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Speaker 1: The Around the League Podcast is accepting Tailgate invites. Welcome

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Speaker 1: back to another dictionally Around the League podcast. My name

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Speaker 1: is Dan Hands. I'm joined by room filled with some heroes,

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Speaker 1: Mark Sessler and Greg Rosenthal. What up boys? He d No,

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Speaker 1: a great idea gold center behind the glass in post production?

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Speaker 1: Can you add Westling's Hey Dan in there? I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: do that for you. Yeah. I want it to be

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Speaker 1: decide who's more accurate. I don't think it works like that,

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Speaker 1: but yeah, I'm just saying better, so we'll just yeah,

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Speaker 1: we'll try it right now, Okay, like um, Mark Cessler

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Speaker 1: and Greg Rosenthal, what up boys? Hey Dan? Hey Dan?

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Speaker 1: There you go. Yeah. I can already tell in my

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Speaker 1: head that's gonna be a close call. Actually, I was

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Speaker 1: skeptical that somehow Greg could be more realistically West than West.

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Speaker 1: But now I see it. That would be weird unless

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Speaker 1: you're saying that West has become a caricature of himself.

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Speaker 1: Well this got ugly really quick. Well, we we're gonna

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Speaker 1: get West on the line later. Well, West by the

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Speaker 1: way is um traveling up the coast of California with

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Speaker 1: it's a love. There's something going on with this West

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Speaker 1: and this woman Um. There's a traction. Yes, we I

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Speaker 1: West is now very nice. Well, I mean I couldn't

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Speaker 1: say enough nice things, but she's visiting. So that's why

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Speaker 1: West isn't here. But we're gonna check in with him

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Speaker 1: and see what's going on. We're also going to bring

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Speaker 1: back the beloved game What's more Likely uh, and talk

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Speaker 1: about it's the What's More Likely post Draft edition, So

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Speaker 1: we'll get into some scenarios involving teams now they have

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Speaker 1: some this infusion of talent from around the collegiate game.

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Speaker 1: We're also gonna touch We're gonna touch on the Top

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Speaker 1: one D list. NFL Network is filling that time ahead

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Speaker 1: of the start of training camp, and this has now

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Speaker 1: become an annual right of passage. It is the top

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Speaker 1: we're going to talk about that, and just you know,

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Speaker 1: I'll sure have some thoughts about it. Get excited, Mark,

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Speaker 1: why are you keep on? You're shaking your head and

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Speaker 1: you're dismissive of the entire operations The list to be

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Speaker 1: a folly. But we'll get into it later, yes we will.

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Speaker 1: But before any of that, the gold Center, who has

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Speaker 1: he is behind the glass and he is going to

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Speaker 1: give us some news. Is that correct? That is correct.

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Speaker 1: Let's do it. Let's do it. Rex Ryan was a

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Speaker 1: guest on w f A N in New York on Thursday.

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Speaker 1: The Mike Francis Show. Asked the course about the Jets

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Speaker 1: But that's my confidence in him. I have said this

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Speaker 1: sees Vic as the day one starter. Where do you

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Speaker 1: they want to happen, so so voice that message. Will

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Speaker 1: it go awry? Yes? That about to be mid thirties

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Speaker 1: to home for myself. And I'm sure I've been on

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Speaker 1: the decline for years. And uh, you speak with your actions,

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Speaker 1: It's like even Rex Ryan, who seems like an untamed man,

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Speaker 1: Let's give the Glacier some credit. He might be slow

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Speaker 1: his mind games with the Rex. He's got him under

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Speaker 1: his thumb absolutely and congratulations. The former Jets general manager

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Speaker 1: Mark and I at the league meetings and he said,

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Speaker 1: was nice. I had a nice DM Direct Message conversation

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Speaker 1: It's that. Congrats man, he said, thanks man. That's it.

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Speaker 1: Me and Mr T. We got electric moving forward, gentlemen,

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Speaker 1: So congratulations, Mr T. Miles Austin has agreed to have

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Speaker 1: There's not a whole lot of upside here. But it's

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Speaker 1: You know, Cleveland starting to get am I wrong? Why

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Speaker 1: is that weird? Cleveland's just starting to become a more

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Speaker 1: telegenic team in general, Let's just get these guys. You

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Speaker 1: me ask you something. Dan has Cleveland gotten hotter at

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Speaker 1: I take one issue with what's what you said about Austin.

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Speaker 1: I think there is pretty high upside for a May

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Speaker 1: two seasons ago, nine hundred and forty three yards, sixty

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Speaker 1: a big win. Well, and they're very determined I think

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Speaker 1: We had a big scientist level back and forth blow

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Speaker 1: towards session about how good Austin I mean west leyn

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Speaker 1: I think it was. It was Miles Austin versus Santonio

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Speaker 1: out there on the market. Austin's got a job. Maybe

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Speaker 1: they should bring homes in. Oh. I love it. Just

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Speaker 1: that the show, if you watch, it's pretty cool. I

426
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Speaker 1: It's not even something that I would have immediately been

427
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Speaker 1: attracted to if I wasn't working here necessarily. It's like

428
00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:26,840
Speaker 1: got another list. They're just kind of like making, you know,

429
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Speaker 1: content because you need to, and there is a level

430
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Speaker 1: of that. But if you watch the show. I was

431
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Speaker 1: watching one of them today and listen to the players

432
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Speaker 1: talking about the other players, you hear some stuff that

433
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Speaker 1: you don't hear elsewhere. Roddy White was talking about Brent

434
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Speaker 1: Grimes and just saying he thinks that Grimes is the

435
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Speaker 1: best athlete in the NFL, and he was talking about

436
00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:47,600
Speaker 1: his foot speed and he was talking about how Grimes

437
00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:50,840
Speaker 1: on one play back pedaled then went forward and and

438
00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:53,159
Speaker 1: made a tip catch. And someone was talking about what

439
00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:56,040
Speaker 1: I saw a formal former teammate it is, but he

440
00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:59,280
Speaker 1: was talking about how his ups are unlike any NFL

441
00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:01,680
Speaker 1: player and have really ever thought that about Grimes? And

442
00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:03,800
Speaker 1: then they showed it and he makes this great leaping

443
00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:05,920
Speaker 1: play and you're like, here's the here's what I take

444
00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:08,520
Speaker 1: away from it. Also on the positive end is yeah,

445
00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:10,440
Speaker 1: you can kind of write it off as some junkie

446
00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:12,879
Speaker 1: thing they're rolling out to kill time on the network,

447
00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:16,040
Speaker 1: but it is a well produced be the players are

448
00:24:16,119 --> 00:24:18,400
Speaker 1: involved with it, so you know it is It does

449
00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:20,360
Speaker 1: give a certain level of truth that these are guys

450
00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:23,560
Speaker 1: that are in the league and see the players care.

451
00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:25,800
Speaker 1: I mean they care where they're ranking. If you're following

452
00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:28,320
Speaker 1: social media when these guys come on the show and

453
00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:31,440
Speaker 1: you could see, you know, Forte was clearly perturbed to

454
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Speaker 1: be where he was. So it's kind of a cool thing,

455
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Speaker 1: especially this time of year, to have something that has

456
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Speaker 1: some tangible value, at least to the players. And these

457
00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:41,400
Speaker 1: are the people that you're watching, And I know, Dan

458
00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:42,840
Speaker 1: that was You're gonna get a lot of pats, Like,

459
00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:47,159
Speaker 1: it's not that the concept is a mess, it's that

460
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Speaker 1: some of the results are just conversation starters. Anything else

461
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Speaker 1: bother you about the list? Well, let me let's let's

462
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Speaker 1: say something I think they got right, which is Kaepernick

463
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Speaker 1: at about eighty one, which is where he was a

464
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Speaker 1: year ago. They have in my think is the thirteen

465
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Speaker 1: or fourteen quarterback quarterback on this list alright, so somewhere

466
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Speaker 1: between twelve and fourteen, gentlemen, Rain's Colin Kaepernick. I think

467
00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:16,040
Speaker 1: they got that right at this stage. I agree. It

468
00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:18,200
Speaker 1: was such a big question going into last year, like

469
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Speaker 1: what what is Kaepernick gonna be? And what he ended

470
00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:24,720
Speaker 1: up being, which I think this reflects is Elli about

471
00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:26,280
Speaker 1: the same as he was a year ago. He took

472
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Speaker 1: some steps back and then he made some improvements in

473
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Speaker 1: it all amounted to a pretty flat line type of year,

474
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Speaker 1: but no one I mean. And also by the way

475
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Speaker 1: he stayed where he was. When you take his receiving corps,

476
00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:38,760
Speaker 1: you strip it away. He's got a chance to jump

477
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Speaker 1: up this list this season with the receivers they've added.

478
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Speaker 1: I love four to eight. He had almost two thousand

479
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Speaker 1: yards from scrimmage. Reggie Bush is not in the same

480
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Speaker 1: class to Marco. Murray does nothing better than Matt Forte

481
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Speaker 1: on a field other than running a straight line fast.

482
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Speaker 1: That's the only thing Murray does better. Every other post

483
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Speaker 1: able football's trait that you could come up with four

484
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Speaker 1: days better at it. Kiko Alonso thought was a little

485
00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:08,080
Speaker 1: high too, and I think we all agreed Jordy Nelson's

486
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Speaker 1: vastly under Reggie Bush. I agree that he doesn't deserve

487
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Speaker 1: to be where he is here. And I thought that

488
00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:19,840
Speaker 1: two thousand thirteen season for Reggie Bush was La Ravi mcnifico,

489
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Speaker 1: the great reveal. You put him in the exact ideal

490
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Speaker 1: situation for a man of his skills and his abilities. Uh.

491
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Speaker 1: And he stayed healthy for most of the year, and

492
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Speaker 1: he had some really nice moments, but he also had

493
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Speaker 1: trouble with ball security. And you know, he was on

494
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Speaker 1: balance a good uh running back with ability to catch

495
00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:43,080
Speaker 1: up a out of the backfield, but not great. So

496
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Speaker 1: he is what he is like, there's no more the

497
00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:49,080
Speaker 1: Reggie Bush hype train can roll on from now into eternity.

498
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Speaker 1: But he is what he is at this point. It

499
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Speaker 1: is he's good. Yeah? Is this? Does this list tell us? What?

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Speaker 1: If you're a defensive player. I'm gonna rank guys on

501
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Speaker 1: how how hard they are to prepare for during the

502
00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:03,719
Speaker 1: week and deal with on the field. Where you look

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00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:07,160
Speaker 1: at a guy like Stafford, He's not higher. They don't

504
00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:10,679
Speaker 1: care about stats. I'm saying stafford stats have been outrageous

505
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Speaker 1: over the years, but he's so far down. I've noticed

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Speaker 1: I've noticed some quotes that I've either read, uh while

507
00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:21,280
Speaker 1: you know, doing research for around the league, or I've

508
00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:27,080
Speaker 1: seen a TV where research has yeah, um, in which

509
00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:31,040
Speaker 1: guys have had less than glowing kind of comments about Stafford.

510
00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:33,720
Speaker 1: I don't know if he has a great reputation around

511
00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:36,120
Speaker 1: the league as as one of the true great quarterbacks.

512
00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:38,640
Speaker 1: And this list kind of tells you that. It also

513
00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:40,760
Speaker 1: tells me a lot of Dolphins are voting because there's

514
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Speaker 1: no other way Charles Clay gets in the top ninety.

515
00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:47,080
Speaker 1: Don't tell I mean right, there is no other chance.

516
00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:50,560
Speaker 1: There's there is no chance that anyone who was not

517
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Speaker 1: on the Dolphins voted for Charles Clay. And the way

518
00:27:53,359 --> 00:27:55,480
Speaker 1: it works is you vote for your top twenty. You

519
00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:58,200
Speaker 1: don't even vote for the top Every player votes for

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00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:00,920
Speaker 1: their top twenty and that that's all average out in

521
00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:03,240
Speaker 1: the top. Does that mean some some people had Clay

522
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Speaker 1: in the top twenty. A lot of Dolphins voted Clay

523
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Speaker 1: over Tannehill? You know what, I guess Daniel Thomas voted

524
00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:14,920
Speaker 1: in half his teammates classic Daniel Thomas move. Alright, boys,

525
00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:16,280
Speaker 1: do we have anything else to say on this? I'm

526
00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:18,320
Speaker 1: sure will come up again, and when West is back,

527
00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:22,399
Speaker 1: I'm sure Wessell destroy the entire process. So we can

528
00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:25,639
Speaker 1: just stick a pin in it for now, all right, folks,

529
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Speaker 1: gold Standard, it's that time. This is Goldsener his favorite

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Speaker 1: part of the show. Why from Culver City, California. It's

531
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Speaker 1: America's favorite game show. All right. You know, we don't

532
00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:46,400
Speaker 1: know how much how much longer gold Sander will be

533
00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:49,080
Speaker 1: with us. He maybe forever, maybe not much longer. You

534
00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:52,600
Speaker 1: don't ever, You never know, but we'll always have that, Zack,

535
00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:56,120
Speaker 1: your voice will always be in the studio at least

536
00:28:56,160 --> 00:28:59,160
Speaker 1: for that. It's a wonderful legacy. Thank you. I'll have

537
00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:01,840
Speaker 1: the memories of you dancing around back there just now

538
00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:05,240
Speaker 1: as a giddy little schoolgirl. I'm glad you want with

539
00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:08,920
Speaker 1: girl on that one. All right. So this is this

540
00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:10,880
Speaker 1: is a game that we've played several times. This one

541
00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:14,440
Speaker 1: is not very complicated at all. We take turns and

542
00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:20,400
Speaker 1: we throw out two possibilities and we ask what more likely?

543
00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:24,800
Speaker 1: So why don't we play the game and I will

544
00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:29,120
Speaker 1: get it going, and uh, you know, just feel free

545
00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:31,400
Speaker 1: to be honest in your opinions. That's all we ask.

546
00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:41,920
Speaker 1: Mark has never done anything less more likely Cody Lattimer

547
00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:45,240
Speaker 1: has a one thousand yards season in two thousand fourteen,

548
00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:48,360
Speaker 1: or Eric Decker has a one thousand yards season in

549
00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:53,280
Speaker 1: two thousand fourteen. Eric Decker, Yeah, I see what you're

550
00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:55,840
Speaker 1: doing here. You're just trying to create a question where

551
00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:58,800
Speaker 1: we have to answer with a positive thing about the Jets.

552
00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:02,360
Speaker 1: Nailed it. No, I mean, it's what do you mean?

553
00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:04,360
Speaker 1: That's a great question because a lot of people think

554
00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:08,840
Speaker 1: that Decker his value will be depressed statistically. Meanwhile, oh,

555
00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:11,120
Speaker 1: Cody Latimer, immediately he is going to go right into

556
00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:14,320
Speaker 1: that Broncos offense and become a playmaker. Is you know

557
00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:18,200
Speaker 1: what's more likely? Well, Latimer right now, still nursing a

558
00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:21,640
Speaker 1: foot injury, may not really be ready to roll until

559
00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:25,480
Speaker 1: training camp. But in an offense that broke records last season,

560
00:30:25,560 --> 00:30:28,880
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go Decker, though, because the Jets just don't

561
00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:31,000
Speaker 1: have too much else at the position. I can't believe.

562
00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:33,240
Speaker 1: This is not a good question. It's not even you

563
00:30:33,320 --> 00:30:39,560
Speaker 1: can't even take it seriously. Is a rookie who's maybe

564
00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:42,480
Speaker 1: gott to be their fourth receiver? I mean, have you

565
00:30:42,520 --> 00:30:45,960
Speaker 1: ever heard of a guy named Damarus Thomas and Wes

566
00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:50,800
Speaker 1: Welker and Emmanuel Sanders. They just signed Emmanuel Sanders, and

567
00:30:50,920 --> 00:30:54,680
Speaker 1: then you've got Julius Thomas taking things I wouldn't. I

568
00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:57,440
Speaker 1: don't think Vladimir would make it over five hundred yards

569
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Speaker 1: two hundred yards. I attempted to answer the in a

570
00:31:00,640 --> 00:31:04,080
Speaker 1: serious manner that would shine a light on Gang Green.

571
00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:08,600
Speaker 1: I think Decker has a good chance to anyway I am.

572
00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:13,040
Speaker 1: I'm not negative on Decker. I think he's receiving is

573
00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:15,160
Speaker 1: not what it was at another time. So I don't

574
00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:19,800
Speaker 1: think it's analyst. You know, it's not going to make

575
00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:23,240
Speaker 1: him some sort of you know, elite Sudden New York.

576
00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:29,640
Speaker 1: You know mine sweeper. That means all right, And I

577
00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:31,800
Speaker 1: can't wait till Greg, because I'm gonna go nuts. Whatever

578
00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:37,520
Speaker 1: it is, mark your turn? What more? All right? Johnny

579
00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:44,200
Speaker 1: Manziel in Cleveland wins more games? Or Teddy Bridgewater wins

580
00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:51,000
Speaker 1: more games for the Vikings. M hm m hmm. I

581
00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:52,920
Speaker 1: thought about this. I had a tough time with this one.

582
00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:59,720
Speaker 1: I think that Josh Gordon messes everything up. I can't

583
00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:01,200
Speaker 1: figure it out. I don't know what the Browns are

584
00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:04,800
Speaker 1: anymore because of Josh Gordon. But then again, I've already

585
00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:08,400
Speaker 1: gone on record saying that Teddy Bridgewater, we'll be out

586
00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:12,200
Speaker 1: of the league. So just to clarify, it's not Vikings

587
00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:16,040
Speaker 1: or Manzel wins because not Browns. If I mean Vikings

588
00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:18,200
Speaker 1: are Brown's wins. If Bridgewater is on the bench, he

589
00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:21,000
Speaker 1: doesn't get You've got a factor in how many starts,

590
00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:24,240
Speaker 1: how many wins. I feel good about this Manzel, and

591
00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:26,640
Speaker 1: it's not just because I think he's a safer bet

592
00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:28,880
Speaker 1: to start more games. I think the Browns are better

593
00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:32,560
Speaker 1: overall team with or without Gordon. I would take Manzel

594
00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:36,479
Speaker 1: and I feel good about it. Good defense if they

595
00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:38,600
Speaker 1: don't have to just win it on their rookie quarterback.

596
00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:41,040
Speaker 1: I don't like the Vikings at all, so that certainly helps.

597
00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:43,920
Speaker 1: I think I like the brown easy with Josh Gordon

598
00:32:43,960 --> 00:32:45,400
Speaker 1: in the picture. With Josh Gordon out of the picture,

599
00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:47,960
Speaker 1: I still think the Browns have a better roster. And

600
00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:51,160
Speaker 1: then I like Manzell better as a quarterback. Uh, we

601
00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:54,240
Speaker 1: don't know if how long it will take for Menzel

602
00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:56,760
Speaker 1: to get in the line of which is West's softball pants?

603
00:32:57,400 --> 00:33:00,560
Speaker 1: Uh debate is all about, but yeah, I think the listen.

604
00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:02,480
Speaker 1: I think the Browns could be an eight and eight team.

605
00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:05,120
Speaker 1: This year, plus, I don't see the Vikings. Doesn't have

606
00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:08,360
Speaker 1: to worry about my boy Matt Castle because when the

607
00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:12,920
Speaker 1: Castle Nader starts out there with a couple of that

608
00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:16,640
Speaker 1: is a nickname that needs work there. But he starts

609
00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:19,240
Speaker 1: out the season with a couple of wins. Forget about Bridgewater.

610
00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:22,400
Speaker 1: I don't think he's going to start out any season.

611
00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:24,160
Speaker 1: But I do think that I asked a question right

612
00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:28,360
Speaker 1: there on the generated conversation some debate and I see

613
00:33:30,160 --> 00:33:32,760
Speaker 1: the same route though you got a positive response about

614
00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:35,280
Speaker 1: your team. Listen, Dan and I need to do what

615
00:33:35,560 --> 00:33:38,920
Speaker 1: we can to get the good people. Be careful though,

616
00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:42,360
Speaker 1: because one of our top bosses, um spoke to us

617
00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:46,920
Speaker 1: in the newsroom just this morning and lamented the amount

618
00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:50,560
Speaker 1: of Brown's coverage in an a recent podcast. And you

619
00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:54,240
Speaker 1: wonder what is because after one week that's too much

620
00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:58,680
Speaker 1: versus a decade plus of endless Tom Brady and Peyton Man,

621
00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:02,000
Speaker 1: wait a minute, we we have tired of the news

622
00:34:02,080 --> 00:34:05,400
Speaker 1: out of Cleveland. It's been two or three podcasts of this.

623
00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:07,880
Speaker 1: I do feel we do talk about the Browns affair, Duke,

624
00:34:07,960 --> 00:34:11,200
Speaker 1: I think it's too much enough enough. Well, I'm not

625
00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:15,400
Speaker 1: going to talk about Dominique easily or the Patriots in

626
00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:20,759
Speaker 1: my thank you little thank God more, let's go to

627
00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:24,799
Speaker 1: the wide receiver position. Well, that's not the you once.

628
00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:28,160
Speaker 1: What's more likely is dropped. You gotta just roll out

629
00:34:28,239 --> 00:34:33,759
Speaker 1: with hosting one on one. I got it. Okay, let's

630
00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:41,040
Speaker 1: do it more. Sammy Watkins goes over a thousand yards

631
00:34:41,080 --> 00:34:45,399
Speaker 1: receiving for the Bills, or Mike Evans goes over one

632
00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:48,320
Speaker 1: thousand yards receiving for the Bucks. This is easy for me.

633
00:34:48,440 --> 00:34:50,839
Speaker 1: I go Evans. I think that that offense is set

634
00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:52,920
Speaker 1: up for a guy like Evans to come in. We

635
00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:57,080
Speaker 1: saw what Mike Williams and Vincent Jackson did last year,

636
00:34:57,560 --> 00:35:00,080
Speaker 1: and they've got Williams didn't do a lot well, No,

637
00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:03,200
Speaker 1: but when they when well when before the quarterback situation

638
00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:06,480
Speaker 1: turned into utter chaos. Two tall receivers to a lot

639
00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:08,960
Speaker 1: of going on there. I like Evans. What my problem

640
00:35:09,080 --> 00:35:12,239
Speaker 1: is more, Buffalo EJ. Manual remains a total question mark.

641
00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:14,400
Speaker 1: To me. Have a hard time calling anyone in that

642
00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:17,880
Speaker 1: offensive thousand yard receiver as an automatic. Here's my issue

643
00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:21,320
Speaker 1: with your issue is that you you write EJ. Manuel

644
00:35:21,360 --> 00:35:23,600
Speaker 1: as a question mark. And that's fair, but I'm not

645
00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:26,279
Speaker 1: so sure sold as the rest of America that Josh

646
00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:29,360
Speaker 1: mccount is now a franchise quarterback forever and ever. I

647
00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:31,799
Speaker 1: could just as easily seeing that flame out. And then

648
00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:34,640
Speaker 1: you if Glennon enter this picture, maybe you know that's

649
00:35:34,640 --> 00:35:37,200
Speaker 1: a good backup situation. So I get that now. I

650
00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:39,880
Speaker 1: will say this. I am not I never professed to

651
00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:42,600
Speaker 1: be a big college football watcher, but I've heard enough

652
00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:45,239
Speaker 1: about Sammy Watkins to be told that this is a

653
00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:50,520
Speaker 1: guy that is a monster, monster prospect that the Bills

654
00:35:50,560 --> 00:35:52,239
Speaker 1: Doug Well he was so high on him that he

655
00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:54,719
Speaker 1: was willing to potentially trade up to number one in

656
00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:57,000
Speaker 1: this draft to try to secure him. He ended up

657
00:35:57,040 --> 00:35:59,120
Speaker 1: having a trade up to four and got it done.

658
00:35:59,560 --> 00:36:01,800
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna go on what I'm hearing and what

659
00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:04,520
Speaker 1: we were reading and say, this guy is so good

660
00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:07,920
Speaker 1: that he will have a breakout rookie season. They will

661
00:36:07,920 --> 00:36:10,800
Speaker 1: put him over a thousand yards. Really also called Evans

662
00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:14,240
Speaker 1: the type of receiver that Buffalo misses and is missing

663
00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:17,319
Speaker 1: and needs because he's a big, tall guy that can

664
00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:21,160
Speaker 1: win jump ball matchups. Evans is gonna thrive in Tampa.

665
00:36:21,239 --> 00:36:22,960
Speaker 1: That team is going to go to the playoffs, And

666
00:36:23,080 --> 00:36:26,080
Speaker 1: I don't listen. Jeff Headfords a good quarterback coach. I

667
00:36:26,120 --> 00:36:28,960
Speaker 1: don't I it's not Mark Trestman. It's not Mark Trustman.

668
00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:30,400
Speaker 1: But he's a good He does a good job with

669
00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:33,480
Speaker 1: that offense. I think McCown is not going to fall

670
00:36:33,520 --> 00:36:35,480
Speaker 1: off the edge of a cliff. And by the way,

671
00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:38,480
Speaker 1: I'm not sure that Glennan doesn't come in and continue

672
00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:40,800
Speaker 1: where he left off last season. I'm loving that I

673
00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:45,080
Speaker 1: inspired some heat right here. That's called the good question.

674
00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:53,440
Speaker 1: Different answers arguing very self congratulatory pod um. Unlike all

675
00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:59,920
Speaker 1: our other one more Blake Bortles is out of the

676
00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:03,279
Speaker 1: NFL by two thousand eighteen or Teddy Bridgewater is out

677
00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:06,000
Speaker 1: of the NFL by two Thoeen, gentlemen, I know you're

678
00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:08,480
Speaker 1: saying gonna skew negative here, and that's not fair. But

679
00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:11,279
Speaker 1: the truth of the NFL is this, most of these

680
00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:14,719
Speaker 1: quarterbacks fail. Most of them struggle and don't become what

681
00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:16,880
Speaker 1: these teams think they will be. At least one of

682
00:37:16,960 --> 00:37:18,880
Speaker 1: these gentlemen, and maybe both will be out of the

683
00:37:18,960 --> 00:37:22,480
Speaker 1: league or at least hanging on a roster Brady Quinn style.

684
00:37:22,719 --> 00:37:27,680
Speaker 1: I'm asking you which one is more likely. Wow, listen,

685
00:37:28,160 --> 00:37:31,200
Speaker 1: it's really Hey, welcome, Hi. I'm Dan. Reality. Neither is

686
00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:34,759
Speaker 1: neither is more likely what I don't know, It's not

687
00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:38,560
Speaker 1: likely at all. I don't like the question, Um, let's

688
00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:41,040
Speaker 1: go Bordles. I guess if I had to choose one

689
00:37:41,160 --> 00:37:44,960
Speaker 1: to be a total washout, I would choose Bordles. I

690
00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:47,960
Speaker 1: don't think that's gonna happen because to be out of

691
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:49,960
Speaker 1: the league or close to it as a first round

692
00:37:50,040 --> 00:37:52,719
Speaker 1: quarterback is nearly impossible to do. You have to be

693
00:37:52,840 --> 00:37:57,279
Speaker 1: JaMarcus Russell. No in that short of a time span.

694
00:37:57,360 --> 00:37:59,840
Speaker 1: I mean that's before the end of his rookie contract.

695
00:38:01,080 --> 00:38:03,879
Speaker 1: I'm just saying, maybe he's hanging around, like you said,

696
00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:06,040
Speaker 1: as a backup or a third stringer, like a Blaine

697
00:38:06,040 --> 00:38:09,040
Speaker 1: Gabber in San Francisco or something like that. To me,

698
00:38:09,160 --> 00:38:11,960
Speaker 1: it's Bordos because he's the bigger X factor coming from

699
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:15,760
Speaker 1: Central Florida, the the raw tools, the sort of prospect

700
00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:18,400
Speaker 1: that everyone is thinking is going to develop at the

701
00:38:18,520 --> 00:38:20,680
Speaker 1: NFL level. To me, that's Bortles. So I'm gonna go

702
00:38:20,760 --> 00:38:22,319
Speaker 1: with it. I mean, Dan, you have to. I mean,

703
00:38:22,440 --> 00:38:23,880
Speaker 1: I don't want to answer the question that you you

704
00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:26,440
Speaker 1: have to predict a major injury to have to have

705
00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:37,560
Speaker 1: a go at that time frame up, I'm asking very

706
00:38:37,640 --> 00:38:39,759
Speaker 1: close to it. Let me answer the question that I will.

707
00:38:39,960 --> 00:38:42,680
Speaker 1: I will go also with Bordles, but I'm gonna spin

708
00:38:42,760 --> 00:38:45,880
Speaker 1: it in the For me, it's it's a positive about

709
00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:50,040
Speaker 1: for me Bridgewater and that he is considered an incredibly

710
00:38:50,120 --> 00:38:53,600
Speaker 1: intelligent UH passer that's excellent on the board, that can

711
00:38:53,719 --> 00:38:56,520
Speaker 1: learn offenses quickly. I think he's an asset as a

712
00:38:56,600 --> 00:39:00,200
Speaker 1: backup if he isn't a starter. And he's also known

713
00:39:00,239 --> 00:39:02,600
Speaker 1: as a really accurate guy, a guy that I think

714
00:39:02,680 --> 00:39:05,200
Speaker 1: has something to offer almost anywhere he goes. I think

715
00:39:05,200 --> 00:39:07,919
Speaker 1: he will still be with the Vikings Jacksonville, a team

716
00:39:07,960 --> 00:39:10,359
Speaker 1: in flux to some degree. I like what they're doing though.

717
00:39:10,680 --> 00:39:13,479
Speaker 1: But Bordles, you're right, just maybe more of a wild card.

718
00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:17,960
Speaker 1: I feel like Bridgewater has a lower or a higher

719
00:39:18,239 --> 00:39:21,520
Speaker 1: floor whereas he's safe. The worst case scenario I feel

720
00:39:21,520 --> 00:39:24,520
Speaker 1: like for Teddy Bridgewater is he's gonna be a good backup,

721
00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:27,239
Speaker 1: whereas Boardles. You kind of don't know. Alright, So we're

722
00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:29,160
Speaker 1: running running a little short on time, so why don't

723
00:39:29,160 --> 00:39:31,080
Speaker 1: we roll through the rest of this. We'll kind of

724
00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:32,839
Speaker 1: do a little bit of a lightning round. What's more

725
00:39:32,960 --> 00:39:37,919
Speaker 1: likely get excited people? Mark Sessler started off lightning round.

726
00:39:39,560 --> 00:39:46,400
Speaker 1: More Bishops Sanky for the Titans has more touchdowns or

727
00:39:47,200 --> 00:39:50,000
Speaker 1: Chris Johnson for the Jets has more touchdowns at the

728
00:39:50,160 --> 00:39:55,239
Speaker 1: end of the season. Oh, this is testing my lightning round.

729
00:39:55,239 --> 00:39:57,000
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with Sanky. I'm high on him. We

730
00:39:57,120 --> 00:39:59,319
Speaker 1: did it. I did a piece on a site which

731
00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:01,800
Speaker 1: rookies are gonn touched the ball the most. Sanky number

732
00:40:01,880 --> 00:40:04,480
Speaker 1: one by far. I think he's gonna be Rookie of

733
00:40:04,560 --> 00:40:08,319
Speaker 1: the Year Bishop Sanky. I would say Sanky, and there

734
00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:10,160
Speaker 1: makes a lot of sense why he maybe should be

735
00:40:10,239 --> 00:40:12,200
Speaker 1: because Seohn Green just had surgery and there's not a

736
00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:14,799
Speaker 1: lot there. But also, the Titans are terrible. I don't

737
00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:16,680
Speaker 1: think they're gonna score a lot. I think the Jets

738
00:40:16,719 --> 00:40:19,000
Speaker 1: are hardcore, ground and pound. I think Johnson's got something

739
00:40:19,040 --> 00:40:24,360
Speaker 1: to prove. Chris Johnson shocking he went with the Jets more.

740
00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:30,160
Speaker 1: Bishop Sanky wins Rookie of the Year or Johnny Manzel

741
00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:35,239
Speaker 1: Win's Rookie of the Year. Menzel Yeah, I would just

742
00:40:35,360 --> 00:40:40,080
Speaker 1: I'd always go with the quarterback and I I think

743
00:40:40,239 --> 00:40:43,040
Speaker 1: they're both tough calls on that one. I'm not sure

744
00:40:43,080 --> 00:40:45,160
Speaker 1: I'm sold in the Sanky blowing the world up. I

745
00:40:45,160 --> 00:40:46,799
Speaker 1: think a lot of touches for a bad football team.

746
00:40:46,800 --> 00:40:49,240
Speaker 1: I'm going Manzel. Yeah, Greg, I know you love Sanky.

747
00:40:49,239 --> 00:40:51,280
Speaker 1: It's almost getting a little weird, your love of Sanky.

748
00:40:51,360 --> 00:40:55,120
Speaker 1: But Manzel is set up so well that if he thrives,

749
00:40:55,400 --> 00:40:58,440
Speaker 1: it's gonna be Johnny Mania across the nation. And I

750
00:40:58,560 --> 00:41:00,840
Speaker 1: think that's where your money is. People are calling Sanky

751
00:41:00,960 --> 00:41:03,360
Speaker 1: the next coming of Vick Ballard, by the way, so

752
00:41:03,520 --> 00:41:09,520
Speaker 1: I don't give him, give him the hardware, no more.

753
00:41:10,880 --> 00:41:13,799
Speaker 1: All right, this is a four way. Here we go. Oh,

754
00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:18,560
Speaker 1: I got, I have no regards a very Charlie cast

755
00:41:20,360 --> 00:41:22,480
Speaker 1: I got something big because I don't even know how

756
00:41:22,560 --> 00:41:25,680
Speaker 1: to how to actually say this, But a quarterback switch

757
00:41:25,719 --> 00:41:30,440
Speaker 1: will first be made by the Browns, the Vikings, the Jags,

758
00:41:30,640 --> 00:41:35,400
Speaker 1: or the Raiders. What's most likely. I'd go Raiders because

759
00:41:35,800 --> 00:41:37,880
Speaker 1: they have the second. I think they're gonna start with

760
00:41:38,080 --> 00:41:40,480
Speaker 1: job and it's not gonna last too long. Then you

761
00:41:40,560 --> 00:41:44,120
Speaker 1: go to car it'd be quick three weeks. Browns, Vikings,

762
00:41:44,280 --> 00:41:49,759
Speaker 1: Jaguars or the Oakland Raiders. Jaguars they'll start with Chad Henny.

763
00:41:50,040 --> 00:41:52,160
Speaker 1: Do the blame Gabbett, move where they you know, they

764
00:41:52,239 --> 00:41:53,960
Speaker 1: go like two weeks and then put so you don't

765
00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:56,640
Speaker 1: believe a word coming out of anyone's mouth in Florida.

766
00:41:57,640 --> 00:42:03,680
Speaker 1: Flier has got issues, you know, fair enough? What more

767
00:42:04,040 --> 00:42:09,960
Speaker 1: likely Blake Bortles throws for three thousand yards as a rookie,

768
00:42:10,600 --> 00:42:15,480
Speaker 1: or the Tom Savage conspiracy is revealed he never shows

769
00:42:15,560 --> 00:42:19,160
Speaker 1: up for practice and it's learned he is indeed not

770
00:42:19,360 --> 00:42:24,000
Speaker 1: a human. I'm going Savage because we've seen literal note,

771
00:42:24,080 --> 00:42:27,520
Speaker 1: there's no tangible proof that he exists as on the

772
00:42:27,640 --> 00:42:39,600
Speaker 1: human realm. He's a creation, He's he'saz Morely, West comes

773
00:42:39,640 --> 00:42:41,759
Speaker 1: back from his weekend jaunt up the coast with his

774
00:42:41,880 --> 00:42:45,400
Speaker 1: lady friend as a man in a committed relationship or

775
00:42:46,520 --> 00:42:52,960
Speaker 1: single and ready to mingle. I'm going in a committed

776
00:42:53,040 --> 00:42:57,520
Speaker 1: relationship because otherwise we're essentially rooting against, not necessarily just

777
00:42:57,680 --> 00:42:59,799
Speaker 1: what you're feeling. Look at it like, put on your

778
00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:03,040
Speaker 1: all this hat. I'm sticking with that. I am too.

779
00:43:03,160 --> 00:43:05,399
Speaker 1: I think the table has been set for that. Uh.

780
00:43:05,560 --> 00:43:07,960
Speaker 1: And you know, why would I Why would I wish

781
00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:10,719
Speaker 1: anything but not wishing? You're analyzing the situation. I can't

782
00:43:10,800 --> 00:43:14,319
Speaker 1: separate my wishes from my analysis. We're gonna get him

783
00:43:14,320 --> 00:43:16,480
Speaker 1: on the phone. I'll put my analysts head on. He's

784
00:43:16,520 --> 00:43:18,920
Speaker 1: treating her to a pretty nice weekend. Here, can we

785
00:43:19,480 --> 00:43:22,560
Speaker 1: gold centered get West on the line. You'll notice I

786
00:43:22,640 --> 00:43:25,960
Speaker 1: did not give my answer because after what you guys

787
00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:27,719
Speaker 1: set it up. I feel bad telling you. How are you?

788
00:43:29,920 --> 00:43:38,800
Speaker 1: Hashtag analysis? I think he's sober right now. Yes, of

789
00:43:38,920 --> 00:43:56,880
Speaker 1: course he might be predisposed Chris Westling. Yes, sir, this

790
00:43:57,000 --> 00:43:58,880
Speaker 1: is the Around the League podcast. How are you, buddy?

791
00:43:59,520 --> 00:44:02,440
Speaker 1: I'm doing great. I am in the least creative city

792
00:44:02,520 --> 00:44:05,719
Speaker 1: in America. Oh boy, he's he's flying already. Where are you?

793
00:44:08,320 --> 00:44:12,280
Speaker 1: What makes it so a void of creativity? Their street

794
00:44:12,400 --> 00:44:15,000
Speaker 1: names are all letters of the alphabet. I'm on L street.

795
00:44:16,920 --> 00:44:23,160
Speaker 1: Wells your anti letter streets. I didn't realize that I'm

796
00:44:23,239 --> 00:44:26,319
Speaker 1: anti creativity. Can't we come up with some names here.

797
00:44:26,560 --> 00:44:29,160
Speaker 1: I like that West's lady friend is on the other

798
00:44:29,280 --> 00:44:31,760
Speaker 1: end of this rand. I'm sure you've had a conversation.

799
00:44:31,800 --> 00:44:33,560
Speaker 1: I like that he has a take on everything there

800
00:44:34,200 --> 00:44:36,240
Speaker 1: what West will be happen to know? We just played

801
00:44:36,600 --> 00:44:42,600
Speaker 1: the game that everyone loves. Go get my family. What's

802
00:44:42,680 --> 00:44:45,600
Speaker 1: more likely? And you were the final question. We're just

803
00:44:45,719 --> 00:44:48,960
Speaker 1: curious without getting to too many specifics. How are things

804
00:44:49,040 --> 00:44:51,920
Speaker 1: going right now with you and your lady friend? Everything's

805
00:44:51,920 --> 00:44:56,920
Speaker 1: point great? Is she next to you right now? No? No, no?

806
00:44:57,960 --> 00:44:59,920
Speaker 1: Do we want to talk to her? All right? Put

807
00:45:00,080 --> 00:45:05,880
Speaker 1: R on? Hey what's up? This is Dan Anzs with

808
00:45:05,920 --> 00:45:11,239
Speaker 1: the Randomly podcast. Mark Cesslering. Hey, what's up? Hey? It's good.

809
00:45:11,360 --> 00:45:12,799
Speaker 1: Good to talk to you again. Oh yeah, you guys

810
00:45:12,840 --> 00:45:17,319
Speaker 1: are old friends. How are things going with West right now? Oh? Good?

811
00:45:18,000 --> 00:45:21,320
Speaker 1: Is he trying to drive up to the kiway? Is that?

812
00:45:21,719 --> 00:45:23,560
Speaker 1: I mean? It seems like he's set up something nice

813
00:45:23,640 --> 00:45:25,520
Speaker 1: for you guys this weekend. It seems like he's put

814
00:45:25,600 --> 00:45:29,600
Speaker 1: some effort in him. Or did you set up This

815
00:45:29,719 --> 00:45:32,759
Speaker 1: is Greg Rosenthal by the way, did he I'm doing well?

816
00:45:33,080 --> 00:45:34,759
Speaker 1: Did you set up the whole weekend? And he's just

817
00:45:34,880 --> 00:45:38,120
Speaker 1: kind of chauffeuring you around? I set up none of it?

818
00:45:39,680 --> 00:45:42,759
Speaker 1: Very nice. I will tell you what. Um, I'm sorry,

819
00:45:42,800 --> 00:45:48,920
Speaker 1: what's your name again, Aaron? I'll tell you what. It

820
00:45:49,040 --> 00:45:50,959
Speaker 1: sounds like you've got a nice weekend plan and West

821
00:45:51,400 --> 00:45:55,719
Speaker 1: he must like you. That's all I can say. Maybe, yeah,

822
00:45:55,880 --> 00:45:57,760
Speaker 1: we have a great weekend. Alright, have a good weekend.

823
00:45:58,000 --> 00:46:03,839
Speaker 1: Enjoy it. Give us West back please all right, West,

824
00:46:03,920 --> 00:46:05,200
Speaker 1: nice set up. Looks like you got a good set

825
00:46:05,280 --> 00:46:09,080
Speaker 1: up for the weekend. I do, yeah, And don't mess

826
00:46:09,160 --> 00:46:12,520
Speaker 1: us up. Man, it's she's a good girl. Man, I'm

827
00:46:12,560 --> 00:46:15,719
Speaker 1: in a good spot. We're staying off the freeways. No,

828
00:46:19,840 --> 00:46:22,759
Speaker 1: you mean there was like motels and things of that nature. Like, No,

829
00:46:22,880 --> 00:46:26,440
Speaker 1: we're gonna go a little inland. No, up the Pacific

830
00:46:26,520 --> 00:46:31,000
Speaker 1: Coast drive. He's not. He's not like the cops can't

831
00:46:31,040 --> 00:46:34,879
Speaker 1: find us. I'm not a freeway kind of guy. Well,

832
00:46:35,000 --> 00:46:37,319
Speaker 1: just tell Aaron next time. Dan will even know her name,

833
00:46:37,400 --> 00:46:42,359
Speaker 1: so it'll be fantastic. And West, yeah, so have fun

834
00:46:42,920 --> 00:46:46,160
Speaker 1: and uh and we'll see you on Monday and you're

835
00:46:46,200 --> 00:46:48,920
Speaker 1: gonna tell us all about your adventure. But everything sounds promising.

836
00:46:49,760 --> 00:46:53,919
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, it's gonna be great. All right, man, he listened.

837
00:46:53,960 --> 00:46:56,640
Speaker 1: He sounds a little distracted right now, well as he

838
00:46:56,680 --> 00:47:01,120
Speaker 1: should be. Well, he is driving a like large mechanical

839
00:47:01,440 --> 00:47:08,600
Speaker 1: vehicle hurtling through. West is driving big Irish. Uh you know,

840
00:47:08,760 --> 00:47:11,920
Speaker 1: Big Molly, which I call it the car that barely

841
00:47:12,080 --> 00:47:16,480
Speaker 1: is is operating at this point. I am not driving

842
00:47:16,640 --> 00:47:18,920
Speaker 1: my car. No, Big Molly has gotten the weekend off,

843
00:47:18,960 --> 00:47:23,000
Speaker 1: all right, big Irish alright, so West, have a nice

844
00:47:23,040 --> 00:47:28,120
Speaker 1: weekend and we'll catch you on the other side, buddy, okay, farewell. Yeah, Greg,

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Speaker 1: you know to blow up my spot that I forgot

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Speaker 1: the woman's name. Yeah, that's that's my own personal problems

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Speaker 1: because we already had mentioned her name before. Is Aaron.

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Speaker 1: I thought you were checking giving her an opportunity to

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Speaker 1: not provide her name. I thought there was some high

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Speaker 1: not the case. Okay, so we'll see that that actually

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Speaker 1: sounded my friend. I know, we'll we'll check in with

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Speaker 1: West on Monday. That is it. We got, we gotta go. Uh.

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Speaker 1: That's it for Thursday's editionally Around the League podcast. We

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Speaker 1: will be back three more shows next week, three more

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Speaker 1: shows marks lock in, be ready, he prepared. Until then,

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Speaker 1: the stand Hands is signing off with the Sizzler, the

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Speaker 1: Boss and the gold Standard behind the Glass until next week.