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Speaker 1: What is going on? Everybody? John middle cop Threeing Out Podcast,

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Speaker 1: Back at it again. Happy Tuesday or Wednesday or Thursday,

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Speaker 1: whenever you're listening to this, Happy Day. I hope your

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Speaker 1: day is treating you well. I hope you had a

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Speaker 1: good weekend Valentine's Day. Hopefully you uh, you're trying to

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Speaker 1: be appropriate here. Hopefully it went well. Hopefully it went well. Uh,

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Speaker 1: let's see, we got a lot going on. The NBA

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Speaker 1: All Star Game have this change by setting it at

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Speaker 1: fourth quarter. If you didn't watch, it just was really

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Speaker 1: lot of people asking me how we can do that

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Speaker 1: with the Pro Bowl. I'll have some thoughts on that.

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Speaker 1: The to uh borrow Herbert Debates kind of heating up.

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Speaker 1: I'll dive into that. I wrote down a bunch of stories.

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Speaker 1: There's just a lot of little stuff going on. I

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Speaker 1: just jotted it down and we'll just kind of fire through,

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Speaker 1: fly through some topics rapid speed, give my takes and

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Speaker 1: thoughts on just each story or maybe just something that

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Speaker 1: jumped out to me. And then I got a just

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Speaker 1: my Instagram. You can slide in those g ms, and

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Speaker 1: some of you said, I'm actually sliding into your d

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Speaker 1: a different connotation. People often tell me that. Yeah, just

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Speaker 1: just enter my direct messages and I ask a football

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Speaker 1: question or or any sort of question, and we answer it. Here.

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Speaker 1: I had a ton and I'm gonna try to bang

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Speaker 1: a bunch out because a lot of them. As we

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Speaker 1: gonna go. It's still a little up in the air,

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Speaker 1: but it's it's next week. I know. If you if

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Speaker 1: you're new to the show, I went a couple of

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Speaker 1: years ago, I hope we can go back. Still working

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Speaker 1: on that and uh may have some interviews and talk

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Speaker 1: to some people there. But that's that's when a lot

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Speaker 1: of stories come fast and furious and good meaty stuff too.

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Speaker 1: I mean, now some of it's lie like this is

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Speaker 1: lying season, but we'll dive into it all. So you

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Speaker 1: can just fire into my to my direct messages and

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Speaker 1: ask me a question. But let's start with this. The

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Speaker 1: NBA All Star Game was really really intense in the

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Speaker 1: fourth quarter I turned it off in the first quarter

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Speaker 1: that I checked Twitter and everyone was raving about it,

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Speaker 1: so I flipped it on and it was sweet. It

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Speaker 1: was really really intense. And that's something the NBA has

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Speaker 1: really lacked, is intensity, urgency that their regular season is

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Speaker 1: not important. Guys, the players don't try hell. Arguably the

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Speaker 1: best player in the sport, Kawhi Leonard, plays like twice

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Speaker 1: there's some economic influences. They're so rich, they become so powerful,

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Speaker 1: they can do whatever they want and it's hurt the product. Now,

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Speaker 1: the playoffs are still intense because there's legacy is on

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Speaker 1: the line, and like any sport, the playoffs are always

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Speaker 1: gonna be good. Baseball, basketball, football, golf majors. Watching Djokovic

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Speaker 1: I say it all the time, the setup of the sport.

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Speaker 1: They only play once a week. But one of the reasons,

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Speaker 1: You've played hoops, even if it's just pick up hoops.

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Speaker 1: It's an easy sport to play. You just grab ten

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Speaker 1: that they The Miami Dolphins once upon a time did

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Speaker 1: that with Drew Brees and they were wrong. It's remember

428
00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:45,520
Speaker 1: there were people like, is Peyton Manning ever gonna be okay?

429
00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:49,359
Speaker 1: He's fine? Sometimes we do that though, and well, is

430
00:21:49,359 --> 00:21:52,000
Speaker 1: this guy ever gonna be all right? And he's never okay.

431
00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:53,840
Speaker 1: I can't think of a specific incidence off the top

432
00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:55,560
Speaker 1: of my head, but it happens countless time, Like Kevin

433
00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:58,960
Speaker 1: Durant's Kevin Durant gonna be okay, I hope so, But

434
00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:01,560
Speaker 1: who knows? Baby is a Keely's injury Given his body type,

435
00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:04,199
Speaker 1: he's never the same. I don't know. There's just a

436
00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:06,600
Speaker 1: huge unknown. So I think you're you're looking at You're

437
00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:10,200
Speaker 1: looking at injuries is by far the number one question

438
00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:12,200
Speaker 1: with Tah because when he was on the field, he

439
00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:15,040
Speaker 1: kicked the crap out of just about every team he was.

440
00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:19,000
Speaker 1: He was elite. He's probably got the best deep ball

441
00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:22,320
Speaker 1: we've seen in college football. I mean in my lifetime.

442
00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:25,639
Speaker 1: Just beautiful now and like in fairness the other not

443
00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:27,520
Speaker 1: if I'm gonna knock Borrow, I'm playing with lead guys.

444
00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:30,600
Speaker 1: He did play with his elite wide receivers Jerry Judy

445
00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:34,800
Speaker 1: top ten pick, top fifteen pick, Rugs, Top twenty pick,

446
00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:38,480
Speaker 1: DeVante Smithy went back to school, elite player. He playing

447
00:22:38,520 --> 00:22:41,200
Speaker 1: with NFL running backs, NFL offensive lignment. So I think

448
00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:46,440
Speaker 1: both Burrow and Tuah, you just ask yourself or if

449
00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:48,240
Speaker 1: I don't have this, like if I'm the Miami Dolphins.

450
00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:51,439
Speaker 1: Who's he throwing? New who's running the ball? Like, if

451
00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:53,920
Speaker 1: you're the Chargers, you go, well, let's roll baby, we

452
00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:57,159
Speaker 1: got Mike Williams, Keenan Allen. If we resigned Hunter Henry

453
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Speaker 1: and drafted Austin Ekeler and drafted running back, let's kick

454
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Speaker 1: ass take names through the Bengals. You go, well, we

455
00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:07,320
Speaker 1: got Joe Mixon. Uh, probably not a j Green. You know,

456
00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:10,520
Speaker 1: just you started asking how's he gonna look? That's that's

457
00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:13,200
Speaker 1: part of on the organization to then kind of incorporate

458
00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:16,840
Speaker 1: those guys around them. Justice Herbert I actually think the

459
00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:20,000
Speaker 1: biggest wild card because just physically he's the best of

460
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Speaker 1: the three. Got news for it. Not that close. He's

461
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Speaker 1: bigger in both of them. He's Burrows pretty good athlete,

462
00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:29,239
Speaker 1: but he's probably well, I guess we'll see when they

463
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Speaker 1: run the forty. I I would guess Herbert's faster and Burrow.

464
00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:36,399
Speaker 1: His arm strength is much superior than these two guys.

465
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Speaker 1: He's a much more accomplished Josh Allen coming out of Oregon,

466
00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:43,399
Speaker 1: but he won a lot, and especially this senior season,

467
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Speaker 1: he was really good. Six thirty two touchdown, six picks.

468
00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:50,399
Speaker 1: I think the knock is gonna be and this was

469
00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:52,159
Speaker 1: the knock last year. If he would have came out,

470
00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:54,040
Speaker 1: he could be a top five pick. But there were

471
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Speaker 1: some people question like is he is he mentally ready?

472
00:23:57,520 --> 00:23:59,560
Speaker 1: And when I say mentally ready, like he kind of

473
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Speaker 1: had Mariota vibe him where he's not Mr loud, Mr Like.

474
00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:08,080
Speaker 1: Let's get back to Burrow, like he's cocky, he's outspoken,

475
00:24:08,359 --> 00:24:11,320
Speaker 1: he's he's the guy follow me to freedom. So it's

476
00:24:11,359 --> 00:24:14,280
Speaker 1: to uh like to a talk. People listen. Now it's

477
00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:16,359
Speaker 1: a little different than Burrow, but both those guys are

478
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Speaker 1: assertive leaders. This is from information talking to people in

479
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Speaker 1: the league. I don't make it, shut up. This is

480
00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:24,440
Speaker 1: verified information for people that have been in the schools.

481
00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:28,840
Speaker 1: The knock on Herbert has been and I'm talking coming

482
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Speaker 1: into this season when he's a little quieter. Remember with

483
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Speaker 1: Mariota and everyone freaked out like, is Mariota is good

484
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Speaker 1: of a leader? Is jamis? Now we can question jamis

485
00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:41,000
Speaker 1: the leader. But Mariota's assertiveness and it's just his just

486
00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:47,199
Speaker 1: level of intensity in terms of talking and leadership. It

487
00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:50,040
Speaker 1: affected him. Now you could say the reason it mainly

488
00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:53,399
Speaker 1: affected him, He's just not good enough, right, it's his

489
00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:57,240
Speaker 1: personality is not his biggest downfall. It's his physical attributes.

490
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Speaker 1: He's not a good pastor of the football. Don't ever

491
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Speaker 1: forget how good the media tried to tell you Marcus

492
00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:08,080
Speaker 1: Mariotta was. Justin Herbert is in a completely different stratosphere

493
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Speaker 1: as a pro prospect than Marcus Mariota. And I like

494
00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:13,440
Speaker 1: Marcus Mariota coming out, but people acting like he was

495
00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:16,359
Speaker 1: gonna be Steve Young or something. It was. It was insane.

496
00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:19,320
Speaker 1: Good college player has kind of been exposed in the

497
00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:22,800
Speaker 1: NFL arm strength average. Not an accurate passer. That's the

498
00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:25,880
Speaker 1: thing with Justin Herbert. He's pretty acurate. He ain't throwing

499
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Speaker 1: to NFL wide receivers. He's throwing to just kind of

500
00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:33,440
Speaker 1: some random guys. They actually they're running game this year.

501
00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:39,080
Speaker 1: This is Jonathan Stewart and Ontario Smith and Kenyan Barner

502
00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:41,520
Speaker 1: and Michael James and a bust. But he was a

503
00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:44,280
Speaker 1: good college player and walking through that door. His talent

504
00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:47,879
Speaker 1: on offense by four was the worst out of these

505
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Speaker 1: two guys. He didn't have a rugs, he didn't have

506
00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:53,480
Speaker 1: a Chase, he didn't have these star wide receivers. He

507
00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:56,520
Speaker 1: had some random guys and running running backs that were

508
00:25:56,880 --> 00:26:00,520
Speaker 1: below average for Oregon standards. Oregon was really a defensive

509
00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:04,520
Speaker 1: lead team. But Herbert, to me, as the season went on,

510
00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:07,840
Speaker 1: played a lot better and then especially in that Rose Ball,

511
00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:10,600
Speaker 1: just willed his team to a victory. I don't think

512
00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:14,800
Speaker 1: it's insanity if you told me right now the Cincinnati

513
00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:19,200
Speaker 1: Bengals took Justin Herbert number one on February seventeen. Now

514
00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:22,240
Speaker 1: it would be crazy just given Borrow season, how hype

515
00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:25,840
Speaker 1: TWOA was. But I'm as a prospect. Just physical gifts

516
00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:29,439
Speaker 1: they're there now. The personality stuff it does matter, and

517
00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:31,840
Speaker 1: the media always gets so offended by this, like why

518
00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:34,560
Speaker 1: are we talking about their personalities? I don't know. Carson

519
00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:37,119
Speaker 1: Palmer told me, you know what he misses most about

520
00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:40,560
Speaker 1: being an NFL quarterback walking into that building every day

521
00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:43,640
Speaker 1: and having the weight of the franchise on his shoulders.

522
00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:46,159
Speaker 1: You know who doesn't have that? The wide receiver, the

523
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Speaker 1: defensive end, the safety, the running back, the guard. The

524
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Speaker 1: quarterback does. It's the reason the quarterback gets all the money.

525
00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:55,240
Speaker 1: It's a reason the quarterback gets all the girls. It's

526
00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:57,280
Speaker 1: also the reason the quarterbacks gets all the ship When

527
00:26:57,320 --> 00:26:59,720
Speaker 1: things don't go right. It's why Jimmy g has taken

528
00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:03,680
Speaker 1: all these bullets when since they last Super Bowl. Now,

529
00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:05,560
Speaker 1: obviously other guys on the team get the girls too,

530
00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:07,880
Speaker 1: but the quarterback is the most He's the most famous.

531
00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:12,160
Speaker 1: It'll always be like that. He's the NBA Star of football,

532
00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:16,600
Speaker 1: and it's because he's more important. But when you just

533
00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:19,639
Speaker 1: talk about physical attributes, and if you're Cincinnati Bengals and

534
00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:22,080
Speaker 1: you're playing outside in the cold, like I think Herbert

535
00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:24,280
Speaker 1: is a little more intriguing for them than you get

536
00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:25,879
Speaker 1: the hype. Now you're gonna have to get to know

537
00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:27,679
Speaker 1: the person, and I think that's gonna be the big

538
00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:29,960
Speaker 1: question mark. He also went to the Senior Bowl and

539
00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:31,840
Speaker 1: answered a lot of questions, was around a lot of

540
00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:34,159
Speaker 1: guys and from what I've heard, it went really well.

541
00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:39,600
Speaker 1: And ultimately, his physical attributes are so superior that even

542
00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:41,080
Speaker 1: if you're like, you know, he's a little quiet, you'll

543
00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:44,320
Speaker 1: just talk to yourself into will make him louder. We'll

544
00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:46,720
Speaker 1: make him more comfortable. And unlike l s U and

545
00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:51,160
Speaker 1: Alabama that are covered like NFL teams, Eugene, Oregon doesn't

546
00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:54,600
Speaker 1: exactly a major media market, so that there is going

547
00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:57,600
Speaker 1: to be if he just goes to Now. Obviously the

548
00:27:57,640 --> 00:28:00,520
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins and even the Chargers aren't or like that.

549
00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:02,760
Speaker 1: But still you'd be in l A or you'd be

550
00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:05,680
Speaker 1: in the Miami Dolphins playing the New England Patriots playing

551
00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:08,280
Speaker 1: the New York Jets. It would be a completely different

552
00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:11,240
Speaker 1: world that you're gonna have to be comfortable with. Yeah,

553
00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:14,000
Speaker 1: he'll be able to handle that, And I'm fascinated to

554
00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:16,480
Speaker 1: see this way the way it shakes out. I think

555
00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:19,520
Speaker 1: all three are, I mean, are close to just big

556
00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:22,399
Speaker 1: time prospects, and I think that Justin Herbert actually is

557
00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:26,360
Speaker 1: being a little undervalued at this point. Okay, let's dive

558
00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:29,360
Speaker 1: into some stories just that came around this weekend. We'll

559
00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:31,679
Speaker 1: just fly through him, kind of like what we do

560
00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:34,720
Speaker 1: in the season with games, but but just stories. Start

561
00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:39,000
Speaker 1: with the XFL. Full disclosure. Unlike the first weekend where

562
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Speaker 1: I watched a decent amount, you know, probably of the

563
00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:45,560
Speaker 1: XFL and opening weekend, I watched zero percent of the

564
00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:50,200
Speaker 1: XFL uh in the week two, zero, not one snap

565
00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:54,200
Speaker 1: besides something on social media, the mcgloyd clip Matt mcgloyd

566
00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:56,560
Speaker 1: through a pick six. I didn't watch any games. I

567
00:28:56,600 --> 00:28:58,240
Speaker 1: was out and about. I was just doing other stuff.

568
00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:00,000
Speaker 1: But I wasn't gonna watch it. It It kind of lost

569
00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:03,520
Speaker 1: my interest. But one thing I think they're doing a

570
00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:05,200
Speaker 1: good job of, and I give them a lot of credit,

571
00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:08,360
Speaker 1: is they go viral after every game. Whoever wins the

572
00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:12,840
Speaker 1: game is shotgunning beers or slamming beers in the locker room.

573
00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:16,400
Speaker 1: That looks fun, That looks cool. Kudos to the XFL

574
00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:20,800
Speaker 1: embrace what just people like doing having fun? Slamming beers

575
00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:22,840
Speaker 1: in the locker room. You know you don't You don't

576
00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:25,520
Speaker 1: see that in the NFL. I got the Daytona five

577
00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:29,040
Speaker 1: Hunter on the background. Dude just flipped over like fifty times. Wow, jeez,

578
00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:33,200
Speaker 1: it's crazy, crazy as crash. But yeah, the XFL keep

579
00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:37,520
Speaker 1: doing that. Darius Slay on the block talking to a

580
00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:40,480
Speaker 1: buddy in the league. I said, why would the Lions

581
00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:44,920
Speaker 1: trade Darius Slay And his response was their morons? And

582
00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:47,600
Speaker 1: I think that's fair. The Lions are poorly run right

583
00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:50,400
Speaker 1: now with Matt Patricia and Dan and I don't want

584
00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:52,840
Speaker 1: to call him Dan, Bob Quinn the general manager. Not

585
00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:55,640
Speaker 1: even a good job, just that simple. They traded away

586
00:29:55,640 --> 00:29:57,840
Speaker 1: a safety last year to Seattle and he became their

587
00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:00,680
Speaker 1: best defensive back that they don't Eve die wait personnel

588
00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:03,640
Speaker 1: very well. They're in shambles. They they've been terrible. They're

589
00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:06,600
Speaker 1: drafting third overall this year for a reason. They're they're

590
00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:10,400
Speaker 1: just not well run. Now, I'll be honest, I don't

591
00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:13,880
Speaker 1: know that much about Darius Slay as a player. You know,

592
00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:17,120
Speaker 1: I know he's really good, but just the level of

593
00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:19,120
Speaker 1: of him as a player. I had to text around

594
00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:21,520
Speaker 1: and everyone that I texted he's an elite player. Why

595
00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:23,560
Speaker 1: would you get rid of an elite player? How about

596
00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:25,920
Speaker 1: you just pay elite players? You know? Now, I guess

597
00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:29,880
Speaker 1: he did. Patricia and Quinn could argue, well, he's been

598
00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:31,200
Speaker 1: an elite player for us and look at what it

599
00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:33,320
Speaker 1: gets us nothing. I'd say that's probably on you. I

600
00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:36,480
Speaker 1: would not get rid of him, Tom Brady, We'll get

601
00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:42,480
Speaker 1: offered sixty million dollars by the Oakland Raiders. Uh is

602
00:30:43,360 --> 00:30:45,440
Speaker 1: every day that goes by that we don't have a

603
00:30:45,480 --> 00:30:47,880
Speaker 1: contract with New England. I'm starting to believe he may

604
00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,320
Speaker 1: leave now. Is he gonna go to the Raiders? I

605
00:30:50,360 --> 00:30:53,000
Speaker 1: don't know, but sixty million dollars sixty million dollars you

606
00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:55,200
Speaker 1: could argue for Tom Brady for him to say yes

607
00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:57,720
Speaker 1: to the Raiders. That number would have to be about

608
00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:00,960
Speaker 1: eight million dollars. If I'm on Brady and I'm gonna

609
00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:03,480
Speaker 1: go to the Raiders, I'd probably need two years eighty

610
00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:07,040
Speaker 1: million dollars. Your defense is atrocious. You've got a bunch

611
00:31:07,040 --> 00:31:11,520
Speaker 1: of young players on offense, unproven guys. I know the

612
00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:13,480
Speaker 1: tight end. Last year Waller had a really good year,

613
00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:16,760
Speaker 1: and even Josh Jacobs. But it's just it's not like

614
00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:20,680
Speaker 1: I'm inherited Barry Sanders and Rob Gonkrowski here, you know.

615
00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:22,720
Speaker 1: And let's not act like Jon Gruden has really been

616
00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:26,480
Speaker 1: just dominating the coaching ranks for the last decade. He's

617
00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:29,840
Speaker 1: had two years ben rocky, to say the least. So

618
00:31:29,920 --> 00:31:32,320
Speaker 1: it's it would take me a little more money than

619
00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:36,240
Speaker 1: sixty million dollars, especially when countless quarterbacks are getting paid

620
00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:39,120
Speaker 1: more than thirty million dollars a year. It's basically Jimmy

621
00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:41,480
Speaker 1: Garoppolo money. I'm Tom Brady. I'm gonna come to the Raider.

622
00:31:41,480 --> 00:31:43,560
Speaker 1: I'm gonna need some cash. Now, you could you could

623
00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:45,360
Speaker 1: counter me and go, well, who's really offering him a

624
00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:47,720
Speaker 1: lot of money? That is? That is a good question.

625
00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:50,480
Speaker 1: But if I'm Tom, I'm using some of my leverage

626
00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:55,600
Speaker 1: of just being Tom freaking Brady Brett bi Lama interviewing

627
00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:58,160
Speaker 1: for Colorado. One thing I've heard over and over to

628
00:31:58,240 --> 00:32:01,840
Speaker 1: the Colorado Colorado A D wants is he's kind of

629
00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:03,680
Speaker 1: old school. You know how a lot of these these

630
00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:06,960
Speaker 1: programs now look for spreading around, throw up a lot

631
00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:10,920
Speaker 1: of points. He actually wants old school smash mouth. That's

632
00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:13,440
Speaker 1: why he hired Mel Tucker, who is a nick Saban guy.

633
00:32:13,680 --> 00:32:15,760
Speaker 1: He wants to play defense and he wants to run

634
00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:18,720
Speaker 1: the ball down your throat. So Brett b Lama interviewing

635
00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:22,000
Speaker 1: with Colorado actually makes a lot of sense. We forget

636
00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:25,560
Speaker 1: Brett Belma relative to what Arkansas was before and after him,

637
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Speaker 1: was pretty damn good there, and obviously it Wisconsin, he

638
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Speaker 1: had a lot of success. I think Brett b Lama

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Speaker 1: would be a home run higher for Colorado now as

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Speaker 1: he's been humbled a little bit these last couple of

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Speaker 1: years out of football working for Belichick. Is a defensive

642
00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:39,680
Speaker 1: line coach now, I think he's a pass rush specialist

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Speaker 1: for the Giants. I don't know if they could do

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Speaker 1: much better than Brett Bilma. Seriously, his resumes long, He's

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Speaker 1: won a lot of games, he's coaching multiple Power five conferences,

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Speaker 1: the two biggest ones, the Big Ten and the SEC.

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Speaker 1: And he had a little bit of success in Arkansas

648
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Speaker 1: relative to the talent they getting into the teams they play.

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Speaker 1: He wasn't just some joke, produced a lot of NFL players.

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Speaker 1: I actually think could be a pretty good higher I.

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Speaker 1: I think it would be a solid addition for the

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Speaker 1: pact Walph getting Brett blam in there, you could argue

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Speaker 1: that Brett bi Lama, he well, he is more accomplished

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Speaker 1: than melt Tucker, probably be a better at coach than

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Speaker 1: melt Tucker. The Bucks one, I guess. Bruce arians was

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Speaker 1: asked last week if anything's changed with his quarterback thinking

657
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Speaker 1: and with Jamie's getting the lay sick, and he basically

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Speaker 1: just said no, because we have no clue who's gonna

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Speaker 1: be available in trade, who's gonna get cut, who's gonna

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Speaker 1: leave teams. I think he's just leaving it open. If

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Speaker 1: we can do better than Jamis, he's gone. The other

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Speaker 1: major veil variable with Jamis Winston. How much do you

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Speaker 1: think Jamis Winston is gonna cost? You think he's just

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Speaker 1: gonna be like a twenty million dollar quarterback. Jamis Winston

665
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Speaker 1: is crazy as it sounds. He's gonna want thirty million

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Speaker 1: dollars a year. He's gonna want enormous contract. I promise

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Speaker 1: you he will. And that's right now. The most ner,

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Speaker 1: kind of appreciated thing about Jamie's is like everyone's making

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Speaker 1: fun of him. He throws a lot of picks. He's

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Speaker 1: a free agent. Will franchise him maybe, But what if

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Speaker 1: he doesn't franchise? Don't franchise him? See how much money

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Speaker 1: he's gonna ask for because he's more accomplished in Teddy Bridgewater.

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Speaker 1: And there was a story out today that Teddy Bridgewater

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Speaker 1: is gonna cost thirty million dollars. Now I don't believe that.

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Speaker 1: But if Teddy Bridgewater is getting thirty million dollars, Jameis

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Speaker 1: wins is getting thirty million dollars. I promise you that

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Speaker 1: free agency is weird. Guys get overpaid. But I think

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Speaker 1: that if Jamis does hit free agency or just cost

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Speaker 1: the Bucks because they don't want to franchise him, it's

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Speaker 1: gonna be a lot higher number than just the casual

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Speaker 1: fan would go, whoa Jamie Scott? What Jamis got seventy

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Speaker 1: five million dollars guaranteed? Just brace yourself, get ready for

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Speaker 1: it because it's coming. Okay, let's uh, let's dive into

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Speaker 1: the middlecoff mail back dive in a couple of questions here. Okay.

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Speaker 1: Also we talked about the Niners retaining free agents, but

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Speaker 1: what do the Patriots Super Bowl teams look like the

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Speaker 1: falling year with turnover other than franchising and trading Armstead?

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Speaker 1: Should we be retaining anyone? And what would what about

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Speaker 1: taking a chance on Thomas's Solomon Thomas's fifth year option

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Speaker 1: like they did with Armstead. Start with Solomon Thomas, I

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Speaker 1: would say, no chance, they're not picking that up. Armstead

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Speaker 1: was six seven and was just a superior athlete. The

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Speaker 1: Patriots look different every year, but they do keep their

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Speaker 1: core together. And I expect the forty Niners to extend Kittle,

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Speaker 1: extend Buckner, and I think that it's gonna be a

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Speaker 1: tough decision when it comes to when it comes to Armstead.

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Speaker 1: You can either franchise and keep them. You could try

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Speaker 1: to pay them and keep them with Bosa and Buckner

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Speaker 1: and just have a dominant defensive line, or maybe best case,

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Speaker 1: franchise and trade. Look what they did with Clowney, with

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Speaker 1: Frank Clark, with DeFord. Now Clowney is the worst example,

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Speaker 1: but you do it in the off season, and this

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Speaker 1: is where the nine is parrague, John Kyle are good.

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Speaker 1: You franchise and you trade immediately, so that that would

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Speaker 1: be my move, Hey, John Love The pod got two

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Speaker 1: questions for the mail back. First question, we're not giving

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Speaker 1: Tyreek Hill enough credit for the Super Bowl win the

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Speaker 1: Chiefs had. Hill was virtually uncoverable as always draws double covers,

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Speaker 1: double coverage every snap. That gives Casey other players big

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Speaker 1: advantages against their matchups the entire game. Secondly, who are

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Speaker 1: the top five non quarterback players based on importance to

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Speaker 1: their team's success? I personally would include Hill in that conversation. PS,

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Speaker 1: come to m C and let's play some golf. I

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Speaker 1: would love to come to North Carolina and play some golf.

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Speaker 1: To be honest with you, uh, I would say yeah.

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Speaker 1: I mean Hill's performance was. When you're that fast, even

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Speaker 1: if you don't have that many catches in the game,

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Speaker 1: you impact every game. De Sean Jackson, Odell Beckham, You

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Speaker 1: create and change the coverage. So his impact and he's

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Speaker 1: such an elite player is huge. Off the top of

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Speaker 1: my head, five non quarterbacks in the league, Aaron Donald,

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Speaker 1: George kittle T. J. Watt was an ass kicker this year,

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Speaker 1: Mike Evans, Julio Jones, pretty damn good. Uh, Hopkins is elite.

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Speaker 1: You know, Ramsy got traded. I wouldn't quite include him anymore.

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Speaker 1: Middle line. Who's like the best middle linebacker. I'd have

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Speaker 1: to do somethinking. It's hard to do off the top

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Speaker 1: of my head, but yeah, I mean, he'll, he'll's right

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Speaker 1: up there. When do you think the Dallas Cowboys should

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Speaker 1: start to draft offensive lineman to replace the older players

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Speaker 1: on their line? You know, I think you could never

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Speaker 1: draft enough offensive lineman. I would try to draft an

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Speaker 1: offensive lineman every year. And if you're the Dallas Cowboys,

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Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy, he's an old school guy, I would I

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Speaker 1: would imagine they're drafting guards and centers in the middle.

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Speaker 1: It's easy because you can draft. You can find starters,

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Speaker 1: definitely guys that make your team in the six and

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Speaker 1: seventh round at Garden Center. So I would recommend drafting

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Speaker 1: guys every year. The Jets did it. The Jets not

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Speaker 1: do it, and look where it got them. They were

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Speaker 1: in shambles last year. They couldn't predict Donald. You have

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Speaker 1: the draft offensive lineman very I love the pod, very insightful.

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Speaker 1: I know you mentioned that you were not a big

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Speaker 1: fantasy football guy, but I recently traded for the first

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Speaker 1: overall pick in my dynasty rookie draft. I know it

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Speaker 1: all depends where they actually get drafted in April, but

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Speaker 1: I need a top wide receiver. Who do you think

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00:38:22,640 --> 00:38:25,360
Speaker 1: has the best skills that will translate to the NFL

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Speaker 1: from college. Jerry Judy or Ceedee lamp Any insight would

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Speaker 1: be greatly appreciated. I would typically lean the more physical

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Speaker 1: wide receiver and that Ceedee Lamb, but I've watched enough

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Speaker 1: Matthew Berry shows to know you can be a great

752
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Speaker 1: wide receiver. If you're with a bad quarterback, you're in trouble.

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Speaker 1: You know, if if Jerry Judy goes to I'm trying

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Speaker 1: to think of it, the New York Giants and gets

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Speaker 1: with Daniel Jones, and Ceedee Lamb goes to Aaron Rodgers

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Speaker 1: and the Packers, it's just or vice versa. Or one

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Speaker 1: guy goes to, you know, just a team with a

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Speaker 1: good quarterback. If one of these guys gets a rookie

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Speaker 1: quarterback or a second year quarterback. I got to know

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Speaker 1: the quarterback because you see it every year, Like once

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Speaker 1: A J. Brown got with Ryan Tanneyhill, Aji Brown was

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00:39:12,160 --> 00:39:15,359
Speaker 1: kicking ass and taking names. Right when you get with

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Speaker 1: a good quarterback who can feed you the ball, you

764
00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:21,480
Speaker 1: can put up huge numbers. So to me, the the

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Speaker 1: key on that has to be the quarterback Chief's fan

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Speaker 1: from Germany. Out of curiosity. If the Chiefs were to

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Speaker 1: trade Mahomes, I know they never will. How many picks

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Speaker 1: other players could they acquire in that auction type scenario? Uh,

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Speaker 1: I think the scenario is kind of stupid, just in

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Speaker 1: the sense that they literally he's the most untradeable player.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I'm not gonna overreact in NFL history, but

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Speaker 1: you think you could say in NFL history, then you

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Speaker 1: can say it with a straight face. Five first rounders.

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Speaker 1: You gave me five number ones if they like they

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Speaker 1: hated him and wanted to get rid of him, like

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Speaker 1: he was a bad guy, five first rounders probably would

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Speaker 1: be my guest. We all know Mike Brown as one

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Speaker 1: of the poorest owners in the NFL, and therefore the

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Speaker 1: Bengals are never active in free agency and depend mostly

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Speaker 1: entirely on the draft. To build their team. Assuming the

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Speaker 1: Bengals take Joe Burrow number one overall, how would you

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Speaker 1: proceed throughout the rest of the draft and building a

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Speaker 1: supporting cast around him so he can succeed. The Bengals

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Speaker 1: once drafted Cindric A Boy good Day. I can't say

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Speaker 1: that name and Jake Fisher in rounds one and two

786
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Speaker 1: and two thousand and fifteen to eventually become starters, but

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Speaker 1: they were both bus with that history. Is drafting for

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Speaker 1: need the way to go offensive line or do you

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Speaker 1: just draft b p a regarding regardless of position. I

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Speaker 1: think the key is when you draft a young quarterback

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Speaker 1: or signing young quarterback like the Niners did Woul Jimmy Garoppolo,

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Speaker 1: you have to surround them with players offensive lineman and

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Speaker 1: skill guys. I'd have that text around to get the

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Speaker 1: lay of the land on the Bengals offensive line. I

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Speaker 1: know they have Joe Mixon, Well A J. Green is

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Speaker 1: gonna be gone and A Degreeen didn't play off season,

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Speaker 1: so you're gonna need a number one wide receiver. So

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Speaker 1: with the number two overall pick or the number one

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Speaker 1: overall pick in the second round like the Niners this year,

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Speaker 1: they got Deebo Samuel and he's their best wide receiver.

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Speaker 1: They got aggressive, they got Jimmy Garoppolo, They drafted McGlinchey,

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Speaker 1: they drafted Debo. They traded for Emmanuel Sanders. You know how,

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Speaker 1: he drafts Carson Wentz, he goes and gets Alshon, Jeffrey

804
00:41:21,160 --> 00:41:24,800
Speaker 1: signs to Seawan, He drafts Godder, he gets Miles Sanders,

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Speaker 1: he trades for jg I you always draft an offensive lineman.

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Speaker 1: You gotta surround your guy and give him a shot.

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Speaker 1: That that to me is the key. Hell they got

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Speaker 1: Russell Wilson, They traded for Jimmy Graham. They traded for

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Speaker 1: Percy Harvin. Always tried to get him weapons, always drafting

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Speaker 1: running backs, always trading for weapons. I think you can

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Speaker 1: never have enough weapons for your young quarterback. Now you

812
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Speaker 1: could also have enough, never have enough guys that can

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Speaker 1: block for him too. That clearly, like you said, is

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Speaker 1: a little more difficult to uh to figure out, you know,

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Speaker 1: because if you miss on an offensive lineman, if you

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Speaker 1: at least you can still throw the ball of the

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Speaker 1: wide receiver and diary like the offensive lineman camp actually

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Speaker 1: get the guy killed. I just saw the Rams and

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Speaker 1: the Broncos won't be sending any assistant coaches or coordinators

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Speaker 1: of the combine. Also, the head coaches will only be

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Speaker 1: go to fulfill media obligations. Is the combine so well

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Speaker 1: televised that coaches don't need to go anymore? Or do

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Speaker 1: they think they already have enough college film to create

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Speaker 1: their draft boards. I would think they'd at least want

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Speaker 1: to use the time to interview potential future players. What

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Speaker 1: do you think their reasoning could be? I don't really

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Speaker 1: know what their reasoning could be. I saw Benjamin Albright

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Speaker 1: tweeted that he thought it was because guys assistant coaches

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Speaker 1: like to talk and you give a lot of secret

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Speaker 1: information out well. I think you could say the same

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Speaker 1: for GM and head coaches like people just talk of

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Speaker 1: the combine. To me, the bigger issue is that I

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Speaker 1: don't know if the assistant coaches have to go. I

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Speaker 1: got no problem with it. The head coach, general manager,

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Speaker 1: and contract negotiator one million percent need to be there

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Speaker 1: because the way business is done in the NFL is

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Speaker 1: that the combine. You're talking about free agency even more

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Speaker 1: than the draft, talking about what it's gonna cost to

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Speaker 1: retain the players that you want to retain. What it's

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00:43:04,840 --> 00:43:07,839
Speaker 1: gonna toss to go get free agents. What potential trades

841
00:43:07,880 --> 00:43:10,040
Speaker 1: are out there. Because you're meeting with general managers, you're

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Speaker 1: all in the same place. I run another podcast, Hay

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Speaker 1: from the Middle, off the business aspect of it, and

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Speaker 1: I do all the business off email, and I don't

845
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Speaker 1: really need to see people in person. I've just done

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Speaker 1: all of our business can be done with text and

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Speaker 1: an email through ad agencies, even through companies. I've done

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Speaker 1: businesses through companies, not ever talking to anyone on the phone.

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Speaker 1: But I'm not worried about like competition, Like if you

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Speaker 1: don't show up, the other thirty one teams are your competition.

851
00:43:37,840 --> 00:43:40,120
Speaker 1: So if you are not present, they may be gaining

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00:43:40,160 --> 00:43:42,600
Speaker 1: an edge. And part of gaining an edge also just

853
00:43:42,719 --> 00:43:45,240
Speaker 1: getting to know an agent better, getting some intight information

854
00:43:45,239 --> 00:43:48,120
Speaker 1: from another general manager. You gotta have boots on the ground.

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00:43:48,520 --> 00:43:51,359
Speaker 1: Sources say that my boots should be on the ground. Uh,

856
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Speaker 1: since I think I mentioned something at the beginning of this,

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Speaker 1: we've got some more information. I think I'm gonna be

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Speaker 1: there next week, just for a couple of days. But yeah,

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Speaker 1: I do think it's important to go, and is it

860
00:44:01,680 --> 00:44:04,879
Speaker 1: important for the assistant coaches to go. That doesn't matter

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Speaker 1: as much. I don't know why. I'll try to find

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Speaker 1: out when I'm there. I honestly haven't really heard it

863
00:44:13,000 --> 00:44:16,399
Speaker 1: much about it. It's kind of weird. I'm an Eagles fan.

864
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Speaker 1: I would love to uh love the podcast, appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: What do you think about Jamis getting lastic surgery. Aran

866
00:44:21,560 --> 00:44:23,680
Speaker 1: said his vision was so bad that he couldn't even

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Speaker 1: read the scoreboard. Is it possible that all the pics

868
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Speaker 1: were just because he was completely blind and now he

869
00:44:28,800 --> 00:44:32,440
Speaker 1: will just be awesome? Well? I I have pretty good eyesight.

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Speaker 1: My brother doesn't. My dad did not at all. I

871
00:44:35,760 --> 00:44:38,719
Speaker 1: have dated girls with bad eyesight. It clearly impacts your

872
00:44:38,719 --> 00:44:42,520
Speaker 1: life and near sighted, far sighted, whatever it is, it's

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00:44:42,560 --> 00:44:46,239
Speaker 1: hard to see certain things. Now he's been good enough

874
00:44:46,280 --> 00:44:48,400
Speaker 1: where you go. I do think he can see, but

875
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Speaker 1: I've seen enough pictures go viral on the internet of

876
00:44:51,000 --> 00:44:54,640
Speaker 1: him squinning, so clearly there are times when he struggles

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Speaker 1: to see. And if you think about the pace of

878
00:44:57,120 --> 00:45:00,080
Speaker 1: how fast everyone is running relative when you throw and

879
00:45:00,160 --> 00:45:03,560
Speaker 1: picks right, or it's multiple guys running four fours the

880
00:45:03,600 --> 00:45:06,320
Speaker 1: dB and the wide receiver, maybe it'll help. Now, is

881
00:45:06,360 --> 00:45:09,440
Speaker 1: he gonna go from being thirty thirty guy to all

882
00:45:09,440 --> 00:45:12,880
Speaker 1: of a sudden fort ten guy. Probably not. Could he

883
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Speaker 1: be better for sure? Simply put, I I have no clue.

884
00:45:17,840 --> 00:45:21,400
Speaker 1: I would lean we don't see that much difference. Like

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Speaker 1: Steph Curry, I think got Lasik like his third year,

886
00:45:25,040 --> 00:45:26,520
Speaker 1: not his third year in the league, but like his

887
00:45:26,600 --> 00:45:28,719
Speaker 1: third year once he started kicking everyone's ass, and I

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00:45:28,719 --> 00:45:31,400
Speaker 1: think it helped. But he had already been kicking everyone's

889
00:45:31,440 --> 00:45:35,960
Speaker 1: ass without Lasik. So I I struggle to put that much,

890
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Speaker 1: you know, credence or just belief that it's going to

891
00:45:41,440 --> 00:45:46,840
Speaker 1: be some game changing thing. Can you explain what it

892
00:45:46,880 --> 00:45:49,440
Speaker 1: means to restructure a contract and what dead cap is

893
00:45:49,800 --> 00:45:52,040
Speaker 1: asking for as a Niners fan and reading about the

894
00:45:52,040 --> 00:45:55,839
Speaker 1: team possibly getting Jimmy g and d Ford to restructure things. Well,

895
00:45:55,840 --> 00:45:58,480
Speaker 1: when I give a guy a hundred million dollars, if

896
00:45:58,480 --> 00:46:00,479
Speaker 1: I give a guy a five year hundred million dollar

897
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Speaker 1: deal and or four year hundred million dollar deal, let's say,

898
00:46:05,040 --> 00:46:10,880
Speaker 1: and I guarantee seventy million dollars of it, that's seventy

899
00:46:10,920 --> 00:46:13,839
Speaker 1: million dollar bonus is put into escrow and typically it's

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Speaker 1: paid within the first two weeks of the deal signing

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Speaker 1: and you're paid that enormous amount of money within the

902
00:46:21,040 --> 00:46:24,239
Speaker 1: first year of you signing the contract. Well, I don't

903
00:46:24,280 --> 00:46:28,040
Speaker 1: put seventy million on the books you're one. I amortized

904
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Speaker 1: that and spread it out throughout the life of the deal,

905
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Speaker 1: and I can do it incrementally. So it's why when

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00:46:33,840 --> 00:46:35,880
Speaker 1: you see a guy like Kalil Mack signed for ninety

907
00:46:35,920 --> 00:46:38,720
Speaker 1: million dollars, his first couple of years of his deal

908
00:46:39,120 --> 00:46:42,680
Speaker 1: are enormous the dead cap because the bonus money goes

909
00:46:42,719 --> 00:46:45,759
Speaker 1: into the dead cap, your cap money. I'm pretty sure

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00:46:45,800 --> 00:46:48,600
Speaker 1: you can spread out any way you want, and that's

911
00:46:48,600 --> 00:46:51,080
Speaker 1: the actual money you're paying him on a given basis.

912
00:46:52,080 --> 00:46:56,120
Speaker 1: So typically the dead cap on a huge deal like

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Speaker 1: Matt Ryan, Khalil Mack, Odell Beckham, Julio Jones, whoever. A

914
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Speaker 1: guy that sign ning for fifty million plus and guaranteed money,

915
00:47:03,480 --> 00:47:05,439
Speaker 1: the first couple of years of that deal, the dead

916
00:47:05,480 --> 00:47:10,120
Speaker 1: cap is dramatically higher than the cap number. It's why

917
00:47:10,160 --> 00:47:12,960
Speaker 1: if I cut you, your cap number goes away. But

918
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Speaker 1: if you have a dead cap of thirty or forty

919
00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:18,080
Speaker 1: million dollars, because I've paid you this enormous lump sum

920
00:47:18,120 --> 00:47:22,360
Speaker 1: of money that stays on my cap so if I

921
00:47:22,480 --> 00:47:25,840
Speaker 1: keep you on my team, you're it's actually cheap, cheaper

922
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Speaker 1: to keep you around. Like the term cheaper to keep her,

923
00:47:28,960 --> 00:47:32,040
Speaker 1: it's cheaper to keep you. You know. That's why people

924
00:47:32,080 --> 00:47:35,120
Speaker 1: don't get divorced because divorces get really expensive. You can

925
00:47:35,320 --> 00:47:38,520
Speaker 1: you know, figure out situations because it gets really complicated.

926
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Speaker 1: It's why a lot of guys don't get cut that

927
00:47:40,440 --> 00:47:44,000
Speaker 1: probably should because it's actually cheaper to keep him on

928
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Speaker 1: your team, even if you don't really want him on

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Speaker 1: your team, Like it's cheaper for the Jacksonville Jaguars to

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00:47:50,280 --> 00:47:52,760
Speaker 1: keep Nick Foles, then it will be to trade them

931
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Speaker 1: or cut them. And that's just the nature of signing

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Speaker 1: huge deals. And it's not like unlike in basketball and baseball,

933
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Speaker 1: where I can just trade your salary away. It doesn't

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Speaker 1: work like that because of the structure of contracts in

935
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Speaker 1: the NFL. I've already paid you the money, so someone

936
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Speaker 1: else doesn't owe you that huge bonus. It's already been

937
00:48:15,080 --> 00:48:17,440
Speaker 1: paid by me. So why last year people made such

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Speaker 1: a big deal about Odell Beckham getting traded because they've

939
00:48:20,360 --> 00:48:24,160
Speaker 1: already paid the money. They don't The Giants had already

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Speaker 1: given them the cash, so that's just a little cliff

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Speaker 1: note version. Appreciate everyone listen, Thanks a lot, audios, godspeed,

942
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Speaker 1: and UH have a great week and I'll talk to

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Speaker 1: you a little later