1 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:12,840 Speaker 1: What is going on? Everybody? John middlecop three and Out 2 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:19,040 Speaker 1: podcast back at it again, recording this podcast Monday afternoon, 3 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:24,320 Speaker 1: almost dinner time, and uh, you know, there's really no 4 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 1: way avoiding this. It won't be necessarily a normal podcast. 5 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:31,440 Speaker 1: I can't just talk about football. In about thirty minutes 6 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:34,200 Speaker 1: from now, the city in which I live in will 7 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 1: be mandatory curfew because of the looting that has gone on. 8 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:42,240 Speaker 1: It It happened last night where I live. It's gone 9 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:44,839 Speaker 1: on just in the Greater Bay Area in California for 10 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:48,040 Speaker 1: the last I think forty eight hours Saturday night and 11 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:52,440 Speaker 1: then Sunday night, and uh, it's just you know, these 12 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:56,800 Speaker 1: were unprecedented times. This isn't necessarily with with the George 13 00:00:56,840 --> 00:00:59,000 Speaker 1: Floyd situation, which I'll get into in a second, but 14 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:05,960 Speaker 1: the Corona pandemic is, um you know, something I don't 15 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 1: think any of us have ever experienced. We've never been 16 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:10,440 Speaker 1: locked down for seventy plus days, which I think was 17 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 1: the number in the middle of last week. And uh, 18 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:17,960 Speaker 1: it's it's a subject I've attempted to avoid in the 19 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:24,360 Speaker 1: sense of like giving my own thoughts on the where 20 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:27,560 Speaker 1: the Corona stands with myself because it changed on a 21 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:30,360 Speaker 1: daily basis, like like anyone, I'd have good days where 22 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:32,319 Speaker 1: it's like, you know, no big deal, We'll just do 23 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:34,319 Speaker 1: what we're told. In other days, like anyone, when you're 24 00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:37,959 Speaker 1: locked inside, to get frustrated. And one thing was clear 25 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:42,760 Speaker 1: when George Floyd was I think, listen to everyone that 26 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:47,200 Speaker 1: I associate with or hopefully do, I think would agree 27 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 1: was an innocent man was murdered that had no business 28 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 1: losing his life, and hopefully justice is served with the 29 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 1: police officer that it's now in jail as well, the 30 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:03,280 Speaker 1: powdered hag of just the racial undertone. That's been really 31 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:05,360 Speaker 1: my entire life. And I'm thirty five years old. To 32 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:08,080 Speaker 1: anyone older listening, it's been like that in America since 33 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 1: well before I was born. Uh that the Corona aspect 34 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:17,919 Speaker 1: of it. People locked in. There is a class warfare situation. 35 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 1: I know. I can only speak for the state of California, 36 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:24,840 Speaker 1: where I've spent the majority of my life. There isn't 37 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 1: really a middle class anymore, and the poverty levels are 38 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 1: growing at historic rates in California, and the rich live 39 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:37,119 Speaker 1: in these areas and don't allow poor people in. It's 40 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:41,840 Speaker 1: really that simple, And there was just a bubbling in general. 41 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 1: I wouldn't even say racial. I would just say financial 42 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:47,960 Speaker 1: and economical in the state in which I live in. 43 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:51,960 Speaker 1: And the George Floyd's situation, which I don't see how 44 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:53,680 Speaker 1: is a human being you could watch that in your 45 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 1: heart not hurt. And the situation that then followed, which 46 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 1: was really powerful. You know. It turns out Steve and Jackson, 47 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 1: the former NBA player, really good friend of him. Uh, 48 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 1: you know, peaceful protests or just protests, And I always 49 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:11,640 Speaker 1: understand people push back with protests. I don't tell like 50 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:14,519 Speaker 1: I It's not my job or anyone's job to tell 51 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:17,280 Speaker 1: someone how to feel or how to think. And one 52 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 1: thing is I've gotten older. I have attempted to do. 53 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:21,840 Speaker 1: It's just like I think, as anyone who tries to mature, 54 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:25,640 Speaker 1: put yourself in other shoes, in someone else's other shoes, 55 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 1: to help you better understand them. Now, there are things 56 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:31,960 Speaker 1: that I will never be able to understand about standing 57 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 1: in the shoes of someone that's black. Right when I 58 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:38,200 Speaker 1: get pulled over, I am not worried about anything bad 59 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 1: happened to me. I've said this before. I said it 60 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 1: on my other podcast with Haberman. Today, I've been pulled 61 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:46,040 Speaker 1: over before. Definitely in my twenties and bet aggressive with 62 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:50,200 Speaker 1: the police officer. It didn't cross my mind that there 63 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 1: was a situation that get could get out of control it. 64 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:55,240 Speaker 1: I didn't even think that way. And that's an element 65 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 1: that I think all of us that are white people 66 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:00,880 Speaker 1: can't relate to. I I can out relating, though I 67 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:03,200 Speaker 1: completely understand it. And by this point in time, with 68 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 1: videos and everything we've seen over the last several decades, 69 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 1: but definitely the last decade with camera phones, everything we've seen, 70 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:12,200 Speaker 1: you realize, Jesus, it's like a it's a different world, 71 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 1: you know. And I think we all understand the frustration. 72 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:19,599 Speaker 1: And I'm not a politician, I have no clue. I 73 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:23,280 Speaker 1: I really, for the most part despise politics because as 74 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:26,560 Speaker 1: we see with everything from Corona to now where we're 75 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:29,840 Speaker 1: at with the looting and everything, everything is so divisive 76 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 1: where I and this is I've really been thinking about 77 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:35,680 Speaker 1: this over the last four eight hours. One of the 78 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 1: last things in this country that everyone kind of agrees 79 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:42,520 Speaker 1: with and agrees on. Now you might have we might 80 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:46,000 Speaker 1: choose to root for different teams, but sports does bring 81 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:51,160 Speaker 1: us together. And because of the coronavirus and literally everything 82 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:53,839 Speaker 1: is shut down in America in terms of the games, 83 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:56,680 Speaker 1: and there are no games. Obviously football would not be 84 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:59,279 Speaker 1: being played, but O T A s would be going on. 85 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:03,760 Speaker 1: We would have media members going to practice interviewing these 86 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:08,719 Speaker 1: players and sports, and definitely football, but I'd say sports 87 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:12,680 Speaker 1: in general is one of the greatest areas in this 88 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:17,120 Speaker 1: country where people from all over poor people, rich people, 89 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:22,240 Speaker 1: middle class people, uh, people of all ethnic backgrounds, people 90 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:26,240 Speaker 1: from all over the place, religious views, everything under the sun. 91 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:29,200 Speaker 1: In a football locker room, especially now in the offseason, 92 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:32,240 Speaker 1: you've got ninety guys in a football locker room, and 93 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 1: I think we'd all agree. You put ninety people together 94 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:37,800 Speaker 1: in any walk of life, they're all gonna have different 95 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:41,000 Speaker 1: thoughts and views, you know, a percentage of every of 96 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:44,719 Speaker 1: the ninety people, and we're not getting that. And we 97 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 1: are getting a lot of athletes that are tweeting and 98 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 1: are doing everything they possibly can. But because we don't 99 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:53,200 Speaker 1: have sports that there is a you feel it, I 100 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 1: a missing void right now in this country. And I'm 101 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:58,920 Speaker 1: not saying that it would solve these problems. And I'm 102 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:02,960 Speaker 1: not saying that if Corona hadn't existed, everything we saw 103 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 1: over the last forty eight hours would not have happened. 104 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:09,880 Speaker 1: I think it's safe to say it would have. You know, 105 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 1: I probably everything would have been the exact same as 106 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:15,960 Speaker 1: of recording this now. And I get uncomfortable sometimes and 107 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:18,880 Speaker 1: I was like this during Corona, and that's why I 108 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 1: stayed away sometimes, and I just for my job. Twitter 109 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 1: is just it's a distribution channel for me. I spend 110 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:28,919 Speaker 1: time on it because I tweet out links. I like 111 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:32,120 Speaker 1: to interact with people. It's something that kind of when 112 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:33,839 Speaker 1: I first got involved with the media, it was a 113 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 1: great boom. I could just talk to people, and as 114 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:39,640 Speaker 1: you know, I went to different shows and it was incredible. 115 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:43,880 Speaker 1: And it's clearly morphed UH the last several years to 116 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:47,680 Speaker 1: be UH an area of just hatred and listen. I 117 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:50,600 Speaker 1: you know, I try to keep a positive mindset. And 118 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:53,839 Speaker 1: if you just Corona was definitely like this. If you 119 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:56,800 Speaker 1: just spend all day on social media, which I've never 120 00:06:56,839 --> 00:06:59,080 Speaker 1: had more time on my hands than during Corona, you 121 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:02,640 Speaker 1: literally can't even go anywhere. Uh. It's easy to get angry, 122 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:04,920 Speaker 1: it's easy to get frustrated, and it's easy to kind 123 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:07,880 Speaker 1: of get into a bad mindset. Now, there is no 124 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 1: disputing that when you see what happened to George Floyd. 125 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:16,240 Speaker 1: How you know, if you have compassionate bone uh in 126 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 1: your body, how you're gonna feel now there is a 127 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:22,640 Speaker 1: level of and I've seen so many people tweet about this, 128 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:26,400 Speaker 1: so many different athletes. You know, Carl Banks, the former 129 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:29,800 Speaker 1: New York Giants linebacker who you know, play with Belichick 130 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:33,920 Speaker 1: for in Parcels next lt was just tweeting the one thing, 131 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 1: the peaceful protesters. They're like two entities right now. The 132 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:41,440 Speaker 1: people that want to peaceful protest for what is right, 133 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:46,080 Speaker 1: and then you have the smaller percentage of these looters, 134 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 1: which in my mind are criminals that don't care about 135 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:54,400 Speaker 1: George Floyd at all. And because of the way you know, 136 00:07:54,600 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 1: videos explode and violence and destruction, they garner way more 137 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:02,960 Speaker 1: or you know, just vius. I mean, that's what the 138 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 1: what's what the television puts on it, it's what goes 139 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 1: viral on the internet, and it just it's it's a 140 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:13,560 Speaker 1: crazy place. I don't even know what else to say, 141 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:16,080 Speaker 1: and I feel terrible. And basically what Carl Banks is, 142 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:19,920 Speaker 1: this is how you get a race war because these 143 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:25,320 Speaker 1: people start being you know, almost pigeonholed, the looters and 144 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:29,840 Speaker 1: the criminals that they are part of the protests that 145 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:32,440 Speaker 1: are taking place. And in my opinion, and again this 146 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:35,400 Speaker 1: is just my opinion, they're not. They have nothing to 147 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:38,199 Speaker 1: do with it. They are going to target to steal things. 148 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:42,520 Speaker 1: They don't care about George Floyd at all. Uh, Yet 149 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:46,320 Speaker 1: they take away from the message of everyone that's you know, 150 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 1: Steven Jackson was ahead of this last week when it 151 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:50,320 Speaker 1: turns it, you know, he was tight with George Floyd 152 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:52,720 Speaker 1: and he went right to Minnesota and everyone all around 153 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:55,720 Speaker 1: the country who has been doing this for years every 154 00:08:55,720 --> 00:09:00,199 Speaker 1: time these tragic incidents take place, that stand up and 155 00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:02,760 Speaker 1: try to draw a line and the stand for change, 156 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:06,000 Speaker 1: and then you get the crazies. And at least from 157 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:07,880 Speaker 1: my viewing, and I've had to turn off the TV 158 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:10,679 Speaker 1: just because it's it's hard to watch some dude take 159 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:13,880 Speaker 1: a hammer to a ninety year old ladies you know, 160 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:16,840 Speaker 1: window and take out some business like this is not 161 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:19,960 Speaker 1: productive and it's really doing nothing. It's just making the 162 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:22,840 Speaker 1: situation worse. It's making a place like the city I 163 00:09:22,880 --> 00:09:24,959 Speaker 1: live and have to shut down because none of these 164 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:27,559 Speaker 1: businesses want to get lit on fire. What are you 165 00:09:27,640 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 1: lighting them on fire for? Not for George Floyd, and 166 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:34,880 Speaker 1: it's just I don't necessarily have the answers, you know. 167 00:09:34,920 --> 00:09:37,560 Speaker 1: I've always try to treat everyone as well as possible. 168 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:39,520 Speaker 1: How the older I get, I try to even be 169 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:42,760 Speaker 1: more cognizant of being just nicer to everybody, you know, 170 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:46,720 Speaker 1: being more patient with people. And I'm a sports guy. 171 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:51,280 Speaker 1: I got my my career started in this business working 172 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:56,079 Speaker 1: at Fresno State, a program that definitely was I mean, 173 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:59,000 Speaker 1: a large majority of our team we're just African Americans. 174 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:03,560 Speaker 1: They were coming from low income situations, and Coach Hill 175 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:08,240 Speaker 1: was And I've always thought this with football in general, 176 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:12,199 Speaker 1: the coaches you're around, it never comes up. I've never 177 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:16,280 Speaker 1: heard a racial statement we shouldn't do this because this 178 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:18,920 Speaker 1: guy is this color, or we shouldn't take this guy 179 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:22,400 Speaker 1: because of this. If if you can play, you're in. 180 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:25,400 Speaker 1: It's great meritocracy, and the NFL is definitely like that 181 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:28,439 Speaker 1: because there's way more money on the line and coming 182 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:31,400 Speaker 1: to the media when I did you know, seven eight 183 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:34,160 Speaker 1: years ago it became and it just in general, it's 184 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:37,040 Speaker 1: all and it's a big talking point, and some people 185 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:39,280 Speaker 1: in the media use race as a huge part of 186 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:41,280 Speaker 1: their platform with a lot of their angles of what 187 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:45,240 Speaker 1: they talk about, which sometimes are justified, like right now 188 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:48,520 Speaker 1: and George Floyd and the situation in past instance, I 189 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:52,319 Speaker 1: completely get it. And then there's consistently always interwoven when 190 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:55,320 Speaker 1: when draft stuff happens, and and I just scratched my 191 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:58,600 Speaker 1: head having been on the other side in these draft 192 00:10:58,679 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 1: rooms where I go, I don't see that, and Ben 193 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:03,280 Speaker 1: in the lunch room with all these players and go, 194 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:06,959 Speaker 1: you know, sometimes you look back some of the most 195 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:09,839 Speaker 1: compassionate people I was around, just when you're in the 196 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:11,480 Speaker 1: lunch room, whether as a Fresno State or with the 197 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:14,559 Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles, with the entire team. And this gets back 198 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:17,840 Speaker 1: to my original point about sports not being around, whether 199 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:22,200 Speaker 1: it's basketball, whether it's baseball, definitely football, just the power 200 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:25,439 Speaker 1: and the platform every time quarterbacks talk, every time guys 201 00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:28,840 Speaker 1: like Richard Sherman talk, every time guys like Russell Wilson, 202 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:31,959 Speaker 1: whoever it is in the league that's powerful. They would 203 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:35,079 Speaker 1: be at practice right now and they would be up 204 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:38,360 Speaker 1: on the podium and talking and together with their teammates. 205 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:42,000 Speaker 1: And we missed that right now. And clearly if you 206 00:11:42,040 --> 00:11:45,120 Speaker 1: look at the timelines baseball, basketball, I mean football, the 207 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:47,560 Speaker 1: O T A s are off are just not coming back, 208 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:51,240 Speaker 1: and it's just I don't know what else to say. 209 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:54,440 Speaker 1: It's just a it's just a sad time in American history. 210 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:58,839 Speaker 1: I hope everyone can stay safe. I hope everyone can 211 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:02,520 Speaker 1: treat people the right way, and uh, you know, I 212 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:04,760 Speaker 1: I have faith we always find a way to get 213 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:07,440 Speaker 1: through this, but get through this in a way that 214 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:11,679 Speaker 1: you know, people feel justified that we make changes and 215 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:15,400 Speaker 1: also that you know, we don't ruin innocent people's lives, 216 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:18,400 Speaker 1: you know. And I mean when I when I see 217 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:22,760 Speaker 1: a video of George Floyd's brother getting on a megaphone saying, 218 00:12:22,840 --> 00:12:26,400 Speaker 1: what is everyone doing? My brother was a peaceful individual, 219 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:28,920 Speaker 1: you know, it just makes you scratch your head and 220 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:30,840 Speaker 1: it goes you know, it's just a time in history 221 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:35,240 Speaker 1: in two thousand twenty where it's just there's so many 222 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:39,800 Speaker 1: messages from coming from so many places, and you just, 223 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:45,000 Speaker 1: you know, you just you get you feel uneasy just 224 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:48,880 Speaker 1: about you know, the future and definitely the immediate future, 225 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:51,440 Speaker 1: Like how's this gonna end? There's not really a light 226 00:12:51,480 --> 00:12:54,400 Speaker 1: at the end of the tunnel, even with Corona. You know, 227 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:57,080 Speaker 1: it's like, are we just in the clear now? Is 228 00:12:57,080 --> 00:12:59,559 Speaker 1: it kind of over? Is it? You know, there's still 229 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:01,120 Speaker 1: that elephant the room, Like what if it comes back 230 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:03,800 Speaker 1: in the fall? Hell, I don't know. I'm not just 231 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:06,320 Speaker 1: an act business kid from cal Pol. I got no clue, 232 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:08,719 Speaker 1: uh to read the articles like you do. I mean, 233 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:11,840 Speaker 1: it doesn't feel like anyone knows. And then this situation 234 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:15,319 Speaker 1: is just you know, powder keg that feels a little 235 00:13:15,360 --> 00:13:18,760 Speaker 1: out of control because a small percentage of people get 236 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:22,000 Speaker 1: all the pub for the riding and the looting when 237 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:24,800 Speaker 1: the large majority of people want to do the right 238 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:27,240 Speaker 1: thing and just want to have their message her that 239 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:31,400 Speaker 1: we're just you know, kind of on this slippery slope 240 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:35,000 Speaker 1: of madness, which hopefully we can come out of sooner 241 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:39,840 Speaker 1: than later. Okay, let's uh, let's dive into some NFL stories. 242 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:42,240 Speaker 1: Let's just see if we can talk a little football. 243 00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:48,000 Speaker 1: One story that broke earlier today was Henry Ruggs, the 244 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:52,480 Speaker 1: Raiders top pick in this draft from Alabama. There was 245 00:13:52,559 --> 00:13:58,439 Speaker 1: kind of a vague tweet from the Raiders. Actually, Vic 246 00:13:58,520 --> 00:14:03,160 Speaker 1: Tafer tweeted out a stay eatment that they were monitoring 247 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:06,280 Speaker 1: are the rumors of Henry Ruggs being involved in an accident. 248 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:08,679 Speaker 1: The Raiders are aware of the report regarding an off 249 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:12,720 Speaker 1: the field injury to Rugs. Respecting Henry's right to medical privacy, 250 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:16,240 Speaker 1: the team will not be commenting on the report and 251 00:14:16,520 --> 00:14:19,000 Speaker 1: rap sheet. See if I can pull up the rap sheet. 252 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:25,080 Speaker 1: Tweet basically said he had some sort of gash on 253 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:30,320 Speaker 1: his thigh and I'm told he's okay. While he was 254 00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:33,640 Speaker 1: apparently cut or received a puncture, the wound is not serious. 255 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:38,280 Speaker 1: During these corona times and these teams haven't been able 256 00:14:38,280 --> 00:14:42,240 Speaker 1: to see their players. You know, there's the month of 257 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:45,320 Speaker 1: when the O T S O t A s end 258 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:48,840 Speaker 1: in the middle of June. Uh really depending on the team, 259 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:50,280 Speaker 1: this might have been the last week of O T 260 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:53,320 Speaker 1: A S and then you usually kind of reconvene. It's 261 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:55,480 Speaker 1: the great part of the NFL. You get a summer break. 262 00:14:55,640 --> 00:14:58,640 Speaker 1: It's usually like six or seven weeks. The irony is 263 00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:00,920 Speaker 1: like they've been on break now really since the draft, 264 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:02,920 Speaker 1: not being able to do anything at least like scouts 265 00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:04,640 Speaker 1: and gms. Even coaches are just working a couple of 266 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:06,120 Speaker 1: hours a week or I mean a couple of hours 267 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:07,880 Speaker 1: a day with their players. That's all they can do 268 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:11,400 Speaker 1: is you just kind of keep your fingers crossed. Nothing 269 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:14,800 Speaker 1: bad happens, right, No one gets arrested. No one gets 270 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:17,120 Speaker 1: hurt working out, no one does anything. So when I 271 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:20,320 Speaker 1: saw this headline, I said, oh my god, because you 272 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:23,720 Speaker 1: just think that something serious happened. Well, if he just 273 00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:26,160 Speaker 1: has a puncture wound and everything's gonna be okay. But 274 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:30,080 Speaker 1: as a Raider, if you're a Raider fan, uh now 275 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:33,800 Speaker 1: this is different. But last week last year, I'll never 276 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:37,040 Speaker 1: forget when they traded for Antonio Brown and O t 277 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:41,000 Speaker 1: A started, the Raiders would I wasn't allowed at practice, 278 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:43,200 Speaker 1: but I would see it. Uh I was banned. For 279 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:45,320 Speaker 1: those of you new to this podcast, they banned me 280 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:48,240 Speaker 1: long ago. Not not a friend of the Raiders management, 281 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:51,280 Speaker 1: though I like Mike Mayock and uh, I don't know Gruden, 282 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:56,640 Speaker 1: but he entertains me that when O t A started 283 00:15:56,640 --> 00:15:58,480 Speaker 1: and Antonio was there, and it turns out, you know, 284 00:15:58,520 --> 00:16:01,040 Speaker 1: he was going through all the helmet issue use, but 285 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:06,520 Speaker 1: he was dominating practice. He looked like, you know, if 286 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:09,720 Speaker 1: you go to Henry Ruggs or Josh Jacobs or anyone 287 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:12,720 Speaker 1: that goes to Alabama, just type in any Alabama player 288 00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:15,480 Speaker 1: of the last like ten years, especially an offensive skill guy, 289 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:18,040 Speaker 1: a running back or a wide receiver type in their 290 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:21,600 Speaker 1: high school highlights to YouTube. They look like a video 291 00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:23,960 Speaker 1: game compared to the other high school kids. That's what 292 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:27,800 Speaker 1: Antonio Brown looked like against the Raiders in practice. They 293 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:29,720 Speaker 1: couldn't touch him, and I was like, oh my god, 294 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:33,680 Speaker 1: this guy is gonna go nuts this year. And then 295 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:35,600 Speaker 1: he shows back up at training camp with the bad 296 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:38,400 Speaker 1: feet in an air balloon and it was obviously a 297 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:41,000 Speaker 1: couple of weeks later he was he was cut, so 298 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:44,320 Speaker 1: that that was a disaster. Uh. Now, I'm not saying 299 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:46,240 Speaker 1: this by any means is that, but I just think 300 00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:48,040 Speaker 1: if it makes the hair on the back of your 301 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:49,720 Speaker 1: next hand off, you're a Raider fan, You're like, oh my, 302 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:52,720 Speaker 1: not this again. Well, it feels for the time being 303 00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:57,240 Speaker 1: that it's okay. George Kittle uh in the forty or 304 00:16:57,280 --> 00:17:00,320 Speaker 1: far far apart. I've talked about this at nauseum on 305 00:17:00,360 --> 00:17:04,400 Speaker 1: the other podcast, did some YouTube videos on it. Uh. 306 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:07,240 Speaker 1: It's it's a complicated situation. Tight Ends are the most 307 00:17:07,320 --> 00:17:10,160 Speaker 1: underpaid position in the league. The good ones, They've never 308 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:13,399 Speaker 1: made big money. Amari Cooper got sixty million dollars guaranteed. 309 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:16,399 Speaker 1: The highest paid tight end in NFL history was twenty 310 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:19,720 Speaker 1: two million dollars guaranteed Austin Hooper. So if you're George Kittle, 311 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:23,760 Speaker 1: you can't sign. You have nothing in common with Austin Hooper. 312 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:27,320 Speaker 1: You are a better player than Amari Cooper. But the 313 00:17:27,359 --> 00:17:30,600 Speaker 1: way football works, I think, just the way business works, 314 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:34,480 Speaker 1: it's on cops and in in football, it's on your 315 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:37,760 Speaker 1: position comps. Right, It's no different real estate. What's this 316 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:41,200 Speaker 1: square footage relative to that house that's sold for this? Well, 317 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:43,720 Speaker 1: in football, not every house is the same because the 318 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:46,159 Speaker 1: D line houses are a lot better, different than the 319 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:48,439 Speaker 1: tight end houses that are different than the safety houses. 320 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:51,200 Speaker 1: And the tight end houses are by far the cheapest 321 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:54,520 Speaker 1: houses on the street. And George Kittle is a sweet 322 00:17:54,560 --> 00:17:58,040 Speaker 1: house on a cheap street, and he's ready to sell 323 00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:00,400 Speaker 1: for a lot of money. And I think just gonna 324 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:02,600 Speaker 1: be a complicated situation. But the Niners do not let 325 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:05,439 Speaker 1: sweet players walk, so I I I don't think it's 326 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:07,680 Speaker 1: gonna get too contentious and ugly, but it is a 327 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:11,640 Speaker 1: very very complicated negotiation. He's a star. I mean he's 328 00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:14,720 Speaker 1: the best player on the team. He's a star in 329 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:17,479 Speaker 1: the NFL, like he's a poster boy of the NFL. 330 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:19,800 Speaker 1: He is probably one of the seven or eight star 331 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:23,240 Speaker 1: players non quarterbacks in the league, poster child of the 332 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:26,199 Speaker 1: league and a personality. He's kind of you in a 333 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:28,240 Speaker 1: weird way. He's like the the NFL's version of the 334 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:31,919 Speaker 1: Rock right now because he's so inter wrestling. Uh, and 335 00:18:32,119 --> 00:18:35,840 Speaker 1: I just as a football fan, love watching him play. Uh. 336 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:39,080 Speaker 1: There's not much traction on the Chris Jones contract. I 337 00:18:39,119 --> 00:18:41,800 Speaker 1: read a headline. I wonder, and I don't know any 338 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:44,560 Speaker 1: I've I've never asked Beach or ask Andy about this, 339 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:47,919 Speaker 1: you know. I wonder if I don't know enough about 340 00:18:48,040 --> 00:18:50,000 Speaker 1: how this guy is in the locker room, because he's 341 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:52,840 Speaker 1: a dominant player. When he's on the field and he's right, 342 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:55,040 Speaker 1: he can take over the game. And he did that 343 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:58,440 Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl. He he took over down the stretch. Now, 344 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:02,040 Speaker 1: is it a difficult contract negotiation? Does he want Aaron 345 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:04,280 Speaker 1: Donald type money? Do they view him like an Aaron 346 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:09,000 Speaker 1: Donald type player? Unlike Kittle, where I know for a 347 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:10,840 Speaker 1: fact how the Niners view them, and they view him 348 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:14,120 Speaker 1: as a star, and Kittle is a star. I don't 349 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:16,600 Speaker 1: know if the Chiefs, like I think they understand how 350 00:19:16,680 --> 00:19:19,400 Speaker 1: talented he is. They were there when they drafted him, 351 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:22,280 Speaker 1: But relative to how much he's worth, I mean, if 352 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:26,040 Speaker 1: the Forest Buckner just got twenty one million dollars a year, now, 353 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:28,119 Speaker 1: he didn't get that much guaranteed. I think it was 354 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:32,280 Speaker 1: like fifty million dollars. Might have been a shade over fifty, 355 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:35,520 Speaker 1: but I would imagine Chris Jones wants seventy eight million 356 00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:37,240 Speaker 1: dollars guaranteed. And when you got the elephant in the 357 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:41,080 Speaker 1: room of Patrick Mahomes, it's gonna be a complicated situation. Also, 358 00:19:41,119 --> 00:19:44,119 Speaker 1: the elephant in the room of the Chiefs notoriously a 359 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:47,240 Speaker 1: little cheaper. And are they not gonna have fans in 360 00:19:47,359 --> 00:19:49,399 Speaker 1: Arrowhead this year? Is they are? They're not gonna have 361 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:52,000 Speaker 1: the same revenue streams? Are they a little hesitant that 362 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:54,439 Speaker 1: they're gonna give Patrick Mahomes historic money? Maybe it makes 363 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:59,000 Speaker 1: it a little more complicated. Again, no inside information. Matt Judean, 364 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:03,080 Speaker 1: the past rusher for the Baltimore Ravens, signed his franchise tag. 365 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:06,400 Speaker 1: I've been saying it for a while. The Ravens team 366 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:09,879 Speaker 1: on papers excellent, and they they should. The O t 367 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:13,040 Speaker 1: A s for them should actually probably be a benefit 368 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:17,920 Speaker 1: because teams in their division in in the off season, 369 00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:20,840 Speaker 1: like when I was in Philly, and I'm sure coach 370 00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:24,560 Speaker 1: read still does this with the Chiefs. You do periods 371 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:26,840 Speaker 1: in the off season of just like, let's run some 372 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:30,560 Speaker 1: Denver Bronco offense against our defense. Let's have some Scout 373 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:33,680 Speaker 1: team run Raiders offense verse our defense, and vice versa. 374 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:35,760 Speaker 1: So you're just kind of repping it in your division 375 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:38,199 Speaker 1: because you play those teams twice. Well, if you're the Browns, 376 00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:42,480 Speaker 1: you're the Steelers, and you are the Bengals side, whether 377 00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:45,080 Speaker 1: they matter or not, you start kind of, you know, 378 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:48,160 Speaker 1: locking in on how you're gonna defend this offense. Well, 379 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:50,560 Speaker 1: you don't have any of that. And the Ravens clearly 380 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:51,960 Speaker 1: know how to run this offense like the back of 381 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:54,520 Speaker 1: their hand. They got all their best players back, including 382 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:58,760 Speaker 1: this guy that you know they're gonna be really good 383 00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:01,960 Speaker 1: in the regular season. Now I'm strictly judging them on 384 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:05,000 Speaker 1: the playoffs, and Lamar's talked about it. It's why I 385 00:21:05,119 --> 00:21:07,600 Speaker 1: listen Lamar. I did not love him coming out said 386 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:11,240 Speaker 1: this over and over. He was dominant last year, and 387 00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:14,440 Speaker 1: I love his attitude because unlike society that always wants 388 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:18,040 Speaker 1: to make excuses for things, he doesn't, you know, shut up, 389 00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:21,480 Speaker 1: work harder. Nobody cares work harder that he I think 390 00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:23,119 Speaker 1: he even said this offseason like, I need to win. 391 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:25,600 Speaker 1: I need to play better in the playoffs, and if 392 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:28,280 Speaker 1: he they'll go as far as he'll take him, because 393 00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:30,200 Speaker 1: if he's on and he plays like the regular season, 394 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:32,400 Speaker 1: they win the Super Bowl. If he plays like he's 395 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:34,120 Speaker 1: played the last two playoff games, they want. But their 396 00:21:34,119 --> 00:21:38,560 Speaker 1: team on paper is is loaded. J T. Daniels, who 397 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:40,440 Speaker 1: was one of the biggest recruits in the country two 398 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:43,440 Speaker 1: years ago too, went to USC started as a true freshman. 399 00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:46,439 Speaker 1: I remember watching him as a true freshman. I'm like, 400 00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:47,800 Speaker 1: I don't know if I see it. He was kind 401 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:52,520 Speaker 1: of robotic. I just I don't know. I didn't see it. Well. 402 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:55,840 Speaker 1: Then the first game this year was again I think 403 00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:57,800 Speaker 1: it was Frizzle State. I forget who they're playing. He 404 00:21:57,840 --> 00:21:59,879 Speaker 1: looked good. He I was like, God, he looks at 405 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:03,040 Speaker 1: a more fluid, he looks a little more natural, and 406 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:06,040 Speaker 1: they shattered his leg. Uh. Then the guy that ended 407 00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:11,680 Speaker 1: up replacing him look fantastic. And now he's transferring to Georgia. 408 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:15,360 Speaker 1: The college football in the transfer portal is really kind 409 00:22:15,359 --> 00:22:17,960 Speaker 1: of like free agency right now. Now. The difference is 410 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:19,840 Speaker 1: he's got to sit out of here. You know, if 411 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:22,639 Speaker 1: you go to the transfer portal, unless you're able to 412 00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:25,280 Speaker 1: get some crazy waiver, you're not able to play. So 413 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:28,320 Speaker 1: he was not even eligible to play this year. But 414 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:31,800 Speaker 1: Georgia doesn't. I mean, if this guy can get back 415 00:22:31,840 --> 00:22:34,760 Speaker 1: to what he looked like this the first game of 416 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:38,199 Speaker 1: two thousand nineteen before he heard his leg, Georgia might 417 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:40,800 Speaker 1: have their best quarterback. I don't know who their starting 418 00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:43,280 Speaker 1: quarterback is this year, but I mean Jake From. I'm 419 00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:45,480 Speaker 1: not a Jake From guy like j T. Daniels is 420 00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:48,720 Speaker 1: a more talented player than Jake From. And uh when 421 00:22:48,720 --> 00:22:52,640 Speaker 1: when you're highly you know, big time Harold did recruit. 422 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:56,000 Speaker 1: When you go to the transfer portal, even if it 423 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,560 Speaker 1: didn't go as well or you're injured, you're gonna have 424 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:01,360 Speaker 1: so many teams. It's not just quarterbacks. I mean, it's lineman, 425 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:05,600 Speaker 1: it's receivers. These big boys are all gonna be interested 426 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:07,440 Speaker 1: because he was just when you're a four or five 427 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:09,879 Speaker 1: star guy and every team in the country watch you, well, 428 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:12,600 Speaker 1: they're gonna watch you again to two years later, even 429 00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:16,840 Speaker 1: if you've been underachieved on tape, because these coaches believe 430 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:19,119 Speaker 1: they'll get the most out of you. Sometimes they do. 431 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:22,320 Speaker 1: Sometimes they don't, but that's an interesting guy to follow 432 00:23:22,320 --> 00:23:24,560 Speaker 1: as he goes to Georgia. Okay, let's get to the 433 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:27,680 Speaker 1: Middlecoff mail bag and see if we talk a little 434 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:30,760 Speaker 1: more football. Easiest way to get a hold of me 435 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:34,159 Speaker 1: at John Middlecoff. My Instagram d MS wide open. You 436 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:37,720 Speaker 1: can slide up in there and uh and yeah, ask 437 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:41,440 Speaker 1: any questions you want. What's up? My bald brethren love 438 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:43,760 Speaker 1: the show and I've been listening since your first one. 439 00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:46,240 Speaker 1: But you said Mahomes didn't actually have the top and 440 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:49,919 Speaker 1: best arm in the league. I said he didn't maybe 441 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:53,360 Speaker 1: throw the fastest, he might have the best overall arm. 442 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:56,960 Speaker 1: He makes it look so easy. But yeah, Also in 443 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:58,960 Speaker 1: the draft coverage, they have this thing when he was 444 00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:01,879 Speaker 1: seventeen at account be fair, I believe he had a 445 00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:05,320 Speaker 1: radar on his pitch and it was ninety seven. And 446 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:09,000 Speaker 1: then in college through he throws absolute lasers. And that's 447 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:10,959 Speaker 1: a lot of tweets for a guy talking about in 448 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:14,560 Speaker 1: practice being ready for blah blah blah. I was born 449 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:17,119 Speaker 1: and raised, still living case. But if you look into it, 450 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:18,760 Speaker 1: I think you'll find he's a throwbread and one of 451 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:21,560 Speaker 1: the best arms out there. I am not disputing that 452 00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:24,600 Speaker 1: Mahomes has an elite arm. That is not my argument 453 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:27,360 Speaker 1: at all. I'm just saying that if you put if 454 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:28,959 Speaker 1: we did the picture thing, and I know a lot 455 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,200 Speaker 1: of people have DM me about the picture analogy, and 456 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:33,919 Speaker 1: I thought it was cool. Again, this is I'm eyeballing it. 457 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:37,960 Speaker 1: I don't have tangible information. I've just been watching these 458 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:40,800 Speaker 1: guys throw footballs and had a front row seat, you 459 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:43,160 Speaker 1: know now, for over a decade, and just I can 460 00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:48,160 Speaker 1: gauge arm strength. Mahomes can throw it as far as anybody, 461 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:50,280 Speaker 1: and I think when he just steps into a ball 462 00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:55,280 Speaker 1: can throw it equivalent on a baseball pitch. I would 463 00:24:55,320 --> 00:25:00,760 Speaker 1: say Josh Allen and maybe even WinCE may hit like now. 464 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:03,080 Speaker 1: I'm not saying those guys are better Mahomes. Mahomes the 465 00:25:03,119 --> 00:25:05,240 Speaker 1: best quarterback in the league. He would be the one 466 00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:07,720 Speaker 1: guy I would take over every single player. I would 467 00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:10,240 Speaker 1: imagine everyone listening probably agrees with me, unless you're like 468 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:13,840 Speaker 1: a Seattle seaff fan. But I wouldn't say, like Josh 469 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:16,600 Speaker 1: Allen just standing there, I think throws it slightly harder. Again, 470 00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:20,560 Speaker 1: I'm nit picking. I was terrible at baseball. I couldn't 471 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:23,359 Speaker 1: keep my front foot it never stepped forward. I always 472 00:25:23,359 --> 00:25:25,200 Speaker 1: stepped away scared of the baseball. I don't know, it 473 00:25:25,280 --> 00:25:27,520 Speaker 1: was just a bad instinct. I was not any good 474 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:30,560 Speaker 1: at it. Bad Picture two didn't throw hard enough. But 475 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:34,720 Speaker 1: I've been told met some baseball players over my day, 476 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:36,439 Speaker 1: you know, just when I worked in radio, used to 477 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:37,960 Speaker 1: be able to have a lot of access to the 478 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:40,440 Speaker 1: A's and the Giants. There was an interviewed a bunch 479 00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:43,160 Speaker 1: of them on television. I mean on radio, we had 480 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:45,440 Speaker 1: our guests, were players on the team, and they would 481 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:48,040 Speaker 1: all tell you that, and I'm sure some of you 482 00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:51,399 Speaker 1: guys listening played college baseball that it's really hard to 483 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:54,080 Speaker 1: tell the difference between ninety seven and ninety nine. It's 484 00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:57,720 Speaker 1: basically just fast af it's hall and ask. Now, there's 485 00:25:57,720 --> 00:26:00,679 Speaker 1: a big difference between ninety seven and nine two. But 486 00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:03,560 Speaker 1: I think once you get like it's like the heat 487 00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:06,000 Speaker 1: waves coming where I live. And I was talking to 488 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:07,719 Speaker 1: a lot of people this weekend, I don't know if 489 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:09,840 Speaker 1: there's that big a difference between like one oh two 490 00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:12,280 Speaker 1: and one ten. I'll tell you what one O two 491 00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:15,399 Speaker 1: is hot as hell. I'll tell you what ten is 492 00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:17,800 Speaker 1: hot as hell. A little hotter than one or two. 493 00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:21,600 Speaker 1: Anything over a hundred, you know, on the West coast, 494 00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:24,399 Speaker 1: whereas dry heat is really really hot. Now there's a 495 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:27,879 Speaker 1: big difference between and a hundred. But I don't know 496 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:29,560 Speaker 1: if there's that big a difference between one oh three 497 00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:31,280 Speaker 1: and one oh eight, Just like I don't know if 498 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:33,720 Speaker 1: there's that big a difference between my homes and Josh Allen. 499 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:35,959 Speaker 1: Standing they're throwing football, I would just give the slight 500 00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:42,320 Speaker 1: edge to Josh Allen. I love the pod. Listen every episode, 501 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:44,120 Speaker 1: appreciate it. If you had the power to pick any 502 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:46,560 Speaker 1: player in the league avoid their contracts so they could 503 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:49,000 Speaker 1: hit the open market, who would it be and why? 504 00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:52,520 Speaker 1: I personally am a Cowboys fan, but I'd love to 505 00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:55,120 Speaker 1: have it be Stafford. Set him free from that dumpster 506 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:59,080 Speaker 1: fire that is the Lions. That's I didn't quite see 507 00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:01,520 Speaker 1: where you were going there. I don't hate that one 508 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:04,560 Speaker 1: at all. If I could retroactively go back, I would 509 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:07,480 Speaker 1: go Matt Stafford like four or five years ago when 510 00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:09,000 Speaker 1: he was I think when he was drafted he was 511 00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:12,400 Speaker 1: like one years old. He's been the league now yere 512 00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:15,000 Speaker 1: was he drafted oh eight, you know, so twelve years 513 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:17,960 Speaker 1: he's probably thirty two, thirty three years old. If you 514 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:23,120 Speaker 1: could have got him, you know, at because I think 515 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:26,119 Speaker 1: sometimes when you hit his age now he developed some 516 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:29,440 Speaker 1: bad habits. Now he's still highly skilled, and I'm still 517 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:33,000 Speaker 1: a big believer in Matt Stafford. Your sirens in the 518 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:36,520 Speaker 1: background's never a great thing at you know, six o'clock 519 00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:40,200 Speaker 1: and god, this is weird times. But yeah, I would 520 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:41,960 Speaker 1: say Matt Stafford like five or six gol if I 521 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:45,120 Speaker 1: had to go right now, you just have to pick. 522 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:47,760 Speaker 1: I would say, like Chandler Jones, I think the Cardinals 523 00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:50,240 Speaker 1: are not going to be very good. Their defense is atrocious. 524 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:52,240 Speaker 1: If you put Chandler Jones on a team that was 525 00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:55,760 Speaker 1: like on the Seattle Seahawks or on the New England Patriots. 526 00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:57,159 Speaker 1: I know he was on the New England Patriots, but 527 00:27:57,200 --> 00:28:01,600 Speaker 1: like the version of him now, like the Pittsburgh Steelers. 528 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:03,960 Speaker 1: The Green Bay Package is a team that was competing 529 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:06,920 Speaker 1: to go to the playoffs, playing on national television a lot. 530 00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:10,280 Speaker 1: I think we talked about him like Khalil Mack because 531 00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:13,119 Speaker 1: just watching a lot of NFC West Taylor Jones is 532 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:15,200 Speaker 1: easily one of the best players in the league. But 533 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:17,000 Speaker 1: when you play for the Cardinals and your team has 534 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:19,480 Speaker 1: been really crappy the last handful of years, no one's 535 00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:23,159 Speaker 1: really paying attention beside like die hard NFL nuts to 536 00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:26,439 Speaker 1: defensive pass wrestlers because they're not in the fantasy mix. Right. 537 00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:29,320 Speaker 1: You're not drafting a defensive end in fantasy you draft 538 00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:32,879 Speaker 1: defense is you're never drafting the Cardinals defense. So I 539 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:36,680 Speaker 1: think he'd be a guy for sure. Huge fan Lovelessen 540 00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:38,200 Speaker 1: to Pod. I just wanted to know how you feel 541 00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:41,479 Speaker 1: about the NFL going to two preseason games and adding 542 00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:44,640 Speaker 1: the seventeenth game and the extra playoff team if that 543 00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:47,040 Speaker 1: would work better than what we have now. Also, what 544 00:28:47,080 --> 00:28:49,160 Speaker 1: do you think of the Carolina Panthers and the team? Thanks? 545 00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:52,200 Speaker 1: Keep it up well, Matt Rules clearly a really impressive guy. 546 00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:54,760 Speaker 1: I don't think the roster is very good. They do 547 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:58,480 Speaker 1: have some offensive weapons, you know, Christian McCaffrey. Uh, what's 548 00:28:58,520 --> 00:29:03,080 Speaker 1: the other kid's name? More d J. Moore? He can fly? Uh, 549 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:07,040 Speaker 1: obviously you know you signed Teddy Bridgewater. They might actually 550 00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:10,080 Speaker 1: be you know, they signed Robby Anderson from from the 551 00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:13,000 Speaker 1: Jets who played for Rule at Temple, who can really run. 552 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:16,520 Speaker 1: I guess they got some elite speed because their defense 553 00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:20,080 Speaker 1: is gonna be good enough. Keikly's gone. You know, obviously 554 00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:23,240 Speaker 1: Thomas Davis is long gone. You'd say, no, I think 555 00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:25,160 Speaker 1: they could be one of the worst teams in the league. 556 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:28,520 Speaker 1: But if you believe in Matt rule big picture, kind 557 00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:31,200 Speaker 1: of turn the roster, get his guys in there. Uh, 558 00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:33,720 Speaker 1: they could be good in a couple of years. Especially 559 00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:36,160 Speaker 1: Tampa Bay's all in right now. The Saints are kind 560 00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:38,040 Speaker 1: of all in right now. Maybe in a couple of 561 00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:40,640 Speaker 1: years as those rosters turn over, you can take advantage. 562 00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:44,480 Speaker 1: I would say the preseason games, who knows. I don't 563 00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:46,120 Speaker 1: think it's a lock that we're gonna play three or 564 00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:48,560 Speaker 1: four preseason games this year. Wouldn't shock me if we 565 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:51,200 Speaker 1: just end up playing two preseason games. I'm not opposed 566 00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:53,560 Speaker 1: to two preseason games. If I was gonna do the 567 00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:55,880 Speaker 1: two preseason games, I would make it mandatory that you 568 00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:59,160 Speaker 1: do a joint practice. Uh. And maybe you can't make it, 569 00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:01,560 Speaker 1: But if I was GM, I would just I would 570 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:04,040 Speaker 1: be pushing for two preseason games, and I would do 571 00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:06,640 Speaker 1: a joint practice because every good coach I know does 572 00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:10,120 Speaker 1: joint practice. You want to do joint practice. It's just 573 00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:13,720 Speaker 1: a great way to hone your team against another team, 574 00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:17,240 Speaker 1: get live reps, and really it's a more teachable moment 575 00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:22,120 Speaker 1: I think sometimes than preseason games, where I just think 576 00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:25,400 Speaker 1: coaches now in GMS, in fairness, the money so big 577 00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:29,400 Speaker 1: it's not worth risking guys. I I just it's risky 578 00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:31,200 Speaker 1: enough in a regular season game to lose a starter. 579 00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:33,800 Speaker 1: I can't afford to lose a starter to a broken leg, 580 00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:35,640 Speaker 1: to a torn achilles, to a torn a c L 581 00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:38,480 Speaker 1: to a torn shoulder in a game in August. I 582 00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:41,840 Speaker 1: can't do it. And as we've seen the last several years, 583 00:30:42,520 --> 00:30:44,720 Speaker 1: less and less teams are even putting their players out there, 584 00:30:45,160 --> 00:30:49,800 Speaker 1: so the games are just kind of a joke. Big 585 00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:51,600 Speaker 1: fan of yours and was wondering if you could check 586 00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:53,600 Speaker 1: out my NBA blog that I started a couple of 587 00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:56,080 Speaker 1: years ago. Got to post up right now. I love 588 00:30:56,080 --> 00:31:01,320 Speaker 1: to hear your thoughts. Check it out after this podcast. 589 00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:05,120 Speaker 1: Actually I'm an eat dinner first, but keep blogging away. 590 00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:07,520 Speaker 1: When people anyone asked me, I'm starting a podcast, I'm 591 00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:10,400 Speaker 1: starting to blog. Just do it, you know, just started 592 00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:12,840 Speaker 1: push it out as much as possible on social media, 593 00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:17,120 Speaker 1: and just you live and you learn. You know, the 594 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:20,440 Speaker 1: NFC North might be the most unpredictable division in the NFL. 595 00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:23,479 Speaker 1: Many people think the Packers are pretenders. The Vikings are 596 00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:25,479 Speaker 1: young and talented but have a lot to prove. Agree. 597 00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:29,360 Speaker 1: They lost Diggs. They lost uh, you know, Everson Griffin. 598 00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:32,120 Speaker 1: Cousins is just kind of a guy. They lost their 599 00:31:32,120 --> 00:31:35,400 Speaker 1: offensive coordinator. The Lions are talented, but a pure handicapped 600 00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:37,360 Speaker 1: by the coach. Agreed the Bears are a wild card 601 00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:40,320 Speaker 1: if Nick Foles catches fire under center. Ranked the division 602 00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:42,760 Speaker 1: one through four, what you think will happen this season? 603 00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:46,360 Speaker 1: What put the Lions at four? Then I think the 604 00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:48,760 Speaker 1: next three teams can win. The Bears went eight and 605 00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:52,280 Speaker 1: eight last year with Mr Bisky playing atrocious football. The 606 00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:55,000 Speaker 1: Packers went thirteen and three last year and pulled just 607 00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:58,680 Speaker 1: games out of their ass. The Vikings were just really solid, 608 00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:02,040 Speaker 1: but vivily remember two big games against the Packers and 609 00:32:02,080 --> 00:32:07,040 Speaker 1: against Seattle. Kirk crumbled and they become very you know, 610 00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:10,680 Speaker 1: run heavy, and when he has to make plays, especially 611 00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:12,880 Speaker 1: outside of the offense, he can't. Now, their defense isn't 612 00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:15,080 Speaker 1: gonna be as good this year. Their pass rush isn't 613 00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:17,640 Speaker 1: gonna be as good this year. Uh. They drafted a 614 00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:19,960 Speaker 1: corner early, but they cut Xavier Rose, who was bad 615 00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:23,040 Speaker 1: last year. They have some unknowns on defense, where they've 616 00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:24,920 Speaker 1: kind of helped. You know, the Vikings have been one 617 00:32:24,920 --> 00:32:28,160 Speaker 1: of the more consistent teams in the league last five years. Well, 618 00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:30,400 Speaker 1: now you get rid of Digs, who you know, caught 619 00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:32,600 Speaker 1: like a hundred sixty five balls the last two years, 620 00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:36,160 Speaker 1: like fifteen touchdowns. That's a big loss they're expecting. If 621 00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:38,240 Speaker 1: you tell me Justin Jefferson's competing to be the rookie 622 00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:40,520 Speaker 1: of the Year, then I go, the Vikings offense is 623 00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:47,520 Speaker 1: probably dynamic. Jefferson Feeling cooks, uh, Dalvin Cook not cooks. 624 00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:49,000 Speaker 1: But what if I tell you, you know what, Justin 625 00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:52,480 Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson, it's kind of like Treadwell a couple of 626 00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:55,120 Speaker 1: years ago, doesn't work out. Then all of a sudden, 627 00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:57,640 Speaker 1: you go, well, Feeling has been banged up. What if 628 00:32:57,640 --> 00:32:59,800 Speaker 1: their offense comes back to earth and their defenses and 629 00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:02,960 Speaker 1: it's good. Maybe they go eight and eight. The Packers 630 00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:05,000 Speaker 1: as long as they got Rogers, I would say they're 631 00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:07,200 Speaker 1: still the team to beat. I'd put them at one. 632 00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:11,160 Speaker 1: I would probably again you call me biased. I just 633 00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:13,360 Speaker 1: think Nick Fole is a much better player than Mistr Biscuit. 634 00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:16,719 Speaker 1: I'm not even the biggest Nick Foles guy that defense 635 00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:19,200 Speaker 1: is so good, they have so much kind of cohesion 636 00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:22,000 Speaker 1: with the roster. Probably be a coin flip between them 637 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:25,520 Speaker 1: and the Bears. I'd go Packers Bears, you know, I'd 638 00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:29,160 Speaker 1: go Packers one. I'd go Bears to a Vikings to 639 00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:32,320 Speaker 1: be and listen. If you're a Vikings fan, you go, 640 00:33:32,360 --> 00:33:34,360 Speaker 1: how are you putting the Vikings above the Bears. There's 641 00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:37,240 Speaker 1: a lot of turnover. That's a lot of coaching turnover. 642 00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:40,560 Speaker 1: The offensive coordinator who was really good last year you have, 643 00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:44,280 Speaker 1: you lose digs, you trade them away, and you're gonna 644 00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:46,560 Speaker 1: be depending on two rookies now, the corner and the 645 00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:49,960 Speaker 1: wide receiver you lost. You're one of the best pass rushers, 646 00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:53,000 Speaker 1: you know, if your franchise the last twenty years. It's 647 00:33:53,040 --> 00:33:55,480 Speaker 1: just it's just a lot to ask in the lines. 648 00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:58,240 Speaker 1: Just stink again, man, Nicky's my guy. I'm not not 649 00:33:58,360 --> 00:34:01,640 Speaker 1: hiding from that fact. But if you could convince me, 650 00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:03,880 Speaker 1: and I'm with you, any of the three teams wins 651 00:34:03,920 --> 00:34:06,239 Speaker 1: the NFC North. If Folds is good, the Bears are 652 00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:09,720 Speaker 1: gonna be good. And full excuse me, it Folds is solid, 653 00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:12,760 Speaker 1: the Bears are gonna be good. If the Packers offense 654 00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:15,919 Speaker 1: spiders again like maybe they struggled, you know, get nine 655 00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:18,680 Speaker 1: ten wins instead of third team. Their office was just 656 00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:23,319 Speaker 1: not good last year. Question for the POD why do 657 00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:25,759 Speaker 1: people constantly claim the NFC is the better conference than 658 00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:28,000 Speaker 1: has been the a f C, which consistently dominated the 659 00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:30,520 Speaker 1: Super Bowl for the past ten years. I understand a 660 00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:32,839 Speaker 1: good portion of those wins are Brady, but the fact 661 00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:34,800 Speaker 1: of the matter is the NFC has four Super bowlson 662 00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:37,600 Speaker 1: is two thousand ten. The a f C has six. Again, 663 00:34:37,640 --> 00:34:40,200 Speaker 1: Brady has three of them. Doesn't that quite literally make 664 00:34:40,239 --> 00:34:41,920 Speaker 1: them the better conference At the end of the day, 665 00:34:41,960 --> 00:34:43,640 Speaker 1: all that matters the big Game, and the a f 666 00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:46,520 Speaker 1: C has won six of the games the NFC. I 667 00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:48,759 Speaker 1: think when I say the a f C is not 668 00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:51,440 Speaker 1: as good as the NFC, I'm not. The Chiefs for 669 00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:53,760 Speaker 1: the best team in the league, and they beat what 670 00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:55,880 Speaker 1: was clearly the best team in the league in the Niners. 671 00:34:56,080 --> 00:34:58,240 Speaker 1: They had beat the Saints, they had run through the NFC. 672 00:34:58,560 --> 00:35:01,479 Speaker 1: Chiefs beat him, and the Chiefs will be a heavy 673 00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:04,440 Speaker 1: favorite again this year. And the Ravens are really really good. 674 00:35:05,080 --> 00:35:07,040 Speaker 1: But when you look at the depth of the conference, 675 00:35:07,080 --> 00:35:08,880 Speaker 1: I just don't see it as the same as the 676 00:35:08,880 --> 00:35:13,399 Speaker 1: depth of the NFC, the Niners, Seattle, the Saints now 677 00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:17,839 Speaker 1: with Tom Brady, with the Bucks, the Eagles if not 678 00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:21,600 Speaker 1: everyone gets injured. The Cowboys roster, like I just talked about, 679 00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:25,000 Speaker 1: the Packers, Bears, and Vikings are all really solid. When 680 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:26,480 Speaker 1: you look at the f C, I go, well, I 681 00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:28,440 Speaker 1: got the Chiefs in the f C West and the 682 00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:30,360 Speaker 1: second best team in the f C West Drew lock In, 683 00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:34,440 Speaker 1: the Broncos Justin Herbert, and the Chargers the f C South. 684 00:35:34,840 --> 00:35:36,920 Speaker 1: I watched Rivers last year. He looked terrible. Now I 685 00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:39,520 Speaker 1: like Ballard, like Frank, but what if? What if the 686 00:35:39,560 --> 00:35:42,920 Speaker 1: River is not good? The Titans, you know, got really hot, 687 00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:45,200 Speaker 1: and I like Rabel and you know they should be solid. 688 00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:47,520 Speaker 1: The Texans, like, I'm not counting on them to do 689 00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:52,040 Speaker 1: anything in the playoffs. Uh, Roethlisberger is like forty years 690 00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:54,680 Speaker 1: old and he got hurt last year the entire season. 691 00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:59,800 Speaker 1: The Browns there are the Browns. I like the Bills 692 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:02,879 Speaker 1: it I mean that they blew a nineteen point lead 693 00:36:02,960 --> 00:36:07,400 Speaker 1: or seventeen what'll scoring the game against Texas? You know, 694 00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:09,560 Speaker 1: the Patriots could come back to earth. The Dolphins are 695 00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:11,000 Speaker 1: just not gonna be that good. Neither of the Jets. 696 00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:14,719 Speaker 1: We're right, like winning the Super Bowl matters. Winning the 697 00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:18,840 Speaker 1: Super Bowl matters, and the Chiefs and the Patriots that 698 00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:21,560 Speaker 1: the top end teams in the a f C are excellent, 699 00:36:21,600 --> 00:36:23,520 Speaker 1: are elite, and the Patriots are one of the greatest 700 00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:26,120 Speaker 1: tynasies ever. The rest of the conference, though, just hasn't 701 00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:28,640 Speaker 1: been to me as a competitive as the NFC over 702 00:36:28,680 --> 00:36:33,280 Speaker 1: that time. That might change, Maybe I'm wrong. I was wondering, 703 00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:35,200 Speaker 1: what do you think of Deonte Johnson. I think that 704 00:36:35,239 --> 00:36:37,759 Speaker 1: he could have a breakout season this year. Thanks, I 705 00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:40,399 Speaker 1: would agree. I didn't know that much about him. Where 706 00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:43,040 Speaker 1: was he from? Two lane third round pick from the 707 00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:44,640 Speaker 1: Steelers and then you just watched them a couple of 708 00:36:44,640 --> 00:36:48,160 Speaker 1: games last year playing with just scrub quarterbacks. He could fly. 709 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:51,319 Speaker 1: And if Juju, who is just kind of feels like 710 00:36:51,360 --> 00:36:55,280 Speaker 1: he's in weird standing right now against in the Pittsburgh 711 00:36:55,280 --> 00:36:58,200 Speaker 1: Steeler organization, if he can kind of get the train 712 00:36:58,320 --> 00:37:01,920 Speaker 1: back on the tracks, maybe that offense is really explosive 713 00:37:01,960 --> 00:37:04,920 Speaker 1: with him, Juju, you had Eric Ebron, you still got 714 00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:10,400 Speaker 1: vans Um, you know James Conner. If Roethlisberger has you know, 715 00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:14,799 Speaker 1: one last two raw on him. But yeah, I like 716 00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:18,200 Speaker 1: elite speed, guys that can make things happen with the 717 00:37:18,239 --> 00:37:21,720 Speaker 1: ball in their hands. And he is one of those guys. 718 00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:23,600 Speaker 1: And if you just caught him on the right game 719 00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:26,120 Speaker 1: last year and again not all his fault playing with Scrubs, 720 00:37:26,560 --> 00:37:28,800 Speaker 1: you're just like, jeez, Louise, this guy can fly. He 721 00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:30,719 Speaker 1: had fifty nine catches last year in five touch Now 722 00:37:32,080 --> 00:37:35,080 Speaker 1: He's I. I definitely like his town. I appreciate everyone 723 00:37:35,080 --> 00:37:38,000 Speaker 1: listening to keep this one a little shorter today, just 724 00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:41,600 Speaker 1: just weird time. Stay safe out there, attempt to stay 725 00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:44,680 Speaker 1: positive and uh, I'll talk to you a little later 726 00:37:44,719 --> 00:37:48,840 Speaker 1: this week. Appreciate everyone listening, sharing the podcast, and UH, 727 00:37:49,520 --> 00:38:07,640 Speaker 1: and again stay safe. S