1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: You are listening to the Dan Patrick Show on Fox 2 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:08,800 Speaker 1: Sports Radio. It was last Friday. At this time Albert Breer, 3 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:13,280 Speaker 1: senior NFL reporter, lead content strategist for the MMQB, joined 4 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:16,240 Speaker 1: us and he dropped a little nugget that he thought 5 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:19,360 Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford could get traded before the Super Bowl, and 6 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: I go, wait a minute, you must know something, and 7 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:24,439 Speaker 1: I thought, let's have Albert Brier on to take a 8 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:28,640 Speaker 1: victory lap. Albert, congratulations. So what did you know and 9 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:32,280 Speaker 1: when did you know it? You know, I think basically 10 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:34,839 Speaker 1: I knew that things that heated up, and that the 11 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:36,920 Speaker 1: Lions were of a mind to move them before the 12 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:39,280 Speaker 1: Super Bowl, in large part to get ahead of the market. 13 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:41,120 Speaker 1: And I think this was sort of smart Dan, and that, 14 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:44,559 Speaker 1: you know, they recognized that things could get chaotic with 15 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:47,000 Speaker 1: quarterbacks over the next couple of months. We've all talked 16 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:50,440 Speaker 1: about that, and is Deshaun Watson going to become available? 17 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 1: Is Sam Darnold going to become available? And so I 18 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:56,680 Speaker 1: think their logic was like, let's put this guy out 19 00:00:56,720 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 1: there so we don't have to worry about supplying demands, 20 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:03,080 Speaker 1: scoring up an asset, and you know, let's give the 21 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 1: kid Stafford. Let's give him some some certainty, Let's give 22 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:08,600 Speaker 1: the other team that's trading for him some certainty, and 23 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 1: let's maximize the value of what we have. And so 24 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 1: I think, you know, from that standpoint, it was smart 25 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:17,200 Speaker 1: to do it because, you know, a team like the Rams, 26 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:21,479 Speaker 1: um other teams involved, Washington, Carolina, you know, they they 27 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:24,040 Speaker 1: had an opportunity to go after a guy who I 28 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:27,920 Speaker 1: think most teams view as a top ten quarterback without 29 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:31,679 Speaker 1: you know, the without without any certainty that that that 30 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:33,960 Speaker 1: anybody of that level is going to be available again 31 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:36,760 Speaker 1: during the offseason. So yeah, I think it was just 32 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:38,840 Speaker 1: sort of a smart read of what might happen the 33 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:41,760 Speaker 1: next couple of months by by the Lions. But to 34 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 1: make this deal happen, the Lions had to take Jared 35 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:49,920 Speaker 1: Golf If this was Teddy Bridgewater and Carolina were they 36 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 1: going to have to take Teddy Bridgewater? Was this? Yeah? 37 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 1: Was this the formula by these other teams that you're 38 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:58,920 Speaker 1: going to have to take our quarterback if we're going 39 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 1: to make this happen. Yeah, So I think it's sort 40 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 1: of a two way thing, Dan, Like I think, on 41 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 1: one hand, you're right, like the Rams were gonna have 42 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 1: to offload golf. It wasn't going to work if they 43 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:11,960 Speaker 1: couldn't offload golf, and it would have been tough to 44 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 1: move golf if Quite honestly, it would have been very 45 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:17,919 Speaker 1: difficult to move golf, if you know, if if they 46 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 1: had traded for Stafford had both in the roster. So 47 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:23,840 Speaker 1: the cleanest thing for them to do was to offload 48 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 1: golf as part of the deal. That said, I mean, 49 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:28,840 Speaker 1: I can tell you this, like Dan Campbell had communicated 50 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:31,200 Speaker 1: to people in that front office that he didn't want 51 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 1: to be up a creek at quarterback, Like he wanted 52 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 1: a guy who he could at least at least compete 53 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:39,120 Speaker 1: with for the next few years. And so, you know, 54 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:42,840 Speaker 1: I think from that standpoint, golf was sort of attractive 55 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 1: to him and that they had, you know, he has, 56 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:48,680 Speaker 1: you know, almost five years of starting experience. You know, 57 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 1: started half of his rookie year and there's been a 58 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:54,560 Speaker 1: starter since then. He started in a Super Bowl, and um, yeah, 59 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:56,919 Speaker 1: I mean I think that because of that, like, there 60 00:02:57,080 --> 00:02:59,760 Speaker 1: was a level of interest in golf and that at 61 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:01,560 Speaker 1: the least, you know, he can be a competent and 62 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:03,959 Speaker 1: starting quarterback for you for the next two or three years. 63 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 1: And buy you time to find whoever your long term 64 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:09,359 Speaker 1: answer is, I think from the same you know by 65 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 1: you know by in the same sort of way. If 66 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:15,239 Speaker 1: you're trading with Carolina, obviously Teddy Bridgewater would be a 67 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:17,280 Speaker 1: guy that you'd mentioned. If you're trading with Denver, Drew 68 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 1: Locke would be a guy that would come up. So 69 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 1: I think with you know a number of these teams, 70 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 1: a quarterback could have come in play. If those teams 71 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 1: have been able to get to the sort of draft 72 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:27,920 Speaker 1: pick comp that the Rams are willing to give up. 73 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:31,600 Speaker 1: What's the down sign for both of these teams. So 74 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:34,280 Speaker 1: the downside for the Lions is that the Rams could 75 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 1: be really good over the next couple of years and 76 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 1: those picks might not be all that valuable. Um. You know, 77 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 1: I think if you if you look at what the 78 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 1: what was in front of the Lions, they had an 79 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 1: opportunity to get the eighth pick in the draft um 80 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 1: as part of a pick swap. I think they probably 81 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 1: could have wound up with a ninth pick too. With Denver. 82 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 1: Now they would have had to send a pick back, 83 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:54,320 Speaker 1: which devalues it a little bit. Um, they could have 84 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 1: had the nineteenth pick. Washington's pick, and so part of 85 00:03:57,720 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 1: the risk for the Lions here is you don't know 86 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:01,840 Speaker 1: it's going to happen to the picks in twenty twenty 87 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 1: two and twenty twenty three, And if the Rams are 88 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 1: really good, you know, then those might be de facto 89 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 1: second round picks. So that's the risk for the Lions 90 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 1: and doing this deal this way. The risk for the 91 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:15,680 Speaker 1: Rams is that, you know, they've become very very top 92 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 1: heavy in their salary structure, and there's questions about whether 93 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:21,920 Speaker 1: or not you can put the right sort of support 94 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 1: system around Matthew Stafford. You know, obviously they're a little 95 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:28,040 Speaker 1: bit you know, they've they've they've had their issues in 96 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:30,480 Speaker 1: the offensive line the last couple of years. How does 97 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:33,400 Speaker 1: Andrew Whitworth hang out, hold hold up at left tackle? 98 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:36,359 Speaker 1: You know what happens if one of their big salary 99 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:39,040 Speaker 1: guys has an injury. So because of the way they're 100 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:41,880 Speaker 1: structured now, it leaves them in a position where they're 101 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:44,440 Speaker 1: going to have to hit on a lot of you know, third, fourth, 102 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 1: fifth round picks in order to make up the difference 103 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 1: and build depth in case they do lose some of 104 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:51,800 Speaker 1: the big name guys they have, and they've been pretty 105 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:54,440 Speaker 1: good though that. Yeah, they have, you know, they've they've 106 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:57,160 Speaker 1: done well from the second round on. So we're talking 107 00:04:57,200 --> 00:05:00,080 Speaker 1: to Albert Brear, the senior NFL reporter, lead count and 108 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:04,880 Speaker 1: strategist for the MMQB. Is the hall that the Lions 109 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 1: got in any way related to what it's going to 110 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 1: cost to get to Shaun Watson? No, because well, I 111 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:14,880 Speaker 1: think part of the hall the Lions were able to 112 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:18,360 Speaker 1: get was taking on Golf's contract, right like, So there 113 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 1: was a little bit of and again like the Lions 114 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 1: wanted Golf, Like, the Lions like the idea of having 115 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:26,120 Speaker 1: Golf as their starting quarterback, at least as a placeholder. 116 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:29,200 Speaker 1: But there was an NBA element to this, right like that, 117 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:32,040 Speaker 1: you know, they had to the Rams had to give 118 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 1: a little bit more to get the Lions to take 119 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:40,839 Speaker 1: on Goff's contract. So that definitely exists. Shoot, I lost 120 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 1: my trans thought there, Dan, What was what was the 121 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 1: question the Texans and what it's Texans? Yeah? I don't, 122 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:47,360 Speaker 1: I do not think it. I don't think it affects 123 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:49,160 Speaker 1: that much. I mean, Deshaun Watson is a twenty five 124 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:53,000 Speaker 1: year old superstar quarterback. Like I think you start with 125 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:56,080 Speaker 1: three first round picks probably if you're talking about dealing 126 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:58,600 Speaker 1: for Deshaun Watson, and again, we don't know if he's 127 00:05:58,640 --> 00:06:01,400 Speaker 1: going to be available. I mean, right now, I can 128 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:04,120 Speaker 1: tell you where it stands. Deshaun Watson isn't returning the 129 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:08,720 Speaker 1: Texans calls, and like the Texans are basically stonewalling anybody 130 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:11,960 Speaker 1: who comes to them inquiring about Watson. So I mean, 131 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 1: right now we're sort of in this giant staring contest 132 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:18,360 Speaker 1: and nobody really knows what the conclusion is. I mean, 133 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:21,120 Speaker 1: because we don't know whether or not Deshaun Watson's going 134 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 1: to acqui asced and eventually talk to the Texans people. 135 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:25,840 Speaker 1: And we don't know if the Texans are going to 136 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:27,520 Speaker 1: get to a point down the line where they say, 137 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:29,719 Speaker 1: you know what, we got a first year coach, a 138 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:32,160 Speaker 1: first year GM. We can't start a program with this 139 00:06:32,279 --> 00:06:35,120 Speaker 1: hanging over our head for the next six months. Yeah, 140 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:38,160 Speaker 1: it's kind of interesting. I know that the Nick Casserio 141 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:42,560 Speaker 1: said they're not, you know, trading him or whatever, no intentions, 142 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:45,280 Speaker 1: But if I was in the press conference, I would 143 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:50,160 Speaker 1: have followed up by asking are you taking phone calls? Though? Yeah, 144 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 1: because that's what I want to know. I mean, you can, 145 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:54,799 Speaker 1: of course you're going to say we have no interest 146 00:06:54,839 --> 00:06:58,520 Speaker 1: in trading him and then see if somebody really wants 147 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:00,720 Speaker 1: to Shaun Watson what they're going to get up. Did 148 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:05,040 Speaker 1: the Rams think that Aaron Rodgers was really in play? Well, 149 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:07,919 Speaker 1: I mean the Rams so like I think the Rams 150 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 1: explored the idea Watson too. Like I think the Rams 151 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:13,280 Speaker 1: were sort of looking at all of their options as Okay, 152 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:15,240 Speaker 1: how do we upgrade at the position? And I think 153 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 1: part of it was that they felt like there was 154 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:19,400 Speaker 1: a little bit of a ceiling there with Jared Goff 155 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:22,720 Speaker 1: and you know, they feel like they're in a championship window, 156 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:26,000 Speaker 1: number one defense in the NFL, and you know, a 157 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:27,720 Speaker 1: bunch of star players who are right in the heart 158 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 1: of their prime, guys like Jalen Ramsey and Aaron Donald 159 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 1: and so you know, this is sort of their time 160 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:36,360 Speaker 1: to go and maximize what they have. So I don't 161 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:39,679 Speaker 1: think that they felt like Aaron Rodgers was available, But 162 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:42,360 Speaker 1: you know, this is a team that sort of investigates everything, 163 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 1: you know what I mean, Dan like, so you know, 164 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:46,360 Speaker 1: they didn't want to be kicking themselves on the other 165 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:48,400 Speaker 1: end of the Stafford deal, you know, and they find 166 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:50,680 Speaker 1: out a month later that Rogers was available or that 167 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:54,280 Speaker 1: Watson was available, So they definitely kicked tires on those 168 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:57,320 Speaker 1: sorts of things to make sure. Okay, like you know, 169 00:07:57,400 --> 00:07:59,559 Speaker 1: we know the landscape. Now we're going to go forward 170 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 1: with matt Stafford as our target. I was told last 171 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 1: night by a source that the Lions said to Matthew Stafford, 172 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:09,440 Speaker 1: pick a soft landing. You know that that that we 173 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:13,200 Speaker 1: we don't want to disgruntled former Detroit Lion because we 174 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:16,119 Speaker 1: have enough of those our star players who haven't always 175 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:19,480 Speaker 1: been happy. That that San Francisco was really in play. 176 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:21,520 Speaker 1: But then I didn't know what was going to happen 177 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:25,800 Speaker 1: to Jimmy Garoppolo. Was that a similar situation that Garoppolo 178 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:29,280 Speaker 1: was going to go to Detroit. So, like my understanding is, 179 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:31,640 Speaker 1: and this was the understanding a bunch of teams that 180 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:34,560 Speaker 1: were involved had, was that the top three for Stafford 181 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:38,679 Speaker 1: number one, LA number two, San Francisco, number three Indianapolis, 182 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:42,240 Speaker 1: and of those three, Los Angeles showed by far the 183 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:45,680 Speaker 1: most interest. You know that the Niners. My understanding is 184 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:49,719 Speaker 1: they talked to them, They talked to the Lions at 185 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:55,360 Speaker 1: the Senior Bowl, and things escalated fast. And like I 186 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:57,480 Speaker 1: don't think that the Niners were ever going to offer 187 00:08:57,480 --> 00:08:59,520 Speaker 1: the twelfth pick. Now, they were willing to put together 188 00:08:59,559 --> 00:09:01,360 Speaker 1: an offer, but I don't think they were ever going 189 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:04,200 Speaker 1: to offer the twelfth pick. And really, you know, I 190 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:06,680 Speaker 1: think that their idea was okay, like let's regroup over 191 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:10,920 Speaker 1: the weekend and you know, well, we'll put something in 192 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:13,720 Speaker 1: front of the Lions on Monday. And then when the 193 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:16,079 Speaker 1: Lions came back to them after things had escalated a 194 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:18,480 Speaker 1: little bit on Saturday, now all of a sudden, it 195 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:20,480 Speaker 1: was like, you know what the return was going to 196 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:22,720 Speaker 1: be for Stafford. They were like whoa, you know, like 197 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:25,520 Speaker 1: that's a little bit further than we were willing to go. 198 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 1: So I think it was sort of a combination with 199 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:32,880 Speaker 1: the Niners of how quickly things escalated in the negotiation 200 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:37,080 Speaker 1: Friday and Saturday, and then also just you know, the 201 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:39,000 Speaker 1: fact that like they're okay with where they're at with 202 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:43,520 Speaker 1: Jimmy Garoppolo and it the quarterbacks switched, there wasn't worth 203 00:09:43,559 --> 00:09:46,080 Speaker 1: the twelfth overall pick to them. What do you expect 204 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:49,679 Speaker 1: to happen this week? If anything, uni as far as 205 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:54,640 Speaker 1: more trades anything anything. Now, I don't think that I 206 00:09:54,679 --> 00:09:56,200 Speaker 1: don't think we're gonna have act. I don't think we're 207 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:59,280 Speaker 1: gonna have as much action this week, you know, although 208 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:02,200 Speaker 1: I do think you know, you you look at some 209 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 1: of the like pieces of this trade, and I think 210 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:08,280 Speaker 1: you get a window into what could happen over the 211 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:11,160 Speaker 1: next couple of months, and so I do think you'll 212 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:14,240 Speaker 1: start to see some of those Explorer Tory phone calls. Look, 213 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:17,480 Speaker 1: teams are going to continue calling DeShawn, calling the Texans 214 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:22,160 Speaker 1: on Deshaun Watson until Deshaun Watson shows up and puts 215 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:24,640 Speaker 1: on a Texans element and wears the Texas jersey again. 216 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:27,959 Speaker 1: So do you think that's bill entertained phone calls for 217 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:32,080 Speaker 1: the number one overall pick? No, okay, no, but I'll 218 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:34,120 Speaker 1: give you I'll give you one though, like, like you know, 219 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:37,520 Speaker 1: I think the number two overall pick suddenly becomes really fascinating. 220 00:10:37,559 --> 00:10:39,360 Speaker 1: I mean, I can tell you one of the teams 221 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:41,760 Speaker 1: that checked in on Stafford was the New York Jets, 222 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:45,600 Speaker 1: and I don't think that they were gonna go where 223 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:48,040 Speaker 1: the Rams went. But you know what that is, Dan, 224 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:50,920 Speaker 1: I mean a couple other teams like that was sort 225 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:54,200 Speaker 1: of a smoke signal to them, Like okay, like if 226 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:57,440 Speaker 1: you're making a call on Matthew Stafford does by you know, 227 00:10:57,520 --> 00:11:00,880 Speaker 1: deductive reasoning here, does that mean you're moving from Sam Darnold? 228 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:03,520 Speaker 1: And if you're moving on something from if you could 229 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:07,000 Speaker 1: be moving on from Sam Darnold. Now do I put 230 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:08,960 Speaker 1: together an offer, you know what I mean? Or do 231 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:11,959 Speaker 1: I see what maybe you're willing to do with him? 232 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:14,880 Speaker 1: So you know, I think that there are certain parts 233 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:17,040 Speaker 1: of the Stafford deal that could lead to other things. 234 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:19,520 Speaker 1: And again, the Texans are naturally going to get calls 235 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:23,839 Speaker 1: on Watson. But now that some other teams that need 236 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:26,920 Speaker 1: quarterbacks and may want a young quarterback, see the Jets 237 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:28,960 Speaker 1: picked up the phone and call Thellions. If you're one 238 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:30,480 Speaker 1: of those teams, do you pick up up the phone 239 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:32,959 Speaker 1: and call the Jets about Darnold. I just think it's 240 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:36,160 Speaker 1: fascinating and that of course plays into the second overall pick. 241 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:39,600 Speaker 1: Now are the Jets looking at Zach Wilson or justin fields? There? 242 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:42,160 Speaker 1: That's where all of the moving parts with this are 243 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:45,320 Speaker 1: going to be so interesting over the next couple of months. Oh, 244 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 1: always great to talk to you. Thank you again and 245 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:50,080 Speaker 1: congratulate on your victory. Lamp there, Albert, and have a 246 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 1: great week. Awesome thanks Dan. I appreciate that. Albert Brier, 247 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:58,720 Speaker 1: the NFL in Scheider MMQB Senior NFL reporter, Thanks for 248 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 1: listening to The Dan Patrick Show podcast. Be sure to 249 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:04,560 Speaker 1: catch us live every weekday morning nine to noon Eastern 250 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:07,680 Speaker 1: or six to nine Pacific on Fox Sports Radio. Find 251 00:12:07,679 --> 00:12:09,960 Speaker 1: your local station for The Dan Patrick Show at Fox 252 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:13,000 Speaker 1: Sports Radio dot com, or stream us live every day 253 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:17,400 Speaker 1: on the iHeartRadio app by searching f s R, or 254 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:21,079 Speaker 1: stream us live on the Peacock Act. He's too at 255 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:24,040 Speaker 1: Tonga Violo. Who's back on the program. Good morning to 256 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:27,760 Speaker 1: a What did you think of the Matthew Stafford trade? 257 00:12:28,640 --> 00:12:33,720 Speaker 1: Good morning Dan, Thank you guys for having me. I 258 00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:38,800 Speaker 1: don't know too much about how these trade deals work. No, 259 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:43,400 Speaker 1: but I think whatever you know, I think those two organizations, 260 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:47,640 Speaker 1: you know, pretty much got what they wanted. I don't 261 00:12:47,679 --> 00:12:51,320 Speaker 1: know too much else about those things. Where are you 262 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:55,240 Speaker 1: right now? I'm at home. I'm in my office at home. 263 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:58,679 Speaker 1: Is that your bedroom? No? No? No, this is my office. 264 00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:01,280 Speaker 1: What do you got in there? Or you got some 265 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:07,320 Speaker 1: some trophies there behind you? Yeah? I do, Well, what's 266 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:08,920 Speaker 1: the one that if you had to get out of 267 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:16,800 Speaker 1: the house you would grab? Um? I'm not too. Sure, 268 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:22,880 Speaker 1: I'd probably grabbed the football. What's the football? Is that 269 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:26,000 Speaker 1: the National Title game? No? That was my first touchdown 270 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:31,120 Speaker 1: throw in the NFL. Oh cool, that's good. Uh? Now 271 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:33,679 Speaker 1: is that where you get the touchdown? Receiver gives it 272 00:13:33,679 --> 00:13:35,120 Speaker 1: to you and then you hand it to like the 273 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:39,520 Speaker 1: equipment guy. Correct? Okay, yes, correct? Where are you going 274 00:13:39,559 --> 00:13:42,640 Speaker 1: to watch the Super Bowl? I'll be at home watching 275 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:45,400 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl? Got any uh are you? Are you 276 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:50,640 Speaker 1: leaning AFC? Since you're an AFC guy? Man, I just 277 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:53,600 Speaker 1: hope to see a really good game. That's that's really 278 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:56,880 Speaker 1: all it is. You know, whoever wins Um wins? I 279 00:13:56,920 --> 00:14:01,760 Speaker 1: think you know there's two really good quarterbacks, but then 280 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:05,120 Speaker 1: you also got two really good defenses as well. So 281 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:07,600 Speaker 1: I just want to see a good game. You think 282 00:14:07,640 --> 00:14:09,960 Speaker 1: you'll be playing quarterback at forty three in the NFL? 283 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:17,800 Speaker 1: I mean, God, bless Tom's that's crazy. That's crazy. You know, 284 00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:21,640 Speaker 1: God willing that my career is that long. If not, 285 00:14:23,120 --> 00:14:26,440 Speaker 1: I'd hope to at least have a decent career. I 286 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:29,920 Speaker 1: asked this to Justin Herbert last week. I said, take away. 287 00:14:29,920 --> 00:14:31,720 Speaker 1: I'm gonna let you take away one defender on the 288 00:14:31,760 --> 00:14:34,120 Speaker 1: Chiefs defense, like you're gonna play them, and you know 289 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 1: that guy doesn't get to play because you said that 290 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:38,840 Speaker 1: he doesn't get to play. Who would that guy be? 291 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:47,520 Speaker 1: Who would that guy be? Now? I think it's hard 292 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:50,880 Speaker 1: to just pick out one guy because studying their defense, 293 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:56,640 Speaker 1: I mean, these guys are multiple defense. They you know, 294 00:14:56,800 --> 00:15:00,880 Speaker 1: first and second down are normally downs where you understand 295 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:03,040 Speaker 1: or you kind of you kind of know what the 296 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:05,160 Speaker 1: defense is going to give you. And third down is 297 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:09,520 Speaker 1: when they switch it up. But for the Chiefs, you know, 298 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:13,440 Speaker 1: they they do what they do on third down, our first, second, third, 299 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:15,560 Speaker 1: and fourth down. You know, you just never know what 300 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:18,880 Speaker 1: you're gonna get with. Then, I just think it's very 301 00:15:18,960 --> 00:15:23,760 Speaker 1: hard to pick out one guy. Herbert said, uh, Tyrone. 302 00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:29,840 Speaker 1: Matthew Tyrone's really good too. But you know, when when 303 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:33,680 Speaker 1: they're when they're pressuring, you know, and I mean it, 304 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:38,280 Speaker 1: it just really makes it hard. I mean, how many 305 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:40,840 Speaker 1: times how many times did you go to the line 306 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:43,800 Speaker 1: of scrimmage at Alabama and know it was going to 307 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:51,920 Speaker 1: be a touchdown? I would say a little over fifty 308 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:59,240 Speaker 1: percent a little over fifty percent, um wow, yeah, and 309 00:15:59,280 --> 00:16:03,160 Speaker 1: then sometimes you know, with the short passes, I just 310 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:06,000 Speaker 1: thought it'd be you know, at least a decent catch 311 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:09,320 Speaker 1: and run. But a lot of the times, you know, 312 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:12,040 Speaker 1: I'd get the ball in the hands of Jerry or 313 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:15,760 Speaker 1: Devonte or Jay lend it. You know, a little two 314 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:19,000 Speaker 1: yard catch would turn into a seventy two yard touchdown. 315 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:22,520 Speaker 1: Be honest with me, if I was the quarterback at 316 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:25,000 Speaker 1: Alabama and I had those receivers, how many touchdowns do 317 00:16:25,040 --> 00:16:30,800 Speaker 1: you think I could throw? Oh man, you'd be able 318 00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:33,640 Speaker 1: to throw however many touchdowns your art desires? I think 319 00:16:36,960 --> 00:16:40,000 Speaker 1: so if I said I could throw twenty touchdowns behind 320 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:43,400 Speaker 1: that line, that running back, that coach, those receivers, I mean, 321 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:47,760 Speaker 1: that's not far fetched for a guy who's in his sixties, right. No, okay, 322 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:50,560 Speaker 1: thank you, No, it does. I appreciate that he's too, 323 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:53,040 Speaker 1: a tongue of Iolo joining us on the program. What 324 00:16:53,120 --> 00:17:00,240 Speaker 1: do you miss most about coach saban Um? I mean, 325 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:02,760 Speaker 1: there's there's a lot of things to talk highli about 326 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:06,119 Speaker 1: coach saban Um, But I think the one thing people 327 00:17:06,119 --> 00:17:08,320 Speaker 1: don't know is the kind of person he is off 328 00:17:08,320 --> 00:17:13,960 Speaker 1: the field. He's very soft spoken, very tenderhearted, very loving, 329 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:18,119 Speaker 1: and you know, very caring of a person off the field. Uh, No, 330 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:20,679 Speaker 1: one would expect that from someone like coach Saban because 331 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:26,160 Speaker 1: when they see him coaching, he's just another person's he's 332 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:31,360 Speaker 1: yelling at someone, he's screaming at refs. Um you know. So, 333 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:34,320 Speaker 1: I don't know, there's there's a lot of memories that 334 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:38,359 Speaker 1: I have with what about will you not miss about 335 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:43,640 Speaker 1: coach coach Saban? See, I don't know. I would say 336 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:46,960 Speaker 1: you're playing with fire there, because in order to miss 337 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:49,920 Speaker 1: you know, his his you know who he is off 338 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:53,240 Speaker 1: the field. Um, you know, you got to accept who 339 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:55,680 Speaker 1: he is on the field before you you can really 340 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:59,040 Speaker 1: appreciate who he is off the field. Um, you know, 341 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:05,120 Speaker 1: because you know, without you know, the pushing and whatnot, 342 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:09,720 Speaker 1: you wouldn't. You wouldn't, um, as you said, respect him 343 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:11,760 Speaker 1: the same way you do because he expects the best 344 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:15,880 Speaker 1: side of you. Update me on your health of where 345 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:21,639 Speaker 1: you were in September to say now, like how is 346 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:24,800 Speaker 1: there a big difference in how you feel, mobility, all 347 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:28,879 Speaker 1: of that from September to now. I would say there 348 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:32,680 Speaker 1: is a big difference, you know. And then the pass 349 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:39,000 Speaker 1: offseason it's really it's really been a rehab a year 350 00:18:39,119 --> 00:18:43,240 Speaker 1: last year, but this year I would say my health 351 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:46,600 Speaker 1: has got a little better, But it's not something that 352 00:18:47,119 --> 00:18:49,920 Speaker 1: you know, you feel as good and you just stop, um, 353 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:53,720 Speaker 1: you know, working on mobility and whatnot. It's a continuing 354 00:18:53,840 --> 00:18:57,719 Speaker 1: process for me. But you know, we look back and 355 00:18:57,800 --> 00:18:59,399 Speaker 1: we didn't even know if your career was going to 356 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:02,000 Speaker 1: continue when you looked at that injury. And that's why 357 00:19:02,119 --> 00:19:06,000 Speaker 1: I didn't know if the bar was set higher because 358 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:09,440 Speaker 1: maybe justin Herbert's success where we were expecting or Joe 359 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:11,840 Speaker 1: Burrow like, hey too, you got to put up these numbers, 360 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:15,760 Speaker 1: but they didn't go through what you went through. Was 361 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:21,560 Speaker 1: the media fair to you in the expectations I would 362 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:25,680 Speaker 1: I wouldn't. I would say I wouldn't know too much 363 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:29,240 Speaker 1: because I never never paid attention too much to the 364 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:32,320 Speaker 1: media with what they had said or you know, with 365 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:36,200 Speaker 1: what was going on. Really, the only time I'd ever understand, 366 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:40,560 Speaker 1: you know, about the height was when I got interviewed 367 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:47,159 Speaker 1: by the media for the Miami Dolphins. But as far 368 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:51,600 Speaker 1: as expectations, I have really high expectations for myself, and 369 00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:55,239 Speaker 1: I didn't meet those expectations this past year. What's it 370 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:58,040 Speaker 1: like to hear your name or have people tell you 371 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:04,400 Speaker 1: that your name's involved in possible trade talks with Deshaun Watson. Yeah, 372 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:07,600 Speaker 1: I would say that's something that I can't control. Um. 373 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:10,480 Speaker 1: I don't have any control over um you know, those 374 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:15,119 Speaker 1: trade deals and whatnotum. But for me, my job is 375 00:20:15,119 --> 00:20:18,199 Speaker 1: to you know, help our team win games and you know, 376 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:22,320 Speaker 1: help our offense contribute to the success of the team. UM. 377 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:25,480 Speaker 1: So yeah, Well, I was going to buy a two 378 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:28,520 Speaker 1: adolphin jersey in the off season. I don't. Like, I 379 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:30,000 Speaker 1: just want to make sure you're still going to be 380 00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:35,160 Speaker 1: there though, Like, should I wait till August here two? Well, honestly, 381 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:38,199 Speaker 1: I'm not too sure. Like I said, I you know, 382 00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:41,359 Speaker 1: I can't I can't control, you know, things that I 383 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:44,520 Speaker 1: can't control. What I can do is continue to work 384 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:49,520 Speaker 1: hard and hopefully this upcoming season maybe I get an Alabamajersy, 385 00:20:49,560 --> 00:20:55,040 Speaker 1: I'll get a two Alabamateurs. Now I'm just saying, what 386 00:20:55,119 --> 00:20:59,800 Speaker 1: are you doing with Verizon this week? Uh? Yeah, I'll 387 00:20:59,840 --> 00:21:02,919 Speaker 1: be participating in the new Verizon five G Stadium in 388 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:06,480 Speaker 1: Fortnite with fans as well as other NFL players and 389 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:09,919 Speaker 1: gamers on February second, and fans will be able to 390 00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:14,760 Speaker 1: tune in via Twitch and on Twitter. At Verizon, were 391 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:19,880 Speaker 1: you allowed to play video games? Growing up. I was, Oh, 392 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:23,200 Speaker 1: that doesn't sound like you probably had to sneak to 393 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:28,560 Speaker 1: play video games. Well, school days, I wasn't able to, 394 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:32,760 Speaker 1: you know, weekends depending. You know, if I if I 395 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:36,080 Speaker 1: did good throughout the week with football practice and whatnot, 396 00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:38,960 Speaker 1: and you know, as well as football games, then I'd 397 00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:41,760 Speaker 1: be rewarded by being able to play the game. Do 398 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:46,879 Speaker 1: you have a curfew back at home now with your parents? No? 399 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:50,720 Speaker 1: I never had a curfew with my parents. Only certain 400 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:54,560 Speaker 1: times of my life. When's the last time you were 401 00:21:54,640 --> 00:22:04,800 Speaker 1: grounded by your parents. I wouldn't say I was ever grounded. Um, yeah, 402 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:07,520 Speaker 1: I just got things taken away, like I couldn't do 403 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:10,840 Speaker 1: certain things. Well, did you get a time out or 404 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:15,920 Speaker 1: you know, like you yeah, said go to your room? No, 405 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:19,920 Speaker 1: I never I never got timeouts. The only time I've 406 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:24,320 Speaker 1: got timeout was when I was in kindergarten in first grade. Oh, 407 00:22:24,359 --> 00:22:29,720 Speaker 1: I'm sure what you did was so bad. Yeah, good 408 00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:32,960 Speaker 1: luck with Verizon and it's always great to see you. 409 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:35,720 Speaker 1: Tell your parents. I said hello, and good luck with 410 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:39,200 Speaker 1: this offseason. Thanks, Dan's appreciate it. That's a two a 411 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:43,040 Speaker 1: Tonga Volo joining us on behalf of Verizon five G. 412 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:48,879 Speaker 1: The Fortnight five G Stadium in Fortnite tomorrow night. Be 413 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:51,399 Speaker 1: sure to catch the live edition of The Dan Patrick 414 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:54,640 Speaker 1: Show week days at nine am Eastern six am Pacific 415 00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:59,320 Speaker 1: on Fox Sports Radio and the iHeart Radio WAP. Gary 416 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:01,879 Speaker 1: kleins the Rams he used the beat writer for The 417 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:05,480 Speaker 1: La Times. Good to have Gary back. Gary, your first 418 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:09,159 Speaker 1: reaction when you first heard that Matthew Stafford was coming 419 00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:13,040 Speaker 1: and Jared Golf was going well, Dan, I was a 420 00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:16,320 Speaker 1: little surprised, only because given the way that less Neat 421 00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:19,240 Speaker 1: and Sean McVeigh have operated, I really thought they were 422 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:20,920 Speaker 1: going to swing for the fences and go for it 423 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:25,159 Speaker 1: to Shaun Watson and really change the paradigm of things. Uh, 424 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:28,800 Speaker 1: but when when when it became Stafford, that seems like, 425 00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:32,000 Speaker 1: you know, a fit for Sean McVeigh for what he's 426 00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:34,880 Speaker 1: talked about he wants to do with his offense. Um, 427 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:37,359 Speaker 1: all the signs were there that they were going to 428 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:39,920 Speaker 1: move on from Jared Goff, so that was no surprise, 429 00:23:40,080 --> 00:23:43,560 Speaker 1: but the fact that they did it so quickly U 430 00:23:44,040 --> 00:23:48,680 Speaker 1: surprised me. At what point do you think maybe Jared 431 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:51,639 Speaker 1: Goff and Sean mcvayh were going in different directions and 432 00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:55,200 Speaker 1: and that Sean decided that he needed a new quarterback, 433 00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:59,199 Speaker 1: you know, Dan. The earliest indication for us, you know, 434 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:03,240 Speaker 1: out here cover them every day was after that Miami game. 435 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:06,159 Speaker 1: There was some frustration. And I don't know if it 436 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:08,680 Speaker 1: was because Jared Goff wasn't getting the ball out quick 437 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:12,400 Speaker 1: enough or because Brian Flores was out coaching Sean McVeigh 438 00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:14,639 Speaker 1: in kind of a repeat of the Super Bowl. But 439 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:16,720 Speaker 1: once we got later in the season to the San 440 00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:20,680 Speaker 1: Francisco forty nine ers loss where Goff had several turnovers, 441 00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:24,760 Speaker 1: McVay broke from practice. He is always the guy falling 442 00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:27,000 Speaker 1: on the sword for his players. It's my fault. I 443 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:29,800 Speaker 1: didn't put him in the right But after that game 444 00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:32,280 Speaker 1: he said, our quarterbacks got to take better care of 445 00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:35,760 Speaker 1: the football, and that is much of anything else signaled 446 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:39,800 Speaker 1: that things were not going well. And after the loss 447 00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:42,080 Speaker 1: to the Jets, obviously got to the end of the 448 00:24:42,119 --> 00:24:46,520 Speaker 1: season with the broken thumb, and when McVeigh essentially benched 449 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:51,600 Speaker 1: Goff for the playoff game against the Seattle Seahawks, it 450 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:53,920 Speaker 1: was obvious there were some things that were there were 451 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:57,600 Speaker 1: some issues that probably couldn't be repaired. NFL dot COM's 452 00:24:57,640 --> 00:25:00,600 Speaker 1: Michael Silver published a column yesterday, and it was full 453 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:04,399 Speaker 1: of information about golf's perspective. In the story, Silver pointed 454 00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:08,200 Speaker 1: out that Troy Aikman routinely trashed golf when he and 455 00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:11,640 Speaker 1: Joe Buck were assigned to call RAMS games. He gave 456 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:15,520 Speaker 1: a couple of instances here where you know Troy criticized 457 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:18,520 Speaker 1: him on an interception. He also pregame of the Super 458 00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:21,639 Speaker 1: Bowl said, you know Bill Belichick once the game in 459 00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:27,760 Speaker 1: Jared Goff's hands, was there any manipulation going on behind 460 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:31,159 Speaker 1: the scenes? Do you think with Sean McVeigh sort of 461 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:34,720 Speaker 1: getting a message out through another channel? Well, I have 462 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:37,280 Speaker 1: to be honest, and you've been in those kinds of 463 00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:40,000 Speaker 1: production meetings, so I think you probably have more intimate 464 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:44,840 Speaker 1: knowledge of what of what coaches are willing to disclose. 465 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:47,840 Speaker 1: So I can't say that I ever got a hint that, 466 00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:52,000 Speaker 1: you know, Sean McVeigh was trying to undermine his quarterback. 467 00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:56,400 Speaker 1: I think, at least publicly and what we see every day, 468 00:25:56,440 --> 00:25:58,600 Speaker 1: as you know, the people that cover them on a beat, 469 00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:02,040 Speaker 1: there weren't. There weren't hints of that. There was nothing 470 00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:05,119 Speaker 1: outward Like Jared Goff isn't a hard worker. He doesn't 471 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:07,600 Speaker 1: he's not putting in the time. That's why I think 472 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:12,040 Speaker 1: that statement from McVeigh after the San Francisco loss, to 473 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:15,560 Speaker 1: come out publicly and say that was so compelling for 474 00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:18,840 Speaker 1: people who watch them every day. Are the Rams closer 475 00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:24,840 Speaker 1: to a Super Bowl today than they were last Friday? Well, 476 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:28,840 Speaker 1: I think Matt Stafford, obviously, with his resume in terms 477 00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:32,199 Speaker 1: of his arms, his arm strength, and his stats, I 478 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:34,680 Speaker 1: think there's some excitement that perhaps he could put them 479 00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:36,560 Speaker 1: over the hump. But you know, Dan, they have a 480 00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:40,200 Speaker 1: lot more issues than quarterback they've got they've had, don't 481 00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:43,399 Speaker 1: have a deep threat receiver. Their running game looks like 482 00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:45,680 Speaker 1: it can be coming on with cam Akers, but that's 483 00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:51,439 Speaker 1: that's no guarantee. And frankly, the Rams success this season 484 00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:54,760 Speaker 1: was built on their defense, and that defense with Brandon 485 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:58,480 Speaker 1: Staley becoming the coach of the Chargers, several assistants leaving, 486 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:01,520 Speaker 1: they're gonna They're probably gonna lose some key free agents. 487 00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:04,639 Speaker 1: There's no guarantee that Raheem Morris is going to be 488 00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:07,639 Speaker 1: able to come in and maintain that defense at the 489 00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:09,560 Speaker 1: level it was at. So I think the Rams have 490 00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:12,720 Speaker 1: a lot of issues. This creates excitement for them. They're 491 00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:15,439 Speaker 1: hosting the Super Bowl, you know, next season, so it 492 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:18,040 Speaker 1: sets them up for a possible run there. But really, 493 00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:20,679 Speaker 1: I think the bar now for Matt stafford Is and 494 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:23,480 Speaker 1: Sean McVay really is, you've got to win the Super 495 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:26,240 Speaker 1: Bowl because Jared Goff got you there and you couldn't 496 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:30,000 Speaker 1: do it. Now you've dumped his contract, You've given away 497 00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:33,000 Speaker 1: more first round draft picks, and you really you got 498 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:35,840 Speaker 1: to win the whole thing. Gary, good to visit with you, 499 00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:38,400 Speaker 1: and I'm glad you got something to write about here 500 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:40,520 Speaker 1: for the next couple of days. Thank you, buddy. Stan 501 00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:43,080 Speaker 1: all right, that's Gary Klein. He covers the Rams for 502 00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:45,560 Speaker 1: the la time. Thanks for listening to The Dan Patrick 503 00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:48,440 Speaker 1: Show podcast. Be sure to catch us live every weekday 504 00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:51,199 Speaker 1: morning nine until noon eastern six to nine Pacific on 505 00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:53,639 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio, and you can find us on the 506 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:57,879 Speaker 1: iHeartRadio app at FSR or stream us live on the 507 00:27:57,920 --> 00:28:01,240 Speaker 1: Peacock app. He plays the same division with the Rams. 508 00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:05,280 Speaker 1: He's the Cardinals quarterback the Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray 509 00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:09,560 Speaker 1: on the program, Kyler, how are you today? I'm doing good? 510 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:12,159 Speaker 1: How are you? I'm doing spectacular. We're off to a 511 00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:15,320 Speaker 1: good start here. So it was it was two years 512 00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:19,199 Speaker 1: ago today, let's knock this out. When you came on 513 00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:24,280 Speaker 1: the set and you hadn't decided baseball or football, at 514 00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:29,200 Speaker 1: least publicly. So what happened in that moment where we 515 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:36,040 Speaker 1: couldn't communicate with each other? I mean, you just kept 516 00:28:36,080 --> 00:28:40,040 Speaker 1: asking you the question I was, you know, I wasn't 517 00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:41,880 Speaker 1: prepared to give an answer. I don't know if I 518 00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:45,120 Speaker 1: even had an answer at that time, but no, it 519 00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:50,600 Speaker 1: was fun in my eyes. It wasn't fun in my eyes. 520 00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:54,200 Speaker 1: Just well, I wanted to help you. I was trying 521 00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:56,560 Speaker 1: to help you because I knew what the reaction was 522 00:28:56,640 --> 00:29:00,920 Speaker 1: going to be, and I I just didn't want it 523 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:04,320 Speaker 1: to come back where you know, schools were or teams 524 00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:06,200 Speaker 1: were gonna go, well did you see what happened on 525 00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:10,320 Speaker 1: the Dan Patrick Show? Or I you know, I thought 526 00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:12,160 Speaker 1: there was gonna be negative feedback for you. Yeah, No, 527 00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:17,000 Speaker 1: I think I think there was that. H You know, actually, 528 00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:20,760 Speaker 1: I think I want to say the Cardinals asked about 529 00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:25,760 Speaker 1: about the interview. Um, we had teams that asked for 530 00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:29,600 Speaker 1: a copy of that Kyler. Oh really, yeah, they wanted 531 00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:32,160 Speaker 1: to know what happened, like the like, they didn't know 532 00:29:32,240 --> 00:29:35,000 Speaker 1: how you were under pressure. They didn't know if you 533 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:39,360 Speaker 1: were like, but but you know how teams overreact when 534 00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:42,240 Speaker 1: it comes to yeah, yeah, I think I think the 535 00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:45,400 Speaker 1: whole world did. Like I mean, if if you're if 536 00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:47,840 Speaker 1: you don't know what you're what sport you're about to play, 537 00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:50,560 Speaker 1: and somebody keeps asking you on live you know, live 538 00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:53,280 Speaker 1: radio left, did you know at that time what you 539 00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:56,640 Speaker 1: were going to do? Because I was told what you 540 00:29:56,640 --> 00:30:01,160 Speaker 1: were going to do? Oh, I was told. I was 541 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:05,040 Speaker 1: told if you got a top ten grade that you 542 00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:07,160 Speaker 1: were gonna be you were gonna go football. And you 543 00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:09,640 Speaker 1: got that top ten grade, that you knew you were 544 00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:13,680 Speaker 1: going to be a top ten pick. Honestly, then I 545 00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:16,040 Speaker 1: don't even I don't even uh, I don't think I 546 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:19,680 Speaker 1: ever even knew my grade, Like, I don't I don't 547 00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:22,160 Speaker 1: remember getting the grade. But what was the point or 548 00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:25,000 Speaker 1: that day where you go, this is what I'm going 549 00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:27,360 Speaker 1: to do, and what was it that brought you to 550 00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:30,320 Speaker 1: that point? And it was that that was the hardest 551 00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:34,640 Speaker 1: decision I've ever had to make. It honestly took me 552 00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:37,240 Speaker 1: a long time to figure out what I was going 553 00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:40,920 Speaker 1: to do, just because making that, you know, I remember 554 00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:45,000 Speaker 1: getting the phone call. You know, actually my boys had 555 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:47,680 Speaker 1: told me when I got drafted. We were we were 556 00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:50,880 Speaker 1: leaving a regional at ou We had just lost to 557 00:30:50,920 --> 00:30:53,400 Speaker 1: Florida State, and I got the you know, I got 558 00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:55,800 Speaker 1: the news that I got drafted by the A's and 559 00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:57,600 Speaker 1: I had told him before I got on the plane. 560 00:30:57,640 --> 00:30:59,280 Speaker 1: You know, if they you know, if they're draft me, like, 561 00:30:59,280 --> 00:31:01,880 Speaker 1: I'm coming, you know, I'm going to play. So just 562 00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:04,640 Speaker 1: give him that commitment, you know, give him a word 563 00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:05,840 Speaker 1: that I was going to come play if you know, 564 00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:10,160 Speaker 1: they let me play another season football and then coming 565 00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:13,000 Speaker 1: back and having you know, this decision. It was just 566 00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:15,640 Speaker 1: it was hard for me to kind of tell them 567 00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:17,720 Speaker 1: I'm not coming to play for him after I already 568 00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:19,800 Speaker 1: you know, told him that I was going through. Now, 569 00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:21,680 Speaker 1: I respect that that you wanted to be a man 570 00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:24,360 Speaker 1: of your word. I also found it interesting. I was, 571 00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:27,040 Speaker 1: I love these draft profiles, and there was a draft 572 00:31:27,040 --> 00:31:29,920 Speaker 1: profile of you that talked about lack of arm strength, 573 00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:33,479 Speaker 1: and I went, when you threw the ball with us 574 00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:38,480 Speaker 1: in Atlanta, I said, look, whoever is writing this has 575 00:31:38,560 --> 00:31:40,640 Speaker 1: not seen that up close and personal, because that ball 576 00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:44,200 Speaker 1: was whizzing. You had, you had a great arm. But 577 00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:46,480 Speaker 1: I think they, you know, they went and by the 578 00:31:46,520 --> 00:31:48,400 Speaker 1: way I told teams that that you had a great arm. 579 00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:52,000 Speaker 1: I could hear the ball whizzing by. But I said, 580 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:54,680 Speaker 1: he's playing baseball. He's got a good arm. Like you know, 581 00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:59,080 Speaker 1: we create these obstacles or you're not tall enough, and 582 00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:01,360 Speaker 1: you know, all of these different things. But I went, 583 00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:04,160 Speaker 1: don't don't question his arm strength. You can question his height, 584 00:32:04,520 --> 00:32:07,520 Speaker 1: not his arm strength. I'm glad you were helping me 585 00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:10,360 Speaker 1: out behind the scenes. Yeah, that's at least I can do. There. 586 00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:14,080 Speaker 1: We did it, though, we we did it. Look at us. 587 00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:20,200 Speaker 1: What was your welcome to the NFL moment? Good or bad? Oh? Um? 588 00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:24,760 Speaker 1: I think it was week one. Um, I don't know 589 00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:26,520 Speaker 1: if you watched the game. We played the lines like 590 00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:29,200 Speaker 1: that was the worst like half of football that I've 591 00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:31,560 Speaker 1: ever been a part of. It was it felt like 592 00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:35,400 Speaker 1: a joke. And in my head, like in my head, 593 00:32:35,400 --> 00:32:37,400 Speaker 1: I'm thinking like, damn, I know these people are watching 594 00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:39,880 Speaker 1: this like thinking like that he should just play baseball. 595 00:32:40,840 --> 00:32:45,400 Speaker 1: It was that bad like it was. It was horrible, man. 596 00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:47,920 Speaker 1: And then we came out the second half and we 597 00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:50,760 Speaker 1: ended up tie the game going over time should have 598 00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:53,760 Speaker 1: won the game. But that was probably my welcome to 599 00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:56,640 Speaker 1: the NFL. Moment. Now, do you check social media at 600 00:32:56,640 --> 00:33:04,040 Speaker 1: halftime after after that first half against the lines? Uh? No, okay, 601 00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:08,520 Speaker 1: well Steph Curry checks his uh social media at halftime. 602 00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:12,200 Speaker 1: I think it's a natural, Like you know, I'm on 603 00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:14,040 Speaker 1: if you go, if you get on your phone, you 604 00:33:14,080 --> 00:33:15,960 Speaker 1: have a tendency to just click on the apps. But 605 00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:20,640 Speaker 1: um nah, I did not check social media after that, 606 00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:25,320 Speaker 1: So baseball is still possibility. I'm guessing for you it did. 607 00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:29,280 Speaker 1: Uh as far as my ability goes, yeah, I don't 608 00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:32,680 Speaker 1: know how to you know, contract works and stuff like that, 609 00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:37,080 Speaker 1: but um yeah, what if the A's traded your rights 610 00:33:37,080 --> 00:33:40,680 Speaker 1: to the Diamondbacks, I'll be all I'll be all four it. 611 00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:43,160 Speaker 1: I mean, i'd be all four either way. I mean 612 00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:44,640 Speaker 1: I have you know, I love the you know, the 613 00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:48,360 Speaker 1: A's organization was great to me, so you know, I 614 00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:51,560 Speaker 1: would love to play both. Did you ever talk to 615 00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:55,520 Speaker 1: Dion Sanders about playing both? We actually did an interview 616 00:33:56,920 --> 00:34:01,480 Speaker 1: last I think it was last last year, but um yeah, 617 00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:04,880 Speaker 1: he actually advised me to go play baseball. But uh, 618 00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:08,600 Speaker 1: you know that that wasn't where my heart was. So yeah, 619 00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:10,640 Speaker 1: and that's kind of be interesting that you feel like 620 00:34:10,680 --> 00:34:13,239 Speaker 1: you might be more successful or people think he might 621 00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:16,440 Speaker 1: be more successful in baseball. But it came back to 622 00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:18,560 Speaker 1: them doubting you and go, well, what we saw that 623 00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:20,719 Speaker 1: one year at Oklahoma? Is that real? And does that 624 00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:26,080 Speaker 1: translate into the NFL? And like, how do you how 625 00:34:26,120 --> 00:34:28,960 Speaker 1: do you answer those people when you were too small? 626 00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:32,880 Speaker 1: Can you hold up whatever it might be? Can you 627 00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:36,279 Speaker 1: see over your lineman? Yeah? Well a lot of those 628 00:34:36,360 --> 00:34:39,799 Speaker 1: questions are like like that, what the seover lineman question is? 629 00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:42,799 Speaker 1: I don't like I said anyway, No, no quarterback, my 630 00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:45,880 Speaker 1: high Drew brees like Michael Russell, they can't. Nobody can 631 00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:48,359 Speaker 1: see over over guys that are six to five. But 632 00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:52,040 Speaker 1: um so the people that you know say yeah, you 633 00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:54,000 Speaker 1: should have gone to play baseball baseball, I don't think 634 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:59,040 Speaker 1: they understand how difficult to gae baseball is, but especially 635 00:34:59,080 --> 00:35:00,719 Speaker 1: to play at that level. Well, you know, when you 636 00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:02,680 Speaker 1: got to go through minor leagues and stuff like that, 637 00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:06,560 Speaker 1: it's a grind. It's you know, it's taxing on the body, 638 00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:09,640 Speaker 1: play every day. So it's not easy. You know, it's 639 00:35:09,640 --> 00:35:11,600 Speaker 1: a lot on the mental. But you know, for me, 640 00:35:11,719 --> 00:35:13,880 Speaker 1: I think that I just you know, I trust my ability. 641 00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:16,960 Speaker 1: Um and you know, football has always kind of been 642 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:22,279 Speaker 1: my my love. Well, yeah, since high school, you've been 643 00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:26,239 Speaker 1: very successful at it. The Heisman campaign. When you're in 644 00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:29,359 Speaker 1: the car with Tebow, Now, I don't are you guys 645 00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:31,040 Speaker 1: in the car at the same time when you're shooting 646 00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:34,760 Speaker 1: that commercial, No, do the you know, COVID and stuff 647 00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:37,560 Speaker 1: like that. I had to be in the card on myself. Okay, 648 00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:40,040 Speaker 1: you fooled us because it was very good. Now, there's 649 00:35:40,080 --> 00:35:43,200 Speaker 1: one moment where Tebow is ready to ask you something 650 00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:50,080 Speaker 1: and you said, don't ask that. Is that baseball? Wasn't 651 00:35:50,080 --> 00:35:54,239 Speaker 1: the question about baseball? No, No, it wasn't baseball. Well 652 00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:56,200 Speaker 1: that's what I thought. That he's ready to ask you 653 00:35:56,239 --> 00:35:58,399 Speaker 1: all these questions and you're like you could read his mind. 654 00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:00,399 Speaker 1: You're like, don don't ask that question. Now, I thought 655 00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:02,920 Speaker 1: that it was oh okay, So I thought that that 656 00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:05,120 Speaker 1: might have been part of the uh the script there. 657 00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:09,440 Speaker 1: Uh So I see that you have your Snickers hardware 658 00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:13,800 Speaker 1: on there? Is that Is that one of a kind? 659 00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:19,000 Speaker 1: Or uh? Uh? I believe so. But I feel really 660 00:36:19,040 --> 00:36:20,719 Speaker 1: special to be able to, you know, wear this and 661 00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:24,359 Speaker 1: be the uh the Season's Hungers Player of the Year. 662 00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:27,200 Speaker 1: It's like I said, it's an honor. There's a lot 663 00:36:27,239 --> 00:36:29,520 Speaker 1: of great, great players this year that had you know, 664 00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:32,880 Speaker 1: great weeks of football. Um. I was surprised that I 665 00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:35,719 Speaker 1: got to bring this one home. But no, it's it's uh, 666 00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:37,680 Speaker 1: it's a good deal. I get to donate it off 667 00:36:38,040 --> 00:36:41,600 Speaker 1: to the first responders in Arizona. So I'm glad to 668 00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:45,319 Speaker 1: run my neck. You couldn't wear that during the game, No, 669 00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:50,960 Speaker 1: it would win me down. What's your plans for the 670 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:57,400 Speaker 1: off season? Uh? I got hurt the last, uh, you know, 671 00:36:57,480 --> 00:37:00,480 Speaker 1: last game of the season, So getting my cool right 672 00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:03,400 Speaker 1: and then you know, hit the ground running like I 673 00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:07,320 Speaker 1: always do, just working out, trying to get better. Surgery. 674 00:37:08,440 --> 00:37:13,080 Speaker 1: Oh no, no surgery. Have you had surgery? I actually 675 00:37:13,120 --> 00:37:14,920 Speaker 1: I had a sports hernee, you like, when I was 676 00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:17,160 Speaker 1: like a little kid. I don't. I think it was 677 00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:20,320 Speaker 1: like seven or eight. Other than that, though, that's something 678 00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:22,360 Speaker 1: else we have in common. I had a sports herney 679 00:37:22,360 --> 00:37:25,520 Speaker 1: as well. I was young though I was using the restaurom. 680 00:37:25,520 --> 00:37:26,919 Speaker 1: I came out of the restaurant, I was like yo, 681 00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:29,319 Speaker 1: I started my thing. I was like yo, my dad, 682 00:37:29,360 --> 00:37:32,600 Speaker 1: what is this? And he started pushing on it. I 683 00:37:32,680 --> 00:37:36,600 Speaker 1: was like, wait, wait, that's a bathroom hernee and not 684 00:37:36,680 --> 00:37:39,880 Speaker 1: a sports herney. You didn't hurt yourself doing anything athletic. 685 00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:42,759 Speaker 1: You got to come up with a better story than that. 686 00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:46,520 Speaker 1: I guess you can call it that put me in 687 00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:48,840 Speaker 1: the huddle when you throw the ball to DeAndre Hopkins. 688 00:37:49,239 --> 00:37:55,719 Speaker 1: So what's that play call? Um? We called it. We 689 00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:58,800 Speaker 1: called it Cowboy Pass, but it didn't end up working 690 00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:02,680 Speaker 1: how we practiced it. You know, um, it was designed 691 00:38:02,719 --> 00:38:05,280 Speaker 1: for me. I don't know if you remember the Aaron 692 00:38:05,360 --> 00:38:08,680 Speaker 1: Rodgers play where they were playing the Cowboys, and yeah, 693 00:38:08,719 --> 00:38:11,920 Speaker 1: you know, it drops back, rolls out left, hits a 694 00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:14,480 Speaker 1: tight end on the side. You know that that was 695 00:38:14,520 --> 00:38:17,320 Speaker 1: the original draw of the play. Now how it worked, 696 00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:19,560 Speaker 1: dhub just ran the end zone. I don't even think 697 00:38:19,600 --> 00:38:22,080 Speaker 1: my guy Andy was supposed to be running across the field. 698 00:38:22,239 --> 00:38:25,160 Speaker 1: I think you got caught up. Dhop ended up being 699 00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:27,200 Speaker 1: the only guy in the end zone. And you know, 700 00:38:27,239 --> 00:38:30,560 Speaker 1: the the rollout left didn't really work because the dude continued. 701 00:38:30,640 --> 00:38:33,360 Speaker 1: So you know very well had to you know, avoid 702 00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:35,880 Speaker 1: him and make him miss and then just try to 703 00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:37,640 Speaker 1: get it to you know, get it to where he 704 00:38:37,680 --> 00:38:39,759 Speaker 1: could have a chance to catch it. I thought the 705 00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:43,319 Speaker 1: most underrated part of that is you rolled left and 706 00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:45,600 Speaker 1: we're able to get that much on the football to 707 00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:48,480 Speaker 1: throw it to the end zone because that's going against 708 00:38:48,520 --> 00:38:52,040 Speaker 1: your body. Is that's not easy to do. No, it's 709 00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:54,480 Speaker 1: uh it's one of those things, Whember, you kind of 710 00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:57,560 Speaker 1: just heave it down there and uh hope for the best. 711 00:38:58,280 --> 00:39:00,200 Speaker 1: And I don't like when they call it the match 712 00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:03,040 Speaker 1: because you know it's the throw is too pretty good. 713 00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:05,839 Speaker 1: I mean we always you know, Dwight Clark catches from 714 00:39:05,880 --> 00:39:09,040 Speaker 1: Joe Montana's called the catch. You know it's you know DeAndre, 715 00:39:09,120 --> 00:39:11,280 Speaker 1: How did you see that catch by DeAndre? Nobody said 716 00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:15,200 Speaker 1: you see the throw by Kyler Murray. I just think 717 00:39:15,239 --> 00:39:19,919 Speaker 1: you know everybody, Uh, I think just because it kind 718 00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:22,480 Speaker 1: of just because it's me, there's there's that like stigma 719 00:39:22,520 --> 00:39:26,000 Speaker 1: around it. But um no, I mean, like like I said, 720 00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:28,120 Speaker 1: I mean, DeAndre, he made a great catch. I don't 721 00:39:28,120 --> 00:39:30,200 Speaker 1: think you know, there's both sides of that. There's not 722 00:39:30,280 --> 00:39:31,920 Speaker 1: the throw, there's not the catch, and there's not you know, 723 00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:35,080 Speaker 1: it goes both plays. Nobody talks about Eli Mannings throw 724 00:39:35,120 --> 00:39:37,160 Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl to David Tyree. They just talk 725 00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:40,960 Speaker 1: about David Tyree's catch, So just saying you shouldn't catch 726 00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:42,759 Speaker 1: it if you didn't throw, Yeah, there you go. I 727 00:39:42,840 --> 00:39:45,920 Speaker 1: got your back here all right. Hey, we've moved on. 728 00:39:46,080 --> 00:39:50,080 Speaker 1: We're back. You and I same page right now. We're Yeah, 729 00:39:50,160 --> 00:39:55,839 Speaker 1: next time I see you. Whoa, whoa, whoa. I'm gonna 730 00:39:55,840 --> 00:40:00,200 Speaker 1: bring the snickers and uh hey, congrats. I've I've been 731 00:40:00,239 --> 00:40:02,960 Speaker 1: a big fan of yours. Even after what happened two 732 00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:05,560 Speaker 1: years ago, You're still a great player and I'm happy 733 00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:08,240 Speaker 1: for your success there. So thanks for being a good sport. 734 00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:12,359 Speaker 1: And tell your dad I said hello, I will, I will, 735 00:40:12,400 --> 00:40:15,239 Speaker 1: thank you. Thank you, Kyler. 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