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I could make 65 00:04:04,760 --> 00:04:08,360 Speaker 1: the argument right now that the Rams are currently the 66 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 1: second best team in the NFC. Now, it was way 67 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 1: earlier in the season Dallas kurb stomped them, So if 68 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 1: you're just doing your NFC rankings, the Niners would obviously 69 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:21,920 Speaker 1: have to be one. I would put Dallas two over 70 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 1: the Rams. But let's face it, the Rams are playing 71 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:27,640 Speaker 1: just as well as like the Lions, which I got 72 00:04:27,640 --> 00:04:30,440 Speaker 1: news for you. If you look ahead, I think it's very, 73 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:34,280 Speaker 1: very possible that the three to six matchup is Rams 74 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 1: at the Lions. Matt Stafford, Sean McVay going on the 75 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:41,080 Speaker 1: road to play Detroit and obviously Philly right now is 76 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 1: in complete shambles. Will have to see how if they 77 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 1: can get it together with kind of their easy schedule 78 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 1: down the stretch. But there is no disputing when you 79 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 1: watch the Rams they have a couple things going for 80 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:53,960 Speaker 1: them headed into the playoffs. They have a quarterback who's 81 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:56,919 Speaker 1: playing at an extremely high level, a guy who's a 82 00:04:56,960 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 1: Super Bowl champion, and when he's on like he has 83 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:03,480 Speaker 1: for the last you know, I don't know, forty five days, 84 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 1: is as good as anybody in the NFL. He's making 85 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 1: throws these last three or four weeks like he's twenty six, 86 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:11,480 Speaker 1: twenty seven to twenty eight year old Matt Stafford with 87 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 1: the Detroit Lions, who you know, people used to talk 88 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 1: shit about because his team didn't win. A lot of 89 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:18,680 Speaker 1: it was because he played for the Detroit Lions. Never 90 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 1: forget Aaron Rodgers who used to pound the table and 91 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 1: was like, I think this guy's one of the best 92 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:25,360 Speaker 1: quarterbacks in the league. And obviously the Rams thought that 93 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:27,839 Speaker 1: they acquired him and it changed their franchise. But the 94 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:30,839 Speaker 1: way that guy is playing right now and their offense 95 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:35,720 Speaker 1: and their defensive unit. I mean, if if Raheem Morris 96 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:38,719 Speaker 1: instead of being a defensive coordinator was an offensive coordinator 97 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:41,560 Speaker 1: and his unit was having the successes having with a 98 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:43,799 Speaker 1: bunch you know, Aaron Donald and a bunch of random 99 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 1: young players, he would be a lock coaching candidate. He's 100 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:50,960 Speaker 1: been a head coach before, easygoing. People like him. Obviously, 101 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:53,000 Speaker 1: he's had a lot of success with Sean McVay. But 102 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:55,480 Speaker 1: he's a defensive guy, so I think he's gonna get 103 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:58,760 Speaker 1: a bunch of interviews this offseason. It just it's hard 104 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 1: to feel great about defensive coordinators, you know, feeling confident 105 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:04,280 Speaker 1: that they're gonna get a job. We'll talk about Ben 106 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:06,560 Speaker 1: Johnson a little bit later. Some rumors that he wants 107 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:08,680 Speaker 1: fifteen million dollars a year. But he's got one thing 108 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:11,280 Speaker 1: going for him. He's an offensive coordinator. He impacts a quarterback, 109 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 1: he coaches the quarterback, and he calls the offensive plays. 110 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:17,000 Speaker 1: But Raheem Morris that that team is just listen, they're 111 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:19,640 Speaker 1: eight and seven. They feel more if you put him 112 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:21,839 Speaker 1: in the NFC South. I mean, that's a twelve thirteen 113 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 1: win team. I know the final score turned out to 114 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:27,920 Speaker 1: be a little closer, block punt and a couple of 115 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:30,839 Speaker 1: big throws. For the most part, the Saints were terrible. 116 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:33,680 Speaker 1: That was JV versus Varsity the majority of the night, 117 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:35,960 Speaker 1: and those two teams coming in to night, same record. 118 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:38,720 Speaker 1: You watch those two teams, they're not even in the 119 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 1: same universe. I mean, honestly, the Saints feel more like 120 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:44,000 Speaker 1: a six to seven win team and the Rams feel 121 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:46,400 Speaker 1: more like an eleven twelve win team, and they deserve 122 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 1: a lot of credit. I was wrong. I thought they 123 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:51,839 Speaker 1: were gonna suck. What did I underestimate? This is where 124 00:06:51,839 --> 00:06:54,000 Speaker 1: I gotta give the front office and less need a 125 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:57,320 Speaker 1: lot of credit that team. Puka Nakua is one of 126 00:06:57,360 --> 00:07:01,040 Speaker 1: the better young rookie wide receivers. I can remember. That 127 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:04,640 Speaker 1: guy is a flat out stud. That young running back baller, 128 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:07,680 Speaker 1: the middle linebacker fifty three now he's a third year 129 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:10,840 Speaker 1: guy stud. The pass rusher they got from Wake Forest 130 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:13,760 Speaker 1: in the fifth round, really really good player. So they 131 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:16,680 Speaker 1: had some core guys right, all time great defensive pass 132 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 1: rusher in Aaron Donald, Cooper Cup one of the better 133 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:22,280 Speaker 1: players in the league went healthy, and Matt Stafford obviously 134 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:25,960 Speaker 1: a max quarterback. But their ability this offseason, and never 135 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:29,760 Speaker 1: forget last year when they sucked and they had to 136 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:32,240 Speaker 1: give their pick to the Detroit Lions because of the 137 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:36,360 Speaker 1: Stafford trade. It sucked. I mean, it's a big you know, 138 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 1: kicking the nuts. It's not ideal to be awful and 139 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:42,200 Speaker 1: not have your first round pick. Right, look at the 140 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:45,280 Speaker 1: Panthers this year. It's a rough year to go through 141 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 1: because you're trying to win these games and you're losing them. 142 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:51,080 Speaker 1: And even the benefit of losing those games you don't 143 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:53,920 Speaker 1: even get to reap. But where you do is once 144 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 1: you get passed Thursday night of the draft, you pick 145 00:07:56,840 --> 00:08:00,200 Speaker 1: high in all the other rounds. And that's Listen, we're 146 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 1: very critical sometimes of successful gms. This guy's not drafting well, 147 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:08,000 Speaker 1: this guy's not drafting well. It's hard to draft twenty 148 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 1: fifth in every round when you have a team that's 149 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 1: winning twelve thirteen games going to the second, third round 150 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:15,520 Speaker 1: or the Super Bowl. You don't have a good draft 151 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 1: pick in any round. So when you get that opportunity, 152 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 1: and like we said with the Rams, they didn't have 153 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:22,920 Speaker 1: their first round pick, well they're drafted high in all 154 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:24,720 Speaker 1: the other RAMS and look at what they did. I mean, 155 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:27,280 Speaker 1: Poka Nakula, now I know he was a later round pick, 156 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:31,120 Speaker 1: but still, holy Connoli dude. The dude could play for 157 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:32,520 Speaker 1: my team any day of the week. I mean, you 158 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 1: look at the way Sean McVay looks at that guy. 159 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:37,560 Speaker 1: He's in football love. I mean, you put that guy 160 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:40,720 Speaker 1: with Cooper cup kirowin Williams and the way Matt Stafford's 161 00:08:40,760 --> 00:08:44,280 Speaker 1: playing in their young offensive line. Ryan Windell, former Patriot 162 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:47,840 Speaker 1: offensive lineman, former Fresno State Bulldog, hired him as his 163 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:51,160 Speaker 1: offensive line coach. This year. They've been good. And you 164 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 1: watch the Rams right now and you go, you know, 165 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:55,360 Speaker 1: whether they end up with ten wins or not, we'll 166 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:58,320 Speaker 1: see that. You know, Week eighteen is against the forty 167 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:00,400 Speaker 1: nine ers. Who knows what's gonna be on the line. 168 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:03,079 Speaker 1: Who knows the Rams might have seting locked up by then. 169 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:05,920 Speaker 1: They might rest guys, The Niners might not have anything 170 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:07,800 Speaker 1: to play for it. Maybe they do. I don't know. 171 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:10,800 Speaker 1: It's hard to predict how that's gonna shake out. But 172 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:13,959 Speaker 1: clearly the Rams are very very scary team going into 173 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:17,480 Speaker 1: the playoffs because if they were to play Philadelphia or 174 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:20,080 Speaker 1: the Lions, their offense can light them up like a 175 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:23,120 Speaker 1: Christmas tree. And defensively, beside Aaron Donald and you go, 176 00:09:23,160 --> 00:09:25,560 Speaker 1: who are some of these guys? They play really really 177 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:27,400 Speaker 1: well as a unit, and maybe in a year or 178 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:29,680 Speaker 1: two we'll be talking about a couple of those guys 179 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:33,680 Speaker 1: as Pro Bowl NFL players. And like I said, Raheem Morris, 180 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:37,440 Speaker 1: the front office, anytime you can reset your franchise with 181 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:43,200 Speaker 1: young players aka cheap labor to kind of surround some 182 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:46,840 Speaker 1: of your star, higher price guys. It's a great example, 183 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 1: and this is why we are so hard on the Chargers. 184 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:53,679 Speaker 1: Coaching matters so much. It was on full display tonight. 185 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,120 Speaker 1: One guy who has no business being a head coach. 186 00:09:56,240 --> 00:09:59,160 Speaker 1: He's a good defensive coordinator, shouldn't be a head coach, 187 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:02,760 Speaker 1: and another who's a flat out superstar. And clearly the 188 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:05,600 Speaker 1: Rams got very lucky that he didn't take Amazon's money 189 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:08,120 Speaker 1: a couple of years ago, because he's a football junkie. 190 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:11,520 Speaker 1: And we're better off, you know, as football fans with 191 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:15,439 Speaker 1: Sean McVay coaching, because he's a fantastic football coach, and 192 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:18,319 Speaker 1: you watch the way his team plays, how explosive they 193 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:21,840 Speaker 1: are on offense, how good he is, his concepts of 194 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:25,679 Speaker 1: getting guys constantly open, the crossing routes that he runs, 195 00:10:25,679 --> 00:10:28,360 Speaker 1: getting the ball in the hands of Pooka and Cooper Cup. 196 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:31,920 Speaker 1: And obviously, anytime you have a great quarterback, a guy 197 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:34,960 Speaker 1: with his talent who can bail you out of shitty plays, 198 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:37,920 Speaker 1: and when the plays are there, he's not gonna miss him. 199 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:42,240 Speaker 1: And I find them very very enjoyable to watch. I mean, 200 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:44,520 Speaker 1: they easily could have beat the Ravens a couple weeks ago. 201 00:10:44,920 --> 00:10:47,000 Speaker 1: That was where I think, I don't know if i'd 202 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:50,120 Speaker 1: been underestimating them, but I definitely hadn't been taken them seriously. 203 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:52,560 Speaker 1: And I watched that game start to finish and I went, 204 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:55,760 Speaker 1: holy shit, the Rams are real and obviously the way 205 00:10:55,760 --> 00:10:58,840 Speaker 1: they've played these last couple weeks and moving forward, I 206 00:10:58,880 --> 00:11:01,839 Speaker 1: think they're very scary. Like I said, if I had 207 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:03,840 Speaker 1: to make a prediction right now, if you told me 208 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:05,480 Speaker 1: the Lions are gonna end up at three and they're 209 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:08,640 Speaker 1: gonna end up at six, that's Monday Night Football, and 210 00:11:08,679 --> 00:11:12,280 Speaker 1: that's you know, the wild card weekend, and that sucks 211 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:14,920 Speaker 1: for the Lions. Not saying that the Lions can't beat them, 212 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:18,040 Speaker 1: I think they're also very similar. But I think a 213 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:20,160 Speaker 1: lot of people would bet on McVeigh and Stafford in 214 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:23,360 Speaker 1: that game. Obviously McVeigh has a much longer resume than 215 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:26,640 Speaker 1: Dan Campbell. Would be Dan Campbell's first playoff game. The 216 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:30,480 Speaker 1: Lions like listen, it's hard to quantify, but let's not 217 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:32,960 Speaker 1: act like they got a lot of experience. They know 218 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:36,200 Speaker 1: what they're doing in these playoff situations, that building would 219 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:38,839 Speaker 1: get very tight, you know, in a close game in 220 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:41,280 Speaker 1: the second half or they were down. It's not a 221 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:43,559 Speaker 1: place that's used to winning because they don't play in 222 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:47,680 Speaker 1: these games. So I got that thing circled coming from 223 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:50,560 Speaker 1: a mile away, and I truly, as a football fan, 224 00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:53,840 Speaker 1: would love for it to break that way because I 225 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:58,040 Speaker 1: think that would be just a fascinating watch. You know, 226 00:11:58,120 --> 00:12:01,679 Speaker 1: one thing that the NFL truly has is they hit 227 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:03,640 Speaker 1: you from every angle. They have a lot of off 228 00:12:03,679 --> 00:12:07,679 Speaker 1: the field drama, coaches getting fired, guys getting traded, players complaining, 229 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:11,120 Speaker 1: players doing stupid shit. But the games matter the most, 230 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:13,960 Speaker 1: and the urgency in these games is second to none. 231 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:16,920 Speaker 1: And the storylines in that game with the Stafford trade, 232 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:21,840 Speaker 1: goff McVeigh the Lions would just be freaking awesome. And 233 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:24,480 Speaker 1: kudos of the Rams for putting themselves in this position. 234 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:28,560 Speaker 1: They started really shitty, and like I said, I strictly 235 00:12:28,559 --> 00:12:31,520 Speaker 1: bet against like these young players who are these guys, 236 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:33,959 Speaker 1: and it's not often that you can get and they 237 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:36,760 Speaker 1: benefit a little bit. The NFC is clearly way down. 238 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:38,880 Speaker 1: You look at that, you know the team's vying for 239 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:41,840 Speaker 1: the six and seven seed. Let's face it, mainly suck. 240 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:45,600 Speaker 1: But it's pretty clear the Rams are by far the 241 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:50,280 Speaker 1: best group of those teams. You know, Tampa, New Orleans, Seattle, 242 00:12:50,679 --> 00:12:53,640 Speaker 1: Green Bay. You just go down the list, Minnesota. So 243 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:56,920 Speaker 1: kudos to McVeigh, kudos to the front office, and let's 244 00:12:56,920 --> 00:12:59,840 Speaker 1: face it, this is a real, real organization right now. 245 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:02,600 Speaker 1: And to me, this year, like any team when you're 246 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:05,280 Speaker 1: super loaded with star players and you're humming, you know, 247 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 1: has a chance when you're on, has a chance to 248 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:10,240 Speaker 1: win the Super Bowl? Right, Eagles last year, the Niners 249 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:12,000 Speaker 1: in the years pass even if you don't win it, 250 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:14,719 Speaker 1: Green Bay several years l Aaron Rodgers. But what does 251 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:18,200 Speaker 1: it look like when no one's picking you, when everyone 252 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:21,120 Speaker 1: thinks you're gonna stink? When everyone goes, who wait, you're 253 00:13:21,160 --> 00:13:23,800 Speaker 1: starting a fourth round or a fifth rounder, a sixth rounder, 254 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:26,600 Speaker 1: a fourth and a fifth rounder from the previous year. 255 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:29,280 Speaker 1: Who are these guys? And you coach them up and 256 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:31,520 Speaker 1: you develop them and by the end of the season, 257 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:34,920 Speaker 1: in the stretch run, they aren't just like starters. They're 258 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:39,560 Speaker 1: impact players. It's why in this league coaches get paid 259 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:42,920 Speaker 1: so much money. It's why assistant coaches, when they're good, 260 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:46,679 Speaker 1: are worth seven eight, nine hundred thousand dollars. It's why 261 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 1: defensive coordinator like Raheem Morris is making two three million 262 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:53,200 Speaker 1: dollars a year and guys are making that two on 263 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:55,280 Speaker 1: the shitty teams. It's why the owners can't wait to 264 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:58,680 Speaker 1: get rid of them. And Stan Kronke should thank his 265 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:02,640 Speaker 1: lucky stars that he signed and hired McVeigh back in 266 00:14:02,679 --> 00:14:06,079 Speaker 1: the day because this is impressive. And the other thing 267 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:08,760 Speaker 1: moving forward, they're not a team that's gonna go away. 268 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:12,240 Speaker 1: Now they are equipped with young guys kind of energizes 269 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:15,000 Speaker 1: your franchise. Looks like Aaron Donald's having fun out there, 270 00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:17,199 Speaker 1: Cooper Cup's having a blast, like Matt Stafford wears he 271 00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:18,520 Speaker 1: gonna go he might as well just play out the 272 00:14:18,559 --> 00:14:21,200 Speaker 1: string now on the contract. Maybe this is a real 273 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:23,040 Speaker 1: team for the next couple of years, and you know 274 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:26,080 Speaker 1: that's good for the NFL. And on the flip side, 275 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:28,880 Speaker 1: the Saints were in a tough spot. They really were, 276 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:31,440 Speaker 1: just like honestly, the Rams would have been if mcveig 277 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 1: would have gone to Amazon. Anytime you have a star 278 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:36,520 Speaker 1: coach and he just taps out whether to go to TV, 279 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:39,680 Speaker 1: you know, whether just to quit and take the year off, 280 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:43,640 Speaker 1: you're kind of fucked and they had some positive momentum. 281 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 1: They clearly like Dennis Allen because he had resurrected their defense. 282 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:51,200 Speaker 1: Dennis Allen isn't a head coach. I mean he's terrible. 283 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:55,280 Speaker 1: He really is. Because anytime you're a good defensive coordinator 284 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:57,600 Speaker 1: and you're not a good head coach the moment I 285 00:14:57,680 --> 00:14:59,720 Speaker 1: make you a head coach, but you keep your defensive 286 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:03,840 Speaker 1: cordon a responsibilities. The defense is gonna slip and I'm 287 00:15:03,880 --> 00:15:06,840 Speaker 1: gonna take such a huge step back with my head coach. 288 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:10,560 Speaker 1: So it's like it's a double negative, right, I'm not 289 00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:14,560 Speaker 1: making any strides forward. And I don't blame him for 290 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:17,400 Speaker 1: running it back and giving him a chance to see 291 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:19,760 Speaker 1: that he if he could right the wrong from last year, 292 00:15:20,160 --> 00:15:23,200 Speaker 1: but they doubled down on the wrong guy. And Tednwinn, 293 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:27,520 Speaker 1: who's written for The Athletic, who's I think a Raider fan. Listen, 294 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:30,920 Speaker 1: I'm not trying to bash Derek. I like him personally. 295 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:33,240 Speaker 1: He's a really good guy. He's just not a very 296 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:37,240 Speaker 1: good player anymore. And the moment, it was like twenty 297 00:15:37,320 --> 00:15:40,720 Speaker 1: to fourteen and the Rams had the ball. Excuse me, 298 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:44,000 Speaker 1: I think it was twenty to set or it was 299 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:48,440 Speaker 1: twenty seven to seven. I'm getting the score confused. They 300 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:51,880 Speaker 1: were up huge, and he tweeted like get ready for 301 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:55,000 Speaker 1: the Derek carr Holo stats, and here they came. He 302 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:57,560 Speaker 1: threw a touchdown, then they blocked a punt. He threw 303 00:15:57,560 --> 00:16:00,480 Speaker 1: another touchdown, he got a two point conversion. Like he 304 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:04,520 Speaker 1: didn't play that well. He's dumping it down on fourth down, 305 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:07,840 Speaker 1: He's throwing it behind the sticks Like that just can't happen. 306 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:12,000 Speaker 1: And there's a fine balance of being a robot and 307 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:15,840 Speaker 1: just playing with instincts, like on fourth and seven, I 308 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:18,600 Speaker 1: don't care if I'm getting pressured. I can't throw it 309 00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:22,440 Speaker 1: to a crossing route that's essentially my check down, or 310 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:25,800 Speaker 1: you know, a wheel route that is eight yards behind 311 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:28,280 Speaker 1: the sticks. My guy is gonna have to become like 312 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:30,840 Speaker 1: Barry Sanders, make three guys miss and break a tackle 313 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:32,920 Speaker 1: to even give me a chance to get the first down. 314 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:35,880 Speaker 1: And he's been doing that his entire career. And Dennis 315 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:38,080 Speaker 1: Allen on I think it was like fourth and five 316 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:41,600 Speaker 1: around midfield toward the end of the half. The Rams 317 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:44,320 Speaker 1: chose to play defense even though they won the toss, 318 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:45,880 Speaker 1: so they were getting the ball coming out of the 319 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:48,560 Speaker 1: second half well under the two minute warning. What does 320 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:51,120 Speaker 1: Dennis Allen do? He goes forward on fourth and five. 321 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:54,119 Speaker 1: It's like, bro, this just try to get the halftime 322 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:57,280 Speaker 1: down a score, take a deep breath. What does he do? 323 00:16:57,400 --> 00:16:59,600 Speaker 1: He goes for it. They don't get it. The rams 324 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:01,800 Speaker 1: a meat dealy go and score. They get the ball 325 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:03,800 Speaker 1: out of half, they drive right down the field, and 326 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:06,160 Speaker 1: if it wasn't for Matt Stafford's basso of thebis hands, 327 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:07,639 Speaker 1: they might have scored. It might have been a fourteen 328 00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:09,680 Speaker 1: point swing. Turned out to be a ten point swing. 329 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:11,840 Speaker 1: And honestly, it felt like the game ended right there. 330 00:17:12,359 --> 00:17:15,320 Speaker 1: So I listen. I think Dennis Allen is a dead 331 00:17:15,359 --> 00:17:18,520 Speaker 1: man walking. I think the same situation is a disaster, 332 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:21,880 Speaker 1: and the car contract is a disaster. They gave him, 333 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:25,359 Speaker 1: you know, essentially sixty million dollars guaranteed. He's guaranteed thirty 334 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:27,959 Speaker 1: million dollars next year. He has a no trade clause, 335 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:30,720 Speaker 1: so he's going nowhere. What they're gonna do is they're 336 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:32,800 Speaker 1: gonna fire Dennis Allen. They'll probably try to hire an 337 00:17:32,840 --> 00:17:35,800 Speaker 1: offensive coach and hopefully that he can. When I say, 338 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:38,239 Speaker 1: resurrect Derek, just make him a little bit better than 339 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:40,479 Speaker 1: he's been the last couple of years. I think usually 340 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:42,879 Speaker 1: when you get into your early mid thirties and you 341 00:17:42,920 --> 00:17:45,919 Speaker 1: start playing poorly. You see this with Jimmy Garoppolo. You 342 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:49,000 Speaker 1: usually don't battle back out. That's kind of who you became, 343 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:51,359 Speaker 1: and I think this is kind of who Derek is. 344 00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:54,920 Speaker 1: He's very average. The problem is they're paying him a 345 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:57,560 Speaker 1: decent amount of money. Like listen, we can be critical 346 00:17:57,640 --> 00:18:01,199 Speaker 1: of Jared Goff. He has his moments, especially outside, but 347 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:05,640 Speaker 1: on the aggregate throughout the seventeen games, he's pretty damn good. 348 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:07,720 Speaker 1: And if you build a good enough team around him, 349 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:10,000 Speaker 1: you're a lock to win twelve plus games. And that's 350 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:11,800 Speaker 1: what the Lions won nine last year, and they're gonna 351 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:14,440 Speaker 1: win twelve or thirteen this year. Right, So, Jared Goff 352 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:16,840 Speaker 1: is a good example of a guy making similar money 353 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:19,679 Speaker 1: who's just way better than Derek. You watch Derek tonight. 354 00:18:20,080 --> 00:18:22,320 Speaker 1: The gap, like I said, the gap between McVeigh and 355 00:18:22,359 --> 00:18:25,439 Speaker 1: Dennis Allen is the size of the Grand Canyon. You 356 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:27,880 Speaker 1: could argue the gap between Matt Stafford and Derek Carr 357 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:29,760 Speaker 1: is the same. I know you'll look up and he 358 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:33,919 Speaker 1: threw three touchdowns. Like, no, he did not play that well. 359 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:36,600 Speaker 1: Didn't play that well at all. I've seen Derek play well. 360 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:39,200 Speaker 1: What I witness tonight is just not a very good player. 361 00:18:39,359 --> 00:18:42,320 Speaker 1: It's a lot, it's hollow stats, it's hollow touchdowns. They 362 00:18:42,359 --> 00:18:45,000 Speaker 1: don't actually mean anything. They were never gonna win that game. 363 00:18:45,280 --> 00:18:46,800 Speaker 1: But if you just pull up his box score, it 364 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:49,240 Speaker 1: doesn't look nearly as bad as if you just watch 365 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:52,400 Speaker 1: the game start to finish. I think Derek Carr will 366 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:55,280 Speaker 1: be one of the main reasons that Dennis Allen's gonna 367 00:18:55,320 --> 00:18:58,439 Speaker 1: lose his job. I see, under no circumstances if the 368 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:01,040 Speaker 1: Saints don't win the division, in which I don't think 369 00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:03,560 Speaker 1: they will, that he's back next year. I don't think 370 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:05,119 Speaker 1: you can bring him back. Give you a little bit 371 00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:07,119 Speaker 1: of a pass. When the Sean Payton situation happens. You 372 00:19:07,119 --> 00:19:09,359 Speaker 1: give him a couple of years. It's pretty clear he's 373 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:12,679 Speaker 1: I mean, a blow average head coach, and you have 374 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:15,199 Speaker 1: no chance. Even in a shitty division. They put it 375 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:17,880 Speaker 1: up on Amazon to night, the division's like twenty two 376 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:19,840 Speaker 1: and thirty four. That's my thing with the Rams. If 377 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:21,520 Speaker 1: you put the Rams in the Lions Division, or you 378 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:24,240 Speaker 1: put them in the South, I mean they easily they're 379 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:27,440 Speaker 1: getting to ten to eleven wins, So you put the Saints 380 00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:30,080 Speaker 1: in the easiest division by a mile. I remember coming 381 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:31,840 Speaker 1: into the season, the reason I picked the Saints to 382 00:19:32,359 --> 00:19:35,000 Speaker 1: win pretty easily is because you looked at their schedule. 383 00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:37,480 Speaker 1: They're playing a bunch of bad quarterbacks and they're gonna 384 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:40,239 Speaker 1: struggle to get to eight wins. Think about that. They 385 00:19:40,240 --> 00:19:42,720 Speaker 1: played Tampa next week in Tampa. I got news for you. 386 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:45,679 Speaker 1: I like Tampa in that spot, and yeah, it's just 387 00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:48,280 Speaker 1: not a very very good team. So a little varsity 388 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:51,080 Speaker 1: VERSU JV tonight. One team that just feels like a 389 00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:54,000 Speaker 1: playoff team that can make some noise, and another team 390 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:57,120 Speaker 1: feels like it's just kind of stuck in neutral going nowhere, 391 00:19:57,440 --> 00:20:00,760 Speaker 1: and it probably is gonna feel changes when the season comes. 392 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:03,240 Speaker 1: So props to the Rams for, you know, kind of 393 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:06,080 Speaker 1: kicking ass and taking names at the right time of year. Okay, 394 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:08,680 Speaker 1: let's get into a couple other things. I've talked a 395 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:12,639 Speaker 1: lot about Mike Tomlin and the Steelers in the entire situation, 396 00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:15,200 Speaker 1: but I was looking at it today because I saw 397 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:17,360 Speaker 1: a headline. I don't know if the Steelers announced, if 398 00:20:17,359 --> 00:20:20,760 Speaker 1: it was leaked. I don't exactly know how the news Broke. 399 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:23,320 Speaker 1: I just saw that Mason Rudolph's gonna start and Mitts 400 00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:27,800 Speaker 1: Trubisky is the backup, and I went immediately because we've 401 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:29,840 Speaker 1: talked a lot about Mitch Trubisky that if you make 402 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:32,360 Speaker 1: him your backup quarterback. It's one thing if you make 403 00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:36,399 Speaker 1: Mitsch Trubisky your backup quarterback and your starters like Mahomes 404 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:39,520 Speaker 1: or Burrow or one of those situations, and you only 405 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:42,160 Speaker 1: have like a million dollars or two and you kind 406 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:44,840 Speaker 1: of have to go cheap. I understand it, Like you're 407 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:48,439 Speaker 1: you're kind of limited. The Steelers paid mits Trubisky. They 408 00:20:48,440 --> 00:20:51,560 Speaker 1: gave him a contract extension this offseason. They gave him 409 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:56,119 Speaker 1: a signing bonus of six point nine million dollars. Six 410 00:20:56,160 --> 00:21:00,800 Speaker 1: point nine million dollars. His salary this year is eight 411 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:05,879 Speaker 1: million dollars. They guaranteed him eight million dollars. It's one 412 00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:08,760 Speaker 1: of the highest paid backups in the National Football League. 413 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:11,680 Speaker 1: Whoever is in charge of that, if I'm the Rooneyes, 414 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:14,560 Speaker 1: like who pounded the table for this guy? And listen, 415 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:19,880 Speaker 1: everyone makes mistakes. Note every GM, every head coach, personnel mistakes. 416 00:21:20,359 --> 00:21:23,280 Speaker 1: It happens this guy had already been on your team. 417 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:25,720 Speaker 1: Like I understand the hard part about a backup is, 418 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:27,439 Speaker 1: for the most part, he doesn't play that much. And 419 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:29,280 Speaker 1: if you like the guy, and Mitch is a very 420 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:32,280 Speaker 1: likable guy, but from a football standpoint, you paid a 421 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:34,960 Speaker 1: guy eight million dollars to back up a quarterback who 422 00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:36,879 Speaker 1: was young, who hadn't proven he could stay healthy. He 423 00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:39,760 Speaker 1: hadn't even proven he was that good, and obviously this 424 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:42,080 Speaker 1: year had to play a lot. The moment he started 425 00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:45,439 Speaker 1: having to play a lot, he gets benched for Mason Rudolph. 426 00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:48,720 Speaker 1: So to me, if I'm the Roonies, they're playing the 427 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:51,800 Speaker 1: Bengals this week, which listen, there is absolutely no excuse 428 00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:54,240 Speaker 1: to not win that game. Jamar Chase is now out. 429 00:21:54,520 --> 00:21:57,280 Speaker 1: They just lost a defensive tackle to a broken leg 430 00:21:57,359 --> 00:21:59,679 Speaker 1: or bad ankle sprain. I forget the exact injury, but 431 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:02,800 Speaker 1: this Steeler team is in shambles. And I had a 432 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:06,600 Speaker 1: buddy in the league text me probably within the last month, 433 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:08,639 Speaker 1: who's like, you know, an underrated part about the Steelers 434 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:12,560 Speaker 1: right now is they turned over. You know, Kevin Colbert retired. Essentially, 435 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:16,200 Speaker 1: He's like, their front office isn't great. And one thing 436 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:19,000 Speaker 1: that Tomlin always had is a really good front office. 437 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:22,199 Speaker 1: And we're seeing all the stories come out about George Pickens. 438 00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:24,680 Speaker 1: Sage doesn't want to block because he doesn't want to 439 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:27,880 Speaker 1: get rolled up on all night long. You're watching McVeigh. 440 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:31,840 Speaker 1: It just talked clearly to herb Street now about how 441 00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:35,359 Speaker 1: much he loves his wide receivers blocking. How hard Cooper Cup, 442 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:38,760 Speaker 1: how hard pooka Nakoola block. Obviously the forty nine ers 443 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:42,680 Speaker 1: are defined by wide receivers blocking. To me, the culture 444 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:45,159 Speaker 1: and everything is all out of whack, and it starts 445 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:48,640 Speaker 1: with the cohesion of the front office, the signing of players. Mike. 446 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:51,640 Speaker 1: Everything's out of whack in Pittsburgh, and I think Mitch 447 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:55,640 Speaker 1: Trubisky is just a perfect example of that. Like, who 448 00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:59,080 Speaker 1: the fuck is signing off on paying him eight million 449 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:01,399 Speaker 1: dollars as an extent when he's already been on the squad? 450 00:23:02,119 --> 00:23:09,280 Speaker 1: Just a horrific, horrific personnel move. Okay, let's talk about 451 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:11,800 Speaker 1: my friends at Morgan and Morgan. Do you know that 452 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:15,399 Speaker 1: getting in an accident is hard? Hiring Morgan and Morgan 453 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:19,800 Speaker 1: is easy. 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Rumors out there that Ben Johnson wants 471 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:33,760 Speaker 1: fifteen million dollars a year the Lions offensive coordinator. I 472 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:35,520 Speaker 1: went and watched his press conference because I'm like, I 473 00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:37,520 Speaker 1: don't really even know what this guy sounds like or 474 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:40,200 Speaker 1: what he looks like. Did a little did a little 475 00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:43,760 Speaker 1: research walk on quarterback at North Carolina watched his press conference. 476 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:46,960 Speaker 1: Looks the part easygoing guy. I mean, I can't really 477 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:49,239 Speaker 1: take much from the press conference. He was kind of 478 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:51,560 Speaker 1: he wasn't asked about the money, but he was just 479 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:55,560 Speaker 1: asked about his head coaching opportunities. He immediately like refuses 480 00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:58,240 Speaker 1: to answer, says you should be talking to Aaron Glenn 481 00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:00,600 Speaker 1: about that too. He's clearly just a little comfortable like 482 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:03,479 Speaker 1: any assistant coaches when it comes to talking about being 483 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:06,520 Speaker 1: a head coach during the season. But I actually don't 484 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:09,440 Speaker 1: think it's that unrealistic. And even though the agent shot down, 485 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:11,320 Speaker 1: we are not asking for that money. All takes a 486 00:25:11,359 --> 00:25:14,000 Speaker 1: little bit of a bidding war. And think about all 487 00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:16,160 Speaker 1: the coaching jobs that are going to be open, and listen, 488 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:18,640 Speaker 1: I say it all the time. There is no guarantee 489 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:21,560 Speaker 1: any coordinator is gonna be good, absolutely none. Ben Johnson 490 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:24,480 Speaker 1: might be the next Kyle Shanahan. He could be the 491 00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:28,760 Speaker 1: next flop. Like, you have no clue. It is so 492 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:32,240 Speaker 1: much easier to just call plays and manage the offense 493 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:34,120 Speaker 1: than it is to be the head coach. A guy 494 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:37,360 Speaker 1: gets a DUI, a guy gets arrested. You know you're 495 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:42,040 Speaker 1: starting defensive tackle shatters his leg, Your punter gets a concussion, Like, 496 00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:45,000 Speaker 1: you have to deal with everything everything in the organization. 497 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:46,840 Speaker 1: You got the owner talking to you, you got the 498 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:49,639 Speaker 1: GM in your ass, you got sales and marketing asking 499 00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:52,439 Speaker 1: you questions. It never ends. You have so many different 500 00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:57,120 Speaker 1: obligations that the coordinator doesn't, so it's impossible to even project. 501 00:25:57,359 --> 00:25:59,159 Speaker 1: Back in the day when I was with the Eagles, 502 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:01,520 Speaker 1: one of the famous story was the reason they hired 503 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:04,760 Speaker 1: Andy Reid from the Green Bay Packers, who technically wasn't 504 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:07,119 Speaker 1: even the coordinator, is because they had done a study. 505 00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:10,240 Speaker 1: There is no guarantee that just hiring the best offensive 506 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:12,760 Speaker 1: coordinator equals a good head coach, and we've seen that 507 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:15,240 Speaker 1: over the years. I mean sometimes special teams coach, sometimes 508 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:18,600 Speaker 1: a position coach, sometimes just failed head coaches just turn 509 00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:21,800 Speaker 1: it around. I do think he's going to get an 510 00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:25,280 Speaker 1: astronomical amount of money though, because if Schefter is correct, 511 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:29,080 Speaker 1: then up to ten head coaching jobs are open. There 512 00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:32,280 Speaker 1: aren't ten head coaching candidates. And the other thing, like 513 00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:35,440 Speaker 1: I mentioned with Raheem Morris, like we've talked about before 514 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:38,840 Speaker 1: with Brian Flores, who is clearly a really good defensive coordinator, 515 00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:41,000 Speaker 1: and there are several others. Dan Quinn. A lot of 516 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:44,840 Speaker 1: guys owners in GMS, and rightfully so, are just gonna 517 00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:47,720 Speaker 1: be inclined to hire the guy that fucks with the quarterback. 518 00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:50,800 Speaker 1: Because we've seen Dan Quinn when he had Kyle Shanahan, 519 00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:54,120 Speaker 1: he was awesome. When he didn't, he sucked. Right. We've 520 00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:57,840 Speaker 1: seen Brian Flores. He hated Tua. He couldn't interact with 521 00:26:57,880 --> 00:27:01,440 Speaker 1: his offensive staff. The offense pays the bills in the 522 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:04,200 Speaker 1: National Football League. I'm not saying a defensive coach can't 523 00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:06,880 Speaker 1: be successful, and I'm not saying the defensive coaches aren't 524 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:09,440 Speaker 1: gonna get higher, But just put yourself in the shoes 525 00:27:09,480 --> 00:27:11,640 Speaker 1: of an owner or GM, you are gonna be more 526 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:15,119 Speaker 1: inclined to lean defensively. So why everyone's gonna want Harball, Right, 527 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:18,040 Speaker 1: That's why everyone's gonna want this guy. Even if Jim 528 00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:20,159 Speaker 1: Harbaugh comes to the NFL, he can only go to 529 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:22,800 Speaker 1: one team. So let's just say there are eight openings. 530 00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:27,120 Speaker 1: Ben Johnson is easily gonna be the number one candidate 531 00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:29,120 Speaker 1: in two or three of them. And to me, all 532 00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:30,680 Speaker 1: it takes, and this happens all the time in free 533 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:35,600 Speaker 1: agency to gain a bidding process on you know your services, 534 00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:38,520 Speaker 1: It takes multiple teams. If you just have one team 535 00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:40,600 Speaker 1: bidding on you, the number is not as high. Well, 536 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:43,159 Speaker 1: if you have two or three teams that want you, 537 00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:47,639 Speaker 1: that number starts maybe at five years forty million dollars 538 00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:50,359 Speaker 1: and can easily win. It's all said and done, end 539 00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:53,359 Speaker 1: up five years sixty five million dollars. So maybe he 540 00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:55,720 Speaker 1: doesn't get fifteen, but I don't think it's out of 541 00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:58,080 Speaker 1: the realm possibility. You're looking at a twelve thirteen million 542 00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:01,560 Speaker 1: dollar coach. You watch when Ben Johnson becomes a head 543 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:04,240 Speaker 1: coach in the NFL. I feel very confident in this. 544 00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:06,720 Speaker 1: The number is going to be huge. It might not 545 00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:09,639 Speaker 1: be fifteen million dollars a year. I bet it's closer 546 00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:11,680 Speaker 1: in two fifteen than it is to eight and a 547 00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:14,720 Speaker 1: half nine. And it's crazy how far we've come with 548 00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:17,719 Speaker 1: these coaching contracts. But if you go, well, hey, what 549 00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:19,520 Speaker 1: if this guy is the next Sean McVay, Because if 550 00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:21,480 Speaker 1: he is, then he's worth twenty five million dollars. Like 551 00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:23,440 Speaker 1: I watch Sean McVay to night. Whatever he's getting paid, 552 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:26,320 Speaker 1: he's underpaid. Right Watch Andy Reid, watch Kyle Shanahan. Whatever 553 00:28:26,359 --> 00:28:29,240 Speaker 1: they're making, they're Underpaid's why everyone's up in arms about Sirianni, 554 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:33,639 Speaker 1: Like what's he doing? Can't call the place, he doesn't 555 00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:36,520 Speaker 1: do anything with the defense, Like how many motivation speeches 556 00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:39,840 Speaker 1: can you give? I need you to outscheme my opponent. 557 00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:42,239 Speaker 1: I need you to motivate and scheme. That's why these 558 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:47,880 Speaker 1: offensive head coaches make so much money. Aaron Rodgers, he 559 00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:50,800 Speaker 1: was activated today to the fifty three man roster earlier 560 00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:53,600 Speaker 1: this week and they had to cut some random full 561 00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:55,880 Speaker 1: back that I've never heard of. And I saw a 562 00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:57,960 Speaker 1: lot of people like Ross Tucker, I mean people that 563 00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:00,520 Speaker 1: played in the NFL, that covered the NFL there, like 564 00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:05,000 Speaker 1: this is insane. A guy loses his job for Aaron Rodgers, 565 00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:07,840 Speaker 1: who's not even gonna play, who literally said on Tuesday 566 00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:11,520 Speaker 1: that he's done, he can't play this year. Yeah, of 567 00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:15,680 Speaker 1: course you paid Aaron Rodgers seventy five million dollars partly 568 00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:18,760 Speaker 1: because he gave you a haircut. He's your franchise. You 569 00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:21,600 Speaker 1: clearly are getting an excuse this year because he's injured. 570 00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:24,480 Speaker 1: You'll do anything. Obviously, you don't want to just put 571 00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:27,040 Speaker 1: him on injury reserve, right because the twenty one day 572 00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:29,080 Speaker 1: window ends, you have to make a decision on his 573 00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:32,160 Speaker 1: roster status. You want him to come to practice every day, 574 00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:34,960 Speaker 1: even if he's gonna be limited. You want him with 575 00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:38,400 Speaker 1: the quarterbacks, with the wide receivers, with the offensive line, 576 00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:41,280 Speaker 1: if that's worth maybe an extra win, if that's just 577 00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:45,200 Speaker 1: worth his psyche. I got news for you. No one 578 00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:47,240 Speaker 1: gives a shit about the fifty third guy on a 579 00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:50,120 Speaker 1: roster because at any moment, if there's an injury, he's 580 00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:52,160 Speaker 1: the first guy to get cut. And this is a 581 00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:55,040 Speaker 1: good example. He got cut. He didn't just get cut 582 00:29:55,320 --> 00:29:59,000 Speaker 1: for the coach's son, for the owner's cousin. He got 583 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:02,280 Speaker 1: cut for Aaron Roddy. Yes, Aaron Rodgers isn't gonna play 584 00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:04,560 Speaker 1: a game, just like that guy would not have played 585 00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:06,920 Speaker 1: a game. You are basically cutting a guy who is 586 00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:10,960 Speaker 1: gonna be inactive on game day for Aaron Rodgers, for 587 00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:13,680 Speaker 1: a lot of stuff that's hard to quantify. That's the 588 00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:17,000 Speaker 1: easiest move. Joe Douglass has made all seasons. So some 589 00:30:17,040 --> 00:30:19,680 Speaker 1: of these NFL people up in arms, and I get it. 590 00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:21,560 Speaker 1: It hits at home to a lot of guys whose 591 00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:24,120 Speaker 1: career end with getting cut, and they're sensitive to that 592 00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:26,560 Speaker 1: type stuff, especially with a guy who you know every 593 00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:29,720 Speaker 1: game check is a big deal. I understand that, but 594 00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:32,920 Speaker 1: that not really the way the world works. Right If 595 00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:35,160 Speaker 1: somehow they're like, you know, three and out is taking 596 00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:38,640 Speaker 1: up coward spot, we gotta we gotta put coward over you, Like, 597 00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:41,040 Speaker 1: what do you think would happen to me? Bye bye, John? 598 00:30:41,320 --> 00:30:45,760 Speaker 1: I mean's what are we talking about? So sometimes the reaction, 599 00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:49,080 Speaker 1: whether it be former players or by the media, is 600 00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:54,040 Speaker 1: just very uninformed when it comes to the business of football. 601 00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:57,760 Speaker 1: I mean, like I said, I think that is easily 602 00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:01,160 Speaker 1: the quickest move that no one had to think about 603 00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:03,040 Speaker 1: that the Jets have made in the last couple of years. 604 00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:06,239 Speaker 1: So Aaron Rodgers officially now on the active roster and 605 00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:09,680 Speaker 1: he will be inactive obviously on game days. I guess 606 00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:11,560 Speaker 1: the last football thing before we dive into a couple 607 00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:16,320 Speaker 1: other little things, is Florida State officially wants out of 608 00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:20,640 Speaker 1: the ACC like of course they did. When Florida State 609 00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:25,560 Speaker 1: got left out of the playoffs, the ACC officially died. Unofficially, 610 00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:28,400 Speaker 1: it had been hanging by a thread. Officially, it's over. 611 00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:32,240 Speaker 1: Same thing with the Big Twelve. Everyone knows like, oh, 612 00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:34,960 Speaker 1: they're gonna expand the playoffs. It's gonna be much more fair. 613 00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:38,160 Speaker 1: You do know when the playoffs get expanded that the 614 00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:42,680 Speaker 1: SEC and the Big Ten probably have between eight to 615 00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:45,600 Speaker 1: ten teams every single year in the playoffs. They're going 616 00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:49,480 Speaker 1: to dominate. They're gonna have like a Google, you know, 617 00:31:49,960 --> 00:31:53,760 Speaker 1: Netflix level monopoly on this thing, and Florida State knows it, 618 00:31:54,120 --> 00:31:56,719 Speaker 1: and Florida State knows the only way they can have 619 00:31:56,800 --> 00:31:59,880 Speaker 1: future success, sustain it financially is to get out of 620 00:31:59,880 --> 00:32:02,800 Speaker 1: the ACC. There are a lot of complications. I did 621 00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:06,200 Speaker 1: a little reading the clauses, the contracts they have, they're 622 00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:10,760 Speaker 1: ironclad since till two thousand and thirty six. I think 623 00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:12,400 Speaker 1: they will find a way to break them, and the 624 00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:15,720 Speaker 1: moment they do, and that damn breaks, get ready for Clemson, 625 00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:18,560 Speaker 1: Get ready for Miami, Get ready for maybe North Carolina 626 00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:21,200 Speaker 1: to join them and go to the SEC, and that'll 627 00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:24,320 Speaker 1: officially kind of end like this has always been inevitable, 628 00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:28,200 Speaker 1: the Super Conferences. That's how it's gonna end. Notre Dame 629 00:32:28,400 --> 00:32:30,440 Speaker 1: and someone else will end up in the Big Ten. 630 00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:33,560 Speaker 1: This thing's been a wrap from the jump. None of 631 00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:37,160 Speaker 1: these other conferences we're going to be able to keep 632 00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:40,240 Speaker 1: up with the money rolling into these other you know, 633 00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:42,960 Speaker 1: to the two big ones, they're gonna financially have such 634 00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:45,560 Speaker 1: a big advantage. They're gonna have such a big advantage 635 00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:49,560 Speaker 1: on the stranglehold of the power of the playoffs, and 636 00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:52,040 Speaker 1: it's only gonna continue to separate. And I know Chip 637 00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:54,000 Speaker 1: Kelly went on this rant and everyone loved it. I 638 00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:58,000 Speaker 1: thought it was the stupidest rant ever. Why would Ohio State, Michigan, Alabama, 639 00:32:58,120 --> 00:33:02,440 Speaker 1: LSU and like and Georgia want sixty four teams on 640 00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:04,880 Speaker 1: the main level, they don't want to share the revenue. 641 00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:08,840 Speaker 1: The NFL is thirty two teams, sixty four teams. Financially, 642 00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:11,640 Speaker 1: that doesn't make any sense. The only teams that rate 643 00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:14,920 Speaker 1: in this country are like Ohio State, Michigan and whoever 644 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,520 Speaker 1: they're planning, and some of the main SEC teams and 645 00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:21,000 Speaker 1: occasionally if they're good like the Oregon, Washington USC's and 646 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:23,960 Speaker 1: obviously Texas and Oklahoma. Well they're all playing together. Now, 647 00:33:24,040 --> 00:33:25,600 Speaker 1: why the fuck are they gonna want to share it 648 00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:28,360 Speaker 1: with all these other random teams Like that's again, I 649 00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:29,760 Speaker 1: get why you got a lot of credit. And this 650 00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:31,000 Speaker 1: is I'm not even trying to take it to shout 651 00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:33,160 Speaker 1: to Chip Kelly. He's just trying to do the right thing. 652 00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:36,080 Speaker 1: But financially, it makes no sense to me. There should 653 00:33:36,120 --> 00:33:38,680 Speaker 1: be about forty teams in the top conference and then 654 00:33:38,680 --> 00:33:41,240 Speaker 1: everyone else. If you want to have three tiers, you know, 655 00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:44,200 Speaker 1: three A forty, A thirty and a thirty keep the 656 00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:46,840 Speaker 1: D one double A and like the Mountain West level conferences, 657 00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:49,840 Speaker 1: however you want to do it. But the forty, however, 658 00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:52,120 Speaker 1: that shakes out. And it's pretty clear how that's gonna 659 00:33:52,120 --> 00:33:53,640 Speaker 1: shake out. The teams that are already in the Big Ten, 660 00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:57,720 Speaker 1: the teams that are already in the SEC, Clemson, Florida State, Miami, 661 00:33:57,920 --> 00:34:01,320 Speaker 1: Notre Dame, add some of those. That's it. That's a wrap. 662 00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:05,400 Speaker 1: You know. Everyone else is kind of sol It's always 663 00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:08,080 Speaker 1: been like that, clearly for the last three or four years. 664 00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:11,719 Speaker 1: The moment Oregon and Washington officially jumped ship, but like 665 00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:14,799 Speaker 1: I said, it officially ended when Florida State was left out. 666 00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:18,680 Speaker 1: Because if in the same situation an SEC team or 667 00:34:18,680 --> 00:34:20,640 Speaker 1: a Big Ten team had had the same thing happen 668 00:34:20,719 --> 00:34:24,080 Speaker 1: with their quarterback, they'd be in the dance. They just would. 669 00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:26,600 Speaker 1: And I think Florida State knows that, and they've known 670 00:34:26,640 --> 00:34:29,920 Speaker 1: it for a while, but they got to experience it firsthand. 671 00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:33,560 Speaker 1: Now they realize the ACC's dead. A couple other quick things. 672 00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:40,360 Speaker 1: Peacock has a Peacock game only on Saturday night, the 673 00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:43,640 Speaker 1: Bills Charger game only on Peacock. I currently don't have Peacock, 674 00:34:43,680 --> 00:34:45,640 Speaker 1: but I'll be at my mom's house. She's a Comcast, 675 00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:48,600 Speaker 1: she still has old school cable. She has Peacock free, 676 00:34:48,680 --> 00:34:51,080 Speaker 1: so I'll be able to watch it. And my first 677 00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:56,040 Speaker 1: reaction was, this is so stupid. This is such a 678 00:34:56,120 --> 00:34:59,000 Speaker 1: hurdle for the consumer, and the NFL is the most 679 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:01,560 Speaker 1: consumer friendly business. And then I started thinking I'd be 680 00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:03,440 Speaker 1: a little bit of hypocrite because I was the one 681 00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:07,799 Speaker 1: really supporting Amazon Prime. Though I think Amazon Prime. If 682 00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:10,120 Speaker 1: I pulled every single person listening to this right now, 683 00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:12,640 Speaker 1: are you an Amazon member? Every single one of you 684 00:35:12,640 --> 00:35:14,200 Speaker 1: would say yes. And the amount of you that have 685 00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:16,839 Speaker 1: Amazon Prime and that definitely got it over the last 686 00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:19,480 Speaker 1: couple of years because of Thursday Night football would probably 687 00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:21,279 Speaker 1: be close to one hundred percent if you're listening to 688 00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:24,120 Speaker 1: this podcasting or a football guy. And obviously Amazon Prime 689 00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:27,080 Speaker 1: brings other stuff to the table. But then I was thinking, like, 690 00:35:27,719 --> 00:35:31,359 Speaker 1: here's the thing. Is NBC the way it's currently constructed 691 00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:34,600 Speaker 1: and set up gonna be around in ten twenty years 692 00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:37,400 Speaker 1: maybe they know everything's gonna be on these streaming services. 693 00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:40,000 Speaker 1: And I've been saying this forever now. I assumed that 694 00:35:40,120 --> 00:35:44,680 Speaker 1: eventually it'll all be like Amazon has one package, Netflix 695 00:35:44,719 --> 00:35:46,919 Speaker 1: has another, and it'll kind of be shaken out that way. 696 00:35:47,360 --> 00:35:50,239 Speaker 1: But maybe the NBC game, which currently is the number 697 00:35:50,280 --> 00:35:53,319 Speaker 1: one television show in America, you know, in the next 698 00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:56,000 Speaker 1: television deal in twenty thirty one, will just be on 699 00:35:56,040 --> 00:35:59,040 Speaker 1: Peacock because we all have Peacock, and if we don't 700 00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:01,360 Speaker 1: all have Peacock, if you want to watch the NFL, 701 00:36:01,640 --> 00:36:04,200 Speaker 1: you will get Peacock. And that's essentially what they're doing. 702 00:36:04,719 --> 00:36:07,520 Speaker 1: They're giving you a little dabble. They will have a 703 00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:12,440 Speaker 1: boatload of people by the Peacock for the day or 704 00:36:12,440 --> 00:36:14,759 Speaker 1: for the month, or however you can short term, but 705 00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:18,240 Speaker 1: eventually like that game will be there. So my first 706 00:36:18,280 --> 00:36:20,640 Speaker 1: reaction was actually kind of angry. I was kind of 707 00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:23,680 Speaker 1: pissed off because I honestly didn't even I remember reading 708 00:36:23,719 --> 00:36:25,759 Speaker 1: about this at the beginning of the season, but it 709 00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:27,480 Speaker 1: kind of slipped my mind and then I saw Peacock 710 00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:30,960 Speaker 1: only I was like, eh, but listen, this is the future, 711 00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:33,200 Speaker 1: and the NFL is going to be on the forefront. 712 00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:34,920 Speaker 1: Of this part of the reason that they didn't go 713 00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:38,680 Speaker 1: heavily on the streaming services this last time around, because 714 00:36:38,680 --> 00:36:40,640 Speaker 1: they would have been able to get more money. They 715 00:36:40,640 --> 00:36:45,640 Speaker 1: were very loyal to their partners NBC, Fox, CBS. This 716 00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:48,240 Speaker 1: is going to direct think how much television has changed 717 00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:50,560 Speaker 1: in the last five years. Think. I was thinking about 718 00:36:50,600 --> 00:36:53,200 Speaker 1: this the other night. I was like, me and Maria 719 00:36:53,239 --> 00:36:55,120 Speaker 1: were looking for something to watch. I was flipping around. 720 00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:57,000 Speaker 1: I was like, because the writers strike, there's just no 721 00:36:57,120 --> 00:36:59,520 Speaker 1: television shows. It's like, I've tried to get her to 722 00:36:59,560 --> 00:37:01,440 Speaker 1: watch rec She's kind of bored. I'm like, you know, 723 00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:04,239 Speaker 1: it's actually is kind of an overrated show. So we're 724 00:37:04,239 --> 00:37:06,120 Speaker 1: like flipping around. I'm like, why don't I just turn 725 00:37:06,160 --> 00:37:09,000 Speaker 1: on the television. I'm just going to all these streaming platforms. 726 00:37:09,440 --> 00:37:11,600 Speaker 1: I don't think I did that five years ago. I 727 00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:18,919 Speaker 1: had Netflix, but my five first clicks weren't Apple, Hulu, Netflix, right, 728 00:37:19,160 --> 00:37:22,239 Speaker 1: they're all streaming service, Amazon Prime. It was always just 729 00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:23,839 Speaker 1: I went to the cable box. I just flipped around 730 00:37:23,880 --> 00:37:26,120 Speaker 1: see if a movie or show was on. So think 731 00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:28,680 Speaker 1: of how dramatically it's gonna change in the next five, six, 732 00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:32,360 Speaker 1: seven years. So listen, some of us are gonna be angry. 733 00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:34,719 Speaker 1: Not myself, but I would have been if I was here, 734 00:37:34,760 --> 00:37:36,480 Speaker 1: and I would have had to pay for it. But 735 00:37:36,920 --> 00:37:38,799 Speaker 1: let's let's be real that this is how it's all 736 00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:41,440 Speaker 1: gonna be moving forward. And I think, like the ACC 737 00:37:41,719 --> 00:37:44,799 Speaker 1: officially dying, I think the Pro Bowl now is just 738 00:37:44,960 --> 00:37:48,239 Speaker 1: completely officially dead. I saw Always announced today that they 739 00:37:48,239 --> 00:37:51,040 Speaker 1: have they've added tug a War. They're no longer really 740 00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:53,359 Speaker 1: playing the game right that they canceled the game years 741 00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:56,520 Speaker 1: ago in pads because it was so terrible. Then they 742 00:37:56,560 --> 00:37:59,600 Speaker 1: tried to do flag football, it was even worse, And 743 00:37:59,640 --> 00:38:03,879 Speaker 1: now they're doing essentially like you know, a bunch of 744 00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:07,360 Speaker 1: screw around events. I actually don't think it's terrible, like 745 00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:09,880 Speaker 1: tugle war with the offensive lineman. I remember when I 746 00:38:09,960 --> 00:38:14,080 Speaker 1: was a kid, like Brett Favv, Troy Aikman, Steve Young, 747 00:38:14,440 --> 00:38:16,719 Speaker 1: they used to get all the sweet quarterbacks and they 748 00:38:16,760 --> 00:38:20,160 Speaker 1: would have like events of like hitting moving targets who 749 00:38:20,160 --> 00:38:22,680 Speaker 1: could throw at the farthest. The problem I think for 750 00:38:22,719 --> 00:38:26,320 Speaker 1: the NFL is the Pro Bowl Game. For as much 751 00:38:26,320 --> 00:38:29,000 Speaker 1: as all of us people that watch football talk so 752 00:38:29,120 --> 00:38:31,080 Speaker 1: much shit about it, I refuse to watch it the 753 00:38:31,160 --> 00:38:33,600 Speaker 1: last three or four years that last year when Mac 754 00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:35,839 Speaker 1: Jones made it and the flag football game and did 755 00:38:35,840 --> 00:38:39,640 Speaker 1: the gritty, I was like, this is beyond them. Still 756 00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:42,280 Speaker 1: got millions of people to watch. I saw a clip 757 00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:46,840 Speaker 1: today of the most watched sports, right obviously it's football. 758 00:38:47,320 --> 00:38:49,799 Speaker 1: On the average game, the average NFL game does like 759 00:38:49,920 --> 00:38:53,439 Speaker 1: nine million people. All the other major sports do under 760 00:38:53,480 --> 00:38:57,120 Speaker 1: a million people for all the games. The NBA is 761 00:38:57,160 --> 00:38:59,960 Speaker 1: like six hundred grand Baseball and hockey are like two 762 00:39:00,120 --> 00:39:03,680 Speaker 1: three hundred thousand people. So even the Pro Bowl used 763 00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:06,040 Speaker 1: to do like six seven million people when it was 764 00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:09,000 Speaker 1: at its lowest, when it was most embarrassing. So it 765 00:39:09,040 --> 00:39:12,680 Speaker 1: is hard. You know, your partners pay all this money, 766 00:39:12,719 --> 00:39:15,360 Speaker 1: and you know it's it's hard to get millions of 767 00:39:15,360 --> 00:39:18,520 Speaker 1: people just to watch Patrick Mahomes throw the football at 768 00:39:18,560 --> 00:39:22,799 Speaker 1: a moving target. So I think that you're just gonna 769 00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:24,560 Speaker 1: have to add a lot of different events. I think 770 00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:28,479 Speaker 1: a strongman competition. I think maybe get the four best 771 00:39:28,480 --> 00:39:30,600 Speaker 1: guys who are good at golf. It's gonna be in Vegas, 772 00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:33,760 Speaker 1: play at the win you know a little the match style, 773 00:39:34,080 --> 00:39:36,800 Speaker 1: have that going on simultaneously. You're gonna have to do 774 00:39:36,840 --> 00:39:38,360 Speaker 1: a lot of that and basically just call it like 775 00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:43,680 Speaker 1: a four hours NFL skills competition, but it will not 776 00:39:43,760 --> 00:39:45,560 Speaker 1: be the same. And I think the NFL knows that 777 00:39:45,600 --> 00:39:47,279 Speaker 1: they're trying to kind of piece mail it because none 778 00:39:47,320 --> 00:39:49,279 Speaker 1: of the players want to play right and even when 779 00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:52,759 Speaker 1: they play, they freaking hate it. And it's just it 780 00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:56,320 Speaker 1: became a disaster for the NFL when everyone started making 781 00:39:56,360 --> 00:39:59,759 Speaker 1: so much money. I mean, that legendary Sean Taylor hit 782 00:39:59,880 --> 00:40:02,640 Speaker 1: on the punter. It feels like it's all been downhill 783 00:40:02,719 --> 00:40:04,759 Speaker 1: from there. And listen, I don't blame the guys. If 784 00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:08,200 Speaker 1: I was an NFL player, I would not, under any 785 00:40:08,239 --> 00:40:11,480 Speaker 1: circumstances even playing a game. If there are pats, I 786 00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:14,200 Speaker 1: wouldn't do it. One because we're not gonna go hard. 787 00:40:14,239 --> 00:40:16,239 Speaker 1: And two I can't risk if we're not going hard 788 00:40:16,239 --> 00:40:19,360 Speaker 1: in its football some weird injury right, and then even 789 00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:22,799 Speaker 1: the flag football thing. It's like it became kind of 790 00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:26,560 Speaker 1: embarrassing for the brand of the NFL, even though it's 791 00:40:26,560 --> 00:40:28,440 Speaker 1: actually kind of parallel some of the football we watch 792 00:40:28,520 --> 00:40:31,120 Speaker 1: on Sundays. But I get it. I mean, I just 793 00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:32,759 Speaker 1: think more and more, there's just so much money in 794 00:40:32,760 --> 00:40:35,200 Speaker 1: the line. You can't convince these players, and I support 795 00:40:35,719 --> 00:40:38,960 Speaker 1: I wouldn't risk any sort of injury, doing anything stupid 796 00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:43,040 Speaker 1: on something that doesn't matter at all. So listen, the 797 00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:45,840 Speaker 1: Pro Bowl's dead. I want to end with this the 798 00:40:46,280 --> 00:40:48,680 Speaker 1: bold take of the week. I've always been good at 799 00:40:48,680 --> 00:40:50,520 Speaker 1: working out, working out, It's not my problem. But my 800 00:40:50,640 --> 00:40:52,759 Speaker 1: diet for the last I don't know. I'd say all 801 00:40:52,800 --> 00:40:55,560 Speaker 1: of twenty twenty three has been pretty terrible. The amount 802 00:40:55,560 --> 00:40:59,840 Speaker 1: of sweets I've eaten this year has probably shattered records. 803 00:41:00,239 --> 00:41:03,239 Speaker 1: But I don't plan on stopping now. So my bold 804 00:41:03,280 --> 00:41:05,640 Speaker 1: take of the week is, I plan on not turning 805 00:41:05,680 --> 00:41:09,360 Speaker 1: down any single item for the next week. I'll be 806 00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:12,000 Speaker 1: home for the holidays. We're gonna be eating big. I'm 807 00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:15,680 Speaker 1: going to about three different family gatherings with her family, 808 00:41:15,719 --> 00:41:18,720 Speaker 1: with my family, with in laws, with all sorts of people, 809 00:41:19,239 --> 00:41:21,680 Speaker 1: and food's gonna be flying, and I am not turning 810 00:41:21,719 --> 00:41:25,920 Speaker 1: down anything. I plan on coming back. My cleanse, my 811 00:41:28,120 --> 00:41:31,520 Speaker 1: quest toward a healthy body, that is my temple, once 812 00:41:31,600 --> 00:41:34,839 Speaker 1: upon a time it no longer is, starts probably about 813 00:41:34,840 --> 00:41:37,080 Speaker 1: mid I'm not even starting in twenty twenty four. I'll 814 00:41:37,120 --> 00:41:40,640 Speaker 1: start about Wednesday or Thursday of next week. But starting Saturday, 815 00:41:40,840 --> 00:41:44,759 Speaker 1: Sunday and Monday, I plan on putting on a performance 816 00:41:44,840 --> 00:41:48,080 Speaker 1: of eating and obviously drinking as well and watching football 817 00:41:48,120 --> 00:41:51,480 Speaker 1: because we have about seven million football games Saturday Sunday 818 00:41:51,600 --> 00:41:54,239 Speaker 1: on Peacocks Saturday Sunday and then you know cap it 819 00:41:54,320 --> 00:41:57,719 Speaker 1: off Monday Night Niners Raven. So my ball take of 820 00:41:57,719 --> 00:42:01,120 Speaker 1: the week, I plan on eating everything insight. Brought to 821 00:42:01,120 --> 00:42:04,160 Speaker 1: you by Guinness. Gather your friends, raise your glasses, and 822 00:42:04,239 --> 00:42:08,960 Speaker 1: toastool wind. Guinness Drafts out imported by Diagio Beer Company USA, 823 00:42:09,160 --> 00:42:17,080 Speaker 1: New York, New York. Please drink responsibly. The volume