WEBVTT - Shedeur Sanders RIDICULOUS behavior, Mahomes vs. The Prince, 49ers-Rams predictions | Nick Wright 0:00:01.520 --> 0:00:05.200 Welcome in what Driving the Great episode two seven or 0:00:05.320 --> 0:00:08.680 three seventy three Pardon Me, brought to you as always 0:00:09.039 --> 0:00:14.880 by our friends at boost Mobile. Busy week in the NFL. 0:00:15.720 --> 0:00:20.520 And there, you know, we are now to where teams 0:00:20.560 --> 0:00:24.840 are really starting to take shape. First quarter of the 0:00:24.920 --> 0:00:28.080 season is done. You know, Devonte didn't used to be 0:00:28.280 --> 0:00:30.760 like this. I'm gonna sound like it. I'm gonna sound 0:00:30.800 --> 0:00:33.080 like an old man here, and I might sound like 0:00:33.120 --> 0:00:36.360 an old man with the Shadoor conversation. This first one, though, 0:00:36.479 --> 0:00:42.800 is not about like taste. It's just reality that post 0:00:42.880 --> 0:00:47.680 twenty eleven lockout, when they really changed the rules on 0:00:48.600 --> 0:00:51.440 what you can and can't do in the offseason, end 0:00:51.479 --> 0:00:56.440 in training camp, and then later on when they removed 0:00:56.480 --> 0:01:00.960 one of the four preseason games even less pad practices, 0:01:01.680 --> 0:01:07.480 added a seventeenth regular season game, September really became not 0:01:07.840 --> 0:01:13.280 quite an extended preseason, but similar to that in a 0:01:13.319 --> 0:01:17.400 way it didn't used to be. And so teams use 0:01:17.560 --> 0:01:22.000 September now to kind of try to figure out who 0:01:22.080 --> 0:01:24.640 they are and get you know, get so they are 0:01:24.760 --> 0:01:29.200 rolling by October, when in the past that's literally what 0:01:29.240 --> 0:01:32.600 the preseason was. Starters played a lot big time players 0:01:32.600 --> 0:01:35.039 played a lot, they had had a bunch of hard 0:01:35.160 --> 0:01:40.320 to a day practices, and so it makes handicapping the 0:01:40.440 --> 0:01:43.759 league the first few weeks of the season a little 0:01:43.760 --> 0:01:47.160 more difficult because teams really do change over the course 0:01:47.200 --> 0:01:50.600 of the year. But now we're in October, and now 0:01:50.640 --> 0:01:54.240 you kind of not are who you are, but you're 0:01:54.280 --> 0:01:57.800 a lot closer to your final form. And the hope 0:01:57.840 --> 0:02:00.440 is that you didn't dig yourself to big of a 0:02:00.480 --> 0:02:06.320 hole in September, and so that the two teams that 0:02:06.560 --> 0:02:11.320 we thought could be legit certainly playoff and in one 0:02:11.320 --> 0:02:15.240 of their cases championship contenders who dug quite a big hole, 0:02:15.720 --> 0:02:18.680 are playing each other this weekend in Baltimore and Houston. 0:02:19.200 --> 0:02:23.480 Those are the two teams that didn't survive September at 0:02:23.560 --> 0:02:26.680 least five hundred, and now they are their backs are 0:02:26.720 --> 0:02:30.120 against the wall a bit. Obviously, other teams, like the 0:02:30.200 --> 0:02:32.960 Niners dealing with injuries or the Bengals dealing with Burrow 0:02:33.000 --> 0:02:36.360 being out, are in different spots. But from a record perspective, 0:02:36.600 --> 0:02:40.200 but I think we're gonna start seeing really good football. 0:02:40.840 --> 0:02:43.440 And we've seen some good football, but really good football 0:02:43.440 --> 0:02:48.040 starting that is starting probably not tonight, but this weekend 0:02:48.160 --> 0:02:49.160 and that I'm excited for. 0:02:49.240 --> 0:02:52.080 How are you doing this morning, I'm doing pretty good, Pops. 0:02:52.080 --> 0:02:52.680 How are you doing? 0:02:53.560 --> 0:02:59.520 I'm doing well. This has been an interesting week because, 0:03:01.040 --> 0:03:08.680 as expected, there are corners of the Internet and corners 0:03:08.760 --> 0:03:14.760 of the corners and sections of my colleagues that are 0:03:16.880 --> 0:03:19.680 I don't even think mad at me is the right word, like, 0:03:20.440 --> 0:03:24.760 just openly, I don't know if mocking is the right word. 0:03:24.880 --> 0:03:29.840 Something very they're nonplussed about some of my Lamar commentary 0:03:29.919 --> 0:03:33.000 the last seventy two hours, and this is an annual 0:03:33.040 --> 0:03:38.640 tradition and the only part of it that I actually 0:03:38.720 --> 0:03:45.040 have been not irked, but yeah, ir well, not even 0:03:45.120 --> 0:03:48.320 hit home, just annoyed. I guess the right word is 0:03:48.360 --> 0:03:54.520 folks saying it's a straw man that people don't acknowledge 0:03:54.920 --> 0:03:58.760 Lamar's big game or postseason struggles. I'm like, it is 0:03:59.720 --> 0:04:02.080 because does all of you picked the Ravens to win 0:04:02.160 --> 0:04:04.960 the Super Bowl every year? So that it feels like 0:04:05.040 --> 0:04:07.640 that kind of fails to acknowledge it. But I'm not 0:04:07.680 --> 0:04:10.080 doing Lamar today. I mean, we will do a little 0:04:10.160 --> 0:04:13.480 Ravens because I do think there's a chance he plays. 0:04:13.880 --> 0:04:17.360 I think there is a chance he should so I 0:04:20.400 --> 0:04:23.440 and I think they could win with with Cooper Rush, 0:04:23.520 --> 0:04:26.039 and that's not it's not an just if you just 0:04:26.520 --> 0:04:28.960 run Dereck Henry thirty five times, I think you can 0:04:29.000 --> 0:04:33.239 beat up flailing Texans team. But we'll get to that first. 0:04:33.240 --> 0:04:34.800 We have to get to what we're not going to 0:04:34.880 --> 0:04:37.120 get to, which is straight to voicemail brought to you 0:04:37.200 --> 0:04:41.400 by boost Mobile. Uh Lebron joins Kay Sinat on stream 0:04:41.839 --> 0:04:45.599 along with ty Lill. Big weekend for those threes, those 0:04:45.600 --> 0:04:47.920 streamer guys that I got to spend a little bit 0:04:47.960 --> 0:04:51.760 of time with back in June, in Kai, ty Lil 0:04:52.000 --> 0:04:55.320 and Speed Speed hanging out with Brady Kai and Tyler 0:04:55.560 --> 0:04:58.680 hanging out with Bron. Uh. Ty Lil could not have 0:04:58.720 --> 0:05:03.200 been more excited. And look, Bron cut off Kay's dread. 0:05:03.360 --> 0:05:06.080 So was that real? He really did that right? I'll 0:05:06.120 --> 0:05:10.360 be honest. I didn't watch the Mafia thon thing, but listen, 0:05:10.560 --> 0:05:14.800 pretty cool. Kevin Hart also, who was there when I 0:05:14.920 --> 0:05:18.440 met those guys. Kevin Hart goes on their stream everybody's 0:05:18.440 --> 0:05:20.160 doing the streamers. I gotta get with it. I said 0:05:20.200 --> 0:05:22.039 I was gonna do over the summer. I didn't do it. 0:05:22.040 --> 0:05:24.640 I gotta get with it. Seth Curry joins his brother, 0:05:24.680 --> 0:05:28.440 and the Warriors love it. I think I called this 0:05:29.960 --> 0:05:31.080 six months ago. 0:05:31.440 --> 0:05:32.520 Not I think. 0:05:33.800 --> 0:05:36.880 I don't know. I think I mentioned that I could 0:05:36.920 --> 0:05:39.880 when we were talking about the Warriors offseason, that I 0:05:39.920 --> 0:05:44.560 thought Seth would fit well. I honestly though, I think 0:05:44.600 --> 0:05:46.880 I just said it, like in passing. Yeah, you know, 0:05:47.320 --> 0:05:48.839 we didn't do like a whole thing on it, but 0:05:48.880 --> 0:05:52.600 I love that. I think Seth's a really good player 0:05:52.760 --> 0:05:55.120 in his role, and I liked the idea of Seth 0:05:55.160 --> 0:05:58.599 and Steph being together. I also thought the little viral video, 0:05:59.040 --> 0:06:01.479 even if it was miss Lee of the rookies on 0:06:01.560 --> 0:06:05.120 the Warriors being nervous to ask Steph for a picture, 0:06:05.600 --> 0:06:08.760 was adorable. I thought that was really cool. 0:06:09.760 --> 0:06:11.280 Literal splash brothers. 0:06:12.520 --> 0:06:17.160 Oh, I didn't even think about that. You're right, You're right. Uh, 0:06:17.560 --> 0:06:18.279 that's a great time. 0:06:18.480 --> 0:06:19.760 Biological splash brothers. 0:06:19.800 --> 0:06:25.000 Biological splash brothers love it. And the w NBA commissioner 0:06:25.040 --> 0:06:28.799 is going to lose her job. This is you can't 0:06:28.800 --> 0:06:31.799 come back from it. And I'm not going to act 0:06:31.960 --> 0:06:37.400 like I am an expert on Kathy Ingelbert's tenure at 0:06:37.440 --> 0:06:39.960 the head of the league. I am going to say 0:06:40.160 --> 0:06:43.599 when a player is good as high profile and maybe 0:06:43.600 --> 0:06:48.799 most importantly, as respected as an EFSTA, Collier goes full 0:06:48.960 --> 0:06:51.960 ether on you for five minutes in a prepared statement. 0:06:53.040 --> 0:06:58.000 Your days are numbered, so the I there are. I 0:06:58.040 --> 0:07:01.000 have enough respect for the people that hover and follow 0:07:01.080 --> 0:07:05.200 the WNBA every single day and have more expertise on 0:07:05.240 --> 0:07:08.640 it than me that I will leave the details or 0:07:08.680 --> 0:07:12.520 the detailed opinions on that to them. I don't want 0:07:12.520 --> 0:07:17.200 to parachute in on something that I don't feel fully 0:07:17.480 --> 0:07:20.320 solid ground on, knowing the full background of her tenure, 0:07:20.400 --> 0:07:22.680 the good, the bad, or whatever. But I do know 0:07:22.840 --> 0:07:26.480 I feel like I know enough about just business in 0:07:26.600 --> 0:07:33.160 general that when one of your admirals goes public on 0:07:33.200 --> 0:07:37.120 the record of we have lost faith in the Central Command, 0:07:37.760 --> 0:07:41.760 central Command usually has a change. All right, Please like 0:07:41.800 --> 0:07:46.360 great subscribe review to the pod. We greatly appreciate that. 0:07:47.040 --> 0:07:50.600 I did not think we would be starting with the 0:07:50.640 --> 0:07:55.200 Browns third string quarterback. However, because of the last twenty 0:07:55.240 --> 0:08:00.920 four hours, and because this show loves itself some meta 0:08:01.640 --> 0:08:05.800 media discussion, we are going to start with the Browns 0:08:05.840 --> 0:08:15.200 third string quarterback. Go right ahead, pal, No, I'm kidding, 0:08:15.240 --> 0:08:18.920 tricked me. Hold on, I was about to say demoni's 0:08:19.000 --> 0:08:21.440 Mike's not working. I just want I went to see 0:08:21.440 --> 0:08:26.000 if my headset got disconnected. That was really good mouthing 0:08:26.080 --> 0:08:29.000 of the words. You totally tricked me. All right, good 0:08:29.080 --> 0:08:32.640 job there. I mean that's for watching watching on YouTube. 0:08:32.640 --> 0:08:36.040 You got the bit if you're the if you're listening 0:08:36.080 --> 0:08:39.280 to us on podcasts, it doesn't really play, but good job. 0:08:39.360 --> 0:08:42.319 All right, go ahead, So Joe Flacco has been benched 0:08:42.320 --> 0:08:44.880 and Dylan Gabriel is the new quarterback one and a 0:08:45.040 --> 0:08:47.839 shaduur respondence to that news and oppressor and maybe Rex 0:08:47.920 --> 0:08:50.760 Ryan with a little bit of meme or miming action 0:08:52.320 --> 0:08:53.000 thoughts on this. 0:08:54.480 --> 0:08:58.320 Okay, So let me let me give the audience the 0:08:58.440 --> 0:09:04.080 very short history of this. Okay. A week ago, Shador 0:09:04.360 --> 0:09:11.920 gave a somewhat innocuous but probably poorly worded comment when 0:09:11.960 --> 0:09:17.080 he said, you know, I'm paraphrasing, but I think this 0:09:17.240 --> 0:09:20.360 is going to be close to an exact quote. You know, 0:09:20.440 --> 0:09:25.840 I watched the league, and I'm better than some of 0:09:25.840 --> 0:09:29.600 those guys out there starting. I didn't think it was 0:09:29.760 --> 0:09:33.400 a huge deal. I think it. I think that one 0:09:33.440 --> 0:09:38.560 of the reasons demonse that I thought that comment was 0:09:42.400 --> 0:09:48.880 likely to not go great for him was because one 0:09:48.920 --> 0:09:52.680 could argue these starting quarterback in the league playing the 0:09:52.720 --> 0:09:57.559 worst was his own. You know what. I so if 0:09:57.600 --> 0:10:01.440 he had if he was third string for the Bills 0:10:02.679 --> 0:10:06.200 and said, you know, I watched the league, and you know, 0:10:06.320 --> 0:10:08.960 I feel like I'm better than some of the guys starting. 0:10:09.520 --> 0:10:11.640 I think the exact quote was, if you see the 0:10:11.679 --> 0:10:14.120 quarterback play in the league right now, I know I'm 0:10:14.240 --> 0:10:17.920 capable of doing better than that. Then I think it's 0:10:18.040 --> 0:10:21.319 less of a problem. When a lot of people felt 0:10:21.400 --> 0:10:24.880 like and feel like the Brown starting quarterback was playing 0:10:24.880 --> 0:10:28.320 the worst of everyone in the league, it could have 0:10:28.400 --> 0:10:33.000 been construed as an unintentional shot at Flacco. I don't 0:10:33.000 --> 0:10:35.720 think it was that at all, but it was just 0:10:35.800 --> 0:10:39.480 a little trickier of a spot. Does that part make 0:10:39.559 --> 0:10:41.439 sense what I'm describing there? 0:10:41.520 --> 0:10:41.720 Yeah? 0:10:41.800 --> 0:10:48.960 Okay. Then Rex Ryan goes on TV and makes a 0:10:48.960 --> 0:10:53.800 fool of himself, Like every time I see Rex Ryan, 0:10:54.360 --> 0:10:59.200 he's just talking about how much someone sucks. It's like 0:10:59.280 --> 0:11:02.559 the whole bit it it's that Russell Wilson can't play 0:11:02.600 --> 0:11:05.840 dead in the Western It's the end of his career's over. 0:11:06.760 --> 0:11:10.120 People like they're the reason, you know, every problem in 0:11:10.160 --> 0:11:11.040 his life that he has. 0:11:11.120 --> 0:11:15.760 Like, yeah, it's I don't personally like that his style. 0:11:16.120 --> 0:11:18.719 I'm just gonna be transparent on this. I don't I 0:11:18.760 --> 0:11:22.280 don't know Rex personally, I'm not I don't want please 0:11:22.320 --> 0:11:25.679 awful announcing. Don't make this a nick right offict rates. 0:11:25.720 --> 0:11:28.160 I'm not trying to do that. I'm just being honest. 0:11:28.520 --> 0:11:32.760 I think Rex like goes on TV. It's like this 0:11:32.800 --> 0:11:35.840 guy sucks. This coordinator is an idiot. I do a 0:11:35.880 --> 0:11:39.480 better job with that bang I'm out here, and so 0:11:40.200 --> 0:11:44.200 I just don't love that. Let me put it, he 0:11:44.280 --> 0:11:47.959 would it just it. He would not fit on first 0:11:47.960 --> 0:11:50.560 things first, you know what I mean. But I mean 0:11:50.600 --> 0:11:53.040 the different styles are different folks, and I wouldn't fit 0:11:53.080 --> 0:11:57.840 on other shows whatever. I'm really trying to be kind here, 0:11:58.240 --> 0:12:03.800 but but be honest with my opinion pretty clearly. Oh 0:12:03.840 --> 0:12:06.959 and one of the things he said. He said two 0:12:07.080 --> 0:12:11.840 things that really struck me with the Shadoor commentary. One 0:12:11.920 --> 0:12:18.520 was he basically reported that Shadoor is not doing the work. 0:12:19.640 --> 0:12:22.400 He was like, get in there and study. If I 0:12:22.440 --> 0:12:25.240 know this, the whole league knows this. It's like wow, 0:12:26.160 --> 0:12:30.439 like Rex Ryan elbowing schefter off the breaking news beat, 0:12:30.600 --> 0:12:34.079 like I hadn't. I had not seen that reported anywhere, 0:12:34.640 --> 0:12:37.520 that Shador has been lazy or not paying attention to meetings. 0:12:37.559 --> 0:12:42.320 That would be news. But the other thing he said was, 0:12:43.800 --> 0:12:47.360 you know, shut up and dribble, Not quite shut up 0:12:47.360 --> 0:12:55.520 and dribble, but shut your mouth. So Shadoor yesterday was 0:12:55.720 --> 0:13:01.360 asked about Dylan Gabriel being named the starter and about 0:13:01.400 --> 0:13:04.600 how he was not elevated to second string, because that's 0:13:04.640 --> 0:13:08.280 the other piece of news here. It didn't go flat. 0:13:08.679 --> 0:13:14.000 Typically if a veteran quarterback, not always, but I shouldn't 0:13:14.040 --> 0:13:17.199 even say typically. Sometimes when a veteran quarterback is benched, 0:13:17.440 --> 0:13:20.920 he then goes to the bottom of the depth chart. 0:13:21.360 --> 0:13:24.040 He wasn't a veteran. But last year when Bryce Young 0:13:24.720 --> 0:13:31.280 got benched for Andy Dalton that first game, Bryce wasn't 0:13:31.280 --> 0:13:33.360 the backup, you know what I mean, Like it was 0:13:33.440 --> 0:13:35.680 he went all the way down the ladder. And then 0:13:36.080 --> 0:13:38.120 so there was an opportunity that it was going to 0:13:38.200 --> 0:13:41.840 be Gabriel one, Schador two, Flaco three that ended up 0:13:41.920 --> 0:13:45.320 not happening, just Gabriel and Flacco flips your door stayed three. 0:13:45.800 --> 0:13:50.959 He was asked about all of this, and he smiled 0:13:51.440 --> 0:13:56.120 and in my opinion, looked like he always does, which 0:13:56.160 --> 0:14:03.480 is charming, and seemingly talked without talking, moved his mouth, 0:14:03.559 --> 0:14:06.319 and I actually wonder if a professional, I wonder if 0:14:06.320 --> 0:14:09.679 he was giving real answers, you know what I mean, 0:14:10.480 --> 0:14:12.320 Like yeah, I mean he was clearly he wasn't like, 0:14:12.880 --> 0:14:16.320 you know, just speaking gibberish. I now, I don't know 0:14:16.360 --> 0:14:21.720 if the sentences were, you know, a inaudible. I was told, 0:14:21.880 --> 0:14:24.200 you know, on TV, they told me not to talk, 0:14:24.240 --> 0:14:26.080 so this is me not talking or I don't know 0:14:26.080 --> 0:14:29.120 if it was an inaudible. I'm happy for Dylan to 0:14:29.160 --> 0:14:31.880 be getting this opportunity. I'm still working hard. But he 0:14:31.960 --> 0:14:39.440 was clearly saying sentences, but they were dead signed. And 0:14:39.480 --> 0:14:42.640 the reason I wanted to start the show with it 0:14:42.680 --> 0:14:50.960 is because this is just a perfect, just perfect moment 0:14:51.600 --> 0:14:59.240 for today's media and social media. Because if you want, 0:15:00.000 --> 0:15:05.120 which I don't want to do, to kill Shador, it's 0:15:05.160 --> 0:15:10.160 an example of just wanting immaturity. I don't want to 0:15:10.240 --> 0:15:18.400 kill Shador. And if you want to blindly support Shador, 0:15:20.520 --> 0:15:25.280 the criticism he gets from this will be an example 0:15:26.440 --> 0:15:30.600 the kid can't win. He talks and he gets yelled at. 0:15:31.000 --> 0:15:36.480 He literally doesn't talk and you kill him anyway. I 0:15:36.520 --> 0:15:39.800 don't want to do that either, because I'm not an idiot. 0:15:41.760 --> 0:15:52.640 What everyone, every adult has a responsibility to set down 0:15:52.840 --> 0:16:01.520 for a moment, their priors and to ask them this 0:16:02.000 --> 0:16:10.600 honest question. If Shadoor was your best friend, if he 0:16:10.800 --> 0:16:13.960 were your I don't want to say son, because Prime 0:16:14.600 --> 0:16:16.840 has I think, not helped him on this. And I'll 0:16:16.840 --> 0:16:19.320 get to that in a second. If he were your 0:16:19.360 --> 0:16:24.680 godson or your nephew, or you were his high school 0:16:24.760 --> 0:16:30.320 guidance counselor who he stayed in touch with, and he 0:16:30.480 --> 0:16:34.760 called you up and was like, hey, do you see 0:16:34.760 --> 0:16:36.120 what Rex Ryan said about me? 0:16:37.560 --> 0:16:38.000 Yeah? 0:16:38.080 --> 0:16:43.960 I saw, And you saw that Gabriel's the starter now right, Yeah? 0:16:44.000 --> 0:16:44.320 I saw. 0:16:44.920 --> 0:16:47.920 So when they asked me about it, listen to what 0:16:48.000 --> 0:16:54.040 my plan is. I'm gonna answer their questions silently. What 0:16:54.160 --> 0:16:57.080 do you You're gonna like write it down? No, I'm 0:16:57.080 --> 0:17:00.240 gonna stand in front of the cameras and act like 0:17:00.280 --> 0:17:04.840 I'm talking, but not make any sounds. How awesome does that? 0:17:05.400 --> 0:17:08.320 How awesome of an idea is that all of us 0:17:08.800 --> 0:17:13.200 would say, don't fucking do that, man, It's a bad idea, 0:17:14.320 --> 0:17:18.399 fair or not bad idea? Why they's told me I 0:17:18.400 --> 0:17:24.960 shouldn't talk. Buddy, here's all you gotta say. Asked about Dylan. 0:17:25.760 --> 0:17:28.800 Really happy for Dylan. You know, he and I obviously 0:17:28.880 --> 0:17:31.639 same draft class. We've been working together this whole time. 0:17:32.080 --> 0:17:35.320 Joe's been great to all of us. You know, it's 0:17:35.400 --> 0:17:38.680 coach's choice to make a change, and you know, I'm 0:17:38.880 --> 0:17:42.280 Dylan works hard, He's a really good player. I'm excited, 0:17:42.440 --> 0:17:47.000 you know, I'm excited to watch him. Well, are you upset? 0:17:47.160 --> 0:17:49.840 You know you didn't get bumped up to second string? 0:17:50.000 --> 0:17:53.880 You know, do you listen? I I believe in myself. 0:17:53.920 --> 0:17:55.399 I'm not gonna lie to you guys and act like 0:17:55.440 --> 0:17:58.560 I don't. I believe that I will one day be 0:17:58.640 --> 0:18:02.040 a starting quarterback in this But my job right now 0:18:02.119 --> 0:18:06.040 is to keep doing what you know, what I've been doing, studying, 0:18:06.080 --> 0:18:09.919 working hard, being a good teammate, and hopefully, you know, 0:18:10.520 --> 0:18:12.679 we can get back on the winning track this weekend. 0:18:13.160 --> 0:18:20.080 That's all you have to do. Everything else is foolishness. 0:18:20.520 --> 0:18:34.240 And anyone acting like acknowledging that him doing a bit 0:18:36.119 --> 0:18:39.880 in the locker room in front of the media as 0:18:39.920 --> 0:18:44.960 the third string quarterback is good for him or smart 0:18:45.600 --> 0:18:47.600 or productive is a liar. 0:18:48.840 --> 0:18:52.320 It's also not the third string quarterback apparently, what do 0:18:52.359 --> 0:18:54.840 you mean, Well, it was Joe and then it was Dylan, 0:18:54.920 --> 0:18:57.679 and then they moved him down below Joe again. 0:18:58.840 --> 0:19:05.320 That he is still third string, Like no, y, yeah, no, 0:19:05.400 --> 0:19:09.159 he's yeah, he stayed third He didn't know they listen. 0:19:11.800 --> 0:19:20.040 I don't. I don't know how he's looked at practice 0:19:20.280 --> 0:19:22.040 at this point. I don't know how he is in 0:19:22.119 --> 0:19:27.119 film study. I know that he played one preseason game 0:19:27.480 --> 0:19:32.320 looked awesome, played another preseason game looked bad. I like 0:19:32.480 --> 0:19:36.720 all of these. So I don't know if in that 0:19:36.880 --> 0:19:43.760 building there are different camps, like Stefanski is deeply invested 0:19:43.800 --> 0:19:47.240 in Gabriel, but the owner wanted Shador and so I 0:19:47.240 --> 0:19:51.480 don't know any of that. I don't None of that 0:19:53.000 --> 0:19:58.840 is relevant to this piece of it. Just control what 0:19:59.040 --> 0:20:04.919 you can control, Bro. You are not right now getting 0:20:04.960 --> 0:20:09.439 the opportunity to show what you can do on the 0:20:09.520 --> 0:20:15.840 field publicly, So all you can do is show that 0:20:16.040 --> 0:20:24.600 you can be a true professional privately or you know, 0:20:25.240 --> 0:20:28.520 in your role as backup quarterback. And this is what 0:20:28.840 --> 0:20:32.720 And I did Cam Newton's show a couple days ago, 0:20:33.240 --> 0:20:40.560 and Cam has real excuse me, sympathy for Shudor and 0:20:40.680 --> 0:20:43.480 Cam feels like a lot of what he det like that. 0:20:43.920 --> 0:20:46.199 You know, Cam had a real hard time when he 0:20:46.359 --> 0:20:50.440 had to be a backup, and Cam felt his celebrity 0:20:50.520 --> 0:20:53.560 and aura worked against him at those things. And I 0:20:53.680 --> 0:20:56.119 said this to Cam and I'll expand on it here. 0:20:57.840 --> 0:21:04.600 One is, while I respect the I respect folks who 0:21:04.600 --> 0:21:11.560 believe Shadoor does have starting caliber talent and traits and 0:21:11.640 --> 0:21:16.480 will be a good NFL quarterback. I'm a lot of 0:21:16.480 --> 0:21:20.840 people I respect have that opinion and fair no problem. 0:21:24.000 --> 0:21:27.440 Cam was talking about him as if Cam and Shadoor 0:21:27.920 --> 0:21:36.560 were at all similar prospects. They weren't man like Shadoor 0:21:36.960 --> 0:21:40.480 is whether he should have been or not. He's a 0:21:40.520 --> 0:21:46.320 fifth round pick. And the other piece of it that 0:21:48.520 --> 0:21:58.480 I really wish somebody close to Shador would really explain 0:21:58.600 --> 0:22:05.480 to him, as this man you have, maybe it shouldn't 0:22:05.520 --> 0:22:11.440 be this way, but it is. You have one of 0:22:11.480 --> 0:22:23.400 the only jobs left in modern America where celebrity works 0:22:23.480 --> 0:22:29.280 against you in almost every other job. I don't care 0:22:29.440 --> 0:22:32.879 what it is. If it's like, hey, I can do 0:22:32.960 --> 0:22:39.679 the job well. Also, oddly, I'm very famous on TikTok 0:22:40.600 --> 0:22:44.880 that doesn't hurt you, it usually helps you. The only 0:22:45.080 --> 0:22:52.720 job where your bosses want you to be as anonymous 0:22:52.760 --> 0:22:58.760 as possible is back up NFL quarterback. And now maybe 0:22:58.800 --> 0:23:04.760 the the organizations are too stodgy. Maybe that's stuck it. 0:23:05.400 --> 0:23:08.800 You know, maybe that'll change. It ain't changing this month. 0:23:10.440 --> 0:23:19.520 And I do think we have seen over the course 0:23:19.560 --> 0:23:24.399 of these few months some of the reason that once 0:23:24.640 --> 0:23:30.320 teams and this was the seminal moment, once he was 0:23:30.480 --> 0:23:37.840 not greated as franchise quarterback coming out of the draft 0:23:38.359 --> 0:23:43.160 top ten, top fifteen pick, and he was greated as 0:23:44.600 --> 0:23:47.840 backup who could one day compete to be a starter, 0:23:50.000 --> 0:23:57.000 that his job description changed massively, and he is still 0:23:59.240 --> 0:24:05.480 carrying himself as if it hadn't. And I am not 0:24:05.760 --> 0:24:09.160 asking for the kid to be humbled. I hate that commentary. 0:24:09.600 --> 0:24:15.000 I'm not asking for him to change who he is 0:24:15.840 --> 0:24:22.000 at a personal level. I am asking for him to 0:24:22.160 --> 0:24:29.400 recognize that this shit works against him and his dad, 0:24:30.359 --> 0:24:38.640 who everybody loves. Myself included instagramming in response to this video, 0:24:38.840 --> 0:24:44.399 all these laughing emojis and writing good one, son, you 0:24:44.600 --> 0:24:51.080 did that is not helpful. Go to Monte go ahead. 0:24:51.119 --> 0:24:51.720 I can tell you. 0:24:52.000 --> 0:24:54.119 I want to say no. I didn't know that. I 0:24:54.119 --> 0:24:56.600 didn't know that happened. But at the end of the day, 0:24:57.080 --> 0:24:59.119 you were a one step like I guess, he was 0:24:59.160 --> 0:25:01.159 still third on the dead chart, but Joe Flag was 0:25:01.160 --> 0:25:04.200 getting bingched. You were a step closer in the direction 0:25:04.280 --> 0:25:08.200 that you wanted to be added. So there it was unnecessary. 0:25:08.840 --> 0:25:13.520 It's just and this is what's frustrating to me, And 0:25:13.560 --> 0:25:15.160 this is why I wanted to lead the show with it, 0:25:15.520 --> 0:25:19.040 because it is a My favorite topics are when sports, 0:25:20.040 --> 0:25:24.959 a sports discussion is a microcosm for a bigger, worldwide, 0:25:25.280 --> 0:25:30.080 you know, holistic discussion. There are going to be so 0:25:30.400 --> 0:25:39.480 many disingenuous fools that today try to act like see 0:25:40.320 --> 0:25:44.120 damned if you do, damned if you don't, you tell 0:25:44.240 --> 0:25:47.400 him to shut up, and then when he literally does, 0:25:47.440 --> 0:25:51.400 you criticize him for that too, as if we we 0:25:51.480 --> 0:25:54.320 can't hold multiple thoughts in our head at the same time, 0:25:54.720 --> 0:26:00.040 and as if we're not all functioning adults that recognize 0:26:00.200 --> 0:26:04.639 this was he was running a bit. He is doing 0:26:04.800 --> 0:26:08.200 the forty five seconds to stand up in the locker 0:26:08.280 --> 0:26:12.399 room as the third string quarterback, when all you've gotta 0:26:12.480 --> 0:26:20.640 do is not not do a single thing that is 0:26:20.680 --> 0:26:24.240 going to add to the questions the media is going 0:26:24.280 --> 0:26:29.280 to ask Stefanski and then by your time, bro, because 0:26:29.320 --> 0:26:32.200 Gabriel is not going to start the last thirteen games. 0:26:32.400 --> 0:26:35.080 I don't think he's good enough. Listen, if they are 0:26:35.119 --> 0:26:39.119 going to give Gabriel a real opportunity, there's no question 0:26:39.200 --> 0:26:42.880 about that. And Gabriel, you know they have a real 0:26:42.920 --> 0:26:46.240 investment in him. I just don't think Gabriel's good enough 0:26:46.600 --> 0:26:48.880 to run the table the rest of the way. So 0:26:49.000 --> 0:26:53.280 he should get a shot. He just has to be 0:26:53.359 --> 0:26:59.720 ready for it. I just I I really think he 0:26:59.880 --> 0:27:03.240 is getting And people thought that this was patronizing when 0:27:03.240 --> 0:27:05.520 I said he's getting bad advice. They're like, he's twenty 0:27:05.520 --> 0:27:09.879 three year old, grown man. Shut up. Monsey's twenty seven. 0:27:10.280 --> 0:27:14.240 I give Demanse professional advice all the time. I'm forty. 0:27:14.920 --> 0:27:18.320 I call my dad for advice on things like the 0:27:18.440 --> 0:27:23.760 idea that because right he's almost old enough to rent 0:27:23.800 --> 0:27:27.720 a car without paying the extra fee, he's beyond advice. 0:27:28.240 --> 0:27:32.840 Is just idiotic, Like, yes, he's allowed now at twenty three, 0:27:32.920 --> 0:27:36.760 he's his own man. He can make his own decisions. 0:27:37.119 --> 0:27:39.680 He can take the advice and throw it in the garbage. 0:27:40.160 --> 0:27:45.280 I and so, but the idea that you shouldn't have 0:27:46.920 --> 0:27:49.840 people in your life like, hey, man, that's a mistake. 0:27:50.760 --> 0:27:54.920 It's and I really like him. The thing is this, 0:27:55.720 --> 0:28:00.040 I think I do think he's charming. I do I 0:28:00.040 --> 0:28:04.160 think he's talented. I do think he is well intentioned. 0:28:05.400 --> 0:28:13.640 But I think there is a protectionism He right now, 0:28:13.680 --> 0:28:17.840 to me, is in a really and they're not a 0:28:17.880 --> 0:28:26.160 similar player, but oh he is risking entering the tbow 0:28:26.320 --> 0:28:36.600 zone of your biggest fans hurt you where because you 0:28:36.680 --> 0:28:41.560 are such a celebrity and because they have more you are. 0:28:42.240 --> 0:28:44.960 You are not only a person anymore. You are like 0:28:45.480 --> 0:28:50.920 a vessel for their own wants and desires. That that 0:28:51.080 --> 0:28:57.760 works against you professionally. And Dion, and the last thing 0:28:57.800 --> 0:29:01.560 I'll say is this, and this is where like it's 0:29:01.680 --> 0:29:05.840 tough because you see your own kids through a parent's eyes, 0:29:06.800 --> 0:29:09.800 you know what I mean, through the and I get 0:29:09.840 --> 0:29:21.480 that Dion's gotta recognize, man, you could do this, your 0:29:21.600 --> 0:29:27.280 son can't. Why because Dion's one of the greatest players 0:29:27.280 --> 0:29:30.400 in the history of the sport and your son is not. 0:29:31.640 --> 0:29:34.120 And he doesn't. And you'd be like, well, Dion wasn't 0:29:34.120 --> 0:29:39.400 that until no, Dion was. Dion was a Dion going 0:29:39.440 --> 0:29:42.640 into the draft was talking about this team better not 0:29:42.800 --> 0:29:46.880 draft me or bankrupt the bank like that, Like I 0:29:46.920 --> 0:29:49.960 guess what people are like. All right, he might be 0:29:50.000 --> 0:29:52.280