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

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Speaker 1: back at it again on a Thursday night after well

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Speaker 1: completely on to stop paying attention to that Thursday night

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Speaker 1: game about after midway through the third quarter. That was terrible.

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Speaker 1: I mean that that game belongs in London for us

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Speaker 1: on the West Coast at that six thirty am kickoff

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Speaker 1: time on Sunday. Dolphins Jags London. Just make them play

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Speaker 1: even though they only play technically every four years, but

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Speaker 1: they're always both in last place, so they play a lot.

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Speaker 1: Put that game in London. Just put that game across

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Speaker 1: the pond. Did have something that I noticed with the

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Speaker 1: Dolphins that I'm just interested to see how it plays out.

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Speaker 1: We'll dive into that. Something else that happened, you know,

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Speaker 1: kind of denied or early you're right around kickoff time

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Speaker 1: with some college football conferences. Some thoughts on something I

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Speaker 1: saw with Drew Brees and the Saints earlier this week

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Speaker 1: they're headed. Uh. Some NFL nuggets did I've just heard

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Speaker 1: three for the money, I'm four and two so far. Uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, if you keep going forward, to next week.

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Speaker 1: You know, I'll be what would that be? Six and three?

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Speaker 1: We just start stacking wins, will make money. I'm also

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Speaker 1: the guy that bet on the Jackson Night, but that's

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Speaker 1: not part of three for the money baby. Three picks

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Speaker 1: every week that I like. I actually feel pretty good,

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Speaker 1: really good about two other three. It gets a little

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Speaker 1: harder as the season goes on because you get a

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Speaker 1: lot more spreads, get a lot more you know, just

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Speaker 1: of data, especially now with no fans, it's a little

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Speaker 1: bit harder to pick these games. But it's actually a

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Speaker 1: pretty good week slate. I'm excited for Sunday and the

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Speaker 1: SEC is coming back, so pretty good football weekend. Might

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Speaker 1: play little golf Saturday and then early in the morning

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Speaker 1: and then just go football all afternoon. I might have

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Speaker 1: to miss Lane Kiff and play Florida, but I don't

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Speaker 1: think I'll miss gonna be any good. And Mike Leach

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Speaker 1: the SEC is back. It feels like football is actually back.

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Speaker 1: And then of course Middlecoff Mail back at John Middlecoff

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Speaker 1: you'll get your question answered on the show. You know

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Speaker 1: how we do. Also for those of you guys that

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Speaker 1: listen on iTunes at John Middlecoff is excuse me, that's

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Speaker 1: my Instagram handle three and out is the is the

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Speaker 1: show's name, and you can find it on iTunes. Subscribe

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Speaker 1: if you listen through Colin, and if you if you

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Speaker 1: would leave a review, I'd greatly appreciate it. But one

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Speaker 1: quick thing I saw tonight with the Dolphins is clearly

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Speaker 1: they drafted an injured player or a player that had

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Speaker 1: been injured last year. I know listening to Dilford talk

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Speaker 1: these other positions, one rolled ankle two was in the game,

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Speaker 1: So something more to happen to Ryan Fitzpatrick. He would

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Speaker 1: it with an injured guy, with the guy that had

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Speaker 1: been hurt. But if he's healthy enough to be in pads,

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Speaker 1: here's what I do know. Now, he had a good

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Speaker 1: advanced Joseph a lot. He might be equally as bad.

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Speaker 1: Todd Wash is a joke defensive coordinator. But listen, so

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Speaker 1: Ryan Fitzpatrick is fine Bridge quarterback. I draft a guy

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Speaker 1: fifth overall, and I get there's not that much talent

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Speaker 1: There's less talent around him in Cincinnati, and they put

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Speaker 1: learn by playing football. Especially in two thousand twenty. I

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Speaker 1: think that is? I'll tell you. Quarterback play. It's never

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Speaker 1: definitely talent enough. And check he's clearly healthy. Because you're

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Speaker 1: they'll and I heard this with Anthony Lynn. Now listen,

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Speaker 1: I didn't want Tyrod Taylor to lose his starting job

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Speaker 1: Justin Herbert was the six pick in the draft, and

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Speaker 1: in there, which again I was rooting for that it

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Speaker 1: I do not understand we got a plan. What's your plan?

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Speaker 1: Play the guy? When you draft a guy really high,

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Speaker 1: he should start from the jump. Why Because it's never

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Speaker 1: been easier to play quarterback. They can't get hit you all,

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Speaker 1: so run college concepts. It's easy for these NFL teams

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Speaker 1: to these quarterbacks or to these offensive coordinators. It's not like,

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Speaker 1: this offense. They get to the pros, it's completely different.

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Speaker 1: a quote unquote pro style offense. When I worked at

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Speaker 1: Two thousand twenty. What the hell does that mean? Lincoln

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Speaker 1: of screwing around on the bench. Of course he is.

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Speaker 1: at Alabama. I hear all this stuff about culture and

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Speaker 1: Brian Flores. You're you're not going anywhere this year. Let

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Speaker 1: this guy play. Immediately, Let him get the reps, so

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Speaker 1: I like Ryan Fitzpatrick, smart guy, fun to watch, run

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Speaker 1: The other thing that happened Thursday afternoon was the PAC

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Speaker 1: But here's what we also learned on Thursday. They're not

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Speaker 1: on their own six games. That's embarrassing, no other way

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Speaker 1: Now they were gonna play Ohio State Week two. Now

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Speaker 1: maybe two seven, two eight, But you know, in fifteen years,

427
00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:08,680
Speaker 1: things have changed in this business that I'm in. Button football,

428
00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:11,880
Speaker 1: one thing never has When the whistle blows and you're

429
00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:14,720
Speaker 1: playing an opponent. Whether there's one person in the stands

430
00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:17,080
Speaker 1: or a hundred thousand person in the stands, you better

431
00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:21,680
Speaker 1: go full go or it'll get ugly for you fast. Okay,

432
00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:24,680
Speaker 1: let's dive into something that I I saw this week,

433
00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:29,879
Speaker 1: and it involved the Saints. After their game, they were

434
00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:34,439
Speaker 1: scheduled to fly home from Las Vegas on Tuesday morning.

435
00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:36,399
Speaker 1: Now it's not like they were saying on the strip.

436
00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:39,000
Speaker 1: They were saying outside of the strip, but they were

437
00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:41,440
Speaker 1: gonna fly back first thing Tuesday morning because the game

438
00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:46,080
Speaker 1: got over for so so late. I think sleeping habits. Uh.

439
00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:48,600
Speaker 1: The Golden State Warriors I remember in the peak of

440
00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:51,560
Speaker 1: their dynasty were big on sleeping habits and would often

441
00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:53,520
Speaker 1: do the same thing. Instead of trying to cram into

442
00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:57,840
Speaker 1: the plane fly that night, they would stay over and

443
00:22:57,880 --> 00:23:00,320
Speaker 1: fly the next day, so you get a normal night's sleep.

444
00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:03,720
Speaker 1: So that's not that normal. But something happened the next

445
00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:07,600
Speaker 1: morning that I read flagged And to me, any time

446
00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:11,720
Speaker 1: that you have to change plans and have an emergency meeting,

447
00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:15,480
Speaker 1: it's usually a problem. And growing up, I got in

448
00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:19,320
Speaker 1: some trouble as a kid in uh elementary school and

449
00:23:19,359 --> 00:23:21,160
Speaker 1: definitely junior high. By the time I got to high

450
00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:23,560
Speaker 1: school sports and stuff. You kind of had to stay

451
00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:25,760
Speaker 1: on the straight arrow. But I was often someone that

452
00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:28,440
Speaker 1: had to have meetings a lot of times with the teachers,

453
00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:31,840
Speaker 1: and it usually wasn't good. Just like in my house,

454
00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:35,480
Speaker 1: like John, we need to sit down after dinner and

455
00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:38,719
Speaker 1: have a serious talk about this usually a red flag.

456
00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:41,840
Speaker 1: Even in my professional life, I remember when I got

457
00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:44,840
Speaker 1: to work for the Eagles, it was intense and like

458
00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:48,200
Speaker 1: the pace in which the NFL operates, I wasn't quite

459
00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:50,439
Speaker 1: used to and that those first couple of months, I

460
00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:52,240
Speaker 1: remember a couple of times having to sit down with

461
00:23:52,320 --> 00:23:55,120
Speaker 1: Lewis Riddick and Howie Roseman. It was just a lot

462
00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:57,760
Speaker 1: to handle. It wasn't because I don't think I wasn't capable,

463
00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:01,320
Speaker 1: but there was just a standard. It was overwhelming, and

464
00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:04,480
Speaker 1: it was like Jesus, this is what's expected. You better

465
00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:08,360
Speaker 1: be on this level. This is the big leagues. Welcome here.

466
00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:11,159
Speaker 1: It's like damn, and then you either shape up or

467
00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:16,200
Speaker 1: shape out. The Saints on Tuesday morning, instead of getting

468
00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:19,560
Speaker 1: going right to the plane after bed, Sean Payton pushed

469
00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:24,240
Speaker 1: back the plane flight and they had emergency meetings and listen,

470
00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:28,200
Speaker 1: the Saints have had some drip drip, drip, drip, drip,

471
00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:32,440
Speaker 1: stuff going on, like eventually you gotta go, maybe there's

472
00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:35,280
Speaker 1: more going on there than we thought. And listen to

473
00:24:35,359 --> 00:24:40,159
Speaker 1: Drew Brees situation, him talking about the national anthem and

474
00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:43,400
Speaker 1: then they'll repercussions and then having to backtrack like that

475
00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:47,479
Speaker 1: wasn't nothing right. Regardless of where you stand on the issue,

476
00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:51,320
Speaker 1: it became a huge ordeal. And then in training camp,

477
00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:54,320
Speaker 1: Alvin Kamara takes off. He ultimately gets paid, but he

478
00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:57,840
Speaker 1: just left camp. Now Michael Thomas, the best player on

479
00:24:57,880 --> 00:25:00,439
Speaker 1: their team, has an high ankles brain. And then the

480
00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:03,240
Speaker 1: one thing we learned during the Raider game, whose defense.

481
00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:04,919
Speaker 1: I don't know if you've been watching the Raiders, I

482
00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:09,960
Speaker 1: don't know these last two decades is consistently atrocious and

483
00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,800
Speaker 1: they couldn't score. And there was a picture from training

484
00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:15,760
Speaker 1: camp that kind of went viral of Drew Brees arm

485
00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:18,560
Speaker 1: looking like a grandpa's elbow with all this kind of

486
00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:22,399
Speaker 1: extra flab hanging down like he's forty years old. There's

487
00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:25,120
Speaker 1: a chance that players aren't dub they're looking around going

488
00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:27,920
Speaker 1: I don't know if our quarterbacks that could anymore. Now

489
00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:30,360
Speaker 1: I get he's Drew Brees he's some Hall of Famer

490
00:25:30,359 --> 00:25:32,920
Speaker 1: and he's had this great career, but no one gives

491
00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:36,000
Speaker 1: a shit about two thousand fourteen or two thousand sixteen

492
00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:39,200
Speaker 1: or two thousand two. And now you're trying to beat

493
00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:42,440
Speaker 1: the Packers this weekend. And then you got their defense

494
00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:46,320
Speaker 1: which is just atrocious. Malcolm Jenkins can't cover a soul.

495
00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:49,240
Speaker 1: Their corners are very hit or missed. Their pass rush

496
00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:51,959
Speaker 1: with Davenport out doesn't look great like they got issues.

497
00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:54,920
Speaker 1: So if their offense isn't gonna be elite, their defense

498
00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:57,560
Speaker 1: is middle of the pack at best, they could have

499
00:25:57,600 --> 00:26:01,159
Speaker 1: some problems. And I think Sean Payton knows it. So

500
00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:03,959
Speaker 1: when I see that he before they head to the airport,

501
00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:07,840
Speaker 1: spent several hours meeting as a team, meeting in groups,

502
00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:11,639
Speaker 1: meeting with your unit, I'm red flagging this issue and

503
00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:14,080
Speaker 1: this is something to keep an eye on. I think

504
00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:16,520
Speaker 1: he knows. Right now. I got a boat and we

505
00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:19,639
Speaker 1: got a leak, and hope to God, and this is

506
00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:22,320
Speaker 1: what good coaches do. We can pass this leak and

507
00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:25,240
Speaker 1: we can keep sailing right to ten, eleven, twelve wins.

508
00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:28,600
Speaker 1: But there is a chance, and listen, coaches are paranoid.

509
00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:32,520
Speaker 1: Sean Payton he's an elite coach. He's definitely paranoid, even

510
00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:34,200
Speaker 1: though all the success he has, and I think it's

511
00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:37,720
Speaker 1: clear he's the top three or four offensive mind probably

512
00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:41,240
Speaker 1: the last several decades he's His resume speaks for itself.

513
00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:45,240
Speaker 1: He's resurrected a franchise with Breeze that was a joke

514
00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:48,200
Speaker 1: my entire life up until about two thousand six when

515
00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:50,399
Speaker 1: those two guys showed up. I got nothing but respect

516
00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:52,359
Speaker 1: for both those two guys. But you get to a

517
00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:55,880
Speaker 1: point sometimes where thinks snowballs on you. You have some injuries,

518
00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:58,639
Speaker 1: your team is just not good, and it just falls apart.

519
00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:01,920
Speaker 1: And I remember my second year in Philly, the dream

520
00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:03,520
Speaker 1: team year. We went eight and eight, and by the

521
00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:05,920
Speaker 1: following season we were four and twelve, and Andy Reid,

522
00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:09,320
Speaker 1: who I think we all agree is a top to

523
00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:13,439
Speaker 1: coach in the NFL, got fired like ship just happens.

524
00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:16,399
Speaker 1: I don't think Sean Payton's gonna get fired, but who's

525
00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:18,320
Speaker 1: to say, maybe they're gonna end up six and ten

526
00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:21,560
Speaker 1: because he's in the back of his mind. You usually

527
00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:26,640
Speaker 1: don't freak out after week two. You think Belichick freaked

528
00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:28,200
Speaker 1: out after week two. And I know we've seen the

529
00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:30,720
Speaker 1: visuals of him with the Holy sweatshirt. He doesn't want

530
00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:33,760
Speaker 1: to lose, but he's not holding crazy team meetings the

531
00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:36,040
Speaker 1: next day. He knows they're right there, because if you

532
00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:38,679
Speaker 1: watch the game, you go, wow, you played Seattle, one

533
00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:40,320
Speaker 1: of the best teams in the league on the road,

534
00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:42,359
Speaker 1: you had a tough loss. You're right at the one

535
00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:46,439
Speaker 1: yard line. Sean Payton's going, we just got our ass

536
00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:49,440
Speaker 1: kicked by a quarterback that hasn't played well in three years,

537
00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:52,399
Speaker 1: by one of the worst statistical defenses the last several years.

538
00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:55,119
Speaker 1: We got issues. We don't have a little issue. We

539
00:27:55,119 --> 00:27:58,000
Speaker 1: didn't just go, you know, toe to toe right with

540
00:27:58,359 --> 00:28:01,720
Speaker 1: uh with Kyle Shanahanner shot mcvaghan lose on the last play.

541
00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:06,040
Speaker 1: We played the Raiders whose corners can't cover a soul

542
00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:09,240
Speaker 1: and we could not score in the second half. We

543
00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:13,080
Speaker 1: have problems, and I think he knows it, and I

544
00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:15,600
Speaker 1: think that's why he forced these meetings, and we're gonna

545
00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:19,000
Speaker 1: find out. I think this weekend the Packers who are

546
00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:22,440
Speaker 1: rolling Rogers who looks every bit as an m VP

547
00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:25,880
Speaker 1: candidate is Russell Wilson. Right now, if we're slipping, we're

548
00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:29,760
Speaker 1: gonna get worked and it's a short week. Everyone's on edge,

549
00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:32,320
Speaker 1: but the elephant in the room is and we're definitely

550
00:28:32,359 --> 00:28:34,200
Speaker 1: gonna kind of feel it these next couple of weeks.

551
00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:37,280
Speaker 1: Is my quarterback still good enough? Because if my quarterback

552
00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:40,680
Speaker 1: is not still good enough for our defense just is

553
00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:42,360
Speaker 1: what it is. Might not be that great. But if

554
00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:44,640
Speaker 1: you have a great quarterback who cares, you can still

555
00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:46,640
Speaker 1: win ten eleven games. You don't need to have a

556
00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:49,200
Speaker 1: good defense. And that's where for as much as he

557
00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:53,080
Speaker 1: tries all these coaching tactics, and he's a parcels guy,

558
00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:56,160
Speaker 1: so he's got some of these parcels Ian's moves, they

559
00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:59,560
Speaker 1: have a limit of their impact. Like if if you're

560
00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:02,080
Speaker 1: leading right now, let's say the Baltimore Ravens are the

561
00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:06,040
Speaker 1: Cancer Chiefs and for whatever reason, John Harbaugh or Andy

562
00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:07,960
Speaker 1: Reid needs to do something kind of crazy in the

563
00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:10,440
Speaker 1: middle of the week, it's gonna have an impact because

564
00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:14,200
Speaker 1: their teams really talented and they're just better than everyone else.

565
00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:17,280
Speaker 1: So it might refocus the team, it might get guys

566
00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:19,720
Speaker 1: to re lock in. But if you did that with

567
00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:23,560
Speaker 1: a team that's not good enough, and if everyone is listen,

568
00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:26,320
Speaker 1: I don't think the briefe thing his resume spoke for

569
00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:28,800
Speaker 1: long enough in terms of the impact with the players

570
00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:31,800
Speaker 1: on the team, Like, we all know his character, it's pristine.

571
00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:35,160
Speaker 1: It's way better than these idiot media guys we see

572
00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:41,120
Speaker 1: tweeting craziness online. Drew Brees, high character guy, Everyone likes him,

573
00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:43,120
Speaker 1: No one's ever had a bad word said about him.

574
00:29:43,120 --> 00:29:45,640
Speaker 1: So I'm not saying that there's some holdover from what happened,

575
00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:48,880
Speaker 1: you know, before the season, but there will be an

576
00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:51,640
Speaker 1: issue if players on that team start thinking of themselves,

577
00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:55,440
Speaker 1: is this guy not good anymore? And you keep laying

578
00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:58,720
Speaker 1: eggs against defenses? And the Packers are solid, so it

579
00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:01,720
Speaker 1: might not be Green Bay. But if Green Bay keeps

580
00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:05,360
Speaker 1: scoring at their rate and the Saints offense, which has

581
00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:08,480
Speaker 1: consistently been one of the better in the NFL, can't

582
00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:11,200
Speaker 1: keep up or doesn't even look like close to the

583
00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:15,680
Speaker 1: same level, Sean Payton can pull all these crazy moves

584
00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:18,680
Speaker 1: for the next several weeks and it won't matter. Maybe

585
00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:20,960
Speaker 1: the Saints are just destined to you know, have a

586
00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:24,240
Speaker 1: comeback to uh, to the norm, to the medium to

587
00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:27,640
Speaker 1: where most teams are, to the mean, not the medium,

588
00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:30,560
Speaker 1: to the meme, and their mean just league wide. You

589
00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:32,479
Speaker 1: know what, if this is the seven and nine season. Now,

590
00:30:32,520 --> 00:30:35,440
Speaker 1: they've had that before, right when Rob Ryan was their

591
00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:38,160
Speaker 1: defensive coordinator, but that was because they had one of

592
00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:41,320
Speaker 1: the worst defense in the league. Their offense was fantastic. Well,

593
00:30:41,320 --> 00:30:43,480
Speaker 1: now if their offensive defense both meet somewhere in the

594
00:30:43,480 --> 00:30:45,880
Speaker 1: middle of the league, they're just gonna be an average

595
00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:51,200
Speaker 1: team no longer some quote unquote super Bowl contender. Okay,

596
00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:54,400
Speaker 1: let's uh, let's do three for the money. But before

597
00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:57,560
Speaker 1: we do three for the money, I just wrote down

598
00:30:57,600 --> 00:30:59,320
Speaker 1: a couple of NFL nuggets just texting with some of

599
00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:01,479
Speaker 1: my buddies that are scouts in the league of just

600
00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:03,680
Speaker 1: some things they've seen through the first couple of weeks

601
00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:07,080
Speaker 1: that jumped out to them, and uh, like, this is

602
00:31:07,120 --> 00:31:10,920
Speaker 1: what NFL people are thinking. One thing I heard is

603
00:31:10,960 --> 00:31:14,840
Speaker 1: that the Vikings tape through two weeks is embarrassing on defense.

604
00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:20,240
Speaker 1: That their corners stink, they can't cover a soul. That's

605
00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:23,240
Speaker 1: a pretty big issue for a team that's really kind

606
00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:26,680
Speaker 1: of you know, had defensive swag over the last four

607
00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:28,640
Speaker 1: or five years. When you thought about the Vikings, you

608
00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:32,240
Speaker 1: thought big time defense, good running game, and their receivers

609
00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:35,200
Speaker 1: were good, but it was defense first. Just kicking your

610
00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:39,400
Speaker 1: ass right now, their defense stinks, and if their defense stinks,

611
00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:41,600
Speaker 1: that means a lot more pressure puts on Kirk Cousins.

612
00:31:41,840 --> 00:31:43,960
Speaker 1: And one thing we know Kirk Cousins cannot do is

613
00:31:43,960 --> 00:31:46,960
Speaker 1: play hero ball because like last week, he'll throw picks.

614
00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:51,280
Speaker 1: I think the Vikings got real, real, real problems. Obviously

615
00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:53,200
Speaker 1: this guy went number one. I think we all watched

616
00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:55,360
Speaker 1: him at L s U. But I think people are

617
00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:57,320
Speaker 1: blown away the first couple of weeks of Joe Burrow,

618
00:31:57,760 --> 00:31:59,719
Speaker 1: just by how good he looks, how commy looks, how

619
00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:02,160
Speaker 1: calm and he looks. I mean that team wasn't just

620
00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:05,080
Speaker 1: bad last year, they won two games, and they still

621
00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:06,920
Speaker 1: when you watch him, do not have much talent. People

622
00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:10,160
Speaker 1: a J. Green. Hey, guys, this isn't two thousand fIF two.

623
00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:15,280
Speaker 1: He's not very good anymore. Which unlike other sports, like

624
00:32:15,320 --> 00:32:18,680
Speaker 1: in football, it happens fast. You go from this famous

625
00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:21,800
Speaker 1: name to just terrible. Never forget my second year in Philly,

626
00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:24,680
Speaker 1: we signed Ronnie Brown, Like damn we got Ronnie Brown.

627
00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:27,920
Speaker 1: Remember first practice he was like running in quicksands, like

628
00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:31,400
Speaker 1: yeah he's shot, he was shot. And then last but

629
00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:37,040
Speaker 1: not least, listen, we've all been given Russ just some huge,

630
00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:41,160
Speaker 1: huge circle jerk, and rightfully so, he's got nine touchdowns,

631
00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:45,880
Speaker 1: he's got eighty completed his balls, He's looked freaking awesome.

632
00:32:46,280 --> 00:32:48,640
Speaker 1: Then this narrative he's never got an m v P vote, Well,

633
00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:50,840
Speaker 1: part of it's because of the tier system. He's probably

634
00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:53,640
Speaker 1: win the m v P this year. But through two games,

635
00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:55,720
Speaker 1: and listen, whether you like the move where he didn't

636
00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:58,160
Speaker 1: like the move at this point, who gives a ship

637
00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:02,680
Speaker 1: that Jordan's draft between Jordan's Love turned Aaron Rodgers back

638
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Speaker 1: into m VP Aaron Rodgers because through two games, just

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Speaker 1: texting with a scout that's watched some of his games

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Speaker 1: was like, listen, man, he's every bit as good as Russ. Now.

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Speaker 1: Is he gonna win the MVP? Probably now he's already

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Speaker 1: got a couple. But this guy through two games, and

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Speaker 1: I would expect this to keep playing that. Whether it

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Speaker 1: was Jordan's Love, whether it's more comfort in the offense,

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Speaker 1: whatever it is, and people get more comfortable in that offense.

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Speaker 1: In year two, he looks like a man on a

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Speaker 1: freaking mission. Because the highlights from week one, now granted

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Speaker 1: it was the Vikings, who I said their defense thinks

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Speaker 1: he made him look like a high school team last

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Speaker 1: week against the Lions, boomed down and then he just

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Speaker 1: turned it on. He he looks he looks like a

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Speaker 1: just a guy on uh, just just driven to dominate,

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Speaker 1: like you're gonna throw me the w You're gonna get

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Speaker 1: rid of me for this guy a little bit like

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Speaker 1: Google Montana when Steve Young showed up. He had two

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Speaker 1: of the best years of his career those first two

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Speaker 1: years when Steve Young was supposed to quote unquote replace him.

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Speaker 1: Sometimes inspiration comes weird places. Now this isn't necessarily a

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Speaker 1: weird place. Just you get a backup quarterback who do

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Speaker 1: you know the management wants to replace you, and you're

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Speaker 1: a former you still are, I mean, a living legend,

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Speaker 1: you know, if you have any pride, any sort of ego,

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Speaker 1: any any just sort of just deep down like m

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Speaker 1: F for in you. You ain't going out like that.

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Speaker 1: And I got a lot of respect for the way

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Speaker 1: Rogers playing. So I'm four and two on the week,

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Speaker 1: four and two on the week. I got the Niners

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Speaker 1: and the Broncos last week, and I lost the Bills

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Speaker 1: game because the Dolphins somehow covered. But four and two

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Speaker 1: is not bad. I've actually made more money these last

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Speaker 1: couple of weeks than I have in a long long time.

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Speaker 1: I've just been betting on this pretty easy games. My

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Speaker 1: philosophy has been this the games that I've actually bet,

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Speaker 1: and I've bet my own money. To opening weekend Pittsburgh

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Speaker 1: against the Giants, I've bet against the Jets, and I'm

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Speaker 1: betting against the Giants again this week. I'm taking the

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Speaker 1: shittiest teams, which are the Jets, the Giants, I the Panthers,

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Speaker 1: and whenever they play a team that I think is

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Speaker 1: a playoff team, I put a lot of money on

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Speaker 1: that one. This week, the Colts are playing the Jets.

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Speaker 1: That number as the time I'm recording this is depending

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Speaker 1: on where you look at eleven or a half or twelve.

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Speaker 1: That number is a tad bit big. And I think

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Speaker 1: the Jets, I think they're one of the worst teams

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Speaker 1: I've seen the last decade. Problem is, I don't know

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Speaker 1: how good the Colts are, but I still would probably

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Speaker 1: take the Colts. Now. They're not one of my three

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Speaker 1: for the money team. So my three for the money

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Speaker 1: I'm going here, I know is their backup quarterback, and

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Speaker 1: that's Nick Mullins. Because Jimmy Garoppolo sprained his angle, they

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Speaker 1: lost Nick Bosa. George Kittle will be back, Brandon I

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Speaker 1: you got his first game last week. I just think

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Speaker 1: the Giants, who lost Sae Kwon Barkley and Stirling Shephard

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Speaker 1: probably not gonna play either. I I just don't see

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Speaker 1: how the Giants keep it within four points. Now, listen,

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Speaker 1: if the Niners were playing a good team, I would

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Speaker 1: not feel confident they can win. But I think the

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00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:57,799
Speaker 1: Giants probably are the second worst team, and it just

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Speaker 1: happens the first horse team happens to share stadium with them.

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Speaker 1: Now that stadium, the turf has issues. The NFL sent

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Speaker 1: people to check on the turf. Of course they said

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Speaker 1: the turf is fine. Um, I just I think the

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Speaker 1: Niners cover. I actually my philosophy on betting on this game.

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Speaker 1: I'm not betting on the Niners. I'm betting on Kyle

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Speaker 1: Shanahan versus Joe Judge, and I'll take my chances. Second

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Speaker 1: game Eagles minus five. Now, listen, there there's a lot

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Speaker 1: of heat already in Philly that it's just an intense

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Speaker 1: football town. They hold the Eagles to high standards, and

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Speaker 1: there's this kind of ghost and elephant in the room

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Speaker 1: called Nick Foles that Carson Wentz has never shook. He

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Speaker 1: had the opportunity last year, but then he got hurt

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Speaker 1: in the playoff game. Then this year, two games, two

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Speaker 1: picks each game. He's got four interceptions. He's fifty percent

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Speaker 1: completion percentage. I watched the Rams game earlier this week.

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Speaker 1: I mean, he's forcing balls, he's airmailing balls. He looks

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Speaker 1: like shit. But here's what I know about Carson Wentz.

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Speaker 1: He's not gonna consistently play this bad. Here's what I

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Speaker 1: know about Doug Peterson. He's a good coach, he's a

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Speaker 1: good offensive coordinator. They will get Carson Wentz back on track. Well,

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Speaker 1: how do you get him back on track? You play

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Speaker 1: a terrible defense. They're playing the Cincinnati Bengals defense, who

722
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Speaker 1: just made Baker Mayfield and the Cleveland Browns look like

723
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Speaker 1: the you know, one of the best offense we've ever seen.

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Speaker 1: They ran it right down their throat. I think the

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Speaker 1: Eagles get back on track. I think Carson Wentz gets

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Speaker 1: back on track. The games in Philly not like that matters.

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Speaker 1: There's no crowd. I like the Eagles minus five in

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Speaker 1: that game. I I just think this is the pressure's intense.

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Speaker 1: I think this is a get right game for Carson, last,

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Speaker 1: but not least, the Raiders biggest win by far under

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Speaker 1: Jon Gruden. Beating the Saints didn't just beat the Saints,

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Speaker 1: they kicked the Saints ass worked them. First home game

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Speaker 1: ever Monday night football. Well, the problem with playing Monday

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Speaker 1: night football that means then you immediately go to a

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Speaker 1: short week. The other problem with a short week is

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Speaker 1: when you have a road game that can get intense. Well,

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Speaker 1: the Raiders road game is pretty far. They gotta go

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Speaker 1: to New England, so you're playing New England who's also

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Speaker 1: coming off a loss. But the difference is they're lost.

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Speaker 1: They actually played pretty well, so they're actually a lot

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Speaker 1: of positives to build off it. I think Cam's rolling.

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Speaker 1: I think the Raiders defense is terrible. They have no

743
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Speaker 1: pass rush, their corner stink. I think Cam and the

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Speaker 1: Patriots get right and listen. I'm not some Raiders hater.

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Speaker 1: I think the Raiders are gonna win and make a

746
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Speaker 1: wild card, maybe go nine and seven, win that seven spot,

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Speaker 1: compete for that sixth spot. I just think this trip

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Speaker 1: is difficult given short week, feeling themselves a little bit long,

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Speaker 1: road trip Patriots. You saw Belichick looks like he hasn't

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Speaker 1: slept because he hadn't. They probably got back to New England,

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Speaker 1: you know, like six in the morning on Monday, and

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Speaker 1: that's a crazy time to get back. But you still

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Speaker 1: get all the Monday to get ahead of the Raiders

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Speaker 1: who are getting ready to play That night. Cam looks

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Speaker 1: freaking awesome, I think Belichick. They just don't lose many

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Speaker 1: games in Foxborough, especially with a good cam. Newton I

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Speaker 1: like the Patriots minus five. Okay, let's go a little

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Speaker 1: thing we like to call Middlecoff. Mail back at John

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Speaker 1: Middlecoff my insta firing those d ms. Give me a

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Speaker 1: follow up. You want have some pictures from Carmel Valley

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Speaker 1: this weekend. Michael there on Saturday. But let's uh, let's

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Speaker 1: start with this again. If you fell me on Collin's Network,

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Speaker 1: greatly appreciate you. Subscribing to the Pot on iTunes. Also

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Speaker 1: leave a little review if you like the podcast helps

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Speaker 1: the salespeople. I thought the pumped and crowd noise was

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Speaker 1: really helpful with someone who watches multiple screens because you

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Speaker 1: get that audible queue that a big player penalty just happened.

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Speaker 1: I thought it would be hokey. Turned out to be okay,

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Speaker 1: thoughts agreed. I thought, was it Monday night? Monday night

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Speaker 1: was a little weird. I thought ESPN with the Vegas Raiders,

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Speaker 1: we're a little off on their's. I thought Sunday night

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Speaker 1: was good. I didn't even notice it. I guess there

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Speaker 1: were fans at Jacksonville tonight, so I didn't you just

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Speaker 1: kind of notice natural fan noise. I don't hate it

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Speaker 1: at all. I'm pro put in fan noise doesn't bother.

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Speaker 1: I'm with you. I thought it was gonna be weird,

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Speaker 1: you know, just when you hear it, explain to your

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Speaker 1: like this is never gonna work, and then it happens.

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Speaker 1: You're like, oh, you know, just part of watching a game.

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Speaker 1: Here's one thing I found I noticed at Seattle, and

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Speaker 1: I know I talked about this. I think on the

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Speaker 1: early last pot at the Vegas there are shots. We're like, God,

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Speaker 1: this place is empty, and it does take a little

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Speaker 1: bit away from you. Now then they just go back

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Speaker 1: to the field and the guys are playing their ass off.

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Speaker 1: You're like, this is still NFL football, but it is

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Speaker 1: weird seeing, you know, no fans in the stands. The

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Speaker 1: huge part of these games. You know, when you see

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Speaker 1: the highlights of like European soccer or March Madness or

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Speaker 1: whatever a major seeing old highlights like golf majors. When

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Speaker 1: they're doing the US Open, it's a big difference when

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Speaker 1: there's thirty people watching the final put and then there's nobody.

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Speaker 1: It's just a part of sports is just hearing, the

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Speaker 1: hearing all those people there and listen. If you're a

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Speaker 1: sports fan, you've been to a sporting event. If you're

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Speaker 1: going to watch your team, you're going to watch the

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Speaker 1: team you've bet on. It's fun. Man. I was thinking

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Speaker 1: about that today. Man, I really miss having just the

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Speaker 1: option to go to a game, of going to a

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Speaker 1: baseball game. I haven't been to a baseball game in

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Speaker 1: a couple of years, so that's a lie. I just

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Speaker 1: threw that out there. But definitely going to an NFL game.

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Speaker 1: I went to several Niner games last year. They're just fun. Now,

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Speaker 1: obviously they were good. I wouldn't have gone if they sucked.

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Speaker 1: But when when it's good to go see an NFL

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Speaker 1: game wherever you're listening, or you know, big good college

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Speaker 1: in your town, like going to football games fun, it's

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Speaker 1: something to do on a Saturday or Sunday. Usually go

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Speaker 1: with your friends, your dad or your girlfriend, your brother

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Speaker 1: or whatever, have a few drinks. It's just relaxing in

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Speaker 1: in this in this shitty time called Corona two. Man,

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Speaker 1: I can't wait for two thousand follow I can't imagine

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Speaker 1: this your super Bowl being fanless. But I also don't

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Speaker 1: count it out as a possibility. What do you think

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Speaker 1: the probability is that we don't have fans of the

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Speaker 1: super Bowl? Uh? I honestly I can't answer that question.

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Speaker 1: Think about the super Bowl is not too early February.

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Speaker 1: I think how much stuff is gonna change over the

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Speaker 1: next you know STI got October, November, December, January, February.

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Speaker 1: You know, I don't pretend I just see the headlines

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Speaker 1: about vaccines. I don't even know. I don't get it

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Speaker 1: how fast it's gonna happen. I would imagine it's gonna

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Speaker 1: take a little longer. Who knows, you know what the

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Speaker 1: fall flu and everything's gonna be so convoluted. But then

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Speaker 1: I read some places at Corona's. You know the power

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Speaker 1: of it is diminishing because it herd mentality. You know,

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Speaker 1: I heard immunity. I mean I don't know. I'm not

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Speaker 1: a doctor. I don't pretend. I just know. Like I

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Speaker 1: turned on the Jacksonville Jaguar game, they're fans where I

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Speaker 1: don't even know where. I'd have to google where the

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Speaker 1: super Bowl is this year? Supposed to be in l A.

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Speaker 1: Or's that next year? Uh? Probably depends is New Orleans?

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Speaker 1: I I don't know. I guess obviously it was Miami

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Speaker 1: last year. Like if it was in Miami this year,

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Speaker 1: there'd be there'd be fans there for sure. But would

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Speaker 1: the NFL want the super Bowl there without fans? I mean,

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Speaker 1: are we still doing normal Corona ship in February? Like?

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Speaker 1: Am I still not allowed to go to a restaurant

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Speaker 1: in California in February? Might legitimately be in Texas? But

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Speaker 1: if that happens by then, what's up? Middlecoff? Uh? Patriot

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Speaker 1: fan here? I'm super excited about Cam Newton, but Edelman

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Speaker 1: is clearly getting older and to Kiel, Harry hasn't really

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Speaker 1: shown he can be a physical deep threat. So what

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Speaker 1: do you think the Pats can pick up or trade

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Speaker 1: for that will help with a deep threat. Well, here's

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Speaker 1: the thing. Obviously, Jules who went off against Jamal Adams.

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Speaker 1: That's not normal. I mean, I can't imagine how many

848
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Speaker 1: games in his career he's had a hundred seventy five yards.

849
00:43:31,040 --> 00:43:33,399
Speaker 1: Nikkil Harry is not a deep threat. When you think

850
00:43:33,480 --> 00:43:37,680
Speaker 1: Nikkil Harry, you gotta think like if he pops and

851
00:43:37,719 --> 00:43:40,440
Speaker 1: he hits, which I'm a fan, you gotta think like

852
00:43:40,520 --> 00:43:43,080
Speaker 1: Michael Crabtree. Like, to me, that's what he'll be. Like

853
00:43:43,120 --> 00:43:45,759
Speaker 1: Michael Crabtree with the Raiders when he was catching like

854
00:43:45,840 --> 00:43:50,080
Speaker 1: eighty ball seven eight touchdowns, like that's him contested catches.

855
00:43:50,160 --> 00:43:51,919
Speaker 1: I was gonna say an Kuan Bolden, but An Kwan

856
00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:53,320
Speaker 1: was so good. I don't know if nk Keel is

857
00:43:53,320 --> 00:43:56,200
Speaker 1: gonna be that good. But think Crabtree with the Raiders

858
00:43:56,239 --> 00:43:58,359
Speaker 1: when he was good for like three years like that.

859
00:43:58,360 --> 00:44:00,640
Speaker 1: That's that to me's nikkil he He's not going to

860
00:44:00,719 --> 00:44:03,000
Speaker 1: be a deep threat. Now, who could they trade for?

861
00:44:03,320 --> 00:44:05,480
Speaker 1: I mean, I mean, is there a deep threat going

862
00:44:05,520 --> 00:44:08,200
Speaker 1: to become available? I would I would highly doubt it.

863
00:44:08,400 --> 00:44:13,000
Speaker 1: It's not usually how it happens. But Belichick's always, you know,

864
00:44:14,400 --> 00:44:17,319
Speaker 1: in the trading mood. So I wouldn't discount it, but

865
00:44:17,480 --> 00:44:20,719
Speaker 1: I would just you know how Bill works. He'll take

866
00:44:20,760 --> 00:44:22,920
Speaker 1: four or five weeks. See what they have, See what

867
00:44:22,960 --> 00:44:25,399
Speaker 1: they got to me, They're gonna have to run the ball,

868
00:44:25,480 --> 00:44:29,280
Speaker 1: Cam run the ball and just possession. With Nikil and Edelman,

869
00:44:30,040 --> 00:44:31,680
Speaker 1: They're just not gonna have a deep threat in this offense.

870
00:44:31,800 --> 00:44:34,160
Speaker 1: Just I just think that's gonna be the reality this year.

871
00:44:35,520 --> 00:44:37,319
Speaker 1: We saw on week to the value of having a

872
00:44:37,320 --> 00:44:40,520
Speaker 1: stud kicker like Butt Kerr's or line who almost single

873
00:44:40,560 --> 00:44:43,239
Speaker 1: handedly won their teams the game. We've seen Tucker win

874
00:44:43,320 --> 00:44:45,319
Speaker 1: games in the past and definitely seen kickers lose their

875
00:44:45,360 --> 00:44:48,720
Speaker 1: teams games. I assume most coaches and gms would definitely

876
00:44:48,760 --> 00:44:52,280
Speaker 1: want to sign players who can add one to win seasons.

877
00:44:52,560 --> 00:44:54,680
Speaker 1: It's like a cheat code. Why is there not more

878
00:44:54,840 --> 00:44:57,719
Speaker 1: more robust free agent market for kickers. Is it the

879
00:44:57,800 --> 00:45:01,280
Speaker 1: lack of talent or do gms value the position? Also,

880
00:45:01,560 --> 00:45:04,399
Speaker 1: salute to you and your hustle. Perfect blend. It takes humor,

881
00:45:04,480 --> 00:45:07,440
Speaker 1: insight and can't get enough content. Well, thank you for

882
00:45:08,320 --> 00:45:10,160
Speaker 1: I probably didn't need to read that last part, but

883
00:45:10,280 --> 00:45:11,839
Speaker 1: you know, I'd like to let you guys know that

884
00:45:11,880 --> 00:45:16,959
Speaker 1: people like the content. Uh. I would say this, once

885
00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:18,920
Speaker 1: you get a kicker in the league. Let's use buttker

886
00:45:18,960 --> 00:45:22,719
Speaker 1: as an example. As a Harrison butt kicker, Butker and

887
00:45:22,719 --> 00:45:27,080
Speaker 1: Andy called him butt kicker. Uh. When I was in Philly,

888
00:45:27,680 --> 00:45:30,839
Speaker 1: we got rid of David Acres and we drafted a guy,

889
00:45:31,920 --> 00:45:35,480
Speaker 1: uh should I forget his name from Nebraska and Day

890
00:45:35,560 --> 00:45:38,040
Speaker 1: in the fourth round, and David Acres went to the Niners.

891
00:45:39,160 --> 00:45:41,399
Speaker 1: It was Harbaugh's first year and had a career year

892
00:45:41,520 --> 00:45:45,200
Speaker 1: All Pro pro bowler and was unreal. And this guy

893
00:45:45,239 --> 00:45:48,319
Speaker 1: we drafted during training camp, it was clear the guy

894
00:45:48,360 --> 00:45:50,760
Speaker 1: was gonna be a bust. This guy was a dominant

895
00:45:50,800 --> 00:45:53,600
Speaker 1: college kicker and then came to the pros and was

896
00:45:53,640 --> 00:45:57,319
Speaker 1: a bust. Remember the dude, the Florida State kicker that

897
00:45:57,400 --> 00:46:00,279
Speaker 1: Tampa drafted a Guayo a couple of years ago. That

898
00:46:00,320 --> 00:46:04,319
Speaker 1: guy was a dominant college kicker and he couldn't make

899
00:46:04,360 --> 00:46:07,319
Speaker 1: a field goal in O t ace Let alone by

900
00:46:07,320 --> 00:46:10,440
Speaker 1: the time the season started. I think foot I think

901
00:46:10,520 --> 00:46:14,080
Speaker 1: evaluating kickers is a little bit like evaluating like pitchers

902
00:46:14,080 --> 00:46:16,920
Speaker 1: in baseball. There's a reason that the amount of pictures

903
00:46:16,960 --> 00:46:18,719
Speaker 1: that come up, like oh, this guy, we drafted this

904
00:46:18,719 --> 00:46:21,440
Speaker 1: guy in the tenth round and just hit You never

905
00:46:21,520 --> 00:46:24,240
Speaker 1: know it's not a tangible thing because it's so mental.

906
00:46:24,880 --> 00:46:30,319
Speaker 1: Harrison Butt kicker. He was a seventh round pick by

907
00:46:30,360 --> 00:46:36,279
Speaker 1: the Carolina Panthers. Think about that, the Carolina Panthers. I'm

908
00:46:36,320 --> 00:46:38,399
Speaker 1: gonna read you his letnna see if I can find

909
00:46:38,440 --> 00:46:41,719
Speaker 1: some of his college stats. Butker played at Georgia Tech

910
00:46:41,760 --> 00:46:44,960
Speaker 1: from thirteen to sixteen under Paul Johnson. He's the all

911
00:46:45,000 --> 00:46:48,480
Speaker 1: time leading score at school history, team captain his senior season.

912
00:46:49,680 --> 00:46:52,640
Speaker 1: In his college career, he converted to eight to un

913
00:46:52,719 --> 00:46:55,600
Speaker 1: ten extra points and forty three of sixty field goals.

914
00:46:56,760 --> 00:46:58,680
Speaker 1: You know, he's six f He's obviously a good athlete.

915
00:46:58,680 --> 00:47:02,239
Speaker 1: I just I don't think you ever know. I mean it,

916
00:47:02,320 --> 00:47:07,080
Speaker 1: as crazy as that sounds, I just think there's so

917
00:47:07,200 --> 00:47:12,040
Speaker 1: much unknown with the kicker because the mental capacity on

918
00:47:12,120 --> 00:47:17,280
Speaker 1: these guys, once it goes, it goes. For example, Justin Tucker,

919
00:47:17,320 --> 00:47:20,400
Speaker 1: who's three time Pro Bowler, All Pro, just a stud

920
00:47:20,560 --> 00:47:22,759
Speaker 1: Let's just assume. Let's just say he's the best kicker

921
00:47:22,760 --> 00:47:26,239
Speaker 1: in the league, the best kicker in the NFL. He

922
00:47:26,280 --> 00:47:28,759
Speaker 1: went to Texas, So it's not like, well, you know,

923
00:47:28,840 --> 00:47:30,800
Speaker 1: Justin Tucker went to cal Pauly and no one's he

924
00:47:30,840 --> 00:47:36,319
Speaker 1: went to Texas. He was undrafted. Think about that, he

925
00:47:36,440 --> 00:47:40,319
Speaker 1: was undrafted and now he's a four time All Pro

926
00:47:41,440 --> 00:47:43,120
Speaker 1: un and he's got a second team, so he's a

927
00:47:43,680 --> 00:47:47,560
Speaker 1: five five All pros, four first team, one second team.

928
00:47:47,600 --> 00:47:50,480
Speaker 1: I think there's just a huge randomness to it. It's

929
00:47:50,480 --> 00:47:53,360
Speaker 1: not like, to me, the most random thing that happens

930
00:47:53,360 --> 00:47:56,440
Speaker 1: at position. Players like Gardner Minshew is a little random, right,

931
00:47:56,520 --> 00:47:58,759
Speaker 1: and even he I think that's how good really is he.

932
00:47:59,440 --> 00:48:01,600
Speaker 1: But it's like the dude was a six round pick

933
00:48:02,120 --> 00:48:03,960
Speaker 1: and everyone was time he went to the Senior Bowl.

934
00:48:04,400 --> 00:48:06,680
Speaker 1: I think kickers kind of come out of nowhere. As

935
00:48:06,719 --> 00:48:08,920
Speaker 1: someone that evaluated kickers for a couple of years in

936
00:48:08,960 --> 00:48:11,920
Speaker 1: the NFL, It's like they can go on good stretches

937
00:48:11,920 --> 00:48:14,799
Speaker 1: and get really hot. I think sometimes it's just get

938
00:48:14,800 --> 00:48:16,520
Speaker 1: in the right spot, to get with the right coach,

939
00:48:16,680 --> 00:48:19,480
Speaker 1: and it just blossoms. But I don't think you ever know.

940
00:48:20,880 --> 00:48:23,439
Speaker 1: I don't think you ever know. Even Sea Bass first

941
00:48:23,440 --> 00:48:25,799
Speaker 1: great as like and long as career was. If you

942
00:48:25,800 --> 00:48:27,839
Speaker 1: look back, Somebash and Janikowski was now worth the first

943
00:48:27,920 --> 00:48:30,279
Speaker 1: round pick and I was around him in Oakland. I

944
00:48:30,320 --> 00:48:32,359
Speaker 1: like Sea Bass. I would actually love to hang out

945
00:48:32,400 --> 00:48:35,640
Speaker 1: and drink with him. But if he was on a

946
00:48:35,719 --> 00:48:38,319
Speaker 1: good team, he really benefited from being on a team

947
00:48:38,320 --> 00:48:41,080
Speaker 1: that sucked and no one's really paying attention because he

948
00:48:41,160 --> 00:48:46,000
Speaker 1: missed a sneaky amount of kicks. I'm a Packer fan

949
00:48:46,080 --> 00:48:50,359
Speaker 1: from Brazil and listen to every week on Spotify. Being realistic.

950
00:48:50,600 --> 00:48:52,520
Speaker 1: Could it be our chance of winning another Super Bowl

951
00:48:52,520 --> 00:48:54,920
Speaker 1: this season? I'm not trying to jump on the bandwagon,

952
00:48:55,160 --> 00:48:57,240
Speaker 1: but Roger keeps playing like the m v P football.

953
00:48:57,280 --> 00:48:59,279
Speaker 1: I just don't see how this team wouldn't at least

954
00:48:59,320 --> 00:49:03,360
Speaker 1: go to the finals. Talking no Western Conference Finals or

955
00:49:03,480 --> 00:49:07,360
Speaker 1: the uh NFC championship game. The defense seemed better against

956
00:49:07,400 --> 00:49:10,440
Speaker 1: the run as well. Cook torch Us last season, congrats

957
00:49:10,440 --> 00:49:12,680
Speaker 1: to the show. Really appreciate if you could answer this live.

958
00:49:13,600 --> 00:49:16,359
Speaker 1: Don't worry on your grammar mistakes. He mentioned that I'm

959
00:49:16,400 --> 00:49:17,920
Speaker 1: not giving him a hard time. He said, sorry for

960
00:49:17,920 --> 00:49:20,160
Speaker 1: any grammar mistakes. I make a ton of grammar mistakes.

961
00:49:20,160 --> 00:49:23,040
Speaker 1: I got terrible grammar. You'll never meet a human being

962
00:49:23,480 --> 00:49:27,440
Speaker 1: with multiple degrees and worst grammar I would be. I'm

963
00:49:27,440 --> 00:49:30,800
Speaker 1: the Tom Brady of a guy with multiple collegiate degrees.

964
00:49:31,239 --> 00:49:33,319
Speaker 1: I have an undergrad and a graduate, and I'd be

965
00:49:33,360 --> 00:49:35,160
Speaker 1: I have the worst grammar of any human ever with

966
00:49:35,200 --> 00:49:37,399
Speaker 1: two degrees shows you I mean college is over red,

967
00:49:38,680 --> 00:49:41,040
Speaker 1: I would say, yeah, I mean if if he's if

968
00:49:41,040 --> 00:49:43,799
Speaker 1: he plays at this level all season long, like to

969
00:49:43,840 --> 00:49:47,359
Speaker 1: me last year when they played the Niners, and even

970
00:49:47,400 --> 00:49:49,640
Speaker 1: in that game against Seattle, like I think most Packer

971
00:49:49,719 --> 00:49:52,560
Speaker 1: fans would agree, he just wasn't as potent right even

972
00:49:52,600 --> 00:49:55,760
Speaker 1: all season. I remember I remember being at the gym.

973
00:49:55,960 --> 00:49:58,600
Speaker 1: Was it week seventeen and they were playing the Lions

974
00:49:59,560 --> 00:50:01,560
Speaker 1: and it was to get like the number two seed

975
00:50:02,120 --> 00:50:04,440
Speaker 1: and they were down early and he was overthrown balls.

976
00:50:04,560 --> 00:50:06,239
Speaker 1: My god, who is this guy? And he had just

977
00:50:06,320 --> 00:50:08,680
Speaker 1: been off most of the season, even though his numbers

978
00:50:08,719 --> 00:50:11,439
Speaker 1: look pretty good. I've watched his two games this year.

979
00:50:11,920 --> 00:50:14,120
Speaker 1: He looks like two thousand four m v P. Rodgers.

980
00:50:14,440 --> 00:50:17,440
Speaker 1: He looks like a badass right now. This Rogers is

981
00:50:17,440 --> 00:50:19,759
Speaker 1: a guy. They're like, yeah, I like watching this guy.

982
00:50:19,800 --> 00:50:22,399
Speaker 1: This guy is out for blood. And is it Jordan's love?

983
00:50:23,040 --> 00:50:25,480
Speaker 1: Is he just piste off for greatness? Is he comfortable

984
00:50:25,480 --> 00:50:28,120
Speaker 1: in me? I don't know, but he looks freaking awesome.

985
00:50:28,160 --> 00:50:33,080
Speaker 1: I mentioned it early. He looks sweet, So yeah, I mean,

986
00:50:33,719 --> 00:50:39,440
Speaker 1: why not? Hey, bro? Big fan question for the show.

987
00:50:39,600 --> 00:50:42,440
Speaker 1: If Russell Wilson played in New England instead of Tom Brady,

988
00:50:42,880 --> 00:50:49,440
Speaker 1: would Russell Wilson have more championships than TV twelve. Uh,

989
00:50:49,480 --> 00:50:53,640
Speaker 1: it's a good question. Brady won three championships before Russell

990
00:50:53,680 --> 00:50:57,400
Speaker 1: even came in the league. So I mean Tom played

991
00:50:57,400 --> 00:51:02,640
Speaker 1: twenty and he's still playing now. Russell should have two

992
00:51:02,760 --> 00:51:05,200
Speaker 1: right now. But he threw a pick right, so part

993
00:51:05,239 --> 00:51:07,560
Speaker 1: of that's on Russell. I'd say this, Russell played on

994
00:51:07,640 --> 00:51:13,360
Speaker 1: some fucking exceptional teams. Like talent wise, those early teams

995
00:51:13,400 --> 00:51:15,200
Speaker 1: that Russell was on were every bit as good as

996
00:51:15,239 --> 00:51:17,960
Speaker 1: any team Tom Brady ever played on. Marshawn one of

997
00:51:18,000 --> 00:51:21,600
Speaker 1: the best running backs in the league. They are they

998
00:51:21,600 --> 00:51:23,799
Speaker 1: are wide receivers, weren't that great, but their running game

999
00:51:23,840 --> 00:51:26,960
Speaker 1: was dominant and their defense was beyond elite. They could

1000
00:51:27,000 --> 00:51:29,160
Speaker 1: rush the past or they had great linebacking play, and

1001
00:51:29,239 --> 00:51:31,719
Speaker 1: no one could throw on them. I mean, l Ob

1002
00:51:32,000 --> 00:51:34,480
Speaker 1: was like a real thing. You could not throw on him.

1003
00:51:35,200 --> 00:51:37,080
Speaker 1: And he won one, but he got to another and

1004
00:51:37,120 --> 00:51:38,839
Speaker 1: they lost in the game that they should have won.

1005
00:51:39,960 --> 00:51:44,160
Speaker 1: So I would say no, but he would have won

1006
00:51:44,200 --> 00:51:46,440
Speaker 1: a couple. I mean he'd have two or three right

1007
00:51:46,480 --> 00:51:50,000
Speaker 1: instead of one. But those these teams the last several years,

1008
00:51:50,040 --> 00:51:52,279
Speaker 1: obviously in Seattle, were not as well rounded, and I

1009
00:51:52,360 --> 00:51:55,200
Speaker 1: just the difference would be Belichick is just a much

1010
00:51:55,239 --> 00:51:58,279
Speaker 1: better coach than Pete, and Pete's good, but Bill is better.

1011
00:51:58,920 --> 00:52:02,360
Speaker 1: So if you gave me, like if Rogers had played

1012
00:52:02,400 --> 00:52:05,040
Speaker 1: the last if Rogers had been Bill's quarterback for the

1013
00:52:05,120 --> 00:52:07,600
Speaker 1: last decade, yeah, they probably have three. I mean Tom

1014
00:52:07,600 --> 00:52:10,880
Speaker 1: won three last decade. Think about that one three last decade,

1015
00:52:11,880 --> 00:52:15,240
Speaker 1: and how many do you go do he went to four?

1016
00:52:15,880 --> 00:52:17,520
Speaker 1: What was the game he lost against the Eagles. He

1017
00:52:17,560 --> 00:52:21,080
Speaker 1: beat the Falcons, he beat Seattle, and he beat the

1018
00:52:21,200 --> 00:52:24,680
Speaker 1: Rams and he lost to uh to the to the Birds.

1019
00:52:24,920 --> 00:52:28,200
Speaker 1: So you go to four in a decade. That's I mean,

1020
00:52:28,320 --> 00:52:30,520
Speaker 1: I don't care who your quarterback like, that's and Tom

1021
00:52:30,600 --> 00:52:32,239
Speaker 1: was pretty dominant. He wont an m VP one of

1022
00:52:32,239 --> 00:52:37,680
Speaker 1: those years. So it's good. Listen, you give Russell, Pete, Russell, Rogers,

1023
00:52:37,760 --> 00:52:44,680
Speaker 1: Brady to Bill like he's gonna win. He's just gonna win. Yeah,

1024
00:52:44,719 --> 00:52:49,360
Speaker 1: that's it. Okay, audios, godspeed, enjoy the weekend, enjoy the football.

1025
00:52:49,680 --> 00:52:53,560
Speaker 1: From my SEC fans, we welcome back the Big Boy Conference,

1026
00:52:54,160 --> 00:53:00,480
Speaker 1: and uh stay safe and have fun. Peace see it dead,

1027
00:53:00,719 --> 00:53:02,400
Speaker 1: be gay. That