1 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:13,480 Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. Straight Fire, Thursday, 2 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:17,800 Speaker 1: January seventh. I'm trying, folks, to get excited. I am 3 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 1: trying my best to get excited. But it was a 4 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:27,560 Speaker 1: weird day, a sad day, Wednesday. UM, I really want 5 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:31,520 Speaker 1: to talk sports, but it's gonna take me a minute 6 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:33,440 Speaker 1: to get into it. You know, it felt like a 7 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:37,680 Speaker 1: historic day in America, and given the last ten months 8 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:41,040 Speaker 1: that this country has seen, you know, the fact that 9 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:44,640 Speaker 1: yesterday was historic felt kind of like a big deal. Um. 10 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:48,040 Speaker 1: And we had one of these podcasts, Rob g back in. 11 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:52,519 Speaker 1: I think it was August, right around the time of 12 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:57,200 Speaker 1: the NBA players deciding, oh, you know what, um, We're 13 00:00:57,240 --> 00:00:59,000 Speaker 1: not going to play this game in the bubble. I 14 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 1: think that was August. I've lost track, folks, honestly, I 15 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:05,640 Speaker 1: just know it was before the NFL season and a 16 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:09,360 Speaker 1: lot of crazy, insane ship went down, and it was 17 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:11,840 Speaker 1: tough to do a sports podcast. And I think it 18 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:15,880 Speaker 1: actually turned into a decent episode if memory serves, but 19 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 1: I could be wrong. I chucks, folks were pasted a 20 00:01:19,319 --> 00:01:21,679 Speaker 1: hundred episodes. Now you think I can remember like episode 21 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:30,080 Speaker 1: twenty three? Um, at any rate, It's just let's Let's 22 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 1: let me put it this way. I did not make 23 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:37,760 Speaker 1: any sports gambling wagers on Wednesday night. And that's the 24 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:41,039 Speaker 1: first time in a while I haven't done that. Uh No, 25 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:44,760 Speaker 1: I got the college basketball algorithm from the guys. Of course, 26 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 1: after two straight losing nights. I didn't make the bets. 27 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 1: It goes four and two. I didn't make the bets 28 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 1: like an idiot. Um And I barely looked at you know, 29 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 1: the NBA games. Didn't even look at the lines beforehand. 30 00:01:56,440 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 1: That's how crazy Wednesday was. And I think I got 31 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 1: like maybe a handful of texts that were not related 32 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:09,360 Speaker 1: to the events in Washington, d C. And I mean 33 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:11,680 Speaker 1: I could open the show and talking, Hey, Bradley bial 34 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:16,080 Speaker 1: he dropped sixty, Oh my goodness, you know, trying to 35 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:18,959 Speaker 1: outdo Steph Curry's sixty two. Bradley Beale dropped sixty and 36 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:23,520 Speaker 1: the Wizard lost. And it's like, you know the shrug 37 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:27,840 Speaker 1: emoji from the dude in the Last Dance, what's his? 38 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:30,520 Speaker 1: You know, the curly haired guy in the locker room 39 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 1: where he did the shrug, and that's kind of become 40 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 1: a thing. And remember, Josiah Johnson came on our podcast 41 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 1: recently it did monster numbers. People love Josiah. He always 42 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 1: uses shrug emoji guy, you know, like Bradley bald dropped 43 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:48,840 Speaker 1: sixty shrug. I mean, you know, terrorists are storming the 44 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:52,400 Speaker 1: US capital and I'm supposed to care about Bradley Beale 45 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:55,640 Speaker 1: going for sixty and a loss, and I vowed, listen, 46 00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:58,080 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna make the podcast political. Other people have 47 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:01,839 Speaker 1: done that to varying degree of success. I just don't 48 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 1: want to go down that road. You know. Um, I 49 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:09,040 Speaker 1: don't belong to a political party. I did vote, But 50 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:13,680 Speaker 1: when you see these armed vigilantes running them up in 51 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:18,800 Speaker 1: d C. You know, my three team NFL teaser this weekend, 52 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:21,000 Speaker 1: that feels like a lock. It just doesn't feel like 53 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 1: a big deal today, you know. I mean, I will 54 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:26,240 Speaker 1: do the NFL picks tomorrow on the show, but I 55 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 1: got I don't know and and not folks, I'm three 56 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:31,400 Speaker 1: thousand miles away from the happening. So now I grew 57 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:34,080 Speaker 1: up in the DC area, Um, but I'm out here 58 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 1: in l A and had a decent little day, can 59 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 1: I say that? You know? Um, I dropped my car 60 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 1: off this morning because I needed to do tires. And 61 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:46,840 Speaker 1: you'll like this um, and it kind of segways into sports, 62 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:51,120 Speaker 1: which I'll get to eventually. Um. So I you know, 63 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 1: I took my car to Jiffy lou because the the 64 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 1: check engine light was on, and of course I find out, hey, 65 00:03:56,640 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 1: we don't do that. You got to go to the dealership. 66 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,000 Speaker 1: And of course I'm not one of the dealership because 67 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:03,000 Speaker 1: they charge an arm in a leg. So I'm like, 68 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 1: all right, well, you know, my tires pressure or low. 69 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:07,160 Speaker 1: So the guy fills up the tire pressure and says, hey, 70 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 1: you got your two back tires. You need to get 71 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 1: that fixed like in the next couple of weeks. I 72 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 1: was like, oh, thanks for the heads up. So I 73 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 1: dropped my car off Wednesday morning to get two new 74 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 1: tires and the guy calls me thirty minutes later, Hey, man, um, yeah, 75 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:26,560 Speaker 1: your front two tires are in rough shape too, and 76 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:29,120 Speaker 1: you probably need an alignment. And my first thought is, 77 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 1: what the what the hell's going on here? Are you serious? 78 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:34,880 Speaker 1: You know now, if you guys have followed me on 79 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 1: social media at all, you know that I went through 80 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:39,520 Speaker 1: a bad stretch out here in l A. We moved 81 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:42,560 Speaker 1: here and in the first three years I had like 82 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:46,480 Speaker 1: six flat tires super random. It just never was a 83 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:48,960 Speaker 1: flat tire kind of guy. I was a flat tire 84 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:52,360 Speaker 1: magnet out here. So I had actually developed a rapport 85 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:55,159 Speaker 1: with these local guys where I take my car to get, 86 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:58,400 Speaker 1: you know, tires, and I say to the guy, Hey, man, 87 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:02,040 Speaker 1: I'm a loyal customer jerking me around here, like are 88 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:04,280 Speaker 1: you guys hurting for business in the pandemic? What the hell? 89 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:06,839 Speaker 1: I drop it off for two new tires in the 90 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:09,120 Speaker 1: back and you tell me I need four and an alignment. 91 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:11,880 Speaker 1: What's the cost? He's like, no, no, really, I'm taking 92 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:14,040 Speaker 1: pictures of the tires. I'll show you. If you want 93 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:15,359 Speaker 1: to see them, you can come by. I was like, 94 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:19,279 Speaker 1: I take a teep breath, like I'm not gonna get angry. Meanwhile, 95 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 1: on the TV, you know, someone shot in the Capitol 96 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:25,680 Speaker 1: and they're getting taken out on a gurney and the 97 00:05:25,760 --> 00:05:30,800 Speaker 1: country's devolving, and I'm like, Jason, perspective, perspective. I tell 98 00:05:30,839 --> 00:05:34,160 Speaker 1: the guy, you know what, do the four tires? Uh? 99 00:05:34,279 --> 00:05:38,120 Speaker 1: Do the alignment? Um? Just you know, let me know 100 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:40,000 Speaker 1: what the cost is and I will come pick it up. 101 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:41,600 Speaker 1: He's like okay, Yeah. So it went from like the 102 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 1: neighborhood of two hundred to like six fifty bucks. Um, 103 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:47,279 Speaker 1: there's a there's a Wednesday for you in l A. 104 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 1: And I thought about it, and I'm like, listen, I 105 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 1: deal with these people regularly. Um. I I need to 106 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:02,040 Speaker 1: be a good customer. And the number one thing for me, 107 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:05,360 Speaker 1: and this gets to where the sports deal is is time. 108 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 1: It's our most valuable resource, folks. Um, And I don't 109 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:12,280 Speaker 1: have the time to call around to a bunch of 110 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:15,600 Speaker 1: tire shops and check the prices, or what about here? 111 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:19,560 Speaker 1: What if I drive twelve miles further here? Like no, Uh, 112 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:24,840 Speaker 1: time is valuable to me and and I'm gonna go 113 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:28,320 Speaker 1: back in time a little bit here. Um. And my 114 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:31,160 Speaker 1: wife doesn't listen to the podcast, so I can say 115 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:35,480 Speaker 1: this although relatives listen and they may tell her. Um, 116 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:40,320 Speaker 1: I just I'm a believer in my time is valuable. 117 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 1: You get one life on this planet right, days, weeks, months, 118 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:48,240 Speaker 1: like it all goes by very quickly, and you gotta 119 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 1: make the most of it. I got a lot of stuff. 120 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:51,840 Speaker 1: I want to read, a lot of stuff I want 121 00:06:51,839 --> 00:06:54,600 Speaker 1: to write. I got podcasts. I'm writing for Fox Sports 122 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 1: dot Com. I got the stuff at FS one, like 123 00:06:56,600 --> 00:06:59,720 Speaker 1: I got a lot of stuff and I don't think 124 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:02,440 Speaker 1: it's a valuable use of my time to call around 125 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:07,680 Speaker 1: to tire shops and gauge prices. I do the same thing. Um, 126 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:10,080 Speaker 1: going back to when we were in Pennsylvania, we bought 127 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:12,480 Speaker 1: a house out there. You could buy a house for cheap, 128 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:14,240 Speaker 1: you get a lot of yard, we got a pool, 129 00:07:14,280 --> 00:07:17,960 Speaker 1: blah blah blah, and we had first time homeowners and 130 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:21,040 Speaker 1: I realized, oh, I've got to do a lot of 131 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:23,840 Speaker 1: stuff as a homeowner. And I know people are laughing 132 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 1: at that. Um, But as a as a young guy 133 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 1: growing up, my brother and I, our parents, you know, 134 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 1: they were immigrants who came to this country. They didn't 135 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:36,800 Speaker 1: exactly push us to do a lot of yard work. 136 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:42,160 Speaker 1: They tried, uh didn't totally take and they were more like, 137 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:44,200 Speaker 1: hey focus on school and also have fun, some fun 138 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 1: with your friends. Well they gave us us an inch 139 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 1: and we took a mile, and of course we had 140 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:51,200 Speaker 1: a lot of fun. And you know, we did we 141 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:53,920 Speaker 1: did listen, we did do some chores around the house 142 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:57,280 Speaker 1: and we got um, you know, we got some money 143 00:07:57,320 --> 00:07:59,840 Speaker 1: for doing that. But by and large, we were not 144 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:04,920 Speaker 1: fixing sinks, uh, clog drains, toilets like we weren't doing 145 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:07,080 Speaker 1: any of that. We didn't know. I don't have the 146 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 1: skill set to do that. So when it comes to 147 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 1: stuff around the house, like in our brand new house 148 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:13,800 Speaker 1: that we bought, not brand new, it was. It was 149 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:18,560 Speaker 1: a previously owned house, and um, I couldn't. I don't 150 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:19,920 Speaker 1: have any of that. I don't have a skill set 151 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:21,520 Speaker 1: to do any of that. And then I found out 152 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 1: on the weekend, you gotta mold the grass, and you 153 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:27,640 Speaker 1: gotta rake leaves. Jason, you got did you know you 154 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:30,120 Speaker 1: gotta trim the branches on the trees every year? Like honestly, 155 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:32,079 Speaker 1: I had no clue that was something I had to do. 156 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:35,720 Speaker 1: And like there's just all this stuff mounting. I'm like, man, listen, 157 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:37,960 Speaker 1: my time is too valuable. And of course the wife 158 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 1: and I get an arguments over this, like we don't 159 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:41,160 Speaker 1: a house, you gotta do that. I was like, you 160 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:43,000 Speaker 1: know what, I'm not doing that. We're gonna farm it 161 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:44,560 Speaker 1: a lot of it out. I did some of it, 162 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:48,200 Speaker 1: you know, I capitulated on some of it. But to me, 163 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:52,920 Speaker 1: time is very important. And and this gets to the 164 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:57,720 Speaker 1: sports angle where an NFL quarterback sent out a tweet 165 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:01,760 Speaker 1: and we had talked about this a little bit on 166 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:06,840 Speaker 1: I think Tuesday's show to Houston Texans. Um, they made 167 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:10,560 Speaker 1: a move in their front office. They hired Nick cis Sario. 168 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:12,840 Speaker 1: I hope I'm saying that right from the Patriots. They 169 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:15,240 Speaker 1: had previously made a run at him. The Patriots file 170 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:18,480 Speaker 1: tampering charges. This time they made a run at him 171 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:22,360 Speaker 1: and he went and after the higher was made official, 172 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:26,720 Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson, who, by the way, Doug Gottlieb, if you're listening, 173 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:31,520 Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson had a top four quarterback season by any 174 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:34,000 Speaker 1: metric you won, Gottlieb and I of course got into 175 00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:38,240 Speaker 1: it on the Dan Patrick Show last week about um Watson. 176 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:42,080 Speaker 1: He's like, well, dude, watches not winning games. I'm like, hello, 177 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:46,640 Speaker 1: winning games is that we don't talk about that. That's 178 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:51,000 Speaker 1: quarterback wins is not a thing. That's like way of 179 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:54,040 Speaker 1: thinking or two thousand five whatever. Um, Deshaun Watson was 180 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:56,120 Speaker 1: phenomenal this year. And you know how you know this, 181 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:59,880 Speaker 1: look at every quarterback stat and look at what happened 182 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:03,079 Speaker 1: after Week seventeen. There's audio of at J J. Watt 183 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:05,400 Speaker 1: walking off the field after the loss to the Titans 184 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:11,720 Speaker 1: and J. J. Watt apologizing to Deshaun Watson for wasting 185 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:17,640 Speaker 1: a season time, Deshaun Watson, He's only twenty five, and 186 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:19,240 Speaker 1: I know you're thinking, always got a lot of time, 187 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:23,240 Speaker 1: does he? Dan Marino, second year in the league, gets 188 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:25,040 Speaker 1: to the super Bowl. He's light in the NFL, on 189 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:29,440 Speaker 1: fire with the Miami Dolphins. Got a lot of time 190 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:31,440 Speaker 1: to get back to many more super Bowls. He's gonna 191 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:34,080 Speaker 1: go to a lot. Dan Marino never made it back 192 00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:38,000 Speaker 1: to the super Bowl. Like we think we have all 193 00:10:38,040 --> 00:10:40,760 Speaker 1: this time and it goes by so quick. I forget 194 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:42,880 Speaker 1: the movie. It might have been Things to Do in 195 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:47,040 Speaker 1: Denver When You're Dead, which is an awesome movie. Rob 196 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:50,160 Speaker 1: G's probably scratching his head or checking imdbing what what 197 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:54,680 Speaker 1: telling you? Rob? That's a great movie. And some guy 198 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:57,760 Speaker 1: in that movie near the end says, you know, life, 199 00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:01,440 Speaker 1: human life is the length of a mustard burp, and 200 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:03,439 Speaker 1: I just busted up laughing. I don't know what a 201 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:07,920 Speaker 1: mustard burp is. Um. Maybe it's a burp that smells 202 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:11,440 Speaker 1: like mustard, which sounds gross. Um, But life is short, 203 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:14,640 Speaker 1: and Deshaun Watson is probably ticked off. So the Houston 204 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:17,520 Speaker 1: Texans higher this guy nixes Sereo from the Patriots he 205 00:11:17,559 --> 00:11:20,280 Speaker 1: was their director of player personnel for like over a decade. 206 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:25,319 Speaker 1: And I do wonder if the reason he sent this tweet, 207 00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:28,679 Speaker 1: which was I wrote it down here and I've now 208 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:33,840 Speaker 1: lost it. Um, of course I've lost it Deshaun Watson's tweet. 209 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:40,280 Speaker 1: Some things never change. Okay, what's he talking about? I 210 00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:43,840 Speaker 1: don't know, because he couldn't be talking about America at large. Uh, 211 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:48,080 Speaker 1: you know, maybe a lady friend of his, um, a 212 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:50,840 Speaker 1: family member who wronged him. I don't know. It could 213 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:55,720 Speaker 1: be anything. But given the timing of this higher, you 214 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:58,800 Speaker 1: have to wonder, is Deshaun Watson maybe a little upset? 215 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:01,840 Speaker 1: Why do I go that route, Jason? Why couldn't it 216 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:07,800 Speaker 1: be anything else? The Houston Texans hired a search firm 217 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:10,800 Speaker 1: spent a lot of money to come up with five 218 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:18,600 Speaker 1: GM candidates. Nick Cesario, who they hired, was not on 219 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:23,520 Speaker 1: the list. The search firm went all around identified guys, 220 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:27,440 Speaker 1: did not identify this guy, and that guy got the job. 221 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:30,280 Speaker 1: What does that tell you what's going on in Houston? 222 00:12:30,679 --> 00:12:34,640 Speaker 1: This this this shadowy figure Jack Easterby, who is a 223 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:38,840 Speaker 1: Patriots guy who has wanted Cesario forever, who has the 224 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:42,880 Speaker 1: owner's ear, who rubbed out Bill O'Brien. That might have 225 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:45,400 Speaker 1: sounded bad. He was the one who got Bill O'Brien fired, 226 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:48,280 Speaker 1: although Bill O'Brien pretty much fired himself because he's a 227 00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:53,160 Speaker 1: buffoon um. But when you when you really examine it, 228 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:57,600 Speaker 1: it's like, oh, it seems like Deshaun Watson is maybe 229 00:12:57,640 --> 00:13:03,040 Speaker 1: piste off. And it led me to think, and probably foolishly, man, 230 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:08,000 Speaker 1: wouldn't it be cool if Deshaun Watson like demanded a trade. 231 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:11,400 Speaker 1: We see this in the NBA all the time, right, 232 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:16,560 Speaker 1: just because you're drafted to a franchise doesn't mean you 233 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:19,040 Speaker 1: have to spend your career there. Think about it this 234 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:23,439 Speaker 1: way time. It's like a theme here. Folks were doing 235 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:25,240 Speaker 1: it like a theme. I didn't realize that, but now 236 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:29,480 Speaker 1: I'm saying it's a theme podcast Time Matters. Deshaun Watson 237 00:13:29,559 --> 00:13:31,840 Speaker 1: drafted by the Texans. He's been great. He had a 238 00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:34,120 Speaker 1: season lost halfway through it. I think he was hurt 239 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:37,000 Speaker 1: um or he was injured and missed the second half 240 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:39,000 Speaker 1: of the season, one of the two. He's only twenty five. 241 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:40,679 Speaker 1: You think, Jason, he's got a lot of time. I 242 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:45,360 Speaker 1: don't know that this is what he was a rookie. 243 00:13:47,320 --> 00:13:50,840 Speaker 1: Look at the guy drafted two spots before him. Pat 244 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:55,439 Speaker 1: Mahomes already has an m v P Super Bowl Super 245 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:58,160 Speaker 1: Bowl m v P. He's the number one seed again. 246 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:03,679 Speaker 1: Patrick mall him is motoring in KC. Deshaun Watson been 247 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:10,120 Speaker 1: to the playoffs twice and is now regressing backwards. I 248 00:14:10,120 --> 00:14:11,880 Speaker 1: think he's got every reason in the world to be 249 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:14,680 Speaker 1: ticked off. If I'm just I I think I said 250 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:17,120 Speaker 1: this on the podcast when it happened the day they 251 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:20,880 Speaker 1: traded DeAndre Hopkins. I thought Deshaun Watson should go into 252 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:23,000 Speaker 1: the front office and say, trade my ass. I want 253 00:14:23,040 --> 00:14:26,200 Speaker 1: out of here. What are you clowns doing? I I 254 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:29,880 Speaker 1: it just it makes no sense. Watson forty eight under 255 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:36,480 Speaker 1: yards passing thirty three touchdowns, seven picks. He had career 256 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:42,400 Speaker 1: highs in let's see quarterback rating. Career high for Deshaun Watson, 257 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:47,240 Speaker 1: completion percentage seventy completions. I mean, he was phenomenal this 258 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:49,920 Speaker 1: year through the through more passes than he ever had 259 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:51,640 Speaker 1: in his career because they had no run game to 260 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:56,160 Speaker 1: speak of. UM, I mean, Deshaun Watson was unbelievable and 261 00:14:56,160 --> 00:15:00,360 Speaker 1: he's buried on a team with garbage and a chise 262 00:15:00,440 --> 00:15:04,680 Speaker 1: going nowhere. UM. And you know you could talk all 263 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:10,000 Speaker 1: you want out Jason's Relax. Okay, I'm just saying, imagine 264 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:14,880 Speaker 1: if other quarterbacks I thought the way NBA players did, 265 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:18,280 Speaker 1: we would have a much more exciting, vibrant on the 266 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:21,520 Speaker 1: move NFL. I think that's how it should be, because 267 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:24,240 Speaker 1: I mean, listen, you've seen Lebron, you've seen Kevin Durant. 268 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:28,200 Speaker 1: Just because they're drafted to an organization, it doesn't mean 269 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:29,880 Speaker 1: they're wedded to them for life. It's not like you're 270 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:33,200 Speaker 1: getting married to them. They just drafted you. You check 271 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:35,000 Speaker 1: it out, you have fun, Maybe they build around you, 272 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:38,800 Speaker 1: maybe they don't, and then you bounce. What's the big deal? 273 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:42,320 Speaker 1: I mean, we're gonna look back, I think in twenty 274 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:46,880 Speaker 1: years and laugh at how silly players were in the 275 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:50,200 Speaker 1: eighties and nineties, who drafted, who got drafted and then 276 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:52,320 Speaker 1: just stayed on their team forever and never won a title. 277 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:55,960 Speaker 1: Like everybody has the right to try their best to 278 00:15:55,960 --> 00:16:00,760 Speaker 1: win a title, and by their best, I mean they 279 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:05,720 Speaker 1: should be if they're superstars demanding, hey, we need to 280 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:10,840 Speaker 1: go get this guy. Why aren't we doing this? Why 281 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:12,880 Speaker 1: didn't we make a play for this guy? Why didn't 282 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:15,280 Speaker 1: we try to trade for this guy, like, that's how 283 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:18,680 Speaker 1: it should be. Deshaun Watson is a legit superstar. I 284 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:21,080 Speaker 1: know coaches are good, and I know that opens an 285 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:24,480 Speaker 1: ugly can of worms, uh if you're constantly going to 286 00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:27,800 Speaker 1: them and asking them. But to me, it's a little 287 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:29,920 Speaker 1: bit of a different can of worms if you're asking 288 00:16:29,960 --> 00:16:33,640 Speaker 1: a guy like Steph Curry for input on, Hey, what 289 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:37,120 Speaker 1: do you think we should do versus a guy like 290 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:40,600 Speaker 1: James Harden, because it's pretty clear both of them have 291 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:43,920 Speaker 1: had a lot of hand in what happens. And look 292 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:48,000 Speaker 1: at how one's worked out and look at the other. Now, 293 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:51,400 Speaker 1: obviously it's not an apples to apples because Curry, Um, 294 00:16:51,520 --> 00:16:54,680 Speaker 1: he didn't go tell them draft Klay Thompson. He didn't say, 295 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:56,840 Speaker 1: go draft Draymond Green, let's turn him into a stretch 296 00:16:56,920 --> 00:17:03,400 Speaker 1: five like that did not happen. Um, But Kevin Durant, 297 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:05,399 Speaker 1: who who do you think recruited Krevin Durant to uh 298 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:09,240 Speaker 1: Golden State? Curry was leading to charge with Draymond and 299 00:17:09,440 --> 00:17:12,159 Speaker 1: Clay Thompson. This is, by the way, two time m 300 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:15,960 Speaker 1: v P Curry. You know that's the kind of leadership 301 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:19,040 Speaker 1: you want. I mean, if Deshaun Watson was ticked off 302 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:21,320 Speaker 1: that his buddy DeAndre Hopkins got traded. What does he do? 303 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:23,440 Speaker 1: Just sit there and deal with it. Oh, I'm gonna 304 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:25,399 Speaker 1: go out and try my best. That's like, that's just 305 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:29,480 Speaker 1: not realistic anymore. You've got to create your own path. 306 00:17:31,359 --> 00:17:36,280 Speaker 1: You gotta like you're fighting the clock. I don't know. 307 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:39,080 Speaker 1: Maybe I'm going rambling here, and I'm sure Houston Texans 308 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:42,480 Speaker 1: fans will DM me or send me tweets. Jason, you'd 309 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:44,440 Speaker 1: be too hard. We can turn this thing around. Maybe 310 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:46,639 Speaker 1: since Stereo Ken turned around, we'll see maybe they go 311 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:48,639 Speaker 1: out get Eric b Enemy as a head coach, although 312 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:53,760 Speaker 1: I don't think that happens. Um and we laugh about this. Oh, Jason, 313 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:55,800 Speaker 1: you wanted to Shawn Watson to leave. We'll look. Yeah, Well, 314 00:17:56,080 --> 00:17:59,119 Speaker 1: if they get Josh McDaniels, who's a Patriots guy, if 315 00:17:59,119 --> 00:18:01,359 Speaker 1: they get Brian Dave, who is with the Bills but 316 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:05,200 Speaker 1: former Patriots guy, then you're looking at a quick turnaround. 317 00:18:05,320 --> 00:18:11,560 Speaker 1: But Deshaun Watson, some thing's never changed. We'll see very 318 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:15,439 Speaker 1: interesting few weeks ahead for the Texans and Deshaun Watson. 319 00:18:15,560 --> 00:18:20,000 Speaker 1: I'm just curious, rob g. A lot of people online 320 00:18:20,080 --> 00:18:23,600 Speaker 1: don't like my analogy. Where NBA players, Yeah, they call 321 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:25,360 Speaker 1: the shots, they want to leave. They demanded trade. I'm 322 00:18:25,359 --> 00:18:29,160 Speaker 1: fine with that. They don't think NFL players should think 323 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:30,919 Speaker 1: or act like that. I know the sports are a 324 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:36,280 Speaker 1: little different, obviously, um are you would you have any 325 00:18:36,359 --> 00:18:39,520 Speaker 1: issue if Deshaun Watson demanded a trade? Of course not. 326 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:42,440 Speaker 1: I would have zero issue if he decided to force 327 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:44,680 Speaker 1: a trade. And it's interesting to me that you brought 328 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:47,439 Speaker 1: up Deshaun Watson. I know this was a theme that 329 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:49,719 Speaker 1: you kind of worked out before the show, and Deshaun 330 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:51,800 Speaker 1: Watson fitted to a TIS so kudos to you for 331 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:57,600 Speaker 1: that one. But Deshaun Watson is interesting because he is, 332 00:18:57,720 --> 00:19:02,800 Speaker 1: in many ways the anti Tom Brady, where Tom Brady 333 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:06,760 Speaker 1: gets showered with love and he's told that he's the 334 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:09,280 Speaker 1: greatest there is, the greatest, there was, the greatest ever 335 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:14,359 Speaker 1: will be because he wins. Deshaun Watson this season you 336 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:18,480 Speaker 1: brought it up specifically, had one of the greatest statistical 337 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:22,800 Speaker 1: seasons an NFL quarterback has had in recent memory, and 338 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:28,320 Speaker 1: his team sucked, and somehow, because the team wasn't any good, 339 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:31,960 Speaker 1: people forgot how good Deshaun Watson was. And I was 340 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:34,240 Speaker 1: critical of him as well on the podcast earlier in 341 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:35,840 Speaker 1: the season. You know, like, at some point he's got 342 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:39,120 Speaker 1: to own some of this because they're not winning. And 343 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:43,200 Speaker 1: the more I thought about it, you know, reading watching 344 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:46,080 Speaker 1: the games, listening to guys like you rant about it, 345 00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:52,879 Speaker 1: he has been done a bigger disservice than any quarterback 346 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:55,480 Speaker 1: I can think of that that didn't get acted right away, 347 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:57,879 Speaker 1: like Josh Rosen who never really got a shot you 348 00:19:57,880 --> 00:20:02,320 Speaker 1: know in Arizona. You know, uh, Baker Mayfield up until 349 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:04,360 Speaker 1: this season was getting a bad rap with all these 350 00:20:04,359 --> 00:20:07,680 Speaker 1: different change over all, the everything around him not working out, 351 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:13,160 Speaker 1: and Deshaun Watson, to his credit, has had arguably the 352 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:18,560 Speaker 1: worst m coach front office combo because it's all the 353 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:25,879 Speaker 1: same guy of the last few years, and because of 354 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:29,520 Speaker 1: him and pretty much only him, they were at least respectable. 355 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:34,400 Speaker 1: So for him to do what he does for them 356 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:36,879 Speaker 1: as the face of the franchise, which is obviously dysfunctional, 357 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:39,639 Speaker 1: and even if they're not good, they were never a 358 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:43,520 Speaker 1: laughing stock like some of these other teams, given what 359 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:45,840 Speaker 1: is going on in their front office and and with 360 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:49,080 Speaker 1: their coaching situation. And it's because of him, So you 361 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:53,119 Speaker 1: would think, especially after the McNair said, we're going to 362 00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:55,800 Speaker 1: consult Deshaun Watson on who our next coaches and all 363 00:20:55,840 --> 00:21:01,119 Speaker 1: of our going forward you know decisions. And one of 364 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:03,879 Speaker 1: the things that was widely reported, I believe Adam Schefter 365 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:09,399 Speaker 1: was first on this, was that he really likes Eric b. Enemy. 366 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:13,080 Speaker 1: That's one guy Deshaun Watson really likes as a coaching candidate. 367 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:16,240 Speaker 1: He thinks he his offense would fit his skills. He 368 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:19,360 Speaker 1: thinks that they'd be a good match. You know who. 369 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:22,679 Speaker 1: The only NFL team that did not request an interview 370 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:28,080 Speaker 1: with Eric b Enemy was the Houston Texans. He brought 371 00:21:28,119 --> 00:21:30,680 Speaker 1: it up with the front office. This is that we're 372 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:35,880 Speaker 1: we're definitely onto something here. You brought it up. They 373 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:39,000 Speaker 1: had a search firm to to figure out GM candidates 374 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:42,480 Speaker 1: and the guy that they hired wasn't on the list. 375 00:21:42,520 --> 00:21:45,959 Speaker 1: And the only reason why he was even chosen because 376 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:52,480 Speaker 1: he's tight with easterby the former chaplain power hungry front 377 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:55,040 Speaker 1: of you where is that the s I wrote an 378 00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:59,200 Speaker 1: incredible takedown of this guy. He has like zero football history. 379 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:02,000 Speaker 1: He just is just like one of these dudes who 380 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:04,800 Speaker 1: got the owner's ear, worked his way up the ladder. 381 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:07,680 Speaker 1: He's a smooth talker and he's got all the power 382 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:10,080 Speaker 1: in Houston, and you're right, oh man, this is I 383 00:22:10,119 --> 00:22:13,919 Speaker 1: feel bad for Watson. So it's just I'm with you. 384 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:16,840 Speaker 1: I mean, as much as I said I was critical 385 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:19,480 Speaker 1: of him earlier in the season, he deserves better than 386 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 1: what they're doing for him and doing to him. And 387 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:25,000 Speaker 1: I would like to see him kind of take his 388 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:27,680 Speaker 1: career into his own hands, which in the NFL is 389 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:29,560 Speaker 1: really hard to do, but I love to see him 390 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:33,720 Speaker 1: do it because I think if anybody can, it's someone 391 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:36,360 Speaker 1: like him, Just like I was disappointed when Pat Mahomes 392 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:38,399 Speaker 1: kind of gave a little bit of that hometown discount 393 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:41,199 Speaker 1: to Kansas City because if there was ever a time well, 394 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:43,360 Speaker 1: I mean because he didn't get the most he could 395 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:46,560 Speaker 1: have gotten, and and and and every agent who was 396 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:48,439 Speaker 1: out there, you know, the big piece and the athletic 397 00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:54,119 Speaker 1: about it. You know, these guys Watson, Mahomes. Um, I 398 00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:56,760 Speaker 1: think you're gonna see Trevor Lawrence when he gets drafted, 399 00:22:56,760 --> 00:22:58,960 Speaker 1: and he's gonna be able to have some power. Is 400 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:02,560 Speaker 1: there's only so many guys who can really flex that 401 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:06,560 Speaker 1: kind of power in football, and I would have liked 402 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:11,880 Speaker 1: to see Pat Mahomes, you know, get a bigger guaranteed 403 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:14,040 Speaker 1: percentage of what he was going for. I would like 404 00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:17,639 Speaker 1: to see Deshaun Watson maybe not forced a trade, but 405 00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:21,919 Speaker 1: demand this is what we need to do to be successful. 406 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,399 Speaker 1: He even told them on Sunday, Hey, we need to 407 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:26,560 Speaker 1: have more accountability. We need to have a guy who's 408 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:28,520 Speaker 1: gonna put his foot in the ground and build a 409 00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:31,360 Speaker 1: winning culture. And it's like they win one in one 410 00:23:31,359 --> 00:23:33,240 Speaker 1: ear and right out the other, like they don't care 411 00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:37,040 Speaker 1: about what he thinks. You almost wonder he's a really 412 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:40,720 Speaker 1: nice guy. Everything you read about Deshaun Watson, just a 413 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:44,600 Speaker 1: great human being. Um. I wonder if he's just getting railroaded, 414 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:46,440 Speaker 1: like he's just he needs to put his foot down 415 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:48,240 Speaker 1: at some point. I mean, you look at Trevor Lawrence. 416 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:52,040 Speaker 1: I mean, listen, he's going to Jacksonville, which is a 417 00:23:52,119 --> 00:23:55,760 Speaker 1: dumpster fire of a franchise and has been for a 418 00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:59,320 Speaker 1: long time. I don't you know, I wish him luck. 419 00:23:59,359 --> 00:24:01,239 Speaker 1: I can't see Trevor Lawrence being a kind of guy 420 00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:02,920 Speaker 1: who's gonna demand I want out of here, give me 421 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:04,439 Speaker 1: a trade. You know, you kind of have to be 422 00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:09,520 Speaker 1: an asshole sometimes you have to. Um, so listen, we're 423 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:11,960 Speaker 1: just file this away. We're a little early on it. 424 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:14,760 Speaker 1: I think if they get Dayble, he'll be happy because 425 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:17,160 Speaker 1: Dable is so good. I don't think he'd be happy 426 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 1: with McDaniels. Um, McDaniels very prickly. We've seen him and 427 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:24,639 Speaker 1: Brady go at it on the sidelines. Um, yeah, I 428 00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:26,879 Speaker 1: don't Deshaun Watson has every right to be piste off. 429 00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:30,480 Speaker 1: All right, I'm gonna quickly wrap up the podcast. I 430 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:32,640 Speaker 1: was gonna go a little longer on this if they 431 00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:38,200 Speaker 1: had won, but they didn't. And it's on the NBA front. Uh, 432 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:42,400 Speaker 1: the Golden State Warriors Are they good again? It seems 433 00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:47,000 Speaker 1: so rob G and everyone else collectively were doing victory 434 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:50,560 Speaker 1: laps that the Warriors are down and they stink and 435 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:54,240 Speaker 1: Steph Curry blah blah blah blah, and the Warriors pushed 436 00:24:54,280 --> 00:24:58,399 Speaker 1: the Clippers on Wednesday night nearly beat him at home. Um, 437 00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:03,240 Speaker 1: it was actually pretty good game. And um they were 438 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:06,639 Speaker 1: able to hang with Curry shooting five for seventeen. You 439 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:09,440 Speaker 1: know that to me is impressive. Now, you're not gonna 440 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:13,720 Speaker 1: win the game when you're shooting eight for thirty on threes. UM. 441 00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:16,000 Speaker 1: But they played well and the Warriors, Rob G, I 442 00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:18,720 Speaker 1: don't think you're going away. It's too early to dive 443 00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:23,879 Speaker 1: deep on anything in the NBA, but three quick early 444 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,320 Speaker 1: January takeaways. One, the Warriors are not as bad as 445 00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:29,960 Speaker 1: everybody thinks they are. Okay, Draymond Green Green clearly makes 446 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:34,239 Speaker 1: this team smarter, Um tougher, even though he's basically not 447 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:39,800 Speaker 1: doing anything offensively except passing the ball. Screening matters. Um. 448 00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:44,280 Speaker 1: My second big takeaway is the Toronto Raptors steak. Now. 449 00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:47,439 Speaker 1: I was of course a little early on there. They 450 00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 1: are bad fortunes. They dropped to one in six with 451 00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:55,639 Speaker 1: a loss in Phoenix. Um, this team is just not 452 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:58,120 Speaker 1: good right now. They're not They're not good at any 453 00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:00,640 Speaker 1: face out of the game. They have good players. Van 454 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:03,919 Speaker 1: Fleet's a nice player. Kyle Lowry will probably get shipped 455 00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:07,600 Speaker 1: to a contender. Pascal Siakam had a nice night against Phoenix, 456 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:10,720 Speaker 1: but overall he has been a disaster since Kawhi Leonard left. 457 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:13,680 Speaker 1: Maybe that's strong. He was good in the first year. 458 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:18,159 Speaker 1: He can't find anything going now. Um. And the Phoenix 459 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:19,720 Speaker 1: Suns by the way or six and two and again 460 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:22,240 Speaker 1: it's early, but in a in a season where you're 461 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:25,359 Speaker 1: playing ten fewer games and who knows how many fewer 462 00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:28,320 Speaker 1: if COVID rears its ugly head. A one and six 463 00:26:28,359 --> 00:26:31,919 Speaker 1: start for the Raptors is very, very bad in a 464 00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:36,720 Speaker 1: very strong East Phoenix six and two. Uh, Chris Paul, 465 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:39,080 Speaker 1: he wins basketball games. It's what the guy does. See. 466 00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:41,760 Speaker 1: He's a smart player. He's a winner. He's almost Jim 467 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:46,240 Speaker 1: Harball like in that he will automatically win and take 468 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:50,120 Speaker 1: you to the top, but ultimately doesn't win the big 469 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:53,439 Speaker 1: game and grates on you to the point that after 470 00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:56,720 Speaker 1: a year or two you've had enough. Go ask Blake 471 00:26:56,760 --> 00:27:01,520 Speaker 1: Griffin and Lobb City about Chris Paul. Got James Harden 472 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:05,600 Speaker 1: in Houston about Chris Paul, Like, the guy just wears 473 00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:08,760 Speaker 1: on you. Um, but he's a winner. And the third 474 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:13,360 Speaker 1: takeaway and yes, my New York Knicks fans are waiting 475 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:16,000 Speaker 1: for me. They're clamoring, Jay, you gotta hike the Knicks. 476 00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:20,000 Speaker 1: Talk about come on, the Knicks are playing well. I 477 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:21,840 Speaker 1: will say that they're five and three. They beat the 478 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:25,120 Speaker 1: Utah Jazz, But again, five and three would really get 479 00:27:25,119 --> 00:27:27,959 Speaker 1: excited about. I mean they I think they've won four straight. 480 00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:32,119 Speaker 1: And you know some of this is fugazi, Like, really 481 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:36,240 Speaker 1: do you expect Julius Randall to score thirty points on 482 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:39,680 Speaker 1: twenty six shots and the Knicks to win a ton 483 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:43,040 Speaker 1: of games. I mean Austin Rivers five of seven from three, 484 00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:46,520 Speaker 1: Like Austin Rivers is played really well right now, Alfred Payton, 485 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,280 Speaker 1: come on, the guy cannot shoot, but he's playing real well. 486 00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:52,480 Speaker 1: I'm gonna say this, and it's gonna it's gonna annoy 487 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:57,920 Speaker 1: some people. Tom Thibodeau very very good coach. We saw 488 00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:03,280 Speaker 1: it in Chicago. I think Thibodeau got Minnesota to the playoffs. 489 00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:07,119 Speaker 1: I could be wrong. Um, he's a very good coach 490 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:08,760 Speaker 1: and gets the most out of his players. But this 491 00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:10,879 Speaker 1: is what I want you to monitor Knicks fans. He 492 00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:14,240 Speaker 1: will grind them into dust. Okay, go back and look 493 00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:16,400 Speaker 1: at those Jimmy Butler teams. And I talked about that. 494 00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:19,400 Speaker 1: I think with Joey Taylor maybe the podcast right around there. 495 00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:23,679 Speaker 1: I'm worried about Jimmy Butler. He's off to a really 496 00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:27,679 Speaker 1: rough start this year. He played a long, tough season. 497 00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:31,480 Speaker 1: Last year. He was excellent in the finals. But those 498 00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:34,600 Speaker 1: early Thibodeau years, man, I mean, he drives them hard 499 00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:37,200 Speaker 1: in practice, he drives them hard in the game. They 500 00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:41,920 Speaker 1: play big minutes Okay, three Knicks players played forty or 501 00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:46,440 Speaker 1: more minutes against the Jazz guys. It's the NBA. Nobody 502 00:28:46,520 --> 00:28:50,360 Speaker 1: plays forty minutes anymore. Just nobody does that. Seriously, doesn't 503 00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:53,160 Speaker 1: even happen. Bradley Bill scored sixty points in thirty eight minutes. 504 00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:57,040 Speaker 1: Like you're not gonna see Joel embiid sniff forty minutes 505 00:28:57,040 --> 00:28:59,320 Speaker 1: spend him? Is that these guys don't play forty minutes 506 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:04,320 Speaker 1: and Thibodeau is playing guys forty plus on the rag. 507 00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:09,720 Speaker 1: Just be careful about excitement Knicks fans and um rob g. 508 00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:11,400 Speaker 1: I think we'll leave it. Do you have any NBA 509 00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:13,080 Speaker 1: thoughts you want to? You want to talk about Gordon 510 00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:15,440 Speaker 1: Hayward going for a career high forty four. No, I 511 00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:17,760 Speaker 1: think that you kind of glossed over this with your 512 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:20,200 Speaker 1: Steph Curry. You're so excited about Steph Curry and everything. 513 00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:24,560 Speaker 1: The big story I believe on Wednesday night was that 514 00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:28,920 Speaker 1: Kawai Leonard played his first back to bad games since Oh, 515 00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:32,680 Speaker 1: are you serious? Is that real? That is? I believe 516 00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:35,360 Speaker 1: is real? I saw it on a statmus on Twitter. 517 00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:39,880 Speaker 1: No way, how did I miss that? Oh my gosh, 518 00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:44,040 Speaker 1: so shout you know Kauai. So you know what this 519 00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:47,800 Speaker 1: is about, right, This is about mantras Harrold calling out 520 00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:49,760 Speaker 1: these clippers. Oh they do whatever they want. They play 521 00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:51,800 Speaker 1: when they want, they play when they don't want. And 522 00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:54,520 Speaker 1: I don't know if it's Tyler or the owner, but 523 00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:58,120 Speaker 1: somebody got to Kauai and was like, Yo, we need 524 00:29:58,160 --> 00:29:59,960 Speaker 1: you to suit up on a on a back to back. 525 00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:03,280 Speaker 1: I know that's not your style. Um, we'll probably make 526 00:30:03,320 --> 00:30:05,680 Speaker 1: it up to you and strippers and blow, but we 527 00:30:05,760 --> 00:30:08,200 Speaker 1: need you to go back to back. That was that 528 00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:10,840 Speaker 1: was not on the list. Okay, it was the private jet. 529 00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:14,360 Speaker 1: It was it was the Equity Steak and it was 530 00:30:14,560 --> 00:30:20,440 Speaker 1: a guaranteed sponsorship deal. No mention of strippers or cocaine. Um. 531 00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:23,120 Speaker 1: So he played thirty seven minutes and a loss to 532 00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:26,600 Speaker 1: the Spurs and then thirty five in a win over 533 00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:29,120 Speaker 1: Golden State. Wow, I mean, Kawi M I had to 534 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:31,200 Speaker 1: go on, do they do the d L in the NBA? 535 00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:34,000 Speaker 1: The I R after playing a back to back. By 536 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:35,960 Speaker 1: the way, did you see the Draymond greenfoul on him? 537 00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:39,560 Speaker 1: Did Draymond took him down? And um, Draymond just say, hey, 538 00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:40,840 Speaker 1: let's trying to hold you up, you know, we got 539 00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:44,560 Speaker 1: a flagrant UH. I am almost certain that this will 540 00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:47,960 Speaker 1: UH that like one of the Morris twins will eventually 541 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:51,240 Speaker 1: get Draymond Green back, they back up one another. So 542 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:56,680 Speaker 1: all right, we've rambled enough. Big show tomorrow with the 543 00:30:56,760 --> 00:30:58,640 Speaker 1: NFL picks you guys have been waiting for. The lines 544 00:30:58,680 --> 00:31:00,480 Speaker 1: have been pretty settled, not a lot of movement, but 545 00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:04,520 Speaker 1: we will have NFL winners tomorrow, UM, and we'll talk 546 00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:05,360 Speaker 1: to you then. M