1 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:12,880 Speaker 1: What is going on everybody? John Middlecop three and Out podcast, 2 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:17,360 Speaker 1: coming to you live on this beautiful kind of smokey 3 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:22,200 Speaker 1: day in northern California. Uh. And we are just a 4 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 1: little over two weeks away from this thing we like 5 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 1: to call week one, and we got a lot of 6 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 1: stories coming down the pipe. I want to thank you 7 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 1: to the football gods for letting this season take place 8 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:36,320 Speaker 1: and giving us all these fun things to talk about. 9 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:40,360 Speaker 1: A lot of Corona tests. We had somewhat of a 10 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:44,519 Speaker 1: red flag situation. The NFL came out today, turns out 11 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 1: its faulty lab. We'll dive into some of that in 12 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:49,519 Speaker 1: the information that's coming out of the league. Trey Lance 13 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:52,680 Speaker 1: one of the guys that's viewed as a potential number 14 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 1: one overall pick North Dakota state where Carson Wentz went 15 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:57,000 Speaker 1: to school. I saw a rumor to day and it 16 00:00:57,080 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 1: might be the dumbest thing I've ever read. Jannikin doc 17 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 1: Way is probably gonna be traded in the next week. 18 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:06,800 Speaker 1: And any team that trades good players late in the 19 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 1: fall is always UH team not well run. I mean, 20 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:12,640 Speaker 1: good teams trade their players in the spring. I thought 21 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 1: I do a little betting segment. I looked at a 22 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:16,720 Speaker 1: couple of teams in the a f C and the 23 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 1: NFC some conference to win the conference odds um a 24 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:24,920 Speaker 1: couple that I just circled in the Earl Thomas debacle, Like, uh, 25 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:28,319 Speaker 1: sometimes it's you, bro, It's not always someone else's fault. 26 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 1: You know. Sometimes we gotta look in the mirror and 27 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 1: it looks like Earl Thomas now is on his he's unemployed, 28 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:37,400 Speaker 1: And uh, I'll dive into that situation. Of course, Middlecoff 29 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 1: mail back at John Middlecoff is what we do to 30 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:43,120 Speaker 1: end the show? Instagram, d MS wide open fire up 31 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:46,240 Speaker 1: in there, get your question answered here. Also, if you follow, 32 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 1: if you listen to this podcast through Collins Feed, also 33 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 1: subscribe to the three and out feed and if you could, 34 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 1: I would greatly appreciate it. Just leave a review helps 35 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:58,200 Speaker 1: us sell the podcast. And you know, we gotta gotta 36 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 1: keep business rolling here. But I want to start with this. 37 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 1: I think it happened on Saturday. All these teams were 38 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:07,720 Speaker 1: having all these guys test positive. It turns out there 39 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:10,079 Speaker 1: are a bunch of false positives coming from the from 40 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 1: the one lab in New Jersey. And then the NFL 41 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:16,560 Speaker 1: announced today that from August twelve through August, so in 42 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 1: eight day period they didn't have one player test positive 43 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:22,960 Speaker 1: over thousands of tests. You know, I have friends in 44 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 1: the league obviously, coaches and friends. These guys get tested 45 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:29,520 Speaker 1: every day when they go into the facility. So between 46 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:31,679 Speaker 1: you know, scouts and coaches, between like six and seven 47 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 1: in the morning, they're getting tested every day. I mean, 48 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 1: it's it's it's crazy some of the stories that I've 49 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 1: heard just how serious they're taking him. And it's not, 50 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 1: I guess crazy because you knew what was gonna happen. 51 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 1: But some of these stories you hear about baseball like 52 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:48,000 Speaker 1: football is. Here's the thing with football in the NFL 53 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 1: in general. Over the last decade, it became the big 54 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 1: bad wolf. And I think there were a couple of 55 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:59,080 Speaker 1: reasons why. One their commissioner was arrogant and he did 56 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 1: not kiss the feet of the media. He did not 57 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:04,959 Speaker 1: play the game, and they don't like that. You can 58 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:07,359 Speaker 1: be the most successful person ever, but if you don't 59 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 1: play the game, they're gonna come at you. And Adam Silver, 60 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:13,040 Speaker 1: for example, that the media loves telling me is the 61 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 1: best commissioner going. I don't know how that's possible when 62 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 1: you shepherded a league that is losing consumers by the week. 63 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:23,320 Speaker 1: I mean, your job is to make people watch your 64 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:26,359 Speaker 1: sport and it's but you listen to what the media 65 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:28,400 Speaker 1: says and write about him. They think he's the greatest 66 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:31,079 Speaker 1: commissioner ever. He couldn't hold a candle to the guy 67 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 1: he just replaced in David Stern, Roger Goodell. Does he 68 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 1: have his faults, of course, and these screw up situations, 69 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 1: but under his watch, the league has made historic money. 70 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 1: I don't know the guy. I'm not up here pounding 71 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 1: my chest for Roger Goodell. I don't even have an opinion. 72 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 1: I'm indifferent on the guy, but I never hated him 73 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 1: like everyone in the media. And let's face it, the 74 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:54,920 Speaker 1: media hated him because, unlike Adam Silver, he didn't text them. 75 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 1: He's not friends with him. And here's the other thing 76 00:03:57,320 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 1: with the NFL. Over the last decade, when this one 77 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:03,720 Speaker 1: of the craziest bull markets we've ever seen in American history, 78 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:07,040 Speaker 1: a couple of things blew up right. Silicon Valley went 79 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 1: to a whole new level. All these tech companies became 80 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:12,640 Speaker 1: the biggest companies, not just in America but in the world. Well, 81 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:17,159 Speaker 1: the NFL over that period of time started running laps 82 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:20,360 Speaker 1: around the other leagues. The NBA in baseball, it's now 83 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:23,320 Speaker 1: in a different stratosphere. When they put on a game 84 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 1: like the NBA, hope some of these playoff games get 85 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:28,240 Speaker 1: one point five million people to watch. And again I 86 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:31,080 Speaker 1: say it all the time. I like the NBA. I 87 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:33,680 Speaker 1: love that. I love the sport of basketball. I'm watching 88 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 1: all these playoffs. My friends are not. You couldn't pay 89 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:39,279 Speaker 1: them to watch. We're in the NFL. You put on 90 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:41,279 Speaker 1: a Thursday night game, you put on a Monday night game. 91 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 1: I'm talking in the regular season. When the game suck 92 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 1: and you get ten million people to watch, they don't 93 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 1: even need to try. When you put on a good 94 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:52,080 Speaker 1: game on a primetime game, it does you know, eight figures. 95 00:04:52,279 --> 00:04:54,440 Speaker 1: I mean, we've seen we have evidence, we've seen it. 96 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:59,120 Speaker 1: And the media and the people that you know covered 97 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 1: the sport, let's say, through Twitter and social media, we've 98 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:06,040 Speaker 1: seen their political views and they despise big business. It's 99 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:08,039 Speaker 1: one thing. It's one reason why when people like you 100 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:11,279 Speaker 1: remember the media like kinda like I just I sell 101 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:14,120 Speaker 1: my opinions. I view myself really more as a businessman 102 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 1: because I see the people in the media, and I 103 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:18,920 Speaker 1: don't have that much in common with them. Like I 104 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:22,719 Speaker 1: love business, I like money. I root for other people 105 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:25,240 Speaker 1: to be successful. When I see other businesses that are 106 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:28,479 Speaker 1: crushing it, I applaud them like I'm rooting for I 107 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:31,599 Speaker 1: root for capitalism. So like I don't know anyone in 108 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:34,159 Speaker 1: the league office. Roger Goodell could be an asshole, but 109 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:37,400 Speaker 1: the league is crushed it. And you can you can 110 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 1: give me all these different variables. And the reason why 111 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:42,840 Speaker 1: they have all I know is that they lap these 112 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 1: other sports. And during that period of time, they got 113 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:47,240 Speaker 1: a lot of hate. And as many wise people have 114 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:49,919 Speaker 1: told me throughout my life, the wind usually blows the 115 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:52,800 Speaker 1: hardest at the top of the mountain, and the NFL 116 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:56,080 Speaker 1: has felt that wrath over the last decade. Again, I'm 117 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:58,960 Speaker 1: not saying they've done everything perfect, but when it comes 118 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:02,719 Speaker 1: to business, which is what they've run, they dominate. So 119 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:05,800 Speaker 1: when they got in this Corona strategy, and and here's 120 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:10,599 Speaker 1: another thing, the media gets very, very uncomfortable when people 121 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:14,320 Speaker 1: like myself say that they've rooted against sports. And I 122 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 1: don't necessarily think they've rooted against sports, But in two 123 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:21,000 Speaker 1: thousand twenty, probably more than any time in world history 124 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:24,960 Speaker 1: because of social media. When you have an opinion, you 125 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:28,360 Speaker 1: want to stick to that opinion. And clearly a lot 126 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 1: of people in the media despise the politics in this country, 127 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 1: in Donald Trump and Donald Trump, and it feels as 128 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:37,200 Speaker 1: Corona has become public, you know, politicized. It feels like 129 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:40,200 Speaker 1: you're either on one side or the other side. I 130 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:42,800 Speaker 1: always say this about myself. I'm rooting for Corona to 131 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:45,360 Speaker 1: go away. I'm rooting for businesses to come back. I 132 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:48,480 Speaker 1: don't know how that's political. I don't know when rooting 133 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:51,520 Speaker 1: for the economy and people to be able to put 134 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:54,040 Speaker 1: food on their table became political. But the fact of 135 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:56,640 Speaker 1: the matter is that's that's where we've become. So a 136 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:58,000 Speaker 1: lot of people in the media, and I know I've 137 00:06:58,000 --> 00:06:59,840 Speaker 1: seen Peter King and different people on Twitter. They got 138 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:03,200 Speaker 1: mad ad at Kyle Brant of the NFL network when 139 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:05,040 Speaker 1: he when he kind of tweeted out this comment like, 140 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 1: are you guys rooting against it? And let's face it, 141 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:09,479 Speaker 1: you follow Florio, you follow Peter King and some of 142 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:12,520 Speaker 1: these guys on social media over a period of time, 143 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 1: and I like Peter, but there have been instances where 144 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:18,960 Speaker 1: it just feels like because if Corona wins out in 145 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:21,520 Speaker 1: the NFL fails or sports in general fail, or we 146 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:26,200 Speaker 1: gotta keep locking down. Their opinion was justified, and I'm 147 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 1: not dumb enough. Hopefully these guys realized that, of course 148 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:31,920 Speaker 1: you want the NFL to be played, that's what pays 149 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 1: all of their salaries. But when you're anti business, I 150 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 1: don't think you often understand that, which is crazy to 151 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 1: think about, but that's just the nature of sometimes in 152 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 1: the media. I don't think people realize that it's helped 153 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:47,480 Speaker 1: me running my own business. Understand like how the revenue 154 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 1: comes in. Like I'm a big fan of being creative, 155 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:53,760 Speaker 1: started a YouTube channel, but I also understand that you 156 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 1: can't keep going without revenue coming in. And I think 157 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:00,680 Speaker 1: the NFL understood, and they've been lucky because they have 158 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:03,600 Speaker 1: an unlimited amount of resources. They were gonna throw the 159 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 1: kitchen sink at this thing. It wasn't political to them 160 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:09,840 Speaker 1: in the sense of their only job was to try 161 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:13,240 Speaker 1: to get games played, because that is how the NFL 162 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:19,720 Speaker 1: makes their money by playing games. So someone with unlimited resources, 163 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:22,480 Speaker 1: given that's the NFL and all these teams, we're gonna 164 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:26,040 Speaker 1: throw whatever it took to make sure that they could function. 165 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:29,240 Speaker 1: And here are two things that the NFL was just 166 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:33,720 Speaker 1: naturally set up to have a chance against the coronavirus 167 00:08:33,760 --> 00:08:36,520 Speaker 1: of the things that they could control. And a lot 168 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 1: of coaches said this when training camps began, is that 169 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:43,600 Speaker 1: like at our facility, before we even put all the 170 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:46,719 Speaker 1: safety protocols and measures in place, it already was like 171 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:50,240 Speaker 1: a little bubble. Like in football. Football coaches don't leave 172 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:52,920 Speaker 1: the office, they live there. A lot of high level 173 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:55,960 Speaker 1: players spend a large majority of time at the facility. 174 00:08:56,320 --> 00:08:59,560 Speaker 1: Now you have to balance those those players, unlike the coaches, 175 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:01,760 Speaker 1: usually Monday and Tuesday official if they're on a good 176 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:04,400 Speaker 1: team and they win a lot, so they got free time. 177 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:06,480 Speaker 1: And if you're not married, you don't have a family, 178 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:08,400 Speaker 1: you're you're gonna go out and hang out like these 179 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:12,000 Speaker 1: These are year old with disposable income, good looking man 180 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:14,560 Speaker 1: you know, with cash, did have a lot of energy. 181 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:18,320 Speaker 1: Like it's not it's understandable. But here are two things 182 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:20,520 Speaker 1: that the NFL players like different than basketball. Here's one 183 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:23,199 Speaker 1: reason that the NBA had to do the bubble. They 184 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:26,000 Speaker 1: have a player league that their players don't dictate the 185 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:28,320 Speaker 1: rules or excuse me, the coaches in front offices don't 186 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:31,000 Speaker 1: dictate the rules. The players do. When the player wants 187 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:34,600 Speaker 1: the coach gone, they're fired. No one tells Lebron James 188 00:09:34,679 --> 00:09:37,480 Speaker 1: or James Harden or Kevin Durant what to do that 189 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:40,199 Speaker 1: they dictate the league like that's just that's a fact, 190 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:42,920 Speaker 1: Like it doesn't bother me. I mean it should, I 191 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:45,240 Speaker 1: mean they're the best players. They don't listen to coaches. 192 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:48,640 Speaker 1: They shouldn't because Lebron's proven, Like it doesn't even matter 193 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:51,800 Speaker 1: whose coaches he can win with anybody. But the reality is, 194 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:55,480 Speaker 1: in football, it's a coach and management league, and unlike 195 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:59,040 Speaker 1: the NBA, just like baseball, the money's not guaranteed, so 196 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:02,599 Speaker 1: the majority already of the week. Besides, like some quarterbacks 197 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:05,480 Speaker 1: and maybe like a star player on each team is 198 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:09,480 Speaker 1: basically living year to year. On any given season, they 199 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:12,160 Speaker 1: could be cut, they could be thrown to the curb, 200 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:16,080 Speaker 1: and because of injuries, their career could end. So coaches, 201 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 1: when they tell them something, players listen. It's a disciplined 202 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:22,079 Speaker 1: sport to begin with, Right, you're told what time to 203 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:23,960 Speaker 1: show up at the facility. You're told what times meetings 204 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:26,160 Speaker 1: are you told at what time practices? You're told we 205 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:28,360 Speaker 1: got another meeting, you're told to stay late, you're told 206 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:31,120 Speaker 1: to do extra and just listen. It's just part of 207 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:34,360 Speaker 1: the nature of football. It's built in, and so far 208 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:38,240 Speaker 1: in training camp clearly worked out pretty well because most 209 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:41,040 Speaker 1: of these players, the majority of every team is fighting 210 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:43,920 Speaker 1: for their job every year. So you take it very, 211 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:47,600 Speaker 1: very seriously. Or with the bubble, it forced these players 212 00:10:47,679 --> 00:10:50,200 Speaker 1: like you don't have an option because those guys, all 213 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:53,079 Speaker 1: those guys are unguaranteed contracts right that they're not worried 214 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:56,240 Speaker 1: about getting cut. They can't get cut. We're in the NFL. 215 00:10:56,800 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 1: Think how many veteran players every single year get cut. 216 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:02,400 Speaker 1: Now here's what I've always said, it's just about pro 217 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:04,800 Speaker 1: athletes in general, but definitely about the NFL. It's an 218 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:09,640 Speaker 1: educated league. Football is a smart guy sport. Dumb guys 219 00:11:09,679 --> 00:11:13,560 Speaker 1: don't last that long. And it's pretty clear by the 220 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:15,720 Speaker 1: evidence we have that none of these guys hasn't positive 221 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:18,640 Speaker 1: they're listening to their coaches, because of course they are, 222 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:21,719 Speaker 1: because that's what they do. So the coaches and the 223 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:24,959 Speaker 1: leagues they put in all these protocols. You know, every 224 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:28,080 Speaker 1: single day you've seen on hard knocks how much they're 225 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:32,320 Speaker 1: over emphasizing falling the rules, listening what to do, and 226 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:35,320 Speaker 1: doing whatever it takes to make sure you you do 227 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:37,760 Speaker 1: what you can control to avoid this virus. And so 228 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:40,280 Speaker 1: far you go through a from you know, an eight 229 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:43,880 Speaker 1: day period where not not one player test positive shows 230 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:47,720 Speaker 1: you these guys are listening. And the NFL, you know, 231 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:50,360 Speaker 1: like any good business, and they're not just a good business, 232 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:53,400 Speaker 1: they're a great business. Is usually ahead of the curve. 233 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:56,360 Speaker 1: Even when people, let's let's call spade spade, we're kind 234 00:11:56,360 --> 00:11:59,920 Speaker 1: of rooting for them to fail. Okay, let's get in 235 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:07,440 Speaker 1: do Earl Thomas who was just cut from the Baltimore Ravens, 236 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:12,640 Speaker 1: and the Ravens not only cut them, their players essentially 237 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:15,880 Speaker 1: voted on him to get the hell out there. And 238 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:19,720 Speaker 1: I'll never forget this quote from Doc Rivers and the 239 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:21,960 Speaker 1: head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers. I think he 240 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:24,120 Speaker 1: said this when he was the head coach. I heard 241 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:27,000 Speaker 1: him on a podcast interview one time, and it was 242 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:30,280 Speaker 1: just it was great and it's so true. He said, 243 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:34,280 Speaker 1: the worst thing a player can do is let their 244 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:39,959 Speaker 1: problems outweigh their talent. When your talent outweighs your problems, 245 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:44,280 Speaker 1: you're okay, right, Terrell Owens forever, Antonio Brown for a 246 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:47,880 Speaker 1: long time, and you see it a lot in pro sports, 247 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:52,840 Speaker 1: but it gets to the point where you just when 248 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:57,880 Speaker 1: the pendulum swings and your problems are better than your ability, 249 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 1: it's over and bye bye. And yesterday on Sunday, I 250 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:07,280 Speaker 1: think when he was officially released, maybe it was Saturday, whatever. 251 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:10,400 Speaker 1: Over the weekend, I saw everyone's saying, like, all these 252 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:12,880 Speaker 1: teams are gonna be lined up, everyone's gonna want Earl Thomas. 253 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:18,040 Speaker 1: And if you told me Michael Thomas, if you told 254 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:21,760 Speaker 1: me J. J. Watt, right, if you I'm just talking 255 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:26,880 Speaker 1: famous players were just cut, Richard Sherman, Fletcher Cox, I'd 256 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:28,600 Speaker 1: be like, every team in the league's gonna want this 257 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:30,680 Speaker 1: guy without you don't even need to have a meeting, 258 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:32,040 Speaker 1: Like what do we have to do to get him 259 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:34,840 Speaker 1: in our building right now for this season? When I 260 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:37,000 Speaker 1: saw Earl Thomas was cut and people thought people were 261 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:38,400 Speaker 1: just gonna sign him and maybe by the time you're 262 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:42,000 Speaker 1: listening someone signs him. To me, that's not an immediate sign. 263 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:45,520 Speaker 1: That's like, hey, when we get to the office tomorrow, 264 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:48,559 Speaker 1: let's have a meeting, let's talk some pros and cons. 265 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:50,920 Speaker 1: Let's get on the white board. Does anyone on our 266 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:53,880 Speaker 1: staff know anyone with the Ravens. Can we play some 267 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:56,480 Speaker 1: calls and see what the hell happened? We need to 268 00:13:56,480 --> 00:14:00,760 Speaker 1: do some investigative work. Do people forget? And rightfully so, 269 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:04,000 Speaker 1: because this thing called the coronavirus hit Earl Thomas like 270 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:06,440 Speaker 1: three months ago had his wife pull a gun on 271 00:14:06,520 --> 00:14:09,600 Speaker 1: him when he was having an orgy with his brother. 272 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:14,199 Speaker 1: So let's face it and listen. I'm not one to 273 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:16,920 Speaker 1: judge orgies or even uh, hanging around with your brother 274 00:14:16,960 --> 00:14:19,000 Speaker 1: doing that stuff not for me. But if he wants 275 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:21,080 Speaker 1: to do that, that's up to him. That's not even 276 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:23,280 Speaker 1: that big of an issue. Though. Remember when that happened, 277 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:25,920 Speaker 1: the Ravens were piste off because he did not tell 278 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:28,400 Speaker 1: them he had just did someone on Instagram and the 279 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:31,840 Speaker 1: Ravens like, what is going on? And then I read reports, 280 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:36,440 Speaker 1: multiple reports that he had consistently showed up late, And 281 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:38,800 Speaker 1: I'd say, one thing in football you just don't get 282 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:41,720 Speaker 1: away with long is showing up late. Now you don't 283 00:14:41,760 --> 00:14:44,080 Speaker 1: need to be Tom Coughlin be there thirty minutes before 284 00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:47,920 Speaker 1: the meeting. But football is a pretty punctual sport. We 285 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:49,880 Speaker 1: always talk about it. It has a lot of parallels 286 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:56,000 Speaker 1: to the meeting or the the military that meetings, you know, practices, 287 00:14:56,840 --> 00:15:01,120 Speaker 1: film sessions. Like your entire day, specially in trading camp, 288 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:05,400 Speaker 1: is broken down by fifteen thirty minute increments. You know, 289 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:08,600 Speaker 1: from the moment you get in the facility, eat breakfast 290 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:10,880 Speaker 1: from like seven thirty or eight up until eight o'clock 291 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:13,680 Speaker 1: when you leave at night. Every every minute's accounted for, 292 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:17,160 Speaker 1: every single minute. You have no excuse for being late. 293 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:19,920 Speaker 1: And when you're a player of Earl Thomas's level, right, 294 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:22,080 Speaker 1: it's one thing to be a rookie being kind of swimming, 295 00:15:22,400 --> 00:15:25,760 Speaker 1: not knowing where you're going, being overwhelmed. Earl Thomas, Like 296 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:27,440 Speaker 1: a couple of years ago you were headed straight for 297 00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:29,520 Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame. And now in the last couple 298 00:15:29,560 --> 00:15:32,360 Speaker 1: of years we have you getting carted off the field, 299 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:35,240 Speaker 1: flipping off Pete Carroll. Maybe they knew something, Maybe Earl, 300 00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:37,280 Speaker 1: they didn't want to keep you, maybe because your best 301 00:15:37,280 --> 00:15:39,840 Speaker 1: football is behind you. And then you go to Baltimore, 302 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:42,560 Speaker 1: who I even thought at the time kind of overpaid him, 303 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:44,920 Speaker 1: clearly did not go well. They were weird ship happening 304 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:47,720 Speaker 1: last year. Then he's showing up late. He's having origins 305 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:50,160 Speaker 1: with his brother and then this year at a blown 306 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:55,200 Speaker 1: coverage in practice, like isn't part of practice. Blowing coverage 307 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:59,960 Speaker 1: isn't part of plaque practice, Dropping balls isn't part of practice. 308 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:03,960 Speaker 1: Jumping off sides, it's the point of practice. Coach him up, 309 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:07,600 Speaker 1: make changes. It's not that complicated. So when he blew 310 00:16:07,680 --> 00:16:12,480 Speaker 1: up an instagrammed the video and Lamar Jackson the pistol, 311 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:16,200 Speaker 1: I mean, I would imagine John Harbad Greg Roman doesn't 312 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:19,040 Speaker 1: want the video of their offense out. But and then 313 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:22,760 Speaker 1: he starts fighting a teammate like that's clown show stuff 314 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:26,880 Speaker 1: blown covered And I got no problem a yelling, right, 315 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:31,120 Speaker 1: I I actually enjoy confrontation. But in terms of getting 316 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:33,720 Speaker 1: into a physical altercation with a guy who's having a 317 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:36,480 Speaker 1: disagreement like that, that's the point of practice. And I 318 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:39,080 Speaker 1: think the Ravens tonight are so glad that guy is 319 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:41,800 Speaker 1: out of their building. Like, eventually, get to the point 320 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:44,120 Speaker 1: in time in your life, like Earl Thomas, you're not 321 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:46,280 Speaker 1: the Earl Thomas that we should talk about with Seattle, 322 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:49,160 Speaker 1: like that, those days are done. You need to adapt 323 00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:51,960 Speaker 1: time to throw different pitches. You can't keep acting like 324 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:54,040 Speaker 1: you're a It's two thousand thirteen you're an All Pro. 325 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:58,280 Speaker 1: That's not two thousand twenty. And I listen if I 326 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:01,520 Speaker 1: ran a team, unless I get John Harbor on the 327 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:04,280 Speaker 1: phone and say it was all big misunderstanding. We just 328 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:07,119 Speaker 1: had to get him out. Gave me some excuse. I 329 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:09,560 Speaker 1: don't think I touched the guy like I. I'm not 330 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:12,480 Speaker 1: into touching former All pros that still think they're an 331 00:17:12,520 --> 00:17:14,840 Speaker 1: All pro that aren't anywhere near that and are also 332 00:17:15,040 --> 00:17:19,120 Speaker 1: a locker room lawyer. I ain't doing it, and I'll 333 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:22,280 Speaker 1: be I'll be stunned, stunned, will be strong. It's the NFL. 334 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:27,399 Speaker 1: I'll be surprised if if good teams with good cultures 335 00:17:27,600 --> 00:17:30,680 Speaker 1: mess with this guy. Now there are some connections, right 336 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:32,720 Speaker 1: You just say Dallas, he's begged to go there before. 337 00:17:33,080 --> 00:17:35,199 Speaker 1: You look at the forty Niners who don't necessarily need him, 338 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:38,240 Speaker 1: but they have Richard Sherman and Robert Sala that know him. 339 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:41,359 Speaker 1: I would imagine Pete Carroll ain't going back up, uh, 340 00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:45,720 Speaker 1: you know, down that road again. You'd say, well, dan 341 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:49,440 Speaker 1: Quinn has coached him before. Gus Bradley, you would say 342 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:52,760 Speaker 1: they don't really need him in uh with the Chargers 343 00:17:52,760 --> 00:17:57,439 Speaker 1: almost called him san Diego. So who knows. I'm not 344 00:17:57,480 --> 00:17:59,400 Speaker 1: ignorant enough to think like this guy's gonna be out 345 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:02,399 Speaker 1: of the league. He's still a starting player, but his 346 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:04,560 Speaker 1: day and age of being like the Hall of Fame 347 00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:07,960 Speaker 1: game changer, best defensive player on the best defense in 348 00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:13,200 Speaker 1: the league, uh five years removed Like we we gotta 349 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:15,680 Speaker 1: get with the real get with the times here, and 350 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:18,280 Speaker 1: like Doc River said that the moment your career is 351 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:22,480 Speaker 1: in trouble as a player in professional sports are when 352 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:25,080 Speaker 1: your problems outweigh your talent. And it's sure as hell 353 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:29,040 Speaker 1: feels like Earl Thomas is trend in that direction. Okay, 354 00:18:29,119 --> 00:18:32,880 Speaker 1: let's dive into a story that I saw a friend 355 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:35,560 Speaker 1: of mine internet friend, but I've met him, I think 356 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:37,200 Speaker 1: in person A couple of times. Talked on the phone 357 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:41,800 Speaker 1: Pete Damil, who covers college sports, writes for Yahoo, uh Yahoo, 358 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:45,560 Speaker 1: and he said sources, this was the headline he tweeted out. 359 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:50,160 Speaker 1: Potential top five NFL prospect that'd betray Lance, who plays 360 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:54,520 Speaker 1: for North Dakota State, is getting a surprise showcase game 361 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:58,439 Speaker 1: this fall. North Dakota State recently signed a contract to 362 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:02,360 Speaker 1: play Central Arkansas on a Tober three and Fargo. Multiple 363 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:06,440 Speaker 1: sources told Yah who Sports. It will be the only 364 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:10,760 Speaker 1: game the three time defending FCS National championship will play 365 00:19:10,800 --> 00:19:14,040 Speaker 1: this fall. And here's a quote from an area scout 366 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:17,040 Speaker 1: on Tree, I'd be shocked if he's not a top 367 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:19,680 Speaker 1: fifteen pick. I think he's gonna go right up there 368 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:21,920 Speaker 1: in the top five with Justin Fields and Trevor Lawrence. 369 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:25,640 Speaker 1: I know, like I said earlier, my friend Daniel Jeremiah 370 00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:27,840 Speaker 1: thinks he's gonna be a top You know, we got 371 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:31,960 Speaker 1: a potentially be the number one overall pick North Dakota State, 372 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:33,960 Speaker 1: I think within the last month as the Pac twelve 373 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:35,720 Speaker 1: and Big Ten and the Mountain West and all the 374 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:39,840 Speaker 1: conferences canceled their football season, which was a really big 375 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:43,359 Speaker 1: deal one because their powerhouse and too just because they 376 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:46,720 Speaker 1: have this guy who would have been you know, kind 377 00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:49,720 Speaker 1: of got the Josh Allen treatment, where I know Josh 378 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:51,720 Speaker 1: played at Wyoming, which is Mountain West, but a smaller 379 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:53,679 Speaker 1: school guy that could be the number one overall pick, 380 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:56,320 Speaker 1: especially when you factor in Carson Wentz in North Dakota State, 381 00:19:56,680 --> 00:19:59,720 Speaker 1: like it was gonna be a huge college football story. 382 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:01,720 Speaker 1: But when I see the headline that he's gonna play 383 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:04,040 Speaker 1: a showcase game or just one game, here's what I know. 384 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:07,879 Speaker 1: Don't do it now. I'm also not of the I 385 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:10,360 Speaker 1: don't know the guy. He's only a red shirt freshman. 386 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:13,159 Speaker 1: He doesn't have to come out. He could, you know, 387 00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:16,560 Speaker 1: next year, when hopefully, pray to God, things get back 388 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:19,760 Speaker 1: to normal. He could just return play next fall on 389 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:22,120 Speaker 1: a team that's surely gonna be loaded, win a bunch 390 00:20:22,119 --> 00:20:24,920 Speaker 1: of games, probably win another national championship, and come out 391 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:27,040 Speaker 1: as a red shirt junior technically still be a Recherd 392 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:30,439 Speaker 1: sophomore if he doesn't play. If I was him, I 393 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:33,800 Speaker 1: don't know what good can come from this. You're only 394 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:37,480 Speaker 1: playing one game, so you're not practicing really all year long. 395 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:40,480 Speaker 1: You're just gonna play one game in October with a 396 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:43,480 Speaker 1: team like are they practicing seriously over the next month 397 00:20:43,480 --> 00:20:46,879 Speaker 1: to keep everyone in shape? Who's blocking for them? Is 398 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:51,600 Speaker 1: a Central Arkansas playing a full schedule? I just see 399 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:54,760 Speaker 1: risk first reward, and I don't know what the reward is. 400 00:20:55,359 --> 00:20:58,879 Speaker 1: His tape last year speaks for itself, right, he can 401 00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:01,679 Speaker 1: just stand on that alone. What could he possibly do 402 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:05,359 Speaker 1: in one game up his stock throw five or six touchdowns? 403 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:08,560 Speaker 1: Here's what I do know. Several things could go wrong. 404 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:11,639 Speaker 1: One he could just play shitty, which wouldn't even be 405 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:14,720 Speaker 1: that crazy given that I don't know. They're not playing 406 00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:19,720 Speaker 1: a season. Right again, let me repeat, not playing a season. 407 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:22,840 Speaker 1: The football is not Yeah, we're just gonna play one game. 408 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:28,359 Speaker 1: What so I don't see the reward there too. I 409 00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:31,159 Speaker 1: don't know he could get hurt. Here's what I know. 410 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:34,560 Speaker 1: People get hurt playing football. You see it going on 411 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:38,239 Speaker 1: right now in the NFL. Right lamar Jackson's injury right now, 412 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:43,320 Speaker 1: I saw several. I know d Ford got hurt, Brandon 413 00:21:43,359 --> 00:21:46,480 Speaker 1: and you got hurt. Uh. Players all over the NFL 414 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:49,320 Speaker 1: are getting injured on the Eagles had a guy go 415 00:21:49,359 --> 00:21:52,560 Speaker 1: to the cart today. Uh, it happens all Uh delpit 416 00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:54,919 Speaker 1: the l s U say, if you got drafted by 417 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:57,840 Speaker 1: the Browns, it looks like he tours Achilles today. It's football. 418 00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:00,879 Speaker 1: When you practice, when you work out, when you train, 419 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:03,160 Speaker 1: when you play in games, you can just get hurt. 420 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:07,120 Speaker 1: We all know the deal. Here's what I do know, though, 421 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:10,400 Speaker 1: if you're only playing a one game season and just 422 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:14,200 Speaker 1: the risk of not being on the same page. Football 423 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:17,399 Speaker 1: is a game of cohesion. Football is a game of practice. 424 00:22:18,119 --> 00:22:20,600 Speaker 1: It's not the Houston Rockets just show up and shoot 425 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:24,560 Speaker 1: a bunch of threes. You need to rep your place, 426 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:28,280 Speaker 1: you need to rep the speed of your offensive line 427 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:33,000 Speaker 1: blocking for the quarterback. I just don't see the upside. Now. 428 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:36,119 Speaker 1: If he has no desire to come out after this 429 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:39,160 Speaker 1: season and he's coming back the following year, then I mean, 430 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:43,159 Speaker 1: I I understand it, But given how much potentially this 431 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:46,280 Speaker 1: guy has on the table financially and how just talented 432 00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:50,359 Speaker 1: he is, I don't. This doesn't make any sense to me. Like, 433 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:52,840 Speaker 1: and here's what I think a lot of normal people 434 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:56,399 Speaker 1: have struggled with the coronavirus. A lot of these rules 435 00:22:56,560 --> 00:23:00,640 Speaker 1: feel kind of arbitrary, like, wait, you couldn't play football season, 436 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:03,040 Speaker 1: but you can play one game? Like the Big Ten 437 00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:06,360 Speaker 1: Ohio State they're not playing a season yet. The Bengals 438 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:09,679 Speaker 1: are yet, the Browns are yet, the Cincinnati Bearcats are yet. 439 00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:12,520 Speaker 1: Ohio State, Ohio football in the state of Ohio is 440 00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:14,879 Speaker 1: playing football. It just does not add up for a 441 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:17,320 Speaker 1: lot of people. I understand why the Big Ten parents 442 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:23,080 Speaker 1: and players and coaches are piste off because you just go, 443 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:25,879 Speaker 1: you just look around, you go. If I'm Jim Harbaugh, 444 00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:28,400 Speaker 1: I go, well, the Lions are playing. Is Michigan high 445 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:30,600 Speaker 1: school football taking place. I don't think it is actually 446 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:35,240 Speaker 1: because Michigan operates a lot like California. But I get 447 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:38,280 Speaker 1: where they're coming from. But once you pull the plug 448 00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:40,960 Speaker 1: on the season, you can't then dip your toe into 449 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:44,480 Speaker 1: the water. To me, either play a handful of games 450 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:47,879 Speaker 1: like up seven eight game conference season, even at that level, 451 00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:50,359 Speaker 1: or don't do anything at all because you have a 452 00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:53,159 Speaker 1: player on your team who has way too much on 453 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:56,439 Speaker 1: the line and he does not need a showcase. His 454 00:23:56,480 --> 00:23:59,560 Speaker 1: tape last year was a showcase, right, So to me, 455 00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:03,600 Speaker 1: he does not have the ability to the scouting community 456 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:06,520 Speaker 1: to really do much for himself. He can hurt himself 457 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:09,080 Speaker 1: though he can get hurt, or he can play terrible, 458 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:11,560 Speaker 1: and even if he played terrible, would be easy to 459 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:13,480 Speaker 1: like swipe it under the rug, but that film would 460 00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:17,399 Speaker 1: still exist. You don't play, no one will hold it 461 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:21,080 Speaker 1: against you. You just go this is I didn't feel comfortable. 462 00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:23,240 Speaker 1: We hadn't been practicing, and I know it would be 463 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:25,600 Speaker 1: difficult twenty year old guy. All of his friends are playing. 464 00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:28,480 Speaker 1: It's easy for anyone in my seat to tell someone 465 00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:30,560 Speaker 1: not to do something, So why I always struggle with 466 00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:32,320 Speaker 1: the media, tell him, like the Big ten kids should 467 00:24:32,359 --> 00:24:34,880 Speaker 1: just shut up. Now they want to play, why don't 468 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:36,760 Speaker 1: you let them decide to play. It's kind of crazy 469 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:38,520 Speaker 1: that I haven't heard a peep out of the back twelve. 470 00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:40,600 Speaker 1: It's like, yeah, we're good, We're cool. We were gonna 471 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:43,200 Speaker 1: make the playoffs anyway. We notice like that they haven't 472 00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:46,040 Speaker 1: said shit. But the Big ten's piste off, and I'd 473 00:24:46,119 --> 00:24:48,879 Speaker 1: understand Trey Lamps being piste off too, but I I 474 00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:52,280 Speaker 1: would recommend if he asked me for advice, I would say, 475 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:57,360 Speaker 1: do not do it. I saw Michael Lombardi, former GM, 476 00:24:57,480 --> 00:24:59,760 Speaker 1: wrote an article for The Athletic, and he had tweeted 477 00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:03,040 Speaker 1: out last week that Yannick and Dockway was about to 478 00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:08,080 Speaker 1: get traded the uh the pass rusher for the Jacksonville Jaguars, 479 00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:12,879 Speaker 1: and at the time he wrote in this article that 480 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:15,919 Speaker 1: I guess once the tweet went out, Dave Calledwell, the 481 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:19,160 Speaker 1: general manager of the Jacksonville Jaguars, freaked out, couldn't believe 482 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:21,800 Speaker 1: he was tweeting it. He had. Lombardy had some good 483 00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:24,280 Speaker 1: points his article. It's like, David, we all know you're 484 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:27,439 Speaker 1: trading the guy. He's literally not a training camp. He 485 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:33,440 Speaker 1: has not signed the franchise tender. Your former corner cornerback 486 00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:36,479 Speaker 1: Jalen Ramsey said the day he got traded was the 487 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:40,160 Speaker 1: best day of his life. He's been in the conference 488 00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:43,359 Speaker 1: championship game and he has children, and he still called 489 00:25:43,359 --> 00:25:45,520 Speaker 1: that the best day of his life. You run a 490 00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:49,280 Speaker 1: clown franchise. I think the Jaguars are such an embarrassment. 491 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:52,639 Speaker 1: I was talking with someone over the weekend having a 492 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:57,240 Speaker 1: few pops and really one thing the league, and I 493 00:25:57,240 --> 00:26:01,000 Speaker 1: think basketball in the NFL and baseball should think about 494 00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:03,080 Speaker 1: big picture. I'm not a big soccer guy in the 495 00:26:03,119 --> 00:26:05,520 Speaker 1: sense of like I don't follow the the e p L, 496 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:09,080 Speaker 1: the Premier League, whatever you consider it. Though I do 497 00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:11,960 Speaker 1: respect the league and I love the size of their businesses, 498 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:15,120 Speaker 1: how much they pay for guys. My favorite part though, 499 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:20,040 Speaker 1: of European soccer is relegation. If you don't earn your stripes, 500 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:22,480 Speaker 1: you get kicked out, like the Sacramento Kings would be 501 00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:25,840 Speaker 1: bye bye, the Jacksonville Jaguars would be bye bye, and 502 00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:28,560 Speaker 1: the next franchise will get their chance. I think that 503 00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:31,159 Speaker 1: would be something big picture over the next ten twenty 504 00:26:31,240 --> 00:26:34,240 Speaker 1: years these leagues should think about doing. You should not 505 00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:37,399 Speaker 1: be grandfathered in to a seat at the table of 506 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:40,840 Speaker 1: making the cash. There should be other minor league franchises 507 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:43,200 Speaker 1: that have the opportunity to get to the next league, 508 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:46,520 Speaker 1: And it'd be a way, honestly, if collegiate sports would 509 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:49,280 Speaker 1: ever die, I think you could function in some of 510 00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:52,200 Speaker 1: the collegiate just as minor leagues and then have them 511 00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:55,679 Speaker 1: give the opportunity to join the big leagues. Right. But 512 00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:58,439 Speaker 1: the Jacksonville Jaguars, here's what I do know, and I 513 00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:00,439 Speaker 1: have this philosophy when I saw the Rays when they 514 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:02,840 Speaker 1: traded Khleil mac a couple of years ago, when the 515 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:05,240 Speaker 1: Jaguars last year or forced to trade Jalen Ramsey in 516 00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:07,640 Speaker 1: the middle of the season, and now that Yanika dock 517 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:09,840 Speaker 1: Way probably gonna get traded the next week or two. 518 00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:13,280 Speaker 1: When you have a player that's unhappy and you know 519 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:15,440 Speaker 1: does not want to be there and it's clearly over, 520 00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:20,280 Speaker 1: you have to trade him before the draft. Bad franchises 521 00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:23,400 Speaker 1: trade players during training camp. You know why, because even 522 00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:25,520 Speaker 1: if I get a first round pick, I got no 523 00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:29,159 Speaker 1: freaking clue where that first round pick will be. I 524 00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:31,199 Speaker 1: had a I had a league executive told me when 525 00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:34,880 Speaker 1: they do trades in the fall, that they add like 526 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:38,960 Speaker 1: that first round pick is not as valuable as the 527 00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:42,840 Speaker 1: draft pick on Draft Day usually discounted by twenty because 528 00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:45,159 Speaker 1: I got no clue where it's gonna be. Look at 529 00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:49,040 Speaker 1: two good organizations that traded players and made tough decisions. 530 00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:54,560 Speaker 1: In in the spring and the Minnesota Vikings traded Stefon 531 00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:57,000 Speaker 1: Digs in the San Fasco fort Nis traded the Forest Buckner, 532 00:27:57,440 --> 00:28:03,120 Speaker 1: both Pro Bowl level guys. They did that knowing what 533 00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:06,520 Speaker 1: pick they were receiving for the player. It's a very 534 00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:10,080 Speaker 1: clear cut transaction. You trade me thirteen, you get de 535 00:28:10,119 --> 00:28:12,880 Speaker 1: Forrest Buckner. You trade me pick twenty two, you get 536 00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:16,320 Speaker 1: Stefon Dicks. I know exactly what I get. So when 537 00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:19,800 Speaker 1: I removed the player from my team, I can take 538 00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:21,680 Speaker 1: a player. And look what both those two teams did, 539 00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:26,760 Speaker 1: Justine Jefferson, Javon Kinlaw. They replaced the player. The Jags 540 00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:30,160 Speaker 1: now the second year in a row trade Jalen Ramsey. Well, 541 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:32,480 Speaker 1: you can't use that pick until the next draft, so 542 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:34,760 Speaker 1: you gotta play the rest of the season without a corner. 543 00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:39,920 Speaker 1: You trade uh Yannick and dock Way right now. Even 544 00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:42,239 Speaker 1: if you get two second round picks, you can't use 545 00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:45,440 Speaker 1: them till after the season, so you lose the player. 546 00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:50,080 Speaker 1: You are going to be shitty. And I thought this 547 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:54,560 Speaker 1: when the Miami was blowing up the team, like why 548 00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:56,920 Speaker 1: didn't they do that in the spring? Now, we'll see 549 00:28:56,920 --> 00:28:58,720 Speaker 1: if it works out. But at the end of the day, 550 00:28:58,760 --> 00:28:59,840 Speaker 1: like there are two picks. I say it all the 551 00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:03,240 Speaker 1: time about Laramie Tunzil and make of Fitzpatrick who I 552 00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:05,400 Speaker 1: was wrong on that trade. Great trade by the Steelers 553 00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:07,320 Speaker 1: and thought they were crazy, but they proved me right. 554 00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:10,880 Speaker 1: It's neither one of those picks, I mean, turned out 555 00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:13,480 Speaker 1: to be any good Larry Tunsil's picks in the middle 556 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:16,960 Speaker 1: of the twenties, and because the Duck Hodges and Mason Rudolph, 557 00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:20,080 Speaker 1: that pick was still what nineteen you try to make 558 00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:21,760 Speaker 1: if it's Patrick who was almost the defensive player of 559 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:25,640 Speaker 1: the year for pick nineteen, Cleil Mack was trained right 560 00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:30,600 Speaker 1: before week one, what they get pick twenty and twenty four? 561 00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:35,200 Speaker 1: You picked him five right now? Yannick was a later 562 00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:37,520 Speaker 1: I think it was a third rounder, maybe a second rounder. 563 00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:40,840 Speaker 1: But he's turned into a really good player. Why can't 564 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:43,960 Speaker 1: any player be happy in Jacksonville? Can someone explain that 565 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:47,280 Speaker 1: to me? Most players, if you're willing to pay them 566 00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:50,720 Speaker 1: big money, are happy. Yet Jalen Ramsey and Yannick and 567 00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:54,320 Speaker 1: Doc Way, I want no part of that building. And 568 00:29:54,360 --> 00:29:57,000 Speaker 1: I'm not saying those two guys are like you know, 569 00:29:57,160 --> 00:30:00,360 Speaker 1: Ronnie Lott or Reggie White on the field or even 570 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:02,880 Speaker 1: just in terms of character stuff. I mean they're clearly 571 00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:04,800 Speaker 1: a little bit of a pain in the ass. But 572 00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:09,240 Speaker 1: still like you, jaxonly you drafted these players. But if 573 00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:11,520 Speaker 1: you are going to come to an impass, which listen, 574 00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:14,280 Speaker 1: it's it's happened before and it's gonna happen again, even 575 00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:16,800 Speaker 1: for good teams, right you start button heads. Hell, Tom 576 00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:20,440 Speaker 1: Brady had enough of Belichick. It happens. You have to 577 00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:25,000 Speaker 1: know before the draft. Because you don't, you just lose 578 00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:28,920 Speaker 1: out on too much. You have no clue because most 579 00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:30,440 Speaker 1: teams that are gonna be willing to trade for a 580 00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:32,800 Speaker 1: guy like this are gonna think they're a player away. 581 00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:35,280 Speaker 1: More than likely they're gonna be a playoff team. Plus 582 00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:39,120 Speaker 1: you don't have as much leverage. I think the Jaguars 583 00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:42,400 Speaker 1: man if should just be you know, checked out of 584 00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:46,920 Speaker 1: the league. Okay, let's let's do a little betting segment. 585 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:50,000 Speaker 1: And uh, we haven't talked much about gambling, and I 586 00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:52,560 Speaker 1: love to gamble. Now this year is gonna be difficult, 587 00:30:52,760 --> 00:30:55,600 Speaker 1: right there, there are I was listening to Collins podcast 588 00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:59,480 Speaker 1: with Chad Millman. A lot of unknowns for home field. 589 00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:02,160 Speaker 1: It's always or three. But if fans aren't allowed, some 590 00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:04,680 Speaker 1: teams are gonna have fans. I'm a huge part about 591 00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:07,239 Speaker 1: home field is like, you can't hear on offense, right, 592 00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:10,520 Speaker 1: you play the Saints, you play Kansas City as loud 593 00:31:10,560 --> 00:31:13,600 Speaker 1: as hell. It's hard for me to communicate that's not 594 00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:15,080 Speaker 1: gonna be the case this year. We don't think a 595 00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:18,360 Speaker 1: lot of unknowns. Who knows, but I do think we can. 596 00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:22,080 Speaker 1: It's still pretty easy. Like to me, the first couple 597 00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:26,120 Speaker 1: of weeks for point spreads is gonna be difficult. Now, 598 00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:28,640 Speaker 1: I could do a segment, you know, lead up to 599 00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:32,920 Speaker 1: Week one over five games. I like, but let's just 600 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:35,760 Speaker 1: be completely honest. We throw ship at the wall and 601 00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:37,680 Speaker 1: hope it's sticks. We don't know how any of these 602 00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:40,640 Speaker 1: games are gonna look. It's just a lot of unknown 603 00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:44,240 Speaker 1: But over the course of a season, whether we're betting 604 00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:47,760 Speaker 1: on division winners or the conference, I think if the 605 00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:50,400 Speaker 1: season is going to be played, we can make some 606 00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:54,520 Speaker 1: educated guesses on who's gonna win the conference and I 607 00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:57,240 Speaker 1: used these. The odds that I use were based on 608 00:31:57,320 --> 00:31:59,760 Speaker 1: my bookie. Your odds might be a little bit different. 609 00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:03,840 Speaker 1: But I picked three teams that I found pretty interesting 610 00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:07,000 Speaker 1: in the a f C and NFC, factoring in value 611 00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:10,240 Speaker 1: and just I think it's kind of realistic. Let's start 612 00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:13,520 Speaker 1: with the a f C. The Bills at eleven to one, 613 00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:17,240 Speaker 1: they should win the division. And I think the Patriots 614 00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:19,200 Speaker 1: are gonna be decent, but the Jets probably won't be 615 00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:21,040 Speaker 1: and I don't think the Dolphins are any good either, 616 00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:23,320 Speaker 1: And the Patriots just have a lot of moving parts. 617 00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:28,320 Speaker 1: Right first time without Brady cam Newton. I still believe 618 00:32:28,360 --> 00:32:31,680 Speaker 1: in Belichick, but I think Jim Kelly said it right 619 00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:34,600 Speaker 1: when Tom Brady left, Like, there's no excuse the Bills 620 00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:36,840 Speaker 1: have to win the division this year. They trade to 621 00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:39,120 Speaker 1: get Stefan Diggs, their defense is really good, they got 622 00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:41,800 Speaker 1: a head coach who knows what he's doing. At eleven 623 00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:45,040 Speaker 1: to one, like decent odds to win the a f C. Now, 624 00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:47,080 Speaker 1: if you're gonna bet on them, you have to be 625 00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:49,000 Speaker 1: putting on a lot of stock for the quarterback to 626 00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:50,960 Speaker 1: get better, and that's pretty risky. It's part of the 627 00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:52,960 Speaker 1: reason they're not five to one. They're eleven to one. 628 00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:58,200 Speaker 1: Lets look at odds, not terrible even at three to one, 629 00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:01,440 Speaker 1: and I didn't pick many. Just like no brainers, you 630 00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:04,360 Speaker 1: could argue the Chiefs might just be stealing. They could 631 00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:06,320 Speaker 1: go on a Patriot like run and just make the 632 00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:08,640 Speaker 1: Super Bowl four times in the next six years. But 633 00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:11,680 Speaker 1: specifically this year, they got twenty of twenty two players returning. 634 00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:15,200 Speaker 1: They had a sweet little running back. Uh. Their second 635 00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:18,600 Speaker 1: round linebacker that I've been reading about, the kid Gay 636 00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:22,120 Speaker 1: from Mississippi State. He's gonna be good. They have the 637 00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:25,440 Speaker 1: best player in the league. They have arguably the best 638 00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:29,880 Speaker 1: play caller in the league. They have a loaded offense. Uh. 639 00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:32,480 Speaker 1: I usually don't like betting on someone three to one 640 00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:35,440 Speaker 1: to win the conference, but I mean, you can put 641 00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:37,400 Speaker 1: a thousand bucks and win a lazy the three thousand 642 00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:40,920 Speaker 1: right there. The Steelers they went eight and eight last year, 643 00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:43,480 Speaker 1: and they like the Bills, they're eleven to one. If 644 00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:46,160 Speaker 1: you tell me Roethlisberg is healthy, I like them eleven 645 00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:47,840 Speaker 1: to one a lot more than the Bills. Eleven to one. 646 00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:51,360 Speaker 1: You tell me Roethlisberg is healthy, They're eleven twelve win team. 647 00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:53,640 Speaker 1: Now I've said over and over I don't trust Ben 648 00:33:54,280 --> 00:33:59,640 Speaker 1: but technology, uh, the doctors. Just when you factor in 649 00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:02,680 Speaker 1: my or medicine, there is a chance that he just 650 00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:05,600 Speaker 1: this is maybe his last really good year. He plays 651 00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:09,160 Speaker 1: in every game. I've been against it. But if if 652 00:34:09,200 --> 00:34:12,080 Speaker 1: it does happen, they're gonna be good because they had 653 00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:15,120 Speaker 1: the worst quarterback efficiency in the NFL last year and 654 00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:18,319 Speaker 1: they went eight and eight. Their defense is loaded. They 655 00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:20,880 Speaker 1: have a lot of talent at the offensive skill positions 656 00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:23,000 Speaker 1: at wide receiver. So if they can just get good 657 00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:26,759 Speaker 1: quarterback play, they're going to the playoffs. And if the 658 00:34:26,840 --> 00:34:29,400 Speaker 1: Ravens come back to Earth a little bit, Lamar's already 659 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:32,520 Speaker 1: banged up. Uh, you know, I just think the Steelers 660 00:34:32,520 --> 00:34:34,960 Speaker 1: will are not gonna be intimidated by the Ravens. It's like, 661 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:36,880 Speaker 1: I know, I like the Steelers better than the Browns 662 00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:40,120 Speaker 1: and the Bengals. That that just when it talked about value, 663 00:34:40,200 --> 00:34:42,920 Speaker 1: it's just something to keep an eye on the NFC. 664 00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:46,480 Speaker 1: It's a one long shot when you factor in the 665 00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:49,439 Speaker 1: last two years they've won. They won eight games last 666 00:34:49,520 --> 00:34:51,279 Speaker 1: year and they won twelve games a year before, so 667 00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:54,640 Speaker 1: they won twenty games and two years. Traubinsky couldn't have 668 00:34:54,640 --> 00:34:58,640 Speaker 1: been any shiftier last year and Fulls you know, has 669 00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:00,719 Speaker 1: proven it in the playoffs. In the regular season has 670 00:35:00,719 --> 00:35:03,160 Speaker 1: been a little hit or miss. But if their quarterback position, 671 00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:05,279 Speaker 1: if last year was a two out of ten, if 672 00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:07,200 Speaker 1: they could just get it to like six or seven 673 00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:10,040 Speaker 1: out of ten, they do have some offensive skill guys 674 00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:13,880 Speaker 1: they Montgomery I was reading today slim down. Allen Robinson 675 00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:16,400 Speaker 1: is just one of the more underrated players in the NFL. 676 00:35:16,719 --> 00:35:19,359 Speaker 1: Their defense is still pretty loaded. If Khalil Mack, who 677 00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:22,000 Speaker 1: I didn't think played that well last year, can bounce back, 678 00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:24,839 Speaker 1: they got a Keem Hicks healthy. At twenty to one 679 00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:28,600 Speaker 1: odds uh, it's not inconceivable to see the Packers come 680 00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:31,319 Speaker 1: back to earth. The Vikings just lost a lot of 681 00:35:31,480 --> 00:35:33,920 Speaker 1: stalwart players that they've had over the last four or 682 00:35:33,920 --> 00:35:36,279 Speaker 1: five years on this run. That the Bears could win 683 00:35:36,280 --> 00:35:38,800 Speaker 1: the second their division the second time in three years. 684 00:35:39,120 --> 00:35:40,759 Speaker 1: Anytime you got a good defense, you're gonna have a 685 00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:44,080 Speaker 1: chance in the playoffs. Plus, if mits uh Nick Foles 686 00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:47,600 Speaker 1: you're starting quarterback. We've seen what he can do in January. 687 00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:49,880 Speaker 1: He just he plays at a pretty high level. And 688 00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:51,640 Speaker 1: I just think at twenty to one, that's not crazy. 689 00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:54,120 Speaker 1: The Seattle Seahawks attend to one to see the Niners 690 00:35:54,120 --> 00:35:56,520 Speaker 1: are at four to one. Seattle's attend to one. Well, 691 00:35:56,560 --> 00:36:00,320 Speaker 1: Seattle adds Jamal Adams, I think DK met calf is 692 00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:02,320 Speaker 1: gonna take another step and you can become a superstar. 693 00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:05,279 Speaker 1: They have the best quarterback in the division. They were 694 00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:08,759 Speaker 1: six inches away that if uh green Law doesn't make 695 00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:11,040 Speaker 1: the tackle on the goal line, they win the division. 696 00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:14,000 Speaker 1: They're a two seed, right, and said then the Niners 697 00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:16,480 Speaker 1: turned out to be a five seed. People forget like 698 00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:18,759 Speaker 1: the Niners went thirteen and three, where the one seed 699 00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:21,279 Speaker 1: end up in the super Bowl, but they were, I 700 00:36:21,320 --> 00:36:24,400 Speaker 1: mean less than a foot away from that being reversed. 701 00:36:25,120 --> 00:36:27,440 Speaker 1: Seattle always plays well against the Niners. They play well 702 00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:31,040 Speaker 1: in the division. Uh Like I said, they had, Jamal Adams, 703 00:36:31,520 --> 00:36:34,400 Speaker 1: I just think their team. I understand their point differential 704 00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:36,960 Speaker 1: was a little funky last year, but I think the 705 00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:40,600 Speaker 1: culture there, I think the quarterback there. I think they're 706 00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:43,919 Speaker 1: comfort you know, comfort level within their own division, which 707 00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:46,840 Speaker 1: is gonna be really good, has to help. And then clearly, 708 00:36:46,880 --> 00:36:48,920 Speaker 1: just I take my chance with Russell Wilson in a 709 00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:52,040 Speaker 1: playoff game, and then at five to one, I've toyed 710 00:36:52,080 --> 00:36:54,000 Speaker 1: and gone back and forth with this. I still think 711 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:56,279 Speaker 1: there's some unknown with Brady and Arians and how the 712 00:36:56,320 --> 00:36:59,160 Speaker 1: offense is perfectly gonna fit each other. But their team 713 00:36:59,239 --> 00:37:02,040 Speaker 1: is really really say ounted, and we know when Tom 714 00:37:02,080 --> 00:37:05,360 Speaker 1: Brady has weapons, he dominates. In the last couple of 715 00:37:05,440 --> 00:37:07,640 Speaker 1: years in New England, he just hasn't had the weapons. 716 00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:09,839 Speaker 1: I mean last year and to kill Harry, they draft 717 00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:13,520 Speaker 1: in the first round, no show, injured Sony, Michelle stunk, 718 00:37:14,120 --> 00:37:17,480 Speaker 1: uh Edelman banged up. They just they had nothing. Now 719 00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:20,000 Speaker 1: he's got Mike Evans and Godwin that's a wide receiver. 720 00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:23,400 Speaker 1: He's got gronk back who looks healthy. He's got O. J. Howard, 721 00:37:23,640 --> 00:37:25,920 Speaker 1: He's got an offensive coach if he can adapt his 722 00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:28,640 Speaker 1: style the Tom who sure as hell knows what he's doing. 723 00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:32,560 Speaker 1: Todd Bowls their defensive coordinator. Now, like Seattle, that division 724 00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:35,160 Speaker 1: is really hard. The Saints are gonna be good. And 725 00:37:35,200 --> 00:37:36,960 Speaker 1: that the thing with the Saints of the Niners, like 726 00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:38,799 Speaker 1: they're both like three and four to one depending on 727 00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:42,480 Speaker 1: where you look. I like the Saints last year, I thought, 728 00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:45,839 Speaker 1: I mean that, like Seattle, they played the Niners. They 729 00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:47,600 Speaker 1: easily could have won the game they lost in the 730 00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:52,759 Speaker 1: Superdome but to lose a playoff game at home against Minnesota, 731 00:37:54,440 --> 00:37:58,160 Speaker 1: I still can't believe. I witnessed that. How did they 732 00:37:58,200 --> 00:38:00,359 Speaker 1: lose to Kirk Cousins at home? Back and you could 733 00:38:00,360 --> 00:38:04,000 Speaker 1: have fans and your team was clearly loaded that that 734 00:38:04,320 --> 00:38:08,640 Speaker 1: was an embarrassing loss. So I got some question marks there. Atlanta. 735 00:38:08,960 --> 00:38:12,239 Speaker 1: They always going through some ship and Caroline is gonna 736 00:38:12,239 --> 00:38:16,160 Speaker 1: be terrible. I just I ain't been against Tom Brady 737 00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:18,279 Speaker 1: if he gets in the playoffs, and I think the 738 00:38:18,280 --> 00:38:20,160 Speaker 1: time tamp Bay Buccaneers haven't been in the playoffs in 739 00:38:20,160 --> 00:38:21,960 Speaker 1: twelve years, Well, I think it's fair to say that's 740 00:38:21,960 --> 00:38:23,680 Speaker 1: gonna end this year and then just take your chances 741 00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:26,759 Speaker 1: with all that talent you know, come come January at 742 00:38:26,760 --> 00:38:31,000 Speaker 1: five to one. Not crazy. Okay, let's dive into the 743 00:38:31,040 --> 00:38:35,959 Speaker 1: Middlecoff mail bag at John Middlecoff. That's my name, Instagram, 744 00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:40,160 Speaker 1: d MS wide open. Answer your questions here, pretty simple, 745 00:38:40,280 --> 00:38:42,520 Speaker 1: you guys know the drill. Also, I gotta keep hammering 746 00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:45,799 Speaker 1: this home. Leave a review Apple iTunes, three and Out 747 00:38:45,800 --> 00:38:48,839 Speaker 1: podcasts also subscribe to that podcast. Appreciate you listen through 748 00:38:48,840 --> 00:38:53,399 Speaker 1: their helps business A mirror high from tel Aviv, Oh 749 00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:56,440 Speaker 1: going all the way around the world. Speaking on the 750 00:38:56,520 --> 00:38:59,000 Speaker 1: NBA draft, I can't get over the fact that three 751 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:01,879 Speaker 1: teams passed on loop Ka two years ago. The dude 752 00:39:01,920 --> 00:39:03,879 Speaker 1: was killing it for three years at the highest levels 753 00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:06,719 Speaker 1: beside the NBA. I dare any n C double a 754 00:39:06,760 --> 00:39:09,520 Speaker 1: team to play a EuroLeague or Spanish league, they would 755 00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:12,640 Speaker 1: get crushed. If you were in NFL GM and you 756 00:39:12,680 --> 00:39:14,880 Speaker 1: had the choice between drafting a guy which you watched 757 00:39:14,920 --> 00:39:17,000 Speaker 1: for three years, you knew he was damn good but 758 00:39:17,120 --> 00:39:20,360 Speaker 1: night but but not necessarily a position of need. But 759 00:39:20,440 --> 00:39:22,440 Speaker 1: let's say you know for sure he's gonna be someone 760 00:39:22,520 --> 00:39:24,560 Speaker 1: between the floor of J. J. Watton. Stealing a von 761 00:39:24,640 --> 00:39:27,960 Speaker 1: Miller or a one and done player with lots of 762 00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:31,160 Speaker 1: potential in a position of need can't ever happen. In 763 00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:34,040 Speaker 1: the NFL. Guys don't buy into potential. They want to 764 00:39:34,080 --> 00:39:37,360 Speaker 1: see video, They want to see numbers. Potential is for 765 00:39:37,480 --> 00:39:42,520 Speaker 1: the fourth round. I think potential is probably yes, third 766 00:39:42,640 --> 00:39:46,920 Speaker 1: round to get drafted high. I mean, you gotta have potential, 767 00:39:46,960 --> 00:39:49,560 Speaker 1: but you gotta do it like you gotta kick ass. 768 00:39:50,360 --> 00:39:55,160 Speaker 1: And I I think Luca I don't know. I mean, 769 00:39:55,160 --> 00:39:57,680 Speaker 1: I can't pretend to study him beside YouTube. I remember 770 00:39:57,719 --> 00:39:59,960 Speaker 1: watching him in the EuroLeague, just thinking he was kind 771 00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:03,799 Speaker 1: a slow, but like you said, he was dominating that league. 772 00:40:04,360 --> 00:40:07,880 Speaker 1: And if you're that good that young, I mean, listen, 773 00:40:07,920 --> 00:40:09,839 Speaker 1: I watched him the other day, and I've watched him 774 00:40:09,840 --> 00:40:12,440 Speaker 1: a little bit this season. It's crossed my mind, like, 775 00:40:12,520 --> 00:40:14,040 Speaker 1: I don't know if he's the best player in the league, 776 00:40:14,280 --> 00:40:18,120 Speaker 1: but you could convince me is he's a dominant, dominant player. 777 00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:22,080 Speaker 1: And you know, the the irony two is like, uh, 778 00:40:22,120 --> 00:40:25,360 Speaker 1: the Kings are getting crushed, right Vloody passed on Luca 779 00:40:25,440 --> 00:40:31,000 Speaker 1: for Marvin Bagley. Disaster pick. The seventies Sixers had the 780 00:40:31,120 --> 00:40:33,560 Speaker 1: number one or excuse me, the number three overall pick 781 00:40:33,760 --> 00:40:38,359 Speaker 1: traded up to one, and they ended up getting Mark 782 00:40:38,520 --> 00:40:40,759 Speaker 1: l Foltz, who's now not on their team. They could 783 00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:42,880 Speaker 1: have Jayson Tatum and it wouldn't be that big of 784 00:40:42,880 --> 00:40:46,840 Speaker 1: a disaster. And I just think sometimes in the NBA, 785 00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:51,000 Speaker 1: like in the NFL, you can overthink things. You can 786 00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:55,040 Speaker 1: get obsessed with positions of need. Uh. If the if 787 00:40:55,040 --> 00:40:57,239 Speaker 1: the Sixers just taken Jayson Tatum, they'd have the best 788 00:40:57,239 --> 00:40:59,799 Speaker 1: player in the draft. They didn't quote unquote need the 789 00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:03,400 Speaker 1: position because they already had like a longer guard type 790 00:41:03,640 --> 00:41:07,360 Speaker 1: in Ben Simmons, just like the Kings didn't want Luca 791 00:41:07,360 --> 00:41:10,040 Speaker 1: because they already had a point guard in Deer and 792 00:41:10,080 --> 00:41:13,160 Speaker 1: Fox who gives a ship? This is a positionless sport. 793 00:41:13,440 --> 00:41:16,279 Speaker 1: Were in football, positions do matter. But if I had 794 00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:19,160 Speaker 1: Von Miller and my team, like the Broncos, they drafted 795 00:41:19,160 --> 00:41:21,960 Speaker 1: Bradley Chup, smart move. I don't even know where ilse 796 00:41:22,120 --> 00:41:24,040 Speaker 1: go rambling there about the Sixers. I realized that I 797 00:41:24,040 --> 00:41:26,440 Speaker 1: wasn't even lucas draft, but I was thinking about it today. 798 00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:29,920 Speaker 1: The Sixers could easily have had Jayson Tatum and mbad 799 00:41:30,080 --> 00:41:33,160 Speaker 1: and Ben Simmons. Instead they have markol Folts, who they 800 00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:35,640 Speaker 1: don't even have because they traded him away. Who actually watched. 801 00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:38,399 Speaker 1: I got a little spin bike, you know, just my 802 00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:41,799 Speaker 1: my my gym in my condo complex, left it open 803 00:41:41,880 --> 00:41:44,840 Speaker 1: forever and they just put like a laminated sheet outside 804 00:41:44,880 --> 00:41:46,799 Speaker 1: the gym. They just said do not use, and I 805 00:41:46,840 --> 00:41:49,200 Speaker 1: was like, I'm paying for it. I wipe it down. 806 00:41:49,200 --> 00:41:51,799 Speaker 1: After I used this stuff. I think someone told on 807 00:41:51,840 --> 00:41:55,400 Speaker 1: me at my facility because they pad locked it. So 808 00:41:56,360 --> 00:41:59,879 Speaker 1: I started running outside, which you know, let's face maybe 809 00:41:59,880 --> 00:42:02,040 Speaker 1: on a little softer like the treadmill, because I can watch, 810 00:42:02,600 --> 00:42:05,960 Speaker 1: like I I can do work while I work out. Uh. 811 00:42:06,040 --> 00:42:08,040 Speaker 1: And then it got so smoky the last couple of weeks, 812 00:42:08,040 --> 00:42:09,799 Speaker 1: so I ordered a stationary bike and I put it 813 00:42:09,840 --> 00:42:11,879 Speaker 1: in the office with a little UH. I also got 814 00:42:11,880 --> 00:42:14,360 Speaker 1: like one of those little ad balls, just trying not 815 00:42:14,400 --> 00:42:18,120 Speaker 1: to become fat during quarantine. Question for the pot, the 816 00:42:18,200 --> 00:42:21,279 Speaker 1: NFL is all about a level playing field, So how 817 00:42:21,320 --> 00:42:23,920 Speaker 1: will it handle some stadiums being allowed a certain amount 818 00:42:23,920 --> 00:42:27,160 Speaker 1: of fans compared to others. Clearly it can create an 819 00:42:27,239 --> 00:42:29,560 Speaker 1: unfair advantage. Although Jacksonville and l A, I'm sure it 820 00:42:29,640 --> 00:42:34,439 Speaker 1: used to be no used to know home uh field advantage. Yeah, 821 00:42:34,440 --> 00:42:36,719 Speaker 1: I mean, I've said this over and over. I think 822 00:42:36,719 --> 00:42:38,640 Speaker 1: they should mandate it like they did the draft. You 823 00:42:38,640 --> 00:42:40,880 Speaker 1: had to work from home. To me this easy mandate 824 00:42:41,160 --> 00:42:45,600 Speaker 1: you can't have fans. Now it's different because financially the 825 00:42:45,680 --> 00:42:49,239 Speaker 1: pot gets split. I'm pretty sure even ticket sales gets 826 00:42:49,280 --> 00:42:52,520 Speaker 1: split in the NFL, so it's just all kind of 827 00:42:52,520 --> 00:42:56,600 Speaker 1: goes the same pot. These guys love their money. I 828 00:42:56,680 --> 00:42:59,919 Speaker 1: understand it's more complicated, but I do think there should 829 00:42:59,920 --> 00:43:03,800 Speaker 1: be a no fan I I just one team should 830 00:43:03,840 --> 00:43:06,240 Speaker 1: not be allowed to have fans of the other team. Legally, can't. 831 00:43:06,800 --> 00:43:08,799 Speaker 1: Like to me, it's a no brainer. Like if it 832 00:43:08,880 --> 00:43:11,400 Speaker 1: was legally everyone could and some teams chose, and some 833 00:43:11,440 --> 00:43:14,160 Speaker 1: teams chose to I'd be like, that's on you. But 834 00:43:14,239 --> 00:43:17,880 Speaker 1: like the Rams and the Niners and Seattle and the 835 00:43:17,920 --> 00:43:19,960 Speaker 1: Bills and the Giants and the like, they won't be 836 00:43:19,960 --> 00:43:23,160 Speaker 1: allowed to have fans. So just because Kansas City can't, like, 837 00:43:23,719 --> 00:43:26,200 Speaker 1: the league should take that out of there, making a 838 00:43:26,239 --> 00:43:30,000 Speaker 1: level playing field, don't allow anyone to have fans. That 839 00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:32,960 Speaker 1: that would be my take, though I don't think that's 840 00:43:32,960 --> 00:43:36,759 Speaker 1: gonna happen. With the rumor of the Ravens and the 841 00:43:36,800 --> 00:43:39,640 Speaker 1: Jaguars and trade talks that that would send Yannick to 842 00:43:39,640 --> 00:43:42,040 Speaker 1: the Baltimore Ravens for a third round pick and halfback 843 00:43:42,080 --> 00:43:44,279 Speaker 1: Gus Edwards, I think that was a fake rumor, but 844 00:43:44,640 --> 00:43:47,359 Speaker 1: I would imagine the Ravens would want them. What does 845 00:43:47,360 --> 00:43:49,120 Speaker 1: that say about the Ravens and their confidence in their 846 00:43:49,160 --> 00:43:51,279 Speaker 1: running back depth as well as their confidence how J. K. 847 00:43:51,480 --> 00:43:54,160 Speaker 1: Dobbins has looked in camp. How much of an addition 848 00:43:54,320 --> 00:43:57,680 Speaker 1: would the impact of dock in doc Way have on 849 00:43:57,719 --> 00:43:59,560 Speaker 1: the Ravens defense. What does that tell us about the 850 00:43:59,640 --> 00:44:02,040 Speaker 1: Jaguar is in the state There in and finally is 851 00:44:02,080 --> 00:44:04,480 Speaker 1: the missing piece of the Ravens need to get over 852 00:44:04,520 --> 00:44:07,000 Speaker 1: the over the hump against the Chiefs, as well as 853 00:44:07,040 --> 00:44:11,080 Speaker 1: their playoff troubles. I'll start with the ladder. Their playoff 854 00:44:11,160 --> 00:44:14,480 Speaker 1: troubles to me or Lamar related and passing game related. 855 00:44:14,560 --> 00:44:17,360 Speaker 1: Their defense is fine. What was the score? The Titans 856 00:44:17,400 --> 00:44:20,040 Speaker 1: scored twenty eight points if I remember correctly. Wasn't the 857 00:44:20,040 --> 00:44:23,560 Speaker 1: final score? Maybe they scored like a garbage time touchdown? 858 00:44:24,400 --> 00:44:26,440 Speaker 1: To me, it's about Lamar Jackson. You can't have a 859 00:44:26,480 --> 00:44:28,080 Speaker 1: dominant offense and then not be able to pass in 860 00:44:28,120 --> 00:44:31,080 Speaker 1: the playoffs. Happened twice. Defense is fine. If they got 861 00:44:31,120 --> 00:44:33,160 Speaker 1: Yannick and dock Way, they would be. I mean, their 862 00:44:33,200 --> 00:44:36,080 Speaker 1: defense is already legit. You had him there. Holy hell. 863 00:44:37,280 --> 00:44:41,760 Speaker 1: I think it's pretty simple with their running back situation. 864 00:44:41,800 --> 00:44:43,160 Speaker 1: When you take a guy as high as you do, 865 00:44:43,239 --> 00:44:47,200 Speaker 1: DK Dobbins or j K. Dobbins, he's coming from Ohio 866 00:44:47,280 --> 00:44:49,879 Speaker 1: State that they just believe he's gonna be a starter. Right. 867 00:44:49,920 --> 00:44:54,120 Speaker 1: It's probably mark Ingram's last year. Just const of doing business, 868 00:44:54,160 --> 00:44:56,280 Speaker 1: you'll eventually have to pay Lamar and pay other guys 869 00:44:56,840 --> 00:44:58,880 Speaker 1: that you need a guy on a Chief contract. J K. 870 00:44:59,040 --> 00:45:01,600 Speaker 1: Dobbins on a secon around contract doesn't make much money 871 00:45:01,600 --> 00:45:04,680 Speaker 1: by by market Ingram and j K Dobbins just starting 872 00:45:04,760 --> 00:45:07,120 Speaker 1: running back. And I know a lot of people in 873 00:45:07,120 --> 00:45:09,880 Speaker 1: the league that like j K Dobbins. I thought he 874 00:45:09,960 --> 00:45:11,520 Speaker 1: was a little overhyped. But you got him in the 875 00:45:11,560 --> 00:45:13,560 Speaker 1: second round, Like that's solid. Yeah, I think some there 876 00:45:13,640 --> 00:45:15,960 Speaker 1: was some first round buzz, but where they got him, 877 00:45:16,360 --> 00:45:18,759 Speaker 1: I just think he'll become their starting running back. I 878 00:45:19,040 --> 00:45:21,040 Speaker 1: think whenever you just take a guy that high, you 879 00:45:21,040 --> 00:45:25,360 Speaker 1: believe in him a lot. Would it be possible for 880 00:45:25,400 --> 00:45:28,960 Speaker 1: a young college star to manipulate his NFL franchise destination 881 00:45:29,040 --> 00:45:33,040 Speaker 1: by signing with a XFL team out of the university 882 00:45:33,080 --> 00:45:36,440 Speaker 1: for a twelve month contract, upon completion signed for specific 883 00:45:36,520 --> 00:45:40,880 Speaker 1: NFL franchise. Don't quote me on this, and it's in 884 00:45:40,920 --> 00:45:43,719 Speaker 1: the collective bargaining agreement, but I'm pretty sure you have 885 00:45:43,880 --> 00:45:46,800 Speaker 1: You can't avoid the draft. I know it used to happen, 886 00:45:46,920 --> 00:45:49,200 Speaker 1: like with the Reggie Whites and the uh I guess 887 00:45:49,200 --> 00:45:51,640 Speaker 1: they used to get drafted too, But I mean it 888 00:45:51,680 --> 00:45:54,160 Speaker 1: hasn't happened so long because we haven't had these other leagues. 889 00:45:55,480 --> 00:45:57,520 Speaker 1: I'll be honest, I'm not exactly sure on these rules, 890 00:45:57,560 --> 00:45:59,840 Speaker 1: but I've always been because people have always asked, like, 891 00:46:00,000 --> 00:46:02,239 Speaker 1: don't these guys just leave college and go sign with 892 00:46:02,239 --> 00:46:04,759 Speaker 1: an NFL team, Because you can't. You have to go 893 00:46:04,800 --> 00:46:08,880 Speaker 1: through the draft process, to my understanding, uh, which I 894 00:46:09,320 --> 00:46:11,440 Speaker 1: think is the way it should be. You can't just 895 00:46:11,480 --> 00:46:13,680 Speaker 1: have the wild wild West of guys signing with people 896 00:46:13,760 --> 00:46:16,400 Speaker 1: now because of the salary cap. It's not like the 897 00:46:16,440 --> 00:46:20,239 Speaker 1: Cowboys could sign every player, though Jerry probably try. Uh. 898 00:46:20,560 --> 00:46:22,680 Speaker 1: I think the way going through the draft is the 899 00:46:22,680 --> 00:46:26,080 Speaker 1: healthiest for the league. Like, a huge reason the NFL 900 00:46:26,120 --> 00:46:29,320 Speaker 1: has lapped the other leagues is college football has become big. 901 00:46:29,640 --> 00:46:32,600 Speaker 1: Look at the look at the NBA. College basketball stinks. 902 00:46:33,120 --> 00:46:35,239 Speaker 1: All we care about now is March Madness. When I 903 00:46:35,280 --> 00:46:37,400 Speaker 1: was growing up, college basketball was a big deal. You 904 00:46:37,440 --> 00:46:40,600 Speaker 1: watched all the star players, Shack Alan Iverson, I mean, 905 00:46:40,640 --> 00:46:45,120 Speaker 1: you name it, play Tim Duncan playing college basketball and 906 00:46:45,200 --> 00:46:47,000 Speaker 1: with the one and dones. Like college basketball has kind 907 00:46:47,000 --> 00:46:48,520 Speaker 1: of died now. March Madden is fun, but it's a 908 00:46:48,880 --> 00:46:51,839 Speaker 1: one month a year sport. College football is five months 909 00:46:51,880 --> 00:46:53,719 Speaker 1: a year, and if you live in the South, it's 910 00:46:53,719 --> 00:46:56,480 Speaker 1: twelve months a year or Big ten Country. Except this 911 00:46:56,560 --> 00:46:59,680 Speaker 1: year because they got no season, But I think that 912 00:46:59,800 --> 00:47:02,960 Speaker 1: they want the players to do what they're doing, like 913 00:47:03,000 --> 00:47:04,719 Speaker 1: the the NFL doesn't want to get into the minor 914 00:47:04,760 --> 00:47:08,400 Speaker 1: league football business in terms of they like college football 915 00:47:08,520 --> 00:47:11,359 Speaker 1: is basically just doing their development for them and then 916 00:47:11,360 --> 00:47:15,160 Speaker 1: they draft the guys. Your take on Jason Garrett as 917 00:47:15,160 --> 00:47:17,000 Speaker 1: a head coach holding the Cowboys back the last three 918 00:47:17,080 --> 00:47:19,680 Speaker 1: or four years, does that same philosophy apply to him 919 00:47:19,680 --> 00:47:24,160 Speaker 1: as the O C Giants fan and worried L O L. Yeah, 920 00:47:24,160 --> 00:47:27,759 Speaker 1: I mean I listen. I saw James Slater tweeted something 921 00:47:27,880 --> 00:47:32,200 Speaker 1: Jason Garrett talking to this high school coaches like camp 922 00:47:32,920 --> 00:47:36,360 Speaker 1: about his high school coach, and you just go, I mean, 923 00:47:36,440 --> 00:47:38,320 Speaker 1: like tears to your eyes. Who's talking about? How is 924 00:47:38,400 --> 00:47:40,440 Speaker 1: high school coach always told him to stand up in 925 00:47:40,480 --> 00:47:43,320 Speaker 1: the pocket, but how it also worked as like a 926 00:47:43,400 --> 00:47:46,680 Speaker 1: symbol for life, stand up tall in bad times. And 927 00:47:46,760 --> 00:47:49,919 Speaker 1: Jason Garrett's a really really impressive guy, Ivy League guy, 928 00:47:50,160 --> 00:47:55,239 Speaker 1: lifetime NFL or head coach, clean shaven, tall, skinny looks, 929 00:47:55,280 --> 00:47:59,200 Speaker 1: the part, has the resume. Everyone likes them. But for 930 00:47:59,239 --> 00:48:02,400 Speaker 1: whatever reason, his teams just were not dynamic and he 931 00:48:02,440 --> 00:48:04,080 Speaker 1: was supposed to be an offensive guy. And you just 932 00:48:04,120 --> 00:48:06,480 Speaker 1: watched it. Like I see Andy Reid, I see cal Shanahan, 933 00:48:06,520 --> 00:48:08,279 Speaker 1: I see Sean Payton. Those guys are offensive guys and 934 00:48:08,320 --> 00:48:11,520 Speaker 1: their offenses are good. Like Jason, why is your offense 935 00:48:11,520 --> 00:48:13,960 Speaker 1: more explosive? But as a human, he's a really high 936 00:48:14,000 --> 00:48:16,040 Speaker 1: level human. I always found myself rooting for him because 937 00:48:16,040 --> 00:48:18,000 Speaker 1: I thought everyone just always shifted on him, and I 938 00:48:18,000 --> 00:48:20,680 Speaker 1: always liked him. But I do question his ability to 939 00:48:20,719 --> 00:48:23,200 Speaker 1: be a dynamic coach. And he wasn't a dynamic coach 940 00:48:23,200 --> 00:48:24,400 Speaker 1: as a head coach. Why is he gonna be a 941 00:48:24,440 --> 00:48:26,920 Speaker 1: dynamic coach as an offensive coordinator? He hasn't called plays 942 00:48:26,920 --> 00:48:30,279 Speaker 1: in years? And plus the Giants, I mean, just who 943 00:48:31,320 --> 00:48:34,640 Speaker 1: Eli Manning, Plexico, Buris, Brandon Jacobs ain't walking through that door. 944 00:48:35,120 --> 00:48:37,280 Speaker 1: I know they have se Quan, but the entire defense 945 00:48:37,320 --> 00:48:39,440 Speaker 1: knows that they're gonna give it to twenty six? Who 946 00:48:39,480 --> 00:48:42,000 Speaker 1: else can you give it to? Is Daniel Jones? Any good? 947 00:48:42,200 --> 00:48:47,080 Speaker 1: Big question? Mark? I don't know? UH love the show. 948 00:48:47,120 --> 00:48:49,200 Speaker 1: I was listening to a John Schneider interview from the 949 00:48:49,200 --> 00:48:51,560 Speaker 1: Peter King Podcast. Peter asked what John thought about the 950 00:48:51,640 --> 00:48:54,640 Speaker 1: upcoming NFL draft. In the college football leagues, is possibly 951 00:48:54,640 --> 00:48:57,520 Speaker 1: all being canceled, some already being canceled. When they aired 952 00:48:57,520 --> 00:49:00,680 Speaker 1: the interview, John jokingly laughed and said, trade them all 953 00:49:00,760 --> 00:49:03,680 Speaker 1: like we always did, referring to the Jamal Adams trade. 954 00:49:04,000 --> 00:49:05,920 Speaker 1: Is this a real strategy? I'm a Seaks fan and 955 00:49:05,920 --> 00:49:08,200 Speaker 1: we're constantly picking up guys from Utah and the Boise 956 00:49:08,280 --> 00:49:11,839 Speaker 1: States of the world. It kind of makes sense when 957 00:49:11,880 --> 00:49:14,319 Speaker 1: the Seahawks traded for Jamal, as this year's outcoming first 958 00:49:14,400 --> 00:49:17,480 Speaker 1: round pick will be a total crapshoot. Now, I hope 959 00:49:17,520 --> 00:49:20,040 Speaker 1: they trade a few picks this year for Janic and Doc. 960 00:49:20,120 --> 00:49:26,160 Speaker 1: Wait thoughts on this idea? Yeah, I mean, I think 961 00:49:26,200 --> 00:49:29,400 Speaker 1: that the amount of star players every year that come 962 00:49:29,480 --> 00:49:32,160 Speaker 1: from the Big Ten and the Pack twelve, I'd imagine 963 00:49:32,200 --> 00:49:35,080 Speaker 1: they get drafted the first couple of rounds if we 964 00:49:35,160 --> 00:49:37,160 Speaker 1: just did the If I had to guess off the 965 00:49:37,200 --> 00:49:39,839 Speaker 1: top of my head the last three years, how many 966 00:49:39,840 --> 00:49:43,000 Speaker 1: Pack twelve slash Big Ten players have been drafted in 967 00:49:43,000 --> 00:49:45,600 Speaker 1: the top fifty picks average each of the last three years. 968 00:49:46,320 --> 00:49:50,160 Speaker 1: I guess I mean a lot from the Big Ten, 969 00:49:50,200 --> 00:49:53,640 Speaker 1: but the Pactwell is probably adding three or four, so 970 00:49:54,080 --> 00:49:56,080 Speaker 1: you don't get a year of tape on these guys 971 00:49:56,920 --> 00:49:59,800 Speaker 1: that is a massive, massive risk, and guys like John Schneider, 972 00:50:00,080 --> 00:50:03,560 Speaker 1: they have tape on players. They trade Belichick for years 973 00:50:03,560 --> 00:50:06,759 Speaker 1: trades out of it. And John Snyder's always said that, like, 974 00:50:07,160 --> 00:50:09,200 Speaker 1: we're always drafting in the late twenties. We only have 975 00:50:09,360 --> 00:50:12,840 Speaker 1: eight teen to twenty players graded with first round grades. 976 00:50:13,239 --> 00:50:15,200 Speaker 1: So why would I draft a player and pay him 977 00:50:15,200 --> 00:50:17,160 Speaker 1: first round money when I think he's a second round talent? 978 00:50:17,800 --> 00:50:22,319 Speaker 1: So to me, it's logistically and logically I guess logistically wrong. 979 00:50:22,560 --> 00:50:25,360 Speaker 1: Logically made sense with John Sneyder like he does not 980 00:50:25,440 --> 00:50:28,320 Speaker 1: want to draft a second round player in the first round. 981 00:50:28,880 --> 00:50:31,040 Speaker 1: But it gets complicated. Takes two to tango. You need 982 00:50:31,120 --> 00:50:33,880 Speaker 1: someone else to agree to the trade. It's not always simple, 983 00:50:33,880 --> 00:50:37,000 Speaker 1: it's not always that black and white. But I think 984 00:50:37,800 --> 00:50:40,560 Speaker 1: we'll just have to see. It's hard for me to 985 00:50:40,560 --> 00:50:43,359 Speaker 1: make proclamations on what's gonna happen this follower college who knows? 986 00:50:43,840 --> 00:50:46,400 Speaker 1: I just I got no clue. I do know. If 987 00:50:46,400 --> 00:50:50,120 Speaker 1: you don't have a college season for certain conferences, what 988 00:50:50,160 --> 00:50:52,879 Speaker 1: am I supposed to think about the player? Now? Pene Sewell, 989 00:50:52,920 --> 00:50:56,240 Speaker 1: the left tackle for Oregon Star Player, top five player, 990 00:50:56,320 --> 00:50:58,600 Speaker 1: He's easy. Most guys aren't, and we talked about this 991 00:50:58,640 --> 00:51:01,920 Speaker 1: on my last podcast, Like Baker Mayfield would have been 992 00:51:01,920 --> 00:51:03,719 Speaker 1: a fifth round pick, Joe Burrow would have been a 993 00:51:03,719 --> 00:51:06,920 Speaker 1: fifth round pick. A lot of guys use their senior year, 994 00:51:07,040 --> 00:51:11,439 Speaker 1: junior year, justin Jefferson to ball out. I mean, it's 995 00:51:11,480 --> 00:51:13,400 Speaker 1: it's a big deal for a lot, Brandon, and you 996 00:51:13,680 --> 00:51:16,319 Speaker 1: never heard of the guy Okay draft at the end 997 00:51:16,320 --> 00:51:18,239 Speaker 1: of the first round. Just think about the end of 998 00:51:18,239 --> 00:51:22,680 Speaker 1: the first round last year. The guy the Ravens picked 999 00:51:22,760 --> 00:51:26,879 Speaker 1: from the linebacker from L. S U. Queen. He didn't 1000 00:51:26,880 --> 00:51:29,120 Speaker 1: even start up until I think Game three or four 1001 00:51:29,400 --> 00:51:32,799 Speaker 1: this year, wasn't even a starter the first month of 1002 00:51:32,800 --> 00:51:36,640 Speaker 1: the season. So yeah, it's got I don't know what 1003 00:51:36,680 --> 00:51:38,759 Speaker 1: the hell you do as a scout. I haven't really 1004 00:51:38,760 --> 00:51:40,600 Speaker 1: texted a lot of my scouting buddies lately. I don't 1005 00:51:40,600 --> 00:51:43,040 Speaker 1: know what the hell they're doing right now. Typically right now, 1006 00:51:43,080 --> 00:51:45,120 Speaker 1: you'd be like going to training camps for colleges, Like 1007 00:51:45,120 --> 00:51:46,880 Speaker 1: you'd be going to Alabama, You're going to L. S U, 1008 00:51:46,960 --> 00:51:48,160 Speaker 1: be going to the House State, you'd be going to 1009 00:51:48,200 --> 00:51:51,200 Speaker 1: the USC, you'd be going to Oregon. Are those schools, 1010 00:51:51,200 --> 00:51:53,000 Speaker 1: even the ones that are playing they let you in. 1011 00:51:53,920 --> 00:51:56,920 Speaker 1: You're like, are are you allowed in It's a complicated situation. 1012 00:51:59,239 --> 00:52:01,399 Speaker 1: Pretty new Listen Earn Love in the pod. I appreciate it. 1013 00:52:01,680 --> 00:52:04,160 Speaker 1: After listening to Collins take on the car verse Mariota 1014 00:52:04,480 --> 00:52:06,840 Speaker 1: in Mariota, I agree that car is a better quarterback? 1015 00:52:07,520 --> 00:52:09,480 Speaker 1: Is the issue to fit with Gruden in the Vegas 1016 00:52:09,520 --> 00:52:11,839 Speaker 1: front office? And do you think it would be good 1017 00:52:11,920 --> 00:52:13,920 Speaker 1: for him to move to a system that could utilize 1018 00:52:13,960 --> 00:52:17,959 Speaker 1: him at a higher quality, like like Cousins uh moved 1019 00:52:18,000 --> 00:52:23,200 Speaker 1: to Minnesota. Well, Derek is vastly superior to talent wise 1020 00:52:23,239 --> 00:52:26,280 Speaker 1: to Marks Mariota. He has a much better arm, He's 1021 00:52:26,480 --> 00:52:30,000 Speaker 1: much more accurate, and he's proven even he's been beat up, 1022 00:52:30,000 --> 00:52:33,560 Speaker 1: but he's proven to be much more durable now. I 1023 00:52:33,640 --> 00:52:37,080 Speaker 1: do think that Gruden desires and athletic quarterback. The last 1024 00:52:37,080 --> 00:52:40,000 Speaker 1: good quarterback John Gruden had was rich Gannon. Rich Gannon 1025 00:52:40,040 --> 00:52:41,759 Speaker 1: when he was originally drafted I think in like the 1026 00:52:41,840 --> 00:52:44,480 Speaker 1: late eighties or early nineties from Delaware, they tried to 1027 00:52:44,520 --> 00:52:46,239 Speaker 1: move to safety when he got to When he got 1028 00:52:46,280 --> 00:52:48,359 Speaker 1: to the pros, he's a big time athlete and John 1029 00:52:48,400 --> 00:52:50,480 Speaker 1: resurrect his career made him an MVP of the league. 1030 00:52:52,000 --> 00:52:54,040 Speaker 1: From talking to people there over the years, and just 1031 00:52:54,200 --> 00:52:58,000 Speaker 1: following the Raiders pretty closely. John desperately wants him to 1032 00:52:58,040 --> 00:53:00,000 Speaker 1: scramble more. And when I say scramble, I don't mean 1033 00:53:00,160 --> 00:53:02,320 Speaker 1: run past the line of scrimmage. I mean keep plays 1034 00:53:02,320 --> 00:53:05,680 Speaker 1: allies with his legs. He sees Mariota, he sees a 1035 00:53:05,719 --> 00:53:08,359 Speaker 1: guy in theory that can do that. Now, Titans fans 1036 00:53:08,400 --> 00:53:10,239 Speaker 1: will tell you Mariota doesn't do that as much you think, 1037 00:53:10,320 --> 00:53:12,320 Speaker 1: especially the last couple of years has been terrible. I 1038 00:53:12,320 --> 00:53:16,040 Speaker 1: think Gruden, would you know, chirp back, well, he's been injured. Well, 1039 00:53:16,280 --> 00:53:20,080 Speaker 1: I listen. I was never I always thought Marks Mariota 1040 00:53:20,160 --> 00:53:23,520 Speaker 1: was a tad bit overhyped coming out of college. Uh. 1041 00:53:23,560 --> 00:53:25,480 Speaker 1: And I thought Derek Carr and I've been someone that 1042 00:53:25,560 --> 00:53:27,359 Speaker 1: said Derek car has regrets a little the last couple 1043 00:53:27,360 --> 00:53:29,480 Speaker 1: of years. And I know Derek has said he thought 1044 00:53:29,520 --> 00:53:31,200 Speaker 1: he played better last year than he did the year 1045 00:53:31,200 --> 00:53:32,799 Speaker 1: that he almost won the m v P. I called 1046 00:53:32,800 --> 00:53:35,400 Speaker 1: bullshit on that one. But I do think that Derek 1047 00:53:35,800 --> 00:53:38,239 Speaker 1: has moments where he's a really good player, but he 1048 00:53:38,320 --> 00:53:42,440 Speaker 1: needs to be more explosive as a playmaker when the 1049 00:53:43,320 --> 00:53:46,279 Speaker 1: when the actual play called breaks down, And right now, 1050 00:53:46,280 --> 00:53:48,839 Speaker 1: that's what he struggled with and I think that's something 1051 00:53:48,840 --> 00:53:52,200 Speaker 1: Gruten's really harped on. Now they have. They drafted Henry 1052 00:53:52,239 --> 00:53:54,600 Speaker 1: Ruggs in the first round. They got this kid Edwards 1053 00:53:54,600 --> 00:53:57,040 Speaker 1: from South Carolina that's been balling. They got Lynn Bowden 1054 00:53:57,480 --> 00:54:00,719 Speaker 1: who was a great little chess piece. I saw Tyre Williams. 1055 00:54:01,160 --> 00:54:03,319 Speaker 1: Dude they signed from San Diego two years ago, has 1056 00:54:03,320 --> 00:54:08,440 Speaker 1: a torn labram. But unlike being a defensive guy or alignment, 1057 00:54:08,920 --> 00:54:11,239 Speaker 1: you can play at wide receiver with it. Though it'll 1058 00:54:11,239 --> 00:54:13,080 Speaker 1: probably be really hard and they'll probably end up having 1059 00:54:13,120 --> 00:54:15,440 Speaker 1: to go on I r a surgery. But like that's 1060 00:54:15,480 --> 00:54:17,320 Speaker 1: a pretty big blow. But they still have Darren Waller, 1061 00:54:17,360 --> 00:54:19,479 Speaker 1: they still have Josh Jacob. Their offensive line is good. 1062 00:54:19,960 --> 00:54:22,520 Speaker 1: Like Derek needs to be good this year. Uh, this 1063 00:54:22,600 --> 00:54:24,319 Speaker 1: is and we've been talking for a while. Like to me, 1064 00:54:24,400 --> 00:54:27,400 Speaker 1: this is one maker break for Derek and his Raider career. 1065 00:54:28,040 --> 00:54:31,720 Speaker 1: He has to They gotta win nine or ten games 1066 00:54:31,719 --> 00:54:35,200 Speaker 1: this year. This is Gruonen's third year. They have speed 1067 00:54:35,239 --> 00:54:37,799 Speaker 1: now on offense. I don't know if their defense is 1068 00:54:37,800 --> 00:54:39,160 Speaker 1: gonna be good enough. But they did sign a couple 1069 00:54:39,160 --> 00:54:43,560 Speaker 1: of linebackers. Uh, they have Jonathan Abram coming back off injury. 1070 00:54:44,080 --> 00:54:46,839 Speaker 1: If LaMarcus Joyter can stay healthy. I just think their 1071 00:54:46,840 --> 00:54:50,000 Speaker 1: defensive line is terrible. I mean it's just not very good. 1072 00:54:50,080 --> 00:54:52,840 Speaker 1: And I read Arden Keys making plays in practice in Cleveland. 1073 00:54:52,880 --> 00:54:54,960 Speaker 1: Fair is bigger. I'll believe it when I see it. 1074 00:54:55,400 --> 00:54:57,440 Speaker 1: You know, I'll believe it when I see it. So 1075 00:54:57,560 --> 00:55:00,160 Speaker 1: I think their downfall could be their defensive line. But 1076 00:55:00,200 --> 00:55:03,080 Speaker 1: if Derek plays well, and I know Colin thought they'd 1077 00:55:03,120 --> 00:55:05,000 Speaker 1: be a top ten offense. If they're top ten offense, 1078 00:55:05,000 --> 00:55:07,439 Speaker 1: they should be in the playoffs. I know Colin thought 1079 00:55:07,440 --> 00:55:09,080 Speaker 1: would be like the seventh best offense and then not 1080 00:55:09,200 --> 00:55:10,799 Speaker 1: go five and eleven. To me, if they're the seven 1081 00:55:10,840 --> 00:55:13,160 Speaker 1: best offense, that they'll win eight or nine games. I 1082 00:55:13,200 --> 00:55:16,320 Speaker 1: mean they won seven last year and their passing offense 1083 00:55:16,400 --> 00:55:18,680 Speaker 1: wasn't that great. Really, their rushing offense is really good. 1084 00:55:19,160 --> 00:55:22,320 Speaker 1: So if they're if their offense can take a huge step, 1085 00:55:22,320 --> 00:55:26,120 Speaker 1: I think there they could be playoff bound. Appreciate everyone listening, Uh, 1086 00:55:26,440 --> 00:55:29,720 Speaker 1: enjoy the week. I will talk to everyone soon. Godspeed peace. 1087 00:55:29,840 --> 00:55:49,080 Speaker 1: So you m