WEBVTT - Not So Fast Episode 8 0:00:01.260 --> 0:00:05.220 Welcome to Not So Fast with Andrew Perloff and Paul Pabst, 0:00:05.440 --> 0:00:08.740 where two longtime friends challenge each other on the biggest 0:00:08.780 --> 0:00:10.080 sports stories of the day. 0:00:10.119 --> 0:00:12.640 Here's Andrew Perloff and Paul Pabst. 0:00:13.540 --> 0:00:14.660 Not so fast, my friends. 0:00:17.980 --> 0:00:20.820 Welcome to Not So Fast. I'm Andrew Perloff. He is 0:00:20.950 --> 0:00:22.829 Paul Pabst. Paul, we got a game in the books. 0:00:22.970 --> 0:00:25.090 We got one in the books. Wednesday night football. I 0:00:25.170 --> 0:00:27.470 sit down. I take the afternoon nap like a professional. 0:00:27.530 --> 0:00:29.890 Get set for the big game on NBC. I put 0:00:29.910 --> 0:00:32.090 it on, and my wife walks in, and she goes, Wednesday? 0:00:32.150 --> 0:00:35.519 They're playing on Wednesdays now? I thought Wednesdays and Tuesdays 0:00:35.550 --> 0:00:36.019 was for us. 0:00:36.220 --> 0:00:37.640 Yeah, I could get used to this, by the way. 0:00:37.780 --> 0:00:39.500 I take a game every night of the week. 0:00:39.620 --> 0:00:41.070 I got to tell you, I was fine with it. 0:00:41.080 --> 0:00:42.580 I loved it. I was fired up for the start 0:00:42.600 --> 0:00:44.460 of the game. I was looking forward to maybe a shootout. 0:00:44.540 --> 0:00:46.260 I should have known better, more defensive teams. 0:00:46.360 --> 0:00:49.440 Yeah, that's a not-so-fast moment. The game started. It was 0:00:49.479 --> 0:00:51.739 a grind, and then Sam Darnold got hurt. 0:00:51.820 --> 0:00:53.260 Yeah, I think that's what took the air out of 0:00:53.280 --> 0:00:56.740 the room. You got the Super Bowl champs, big crowd, NBC, 0:00:56.800 --> 0:00:59.550 everything you'd want. Cam Chancellor is there getting the crowd 0:00:59.570 --> 0:01:01.310 fired up and Sam Darnold on the fifth play of 0:01:01.330 --> 0:01:03.000 the game goes down. We're going to talk more about 0:01:03.040 --> 0:01:05.300 that But it felt maybe worse. 0:01:05.740 --> 0:01:07.860 Yeah, what was your reaction? What did you think it was? 0:01:07.920 --> 0:01:10.020 I think I'm conditioned. Maybe I got a little triggered 0:01:10.060 --> 0:01:12.140 after what happened to Aaron Rodgers a couple years ago. 0:01:12.300 --> 0:01:14.330 I start looking on the replay. Was that his Achilles? 0:01:14.390 --> 0:01:16.790 I'm looking for that Achilles thing. And I thought the worst. 0:01:16.990 --> 0:01:17.789 We'll keep an eye on that. 0:01:17.910 --> 0:01:19.709 Yeah, we were texting back and forth all night like 0:01:19.770 --> 0:01:21.830 we used to. One of the ones texting sent me, 0:01:22.230 --> 0:01:23.950 in the third quarter, the game started to pick up 0:01:23.970 --> 0:01:26.350 a little bit. And you wrote, we're back, exclamation point. 0:01:26.390 --> 0:01:28.630 We're back. Sam Darnold wasn't back. You could see here 0:01:28.670 --> 0:01:30.730 he's scrambling. When I saw that on the turf, I'm like... 0:01:31.069 --> 0:01:32.390 Not the Achilles, not the Achilles. 0:01:32.410 --> 0:01:34.610 Yeah, the game did pick up. And then I think 0:01:34.650 --> 0:01:38.110 the story shifted not to Drew Locke, who was great 0:01:38.150 --> 0:01:38.649 for the Seahawks. 0:01:38.670 --> 0:01:38.979 Did a nice job. 0:01:38.990 --> 0:01:41.530 Played a really good job. To Drake May. To me, 0:01:41.569 --> 0:01:43.810 the story of the game was Drake May and his struggles, 0:01:43.950 --> 0:01:44.920 especially late in the game. 0:01:45.060 --> 0:01:46.660 Yeah, he looked like he was doing enough in the 0:01:46.700 --> 0:01:48.260 first half. They were running the ball a little bit. 0:01:48.340 --> 0:01:49.940 He was moving the ball down the field against the 0:01:50.280 --> 0:01:52.940 toughest defense. And he scrambles well. He gets out of 0:01:52.960 --> 0:01:55.880 the pocket well. But that fourth quarter, it's like every 0:01:55.920 --> 0:01:57.980 decision he made in the fourth quarter was the wrong one. 0:01:58.040 --> 0:02:00.490 I mean, the pass to Dobbs was double coverage. The 0:02:00.550 --> 0:02:03.090 next interception after Dobbs drops the ball was double coverage, 0:02:03.370 --> 0:02:04.170 and then the last play. 0:02:04.630 --> 0:02:06.110 I mean, that's the thing with Drake May. He thinks 0:02:06.130 --> 0:02:08.500 he can do anything. He was second in MVP voting 0:02:08.540 --> 0:02:12.079 last year. Maybe he thinks he's Patrick Mahomes, and he's not. 0:02:12.240 --> 0:02:14.320 You're saying he's a little emboldened by the run they 0:02:14.360 --> 0:02:14.680 went on. 0:02:15.020 --> 0:02:17.990 Absolutely. You could see it last night. On the key 0:02:18.130 --> 0:02:20.810 interception at the end of the game, he thought, I 0:02:20.850 --> 0:02:22.650 can make a play. You know what? This might not 0:02:22.669 --> 0:02:24.570 even be called, but I see a guy back there. 0:02:24.590 --> 0:02:27.850 You see it now. He thought, I'm the MVP guy. 0:02:27.870 --> 0:02:30.329 I have the huge arm. I will make this happen. 0:02:30.370 --> 0:02:33.090 That play reminded me of Roethlisberger to Santonio Holmes back 0:02:33.160 --> 0:02:35.239 at the end zone. And Roethlisberger put it where only 0:02:35.300 --> 0:02:37.160 Holmes could catch it. You look at his stats there 0:02:37.200 --> 0:02:41.040 last night. It's three horrible decisions. Not passes. The decision 0:02:41.139 --> 0:02:43.850 and the pass. But that last play... You could take 0:02:43.900 --> 0:02:45.579 a sack. You could throw it out of bounds. You 0:02:45.600 --> 0:02:47.440 could burn a timeout. Anything but the pick. 0:02:47.760 --> 0:02:50.720 So he obviously cannot solve the Seahawks' defense. The last 0:02:50.760 --> 0:02:52.240 two games have been terrible, but it's really been the 0:02:52.280 --> 0:02:55.140 last five games. I saw the stat today, Paul. In 0:02:55.160 --> 0:02:59.260 the last five games, he has 11 turnovers, four fumbles lost, 0:02:59.260 --> 0:03:02.120 24 sacks taken. His numbers are down across the board. 0:03:02.160 --> 0:03:05.830 He had a hard time in the playoffs. Remember the Chargers, Texans, 0:03:05.990 --> 0:03:06.790 everyone took him down. 0:03:06.889 --> 0:03:09.390 Okay, let's play concern level if you're a New England 0:03:09.490 --> 0:03:12.079 Patriots fan. Drake May took you to a Super Bowl, or... 0:03:12.430 --> 0:03:14.070 was part of a Super Bowl team. I don't know 0:03:14.190 --> 0:03:16.030 how you want to say it. But what's your concern 0:03:16.050 --> 0:03:16.870 level going forward? 0:03:17.470 --> 0:03:20.030 A little concerned. He's got to get that impatience out 0:03:20.070 --> 0:03:23.350 of his game. He needs to not throw that pass, obviously. 0:03:23.690 --> 0:03:26.000 But to me, this is like I'm looking at some 0:03:26.040 --> 0:03:30.020 other quarterbacks, Brock Purdy, Trevor Lawrence, C.J. Stroud, Jaden Daniels. 0:03:30.380 --> 0:03:32.820 Guys can have big years, and everyone gets film on them. 0:03:33.080 --> 0:03:34.760 So Drake Mays has got to grow up a little bit. 0:03:34.780 --> 0:03:36.880 So is this about the defense figuring him out or 0:03:36.930 --> 0:03:39.830 him thinking he can throw like Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes? 0:03:40.730 --> 0:03:42.730 The latter. He thinks he can do what Josh Allen 0:03:42.750 --> 0:03:44.610 can do. And let's face it, Josh Allen's had some 0:03:44.670 --> 0:03:46.810 ups and downs, too. Right. He can have all the 0:03:46.850 --> 0:03:49.290 ability in the world. There's so much more to the position. 0:03:49.770 --> 0:03:52.370 I think he'll get there, but there's a little concern here, Paul. 0:03:52.410 --> 0:03:54.190 It sure would help if Dobbs would have caught that ball. 0:03:54.210 --> 0:03:55.870 That would have taken, because that was the following play. 0:03:55.910 --> 0:03:58.250 Look right there at the interception, which, no matter what, 0:03:58.310 --> 0:03:58.990 is a bad decision. 0:03:59.050 --> 0:04:00.450 Yeah, you guys were talking about it on the Dan 0:04:00.470 --> 0:04:02.790 Patrick show. He saw the defender out of the corner 0:04:02.810 --> 0:04:03.230 of his eye. 0:04:03.570 --> 0:04:03.850 He did. 0:04:04.070 --> 0:04:04.530 He absolutely did. 0:04:04.610 --> 0:04:07.150 All right, let's get to the other thing in the game, 0:04:07.190 --> 0:04:09.680 because if you're a Seahawks fan... You got the win, 0:04:10.060 --> 0:04:13.250 the Sam Darnold injury, no news yet on his MRI. 0:04:13.690 --> 0:04:15.150 At first it looked like it was lower, and then 0:04:15.190 --> 0:04:18.210 it's like a hip area injury. Drew Locke comes in. 0:04:18.430 --> 0:04:19.990 He's been in the league now six years, which we 0:04:20.010 --> 0:04:20.890 were both surprised by. 0:04:20.910 --> 0:04:21.710 I can't believe that. 0:04:21.790 --> 0:04:24.570 Six years out of Missouri. How do you feel level 0:04:24.589 --> 0:04:26.510 of confidence in Drew Locke as your backup? 0:04:26.790 --> 0:04:30.630 So Sam Darnold went down and Twitter X started going 0:04:30.750 --> 0:04:33.040 mad about it. Who are they going to bring in? 0:04:33.120 --> 0:04:34.140 Andy Dalton from Philly. 0:04:34.160 --> 0:04:35.920 You and I thought it was Jalen Milrow for a second. 0:04:36.160 --> 0:04:38.740 Yeah. So Drew Locke has been there a long time. 0:04:39.640 --> 0:04:41.190 I thought he did a great job. He has a 0:04:41.310 --> 0:04:44.010 lot of arm talent. He can sling it. Now, his 0:04:44.070 --> 0:04:47.770 problems are more in his head. He gets really impatient 0:04:47.810 --> 0:04:50.969 at times, and you saw that last night. I'm psyched 0:04:51.130 --> 0:04:54.430 for him as a backup because he knows that team. 0:04:54.550 --> 0:04:56.930 It's basically the same offense as last year, even though 0:04:56.970 --> 0:04:59.750 Clint Kubiak is gone. I think he's the perfect backup 0:04:59.770 --> 0:05:00.529 for this situation. 0:05:00.550 --> 0:05:02.190 Yeah, I think it's a really good situation because you 0:05:02.210 --> 0:05:04.170 look at that last couple of clips we just showed. 0:05:04.410 --> 0:05:06.810 He had that out pattern to JSN. His arm looks great. 0:05:07.150 --> 0:05:08.630 And then they let him go for it on fourth 0:05:08.670 --> 0:05:11.360 and two, which became the touchdown to JSN. The play 0:05:11.380 --> 0:05:14.050 by the goal line where he got a little confused, 0:05:14.089 --> 0:05:16.540 is that on the OC or him when he's not 0:05:16.600 --> 0:05:19.360 sure what the play is? He's checking his wristwatch or 0:05:19.400 --> 0:05:21.650 whatever it is, and next thing you know, it's a 0:05:21.650 --> 0:05:22.070 delay game. 0:05:22.610 --> 0:05:25.090 It looked a lot like you when you had a 0:05:25.130 --> 0:05:27.070 test in high school and you didn't study the night before. 0:05:27.130 --> 0:05:30.130 I didn't have the art. You're practicing. Oh, be honest, Paul. 0:05:30.370 --> 0:05:31.950 Did I have a cheat sheet? Is there a statute 0:05:31.970 --> 0:05:33.170 of limitations at Marion Catholic? 0:05:33.370 --> 0:05:35.130 I blame the coaching staff. First of all, you could 0:05:35.150 --> 0:05:37.000 see in the fourth quarter, they were taking a long 0:05:37.040 --> 0:05:39.220 time to get the play in because he was verbalizing 0:05:39.240 --> 0:05:41.920 the play in the huddle on camera way too late. 0:05:42.220 --> 0:05:44.740 And then he didn't even have the play. Just hike 0:05:44.839 --> 0:05:47.260 and sneak the ball if you have to. Then why 0:05:47.279 --> 0:05:49.560 didn't they call a timeout? Why didn't Seattle's coaching staff 0:05:49.580 --> 0:05:51.849 call a timeout there? to save from the delay game. 0:05:52.089 --> 0:05:53.870 They end up going for a field goal instead of 0:05:53.910 --> 0:05:56.970 a touchdown. Almost lost the game because of that one play, 0:05:57.029 --> 0:05:59.070 and I blame the coaching staff, not the quarterback. 0:05:59.110 --> 0:06:00.850 Okay, we don't know what's up with Darnold. They make 0:06:00.910 --> 0:06:02.650 it seem like it's not that big of a deal, 0:06:02.690 --> 0:06:04.870 but not so fast. If it is a bigger deal 0:06:04.910 --> 0:06:06.770 than we think it is, they have, if not the 0:06:06.810 --> 0:06:09.490 best defense, top two in football. Could they pull off 0:06:09.529 --> 0:06:12.310 a season, if they had to, like your Eagles when 0:06:12.330 --> 0:06:12.970 they had Nick Foles? 0:06:13.550 --> 0:06:16.210 Nick Foles only had to play three or four games 0:06:16.250 --> 0:06:18.510 during the regular season in the playoffs. That's a long 0:06:18.570 --> 0:06:19.430 time to go, Nick Foles. 0:06:19.450 --> 0:06:22.010 Okay, but let's say, for instance, Sam Darnall is 80%. 0:06:22.010 --> 0:06:25.050 You have the Cardinals next week. You have Washington. 0:06:25.070 --> 0:06:28.729 Okay, well, that's fine. Drew Locke is perfect there. Then 0:06:28.990 --> 0:06:32.710 down the road, though, you obviously have the Rams to 0:06:32.730 --> 0:06:34.570 deal with at the end of the season. You have 0:06:34.589 --> 0:06:37.510 the Eagles on there. You know what? I think Drew 0:06:37.529 --> 0:06:40.110 Locke is fine. I think with that defense, you can 0:06:40.150 --> 0:06:41.929 go at least to the midway point of the season 0:06:41.990 --> 0:06:42.690 and still make the playoffs. 0:06:42.750 --> 0:06:44.539 I may give Sam Darnall a bye week next week 0:06:44.560 --> 0:06:45.240 against your Cardinals. 0:06:45.830 --> 0:06:48.110 Oh, I don't expect to see Sam Darnold next week. 0:06:48.130 --> 0:06:51.270 Put your feet up. Well, listen, it's still early. I 0:06:51.330 --> 0:06:55.010 hope we see him next month because hips are bad. 0:06:55.150 --> 0:06:57.960 Guy Bo Jackson, you know what can happen with your hip. 0:06:58.000 --> 0:06:59.859 Don't go there. Don't go there. Keep it positive and 0:06:59.900 --> 0:07:01.700 not so fast with Pabst and Perloff. All right, new 0:07:01.740 --> 0:07:03.900 thing here. No one's ever done this in sports radio 0:07:03.920 --> 0:07:06.640 or TV history. We're giving out helmet stickers for whoever 0:07:06.700 --> 0:07:08.420 had the best game. If you could take a look 0:07:08.440 --> 0:07:10.440 at these helmet stickers, they're gorgeous. It's me and you. 0:07:10.720 --> 0:07:12.520 And what player wouldn't want this on their helmet? Who 0:07:12.560 --> 0:07:14.520 are you picking for the helmet sticker for last night's game? 0:07:14.560 --> 0:07:17.450 So it's like college football. It's like we're talking like Michigan, 0:07:17.490 --> 0:07:18.090 Ohio State. 0:07:18.150 --> 0:07:20.190 Right, like the Buckeye if you're an Ohio State guy. 0:07:20.490 --> 0:07:22.670 Okay, well, I mean, it's pretty obvious then. Josh Jobe, 0:07:22.730 --> 0:07:27.330 the cornerback who had the game-winning interception, former Eagle. 0:07:27.380 --> 0:07:27.880 Look at that. 0:07:28.180 --> 0:07:29.900 Oh, that's lovely. That would be a big honor. This 0:07:29.940 --> 0:07:33.480 is an undrafted guy, a backup. I can't believe he 0:07:33.500 --> 0:07:36.250 made that play, Paul. To get his both toes inside, 0:07:36.490 --> 0:07:39.090 you know, that's like a JSN play. That's like a 0:07:39.110 --> 0:07:40.050 Puka Nakua play. 0:07:40.070 --> 0:07:42.230 He toe tapped it like a defensive back. He was 0:07:42.310 --> 0:07:44.210 in by just a millimeter or so. I'm going to 0:07:44.250 --> 0:07:46.610 say same play. Here's my helmet sticker. I'm going to 0:07:46.630 --> 0:07:48.929 give it to Demarcus Lawrence. If you watch that play again, 0:07:49.430 --> 0:07:52.930 the reason he was like off kilter, Drake May, Demarcus 0:07:52.970 --> 0:07:55.590 Lawrence hopped a chop block and got right in his face. 0:07:55.610 --> 0:07:57.650 So Demarcus Lawrence, you also get a helmet sticker. 0:07:57.730 --> 0:08:00.830 Yeah, that Seahawks D line. We don't talk about it enough. 0:08:00.850 --> 0:08:01.670 Look at this. 0:08:01.850 --> 0:08:02.350 Right off the bat. 0:08:03.000 --> 0:08:05.500 That's the thing with, you notice there, Seattle, they're only 0:08:05.540 --> 0:08:07.780 rushing four guys so they can keep so many guys back. 0:08:07.840 --> 0:08:09.960 That's what was giving Drake May such a hard time 0:08:10.000 --> 0:08:12.380 last night. I like that. I think the guy who 0:08:12.400 --> 0:08:14.880 got the pass really deserves a sticker more than the 0:08:15.140 --> 0:08:15.690 pass rush. 0:08:15.760 --> 0:08:17.610 Either way, I think they're both honored at the first 0:08:17.750 --> 0:08:20.490 ever stickers, helmet stickers, in Not So Fast history. We'll 0:08:20.550 --> 0:08:22.450 hear from them, I'm sure, soon. All right, let's get 0:08:22.490 --> 0:08:25.710 to it. 49ers versus Rams in Australia tonight. We're done 0:08:25.750 --> 0:08:27.950 talking about jet lag. Let's talk about the game itself. 0:08:28.210 --> 0:08:29.040 How do you think this plays out? 0:08:29.990 --> 0:08:32.170 Well, I think Kyle Shanahan has a lot of bulletin 0:08:32.190 --> 0:08:34.910 board material. The entire NFL world's been talking about the 0:08:34.970 --> 0:08:36.910 Rams for how many months right now? 0:08:36.950 --> 0:08:37.910 Biggest favorite in history. 0:08:38.130 --> 0:08:41.230 So Shanahan is basically saying, hey, last year we were 0:08:41.270 --> 0:08:43.460 really close to this team and now everyone's forgotten about us. 0:08:43.750 --> 0:08:46.470 So I think the 49ers are fired up. Now the 0:08:46.510 --> 0:08:50.050 question is, do they get through four quarters with everybody intact? 0:08:50.410 --> 0:08:52.569 Okay, now I look at this game, and like you said, 0:08:52.790 --> 0:08:55.590 everyone is focused on the Rams. There's more coverage of 0:08:55.610 --> 0:08:58.770 Aaron Donald not being there than 49ers being there. It 0:08:58.820 --> 0:09:00.979 feels like a trap game, a classic trap where the 0:09:01.040 --> 0:09:02.930 Rams lose when everyone thinks they're going to win. 0:09:02.960 --> 0:09:05.339 Can you have a trap game in Australia, though? That 0:09:05.400 --> 0:09:07.380 seems like you'd be fired up to play overseas. 0:09:07.420 --> 0:09:09.559 It probably means something different. A trap game in Australia 0:09:09.600 --> 0:09:11.560 probably means some type of meat-related product. 0:09:11.740 --> 0:09:14.480 Well, I think the real issue is George Kittle's coming back, 0:09:15.200 --> 0:09:18.459 and Nick Bosa are coming back. Now, they were injured. 0:09:18.559 --> 0:09:21.650 Kittle was January 11th when he got hurt. Are they 0:09:21.690 --> 0:09:24.550 going to be not only effective, but are they going 0:09:24.570 --> 0:09:26.310 to stay healthy? I don't want to be in the 0:09:26.350 --> 0:09:28.470 third quarter of this game, Paul, and the Niners have 0:09:28.530 --> 0:09:31.090 already short-circuited their whole season because of injuries. 0:09:31.150 --> 0:09:33.550 Should the Niners have pulled a Greg Popovich and left 0:09:33.630 --> 0:09:36.240 those guys at home, Bosa and Kittle, because there's no 0:09:36.300 --> 0:09:39.160 season if those two guys aren't present. Leave them at home, 0:09:39.280 --> 0:09:41.800 not similar to Aaron Donald, but don't burn this trip. 0:09:42.020 --> 0:09:42.220 Rest. 0:09:42.550 --> 0:09:44.050 If we take the loss, we take the loss, but 0:09:44.070 --> 0:09:45.970 I get you guys an extra 10 days home rest. 0:09:46.210 --> 0:09:48.929 Well, yeah. I mean, honestly, I think they're okay without Kittle, 0:09:48.970 --> 0:09:52.100 believe it or not. Kittle, he's getting older right now. 0:09:52.750 --> 0:09:54.940 If Bosa gets hurt again, I don't think they can 0:09:54.980 --> 0:09:56.960 even do as well as they did last year. And 0:09:57.000 --> 0:09:59.319 McCaffrey led the league in touches. Is he going to 0:09:59.380 --> 0:10:01.610 stay healthy? I mean, we've seen him get hurt before. 0:10:01.750 --> 0:10:03.190 I'm really nervous about this team. 0:10:03.290 --> 0:10:04.650 I don't think any team, and I think you said 0:10:04.690 --> 0:10:07.209 this last week, no team is better at being injured 0:10:07.309 --> 0:10:07.870 than the Niners. 0:10:08.230 --> 0:10:13.040 Yeah, they're good. They have, obviously, a great coach. All right, 0:10:13.140 --> 0:10:16.540 coming up next, not so fast. It's a year of defense, 0:10:16.580 --> 0:10:18.780 at least in my opinion. Got off to a defensive 0:10:18.800 --> 0:10:20.469 start last night, and we're going to see that all 0:10:20.510 --> 0:10:22.770 season long. We'll break it down, not so fast. 0:10:24.970 --> 0:10:27.670 Okay, Perloff, this is just for you and definitely not 0:10:27.730 --> 0:10:30.430 for me. The midday pick-me-up. We do this little baseball. 0:10:31.429 --> 0:10:31.550 Oh! 0:10:31.570 --> 0:10:32.970 Shocker, Kyle Schwarber went long. 0:10:34.270 --> 0:10:35.110 That's a grand slam. 0:10:35.130 --> 0:10:36.270 That's a grand salami. 0:10:36.429 --> 0:10:38.120 Yeah, how do you feel about that as a Cubs 0:10:38.170 --> 0:10:40.290 fan watching Kyle Schwarber lead the league in homers? 0:10:40.429 --> 0:10:43.540 It never doesn't hurt. It never doesn't hurt. The Cubs 0:10:43.559 --> 0:10:45.960 years ago said, you know, we've seen Kyle Schwarber's best work. 0:10:46.000 --> 0:10:48.960 He's got knee injuries. Let's let him go. 300 homers 0:10:49.000 --> 0:10:49.980 later or whatever. 0:10:50.000 --> 0:10:52.380 I don't think it matters who you root for. I 0:10:52.420 --> 0:10:55.670 think Kyle Schwarber's the kind of player... who is goes 0:10:55.750 --> 0:10:58.209 way beyond the team oh yeah everybody i know loves 0:10:58.230 --> 0:11:00.630 him he's a softball player playing major league baseball. 0:11:00.410 --> 0:11:02.530 Yeah he's one of those players that are entertaining back 0:11:02.570 --> 0:11:04.690 in our day like a george brett or mike schmidt 0:11:04.710 --> 0:11:06.970 you hated facing him but you respected what they did 0:11:07.010 --> 0:11:07.490 for the game. 0:11:07.390 --> 0:11:09.470 Yeah and also schwarber's a bit of an everyman like 0:11:09.530 --> 0:11:11.450 he kind of looks like he would be at the 0:11:11.490 --> 0:11:13.670 game in chicago not playing the game. 0:11:13.590 --> 0:11:16.270 He looks like a 16 inch softball beer in one 0:11:16.320 --> 0:11:18.240 hand throwing it underhand. 0:11:18.320 --> 0:11:21.120 Yeah, he's great. Sorry he's a Philly and not a Cub. 0:11:21.260 --> 0:11:23.500 I'm almost over it. Alright, it's time for Warm Takes. 0:11:23.540 --> 0:11:25.330 You kids like it out there. It's sweeping the nation. 0:11:25.350 --> 0:11:27.490 You can play at home. Here we go, Perloff. I'm 0:11:27.510 --> 0:11:29.030 going to go first Warm Take of the day, and 0:11:29.050 --> 0:11:31.650 it's NFL related. One of the great things about the NFL, 0:11:31.670 --> 0:11:33.270 and I know this is kind of kept and obvious, 0:11:33.330 --> 0:11:35.670 is that almost every team has hope. But if you 0:11:35.690 --> 0:11:37.650 look at it, how many teams this year don't really 0:11:37.700 --> 0:11:40.880 have hope? Maybe the Arizona Cardinals. But the Titans. Some 0:11:40.920 --> 0:11:43.800 people like the Titans. The Cleveland Browns. You really have 0:11:43.820 --> 0:11:45.440 to scratch and claw to find a team that has 0:11:45.480 --> 0:11:47.570 no hope. And the teams that don't have hope are 0:11:47.610 --> 0:11:50.730 tanking for the 2027 draft. But you look at the NBA. 0:11:50.890 --> 0:11:52.030 How many teams can win the title? 0:11:52.190 --> 0:11:52.450 Six? 0:11:52.890 --> 0:11:53.199 Seven? 0:11:53.510 --> 0:11:55.719 Possibly? The rest of the teams are just kind of 0:11:55.780 --> 0:11:57.640 playing out the string and hoping for Wemba Nyama. 0:11:58.000 --> 0:11:58.500 Baseball. 0:11:58.660 --> 0:12:01.860 Ten teams can win the title, and that's maybe. Sometimes 0:12:01.920 --> 0:12:04.679 it feels like Dodgers in the field. Football has everybody 0:12:04.710 --> 0:12:06.329 in place, and the only thing that can really take 0:12:06.390 --> 0:12:08.949 hope away from you is your quarterback getting injured in 0:12:08.970 --> 0:12:10.990 game one. Now, the Seahawks look like they're going to 0:12:11.010 --> 0:12:13.349 be fine. Sam Darnold will probably be okay. But if 0:12:13.370 --> 0:12:15.790 you go back a couple years ago, Aaron Rodgers getting 0:12:15.809 --> 0:12:17.550 hurt in the first game, it's like, oh, that's the 0:12:17.610 --> 0:12:19.729 only thing I can take away from you. But football, 0:12:19.850 --> 0:12:22.230 it feels like every team goes into the season with like, 0:12:22.910 --> 0:12:25.699 we may not have Super Bowl aspirations, but wildcard weekend 0:12:25.740 --> 0:12:27.020 aspirations feel pretty good as well. 0:12:27.420 --> 0:12:29.059 Are you just saying this because the Seahawks and the 0:12:29.100 --> 0:12:31.199 Patriots were in the Super Bowl last year and none 0:12:31.220 --> 0:12:32.240 of us had that prediction? 0:12:32.280 --> 0:12:34.339 Yeah, and that really doesn't happen in other sports. I 0:12:34.360 --> 0:12:38.240 guess sometimes there's a wildcard in baseball. Arizona Diamondbacks, literally 0:12:38.260 --> 0:12:41.440 a wildcard. But the NBA, it feels like, There's six 0:12:41.500 --> 0:12:43.260 teams that could be there, and I may be stretching 0:12:43.280 --> 0:12:43.760 it sometimes. 0:12:43.880 --> 0:12:46.500 Yeah, although I think there are a few teams who 0:12:46.540 --> 0:12:48.080 know they're not going to be in it. The Cardinals, 0:12:48.120 --> 0:12:51.420 the Browns, the Raiders, Titans. You're right, there are people 0:12:51.450 --> 0:12:52.250 who have Titans in the playoffs. 0:12:52.270 --> 0:12:54.330 We may have to cap that at three or four teams, 0:12:54.350 --> 0:12:55.510 and that's pretty good for the league. 0:12:55.770 --> 0:12:58.229 Yeah, let's revisit this on Monday after some of those 0:12:58.270 --> 0:13:00.910 teams play. All right, I've got to go back to 0:13:00.990 --> 0:13:04.890 last night. You saw why NFL teams need to play 0:13:04.929 --> 0:13:08.920 their starters in the preseason. It was quite obvious for 0:13:08.980 --> 0:13:12.000 Seahawks and Patriots. You know, both quarterbacks sat out the 0:13:12.040 --> 0:13:15.500 entire preseason. Unfortunately, Sam Darnold got hurt, so you don't 0:13:15.520 --> 0:13:17.059 know what he was going to play like. But it 0:13:17.100 --> 0:13:20.140 looked sloppy. There were so many penalties. There were so 0:13:20.179 --> 0:13:23.680 many pre-snap penalties. It wasn't just the players. The coaches 0:13:23.720 --> 0:13:26.110 looked like they were struggling figuring out what was going on. 0:13:26.450 --> 0:13:29.429 Seahawks had a touchdown pulled back because of the legal shift. 0:13:29.790 --> 0:13:32.339 That was all. what should have been taken care of 0:13:32.380 --> 0:13:35.400 in the preseason and was not. Get ready, Paul. Week 0:13:35.600 --> 0:13:39.440 one is going to be nothing but unders. Now, historically, 0:13:39.480 --> 0:13:42.860 the unders carry week one. You can see it, especially 0:13:43.179 --> 0:13:46.220 last night, with three preseason games. Teams are not ready 0:13:46.260 --> 0:13:48.750 to go. We're going to see some really, really ugly football. 0:13:49.090 --> 0:13:51.090 Might take to week four until we see what teams 0:13:51.170 --> 0:13:51.650 really are. 0:13:51.809 --> 0:13:54.030 You know, I agree with your thesis on this, that 0:13:54.150 --> 0:13:56.589 setting up teams to play poorly is because of the 0:13:56.630 --> 0:13:58.810 preseason games. And now there's three instead of four, like 0:13:58.850 --> 0:14:01.120 a generation ago. But I'm going to not so fast 0:14:01.130 --> 0:14:03.840 you here because I think coaches would rather lose in 0:14:03.860 --> 0:14:06.020 week one and take the criticism for not playing certain 0:14:06.040 --> 0:14:09.010 players than somehow play a starter longer than he should 0:14:09.030 --> 0:14:11.390 in a preseason. And if that starter gets hurt, that's 0:14:11.410 --> 0:14:12.330 where a coach gets lit up. 0:14:12.390 --> 0:14:15.000 Well, I'm wondering from a health standpoint, though, Sam Darnold 0:14:15.020 --> 0:14:17.280 got hurt five plays in, and A.J. Brown got hurt. 0:14:17.620 --> 0:14:20.500 Does getting that preseason warm-up help you keep healthy for 0:14:20.540 --> 0:14:23.100 week one? Let's get the scientists in on this. 0:14:23.240 --> 0:14:26.260 Yeah, call your people at Dartmouth-Mass. How about this, though? 0:14:26.340 --> 0:14:28.800 I think what you're saying, though, is bared out by 0:14:28.900 --> 0:14:31.340 the Bengals. The Bengals, the past couple years, they've had 0:14:31.360 --> 0:14:33.600 a lot of injury issues, especially Joe Burrow. And it 0:14:33.640 --> 0:14:35.900 seems like this preseason, they let their starters play a 0:14:35.900 --> 0:14:38.560 little more to be ready. whether it be physically ready 0:14:38.700 --> 0:14:40.800 or football ready, but they're leaning towards your direction. 0:14:41.000 --> 0:14:43.700 Yeah, I mean, you get down to was last night's 0:14:43.740 --> 0:14:45.880 game important too. I kind of think it was because 0:14:45.920 --> 0:14:47.620 the Patriots are going to be in a wild card race, 0:14:47.960 --> 0:14:50.070 and they got to play a backup quarterback. They might 0:14:50.110 --> 0:14:51.910 look back at this and say, man, we should have 0:14:51.930 --> 0:14:52.890 won that game in Seattle. 0:14:53.010 --> 0:14:55.490 And vice versa. If Seattle somehow gets home field advantage 0:14:55.510 --> 0:14:57.230 over the Rams by a half a game later in 0:14:57.250 --> 0:14:58.850 the season, you're like, oh, that's the one they stole. 0:14:59.050 --> 0:15:01.630 Yeah, if I'm a coach, I know the injury risk. 0:15:01.750 --> 0:15:03.260 I still play my guys in August. 0:15:03.400 --> 0:15:05.080 All right, my next warm take, let's go to my 0:15:05.120 --> 0:15:08.300 warm take number two. It's about Australia. Never been there, Perloff. 0:15:08.360 --> 0:15:10.160 Seems like somewhere you would go. You're a world traveler. 0:15:10.540 --> 0:15:13.240 But the NFL pushing to Australia is pretty extreme. They've 0:15:13.280 --> 0:15:17.300 tried Europe before, obviously many years, South America, Mexico, all 0:15:17.340 --> 0:15:20.200 over the place. But sometimes I wonder what the long 0:15:20.220 --> 0:15:23.250 game is for the NFL with overseas play. And I 0:15:23.260 --> 0:15:25.130 don't think it's a Super Bowl overseas. I don't think 0:15:25.190 --> 0:15:28.390 it's a team overseas. I think it's like a 50-year 0:15:28.570 --> 0:15:31.010 plan where they're just going to chip away at a 0:15:31.030 --> 0:15:34.450 new fan base. They've got the U.S. maxed out. If 0:15:34.490 --> 0:15:36.830 you don't like football in America, there's nothing they can 0:15:36.850 --> 0:15:39.510 do to change your mind. You're probably watching, I don't 0:15:39.530 --> 0:15:43.400 know what, McNeil-Lehrer report on weekends. So I just think 0:15:43.440 --> 0:15:45.220 that the NFL is playing the long game, and they'll 0:15:45.260 --> 0:15:48.020 never go too deep with a Super Bowl in Wembley. 0:15:48.100 --> 0:15:50.840 When I say never, I mean the next 10, 15 years. 0:15:50.920 --> 0:15:52.720 Years ago, we thought there'd be a Super Bowl in London. 0:15:53.500 --> 0:15:54.990 I don't think they want the blowback of that. I 0:15:55.000 --> 0:15:57.170 think they want to chip away and develop fan bases 0:15:57.210 --> 0:15:59.810 over a 25-year period, and then they're going to keep 0:15:59.850 --> 0:16:02.030 doing it. I think with the 18-game schedule, it's going 0:16:02.050 --> 0:16:03.090 to allow them to do it even more. 0:16:03.410 --> 0:16:05.530 Yeah, Albert Breer was on the Dan Patrick Show from 0:16:05.570 --> 0:16:09.510 Sports Illustrated, said that they're looking at Tokyo next, then Italy, 0:16:10.070 --> 0:16:13.230 and the Middle East, possibly Abu Dhabi or somewhere like that. 0:16:14.010 --> 0:16:14.810 How do we get in, Paul? 0:16:15.010 --> 0:16:16.750 Yeah, so we want to put it out there now. 0:16:16.890 --> 0:16:19.690 If NBC's Football Night in America is going to Rome, 0:16:20.410 --> 0:16:21.970 We'll pay the airfare. 0:16:21.990 --> 0:16:23.370 I want to go to Tokyo, too. 0:16:23.550 --> 0:16:26.320 Mike Tirico, if you're watching, we'll help you out. 0:16:26.520 --> 0:16:30.040 So tonight's game is important because if the teams struggle 0:16:30.140 --> 0:16:32.220 or if somebody gets hurt, then they might not want 0:16:32.240 --> 0:16:34.980 to go that far. But I can see, I totally agree, 0:16:35.000 --> 0:16:38.020 they're laying groundwork. Did you know that the Olympics 2032 0:16:38.020 --> 0:16:40.720 are in Australia? So they're also trying to sell flag 0:16:40.740 --> 0:16:43.190 football over there. I heard that's a big initiative out 0:16:43.210 --> 0:16:43.710 of the NFL. 0:16:43.770 --> 0:16:45.790 I don't think I realize how big flag football is 0:16:45.850 --> 0:16:48.010 as an initiative for the league. And it's becoming a 0:16:48.050 --> 0:16:50.370 thing with the NCAAs. A little side topic here. A 0:16:50.410 --> 0:16:52.960 girl from a local high school is getting a scholarship 0:16:53.000 --> 0:16:55.570 to college for flag football, a partial scholarship to college. 0:16:55.960 --> 0:16:58.700 This is that way to find another fan base by 0:16:58.720 --> 0:17:00.320 the NFL. They don't leave any stone unturned. 0:17:00.360 --> 0:17:02.370 By the way, did you know that Australia was hosting 0:17:02.380 --> 0:17:03.730 the Olympics in 2032? 0:17:03.730 --> 0:17:05.449 I did because I heard it two minutes ago by you. 0:17:05.650 --> 0:17:09.109 All right, I'm up for my warm take. If you 0:17:09.150 --> 0:17:11.990 don't like defense, this might not be the NFL season 0:17:12.109 --> 0:17:15.270 for you. You saw it last night, obviously, a defensive battle, 0:17:15.290 --> 0:17:17.330 but the best teams in the league are really focused 0:17:17.369 --> 0:17:20.090 around their defense. I know the Rams have Matthew Stafford, 0:17:20.290 --> 0:17:22.169 but when you've got Aaron Donald and Miles Garrett, you 0:17:22.230 --> 0:17:26.530 are a defensive-oriented team. Philadelphia Eagles have those great players 0:17:26.609 --> 0:17:29.929 up front. They're going to be about the defense. Obviously, Denver, 0:17:30.050 --> 0:17:32.609 one of the top defenses. The Houston Texans could get 0:17:32.630 --> 0:17:35.850 to the Super Bowl with no offense whatsoever. And the 0:17:35.869 --> 0:17:40.570 defending champion, Seattle Seahawks, even with injuries, their defense was dominant. Now, 0:17:40.770 --> 0:17:44.889 I go back to Eagles defensive coordinator Vic Fangio. Fangio 0:17:44.930 --> 0:17:45.540 or Fangio, Paul? 0:17:45.560 --> 0:17:46.240 Fangio, I think. 0:17:46.480 --> 0:17:47.419 Yeah, I call him Fangio. 0:17:47.460 --> 0:17:47.560 Italy. 0:17:47.640 --> 0:17:51.359 Italy. He has a shell defense, which basically eliminates big plays. 0:17:51.420 --> 0:17:54.459 So the result has been passing numbers going down, down, down. 0:17:54.840 --> 0:17:57.450 Now I have some numbers here for you, Paul. In 2020, 0:17:57.450 --> 0:18:02.899 240 yards per game of passing. Last year, 209. Last night, 178. 0:18:02.900 --> 0:18:06.940 I got to tell you right now, quarterbacks are not adjusting. 0:18:07.070 --> 0:18:10.750 Offenses are not adjusting. One more factor, the kickoff rules. 0:18:11.290 --> 0:18:13.330 You don't want to score too fast because then you're 0:18:13.369 --> 0:18:14.889 giving the other team the ball, the 35 or the 40. 0:18:14.869 --> 0:18:20.560 It's all about conservative play. Run-oriented offense. I think that's 0:18:20.580 --> 0:18:23.340 going to be the story of the year. No big 0:18:23.380 --> 0:18:24.820 passing yards at all. I love it. 0:18:24.820 --> 0:18:26.379 You know, I've always loved the running game, and I 0:18:26.400 --> 0:18:28.500 think it's interesting at defense. I think having a great 0:18:28.540 --> 0:18:31.500 defense allows you to not necessarily find your quarterback. You 0:18:31.520 --> 0:18:34.020 can find a good quarterback, not a great quarterback. Look 0:18:34.040 --> 0:18:37.119 at the Seahawks. If you get B-level quarterback play, like 0:18:37.140 --> 0:18:39.590 the Houston Texans, if they can get nice quarterback play 0:18:39.609 --> 0:18:41.030 out of C.J. Stroud this year, they're going to be 0:18:41.070 --> 0:18:43.629 just fine with that defense. The other thing, though, the 0:18:43.710 --> 0:18:45.489 NFL does not like when scoring goes down. 0:18:45.510 --> 0:18:46.390 Yeah, I was about to say. 0:18:46.490 --> 0:18:48.350 We'll save this for maybe later in the season or 0:18:48.390 --> 0:18:50.930 for February with the competition committee, but if scoring goes 0:18:50.970 --> 0:18:53.179 down noticeably this year, the NFL will react. 0:18:53.800 --> 0:18:55.880 Yeah, I mean, they'll probably do it through officiating, call 0:18:55.900 --> 0:18:59.080 more offensive pass, sorry, defensive pass interference. Did you notice 0:18:59.119 --> 0:19:02.060 last night's side topic? They called offside on a tush push. 0:19:02.380 --> 0:19:04.550 Seattle had a tush push, and it was completely made up. 0:19:04.619 --> 0:19:06.810 Yes, I looked at it right down the line. Nobody 0:19:06.830 --> 0:19:07.430 was offsides. 0:19:07.490 --> 0:19:09.790 Yeah, they're basically saying we don't want the tush push. 0:19:09.910 --> 0:19:12.090 It wasn't even the Philadelphia Eagles. It was the Seahawks. 0:19:12.500 --> 0:19:15.200 But if the NFL wants to change something, they will 0:19:15.240 --> 0:19:15.460 do it. 0:19:15.660 --> 0:19:18.290 It does feel like the NFL can't outlaw the tush-push 0:19:18.330 --> 0:19:21.369 because that's like an attack of one team's success, but 0:19:21.390 --> 0:19:23.270 they'll just keep calling it and calling it and calling it. 0:19:23.350 --> 0:19:26.230 Yeah, so we'll see. I know a lot of people 0:19:26.290 --> 0:19:28.210 don't like this defense, but I think it is a 0:19:28.250 --> 0:19:29.410 trend and it's not going away. 0:19:29.430 --> 0:19:31.020 All right, we're time for a little game here. We 0:19:31.040 --> 0:19:32.399 like to play this a couple times a week. It's 0:19:32.420 --> 0:19:34.119 called Who Said It? You and I, I think, are 0:19:34.140 --> 0:19:37.820 pitching an offer on this game. Who said it? Probably football-related. 0:19:38.160 --> 0:19:39.859 Here we go, Perloff. Here's the first one. I'll give 0:19:39.900 --> 0:19:42.320 it to you. You go first. He's like a mountain 0:19:42.340 --> 0:19:44.930 lion in a zoo that's just like pacing. I saw 0:19:44.950 --> 0:19:46.530 a mountain lion in a zoo and he was pacing 0:19:46.570 --> 0:19:48.470 back and forth. And I was like, you don't want 0:19:48.530 --> 0:19:50.840 to be that boy out to get I'm going to 0:19:50.880 --> 0:19:53.359 get not going to be good that's what it reminds 0:19:53.400 --> 0:19:54.980 me of okay I had to reread that. 0:19:54.960 --> 0:19:57.540 One pacing I'm going to say this is Miles Garrett 0:19:57.580 --> 0:20:00.720 talking about his new teammate Aaron Donald in practice like 0:20:00.760 --> 0:20:02.460 you don't want to block this guy he's going. 0:20:02.380 --> 0:20:04.020 To be really good I'm going to stay with the 0:20:04.080 --> 0:20:07.200 Rams I think this is Matt Stafford talking about Miles 0:20:07.320 --> 0:20:09.500 Garrett okay here we go let's take a look. 0:20:11.270 --> 0:20:14.210 He's like a mountain lion that's in the zoo that's 0:20:14.230 --> 0:20:17.640 just pacing. I saw a mountain lion at the Colorado Zoo. 0:20:18.080 --> 0:20:19.780 He was just pacing back and forth. I was like, 0:20:19.800 --> 0:20:21.359 y'all don't want that boy to get out. It's not 0:20:21.380 --> 0:20:24.230 going to be good. But that's what Bo reminded me of. 0:20:24.900 --> 0:20:26.040 It sure would have helped if we knew it was 0:20:26.080 --> 0:20:27.720 Colorado Zoo. That would have narrowed the field down a 0:20:27.720 --> 0:20:29.580 little bit. Nice job by our producers hiding that one 0:20:29.619 --> 0:20:29.869 from us. 0:20:30.140 --> 0:20:32.380 Yeah, I don't see it. I like Bo Nix a lot, 0:20:32.520 --> 0:20:35.699 but is he a mountain lion? Yeah. He seems more 0:20:36.560 --> 0:20:39.800 of a pleasant animal. Maybe a sheep. Not a sheep, but... 0:20:40.230 --> 0:20:40.909 Maybe a horse. 0:20:41.090 --> 0:20:43.370 Shockingly, we got it wrong again. All right, let's go. 0:20:43.470 --> 0:20:44.760 Round two. Who said it? 0:20:44.830 --> 0:20:45.570 Football-related. 0:20:45.630 --> 0:20:48.850 Here we go. Set it up on the screen. I've 0:20:48.890 --> 0:20:51.250 never been a big chip guy. I'm more just I 0:20:51.270 --> 0:20:53.359 don't dwell on the past too much. I see the 0:20:53.400 --> 0:20:55.600 potential that we have. We've had that for a few 0:20:55.880 --> 0:20:58.460 years now. Whatever's happened in the past is forgotten. 0:20:58.480 --> 0:20:58.800 Oh, okay. 0:20:58.820 --> 0:20:59.899 I got it. Chip on the shoulder? 0:21:00.869 --> 0:21:02.909 Yeah, this is a team that's gotten close but come 0:21:02.970 --> 0:21:05.490 up short. So it's either the Bills or the Ravens. 0:21:05.550 --> 0:21:07.510 I'm going to go Lamar Jackson, Baltimore quarterback. 0:21:07.530 --> 0:21:09.389 Okay, I'm going to go safety pick here. I'm going 0:21:09.410 --> 0:21:12.280 to go Josh Allen. Here we go. Who said this? 0:21:13.440 --> 0:21:16.980 I've never been like a big chip guy. I'm more just, man, 0:21:17.420 --> 0:21:20.600 I don't dwell on the past too much. I see 0:21:20.619 --> 0:21:23.580 the potential that we have, and we've had that for 0:21:23.619 --> 0:21:28.140 a few years now. So whatever's happened in the past 0:21:28.420 --> 0:21:29.000 is forgotten. 0:21:29.980 --> 0:21:31.560 Yeah, we've got to get one of these. 0:21:31.580 --> 0:21:32.600 We're not good at this game. 0:21:32.700 --> 0:21:34.980 No, we're already at the NFL season. Do you think 0:21:35.000 --> 0:21:36.740 we'll get our first one week five, week six? 0:21:36.859 --> 0:21:38.520 I thought you're supposed to have a chip on your shoulder. 0:21:38.540 --> 0:21:40.129 You're supposed to be motivated by something. He's got a 0:21:40.160 --> 0:21:42.149 high motor, and then next thing is obvious, you have 0:21:42.170 --> 0:21:42.850 a chip on your shoulder. 0:21:42.930 --> 0:21:45.590 Yeah, I mean, it could be a bone deposit, though, 0:21:45.609 --> 0:21:47.350 and you might need surgery for a chip on your shoulder. 0:21:47.369 --> 0:21:49.050 You don't want to scare the Lions fans with that. 0:21:49.070 --> 0:21:50.909 All right, coming up next, we're going to do on 0:21:50.950 --> 0:21:53.080 the table some more NFL questions and maybe a little 0:21:53.100 --> 0:21:56.340 bit about Otani and his situation. Stick around. Not so fast. 0:21:56.380 --> 0:21:56.940 Come back in a minute. 0:21:58.109 --> 0:22:01.070 Welcome back. Not so fast. Okay, we got Shohei Otani. 0:22:01.090 --> 0:22:05.179 He goes on the 15-day IL for the Dodgers. This 0:22:05.260 --> 0:22:07.899 is not good, Paul, if you're a Dodgers fan, although 0:22:08.240 --> 0:22:10.960 we've seen him play injured before. What do you make 0:22:11.180 --> 0:22:12.359 of the new designation? 0:22:12.500 --> 0:22:14.830 Now, a couple things here. When did it go from 0:22:15.230 --> 0:22:21.129 IR to IL? Because, you know, DL is the disabled list, 0:22:21.869 --> 0:22:24.949 injured reserve. I still have come to grips with that. 0:22:25.010 --> 0:22:27.929 I'm told it's 2019. Why change that? 0:22:28.040 --> 0:22:29.800 I don't know. Is that really a big deal? 0:22:30.000 --> 0:22:31.899 Okay, here's the other thing that should be concerning. If 0:22:31.960 --> 0:22:33.780 I'm a fan of the Dodgers, they say he's got 0:22:33.920 --> 0:22:35.180 arm issues. Is that the elbow? 0:22:35.590 --> 0:22:36.290 Is that the shoulder? 0:22:36.670 --> 0:22:38.719 Can we be a little more specific here? Because... You 0:22:38.740 --> 0:22:40.450 don't necessarily need him as a pitcher. You were talking 0:22:40.470 --> 0:22:42.330 about the rotation there, and they're going to be just fine. 0:22:42.570 --> 0:22:44.990 Dodgers are stacked. Now that everyone's coming back, they do 0:22:45.070 --> 0:22:47.030 not need him as a starter, a specialist. 0:22:47.070 --> 0:22:49.430 So they're managing him as a hitter for the postseason, 0:22:49.450 --> 0:22:50.570 I would think, less than a pitcher. 0:22:50.730 --> 0:22:52.930 Yeah, this is the first time we've really talked Otani 0:22:52.990 --> 0:22:55.880 on Not So Fast. Paul, I am a believer that 0:22:55.900 --> 0:22:58.060 they should never pitch him. I think he should be 0:22:58.100 --> 0:23:00.020 a hitter for the rest of his career like Babe 0:23:00.080 --> 0:23:03.240 Ruth because the pitching is going to wear down what 0:23:03.300 --> 0:23:05.640 I would say is the best hitter of our generation 0:23:05.720 --> 0:23:06.200 by far. 0:23:06.330 --> 0:23:07.970 I think this is such a quandary because a couple 0:23:08.010 --> 0:23:09.969 years ago when he had the elbow procedure, which was 0:23:10.030 --> 0:23:12.290 not a Tommy John, they said it wasn't a Tommy John. 0:23:12.590 --> 0:23:14.610 They got him back to hit, and he went 50-50, 0:23:14.630 --> 0:23:18.439 50-plus steals and hits. He was the best hitter in 0:23:18.460 --> 0:23:20.260 the baseball and one of the best seasons of all 0:23:20.300 --> 0:23:22.330 time a hitter's ever had. And then they bring him 0:23:22.369 --> 0:23:24.770 back as a pitcher, and now he's a good hitter. 0:23:25.070 --> 0:23:27.130 He's not having an Otani-ish season at the plate. 0:23:27.150 --> 0:23:30.430 Wow, he's hurt. He's clearly not himself. When he's healthy, 0:23:30.490 --> 0:23:32.310 maybe Aaron Judge is better, but he's right there as 0:23:32.330 --> 0:23:33.630 the top hitter. 0:23:33.750 --> 0:23:35.550 We may never know this from Dave Roberts or if 0:23:35.570 --> 0:23:37.250 the people do the contracts with the Dodgers, but do 0:23:37.290 --> 0:23:39.750 you think it's in his contract, Otani, that he pitches 0:23:39.790 --> 0:23:40.250 for the Dodgers? 0:23:40.710 --> 0:23:41.950 That he has a choice, you're saying? 0:23:41.990 --> 0:23:43.710 Yes, that his decision to be a pitcher. 0:23:44.030 --> 0:23:46.750 Oh, man, that would be tough. If you're an organization, 0:23:46.810 --> 0:23:48.310 I guess they didn't really have any leverage because they 0:23:48.390 --> 0:23:50.710 wanted him so badly. But you've got to control what 0:23:50.730 --> 0:23:52.909 position the guy plays. Can you actually put that in 0:23:52.950 --> 0:23:53.430 a contract? 0:23:53.690 --> 0:23:55.240 Somehow I think the Dodgers are going to be just 0:23:55.280 --> 0:23:57.260 fine because they have four aces ready to go, even 0:23:57.280 --> 0:23:59.100 if he's not ready. We'll keep an eye on that story. 0:23:59.300 --> 0:24:01.180 Let's get back to football, Perloff. Let's play a game 0:24:01.200 --> 0:24:03.360 we like to call On the Table. On the Table 0:24:03.380 --> 0:24:05.600 or Off the Table. I'll give you the concept. Ooh, 0:24:05.660 --> 0:24:06.260 new graphics. 0:24:06.300 --> 0:24:06.619 Whoa. 0:24:07.619 --> 0:24:09.580 Broke the budget for those graphics. All right, let's go 0:24:09.680 --> 0:24:09.959 On the Table. 0:24:09.980 --> 0:24:10.060 Okay. 0:24:10.830 --> 0:24:12.350 Here we go. Let's say this one. This is a 0:24:12.369 --> 0:24:16.409 little forward thinking of us. Is this Joe Burrow's final 0:24:16.490 --> 0:24:19.430 year with the Bengals? Assuming it doesn't go well. 0:24:19.690 --> 0:24:22.930 Well, obviously, right. It doesn't go well. There is logic there. 0:24:22.990 --> 0:24:26.060 They've put all their chips into this season. They got 0:24:26.100 --> 0:24:28.060 Dexter Lawrence from the Giants, one of the best defensive 0:24:28.100 --> 0:24:30.560 tackles in the game. But I don't think so. I 0:24:30.940 --> 0:24:33.700 actually heard a good point from a Cincinnati reporter. Joe 0:24:33.720 --> 0:24:36.790 Burrow has never mentioned leaving. We've talked a lot about it. 0:24:36.820 --> 0:24:40.879 We have. We have. Joe Burrow, we have no idea 0:24:40.920 --> 0:24:43.490 what he's thinking about Cincinnati. We just look at history. 0:24:43.850 --> 0:24:46.810 Carson Palmer wanted his way out of Cincinnati after about 0:24:46.869 --> 0:24:49.270 eight or nine years. So we were thinking Burrow might 0:24:49.330 --> 0:24:53.310 want the same. Now, the organization's done exactly what he wanted. 0:24:53.640 --> 0:24:57.580 They re-signed T. Higgins. Obviously, you have Chase. I'm not 0:24:57.640 --> 0:25:00.340 sure he's quite as unhappy there as we think he is. 0:25:00.400 --> 0:25:02.169 Yeah, he just seems to be a little more candid 0:25:02.210 --> 0:25:04.250 in press conference, and he kind of wears his emotions 0:25:04.330 --> 0:25:07.129 on his sleeve sometimes after those big losses. But I 0:25:07.170 --> 0:25:09.109 go back to the T. Higgins thing. They spent money 0:25:09.350 --> 0:25:12.340 on a good wide receiver and got him a lot 0:25:12.600 --> 0:25:16.180 of missed playoffs there. But the Dexter Lawrence addition shows 0:25:16.240 --> 0:25:19.800 their commitment financially. All the different financial commitments show him 0:25:19.820 --> 0:25:21.440 that they're in. This doesn't feel like the Bengals of 0:25:21.440 --> 0:25:22.179 15 years ago. 0:25:22.590 --> 0:25:25.850 No, banality doesn't necessarily loan itself to being a malcontent. 0:25:26.490 --> 0:25:28.760 Like a real malcontent, like a wide receiver who's trying 0:25:28.780 --> 0:25:29.670 to get his way out of town. 0:25:29.780 --> 0:25:32.040 Okay, next one on the table for you, Perloff. Brock 0:25:32.080 --> 0:25:33.659 Bauer is a great tight end for the Raiders. A 0:25:33.900 --> 0:25:36.680 little nicked up, got a little cut on the meniscus 0:25:36.700 --> 0:25:39.240 the other day like he's going to super cuts. Will 0:25:39.260 --> 0:25:40.600 the Raiders have a winning record? 0:25:41.400 --> 0:25:44.879 That is absolutely not on the table. Guaranteed it? Oh, 0:25:44.900 --> 0:25:46.879 my God. Yeah, I will guarantee it. It's not on 0:25:46.900 --> 0:25:48.679 this table. I don't see it anywhere here. How are 0:25:48.700 --> 0:25:49.870 the Raiders going to have a winning record? 0:25:50.470 --> 0:25:52.260 It does seem more than unlikely. 0:25:52.500 --> 0:25:55.380 Yes, so they have no receivers. They have Kirk Cousins 0:25:55.700 --> 0:25:59.060 in his late 30s starting. I don't think the average 0:25:59.100 --> 0:26:01.060 fan can name three or four guys on defense. I 0:26:01.100 --> 0:26:04.340 know Max Crosby is there, but for how long? DP 0:26:04.359 --> 0:26:06.139 threw out that maybe he's a cowboy by the end 0:26:06.180 --> 0:26:10.010 of the season. In that division, to me, that's not 0:26:10.050 --> 0:26:12.369 on the table at all. I like what they're building, 0:26:12.710 --> 0:26:13.950 but it's not about this year. 0:26:14.190 --> 0:26:16.550 You have to find one winnable game on that list, 0:26:16.590 --> 0:26:18.270 and it's the Jets, and the Jets by that time 0:26:18.310 --> 0:26:18.929 could be decent. 0:26:18.950 --> 0:26:20.730 Well, they got the Dolphins, too. 0:26:20.790 --> 0:26:21.910 Yeah, you're Dolphins. 0:26:22.470 --> 0:26:25.210 Another tanking team. Actually, you know what? And look at 0:26:25.250 --> 0:26:29.280 that schedule. Just maybe. It is a last-place schedule. Titans? Yeah, 0:26:29.320 --> 0:26:32.300 but to me, the Bowers injury was everything. I cannot 0:26:32.359 --> 0:26:36.359 believe their ultimate weapon. Probably the best tight end in 0:26:36.400 --> 0:26:38.899 the game. One or two games, but is he 100% 0:26:38.900 --> 0:26:40.270 when he gets back? I mean, they do have other 0:26:40.290 --> 0:26:42.330 tight ends, so it's not the worst position to have 0:26:42.369 --> 0:26:44.409 an injury, but he is their whole offense. 0:26:44.430 --> 0:26:46.369 All right, let's keep skewering negative. We like to do 0:26:46.390 --> 0:26:47.709 that on Not So Fast. All right, Perloff. 0:26:48.090 --> 0:26:48.350 J.J. 0:26:48.369 --> 0:26:51.470 McCarthy is now third string for the Vikings, not second string. 0:26:51.869 --> 0:26:53.790 You do that because you don't want to see him 0:26:53.850 --> 0:26:55.170 on the field. When you put him at third string, 0:26:55.190 --> 0:26:58.120 that's like he's basically inactive for the game unless there's 0:26:58.280 --> 0:27:00.379 double injuries. What does that say about his future? 0:27:00.859 --> 0:27:04.460 It is not long in Minnesota. You know, it's funny. 0:27:05.180 --> 0:27:07.780 I rooted for J.J. McCarthy. I love Kevin O'Connell, the 0:27:07.820 --> 0:27:10.320 coach there. You could see that marriage was not working 0:27:10.359 --> 0:27:12.420 at all. I bet you they shopped him for a 0:27:12.460 --> 0:27:15.480 sixth or seventh round pick this offseason. After the season 0:27:15.520 --> 0:27:17.879 is over, unless he comes in and really does something, 0:27:18.380 --> 0:27:20.000 I think they find a way to part ways. Even 0:27:20.020 --> 0:27:21.880 though they'll have him under contract at his rookie deal 0:27:22.180 --> 0:27:25.990 for a little bit longer, you can tell just in preseason, 0:27:26.030 --> 0:27:28.149 you saw that fastball he just threw there in the highlight. 0:27:28.650 --> 0:27:30.750 He is not the right guy for that system. I 0:27:30.770 --> 0:27:32.330 don't know why they didn't figure it out before. 0:27:32.670 --> 0:27:35.010 Yeah, it does feel like his career is elsewhere. And financially, 0:27:35.030 --> 0:27:36.490 they can keep him on the roster for as long 0:27:36.510 --> 0:27:38.150 as they want until they get some type of offer. 0:27:38.490 --> 0:27:40.870 I wonder if they're hoping that, not hoping, but looking 0:27:40.890 --> 0:27:43.230 for an opportunity where another team has a series of 0:27:43.270 --> 0:27:45.950 injuries at the quarterback position and has to find some depth. 0:27:46.150 --> 0:27:48.040 Yeah, and you know how I feel about Carson Wentz, 0:27:48.080 --> 0:27:50.060 the backup. I still think Carson Wentz is a good 0:27:50.080 --> 0:27:52.340 enough quarterback to win some games in the NFL. I 0:27:52.400 --> 0:27:55.180 am a little worried about Kyler Murray. Can he stay healthy? 0:27:55.200 --> 0:27:57.100 So we'll see if the backups in Minnesota get some play. 0:27:57.119 --> 0:27:59.880 All right, this is very mean-spirited by our production team here. 0:27:59.940 --> 0:28:02.900 Here's the next one for On the Table. Tua plays 0:28:02.980 --> 0:28:07.030 past week one with the Falcons. Wow, geez, that's Oh, boy. 0:28:08.040 --> 0:28:10.179 Obviously, is this referring to Mike Tomlin? 0:28:10.619 --> 0:28:12.840 We're going to get to that. But generally, do you 0:28:12.859 --> 0:28:15.820 think Tua will earn another week or stay healthy for 0:28:15.840 --> 0:28:16.260 another week? 0:28:16.960 --> 0:28:20.790 So I think it's on the table that they pull 0:28:20.810 --> 0:28:22.690 him after one week and they go to Michael Penix. 0:28:23.070 --> 0:28:23.830 That being said. 0:28:23.850 --> 0:28:24.369 Health related. 0:28:24.670 --> 0:28:28.230 Health related. No, I mean for Penix. Right, right. That 0:28:28.250 --> 0:28:31.040 being said, Penix, four days before the season says I'm 0:28:31.080 --> 0:28:34.450 not 100%. Can you get 100% in 10 days? 0:28:34.540 --> 0:28:36.500 I never had 100% in school. This is your thing. 0:28:36.560 --> 0:28:37.560 So tell me, how can you do that? 0:28:37.700 --> 0:28:40.620 I think Atlanta wants to see more of Tua. And 0:28:40.660 --> 0:28:43.900 it's not about Tua. Tua will be somewhere between okay 0:28:43.940 --> 0:28:44.360 and bad. 0:28:44.380 --> 0:28:45.600 So stopgap quarterback? 0:28:45.940 --> 0:28:48.140 Yeah, I just think they're not ready to go with Penix. 0:28:48.160 --> 0:28:50.060 Because if they were, they would have pushed him out 0:28:50.100 --> 0:28:52.280 there week one. I think you need a month to 0:28:52.300 --> 0:28:53.420 get Penix where he wants to be. 0:28:53.420 --> 0:28:55.700 All right, you referenced Mike Tomlin, who made his debut 0:28:55.720 --> 0:28:59.719 on NBC Sports yesterday. And Tomlin... was asked about Aaron Rodgers, 0:28:59.760 --> 0:29:02.240 who faces Tua in week one. And here's what Mike 0:29:02.280 --> 0:29:04.100 Tomlin had to say about Tua. Not so good. 0:29:04.860 --> 0:29:06.480 You know, it's less about Aaron for me, and it's 0:29:06.540 --> 0:29:09.200 more about the quarterback on the other side. His last 0:29:09.270 --> 0:29:11.650 visit to Pittsburgh didn't go well. I was in the 0:29:11.670 --> 0:29:12.550 stadium that day. 0:29:13.110 --> 0:29:13.690 They lost. 0:29:13.730 --> 0:29:15.730 He got benched. And so I think it's going to 0:29:15.750 --> 0:29:18.970 be a good day for Mike McCarthy, Patrick Graham, and 0:29:18.990 --> 0:29:21.030 the Pittsburgh Steelers and company. I'm going to pull a Devin. 0:29:21.150 --> 0:29:22.750 Mike, I have something to do with that. 0:29:22.770 --> 0:29:23.470 I've got a little. 0:29:23.310 --> 0:29:24.030 Something to say here. 0:29:24.050 --> 0:29:24.850 I'm going to pull a Devin. 0:29:24.870 --> 0:29:25.890 I'm going to go with the Steelers. 0:29:26.330 --> 0:29:28.100 Coach Tomlin said it with a smile on his face. 0:29:28.120 --> 0:29:28.880 That was an assault. 0:29:29.460 --> 0:29:31.360 Yeah, I mean, but it is a little bit of 0:29:31.420 --> 0:29:34.780 Steelers hyperbole, though. He still has black and gold in 0:29:34.820 --> 0:29:35.220 his blood. 0:29:35.330 --> 0:29:37.830 He just said that quarterback for Atlanta, he got pulled 0:29:37.870 --> 0:29:38.660 last time I saw him. 0:29:38.670 --> 0:29:42.170 That's horrible. Okay, I'm going to defend Tua. Tua was 0:29:42.190 --> 0:29:44.340 a good quarterback at one point. Everyone seems to forget 0:29:44.380 --> 0:29:44.780 that part. 0:29:44.950 --> 0:29:46.730 Yeah, he had that one year, I think it was 2023, 0:29:46.720 --> 0:29:49.420 where it looked like he recovered his career, the injuries 0:29:49.460 --> 0:29:51.780 had gone away, and he was just dialing. They had Waddell, 0:29:51.840 --> 0:29:54.300 they had Hill, they had McDaniel. Everything was going well. 0:29:55.300 --> 0:29:58.420 Fired coaches have to say the team they last were 0:29:58.530 --> 0:30:01.270 on is going to be really good. The Bills coach, 0:30:01.310 --> 0:30:03.570 Sean McDermott, former Bills coach, said the Bills are going 0:30:03.590 --> 0:30:05.370 to finally win the Super Bowl with him out of 0:30:05.390 --> 0:30:07.330 the building. Now, I don't think he really wants that 0:30:07.350 --> 0:30:10.430 to happen necessarily, but Tomlin, I think, was thinking he's 0:30:10.470 --> 0:30:13.420 a Steelers guy there. That being said, no one's excited 0:30:13.440 --> 0:30:13.760 for Tua. 0:30:13.780 --> 0:30:15.479 All right, that is a little on the table. We'll 0:30:15.500 --> 0:30:17.340 do some more football coming up. But this is called 0:30:17.360 --> 0:30:19.540 the rando, some random topic that drops in our lap. 0:30:19.640 --> 0:30:21.300 The other guy doesn't know it's coming. I was in 0:30:21.320 --> 0:30:22.860 Chicago the other day, and a buddy of mine is 0:30:22.920 --> 0:30:25.900 redoing this, like, man cave, rec room downstairs, and he's 0:30:25.940 --> 0:30:28.330 building a bathroom from scratch. He goes, you know what 0:30:28.350 --> 0:30:29.770 I'm doing, Paul? He goes, I'm going to put a 0:30:29.890 --> 0:30:32.170 urinal in here, like the stand-up urinals that you'd see 0:30:32.210 --> 0:30:34.870 at a bar back in the day. Is this approved, 0:30:34.940 --> 0:30:36.290 not approved by Not So Fast? 0:30:36.950 --> 0:30:39.450 I am a strong approval. In fact, that's one of 0:30:39.490 --> 0:30:42.790 my dreams, to have a urinal in your bathroom. Right. 0:30:43.250 --> 0:30:44.190 It's so much less work. 0:30:44.430 --> 0:30:46.430 Yeah, you could go in and out and probably not 0:30:46.470 --> 0:30:47.830 even miss an entire commercial break. 0:30:47.930 --> 0:30:50.260 And you don't leave the seat up or down. Your 0:30:50.320 --> 0:30:51.170 wife's not going to care. 0:30:51.300 --> 0:30:53.920 Very man-friendly. Now, you have to run that past the wife, 0:30:53.960 --> 0:30:56.020 I'm assuming, at some juncture in the building process. 0:30:56.040 --> 0:30:58.960 Yeah, no, I'm not sure she would like it. Now, 0:30:59.040 --> 0:31:01.300 can you also have wings and everything else that goes 0:31:01.320 --> 0:31:02.580 with a sports bar in your house? 0:31:02.700 --> 0:31:05.970 You could have a drop basket of wings. That'd be fantastic. 0:31:06.110 --> 0:31:08.430 Yeah, no, I would love it. Are you pro or con? 0:31:08.810 --> 0:31:11.150 You know, I worry sometimes about sanitation, you know, like 0:31:11.210 --> 0:31:13.170 how sanitary it is. You know, me as a Cubs fan, 0:31:13.190 --> 0:31:15.140 I'd rather have a trough, a full trough so the 0:31:15.180 --> 0:31:17.320 bros can get into it. But yeah, I would love 0:31:17.340 --> 0:31:17.860 a urinal. 0:31:17.680 --> 0:31:21.200 At the house. Okay. So we're approving not so fast 0:31:21.380 --> 0:31:25.030 as Urinals in the house are acceptable. All right, coming up, 0:31:25.550 --> 0:31:29.030 we have a new segment called Superloftives. We're going to 0:31:29.050 --> 0:31:32.690 look at some big statements for the NFL season, including 0:31:33.120 --> 0:31:35.480 the one-off season move that we forgot to talk about. 0:31:35.500 --> 0:31:36.960 We'll get into that next. Not so fast. 0:31:42.300 --> 0:31:46.060 What's it like when the backup quarterback comes in and 0:31:46.680 --> 0:31:50.580 how your job may change, like Seattle's offensive line last night? 0:31:51.820 --> 0:31:54.920 Well, playing for 20 quarterbacks during my NFL career, I'm 0:31:54.960 --> 0:31:57.860 not sure I know what it's like when the starting quarterback. 0:31:57.420 --> 0:31:57.980 Is in there. 0:31:58.540 --> 0:32:01.720 But let me put my hat on here as an 0:32:01.780 --> 0:32:05.020 analyst and just think about it. It makes you very concerned, right? 0:32:05.060 --> 0:32:08.770 Because as a tackle, now I'm not exactly sure where 0:32:08.810 --> 0:32:10.590 that quarterback is going to be. I know where he's 0:32:10.610 --> 0:32:13.910 supposed to be, but every quarterback, because of height and 0:32:13.930 --> 0:32:15.930 different body measurements, is going to end up at a 0:32:15.950 --> 0:32:18.190 different spot in their drop. And some guys, especially if 0:32:18.210 --> 0:32:20.190 they're shorter... They like to be a little bit deeper. 0:32:20.230 --> 0:32:22.150 They like to scramble. They like to step up maybe 0:32:22.170 --> 0:32:24.570 a little bit more. And so having reps with a 0:32:24.610 --> 0:32:27.340 backup is really important so that I have an understanding 0:32:27.660 --> 0:32:29.820 of where he's going to be on any given pass 0:32:29.840 --> 0:32:31.840 protection because I don't have eyes in the back of 0:32:31.880 --> 0:32:32.200 my head. 0:32:33.120 --> 0:32:36.260 Back on Not So Fast, Paps and Furlough, NBC Sports Now. 0:32:36.320 --> 0:32:39.230 That was unintentionally my favorite moment of the day. Dan 0:32:39.290 --> 0:32:41.970 asking Joe Thomas just casually about playing with a backup quarterback. 0:32:42.030 --> 0:32:43.920 And Joe Thomas saying... Most of the time I did 0:32:43.940 --> 0:32:45.020 play with backup quarterbacks. 0:32:45.040 --> 0:32:46.780 Yeah, I wonder if you can name all of them. 0:32:46.800 --> 0:32:48.780 By the way, Joe Thomas is the man. Can we 0:32:48.800 --> 0:32:52.110 just state that right now? His post-playing career, he's at 0:32:52.210 --> 0:32:54.310 Hall of Fame Farms. He looks like a farmer, but 0:32:54.350 --> 0:32:55.090 he's so cool. 0:32:55.150 --> 0:32:57.170 Yeah, he's dropped like 50 pounds. He's completely jacked. 0:32:57.390 --> 0:32:59.970 Yeah, I mean, he is right. He did not have 0:33:00.030 --> 0:33:00.870 steady quarterback play. 0:33:00.970 --> 0:33:02.920 Okay, I got a list of backup quarterbacks. It feels 0:33:02.940 --> 0:33:05.420 like Seattle's in pretty good shape as backup quarterbacks. I 0:33:05.460 --> 0:33:09.020 have some other high-end backup situations. My backup quarterback rankings 0:33:09.060 --> 0:33:11.320 list drops tomorrow. I'm going to tease this a little bit. 0:33:11.870 --> 0:33:14.220 Tyson Bajan with the Bears. He's kind of a hot property. 0:33:14.260 --> 0:33:16.140 Oh, and Case Keenan behind him, my guy. 0:33:16.260 --> 0:33:19.140 Well, you know what's funny? That's a great third-string quarterback. 0:33:19.180 --> 0:33:22.270 I hope he never plays. Joe Flacco with the Bengals. 0:33:22.770 --> 0:33:25.170 Tyrod Taylor with the Packers. That's a nice guy to have. 0:33:25.710 --> 0:33:26.850 Davis Mills with the Texans. 0:33:27.750 --> 0:33:30.510 Oh, you know what? Too threatening? I don't even know 0:33:30.530 --> 0:33:33.090 if he's threatening enough because Texas can win the Super Bowl. 0:33:33.230 --> 0:33:35.450 We've seen Davis Mills high end. I know there are 0:33:35.490 --> 0:33:37.830 Davis Mills-ites out there. I'm not one of them. 0:33:37.850 --> 0:33:40.310 I am one of them lightly. Justin Fields with the Chiefs. 0:33:40.470 --> 0:33:42.450 I don't want to see him play because that means 0:33:42.520 --> 0:33:44.740 something happened, but I kind of want to see him play. 0:33:44.840 --> 0:33:46.840 Well, apparently Andy Reid doesn't want to see him play 0:33:46.860 --> 0:33:47.720 because he's going to Holmes. 0:33:47.980 --> 0:33:50.480 Rams have Stetson Bennett, unproven, but a veteran. 0:33:50.860 --> 0:33:51.620 And Ty Simpson. 0:33:51.740 --> 0:33:54.100 Ty Simpson, who I think they have third string, so 0:33:54.500 --> 0:33:56.640 he doesn't play week one with a little ankle spur. 0:33:57.360 --> 0:34:00.460 The Vikings have Carson Wentz, your boy. And the 49ers 0:34:00.500 --> 0:34:03.480 have Mac Jones, who might be the highest of high second-stringers. 0:34:03.600 --> 0:34:06.220 He's probably the 33rd best quarterback in the NFL. 0:34:06.240 --> 0:34:08.200 Well, there's some teams that would probably take Mac Jones. 0:34:08.239 --> 0:34:10.009 If he didn't have a two-year contract with the Niners, 0:34:10.070 --> 0:34:11.910 I think people would have made plays for Mac Jones. 0:34:12.030 --> 0:34:16.350 Yeah, he's another resuscitation project for Kyle Shanahan. Now, I 0:34:16.390 --> 0:34:19.390 know my backups, but that being said, you really don't 0:34:19.410 --> 0:34:21.810 want a quarterback injury early in the season. You've got 0:34:21.830 --> 0:34:23.090 to have a guy who can fill in late. But 0:34:23.110 --> 0:34:25.120 the plan is never, like, you don't want to see 0:34:25.140 --> 0:34:27.200 Tyson Badgen in Chicago playing. in week two. 0:34:27.340 --> 0:34:29.080 No, but you also want to look at being prepared. 0:34:29.120 --> 0:34:31.299 Like the Chiefs last year, you didn't know Mahomes was 0:34:31.320 --> 0:34:32.980 going to be down, but they didn't have a situation 0:34:33.000 --> 0:34:35.080 in place because they had a couple backups hurt. All right, 0:34:35.100 --> 0:34:37.000 let's get to the next thing. We talked about Drake 0:34:37.060 --> 0:34:39.140 Bay yesterday. Not a good game. Three picks in the 0:34:39.180 --> 0:34:41.469 fourth quarter. Getting back to the game, here's what he 0:34:41.489 --> 0:34:42.610 had to say about his performance. 0:34:44.750 --> 0:34:49.049 Yeah, lost patience and cost of this. I think just 0:34:49.090 --> 0:34:52.350 decisions that cost us the game on my part and 0:34:52.430 --> 0:34:56.170 my end. I've asked myself to to be better and 0:34:56.210 --> 0:34:57.650 realize it's, you know, it's a long season, but at 0:34:57.670 --> 0:34:59.509 the same time, you can't have those, you can't have those. 0:34:59.550 --> 0:35:02.810 And it's unacceptable. And I know that, uh, you're getting 0:35:02.830 --> 0:35:05.640 back to work because, you know, that wasn't, you know, 0:35:05.660 --> 0:35:08.339 how I play football and how I want to represent, um, 0:35:08.360 --> 0:35:10.040 you know, my game and, and, you know, playing quarterback 0:35:10.060 --> 0:35:10.460 for Patriots. 0:35:11.620 --> 0:35:13.920 You can actually see, Paul, Drake may lose his patience 0:35:13.960 --> 0:35:16.020 in real time. He started taking these shots downfield. He 0:35:16.120 --> 0:35:18.650 definitely did not need to do it. But he's a 0:35:18.800 --> 0:35:21.610 big guy. He's a confident guy. Maybe he was just bored. 0:35:21.630 --> 0:35:25.130 The underneath stuff, he was incredible. The underneath stuff, he 0:35:25.150 --> 0:35:28.250 hit every pass. But he was 0 for 4 on 0:35:28.290 --> 0:35:31.560 passes over 20 yards with bad, bad results. I think 0:35:31.600 --> 0:35:33.339 he wanted to prove something last night. He thinks he's 0:35:33.380 --> 0:35:36.880 an elite quarterback. and he spoke about it right there. 0:35:37.340 --> 0:35:38.600 He got impatient. 0:35:38.840 --> 0:35:40.690 Yes, I think he got impatient. He got frustrated. I 0:35:40.730 --> 0:35:43.529 think after the Dobbs drop, he tried to force the 0:35:43.590 --> 0:35:46.230 next one in, and he threw a laser, but he 0:35:46.250 --> 0:35:47.569 threw it about 5 feet too high, and he got 0:35:47.590 --> 0:35:47.930 picked off. 0:35:48.230 --> 0:35:50.819 Yeah, I mean, now you get to the Patriots' schedule 0:35:50.840 --> 0:35:54.279 from last year. Is he great against bad teams, and 0:35:54.300 --> 0:35:56.700 can he play against the good teams? There's a lot 0:35:56.739 --> 0:35:57.879 to be determined there. It's weird. 0:35:57.940 --> 0:35:59.960 He does not feel like a guy who just played 0:35:59.980 --> 0:36:00.460 in the Super Bowl. 0:36:00.960 --> 0:36:03.840 All right, let's go to the other side, Seattle. JSN, 0:36:04.140 --> 0:36:07.319 amazing again last night. Offensive player of the year from 0:36:07.360 --> 0:36:09.259 last year. We'll see if he can do it with 0:36:09.280 --> 0:36:11.580 a backup quarterback. He talked about losing Sam Darnold. 0:36:13.700 --> 0:36:16.580 It's tough losing 14. I mean, he's the head of 0:36:16.600 --> 0:36:19.300 the snake. But we have each other's backs, like I said. 0:36:19.460 --> 0:36:22.700 You know, we fully trust in Drew Locke to come 0:36:22.760 --> 0:36:25.320 in and do his thing. Done it time and time again. 0:36:25.380 --> 0:36:28.680 So we just have to have each other's back, like 0:36:28.719 --> 0:36:31.800 I'm saying, and play. And like I said, I'm just 0:36:32.200 --> 0:36:33.200 super proud of everybody. 0:36:34.260 --> 0:36:37.400 That's a veteran maneuver there by JSN. You completely compliment 0:36:37.440 --> 0:36:40.620 Sam Darnold and then pivot and completely compliment Drew Locke. 0:36:40.900 --> 0:36:43.620 Because you have to think, I may be playing with 0:36:43.719 --> 0:36:45.100 one of these guys next week. I don't know what. 0:36:45.160 --> 0:36:47.200 You've got to be completely complimentary of both guys. 0:36:47.440 --> 0:36:50.120 Yeah, absolutely. He's a veteran. He knows what he's doing. 0:36:50.390 --> 0:36:52.129 But if you told me when Sam Darnold got hurt 0:36:52.230 --> 0:36:54.270 that JSN was going to go for 122 yards, that 0:36:54.330 --> 0:36:58.509 was an unbelievable performance. He saved Drew Locke. 0:36:58.570 --> 0:37:01.759 Well, I think that's smart by Drew Locke. Target JSN 0:37:01.940 --> 0:37:04.150 and good things will happen. You're not going to throw interceptions. 0:37:04.170 --> 0:37:05.920 That guy is almost always open or he's going to 0:37:05.940 --> 0:37:07.680 make a play for the ball. And you know it's 0:37:07.700 --> 0:37:09.620 a bit funny if JSN got up there and said, hey, man, 0:37:09.920 --> 0:37:11.279 as long as I'm healthy, we're going to be just 0:37:11.320 --> 0:37:12.839 fine because that's what everyone really thinks. 0:37:13.010 --> 0:37:15.150 Yeah, maybe, maybe. I don't know if that's true because 0:37:15.170 --> 0:37:17.370 I would double-team JSN. But then Cooper Cupp is out 0:37:17.390 --> 0:37:21.230 there making one-handed catches. Wait, by the way, this is 0:37:21.250 --> 0:37:22.910 a side topic here. What did you think of their rookie, 0:37:22.930 --> 0:37:24.750 Jadarian Price, for Seattle? 0:37:24.790 --> 0:37:26.669 You know, I like Jadarian Price. I had the over. 0:37:26.730 --> 0:37:29.010 He had 52 yards. I had 51 and a half. 0:37:29.660 --> 0:37:30.240 Oh, there you go. 0:37:30.300 --> 0:37:32.900 Just got that in. I think Jadarian Price, Chris Collinsworth 0:37:32.940 --> 0:37:35.839 mentioned Jadarian Price in the preseason, in the pregame and said, 0:37:36.170 --> 0:37:38.060 He didn't get any run in the preseason, so they 0:37:38.080 --> 0:37:40.379 may work him in lightly. But he averaged six yards 0:37:40.440 --> 0:37:42.210 a carry in college. He felt like he was on 0:37:42.230 --> 0:37:45.130 the cusp of breaking one last night. Again, we predicted 0:37:45.150 --> 0:37:46.609 him to be Rookie of the Year. When I say we, 0:37:46.670 --> 0:37:47.049 I mean me. 0:37:47.330 --> 0:37:49.969 All right. So we had a game last night and 0:37:49.989 --> 0:37:51.410 we have a second game tonight. I think we could 0:37:51.450 --> 0:37:53.690 still do season preview stuff, Paul. Are we allowed? 0:37:53.890 --> 0:37:55.290 Is it time for Superloftives? 0:37:55.370 --> 0:38:00.410 I think it's time for Superloftives. Let's go. It's catching 0:38:00.880 --> 0:38:02.109 fire around the nation here. 0:38:02.219 --> 0:38:03.700 Yeah, I think a lot of people, like a lot 0:38:03.719 --> 0:38:05.700 of players, want to get a Superloftives. I could feel 0:38:05.739 --> 0:38:06.400 them calling for it. 0:38:06.500 --> 0:38:08.839 Yeah, I haven't gotten those calls yet. I must have 0:38:08.860 --> 0:38:12.680 been busy. All right, first Superloftive. Who is the first 0:38:12.780 --> 0:38:16.140 quarterback to get the hook this season? Now, earlier in 0:38:16.160 --> 0:38:18.719 the show, we were talking about Tua at Atlanta. I 0:38:18.760 --> 0:38:21.320 don't think it's him. I think it's in Cleveland. I 0:38:21.360 --> 0:38:24.750 think Deshaun Watson has a real chance of getting pulled 0:38:25.270 --> 0:38:28.410 after two weeks, Paul. Look at the schedule. At Jacksonville, 0:38:29.010 --> 0:38:32.009 at the Bucs. Now, if Cleveland goes 0-2 and loses 0:38:32.070 --> 0:38:34.950 both those games and Watson plays poorly, like he did 0:38:34.989 --> 0:38:37.270 in the preseason, like he did the last time we 0:38:37.310 --> 0:38:39.630 saw him on the field, then I think you try 0:38:39.650 --> 0:38:42.200 Shador in Week 3, which is a home game against 0:38:42.219 --> 0:38:46.160 the Panthers. Here's the thing. Week 4, Thursday night game 0:38:46.280 --> 0:38:49.040 against the Steelers. So if it's a Thursday night game, 0:38:49.280 --> 0:38:52.310 you can't immediately put Shador in after three days of rest. 0:38:53.110 --> 0:38:54.870 I think they really look at week two. I think 0:38:54.890 --> 0:38:57.560 Deshaun's in trouble because I don't expect the Browns to 0:38:57.600 --> 0:38:58.219 do well in these games. 0:38:58.260 --> 0:38:59.540 Yeah, I'm with you on this one. I think it's 0:38:59.560 --> 0:39:01.540 going to be a short leash on this one. The 0:39:01.560 --> 0:39:03.520 superlative is the only thing he's going to win this year. 0:39:03.580 --> 0:39:06.020 I think he starts the month of September, goes 0-4, 0:39:06.340 --> 0:39:07.339 and the experiment is over. 0:39:07.920 --> 0:39:09.460 I like it. I mean, he's got a lot of money, 0:39:09.480 --> 0:39:13.219 so he'll be okay. All right, my second superlative, the 0:39:13.280 --> 0:39:15.989 player that you and I and the rest of NFL 0:39:16.010 --> 0:39:19.650 Nation forgot to talk about enough this offseason, that is 0:39:19.830 --> 0:39:23.549 Trey Hendrickson in Baltimore. Now, you're seeing the Ravens as 0:39:23.590 --> 0:39:26.730 a popular Super Bowl pick. It's got to be better 0:39:26.930 --> 0:39:30.490 on defense, and Trey Hendrickson was sort of the consolation. prize. 0:39:30.810 --> 0:39:33.029 They traded for Max Crosby. That guy called off for 0:39:33.070 --> 0:39:36.340 medical reason. Hendrickson comes over. I think he is a 0:39:36.500 --> 0:39:39.670 great pass rusher. On a really bad Cincinnati defense, he 0:39:39.710 --> 0:39:41.210 always stood out to me. I think he's going to 0:39:41.250 --> 0:39:43.450 make a lot of noise in Baltimore. And if you 0:39:43.489 --> 0:39:45.670 pick the Ravens for the Super Bowl, it's got to 0:39:45.690 --> 0:39:48.110 be in part because of Trey Hendrickson. But, Paul, you 0:39:48.150 --> 0:39:49.910 and I have not done a lot of Trey Hendrickson. 0:39:49.930 --> 0:39:52.149 No, we haven't chopped him up yet. It's more about 0:39:52.250 --> 0:39:55.760 us than him. He had back-to-back seasons of 17.5 sacks 0:39:55.800 --> 0:39:59.239 a couple years ago. He's perpetually underrated by playing. It's 0:39:59.300 --> 0:40:02.440 weird because he was the only defender you knew. Remember 0:40:02.460 --> 0:40:03.779 Geno Atkins years ago? 0:40:03.800 --> 0:40:04.239 Oh, yeah. 0:40:04.360 --> 0:40:05.299 That's a long time ago now. 0:40:05.320 --> 0:40:06.839 I know, but he was Pro Bowl like seven times 0:40:06.860 --> 0:40:08.560 in a row. He got no run with the Bengals. 0:40:08.820 --> 0:40:10.990 And now it's him. Trey Henderson gets no run. He'll 0:40:11.010 --> 0:40:12.310 get some run when he makes a statement here. 0:40:12.370 --> 0:40:13.930 Yeah, and by the way, we need to get back 0:40:13.969 --> 0:40:16.990 to that vicious Ravens defense. It can't be all Lamar 0:40:17.030 --> 0:40:19.009 all the time. If they want to win again, and 0:40:19.070 --> 0:40:20.550 a lot of people expect them to, it's got to 0:40:20.570 --> 0:40:21.029 be with the defense. 0:40:21.070 --> 0:40:22.149 Any excuse to mention Ed Reed. 0:40:22.650 --> 0:40:27.940 Okay, my last superloftive non-skill player... with the biggest impact 0:40:28.000 --> 0:40:30.460 this season. So that means no quarterbacks, no wide receivers, 0:40:30.500 --> 0:40:32.160 no running backs. And I'm not even going to give 0:40:32.180 --> 0:40:33.899 you a pass rusher. I don't want to hear about 0:40:33.960 --> 0:40:36.739 Micah Parsons and Aiden Hutchinson. I want a lineman. And 0:40:36.760 --> 0:40:40.030 it's going to be Eagles right tackle Lane Johnson. 0:40:40.070 --> 0:40:40.410 Wow. 0:40:40.650 --> 0:40:42.630 It's really weird for a team with all these stars 0:40:42.930 --> 0:40:45.250 to have a right tackle be their MVP. But I'm 0:40:45.270 --> 0:40:48.170 telling you right now, on the field, he's huge. But 0:40:48.230 --> 0:40:50.469 when he is out, which has been a little bit 0:40:50.510 --> 0:40:53.530 too much in recent years, The Eagles lose their confidence. 0:40:53.630 --> 0:40:56.380 He's a mountain of a man. When you're at Eagles practice, 0:40:56.700 --> 0:40:58.560 he will block the sun. You don't need sunscreen when 0:40:58.580 --> 0:41:02.920 Lane Johnson's around. And they are just so much better. Sorry, 0:41:02.940 --> 0:41:04.279 I don't have the exact number of what they are 0:41:04.320 --> 0:41:05.780 without him, but I know it's bad, Paul. 0:41:05.820 --> 0:41:08.200 Yeah, I would co-sign that without looking up. They're bad 0:41:08.219 --> 0:41:10.969 when Lane Johnson's not there. He's fantastic. And if you 0:41:10.989 --> 0:41:13.290 look at how the Eagles were built over the years, 0:41:13.370 --> 0:41:15.790 Dennis Kell, all those different players on the offensive line, 0:41:15.870 --> 0:41:18.730 Fletcher Cox in the defensive line, They win with those 0:41:18.770 --> 0:41:20.690 sides of the ball. If those guys don't get the pub, 0:41:20.890 --> 0:41:21.870 they go to the Pro Bowl every year. 0:41:22.070 --> 0:41:24.490 Yeah, absolutely. We had a lot of offensive line injuries 0:41:24.530 --> 0:41:27.450 in Philadelphia last year. It really hurt Saquon Barkley, so 0:41:27.489 --> 0:41:29.569 it's not just about Jalen Hurts. They've got to get 0:41:29.610 --> 0:41:32.030 that run game going to protect Hurts, and it starts 0:41:32.050 --> 0:41:32.750 with Lane Johnson. 0:41:32.830 --> 0:41:34.489 Good job. I can't wait for the players to get 0:41:34.530 --> 0:41:38.680 their awards. All right, coming up next, constructive criticism and 0:41:38.700 --> 0:41:40.960 a lot, lot more, plus the feel-good. Stick around. This 0:41:41.020 --> 0:41:41.800 is Not So Fast. 0:41:43.140 --> 0:41:46.040 Welcome back to Not So Fast, NBC Sports Now Peacock. 0:41:46.120 --> 0:41:49.440 I'm Andrew Perloff. He's Paul Paps. Now, every day here, 0:41:49.780 --> 0:41:51.380 we have leftovers. There's so many things we want to 0:41:51.420 --> 0:41:54.000 talk about, but we get to the leftovers, and we 0:41:54.040 --> 0:41:57.700 haven't talked enough today about George Kittle, Paul. He's back. 0:41:58.040 --> 0:42:00.600 There is no designation. He is playing for the San 0:42:00.620 --> 0:42:03.580 Francisco 49ers in Melbourne, Australia. 0:42:04.020 --> 0:42:05.020 Melbourne? Melbourne? 0:42:05.520 --> 0:42:07.380 I've been hearing it all over the place. 0:42:07.500 --> 0:42:08.900 Definitely Australia. I checked it. 0:42:08.900 --> 0:42:09.140 All right. 0:42:09.380 --> 0:42:10.799 How good do you feel about Kittle? I know he's 0:42:10.820 --> 0:42:11.340 a little banged up. 0:42:11.600 --> 0:42:12.969 I'm a little worried about Kittle. I'm not going to 0:42:13.030 --> 0:42:15.009 lie to you. He's one of those guys who does 0:42:15.150 --> 0:42:18.830 not have a change-up pitch. He goes full speed on 0:42:19.030 --> 0:42:22.370 every single play. And he's a bit magical. Like, things 0:42:22.430 --> 0:42:25.130 work out for him. But I think they need him healthy. 0:42:25.630 --> 0:42:28.230 I would not even send him to Australia. But he's 0:42:28.290 --> 0:42:31.020 so excited. I've seen him do some press conferences over there. 0:42:31.460 --> 0:42:33.700 He's become the ambassador for the NFL because he's got 0:42:33.719 --> 0:42:37.720 the best personality ever. But, you know, he's 32, got 0:42:37.760 --> 0:42:40.969 hurt in January. This is a rush job to me, 0:42:41.010 --> 0:42:41.790 and I'm very nervous. 0:42:41.910 --> 0:42:44.649 All right, 49ers, Rams tonight. I don't know what time 0:42:44.670 --> 0:42:46.450 zone it is. I don't know what time they're playing. 0:42:46.489 --> 0:42:48.650 Sean McVay pregame. Can I give you a snippet? 0:42:48.670 --> 0:42:50.310 You're going bulletin board versus bulletin board? 0:42:50.469 --> 0:42:51.759 Let me give you a snippet of Sean McVay. 0:42:51.840 --> 0:42:51.990 Go. 0:42:52.580 --> 0:42:54.799 Everyone's saying that we have the wrong sleep science, that 0:42:54.840 --> 0:42:57.060 we did this wrong. He basically is going to be 0:42:57.100 --> 0:42:59.280 so desperate to prove that he didn't have the wrong 0:42:59.320 --> 0:43:01.980 strategy by flying over at the last minute. He's going 0:43:02.000 --> 0:43:04.219 to get the team fired up like never before. I 0:43:04.260 --> 0:43:08.299 got the Rams 29-24. In reality, though, I just think 0:43:08.320 --> 0:43:10.719 the Rams are a better team. They're a more well-rounded 0:43:10.739 --> 0:43:13.800 team right now, even without Aaron Donald. I think Stafford, 0:43:14.280 --> 0:43:17.010 while healthy, is going to really step up here. Now, listen, 0:43:17.030 --> 0:43:19.630 Kyle Shanahan has generally had the Rams number. So this 0:43:19.650 --> 0:43:21.450 is going to be a really close game. But I 0:43:21.469 --> 0:43:23.189 think the Rams feel a lot of pressure, and they're 0:43:23.250 --> 0:43:24.149 veterans of the liver. 0:43:24.270 --> 0:43:26.469 By the way, 29 is a very wonky score, and 0:43:26.489 --> 0:43:27.989 I like it here at Not So Fast. We don't 0:43:28.010 --> 0:43:30.069 like round numbers here. I'm going to go with the 0:43:30.090 --> 0:43:32.330 49ers because they shouldn't win this game. You know, the 49ers, 0:43:32.690 --> 0:43:34.350 no one's picking them. Everyone thinks that the Rams are 0:43:34.370 --> 0:43:37.009 the biggest heavyweight of all time. I only want to 0:43:37.030 --> 0:43:39.370 see the 49ers win, not rooting, but to see how 0:43:39.430 --> 0:43:42.360 Sean McVay explains the sleep schedule and the travel schedule 0:43:42.380 --> 0:43:44.350 thing because he'll be asked about it. forever if they 0:43:44.390 --> 0:43:44.850 somehow lose. 0:43:44.930 --> 0:43:47.220 By the way, all overseas games end in like a 0:43:47.219 --> 0:43:51.600 15 or a 19. There's never been 28-21. Overseas, it 0:43:51.640 --> 0:43:52.819 was a weird, weird game. 0:43:52.840 --> 0:43:54.800 Well, they used different math over there. The metric system 0:43:54.840 --> 0:43:56.180 has something to do with it. All right, a little 0:43:56.200 --> 0:43:58.600 more leftovers here. Bobby Plump, if you don't know the name, 0:43:58.700 --> 0:44:02.390 happy birthday to Bobby Plump. Age 90. He was the, 0:44:02.950 --> 0:44:05.910 if you remember Hickory, the movie Hoosiers, he was part 0:44:05.930 --> 0:44:08.390 of the Milan Miracle, Milan High School. He was the guy, 0:44:08.450 --> 0:44:09.969 Bobby Plump, who hit the shot at the end of 0:44:09.989 --> 0:44:12.709 the game. He actually stood there for four minutes before 0:44:12.750 --> 0:44:14.790 he took the shot. and then Jimmy Chitwood did in 0:44:14.810 --> 0:44:15.890 the movie with Gene Hackman. 0:44:16.310 --> 0:44:19.640 Okay, so Hoosiers is a documentary, basically, is what I'm hearing. 0:44:19.820 --> 0:44:24.020 Hoosiers is based on the Milan Miracle, Milan High School, 1954. 0:44:24.020 --> 0:44:27.360 Bobby Plump hit the shot. against Crispus Atticus High School, 0:44:27.500 --> 0:44:28.180 and they won the whole thing. 0:44:28.200 --> 0:44:29.719 Now, what about the backstory where Jimmy Chitwood. 0:44:29.760 --> 0:44:30.940 Actually, check that. Not Crispus Atticus. 0:44:31.380 --> 0:44:33.279 Jimmy Chitwood was going to leave the team, and then 0:44:33.320 --> 0:44:35.069 he came back because he liked the coaches. All that. 0:44:35.190 --> 0:44:35.950 Bobby Plump, too? 0:44:36.070 --> 0:44:37.910 That's more Hollywood. I think that's more Hollywood. 0:44:37.930 --> 0:44:38.320 Got it, got it. 0:44:38.370 --> 0:44:40.109 Bobby Plump, age 90, did hit the shot. 0:44:40.130 --> 0:44:40.210 Okay. 0:44:40.310 --> 0:44:42.810 All right, it's time for a little constructive criticism, something 0:44:42.850 --> 0:44:45.310 we did good, bad, or ugly. Pearl, if your new 0:44:45.350 --> 0:44:47.469 shirt is in play as a topic. Here we go. 0:44:47.510 --> 0:44:51.739 Constructive criticism. First one. CyHawk Week. 0:44:51.840 --> 0:44:52.380 Ooh, yes. 0:44:52.700 --> 0:44:56.050 I'm a huge Cyclone fan. Iowa State at Iowa. Hawkeye 0:44:56.090 --> 0:44:58.580 buddies invited me to their tailgate and seats for the game, 0:44:58.900 --> 0:45:02.020 but he's an Iowa State fan. How subdued, frantic, polite 0:45:02.040 --> 0:45:04.259 should I be? If you're hanging with friends at a 0:45:04.300 --> 0:45:07.670 tailgate and you don't agree on the teams, you could poke, 0:45:07.910 --> 0:45:09.649 you could jab, just don't go for the knockout punch. 0:45:10.050 --> 0:45:12.120 Have a few drinks, eat a few bratwurst, and keep 0:45:12.160 --> 0:45:12.980 it friendly, as we say. 0:45:13.260 --> 0:45:16.700 Well, my sense of Iowa fans is generally they're pretty nice. 0:45:16.900 --> 0:45:19.219 But Iowa State seems to ramp it up a little bit. 0:45:19.300 --> 0:45:22.820 But still, it's not Giants-Cowboys. You're not going to get 0:45:22.880 --> 0:45:24.540 beat up for rooting for the other team? I don't 0:45:24.560 --> 0:45:25.219 think so. Or maybe you are. 0:45:25.560 --> 0:45:28.540 No, they'll probably make fun of whatever you're wearing, but 0:45:28.760 --> 0:45:29.399 still offer you a brat. 0:45:29.920 --> 0:45:32.900 Yeah, see, I'm very careful because I grew up in Philadelphia. 0:45:32.940 --> 0:45:34.960 That's different. If you come into the link wearing an 0:45:35.020 --> 0:45:36.540 opposing team's jersey, it's bad. 0:45:36.660 --> 0:45:38.510 They don't do that in Ames or Iowa City. All right, 0:45:38.590 --> 0:45:41.549 here you go. Next one for constructive criticism, Perloff. How 0:45:41.610 --> 0:45:43.509 is it possible the Bears have still not had– wow, 0:45:43.530 --> 0:45:45.330 did you set this one up? The Bears have still 0:45:45.370 --> 0:45:48.689 not had a 4,000-yard passer. Well, by choice, by conscious choice. 0:45:48.710 --> 0:45:50.870 We want to focus on the running game for 100 years. 0:45:50.910 --> 0:45:53.370 That's what the Bears wanted to do. It does feel 0:45:53.390 --> 0:45:56.870 like Kayla Williams was close last year and could get 4,000. 0:45:56.870 --> 0:45:59.469 Bears fans don't care. I know you want to check 0:45:59.489 --> 0:46:02.070 that box at 4,000 yards, but just beat the Packers 0:46:02.110 --> 0:46:02.989 in advance in the playoffs. 0:46:03.239 --> 0:46:05.110 Well, it's funny because Coach Ben Johnson said they were 0:46:05.140 --> 0:46:08.340 going to have a record-setting offense. Yeah, just get to 4,000. 0:46:08.340 --> 0:46:11.500 I think Eric Kramer is still the franchise's leading passer. 0:46:11.660 --> 0:46:12.120 Good poll. 0:46:12.239 --> 0:46:15.540 It's bizarre. It is completely bizarre they haven't hit this number. 0:46:15.980 --> 0:46:18.000 That being said, they like to run the ball, Paul, 0:46:18.020 --> 0:46:19.800 so I wouldn't be surprised if Ben Johnson was a 0:46:19.820 --> 0:46:20.590 little conservative. 0:46:20.719 --> 0:46:24.110 There were years where they aspired for a 3,000-yard pass. 0:46:24.170 --> 0:46:27.569 All right, last one for constructive criticism. I think we 0:46:27.610 --> 0:46:30.089 have one more left. Constructive criticism, here we go. Let's 0:46:30.150 --> 0:46:34.290 check this one out, Perloff. Rye, the librarian, I think 0:46:34.330 --> 0:46:35.989 people are sleeping on the Titans this year as a 0:46:36.010 --> 0:46:39.470 potential wildcard team. They make a lot of sneaky offseason moves. 0:46:39.950 --> 0:46:41.960 And I'm curious to see how Cam Ward does. So 0:46:42.020 --> 0:46:43.180 sneaky that we don't know about them. 0:46:43.420 --> 0:46:47.480 Well, yeah, and then they did a rope-a-dope in the preseason. Basically, 0:46:47.500 --> 0:46:48.980 Cam Ward played terribly. 0:46:49.000 --> 0:46:49.700 Oh, it's a setup? 0:46:50.140 --> 0:46:52.120 Yeah, it was a setup. I mean, he does have 0:46:52.140 --> 0:46:55.509 good receivers. He's got Carnell Tate, Calvin Ridley. They have 0:46:55.550 --> 0:46:57.730 had a running game. We love Robert Sala. Did you 0:46:57.770 --> 0:46:59.890 hang out with Robert Sala in Tahoe with the Dan 0:46:59.910 --> 0:47:00.190 Patrick show? 0:47:00.210 --> 0:47:03.810 We saw him, his beautiful skull. It's completely jacked. Very frustrating. 0:47:03.830 --> 0:47:04.430 Good looking guy. 0:47:04.680 --> 0:47:06.560 Yeah, no, there's a lot of people in on the 0:47:06.620 --> 0:47:10.060 Titans team. Cam Ward, second-year jump. Second-year quarterbacks can make 0:47:10.080 --> 0:47:12.799 the Super Bowl. I love Cam Ward. You never know 0:47:12.820 --> 0:47:14.440 what's going to happen when he drops back. He might 0:47:14.500 --> 0:47:17.240 scramble 30 yards backwards and then hit a backup tight 0:47:17.300 --> 0:47:20.190 end 50 yards down the field. I'm into the Titans. 0:47:20.290 --> 0:47:21.129 I hope they're good. 0:47:21.230 --> 0:47:23.410 Yeah, Cam's going to complete it to somebody. Our team, 0:47:23.430 --> 0:47:25.950 your team, whatever team. All right, let's get to the feel-good. 0:47:25.989 --> 0:47:27.850 Something to leave you feeling good before the day as 0:47:27.890 --> 0:47:28.310 you go off. 0:47:29.250 --> 0:47:29.830 Here we go, Pearl. 0:47:32.370 --> 0:47:35.070 The feel-good for today. Oh, of course. White Sox Pirates, 0:47:35.150 --> 0:47:38.920 bring your own dog night. Come and pet the puppy, 0:47:39.180 --> 0:47:40.900 you kids. Come hang out. 0:47:42.060 --> 0:47:43.960 I'm noticing that a lot of the field goals happen 0:47:44.040 --> 0:47:45.060 in baseball crowds. 0:47:45.420 --> 0:47:47.930 Yeah, because baseball, I don't know who started this, bringing 0:47:47.950 --> 0:47:49.370 a dog to a game night. I don't know if 0:47:49.390 --> 0:47:50.770 it's the Pirates or not, but it seems to be 0:47:50.790 --> 0:47:51.230 catching on. 0:47:51.390 --> 0:47:53.190 Now, what if it's not a good boy and you 0:47:53.210 --> 0:47:55.110 have a dog? What if the dog is getting a 0:47:55.110 --> 0:47:57.160 little out of control, sees a hot dog three rows up? 0:47:58.030 --> 0:47:59.530 That would be a problem. That would be a problem. 0:47:59.590 --> 0:48:00.469 That would not be feel good. 0:48:00.510 --> 0:48:02.410 When you buy your ticket, you buy the ride. And 0:48:02.430 --> 0:48:03.779 what happens, you get bit by a dog, you get 0:48:03.800 --> 0:48:04.219 bit by a dog. 0:48:04.480 --> 0:48:04.620 Yeah. 0:48:04.640 --> 0:48:04.739 Yeah. 0:48:05.219 --> 0:48:07.060 By the way, my takeaway from the show is about 0:48:07.080 --> 0:48:09.339 the urinals in your house. That's the biggest deal to me. 0:48:09.420 --> 0:48:11.100 We all aspire to have one. All right, thanks for 0:48:11.280 --> 0:48:14.680 watching Not So Fast. Dan Patrick's show tomorrow on NBC 0:48:14.719 --> 0:48:16.880 Sports Now. And stick around, hang with us, get you 0:48:16.900 --> 0:48:18.719 a recap of the entire game, 49ers-Rams. 0:48:18.940 --> 0:48:21.680 Yeah. No more sleep science talk after this game. No, 0:48:21.719 --> 0:48:22.330 we're all going. 0:48:23.860 --> 0:48:28.109 To take a nap. 0:48:28.530 --> 0:48:29.810 We'll be right back.