1 00:00:04,428 --> 00:00:06,668 Speaker 1: Good Morning Football is the production of the NFL in 2 00:00:06,748 --> 00:00:14,788 Speaker 1: partnership with iHeartRadio. 3 00:00:22,388 --> 00:00:23,868 Speaker 2: Good Morning Football. 4 00:00:25,068 --> 00:00:28,268 Speaker 3: Hey, welcome to Good Morning Football, presented by Rocket Mortgage, 5 00:00:28,308 --> 00:00:31,068 Speaker 3: Live in New York City, Wednesday, August second. I'm Jamie 6 00:00:31,068 --> 00:00:33,588 Speaker 3: ear at All, Kyle Brant, Jason mccordy, and Peter Schrager. 7 00:00:33,748 --> 00:00:36,628 Speaker 3: Back at the table, Shregs, we haven't seen you since 8 00:00:36,668 --> 00:00:41,188 Speaker 3: you absolutely blew up on behalf of Aaron Rodgers all 9 00:00:41,228 --> 00:00:42,788 Speaker 3: the takes he gave you on Sunday. 10 00:00:42,988 --> 00:00:46,708 Speaker 2: Yeah, Rogers came home and the response has been incredible. 11 00:00:46,788 --> 00:00:49,108 Speaker 2: Rogers was great, and here we are a few days later, 12 00:00:49,228 --> 00:00:50,468 Speaker 2: still still talking. 13 00:00:50,548 --> 00:00:51,988 Speaker 1: It was pretty cool when you were gone. There's a 14 00:00:52,028 --> 00:00:54,108 Speaker 1: lot of people around here saying Peter should be here. 15 00:00:54,108 --> 00:00:56,268 Speaker 1: It's ridiculous he is not here. And I said, you 16 00:00:56,308 --> 00:00:58,548 Speaker 1: have to be so insecure to go after Peter like that. 17 00:00:58,628 --> 00:01:00,868 Speaker 1: Keep Peter's name out of your mouth. We kept them 18 00:01:00,868 --> 00:01:01,108 Speaker 1: in life. 19 00:01:01,188 --> 00:01:03,108 Speaker 2: Yeah, thanks, we did, right, Yes we got. 20 00:01:03,468 --> 00:01:06,108 Speaker 3: And Peter's right. The Jets are still leading the conversation. 21 00:01:06,348 --> 00:01:09,068 Speaker 3: They are the lead block. Love leave block. Jets are 22 00:01:09,068 --> 00:01:12,428 Speaker 3: playing some feels so good to say that that's real football. 23 00:01:12,468 --> 00:01:14,828 Speaker 3: There's a night but they're still dealing with the fallout 24 00:01:14,828 --> 00:01:17,348 Speaker 3: from Sean Payton's comments last week, We've already heard from 25 00:01:17,348 --> 00:01:21,028 Speaker 3: Aaron Rodgers as we just mentioned. Well, finally Coordinator spoke 26 00:01:21,108 --> 00:01:23,988 Speaker 3: yesterday at JUST training camp. That means Nathaniel Hackett got 27 00:01:24,028 --> 00:01:27,828 Speaker 3: to respond to himself. Here is what he had to say. 28 00:01:28,628 --> 00:01:30,908 Speaker 4: I've been involved in this business my whole life, forty 29 00:01:30,948 --> 00:01:34,548 Speaker 4: three years and as a coach, as a coach's kid. 30 00:01:34,708 --> 00:01:36,068 Speaker 4: You know, we live in a glasshouse. 31 00:01:36,388 --> 00:01:37,708 Speaker 1: We know that we all. 32 00:01:37,588 --> 00:01:39,668 Speaker 4: Live in different rooms. We all got a key for it. 33 00:01:39,748 --> 00:01:41,828 Speaker 4: And it's one of those things that there's a code, 34 00:01:41,868 --> 00:01:44,308 Speaker 4: there's a way things are done in that house. And 35 00:01:44,388 --> 00:01:47,468 Speaker 4: you know, this past week, it's frustrating and it sucks, 36 00:01:47,548 --> 00:01:48,628 Speaker 4: but we're all. 37 00:01:48,548 --> 00:01:49,348 Speaker 1: Susceptible to it. 38 00:01:49,348 --> 00:01:51,548 Speaker 4: There are things that you do, mistakes you make and 39 00:01:51,988 --> 00:01:54,188 Speaker 4: it costs you time on the field, cost you your job, 40 00:01:54,188 --> 00:01:54,748 Speaker 4: all those things. 41 00:01:54,748 --> 00:01:55,988 Speaker 1: And I own all that stuff. 42 00:01:56,188 --> 00:01:56,988 Speaker 4: I mean, it's that fact. 43 00:01:56,988 --> 00:01:57,828 Speaker 1: I got no excuses. 44 00:01:57,868 --> 00:01:59,468 Speaker 4: That's how we live here at the New York Jets, 45 00:01:59,468 --> 00:02:01,868 Speaker 4: That's how we've lived everywhere. I've been no excuses. So 46 00:02:01,948 --> 00:02:04,748 Speaker 4: I own all those things. And it's unfortunate that had 47 00:02:04,748 --> 00:02:06,708 Speaker 4: to happen, that the comments that were made. 48 00:02:06,828 --> 00:02:07,828 Speaker 1: But hey, they did. 49 00:02:08,148 --> 00:02:11,108 Speaker 4: I'll tell you I was probably more surprised that they 50 00:02:11,148 --> 00:02:13,868 Speaker 4: happened now. Was definitely expecting him in week five. So 51 00:02:14,468 --> 00:02:17,348 Speaker 4: I'm almost thankful that we got that, you know, out 52 00:02:17,388 --> 00:02:21,148 Speaker 4: of the way. We all understand where certain people feel 53 00:02:21,188 --> 00:02:21,628 Speaker 4: and think. 54 00:02:22,388 --> 00:02:24,028 Speaker 3: I thought that was really well said Peter. What did 55 00:02:24,028 --> 00:02:25,228 Speaker 3: you think about Hacket's words? 56 00:02:25,548 --> 00:02:27,508 Speaker 2: I think I think he was well said, and he 57 00:02:27,628 --> 00:02:29,628 Speaker 2: was direct, and it was like, all right, could we 58 00:02:29,708 --> 00:02:30,108 Speaker 2: end it now? 59 00:02:30,188 --> 00:02:30,868 Speaker 1: Could we stop it? 60 00:02:30,908 --> 00:02:32,348 Speaker 2: I feel like that's where he was going, and we're 61 00:02:32,348 --> 00:02:33,388 Speaker 2: gonna deal with it in week five. 62 00:02:33,468 --> 00:02:35,068 Speaker 1: Let's deal with it now. Let's be over with it. 63 00:02:35,348 --> 00:02:36,388 Speaker 2: Let's move on real quickly. 64 00:02:36,428 --> 00:02:36,588 Speaker 1: Though. 65 00:02:36,668 --> 00:02:39,348 Speaker 2: You know, Hacket gets fired in Denver after fifteen weeks. 66 00:02:39,348 --> 00:02:41,948 Speaker 2: It's an embarrassment. Obviously, he's worked his entire life. He's 67 00:02:41,988 --> 00:02:44,588 Speaker 2: forty three years of coaching or forty three years of 68 00:02:44,588 --> 00:02:47,388 Speaker 2: his life to get to this point and then it 69 00:02:47,388 --> 00:02:49,508 Speaker 2: all comes crumbling down. And got to think that's an 70 00:02:49,508 --> 00:02:52,348 Speaker 2: embarrassing thing for him. Something that Rogers hit on while 71 00:02:52,388 --> 00:02:55,668 Speaker 2: we spoke was he's an amazing family man. You might say, well, 72 00:02:55,668 --> 00:02:58,788 Speaker 2: they're all amazing. Hackett has two young kids and a wife, 73 00:02:59,068 --> 00:03:01,748 Speaker 2: and they got fired in Denver. And they have to 74 00:03:01,748 --> 00:03:04,148 Speaker 2: move to New Jersey. But you know, when you have 75 00:03:04,508 --> 00:03:06,788 Speaker 2: a family and you come to this new town and 76 00:03:06,788 --> 00:03:09,628 Speaker 2: the kids are coming here and they're getting settled, and 77 00:03:09,748 --> 00:03:11,868 Speaker 2: this is what's in the headlines for the week after, 78 00:03:11,908 --> 00:03:15,068 Speaker 2: you've already dealt with the embarrassment, it's tough. And I 79 00:03:15,068 --> 00:03:17,988 Speaker 2: think that's what he means by the code saying we 80 00:03:18,028 --> 00:03:20,468 Speaker 2: all know that this is all within the line or everything, 81 00:03:20,508 --> 00:03:22,988 Speaker 2: but when it comes to families and dealing with that 82 00:03:23,108 --> 00:03:25,948 Speaker 2: embarrassment and dealing with having to explain to your kid 83 00:03:25,988 --> 00:03:28,388 Speaker 2: for a second time why your father's in the in 84 00:03:28,428 --> 00:03:29,908 Speaker 2: the paper and in the back page of the New 85 00:03:29,988 --> 00:03:32,668 Speaker 2: York Post. I think that's where he's going there, and 86 00:03:32,668 --> 00:03:34,228 Speaker 2: I think that's why it upset so many people in 87 00:03:34,268 --> 00:03:37,748 Speaker 2: the coaching community. What I'm fascinated by. And the Jets thing. Now, 88 00:03:37,748 --> 00:03:40,548 Speaker 2: we've heard from Solid, we've heard from Rogers, We've from Hackett. 89 00:03:40,588 --> 00:03:43,388 Speaker 2: What were the conversations in Denver, Because we don't know 90 00:03:43,468 --> 00:03:45,268 Speaker 2: those converses. Let me explain why. Let's look at the 91 00:03:45,268 --> 00:03:47,828 Speaker 2: original comments from Sean Payton on Thursday and then the 92 00:03:47,908 --> 00:03:51,308 Speaker 2: USA today. There was there's so much dirt around that, 93 00:03:51,308 --> 00:03:54,428 Speaker 2: there's twenty dirty hands for what was around tolerated in 94 00:03:54,468 --> 00:03:58,588 Speaker 2: the training rooms, the meeting rooms, and he mentions this 95 00:03:59,108 --> 00:04:01,428 Speaker 2: that was the parents who allowed it. That's not an 96 00:04:01,468 --> 00:04:04,028 Speaker 2: incrimination on him, but incrimination on the head coach which 97 00:04:04,068 --> 00:04:08,108 Speaker 2: was hacked it, the GM, George Peyton, who is still there, 98 00:04:08,948 --> 00:04:11,748 Speaker 2: the President Demani Leech, who was a League employee for 99 00:04:11,828 --> 00:04:15,508 Speaker 2: many years, who is still there, and everybody else who 100 00:04:15,548 --> 00:04:17,748 Speaker 2: watched it all happen. So I think everyone thinks this 101 00:04:17,788 --> 00:04:20,748 Speaker 2: is Broncos Jets and the fallout of Oh the Jets 102 00:04:20,748 --> 00:04:23,548 Speaker 2: are insulted and hurt and they're protecting their guy, Hackett, 103 00:04:23,548 --> 00:04:26,388 Speaker 2: and Hackett's you know, personal coaching career was on. I 104 00:04:26,428 --> 00:04:28,748 Speaker 2: think there's conversations that we had in Denver also, So 105 00:04:28,948 --> 00:04:31,548 Speaker 2: to me, that was the first level the Jets stuff. 106 00:04:31,628 --> 00:04:33,548 Speaker 2: How's it all being handled on Denver because the GM 107 00:04:33,628 --> 00:04:35,748 Speaker 2: that he called out, the president that he called out, 108 00:04:35,908 --> 00:04:36,908 Speaker 2: those guys are still there. 109 00:04:36,908 --> 00:04:39,788 Speaker 5: Also, Do you think it's an apology tour from Peyton 110 00:04:39,868 --> 00:04:42,468 Speaker 5: around the building. So it was just deal with it. 111 00:04:42,508 --> 00:04:44,908 Speaker 2: I think he said what he said on Saturday. He 112 00:04:44,908 --> 00:04:46,668 Speaker 2: thought he was wearing the Fox hat, which means he 113 00:04:46,708 --> 00:04:47,708 Speaker 2: was still in one of these seats. 114 00:04:47,708 --> 00:04:48,948 Speaker 1: It's the biggest cop out I've ever heard. 115 00:04:49,148 --> 00:04:52,668 Speaker 2: Yeah, you know what he was talking and he said 116 00:04:52,668 --> 00:04:55,108 Speaker 2: what he said, and he went over the line, and 117 00:04:55,148 --> 00:04:58,548 Speaker 2: he knows it. But you know what, Sean hasn't called Hackett, 118 00:04:58,588 --> 00:05:01,788 Speaker 2: doesn't he doesn't. I don't know he's gonna call Hackett. 119 00:05:01,828 --> 00:05:04,028 Speaker 2: I think Shawn's also from the parcels tree, where a 120 00:05:04,028 --> 00:05:07,068 Speaker 2: little is good, throw a little, let's go. Okay, they're 121 00:05:07,068 --> 00:05:09,708 Speaker 2: talking about Denver, and this is kind of what I 122 00:05:09,708 --> 00:05:11,468 Speaker 2: was going to say on Friday on the show. They 123 00:05:11,548 --> 00:05:14,348 Speaker 2: needed that beehive to be knocked around in Denver. They've 124 00:05:14,348 --> 00:05:16,748 Speaker 2: been to the playoffs since twenty sixteen. I'm not condoning anything. 125 00:05:16,788 --> 00:05:19,428 Speaker 2: Peyton's yeah, I know Hackett and I know Solid and 126 00:05:19,428 --> 00:05:21,788 Speaker 2: those guys were really hurt by this. I don't think 127 00:05:21,828 --> 00:05:24,308 Speaker 2: it's about them though. I think this was about Sean 128 00:05:24,348 --> 00:05:27,748 Speaker 2: Payton getting his guys Okay, new bosses in town and 129 00:05:27,828 --> 00:05:29,748 Speaker 2: we're all going to be in the crucible. 130 00:05:29,468 --> 00:05:30,148 Speaker 6: For them step up. 131 00:05:31,228 --> 00:05:33,068 Speaker 3: But he's not the boss. That's the thing is he's 132 00:05:33,108 --> 00:05:35,628 Speaker 3: calling out his actual bosses in that quote. And him 133 00:05:35,668 --> 00:05:37,628 Speaker 3: saying that he was wearing his Fox hat on Saturday 134 00:05:37,628 --> 00:05:39,868 Speaker 3: morning flies in the face of what you tweeted on 135 00:05:39,948 --> 00:05:42,788 Speaker 3: Friday about Sean Payton, which is this man goes about 136 00:05:42,828 --> 00:05:45,788 Speaker 3: everything like it's a recipe in a cookbook. So did 137 00:05:45,828 --> 00:05:48,708 Speaker 3: he think that he was He thought maybe the response 138 00:05:48,828 --> 00:05:51,108 Speaker 3: was going to be, Wow, Sean Payton's more pro Russell 139 00:05:51,308 --> 00:05:53,988 Speaker 3: in this quote, but everyone was like, damn, you went 140 00:05:54,028 --> 00:05:55,668 Speaker 3: after Nathaniel Hackett like. 141 00:05:56,068 --> 00:05:58,708 Speaker 2: He didn't apologize for his quote. He said he regretted 142 00:05:59,308 --> 00:06:01,188 Speaker 2: that he went over they didn't show enough for strength. 143 00:06:03,388 --> 00:06:06,588 Speaker 2: I think his intention was to shake things up and 144 00:06:06,668 --> 00:06:07,148 Speaker 2: that he did. 145 00:06:07,588 --> 00:06:10,388 Speaker 3: And then lastly, if I were Russell Wilson, I would 146 00:06:10,548 --> 00:06:13,348 Speaker 3: feel so insulted by this quote. He was like trying 147 00:06:13,388 --> 00:06:15,708 Speaker 3: to have his guys back. Yet you're just called a 148 00:06:15,868 --> 00:06:18,788 Speaker 3: child if so facto in that quote because the parents 149 00:06:18,828 --> 00:06:20,748 Speaker 3: let it get out of hand. Russell Wilson, you are 150 00:06:20,788 --> 00:06:22,988 Speaker 3: the child that was like lashing out last year, was 151 00:06:23,228 --> 00:06:25,268 Speaker 3: kicking and stopping your feet and wanting a parking spot 152 00:06:25,348 --> 00:06:27,468 Speaker 3: in an office and stuff. And now all of a sudden, 153 00:06:27,508 --> 00:06:29,308 Speaker 3: like the new dad's in town and he's gonna be 154 00:06:29,348 --> 00:06:31,188 Speaker 3: a lot more strict. If I was Russell Wilson, to 155 00:06:31,268 --> 00:06:33,108 Speaker 3: be like, what kind of dynamic are you trying to 156 00:06:33,148 --> 00:06:33,748 Speaker 3: adopt here? 157 00:06:33,988 --> 00:06:36,748 Speaker 5: Yeah, Kyle said it last week when the comments came 158 00:06:36,748 --> 00:06:38,388 Speaker 5: out and he said, if I'm Russell Wilson, like, I'm 159 00:06:38,428 --> 00:06:39,628 Speaker 5: not just gonna allow. 160 00:06:39,348 --> 00:06:42,268 Speaker 1: Everybody else to take the blame. My play was my play. 161 00:06:42,348 --> 00:06:45,308 Speaker 5: But back to Nathaniel Hackett, when I heard these comments yesterday, 162 00:06:45,308 --> 00:06:47,188 Speaker 5: it was just a matter of he said what you 163 00:06:47,268 --> 00:06:49,548 Speaker 5: expected in to say. And I saw some people responding 164 00:06:49,588 --> 00:06:52,428 Speaker 5: They're just like, who cares, like Hackets, stop crying, Like 165 00:06:52,788 --> 00:06:54,508 Speaker 5: just come out and say you sucked in Denver. And 166 00:06:54,548 --> 00:06:56,668 Speaker 5: it's just like, well, why should he have to keep 167 00:06:56,748 --> 00:06:59,108 Speaker 5: saying that he was in Denavor, he was a head coach. 168 00:06:59,388 --> 00:07:02,468 Speaker 5: We all know it failed. He was fired for every 169 00:07:02,508 --> 00:07:04,268 Speaker 5: week they'd go out there, whether it was a clock 170 00:07:04,628 --> 00:07:06,548 Speaker 5: management at the end of the game, for whatever reason, 171 00:07:06,588 --> 00:07:08,748 Speaker 5: they would end up on the losing side of a game. 172 00:07:08,948 --> 00:07:10,388 Speaker 5: He had to stand in front of the me that 173 00:07:10,468 --> 00:07:12,628 Speaker 5: he had to do a press conference and talk about 174 00:07:12,828 --> 00:07:15,668 Speaker 5: why the team was where they were. He's dealt with 175 00:07:15,748 --> 00:07:18,628 Speaker 5: that week after week while he was in Denver. Your fire, 176 00:07:18,668 --> 00:07:20,828 Speaker 5: you start with the Jets. He has no reason to 177 00:07:20,908 --> 00:07:24,188 Speaker 5: continue to apologize for what transpired when he was on 178 00:07:24,228 --> 00:07:27,548 Speaker 5: the Denver Broncos. So I was like Nathaniel Hackett Moore 179 00:07:27,588 --> 00:07:30,268 Speaker 5: after hearing his response to Chanpagne of just let you, 180 00:07:30,508 --> 00:07:32,108 Speaker 5: like you said, letting it kind of roll off his 181 00:07:32,188 --> 00:07:35,668 Speaker 5: back and focusing on what's to come. Because the whole 182 00:07:35,708 --> 00:07:38,588 Speaker 5: cold thing you think about, even from a player's perspective, 183 00:07:38,788 --> 00:07:41,908 Speaker 5: when another player takes over, somebody's bingched or whatever happens, 184 00:07:42,028 --> 00:07:43,948 Speaker 5: no one steps up and says, oh, yeah, that guy 185 00:07:43,988 --> 00:07:46,628 Speaker 5: before me sucked. When Matt Ryan ended up in Indie, 186 00:07:46,628 --> 00:07:49,348 Speaker 5: he doesn't talk about Carson Wentz. When Tannehill takes over 187 00:07:49,548 --> 00:07:52,348 Speaker 5: for Marioda, Jimmy G this year, isn't going to stand 188 00:07:52,348 --> 00:07:54,068 Speaker 5: at the podium and be like, my goodness, this is 189 00:07:54,108 --> 00:07:55,708 Speaker 5: a good thing. We got that guy car out of 190 00:07:55,708 --> 00:07:58,188 Speaker 5: here because he just couldn't get it done. You just 191 00:07:58,268 --> 00:08:00,628 Speaker 5: don't do it. You understand you could easily be in 192 00:08:00,628 --> 00:08:01,188 Speaker 5: that position. 193 00:08:01,348 --> 00:08:03,268 Speaker 2: You were on a lot of Titans teams that had 194 00:08:03,308 --> 00:08:06,268 Speaker 2: a fired coach. Yeah, did the new coach ever coming 195 00:08:06,308 --> 00:08:10,228 Speaker 2: in behind closed doors, say hey, that coach was terrible 196 00:08:10,308 --> 00:08:11,788 Speaker 2: or they didn't even tell you the teams that that 197 00:08:12,028 --> 00:08:12,828 Speaker 2: which is terrible. 198 00:08:12,988 --> 00:08:15,228 Speaker 5: They never outward least, and I think that's what they 199 00:08:15,228 --> 00:08:17,828 Speaker 5: were alluding to. They never outwardly say it. What they 200 00:08:17,908 --> 00:08:20,348 Speaker 5: do is they come in and every sign that's in 201 00:08:20,388 --> 00:08:22,948 Speaker 5: the building, all these good morning football signs, they all 202 00:08:22,988 --> 00:08:25,748 Speaker 5: come down every saying they had whatever, and maybe then 203 00:08:25,788 --> 00:08:27,668 Speaker 5: they put new ones up, and it's kind of their 204 00:08:27,708 --> 00:08:30,148 Speaker 5: way of saying that old way, that old culture, like 205 00:08:30,188 --> 00:08:33,948 Speaker 5: it's gone, but you never specifically say it was embarrassment 206 00:08:34,028 --> 00:08:35,868 Speaker 5: and things like that, those triggered words. 207 00:08:35,868 --> 00:08:37,748 Speaker 1: You know, well, I lively would Hackett said, and a 208 00:08:37,988 --> 00:08:42,588 Speaker 1: nice person, high road, polite, good for him, bravo, offensive guy. 209 00:08:42,588 --> 00:08:44,668 Speaker 1: I would have liked a little more offense, just a 210 00:08:44,668 --> 00:08:47,908 Speaker 1: little because it's there. I mean easily if he mentioned 211 00:08:47,948 --> 00:08:50,668 Speaker 1: glass houses. If he had come out and said, you know, 212 00:08:50,708 --> 00:08:53,068 Speaker 1: Sean Payton, like you got a spotless resume, like you 213 00:08:53,068 --> 00:08:54,788 Speaker 1: want to take shots right now, you want to look 214 00:08:54,788 --> 00:08:56,548 Speaker 1: back on your career like that would have been very, 215 00:08:56,628 --> 00:08:58,868 Speaker 1: very easy. I also think, you know, all he did 216 00:08:58,948 --> 00:09:01,548 Speaker 1: was reference this sort of arcane code and then hide 217 00:09:01,548 --> 00:09:03,348 Speaker 1: behind it. I'm sure he doesn't want to be part 218 00:09:03,388 --> 00:09:05,508 Speaker 1: of the story, but it's someone who sympathized with him 219 00:09:05,548 --> 00:09:07,188 Speaker 1: and sympathized with the Jets. I would have liked it. 220 00:09:07,228 --> 00:09:08,388 Speaker 1: I would have liked to hear him say I know 221 00:09:08,468 --> 00:09:10,748 Speaker 1: what I'm doing on offense. This offense works and it's 222 00:09:10,828 --> 00:09:12,468 Speaker 1: nice that this year I'll actually have a quarterback who 223 00:09:12,468 --> 00:09:13,868 Speaker 1: can run it. You know, I would like that. That's 224 00:09:13,868 --> 00:09:15,508 Speaker 1: going to be a nice change. Then you pull in 225 00:09:15,508 --> 00:09:18,268 Speaker 1: the Russ factor, because the missing piece in all of this, 226 00:09:18,468 --> 00:09:20,788 Speaker 1: in the strings on the bulletin board, is Russell has 227 00:09:20,788 --> 00:09:23,148 Speaker 1: still said nothing. You know, if you go to his Twitter, 228 00:09:23,588 --> 00:09:25,388 Speaker 1: it's scripture. And that's all great, and I know he's 229 00:09:25,428 --> 00:09:27,388 Speaker 1: not wired that way, but there are some really important 230 00:09:27,428 --> 00:09:29,908 Speaker 1: questions to be asked here, specifically that his head coach 231 00:09:29,988 --> 00:09:32,148 Speaker 1: came in and said he did nothing wrong whatsoever and 232 00:09:32,228 --> 00:09:35,548 Speaker 1: it was all his bosses and the last coach accountability 233 00:09:35,548 --> 00:09:37,788 Speaker 1: from him completely. So I know Russ is focused on 234 00:09:37,828 --> 00:09:39,708 Speaker 1: this season in this camp, like this is a big 235 00:09:39,788 --> 00:09:41,468 Speaker 1: story and it's going to be bigger next week when 236 00:09:41,468 --> 00:09:42,908 Speaker 1: hard Knock comes out. I would like to hear him 237 00:09:42,908 --> 00:09:45,388 Speaker 1: say something about the deal here and he said squat. 238 00:09:45,548 --> 00:09:47,348 Speaker 3: But we talked about that was it two days ago, 239 00:09:47,388 --> 00:09:49,588 Speaker 3: wanting what we think Russell would say, and you both 240 00:09:49,668 --> 00:09:52,268 Speaker 3: kind of assumed it would have been a benign answer. Anyways, Peter, 241 00:09:52,348 --> 00:09:54,508 Speaker 3: do you think Russell, like, what could he even say 242 00:09:54,828 --> 00:09:58,108 Speaker 3: that would further the story at all? Besides, just like 243 00:09:58,308 --> 00:10:00,028 Speaker 3: everyone has their opinions that I'm going to try to 244 00:10:00,028 --> 00:10:01,148 Speaker 3: work hard and make my game better. 245 00:10:01,228 --> 00:10:03,508 Speaker 2: To Kyle's point, there's this like connected dot. So you've 246 00:10:03,548 --> 00:10:06,748 Speaker 2: got now you on too, NBA JAM. You've got Hackett 247 00:10:06,828 --> 00:10:10,188 Speaker 2: and Rogers, and you've got Wilson and Peyton and let's. 248 00:10:09,988 --> 00:10:12,028 Speaker 1: Go to I think there's no love in that lineup 249 00:10:12,068 --> 00:10:18,108 Speaker 1: ere but a lot of battles. No. Yeah, I want 250 00:10:18,108 --> 00:10:20,348 Speaker 1: to ask you a personal question. Yeah, about the Rogers 251 00:10:20,348 --> 00:10:22,548 Speaker 1: stuff you've been going to vacations over, buddy. I know 252 00:10:23,108 --> 00:10:26,468 Speaker 1: you're sitting there with Rogers. He's pretty much unloading on Peyton. Yeah, 253 00:10:26,828 --> 00:10:28,428 Speaker 1: I'm not giving anything away here. You're a Peyton guy. 254 00:10:28,428 --> 00:10:30,388 Speaker 1: You've said it many times, you've worked side by side 255 00:10:30,428 --> 00:10:32,828 Speaker 1: with him. I think you like Sean Payton. What was 256 00:10:32,868 --> 00:10:35,388 Speaker 1: that like for you personally hearing someone of Roger's stature 257 00:10:35,468 --> 00:10:37,308 Speaker 1: just kneecapping Peyton as you're sitting there. 258 00:10:37,388 --> 00:10:37,628 Speaker 5: Yeah. 259 00:10:38,108 --> 00:10:39,908 Speaker 2: I respect the hell out of Rogers for having his 260 00:10:39,948 --> 00:10:41,988 Speaker 2: guys back, and I would hope he would have his back. 261 00:10:42,108 --> 00:10:43,988 Speaker 2: I just asked a question, talk about Hackett. He went 262 00:10:44,028 --> 00:10:45,668 Speaker 2: where he went with the Payton stuff, and I'm like, 263 00:10:45,948 --> 00:10:48,308 Speaker 2: my response was, I was almost flabber I was like, 264 00:10:48,548 --> 00:10:52,148 Speaker 2: respect fair, and it is all fair. I can't condone 265 00:10:52,188 --> 00:10:55,388 Speaker 2: what Sean Payton said. Yeah, Sean Payton that I knew 266 00:10:55,468 --> 00:10:57,828 Speaker 2: from Fox for a year. We had a really great 267 00:10:57,868 --> 00:11:00,948 Speaker 2: working relationship. I can't condone those comments that he made 268 00:11:00,988 --> 00:11:04,068 Speaker 2: about Nathaniel Hackett, you know. And I also think this 269 00:11:04,148 --> 00:11:05,548 Speaker 2: is all in a little bit of a way in 270 00:11:05,548 --> 00:11:07,988 Speaker 2: the world, and it's a little this is WWF to 271 00:11:08,028 --> 00:11:10,308 Speaker 2: me a little. This is Sean Payton trying to get 272 00:11:10,348 --> 00:11:13,948 Speaker 2: his guys going. So I'm also not as staunchly offended 273 00:11:13,948 --> 00:11:15,788 Speaker 2: in clutching my pearls like a lot of people. There's 274 00:11:15,828 --> 00:11:17,068 Speaker 2: some real life problems. 275 00:11:16,668 --> 00:11:18,628 Speaker 1: In the world too. You know. Do you suspect that 276 00:11:18,268 --> 00:11:21,348 Speaker 1: the alleged regret he expresses this bs You think he 277 00:11:21,388 --> 00:11:23,788 Speaker 1: regrets anything or is that just like keeping. 278 00:11:23,668 --> 00:11:25,668 Speaker 2: I think he regrets going as far as he went, 279 00:11:25,708 --> 00:11:28,068 Speaker 2: but I don't regret. I don't think he regrets. 280 00:11:27,788 --> 00:11:28,588 Speaker 1: Doing the interview. 281 00:11:29,348 --> 00:11:31,388 Speaker 3: I think when he said that it had his Fox 282 00:11:31,428 --> 00:11:33,188 Speaker 3: hat on, I was like, you just dragged. 283 00:11:32,868 --> 00:11:34,468 Speaker 7: A bunch of TV people into the books. 284 00:11:34,548 --> 00:11:37,748 Speaker 1: If we like, if he talked like that on Fox 285 00:11:37,828 --> 00:11:39,068 Speaker 1: last year, he would still have his Fox out. 286 00:11:39,308 --> 00:11:41,148 Speaker 2: Yes, I mean he would be run one hundred million 287 00:11:41,188 --> 00:11:42,788 Speaker 2: dollar content style. 288 00:11:43,028 --> 00:11:45,388 Speaker 1: Yeah right, I think that's a pittance, but what he 289 00:11:45,388 --> 00:11:47,348 Speaker 1: would ask pretty good. I worked with Sean for twenty 290 00:11:47,348 --> 00:11:48,428 Speaker 1: two weeks. He didn't anything like that. 291 00:11:48,948 --> 00:11:49,268 Speaker 6: But you. 292 00:11:50,868 --> 00:11:52,868 Speaker 1: Used to tell a lot of off the camera stories 293 00:11:52,868 --> 00:11:54,708 Speaker 1: about Sean that Shawn would hold court. Yeah. I think 294 00:11:54,708 --> 00:11:56,028 Speaker 1: it's maybe it's like a rocking. 295 00:11:55,788 --> 00:11:58,748 Speaker 3: Tour, and he hasn't said a single one of those stories. 296 00:11:58,748 --> 00:12:00,868 Speaker 3: And that's why they're still such good friends, because Peter's 297 00:12:00,908 --> 00:12:01,708 Speaker 3: that guy about that. 298 00:12:02,188 --> 00:12:04,148 Speaker 2: At the end of the day, Peyton is a parcels guy. 299 00:12:04,428 --> 00:12:06,188 Speaker 2: And when I say parcels guy at home, you're like, well, 300 00:12:06,188 --> 00:12:09,588 Speaker 2: what does that mean? Parcels life. Chaos is good. Let's 301 00:12:09,628 --> 00:12:12,028 Speaker 2: have some chaos. So to this, I think the Broncos 302 00:12:12,028 --> 00:12:14,628 Speaker 2: have been an irrelevant franchise since twenty sixteen, when Peyton 303 00:12:14,628 --> 00:12:16,748 Speaker 2: Manning was last their quarterback, then in the playoffs, since 304 00:12:16,788 --> 00:12:18,388 Speaker 2: in a little bit away, I don't. I think Sean's 305 00:12:18,388 --> 00:12:20,068 Speaker 2: waking up every morning and it's like, all right, people 306 00:12:20,068 --> 00:12:21,468 Speaker 2: are talking about the Broncos. Now we gotta go back 307 00:12:21,468 --> 00:12:21,668 Speaker 2: it up. 308 00:12:21,788 --> 00:12:22,708 Speaker 1: Okay, let's go plus. 309 00:12:22,828 --> 00:12:24,588 Speaker 3: Yeah, that's true because the Saints were never like that 310 00:12:24,628 --> 00:12:27,388 Speaker 3: when he was there. People were always talking about the Saints. 311 00:12:27,588 --> 00:12:30,508 Speaker 3: Inside Training Camp Live comes your way at ten am 312 00:12:30,548 --> 00:12:33,788 Speaker 3: Eastern today, right after our show. It's been happening all week. 313 00:12:33,828 --> 00:12:34,388 Speaker 1: It continues. 314 00:12:34,508 --> 00:12:37,068 Speaker 3: Check out the lists of guests why scheduled to appear. 315 00:12:37,268 --> 00:12:41,148 Speaker 3: You got Travis Kelce, Michael Thomas, Odelebuckham Junior, and Bill 316 00:12:41,308 --> 00:12:44,148 Speaker 3: Belichick with Scott Pioli. We got you covered all across 317 00:12:44,188 --> 00:12:47,588 Speaker 3: the NFL Inside Training Camp Live following us at ten 318 00:12:47,628 --> 00:12:48,548 Speaker 3: am right here. 319 00:12:48,468 --> 00:12:52,428 Speaker 1: Will Oh Oh, I think got it to ask him, 320 00:12:53,148 --> 00:12:53,988 Speaker 1: go sext him. 321 00:12:53,908 --> 00:12:54,708 Speaker 7: Let's sex him. 322 00:12:54,988 --> 00:12:56,988 Speaker 3: Still to come on our show though, Who doesn't love 323 00:12:57,028 --> 00:12:59,548 Speaker 3: a good dark horse prediction heading into a new season. 324 00:12:59,548 --> 00:13:02,708 Speaker 3: We're not at prediction week yet, but we're inching, We're 325 00:13:02,708 --> 00:13:04,908 Speaker 3: thinking about it. We're spread at the tip of tongues. 326 00:13:05,108 --> 00:13:07,268 Speaker 1: Plus, the Colt should just named Anthony richardson the starter 327 00:13:07,348 --> 00:13:09,228 Speaker 1: right now? Name the starter? Are we in er out 328 00:13:09,268 --> 00:13:11,308 Speaker 1: on that? We pumped the brakes or hit the gas? 329 00:13:11,428 --> 00:13:12,628 Speaker 1: Good Morning Football? 330 00:13:12,708 --> 00:13:25,868 Speaker 6: On a Wednesday, Good. 331 00:13:25,708 --> 00:13:30,908 Speaker 2: Morning Football ian Rappaport gave us a pretty earth shattering 332 00:13:30,908 --> 00:13:34,388 Speaker 2: report yesterday at Indianapolis, saying that star running back Jonathan 333 00:13:34,468 --> 00:13:37,988 Speaker 2: Taylor's trade request still stands following his meeting with Colts 334 00:13:38,028 --> 00:13:41,628 Speaker 2: owner Jim Irsay here he is on the latest and 335 00:13:42,388 --> 00:13:43,708 Speaker 2: what might happen next. 336 00:13:44,108 --> 00:13:46,228 Speaker 1: For the former NFL rushing leader. 337 00:13:48,268 --> 00:13:51,868 Speaker 8: The soap opera in Indianapolis continued yesterday with coach star 338 00:13:51,948 --> 00:13:55,908 Speaker 8: running back Jonathan Taylor watching practice in street clothes, still 339 00:13:55,988 --> 00:13:59,348 Speaker 8: on the pup list, still in a stalemate with the Colts. 340 00:13:59,628 --> 00:14:02,428 Speaker 8: Here is where it all stands. Of course, earlier this offseason, 341 00:14:02,628 --> 00:14:04,628 Speaker 8: the Colts made clear to Jonathan Taylor that they would 342 00:14:04,668 --> 00:14:07,668 Speaker 8: not extend him, wanted him to play out his deal, 343 00:14:07,708 --> 00:14:10,868 Speaker 8: hired a new agent, Malkey Cowin now represents him, came 344 00:14:10,908 --> 00:14:13,468 Speaker 8: to camp wanting a new deal. When it was clear 345 00:14:13,548 --> 00:14:15,588 Speaker 8: the Colts had not changed their stands, he had a 346 00:14:15,628 --> 00:14:18,828 Speaker 8: face to face meeting with owner Jim Ersay and asked 347 00:14:18,828 --> 00:14:22,108 Speaker 8: for a trade. Meanwhile, Ersay came out surely thereafter and 348 00:14:22,148 --> 00:14:25,628 Speaker 8: said he would not trade Taylor now or in October. 349 00:14:25,628 --> 00:14:28,068 Speaker 8: Then there were some reports in the local media that 350 00:14:28,148 --> 00:14:30,508 Speaker 8: maybe the Colts were considering putting him on the non 351 00:14:30,588 --> 00:14:33,548 Speaker 8: football injury list, despite the fact that Taylor came out 352 00:14:33,668 --> 00:14:37,108 Speaker 8: right after and said he does not have a neck injury, 353 00:14:37,188 --> 00:14:39,708 Speaker 8: does not have a back injury, doesn't have any injury 354 00:14:39,908 --> 00:14:42,948 Speaker 8: besides the ankle that he is still nursing, so that 355 00:14:43,068 --> 00:14:45,108 Speaker 8: is where it stands. Meanwhile, there's a couple of teams, 356 00:14:45,108 --> 00:14:48,228 Speaker 8: according to my knowledge, that would be interested in calling 357 00:14:48,228 --> 00:14:51,348 Speaker 8: the Colts, planning to call the Coats and interested in 358 00:14:51,388 --> 00:14:54,868 Speaker 8: a trade and willing to pay Jonathan Taylor what he 359 00:14:54,948 --> 00:14:58,508 Speaker 8: believes he deserves. Remains to be seen. Would the Colts 360 00:14:58,588 --> 00:15:00,508 Speaker 8: actually consider a trade like that. 361 00:15:03,108 --> 00:15:07,748 Speaker 2: Report. Aside from all that Jonathan Taylor, Saquon kid, random 362 00:15:07,748 --> 00:15:11,908 Speaker 2: guy in a polo shirt drama, Anthony Richardson has been 363 00:15:12,228 --> 00:15:15,308 Speaker 2: standing out at camp all twenty years of him. He 364 00:15:15,388 --> 00:15:19,148 Speaker 2: took the bulk of first team reps at camp yesterday 365 00:15:19,748 --> 00:15:22,108 Speaker 2: and did so the day before as well. There is 366 00:15:22,228 --> 00:15:28,148 Speaker 2: momentum building towards the fourth overall pick with Taylor not 367 00:15:28,228 --> 00:15:31,108 Speaker 2: out there, with a new coach and with some new 368 00:15:31,148 --> 00:15:35,508 Speaker 2: weapons on the outside. Here is my statement, Anthony Richardson 369 00:15:35,868 --> 00:15:39,108 Speaker 2: will be the starter for the Colts week one. Are 370 00:15:39,108 --> 00:15:42,228 Speaker 2: we in Jason? You've been down these roads. 371 00:15:42,028 --> 00:15:46,308 Speaker 5: Before, gaining momentum bulk of first team, but I'm going out. 372 00:15:46,468 --> 00:15:48,348 Speaker 5: I think this could have been part of the plan. 373 00:15:48,468 --> 00:15:50,228 Speaker 5: You need to get him some of those reps early on. 374 00:15:50,308 --> 00:15:53,188 Speaker 5: We have no idea what Shane Styke and already had 375 00:15:53,228 --> 00:15:56,828 Speaker 5: mapped out before the training camp even started. The thing is, 376 00:15:56,828 --> 00:15:58,828 Speaker 5: Anthony Richardson is what we all want to talk about. 377 00:15:58,828 --> 00:16:01,028 Speaker 5: So every time he makes an incredible throw on practice, 378 00:16:01,188 --> 00:16:04,148 Speaker 5: it goes viral and everybody across the internet season Gardner 379 00:16:04,468 --> 00:16:07,268 Speaker 5: Shoe is putting together a good training camp as a 380 00:16:07,268 --> 00:16:10,348 Speaker 5: Colts quarterback as well, we just don't talk about it. 381 00:16:10,668 --> 00:16:12,628 Speaker 5: We don't talk about Look what the Beat. 382 00:16:12,388 --> 00:16:13,508 Speaker 1: Reports is saying in Indy. 383 00:16:13,548 --> 00:16:15,988 Speaker 5: They're talking about Gardner Minshew as well. It's just he 384 00:16:16,028 --> 00:16:18,068 Speaker 5: doesn't get any love because we want to see the 385 00:16:18,068 --> 00:16:21,308 Speaker 5: incredible plays that Anthony Richardson is making. Gardner is a 386 00:16:21,308 --> 00:16:24,188 Speaker 5: guy that you love, his energy, his personality. I think 387 00:16:24,228 --> 00:16:27,228 Speaker 5: Anthony Richardson would gain a lot by being able to 388 00:16:27,228 --> 00:16:29,388 Speaker 5: sit down and watch Minshew during the first few weeks 389 00:16:29,388 --> 00:16:29,908 Speaker 5: of the season. 390 00:16:30,068 --> 00:16:33,428 Speaker 3: I so badly want to say in and I meeting 391 00:16:33,428 --> 00:16:35,348 Speaker 3: myself a list of reasons why I think it should 392 00:16:35,388 --> 00:16:37,388 Speaker 3: be a week one starter, and I still have to 393 00:16:37,388 --> 00:16:40,068 Speaker 3: say out. I still have to like side with reason. 394 00:16:40,388 --> 00:16:43,068 Speaker 3: Anthony Richardson apparently has bulked up to two hundred and 395 00:16:43,068 --> 00:16:45,388 Speaker 3: fifty five pounds. I think at the combine he was 396 00:16:45,428 --> 00:16:47,868 Speaker 3: like two forty three. He hopes to play around two 397 00:16:47,908 --> 00:16:51,468 Speaker 3: hundred and fifty pounds. It would be electric factory if 398 00:16:51,508 --> 00:16:53,628 Speaker 3: this man started a week one for the Indianapolis Clotes. 399 00:16:54,028 --> 00:16:56,588 Speaker 3: But there's too many things going on that are changing. 400 00:16:56,668 --> 00:17:00,948 Speaker 3: That's dramatic. In Indianapolis, the sixth man off the bench 401 00:17:01,068 --> 00:17:03,588 Speaker 3: or a basketball game sometimes is the best player because 402 00:17:03,588 --> 00:17:06,588 Speaker 3: they watch the low of the game unfold. Maybe even 403 00:17:06,628 --> 00:17:08,428 Speaker 3: get him in in the third quarter or fourth quarter 404 00:17:08,428 --> 00:17:10,668 Speaker 3: of game. Yes, Anthony Richardson, I know we're going to 405 00:17:10,708 --> 00:17:13,348 Speaker 3: see it. We are. It is promised that this kid 406 00:17:13,588 --> 00:17:17,188 Speaker 3: will develop. But I can't in my sound mind say 407 00:17:17,468 --> 00:17:19,628 Speaker 3: let's throw him out there because there's so many things 408 00:17:19,668 --> 00:17:21,508 Speaker 3: happening in Indianapolis with the Colts right now. 409 00:17:21,708 --> 00:17:25,148 Speaker 1: Out of course I'm then, of course in what are 410 00:17:25,148 --> 00:17:28,148 Speaker 1: we doing? Yes, yes, we start them. You know. Can 411 00:17:28,188 --> 00:17:30,428 Speaker 1: you imagine that we're in a point where like the 412 00:17:30,468 --> 00:17:34,108 Speaker 1: boring veteran alternatives Gardner Minshew like he's one of the 413 00:17:34,108 --> 00:17:36,308 Speaker 1: most interesting and most entertaining people in the league, and 414 00:17:36,308 --> 00:17:39,748 Speaker 1: we're like boring. You give us Richardson. The thing Richardson 415 00:17:39,788 --> 00:17:41,748 Speaker 1: has going for him is that he's got to prove 416 00:17:41,828 --> 00:17:44,028 Speaker 1: some things I think in the game action. But it's 417 00:17:44,028 --> 00:17:46,108 Speaker 1: not going to take a quarter. It's not going to 418 00:17:46,148 --> 00:17:49,068 Speaker 1: take a drive. It could be one play and they're like, oh, 419 00:17:49,068 --> 00:17:51,508 Speaker 1: he's in. Like if he makes one play where he 420 00:17:51,588 --> 00:17:53,628 Speaker 1: pivots out of the pocket and then throws back across 421 00:17:53,628 --> 00:17:55,108 Speaker 1: and they get it like that's going to be the 422 00:17:55,108 --> 00:17:57,788 Speaker 1: starter's And a little scheduling cork, like they have a 423 00:17:57,828 --> 00:18:01,868 Speaker 1: couple of like primetime preseason games and their preseason Fonaley 424 00:18:01,868 --> 00:18:05,228 Speaker 1: is against the NFC champion Eagles at Philadelphia Amazon Prime 425 00:18:05,268 --> 00:18:07,468 Speaker 1: at eight o'clock at night. That's kind of the Anthony 426 00:18:07,548 --> 00:18:09,708 Speaker 1: Richardson Invitational, and I feel like he could get the 427 00:18:09,708 --> 00:18:11,628 Speaker 1: gig there. They open against the Jags, like that's that's 428 00:18:11,668 --> 00:18:13,268 Speaker 1: a big game for them. I think he will be 429 00:18:13,308 --> 00:18:15,348 Speaker 1: the starter. He's not behind Peyton Manning like the Gardner 430 00:18:15,348 --> 00:18:17,748 Speaker 1: Minshew is not as hardly some lock to say like, 431 00:18:17,868 --> 00:18:19,708 Speaker 1: well just hand the keys to Gardner and he'll get 432 00:18:19,748 --> 00:18:21,148 Speaker 1: you to three and two over the first five. We 433 00:18:21,148 --> 00:18:22,708 Speaker 1: don't know what he's got. I think it's gonna be 434 00:18:22,788 --> 00:18:23,908 Speaker 1: Richeson and I hope yeah. 435 00:18:23,948 --> 00:18:26,908 Speaker 2: If Taylor was there and Taylor was playing, I would 436 00:18:26,908 --> 00:18:29,548 Speaker 2: say I would lean closer to Richard Richardson is Taylor. 437 00:18:30,668 --> 00:18:32,908 Speaker 1: I feel like that's too much on him, right, Well, 438 00:18:32,948 --> 00:18:35,188 Speaker 1: like he's two fifty five, why he's enough. 439 00:18:35,268 --> 00:18:38,108 Speaker 2: Not only run quarterback gave you also have to run 440 00:18:38,148 --> 00:18:40,108 Speaker 2: the ball for us. You also have to make plays, 441 00:18:40,108 --> 00:18:40,588 Speaker 2: you have to have. 442 00:18:40,548 --> 00:18:42,748 Speaker 1: To be our leader. It's a lot. 443 00:18:42,828 --> 00:18:44,948 Speaker 2: I will say this. We were saying the same things 444 00:18:44,988 --> 00:18:48,628 Speaker 2: Kyle back in twenty seventeen, twenty eighteen. But Deshaun Watson's 445 00:18:48,668 --> 00:18:52,388 Speaker 2: great in camp. But Tom Savage is just home Savage. 446 00:18:52,588 --> 00:18:55,148 Speaker 2: Tom Savage is just you know, Billy Owen. And then 447 00:18:55,188 --> 00:18:57,908 Speaker 2: I half into their they bench, Tom Savage, what are 448 00:18:57,948 --> 00:18:59,428 Speaker 2: we doing? So it could be that as well. 449 00:18:59,468 --> 00:19:02,348 Speaker 1: Listen, if Jonathan Taylor and I die tonight, the league 450 00:19:02,388 --> 00:19:05,228 Speaker 1: keeps going, it doesn't matter. Ain't just quote of the month. 451 00:19:05,308 --> 00:19:06,428 Speaker 1: So we'll go to Anthony Ight. 452 00:19:06,668 --> 00:19:09,068 Speaker 2: Zach Mauls got hurt, Yes, jach Man's got hurt, So 453 00:19:09,148 --> 00:19:12,908 Speaker 2: we'll say number two. Lion's head coach Dan Campbell made 454 00:19:12,908 --> 00:19:15,988 Speaker 2: some headlines yesterday after he told the guys at part 455 00:19:16,028 --> 00:19:18,388 Speaker 2: in My Take that he would really like to have 456 00:19:18,468 --> 00:19:22,948 Speaker 2: a live lion on the sidelines during home games. Campbell 457 00:19:22,988 --> 00:19:25,588 Speaker 2: said if he were to get the NFL's stamp of approval, 458 00:19:25,668 --> 00:19:28,148 Speaker 2: he'd be all about it. Now the story goes that 459 00:19:28,228 --> 00:19:31,388 Speaker 2: their owner, Sheila Hampford, she said, I'm okay with it. 460 00:19:31,428 --> 00:19:33,268 Speaker 2: The league was the ones who nixed it. We have 461 00:19:33,308 --> 00:19:35,748 Speaker 2: a shield on our show. At our table here we 462 00:19:35,788 --> 00:19:39,028 Speaker 2: are represented by the NFL. Before the NFL, We're gonna 463 00:19:39,028 --> 00:19:41,508 Speaker 2: ask the question, where's make the statement, really, the NFL 464 00:19:41,508 --> 00:19:44,788 Speaker 2: should allow a live lion on the trade's freaking sidelines 465 00:19:44,828 --> 00:19:46,588 Speaker 2: this season? Are we interview out Kyle Brian? 466 00:19:46,708 --> 00:19:49,628 Speaker 1: Can you indosement with just just a few specifics. Is 467 00:19:49,668 --> 00:19:52,188 Speaker 1: this lying gonna be caged? Is it going to be leashed? 468 00:19:52,628 --> 00:19:54,948 Speaker 1: I think that's sort of important, and yet whatever you 469 00:19:55,068 --> 00:19:56,668 Speaker 1: tell me, of course I'm in. Of course I'm in. 470 00:19:56,948 --> 00:19:58,668 Speaker 1: I think you take this lion thing and you go 471 00:19:58,708 --> 00:20:00,948 Speaker 1: as far as you can. I've always wanted Campbell to 472 00:20:01,028 --> 00:20:03,388 Speaker 1: wear that. You know that James Earl Jones coming to America, 473 00:20:03,468 --> 00:20:06,348 Speaker 1: is that lion thing? I like him to wear that 474 00:20:06,468 --> 00:20:08,468 Speaker 1: on the sideline. I think you play a lot of 475 00:20:08,468 --> 00:20:10,468 Speaker 1: white lion in the stadium. I think you play lion 476 00:20:10,548 --> 00:20:13,508 Speaker 1: heart before games, all lions stuff for me, and I 477 00:20:13,548 --> 00:20:15,668 Speaker 1: think it. You know how these teams are, They're just 478 00:20:15,708 --> 00:20:17,828 Speaker 1: competing with each other. The second they bring out a 479 00:20:17,868 --> 00:20:20,868 Speaker 1: lion like there's a damn buffalo and the Bills sideline. 480 00:20:21,108 --> 00:20:23,028 Speaker 1: Sean McVay has got a ram out there. I just 481 00:20:23,068 --> 00:20:25,268 Speaker 1: love he's got great horns. I can see David Temper 482 00:20:25,308 --> 00:20:27,708 Speaker 1: bring out a panther, Yeah, bring it out. And then 483 00:20:27,788 --> 00:20:29,908 Speaker 1: of course then mister conn has to bring out a jaguar. 484 00:20:30,188 --> 00:20:33,188 Speaker 1: If you don't have the animal, you ain't really showing up. 485 00:20:33,468 --> 00:20:37,068 Speaker 1: So yes, I think he's a pioneer of live mascot 486 00:20:37,068 --> 00:20:38,548 Speaker 1: in the sideline. I don't know how safe. It is, 487 00:20:38,548 --> 00:20:40,468 Speaker 1: probably terribly unsafe, But what difference does that make. 488 00:20:40,508 --> 00:20:42,268 Speaker 5: I was waiting for you guys to go through every 489 00:20:42,308 --> 00:20:44,588 Speaker 5: mascot that has an animal and name all of those teams. 490 00:20:44,628 --> 00:20:45,828 Speaker 1: I'm one in. 491 00:20:46,148 --> 00:20:48,388 Speaker 5: The Lion's name is Ford, which. 492 00:20:48,228 --> 00:20:48,868 Speaker 1: Just makes sense. 493 00:20:48,948 --> 00:20:51,548 Speaker 5: That's the connection. Dan Campbell will run out with the 494 00:20:51,588 --> 00:20:53,468 Speaker 5: Lion on a leash as the team runs out for 495 00:20:53,508 --> 00:20:56,388 Speaker 5: the home games. Help for the Lions Week one. You 496 00:20:56,468 --> 00:20:59,108 Speaker 5: head to Kansas City, bring forward the Lion, which and 497 00:20:59,148 --> 00:21:01,988 Speaker 5: put him on the field on defense and let him 498 00:21:02,068 --> 00:21:04,228 Speaker 5: rush the passer to get to Patrick Mahomes. 499 00:21:04,388 --> 00:21:08,428 Speaker 1: Whatever you need to do, like Lator, like the Lions. 500 00:21:10,308 --> 00:21:12,468 Speaker 3: For the line for the Detroit I'm all for you 501 00:21:12,508 --> 00:21:14,868 Speaker 3: guys are nuts. You're absolutely nuts. 502 00:21:15,108 --> 00:21:15,588 Speaker 1: You don't want to. 503 00:21:15,988 --> 00:21:18,068 Speaker 3: I can't. I can't, Okay. So here's like the safe 504 00:21:18,108 --> 00:21:19,428 Speaker 3: way to do it is to put him in a 505 00:21:19,428 --> 00:21:21,748 Speaker 3: cage on the sideline. That's not a good look for 506 00:21:21,788 --> 00:21:23,988 Speaker 3: the shield, Peter, we're all about the shield. You can't 507 00:21:24,028 --> 00:21:29,428 Speaker 3: put a caged animals. Peter has entered the chat, right, 508 00:21:29,508 --> 00:21:31,708 Speaker 3: let's not do it, okay. So now the alternative is, 509 00:21:31,868 --> 00:21:35,708 Speaker 3: don't cage the animal, put them did you say leash? 510 00:21:36,068 --> 00:21:43,948 Speaker 3: A leash is what's gonna contain that animal. That thing 511 00:21:44,068 --> 00:21:48,308 Speaker 3: is just gonna flick the leash with his single fingernail. 512 00:21:47,708 --> 00:21:49,708 Speaker 7: And like he's he goes, he goes. 513 00:21:50,068 --> 00:21:55,468 Speaker 3: So not bad idea, especially, there is a whole page 514 00:21:55,668 --> 00:21:59,908 Speaker 3: of man eating lions on Wikipedia. There are names of 515 00:22:00,028 --> 00:22:04,268 Speaker 3: lions in history that have eaten pizza. Once you qualify 516 00:22:04,428 --> 00:22:07,868 Speaker 3: for a Wikipedia page about eating people. No on the sideline, 517 00:22:07,908 --> 00:22:09,148 Speaker 3: absolutely not, it's true. 518 00:22:09,388 --> 00:22:10,148 Speaker 2: Jamie's a mother. 519 00:22:10,348 --> 00:22:12,588 Speaker 1: Yeah, way please, I got nothing. 520 00:22:12,628 --> 00:22:14,308 Speaker 2: I think Jamie's talking me off of it because I 521 00:22:14,348 --> 00:22:15,428 Speaker 2: was all in and I was like. 522 00:22:15,628 --> 00:22:19,388 Speaker 1: Sit down, Anthony Richardson, No lion, let's just bunckle up. 523 00:22:19,468 --> 00:22:22,468 Speaker 1: Have plenty of snacks. Make sure we wear sunscreen playing 524 00:22:22,588 --> 00:22:22,988 Speaker 1: nice and. 525 00:22:23,028 --> 00:22:25,868 Speaker 3: Stage exactly walk around the pool. 526 00:22:26,028 --> 00:22:28,028 Speaker 2: But I'd be the first one if I was doing 527 00:22:28,028 --> 00:22:29,868 Speaker 2: the sidelines and I walked out, you gotta get over there. 528 00:22:29,868 --> 00:22:31,988 Speaker 1: I'd be like, I'm out of here. Yeah, and we 529 00:22:32,028 --> 00:22:33,588 Speaker 1: know you've worked a lot of Detroit, Oh I have. 530 00:22:34,148 --> 00:22:34,988 Speaker 1: I'd be like, I'm out here. 531 00:22:34,988 --> 00:22:36,748 Speaker 2: And it's not because the Lions, because I'm like, I'm 532 00:22:36,748 --> 00:22:37,348 Speaker 2: out of Detroit. 533 00:22:37,388 --> 00:22:39,108 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's thirty one and nothing, and you got to 534 00:22:39,108 --> 00:22:40,908 Speaker 1: get to the airport the Lion. 535 00:22:41,788 --> 00:22:45,108 Speaker 3: Jaguars fans are excited to see what Trevor Lawrence and 536 00:22:45,148 --> 00:22:48,468 Speaker 3: the offense can accomplish this season. Christian Kirk was asked 537 00:22:48,468 --> 00:22:50,548 Speaker 3: if the Jags could have the best offense in the 538 00:22:50,628 --> 00:22:52,988 Speaker 3: league the season, and here was his response. 539 00:22:53,468 --> 00:22:56,908 Speaker 1: Okay, most definitely, And I think that's the goal. 540 00:22:57,748 --> 00:22:59,188 Speaker 9: You know, we step on this field to be the 541 00:22:59,188 --> 00:23:00,988 Speaker 9: best offense in the league and that's our mindset. 542 00:23:02,788 --> 00:23:06,628 Speaker 3: Okay, okay, offensive line, you could consider them a dark 543 00:23:06,668 --> 00:23:09,468 Speaker 3: horse team just by making the playoffs last season. So 544 00:23:09,948 --> 00:23:12,348 Speaker 3: you have to write down your darkhurse team coming in 545 00:23:12,628 --> 00:23:15,668 Speaker 3: to have this season's number one offense. Peter, who is yours? 546 00:23:15,828 --> 00:23:17,788 Speaker 2: I think we often think of number one offense. You 547 00:23:17,828 --> 00:23:21,748 Speaker 2: think of Kansas City and Cincinnati and Buffalo, and these 548 00:23:21,748 --> 00:23:23,588 Speaker 2: big quarterbacks that are going to throw the ball a 549 00:23:23,628 --> 00:23:26,348 Speaker 2: country mile. I think of the offensive coordinators. I have 550 00:23:26,428 --> 00:23:28,988 Speaker 2: a lot of faith in Ben Johnson in Detroit, whether 551 00:23:29,028 --> 00:23:31,148 Speaker 2: they have a live lion on the sidelines or not. 552 00:23:31,708 --> 00:23:34,228 Speaker 2: I think they have added Jamiir Gibbs, who's going to 553 00:23:34,268 --> 00:23:37,788 Speaker 2: be a weapon, and they upgraded a little bit elsewhere 554 00:23:37,828 --> 00:23:40,228 Speaker 2: on the offensive line and Keith Spots. But talking about 555 00:23:40,268 --> 00:23:43,148 Speaker 2: a new running backs room, David Montgomery and Jamiir Gibbs, 556 00:23:43,748 --> 00:23:45,948 Speaker 2: they had a very good running backs room and Jamal 557 00:23:46,028 --> 00:23:48,468 Speaker 2: Williams and DeAndre Swift. They're like, no, we're gonna go. 558 00:23:48,428 --> 00:23:49,428 Speaker 1: From this instead. 559 00:23:49,868 --> 00:23:52,868 Speaker 2: I think it fits what Ben Johnson wants to do. 560 00:23:52,988 --> 00:23:55,268 Speaker 2: We know what Amon ross A Brown does, and we 561 00:23:55,348 --> 00:23:57,388 Speaker 2: know that Jamison Williams we back there come week seven. 562 00:23:57,428 --> 00:24:00,188 Speaker 2: So I'm gonna go with the Lions, trusting the thirty 563 00:24:00,268 --> 00:24:02,948 Speaker 2: seven year old offensive coordinator as a mastermind and a 564 00:24:02,988 --> 00:24:05,428 Speaker 2: wonderkin Lion dark horse. 565 00:24:05,228 --> 00:24:06,548 Speaker 1: Number one offense. Fun I like that. 566 00:24:06,668 --> 00:24:08,508 Speaker 5: Yeah, lines are a lot of fun. Right now, I'm 567 00:24:08,508 --> 00:24:11,468 Speaker 5: gonna win another team whose quarterback needs to step up 568 00:24:11,508 --> 00:24:13,588 Speaker 5: and get back to old form. I'm going with the 569 00:24:13,668 --> 00:24:16,988 Speaker 5: Cleveland Browns. Like you look at Deshaun Watson and last 570 00:24:17,068 --> 00:24:18,748 Speaker 5: year where we saw him play a full year for 571 00:24:18,788 --> 00:24:22,508 Speaker 5: the Houston Texans forty eight hundred yards, thirty three touchdowns 572 00:24:22,508 --> 00:24:26,028 Speaker 5: and only seven interceptions, And we can get some simbilance 573 00:24:26,068 --> 00:24:29,548 Speaker 5: of that version of Deshaun Watson with Nick Chubb, a 574 00:24:29,588 --> 00:24:33,068 Speaker 5: top five running back in the NFL, Amari Cooper's there, 575 00:24:33,268 --> 00:24:35,148 Speaker 5: get him getting off the ball. And then the guy 576 00:24:35,148 --> 00:24:37,908 Speaker 5: they brought in, Elijah Moore, has looked good in training camp, 577 00:24:37,908 --> 00:24:40,468 Speaker 5: so one on one rep with him and Denzel Ward 578 00:24:40,468 --> 00:24:43,348 Speaker 5: made an amazing catch. What if these guys can take off? 579 00:24:43,388 --> 00:24:45,948 Speaker 5: No one's expecting them to be a top ranked offense 580 00:24:45,988 --> 00:24:48,268 Speaker 5: in the NFL next year. I think they can be 581 00:24:48,308 --> 00:24:50,148 Speaker 5: a dark horse team. Now you look up and they're like, 582 00:24:50,188 --> 00:24:53,188 Speaker 5: my goodness, the Cleveland Browns are a powerhouse on offense. 583 00:24:53,188 --> 00:24:54,948 Speaker 5: So let's see what they can put together this season. 584 00:24:55,068 --> 00:24:57,348 Speaker 1: I have dark horse sensitivity, Like when I'm asked for 585 00:24:57,348 --> 00:24:59,388 Speaker 1: a dark horse, I want it to be really out there. 586 00:24:59,428 --> 00:25:02,668 Speaker 1: All right, Jared Goff started the Super Bowl. Deshaun Watson 587 00:25:02,668 --> 00:25:05,268 Speaker 1: has been a star. This would be this would be 588 00:25:05,308 --> 00:25:07,388 Speaker 1: a big surprise. All right, I'm going to go for it. 589 00:25:07,588 --> 00:25:10,148 Speaker 1: The weapons are there, the youth is there, the head 590 00:25:10,148 --> 00:25:12,828 Speaker 1: coach has been around and coach really good offenses. The 591 00:25:12,908 --> 00:25:16,108 Speaker 1: Bejon Robinsons, your offensive rookie of the year, Kyle Pitt says, 592 00:25:16,108 --> 00:25:18,708 Speaker 1: the explosion we've been waiting for, and Desmond Ritard just 593 00:25:18,708 --> 00:25:20,228 Speaker 1: can sling it and it's one of the most pleasant 594 00:25:20,268 --> 00:25:21,108 Speaker 1: surprises of the season. 595 00:25:21,148 --> 00:25:21,348 Speaker 2: Guys. 596 00:25:21,388 --> 00:25:23,188 Speaker 1: We've been waiting for somebody in the NFC South to 597 00:25:23,228 --> 00:25:25,148 Speaker 1: do something and show up and claim this thing, really 598 00:25:25,148 --> 00:25:27,188 Speaker 1: for a couple of years. If Atlanta shows up and 599 00:25:27,188 --> 00:25:29,028 Speaker 1: it just works in that dome and Arthur Smith is 600 00:25:29,068 --> 00:25:30,788 Speaker 1: running things, I would love that. That would be a 601 00:25:30,828 --> 00:25:31,748 Speaker 1: surprise and I'm here for it. 602 00:25:31,908 --> 00:25:34,068 Speaker 3: So really, you have sensitivity to the question at hand, 603 00:25:34,108 --> 00:25:36,668 Speaker 3: because the Jaguar shouldn't even be considered a number one dark. 604 00:25:36,988 --> 00:25:39,668 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, maybe maybe I'm dark Corse sensitivity. 605 00:25:39,828 --> 00:25:54,188 Speaker 7: I like it with the tea up, yeah, good, good morning. 606 00:25:55,748 --> 00:25:58,148 Speaker 3: The paths we're on for the first time at Steelers 607 00:25:58,148 --> 00:26:01,748 Speaker 3: training camp yesterday and that makes Mike Tomlin happy. Then 608 00:26:01,748 --> 00:26:04,108 Speaker 3: there's tight end Pat Farremouth, who swung by inside training 609 00:26:04,148 --> 00:26:07,468 Speaker 3: camp yesterday and told Calleing World Wolf and Brian Baldinger 610 00:26:07,788 --> 00:26:10,628 Speaker 3: the offense and his quarterback, can he Pickett? How they've 611 00:26:10,628 --> 00:26:13,628 Speaker 3: been looking at training camp that's. 612 00:26:13,428 --> 00:26:16,188 Speaker 9: Coming along great. I think another year experienced together. I 613 00:26:16,228 --> 00:26:18,028 Speaker 9: think the receivers and the tight ends and even the 614 00:26:18,028 --> 00:26:20,428 Speaker 9: on line, I think we're all gelling together. Most of 615 00:26:20,468 --> 00:26:22,468 Speaker 9: us is our third year in the same offense, which 616 00:26:22,508 --> 00:26:25,068 Speaker 9: is huge for development and stuff purposes. And Kenny's been 617 00:26:25,068 --> 00:26:27,468 Speaker 9: awesome and taking charge of the offense and you know, 618 00:26:27,548 --> 00:26:29,388 Speaker 9: just being that guy where we can go to in 619 00:26:29,508 --> 00:26:31,428 Speaker 9: times when adversity hits. So it's been great. 620 00:26:32,148 --> 00:26:33,668 Speaker 3: You know, remember this time last year, we were not 621 00:26:33,668 --> 00:26:36,228 Speaker 3: sure I Kenny Pickett was the experience we were going 622 00:26:36,308 --> 00:26:38,428 Speaker 3: to have with the Steelers week one and now it 623 00:26:38,508 --> 00:26:41,188 Speaker 3: is full blown, Kenny Pickett a quarterback taking control of 624 00:26:41,188 --> 00:26:44,028 Speaker 3: the offense. It sounds like Steelers are making progress at 625 00:26:44,108 --> 00:26:47,988 Speaker 3: training camp together. However, it's being done in a loaded AFC, 626 00:26:48,268 --> 00:26:51,308 Speaker 3: even within their division. Can the Steelers offense keep up 627 00:26:51,588 --> 00:26:53,828 Speaker 3: and compete with all of the heavy hitters they have 628 00:26:54,068 --> 00:26:54,788 Speaker 3: in that conference? 629 00:26:54,908 --> 00:26:56,708 Speaker 5: And we just saw one hell of a catch by 630 00:26:56,748 --> 00:26:59,548 Speaker 5: George Pickens and got Deontay Johnson on the other side. 631 00:26:59,588 --> 00:27:02,628 Speaker 5: They just signed Allan Robinson this offseason to be the 632 00:27:02,748 --> 00:27:04,548 Speaker 5: third guy. Maybe can say he's not to play it 633 00:27:04,668 --> 00:27:07,388 Speaker 5: used to be. Obviously, Naji Harris is in the backfield 634 00:27:07,468 --> 00:27:10,508 Speaker 5: jail and Warren is Kenny Pickett? Is he a guy? 635 00:27:10,548 --> 00:27:12,388 Speaker 5: Does he have the juice to be one of the 636 00:27:12,428 --> 00:27:15,668 Speaker 5: better quarterbacks in the AFC? To me, that's the question. 637 00:27:15,748 --> 00:27:18,428 Speaker 5: They have some skill position. We saw Pat fyremove. They 638 00:27:18,428 --> 00:27:21,228 Speaker 5: brought in Darnell Washington as a rookie, they drafted him, 639 00:27:21,348 --> 00:27:24,228 Speaker 5: so they have some guys around him now going into 640 00:27:24,348 --> 00:27:26,948 Speaker 5: year two, second year with Matt Canada. You look at 641 00:27:27,028 --> 00:27:29,348 Speaker 5: Kenny Pickett last year when he got his first starts, 642 00:27:29,348 --> 00:27:31,788 Speaker 5: when he first started playing versus the end of the 643 00:27:31,788 --> 00:27:35,428 Speaker 5: season and he started to come along. Lookout strikingly different 644 00:27:35,548 --> 00:27:38,268 Speaker 5: those numbers are. He threw a ton of interceptions early on, 645 00:27:38,428 --> 00:27:41,788 Speaker 5: eight interceptions in five games and he finished out the 646 00:27:41,868 --> 00:27:45,188 Speaker 5: last eight with just one interception. So what kind of 647 00:27:45,268 --> 00:27:47,148 Speaker 5: leap is Kenny Pickett going to make in year two? 648 00:27:47,228 --> 00:27:48,948 Speaker 5: Is this where he just gets a little bit better, 649 00:27:49,148 --> 00:27:51,108 Speaker 5: he takes command of the offense, you can see a 650 00:27:51,148 --> 00:27:53,948 Speaker 5: little bit more confidence, or does he make a huge 651 00:27:54,068 --> 00:27:57,228 Speaker 5: jump and he's mentioned as one of these top quarterbacks 652 00:27:57,228 --> 00:27:59,388 Speaker 5: in the AFC or maybe rate on the cusp of it. 653 00:27:59,548 --> 00:28:01,188 Speaker 5: I think that is the difference. When you look at 654 00:28:01,188 --> 00:28:03,548 Speaker 5: the AFC, the teams that we're talking about on a 655 00:28:03,588 --> 00:28:06,868 Speaker 5: daily basis, they all have a guy that is at 656 00:28:06,868 --> 00:28:10,228 Speaker 5: that quarterback position leading the team. I think the question marks. 657 00:28:10,228 --> 00:28:12,708 Speaker 5: We know Kenny Pickett is good, we know he has potential, 658 00:28:12,868 --> 00:28:14,828 Speaker 5: but can he make a jump in this second year 659 00:28:14,868 --> 00:28:17,388 Speaker 5: and be a guy in the AFC one of the 660 00:28:17,428 --> 00:28:18,188 Speaker 5: better quarterbacks. 661 00:28:18,508 --> 00:28:20,428 Speaker 2: I watched Pickett last year at the end of the season, 662 00:28:20,628 --> 00:28:24,988 Speaker 2: and he was finding game winning drive after game winning drive, 663 00:28:25,068 --> 00:28:27,028 Speaker 2: and he wasn't putting up huge numbers, but he was 664 00:28:27,108 --> 00:28:30,788 Speaker 2: masterful in his poise and his ability to beat veteran 665 00:28:30,868 --> 00:28:33,868 Speaker 2: guys in big spots. Remember that Christmas game or Christmas 666 00:28:33,908 --> 00:28:37,388 Speaker 2: Eve game. It's him and Derek Carr, who's a made man, 667 00:28:37,468 --> 00:28:39,668 Speaker 2: and it's Pickett who's making the big plays at the end. 668 00:28:39,748 --> 00:28:40,828 Speaker 2: But it wasn't just that game. 669 00:28:41,108 --> 00:28:42,228 Speaker 1: It's against the Colts too. 670 00:28:42,668 --> 00:28:45,268 Speaker 2: He was masterful in this one and finds a way 671 00:28:45,308 --> 00:28:47,388 Speaker 2: to get the win for the Steelers. Remember you look 672 00:28:47,428 --> 00:28:51,988 Speaker 2: at Pickett's last four games that I think he started. 673 00:28:52,348 --> 00:28:54,228 Speaker 2: Let's take a look at this screen here. I asked 674 00:28:54,228 --> 00:28:55,108 Speaker 2: the researchers and. 675 00:28:55,188 --> 00:28:56,948 Speaker 1: Sit five games. 676 00:28:57,428 --> 00:28:59,708 Speaker 2: Last five games he started, there were five and oh 677 00:28:59,908 --> 00:29:01,748 Speaker 2: he only threw four touchdowns. It was like he went 678 00:29:01,828 --> 00:29:08,228 Speaker 2: sixteen touchdowns, remember bottom one fourth quarter comebacks. And I 679 00:29:08,228 --> 00:29:11,228 Speaker 2: look at all that I and you think of Mahomes, 680 00:29:11,228 --> 00:29:13,188 Speaker 2: and you think of out Rogers, and you think of 681 00:29:13,268 --> 00:29:15,468 Speaker 2: Alan and Burrow and Herbert, and you're like, is he 682 00:29:15,548 --> 00:29:18,748 Speaker 2: that guy? And all I can think of is shame 683 00:29:18,828 --> 00:29:21,508 Speaker 2: on the rest of the NFL. You mean shla They 684 00:29:21,628 --> 00:29:25,908 Speaker 2: let Kenny Pickett slip to twentieth overall to the Pittsburgh 685 00:29:26,548 --> 00:29:28,268 Speaker 2: There was a window where the Steelers could have been 686 00:29:28,308 --> 00:29:30,428 Speaker 2: bad and like could have had like a weird transition 687 00:29:30,468 --> 00:29:33,668 Speaker 2: and had to bounce from venneran quarterback, and Reclamation brought. 688 00:29:33,948 --> 00:29:36,028 Speaker 2: They had a twentieth pick in the draft last year, 689 00:29:36,268 --> 00:29:38,028 Speaker 2: and I think they got a franchise guy. He got 690 00:29:38,028 --> 00:29:42,708 Speaker 2: married this offseason. He has the pure number one status 691 00:29:42,708 --> 00:29:44,668 Speaker 2: in that room. He's not fighting Trubisky for that gig. 692 00:29:45,228 --> 00:29:47,228 Speaker 2: I think that they have a dude. Can they put 693 00:29:47,268 --> 00:29:49,108 Speaker 2: up those huge numbers? Well, we'll see, we'll see what 694 00:29:49,148 --> 00:29:51,148 Speaker 2: Matt Canada's offense looks like what it is, But like 695 00:29:51,468 --> 00:29:53,828 Speaker 2: the most important thing is having a guy. And I 696 00:29:53,868 --> 00:29:56,348 Speaker 2: think if you're looking at December and January. They have 697 00:29:56,428 --> 00:29:58,668 Speaker 2: a guy, and that's a lot more than a lot 698 00:29:58,668 --> 00:29:59,868 Speaker 2: of teams in this league can say. 699 00:29:59,948 --> 00:30:01,748 Speaker 1: And I remember after they draft him. The next morning, 700 00:30:01,908 --> 00:30:03,628 Speaker 1: coach Tomlin was on the network and he's like, yeah, 701 00:30:03,628 --> 00:30:05,268 Speaker 1: he's gonna be the man day one, like we're going 702 00:30:05,308 --> 00:30:06,788 Speaker 1: for and we love it. I think he was actually 703 00:30:06,788 --> 00:30:08,468 Speaker 1: a little surprised that they got him. To your point. 704 00:30:08,508 --> 00:30:09,708 Speaker 2: Eighteen teams passed. 705 00:30:09,468 --> 00:30:11,828 Speaker 1: Time, I know, and then nobody wanted a quarterback that year, 706 00:30:11,828 --> 00:30:13,588 Speaker 1: and then finally Steeers like, I guess we'll take it. 707 00:30:13,588 --> 00:30:15,908 Speaker 1: We'll take this Pittsburgh, dude, we love it. I think 708 00:30:15,908 --> 00:30:17,828 Speaker 1: that they're the most slept on team in the NFL. 709 00:30:17,988 --> 00:30:19,908 Speaker 1: And let me let me give you a comparison for 710 00:30:19,948 --> 00:30:23,148 Speaker 1: some reason, and I like this too. The Lions are 711 00:30:23,188 --> 00:30:25,428 Speaker 1: playing the opening game against the Chiefs like they got 712 00:30:25,468 --> 00:30:28,108 Speaker 1: picked and they are just this darling right now. And 713 00:30:28,148 --> 00:30:29,828 Speaker 1: it's a really fun time to be a Lions fan. 714 00:30:29,868 --> 00:30:31,548 Speaker 1: And I'm here for it too. The Steelers had the 715 00:30:31,548 --> 00:30:33,828 Speaker 1: same record as the Lions. They got that record with 716 00:30:33,868 --> 00:30:36,868 Speaker 1: a rookie quarterback and without their best player for most 717 00:30:36,868 --> 00:30:39,028 Speaker 1: of the year, and TJ. Watt. The Lions finished five 718 00:30:39,068 --> 00:30:40,948 Speaker 1: and two, and we were doing back flips. The Steelers 719 00:30:40,988 --> 00:30:43,388 Speaker 1: finished six and one. To your point, Pickett finished five 720 00:30:43,468 --> 00:30:45,588 Speaker 1: and oh the loss was not with him in there. 721 00:30:45,708 --> 00:30:48,348 Speaker 1: And yet it's like everyone's freaking out about the Lions 722 00:30:48,348 --> 00:30:50,188 Speaker 1: and they played the Chiefs and we're gonna hype them, 723 00:30:50,188 --> 00:30:51,828 Speaker 1: and this is the year they finally get over. The 724 00:30:51,868 --> 00:30:53,388 Speaker 1: Steelers are going to be in the playoffs this year. 725 00:30:53,428 --> 00:30:55,148 Speaker 1: I believe it. I'll predict it now, I'll prect it 726 00:30:55,188 --> 00:30:57,148 Speaker 1: again when we get to prediction time. You know, I'm 727 00:30:57,188 --> 00:30:58,388 Speaker 1: looking around the table. I don't know if you guys 728 00:30:58,388 --> 00:31:00,108 Speaker 1: happen in the playoffs. There's even spots in the FC 729 00:31:00,588 --> 00:31:02,868 Speaker 1: seven in one of the best AFCs ever, maybe the 730 00:31:02,948 --> 00:31:05,148 Speaker 1: best ever. I think the Steelers will have one. They're 731 00:31:05,148 --> 00:31:07,508 Speaker 1: going to be a surprise conversation team. I like what 732 00:31:07,588 --> 00:31:11,148 Speaker 1: happens when teams start their season poorly and then rally 733 00:31:11,148 --> 00:31:13,708 Speaker 1: in November December because they're off the conversation and a 734 00:31:13,788 --> 00:31:15,348 Speaker 1: lot of times they're not in the late window games 735 00:31:15,468 --> 00:31:17,628 Speaker 1: or not in the primetime games. Stuff decided, so you 736 00:31:17,628 --> 00:31:19,988 Speaker 1: don't watch them, and they're not on shows like this 737 00:31:20,068 --> 00:31:22,348 Speaker 1: as much because they're out of the hunter. They're in 738 00:31:22,388 --> 00:31:25,268 Speaker 1: the wrong column, and the playoff thing the Steelers need 739 00:31:25,268 --> 00:31:27,028 Speaker 1: one more game, just one more game, and it was 740 00:31:27,028 --> 00:31:28,708 Speaker 1: fair and square, and they don't deserve to make the playoffs. 741 00:31:28,708 --> 00:31:30,668 Speaker 1: It's fine, one more game and they're in, and they're 742 00:31:30,748 --> 00:31:32,428 Speaker 1: dangerous as hell. I think they'll be in this year. 743 00:31:32,468 --> 00:31:34,348 Speaker 1: I'm a huge believer in the twenty twenty three Steelers. 744 00:31:34,388 --> 00:31:36,908 Speaker 1: Love them. I will have them on my playoff team 745 00:31:37,188 --> 00:31:38,468 Speaker 1: that hat. Yes, I will in a few weeks to 746 00:31:38,508 --> 00:31:42,188 Speaker 1: make the big spots. Yeah, they're getting one division. 747 00:31:42,228 --> 00:31:44,468 Speaker 2: They're getting eleven teams will not be in that list 748 00:31:44,588 --> 00:31:45,468 Speaker 2: or No. Nine teams. 749 00:31:45,508 --> 00:31:48,108 Speaker 1: Yeah, And to Jason's point, look at the division. I'm 750 00:31:48,148 --> 00:31:51,468 Speaker 1: basically saying, you know, Baltimore might be out, since Naty 751 00:31:51,508 --> 00:31:53,188 Speaker 1: might be out, I'm not saying that now, Pittsford will 752 00:31:53,188 --> 00:31:55,268 Speaker 1: be in that comeback. 753 00:31:55,348 --> 00:31:57,788 Speaker 3: One of Kenny Pickett's comebacks was that it was like 754 00:31:57,828 --> 00:32:01,828 Speaker 3: week sixteen, December twenty second Raiders game. Remember the weather 755 00:32:01,988 --> 00:32:05,588 Speaker 3: was terrible. Franco Harris had just passed and they were 756 00:32:05,788 --> 00:32:08,468 Speaker 3: at the ceremony for him, and that a lot of 757 00:32:08,468 --> 00:32:10,868 Speaker 3: people turned out. Remember it was constructing like a Christmas 758 00:32:10,908 --> 00:32:13,388 Speaker 3: cottage for my daughter. It's like an eleven thirty PM, 759 00:32:14,588 --> 00:32:16,588 Speaker 3: and I was like, this is a great game. Look 760 00:32:16,588 --> 00:32:20,268 Speaker 3: at Pickett go but a great quarterback needs somebody to 761 00:32:20,308 --> 00:32:21,988 Speaker 3: pace him as well, I think, and I think that's 762 00:32:21,988 --> 00:32:23,948 Speaker 3: what Najie Harris has to do. I think Najie Harris 763 00:32:24,028 --> 00:32:26,548 Speaker 3: will be the best running back in this division this year. 764 00:32:26,588 --> 00:32:28,708 Speaker 3: And I know he's going up against next Nick Chobb, 765 00:32:28,708 --> 00:32:31,028 Speaker 3: I know he's going up against Joe Mixon. But if 766 00:32:31,068 --> 00:32:34,028 Speaker 3: he comes into his third season and if he does 767 00:32:34,188 --> 00:32:36,468 Speaker 3: as well as he finished the season, great, just as 768 00:32:36,708 --> 00:32:38,668 Speaker 3: Kenny Pickett did. That bottom line there, every we're all 769 00:32:38,668 --> 00:32:40,948 Speaker 3: looking at Keny Pickett last five, six, whatever, I'm looking 770 00:32:40,988 --> 00:32:42,948 Speaker 3: at the last eight where he went six and two, 771 00:32:43,428 --> 00:32:46,508 Speaker 3: But Naji Harris also was right up there with the top. 772 00:32:46,908 --> 00:32:50,428 Speaker 3: As Kenny Pickett played better, Naji Harris got better. He 773 00:32:50,428 --> 00:32:52,748 Speaker 3: hasn't missed a game in his two years in the NFL. 774 00:32:52,988 --> 00:32:55,508 Speaker 3: He's played all thirty four. He's got the most touches 775 00:32:55,508 --> 00:32:57,588 Speaker 3: in the NFL over the last two seasons, which is 776 00:32:57,668 --> 00:33:00,428 Speaker 3: kind of surprising again because we just weren't talking about 777 00:33:00,428 --> 00:33:03,028 Speaker 3: it because the rest of the offense at times last 778 00:33:03,068 --> 00:33:05,508 Speaker 3: year was wonky be allowed that there should be a 779 00:33:05,508 --> 00:33:08,308 Speaker 3: feeling out process. Mike Tomlin's a great coach. He had 780 00:33:08,308 --> 00:33:10,748 Speaker 3: to figure out how this new offense was gonna work together. 781 00:33:10,948 --> 00:33:12,788 Speaker 3: It is dangerous. At the last eight games where the 782 00:33:12,788 --> 00:33:15,108 Speaker 3: Steelers were starting to click for them, Niji Harris is 783 00:33:15,148 --> 00:33:17,428 Speaker 3: about to hit x X Y Y BBA and he's 784 00:33:17,468 --> 00:33:20,548 Speaker 3: gonna jump over everyone, perhaps in the division. I for 785 00:33:20,628 --> 00:33:22,788 Speaker 3: sure think the Steelers are coming in hot to start 786 00:33:22,788 --> 00:33:24,508 Speaker 3: this season. But I think a lot of it has 787 00:33:24,548 --> 00:33:26,468 Speaker 3: to do with as long as Najie Harris continues to 788 00:33:26,468 --> 00:33:30,228 Speaker 3: be him, pace Kenny Pickett and the way he's playing, 789 00:33:30,228 --> 00:33:32,228 Speaker 3: make sure it doesn't all fall on his shoulders. And 790 00:33:32,268 --> 00:33:33,508 Speaker 3: I think the Steelers would be great. 791 00:33:33,908 --> 00:33:35,748 Speaker 1: Well, I share you talking about it. I was going 792 00:33:35,788 --> 00:33:37,668 Speaker 1: into his third year and this this, I'm like, oh man, 793 00:33:37,668 --> 00:33:38,348 Speaker 1: the contract stuff. 794 00:33:39,828 --> 00:33:42,548 Speaker 3: So they come out, go morning football. We're gonna see 795 00:33:42,548 --> 00:33:45,228 Speaker 3: a return of the Mac this season. Speaking of Foxborough, 796 00:33:45,948 --> 00:33:47,628 Speaker 3: what is happening up there? We're gonna get a live 797 00:33:47,708 --> 00:33:50,508 Speaker 3: update from Patriots camp later on and inside Turning Camp 798 00:33:50,548 --> 00:33:52,468 Speaker 3: Live later is going to have an interview with Scott 799 00:33:52,508 --> 00:33:53,508 Speaker 3: Julia and Bill Belichick.