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Speaker 1: so maybe you're listening on Saturday or Sunday. I hope

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Speaker 1: everything's going well. Just watched Bengals Jags. Yes, I watched

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Speaker 1: Talk to Stucky about some of his bets. He's he's

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Speaker 1: He's just got good nuggets. He's got fantastic Uh. You know,

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Speaker 1: with like legitimate uh substance behind his thought process. Makes

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Speaker 1: more money gambling than guys like me. And then, of

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Speaker 1: start with the Thursday game. Three things jumped out to me.

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Speaker 1: One and this is the most obvious take in the

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Speaker 1: all time great or legit quarterback prospect in the draft,

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Speaker 1: because every year is not created equal. We saw that

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Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence. You don't need to be Bill Walsh to

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Speaker 1: just watch and see his talent. The dude has immen's ability.

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Speaker 1: He's big, he can run, he's got a good arm.

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Speaker 1: His team is terrible, But if you can't watch that

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Speaker 1: I don't know what to tell you. Joe Burrow, who

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Speaker 1: He had to transfer, was had just been through more adversity.

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Speaker 1: Right before I press record, I saw schefter tweet out

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Speaker 1: that it's official. Now Trevor Lawrence has lost more games

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Speaker 1: in this regular season. He's owing four than he did

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Speaker 1: is his entire high school and college regular season career.

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Speaker 1: So he's never gone through adversity. His most adversity was

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Speaker 1: like losing in the college football playoffs, losing in the

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Speaker 1: National Championship. Joe Burrow couldn't beat out Dwayne Haskins, had

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Speaker 1: to transfer. Even his first year at LSU did not

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Speaker 1: go that well. But the dude just has it. Like

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Speaker 1: And I was thinking about this earlier day. Jamar jason't

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Speaker 1: I think quarterback, wide receiver and quarterback tight end relationships

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Speaker 1: You've seen it historically, right, Peyton Manning, Marvin Harrison, Tom Brady,

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Speaker 1: Then again, who's not uh urban Meyer. He looks so

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Speaker 1: he's sub tweeting me because I'm someone who's talked a

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Speaker 1: lot of shit about urban Meyer. Now listen, I have

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Speaker 1: never disputed urban Meyer as a college coach. Anyone who's

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Speaker 1: But the NFL is not college. The NFL is a

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Speaker 1: tactical game. And during the game, just because like get

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Speaker 1: UH Jags coaching staff. They had a defensive coordinator I've

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Speaker 1: a motivator. You better hire elite tactical coaches, and that's

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Speaker 1: It's a tactical game. The college, when you have elite players,

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Speaker 1: NFL is king. If I put on a national broadcast

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Speaker 1: obviously a lot more segmented now. It's why the NFL dominates,

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Speaker 1: And I'm a big golf guy. For anyone that watched

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Speaker 1: like a terminator. He had no emotion toward anyone else

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Speaker 1: he was always taking them out to golf and gamble

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Speaker 1: enjoy Michael Jordan's company. That wasn't the same with Tiger Woods. Right. Well,

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Speaker 1: twenty guys on this planet that truly know defensive schematics,

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Speaker 1: so anyone that pretends they do probably lying. It's very complicated.

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Speaker 1: It's why the top guys run circles around everyone, right

427
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Speaker 1: like Fangio, Belichick, Saveen like. Their understanding of defense is

428
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Speaker 1: a completely different level. The majority of people, even in football,

429
00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:25,040
Speaker 1: I don't think, know that much about defense. And then

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Speaker 1: people to talk about football, myself included, I can't even

431
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Speaker 1: pretend besides some very very basic stuff, it's complicated. It

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Speaker 1: it defense is very complicated. But the Raiders, before we

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Speaker 1: even get to the complicated part, they couldn't do the

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Speaker 1: most basic part of that side of the ball. And

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Speaker 1: that's just tackle in the open field. Because if you

436
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Speaker 1: tackle in football, even if you can't cover, even if

437
00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:48,240
Speaker 1: your pass rushes kind of average, you actually won't be

438
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Speaker 1: as bad of a defense as you think, right because

439
00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:52,960
Speaker 1: you're gonna end up in some situations where instead of

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Speaker 1: they get touchdowns, they end up with field goals. And

441
00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:57,480
Speaker 1: if your offense is good, you're trading field goals for touchdowns,

442
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Speaker 1: you're gonna win the game. They have tackled these first

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Speaker 1: three weeks, especially against Lamar Jackson, all those weapons with

444
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Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh uh waddle. You know, he's probably the only

445
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Speaker 1: elite playmaker with Miami. And then this week they're playing

446
00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:14,080
Speaker 1: the Chargers Monday Night Football. To me, the biggest difference

447
00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:16,560
Speaker 1: with the Raiders, and I had a front row seat

448
00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:19,439
Speaker 1: I was doing the postgame show when they made the playoffs,

449
00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:22,600
Speaker 1: would have been Jack del Real. Second year Khalil Mack

450
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Speaker 1: was defensive Player of the Year. They were They were

451
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Speaker 1: not a very good team. What they were carried by

452
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Speaker 1: was like five or six maybe they had seven because

453
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Speaker 1: they had some good offensive lineman, high end players, Derek Carr,

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Speaker 1: Khalil Mack, Amari Cooper, crab Tree was a baller then

455
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Speaker 1: Rodney Hudson, Gabe Jackson. They had some really good offensive

456
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Speaker 1: lineman at the time, and then the rest of their

457
00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:44,600
Speaker 1: team sucked, but their high end guys made so many

458
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Speaker 1: sweet plays. Khalil Mack was like an All Pro at

459
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Speaker 1: multiple positions. Amari and Crabtree and Derek were awesome, and

460
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Speaker 1: they were just able to overcome a lot of deficiencies

461
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Speaker 1: all over the place. They actually didn't have that many

462
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Speaker 1: just solid, reliable players. I think it's an underrated part

463
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Speaker 1: of a Patriot dynasty. How many just reliable players they had.

464
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Speaker 1: How many guys that you just go into a game.

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Speaker 1: I can depend on this guy getting catching the football,

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Speaker 1: I can depend on this guy making some tackles. I

467
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Speaker 1: can depend on my gunner getting down there and covering

468
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Speaker 1: a kick. And I think the biggest difference right now

469
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Speaker 1: this Raider team than some of the Raider teams over

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Speaker 1: the last several years that have had some top end talent,

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Speaker 1: they have reliable players. There was a clip that went

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Speaker 1: viral this week of Zack Martin. He is the uh

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Speaker 1: the starting center for the Raiders, and he played at

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Speaker 1: Notre Dame and then he played for years with the

475
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Speaker 1: Houston Texans, so He obviously played with DeAndre Hopkins. He

476
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Speaker 1: played with J. J. Watt. He played with Deshaun Watson.

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Speaker 1: He played with a bunch of good players at at

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Speaker 1: Notre Dame. Right, I think he was on a team

479
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Speaker 1: that he might have been a little young. Maybe he

480
00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:51,800
Speaker 1: was on the national championship team, but clearly he played

481
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Speaker 1: with a lot of good players. He looks over mid game.

482
00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:56,760
Speaker 1: I think this was like NFL films, you know that

483
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Speaker 1: comes out for the showtime show and then just clips

484
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Speaker 1: go viral on social idiot and he looks at Hunter

485
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Speaker 1: Renfro and he goes, hey, bro, I just want to

486
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Speaker 1: tell you this. This is the middle of the game.

487
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Speaker 1: They're sitting on the bench, you know, second or third quarter.

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Speaker 1: You are the most reliable teammate I've ever had. Again,

489
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Speaker 1: played with Shaun Watson, played with DeAndre Hopkins, played with J. J. Watt.

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Speaker 1: He looks at Hunter Renfro and says that, and you

491
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Speaker 1: know what, Hunter Renfro is his elite skill and he

492
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Speaker 1: is an unreal slot receiver. His feet are incredible, his

493
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Speaker 1: ability to get open is incredible, His toughness, his ability

494
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Speaker 1: to go over the middle is he would have been able.

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Speaker 1: He's a throwback, but in a league where I'm not

496
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Speaker 1: really able to hit him. Is reliability, And right now,

497
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Speaker 1: the Raiders have a lot of reliable players. Hunter Renfro,

498
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Speaker 1: Matt not And they might not like Hunter Renfro is

499
00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:46,359
Speaker 1: not gonna be Westwalker, Max Crosby is not gonna be

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Speaker 1: Khalil Mac. But every single week they can count on

501
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Speaker 1: three or four of their core guys beside their high

502
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Speaker 1: end talent, to be reliable, to be dependable. And when

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Speaker 1: you're playing good teams, you're all. He's when you got

504
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Speaker 1: some good players, you have a good quarterback like you

505
00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:04,680
Speaker 1: do with Car, gonna be able to beat a shitty team.

506
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Speaker 1: You'll be able to beat the Atlanta Falcons, right even

507
00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:08,399
Speaker 1: though the Raiders lost to him last year. But you

508
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Speaker 1: know what I'm saying, the Foul, the Jags, the Texans,

509
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Speaker 1: just the teams that are down, you know, the the Eagles, whatever,

510
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Speaker 1: rebuilding teams if you are, you know, five hundred solid squad.

511
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Speaker 1: But the I think the reason a lot of teams

512
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Speaker 1: missed the playoffs that are you know, nine eight wins

513
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Speaker 1: kind of in that is because three or four times

514
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Speaker 1: a year they don't have enough dependable players. And listen,

515
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Speaker 1: Gruden's drafting on like the first round and the way

516
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Speaker 1: that he what he flipped for Kleil Mack and Amari

517
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Speaker 1: Cooper is questionable. Right, even though Jonathan Abram, the safety

518
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Speaker 1: that they basically they basically traded to Mark Cooper for

519
00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:45,359
Speaker 1: Jonathan Abram has been really played well this year, and

520
00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:49,800
Speaker 1: Gus Bradley deserves a lot of credit because he's moved

521
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Speaker 1: him into the box Seattle style. But I think the

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Speaker 1: difference in this Raider team is they just have some

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Speaker 1: like three or four guys Hunter Renfro, Max Crosby, guys

524
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Speaker 1: you can just rely on to just be solid. So

525
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Speaker 1: Rugs can get me a couple of touchdowns, Waller can

526
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Speaker 1: do some incredible stuff, But can I just have some

527
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Speaker 1: players that can get a pressure, just catch a ball

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Speaker 1: on third and seven that I know we'll be able

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Speaker 1: to get open. And I think those guys are good

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Speaker 1: examples of why this Raider team like they have some

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Speaker 1: heart and soul to them that they're not just you know,

532
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Speaker 1: I have to just out talent you or out like

533
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Speaker 1: make some incredible plays. Like a couple of years ago,

534
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Speaker 1: the year the Raiders made the playoffs, Khalil Mack, they

535
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Speaker 1: were getting their ass kicked to Denver, and this is

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Speaker 1: after Peyton had retired, so they were it was the

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Speaker 1: Uswilder year. Khalil Mack in the second half of that game,

538
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Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure had four sacksually had five sacks on

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Speaker 1: the game. It's one of the greatest defensive performances because,

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Speaker 1: unlike what happened last week with Miles Garrett, the Bears

541
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Speaker 1: are like Wave the White Flag Khalil. Denver was competitive

542
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Speaker 1: that year and Khalil just took over. The Raiders would

543
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Speaker 1: not have won that like that. That doesn't really happen

544
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Speaker 1: as much for the Raid They don't even have the

545
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Speaker 1: ability to do that. But they can depend end on

546
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Speaker 1: Max Crosby just to consistently play hard. And when you

547
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Speaker 1: get a couple of guys like that who are well

548
00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:08,720
Speaker 1: like team captain type guys who play really hard and

549
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Speaker 1: aren't you know, gonna be some Hall of Fame talents,

550
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Speaker 1: But you can depend on and have your other guys,

551
00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:16,560
Speaker 1: even the guys that are more talented look up to

552
00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:20,320
Speaker 1: aspire to have that type work ethic. I do think

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00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:24,240
Speaker 1: that kind of uh just spreads throughout your whole locker room.

554
00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:27,560
Speaker 1: It spreads the culture Dabbo talks about this a lot.

555
00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:31,480
Speaker 1: It's so much easier to coach guys that love football,

556
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Speaker 1: and I would imagine a lot of people listening to

557
00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:36,280
Speaker 1: this like middle Coff, I love what you do? You know?

558
00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:38,240
Speaker 1: Or God, I want to work in the NFL, I

559
00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:39,920
Speaker 1: want to be a scout, I want to be a coach.

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00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:45,040
Speaker 1: I don't think people can quite comprehend how much you

561
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Speaker 1: have to love football to do this. Not not what

562
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Speaker 1: I'm doing, but I'm saying to work, to be like

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Speaker 1: a really good scout, to be a really good coach,

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Speaker 1: you have to be addicted. And to be a great player,

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Speaker 1: I would say you can get There are probably some

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Speaker 1: players in the Hall of Fame that maybe didn't like

567
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Speaker 1: the sport, but I would say of them high end players,

568
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Speaker 1: especially as they age. It's one thing to be like

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Speaker 1: a first or second year guy and just have a

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Speaker 1: ton of talent, but to consistently sustain, you know, high

571
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Speaker 1: level of play. J. J. Watt, Julio Jones, obviously all

572
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Speaker 1: the quarterbacks. You have to be an addict. You have

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Speaker 1: to eat, breathe and sleep it. Now, we're all humans.

574
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Speaker 1: You might need a break here and there, but I

575
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Speaker 1: don't think you quite understand the level in which these

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Speaker 1: guys just basically like free base the sport. I mean

577
00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:39,880
Speaker 1: it just once the season starts, it's football. And I

578
00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:43,680
Speaker 1: think they have kind of invigorated their locker room with

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Speaker 1: some guys that are kind of wired like that. And

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Speaker 1: I think that was their mindset with drafting guys from

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Speaker 1: Alabama and Clemson, because if you're gonna play in those programs,

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Speaker 1: if you're gonna have success in those programs, you're probably

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Speaker 1: gotta be an addict because you can't survive in that level.

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Speaker 1: Even though the way Clemson does in the way Alabama

585
00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:03,760
Speaker 1: does it is a little different. As you know, people

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Speaker 1: that scout in that region will tell me Alabama's the factory,

587
00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:11,320
Speaker 1: Clemson as the family, but the defining characteristic that they

588
00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:14,000
Speaker 1: both share. To play there, football has to be your

589
00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:17,520
Speaker 1: number one priority. Obviously family and god, you know it's football. Family,

590
00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:21,600
Speaker 1: Uh God, family football. But you know what I mean, right,

591
00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:23,880
Speaker 1: you can't be some screw around guy. You can't be

592
00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:27,680
Speaker 1: a guy with you know, half in, half out, it's

593
00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:30,360
Speaker 1: all in, it's all in. You gotta take care of

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00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:32,600
Speaker 1: your business. And they have done a good job, I

595
00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:36,280
Speaker 1: would say, surrounding their higher end talent with some of

596
00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:40,640
Speaker 1: these just grinders, scrutin grinders. And you know, the Raiders,

597
00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:43,960
Speaker 1: if Derek stays healthy, are gonna have to probably screw

598
00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:46,720
Speaker 1: up to not make the playoffs. Now, this game Monday Night,

599
00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:49,960
Speaker 1: which I'll sure I'll get on kind of talk about

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00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:53,840
Speaker 1: on the Monday Pod. He's really exciting. Herbert carr uh

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Speaker 1: SOFI Stadium. I am very very I know we got

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00:29:57,360 --> 00:29:59,800
Speaker 1: a lot of game Saturday Sunday, but that that to

603
00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:02,280
Speaker 1: he feels like the main event this. It feels right

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00:30:02,440 --> 00:30:06,040
Speaker 1: that that game is on Monday night. Football. Okay, let's

605
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Speaker 1: dive into a couple of college football thoughts. And I

606
00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:13,480
Speaker 1: say this a lot. The the people or just individuals

607
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Speaker 1: I tend to admire are those that have a ton

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Speaker 1: of success and make a lot of money, and as

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00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:24,360
Speaker 1: they age, they never lose their passion, they never lose

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00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:27,920
Speaker 1: their work ethic because ultimately, deep down they're not driven

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Speaker 1: by the cash, even though they do enjoy it. Everyone does, uh,

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Speaker 1: And it does validate your status and whatever job you do,

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Speaker 1: you know by how much you pay paid, especially in

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Speaker 1: a in a business like football where we know how

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Speaker 1: much you make. But Nick Saban, who has made an

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Speaker 1: astronomical amount of money this last decade. He has more

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Speaker 1: money in the bank than he ever could have dreamed

618
00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:53,960
Speaker 1: of being a He grew up in West Virginia. His

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00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:57,240
Speaker 1: dad owned a gas station. Right. He comes from pretty humble,

620
00:30:57,320 --> 00:31:01,320
Speaker 1: blue collar roots. Yet at sixty years old, he's won

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Speaker 1: six national championships at Alabama, so six of the last twelve.

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Speaker 1: He has a fantastic team. I'm watching him on the

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Speaker 1: Manning Cast. He comes on from his office at Alabama,

624
00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:15,520
Speaker 1: like he's not at his home office. So it was

625
00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:17,320
Speaker 1: nine thirty at night, and he comes out with Peyton

626
00:31:17,360 --> 00:31:19,560
Speaker 1: and life because he's working. He's getting ready for a

627
00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:22,680
Speaker 1: game against Lane Kiffin Ole Miss, who actually has an

628
00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:26,760
Speaker 1: NFL quarterback of fantastic offense, that drive and determination and

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Speaker 1: his mindset. I couldn't admire it anymore. Now I what

630
00:31:30,800 --> 00:31:33,280
Speaker 1: I want to work for him. It's probably pretty intense.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if I can. I don't know if

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00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:37,040
Speaker 1: I can hang. But I admire the hell out of

633
00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:39,520
Speaker 1: Nick Saban in the way he's wired. But I watched

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00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:41,920
Speaker 1: him talk with the Mannings, and I go, this guy

635
00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:45,280
Speaker 1: doesn't look like someone who's gonna retire anytime soon. This

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00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:47,760
Speaker 1: guy looks like someone who is just kind of hitting

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Speaker 1: the ground running. You know, for a sixty nine year

638
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Speaker 1: old guy, he actually looks like he did when he

639
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Speaker 1: was sixty. He looks young, he looks fresh. You know

640
00:31:55,760 --> 00:31:58,960
Speaker 1: how stress on Urban Meyer. Urban Meyer gets that like president,

641
00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:01,760
Speaker 1: look where presidents go in and like three years later

642
00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:04,480
Speaker 1: they look way older. That's how Urban always looks. So

643
00:32:04,520 --> 00:32:09,080
Speaker 1: whether Nick looks fantastic, Nick like you know, loves the stress.

644
00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:12,320
Speaker 1: It like keeps them going. And I do think that

645
00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:14,960
Speaker 1: a lot of his assistants now that are in the

646
00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:19,920
Speaker 1: conference play Kirby, play lane, kick, Eddie Oh's ass Jimbo

647
00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:22,680
Speaker 1: Fishers in his kind like I think that Mike leats now.

648
00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:24,920
Speaker 1: I think it kind of invigorates them, kind of gets

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Speaker 1: them going. And clearly he wants Cooper Manning Son Arch,

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Speaker 1: So I don't think it's out of the realm possibility.

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Speaker 1: If I'm Cooper Manning and I'm Arch, there is no

652
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Speaker 1: better place to go play than Alabama. So if if

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Speaker 1: Nick Saban's hays listened, Son, I will stay here until

654
00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:43,760
Speaker 1: you go pro. I'll go two more years of young

655
00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:45,720
Speaker 1: who is going to be an NFL player, and then

656
00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:47,280
Speaker 1: I'll go three years of you and then I will

657
00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:49,440
Speaker 1: go off from the sunset and will rack up several

658
00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:52,040
Speaker 1: more natties. That's what I see when I see Nick Saban.

659
00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:55,320
Speaker 1: I see a guy driven to keep kicking everyone's ass.

660
00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:58,200
Speaker 1: It ain't about the money, it ain't about the fame.

661
00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:01,960
Speaker 1: It's about racking up those chips. And he's got this

662
00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:04,800
Speaker 1: kind of tiger Woods in his prime. Obviously is much older,

663
00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:07,640
Speaker 1: but just like I'm here to win every single time

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Speaker 1: and kick everyone's ass and take all the cash. And

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00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:13,480
Speaker 1: that's what Nick kind of feels like. That he's in

666
00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:17,320
Speaker 1: this zone and Alabama's in the zone. Their players are unreal.

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00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:19,840
Speaker 1: Maybe their defense isn't quite as good as it used

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00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:24,320
Speaker 1: to be, but I I think Alabama is going nowhere,

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Speaker 1: and I think Nick Saban has years left in his

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Speaker 1: coaching career. Another thing, I got this d M, and

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Speaker 1: I'm sorry. I I copy and pasted it to a notepad,

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Speaker 1: so I don't know who wrote it, but I think

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Speaker 1: if you're listening to this, you'll know if you're if

674
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Speaker 1: you were the one that wrote it. I'm trying to

675
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Speaker 1: give you credit here. Let me read the d M. Hey, John,

676
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Speaker 1: what do you think about Spencer Rattler? He has the

677
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Speaker 1: opposite of a lot of college quarterbacks that are graded

678
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Speaker 1: good college quarterback, not a pro. A lot of the

679
00:33:53,520 --> 00:33:56,720
Speaker 1: scouts apparently think he will be a better pro than college.

680
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Speaker 1: He doesn't look like a top five pick to me. Donald, Alan,

681
00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:04,080
Speaker 1: and Mahomes all had similar moniker of better pro than college,

682
00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:08,360
Speaker 1: but unlike Rattler, they didn't have good coaches. Howell, though

683
00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:11,799
Speaker 1: he has a good coach, at least has excuse of

684
00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:16,160
Speaker 1: lack of talent around him. Spencer Rattler, the starting quarterback

685
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Speaker 1: for Oklahoma. I think it's like recruiting quarterbacks would be

686
00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:23,920
Speaker 1: like drafting quarterbacks. If you hit on three straight quarterbacks,

687
00:34:23,960 --> 00:34:28,160
Speaker 1: which they did right Baker, then Kyler, then Jalen. All

688
00:34:28,160 --> 00:34:32,040
Speaker 1: those guys were unreal. For Lincoln Riley, you're bound to miss,

689
00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:35,320
Speaker 1: and missing for them doesn't mean you're gonna get some scrub.

690
00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:38,520
Speaker 1: Spencer Rattler is not some scrub. But when I watched

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Speaker 1: Spencer Rattler, I don't think, Yeah, this guy is gonna

692
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Speaker 1: be a good pro. When I watched him, I don't

693
00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:44,960
Speaker 1: think this guy's a really good college player. Does he

694
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Speaker 1: have a big explosive arm, Yes he does. But the

695
00:34:48,200 --> 00:34:51,760
Speaker 1: crazy part about the intensity and I I I'm jealous

696
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Speaker 1: of this as someone that went to cal Pauly. Uh honestly,

697
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Speaker 1: one of my great regrets, even though it's it's worked out,

698
00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:02,440
Speaker 1: was that I didn't go to a big time, you

699
00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:06,840
Speaker 1: know college in terms of sports. Cal Poly was the

700
00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:11,600
Speaker 1: student body could name way more bars downtown than they

701
00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:13,600
Speaker 1: could players in the football team. They did not you

702
00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:18,200
Speaker 1: wouldn't been at Ramsey's, Barton, Chris Go Kong or major outliers.

703
00:35:18,239 --> 00:35:21,759
Speaker 1: So when I see the stadium at Oklahoma channing for

704
00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:25,760
Speaker 1: the backup quarterback's name, like it's the Bears fans channing

705
00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:28,680
Speaker 1: for Justin Fields, that's cool, you know. And I know

706
00:35:28,719 --> 00:35:30,440
Speaker 1: a lot of people like I can't believe the student

707
00:35:30,440 --> 00:35:33,359
Speaker 1: body's turning on Spencer Rattler. Yeah, yeah, guys. I mean

708
00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:36,759
Speaker 1: he's not playing very well. You know, the program and

709
00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:39,120
Speaker 1: the fans want to win, try to win national championships.

710
00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:41,360
Speaker 1: And I think they know now, Like if you've been

711
00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:43,480
Speaker 1: watching Oklahoma football for the last three or four years,

712
00:35:43,480 --> 00:35:45,319
Speaker 1: you know what it looks like. And I just don't

713
00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:48,239
Speaker 1: necessarily see it now. He's not some scrub, but I

714
00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:52,759
Speaker 1: just to me, he you know, not every quarterback, even

715
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Speaker 1: if you're Lincoln Riley or Nick Saban or whoever, and

716
00:35:55,440 --> 00:35:57,560
Speaker 1: you're getting five star after five star. You're not gonna

717
00:35:57,560 --> 00:36:01,160
Speaker 1: be right on every single guy. Even at other positions.

718
00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:03,719
Speaker 1: You miss all the time at running back, a defensive line,

719
00:36:03,760 --> 00:36:05,759
Speaker 1: but no one notices because you have so many At

720
00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:08,160
Speaker 1: these top programs, that guy just gets lost in the shuffle.

721
00:36:08,360 --> 00:36:10,480
Speaker 1: But at quarterback, when that guy ends up winning the

722
00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:13,080
Speaker 1: job and he's not the guy, he goes something's missing.

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Speaker 1: Like I think it's fair to say when you watch

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Speaker 1: Spencer Ratley, you go, yeah, I don't really see it.

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Speaker 1: That doesn't mean he stinks. That doesn't mean that he

726
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Speaker 1: wouldn't start at of the programs in the country. It

727
00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:25,360
Speaker 1: doesn't mean he wouldn't be an upgrade for like Wisconsin.

728
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Speaker 1: But at Oklahoma what they're used to Jalen Baker Kyler,

729
00:36:29,760 --> 00:36:33,360
Speaker 1: he's not that. Now Caleb behind him, this guy that

730
00:36:33,440 --> 00:36:35,360
Speaker 1: everyone thinks is gonna be the next stor there's no

731
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Speaker 1: guarantee that he will because I thought dj ungle A

732
00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:42,960
Speaker 1: would be a bowler and he's not good. And I

733
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Speaker 1: heard lukean bill On on The Jay Boys Show, which

734
00:36:46,239 --> 00:36:50,239
Speaker 1: is fantastic, best SEC show podcast by a mile. I

735
00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:52,759
Speaker 1: can't recommend it enough. Subscribe. I was talking to him.

736
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Speaker 1: I I gave him a buzz uh d m back

737
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Speaker 1: and forth and we were talking. I just talked like

738
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Speaker 1: thirty minutes with him last night, just about SEC football.

739
00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:04,000
Speaker 1: I love talking college football. I like talking college football

740
00:37:04,320 --> 00:37:07,799
Speaker 1: bullshitting with other people, probably as much, if not more

741
00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:11,160
Speaker 1: than the NFL. It's it's just, especially the SEC in

742
00:37:11,239 --> 00:37:14,880
Speaker 1: Oklahoma and Ohio State, like that passion is freaking awesome.

743
00:37:15,360 --> 00:37:17,520
Speaker 1: Like all of us, whatever you do for a living,

744
00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:20,400
Speaker 1: you just want it to matter, right, and if you

745
00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:24,760
Speaker 1: coach at at Oklahoma, it just really matters the fabric

746
00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:27,120
Speaker 1: in the community. I remember when I got hired for

747
00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:29,440
Speaker 1: the Eagles. Never been in Philadelphia. I don't even think

748
00:37:29,440 --> 00:37:31,640
Speaker 1: I've ever been in the northeast of my life, and

749
00:37:31,680 --> 00:37:35,239
Speaker 1: I just remember a weekend to living in Philadelphia. I'm like, God, damn,

750
00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:37,120
Speaker 1: this football team is important to a lot of people,

751
00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:38,839
Speaker 1: and it was cool. It's like, you know, I wasn't

752
00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:40,440
Speaker 1: making any money, but if I was gonna work a

753
00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:43,120
Speaker 1: job in some place that I didn't know anybody, at

754
00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:46,560
Speaker 1: least it meant the most. And that's what Oklahoma football is,

755
00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:49,640
Speaker 1: and that's what that Oklahoma quarterback position is. And I

756
00:37:49,880 --> 00:37:52,279
Speaker 1: would just say that Spencer Rattler, I don't see him

757
00:37:52,320 --> 00:37:54,879
Speaker 1: being a good pro and I don't even see him

758
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Speaker 1: being the starting quarterback for the Oklahoma Sooners in two

759
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Speaker 1: thousand and twenty two. Okay, we try to. You know,

760
00:38:02,840 --> 00:38:05,880
Speaker 1: sometimes I forget about doing this because I realized on Friday,

761
00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:08,000
Speaker 1: I don't hit on every game. So what I did

762
00:38:08,040 --> 00:38:09,839
Speaker 1: is I just wrote down the games and the first

763
00:38:09,880 --> 00:38:11,760
Speaker 1: thing that came to my mind what I'm looking forward

764
00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:14,440
Speaker 1: to of just a lot of the random games. So

765
00:38:14,680 --> 00:38:17,759
Speaker 1: just kind of going around the NFL. The Bears are

766
00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:21,600
Speaker 1: hosting the lines and listen, you can't Someone's like middle Coff,

767
00:38:21,640 --> 00:38:24,160
Speaker 1: you're an aggy apologist. I said it last week like

768
00:38:24,239 --> 00:38:27,040
Speaker 1: it was embarrassing. It was not good. That was really

769
00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:30,960
Speaker 1: really ugly. He knows it. We know it. Everyone that

770
00:38:31,080 --> 00:38:33,279
Speaker 1: watched that game, the Browns know it. It was a

771
00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:37,600
Speaker 1: joke because you can't block Miles Garrett one on one

772
00:38:37,640 --> 00:38:40,160
Speaker 1: with Jason Peters, who's fifty years old. Some of the

773
00:38:40,239 --> 00:38:42,560
Speaker 1: highlights this week that were coming out on Miles Garrett

774
00:38:42,560 --> 00:38:45,440
Speaker 1: in that game. In fairness to the Bears offensive line,

775
00:38:45,640 --> 00:38:48,080
Speaker 1: which is putrid, which is, you know, one of the

776
00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:50,240
Speaker 1: worst units in the league, put together by Ryan Pace.

777
00:38:50,760 --> 00:38:55,160
Speaker 1: I don't know if Anthony Mono's Larry Allen, like they

778
00:38:55,239 --> 00:38:57,160
Speaker 1: might have struggled versus Miles Garrett. That guy was on

779
00:38:57,200 --> 00:38:59,520
Speaker 1: a mission. But you're playing the Lions, who have been

780
00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:03,840
Speaker 1: really feisty there oh and three, but you know they were.

781
00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:06,920
Speaker 1: They played the Packers really good for a half. They

782
00:39:06,960 --> 00:39:09,319
Speaker 1: never gave up on the forty niners and last week

783
00:39:09,320 --> 00:39:11,680
Speaker 1: it took a historic field goal to beat him. They

784
00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:14,919
Speaker 1: are not just some easy out. The Bears to me

785
00:39:15,480 --> 00:39:18,680
Speaker 1: have to play somewhat decent. Now we don't know who

786
00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:21,719
Speaker 1: the quarterback is. I'm not a huge believer in the

787
00:39:21,760 --> 00:39:24,080
Speaker 1: way that's all playing out. Like you know where I stand.

788
00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:26,920
Speaker 1: Naggi's my guy. I disagree with the way they've to

789
00:39:27,239 --> 00:39:29,880
Speaker 1: put Andy Dalton on scholarship when he signed. When they

790
00:39:29,880 --> 00:39:32,960
Speaker 1: signed him, to me, was that that's unacceptable, that that

791
00:39:33,160 --> 00:39:35,080
Speaker 1: that that can't happen. I would have had a competition.

792
00:39:35,160 --> 00:39:37,160
Speaker 1: If Andy Dalton beats him out, so be it. And

793
00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:39,560
Speaker 1: maybe because their offensive line isn't ready and then you

794
00:39:39,560 --> 00:39:41,839
Speaker 1: don't have the offensive weapons, they're trying to hold him

795
00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:44,520
Speaker 1: back like maybe their logic is correct. But now once

796
00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:46,640
Speaker 1: he's played, like you gotta let him battle through this,

797
00:39:47,120 --> 00:39:49,160
Speaker 1: and you have to give him some plays that are

798
00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:52,360
Speaker 1: conducive to his success. The Lions, unlike the Browns, do

799
00:39:52,440 --> 00:39:55,799
Speaker 1: not have Miles Garrett walking through that door. Robert Porche,

800
00:39:55,880 --> 00:39:58,800
Speaker 1: remember that name. When I was a kid playing video games,

801
00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:01,400
Speaker 1: I would always be the Lions because they had Barry Sanders,

802
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Speaker 1: Scott Mitchell, and I think Herman Moore was the wide

803
00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:05,680
Speaker 1: receiver used to get like a hundred and twenty catches

804
00:40:05,719 --> 00:40:08,799
Speaker 1: a year. He's a badass. The Bears better win this game.

805
00:40:09,280 --> 00:40:11,799
Speaker 1: You cannot lose the Lions, But I do not think

806
00:40:11,840 --> 00:40:14,759
Speaker 1: it's gonna be easy. I will fully expect this thing

807
00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:18,440
Speaker 1: to be like fourteen fourteen in the third quarter. Uh

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Speaker 1: it just if he loses, it's gonna get really really ugly.

809
00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:25,640
Speaker 1: Panthers Cowboys actually pretty intriguing. What if the Cowboys are

810
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Speaker 1: just good? Like, what if they're just an eleven win

811
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Speaker 1: team there and they win that division by three or

812
00:40:29,480 --> 00:40:32,279
Speaker 1: four games. Their offense is elite. Dack's balling out of

813
00:40:32,320 --> 00:40:34,360
Speaker 1: his mind. They have wide receivers for days. The running

814
00:40:34,360 --> 00:40:36,919
Speaker 1: backs look good. If their defense is tackling people, they're

815
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Speaker 1: gonna be tough. I think they beat the Panthers in

816
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Speaker 1: this spot. McCaffrey's out. They have to trade for C. J.

817
00:40:41,880 --> 00:40:45,359
Speaker 1: Henderson this week because, uh, you know what's horned their

818
00:40:45,400 --> 00:40:47,680
Speaker 1: first round wide receiver or I mean corner who is

819
00:40:47,719 --> 00:40:51,480
Speaker 1: good breaks his foot. I mean that's a shitty break. Um.

820
00:40:51,520 --> 00:40:53,480
Speaker 1: And I like what Matt Rulin where they're going. But

821
00:40:53,520 --> 00:40:55,959
Speaker 1: like they feel, they feel like a four and no team.

822
00:40:55,960 --> 00:40:57,720
Speaker 1: To me, they feel like a three and one team.

823
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Speaker 1: Cowboys feel like a three in one team. I think

824
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Speaker 1: the Cowboys win this game. I would actually expect him

825
00:41:02,520 --> 00:41:05,440
Speaker 1: probably to win by like ten points. Uh, Cowboys actually

826
00:41:05,480 --> 00:41:07,440
Speaker 1: feel like they got some mojo right now. I kind

827
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Speaker 1: of enjoy watching them. And I'm someone who's, you know,

828
00:41:09,640 --> 00:41:12,480
Speaker 1: been critical and Mike McCarthy because again I don't truly

829
00:41:12,480 --> 00:41:15,400
Speaker 1: know what he does. But Kellen Moore's ball and I

830
00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:18,080
Speaker 1: saw Stephen Jalaes said this week. We just hope we

831
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Speaker 1: can keep him. He's eventually gonna be a head coach.

832
00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:22,200
Speaker 1: Like Stephen, why don't you just make him the head coach?

833
00:41:22,640 --> 00:41:25,520
Speaker 1: You have your Sean McVeigh. Remember when, uh was it

834
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Speaker 1: the Cowboys? Oh yeah, they Sean Payton and the New

835
00:41:28,160 --> 00:41:30,560
Speaker 1: York Giants, like they both had Sean Payton. You know

836
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Speaker 1: when you when you have someone in your building, like

837
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Speaker 1: just pay Mike McCarthy to go away. I would keep

838
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Speaker 1: Kellen Moore. Kellen Moore, I say this to this day,

839
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Speaker 1: the best, uh, the best college player I've ever seen

840
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Speaker 1: in my adult life. So really the two thousands of

841
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Speaker 1: the two thousand times the last two decades would be

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Speaker 1: Reggie Bush. He was remarkable. Kellen Moore for me because

843
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Speaker 1: I was at Fresno State, we played boys the every

844
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Speaker 1: year I was on the sideline, saw him twice on

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Speaker 1: just two elite teams. Is easily one of the best

846
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Speaker 1: college players. Clearly, he's not a pro, just a college

847
00:42:02,880 --> 00:42:05,279
Speaker 1: one of the best college players I will ever see live.

848
00:42:05,719 --> 00:42:09,560
Speaker 1: He was so good. I don't think he gets enough

849
00:42:09,600 --> 00:42:12,960
Speaker 1: credit for how dominant he was as a college quarterback.

850
00:42:13,640 --> 00:42:17,279
Speaker 1: He was. He was awesome. The famous story goes Wilcox,

851
00:42:17,520 --> 00:42:20,440
Speaker 1: who's now the head coach at Cal told Chris Peterson

852
00:42:20,719 --> 00:42:23,600
Speaker 1: because he was his defensive coordinator, and Chris Peterson was

853
00:42:23,640 --> 00:42:25,759
Speaker 1: the head coach at Boise. He's a I got a

854
00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:29,080
Speaker 1: guy from Washington. I don't think you're gonna love him

855
00:42:29,120 --> 00:42:31,080
Speaker 1: because he's really small, but I want to give him

856
00:42:31,080 --> 00:42:33,279
Speaker 1: a scholarship. So he introduces Kellen Moore. I think he

857
00:42:33,320 --> 00:42:36,319
Speaker 1: brings them on a recruiting trip. Chris Peterson meets him.

858
00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:38,920
Speaker 1: It's like, I'm not offering this five ten guy a scholarship.

859
00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:42,200
Speaker 1: And Justin Wilcox told Chris Peterson the story goes that

860
00:42:42,320 --> 00:42:43,960
Speaker 1: if this guy has not become a good player, you

861
00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:46,640
Speaker 1: can take away a scholarship from me in recruiting next year.

862
00:42:47,040 --> 00:42:50,279
Speaker 1: And obviously, uh, Justin Wilcox is right, and Kellen Moore

863
00:42:50,320 --> 00:42:51,920
Speaker 1: is probably the best player in the history of Boyse

864
00:42:51,960 --> 00:42:56,280
Speaker 1: State Colts Dolphins. Are the Colts really gonna go ohen four?

865
00:42:56,520 --> 00:42:58,480
Speaker 1: Are they gonna be an Owen four team? I think

866
00:42:58,520 --> 00:43:01,520
Speaker 1: this was a team that most human beings outside of

867
00:43:01,520 --> 00:43:05,480
Speaker 1: Indianapolis thought was gonna be a ten, eleven, twelve win team.

868
00:43:05,480 --> 00:43:07,399
Speaker 1: Oh when you go oh and four, I'm sorry, you're

869
00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:09,719
Speaker 1: like a six or seven win team. Like there's there's

870
00:43:09,760 --> 00:43:13,120
Speaker 1: no coming back from that. And the Dolphins, who were

871
00:43:13,120 --> 00:43:16,160
Speaker 1: feisty last week, they're clearly much better with Jacoby, Like

872
00:43:16,160 --> 00:43:18,839
Speaker 1: it's not even it's not even debatable, like unless you're

873
00:43:18,880 --> 00:43:21,520
Speaker 1: listening in your to his family. Uh, luckily two has

874
00:43:21,520 --> 00:43:23,960
Speaker 1: made a lot of money, But like Jacoby is a

875
00:43:23,960 --> 00:43:26,560
Speaker 1: better player, and Jacoby gives them a better chance to win.

876
00:43:26,600 --> 00:43:28,880
Speaker 1: He's got a more explosive arm. He's just he's just

877
00:43:28,920 --> 00:43:31,880
Speaker 1: a better NFL player. So I don't think this game

878
00:43:31,960 --> 00:43:33,840
Speaker 1: is like. I actually kind of like the Dolphins in

879
00:43:33,880 --> 00:43:36,719
Speaker 1: this game, you know, I, I really do. And the

880
00:43:36,719 --> 00:43:38,440
Speaker 1: Colts are just gonna be that team that just have

881
00:43:38,520 --> 00:43:43,200
Speaker 1: a year from hell. Brown's Minnesota. I love the Vikings.

882
00:43:43,320 --> 00:43:45,400
Speaker 1: It's actually my favorite game to bet right now. You

883
00:43:45,400 --> 00:43:49,280
Speaker 1: can get the Vikings plus two. I absolutely Cousins is bawling.

884
00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:53,200
Speaker 1: Cousins is a guy I was wrong. He is dramatically

885
00:43:53,239 --> 00:43:55,799
Speaker 1: better than I thought. Now. He's not like some all

886
00:43:55,840 --> 00:43:58,000
Speaker 1: time great quarterback. He's not even a top five quarterback.

887
00:43:58,280 --> 00:44:00,280
Speaker 1: But this guy watched him his first couple of weeks.

888
00:44:00,600 --> 00:44:03,200
Speaker 1: Jefferson is on pace for a hundred and fifteen catches,

889
00:44:03,239 --> 00:44:07,400
Speaker 1: fifteen yards and eleven touchdowns. I saw third Feeling is

890
00:44:07,400 --> 00:44:11,320
Speaker 1: a bawler. Madison, the backup running back from Boise, is sweet. Obviously,

891
00:44:11,400 --> 00:44:14,520
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook is sweet too. This offense is sweet, and

892
00:44:14,600 --> 00:44:17,359
Speaker 1: Mike Zimmer if their defense just plays a little bit better.

893
00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:20,680
Speaker 1: I love Minnesota in this and I think the Browns

894
00:44:20,680 --> 00:44:22,919
Speaker 1: are good and there you know, you know, twelve and five.

895
00:44:23,000 --> 00:44:24,719
Speaker 1: You gotta lose some games like this is a game

896
00:44:24,760 --> 00:44:28,719
Speaker 1: on the road. Everyone's going school. Um, I love Minnesota

897
00:44:28,760 --> 00:44:32,799
Speaker 1: in this spot. Okay, Giants at the Saints. Uh, this

898
00:44:32,880 --> 00:44:34,719
Speaker 1: is a game that does not do much for me.

899
00:44:35,440 --> 00:44:40,200
Speaker 1: Joe Judge, I just I'm out on watching his team.

900
00:44:40,239 --> 00:44:43,919
Speaker 1: You talk about apathy, you talk about boredom, you talk

901
00:44:44,000 --> 00:44:46,480
Speaker 1: about watching paint dry. That's what I feel like watching

902
00:44:46,480 --> 00:44:48,600
Speaker 1: the New York Giants. I feel bad for all their fans.

903
00:44:49,160 --> 00:44:51,640
Speaker 1: It can't be a fun situation to be in to

904
00:44:51,719 --> 00:44:54,200
Speaker 1: watch that squad play, because they are. They're just not

905
00:44:54,320 --> 00:44:56,759
Speaker 1: very fun. And the Saints, it's weird. I actually think

906
00:44:56,760 --> 00:44:59,759
Speaker 1: they're pretty solid. But with Jamis, I don't know. I

907
00:45:00,800 --> 00:45:02,920
Speaker 1: they don't do that much for me either. But if

908
00:45:02,920 --> 00:45:04,319
Speaker 1: they win this game and all of a sudden, you're

909
00:45:04,320 --> 00:45:06,040
Speaker 1: three and one, I mean, I think we're looking at

910
00:45:06,040 --> 00:45:07,839
Speaker 1: a team just gonna compete for a wild card spot.

911
00:45:07,840 --> 00:45:10,080
Speaker 1: I think Tampa's gonna win that division by a couple

912
00:45:10,120 --> 00:45:12,200
Speaker 1: of games, and then we're just gonna be talking about

913
00:45:12,280 --> 00:45:15,320
Speaker 1: Carolina and the Saints. Who is going to when the

914
00:45:15,360 --> 00:45:20,080
Speaker 1: dust settles? Obviously, Carolina has already beat him, but yeah,

915
00:45:20,440 --> 00:45:24,400
Speaker 1: I won't be watching this game. Full disclosure. Kansas City

916
00:45:24,400 --> 00:45:27,080
Speaker 1: at Philly. I text with coach Ree this week. He

917
00:45:27,080 --> 00:45:29,800
Speaker 1: said he's feeling good. So that's that's first and foremost.

918
00:45:30,000 --> 00:45:31,920
Speaker 1: We need Andy healthy, and so did the so do

919
00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:34,960
Speaker 1: the Chiefs. But I think the Chiefs have played better

920
00:45:35,000 --> 00:45:37,480
Speaker 1: and people realize they've had a ton of I mean,

921
00:45:37,520 --> 00:45:40,239
Speaker 1: the running backs fumbled twice the last two weeks and

922
00:45:40,239 --> 00:45:42,400
Speaker 1: it's cost him big Malls just throwing a couple of

923
00:45:42,400 --> 00:45:45,359
Speaker 1: pretty bad picks. Their offense last week. If they don't

924
00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:47,919
Speaker 1: turn the ball over, could have scored forty points. I mean,

925
00:45:47,960 --> 00:45:50,680
Speaker 1: they easily could be three. And oh right now, Uh,

926
00:45:50,719 --> 00:45:52,680
Speaker 1: they still have the best player or one of them

927
00:45:52,719 --> 00:45:55,040
Speaker 1: in the league in Mahomes, Kelsey and Hill. They have

928
00:45:55,080 --> 00:45:58,360
Speaker 1: one of the best coaches. Their defense, like everyone's crushing

929
00:45:58,400 --> 00:46:00,719
Speaker 1: their defense. But when you turn the all over and

930
00:46:00,760 --> 00:46:03,720
Speaker 1: just give another offense, whether it's Lamar Jackson or Justin

931
00:46:03,760 --> 00:46:06,799
Speaker 1: Herbert free possessions, you're gonna lose. If you do that

932
00:46:06,800 --> 00:46:09,440
Speaker 1: against Sack Wilson, if you do that against Trevor Lawrence, whatever,

933
00:46:09,680 --> 00:46:11,799
Speaker 1: you do that against Lamar and Justin Herbert, you're gonna lose.

934
00:46:11,800 --> 00:46:14,440
Speaker 1: And they lost, Like I'm not been against this team.

935
00:46:14,480 --> 00:46:17,160
Speaker 1: I think there's a little overreaction. The Eagles somewhat snake

936
00:46:17,200 --> 00:46:19,960
Speaker 1: bitten right now. They lost Brandon Brooks. Now they lost

937
00:46:20,080 --> 00:46:22,359
Speaker 1: uh the other hair guy, the left guard, I can

938
00:46:22,360 --> 00:46:24,279
Speaker 1: never say his name right, he has Liz Frank He's

939
00:46:24,280 --> 00:46:26,800
Speaker 1: out for the year. Landon Dickerson, the guy they drafted

940
00:46:26,800 --> 00:46:29,279
Speaker 1: in the second round who's a stud, is also hurt.

941
00:46:29,520 --> 00:46:32,919
Speaker 1: Their offensive line. They're starting left tackle, the Australian Trent

942
00:46:32,960 --> 00:46:35,439
Speaker 1: Williams as I call him, is injured. So they got

943
00:46:35,440 --> 00:46:38,359
Speaker 1: the backup in their offensive line, which week one, Week

944
00:46:38,400 --> 00:46:41,400
Speaker 1: two against the Niners position to strength. Now the dominoes

945
00:46:41,400 --> 00:46:43,760
Speaker 1: of all fallen and they're kind of fighting an uphill battle.

946
00:46:44,040 --> 00:46:45,640
Speaker 1: So I like the Chiefs, and I like the Chiefs

947
00:46:45,680 --> 00:46:48,560
Speaker 1: big in this game, justin or not justin. But Jalen

948
00:46:48,640 --> 00:46:52,320
Speaker 1: Hurts last week was awful. I mean, there there's a chance.

949
00:46:52,640 --> 00:46:54,759
Speaker 1: And listen, I started to come around on him coming

950
00:46:54,760 --> 00:46:56,240
Speaker 1: out of the draft. I thought he was a running

951
00:46:56,239 --> 00:46:58,799
Speaker 1: back and games like against the Cowboys where I think, yeah,

952
00:46:58,800 --> 00:47:01,239
Speaker 1: I was probably right, and why you can't. You gotta

953
00:47:01,239 --> 00:47:03,520
Speaker 1: be careful about reacting to every game when you have

954
00:47:03,600 --> 00:47:07,200
Speaker 1: an overall take on a player, and unlike Lamar, where

955
00:47:07,239 --> 00:47:10,560
Speaker 1: I was wrong about Lamar's physical skill set was in

956
00:47:10,640 --> 00:47:14,239
Speaker 1: a different stratosphere than Jalen. Now, Jalen is wired like

957
00:47:14,280 --> 00:47:17,440
Speaker 1: a pro. He is not gonna get like his confidence

958
00:47:17,520 --> 00:47:20,160
Speaker 1: level is always really high, so he's not gonna go

959
00:47:20,239 --> 00:47:21,960
Speaker 1: like down into the dumps. But he just might not

960
00:47:22,040 --> 00:47:25,239
Speaker 1: be talented enough. So I like Casey, and I like

961
00:47:25,320 --> 00:47:27,520
Speaker 1: Casey big. I mean Andy. Going back to Philly, I

962
00:47:27,920 --> 00:47:30,359
Speaker 1: I tweeted this out this week. I would over under

963
00:47:30,880 --> 00:47:33,319
Speaker 1: hours of film he watched, and his hospital bed was

964
00:47:33,360 --> 00:47:35,080
Speaker 1: probably like fifteen and a half on the I bed

965
00:47:35,400 --> 00:47:38,239
Speaker 1: like this, this game is a big deal to him. Um,

966
00:47:39,040 --> 00:47:41,279
Speaker 1: the two NFC West games, I think we're gonna learn

967
00:47:41,320 --> 00:47:43,799
Speaker 1: a lot. The Niners hosting Seattle. They got a bunch

968
00:47:43,800 --> 00:47:47,080
Speaker 1: of injuries. Kyle Shanahan, you know, pretty poor offensive performance

969
00:47:47,080 --> 00:47:50,399
Speaker 1: for his standards. Seattle blown back to back games. They're

970
00:47:50,480 --> 00:47:52,560
Speaker 1: one and two, and then you got the Rams and

971
00:47:52,600 --> 00:47:55,399
Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals who were both flying high. Someone's gotta

972
00:47:55,440 --> 00:47:59,960
Speaker 1: lose that game, uh, like the Rams. Honestly, I don't

973
00:48:00,000 --> 00:48:01,920
Speaker 1: feel great about the Niners in this spot, but I

974
00:48:01,920 --> 00:48:03,759
Speaker 1: have a hard time just seeing them lose back to

975
00:48:03,800 --> 00:48:06,319
Speaker 1: back home games, especially with how flat they came out

976
00:48:06,360 --> 00:48:07,920
Speaker 1: against the Packers. I think you're going to get a

977
00:48:07,960 --> 00:48:11,759
Speaker 1: better effort. But these these two teams now, or excuse me,

978
00:48:11,800 --> 00:48:14,600
Speaker 1: these four teams play each other like Round rob in

979
00:48:14,640 --> 00:48:17,560
Speaker 1: the next two weeks because Seattle plays the Rams the

980
00:48:17,560 --> 00:48:20,759
Speaker 1: following week Thursday Night football. What an elite Thursday night game.

981
00:48:21,200 --> 00:48:24,200
Speaker 1: And the Niners play the Cardinals. So this is like

982
00:48:24,280 --> 00:48:27,279
Speaker 1: these divisional games. All these teams are good. All these

983
00:48:27,280 --> 00:48:29,080
Speaker 1: teams can make the playoffs. I think the Rams are

984
00:48:29,120 --> 00:48:32,640
Speaker 1: the best Arizona. They've had some weird moments, but they're

985
00:48:32,680 --> 00:48:35,160
Speaker 1: also playing well. They have a lot of talent. Uh.

986
00:48:35,200 --> 00:48:37,480
Speaker 1: I think we're gonna learn a lot. I I really do.

987
00:48:37,640 --> 00:48:41,440
Speaker 1: I I'm really I'm really excited for these two games.

988
00:48:41,640 --> 00:48:45,080
Speaker 1: Uh Sunday afternoon, one o'clock kickoff, so they'll both be

989
00:48:45,120 --> 00:48:46,920
Speaker 1: over by about four. Those of us to live on

990
00:48:46,960 --> 00:48:48,960
Speaker 1: the on the East coast, I used to always hate

991
00:48:49,200 --> 00:48:51,080
Speaker 1: one thing. We have it pretty good out on the West.

992
00:48:51,480 --> 00:48:53,120
Speaker 1: You just wake up, I can go to the gym,

993
00:48:53,200 --> 00:48:55,279
Speaker 1: get a little breakfast, boom games around at ten. I

994
00:48:55,280 --> 00:48:57,120
Speaker 1: remember when I lived in Philly, you had to wait,

995
00:48:57,200 --> 00:48:59,560
Speaker 1: especially if we were playing at four. It's a long

996
00:48:59,640 --> 00:49:02,520
Speaker 1: time just sit around like I'm ready to go. On Sunday,

997
00:49:02,520 --> 00:49:04,960
Speaker 1: I hit in the ground running. Same in college football.

998
00:49:05,000 --> 00:49:07,719
Speaker 1: I wake up college football games round at nine if

999
00:49:07,719 --> 00:49:09,279
Speaker 1: I if I've had a few too many pops to

1000
00:49:09,360 --> 00:49:10,880
Speaker 1: night before. You know, you're kind of come into a

1001
00:49:10,920 --> 00:49:12,960
Speaker 1: little late on Saturday. You're rolling out of bed like eight,

1002
00:49:13,000 --> 00:49:15,560
Speaker 1: You're an hour away from kickoff. You know, I like

1003
00:49:15,680 --> 00:49:18,640
Speaker 1: going right away. Uh So it's you know, decent slate

1004
00:49:18,760 --> 00:49:25,480
Speaker 1: of games. Let's roll baby. Okay, back at it again

1005
00:49:25,560 --> 00:49:29,279
Speaker 1: with my man Stucky. Who is you know, six six,

1006
00:49:30,400 --> 00:49:32,680
Speaker 1: six and three this year? So nine bet six and

1007
00:49:32,719 --> 00:49:37,000
Speaker 1: three pretty solid. We take that all day long. Uh

1008
00:49:37,280 --> 00:49:40,200
Speaker 1: slate this week? You know, I think I think you're

1009
00:49:40,200 --> 00:49:43,560
Speaker 1: getting bold here. Stucky of the Action Network podcast comes

1010
00:49:43,560 --> 00:49:46,080
Speaker 1: out every Thursday. It's where you can find him. Uh.

1011
00:49:46,120 --> 00:49:49,399
Speaker 1: You know, gambling is at the forefront of the conversation.

1012
00:49:49,920 --> 00:49:52,319
Speaker 1: So let's dive into what week are we in now?

1013
00:49:52,360 --> 00:49:57,160
Speaker 1: Week four? Week four? Let's start. Uh, let's start Jets

1014
00:49:57,440 --> 00:50:01,880
Speaker 1: at the Tennessee Titans. Yeah. I think it's it's time

1015
00:50:01,960 --> 00:50:05,000
Speaker 1: to buy the New York Football Jets. And as always,

1016
00:50:05,000 --> 00:50:06,800
Speaker 1: I'm gonna have a bunch of ugly underdogs on my

1017
00:50:06,920 --> 00:50:10,520
Speaker 1: NFL card last year. Fortunately, I only played the Jets

1018
00:50:10,560 --> 00:50:12,440
Speaker 1: one time and they covered for me. So I might

1019
00:50:12,480 --> 00:50:14,920
Speaker 1: be a little less gunshot than others who have backed

1020
00:50:14,920 --> 00:50:17,760
Speaker 1: this team that has just burnt money over the past

1021
00:50:17,800 --> 00:50:22,560
Speaker 1: two years. But look, Jack Wilson has not looked great,

1022
00:50:23,040 --> 00:50:25,520
Speaker 1: as have all of the rookie quarterbacks. They're actually oh

1023
00:50:25,600 --> 00:50:27,839
Speaker 1: and nine rookie quarterbacks against the spread, and they don't

1024
00:50:27,840 --> 00:50:30,560
Speaker 1: play each other. The only cover was when Mac Jones

1025
00:50:30,600 --> 00:50:33,360
Speaker 1: played Zack Wilson. But you know, Zack Wilson has played

1026
00:50:33,800 --> 00:50:36,319
Speaker 1: three top five past defenses so far this year. He

1027
00:50:36,360 --> 00:50:38,880
Speaker 1: started on the road his first game against Carolina. You

1028
00:50:38,920 --> 00:50:40,719
Speaker 1: give him a little bit of a pass. Then he

1029
00:50:40,760 --> 00:50:44,400
Speaker 1: has to face a Belichick and a Fangio defense and

1030
00:50:44,440 --> 00:50:47,479
Speaker 1: back to back weeks. That's a tough ask for the kids.

1031
00:50:47,480 --> 00:50:50,680
Speaker 1: So now it comes home against the Tennessee defense that

1032
00:50:51,520 --> 00:50:53,560
Speaker 1: is probably bottom five in the league. So I think

1033
00:50:53,560 --> 00:50:55,680
Speaker 1: that look, they don't get a lot of pressure, they

1034
00:50:55,719 --> 00:50:57,279
Speaker 1: have some holes in the back end. I think we'll

1035
00:50:57,320 --> 00:51:00,319
Speaker 1: have some opportunities to make some plays here. The game

1036
00:51:00,400 --> 00:51:02,440
Speaker 1: is just really fast for these rookies. I think it

1037
00:51:02,520 --> 00:51:05,120
Speaker 1: can slow down for him and on the other side

1038
00:51:05,120 --> 00:51:07,839
Speaker 1: of the ball. Look, the Jets defense is overperforming based

1039
00:51:07,880 --> 00:51:09,560
Speaker 1: on their talent levels, so I think Robert Saliz doing

1040
00:51:09,560 --> 00:51:11,680
Speaker 1: a pretty good job. The run defense is actually decent,

1041
00:51:11,960 --> 00:51:14,120
Speaker 1: so I think that they can at least slow down

1042
00:51:14,120 --> 00:51:18,000
Speaker 1: Henry Bit. And I don't expect A. J. Brown nor

1043
00:51:18,280 --> 00:51:20,319
Speaker 1: Julio Jones to play in this game. They're both dealing

1044
00:51:20,400 --> 00:51:23,359
Speaker 1: with hamstring injuries. A. J. Brown is week the week,

1045
00:51:23,400 --> 00:51:25,520
Speaker 1: so I doubt he plays. Julio Jonesy didn't play him

1046
00:51:25,520 --> 00:51:27,640
Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter. This this is a guy you know,

1047
00:51:27,640 --> 00:51:30,600
Speaker 1: he's getting older. Why risk you know, a longer term

1048
00:51:30,680 --> 00:51:33,719
Speaker 1: hamstring injury against the Jets. So I think they set

1049
00:51:33,800 --> 00:51:37,080
Speaker 1: them both out, which makes their offense a lot less potent.

1050
00:51:37,160 --> 00:51:39,560
Speaker 1: And this is a Tennessee team that plays we talked

1051
00:51:39,560 --> 00:51:43,799
Speaker 1: about this last week, plays down to their opponent consistently.

1052
00:51:43,840 --> 00:51:45,239
Speaker 1: When you look at some of their road games over

1053
00:51:45,280 --> 00:51:47,240
Speaker 1: the last year, they win by two, three, and overtime.

1054
00:51:47,239 --> 00:51:49,920
Speaker 1: They're just all close. I had the Colts last week,

1055
00:51:49,960 --> 00:51:51,799
Speaker 1: would play that a million times over. I mean, this

1056
00:51:51,840 --> 00:51:54,480
Speaker 1: is a Colts team with you know, Carson Wentz with

1057
00:51:54,520 --> 00:51:57,320
Speaker 1: two sprained ankles. They lose Nelson, they lose three defensive

1058
00:51:57,360 --> 00:52:00,640
Speaker 1: starters during the game. Their minus three in turnover, turn

1059
00:52:00,680 --> 00:52:02,319
Speaker 1: it over twice in the red zone and it's a

1060
00:52:02,360 --> 00:52:06,080
Speaker 1: fourteen game in the fourth quarter, so they played way

1061
00:52:06,160 --> 00:52:08,600
Speaker 1: down to the to the Colts. So I think this

1062
00:52:08,680 --> 00:52:10,960
Speaker 1: is the time to buy the Jets now. If Wilson

1063
00:52:11,040 --> 00:52:16,120
Speaker 1: ends up being a historic bust, this is the wrong side, right,

1064
00:52:16,120 --> 00:52:18,000
Speaker 1: and he comes out and he throws more picks, but

1065
00:52:18,680 --> 00:52:20,480
Speaker 1: I'm counting on the fact that he can make some

1066
00:52:20,560 --> 00:52:23,680
Speaker 1: plays here, the game will look slower. Same thing with

1067
00:52:23,719 --> 00:52:25,680
Speaker 1: that with Trevor Lawrence. Trever Lawrence looked a little better

1068
00:52:25,719 --> 00:52:29,040
Speaker 1: last week, going from Denver's defense to Arizona's. I think

1069
00:52:29,080 --> 00:52:32,320
Speaker 1: getting over a touchdown here. I wouldn't go below seven

1070
00:52:32,360 --> 00:52:35,560
Speaker 1: for sure, But is the look Excuse me? I said

1071
00:52:35,560 --> 00:52:37,200
Speaker 1: the game was at Tennessee, right, it said it's in

1072
00:52:37,239 --> 00:52:40,400
Speaker 1: New York. I'm with you. If the two wide receivers

1073
00:52:40,400 --> 00:52:42,160
Speaker 1: are out, which a clue looks like they're gonna be,

1074
00:52:42,800 --> 00:52:44,480
Speaker 1: you know it's gonna be. You would imagine they just

1075
00:52:44,520 --> 00:52:46,359
Speaker 1: have nine guys in the box and not let deck

1076
00:52:46,440 --> 00:52:48,359
Speaker 1: Kenry you go for a hundred yards. The only thing

1077
00:52:48,440 --> 00:52:52,560
Speaker 1: that would make me nervous is like, and you mentioned this,

1078
00:52:53,320 --> 00:52:55,919
Speaker 1: what if Zack Wilson just sucks or is just gonna

1079
00:52:56,080 --> 00:52:58,600
Speaker 1: really suck this year because his team's bad. His offensive

1080
00:52:58,640 --> 00:53:01,520
Speaker 1: coordinators over his head likes it's not all his fault.

1081
00:53:01,560 --> 00:53:04,040
Speaker 1: But he's just start of this deal. And you know,

1082
00:53:04,160 --> 00:53:07,200
Speaker 1: we might have clarity on that by week ten. We'd

1083
00:53:07,200 --> 00:53:08,800
Speaker 1: be like, oh my god, you should have been against

1084
00:53:08,840 --> 00:53:11,279
Speaker 1: him nine in the last ten weeks. Or he's the

1085
00:53:11,280 --> 00:53:13,040
Speaker 1: guy that was the number two pick in the draft

1086
00:53:13,080 --> 00:53:15,080
Speaker 1: and makes a couple of plays and they have an

1087
00:53:15,160 --> 00:53:18,520
Speaker 1: upset win. Right because even a terrible team the draft

1088
00:53:18,640 --> 00:53:22,279
Speaker 1: second or third overall wins two or three games, so

1089
00:53:22,320 --> 00:53:25,239
Speaker 1: they're eventually gonna win, and probably win when they're a

1090
00:53:25,280 --> 00:53:28,120
Speaker 1: big underdog, right, Yeah, yeah, I mean this is it's

1091
00:53:28,120 --> 00:53:31,440
Speaker 1: also it just screams flat spot for Tennessee, Like you

1092
00:53:31,560 --> 00:53:35,520
Speaker 1: just beat the Seahawks, you beat the Colts, and now

1093
00:53:35,560 --> 00:53:37,840
Speaker 1: you're going up to New York to play the winless Jets.

1094
00:53:37,880 --> 00:53:41,120
Speaker 1: Like just screams coming out flat. They make a mistake

1095
00:53:41,160 --> 00:53:44,120
Speaker 1: on special teams. So I have no problem fading Raybele

1096
00:53:44,920 --> 00:53:48,399
Speaker 1: as a over a touchdown road favorite here. I'm I'm

1097
00:53:48,440 --> 00:53:51,160
Speaker 1: counting on this being a bilow spot for the Jets.

1098
00:53:51,160 --> 00:53:53,000
Speaker 1: So we we just hope that Wilson, who at least

1099
00:53:53,000 --> 00:53:54,799
Speaker 1: should have time in the pocket, right, he's been on

1100
00:53:55,000 --> 00:53:57,800
Speaker 1: the offensive lines. Bad Beckton's out. This isn't a Tennessee

1101
00:53:57,800 --> 00:54:00,800
Speaker 1: team that's gonna crush you with pressure from an edge perspective,

1102
00:54:00,840 --> 00:54:04,359
Speaker 1: wars scheme wise. Okay, let's uh, let's head a little

1103
00:54:04,360 --> 00:54:08,000
Speaker 1: west and go to lambeau Field. The Steelers coming off

1104
00:54:08,040 --> 00:54:11,440
Speaker 1: a pretty embarrassing loss to the Bengals getting you know,

1105
00:54:11,560 --> 00:54:14,279
Speaker 1: almost touched down six and a half. Yeah, I I

1106
00:54:14,719 --> 00:54:17,840
Speaker 1: like Pittsburgh. This is what I don't follow many trends blindly,

1107
00:54:18,280 --> 00:54:21,839
Speaker 1: but this is one that I do. Mike Tomlin is

1108
00:54:22,320 --> 00:54:25,080
Speaker 1: historically and everyone says, this's narrative, narrative, and it happens

1109
00:54:25,080 --> 00:54:27,839
Speaker 1: over and over and over again. Historically. It has some

1110
00:54:27,880 --> 00:54:30,960
Speaker 1: deficiencies in his in his game management and and and

1111
00:54:31,000 --> 00:54:32,680
Speaker 1: some things, but one of the one thing that he

1112
00:54:32,840 --> 00:54:36,840
Speaker 1: is is one of the best motivators in all of

1113
00:54:37,400 --> 00:54:40,440
Speaker 1: all the NFL. So when they are underdog, when he

1114
00:54:40,480 --> 00:54:44,200
Speaker 1: could take the US against the world mentality, the Steelers

1115
00:54:44,200 --> 00:54:45,919
Speaker 1: come out with their head on fire. They pull off

1116
00:54:46,040 --> 00:54:47,520
Speaker 1: upsets over and over again. Let me give you a

1117
00:54:47,560 --> 00:54:51,040
Speaker 1: couple of numbers. Tom On is a road favorite against

1118
00:54:51,040 --> 00:54:53,759
Speaker 1: the losing team. I mean, his teams come out flat

1119
00:54:53,840 --> 00:54:57,120
Speaker 1: in the situation all the time. He's sixteen thirty and

1120
00:54:57,200 --> 00:55:00,319
Speaker 1: one against the spread. That's dead last that of any

1121
00:55:00,360 --> 00:55:04,360
Speaker 1: coach over the past twenty years thirty four eight percent.

1122
00:55:04,960 --> 00:55:09,400
Speaker 1: Tom On is a road underdog against winning teams eighteen

1123
00:55:09,440 --> 00:55:12,960
Speaker 1: and six against the spread seventy covering by an average

1124
00:55:13,040 --> 00:55:16,759
Speaker 1: margin of about six points. That's number one out of

1125
00:55:16,800 --> 00:55:18,680
Speaker 1: all about a hundred and thirty coaches over the past

1126
00:55:18,719 --> 00:55:21,319
Speaker 1: twenty years in the NFL. And to put a bow

1127
00:55:21,440 --> 00:55:25,000
Speaker 1: on top of that again, as an underdog home or

1128
00:55:25,040 --> 00:55:28,040
Speaker 1: away against any teams that have an equal or better record,

1129
00:55:28,560 --> 00:55:32,560
Speaker 1: I mean, this is stupid. He's twenty seven and six

1130
00:55:33,239 --> 00:55:36,840
Speaker 1: against the spread on a twenty one and one streak

1131
00:55:36,880 --> 00:55:40,040
Speaker 1: since two thousand and thirteen. So the Steelers team just

1132
00:55:40,400 --> 00:55:46,200
Speaker 1: consistently overperforms in an underdog role and and underperforms as

1133
00:55:46,239 --> 00:55:49,640
Speaker 1: a favorite. You really want to hunt for a seven here.

1134
00:55:49,640 --> 00:55:51,600
Speaker 1: It's obviously a key number. I think it's also going

1135
00:55:51,680 --> 00:55:54,120
Speaker 1: to be a lower scoring game. It will help with

1136
00:55:54,280 --> 00:55:57,200
Speaker 1: mbs is out for Green Bay. It's the field stretcher.

1137
00:55:57,200 --> 00:55:58,759
Speaker 1: It makes it a little easier to defend them. If

1138
00:55:58,760 --> 00:56:02,080
Speaker 1: he is but this Pittsburgh defense hasn't been healthy. I

1139
00:56:02,080 --> 00:56:04,080
Speaker 1: think they should be a lot healthier this week. You know,

1140
00:56:04,120 --> 00:56:07,000
Speaker 1: a lot high Smith. They're practicing, you know, you know,

1141
00:56:07,040 --> 00:56:08,640
Speaker 1: Hayden and Bush have been out. So I think this

1142
00:56:08,760 --> 00:56:11,879
Speaker 1: is a Pittsburgh defense that's that's elite. When healthy, we'll

1143
00:56:11,880 --> 00:56:14,400
Speaker 1: be able to get some pressure. You'd hope that they

1144
00:56:14,400 --> 00:56:15,879
Speaker 1: could be able to run the ball a little bit

1145
00:56:15,880 --> 00:56:19,960
Speaker 1: more against the soft Green day run defense, control the clock.

1146
00:56:20,000 --> 00:56:23,120
Speaker 1: These are two very slow teams. Uh, this this is

1147
00:56:23,320 --> 00:56:25,680
Speaker 1: the Steelers have been written off. They stick. I think

1148
00:56:25,680 --> 00:56:28,480
Speaker 1: Ben is washed. I agreed with everyone saying that, but

1149
00:56:28,560 --> 00:56:30,759
Speaker 1: this is the spot where you buy the Steelers off

1150
00:56:30,800 --> 00:56:33,240
Speaker 1: that embarrassing loss. They show it time and time again,

1151
00:56:33,680 --> 00:56:35,680
Speaker 1: and they'll find I wouldn't be shocked they find a

1152
00:56:35,680 --> 00:56:38,080
Speaker 1: way to win this game like they did in Buffalo

1153
00:56:38,520 --> 00:56:41,040
Speaker 1: to start the year, and then the week after as

1154
00:56:41,080 --> 00:56:44,040
Speaker 1: a favorite, they'll uh, you'll see them get upset again

1155
00:56:44,040 --> 00:56:46,719
Speaker 1: because it's not a very good offense. You sold me.

1156
00:56:46,760 --> 00:56:48,960
Speaker 1: I mean those are numbers. I mean I'm putting some

1157
00:56:49,000 --> 00:56:56,560
Speaker 1: money on them. Okay, last game the Giants playing the Saints. Yeah,

1158
00:56:56,600 --> 00:56:59,680
Speaker 1: this one, it's it's ugly, but that's what I'm used to.

1159
00:56:59,680 --> 00:57:02,000
Speaker 1: I also a thought, you know, considered the Eagles, I

1160
00:57:02,040 --> 00:57:03,799
Speaker 1: think they're getting over solder if you get him over

1161
00:57:03,800 --> 00:57:05,960
Speaker 1: a touchdown. And the Bears, I think they're getting oversold

1162
00:57:05,960 --> 00:57:07,520
Speaker 1: if you can get them under a field goal. But

1163
00:57:07,600 --> 00:57:10,920
Speaker 1: in regards to the Giants, look we this has worked

1164
00:57:11,000 --> 00:57:14,880
Speaker 1: all season long for me. You Jamis Winston, you fade

1165
00:57:14,920 --> 00:57:17,600
Speaker 1: him as a favorite and you back him as an underdog.

1166
00:57:17,640 --> 00:57:19,640
Speaker 1: He's eighteen ten and one against the spread as an

1167
00:57:19,680 --> 00:57:22,560
Speaker 1: underdog of more than three points. He's seven fourteen and

1168
00:57:22,560 --> 00:57:25,280
Speaker 1: one against the spread as a favorite. He just makes

1169
00:57:25,880 --> 00:57:28,720
Speaker 1: He's a high variance quarterback who makes bad throws. You

1170
00:57:28,720 --> 00:57:30,560
Speaker 1: saw it again last week against New England. By the way,

1171
00:57:30,600 --> 00:57:33,440
Speaker 1: they had no business winning that game. Jamis throws up

1172
00:57:33,480 --> 00:57:35,800
Speaker 1: a ball off his back foot while getting tackled into

1173
00:57:35,840 --> 00:57:38,800
Speaker 1: the end zone. It's somehow gets caught. They get a

1174
00:57:38,880 --> 00:57:42,520
Speaker 1: pick six off a tip and you know they were

1175
00:57:42,560 --> 00:57:45,440
Speaker 1: out gained in that game and got a couple of bounces,

1176
00:57:45,480 --> 00:57:48,120
Speaker 1: So I think that they're Look, the Giants are no good.

1177
00:57:48,720 --> 00:57:51,320
Speaker 1: They they have wide receiver injuries, offensive line injuries, they

1178
00:57:51,360 --> 00:57:53,840
Speaker 1: lose their signal caller on defense and Blake Martinez. But

1179
00:57:54,080 --> 00:57:57,439
Speaker 1: they this is a spot that John's consistently fighting at home,

1180
00:57:57,760 --> 00:57:59,680
Speaker 1: Daniel Jones four and eleven against the spread on the

1181
00:57:59,720 --> 00:58:03,280
Speaker 1: road ten and four and get catching seven and a

1182
00:58:03,280 --> 00:58:07,240
Speaker 1: half in a game where the total is just crashing,

1183
00:58:07,680 --> 00:58:10,320
Speaker 1: you know, the total might end up closing at forty one.

1184
00:58:10,680 --> 00:58:13,640
Speaker 1: That's a lot of points in an NFL game. If

1185
00:58:13,680 --> 00:58:17,560
Speaker 1: you watch the Saints offense, it's basically run, run, try

1186
00:58:17,600 --> 00:58:21,120
Speaker 1: and just keep Winston from making a mistake, steak and

1187
00:58:21,160 --> 00:58:24,080
Speaker 1: service stake and serve rely on the defense punt and

1188
00:58:24,720 --> 00:58:26,720
Speaker 1: laying seven and a half in a game like that,

1189
00:58:27,320 --> 00:58:29,280
Speaker 1: uh is I think it's too many. I think this

1190
00:58:29,320 --> 00:58:31,440
Speaker 1: line is on the wrong side of seven. I think

1191
00:58:31,440 --> 00:58:35,040
Speaker 1: the Giants defense can potentially force Winston into a few mistakes.

1192
00:58:35,280 --> 00:58:37,680
Speaker 1: You see this team fight on the road for whatever reason.

1193
00:58:37,760 --> 00:58:39,600
Speaker 1: You saw him go to Seattle last year and pull

1194
00:58:39,720 --> 00:58:42,080
Speaker 1: an improbable upset. So I think this is just too

1195
00:58:42,120 --> 00:58:43,880
Speaker 1: many points in a game with a very low total.

1196
00:58:44,760 --> 00:58:47,320
Speaker 1: With the Saints team, that's maybe there's some fatigue that

1197
00:58:47,400 --> 00:58:49,439
Speaker 1: come out a little flat. You know, they just play

1198
00:58:49,480 --> 00:58:51,960
Speaker 1: three straight road games. Now you're playing the winless Giants.

1199
00:58:52,320 --> 00:58:56,480
Speaker 1: Giants pretty much playing for their season. Uh So, I

1200
00:58:56,480 --> 00:58:59,000
Speaker 1: think this is just too many points. Catching over seven

1201
00:58:59,000 --> 00:59:00,600
Speaker 1: and a total in a game of the total is

1202
00:59:00,680 --> 00:59:04,040
Speaker 1: low is always going to intrigue me. To hold your nose, spot,

1203
00:59:04,160 --> 00:59:06,240
Speaker 1: But I think the Johnson keep this within a touchdown.

1204
00:59:06,720 --> 00:59:08,600
Speaker 1: I I gotta ask you about one more game, because

1205
00:59:08,600 --> 00:59:11,000
Speaker 1: it's been the game I've been eyeballing all week long.

1206
00:59:11,040 --> 00:59:14,120
Speaker 1: After watching getting ready for this nine or Seahawks game,

1207
00:59:14,160 --> 00:59:16,120
Speaker 1: you go back, you watch Minnesota, and really, I have

1208
00:59:16,200 --> 00:59:18,440
Speaker 1: watched Minnesota last couple of weeks. Their offense is awesome.

1209
00:59:18,720 --> 00:59:21,480
Speaker 1: I mean, cousin just playing at an elite level. Yeah,

1210
00:59:21,600 --> 00:59:24,760
Speaker 1: he's bawling. They're getting two points at home against the Browns.

1211
00:59:24,840 --> 00:59:27,880
Speaker 1: Obviously the Browns are good, but clearly Minnesota is in

1212
00:59:27,880 --> 00:59:31,640
Speaker 1: a different world than the Chicago Bears offensively. I like

1213
00:59:31,760 --> 00:59:36,040
Speaker 1: Minnesota in this spot. How about you? Yeah? I think Minnesota.

1214
00:59:36,160 --> 00:59:38,800
Speaker 1: I think this game. I make a very slight favorite here.

1215
00:59:38,840 --> 00:59:41,040
Speaker 1: So catching two is definitely intrigued. This is a team

1216
00:59:41,040 --> 00:59:43,560
Speaker 1: that could be three and oh right there. They missed

1217
00:59:43,600 --> 00:59:46,320
Speaker 1: field miss chip shot field goal against Arizona, a boxed

1218
00:59:46,320 --> 00:59:49,640
Speaker 1: fumble review, and overtime against Cincinnati, and that loss looks

1219
00:59:49,640 --> 00:59:52,480
Speaker 1: a lot. It doesn't look as bad now, not at all.

1220
00:59:53,120 --> 00:59:55,800
Speaker 1: And you know in Arizona is playing well too, so,

1221
00:59:55,960 --> 00:59:58,200
Speaker 1: but they all easily could be three and oh. And

1222
00:59:58,520 --> 01:00:00,640
Speaker 1: I think it's the offense is like Prosin is playing

1223
01:00:00,640 --> 01:00:03,720
Speaker 1: at the top five level. The defense, I think they

1224
01:00:03,720 --> 01:00:06,000
Speaker 1: have nine new starters this year. Zimmer always has an

1225
01:00:06,040 --> 01:00:07,600
Speaker 1: elite defense. I think it's a defense that's going to

1226
01:00:07,640 --> 01:00:10,680
Speaker 1: continue to improve on a weekly basis. All these new

1227
01:00:10,720 --> 01:00:13,280
Speaker 1: pieces get assimilated. And you saw that almost in the

1228
01:00:13,320 --> 01:00:15,600
Speaker 1: second half lest or they shut They shut out the

1229
01:00:15,600 --> 01:00:18,440
Speaker 1: Seahawks in the second half last week. So I agree

1230
01:00:18,560 --> 01:00:20,960
Speaker 1: what I just did with the Vikings. It's at a

1231
01:00:20,960 --> 01:00:23,200
Speaker 1: at a point spread of two, it's a pretty good

1232
01:00:23,240 --> 01:00:25,680
Speaker 1: teaser week to tease through three and seven. I teased

1233
01:00:25,800 --> 01:00:30,600
Speaker 1: them up from two over seven points. Uh you know

1234
01:00:30,600 --> 01:00:33,160
Speaker 1: I did that with the Bengals and a couple other teams.

1235
01:00:33,160 --> 01:00:34,760
Speaker 1: But yeah, if I had to pick a side in

1236
01:00:34,800 --> 01:00:38,000
Speaker 1: that game, straight up, I would have went with Minnesota.

1237
01:00:38,040 --> 01:00:41,480
Speaker 1: A Greek there. I think they're getting. There's there's not

1238
01:00:41,640 --> 01:00:44,920
Speaker 1: enough love in the market here because of their record

1239
01:00:44,960 --> 01:00:47,360
Speaker 1: of one and two, but it's it's a little misleading record.

1240
01:00:47,400 --> 01:00:50,680
Speaker 1: And yeah, Cousins is he's balling out. He said, Yeah,

1241
01:00:50,680 --> 01:00:53,280
Speaker 1: I mean, the only thing I would have some red

1242
01:00:53,280 --> 01:00:55,160
Speaker 1: flags on of all the games you had, would just

1243
01:00:55,200 --> 01:00:58,680
Speaker 1: be the Jets. But it does the logic with the

1244
01:00:58,680 --> 01:01:01,960
Speaker 1: wide receivers being out. I'm just right now, Zack Wilson

1245
01:01:02,200 --> 01:01:07,120
Speaker 1: and Laflour's brother, it looks it looks terrible now, Like

1246
01:01:07,200 --> 01:01:10,720
Speaker 1: you mentioned, their defense is not Denver, right, I mean there,

1247
01:01:10,720 --> 01:01:14,680
Speaker 1: the defense is not very good, but like it just would. Yeah,

1248
01:01:14,680 --> 01:01:16,240
Speaker 1: I don't know if I'd sleep well putting money on

1249
01:01:16,400 --> 01:01:19,200
Speaker 1: on old Zack Wilson right now. But well, if they

1250
01:01:19,280 --> 01:01:23,160
Speaker 1: if they get blown out here, they like last year,

1251
01:01:23,440 --> 01:01:27,800
Speaker 1: will be enormous underdogs. Yeah, and I will want no

1252
01:01:27,800 --> 01:01:30,120
Speaker 1: no part of them until I see something from Wilson

1253
01:01:30,160 --> 01:01:32,600
Speaker 1: and uh but so I'm taking my shot here that

1254
01:01:32,640 --> 01:01:35,240
Speaker 1: they'll be able to do a little bit offensively. You

1255
01:01:35,240 --> 01:01:37,680
Speaker 1: saw it with with Lawrence, which gives me a little confidence.

1256
01:01:37,720 --> 01:01:40,000
Speaker 1: Like his you look at his adjusted completion decide jumped

1257
01:01:40,040 --> 01:01:43,600
Speaker 1: up a lot last week against Arizona. I think seeing

1258
01:01:43,640 --> 01:01:47,480
Speaker 1: this defense, and you know, look the Tennessee without those weapons,

1259
01:01:47,520 --> 01:01:49,320
Speaker 1: it's a lot easier to defend. The Jets run defensive,

1260
01:01:49,600 --> 01:01:52,640
Speaker 1: playing pretty well, that's their strength. So uh yeah, it's

1261
01:01:52,680 --> 01:01:57,080
Speaker 1: not I probably won't sleep Saturday night so hopefully I

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Speaker 1: won't be crying myself to sleep on Sunday night. Well,

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Speaker 1: thanks Stuckey, Uh, have a good weekend. You can hear

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Speaker 1: him Action Network podcast every Thursday. Go subscribe to that

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Speaker 1: as well, and uh, let's make some money. Absolutely good brother,

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Speaker 1: see it? Okay, let's go Middlecoff mail back at John Middlecoff.

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Speaker 1: Is the Instagram easy to slide up into the ms

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Speaker 1: and you get your question answered here on the show.

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Speaker 1: That's how we interact with the people, because, as you know,

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Speaker 1: we're a show of the people. You guys are my people.

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Speaker 1: Huge fan of the Pot from Germany, little international audience here.

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Speaker 1: Some thoughts on Kingsbury. I get you don't trust Cliff

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Speaker 1: and even the Cardinal fans are divided on him, but

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Speaker 1: I think we have to give him some credit. He

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Speaker 1: inherited one of the worst offenses in last decades statistically

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Speaker 1: in two thousand nineteen and improve the team his coaching

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Speaker 1: each year. Also, you highlighted on your last Pots how

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Speaker 1: difficult does it transition from college in the NFL? And

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Speaker 1: I just think there's a learning curve. Last year, the

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Speaker 1: Cardinals missed the playoffs only because some miskicks and because

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Speaker 1: Kyler got hurt. Also, he has a winning percentage of

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Speaker 1: four seventy one. Is a head coach in the NFL. Well,

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Speaker 1: Shanahan has a winning percentage of four sixty three. What

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Speaker 1: are your thoughts on this? Well, I mean he's had

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Speaker 1: Kyler Murray for three years. If you gave Kyle Shanahan

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Speaker 1: Kyler Murray, he'd win. When he's had Jimmy Garoppolo his

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Speaker 1: you know, his record speaks for itself. Now, Kyle is

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Speaker 1: a unique coach because he's had some really shitty years. Right,

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Speaker 1: he did not have the number one Cliff kingsbar inherited

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Speaker 1: a team with the number one overall pick and got

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Speaker 1: a franchise quarterback, Kyle Shanahan. I've seen him win multiple

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Speaker 1: playoff games, see him have a lead in the Super

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Speaker 1: Bowl two years ago. It happened against my homes. Kingsbary

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Speaker 1: has never won a game this mattered ever in his career,

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Speaker 1: never won one game that mattered. Games in September don't

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Speaker 1: matter what happens in in November, definitely December when the

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Speaker 1: game matters. Every time in his career in Texas Tech,

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Speaker 1: now in the Pros, he hasn't come through. So listen,

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Speaker 1: they If they win this week, they'd be in first place,

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Speaker 1: and they feel like a shoe in to be in

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Speaker 1: the playoffs. I'm not acting like I can't be wrong

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Speaker 1: on this, but the guy has never won ever as

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Speaker 1: a head coach, college or pro. At the end of

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Speaker 1: the day, if urban Meyer never wins a thing in

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Speaker 1: the league, his record in college speaks for herself an

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Speaker 1: all time great. Kingsbury as of today, has never won

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Speaker 1: a game this matter, not one. Now, I'll give him credit.

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Speaker 1: He goes in there l A and beats Matt Stafford.

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Speaker 1: You know where I stand this week. I'm taking McVeigh.

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Speaker 1: I'm taking Stafford over Kingsbury and Kyler. But I don't

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Speaker 1: I don't have you know, these are just my opinions.

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Speaker 1: This is you know. This is where I stand, right,

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Speaker 1: I don't have the facts. I wouldn't bet my life

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Speaker 1: that the Cardinals are going to make the playoffs based

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Speaker 1: off history. I would say that I've been a bet

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Speaker 1: against Cliff Kingsbury, and if you consistently do that, you

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Speaker 1: would be uh, you would be correct. I'll also be

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Speaker 1: the first to admit their team is really talented. Their

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Speaker 1: general manager has drafted a lot of good players, in

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Speaker 1: his career. Steve Coime's record as a talent acquisition general

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Speaker 1: manager is fantastic. Just look the team that he built

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Speaker 1: with arians now the talent he has on this roster.

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Speaker 1: Like I, I'm I think Steve time is good. I

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Speaker 1: just don't see Cliff Kingsbury winning meaningful games. But I'm prepared.

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Speaker 1: I I you might turn out to be a wrong take.

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Speaker 1: I'm prepared for that, though. I feel pretty confident about

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Speaker 1: where I stand. Go Rams. Try to catch every episode

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Speaker 1: on my daily commute to work, appreciate it. As an

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Speaker 1: Eagles fan, I'm rooting for Jalen Hurts, but I'm not

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Speaker 1: seeing a franchise quarterback. My question is, how do you

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Speaker 1: feel is the best player fit for the Eagles out

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Speaker 1: of quarterbacks that will be coming out of college or

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Speaker 1: is this the following year's class more talented. From what

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Speaker 1: I've seen of watching college football this first month, I

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Speaker 1: do not see a number one overall pick. I do

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Speaker 1: not see a quarterback that I'd feel comfortable drafting in

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Speaker 1: the first round. Now, let's watch this Alabama miss game

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Speaker 1: this weekend. Matt Corral the quarterback who now I think

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Speaker 1: is the Heisman front runner. He looks pretty talented. But

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Speaker 1: let's see what it looks like against Alabama. Well, let's

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Speaker 1: I'm fascinated to watch that Spencer Rattler. I'm out, dude

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Speaker 1: on North Carolina, I'm out. I haven't watched the guy

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Speaker 1: at Liberty because I don't watch Liberty football. Jake Hayner

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01:06:18,840 --> 01:06:20,720
Speaker 1: at Fresno State. You know, I don't know if he's

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Speaker 1: a first round quarterback. To me, the Eagles move is

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Speaker 1: if Deshaun Watson and this stuff goes away, they would

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Speaker 1: package their picks and they would go get to Shawn

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Speaker 1: Watson because what Jalen Hurts did Monday Night football that

1349
01:06:32,600 --> 01:06:35,240
Speaker 1: was terrible. That has to uh I. I have not

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Speaker 1: talked to anyone inside the Eagles building this week. I

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01:06:38,360 --> 01:06:40,880
Speaker 1: would imagine that that rattled them a little bit. How

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Speaker 1: could it not? You know, a young quarterback who you

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01:06:44,560 --> 01:06:46,440
Speaker 1: think has a lot going for him and then plays

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Speaker 1: like that in a meaningful game where your main rival

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Speaker 1: has a young quarterback younger you know, DA's obviously older

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Speaker 1: of Jalen, but like that's what a franchise quarterback looks like.

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Speaker 1: Your quarterback. He you don't think about Jalen. He doesn't

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Speaker 1: have a great arm, so his ball is constantly late.

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01:07:04,360 --> 01:07:06,280
Speaker 1: That's why he throws a lot of picks. He does

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Speaker 1: not have some howitzer like. He ain't Kyler Murray. You know,

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Speaker 1: his arm is closer to Doc than I think people

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Speaker 1: wanted to, you know, admit for the mail bag. Why

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Speaker 1: is it okay to say this year? Oh, the NFL

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Speaker 1: is rough and it's not easy to succeed as a

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Speaker 1: rookie quarterback. But when two went six and three last year,

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Speaker 1: we called for his head. Thanks well, Zack Wilson and

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Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence play on terrible teams. I mean they might

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Speaker 1: combine for five wins together. Right this season, the Jags

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Speaker 1: might win a couple. The Jets might win a cup. Honestly,

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Speaker 1: they might win three or four games. Their teams suck

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Speaker 1: justin fields. The more and more every game goes by,

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Speaker 1: we go. You know, the Bears might not be any good.

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01:07:48,840 --> 01:07:52,920
Speaker 1: Their teams were. Miami was good. Miami won ten games.

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Speaker 1: They had a really good defense. They have a good

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Speaker 1: coach or good a special teams. Their offense when Ryan

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01:07:58,400 --> 01:08:01,200
Speaker 1: Fitzpatrick and there was functional, when Tool was in there,

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Speaker 1: their offense was not good. So we watched to go

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Speaker 1: six and three. It wasn't because of two Uh. It

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01:08:07,240 --> 01:08:09,880
Speaker 1: was his defense, it was turnovers, and it was special

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01:08:09,920 --> 01:08:12,240
Speaker 1: teams to him in a couple of plays. But if

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Speaker 1: I put Trevor Lawrence or Zack Wilson on that Dolphins team,

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01:08:16,240 --> 01:08:20,280
Speaker 1: I would expect those guys to look better than two H. Like, ultimately,

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01:08:20,320 --> 01:08:22,840
Speaker 1: wins and losses matter. If you're Aaron Rodgers, you're like, yeah,

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01:08:22,880 --> 01:08:25,880
Speaker 1: I'm carrying the team. Right. If I'm Russell Wilson, you

1385
01:08:25,920 --> 01:08:28,720
Speaker 1: know we go twelve and four because of me. I'd

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01:08:28,760 --> 01:08:32,599
Speaker 1: thrown forty plus touchdowns. But you can't have the games

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Speaker 1: that he was having and then take credit for the

1388
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Speaker 1: wins because here's the other thing. He got yanked in

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Speaker 1: multiple games. One of their wins that he got credit

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Speaker 1: for fucking he got pulled out and Ryan Fitzpatrick came

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01:08:43,800 --> 01:08:47,720
Speaker 1: in and beat the Raiders. So it's every player is

1392
01:08:48,240 --> 01:08:51,519
Speaker 1: their situation is different, right. Some guys have a bad

1393
01:08:51,560 --> 01:08:54,040
Speaker 1: record and play well. Some guys have a good record

1394
01:08:54,120 --> 01:08:56,439
Speaker 1: at least for one season. You can't sustain winning and

1395
01:08:56,439 --> 01:08:58,720
Speaker 1: not be a good quarterback. There is no quarterback that

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Speaker 1: has like an eight year winning record who's not a

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Speaker 1: good quarterback. But for a season, you can play bad

1398
01:09:03,720 --> 01:09:06,040
Speaker 1: if your team's built up and you can win games.

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01:09:06,800 --> 01:09:08,839
Speaker 1: And that's what I think Toa did last year because

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01:09:09,240 --> 01:09:10,880
Speaker 1: when I watched him, I went, yeah, this guy is

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01:09:10,880 --> 01:09:13,400
Speaker 1: not very good, and then his coach like, that's just

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Speaker 1: my opinion, right, So that's just just my opinion. But

1403
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Speaker 1: as coach. Great part about football, it's irrelevant what coaches

1404
01:09:21,080 --> 01:09:23,679
Speaker 1: and players say. I just judged him on actions, especially coaches,

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01:09:23,920 --> 01:09:26,320
Speaker 1: he's my starting quarterback. Well, you keep thanking Hm out

1406
01:09:26,360 --> 01:09:28,680
Speaker 1: of games when you're losing, so clearly you know you

1407
01:09:28,720 --> 01:09:31,960
Speaker 1: don't think of him that highly. I'll think this till

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Speaker 1: the day I die, unless I'm told by someone in

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Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphins organization this isn't true, and I don't

1410
01:09:36,840 --> 01:09:38,400
Speaker 1: know anyone there, so I probably won't be told this.

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01:09:38,640 --> 01:09:41,479
Speaker 1: But I think the owner forced their hands. I do

1412
01:09:41,600 --> 01:09:44,840
Speaker 1: not think that Brian Flores, the general manager Chris Greer,

1413
01:09:45,240 --> 01:09:47,840
Speaker 1: wanted to play tour last year. But the moment they

1414
01:09:47,840 --> 01:09:49,880
Speaker 1: got to the by last year and their team was decent,

1415
01:09:49,920 --> 01:09:52,479
Speaker 1: and Justin Herbert has taken the league by storm. Stephen

1416
01:09:52,560 --> 01:09:54,920
Speaker 1: Ross is like everyone told me tank for two, and

1417
01:09:54,920 --> 01:09:56,360
Speaker 1: now we have too. I want to see two. We

1418
01:09:56,400 --> 01:09:58,760
Speaker 1: have a good team that to me felt like an

1419
01:09:58,760 --> 01:10:01,080
Speaker 1: owner move that, And I said this last year. I

1420
01:10:01,120 --> 01:10:04,320
Speaker 1: still believe it to this day. That got forced on them.

1421
01:10:04,479 --> 01:10:06,360
Speaker 1: They did not want to plan. Why would they The

1422
01:10:06,439 --> 01:10:09,559
Speaker 1: game in which they benched him been trying Fitzpatrick. He

1423
01:10:09,600 --> 01:10:12,679
Speaker 1: had just beat the forty Niners. He looked like Dan Marino.

1424
01:10:12,960 --> 01:10:14,720
Speaker 1: I think he threw three or four touchdown but that

1425
01:10:14,840 --> 01:10:17,000
Speaker 1: the game he played was like, holy shit, this guy

1426
01:10:17,000 --> 01:10:20,360
Speaker 1: looks good. I can't see a football coach doing that.

1427
01:10:20,560 --> 01:10:22,840
Speaker 1: It has to be an owner. It had to be

1428
01:10:22,880 --> 01:10:25,879
Speaker 1: the owner question for the mail back. Watching the Cowboys

1429
01:10:25,920 --> 01:10:29,160
Speaker 1: failed quarterback sneak get overturned got me thinking, why can't

1430
01:10:29,200 --> 01:10:32,600
Speaker 1: the NFL use goal line technology like it's used in

1431
01:10:32,640 --> 01:10:35,120
Speaker 1: European soccer. Seems like it would be easy to put

1432
01:10:35,120 --> 01:10:37,800
Speaker 1: some chips in the football to determine if it has

1433
01:10:37,840 --> 01:10:40,360
Speaker 1: broken the plane of the goal line. Thanks love the

1434
01:10:40,360 --> 01:10:44,400
Speaker 1: put proud member of the Bald Brotherhood. Thanks Buddy Jeremy.

1435
01:10:45,040 --> 01:10:49,640
Speaker 1: Good looking bald guy, even though here on on your

1436
01:10:49,680 --> 01:10:51,479
Speaker 1: picture it looks like you have some hair, but maybe

1437
01:10:51,479 --> 01:10:54,439
Speaker 1: you've lost it. Since I would say the I see

1438
01:10:54,439 --> 01:10:57,320
Speaker 1: this all the time. The NFL does not care about

1439
01:10:57,360 --> 01:11:00,120
Speaker 1: the outcomes of these games. They do not care who

1440
01:11:00,160 --> 01:11:03,080
Speaker 1: wins who loses. They don't care how shitty their referees are.

1441
01:11:03,320 --> 01:11:07,160
Speaker 1: Jerome Boger and his crew is an embarrassment. Is an

1442
01:11:07,160 --> 01:11:10,200
Speaker 1: embarrassment to officials. The league does not care. They do

1443
01:11:10,240 --> 01:11:13,439
Speaker 1: not care because they make money whoever wins. They're like

1444
01:11:13,520 --> 01:11:15,640
Speaker 1: me and you. We you know, unless you bet on

1445
01:11:15,680 --> 01:11:17,840
Speaker 1: a game. But if you're just watching a random game

1446
01:11:17,920 --> 01:11:19,760
Speaker 1: and you don't have money on it and you're not

1447
01:11:19,800 --> 01:11:22,200
Speaker 1: a fan of either team, you don't really care. Right

1448
01:11:22,439 --> 01:11:24,080
Speaker 1: You may have a favorite player in the game you

1449
01:11:24,160 --> 01:11:26,240
Speaker 1: might be rooting for, but for the most part, you're indifferent.

1450
01:11:26,760 --> 01:11:29,599
Speaker 1: Imagine being the NFL league office, Roger Goodell and his crew,

1451
01:11:30,040 --> 01:11:32,479
Speaker 1: and you're making money off every game, win or lose,

1452
01:11:32,840 --> 01:11:35,960
Speaker 1: whether the call is blown, whether the ball gets over

1453
01:11:36,000 --> 01:11:41,439
Speaker 1: the plane, whether they overturn a call. You do not care.

1454
01:11:41,479 --> 01:11:44,920
Speaker 1: You just signed a hundred billion dollars television deal that

1455
01:11:45,080 --> 01:11:48,639
Speaker 1: is coming. Whether the Jags win every game, lose every game,

1456
01:11:48,680 --> 01:11:51,760
Speaker 1: the not. It doesn't matter who wins and loses. And

1457
01:11:51,800 --> 01:11:54,559
Speaker 1: you see these television ratings, it's like to ching, ch ching,

1458
01:11:54,760 --> 01:11:58,840
Speaker 1: ch ching. I truly believe the league does not give

1459
01:11:59,640 --> 01:12:04,760
Speaker 1: one ounce of care who wins and loses any games. Now,

1460
01:12:04,840 --> 01:12:08,080
Speaker 1: the ref situation years ago with the replacement refs was

1461
01:12:08,160 --> 01:12:12,280
Speaker 1: so extreme they didn't have a choice. But listen, I

1462
01:12:12,320 --> 01:12:15,080
Speaker 1: think the refereeing, and it would be difficult to be

1463
01:12:15,120 --> 01:12:18,559
Speaker 1: an official. It would things happen fast. It's hard. I'm

1464
01:12:18,600 --> 01:12:21,120
Speaker 1: not acting like it's an easy job. I probably couldn't

1465
01:12:21,120 --> 01:12:23,840
Speaker 1: do it, wouldn't want to do it. But like we

1466
01:12:23,920 --> 01:12:28,200
Speaker 1: have consistent evidence now, these officials are terrible. They consistently miscalls,

1467
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Speaker 1: and the league office doesn't do anything. The same guys

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Speaker 1: stay employed. Yet as a scout, as a coach, as

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01:12:34,680 --> 01:12:38,320
Speaker 1: a player, if you consistently funk up, you get fired.

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Speaker 1: You get fired. There's a countable on a football field.

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01:12:41,720 --> 01:12:45,799
Speaker 1: There's accountability for the players, the coaches, the front offices,

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01:12:46,560 --> 01:12:49,479
Speaker 1: the owners know the owner and the league office it

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01:12:49,520 --> 01:12:54,400
Speaker 1: doesn't matter yet or the referees. The same guys that

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01:12:54,520 --> 01:12:57,479
Speaker 1: consistently screw up calls always. I turned on the game

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01:12:57,479 --> 01:12:59,880
Speaker 1: and there's the same crew. There's Boger, there's this guy.

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01:13:00,040 --> 01:13:02,840
Speaker 1: It's like these guys, I watched him every week blow

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01:13:02,960 --> 01:13:05,640
Speaker 1: basic calls and they keep getting jobs. It's not like

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01:13:05,680 --> 01:13:09,599
Speaker 1: they fire these guys that they write them because like

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01:13:09,640 --> 01:13:13,320
Speaker 1: I said, the NFL truly all these games this weekend

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Speaker 1: Minnesota Cleveland. Let's just say, hypothetically, there is the biggest

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01:13:18,360 --> 01:13:22,120
Speaker 1: controversial call ever. Do you think Roger Goodell spends one

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01:13:22,240 --> 01:13:24,519
Speaker 1: second worrying about whether they got the call right or wrong?

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01:13:24,800 --> 01:13:27,000
Speaker 1: One second? Do you know what's great for his business?

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01:13:27,400 --> 01:13:33,000
Speaker 1: Everyone on social media, every podcast like this, every Colin Coward,

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01:13:33,080 --> 01:13:35,839
Speaker 1: Dan Patrick, you name it, is talking about it on Monday.

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Speaker 1: So what does that mean? They dominate the headlines, they

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01:13:39,320 --> 01:13:43,080
Speaker 1: dominate the conversations, and they keep printing money. That to

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01:13:43,160 --> 01:13:46,120
Speaker 1: me is all the league office cares about, staying in

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01:13:46,160 --> 01:13:48,919
Speaker 1: the headlines, keeping their product with a lot of eyeballs

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01:13:48,960 --> 01:13:51,200
Speaker 1: on it, which is clearly the case right now for

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01:13:51,240 --> 01:13:55,000
Speaker 1: the sport. But whether the ball crosses the plane or

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01:13:55,000 --> 01:13:57,880
Speaker 1: not for DAC, do you think Roger Goodell might not

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01:13:57,920 --> 01:13:59,600
Speaker 1: even been watching the game. He might have had his

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01:13:59,640 --> 01:14:03,000
Speaker 1: feet up in the spa with his wife. They screwed

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01:14:03,000 --> 01:14:05,559
Speaker 1: it up, No big deal. You think we're gonna waste

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Speaker 1: money putting a chip, even though to them it wouldn't

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01:14:08,080 --> 01:14:10,519
Speaker 1: even cost very much. They don't even it doesn't even

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01:14:10,600 --> 01:14:15,240
Speaker 1: bother them. They don't even I think we look at it,

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Speaker 1: and I don't anymore because I'm so numb to it

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01:14:18,560 --> 01:14:20,800
Speaker 1: because I like what I'm saying. I believe, but I

1501
01:14:20,840 --> 01:14:23,439
Speaker 1: think fans get so worked up and they don't understand

1502
01:14:23,479 --> 01:14:25,880
Speaker 1: it like we have. The evidence is in. No one

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01:14:26,000 --> 01:14:29,080
Speaker 1: cares except the coaches and the players because if they lose,

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01:14:29,120 --> 01:14:31,920
Speaker 1: they get fired, and if they win, they get extensions.

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01:14:32,400 --> 01:14:34,400
Speaker 1: The referees, whether they get the call ride or not,

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01:14:34,520 --> 01:14:37,599
Speaker 1: they just they get to stay employed. You know. It's

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01:14:37,720 --> 01:14:41,080
Speaker 1: it's must be an incredible job. You get to consistently

1508
01:14:41,600 --> 01:14:45,960
Speaker 1: do poorly at your job and keep getting gigs. It's great.

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01:14:46,000 --> 01:14:48,160
Speaker 1: Any if if no one listened to this podcast, I'd

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01:14:48,160 --> 01:14:50,920
Speaker 1: go out of business. Like I have to produce. If

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01:14:50,960 --> 01:14:53,240
Speaker 1: I don't produce, we don't make any money. I don't need.

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01:14:53,720 --> 01:14:56,720
Speaker 1: This thing goes under. You know whatever, whoever you're is

1513
01:14:56,760 --> 01:14:59,360
Speaker 1: listening to this right now. Most of you guys have

1514
01:14:59,479 --> 01:15:02,519
Speaker 1: private at your jobs. If you don't today, I'm recording

1515
01:15:02,520 --> 01:15:05,360
Speaker 1: this the end of Q three. If you don't hit

1516
01:15:05,400 --> 01:15:07,519
Speaker 1: your quotas for Q three, people are looking at your

1517
01:15:07,520 --> 01:15:10,000
Speaker 1: funny and your jobs on the line. Referees like catch,

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01:15:10,040 --> 01:15:12,759
Speaker 1: You're not a catch. Let's review it. Whatever, who cares

1519
01:15:12,840 --> 01:15:16,160
Speaker 1: onto the next play? Incredible incredible gig if you can

1520
01:15:16,200 --> 01:15:18,840
Speaker 1: get it. Uh, thanks for hitting me up at John

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01:15:18,840 --> 01:15:22,040
Speaker 1: Middlecoffee's Instagram. Slide up into those direct messages. And if

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Speaker 1: you're listening on Collins Feed, know this. I go exclusive

1523
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Speaker 1: on Monday, exclusively on the three and out feed. Go

1524
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Speaker 1: subscribe to that, and uh, we'll keep talking, keep talking

1525
01:15:31,320 --> 01:15:35,759
Speaker 1: some football. Have a great weekend. Um, enjoy football, Enjoy

1526
01:15:35,800 --> 01:15:39,760
Speaker 1: your family, Enjoy a few pops, put your feet up, relaxed,

1527
01:15:40,080 --> 01:15:43,479
Speaker 1: Get a little balance in your life. Um, and yeah,

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01:15:43,760 --> 01:15:45,400
Speaker 1: enjoy the sun. If you live in a place where

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01:15:45,400 --> 01:15:47,120
Speaker 1: the sun's out, I know how I do. If you don't,

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01:15:47,120 --> 01:15:49,479
Speaker 1: that sucks. I hate the cold, but I'll see you

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Speaker 1: next week. Audio is the volume