1 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:13,160 Speaker 1: What is going on? Everybody? John Middlecoff Three and Out 2 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 1: podcast recording this a little early on Wednesday, so I 3 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:21,480 Speaker 1: got no clue and honestly don't really even care. I'm 4 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:24,280 Speaker 1: gonna watch because it's Turkey Day and you gotta watch. 5 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:26,200 Speaker 1: But the best game of the of the day got 6 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:30,240 Speaker 1: delayed till till Sunday. The one game we all wanted 7 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 1: to watch, Raven Steelers ain't even happening. Like I just Cowboys, Redskins. 8 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 1: I guess they're not the Redskins, the Washington football team, Lions, Texans. 9 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:43,120 Speaker 1: Like again, I'll gamble on it maybe, but it's just 10 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:47,440 Speaker 1: that's pretty bad. I mean, it is what it is. Uh. 11 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:50,360 Speaker 1: But luckily we got a really good weekend of games. 12 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:52,560 Speaker 1: We got a big story that just kind of broke 13 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 1: Nick Saban. This happened to him before, but now Stark's 14 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 1: gonna coach the Iron Bowl. Um, some sneaky pressure on Sark. 15 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:01,840 Speaker 1: I'll I'm just gonna fly through a bunch of stuff 16 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 1: and like I said, Middlecoff mail back at John Middlecoff 17 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:06,959 Speaker 1: is my Instagram handle. I'm gonna answer a bunch of 18 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:09,400 Speaker 1: questions on this pod, and that's kind of what we'll do. 19 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 1: On a little Turkey day, keep a shorter pod and 20 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:16,280 Speaker 1: just uh kind of do a little entertaining. One thing. Also, 21 00:01:16,319 --> 00:01:18,800 Speaker 1: if you guys subscribed to the podcast three Now podcast 22 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:24,480 Speaker 1: Apple iTunes wherever, leave a review. Uh one thing that 23 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:27,240 Speaker 1: it hit me and someone texted me. A buddy text 24 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 1: me this the other day. He's like, you should look 25 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:34,319 Speaker 1: up random NBA players and say their salary relative to 26 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:37,480 Speaker 1: like J. J. Watt or Khalil Mack or Aaron Donald 27 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 1: and listen. I like with the last recession, I mean, 28 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 1: we're currently kind of in one forced one because of Corona, 29 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:46,600 Speaker 1: but like a true one that happened when you didn't 30 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 1: actually have to just force businesses to shut down. In 31 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:51,560 Speaker 1: O eight o nine, I've said it before on the podcast. 32 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 1: I was broke out of college. I didn't even quite 33 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:57,520 Speaker 1: understand what was going on, but I did feel it 34 00:01:57,560 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 1: around me. I worked in college athletics. I saw a 35 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 1: bunch of people will get furloughed. I saw people lose 36 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 1: their houses. I saw people walk away from their houses foreclosures. 37 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 1: I was in Fresno at the time, which is an 38 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:11,240 Speaker 1: area in California that directly was impacted by the housing crisis. 39 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 1: So like I did see the bubble burst. Now, I 40 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:17,080 Speaker 1: didn't see it coming. I had no clue what the 41 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 1: real estate market. I wasn't in the I was out 42 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 1: of the loop as a twenty two year old guy. 43 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:25,960 Speaker 1: But one bubble, I think that is coming. Before we 44 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:27,520 Speaker 1: dive into the game, I've been thinking a lot about 45 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:31,120 Speaker 1: this is the NBA. Now, I like basketball still. The 46 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 1: NBA does wear me out and it gets exhausting, and 47 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 1: I've probably never watched less, but I still enjoy it, 48 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 1: Like I watched the Warriors. I watched random games on television. 49 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 1: My peers, I say it all the time, like my 50 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 1: friend group, people in their thirties and their forties don't. 51 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 1: But when the Michael Jordan documentary came on, everyone rushed 52 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 1: to watch that and the ratings were like six seven 53 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:53,160 Speaker 1: million people are watching it. Yet the NBA Finals they 54 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 1: could barely get like five or six million people to watch. 55 00:02:54,919 --> 00:02:57,399 Speaker 1: And that was the Lakers in the in the bubble, right, 56 00:02:57,520 --> 00:02:59,680 Speaker 1: So it's just I do think it's a bubble, and 57 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:01,920 Speaker 1: I say it all the time. The reason these leagues 58 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:04,280 Speaker 1: make a lot of money and have the amount of 59 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:07,240 Speaker 1: money to pay the players is not because of the players. 60 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:10,000 Speaker 1: It's not because of the owners. It's because of the fans. 61 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:13,800 Speaker 1: The more fans you have, the more money these companies 62 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 1: pay for the media rights, and that pays for everything. 63 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 1: Without fans, they are the consumer. Right. Without the consumer, 64 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:24,840 Speaker 1: you don't have a business, and you can still play football, 65 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:26,919 Speaker 1: you just woudn't make any money. Like the fans are 66 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:29,080 Speaker 1: making this all go and in the NFL. The reason 67 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 1: these salaries are skyrocketing, right, These quarterbacks are making thirty 68 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 1: five million, pass rushers are making twenty, receivers are making twenty. 69 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 1: We've never had more people watch football, and I see 70 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:40,600 Speaker 1: it all the time. It's just perfectly set up for 71 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:44,720 Speaker 1: our culture. It's once a week urgency every week, no tanking, 72 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 1: even the shitty teams. I guess the Jets aren't really watchable, 73 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 1: but like the Jags pushed the Packers a couple of 74 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:53,120 Speaker 1: weeks ago. You never turn on a Bucks game and go, oh, 75 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:56,200 Speaker 1: Tom Brady just taking the night off for I'm turning 76 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 1: on Seattle. You know, Russell Wilson and DK Medcalf not 77 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:02,240 Speaker 1: playing to night. What's the reason, Jim, I don't know. 78 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:05,720 Speaker 1: Rest they're tired. That doesn't happen. We gamble on it 79 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:08,280 Speaker 1: and play fantasy. It's set up for our culture. It's 80 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 1: actually I think only gonna get stronger because gambling is 81 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 1: gonna come become such a big deal. I've been gambling 82 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:18,719 Speaker 1: for a decade plus. Gambling on the NBA sucks. Gambling 83 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:21,160 Speaker 1: on baseball is impossible to me. There are only two 84 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:24,360 Speaker 1: sports like gamble on football and golf. Now I gamble 85 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 1: on March Madness. But it's not because I feel great 86 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:28,120 Speaker 1: about any of the games. I just like to gamble 87 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:30,320 Speaker 1: on the entertainment. But you couldn't pay me to gamble 88 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:32,120 Speaker 1: in the NBA. You could definitely couldn't pay me to 89 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 1: gamble on baseball, and football has that going for him. 90 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 1: Plus it's just it's a national sport. But when I 91 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:39,760 Speaker 1: see some of the money getting thrown around from the NBA, 92 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:42,560 Speaker 1: it's like, guys, you're rating like people less and less 93 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 1: people are watching. To me, they're the ultimate bubble. Now, 94 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:48,560 Speaker 1: I'm not one to say like basketball is gonna be irrelevant. 95 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:50,839 Speaker 1: It still has a market and there are still people watching. 96 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:53,520 Speaker 1: But less people watch today than watch fifteen years ago. 97 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:56,680 Speaker 1: Yet the salaries are flying up. Yet in the NFL 98 00:04:56,920 --> 00:04:59,560 Speaker 1: way more people watched today than did fifteen years ago. 99 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:01,920 Speaker 1: That's good. In business, you're either growing or you're dying. 100 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:06,120 Speaker 1: And when I see the Pistons signed Jeremy Grant a 101 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:09,360 Speaker 1: twenty million dollars a year, I just know the sports 102 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:11,760 Speaker 1: and some trouble when when I see, and I grew 103 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:15,320 Speaker 1: up a Kings fan in Sacramento, them give Deer and Fox, 104 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:17,640 Speaker 1: who I liked a lot out of Kentucky, but watch 105 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:19,920 Speaker 1: them in the NBA might be a little overrated. A 106 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:23,720 Speaker 1: hundred sixty million dollars all guaranteed. I think we got 107 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:25,760 Speaker 1: a problem. I've been saying it for a long time. 108 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:28,719 Speaker 1: The best partnership in the history of the world is 109 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:32,080 Speaker 1: being an NBA player, not being an NBA owner, being 110 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:35,200 Speaker 1: an NBA player, Because every single penny you signed for 111 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:38,920 Speaker 1: you have zero liability. You get hurt, doesn't matter. Guaranteed. 112 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:42,840 Speaker 1: Something another player in your team gets hurt, obviously irrelevant. 113 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:46,119 Speaker 1: Someone dies in the stadium that night, not your problem. 114 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:48,960 Speaker 1: In the NFL, most of the money's not guaranteed. It's 115 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 1: actually not that great of a partnership. Now, if you 116 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 1: stay healthy, you can make some cash if you're a 117 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:55,240 Speaker 1: good player, But at any moment you get injured, they're 118 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:57,800 Speaker 1: gonna cut you and it also is what's so great 119 00:05:57,800 --> 00:05:59,240 Speaker 1: about the sport. It keeps us kind of on the 120 00:05:59,279 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 1: edge of our seat. You never know. Every year the 121 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 1: roster turns over pretty dramatically. So I think when you 122 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:06,600 Speaker 1: see some of these salaries of the NBA, I throw 123 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:08,679 Speaker 1: up a red flag. I go, it's just the sport 124 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:11,680 Speaker 1: is just not healthy right now. The interest level is 125 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 1: just not there like it used to be. Twitter does 126 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:17,480 Speaker 1: not count. You have to watch the games. That is 127 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 1: where these leagues make their money, the big money. It's 128 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:23,920 Speaker 1: the reason the NFL. I saw it for years when 129 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 1: I did the Raiders post game, you know, the team 130 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:29,280 Speaker 1: was terrible. They were making no money. It didn't matter. 131 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 1: Mark Davis could sign whoever he wanted to sign because 132 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:34,320 Speaker 1: every year he got a huge media check. They were 133 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:37,280 Speaker 1: not making money, but every year he got the same 134 00:06:37,279 --> 00:06:39,520 Speaker 1: amount of money the Cowboys got or the Patriots got 135 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 1: from the media rights deal, and that number only goes up. 136 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:45,400 Speaker 1: It's why when everyone I on my timeline today freaked 137 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:48,160 Speaker 1: out and I'm recording this on Wednesday about the Steelers 138 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:50,080 Speaker 1: game being pushed back and they're like, that's not fair. 139 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:52,960 Speaker 1: The Niners game didn't get pushed back. Guys. This year 140 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:56,240 Speaker 1: is not about fairness. It's about making money. Now, every 141 00:06:56,279 --> 00:06:58,839 Speaker 1: year is about making money, but this year specifically was 142 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:02,279 Speaker 1: just about keeping the boat floating so it did not 143 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:05,839 Speaker 1: go under and sink like the Titanic. Because listen, I've 144 00:07:05,839 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 1: never run a billion dollar business, but I know this. 145 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:10,600 Speaker 1: It's much easier to keep your head above water if 146 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:13,280 Speaker 1: you're running a five thousand dollar business and you've got 147 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:15,160 Speaker 1: to go through six months a rough time. Then if 148 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:18,440 Speaker 1: you run a billion dollar business and money stops coming in, why, 149 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 1: typically your expenses are higher. So the reason the NFL 150 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:25,200 Speaker 1: pushed back the Steelers in the Ravens game for whatever 151 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 1: Corona outbreak, it's because and they didn't do it for 152 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:31,120 Speaker 1: the Niners game. The Niners game was being played by itself. 153 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:34,640 Speaker 1: There was not other inventory that game. We've seen how 154 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:38,560 Speaker 1: big these Thursday night packages are, right, they're worth eight 155 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 1: hundred a hundred billion dollars. Every game's worth million dollars. Well, 156 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:46,920 Speaker 1: they got two other games going this Turkey Day or 157 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 1: you guys watched it yesterday. That it's it was easier 158 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:53,679 Speaker 1: to push this back. It makes sense. The whole point 159 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:56,520 Speaker 1: of this year was to get games on television, and 160 00:07:56,520 --> 00:07:58,640 Speaker 1: it makes money that's why that game got pushed back, 161 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:01,240 Speaker 1: which sucks for us. I mean, I want to watch it, uh, 162 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:02,720 Speaker 1: I didn't want to watch the other two games, and 163 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:05,560 Speaker 1: Crazy and a Cowboy win. No, I don't know, but yeah, 164 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 1: I mean it's just this isn't that complicated. It's all 165 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:10,600 Speaker 1: about money. That's the only thing that matters with all 166 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:12,920 Speaker 1: this stuff. They're not running a charity. They're running a 167 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:16,800 Speaker 1: major business in a weird time. When dudes are getting sick, 168 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:19,360 Speaker 1: I mean they actually, technically they're not getting sick. All 169 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:21,240 Speaker 1: these players, every single one of them, they got corona, 170 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:24,320 Speaker 1: come back held the I mean, it's just like the 171 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:26,600 Speaker 1: evidence is in when the NFL players have got corona, 172 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:29,720 Speaker 1: they've come back pretty seamlessly. But when they test positive, 173 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:31,200 Speaker 1: like they have to quarantine them. They have to keep 174 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:34,120 Speaker 1: them away. Like that's just what they have to do. Now. 175 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:36,360 Speaker 1: When the Niners, the reason the Niners did, they get 176 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:39,280 Speaker 1: screwed a little, for sure, but it is what it is. 177 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:41,760 Speaker 1: Like other teams have gotten screwed too, just part of 178 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:45,000 Speaker 1: the deal. This year. Let's look, Uh, there's some pretty 179 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:49,360 Speaker 1: good games this weekend. The Colts Indie games huge. Obviously, 180 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:51,720 Speaker 1: Indie beat him a couple of weeks ago. Really didn't 181 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:54,439 Speaker 1: just beat him, I mean took it to them. Uh, 182 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:58,800 Speaker 1: took advantage of their special teams won by double digits. Uh, 183 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:01,240 Speaker 1: they're both seven and three. If Indie wins this game, 184 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:04,160 Speaker 1: they would almost be in the driver's seat to win 185 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:08,040 Speaker 1: this division. Titans coming off a huge win against the Ravens. 186 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:11,000 Speaker 1: Titans are just good. I think both these two teams 187 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:14,080 Speaker 1: are pretty good. I just don't trust either quarterback. You know, 188 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:17,440 Speaker 1: Philip Rivers doesn't often have two back to back good games. 189 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:20,200 Speaker 1: Ryan tanney Hill can be good one week and not 190 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:22,480 Speaker 1: good the other week. I I do think it's gonna 191 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:24,400 Speaker 1: be a little harder for Derrick Henry to run on 192 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 1: the Colts. Why. The Colts have one of the better 193 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 1: defense in the league, especially their front seven. It's really good. 194 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 1: I'll be shell shocked if he runs for a hundred yards. 195 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:35,280 Speaker 1: And it's pretty clear their formula to win games with 196 00:09:35,320 --> 00:09:38,600 Speaker 1: the Titans, and it's a good formula. Run Derrick Henry, Well, 197 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:40,040 Speaker 1: I don't know if he can run against the cold. 198 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:42,400 Speaker 1: So can Ryan Tannehill beat you? The Titans defense a 199 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:44,880 Speaker 1: little questionable. I kind of like the I kind of 200 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:47,080 Speaker 1: like the Colts in this game. But I also kind 201 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:48,400 Speaker 1: of like the Titans plus three and a half. We'll 202 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:51,680 Speaker 1: get that for a minute and three for the money. Uh. 203 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:56,360 Speaker 1: Taysom Hill at Denver's pretty interesting. Vick Fangio just embarrassed 204 00:09:56,360 --> 00:09:59,840 Speaker 1: to uh put him to the bench. He was so 205 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:04,640 Speaker 1: bad they benched him. Well, Taysom Hill, who physically is 206 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:07,240 Speaker 1: more gifted than to Uh, it's not an easy place 207 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:09,040 Speaker 1: to go. I mean, I'm sure it's gonna be cold 208 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:13,320 Speaker 1: on the road, no fans, but still the elements we 209 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:16,080 Speaker 1: saw Tah, I mean he crumbled like a cookie. Now. 210 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:19,000 Speaker 1: I think a little high more highly of Taysom Hill 211 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 1: and definitely Sean Payton than I do of Chan Gaily 212 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:26,080 Speaker 1: and Tuah. But I think that's a pretty tough game 213 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:29,920 Speaker 1: for them. Uh, the Raiders against the Falcons. You know, 214 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:31,360 Speaker 1: this is a game. If you're the Raiders, you want 215 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:33,079 Speaker 1: to make a wild card. And after the Chiefs game, 216 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:34,959 Speaker 1: we're all talking about him like wild card, you know, 217 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:37,000 Speaker 1: the chief the Raiders like a wild card team. You 218 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:40,000 Speaker 1: gotta beat the Falcons. You have to beat the Falcons. Now, 219 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:43,480 Speaker 1: John Gruden said he thought the Falcons were the best 220 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:47,000 Speaker 1: three and seven team he's ever seen. I mean, it's funny, 221 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:48,840 Speaker 1: but he I think he has to say ship like 222 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:52,640 Speaker 1: that because he cannot afford a loss because whoever wins, 223 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:55,880 Speaker 1: even if whoever loses the Colts Titans games, gonna have 224 00:10:55,920 --> 00:10:59,320 Speaker 1: seven wins. The Browns play the Jags, that's a win. 225 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:02,480 Speaker 1: The Dolphins played the Jets, that's a win. Both those 226 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:04,559 Speaker 1: teams would then have seven wins. That would be three 227 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:07,320 Speaker 1: teams with seven wins. If the Raiders were to lose 228 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:09,040 Speaker 1: this game, they only have six. So this is a 229 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:13,440 Speaker 1: huge game for the Raiders. Brady versus the Chiefs. You know, 230 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:15,640 Speaker 1: Brady was terrible. I talked about it on Tuesday. He 231 00:11:15,920 --> 00:11:19,160 Speaker 1: just looked bad. He looked old. Uh. Their their offense 232 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:21,960 Speaker 1: looked bad. I mean, just like they don't even practice. 233 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:24,079 Speaker 1: He was I've never seen Brady throw it to no 234 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:27,240 Speaker 1: man's land like he was doing the other night. And 235 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:30,079 Speaker 1: the Chiefs, you know, coming off a big win, but 236 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:31,840 Speaker 1: it was weird. It was like they won, but it 237 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:34,600 Speaker 1: felt like they lost because they look like they're you know, 238 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:37,160 Speaker 1: they feel internally like they're way superior to the Raiders, 239 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:39,240 Speaker 1: as they should. I mean, they're in defending super Bowl champs. 240 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:41,600 Speaker 1: But that was one of those wins where I think 241 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:43,280 Speaker 1: you can coach them up pretty hard during the week 242 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:46,360 Speaker 1: if you're Andy, but you're gonna need the defense to 243 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:48,640 Speaker 1: play better, because I would assume Brady is not gonna 244 00:11:48,640 --> 00:11:54,520 Speaker 1: have two back to back terrible games. One difference between 245 00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:58,959 Speaker 1: last week for the Chiefs and then this week. It 246 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:01,320 Speaker 1: is like Josh Jacobs and DeVante Booker are just better 247 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:04,160 Speaker 1: players than Leonard Fournett and Ronald Ronald Jones. I guess 248 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:07,120 Speaker 1: I've been calling him Ronald Johnson. Someone DM me, you 249 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:09,880 Speaker 1: keep calling Ronald Jones Ronald Johnson. When I was with 250 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:13,079 Speaker 1: the Eagles, we had a wide receiver from sc named 251 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:15,599 Speaker 1: Ronald Johnson. I know who Ronald Jones is. I was 252 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:17,360 Speaker 1: an actually a big fan of Ronald Jones. I kind 253 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:19,400 Speaker 1: of like that he's become a decent player. I know 254 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:21,959 Speaker 1: the clip of Leonard Fournett went viral this week. He's 255 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:24,040 Speaker 1: got terrible vision. I mean, he's just an average player. 256 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:28,040 Speaker 1: I can't catch. So I think the Raiders, in a 257 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:30,800 Speaker 1: weird way, are a tougher matchup for the Chiefs in 258 00:12:30,840 --> 00:12:35,200 Speaker 1: the running game, the passing game. You know, Derek's just 259 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:37,920 Speaker 1: playing better than Brady. I mean, Brady what he was 260 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:40,440 Speaker 1: last week was again, I'm a huge Tom Brady guy. 261 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:42,320 Speaker 1: I think he's a greast quarterback of all time. That 262 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:44,360 Speaker 1: was one of the worst games I've ever seen him play. 263 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:46,760 Speaker 1: And I don't just mean like, I just mean the 264 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:49,720 Speaker 1: eye test. He was skipping balls, overthrowing balls. It was 265 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:55,160 Speaker 1: just a complete disaster. It was an absolute disaster. Uh 266 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:57,760 Speaker 1: So that's that game is big, not much bigger for 267 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:03,520 Speaker 1: the Pampa Bay in Kansas City, that's for sure. Herbert 268 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:06,920 Speaker 1: against the Bills. Bills coming off a bye. Justin Herbert 269 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:09,760 Speaker 1: on pace to have the greatest rookie season of all time. 270 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:12,000 Speaker 1: Let me repeat, Justin Herbert is on paced to have 271 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:16,640 Speaker 1: the greatest rookie season of all time. Now can the Bills? 272 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:18,679 Speaker 1: You know the other things. Sometimes when you get West 273 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:21,719 Speaker 1: Coast quarterbacks going in the elements, I would imagine it's 274 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:24,280 Speaker 1: gonna be freezing cold in Buffalo. Justin Herbert grew up 275 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:29,400 Speaker 1: in Eugene. It's cold, it rains there. Uh yeah, I mean, 276 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:32,160 Speaker 1: I just I'm fascinated to watch this game. Two of 277 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:34,959 Speaker 1: my favorite young quarterbacks in the league. Again, Justin Herbert 278 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:37,680 Speaker 1: on pace to have the best rookie season of all time. 279 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:40,560 Speaker 1: Pretty nuts by by Anthony Lynn. You had a good 280 00:13:40,640 --> 00:13:44,640 Speaker 1: run three for the money. I I must apologize my 281 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:48,920 Speaker 1: three picks last week. We're an embarrassment. I am currently 282 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:51,320 Speaker 1: on a very very cold streak. I went over three 283 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:55,160 Speaker 1: last week. You could call me Joey Galloway Jr. Because 284 00:13:55,160 --> 00:14:01,120 Speaker 1: I basically called I basically called north Western the fighting 285 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:04,280 Speaker 1: Rees Davis is without saying it. And they won that 286 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:07,000 Speaker 1: game pretty easily. I mean they kissed kick Wisconsin's ass. 287 00:14:07,559 --> 00:14:11,040 Speaker 1: That that was a beat down the Patriots. You just 288 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:13,800 Speaker 1: can't bet on the Patriots this year. My bad. And 289 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:16,720 Speaker 1: then what was the other game I took? But let's 290 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:18,280 Speaker 1: go this week. I don't even I can't even find 291 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:20,360 Speaker 1: it on my sheet. But I'm twenty and sixteen this 292 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:25,880 Speaker 1: week the Titans. I'm going three games. My philosophy is 293 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:27,680 Speaker 1: when I get two good teams late in the season 294 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:31,640 Speaker 1: November December, I take the better playoff level team, or 295 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:34,640 Speaker 1: excuse me, let me rephrase that. I take whatever team 296 00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:36,360 Speaker 1: is getting points, because I don't think we know who 297 00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:37,920 Speaker 1: the better team is. I mean, they played once and 298 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:39,720 Speaker 1: he beat him. But I think if this, if these 299 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:42,680 Speaker 1: two teams played ten times, be like five and five, 300 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:44,600 Speaker 1: maybe six and four, and these are gonna be really tight. 301 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:47,640 Speaker 1: I say the same thing about the NFC West. Not 302 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:49,960 Speaker 1: really counting the Niners right now with Nick Mullins, but 303 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:52,680 Speaker 1: when the Cardinals the Rams in Seattle, if they're gonna 304 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:55,520 Speaker 1: play each other and I can get three plus points 305 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:58,840 Speaker 1: in that game, I'm gonna take the underdog. So I 306 00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:01,800 Speaker 1: don't necessarily love the Titans in this spot the games 307 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:04,040 Speaker 1: that indie. I just like the team getting three and 308 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:06,360 Speaker 1: a half points. I like the team getting three and 309 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:08,040 Speaker 1: a half points. I'm gonna go with the Titans plus 310 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:11,200 Speaker 1: three and a half. I don't even feel great about 311 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:13,600 Speaker 1: this pick, but I do think when you look at 312 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 1: the Chiefs, they're eight and one, they're gonna cruise, like 313 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:20,480 Speaker 1: be thirteen and three. The Bucks a little desperation here, 314 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:24,920 Speaker 1: coming off just a terrible game. I mean, Brady throws 315 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 1: multiple picks, even their defense kind of got smoked, especially 316 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:30,600 Speaker 1: the secondary. I'm gonna take the Bucks plus three and 317 00:15:30,640 --> 00:15:34,200 Speaker 1: a half. Again, don't love this, just leaning with Brady 318 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:38,640 Speaker 1: arians being completely desperate, the Raiders coming off a pretty 319 00:15:38,680 --> 00:15:42,160 Speaker 1: big win in the sense of like that game was 320 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:44,880 Speaker 1: big for them, not saying that this game isn't because 321 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:47,160 Speaker 1: the Bucks are better than the Raiders. They beat him 322 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 1: forty five to twenty, but just in a vacuum like 323 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:52,120 Speaker 1: that game matter more to the Raiders than this one. 324 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:55,200 Speaker 1: Will excuse me the Chiefs. Uh. So I'm just going 325 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:57,160 Speaker 1: with the desperate team and then I'm gonna go with 326 00:15:57,200 --> 00:16:00,800 Speaker 1: the over fifty five with the Raiders and the Falcons. Uh. 327 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:05,680 Speaker 1: The Raiders, the offense has been fantastic. The Falcons, you know, 328 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:08,920 Speaker 1: can score points. Todd Gurley sneaky nine touchdowns this year. 329 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:11,720 Speaker 1: Julio's comes in and out every game because he gets hurt. 330 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:14,560 Speaker 1: But Calvin Ridley's back. So I'm gonna go Titans plus 331 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:17,280 Speaker 1: three and a half on the road in Indy, Raiders, 332 00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:22,240 Speaker 1: Falcons over fifty bucks plus three and a half against 333 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:28,320 Speaker 1: the Chiefs. Again. You've got desperation, Tom Brady, desperation. Okay, 334 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:30,479 Speaker 1: Like I said, I was gonna do a big, big 335 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:36,240 Speaker 1: mail bag at John middlecoff is my uh is my Instagram, 336 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:40,000 Speaker 1: the direct messages where the single people slide in and 337 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:42,440 Speaker 1: out of to communicate and also where people like me 338 00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:46,280 Speaker 1: communicate with you guys. People show and we take the 339 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:48,640 Speaker 1: people's questions here. So just slide up into my d 340 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:50,000 Speaker 1: M S. I got a ton I'm not gonna be 341 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:53,240 Speaker 1: able to answer every single one. You hear a lot 342 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:56,160 Speaker 1: about people talking about how quarterbacks have to be mobile. 343 00:16:56,200 --> 00:16:59,840 Speaker 1: Now could you explain exactly why that is? I mean, 344 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:03,000 Speaker 1: not because defenses are better, right, Why couldn't like a 345 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:05,520 Speaker 1: peak Peyton Manning pick apart defenses from the pocket in 346 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:09,000 Speaker 1: two thousand twenty. Would love to hear you explain. Here 347 00:17:09,080 --> 00:17:14,040 Speaker 1: is my theory. As the offenses have become more spread 348 00:17:14,080 --> 00:17:19,000 Speaker 1: in college, less and less good offensive linemen come into 349 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:22,200 Speaker 1: the league. And you've seen the last last year. Actually, 350 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:24,160 Speaker 1: there were a lot of tackles draft in the first round, 351 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:26,280 Speaker 1: but I think there has never been worse guards and 352 00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:29,040 Speaker 1: centers in the NFL. And even tackles are pretty hit 353 00:17:29,119 --> 00:17:32,840 Speaker 1: or miss because what they do in college doesn't really 354 00:17:32,840 --> 00:17:35,600 Speaker 1: translate to the NFL, even though the NFL has become 355 00:17:35,640 --> 00:17:41,960 Speaker 1: more spready. But the defensive lineman have never been more freakish. 356 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:46,560 Speaker 1: Think how many Aaron Donald's Khalil Max, Josh Allen's, Miles 357 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:51,159 Speaker 1: Garrett's Boats of Brothers. These got the interior guys, you know, 358 00:17:51,240 --> 00:17:53,280 Speaker 1: the Fletcher Cox type that are rushing from the middle 359 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:55,800 Speaker 1: of the field. There have never been Eric Arminstead, de 360 00:17:55,840 --> 00:18:00,000 Speaker 1: Forrest Buckner never been bigger freaks coming at the defensive line, 361 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:02,560 Speaker 1: men are still coming in at rapid rates. So my 362 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:04,960 Speaker 1: theory again, I haven't really talked to many people in 363 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:07,560 Speaker 1: the NFL about this, A couple of buddies, I guess. 364 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:12,359 Speaker 1: But these guys can get by these average offensive lineman 365 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:15,040 Speaker 1: just because there's more good defensive lineman they've ever been. 366 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:18,480 Speaker 1: So if you don't have a good offensive line, let's 367 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:21,320 Speaker 1: face it, most teams don't. You have to be able 368 00:18:21,359 --> 00:18:23,520 Speaker 1: to move. And when I say mobile, I don't mean 369 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:27,439 Speaker 1: Kyler Murray or even like Deshan or Lamar. I just 370 00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:31,760 Speaker 1: mean like Jimmy Garoppolo, Derek Carr be able to move. Now, 371 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:37,120 Speaker 1: could Peyton Manning excel? Probably, yes, not probably he would 372 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:40,080 Speaker 1: be great, But I do think Peyton was just an outlier. 373 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:44,320 Speaker 1: In general, I think most quarterbacks, I just think, like 374 00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:47,280 Speaker 1: Jared Goth to me is the last true, you know, 375 00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 1: pocket quarterback who was drafted. You know, he went number 376 00:18:52,359 --> 00:18:54,000 Speaker 1: one overall. I just don't think we're gonna see many 377 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:57,239 Speaker 1: guys like that. I wouldn't want guys like that, and 378 00:18:57,359 --> 00:18:59,919 Speaker 1: I think a big reason is because supply and demand, 379 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:02,840 Speaker 1: there are way more sweet defensive lineman coming in, way 380 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:05,480 Speaker 1: less sweet offensive lineman coming in, So there's just gonna 381 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:07,680 Speaker 1: be a lot more pressure on the quarterback. Well, what's 382 00:19:07,720 --> 00:19:10,000 Speaker 1: the way to avoid pressure? Not just get rid of 383 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:12,800 Speaker 1: the ball fast, but be able to run away? And 384 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:15,760 Speaker 1: that's my theory. Do you think the Colts would go 385 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:18,440 Speaker 1: after a guy like Trask in the draft? I think 386 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:20,560 Speaker 1: it would definitely be available, and as a player who 387 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:23,760 Speaker 1: is definitely ripping up draft boards. Yeah, I mean, I 388 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:26,600 Speaker 1: think Kyle Trask is surely headed for the first round. 389 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:30,520 Speaker 1: I mean, he's having an unreal season. I think they'll go. Well. 390 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:32,320 Speaker 1: The last time Dan Mullin had a quarterback that he 391 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:35,439 Speaker 1: put in the draft, his name was Dak Prescott. Now 392 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:37,480 Speaker 1: we can argue all day long about Dak Prescott, but 393 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:39,399 Speaker 1: if we redo that draft, Dak Prescott's going in the 394 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:43,040 Speaker 1: top ten. So if depending Dan Mullins coached a lot 395 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:46,040 Speaker 1: of really good quarterbacks, if he signs off on this guy, 396 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:49,720 Speaker 1: clearly is because he's playing so well. But yeah, I mean, 397 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:51,960 Speaker 1: I don't know if he'll be there. Assuming let's say 398 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:54,520 Speaker 1: the Colts win the division and when a couple went 399 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:57,199 Speaker 1: around in the playoffs, like they'll have to trade up 400 00:19:57,240 --> 00:20:05,679 Speaker 1: to get the guy. Uh, let's see random question for 401 00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:08,480 Speaker 1: the pod. With all the talk of how important Derrick 402 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:10,480 Speaker 1: Henry has been for Tennessee the last two years, it 403 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:13,439 Speaker 1: has me wondering, who do you think has been the 404 00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:16,239 Speaker 1: best back for them in the last twenty years or so? 405 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:20,399 Speaker 1: Derrick Henry, Eddie, George or c J. Two K. Would 406 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:23,880 Speaker 1: love to hear your thoughts. I would say Henry or George. 407 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:26,320 Speaker 1: C J two K would be third, even though he 408 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:30,840 Speaker 1: was really good. I would lean just Derrick Henry because 409 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:33,120 Speaker 1: I guess Eddie got him to the super Bowl. I'd 410 00:20:33,119 --> 00:20:35,119 Speaker 1: have to do a deep dive on Eddie George and 411 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:39,800 Speaker 1: kind of watch just that's a tough question. That's a 412 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:42,800 Speaker 1: that's actually a really good question. Both Heisman Trophy winners, 413 00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:46,719 Speaker 1: both huge backs, both carried their team in the playoffs. 414 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:52,600 Speaker 1: I'd say Steve mcdair was definitely better than Ryan Tanney Hill. I. 415 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:55,520 Speaker 1: I might give the slight edge to Henry, but we'll see. 416 00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:58,879 Speaker 1: That's it's a damn good mail back question. Is Jeff 417 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:01,960 Speaker 1: Acuta bust or Patricia just ruining him? He's been getting 418 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:05,639 Speaker 1: burned on a weekly basis. Yeah, I mean I I 419 00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:08,640 Speaker 1: had friends in the NFL that thought that C J. Henderson, 420 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:10,600 Speaker 1: the kid from Florida who went to the Jags, was 421 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:13,320 Speaker 1: a better prospect than Acuda. That thought a Kuda wasn't 422 00:21:13,320 --> 00:21:16,280 Speaker 1: a little overrated now full disclosure. I didn't like break 423 00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:19,359 Speaker 1: Down the film on Jeff Acuda, but when I watched 424 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:22,280 Speaker 1: him just on TV copy at Ohio State, he was 425 00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:25,320 Speaker 1: pretty good. I have a hard time thinking, you know, 426 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:27,960 Speaker 1: especially if you're just playing man defense on the outside, 427 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:31,840 Speaker 1: like if you're getting burned, that's a little bit on you. Um, 428 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:34,480 Speaker 1: I'd be lying if I said I'd like locked in 429 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:38,000 Speaker 1: on Jeff Acuta and the Lions. It always is concerning 430 00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:42,760 Speaker 1: when a top five pick at corners getting smoked. Now, 431 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:44,440 Speaker 1: the good news is you're gonna have a new coach, 432 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:48,840 Speaker 1: so I wouldn't. You can't be a bust after one year. 433 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:51,399 Speaker 1: That's impossible. So that that, that to me, is the 434 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:54,320 Speaker 1: good news. What will the Bears do next year at quarterback? 435 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:56,600 Speaker 1: If we win a couple more games this year, we'll 436 00:21:56,600 --> 00:21:58,399 Speaker 1: be out of the race for any decent quarterback in 437 00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:00,400 Speaker 1: this draft. Should we try to trade for a guy 438 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:03,720 Speaker 1: like Donald? Would love to hear your thoughts. Yeah, I mean, 439 00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:06,600 Speaker 1: I'd say Donald would be in the mix. I would 440 00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:10,040 Speaker 1: say if if Jimmy Garoppolo gets cut Jimmy Garoppolo would 441 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:13,000 Speaker 1: be in the mix. Uh, you could always trade a 442 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:15,119 Speaker 1: one to move up and get a top quarterback in 443 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:18,080 Speaker 1: the draft. I'd say fools won't be on the team. 444 00:22:18,119 --> 00:22:22,879 Speaker 1: Trabisky won't be on the team. That's a good question. Uh, 445 00:22:23,119 --> 00:22:26,560 Speaker 1: it's tough, man. It's just how have the Bears for 446 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:29,480 Speaker 1: forty plus years never had a quarterback? How is that possible? 447 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:31,280 Speaker 1: How did they not just get I mean they had 448 00:22:31,359 --> 00:22:32,800 Speaker 1: j Cutler for a minute, but how do they not 449 00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:35,760 Speaker 1: had like you know, they had Eli Manning for ten 450 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:39,320 Speaker 1: years for Philip Rivers or just just to run into 451 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:42,239 Speaker 1: one of those guys, even like an Andy Dalton for 452 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:45,560 Speaker 1: six years. They just I feel free Bears fans. I 453 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:50,040 Speaker 1: would say Donald possibility, Jimmy Garoppolo possibility. I'd say Jamie's 454 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:55,199 Speaker 1: probably not possible. Uh. And draft, I've always thought Texas 455 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:57,040 Speaker 1: should be a bigger power than they've shown the last 456 00:22:57,040 --> 00:23:00,639 Speaker 1: few years. It's Herman a gunner. If so, doesn't it 457 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:03,159 Speaker 1: make sense that they target a known commodity versus previous 458 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:06,600 Speaker 1: attempts at the hot assistant like strong in Herman. I'd 459 00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:09,520 Speaker 1: love to see them target and Urban Meyer or Brian Kelly, 460 00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:13,280 Speaker 1: they have the money, what are they thinking. I don't 461 00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:15,720 Speaker 1: know much about the politics there beside what I've read 462 00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:18,399 Speaker 1: and talking to people that know the program. Clearly the 463 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:25,040 Speaker 1: boosters and just the power you know that control the football. 464 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:29,000 Speaker 1: It's just a complicated situation. So I think a lot 465 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:31,679 Speaker 1: of times, like Nick Saban, the the rumor was they 466 00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:34,160 Speaker 1: offered him a hundred million dollars. I've heard that might 467 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:36,960 Speaker 1: not be true, but to me and I heard one 468 00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 1: of the reasons, even if it was true, he wouldn't 469 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:44,080 Speaker 1: be that interested. At Alabama, he'd known Nick Saban answers 470 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:48,160 Speaker 1: Nick Saban, Urban Meyer at Ohio State answered urban Meyer, 471 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:51,600 Speaker 1: and save at Florida Pete Carroll USC answered to Pete Carroll. 472 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:53,560 Speaker 1: Nick Saban doesn't want to have to answer to ten 473 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:56,600 Speaker 1: boosters like that's he's not into that game. I think 474 00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:58,520 Speaker 1: part of the problem is they have all these people 475 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:01,679 Speaker 1: that have their hands and are pulling some like puppet 476 00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:05,600 Speaker 1: strings in the program that make it complicated. So could 477 00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:07,240 Speaker 1: they do they have the money to get urban Meyer? 478 00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:10,280 Speaker 1: Brian Kelly, you bet your ask they do. Do either 479 00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:12,600 Speaker 1: one of those guys want to go there? I don't know. 480 00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:16,160 Speaker 1: I mean, Brian Kelly has unlimited power now at Notre Dame. 481 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:21,479 Speaker 1: He's the head coach, the GM, he He's everything. Not 482 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:23,920 Speaker 1: sure how closely you follow Big ten football, just wanted 483 00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:26,440 Speaker 1: to get your thoughts on Jim Harbaugh's future. He was 484 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:29,320 Speaker 1: hired to bring stability to the program and develop a 485 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:32,480 Speaker 1: perennial contender over time, but despite a talented roster that 486 00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:34,720 Speaker 1: seems to struggle more and more as time goes on, 487 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:36,800 Speaker 1: from consistent ten and two a few years ago to 488 00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:39,280 Speaker 1: barely beating Rutgers this week. Do you think it's time 489 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:41,679 Speaker 1: for Michigan to move on, and if so, would be 490 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:44,920 Speaker 1: a good replacement Mike Leach? Well, I think Harbor and 491 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:47,520 Speaker 1: Mike Leach run two different type programs, so I don't 492 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:50,600 Speaker 1: think that makes much sense. I think the thing is 493 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:53,920 Speaker 1: I would give Jim Harball one another year to see, 494 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:58,639 Speaker 1: like I'm not giving jud Jim Harbaugh like the acts 495 00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:02,080 Speaker 1: in the Corona year. Now, if next year, you know 496 00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:04,480 Speaker 1: they had that quarterback. I wasn't watching the game, but 497 00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:06,399 Speaker 1: I know they brought in the backup quarterback who kind 498 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:09,280 Speaker 1: of sparked it. Maybe he can give them a little life. Uh. 499 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:13,080 Speaker 1: Part of Jim Harbaugh's problem really, since Kaepernick and then 500 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:15,960 Speaker 1: at Michigan is like he can't find a quarterback, which 501 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:18,320 Speaker 1: is crazy. He's at Michigan. Look at all these programs 502 00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:21,920 Speaker 1: that find a quarterback. Florida, Bama, Ohio State, USC Hell, 503 00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:26,480 Speaker 1: Washington State is finding NFL quarterbacks, Wisconsin, Iowa that all 504 00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:28,600 Speaker 1: these teams have NFL quarterback. Jim Harber can't do it. 505 00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:30,760 Speaker 1: To me, if he could just get a good quarterback, 506 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:32,639 Speaker 1: they'd be fine, they'd have a chance to win big 507 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:35,159 Speaker 1: but he but for whatever reason, he can't do it. 508 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:40,160 Speaker 1: I think I would give Jim one more year. Big 509 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:44,720 Speaker 1: fan from from over from Mexico, do you think you 510 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:47,080 Speaker 1: can give a top ten rankings on your show? I 511 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:49,320 Speaker 1: argued last night that I would put Buffalo in the 512 00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:53,320 Speaker 1: top four teams in the NFL. Thanks, yeah, I mean 513 00:25:53,359 --> 00:25:55,439 Speaker 1: I I think they'd all be a f C teams 514 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:58,800 Speaker 1: right now. I'd probably go Kansas City, Pittsburgh. You could 515 00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:01,320 Speaker 1: put one or two. I give can't see their defending champs, 516 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:06,080 Speaker 1: but Pitts undefeated, Uh Tennessee, Indie. Buffalo would be probably 517 00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:10,000 Speaker 1: my top five. Then I mean Taysom Hill, the Saints. 518 00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:12,440 Speaker 1: We still have a lot of unknown there on Taysom Hill, 519 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:16,760 Speaker 1: the Packers are clearly flawed. Seattle. Probably the Rams might 520 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:19,119 Speaker 1: be the best team in the NFC. That would be 521 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:22,280 Speaker 1: probably my group. But the first five teams, I I'd 522 00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:29,040 Speaker 1: put Buffalo at five, probably at five. What do the 523 00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:31,440 Speaker 1: Broncos need to see out of their evaluation that Drew Lock? 524 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:34,000 Speaker 1: Do you view this season as a one year audition 525 00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:36,240 Speaker 1: to be the man in Denver? He seems to have 526 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:40,200 Speaker 1: the physical talent, but as shown to be extremely careless 527 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:42,520 Speaker 1: with a football which has not improved week to week. 528 00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:45,840 Speaker 1: That's sometimes it's young quarterbacks. Curious to hear your thoughts 529 00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:47,840 Speaker 1: on what teams look for in determining if a guy 530 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:50,400 Speaker 1: is the quarterback of the future or what makes them 531 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:52,840 Speaker 1: decide to move on. When we see guys in the 532 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:56,240 Speaker 1: same division ball out right away, Herbert Mahomes, it leaves 533 00:26:56,280 --> 00:26:59,119 Speaker 1: me some doubt that Locke would be annointed the franchise 534 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:02,159 Speaker 1: quarterback moving four word. Well, here's a reality. He's a 535 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:05,160 Speaker 1: second year player and he's a second round pick Mahomes. 536 00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:06,639 Speaker 1: I mean it was a tenth pick in the draft 537 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:08,600 Speaker 1: and Herbert was a six pick in the draft. Like 538 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:11,320 Speaker 1: this guy did not go in the first round. I 539 00:27:11,359 --> 00:27:13,560 Speaker 1: think usually the second round pick you're gonn give him 540 00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:16,520 Speaker 1: a couple of years. The GMS there, they invested in him. 541 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:19,800 Speaker 1: I think Drew Lock, unless this year is an absolute 542 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:22,040 Speaker 1: debacle or he has some major injury, I think he's 543 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:24,840 Speaker 1: gonna be the quarterback next year. Plus, how do you 544 00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:28,080 Speaker 1: move on? Like, if you win seven games, let's say, 545 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:31,040 Speaker 1: or let's say they win six, you draft a quarterback 546 00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:33,879 Speaker 1: in the first round. I don't think you do. I 547 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:37,080 Speaker 1: think you could argue that the Broncos are in like 548 00:27:37,119 --> 00:27:39,359 Speaker 1: the worst spot you can be in football, kind of 549 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:42,400 Speaker 1: in no man's land. And I think right now they 550 00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:45,399 Speaker 1: kind of are in no man's land. So I just 551 00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:46,960 Speaker 1: think you write it out this year with Drew Lock. 552 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:49,720 Speaker 1: I think what you look for is improvement week to 553 00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:52,600 Speaker 1: week when you when you're in it with the team 554 00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:55,159 Speaker 1: and the coach and John Elway, to me, what's he 555 00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:58,639 Speaker 1: like Monday through Saturday? What are study habits? What are 556 00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:00,760 Speaker 1: his work habits, how's he at actus? How did the 557 00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:03,800 Speaker 1: guy's feed off him? Then obviously you're judging him. I mean, 558 00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:06,000 Speaker 1: the games matter the most, but with a quarterback, there's 559 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:07,800 Speaker 1: a lot going on, Like do you see him improving 560 00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:10,040 Speaker 1: through the week? Do you see him not improving? In 561 00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:13,439 Speaker 1: the week. Is he a worker? Is he lazy? Like? 562 00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:15,399 Speaker 1: There are a lot of intangible stuff you look for 563 00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:17,960 Speaker 1: when evaluating that, because he does are the physical talent, 564 00:28:18,359 --> 00:28:20,399 Speaker 1: Like you said the turnovers. I I do think with 565 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:24,560 Speaker 1: good coaching you can get some of that out of there. Um. Yeah, 566 00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:26,679 Speaker 1: I mean it's complicated. I don't think there is just 567 00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:29,760 Speaker 1: some scientific formula that just right or wrong. This guy 568 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:32,000 Speaker 1: is my quarterback, this guy is not my quarterback, kind 569 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:34,919 Speaker 1: of just a no man's land. You mentioned that the 570 00:28:34,920 --> 00:28:37,040 Speaker 1: Colts defense had a bad first half against Green Bay. 571 00:28:37,359 --> 00:28:39,320 Speaker 1: The same thing happened against the Titans and the Bengals. 572 00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:43,200 Speaker 1: Is that great halftime adjustment coaching? And what's that say 573 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:46,160 Speaker 1: about the initial game plan? Is you're coming out slow? Rivers? 574 00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:50,560 Speaker 1: Is your quarterback sustainable? Go Colts? Yeah. I think sometimes 575 00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:52,840 Speaker 1: in a big game your team can be really amped up. 576 00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:57,360 Speaker 1: Sometimes the offensive coordinator, which Laflour had an incredible first half, 577 00:28:57,400 --> 00:28:59,800 Speaker 1: can just you know, like if you if you have 578 00:28:59,880 --> 00:29:03,080 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers and Davante Adams and your offense is humming 579 00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:05,080 Speaker 1: and you have a really good game plan, like you 580 00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:08,280 Speaker 1: should be able to score on anyone. To me, the 581 00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:10,840 Speaker 1: score they had twenty eight points a half, but you know, 582 00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:12,480 Speaker 1: seven of them came on the deep bomb at the 583 00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:13,760 Speaker 1: end of the first half where they got the past 584 00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:16,520 Speaker 1: interference in the ball at the one yard line. So 585 00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:18,600 Speaker 1: I just think they had a great game plan and 586 00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:23,160 Speaker 1: the Colts clearly whatever, you know, just the Packers did. 587 00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:25,880 Speaker 1: And then I think your players settled down, you get 588 00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:28,360 Speaker 1: a stop or two, you take a deep breath, you 589 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:31,160 Speaker 1: realize we're fucking good, and you just kind of get 590 00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:34,440 Speaker 1: your mojo back. I think sometimes they say this in 591 00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:37,120 Speaker 1: basketball the time, good offense beats good defense, and it's true. 592 00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:40,120 Speaker 1: You could put the best defensive player ever on Kobe 593 00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:42,600 Speaker 1: or Mike and he's getting shot off. You could put 594 00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:45,600 Speaker 1: the greatest perimeter defender ever on Lebron James. He's gonna 595 00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:47,880 Speaker 1: get to the basket in his peak. I think offense 596 00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:49,960 Speaker 1: a little like that too. Like you give me Tom Brady, 597 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:52,880 Speaker 1: Randy Moss, you give me Montana and Jerry Rice, like 598 00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:56,920 Speaker 1: you give me Aaron Rodgers. I take the quarterback over 599 00:29:56,960 --> 00:30:00,240 Speaker 1: a great defense. There's a reason that Chicago Bear of 600 00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:03,680 Speaker 1: the mid eighties didn't wins four straight Super Bowls, right, 601 00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:05,560 Speaker 1: I mean, they won one, but they have the greatest 602 00:30:05,560 --> 00:30:07,840 Speaker 1: defensive all time for like five straight years won one 603 00:30:08,520 --> 00:30:10,680 Speaker 1: the reason the Niners, who remember the Bears and the 604 00:30:10,680 --> 00:30:13,360 Speaker 1: Giants thought were like West Coast Soft won four of 605 00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:18,280 Speaker 1: those bad Boys. Offense wins if your defense is good too, 606 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:24,080 Speaker 1: so I just that's that is a good question. Subtle 607 00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:28,040 Speaker 1: adjustments for sure. I think sometimes one thing you see 608 00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:32,440 Speaker 1: with the Rams, the Niners, the Packers, when that scheme 609 00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:38,640 Speaker 1: and you can clearly practice against it throughout the week, 610 00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:41,160 Speaker 1: but when the when the run game just kind of 611 00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:43,240 Speaker 1: works and then you can get the play action boot 612 00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:46,880 Speaker 1: dump offs, the linebackers are just kind of running with 613 00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:49,520 Speaker 1: their head cut off. They don't know which way to go, left, right, 614 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:54,560 Speaker 1: biting on fakes, the play action stuff. It just it 615 00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:57,680 Speaker 1: can really throw you off. Because I saw with Kyle 616 00:30:57,760 --> 00:31:00,200 Speaker 1: last year. I've seen it with McVeigh this year year, 617 00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:03,400 Speaker 1: seen it with the Packers this year. It's just really 618 00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:05,840 Speaker 1: really difficult, I think, to practice against if that's not 619 00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:08,239 Speaker 1: your go to offense, like the the offense of your 620 00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:11,920 Speaker 1: team runs. I have a question for the mailbag, what's 621 00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:14,840 Speaker 1: up with the lack of appreciation for trade Chase Claypool 622 00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:17,400 Speaker 1: in the national media. Some don't even think he is 623 00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:19,320 Speaker 1: in the top ten rookie wide receivers. I don't know 624 00:31:19,320 --> 00:31:22,160 Speaker 1: how that's possible. He has like ten touchdowns. He has eight. 625 00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:25,360 Speaker 1: He has eight receiving touchdowns and ten total TVs and 626 00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:27,600 Speaker 1: ten games. Oh yeah, he has ten total touchdowns because 627 00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:32,480 Speaker 1: he has a couple of running Yeah. I think a 628 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:36,760 Speaker 1: huge way to get publicity with the media is to 629 00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:40,560 Speaker 1: have previous momentum. And I think this year it's like, well, 630 00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:46,640 Speaker 1: the rookie receivers that had momentum, Justin Jefferson, Jerry Judy, uh, 631 00:31:47,040 --> 00:31:50,600 Speaker 1: Brandon aiyuk Right, those guys had a lot of mom 632 00:31:50,920 --> 00:31:54,040 Speaker 1: uh Ceedee Lamb had a ton of momentum coming into 633 00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:56,760 Speaker 1: the season. And it's just easier to ride the momentum. 634 00:31:56,760 --> 00:32:00,320 Speaker 1: It's harder when you come in with zero new momentum. 635 00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:02,520 Speaker 1: Even though he's a second round pick and he went 636 00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:04,400 Speaker 1: to Notre Dame, but I don't think he had a 637 00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:07,120 Speaker 1: bunch of hype. Instead, the Steelers that just have never 638 00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:09,800 Speaker 1: missed on a wide receiver and franchise history, it's like, yeah, 639 00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:11,640 Speaker 1: we'll take him and he'll get us fifteen touchdowns as 640 00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:15,600 Speaker 1: a rookie. I can't really explain it. The Steelers, in 641 00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:19,120 Speaker 1: a weird way are flying under the radar at ten 642 00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:23,560 Speaker 1: and oh with Brady's horrible performance Monday versus Rams and 643 00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:25,880 Speaker 1: his problems on primetime this year? Do the Bucks think 644 00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:27,680 Speaker 1: they have a chance to win a playoff game? Do 645 00:32:27,760 --> 00:32:29,000 Speaker 1: you think the Bucks have a chance to win a 646 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:32,080 Speaker 1: playoff game? I would say it's all gonna be up matchups. 647 00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:35,160 Speaker 1: And if you look at the NFC, the Bucks are 648 00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:37,120 Speaker 1: probably gonna be the five seed. I guess they could 649 00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:39,480 Speaker 1: be the sixth seed. Do they play Seattle in the 650 00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:42,320 Speaker 1: first round? Do they play do they get the end 651 00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:44,120 Speaker 1: of are they the five seed? And are they playing 652 00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:47,360 Speaker 1: the Cowboys? Because if they play the Cowboys they're gonna win? 653 00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:51,720 Speaker 1: Do they play the Rams? To me, it just all 654 00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:55,080 Speaker 1: depends on matchup. Their defense is clearly good enough to 655 00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:59,360 Speaker 1: win and until he fails in a playoff game, you know, 656 00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:02,280 Speaker 1: I think wal give Brady a puncher's chance no matter 657 00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:04,760 Speaker 1: who they're playing. But they're probably not gonna have a 658 00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:07,160 Speaker 1: home game, right They're not gonna win the division, so 659 00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:09,560 Speaker 1: they're gonna have to play on the road. So are 660 00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:13,360 Speaker 1: they playing are they playing the Saints? You know? Are 661 00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:15,000 Speaker 1: they the seventh seed and playing the Saints as a 662 00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:17,400 Speaker 1: two seed? Because the Packers or Rams won it. I 663 00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:19,680 Speaker 1: just got another matchup. Do I think they could win 664 00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:22,680 Speaker 1: a playoff game? On? Do I think they could lose 665 00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:28,080 Speaker 1: in the in the first round? Stole my wife's Instagram? 666 00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:30,400 Speaker 1: That happens sometimes I get people. You know, I don't 667 00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:33,160 Speaker 1: have Instagram, but I'm using my wife's. What if I 668 00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:35,720 Speaker 1: just like hallered Back at his wife? How many quarterbacks 669 00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:37,480 Speaker 1: do you think are worth over thirty million dollars? That 670 00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:39,840 Speaker 1: was a joke. I would never do that to a listener. 671 00:33:40,480 --> 00:33:43,280 Speaker 1: What team other in him? I'm taking what team other 672 00:33:43,320 --> 00:33:46,120 Speaker 1: than Dallas would be foolish enough to pay doc considering 673 00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:49,160 Speaker 1: me isn't good enough to elevate any receivers or an 674 00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:52,800 Speaker 1: offensive line? Quarterbacks that I, without hesitation I say are 675 00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:58,720 Speaker 1: worth over thirty million dollars Mahomes, Rogers, Russell, I stopped there. 676 00:33:59,480 --> 00:34:02,480 Speaker 1: Roth Is Burger on a year to year basis, Yes, 677 00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:05,560 Speaker 1: I would. I would pay Roethlisberger year to year thirty 678 00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:08,440 Speaker 1: million because it's clear when they have Roethlisberger they kick ass. 679 00:34:09,920 --> 00:34:13,200 Speaker 1: You know, Josh Allen, I gotta see Moore, Deshaun Watson, 680 00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:15,520 Speaker 1: you know you know he to me, he's more like 681 00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:18,960 Speaker 1: twenty five. Yeah, I don't I mean, Derek Carr's having 682 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:21,239 Speaker 1: a good moment this year, but as people texted me 683 00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:23,440 Speaker 1: in the league, like he's doing it without fans, you know, 684 00:34:23,560 --> 00:34:27,279 Speaker 1: I mean he's he's really excelling without fans. So and 685 00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:28,960 Speaker 1: I think Derek's a good I think Derek can be 686 00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:31,839 Speaker 1: a top ten quarterback. But I love Derek making twenty million. 687 00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:33,480 Speaker 1: I don't know if I love him making thirty now. 688 00:34:33,480 --> 00:34:36,040 Speaker 1: If he's gonna play like this, I don't mind it. Uh, 689 00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:39,120 Speaker 1: it's a select few, man, It's it's really a select few. 690 00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:42,719 Speaker 1: It's like the NBA. I got no problem giving Lebron James, 691 00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:45,719 Speaker 1: Anthony Davis, Steph Curry, Kevin Durana max contract. I don't 692 00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:49,360 Speaker 1: like given Kyrie Irving a max contract. I just don't. 693 00:34:49,840 --> 00:34:52,040 Speaker 1: I love giving Clay one, but now he's hurt again. 694 00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:56,240 Speaker 1: I don't like giving you know, to me the max contract. 695 00:34:56,320 --> 00:34:59,400 Speaker 1: The elite money should go to the absolute elite player 696 00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:02,480 Speaker 1: if you don't pay. If you pay an elite player 697 00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:05,200 Speaker 1: elite money, you'll never go wrong. If you play an 698 00:35:05,239 --> 00:35:09,440 Speaker 1: above average player elite money. Like that's kind of Kirk Cousins. 699 00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:11,239 Speaker 1: Like do I like paying Kirk Cousin thirty million dollars? 700 00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:14,640 Speaker 1: A year. Hell no, would I mind paying Kirk Cousins 701 00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:16,360 Speaker 1: twenty million dollars a year? Give me a couple of 702 00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:19,640 Speaker 1: extra players, wouldn't mind it that that extra seven eight 703 00:35:19,719 --> 00:35:23,439 Speaker 1: million in a salary cap league that's hard capped makes 704 00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:27,560 Speaker 1: a huge difference. Okay, we'll end it there. Keep this 705 00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:29,960 Speaker 1: short because I know you guys are probably busy with family. Glad. 706 00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:32,560 Speaker 1: Hope everyone had a good Turkey Day. I hope you 707 00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:35,720 Speaker 1: guys enjoyed the football games. Hopefully enjoyed the games this weekend. 708 00:35:35,719 --> 00:35:39,480 Speaker 1: Big big weekend for Steve Sarkisian and Alabama, the rivalry 709 00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:42,880 Speaker 1: game with Nick Saban having Corona, so very very excited. 710 00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:46,279 Speaker 1: Thanks everyone for listening or for listening for sure, for 711 00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:50,200 Speaker 1: shooting me these questions. Uh, and you just have a 712 00:35:50,200 --> 00:36:03,840 Speaker 1: good holiday. Audios, peace, god speed, see you s