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Speaker 1: I don't even know what's happening for Welcome to another

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Speaker 1: Around the NFL podcast. My name is Dan hans As.

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Speaker 1: I come to from a virtual room build with some heroes.

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Speaker 1: Greg Rosenthal Mark Sessler. All right, I mean I know

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Speaker 1: what that's about. It's about showing off the thigh in.

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Speaker 1: It's you know, it's a little trend. Like I got

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Speaker 1: some new shorts. They were kind of like a little long,

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Speaker 1: little you know, Adam Sandler old school basketball Baggi style.

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Speaker 1: I was like, this isn't the way it is anymore.

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Speaker 1: You want to be showing off those upper upper thighs

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Speaker 1: that meet someone is asking for you to do that

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Speaker 1: for them, Greg, clearly, not my clearly, not Emica who's

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Speaker 1: buying the shorts, but that I want to show it off.

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Speaker 1: I see the cut there, that's say, it's a shorter

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Speaker 1: cut that's in though Mike was very fall looking while

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Speaker 1: if you're watching this on YouTube, which you should, for

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Speaker 1: that for that moment alone, that we apologize. Um No,

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Speaker 1: the shorts are are shorter. Now, that's what s where

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Speaker 1: society is going. And uh and I did like that reference, um,

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Speaker 1: Greg because Adam Sandler dresses like a ridiculous person, especially

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Speaker 1: when he plays basketball. But I envia it does remind

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Speaker 1: me we all, or at least I dressed like that

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Speaker 1: like like that when I was playing middle school basketball.

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Speaker 1: It's fun to look it is, but six years later.

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Speaker 1: But no, um, all right, here we are here, We

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Speaker 1: are at the precipice of a brand new football season.

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Speaker 1: We've been inching in this direction. We you know, returned

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Speaker 1: network show last week that all went well. Uh, And

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Speaker 1: now we're back with a full week of shows once again,

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Speaker 1: and this time training camp is upon us. I mean,

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Speaker 1: we've already had a couple of teams report and the

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Speaker 1: NFL network is pumped up about this because starting Saturday,

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Speaker 1: It's called all thirty two teams on the field, and

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Speaker 1: don't they're not sending us anywhere. I'm not anywhere at all.

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Speaker 1: Sometimes it shows how deep the roster is that there

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Speaker 1: they actually got all the teams to agree to this,

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Speaker 1: not only that they're practicing, because all the teams report

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Speaker 1: on Tuesday, and they start kind of, you know, doing

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Speaker 1: the little pathless practices early in the week. Everyone promises

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Speaker 1: pads Saturday, real practices all thirty two teams. Who needs

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Speaker 1: to watch water polo when you can see some good

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Speaker 1: old tackling. But that means they have enough quote unquote

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Speaker 1: I'll take my last couple of weekends with the family

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Speaker 1: So whatever we're gonna do with it, I'll take it.

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Speaker 1: While if they're giving it to me, I do wonder

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Speaker 1: the Mark Sasler freedom toward Look at the freedom disappearing Mark?

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Speaker 1: Ricky already trying to again on us before we started

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Speaker 1: I read the book as well, which was highly recommended

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Speaker 1: by Chris Wessling himself, And go look at Chris Westling

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Speaker 1: head coach, whos waited his whole life for this opportunity.

429
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Speaker 1: You want to talk about distractions, I mean, that's the

430
00:22:27,359 --> 00:22:32,040
Speaker 1: lowest stay there to be in that building is taking

431
00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:34,200
Speaker 1: first team reps, Like, what what are we doing here

432
00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:37,200
Speaker 1: with Shaun Watson in that building with everything that's going on.

433
00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:40,800
Speaker 1: If you're a starting quarterback, there are requirements. It's for

434
00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:43,680
Speaker 1: media availability. Do you do we want to Shaun Watson

435
00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:46,240
Speaker 1: in front of a microphone talking to people? I couldn't

436
00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:48,480
Speaker 1: agree more with you on that front. I mean to me,

437
00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:50,760
Speaker 1: it's just the It was one of the utmost awkward

438
00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:53,800
Speaker 1: um updates of the off season to find out that

439
00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:56,800
Speaker 1: he is now back in the building working with the quarterbacks.

440
00:22:56,880 --> 00:22:59,000
Speaker 1: I just I was driving my car and nearly went

441
00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:01,320
Speaker 1: off the road. I didn't unders and this was happening,

442
00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:05,320
Speaker 1: Like maybe and maybe this is his way and his

443
00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:09,359
Speaker 1: representative Obviously this is all pointed out of pushing the

444
00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:12,399
Speaker 1: Texans or the NFL too not let him in the

445
00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:15,040
Speaker 1: building to say, Okay, we're not going to take away

446
00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:18,120
Speaker 1: your pay, but stay away and and we'll see. Maybe

447
00:23:18,119 --> 00:23:20,520
Speaker 1: that is maybe that's how it plays out. But this

448
00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:23,800
Speaker 1: whole like, Okay, now he's for sale. This is how

449
00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:26,760
Speaker 1: much he'd cost three first round picks plus and any

450
00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:30,119
Speaker 1: and it should be that much for that calor okay,

451
00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:33,200
Speaker 1: if you want to go to this should be then saying.

452
00:23:33,359 --> 00:23:36,600
Speaker 1: Then I say no, like, like, first of all, are

453
00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:39,399
Speaker 1: you putting a like a first round pick price on

454
00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:43,280
Speaker 1: like a serial sexual assault cases? Like does the the

455
00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:46,480
Speaker 1: your your picks change based on someone who is in

456
00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:49,840
Speaker 1: the process of being a serial sexual assaulter. I guess

457
00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:53,520
Speaker 1: that's what you're kind of saying. And then I would say,

458
00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:56,040
Speaker 1: when it's when it is unsettled, if you do want

459
00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:59,920
Speaker 1: to go there, then no, like you're not the same guy,

460
00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:02,920
Speaker 1: you don't have the same value. If if someone was

461
00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:06,879
Speaker 1: gonna if some team was gonna be bold enough, whatever

462
00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:09,080
Speaker 1: word you want to use to do it now when

463
00:24:09,119 --> 00:24:14,280
Speaker 1: everything it's uncertain, no, man, like everything about you and

464
00:24:14,359 --> 00:24:16,840
Speaker 1: your value has changed. So I don't know. I don't

465
00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:19,119
Speaker 1: get it, and I don't think I don't think teams

466
00:24:19,119 --> 00:24:22,399
Speaker 1: would be that And my last my last thought on it.

467
00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:25,080
Speaker 1: And if you remember this feels like a million years ago,

468
00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:28,120
Speaker 1: but very early on, before the allegations came to light,

469
00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:30,800
Speaker 1: but after he had uh leaked to the media that

470
00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:33,879
Speaker 1: he wanted out of Houston. I remember the Jets popping

471
00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:35,720
Speaker 1: up right away in a news report that he would

472
00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:38,159
Speaker 1: go to the Jets and all this and everybody fans

473
00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:40,760
Speaker 1: like me, were you know, rubbing our hands together all excited.

474
00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:43,399
Speaker 1: Jets obviously went in a different direction now with a

475
00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:46,600
Speaker 1: number two overall pick. But you hear team the Eagles,

476
00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:49,200
Speaker 1: you hear the Broncos, you hear the Dolphins, all connected

477
00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:51,840
Speaker 1: potentially to a trade if you're a fan of those teams.

478
00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:54,520
Speaker 1: And this isn't even a judgment zone, I'm just I'm wondering.

479
00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:59,040
Speaker 1: I'm legitimately curious if you want to Shaun Watson on

480
00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:01,879
Speaker 1: your team or if this is a guy all this

481
00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:03,880
Speaker 1: stuff around him, you don't want him anywhere near your team.

482
00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:06,040
Speaker 1: I kind of think I know the answer, even if

483
00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:09,840
Speaker 1: some people won't say it out loud. But that's different

484
00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:13,280
Speaker 1: different opinions, and in the fan base it's going to

485
00:25:13,359 --> 00:25:14,760
Speaker 1: be split, but there are going to be people that

486
00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:17,679
Speaker 1: would say, yes, they do right. I think. I think

487
00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:19,880
Speaker 1: it's a totally fair thing to ask, and I think

488
00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:25,080
Speaker 1: different people in the organization and fans would feel differently

489
00:25:25,119 --> 00:25:27,720
Speaker 1: about it. But here's what I think is in arguably

490
00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:32,520
Speaker 1: that there would be a more uh consensus when everything

491
00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:36,000
Speaker 1: is settled like that, there will be a consensus of

492
00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:38,800
Speaker 1: what to do next year or whenever this is settled,

493
00:25:38,840 --> 00:25:42,080
Speaker 1: And in the meantime, you're bringing it on yourself. Yep.

494
00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:46,080
Speaker 1: Maybe just hit pause. Maybe just hit pause. In other news,

495
00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:50,760
Speaker 1: Chandler Jones great pass rusher, It's been great for years

496
00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:53,919
Speaker 1: and with J. J. Watt now in the building in Arizona,

497
00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:57,040
Speaker 1: you have a great bookend set up there for the

498
00:25:57,080 --> 00:26:01,640
Speaker 1: Cardinals to beef up their pass rush in one However,

499
00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:06,240
Speaker 1: ESPNS Jeremy Fowler reported Sunday that Chandler Jones has requested

500
00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:11,800
Speaker 1: a trade from the Cardinals. Uh Arizona, according to ESPN,

501
00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:14,479
Speaker 1: does not want to move the star pass rusher. They

502
00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:18,040
Speaker 1: expect him to report to camp Um. However, they would

503
00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:19,800
Speaker 1: save a ton of money if they did trade him.

504
00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:22,680
Speaker 1: Fifteen and a half million. Uh so you can't rule

505
00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:26,440
Speaker 1: that out. He's aged thirty one. I believe he missed

506
00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:30,280
Speaker 1: most of the last season. Uh am, I correct there, Yeah,

507
00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:33,840
Speaker 1: he played five games. I think, um, but still a

508
00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:35,720
Speaker 1: guy that a lot of teams would take a chance

509
00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:38,359
Speaker 1: and I think to regain his form. He's not too old.

510
00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:42,800
Speaker 1: Mark your thoughts on Chandler Jones, Well, I guess it's

511
00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:45,679
Speaker 1: it's a shame because the concept wasn't just you know,

512
00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:48,639
Speaker 1: let's get a latter stages. J J. Watt. It was

513
00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:51,159
Speaker 1: pairing Jones and Watt together and Son you look at

514
00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:53,719
Speaker 1: that defense very differently, and it wasn't his best year

515
00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:56,679
Speaker 1: last year. But Chandler Jones has been really consistent, and

516
00:26:56,720 --> 00:26:58,880
Speaker 1: I think someone that if you're a Patriots fan, you're thinking,

517
00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:00,760
Speaker 1: why did we get rid of this guy? Because he

518
00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:03,119
Speaker 1: really was great in Arizona. But you know, for me,

519
00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:05,000
Speaker 1: it's like put me in carbon Nite and wake me

520
00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:07,199
Speaker 1: up when we find out what happens because some of

521
00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:11,239
Speaker 1: these little well just some of this business where it's like,

522
00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:13,600
Speaker 1: you know all the ins and outs, Um, if he

523
00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:15,600
Speaker 1: gets traded, great, tell me what happened, tell me where

524
00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:18,240
Speaker 1: he goes. We did talk about this one back in

525
00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:23,880
Speaker 1: umar Greg it was it is one of these few

526
00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:25,800
Speaker 1: ones and I throw Xavian Howard and there too that

527
00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:28,880
Speaker 1: I I do think there's a chance that Chandler Jones

528
00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:31,840
Speaker 1: is traded for a draft picked or whatever it's going

529
00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:35,399
Speaker 1: to be before the season. I just it depending on

530
00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:37,320
Speaker 1: how much of a stinky wants to make about it.

531
00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:39,080
Speaker 1: And now we're finding out that he really does. And

532
00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:44,199
Speaker 1: it goes back to the DeAndre Hopkins contract. Reportedly that

533
00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:47,600
Speaker 1: when they brought in Hopkins and gave Hopkins all this

534
00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:51,400
Speaker 1: money without him playing it down for Arizona. When Hopkins

535
00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:54,040
Speaker 1: had like three years left on his deal, Chandler Jones

536
00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:55,840
Speaker 1: was like, I've been wanting this deal for a while, bro,

537
00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:59,480
Speaker 1: and I think it would be easier to trade if

538
00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:01,680
Speaker 1: not for that one month of play he had last

539
00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:03,800
Speaker 1: year happened to be like maybe the worst month of

540
00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:06,560
Speaker 1: his career. And it's such a small sample size, but

541
00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:10,040
Speaker 1: he was not like an impact player for about four

542
00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:11,840
Speaker 1: or five games, and then he tore his biceps, which

543
00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:14,439
Speaker 1: is not an injury you worry about long term, but

544
00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:16,919
Speaker 1: that does cloud the picture a little. I'm sure that

545
00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:20,240
Speaker 1: like the Ravens or the Dolphins or some team would

546
00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:22,080
Speaker 1: like be like, you want a second round pick for Jones,

547
00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:24,440
Speaker 1: We'll do it today. But I I don't know if

548
00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:27,359
Speaker 1: the Cardinals would be like, you definitely have twelve to

549
00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:31,280
Speaker 1: thirteen players on every roster who are quietly stewing over

550
00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:33,760
Speaker 1: what someone in their own position room makes. I mean,

551
00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:35,240
Speaker 1: this stuff has to be going on all the time.

552
00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:38,080
Speaker 1: Happens in real jobs. I'm gonna say it happens everywhere.

553
00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:42,040
Speaker 1: Um And for what it's worth, Jones was, according to PFF,

554
00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:46,960
Speaker 1: highest graded edge rusher in I was gonna say, you

555
00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:50,080
Speaker 1: said second round pick is obviously uh, My New York

556
00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:52,520
Speaker 1: Jets have not had a premier ed rusher since John

557
00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:55,320
Speaker 1: Abraham blah blah blah blah blah blah blah two thousand

558
00:28:55,280 --> 00:28:58,640
Speaker 1: and six. But I don't know, maybe a third round

559
00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:02,160
Speaker 1: i'd give up. Maybe I could of saying if I'm sure,

560
00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:04,160
Speaker 1: unlike a lot of these guys, when this comes up,

561
00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:07,360
Speaker 1: I am sure that multiple teams would give up a

562
00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:08,960
Speaker 1: pick firm. I don't know if it's second or third

563
00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:11,360
Speaker 1: or whatever, but I think they would give a shot,

564
00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:14,160
Speaker 1: give him two or three years, guaranteed money, and hope

565
00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:17,760
Speaker 1: for the best. Uh. In other news, Michael Thomas, the

566
00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:20,920
Speaker 1: star wide receiver of the Saints. His season was completely

567
00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:27,120
Speaker 1: wrecked by an ankle injury suffered way back in Week one.

568
00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:30,120
Speaker 1: Ankles continued to give him issues and he had surgery

569
00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:34,520
Speaker 1: in June and UH as a result of the rehab

570
00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:38,160
Speaker 1: that comes after a serious UH surgery to repair the

571
00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:41,400
Speaker 1: ligament damage in there, he could be missing the start

572
00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:44,440
Speaker 1: of the regular season and he could potentially miss significant

573
00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:48,760
Speaker 1: time and this latest from New Orleans Football's Nick Underhill

574
00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:52,479
Speaker 1: said that Thomas will need six to eight weeks for

575
00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:56,600
Speaker 1: the ligament to heal, and again the surgery was in June,

576
00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:59,280
Speaker 1: and then another six to eight weeks to get it

577
00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:03,479
Speaker 1: in shape. He can run and cut effectively. Closed quote,

578
00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:05,240
Speaker 1: you do the math there, I'm not doing it great,

579
00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:08,160
Speaker 1: But if you do the math there, who knows? Maybe

580
00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:11,120
Speaker 1: he's coming back in October. Um and is he the

581
00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:15,000
Speaker 1: same guy you worry about an injury like this, Well,

582
00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:17,760
Speaker 1: this one was on your radar a little bit, uh, Cessler,

583
00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:21,280
Speaker 1: wasn't it that the mic there's like spend some behind

584
00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:25,720
Speaker 1: the scenes were not totally thrilled with Michael Thomas talk

585
00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:28,280
Speaker 1: in New Orleans. You know, obviously the like punching the

586
00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:32,440
Speaker 1: teammates a great thing. Getting you know, getting suspended for

587
00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:36,720
Speaker 1: a big game by your coach, that's probably a bad sign. Stuff. Um.

588
00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:39,760
Speaker 1: And then there was some like delaying of surgery. Perhaps

589
00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:43,920
Speaker 1: in this case he had he had multiple surgeries this offseason.

590
00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:49,520
Speaker 1: He um, he had surgery elsewhere in January, and they

591
00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:52,040
Speaker 1: and supposedly according to PFT, they kind of wanted him

592
00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:53,600
Speaker 1: to get the ankle thing, but he was told he

593
00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:56,480
Speaker 1: could maybe rehab it, and then he gets it in June,

594
00:30:56,480 --> 00:30:58,360
Speaker 1: and now he's gonna miss five weeks this season. He

595
00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:01,040
Speaker 1: didn't look great last year either. It's it's a lot,

596
00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:03,800
Speaker 1: it's a lot. I'm with you. I think that the

597
00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:07,760
Speaker 1: the Michael Thomas experience has probably gone off a cliff

598
00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:09,560
Speaker 1: a little bit over the last calendar year. I mean,

599
00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:11,640
Speaker 1: for all the things you mentioned, but I look at

600
00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:14,400
Speaker 1: the team too, and like one thing that I think

601
00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:16,280
Speaker 1: I mentioned our TV show, Sean Payton, I think he

602
00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:19,239
Speaker 1: likes challenges. He wants uh, he's like, look at I'm

603
00:31:19,320 --> 00:31:21,760
Speaker 1: up for it. I'll take Jamis Winston and fix him. Um,

604
00:31:21,840 --> 00:31:25,000
Speaker 1: I'll turn a you know, a jack knife player into

605
00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:27,360
Speaker 1: a starting quarterback if I need to. But there isn't

606
00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:29,520
Speaker 1: a lot going on here at this wide receiver position,

607
00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:33,080
Speaker 1: like Trey Kawan Smith, Deontay Harris. I like Deontay Harris,

608
00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:36,760
Speaker 1: Marcus Callaway, little Jordan Humphrey. But suddenly it's like Alan

609
00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:40,120
Speaker 1: Kamara is gonna be catching a ton of passes. And

610
00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:42,680
Speaker 1: you know my guy Adam Troutman, who I like, I mean,

611
00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:45,000
Speaker 1: he didn't really he didn't get He wasn't put into

612
00:31:45,040 --> 00:31:46,880
Speaker 1: a role last year as a big pass character. He

613
00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:48,640
Speaker 1: was more of a he can do that. He did

614
00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:50,200
Speaker 1: it in college. But now you're asking to do it

615
00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:54,080
Speaker 1: right away. So this offense to me is some shaky scenarios.

616
00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:57,360
Speaker 1: And if you're the Bucks, you're thinking absolutely your quarterback

617
00:31:57,400 --> 00:31:59,920
Speaker 1: has gone. Your roster's in the in a bizarre place.

618
00:32:00,440 --> 00:32:03,600
Speaker 1: We're the Tampa Buccaneers. We're gonna eat you. I totally

619
00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:08,360
Speaker 1: forgot about the Lil in front of Jordan Humphrey, and

620
00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:13,040
Speaker 1: I think you'll lose the little. It definitely sounds the

621
00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:15,280
Speaker 1: most of any player in the NFL, like a name

622
00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:18,400
Speaker 1: Mark wrote made up. I really like it. I thought

623
00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:20,200
Speaker 1: you've been condescending it first, and I was like, oh,

624
00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:21,880
Speaker 1: wait a second, and then it rang the bell that

625
00:32:21,920 --> 00:32:25,080
Speaker 1: he is. Indeed, he goes by little Jordan Humphrey and uh.

626
00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:28,880
Speaker 1: The reason I say it is an entertainment. Now I'm

627
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:32,640
Speaker 1: gonna bring up an example. Little bow Wow, Little bow Wow, huge,

628
00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:37,200
Speaker 1: huge rapper, boy, rapper of his time. And then then

629
00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:39,719
Speaker 1: he started to grow up, and I think he had

630
00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:42,720
Speaker 1: a conversation with Snoop or somebody and they were like, yo, bro,

631
00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:46,120
Speaker 1: God will lose the lil if you want to age

632
00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:49,600
Speaker 1: into the next demographic. So he did, and bow Wow

633
00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:54,280
Speaker 1: ended up having hit songs with the likes of Russell

634
00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:56,920
Speaker 1: Wilson's wife. We don't have any issues with bow Wow, isn't.

635
00:32:56,960 --> 00:33:00,200
Speaker 1: I mean as a name is also questionable. I think

636
00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:04,680
Speaker 1: so he goes to Snoop for the name change advice.

637
00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:07,000
Speaker 1: I mean, it's just his master p, his dad, his

638
00:33:07,080 --> 00:33:10,920
Speaker 1: master p. That's but I believe he has an association

639
00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:14,640
Speaker 1: with Snoop. Snoop was part of I think I think

640
00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:16,840
Speaker 1: he was his football coach or something. Snoop was part

641
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Speaker 1: of the crew too. He was in the limit. It's

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Speaker 1: worked for. It's worked for Little Wayne and another New

643
00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:26,080
Speaker 1: Orleans guy. Um, you know Little Wayne. He's kept it

644
00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:31,640
Speaker 1: little Little Wayne. I'm you know, we've never sounded uh whiter.

645
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Speaker 1: But yeah, I do love I do love the idea

646
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Speaker 1: of Little Jordan Humphrey being like a key part of

647
00:33:35,840 --> 00:33:38,960
Speaker 1: this offensive. I mean the names are crazy. Trackwan Smith

648
00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:42,360
Speaker 1: is like their number one ride receiver by far. Wait second,

649
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Speaker 1: it's back to the Little Wayne. Little Wayne is like

650
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Speaker 1: four ft tall. He's legitimately a little man. So yeah,

651
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Speaker 1: it's a descript stick right. I'm said maybe I would

652
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Speaker 1: would if i've I will venmo you seventy five dollars

653
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Speaker 1: to go into your onto Twitter and change is your

654
00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:03,520
Speaker 1: name for one week to little Dan Hansas and don't

655
00:34:03,560 --> 00:34:05,760
Speaker 1: make any comment about it. Don't say anything about it

656
00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:09,560
Speaker 1: to anyone. I could be like little Geog, little g works,

657
00:34:09,719 --> 00:34:12,920
Speaker 1: little little six ft little sixty. Yeah, I'm a little man.

658
00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:15,279
Speaker 1: I'm probably about the same height as little Wayne. So

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00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:19,040
Speaker 1: according to Wikipedia, little Wayne is five ft five, but

660
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Speaker 1: you know, you usually add a couple inches the entertainers,

661
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Speaker 1: so he's probably five three you do, I'm five six

662
00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:28,600
Speaker 1: of you round up, but it's more like it's three quarters,

663
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Speaker 1: you know, right there. And I'm just saying Jordan Humphrey,

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Speaker 1: I'm more I'm more confident in him. And by the way,

665
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Speaker 1: when you're six ft four or little Jordan Humphrey six

666
00:34:40,640 --> 00:34:45,839
Speaker 1: works very well. This team could stink, right, couldn't the same?

667
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:49,759
Speaker 1: Think Jamis has got You're gonna have a good offensive

668
00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:53,600
Speaker 1: line and running game in theory, But that is it

669
00:34:53,719 --> 00:34:56,640
Speaker 1: is really adding up the degree of difficulties scale because

670
00:34:56,680 --> 00:35:00,399
Speaker 1: I was already worried this defense might totally collapse, which

671
00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:03,320
Speaker 1: is which has happened for the Saints defense under Dennis

672
00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:05,120
Speaker 1: Allen before. It's been a few years, but I thought

673
00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:08,880
Speaker 1: the defense might be pretty bad too. David Anyr Mada suspended,

674
00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:12,120
Speaker 1: Marsha Marshaw a lot a lot of more potentially suspended.

675
00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:15,600
Speaker 1: You have a complete unrested quarterback. Michael Thomas is a

676
00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:19,239
Speaker 1: is a wreck right now. It's the recipe is there

677
00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:22,439
Speaker 1: for I was gonna say seven and nine, but let's

678
00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:26,000
Speaker 1: say eight and nine. Oh man, I mean I think

679
00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:28,160
Speaker 1: the recipe in a worst case scenario is there for

680
00:35:28,239 --> 00:35:30,960
Speaker 1: like six and eleven. I mean, I could see it

681
00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:34,759
Speaker 1: either way. But I was reading Football Outsiders the Saints section,

682
00:35:34,840 --> 00:35:36,839
Speaker 1: and I noticed, like as much as we made fun

683
00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:39,120
Speaker 1: of Drew brees Is, like their offense did move the

684
00:35:39,120 --> 00:35:41,600
Speaker 1: ball like he was still somehow in the top ten

685
00:35:42,080 --> 00:35:44,440
Speaker 1: in per play, Like they picked up they were boring

686
00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:46,440
Speaker 1: to watch. They were not he was not like a

687
00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:49,360
Speaker 1: great quarterback, but like they were still like a borderline

688
00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:51,279
Speaker 1: top ten offense, Like they have a long way that

689
00:35:51,320 --> 00:35:54,000
Speaker 1: they could go down in terms of productions. Hey, it's

690
00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:59,960
Speaker 1: all on your boy. I don't really like um, you know, Teddy.

691
00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:03,640
Speaker 1: I'm rooting for Teddy, you root for the root for players.

692
00:36:03,719 --> 00:36:07,400
Speaker 1: Jamis I think is better than people. Um, you know,

693
00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:10,480
Speaker 1: believe that he's a better He's a better player than

694
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Speaker 1: he's been given credit for it. But I'm not sure

695
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Speaker 1: he's gonna like come in and save save the world.

696
00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:17,880
Speaker 1: I mean, we've talked about big Ben before, and a

697
00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:19,680
Speaker 1: lot of the reasons why, I know you just like

698
00:36:19,920 --> 00:36:21,600
Speaker 1: big Ben is some of the off the field things

699
00:36:21,600 --> 00:36:24,840
Speaker 1: that happened in his life. Well, Jamis had some unfortunate

700
00:36:24,840 --> 00:36:28,040
Speaker 1: situation and I'm not talking about the Crabs. No, You're right,

701
00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:31,680
Speaker 1: there were some off right issues. But I did dust

702
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Speaker 1: off the old I wrote something about Jamison. I put

703
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Speaker 1: him in making the leap anyways here and here I

704
00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:40,359
Speaker 1: am talking. I did break out the old stat um.

705
00:36:40,480 --> 00:36:44,240
Speaker 1: I just love always checking this. In yards per attempt career,

706
00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:47,319
Speaker 1: he's tied for fifth all time, so he's you know,

707
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Speaker 1: and he started seventy games. That's not in a small

708
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Speaker 1: same so he's ahead of like Matt Ryan, He's ahead

709
00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:54,319
Speaker 1: of Matthew Stafford, He's ahead of Tom Brady. So I'm

710
00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:57,920
Speaker 1: just what is he leaping to. I mean, he's been

711
00:36:57,960 --> 00:37:02,160
Speaker 1: like a conduct to starter, improving from one year to

712
00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:03,880
Speaker 1: the next. You know, this is the first time I

713
00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:06,319
Speaker 1: ever was just picked one per team and it gets

714
00:37:06,760 --> 00:37:09,600
Speaker 1: it's like him or Troutman, and you you stole Troutman

715
00:37:09,640 --> 00:37:13,359
Speaker 1: on the TV show Troutman. All right, Uh, we gotta

716
00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:16,200
Speaker 1: do it. It's that time of the show. It's that

717
00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:21,560
Speaker 1: time of world history COVID talk. We'll start with the

718
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Speaker 1: Indianapolis Colts. Coach Frank Reich has tested positive for COVID nineteen,

719
00:37:27,160 --> 00:37:30,520
Speaker 1: despite the fact that he's been vaccinated. Reich said in

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Speaker 1: a statement the following I'm fortunate to be fully vaccinated

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Speaker 1: and I'm asymptomatic. I'm feeling well and I'm looking forward

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Speaker 1: to returning as soon as I'm medically cleared. He can

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Speaker 1: return to camp as soon as next Monday, according to

724
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Speaker 1: Colts GM Chris Ballard. So that is good news. The

725
00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:51,719
Speaker 1: bad news is he tested positive for CODE even though

726
00:37:51,719 --> 00:37:55,480
Speaker 1: he got the he got the shots. But that is

727
00:37:55,520 --> 00:37:59,399
Speaker 1: popping up here and there um in other COVID news.

728
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Speaker 1: I'm just gonna goel through it. Then we can react

729
00:38:01,120 --> 00:38:04,520
Speaker 1: to all of it. Terrell Pryor remember him, the former

730
00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:10,640
Speaker 1: quarterback turned wide receiver. Uh, he said that. Uh. He

731
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Speaker 1: tweeted on Saturday night that he has a tryout lined up,

732
00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:17,759
Speaker 1: but he was told that he can't take part in

733
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Speaker 1: the tryout unless he's vaccinated, and he had this to say. Now,

734
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Speaker 1: I'm torn between tough decision and finally, in the news

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Speaker 1: late last week we U it was reported that Vikings

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Speaker 1: coach Rick Dennison UM had been let go because he

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Speaker 1: would not get the COVID nineteen vaccine, which would take

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Speaker 1: him out of the class group that would allow you

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Speaker 1: to be in team meetings and and be able to

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Speaker 1: be forward, front facing with the players. So he wasn't

741
00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:47,560
Speaker 1: gonna be a part of the team. Well, that's been

742
00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:50,520
Speaker 1: reported after the fact to be a little bit premature

743
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Speaker 1: that he's out this uh from the Vikings. The Vikings

744
00:38:56,160 --> 00:38:59,160
Speaker 1: continue to hold discussions with offensive line coach Rick Dennison

745
00:38:59,200 --> 00:39:02,920
Speaker 1: regarding protocols. At this time, coach does not have an

746
00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:05,759
Speaker 1: exemption to the vaccination requirements of those protocols. We will

747
00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:10,880
Speaker 1: adhere to the requirements of the protocols and of applicable law.

748
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Speaker 1: But it's well, there's different rules, you know, and you

749
00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:20,000
Speaker 1: mentioned it with the coaches, um, we should point out,

750
00:39:20,200 --> 00:39:24,160
Speaker 1: you know, with the players. There was some clarification in

751
00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:27,560
Speaker 1: that that latest memo that brought up the forfeit. How

752
00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:30,880
Speaker 1: you know, if you are vaccinated and then you once

753
00:39:30,920 --> 00:39:34,320
Speaker 1: you start testing negative again, you can return to practice

754
00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:38,480
Speaker 1: in the team quicker than if if you were unvaccinated.

755
00:39:38,520 --> 00:39:40,799
Speaker 1: These are all fact that the Patriots did lead let

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Speaker 1: go of a coach that has not been disputed. His

757
00:39:43,360 --> 00:39:46,640
Speaker 1: name is Cole Popovich, no relation to to Greg who's

758
00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:48,759
Speaker 1: been there for a while and was like, there, you

759
00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:51,160
Speaker 1: know a co offensive line coach and he refused to

760
00:39:51,200 --> 00:39:55,200
Speaker 1: get the vaccine. Uh, It's it's pretty obvious with like

761
00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:57,919
Speaker 1: a player at the end of the roster that teams

762
00:39:57,960 --> 00:40:00,480
Speaker 1: aren't gonna mess around. Like it doesn't surprise me with

763
00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:03,480
Speaker 1: prior and I just I just hope that like every

764
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Speaker 1: time something like right pops up and it's gonna keep

765
00:40:06,040 --> 00:40:08,600
Speaker 1: popping up because players who have been vaccinated are going

766
00:40:08,680 --> 00:40:11,440
Speaker 1: to test positives, Like do we need do we need

767
00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:14,240
Speaker 1: to have a huge Twitter argument like every time this happens,

768
00:40:15,160 --> 00:40:17,399
Speaker 1: Like this is gonna happen, Like it's gonna it's gonna

769
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Speaker 1: be part of it. It just is. Yeah. I mean,

770
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Speaker 1: Schefter noted that thirteen staffers and four players who were

771
00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:29,640
Speaker 1: vaccinated have caught coronas, so it's gonna be happening all year. Um,

772
00:40:29,680 --> 00:40:32,040
Speaker 1: it's something I think we just weren't really expecting a

773
00:40:32,080 --> 00:40:33,960
Speaker 1: couple of months ago. It's we're not out of the

774
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Speaker 1: woods on this but it's this is a little bit

775
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Speaker 1: to me different than just the based argument of whether

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Speaker 1: you should or should not be vaccinated. I mean the NFL,

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00:40:44,080 --> 00:40:46,160
Speaker 1: the life of an NFL player and what your mission

778
00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:47,640
Speaker 1: is and what your job is as a team and

779
00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:50,160
Speaker 1: a group of coaches is singular. You're there to win

780
00:40:50,200 --> 00:40:52,799
Speaker 1: a title, and I just think it is it is

781
00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:56,360
Speaker 1: a overt disadvantage if you have a bunch of players

782
00:40:56,400 --> 00:40:58,719
Speaker 1: or people that are refusing to do it because it's

783
00:40:58,800 --> 00:41:01,719
Speaker 1: like your week number one. Coaches want consistency, They want

784
00:41:01,719 --> 00:41:04,839
Speaker 1: the same thing every week. They don't want surprises. Last

785
00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:07,520
Speaker 1: year they were just daily surprises because of Corona. But

786
00:41:07,560 --> 00:41:10,160
Speaker 1: if you got fifteen to twenty players refusing to take

787
00:41:10,200 --> 00:41:14,640
Speaker 1: the vaccination, then you're asking for muddled um, you know,

788
00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:18,240
Speaker 1: muddled scenarios where players are suddenly kept popping up with Corona.

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00:41:18,239 --> 00:41:19,759
Speaker 1: It's gonna be the same thing as last year. And

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00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:22,640
Speaker 1: the cults, you know, they this is not a Frank

791
00:41:22,640 --> 00:41:25,320
Speaker 1: Reich thing because he's vaccinated. They have only their players

792
00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:28,400
Speaker 1: right now that are vaccinated. Keep them out of that,

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00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:31,360
Speaker 1: you know. And for everyone who's trying to use this

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00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:34,520
Speaker 1: as a point of like whoa Either way, it's you know,

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00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:37,520
Speaker 1: they're keeping Frankreich and anyone who's vaccinated catches it out

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00:41:37,520 --> 00:41:40,120
Speaker 1: of the billion to protect the unvaccinated. I mean, that's

797
00:41:40,160 --> 00:41:43,759
Speaker 1: what it's about right now. It's protecting unvaccinated people and

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00:41:43,920 --> 00:41:46,360
Speaker 1: trying to just keep them safe, whether whether they're in

799
00:41:46,360 --> 00:41:48,960
Speaker 1: the bill they or not. In a little a personal

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Speaker 1: note here, I have a very good friend UM down

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00:41:51,719 --> 00:41:56,960
Speaker 1: here in Texas, UM who works. He's a frontline medical worker.

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00:41:56,960 --> 00:42:00,239
Speaker 1: He works as a nurse and Um he worked said

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00:42:00,280 --> 00:42:05,480
Speaker 1: a major hospital in Waco, Texas, and he said, the

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00:42:05,560 --> 00:42:08,319
Speaker 1: last few weeks it's it's feeling like it's back to

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00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:11,160
Speaker 1: where it was last July. And he comes to work

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00:42:11,280 --> 00:42:12,960
Speaker 1: and he works at twelve hour shift and it's an

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Speaker 1: entire e er filled with people that have COVID and

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Speaker 1: he says the large majority of them almost entirely unvaccinated,

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Speaker 1: people that refused to get the shot and now are ill.

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Speaker 1: And the one other note that he he added was

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Speaker 1: a he's seeing it in younger people between this year

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Speaker 1: and last year. And this again, this is coming directly

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Speaker 1: with someone that's on the front lines. Is when he

814
00:42:38,920 --> 00:42:42,279
Speaker 1: was in the working in those drs in Waco last year,

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Speaker 1: it was a lot of older people, and what he's

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00:42:44,880 --> 00:42:49,520
Speaker 1: seeing now is the the disease is now hitting a

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Speaker 1: younger demographic. And he was with a younger guy that

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Speaker 1: he said he was with him all all day the

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Speaker 1: last shift he was on that it looked like he

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00:42:57,560 --> 00:42:59,960
Speaker 1: wasn't gonna make it. And it's a young man who

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00:43:00,280 --> 00:43:04,720
Speaker 1: refused the vaccine, got sick and now could die. Um,

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00:43:04,760 --> 00:43:07,160
Speaker 1: this is a very scary thing and it's ongoing, and

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00:43:08,120 --> 00:43:10,400
Speaker 1: I know everyone a big part of it. Even this

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00:43:10,480 --> 00:43:13,680
Speaker 1: friend of mine is he leans in a different direction

825
00:43:13,719 --> 00:43:18,280
Speaker 1: than I do politically on this and morally on some level. Um,

826
00:43:18,560 --> 00:43:21,960
Speaker 1: but the the idea of not getting the shot, it

827
00:43:22,080 --> 00:43:26,080
Speaker 1: puts you at greater risk of getting sick and dying.

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Speaker 1: It's just it's there. And talk to people that are

829
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Speaker 1: on the front lines and they'll tell you that even

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00:43:30,440 --> 00:43:32,719
Speaker 1: it doesn't matter what their political beliefs are, it's just

831
00:43:32,840 --> 00:43:36,960
Speaker 1: it's the facts of the facts. So tough sich, as

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Speaker 1: they say, Ricky's thirtieth birthdays, as you say, always a

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00:43:43,480 --> 00:43:48,759
Speaker 1: sharp right turn to another update there? Hey really yeah,

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Speaker 1: hopefully I mean hopefully like this. So this super Bowl

835
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Speaker 1: is in l A. I mean, there is something about

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Speaker 1: the Olympics where they're trying to, you out, make it

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00:44:01,440 --> 00:44:03,319
Speaker 1: as good as possible for the athletes, because it's not

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00:44:03,360 --> 00:44:05,879
Speaker 1: the athletes fault. They've been training so hard and these

839
00:44:05,880 --> 00:44:08,840
Speaker 1: are great moments. But there is something about the fact,

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00:44:09,520 --> 00:44:12,840
Speaker 1: you know, I saw this like preamble during the opening ceremonies.

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00:44:12,840 --> 00:44:14,719
Speaker 1: My kids are super into the Olympics, and the rock

842
00:44:14,880 --> 00:44:17,880
Speaker 1: is like, we have overcome so much. We have you know,

843
00:44:18,040 --> 00:44:20,200
Speaker 1: withstood so much over the last year and a half

844
00:44:20,239 --> 00:44:23,719
Speaker 1: and now it's time to like battle. And honestly, the

845
00:44:23,760 --> 00:44:26,759
Speaker 1: fact that the Olympics were a year delayed and there's

846
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Speaker 1: still no one in the crowd and there's and we're

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00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:32,200
Speaker 1: still dealing with it so much makes it more depressing. Yeah,

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00:44:32,560 --> 00:44:35,319
Speaker 1: you know, it's it. We're like eighteen months removed from

849
00:44:35,360 --> 00:44:38,200
Speaker 1: when this all started and the Olympics for instance, are

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00:44:38,719 --> 00:44:43,320
Speaker 1: you know, being totally impacted, and that makes it more sad.

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Speaker 1: I don't know, watching it, I have the same thought

852
00:44:46,680 --> 00:44:48,560
Speaker 1: that we we thought we were kind of out of

853
00:44:48,600 --> 00:44:51,680
Speaker 1: the woods and now it's all it's all still here. Um.

854
00:44:51,880 --> 00:44:56,919
Speaker 1: And it absolutely could affect the NFL season as well,

855
00:44:57,239 --> 00:44:58,920
Speaker 1: even though a couple of months ago we would have

856
00:44:58,920 --> 00:45:01,840
Speaker 1: been like, okay, we dodged it, and then we move forward. Well,

857
00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:06,279
Speaker 1: we'll see eight o'clock to light time, Ricky. We'll start

858
00:45:06,280 --> 00:45:09,080
Speaker 1: with the Dallas Cowboys trouble on both sides of the

859
00:45:09,120 --> 00:45:13,000
Speaker 1: ball to Marcus Lawrence and Amari Cooper, both expected to

860
00:45:13,080 --> 00:45:15,920
Speaker 1: be out until after the second preseason game for the Cowboys.

861
00:45:15,920 --> 00:45:18,520
Speaker 1: There's only three of those this year, which takes us

862
00:45:18,560 --> 00:45:21,719
Speaker 1: close to the season mark. We worried, Well, I mean,

863
00:45:21,760 --> 00:45:24,000
Speaker 1: it's an it's an ankle situation for Cooper, the back

864
00:45:24,040 --> 00:45:26,760
Speaker 1: thing for Lawrence sounds like it was an entire offseason

865
00:45:26,840 --> 00:45:29,120
Speaker 1: journey for him. But they will be ready for Week one,

866
00:45:29,200 --> 00:45:31,120
Speaker 1: so it worried is not the word I'd use. I'm

867
00:45:31,160 --> 00:45:34,040
Speaker 1: not staying up all night thinking about it. In other

868
00:45:34,320 --> 00:45:37,080
Speaker 1: NFC East new Stephen Nelson has a job. The Eagles

869
00:45:37,080 --> 00:45:39,359
Speaker 1: signed the cornerback to a one year deal worth more

870
00:45:39,400 --> 00:45:42,239
Speaker 1: than four million Greg. This is another one of those

871
00:45:42,239 --> 00:45:45,160
Speaker 1: signings late in the process where you look at the

872
00:45:45,239 --> 00:45:48,000
Speaker 1: year and the commitment from the team and the player's ability,

873
00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:50,520
Speaker 1: You're like, ah, there's some real value to ads to

874
00:45:50,600 --> 00:45:54,280
Speaker 1: be made. He's a capable star. Darius Slay like pushed

875
00:45:54,280 --> 00:45:55,880
Speaker 1: for it and they got him, saying like I I

876
00:45:55,880 --> 00:45:58,279
Speaker 1: am convinced. Okay, I'm back on the Eagles bandwagon. Let's

877
00:45:58,280 --> 00:46:01,680
Speaker 1: do Oh, you're in, Let's do it. A trade went

878
00:46:01,800 --> 00:46:05,640
Speaker 1: down over the weekend. The Texans acquired wide receiver Anthony

879
00:46:05,719 --> 00:46:08,600
Speaker 1: Miller from the Bears. There was also a late round

880
00:46:08,680 --> 00:46:13,520
Speaker 1: pick swap involved. Mark Miller was in the doghouse of

881
00:46:13,560 --> 00:46:16,200
Speaker 1: Matt Naggy. What does that mean to you? Well, I

882
00:46:16,239 --> 00:46:17,799
Speaker 1: think it's a good it's a fresh start. He's never

883
00:46:17,880 --> 00:46:20,239
Speaker 1: crossed seven hundred yards in a season. It's been a

884
00:46:20,320 --> 00:46:22,719
Speaker 1: little bit of a disappointment. Never really got off the

885
00:46:22,719 --> 00:46:24,879
Speaker 1: ground in Chicago. But you look at this Texans team.

886
00:46:24,880 --> 00:46:27,800
Speaker 1: They had like eighty seven running backs and about seventy

887
00:46:27,840 --> 00:46:30,000
Speaker 1: eight wide receivers. I mean, Niki Serios just like, we're

888
00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:35,080
Speaker 1: gonna find someone who's cook play here. Maybe the Bengals

889
00:46:35,160 --> 00:46:39,640
Speaker 1: do business with one of their stalwarts. Sam Hubbard signs

890
00:46:39,680 --> 00:46:43,440
Speaker 1: a four year, forty million dollar extension. Good money for

891
00:46:43,480 --> 00:46:46,799
Speaker 1: a former third round pick, Greg Good good contract too.

892
00:46:46,840 --> 00:46:50,160
Speaker 1: I was thinking, like, is he much different than Carl Lawson.

893
00:46:50,320 --> 00:46:52,439
Speaker 1: They're kind of similar in their profiles to me. Maybe

894
00:46:52,440 --> 00:46:55,360
Speaker 1: not as good a pass rusher, but a good developmental

895
00:46:55,360 --> 00:46:57,279
Speaker 1: prospect who probably would have done better as a free

896
00:46:57,280 --> 00:47:00,399
Speaker 1: agent next year. And finally in the news, the m's

897
00:47:00,960 --> 00:47:05,000
Speaker 1: higher Andy Benoitt as assistant to head coach Sean McVeigh

898
00:47:05,360 --> 00:47:10,680
Speaker 1: slash Special Projects Benoit cross passive. Benoit formerly of s

899
00:47:10,719 --> 00:47:13,080
Speaker 1: I and New York Times CBS Sports. He's gonna be

900
00:47:13,120 --> 00:47:16,160
Speaker 1: a researcher in second opinion for McVeigh, We're told, Mark,

901
00:47:16,239 --> 00:47:19,680
Speaker 1: do you think this deep down is Greg Rosenthal's dream job?

902
00:47:20,760 --> 00:47:22,680
Speaker 1: I do, And I think there's probably a lot of

903
00:47:22,680 --> 00:47:25,719
Speaker 1: people at NFL media who have been cozying up UM

904
00:47:26,040 --> 00:47:27,879
Speaker 1: hardcore to the Rams for a couple of years who

905
00:47:27,920 --> 00:47:30,000
Speaker 1: felt like they got kind of sideswiped here. They'd like

906
00:47:30,040 --> 00:47:32,840
Speaker 1: to have this job. But Andy Benoit also UM a

907
00:47:33,000 --> 00:47:35,360
Speaker 1: very large fan of drinking milk, and I don't know

908
00:47:35,400 --> 00:47:37,120
Speaker 1: him at all, but I would like to get to

909
00:47:37,160 --> 00:47:39,040
Speaker 1: the bottom of that. Like apparently he used to drink.

910
00:47:39,080 --> 00:47:41,719
Speaker 1: Like Ricky said, it was three gallons of milk a

911
00:47:41,800 --> 00:47:44,279
Speaker 1: day according to reports. I don't know what the Rams see.

912
00:47:44,719 --> 00:47:46,360
Speaker 1: I don't know. Well, we'll have to work on that

913
00:47:46,440 --> 00:47:48,680
Speaker 1: part of it. Maybe not as much of a milk drinker.

914
00:47:48,719 --> 00:47:52,680
Speaker 1: Now that's eight o'clock delight, Greg Little. It's like the

915
00:47:52,719 --> 00:47:56,560
Speaker 1: postgame show for eight o'clock Delight. That is true, though,

916
00:47:56,640 --> 00:47:59,000
Speaker 1: be honest, because we don't remember. A couple of weeks back,

917
00:47:59,760 --> 00:48:02,120
Speaker 1: we the guests on the shows like, oh yeah, your

918
00:48:02,200 --> 00:48:05,959
Speaker 1: your buddy with the Eagles that you're friends with, and

919
00:48:06,280 --> 00:48:08,480
Speaker 1: then you made a weird point that you were closer

920
00:48:08,480 --> 00:48:11,759
Speaker 1: to that guy than to me and Mark, and then

921
00:48:12,200 --> 00:48:14,120
Speaker 1: and then on top you weren't at that show. Mark,

922
00:48:14,160 --> 00:48:17,840
Speaker 1: I'll I'll fill you in after the show. And then, um,

923
00:48:17,880 --> 00:48:19,719
Speaker 1: you know you have this situation pop up with the

924
00:48:19,800 --> 00:48:22,080
Speaker 1: Rams and we're right in the backyard of the Rams.

925
00:48:23,280 --> 00:48:24,880
Speaker 1: Is there a part of you that this is really

926
00:48:24,920 --> 00:48:26,840
Speaker 1: what we're really going for? We want to be in

927
00:48:26,840 --> 00:48:31,359
Speaker 1: the front office. I want to be involved. No more

928
00:48:31,360 --> 00:48:35,480
Speaker 1: more work for less pay is not what I'm looking

929
00:48:35,520 --> 00:48:37,959
Speaker 1: at right now in my life. And I think that's

930
00:48:38,000 --> 00:48:41,600
Speaker 1: what any anything, uh it would be with with one

931
00:48:41,600 --> 00:48:43,680
Speaker 1: of these teams, you got to hire, you know, an

932
00:48:43,719 --> 00:48:46,080
Speaker 1: agent that can get you, you know, the guop bro.

933
00:48:47,320 --> 00:48:50,280
Speaker 1: I don't think that. I think if you go into

934
00:48:50,360 --> 00:48:52,800
Speaker 1: a team, you're starting you know, you're starting at the

935
00:48:52,800 --> 00:48:56,719
Speaker 1: bottom bottom all over again. What am I really going

936
00:48:56,760 --> 00:48:59,719
Speaker 1: to offer? That was my fault, Like if I was

937
00:48:59,760 --> 00:49:02,160
Speaker 1: flip it around like a team team complex, Like what

938
00:49:02,239 --> 00:49:05,560
Speaker 1: am I actually what what skill set would I be bringing?

939
00:49:05,640 --> 00:49:08,280
Speaker 1: I don't, I think, And this is no disrespective, annoyed

940
00:49:08,400 --> 00:49:11,440
Speaker 1: and good job by him, that's absolutely he's more of

941
00:49:11,480 --> 00:49:14,759
Speaker 1: a tape tape dog guy. And in research project I

942
00:49:14,800 --> 00:49:17,080
Speaker 1: think he had a relationship with McVeigh going way back

943
00:49:17,160 --> 00:49:19,120
Speaker 1: writing all these articles. Who knows he's gonna do like

944
00:49:19,120 --> 00:49:23,840
Speaker 1: a little special work assignments. I put my mind to it,

945
00:49:23,880 --> 00:49:27,520
Speaker 1: but they're not gonna. They're not gonna You're suddenly gonna

946
00:49:27,560 --> 00:49:31,160
Speaker 1: be working like seven days a week for like less

947
00:49:31,200 --> 00:49:35,560
Speaker 1: pay your your your family, forget about it. I'm not

948
00:49:35,719 --> 00:49:38,440
Speaker 1: I don't like this. Coaches coaches bring their dudes, and

949
00:49:38,440 --> 00:49:40,520
Speaker 1: they bringing guys they like. And he did form this

950
00:49:40,600 --> 00:49:43,400
Speaker 1: relationship with him, so it's like you gotta start spending

951
00:49:43,400 --> 00:49:45,799
Speaker 1: time with some head coaches. Greg that's then then they don't.

952
00:49:45,880 --> 00:49:48,600
Speaker 1: Then you need to prove yourself as a slight unseen

953
00:49:48,680 --> 00:49:50,360
Speaker 1: I mean, like if you want to say people have

954
00:49:50,400 --> 00:49:52,840
Speaker 1: been cozying up to the rams, there's a lot more

955
00:49:53,120 --> 00:49:55,800
Speaker 1: in line ahead of me, who you know, don't offer

956
00:49:55,840 --> 00:49:58,920
Speaker 1: any sort of negative covers to anything. If anyone was

957
00:49:58,960 --> 00:50:00,880
Speaker 1: paying any attention, I would you know, I would have

958
00:50:00,920 --> 00:50:03,680
Speaker 1: said many things which would have eliminated my candidacy with

959
00:50:03,760 --> 00:50:06,680
Speaker 1: all these but not hiring me, that's for sure. It's

960
00:50:06,680 --> 00:50:10,560
Speaker 1: two thousand. It's two thousand twenty two. Because you're Greg,

961
00:50:10,560 --> 00:50:12,279
Speaker 1: You're the one most likely to get hired in this

962
00:50:12,320 --> 00:50:16,480
Speaker 1: capacity on this podcast. It's two thousand twenty two. Uh.

963
00:50:16,520 --> 00:50:20,080
Speaker 1: And the Rams with Matt Stafford in the building, go nuts.

964
00:50:20,200 --> 00:50:23,520
Speaker 1: They win the super Bowl and here comes big swinging

965
00:50:23,560 --> 00:50:28,280
Speaker 1: Andy Benoit into Sula's at the combine with a huge

966
00:50:28,480 --> 00:50:31,279
Speaker 1: rock on his finger. Uh. And it's not an engagement ring,

967
00:50:31,560 --> 00:50:35,040
Speaker 1: it's the Rams Championship super Bowl ring. Okay, they came

968
00:50:35,040 --> 00:50:38,239
Speaker 1: out early just to get him at the combine. Um,

969
00:50:38,320 --> 00:50:41,719
Speaker 1: you see that ring? Does that change your mind the

970
00:50:41,760 --> 00:50:43,439
Speaker 1: idea that you could be walking around with the Super Bowl?

971
00:50:44,600 --> 00:50:48,080
Speaker 1: I mean in that scenario, have I won the Lack

972
00:50:48,160 --> 00:50:50,919
Speaker 1: of the Week Championship for a third straight season? Because

973
00:50:50,960 --> 00:50:54,400
Speaker 1: I mean, that's maybe that's the only hardware I need?

974
00:50:55,560 --> 00:50:57,879
Speaker 1: Or did did Apple finally give us like best New

975
00:50:57,960 --> 00:51:02,000
Speaker 1: podcast again? To like it's all it's all a factor?

976
00:51:02,200 --> 00:51:05,799
Speaker 1: And Uh? And how I would feel? I find it

977
00:51:05,880 --> 00:51:08,880
Speaker 1: absurd that you took that to your house. I was

978
00:51:09,000 --> 00:51:11,080
Speaker 1: waiting for you guys to say something. I even put

979
00:51:11,120 --> 00:51:16,279
Speaker 1: it there for Friday show and to respond, Greg does

980
00:51:16,320 --> 00:51:18,680
Speaker 1: have the lock trophy behind him. I think that's a

981
00:51:18,760 --> 00:51:21,200
Speaker 1: well earned trophy. Greg, and I actually take it as

982
00:51:21,239 --> 00:51:24,720
Speaker 1: a positive because you have in vain attempted to cancel

983
00:51:25,080 --> 00:51:28,319
Speaker 1: the Lock of the Week segment um or challenge on

984
00:51:28,360 --> 00:51:31,480
Speaker 1: our regular season shows, and now that you're showing off

985
00:51:31,520 --> 00:51:33,239
Speaker 1: the hardware, I think you've maybe had a little bit

986
00:51:33,239 --> 00:51:35,319
Speaker 1: of in a bath face. Well, I was back in

987
00:51:35,360 --> 00:51:37,480
Speaker 1: the office and I saw it buried. It was just

988
00:51:37,600 --> 00:51:40,200
Speaker 1: on the ground in that back area where there's just

989
00:51:40,320 --> 00:51:42,800
Speaker 1: boxes and boxes, and I thought, there's a there's a

990
00:51:42,880 --> 00:51:45,480
Speaker 1: chance here that no one takes this um And if

991
00:51:45,480 --> 00:51:47,960
Speaker 1: someone's gonna take it, I guess it. I guess it

992
00:51:47,960 --> 00:51:50,520
Speaker 1: should be me. But that's a good point. I'm trying

993
00:51:50,560 --> 00:51:52,359
Speaker 1: to cancel the lock thing. If I win a third

994
00:51:52,360 --> 00:51:54,359
Speaker 1: straight time, can I get get it out? I think

995
00:51:54,360 --> 00:51:58,640
Speaker 1: it's on the table, Okay, Okay, Well that's fair, right, Mark? Yeah,

996
00:51:58,680 --> 00:52:00,400
Speaker 1: I think I mean it's on the table. It doesn't

997
00:52:00,400 --> 00:52:02,920
Speaker 1: we there's more to be discussed about it. I think

998
00:52:02,920 --> 00:52:06,680
Speaker 1: he's going to win it this season against me. If

999
00:52:06,800 --> 00:52:10,000
Speaker 1: if you win the law competition for I think it

1000
00:52:10,000 --> 00:52:12,000
Speaker 1: would be the third straight year. I don't think you've

1001
00:52:12,040 --> 00:52:16,040
Speaker 1: won three in a row. But if you three, Pete,

1002
00:52:16,880 --> 00:52:19,440
Speaker 1: we will um, we will put it to a vote

1003
00:52:19,440 --> 00:52:24,680
Speaker 1: amongst the three of us majority rules. I'll take it.

1004
00:52:24,760 --> 00:52:30,920
Speaker 1: I'll take it all right, good stuff. We'll be back Thursday.

1005
00:52:31,400 --> 00:52:33,280
Speaker 1: I'll be back in l A. We'll be all back together.

1006
00:52:33,280 --> 00:52:38,920
Speaker 1: One step closer. Uh to be being reunited, and were

1007
00:52:38,920 --> 00:52:41,120
Speaker 1: hoping to be in the studios, you know once the

1008
00:52:41,120 --> 00:52:45,120
Speaker 1: season starts. For if any listeners are curious, yes, that's

1009
00:52:45,160 --> 00:52:48,200
Speaker 1: our goal, and and and other housekeeping news. Ricky jump

1010
00:52:48,239 --> 00:52:50,040
Speaker 1: in a second, because I have seen a lot of this.

1011
00:52:50,320 --> 00:52:53,040
Speaker 1: There are some people listeners that are upset that there

1012
00:52:53,040 --> 00:52:56,440
Speaker 1: are some ads connected to the program right now, just

1013
00:52:56,640 --> 00:52:59,840
Speaker 1: understand that that has nothing to a a decision, that

1014
00:53:00,120 --> 00:53:03,520
Speaker 1: nothing to do with us. Be Uh. The ads bring

1015
00:53:03,920 --> 00:53:08,240
Speaker 1: zero revenue to the talent of the around the podcast

1016
00:53:09,440 --> 00:53:12,600
Speaker 1: or our producer. We so we see no money. We

1017
00:53:12,640 --> 00:53:16,720
Speaker 1: have no control over how it's really rolled out. But Erica,

1018
00:53:16,800 --> 00:53:20,080
Speaker 1: who's excellent at her job, is on quality control to

1019
00:53:20,120 --> 00:53:23,520
Speaker 1: make sure it doesn't happen pop in in an unprofessional

1020
00:53:23,560 --> 00:53:25,680
Speaker 1: way to try to work them as they are. This

1021
00:53:25,760 --> 00:53:28,360
Speaker 1: is a free podcast for you listeners that are upset

1022
00:53:28,360 --> 00:53:31,440
Speaker 1: about it. And as you know, there have been some issues,

1023
00:53:32,000 --> 00:53:35,520
Speaker 1: unfortunate issues with downsizing at our company. And if they

1024
00:53:35,560 --> 00:53:39,520
Speaker 1: want to insert some ads, uh to keep this enterprise

1025
00:53:39,920 --> 00:53:41,520
Speaker 1: in a good place. And I'm not saying that's why

1026
00:53:41,520 --> 00:53:44,520
Speaker 1: they did it. I'm just saying that's it's it's a business.

1027
00:53:44,560 --> 00:53:47,120
Speaker 1: Just be chill about it. It's has nothing to do

1028
00:53:47,160 --> 00:53:50,319
Speaker 1: with us selling out. It's just the way things are.

1029
00:53:50,360 --> 00:53:52,359
Speaker 1: And it's been a long time before since we've had

1030
00:53:52,400 --> 00:53:56,160
Speaker 1: ads on the show. So just enjoyed that era. Don't

1031
00:53:56,239 --> 00:53:58,400
Speaker 1: don't be mad that it's over. Be happy, be happy

1032
00:53:58,440 --> 00:54:00,360
Speaker 1: it happened at all. And I would also say, you know,

1033
00:54:00,680 --> 00:54:03,760
Speaker 1: I wouldn't classify us as puppets, but we do work

1034
00:54:03,800 --> 00:54:07,760
Speaker 1: for like a multibillion dollar corporation that occasionally does seem

1035
00:54:07,760 --> 00:54:10,279
Speaker 1: to have some control over what what we do on

1036
00:54:10,320 --> 00:54:13,600
Speaker 1: a day to day basis. Selling out is on the table,

1037
00:54:14,239 --> 00:54:17,399
Speaker 1: like sign me up, Like where can we sell out?

1038
00:54:17,760 --> 00:54:21,000
Speaker 1: Have us read the ads? You know, um, if that

1039
00:54:21,160 --> 00:54:23,640
Speaker 1: is going to help us, we'll we'll pull back the

1040
00:54:23,640 --> 00:54:27,040
Speaker 1: curtain here. Before before this this big deal went through,

1041
00:54:27,080 --> 00:54:29,680
Speaker 1: there were some attempts to see, hey, how could we

1042
00:54:29,760 --> 00:54:32,560
Speaker 1: maybe make some more money if there is our ads

1043
00:54:32,560 --> 00:54:35,040
Speaker 1: involved with the show just shot down. It was just

1044
00:54:35,120 --> 00:54:37,240
Speaker 1: not an option for us. It was like, okay, no,

1045
00:54:37,920 --> 00:54:40,000
Speaker 1: you will do no. Yeah, we we sent up the

1046
00:54:40,000 --> 00:54:43,719
Speaker 1: Patriot missile scud missile went right through it and said no, no, no,

1047
00:54:43,840 --> 00:54:45,760
Speaker 1: you will continue to be good little boys and girls.

1048
00:54:45,960 --> 00:54:48,360
Speaker 1: You will do your little show and we will do

1049
00:54:48,400 --> 00:54:50,000
Speaker 1: what we want with you. And what what are we

1050
00:54:50,000 --> 00:54:53,000
Speaker 1: gonna do? I mean, they're they're missing out as anyone

1051
00:54:53,040 --> 00:54:56,080
Speaker 1: who listens to the jess Nick and Rosenthal Vanity Project

1052
00:54:56,120 --> 00:54:57,759
Speaker 1: now was like, when I have an ad to sell,

1053
00:54:57,840 --> 00:54:59,839
Speaker 1: I sell it baby. You know how you guys kind

1054
00:54:59,840 --> 00:55:03,080
Speaker 1: of of us is leave some more iTunes reviews for

1055
00:55:03,120 --> 00:55:06,200
Speaker 1: our show. It really does help and talk about you know,

1056
00:55:06,280 --> 00:55:10,799
Speaker 1: being the best new podcast of um, the more reviews

1057
00:55:11,000 --> 00:55:15,400
Speaker 1: that pop in there, it populates us higher in you know,

1058
00:55:15,480 --> 00:55:19,040
Speaker 1: Apple podcasts. So it'd be very very helpful if we

1059
00:55:19,040 --> 00:55:21,160
Speaker 1: don't get paid for good reviews either. So there's just

1060
00:55:21,239 --> 00:55:24,200
Speaker 1: no channel to money coming our way. All right, there

1061
00:55:24,200 --> 00:55:27,240
Speaker 1: you go. That's the update. Thanks to everybody for listening,

1062
00:55:27,520 --> 00:55:30,760
Speaker 1: both today and for all the years that have passed

1063
00:55:30,840 --> 00:55:32,879
Speaker 1: and all the years to come. That's the plan here,

1064
00:55:33,840 --> 00:55:36,280
Speaker 1: but we don't have control over its very little control,

1065
00:55:36,480 --> 00:55:38,600
Speaker 1: don't you understand. That's what we're getting out of here.

1066
00:55:39,200 --> 00:55:41,839
Speaker 1: We're just doing our bets, all right. That's it, Dan,

1067
00:55:41,880 --> 00:55:44,759
Speaker 1: It has to signing off board Fiet Storm, the old

1068
00:55:44,760 --> 00:55:48,040
Speaker 1: boss Ricky Hollywood who's turning thirty in a few months,

1069
00:55:48,040 --> 00:56:02,360
Speaker 1: to start planning until Thursday. He's the call s