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Speaker 1: the playoffs. Uh so, I just I will be back

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Speaker 1: next week. But uh, also, we got a lot coming up,

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Speaker 1: some stuff on Belichick, stuff on Belichick's guys, Cowboys and

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Speaker 1: But we before we dive into the weekends games and

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Speaker 1: some of the matchups Mac Jones McCarthy. I wanted to

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Speaker 1: start with two Belichick guys too young Belichick quote unquote stars.

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Speaker 1: Now I hate lumping these two together because one guy

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Speaker 1: Joe Judge, same type thing. Assistant coaches were walking on eggshells.

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Speaker 1: And listen to coach football. There is a sternness, there

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Speaker 1: Belichick's a curmudgeon or Zimmer's a curmudgeon. I get it. Help.

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Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy has a famous story. When he was getting

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Speaker 1: Kyle Shanahan's personality is much closer to his, you know.

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Speaker 1: And like Belichicks, he doesn't get too high, he doesn't

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Speaker 1: think this works in business too. If if Jeff Bezos

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Speaker 1: wrote a book just about his process to be successful,

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Speaker 1: it would immediately be one of the number one best sellers.

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Speaker 1: But do you know why the guys like that, say

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Speaker 1: Saban or Tiger or Bezos or Brady or whoever Belichick,

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Speaker 1: when they talk about their process getting ready for the game,

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Speaker 1: the match, the tournaments, the meeting matters because the ultimate

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Speaker 1: result of what happens because of that process, they win.

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Speaker 1: Football is a bottom line business. No One, I repeat,

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Speaker 1: no one gives a shit about your process when you lose,

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Speaker 1: and Saban lost the other night, But his resume speaks

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Speaker 1: for itself. Brandon, you've coached one year's head coach. Your

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Speaker 1: defense was abysmal, atrocious. Just people went ran right through

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Speaker 1: it every single week and and the media is gonna

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Speaker 1: eat that up. Brandon Staley in his process, what do

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Speaker 1: you mean the process? Did he gets to take his

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00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:18,879
Speaker 1: kids ice cream on wild card weekend when the Raiders

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Speaker 1: are playing. You are judged in the NFL on wins

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Speaker 1: and losses, period, point blank, end of story. That there

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Speaker 1: is no question you can't if you're a sales guy

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Speaker 1: listening to this and you miss your quota three straight

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Speaker 1: months and you looked at your boss and you went,

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Speaker 1: I'm telling you I did a better job in my

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Speaker 1: sales calls in my sales meetings than I ever had

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Speaker 1: in my life. And he looks at you and he goes, well,

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Speaker 1: James or Bill or John, you haven't sold anything in

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Speaker 1: nine months, so whatever the hell you're doing is not working.

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Speaker 1: Like Brandon, your process this year was a complete failure

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Speaker 1: because your process had nothing to do with Justin Herbert,

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Speaker 1: who had an unreal years on the best quarterbacks in

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Speaker 1: the league. We know you're the defensive coordinator. You're not

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Speaker 1: coaching offense, and Justin Herbert was good before he got there.

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Speaker 1: But to hammer something home like that, it sounds great,

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Speaker 1: makes for a great quote, but it's just kind of embarrassing.

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Speaker 1: That's the type stuff. Why all the people that I

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Speaker 1: know in the NFL make fun of this guy because

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Speaker 1: they're judge, do you win or do you lose? That's

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Speaker 1: all that matters, especially on a team with talent. Right there,

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Speaker 1: there's Dan Campbell and stuff like that. The process, maybe

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Speaker 1: Dan Campbell and some of these bad teams do matter

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Speaker 1: because Stereo is doing with Houston trying to build it up.

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Speaker 1: I get it. They were trying to make the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: So your process, the result mattered. There was only one

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Speaker 1: desired result that was to get into the playoffs, and

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Speaker 1: you didn't do it like the Again, the reason we

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Speaker 1: talk about Nick Saban's process over and over and over

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Speaker 1: again because he's on seven fucking national championships. Seven he

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Speaker 1: wins the SEC West every year. It's because of the results.

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Speaker 1: No one cares about the process of unsuccessful people. Maybe

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Speaker 1: you do. You just try to do the opposite. You know,

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Speaker 1: the process only matters when success is at the end.

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Speaker 1: So this that's just an embarrassing quote, and that's something

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Speaker 1: you say when you don't really know what you're doing.

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Speaker 1: So I I just I can't get over the things

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Speaker 1: this guy says. It's just it's never ending it and

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Speaker 1: I still can't get over going for it at the

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Speaker 1: only eighteen yard line that that is. That was a

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Speaker 1: fireball of fence. It's funny when I had this clip

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Speaker 1: that the volume put out about, I said that I

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Speaker 1: thought it was a fireble of fence if he didn't

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Speaker 1: win the game with the Raiders, and every single comment

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Speaker 1: would just you know, it must have been Charger fans

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Speaker 1: blogs calling me a village idiot and saying, what am

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Speaker 1: I don't know what I'm talking about. It's like, well, yeah,

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Speaker 1: you see you lost. Now you're at home. That's why

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Speaker 1: you're the Chargers. Uh, let's talk about something more positive,

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00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:08,280
Speaker 1: some things I'm excited to see this weekend. I do

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Speaker 1: think this first matchup is really cool. You get this

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Speaker 1: just absolute shooting star in Joe Burrow. Uh hosting a

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Speaker 1: playoff game won the a f C North, which I'd

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Speaker 1: say going into this season look like one of the

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Speaker 1: best divisions on paper against Derek Carr, which is really

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Speaker 1: one of the better stories of the league. He's waited

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Speaker 1: eight nine years to make the playoffs because the one

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Speaker 1: year that the Raiders did make the playoffs, he shattered

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Speaker 1: his ankles against the Colts. He has this interim coach.

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Speaker 1: No one thinks they can win. I'm excited to just

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Speaker 1: watch these two guys play. You know they played earlier

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Speaker 1: this season. Uh, it was a close game in the

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Speaker 1: fourth quarter of sixteen three. Burrow did miss Jamar Chase

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Speaker 1: a couple of times deep in that game. You know,

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Speaker 1: it's weird, like the score. The final score wasn't quite

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Speaker 1: as indicative of what we witnessed, but it could have

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Speaker 1: actually been much worse. I do think the Raiders have

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Speaker 1: a lot of momentum on their side, and the Bengals

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Speaker 1: and Zach Taylor haven't proven anything to just lock them

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Speaker 1: up now. I kind of and listen, maybe I'm a

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Speaker 1: I'm a sap for a good story. I kind of

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Speaker 1: like the Raiders in this spot. I I think Derek's

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Speaker 1: gonna play really well now. The one thing that would

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Speaker 1: be a little concerning, like mac Jones, even though Derek's

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Speaker 1: been in the league much longer and played in cold

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Speaker 1: games historically, hasn't been a great cold weather player. Now,

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Speaker 1: you know, twenty degrees whatever, it's just it's cold. I

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Speaker 1: mean this, this is playoff football in the a f

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Speaker 1: C North. It's freezing. I mean for me, I I

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Speaker 1: wouldn't last. I was thinking about this the other day, like,

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Speaker 1: if someone invited me to go to a playoff game

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Speaker 1: at Lambeau, what would I say. I'd be like, you know,

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Speaker 1: I might make an excuse. I would love I've never

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Speaker 1: been to Lambeau. But if I was gonna go to

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Speaker 1: Lambeau and you called me a softie, I think I

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Speaker 1: would head there in September. I think I would head

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Speaker 1: there in you know, October. I think like past early November.

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Speaker 1: It's probably not for me, but for football players, that's

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Speaker 1: this when make your money in these cold weather places.

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Speaker 1: Now you'd also say, I guess Joe Burrow is from Ohio,

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Speaker 1: but he's played He's now been in Cincinnati for a

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Speaker 1: couple of years, even though he didn't finish last year

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Speaker 1: because of the injury. But I I'm very, very excited

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Speaker 1: to watch this game. And talking about Mac Jones, I

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Speaker 1: think it's fair to say that's gonna be hard for

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Speaker 1: the Patriots to score points. Well, Josh Allen just kind

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Speaker 1: of eviscerated the hoodie um with that game a couple

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Speaker 1: of weeks ago. That essentially won them the division in Foxboro, right,

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Speaker 1: It gave them the upper hand and then they you know,

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Speaker 1: we're able to just control their own destiny on a weekend.

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Speaker 1: Team Bill Belichick is some of the greatest game plans,

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Speaker 1: you could argue, the greatest game plans in the history

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Speaker 1: of the league. He's done it in New England. He

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Speaker 1: did it with the New York Giants. I would never

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Speaker 1: ever discount a guy to have, you know, Mike Mussina,

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Speaker 1: Clayton Uh Clayton Kershaw level curve balls. I guess Musina

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Speaker 1: had the knuckle curve. But ready for Josh Allen, Now,

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Speaker 1: Josh Allen. When you have a guy that is that talented, right,

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Speaker 1: and you see this with Herbert, you see this in

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Speaker 1: the home sometimes a good game plan, they can break it.

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Speaker 1: It's like in basketball they say, good offense always beats

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Speaker 1: good defense. You can lock me up. But if I

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Speaker 1: get my jumper off and I'm Michael Jordan, or I'm

553
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Speaker 1: Lebron James or I'm Steph Curry, that's things going in

554
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Speaker 1: nothing but that baby A great quarterback. You can call

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Speaker 1: the perfect coverage that the defensive back could be in

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Speaker 1: the perfect spot, and I can just throw the perfect

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Speaker 1: ball and Josh Allen his arm strength, his athletic ability. Um,

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Speaker 1: I'm fascinated to watch the Hoodie versus Josh Allen three

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Speaker 1: point oh because if the Hoodie can, I would say

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Speaker 1: stifle and neutralize Josh Allen, we'd have a game on

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Speaker 1: our hands. I just think it's gonna be very, very difficult,

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Speaker 1: because not that I'm in total trust of Josh Allen

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Speaker 1: that you can just lock him in three yards a

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Speaker 1: couple of touchdowns. He's gonna dominate every playoff game. But

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Speaker 1: I'm actually relatively my confidence level on him going into

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Speaker 1: a playoff game, even against Bill, because he plays Bill

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Speaker 1: so much. That helps. Right, This is not an uncommon opponent.

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Speaker 1: This is a This is a player who's used to

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Speaker 1: and Belichick's basically been their coordinator since Flora's left for

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Speaker 1: years now. He is used to seeing Bill Belichick called

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Speaker 1: defenses against him. I think it could be very intimidating,

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Speaker 1: Like if the Hoodie was playing Joe Burrow, that that

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Speaker 1: would be hard. Right. He could throw some curveballs out

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Speaker 1: of me wouldn't he. I bet Hoodie's throwing a lot

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Speaker 1: of stuff already at Josh Allen. So I'm very, very

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Speaker 1: excited to watch this schematic matchup. And then Nick Sirianni,

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Speaker 1: it's funny. Uh. I had someone text me, It's like,

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Speaker 1: remember when everyone acted like Sirianni was the village idiot

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Speaker 1: because he didn't talk well in pressors, and everyone loved

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Speaker 1: brand Staley because he was so elegant impressors. One guy's

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Speaker 1: in the playoffs, the other guys at home. Uh. If

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Speaker 1: Nick Sirianni. Nick Sirianni also the difference between the Chargers

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Speaker 1: and the Eagles. The Chargers quarterback and throw the Eagles

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Speaker 1: quarterbacks a runner he can't really throw. If Sirianni can

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Speaker 1: keep the Eagles in this game in the second half,

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Speaker 1: that's an incredible accomplishment, especially because their greatest attribute is

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Speaker 1: their running game, and their running game has been off

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Speaker 1: the second after the season. They have sliced and dice teams.

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00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:05,400
Speaker 1: Jalen's played a big role in that. The running backs

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Speaker 1: have been awesome. Uh. Their offensive line just malls people.

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Speaker 1: It's hard to mall Tampa Bay. They got some big

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Speaker 1: boys up front, and I would expect them to maybe

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Speaker 1: not be at two thousand twenty four, but they're gonna

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Speaker 1: be tough to run against. So if he can scheme

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Speaker 1: some runs, because they have to be able to scheme

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Speaker 1: the run and they have to get manageable situations. Jalen

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Speaker 1: Hurts is not gonna beat you on third and ten.

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Speaker 1: He's not Tom Brady's not Peyton Manning's not Aaron Rodgers.

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Speaker 1: That if they're in third and ten's all game long

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Speaker 1: and second and long, they're gonna lose. I mean they

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Speaker 1: they're probably gonna lose no matter what, but they'll get destroyed.

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Speaker 1: If he can keep them in second and manageable and

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Speaker 1: third manageable, they at least have a chance to keep

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Speaker 1: it respectable. And if you can stay respectable with the

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Speaker 1: defending champs when everyone picked you to be terrible, that

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Speaker 1: that that is an awesome season. That being said, uh,

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Speaker 1: it's I have a hard time seeing Tampa Bay not

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Speaker 1: winning this game last thing, because I've seen us up

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Speaker 1: there and I've actually been thinking about this. Will Anderson

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Speaker 1: number thirty one for Alabama, who is a true sophomore.

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Speaker 1: If he was draft eligible, he would be the number

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Speaker 1: one overall selection in the two NFL draft. I don't

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Speaker 1: think it'd be close. He would go ahead of I

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Speaker 1: take Hutchinson over Cabon, he would go ahead of both

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Speaker 1: those guys. I don't even You wouldn't even have to hesitate.

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Speaker 1: He's the best player in college football by a wide margin,

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Speaker 1: but he's not draft eligible. And I go back and

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Speaker 1: forth with the opt I opt out of a bowl

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Speaker 1: game whatever. We've never seen, really seen guys opt out

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Speaker 1: of the season until last year, and I don't really

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Speaker 1: count that. The reason Penney Sewell opted out of the

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Speaker 1: season is the Pack twelve wasn't gonna play football. The

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Speaker 1: reason that Micah Parsons opted out of the season with

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Speaker 1: Penn State is the Big Ten like to Pack twelve,

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Speaker 1: we're not gonna play football. Jamaar Chase Little ahead of

626
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Speaker 1: the curve realized l s U was a sinking ship.

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Speaker 1: He's like, I'm out. But some of the guy has

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Speaker 1: that opted out in the Pack twelve, in the Big Ten,

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Speaker 1: their conferences were not gonna play. They were not the A, C, C,

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Speaker 1: the SEC in the Big twelve that said they were

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Speaker 1: all in, Well, we know the SEC loves football and

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00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:15,280
Speaker 1: they're playing COVID. No COVID it ain't. It doesn't matter.

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Speaker 1: They're playing football. The one thing, though, I do wonder,

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Speaker 1: is there're gonna be some more quarterbacks in the two

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Speaker 1: three draft, and I've tried to wrestle with there should

636
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Speaker 1: be some sort of committee because I don't believe that

637
00:34:28,520 --> 00:34:31,760
Speaker 1: sophomores in football should just be able to be eligible.

638
00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:33,480
Speaker 1: I like the way it is. Most of them are

639
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Speaker 1: not ready, but there is a small percentage of outliers,

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Speaker 1: and Will Anderson would fall under that that if you're

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Speaker 1: a first round pick, maybe a top twenty pick, you

642
00:34:42,360 --> 00:34:45,240
Speaker 1: should be able to go pro. Because if Will Anderson

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Speaker 1: could go pro, he would, I'm sure, because he would

644
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Speaker 1: be picked number one, thirty eight million dollars. But he can't.

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00:34:51,760 --> 00:34:54,920
Speaker 1: So now he wrestles with what do I do? And

646
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Speaker 1: I'm not even saying he's wrestling with this, but this

647
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Speaker 1: conversation is gonna happen should he play in two thousand

648
00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:02,800
Speaker 1: twenty two? And I always struggle with this. The media

649
00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:06,560
Speaker 1: always has opinions like, unless you're like Adam Schefter Colin

650
00:35:06,600 --> 00:35:10,760
Speaker 1: Coward and you're making seven figures, most media members, especially

651
00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:12,880
Speaker 1: if you're a writer, like you're not making that much money.

652
00:35:13,239 --> 00:35:15,160
Speaker 1: Who are you? And listen. I don't care how much

653
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Speaker 1: money you make, but if you're gonna give someone advice

654
00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:19,680
Speaker 1: that's gonna make ten million dollars a year, how does

655
00:35:19,719 --> 00:35:22,400
Speaker 1: that guy get advice from someone making eighty grand? So,

656
00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:24,880
Speaker 1: if I'm Will Anderson, like, I don't care what the

657
00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:28,480
Speaker 1: media says, but I do wonder that we're gonna be

658
00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:30,399
Speaker 1: a team that's gonna be in all these physical games

659
00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:33,000
Speaker 1: because that's the way we play. The SEC is naturally physical.

660
00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:37,960
Speaker 1: Should I consider opting out because the practices the games,

661
00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:40,680
Speaker 1: Like every time that I play, I risk a Jalen

662
00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:43,640
Speaker 1: Smith level injury. Remember that derailed the guy's career. Now

663
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Speaker 1: he ended up getting lucky that Jerry Jones had a

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Speaker 1: soft spot and he got some money, but he would

665
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Speaker 1: have been a fifteen year pro that I I do

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Speaker 1: understand that if if the if it comes out that

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Speaker 1: Will Anderson is contemplating sitting out the season, I would

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Speaker 1: get it. But I will also understand if he wants

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Speaker 1: to play, because you know what's fun to do as

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00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:05,280
Speaker 1: a player, play football, especially if you're a good player.

671
00:36:05,320 --> 00:36:06,960
Speaker 1: You know why, because you kicked the ship out of

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00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:09,319
Speaker 1: people you're playing. You watch him the other night, he's

673
00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:11,759
Speaker 1: tossing guys left and right, making tackles all over the place.

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00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:15,839
Speaker 1: Here's the other thing in any profession at the highest level.

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00:36:15,880 --> 00:36:17,960
Speaker 1: And I remember when Colin said this about Jon Gruden

676
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Speaker 1: and his number one logic of shorting John Gruden when

677
00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:24,000
Speaker 1: he came back to the Raiders, is in what profession

678
00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:27,560
Speaker 1: that is highly competitive? Can you take a decade off

679
00:36:27,600 --> 00:36:30,279
Speaker 1: and come back and be good? And he was dead right.

680
00:36:30,680 --> 00:36:33,720
Speaker 1: Jon Gruden was kind of overwhelmed. Just wasn't that good

681
00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:36,239
Speaker 1: And maybe he was overrated to begin with, but it

682
00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:38,560
Speaker 1: was clear like you can't take that much time off,

683
00:36:38,920 --> 00:36:42,840
Speaker 1: even in football. But iron Sharpen's iron. You get better

684
00:36:43,160 --> 00:36:46,600
Speaker 1: by doing whatever you do, and it's hard to train,

685
00:36:47,320 --> 00:36:49,480
Speaker 1: you know now, But there are examples. Last year, Michael

686
00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:52,319
Speaker 1: Parsons took the season off, came Defensive Player of the year.

687
00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:54,200
Speaker 1: Jamarch took the season off. Like I don't know if

688
00:36:54,200 --> 00:36:56,520
Speaker 1: there's right or wrong answer to this. Now, people that

689
00:36:56,640 --> 00:36:58,920
Speaker 1: have been around Alabama will always say they've never had

690
00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:00,600
Speaker 1: an opt out. I don't think they've ever read a

691
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Speaker 1: guy miss a Bowl game. But this guy, even with

692
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Speaker 1: Bryce Young, I don't think it will be a question

693
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Speaker 1: because quarterbacks not really in Harm's way, like you don't

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00:37:09,320 --> 00:37:11,839
Speaker 1: play George's defense very often. I bet there were several

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Speaker 1: games this year where he didn't get touched. But I

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Speaker 1: think with Will Anderson, when you play in the trenches

697
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Speaker 1: and you have so much money on the line, obviously

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00:37:19,200 --> 00:37:22,680
Speaker 1: Bryce does two with c J. Stroud, But I I

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Speaker 1: do think it's it's gonna be a tough question. I mean, listen,

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Speaker 1: as of right now, I expect him to play, but

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Speaker 1: if a story comes out that he's contemplating it, I

702
00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:36,640
Speaker 1: would completely understand. Okay, we had some breaking news. Uh

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Speaker 1: just just a couple of minutes ago. David Culley, the

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00:37:40,719 --> 00:37:44,440
Speaker 1: Houston Texans former head coaches, he got fired. David Culley,

705
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Speaker 1: who was a Texas coach. They just fired him. And

706
00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:50,839
Speaker 1: I look on the internet and I see everyone freaking out,

707
00:37:50,920 --> 00:37:56,360
Speaker 1: like I can't believe that the Houston Texans fired David Culley.

708
00:37:56,520 --> 00:37:59,319
Speaker 1: I'm thinking to myself, are we living in the same world? What?

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00:37:59,480 --> 00:38:04,200
Speaker 1: You can't surprised? Remember when they hired David Culley, people

710
00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:07,879
Speaker 1: are like, they're hiring who what are they doing? They

711
00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:11,960
Speaker 1: hired David Culley to literally get them through the mud

712
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:14,520
Speaker 1: and the muck. And you know the best part about

713
00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:17,600
Speaker 1: being put in these shitty situations. One, no one forces

714
00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:20,279
Speaker 1: you to do it. No one forced David Kelly to

715
00:38:20,360 --> 00:38:22,520
Speaker 1: be the head coach of the Houston Texans. But do

716
00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:25,880
Speaker 1: you know why he did it? As Palisaro just tweeted

717
00:38:25,880 --> 00:38:28,719
Speaker 1: and I listen, I'm not Tom as more contacts in

718
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Speaker 1: the league than me and says he's, oh, twenty two

719
00:38:31,320 --> 00:38:34,360
Speaker 1: million dollars. I don't necessarily believe that because Adam Schefter

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Speaker 1: reported that he only signed a two year deal, basically

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Speaker 1: two years of guaranteed money. Well the two years, let's

722
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Speaker 1: even say if it was five million dollars a year,

723
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Speaker 1: David Kelly was probably making a million dollars as like

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Speaker 1: a you know, assistant passing game coordinator. I worked with

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Speaker 1: David Kelly in Philadelphia, very very nice to me, very

726
00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:56,840
Speaker 1: good guy. He was a good wide receiver coach. He

727
00:38:56,960 --> 00:38:58,920
Speaker 1: was older at the time, you know, that was a

728
00:38:58,960 --> 00:39:02,799
Speaker 1: decade ago, A little lesson that, And never once in

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Speaker 1: my mind did I envisioned him being an offensive coordinator,

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Speaker 1: let alone a head coach. The simple reality was, if

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Speaker 1: the Houston Texans weren't in the shittiest of ship spots,

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Speaker 1: they never would have hired David Culley just to even

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Speaker 1: be in this situation. David Culley was never gonna be

734
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Speaker 1: a head coach. No one complains more about millionaires being

735
00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:24,799
Speaker 1: paid millions to go away than the Internet. It's just

736
00:39:24,880 --> 00:39:28,120
Speaker 1: so clueless. The Houston Texans, David Culley was never gonna

737
00:39:28,120 --> 00:39:30,879
Speaker 1: be there long two years max, more than likely one year.

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Speaker 1: To me, when he was hired, clearly the owner was

739
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:34,960
Speaker 1: on board with it. This was what they were gonna do.

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00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:36,719
Speaker 1: They were gonna get through the first year, and then

741
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Speaker 1: they were gonna hire I don't know a real head coach.

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Speaker 1: David Culley is a good guy, nice guy. I don't

743
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Speaker 1: think he has any clue what he's doing. Can coach

744
00:39:45,120 --> 00:39:48,279
Speaker 1: wide receivers. That's it. I'm not even trying to be

745
00:39:48,400 --> 00:39:51,520
Speaker 1: an a hole. I'm just simply saying, like, I don't

746
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Speaker 1: think it's weird at all that the Houston Texans fired him.

747
00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:57,359
Speaker 1: Now who they hire, I think we can judge them.

748
00:39:57,480 --> 00:40:00,360
Speaker 1: But if they go out and get Brian Flores, which

749
00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:03,320
Speaker 1: to me would make some sense, or get a real coach,

750
00:40:03,880 --> 00:40:07,040
Speaker 1: like I'll give him some credit. They couldn't get anyone

751
00:40:07,080 --> 00:40:09,680
Speaker 1: to take their job last year, So if you couldn't

752
00:40:09,680 --> 00:40:12,120
Speaker 1: get anyone that you wanted you do what they did.

753
00:40:12,200 --> 00:40:13,719
Speaker 1: Now you need the owner to sign off, and he

754
00:40:13,760 --> 00:40:16,080
Speaker 1: clearly did. Luckily, these owners have so much money it

755
00:40:16,120 --> 00:40:18,879
Speaker 1: doesn't matter. But all these people get up in arms

756
00:40:18,880 --> 00:40:22,200
Speaker 1: when these guys lose their jobs. Like I just read

757
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Speaker 1: Joe Judge, he gets fifteen million dollars to go away.

758
00:40:26,760 --> 00:40:29,680
Speaker 1: These are for These aren't first class problems. These are

759
00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:32,719
Speaker 1: the elite of the elite problems. And let's face it,

760
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Speaker 1: most of these coaches ain't Andy Reid, a Sean Payton,

761
00:40:35,320 --> 00:40:38,439
Speaker 1: a Mike Tomlin. They're a dime a dozen. I could

762
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Speaker 1: close my eyes and go to high school practice and

763
00:40:40,560 --> 00:40:43,839
Speaker 1: find a guy equal. Like, let's stop acting like most

764
00:40:43,880 --> 00:40:47,040
Speaker 1: of these guys even should be in their spot, most

765
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Speaker 1: of them. If I was the opposing team, I'd send

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Speaker 1: the fucking limo to pick them up because I'd want

767
00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:54,360
Speaker 1: him to be on the sideline. The overwhelming majority of

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00:40:54,400 --> 00:40:58,160
Speaker 1: coaches in the NFL are averaged below. Most guys are

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Speaker 1: not Sean McVeigh, Cale, Shannah Mike Rabel, Andy Reid, Bill Belichick,

770
00:41:03,760 --> 00:41:06,480
Speaker 1: Sean McDermott. Like there are ten twelve really good guys.

771
00:41:06,600 --> 00:41:09,319
Speaker 1: There are thirty two teams in the league. Over half

772
00:41:09,320 --> 00:41:13,759
Speaker 1: of them are easily fire able easily. David Culley was

773
00:41:13,840 --> 00:41:16,319
Speaker 1: the least qualified. I guess let me rephrase that. You

774
00:41:16,320 --> 00:41:18,680
Speaker 1: could argue Joe Judge was the least qualified coach in

775
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Speaker 1: the league. David Culley had coached in the NFL for

776
00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:24,360
Speaker 1: much longer. But David Culley was a lifetime position coach.

777
00:41:24,760 --> 00:41:28,840
Speaker 1: And there's nothing wrong with that. I think everyone acts.

778
00:41:29,560 --> 00:41:33,160
Speaker 1: When you drive by a big building, there's only one

779
00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:36,480
Speaker 1: corner office at the top of the building. People have

780
00:41:36,560 --> 00:41:39,120
Speaker 1: to sit in the cubicles in the middle of every floor.

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00:41:39,719 --> 00:41:43,400
Speaker 1: Do you know what. Someone has to clean the toilets,

782
00:41:43,400 --> 00:41:47,839
Speaker 1: someone has to vacuum the floors. Not everyone gets the

783
00:41:47,920 --> 00:41:51,640
Speaker 1: sweet role. Not everyone's made for the sweet role. You

784
00:41:51,680 --> 00:41:54,919
Speaker 1: see this when you're like ten twelve years old at recess, Yeah,

785
00:41:54,920 --> 00:41:57,359
Speaker 1: you're like, I'm not gonna be a quarterback. You know,

786
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Speaker 1: you know Brian is and then that guy in up

787
00:42:00,120 --> 00:42:03,160
Speaker 1: being your high school quarterback. You kind of know, like

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00:42:03,200 --> 00:42:07,080
Speaker 1: it separates pretty quickly, and when you're sixty sixty five

789
00:42:07,160 --> 00:42:10,520
Speaker 1: years old most of the time you're not. Bruce Arians

790
00:42:10,640 --> 00:42:12,720
Speaker 1: probably got screwed. You should have been a head coach earlier.

791
00:42:13,080 --> 00:42:17,399
Speaker 1: I'd say Bruce Arians outlier David Color, David Culley much

792
00:42:17,440 --> 00:42:20,560
Speaker 1: more normal. A lot of guys in his shoes would

793
00:42:20,560 --> 00:42:22,719
Speaker 1: have jumped at being a head coach, even in the

794
00:42:22,719 --> 00:42:26,800
Speaker 1: worst situation like the Texans were, because it changes economically

795
00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:30,160
Speaker 1: as bank account this is Wall Street now, it just

796
00:42:30,200 --> 00:42:33,759
Speaker 1: happens to be the product is football. If he is

797
00:42:33,800 --> 00:42:37,799
Speaker 1: as pellisaro, oh, seventeen million dollars, he never would have

798
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Speaker 1: sniffed seventeen million dollars coaching wide receivers or quarterbacks, and

799
00:42:43,600 --> 00:42:45,920
Speaker 1: that pays pretty well eight grand, nine hundred grand, a

800
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Speaker 1: million dollars whatever. The guy. I'm not crying over any

801
00:42:49,040 --> 00:42:50,920
Speaker 1: of these guys you know how to cry over is

802
00:42:50,920 --> 00:42:53,640
Speaker 1: like the intern who didn't have health benefits. But even

803
00:42:53,680 --> 00:42:56,000
Speaker 1: these position coaches that get fired, if you're making five

804
00:42:56,440 --> 00:42:59,920
Speaker 1: fifty GUR and you've been making high six figures for years,

805
00:43:00,080 --> 00:43:02,160
Speaker 1: like if you're not an idiot, you should be able

806
00:43:02,160 --> 00:43:04,919
Speaker 1: to figure it out. And if you're at Kelly's level

807
00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:07,120
Speaker 1: like one, you shouldn't have been a head coach. I

808
00:43:07,320 --> 00:43:09,759
Speaker 1: feel zero sympathy for when you get fired because you

809
00:43:09,800 --> 00:43:12,080
Speaker 1: knew what you signed up for. Whatever happened to that

810
00:43:12,840 --> 00:43:14,640
Speaker 1: you know what you signed up for, you think he

811
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Speaker 1: thought he was signing up for Alabama or the Pittsburgh Steelers.

812
00:43:18,360 --> 00:43:22,160
Speaker 1: Of course not he knew what he was doing. That's

813
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Speaker 1: why I would imagine the internet is more angry than

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Speaker 1: David Kelley today. David Kelly knew he was high. Now Listen,

815
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Speaker 1: most coaches are hired to be fired. He who just

816
00:43:29,520 --> 00:43:31,600
Speaker 1: happened to be hired to be fired after a year.

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00:43:32,280 --> 00:43:34,719
Speaker 1: Remember when everyone ripped the Texans for hiring him. That's

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Speaker 1: what it's just. I don't I'm not trying to let

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Speaker 1: social media anger me, but the reaction is just And

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00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:44,040
Speaker 1: again it's by all these writers. Do any of them

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Speaker 1: know what they're talking about? I struggle with that. Do

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Speaker 1: any of these people that cover football actually know what

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Speaker 1: they're talking about? Sometimes I come to uh to the

824
00:43:52,280 --> 00:43:59,200
Speaker 1: conclusion they don't. Okay, Middlecoff mail Bag. That is the

825
00:43:59,239 --> 00:44:04,560
Speaker 1: time of the day at John Middlecoff is the Instagram,

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Speaker 1: you guys know the drill. Slide right into those d

827
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Speaker 1: m s and get your question answered here on the

828
00:44:12,239 --> 00:44:19,839
Speaker 1: podcast from John. Hey bro love your take on Cutcliff

829
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Speaker 1: today on Twitter, and it actually chilled me out a

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Speaker 1: bit because you are right. I think you may maybe

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Speaker 1: meant Kelly interesting that two coaches who performed their firing

832
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Speaker 1: who outperformed their firing were black. It is consistent with

833
00:44:34,600 --> 00:44:37,760
Speaker 1: the narrative that minority coaches have smaller margin for error.

834
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Speaker 1: Your voice discussing the issue would be cool and potentially impactful.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if impactful. Well, Brian Flores was fired

836
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Speaker 1: because he didn't get along with his black general manager.

837
00:44:50,400 --> 00:44:54,480
Speaker 1: They the owners sided with the black general manager in Miami.

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Speaker 1: So I wouldn't fire Blind Flowers. He won't nineteen games,

839
00:44:58,280 --> 00:45:02,280
Speaker 1: but they had, you know, issues of not getting along,

840
00:45:02,320 --> 00:45:06,200
Speaker 1: and usually the GM, his black GM backstabbed the head coach.

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00:45:06,400 --> 00:45:09,239
Speaker 1: That's kind of what it looks like happened the Culley thing.

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00:45:09,880 --> 00:45:13,319
Speaker 1: Culley was hired to be fired. The Houston, Texas job

843
00:45:13,360 --> 00:45:15,360
Speaker 1: last year was the worst job in the history of jobs.

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Speaker 1: No one would take it. David Culley was sixty six

845
00:45:18,120 --> 00:45:20,800
Speaker 1: years old, a lifetime position coach, was never gonna be

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00:45:20,840 --> 00:45:23,920
Speaker 1: a head coach ever. Ever, ever, so they hired him

847
00:45:23,920 --> 00:45:27,479
Speaker 1: ever like the and then they were going to fire

848
00:45:27,520 --> 00:45:30,160
Speaker 1: him after a year when they could go hire another coach. Well,

849
00:45:30,160 --> 00:45:33,040
Speaker 1: what if they hired Brian Flores. That's because serios, maybe

850
00:45:33,040 --> 00:45:36,799
Speaker 1: it's a stereos guy. I I think it. Morris's was like,

851
00:45:36,840 --> 00:45:39,560
Speaker 1: I wouldn't have fired Brian Flores, but like it's not

852
00:45:39,600 --> 00:45:41,960
Speaker 1: like a white guy fired him, the black general manager

853
00:45:42,600 --> 00:45:46,200
Speaker 1: like one that power struggle. And in the Texans he

854
00:45:46,280 --> 00:45:50,319
Speaker 1: was literally hired to last a year maybe two. It

855
00:45:50,440 --> 00:45:54,640
Speaker 1: was not. It was mocked when David Culley was hired,

856
00:45:55,160 --> 00:45:59,560
Speaker 1: mocked by media people, How you hired David Culley? You

857
00:45:59,640 --> 00:46:05,680
Speaker 1: guys are terrible. The Texans Cassario Easterby, they literally hired

858
00:46:05,760 --> 00:46:08,640
Speaker 1: him to fire him a little bit later. So I

859
00:46:08,960 --> 00:46:12,600
Speaker 1: actually think that the Miami thing, and I know Race

860
00:46:12,680 --> 00:46:15,440
Speaker 1: came up with Brian Flores. The general manager was a

861
00:46:15,480 --> 00:46:19,960
Speaker 1: black guy who backstabbed Florest. Like it's not really debatable

862
00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:22,280
Speaker 1: and and a Cully I cannot I I just talked

863
00:46:22,280 --> 00:46:24,839
Speaker 1: about it like I'm not I don't have anything else say.

864
00:46:24,880 --> 00:46:28,799
Speaker 1: On Kelly, here's a question for the bag. How much

865
00:46:28,880 --> 00:46:31,520
Speaker 1: say do you think players get on new coaching hires,

866
00:46:31,560 --> 00:46:35,480
Speaker 1: if any at all? Absolutely zero. I think they have

867
00:46:35,960 --> 00:46:41,040
Speaker 1: zero say unless you're like Tom Brady, and obviously he

868
00:46:41,080 --> 00:46:43,080
Speaker 1: never would have. I mean he had Belichick the whole time,

869
00:46:43,120 --> 00:46:50,120
Speaker 1: but Rodgers didn't. Uh yeah, they don't. This is uh,

870
00:46:50,239 --> 00:46:52,719
Speaker 1: this isn't the NBA No Golf podcast this week. No,

871
00:46:53,440 --> 00:46:55,320
Speaker 1: you know, I got my voice is messed up. I

872
00:46:55,400 --> 00:46:59,160
Speaker 1: got a little omicron so, um, we'll be back back

873
00:46:59,200 --> 00:47:02,560
Speaker 1: at it next week. We're get on some some cool stuff,

874
00:47:02,600 --> 00:47:07,200
Speaker 1: some some visuals, some graphics. Might have just put together

875
00:47:07,239 --> 00:47:13,480
Speaker 1: a little Instagram account. Um. Other than that, let's rock

876
00:47:13,520 --> 00:47:17,600
Speaker 1: and roll, Hey, John. My thoughts on the Raiders coaching

877
00:47:17,640 --> 00:47:21,359
Speaker 1: search is. In my opinion, if Rich can come out

878
00:47:21,400 --> 00:47:24,400
Speaker 1: on top of the Bengals, I believe he should be

879
00:47:24,440 --> 00:47:28,799
Speaker 1: offered one year, proved deal. Like many players, I think

880
00:47:28,800 --> 00:47:32,480
Speaker 1: it's worth the gamble. What are your thoughts. I think

881
00:47:32,520 --> 00:47:36,040
Speaker 1: it's harder to do that with coaches because coaches, you know,

882
00:47:36,480 --> 00:47:42,319
Speaker 1: are establishing multi years drafting players, scheme stuff. I saw

883
00:47:42,440 --> 00:47:46,040
Speaker 1: lock Infora and you never know. Lack Infora wrote that

884
00:47:46,120 --> 00:47:49,719
Speaker 1: Mike Mayocks on shaky ground, which I had heard last

885
00:47:49,800 --> 00:47:52,120
Speaker 1: year during the draft, that Mike Mayock was gonna get fired.

886
00:47:53,000 --> 00:47:54,680
Speaker 1: I guess it would have been. It would have been

887
00:47:54,880 --> 00:47:57,760
Speaker 1: this spring. I thought Mike Mayock was gonna get fired

888
00:47:57,800 --> 00:48:00,959
Speaker 1: this spring. So that they're been a lot of if

889
00:48:00,960 --> 00:48:03,759
Speaker 1: he picks now were they Gruden's picks? Where they max picks?

890
00:48:03,760 --> 00:48:07,799
Speaker 1: Hard to know unless you're in the building. But yeah,

891
00:48:07,840 --> 00:48:09,960
Speaker 1: I mean, I think there are a lot of moving

892
00:48:10,000 --> 00:48:15,280
Speaker 1: parts and pieces in Vegas. I don't think anyone's safe

893
00:48:15,400 --> 00:48:19,080
Speaker 1: win or lose Saturday, but winning, I'd say Derek Carr

894
00:48:19,680 --> 00:48:23,279
Speaker 1: is making himself pretty safe. Please address on the podcast

895
00:48:23,880 --> 00:48:27,080
Speaker 1: What's Up Man, fan of the show, everyone's talking about

896
00:48:27,080 --> 00:48:28,920
Speaker 1: whether or not Roger stays in Green Bay, and I

897
00:48:28,920 --> 00:48:32,560
Speaker 1: don't think they're addressing the elephant in the room, Matt

898
00:48:32,640 --> 00:48:37,480
Speaker 1: Laflour's decision making and inability in the playoffs. How likely

899
00:48:37,560 --> 00:48:39,160
Speaker 1: is it that Rodgers hasn't e been to back to

900
00:48:39,200 --> 00:48:42,960
Speaker 1: back NFC championship games? Is it Rogers out of Green Bay?

901
00:48:43,000 --> 00:48:46,279
Speaker 1: If Laflour makes another horrendous coaching decision like he did

902
00:48:46,360 --> 00:48:49,640
Speaker 1: last year kicking the field goal down eight, I think yeah,

903
00:48:49,640 --> 00:48:51,279
Speaker 1: I don't know what was Were they down eight or

904
00:48:51,280 --> 00:48:54,840
Speaker 1: were they down side? Note Lafleur doesn't get enough criticism

905
00:48:54,840 --> 00:48:57,239
Speaker 1: for one of the worst coaching decisions in recent memory.

906
00:48:57,800 --> 00:49:00,560
Speaker 1: I think he got pretty fairly blasted last year for

907
00:49:00,600 --> 00:49:05,120
Speaker 1: that for kicking that field goal. Uh. If I remember correctly,

908
00:49:05,200 --> 00:49:09,960
Speaker 1: Rogers wasn't exactly perfect in that game, and on third

909
00:49:10,000 --> 00:49:12,680
Speaker 1: down he missed a guy I'm not and listen, I

910
00:49:12,680 --> 00:49:16,920
Speaker 1: would rather have Rodgers in the floor. But uh, I

911
00:49:16,960 --> 00:49:18,759
Speaker 1: hear you. I mean I think there's a lot of

912
00:49:18,800 --> 00:49:21,760
Speaker 1: pressure on La Flora and Rogers these next couple of weeks.

913
00:49:22,360 --> 00:49:24,960
Speaker 1: There's a ton and we'll have to see who they

914
00:49:24,960 --> 00:49:28,080
Speaker 1: play once this weekend plays out, and I would say

915
00:49:28,080 --> 00:49:30,680
Speaker 1: they have more pressure on them than any team because

916
00:49:30,719 --> 00:49:36,080
Speaker 1: of the pending will Rodgers demanded trade, so I I

917
00:49:36,120 --> 00:49:38,600
Speaker 1: think all eyes are gonna be on Green Bay. To me,

918
00:49:38,640 --> 00:49:40,719
Speaker 1: i'd pick him to win the Super Bowl, but I

919
00:49:40,760 --> 00:49:44,960
Speaker 1: could be made an idiot. Back to back years. I listened. Hey, John,

920
00:49:45,040 --> 00:49:47,600
Speaker 1: loved the podcast. I listened while I work landscaping. Really

921
00:49:47,640 --> 00:49:51,080
Speaker 1: appreciate your takes. I'm a dired fan of the new Chargers,

922
00:49:51,120 --> 00:49:53,799
Speaker 1: and I disagree with parts of your critique of Staley.

923
00:49:54,200 --> 00:49:56,719
Speaker 1: I am actually pleased with the status of our team.

924
00:49:56,760 --> 00:49:58,920
Speaker 1: The loss of the Raiders came from five mistakes from

925
00:49:59,000 --> 00:50:01,920
Speaker 1: multiple phases of the team. Yes, going for it fourth

926
00:50:01,920 --> 00:50:04,360
Speaker 1: in our own territory was a mistake, but so was

927
00:50:04,400 --> 00:50:07,839
Speaker 1: a muff punt, a horrible Keenan Allen drop, a bad

928
00:50:08,080 --> 00:50:10,239
Speaker 1: p I call, a hundred plush yards of penalties, and

929
00:50:10,239 --> 00:50:14,440
Speaker 1: a misfield goal. As bad as these mistakes were, you

930
00:50:14,480 --> 00:50:17,080
Speaker 1: need to understand this comes from a brand new special teams,

931
00:50:17,239 --> 00:50:20,560
Speaker 1: a complex new offense still in the early stages of implementation.

932
00:50:21,280 --> 00:50:24,399
Speaker 1: The offense. Justin Herbert through like thirty seven touchdowns this year.

933
00:50:24,920 --> 00:50:27,960
Speaker 1: It took brief several years of cooking with the system

934
00:50:28,040 --> 00:50:30,840
Speaker 1: to get cooking with the system. Justin Herbert dominated this season.

935
00:50:31,320 --> 00:50:33,800
Speaker 1: Justin Herbert was a top five quarterback in the National

936
00:50:33,840 --> 00:50:39,320
Speaker 1: Football League this year. An absolute badass like Justin Herbert

937
00:50:39,360 --> 00:50:42,840
Speaker 1: was sweet. The defense that requires more depth than experience

938
00:50:42,880 --> 00:50:45,680
Speaker 1: in order to come together, and young first year head coach.

939
00:50:46,040 --> 00:50:51,239
Speaker 1: It seems bad, but I perceive um the team will

940
00:50:51,239 --> 00:50:55,000
Speaker 1: tweak some of these errors next year. Staley blah blah blah.

941
00:50:55,200 --> 00:50:58,680
Speaker 1: I love Collins philosophy on Manteltics versus analytics. Really the

942
00:50:58,719 --> 00:51:01,320
Speaker 1: analytics said, don't go word on fourth in your own territory.

943
00:51:01,400 --> 00:51:04,759
Speaker 1: Staley actually went for it with the Manteltics because of

944
00:51:04,800 --> 00:51:07,080
Speaker 1: the X factor is Herbert. The biggest problem is he

945
00:51:07,160 --> 00:51:09,880
Speaker 1: ran it up the gut with a little running back convert.

946
00:51:10,200 --> 00:51:12,320
Speaker 1: Uh and we saw him do it four times in

947
00:51:12,360 --> 00:51:17,439
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter. Yeah, I mean, I just I don't know, man,

948
00:51:17,560 --> 00:51:20,200
Speaker 1: I I think that guy's a lot of fluff with

949
00:51:20,239 --> 00:51:22,680
Speaker 1: that guy. I love Justin Herbert. He's one of my

950
00:51:22,680 --> 00:51:24,359
Speaker 1: favorite players in the NFL. He's one of the most

951
00:51:24,400 --> 00:51:27,520
Speaker 1: talented players I ever remember seeing a four years old

952
00:51:28,440 --> 00:51:31,000
Speaker 1: head coach. I just I got a massive red flag

953
00:51:31,080 --> 00:51:34,960
Speaker 1: on Scottish fan here. You had mentioned you have a

954
00:51:35,000 --> 00:51:37,640
Speaker 1: golf podcast. Now what is it called? Looking forward to

955
00:51:37,680 --> 00:51:40,839
Speaker 1: having a listen If you're ever planning on visit Scotland,

956
00:51:41,040 --> 00:51:43,520
Speaker 1: happy to host you for some golf. Well, Nick, I

957
00:51:43,520 --> 00:51:46,359
Speaker 1: appreciate that the golf podcast is just gonna be on

958
00:51:46,360 --> 00:51:48,799
Speaker 1: this feed, so there's not gonna be a separate feed.

959
00:51:48,800 --> 00:51:51,719
Speaker 1: It's all gonna be under one umbrella. Trying to keep

960
00:51:52,640 --> 00:51:55,280
Speaker 1: keep our hands on all the cash. You know, first

961
00:51:55,360 --> 00:51:57,200
Speaker 1: you need to tell your buddy Colin to stop calling

962
00:51:57,239 --> 00:52:00,640
Speaker 1: IOWA the fake idea of college football. But question I

963
00:52:00,680 --> 00:52:03,560
Speaker 1: have is with the Giants announcing they fired Judge yesterday,

964
00:52:03,600 --> 00:52:06,080
Speaker 1: that brings now six head coaching vacancies in the NFL,

965
00:52:06,760 --> 00:52:10,879
Speaker 1: possibly probably seven if you include the Raiders. What job

966
00:52:10,960 --> 00:52:13,280
Speaker 1: is the most appealing and what job is the least appealing?

967
00:52:13,280 --> 00:52:17,840
Speaker 1: And why I would say the most appealing It depends

968
00:52:18,120 --> 00:52:21,360
Speaker 1: or I would say as a general manager. The most

969
00:52:21,400 --> 00:52:26,319
Speaker 1: appealing job would be the Giants. They are one of

970
00:52:26,360 --> 00:52:29,920
Speaker 1: the biggest brands in football there at the lowest point

971
00:52:30,719 --> 00:52:34,600
Speaker 1: maybe in modern day franchise history. They have multiple top

972
00:52:34,600 --> 00:52:37,120
Speaker 1: ten picks. They have a roster that you can get

973
00:52:37,200 --> 00:52:40,000
Speaker 1: rid of the majority of players. Again, the bar is

974
00:52:40,120 --> 00:52:43,560
Speaker 1: so low that if in like two years you're competing

975
00:52:43,560 --> 00:52:45,560
Speaker 1: to get a wild card spot, you will be viewed

976
00:52:45,600 --> 00:52:49,640
Speaker 1: as a hero. So and you get the picks. Now,

977
00:52:49,680 --> 00:52:52,760
Speaker 1: as a coach, that's not an appealing job. That team sucks.

978
00:52:52,840 --> 00:52:55,359
Speaker 1: They have no they have no quarterback. I would say

979
00:52:55,400 --> 00:52:58,239
Speaker 1: an appealing job as a coach would be one with

980
00:52:58,320 --> 00:53:01,839
Speaker 1: a young quarterback. I keep hearing Denver's a really appealing job.

981
00:53:02,120 --> 00:53:05,120
Speaker 1: They don't have a quarterback, and sometimes you can just

982
00:53:05,360 --> 00:53:09,160
Speaker 1: never find a quarterback. Ask Chris Ballard how that's going.

983
00:53:09,280 --> 00:53:13,160
Speaker 1: It's very difficult. I would say the Bears, if you

984
00:53:13,200 --> 00:53:16,439
Speaker 1: like Justin Fields, would be very appealing, but their cap

985
00:53:16,560 --> 00:53:21,520
Speaker 1: situation and roster situation is in shambles. The jack situation

986
00:53:21,560 --> 00:53:23,960
Speaker 1: would be also very appealing because of Trevor Lawrence. The

987
00:53:24,000 --> 00:53:26,560
Speaker 1: problem is you have to take orders from Trent Balky.

988
00:53:27,040 --> 00:53:30,280
Speaker 1: So in Minnesota you have Kirk Cousins on the roster.

989
00:53:30,920 --> 00:53:33,160
Speaker 1: I think most of these jobs are open for a reason.

990
00:53:33,760 --> 00:53:37,520
Speaker 1: They neat some work. But the one thing about great coaches.

991
00:53:38,080 --> 00:53:41,080
Speaker 1: Bill Parcels made the Giants a great job. Bill Belichick

992
00:53:41,120 --> 00:53:43,919
Speaker 1: made the New England Patriots a great job. The forty

993
00:53:44,000 --> 00:53:47,440
Speaker 1: Niners were a fucking laughing stock with Chip Kelly and

994
00:53:47,560 --> 00:53:51,200
Speaker 1: Jim tom Seula. Kyle Shanahan makes the school. The Rams

995
00:53:51,320 --> 00:53:54,680
Speaker 1: were a joke under Jeff Fisher Sean McVeigh. So good

996
00:53:54,680 --> 00:53:58,479
Speaker 1: coaches make jobs. I think if you're a good coach,

997
00:53:58,560 --> 00:54:00,880
Speaker 1: you look at jobs like I can change it. I

998
00:54:00,920 --> 00:54:02,879
Speaker 1: can fix it. That's the way a lot of those

999
00:54:02,880 --> 00:54:05,920
Speaker 1: guys are wired. Thoughts on Lane Kiffin being linked to

1000
00:54:05,920 --> 00:54:09,880
Speaker 1: the Vikings, I think he I think he would go

1001
00:54:09,920 --> 00:54:11,560
Speaker 1: if he was offered the job. I just don't think

1002
00:54:11,560 --> 00:54:13,759
Speaker 1: they're gonna offer I don't think Lane Kiffin is gonna

1003
00:54:13,760 --> 00:54:16,640
Speaker 1: get offered an NFL job, But I think Lane Kiffin

1004
00:54:16,680 --> 00:54:18,959
Speaker 1: would leave Old miss Yesterday I heard he was trying

1005
00:54:18,960 --> 00:54:24,439
Speaker 1: to get jobs Florida, Oregon. It's never gonna get better

1006
00:54:24,440 --> 00:54:25,920
Speaker 1: than it was last year to Old Missed. They won

1007
00:54:25,960 --> 00:54:30,520
Speaker 1: ten games, which is a school record, and in the

1008
00:54:30,560 --> 00:54:35,400
Speaker 1: regular season, he's losing his star quarterback. But yeah, I

1009
00:54:35,520 --> 00:54:38,279
Speaker 1: just I I can't see the Minnesota to me. If

1010
00:54:38,280 --> 00:54:40,719
Speaker 1: you're Minnesota, like I hired Doug Peterson, just hire a

1011
00:54:40,760 --> 00:54:45,239
Speaker 1: real coach, Hire an offensive coach in the NFL. I

1012
00:54:45,320 --> 00:54:47,239
Speaker 1: enjoy your podcast. Do you think Brian Flores would be

1013
00:54:47,280 --> 00:54:49,759
Speaker 1: a great fit with Chicago Bears? Yeah, I mean I

1014
00:54:50,560 --> 00:54:52,680
Speaker 1: think they just need to get a physical too. I

1015
00:54:52,760 --> 00:54:55,000
Speaker 1: think he makes a lot of sense. I can close

1016
00:54:55,040 --> 00:54:59,160
Speaker 1: my eyes and envision Brian Flores wearing Chicago Bears colors

1017
00:54:59,800 --> 00:55:02,200
Speaker 1: and the you know and the you know, the coaching

1018
00:55:02,200 --> 00:55:05,759
Speaker 1: outfit going up and down. They like defense. He's a

1019
00:55:05,800 --> 00:55:08,919
Speaker 1: defensive guy, He's a tough guy. I think that would

1020
00:55:08,960 --> 00:55:10,719
Speaker 1: make a lot of sense. They need a lot of

1021
00:55:10,760 --> 00:55:13,799
Speaker 1: work though, they need a GM. They they're in cap

1022
00:55:13,920 --> 00:55:18,120
Speaker 1: hill that they got some problems. Their roster is not great.

1023
00:55:18,640 --> 00:55:20,680
Speaker 1: They don't have a first round pick because the Giants

1024
00:55:20,719 --> 00:55:24,080
Speaker 1: have it justin fields better be good because they traded

1025
00:55:24,080 --> 00:55:26,880
Speaker 1: a first round pick to get him. I picked up

1026
00:55:26,880 --> 00:55:28,640
Speaker 1: your pot on the Herds Feed last summer and have

1027
00:55:28,719 --> 00:55:31,879
Speaker 1: been a consistent listener ever since. Appreciate you, buddy. I'm

1028
00:55:31,880 --> 00:55:34,080
Speaker 1: a longtime Jets fan who currently lives in New England

1029
00:55:34,800 --> 00:55:37,640
Speaker 1: and probably will be here for life. My friends from

1030
00:55:37,680 --> 00:55:40,239
Speaker 1: college are all Pats fans and love to rag on

1031
00:55:40,320 --> 00:55:43,520
Speaker 1: me and the depressing Jets. They always tell me I

1032
00:55:43,520 --> 00:55:45,320
Speaker 1: should just give up on the Jets and start rooting

1033
00:55:45,320 --> 00:55:48,520
Speaker 1: for the Pats. I'm not seriously considering this yet, but

1034
00:55:48,560 --> 00:55:50,920
Speaker 1: should I be? The Jets have subpar ownership and the

1035
00:55:50,960 --> 00:55:53,239
Speaker 1: Pats always seem to make good moves. Why not just

1036
00:55:53,320 --> 00:55:56,560
Speaker 1: join the dark side and root for winning. I became

1037
00:55:56,680 --> 00:55:58,360
Speaker 1: numb as a fan a long time ago when I

1038
00:55:58,360 --> 00:56:02,279
Speaker 1: started working in UH in the NFL. Really, the only

1039
00:56:02,280 --> 00:56:03,719
Speaker 1: team I'd say I'm a true fan of is the

1040
00:56:03,760 --> 00:56:07,200
Speaker 1: San Francisco Giants. I like the Warriors, but I didn't

1041
00:56:07,200 --> 00:56:09,560
Speaker 1: grow up a Warriors fan. I I jumped on the

1042
00:56:09,560 --> 00:56:11,959
Speaker 1: bandwagon because I remember I moved back to the Bay Area,

1043
00:56:12,000 --> 00:56:14,120
Speaker 1: I saw Stephan Clay and Draymond I fell in love.

1044
00:56:14,760 --> 00:56:17,880
Speaker 1: I'm a fan like I would never emotionally tie myself

1045
00:56:18,000 --> 00:56:21,440
Speaker 1: if my team consistently sucked. I don't like misery in

1046
00:56:21,520 --> 00:56:25,160
Speaker 1: my life. Now, you gotta go through bad years, like

1047
00:56:25,239 --> 00:56:28,399
Speaker 1: if you're, for example, Seattle fan, like, yeah, you gotta

1048
00:56:28,480 --> 00:56:31,120
Speaker 1: tough it out. But if you are just constantly shitty

1049
00:56:31,200 --> 00:56:33,080
Speaker 1: like the Jets, and the majority of your life, your

1050
00:56:33,080 --> 00:56:35,840
Speaker 1: team sucks. I think it's fair to ask yourself, is

1051
00:56:35,880 --> 00:56:39,080
Speaker 1: this worth it? Do? I want to tie my emotion

1052
00:56:39,160 --> 00:56:43,160
Speaker 1: to a team that statistically, historically has proven that they're

1053
00:56:43,160 --> 00:56:45,640
Speaker 1: going to consistently let me down and listen, it's not

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Speaker 1: even about winning championships. Can you just go win nine

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Speaker 1: ten games? Look at the Cowboys for example, Yeah, they haven't,

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Speaker 1: you know, been at the NFC Championship game in twenty

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Speaker 1: five years, but at least they have every other year

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Speaker 1: they make the playoffs and they just have ten wins,

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Speaker 1: and they of cool players. The Jets, I would again,

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Speaker 1: you might hate me for saying this. I would be

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Speaker 1: in a ship not saying they aren't deserving. But is

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Speaker 1: it crazy to think that a team like the Broncos

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Speaker 1: interviewing Nathaniel Hackett and Luke Getsy has something to do

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Speaker 1: with them eyeing Rogers or love? Yeah? I don't know.

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Speaker 1: If I can't, I have no clue. I I guess.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I think it's fair to say you could

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Speaker 1: put two and two together, but I also say you

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Speaker 1: could just they're just interviewing guys on successful teams, guys

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Speaker 1: on successful offenses, and want to hire an offensive coach,

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Speaker 1: even though everything points to them hiring Dan Quinn. So

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Speaker 1: if the Niners get to the NFC Championship game, does

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Speaker 1: Jimmy G still get traded? Thanks, m hell of a question.

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Speaker 1: I would say Jimmy G could be kind the comeback trail.

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Speaker 1: You're gonna play like you did at the end of

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Speaker 1: that game and the Rams you win a couple of

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Speaker 1: playoff games, all of a sudden, Jimmy G starting for

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Speaker 1: the Niners. Trey Lance the no one's ever traded three

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Speaker 1: first rounders for a back, back up, back to back years.

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Speaker 1: But that's what it's starting to look like. Okay, that's

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Speaker 1: my voice has given out. Appreciate everyone, have a great weekend.

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