1 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:12,760 Speaker 1: What is going on? Everybody? John Middlecop Three and Out 2 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:19,280 Speaker 1: Podcast back at it again. Uh, we're what it's the eleventh, 3 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:21,840 Speaker 1: the draft is in. It's not next week but the 4 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 1: following week. So hell, I mean we're fifteen days away, 5 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:30,480 Speaker 1: uh little little under two weeks. How how awesome is that? 6 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:33,440 Speaker 1: You know, we've been waited basically all off season. I 7 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:36,600 Speaker 1: mean free agency in the NFL, as we've talked about before, 8 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:40,440 Speaker 1: is a tad been overrated. The draft is by far 9 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 1: the number one offseason priority, and that free agency would 10 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:46,839 Speaker 1: be a bigger deal if franchise tags didn't exist, but 11 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 1: they do. Uh, So you know, I'm just I'm fascinated 12 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:53,920 Speaker 1: with this draft. I just wrote an article today on 13 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:57,520 Speaker 1: The Athletic about Nick about I wrote last week about 14 00:00:57,600 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 1: Nick Bosa. I wrote today about Quinn and Williams as 15 00:00:59,880 --> 00:01:02,040 Speaker 1: a today I meant Thursday. If you listen to this Friday, 16 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:05,480 Speaker 1: you subscribe the Athletic, you know it gives my thoughts 17 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:07,600 Speaker 1: on them, and some of my friends in the NFL's 18 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 1: thoughts on him, and they love them. I think he's 19 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:13,000 Speaker 1: the best player in this draft, the best defensive lineman 20 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:16,400 Speaker 1: in this draft. Now he's a tackle, but he's pretty special. 21 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:18,040 Speaker 1: I'm not the biggest Nick bost the guy, but we'll 22 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:21,840 Speaker 1: get into that a little later. Uh. Obviously, we always 23 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:24,880 Speaker 1: do the Middlecoff mail bag. Fire into my d M 24 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:28,440 Speaker 1: s at John Middlecoff, my Twitter handle, my Instagram handle, 25 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:30,479 Speaker 1: the easiest way to get ahold of me. But for 26 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:34,679 Speaker 1: this podcast, three out podcast, we do Middlecoff mail back. 27 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 1: I know we get a lot of new listeners every week. Uh, 28 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 1: and I answer a questions, so you can ask me 29 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:44,600 Speaker 1: literally everything anything, uh in the Middlecoff mail bag, and 30 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 1: I will answer it here on the podcast. Good solid Thursday. 31 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:51,880 Speaker 1: I've been watching The Masters. I waited forward to end. 32 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 1: Got the Masters was just absolutely fantastic today. I mean, 33 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 1: if you don't like golf, I can't really relate to you. 34 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:01,480 Speaker 1: I love it. It's probably my second favorite sport beside football. 35 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:04,520 Speaker 1: And there's nothing better than Masters. You know, maybe the 36 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:08,359 Speaker 1: Super Bowl, maybe the Final Four. Uh. So it's I've 37 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 1: been dialed in and recording this about five o'clock on 38 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 1: a Thursday afternoon. But but I wanted to start with this. 39 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 1: I thought Mike Mayock this time of year, every general 40 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:22,640 Speaker 1: manager it's mandatory that they speak. So you look around 41 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 1: the league I think Belichick spoke the other day. Mayock 42 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 1: spoke Thursday, and I thought he had just a great 43 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:32,799 Speaker 1: comment that that really got me thinking. It's something I've 44 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 1: been thinking about anyway, just with the Raiders, and I 45 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 1: think it parallels a lot of franchises, and honestly, it 46 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 1: doesn't relate to a lot of the good ones necessarily. 47 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 1: I think there's a balance in every building. In an 48 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 1: air building, I think John will roll a dice a 49 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 1: little more and I think I'm a little more conservative, 50 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 1: and uh, I think that's a good balance. You know, 51 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:57,080 Speaker 1: we bounced that off ourselves all the time. We have 52 00:02:57,240 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 1: some spirited meetings with the coaching staff, or they're banging 53 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:03,160 Speaker 1: the table for a kid and I might say he's 54 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 1: got way too many red flags. I don't eve want 55 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 1: to consider him at that spot, and then we get 56 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:11,080 Speaker 1: into it. So I think that's healthy. And I think 57 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:13,840 Speaker 1: everybody that I've ever talked to that's sat in this 58 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 1: chair has talked about the same thing. Healthy discourse between 59 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:20,639 Speaker 1: the coaches the scouts and trying to come to those 60 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:25,120 Speaker 1: kinds of agreements on those kinds of players. There's no 61 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 1: question for me that your coach is always going to 62 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 1: be the highest paid guy in the organization. But if 63 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 1: you look at any business in corporate America, right, they 64 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 1: have the CEOs and all these CEOs, well, far Ago, 65 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 1: Bank of America, Google, wherever, any of these major companies, Netflix, 66 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 1: just making a goodly amount of money. Right. Well, it's funny. 67 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 1: He's my accountant, works in downtown San Francisco, and I'm 68 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:52,800 Speaker 1: probably his poorest client. Now I'm pretty confident I am 69 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 1: his poorest client. I was just asking questions, like what 70 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 1: kind of money do some of these guys make? And 71 00:03:57,400 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 1: he'll tell you stories like, yeah, I got this guy Google, 72 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,120 Speaker 1: he's got a W two of like twenty million dollars. 73 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 1: And again, I don't live in necessarily a normal area. 74 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 1: We have outlier executives. But when you hear some of 75 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 1: these stories about, yeah, the CFO of so and so company, 76 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:15,000 Speaker 1: and he won't necessarily give me exactly who it is, 77 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 1: but yeah, as W two's you know, before bonuses or 78 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:21,320 Speaker 1: nineteen million dollars, twenty three million dollars. These people in 79 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:25,240 Speaker 1: Silicon Valley make athlete money, but they're not even the 80 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:29,359 Speaker 1: CEO of the company. But these companies rely on that person. 81 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:32,960 Speaker 1: And if you've ever listened to a CEO talk. There's 82 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:37,800 Speaker 1: a reason they have CEOs and CFOs chief operating officer, 83 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 1: chief chief financial officer, c chief marketing officer. You hire 84 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:45,680 Speaker 1: those guys to do a job. And in a big company, Yeah, 85 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:49,080 Speaker 1: your CEO might make just stupid money, right, fifty sixty 86 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:52,760 Speaker 1: million whatever. Roger Goodell fifty million dollars, his right hand 87 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:57,120 Speaker 1: guy is still making good cash and you depend on him. 88 00:04:57,160 --> 00:04:59,840 Speaker 1: And like Mayox said to me, talked about the di 89 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:03,599 Speaker 1: course and healthy discourse. To me, there is no growth 90 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 1: in any high level business. And that's what an NFL 91 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 1: team is without a little confrontation. Like confrontation is healthy. 92 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:15,400 Speaker 1: The PC America would tell you, now, everyone be nice 93 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:18,560 Speaker 1: to each other. Let's all hold hands and coom bye 94 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:21,679 Speaker 1: all And as Tom Izzo would say, good luck getting 95 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:25,159 Speaker 1: bounced in the tournament. Plan that way. But to me, 96 00:05:25,320 --> 00:05:29,080 Speaker 1: the scariest thing about Jon Gruden and Mike Mayock most 97 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:31,240 Speaker 1: of us, if you listen to this podcast, you clearly 98 00:05:31,279 --> 00:05:35,440 Speaker 1: follow the NFL. Mike Max really smart and we've all 99 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 1: seen his work for the last fifteen years been very transparent. 100 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:41,719 Speaker 1: He's for the most part, he's nailed a lot of 101 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:45,600 Speaker 1: the guys. I think he is an excellent evaluator and 102 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 1: John and even when he was hired, he said, you 103 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 1: know what, this is a coach driven organization. John is 104 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:53,800 Speaker 1: the boss. He said it again today. And the thing 105 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:57,200 Speaker 1: that makes me nervous for my Raider fan friends is 106 00:05:57,240 --> 00:06:00,240 Speaker 1: that Mike Mayock, like the thing every c OH in 107 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:03,280 Speaker 1: the country, it's not good at everything, but they are. 108 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:05,360 Speaker 1: There's a reason they're CEO, and usually if they're a 109 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:08,720 Speaker 1: successful CEO, they're probably a good decision maker or whatever 110 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:11,760 Speaker 1: whatever their strength is. But they also have weaknesses. So 111 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:14,800 Speaker 1: usually when you have weaknesses, you put people around you 112 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 1: that can make up for that, and that's that person strength. Well, 113 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:23,320 Speaker 1: Mike Mayocks strength is going to be the draft and 114 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 1: the thing that would terrify me and the Raiders to 115 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:28,840 Speaker 1: me are one of the great I mean, they're in 116 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 1: one of the most unique situations we've ever seen that 117 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:35,080 Speaker 1: we've ever seen. They have three first round picks, they 118 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:37,360 Speaker 1: have four picks in the top thirty five. I don't 119 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:40,720 Speaker 1: ever remember that happening going into the draft. You might 120 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:42,920 Speaker 1: have to do some research. I don't think it's ever happened. Now. 121 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:46,080 Speaker 1: There have been teams, remember several years ago, the Minnesota 122 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:49,120 Speaker 1: Vikings picked three players in the first round. I think 123 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:54,440 Speaker 1: Anthony Barr, Teddy Bridgewater, and uh Floyd, the defensive tackle 124 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:56,560 Speaker 1: from Florida that ended up messing up his knee. It's 125 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:57,919 Speaker 1: kind of out of the league. I think he's actually 126 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 1: suing the Vikings, but they traded back into the first round. 127 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:03,479 Speaker 1: To me, this situation for the Raiders, one of the 128 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:06,080 Speaker 1: reasons they have two first rounders is because one they 129 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:09,160 Speaker 1: traded away. If we'd say Aaron Donald is the best 130 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:11,800 Speaker 1: player in the league, non quarterback, Khalil Mack, what's he 131 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:13,600 Speaker 1: the second best player in the league. They traded away 132 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 1: the second best player in the league. So that's one 133 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:17,320 Speaker 1: of the reasons you got him. And then Marie Cooper, 134 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 1: who flawed player, but you still drafted him fourth overall. 135 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:24,880 Speaker 1: And Mayock as people like when Mack first got the job, like, yeah, 136 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:27,640 Speaker 1: that's pretty nuts. Then I started texting my buddies because 137 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 1: when I worked in Philly, Mack worked in Jersey. He 138 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:32,680 Speaker 1: used to come through Philly. How he used to back 139 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:35,880 Speaker 1: before iPads and stuff. What's crazy is iPads haven't been 140 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:38,280 Speaker 1: around that long. My last year in the league and thirteen, 141 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:40,840 Speaker 1: that's when iPads game into the NFL. So the first 142 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 1: couple of years, a guy like Mike Mack he wanted 143 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:44,679 Speaker 1: to watch film, he'd either have to go to NFL 144 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 1: Films or come into the actual Eagles building where we 145 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:49,320 Speaker 1: had all the film, and then he'd watch it. So 146 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:51,840 Speaker 1: a lot of guys on that staff knew Mike pretty well, 147 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:53,480 Speaker 1: and they said, you know what, He's not gonna take 148 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 1: much bs. And from what I've heard, he stood his 149 00:07:56,720 --> 00:08:00,440 Speaker 1: ground on several times with Gruden, and and from the 150 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:03,920 Speaker 1: information that I have took the right stance, but Gruden 151 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:07,160 Speaker 1: over ruled them. So I never understand what is the 152 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:11,400 Speaker 1: point in in saying someone your general manager, we John, 153 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:13,760 Speaker 1: we know you have the power, you make all the money, 154 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:16,160 Speaker 1: but that doesn't mean you shouldn't empower this guy. Pete 155 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 1: Carroll makes more money than John Schneider. John Snyder picks 156 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:22,240 Speaker 1: the players. Andy Reid makes way more money than Brett 157 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 1: each Brett beachs now picks the players in Kansas City. 158 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:29,720 Speaker 1: Those two franchises are extremely healthy. John Bruden, out of 159 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:31,920 Speaker 1: probably all the coaches in the NFL. And now some 160 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 1: of these younger guys, I don't know anything about La 161 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:37,319 Speaker 1: Fleurs or whatever. I can't even speak to their ability 162 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 1: to evaluate players. But I know for a fact, like 163 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:45,640 Speaker 1: I have information, John Gruden is a terrible evaluator. And 164 00:08:45,679 --> 00:08:48,640 Speaker 1: I always find it funny on like Twitter when you 165 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:51,280 Speaker 1: go like John Gruden cannot pick players, like, oh, you 166 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:54,440 Speaker 1: know if way more football than you. Yeah, coaches know 167 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:56,840 Speaker 1: a lot of football, but there's a reason that a 168 00:08:56,920 --> 00:09:00,760 Speaker 1: ton of coaches are not allowed to draft play. They 169 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:03,720 Speaker 1: do not look at it like a guy, a personnel 170 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:07,200 Speaker 1: person like myself would GMS even like some of the fans, 171 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:10,079 Speaker 1: they can't see sometimes the forest before the trees, trees 172 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:12,559 Speaker 1: before the forest. I might have screwed up that analogy, 173 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:14,960 Speaker 1: but my point they can't see the big picture. They 174 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:19,559 Speaker 1: think so short term because in fairness to them, they're 175 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:23,520 Speaker 1: kind of living short term. But Mayock, who could really 176 00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 1: help Gruden and who likes fighting, who likes being aggressive. 177 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:30,959 Speaker 1: One of the reason Gruden ran all over, uh ran 178 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:33,679 Speaker 1: all over Reggie Mackenzie. He's perfect for him. But you 179 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:36,720 Speaker 1: gotta listen to him and he's banging the table for 180 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:40,040 Speaker 1: players and he's telling you, hey, listen. The thing that 181 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:44,480 Speaker 1: I heard this story probably two months ago, Chip Kelly 182 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:47,720 Speaker 1: one draft. I think it was like Levian Bell, Davonte Adams, 183 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:50,959 Speaker 1: Jarvis Landry. I'm pretty sure all these guys are in 184 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:53,400 Speaker 1: the same draft. Chip had taken all these guys off 185 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:55,720 Speaker 1: the board, whether it was character or whether he didn't 186 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:58,240 Speaker 1: think they could play for whatever reason. And my buddy 187 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:01,040 Speaker 1: a while back was like, you've just seen or do 188 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:03,959 Speaker 1: not draft board. It was basically like the two thousand 189 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:07,880 Speaker 1: and seventeen Pro Bowl. Chip, who's probably worse than Gruden 190 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:11,960 Speaker 1: had for this quote unquote super sharp guy. I knew 191 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:15,280 Speaker 1: nothing about value and understanding. Hey, listen, you can take 192 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:16,880 Speaker 1: this guy in the second round. You don't need to 193 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:18,679 Speaker 1: take him in the first round. He's like, all right, 194 00:10:18,679 --> 00:10:21,800 Speaker 1: take Jordan Matthews in the top ten. You would That's 195 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 1: the dumbest thing I've ever heard. And some of these 196 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:27,440 Speaker 1: coaches they would do that. Like if you just gave 197 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:30,200 Speaker 1: John Gruden full rain, he'll do what he did last year. 198 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:33,160 Speaker 1: He'll draft Arden Key, who stinks, p J Hall, who 199 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:35,880 Speaker 1: looks like an undrafted free agent, Brandon Parker that was 200 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:39,120 Speaker 1: gonna get Derek Carr killed. Those were three picks, one 201 00:10:39,160 --> 00:10:40,960 Speaker 1: in the second round and two others in the third round. 202 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:43,320 Speaker 1: You cannot let I mean, he can let himself do 203 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:45,640 Speaker 1: whatever he want because he has absolute power. But if 204 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:49,400 Speaker 1: he's smart, he has to think like any empowered CEO, 205 00:10:49,880 --> 00:10:53,000 Speaker 1: you have to trust your people. You do have to 206 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:56,160 Speaker 1: trust your There's a reason you hired Mike Mayon, and 207 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:59,400 Speaker 1: he's uniquely qualified for this job. Now he's never done it, 208 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:02,720 Speaker 1: but we have, like there's a lot of transparent information. 209 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:05,760 Speaker 1: I know what he thought about players for the last decade. 210 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:08,000 Speaker 1: I know that he thought Khalil Mack was the best 211 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:10,880 Speaker 1: player in that draft several years ago. He was an 212 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:14,079 Speaker 1: outlier on that. Everyone's like, you gotta take clowning. He's like, no, 213 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:17,160 Speaker 1: I take Khalil Mack one. Everyone's like, Mike, you're an idiot. 214 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:19,920 Speaker 1: Well five years later, it turns out, actually clown he's 215 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:22,720 Speaker 1: pretty good too. But he was right, and that was 216 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:26,120 Speaker 1: that was a tough thing to say. And he's a 217 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:28,560 Speaker 1: guy with balls, he's a guy with conviction. But if 218 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:32,400 Speaker 1: Gruden doesn't listen to him, this great situation, in this 219 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:36,880 Speaker 1: opportunity with pick four, pick twenty four and seven, is 220 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:40,720 Speaker 1: Gruden gonna be picking the wrong players. That's where if 221 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:43,800 Speaker 1: I was another NFL team, I would actually be kind 222 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:46,640 Speaker 1: of glad that knowing that Gruden is probably not gonna 223 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:49,520 Speaker 1: listen to this guy, and the wrong players are gonna 224 00:11:49,559 --> 00:11:51,960 Speaker 1: come off the board. If he does listen to Mike, 225 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:55,000 Speaker 1: and a guy that's gonna have conviction, a guy that's 226 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 1: gonna believe, just like any good, you know, executive that's 227 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:02,160 Speaker 1: not the CEO in a major company does, then they 228 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 1: could be really successful. Talk a new guy in the NFL. Uh. Probably, 229 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:09,440 Speaker 1: I think it was actually earlier this week. He's like, Actually, 230 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:11,800 Speaker 1: when you look at the Raiders offseason, they added Antonio 231 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:13,840 Speaker 1: Brown if he can just keep his ship together, Tyrrelle 232 00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:16,160 Speaker 1: Williams a good player. They got rid of Brandon Parker 233 00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:19,559 Speaker 1: and Trent Brown. If they crushed this draft again, when 234 00:12:19,559 --> 00:12:21,640 Speaker 1: I say crushed the draft, if you just if they 235 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:24,160 Speaker 1: hit on three of the four picks in the top 236 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:26,720 Speaker 1: thirty five, even if they missed on four, Let's say 237 00:12:26,760 --> 00:12:29,040 Speaker 1: they took Rashawn Gary and he's and he's just not 238 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:31,160 Speaker 1: ans good as a rookie. Well, if they hit on 239 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:33,880 Speaker 1: two players in the twenties and then pick thirty five 240 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:36,760 Speaker 1: get like three legit starters, that's a lot, you know, 241 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:38,760 Speaker 1: if you think about it, most teams are dying to 242 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:41,080 Speaker 1: land three starters in a draft. If you have seven 243 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:43,960 Speaker 1: or eight picks just get three starters. The differences. If 244 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:46,000 Speaker 1: you're drafting in the top thirty five, you're not just 245 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:49,800 Speaker 1: getting starters. If they are starting, you're getting potential impact players. 246 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:52,920 Speaker 1: But I I have zero faith on him doing a 247 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:55,559 Speaker 1: good job because I don't think he'll listen to mak 248 00:12:55,880 --> 00:12:58,880 Speaker 1: And I've already heard some sources or some stories from 249 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:01,760 Speaker 1: sources that like, yeah, are already buttoned heads, and Mayock 250 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:04,640 Speaker 1: feels like he's not listening to anything he's saying because 251 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:07,880 Speaker 1: and Mac knew what he's getting into, and people like everyone, 252 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:10,360 Speaker 1: I get this on Twitter a lot. He knew what 253 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:13,720 Speaker 1: he signed up for. Yeah, but you also think, like, listen, 254 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:16,440 Speaker 1: we're both grown ups here. He why wouldn't he listen 255 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:18,719 Speaker 1: to me? He's paying me whatever, they're paying me a 256 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:21,040 Speaker 1: couple of million bucks a year. Why wouldn't he listen 257 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:24,400 Speaker 1: to me what my expertise is, Like, I do this well. 258 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:27,640 Speaker 1: And some people are just so stubborn, whether it's whether 259 00:13:27,679 --> 00:13:32,280 Speaker 1: it's ego, whether it's just an inability. I really think 260 00:13:32,280 --> 00:13:35,360 Speaker 1: with most guys just ego. It's just ego and power hungry, 261 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:37,880 Speaker 1: and I think Gruden has a lot of that. 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Okay, 287 00:14:56,880 --> 00:14:59,920 Speaker 1: let's get into, uh the top half of this traf 288 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:04,520 Speaker 1: And I think right now Kyler Murray's count of the outlier. 289 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:07,520 Speaker 1: It's kind of weird. Josh Rosen has not been traded. 290 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:14,160 Speaker 1: But I do get I actually heard some rumblings, some rumblings, 291 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:18,640 Speaker 1: And I had heard this rumbling in the fall that 292 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:21,760 Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinal that Steve Kim was gonna get fired, 293 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:24,880 Speaker 1: and then he didn't, and then he hired Cliff Kingsbury. 294 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:27,840 Speaker 1: But I know there's some rumblings out there right now. Again, 295 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:31,160 Speaker 1: I don't know how substantial they are that that group, 296 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:34,680 Speaker 1: Steve Kim and his scouts might be in trouble. Now. 297 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:40,840 Speaker 1: I didn't necessarily. It almost seems far fetched, because well, 298 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:44,280 Speaker 1: what's Cliff Kingsbury gonna do? He needs a good GM. 299 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:48,160 Speaker 1: But I do think there's a reason that they hadn't 300 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:52,360 Speaker 1: traded Josh Rosen yet. I do think there is pressure 301 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:57,320 Speaker 1: right now coming from the owner who's franchise just got 302 00:15:57,360 --> 00:16:00,760 Speaker 1: embarrassed for the last year to get a first round 303 00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:02,960 Speaker 1: pick for Josh Rosen, and it doesn't feel like they're 304 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:05,480 Speaker 1: going to so they're almost holding out hope. But at 305 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:07,040 Speaker 1: the end of the day, I do think Josh Rosen 306 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:10,000 Speaker 1: gets traded, and I do think Kyler Murray's on the team. Well, 307 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:11,880 Speaker 1: and I've been saying this for a while. It feels 308 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:14,440 Speaker 1: like a Barrier podcast I'm doing. But that's what happens 309 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:17,080 Speaker 1: when you your two teams draft really high and steak 310 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:21,480 Speaker 1: around this time of year. Is that whoever John Lynch 311 00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:25,960 Speaker 1: takes with the number two overall pick, assuming Kyler Murray 312 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:30,680 Speaker 1: goes one, will immediately tell you who they viewed as 313 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:33,880 Speaker 1: the best player in the draft. Now that guy isn't 314 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:36,040 Speaker 1: necessarily gonna be the best player in the draft. I 315 00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:38,080 Speaker 1: mean the best player in the draft, or even you know, 316 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:40,160 Speaker 1: the best defensive lineman of this group could be Sweat, 317 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:42,880 Speaker 1: could be Rashaun Gary, could be Quinn, and could be whoever. 318 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:45,960 Speaker 1: But whoever he takes it too will tell you who 319 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:49,280 Speaker 1: he viewed as the top dog. And I wrote an 320 00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:52,600 Speaker 1: article yesterday for The Athletic. If you're listening on Friday 321 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:54,680 Speaker 1: came out on Thursday, said, yeah, yesterday, I actually wrote 322 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:58,400 Speaker 1: it three days ago. But I said that quinnin Williams 323 00:16:58,520 --> 00:17:01,400 Speaker 1: and my philosophy, when you're taking the top five, I'm 324 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:04,639 Speaker 1: not trying to hit doubles. I am swinging for the 325 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:08,000 Speaker 1: fences because I would rather strike out in a draft 326 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:11,000 Speaker 1: situation than just hit a single. Like I I watched 327 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:15,679 Speaker 1: what the Niners did with Solomon Thomas. Solomon Thomas is 328 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:17,720 Speaker 1: never gonna make a Pro Bowl, never gonna sniff a 329 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:19,359 Speaker 1: Pro Bowl, but he's gonna play in the league for 330 00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:24,159 Speaker 1: like nine ten years. If Solomon Thomas was like a fifth, 331 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:27,600 Speaker 1: fourth round pick, no one would be saying shit. Everyone'd 332 00:17:27,600 --> 00:17:29,280 Speaker 1: be like, oh, that's a good fine late in the draft. 333 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:31,960 Speaker 1: But they took him third overall. Now he was a 334 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:34,960 Speaker 1: low ceiling guy, but it felt like he had a 335 00:17:35,040 --> 00:17:36,600 Speaker 1: high floor. Well, it turns out his floor is not 336 00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:39,399 Speaker 1: even that high. And that's a risky part about just 337 00:17:39,440 --> 00:17:42,280 Speaker 1: trying to hit a double is you're thinking I'm taking 338 00:17:42,359 --> 00:17:45,480 Speaker 1: a low floor. It's like it's like an investment. You 339 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:48,560 Speaker 1: can think you're making a good investment. And I played 340 00:17:48,560 --> 00:17:51,239 Speaker 1: in this golf skins game the other day with this 341 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:54,080 Speaker 1: guy that built these condos, that that he was gonna 342 00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:57,840 Speaker 1: be he it was like sixteen units and he's only 343 00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:00,240 Speaker 1: sold six of them. And he thought he was gonna 344 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:02,000 Speaker 1: have all six teams sold. He thought it was the 345 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:05,040 Speaker 1: easiest deal he'd ever done. He thought he'd have mos 346 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:07,639 Speaker 1: sold a year ago, and now he can't get the 347 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:10,720 Speaker 1: other ten off his hands. And it just shows you 348 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:13,600 Speaker 1: any time, in anything in life, and anyone will tell 349 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:16,239 Speaker 1: you this, in any walk of life, there are no 350 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:21,040 Speaker 1: sure things, whether it's players, whether it's investments, whether it's relationships, 351 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:24,560 Speaker 1: whether it's anything. So when you look at the top 352 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:26,840 Speaker 1: five in the draft, if you're drafting like forts at 353 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:29,920 Speaker 1: number two, I am taking the guy that I believe 354 00:18:30,080 --> 00:18:32,480 Speaker 1: has the highest ceiling because it would be easy to 355 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:36,200 Speaker 1: justify Nick Bosa. And I wrote this in the article. 356 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:38,560 Speaker 1: I think he's a really good player, and I think 357 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:41,000 Speaker 1: he's ready made. I think he'd come in get you 358 00:18:41,160 --> 00:18:43,760 Speaker 1: nine ten sacks, But I don't. I don't think he's 359 00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:46,639 Speaker 1: as good as his brother, and his brother's fantastic. His 360 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:48,960 Speaker 1: brother was a better college player than him, and I 361 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:52,240 Speaker 1: compared him the last group of players Myles Garrett. Ceiling 362 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:55,359 Speaker 1: clearly much higher. You know, the von Miller's, the khalil Backs, 363 00:18:55,359 --> 00:18:58,080 Speaker 1: the Clownies. Those guys are in a different class. I 364 00:18:58,119 --> 00:19:01,400 Speaker 1: would put closer to the Brable Chubb, Mold and Bradley 365 00:19:01,480 --> 00:19:04,439 Speaker 1: Chubb probably a better player. I actually think if I 366 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:06,640 Speaker 1: had to rank him, I would have taken Bradley over 367 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:09,400 Speaker 1: Nick Bosa. And Bradley had twelve sacks. Now, I don't 368 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:12,080 Speaker 1: ever think Bradley Chubb I would for the next ten years, 369 00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:14,120 Speaker 1: I'll take Myles Garrett. I guess ten would be long 370 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:16,840 Speaker 1: for a defensive lineman. Next six years, I'd rather have 371 00:19:16,920 --> 00:19:19,479 Speaker 1: Miles Garrett than Bradley Chub. I'm taking the guy just 372 00:19:19,520 --> 00:19:22,160 Speaker 1: with the higher ceiling. That doesn't necessarily mean that Bradley 373 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:24,480 Speaker 1: Chub is gonna be the Myles Garrett will be have 374 00:19:24,560 --> 00:19:27,560 Speaker 1: a better career than Bradley Chup. But I am swinging 375 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:30,359 Speaker 1: for the fences. I'm trying to hit a Bryce Harper 376 00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:33,440 Speaker 1: Grand Slam. And to me in this draft, if I'm 377 00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:35,760 Speaker 1: the forty Niners or if the Nighters are willing to 378 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:38,480 Speaker 1: trade the pick, it's not even a question. I haven't 379 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:41,760 Speaker 1: really studied Josh Allen, but just from talking to the 380 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:43,600 Speaker 1: people I trust the most in the league, I feel 381 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:46,280 Speaker 1: pretty confident that Quinnin Williams of these top three guys, 382 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:49,359 Speaker 1: has the highest ceiling. He's been a one year starter, 383 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:50,840 Speaker 1: and you go, why do you only start one year? 384 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:53,200 Speaker 1: I don't know this guy, dron Payne that went thirteen 385 00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:56,320 Speaker 1: in the draft last year was starting above him. Sometimes 386 00:19:56,359 --> 00:19:58,959 Speaker 1: at Alabama it's really difficult to crack the starting lineup 387 00:19:59,119 --> 00:20:01,399 Speaker 1: because the guy above view. It's not like, ah, that 388 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:04,399 Speaker 1: dude's selling insurance. Now. No, those type guys usually go 389 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 1: in the top twenty. So the guy above you was 390 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:08,920 Speaker 1: a lock first round pick, but then when he got 391 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:10,840 Speaker 1: his chance, like, he's a better player than darn Pain 392 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:14,479 Speaker 1: and that's why he's going pro. But I think, to me, 393 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:18,040 Speaker 1: like just comparing him now, him and Bosa play different positions. 394 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:21,119 Speaker 1: But any good drafter will tell you can't worry about 395 00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:24,080 Speaker 1: that crap. That's what coaches worry about. Take the best 396 00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:27,359 Speaker 1: player available. And it's easier to say that not a 397 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:29,840 Speaker 1: lot of people live by it because coaches do not 398 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:33,360 Speaker 1: live by it. They like to fill needs. And when 399 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:37,040 Speaker 1: you fill needs, you get in trouble. When it's a 400 00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:41,000 Speaker 1: situation where yeah, you already got DeFord, you get Williams 401 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:43,920 Speaker 1: or Bosa, you're getting pressure. And the thing I wrote 402 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:46,600 Speaker 1: in that article, and I was tipped off by a friend, 403 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:48,560 Speaker 1: and I think we've all been talking about this. I've 404 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:51,440 Speaker 1: been thinking about this for a while. It's easier to 405 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:54,600 Speaker 1: get interior pressure right now than it is, you know, 406 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:58,640 Speaker 1: outside pressure from the sense that the tackles in this 407 00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:01,960 Speaker 1: league actually aren't that carrable on the whole. The guards 408 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:04,760 Speaker 1: and centers for the most part are average to below. 409 00:21:05,119 --> 00:21:07,840 Speaker 1: Whoever you are listening to this, you know, I know 410 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:10,480 Speaker 1: there's fans of literally every team for the most part. 411 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:12,480 Speaker 1: I bet you go, yeah, we got a centers, okay, 412 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:14,920 Speaker 1: but our guards stink. Yeah we got one good guard, 413 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:17,639 Speaker 1: but our other center and guards suck. That's usually the 414 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:20,720 Speaker 1: way that That's why Aaron Donald, Fletcher Cox, Chris Jones, 415 00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:24,399 Speaker 1: DeForest Buckner last year on the Niners played on a 416 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:27,359 Speaker 1: team with no other good defensive lineman. Solomon Thomas stunk, 417 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:31,240 Speaker 1: Eric Arnstead got hurt. Uh. Cassius Marsh you know was 418 00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:34,080 Speaker 1: their best pass reretord Cassius Marsh. Yeah, most of you 419 00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:36,919 Speaker 1: guys have never heard of them. And he dominated because 420 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:39,240 Speaker 1: most of the guards he's facing on a weekly basis stink. 421 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:41,280 Speaker 1: So if you can get Quinn and Williams to go 422 00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:43,800 Speaker 1: with d Ford and DeForest Buckner, who's already a fringe 423 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:46,440 Speaker 1: pro bowler, and you get DeFord a double digits that guy. 424 00:21:47,359 --> 00:21:50,679 Speaker 1: How do you block Quintin Williams and DeForest Buckner. I 425 00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:53,280 Speaker 1: don't know the other thing about Quinn and Williams. A 426 00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:55,920 Speaker 1: lot of people compare him to Warren Sack, like he's 427 00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:59,199 Speaker 1: that type, gets on guys, angles, his quickness, his just 428 00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:01,800 Speaker 1: instincts from the can plays in the backfield. I'm just 429 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:05,200 Speaker 1: not passing on Warren Sap for you know, I'm not 430 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:08,080 Speaker 1: gonna call Nick bos an overachiever because he's not. He's 431 00:22:08,119 --> 00:22:11,080 Speaker 1: a really good player. But I just don't see some 432 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:14,520 Speaker 1: perennial pro bowler. I definitely don't see some elite all pro. 433 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:18,080 Speaker 1: Quinn and Williams can be an all pro. And again, 434 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:20,720 Speaker 1: I think if you stick by the philosophy, not just 435 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:24,040 Speaker 1: the best player available, but if you have the guys 436 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:26,159 Speaker 1: stacked the same like I I view Nick Boson and 437 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:28,199 Speaker 1: Quintin Win, Let's say I'm I view him as the 438 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:30,960 Speaker 1: same level prospect. You gotta take the guy with the 439 00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 1: higher ceiling if you consistently do that, because you're gonna 440 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:36,600 Speaker 1: miss no matter what. But if you when you hit 441 00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:39,119 Speaker 1: on the guy with the higher ceiling, sky's the limit. 442 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:43,200 Speaker 1: I mean, you get all pros. You get all pros. 443 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:46,200 Speaker 1: So if I was the Niners and I was John Lynch, again, 444 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:49,879 Speaker 1: assuming Kyler Murray goes first, which I think is safe 445 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:54,520 Speaker 1: to assume, I'm taking the big fellow from Alabama. Okay, 446 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:57,679 Speaker 1: let's get to the Middlecoff mail bag at John Middlecoff 447 00:22:57,760 --> 00:23:00,240 Speaker 1: is my Instagram handle. You slide up in those m 448 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:04,480 Speaker 1: s and then I answer your questions here upon the podcast, John, 449 00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:07,600 Speaker 1: I'm from Ireland and a big Colts fan. In reference 450 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:10,800 Speaker 1: to the p I and the reviewable challenges changes in 451 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:16,000 Speaker 1: rugby when a wrong decision has made the television match official, 452 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:18,320 Speaker 1: so there's you know, I guess if you had a 453 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:20,360 Speaker 1: rules official in the TV crew is in the ear 454 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:22,880 Speaker 1: of the ref and points it out. This is normally 455 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:25,840 Speaker 1: if it's an obvious penalty. Would this not be a 456 00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:28,840 Speaker 1: better option instead of adding more delays challenges to the 457 00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:34,560 Speaker 1: game process of a ref going to a TV booth. Uh, 458 00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:39,040 Speaker 1: that's interesting. Baseball kind of does something like this. They 459 00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:41,480 Speaker 1: get back with the league office. I guess football does 460 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:44,440 Speaker 1: the same thing. I don't know if it's that realistic. 461 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:46,199 Speaker 1: I do think you kind of have to stop the 462 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:49,800 Speaker 1: game because what if and we see this a lot. 463 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:53,280 Speaker 1: Seems like stereo tours, right, But some of the other 464 00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:56,840 Speaker 1: rules officials in the TV booth have been wrong. I 465 00:23:56,880 --> 00:24:00,680 Speaker 1: forget the one guy's name, but he was on Yeah, 466 00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:02,879 Speaker 1: I think the dude was on Monday Night Football. Whoever 467 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:07,120 Speaker 1: the old guy was on Monday Night Football was terrible, 468 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:12,080 Speaker 1: consistently wrong. I just don't think the standard. Maybe that 469 00:24:12,119 --> 00:24:16,040 Speaker 1: works in Ireland, maybe rugby. I don't know enough about 470 00:24:16,119 --> 00:24:19,200 Speaker 1: rugby penalties. Maybe they're a little more black and white 471 00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:22,200 Speaker 1: in football. And it's it's gonna be a problem this 472 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:26,520 Speaker 1: fall is they're gonna be really, really subjective. They're gonna 473 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:30,399 Speaker 1: be a lot like NBA fouls, where you could reverse it, 474 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:33,080 Speaker 1: you could keep it. I think it would be difficult. 475 00:24:33,119 --> 00:24:36,080 Speaker 1: And I think just as a football fan, uh and 476 00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:39,359 Speaker 1: I don't no longer really have a team anymore, but 477 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:43,240 Speaker 1: because I gamble root for certain teams, I would be 478 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:48,359 Speaker 1: incest if the team I was gambling on that happened 479 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:50,840 Speaker 1: and instead of the coach being able to review it 480 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:54,760 Speaker 1: or challenge or whatever, the TV booth whoever was in 481 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:58,199 Speaker 1: the you know, the referee on the set was in 482 00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:00,800 Speaker 1: charge of giving it like a thumbs for thumbs down, 483 00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:02,800 Speaker 1: Like I wouldn't be cool with that, and I don't 484 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:05,639 Speaker 1: think the league would either has dak already earned his 485 00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:08,080 Speaker 1: contract extension or does he need to engineer a deep 486 00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:10,800 Speaker 1: playoff run this season depending on how that goes. Does 487 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:13,760 Speaker 1: Jerry keep an eye on the quarterbacks in next year's draft? 488 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:19,520 Speaker 1: The thing about football, you know probably I guess the 489 00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:21,800 Speaker 1: other sports are like this too, But in football, you 490 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:25,520 Speaker 1: evaluate every position every year basically to the max. So 491 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:28,920 Speaker 1: I think you're always locked in your area, scouts or 492 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:31,000 Speaker 1: whoever is. You know, if you're going in a Clemson, 493 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:34,800 Speaker 1: you're going into Alabama. Just because you have a quarterback, 494 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:39,360 Speaker 1: does not mean that you're not evaluating those positions, So 495 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:42,119 Speaker 1: that that's never a worry to me. Dad to earn it, 496 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:44,239 Speaker 1: he just needs to play well. You know, if they 497 00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:46,880 Speaker 1: win nine ten games and they're competing for a wild card, 498 00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:49,800 Speaker 1: I got no problem paying him. But if if he 499 00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:53,159 Speaker 1: plays portally and the the team is just good, like 500 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:56,240 Speaker 1: on paper, they're a playoff team. If he's just solid, 501 00:25:56,280 --> 00:25:58,400 Speaker 1: they should be in the playoffs. And so if he's 502 00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:01,240 Speaker 1: just solid. I got no I'm paying him at least 503 00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:05,760 Speaker 1: decent money. I'm not paying Dak Prescott historic cash. Really, 504 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:09,320 Speaker 1: unless he makes a legit gets me to the super Bowl. Maybe, 505 00:26:09,359 --> 00:26:11,560 Speaker 1: if he gets me to the NFC Championship game, I 506 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:15,040 Speaker 1: think about it. Even then, unless he takes a huge step, 507 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:18,439 Speaker 1: I'm not in the Paydak big money no matter what. 508 00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:20,919 Speaker 1: He just doesn't have the physical skills to be at 509 00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:24,240 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers to be a Russell Wilson. But if he 510 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:26,760 Speaker 1: wins and keeps playing kind of like he has, he 511 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:29,600 Speaker 1: needs to be a little better earlier in games. I 512 00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:32,680 Speaker 1: think his My favorite attribute about him is these good 513 00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:35,720 Speaker 1: lating games when you're like god, it's kind of nutcutting time. 514 00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:38,199 Speaker 1: That's when Dac is really under control and plays his 515 00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:42,040 Speaker 1: best football. But to be an eleven twelve win team 516 00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:44,480 Speaker 1: this next year, he has to have more games where 517 00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:46,280 Speaker 1: he plays well in the first and second quarter, not 518 00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:48,800 Speaker 1: just in the second half. He's gonna start hitting some 519 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:52,359 Speaker 1: of the deep balls. And yeah, I mean I at 520 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:53,760 Speaker 1: the end of the day, if they don't pay him 521 00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:57,560 Speaker 1: this offseason, I would expect their rooting. Not obviously they'd 522 00:26:57,600 --> 00:26:59,639 Speaker 1: be rooting for him, but expecting him to make a 523 00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:02,760 Speaker 1: deep off run to get paid. Hey, John, big Falcons fan, 524 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:04,720 Speaker 1: what do you think they should do this offseason to 525 00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:07,960 Speaker 1: make another playoff run? One? They gotta get healthy. I 526 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,439 Speaker 1: thought last year they wore a playoff level team, and 527 00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:14,600 Speaker 1: the injuries just decimated their defense. I mean their defense 528 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:19,000 Speaker 1: was absolutely decimated. One thing I was thinking, you know, 529 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:21,080 Speaker 1: it's kind of the elephant in the room right now, 530 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:24,520 Speaker 1: or the Texans gotta trade Clowney. If you're the Falcons, 531 00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:27,320 Speaker 1: could you double down and maybe trade your first round 532 00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:29,959 Speaker 1: pick for Clowney. The problem is for them, I might 533 00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:31,439 Speaker 1: have to look at the draft or what are they 534 00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:33,800 Speaker 1: draft in the late teens, mid teams. I mean, they 535 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:35,479 Speaker 1: didn't have a very good season where they win five 536 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:38,080 Speaker 1: or six. Are they drafting the top ten? So maybe 537 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:41,280 Speaker 1: never mind on that one. Actually, uh, I have to 538 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:43,719 Speaker 1: look what they're drafting, but it's not as low as 539 00:27:43,720 --> 00:27:46,679 Speaker 1: I thought. So you probably wouldn't trade for Clowney. You 540 00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:49,840 Speaker 1: just draft a guy at Oliver someone like that, and 541 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:51,600 Speaker 1: you just get let your guys come back on defense, 542 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:54,080 Speaker 1: because on offense, you got Maddie Ice. Say what you 543 00:27:54,119 --> 00:27:56,800 Speaker 1: wanted about Maddie Ice, He's fine. When you got Julio Jones, 544 00:27:56,840 --> 00:28:00,600 Speaker 1: Calvin Ridley, like they got players. Devonte Freemanch would be healthy. 545 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:03,800 Speaker 1: They lost to Evin Coleman to the Niners, but backup 546 00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:07,240 Speaker 1: running backs are replaceable. Yeah, I think the Falcons will 547 00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:10,240 Speaker 1: be a bounce back team for sure. I seem to 548 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:12,000 Speaker 1: be one of the few fans that actually liked and 549 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:14,679 Speaker 1: appreciated Tanny Hill. Sad to see him go. Do you 550 00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:16,680 Speaker 1: think the Dolphins are planning for an off year and 551 00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:20,720 Speaker 1: hopes of drafting two in two thousand twenty. I'm with you. 552 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:24,359 Speaker 1: When Tanny Hill played, he was solid. The problem with 553 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:26,840 Speaker 1: Tanny Hill and I think why Miami had to move on. 554 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:29,120 Speaker 1: You can hold on to a guy like Tanny Hill 555 00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:31,840 Speaker 1: for ten years because he has these moments like how 556 00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:34,040 Speaker 1: do we ever upgrade? You win some games when he's there, 557 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:36,200 Speaker 1: and then he gets hurt, and then he comes back 558 00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:37,800 Speaker 1: and he does the same thing, and then he gets hurt. 559 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:39,479 Speaker 1: Then he comes back, he does the same thing, then 560 00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:42,000 Speaker 1: he gets hurt. You just can't depend on him. I 561 00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:45,160 Speaker 1: think Tanny Hills better than a lot of us thought 562 00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:48,280 Speaker 1: that he would ever be when he was healthy, Like 563 00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:51,320 Speaker 1: what he became those first couple of years with with 564 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:53,640 Speaker 1: Adam Gates really what he was doing before he got 565 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:55,440 Speaker 1: hurt that first time when they made the playoffs and 566 00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:58,320 Speaker 1: Matt Moore came in to me though, you you just 567 00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:00,880 Speaker 1: when you get a guy like that and he's kind 568 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:04,840 Speaker 1: of like a poor man's version of what Sam Bradford was, 569 00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:08,320 Speaker 1: they just tease you and tease you. It's like, you know, 570 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:11,840 Speaker 1: we've all any guys experienced that with girls, Like it's 571 00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:14,480 Speaker 1: just tease. Eventually you're just like, Okay, I'm out. I'm 572 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:17,360 Speaker 1: not I'm not doing this anymore. And I think that's 573 00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:21,520 Speaker 1: what their ultimate decision was with Tannehill, like I'm over 574 00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:24,240 Speaker 1: this tease. I can't do it anymore. I gotta take 575 00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:28,000 Speaker 1: the sunt cost and just move on. On the flip side, 576 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:30,360 Speaker 1: I think it's a good move for Tennessee getting him 577 00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:33,840 Speaker 1: as the backup quarterback. Sure, if Ryan Tannehill's your backup quarterback, 578 00:29:34,360 --> 00:29:38,120 Speaker 1: you're in pretty good shape. I'm thinking about it right now. 579 00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:41,440 Speaker 1: He's the best backup quarterback in the NFL now that 580 00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:43,080 Speaker 1: Folds is in the backup warter. I mean, who's who 581 00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:46,040 Speaker 1: has a better backup quarterback than Ryan Tannehill. And the 582 00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:49,760 Speaker 1: great thing about it, he doesn't have to play right. Hell, 583 00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:53,440 Speaker 1: but if Marcus Mariotta struggling or gets hurt, maybe he 584 00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:58,160 Speaker 1: does play first. Can I getta fall back? I don't 585 00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:01,720 Speaker 1: ask for fallbacks, say I get What is the percentage 586 00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:04,920 Speaker 1: that Kyler Murray going to the Rams? Zero? No chance? 587 00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:09,400 Speaker 1: Like none, absolutely done, He's gonna go to the Cardinals. 588 00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:12,760 Speaker 1: You know, I'm not a big fan when you go 589 00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:14,560 Speaker 1: fall back. Like, if you do good stuff and you're 590 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:17,560 Speaker 1: entertaining on social media on Instagram, on Twitter, I'll follow you. 591 00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:20,680 Speaker 1: You know, I'm I'm open minded. I don't. You don't 592 00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:23,440 Speaker 1: just have to have be Kim Kardashian or Peter King 593 00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:26,480 Speaker 1: or Colin to get a follow You know, I follow. 594 00:30:26,560 --> 00:30:29,120 Speaker 1: I follow the people. If you're if your ship is good, 595 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:31,720 Speaker 1: you know you gotta be creative. Hey, John, big fan 596 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:33,440 Speaker 1: over here in the UK. Got we got a lot 597 00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:37,160 Speaker 1: of international listeners. Colin must have a big following in 598 00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:39,200 Speaker 1: the UK. Do you think the NFL will ever change 599 00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:43,000 Speaker 1: kickoff times for Sunday games to make them more UK 600 00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:47,200 Speaker 1: and European friendly? No? Zero chance. That their bread and 601 00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:52,360 Speaker 1: butter is America. So to me, the entire television schedule. 602 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:56,080 Speaker 1: They don't even care about me living in California, They 603 00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:59,480 Speaker 1: care about one consumer, and that's the Eastern time zone 604 00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:02,920 Speaker 1: and maybe maybe the Central times onto like Dallas, Chicago, 605 00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:06,120 Speaker 1: they care about the Eastern seaboard and a couple of 606 00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:10,840 Speaker 1: the major cities Chicago, the Packers brand, and the Cowboys 607 00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:14,880 Speaker 1: they they they put the Niners and Raiders and Seattle. 608 00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:16,840 Speaker 1: They don't care at all. They care about when's the 609 00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:18,920 Speaker 1: Cowboy game wins, the Giants game wins? The d C 610 00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:23,600 Speaker 1: went Philly, When when's the Steelers and the Patriots even 611 00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:27,400 Speaker 1: the Jets, Like those are enormous markets. So yeah, I 612 00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:30,320 Speaker 1: don't think they'll ever build it around the UK. When 613 00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:32,719 Speaker 1: is the UK? So they are ahead of us. So 614 00:31:32,760 --> 00:31:35,280 Speaker 1: I guess that one the early early morning game that 615 00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:37,840 Speaker 1: happens for me, like out West the six thirty kickoff, 616 00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:41,120 Speaker 1: which is a nine thirty Eastern kickoff, which is actually 617 00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:44,760 Speaker 1: what a twelve thirty UK kickoff. It's kind of cool 618 00:31:44,800 --> 00:31:46,480 Speaker 1: for you guys. I guess you get that once a 619 00:31:46,520 --> 00:31:50,160 Speaker 1: year out of sixty seventeen weeks. Do you think there's 620 00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:52,520 Speaker 1: a possibility of the Cowboys getting in on the Josh 621 00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:55,720 Speaker 1: Rosen market and moving off Dak Prescott to avoid the 622 00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:59,520 Speaker 1: big contract. I actually haven't heard this from anyone. But 623 00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:03,600 Speaker 1: that's kind of genius. Here's the problem. The Cowboys don't 624 00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:06,800 Speaker 1: have a first round pick. They have a second round pick. 625 00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:08,600 Speaker 1: But would you give up a second round pick when 626 00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:12,680 Speaker 1: you already have Dak Prescott, who's better than Josh Rosen 627 00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:17,720 Speaker 1: right now? And also, where I stand on Doc, you 628 00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:20,320 Speaker 1: don't have to paint right now. So this year, I 629 00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:23,320 Speaker 1: don't know exactly what he's making, but he's making eight grand. 630 00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:27,280 Speaker 1: He's not making any money. Josh Rosen is making more 631 00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:30,000 Speaker 1: money this year than Dak. Now, obviously you don't have 632 00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:33,400 Speaker 1: to pay Josh Rosen maybe ever, but definitely not for 633 00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:38,120 Speaker 1: several years. We're Dak. It's really this offseason or next offseason. 634 00:32:38,480 --> 00:32:40,560 Speaker 1: Even if you, I mean, if you franchise has still 635 00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:43,960 Speaker 1: a lot of cash, million dollars or whatever the franchise 636 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:46,280 Speaker 1: tag would be. Hell, it might even be more than that, 637 00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:49,240 Speaker 1: given what the average salaries are and how they're going up. 638 00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:53,680 Speaker 1: Not the craziest I've ideas. I'll give you that. I 639 00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:57,640 Speaker 1: just that is very, very risky, and I like Josh Rosen, 640 00:32:58,120 --> 00:32:59,800 Speaker 1: but I know for a fact I can make the 641 00:33:00,040 --> 00:33:02,640 Speaker 1: asked with Dak Prescott with my team being good. I 642 00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:06,680 Speaker 1: do not know that if that's Josh Rosen at all, Like, 643 00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:08,840 Speaker 1: there is a chance that Josh Rose is just not 644 00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:11,800 Speaker 1: good and you put him on the Cowboys and he stinks, 645 00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:14,080 Speaker 1: though I actually think he'd be pretty good there. Events 646 00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:17,720 Speaker 1: is good. He's got Zeke, Jason Wentten's back, Yetta Marii, 647 00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:21,400 Speaker 1: you gotta gallop. Maybe they draft a couple offensive skill 648 00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:26,120 Speaker 1: guys this draft. Yes, it's actually not that crazy. I 649 00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:28,640 Speaker 1: like where he heads at. Looked at the Bosa's dad 650 00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:32,840 Speaker 1: and why his career ended, and he was quoted as 651 00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:35,560 Speaker 1: saying he blew up both of his knees. Joey has 652 00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:38,520 Speaker 1: missed thirteen games and three years, and Nick, as we know, 653 00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:40,600 Speaker 1: has missed more than half the season this year, also 654 00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:42,360 Speaker 1: towards the d c L, a senior year in college. 655 00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:44,800 Speaker 1: Is this a concern that he's still a top three 656 00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:48,520 Speaker 1: pick considering the whole family is riddled with injuries? One 657 00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:53,320 Speaker 1: thousand percent to me, I wrote this in the article 658 00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:58,960 Speaker 1: on Bosa Williams is that Nick Bosa is benefiting from 659 00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:03,120 Speaker 1: Joey's success and that's not a bad thing. Like part 660 00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:06,440 Speaker 1: of Nick. One of Nick's positive is this lineage that 661 00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:08,759 Speaker 1: he comes from. Dad played in the NFL, in a 662 00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:12,160 Speaker 1: draft room. That's important. You know, this guy's been around 663 00:34:12,160 --> 00:34:14,480 Speaker 1: in his whole life. It's like when you hire a coach, Well, 664 00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:16,400 Speaker 1: this guy's dad was a coach. They just think a 665 00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:20,360 Speaker 1: little differently. So his lineage in his last name are important. 666 00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:23,239 Speaker 1: Then his brother is not just a good player, he's 667 00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:26,239 Speaker 1: a dominant player. So you go that works in his 668 00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:29,080 Speaker 1: favorite You go, well, a lot of people thought Joey 669 00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:31,080 Speaker 1: wasn't gonna be that great of an NFL player, and 670 00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:35,239 Speaker 1: he's exceeded everyone's expectation. So Nick, who actually physically is 671 00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:39,040 Speaker 1: very similar to him, he's getting kind of like propped 672 00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:41,600 Speaker 1: up based on that. But I also think you have 673 00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:43,279 Speaker 1: to look at on the flip side. You go, like 674 00:34:43,320 --> 00:34:46,640 Speaker 1: you said, his dad his career washed out because he 675 00:34:46,680 --> 00:34:49,880 Speaker 1: blew out knees. His brother has had some weird injuries 676 00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:52,680 Speaker 1: afoot a knee, a hammy, just kind of been an 677 00:34:52,719 --> 00:34:55,280 Speaker 1: injury problem. I don't think he's as good as his brother. 678 00:34:56,640 --> 00:34:59,879 Speaker 1: Whatever Nick Bosa's medical check was, you have to check 679 00:34:59,880 --> 00:35:02,080 Speaker 1: his because he's torn his A c L and the 680 00:35:02,120 --> 00:35:05,680 Speaker 1: sports hernia that he had this year. I gotta rely 681 00:35:05,719 --> 00:35:08,080 Speaker 1: on my doctors. That's the thing. If you're John Lynch, 682 00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:11,800 Speaker 1: or Mike Mayock or Mike mccagnet or any of these guys. 683 00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:16,640 Speaker 1: You're not a doctor. You're you're you're glorified. I mean 684 00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:19,440 Speaker 1: you are a scout. You're more of a glorified manager, 685 00:35:19,719 --> 00:35:21,680 Speaker 1: you know, being the general manager, dealing with a lot 686 00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:25,000 Speaker 1: of stuff, but you do not know anything about medical stuff. 687 00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:27,799 Speaker 1: So you are very reliant. And the great part is 688 00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:30,239 Speaker 1: if you're forty Niners with the giants, I mean, you 689 00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:32,319 Speaker 1: got like the Stanford medical team, if you're the if 690 00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:34,720 Speaker 1: you're the Jets, you know you've got the best doctors 691 00:35:34,719 --> 00:35:37,200 Speaker 1: in New York, so you you gotta rely on those guys. 692 00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:39,799 Speaker 1: It's it's the one thing in football where you can 693 00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:43,480 Speaker 1: go gut, you know this guy's gonna be okay if 694 00:35:43,480 --> 00:35:44,880 Speaker 1: the doctor. And this is where I always kind of 695 00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:47,400 Speaker 1: supported Trent Balky. He took all those a c L 696 00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:52,280 Speaker 1: guys well, the Stanford medical team that the forty Niners employ, 697 00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:54,799 Speaker 1: told him that all those guys were gonna bounce back. 698 00:35:55,160 --> 00:35:57,919 Speaker 1: I mean, what Trent Balky's supposed to say. No, man, 699 00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:00,960 Speaker 1: I know you've got a Harvard medical degree and you've 700 00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:04,120 Speaker 1: worked at you know, Stanford Hospital for twenty years. But 701 00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:08,080 Speaker 1: I think this guy is never gonna bounce back. You 702 00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:12,000 Speaker 1: are very dependent on your doctors when it comes to injuries. 703 00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:14,560 Speaker 1: So if the doctors go, you know what I think, 704 00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:17,400 Speaker 1: Nick Bosa, if you look at his family's medical history, 705 00:36:17,440 --> 00:36:20,520 Speaker 1: which I'm sure came up in the doctor's meeting, now 706 00:36:20,680 --> 00:36:23,360 Speaker 1: you know I'm not quite that comfortable. Then as a 707 00:36:23,400 --> 00:36:26,040 Speaker 1: general manager, you better not be comfortable either. But if 708 00:36:26,080 --> 00:36:27,839 Speaker 1: the guy gives you the full bill of health and says, 709 00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:30,640 Speaker 1: you know what, he's fine, you gotta just kind of 710 00:36:30,680 --> 00:36:34,880 Speaker 1: think he's gonna be fine. Last weekend I bet by 711 00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:36,960 Speaker 1: buddy a hundred dollars the Raiders would win five or 712 00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:40,399 Speaker 1: less games six as a push and the fact, and 713 00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:42,719 Speaker 1: after the fact, I checked in Vegas has them at 714 00:36:42,719 --> 00:36:45,120 Speaker 1: six and a half wins. Not gonna lie. There may 715 00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:48,000 Speaker 1: have been a little alcohol and ship talking involved. Been there. 716 00:36:48,719 --> 00:36:50,440 Speaker 1: Do you think I'm going to be a hundred dollars 717 00:36:50,520 --> 00:36:55,560 Speaker 1: richer fine? January? Come January. Well, I think here's the 718 00:36:55,560 --> 00:36:57,399 Speaker 1: thing with the Raiders. They've had us. I mean, they 719 00:36:57,600 --> 00:37:01,040 Speaker 1: have added a lot of talent. Antonio Brown, he's nuts, 720 00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:03,960 Speaker 1: but he is an unreal player. Trent Brown is a 721 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:07,200 Speaker 1: massive upgrade for them. Tyrrell Williams is a really good, 722 00:37:07,239 --> 00:37:10,880 Speaker 1: like two three wide receiver. Their defense is shitty, but 723 00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:13,120 Speaker 1: they have all these draft picks. After the draft, their 724 00:37:13,120 --> 00:37:16,960 Speaker 1: team could be much improved. Now if Derek doesn't play well, 725 00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:19,200 Speaker 1: and I thought last year he was average for most 726 00:37:19,239 --> 00:37:21,400 Speaker 1: of the season and some games below average. Now he 727 00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:24,839 Speaker 1: had a couple of moments. But if Derek, if Derek's good, 728 00:37:24,880 --> 00:37:26,839 Speaker 1: with all this increased talent, they hit on a bunch 729 00:37:26,840 --> 00:37:29,160 Speaker 1: of draft picks, yeah, they could win seven or eight games. 730 00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:33,319 Speaker 1: But if Antonio Brown gets off the rails and he 731 00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:36,799 Speaker 1: starts throwing ship at John Gruden and they miss on 732 00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:40,279 Speaker 1: some draft picks, you'll be a hundred dollars richer. That's 733 00:37:40,440 --> 00:37:43,080 Speaker 1: I mean, a hundred bucks. Who cares as I like that, Ben, 734 00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:46,839 Speaker 1: as a Titans fan. The mock drafts are all over 735 00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:49,840 Speaker 1: the place. Analysts have us anything between a tackle, a 736 00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:53,520 Speaker 1: wide receiver, a tight end, a linebacker, a defensive lineman. 737 00:37:53,880 --> 00:37:55,480 Speaker 1: What do you think is our biggest need to show 738 00:37:55,520 --> 00:37:57,920 Speaker 1: up in the first round. Well, I haven't been there 739 00:37:57,920 --> 00:38:02,160 Speaker 1: at practice last year. The kid they draft from Boston College, 740 00:38:02,160 --> 00:38:04,600 Speaker 1: Harold Landry. They got a good defensive line. To me, 741 00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:08,880 Speaker 1: their young front seven is good. Their corners little hit 742 00:38:08,960 --> 00:38:11,160 Speaker 1: or miss, but they paid Malcolm Butler a lot of money. 743 00:38:11,239 --> 00:38:14,400 Speaker 1: He's just he's gonna play. And obviously a Dorri Jackson 744 00:38:14,440 --> 00:38:17,279 Speaker 1: they drafted in the first round, he's gonna play. They 745 00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:19,959 Speaker 1: drafted Corey Davis, who actually showed some signs of life, 746 00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:22,719 Speaker 1: but he's really the only wide receiver they got. Could 747 00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:25,400 Speaker 1: they justify and to kill Harry you know, in a 748 00:38:25,560 --> 00:38:27,360 Speaker 1: J Brown, a Kien Butler or something like that in 749 00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:29,759 Speaker 1: the first round? I do think so. The other thing 750 00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:32,319 Speaker 1: is last year was it last year Delaney got hurt? 751 00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:34,560 Speaker 1: I think it was last year or two years ago. Yeah, 752 00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:36,040 Speaker 1: it was last year because Delandy went out and it 753 00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:38,719 Speaker 1: kind of messes them up. The problem with Delaney is 754 00:38:38,719 --> 00:38:41,840 Speaker 1: he's their best receiving option, but he's an older player. 755 00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:45,080 Speaker 1: So I think tight end to me, wide receiver or 756 00:38:45,120 --> 00:38:50,040 Speaker 1: tight end feel very realistic. And I might even lead 757 00:38:50,080 --> 00:38:52,960 Speaker 1: tight end because you need Marcus Mariotta, who's not this 758 00:38:53,080 --> 00:38:56,160 Speaker 1: explosive thrower of the football, get him a tight end. 759 00:38:56,440 --> 00:38:58,600 Speaker 1: So if you gotta draft Noah Fan who's kind of 760 00:38:58,600 --> 00:39:01,360 Speaker 1: a Travis Kelsey Zach or type, you know, he's not 761 00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:04,120 Speaker 1: a blocker, but who cares. I love this well, these 762 00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:06,880 Speaker 1: tight ends can't block. Don't ask him to block. Put 763 00:39:06,960 --> 00:39:09,400 Speaker 1: him in the slot. Who's gonna cover a six ft 764 00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:11,879 Speaker 1: four guy that runs a four or five forty I'll 765 00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:15,040 Speaker 1: tell you nobody. That's why Travis Kelsey and Zach Ertz 766 00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:20,560 Speaker 1: dominate because it's definitely can't block Kelsey's Okay. I mean 767 00:39:20,560 --> 00:39:23,520 Speaker 1: he tries kind of, but they know they can't cover them. 768 00:39:23,640 --> 00:39:29,440 Speaker 1: That's all I care about. Okay, talking to some relatives 769 00:39:29,480 --> 00:39:32,600 Speaker 1: in the Jacksonville area that rely on me for sports infoe, 770 00:39:32,960 --> 00:39:35,360 Speaker 1: what is their biggest need in the draft? Any thoughts 771 00:39:35,360 --> 00:39:37,920 Speaker 1: on t J. Hockinson or at Oliver who cares though 772 00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:45,320 Speaker 1: it's Jacksonville. Well, they got folds their wide receivers Allen 773 00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:49,000 Speaker 1: Robinson left right last year's Chicago markeas Lee towards knee. 774 00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:51,719 Speaker 1: They don't really have a tight end. Mercedes Lewis has 775 00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:55,200 Speaker 1: gone now, so yeah, they need an offensive playmaker. As 776 00:39:55,239 --> 00:39:58,080 Speaker 1: of the recording of this earlier today, Leonard four Nette 777 00:39:59,120 --> 00:40:02,200 Speaker 1: got arrested for driving with a spending license after a 778 00:40:02,360 --> 00:40:05,080 Speaker 1: traffic stop. I didn't really read much of the info. 779 00:40:05,560 --> 00:40:08,160 Speaker 1: All I know is that he got arrested. He's already 780 00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:11,360 Speaker 1: been in some trouble. That's not good. That's a problem. 781 00:40:11,640 --> 00:40:13,319 Speaker 1: You're not gonna take a running back again in the 782 00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:16,880 Speaker 1: first round. But I think clearly they still have a 783 00:40:16,920 --> 00:40:19,439 Speaker 1: bunch of players on defense. Even after cutting Malik Jackson, 784 00:40:19,480 --> 00:40:22,040 Speaker 1: they still got clay As Campbell. They still got I 785 00:40:22,080 --> 00:40:24,440 Speaker 1: guess Dante Fowler is not on the team anymore, but 786 00:40:24,480 --> 00:40:26,759 Speaker 1: they got the other dude. I can't even say his name, 787 00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:28,000 Speaker 1: but he had a bunch of sacks a couple of 788 00:40:28,040 --> 00:40:30,399 Speaker 1: years ago, a good player. The linebackers are solid, still 789 00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:33,960 Speaker 1: got the two corners. I would go wide receiver or 790 00:40:34,120 --> 00:40:36,719 Speaker 1: tight end for sure, but you're right, who cares to Jacksonville. 791 00:40:36,719 --> 00:40:39,480 Speaker 1: The other thing is, think about Jacksonville. How good is 792 00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:43,800 Speaker 1: that division? The culture stacked Texas are damn good, and 793 00:40:44,080 --> 00:40:46,480 Speaker 1: you know the Titans are solid. I mean, I think 794 00:40:46,480 --> 00:40:49,360 Speaker 1: the Jacksonville Jaguars the fourth best team in that division. 795 00:40:49,920 --> 00:40:52,680 Speaker 1: Unless Nick Foles can just really strike some Nick Foles 796 00:40:52,719 --> 00:40:55,720 Speaker 1: magic this year, it's gonna be really hard. Okay, enjoy 797 00:40:55,760 --> 00:41:00,480 Speaker 1: the weekend, Enjoy the masters. Go Tiger. We're close to draft, 798 00:41:00,719 --> 00:41:05,560 Speaker 1: thank god, because I'm ready. You know, I like these hypotheticals. 799 00:41:06,440 --> 00:41:08,600 Speaker 1: I'm ready for some actual picks. I'm ready for some 800 00:41:08,640 --> 00:41:11,959 Speaker 1: actual players. Let's do this. See you next week. John 801 00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:14,160 Speaker 1: Middlecot three and out, Tell all your buddies, tell all 802 00:41:14,160 --> 00:41:17,120 Speaker 1: your friends. Appreciate you listening. Peace,