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Speaker 1: What is going on? Everybody? John Middlecop Three and Out podcast,

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Speaker 1: June eleven, beautiful day, about degrees where I'm at, Still

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Speaker 1: no air conditioning. Don't worry, I'm tough, uh, and it

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Speaker 1: should be here, hopefully in three or four days. There's

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Speaker 1: not even a guarantee that the piece that they're missing

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Speaker 1: their fixing is gonna work, but we'll keep our fingers

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Speaker 1: crossed either way. I gotta pay for it at this point,

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Speaker 1: so it's better than being hot. I hope you're having

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Speaker 1: a good day. We're kind of in the uh where

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Speaker 1: we would normally be summer break for the NFL. I've

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Speaker 1: seen all around the league, UH, teams canceling the remaining

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Speaker 1: zooms that they had the virtual offseason. Remember Sean Payton

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Speaker 1: didn't even do it. I would imagine by the end

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Speaker 1: of this week, every team in the league will be

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Speaker 1: done with their zooms. UH, just kind of pull the

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Speaker 1: trigger in no more or no Moss. But I do

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Speaker 1: wonder whenever some of these states and restrictions continue to open,

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Speaker 1: if they bring players back early. Now that might be

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Speaker 1: a little complicated with the c b A, but UH,

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Speaker 1: this would normally be the off season when we would

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Speaker 1: attack offseason topics and uh, you know, get into all that.

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Speaker 1: The reality is we've been doing that for like two months. Uh,

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Speaker 1: so we're just we're just in the home stretch here

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Speaker 1: of the of the summer break. I feel like we're

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Speaker 1: three months into the summer break, but getting some normalcy back.

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Speaker 1: I'm watching this PGA golf tournament on behind me. You know,

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Speaker 1: I might have snuck down to Pebble Beach on Wednesday

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Speaker 1: because of the virus. They've had really cheap deals on

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Speaker 1: all the courses around that area. You could play for uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, almost half off like a month ago. They've

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Speaker 1: gone up a little bit, but relative to what they

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Speaker 1: are during normal times when there's no such thing as

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Speaker 1: the corona, uh, they'd be a lot higher. So you know,

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Speaker 1: I'm starting to get back into the swing of things,

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Speaker 1: and we'll just keep our fingers crossed that you know,

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Speaker 1: we can get football back as normal here in a

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Speaker 1: couple of months now. Who knows. I haven't made any

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Speaker 1: concrete statements from the jump. I won't continue to do that.

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Speaker 1: I've always been positive thinking it would happen, and everything

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Speaker 1: slowly coming back. But we'll see. I mean, you see,

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Speaker 1: the NBA was really bullish. I mean they were. It

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Speaker 1: took him three months to say they were two months away.

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Speaker 1: And now players are like, why are we gonna go

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Speaker 1: to a bubble if the rest of America is potentially

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Speaker 1: gonna be opened by August first, what are we doing?

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Speaker 1: Classic Adam Silver, the media's favorite who actually doesn't do

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Speaker 1: and take it another levels, but gets a lot of

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Speaker 1: credit on social media. The reality is the NFL might

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Speaker 1: be back and running before the NBA and baseball. I

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Speaker 1: tapped out of even following it. It's uh, it's it's

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Speaker 1: a sad deal. I I'm one of the rare guys

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Speaker 1: lot of Major League Baseball, and I I just I'm

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Speaker 1: exhausted following the story, the back and forth. I actually

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Speaker 1: think it was insane. I'm talking absolute insanity. The baseball

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Speaker 1: draft is usually forty rounds. Forty rounds now, I would

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Speaker 1: It went from forty rounds to five. I did the math,

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Speaker 1: that'd be the equivalent. There were two picks this year

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Speaker 1: in the NFL draft, if they basically just had the

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Speaker 1: first round thirty two picks, that's what baseball did. And

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Speaker 1: then they capped their ability. All these guys that are

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Speaker 1: undrafted free agents. The max you can pay them was

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Speaker 1: Rays of the Oakland A's. And it wasn't really that

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Speaker 1: also speaks of just how irrelevant baseball is. This is

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Speaker 1: the NFL somehow You're like, hell, they had the draft

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Speaker 1: it's gonna catch up to him. I'm pretty confident again.

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Speaker 1: I'm a lover of baseball. I'm a lover about I'm

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Speaker 1: you know, and it's it's sad that you know it's

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Speaker 1: not gonna happen. What it feels like. We're gonna do

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Speaker 1: a big Middlecoff mail bag today at John Middlecoff is

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Speaker 1: the Instagram fire on in there, and uh I will

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Speaker 1: answer your questions. I have so many questions I gotta

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Speaker 1: an Apple review. I greatly appreciate it. I know a

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Speaker 1: lot of you have. Last time I checked, we were

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Speaker 1: a lot. But let's start with this. Reggie Bush was

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Speaker 1: his band for USC was essentially lifted. He hasn't, you know,

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Speaker 1: college football coaches for breaking their rules. They're they're not laws,

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Speaker 1: to me, fake is like Bernie Madoff. Yeah, Bernie Madeoff

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Speaker 1: He's not actually in the Hall of Fame yet, but

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Speaker 1: found it so stupid. I'm like, how do you just

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Speaker 1: Remember Johnny Manziel was signing the jerseys and got in

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Speaker 1: players in the world like Dream Team, whether it's whatever

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Speaker 1: we dominate, we just do. And when it comes to athletics,

427
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Speaker 1: if we put our mind, I've said this always about soccer.

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Speaker 1: If our best athletes cared about soccer like they do.

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Speaker 1: I've been to Europe, Spain, Italy, it's clearly just a

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Speaker 1: way of life like football or basketball is here. We

431
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Speaker 1: would be awesome. Now we don't, so we won't maybe

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Speaker 1: one day, who knows. But if you don't think that

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Speaker 1: if Odell Beckham had like grown up in Spain more,

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Speaker 1: I mean enough, guys like that would become great soccer players,

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Speaker 1: you're out of your mind. I feel the same thing

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Speaker 1: at rugby, probably even more so at rugby because I

437
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Speaker 1: think the pushback for soccer is there's a touch and

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Speaker 1: size definitely doesn't matter. Look at Messi's a midget. You know,

439
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Speaker 1: he's five ft five or whatever. I I get it.

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Speaker 1: But you can't convince me that if the Ray Lewis

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Speaker 1: is that, if the Ed Reids, that if the Christian McCaffrey's, that,

442
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Speaker 1: if the Trent Williams, you name it had cared about

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Speaker 1: rugby from the jump, we wouldn't be the best rugby

444
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Speaker 1: team in the world, because I just don't believe it.

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Speaker 1: We would be and we'd kill everybody. I mean New Zealand,

446
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Speaker 1: all blacks. I have nothing but respect for him. But

447
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Speaker 1: if you don't think that like Patrick Willis and Navarro

448
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Speaker 1: Bowman would have been good rugby players, then I just

449
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Speaker 1: don't think we're living in the same world. Two part question.

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Speaker 1: Been a fan of the show for a while now,

451
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Speaker 1: great content and see how you've grown more in the future.

452
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Speaker 1: As a Texas fan, I was as disgusted with the

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Speaker 1: Hopkins trade as anyone else, but after seeing the other acquisitions,

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Speaker 1: Bill O'Brien made I see the plan and vision that

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Speaker 1: he was working towards with an offensive arsenal of Cook's

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Speaker 1: Fuller Stills, Cobb and Aikin's along with David Johnson and

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Speaker 1: Duke Johnson out of the backfield. I mean, Duke Johnson

458
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Speaker 1: did terristknee up last year, so who knows? It gives

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Speaker 1: just DeShawn more targets than he's ever had before. Earlier,

460
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Speaker 1: roughly one third of the Shawn targets went to DeAndre.

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Speaker 1: Do you see the newly constructed offense helping Deshawn's growth

462
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Speaker 1: as he's now forced to spread the ball around a

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Speaker 1: lot more and realistic? Realistically, what are your expectations for

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Speaker 1: the offense this upcoming season? Well, let's just go through

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Speaker 1: those names because I'll be the first to agree with

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Speaker 1: you on paper, if everyone is healthy, you would rather

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Speaker 1: take that entire group over just having Hopkins right, Aden

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Speaker 1: Cooks a healthy, Stills Cob, David and Duke Johnson. Here's

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Speaker 1: my problem. Cooks gets concussions like every other game. Uh,

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Speaker 1: Will Fuller pulls his hamstring every other go rout Randall,

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Speaker 1: Cob coming off a really good year, still have something left.

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Speaker 1: Duke Johnson is coming off of major knee injury. David

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Speaker 1: Johnson has recently always been injured. If those guys a healthy,

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Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson to me is one of the best young

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Speaker 1: players in the league. I mean it's not clearly obviously.

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Speaker 1: I don't need to tell everyone that. We all, I

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Speaker 1: think agree that, yeah, those guys would be really good.

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Speaker 1: But I think the risk the one thing you knew

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Speaker 1: with DeAndre he was gonna play and you were gonna

480
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Speaker 1: get a hundred catches out of him. Brandon Cooks on

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Speaker 1: any given moment could have experienced headaches just be out

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Speaker 1: for the season. They couldn't give David Johnson away until

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Speaker 1: Bill O'Brien called and wanted him because several years ago

484
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Speaker 1: David Johnson was sweet. Then he started making huge money

485
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Speaker 1: and getting her injured all the time. So I I

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Speaker 1: just think it's really risky. I'm not disputing their talent.

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Speaker 1: All those guys can run. Their team's speed is improved.

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Speaker 1: That if they can keep those guys healthy, I'd say

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Speaker 1: fourteen of the sixteen games, there'll be a playoff team again.

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Speaker 1: But if Cooks miss is half the season and David

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Speaker 1: Johnson miss half the season and Fuller pulls his hamstring,

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Speaker 1: I don't know, it could be tough. I'm with you.

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Speaker 1: On paper, is easy to see what they're doing. They

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Speaker 1: wanted to improve their team speed. That's not really Deandre's deal.

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Speaker 1: He's a possession wide receiver though a baller, so I

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Speaker 1: get it. You want to improve your team speed, you

497
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Speaker 1: just better be right. And that's what I don't miss

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Speaker 1: about the NFL. It's like you just keep your fingers

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Speaker 1: cross the guy doesn't get hurt, especially when all those

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Speaker 1: guys consistently get hurt. I think it's just a just

501
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Speaker 1: a major, major risk where if you just keep DeAndre

502
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Speaker 1: and use, you know, some of your flexibility to sign

503
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Speaker 1: some other guys, I think you're a lock playoff team

504
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Speaker 1: because you've seen Watson and DeAndre an unstoppable force. I

505
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Speaker 1: think betting on injured guys it's just as a risky

506
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Speaker 1: proposition in the sport of football. This might be a

507
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Speaker 1: hot take, but I believe Lamar Jackson is overrated. He

508
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Speaker 1: feasted on bad teams like Miami, the Jets, the Rams, Cleveland,

509
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Speaker 1: while he played horrible against teams like Kansas City, San Francisco, Seattle,

510
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Speaker 1: New England, Pittsburgh. He's had one career three h yard

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Speaker 1: pass the game. He's never had a fourth quarter, fourth

512
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Speaker 1: quarter come from behind win. Teams have proven all you

513
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Speaker 1: have to do is beat him. To beat him is

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Speaker 1: get the school is get a couple score lead, take

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Speaker 1: away the threat of the run. Dare him to pass

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Speaker 1: the ball down the field and watch him struggle. And

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Speaker 1: to top it off, in both playoff games, when he

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Speaker 1: got down, did he keep fighting and picking guys up

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Speaker 1: and motivating them. No, he sat there and moped and

520
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Speaker 1: sulked like someone stole his lunch money. I don't remember that.

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Speaker 1: But I just think people want to pigeonhole him into

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Speaker 1: the next great quarterback when he hasn't proven anything other

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Speaker 1: than running his running ability. Am I crazy or do

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Speaker 1: I have a valid point? Here. I can't speak to

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Speaker 1: the moping and the playoff games. I just thought, and

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Speaker 1: I've never been the biggest lamar guy though, as I've said,

527
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Speaker 1: he's completely grown on me because I love his mindset.

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Speaker 1: I didn't see a guy sulking or moping. I just

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Speaker 1: saw a guy that couldn't throw on third down and

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Speaker 1: got his asking. I do think there is something too

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Speaker 1: sometimes when you have like a five touchdown game I

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Speaker 1: think he had against that Monday night game against the Rams.

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Speaker 1: I have to look at the exact number, but I'm

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Speaker 1: pretty sure he threw for like a hundred and fifty

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Speaker 1: yards like that. That's not a normal game. You know.

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Speaker 1: Some of this three and four touchdown games came with

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Speaker 1: you know, passing yards well under two hundred. So I'm

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Speaker 1: with you. A big part of his game, I mean,

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Speaker 1: the majority of his game right now is his running threat.

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Speaker 1: And his running threat is unstoppable. He is an incredible runner.

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Speaker 1: I think Michael Vick think Pete cam Newton like it's

542
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Speaker 1: r G three is rookie year, it's elite. But to

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Speaker 1: be a great quarterback, it is not about running. And

544
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Speaker 1: as I've said over and over and over again, no

545
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Speaker 1: stiffs are done in the NFL. But you don't need

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Speaker 1: to be Lamar Jackson. Now you have to be mobile

547
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Speaker 1: like a Shawn, like a Mahomes, like a Russell Wilson,

548
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Speaker 1: Younger Rogers, right, throw the ball on the move, Carson Wentz,

549
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Speaker 1: Jimmy Garoppolo, I need to be able to move behind

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Speaker 1: the line of script it. Like you said, the two

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Speaker 1: playoff games, he got housed because right now, if he's

552
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Speaker 1: down ten points in the second half and they gotta throw,

553
00:29:09,520 --> 00:29:13,600
Speaker 1: it's a rap. He doesn't have a shot. Now where

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00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:16,920
Speaker 1: I'm gonna stop being critical of. He has the mindset

555
00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:20,120
Speaker 1: where he has admitted over and over this is such

556
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Speaker 1: that this is a fact and he needs to improve.

557
00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:27,760
Speaker 1: He doesn't complain, he doesn't pretend that he's maxed out.

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Speaker 1: It's the media that's anointed him right as and he

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Speaker 1: deserved the m v P. But I mean, the majority

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Speaker 1: reason he won the MVP last year was his feet,

561
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Speaker 1: not his arm. Now he's improved his accuracy, but in

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Speaker 1: big games and like you said, against good teams, the

563
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Speaker 1: Niner game, I'll throw out it was raining and he

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Speaker 1: won the game. But the Kansas City game, he looked terrible.

565
00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:51,280
Speaker 1: In the playoff game, he looked terrible, and two years

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Speaker 1: ago in the playoff game, he looked terrible. So his

567
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Speaker 1: matturation to be a quote unquote When I saw the

568
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Speaker 1: ESPN in an article and they picked players from scratch,

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Speaker 1: the whole traciz was kind of stupid. After like pick four,

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Speaker 1: we say over and over quarterbacks the most important position,

571
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Speaker 1: and then people are taking like Aaron Donald number five. Like, listen,

572
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Speaker 1: Aaron Donald is one of the best players in the league.

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Speaker 1: He's not even the most important player in his own team.

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Speaker 1: Jared Gothis, that's just a fact. You can't you can't

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Speaker 1: win without a quarterback. But they had Lamar Jackson above

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Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson. I don't think i'd know many general managers

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Speaker 1: that would take Lamar Jackson over to Shaun Watson. Deshaun

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Speaker 1: Watson does what you need to do to win football games.

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Speaker 1: That's why he has success in the playoffs. Throw the

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Speaker 1: ball behind the line of scrimmage when they know it's coming,

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Speaker 1: third and seven, third and eight. Anyone can light you

582
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Speaker 1: up on first and ten. How about third and eight

583
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Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter? Down ten with ten minutes left

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Speaker 1: to go. So Patrick Mahomes did, why is the Super

585
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Speaker 1: Bowl champion. That's what you gotta do, and that, to

586
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Speaker 1: me is the biggest area in which Lamar has to grow.

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Speaker 1: Is he overrated? Maybe just because the media never shuts up,

588
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Speaker 1: But I think most of us Lamar sweet. He's awesome.

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00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:02,040
Speaker 1: Anyone with common sense would be like, God, he's the

590
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Speaker 1: one of the best runners I've ever seen. You know,

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Speaker 1: is he Is he good enough to be a Super

592
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Speaker 1: Bowl winning passer right now? No? He's not. Can he be?

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Speaker 1: I'm not gonna write him off because he keeps improving.

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Speaker 1: So you know, the media told me that, you know,

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Speaker 1: they rooted for us to shelter in place for five years,

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Speaker 1: So I I take with what the majority of the

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Speaker 1: media says. They're so emotional with a grain assault. Uh,

598
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Speaker 1: But I think most people that I talked to go

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Speaker 1: I think he's just properly rated. He's really good. He

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Speaker 1: had an awesome season, but he has a huge area

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Speaker 1: of improvement that's needed if he's going to be quote

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Speaker 1: unquote the next great quarterback. Because I would take I

603
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Speaker 1: wouldn't and I wouldn't even hesitate. I would take de

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Speaker 1: Shaun Watson over Lamar Jackson right now. New Listener about

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Speaker 1: two months appreciate it. You might have already covered this,

606
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Speaker 1: but in your opinion, why doesn't the NFL have a

607
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Speaker 1: farm system like Major League Baseball, not to the extent

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Speaker 1: of Major League Baseball with triple A? But why not

609
00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:03,920
Speaker 1: just a trip? Uh single A, double A, triple A?

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Speaker 1: But why not just a triple A system for the NFL?

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Speaker 1: Thank you? Uh yeah, I mean I've covered a little

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Speaker 1: bit over the years. It's simple. They already do. It's

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Speaker 1: called college football, and they don't have to pay for it.

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Speaker 1: It's just it's really that simple. Major League Baseball does

615
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Speaker 1: just because you're not able to come out of college

616
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Speaker 1: baseball and play in the pros. Baseball is just so hard, right,

617
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Speaker 1: Think of all the first round picks the draft just

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Speaker 1: happened that will never make it to the Major League Baseball,

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Speaker 1: or they might make it because you push top players

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Speaker 1: up there, but will never become good players in football.

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Speaker 1: You don't wait, I drafted him. I put them right

622
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Speaker 1: in the show. My first round pick starts game one

623
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Speaker 1: unless you're like the dude Seattle took last year and

624
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Speaker 1: you're inactive. But you get my drift. And look, I mean,

625
00:32:47,480 --> 00:32:51,360
Speaker 1: how many fifth, six seventh rounders start immediately in baseball,

626
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Speaker 1: it's just so much different. College football does that for you.

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Speaker 1: That's why these college athletic programs are paying Dabble or

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Speaker 1: paying Nick Saban, or paying at Ozeran or paying Kirby

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Speaker 1: Smarter or paying David Jahr, paying Krystal Ball or paying

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Speaker 1: her Edwards. You develop them, you pay for it, and

631
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Speaker 1: then we'll draft him and then we'll pay the guy.

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Speaker 1: So I think it. Just think about this, if you

633
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Speaker 1: ran a business and someone else would essentially train your employees. Now,

634
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Speaker 1: obviously you have to coach guys up when they get

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Speaker 1: to the NFL. I'm not saying you don't, but wouldn't

636
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Speaker 1: we all agree. I think most people listening or tend

637
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Speaker 1: to be younger, so it's probably maybe less business owners

638
00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:33,120
Speaker 1: and more, you know, younger employees or whatever. Once you graduate.

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00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:35,880
Speaker 1: I remember graduating cal Poly, and I always thought this

640
00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:37,880
Speaker 1: just because we were always told this, and I listen,

641
00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:40,600
Speaker 1: I got multiple degrees on my wall. I think college

642
00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:42,520
Speaker 1: and just the whole system is a little I think

643
00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:44,920
Speaker 1: we'd all agree a little overrated. Now, maybe there are

644
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Speaker 1: specific industries an electrical engineer or something that parallels what

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Speaker 1: you do, but for the most part, most of us

646
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Speaker 1: once we graduate. We kind of learned from scratch. Wherever

647
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Speaker 1: we go, whether we go be an NFL scout, whether

648
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Speaker 1: we go be a salesman, whether we go be a

649
00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:04,840
Speaker 1: tech guy. They teach you when you get there for

650
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Speaker 1: the if I draft, you know, to a in the

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00:34:07,640 --> 00:34:11,239
Speaker 1: first round. He's learned a lot for Nick Saban. Nick

652
00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:13,600
Speaker 1: Saban for three years has done a lot of the groundwork.

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00:34:13,680 --> 00:34:16,320
Speaker 1: Now I gotta teach you my offense. Maybe improve on

654
00:34:16,360 --> 00:34:19,640
Speaker 1: a couple of little things. But he's pretty ready made, right.

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00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:22,600
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow pretty ready to roll. Played for Urban, played

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00:34:22,640 --> 00:34:24,640
Speaker 1: for Joe Brady. He kind of knows what's going on

657
00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:27,680
Speaker 1: right when you think think of all the other players

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Speaker 1: that were drafted who whoever you think in the first round,

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00:34:30,200 --> 00:34:34,080
Speaker 1: especially from the bigger programs they've been coached up. Imagine

660
00:34:34,080 --> 00:34:36,399
Speaker 1: if like, instead of going to work wherever you went

661
00:34:36,440 --> 00:34:38,799
Speaker 1: to work right out of college, you went to this

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00:34:38,880 --> 00:34:41,880
Speaker 1: little two year program that just taught you everything the

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Speaker 1: basics of what you're gonna need to know at your company.

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Speaker 1: That's why internships are so great. You in turn and

665
00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:49,080
Speaker 1: then you're just ready to hit the ground running. It's

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00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:53,680
Speaker 1: basically what college football is. I'm a big time Broncos fan.

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00:34:53,719 --> 00:34:56,040
Speaker 1: Living in North Carolina, you can imagine how two thousand

668
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Speaker 1: fifteen went. Wanted to hear your opinion on how we

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Speaker 1: will do next year. I a firm, firm believer that

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00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:04,080
Speaker 1: we will make the wild card playoff run. I think

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Speaker 1: Drew Lock looked very good the last three games, and

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Speaker 1: we're just uh and we've just put fantastic skill players

673
00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:14,040
Speaker 1: around him. Our defense is still a top fifteen unit

674
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Speaker 1: in my opinion. Thanks for some offseason bulking your thoughts.

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00:35:19,719 --> 00:35:23,400
Speaker 1: I saw Colins said that they are the next big team.

676
00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:25,239
Speaker 1: I think they have everything you need to be really

677
00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:27,480
Speaker 1: good next year. They got a coach who knows what

678
00:35:27,520 --> 00:35:30,080
Speaker 1: he's doing. Is he a great head coach? Little little

679
00:35:30,160 --> 00:35:32,839
Speaker 1: yet to be determined. But in his first year, after

680
00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:34,719
Speaker 1: a terrible start, they went seven and nine. Here's what

681
00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:37,000
Speaker 1: I do know about Vick fanjil. His defenses are going

682
00:35:37,040 --> 00:35:40,000
Speaker 1: to be good. He's got Von Miller, he's got Bradley Chubb,

683
00:35:40,239 --> 00:35:44,560
Speaker 1: he's got Justin Simmons. He coaches up defensive backs always,

684
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Speaker 1: they're going to be good. That's just a fact that

685
00:35:47,080 --> 00:35:51,160
Speaker 1: it's just check the last decade. That's what happens offense

686
00:35:52,080 --> 00:35:55,360
Speaker 1: at Jerry Judy add Noah Fanse last year signed Melvin Gordon.

687
00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:58,520
Speaker 1: You got Philip lindsay they got really good skill guys,

688
00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:01,640
Speaker 1: Did I say, Jerry Judy, kJ Hamdler Like they got dudes.

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Speaker 1: They already had a solid wide receiver in Sutton, Like

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Speaker 1: they got some guys where I won't probably get on

691
00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:13,520
Speaker 1: my soapbox and pound the table. I'll give Colin credit,

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Speaker 1: and this is why he's one of the best in

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Speaker 1: the business. He gets ahead of things. I'm with you,

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00:36:17,760 --> 00:36:20,520
Speaker 1: Drew Locker looked really good. I know enough people in

695
00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:22,520
Speaker 1: the league that were kind of iffy on him coming out.

696
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Speaker 1: I I think if Drew lock is just solid, if

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Speaker 1: Drew lock is a top twelve to fifteen quarterback this year,

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Speaker 1: let's just say he's fifteen, the Broncos will be in

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Speaker 1: the playoffs. They'll win nine games, ten games. But what

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Speaker 1: if he's not right, he asked Pat Shermer. And Pat

701
00:36:39,880 --> 00:36:43,120
Speaker 1: Shermer's resumes pretty consistent quarterbacks when he's the offensive coordinator

702
00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:45,880
Speaker 1: look good. But there's just a lot of unknown. We

703
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Speaker 1: got a small, small sample size of Drew lock Uh.

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Speaker 1: If he's good, and I'm not gonna pound the table

705
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Speaker 1: because I wouldn't say that I loved him coming out

706
00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:57,759
Speaker 1: doesn't mean I'm right and what I'm with you. What

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00:36:57,920 --> 00:36:59,440
Speaker 1: we saw last year, I think it was the Texans

708
00:36:59,520 --> 00:37:01,080
Speaker 1: game was like and this guy's got a chance to

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00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:04,200
Speaker 1: be really he has the physical attributes. Here's what we

710
00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:06,320
Speaker 1: know about playing quarterback in the NFL, though it's about

711
00:37:06,360 --> 00:37:08,839
Speaker 1: a lot more than physical attributes. He's got the arm,

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00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:11,680
Speaker 1: he's got the size. His work ethic, especially this off

713
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Speaker 1: season when they've been quarantined and not been able to practice,

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Speaker 1: is getting guys together, working out like all that stuff,

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Speaker 1: which again you might know if you fall. I think

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Speaker 1: I follow the Broncos on Twitter and Instagram and stuff,

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00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:26,280
Speaker 1: but I if if he's just been doing everything possible

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Speaker 1: to maximize himself so when training camp starts, he is

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Speaker 1: the ground running working with Pat Shermer, Like, I'm sorry,

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Speaker 1: if you're Drew Lock, two hours a day on virtual

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Speaker 1: meetings with Pat Chrmer wouldn't be enough. You know what

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Speaker 1: the elite quarterbacks are doing, especially the younger guys who

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Speaker 1: are building probably five hours, probably twenty hours a week

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Speaker 1: like a middlecot. That's against the c B A. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: screw the c b A. The elites don't follow the rules.

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00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:53,719
Speaker 1: Follow offs, not rules. You want to be great. Him

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Speaker 1: and Pat Schremer spent a lot of time together over

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Speaker 1: the last two months, and uh, that's just I don't know.

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00:37:59,840 --> 00:38:02,400
Speaker 1: I don't know. I like him. I watched his Instagram

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Speaker 1: live think he did with Baker Mayfield, and he was

731
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Speaker 1: seemed like cool dude, big fan of the podcast. Just

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Speaker 1: a quick question, how did you become an NFL scout?

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Speaker 1: It's my dream job and I was just wondering what

734
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Speaker 1: your path? What path I should take? I tell everyone

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Speaker 1: when they asked me, I worked in college football. I

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Speaker 1: worked when I was an undergrad accw Poly and then

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Speaker 1: I went to fresent State and I worked in recruiting.

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Speaker 1: And that's the only reason I made in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: I didn't play in the NFL. I didn't know people

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Speaker 1: in the NFL. I used college as my steppings. So

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Speaker 1: and luckily when I was at Fressen State, we produced

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Speaker 1: a lot of NFL guys. My second year we had

743
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Speaker 1: Ryan Matthews, who went I think twelfth overall to the Chargers.

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Speaker 1: So everyone important was coming through. But you know, I

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00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:47,280
Speaker 1: that's my path. And you know the great thing about

746
00:38:47,280 --> 00:38:49,840
Speaker 1: life like that, there's not. My path isn't for everyone.

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00:38:49,920 --> 00:38:51,960
Speaker 1: That's just what I would recommend because it worked for me.

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Speaker 1: College football and whether you have a D one Double A,

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00:38:55,760 --> 00:38:58,440
Speaker 1: if you can get to Division one, that's ideal because

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00:38:58,480 --> 00:39:01,640
Speaker 1: the NFL scouts and then filled community will come through

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00:39:01,680 --> 00:39:04,319
Speaker 1: your school and you can get to meet them. And

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00:39:04,360 --> 00:39:06,919
Speaker 1: the that that was my only opportunity to meet those

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00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:09,520
Speaker 1: guys is through at Fresno State. I never in a

754
00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:11,640
Speaker 1: million years would have met any of them, So that's

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Speaker 1: always what I recommend. Was looking forward to the ESPN

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00:39:15,640 --> 00:39:18,759
Speaker 1: College Game Day in Dublin this year, but like most things,

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00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:21,960
Speaker 1: that is now canceled. What are your thoughts on NFL expansion.

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00:39:22,239 --> 00:39:24,600
Speaker 1: Will it happen in the near future? If so, do

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Speaker 1: you think it's uh likely for a team to be

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Speaker 1: located out of the US. If it's gonna be any

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00:39:29,880 --> 00:39:31,600
Speaker 1: team out of the US, it would be the Jaguars

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Speaker 1: in London. And you know, I don't know anyone with

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Speaker 1: the league office at the business I I know football

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00:39:37,440 --> 00:39:39,880
Speaker 1: coaches and general managers, I don't know like the business

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00:39:39,920 --> 00:39:43,759
Speaker 1: people at Park Avenue or wherever their office is. That

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Speaker 1: Portnoy wants, you know, handcuffed himself and got arrested for

767
00:39:47,560 --> 00:39:52,799
Speaker 1: for Tom Brady. But I've heard people say this, and

768
00:39:52,840 --> 00:39:55,600
Speaker 1: I think it's pretty obvious they're one big do over.

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Speaker 1: If they could do it, would not put the Jaguars

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Speaker 1: in Jacksonville market stinks no offense to anyone that's listening

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00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:02,960
Speaker 1: to Jacksonville. I've been there once. I kind of liked it.

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Speaker 1: But from a market standpoint, it's it's all about money,

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Speaker 1: so you want to be in the biggest markets possible.

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Speaker 1: The London market, while it would have some logistical problems

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Speaker 1: because when you work out players during the season to

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Speaker 1: bring guys out, if you're bringing them from the West coast,

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00:40:19,239 --> 00:40:21,160
Speaker 1: it's a five hour flight from the East coast, right,

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00:40:21,160 --> 00:40:23,600
Speaker 1: so be ten. It's a long way to go. But

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Speaker 1: to me that feels inevitable. I know someone tweeted at

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Speaker 1: me maybe Toronto for the Bills, but it feels like

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00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:32,360
Speaker 1: the Pedaligulas and and the Bills kind of got a

782
00:40:32,360 --> 00:40:39,440
Speaker 1: good thing going. But I would guess that. I would

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Speaker 1: guess that London, if they do expansion, it would just

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Speaker 1: be moving the jackson London. Are they going to expand

785
00:40:45,480 --> 00:40:49,279
Speaker 1: other teams? I don't necessarily see that happening. I could

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Speaker 1: be wrong, again, I note this is complete just educated guests,

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Speaker 1: so I would I would leave. Know. So I'm listening

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Speaker 1: to your pot and I wanted to give you a

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00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:01,640
Speaker 1: little input. Okay, so I'm listening to your Drew Brees

790
00:41:01,680 --> 00:41:03,080
Speaker 1: pot and I wanted to give you a little input.

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Speaker 1: If you don't mind, I'd like for you to share

792
00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:08,920
Speaker 1: with your listeners. I'm an eight year army fit. Literally

793
00:41:08,960 --> 00:41:12,440
Speaker 1: nobody that I've served with has any problems with NFL

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00:41:12,560 --> 00:41:17,120
Speaker 1: players protesting during the anthem. We are not offended. Most

795
00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:19,960
Speaker 1: of us are of the mindset that we do what

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Speaker 1: we do in order to protect the freedom of the

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Speaker 1: people to protest such things. I could go on and

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00:41:26,960 --> 00:41:29,480
Speaker 1: on about this topic, but I don't want to talk

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Speaker 1: you to death. Keep up the good work and go giants.

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00:41:34,280 --> 00:41:39,040
Speaker 1: I agree, I think like most things. You know, the

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00:41:39,080 --> 00:41:43,480
Speaker 1: sad part about most of our realities in society right

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00:41:43,480 --> 00:41:47,279
Speaker 1: now is they become so political, and maybe more than

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00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:50,000
Speaker 1: ever because it's an election year and the polarization of

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00:41:50,040 --> 00:41:53,680
Speaker 1: Donald Trump. But when I see Al Sharpton and Joe

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00:41:53,719 --> 00:41:57,120
Speaker 1: Biden and all these people going to George Floyd's funeral

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00:41:57,800 --> 00:42:02,480
Speaker 1: and Donald tweeting about the protest, asked It's like it

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00:42:02,520 --> 00:42:05,759
Speaker 1: doesn't even become about what it actually started, as you know,

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Speaker 1: And that's just the reality of life. I mean, everything

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00:42:08,840 --> 00:42:13,360
Speaker 1: now immediately becomes political because both political parties jump on

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00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:17,879
Speaker 1: it immediately. Donald loves talking shit about the anthem because

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00:42:17,880 --> 00:42:21,640
Speaker 1: he thinks it works for his base, and the other

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00:42:21,680 --> 00:42:25,359
Speaker 1: side loves crushing him for that, and it just never ending.

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00:42:25,719 --> 00:42:29,560
Speaker 1: I'm with you. Most people I know don't care now,

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Speaker 1: especially I don't know that many people in the military

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00:42:33,040 --> 00:42:35,880
Speaker 1: thank you for the note. I do know some people

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00:42:35,960 --> 00:42:39,640
Speaker 1: that over the years have mentioned that it bothered them.

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00:42:39,640 --> 00:42:42,200
Speaker 1: So we can't be naive to think that people that

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Speaker 1: are NFL fans aren't bothered by it. But as a whole,

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Speaker 1: can't we just even if you are bothered by it,

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00:42:49,760 --> 00:42:53,080
Speaker 1: like just not pay attention, you know. I I consume

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Speaker 1: a lot of things that I liked it. I'm bothered

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Speaker 1: by right. I don't agree with everything that is said

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Speaker 1: of things that I consume, and I just waited, like

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Speaker 1: you just turn on the game five minutes. In hell,

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00:43:03,760 --> 00:43:05,680
Speaker 1: they might not even show the anthem this year. Who knows.

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Speaker 1: I think that it. I get it. The the unrest

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00:43:11,360 --> 00:43:15,480
Speaker 1: in this in this country, everyone's on edge the Corona Again.

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Speaker 1: I think there's a huge element of we were, especially

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Speaker 1: in the state I live in, told you couldn't leave,

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00:43:21,560 --> 00:43:24,880
Speaker 1: you couldn't leave, you couldn't leave. And then George Floyd

831
00:43:24,920 --> 00:43:27,480
Speaker 1: happened and everyone just busted open the walls and people

832
00:43:27,520 --> 00:43:32,400
Speaker 1: were everywhere, and it's just the Corona. I think I

833
00:43:32,480 --> 00:43:34,960
Speaker 1: was told forever on Twitter about what a big deal

834
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Speaker 1: mental health is. And trust me, I'm I believe in.

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Speaker 1: It's like when my mind is right, when I'm in

836
00:43:39,360 --> 00:43:42,160
Speaker 1: a good frame of mind, I feel like I'm unstoppable.

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Speaker 1: When I'm in a bad place, it's miserable. I think

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00:43:44,520 --> 00:43:48,200
Speaker 1: we all agree, uh yet mental health. Everyone in Corona,

839
00:43:48,280 --> 00:43:50,799
Speaker 1: like the media, was just like shut up, stay inside.

840
00:43:51,000 --> 00:43:53,640
Speaker 1: It's like, what are we doing? And it became a

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Speaker 1: very very tense time. You got a lot of people

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Speaker 1: losing their jobs, You've got a lot of people terrified

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Speaker 1: for their financial free him. I had, uh. I had

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Speaker 1: a buddy tell me the other day that he just

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Speaker 1: has a newborn baby that said his biggest fear during

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Speaker 1: Corona was that his wife would get it and then

847
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Speaker 1: he would have to watch the kid. And his kid

848
00:44:12,920 --> 00:44:14,799
Speaker 1: is like two or three months old. He's like I

849
00:44:14,840 --> 00:44:16,400
Speaker 1: was just so scared. I wouldn't know what to do

850
00:44:16,480 --> 00:44:19,279
Speaker 1: and she would be sick and quarantine. And I was like,

851
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Speaker 1: I don't think people because social media just shut up,

852
00:44:22,960 --> 00:44:26,520
Speaker 1: close your doors, don't kill grandpa, which again, no one

853
00:44:26,600 --> 00:44:29,239
Speaker 1: wants to kill grandpa. But when you're just forcing people

854
00:44:29,280 --> 00:44:31,480
Speaker 1: to stay inside, and as months went on, you're like,

855
00:44:31,520 --> 00:44:33,799
Speaker 1: you know, this doesn't what are we doing here? And

856
00:44:33,800 --> 00:44:35,799
Speaker 1: then it feels like it's just political. You're trying to

857
00:44:35,840 --> 00:44:38,560
Speaker 1: keep us inside and ruin people's business. People are afraid,

858
00:44:38,600 --> 00:44:40,160
Speaker 1: like if their wife gets it, how are you gonna

859
00:44:40,160 --> 00:44:44,520
Speaker 1: watch it? You know, just everyone has different fears and thoughts,

860
00:44:45,160 --> 00:44:47,520
Speaker 1: and you know, I don't even I don't know how

861
00:44:47,520 --> 00:44:51,960
Speaker 1: I veered off from the from what you're saying about

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Speaker 1: the kneeling in the anthem, but I'm with you. I

863
00:44:55,480 --> 00:44:58,160
Speaker 1: I don't care at all, just like I I mean,

864
00:44:58,160 --> 00:45:01,600
Speaker 1: I I don't understand why people like roots for businesses

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Speaker 1: to go under and that's like a fun thing to

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Speaker 1: do on social media, like let's tank the economy, Like

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Speaker 1: who roots for that? What? What's wrong with people? Like

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Speaker 1: we want people to lose their jobs? Is this is

869
00:45:13,440 --> 00:45:16,320
Speaker 1: this real life? Like who roots for someone to lose

870
00:45:16,360 --> 00:45:19,480
Speaker 1: their job. I just don't get it, like you can

871
00:45:19,840 --> 00:45:22,520
Speaker 1: not want to kill grandpa, not want to get anyone sick,

872
00:45:23,000 --> 00:45:24,879
Speaker 1: and root for people to keep their jobs and their

873
00:45:24,880 --> 00:45:28,239
Speaker 1: small businesses. Just a weird time. This was just a

874
00:45:29,480 --> 00:45:35,160
Speaker 1: I'll never forget these three months. With the additions of

875
00:45:35,239 --> 00:45:39,840
Speaker 1: deef On, defensive players like Kyle Vanoy, Byron Jones, and

876
00:45:39,960 --> 00:45:42,520
Speaker 1: defensive players they just drafted this year like Curtis Weaver

877
00:45:42,640 --> 00:45:46,239
Speaker 1: and Noah Big Boo, where will the Dolphins defense rank

878
00:45:46,280 --> 00:45:50,759
Speaker 1: in the league? Also, how much could that improve if

879
00:45:50,760 --> 00:45:52,520
Speaker 1: they were to sign a guy like Clowney or trade

880
00:45:52,560 --> 00:45:56,080
Speaker 1: forward in the dock way? Uh? Yeah, I think Vanoy,

881
00:45:56,239 --> 00:45:59,800
Speaker 1: big culture guy Brian Flores knows them well. Byron Jones

882
00:46:00,040 --> 00:46:03,560
Speaker 1: me starting starting corner to go with the what's his

883
00:46:03,640 --> 00:46:07,239
Speaker 1: name Xavier? I can't even for the other corner who's

884
00:46:07,320 --> 00:46:10,400
Speaker 1: highly paid. Guys really good. So you've got two good corners.

885
00:46:11,000 --> 00:46:14,840
Speaker 1: You add a linebacker who knows the defense. Uh, rookies,

886
00:46:14,880 --> 00:46:19,680
Speaker 1: I you just never know, right you add uh On?

887
00:46:19,800 --> 00:46:22,200
Speaker 1: I guess in the first round, you add Austin Jackson,

888
00:46:22,360 --> 00:46:25,200
Speaker 1: the the offensive tackle. You add to us offensively, they

889
00:46:25,200 --> 00:46:28,080
Speaker 1: should be better. You're right, they need pass rushers. I

890
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Speaker 1: would not pay Clowney Brian Flores. Coming from Bill Belichick,

891
00:46:32,040 --> 00:46:37,000
Speaker 1: I'll be shocked if he's buying Clowney Jannick. You know,

892
00:46:37,239 --> 00:46:41,399
Speaker 1: I think that would be the one thing I could

893
00:46:41,400 --> 00:46:44,200
Speaker 1: see them not doing that. Again, the Bill Belichick mindset

894
00:46:44,200 --> 00:46:45,960
Speaker 1: that they're not gonna trade like a first and second

895
00:46:46,040 --> 00:46:48,080
Speaker 1: round pick and then pay a guy huge money. That

896
00:46:48,160 --> 00:46:51,320
Speaker 1: doesn't feel like Belichick either. They'd be more likely to

897
00:46:51,320 --> 00:46:53,200
Speaker 1: sign Clowney if they get him for like one year

898
00:46:53,320 --> 00:46:57,480
Speaker 1: nine million. They could be more competitive, But to me,

899
00:46:57,520 --> 00:47:00,879
Speaker 1: it's gonna be more on offense. Can they score points? Uh?

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00:47:00,920 --> 00:47:04,120
Speaker 1: They played really hard last year down the stretch. You know,

901
00:47:04,160 --> 00:47:07,200
Speaker 1: Fitzpatrick was solid. Is too of starting? Yeah? The Dolphins,

902
00:47:07,760 --> 00:47:11,520
Speaker 1: you know, it might actually be decent this year. But

903
00:47:11,600 --> 00:47:14,000
Speaker 1: I to me, the number one question is is the

904
00:47:14,080 --> 00:47:17,759
Speaker 1: quarterback not necessarily the defense? What do you think about

905
00:47:17,800 --> 00:47:20,640
Speaker 1: an Alex Smith return? He looked good at good on

906
00:47:20,680 --> 00:47:25,200
Speaker 1: a practice he posted after watching the sixty My first

907
00:47:25,360 --> 00:47:29,200
Speaker 1: reaction when watching some of those videos, there's just no chance.

908
00:47:29,600 --> 00:47:32,279
Speaker 1: Incredible story. I'm so glad he was able to keep

909
00:47:32,280 --> 00:47:36,279
Speaker 1: his leg, but I I can't see after going through

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00:47:36,320 --> 00:47:40,680
Speaker 1: all that him being able to make an NFL team. Uh,

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00:47:40,880 --> 00:47:43,560
Speaker 1: let alone play in a game. He just to me

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00:47:43,680 --> 00:47:47,160
Speaker 1: the movement. It's an incredible work ethic. He's an incredible

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Speaker 1: human being. I wish more people like that would like

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00:47:49,840 --> 00:47:53,000
Speaker 1: run for political office. Uh. We just need more good

915
00:47:53,000 --> 00:47:56,160
Speaker 1: people in positions of power in this country that help

916
00:47:56,280 --> 00:47:59,160
Speaker 1: run our society. Uh. You just see his mindset and

917
00:47:59,560 --> 00:48:03,319
Speaker 1: the way he thinks about life. Just an inspirational human being.

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Speaker 1: If you watch that, he's sixty and you weren't moved

919
00:48:06,480 --> 00:48:10,080
Speaker 1: to tears and you weren't inspired you listen. I don't

920
00:48:10,120 --> 00:48:13,960
Speaker 1: know if we're the same species, but I as a

921
00:48:14,080 --> 00:48:20,280
Speaker 1: football guy and just watching how injuries cripple humans. I

922
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Speaker 1: I can't see him ever playing in the NFL again.

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00:48:23,080 --> 00:48:25,200
Speaker 1: And I'm listening. I'm trying to be a positive human,

924
00:48:25,680 --> 00:48:28,000
Speaker 1: but I'm just trying. I gotta be realistic on this one.

925
00:48:28,040 --> 00:48:31,399
Speaker 1: So I would expect him from the videos I've seen,

926
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Speaker 1: maybe I missed a newer one for him to not

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Speaker 1: be Uh yeah, for him to not be in the

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Speaker 1: NFL again. You know, he had a hell of a run.

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00:48:40,920 --> 00:48:43,920
Speaker 1: Terrible injury in his career. Again, I'd root for him

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00:48:43,920 --> 00:48:45,440
Speaker 1: if he did make it, I'd love for him to

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Speaker 1: overcome I I can't see it. Appreciate everyone listening. Enjoy

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Speaker 1: the weekend and uh I'll talk to you next week

933
00:48:53,520 --> 00:48:55,440
Speaker 1: and thanks again. Tell all your friends to listen. I

934
00:48:55,480 --> 00:48:58,399
Speaker 1: appreciate everyone listening during these crazy times in this world,

935
00:48:58,480 --> 00:49:01,560
Speaker 1: and I had had tip of respect to each and

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Speaker 1: every one of you. Take it easy, see um