signed with Washington, Uh, For one,

646
00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:57,800
Speaker 1: I always thought it was a little weird that Cleveland

647
00:31:57,880 --> 00:32:01,200
Speaker 1: just let him walk. He turned down their contract. He

648
00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:03,160
Speaker 1: turned down their contract, which I thought was, you know,

649
00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:05,800
Speaker 1: again a little strange. And then he really signed he

650
00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:08,960
Speaker 1: signed a one year, six million dollar deal with Washington,

651
00:32:09,920 --> 00:32:11,719
Speaker 1: which is but that's like that, you know, it's pennies.

652
00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:14,680
Speaker 1: That's nothing, that's and it's funny. Now there's apparently rumors

653
00:32:14,760 --> 00:32:16,960
Speaker 1: he might even go back to Cleveland or at least

654
00:32:16,960 --> 00:32:18,640
Speaker 1: as a candidate to do that, which you may or

655
00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:20,479
Speaker 1: may not come to come to fruition. But I think

656
00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:23,800
Speaker 1: the thing that that people that loved Prior in in

657
00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:27,280
Speaker 1: the preseason fell do fell victim to like a logical

658
00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:30,080
Speaker 1: fallacy that often happens with wide receivers. Just like ex

659
00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:35,040
Speaker 1: receiver was bad, was productive with bad quarterbacks. Therefore, just

660
00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:37,480
Speaker 1: imagine what he'll do now that he's playing with X

661
00:32:37,680 --> 00:32:40,680
Speaker 1: good quarterback. This doesn't always happen that way, especially when

662
00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:44,520
Speaker 1: receivers changed teams. Um, you know, it's one thing like

663
00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:48,080
Speaker 1: to get a hundred and fifty seven inefficient targets from

664
00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:50,840
Speaker 1: the Cleveland Browns quarterbacks to then you know, I think

665
00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:53,360
Speaker 1: the most optimistic projections for him were really like a

666
00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:56,840
Speaker 1: hundred fifteen, hundred, twenty targets. That's a big drop off,

667
00:32:56,960 --> 00:32:59,640
Speaker 1: even if it's with a better quarterback. So that was

668
00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:02,320
Speaker 1: the that little fairy tale wasn't enough. Then of course

669
00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:06,160
Speaker 1: the vine that hit the or the or the video

670
00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:09,160
Speaker 1: clip that hit Twitter of him just mashing this one

671
00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:12,000
Speaker 1: handed catch, and it was like when that happened, there

672
00:33:12,040 --> 00:33:13,760
Speaker 1: were a couple of them. You have one in the video,

673
00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:16,800
Speaker 1: but I remember another one. There were several, but it's

674
00:33:16,840 --> 00:33:20,040
Speaker 1: like every time it was third, every fantasy analyst would

675
00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:23,440
Speaker 1: just line up to tell you how awesome that, And

676
00:33:23,520 --> 00:33:25,280
Speaker 1: it's like, I know, I know a lot of people

677
00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:29,480
Speaker 1: didn't make an evaluation off one training camp highlight, but

678
00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:31,440
Speaker 1: that was the tipping point. That was the tipping bright

679
00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:34,360
Speaker 1: because it was everybody who was hot, who was high

680
00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:38,120
Speaker 1: on prior this offseason, was understanding he could have a

681
00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:41,320
Speaker 1: very mediocre floor because Washington spreads the ballot so much.

682
00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:44,760
Speaker 1: But there was also a very real ceiling there. Chased

683
00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:48,520
Speaker 1: his raw athletics over two hund targets that just vacated

684
00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:51,160
Speaker 1: the team, Like Josh Doxon, nobody still knew what was

685
00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:52,960
Speaker 1: going to happen with him. Jordan could have got injured.

686
00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:55,040
Speaker 1: So yes, there was like there was the very realistic,

687
00:33:55,080 --> 00:33:57,160
Speaker 1: like hundred hundred fifteen targets season, but there was also

688
00:33:57,240 --> 00:33:59,560
Speaker 1: like things broke right, he could get huder and thirty

689
00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:01,840
Speaker 1: targets and and you know, be a red zone threat

690
00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:04,320
Speaker 1: with his eyes. Don't shake your head over here, it's

691
00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:07,120
Speaker 1: not there was. There was no scenario unless everybody got hurt,

692
00:34:07,520 --> 00:34:11,120
Speaker 1: which was very possible and Jordan what happened to Jordan

693
00:34:11,160 --> 00:34:13,520
Speaker 1: Reed hurt and it didn't it didn't matter. They still

694
00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:17,000
Speaker 1: had a tight ended guess who else. But I'm saying

695
00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:19,280
Speaker 1: so like the people that wanted to chase that ceiling,

696
00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:21,560
Speaker 1: then they saw this video and that was like proof

697
00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:28,320
Speaker 1: of concerts exactly. It's it's confirmation bias concept is perfect perfect.

698
00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:30,200
Speaker 1: That was great. Yeah, No, I was, I was a

699
00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:34,399
Speaker 1: hundred percent in the Trrell Prior camp. Brad Evans too

700
00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:37,160
Speaker 1: was Oh my gosh, she was so big. It was

701
00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:39,440
Speaker 1: I mean, he was a third round pick. That's what

702
00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:42,640
Speaker 1: I'm thinking a lot of It's a consensus opinion, Yeah, exactly.

703
00:34:43,239 --> 00:34:46,560
Speaker 1: Joe Mixon is the quote unquote most talented running back

704
00:34:47,040 --> 00:34:51,680
Speaker 1: of a loaded rookie running back class that included Leonard Fournette,

705
00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:56,600
Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey, Kareem Hunt, Alvin Camara. But Joe Mixon, Ladies

706
00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:59,440
Speaker 1: and gentlemen, the title, the title of this section, Joe

707
00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:01,760
Speaker 1: Mixon the best back in the draft. But why should

708
00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:04,960
Speaker 1: I care if you just searched I even linked to it.

709
00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:07,200
Speaker 1: Just feel free to scan Twitter, like, just search Joe

710
00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:11,560
Speaker 1: Mixon talent and you will see, you know, fantasy analyst,

711
00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:14,280
Speaker 1: dynasty owners just lining up to tell you how talented

712
00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:19,440
Speaker 1: this guy was. Um odd, right, and I think that

713
00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:24,480
Speaker 1: mixing is talented back. But again, who cares? When? Uh Like,

714
00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:28,280
Speaker 1: going into the season, there was really no hard evidence

715
00:35:28,360 --> 00:35:30,480
Speaker 1: that he was going to be the lead back. Jeremy

716
00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:33,680
Speaker 1: Hill was getting work, Geo Bernard was still getting work

717
00:35:33,719 --> 00:35:36,279
Speaker 1: in the passing game. But then because Jeremy Hill went

718
00:35:36,320 --> 00:35:39,120
Speaker 1: to into reserve. He actually did end up averaging seventeen

719
00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:41,239
Speaker 1: touches per game from weeks three to eleven, So you

720
00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:43,160
Speaker 1: really can't use an excuse of like he didn't get that,

721
00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:45,680
Speaker 1: you didn't get the ball, and he averaged a sick

722
00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:48,319
Speaker 1: three point five yards per carry, finished outside the top

723
00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:52,000
Speaker 1: thirty UH fantasy backs on the year. UH. And you

724
00:35:52,080 --> 00:35:56,560
Speaker 1: know you can clearly outperformed by Jeoe Bernard definitely by

725
00:35:56,640 --> 00:35:59,279
Speaker 1: like any running back efficiency match, whether you look at

726
00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:01,360
Speaker 1: like our next extend dash metrics, when you look at

727
00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:04,759
Speaker 1: like the fs elusiveness metrics, mixing was terrible pretty much

728
00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:07,320
Speaker 1: in all of them, and you can like the mixing

729
00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:10,799
Speaker 1: mega talent. Truths will obviously point to this situation being

730
00:36:10,840 --> 00:36:13,760
Speaker 1: what doomed him. Bad offense, not a great run blocking

731
00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:17,160
Speaker 1: office coordinators early in the season, even though they forgotten

732
00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:20,360
Speaker 1: benefited right, it helped, but like still had to adjust.

733
00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:23,560
Speaker 1: It's an adjustment. But again that's kind of the point

734
00:36:23,719 --> 00:36:26,800
Speaker 1: of why this narrative is stupid because again, all that

735
00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:31,759
Speaker 1: talent didn't overcome the situation. Most more often than not,

736
00:36:32,239 --> 00:36:37,000
Speaker 1: running back talent doesn't overcome bad situations. So that's kind

737
00:36:37,040 --> 00:36:41,080
Speaker 1: of my point, Like going forward with running backs, I

738
00:36:41,080 --> 00:36:44,520
Speaker 1: don't really care about your evaluation of their YouTube clips

739
00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:48,719
Speaker 1: from college. It's more volume and situations voluman situation, and

740
00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:51,120
Speaker 1: when that meets with a like when it meets with

741
00:36:51,160 --> 00:36:54,040
Speaker 1: a talented player, then it can really explode, like Todd

742
00:36:54,040 --> 00:36:56,560
Speaker 1: Gurley this year. But it can also be doomed if

743
00:36:56,600 --> 00:36:58,719
Speaker 1: those two things don't line up. The weird the one

744
00:36:58,760 --> 00:37:01,440
Speaker 1: weird thing about the whole Jill Mixon situation is, and

745
00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:03,520
Speaker 1: I had been harping on this all year, is the

746
00:37:03,560 --> 00:37:06,239
Speaker 1: fact that you know, you lose Andrew Whitworth and Kevin

747
00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:10,000
Speaker 1: Zeitler on the offensive line and all the geez huge

748
00:37:10,120 --> 00:37:12,799
Speaker 1: losses on the offensive line, and they looked a little

749
00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:16,680
Speaker 1: bit lost on offense. That being said, uh, there have

750
00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:18,759
Speaker 1: been a lot of coaching staffs that have been able

751
00:37:18,760 --> 00:37:22,360
Speaker 1: to work around offensive line woes. UM I was curious

752
00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:24,960
Speaker 1: asked to see whether or not Marvin Lewis would be

753
00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:28,080
Speaker 1: able to do that. He had a veteran quarterback in

754
00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:31,560
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton, and obviously a superstar wide receiver and a

755
00:37:31,719 --> 00:37:34,800
Speaker 1: j Green. So again, we go into this into the

756
00:37:34,920 --> 00:37:39,960
Speaker 1: season with some optimism here because Joe Mixon could be

757
00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:44,600
Speaker 1: walking into a pretty good situation. UM could be could

758
00:37:44,680 --> 00:37:47,279
Speaker 1: be walking into a pretty good situation. So but and

759
00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:51,080
Speaker 1: obviously the floor kind of fell out from underneath the

760
00:37:51,120 --> 00:37:53,799
Speaker 1: Bengals and and you get what you get. But Joe

761
00:37:53,920 --> 00:37:57,680
Speaker 1: Mixon I thought during the regular season was I thought

762
00:37:57,719 --> 00:38:02,760
Speaker 1: he was abysmal and against game, same situation, same team,

763
00:38:02,880 --> 00:38:07,120
Speaker 1: all of these things, Jie Bernard absolutely outplayed. And I

764
00:38:07,239 --> 00:38:11,279
Speaker 1: wondered too, you know this going back to his college evaluation, like,

765
00:38:12,200 --> 00:38:14,520
Speaker 1: I think it got overlooked the fact that he was

766
00:38:14,640 --> 00:38:18,080
Speaker 1: in a committee with the Oklahoma I mean he had

767
00:38:18,200 --> 00:38:20,520
Speaker 1: one or to see me two games of over twenty

768
00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:22,960
Speaker 1: kerries in his final year of what I'm saying Oklahoma, Like,

769
00:38:23,239 --> 00:38:24,920
Speaker 1: that's what I'm saying. It's a big adjustment to then

770
00:38:24,920 --> 00:38:26,480
Speaker 1: be like, no, this guy's is gonna walk into a

771
00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:29,520
Speaker 1: feature back role in the NFL. That this is a

772
00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:31,600
Speaker 1: big reason why when people were telling me that that

773
00:38:31,840 --> 00:38:34,880
Speaker 1: Joe Mixon was the most talented running back uh in

774
00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:37,759
Speaker 1: the in the draft, my eyes were just like what,

775
00:38:38,600 --> 00:38:41,200
Speaker 1: I was the white guy get like blinking gift. I

776
00:38:41,280 --> 00:38:43,920
Speaker 1: just didn't didn't understand. Um. And it was a loaded

777
00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:46,839
Speaker 1: class as we as we had talked about before. But um,

778
00:38:47,360 --> 00:38:50,200
Speaker 1: and again, look, the big twelve is is more wide

779
00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:52,279
Speaker 1: open conference as well. You give this guy a little

780
00:38:52,280 --> 00:38:55,080
Speaker 1: bit of space. He's definitely a great athlete. Plus he

781
00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:57,760
Speaker 1: came in with all them, you know, with all the baggage.

782
00:38:58,239 --> 00:38:59,920
Speaker 1: What I'm saying, I wasn't a big I wasn't a

783
00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:01,920
Speaker 1: big Joe mixing guy. Real quick spending us ahead to

784
00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:05,400
Speaker 1: next year. I'm wondering how Cincinnati's gonna approach this backfield

785
00:39:05,480 --> 00:39:08,320
Speaker 1: because GEO Ronnie Bernard is still on our contract. But

786
00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:10,399
Speaker 1: I actually believe they have an out after this year.

787
00:39:10,480 --> 00:39:13,960
Speaker 1: Jeremy Hill is no longer under contract. Um so do

788
00:39:14,040 --> 00:39:16,000
Speaker 1: they want to They want to get rid of Bernardo

789
00:39:16,040 --> 00:39:18,200
Speaker 1: because he performs so well, keep him in, potentially give

790
00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:20,600
Speaker 1: him more work. That's what I would grow him Mixing.

791
00:39:20,640 --> 00:39:23,799
Speaker 1: I think that's the most logical step. But it I'm

792
00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:26,640
Speaker 1: gonna be fascinated to watch once the degenerates start drafting

793
00:39:26,680 --> 00:39:28,480
Speaker 1: on the websites, you know that open up after the

794
00:39:28,520 --> 00:39:31,759
Speaker 1: Super Bowl, like where Mixing and Bernard are falling and

795
00:39:31,880 --> 00:39:34,560
Speaker 1: Vixen's gonna go higher, Mixing is gonna go higher. I

796
00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:37,440
Speaker 1: think Bernard is a very early target. Is like a

797
00:39:37,560 --> 00:39:40,239
Speaker 1: late round you they have, they have, they have an out.

798
00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:43,200
Speaker 1: It's this year That's what I thought. Guys. We talked

799
00:39:43,239 --> 00:39:47,120
Speaker 1: so much about Joe Mixing this year Bengals about John Ross.

800
00:39:47,480 --> 00:39:52,480
Speaker 1: Oh my god, he scratch, Oh my god. The name

801
00:39:52,520 --> 00:39:55,440
Speaker 1: doesn't ring about what happened. We don't talk about it

802
00:39:55,480 --> 00:39:57,880
Speaker 1: because he was not fantasy relevant, but he was a

803
00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:00,880
Speaker 1: He was a relevant period, was a relevant his own.

804
00:40:02,320 --> 00:40:03,880
Speaker 1: I don't even know if he was a real person.

805
00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:05,800
Speaker 1: He had to. I think he had a two target

806
00:40:05,840 --> 00:40:11,640
Speaker 1: for so believable first round pick. He ran that forty

807
00:40:11,880 --> 00:40:16,839
Speaker 1: top ten in that in that coaching in the coach

808
00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:19,680
Speaker 1: Speak article that I wrote that we talked about something.

809
00:40:20,560 --> 00:40:23,359
Speaker 1: There was Marvin like the last like my little sign

810
00:40:23,400 --> 00:40:26,400
Speaker 1: off was Marvin Lewis special for the road? Uh? Like

811
00:40:27,080 --> 00:40:30,200
Speaker 1: Marvin Lewis said after they took him in the draft,

812
00:40:30,320 --> 00:40:33,080
Speaker 1: he called Lewis or he called Ross an all around

813
00:40:33,239 --> 00:40:35,960
Speaker 1: football player, not just a speed guy. Not. But six

814
00:40:36,040 --> 00:40:38,400
Speaker 1: months later, did the very same Marvin Lewis say to

815
00:40:38,560 --> 00:40:40,879
Speaker 1: the media in regards to that very same John Ross.

816
00:40:41,080 --> 00:40:44,080
Speaker 1: He let me down in a striking public shaming of

817
00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:47,800
Speaker 1: his oft injured rookie receiver. He was so bad it

818
00:40:47,880 --> 00:40:50,800
Speaker 1: was amazing. Adrian Peterson in New Orleans. This is this

819
00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:53,360
Speaker 1: is the this is the part where I was reading

820
00:40:53,400 --> 00:40:57,080
Speaker 1: your column and I said, oh, my goodness, well this

821
00:40:57,239 --> 00:41:00,280
Speaker 1: part is lengthy to tracking the whole thing is I'm amazing,

822
00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:02,480
Speaker 1: That's what I was saying. But it was so lengthy,

823
00:41:02,840 --> 00:41:05,960
Speaker 1: it's so detailed. I was like, oh my god, Adrian

824
00:41:06,040 --> 00:41:09,759
Speaker 1: Peterson has hurt you. Well, so you're one of the

825
00:41:09,840 --> 00:41:12,319
Speaker 1: people that did kind of buy into and did. It's

826
00:41:12,320 --> 00:41:13,960
Speaker 1: not even it's not even that I bought into, Like

827
00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:15,839
Speaker 1: all of these narratives, I just bought into, like, oh,

828
00:41:15,880 --> 00:41:18,480
Speaker 1: he's goal, I'm back in in a good offense. But this,

829
00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:21,840
Speaker 1: this story, it's just one of those things, like mid writing,

830
00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:24,440
Speaker 1: it just kind of came to me, and I did

831
00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:26,480
Speaker 1: ended up being so long, actually cut out like two

832
00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:30,000
Speaker 1: three more narratives I was gonna write. So I basically

833
00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:34,480
Speaker 1: made the analogy that please read his piece just for

834
00:41:34,640 --> 00:41:37,719
Speaker 1: the Adrian Peterson Park, because again you will see the

835
00:41:37,840 --> 00:41:40,919
Speaker 1: hurt in the pain in the writing. It it's great.

836
00:41:41,080 --> 00:41:44,520
Speaker 1: I basically made the analogy that Adrian Peterson and the

837
00:41:44,600 --> 00:41:47,480
Speaker 1: Saints were like that doomed couple. Your two friends, you

838
00:41:47,520 --> 00:41:49,600
Speaker 1: know they get together that are just aren't right for

839
00:41:49,680 --> 00:41:52,759
Speaker 1: each other at all, but they try to convince you

840
00:41:53,320 --> 00:41:56,920
Speaker 1: throughout their relationship that no, no, no, no, we're actually

841
00:41:57,000 --> 00:42:00,439
Speaker 1: like really good together. So April two seven, team Sean

842
00:42:00,520 --> 00:42:04,080
Speaker 1: Payton indicates that Adrian Peterson will have a clear role.

843
00:42:04,680 --> 00:42:06,520
Speaker 1: We're a great fit. We just know what we want.

844
00:42:06,600 --> 00:42:10,400
Speaker 1: Your two friends say to each other. They proclaim it

845
00:42:10,480 --> 00:42:13,719
Speaker 1: all too earnestly. Remember this specific part because it does

846
00:42:13,800 --> 00:42:18,040
Speaker 1: pay off. May two thousand seventeen, Adrian Peterson is working

847
00:42:18,160 --> 00:42:21,480
Speaker 1: on his past catching ability. We've heard this story every

848
00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:25,080
Speaker 1: off seas ever since Adrian Peterson was drafted again. Just

849
00:42:25,200 --> 00:42:27,040
Speaker 1: to hint for all you kids out there, all you

850
00:42:27,239 --> 00:42:30,200
Speaker 1: love you love lust folk, if you have to change

851
00:42:30,200 --> 00:42:32,239
Speaker 1: who you are at the core of your being, this

852
00:42:32,440 --> 00:42:35,120
Speaker 1: is probably not a relationship that you need to be in.

853
00:42:35,520 --> 00:42:37,879
Speaker 1: Adrian Peterson has never been an asset in the passing game,

854
00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:39,600
Speaker 1: and it didn't make any sense for the Saints to

855
00:42:39,600 --> 00:42:43,680
Speaker 1: sell him that way. But it continues. Early June two seventeen,

856
00:42:43,719 --> 00:42:48,000
Speaker 1: teammates gush over Adrian Peterson. T s, alright, fine, you

857
00:42:48,160 --> 00:42:52,040
Speaker 1: posted a few great looking at Instagram and they were cute.

858
00:42:52,360 --> 00:42:54,879
Speaker 1: We get it, Like the filters looked real good. People

859
00:42:54,960 --> 00:42:56,160
Speaker 1: were starting to kind of be like, you know what,

860
00:42:56,800 --> 00:42:59,279
Speaker 1: maybe this might you know, this might actually work. It

861
00:42:59,400 --> 00:43:02,920
Speaker 1: convinced a few people. Mid June two th seventeen, Adrian

862
00:43:02,960 --> 00:43:05,480
Speaker 1: Peterson believes Drew Brees will help him improve as a

863
00:43:05,520 --> 00:43:07,719
Speaker 1: pass catcher. Still working on it, still working on it.

864
00:43:08,360 --> 00:43:11,200
Speaker 1: It's still going to happen. This this, this, this big

865
00:43:11,280 --> 00:43:13,239
Speaker 1: difference that we have. It's not that bad. It's not

866
00:43:13,400 --> 00:43:17,840
Speaker 1: this one was so outrageous. July two thousand seventeen, Adrian

867
00:43:17,920 --> 00:43:23,160
Speaker 1: Peterson wants to surpass five hundred receiving yards on the season.

868
00:43:23,320 --> 00:43:25,040
Speaker 1: I think I fell out of my damn chair when

869
00:43:25,080 --> 00:43:27,640
Speaker 1: I read that headline. Summer and this is when you're

870
00:43:27,640 --> 00:43:30,120
Speaker 1: two friends, they start to get a little too ridiculous.

871
00:43:30,480 --> 00:43:33,760
Speaker 1: You know, she's starting to wear some polo wardrobe because

872
00:43:33,920 --> 00:43:36,960
Speaker 1: you know, but that's not really the style she's normally wearing.

873
00:43:37,120 --> 00:43:40,160
Speaker 1: She's changing her clothes. He's going to plays with her,

874
00:43:40,280 --> 00:43:42,400
Speaker 1: even though he even though he thinks that, like the

875
00:43:42,480 --> 00:43:46,040
Speaker 1: most great theater is the vintage episodes of Cheers. Uh,

876
00:43:46,239 --> 00:43:47,840
Speaker 1: you know, the starty two year old runn back. Suddenly

877
00:43:47,840 --> 00:43:49,800
Speaker 1: he's gonna do things he's never done. It's just not

878
00:43:49,920 --> 00:43:54,400
Speaker 1: gonna happen. Come on early September two thousand seventeen, Adrian

879
00:43:54,440 --> 00:43:57,280
Speaker 1: Peterson glares at Sean Payton on the sideline after running

880
00:43:57,320 --> 00:44:00,680
Speaker 1: for eighteen yards in his revenge game against the Vikings. Now,

881
00:44:00,760 --> 00:44:03,160
Speaker 1: this is when you know we got a point turn

882
00:44:03,200 --> 00:44:05,200
Speaker 1: in the relationship. This is their first big public fight.

883
00:44:05,280 --> 00:44:08,839
Speaker 1: It's it's brutal, it's ugly. This is this is when

884
00:44:08,880 --> 00:44:12,239
Speaker 1: you know there's really no coming back from. But they

885
00:44:12,280 --> 00:44:16,280
Speaker 1: will still try. They will still try. Mid September two seventeen,

886
00:44:16,520 --> 00:44:20,280
Speaker 1: Sean Payton says he doesn't believe they ever discussed featuring Peterson.

887
00:44:20,760 --> 00:44:24,160
Speaker 1: Remember when he said they'll have a clear role. Here's

888
00:44:24,200 --> 00:44:28,440
Speaker 1: your payoff. Early October two thousand seventeen, Saints running back

889
00:44:28,480 --> 00:44:31,120
Speaker 1: coach Joel Thomas thinks it's just a matter of time.

890
00:44:31,200 --> 00:44:35,879
Speaker 1: Until just a matter of time. You know this. They

891
00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:38,080
Speaker 1: know this isn't working, But that doesn't mean that these

892
00:44:38,120 --> 00:44:40,640
Speaker 1: two jilted lovers can't have one last good night together

893
00:44:41,000 --> 00:44:43,160
Speaker 1: over dinner to restaurant. They shared an important memory in

894
00:44:43,200 --> 00:44:45,560
Speaker 1: their early days. They'll look at each other fondly. He

895
00:44:45,640 --> 00:44:48,400
Speaker 1: remembers her cute sneezes and piles of theater critic books

896
00:44:48,400 --> 00:44:51,000
Speaker 1: and a faint chuckle of endearment. She thinks of his

897
00:44:51,200 --> 00:44:55,439
Speaker 1: insistence black is her color, not the pink. How he'd

898
00:44:55,480 --> 00:44:57,640
Speaker 1: get around to putting these. Closing the hamper with an

899
00:44:57,680 --> 00:45:00,800
Speaker 1: eye roll, but one tinged with a hint of eating affection.

900
00:45:00,920 --> 00:45:03,279
Speaker 1: The couple heads home together one last time with a

901
00:45:03,320 --> 00:45:06,200
Speaker 1: few empty words, both knowing their overdue separation isn't far

902
00:45:06,320 --> 00:45:09,960
Speaker 1: down the line. Mid October two seventeen, the Saints chip

903
00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:14,680
Speaker 1: off Adrians for a conditional sixth round pick. That's right,

904
00:45:14,960 --> 00:45:17,279
Speaker 1: trade for nothing. It was just like it's such a

905
00:45:17,640 --> 00:45:21,759
Speaker 1: like what's going through all of those headliness? Like, wow,

906
00:45:21,960 --> 00:45:24,279
Speaker 1: what a journey, because if you look at the I mean,

907
00:45:24,400 --> 00:45:28,759
Speaker 1: going into last week's game, just remember like kind of

908
00:45:28,880 --> 00:45:31,440
Speaker 1: you're kind of like, oh damn, that's right. Adrian Peterson

909
00:45:31,520 --> 00:45:33,399
Speaker 1: did play for the Saints at one point. To see.

910
00:45:34,239 --> 00:45:36,200
Speaker 1: By the way, speaking of his past, cantvilly. I think

911
00:45:36,239 --> 00:45:41,040
Speaker 1: he had four drops on nineteen targets. That's not good.

912
00:45:41,200 --> 00:45:45,480
Speaker 1: They were working on it. We're working working. How many

913
00:45:45,560 --> 00:45:48,520
Speaker 1: yards did he fall short of? Five? That's the real question.

914
00:45:48,640 --> 00:45:50,480
Speaker 1: He what did he have like a hundred of the

915
00:45:51,320 --> 00:45:54,160
Speaker 1: I mean, well, but he said he wanted to catch

916
00:45:54,280 --> 00:45:56,840
Speaker 1: five hundred yards. There's no way he had a hundred.

917
00:45:56,880 --> 00:45:58,960
Speaker 1: Receiving yards. I don't know. I know, well, he only

918
00:45:58,960 --> 00:46:01,719
Speaker 1: had nineteen targets. I'm I guess that's not feasible, but

919
00:46:01,840 --> 00:46:05,480
Speaker 1: I don't know whatever. Anyways, narratives that died he had

920
00:46:05,880 --> 00:46:10,640
Speaker 1: had he had seventy seventy so I was close. It's

921
00:46:10,760 --> 00:46:13,839
Speaker 1: close enough. Narratives that died or did they Let's burn

922
00:46:13,920 --> 00:46:16,719
Speaker 1: through these very quickly, Zacher, it's only performs in December. Nope,

923
00:46:16,760 --> 00:46:20,160
Speaker 1: that one destroyed. Alex Smith can't throw deep? Now, this

924
00:46:20,280 --> 00:46:23,759
Speaker 1: is an interesting one because he had a lot of

925
00:46:23,880 --> 00:46:28,839
Speaker 1: long touchdown passes, but he was the highest rated Pro

926
00:46:29,160 --> 00:46:31,840
Speaker 1: Football Focus had the best passer rating on deep downfield

927
00:46:32,360 --> 00:46:35,600
Speaker 1: plus yard throats. So I'm interested by this though, because

928
00:46:35,680 --> 00:46:41,120
Speaker 1: again his his average depth of throw was still not

929
00:46:41,400 --> 00:46:44,120
Speaker 1: that great, right, It was just he was just hyper

930
00:46:44,160 --> 00:46:49,399
Speaker 1: efficient when he would go uh down field. So that's

931
00:46:49,480 --> 00:46:52,000
Speaker 1: the that's the interesting part going forward. I mean, did

932
00:46:52,080 --> 00:46:55,000
Speaker 1: he have just one? That's what I'm saying. Magical season?

933
00:46:55,280 --> 00:46:58,920
Speaker 1: Was it? I don't know? Well? And and where are

934
00:46:59,000 --> 00:47:00,719
Speaker 1: where are we going to find out the answer to that?

935
00:47:00,880 --> 00:47:03,600
Speaker 1: Next year? Is it gonna in Kansas City? Obviously? I

936
00:47:03,680 --> 00:47:06,359
Speaker 1: think you know you can't discuss this again? He led

937
00:47:06,719 --> 00:47:12,200
Speaker 1: lad All All quarterbacks in deep passing yards, in deep

938
00:47:12,239 --> 00:47:15,120
Speaker 1: passing touchdowns he tied with Russell Wilson there and deep

939
00:47:15,360 --> 00:47:19,600
Speaker 1: passing quarterback rating, which so interesting, and even pro football

940
00:47:19,640 --> 00:47:22,640
Speaker 1: focuses accuracy rating on deep passes. But how much of

941
00:47:22,680 --> 00:47:24,680
Speaker 1: that is Tyreek Hill? Obviously you can't. That's what I

942
00:47:24,920 --> 00:47:27,760
Speaker 1: can't discount that, like his first year as the starting receiver,

943
00:47:27,880 --> 00:47:32,440
Speaker 1: even Travis Kelsey to a degree absolutely so is Smith?

944
00:47:32,560 --> 00:47:36,120
Speaker 1: Just was this an outlier season? Um? And where is

945
00:47:36,160 --> 00:47:37,920
Speaker 1: he gonna where is he gonna be playing next? I

946
00:47:37,960 --> 00:47:40,120
Speaker 1: would I would think it's an outlier season. I hope

947
00:47:40,120 --> 00:47:42,560
Speaker 1: he comes back with Casey. It's just it's a smart

948
00:47:42,560 --> 00:47:44,560
Speaker 1: football move to bring him back. I mean, they've got

949
00:47:44,960 --> 00:47:48,279
Speaker 1: everybody cost controlled. I don't understand. I really don't think.

950
00:47:48,719 --> 00:47:50,560
Speaker 1: I don't think it's an outlier season, to be honest,

951
00:47:50,719 --> 00:47:52,640
Speaker 1: I just think it was a culmination of the offense

952
00:47:52,680 --> 00:47:55,000
Speaker 1: finally getting the pieces. The pieces around him too. We've

953
00:47:55,040 --> 00:47:57,359
Speaker 1: seen Alex Smith throw his career, be able to throw

954
00:47:57,440 --> 00:47:59,800
Speaker 1: deep at times in the right situations with the right pieces.

955
00:48:00,200 --> 00:48:01,360
Speaker 1: He's not a guy that's going to be able to

956
00:48:01,440 --> 00:48:03,440
Speaker 1: chuck it deep no matter who's around him. But with

957
00:48:03,600 --> 00:48:06,040
Speaker 1: the offense Tyreek Hill taking the next step, Travis Kelsey

958
00:48:06,120 --> 00:48:08,279
Speaker 1: being there, it was, it was all working out. You think,

959
00:48:08,360 --> 00:48:10,080
Speaker 1: like two years ago, who the hell was he gonna

960
00:48:10,120 --> 00:48:12,520
Speaker 1: throw deep too? It's more of a mindset with Alex Smith.

961
00:48:12,600 --> 00:48:14,680
Speaker 1: I I always thought I thought he could throw it

962
00:48:14,760 --> 00:48:16,600
Speaker 1: deep if he wanted to, But he doesn't want to

963
00:48:16,640 --> 00:48:19,759
Speaker 1: because he wants to protect that ball at all costs. Yeah,

964
00:48:19,800 --> 00:48:21,440
Speaker 1: and it's how much of it's him, how much of

965
00:48:21,520 --> 00:48:25,279
Speaker 1: it's the system? And I think the honestly, I think

966
00:48:25,320 --> 00:48:28,400
Speaker 1: we won't get an answer to that question until we see, uh,

967
00:48:28,560 --> 00:48:31,880
Speaker 1: until we see Patrick Mahones operating the system. He's obviously

968
00:48:32,040 --> 00:48:35,840
Speaker 1: much more aggressive superpress back right right exactly. I I

969
00:48:35,880 --> 00:48:38,000
Speaker 1: don't know Casey would be. I think they would be

970
00:48:38,200 --> 00:48:41,880
Speaker 1: pretty stupid actually to let Alex Smith go. They got

971
00:48:41,960 --> 00:48:44,960
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes. I mean, costcutro It doesn't matter who cares,

972
00:48:45,000 --> 00:48:46,840
Speaker 1: just having both on the roster. What differenceesn make? I

973
00:48:46,880 --> 00:48:50,960
Speaker 1: don't get it? Um Alright. That being said, long layoff optimism.

974
00:48:51,560 --> 00:48:53,640
Speaker 1: You wrote this one in here, Matt Harmon, I did

975
00:48:53,760 --> 00:48:57,040
Speaker 1: because this one every year there's always at least one

976
00:48:57,160 --> 00:49:00,040
Speaker 1: player Mark Tavis Bryant. That, Yeah, like the well on

977
00:49:00,160 --> 00:49:03,160
Speaker 1: layoff optimism and I even mean more like suspension or

978
00:49:03,200 --> 00:49:05,760
Speaker 1: injury related. Like in two thousand and sixteen, I remember

979
00:49:05,800 --> 00:49:08,080
Speaker 1: it was Dion Lewis, Like people were like, oh, Dion's back,

980
00:49:08,120 --> 00:49:09,920
Speaker 1: like he's gonna get rolling, and he never did really

981
00:49:09,960 --> 00:49:14,040
Speaker 1: until until the post is Thomas Brawls. Ever, this year

982
00:49:14,160 --> 00:49:16,560
Speaker 1: was Doug Martin. People took to and I was I

983
00:49:16,600 --> 00:49:19,680
Speaker 1: was one of them. I bought in hard on the Doug. Unfortunately,

984
00:49:19,760 --> 00:49:21,399
Speaker 1: didn't you know, he did make it into the into

985
00:49:21,400 --> 00:49:23,800
Speaker 1: the narratives piece, but like he was another one that

986
00:49:23,880 --> 00:49:25,960
Speaker 1: it was sold like this is gonna he's gonna come

987
00:49:26,000 --> 00:49:27,239
Speaker 1: right and he could be great again. He did look

988
00:49:27,239 --> 00:49:29,760
Speaker 1: great in his first game, he ran well, got the touchdown.

989
00:49:29,800 --> 00:49:32,920
Speaker 1: I was like, I was like, it's happening. I mean,

990
00:49:33,000 --> 00:49:35,680
Speaker 1: he was legitimately terrible the rest of the and you

991
00:49:35,760 --> 00:49:37,600
Speaker 1: had to sit on him for three games as he

992
00:49:37,719 --> 00:49:39,520
Speaker 1: was suspended to start the year, and you had to

993
00:49:39,560 --> 00:49:41,319
Speaker 1: sink like a fifth round pick to get him too,

994
00:49:41,320 --> 00:49:44,000
Speaker 1: because everybody started like sniping each other around by rounds.

995
00:49:46,440 --> 00:49:49,399
Speaker 1: So that's one that I would like, I'm I want

996
00:49:49,440 --> 00:49:51,000
Speaker 1: to be done with that narrative, but I don't think

997
00:49:51,040 --> 00:49:52,840
Speaker 1: people will ever be done now you're not gonna be

998
00:49:52,840 --> 00:49:54,440
Speaker 1: able to quit it. There's always gonna be somebody that

999
00:49:54,520 --> 00:49:57,399
Speaker 1: hooks you back. And I think there are some guys

1000
00:49:57,440 --> 00:49:59,239
Speaker 1: that it's worth it, like like a levy On Bell

1001
00:49:59,320 --> 00:50:01,920
Speaker 1: when he's gonna this a couple of games to suspension

1002
00:50:01,920 --> 00:50:04,440
Speaker 1: because Levan Belly has a secure role, He's gonna come back.

1003
00:50:04,440 --> 00:50:07,520
Speaker 1: And but like for these second tier running backs or whatever,

1004
00:50:07,920 --> 00:50:10,480
Speaker 1: forget about it. I'm not. I'm just like, I know,

1005
00:50:10,600 --> 00:50:12,440
Speaker 1: it's like, what are you waiting for? Yeah, you know,

1006
00:50:12,520 --> 00:50:15,440
Speaker 1: if you're if I'm willing to wait those two to

1007
00:50:15,560 --> 00:50:17,800
Speaker 1: three games or whatever or longer at the start of

1008
00:50:17,800 --> 00:50:19,520
Speaker 1: the year, if I know when on the other side,

1009
00:50:19,600 --> 00:50:22,800
Speaker 1: there's gonna be like a top five back. Martin was

1010
00:50:22,880 --> 00:50:25,040
Speaker 1: never even in the best scenario, Martin was never gonna

1011
00:50:25,080 --> 00:50:27,160
Speaker 1: be a What a strange career Doug Martin's had to

1012
00:50:27,800 --> 00:50:29,680
Speaker 1: you just look at it, like by your totals and

1013
00:50:29,719 --> 00:50:31,399
Speaker 1: think of the ups and downs of like how good

1014
00:50:31,440 --> 00:50:35,080
Speaker 1: he was injuries, expensions, like he's probably gonna be this year.

1015
00:50:35,480 --> 00:50:38,200
Speaker 1: Definitely a fresh start might be good for him. Now

1016
00:50:38,239 --> 00:50:40,440
Speaker 1: I agree, I agree with that. I think that you know,

1017
00:50:41,600 --> 00:50:44,160
Speaker 1: and again, the Tampa Bay offense this year, it cannot

1018
00:50:44,239 --> 00:50:48,040
Speaker 1: be overstated how dysfunctional their offense was. They were among

1019
00:50:48,080 --> 00:50:50,640
Speaker 1: my top when I wrote that Disappointments piece that it

1020
00:50:50,760 --> 00:50:53,320
Speaker 1: was a lot of them were individual players, but Tampa

1021
00:50:53,480 --> 00:50:56,560
Speaker 1: three offenses made it collectively, and they were the Oakland Raiders,

1022
00:50:56,560 --> 00:50:59,719
Speaker 1: the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the Tennessee Titans. I just

1023
00:51:00,120 --> 00:51:02,920
Speaker 1: and again, Dirk Cutter, I mean, come on, I just

1024
00:51:03,280 --> 00:51:06,239
Speaker 1: I don't get it. Man. Anyways, um, here's the last

1025
00:51:06,360 --> 00:51:09,080
Speaker 1: narrative that died or did it? Wide receivers need a

1026
00:51:09,080 --> 00:51:12,920
Speaker 1: good quarterback to produce top so we always like at

1027
00:51:12,960 --> 00:51:15,120
Speaker 1: the end of the year, we always try to have

1028
00:51:15,239 --> 00:51:17,400
Speaker 1: these like what did we learn? Like what lessons did

1029
00:51:17,440 --> 00:51:20,480
Speaker 1: we learn from fantasy football at the end of the season.

1030
00:51:20,560 --> 00:51:23,320
Speaker 1: And last year it felt like I heard over and

1031
00:51:23,400 --> 00:51:26,680
Speaker 1: over and again like I'm done drafting these wide receivers

1032
00:51:26,760 --> 00:51:28,759
Speaker 1: with bad quarterbacks, because I think a lot of people

1033
00:51:28,800 --> 00:51:31,960
Speaker 1: were stung by Allan Robinson with Blake Bortles and DeAndre

1034
00:51:32,040 --> 00:51:38,960
Speaker 1: Hopkins with ye see above all obviously mostly Brock. Most

1035
00:51:38,960 --> 00:51:41,040
Speaker 1: people were, but like, if you look at this year

1036
00:51:41,400 --> 00:51:45,320
Speaker 1: top ten in in PPR points, you've got DeAndre Hopkins.

1037
00:51:45,440 --> 00:51:49,240
Speaker 1: We know he has again bad quarterback play all throughout

1038
00:51:49,360 --> 00:51:51,680
Speaker 1: except what Deshaun Watson was in there. You have Larry Fitzgerald,

1039
00:51:51,719 --> 00:51:55,400
Speaker 1: who endured bad quarterback playing productive throughout, had Jarvis Landry

1040
00:51:55,840 --> 00:52:00,000
Speaker 1: with Jay Cutler playing terrible. You have Adam feeling obvious

1041
00:52:00,000 --> 00:52:02,799
Speaker 1: see he had, you know, a good quarterback this year,

1042
00:52:03,160 --> 00:52:06,160
Speaker 1: but still like, again, well he got good quarterback play.

1043
00:52:06,280 --> 00:52:08,360
Speaker 1: You got good quarterback play. And that's the thing like

1044
00:52:08,640 --> 00:52:10,200
Speaker 1: if you had gone, if you had gone into the

1045
00:52:10,280 --> 00:52:14,520
Speaker 1: season being like is going to be the quarterback for

1046
00:52:14,560 --> 00:52:17,280
Speaker 1: Adam DeLand and and Stefan Digs again, with that mindset,

1047
00:52:17,280 --> 00:52:19,839
Speaker 1: you would have been all the way out. So that's

1048
00:52:19,880 --> 00:52:22,320
Speaker 1: just something like I'm just kind of kind of forget

1049
00:52:22,400 --> 00:52:25,480
Speaker 1: that narrative going forward and think or we'll see, we'll

1050
00:52:25,480 --> 00:52:27,560
Speaker 1: see next year, like does the narrative die or whatever, like,

1051
00:52:28,000 --> 00:52:30,360
Speaker 1: But for me, it's like the how good these receivers

1052
00:52:30,440 --> 00:52:33,279
Speaker 1: weren't And for most of them, theme is volume. For

1053
00:52:33,360 --> 00:52:36,120
Speaker 1: all these guys, I mean, Hopkins a hundred seventy five targets,

1054
00:52:36,400 --> 00:52:39,080
Speaker 1: Lara fisherald hundred sixty one targets, same with Jarvis Landry

1055
00:52:39,360 --> 00:52:41,640
Speaker 1: hundred sixty one, hundred forty three for Adam DeLand and

1056
00:52:41,760 --> 00:52:43,560
Speaker 1: like that was the other guys like they were able

1057
00:52:43,600 --> 00:52:45,800
Speaker 1: to boost up their stock and join these guys with

1058
00:52:45,880 --> 00:52:50,440
Speaker 1: good quarterbacks like Antonio Brown, Keenan Allen, Michael Thomas, Julio Jones, etcetera.

1059
00:52:50,960 --> 00:52:52,960
Speaker 1: There you go, let's close out with a round of

1060
00:52:53,080 --> 00:52:57,440
Speaker 1: daily DAPs. Step step taps, steps steps steps. I like turtles,

1061
00:52:58,280 --> 00:53:05,080
Speaker 1: Alex Galar, you're mixing up are drops there are high? Yeah? Yeah, Alex,

1062
00:53:06,120 --> 00:53:09,080
Speaker 1: I'm gonna adapt two things. First, one is just barcades

1063
00:53:09,200 --> 00:53:11,839
Speaker 1: in general. They've been they've been making a comeback. I'm

1064
00:53:11,880 --> 00:53:14,000
Speaker 1: glad they're expanding to other cities. Yeah, like they my

1065
00:53:14,040 --> 00:53:16,759
Speaker 1: sister said, they added one of Minneapolis. Now there's a

1066
00:53:16,800 --> 00:53:19,160
Speaker 1: couple that are awesome in Chicago. And when my family

1067
00:53:19,239 --> 00:53:21,439
Speaker 1: was in town, we went to the one downtown called

1068
00:53:21,480 --> 00:53:24,680
Speaker 1: eight two, and it's just so fun because like have

1069
00:53:24,840 --> 00:53:27,600
Speaker 1: a beer and you're playing old school games, like it

1070
00:53:27,760 --> 00:53:29,080
Speaker 1: was games that I used to play, like at the

1071
00:53:29,120 --> 00:53:30,719
Speaker 1: movie theater when we're waiting for the movie to start,

1072
00:53:30,760 --> 00:53:32,440
Speaker 1: or when I would actually go to arcades when those

1073
00:53:32,480 --> 00:53:34,680
Speaker 1: were still a thing, and like damn, it's just so

1074
00:53:34,880 --> 00:53:38,520
Speaker 1: it's just so much fun playing those trying to set

1075
00:53:38,600 --> 00:53:41,680
Speaker 1: high scores on like you know, Centipede or Space Invaders

1076
00:53:41,800 --> 00:53:44,279
Speaker 1: or even that the old remember the big X Men

1077
00:53:44,360 --> 00:53:47,080
Speaker 1: one where you could have like four players side X Men.

1078
00:53:47,640 --> 00:53:51,320
Speaker 1: You're playing that one, like, yeah, man, they're just they're awesome.

1079
00:53:51,360 --> 00:53:53,480
Speaker 1: So David have to barcades, like if you if you're

1080
00:53:53,520 --> 00:53:55,640
Speaker 1: living a bigger city, like google it and see if

1081
00:53:55,640 --> 00:53:57,239
Speaker 1: the one's around and that you've never been to. This

1082
00:53:57,360 --> 00:53:59,440
Speaker 1: is awesome. One in Sherman Oaks. Oh really, yeah, I

1083
00:53:59,520 --> 00:54:01,560
Speaker 1: have to go to the really, I think, really really,

1084
00:54:01,920 --> 00:54:04,160
Speaker 1: they's the one that you're talking about in downtown that's

1085
00:54:04,200 --> 00:54:06,919
Speaker 1: more of a it's more divish, right, No, it's very nice,

1086
00:54:06,920 --> 00:54:09,560
Speaker 1: actually isn't. Yeah, it's in the arts district. It's very upscale.

1087
00:54:09,600 --> 00:54:12,440
Speaker 1: They have like a DJ come in at nights to one.

1088
00:54:12,520 --> 00:54:15,279
Speaker 1: I have Hildelphia. They're they're so fun. But the one,

1089
00:54:15,400 --> 00:54:18,520
Speaker 1: the one, because there's another one that's actually not named

1090
00:54:18,600 --> 00:54:20,560
Speaker 1: in Koreatown, it doesn't even happen. I've been to that

1091
00:54:20,640 --> 00:54:23,319
Speaker 1: one too. I think that called or something. Yeah, yeah,

1092
00:54:23,360 --> 00:54:25,600
Speaker 1: no it's I forget what it's called. But my I

1093
00:54:25,640 --> 00:54:28,239
Speaker 1: think my buddies uncle works there, is like a part

1094
00:54:28,320 --> 00:54:29,719
Speaker 1: owner of it, and he took me there one time,

1095
00:54:29,760 --> 00:54:31,480
Speaker 1: and it's just it's literally like a hole in the

1096
00:54:33,400 --> 00:54:35,160
Speaker 1: and they only have like they have like I don't know,

1097
00:54:35,280 --> 00:54:37,680
Speaker 1: like eight, eight or ten machines. Maybe it's not as big,

1098
00:54:37,760 --> 00:54:39,160
Speaker 1: but it's a fun one. But yeah, if you if

1099
00:54:39,160 --> 00:54:40,480
Speaker 1: you live in a big city or have never been

1100
00:54:40,520 --> 00:54:42,839
Speaker 1: to one, or you're traveling somewhere, just see if there's

1101
00:54:42,840 --> 00:54:44,840
Speaker 1: a barcade around because it's such a blast. It's so

1102
00:54:45,000 --> 00:54:47,320
Speaker 1: much fun. It's total nostalgia trip and you can do

1103
00:54:47,360 --> 00:54:48,799
Speaker 1: it while you're having a beer. So there's one at

1104
00:54:48,840 --> 00:54:52,160
Speaker 1: Denver that's awesome. The one up you haven't been. That's

1105
00:54:52,160 --> 00:54:54,000
Speaker 1: a great name. Yeah, it's it's called the One Up

1106
00:54:54,120 --> 00:54:56,000
Speaker 1: and it's right near your course field. When I was

1107
00:54:56,040 --> 00:54:57,839
Speaker 1: doing some stuff with the Broncos last year, we went

1108
00:54:57,920 --> 00:55:00,160
Speaker 1: it was awesome, that's great, and went out to talking

1109
00:55:00,160 --> 00:55:03,239
Speaker 1: about David Busters. No, no, no, the ones in uh

1110
00:55:03,640 --> 00:55:05,080
Speaker 1: one Up is a great name. Sorry, and the one

1111
00:55:05,080 --> 00:55:06,719
Speaker 1: in Chicago is trying to think of a great name too,

1112
00:55:06,800 --> 00:55:11,400
Speaker 1: is called Headquarters. I was like, that's I love it.

1113
00:55:11,480 --> 00:55:13,560
Speaker 1: I will I'll actually pick you o whit. Sorry. One

1114
00:55:13,560 --> 00:55:15,240
Speaker 1: more thing was gonnay that I'm reading a really interesting

1115
00:55:15,239 --> 00:55:18,680
Speaker 1: book right now called Dark Money by Jane Mayer. If

1116
00:55:18,719 --> 00:55:20,560
Speaker 1: you listen to any of the positive America things. One

1117
00:55:20,600 --> 00:55:22,479
Speaker 1: of the guys on there, Tommy Vitor, has talked about

1118
00:55:22,480 --> 00:55:24,600
Speaker 1: it a lot, but it's Jane Mayor is a very

1119
00:55:24,680 --> 00:55:27,120
Speaker 1: very good investigative reporter and it kind of tracks the

1120
00:55:27,400 --> 00:55:30,600
Speaker 1: the Koke Brothers and other and they're very very very

1121
00:55:30,680 --> 00:55:33,200
Speaker 1: very extremely wealthy people and how they kind of like

1122
00:55:33,239 --> 00:55:35,480
Speaker 1: accumulated their wealth and how they've been using it to

1123
00:55:36,200 --> 00:55:40,279
Speaker 1: influence politics and other things in America. It's a fascinating

1124
00:55:40,320 --> 00:55:42,239
Speaker 1: book so far. I'm going to try and finish it

1125
00:55:42,280 --> 00:55:44,160
Speaker 1: this weekend because it's been like every time I pick

1126
00:55:44,200 --> 00:55:45,440
Speaker 1: it up, it gets really good, but then I'm like

1127
00:55:45,600 --> 00:55:47,200
Speaker 1: too tired and falling asleep or whatever. So I'm like

1128
00:55:47,200 --> 00:55:49,720
Speaker 1: Saturday books going down. But it's it's a really interesting

1129
00:55:49,760 --> 00:55:51,440
Speaker 1: read if that's something that kind of if you're in

1130
00:55:51,480 --> 00:55:54,040
Speaker 1: a nonfiction or stuff like that, and it's these guys

1131
00:55:54,120 --> 00:55:55,480
Speaker 1: have a lot of money and a lot of influence

1132
00:55:55,520 --> 00:55:58,280
Speaker 1: on the country right now, so it's it's very fascinating

1133
00:55:58,320 --> 00:56:00,239
Speaker 1: to see how they're going about it and how they

1134
00:56:00,280 --> 00:56:03,240
Speaker 1: accumulated that. Well, crazy crazy stuff. Um, I will picky

1135
00:56:03,320 --> 00:56:06,520
Speaker 1: back off your first DAP and I will daily DAP

1136
00:56:07,000 --> 00:56:14,279
Speaker 1: NBA Jam, which is celebrating it's uh twenty five year anniversary.

1137
00:56:14,480 --> 00:56:17,839
Speaker 1: They had that Barcado is that? Oh it's so fun? Yeah,

1138
00:56:17,880 --> 00:56:21,080
Speaker 1: that's all I played in dead purpose the NBA. Playing

1139
00:56:21,120 --> 00:56:22,680
Speaker 1: it on the console such a trip because I remember

1140
00:56:22,719 --> 00:56:25,000
Speaker 1: like playing on the Supernintendo too, but the console wants

1141
00:56:25,560 --> 00:56:28,880
Speaker 1: the Sonics, the old SuperSonics. It's the best, Gary Peyton

1142
00:56:29,000 --> 00:56:33,080
Speaker 1: and uh was Debt Shrimp. Uh No, but uh it's

1143
00:56:33,200 --> 00:56:39,160
Speaker 1: it's funny because legitimately, legitimately, NBA Jam was one of

1144
00:56:39,200 --> 00:56:41,560
Speaker 1: the reasons why I want to pursue sports broadcast really,

1145
00:56:42,239 --> 00:56:44,680
Speaker 1: but for the broadcaster things they said during the game,

1146
00:56:44,840 --> 00:56:47,960
Speaker 1: he's hitting up, heating up boom Shaka Laka. Like, I

1147
00:56:48,120 --> 00:56:50,359
Speaker 1: just I don't know why I thought it was so fun, man,

1148
00:56:50,480 --> 00:56:52,480
Speaker 1: I just I don't know. Man, you were probably too

1149
00:56:52,520 --> 00:56:54,560
Speaker 1: young for NBA jam, weren't you. Yeah, and you didn't

1150
00:56:54,560 --> 00:56:58,600
Speaker 1: give any craps about basketball, I'm assuming so. No. I

1151
00:56:58,800 --> 00:57:02,800
Speaker 1: was in on Ken Griffy Junior's baseball on on in

1152
00:57:02,920 --> 00:57:07,480
Speaker 1: sixty four was griff Jorn NBA jam. That was the best.

1153
00:57:07,560 --> 00:57:09,120
Speaker 1: It was the best, man, but it was Yeah, it

1154
00:57:09,160 --> 00:57:13,240
Speaker 1: was crazy. My second daily DAP will go to Whiz Khalifa.

1155
00:57:14,040 --> 00:57:17,560
Speaker 1: Uh still doing things. Yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, he's

1156
00:57:17,560 --> 00:57:20,200
Speaker 1: still out there doing things. But he um, I I

1157
00:57:20,480 --> 00:57:22,320
Speaker 1: this came out a year ago, but um, but I

1158
00:57:22,440 --> 00:57:25,480
Speaker 1: just ran across it on the YouTube's but he does

1159
00:57:25,760 --> 00:57:31,160
Speaker 1: a freestyle over Adele's Hello, and I'm thinking, oh, this

1160
00:57:31,320 --> 00:57:34,800
Speaker 1: is gonna be just this is just gonna be atrocious.

1161
00:57:35,280 --> 00:57:39,920
Speaker 1: It's really good. It is really really good. Whiz Khalifa

1162
00:57:40,040 --> 00:57:45,120
Speaker 1: doing it a freestyle over Adele's Hello. Uh, he absolutely

1163
00:57:45,240 --> 00:57:48,960
Speaker 1: kills it. Go find it online. It's a Power lad six. Yes,

1164
00:57:49,000 --> 00:57:51,919
Speaker 1: it's a Power one oh six video, but but yeah,

1165
00:57:52,000 --> 00:57:53,960
Speaker 1: go check it out. It's it's really fun. And again

1166
00:57:54,040 --> 00:57:56,600
Speaker 1: I came in with like this, this is gonna be abysmal,

1167
00:57:57,160 --> 00:57:59,200
Speaker 1: but it was. It was awesome. So there you go, man,

1168
00:57:59,400 --> 00:58:02,080
Speaker 1: m oney guy. So I got a couple of music

1169
00:58:02,320 --> 00:58:09,360
Speaker 1: depths from I'm scrolling through an NPRS Tiny Desk concerts. Yeah,

1170
00:58:09,360 --> 00:58:10,560
Speaker 1: those are so great, and a couple of the good

1171
00:58:10,600 --> 00:58:13,200
Speaker 1: ones I saw just the last two days. Well, the

1172
00:58:13,280 --> 00:58:16,920
Speaker 1: first one, uh, it's a singer named I but it

1173
00:58:17,240 --> 00:58:21,320
Speaker 1: looks like it's spelled Ahi a h I all caps.

1174
00:58:21,560 --> 00:58:25,080
Speaker 1: He's got an incredible voice, like very kind of soulful

1175
00:58:25,120 --> 00:58:27,800
Speaker 1: but a little gravelly too. Definitely check that out and

1176
00:58:27,920 --> 00:58:31,000
Speaker 1: the second one. Julian Baker actually heard Greg Rosenthal mentioned

1177
00:58:31,040 --> 00:58:33,000
Speaker 1: her on the A t N podcast. She was like

1178
00:58:33,200 --> 00:58:35,000
Speaker 1: the day after I was listening, I was like, oh cool,

1179
00:58:35,200 --> 00:58:38,880
Speaker 1: Like she's got, I mean, unbelievable, like probably one of

1180
00:58:38,920 --> 00:58:42,040
Speaker 1: the best singing voices i've i've I've ever heard. It's

1181
00:58:42,280 --> 00:58:44,680
Speaker 1: very like stuff seems like seems a little dark, but

1182
00:58:44,800 --> 00:58:48,120
Speaker 1: like good piano, like just like one solo guitar, and

1183
00:58:48,160 --> 00:58:50,800
Speaker 1: like her singing, it's just it's really really good. Like

1184
00:58:50,800 --> 00:58:53,240
Speaker 1: I would recommend, I would recommend actually before you go

1185
00:58:53,720 --> 00:58:57,520
Speaker 1: listen to her stuff, actually find that Tiny Desk concert

1186
00:58:57,560 --> 00:59:00,240
Speaker 1: segment and she's just just tiny. She's just tiny, little

1187
00:59:00,400 --> 00:59:04,200
Speaker 1: like blonde girls, tiny blonde and a tiny desk. Very powerful,

1188
00:59:04,560 --> 00:59:07,640
Speaker 1: very very powerful voice. I was actually listening to after

1189
00:59:07,800 --> 00:59:10,120
Speaker 1: my pod was finished. I was listening to walking into work.

1190
00:59:10,120 --> 00:59:11,360
Speaker 1: I was putting some of that on. It was like,

1191
00:59:11,680 --> 00:59:15,600
Speaker 1: oh my god, like just an incredibly talented person. So yeah,

1192
00:59:15,600 --> 00:59:18,120
Speaker 1: if you, if you, I mean, you can literally crush

1193
00:59:18,240 --> 00:59:22,200
Speaker 1: an hour easy just watching NPRS Tiny Desk. Oh yeah,

1194
00:59:22,680 --> 00:59:25,920
Speaker 1: they're so good. It's such an interesting artists come on

1195
00:59:25,960 --> 00:59:29,040
Speaker 1: there too. I was doing that instead of working for

1196
00:59:29,120 --> 00:59:32,760
Speaker 1: an hour here it was, and you get non traditional

1197
00:59:33,080 --> 00:59:36,960
Speaker 1: people like Tea Pain had an amazing tiny desk session,

1198
00:59:38,080 --> 00:59:41,400
Speaker 1: Chance the Rapper had a great tiny death session. So

1199
00:59:41,680 --> 00:59:45,080
Speaker 1: it's nontraditional. You know, folks come through there and they

1200
00:59:45,160 --> 00:59:48,360
Speaker 1: kill it too. Man, It's it's really interesting. It's really

1201
00:59:48,440 --> 00:59:52,240
Speaker 1: really that's it like a YouTube time whole time. You

1202
00:59:52,400 --> 00:59:54,040
Speaker 1: just get on. By the way, the Tea Pain one

1203
00:59:54,160 --> 00:59:57,440
Speaker 1: was without auto tune obviously because it's recorded live in

1204
00:59:57,920 --> 01:00:00,600
Speaker 1: and he did really really well, which I surprise by,

1205
01:00:00,640 --> 01:00:02,320
Speaker 1: which of course led to the question of why doesn't

1206
01:00:02,320 --> 01:00:04,360
Speaker 1: he just seem like this normally, Like what does he

1207
01:00:04,480 --> 01:00:07,880
Speaker 1: need auto to? You know what I'm saying, like, I

1208
01:00:07,920 --> 01:00:10,000
Speaker 1: don't get that. For Ducer Chris, what do he got?

1209
01:00:10,240 --> 01:00:12,000
Speaker 1: You know what? I'm gonna adapt a certain segment of

1210
01:00:12,120 --> 01:00:14,320
Speaker 1: NFL fans we've seen over like the last few weeks,

1211
01:00:14,440 --> 01:00:17,320
Speaker 1: for instance, Todd Gurley Fantasy yonas of Todd Gurley. They

1212
01:00:17,320 --> 01:00:21,720
Speaker 1: gave the Shriners one of his charities. It was that

1213
01:00:21,880 --> 01:00:25,200
Speaker 1: was awesome. The Andy Dalton and Buffalo actually how the

1214
01:00:25,280 --> 01:00:27,960
Speaker 1: Bills gave to Andy Dalton's fundation, and then just recently

1215
01:00:28,040 --> 01:00:31,240
Speaker 1: Thomas Morse did so that crushing lost the Saints head.

1216
01:00:31,400 --> 01:00:34,840
Speaker 1: Everybody left the field and it was mandated they need

1217
01:00:35,040 --> 01:00:37,480
Speaker 1: eleven guys need to come back out for that extra point,

1218
01:00:37,480 --> 01:00:39,440
Speaker 1: and they were putting their paths back on. Literally, officials

1219
01:00:39,480 --> 01:00:41,360
Speaker 1: are trying to get eleven guys to come out there,

1220
01:00:41,720 --> 01:00:45,080
Speaker 1: and Morristad was like the first guy of volunteer playing linebacker,

1221
01:00:45,280 --> 01:00:49,400
Speaker 1: you know, for basically an untimed down. And Vikings fans

1222
01:00:49,440 --> 01:00:51,800
Speaker 1: saw this. It really took to him coming out and

1223
01:00:51,840 --> 01:00:55,080
Speaker 1: showing that sportsmanship and the toughness after such a crushing defeat,

1224
01:00:55,760 --> 01:00:58,680
Speaker 1: and they started donating to his charity, which is called

1225
01:00:59,480 --> 01:01:01,800
Speaker 1: What You Get Will Grow. I think it's for kids

1226
01:01:01,840 --> 01:01:05,960
Speaker 1: battling cancer. So he said, I appreciate the love. If

1227
01:01:06,000 --> 01:01:08,360
Speaker 1: you guys get two a hundred thousand dollars, I will

1228
01:01:08,400 --> 01:01:10,760
Speaker 1: donate it to a Minnesota hospital and boom, just like

1229
01:01:10,880 --> 01:01:15,400
Speaker 1: that hundred thousand dollars that Vikings fans donated. So you know,

1230
01:01:15,720 --> 01:01:19,120
Speaker 1: it's we were up and down about wins and losses,

1231
01:01:19,200 --> 01:01:21,160
Speaker 1: but it's stuff like this, man, it just makes it

1232
01:01:21,240 --> 01:01:24,160
Speaker 1: really really And did you see two that Bengals fans

1233
01:01:24,240 --> 01:01:27,520
Speaker 1: donated to Blake Boardles charity just because he knocked the

1234
01:01:27,600 --> 01:01:30,240
Speaker 1: Steelers out of the playoffs, like there have been so

1235
01:01:30,360 --> 01:01:31,720
Speaker 1: many of those at the end of this year. It's

1236
01:01:31,760 --> 01:01:33,920
Speaker 1: been really it's been a really nice, by the way thing.

1237
01:01:34,040 --> 01:01:38,040
Speaker 1: Just just to piggyback off that Jacksonville Bakery sent Big

1238
01:01:38,120 --> 01:01:44,240
Speaker 1: Ben seven turnovers. Fittsburgh send it to their practice facility

1239
01:01:44,280 --> 01:01:47,040
Speaker 1: and said, Ben, thank you for the seven turnovers. And

1240
01:01:47,120 --> 01:01:53,040
Speaker 1: turn here seven turnovers. Well a plus troll job. That's

1241
01:01:53,040 --> 01:01:55,360
Speaker 1: why we need Jacksonville in the Super Bowl. We need,

1242
01:01:57,960 --> 01:02:00,560
Speaker 1: we need. It would be so fun. Oh my god,

1243
01:02:00,760 --> 01:02:04,240
Speaker 1: I'd have maybe Viking skull Chan versus Duval like bro.

1244
01:02:04,400 --> 01:02:06,160
Speaker 1: Don't get me wrong, I'm picking the Patriots, but I

1245
01:02:06,240 --> 01:02:11,000
Speaker 1: am rooting my ass off. Come on, let's go. What

1246
01:02:11,160 --> 01:02:14,560
Speaker 1: a great show we had today for producer christ the

1247
01:02:14,600 --> 01:02:18,000
Speaker 1: Whisky from Wisconsin, Alex kelhar and back arm and up,

1248
01:02:18,120 --> 01:02:21,600
Speaker 1: James go. We'll see you on Monday, no franchise, See

1249
01:02:21,600 --> 01:02:33,600
Speaker 1: you later, sad, see you later. I don't