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Speaker 1: What is going on everybody? John Middlecoff bringing out podcast,

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Speaker 1: back at it again, baby, I mean this is this

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Speaker 1: is legit summer if July one. As I'm recording this

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Speaker 1: July fourth weekend, Happy fourth of July. I gotta love America,

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Speaker 1: got to love America. This is a great week. You

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Speaker 1: could argue, like I love Thanksgiving because I like to eat.

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Speaker 1: you get older, like I just like holidays to revolve

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Speaker 1: probably be number one for me. I absolutely love fourth

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Speaker 1: of July. So happy fourth of July to everyone. Uh

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Speaker 1: everyone listening. Thanks, you know this is We've been doing

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Speaker 1: this podcast about a year and a half and having

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Speaker 1: a good time doing it. We've been two years. I

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Speaker 1: don't even know it's been. It's been a minute, maybe

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Speaker 1: a year and a half. We'll keep it going. We're

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Speaker 1: we're in the summer now, we are in the summer.

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Speaker 1: So today we have I kind of dove in the

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Speaker 1: NBA free agency, which was just nuts, I mean absolutely nuts,

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Speaker 1: kind of all determined by the two thousand and eleven draft. Well,

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Speaker 1: I just happened in two thousand eleven working for the

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Speaker 1: brought them both up this morning kind of looking through it,

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Speaker 1: and like I said, Wow, there are a lot of

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Speaker 1: similarities between the two drafts. In the first round, both

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Speaker 1: drafts were just littered, and I repeat littered with elite

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Speaker 1: I looked at the two drafts is the NBA the

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Speaker 1: majority of the players in that draft have been on

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Speaker 1: several teams, while the majority of the players in the

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Speaker 1: first round in the two thousand eleven draft who were

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Speaker 1: thinking yesterday because there's so many talks about free agency

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Speaker 1: and NFL free agency, and I've said over and over,

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Speaker 1: I actually think NFL free agency has gotten a lot

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Speaker 1: more interesting because of trades we saw. Think how many

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Speaker 1: trades we saw last year with Pro Bowl level players

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Speaker 1: we saw some pretty big name players get traded. Just

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Speaker 1: several years. Because for the most part if you if

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Speaker 1: you draft, and we'll go through the two thousand eleven

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Speaker 1: that guy go. And even after eight years, if they're

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Speaker 1: still an elite player, like many guys in the NBA draft,

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Speaker 1: they're not hitting free agency. And I say it all

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Speaker 1: the time. The NFL is much more fan friendly that

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Speaker 1: the NBA is much more fan friendly for the season

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Speaker 1: because it's just mayhem. I saw a tweet today over

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Speaker 1: three billion dollars were given out. Don't ever get it twisted.

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Speaker 1: The NBA is the greatest financial partnership in the history

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Speaker 1: of America. It has made more people CEO level money

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Speaker 1: and players have made more millionaires, probably than any I

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Speaker 1: NFL against any other industry has created more millionaires. Maybe

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Speaker 1: there's different ways to skin a cat. Now, if yesterday

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Speaker 1: you really care. Now, I do think the NBA really

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Speaker 1: agency definitely, the last ten years have historically been pretty

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Speaker 1: some sort of I don't know if it franchise tag

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Speaker 1: more guaranteed cash in the NFL, they would always resign

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Speaker 1: to me, J J. Watt just resonates a little more

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Speaker 1: over under ten and a half. That's a pretty high number,

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Speaker 1: Like you can be a really good team and win

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Speaker 1: ten games. I would take the over reluctantly, you know,

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Speaker 1: I see they win eleven twelve. Maybe. I mean, they're

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Speaker 1: obviously really good at home. They're the heavy favorites to

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Speaker 1: win the division. At minus one eight, I think we

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Speaker 1: all feel pretty good. I mean they the one that

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Speaker 1: I mean, there's one player they can't afford to lose.

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Speaker 1: That'd be Drew Brees. They'd be in major trouble. Actually,

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Speaker 1: they got Teddy Bridgewater. You you could argue that they're

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Speaker 1: in pretty good shape to be pretty deep. I mean

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Speaker 1: they got a good backup quarterback. So I like the

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Speaker 1: Saints to win eleven games. I take the over, and

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Speaker 1: you know, minus one eight, I wouldn't even bit that.

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Speaker 1: Let's go the Panthers. They're over under seven and a half. Uh,

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Speaker 1: I'm on the fringe. I think that's seven eight range

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Speaker 1: right there. You know, maybe they get eight and eight.

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Speaker 1: I think the big question is Cam's health. He had

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Speaker 1: surgery he was not the same guy last year. The

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Speaker 1: big talking point in Carolina has been, like people reporters

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Speaker 1: during O t A's getting video of Cam throwing. Then

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Speaker 1: the team kind of freaked out, so they just put

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Speaker 1: a camera on the team's website on Cam like, it's

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Speaker 1: not that big a deal. Looks good throwing the ball

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Speaker 1: on O t A s for whatever that's worth. But

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Speaker 1: the thing with Cam is part of his game is

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Speaker 1: and rightfully so. He's one of the greatest. He's definitely

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Speaker 1: the most physical running quarterback we've ever had. He's probably

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Speaker 1: not the most graceful like a Vic or Randall Cunningham.

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Speaker 1: He's the most unique running quarterback we've ever had because

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Speaker 1: he's six ft six, he can fly, he can rake tackles.

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Speaker 1: He also has a cannon for an art and the

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Speaker 1: problem is he's a little inaccurate. DJ Moore is a

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Speaker 1: good player. I mean they got a pretty good roster.

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Speaker 1: I mean Christian McCaffrey is an elite player. Like he's

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Speaker 1: I missed on him. I I if you were listening

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Speaker 1: last year when he was coming out, I I I

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Speaker 1: guess two years ago, I thought Christian McCaffrey was like

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Speaker 1: a fringe first rounder. I thought what he'd become is

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Speaker 1: like a better Julian Edelman, but the way the league

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Speaker 1: changed so fast. His ability to catch the ball out

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Speaker 1: of the backfield, he's basically like all Alvin Kamara. He's

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Speaker 1: an elite player. I was I was too low on him.

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Speaker 1: I didn't think he was gonna be that good. You know.

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Speaker 1: Was I racial profiling a white running back? Maybe? I

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Speaker 1: don't know, and I listen. I live in the Bay

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Speaker 1: Area root for Stanford guys. He's even like last year

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Speaker 1: he's a He's a big help for Cam because Cam

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Speaker 1: can dump it off, not always having to push the

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Speaker 1: ball down the field, you know, kind of the stalwart

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Speaker 1: of their franchise. Thomas Davis is no longer there. He's

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Speaker 1: with the Chargers. You know, can Luke key Lea stay healthy.

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Speaker 1: They drafted the kid Brian Burns from Florida State in

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Speaker 1: the first round. They added Bruce Irvan, who's average player.

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Speaker 1: Talking myself into maybe I'd go with the over, but

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Speaker 1: I don't like him much at eight. I probably just

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Speaker 1: wouldn't bet it. I don't like the Panthers that much.

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Speaker 1: The team I like in this division, which I think

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Speaker 1: is one of the sleepers in the NFL, and they're

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Speaker 1: over under and even Vegas is telling you know, like

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Speaker 1: they don't have a seven and a half over under.

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Speaker 1: It's nine and that's the Atlanta Falcons. Uh their plus

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Speaker 1: three seventy five to win the division, so almost four

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Speaker 1: to one. I like that. I actually think the Falcons

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Speaker 1: are a sleeper team to win this division. They got

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Speaker 1: rid of Steve Starks and they brought back Dirt Cutter. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: they kept Julio Jones or you need to keep DeVante

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Speaker 1: Freeman healthy. They got all those guys on defense coming

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Speaker 1: back off injury. I don't ever remember a team like

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Speaker 1: through September that was inflicted with more injuries. I think

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Speaker 1: Dan quinns a really good coach, Matt Ryan's a really

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Speaker 1: solid quarterback. There's a well run organization. I think they're

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Speaker 1: gonna be good. I really do. I think just based

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Speaker 1: on roster wise, they're a ten eleven win team and

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Speaker 1: if things go right them in the Saints aviously have

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Speaker 1: a big rivalry, I think they could win this division.

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Speaker 1: They're one of the sleeper teams that if you tell

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Speaker 1: me like the Falcons are in the NFC Championship game.

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Speaker 1: I won't be shocked. I really won't. Getting rid of

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Speaker 1: Stark was big. Getting your cutterback. Him and Matt Ryan

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Speaker 1: have worked together before. You know, it's probably the next

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Speaker 1: best thing you can do if you're gonna obviously you

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Speaker 1: can't have Kyle Shanahan. So I like the Falcons a lot.

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Speaker 1: I think they're gonna be really good. Uh. And when

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Speaker 1: I say really good, they were really good on offense

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Speaker 1: last year. I mean Calvin Ridley was a star. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: Julio dominated. They need a little bit more out of

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Speaker 1: the running game. And then there again, their defense just

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Speaker 1: lost so many players. They they are not going to

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Speaker 1: be that bad on defense again. And the Tama Bay Buccaneers,

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Speaker 1: it's six and a half. I think there's two ways

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Speaker 1: to look at it. One, they do have a lot

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Speaker 1: of young talent. Uh. Now you could argue is like

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Speaker 1: jamis young anymore. He's going into his fifth year, Like Jamis,

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Speaker 1: are you gonna make some place? I guess he's going

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Speaker 1: into his fourth year. Jamis A you're gonna figure it out?

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Speaker 1: Are you're not gonna figure it out? I mean last

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Speaker 1: year you couldn't keep your hands yourself in an uber like,

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Speaker 1: come on, bro, it's come on man, that's just that's embarrassing.

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Speaker 1: It really is. Can't keep your hands yourself in an

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Speaker 1: uber like you've got some issues. Now. If there's anyone

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Speaker 1: on this planet, they can kind of get him going

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Speaker 1: in the right direction. Probably any coach. When I when

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Speaker 1: you bring up Jamis Winston, you could have one coach

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Speaker 1: with Jamis Winston would probably be Bruce Arians because he's

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Speaker 1: crazy enough. They're all they're just a good fit. And

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Speaker 1: also what Jamis wants to do push the ball down

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Speaker 1: the field. You got Mike Evans, you uh, you drafted

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Speaker 1: O J. Howard last year they got rid of to

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Speaker 1: Sean Jackson. They need to get something otter of Ronald

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Speaker 1: Jones can. They drafted from uh from USC who just

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Speaker 1: didn't do anything last year, and I loved him. I

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Speaker 1: thought he was like a Jamal Charles light coming out

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Speaker 1: of the seat. They need to get him going. They

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Speaker 1: drafted Devin White fifth overall, like you draft a gut

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Speaker 1: five overall middle linebacker. He better become a star. Their

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Speaker 1: defensive coaching staff is really good. Say what you want

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Speaker 1: about Todd Bolts. He's a good defensive coordinator. They kind

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Speaker 1: of have a mindset and the way they do things there.

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Speaker 1: They kicked ass in Arizona. They use speed to their advantage.

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Speaker 1: They had a lot of They've always used a lot

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Speaker 1: of defensive backs. They like as they like a fast team.

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Speaker 1: I think they're gonna be pretty uh pretty good on defense,

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Speaker 1: or at least much improved on defense. Not granted, their

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Speaker 1: dB suck, but that's six and a half number. I

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Speaker 1: just want to give Arians the benefit of the doubt.

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Speaker 1: But I don't trust I don't trust Jamis. I just

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Speaker 1: the culture. I don't know. But I thought the same

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Speaker 1: thing about the Cardinals and Arians showed up and they

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Speaker 1: won ten games the first year when he had to

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Speaker 1: play San Francisco and Seattle. So you know, at the

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Speaker 1: end of the day, I'll probably take the over seven

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Speaker 1: and nine. I think seven and nine would be a

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Speaker 1: pretty impressive year first year for for Bruce Arians. Now

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Speaker 1: what you do with Jamis from there, I guess it

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Speaker 1: depends on on how it looks, But they're gonna have

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Speaker 1: to figure something out because he did draft him first. Overall,

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Speaker 1: this his fourth year. They've already picked up his fifth

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Speaker 1: year option. If Aarans doesn't like him, he'll be gone.

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Speaker 1: It's really that simple. If Arians like him, he'll keep

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Speaker 1: h So I got I feel most confident. Saints over

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Speaker 1: ten and a half, Panthers under even and a half,

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Speaker 1: but I don't like them. There's seven and nine Falcons

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Speaker 1: over nine, Bucks over seven. God, it feels like I'll

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Speaker 1: go under. I'll go under seven. Obviously, the Saints the

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Speaker 1: heavy favorite. I like the Falcons as a sleeper to

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Speaker 1: win this division. I think overall, when you factor in

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Speaker 1: Arians is there now, the Falcons are gonna bounce back.

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Speaker 1: The Panthers still have a lot of solid players in

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Speaker 1: the Saints are excellent. Is pretty good division. This is

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Speaker 1: this is a pretty deep division for sure. Okay, let's

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Speaker 1: dive into my instagram at John Middlecoff is the handle

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Speaker 1: Middlecoff mail Back my instagram d M s d M

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Speaker 1: is always wide open. It's basically just full of dudes.

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Speaker 1: Full of dudes asking me questions about football, about life,

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Speaker 1: about anything, but mainly football questions. And I answer him

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Speaker 1: follow away slide up in Those messages are wide open.

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Speaker 1: If you had to create an all time coaching staff

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Speaker 1: of a head coach, offensive coordinator, defensive coordinator, and an

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Speaker 1: assistant coach on both sides of the ball. Who would

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Speaker 1: you pick? Wow? This pretty good one. You could also

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Speaker 1: throw in special teams coordinator if you like. Another question

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Speaker 1: would be where the best place in North America to

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Speaker 1: put a new NFL franchises? And why any good books

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Speaker 1: to read? I would the Belichick books really good. This

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Speaker 1: guy asked a lot of question. Max. Okay, let's do

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Speaker 1: the all time coach. I think the best coach in

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Speaker 1: NFL history is pretty well established at this point, Bill Belichick.

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Speaker 1: The thing is, like Parcels, who's a top four or

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Speaker 1: five coach. The problem is his best defenses were run

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Speaker 1: by Belichick. So what I think I would do is

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Speaker 1: I would go Belichick head coach and my defensive coordinator

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Speaker 1: with Bill Walsh as my offensive coordinator and my special

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Speaker 1: team's coach. Is a great question. I'd probably let Belichick

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Speaker 1: do that too, So it just be Walsh and Belichick.

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Speaker 1: You bring Dante Scarnakia. I mean, I can bring a

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Speaker 1: bunch of people, you know Monty Kiffin to coach the DBS,

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Speaker 1: but Belichick and Walls should be the two guys I

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Speaker 1: want best place in North America that doesn't have an

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Speaker 1: NFL franchise. It's a good question. I'd I'd say Portland's,

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Speaker 1: but see it. I mean, Seattle is pretty big right there,

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Speaker 1: and they have an NFL franchise. Uh. I have to

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Speaker 1: think about that for a while. At Vegas has one. Now,

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Speaker 1: I think we're pretty well represented in the cities that

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Speaker 1: we need to be in. I have to really think

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Speaker 1: about that. I don't think the NFL is expanding anymore.

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Speaker 1: I think they're kind of set. Who looks like the

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Speaker 1: favorite to take the NFC East going into training camp?

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Speaker 1: I think I picked Dallas when I first did it,

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Speaker 1: Dallas in Philly. To me, it's a it's a two

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Speaker 1: horse race. Also, will Lamar Jackson be good? No, and

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Speaker 1: I think it'll be okay. Uh. What I'm nervous about

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Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson is then basically and Davis Senior High School,

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Speaker 1: where I attended, pulling right guard, we ran this thing

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Speaker 1: many of you know called the wing T. I feel

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Speaker 1: like that is what the the Ravens offense is gonna

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Speaker 1: look like. The wing T would just Marquis Brown be

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Speaker 1: lining down the sideline occasionally getting some deep bombs. But

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Speaker 1: it's basically just gonna be the wing tea and then

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Speaker 1: the wing t I mean, obviously the NFL version, your

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Speaker 1: quarterback is open to a lot of hits. So how

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Speaker 1: can Lamar Jackson avoid not getting crunched? I don't know.

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Speaker 1: I think it's I don't know if he makes it

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Speaker 1: through the season healthy, to be honest with you, Okay,

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Speaker 1: question for you in your opinion, who are the most

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Speaker 1: underrated players on both sides of the ball, most underrated

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Speaker 1: quarterback or offensive player. I'd have to think about that.

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Speaker 1: to think of a defensive player? I think most players

636
00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:48,920
Speaker 1: in the NFL, you just get a lot of pub

637
00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:51,480
Speaker 1: when you're good, Like once you're good, we know about you.

638
00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:54,080
Speaker 1: I would say an underrated player. Again, I'm kind of

639
00:31:54,120 --> 00:31:57,000
Speaker 1: biased because he's in my backyard. But DeForrest Buckner, who's

640
00:31:57,040 --> 00:31:59,120
Speaker 1: really really good, I don't know if this guy is

641
00:31:59,120 --> 00:32:01,080
Speaker 1: really under the radar anymore, but a chem Hicks and

642
00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:03,920
Speaker 1: the Bears. I think sometimes like a defensive tackle can

643
00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:05,960
Speaker 1: be a little under the radar. I think it's hard

644
00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:07,520
Speaker 1: to be under the radar. It's like a linebacker and

645
00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:09,480
Speaker 1: heb you just get a lot of pub aren't many

646
00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:12,240
Speaker 1: like under the radar wide receivers like is Adam feeling

647
00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:14,440
Speaker 1: under the radar? I would say most NFL fans and

648
00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:17,440
Speaker 1: be like, no, hell no, he's on my fantasy team.

649
00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:19,440
Speaker 1: What do you think Derek Carr will be like this year?

650
00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:21,040
Speaker 1: And you think has a chance to be like two

651
00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:24,880
Speaker 1: thousand and sixteen car? Well, the offensive line is better

652
00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:27,480
Speaker 1: now they bring Trent Brown. They're gonna have to coach

653
00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:30,160
Speaker 1: up Colton Miller. But you at Antonio Brown, you add

654
00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:33,960
Speaker 1: Tyrrelle Williams, you add a running back, you lose Jared Cook,

655
00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:36,320
Speaker 1: who was pretty important. Yeah, I mean I think he

656
00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:39,480
Speaker 1: could be. Uh you know, if they go seven eight

657
00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:42,200
Speaker 1: wins and he throws thirty five touchdowns, he could be.

658
00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:45,360
Speaker 1: He's a very talented player. To me. The only question

659
00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:47,960
Speaker 1: I have with Derek is sometimes he gets skittish in

660
00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:51,600
Speaker 1: the pocket. Is m v P season his MVP level

661
00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:54,480
Speaker 1: season before he broke his ankle, he was so confident

662
00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:57,440
Speaker 1: in the pocket, pushing the ball at every level, short,

663
00:32:57,480 --> 00:33:00,480
Speaker 1: intermediate and deep, and he's he's kind I got away

664
00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:01,719
Speaker 1: from that the last couple of years. If you can

665
00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:03,920
Speaker 1: get that going again, he's got Antonio who's the best

666
00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:06,320
Speaker 1: receiver in the game, Tyrolle Williams, a great deep threat.

667
00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:10,160
Speaker 1: They got, you know, a first round running back. A

668
00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:13,560
Speaker 1: lot of pressure on Derrick Knna, honestly because next year

669
00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:14,760
Speaker 1: they can get rid of him for like three and

670
00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:17,240
Speaker 1: a half million dollars. So if he does not play

671
00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:20,160
Speaker 1: well this season, they will cut him. You know. I

672
00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:22,600
Speaker 1: know he loves this, act like he's super lower the Raiders.

673
00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:25,040
Speaker 1: He's not even acting, he is. He loves the Raiders.

674
00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:28,200
Speaker 1: But he has to realize they will get rid of

675
00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:30,640
Speaker 1: him if he does not play well, and if he

676
00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:33,120
Speaker 1: plays well, they'll win games. So if they're gonna be

677
00:33:33,120 --> 00:33:35,840
Speaker 1: good this year, it's gonna come down to him. Why

678
00:33:35,840 --> 00:33:39,120
Speaker 1: Why don't can't NFL owners find other ways to compensate

679
00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:42,280
Speaker 1: their players, similar to the way the Patriots Tom Brady

680
00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:45,440
Speaker 1: supplements for the team. I often think about Arthur Blank

681
00:33:45,520 --> 00:33:47,959
Speaker 1: agreeing to stock tools and home depot for a company

682
00:33:48,040 --> 00:33:51,400
Speaker 1: partially owned by Matt Ryan. In theory, Ryan would be

683
00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:54,040
Speaker 1: willing to sign for less the free cap space, even

684
00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:57,760
Speaker 1: though he did not. He took every sinking penny. I

685
00:33:57,760 --> 00:34:00,400
Speaker 1: don't know. I mean, I think the rules are pretty ricked.

686
00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:03,560
Speaker 1: If you get caught, you know, Eddie d got nailed

687
00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:05,160
Speaker 1: back in the day, and that was when the cap

688
00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:08,840
Speaker 1: first started. I think if stuff was so egregious, they

689
00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:12,080
Speaker 1: would take around the first round draft picks. They just can't.

690
00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:15,160
Speaker 1: The one thing the NFL hangs has had on right now,

691
00:34:15,560 --> 00:34:18,320
Speaker 1: I don't think the NBA cares because there's not competitive

692
00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:21,080
Speaker 1: balance in the NBA. In the NFL, a big part

693
00:34:21,080 --> 00:34:23,120
Speaker 1: of their business plan, the reason they make the most

694
00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:26,200
Speaker 1: money of all the leagues is parody is a big thing.

695
00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:30,120
Speaker 1: And when I say parody, obviously there are many organizations

696
00:34:30,160 --> 00:34:33,880
Speaker 1: like the Patriots, the Pisteelers now the Chiefs Seattle like

697
00:34:33,920 --> 00:34:36,040
Speaker 1: their teams that just kind of win every year, and

698
00:34:36,080 --> 00:34:38,480
Speaker 1: the Browns, the Niners. There's a lot of teams that

699
00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:42,120
Speaker 1: lose a lot, right, but there's hope every season for

700
00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:44,719
Speaker 1: like n of the league. Think about this right now.

701
00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:47,200
Speaker 1: Name me a team right now that does not have

702
00:34:47,280 --> 00:34:52,719
Speaker 1: hope going into the season. The Giants, Redskins, but you

703
00:34:52,920 --> 00:34:57,040
Speaker 1: you know Haskins, I'd say the Redskins, the Bengals. I mean,

704
00:34:57,040 --> 00:35:01,200
Speaker 1: it's a short list. So the parody and the hope

705
00:35:01,520 --> 00:35:03,600
Speaker 1: is a big reason people love the NFL so much

706
00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:06,560
Speaker 1: because their teams at least as we sit here on

707
00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:09,799
Speaker 1: July one, and then August one, then hell, even September one.

708
00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:12,160
Speaker 1: Do you think you got a chance not to win

709
00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:14,799
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl, but like, hey, we could win eight

710
00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:18,040
Speaker 1: nine games, maybe make the playoffs. That's fun back in

711
00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:20,319
Speaker 1: the NBA. If you're sitting here right now and you're

712
00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:22,719
Speaker 1: a Son's fan, or you're a Bulls fan, or you're

713
00:35:22,719 --> 00:35:25,399
Speaker 1: a Knicks fan, or you're a Magic fan, or you're

714
00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:27,359
Speaker 1: you know, you can just count the teams. You're just like, yeah,

715
00:35:27,440 --> 00:35:29,920
Speaker 1: we're not winning championship. We're not even gonna make the playoffs.

716
00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:33,400
Speaker 1: I heard you mentioned last year's draft board was Ziggians

717
00:35:33,480 --> 00:35:35,839
Speaker 1: and Dion Jordan at the top. Would you ever go

718
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:38,239
Speaker 1: over the draft boards you put together when you were

719
00:35:38,239 --> 00:35:41,600
Speaker 1: in the NFL. I'd love to hear the actual scouting reports.

720
00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:44,960
Speaker 1: Actually was looking at my garage the other day. Maybe

721
00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:48,400
Speaker 1: we could do that kind of board. UH and I

722
00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:51,279
Speaker 1: have these two boxes, have one? I think I have

723
00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:53,440
Speaker 1: some here too. Yeah, we could we could do that.

724
00:35:53,440 --> 00:35:55,680
Speaker 1: That's not a terrible idea. Let me write that down.

725
00:35:56,320 --> 00:36:01,000
Speaker 1: That'll probably help pass the time. UH needs scouting reports.

726
00:36:01,040 --> 00:36:02,680
Speaker 1: I'm writing this down on my little to do list.

727
00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:06,840
Speaker 1: I know DJ has done some of this. Yeah, we

728
00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:08,840
Speaker 1: can do that for sure. That's a good That's a

729
00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:12,960
Speaker 1: good question, not a bad idea at all. See how

730
00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:17,239
Speaker 1: nails I was on some of them. Uh do you

731
00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:19,279
Speaker 1: think Frank Writch will ever have the ability to beat

732
00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:21,439
Speaker 1: Belichick in a chess match? In a playoff game? That's

733
00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:23,160
Speaker 1: what it takes to get to the super Bowl in

734
00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:26,960
Speaker 1: the A f c um Yeah, I mean I I

735
00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:29,319
Speaker 1: think it's gonna come down to two things. One, they're

736
00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:32,120
Speaker 1: gonna They're not gonna go to New England and beat

737
00:36:32,160 --> 00:36:35,040
Speaker 1: Tom Brady. So if the Colts are going to beat

738
00:36:35,080 --> 00:36:38,120
Speaker 1: the Patriots, which off top of my head, it feels

739
00:36:38,120 --> 00:36:41,000
Speaker 1: like they've done once when Peyton Manning overcame that big,

740
00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:44,279
Speaker 1: you know, second half comeback, it was at home, So

741
00:36:44,400 --> 00:36:46,040
Speaker 1: they have to find a way. One thing we know

742
00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:48,479
Speaker 1: about New England they've been a one or two seed

743
00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:50,759
Speaker 1: every year for eight trade seasons. So if you're gonna

744
00:36:50,800 --> 00:36:53,400
Speaker 1: beat New England, the only chance you have a chance

745
00:36:54,239 --> 00:36:56,440
Speaker 1: is to get a better see than them. I eat

746
00:36:56,520 --> 00:36:59,440
Speaker 1: Kansas City. I mean, think about Kansas City last year.

747
00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:02,120
Speaker 1: The reason that that game was so tight it is

748
00:37:02,120 --> 00:37:04,320
Speaker 1: because it was at home. Because they started like crap

749
00:37:04,520 --> 00:37:06,759
Speaker 1: that they were terrible in the first half. If they

750
00:37:06,760 --> 00:37:08,360
Speaker 1: had played like that in New England, they would have

751
00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:11,319
Speaker 1: been down twenty eight nothing instead, off top of my head,

752
00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:13,719
Speaker 1: thing was only fourteen nothing. Then they came back and

753
00:37:13,719 --> 00:37:15,960
Speaker 1: made it a game. But they a big reason they

754
00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:17,520
Speaker 1: were able to do that. It's it's easier to play

755
00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:19,600
Speaker 1: at home and get your momentum back. It's much harder

756
00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:22,160
Speaker 1: to do that on the road. So yeah, I mean

757
00:37:22,719 --> 00:37:25,719
Speaker 1: he's a good coach. Any coach that's a good coach

758
00:37:25,760 --> 00:37:28,320
Speaker 1: can get in a rhythm and beat any coach, even Belichick.

759
00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:32,000
Speaker 1: But to beat Belichick, you probably gotta beat him at home.

760
00:37:32,360 --> 00:37:34,480
Speaker 1: Think about the last couple of times the Patriots have

761
00:37:34,520 --> 00:37:37,080
Speaker 1: not made the Super Bowl. I mean the last time

762
00:37:37,120 --> 00:37:40,400
Speaker 1: they haven't, right was against Denver and the game that

763
00:37:40,440 --> 00:37:44,799
Speaker 1: they couldn't protect Tom Brady. Well, who think about where

764
00:37:44,840 --> 00:37:47,600
Speaker 1: that game was was a mile high. So I think

765
00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:49,880
Speaker 1: actually the number one thing to give yourself a chance,

766
00:37:50,719 --> 00:37:53,400
Speaker 1: beside the little details of not doing dumb stuff, not

767
00:37:53,520 --> 00:37:56,440
Speaker 1: committing penalties, you know, luck, having a good game, all

768
00:37:56,440 --> 00:38:00,160
Speaker 1: that bs, you gotta be at home. You're just the

769
00:38:00,239 --> 00:38:02,160
Speaker 1: last time someone on the road and beat the Patriots.

770
00:38:02,719 --> 00:38:05,600
Speaker 1: The Jets in oh nine sticking off top of my head.

771
00:38:05,960 --> 00:38:09,040
Speaker 1: I mean, was it the Ravens. I mean, it doesn't

772
00:38:09,080 --> 00:38:14,560
Speaker 1: happen very often, man, So yeah, I was wondering what

773
00:38:14,640 --> 00:38:17,200
Speaker 1: the expectations should be this year for the Cowboys win

774
00:38:17,239 --> 00:38:19,520
Speaker 1: the division. I mean, if you win the division in

775
00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:22,759
Speaker 1: the NFL, you're a Super Bowl contender. So that to me,

776
00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:25,680
Speaker 1: when it comes to Cowboys, their division is pretty simple.

777
00:38:26,160 --> 00:38:29,120
Speaker 1: I mean, their goal is pretty simple. Win the NFC East.

778
00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:32,319
Speaker 1: You win the NFC East, you're a legit chance to

779
00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:34,799
Speaker 1: win the Super Bowl. Obviously, if you win the NFC East,

780
00:38:34,840 --> 00:38:36,520
Speaker 1: unlike last year, you'd like to get a one or

781
00:38:36,560 --> 00:38:38,680
Speaker 1: two seats. To me, that was a big difference two

782
00:38:38,760 --> 00:38:41,640
Speaker 1: years ago when the Eagles, even though when Wentz went out,

783
00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:43,279
Speaker 1: they were the one seed, so they only had to

784
00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:45,759
Speaker 1: win two games. They got Atlanta at home and then

785
00:38:45,800 --> 00:38:48,560
Speaker 1: obviously they kicked the crap out of Minnesota. The last

786
00:38:48,640 --> 00:38:50,960
Speaker 1: year the Cowboys ten and six, they didn't get a

787
00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:54,799
Speaker 1: by So you play the Seattle which Seattle wasn't great,

788
00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:56,680
Speaker 1: but it's still a tough game, and then you gotta

789
00:38:56,680 --> 00:38:59,680
Speaker 1: go on the road to the Ramps and Doc was

790
00:38:59,719 --> 00:39:02,360
Speaker 1: Tara in that game. But when you get home playoff

791
00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:04,920
Speaker 1: games and you get a buy, you're at a huge advantage. Obviously,

792
00:39:04,920 --> 00:39:06,879
Speaker 1: they have that a couple of years ago when Aaron

793
00:39:06,960 --> 00:39:09,719
Speaker 1: Rodgers beat him. But I'd rather take my chances at

794
00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:12,960
Speaker 1: home than on the road. Tuatag Valoa is the best

795
00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:16,560
Speaker 1: left handed quarterback prospects since Michael Vick. I have to

796
00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:19,520
Speaker 1: think about that. Michael Vick came out in two thousand once,

797
00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:24,319
Speaker 1: that's a long time. I don't know. I'm not to

798
00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:28,640
Speaker 1: think about that. What about Flacco from not Joe Flacco,

799
00:39:28,719 --> 00:39:33,239
Speaker 1: but Flacco from the replacements? Kano Roofs, He's been a

800
00:39:33,360 --> 00:39:35,759
Speaker 1: left handed quarterback in a couple of movies. John Wick.

801
00:39:36,120 --> 00:39:38,480
Speaker 1: From a scouting point, do you look at left handed

802
00:39:38,560 --> 00:39:41,359
Speaker 1: quarterbacks different? Do you feel left handed quarterbacks are rare

803
00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:44,960
Speaker 1: because they gravitate toward baseball instead of football. That's a

804
00:39:44,960 --> 00:39:48,160
Speaker 1: good question. I mean I haven't. I hadn't scouted that

805
00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:50,040
Speaker 1: many in my life. I mean, he grew up. I

806
00:39:50,080 --> 00:39:54,120
Speaker 1: love Steve Young. I don't think you necessarily scout them

807
00:39:54,120 --> 00:39:56,000
Speaker 1: any different, because I think a lot of teams now

808
00:39:56,040 --> 00:39:57,799
Speaker 1: look at left and right tackle is kind of the

809
00:39:57,800 --> 00:39:59,680
Speaker 1: same thing. They put just as much value in the

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00:39:59,719 --> 00:40:03,200
Speaker 1: right tackle as they do the left ackle. Uh. I

811
00:40:03,239 --> 00:40:05,759
Speaker 1: mean maybe receivers will tell you the ball comes out

812
00:40:05,800 --> 00:40:07,520
Speaker 1: of their hand a little bit. You know, I don't

813
00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:10,640
Speaker 1: know if that's necessarily the case. I think with both

814
00:40:10,640 --> 00:40:13,680
Speaker 1: two and Michael Vick, they're just unique prospects. I mean,

815
00:40:13,680 --> 00:40:17,000
Speaker 1: Michael Vick was six ft tall max. But he had

816
00:40:17,040 --> 00:40:18,960
Speaker 1: a hose. Wasn't that accurate, but he was a lead

817
00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:22,160
Speaker 1: athlete to a also a little undersize, doesn't have a

818
00:40:22,280 --> 00:40:24,680
Speaker 1: great arm, but he kind of he hangs his hat

819
00:40:24,680 --> 00:40:27,360
Speaker 1: on being super accurate. He's kind of like a left

820
00:40:27,360 --> 00:40:31,439
Speaker 1: handed Baker Mayfield. You know that there's there's some of that.

821
00:40:31,600 --> 00:40:35,680
Speaker 1: So yeah, I mean, I I don't necessarily I guess

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00:40:35,719 --> 00:40:37,560
Speaker 1: look like when I'm watching them, like when I watched

823
00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:40,040
Speaker 1: to uh, I just watch a good player. You know,

824
00:40:40,040 --> 00:40:42,600
Speaker 1: I don't think, like, oh, left right handed. Like in baseball,

825
00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:46,080
Speaker 1: it matters because if I'm a left handed pitcher in

826
00:40:46,120 --> 00:40:50,760
Speaker 1: certain divisions, well, if my division is right hand hitting dependent,

827
00:40:51,160 --> 00:40:52,719
Speaker 1: you know, you'd rather have a right handed pitcher and

828
00:40:52,800 --> 00:40:55,799
Speaker 1: vice versa. Right now, if you're Clayton Kershaw, doesn't matter.

829
00:40:55,840 --> 00:40:58,520
Speaker 1: But just for the most part, like in football, there

830
00:40:58,520 --> 00:41:01,040
Speaker 1: are no right hand and left handed splits for a quarterback.

831
00:41:01,480 --> 00:41:03,719
Speaker 1: You know, like, uh, is there even a good left

832
00:41:03,760 --> 00:41:08,640
Speaker 1: hander in the league right now? It doesn't feel like it. Huh,

833
00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:12,319
Speaker 1: maybe I'm blanking, but yeah, just if you're good, you're good.

834
00:41:14,880 --> 00:41:18,560
Speaker 1: Let's get a couple more questions. I'm a student studying

835
00:41:18,600 --> 00:41:20,880
Speaker 1: sports management and was wondering if you had any tips

836
00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:24,120
Speaker 1: on breaking into the industry. Also, what results do you

837
00:41:24,160 --> 00:41:27,000
Speaker 1: need to see from Preserve from Matt Patricia this year

838
00:41:27,040 --> 00:41:29,840
Speaker 1: to see a good coach or on his way to

839
00:41:29,880 --> 00:41:31,799
Speaker 1: being a good coach? I would say eight and Nate.

840
00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:33,759
Speaker 1: If they went eight Nate and had a good year,

841
00:41:33,840 --> 00:41:37,680
Speaker 1: I say, you know, that was a good year from Patricia, um,

842
00:41:37,840 --> 00:41:40,439
Speaker 1: which I'm out on right now. So he eight Nate

843
00:41:40,480 --> 00:41:43,280
Speaker 1: would be a massive win in my opinion. From at Patricia,

844
00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:46,280
Speaker 1: I I just think here's the key. And I studied

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Speaker 1: sports management too. I didn't necessarily know what I wanted

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Speaker 1: then I got involved with the football program, and then

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Speaker 1: it kind of led to college football, and then it

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Speaker 1: led to the NFL, and now it kind of led

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Speaker 1: to media. I just knew that I like to work

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Speaker 1: in sports, and I kind of found what I was

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Speaker 1: good at. I had a natural I like, I love

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Speaker 1: football and natural I I was kind of taught. I mean,

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Speaker 1: you don't just you're not just born to scout and

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Speaker 1: learned in college from Pat Hill. Have a good personality

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Speaker 1: to sell which helps me out in the podcast business,

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Speaker 1: slinging ads and I can just talk till the cows

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Speaker 1: come home. So you know, I just kind of meshed

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Speaker 1: what I was good at. But I understand when you're

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Speaker 1: in college it's hard to I want to do this.

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Speaker 1: You know, some people, I think that's a smaller percentage

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Speaker 1: know exactly what they want to do. I think most

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Speaker 1: of us, and I throw myself included, we have an

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Speaker 1: idea and then through our experiences, it kind of maps

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Speaker 1: us to where I think we're ultimately supposed to end up.

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Speaker 1: And I think at the end of the day, I

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Speaker 1: was supposed to end up being a media personality. Uh,

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Speaker 1: but you know, I wouldn't be here if it wasn't

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Speaker 1: for my football experience. So reach out to a lot

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Speaker 1: of different elements in the business, whether you want to write,

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Speaker 1: whether you want to be on camera, whether you want

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Speaker 1: to scout, whether you want to be a GM and basketball,

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Speaker 1: and just see what sticks and you get an opportunity

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Speaker 1: to take it and just see where it goes. You know,

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Speaker 1: I'm a big believer at cal Poly we hang our

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Speaker 1: hat on learn by doing. You know, we're not smart

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Speaker 1: enough just to study and learn. We actually have to

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Speaker 1: do it. I actually think are that's an indictment at

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Speaker 1: cal Poly we're learned by doing because like a hard

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Speaker 1: They would never say that at Harvard they just be like,

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Speaker 1: we learn when we read and we just remember it

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Speaker 1: all Like a cal POLYI it's like, yeah, we gotta

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Speaker 1: actually do it so then we remember. It's you know,

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Speaker 1: we're not the sharpest tools of the shed, but we're

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Speaker 1: not afraid of a little work. Uh So that that

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Speaker 1: would be my uh my, my life. Advice from Middlecoff.

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Speaker 1: Appreciate everyone. Uh not sure if I'm gonna do another

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Speaker 1: one this week. We'll see where my fourth July takes

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Speaker 1: me on Thursday. But if some if some fun stuff

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Speaker 1: or some I don't know, some stories break, maybe we will.

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Speaker 1: But this might be it for this week. Uh. Keep

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Speaker 1: hitting me up with the Middlecoff mail bag at John

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Speaker 1: Middlecoff my Instagram handle. I'll get you guys questions. Appreciate

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Speaker 1: everyone interacting and uh, enjoy the greatest holiday on Earth.

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Speaker 1: Happy for the July peace