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Speaker 1: What is going on? Everybody? I'm John Middlecoff. This is

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Speaker 1: the Three Out Podcast. Hope everyone's doing good, Everyone doing well?

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Speaker 1: A little overwhelmed on Monday night at one point in time,

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Speaker 1: and the Yankee games on, and I'm a sucker for

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Speaker 1: playoff baseball. You know, I'm I'm one of those millennials

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Speaker 1: It's actually still going as I'm recording this right now.

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Speaker 1: But football football is king, and you got Belichick. I

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Speaker 1: kind of felt for Rob Manfred in the and major

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Speaker 1: League Baseball they got their playoffs going and you got Belichick,

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Speaker 1: Mahomes and Aaron Rodgers Like, sorry, Yankees, you got no chance.

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Speaker 1: And listen, we'll dive into the first game, uh and

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Speaker 1: Rodgers off the top. A lot of takes from this weekend,

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Speaker 1: A lot a lot going on. Obviously the Cowboys Billy

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Speaker 1: O'Brien was fired. That was kind of crazy. Did not

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Speaker 1: see that coming. Josh Allen Hot take the dudes a star, uh,

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Speaker 1: And then I'll just dive around some different things I saw.

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Speaker 1: I watched some college football on Saturday. Oklahoma Spencer Rattler.

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Speaker 1: I think we need to pump the brakes a little

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Speaker 1: bit on that guy. Alabama just keeps on rolling. I

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Speaker 1: got a good text from a buddy in the NFL

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Speaker 1: that heard me talking about him last week, and I

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Speaker 1: thought summed it up pretty well. And then of course

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Speaker 1: the Middlecoff mail bag at John Middlecoff is uh is

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Speaker 1: my Instagram d M S d M me and we

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Speaker 1: answer your questions on the show pretty easy. It's how

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Speaker 1: we interact people. Show right here. Three and Out podcast.

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Speaker 1: to that podcast, the Separate one just myself. Luckily Spotify

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Speaker 1: for me. No one wants to muzzle me like they

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Speaker 1: want a muzzle Joe Rogan. Hopefully one day I'll be

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Speaker 1: big enough and pisto those people off too. I would

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Speaker 1: make me very happy. But let's dive into the first game.

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Speaker 1: And when I went into that game kind of snuck

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Speaker 1: My take on the Kansas City Chiefs is set in

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Speaker 1: stone that I don't they don't need to prove anything

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Speaker 1: Like they're elite. We know in any big game they're

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Speaker 1: Bill Belichick did Jared Stidham a favor. He put him

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Speaker 1: recording this on Monday afternoon, literally earlier today, and played

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Speaker 1: That was just being that close for that long in

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Speaker 1: press the e jack button like your your franchise not

426
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Speaker 1: that desirable. I don't I don't get it when when

427
00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:25,359
Speaker 1: you're on the rocks with your wife, it's probably not

428
00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:27,480
Speaker 1: the best time to have a child. It's not fair

429
00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:30,240
Speaker 1: to the child. It's it's not fair to the players

430
00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:32,760
Speaker 1: on this team. What what you're just allowed to happen,

431
00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:36,359
Speaker 1: doesn't It doesn't make any sense. This to me is

432
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Speaker 1: just just I mean, you couldn't describe in any more

433
00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:44,080
Speaker 1: perfect a poorly owned franchise right now, that is the

434
00:22:44,119 --> 00:22:52,879
Speaker 1: Houston Texans a poorly owned franchise. Okay, on on Monday morning,

435
00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:55,639
Speaker 1: because you know, on on game days, I watch a

436
00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:57,480
Speaker 1: couple of games have the red zone on. It's hard

437
00:22:57,480 --> 00:22:59,200
Speaker 1: for me to keep up with every game, watch to

438
00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:01,800
Speaker 1: start to finish, so I usually go And people have asked,

439
00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:04,760
Speaker 1: how do you rewatch games? Well, I got NFL game Pass.

440
00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:07,240
Speaker 1: You pay ninety nine bucks and you can watch any

441
00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:10,000
Speaker 1: game in the league. Uh condensed too, so I can

442
00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:13,040
Speaker 1: watch the Cowboys and Browns Monday morning in like forty

443
00:23:13,080 --> 00:23:15,320
Speaker 1: minutes forty five maybe most of them are between like

444
00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:17,760
Speaker 1: thirty eight and forty five minutes. It's just every play

445
00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:21,040
Speaker 1: TV copy. It's fantastic. So any game that I feel

446
00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:22,639
Speaker 1: like I don't have a great feel on that I

447
00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:24,280
Speaker 1: know I want to talk about, throw it on in

448
00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:26,920
Speaker 1: the morning, watch it. And I did that this morning

449
00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:30,000
Speaker 1: with the Cowboys. And I'm not gonna take a victory lap.

450
00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:34,440
Speaker 1: I told everyone and if anyone with a working brain

451
00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:37,040
Speaker 1: that follows this league knows that the Mike Nolan hire

452
00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:41,159
Speaker 1: was atrocious, but that is not the main topic with

453
00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:44,040
Speaker 1: the Cowboys. The main issue with the Cowboy they can

454
00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:46,040
Speaker 1: fire Mike Nolan, they keep my going. I don't care.

455
00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:50,200
Speaker 1: It doesn't even matter. The biggest problem in question Mark

456
00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:53,879
Speaker 1: with the Cowboys is their quarterback is not on a contract.

457
00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:58,560
Speaker 1: Their quarterback is on a franchise, tag Dak Prescott. What

458
00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:01,240
Speaker 1: are they gonna do with Dak Prescott because his stature

459
00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:04,040
Speaker 1: only going up and he's gonna want more money than

460
00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:05,919
Speaker 1: he wanted last year because he's gonna go, well, I

461
00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:08,800
Speaker 1: played better this season than I did last season, and

462
00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:12,119
Speaker 1: I'd say, well, of course, you did. Amory is better now,

463
00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:15,159
Speaker 1: Amari is coming into his own. He's on pace for

464
00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:18,720
Speaker 1: like well over Hunter catches. His historic high is eighty three.

465
00:24:19,119 --> 00:24:23,800
Speaker 1: We added Ceedee Lamb in the first round. Who I know,

466
00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:26,760
Speaker 1: Kyle Shanahan. He was the number one rated wide receiver

467
00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:29,440
Speaker 1: on on the Niners board. I talked to several teams

468
00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:31,399
Speaker 1: that had a number one, like, yeah, you added the

469
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Speaker 1: number one wide receiver in a star wide receiver draft

470
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Speaker 1: in the middle of the first round. And he's kicking

471
00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:41,119
Speaker 1: everyone's ass. Uh, Gallup is a good player, and you

472
00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:43,160
Speaker 1: have a star running back who you know whether they're

473
00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:46,240
Speaker 1: using him right or not, like Zeke Still's eight. Here's

474
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Speaker 1: what I know when I watched the Cowboys. I like Dak.

475
00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:52,240
Speaker 1: I know Collins talked a lot about it. I respect

476
00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:54,960
Speaker 1: everything he stands for. I think he is a great

477
00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:59,440
Speaker 1: human being. When he talks, I'm like, that's an impressive individual.

478
00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:02,440
Speaker 1: This stuff he said about depression after his brother's suicide

479
00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:06,800
Speaker 1: in Corona, I can relate. I fucking hate Corona. It

480
00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:11,040
Speaker 1: has made me question my sanity several times over the

481
00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:14,040
Speaker 1: last six months. And trust me, out West, where we're

482
00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:16,240
Speaker 1: treated and not allowed to do anything and we're still

483
00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:20,080
Speaker 1: on with lockdown seven months in. I imagine I'm not alone.

484
00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:23,359
Speaker 1: I could relate to Dak's comments and when I watched

485
00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:25,280
Speaker 1: him as a football player, I like a lot of

486
00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:28,119
Speaker 1: things he does, but I also questioned some of the

487
00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:31,480
Speaker 1: things he does. Bill Simmons once upon a time back

488
00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:34,040
Speaker 1: when he wrote wrote a good column about Russell Westbrook,

489
00:25:34,320 --> 00:25:36,000
Speaker 1: and I think it rings true for a lot of

490
00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:38,840
Speaker 1: good players. Then I think we hold too many players

491
00:25:38,840 --> 00:25:41,240
Speaker 1: are like, why aren't you Pete, tom Brady your peak,

492
00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:45,520
Speaker 1: Michael Jordan's Most players, even I'm talking all Star level players,

493
00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:50,920
Speaker 1: Pro Bowl level players are like guys you like eighty

494
00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:53,720
Speaker 1: five of the stuff they do, and there's a percentage

495
00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:56,520
Speaker 1: that you wish they were good at that they're just not.

496
00:25:57,119 --> 00:26:00,480
Speaker 1: And that's just that's the reality with every player like

497
00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:03,960
Speaker 1: in the league right now. Besides like Mahomes and Rogers

498
00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:08,399
Speaker 1: and Russell Wilson, right and like Aaron Donald and George Kittle,

499
00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:10,920
Speaker 1: there's like ten guys that you go, yeah, I don't

500
00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:13,679
Speaker 1: know if he's perfect, but he's he's close to a hundred.

501
00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:17,480
Speaker 1: You know that this majority of players aren't. My struggle

502
00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:20,480
Speaker 1: has always been with Dak Prescott, though he's gonna get

503
00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:23,879
Speaker 1: want to get paid like an elite guy. And I

504
00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:26,439
Speaker 1: think you have recent history now you see it with

505
00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:31,480
Speaker 1: Shawn Watson when you pay a quarterback huge money, the

506
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Speaker 1: salary cap because of the coronavirus and no fans, and

507
00:26:36,359 --> 00:26:39,280
Speaker 1: the overall revenue is split within the owners and the players.

508
00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:42,240
Speaker 1: Media struggles to figure this all out, but it's all

509
00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:44,480
Speaker 1: one pie and then it gets football revenue gets split

510
00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:46,879
Speaker 1: up between the players. So when you when you're not

511
00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:51,719
Speaker 1: allowed to have fans, that impacts everybody and the we know,

512
00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:53,960
Speaker 1: we don't know the number yet, we know the minimums

513
00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,680
Speaker 1: won seventy five, but the salary cap for the first

514
00:26:56,720 --> 00:27:01,000
Speaker 1: time in decades is gonna come back, which is understandable.

515
00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:03,760
Speaker 1: It's not because football struggling, is because of the virus

516
00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:07,960
Speaker 1: and the restrictions and limitations that has put on every business,

517
00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:13,639
Speaker 1: but specifically this business, which is the NFL. So if

518
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Speaker 1: I'm gonna have to pay Dak Prescott a hundred and

519
00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:20,200
Speaker 1: thirty five million dollars guaranteed, I think I would struggle

520
00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:23,000
Speaker 1: to do that because I'm watching right now. He is

521
00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:26,920
Speaker 1: not the reason they're losing. It's not Dak Prescott's fault,

522
00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:30,000
Speaker 1: but I also watched the game, and no, and I've

523
00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:33,239
Speaker 1: been saying this for years, stats have never been more

524
00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:37,000
Speaker 1: inflated in the NFL, not even close. The amount of

525
00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:40,159
Speaker 1: hollow yards that are thrown these last several years, but

526
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Speaker 1: specifically this year is outrageous right now, Like I watched

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00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:46,439
Speaker 1: Dak Prescott's game that I think he just threw for

528
00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:48,800
Speaker 1: five yards. It didn't feel like when I watched, it

529
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Speaker 1: felt like he was having a good game. But then

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00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:52,080
Speaker 1: I look at the statute, I go, that's like a

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00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:55,560
Speaker 1: historic fucking effort. It's not what I watched, But I

532
00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:57,840
Speaker 1: just look at the numbers. I'm like, God, doesn't get

533
00:27:57,880 --> 00:28:00,640
Speaker 1: any better than that. And you just look at those numbers,

534
00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:02,480
Speaker 1: You're like, God, he's a forty million dollar quarterback. But

535
00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:04,840
Speaker 1: I watched him. I went, I don't know how many

536
00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:08,160
Speaker 1: balls hit defenders in the hands. And this is something

537
00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:11,760
Speaker 1: PFF has been doing for a long time, is you

538
00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:16,399
Speaker 1: get discounted for potential picks when you hit it up.

539
00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:18,960
Speaker 1: There's a reason these guys played defense. They can't catch.

540
00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:22,000
Speaker 1: You'd rather be a wide receiver than a corner. Most

541
00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:25,920
Speaker 1: defenders become defenders in the defensive backfield because they couldn't

542
00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:28,359
Speaker 1: play wide receiver, so they go there. A lot of

543
00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:30,720
Speaker 1: them don't have any interceptions. You don't have good hands.

544
00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:33,119
Speaker 1: But if I get my hands on the ball and

545
00:28:33,119 --> 00:28:35,680
Speaker 1: it hits me in the hands, that's not a good throw.

546
00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:38,240
Speaker 1: And I'm watching some of these throws and going, I

547
00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:41,160
Speaker 1: don't know. And just because Carson got it and Jared

548
00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:42,880
Speaker 1: Goff got it, I don't know if I just just

549
00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:44,920
Speaker 1: because everyone got paid, does that mean I gotta pay

550
00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:48,520
Speaker 1: this guy. And here's the thing, I'm not anti Dak Prescott.

551
00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:50,800
Speaker 1: I like what he stands for. I even like his talent.

552
00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:52,800
Speaker 1: I just don't view him as like a hundred forty

553
00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:54,680
Speaker 1: million dollar guy. And you can tell me all day

554
00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:56,560
Speaker 1: long they waited too long. They you know where you're

555
00:28:56,600 --> 00:28:59,120
Speaker 1: gonna find a quarterback. I think I can find a

556
00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:02,560
Speaker 1: lot of quarterbacks for way cheaper with that many weapons

557
00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:06,320
Speaker 1: on offense and put up points. I need to allocate

558
00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:09,080
Speaker 1: some of my money to defense because I've had dac

559
00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:12,880
Speaker 1: now for five years. We winning a damn thing. Nothing.

560
00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:16,000
Speaker 1: We put up all these yards. Who cares? So we

561
00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:17,560
Speaker 1: need to allocate when you need to start buying some

562
00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:21,120
Speaker 1: defensive players. Need to use some draft capital. What if

563
00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:23,960
Speaker 1: I draft a quarterback. I'm watching Justin Herbert, which I'm

564
00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:26,560
Speaker 1: a Justin Herbert fan, but Justin Herbert is pretty raw.

565
00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:28,400
Speaker 1: I didn't think he'd come right in the league. Boom.

566
00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:31,120
Speaker 1: I flipped them on playing Tampa Bay, who's got one

567
00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:33,360
Speaker 1: of the best defensive coordinators in the league, who blitz

568
00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:35,960
Speaker 1: us all the time. Mike Williams is injured, and he's

569
00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:40,120
Speaker 1: throwing touchdowns a no name guys players. I followed the

570
00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:43,280
Speaker 1: football extremely for a living. Never heard of these guys

571
00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:46,920
Speaker 1: throwing touchdowns too. He's succeeding. I thought, and I was

572
00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:48,960
Speaker 1: a big believer Justin Herbert should play right away, but

573
00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:51,080
Speaker 1: I thought to be a struggle. I'm watching him just

574
00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:54,920
Speaker 1: throw bip bip bip bip thro dimes. Not that long ago,

575
00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:57,360
Speaker 1: Dak Prescott was drafted in the fourth round, got a

576
00:29:57,440 --> 00:30:00,720
Speaker 1: nice landing spot and kicked everyone's ass. It can be

577
00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:05,000
Speaker 1: done if you are not completely sold, like the Chiefs

578
00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:08,360
Speaker 1: are with Mahomes, like what Josh Allen is becoming with

579
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Speaker 1: the Bills. Even like Lamar to me, I'm not just

580
00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:16,000
Speaker 1: paying to pay just what stay in the middle lane.

581
00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:18,320
Speaker 1: It ain't working. It's like the Cowboys are winning anything.

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00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:22,000
Speaker 1: I'm just I'm not into paying Dak huge money. And

583
00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:25,720
Speaker 1: someone will pay him, I'm sure, but if and when

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00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:28,600
Speaker 1: the Cowboys don't give him this quote unquote max contract,

585
00:30:29,040 --> 00:30:36,440
Speaker 1: I'll understand it. Okay, let's dive into a a quarterback

586
00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:39,239
Speaker 1: that I need to take an ail on. I did

587
00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:42,760
Speaker 1: not like this player coming out of school. He went

588
00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:46,360
Speaker 1: to Wyoming and I remember his his I guess it

589
00:30:46,360 --> 00:30:50,240
Speaker 1: was junior year watching him play because he was highly touted.

590
00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:52,479
Speaker 1: And I remember Chris Mortenson had a tweet about him,

591
00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:55,479
Speaker 1: Josh Allen, and I was like, you know, I don't

592
00:30:55,800 --> 00:30:58,680
Speaker 1: see it. Played Oregon played some Mountain West games. They're

593
00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:02,880
Speaker 1: on TV. I was like, not for me. Remember we

594
00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:05,200
Speaker 1: started the Three and Out podcast and I went to

595
00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:08,360
Speaker 1: the Combine and I remember going to dinner with a

596
00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:12,680
Speaker 1: good buddy who got some Super Bowl championships now and

597
00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:16,560
Speaker 1: he's he's, you know, executive on a scouting staff and

598
00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:19,959
Speaker 1: he's like, bro, I think you're working off. I think

599
00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:22,560
Speaker 1: you're being too harsh on Josh Allen. This guy is

600
00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:25,160
Speaker 1: a chance to be a really good player. You gotta

601
00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:29,720
Speaker 1: mold him. But the talent is immense. His character is

602
00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:32,880
Speaker 1: off the charts. This guy, if he goes to the

603
00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:36,120
Speaker 1: right scenario in situation and gets with the right coach.

604
00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:40,840
Speaker 1: The sky is the limit. And you know what's true,

605
00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:44,360
Speaker 1: this guy was a limit because three years later, I

606
00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:47,360
Speaker 1: guess two years and four games later, we're seeing a

607
00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:50,480
Speaker 1: guy that went to the right culture, went to the

608
00:31:50,560 --> 00:31:53,840
Speaker 1: right situation, that had the amount of talent and was

609
00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:59,120
Speaker 1: clearly okay with being coached and being molded and then

610
00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:02,520
Speaker 1: well putting in the work behind the scenes to improve.

611
00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:05,440
Speaker 1: As Sean McDermott told me last year at the combine,

612
00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:07,400
Speaker 1: he said going into a second year, he wasn't as

613
00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:10,360
Speaker 1: good as a rookie. Going into a second year, people

614
00:32:10,360 --> 00:32:12,840
Speaker 1: said he couldn't throw short and intermediate. So we got

615
00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:16,640
Speaker 1: Cole Beasley, We got up some wideacy, John Brown, one

616
00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:18,479
Speaker 1: of the Browns. I always get those two mixed up.

617
00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:22,000
Speaker 1: And he improved. And then after last year was like

618
00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:24,760
Speaker 1: he can't throw dep boom, we trade our first rounder

619
00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:27,479
Speaker 1: for digs. He learns to throw deep. Because when no

620
00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:31,920
Speaker 1: one's looking guys like Josh Allen or in the lab. Now, however,

621
00:32:31,960 --> 00:32:33,880
Speaker 1: he got there, and I think a huge part of

622
00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:37,160
Speaker 1: it is everything I just laid out and in the

623
00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:39,880
Speaker 1: individual of the kid, Josh Allen deserves a lot of

624
00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:44,040
Speaker 1: credit because you don't improve in life at anything, let

625
00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:47,200
Speaker 1: alone football, if you don't work hard. Everyone loves to

626
00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:49,360
Speaker 1: tell you how hard they're working. Like I think the

627
00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:53,760
Speaker 1: price of admission in this country to dominate comes with

628
00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:57,120
Speaker 1: working hard. Whether you want to be an entrepreneur, whether

629
00:32:57,160 --> 00:33:01,840
Speaker 1: you want to be a construction construction management, whether you

630
00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:05,360
Speaker 1: want to be a football coach, you better grind because

631
00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:09,400
Speaker 1: you better believe which how competitive everything is, especially the

632
00:33:09,480 --> 00:33:13,680
Speaker 1: National Football League, Your competition is grinding. That's why when

633
00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:16,640
Speaker 1: I think about the NFL, the best players, hardest workers.

634
00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:19,640
Speaker 1: I'll never forget one time asking Bobby April, who was

635
00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:23,600
Speaker 1: our special teams coordinator with the Eagles. He coached Dion

636
00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:26,680
Speaker 1: Sanders in Atlanta when Dion was really young, and I said,

637
00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:29,400
Speaker 1: I was just fascinating. What was Deon Sanders like? And

638
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Speaker 1: he said, you know, for all the fluff, for all

639
00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:34,000
Speaker 1: the you know, the outfits and the and the move

640
00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:37,240
Speaker 1: music videos, he was the first guy in the in

641
00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:41,560
Speaker 1: my office every single day for special teams when he

642
00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:44,080
Speaker 1: was the elite corner in the league for special teams.

643
00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:46,320
Speaker 1: So Diana was the hardest worker guy on our team.

644
00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:49,520
Speaker 1: It wasn't even close. And That's why when I see

645
00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:52,360
Speaker 1: Deon Sanders become the head coach at Jackson State, like,

646
00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:54,680
Speaker 1: say what you want about Deon Sanders. A lot of

647
00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:57,480
Speaker 1: a lot of players, like famous players talking. I only

648
00:33:57,520 --> 00:33:58,760
Speaker 1: want to be a head coach. I only want to

649
00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:00,960
Speaker 1: be a head coach. Remember Marshall Folk one time, Like

650
00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:03,240
Speaker 1: I only want to be a head coach in the NFL,

651
00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:06,240
Speaker 1: Like yo, bro that Anyhow, it works. Even Deon Sanders

652
00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:07,840
Speaker 1: found out, like, You're not gonna become the head coach

653
00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:09,960
Speaker 1: of Florida State with no experience, So what do you do?

654
00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:13,160
Speaker 1: He wants some terrible program Jackson State, probably not making

655
00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:16,560
Speaker 1: much money, became a head coach. I commended Dean Sanders.

656
00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:19,840
Speaker 1: Ain't afraid to grind, ain't afraid to work. Josh Allen

657
00:34:20,120 --> 00:34:24,760
Speaker 1: worked his ass off Listen. I tweeted this on Sunday.

658
00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:28,680
Speaker 1: The hierarchy of two thousand eighteen, the top quarterback in

659
00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:32,000
Speaker 1: that draft is not set in stone. Now. Lamar Jackson

660
00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:35,760
Speaker 1: is really good defending m v P. He's got some flaws.

661
00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:39,719
Speaker 1: I personally want a throwing quarterback like I would take

662
00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:42,279
Speaker 1: Josh Allen over Lamar Jackson for the next five six years.

663
00:34:42,360 --> 00:34:45,600
Speaker 1: But I don't think Josh Lamar Jackson's bad. I didn't

664
00:34:45,640 --> 00:34:48,080
Speaker 1: like either one of those quarterbacks coming out. I love

665
00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:52,080
Speaker 1: Sam Donald, I love Baker Mayfield. Those guys aren't. Lamar

666
00:34:52,160 --> 00:34:55,320
Speaker 1: Jackson Josh Allen have nothing in common with them. Josh

667
00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:58,239
Speaker 1: Allen made a couple of throws against the Raiders. To me,

668
00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:01,120
Speaker 1: only Mahomes and Aaron Rodgers could made the throws. He

669
00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:05,239
Speaker 1: has physical gifts that only Mahomes halves. Of all the

670
00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:07,719
Speaker 1: young guys, Lamar doesn't even have him when it comes

671
00:35:07,719 --> 00:35:11,600
Speaker 1: to armed talent. When it comes to Armed Town, He's

672
00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:15,759
Speaker 1: twelve touchdowns, one pick, and three rushing touchdowns. He's a

673
00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:19,360
Speaker 1: freak and now he's accurate. If he's gonna be this accurate,

674
00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:21,480
Speaker 1: like this guy can win MVPs, not an m v

675
00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:24,160
Speaker 1: P m v PS because you win. Why do we

676
00:35:24,200 --> 00:35:25,960
Speaker 1: think Patrick Mahomes is the best player in the world

677
00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:28,960
Speaker 1: because he dominates with his right arm? Why Why is

678
00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:31,480
Speaker 1: Josh Allen kicking everyone's ass because he's dominated with his

679
00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:34,480
Speaker 1: right arm? When does Lamar look really good when he's

680
00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:37,680
Speaker 1: making great passes. It's a passing league. You can run

681
00:35:37,719 --> 00:35:40,680
Speaker 1: and it's it's fun. But to win big in this league,

682
00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:43,480
Speaker 1: it's why I like the Bills like they're gonna be

683
00:35:43,560 --> 00:35:46,400
Speaker 1: a factor for years to come if he can maintain

684
00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:48,880
Speaker 1: this level of play. And I said it before the

685
00:35:49,239 --> 00:35:52,360
Speaker 1: the plaque when I used to walk into the Eagles

686
00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:54,680
Speaker 1: locker room. I've seen it with the Niners. Says you're

687
00:35:54,680 --> 00:35:59,480
Speaker 1: either getting better or worse. Nobody stays the same, nobody,

688
00:35:59,640 --> 00:36:04,600
Speaker 1: And this guy is getting better dramatically exponentially every year.

689
00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:06,840
Speaker 1: As a pastor, I didn't think it was possible. Maybe

690
00:36:06,840 --> 00:36:08,440
Speaker 1: I need to reevaluate the way I look at some

691
00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:11,480
Speaker 1: of these quarterbacks now. A big part of the thing

692
00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:13,600
Speaker 1: is hard in the media. Now I have access because

693
00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:16,200
Speaker 1: I know a lot of scouts that have the legit

694
00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:19,480
Speaker 1: information on these players. Unless you know their character and makeup,

695
00:36:20,840 --> 00:36:23,080
Speaker 1: it's hard to evaluate because you're not just you're not

696
00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:25,520
Speaker 1: getting a player in a vacuum. What is he like?

697
00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:29,000
Speaker 1: How hard is he willing to work? And clearly Josh

698
00:36:29,040 --> 00:36:31,720
Speaker 1: Allen is a tent at that because what I'm seeing

699
00:36:31,719 --> 00:36:35,399
Speaker 1: out of him is just is eye opening like this

700
00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:38,560
Speaker 1: guy has. If you can maintain now, I'm just I'm

701
00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:41,120
Speaker 1: just basing this on two thousand twenty. If he can

702
00:36:41,160 --> 00:36:43,759
Speaker 1: continue this level of play, and that's what that's a hard.

703
00:36:43,760 --> 00:36:47,280
Speaker 1: Part about being a really good player is like anyone

704
00:36:47,320 --> 00:36:49,839
Speaker 1: can have good stretches, anyone could have a good year.

705
00:36:50,239 --> 00:36:54,480
Speaker 1: The great players have eight straight years, Aaron Rodgers, Russell Wilson,

706
00:36:55,719 --> 00:37:01,520
Speaker 1: Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Aaron Donald. They're kicking as every year,

707
00:37:02,239 --> 00:37:06,000
Speaker 1: going into the lab every offseason, doing everything humanly possible

708
00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:09,319
Speaker 1: to improve everything at Reid. Just think about the great

709
00:37:09,320 --> 00:37:12,040
Speaker 1: players the last twenty years. They they're just the hardest

710
00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:15,200
Speaker 1: workers and it's just just the price of admission. They're

711
00:37:15,239 --> 00:37:18,480
Speaker 1: out working everybody into them. Their work ethic is just

712
00:37:18,760 --> 00:37:22,040
Speaker 1: they think it's normal. And even guys that anyone that's

713
00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:24,319
Speaker 1: ever been around someone that's a really hard worker, you

714
00:37:24,360 --> 00:37:25,960
Speaker 1: start looking at yourself in the mirror. You go, God,

715
00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:27,239
Speaker 1: I don't know if I have that in the back.

716
00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:31,120
Speaker 1: And it's it's fun to watch this guy's maturation. It's

717
00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:33,960
Speaker 1: fun to watch the Bills play football because they're a

718
00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:37,120
Speaker 1: well coached team. They physical as hell on defense, and

719
00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:39,960
Speaker 1: their offense is just fun. Like he is a fun

720
00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:42,719
Speaker 1: player in the league. To me, it's a clear the

721
00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:44,719
Speaker 1: top three got The top three young guys when it

722
00:37:44,719 --> 00:37:50,759
Speaker 1: comes to talent are obviously Mahomes, him and Lamar. Now,

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00:37:50,840 --> 00:37:53,160
Speaker 1: Lamar is more unique than those guys because of his

724
00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:55,399
Speaker 1: running ability. I think he busted a long run last year.

725
00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:58,880
Speaker 1: Like he's a unique player. He's he's a more complete

726
00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:01,759
Speaker 1: package to me than then Mike Vick was in a sense,

727
00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:03,520
Speaker 1: He's a lot more accurate. Now he doesn't have the

728
00:38:03,560 --> 00:38:06,279
Speaker 1: power of Mike Vick's arm, but he's a much more

729
00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:09,360
Speaker 1: prototypical passer in theory. I know he played bad against

730
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Speaker 1: the Chiefs. I'm not. People think I'm a Lamar hater.

731
00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:13,560
Speaker 1: I'm not. He just I would bet against him in

732
00:38:13,600 --> 00:38:15,920
Speaker 1: big games until he proves that he could have a

733
00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:17,799
Speaker 1: game where he throws at forty times against a good

734
00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:19,840
Speaker 1: team and win. Because right now it's like they have

735
00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:22,640
Speaker 1: a run based offense. Yeah, run based offenses, you know

736
00:38:22,719 --> 00:38:25,920
Speaker 1: ain't winning in two thousand twenty. You gotta throw. And

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00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:29,279
Speaker 1: right now I'm watching Josh Allen, you know, win in

738
00:38:29,320 --> 00:38:31,600
Speaker 1: the air, and I'm impressed. So I just think the

739
00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:34,480
Speaker 1: hierarchy those two guys are stars, but it's gonna be

740
00:38:34,520 --> 00:38:36,680
Speaker 1: determined over the next five or six years. Here's one

741
00:38:36,719 --> 00:38:39,120
Speaker 1: thing I do know. If Josh Allen has a season

742
00:38:39,160 --> 00:38:41,279
Speaker 1: like this and the Bills win a playoff, game or two,

743
00:38:41,560 --> 00:38:46,640
Speaker 1: which I think they obviously the Chiefs, you know, the Steelers,

744
00:38:46,719 --> 00:38:48,880
Speaker 1: the Ravens, like they're right in that mix of just

745
00:38:48,920 --> 00:38:51,520
Speaker 1: a team that's gonna be They had that devastating loss

746
00:38:51,640 --> 00:38:55,440
Speaker 1: last year. He's gonna get a contract extension this offseason,

747
00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:58,479
Speaker 1: like Deshan did, like Mahomes did last year. Now the money,

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00:38:58,600 --> 00:39:00,680
Speaker 1: he's not gonna get my Homes money obviously, even if

749
00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:03,960
Speaker 1: he won the Super Bowl. But he's gonna get dy

750
00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:07,000
Speaker 1: million dollars guaranteed. I'd feel pretty good about giving it

751
00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:11,920
Speaker 1: to him. Um, he's right now beside like George Kittle,

752
00:39:12,040 --> 00:39:15,440
Speaker 1: Aaron Donald, there's a shortlist of players that I go.

753
00:39:16,520 --> 00:39:21,360
Speaker 1: This guy's on TV. I'm watching. Let's do some weekend

754
00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:26,640
Speaker 1: thoughts really quick. Uh, Saturday? What I do? Saturday? I

755
00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:31,120
Speaker 1: went to my mom's house, hung out, had a few pops, watched,

756
00:39:31,280 --> 00:39:34,680
Speaker 1: uh watch a little football. And two things I noticed

757
00:39:34,800 --> 00:39:37,440
Speaker 1: first and foremost, Alabama talked about him last week. Got

758
00:39:37,440 --> 00:39:39,560
Speaker 1: a good text from him, Buddy, he said, did you

759
00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:44,920
Speaker 1: notice this offseason? Zero opt outs? There wasn't even a

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00:39:44,960 --> 00:39:48,560
Speaker 1: peep they have a I mean, they got four guys

761
00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:50,919
Speaker 1: that might get drafted the top fifteen. None of them

762
00:39:50,960 --> 00:39:55,360
Speaker 1: even contemplated leaving. They trust Nick and you know what

763
00:39:55,400 --> 00:39:58,759
Speaker 1: they did is they just grinded. However they grinded Alabama.

764
00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:01,680
Speaker 1: They stay ready. They know when they play they're gonna

765
00:40:01,760 --> 00:40:03,839
Speaker 1: kick the ship out of whoever they're playing. And then

766
00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:06,000
Speaker 1: they know when the season ends they're gonna get drafted

767
00:40:06,040 --> 00:40:09,120
Speaker 1: high and get paid. And the system just keeps on rolling.

768
00:40:09,800 --> 00:40:13,120
Speaker 1: L s U had opt outs, Georgia opt outs. All

769
00:40:13,160 --> 00:40:15,719
Speaker 1: the Pact twelve teams had opt outs. Now some of

770
00:40:15,800 --> 00:40:20,080
Speaker 1: them are coming back, but watching Alabama on Saturday, they

771
00:40:20,080 --> 00:40:22,920
Speaker 1: are clearly right Now. Now we'll see what Ohio state.

772
00:40:23,239 --> 00:40:25,440
Speaker 1: To me, they're the best team. This quarterback Mac Jones

773
00:40:25,520 --> 00:40:30,600
Speaker 1: is really good. Waddle Smith Studs, Dylan Moses stud Certain

774
00:40:30,840 --> 00:40:35,680
Speaker 1: stud It's just a factory. It's just an ass kicking factory.

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Speaker 1: Roll tide Um Oklahoma. I'm an Oklahoma guy, the dude

776
00:40:42,080 --> 00:40:44,560
Speaker 1: that you got me started in football. Drew Hill is

777
00:40:45,480 --> 00:40:49,000
Speaker 1: basically Lincoln Riley's like general manager, their personnel guy. He's

778
00:40:49,040 --> 00:40:51,600
Speaker 1: been on this podcast, came on like last year. I

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00:40:51,719 --> 00:40:55,520
Speaker 1: root for Oklahoma and Spencer Rattler kind of the biggest

780
00:40:55,560 --> 00:40:58,839
Speaker 1: recruit they've had. You know, it went Baker Mayfield, then

781
00:40:58,840 --> 00:41:01,000
Speaker 1: it went Kyler, then it Jalen, and this is like

782
00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:03,080
Speaker 1: they are parent all those guys. But this you know,

783
00:41:03,120 --> 00:41:06,840
Speaker 1: Baker was a transfer in Kyler was a transfer, Jalen

784
00:41:06,960 --> 00:41:11,080
Speaker 1: was a transfer. Rattler was Lincoln Riley's recruited guy from

785
00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:14,080
Speaker 1: high school, super hyped. Heard a lot of good things

786
00:41:14,120 --> 00:41:16,880
Speaker 1: about his talent. I don't know much about the person.

787
00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:22,400
Speaker 1: I watched the Elite Levin Show on on Netflix, but

788
00:41:22,440 --> 00:41:24,800
Speaker 1: I'll be honest, people like, I know a lot of

789
00:41:24,800 --> 00:41:27,359
Speaker 1: people are crushing the kid. You know, he could little

790
00:41:27,400 --> 00:41:31,120
Speaker 1: douche or whatever. I think if you watch the older

791
00:41:31,160 --> 00:41:33,040
Speaker 1: you get like when you're thirty and forty and you

792
00:41:33,080 --> 00:41:36,040
Speaker 1: watch kids that are sixteen seventeen, you're not gonna be

793
00:41:36,080 --> 00:41:37,839
Speaker 1: able to relate to a lot of things they do.

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00:41:37,920 --> 00:41:40,919
Speaker 1: So I don't really hold much Like if I thought

795
00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:43,000
Speaker 1: stuff was weird, and like, you know, that's not my

796
00:41:43,080 --> 00:41:47,160
Speaker 1: type guy young kids, young guys like they just do

797
00:41:47,280 --> 00:41:49,600
Speaker 1: dump stuff. So I actually just thought he was normal.

798
00:41:50,280 --> 00:41:52,239
Speaker 1: But he's not a very good player. I mean that's

799
00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:54,560
Speaker 1: my number one takeaway right now. He's not a very

800
00:41:54,560 --> 00:41:59,440
Speaker 1: good player, and he's really talented, but I don't know,

801
00:41:59,480 --> 00:42:01,040
Speaker 1: if I had to big picture, I'm not trying to

802
00:42:01,080 --> 00:42:04,000
Speaker 1: overreact to three games. But I'd say he better pick

803
00:42:04,040 --> 00:42:06,520
Speaker 1: it up because at a school like Oklahoma, they're recruiting

804
00:42:06,520 --> 00:42:09,759
Speaker 1: blue chippers every year. And I know if you put

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00:42:09,800 --> 00:42:15,680
Speaker 1: it at like you know, Ohio State or Alabama and

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00:42:15,719 --> 00:42:17,719
Speaker 1: you you have a really bad season at quarterback, you

807
00:42:17,719 --> 00:42:20,200
Speaker 1: will not be the quarterback for long like the Leasha

808
00:42:20,239 --> 00:42:23,280
Speaker 1: is at these long at these top notch programs are short.

809
00:42:23,719 --> 00:42:27,400
Speaker 1: They're trying to win national championships. So this guy is

810
00:42:27,440 --> 00:42:30,200
Speaker 1: gonna have to improve greatly. I thought against Iowa State

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Speaker 1: he made some plays in the second half that were

812
00:42:33,160 --> 00:42:36,520
Speaker 1: just like where is he throwing it to? Now? He

813
00:42:36,600 --> 00:42:40,680
Speaker 1: wasn't the sole reason they lost, but I I was.

814
00:42:40,920 --> 00:42:45,200
Speaker 1: I was underwhelmed for this five star, blue chip, super

815
00:42:45,239 --> 00:42:47,799
Speaker 1: hype guy for Lincoln Riley. He just I didn't think

816
00:42:47,800 --> 00:42:50,839
Speaker 1: it was very good. Uh. Some other games. Some other

817
00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:54,200
Speaker 1: things I noticed this weekend. The Bills. Obviously we talked

818
00:42:54,200 --> 00:42:59,000
Speaker 1: about Josh Allen. The Raiders defense stinks. I mean they

819
00:42:59,080 --> 00:43:03,040
Speaker 1: are terror Doble and Mike Mayock and John Gruden drafted

820
00:43:03,040 --> 00:43:05,680
Speaker 1: Cleveland Farrell. You'll you watch him, you never hear him.

821
00:43:05,719 --> 00:43:08,960
Speaker 1: They signed all these free agents, LaMarcus Joiner, Corey Littleton.

822
00:43:09,239 --> 00:43:12,600
Speaker 1: None of them make any place. They draft all these

823
00:43:12,600 --> 00:43:15,440
Speaker 1: defensive guys and some of them are injured. The other

824
00:43:15,480 --> 00:43:20,000
Speaker 1: guys aren't impactful that their defense is awful. And Derek like,

825
00:43:20,120 --> 00:43:22,279
Speaker 1: I mean, his stats look good, but I'm watching them

826
00:43:22,320 --> 00:43:25,560
Speaker 1: going you know, I just I'm rooting for I want

827
00:43:25,640 --> 00:43:27,439
Speaker 1: him to be a good player, but I just don't

828
00:43:27,480 --> 00:43:30,600
Speaker 1: know if he is. He's not a bad player, but

829
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Speaker 1: I just don't know if he's a good player. The

830
00:43:33,520 --> 00:43:37,080
Speaker 1: Seahawks Dolphins game like the Seahawks. Someone told me this stat.

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Speaker 1: Since two thousand and eighteen, they have played eight ten

832
00:43:43,239 --> 00:43:46,520
Speaker 1: am kickoffs, So that's flying to the East Coast and

833
00:43:46,600 --> 00:43:50,319
Speaker 1: playing morning kickoffs there. Eight. No, I know, they didn't

834
00:43:50,360 --> 00:43:53,520
Speaker 1: play their best game against the Dolphins. That records remarkable.

835
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Speaker 1: You you go on long trips, especially from Seattle, think

836
00:43:58,000 --> 00:44:03,120
Speaker 1: how far Seattle to Miami is just that's the geography

837
00:44:03,160 --> 00:44:05,560
Speaker 1: major here. But just think about on a map, can

838
00:44:05,760 --> 00:44:08,520
Speaker 1: is there a longer flight in America Seattle to Miami.

839
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Speaker 1: Pretty sure Miami's at the bottom of Florida. Pretty sure

840
00:44:11,560 --> 00:44:14,160
Speaker 1: Seattle is at the top of u of the state

841
00:44:14,160 --> 00:44:17,279
Speaker 1: of Washington. That's a long way to go, man, And

842
00:44:17,320 --> 00:44:19,200
Speaker 1: they went and they got an easy win. It didn't

843
00:44:19,239 --> 00:44:22,040
Speaker 1: look that easy butt three and really it was thirty

844
00:44:23,280 --> 00:44:27,960
Speaker 1: not nice little win. The Buccaneers, I think Tom Brady

845
00:44:27,960 --> 00:44:30,759
Speaker 1: looks a little old now. He threw five touchdowns and

846
00:44:30,800 --> 00:44:33,080
Speaker 1: their team is really talented. I think O. J. Howard

847
00:44:33,200 --> 00:44:35,239
Speaker 1: might be out for the year. Rocks coming around a

848
00:44:35,239 --> 00:44:38,040
Speaker 1: little bit. Mike Evans, even though he's limping, still dominating.

849
00:44:38,360 --> 00:44:41,120
Speaker 1: Godwin will come back. Scotty Miller is like the Edelman

850
00:44:41,440 --> 00:44:45,080
Speaker 1: West Welker. Uh. Their defense is pretty good. But Justin

851
00:44:45,120 --> 00:44:49,880
Speaker 1: Herbert he made some Oh my god, that is a

852
00:44:50,480 --> 00:44:54,839
Speaker 1: I mean, just a beautiful ball. He throws a beautiful

853
00:44:54,920 --> 00:44:57,800
Speaker 1: deep ball. He clearly is really talented. I don't I

854
00:44:57,840 --> 00:45:00,560
Speaker 1: don't think you know, a couple of games into rookie

855
00:45:00,600 --> 00:45:04,080
Speaker 1: season playing with this team. Just from an eye test standpoint,

856
00:45:04,120 --> 00:45:06,799
Speaker 1: I'm not even talking about the stats. You know, it's

857
00:45:06,960 --> 00:45:10,400
Speaker 1: completion percentage. You just watch a half of Justin Herbert

858
00:45:10,440 --> 00:45:13,120
Speaker 1: place fil a football and you go, yeah, that's that's

859
00:45:13,160 --> 00:45:15,560
Speaker 1: what I want a rookie quarterback to look like. Those

860
00:45:15,560 --> 00:45:20,400
Speaker 1: type of physical traits. He's calm, he's athletic. Uh, you know,

861
00:45:20,480 --> 00:45:24,239
Speaker 1: he's just he's got a chance. Man, they're gonna listen,

862
00:45:24,280 --> 00:45:28,040
Speaker 1: Anthony Lynn, he's probably done after this year. Chargers surely

863
00:45:28,080 --> 00:45:30,960
Speaker 1: not gonna make the playoffs, be a six seven win team,

864
00:45:31,040 --> 00:45:33,560
Speaker 1: and they'll hire a new coach. And I'd imagine they'll

865
00:45:33,600 --> 00:45:37,160
Speaker 1: hire an offensive coach who calls the place, and that

866
00:45:37,200 --> 00:45:39,960
Speaker 1: guy will be entrusted to make Justin Herbert a star.

867
00:45:40,719 --> 00:45:43,040
Speaker 1: And I think that job now. Dean doesn't like to

868
00:45:43,080 --> 00:45:47,040
Speaker 1: pay very cheap. Pays Stan Cronky one dollar in rent.

869
00:45:47,239 --> 00:45:49,840
Speaker 1: Stan Cronky just kind of five billion dollar check to

870
00:45:49,920 --> 00:45:52,719
Speaker 1: build the stadium. But don't worry, Dean. Dean's uh, Dean

871
00:45:52,800 --> 00:45:55,680
Speaker 1: saving some cash there. So hopefully he will pay for

872
00:45:55,920 --> 00:45:59,920
Speaker 1: a I don't know, legitimate head coach. Ravens almost call

873
00:46:00,080 --> 00:46:02,680
Speaker 1: them the R word. Washington football team. I don't really

874
00:46:02,719 --> 00:46:05,040
Speaker 1: have any thoughts. Didn't watch much of that game. The Ravens.

875
00:46:05,760 --> 00:46:07,960
Speaker 1: I mean, you give him a bad team, they destroy

876
00:46:08,040 --> 00:46:12,520
Speaker 1: him Washington. This quarterback actually on Washington. I have nothing

877
00:46:12,560 --> 00:46:15,560
Speaker 1: but respect for Ron Rivera. He is a dying breed

878
00:46:15,560 --> 00:46:19,160
Speaker 1: a man, just an old school tough s ob getting

879
00:46:19,320 --> 00:46:22,279
Speaker 1: chemotherapy and going through cancer treatments and in coaching because

880
00:46:22,280 --> 00:46:24,480
Speaker 1: most people be like, don't coach, it's not the way

881
00:46:24,480 --> 00:46:27,439
Speaker 1: that old school breeds wired. Man, they ain't tap it out,

882
00:46:28,560 --> 00:46:31,120
Speaker 1: especially taking over a new team trying to establish culture,

883
00:46:31,520 --> 00:46:35,520
Speaker 1: established toughness. Ron Rivera is a legend and the Ravens

884
00:46:35,520 --> 00:46:38,400
Speaker 1: are just really I mean, they destroy bad teams. The

885
00:46:38,440 --> 00:46:41,720
Speaker 1: Cardinals have been saying it all, you know, forever, everyone

886
00:46:41,760 --> 00:46:44,240
Speaker 1: thought I was village idiot because I hate the Cardinals.

887
00:46:44,239 --> 00:46:46,560
Speaker 1: I don't hate the Cardinals. I think they're gonna win six, seven,

888
00:46:46,560 --> 00:46:49,200
Speaker 1: eight games, But this notion they were gonna win like

889
00:46:49,200 --> 00:46:51,480
Speaker 1: eleven or twelve and be some playoff team like now,

890
00:46:51,840 --> 00:46:54,320
Speaker 1: not on Vance Joseph is your defensive coordinator. Now on

891
00:46:54,360 --> 00:46:56,520
Speaker 1: Cliff Kingsbury has never won anything. To your head coach

892
00:46:57,160 --> 00:46:59,120
Speaker 1: and the Panthers like, there's a reason Matt Rule just

893
00:46:59,120 --> 00:47:01,360
Speaker 1: got seventy million dollar. He's a good coach. Now I

894
00:47:01,400 --> 00:47:03,760
Speaker 1: think he's overachieving. I think they end up winning probably

895
00:47:03,760 --> 00:47:06,200
Speaker 1: five or six games. They're not gonna go I I'd

896
00:47:06,239 --> 00:47:08,520
Speaker 1: be shocked if they won eight or nine. But they're

897
00:47:08,520 --> 00:47:11,360
Speaker 1: doing a good job. Em and Joe Brady. I'm impressed.

898
00:47:11,360 --> 00:47:12,920
Speaker 1: I didn't think they were gonna be that good. I

899
00:47:12,920 --> 00:47:14,600
Speaker 1: thought they'd compete to be one of the worst teams.

900
00:47:14,600 --> 00:47:17,720
Speaker 1: In the league. That clearly is not the case the Texans,

901
00:47:17,800 --> 00:47:21,279
Speaker 1: we talked about them earlier. Vikings gotta win. No real

902
00:47:21,360 --> 00:47:25,839
Speaker 1: take there. I saw Mike Zimmer is dating some Instagram model.

903
00:47:25,920 --> 00:47:27,680
Speaker 1: Someone told me a couple of years ago that Mike

904
00:47:27,760 --> 00:47:30,759
Speaker 1: Zimmer was on tender, so he's he's clearly out there

905
00:47:30,760 --> 00:47:35,400
Speaker 1: on the prowl Uh Giants Rams. I give the Giants this.

906
00:47:35,480 --> 00:47:39,240
Speaker 1: They play hard. Rams like, you can win eleven games,

907
00:47:39,800 --> 00:47:41,960
Speaker 1: and two or three of those wins are gonna come

908
00:47:41,960 --> 00:47:44,440
Speaker 1: against bad teams. We don't play that well. So the

909
00:47:44,440 --> 00:47:47,319
Speaker 1: whole point of one of your sleepwalk games like the

910
00:47:47,400 --> 00:47:49,400
Speaker 1: Rams just had, is if you win it, no one

911
00:47:49,440 --> 00:47:50,960
Speaker 1: gives a ship at the end of the season. It's

912
00:47:50,960 --> 00:47:53,560
Speaker 1: just to win. And as someone that bet on the Rams,

913
00:47:53,560 --> 00:47:56,120
Speaker 1: I'm very mad at Sean McVeigh, Matt at Jared Goff.

914
00:47:56,200 --> 00:47:59,880
Speaker 1: I mean, they played very poorly, but they won, so

915
00:48:00,160 --> 00:48:03,400
Speaker 1: like in just in terms of actual football, non gambling,

916
00:48:03,920 --> 00:48:06,720
Speaker 1: it doesn't the game doesn't mean anything. The game means nothing.

917
00:48:07,520 --> 00:48:10,960
Speaker 1: Uh Colts Bears. I don't understand how Nick Foles can

918
00:48:11,000 --> 00:48:13,399
Speaker 1: come out of the bullpen and look awesome and then

919
00:48:13,440 --> 00:48:15,680
Speaker 1: get the start and look terrible. I don't I don't

920
00:48:15,719 --> 00:48:18,560
Speaker 1: get it. How could he look so terrible? Now? They

921
00:48:18,560 --> 00:48:21,520
Speaker 1: play Tampa Bay this Thursday. That's pretty big game and

922
00:48:21,560 --> 00:48:23,200
Speaker 1: there are gonna be a lot of eyeballs on that game.

923
00:48:23,239 --> 00:48:26,960
Speaker 1: Tom Brady National Television, the Nick Foles. I think it's

924
00:48:26,960 --> 00:48:28,759
Speaker 1: the first time they've played since Nick beat him in

925
00:48:28,760 --> 00:48:31,239
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. The Cults are pretty good. I mean,

926
00:48:31,280 --> 00:48:32,880
Speaker 1: they have one of the better defenses in the league.

927
00:48:33,239 --> 00:48:36,920
Speaker 1: They have a smash mouth running game, Rivers still very functional.

928
00:48:37,200 --> 00:48:39,680
Speaker 1: It's like that Charger offensive several years ago when he

929
00:48:39,719 --> 00:48:43,680
Speaker 1: was there with Frank Reich. They're just Colts aren't the

930
00:48:43,680 --> 00:48:46,279
Speaker 1: prettiest team. They're not gonna blow many teams out like

931
00:48:46,320 --> 00:48:49,160
Speaker 1: the Ravens, but they're just gonna win a ton of games.

932
00:48:49,160 --> 00:48:51,359
Speaker 1: And when the dust settles, it's hard to know what

933
00:48:51,400 --> 00:48:53,400
Speaker 1: the Titans are. I think they're pretty good to Corona's

934
00:48:53,440 --> 00:48:55,200
Speaker 1: kind of wiped them out for a week or two.

935
00:48:55,280 --> 00:48:58,360
Speaker 1: Who knows, But the Colts and Titans are playoff teams.

936
00:48:59,120 --> 00:49:01,799
Speaker 1: Eagles Niners. I went in deep on that game on

937
00:49:01,840 --> 00:49:04,520
Speaker 1: my other podcast, Haybroom Middlecoff. We talked a ton about

938
00:49:04,920 --> 00:49:09,640
Speaker 1: whence the Niners, uh, you know my overall just cliff

939
00:49:09,719 --> 00:49:12,440
Speaker 1: note version is when you play your third string quarterback,

940
00:49:12,640 --> 00:49:15,160
Speaker 1: you're not gonna be that good. And the Eagles they

941
00:49:15,160 --> 00:49:19,319
Speaker 1: were desperate and Carson Wentz made enough plays. I mean,

942
00:49:19,320 --> 00:49:22,080
Speaker 1: it's just Nick Mullins. There's a reason the guy was

943
00:49:22,080 --> 00:49:25,319
Speaker 1: an undrafted free agent. It's just there was talk on

944
00:49:25,520 --> 00:49:28,640
Speaker 1: again the Internet Twitter, so small segment of people about

945
00:49:28,719 --> 00:49:32,279
Speaker 1: him replacing Jimmy Garoppolo. Like, shut up. If you've ever

946
00:49:32,320 --> 00:49:34,600
Speaker 1: said that, you know you have no clue what you're

947
00:49:34,600 --> 00:49:37,320
Speaker 1: talking about. But the Niners like they need Jimmy Garoppolo

948
00:49:37,320 --> 00:49:39,720
Speaker 1: if they're gonna win. When Cole Shanon's had Jimmy Garoppolo,

949
00:49:39,719 --> 00:49:42,120
Speaker 1: I think he's twenty two and seven, like he wins

950
00:49:42,160 --> 00:49:44,959
Speaker 1: games When he doesn't have Jimmy Garoppolo and you've gotta

951
00:49:44,960 --> 00:49:47,520
Speaker 1: play with Hoyer or Nick Mullins or c. J. Beathard,

952
00:49:48,080 --> 00:49:52,800
Speaker 1: Niners are gonna have problems. Okay, let's do a little uh,

953
00:49:52,920 --> 00:49:55,400
Speaker 1: a little thing we like to call the Middle Cough

954
00:49:56,440 --> 00:49:58,799
Speaker 1: mail back. That's where we answer your questions at John

955
00:49:58,840 --> 00:50:03,600
Speaker 1: Middlecoff my insta d MS slide right in. I love

956
00:50:03,600 --> 00:50:06,080
Speaker 1: the show. At what point do we start being extra

957
00:50:06,120 --> 00:50:11,120
Speaker 1: skeptical on Oklahoma's quarterbacks? In Lincoln Riley's system, Baker meth

958
00:50:11,600 --> 00:50:15,320
Speaker 1: Kyler looks great. Jalen backup, all while putting up dominant

959
00:50:15,320 --> 00:50:19,680
Speaker 1: college stats. Spencer Rattler on deck obviously, as we talked

960
00:50:19,680 --> 00:50:22,960
Speaker 1: about earlier, not great young though he's only nineteen. Not

961
00:50:23,040 --> 00:50:27,680
Speaker 1: to mention Heisman votes going their way every year. Well,

962
00:50:28,440 --> 00:50:32,160
Speaker 1: I think you gotta look at them all independently. Baker

963
00:50:32,200 --> 00:50:37,200
Speaker 1: Mayfield clearly overdrafted if you watch the UH. I watched

964
00:50:37,200 --> 00:50:39,920
Speaker 1: the Cowboy talked about it earlier game. But Baker's is

965
00:50:39,960 --> 00:50:43,560
Speaker 1: a game manager. You know, he's a he's a five

966
00:50:43,640 --> 00:50:51,560
Speaker 1: ft you know, eleven six ft average athlete, average arm. Uh.

967
00:50:51,800 --> 00:50:55,000
Speaker 1: He's just not a great talent, but he was exceptional.

968
00:50:55,040 --> 00:50:57,840
Speaker 1: To me, he's a great product of the system. Kyler

969
00:50:57,920 --> 00:51:01,600
Speaker 1: Murray five star guy star to tex amm Is as

970
00:51:01,640 --> 00:51:05,920
Speaker 1: a freshman, goes to Oklahoma kicks ass was a drafted

971
00:51:05,960 --> 00:51:09,919
Speaker 1: really high in baseball Listen Kyler. Kyler Murray has one

972
00:51:10,640 --> 00:51:16,919
Speaker 1: negative attribute and that's his height. He's an elite talent speed, arm, strength, accuracy.

973
00:51:17,800 --> 00:51:20,960
Speaker 1: Just his talent is stupid, like Jalen Hurts, to me,

974
00:51:21,160 --> 00:51:23,719
Speaker 1: he was just I thought the Eagles overdrafted him a

975
00:51:23,719 --> 00:51:26,120
Speaker 1: little bit. I to me, he's a fourth round pick

976
00:51:26,320 --> 00:51:28,160
Speaker 1: they drafted in the second round, and I can look

977
00:51:28,160 --> 00:51:30,480
Speaker 1: at him like a running back, not a quarterback. Clearly

978
00:51:30,520 --> 00:51:34,440
Speaker 1: my guys and Philly disagree. But if they get Trevor

979
00:51:34,560 --> 00:51:37,479
Speaker 1: Lawrence like they're they're gonna be recruiting top players. They're

980
00:51:37,480 --> 00:51:40,000
Speaker 1: gonna be trying to get elite players. So I just

981
00:51:40,040 --> 00:51:42,879
Speaker 1: think you have to look at every single player independently,

982
00:51:43,560 --> 00:51:47,799
Speaker 1: right I. I think that is the key. Savan never

983
00:51:47,840 --> 00:51:50,600
Speaker 1: had good quarterbacks. Now he got too up and now

984
00:51:50,600 --> 00:51:54,440
Speaker 1: he's got this Mac Jones guy. Should changes, you know. I.

985
00:51:54,120 --> 00:51:57,239
Speaker 1: I just think every quarterback is their own story, regardless

986
00:51:57,280 --> 00:52:01,160
Speaker 1: of the system. But I hear what you're saying, big

987
00:52:01,200 --> 00:52:04,080
Speaker 1: fan of the pod. Really enjoy listening uh to your takes?

988
00:52:04,480 --> 00:52:08,000
Speaker 1: Me too, thanks. I'm just getting just wondering what you

989
00:52:08,040 --> 00:52:11,160
Speaker 1: think of Washington should do here where they're at right now.

990
00:52:11,160 --> 00:52:15,520
Speaker 1: Haskins shows slow signs of growth. But outside of our

991
00:52:15,560 --> 00:52:18,560
Speaker 1: front seven on d, the three playmakers and offense, we

992
00:52:18,680 --> 00:52:22,760
Speaker 1: got nothing. Does this team stick with Haskins or move

993
00:52:22,920 --> 00:52:26,799
Speaker 1: off without him? I just don't think you have to

994
00:52:26,800 --> 00:52:30,640
Speaker 1: make any determination. Now it's October five, He's got twelve

995
00:52:30,680 --> 00:52:33,640
Speaker 1: more games. Keep letting him play and see how he looks.

996
00:52:33,920 --> 00:52:36,480
Speaker 1: See if he grows, because the more you play, the

997
00:52:36,480 --> 00:52:39,040
Speaker 1: more you should grow. So if he if he can improve,

998
00:52:39,160 --> 00:52:41,279
Speaker 1: then maybe give him a run it back next year.

999
00:52:41,719 --> 00:52:44,359
Speaker 1: If he only gets shittier as the season goes on,

1000
00:52:45,560 --> 00:52:49,080
Speaker 1: you know, you try to sign a veteran guy, I

1001
00:52:49,120 --> 00:52:51,759
Speaker 1: don't know what else. He's probably your quarterback next year,

1002
00:52:51,840 --> 00:52:54,920
Speaker 1: but maybe not. I mean, Rivere's got cancer. How long

1003
00:52:54,960 --> 00:52:56,359
Speaker 1: is he gonna want to deal with this? Like it's

1004
00:52:56,400 --> 00:52:59,200
Speaker 1: too short? I would say he's got to play a

1005
00:52:59,200 --> 00:53:03,040
Speaker 1: lot better because clearly the Washington football team's got a

1006
00:53:03,080 --> 00:53:06,160
Speaker 1: lot of issues. They don't have a name. Uh, the

1007
00:53:06,200 --> 00:53:12,840
Speaker 1: franchise just non footballs and shambles. Coach has cancer. The

1008
00:53:12,920 --> 00:53:15,439
Speaker 1: quarterback is just I just I don't think he's good enough.

1009
00:53:16,480 --> 00:53:19,279
Speaker 1: But I I never like to put my stamp on

1010
00:53:19,320 --> 00:53:21,600
Speaker 1: a player. I love Baker Mayfield. Then I watched him play,

1011
00:53:21,600 --> 00:53:23,839
Speaker 1: I don't like him anymore. I didn't like Lamar Josh

1012
00:53:23,880 --> 00:53:26,120
Speaker 1: Allen that I watched him play, I like him. You know,

1013
00:53:26,520 --> 00:53:29,120
Speaker 1: it's like I you should just be open minded. I

1014
00:53:29,120 --> 00:53:32,120
Speaker 1: think that's the key in evaluation. Just go in open

1015
00:53:32,160 --> 00:53:36,160
Speaker 1: minded with anything you do. Too many people and my

1016
00:53:36,239 --> 00:53:38,360
Speaker 1: dad was like this, you get too stubborn and you

1017
00:53:38,400 --> 00:53:41,640
Speaker 1: get so like closed minded, you have your mind made

1018
00:53:41,719 --> 00:53:45,040
Speaker 1: up before you do stuff, and sometimes it can limit

1019
00:53:45,040 --> 00:53:47,520
Speaker 1: your thinking. And I can get like that sometimes too.

1020
00:53:48,000 --> 00:53:50,120
Speaker 1: I actually was like that when I was in the NFL.

1021
00:53:50,520 --> 00:53:54,040
Speaker 1: I'm way more open minded. Maybe it forces you when

1022
00:53:54,040 --> 00:53:56,000
Speaker 1: you when you get into business, you realize like you

1023
00:53:56,320 --> 00:54:00,320
Speaker 1: can't just you gotta be adaptable. And same with evaluating layers,

1024
00:54:00,320 --> 00:54:01,960
Speaker 1: like I love this guy two years ago. Now he's

1025
00:54:01,960 --> 00:54:05,200
Speaker 1: not good. We're gonna cut him. You know, drafted this

1026
00:54:05,239 --> 00:54:07,920
Speaker 1: guy fifteenth. Well, we didn't draft him. We gave him

1027
00:54:07,920 --> 00:54:10,360
Speaker 1: an opportunity to play, and what we saw we didn't like.

1028
00:54:10,640 --> 00:54:14,719
Speaker 1: So you National Football League for the mail bag. Why

1029
00:54:14,719 --> 00:54:17,520
Speaker 1: don't Mike Tomlin and Kevin Colbert get the love some

1030
00:54:17,600 --> 00:54:21,120
Speaker 1: other coach gim tandems do. Never had a losing city season,

1031
00:54:21,160 --> 00:54:23,840
Speaker 1: no top ten picks aside from Bush, which was a

1032
00:54:23,880 --> 00:54:26,719
Speaker 1: trade up. True, who doesn't count constantly hitting on mid

1033
00:54:26,800 --> 00:54:29,400
Speaker 1: round receivers. They've shown the ability to constantly build a

1034
00:54:29,440 --> 00:54:31,480
Speaker 1: team around a quarterback on a second, third, and fourth

1035
00:54:31,480 --> 00:54:33,840
Speaker 1: contracts and yet get no credit in the media for

1036
00:54:33,840 --> 00:54:37,440
Speaker 1: their accomplishments. As an aside, what is it about the

1037
00:54:37,440 --> 00:54:40,280
Speaker 1: forty Niners. They struggle with mobile quarterbacks. I know Jimmy

1038
00:54:40,320 --> 00:54:43,440
Speaker 1: isn't playing to night and Mullen struggled, but their recent losses,

1039
00:54:43,480 --> 00:54:45,920
Speaker 1: including last season, have come against quarterbacks that move in

1040
00:54:45,960 --> 00:54:49,360
Speaker 1: evade pressure brought by the front four of the forty Niners.

1041
00:54:49,480 --> 00:54:50,879
Speaker 1: What do you think they need to do a better

1042
00:54:50,960 --> 00:54:54,960
Speaker 1: job to solve these issues? Well, their offensive scheme, or

1043
00:54:55,000 --> 00:54:58,719
Speaker 1: excuse me, their defensive scheme. Their defensive line scheme is

1044
00:54:58,760 --> 00:55:02,600
Speaker 1: pretty simple. They have one gap and they go upfield

1045
00:55:02,640 --> 00:55:05,759
Speaker 1: as fast as possible. So like the reason the Patriots

1046
00:55:05,800 --> 00:55:09,040
Speaker 1: and just well run defenses, they change their scheme. So

1047
00:55:09,080 --> 00:55:12,560
Speaker 1: when you play a mobile quarterback might ends on certain

1048
00:55:12,719 --> 00:55:16,000
Speaker 1: defensive calls. Are not rushing up the field, they're taking

1049
00:55:16,000 --> 00:55:19,040
Speaker 1: two steps and breaking down. The Niners never do that.

1050
00:55:19,400 --> 00:55:22,400
Speaker 1: They just play one speed and that's full go shot

1051
00:55:22,400 --> 00:55:26,200
Speaker 1: out of a cannon, which I'm not against, but you know,

1052
00:55:26,280 --> 00:55:28,560
Speaker 1: we gotta adapt a little bit. You start getting Carson

1053
00:55:28,560 --> 00:55:30,920
Speaker 1: Wentz and Kyler Murray running circles around. Yet let's not

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Speaker 1: fly up the field, Let's corral him in the pocket.

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Speaker 1: But I think they think that they throw them off.

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Speaker 1: I mean, at the end of the day, Carson Wentz

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Speaker 1: didnt even throw two under yours, so I I I

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Speaker 1: just think they need to make subtle adjustments. And with

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Speaker 1: the Steelers, I think part of it's the organization. We

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00:55:46,840 --> 00:55:50,279
Speaker 1: just assume the Steelers. I think they're they're talked about

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Speaker 1: under that umbrella. But I hear you like Vech and

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Speaker 1: Andy John Snyder, Pete Carroll, obviously Belichick, Howie Roseman, I mean,

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Speaker 1: Kyle Shannon, you're right. The mcve A, I don't know

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Speaker 1: what it is. I think sometimes you just get so

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00:56:03,840 --> 00:56:06,719
Speaker 1: good you almost get boring. I mean what they do

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00:56:06,760 --> 00:56:09,000
Speaker 1: of kicking everyone's ass basically a year in, year out.

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Speaker 1: Last year on this podcast, when they traded that first

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00:56:12,520 --> 00:56:14,360
Speaker 1: round for Maka his Patrick, I thought they were insane

1069
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Speaker 1: and I look like an idiot by the end of

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Speaker 1: the year because Minka dominated. And uh, I mean they

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Speaker 1: win eight and eate with no quarterbacks. The organization. I

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Speaker 1: texted this to a friend the other day when I

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Speaker 1: was watching the St. Louis Cardinals. Oh, they're playing the Padres,

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00:56:30,719 --> 00:56:33,399
Speaker 1: and I said, you know who the Cardinals are. They're

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00:56:33,400 --> 00:56:35,719
Speaker 1: the Steelers. Every year, you know what you're gonna get.

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00:56:35,760 --> 00:56:37,719
Speaker 1: They're gonna be in the playoffs in the playoff mix.

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Speaker 1: There's gonna be high level operation, and they're just impressive.

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Speaker 1: The majority of the league wants to be them. And

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Speaker 1: I mean, I think Tomlin is a complete badass. I'm

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Speaker 1: with you on Colbert, He's really really good. I don't

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Speaker 1: necessarily have an answer. Beside, I think sometimes you just

1082
00:56:55,760 --> 00:56:59,400
Speaker 1: become so consistent and you're not really that polarizing. You know.

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Speaker 1: Part of what makes the Patriots and everyone's nacculate, right,

1084
00:57:02,160 --> 00:57:04,640
Speaker 1: it's they're really polarizing. They've gotten trouble with the league.

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00:57:05,040 --> 00:57:07,880
Speaker 1: Crazy stuff has happened. I think when it comes to

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00:57:07,880 --> 00:57:10,959
Speaker 1: the Steelers, they just show up, dominate, go home. They've

1087
00:57:10,960 --> 00:57:13,680
Speaker 1: been doing it from well before I was born, and

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00:57:13,680 --> 00:57:16,160
Speaker 1: they'll probably be doing it for another twenty thirty years.

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Speaker 1: I love him. Is it time for the Cowboys to

1090
00:57:20,720 --> 00:57:24,040
Speaker 1: follow the Rams and lead an offload heavy contracts? Guys

1091
00:57:24,040 --> 00:57:26,520
Speaker 1: like Jalen Smith, Elliott and Lawrence simply aren't playing up

1092
00:57:26,520 --> 00:57:28,280
Speaker 1: to the price tag. The reality is Dak will get

1093
00:57:28,280 --> 00:57:32,680
Speaker 1: paid and frankly deserves it. Can't afford all these guys, yeah,

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00:57:32,720 --> 00:57:34,880
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm not saying Doc doesn't deserve it, but

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00:57:35,120 --> 00:57:37,600
Speaker 1: I struggle to give him all that money. You're kind

1096
00:57:37,600 --> 00:57:39,959
Speaker 1: of you're tied. The Zeke's not going anywhere because he's

1097
00:57:39,960 --> 00:57:42,160
Speaker 1: still good. The reason they got rid of Todd Gurley

1098
00:57:42,240 --> 00:57:45,800
Speaker 1: is they didn't want them around. I'm with you on Lawrence.

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Speaker 1: He's not playing like up to the contract. Alton Smith's

1100
00:57:48,320 --> 00:57:49,960
Speaker 1: better and Aldin Smith hasn't been in the league since

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Speaker 1: two thousand and fifteen. But yeah, I don't I don't know.

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Speaker 1: I think it's only October five. Let's just see how

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Speaker 1: the rest of the year plays out. The Cowboys, you

1104
00:58:00,080 --> 00:58:02,520
Speaker 1: have a lot of talent. Mike Nolan like, let's just

1105
00:58:02,640 --> 00:58:04,640
Speaker 1: run one defense. I know. Mike McCarthy's like, no, we

1106
00:58:04,640 --> 00:58:07,200
Speaker 1: gotta run the seventeen different defense. Like, Mike, you guys

1107
00:58:07,240 --> 00:58:10,000
Speaker 1: are getting smoked. How about you just run one play call.

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00:58:10,120 --> 00:58:12,960
Speaker 1: Everyone knows what they're doing. I saw Richard Sherman quoted

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Speaker 1: that Mike. There was like a tweet from the Cowboys

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Speaker 1: of McCarthy saying that the complexity of the defense, he

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Speaker 1: doesn't want to become a one called defense, and Sherman's like,

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Speaker 1: this is so stupid because forever Sherman's played in the defense,

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00:58:26,240 --> 00:58:29,000
Speaker 1: it's pretty basic and basically his entire career has been

1114
00:58:29,040 --> 00:58:31,840
Speaker 1: on elite defenses, like sometimes you don't need to reinvent

1115
00:58:31,880 --> 00:58:35,680
Speaker 1: the wheel. Just teach guys exactly what to do and

1116
00:58:35,840 --> 00:58:38,800
Speaker 1: play within yourself. And you might not be if you

1117
00:58:38,800 --> 00:58:41,600
Speaker 1: don't have great players a top five defense, but you

1118
00:58:41,640 --> 00:58:44,720
Speaker 1: won't be a bottom five defense. You'll you'll be serviceable.

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Speaker 1: You'll win games. Not what they're doing right now. I

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Speaker 1: don't know why I went on the tangent right there,

1121
00:58:51,080 --> 00:58:55,440
Speaker 1: but do you think the forty Niners and Saints are

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00:58:55,480 --> 00:58:58,840
Speaker 1: sleep are and our Saints are sleeping giants that will

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Speaker 1: I mean I I I think the forty Niners have

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Speaker 1: a lot of injuries and they gotta get healthy. They

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Speaker 1: got Jimmy Garoppolo, they got Deebo, they got you, they

1127
00:59:10,160 --> 00:59:11,800
Speaker 1: got Kiddo. They'll have one of the better offenses in

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Speaker 1: the league, and their defense is good enough super Bowl,

1129
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Speaker 1: like the Chiefs are better, you know, Steelers, Ravens. I

1130
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Speaker 1: mean that those teams are in the a f C

1131
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Speaker 1: and we'll see. I mean, they play you know, they

1132
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Speaker 1: play the Packers this year, they play the Saints, this year,

1133
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Speaker 1: they play the Rams, they play Seattle. We're gonna find out.

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Speaker 1: I think Kyle shanahans an elite coach. Uh, he needs

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Speaker 1: Jimmy Garoppolo. When he's got Jimmy Garoppolo, he can beat

1136
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Speaker 1: just about anybody. I I think that's the number one key.

1137
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Speaker 1: Just get Kyle Shanahan Jimmy Garoppolo, which is crazy because

1138
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Speaker 1: people sometimes thinks Jimmy Garoppolo sucks. But relative to the

1139
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Speaker 1: Mullinader and c J. Bethard, George Kittle, I had him

1140
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Speaker 1: on my other podcast last year and uh, I was like, George,

1141
00:59:54,360 --> 00:59:56,880
Speaker 1: you block me on Twitter And he's like, well, I

1142
00:59:56,880 --> 00:59:59,640
Speaker 1: only blocked people for doing two things. You either said

1143
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Speaker 1: something bad about like my family, and I'm like, wow,

1144
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Speaker 1: that's definitely not me. He's like, or you talked about

1145
01:00:05,360 --> 01:00:08,520
Speaker 1: c J. Bethard because they're high school team or college teammates.

1146
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Speaker 1: And I'm like, yeah, three years ago, I I probably did,

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01:00:12,000 --> 01:00:15,240
Speaker 1: so I justified the block. Now he unblocked me. But

1148
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Speaker 1: c J. Bethort actually looked a lot better in mullins

1149
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Speaker 1: In in those couple series when he came into the game.

1150
01:00:21,440 --> 01:00:23,400
Speaker 1: He just Kyle just needs to find a way to

1151
01:00:23,440 --> 01:00:25,720
Speaker 1: get you. If Kyle gets a good quarterback, it's a

1152
01:00:25,800 --> 01:00:30,120
Speaker 1: rap like obviously you would love Mahomes, Rogers Russ probably

1153
01:00:30,120 --> 01:00:31,960
Speaker 1: not gonna be possible, but if he can just get

1154
01:00:32,000 --> 01:00:34,400
Speaker 1: like the middle of the road guy, which Jimmy plays

1155
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Speaker 1: like a lot. But I just God, they need to

1156
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Speaker 1: get healthy. Appreciate everyone DM and me. I appreciate everyone listening.

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Speaker 1: I want you to have a great week, all my

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Speaker 1: libras may or may not have been my birthday week.

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Speaker 1: And uh, I see you and I'll talk to you

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Speaker 1: Friday s