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<v Speaker 2>Welcome in What's Right with Nick Right Episode two fifty three.

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<v Speaker 2>I haven't even said hello to Demanse yet. This morning,

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<v Speaker 2>busy morning over here watching the very end of Serbia Australia,

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<v Speaker 2>discussing what we're gonna do for this show demands. Are

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<v Speaker 2>you wearing the Aaron Rodgers shirt?

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<v Speaker 3>Where did you get at I've got it? Where did you?

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<v Speaker 2>Where did you get to that shirt?

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<v Speaker 3>Courtesy of the courtesy of the company, courtesy of The Egypt.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, well that's a beautiful shirt. I'm glad you're It

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<v Speaker 2>looks great on you. I will keep the audience apprized

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<v Speaker 2>at how Serbia Australia ends. It's in overtime. Australia is

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<v Speaker 2>up three and we're gonna do a bit of a

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<v Speaker 2>different show today because there have been a lot's going on,

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<v Speaker 2>uh with my full time gig at FS one, and

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<v Speaker 2>I also am going to for a lot of this.

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<v Speaker 2>This is sometimes I have to kind of uh, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>we cross streams a bit on this show, but I

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<v Speaker 2>have to be respectful to the fact that Demands also

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<v Speaker 2>works for FS one out in California in the office,

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<v Speaker 2>and so for when I'm talking network stuff and things

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<v Speaker 2>that have been written the last week, I'm gonna ice

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<v Speaker 2>Demanse out of the conversation because I just don't think

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<v Speaker 2>it's a fair position to put him in, uh, because

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<v Speaker 2>you know, there I probably have a little more freedom.

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<v Speaker 2>Freedom's the wrong word, but I probably feel a little

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<v Speaker 2>more comfortable talking about some of these things because we're

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I've been with the company almost a decade.

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<v Speaker 2>I have a forward facing role. Demansey's been with the

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<v Speaker 2>company for a couple of years and dozen and so

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<v Speaker 2>so Demanse will be back with us momentarily. First, though,

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<v Speaker 2>let's do what we normally do to start to show

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<v Speaker 2>what missed the cut. The US has been eliminated from

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<v Speaker 2>three on three basketball, Jim Harbaugh saying I didn't know

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<v Speaker 2>about any University of Michigan violations, and Jalen Hurts promotes

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<v Speaker 2>Olympic flag football in a pretty dope little promo video

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<v Speaker 2>for the twenty eight LA Olympic Games. But as we

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<v Speaker 2>now get to where I want to start the show,

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<v Speaker 2>which is a massive, massive moment in FS one history,

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<v Speaker 2>happened last week as Skip had his final show. And

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<v Speaker 2>on top of that, there was then a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>articles written that I was featured in, prominently despite the

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<v Speaker 2>fact that I talked to absolutely no one for them

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<v Speaker 2>about the future of the network. One of my before

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<v Speaker 2>we get to any serious stuff, one kind of fun

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<v Speaker 2>little anecdote that this audience in particular will really appreciate.

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<v Speaker 2>As Nikola Jokic hits a fade away turnaround fifteen footer

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<v Speaker 2>to put Serbia up three with twenty five seconds left,

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<v Speaker 2>it looks now more and more like it's going to

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<v Speaker 2>be Serbia against the US in the semifinals. The picture

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<v Speaker 2>that one of those aggregators used when they took someone

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<v Speaker 2>else's reporting and then they used that the quote someone

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<v Speaker 2>else wrote, but they wanted the tweets and retweets in

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<v Speaker 2>all of it. The picture that they use of me

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<v Speaker 2>with the caption about being the alleged future face of

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<v Speaker 2>the network is me at the World Series of Poker

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<v Speaker 2>at around two in the morning, right after I attempted

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<v Speaker 2>a bluff that did not go my way and I

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<v Speaker 2>essentially had been all but eliminated from this poker tournament,

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<v Speaker 2>and I am just absolutely exhausted, despondent, and haggard. This

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<v Speaker 2>is the p and it's a picture of me sitting

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<v Speaker 2>there staring off into space. That is the picture that

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<v Speaker 2>has been shared twenty thousand times about being the and

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<v Speaker 2>the ironies not lost on me the face of the

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<v Speaker 2>network when my face, which never looks that great but

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<v Speaker 2>really couldn't have looked worse than in that image. But

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<v Speaker 2>we'll get to that part later. First, I want to

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<v Speaker 2>talk about Skip, because I sent out this tweet right

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<v Speaker 2>after Skip announced that it was his final show, and

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<v Speaker 2>I wrote a truly legendary run. Very few people in

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<v Speaker 2>any industry can say they helped create and define an

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<v Speaker 2>entire genre. Skip did that. Salute and good luck in

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<v Speaker 2>whatever he does. Moving forward, and this was met, not

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<v Speaker 2>surprisingly with a lot of I don't know, anger or

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<v Speaker 2>angst from a lot of folks, mostly Lebron James fans

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<v Speaker 2>or supporters, saying, how can you say this? How can

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<v Speaker 2>you feel this way? And so I want to explain that,

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<v Speaker 2>and then I want to talk about Skip. So the

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<v Speaker 2>reason I say that and feel this feel that way

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<v Speaker 2>is because I don't actually care that. I think Skip

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<v Speaker 2>was dead wrong for a decade about Lebron. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>That's not like people are entitled to their own sports opinions.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think his was phony. I don't think he

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<v Speaker 2>was pretending. I think and I've said this before, and

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<v Speaker 2>I think people wondered if I was only saying it

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<v Speaker 2>because we're colleague. We were colleagues, but we're not colleagues anymore,

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<v Speaker 2>and Serbia wins in Serbia advances by the way that

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<v Speaker 2>I think Skip could pass a lie detector test on

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<v Speaker 2>those takes, I think he truly believed it. I think

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<v Speaker 2>they were bad takes. I think he was wrong about it.

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<v Speaker 2>But as on the things that actually mattered, in my opinion,

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<v Speaker 2>when race and sports crossed over and there were real

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<v Speaker 2>discussions about real things, I felt Skip was consistently on

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<v Speaker 2>the right side of things. Now, I understand he and

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<v Speaker 2>Shannon got sideways at the end, and there was you know,

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<v Speaker 2>famous blow ups, and there were moments that really really

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<v Speaker 2>rubbed people the wrong way about how their interactions went.

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<v Speaker 2>And I know some people ascribed some of that to

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<v Speaker 2>malice or to their being a real racial component there.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm here to tell you that for whatever flaws

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<v Speaker 2>you felt or things you liked or disliked about Skip

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<v Speaker 2>Bayless on TV, that on the actual human personal things,

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<v Speaker 2>I think he consistently was on the right side, not

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<v Speaker 2>on the wrong side. If he was out there doing

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<v Speaker 2>the what I think is trolling on real nonsports important

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<v Speaker 2>issues for clicks and likes and views. The way we

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<v Speaker 2>have seen a lot of people, many you know, some

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<v Speaker 2>of which used to prominently be in sports and now

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<v Speaker 2>crossed over to Carnival Barker political stuff. I wouldn't respect him,

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<v Speaker 2>but that's not how I ever felt. And so that's why,

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<v Speaker 2>even though I disagreed with basically everything he ever said

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<v Speaker 2>about my favorite athlete of all time, Lebron James, I

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<v Speaker 2>could feel comfortable saying those things. And here's the other

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<v Speaker 2>thing I want to say about skip because nothing made

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<v Speaker 2>me matter. Then when folks would act, would say, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>anyone could do what he did, if anyone could more,

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<v Speaker 2>would have Oh it's easy. I'm telling you right now

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<v Speaker 2>that man was on television every day for the better

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<v Speaker 2>part of twenty years. One of the absolute most important

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<v Speaker 2>or noteworthy voices in sports was paid accordingly. And I'm

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<v Speaker 2>here to tell you, if that were easy, everyone would

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<v Speaker 2>do it. And this dismissal of what he did over

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<v Speaker 2>a career because folks didn't lie the way he did

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<v Speaker 2>it or the opinions he had, I think is ludicrous.

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<v Speaker 2>There are so many folks who would saw off their

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<v Speaker 2>left arm for that platform. And if it was as

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<v Speaker 2>simple as, oh, I'm just gonna say this guy who's

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<v Speaker 2>awesome stinks, and that guy who stinks is awesome, and

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<v Speaker 2>that's the path to riches and success and fame, then

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of people would do it. Okay. And so

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<v Speaker 2>I'm again, it is not the style that I try

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<v Speaker 2>to emulate. It is not what I think I do best,

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<v Speaker 2>and I don't even I'm not even here to say

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<v Speaker 2>make a moral judgment on whether it's good or bad

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<v Speaker 2>or indifferent. What I do know is it is something

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<v Speaker 2>that for the better part of twenty years the audience

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<v Speaker 2>responded to, felt passionate about, and he was at near

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<v Speaker 2>the top of the sports fan conversation until basically the

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<v Speaker 2>last year. And that's also why on a personal level,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm bummed that he didn't do a victory lap. And

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<v Speaker 2>this is something that I've talked to no one about.

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<v Speaker 2>And this is I have for any of my the

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<v Speaker 2>FS one bosses or executives or anyone who credit to them,

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<v Speaker 2>never mess with me about anything. Never tell me, do

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<v Speaker 2>talk about this, don't talk about this. It's a true autonomy,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's one of the reasons I love where I work.

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<v Speaker 2>I think one of the reasons I have that is

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<v Speaker 2>because I am very judicious about when I do and

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<v Speaker 2>don't talk about family business, if you will. And because

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<v Speaker 2>of that, I think I've built up quite a well

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<v Speaker 2>of credibility and goodwill on that. So I'm going to

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<v Speaker 2>dip into a bit of it here and discuss something

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<v Speaker 2>that is just how I truly feel. And by the way,

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<v Speaker 2>I want to say this on the front end, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't believe Skip not having a victory lamp or farewell

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<v Speaker 2>shows or any of that was because he was not

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<v Speaker 2>allowed that. I'm basically certain that's not why it was

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<v Speaker 2>because he didn't want to do it. Because I don't

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<v Speaker 2>think that he views this as a farewell. He've used

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<v Speaker 2>it as all right, I'm onto my next thing and

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<v Speaker 2>good luck, and that very well may be the case.

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<v Speaker 2>I am saying that what I would have liked as

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<v Speaker 2>a consumer of sports media is if a couple weeks

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<v Speaker 2>ago he had said, guys, my final shows are coming up,

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<v Speaker 2>and the last week, god dogg it, we are doing

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<v Speaker 2>the greatest hits. We are going to do the Tim

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<v Speaker 2>Tebow Show and I'm gonna sit here and pound the

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<v Speaker 2>table and tell you while I why I was always right.

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<v Speaker 2>And then we're gonna do the Tom Brady Show and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna sit here and pound the table and tell

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<v Speaker 2>you while I why I was always right. And then

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<v Speaker 2>we're gonna do the Lebron show or shows, and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna sit here and pound the table and tell you

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<v Speaker 2>why I was always right. That's what I and of

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<v Speaker 2>course I'm leaving it out. Then we're gonna do the

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<v Speaker 2>Dallas Cowboys show, and I'm gonna see here and pound

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<v Speaker 2>the table and tell you why I was always right.

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<v Speaker 2>I think, and I don't give a sh if kids

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<v Speaker 2>who write about this stuff on the internet see this

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<v Speaker 2>and writ me for it. I owe the audience nothing

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<v Speaker 2>but honesty and my hard work, and I'm giving you both.

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<v Speaker 2>I as a consumer, would have loved it. I wanted that,

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<v Speaker 2>and I was so. I had heard through the whispers

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<v Speaker 2>that this past Friday was going to be his last show.

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<v Speaker 2>But then I watched it and I was certain everyone

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<v Speaker 2>was wrong. So I'm like, well he didn't. I was like,

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<v Speaker 2>it was like, hold on a second, there's ninety seconds

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<v Speaker 2>left and they're talking about the US Puerto Rico game.

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<v Speaker 2>This can't be it, like we're not gonna get But

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<v Speaker 2>it was. And that was Listen, that was Skip's call,

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<v Speaker 2>and he earned the right by the way to do

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<v Speaker 2>whatever he wanted to do. And if he didn't want

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<v Speaker 2>to look at it as a farewell but to see

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<v Speaker 2>you later, then I get why he didn't do it.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just saying, for me, Nick Wright, that's what I wanted,

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<v Speaker 2>And God dog it, man, because I don't have like

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<v Speaker 2>a real I have a friendly relationship with Sip Skip.

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<v Speaker 2>He's always been gracious and kind to me and my wife.

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<v Speaker 2>We've seen each other but he's not like someone that

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<v Speaker 2>I have a deep personal relationship with. We've been on

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<v Speaker 2>the opposite side of the country for eight years, so

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<v Speaker 2>it's not like someone that you know, he doesn't go

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<v Speaker 2>to me for counsel. But if he did, I would

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<v Speaker 2>have told him, do a victory lap man in this

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<v Speaker 2>thing we do. You're one of the founding fathers. And

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<v Speaker 2>people can say, ah, he did this, he made it bad,

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<v Speaker 2>or he did this. Man, you can have your opinions.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not here to tell the audience to you know,

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<v Speaker 2>eat your vegetables. They're good for you. I'm here to

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<v Speaker 2>tell the audience choose with your eyes. Man. You and

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<v Speaker 2>for a very long time, very long time, the audience

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<v Speaker 2>told you they vibe with what he was doing. And

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<v Speaker 2>and so I just thought he had earned that and

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<v Speaker 2>I and I know he would have been afforded that

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<v Speaker 2>if he wanted to do it, but he chose not to.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's his prerogative. But for me as a consumer,

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<v Speaker 2>it was a bummer and I that and then I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna get on and move to the future part of it.

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<v Speaker 2>But this is a big moment, man. This is and

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<v Speaker 2>here's the other thing that I'm gonna say that a

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<v Speaker 2>FS one exists the way it does now because of

0:16:59.520 --> 0:17:04.560
<v Speaker 2>Colin and Skip Bayless taking a chance and coming over

0:17:05.040 --> 0:17:09.040
<v Speaker 2>and giving our network credibility. And then the third person

0:17:09.440 --> 0:17:13.040
<v Speaker 2>who would be on that credit list would be Shannon

0:17:13.840 --> 0:17:18.800
<v Speaker 2>because of what Shannon and Skip built together. But it

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<v Speaker 2>took Colin and Skip taking a leap and taking a chance,

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<v Speaker 2>and then Shannon and Skip had this amazing partnership for

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<v Speaker 2>years that obviously at the end went sideways a bit.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that's fair to say. But you sit across

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<v Speaker 2>the table from someone from someone five days a week,

0:17:42.080 --> 0:17:44.359
<v Speaker 2>two hundred and thirty times a year, for two and

0:17:44.440 --> 0:17:47.880
<v Speaker 2>a half hours, where the where on the promo pictures,

0:17:47.920 --> 0:17:51.400
<v Speaker 2>you guys are in boxing gloves, where the whole conceit

0:17:51.520 --> 0:17:55.160
<v Speaker 2>of the show is we are doing battle. And you see,

0:17:55.160 --> 0:17:59.679
<v Speaker 2>if you think that can ever sustain for longer than

0:17:59.680 --> 0:18:02.560
<v Speaker 2>Skip and Shannon did, you can say, well, Tony and

0:18:02.600 --> 0:18:04.880
<v Speaker 2>Mike have done it for twenty years. Tony and Mike

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of things there. A they're not usually across

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<v Speaker 2>the table from each other, they're in different studios often.

0:18:10.480 --> 0:18:14.919
<v Speaker 2>B it's a thirty minute show. And see they're not pugilists.

0:18:15.200 --> 0:18:18.720
<v Speaker 2>They're very often playing jazz. They're agreeing with each other,

0:18:18.800 --> 0:18:21.879
<v Speaker 2>occasionally disagreeing, and listen, I think Tony and Mike what

0:18:21.920 --> 0:18:23.879
<v Speaker 2>they've done is the greatest partnership in the history of

0:18:23.920 --> 0:18:26.640
<v Speaker 2>sports media site from maybe Mike and the Mad Dog.

0:18:26.880 --> 0:18:29.280
<v Speaker 2>Mike and the Mad Dog, by the way, ended similar

0:18:29.320 --> 0:18:32.800
<v Speaker 2>to Skip and Shannon. It is very, very very difficult

0:18:33.240 --> 0:18:36.000
<v Speaker 2>to have be like, Okay, here's the idea you two

0:18:36.440 --> 0:18:40.080
<v Speaker 2>we're gonna build. We're gonna find things you disagree on

0:18:40.560 --> 0:18:43.879
<v Speaker 2>that will be almost all we talk about. You both

0:18:44.400 --> 0:18:47.639
<v Speaker 2>have to be certain you're correct and just do that

0:18:47.720 --> 0:18:49.719
<v Speaker 2>every single day for years and years and years, and

0:18:49.720 --> 0:18:51.720
<v Speaker 2>not at some point have it be like, Okay, I

0:18:51.720 --> 0:18:55.600
<v Speaker 2>can't do this anymore. That happens. That's so I don't.

0:18:56.160 --> 0:18:59.080
<v Speaker 2>I don't look at how that ended as a as

0:18:59.119 --> 0:19:04.600
<v Speaker 2>a black mark, look at his things in and so

0:19:04.600 --> 0:19:12.040
<v Speaker 2>so I am incredibly grateful that Skip took the chance

0:19:12.080 --> 0:19:15.280
<v Speaker 2>he did, that Colin took the chance he did, and

0:19:15.320 --> 0:19:21.240
<v Speaker 2>then both of those people allowed me, when nobody knew

0:19:21.400 --> 0:19:25.560
<v Speaker 2>who I was in outside of Kansas City and Houston,

0:19:26.200 --> 0:19:29.760
<v Speaker 2>to go on their platforms and very often tell them

0:19:29.800 --> 0:19:31.920
<v Speaker 2>why they were wrong about stuff and I was right.

0:19:33.240 --> 0:19:42.120
<v Speaker 2>And now smash cut to now Skip Leaves and there's

0:19:42.200 --> 0:19:48.520
<v Speaker 2>all these articles written Nick right the new face of

0:19:48.720 --> 0:19:55.359
<v Speaker 2>FS one can I all right, So this is where

0:19:55.880 --> 0:20:04.439
<v Speaker 2>I am going to just be totally honest with you guys,

0:20:05.560 --> 0:20:08.200
<v Speaker 2>and I again hope you take my word for it

0:20:08.960 --> 0:20:11.960
<v Speaker 2>because a lot of you guys have heard me say

0:20:13.600 --> 0:20:20.520
<v Speaker 2>that my career goals the one, the one career goal.

0:20:21.040 --> 0:20:25.159
<v Speaker 2>I've added a few as of late, like I'd like

0:20:25.200 --> 0:20:28.920
<v Speaker 2>to at one point be a part of an Olympics broadcast,

0:20:29.520 --> 0:20:31.399
<v Speaker 2>even though I have a good friend who regularly was

0:20:31.400 --> 0:20:33.040
<v Speaker 2>a part of the Olympics broadcast and he was like,

0:20:33.119 --> 0:20:37.879
<v Speaker 2>don't do it. Miserable work, but the you know, I

0:20:38.000 --> 0:20:40.719
<v Speaker 2>would like to be. There's other things I've added as

0:20:40.760 --> 0:20:46.160
<v Speaker 2>the career went on. But the thing that was there

0:20:46.800 --> 0:20:49.919
<v Speaker 2>the day I walked out of Syracuse that is still

0:20:49.960 --> 0:20:54.320
<v Speaker 2>there that I have not yet achieved is as I've described,

0:20:55.200 --> 0:20:58.600
<v Speaker 2>family feud style, ask one hundred people on the street

0:20:59.640 --> 0:21:03.439
<v Speaker 2>who the biggest or the best sports talk guy in

0:21:03.480 --> 0:21:08.200
<v Speaker 2>the country. I want to win that poll, and I'm

0:21:08.240 --> 0:21:11.639
<v Speaker 2>not there yet. The Skip was on the top of

0:21:11.640 --> 0:21:14.560
<v Speaker 2>that at one point. Colin's been on the top of that.

0:21:14.760 --> 0:21:17.439
<v Speaker 2>You know, steven A's obviously been on the top of that.

0:21:17.920 --> 0:21:21.520
<v Speaker 2>We go back further, Dan Patrick like, there's other people

0:21:21.600 --> 0:21:24.679
<v Speaker 2>and I don't even want to mention everyone who have

0:21:24.800 --> 0:21:26.199
<v Speaker 2>been on the top of that. I've never been on

0:21:26.240 --> 0:21:28.679
<v Speaker 2>the top of that. I now feel like I'm in

0:21:28.720 --> 0:21:32.040
<v Speaker 2>a place where I would get votes. I would show

0:21:32.119 --> 0:21:34.879
<v Speaker 2>up again if it's family feud and there were like

0:21:35.000 --> 0:21:39.200
<v Speaker 2>seven little blanks. You know, maybe maybe it says Nick, right,

0:21:39.280 --> 0:21:41.360
<v Speaker 2>and you know there's four people voted for, you get

0:21:41.359 --> 0:21:44.560
<v Speaker 2>a few points. But I'm not there yet. So I

0:21:44.600 --> 0:21:50.640
<v Speaker 2>think people see face of the network and they're like, man, Nick,

0:21:51.840 --> 0:21:57.200
<v Speaker 2>this is what you want. And I'm here to tell you, Yeah,

0:21:58.119 --> 0:22:00.680
<v Speaker 2>in theory of course, it's what I want. And I'm

0:22:00.680 --> 0:22:05.840
<v Speaker 2>also here to tell you it is absolutely unequivocally inaccurate

0:22:05.920 --> 0:22:09.960
<v Speaker 2>to say it now. The face of FS one is

0:22:10.000 --> 0:22:15.280
<v Speaker 2>Colin cowhurt, and he has been for some time, and

0:22:16.440 --> 0:22:25.240
<v Speaker 2>that is undeniable. And right now. The reason I get

0:22:25.400 --> 0:22:31.879
<v Speaker 2>uncomfortable with folks, I get doubly uncomfortable with folks putting

0:22:31.920 --> 0:22:35.239
<v Speaker 2>me in that for well, doubly uncomfortable I get for

0:22:35.280 --> 0:22:39.199
<v Speaker 2>two reasons. One is because it's Colin. The other is

0:22:40.680 --> 0:22:48.719
<v Speaker 2>I am not right now trying to be that, because

0:22:48.840 --> 0:22:54.840
<v Speaker 2>right now I'm not a solo act and don't want

0:22:54.880 --> 0:22:58.879
<v Speaker 2>to be. Right now. I am part of a team,

0:23:00.160 --> 0:23:02.760
<v Speaker 2>and I get oddly emotional talking about this. I don't

0:23:02.800 --> 0:23:05.960
<v Speaker 2>know why, but just bear with me. So if those

0:23:06.080 --> 0:23:11.119
<v Speaker 2>articles had said First Things First is now positioned to

0:23:11.200 --> 0:23:16.040
<v Speaker 2>be the best show on the network or the biggest whatever,

0:23:17.280 --> 0:23:22.000
<v Speaker 2>I would take that. I would that is what I want,

0:23:22.520 --> 0:23:25.840
<v Speaker 2>That is what we attempt to do every day. But

0:23:27.119 --> 0:23:33.480
<v Speaker 2>positioning it as Nick right is so wildly I think

0:23:33.560 --> 0:23:38.480
<v Speaker 2>disrespectful to Wilds and brew that it makes me uncomfortable.

0:23:39.080 --> 0:23:42.159
<v Speaker 2>First Things First has existed. The seven year anniversary of

0:23:42.200 --> 0:23:46.960
<v Speaker 2>it is in twenty eight days. Seven years that show

0:23:46.960 --> 0:23:50.000
<v Speaker 2>has been on the air. Nick Wright's been a part

0:23:50.080 --> 0:23:55.960
<v Speaker 2>of it all seven okay, Ever, from day one to

0:23:56.119 --> 0:23:59.919
<v Speaker 2>right now, I've done probably that show. If we do

0:24:00.080 --> 0:24:04.080
<v Speaker 2>two hundred and thirty a year, seven times two thirty

0:24:04.760 --> 0:24:09.720
<v Speaker 2>is sixteen ten. If we've done sixteen hundred and ten shows,

0:24:10.040 --> 0:24:13.840
<v Speaker 2>I've done probably fifteen hundred and ninety of them. I

0:24:13.880 --> 0:24:17.879
<v Speaker 2>think there's probably been twenty shows total that the show's

0:24:17.920 --> 0:24:22.520
<v Speaker 2>been on the air, and I haven't been there. And

0:24:22.960 --> 0:24:31.000
<v Speaker 2>that show was only beloved, super popular, successful, and part

0:24:31.000 --> 0:24:35.480
<v Speaker 2>of the zeitgeist once Wilds and Brew got there with me.

0:24:37.680 --> 0:24:41.320
<v Speaker 2>That is what that's what the show is. And I

0:24:41.440 --> 0:24:46.600
<v Speaker 2>understand I'm not again, I am aware enough to know

0:24:47.320 --> 0:24:51.280
<v Speaker 2>that because I've been there the longest and because I

0:24:51.440 --> 0:24:55.119
<v Speaker 2>kind of have the spiciest takes or the you know,

0:24:55.240 --> 0:25:00.159
<v Speaker 2>the I'm the the most vocal of the opinionists that

0:25:01.160 --> 0:25:04.480
<v Speaker 2>you know. I'm in the on the poster, I'm in

0:25:04.520 --> 0:25:08.320
<v Speaker 2>the middle, like I get that piece of it. I'm not.

0:25:08.359 --> 0:25:12.520
<v Speaker 2>I'm not trying to be fake humble. I understand that,

0:25:12.960 --> 0:25:15.399
<v Speaker 2>and I take pride in that, and I work my

0:25:15.480 --> 0:25:20.720
<v Speaker 2>ass off for it. But that is not Nick Wright's show.

0:25:22.200 --> 0:25:26.440
<v Speaker 2>That's our show, Colin. I'm comfortable saying is Colin show

0:25:26.600 --> 0:25:30.520
<v Speaker 2>because it's called The Herd with Colin Cowhard. It's his show,

0:25:31.240 --> 0:25:36.879
<v Speaker 2>and Colin it's like it is the the cornerstone of

0:25:36.920 --> 0:25:43.600
<v Speaker 2>the network. And so I just I just thought those

0:25:43.840 --> 0:25:49.719
<v Speaker 2>articles were prematurely disrespectful to him, and I don't like it.

0:25:50.680 --> 0:25:54.639
<v Speaker 2>And I also thought they were dismissive of Wild's and Brew.

0:25:55.960 --> 0:26:00.280
<v Speaker 2>And I would say for anyone who wrote these things,

0:26:01.080 --> 0:26:05.040
<v Speaker 2>most of you guys have my cell phone number. Now,

0:26:05.040 --> 0:26:10.240
<v Speaker 2>I understand historically I never talk to anybody, but you

0:26:10.280 --> 0:26:14.760
<v Speaker 2>can still ask. Maybe I'll surprise you. Maybe I'll give

0:26:14.800 --> 0:26:18.679
<v Speaker 2>a quote saying exactly this now. Maybe I'll leave you

0:26:18.720 --> 0:26:21.000
<v Speaker 2>on red as I have for years. And I understand

0:26:21.000 --> 0:26:24.680
<v Speaker 2>that's probably why people in sports media reporting don't reach

0:26:24.720 --> 0:26:28.200
<v Speaker 2>out to me anymore, because I don't ever give comments.

0:26:28.200 --> 0:26:31.640
<v Speaker 2>I don't talk about it. I feel like it's it's

0:26:31.680 --> 0:26:35.560
<v Speaker 2>a dangerous game to play, but maybe I would. I

0:26:35.560 --> 0:26:38.000
<v Speaker 2>don't know. I'm doing it here now. And I tagged

0:26:38.040 --> 0:26:40.879
<v Speaker 2>all those folks in the tweet promoting the show because

0:26:40.880 --> 0:26:45.280
<v Speaker 2>I wanted them to hear this and everything I've said

0:26:45.359 --> 0:26:49.000
<v Speaker 2>these last twenty five minutes, I will stand by entirely.

0:26:49.400 --> 0:26:51.879
<v Speaker 2>And if folks want to be mad at me about

0:26:51.880 --> 0:26:56.919
<v Speaker 2>the fact that I didn't take some celebratory thing about

0:26:56.960 --> 0:27:00.720
<v Speaker 2>skit because he and I disagree vehemently about Lebron James,

0:27:00.960 --> 0:27:04.440
<v Speaker 2>and that's fine. You don't get you don't get me that,

0:27:04.440 --> 0:27:11.720
<v Speaker 2>That's totally fine. And if some of my other colleagues,

0:27:12.280 --> 0:27:19.280
<v Speaker 2>not at the network, friends and colleagues who think I'm

0:27:19.440 --> 0:27:27.120
<v Speaker 2>too deferential to Colin feel that way, that's your prerogative.

0:27:27.359 --> 0:27:31.639
<v Speaker 2>That's fine. It's not how I feel. I am very

0:27:31.680 --> 0:27:39.480
<v Speaker 2>aware of the supercharge that my career was given by

0:27:40.520 --> 0:27:46.400
<v Speaker 2>Colin believing in me, and that is a type of

0:27:46.560 --> 0:27:54.199
<v Speaker 2>blood loyalty that I will always be grateful for and

0:27:54.440 --> 0:28:00.160
<v Speaker 2>never be dismissed ab of ever. And lastly, I am

0:28:00.160 --> 0:28:03.960
<v Speaker 2>still trying to be the answer to those family feud

0:28:04.280 --> 0:28:09.360
<v Speaker 2>style questions. I am closer now than I ever have been,

0:28:10.119 --> 0:28:15.280
<v Speaker 2>and that is because first things first is cooking, and

0:28:15.440 --> 0:28:20.200
<v Speaker 2>first things first is cooking. Because me, Wilds and Brew

0:28:20.760 --> 0:28:25.000
<v Speaker 2>love each other, work great together and filling each other's

0:28:25.000 --> 0:28:28.600
<v Speaker 2>blanks like a good marriage. Honest to God, where I

0:28:28.680 --> 0:28:32.720
<v Speaker 2>am weak, Wild is strong, where Wild's is weak, I'm

0:28:32.800 --> 0:28:37.440
<v Speaker 2>strong where bruces Like that is how the Brew doesn't

0:28:37.520 --> 0:28:41.200
<v Speaker 2>have really too many weaknesses, aside from the fact that

0:28:41.280 --> 0:28:44.600
<v Speaker 2>he constantly disagrees with you know, except for his Michael Jordan,

0:28:45.240 --> 0:28:48.600
<v Speaker 2>you know, blind Spot. But Brew gives our show a

0:28:48.800 --> 0:28:52.280
<v Speaker 2>credibility and an authority that it wouldn't be there without him.

0:28:52.320 --> 0:28:55.560
<v Speaker 2>And it's great to work with a guy who's literally

0:28:56.040 --> 0:28:58.240
<v Speaker 2>never been in a bad mood as far as I

0:28:58.280 --> 0:29:00.800
<v Speaker 2>can tell a single day of his life. I've never

0:29:00.840 --> 0:29:05.880
<v Speaker 2>seen anyone like him ever, and so that yet do

0:29:05.960 --> 0:29:09.920
<v Speaker 2>I want that show to be the biggest, best, number

0:29:09.920 --> 0:29:14.120
<v Speaker 2>one show on the network. You're goddamn right. Will that

0:29:14.200 --> 0:29:18.840
<v Speaker 2>be a validation of me personally? No, it's a validation

0:29:19.080 --> 0:29:25.880
<v Speaker 2>of what we're doing collectively. And that's like I had

0:29:26.000 --> 0:29:28.719
<v Speaker 2>so many people send me those tweets in those articles,

0:29:28.800 --> 0:29:32.400
<v Speaker 2>and each time I felt a little more uncomfortable about it.

0:29:32.480 --> 0:29:37.560
<v Speaker 2>So spend thirty minutes here discussing it. Now, take a

0:29:37.560 --> 0:29:40.880
<v Speaker 2>break and talk about what really matters, which is Patrick

0:29:40.920 --> 0:29:44.080
<v Speaker 2>Mahomes not being the number one football player in the

0:29:44.160 --> 0:29:49.040
<v Speaker 2>NFL because everyone lists, everyone's lists except for mine, are

0:29:49.320 --> 0:29:58.560
<v Speaker 2>just terrible. We'll do that next. What's Right? All right?

0:29:58.640 --> 0:30:02.440
<v Speaker 2>Welcome back in What's Right? With Nick? Right? Deman's sorry

0:30:02.480 --> 0:30:04.840
<v Speaker 2>to I issue out there for the beginning of that.

0:30:06.320 --> 0:30:08.280
<v Speaker 2>For the beginning of that, I figured you wouldn't mind.

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<v Speaker 2>Bucks Spirits, White Planes, New York. That's just about thirty

0:31:20.120 --> 0:31:24.600
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0:31:24.720 --> 0:31:28.040
<v Speaker 2>that happened this weekend that everyone knew I was going

0:31:28.080 --> 0:31:31.240
<v Speaker 2>to at some point respond to was the NFL Top

0:31:31.280 --> 0:31:36.440
<v Speaker 2>one hundred list, which is just a total and complete debacle.

0:31:36.800 --> 0:31:37.920
<v Speaker 2>So let's discuss it.

0:31:38.800 --> 0:31:42.040
<v Speaker 3>Yes, so the NFL Top one hundred came out. Patrick

0:31:42.040 --> 0:31:44.960
<v Speaker 3>Mahomes is in the top ten, but he obviously wasn't

0:31:45.040 --> 0:31:46.920
<v Speaker 3>number one. That was Turrek Kill. Yeah, I think the

0:31:47.160 --> 0:31:51.280
<v Speaker 3>Travis Kelcey. Yeah, Patrick Mahomes at four, Sorry about that?

0:31:52.040 --> 0:31:54.960
<v Speaker 3>Should should Mahomes take this personally and use it as

0:31:54.960 --> 0:31:56.280
<v Speaker 3>bulletin board material or.

0:31:58.120 --> 0:32:00.600
<v Speaker 2>Well, yeah, I mean it is. I mean it's this

0:32:00.680 --> 0:32:05.440
<v Speaker 2>isn't like Michael Jordan having to create fake stuff to

0:32:05.440 --> 0:32:09.480
<v Speaker 2>be motivated about. This is a Patrick Mahomes And people

0:32:09.480 --> 0:32:13.360
<v Speaker 2>were like, oh, it was done before the playoffs started.

0:32:13.600 --> 0:32:17.720
<v Speaker 2>I don't care, it doesn't matter. So you mean it

0:32:17.800 --> 0:32:21.320
<v Speaker 2>was done while he was the defending MVP and the

0:32:21.360 --> 0:32:25.440
<v Speaker 2>defending Super Bowl MVP and the defending champion. That's when

0:32:25.440 --> 0:32:29.640
<v Speaker 2>the voting was done, and that's when folks said that

0:32:30.520 --> 0:32:35.400
<v Speaker 2>Lamar Jackson is a better quarterback Tyree Kill who used

0:32:35.440 --> 0:32:38.200
<v Speaker 2>to be on the Chiefs. The Chiefs traded him away,

0:32:38.640 --> 0:32:41.360
<v Speaker 2>and when the voting was done had not lost a

0:32:41.400 --> 0:32:44.320
<v Speaker 2>playoff game since he was gone, and since the voting

0:32:44.440 --> 0:32:49.320
<v Speaker 2>was done one four more playoff games, and Christian McCaffery

0:32:49.360 --> 0:32:51.800
<v Speaker 2>are all better than him. You have a funny look

0:32:51.840 --> 0:32:56.240
<v Speaker 2>on your face here to Monsey, like, do you think

0:32:56.600 --> 0:33:01.280
<v Speaker 2>there is any point in last year's football calendar where

0:33:01.320 --> 0:33:04.320
<v Speaker 2>if you were if you were asked who's the best

0:33:04.320 --> 0:33:08.280
<v Speaker 2>player in the NFL, you wouldn't have said Patrick Mahomes.

0:33:09.040 --> 0:33:12.240
<v Speaker 3>I think that you've instilled a little biased on me.

0:33:12.320 --> 0:33:16.560
<v Speaker 3>But it is like a little it's a snub like

0:33:16.600 --> 0:33:18.480
<v Speaker 3>either way you look at it, it just they stubbed

0:33:18.560 --> 0:33:20.719
<v Speaker 3>him all the way at four still like not even

0:33:20.800 --> 0:33:22.680
<v Speaker 3>number two or anything like that. But number four is

0:33:22.720 --> 0:33:23.640
<v Speaker 3>pretty crazy.

0:33:23.360 --> 0:33:28.880
<v Speaker 2>And behind another quarterback. Listen, I understand that Lamar had

0:33:28.880 --> 0:33:31.400
<v Speaker 2>a wonderful year until, of course, he played Patrick in

0:33:31.440 --> 0:33:34.360
<v Speaker 2>the playoffs and for some reason short circuited a bit.

0:33:35.160 --> 0:33:38.360
<v Speaker 2>I get that, but and I understand this voting was

0:33:38.400 --> 0:33:43.280
<v Speaker 2>done before that, But at no point should someone have

0:33:43.360 --> 0:33:46.120
<v Speaker 2>been able to say, at no point in the last

0:33:46.400 --> 0:33:50.960
<v Speaker 2>two years has it been a credible opinion that anyone

0:33:51.080 --> 0:33:54.480
<v Speaker 2>other than that guy is the best player in the league.

0:33:54.640 --> 0:34:00.480
<v Speaker 2>And I said this on the show, and who was it?

0:34:00.640 --> 0:34:05.880
<v Speaker 2>Manginie and Wilds disagreed. Brew agreed. But if somehow the

0:34:05.960 --> 0:34:14.640
<v Speaker 2>Chiefs were offered Lamar Tyreek and Christian McCaffrey for Patrick Mahomes,

0:34:15.040 --> 0:34:19.520
<v Speaker 2>they say no, And Wild's and Mangini were like, I'd

0:34:19.520 --> 0:34:21.520
<v Speaker 2>be one hell of a team I'm like, well, how

0:34:21.600 --> 0:34:25.040
<v Speaker 2>much better of a team can you be than the

0:34:25.120 --> 0:34:29.560
<v Speaker 2>two time defending Super Bowl champion? Like, honest to god.

0:34:30.000 --> 0:34:35.560
<v Speaker 2>And so the part of it that's really galling is

0:34:35.600 --> 0:34:39.239
<v Speaker 2>not being the number one quarterback. So like you can

0:34:39.440 --> 0:34:42.680
<v Speaker 2>ask the follow up and all elaborate on that, uh,

0:34:42.920 --> 0:34:43.600
<v Speaker 2>and we'll get to it.

0:34:43.920 --> 0:34:46.239
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, So if Mahomes is number one, how would you

0:34:46.239 --> 0:34:47.799
<v Speaker 3>feel about Threek? He'll be a number two.

0:34:49.080 --> 0:34:52.440
<v Speaker 2>I'd be okay with that. I like if they simply like,

0:34:53.160 --> 0:34:58.000
<v Speaker 2>I'd be okay with that. I don't know that I think.

0:34:58.080 --> 0:35:00.400
<v Speaker 2>And this is not because Tyreek told me to go

0:35:00.480 --> 0:35:04.560
<v Speaker 2>cry on set. Like I like Tyreek. I don't mind

0:35:05.160 --> 0:35:08.839
<v Speaker 2>that that. You know he was feeling himself on this

0:35:09.880 --> 0:35:13.040
<v Speaker 2>That's fine. Oh that's a good photoshop. I do like

0:35:13.120 --> 0:35:18.040
<v Speaker 2>that of me crying Tyreek consoling me. Here's the thing

0:35:19.320 --> 0:35:25.399
<v Speaker 2>I am not. I don't think saying Tyreek is the

0:35:25.440 --> 0:35:29.799
<v Speaker 2>best non quarterback in football is a bad opinion. I

0:35:29.840 --> 0:35:34.279
<v Speaker 2>don't know that I agree with it. I think that

0:35:36.080 --> 0:35:42.120
<v Speaker 2>if I had to choose one receiver, I think I'm

0:35:42.120 --> 0:35:46.240
<v Speaker 2>picking Justin Jefferson. It's very close, and like I said,

0:35:46.760 --> 0:35:50.799
<v Speaker 2>it's not a it's not like a disqualifying opinion like

0:35:50.920 --> 0:35:56.239
<v Speaker 2>Lamar over Mahomes is. But I think Justin Jefferson has

0:35:56.239 --> 0:36:00.680
<v Speaker 2>played sixty career football games and has fifteen nine hundred

0:36:00.719 --> 0:36:05.399
<v Speaker 2>career yards. Justin Jefferson has never played with a great

0:36:05.520 --> 0:36:09.279
<v Speaker 2>quarterback and played half of last year with a bad quarterback.

0:36:09.520 --> 0:36:13.680
<v Speaker 2>He's played with. You know, he has had two a

0:36:14.000 --> 0:36:17.960
<v Speaker 2>level quarterbacking. I think in Kirk Cousins most of his career.

0:36:18.239 --> 0:36:21.879
<v Speaker 2>Tyreek obviously had Tua, but then previous to that had

0:36:21.960 --> 0:36:26.120
<v Speaker 2>Mahomes for four years, and previous to that at Alex Smith,

0:36:26.120 --> 0:36:29.680
<v Speaker 2>who was fine. Alex Smith kind of to a level

0:36:30.880 --> 0:36:34.760
<v Speaker 2>at Kirk Cousins level, And so I don't I thought

0:36:34.920 --> 0:36:38.160
<v Speaker 2>Justin Jefferson was way too far down the list. I

0:36:38.200 --> 0:36:40.760
<v Speaker 2>don't think there's a big gap between him and Tyreek.

0:36:41.239 --> 0:36:44.200
<v Speaker 2>And this is where folks can call me a homer,

0:36:44.320 --> 0:36:50.080
<v Speaker 2>but I don't really care. If the question is non quarterbacks,

0:36:50.920 --> 0:36:56.360
<v Speaker 2>you can have any one player for a playoff run,

0:36:57.040 --> 0:37:00.480
<v Speaker 2>who are you taking. My answer to that question, Travis

0:37:00.560 --> 0:37:05.120
<v Speaker 2>Kelcey Flatley try like that is. I think he is

0:37:05.800 --> 0:37:12.040
<v Speaker 2>in the biggest spots, the most unguardable, dynamic player in

0:37:12.120 --> 0:37:15.839
<v Speaker 2>the league, and I think last year was evidence of

0:37:15.880 --> 0:37:19.880
<v Speaker 2>it when last year he was injured at the beginning

0:37:19.920 --> 0:37:23.239
<v Speaker 2>of the year, double teamed more than he'd ever been

0:37:23.280 --> 0:37:28.240
<v Speaker 2>throughout his entire career, seemed a step or two slower.

0:37:28.800 --> 0:37:31.960
<v Speaker 2>Hampered didn't have the thousand yards for the first time

0:37:31.960 --> 0:37:35.879
<v Speaker 2>in almost a decade, and then in the postseason did

0:37:35.920 --> 0:37:39.880
<v Speaker 2>the following seven catches I think all in the first

0:37:39.920 --> 0:37:46.000
<v Speaker 2>half against Miami in a blowout against Buffalo, two touchdowns

0:37:46.719 --> 0:37:52.160
<v Speaker 2>against Baltimore with Kyle Hamilton guarding him, potentially the best

0:37:52.160 --> 0:37:56.319
<v Speaker 2>safety in the league, eleven catches on eleven targets, and

0:37:56.360 --> 0:37:59.840
<v Speaker 2>then in the Super Bowl nine catches on ten targets,

0:37:59.840 --> 0:38:04.520
<v Speaker 2>including final drive of regulation third down, have to get

0:38:04.520 --> 0:38:07.520
<v Speaker 2>in field goal range, ran the fastest he had run

0:38:07.719 --> 0:38:10.680
<v Speaker 2>in any game all year to make it a chip

0:38:10.680 --> 0:38:16.120
<v Speaker 2>shot field goal. In those playoffs he had thirty two

0:38:16.239 --> 0:38:21.680
<v Speaker 2>catches on thirty six targets, and if you remove the

0:38:21.760 --> 0:38:25.760
<v Speaker 2>game where it was negative thirty, he had twenty five

0:38:25.880 --> 0:38:30.640
<v Speaker 2>catches on twenty seven targets for three touchdowns. And so

0:38:31.200 --> 0:38:34.920
<v Speaker 2>I still would rather have Travis in a big spot

0:38:35.080 --> 0:38:37.880
<v Speaker 2>than anybody else. As far as over the course of

0:38:37.920 --> 0:38:41.200
<v Speaker 2>a season, you want to say, Tyreek, that's fine, I

0:38:41.239 --> 0:38:43.640
<v Speaker 2>think I'd probably go justin Jefferson. But it's just a

0:38:44.800 --> 0:38:47.680
<v Speaker 2>The Mahomes piece of it is just so disqualifying for

0:38:47.760 --> 0:38:54.480
<v Speaker 2>everybody that I just I can't, I can't take it seriously.

0:38:55.160 --> 0:38:58.000
<v Speaker 2>I mean, let me say one other thing before we

0:38:58.080 --> 0:39:02.960
<v Speaker 2>do the last follow up. It was so obvious to

0:39:03.040 --> 0:39:07.520
<v Speaker 2>everyone Mahomes was going to be number one that if

0:39:07.520 --> 0:39:12.439
<v Speaker 2>you remember, they asked Jamar Chase about number one and

0:39:12.480 --> 0:39:17.480
<v Speaker 2>he said, I refuse to say that guy's name. Spoiler alert, folks.

0:39:17.760 --> 0:39:22.200
<v Speaker 2>That's not because he's not saying Tyreek Hill's name. He

0:39:22.280 --> 0:39:24.880
<v Speaker 2>didn't say, I won't say his name, number one, Joe Burrow,

0:39:24.960 --> 0:39:28.560
<v Speaker 2>Joe Burrow. It's because he thought it was so obvious

0:39:28.880 --> 0:39:32.520
<v Speaker 2>that Patrick Mahomes was gonna be number one. What are

0:39:32.520 --> 0:39:33.320
<v Speaker 2>you laughing about?

0:39:33.440 --> 0:39:35.600
<v Speaker 3>No, it is. It is a weird. It's a weird thing.

0:39:36.080 --> 0:39:38.719
<v Speaker 3>But the producers saying, maybe there's a little receiver beef

0:39:38.760 --> 0:39:42.040
<v Speaker 3>between the two, but.

0:39:41.320 --> 0:39:43.760
<v Speaker 2>No, no, it was good no, because he didn't say himself.

0:39:44.120 --> 0:39:47.120
<v Speaker 2>He said Joe Burrow, Joe Burrow. It was clear he

0:39:47.200 --> 0:39:48.360
<v Speaker 2>was talking Patrick Mahomes.

0:39:48.719 --> 0:39:52.239
<v Speaker 3>Weird saying the players take place with the voting, and

0:39:52.280 --> 0:39:54.880
<v Speaker 3>that's a player right there. Saying that it's Patrick.

0:39:55.920 --> 0:39:58.400
<v Speaker 2>Well, it doesn't mean he voted him number one. He

0:39:58.480 --> 0:40:01.040
<v Speaker 2>probably voted Burrow number one one. He just thought it

0:40:01.080 --> 0:40:02.760
<v Speaker 2>was going to be Patrick.

0:40:03.600 --> 0:40:06.520
<v Speaker 3>All right, So the take a look at the new

0:40:06.600 --> 0:40:09.600
<v Speaker 3>Tyreek King of the Hill, the King of the Tyreek Hill. Sorry,

0:40:10.360 --> 0:40:12.120
<v Speaker 3>oh oh oh, it's.

0:40:11.960 --> 0:40:14.600
<v Speaker 2>Just a bunch of mahomes Is on King of the Hill. No,

0:40:14.719 --> 0:40:16.440
<v Speaker 2>that's pretty good, all right, I like it, all right,

0:40:16.520 --> 0:40:17.120
<v Speaker 2>let's move on.

0:40:18.080 --> 0:40:21.280
<v Speaker 3>All right. So last year, Puka Nakula and Jordan Addison

0:40:21.360 --> 0:40:24.680
<v Speaker 3>and your guy Rashi Rice all became household names as rookies.

0:40:25.480 --> 0:40:28.440
<v Speaker 3>This year we got Marvin Harrison, Junior, Elik Neighbors in

0:40:28.600 --> 0:40:32.200
<v Speaker 3>Roma Doonsday. They're all reportedly off to hot starts at camp.

0:40:32.680 --> 0:40:35.080
<v Speaker 3>Pick one of these receivers to stand out the most

0:40:35.080 --> 0:40:35.479
<v Speaker 3>this year.

0:40:36.760 --> 0:40:38.759
<v Speaker 2>Well, listen, I think Marvin Harrison is going to be

0:40:38.800 --> 0:40:45.400
<v Speaker 2>the best. And while I think a Doonsay has the

0:40:45.440 --> 0:40:51.080
<v Speaker 2>best quarterback in Caleb, I think a Doonsay with Dj

0:40:51.239 --> 0:40:55.320
<v Speaker 2>Moore there and Keenan Allen there, I don't think a

0:40:55.400 --> 0:40:59.000
<v Speaker 2>Doonsay is going to get the volume of targets that

0:40:59.160 --> 0:41:04.280
<v Speaker 2>Neighbors are Harrison will Neighbors to me is just disqualified

0:41:04.280 --> 0:41:06.600
<v Speaker 2>by the fact he's either gonna have Daniel Jones or

0:41:06.680 --> 0:41:11.200
<v Speaker 2>Drew Locke firing passes out of bounds, and so to me,

0:41:11.320 --> 0:41:15.200
<v Speaker 2>it's very, very obvious that it's Marvin Harrison Junior. I

0:41:15.239 --> 0:41:17.720
<v Speaker 2>thought he was the best college receiver we had had

0:41:18.360 --> 0:41:22.560
<v Speaker 2>arguably since Larry Fitzgerald. That might be a step strong,

0:41:22.640 --> 0:41:26.239
<v Speaker 2>but it really felt like that watching him thoroughly dominant

0:41:26.320 --> 0:41:30.160
<v Speaker 2>multiple years. He's with a real quarterback in Kyler. Again,

0:41:30.239 --> 0:41:34.080
<v Speaker 2>I have my skepticism on Kyler as a leader in

0:41:34.120 --> 0:41:37.440
<v Speaker 2>some other things, but Kyler went healthy, is certainly better

0:41:37.760 --> 0:41:40.319
<v Speaker 2>than Daniel Jones is, and he's not gonna have to

0:41:40.400 --> 0:41:44.480
<v Speaker 2>share targets the way Roma doonsay is. So Marvin Harrison

0:41:44.560 --> 0:41:48.279
<v Speaker 2>Junior to me, is far and away gonna have the

0:41:48.280 --> 0:41:52.040
<v Speaker 2>best numbers of any of those three rookie receivers. Now,

0:41:53.280 --> 0:41:59.239
<v Speaker 2>they didn't include Xavier Worthy, who it sure seems like

0:41:59.360 --> 0:42:05.200
<v Speaker 2>Mahomes is really prioritizing getting in the flow of things

0:42:05.239 --> 0:42:09.280
<v Speaker 2>with the Chiefs offense. Now, I worry about Xavier Worthies build,

0:42:09.719 --> 0:42:12.239
<v Speaker 2>and I'm worried about how thin and skinny he is.

0:42:12.320 --> 0:42:16.160
<v Speaker 2>But the one thing that can make you feel a

0:42:16.160 --> 0:42:20.000
<v Speaker 2>little bit better about that is Andy did have Deshaun Jackson,

0:42:20.400 --> 0:42:24.759
<v Speaker 2>who's very very similar build, and you know Andy had

0:42:24.840 --> 0:42:28.480
<v Speaker 2>Deshaun Jackson cooking because of that raw speed. All right,

0:42:28.520 --> 0:42:30.719
<v Speaker 2>let's play a game now, all.

0:42:30.680 --> 0:42:33.439
<v Speaker 3>Right, so it's time to play an NFL preview edition

0:42:33.520 --> 0:42:36.880
<v Speaker 3>of likely Maybe what If? I'll give you a category,

0:42:36.920 --> 0:42:39.600
<v Speaker 3>and you will give us three possible answers, each a

0:42:39.600 --> 0:42:42.200
<v Speaker 3>bit more far fetched than the last one. So the

0:42:42.200 --> 0:42:45.600
<v Speaker 3>first one we got. Last year, Dak Prescott led the

0:42:45.680 --> 0:42:48.719
<v Speaker 3>NFL with thirty six passing touchdowns, the lowest mark since

0:42:48.719 --> 0:42:52.359
<v Speaker 3>twenty nineteen. Who leads the league this year? The league

0:42:52.400 --> 0:42:55.600
<v Speaker 3>leader in touchdown passes is likely? Maybe what if? Like

0:42:55.760 --> 0:42:56.360
<v Speaker 3>the link to the.

0:42:56.680 --> 0:43:02.040
<v Speaker 2>Likely Oh really? Oh okay, that's interesting. It's likely Mahomes.

0:43:03.040 --> 0:43:07.040
<v Speaker 2>Uh is with this with it doesn't look like Rashi

0:43:07.320 --> 0:43:11.560
<v Speaker 2>is going to be uh suspended this year? Or I

0:43:11.640 --> 0:43:13.680
<v Speaker 2>just I don't think he's going to be suspended this year.

0:43:13.960 --> 0:43:17.320
<v Speaker 2>By the way, the link to the odds, I don't Okay,

0:43:17.320 --> 0:43:19.280
<v Speaker 2>here it is now, I've got it. Mahomes is plus

0:43:19.320 --> 0:43:23.480
<v Speaker 2>six fifty, So I think it is likely Mahomes. Maybe

0:43:24.040 --> 0:43:28.759
<v Speaker 2>it's c J. Stroud. Wait those three receivers. Oh that

0:43:28.880 --> 0:43:32.480
<v Speaker 2>was I think he's more likely than Yeah, it's not.

0:43:32.640 --> 0:43:34.680
<v Speaker 2>He's got the third best odds. So I don't you

0:43:34.680 --> 0:43:36.400
<v Speaker 2>know what I mean, I don't think that that is

0:43:37.200 --> 0:43:40.759
<v Speaker 2>uh that that is an outrageous one where oh I.

0:43:40.800 --> 0:43:42.279
<v Speaker 3>Just lost it all.

0:43:44.280 --> 0:43:47.239
<v Speaker 2>I don't think he's going to have the weapons that

0:43:47.400 --> 0:43:50.359
<v Speaker 2>my what if? I mean, you know who, my what

0:43:50.400 --> 0:43:54.640
<v Speaker 2>IF's going to be? My what if? Is Kale? Okay,

0:43:54.719 --> 0:43:59.759
<v Speaker 2>Caleb's just out there cooking man that bears defense not

0:44:00.040 --> 0:44:03.600
<v Speaker 2>white as good as people hoped. Maybe he's in some shootouts.

0:44:03.920 --> 0:44:08.160
<v Speaker 2>He's got three legitimate receivers. They really try, you know,

0:44:08.200 --> 0:44:11.399
<v Speaker 2>they do that. Let him throw near the goal line

0:44:11.440 --> 0:44:15.600
<v Speaker 2>to juice the numbers. Like, so it's likely Mahomes maybe

0:44:15.640 --> 0:44:18.520
<v Speaker 2>shroud what if Caleb? All right? Next?

0:44:18.800 --> 0:44:21.359
<v Speaker 3>Okay, so we talked about terryk being the number one

0:44:21.400 --> 0:44:24.480
<v Speaker 3>player in the NFL top one hundred aside from Mahomes.

0:44:24.520 --> 0:44:26.480
<v Speaker 3>Who has the best chance to be Like, who has

0:44:26.520 --> 0:44:28.799
<v Speaker 3>the best chance to be the guy next year? Next year?

0:44:28.840 --> 0:44:30.799
<v Speaker 3>Is number one? Is likely? Maybe? What if?

0:44:31.840 --> 0:44:35.600
<v Speaker 2>Okay, so this is we're just removing Mahomes entirely. So

0:44:35.680 --> 0:44:40.759
<v Speaker 2>if we're removing Mahomes entirely, let me I gotta think

0:44:40.760 --> 0:44:47.839
<v Speaker 2>on this. One for a second. I I think it's

0:44:47.920 --> 0:44:53.839
<v Speaker 2>probably too early for CJ. I think that I don't

0:44:53.840 --> 0:44:56.399
<v Speaker 2>think people are gonna call him. And also, but well,

0:44:56.440 --> 0:45:00.880
<v Speaker 2>hold on, now that I know the voting takes place

0:45:01.040 --> 0:45:06.080
<v Speaker 2>before the playoffs, it actually changes, you know what I mean,

0:45:06.200 --> 0:45:09.120
<v Speaker 2>how you've got to think about this because it's not

0:45:09.480 --> 0:45:13.279
<v Speaker 2>as if someone can just go on a sick postseason

0:45:13.400 --> 0:45:18.480
<v Speaker 2>run and change it. So I'm gonna say likely Christian McCaffrey.

0:45:19.480 --> 0:45:22.640
<v Speaker 2>Especially if the Niners trade Ayuk, which I think they're

0:45:22.719 --> 0:45:26.560
<v Speaker 2>going to do, he's gonna have even a heavier workload

0:45:27.040 --> 0:45:31.359
<v Speaker 2>crazy numbers. So I think it is likely Christian McCaffrey.

0:45:32.600 --> 0:45:41.759
<v Speaker 2>Maybe it's Josh Allen. If Josh is.

0:45:43.120 --> 0:45:46.080
<v Speaker 3>This you know, with the lack of weapons in there.

0:45:46.280 --> 0:45:49.799
<v Speaker 2>Exactly right, if he's running the ball like he did

0:45:49.880 --> 0:45:54.560
<v Speaker 2>last year, turning that kind of makeshift receiving corps into

0:45:54.600 --> 0:45:59.799
<v Speaker 2>something that and if this voting happens in December, you know,

0:46:00.400 --> 0:46:07.200
<v Speaker 2>yet to have his inevitable you know, playoff defeating. I

0:46:07.239 --> 0:46:09.560
<v Speaker 2>think he's gonna have a good year. Yeah, I do.

0:46:10.000 --> 0:46:13.560
<v Speaker 2>I listen. I think that the pendulum has swung in

0:46:13.600 --> 0:46:18.560
<v Speaker 2>some ways too far in the skepticism of the Bills. Listen,

0:46:18.600 --> 0:46:20.759
<v Speaker 2>everyone's like, oh, they lost Diggs. Diggs was not very

0:46:20.800 --> 0:46:23.919
<v Speaker 2>good for them the final dozen games of last year.

0:46:24.880 --> 0:46:28.600
<v Speaker 2>The what if that I'm gonna throw on there is

0:46:28.680 --> 0:46:34.520
<v Speaker 2>Micah Parsons. What if Micah has a twenty He is

0:46:34.680 --> 0:46:38.200
<v Speaker 2>in his career, he has finished second, second, third in

0:46:38.280 --> 0:46:42.799
<v Speaker 2>Defensive Player of the Year voting. He is gonna be

0:46:42.920 --> 0:46:46.359
<v Speaker 2>used differently now in this Mike Zimmer system. What if

0:46:46.400 --> 0:46:51.560
<v Speaker 2>Mica just has a start to finish dominant dominant campaign?

0:46:52.320 --> 0:46:55.640
<v Speaker 2>That to me is interesting. What if?

0:46:56.280 --> 0:46:59.000
<v Speaker 3>Whata?

0:47:00.480 --> 0:47:01.320
<v Speaker 2>No, that's true?

0:47:02.160 --> 0:47:02.480
<v Speaker 3>All right?

0:47:02.560 --> 0:47:03.359
<v Speaker 2>Go ahead.

0:47:04.080 --> 0:47:06.160
<v Speaker 3>Every year, at least one team goes from last in

0:47:06.160 --> 0:47:08.799
<v Speaker 3>their division to winning it. Hally, I mean to winning

0:47:08.840 --> 0:47:11.600
<v Speaker 3>it a year later. Sorry, last year was Houston. Who

0:47:11.600 --> 0:47:14.440
<v Speaker 3>would it be this year? Likely? The team, the team

0:47:14.440 --> 0:47:16.560
<v Speaker 3>that will go from worse to first is likely maybe?

0:47:16.640 --> 0:47:17.000
<v Speaker 3>What if?

0:47:18.120 --> 0:47:24.400
<v Speaker 2>All right? So the likely one is very very easy.

0:47:25.239 --> 0:47:29.400
<v Speaker 2>The maybe one is also very easy to me as well.

0:47:29.920 --> 0:47:35.000
<v Speaker 2>The likely one is Cincinnati. They were in last place

0:47:35.160 --> 0:47:39.719
<v Speaker 2>because their quarterback got hurt, so I'll say the Bengals.

0:47:39.960 --> 0:47:44.560
<v Speaker 2>The maybe one is also easy because this team tied

0:47:44.640 --> 0:47:48.799
<v Speaker 2>for last in their division just added Caleb Williams. It's

0:47:49.000 --> 0:47:53.839
<v Speaker 2>the Chicago Bears. The what if is the trickiest one

0:47:54.280 --> 0:48:00.120
<v Speaker 2>because there are not good options. The other six teams

0:48:00.280 --> 0:48:04.200
<v Speaker 2>that we are talking about are the New England Patriots.

0:48:04.840 --> 0:48:10.960
<v Speaker 2>You can essentially just eliminate them, the Tennessee Titans, the

0:48:10.960 --> 0:48:14.919
<v Speaker 2>Los Angeles Chargers, who I think should be better this year,

0:48:15.160 --> 0:48:19.800
<v Speaker 2>but Herbert's planner fascia injury concerns me. And by the way,

0:48:20.000 --> 0:48:22.960
<v Speaker 2>they're in a division with the Chiefs. Eliminate them, The

0:48:23.160 --> 0:48:26.799
<v Speaker 2>Washington Commanders, who are starting a rookie quarterback and I

0:48:26.800 --> 0:48:32.799
<v Speaker 2>don't love that offensive line at all, the Carolina Panthers,

0:48:33.360 --> 0:48:40.920
<v Speaker 2>and the Arizona Cardinals. The what if going to go

0:48:41.000 --> 0:48:45.840
<v Speaker 2>with is the Titans. Yeah, that's correct, and the recipe

0:48:45.880 --> 0:48:51.400
<v Speaker 2>there would be CJ. Shroud year two regression. The Prince

0:48:51.880 --> 0:48:55.879
<v Speaker 2>still has this fumbling problem and much like last year,

0:48:55.960 --> 0:48:59.000
<v Speaker 2>it only takes ten wins to win the division. And

0:48:59.120 --> 0:49:03.360
<v Speaker 2>somehow Will Levis, you know, has an excellent year. The

0:49:03.400 --> 0:49:07.200
<v Speaker 2>new coaching staff. That's the Again, I don't buy it,

0:49:07.680 --> 0:49:11.440
<v Speaker 2>but that's the that's the one that is the most plausible.

0:49:11.480 --> 0:49:13.760
<v Speaker 2>If I have to go three deep on that topic.

0:49:14.960 --> 0:49:16.239
<v Speaker 2>Do we have another one? Demanday?

0:49:16.840 --> 0:49:19.480
<v Speaker 3>Uh, yeah, we got a Josh Allen has nearly escaped,

0:49:19.600 --> 0:49:22.200
<v Speaker 3>being the league leader in interceptions the past three years,

0:49:22.520 --> 0:49:25.399
<v Speaker 3>and with Khalil Secure currently slided as the team's number

0:49:25.400 --> 0:49:28.200
<v Speaker 3>one wide receiver, this could be the year he breaks through.

0:49:28.880 --> 0:49:32.239
<v Speaker 3>This year, Josh Allen will likely maybe but what if?

0:49:33.880 --> 0:49:37.080
<v Speaker 2>Likely win the AFC East and losing the divisional round,

0:49:37.560 --> 0:49:44.239
<v Speaker 2>so that's what they do every year. Maybe has a

0:49:44.480 --> 0:49:50.200
<v Speaker 2>start to finish dominant campaign and wins that MVP that

0:49:50.280 --> 0:49:53.200
<v Speaker 2>the media has so desperately been wanting to give him

0:49:53.200 --> 0:49:57.640
<v Speaker 2>for years, and then the what if is what if

0:50:00.320 --> 0:50:06.960
<v Speaker 2>he actually does No, that's kind of more the MVP

0:50:07.120 --> 0:50:09.839
<v Speaker 2>piece of it. I guess what if would be what

0:50:09.880 --> 0:50:12.319
<v Speaker 2>if this is the year he finally breaks through in

0:50:12.360 --> 0:50:15.360
<v Speaker 2>the postseason and goes on a real run. I can't

0:50:15.360 --> 0:50:18.479
<v Speaker 2>dismiss it again. I don't think Josh Allen's gonna lose

0:50:18.520 --> 0:50:21.120
<v Speaker 2>to Mahomes and Burrow in the playoffs every year of

0:50:21.120 --> 0:50:24.719
<v Speaker 2>his career. At some point, you know what I mean,

0:50:24.760 --> 0:50:31.120
<v Speaker 2>They're gonna catch fire the and he's too talented of

0:50:31.160 --> 0:50:34.400
<v Speaker 2>a player. I don't think Josh Allen's not talented. I

0:50:34.440 --> 0:50:37.640
<v Speaker 2>just think he's been prematurely anointed and he gets held

0:50:37.760 --> 0:50:41.400
<v Speaker 2>to a different standard than every other quarterback in football.

0:50:41.719 --> 0:50:44.680
<v Speaker 2>But at some point he'll do it, and at some

0:50:44.880 --> 0:50:47.520
<v Speaker 2>point folks will be able to say, see, we knew

0:50:47.560 --> 0:50:50.239
<v Speaker 2>he would do it like and then that's fine. I

0:50:50.360 --> 0:50:52.560
<v Speaker 2>just need to see it to believe it. All right,

0:50:52.600 --> 0:51:00.240
<v Speaker 2>we answer some of your listener questions. Next What's right?

0:51:01.120 --> 0:51:03.560
<v Speaker 2>All right? Welcome back in What's Driving the Great demonte

0:51:03.640 --> 0:51:05.320
<v Speaker 2>Let's answer some listener questions.

0:51:06.239 --> 0:51:09.759
<v Speaker 3>Oudav Bard was said, Nick, what if Serbia beats Team

0:51:09.880 --> 0:51:11.160
<v Speaker 3>USA and Olympics?

0:51:12.080 --> 0:51:14.839
<v Speaker 2>So listen. We talked about this on TV, maybe also

0:51:14.880 --> 0:51:19.239
<v Speaker 2>on this show. I don't like Serbia's chances. However, one

0:51:19.280 --> 0:51:23.440
<v Speaker 2>thing that made me nervous about the US winning gold

0:51:23.880 --> 0:51:26.400
<v Speaker 2>depending on how the bracket fell, and it felt exactly

0:51:26.440 --> 0:51:30.200
<v Speaker 2>the way I was a little anxious about was might

0:51:30.239 --> 0:51:33.760
<v Speaker 2>have to beat Serbia three times, played him in the exhibition,

0:51:34.960 --> 0:51:38.000
<v Speaker 2>played him in the group stage, and now you got

0:51:38.040 --> 0:51:41.320
<v Speaker 2>to play him in the Semis. Assuming the US beats

0:51:41.360 --> 0:51:45.680
<v Speaker 2>Brazil today, which they should, and you do wonder if

0:51:45.719 --> 0:51:50.040
<v Speaker 2>Serbia was you know, holding things back, or had things

0:51:50.080 --> 0:51:53.920
<v Speaker 2>prep whatever it is. It shouldn't matter. Serbia's team has

0:51:53.960 --> 0:51:58.719
<v Speaker 2>been very unimpressive to me, except for Joker, and you know,

0:51:58.840 --> 0:52:01.839
<v Speaker 2>it just took everything Ochre had for them to beat Australia,

0:52:02.360 --> 0:52:06.120
<v Speaker 2>but beating them three times, you know, can be a

0:52:06.200 --> 0:52:09.560
<v Speaker 2>tough putt. So the I mean, I guess the listeners

0:52:09.600 --> 0:52:13.080
<v Speaker 2>probably implying, will it be an indictment or referendum on Lebron?

0:52:13.680 --> 0:52:18.000
<v Speaker 2>Potentially flip side galaxy brain to this after sir, after

0:52:18.120 --> 0:52:21.440
<v Speaker 2>jokicch had beaten Lebron and Ad like nine straight times,

0:52:21.800 --> 0:52:24.560
<v Speaker 2>All of a sudden, Lebron and ad have beaten Jokics

0:52:24.600 --> 0:52:27.120
<v Speaker 2>three of the last four times they played. Can get

0:52:27.160 --> 0:52:29.680
<v Speaker 2>to four out of five? Flip that before we get

0:52:29.719 --> 0:52:31.040
<v Speaker 2>to next season? All right?

0:52:31.160 --> 0:52:37.080
<v Speaker 3>Next, Dan asked France or Canada? Oh? Was that an

0:52:37.080 --> 0:52:38.239
<v Speaker 3>extension of the first question?

0:52:38.880 --> 0:52:41.400
<v Speaker 2>Oh? Okay, yeah, so, oh yeah? Who I think is

0:52:41.440 --> 0:52:44.040
<v Speaker 2>gonna win? France or Canada? Later today, I think Canada

0:52:44.080 --> 0:52:46.680
<v Speaker 2>is gonna win. I think Canada is the second best

0:52:46.680 --> 0:52:47.480
<v Speaker 2>team in the tournament.

0:52:47.880 --> 0:52:51.080
<v Speaker 3>Next, all right, Austin tap asked question for Nick. If

0:52:51.120 --> 0:52:53.439
<v Speaker 3>you had to play an odd Olympic event, what would

0:52:53.480 --> 0:52:56.160
<v Speaker 3>it be? An example, sailing, dressage, rowing.

0:52:57.280 --> 0:52:59.960
<v Speaker 2>Okay, so I don't know if this counts as odd,

0:53:00.200 --> 0:53:04.160
<v Speaker 2>but cycling. The lady that won the Golden Cycling just

0:53:04.239 --> 0:53:07.359
<v Speaker 2>picked it up a few years ago, graduated Harvard, took

0:53:07.360 --> 0:53:10.560
<v Speaker 2>a cycling glass in Central Park. Wasn't even supposed to

0:53:10.600 --> 0:53:13.600
<v Speaker 2>compete in the final. Someone had to scratch for her

0:53:13.600 --> 0:53:16.320
<v Speaker 2>to be a replacement, and she won it by two minutes.

0:53:17.000 --> 0:53:20.200
<v Speaker 2>And I'm such an elite peloton athlete that I feel

0:53:20.200 --> 0:53:23.040
<v Speaker 2>like I could maybe compete in that. I don't know

0:53:23.880 --> 0:53:31.719
<v Speaker 2>that a cycling counts. I mean the top point every book. Yeah, yeah,

0:53:31.760 --> 0:53:36.160
<v Speaker 2>I mean I'm an elite peloton athlete. So I don't

0:53:36.200 --> 0:53:39.959
<v Speaker 2>know if I'm such an elite peloton athlete that during

0:53:40.000 --> 0:53:45.360
<v Speaker 2>the pandemic, when I would post my screenshot scores, folks

0:53:45.400 --> 0:53:48.960
<v Speaker 2>said I was I was that my bike needed to be calibrated,

0:53:49.320 --> 0:53:51.960
<v Speaker 2>or that I was cheating, that I was posting someone

0:53:52.000 --> 0:53:56.200
<v Speaker 2>else's scores. So I don't know if that counts as

0:53:56.280 --> 0:53:59.680
<v Speaker 2>odd enough, you know what I mean? Is cycling really

0:54:00.120 --> 0:54:04.359
<v Speaker 2>an odd Olympic sport? I think growing is just get

0:54:04.400 --> 0:54:06.920
<v Speaker 2>on the right team. I think growing I could do it.

0:54:07.360 --> 0:54:10.040
<v Speaker 2>I was out there kayaking in Turks with your little sister.

0:54:10.120 --> 0:54:12.680
<v Speaker 2>She wasn't helping at all. I was cooking, So yeah,

0:54:12.719 --> 0:54:15.040
<v Speaker 2>I think that No, that's I yeah, I mean the

0:54:15.120 --> 0:54:18.520
<v Speaker 2>jet skis the bad incident I had the kayaking was fine.

0:54:19.960 --> 0:54:21.480
<v Speaker 2>All right, Let's go to the next question.

0:54:22.440 --> 0:54:25.360
<v Speaker 3>Eric Allen asks, would you take Caleb who you love,

0:54:25.680 --> 0:54:29.200
<v Speaker 3>Justin Jefferson and Trent Williams all for Mahomes? Your old

0:54:29.239 --> 0:54:31.919
<v Speaker 3>line will be awesome. You'd have JJ Kelsey to throw

0:54:32.000 --> 0:54:34.239
<v Speaker 3>to and the guy who you think will be the

0:54:34.280 --> 0:54:35.360
<v Speaker 3>second best quarterback.

0:54:36.120 --> 0:54:39.200
<v Speaker 2>No, I wouldn't know. They're right where. There is not

0:54:39.280 --> 0:54:41.920
<v Speaker 2>a trade where you can get equal value for Patrick Mahomes.

0:54:41.920 --> 0:54:46.000
<v Speaker 2>It doesn't exist. And considering the fact I think he's

0:54:46.040 --> 0:54:48.080
<v Speaker 2>just gonna keep winning Super Bowls, I'm not going to

0:54:48.200 --> 0:54:51.040
<v Speaker 2>change anything. No, So no, I wouldn't. And you got

0:54:51.040 --> 0:54:53.360
<v Speaker 2>to pay all those guys like you couldn't even have

0:54:53.400 --> 0:55:01.200
<v Speaker 2>the rest of your team the first round pick off

0:55:01.280 --> 0:55:04.200
<v Speaker 2>the table. Yeah, there's no trade for Patrick Mahomes that

0:55:04.239 --> 0:55:05.799
<v Speaker 2>works for the Chiefs. There isn't one.

0:55:05.840 --> 0:55:10.440
<v Speaker 3>Next negative four and two, as would you not accept

0:55:11.640 --> 0:55:14.480
<v Speaker 3>see mc number one in Mahomes at number two? He

0:55:14.520 --> 0:55:16.000
<v Speaker 3>did carry party to the Super Bowl.

0:55:16.840 --> 0:55:20.120
<v Speaker 2>Well, listen, I would find that less galling than having

0:55:20.200 --> 0:55:24.280
<v Speaker 2>another quarterback ahead of Mahomes. But no, obviously Mahomes should

0:55:24.280 --> 0:55:26.480
<v Speaker 2>be number one. All right.

0:55:26.600 --> 0:55:30.000
<v Speaker 3>Next Scott Frasier, Nick, what is the one thing that

0:55:30.040 --> 0:55:33.520
<v Speaker 3>can make Caleb not be make Caleb not be successful

0:55:33.560 --> 0:55:33.919
<v Speaker 3>this year.

0:55:35.600 --> 0:55:38.120
<v Speaker 2>If the left side of the Bears offensive line is

0:55:38.120 --> 0:55:41.880
<v Speaker 2>a disaster, I don't think it will be. But that's

0:55:41.920 --> 0:55:44.719
<v Speaker 2>what that's what the answer would be. All right, what's

0:55:44.760 --> 0:55:45.359
<v Speaker 2>the last thing?

0:55:46.120 --> 0:55:49.680
<v Speaker 3>Delone just dropped this just dropped his top five quarterbacks.

0:55:50.360 --> 0:55:52.040
<v Speaker 3>Gotta show us we.

0:55:52.040 --> 0:55:55.480
<v Speaker 2>Got a photoshop. Oh, this is an old making the

0:55:55.640 --> 0:55:59.879
<v Speaker 2>Band Chappelle show. I mean, you have to be exactly

0:56:00.200 --> 0:56:04.759
<v Speaker 2>my age to really appreciate this diline dieline dilin thing.

0:56:04.920 --> 0:56:08.320
<v Speaker 2>I mean, that's it's pretty good. So this is why

0:56:08.360 --> 0:56:10.840
<v Speaker 2>if you're watching on YouTube, you get the little extra credit.

0:56:11.040 --> 0:56:14.759
<v Speaker 2>All right, very curious to see what is or is

0:56:14.920 --> 0:56:19.360
<v Speaker 2>not aggregated from today's show. That should be fun. Great job, everybody.

0:56:19.400 --> 0:56:21.880
<v Speaker 2>I'll see you guys on Thursday, see you on Colin's

0:56:21.920 --> 0:56:24.600
<v Speaker 2>show in about ninety minutes, and see you on First Things,

0:56:24.640 --> 0:56:29.000
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