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Episode two twenty two, 10 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 2: Demons is Back, Philippony and Parkins are gone. By the way, 11 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:53,080 Speaker 2: if you miss Friday's episode, Uh the First and pod 12 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:55,960 Speaker 2: Crew it's a podcast you should subscribe to. We're in 13 00:00:56,440 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 2: for de Monse. We also promoted my buddy Danny's book 14 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:01,840 Speaker 2: Pipeline the Pros, So if you guys want to check 15 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:04,800 Speaker 2: out that episode all those details, that would be good. Also, 16 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:06,920 Speaker 2: as you can probably see right here, I've got what 17 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:09,160 Speaker 2: appears to be a broken hand. It's actually not a 18 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:13,280 Speaker 2: broken hand. It is a broken arm. This the you 19 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:16,479 Speaker 2: know I don't. I don't think I have brittle bones 20 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:22,080 Speaker 2: per se. But this left side of my body has. 21 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:25,319 Speaker 2: I have broken this hand, I have broken this arm, 22 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:28,679 Speaker 2: I have broken this collarbone twice. And I have two 23 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:32,479 Speaker 2: skull fractures, both on the left side of my head 24 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:34,800 Speaker 2: that part. Where are the skull fractures? I'm not sure, 25 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 2: but I just feel better blaming the left side of 26 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 2: my body. But I'll be fine. It's no problem. 27 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 3: You know. 28 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:43,920 Speaker 2: I didn't want Demands to be the only person who 29 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 2: has to wear a plastic device in order to shower. 30 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 2: I felt like that would be feel I'd feel badly 31 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:53,240 Speaker 2: for him in that regard. So I got your back there, pal, Uh, 32 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:57,040 Speaker 2: So that is something. So he's got a torn achilles, 33 00:01:57,040 --> 00:02:00,040 Speaker 2: I've got a broken arm. Where the most injured but 34 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:03,960 Speaker 2: best sports podcast out there, or we were the best 35 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 2: sports podcast out there. And I will explain or discuss 36 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 2: that in the moment, but first I must get to 37 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 2: what missed the cut, because here's what is not on 38 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 2: today's show. Not on today's show. Chris Middleton returns and 39 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:22,920 Speaker 2: Kate Middleton allegedly returns, Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelcey opening 40 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 2: a steakhouse in Kansas City. That is exciting. I will 41 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 2: be there for the opening. And I don't know if 42 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:32,960 Speaker 2: you guys saw the news yesterday, but Lebron James and 43 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:36,680 Speaker 2: JJ Reddick are launching a pod. It actually launched today. 44 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 2: So this demands before we get to the NFL news. 45 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 2: Remember last week how the producers were trying to cajole me, 46 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:50,520 Speaker 2: trying to convince me, trying to bait me into continuing 47 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:53,520 Speaker 2: an alleged feud with JJ Reddick, And I was like, nah, man, 48 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:57,000 Speaker 2: I'm not gonna do that. I feel like that could 49 00:02:57,040 --> 00:02:59,520 Speaker 2: be bad news for me. It's not something that I 50 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 2: want to do. Well, did I know that he had 51 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:05,280 Speaker 2: a pod project coming with Lebron James. I don't know 52 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:08,920 Speaker 2: that I knew that, but I know that you know. 53 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 2: I have made it clear that I don't love when 54 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 2: JJ goes on first take and says this show is 55 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 2: dumb because my just feelings on it where then just 56 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:23,680 Speaker 2: don't go on the show. But the stuff JJ does, 57 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:28,680 Speaker 2: like calling games or actually breaking down you know, film 58 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:32,040 Speaker 2: or x'es and o's for an audience that wanted, he's 59 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:35,000 Speaker 2: great at that. And now it seems like this pod 60 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 2: with Lebron is going to be a lot of that, 61 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 2: and so that that'll be outstanding. And I'm also glad 62 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 2: that I didn't, you know, further inflame an alleged media beef. 63 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 2: But demanse, where are we starting with today? 64 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:51,040 Speaker 3: So we're starting with Justin Fields. 65 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:55,120 Speaker 4: They obvious, the Steelers obviously got Russell Wilson, and then 66 00:03:55,200 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 4: I guess a week later or so got Justin Fields. 67 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 4: Have always been super high on Justin Fields. Love that athleticism, 68 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 4: but it seems that they couldn't get anything for him. 69 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 4: They I think they got a late round three pick 70 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:11,760 Speaker 4: for him. And another story, No, not even day three. 71 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:15,080 Speaker 4: Round three could turn into a four go ahead. I 72 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:19,159 Speaker 4: apologize even worse. So you've always been super low on 73 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:21,840 Speaker 4: Justin Fields? Who do you think is wrong on Justin Fields? 74 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:24,160 Speaker 3: Is it? Is it the fans or is it the league? 75 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:29,559 Speaker 2: So I don't know, Listen, I so this is a 76 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:35,000 Speaker 2: somewhat complicated answer. So I don't know that I have 77 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 2: been low on Justin Fields. I know that there was 78 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:44,239 Speaker 2: speculation last year before the season, man, could Justin Fields 79 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:47,920 Speaker 2: be the NFL MVP this year? And I thought, Okay, 80 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 2: that's not going to happen. However, I also understand the 81 00:04:55,480 --> 00:05:00,680 Speaker 2: allure of Justin Fields, the size, the weight, the four speed, 82 00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:06,279 Speaker 2: and as I discussed on first things first yesterday, he 83 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:12,240 Speaker 2: has had just enough stretches of not good play, as 84 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 2: I hold my hand up like mister Claw and Inspector 85 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:20,600 Speaker 2: Gadget of not just good play, but exceptional play, that 86 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:24,559 Speaker 2: you're like, man, and he's young enough in there, because 87 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:26,680 Speaker 2: he was young when he came into the league. Justin 88 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:32,839 Speaker 2: Fields just last week turned twenty five, so he's young enough. 89 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:36,080 Speaker 2: And then you're like, man, do you remember And I'll 90 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:39,760 Speaker 2: give you the exact games the stretch in twenty twenty 91 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 2: two when he just seemed indefensible. He had a stretch 92 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:52,240 Speaker 2: in twenty twenty two where the Lion scored twenty nine 93 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 2: against Dallas. He had two hundred and ten total yards, 94 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 2: not that many, I understand, two touchdowns, no turnovers. I'm sorry, 95 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:06,360 Speaker 2: three touchdowns, no turnovers. The very next week he ran 96 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:11,640 Speaker 2: for one eighty, had four total touchdowns. The very next 97 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:16,320 Speaker 2: week he ran for one fifty, had four total touchdowns. 98 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 2: So in that three game stretch, the Lion scored twenty nine, 99 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 2: thirty two and thirty. He had a one toh eight rating. 100 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:28,280 Speaker 2: He threw seven touchdowns. He ran for four touchdowns, and 101 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:30,720 Speaker 2: he ran for one hundred and thirty yards per game. 102 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:35,160 Speaker 2: You're like, man, feels like there's something there on a 103 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:40,159 Speaker 2: terrible Bears team. Then last year, right before he got hurt, 104 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 2: weeks four and five, he had a two game stretch 105 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 2: where he threw for three thirty five and four touchdowns 106 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:53,520 Speaker 2: and then threw for two eighty and four touchdowns. So 107 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:55,920 Speaker 2: he had a two game stretch with more than six 108 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:59,279 Speaker 2: hundred yards passing, a one to thirty rating, eight touchdowns, 109 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:04,040 Speaker 2: one pick the lion or I'm sorry the I might 110 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:07,560 Speaker 2: have said liones earlier. The Bears, you know, averaged thirty 111 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 2: five points per game in those two games, and you're like, man, 112 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 2: I feel like there is a lot of upside here. 113 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:19,920 Speaker 2: So that is what people fall in love with. Now, 114 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:24,560 Speaker 2: obviously the NFL has not fallen in love with it, 115 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:27,800 Speaker 2: given the fact that he was able to be had 116 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:31,560 Speaker 2: for a sixth round pick that can turn into at 117 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:36,440 Speaker 2: best a fourth round pick. Now, part of that is 118 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:43,960 Speaker 2: inexplicable to me in this regard. The Minnesota Vikings just 119 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:47,720 Speaker 2: said Sam Darnold ten million bucks to come play quarterback 120 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:51,400 Speaker 2: for US ten million. Justin's gonna make three point two. 121 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:56,920 Speaker 2: The Raiders just said Gardner Minshew twenty five million for 122 00:07:56,960 --> 00:08:00,360 Speaker 2: two years, come play quarterback for US. That doesn't makes 123 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:04,920 Speaker 2: sense to me, Okay, I would rather take the shot 124 00:08:05,080 --> 00:08:09,840 Speaker 2: on Justin Fields. I do understand though, why teams are 125 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:13,960 Speaker 2: afraid of the lack of consistency and so does the 126 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:16,960 Speaker 2: trade market always make sense? Does it make a lot 127 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:18,680 Speaker 2: of sense that trade laks. 128 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:21,160 Speaker 3: Like it's the Bears. 129 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 4: I think that with a lot of other teams it'd 130 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:24,080 Speaker 4: be a different look. 131 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 2: So I think that's why the Bears, right, So I 132 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:32,640 Speaker 2: think Demonsey, that's why the Bears tried to do him 133 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:36,120 Speaker 2: a somewhat of a solid and send him to a 134 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:39,320 Speaker 2: place he might actually be able to start. So I 135 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:41,520 Speaker 2: know they're saying Russ is the starter, and I bet 136 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:44,600 Speaker 2: Russ will be the Week one starter, but I highly 137 00:08:44,679 --> 00:08:47,640 Speaker 2: doubt Russ is the Week eight starter. So I think 138 00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 2: that now I do not buy at all that the 139 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:54,480 Speaker 2: Bears were offered a second or a third round pick 140 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:59,320 Speaker 2: for him and instead to do him a solid they 141 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:03,880 Speaker 2: try him for a sixth I do buy that they 142 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:07,760 Speaker 2: were maybe offered a fifth round pick by a team 143 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:10,520 Speaker 2: that he wouldn't like. Let's as a for instance, I 144 00:09:10,679 --> 00:09:12,959 Speaker 2: use this example on TV S or I use it again. 145 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 2: Let's just say we know the Bills wanted to back 146 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:21,640 Speaker 2: up quarterback because they try they signed Mitch Trubisky in 147 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:26,360 Speaker 2: free agency. Let's say the Bills called up Chicago and said, 148 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:29,760 Speaker 2: we'll give you a fifth round pick for Justin Fields. 149 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:33,920 Speaker 2: Do I think that the Bears might have said, you 150 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:36,640 Speaker 2: know what, send him in to Buffalo where he has 151 00:09:36,760 --> 00:09:41,400 Speaker 2: no chance of ever playing. We're gonna and are you 152 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:45,000 Speaker 2: as opposed to sending him to Pittsburgh where he could 153 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:49,560 Speaker 2: actually compete. Yeah, we will take a slightly worse return 154 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:52,560 Speaker 2: in that regard. But if someone had offered a second 155 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:56,400 Speaker 2: or a third, the Bears I believe would have taken it. Now, 156 00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:59,640 Speaker 2: maybe someone offered a second or a third months ago 157 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:02,400 Speaker 2: and the Bears waited because they thought they could get 158 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:06,200 Speaker 2: better and they overestimated the market. But here is the 159 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:09,080 Speaker 2: the reason the Bears would feel an obligation to do 160 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:12,439 Speaker 2: right by Fields is here was kind of his timeline 161 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:17,520 Speaker 2: demonse year one, Justin you're not gonna start, You're not 162 00:10:17,559 --> 00:10:21,640 Speaker 2: gonna play. Andy Dalton's the guy take a year mahomes 163 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:25,120 Speaker 2: path to learn from the veteran Justin Bields is starting 164 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:27,400 Speaker 2: by week three, so they throw him into the fire. 165 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:32,800 Speaker 2: Year two, we are the Bears intentionally wanted to be 166 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:36,480 Speaker 2: the worst team in the league. Took all they traded 167 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:39,800 Speaker 2: away Roquan Smith, they tore it all down, took all 168 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:42,839 Speaker 2: their dead cap in one lump because they were trying 169 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:45,520 Speaker 2: to rebuild, which I understand. But he did not have 170 00:10:45,559 --> 00:10:49,320 Speaker 2: an NFL team around him. Year three is where he 171 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:52,400 Speaker 2: has the least. They did trade for DJ Moore, they 172 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:55,200 Speaker 2: did get him the right tackle you know in the draft. 173 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 2: They they did add some pieces, but that's also where 174 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:03,040 Speaker 2: you saw some lashes, so I don't think they necessarily 175 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:06,880 Speaker 2: did right by him. I also don't think he's by 176 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:12,280 Speaker 2: any means proven that he's even a good NFL plasition right. 177 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:17,720 Speaker 2: What he has proven, demonse is if it were to 178 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:21,960 Speaker 2: click in for him, he has an incredibly high ceiling, 179 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:27,040 Speaker 2: but the league's pretty clearly said we value a higher 180 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:30,400 Speaker 2: floor rather than the potential upside of a high ceiling. 181 00:11:30,679 --> 00:11:33,120 Speaker 2: But I think he's gonna end up being the Steelers 182 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:36,760 Speaker 2: starting quarterback. I think that Russell start in the beginning 183 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:39,800 Speaker 2: of the year. Russ will be Russ and then Fields 184 00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:42,560 Speaker 2: will take over all right, let's go on to Caleb. 185 00:11:42,679 --> 00:11:45,720 Speaker 3: Go ahead. Yeah, So obviously, now that the Bears have 186 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:46,600 Speaker 3: traded away. 187 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 4: Justin Fields, it's all but obvious that just I mean 188 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:51,760 Speaker 4: Caleb Williams is going to be the starting quarterback and 189 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:53,400 Speaker 4: the first pick of the draft this year. 190 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:54,560 Speaker 3: Yep. 191 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:57,079 Speaker 4: So if he averages just two hundred and twenty six 192 00:11:57,160 --> 00:11:59,560 Speaker 4: yards a game, he will have the highest quarterback passing 193 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:03,640 Speaker 4: every of any Bears quarterback ever? Are you willing to 194 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:06,199 Speaker 4: say that he will be the greatest Chicago Chicago Bear 195 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 4: quarterback of all time? 196 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:07,680 Speaker 3: Right now? 197 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:13,280 Speaker 2: Well, if we say all times, Sid Luckman seventy years 198 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:18,000 Speaker 2: ago was a great Luckman. But if we're talking Super 199 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:23,280 Speaker 2: Bowl era, who does Caleb have to beat to be 200 00:12:23,360 --> 00:12:26,360 Speaker 2: the best Bears quarterback of the Super Bowl era? The 201 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:30,440 Speaker 2: answer is Jay Cutler. So yes, I'm willing to say 202 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:33,080 Speaker 2: Caleb's going to be the best quarterback they've had in 203 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:36,640 Speaker 2: the Super Bowl era. The Bears have never had Demanse 204 00:12:37,559 --> 00:12:42,160 Speaker 2: a four thousand yard passer. They have never had someone 205 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:48,800 Speaker 2: throw for thirty touchdowns. Daniels asking me, will he be 206 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:54,200 Speaker 2: will after year one he already be the greatest Bears 207 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:55,040 Speaker 2: quarterback ever? 208 00:12:55,679 --> 00:12:56,400 Speaker 3: I don't know. 209 00:12:56,480 --> 00:12:59,400 Speaker 2: I don't think. I don't know if that's really possible 210 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:03,520 Speaker 2: to because Cutler was fine a Jim McMahon, I guess 211 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:06,520 Speaker 2: the quarterback when they won a super Bowl. Rex Grossman 212 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:08,959 Speaker 2: took him to a super Bowl. Like, he's not gonna 213 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:12,160 Speaker 2: do those things in year one. I do think that 214 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:15,559 Speaker 2: they're gonna be a playoff team. Think about it like this, Demonse. 215 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:20,560 Speaker 2: The Bears won seven games last year. Yeah, if you 216 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:24,920 Speaker 2: get the right guy as the number one pick of 217 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:30,080 Speaker 2: the draft at quarterback, don't we normally anticipate that guy's 218 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:34,320 Speaker 2: gonna be worth three or four wins, that you're gonna 219 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:38,040 Speaker 2: go from being two and fifteen to six and eleven 220 00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:42,360 Speaker 2: something like that. But the Bears won seven games last year. 221 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:47,240 Speaker 2: They're drafting with Carolina's pick, and so he doesn't have 222 00:13:47,320 --> 00:13:51,199 Speaker 2: to have the year CJ. Stroud had. CJ. Stroud was 223 00:13:51,240 --> 00:13:54,240 Speaker 2: worth like eight more wins. He doesn't have to do 224 00:13:54,320 --> 00:13:56,840 Speaker 2: that for this Bears team, a Bears team that it 225 00:13:56,880 --> 00:14:00,200 Speaker 2: should be noted after they added Montese Sweat, they had 226 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:03,000 Speaker 2: a top ten defense and they went five to four. 227 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:07,480 Speaker 2: They have DJ Moore, they traded for Keenan Allen. They 228 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:11,360 Speaker 2: added DeAndre Swift with the ninth pick of the draft. 229 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:13,920 Speaker 2: They are either gonna be able to add Roma Dunsay, 230 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:18,760 Speaker 2: the number three receiver, Brock Bowers, the best tight end 231 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:24,360 Speaker 2: in a couple drafts, or the second best offensive linemen 232 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:28,640 Speaker 2: on their board after Joe Alt, or the best or 233 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:33,400 Speaker 2: second best defensive player in this draft. Because here is 234 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:36,360 Speaker 2: a weird thing about this draft that we'll talk about 235 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:40,160 Speaker 2: more as we get closer to draft season. If people 236 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 2: are correct that four quarterbacks are gonna go in the 237 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:51,280 Speaker 2: top ten. All right, so you've got Caleb Drake Jaden 238 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:54,960 Speaker 2: and everyone loves JJ McCarthy. Now people think they might 239 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:58,480 Speaker 2: go one through four and certainly be in the top ten. 240 00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:02,760 Speaker 2: So that's four top ten picks at quarterback. Obviously, Marvin 241 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:06,720 Speaker 2: Harrison Junior and Malik Neighbors are going to go in 242 00:15:06,720 --> 00:15:11,840 Speaker 2: the top ten. That's two receivers. Joe Alt, the franchise 243 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:17,200 Speaker 2: left tackle for the uh he was with the Notre 244 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:19,680 Speaker 2: Dame last year, he's going to go in the top ten. 245 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:25,200 Speaker 2: So now we're at seven. People think Roma Doonza is 246 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:28,400 Speaker 2: likely to go in the top ten and Brock Bowers 247 00:15:28,440 --> 00:15:32,560 Speaker 2: the tight end might so here and that's with only 248 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:35,000 Speaker 2: one offensive lineman. So here's why I mention. 249 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:35,480 Speaker 3: All of that. 250 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:42,200 Speaker 2: A team picking tenth, which right now is the Jets, 251 00:15:42,240 --> 00:15:43,960 Speaker 2: and they probably wouldn't do this, but just follow me. 252 00:15:45,080 --> 00:15:49,640 Speaker 2: You might be able to get the single best defensive 253 00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:53,960 Speaker 2: player in the entire draft with the ninth, tenth, eleventh 254 00:15:53,960 --> 00:15:57,440 Speaker 2: pick of the draft. It's a very unique situation. If 255 00:15:57,480 --> 00:16:00,800 Speaker 2: you want defense, you might be able to get the 256 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:04,520 Speaker 2: best defensive player in the whole draft. You know, at 257 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:06,920 Speaker 2: pick you might be able to get the second best 258 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:10,120 Speaker 2: defensive player in the draft that picked twelve. So it's 259 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:14,360 Speaker 2: a unique spot because it's such a wide receiver, tackle 260 00:16:14,520 --> 00:16:17,520 Speaker 2: and quarterback heavy draft. All right, Let's go to. 261 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:20,520 Speaker 4: The Cowboys' focused All right, So the Cowboys have lost 262 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:24,440 Speaker 4: a lot of key pieces this offseason and they've added nothing. 263 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:27,320 Speaker 4: You've always been super high on the Cowboys and think 264 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:29,160 Speaker 4: that they're going to be Super Bowl contenders next year, 265 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:32,400 Speaker 4: I assume, but they seem to have like how are 266 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:34,720 Speaker 4: they in any different position than the Bills are right now? 267 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:38,400 Speaker 2: So I'm glad you bring up the Bills, because the 268 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:44,880 Speaker 2: Bills lost their entire starting second secondary Leonard Floyd. There's 269 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:50,160 Speaker 2: number two wide receiver. The Cowboys cut Michael Gallup and 270 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:56,680 Speaker 2: lost be oddish Drrence Armstrong, and we can say they 271 00:16:56,720 --> 00:17:00,720 Speaker 2: lost Tyron Smith, but they planned to lose time Smith. 272 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:04,160 Speaker 2: That's why they drafted Tyler Smith in the first round 273 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:06,520 Speaker 2: to take over for him a couple of years ago. 274 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:09,000 Speaker 2: So I'm not going to act as if the Cowboys 275 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:12,040 Speaker 2: have had a brilliant offseason. But let's talk about other 276 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:16,640 Speaker 2: teams in their general vicinity, teams that were playoff teams 277 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:20,200 Speaker 2: but didn't make the Super Bowl, and the offseasons they had. 278 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:23,639 Speaker 2: So I think the Bills had a worse offseason. The Dolphins, 279 00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:27,560 Speaker 2: who lost their best defensive player, their second best front 280 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:30,879 Speaker 2: seven defensive player, who lost a right guard for one 281 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:34,719 Speaker 2: hundred million dollars he left to go to Carolina. I 282 00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:39,040 Speaker 2: think the Dolphins had a worse offseason. Go over to 283 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:42,600 Speaker 2: the NFC the Rams. I like the Rams a lot. 284 00:17:42,920 --> 00:17:46,000 Speaker 2: The best player on their whole team retired, will get 285 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:48,679 Speaker 2: to him in a moment. I think that's a worse offseason. 286 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:54,080 Speaker 2: The Eagles have a glaring need of how awful their 287 00:17:54,160 --> 00:17:57,760 Speaker 2: pass defense was and their overall defense was last year. 288 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:03,200 Speaker 2: They addressed it by signing a running back. So I 289 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:07,080 Speaker 2: don't think the Cowboys had a great offseason, but I 290 00:18:07,119 --> 00:18:10,600 Speaker 2: think that they had kind of a what I would 291 00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:14,840 Speaker 2: call median offseason, meaning they didn't add much, but they 292 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:18,760 Speaker 2: also didn't lose that much. Yes, some teams added a lot, 293 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:22,720 Speaker 2: typically the teams that added a lot are bad teams, 294 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:26,840 Speaker 2: and some teams lost a ton. Typically those are teams 295 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:31,040 Speaker 2: like the Buffalo or Miami that took their shot and missed. 296 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:33,560 Speaker 2: And here's the one other thing I'll say about Dallas. 297 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:39,520 Speaker 2: People that are at this point rightfully skeptical about the Cowboys, 298 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:42,840 Speaker 2: it's because they don't trust McCarthy and Dak in the 299 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:47,520 Speaker 2: playoffs totally understand that what off season move could they 300 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:50,920 Speaker 2: have made that would have made those people be like, now, 301 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:56,560 Speaker 2: I trust McCarthy and Dak in the playoffs structure? No, 302 00:18:56,680 --> 00:19:00,879 Speaker 2: So he opened up five million dollars of cap space 303 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:03,760 Speaker 2: for him so they could have a little more free 304 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:08,880 Speaker 2: agency flexibility. Now, if you want to crush I'm I'm 305 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:12,200 Speaker 2: fine with folks wanting to crush the Cowboys. I would 306 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:15,840 Speaker 2: just say wait on that, because your opportunity to crush 307 00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:19,240 Speaker 2: the Cowboys is gonna come in the next couple months 308 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:26,120 Speaker 2: when Dak Prescott gets a three year, ninety five percent 309 00:19:26,359 --> 00:19:31,399 Speaker 2: guaranteed one hundred and eighty million dollar contract extension paying 310 00:19:31,440 --> 00:19:35,840 Speaker 2: him sixty million a year. That's when the Cowboys should 311 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:38,520 Speaker 2: be susceptible to criticism, and folks might be like, oh 312 00:19:38,560 --> 00:19:41,600 Speaker 2: my god, Nick, that's a crazy contract for Dak. It is, 313 00:19:42,119 --> 00:19:44,800 Speaker 2: but we live in a world where Kirk Cousins, who 314 00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:48,080 Speaker 2: is in the exact same tier as Dak Prescott, can 315 00:19:48,119 --> 00:19:52,199 Speaker 2: be five years older than Dak, pop his achilles and 316 00:19:52,320 --> 00:19:55,840 Speaker 2: get because he hit free agency the same amount per 317 00:19:55,920 --> 00:19:59,080 Speaker 2: year as Patrick Mahomes gets forty five million bucks with 318 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:03,000 Speaker 2: one hundred million guaranteed, and if they if Dak were 319 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:07,280 Speaker 2: to not sign an extension, he hits unrestricted free agency. 320 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:09,000 Speaker 3: So he's got the Cowboys. 321 00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:11,520 Speaker 4: I think Kirk Cousins do better with the Cowboys than 322 00:20:12,119 --> 00:20:13,840 Speaker 4: Dak would do with the with the Vikings. 323 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:17,680 Speaker 2: Well maybe, but here's the thing that I will say 324 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:23,639 Speaker 2: about that. The entire Kirk Cousins criticism is lack of 325 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:27,840 Speaker 2: big game and playoff success. Kirk Cousins won one playoffs 326 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:31,560 Speaker 2: game ever, and well, no, I mean that's also Dak's 327 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:35,240 Speaker 2: criticism is lack of big game and playoff success. My 328 00:20:35,359 --> 00:20:39,040 Speaker 2: point is their numbers are very similar and their critique 329 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:42,080 Speaker 2: is very similar, and Kirk is five years older and 330 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:44,639 Speaker 2: coming off a blown or four years older and coming 331 00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:47,760 Speaker 2: off of blown achilles, and he's still got a great deal. 332 00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:51,960 Speaker 2: That's why the Cowboys are so nervous about the idea 333 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:54,679 Speaker 2: of Dak hitting free agency and he's gonna get this 334 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:57,920 Speaker 2: massive new contract. But the Cowboys have to sign Micah 335 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:01,960 Speaker 2: Parsons to what will be the rich defensive player contract ever. 336 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:04,440 Speaker 2: They have to sign Ceedee Lamb, so what it will 337 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:07,479 Speaker 2: be one of the four or three richest wide receiver 338 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:11,120 Speaker 2: contracts ever, and they have to extend Dak. That's why 339 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:14,000 Speaker 2: you can say they put themselves in a bad position. 340 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:18,600 Speaker 2: But I'm not gonna kill him for not spending huge 341 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:22,440 Speaker 2: in free agency on Derrick Henry or Saquan or those 342 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:25,879 Speaker 2: types of guys when I don't think that would substantially 343 00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:28,680 Speaker 2: change their destiny, so to speak. 344 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:32,679 Speaker 4: All right, next, All right, Aaron Donald's retired after ten 345 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:36,520 Speaker 4: years of terrorizing quarterbacks, so he's out of the league now. 346 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:38,720 Speaker 4: I actually saw a funny clip of him for the 347 00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:42,320 Speaker 4: first time of him pressing Geno Smith and him screaming, 348 00:21:42,359 --> 00:21:43,199 Speaker 4: oh my god, like a. 349 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:45,159 Speaker 3: Little oh yeah, yeah, there is. 350 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:48,439 Speaker 4: But now that he's gone, could you see Chris Jones 351 00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:51,159 Speaker 4: reclaiming that throne as the most dominant defender. 352 00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:55,760 Speaker 2: Well, listen, I think Chris Jones was better than Aaron 353 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:59,960 Speaker 2: Donald last year, and as great as Aaron Donald was, 354 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:02,959 Speaker 2: I think that Chris Jones had already I think taken 355 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:06,760 Speaker 2: as of the last two years, because Donald was injured 356 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:10,040 Speaker 2: to somewhat two years ago, and then last year as 357 00:22:10,119 --> 00:22:14,440 Speaker 2: the best d tackle in the NFL now most dominant defender. 358 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:19,000 Speaker 2: TJ Watt and Miles Garrett have something to say about that. 359 00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:24,600 Speaker 2: But I do want to put Aaron Donald's career into context, 360 00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:27,760 Speaker 2: all right, So and let me pull up this list 361 00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:32,359 Speaker 2: it PROS Football Reference. I just want to get the 362 00:22:32,359 --> 00:22:34,800 Speaker 2: exact list, right. I had it the other day here, Okay, 363 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:39,879 Speaker 2: got it. Aaron Donald, his final year at Pitt Demonse, 364 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:47,359 Speaker 2: won every collegiate award an NFL a college defensive player 365 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:51,439 Speaker 2: can win other than the Heisman. He then walks into 366 00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:55,720 Speaker 2: the league and his first year wins Defensive Rookie of 367 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:59,320 Speaker 2: the Year and is a Pro Bowler. He then plays 368 00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:05,080 Speaker 2: nine more seasons. In those nine seasons, he is first 369 00:23:05,119 --> 00:23:09,760 Speaker 2: team All Pro eight times. The one time he wasn't 370 00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:13,879 Speaker 2: was when he got hurt. He won Defensive Player of 371 00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:18,360 Speaker 2: the year. Three of those nine seasons he came in 372 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:21,760 Speaker 2: the top five for Defensive Player of the Year voting 373 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:26,520 Speaker 2: four other times, so seven of his nine seasons post 374 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:30,399 Speaker 2: rookie year, he either was named best defensive player of 375 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:33,560 Speaker 2: any position in the league or you know, came in 376 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:36,840 Speaker 2: top five in the voting. Seven of those nine years. 377 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:40,639 Speaker 2: He also was the best player on a team that 378 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:44,240 Speaker 2: lost to Super Bowl but held the Patriots to thirteen 379 00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:47,359 Speaker 2: points in the loss. He then was the best player 380 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:50,359 Speaker 2: on a team that won a Super Bowl and on 381 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:53,719 Speaker 2: the final play of that Super Bowl hit Joe Burrow 382 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:59,280 Speaker 2: to win them their championship. What does eight first Team 383 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:04,000 Speaker 2: All Pro It means you were on this list of 384 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:09,760 Speaker 2: guys in the Super Bowl era. Jerry Rice has ten, 385 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:18,160 Speaker 2: Anthony Munos has nine, Reggie White, Lawrence Taylor, Bruce Smith, 386 00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:24,719 Speaker 2: and Aaron Donald have eight. That is the complete list 387 00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:29,439 Speaker 2: of the most active first team All pros are not 388 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:33,440 Speaker 2: active all time first team All pros. If you are 389 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:39,680 Speaker 2: making a mount rushmore of defensive players in the NFL, 390 00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:47,600 Speaker 2: it is Lawrence Taylor, Reggie White, Dion Sanders, and Aaron Donald. 391 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:52,439 Speaker 2: He was that type of player that dominant of a 392 00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:59,480 Speaker 2: player and was an unbelievable postseason performer and packed as 393 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:04,879 Speaker 2: much into a ten year career as one could possibly imagine. 394 00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:09,960 Speaker 2: I mean, for the context on having eight First Team 395 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:13,840 Speaker 2: All Pros in ten years, I mentioned those other guys. 396 00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:18,840 Speaker 2: Jerry Rice has ten First Team All Pros he played 397 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:26,880 Speaker 2: he played twenty years. Okay, so Anthony Munos has nine 398 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:30,879 Speaker 2: First Team All Pros he played I want to get 399 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:34,760 Speaker 2: this right. Thirteen years pretty unbelievable by him. Reggie White 400 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:40,240 Speaker 2: has eight First Team All Pros he played fifteen years. 401 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:44,880 Speaker 2: Lawrence Taylor also didn't play for incredibly long. He has 402 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:49,000 Speaker 2: eight first Team All Pros he played for thirteen years. 403 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:52,560 Speaker 2: And Bruce Smith has eight first Team All Pros he 404 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:56,760 Speaker 2: played for nineteen years. Aaron Donald did it in eight. 405 00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:01,280 Speaker 3: Yeah, I was gonna ask the average career span, so 406 00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:04,040 Speaker 3: he had a shorter one and still got there. 407 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:08,360 Speaker 2: Well, I mean, compared to that, I think ten years 408 00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:13,400 Speaker 2: is ten years is a great NFL career. Most Hall 409 00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:17,960 Speaker 2: of Fame players play longer. But he never really fell 410 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:23,919 Speaker 2: off like last year. At worst. At worst, he was 411 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:26,719 Speaker 2: the third best d tackle in football, and a lot 412 00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:29,439 Speaker 2: of people would argue he was the best. And so 413 00:26:30,359 --> 00:26:32,560 Speaker 2: he's an all time legend and one of the only 414 00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:36,400 Speaker 2: players ever that is impossible to overrate. All right, quick 415 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:39,000 Speaker 2: break right back, talk a little hoops, and play a 416 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:47,000 Speaker 2: game of Nick Stradamis What's right? All right, welcome back 417 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:49,560 Speaker 2: in What's Driving the Great Episode two twenty two. Before 418 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:52,080 Speaker 2: we get to Nick stra Damas, there's a couple of 419 00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:56,160 Speaker 2: NBA questions about last night and about moving forward. You've 420 00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:57,760 Speaker 2: got for me to Monsey, So go ahead. 421 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:02,359 Speaker 3: Yeah, so last night the two crazy dunks. First we 422 00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:06,040 Speaker 3: got Anthony Edwards or Jalen Johnson did have you? Did 423 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:06,960 Speaker 3: you see them last night? 424 00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:09,760 Speaker 2: Yeah? I did, so they were showing you the Anthony 425 00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:14,359 Speaker 2: Edwards and then the Jalen Johnson really putting Austin Reeves 426 00:27:14,359 --> 00:27:15,119 Speaker 2: in a spot. 427 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:16,440 Speaker 3: Yeah. 428 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:21,560 Speaker 2: So I want to be very clear here, Jalen Johnson's 429 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:25,560 Speaker 2: dunk was awesome and it's a brutal spot for Austin Reeves. 430 00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:29,040 Speaker 2: It is not in the same stratosphere as Anthony Edwards 431 00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:35,000 Speaker 2: is dunk. Anthony Edwards is Dunk is one of the 432 00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:39,320 Speaker 2: best dunks of the last decade. And Anthony Edwards now 433 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:43,399 Speaker 2: in the last week Demons has the block of the 434 00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:48,760 Speaker 2: year and the dunk of the year. Yeah, and he 435 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:55,800 Speaker 2: I mean, his raw, primal athleticism is at this point 436 00:27:56,119 --> 00:27:59,720 Speaker 2: maybe unmatched by anybody in the league. He is so 437 00:27:59,880 --> 00:28:01,040 Speaker 2: much much fun man. 438 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:03,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, now he's he's a star. 439 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:06,159 Speaker 4: The Jalen Johnson that was the first points of the 440 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:07,320 Speaker 4: game though, that was crazy. 441 00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:10,639 Speaker 2: I mean yeah, and it's a brutal again, it's a 442 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:12,600 Speaker 2: brutal It was also the highlight of the night for 443 00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:15,280 Speaker 2: the Hawks, but it was. It's a brutal spot for 444 00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:19,080 Speaker 2: Austin Reeves. But in my opinion, it is not in 445 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:25,240 Speaker 2: the same stratosphere as I mentioned as the Anthony Edwards sunk. 446 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:28,359 Speaker 4: All right, next, all right, so you said Luca has 447 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:31,440 Speaker 4: a chance to be a top offensive player of all time, Well, 448 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:34,560 Speaker 4: Wimby is arguably already the best defensive player in basketball 449 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:36,120 Speaker 4: on a year or in his first year. 450 00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:38,360 Speaker 3: Sorry, since night they were gonna. 451 00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:41,320 Speaker 4: Face off, who do you see having a lasting impact 452 00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:43,440 Speaker 4: on the NBA when it's all said and done. 453 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:48,240 Speaker 2: The bigger impact. I mean, I'm gonna stick. I'm gonna 454 00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:56,800 Speaker 2: stick with Luca, but I I will say Wimby has 455 00:28:57,040 --> 00:29:03,000 Speaker 2: exceeded my expectations. Wimby does there. Wimby does have a 456 00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:07,239 Speaker 2: case for defensive Player of the Year. This year, And 457 00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:12,440 Speaker 2: I said, if you remember that early on that I 458 00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:16,320 Speaker 2: thought he would instantly be an excellent defender, but that 459 00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:22,000 Speaker 2: he would struggle offensively as a rookie. He hasn't. He's 460 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:26,160 Speaker 2: averaging twenty one points a game on forty seven percent 461 00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:28,560 Speaker 2: from the field and thirty three percent from three. Like, 462 00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:31,959 Speaker 2: that's fine, that's more than fine, eighty percent from the 463 00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:35,800 Speaker 2: foul line, and he's leading the league in blocks by 464 00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:42,120 Speaker 2: a mile. He has been and his impact defensively, Demons 465 00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:46,280 Speaker 2: is understated by the numbers because of the number of 466 00:29:46,360 --> 00:29:51,080 Speaker 2: shots people don't take because of you know, kind of fear. 467 00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:51,760 Speaker 3: Of him impacting. 468 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:56,480 Speaker 4: UNA ask saw that he already has more blocks than 469 00:29:56,520 --> 00:29:59,120 Speaker 4: eighty four percent of NBA players. 470 00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:03,680 Speaker 2: You mean for his career. Okay, well that's yeah, I 471 00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:07,680 Speaker 2: mean that's a mean, that's that sounds impressive, But then 472 00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:09,560 Speaker 2: you realize Demond's. 473 00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:11,480 Speaker 4: A back and there's a certain amount of people play 474 00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:13,320 Speaker 4: in the games. A lot of those players are on 475 00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:14,600 Speaker 4: the bench, not even on the court. 476 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:17,720 Speaker 2: I get it right, exactly the but no, I mean, 477 00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:22,520 Speaker 2: he's the I couldn't vote him Defensive Player of the 478 00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:29,040 Speaker 2: Year this year because his his it's the Spurs are 479 00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:32,720 Speaker 2: not a great defensive team. And it's not so much 480 00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:34,840 Speaker 2: about their win loss record as much as it is 481 00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:37,560 Speaker 2: if you're gonna be Defensive Player of the Year, I 482 00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:40,120 Speaker 2: need your team to at least be a good defense. 483 00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:45,120 Speaker 2: And Rudy Gobert, as much as my criticisms as I've 484 00:30:45,160 --> 00:30:49,840 Speaker 2: had of Gobert, Rudy Gobert, he is the anchor of 485 00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:53,160 Speaker 2: far and away the best defense in basketball. And so 486 00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:55,960 Speaker 2: I think this is Gobert's award, and he'll it'll be 487 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:58,080 Speaker 2: the fourth time he's won it, which I think will 488 00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:01,400 Speaker 2: tie him with Ben Wallace and to kim Beck. So 489 00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:05,360 Speaker 2: shout out to Gobar in that regard. But Wimby is 490 00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:10,280 Speaker 2: having a phenomenal year. I don't think we should understate 491 00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:14,600 Speaker 2: the year Lucas having. I mean, Luca is quietly if 492 00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:19,440 Speaker 2: such a thing exists, averaging thirty four points, nine rebounds, 493 00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:24,800 Speaker 2: ten assists on fifty percent from the field. So he is. 494 00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:31,200 Speaker 2: His ability to dominate the game offensively right now is 495 00:31:31,320 --> 00:31:34,600 Speaker 2: matched by all really no one other than Jokic, and 496 00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:39,280 Speaker 2: Jokic does it in a different way Luca. To me, 497 00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:44,480 Speaker 2: Luca's a better bet for durability. An offense is more 498 00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:51,600 Speaker 2: valuable than defense. But Wimby is. Wimby is having as 499 00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:57,160 Speaker 2: impressive of a rookie season as any player in the 500 00:31:57,200 --> 00:32:00,160 Speaker 2: last fifteen years. 501 00:32:00,320 --> 00:32:04,800 Speaker 4: Yeah, you said offense is more valuable than defense, But like, yeah, 502 00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:07,840 Speaker 4: Wimby also it's not like he played he's not decent 503 00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:08,640 Speaker 4: at offense as well. 504 00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:10,800 Speaker 3: Right when you tie it in, don't. 505 00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:13,160 Speaker 2: No, that's a no. You're one hundred correct on that. 506 00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:17,680 Speaker 2: He's not Ben Wallace. He is right now looking like 507 00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:21,720 Speaker 2: he's going to be an excellent offensive player as well. Uh. 508 00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:24,320 Speaker 2: And so maybe I think a lot of people right 509 00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:27,800 Speaker 2: now would say he's a better bet than Luca. I 510 00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:31,520 Speaker 2: will not say that yet, in part because we have 511 00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:35,120 Speaker 2: also seen Luca be one of the most deadly and 512 00:32:35,280 --> 00:32:39,520 Speaker 2: consistent playoff performers of his era. The guy's thirty three 513 00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:43,680 Speaker 2: to nine to eight averages for his playoff career, and 514 00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:48,280 Speaker 2: he's been the underdog in every series he's ever played 515 00:32:48,280 --> 00:32:51,400 Speaker 2: in the postseason, every single one. The MAVs have been 516 00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:54,480 Speaker 2: the underdog his first year in the playoffs against the Clippers, 517 00:32:54,600 --> 00:32:56,920 Speaker 2: his second year in the playoffs against the Clippers, and 518 00:32:56,960 --> 00:32:59,000 Speaker 2: then his third year in the playoffs. They're the underdog 519 00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:02,320 Speaker 2: against the Jazz than the underdog against the Suns, the 520 00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:04,920 Speaker 2: one seed in the underdog against the Warriors. All right, 521 00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:06,840 Speaker 2: time for Nick Straramis. 522 00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:12,320 Speaker 4: As the prophecy foretold, he hath returned. Some call him 523 00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:15,480 Speaker 4: the third eye of third lungs. Others call him the 524 00:33:15,520 --> 00:33:18,480 Speaker 4: Messiah of the money line. Call him what you will. 525 00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:22,440 Speaker 4: We call them Nixtra Damis, the Southsayer of sports. 526 00:33:23,160 --> 00:33:27,040 Speaker 2: All right, a star, I mean that was really well done. 527 00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:29,479 Speaker 3: I like that. I think you had to work myself up. 528 00:33:30,160 --> 00:33:32,800 Speaker 4: Since the All Star break, the referees have been been 529 00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:36,520 Speaker 4: letting players play. The tea leaves are saying a ticki 530 00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:41,120 Speaker 4: tack fouls, fouls, famine is coming, Nick sure damis or 531 00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:44,640 Speaker 4: mysterious forces trying to influence how the NBA is officiating. 532 00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:54,120 Speaker 2: I mean, no, it's not mysterious, uh them, it's very obvious. 533 00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:56,800 Speaker 3: It's awesome that it's great. 534 00:33:57,000 --> 00:34:01,320 Speaker 2: And anyone complaining about this, like why would they change 535 00:34:01,360 --> 00:34:05,640 Speaker 2: it mid season? Because it was awful, because it was 536 00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:12,440 Speaker 2: a bad product because guys would kind of diagonally meander 537 00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:15,120 Speaker 2: into the lane and then just throw their bodies up 538 00:34:15,560 --> 00:34:19,560 Speaker 2: and get a foul call. And now they are they 539 00:34:19,640 --> 00:34:23,759 Speaker 2: fixed it. I mean Ethan Strauss has written a few 540 00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:28,680 Speaker 2: articles about this, and the data is in. In January, 541 00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:34,560 Speaker 2: the average over under for an NBA game was two 542 00:34:34,640 --> 00:34:39,439 Speaker 2: hundred and thirty two points. Yesterday, like set Vegas, over 543 00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:44,279 Speaker 2: under was set at two thirty two. Yesterday's games the 544 00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:49,120 Speaker 2: average over under was two hundred and eighteen points, a 545 00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:54,520 Speaker 2: fourteen point drop in a couple months because the NBA 546 00:34:54,719 --> 00:34:58,359 Speaker 2: the refs started letting people defend. Again, it's better for 547 00:34:58,680 --> 00:35:02,640 Speaker 2: the sport, it's more fair. And so I've got no So, 548 00:35:02,680 --> 00:35:06,000 Speaker 2: I don't think they're trying to put their finger on 549 00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:09,560 Speaker 2: the scale of who wins. I do think they are 550 00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:12,200 Speaker 2: trying to put their finger on the scale of making 551 00:35:12,239 --> 00:35:17,279 Speaker 2: sure their game is watchable. And it was that when 552 00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:22,600 Speaker 2: we had that month where guys would score sixty and 553 00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:26,080 Speaker 2: people weren't that surprised by it, we knew we had 554 00:35:26,120 --> 00:35:27,160 Speaker 2: lost the plot a bit. 555 00:35:27,239 --> 00:35:30,719 Speaker 4: All right, next, all right, the play in may include 556 00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:34,879 Speaker 4: the Lakers, Warriors, Sons, Mavericks, Heat and seventy six ers. 557 00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:38,520 Speaker 3: It's crazy. You've read the Tarrytt cards and no once 558 00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:38,719 Speaker 3: in the. 559 00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:43,480 Speaker 2: Playoffs, anybody hold on terror that that word is Tarot cards. 560 00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:47,760 Speaker 2: Those are those cards. Your mom is no, your mom's 561 00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:51,320 Speaker 2: somewhat into uh where I shouldn't say she's somewhat into, 562 00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:54,240 Speaker 2: but she doesn't dismiss them the way I think some would. 563 00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:57,160 Speaker 4: Where like oh my god with an extra R. Usually 564 00:35:57,200 --> 00:35:58,640 Speaker 4: is taro. I'm so confused. 565 00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:00,919 Speaker 2: I don't even know what works it is. I've never 566 00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:03,719 Speaker 2: heard of that. I know of the word carrot, but 567 00:36:04,200 --> 00:36:06,640 Speaker 2: no the tea. The second T is silent. I've never 568 00:36:06,719 --> 00:36:11,120 Speaker 2: heard tarott. Maybe are you thinking turret like a turret gun? 569 00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:12,760 Speaker 2: I don't know, but doesn't matter. 570 00:36:13,239 --> 00:36:13,839 Speaker 3: Uh. 571 00:36:14,040 --> 00:36:17,240 Speaker 2: Tarot cards are the cards that like you like someone 572 00:36:17,640 --> 00:36:21,560 Speaker 2: you know. A psychic pulls them and it's like, oh no, you. 573 00:36:21,560 --> 00:36:24,399 Speaker 3: Got really sad. I thinking that it was? 574 00:36:25,280 --> 00:36:28,520 Speaker 2: So what have I said on Real Quick Demanse? What 575 00:36:28,680 --> 00:36:31,279 Speaker 2: have I? I've said this on the show before and 576 00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:34,600 Speaker 2: I will say it again. I learned this from Dragonfly 577 00:36:34,760 --> 00:36:41,400 Speaker 2: Jones and on Twitter, and he is correct. People mispronouncing 578 00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:47,440 Speaker 2: words should not be mucked because it means they learned 579 00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:51,359 Speaker 2: the word by reading it rather than hearing it. If 580 00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:54,040 Speaker 2: you if you if the first time you learn a 581 00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:56,719 Speaker 2: word is because you read it in a book or 582 00:36:56,760 --> 00:36:59,560 Speaker 2: you've read it before, you just pronounced it. However, it's 583 00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:03,040 Speaker 2: how where your brain says it. If you're just you know, 584 00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:06,600 Speaker 2: mimicking what you've heard other people say, So I act 585 00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:08,719 Speaker 2: I've got your back on that. But now back to 586 00:37:08,719 --> 00:37:10,960 Speaker 2: the question about the tarot cards, because we've got a 587 00:37:11,120 --> 00:37:14,600 Speaker 2: bit of a sidebar there. You were asking me about 588 00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:17,160 Speaker 2: which teams they could see going on a playoff run. 589 00:37:17,719 --> 00:37:20,320 Speaker 4: Exactly, all these kind of scary teams are going to 590 00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:23,680 Speaker 4: be in the play in and they could all be sneaky, dangerous. 591 00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:26,120 Speaker 3: But nick s drums, which play in team do you 592 00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:27,600 Speaker 3: foresee going on a run? 593 00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:30,600 Speaker 2: All right, so let's start in the East. I think 594 00:37:30,680 --> 00:37:34,400 Speaker 2: Philly and Miami are totally safe in that even if 595 00:37:34,440 --> 00:37:37,120 Speaker 2: they both end up in the play in, I trust 596 00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:40,840 Speaker 2: those teams' abilities to navigate the play in. They'd have 597 00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:45,600 Speaker 2: to deal with Chicago, Atlanta, Indiana who's falling apart, Orlando, 598 00:37:45,719 --> 00:37:48,799 Speaker 2: which maybe could fall down but probably won't. I think 599 00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:52,160 Speaker 2: those teams will be fine. And listen, you guys know 600 00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:56,840 Speaker 2: how much respect I have for the Heat and Philly. 601 00:37:57,040 --> 00:37:59,719 Speaker 2: If Embiid's gonna come back two weeks before the playoffs, 602 00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:04,759 Speaker 2: maybe you know, super glass half full. The hope is 603 00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:07,640 Speaker 2: that he actually has more in the tank for the 604 00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:10,040 Speaker 2: playoffs because he had this you know, month plus off 605 00:38:11,120 --> 00:38:18,440 Speaker 2: the West is a very different story. Okay, the West 606 00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:25,120 Speaker 2: you have right now, you could argue, so, who's the 607 00:38:25,160 --> 00:38:31,120 Speaker 2: best player in the Western Conference. It's Nikoli Jokich obviously, right. Okay, 608 00:38:32,480 --> 00:38:34,880 Speaker 2: if you want to say the second best player in 609 00:38:34,920 --> 00:38:38,360 Speaker 2: the conference is Shay fine, I don't know that I 610 00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:41,400 Speaker 2: totally buy that, but he's got a very strong argument 611 00:38:42,239 --> 00:38:48,720 Speaker 2: after that, in some order or another. You have Luca, 612 00:38:49,640 --> 00:38:55,200 Speaker 2: you have bron you have Steph, you have Kevin Durant, 613 00:38:55,760 --> 00:38:59,920 Speaker 2: you have Devin Booker, you have Kyrie, you have Anthony Davis. 614 00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:05,600 Speaker 2: And mixed in with them are Kawhi and Anthony Edwards. Right, 615 00:39:06,320 --> 00:39:12,600 Speaker 2: So seven of the nine players basically three through eleven 616 00:39:12,640 --> 00:39:17,880 Speaker 2: in the West are in the play in bracket. Yeah, 617 00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:24,280 Speaker 2: and unless the Kings fall down, there at least two 618 00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:29,399 Speaker 2: of them are going home before the playoffs start. The 619 00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:33,040 Speaker 2: team that I believe the least in is Golden State. 620 00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:38,239 Speaker 2: The team I believe the next least in is Phoenix. 621 00:39:39,040 --> 00:39:43,440 Speaker 2: But if right now the nine to ten is Lakers 622 00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:49,160 Speaker 2: Golden State, so you know one of them is guaranteed 623 00:39:49,160 --> 00:39:52,879 Speaker 2: to go home, maybe both of them eventually. And so 624 00:39:54,160 --> 00:39:57,480 Speaker 2: a couple of years back, right, a couple of years back, 625 00:39:57,600 --> 00:40:02,000 Speaker 2: the Lakers Warriors were the seven. The Lakers beat him 626 00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:03,920 Speaker 2: when Lebron hit that three when he got. 627 00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:05,000 Speaker 3: Picked in the eye. 628 00:40:05,160 --> 00:40:08,000 Speaker 2: And then the next round, the next play in game, 629 00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:12,399 Speaker 2: the Warriors played the Grizzlies, and the Grizzlies beat them 630 00:40:12,440 --> 00:40:14,520 Speaker 2: and sent them home. And that was kind of like 631 00:40:14,560 --> 00:40:18,520 Speaker 2: the Grizzlies and Jaws coming out, if I'm being honest, 632 00:40:18,920 --> 00:40:23,719 Speaker 2: the NBA probably would really like if New Orleans and 633 00:40:23,840 --> 00:40:28,240 Speaker 2: Sacramento fell apart. Now New Orleans was, Zion's playing really 634 00:40:28,280 --> 00:40:30,719 Speaker 2: well lately, so it's not likely, and they've got a 635 00:40:30,719 --> 00:40:34,280 Speaker 2: big lead on the field. Uh. And I like Fox 636 00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:37,120 Speaker 2: and I like Zion, But I think the NBA will 637 00:40:37,160 --> 00:40:44,560 Speaker 2: be bummed if either Steph, lebron kd or Luca if 638 00:40:44,719 --> 00:40:48,719 Speaker 2: two of the four are not in the actual postseason. 639 00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:52,920 Speaker 2: All right, do we've got one more? Yeah, let's go. 640 00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:55,120 Speaker 2: Let's let's let's. 641 00:40:55,040 --> 00:40:59,680 Speaker 4: Keep its Domisdamas may have predicted the Great Fire of 642 00:40:59,719 --> 00:41:03,240 Speaker 4: Lon and the Atomic Age, but you predicted some equally 643 00:41:03,320 --> 00:41:07,760 Speaker 4: devastating disasters like the Chargers playoff collapse to the Prints 644 00:41:07,800 --> 00:41:12,280 Speaker 4: in the Saints cap situation. Truly horrifying events. Nick Sir Damas, 645 00:41:12,440 --> 00:41:16,120 Speaker 4: which team's early playoff demise do you predict? 646 00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:18,600 Speaker 3: All right, do. 647 00:41:18,600 --> 00:41:20,600 Speaker 2: You have a guess here? It seemed like you were 648 00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:21,640 Speaker 2: gonna say something. 649 00:41:21,520 --> 00:41:25,719 Speaker 3: But I'd say the Chargers. I mean, oh no, no, no, they're. 650 00:41:28,719 --> 00:41:33,439 Speaker 2: They're talking about the NBA. You're fine, Are you gonna? 651 00:41:33,480 --> 00:41:34,719 Speaker 3: Are you gonna say the Celtics. 652 00:41:35,800 --> 00:41:38,640 Speaker 2: No, I don't think they would be early. I'm talking 653 00:41:38,719 --> 00:41:44,879 Speaker 2: round one upset. I think obviously the Clippers are ripe 654 00:41:44,920 --> 00:41:53,040 Speaker 2: for an upset obviously always, and I I could see 655 00:41:53,160 --> 00:41:59,200 Speaker 2: okay S getting sent home, particularly if they draw the 656 00:41:59,280 --> 00:42:04,120 Speaker 2: Lakers in the Lakers have owned them and the size 657 00:42:04,160 --> 00:42:08,840 Speaker 2: and length of the Lakers has given them real trouble. So, Okac, 658 00:42:09,040 --> 00:42:12,440 Speaker 2: who's the one seed right now? And Shay has been unbelievable, 659 00:42:12,440 --> 00:42:15,520 Speaker 2: and I like Jalen Williams, and Chet's been really good. 660 00:42:16,120 --> 00:42:19,960 Speaker 2: I could see that going sideways on them. And so 661 00:42:20,239 --> 00:42:23,080 Speaker 2: if I don't think there would be massive upsets out east, 662 00:42:24,400 --> 00:42:28,320 Speaker 2: So those are the ones that I that I would imagine. 663 00:42:28,320 --> 00:42:30,360 Speaker 2: All right, let's do this. Let's take a quick break 664 00:42:30,640 --> 00:42:33,000 Speaker 2: and then do a tiny bit of March madness. We'll 665 00:42:33,040 --> 00:42:35,680 Speaker 2: do that next quick break right back? 666 00:42:35,719 --> 00:42:36,160 Speaker 3: What's right? 667 00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:44,160 Speaker 2: All right? Welcome back in What's Driving the Great? Episode two, 668 00:42:44,200 --> 00:42:47,360 Speaker 2: twenty two. Not gonna be able to do listener questions 669 00:42:47,400 --> 00:42:50,960 Speaker 2: today because this show, if you're watching it, spoiler alert, 670 00:42:51,040 --> 00:42:53,799 Speaker 2: it's not live the way our shows normally are. We 671 00:42:53,920 --> 00:42:56,359 Speaker 2: recorded it about an hour ago and now you're seeing it. 672 00:42:56,600 --> 00:42:58,840 Speaker 2: So to Monsey, let's ask a couple of March Madness 673 00:42:58,920 --> 00:42:59,960 Speaker 2: questions then get out of here. 674 00:43:00,680 --> 00:43:00,960 Speaker 3: Yeah. 675 00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:03,520 Speaker 4: So maybe for the first time ever, the women's n 676 00:43:03,560 --> 00:43:07,239 Speaker 4: CUAA Tournament is getting more notoriety than the men's. So 677 00:43:07,360 --> 00:43:10,959 Speaker 4: obviously Caitlin Clark and those big stars over there, better 678 00:43:11,000 --> 00:43:14,959 Speaker 4: teams and more exciting storylines. I'm sorry, Dix Thomas, which 679 00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:18,040 Speaker 4: tournament do you fortel being better? 680 00:43:18,440 --> 00:43:21,880 Speaker 2: The answer is the women's tournament. I mean, the women's 681 00:43:21,880 --> 00:43:26,520 Speaker 2: tournament has stars. You've got South Carolina Don Staley, the 682 00:43:26,600 --> 00:43:30,399 Speaker 2: coach is a star, their massive favorites. They also are 683 00:43:30,480 --> 00:43:34,160 Speaker 2: kind of villains at this point. LSU with Angel Reese 684 00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:38,800 Speaker 2: obviously the biggest star in all of college sports. IOW 685 00:43:38,920 --> 00:43:43,480 Speaker 2: with Caitlin Clark. You then usc Juju Watkins, who is 686 00:43:44,480 --> 00:43:46,160 Speaker 2: darn it, it's turnament. 687 00:43:46,280 --> 00:43:47,840 Speaker 3: I've seen some clips are no. 688 00:43:48,040 --> 00:43:50,400 Speaker 2: I was gonna say, but you need next year. You 689 00:43:50,480 --> 00:43:53,520 Speaker 2: need to go to a game next year. I'll get you. 690 00:43:54,080 --> 00:43:58,480 Speaker 2: I can't imagine they're that expensive. I'll get you good 691 00:43:58,560 --> 00:44:01,560 Speaker 2: seats to a USC win men's game. I want you 692 00:44:01,640 --> 00:44:08,719 Speaker 2: to go see Juju and so just in college basketball, 693 00:44:08,760 --> 00:44:13,680 Speaker 2: on the men's side, it's just no stars. And so 694 00:44:13,800 --> 00:44:17,520 Speaker 2: listen the men's tournament. I'll be very clear here, the 695 00:44:17,680 --> 00:44:22,359 Speaker 2: early rounds the men's tournament will be better. It will 696 00:44:22,400 --> 00:44:25,239 Speaker 2: be a higher level of play because the women's game 697 00:44:25,320 --> 00:44:29,160 Speaker 2: is not yet deep enough for there to be those 698 00:44:29,239 --> 00:44:33,120 Speaker 2: shocking upsets. The best teams in the early rounds of 699 00:44:33,120 --> 00:44:38,440 Speaker 2: the women's NCAA tournament are really gonna dominate the lower seats. 700 00:44:38,880 --> 00:44:42,760 Speaker 2: But the men's tournament, this, you know, this coming weekend 701 00:44:43,320 --> 00:44:46,279 Speaker 2: is going to be phenomenal. But once we get to 702 00:44:46,320 --> 00:44:51,120 Speaker 2: the sweet sixteen, I'm way more interested, way more interested 703 00:44:51,840 --> 00:44:53,160 Speaker 2: on the women's side of things. 704 00:44:53,200 --> 00:44:57,120 Speaker 4: All right, Next, March Madness is days away, and everybody's 705 00:44:57,160 --> 00:45:00,520 Speaker 4: busy making braggets except for you. Are you you afraid 706 00:45:00,560 --> 00:45:02,800 Speaker 4: that the non believers will win if your so saying 707 00:45:02,840 --> 00:45:06,400 Speaker 4: powers failed to produce a perfect bracket. Mike stradamis, do 708 00:45:06,480 --> 00:45:08,480 Speaker 4: you see a March Madness bracket in your future? 709 00:45:10,960 --> 00:45:14,440 Speaker 2: Probably not. I'll be honest with you. I just I 710 00:45:15,760 --> 00:45:20,000 Speaker 2: am not locked in to the men's college basketball game, 711 00:45:20,760 --> 00:45:24,120 Speaker 2: and so I and I'm not gonna gamble on it. 712 00:45:24,760 --> 00:45:27,120 Speaker 2: And I'm just not that you know what I mean. 713 00:45:27,239 --> 00:45:31,560 Speaker 2: I could fill one out, just say I filled one out, 714 00:45:31,920 --> 00:45:34,920 Speaker 2: but my heart wouldn't be in it. I'm too busy 715 00:45:35,760 --> 00:45:39,879 Speaker 2: sending mock drafts to Brett Beach, which you guys can 716 00:45:39,960 --> 00:45:42,680 Speaker 2: laugh at me about, but I literally am doing that 717 00:45:42,880 --> 00:45:44,080 Speaker 2: on a weekly basis. 718 00:45:45,280 --> 00:45:45,680 Speaker 3: I am. 719 00:45:46,360 --> 00:45:50,200 Speaker 2: I'm still like, I still spend at least ten minutes 720 00:45:50,239 --> 00:45:53,360 Speaker 2: a day when I'm scrolling Twitter, I come across some 721 00:45:53,680 --> 00:45:57,120 Speaker 2: random Chief super Bowl highlight and I just watch it. 722 00:45:57,520 --> 00:46:00,000 Speaker 2: I'm just still in the after goal of the Super Bowl, 723 00:46:00,400 --> 00:46:05,640 Speaker 2: plus prepping for the NBA playoffs, and I'm just being 724 00:46:05,680 --> 00:46:09,520 Speaker 2: transparent more intrigued by the women's tournament this year. I've 725 00:46:09,640 --> 00:46:13,840 Speaker 2: watched more women's college ball this year than men's college basketball, 726 00:46:14,200 --> 00:46:18,000 Speaker 2: and so yeah, I'll be a party pooper is the 727 00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:21,560 Speaker 2: wrong word, but I just I understand how much people 728 00:46:21,600 --> 00:46:24,680 Speaker 2: love it, and I love watching the tournament. But I'm 729 00:46:24,680 --> 00:46:28,279 Speaker 2: not gonna act like I have strong, you know, feelings 730 00:46:28,440 --> 00:46:32,160 Speaker 2: or intuition on it when I don't. All right, great job, demand, 731 00:46:32,440 --> 00:46:37,080 Speaker 2: great job, everybody appreciate all the hard work everyone did 732 00:46:37,120 --> 00:46:39,000 Speaker 2: to make sure this gets on the air. I'm on 733 00:46:39,120 --> 00:46:42,280 Speaker 2: with Colin today. First things first at three o'clock, Demanse, 734 00:46:42,480 --> 00:46:45,839 Speaker 2: great work, and we will talk to you all later. Hey, 735 00:46:45,880 --> 00:46:48,440 Speaker 2: it's Nicker right. Thank you so much for watching. Please 736 00:46:48,480 --> 00:46:51,520 Speaker 2: do us a favorite, click subscribe. It helps my ego 737 00:46:51,800 --> 00:46:55,040 Speaker 2: and Demansey's got a financial bonus writing on a number 738 00:46:55,040 --> 00:46:58,040 Speaker 2: of YouTube subscribers will help him out. And also click 739 00:46:58,080 --> 00:46:59,560 Speaker 2: the bell. I don't know what the bell does, and 740 00:46:59,600 --> 00:47:01,440 Speaker 2: they tell me to tell you to twist the bells 741 00:47:01,480 --> 00:47:05,360 Speaker 2: and audio listeners. People that have commute strives, whatever it is. 742 00:47:05,640 --> 00:47:09,080 Speaker 2: Subscribe to the podcast as well. Wherever you get the podcast, 743 00:47:09,320 --> 00:47:11,720 Speaker 2: same shows, just you know, just being your ears instead 744 00:47:11,760 --> 00:47:13,359 Speaker 2: us for your eyes. All that check it out. 745 00:47:13,400 --> 00:47:13,960 Speaker 3: Appreciate your