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Speaker 1: couple of programs that just want to kick your ass.

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Speaker 1: Here's the problem for Tennessee. Defense stinks. Defense is really bad.

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Speaker 1: Now on the flip side, Lamar in these playoff games,

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Speaker 1: now he's only played in two, has not been good

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Speaker 1: throwing the ball. You can throw the ball against Tennessee.

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00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:37,720
Speaker 1: So if they're whoever runs the ball well in this game,

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00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:40,320
Speaker 1: both teams ideally want to run for like two or

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Speaker 1: fifty yards. But as we know, good coaches in the

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00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:46,920
Speaker 1: playoffs take away your strength. So if they can take

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Speaker 1: away the run game, can Lamar Jackson throw it on

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Speaker 1: the Titans? Can you throw for two yards and two

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Speaker 1: or three touchdowns? Because if you tell me right now,

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Speaker 1: Lamar throws for two yards and three touchdowns, I give

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Speaker 1: the Ravens a shot to win. I think the Ravens

436
00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:05,760
Speaker 1: as a complete team are better. But I think Tannehill

437
00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:10,280
Speaker 1: is a passer, is better in Lamar in those situations.

438
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Speaker 1: But I think both guys want to excel on play

439
00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:16,600
Speaker 1: action and that's how these offenses work. That's why when

440
00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:19,240
Speaker 1: either team is running the ball well, they usually dominate,

441
00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:22,440
Speaker 1: and when you can't run the ball with these teams,

442
00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:26,040
Speaker 1: it's when they struggle. This this game is pretty good.

443
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Speaker 1: This game is not as good Saints hosting the Bears

444
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Speaker 1: almost it's nine and a half points. Uh. I just

445
00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:36,439
Speaker 1: I don't trust your biscuit at all. I mean, it

446
00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:39,280
Speaker 1: was terrible last week against the Packers. You see some

447
00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:41,800
Speaker 1: of the you know, you dive in on some of

448
00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:46,560
Speaker 1: the analytics and some of his yards had been yards

449
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Speaker 1: after catch. That the games he played the last four

450
00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:52,280
Speaker 1: or five games strength of schedule before the Packer game

451
00:24:52,359 --> 00:24:54,439
Speaker 1: was terrible. I mean, they were beating up on bad teams.

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Speaker 1: I I just I don't know man Sean Payton, verst

453
00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:01,880
Speaker 1: Uck Pagano. I don't think Chuck Bogango is any good.

454
00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:04,760
Speaker 1: I do think the Bears probably be able to put

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Speaker 1: some points on the board. Allen Robinson's has a fantastic season,

456
00:25:08,359 --> 00:25:11,720
Speaker 1: David Montgomery's really came on. The Notre Dame rookie tight

457
00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:15,240
Speaker 1: end has been good. The defense just is not the same.

458
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Speaker 1: Like I watched the Bears defense and see a dramatic

459
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Speaker 1: drop off from where it was with Vick Fanjio, I

460
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Speaker 1: I whether it's Taysom Hill, Jamis Winston or it's gonna

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Speaker 1: be Drew Brees. I just don't see how the Bears

462
00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:30,200
Speaker 1: stopped like their their defense isn't that great anymore, which

463
00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:33,919
Speaker 1: is really a problem, you know, because Mr Robisky is

464
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Speaker 1: not good. So if Mr r Biski is just a guy,

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Speaker 1: you need your defense to be good. Which it was

466
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Speaker 1: Naggie's first year. Well now with Chuck Paganoh was just

467
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Speaker 1: I just think it's bad. I would expect the line

468
00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:49,720
Speaker 1: is too big. I'm not I wouldn't bet this game

469
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Speaker 1: just because you could be up seventeen points, you know,

470
00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:56,440
Speaker 1: and get like a late touchdown in a two points.

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00:25:56,440 --> 00:25:59,760
Speaker 1: You know. It's just that's a lot of points. But

472
00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:03,080
Speaker 1: Saints are gonna win this game and then the nightcap

473
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Speaker 1: on Sunday. I think it's pretty simple as of recording this.

474
00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:09,760
Speaker 1: They don't have a coach the Browns, right, or really

475
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Speaker 1: a lot of the coaching staff or their best offensive lineman.

476
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Speaker 1: But to me, not having a coach, and we've talked

477
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Speaker 1: about this a lot this year, you can have a

478
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Speaker 1: great quarterback and lose a lot of games. Look at

479
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Speaker 1: the Texans. You cannot have a good team with a

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Speaker 1: terrible coach and win a lot of games. We saw

481
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Speaker 1: the Browns last year basically the same roster. I know

482
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Speaker 1: they improved the offensive line a little bit, but if

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Speaker 1: I put Stefanski as the head coach of the two

484
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Speaker 1: thousand nineteen Browns, maybe they don't win eleven games, but

485
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Speaker 1: they win nine. Coaches make franchise. Now you need a

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Speaker 1: great quarterback, and they're like Aaron Rodgers can play with anybody,

487
00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:52,680
Speaker 1: but even Mahomes like needs kind of andy. They need

488
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Speaker 1: each other. The Browns needed a good coach and they

489
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Speaker 1: finally got one, and he can't coach in the playoff

490
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Speaker 1: game against their Vision rival. So to me, I think

491
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Speaker 1: I don't even think it's hyperbole. There has never been

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Speaker 1: more pressure on a coach in the first round of

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Speaker 1: the playoffs. Then Mike Tomlin. I'm not saying he's gonna

494
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Speaker 1: lose his job or whatever. Mike Tomlin cannot lose a

495
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Speaker 1: lose a game to the Cleveland Browns when they don't

496
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Speaker 1: have a head coach. Can't do it. What wou's Mike

497
00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:29,560
Speaker 1: Sickletary say, can't do it. I can't win with him.

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Speaker 1: You have to win this game. If you're Mike Tomlins,

499
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Speaker 1: I think earlier in the week, I defended Mike Tomlin.

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Speaker 1: You have some bad losses in the playoffs. Happened against

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Speaker 1: the Jags. I don't hold it against him that he

502
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Speaker 1: couldn't beat Belichick in the playoffs. You cannot lose to

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Speaker 1: the Cleveland Browns without their entire coaching staff basically but

504
00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:53,160
Speaker 1: their offensive coordinator slash head coach who changed the franchise.

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Speaker 1: It would be it would be a blemish on Tomlin's

506
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Speaker 1: resume that would be hard to scrub off, and it

507
00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:03,879
Speaker 1: would be one of the great wins in playoff history

508
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Speaker 1: if Cleveland were to win this game without their head coach.

509
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Speaker 1: I'm not an NFL historian in the sense before I

510
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Speaker 1: was born. I can't imagine an NFL game has ever

511
00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:16,119
Speaker 1: been played without their head coach in the playoffs. Obviously,

512
00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:18,280
Speaker 1: the NFL has never been around. There's been a pandemic

513
00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:21,439
Speaker 1: and these Corona rules, but they are what they are

514
00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:24,800
Speaker 1: and he's not around. So Mike Tomlin, I think the

515
00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:27,680
Speaker 1: game opened at minus four once the information came out.

516
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Speaker 1: The last night I looked at was six six and

517
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Speaker 1: a half, depending on where your book is. I don't

518
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Speaker 1: see how the Steelers don't win this game. By ten.

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Speaker 1: I just I have that little I've I've seen the

520
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Speaker 1: Browns without Stefanski. It does not work. They cannot win

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Speaker 1: without him. We have twenty plus years evidence, so even

522
00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:50,160
Speaker 1: recently with these similar players on the roster, it does

523
00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:53,200
Speaker 1: not work. When he's there, they're competitive. When he's not there,

524
00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:57,480
Speaker 1: they're laughing stock. So I'll be the first to say it,

525
00:28:57,560 --> 00:29:01,400
Speaker 1: if the Browns upset the Steelers without their head coach

526
00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:03,600
Speaker 1: is one of the great playoff wins, arguably the greatest

527
00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:07,040
Speaker 1: playoff win I've ever seen. That's insane because even some

528
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Speaker 1: of the upsets, like Tom Coughlin and ELI beat the

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Speaker 1: O seven Patriot team, they had all their fucking players

530
00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:16,960
Speaker 1: like stray Hand talk Eli. I mean they still have

531
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Speaker 1: Tom Coughlin, you know, Spagnola, whoever. These guys are missing

532
00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:25,960
Speaker 1: their head coach. Imagine if I would have been, like,

533
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Speaker 1: do you remember when ELI beat the Patriots and Tom

534
00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:32,360
Speaker 1: Coughlin was at home? I think how crazy that would be.

535
00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:35,400
Speaker 1: But that's not the case. Stefanski is sitting at home.

536
00:29:36,080 --> 00:29:38,680
Speaker 1: I gotta win, so I'm gonna go the Steelers minus six.

537
00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:42,520
Speaker 1: I would imagine that numbers only gonna continue to rise. Okay,

538
00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:46,920
Speaker 1: let's dive in really quick the coaching carousel. For many

539
00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:50,240
Speaker 1: people listening, you're hoping your team will get a head

540
00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:52,640
Speaker 1: coach soon. I guess I don't know how many people.

541
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Speaker 1: You know. They're only six job openings Lions, Jets, Falcons, Jags, Texans,

542
00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:06,840
Speaker 1: and I guess we have general managers. Well, Joe Douglas

543
00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:11,440
Speaker 1: is in New York. Be Ca Sario now is in Houston,

544
00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:15,200
Speaker 1: And I recorded the first part before this news of

545
00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:18,840
Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson. That's mad. He wasn't part of the process,

546
00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:24,640
Speaker 1: you know, Like I said, the NFL's this isn't the NBA. Like,

547
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Speaker 1: even if people tell you they care what you think,

548
00:30:26,680 --> 00:30:30,680
Speaker 1: I don't know if they really do. Well. So let's

549
00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:33,480
Speaker 1: say he asked the owner asked to Shawn Watson, I

550
00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:35,760
Speaker 1: don't think you should hire this guy. I want this guy. Well,

551
00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:37,400
Speaker 1: if you don't want to hire that guy, you're gonna

552
00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:39,200
Speaker 1: do it, and he's gonna be extra piste off. So

553
00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:42,560
Speaker 1: you just don't ask him for his opinion. It's just

554
00:30:42,720 --> 00:30:45,320
Speaker 1: kind of the way the world works. You signed the contract,

555
00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:49,240
Speaker 1: you signed all this money. You know you you signed

556
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Speaker 1: up for this once you signed a huge contract in

557
00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:58,160
Speaker 1: the NFL you've married yourself to that franchise, so you

558
00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:00,400
Speaker 1: can get mad all you want, but you owns to

559
00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:02,960
Speaker 1: do that. If you truly hated this franchise the first

560
00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:05,080
Speaker 1: couple of years, you could have made a stink. I'm

561
00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:07,880
Speaker 1: not Shaun Watson fan, but I don't I don't feel

562
00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:10,240
Speaker 1: much sympathy once you signed the big contract. So the

563
00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:13,960
Speaker 1: way the world works sucks. Like you signed that contract

564
00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:18,680
Speaker 1: when Bill O'Brien was your coach. I I just the

565
00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:21,360
Speaker 1: coaching carousel, man. I mean, it's, like I said earlier

566
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Speaker 1: this week, most important position inside your building. He's the

567
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Speaker 1: highest paid employee non player. He makes more than the

568
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Speaker 1: majority of players on your team. Anyway. I mean, how

569
00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:34,960
Speaker 1: many NFL teams have guys making If you hire ten

570
00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:38,280
Speaker 1: million dollar coach over ten million dollars, probably three or four,

571
00:31:38,480 --> 00:31:40,560
Speaker 1: you actually don't have as many as you think. You

572
00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:42,960
Speaker 1: have a lot of like five to ten million dollar players,

573
00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:45,920
Speaker 1: but you actually don't have that many guys making fifteen million.

574
00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:48,400
Speaker 1: That's not the way the league works, especially on some

575
00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:51,840
Speaker 1: of these teams now that the Falcons actually do. But

576
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Speaker 1: from what I've been told by a couple of people

577
00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:58,280
Speaker 1: is a lot of people think that Robert sal is

578
00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:01,720
Speaker 1: gonna end up in Detroit, and I know he's from there.

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00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:07,600
Speaker 1: I personally think in pro sports, unlike college, Like in college,

580
00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:11,480
Speaker 1: it matters where you're from because you're always gonna gravitate

581
00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:14,120
Speaker 1: towards what you're comfortable with when it comes to recruiting.

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Speaker 1: That's why West Coast guys thrive. On the West Coast,

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00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:21,280
Speaker 1: Pete Carroll was awesome, Chris Peterson was awesome, Bloody forever

584
00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:23,720
Speaker 1: in Oregon. Tedford had a ton of success at Cow

585
00:32:24,240 --> 00:32:28,320
Speaker 1: Willcox now at cow David Shaw. Southern guys, I like

586
00:32:28,400 --> 00:32:33,040
Speaker 1: Southern guys in the South, Saban, Jimbo Kirby, like that's

587
00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:35,800
Speaker 1: where they do their work. Now Urban wasn't outliar, but

588
00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:38,040
Speaker 1: I do think there's something to be said about West

589
00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:42,240
Speaker 1: Coast guys, Southern guys, Northeastern guys. They just feel comfortable

590
00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:44,280
Speaker 1: in that area. In the pros, it does not matter.

591
00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:46,760
Speaker 1: I remember when Jack del Rio got hired for the

592
00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:49,640
Speaker 1: Raiders and everyone made this big deal that he was

593
00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:52,280
Speaker 1: from like right down the road and grew up a

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Speaker 1: Raider fan. Like, to me, it's cool for like the

595
00:32:54,680 --> 00:32:58,160
Speaker 1: media love ship like that, but it's irrelevant. The only

596
00:32:58,200 --> 00:32:59,960
Speaker 1: thing that's gonna matter is are you a good coat?

597
00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:03,400
Speaker 1: You let him to the playoffs? Right? Something Gruden hasn't sniffed.

598
00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:06,640
Speaker 1: But Robert Salo I think his parents still live in

599
00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:09,440
Speaker 1: that area. He went to school at Central Michigan. None

600
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Speaker 1: that means anything. If I was Robert Salo, I would

601
00:33:12,280 --> 00:33:14,680
Speaker 1: not want the Lion's job now. If that's the only

602
00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:16,600
Speaker 1: job I'm getting offered, I don't have a choice if

603
00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:20,640
Speaker 1: I want to become a head coach. But your proximity

604
00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:24,120
Speaker 1: to where you were born in the big leagues a

605
00:33:24,240 --> 00:33:27,760
Speaker 1: k real life. When you're talking about it's one thing

606
00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:31,600
Speaker 1: for us normal people that make normal wages. Right. If

607
00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:33,760
Speaker 1: it's like, well, I could I make a ninet K.

608
00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:36,640
Speaker 1: I can stay where I'm at, or I can move

609
00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:39,120
Speaker 1: across the country for a hundred K, It's like, yeah,

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00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:42,200
Speaker 1: I'll just stay. But when you're making you know, when

611
00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:45,320
Speaker 1: someone offers you twenty five million dollars, we all would

612
00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:47,680
Speaker 1: pack up and move wherever because it's just a short

613
00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:50,960
Speaker 1: term deal. And these coaches are nomadic regardless. But I've

614
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Speaker 1: been told they think he's gonna end up in Detroit,

615
00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:54,680
Speaker 1: So I'm just gonna go along with that. The other

616
00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:57,760
Speaker 1: thing I've heard it's not like breaking news. It's out there.

617
00:33:58,360 --> 00:34:01,560
Speaker 1: It's like the Jacksonville Jaguars job is Urbans to turn down.

618
00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:03,560
Speaker 1: Now what I've been saying all along, And I know

619
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Speaker 1: rap Sheet tweeted or maybe it was Bruce Feldman about

620
00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:08,479
Speaker 1: Urban going to the Chargers. Chargers are the best job.

621
00:34:08,719 --> 00:34:10,840
Speaker 1: If I was Urban, I'd rather go to the Chargers.

622
00:34:11,520 --> 00:34:14,600
Speaker 1: But we'll see. I'll believe Urban is gonna coach in

623
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Speaker 1: the NFL when he actually does it, because like, what

624
00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:18,320
Speaker 1: what the hell is to hold up? Why couldn't you

625
00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:23,560
Speaker 1: have already signed the contract? But how's he waiting for? Uh?

626
00:34:23,719 --> 00:34:25,600
Speaker 1: Some things that are already out there. I mean, Arthur

627
00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:28,520
Speaker 1: Smith has interviewed or will interview with every team in

628
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Speaker 1: the league. I don't think there is a more interesting

629
00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:35,760
Speaker 1: candidate than Arthur Smith. Every single team in the NFL

630
00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:37,879
Speaker 1: is I wanted to talk to this guy. I think

631
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Speaker 1: Robert Solom was like five of the six, but all

632
00:34:40,680 --> 00:34:44,359
Speaker 1: every single job interview Arthur Smith. I don't see how

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Speaker 1: this guy does not get a job. And it's what

634
00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:49,040
Speaker 1: I've been talking about. Dan Mullen a report earlier this

635
00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:52,160
Speaker 1: week that he's gonna interview with the Atlanta Falcons. I

636
00:34:52,200 --> 00:34:54,319
Speaker 1: was told by people in the SEC. Maybe I've mentioned

637
00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:57,520
Speaker 1: it on the podcast, if he was offered an NFL

638
00:34:57,560 --> 00:35:02,759
Speaker 1: coaching job, he will go. So I don't know if

639
00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:04,400
Speaker 1: he's gonna get offer. I actually think he's a pretty

640
00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:08,520
Speaker 1: good candidate. Offensive guy, can call plays, is a good

641
00:35:08,560 --> 00:35:11,360
Speaker 1: coach with quarterbacks. Look what he did with Dak Prescott.

642
00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:13,560
Speaker 1: Look what he did with Kyle Trash. Look what he

643
00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:17,160
Speaker 1: coached Alex Smith, he coached Tim Tebow. His resume is good.

644
00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:20,400
Speaker 1: I think Dan Mullins a legitimate candidate. I would be

645
00:35:20,480 --> 00:35:23,320
Speaker 1: very if I'm Joe Douglas, I'm having a serious interview

646
00:35:23,320 --> 00:35:26,279
Speaker 1: with with Dan Mullen. If I'm the Atlanta Falcons, I'm

647
00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:29,800
Speaker 1: sitting down with Dan Mullin. What if Matt Campbell starts

648
00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:31,759
Speaker 1: getting the mix to me? Matt Campbell is a guy

649
00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:34,240
Speaker 1: that probably doesn't want his name out there because of recruiting.

650
00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:37,439
Speaker 1: I'd be a little surprised if he's not interviewing though,

651
00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:41,279
Speaker 1: and then kind of the I think the guy the

652
00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:46,960
Speaker 1: Jets would would like would be Pat Fitzgerald. Now, I

653
00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:49,480
Speaker 1: was told by people that are close with Joe Douglas,

654
00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:52,279
Speaker 1: and I've mentioned this before, what type coach would he want?

655
00:35:52,719 --> 00:35:56,680
Speaker 1: And I kind of got. I was told John Harbaugh serious,

656
00:35:56,760 --> 00:35:59,400
Speaker 1: old school, just kind of leader. That's where I do

657
00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:02,600
Speaker 1: think Robert Slom makes some sense. But Pat Fitzgerald is

658
00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:05,520
Speaker 1: the ultimate. Joe Douglas worked for the Chicago Bears for

659
00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:08,560
Speaker 1: a year and got to know Pat. Fitzgerald knows him,

660
00:36:08,640 --> 00:36:10,319
Speaker 1: and I think he was a college scout forever, so

661
00:36:10,360 --> 00:36:12,680
Speaker 1: he knows the guy. Now I've been told the only

662
00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:15,319
Speaker 1: John Pat Fitzgerald would ever go do, and I think

663
00:36:15,320 --> 00:36:17,400
Speaker 1: it's out there too. It's again, this isn't all. I'm

664
00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:20,319
Speaker 1: not trying to act like this is secret information. Is

665
00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:24,359
Speaker 1: the Bears uh Naggi's not going anywhere, so I don't

666
00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:27,440
Speaker 1: think he's gonna leave. But if I was Fitzgerald and

667
00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:29,560
Speaker 1: I was comfortable with Joe Douglas to me that Jets

668
00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:33,399
Speaker 1: makes some sense, I would think long and hard about that.

669
00:36:35,080 --> 00:36:38,239
Speaker 1: I think Charles Robinson tweeted that Brian day Ball will

670
00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:40,759
Speaker 1: be the coach or you know, is the logical guy

671
00:36:41,160 --> 00:36:44,200
Speaker 1: in the Texans, not Josh McDaniel's. Josh McDaniel is gonna do.

672
00:36:44,800 --> 00:36:46,920
Speaker 1: He's gonna be the coordinator for Belichick till he retires

673
00:36:46,920 --> 00:36:49,839
Speaker 1: and then just take over. Has he got assurances from

674
00:36:49,920 --> 00:36:55,000
Speaker 1: from Kraft, Jonathan and Robert that he's gonna be their

675
00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:58,120
Speaker 1: next head coach. Fascinated by that, I don't know the answer.

676
00:36:58,640 --> 00:37:01,000
Speaker 1: What is up with the Charger job? You know? Marvin

677
00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:04,000
Speaker 1: Lewis is another name if I didn't feel great about

678
00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:06,640
Speaker 1: the candidates I was interviewing. If I was a Joe Douglas.

679
00:37:06,680 --> 00:37:08,799
Speaker 1: If I was, I guess some of these other jobs

680
00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:11,200
Speaker 1: don't have GM's either. I would think long and hard

681
00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:15,560
Speaker 1: about Marvin Lewis. The Bengals the majority of my life,

682
00:37:15,560 --> 00:37:20,200
Speaker 1: for a joke, an absolute laughing stock. From the team

683
00:37:20,239 --> 00:37:24,000
Speaker 1: was terrible, from the ownership was bad, two guys getting

684
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:29,480
Speaker 1: in trouble. He went there, made them legitimate, went to

685
00:37:29,520 --> 00:37:31,240
Speaker 1: the playoffs all the time. Did he win the playoffs?

686
00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:34,360
Speaker 1: No he did not. But what he did there? Do

687
00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:37,400
Speaker 1: you know what Zach Taylor would do to have a

688
00:37:38,280 --> 00:37:42,880
Speaker 1: eighth of the success? Marvin Lewis probably like sell a finger.

689
00:37:44,120 --> 00:37:46,560
Speaker 1: So Marvin Lewis to me is not a bad candidate.

690
00:37:47,560 --> 00:37:49,920
Speaker 1: If if I was looking for a leader now, his

691
00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:53,240
Speaker 1: question is just if the team's good in the offense,

692
00:37:53,239 --> 00:37:55,320
Speaker 1: as good as coordinator gonna leave and who's gonna be

693
00:37:55,360 --> 00:37:57,560
Speaker 1: his coordinator? Because the one thing that happened to him

694
00:37:57,560 --> 00:38:00,520
Speaker 1: in Cincinnati is he had some good courting eiders and

695
00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:03,640
Speaker 1: they always left them right. And it's just hard when

696
00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:06,520
Speaker 1: you're a CEO type coach to constantly losing the Zimmers

697
00:38:06,560 --> 00:38:09,400
Speaker 1: and the Grutens and the Hugh Jackson's. You know, you

698
00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:12,719
Speaker 1: eventually just run out of guys to hire. Do you

699
00:38:12,760 --> 00:38:17,880
Speaker 1: feel are good? But some one of these guys, whether

700
00:38:17,920 --> 00:38:21,960
Speaker 1: it's a Sala, whether it's a B Enemy, If some

701
00:38:22,120 --> 00:38:24,960
Speaker 1: Marvin Lewis's and Urban Meyers and Dan Mullins get a

702
00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:27,880
Speaker 1: couple of jobs, there aren't gonna be There's not an

703
00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:30,120
Speaker 1: unlimited amount of seats to the table. They're gonna be

704
00:38:30,120 --> 00:38:33,640
Speaker 1: a couple of names where we go. Damn, Eric B.

705
00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:36,960
Speaker 1: Enemy's back with the Chiefs because part of the big

706
00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:39,399
Speaker 1: reason Deshaun Watson's bad right now is they didn't. They're

707
00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:42,120
Speaker 1: not gonna hire Eric B. Enemy because Nick Assario is

708
00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:45,600
Speaker 1: not gonna hire Eric B. Enemy. What if the Falcons don't.

709
00:38:46,520 --> 00:38:48,480
Speaker 1: What if Salid goes the Lions? What if the Jets

710
00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:52,040
Speaker 1: hired Dan Mullin. Where's Eric B Enemy getting a job?

711
00:38:53,120 --> 00:38:55,040
Speaker 1: What if it's between Arthur Smith and Eric B. Enemy

712
00:38:55,080 --> 00:38:57,839
Speaker 1: and a job and Arthur Smith gets it, or vice

713
00:38:57,880 --> 00:39:00,000
Speaker 1: versa with the Arthur Smith or doesn't get a job.

714
00:39:01,160 --> 00:39:03,120
Speaker 1: I think we've slotted all these guys in. You just

715
00:39:04,160 --> 00:39:07,680
Speaker 1: you never know until this, until the situation is dead,

716
00:39:07,719 --> 00:39:09,160
Speaker 1: and right now you know what the hell are the

717
00:39:09,239 --> 00:39:11,719
Speaker 1: Charger's gonna do? I can see the charges end up

718
00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:18,839
Speaker 1: with just a random mass coach. Okay, National championship Monday night.

719
00:39:20,160 --> 00:39:23,799
Speaker 1: We all get special opportunities in our life, whether it's

720
00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:26,239
Speaker 1: finally landing a big meeting with someone you want to

721
00:39:26,239 --> 00:39:29,000
Speaker 1: make a sale to, whether it's finally getting a date

722
00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:32,640
Speaker 1: with a girl you've been courting for a while, whether

723
00:39:32,680 --> 00:39:35,040
Speaker 1: it's getting the opportunity to get to the college football

724
00:39:35,040 --> 00:39:38,640
Speaker 1: playoffs for the second straight year, like Justin Fields after

725
00:39:38,680 --> 00:39:43,080
Speaker 1: having a pretty poor season and take down Clemson, you

726
00:39:43,120 --> 00:39:46,280
Speaker 1: know them in Bama, the big bad wolf in college football.

727
00:39:46,920 --> 00:39:51,000
Speaker 1: And when your opportunity comes, when you get the opportunity

728
00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:53,640
Speaker 1: to sit in front of that pitch meeting with the

729
00:39:53,719 --> 00:39:56,520
Speaker 1: CEO with a business deal that would change your life,

730
00:39:57,480 --> 00:39:59,960
Speaker 1: you know, when you sit down with her over dinner,

731
00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:04,040
Speaker 1: like there's your shot. Everyone watched Justin Fields like he

732
00:40:04,120 --> 00:40:06,279
Speaker 1: got a massive shot. He had been falling because he

733
00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:08,520
Speaker 1: hadn't been playing that well. And when I say falling,

734
00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:11,759
Speaker 1: like his star had just dimmed. And then he goes

735
00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:14,600
Speaker 1: out and does that, it gets clubs and and we

736
00:40:14,680 --> 00:40:18,640
Speaker 1: all went, oh my god, Zach Wilson has ever done

737
00:40:18,640 --> 00:40:20,480
Speaker 1: anything like that. And everyone was acting like Zach Wilson

738
00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:22,960
Speaker 1: is the number two pick. Guys just through six touchdowns

739
00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:25,919
Speaker 1: against Venables who makes like three million dollars a year,

740
00:40:26,880 --> 00:40:29,239
Speaker 1: dabble who makes like ten And we know how much

741
00:40:29,280 --> 00:40:31,600
Speaker 1: the Clemson players make. Now we know how state players

742
00:40:31,600 --> 00:40:33,080
Speaker 1: make some money too. But you know what I'm saying,

743
00:40:33,120 --> 00:40:35,040
Speaker 1: like they we're not supposed to win that game, and

744
00:40:35,080 --> 00:40:38,160
Speaker 1: they kick their ass and then he gets saving in Bama.

745
00:40:38,960 --> 00:40:43,880
Speaker 1: And the one thing about these primetime games in the playoffs,

746
00:40:43,920 --> 00:40:48,759
Speaker 1: everyone's watching, no one misses it. We're all judging you

747
00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:52,360
Speaker 1: a little differently, whether that's fair or not. And the

748
00:40:52,400 --> 00:40:56,760
Speaker 1: perception of Justin Fields changed dramatically in that one game,

749
00:40:56,960 --> 00:41:01,800
Speaker 1: and rightfully so. He played against the best the sport

750
00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:05,279
Speaker 1: has to offer, and he bent him over and kick

751
00:41:05,320 --> 00:41:07,239
Speaker 1: the crap out of him, took him behind the wood shed.

752
00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:12,120
Speaker 1: You do that back to back games, Clemson in Alabama,

753
00:41:13,320 --> 00:41:16,160
Speaker 1: You're gonna rattle some cages in the NFL world, you're

754
00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:18,600
Speaker 1: gonna make scouts go. Should I pound the table for

755
00:41:18,640 --> 00:41:22,080
Speaker 1: this guy because you don't get that opportunity. Not every

756
00:41:22,120 --> 00:41:25,160
Speaker 1: player gets that. Zack Wilson did not get this opportunity.

757
00:41:25,760 --> 00:41:30,440
Speaker 1: Zack Wilson's best opportunity throughout the season was Coastal Carolina.

758
00:41:30,480 --> 00:41:32,200
Speaker 1: They made the game up on like a Wednesday, and

759
00:41:32,200 --> 00:41:36,160
Speaker 1: it was cool and it was fun. Coastal Carolina ain't Clemson,

760
00:41:36,200 --> 00:41:41,680
Speaker 1: and as sure as hell ain't Alabama. I I just

761
00:41:42,440 --> 00:41:45,840
Speaker 1: I think that Zach or excuse me, that Justin Fields

762
00:41:45,880 --> 00:41:48,439
Speaker 1: has the chance. And you never know who the head

763
00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:52,040
Speaker 1: coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars. People always say I messed

764
00:41:52,080 --> 00:41:56,000
Speaker 1: that up. I'm sorry, I'm not the Jags. I could

765
00:41:56,080 --> 00:41:59,000
Speaker 1: just call him the Jacksonville irrelevance, but I try to

766
00:41:59,040 --> 00:42:04,239
Speaker 1: get I'll just call him the jack Jaguars jag Wires.

767
00:42:04,800 --> 00:42:09,680
Speaker 1: It's tough tough name to say. Uh, they have the Jacks,

768
00:42:09,719 --> 00:42:11,560
Speaker 1: no offense at Jacks fans out there, But you guys

769
00:42:11,640 --> 00:42:13,799
Speaker 1: got kind of like a movie, you know when you

770
00:42:13,840 --> 00:42:16,920
Speaker 1: watch a movie about football and they have you know,

771
00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:20,239
Speaker 1: like any given Sunday, the Sharks or whatever. That's how

772
00:42:20,239 --> 00:42:22,760
Speaker 1: they kind of feel. They're just like, is this serious?

773
00:42:22,840 --> 00:42:26,040
Speaker 1: There's this is this kind of he just made up?

774
00:42:26,239 --> 00:42:29,600
Speaker 1: They make this up in Hollywood. But here's what you

775
00:42:29,640 --> 00:42:32,359
Speaker 1: can make up. You know, in Hollywood you write scripts right,

776
00:42:33,120 --> 00:42:35,560
Speaker 1: and you couldn't have wrote the script against Clemson any

777
00:42:35,600 --> 00:42:38,839
Speaker 1: better for justin Fields. On top of that, he gets

778
00:42:38,920 --> 00:42:41,440
Speaker 1: hit in the ribs. You can see how much paint

779
00:42:41,480 --> 00:42:43,640
Speaker 1: he's in. So he battles through the pain. He shows

780
00:42:43,680 --> 00:42:47,200
Speaker 1: his toughness because this year off the field, Fir Him

781
00:42:47,239 --> 00:42:50,200
Speaker 1: has been fantastic. He pounded the table. He wanted to play.

782
00:42:50,560 --> 00:42:53,640
Speaker 1: He refused to let the media dictate whether it was

783
00:42:53,680 --> 00:42:56,560
Speaker 1: cool or the The school presidents like, yeah, just sit

784
00:42:56,600 --> 00:42:59,120
Speaker 1: on the sideline while everyone else playing. He's like, what

785
00:42:59,120 --> 00:43:01,359
Speaker 1: what are we talking about out here? Then he comes back,

786
00:43:01,440 --> 00:43:03,880
Speaker 1: but the season didn't go that well. And man, he

787
00:43:03,920 --> 00:43:07,160
Speaker 1: took advantage of his first opportunity. I say, you don't.

788
00:43:07,440 --> 00:43:10,040
Speaker 1: Not all of us get the opportunity just to begin with.

789
00:43:10,200 --> 00:43:13,440
Speaker 1: He's getting multiple opportunities. He's getting multiple bites at the

790
00:43:13,480 --> 00:43:16,960
Speaker 1: apple against the two best, against the two teams. How

791
00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:19,160
Speaker 1: it works when you're in a scouting office or you're

792
00:43:19,160 --> 00:43:22,000
Speaker 1: at home and you're evaluating a player. You go, you

793
00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:25,680
Speaker 1: don't go to their most productive games. You look at

794
00:43:25,680 --> 00:43:28,680
Speaker 1: the schedule, whether it's pro scouting or college scouting, who

795
00:43:28,760 --> 00:43:31,719
Speaker 1: are the toughest opponents. I don't care if you threw

796
00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:36,520
Speaker 1: six touchdowns against you know, Boston College, or I guess

797
00:43:36,560 --> 00:43:39,560
Speaker 1: if you're Ohio State, you know whoever. The crappy teams

798
00:43:39,560 --> 00:43:42,600
Speaker 1: are in the Big Ten, No one really cares. You

799
00:43:42,640 --> 00:43:45,479
Speaker 1: get judged on the best opponents he got. He's gonna

800
00:43:45,480 --> 00:43:49,120
Speaker 1: get judged on Northwestern because they have NFL players and

801
00:43:49,280 --> 00:43:52,200
Speaker 1: NFL level head coach, and they have a big time defense.

802
00:43:52,760 --> 00:43:54,919
Speaker 1: But he's really gonna get judged on these two playoff games.

803
00:43:55,560 --> 00:43:58,839
Speaker 1: And if he can win, he's a massive underdug. If

804
00:43:58,880 --> 00:44:03,960
Speaker 1: he wins this game against Alabama, it's it would have

805
00:44:04,040 --> 00:44:08,239
Speaker 1: some parallels to Deshaun Watson. Remember Deshaun Watson that one

806
00:44:08,320 --> 00:44:11,960
Speaker 1: year they losed Alabama. He comes back and he beats

807
00:44:11,960 --> 00:44:14,360
Speaker 1: Alabama in the National Championship as a walk off touchdown.

808
00:44:15,480 --> 00:44:19,759
Speaker 1: Situations don't exactly parallel themselves. Last year devastating loss, we

809
00:44:19,760 --> 00:44:23,600
Speaker 1: could say it was the refs whatever against Clemson came

810
00:44:23,640 --> 00:44:26,120
Speaker 1: back in a season that was almost for not it

811
00:44:26,160 --> 00:44:28,480
Speaker 1: almost didn't happen for Ohio State. At one point in time,

812
00:44:28,520 --> 00:44:31,160
Speaker 1: the Big Ten in the pactrol we're not going to play.

813
00:44:31,600 --> 00:44:34,000
Speaker 1: But once they came back, then it looked like Ohio

814
00:44:34,040 --> 00:44:37,800
Speaker 1: State wasn't that good. Like someone's off with him. Change

815
00:44:37,840 --> 00:44:40,040
Speaker 1: the rules. He got his shot because they weren't even

816
00:44:40,080 --> 00:44:42,480
Speaker 1: supposed to go to the Big Ten championship game, which

817
00:44:42,520 --> 00:44:44,360
Speaker 1: I'm glad they changed the rule for because clearly the

818
00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:47,480
Speaker 1: State is the best team in the in the conference,

819
00:44:48,680 --> 00:44:50,680
Speaker 1: and now he gets a chance to beat Saban. So

820
00:44:50,719 --> 00:44:53,000
Speaker 1: if I'm in a draft room and I go, what's

821
00:44:53,040 --> 00:44:55,279
Speaker 1: the best thing this kid's ever done, I don't know.

822
00:44:55,680 --> 00:44:58,600
Speaker 1: He just threw uh ten touchdowns in two games against

823
00:44:58,600 --> 00:45:01,600
Speaker 1: Clemson Alabama and won the actual championship and helped carry

824
00:45:01,600 --> 00:45:05,799
Speaker 1: his team. It's hard to beat Trevor Lawrence didn't do

825
00:45:05,840 --> 00:45:08,799
Speaker 1: that ever once. I'm not saying Justin Field is a

826
00:45:08,800 --> 00:45:11,400
Speaker 1: better player in Trevor Lawrence. I don't think he'll get

827
00:45:11,480 --> 00:45:14,680
Speaker 1: drafted ahead of him, but I I do think he

828
00:45:14,719 --> 00:45:21,240
Speaker 1: has a huge game against Alabama. The discussion is gonna

829
00:45:21,760 --> 00:45:25,319
Speaker 1: it's gonna grow a little louder. How about this, There

830
00:45:25,320 --> 00:45:29,799
Speaker 1: will be a discussion. You'd be you could argue as

831
00:45:29,840 --> 00:45:31,960
Speaker 1: gross negligence to not have a discussion. If he goes

832
00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:34,759
Speaker 1: and lights Alabama and they win the national championship, it

833
00:45:34,800 --> 00:45:36,279
Speaker 1: would be one of the great two. I mean, it

834
00:45:36,280 --> 00:45:38,080
Speaker 1: would be one of the great playoff runs we've never seen.

835
00:45:38,360 --> 00:45:40,239
Speaker 1: It happened to Shaun Watson. I think, looking back on

836
00:45:40,280 --> 00:45:43,120
Speaker 1: de Shaun Watson, clearly he should have been the first

837
00:45:43,239 --> 00:45:46,440
Speaker 1: or second pick him in Mahomes. If we did that

838
00:45:46,520 --> 00:45:50,240
Speaker 1: draft over again, I'll tell you how it goes. Mahomes

839
00:45:50,239 --> 00:45:56,160
Speaker 1: goes one, Watson goes too. So we almost underestimated what

840
00:45:56,200 --> 00:45:58,120
Speaker 1: he was doing, and he was lighting up Alabama like

841
00:45:58,120 --> 00:46:03,080
Speaker 1: a Christmas tree. Well, I really hope Fields doesn't because

842
00:46:03,120 --> 00:46:06,359
Speaker 1: he I found I found it inspirational one last week

843
00:46:06,400 --> 00:46:09,400
Speaker 1: to watch him playing through injured and throwing those touchdowns

844
00:46:09,400 --> 00:46:11,719
Speaker 1: against you know, a coach and another sideline that was

845
00:46:11,800 --> 00:46:14,239
Speaker 1: kind of talking some ship, acting like they weren't that good.

846
00:46:14,480 --> 00:46:16,719
Speaker 1: He said it, We're not that good. Last night checked

847
00:46:16,719 --> 00:46:19,680
Speaker 1: the world how State I got five stars. I mean,

848
00:46:19,760 --> 00:46:22,319
Speaker 1: I can play anywhere in the country and we'll see

849
00:46:22,320 --> 00:46:25,319
Speaker 1: if your guys better than mine. Because I've played him

850
00:46:25,320 --> 00:46:28,320
Speaker 1: twice and we could argue he's outplayed him. Now Trevor Lawrence.

851
00:46:28,360 --> 00:46:31,040
Speaker 1: If I remember correctly, last year ran for all those yards.

852
00:46:31,880 --> 00:46:34,000
Speaker 1: This year wasn't even close. I mean it was if

853
00:46:34,000 --> 00:46:35,680
Speaker 1: you if I just flew in a guy who never

854
00:46:35,719 --> 00:46:37,560
Speaker 1: watched college football and I said, which one of these

855
00:46:37,560 --> 00:46:39,160
Speaker 1: guys gonna go number one in the draft, you would

856
00:46:39,160 --> 00:46:41,960
Speaker 1: have said the Ohio State quarterback. Now it's not the

857
00:46:42,000 --> 00:46:43,759
Speaker 1: same with Mac Jones, but I think it's the same

858
00:46:43,760 --> 00:46:46,839
Speaker 1: with the program. Alabama's defense isn't as good, but their

859
00:46:46,880 --> 00:46:50,200
Speaker 1: program is just elite, the best program in college football.

860
00:46:50,520 --> 00:46:54,719
Speaker 1: It is the factory. He goes and beats him, change

861
00:46:54,760 --> 00:46:58,319
Speaker 1: his life forever. Okay, let's go a little middle Cuff

862
00:46:58,400 --> 00:47:03,479
Speaker 1: mail back at John Middlecoff. You guys know the drill

863
00:47:04,320 --> 00:47:09,280
Speaker 1: d MS wide open, two f's, two f's UM Fresno

864
00:47:09,360 --> 00:47:12,400
Speaker 1: State and the Philadelphia Eagles refused to always spell my

865
00:47:12,480 --> 00:47:15,520
Speaker 1: name wrong on my name tag, you know they put

866
00:47:15,560 --> 00:47:18,120
Speaker 1: by your office, so I'd only have one F. It's

867
00:47:18,160 --> 00:47:20,400
Speaker 1: just it's little things in life that drive you right.

868
00:47:20,640 --> 00:47:22,400
Speaker 1: You never forget. You gotta keep a chip on your

869
00:47:22,400 --> 00:47:27,280
Speaker 1: shoulders somehow. Okay, let's start John Middlecoff. Is the Instagram

870
00:47:27,280 --> 00:47:29,840
Speaker 1: handled d MS wide open? Is it warranted to be

871
00:47:29,920 --> 00:47:32,359
Speaker 1: nervous about the Packers coming out there bye week after

872
00:47:32,400 --> 00:47:35,839
Speaker 1: the last two bye weeks they got stomped. I think

873
00:47:35,960 --> 00:47:39,200
Speaker 1: each season is a little bit like scouting a player.

874
00:47:39,760 --> 00:47:43,319
Speaker 1: They're all their own individual entity. So to me, if

875
00:47:43,320 --> 00:47:45,440
Speaker 1: you think this team is really good, I think you

876
00:47:45,560 --> 00:47:48,000
Speaker 1: take your You know, you'd rather have the buy than

877
00:47:48,040 --> 00:47:50,560
Speaker 1: not have the buy. You'd rather have home playoff games.

878
00:47:50,600 --> 00:47:53,040
Speaker 1: You'd rather be playing at Lambeau. You'd rather have home

879
00:47:53,080 --> 00:47:56,040
Speaker 1: field advantage. Is it right to be nervous? Hell? Yeah,

880
00:47:56,120 --> 00:47:59,600
Speaker 1: of course it's the playoffs. You might play Tampa in

881
00:47:59,640 --> 00:48:05,239
Speaker 1: the second round. You like, right, if it's the Saints Seattle,

882
00:48:05,960 --> 00:48:10,000
Speaker 1: you play Tampa, who kicked your ass, and you go, well,

883
00:48:10,040 --> 00:48:11,960
Speaker 1: you know it was one game, but you go, God,

884
00:48:12,040 --> 00:48:14,279
Speaker 1: you look across they do have Tom Brady. Yeah, it's

885
00:48:14,480 --> 00:48:18,759
Speaker 1: you'd be nervous. I think ideally you want you want

886
00:48:18,840 --> 00:48:21,000
Speaker 1: the Rams. Here's what you want. If you're a Packer fan,

887
00:48:21,719 --> 00:48:23,120
Speaker 1: Here's what I'll be rooting for us. I mean, the

888
00:48:23,120 --> 00:48:25,000
Speaker 1: Bears can't win. I love my guy Naggie, I don't

889
00:48:25,000 --> 00:48:27,320
Speaker 1: think they can win the game. I'd be rooting for

890
00:48:27,360 --> 00:48:31,440
Speaker 1: the Rams. Dups at Seattle, Tampa beats Washington and then Boom.

891
00:48:31,480 --> 00:48:34,399
Speaker 1: You play the Ramps and you get Walford or Jared Goff.

892
00:48:35,560 --> 00:48:38,319
Speaker 1: Not saying you don't want Tampa, but I don't think

893
00:48:38,320 --> 00:48:44,279
Speaker 1: you'd mind avoiding them until the NFC Championship game. Big

894
00:48:44,280 --> 00:48:47,200
Speaker 1: fan of the pod appreciate it me too. I've been

895
00:48:47,200 --> 00:48:51,920
Speaker 1: thinking about Eric Aaron jones Is upcoming contract situation relative

896
00:48:51,960 --> 00:48:54,880
Speaker 1: to Cook and McCaffrey and whatnot. I was wondering if

897
00:48:54,920 --> 00:48:57,480
Speaker 1: you could see a future in which the NFL makes

898
00:48:57,560 --> 00:49:01,799
Speaker 1: efforts two tear the bargaining ability of free agents and

899
00:49:01,840 --> 00:49:05,240
Speaker 1: players to adjust the positional differences in engagement to their body.

900
00:49:05,760 --> 00:49:09,120
Speaker 1: Running Backs are disproportionately disadvantaged in the current system. The

901
00:49:09,160 --> 00:49:11,480
Speaker 1: mass that is not worth it to sign them big

902
00:49:11,560 --> 00:49:14,560
Speaker 1: name running backs to long term deals, but has a

903
00:49:14,560 --> 00:49:16,319
Speaker 1: lot to do with the fact that running backs are

904
00:49:16,360 --> 00:49:20,120
Speaker 1: on average, have shorter careers than other players and most

905
00:49:20,200 --> 00:49:23,239
Speaker 1: often that not most more often than not, you will

906
00:49:23,320 --> 00:49:25,719
Speaker 1: end up in Todd Gurley situation if you do a

907
00:49:25,719 --> 00:49:29,040
Speaker 1: big extension. So it seems like running backs are monetarily

908
00:49:29,080 --> 00:49:31,759
Speaker 1: disadvantaged because of the fact that they are putting their

909
00:49:31,800 --> 00:49:35,960
Speaker 1: bodies at an increased risk. True, the league takes great

910
00:49:36,000 --> 00:49:39,400
Speaker 1: steps to protect the star quarterbacks. But I would imagine

911
00:49:39,400 --> 00:49:42,799
Speaker 1: that running backs along with receivers follow closely behind in

912
00:49:42,840 --> 00:49:48,000
Speaker 1: the star power tier and are basically getting considerably consistently screwed.

913
00:49:48,280 --> 00:49:51,680
Speaker 1: This probably wouldn't come from the league itself, but the

914
00:49:51,760 --> 00:49:54,200
Speaker 1: NFL p A see, I'd push back. I see what

915
00:49:54,200 --> 00:49:57,560
Speaker 1: you're saying. Wide receivers get a ton of money, like

916
00:49:57,719 --> 00:50:00,919
Speaker 1: Mark Cooper makes twenty million dollars a year, and even

917
00:50:00,960 --> 00:50:04,320
Speaker 1: the running backs. While I agree that's a huge talking point.

918
00:50:04,400 --> 00:50:07,560
Speaker 1: Like PFF and me and just people say don't pay

919
00:50:07,680 --> 00:50:11,040
Speaker 1: running backs, running backs get paid. Todd Gurley got paid,

920
00:50:11,239 --> 00:50:15,880
Speaker 1: Zeke got paid, Dalvin Cook got paid. Um, who am

921
00:50:15,880 --> 00:50:19,680
Speaker 1: I missing? McCaffrey got paid, even Levy on Bell he

922
00:50:19,719 --> 00:50:22,000
Speaker 1: didn't get paid as much. He still got a big

923
00:50:22,040 --> 00:50:24,520
Speaker 1: contract from the Jets that he's making. You know, he

924
00:50:24,600 --> 00:50:27,719
Speaker 1: made twenty eight million dollars over two years. If he

925
00:50:27,719 --> 00:50:29,520
Speaker 1: would have taken the franchise tag, you would have made

926
00:50:29,520 --> 00:50:33,200
Speaker 1: basically forty plus million over three years. You do the math,

927
00:50:33,200 --> 00:50:34,960
Speaker 1: it's like thirteen and a half million dollars a year.

928
00:50:35,200 --> 00:50:38,640
Speaker 1: Pretty good money. So I I pushed back a little bit.

929
00:50:38,680 --> 00:50:41,480
Speaker 1: That's just I think the packers just want to invest

930
00:50:41,480 --> 00:50:44,440
Speaker 1: in other players. That's why they drafted aj Dillon. They

931
00:50:44,520 --> 00:50:46,239
Speaker 1: it's not that they don't think Aaron Jones is good.

932
00:50:46,520 --> 00:50:49,480
Speaker 1: You just can't pay everybody. But the notion that running

933
00:50:49,480 --> 00:50:53,279
Speaker 1: backs don't get paid kind of a lie. I mean,

934
00:50:53,360 --> 00:50:57,600
Speaker 1: a lot of guys running backs are getting huge cash.

935
00:50:57,920 --> 00:50:59,719
Speaker 1: With the Dolphins having the number three pick in the

936
00:51:00,000 --> 00:51:01,759
Speaker 1: in the draft, one of the top quarterbacks, would it

937
00:51:01,800 --> 00:51:04,400
Speaker 1: be an idea for the Saints to trade for Tuah

938
00:51:04,920 --> 00:51:06,960
Speaker 1: as his cop coming into the league was Drew Brees.

939
00:51:07,600 --> 00:51:10,960
Speaker 1: New Orleans has weapons to support two in Peyton's offense

940
00:51:11,040 --> 00:51:13,240
Speaker 1: is focused on accuracy, which is one or two of strengths.

941
00:51:13,600 --> 00:51:15,560
Speaker 1: Rosa got traded for an early second and with two

942
00:51:15,560 --> 00:51:18,399
Speaker 1: of having more it was actually a late second because

943
00:51:18,400 --> 00:51:20,000
Speaker 1: it was it was at the end of the second round.

944
00:51:20,480 --> 00:51:22,480
Speaker 1: With two of having more potential with the Saints, a

945
00:51:22,560 --> 00:51:27,960
Speaker 1: late first rounder would be an appropriate compensation. Yeah, I

946
00:51:27,960 --> 00:51:30,360
Speaker 1: mean in theory of first rounder for twa if the Saints,

947
00:51:30,440 --> 00:51:32,720
Speaker 1: let's say losing the NFC championship game of the Packers

948
00:51:32,760 --> 00:51:35,879
Speaker 1: and they have picked twenty eight, I couldn't trade pick

949
00:51:36,440 --> 00:51:38,560
Speaker 1: two and now with one. I've seen that that'd be

950
00:51:38,600 --> 00:51:41,799
Speaker 1: a pretty bowl trade. And I think Miami would get

951
00:51:41,800 --> 00:51:44,200
Speaker 1: a lot of credit if they were able to trade

952
00:51:44,200 --> 00:51:45,839
Speaker 1: two of her first round pick. I think a second

953
00:51:45,920 --> 00:51:48,960
Speaker 1: round pick is fair. I think a second round pick

954
00:51:49,040 --> 00:51:51,399
Speaker 1: is very fair. So that that's what I would offer

955
00:51:51,400 --> 00:51:52,960
Speaker 1: if I was the Saints, because I would watch the

956
00:51:52,960 --> 00:51:56,279
Speaker 1: tape and I would struggle. Now, I'm with you. It's

957
00:51:56,280 --> 00:51:59,880
Speaker 1: a much better scenario or a situation. They have a

958
00:52:00,000 --> 00:52:01,719
Speaker 1: tied end. They obviously have a great receiver, they have

959
00:52:01,719 --> 00:52:05,960
Speaker 1: a great running back, they have a great coach. But

960
00:52:06,160 --> 00:52:10,600
Speaker 1: if if I'm the Saints, I'm offering I'm not offering

961
00:52:10,640 --> 00:52:13,719
Speaker 1: my first round pick. Can you please talk about the

962
00:52:13,719 --> 00:52:15,759
Speaker 1: two in Miami having the third overall picks. I mean,

963
00:52:15,760 --> 00:52:18,680
Speaker 1: this is a huge talking point. You know, I I

964
00:52:18,800 --> 00:52:21,640
Speaker 1: know what the the general manager. I think Brian Flores

965
00:52:21,680 --> 00:52:24,280
Speaker 1: said that two is our quarterback. You know, you guys

966
00:52:24,280 --> 00:52:27,000
Speaker 1: know where I stand. I judge on actions, not words.

967
00:52:27,360 --> 00:52:30,479
Speaker 1: They benched him several times, and if if Fitz hadn't

968
00:52:30,480 --> 00:52:32,600
Speaker 1: gotten the corona, he would have been benched in the

969
00:52:32,640 --> 00:52:34,560
Speaker 1: game against the Bills, he would have been three been

970
00:52:34,640 --> 00:52:37,640
Speaker 1: benched three times in seven games. That would have happened,

971
00:52:39,680 --> 00:52:41,840
Speaker 1: and I put the equivalent. He did get benched in

972
00:52:41,840 --> 00:52:43,920
Speaker 1: the Miami game they just didn't have or I mean

973
00:52:43,960 --> 00:52:46,040
Speaker 1: the Bills game, they just didn't have to the fits

974
00:52:46,040 --> 00:52:50,200
Speaker 1: around up to bring him in. So I I think

975
00:52:50,200 --> 00:52:52,800
Speaker 1: it's on the table. I think we have to find

976
00:52:52,800 --> 00:52:56,279
Speaker 1: out who the Jets and Jaguars higher once we see

977
00:52:56,320 --> 00:53:00,719
Speaker 1: those two teams and make hires and even the press conferences.

978
00:53:00,840 --> 00:53:03,839
Speaker 1: Right if whoever's hired with the Jets and whoever's hired

979
00:53:03,840 --> 00:53:07,080
Speaker 1: with the Jags, what they want, what their background is,

980
00:53:07,560 --> 00:53:09,719
Speaker 1: I think we'll have a better idea, and then we'll

981
00:53:09,760 --> 00:53:13,360
Speaker 1: kind of know, you know, what the situation is right now,

982
00:53:14,040 --> 00:53:18,279
Speaker 1: My my guests uneducated right just off what I've seen,

983
00:53:19,520 --> 00:53:23,880
Speaker 1: I would guess too is back, but that would probably

984
00:53:23,920 --> 00:53:30,919
Speaker 1: be like and then another fort would be like them

985
00:53:30,920 --> 00:53:35,080
Speaker 1: trading him, and another would just be them drafted. I

986
00:53:35,080 --> 00:53:38,680
Speaker 1: don't even know. I haven't, be honest, I haven't thought

987
00:53:38,680 --> 00:53:41,719
Speaker 1: that much about it because I just I'm already to

988
00:53:41,880 --> 00:53:46,200
Speaker 1: it out and maybe the Dolphins are too. How do

989
00:53:46,200 --> 00:53:47,840
Speaker 1: you feel about the Colts for a long shot to

990
00:53:47,880 --> 00:53:50,160
Speaker 1: bet win the Super Bowl? I saw some of the odds.

991
00:53:50,160 --> 00:53:55,120
Speaker 1: They were pretty good. My main issue those Rivers, when

992
00:53:55,160 --> 00:53:57,840
Speaker 1: you're the seventh seed, you they will not get a

993
00:53:57,880 --> 00:54:00,560
Speaker 1: home game and look at all like the Kansas City.

994
00:54:00,600 --> 00:54:03,960
Speaker 1: So let's say they upset the Bills, then they have

995
00:54:04,040 --> 00:54:08,480
Speaker 1: to go to Kansas City, so they're back to back

996
00:54:08,480 --> 00:54:11,000
Speaker 1: games would be the Bills and the Chiefs. Just for

997
00:54:11,040 --> 00:54:13,200
Speaker 1: them to get to the a f C Championship game

998
00:54:14,040 --> 00:54:17,680
Speaker 1: would be a mother And then I don't even know

999
00:54:17,719 --> 00:54:20,920
Speaker 1: who they played, the Titans, the Ravens. They'd probably be

1000
00:54:20,920 --> 00:54:23,200
Speaker 1: an underdog in that game too, though their two wins

1001
00:54:23,239 --> 00:54:28,840
Speaker 1: would be incredible. I don't if their path was a

1002
00:54:28,840 --> 00:54:31,520
Speaker 1: little different. I could see it to me if they

1003
00:54:31,560 --> 00:54:33,840
Speaker 1: were if they had if they were the four seed

1004
00:54:33,880 --> 00:54:37,400
Speaker 1: like the Titans and playing the Ravens, I wouldn't be

1005
00:54:37,440 --> 00:54:42,760
Speaker 1: totally opposed. But given there the seven seed, two outdoor games,

1006
00:54:42,760 --> 00:54:46,400
Speaker 1: and cold weather situations, I have a hard time with

1007
00:54:46,400 --> 00:54:50,240
Speaker 1: that one man, I really do, mainly because of Rivers.

1008
00:54:52,520 --> 00:54:54,920
Speaker 1: My brother and I are lifelong Chiefs fan and we

1009
00:54:55,040 --> 00:54:57,400
Speaker 1: like to argue a lot. Me too, I love to argue.

1010
00:54:57,719 --> 00:55:00,400
Speaker 1: One of our recent arguments is whether Mahomes is athletic

1011
00:55:00,520 --> 00:55:03,720
Speaker 1: or not. One of my stupid brothers does not believe

1012
00:55:03,800 --> 00:55:06,799
Speaker 1: that Mahomes is a top five athletic quarterback. Well, I

1013
00:55:06,840 --> 00:55:10,160
Speaker 1: believe he is. I know He's not Kyler Murray or

1014
00:55:10,239 --> 00:55:12,759
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson, but he always seems to be able to

1015
00:55:12,800 --> 00:55:15,839
Speaker 1: scramble and run for first downs. His arm talent also

1016
00:55:15,920 --> 00:55:22,480
Speaker 1: has to be a result of athleticism as well. My list, Jackson, Murray, Watson, Wilson, Mahomes,

1017
00:55:22,840 --> 00:55:27,480
Speaker 1: what do you think? Uh, well, you're right, your brother's wrong.

1018
00:55:27,600 --> 00:55:31,000
Speaker 1: Mahomes a big time athlete. Russell Wilson is not the

1019
00:55:31,040 --> 00:55:34,040
Speaker 1: athlete that he used to be. He's much more muscle bound,

1020
00:55:34,080 --> 00:55:37,240
Speaker 1: He's not as fast like Josh Allen is a better

1021
00:55:37,280 --> 00:55:40,400
Speaker 1: athlete than Mahomes. Cam Newton, I would say, is a

1022
00:55:40,440 --> 00:55:44,600
Speaker 1: better athlete than Mahomes. Uh Now, his injuries have probably

1023
00:55:44,600 --> 00:55:47,240
Speaker 1: caught up to him. Ryan tanney Hill is an excellent athlete,

1024
00:55:47,960 --> 00:55:50,600
Speaker 1: so I don't know if he's a top five quarterback athlete.

1025
00:55:50,880 --> 00:55:52,640
Speaker 1: And part of it is just the nature of the position.

1026
00:55:52,760 --> 00:55:56,080
Speaker 1: Dak Prescott. There are just some very very athletic quarterbacks

1027
00:55:56,560 --> 00:55:58,760
Speaker 1: in the NFL right now. Carson Wentz a big time athlete.

1028
00:55:58,800 --> 00:56:02,600
Speaker 1: Jaylor or It's a big time athlete, but he is

1029
00:56:02,640 --> 00:56:05,280
Speaker 1: a He is a very good athlete for a quarterback.

1030
00:56:05,600 --> 00:56:08,120
Speaker 1: Like you said, he's not an elite athlete for a quarterback.

1031
00:56:08,400 --> 00:56:11,560
Speaker 1: But he's well above the mean. He's well above the

1032
00:56:11,600 --> 00:56:16,200
Speaker 1: average quarterback. And in the modern day game, though, you know,

1033
00:56:17,280 --> 00:56:18,840
Speaker 1: more and more of these guys come in the league,

1034
00:56:18,840 --> 00:56:22,120
Speaker 1: he'll probably be you know, middle, middle of the road,

1035
00:56:22,360 --> 00:56:24,319
Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence, justin fields. Look at the guys come in

1036
00:56:24,320 --> 00:56:27,279
Speaker 1: the league. But yeah, your brothers are wrong. He's a

1037
00:56:27,280 --> 00:56:29,960
Speaker 1: big time athlete. And I'm with you. Part of throwing

1038
00:56:30,000 --> 00:56:34,680
Speaker 1: the ball, you know, is an athletic move. What are

1039
00:56:34,680 --> 00:56:37,400
Speaker 1: the odds that we get a team back to St. Louis.

1040
00:56:37,520 --> 00:56:39,680
Speaker 1: There's a great football town. It was decent even when

1041
00:56:39,680 --> 00:56:41,759
Speaker 1: the Rams were awful. When the XFL played here for

1042
00:56:41,800 --> 00:56:44,520
Speaker 1: a game, it was electric. We're hungry for some football.

1043
00:56:44,640 --> 00:56:46,960
Speaker 1: You can't tell me Jacksonville and Cincinnati deserve a team,

1044
00:56:46,960 --> 00:56:50,120
Speaker 1: but the Saints do not. Yeah, I'm with you. I

1045
00:56:50,760 --> 00:56:53,000
Speaker 1: don't know much about the St. Louis market. I actually

1046
00:56:53,000 --> 00:56:55,120
Speaker 1: think I've I've never been to St. Louis, been to

1047
00:56:55,200 --> 00:56:59,000
Speaker 1: Kansas City. But you could argue that it's better market

1048
00:56:59,000 --> 00:57:02,400
Speaker 1: than than Jacksonville for sure, Cincinnati. Sincinnati is an underrated market.

1049
00:57:03,880 --> 00:57:06,840
Speaker 1: But I who are they gonna move? Like the Bengals

1050
00:57:06,840 --> 00:57:10,799
Speaker 1: aren't moving unless they sell, which is you know, you

1051
00:57:10,880 --> 00:57:12,920
Speaker 1: never know. With Mike Brown, I'm not saying now, but

1052
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Speaker 1: just in years coming right in the next decade, Uh,

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Speaker 1: to me, Jacksonville probably goes to London. So yeah, I

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Speaker 1: haven't read or heard anything about NFL expansion or movement lately.

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Speaker 1: It's kind of been all quiet on that front. And

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Speaker 1: part of that's Corona right, like, you're not gonna move

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Speaker 1: until everything settles down that there's not gonna be and

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Speaker 1: if there is an NFL move, it's not gonna be

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Speaker 1: for years. I'm a lifelong Vikings fan and curious as

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Speaker 1: to what you think of their next move should be.

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Speaker 1: Besides continuing to build the defense. I know that they

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Speaker 1: can be good under Zimmer and the offense can be

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Speaker 1: potent as well. What do you think is missing for

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Speaker 1: them to be successful? Well, two things. One is their

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Speaker 1: pass rush. When their defense was good was fantastic. Everson,

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Speaker 1: Griffin and Hunter were a dominant force. And they didn't

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Speaker 1: have any of those guys right Hunter got hurt, cut

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Speaker 1: Griffin or traded him. I can't even remember, but he

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Speaker 1: wasn't on the team. I think he played for the

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Speaker 1: Cowboys and he played for the Lions this year. They

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Speaker 1: traded for in doc way that they traded him. You

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Speaker 1: need to have a good defensive line. You're not gonna

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Speaker 1: find many good defenses without good defensive lines. Just goes

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Speaker 1: look back at the great defensive in the history of

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Speaker 1: the league, and definitely just the last like twenty years,

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Speaker 1: they've all had good defensive lines. You gotta put pressure

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Speaker 1: on the quarterback. Even if you have Dion Sanders, Richard Sherman,

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Speaker 1: ed read Earl Thomas in the defensive backfield, you need

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Speaker 1: to have a good defensive line. So I would say

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Speaker 1: that they got to get better defensive lineman and they

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Speaker 1: need Hunter to be back and be healthy. The Charges

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Speaker 1: are officially interested in Urban Meyer. Are the Chargers. They

1083
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Speaker 1: playoff lock and the biggest roadblock to Patrick Mahomes next

1084
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Speaker 1: season if they get Meyer. Yeah, I'd say in theory, yes,

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Speaker 1: But Urban's never coached in the pros. Who are his coordinators? Uh?

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Speaker 1: You know, who's his offensive coordinator? I think we have

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Speaker 1: a night you know what type offense Urban likes to do.

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Speaker 1: But who's his defensive coordinator? Again, he's never coached against

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Speaker 1: these guys. I think Urbans fantastic. I think he'd be

1090
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Speaker 1: really good, But there still is a level of unknown

1091
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Speaker 1: for as much as everyone did, including myself, was like

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00:59:16,040 --> 00:59:19,720
Speaker 1: blowing Matt rule. They lost eight straight games this year.

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Speaker 1: The Panthers, We're not very good, not very good at all.

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Speaker 1: We just weren't really paying attention. Now their talent is

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00:59:28,640 --> 00:59:32,400
Speaker 1: dramatically better with the Chargers. But is he just gonna

1096
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Speaker 1: come in the league and win twelve games? He should?

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Speaker 1: There would be a ton of pressure on him. So yeah,

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Speaker 1: they would be an immediately. I wouldn't say roadblock. The

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Speaker 1: Chiefs are a roadblock for everybody. I would say they

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Speaker 1: would be a team the Chiefs would have to immediately

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Speaker 1: take seriously, not that they already don't because of Herbert,

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Speaker 1: but that they would really like they'd be a team

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Speaker 1: that could compete with him. For sure. If Urban was

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Speaker 1: as good as he was in college, which you know,

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Speaker 1: if he was coaching Tech since, I'd be like, yeah,

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Speaker 1: tex is gonna be a national championship type team in

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Speaker 1: the next couple of years. Pros, I just we'll see,

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Speaker 1: you know, it's just different. There's a learning curve, you know,

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Speaker 1: treating players that now officially get paid and that make

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Speaker 1: more money than you and a're more famous than you.

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Speaker 1: It's a it's a little different. So I hope he

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Speaker 1: goes to the Chargers. That's where me personally, I want

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Speaker 1: him to go. I want to watch him coach the Chargers.

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Speaker 1: Everyone in the league has told me they think he's

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Speaker 1: gonna go to Jacksonville. If he does come back, we'll

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Speaker 1: have to wait and see. I think the Chargers would

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Speaker 1: be the most fascinating thing to watch, given their talent.

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Speaker 1: Appreciate everyone listening. Everyone, have a good weekend. Enjoy the

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Speaker 1: playoff games, enjoy the National Championship, and um it, just

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Speaker 1: enjoy football. Thank god footballs in our life. And I

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Speaker 1: will talk to everyone a little bit later. Have a

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Speaker 1: great weekend. How do you euse