1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:04,120 Speaker 1: Hi in Hello football fan, your old pal Dave Damashek here. 2 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:07,000 Speaker 1: Make sure you check out the Dave Damashek Football Program. 3 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:09,760 Speaker 1: You can watch it on YouTube, NFL dot com. You 4 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:12,639 Speaker 1: can listen to it on iTunes or Stitcher or NFL 5 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:15,880 Speaker 1: dot com slash podcasts. We look at the world of 6 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:23,319 Speaker 1: pro football and the game called life. The Around the 7 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 1: NFL Podcast Can't play the guitar. Welcome back to another 8 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:32,839 Speaker 1: edition of the Around the NFL Podcast. My name is 9 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:35,720 Speaker 1: Dan Hansus, and I'm joined by room filled with some 10 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:41,720 Speaker 1: of herros Connor or Chris Westling and Greg Rosa thought 11 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:47,680 Speaker 1: what's up? Boys? Hey Dan, Hey, Dan Connor's first Uh 12 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:51,239 Speaker 1: the first time you're part of the intro and and 13 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 1: I hope you take it with a sign of accomplishment 14 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 1: the way Lindsay Rhodes did last week when we included 15 00:00:57,840 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 1: in the intro, she felt like she was one of 16 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:02,760 Speaker 1: the gangs finally, and now you are when it comes 17 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 1: to Studio sixty six. Uh yeah, I guess. So you know, 18 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:08,560 Speaker 1: whatever whatever you want, Dan, you know I'm here to 19 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:13,199 Speaker 1: make you happy. You know, a little bit a little 20 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:16,160 Speaker 1: a little little fresh there, but I think after what 21 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:21,919 Speaker 1: happened with UM the show UM on Monday when Connor 22 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:25,679 Speaker 1: was here West the first show. Uh. He he talked 23 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 1: a little bit about horrible movies. Yeah, and uh, did 24 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 1: you have any thoughts about horrible movies? I do have thoughts. 25 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 1: I disagree with everything Connor said, and I thought he 26 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:39,480 Speaker 1: hit a grand slam with his segment. I just thought 27 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 1: it was well put. It was entertaining and amusing and 28 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:45,600 Speaker 1: knowing Connor, I knew exactly what he was trying to do, 29 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 1: and I thought he pulled it off well. Not everyone 30 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:50,280 Speaker 1: felt the same way as Wes. Uh. You know the 31 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:51,960 Speaker 1: reddit board and by the way, if you are a 32 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 1: fan of this podcast, make sure you get signed up 33 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 1: on the Around the NFL podcast uh subreddit. Uh. Here 34 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 1: just a couple of comments that I saw, Uh, Connor 35 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:07,560 Speaker 1: or is my private dancer of dissatisfaction. Connor is a 36 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 1: goddamn cultural waste land and I love it. That's my 37 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:15,080 Speaker 1: sentiments exactly. So it's that kind of stuff. So, you know, 38 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 1: it was much There were some d NA strands, some 39 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 1: connective tissue with spice rack where it was very hot 40 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 1: and cold with how the audience and I know you 41 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:27,679 Speaker 1: struggled a little bit with that Connor, knowing that much 42 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:30,679 Speaker 1: criticism coming your way. Yeah, it ended up being hard 43 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:32,919 Speaker 1: for me. You know, I really you know, my goal 44 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:34,880 Speaker 1: at the end of the day is to connect with people, 45 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:37,040 Speaker 1: and and I feel like I failed. And people that 46 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 1: maybe didn't check out the show on Monday, a shame 47 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 1: on you. But uh, Connor took some shots at some 48 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 1: of the best movies in the history of the silver screen. Uh. 49 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:48,000 Speaker 1: And and Connor, he he came to me and we 50 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 1: had a private conversation. You wanted to address all the 51 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 1: criticism that you've received. Uh, so why don't you do that? 52 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:58,960 Speaker 1: All right? Yeah, I just prepared a brief statement. So okay, 53 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:03,280 Speaker 1: actually died Walley. We'll get to that all right. Here 54 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 1: we go, brief stated from con to the listeners of 55 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 1: the Around the NFL podcast, Wow, what have I done? 56 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:14,079 Speaker 1: After listening back to my words from Monday, I realized 57 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:17,920 Speaker 1: just how wrong I was. I completely underestimated how many 58 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 1: people like dumb movies. Oh and how and how many 59 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 1: of you would be crying about it the next day. 60 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:27,680 Speaker 1: I should have chosen a more deft way to inform 61 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:30,079 Speaker 1: you that a majority of the best movies of all 62 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 1: time are stupid and get quickly replaced by better, funnier movies. 63 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 1: Imagine if films were medicine. People used to decapitate themselves 64 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:41,160 Speaker 1: when they had headaches, and now we have Thailand all. 65 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:45,160 Speaker 1: I don't think anyone longs for the days of manual decapitation, 66 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:50,280 Speaker 1: which is how I felt when I was watching Citizen Kane. 67 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 1: I should have realized that I was not in the 68 00:03:53,720 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 1: company of fellow radicals. Love Connor, Thank you. I mean, 69 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:02,920 Speaker 1: it's very big of you to come through with that 70 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 1: kind of allege. I don't know. I don't know where 71 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 1: you're coming from and in terms of where you trying 72 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:11,320 Speaker 1: to actually throw out, but the I'll I'll branch out, 73 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 1: but I don't know if it's gonna work out for you. 74 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:15,480 Speaker 1: You well, you said from the heart, So I kind 75 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:17,240 Speaker 1: of dug in there and and that's what I came 76 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 1: out in the in the immortal words of Kanye West. Connor, 77 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:22,039 Speaker 1: I think you should keep these words in your mouth. 78 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:25,040 Speaker 1: Everybody got to say something. I'd be worried if they 79 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 1: said nothing. You got the people talking. You're doing something right. 80 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 1: That's absolutely true. Listen, embrace the debate. That's the way 81 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:35,719 Speaker 1: I look at things. That's the model I like for sports. 82 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:39,520 Speaker 1: Uh this is the Wednesday edition of the Around the 83 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:42,920 Speaker 1: NFL podcast, sponsored by No One. Connor is sitting in 84 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:45,160 Speaker 1: for one last show. He's on a plane tomorrow morning, 85 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:49,600 Speaker 1: so we're gonna make sure we enjoy every second with 86 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:52,960 Speaker 1: the prodigal son from New Jersey. Um. A little later 87 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:55,360 Speaker 1: in the show, and I am so excited about this. 88 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:58,800 Speaker 1: We are going to have our first ever or you 89 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:04,560 Speaker 1: kidding me, Lie, I've addition model with a special guest. 90 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:07,000 Speaker 1: We can say that right, little tease. I can barely 91 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:10,479 Speaker 1: contain my excitement. You've got a lot of stuff cooking 92 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:12,080 Speaker 1: in that brainy or is that you want to get 93 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 1: off your your chest. It's important that you do, so 94 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 1: we'll do that a little maybe at the end of 95 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:19,680 Speaker 1: the show. We'll also talk about um gil Brandt, the 96 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:27,640 Speaker 1: godfather of Dallas Cowboys seventies dynasty, as former general manager, 97 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 1: the architect architect, him and Tom Landry hand in hand 98 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:37,359 Speaker 1: for decades work together. Uh. Gil now is a writer 99 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:40,520 Speaker 1: and an analyst for NFL dot Com, and he wrote 100 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:44,280 Speaker 1: a piece recently building the Perfect Quarterback, in which he 101 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:48,440 Speaker 1: took different elements and skill sets from today's best passers 102 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:51,279 Speaker 1: to make what he finds to be the perfect quarterback. 103 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:53,280 Speaker 1: So we'll take a look at what what Gil came 104 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:55,400 Speaker 1: up with, see if we agree, disagree, and then maybe 105 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:58,919 Speaker 1: will take it and will kind of turn it upside 106 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 1: down and create the anti franchise star, a Frankenstein monster, 107 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:06,920 Speaker 1: if you will, of the exact quarterback you would not 108 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 1: like to have. That will be fun. But before we 109 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:15,080 Speaker 1: do any of that, we go behind the glass. What's up, irishman. 110 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:18,040 Speaker 1: I'm just excited for you know, our segment later. I 111 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:20,880 Speaker 1: just can't wait for it. And we weuz we test 112 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:23,720 Speaker 1: r in it earlier and it was great between us. 113 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:25,960 Speaker 1: Well go, it'll go terribly when we do it, and 114 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:29,479 Speaker 1: that's why it's gonna be great. Yeah. Uh, let's do 115 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:40,360 Speaker 1: some news. Buddy Seinfeld sucks too. I don't care. All right, 116 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:44,640 Speaker 1: We'll start with some tight end injury news. O taser 117 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:47,440 Speaker 1: are underway for many of the teams in the NFL, 118 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:52,279 Speaker 1: almost every team in fact, um, and yet the Cincinnati 119 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:55,560 Speaker 1: Bengals cannot be happy because Tyler Eiffert, who injured his 120 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 1: foot in the Pro Bowl late in the Pro Bowl um, 121 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:02,520 Speaker 1: is now uh going to be out for a significant 122 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 1: period of time after he had to undergo surgery on 123 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:09,960 Speaker 1: Tuesday to repair uh the ankle. It was an ankle injury. 124 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 1: Actually uh. It was described as a quote minimal procedure 125 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:17,320 Speaker 1: by the Cincinnati Inquirer. But here's the thing. He's gonna 126 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 1: likely begin training camp on the Populist according to rap Sheet, 127 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:24,200 Speaker 1: and his status for Week one against the Jets, by 128 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 1: the way, is in some level of doubt. So you know, 129 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 1: and by the way, everybody have fun when the Pro 130 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:33,160 Speaker 1: bowls in Orlando and realize that you could get an 131 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:36,600 Speaker 1: injury that negatively impacts your career. Chris Wesley can't imagine 132 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:40,280 Speaker 1: missing actual NFL time due to a Pro Bowl injury. 133 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:43,120 Speaker 1: It's crazy. In a contract here like he supposed he 134 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:45,840 Speaker 1: literally right now is up for a contract. They said 135 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:47,480 Speaker 1: they were going to try to take care of him 136 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:50,080 Speaker 1: this offseason, and now it's a guy who hasn't been 137 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:53,480 Speaker 1: able to stell stay healthy. He'll be a walking billboard. 138 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:55,480 Speaker 1: Don't ever play in the Pro Bowl. And there wasn't 139 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:58,760 Speaker 1: a guy down there who was a better ambassador for 140 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:00,520 Speaker 1: the game like we when we were down there, there 141 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:02,960 Speaker 1: was an event with the troops Hawa. Yeah, when I 142 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:06,760 Speaker 1: was down in Hawaiian going around all the soldiers and 143 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:09,440 Speaker 1: getting the soldiers to sign autographs for him, and like 144 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:12,280 Speaker 1: just to total ambassador for the Pro Bowl. And how 145 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:15,520 Speaker 1: does Karma treat an American hero like that? That bang 146 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:19,400 Speaker 1: out his ankle not good? Uh. Thirteen touchdowns last year 147 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:22,520 Speaker 1: for the six ft six Eifort Uh just twenty five 148 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:25,080 Speaker 1: years old. So if you can have anything close to 149 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:27,240 Speaker 1: what he did last season, he's gonna cash in in 150 00:08:27,280 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 1: a big way. But now there's some you know, clouds 151 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:32,760 Speaker 1: around that. And it was a Pro Bowl injury and 152 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:34,800 Speaker 1: a couple of thoughts just quickly on it. Think about 153 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:38,480 Speaker 1: what Andy Dalton, Dalton's lost this offseason. Hugh Jackson, Marvin Jones, 154 00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:41,880 Speaker 1: Mohammed Sanu. So you have a new coordinator. You're gonna 155 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:44,480 Speaker 1: be working in Tyler Boyd or rookie and you're gonna 156 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:46,800 Speaker 1: be working in Brandon LaFell and and now you don't 157 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:48,960 Speaker 1: have Eiffort there it sounds like for the beginning of 158 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:51,960 Speaker 1: the season. And I'm gonna want to play the Bengals 159 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:54,680 Speaker 1: early in the season. Uh. And fantasy nerds are going 160 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:56,760 Speaker 1: to be excited because that means a J. Green will 161 00:08:56,800 --> 00:09:00,360 Speaker 1: have approximately nine targets this season. It's all in play 162 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:02,960 Speaker 1: and other tight end news. Ladarius Screen, the former Chargers 163 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:05,280 Speaker 1: tight end now with the Steelers. A lot of people 164 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:08,000 Speaker 1: think that he is including people in this room, big 165 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 1: potential breakout can uh breakout candidate in Pittsburgh's offense. He 166 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:18,120 Speaker 1: is also recovering from ankle surgery. This was an injury 167 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:19,960 Speaker 1: that kind of nagged him into the second half of 168 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:23,440 Speaker 1: the season. Um, you know, this has been a surgery 169 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:26,680 Speaker 1: that happened some time ago potentially, but uh, he's in 170 00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:30,400 Speaker 1: the recovery stage. Hopefully this isn't something that lingers with him, 171 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:32,480 Speaker 1: because again, when you're starting over with a new team, 172 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:35,360 Speaker 1: you do not want to be missing installation periods and 173 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:38,080 Speaker 1: getting reps with the new teammates and a new quarterback. 174 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:40,560 Speaker 1: Hopefully the Darius Screen will be back on the field 175 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:43,920 Speaker 1: sooner rather than later. They hope he's backed by training camp. 176 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:46,520 Speaker 1: And you lose Martavis Bryant and now you lose the 177 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:50,160 Speaker 1: off season for Darius Green. The Steelers. We still all 178 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 1: expect them to be one of the best offenses in 179 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:54,679 Speaker 1: the a f C. But I don't know, I don't 180 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:56,640 Speaker 1: know how many players you can keep losing or missed 181 00:09:56,679 --> 00:09:59,199 Speaker 1: time with. Well, we think we think that surgery happened 182 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:02,800 Speaker 1: in January, which we believe, I guess is good news. 183 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:04,880 Speaker 1: But with these things, you never know what to believe 184 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:07,600 Speaker 1: because if if you remember with Eiffert right after the 185 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:09,640 Speaker 1: Pro Bowl, they say this is not a major injury, 186 00:10:09,679 --> 00:10:11,880 Speaker 1: it's not surgery, So you never quite know. Right up 187 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:15,760 Speaker 1: the bat moving on, you know, the Oakland Raiders are 188 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:18,600 Speaker 1: trying to get understanding. We were just talking trying to 189 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:21,040 Speaker 1: get a new stadium built. We were just talking a 190 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:24,640 Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago about how their current stadium, which 191 00:10:24,679 --> 00:10:27,560 Speaker 1: they share with the Oakland A's of the Major League Baseball, 192 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:31,240 Speaker 1: is such a dump and they have sewage uh issues, 193 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:33,800 Speaker 1: like every few weeks. There actually was one again last 194 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:36,679 Speaker 1: week where the visiting dugout. I know this because the 195 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:39,920 Speaker 1: Yankees were in town uh flooded uh and all the 196 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:42,320 Speaker 1: all the Yankees had to go wait somewhere else. I mean, 197 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:44,680 Speaker 1: that's what we're talking about, OLGA. So you understand why 198 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:47,720 Speaker 1: Mark Davis, the Raiders owner, wants a new stadium, and 199 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:50,400 Speaker 1: you might understand why he is the son of Al 200 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:52,679 Speaker 1: of course, that he's going to Vegas and meeting with 201 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:56,480 Speaker 1: city officials there and getting everyone excited about the idea 202 00:10:56,520 --> 00:10:59,600 Speaker 1: of the Raiders potentially moving to Vegas if they can't 203 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:02,600 Speaker 1: get a new facility in Oakland. It's gotten to the point, 204 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:05,000 Speaker 1: guys where Roger Goodell has to, you know, talk about 205 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:07,480 Speaker 1: this in a serious way, and he did just that. 206 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:10,360 Speaker 1: Roger Goodell said that any talked of a move to 207 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:13,760 Speaker 1: Vegas is quote premature, and he discounted most of the 208 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:17,559 Speaker 1: rumors as speculation during a news conference at the spring 209 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:21,160 Speaker 1: Lead League meeting in Charlotte, Uh. He also said that 210 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:24,360 Speaker 1: the Las Vegas market would have to be considered quote 211 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:26,839 Speaker 1: from a gambling standpoint. So we all know that there 212 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:30,640 Speaker 1: are hurdles here. Greg and Goodell now that it's becoming 213 00:11:30,760 --> 00:11:34,480 Speaker 1: more and more a real idea struck out struck out 214 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:37,200 Speaker 1: on some of them today. Well, he just recognized that 215 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:39,760 Speaker 1: it's early. But at the same time as Goodell saying 216 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:43,080 Speaker 1: that probably the most powerful owner in the league, Jerry Jones, 217 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:45,839 Speaker 1: was saying how it's a real American city, and it's 218 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:48,479 Speaker 1: the type of city and that's the type of spectacle 219 00:11:48,559 --> 00:11:51,280 Speaker 1: that the NFL wants to be associated. Robert graft got 220 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:53,760 Speaker 1: behind it too when Judy Patista spoke with him in 221 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:56,719 Speaker 1: the hallway, right, So, so it's got it's got some 222 00:11:57,120 --> 00:11:59,600 Speaker 1: real support, and it also has Mark Davis saying, look, 223 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:02,040 Speaker 1: all they have to do is deliver and we're coming. 224 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:04,480 Speaker 1: He also had this, this was my favorite quote of 225 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:07,880 Speaker 1: the day, uh from Mark Davis. It's a virgin market, 226 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:10,760 Speaker 1: so to speak, which is a funny way to describe 227 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:16,800 Speaker 1: Las Vegas. Vega of but sex. More than eight p 228 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:19,920 Speaker 1: of NFL teams play their games within an hour drive 229 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:23,360 Speaker 1: of a casino, So this is not you know, insane. 230 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:27,360 Speaker 1: Vegas isn't just act yeah, but yeah, but it's sports. 231 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:30,720 Speaker 1: Sports gambling is different. But the London thing in Goodell 232 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:33,160 Speaker 1: even said that they've evolved someone gambling. I mean they played, 233 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:36,040 Speaker 1: they played the games in London. Dante Stalworth had some 234 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:39,600 Speaker 1: interesting comments on Twitter today, starting with if the Raiders, 235 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:41,800 Speaker 1: or any professional team for that matter, I moved to 236 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:46,319 Speaker 1: Las Vegas, they will lose every game, every last one. 237 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:48,839 Speaker 1: That's not the first. He's not the first one to 238 00:12:48,920 --> 00:12:51,600 Speaker 1: have that sentiment. I remember that was something that uh 239 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:55,040 Speaker 1: people said about if there was every NBA team in Vegas. 240 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:57,400 Speaker 1: They had an All Star game there once and it 241 00:12:57,520 --> 00:13:00,439 Speaker 1: was just an absolute free for all where everyone was 242 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:04,920 Speaker 1: partying constantly. I'm sure it affected the the quality of 243 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,120 Speaker 1: play in that game. But I don't know, do I 244 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:10,080 Speaker 1: really think that the playing in Vegas would lead to 245 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:13,960 Speaker 1: these guys having lack of focus? I guess it's possible. 246 00:13:14,080 --> 00:13:16,360 Speaker 1: I think a little bit. I always I've always thought 247 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:18,680 Speaker 1: that it that's a little bit of an issue for 248 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:20,679 Speaker 1: the Saints. Doesn't mean they can't win or not, but 249 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:23,000 Speaker 1: it's maybe if it's a couple of players on the 250 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:25,760 Speaker 1: team that maybe if they were in Green Bay wouldn't 251 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:28,040 Speaker 1: be getting into as much trouble as they are in 252 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:30,840 Speaker 1: New Orleans, are eaten as much. Another quote from Stalwart, 253 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:32,960 Speaker 1: Take a poll of pro athletes and ask them what 254 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:35,560 Speaker 1: city would be the worst to have a pro team in, 255 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:41,199 Speaker 1: and I guarantee you the majority will say Las Vegas. Um. 256 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:44,120 Speaker 1: All right, so we'll keep tracking, Uh, the Raiders and 257 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:48,320 Speaker 1: what's next with them moving on? And Uh, you know what, 258 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:51,280 Speaker 1: Brandon can't get a little clown music for this next now, 259 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:55,000 Speaker 1: because it's like the Buffalo Bills. Like I said last 260 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:57,120 Speaker 1: week on the show, a year from now, we'll all 261 00:13:57,160 --> 00:14:00,520 Speaker 1: look back at the Doug Wale, the Rex Ryan uh 262 00:14:00,559 --> 00:14:04,480 Speaker 1: and and say to ourselves, how did anyone take that organization? Seriously? 263 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:07,439 Speaker 1: Let's be honest, that is. It's always one thing after another. 264 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:10,760 Speaker 1: The latest year is Doug Welly, the team's general manager 265 00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:15,240 Speaker 1: Teflon Doug I call him, uh, spoke out when asked 266 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:19,960 Speaker 1: about Sammy Watkins and the idea, um, are you is 267 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:22,200 Speaker 1: Sammy Watkins an injury prone? God? Do you have concerns 268 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:24,960 Speaker 1: about him? This is what he had to say. I 269 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:27,800 Speaker 1: wouldn't say that the thing is gonna come up with 270 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:31,000 Speaker 1: a guy like this. We hope that it gets limited 271 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:33,320 Speaker 1: in the future. But it's a game of football and 272 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:35,480 Speaker 1: injuries are part of it. It's a violent game that 273 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:38,480 Speaker 1: I personally don't think humans are supposed to play, and 274 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:40,360 Speaker 1: these things are gonna come up, but we just we 275 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:44,160 Speaker 1: trust in our medical stat general manager bro individual football 276 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:46,160 Speaker 1: teams do what they have to do to get back 277 00:14:46,160 --> 00:14:47,720 Speaker 1: on I don't need to hear any more of that guy. 278 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:51,000 Speaker 1: And then he then released released a statement of the 279 00:14:51,040 --> 00:14:53,560 Speaker 1: Bills and I don't I couldn't imagine Greg who who 280 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:56,200 Speaker 1: asked him to do this, but released a statement on 281 00:14:56,280 --> 00:14:59,680 Speaker 1: those comments a day later. Clearly Doug said I use 282 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:03,160 Speaker 1: a poor choice of words in my comment yesterday morning. 283 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:05,760 Speaker 1: As a former player who has the utmost respect and 284 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:07,680 Speaker 1: love for the game, the point that I was trying 285 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:09,600 Speaker 1: to make is that football is a physical game and 286 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:11,960 Speaker 1: injuries are a part of it. Playing football, no doubt, 287 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:15,440 Speaker 1: is very physically, mentally and emotionally challenging, and that is 288 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:18,480 Speaker 1: all part of what makes the game so compelling to 289 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:21,680 Speaker 1: play and watch. And he goes on a little bit more. Rex, 290 00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:24,720 Speaker 1: by the way, which you might imagine, was also asked 291 00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:27,520 Speaker 1: about this. This was on the same day the statements 292 00:15:27,520 --> 00:15:29,520 Speaker 1: were made, and Rex had this to say, I can 293 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:31,520 Speaker 1: say this. I love the game. I think it's the 294 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:34,080 Speaker 1: greatest sport. I know it's the greatest sport. It's the 295 00:15:34,080 --> 00:15:35,920 Speaker 1: greatest game. When we all know how I feel about 296 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:38,360 Speaker 1: that awkward times in Orchard Park, can I play the 297 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:41,280 Speaker 1: Devil's advocate though, and said, I'm like the only person 298 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:43,520 Speaker 1: I think that that got what he meant the first time. 299 00:15:44,280 --> 00:15:47,480 Speaker 1: If you like, if you watch like gymnastics or something like, 300 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:49,840 Speaker 1: they'll say the body is not meant to like contort 301 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:51,560 Speaker 1: in that way. I think that's what he meant, Like 302 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:54,040 Speaker 1: people are not meant to be hit that part, you know. 303 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:55,640 Speaker 1: I mean, I think that wasn't I don't think it 304 00:15:55,680 --> 00:15:58,800 Speaker 1: was inflammatory. The things we apologize for in this country 305 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:01,880 Speaker 1: just stagger them genation. He meant in the same way 306 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:05,240 Speaker 1: that baseball pitchers shouldn't throw overheaded because it's an unnatural 307 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:09,440 Speaker 1: human thing. Human beings shouldn't run upright, it hurts your 308 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:13,040 Speaker 1: run marathons. There's a lot, and I'm with you. I 309 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:14,960 Speaker 1: I thought this is why we we didn't do this 310 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:18,560 Speaker 1: post yesterday dance shaking his head. But as UH can apologies, 311 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:21,760 Speaker 1: I'm not. I made the decision yesterday that I thought 312 00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:24,000 Speaker 1: that that this was a story that was getting blown 313 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:26,720 Speaker 1: up too much, and even just by writing it with 314 00:16:26,760 --> 00:16:29,160 Speaker 1: no opinion, I thought was like it was unfair to 315 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:31,800 Speaker 1: him because they did know what he meant. He's right, 316 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:34,400 Speaker 1: and by the way, every football player, of course would agree. 317 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:36,640 Speaker 1: Of course, the human bodies not meant to play football. 318 00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:40,040 Speaker 1: You have to when you're one of the most visible 319 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:43,480 Speaker 1: public figures for a franchise. Was a part of that's 320 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:46,200 Speaker 1: part of the jobs. You need to express yourself well 321 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:48,720 Speaker 1: and at a time. And this is why, by the way, 322 00:16:48,760 --> 00:16:50,880 Speaker 1: the statement came out because I'm sure somebody over on 323 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:54,400 Speaker 1: Park Avenue UH rang the bills quite quickly after the 324 00:16:54,440 --> 00:16:56,360 Speaker 1: state was made. At the time when the NFL is 325 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:59,240 Speaker 1: dealing with all these issues about safety of the sport 326 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:01,680 Speaker 1: and the seat and all these things. For him to 327 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:04,239 Speaker 1: make that statement the general manager of one of the 328 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:07,000 Speaker 1: thirty two teams. That's why he got in trouble for it. 329 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:09,200 Speaker 1: And that's why I'm getting on Doug Welling for it 330 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:12,320 Speaker 1: to not he flubbed it up. He did, he and 331 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:15,240 Speaker 1: he's done that before a few times. Heck, last week 332 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:18,399 Speaker 1: he said, you know, Shack Lawson's shoulder injury was not 333 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:21,520 Speaker 1: a concern three days before he underwent surgery. That was 334 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:23,840 Speaker 1: from w g R. I just want to give them 335 00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:28,800 Speaker 1: the proper credit before Brandon gets mad at me. You 336 00:17:28,800 --> 00:17:31,119 Speaker 1: don't want to be mad, Brandon. I mean, I just 337 00:17:31,240 --> 00:17:32,960 Speaker 1: I have everyone's back here. I don't want anyone to 338 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:35,879 Speaker 1: get any trouble. All right, pick up the chisels. Uh, 339 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:40,359 Speaker 1: let's move on. The Eagles quarterback situation will be something 340 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:43,879 Speaker 1: to track obviously all summer. But the staff might be 341 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:46,919 Speaker 1: preparing us for a situation which Sam Bradford is not 342 00:17:47,119 --> 00:17:49,520 Speaker 1: the team's opening day starter. This is what Jim Schwartz, 343 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:53,159 Speaker 1: the team's defensive coordinator, had to say, Uh, don't judge, 344 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:55,840 Speaker 1: referring to Carson Wentz on somebody else and then all 345 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:59,760 Speaker 1: and then also don't pre predetermine the results of the race. 346 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:03,600 Speaker 1: Just let him go play my own. Frank Reich, the 347 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:06,640 Speaker 1: offensive coordinator, in an appearance on w i p FM, 348 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:09,680 Speaker 1: had this to say, Uh, when asked if Bradford was 349 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:12,320 Speaker 1: the clear cut number one QB. No, that's probably not 350 00:18:12,359 --> 00:18:14,880 Speaker 1: the right impression. I've been around this business a long 351 00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:16,399 Speaker 1: time as a player and as a coach, and one 352 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:19,360 Speaker 1: of the things I've really come to appreciate is it's 353 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:22,160 Speaker 1: not a contradiction to say you've got to have order, 354 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:26,560 Speaker 1: because if you don't order, it's chaos. Uh. Interesting, because 355 00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:29,040 Speaker 1: Doug Peterson, the head coach, has been very big about 356 00:18:29,119 --> 00:18:31,800 Speaker 1: getting behind Sam Bradford at this time, I'm wondering if 357 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:33,840 Speaker 1: it's like one of two things. If it really was 358 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:36,760 Speaker 1: the kind of thing where Schwartz kind of spoken a 359 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:39,120 Speaker 1: stream of conscious way, and then Reich actually didn't hear 360 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:41,199 Speaker 1: the comments until he was asked about it live on 361 00:18:41,240 --> 00:18:43,439 Speaker 1: the radio, so he was gonnybe trying to kind of 362 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:45,480 Speaker 1: flub an answer a little bit. But if it's the 363 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:47,359 Speaker 1: other way, if they're trying to kind of light a 364 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:50,360 Speaker 1: fire under Bradford and and push Wentz along and make 365 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 1: sure he's not complacent I think this is kind of 366 00:18:52,359 --> 00:18:55,440 Speaker 1: a fascinating little power play, And even if it's not 367 00:18:55,480 --> 00:18:57,760 Speaker 1: a flower play, it's it's interesting to hear a defensive 368 00:18:57,760 --> 00:19:02,400 Speaker 1: coordinator disagree with the thinking of the head coach right 369 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:06,920 Speaker 1: in any I mean, are are they really disagreeing here? Well, 370 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:09,040 Speaker 1: I think what's going on here is common sense. Sam 371 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:12,360 Speaker 1: Bradford has never been established as some guy who's gonna 372 00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:15,159 Speaker 1: stay healthy for sixteen games and hold off the competition 373 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:18,240 Speaker 1: with a great sixteen game stretch. So they're saying, if 374 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:21,680 Speaker 1: you don't play well, you've got pressure from Chase Daniel 375 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:25,560 Speaker 1: and Carson went absolutely, But Schwartz is saying he's not 376 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:28,160 Speaker 1: necessarily the week one guy. It's it's not a good 377 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:30,879 Speaker 1: policy to predetermine the results. What I really think is 378 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:34,800 Speaker 1: happening here is that because of what happened with Bradford, 379 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:37,560 Speaker 1: they had to put a pr spin and even Doug 380 00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:40,720 Speaker 1: Peterson doesn't necessarily believe that Sam Bradford is the number 381 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:43,000 Speaker 1: one guy going into training camp. But that's just sort 382 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:45,320 Speaker 1: of the public stance that they decided to make to 383 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:48,639 Speaker 1: calm the situation down, to make Bradford happy, and to 384 00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:51,760 Speaker 1: shut up the Eagles media, probably for a little bit. Yeah. 385 00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:54,480 Speaker 1: My first reaction when I saw this was, Doug Peterson 386 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:57,160 Speaker 1: can't be happy because a lot of head coaches don't 387 00:19:57,200 --> 00:20:01,640 Speaker 1: even let their assistance talk. For this fair bill anybody talk. 388 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:04,120 Speaker 1: But it's also refreshing from a fan angle are writing 389 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:06,359 Speaker 1: angle to hear these guys actually telling the truth instead 390 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:08,959 Speaker 1: of getting the Doug Peterson spin that they had from 391 00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:11,640 Speaker 1: the beginning. Swarts had to have talked for thirty minutes yesterday, 392 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:14,440 Speaker 1: Like I I saw him up there talking, and Philly, 393 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:16,479 Speaker 1: in Philly, they'll just keep asking questions. I saw them 394 00:20:16,520 --> 00:20:19,040 Speaker 1: up there talking, left like, got lunch, came back, did 395 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:21,440 Speaker 1: something else, and he was still talking twenty five minutes later. 396 00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:23,280 Speaker 1: I was wild. What I liked about him too, is 397 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:25,240 Speaker 1: I don't think that was a direct question to him, 398 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:28,600 Speaker 1: and Swarts kind of dovetailed into this like side response 399 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:31,040 Speaker 1: about how like just blowing this whole thing wide open, 400 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:34,280 Speaker 1: which is fantastic. I love Schwartz in general, and he'll 401 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:37,000 Speaker 1: he's definitely going to use the pulpit in Philly, I 402 00:20:37,040 --> 00:20:39,639 Speaker 1: think with a good defense to raise his profile. And 403 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:42,640 Speaker 1: I wouldn't be surprised if you know, he's the guy 404 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:44,439 Speaker 1: we talked about a lot on this show for saying 405 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:47,080 Speaker 1: different things. I bet he gets if I could see 406 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:48,760 Speaker 1: him getting head coach shop nexture is what I was 407 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:52,359 Speaker 1: gonna say, because he helped rebuild the lines to respectability. 408 00:20:52,520 --> 00:20:57,320 Speaker 1: Then he killed it in Buffalo, killed it the worst. Uh. 409 00:20:57,359 --> 00:20:59,160 Speaker 1: And then Rex came and kind of pushed him out 410 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:04,040 Speaker 1: the door, Savage and Sage. Savage moved by Rexy. But 411 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:07,840 Speaker 1: now watch him do a good job here again. These 412 00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:10,960 Speaker 1: guys get second chances, all right. Finally in the news, 413 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:13,920 Speaker 1: the NFL announced the locations for Super Bowl fifty three, 414 00:21:14,359 --> 00:21:17,680 Speaker 1: fifty four, and fifty five on Tuesday. It goes to 415 00:21:18,359 --> 00:21:20,399 Speaker 1: are you ready Greg? Well, I know you know he 416 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:30,200 Speaker 1: wrote the piece. It goes to Miami, Los Angeles, and Atlanta. 417 00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:37,280 Speaker 1: There we go, and that means Greg's beloved new allow 418 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:41,520 Speaker 1: ends he's adopted home. If Greg could rewrite the narrative 419 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:43,720 Speaker 1: of his life, he would be from he would grow 420 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:46,560 Speaker 1: up in a bayou, if anything, or I'd be living 421 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:51,119 Speaker 1: there now like you'd be wrapped in a bonnet in 422 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:53,560 Speaker 1: a bayou, like right as an alligator is about to 423 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:56,760 Speaker 1: take you under some some foster parents would come find 424 00:21:56,800 --> 00:22:03,640 Speaker 1: you the beginning of your origin story. Uh No, New 425 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:07,040 Speaker 1: Orleans Super Bowl. So that takes us through. It's Super 426 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:08,920 Speaker 1: Bowl fifty just happened, and you canna do a little 427 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:15,560 Speaker 1: masterable is five years, um, so that's a long time 428 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:17,720 Speaker 1: greg before we even have a chance of New Orleans 429 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:19,520 Speaker 1: getting back on the grid. And I'm with you, that sucks. 430 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:23,399 Speaker 1: It's terrible. I mean, I I appreciate the the image 431 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:25,200 Speaker 1: you put in my head. Now it's really gonna stick 432 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:27,280 Speaker 1: there as me as kind of the kid and Beasts 433 00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:29,840 Speaker 1: of the Southern Wild. If you first saw that movie, 434 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:32,919 Speaker 1: I got the vapors. Literally, Boy, he's in great danger. 435 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:35,000 Speaker 1: Let's raise him as as if he was our own. 436 00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:39,679 Speaker 1: We'll teach him to love footballs not how I remember 437 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:43,920 Speaker 1: it exactly, but I like that. It's ridiculous. Atlanta got 438 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:47,080 Speaker 1: Atlanta got the first version, the first one coming up. 439 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:50,359 Speaker 1: And I think the article by Pro Football Talk today 440 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:54,440 Speaker 1: was very interesting that Miami almost didn't get it, that 441 00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:58,160 Speaker 1: that the vote between Atlanta and New Orleans was much 442 00:22:58,240 --> 00:23:01,440 Speaker 1: closer than people expected. Went to the fourth vote apparently 443 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:03,280 Speaker 1: came down to a couple of votes, and that was 444 00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:06,639 Speaker 1: because the owners were thinking there was enough owner a 445 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:09,399 Speaker 1: lot of owners thinking despite all the money that Miami 446 00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:11,159 Speaker 1: put in, and this is just a report from Pro 447 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:14,520 Speaker 1: Football Talk. But despite all that money that they liked 448 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:17,159 Speaker 1: the idea of going New Orleans, Atlanta, l A and 449 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:20,800 Speaker 1: maybe cutting out cutting out Miami and Miami and Tampa 450 00:23:20,840 --> 00:23:22,800 Speaker 1: Bay ended up being very close. But they got it 451 00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:25,080 Speaker 1: and it's ps. It's the best town, it's the best 452 00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:26,760 Speaker 1: place to hold the super Bowl. Should have it there 453 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:30,000 Speaker 1: every year. I was just talking to uh downstairs, Matt 454 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:33,960 Speaker 1: Siwiki who uh is the biggest Jets fan down there 455 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:37,440 Speaker 1: that I know, and he was saying, Oh, yeah, super 456 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:39,560 Speaker 1: Bowls coming coming back to l A would be awesome 457 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:41,800 Speaker 1: for the Jets were in that game, and I was like, well, 458 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:43,960 Speaker 1: first of all, just making the super Bowl is funny, 459 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:46,879 Speaker 1: but if the Jets ever actually got back to the 460 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:49,520 Speaker 1: super Bowl, New Orleans would be the pick. I would 461 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:53,040 Speaker 1: love to see Jets Nation down in the French Quarter after, 462 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:57,440 Speaker 1: you know, an amazing victory to break the curse of Broadway. Joe, 463 00:23:57,640 --> 00:23:59,960 Speaker 1: what a party that would be. There's a Jets name, 464 00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:03,640 Speaker 1: Oh it is a big fan. What's your favorite what's 465 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:06,240 Speaker 1: your favorite spot? Miami is a fine super Bowl saiding, 466 00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:08,320 Speaker 1: nothing wrong with that, By the way, I'm really excited 467 00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:10,360 Speaker 1: for Atlanta. I went down there to cover a game 468 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:12,480 Speaker 1: once and I got tangled into like the speed bike 469 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:14,399 Speaker 1: convention that was at my hotel, and I had a 470 00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:16,960 Speaker 1: great time. If I go to Atlanta, I guarantee you 471 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:20,840 Speaker 1: I'm taking a side trip to Tybee. Well that's the 472 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:23,359 Speaker 1: closest one, Tony, guys coming with me. We can record 473 00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:26,480 Speaker 1: the podcast from. We would definitely have to. It's only 474 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:30,200 Speaker 1: three seasons away, that's what I'm talking about. Well, hopefully 475 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:33,280 Speaker 1: we'll be around guns. That's what's happening in the news. 476 00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:37,560 Speaker 1: You never know. Everything changes. That's one thing we can 477 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:39,720 Speaker 1: well a couple of things. You know for sure we're 478 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:42,919 Speaker 1: gonna die, definitely, that will happen, and we'll we'll get 479 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:45,000 Speaker 1: this up more in the Death podcast. Oh you don't 480 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:47,919 Speaker 1: think so, let's agree to disagree. Save it for the 481 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:53,040 Speaker 1: Mortality podcast coming up this summer. Uh. And also, things change, 482 00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:56,600 Speaker 1: that's the other thing that you know. Those are the 483 00:24:56,600 --> 00:25:00,520 Speaker 1: two that's it everything else. If you know those two things, 484 00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:04,960 Speaker 1: you can get through this crazy game of life. All right, Well, 485 00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:09,200 Speaker 1: let's move on and talk about the perfect Qubic gil Brent, 486 00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:12,680 Speaker 1: NFL Media Senior Analysts, there's something to shoot for. Greg 487 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:16,760 Speaker 1: one day Um has written a really nice piece. We 488 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:19,000 Speaker 1: could probably all just change all of our titles the 489 00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:26,280 Speaker 1: senior analysts. Actually Will Brinson is senior analyst. He was 490 00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:28,960 Speaker 1: just on the show. I think I'm a senior editor. Actually, 491 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:33,160 Speaker 1: I don't know what does that make West? Yeah, wow, 492 00:25:33,359 --> 00:25:38,000 Speaker 1: junior editor. No more junior stuff. All right. Anyway, So 493 00:25:38,119 --> 00:25:40,520 Speaker 1: here's the piece that Gil wrote, and we could talk 494 00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:44,800 Speaker 1: about our own opinion on this, the perfect NFL Quarterback, 495 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:47,840 Speaker 1: and he breaks it into looks like about ten categories. 496 00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:51,479 Speaker 1: So I'll just go through Gil's perfect quarterback, and you guys, 497 00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:55,920 Speaker 1: all three of you jump in um with any disagreements 498 00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:58,679 Speaker 1: or you know, opinions that people might be interested in. 499 00:25:59,359 --> 00:26:03,080 Speaker 1: That's how sports talk works. Just I think, Connor, you 500 00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:05,600 Speaker 1: haven't been here before. Just make it as personal against 501 00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:07,840 Speaker 1: Gil as possible. That's just how we're gonna do. A 502 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:10,400 Speaker 1: girl's a very good guy, I'm kidding. We all all 503 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:16,040 Speaker 1: love Gil. The perfect NFL quarterback would have the accuracy 504 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:18,440 Speaker 1: and touch of Drew Brees. Let me do like five here, 505 00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:22,959 Speaker 1: the toughness and big playability of Ben Roethlisberger, the mental 506 00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:28,600 Speaker 1: alertness of Tom Brady, and the leadership ability of Philip Rivers. 507 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:30,440 Speaker 1: All right, let's stop there. How do you guys, uh 508 00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:33,399 Speaker 1: so far so good? Or Connor not into it? A 509 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:37,119 Speaker 1: little bit of a I don't know, I mean I 510 00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:39,320 Speaker 1: kind of I kind of just started picturing like what 511 00:26:39,359 --> 00:26:41,280 Speaker 1: this person would look like, and then I just was 512 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:43,800 Speaker 1: not a good look at I got like super sidetrack, 513 00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:46,719 Speaker 1: because you know, I would freak out with like Drew Brees' 514 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:49,480 Speaker 1: head on, like Ben Roethlisberger's body, with like one Cam 515 00:26:49,520 --> 00:26:51,840 Speaker 1: Newton arm would just be like, I don't know, I mean, 516 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:54,399 Speaker 1: I think these all make a lot of sense. If 517 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:57,200 Speaker 1: I was looking for one of these to change. When 518 00:26:57,280 --> 00:27:00,639 Speaker 1: I saw accuracy and touch, I've mean, it's hard to 519 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:02,600 Speaker 1: argue with your breeze, but I would maybe give it 520 00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:05,760 Speaker 1: to Philip Rivers would be another great Rivers Brady and 521 00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:08,879 Speaker 1: Rodgers has three who would be alternatives and for the 522 00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:11,760 Speaker 1: accuracy in touch, and that's where Philip Rivers was the 523 00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:13,880 Speaker 1: first one to come to. Philip Rivers, I mean and Drew. 524 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:16,520 Speaker 1: I would put those one two in that category, so 525 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:19,360 Speaker 1: it makes total sense. And Philip Rivers something else. You'll 526 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:22,480 Speaker 1: noted that last year he had Aaron Rodgers leading that category. 527 00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:27,120 Speaker 1: But Rodgers did show some fits of erratic throwing last 528 00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:29,320 Speaker 1: year was a lot of stuff working against him, of course, 529 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:31,320 Speaker 1: but I get why maybe he would be knocked out 530 00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:35,240 Speaker 1: of this type of conversation at least for this year. Uh, 531 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:38,719 Speaker 1: let's keep going on. The athleticism of Cam Newton. I 532 00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:40,959 Speaker 1: find it hard for anyone to disagree with that, unless 533 00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:43,600 Speaker 1: West you want to get on your Marcus Mariota train. There. 534 00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:45,400 Speaker 1: He was the one I had written as an alternative. 535 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:47,920 Speaker 1: But I would take Newton number one. Yeah. The arm 536 00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:50,719 Speaker 1: of Matthew Stafford, Well, Matt Stafford getting a little popular, 537 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:53,240 Speaker 1: He's always had a strong arm. The running ability of 538 00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:58,320 Speaker 1: Russell Wilson, The competitive competitiveness of Aaron Rodgers. I don't 539 00:27:58,359 --> 00:28:00,800 Speaker 1: know about that, is he is Aaron Rodgers. I would 540 00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:03,640 Speaker 1: go Tom Brady Brady too, But I get why Gil 541 00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:06,359 Speaker 1: did it for those hail Mary throws. Oh, I know, 542 00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:08,800 Speaker 1: I agree with Gil on this. Aaron is probably one 543 00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:11,600 Speaker 1: of the most twistedly competitive people in the Yeah, I 544 00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:13,560 Speaker 1: don't think it's and I don't think it's even close. 545 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:16,000 Speaker 1: The leadership ability, by the way, to go back on 546 00:28:16,119 --> 00:28:19,480 Speaker 1: Philip Rivers, I don't know. I would take Brady there too. 547 00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:22,639 Speaker 1: I think I would go Brady there. Arm of Matthew Stafford. 548 00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:25,199 Speaker 1: I'm gonna give it to Joe Flacco, is Mike I 549 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:29,480 Speaker 1: like that. I give it to Aaron Rodgers easily because 550 00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:32,200 Speaker 1: arm means armed talent, not just how strong it is. 551 00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:35,520 Speaker 1: And Aaron Rodgers can throw from different angles, different footwork, 552 00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:38,280 Speaker 1: on the run, any angle. He can make throws that 553 00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:41,040 Speaker 1: these other guys can't. That's why I think Flacco and 554 00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:43,240 Speaker 1: I get that with Rogers. But why I'd take Flack 555 00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:45,640 Speaker 1: over Stafford. I think he'd be a strong, a strong 556 00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:48,120 Speaker 1: guy to take this thing too, even over Rodgers doesn't 557 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:50,440 Speaker 1: have the mobility, but he can throw it in any 558 00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:53,040 Speaker 1: sort of situation across his body and any way he 559 00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:55,840 Speaker 1: wants to. I think the running ability of Russell Wilson 560 00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:59,320 Speaker 1: was the only one here that's uncontested. Yeah, that's it arguable. 561 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:02,640 Speaker 1: What about athleticism of Cam I think you could make 562 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:04,520 Speaker 1: an argument for for Mario. You could even make an 563 00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:07,920 Speaker 1: argument for Blaine Gabbert if you wanted to. Yeah, just wait, baby, 564 00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:10,360 Speaker 1: you can make an argument for Andrew Luck. You can't 565 00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:13,360 Speaker 1: make it for Russell Wilson there too. By the way, 566 00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:16,480 Speaker 1: the competitiveness of Aaron Rodgers made me think of um 567 00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:20,200 Speaker 1: the Bachelorette premier this week. And Jordan Rodgers, Aaron's brother 568 00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:23,520 Speaker 1: who was a quarterback of Vanderbilt and then kind of 569 00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:26,240 Speaker 1: washed out, never really made it in the NFL. Caught 570 00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:27,800 Speaker 1: on with a couple of teams for workouts, but then 571 00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:30,400 Speaker 1: I don't think every throw through a pass in the NFL. 572 00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:33,640 Speaker 1: But he is, first of all, he was the um, 573 00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:35,880 Speaker 1: the guy that was the he jumped out to the 574 00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:38,520 Speaker 1: early lead. He's in the show, he's in the he's 575 00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:41,400 Speaker 1: the bachelor. You know, he's one of the like third 576 00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:45,000 Speaker 1: email contestants, and he jumped out ahead of all the 577 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:48,560 Speaker 1: other guys, made out with Joe Joe, and and then 578 00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:51,280 Speaker 1: they showed like coming up on this season of The Bachelorette, 579 00:29:51,520 --> 00:29:55,040 Speaker 1: and he's the guy that everyone hates. Everyone's like, oh, 580 00:29:55,320 --> 00:29:57,680 Speaker 1: Jordan's not in it for the right reasons, and like, oh, 581 00:29:57,760 --> 00:29:59,240 Speaker 1: I just want to punch that guy in his face. 582 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:01,760 Speaker 1: And then at one point, ain't one dude as opposed 583 00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:04,160 Speaker 1: to all the all the jerks there with pure hearts. 584 00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:07,480 Speaker 1: Well this is there's always there is always the guy 585 00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:10,480 Speaker 1: that's doing well with the lady. And then all the 586 00:30:10,520 --> 00:30:14,360 Speaker 1: other guys are telling Jojo who Yes, it was kind 587 00:30:14,360 --> 00:30:15,920 Speaker 1: of pulls up a picture of Jojo, one of the 588 00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:19,680 Speaker 1: most tremendous um reality stars ever. I just want to 589 00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:22,800 Speaker 1: say that, Uh, there's always one person that jumps out 590 00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:26,040 Speaker 1: as uh, oh, he's not in it for the right reasons, 591 00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:28,800 Speaker 1: which is translated should be translated as he's just trying 592 00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:32,280 Speaker 1: to get famous. He doesn't actually love you. Isn't every 593 00:30:32,280 --> 00:30:35,840 Speaker 1: single person associated with that show? Well you can make 594 00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:38,520 Speaker 1: that argument, but you know, I would love for you 595 00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:40,280 Speaker 1: to watch that with me. Yeah, it's a great idea 596 00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:43,280 Speaker 1: to find love on national television. Brilliant. Didn't one of 597 00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:46,520 Speaker 1: the contestants and like an argument, call him a failed 598 00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:52,280 Speaker 1: NFL quarterback. You're gonna find your gen your genuine, wonderful, 599 00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:55,520 Speaker 1: down to earth woman on national television on a reality show. 600 00:30:55,800 --> 00:30:59,640 Speaker 1: You guys are incredibly lame. Listen West Jojo. I want 601 00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:01,760 Speaker 1: you to check out Jojoe before you make any There's 602 00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:04,360 Speaker 1: no chance I'm watching the Bachelor, of course not a 603 00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:07,800 Speaker 1: well Dan, but I'm not. Uh. It's an interesting move 604 00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:10,160 Speaker 1: from Rogers, though he didn't try to hold out to 605 00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:13,200 Speaker 1: be the actual Bachelor. He's just throwing himself in the mix. Well, 606 00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:17,040 Speaker 1: it's all best. Farmer got to be the bachelor. Yes, 607 00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:19,360 Speaker 1: sometimes you get picked, but one other I've been watching 608 00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:21,440 Speaker 1: a couple of seasons. Now, the guy that comes in 609 00:31:21,520 --> 00:31:24,840 Speaker 1: second place, uh usually ends up the Bachelor of the 610 00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:28,600 Speaker 1: next year. So he could harley that, but we'll see 611 00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:32,000 Speaker 1: he by the way, he calls himself a commentator slash 612 00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:34,120 Speaker 1: media analyst, And I was like, where have we been 613 00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:37,480 Speaker 1: seeing Georgian Rogers in the media landscape of hours for 614 00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:40,920 Speaker 1: Stringer on the River Hogs. Was he still on the roster? Yeah, 615 00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:43,320 Speaker 1: we keep him around. A lot of people are asking 616 00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:46,480 Speaker 1: for a Madden update, and Connor told us over lunch 617 00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:49,800 Speaker 1: West and I over lunch yesterday that because of the 618 00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:52,440 Speaker 1: wedding and all, you know how stuff you got going on, 619 00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:54,520 Speaker 1: that you haven't been playing a lot. So we don't 620 00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:56,440 Speaker 1: we don't really have a true update at this point. No, 621 00:31:56,520 --> 00:31:58,720 Speaker 1: I mean, everybody needs an offseason. The Hogs of you know, 622 00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:02,080 Speaker 1: five straight Super Bowls, it's time to relax a little bit, right, 623 00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:06,320 Speaker 1: Plus here an adult, So all right, let's talk about 624 00:32:06,360 --> 00:32:09,640 Speaker 1: the Frankenstein monster then. So that is so we all agree. 625 00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:12,040 Speaker 1: Gilb did a nice job with the list, and uh, 626 00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:14,000 Speaker 1: you know, you can quibble with it, but a good 627 00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:17,160 Speaker 1: job overall. Let's go the other direction. Now, who would 628 00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:20,440 Speaker 1: be We're building a hideous monster, Yes, a hideous Frankenstein. 629 00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:24,840 Speaker 1: Monsters like accuracy bad, things like that nature and things 630 00:32:24,840 --> 00:32:29,080 Speaker 1: of that nature, mental alertness bad. All right. The perfect 631 00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:31,400 Speaker 1: NFL quarter or the I know I did wanted to 632 00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:36,080 Speaker 1: do this. The terrible NFL quarterback would have the accuracy 633 00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:39,120 Speaker 1: and touch of this is easy. Greg had had the 634 00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:43,200 Speaker 1: same thought I did. Kaepernick. Yeah, I thought you were 635 00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:45,840 Speaker 1: maybe going weeded or something. But you can go. But 636 00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:48,960 Speaker 1: I mean you've made jokes about Kaepernick hitting people in 637 00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:51,440 Speaker 1: the head on the sideline and stuff. Yeah, that's true. 638 00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:54,280 Speaker 1: He definitely has injured the most people that we're not 639 00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:56,800 Speaker 1: on the field. R G three today threw a ball 640 00:32:56,840 --> 00:33:00,520 Speaker 1: over sixteen foot fence and into a condominium complay succording 641 00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:04,040 Speaker 1: to the dealer there for effect. Then because they told it, 642 00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:06,280 Speaker 1: they're concentrating on getting him to throw the ball away 643 00:33:06,280 --> 00:33:08,840 Speaker 1: instead of this is almost this is cruel. This is 644 00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:11,120 Speaker 1: a cruel exercise. But the other the other person that 645 00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:14,880 Speaker 1: came to mind was John Skelton, e j Manuel Skelton. 646 00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:16,720 Speaker 1: I mean, that's that's kind of old. But he'd be 647 00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:18,800 Speaker 1: like six yards away from you to get like a 648 00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:23,560 Speaker 1: fireball over here. All right, the toughness and big play 649 00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:31,360 Speaker 1: ability lack thereof another easy one? Okay, Sam Bradford, Oh 650 00:33:31,560 --> 00:33:34,000 Speaker 1: got you hit him and he's out for six months. Also, 651 00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:36,560 Speaker 1: big play ability, give me a break. Last year they 652 00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:39,160 Speaker 1: made some plays like Alex Smith is criticized for throwing 653 00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:42,440 Speaker 1: short of the sticks. Nobody checks down like Sam Bradford. Well, 654 00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:45,200 Speaker 1: that's the things Alex Smith doesn't make, the big Plays't 655 00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:47,440 Speaker 1: disagree with that. You gotta give him credit for toughness. 656 00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:50,920 Speaker 1: He's definitely tough. Exes me there. We're basically trying we're 657 00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:52,640 Speaker 1: trying to create John Beck. By the way, I just 658 00:33:52,640 --> 00:33:56,760 Speaker 1: whatever shann Animals starting week one and literally the only 659 00:33:56,840 --> 00:33:58,640 Speaker 1: person that takes shots at John Beck on a bi 660 00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:02,760 Speaker 1: weekly I love it. Yeah, Bradford will argue, hey, I 661 00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:05,440 Speaker 1: played like thirteen games last year. It's a start, buddy. 662 00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:08,399 Speaker 1: But yeah, no big playability. Uh. For the most part, 663 00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:13,200 Speaker 1: here we go the mental alertness. Who has no mental 664 00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:17,520 Speaker 1: This one could get a little cruel, dangerous. Let's do it. 665 00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:20,000 Speaker 1: Let's do it well. Can I just give you a 666 00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:23,239 Speaker 1: couple of anecdotes, yes, about the time two years ago 667 00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:28,680 Speaker 1: when John Gruden just destroyed Jake Cutler's ability to diagnose 668 00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:30,680 Speaker 1: plays at the line of scrimmage and call out the 669 00:34:30,719 --> 00:34:34,680 Speaker 1: correct blocks to pick up. Remember that that was brutal. Yeah, 670 00:34:34,719 --> 00:34:37,920 Speaker 1: the undefeated takedown of r G three's pretty snap and 671 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:40,759 Speaker 1: post snap reads. Well, the first name that did come 672 00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:42,680 Speaker 1: to mind was the first one you said with that 673 00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:45,360 Speaker 1: Gruden story. It just because you've heard you've heard different 674 00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:47,879 Speaker 1: you've heard different things. But then again, actually, i've heard 675 00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:50,200 Speaker 1: Kyle log said he's like the smartest, but it might 676 00:34:50,200 --> 00:34:52,200 Speaker 1: be one of those football smart real life thing. He said, 677 00:34:52,200 --> 00:34:55,160 Speaker 1: he's one of the smartest people. He's ever surprised me 678 00:34:55,200 --> 00:34:57,120 Speaker 1: at all. Higher life. I mean, the guy went to Vanderbilt. 679 00:34:57,120 --> 00:34:58,960 Speaker 1: You can't be an idiot and go to Vanderbilt. But 680 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:02,200 Speaker 1: I guess it's football football, you know, Johnny football. I 681 00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:06,440 Speaker 1: don't want to pile out here. Oh Jesus, are you 682 00:35:06,480 --> 00:35:09,399 Speaker 1: watching the news. I'm not sure he's a period. I'll 683 00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:11,239 Speaker 1: go with another guy out of the league right now 684 00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:14,279 Speaker 1: that could win both the lack of accuracy and like, 685 00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:18,320 Speaker 1: it's very nervous about this segment. Uh, Tim Tebow. Yeah, 686 00:35:18,440 --> 00:35:20,520 Speaker 1: not a guy that was dissecting defenses at the line 687 00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:23,279 Speaker 1: of scribblers, but it that way all right, a lack 688 00:35:23,320 --> 00:35:25,560 Speaker 1: of leadership ability. I know West is going to jump 689 00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:27,799 Speaker 1: into Ja Cutler here that you would think so, But 690 00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:31,120 Speaker 1: I have a wild card here. Look at the way 691 00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:35,040 Speaker 1: things devolved to descended into chaos in Miami last year, 692 00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:39,280 Speaker 1: with even the cornerback's wife taking shots at the quarterbacks leadership. 693 00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:43,399 Speaker 1: Interesting Ryan Tannehill. To be fair, that cornerback's wife has 694 00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:45,879 Speaker 1: a lot of opinions on a lot of things, but 695 00:35:45,960 --> 00:35:47,440 Speaker 1: I don't think she was alone in this one. That 696 00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:51,759 Speaker 1: wasn't the only controversy about Tannehill telling the practice squad guy, 697 00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:54,040 Speaker 1: what was it? Oh that he makes more money? Yeah, 698 00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:56,080 Speaker 1: that he makes It's basically guys that maybe are too 699 00:35:56,080 --> 00:35:59,359 Speaker 1: popular that was denied vehemently, with their teammates not saying 700 00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:01,200 Speaker 1: it happened. You've been in locker rooms. I want to 701 00:36:01,239 --> 00:36:05,680 Speaker 1: hear your thoughts on this. I don't know, man, You know, 702 00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:08,600 Speaker 1: I think that Ryan Tannehill is probably a good option 703 00:36:08,640 --> 00:36:11,799 Speaker 1: there just because they're so dependent on him. But who 704 00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:14,480 Speaker 1: was less leading and sorry Greg, who was less leadership 705 00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:18,000 Speaker 1: ability than Gino Smith? Knocked out by his own team 706 00:36:18,239 --> 00:36:21,560 Speaker 1: in the locker room and after he gets his jaw broken. 707 00:36:22,040 --> 00:36:24,880 Speaker 1: Did you hear one Jet let me Brandon Marshall maybe 708 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:26,759 Speaker 1: got in his corner a little bit, but ever it 709 00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:29,080 Speaker 1: was like, you know, things happen in the locker room. 710 00:36:29,360 --> 00:36:31,759 Speaker 1: Guy's got his jaws so and shut. I remember like 711 00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:34,040 Speaker 1: going there that day to try to like figure out 712 00:36:34,080 --> 00:36:35,719 Speaker 1: what happened. If you talk to like a couple of 713 00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:37,400 Speaker 1: the players, they were like, I mean he owed them 714 00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:40,319 Speaker 1: six hundred bucks and like it like it wasn't like 715 00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:43,120 Speaker 1: it wasn't the craziest thing to just like cold cock him. 716 00:36:43,160 --> 00:36:45,640 Speaker 1: So after I remember telling my dad on the phone 717 00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:47,480 Speaker 1: about it when the news broke this is like one 718 00:36:47,520 --> 00:36:50,960 Speaker 1: of the the greater moments of infamy and Jet's history 719 00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:53,520 Speaker 1: that had happened. I was like, you know, and my 720 00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:55,279 Speaker 1: Dad's like over the phone, is like, why did it happen? 721 00:36:55,600 --> 00:36:57,520 Speaker 1: So it was over like six hundred dollars like a 722 00:36:57,520 --> 00:37:00,600 Speaker 1: plane ticket in like a car service. Like, oh, but rocks. 723 00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:05,480 Speaker 1: Rocks is a term, Yeah, did you know that? No, No, 724 00:37:05,840 --> 00:37:10,000 Speaker 1: it's a bronx term. Not in the vineyard, I guess, 725 00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:13,040 Speaker 1: you know. The cold town by the way that I 726 00:37:13,040 --> 00:37:15,479 Speaker 1: grew up in. I grew up in a farm town 727 00:37:15,480 --> 00:37:18,120 Speaker 1: in western Massachusetts. Actually did grow up in a cold town. 728 00:37:18,239 --> 00:37:20,640 Speaker 1: Just that you were in Pennsylvania, right, we're all kind 729 00:37:20,640 --> 00:37:22,279 Speaker 1: of in the same network. What was it like for 730 00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:26,279 Speaker 1: you in your cold town? I mean, you know, after 731 00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:27,920 Speaker 1: the Black Long it was tough, you know, but we 732 00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:31,040 Speaker 1: moved on. I've got another leadership. One that pop pop 733 00:37:31,120 --> 00:37:34,239 Speaker 1: to mind was Capert had gotten a fight right with 734 00:37:34,280 --> 00:37:37,600 Speaker 1: Alvin Smith, and it later later came out that he 735 00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:44,920 Speaker 1: was dating it towards that that locker room had a schism. 736 00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:48,880 Speaker 1: Schis ums love schisms. Uh, all right, this is a 737 00:37:48,920 --> 00:37:50,680 Speaker 1: little bit of a mean game in retrospect. What we're 738 00:37:50,680 --> 00:37:54,760 Speaker 1: gonna beeplout through it until it's over a lack of athleticism, 739 00:37:54,920 --> 00:38:00,400 Speaker 1: So this one's easy. No athleticism bad. The mechanical man 740 00:38:00,719 --> 00:38:07,759 Speaker 1: Peyton mannac Mettenburger. Well, Peyton's out of leave that he 741 00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:12,040 Speaker 1: would have been a good choice Manning Brandon Eli is 742 00:38:12,040 --> 00:38:16,600 Speaker 1: more athletic than Brady, So athleticism is it everything. But yeah, Brady, 743 00:38:17,320 --> 00:38:19,719 Speaker 1: although he's gotten better, he ripped off. Actually he's got 744 00:38:19,760 --> 00:38:22,200 Speaker 1: a little better, he's gotten better movement in the pocket. 745 00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:25,719 Speaker 1: I shouldn't say that, alright, see salt of established quarterbacks. 746 00:38:25,840 --> 00:38:30,120 Speaker 1: You could throw in some backups, but the worst arm 747 00:38:30,160 --> 00:38:35,000 Speaker 1: I mean, Matt Shop it's the we can throw him 748 00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:38,759 Speaker 1: out if he had some surgeries, I'll I'll throw the 749 00:38:38,760 --> 00:38:41,640 Speaker 1: three starters didn't go ahead, Ryan Fitzpatcher does not have 750 00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:44,560 Speaker 1: a cannon, right, I have him, Alex Smith and Teddy 751 00:38:44,560 --> 00:38:48,359 Speaker 1: Bridgewater for the three starters with arms, you would want better, 752 00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:49,840 Speaker 1: You would want a better arm in there. Yeah. I 753 00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:52,840 Speaker 1: think Smith stands out there. And it was a weird 754 00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:55,920 Speaker 1: little storyline in the middle of late last season, Like 755 00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:58,680 Speaker 1: John Gruden, they were talking about that he could throw 756 00:38:58,719 --> 00:39:00,600 Speaker 1: some peas or something. I don't know. It's almost like 757 00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:03,200 Speaker 1: the coach told John Gruden to say that or something. 758 00:39:03,440 --> 00:39:05,880 Speaker 1: Kellen Moore would be a good one too. Shout out 759 00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:07,959 Speaker 1: to Patrick and I who said that our our bold 760 00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:10,840 Speaker 1: predictions before last season that Alex Smith was about to 761 00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:17,279 Speaker 1: get vertical. Yeah, Yer Joyer would be another mcgalogn um. 762 00:39:18,080 --> 00:39:20,520 Speaker 1: A lack of running ability. That has to be Tom Brady, right. 763 00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:23,239 Speaker 1: I won't hear any other arguments. I think you could 764 00:39:23,280 --> 00:39:26,880 Speaker 1: say Eli Manning or Philip Rivers. Even Bill Belichick like 765 00:39:27,120 --> 00:39:29,760 Speaker 1: mocks Tom Brady's Remember when he did the low Cross interview. 766 00:39:29,840 --> 00:39:35,600 Speaker 1: I'd like to see Rivers is in that mix. But yeah, Brady, Yeah, 767 00:39:35,680 --> 00:39:38,919 Speaker 1: I'm fine. With it, Brady Um all right, and then 768 00:39:38,960 --> 00:39:43,560 Speaker 1: finally a lack of competitiveness in the fire. Come on, 769 00:39:43,640 --> 00:39:46,040 Speaker 1: this one's easy to Kyle Orton's out of league, so 770 00:39:46,080 --> 00:39:48,359 Speaker 1: we can't go with him. But who's the guy who 771 00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:50,839 Speaker 1: didn't want to compete just a couple of weeks ago, 772 00:39:51,440 --> 00:39:56,160 Speaker 1: Sam Brandpa, you know what, Okay, you didn't name me 773 00:39:56,200 --> 00:39:58,320 Speaker 1: the starter. I'm taking my ball and going to Denver. 774 00:39:59,719 --> 00:40:02,600 Speaker 1: That's Tom Condon deserves a bit of an assist here. 775 00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:05,840 Speaker 1: That's a I think we should just hand the award 776 00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:09,440 Speaker 1: in perpetuity to Kyle Orton though, Like you've earned a 777 00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:11,719 Speaker 1: starting job on the free agent market, why don't you 778 00:40:11,760 --> 00:40:13,279 Speaker 1: go get us? No, no, no, I'll just take the 779 00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:16,200 Speaker 1: Cowboys backup job and sit back and enjoy life for 780 00:40:16,239 --> 00:40:18,120 Speaker 1: a few years. I don't blame him, man, that's a 781 00:40:18,120 --> 00:40:22,160 Speaker 1: great gig. His little Buffalo run, though, is one of 782 00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:24,600 Speaker 1: the more amazing ends to a career. The fact that 783 00:40:24,640 --> 00:40:26,520 Speaker 1: he came out of a retirement in the middle of 784 00:40:26,520 --> 00:40:29,200 Speaker 1: a season and one games for them. That's how I'll 785 00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:31,960 Speaker 1: always remember the tough guy, Kyle. You should go back 786 00:40:32,040 --> 00:40:34,080 Speaker 1: and watch those games from December when he couldn't get 787 00:40:34,080 --> 00:40:37,720 Speaker 1: the ball even within five feet of Sammy Watkins. Alright, 788 00:40:37,760 --> 00:40:40,160 Speaker 1: so that's the conversation. Apologies to all the players that 789 00:40:40,160 --> 00:40:42,520 Speaker 1: were just destroyed. I mean, it's one thing to criticize 790 00:40:42,560 --> 00:40:45,000 Speaker 1: a guy, you know, but that felt it got a 791 00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:47,360 Speaker 1: little too real there. Yeah, it felt weird to just 792 00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:51,880 Speaker 1: randomly like go after Nick Foles's competitiveness, like what do 793 00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:54,239 Speaker 1: I know about his competitor? It didn't feel right. So 794 00:40:54,480 --> 00:40:56,600 Speaker 1: just understand that we were aware of that, but at 795 00:40:56,600 --> 00:40:58,400 Speaker 1: the same time, we had to continue with the segment. 796 00:40:58,400 --> 00:41:04,640 Speaker 1: All right, Finally we don't quit. That's that's we get 797 00:41:04,640 --> 00:41:08,759 Speaker 1: the competitiveness. We're competitive. We don't quit savaging people. All right, 798 00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:11,520 Speaker 1: let's now okay, here we go. Now, this is what 799 00:41:11,560 --> 00:41:16,920 Speaker 1: I've been waiting for, so excited uh for this um 800 00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:20,279 Speaker 1: uh you know or you kidding me? Is one of 801 00:41:20,280 --> 00:41:25,120 Speaker 1: our favorite recurring segments allows Connor or usually on the 802 00:41:25,120 --> 00:41:27,919 Speaker 1: phone from the Haunted Mansion, uh, to get something off 803 00:41:27,920 --> 00:41:31,400 Speaker 1: his chest. Because without Connor, we would be, you know, 804 00:41:32,040 --> 00:41:34,600 Speaker 1: up ss Creek without a paddle because he writes all 805 00:41:34,600 --> 00:41:38,080 Speaker 1: that great early a m content with Kevin Patra and 806 00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:41,520 Speaker 1: uh m v P. So what we do is we 807 00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:45,840 Speaker 1: allow a Connor to you know, what's grinding my gears 808 00:41:45,920 --> 00:41:48,279 Speaker 1: right now and that clears his head and allows him 809 00:41:48,280 --> 00:41:51,160 Speaker 1: to keep working at a high level. And since Connor 810 00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:53,680 Speaker 1: is here for the first ever live or you kidding me? 811 00:41:54,400 --> 00:41:56,400 Speaker 1: You know, I thought it'd also be this is a 812 00:41:56,400 --> 00:42:00,080 Speaker 1: special day. So I reached out on our independent and 813 00:42:00,640 --> 00:42:04,200 Speaker 1: um instant messenger client. I will not well the name 814 00:42:04,239 --> 00:42:08,440 Speaker 1: of it is. It's run by garbage people, uh, and 815 00:42:08,520 --> 00:42:10,400 Speaker 1: said who knows how to play guitar? I want to 816 00:42:10,440 --> 00:42:13,479 Speaker 1: get a live guitar. Let's make sure we bleep out 817 00:42:13,719 --> 00:42:20,279 Speaker 1: please um twice? Yeah, yeah, twice? Who knows how to 818 00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:23,600 Speaker 1: play guitar? And and sure enough someone responded from the 819 00:42:23,640 --> 00:42:26,680 Speaker 1: second floor. His name is Patrick Kaganga. Bring him in 820 00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:34,040 Speaker 1: right now? Uh here he comes. Impressive, impressive name. All right, Patrick, 821 00:42:34,080 --> 00:42:35,960 Speaker 1: welcome to the Round the NFL Podcast. Can you put 822 00:42:35,960 --> 00:42:40,000 Speaker 1: on that headset if you would? Uh? And Patrick responded 823 00:42:40,040 --> 00:42:45,919 Speaker 1: to my oh my instant messenger request um and said 824 00:42:45,920 --> 00:42:49,160 Speaker 1: I can play a little guitar and I first things first, 825 00:42:49,160 --> 00:42:51,640 Speaker 1: what's up? Patrick? Good afternoon? How you guys? Y's welcome 826 00:42:51,680 --> 00:42:54,799 Speaker 1: to the Around the NFL podcast? And I sent Patrick, uh, 827 00:42:54,840 --> 00:42:56,440 Speaker 1: you know this is what this is? What are you 828 00:42:56,600 --> 00:42:59,080 Speaker 1: kidding me? Is all about and you. What was your 829 00:42:59,080 --> 00:43:01,120 Speaker 1: reaction when you were sitting to the segment? Was it 830 00:43:01,160 --> 00:43:03,560 Speaker 1: a little? These guys are weird? Like, what is wrong 831 00:43:03,600 --> 00:43:07,319 Speaker 1: with you? This is on the NFL's platform. You could 832 00:43:07,320 --> 00:43:10,560 Speaker 1: be honest, just another day at the job. Really, have 833 00:43:10,640 --> 00:43:13,920 Speaker 1: you ever heard of the Around the NFL podcast? I 834 00:43:13,960 --> 00:43:16,960 Speaker 1: would hope so. Did you sell your soul to the 835 00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:21,960 Speaker 1: devil at the Crossroads to get this musical ability? I 836 00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:24,400 Speaker 1: don't know if you haven't seen that play yet, but 837 00:43:24,480 --> 00:43:30,319 Speaker 1: I will say that who did that? That was the Uh? Yeah, 838 00:43:30,360 --> 00:43:33,200 Speaker 1: Patrick knows his stuff. Not only does he know know 839 00:43:33,280 --> 00:43:36,160 Speaker 1: how to play the guitar, he plays it extremely well, 840 00:43:36,200 --> 00:43:39,319 Speaker 1: but he also repairs guitars. We learned this is true. 841 00:43:39,640 --> 00:43:42,279 Speaker 1: You you you give out lessons, you do lessons and 842 00:43:42,360 --> 00:43:44,520 Speaker 1: things that nature. I've done lessons here and there, but 843 00:43:44,600 --> 00:43:46,600 Speaker 1: it's been a long time. I've been spending most of 844 00:43:46,640 --> 00:43:48,760 Speaker 1: the last couple of years learning how to repair guitars. 845 00:43:48,760 --> 00:43:51,400 Speaker 1: So I started off with just really basic things like 846 00:43:51,480 --> 00:43:55,120 Speaker 1: setups things like that, and uh, changing out pickups and 847 00:43:55,160 --> 00:43:58,399 Speaker 1: doing little custom things. And now um, I'm actually thinking 848 00:43:58,400 --> 00:44:01,799 Speaker 1: about refinishing something, which is a much more serious job. 849 00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:05,080 Speaker 1: This guy is a guitar, guitar NERD but in the 850 00:44:05,120 --> 00:44:07,600 Speaker 1: best way, right, So I don't know if I grew 851 00:44:08,800 --> 00:44:10,960 Speaker 1: So this is the right guy, Connors what I'm saying, 852 00:44:11,320 --> 00:44:15,880 Speaker 1: and like he's like this generation Stevie Va, which actually 853 00:44:15,960 --> 00:44:18,440 Speaker 1: I do know a guy who actually just came off 854 00:44:18,440 --> 00:44:22,440 Speaker 1: tour with Steve Vai and the humble perfect No, no no, no, no, 855 00:44:22,640 --> 00:44:25,080 Speaker 1: this is this, this, this is interesting enough, this is yes. 856 00:44:25,160 --> 00:44:28,200 Speaker 1: It's a fellow called Toston a bossy, and we both 857 00:44:28,239 --> 00:44:30,680 Speaker 1: lived in um Washington, d C. Around the same time, 858 00:44:30,719 --> 00:44:33,279 Speaker 1: and he used to whenever when he whenever he was 859 00:44:33,440 --> 00:44:36,680 Speaker 1: off tour, he would crash at our friends apartment, which 860 00:44:36,680 --> 00:44:39,080 Speaker 1: is downstairs, and he'd always ask if you could borrow 861 00:44:39,080 --> 00:44:42,880 Speaker 1: our internet connection because he was giving lessons online. Fast 862 00:44:42,880 --> 00:44:45,040 Speaker 1: forward a couple of years. He's driving a Porsche, living 863 00:44:45,040 --> 00:44:46,719 Speaker 1: in l A and he just came off tour. I 864 00:44:46,760 --> 00:44:50,200 Speaker 1: think it's like Steve Va and he's actually considered one 865 00:44:50,200 --> 00:44:51,920 Speaker 1: of the best eight and ninth. Did he pay it forward? 866 00:44:51,920 --> 00:44:53,560 Speaker 1: Did he buy you guys a Porsche or anything? I 867 00:44:53,560 --> 00:44:55,720 Speaker 1: feel like that would only I'm toaston. I'm still waiting, 868 00:44:57,200 --> 00:44:59,319 Speaker 1: all right, So this is the biggest moment I think 869 00:44:59,480 --> 00:45:03,440 Speaker 1: Patrick's musical career, he will be handling guitar duties for 870 00:45:03,719 --> 00:45:17,920 Speaker 1: our favorite game. Or are you kidding me live? Yes? Yes, 871 00:45:18,360 --> 00:45:21,359 Speaker 1: Now I'll just pick it back and I've just got 872 00:45:21,360 --> 00:45:23,759 Speaker 1: to enjoy the rest of this segment. Uh, let's just 873 00:45:24,239 --> 00:45:27,480 Speaker 1: what you want to take some video? What do you 874 00:45:27,480 --> 00:45:29,600 Speaker 1: have to get off your chest this time? Connor, now 875 00:45:29,600 --> 00:45:32,359 Speaker 1: that you're in Los Angeles? Or you kidding me live? 876 00:45:32,719 --> 00:45:34,600 Speaker 1: I think for the for the for the first live 877 00:45:34,640 --> 00:45:36,520 Speaker 1: when I think we should, really we should tackle the 878 00:45:36,600 --> 00:45:39,880 Speaker 1: big problems, the biggest major issue in the United States, 879 00:45:39,880 --> 00:45:43,840 Speaker 1: which was itches inter United States commercial air travel. We 880 00:45:43,920 --> 00:45:46,319 Speaker 1: gotta ban all the airlines, break him up. Ban the 881 00:45:46,360 --> 00:45:56,400 Speaker 1: airlines are all terrible, all right? So why perfect? I 882 00:45:56,440 --> 00:45:58,400 Speaker 1: was on my way out here, and uh I was 883 00:45:58,440 --> 00:46:01,440 Speaker 1: like twenty minutes into a document entry about Faberge Eggs, 884 00:46:01,680 --> 00:46:05,720 Speaker 1: and the guy trying to get out of my seat 885 00:46:06,120 --> 00:46:10,000 Speaker 1: smushed the input cord on my uh my brand new 886 00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:13,200 Speaker 1: custom Bows headphones and rendered them completely useless for the 887 00:46:13,200 --> 00:46:24,520 Speaker 1: rest of the child. Man, that's my private property. That's 888 00:46:24,560 --> 00:46:27,160 Speaker 1: messed up. Man. I just think that, you know, I 889 00:46:27,440 --> 00:46:29,880 Speaker 1: think like I'm not meant to be out here, you know, 890 00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:33,080 Speaker 1: like I'm I'm I'm kind of I've developed my I've 891 00:46:33,120 --> 00:46:34,960 Speaker 1: evolved to the point where I can live in New Jersey. 892 00:46:34,960 --> 00:46:37,520 Speaker 1: I can't be married guy in the suburbs. You got 893 00:46:37,520 --> 00:46:39,320 Speaker 1: a wife, You've got a house, you got a mortgage. 894 00:46:39,719 --> 00:46:41,279 Speaker 1: You don't need any of this l A stuff. You 895 00:46:41,320 --> 00:46:42,719 Speaker 1: don't need it. And I don't think other people do. 896 00:46:42,840 --> 00:46:45,520 Speaker 1: You Just stay Stay where you are, Stay where you're comfortable. 897 00:46:45,560 --> 00:46:54,239 Speaker 1: Never take a chance. All right? What else? What else 898 00:46:54,320 --> 00:46:57,160 Speaker 1: is going on? What else is grinding your gears right now? Here? 899 00:46:57,280 --> 00:46:58,759 Speaker 1: You know, I mean I'm out here, but you know, 900 00:46:58,840 --> 00:47:01,440 Speaker 1: and this is just like it's not my scene at all, 901 00:47:01,600 --> 00:47:04,560 Speaker 1: you know where we live or coming to work at 902 00:47:04,719 --> 00:47:06,520 Speaker 1: the NFL Media or what do you mean? I like 903 00:47:06,600 --> 00:47:08,320 Speaker 1: the office, I like you guys, but but l A 904 00:47:08,440 --> 00:47:10,960 Speaker 1: is the worst man, Ella. It's feeling with plastic people. 905 00:47:18,040 --> 00:47:19,680 Speaker 1: What do you mean? Because that, to me sounds like 906 00:47:19,680 --> 00:47:22,480 Speaker 1: a cliche. Connor. I mean, like my phone doesn't work? 907 00:47:22,560 --> 00:47:27,560 Speaker 1: Is good? Here? Um? I hate that yesterday like cab 908 00:47:27,640 --> 00:47:31,399 Speaker 1: driver did something like really like distractingly nice to me 909 00:47:31,560 --> 00:47:34,600 Speaker 1: and like there's nothing that I could do about it. Yeah, 910 00:47:35,000 --> 00:47:37,000 Speaker 1: there's just no there's no flavor in this town. It's 911 00:47:37,000 --> 00:47:39,440 Speaker 1: got no heart. Well you you do make up. Well, 912 00:47:39,440 --> 00:47:40,799 Speaker 1: you're not making a lot of good points there, but 913 00:47:40,800 --> 00:47:43,200 Speaker 1: I will say that I was struck when I moved 914 00:47:43,239 --> 00:47:47,440 Speaker 1: to l A that people are really nice, almost annoyingly so, 915 00:47:47,560 --> 00:47:49,360 Speaker 1: like the guy that works at the supermarket will be 916 00:47:49,400 --> 00:47:52,080 Speaker 1: a little too nice where he's telling you, like where 917 00:47:52,080 --> 00:47:54,400 Speaker 1: the green peas are? You're talking that type of thing. 918 00:47:54,400 --> 00:47:55,759 Speaker 1: It just gets on your nerves, like you know when 919 00:47:55,760 --> 00:47:58,200 Speaker 1: your mom always said to combat with kindness, but you 920 00:47:58,200 --> 00:48:00,680 Speaker 1: didn't do it. But then everybody who did do it 921 00:48:00,760 --> 00:48:02,880 Speaker 1: just moved out here, and so they all hate you, 922 00:48:02,920 --> 00:48:05,000 Speaker 1: but they're also really nice to you. I can feel that. 923 00:48:05,160 --> 00:48:08,719 Speaker 1: I can tell you know kind of what's your problem? Man? 924 00:48:08,719 --> 00:48:10,760 Speaker 1: Why don't you have a live outside your own box? 925 00:48:15,400 --> 00:48:18,719 Speaker 1: Any other problems with l A? I'm good man? All right, 926 00:48:18,719 --> 00:48:20,480 Speaker 1: So I guess I have just one You have one 927 00:48:20,520 --> 00:48:33,840 Speaker 1: more thing to say? Don't you? Were you kidding me? Beautiful? 928 00:48:33,920 --> 00:48:37,120 Speaker 1: We jumped the shark in an amazing way? That was amazing? 929 00:48:37,960 --> 00:48:41,360 Speaker 1: What a what a performance? Yeah atric Cogago? Is that 930 00:48:41,400 --> 00:48:46,080 Speaker 1: pronounced correctly? Patrick Chicago with the acts? Very beautiful stuff? 931 00:48:46,560 --> 00:48:49,040 Speaker 1: Would you mind in a moment because we gotta get 932 00:48:49,080 --> 00:48:52,600 Speaker 1: out of her playing us out of today's show. But 933 00:48:52,719 --> 00:48:55,200 Speaker 1: I will say, Connor, Safe Journey you get to go 934 00:48:55,280 --> 00:48:58,440 Speaker 1: home now, don't worry. You're happy you get to leave it. 935 00:48:58,880 --> 00:49:01,160 Speaker 1: I'm thrilled, but you don't have to worry about ever 936 00:49:01,239 --> 00:49:04,000 Speaker 1: doing you know the horrible movie segment again. Yeah, that's 937 00:49:04,000 --> 00:49:06,080 Speaker 1: off my back too. So I'm just checking off all 938 00:49:06,080 --> 00:49:09,839 Speaker 1: these boxes. We've lost all Connors bits, uh this year, 939 00:49:10,400 --> 00:49:12,839 Speaker 1: but Safe Journey back, that's it. We will be back. Uh. 940 00:49:13,120 --> 00:49:16,239 Speaker 1: It is Memorial Day actually on Monday here in the 941 00:49:16,360 --> 00:49:19,120 Speaker 1: United States. Uh so no show next Monday. Will be 942 00:49:19,120 --> 00:49:21,520 Speaker 1: back on Tuesday, though with a brand new Around the 943 00:49:21,600 --> 00:49:25,839 Speaker 1: NFL podcast. Once what about Thursday tomorrow? I forgot about 944 00:49:25,880 --> 00:49:33,400 Speaker 1: Thursday show. That means there's so many days left alright, 945 00:49:33,840 --> 00:49:42,320 Speaker 1: don't rub it in sitting on the playout yet, sitting 946 00:49:42,360 --> 00:49:47,800 Speaker 1: in Connor's chairs is vacated. But Colleen Wolf back in action, 947 00:49:47,880 --> 00:49:51,960 Speaker 1: Connie Fox on Thursday show, then Memorial Day, then we'll 948 00:49:52,000 --> 00:49:53,920 Speaker 1: be back on Tuesday. Now everybody knows what's going on 949 00:49:54,000 --> 00:49:56,920 Speaker 1: with the podcast until then. This is Dan Hanson signing 950 00:49:56,960 --> 00:50:01,520 Speaker 1: off for Connor or you kidd me, the Maleman, the 951 00:50:01,600 --> 00:50:04,200 Speaker 1: Boss and the irishman behind the glass. Patrick and Gang 952 00:50:04,280 --> 00:51:00,799 Speaker 1: will take us away, baby, m.