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Additional NFL Plus Premium teams at NFL 0:01:25.040 --> 0:01:26.199 dot com slash terms. 0:01:29.800 --> 0:01:34.120 It's a podcast, Come twenty five West Stocking fun Fill 0:01:34.600 --> 0:01:38.040 and they are whizz so yet too bad, But what 0:01:38.240 --> 0:01:39.120 did you expect? 0:01:39.240 --> 0:01:41.680 It's a podcast, Come twenty five. 0:01:41.720 --> 0:01:44.160 Wis sol twenty line wheel. 0:01:44.440 --> 0:01:46.920 Appreciate you guys being here. Got a big show and 0:01:46.920 --> 0:01:47.720 we're gonna start. 0:01:47.520 --> 0:01:51.640 Off with I mean quite possibly are how We've had 0:01:51.640 --> 0:01:55.800 a few big guests, but a tier guests. Steven Asmith 0:01:55.840 --> 0:01:57.640 is a tier for sure, for sure. So that's what 0:01:57.680 --> 0:01:59.320 we're gonna start with here in New York. We're at 0:01:59.320 --> 0:02:01.360 Fanatics Fest, and we spent some time with Steven A. 0:02:01.440 --> 0:02:03.360 Smith and he hates the Cowboys. 0:02:03.600 --> 0:02:03.960 He does. 0:02:04.640 --> 0:02:05.720 He's very open about that. 0:02:05.880 --> 0:02:08.880 He's ESPN's biggest personality by far at this point, probably 0:02:08.960 --> 0:02:11.280 highest paid, but he hates the Cowboys so much. And 0:02:11.360 --> 0:02:13.760 Eddie still had him after the interview signed his Cowboys. 0:02:13.360 --> 0:02:15.880 Had on purpose. It is pretty funny. Okay, let's get 0:02:15.880 --> 0:02:17.920 the show started here with Steven A. Smith. 0:02:18.760 --> 0:02:19.400 Here with Steven A. 0:02:19.480 --> 0:02:23.280 Smith, which I have to say, listening to your podcast now, 0:02:23.560 --> 0:02:26.560 do you feel freer to be able. 0:02:26.320 --> 0:02:27.600 To talk about other things? 0:02:27.760 --> 0:02:30.680 Because obviously I love hearing your takes on sports, but 0:02:30.720 --> 0:02:33.240 to hear you talk politics and pop culture, like, is 0:02:33.280 --> 0:02:35.320 that refreshing for you to be able to spread out now? 0:02:35.360 --> 0:02:37.079 Well, for me is what I wanted to do. It's 0:02:37.120 --> 0:02:40.240 what I've always wanted to do. I certainly understand that 0:02:40.240 --> 0:02:43.560 that's not necessarily the right place to do those kind 0:02:43.560 --> 0:02:46.200 of things for ESPN. It's a sports network. And I 0:02:46.280 --> 0:02:52.600 remember specifically before twenty twenty round twenty seventeen, twenty eighteen, 0:02:53.040 --> 0:02:55.520 when so many things were going on and Jimmy Pittaro 0:02:55.639 --> 0:02:59.640 came in as president of ESPN. You know, his whole 0:02:59.680 --> 0:03:02.560 thing to get us as a network back and focused 0:03:03.160 --> 0:03:07.040 on giving the sports fans what they come to ESPN 0:03:07.120 --> 0:03:10.600 the C and if we're being you know, as somebody 0:03:10.639 --> 0:03:14.480 that's considered the face of the network, it's my obligation 0:03:15.200 --> 0:03:19.079 to highlight when the boss is right. We did do that. 0:03:19.320 --> 0:03:23.120 We got away to some degree from giving the audience 0:03:23.680 --> 0:03:25.960 what they came to ESPN the C. So I was 0:03:26.000 --> 0:03:30.840 in complete support of him in terms of redirecting our 0:03:30.919 --> 0:03:34.480 focus back to making sure that when folks come to 0:03:34.520 --> 0:03:37.920 a sports network buy and large, that's exactly what the 0:03:37.920 --> 0:03:40.760 hell you're giving them. But in the same breath, I 0:03:40.800 --> 0:03:43.920 think that when you walk away from that to those 0:03:43.960 --> 0:03:46.760 particular channels and you're out here living your own life, 0:03:46.800 --> 0:03:50.360 you're paying taxes, you're dealing with crime, you're dealing with 0:03:50.400 --> 0:03:52.200 so many different things that are going on in the 0:03:52.240 --> 0:03:56.480 real world. I wouldn't call it an obligation, but it 0:03:56.520 --> 0:03:59.560 is a good thing to do to show that your 0:03:59.600 --> 0:04:03.480 social conscious, you're paying attention to what's going on and 0:04:03.520 --> 0:04:06.520 you're not one dimensional in terms of what you think 0:04:06.520 --> 0:04:10.120 about and what you feel. And so I like the 0:04:10.160 --> 0:04:14.360 idea of having a platform like my podcast Slash Show, 0:04:14.800 --> 0:04:19.520 where over iHeartRadio over YouTube. I'm really showing the world 0:04:19.720 --> 0:04:22.360 what's on my mind on a day to day basis 0:04:22.640 --> 0:04:25.920 that in some cases extend beyond the parameters and sports. 0:04:26.080 --> 0:04:29.160 Is it different going viral to a new crowd when 0:04:29.200 --> 0:04:31.279 you have an opinion that's not sports, Because I'm sure 0:04:31.320 --> 0:04:33.040 you say something sports, it goes viral. It's the same 0:04:33.080 --> 0:04:35.479 people yelling at you. But I see you go viral 0:04:35.520 --> 0:04:36.480 for all kinds it takes. 0:04:36.520 --> 0:04:37.359 Now, it's crazy. 0:04:37.839 --> 0:04:39.880 You know, it's a lot of fun when I'm doing 0:04:39.920 --> 0:04:42.520 pop culture and entertainment. For the most part, it wasn't 0:04:42.560 --> 0:04:44.359 fun when I had to talk about p Diddy. It 0:04:44.400 --> 0:04:46.400 wasn't fun when I had to talk about Will Smith. 0:04:47.000 --> 0:04:49.320 It wasn't fun when I had to talk about Jada Pinkett. 0:04:49.320 --> 0:04:51.240 But it was the news, and I thought that it 0:04:51.320 --> 0:04:53.880 was important to touch on those things to provide a perspective, 0:04:53.880 --> 0:04:57.240 because I'm not out here trying to insult or character 0:04:57.279 --> 0:05:00.440 assassinate anybody. But it's important that when some body does 0:05:00.480 --> 0:05:03.640 something wrong, including myself, that we're willing to highlight and 0:05:03.680 --> 0:05:05.520 point out what you did wrong. 0:05:05.640 --> 0:05:05.960 There. 0:05:06.360 --> 0:05:08.520 I think that a lot of times in our society 0:05:08.960 --> 0:05:12.000 what makes us very very cruel, And I would say 0:05:12.000 --> 0:05:16.719 irresponsible is when we use any little thing as a 0:05:16.880 --> 0:05:20.320 means to character assassinate somebody. You make a mistake, and 0:05:20.640 --> 0:05:22.640 that's who you are. You make a mistake, that's who 0:05:22.680 --> 0:05:24.720 you are. Know it isn't it's what you did in 0:05:24.760 --> 0:05:28.600 this particular instance. So what you made that mistake, somebody 0:05:28.640 --> 0:05:31.279 points it out. Tomorrow, do you do something good, and 0:05:31.320 --> 0:05:33.680 we'll point that out. And that's what I try to 0:05:33.720 --> 0:05:36.600 do because as a journalist, as a personality, as somebody 0:05:36.600 --> 0:05:40.240 that's been in media for the last thirty years, I 0:05:40.279 --> 0:05:42.320 know the responsibility that I have and one of the 0:05:42.360 --> 0:05:45.320 biggest responsibilities that I have is to be fair and 0:05:45.360 --> 0:05:48.279 to make sure that what you do and your worst 0:05:48.279 --> 0:05:51.719 possible moment doesn't define who you are. And a lot 0:05:51.720 --> 0:05:54.720 of times you have people, particularly in the world of politics, well, 0:05:55.040 --> 0:05:58.080 if you're black and you're talking about somebody that's a Republican, 0:05:58.320 --> 0:06:00.960 well they must be a racist. No they're not. That's wrong. 0:06:01.120 --> 0:06:03.520 Don't do that. You know you disagree with them when 0:06:03.600 --> 0:06:05.560 this issue attack that issue. 0:06:05.600 --> 0:06:08.240 Well, now, if there's a there's no nuance you're there's 0:06:08.279 --> 0:06:08.960 a body of. 0:06:08.960 --> 0:06:12.480 Work that is indicative of what you are, then that's different. 0:06:12.839 --> 0:06:15.000 But on a case by case basis, and the same 0:06:15.080 --> 0:06:17.320 thing with you know on the liberal side. You know 0:06:17.360 --> 0:06:20.680 when conservatives say certain things, I'm not about that. It's 0:06:20.720 --> 0:06:23.599 about Okay, today, this is what the story is. Tomorrow 0:06:23.640 --> 0:06:25.240 it might be something else. Next week it might be 0:06:25.240 --> 0:06:27.480 something else. Let's go on a case by case basis 0:06:27.520 --> 0:06:29.720 because we can all. I think we all find out 0:06:29.760 --> 0:06:33.360 we got common ground and we'll get far more of 0:06:33.440 --> 0:06:36.560 us would get along than people realize. I truly believe that. 0:06:36.920 --> 0:06:37.120 Right. 0:06:37.320 --> 0:06:41.120 Three final things Olympics. First, the twenty twenty four basketball team. 0:06:41.160 --> 0:06:43.479 Do you feel like they did what they went out 0:06:43.520 --> 0:06:45.800 to do? Serbia game is obviously pretty close? Did you 0:06:45.800 --> 0:06:48.280 expect there to be close games? And then secondly, what's 0:06:48.520 --> 0:06:50.360 who's the twenty twenty eighteen. 0:06:50.520 --> 0:06:54.159 I expected the games to be relatively close. I didn't 0:06:54.200 --> 0:06:55.880 expect it to be the nail biden that it was 0:06:55.920 --> 0:06:59.720 against Serbia. I didn't expect them to struggle against France 0:06:59.800 --> 0:07:02.920 to way that they did. And then Steph Curry exploded 0:07:02.960 --> 0:07:05.240 in both games. I expected Steph Curry to look better 0:07:05.440 --> 0:07:08.120 rian to the semifinals in a gold medal game, but 0:07:08.160 --> 0:07:10.920 that didn't happen. I expected Jason Tatum to play more 0:07:11.320 --> 0:07:14.200 that didn't happen. There were a couple of things that 0:07:14.240 --> 0:07:17.440 you could look at, but overall bottom line is USA 0:07:17.560 --> 0:07:19.360 went to France to win a gold medal, and they 0:07:19.400 --> 0:07:21.280 brought home the gold medal. So they did their thing. 0:07:21.560 --> 0:07:25.120 As it retains to twenty twenty eight. You won't see 0:07:25.200 --> 0:07:28.560 Lebron there. You probably won't see KD there, you won't 0:07:28.600 --> 0:07:32.520 see Steph there. But I do think you'll see Anthony Edwards. 0:07:32.760 --> 0:07:36.160 I do think you'll see Tatum. I think yeah, because 0:07:36.160 --> 0:07:38.360 I don't think Steve curR be coaching in twenty twenty eight. 0:07:38.400 --> 0:07:40.080 I don't think he'd be coaching the team. I don't 0:07:40.080 --> 0:07:42.680 think Jason Tatum is going to if Steve Curr's coaching, 0:07:43.120 --> 0:07:45.120 and I wouldn't blame him after that experience to be 0:07:45.200 --> 0:07:48.160 quite interested, because I don't listen. Steve Kerr is one 0:07:48.160 --> 0:07:50.760 of the great great coaches this game has ever seen. 0:07:51.360 --> 0:07:53.840 But there's no excuse in hell that you can walk 0:07:53.920 --> 0:07:57.960 up to Jason Tatum before a game and say, I 0:07:58.000 --> 0:08:00.000 might I might not have time to play you today. 0:08:00.200 --> 0:08:01.680 He is one of the greatest players in the world 0:08:01.680 --> 0:08:04.520 and a reigning defending NBA champion who's been a first 0:08:04.520 --> 0:08:06.880 team All NBA player. The last three years. And by 0:08:06.960 --> 0:08:09.800 the way, two guys and Drew Holliday and Derek White 0:08:09.840 --> 0:08:12.120 who deferred to him for eighty two games during the 0:08:12.120 --> 0:08:14.920 regular season. In the postseason, you finding Tom for them, 0:08:14.920 --> 0:08:17.680 but not him. Jason Tatum could play four different positions 0:08:17.720 --> 0:08:20.520 on the basketball court. How do you excuse not finding 0:08:20.520 --> 0:08:22.760 Tom for him? And that's why he looks so bad 0:08:23.120 --> 0:08:25.280 when you did put him in because he never knew 0:08:25.280 --> 0:08:27.320 when he was gonna play, and he couldn't catch any 0:08:27.400 --> 0:08:29.560 rhythm or anything like that. So I look at it 0:08:29.560 --> 0:08:31.480 from that standpoint, but it is what it is. At 0:08:31.480 --> 0:08:32.719 the end of the day, they came home with the 0:08:32.760 --> 0:08:33.880 golden That's what matters most. 0:08:34.080 --> 0:08:35.040 Last question is Steven A. 0:08:35.120 --> 0:08:35.440 Smith. 0:08:35.480 --> 0:08:38.040 You talk about getting along and all of us getting along. 0:08:38.240 --> 0:08:40.040 I want to talk about my Dallas Cowboys. 0:08:42.760 --> 0:08:43.679 I want truth. 0:08:44.200 --> 0:08:45.559 I want the truth, Stephen A. 0:08:45.679 --> 0:08:46.000 Smith. 0:08:46.120 --> 0:08:49.400 I want the real, honest opinion of my Dallas Cowboys. 0:08:49.559 --> 0:08:50.080 This season. 0:08:50.160 --> 0:08:51.280 They're gonna suck this year. 0:08:53.559 --> 0:08:55.439 I don't think they're gonna I think they're gonna have 0:08:55.480 --> 0:08:58.040 a tough time making the playoffs. And I think even 0:08:58.080 --> 0:08:59.760 if they do make the playoffs, they gonna go home 0:08:59.760 --> 0:09:03.200 ear like they always do. You got Mike McCarthy there. 0:09:03.240 --> 0:09:05.240 I think this will probably be his last year coaching. 0:09:05.760 --> 0:09:07.800 It would is surprised I think that Dak Prescott is 0:09:07.840 --> 0:09:10.440 gonna get resigned. I don't think he deserves sixty million. 0:09:10.679 --> 0:09:12.680 I don't think when you've been a quarterback for eight 0:09:12.760 --> 0:09:14.920 years and you got two playoff victories to show for it, 0:09:14.960 --> 0:09:17.760 that you deserve sixty million dollars. I just don't believe that. 0:09:18.000 --> 0:09:20.920 I'm talking about sixty million per year. I don't believe that. 0:09:21.080 --> 0:09:23.280 But Jerry Jones will probably end up having to pay 0:09:23.360 --> 0:09:25.520 him anyway. And I think that in a hard cap 0:09:25.600 --> 0:09:28.560 league that is the National Football League, I think one 0:09:28.600 --> 0:09:31.439 of the changes that needs to take place is that 0:09:31.480 --> 0:09:36.240 we need to find see NFL teams become more sticklers 0:09:36.240 --> 0:09:39.120 for giving quarterbacks this kind of money because the money 0:09:39.120 --> 0:09:41.360 that you give them court you and prevents you from 0:09:41.360 --> 0:09:44.600 giving others money. And there's other people that deserve some 0:09:44.679 --> 0:09:47.599 of that cash. You know, listen to quarterback is the 0:09:47.640 --> 0:09:50.240 most important position. But the caveat that we've got to 0:09:50.240 --> 0:09:52.760 add to it is that if you produce, if you 0:09:52.800 --> 0:09:56.440 don't listen, there's a lot of quarterbacks that can get 0:09:56.480 --> 0:09:59.160 half of Dak Prescott's dollars and still win two playoff 0:09:59.160 --> 0:10:01.880 games in eight years. And so I look at it 0:10:01.880 --> 0:10:05.160 from that standpoint, and I'm about production. You got to 0:10:05.200 --> 0:10:07.040 be able to produce and get it done. And if 0:10:07.080 --> 0:10:08.800 you don't get it done, I'm not saying you deserve 0:10:08.840 --> 0:10:10.959 to be broke. I'm not saying that you don't deserve 0:10:11.000 --> 0:10:12.720 to be in the league. I'm not saying you don't 0:10:12.720 --> 0:10:14.960 deserve to be paid. But we don't need to be 0:10:15.000 --> 0:10:18.200 spending that an ordinate amount of money on quarterbacks that 0:10:18.320 --> 0:10:21.400 don't know how to win in January. We don't need 0:10:21.440 --> 0:10:21.920 to be doing that. 0:10:22.240 --> 0:10:24.320 It's like it's like the paulpe they're cheering out there 0:10:24.320 --> 0:10:24.800 all right here. 0:10:24.800 --> 0:10:26.760 That Steven A. Smith Show on iHeartRadio. 0:10:27.000 --> 0:10:29.880 Also the by the way, Congress New York has bestseller Thanks, 0:10:29.720 --> 0:10:32.280 It's a A plus, A memoir, Straight Shooter, I memboir 0:10:32.280 --> 0:10:34.839 of Second Chances, the first six Big Fan, Appreciate you 0:10:34.920 --> 0:10:36.400 doing appreciated else? 0:10:36.440 --> 0:10:39.360 Steven A. Smith, Everybody, all right? 0:10:39.360 --> 0:10:42.079 The cool thing about to pick six is the payouts. 0:10:42.840 --> 0:10:45.599 Like you've picked between two and six players, right, So 0:10:45.679 --> 0:10:49.480 let's say you pick three players and each player you're 0:10:49.480 --> 0:10:52.040 picking you go over or under a specific stat and 0:10:52.040 --> 0:10:54.520 that stat can be touchdowns or catches, or you'll be like, 0:10:54.559 --> 0:10:57.200 I Betty goes over eight catches this game, Well that's 0:10:57.240 --> 0:10:59.040 a lot of catches. 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He's one of the biggest faces of ESPN 0:12:07.520 --> 0:12:10.640 now when it comes to NFL analysis and big thanks 0:12:10.640 --> 0:12:10.960 to Ryan. 0:12:11.080 --> 0:12:11.400 Coming on. 0:12:11.600 --> 0:12:15.280 Here is Ryan Clark too, too. 0:12:15.240 --> 0:12:16.720 Too, Ryan yours? 0:12:17.160 --> 0:12:17.720 Can I sing? 0:12:17.880 --> 0:12:18.120 Yeah? 0:12:18.400 --> 0:12:19.040 You want me to say? 0:12:19.120 --> 0:12:21.080 The question is can you like? Will you? 0:12:21.120 --> 0:12:22.840 But I absolutely cannot? 0:12:23.040 --> 0:12:24.880 But I will, Okay, Ryan? 0:12:24.920 --> 0:12:26.440 I did have a question about that though. 0:12:27.440 --> 0:12:30.319 What's the one song you know every word too? 0:12:31.679 --> 0:12:34.440 I know every word to a lot of songs, but 0:12:34.520 --> 0:12:38.360 my go to karaoke is the Cheers theme song? 0:12:39.720 --> 0:12:42.480 Wa who karaoke? Who even has that in the machine? 0:12:42.679 --> 0:12:45.280 I don't think I don't. I actually don't think people do. 0:12:45.400 --> 0:12:46.199 I just know about heart. 0:12:46.240 --> 0:12:48.880 You just go singing a cappella listen. 0:12:49.000 --> 0:12:51.640 I can't saying no way, So it don't matter if 0:12:51.679 --> 0:12:55.119 they got their music or not, but it does it makes. 0:12:54.880 --> 0:12:56.040 People feel welcome. 0:12:56.040 --> 0:12:56.920 I agree with that. 0:12:57.679 --> 0:12:59.840 Yeah, it was just that's like you know, you say 0:13:00.200 --> 0:13:02.280 karaoke song, I get up and sing Yankee Doodle and 0:13:02.320 --> 0:13:05.280 you're like, that's in karaoke, like anybody knows it, but 0:13:05.520 --> 0:13:05.720 you know. 0:13:05.880 --> 0:13:07.800 But right, so what's the key to karaoke? 0:13:08.200 --> 0:13:11.280 Have a singing but singing a song that at some 0:13:11.440 --> 0:13:15.120 point everyone can join in or people of our era, 0:13:15.320 --> 0:13:18.600 the young kids obviously they don't, but anybody our age. 0:13:18.960 --> 0:13:23.320 Once you get to where everybody knows, everybody knows that 0:13:23.400 --> 0:13:25.320 part and they sing with you, and now you don't 0:13:25.360 --> 0:13:27.000 sound as terrible as. 0:13:26.840 --> 0:13:28.960 You did, bef when they sing with you. You don't 0:13:28.960 --> 0:13:29.880 sound as terrible when. 0:13:29.760 --> 0:13:31.520 They sing with you when you're singing by yourself. 0:13:31.520 --> 0:13:34.439 You still okay, let me ask you about people thinking 0:13:34.480 --> 0:13:37.720 you are suck or are awesome? Okay, Now that you 0:13:37.800 --> 0:13:41.839 are having opinions publicly a lot of the time of media, right, 0:13:41.840 --> 0:13:44.000 you have a lot to say. That's different because if 0:13:44.000 --> 0:13:45.559 people don't agree, but you can go viral for many 0:13:45.559 --> 0:13:48.200 reasons now but based on your opinions, Yeah, different than 0:13:48.240 --> 0:13:51.800 when you played, especially how because when you played well, 0:13:51.840 --> 0:13:55.720 social media wasn't as in your face. Yeah, but now 0:13:55.720 --> 0:13:57.720 if you say something that you have a hot take 0:13:58.120 --> 0:14:00.160 that people will let you know, how is that Ben 0:14:00.240 --> 0:14:02.199 Haws that adjustment been to everybody having a voice. 0:14:02.320 --> 0:14:06.600 You know what, I think everybody having a voice is cool. 0:14:06.679 --> 0:14:10.760 I mean, I think that's what our country wants and 0:14:10.840 --> 0:14:14.959 wants to give people the ability to have. And also 0:14:15.120 --> 0:14:17.880 it's also something I think if people are entitled to 0:14:18.280 --> 0:14:20.960 based on our freedoms and rights. Now, as far as 0:14:21.000 --> 0:14:25.560 the criticism, the criticism is something you allow. If I 0:14:25.600 --> 0:14:28.000 don't want people to hear me, I could just shut 0:14:28.040 --> 0:14:29.040 the hell up or block them. 0:14:29.960 --> 0:14:31.920 But it's not even that right because here's the thing. 0:14:32.000 --> 0:14:35.360 Because of my jobs, I'm gonna talk, right, I'm gonna 0:14:35.360 --> 0:14:37.960 answer questions, like my job is to get my opinion. 0:14:38.240 --> 0:14:40.240 It's a lot of times I'm not the one. 0:14:40.280 --> 0:14:43.000 Putting it out there on social media, or I don't 0:14:43.040 --> 0:14:45.120 expect it to be on social media, and somebody that 0:14:45.200 --> 0:14:48.040 doesn't like it or that likes it clips it like 0:14:48.080 --> 0:14:49.880 it is what it is. The biggest part is being 0:14:49.880 --> 0:14:53.480 authentic to yourself, Like you can't tell me something about 0:14:53.480 --> 0:14:56.760 me that's true that I don't know, right, you can't 0:14:56.800 --> 0:14:59.240 tell me that I think this or feel this if 0:14:59.280 --> 0:15:02.080 I don't, and so to me, the opinions of the 0:15:02.120 --> 0:15:05.120 people who are outside who hear what I say or 0:15:05.120 --> 0:15:07.520 see me do something. They don't really matter to me 0:15:07.720 --> 0:15:10.480 because I'm only doing or saying what I want to do. 0:15:10.520 --> 0:15:13.720 Anyway, Yeah, I just block them. That's really good. I 0:15:13.840 --> 0:15:15.480 like what you say. It's a lot of integrity in 0:15:15.520 --> 0:15:17.640 that You're strong. I just block them. 0:15:17.680 --> 0:15:22.360 I only block people to protect them from me. 0:15:22.960 --> 0:15:26.280 Oh like, so if somebody says something to me that 0:15:26.400 --> 0:15:29.520 makes me want to be too honest with them, right, 0:15:29.520 --> 0:15:31.080 because like I'm sort of like, I just want to 0:15:31.080 --> 0:15:34.200 go look at your profile pick or I want to 0:15:34.240 --> 0:15:36.160 go look at the other things you tweet. 0:15:36.520 --> 0:15:37.160 You know what I'm saying. 0:15:37.200 --> 0:15:42.040 It's like you, if you have any deficiencies that are 0:15:42.160 --> 0:15:45.520 visible through your words or your profile picture, I'm. 0:15:45.360 --> 0:15:47.280 Gonna kill you now I'm talking. 0:15:47.520 --> 0:15:51.440 And so I've gotten to the point now though, where 0:15:51.480 --> 0:15:53.640 that's bullying, right or. 0:15:53.520 --> 0:15:54.480 I'm punching down. 0:15:54.600 --> 0:15:57.000 And so if I get that feeling like I want 0:15:57.040 --> 0:15:59.120 to flame you, those are the people I block. 0:16:00.400 --> 0:16:05.480 Opinions on Let's go number one the Dallas Cowboys this season. 0:16:05.480 --> 0:16:06.240 Oh they're gonna suck. 0:16:08.720 --> 0:16:12.520 Yeah, I mean, why why this time? 0:16:12.880 --> 0:16:15.240 But the thing is, though, so here's what's funny. 0:16:15.480 --> 0:16:18.600 The Dallas Cowboys have won twelve games the last three years, 0:16:19.120 --> 0:16:21.360 and no matter what we want to say about their 0:16:21.600 --> 0:16:26.240 playoff performances, the team hasn't sucked. The Dallas Cowboys haven't 0:16:26.280 --> 0:16:28.840 been a bad football team. At the end, there's a 0:16:28.880 --> 0:16:31.680 possibility this could be a bad football team. There's a 0:16:31.720 --> 0:16:35.280 possibility that this team won't make the playoffs, that teams 0:16:35.280 --> 0:16:38.080 like the Washington Commanders and New York Giants will be 0:16:38.120 --> 0:16:41.120 more on their level than they ever have been. Dak 0:16:41.160 --> 0:16:44.160 Prescott is talking about working on a deal. You lose 0:16:44.240 --> 0:16:47.120 dan Quinn, your defense coordinator, and your entire roster was 0:16:47.120 --> 0:16:50.200 built around what dan Quinn wants to do. You don't 0:16:50.240 --> 0:16:53.400 add another piece outside of Jake Ferguson. And so I 0:16:53.440 --> 0:16:58.160 do think you put this this squad who is either 0:16:58.440 --> 0:17:02.200 praised too highly they win or to me criticized too 0:17:02.240 --> 0:17:04.840 harshly when they lose. You put this team that's in 0:17:04.880 --> 0:17:08.000 the spotlight in a worse position because you haven't worked 0:17:08.000 --> 0:17:08.640 to make it better. 0:17:09.560 --> 0:17:12.800 Next up, Caleb Williams and what he is walking into 0:17:12.800 --> 0:17:14.080 in Chicago with that roster. 0:17:14.359 --> 0:17:18.520 The best position we've seen a rookie quarterback or number 0:17:18.560 --> 0:17:21.240 one overall pick walk into in the history of football, 0:17:22.359 --> 0:17:24.560 I think the only thing close to it would probably 0:17:24.560 --> 0:17:27.840 be Andrew Luck and that's because Peyton Manning was hurt 0:17:27.880 --> 0:17:29.800 the year before, which gave them that pick. 0:17:30.080 --> 0:17:33.040 We have to remember Chicago used Carolina's pick. 0:17:33.240 --> 0:17:36.000 Who could really use another number one pick to get 0:17:36.000 --> 0:17:38.600 the number one overall pick after playing better toward the 0:17:38.680 --> 0:17:41.520 end of the season building around him in the offseason. 0:17:42.000 --> 0:17:44.760 As far as GM Ryan Poles and his vision for 0:17:44.840 --> 0:17:49.600 some of the skilled players Keenan Allen, DJ Moore, DeAndre Swift, 0:17:50.160 --> 0:17:53.320 Roma Dunze, drafted Cole Comet at the tight end position, 0:17:53.520 --> 0:17:54.800 I think he has an opportunity to. 0:17:54.760 --> 0:17:55.560 Have a really good year. 0:17:55.920 --> 0:17:58.960 Any chance that JJ McCarthy injury could actually be a 0:17:59.000 --> 0:18:00.480 blessing in disguise. 0:18:03.680 --> 0:18:05.480 I mean, I think there's a chance we could see 0:18:05.480 --> 0:18:09.000 it that way, but I don't know if it is right. Like, 0:18:09.480 --> 0:18:13.560 if JJ McCarthy is really good year two on, are 0:18:13.600 --> 0:18:15.840 we gonna sit here and say he's really good because 0:18:15.840 --> 0:18:19.200 he didn't play last year? Or is the optimist and 0:18:19.240 --> 0:18:21.359