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Speaker 1: But actually I could see have a little bit of

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Speaker 1: a renaissance at least given that he has an opportunity, say,

425
00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:02,679
Speaker 1: am Donald, last year was bad, right, it was? It

426
00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:06,280
Speaker 1: was really ugly. Now part of that and listen. I

427
00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:09,560
Speaker 1: think sometimes the media hype train when it comes to

428
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Speaker 1: assistant coaches can take on a life of its own.

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Speaker 1: I see it with executives and gms. I mean, I

430
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Speaker 1: see a list of some of the GMS, and I

431
00:22:16,119 --> 00:22:17,639
Speaker 1: know some guys in the league that aren't even on

432
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Speaker 1: these lists, and I'm like, there's no chance that the

433
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Speaker 1: guy I know is not better than this guy. But

434
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Speaker 1: they don't have you know, the Peter Kings or the

435
00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:26,600
Speaker 1: Albert Bers or whoever you know, the agent circle, they're

436
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Speaker 1: not in tight like that. So part of having a

437
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Speaker 1: PR campaign can take you to another level. Now with

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Speaker 1: an assistant coach. Joe Brady was part of that team

439
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Speaker 1: right with with that Ogeron and Ow and l s U.

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00:22:38,520 --> 00:22:41,800
Speaker 1: But looking back, like, could you or I have coordinated

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Speaker 1: that team? They had justin Jefferson, Jamaar Chase and Joe Burrow.

442
00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:47,639
Speaker 1: You could argue that is the greatest two wide receiver

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Speaker 1: quarterback combination in the history of college sports. Me was

444
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Speaker 1: the number one overall pick who just took the Bengals

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Speaker 1: of the Super Bowl, and two wide receivers that within

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Speaker 1: a year or two might just be one in who

447
00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:03,760
Speaker 1: the best two wide receivers in a wide receiver league.

448
00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:07,000
Speaker 1: So Joe Brady star shot off like a rocket. A

449
00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:08,680
Speaker 1: year and a half later he was running a town.

450
00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:11,760
Speaker 1: He wasn't any good. So Sam Donald was not any

451
00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:14,360
Speaker 1: good either, but we we've talked about this over and over.

452
00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:18,000
Speaker 1: As a quarterback, you are very dependent on the players

453
00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:21,399
Speaker 1: around you, your offensive line, and your play caller. Like

454
00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:24,440
Speaker 1: this is not the NBA. If you are Luka don

455
00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:28,240
Speaker 1: Chich or you know, Nicolas Yokich, where it doesn't matter

456
00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:30,720
Speaker 1: who you're playing with, you can drop forty twenty and

457
00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:33,960
Speaker 1: ten and carry your team to the playoffs. That's not

458
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Speaker 1: really how it works in football. If your team is

459
00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:38,960
Speaker 1: shitty and your coaches don't know what they're doing, there's

460
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Speaker 1: only so many tom brady or I mean Tom Brady's,

461
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Speaker 1: but even Tom Brady has always had good coaches. Peyton

462
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Speaker 1: Manning probably had some questionable ones, uh and some pretty

463
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Speaker 1: good ones, but he easily could have been his own

464
00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:53,359
Speaker 1: offensive coordinator. I would say he's a complete outlier most quarterbacks.

465
00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:56,720
Speaker 1: Josh Allen needed Brian dave Ball, Patrick Mahomes needed Andy

466
00:23:56,800 --> 00:24:00,520
Speaker 1: Reid nature in the sport, and we're I think we're

467
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Speaker 1: gonna see Sam Donald for the first time have a

468
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Speaker 1: really good offensive coordinator because Ben mcindow, while it was

469
00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:08,440
Speaker 1: very ugly as a head coach, and it was ugly,

470
00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:11,240
Speaker 1: never forget when he took over as the offensive coordinator

471
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Speaker 1: Tom Coughlin. Toward those latter years, Eli had one of

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Speaker 1: the best seasons of his career. Now, Sam Donald does

473
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Speaker 1: not necessarily have O T A S and training camp.

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Speaker 1: He has a lot of pressure on him right now.

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Speaker 1: But for the next twenty days or twenty five days

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Speaker 1: or however long they're practicing till summer break, Sam doesn't have.

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Speaker 1: They have not traded for Jimmy Garoppolo. They have not

478
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Speaker 1: traded for Baker Mayfield. Like it's just him and Matt Corral,

479
00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:35,840
Speaker 1: which he clearly has a huge advantage over because he's

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Speaker 1: been in the league for a while. So Sam Donald

481
00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:40,760
Speaker 1: can just get in with Ben mcnow. Matt rules not

482
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Speaker 1: an offense that Matt rules the CEO head coach. So

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Speaker 1: if Ben mcinnow goes, listen, I've one with Eli. I've

484
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Speaker 1: been around Rogers. I'm not saying Sam Donald's those guys,

485
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Speaker 1: But what if Ben mcindoo looks at him, goes, I

486
00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:52,400
Speaker 1: think I can win some games with this guy. I

487
00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:54,920
Speaker 1: like this guy. We're hitting it off. I think Sam

488
00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:58,400
Speaker 1: Donald can just resurrect his career. Is probably the wrong word,

489
00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:00,760
Speaker 1: because we gotta see how he plays, but just keep

490
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Speaker 1: his spot because the number one question, if O t

491
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Speaker 1: as Go a little weird is gonna be like is

492
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Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield Jimmy Garoppolo is gonna be their starting quarterback.

493
00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:11,439
Speaker 1: But if Sam Donald has a really productive, good and

494
00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:14,639
Speaker 1: it hits it off as a relationship with his offensive coordinator,

495
00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:17,359
Speaker 1: I think Sam Donald could survive. And never forget. Sam

496
00:25:17,359 --> 00:25:19,840
Speaker 1: Donald is not like some random fifth or sixth round pick.

497
00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:22,880
Speaker 1: This guy was the third overall pick, and I remember

498
00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:25,400
Speaker 1: Daniel Jeremiah had this comparison and I really liked it.

499
00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:28,840
Speaker 1: Had some Russell Wilson to him. Now, based on what

500
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Speaker 1: we've seen, not even close. I'm not trying to pretend

501
00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:34,399
Speaker 1: he's been anything other than what we've saw seen, and

502
00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:36,399
Speaker 1: it hasn't been good. But what if he's just been

503
00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:40,080
Speaker 1: in the shittiest of shitty spots. Adam Gaze complete laughing stock,

504
00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:43,520
Speaker 1: Joe Brady completely over his head right, What if it

505
00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:47,720
Speaker 1: just takes a guy who's coordinated offenses at the NFL level,

506
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Speaker 1: on the playoff level, to just get his career. We're

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Speaker 1: not talking about a thirty two year old Sam Dold's

508
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Speaker 1: like twenty four years old. They have some weapons. If

509
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Speaker 1: McCaffrey can somehow stay healthy, what if Sam Donald can

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Speaker 1: just all of a sudden, Week one comes around, Sam

511
00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:07,840
Speaker 1: Donald's are starting quarterback, I wouldn't necessarily rule it out. Uh,

512
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Speaker 1: some other NFL nuggets, Baker Mayfield, no go. I just

513
00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:16,160
Speaker 1: don't see if Sam Donald kind of gets things going.

514
00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:19,240
Speaker 1: I don't know where he goes. I really don't. I

515
00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:22,800
Speaker 1: saw his wife Instagram. They took a little getaway trip.

516
00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:24,879
Speaker 1: He was drinking a beer. Hey, I guess he's just

517
00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:28,320
Speaker 1: hanging out. Um, you know, it's just his career went

518
00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:31,640
Speaker 1: from being the savior of the Cleveland Browns leading them

519
00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:35,400
Speaker 1: to the playoffs, beating the Pittsburgh Steelers in the playoffs

520
00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:38,720
Speaker 1: on the road hines Field to now being told not

521
00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:41,000
Speaker 1: only we don't want you to come to o t S,

522
00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:44,040
Speaker 1: you don't even have a home yet. Now Luckily, because

523
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Speaker 1: the fifth year option, he's guaranteed basically nineteen million dollars.

524
00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:49,800
Speaker 1: He's making that money no matter what. But are we

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Speaker 1: sure is he a lock? This might sound crazy? Is

526
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Speaker 1: he a lock to be on a team come Week one?

527
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Speaker 1: I wouldn't say it's like fifty chance that he doesn't

528
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Speaker 1: have a job, But if you told me there's a

529
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Speaker 1: chance that he's like doesn't have a job just starting

530
00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:08,640
Speaker 1: week one. I'm not saying his careers over anything, but

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Speaker 1: it is going pretty weirdly, Like this is pretty bizarre

532
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Speaker 1: that we went from there to now here and a

533
00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:18,879
Speaker 1: little like Carson Wentz, it feels like, do you guys

534
00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:21,760
Speaker 1: like him? Do people like him? That's an underrated part

535
00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:24,639
Speaker 1: about playing quarterback, right. Hell, you can say in any business,

536
00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:26,840
Speaker 1: do people like you like? Do the people you work

537
00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:28,359
Speaker 1: with or people are trying to work with, or do

538
00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:31,520
Speaker 1: your reputation? Do people like you? Right? And that's one thing. Jimmy,

539
00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:33,560
Speaker 1: Jimmy Garoppolo, I don't even know how good he is,

540
00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:36,720
Speaker 1: you know, average at best. People just like Jimmy Garoppolo.

541
00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:38,960
Speaker 1: I was like, yeah, I just like the guy. Good guy.

542
00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:42,040
Speaker 1: You know. Matt Stafford. When everyone was shipping on him

543
00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:44,800
Speaker 1: for basically a decade that he's overrated, not worth it,

544
00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:47,879
Speaker 1: every single person who competed against him or played with

545
00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:51,160
Speaker 1: them got his back saying his praises. He was beloved,

546
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Speaker 1: Matt Ryan. All these guys philip rivers that we nitpick,

547
00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:56,760
Speaker 1: who are not like the top five guys, they're just

548
00:27:56,920 --> 00:28:00,480
Speaker 1: loved by their teammates, by their coaches. Under rated part

549
00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:03,440
Speaker 1: in football, especially at quarterback. You could argue any position,

550
00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:07,480
Speaker 1: but at quarterback, like coaches will overlook some of your flaws.

551
00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:09,720
Speaker 1: If it's like I want that guy in my meeting room,

552
00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:12,480
Speaker 1: I want that guy in my building. I'd want that guy.

553
00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:15,120
Speaker 1: This is a scout old scouting term and you could

554
00:28:15,119 --> 00:28:16,919
Speaker 1: probably use it in any Walker life, like I'd like

555
00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:19,760
Speaker 1: that guy to marry my daughter. And it feels like

556
00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:22,159
Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield and Carson Wentz kind of have this negative

557
00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:26,399
Speaker 1: connotation around him, and perception can become reality pretty quickly,

558
00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:29,480
Speaker 1: and eventually, if you're around enough people, it's no longer perception,

559
00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:33,359
Speaker 1: just simple facts. And you know this guy just again

560
00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:36,240
Speaker 1: two years ago leading a team to win playoff games.

561
00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:40,120
Speaker 1: Now it feels like he's untouchable. Uh. The number one

562
00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:45,520
Speaker 1: overall pick Trayvon Walker and listen, we've made this comparison NonStop.

563
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Speaker 1: When ball Ky was gonna have the pick, was he's

564
00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:51,320
Speaker 1: gonna look at this guy like Alton Smith and Alton Smith.

565
00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:53,520
Speaker 1: At the time he drafted him, people thought he was

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Speaker 1: pretty crazy. Now he went to a defense that was loaded.

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Speaker 1: They had Justin Smith, they had Patrick Willis, they had

568
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Speaker 1: a Mod Brooks, they had no Arrel Bowman. Ray McDonald

569
00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:05,040
Speaker 1: terrible human, really good football player. Uh that they were

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Speaker 1: stacked and all didn't shined. Now, the one thing I've

571
00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:10,880
Speaker 1: heard the difference between Alden and this Alden was a

572
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Speaker 1: fluid athlete. When you saw Alden in person, you just

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Speaker 1: you marveled at his body type. I still to this day,

574
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Speaker 1: and I've been going to NFL practices for you know,

575
00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:24,560
Speaker 1: over a decade, and on the sideline of games he is.

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00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:27,360
Speaker 1: He's a freak show. Now, this guy physically is pretty

577
00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:29,080
Speaker 1: big too. But the thing that I've heard, and I

578
00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:32,320
Speaker 1: know he tested well, is he's not Mr Fluett. He's

579
00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:35,680
Speaker 1: actually much more robotic. But they're playing him an outside linebacker.

580
00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:38,840
Speaker 1: So I think Balky has these visions of he's got

581
00:29:38,840 --> 00:29:42,240
Speaker 1: his next Alton Smith. And I again, I don't claim

582
00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:45,120
Speaker 1: to like watch every snap this guy took, but the

583
00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:47,080
Speaker 1: people I know and trust in the NFL think that

584
00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:50,719
Speaker 1: is laughable. And I understand why Balky did it. I mean,

585
00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:53,840
Speaker 1: I commend Balky might as well take a swing. But

586
00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:55,960
Speaker 1: part of taking a big swing and hitting home run

587
00:29:56,040 --> 00:29:57,880
Speaker 1: is you might strike out. I mean, there's gonna be

588
00:29:58,160 --> 00:30:00,360
Speaker 1: there's gonna be some pressure on this kid, especially because

589
00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:02,960
Speaker 1: a lot of guys on his own college team. Let's

590
00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:05,400
Speaker 1: face it, I would say at minimum three of the

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Speaker 1: Georgia guys that were drafting the first round, like ten

592
00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:09,840
Speaker 1: of them were drafted, are probably gonna be pretty good.

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Speaker 1: Like Jordan Davis, I would guess, not gonna suck. There's

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Speaker 1: several other guys on that defense that are probably gonna

595
00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:18,360
Speaker 1: be impact players. So when you're the number one overall

596
00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:21,880
Speaker 1: pick on a really bad team, it's it's gonna be interesting.

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Speaker 1: Talk about a former number one overall pick, Clowney who

598
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Speaker 1: resigned in Cleveland. Clearly they feel comfortable with him. Uh,

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00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:32,920
Speaker 1: you know, I I would say, is overall career a

600
00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:37,040
Speaker 1: little underwhelming. Obviously made a lot of money. Uh, had

601
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Speaker 1: some moments, but you know, he just a little nodamic

602
00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:44,640
Speaker 1: and suwish I would say. I would say Sue's had

603
00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:47,080
Speaker 1: a better career. Sue kind of found himself and became

604
00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:49,760
Speaker 1: much more dependable as he got older. It still feels

605
00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:52,520
Speaker 1: like to me Clowney doesn't feel like a dependable player.

606
00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:54,920
Speaker 1: But luckily for the Browns, they just look at him

607
00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:56,920
Speaker 1: like a role player. I didn't see them how much

608
00:30:56,920 --> 00:30:59,280
Speaker 1: money they paid him, but I can't imagine it's much

609
00:30:59,880 --> 00:31:02,920
Speaker 1: I think I missed this story. Last week, Drew Brees

610
00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:06,240
Speaker 1: was essentially fired at NBC. Part of the reason why

611
00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:09,960
Speaker 1: he tweeted about like his what his future is, made

612
00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:13,120
Speaker 1: a joke about coming back to the NFL. Just because

613
00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:16,680
Speaker 1: you're really famous does not mean you're gonna be good

614
00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:20,200
Speaker 1: at the media thing. Part of being good on television

615
00:31:20,640 --> 00:31:23,640
Speaker 1: as a host, as a podcast, as an analyst, are

616
00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:26,640
Speaker 1: you willing to say things? And I said it from

617
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Speaker 1: the jump like Drew Brees not one time in my life.

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Speaker 1: I'm not disputing his character. I'm not disputing how intelligent

619
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Speaker 1: he is. I'm not disputing how much football he knows.

620
00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:39,880
Speaker 1: I'm not disputing how well liked he was. But I've

621
00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:43,000
Speaker 1: been watching, like most people, his entire career, and I

622
00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:45,680
Speaker 1: never for one minute thought like this guy is gonna

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Speaker 1: be really good on TV. So I give NBC some

624
00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:50,760
Speaker 1: credit for like this isn't gonna work. Now, I never

625
00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:52,520
Speaker 1: would have hired him in the first place. Like when

626
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Speaker 1: I think Drew Brees, my recommendation would be, Drew, you're

627
00:31:55,440 --> 00:31:58,520
Speaker 1: not a media guy. You're not a personality. You're much

628
00:31:58,560 --> 00:32:01,760
Speaker 1: more like a football guy like Jason Witten should be

629
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Speaker 1: a GM right, John Lynch GM like Drew, you should

630
00:32:05,680 --> 00:32:08,280
Speaker 1: work in football. Go be a team president, Go be

631
00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:11,720
Speaker 1: a GM. You'll cut the line immediately. That's probably your

632
00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:14,320
Speaker 1: destiny because you know what you refuse and it's it's

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Speaker 1: your's your prerogative that you're right. You'll never say anything negative. Well, ultimately,

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Speaker 1: when you're doing that job, you're talking to us, you're

635
00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:23,200
Speaker 1: talking to the people. And we just saw a quarterback

636
00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:26,040
Speaker 1: throw three picks. We just saw a coach go for

637
00:32:26,160 --> 00:32:28,760
Speaker 1: it on fourth and seven in the second in the

638
00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:31,960
Speaker 1: second quarter, and we're pissed because we're betting on the game.

639
00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:34,360
Speaker 1: That's our team. We want you to speak for us,

640
00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:37,000
Speaker 1: and when you're unwilling to do that, you just you

641
00:32:37,040 --> 00:32:40,800
Speaker 1: don't bring much to the table. And ultimately Peyton isn't

642
00:32:40,840 --> 00:32:42,800
Speaker 1: really doing that either. But he's got such a big

643
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Speaker 1: personality that's just not Drew. When I think Drew, I

644
00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:47,840
Speaker 1: I closed my eyes. I think family man. I just

645
00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:49,440
Speaker 1: think super high. I think guys should be like a

646
00:32:49,520 --> 00:32:51,960
Speaker 1: CEO of a company. And to me, if if he

647
00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:55,320
Speaker 1: asked me for my advice, it's just a guy that

648
00:32:55,360 --> 00:32:59,920
Speaker 1: consumes a lot of personalities, I would say, Drew media,

649
00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:03,480
Speaker 1: stay away from that. It's not your destiny. Your destiny

650
00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:05,560
Speaker 1: is in the football side. Hell, you could be like

651
00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:07,960
Speaker 1: a You could get a Power five job in like

652
00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:10,960
Speaker 1: two years. If Drew Brees wanted to be a team president,

653
00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:13,280
Speaker 1: he can do that in like five years. Perdue guy,

654
00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:17,800
Speaker 1: super intellectual, very smart, He's just well thought. He's calculated.

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Speaker 1: You know, I need my guys on TV to have

656
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Speaker 1: a little ship to him, and that's just not Drew

657
00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:25,000
Speaker 1: when it comes to talking. I'm not as a player,

658
00:33:25,080 --> 00:33:27,680
Speaker 1: clearly as toughness. I'm not disputing any of that. But

659
00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:29,360
Speaker 1: I could have told you this was never gonna work

660
00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:32,080
Speaker 1: for a mile away. Same thing with Jason Witten. No different.

661
00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:35,120
Speaker 1: Like you put Peyton on TV, gonna work, Philip Rivers

662
00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:38,640
Speaker 1: on TV immediately gonna work Tom Brady. I don't know now.

663
00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:41,200
Speaker 1: I think Tom Brady is gonna be so passionate about

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Speaker 1: being good at what he does. He'll try, But I

665
00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:46,560
Speaker 1: don't think it's a lock like Peyton Manning was a

666
00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:48,960
Speaker 1: lock to be great. We've seen him host Destinel many

667
00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:51,760
Speaker 1: times and it was hilarious. He just Peyton Manning has

668
00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:54,640
Speaker 1: pitches that most guys have, just like Philip Rivers. You

669
00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:57,680
Speaker 1: watch Philip Rivers for five minutes. He just captivates you.

670
00:33:57,760 --> 00:33:59,680
Speaker 1: And he doesn't even I mean, he doesn't even swear.

671
00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:01,680
Speaker 1: You know, it's part of this deal. Everyone in the

672
00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:03,960
Speaker 1: league has been saying for like fifteen years, no one

673
00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:06,920
Speaker 1: ever talks more than Philip Rivers on the field. I've

674
00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:09,400
Speaker 1: never heard that about Drew Brees. He's just he's just

675
00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:11,479
Speaker 1: he's kind of quiet. Not not to his own team.

676
00:34:11,480 --> 00:34:13,759
Speaker 1: I know, he's just the pump up speeches, but I

677
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Speaker 1: just I had originally thought that. I guess the NBC's

678
00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:19,960
Speaker 1: idea was him to take over for Collinsworth. But I

679
00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:23,200
Speaker 1: think they learned immediately that like, this guy doesn't have

680
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Speaker 1: what we would need put he put me in you

681
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Speaker 1: to sleep. Um. And last but not least, the Eagles

682
00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:31,080
Speaker 1: signed James Bradberry. They did that last week. I think

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00:34:31,120 --> 00:34:33,719
Speaker 1: we've already done a podcast. Uh. The Eagles have a

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Speaker 1: really really good team that they really do that. Their

685
00:34:36,080 --> 00:34:40,239
Speaker 1: only question mark is um his quarterback, and I think

686
00:34:40,239 --> 00:34:43,200
Speaker 1: the quarterback solid. But for them to be, you know,

687
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Speaker 1: a real factor in the NFL, I'm talking like win

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Speaker 1: playoff games. I think they can be a playoff team.

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00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:50,279
Speaker 1: I mean they were last year, but last year they

690
00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:52,520
Speaker 1: got lucky. You know, you win nine games, you get

691
00:34:52,520 --> 00:34:54,800
Speaker 1: the seven seed. I'm talking about being like eleven or

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Speaker 1: twelve win win the division. I like the Eagles. Uh,

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00:34:59,320 --> 00:35:01,360
Speaker 1: it's hard for me to say it. Like in concrete,

694
00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:03,640
Speaker 1: the Eagles are gonna win the division because Dak Prescott,

695
00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:06,520
Speaker 1: who I think is a flawed player, is much better

696
00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:09,760
Speaker 1: than Jalen as of right now. Now, young players improve

697
00:35:10,200 --> 00:35:13,040
Speaker 1: and knowing people in that building, Jalen's worth it, work

698
00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:16,440
Speaker 1: ethic and his desire like Dak, is really high, so

699
00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:19,319
Speaker 1: he's only going to continue to improve. But at the

700
00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:23,000
Speaker 1: highest level of pro sports, like there's a talent gap.

701
00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:25,840
Speaker 1: Like some guys just throw the ball better than others.

702
00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:27,840
Speaker 1: There have been a lot of players in the NFL

703
00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:31,720
Speaker 1: who have failed, that tried really really hard, that cared

704
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Speaker 1: a lot, that worked on their craft at every moment

705
00:35:35,480 --> 00:35:38,680
Speaker 1: of every day three and eventually you just you can

706
00:35:38,719 --> 00:35:41,080
Speaker 1: only get so good. And I do wonder if if

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00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:43,360
Speaker 1: Jalen has a seat, No, I mean I don't wonder.

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00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:45,919
Speaker 1: I would bet that he does. That he can only

709
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Speaker 1: be so good of a throw no different Dak, Like

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Speaker 1: I don't think Dad can be that much better. Like

711
00:35:50,360 --> 00:35:52,359
Speaker 1: we've seen the best of Dack, which is pretty good.

712
00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:54,719
Speaker 1: But as you see, sometimes when the games get his

713
00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:58,000
Speaker 1: hardest in the playoffs, he just he just lacks some

714
00:35:58,080 --> 00:36:00,880
Speaker 1: physical attributes. His arms just kind of bridge. He's not

715
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Speaker 1: actually the most accurate guy. And sometimes I think when

716
00:36:04,040 --> 00:36:07,440
Speaker 1: you have average arms strength, you don't need to be

717
00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:09,960
Speaker 1: Josh Allen, but you do need to have a strong

718
00:36:10,080 --> 00:36:12,279
Speaker 1: arm unless you were the most accurate quarterback. And like

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00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:13,960
Speaker 1: the history of the NFL, like a Peyton Manning or

720
00:36:14,040 --> 00:36:16,520
Speaker 1: Drew Brees to dominate. And you could argue even Peyton

721
00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:19,480
Speaker 1: Manning and Drew Brees had some letdowns in the playoffs,

722
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Speaker 1: and I pushed back the reason is because their arms

723
00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:25,719
Speaker 1: were pretty average. Okay, let's dive into this little thing

724
00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:29,280
Speaker 1: we call the middle Cooff mail back. It's very easy.

725
00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:32,319
Speaker 1: You just go to this little app location that they

726
00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:37,839
Speaker 1: call Instagram. You type in my name John Middlecoff at

727
00:36:37,960 --> 00:36:40,279
Speaker 1: John Middlecoff two f's. A lot of people over the

728
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Speaker 1: years have spelled it with one F, but it has

729
00:36:42,280 --> 00:36:44,759
Speaker 1: to and you fired my d m s. They are

730
00:36:44,840 --> 00:36:48,880
Speaker 1: wide open. And let's start with Doug. You and Colin

731
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Speaker 1: Rock love your pods, die hard old school RAM fan,

732
00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:57,279
Speaker 1: what's your take on the RAMS wide receiver room? Love

733
00:36:57,400 --> 00:37:01,439
Speaker 1: Robert Woods. Also goes by Bobby Tree and miss him,

734
00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:05,560
Speaker 1: but I'm pretty excited about adding Allen Robinson. Wood stats

735
00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:08,600
Speaker 1: are probably better than Allen's. But Alan played with the

736
00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:11,800
Speaker 1: freaking Bears. It's got me thinking he's sealing is awesome,

737
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Speaker 1: And I think we really really need Odell Beckham Junior

738
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Speaker 1: back your thoughts. Well. Odell Beckham Jr. Got hurt his

739
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Speaker 1: second a c L in the Super Bowl that was

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Speaker 1: in the middle of February, So there is a chance

741
00:37:23,239 --> 00:37:26,040
Speaker 1: that Odell Beckham Jr. In two thousand twenty two are

742
00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:30,680
Speaker 1: not happening. I think, listen, the the the quickness in

743
00:37:30,680 --> 00:37:33,359
Speaker 1: which guys recover from a c l's is one thing

744
00:37:33,360 --> 00:37:36,719
Speaker 1: with one, it's another thing with two. Allen Robinson, listen,

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00:37:36,760 --> 00:37:39,799
Speaker 1: I love Bobby Trees. Robert Woods. I once upon a

746
00:37:39,840 --> 00:37:42,120
Speaker 1: time in a draft meeting COMPAREDI to Reggie Wayne. Now,

747
00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:44,080
Speaker 1: I don't know if he ever quite became Reggie Wayne,

748
00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:46,879
Speaker 1: but he's damn good. He's a high character guy, high

749
00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:50,239
Speaker 1: level guy, awesome player. So anytime that you trade an

750
00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:53,000
Speaker 1: awesome player, it's a blow. But he did. He doesn't

751
00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:54,920
Speaker 1: have a torn a c L. You know, I mean

752
00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:56,799
Speaker 1: part of it. I think if he's healthy still on

753
00:37:56,840 --> 00:38:01,200
Speaker 1: the team. Now, Allen Robinson, I think is a good

754
00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:03,960
Speaker 1: number two. He's not a number one, and ultimately you

755
00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:06,200
Speaker 1: didn't pay him like a number one. So you get

756
00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:08,600
Speaker 1: Cooper Cup who's one of the best players in the league.

757
00:38:09,040 --> 00:38:12,040
Speaker 1: You get Allen Robinson, who's immediately one of the top

758
00:38:12,160 --> 00:38:16,239
Speaker 1: number two's in the NFL. Right, and I'm a big

759
00:38:16,320 --> 00:38:21,000
Speaker 1: Higbee fan. You have Matt Stafford they drafted I think

760
00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:22,920
Speaker 1: it was too too out well they drafted last year,

761
00:38:22,920 --> 00:38:26,239
Speaker 1: little speed guy. They're gonna be fine. They to me,

762
00:38:26,280 --> 00:38:28,480
Speaker 1: they're running back. Situation needs to be better. But cam

763
00:38:28,520 --> 00:38:31,640
Speaker 1: Akers coming off the Achilles. You guys, offense is gonna

764
00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:33,160
Speaker 1: be pretty coo me. Your team is gonna be really good.

765
00:38:33,320 --> 00:38:36,799
Speaker 1: You are to me if if I was making a

766
00:38:38,880 --> 00:38:41,479
Speaker 1: if I was making a sports book, you guys would

767
00:38:41,480 --> 00:38:45,759
Speaker 1: be my NFC favorite. This is such a bad take.

768
00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:49,120
Speaker 1: Huge fan of your stuff, Just a bad take. The

769
00:38:49,680 --> 00:38:52,760
Speaker 1: one playoffs were by far the most injury riddled playoffs

770
00:38:52,760 --> 00:38:55,719
Speaker 1: compared to the Bubble or previous years. People got very

771
00:38:55,840 --> 00:38:59,359
Speaker 1: very angry about my Bubble take because they think again

772
00:38:59,360 --> 00:39:02,160
Speaker 1: when I say pee like five people on Instagram, because

773
00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:04,839
Speaker 1: I do not believe the bubble is a real championship,

774
00:39:05,200 --> 00:39:07,880
Speaker 1: I do not, just like I believe some of the

775
00:39:07,960 --> 00:39:11,040
Speaker 1: golf majors were questionable. The l A Dodgers won the

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00:39:11,080 --> 00:39:14,640
Speaker 1: World Series, it was a sixty game regular season. Now

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00:39:14,719 --> 00:39:17,120
Speaker 1: do I think the Lakers and Lebron and Anthony Davis

778
00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:20,200
Speaker 1: were a title contender? Of course? Do I think the

779
00:39:20,200 --> 00:39:22,160
Speaker 1: Dodgers could have won the World Series in a normal,

780
00:39:22,320 --> 00:39:25,600
Speaker 1: normal year, of course. Do I think Colin Morricawa could

781
00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:28,880
Speaker 1: have won the TPC Harding Park p J Championship? Of course?

782
00:39:29,719 --> 00:39:32,840
Speaker 1: Do I think it was normal pro sports with no fans?

783
00:39:33,080 --> 00:39:35,920
Speaker 1: Of course not. And nobody I know with their salt

784
00:39:36,120 --> 00:39:39,480
Speaker 1: believes that this is not a Skip Bayless take Skip Bayless,

785
00:39:39,480 --> 00:39:43,040
Speaker 1: says Lebron sucks. I'm simply saying that playing in a

786
00:39:43,160 --> 00:39:48,080
Speaker 1: fucking bubble in Disney World was not real basketball. And

787
00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:50,680
Speaker 1: one of the parts of this statement is like guys

788
00:39:50,719 --> 00:39:53,840
Speaker 1: that played well in the bubble are still playing well now. Well, yeah,

789
00:39:54,120 --> 00:39:56,320
Speaker 1: guys who are good at basketball played good at basketball

790
00:39:56,360 --> 00:39:59,319
Speaker 1: wherever you put them. But my point is that that

791
00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:03,239
Speaker 1: wasn't real basketball. How do we disagree with that? Just

792
00:40:03,280 --> 00:40:07,040
Speaker 1: like playing a game at lambeau Field empty is not

793
00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:10,400
Speaker 1: an actual NFL football game. Now you play the game

794
00:40:10,520 --> 00:40:14,560
Speaker 1: against another NFL football players. But I remember was it

795
00:40:14,560 --> 00:40:18,960
Speaker 1: in New Orleans when the Packers played the Saints. Aaron

796
00:40:19,080 --> 00:40:22,680
Speaker 1: Rodgers on the road was getting them to jump offside

797
00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:26,279
Speaker 1: with a hard count. That doesn't take away from like

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00:40:26,400 --> 00:40:29,120
Speaker 1: good athletes or good athletes, they would perform well in

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Speaker 1: any situation. But when we're talking championships when there are

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Speaker 1: no fans, like part of the no fans, We've never

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00:40:36,080 --> 00:40:38,560
Speaker 1: seen that before, so it was glaring. We didn't know

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00:40:38,600 --> 00:40:42,320
Speaker 1: what we were watching. Two years removed. Now watching sports

803
00:40:42,400 --> 00:40:47,880
Speaker 1: with fans, it's a completely different world. It just is.

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00:40:48,480 --> 00:40:51,280
Speaker 1: And the bubble in terms of they got three months

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00:40:51,280 --> 00:40:54,240
Speaker 1: off Lebron's old. We've seen Lebron since. I mean, he's

806
00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:56,799
Speaker 1: he's trend in the wrong way. Anthony Davis can't stay

807
00:40:56,800 --> 00:41:01,319
Speaker 1: healthy to save his life. Like, I do not take

808
00:41:01,320 --> 00:41:04,640
Speaker 1: the bubble seriously. I just don't and I never will.

809
00:41:05,040 --> 00:41:09,359
Speaker 1: And no one I know in real life believes that,

810
00:41:09,640 --> 00:41:12,319
Speaker 1: not one person. Now, if you're a Lebron die Hard,

811
00:41:12,360 --> 00:41:14,680
Speaker 1: it's gonna piss you off. I get a lot of

812
00:41:14,760 --> 00:41:17,000
Speaker 1: Laker fans in my d M s They're like, yeah,

813
00:41:17,040 --> 00:41:19,479
Speaker 1: it's not really real. You know why, because they've seen

814
00:41:19,560 --> 00:41:23,880
Speaker 1: real championships with Kobe with Shack, with Magic, just like

815
00:41:23,920 --> 00:41:27,000
Speaker 1: we've seen real all these championships. Like what Justin Thomas

816
00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:30,680
Speaker 1: just accomplished in front of all these fans, relative to

817
00:41:30,719 --> 00:41:33,040
Speaker 1: what some of the majors were without fans. It's a

818
00:41:33,080 --> 00:41:36,719
Speaker 1: different world. That's That's not saying that what they accomplished

819
00:41:36,719 --> 00:41:40,360
Speaker 1: in the vacuum of the bubble wasn't impressive. Everyone was

820
00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:43,239
Speaker 1: playing by the same rules, but it ain't what we're

821
00:41:43,239 --> 00:41:46,279
Speaker 1: watching right now the last two years with fans at

822
00:41:46,320 --> 00:41:50,359
Speaker 1: these NBA playoff games. It just isn't How how could

823
00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:55,480
Speaker 1: anyone argue that this is not Skip Bayless? Is Lebron sucks? Right?

824
00:41:55,560 --> 00:41:57,600
Speaker 1: I mean some of these takes that this is not

825
00:41:57,719 --> 00:42:01,400
Speaker 1: people gape tailor your Skip bayliss. No, I'm not. Lebron

826
00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:03,440
Speaker 1: is the second greatest player I've ever seen. But the

827
00:42:03,480 --> 00:42:10,600
Speaker 1: Bubble Championship, simply put, was a joke. Sean in the

828
00:42:10,680 --> 00:42:12,200
Speaker 1: UK got a shot out on the mail bag and

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00:42:12,239 --> 00:42:14,399
Speaker 1: won't shut up about it. And he didn't even ask

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Speaker 1: a question. My question is, uh, with college players now

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Speaker 1: getting paid, could you see the first round draft pick

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00:42:20,760 --> 00:42:22,960
Speaker 1: in the NBA or NFL choosing to skip the draft

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Speaker 1: and sitting out of here instead of going to a

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Speaker 1: ship team. What's stopping them from joining any team the

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Speaker 1: following season as a free agent. Well, I think there

836
00:42:30,880 --> 00:42:33,880
Speaker 1: are rules. I don't think you can do that. You know,

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Speaker 1: like in baseball, you know, uh, when guys get injured

838
00:42:37,160 --> 00:42:39,480
Speaker 1: in the draft and you know the team doesn't sign them,

839
00:42:39,600 --> 00:42:41,520
Speaker 1: they're not just eligible to sign as a free agent.

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00:42:41,560 --> 00:42:43,880
Speaker 1: They go back into the draft. So they are like

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00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:46,960
Speaker 1: labor laws in the c b A. You know, it's

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00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:49,120
Speaker 1: it's above my head. I'm not some litigator here. I'm

843
00:42:49,120 --> 00:42:52,080
Speaker 1: just act business major from cal Poly. But it's it's

844
00:42:52,120 --> 00:42:55,400
Speaker 1: not that simple. But I hear you. I don't understand

845
00:42:55,440 --> 00:42:57,319
Speaker 1: why more players don't do that, And I think the

846
00:42:57,360 --> 00:42:59,680
Speaker 1: simple answer is because you get a lot of money. Right,

847
00:42:59,680 --> 00:43:01,640
Speaker 1: if you're the number one overall draft pick in the NFL,

848
00:43:01,640 --> 00:43:04,640
Speaker 1: you get forty million dollars. So Trayvon Walker could have

849
00:43:04,640 --> 00:43:06,000
Speaker 1: been like, I don't want to go to the Jags,

850
00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:08,040
Speaker 1: but his agent goes, well, they're gonna give you forty

851
00:43:08,200 --> 00:43:12,000
Speaker 1: million dollars. NBA's a lot to baseball a little different.

852
00:43:12,320 --> 00:43:14,080
Speaker 1: But in baseball you don't go right to the show.

853
00:43:15,120 --> 00:43:18,799
Speaker 1: You know, in basketball, in in football, you get a

854
00:43:18,800 --> 00:43:21,520
Speaker 1: ton of money. I was listening to a podcast something

855
00:43:21,520 --> 00:43:24,719
Speaker 1: about Zion. Zion makes like ten million dollars, which is

856
00:43:24,719 --> 00:43:27,160
Speaker 1: not thirty or forty million dollars, but it's still not nothing.

857
00:43:27,880 --> 00:43:30,520
Speaker 1: So I I don't think. I think how often we've

858
00:43:30,520 --> 00:43:32,840
Speaker 1: seen that in the last couple of decades, right, Eli

859
00:43:33,120 --> 00:43:35,560
Speaker 1: is one of the only guys that stand out in basketball.

860
00:43:35,600 --> 00:43:37,320
Speaker 1: It happens every once in a while, but it usually

861
00:43:37,360 --> 00:43:40,319
Speaker 1: doesn't happen with the number one overall pick. People got

862
00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:41,840
Speaker 1: really fired up in my d M s about the

863
00:43:41,840 --> 00:43:44,120
Speaker 1: bubble comment, like they think I'm like making it up,

864
00:43:44,360 --> 00:43:47,439
Speaker 1: I'm trying to get a reaction. I literally don't give

865
00:43:47,440 --> 00:43:51,040
Speaker 1: a shit about a reaction at all. I despised the

866
00:43:51,080 --> 00:43:54,000
Speaker 1: media about that crap. I'm simply giving you my take

867
00:43:54,360 --> 00:43:57,439
Speaker 1: that I don't take the bubble seriously. Listen, I don't

868
00:43:57,440 --> 00:43:59,440
Speaker 1: take a lot of the playoff games that had empty

869
00:43:59,440 --> 00:44:04,040
Speaker 1: fans seriously. I remember watching that hines Field Cleveland Brown's game.

870
00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:06,520
Speaker 1: Was it impressive that Baker won a playoff game? Of

871
00:44:06,520 --> 00:44:08,680
Speaker 1: course it was he beat the Steelers on the road.

872
00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:11,719
Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure, if memory serves me correct, there wasn't

873
00:44:11,719 --> 00:44:15,000
Speaker 1: a soul in the seats? I mean, what are we

874
00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:16,680
Speaker 1: supposed to make of it? Like, oh, that was really

875
00:44:16,680 --> 00:44:21,520
Speaker 1: impressive getting hard counts in New Orleans. The Packers, even

876
00:44:21,640 --> 00:44:28,360
Speaker 1: Rogers will tell you that's crazy. That's insane. Hey, Middlecoff mailback, question,

877
00:44:28,560 --> 00:44:31,480
Speaker 1: not a question? Are your discussion on the pod the same?

878
00:44:32,080 --> 00:44:34,160
Speaker 1: I ran into j T last month at the Duke

879
00:44:34,239 --> 00:44:38,399
Speaker 1: Carolina game. I'm six, he could not be more than

880
00:44:38,480 --> 00:44:41,480
Speaker 1: five eight one because we were talking about on my

881
00:44:41,520 --> 00:44:46,800
Speaker 1: other podcast the size of Justin Thomas and he's he's yeah, five,

882
00:44:46,920 --> 00:44:50,319
Speaker 1: he's I think he's five nine one seventy. You know

883
00:44:50,560 --> 00:44:52,799
Speaker 1: a lot of the Rory McIlroy is not very big either.

884
00:44:53,880 --> 00:44:56,200
Speaker 1: If you walk by TI Tigers, pretty big, Phils big,

885
00:44:56,920 --> 00:44:59,759
Speaker 1: Dustin Johnson looks like a quarterback. But Justin Thomas and

886
00:44:59,840 --> 00:45:02,239
Speaker 1: Roy mackail right or not big at all in terms

887
00:45:02,280 --> 00:45:06,040
Speaker 1: of height, orgeous size. I could honestly listen to you

888
00:45:06,080 --> 00:45:09,600
Speaker 1: discuss just about anything. My question is, what about Trevor Lawrence?

889
00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:12,160
Speaker 1: Are we sure this guy is all in on being

890
00:45:12,160 --> 00:45:15,120
Speaker 1: a champion? Okay, let's see where this is going. I

891
00:45:15,160 --> 00:45:16,919
Speaker 1: remember an interview he had with s I a while

892
00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:20,239
Speaker 1: back that Colin also mentioned with him saying that there

893
00:45:20,280 --> 00:45:23,040
Speaker 1: is mortal life than playing football while his dad. His

894
00:45:23,120 --> 00:45:25,360
Speaker 1: dad described him as not I want to win a

895
00:45:25,400 --> 00:45:28,560
Speaker 1: super Bowl at all costs type competitor. We've seen Burrow

896
00:45:28,600 --> 00:45:33,120
Speaker 1: and Luck resurrect franchises from the ashes, but Lawrence, to me,

897
00:45:33,719 --> 00:45:35,879
Speaker 1: seems he may not be the best leader when things

898
00:45:35,880 --> 00:45:38,880
Speaker 1: are in turmoil. With him being the best quarterback prospect

899
00:45:38,920 --> 00:45:42,600
Speaker 1: in decades. Should we have seen more from his performance

900
00:45:42,680 --> 00:45:47,239
Speaker 1: last year? We're judged when things. We are judged when

901
00:45:47,280 --> 00:45:51,319
Speaker 1: things get tough. Like you say, Thoughts, I agree, I'm

902
00:45:51,360 --> 00:45:53,800
Speaker 1: given a little bit of a pass on the Urban

903
00:45:53,840 --> 00:45:57,560
Speaker 1: Meyer situation. Like I mean that was an embarrassment of

904
00:45:57,560 --> 00:46:01,359
Speaker 1: all embarrassments that that one Peyton Manning or Andrew Luck

905
00:46:01,440 --> 00:46:03,719
Speaker 1: might have been eaten alive. I mean that no one

906
00:46:03,760 --> 00:46:08,520
Speaker 1: could overcome fraud Meyer last year. Fraud Meyer had absolutely

907
00:46:08,600 --> 00:46:10,880
Speaker 1: zero business ever coaching a day in the NFL. I

908
00:46:10,960 --> 00:46:13,120
Speaker 1: said it over and over, just because you're a good

909
00:46:13,120 --> 00:46:16,080
Speaker 1: college coach and you go to these programs where you

910
00:46:16,120 --> 00:46:19,399
Speaker 1: can be just control absolutely everything and at the time

911
00:46:19,440 --> 00:46:21,480
Speaker 1: give huge bags of money when other people didn't have

912
00:46:21,520 --> 00:46:23,960
Speaker 1: the finances and stack up your team. It ain't the

913
00:46:23,960 --> 00:46:27,560
Speaker 1: pros and the pros ate him up and spit him out,

914
00:46:28,000 --> 00:46:31,240
Speaker 1: completely exposed him. But while it was exposing fraud Meyer,

915
00:46:32,320 --> 00:46:35,399
Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence was caught up in the tornado of the

916
00:46:35,440 --> 00:46:38,480
Speaker 1: embarrassment and there was nothing he could do. In fairness

917
00:46:38,520 --> 00:46:41,799
Speaker 1: to Trevor Lawrence, smalltown guy comes from a program that

918
00:46:41,960 --> 00:46:45,319
Speaker 1: was very, very stable, So you get cotton environment like that.

919
00:46:45,360 --> 00:46:47,239
Speaker 1: I don't even know what you're supposed to do. Their

920
00:46:47,239 --> 00:46:51,160
Speaker 1: team sucks, their coaching staff sucked. I think we can

921
00:46:51,200 --> 00:46:54,640
Speaker 1: properly judge him moving forward. Now, I'm with you, like

922
00:46:55,560 --> 00:46:57,839
Speaker 1: I like my quarterbacks to be win a Super Bowl

923
00:46:57,840 --> 00:47:00,359
Speaker 1: at all costs, win at all costs. What we pay

924
00:47:00,400 --> 00:47:03,399
Speaker 1: you all this fucking money, like Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen,

925
00:47:03,440 --> 00:47:06,799
Speaker 1: they make million dollars to win at all costs. That's

926
00:47:06,840 --> 00:47:09,920
Speaker 1: the business there in the media always gets so uncomfortable,

927
00:47:09,920 --> 00:47:12,279
Speaker 1: like there's more to life. Well not when I'm paying

928
00:47:12,280 --> 00:47:15,360
Speaker 1: you forty million dollars. When you're the CEO Wells Fargo

929
00:47:15,360 --> 00:47:18,319
Speaker 1: and you're getting seventy five million dollars, you better have

930
00:47:18,600 --> 00:47:21,719
Speaker 1: an unbalanced amount of time towards Wells Fargo. It's kind

931
00:47:21,760 --> 00:47:23,560
Speaker 1: of the way the world works. If I pay a

932
00:47:23,600 --> 00:47:26,640
Speaker 1: fifty grand Yeah, you can leave work early. That's that's

933
00:47:26,680 --> 00:47:29,720
Speaker 1: why I can't blame you. I pay a forty million dollars.

934
00:47:29,800 --> 00:47:33,080
Speaker 1: Like another thing, you get drafted number one overall and

935
00:47:33,120 --> 00:47:35,719
Speaker 1: are called the next thing since Andrew Luck. Now, in

936
00:47:35,840 --> 00:47:38,960
Speaker 1: fairness to him, he hasn't got a generational contract yet

937
00:47:39,400 --> 00:47:42,480
Speaker 1: and he they told everyone before, like football might not

938
00:47:42,680 --> 00:47:44,520
Speaker 1: be everything to me, do you know what it is

939
00:47:44,520 --> 00:47:47,040
Speaker 1: to Tom Brady? It's everything? You know what it was

940
00:47:47,120 --> 00:47:50,200
Speaker 1: to Peyton Manning? It was his life? Like, I mean,

941
00:47:50,520 --> 00:47:53,680
Speaker 1: they can't on these coaches. Do you know what football

942
00:47:53,760 --> 00:47:56,320
Speaker 1: is to Kyle Shanahan and Sean McVeigh and Andy Reid?

943
00:47:57,280 --> 00:47:59,520
Speaker 1: You think it's just like not win at all costs

944
00:48:00,160 --> 00:48:02,239
Speaker 1: that they don't sleep at night in the middle of

945
00:48:02,360 --> 00:48:06,319
Speaker 1: May thinking about winning. Your best players should be like that,

946
00:48:07,600 --> 00:48:10,160
Speaker 1: So I I yeah, I mean I don't like comments

947
00:48:10,200 --> 00:48:12,760
Speaker 1: like that at all. Now, he might be so talented

948
00:48:12,760 --> 00:48:14,279
Speaker 1: and overcome it, but I'd say the history of the

949
00:48:14,360 --> 00:48:17,640
Speaker 1: Jacksonville Jags, even Doug Peterson who won a Super Bowl,

950
00:48:18,520 --> 00:48:21,640
Speaker 1: it's gonna be tough. So it's that's a comment that

951
00:48:21,800 --> 00:48:24,680
Speaker 1: I don't love. Like I'm not gonna pretend that it's

952
00:48:25,280 --> 00:48:29,360
Speaker 1: whatever overlook it, but we'll see if he's just physically

953
00:48:29,360 --> 00:48:31,759
Speaker 1: good enough that their team might not be good enough.

954
00:48:32,360 --> 00:48:35,359
Speaker 1: I mean, no franchise has just been more screwed up

955
00:48:35,360 --> 00:48:38,440
Speaker 1: that has consistently drafted as high as them, Like even

956
00:48:38,440 --> 00:48:41,280
Speaker 1: the Lions with Stafford made the playoffs like three times

957
00:48:41,280 --> 00:48:43,640
Speaker 1: in eight years. We made fun of the Bengals for

958
00:48:43,680 --> 00:48:45,960
Speaker 1: a while before Joe Burrow, they were making the playoffs

959
00:48:46,000 --> 00:48:48,640
Speaker 1: all the time with Andy Dolman. I mean, the Jags

960
00:48:48,640 --> 00:48:50,640
Speaker 1: were beside the one year when they made the FC

961
00:48:50,719 --> 00:48:53,839
Speaker 1: Championship game, Google, they're like last ten years. I mean,

962
00:48:53,880 --> 00:48:58,160
Speaker 1: it's it's pretty pretty bad. They said, the back to

963
00:48:58,200 --> 00:49:01,080
Speaker 1: back number one overall picks, that's pretty hard to do.

964
00:49:01,760 --> 00:49:04,600
Speaker 1: So I I do think there's some pressure on the guy. Now,

965
00:49:04,800 --> 00:49:07,080
Speaker 1: he didn't say that he was the best prospect. That's

966
00:49:07,080 --> 00:49:10,440
Speaker 1: a media driven hype train. And now I talked to

967
00:49:10,480 --> 00:49:12,399
Speaker 1: people in the NFL that said that too, So it's

968
00:49:12,440 --> 00:49:15,960
Speaker 1: not I I think it's everyone was saying that, whether

969
00:49:16,000 --> 00:49:18,480
Speaker 1: you're got a microphone in front of you or whether

970
00:49:18,520 --> 00:49:22,120
Speaker 1: you're a scouting director. I know countless people that went

971
00:49:22,120 --> 00:49:24,760
Speaker 1: through Clemson that swore by the guy as a talent.

972
00:49:25,800 --> 00:49:27,920
Speaker 1: Now I said, I don't. I didn't love him in

973
00:49:27,960 --> 00:49:30,480
Speaker 1: New York City, wouldn't have loved him in for the

974
00:49:30,520 --> 00:49:33,520
Speaker 1: forty Niners. He might be able to fly under the

975
00:49:33,600 --> 00:49:36,480
Speaker 1: radar for the for the Jacksonville Jacks in a weird

976
00:49:36,520 --> 00:49:41,560
Speaker 1: way for being such a hype prospect. Usually Vegas is right,

977
00:49:41,600 --> 00:49:43,640
Speaker 1: but having the Saints at seven and a half wins

978
00:49:43,680 --> 00:49:46,960
Speaker 1: this seems like a joke. No. The media views Jamis

979
00:49:47,080 --> 00:49:49,320
Speaker 1: as a quirky and funny but I believe he is

980
00:49:49,360 --> 00:49:52,640
Speaker 1: super talented and matured a lot. With the season editions

981
00:49:52,680 --> 00:49:55,560
Speaker 1: of Michael Thomas coming back, how does his team not

982
00:49:55,680 --> 00:49:59,000
Speaker 1: make the playoffs? Well, Saints fans have been getting mad

983
00:49:59,040 --> 00:50:01,719
Speaker 1: at me because I'm not does bullish on them, and

984
00:50:01,840 --> 00:50:05,920
Speaker 1: simply because listen, Jamis was five and two with Sean

985
00:50:06,000 --> 00:50:09,000
Speaker 1: Payton as their head coach Sean Payton, And I know,

986
00:50:09,160 --> 00:50:10,839
Speaker 1: if you're listening to this, you're not a Saints fan.

987
00:50:10,920 --> 00:50:13,759
Speaker 1: A lot of people think he's overrated. Every coach I

988
00:50:13,800 --> 00:50:17,359
Speaker 1: know in the NFL thinks he's elite. He's damn good.

989
00:50:17,800 --> 00:50:19,640
Speaker 1: They went nine and eight last year with like seven

990
00:50:19,640 --> 00:50:23,759
Speaker 1: different quarterbacks. Dennis Allen Now, granted his one shot was

991
00:50:23,800 --> 00:50:27,000
Speaker 1: with a debacle of a Raider franchise at the time.

992
00:50:27,560 --> 00:50:29,799
Speaker 1: But it's like, how do we know he knows what

993
00:50:29,880 --> 00:50:32,680
Speaker 1: he's doing at all? He was a good defensive coordinator.

994
00:50:32,800 --> 00:50:35,120
Speaker 1: He was a good defensive coordinator when the Raiders hired him.

995
00:50:35,400 --> 00:50:37,960
Speaker 1: We've seen time and time and time again. Being a

996
00:50:37,960 --> 00:50:41,040
Speaker 1: head coach is a different deal. Does the guy know

997
00:50:41,120 --> 00:50:43,719
Speaker 1: how to be a head coach? And until he proves it,

998
00:50:43,760 --> 00:50:46,600
Speaker 1: I'm gonna bet against him because if you bet against

999
00:50:46,719 --> 00:50:50,319
Speaker 1: most coaches, you're gonna be right. Because most coaches are

1000
00:50:50,360 --> 00:50:53,120
Speaker 1: not gonna be Sean Payton and Andy Reid. Most coaches

1001
00:50:53,120 --> 00:50:56,000
Speaker 1: are gonna be Joe Judge and Pat Schremer. That's just

1002
00:50:56,040 --> 00:50:58,440
Speaker 1: a that's just a reality. Like look at all the coaches,

1003
00:50:58,520 --> 00:51:01,120
Speaker 1: like the day Balls, all the guys that got hired

1004
00:51:01,200 --> 00:51:03,440
Speaker 1: last year, Like who knows, some of them are gonna fail,

1005
00:51:04,400 --> 00:51:07,880
Speaker 1: not because they don't know football, but because being a

1006
00:51:07,880 --> 00:51:12,440
Speaker 1: head coach, only a small percent are consistently good. Just

1007
00:51:12,480 --> 00:51:17,000
Speaker 1: the reality of the profession. I know you like to

1008
00:51:17,000 --> 00:51:19,080
Speaker 1: shoot on Brandon Saley, but as a Chargers fan, I

1009
00:51:19,080 --> 00:51:21,000
Speaker 1: think your opinion of him will change this year from

1010
00:51:21,000 --> 00:51:24,240
Speaker 1: negative depositive. He's got the guys on defense. I agree,

1011
00:51:24,440 --> 00:51:30,239
Speaker 1: Mack Jackson. Uh day there, listen. I don't get this

1012
00:51:30,280 --> 00:51:33,200
Speaker 1: twisted at all. I think the Chargers have the best

1013
00:51:33,360 --> 00:51:37,959
Speaker 1: roster on paper in the NFL, in the National Football League,

1014
00:51:37,960 --> 00:51:41,440
Speaker 1: the Chargers, I expect them to make the playoffs. If

1015
00:51:41,520 --> 00:51:44,920
Speaker 1: they didn't make the playoffs, every single human should be fired,

1016
00:51:45,000 --> 00:51:48,880
Speaker 1: non player, because that would be it would be bordered,

1017
00:51:48,920 --> 00:51:51,560
Speaker 1: unless obviously, if Herbert got hurt, I would change my tune.

1018
00:51:51,600 --> 00:51:55,480
Speaker 1: But I saw Harvard today. He weighs two forty five pounds.

1019
00:51:56,160 --> 00:51:59,239
Speaker 1: He is like Roethlisberger, but fast and be even a

1020
00:51:59,239 --> 00:52:03,760
Speaker 1: bigger arm. He's elite your defense. You're right, you added

1021
00:52:03,760 --> 00:52:07,000
Speaker 1: a bunch of sweet players, so even Brandon Staley, who

1022
00:52:07,040 --> 00:52:09,880
Speaker 1: My issue with Brandon Staley was simply I thought he

1023
00:52:09,920 --> 00:52:12,200
Speaker 1: acts very fraudulent in front of the media because he

1024
00:52:12,239 --> 00:52:14,080
Speaker 1: knows how to play them. And I can tell when

1025
00:52:14,080 --> 00:52:16,279
Speaker 1: someone knows how to play the media, and the media

1026
00:52:16,360 --> 00:52:18,279
Speaker 1: is an easy mark. And he was doing it last year.

1027
00:52:18,640 --> 00:52:21,479
Speaker 1: And then I watched him coach and consistently he went

1028
00:52:21,520 --> 00:52:24,239
Speaker 1: forward on the eighteen yard line in a winner, get

1029
00:52:24,239 --> 00:52:27,360
Speaker 1: in game to the playoffs. Honestly, I mean, seriously, how

1030
00:52:27,400 --> 00:52:29,640
Speaker 1: am I supposed to take that seriously? On his own

1031
00:52:29,800 --> 00:52:36,600
Speaker 1: eighteen yard line. Are we serious that really happened? He

1032
00:52:36,680 --> 00:52:39,359
Speaker 1: had eighty two yards to go in a must win

1033
00:52:39,480 --> 00:52:43,000
Speaker 1: game against the Raiders on the road. How can I

1034
00:52:43,040 --> 00:52:46,560
Speaker 1: ever look at you the same? Yeah, you could give

1035
00:52:46,600 --> 00:52:51,480
Speaker 1: me eight million spreadsheets on his eighteen yard line. Eighteen?

1036
00:52:52,360 --> 00:52:55,480
Speaker 1: So that's my take. Does that mean if he stops

1037
00:52:55,520 --> 00:52:57,880
Speaker 1: doing it? Just let justin Herbert cook. They'll be fine.

1038
00:52:58,400 --> 00:53:00,920
Speaker 1: If their defense is just solid, they're gonna be an

1039
00:53:00,960 --> 00:53:04,239
Speaker 1: eleven twelve win team. They have the best roster in

1040
00:53:04,280 --> 00:53:07,200
Speaker 1: the best division in football. Now that to me, there's

1041
00:53:07,239 --> 00:53:10,240
Speaker 1: a ton of pressure on the coach. Hey man Austin

1042
00:53:10,280 --> 00:53:12,760
Speaker 1: Texas and love the show. Refreshing takes some sports and business.

1043
00:53:12,880 --> 00:53:14,279
Speaker 1: If you ever happen to be in town for some

1044
00:53:14,360 --> 00:53:18,200
Speaker 1: barbecue and booze. How when you're talking happy to cover

1045
00:53:18,239 --> 00:53:21,719
Speaker 1: the fees? Not I got a credit card I can pay.

1046
00:53:22,280 --> 00:53:24,719
Speaker 1: I know you're a football guy, but more so than basketball.

1047
00:53:24,960 --> 00:53:27,799
Speaker 1: But Lebron often gets mixed with m J. But I

1048
00:53:27,840 --> 00:53:31,640
Speaker 1: still take Kobe over him, along many x NBA players,

1049
00:53:31,960 --> 00:53:35,000
Speaker 1: and I'm not even a Laker fan. Lebron versus Kobe?

1050
00:53:35,160 --> 00:53:38,759
Speaker 1: Who you got and why I like Kobe Bryant more

1051
00:53:39,680 --> 00:53:41,920
Speaker 1: especially the Kobe Bryant that retired before he got in

1052
00:53:41,960 --> 00:53:46,359
Speaker 1: his tragic accident. Kobe resonated with me, I I just

1053
00:53:46,480 --> 00:53:50,920
Speaker 1: really really enjoyed, like from thirty eight to his dying days,

1054
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Speaker 1: Kobe Bryant, the way he talked about life, the whole thing,

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00:53:55,280 --> 00:53:58,560
Speaker 1: just how comfortable he was in his own skin. But

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00:53:58,719 --> 00:54:02,120
Speaker 1: Lebron is a better player. I I think Lebron there's

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00:54:02,120 --> 00:54:04,680
Speaker 1: a wide gap between Lebron and Kobe, and they're both

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00:54:04,760 --> 00:54:06,239
Speaker 1: you know, Kobe is one of the greatest players of

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00:54:06,239 --> 00:54:08,960
Speaker 1: all time, but Lebron is in a different universe. My

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00:54:09,120 --> 00:54:11,399
Speaker 1: take and listen, like your fans are gonna get mad.

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00:54:11,840 --> 00:54:13,840
Speaker 1: Kobe is not even the best player of his own generation.

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00:54:14,360 --> 00:54:18,320
Speaker 1: That's Tim Duncan. Because Kobe, again I love the older version,

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00:54:19,239 --> 00:54:22,040
Speaker 1: young version, wasn't the easiest to play with. Tim Duncan

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00:54:22,160 --> 00:54:24,680
Speaker 1: like a Tom Brady or Steph Curry is one of

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00:54:24,719 --> 00:54:26,879
Speaker 1: the greatest teammates of all time on top of being

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00:54:26,880 --> 00:54:29,320
Speaker 1: one of the greatest players of all time, and ultimately

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00:54:29,320 --> 00:54:31,879
Speaker 1: you play a team sport. Kobe came into his own

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00:54:31,960 --> 00:54:35,880
Speaker 1: at the end. Because again I'm not hating on Kobe,

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00:54:35,960 --> 00:54:38,200
Speaker 1: but he was the second best player on three of

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00:54:38,200 --> 00:54:42,400
Speaker 1: his championships. Lebron has never been the second best player

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00:54:42,640 --> 00:54:44,960
Speaker 1: on any of his championships. And I think people are

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00:54:44,960 --> 00:54:46,680
Speaker 1: getting mad when I say Lebron has three and a

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00:54:46,719 --> 00:54:50,320
Speaker 1: half championships, which I'm doing somewhat tongue in cheek because

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00:54:50,440 --> 00:54:53,440
Speaker 1: he actually has four. But I just don't value the

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00:54:53,440 --> 00:54:56,759
Speaker 1: bubble and I say steps about to have four. I'm

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00:54:56,800 --> 00:54:59,440
Speaker 1: not saying Steph is a better player than Lebron. I

1077
00:54:59,480 --> 00:55:01,640
Speaker 1: just think it's wild that Steph might get four championships.

1078
00:55:01,760 --> 00:55:04,200
Speaker 1: Lebron's got three and a half. That doesn't mean Steph

1079
00:55:04,239 --> 00:55:08,040
Speaker 1: Curry is better than Lebron. Just I'm just counting championships.

1080
00:55:08,880 --> 00:55:11,120
Speaker 1: But I would take Lebron over Kobe if I had

1081
00:55:11,120 --> 00:55:13,799
Speaker 1: to take them both at eight team. But I like

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00:55:14,440 --> 00:55:19,520
Speaker 1: I I just I like Kobe Moore. Seahawks fan here

1083
00:55:19,520 --> 00:55:23,040
Speaker 1: from London. Nervous about the future without Russ, but thanks

1084
00:55:23,080 --> 00:55:25,279
Speaker 1: for giving us such great insight of the NFL. You

1085
00:55:25,320 --> 00:55:29,000
Speaker 1: mentioned Belichick's son, Stephen Belichick the other day, and I

1086
00:55:29,000 --> 00:55:31,839
Speaker 1: know that Pete Carroll and Andy Reid's sons have both

1087
00:55:31,840 --> 00:55:35,280
Speaker 1: been on their staffs, but how common is it that

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00:55:35,520 --> 00:55:41,040
Speaker 1: assistance if their dad wasn't a head coach? All the best. Well,

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00:55:42,280 --> 00:55:44,560
Speaker 1: I mean, I my dad was a farmer and I

1090
00:55:44,600 --> 00:55:47,360
Speaker 1: worked in the NFL. I if you like football, you

1091
00:55:47,440 --> 00:55:50,839
Speaker 1: love football, you're gonna gravitate towards football. Well, if your

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00:55:50,920 --> 00:55:55,160
Speaker 1: dad is like your hero and is a great football

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00:55:55,200 --> 00:55:59,800
Speaker 1: coach and he teaches you football and you then like football,

1094
00:56:00,120 --> 00:56:02,560
Speaker 1: you're gonna coach football. You know. I think a lot

1095
00:56:02,600 --> 00:56:06,360
Speaker 1: of us, you know, do something or a spire, you know,

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00:56:06,360 --> 00:56:08,160
Speaker 1: if you look up your dad when you're young, to

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00:56:08,239 --> 00:56:11,160
Speaker 1: do things that they like and maybe listen. I've never

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00:56:11,719 --> 00:56:14,120
Speaker 1: gone to therapy, but I would imagine there's some sort

1099
00:56:14,160 --> 00:56:17,719
Speaker 1: of you know, searching for validation in your life, right.

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00:56:17,800 --> 00:56:20,239
Speaker 1: I would guess that's what some therapists say. I've seen

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00:56:20,320 --> 00:56:23,279
Speaker 1: enough television shows to know that's usually the route they go.

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00:56:23,960 --> 00:56:27,680
Speaker 1: But if you're Steve Belichick or Kyle Shanahan and you

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00:56:27,800 --> 00:56:31,840
Speaker 1: idolize your father and then you love playing football and

1104
00:56:31,880 --> 00:56:35,799
Speaker 1: then your football career ends, you might want to coach football. Now,

1105
00:56:35,840 --> 00:56:40,000
Speaker 1: do you have an easier route? Yeah? But does that mean, like,

1106
00:56:40,320 --> 00:56:42,319
Speaker 1: was it easier for Kyle Shanahan to get a job

1107
00:56:42,360 --> 00:56:44,320
Speaker 1: in the NFL because his last name was Mike Shanahan.

1108
00:56:46,239 --> 00:56:49,400
Speaker 1: Does Kyle Shanahan run circles around the majority of forty

1109
00:56:49,480 --> 00:56:53,680
Speaker 1: five and under coaches in the NFL. Without question, he

1110
00:56:53,760 --> 00:56:56,960
Speaker 1: knows more. He's he's been taught at a level that

1111
00:56:57,040 --> 00:57:01,440
Speaker 1: those guys can't replicate. Right, Just because you do it

1112
00:57:01,520 --> 00:57:03,960
Speaker 1: the right way doesn't mean you're any good. Just because

1113
00:57:04,000 --> 00:57:06,920
Speaker 1: you coach in the NFL as an assistant coach doesn't

1114
00:57:06,960 --> 00:57:09,919
Speaker 1: mean you're worth a ship there. I would say half

1115
00:57:09,960 --> 00:57:12,200
Speaker 1: the assistant coaches in the league are not any good,

1116
00:57:12,840 --> 00:57:15,720
Speaker 1: our average at best. And I think I know players

1117
00:57:15,800 --> 00:57:19,320
Speaker 1: listen to this podcast they would agree. It's like in

1118
00:57:19,360 --> 00:57:22,240
Speaker 1: any industry, there are assistant coaches that are dramatically better

1119
00:57:22,280 --> 00:57:24,040
Speaker 1: than other assistant coaches, Like there are head coaches that

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00:57:24,080 --> 00:57:26,520
Speaker 1: are dramatically better than other head coaches, just like there

1121
00:57:26,560 --> 00:57:29,520
Speaker 1: are players that are dramatically better than other players. So

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00:57:30,240 --> 00:57:33,160
Speaker 1: just because you're someone's son, you might be terrible, but

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Speaker 1: you also might be Kyle Janahan. Now, I know we've

1124
00:57:36,480 --> 00:57:39,000
Speaker 1: seen Kyle Shandy and the difference with like Kyle and Belichick.

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00:57:39,560 --> 00:57:42,440
Speaker 1: I've seen Kyle work for other people, right, Kyle went

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00:57:42,480 --> 00:57:44,080
Speaker 1: to work for Koobi Act, then he went to work

1127
00:57:44,080 --> 00:57:49,240
Speaker 1: for um dan Quinn in Atlanta. So we saw it like, ultimately,

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Speaker 1: I think Steve Belichick is good. I would imagine Steve

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00:57:52,120 --> 00:57:55,640
Speaker 1: Belichick is really smart, but when he's always under his

1130
00:57:55,920 --> 00:57:58,960
Speaker 1: dad's umbrella, we don't truly know now. The players on

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00:57:58,960 --> 00:58:02,760
Speaker 1: the team though Devin mccordy could tell you right, uh

1132
00:58:02,840 --> 00:58:05,400
Speaker 1: Richard high Tower not Richard Hytower that the special teams

1133
00:58:05,400 --> 00:58:08,560
Speaker 1: coach Uh Dante high Tower could tell you right. The

1134
00:58:08,960 --> 00:58:11,640
Speaker 1: players could tell you. J C. Jackson can tell you

1135
00:58:11,720 --> 00:58:14,280
Speaker 1: what he thinks of him, But until he goes and

1136
00:58:14,400 --> 00:58:17,480
Speaker 1: becomes the defensive coordinator for someone else and we can

1137
00:58:17,520 --> 00:58:20,360
Speaker 1: kind of see him stand alone, it's hard to truly know.

1138
00:58:21,240 --> 00:58:25,560
Speaker 1: But the way I would say is, YEA, if your

1139
00:58:25,600 --> 00:58:28,240
Speaker 1: dad does something at a really really high level, and

1140
00:58:28,320 --> 00:58:30,920
Speaker 1: you spend time around your dad, you're gonna have an

1141
00:58:30,920 --> 00:58:34,200
Speaker 1: advantage in life if if you like that. But I

1142
00:58:34,240 --> 00:58:36,400
Speaker 1: also believe like it's hard to be really really good

1143
00:58:36,400 --> 00:58:39,320
Speaker 1: at something if you don't truly like it. There are

1144
00:58:39,360 --> 00:58:41,880
Speaker 1: obviously outliers and certain people even listening to this, You're

1145
00:58:41,880 --> 00:58:44,040
Speaker 1: probably good at things that you don't care about that much,

1146
00:58:44,400 --> 00:58:46,400
Speaker 1: but to be it's hard to maintain being good at

1147
00:58:46,480 --> 00:58:49,440
Speaker 1: whatever you're doing, whether it's a stock trader, whether it's

1148
00:58:49,480 --> 00:58:54,280
Speaker 1: a tennis player, whether it's a carpenter, without truly liking

1149
00:58:54,320 --> 00:58:56,640
Speaker 1: to do it. Because the more you like to do it,

1150
00:58:56,720 --> 00:58:58,680
Speaker 1: the more you're gonna do, and the more you do,

1151
00:58:58,760 --> 00:59:00,880
Speaker 1: the better you get at it. You don't just get

1152
00:59:00,920 --> 00:59:05,280
Speaker 1: better at something without doing it. So I think the

1153
00:59:05,440 --> 00:59:09,680
Speaker 1: kids have a huge advantage if they love football. And

1154
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Speaker 1: here's what I know about being around some football coaches

1155
00:59:12,200 --> 00:59:15,960
Speaker 1: in my day. You gotta love it. You have to

1156
00:59:16,000 --> 00:59:18,880
Speaker 1: love it like you love your wife, your kids. It

1157
00:59:19,560 --> 00:59:22,480
Speaker 1: is part of your life. It's deep in your soul.

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00:59:22,880 --> 00:59:24,960
Speaker 1: I didn't have that. I never I don't think I

1159
00:59:24,960 --> 00:59:28,080
Speaker 1: could have been a GM because, deep down, deep deep

1160
00:59:28,120 --> 00:59:31,560
Speaker 1: down in my credits, in my soul, I don't love

1161
00:59:31,560 --> 00:59:34,760
Speaker 1: it quite enough. Like do you know how much like

1162
00:59:36,800 --> 00:59:41,120
Speaker 1: John Lynch or less Need or Howie Roseman whoever, just

1163
00:59:41,160 --> 00:59:44,160
Speaker 1: go around. Even gms that aren't that good love football.

1164
00:59:44,720 --> 00:59:50,080
Speaker 1: They think about a seven three. That's what you gotta

1165
00:59:50,120 --> 00:59:54,120
Speaker 1: be man. You can sweat it. Here turn on my

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Speaker 1: a C. Two questions. I know you already mentioned it before,

1167
00:59:58,360 --> 01:00:01,720
Speaker 1: but what podcast ask apps websites do you use for

1168
01:00:01,760 --> 01:00:05,640
Speaker 1: investing stocks? And which one specifically for your marijuana investments.

1169
01:00:06,320 --> 01:00:09,680
Speaker 1: I have a brokerage account with Wells Fargo that I use,

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01:00:10,320 --> 01:00:12,480
Speaker 1: and I have an e trade account that just has

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01:00:12,640 --> 01:00:16,680
Speaker 1: one stock in it. Uh, what's it called? Skills? My

1172
01:00:16,680 --> 01:00:19,720
Speaker 1: my video game stock? This down about eight million percent.

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01:00:20,400 --> 01:00:23,000
Speaker 1: So I do majority of my investing in a Wells

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01:00:23,000 --> 01:00:25,680
Speaker 1: Fargo brokerage account and I bank through Wells Fargo. So

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01:00:25,720 --> 01:00:29,480
Speaker 1: when I signed into my checking account, uh, I have

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01:00:29,800 --> 01:00:31,920
Speaker 1: it connects to my brokerage account of my savings account

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Speaker 1: an IRA account, so I you can I buy weed

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01:00:36,560 --> 01:00:41,480
Speaker 1: stocks through there. Um. Also, we've been talking a lot

1179
01:00:41,520 --> 01:00:45,720
Speaker 1: about this displacing terrible owners, but why not Spanos? Historically

1180
01:00:45,760 --> 01:00:48,760
Speaker 1: Cheap is in legal battle over family's trust and just

1181
01:00:48,760 --> 01:00:53,000
Speaker 1: seems like a miserable human. You know, he must be

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01:00:53,000 --> 01:00:55,480
Speaker 1: a pretty good company man. He doesn't piss anyone off,

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01:00:55,600 --> 01:00:59,640
Speaker 1: kind of stays in his lane, you know, pays a

1184
01:00:59,680 --> 01:01:03,120
Speaker 1: dollar rent to stand cronky kind of realized, just laylow.

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01:01:03,600 --> 01:01:07,400
Speaker 1: You know, Dan Snyder pisses people off, Dean Spanos when

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01:01:07,400 --> 01:01:09,920
Speaker 1: you say he's cheap because you're wearing a Padre jersey.

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01:01:10,160 --> 01:01:12,600
Speaker 1: He pisses fans off. But the other owners don't care.

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01:01:13,000 --> 01:01:15,760
Speaker 1: Like ultimately, the other owners don't care that Dan Snyder

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01:01:15,800 --> 01:01:19,600
Speaker 1: pisces off his own fans. They care that he's creating

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01:01:19,640 --> 01:01:22,480
Speaker 1: problems for the league, right like they got when Jimmy

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01:01:22,480 --> 01:01:25,919
Speaker 1: Haslum does the deal with Deshaun Watson. They got mad

1192
01:01:25,920 --> 01:01:29,680
Speaker 1: because that's a problem for them. So Dean Spano's pissing

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Speaker 1: off San Diego being a cheap owner only paying coaches

1194
01:01:33,560 --> 01:01:37,760
Speaker 1: low minimum wages for coaching. You know salaries. Owners don't

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Speaker 1: care about that at all. Okay, one more and I'm

1196
01:01:41,480 --> 01:01:45,320
Speaker 1: kind of exhausted. I want to shout out brother. I'm

1197
01:01:45,320 --> 01:01:48,400
Speaker 1: from Winners, California. It's like ten minute drive from Davis

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Speaker 1: bro I know where. Winners, California's home of the Buckhorn

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Speaker 1: Um fantastic steak steakhouse. We'll go one more. I just

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01:01:58,280 --> 01:02:00,280
Speaker 1: listen to your latest pod and something you said about

1201
01:02:00,320 --> 01:02:03,840
Speaker 1: administration made me want to comment and ask my first question.

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01:02:03,960 --> 01:02:08,000
Speaker 1: First off, I agree with your take about admin. I

1203
01:02:08,080 --> 01:02:11,040
Speaker 1: come from a wealthy school district. Jim teachers make six

1204
01:02:11,080 --> 01:02:15,880
Speaker 1: figures and that has an endless amount of administrators making

1205
01:02:15,880 --> 01:02:19,800
Speaker 1: a hundred and eighty thousand plus. It's such bullshit because

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01:02:20,240 --> 01:02:22,680
Speaker 1: they do funck all. Just wanted to run a little

1207
01:02:22,680 --> 01:02:25,400
Speaker 1: bit about my disgust for the administration. I like that.

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Speaker 1: My question is about the current state of the NFL.

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Speaker 1: I'm the biggest Bears fan ever. I cry after losses

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Speaker 1: in meaningful games. Luckily, you guys haven't had that many

1211
01:02:34,440 --> 01:02:36,840
Speaker 1: meaningful games. That was mean you didn't have to doing

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01:02:36,920 --> 01:02:38,680
Speaker 1: game a couple of years ago. And I'm looking for

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Speaker 1: a little optimism, but not necessarily for the season. The

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01:02:41,960 --> 01:02:45,640
Speaker 1: NFL is going offensive coaches to become head coaches and

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01:02:45,680 --> 01:02:49,040
Speaker 1: defensive coaches. Head coaches are frowned upon. The Bears obviously

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01:02:49,080 --> 01:02:51,800
Speaker 1: hired ever Flus, a defensive guy, but isn't it a

1217
01:02:51,840 --> 01:02:54,440
Speaker 1: good for them to zag while the NFL is zigging?

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01:02:54,920 --> 01:02:58,040
Speaker 1: I believe the same thing power running football. Shouldn't team

1219
01:02:58,040 --> 01:03:00,000
Speaker 1: try to break the mold and not fallow the Chiefs

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01:03:00,080 --> 01:03:03,080
Speaker 1: or Bills because most teams don't have Mahomes a Alan Well,

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01:03:03,080 --> 01:03:07,200
Speaker 1: the Bill's head coaches defensive guys. Sean McDermott love listen

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01:03:07,240 --> 01:03:09,600
Speaker 1: to you because of your authenticity, even when I don't

1223
01:03:09,640 --> 01:03:13,720
Speaker 1: agree which much of the things you say. God, it

1224
01:03:13,840 --> 01:03:17,560
Speaker 1: seems like being genuine has lost its value in today's society.

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01:03:17,720 --> 01:03:20,240
Speaker 1: See I I don't believe it has. I believe on

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01:03:20,280 --> 01:03:23,200
Speaker 1: Twitter it has, but that's not normal society. I think

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01:03:23,200 --> 01:03:26,040
Speaker 1: when you just act normal in society, when you go

1228
01:03:26,080 --> 01:03:28,600
Speaker 1: out to the gym to eat, most people are happy

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01:03:28,600 --> 01:03:30,760
Speaker 1: and most people treat each other well. I think you

1230
01:03:30,800 --> 01:03:33,760
Speaker 1: turn on television, the news, you open the internet, everyone's

1231
01:03:33,800 --> 01:03:36,320
Speaker 1: really angry. And then you close the internet, you turn

1232
01:03:36,400 --> 01:03:38,880
Speaker 1: off the TV, and you go to a burger joint,

1233
01:03:39,320 --> 01:03:41,720
Speaker 1: you know, you go to the literally game. And again,

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01:03:42,160 --> 01:03:44,440
Speaker 1: this is just my experience. It feels like most people,

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Speaker 1: not that you can't argue and get mad about what

1236
01:03:47,400 --> 01:03:50,640
Speaker 1: you start talking, but every everyone's not just strutting around

1237
01:03:50,640 --> 01:03:52,840
Speaker 1: super angry like the world is ending, even though it

1238
01:03:52,920 --> 01:03:57,400
Speaker 1: might be. Um the Bears, I think you guys are

1239
01:03:57,400 --> 01:04:00,840
Speaker 1: just gonna be really bad. Ultimately, less I said I'd

1240
01:04:00,840 --> 01:04:03,640
Speaker 1: always lean an offensive coach, but I'm biased. I work

1241
01:04:03,720 --> 01:04:07,200
Speaker 1: for Pat Hill, offensive line guy, offensive valued offense, work

1242
01:04:07,240 --> 01:04:09,760
Speaker 1: for Andy Reid, offensive guy. I've had a front row

1243
01:04:09,800 --> 01:04:12,040
Speaker 1: seat now the two best coaches I've seen just going

1244
01:04:12,080 --> 01:04:16,280
Speaker 1: to practice Hardball Kyle Shanahan. Now, both Kyle Shanahan and

1245
01:04:16,320 --> 01:04:20,360
Speaker 1: Hardball believe in defense and running game. Obviously, Andy's more

1246
01:04:20,360 --> 01:04:22,200
Speaker 1: than the throwing game, but he's a huge believer in

1247
01:04:22,200 --> 01:04:26,520
Speaker 1: the defensive line. So listen. If you're a good head coach,

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Speaker 1: you're a good head coach. You know, Mike Tomlin is

1249
01:04:29,360 --> 01:04:32,240
Speaker 1: not an offensive guy and his team always wins. Belichick

1250
01:04:32,360 --> 01:04:34,920
Speaker 1: is a defensive coordinator at his heart and a special

1251
01:04:34,960 --> 01:04:38,560
Speaker 1: team's guy. It's just it's about being a good coach.

1252
01:04:38,720 --> 01:04:40,840
Speaker 1: If either Flus or uber Flues, sorry if I screw

1253
01:04:40,880 --> 01:04:44,640
Speaker 1: up that name, it's just good. You'll be fine. You'll

1254
01:04:44,680 --> 01:04:47,880
Speaker 1: be fine. The one question I would have though, you

1255
01:04:48,000 --> 01:04:51,160
Speaker 1: just traded a lot to get a really really good

1256
01:04:51,200 --> 01:04:55,120
Speaker 1: prospect in Justin Fields and your franchise these next couple

1257
01:04:55,120 --> 01:04:57,480
Speaker 1: of years. Let's just say the next three years is

1258
01:04:57,480 --> 01:05:03,000
Speaker 1: gonna go as far is Justine development like heat your franchise. Obviously,

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01:05:03,000 --> 01:05:04,720
Speaker 1: he needs a good team around him. But if he

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Speaker 1: becomes just the eleventh best quarterback in the NFL, I'm

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Speaker 1: not even he doesn't even need to become a superstar.

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Speaker 1: If he's just the eleventh best, he's like a more

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Speaker 1: physically gifted like Dak Prescott. You guys are in good shape.

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Speaker 1: But how can Uberflus Uberflus, how can he help him out?

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Speaker 1: Besides like giving him Pep talks about life. I just

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Speaker 1: to me ultimately, like teaching him the game of football.

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Speaker 1: That would be my number one priority, or would have been,

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Speaker 1: but they want a different route. Now they're defensive franchise.

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Speaker 1: They're obsessed with it. And I listen, I was one

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Speaker 1: years old when the Bears happened. I'm thirty seven. Like

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Speaker 1: the world's changed a little bit, Like we're never gonna

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Speaker 1: see a defense like that again. It's not really like

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Speaker 1: you can have really good defenses, and they're still not

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Speaker 1: great defenses relatively the NFL. It's an offensive leak, not

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Speaker 1: because like trending that way. Literally the rules, that's the

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Speaker 1: rules are there to score touchdowns and not mess with

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Speaker 1: off some players. So I would lean into that if

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Speaker 1: an industry tells you to do something like if you're

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Speaker 1: not whenever someone asked me, like what should I do

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Speaker 1: with my business? You know, if they asked a question,

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Speaker 1: I'd be like, We'll get on Instagram, get on YouTube,

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Speaker 1: get exposures like free marketing. You know, that's just that's

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Speaker 1: the cards were dealt right now. Cards ruled out in

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Speaker 1: the NFL is like you can't head hunt, you can't

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Speaker 1: hit anyone. It's hard to play corner. You know, it's

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Speaker 1: easy to get wide open and wide receiver. So I'd

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Speaker 1: want my quarterback to be really good. It's always been

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Speaker 1: you needed a good quarterback, but the rules are on

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Speaker 1: a side now. Just just a reality. Appreciate everyone fired

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Speaker 1: in those d M s. I I'll answer a lot.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna put one out this weekend. We'll just keep

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Speaker 1: on swinging and uh talk to everyone. The volume