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Speaker 1: these teams decades ago, fifties, the sixties, they do struggle

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Speaker 1: with the current valuations of everything because they don't operate

427
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Speaker 1: like that. Look at the Jets and the Giants when

428
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Speaker 1: it comes to their turf. Can you imagine paying players

429
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Speaker 1: hundreds of millions of dollars and go, yeah, we're not

430
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Speaker 1: on the best turf, or we don't take care of

431
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Speaker 1: our grass. We let someone else play on it the

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Speaker 1: day before. It's like, you know what happens when a

433
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Speaker 1: major comes to your golf course, They shut down play

434
00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:48,359
Speaker 1: a couple weeks before I play. Where waste management is

435
00:22:48,359 --> 00:22:50,720
Speaker 1: guess what? They kick us off the course ten days

436
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Speaker 1: before the tournament starts. Why to get the course ready

437
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Speaker 1: for the pros? So to have a college team play

438
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Speaker 1: on your field the day before, it's pretty insane and

439
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Speaker 1: it's simple, just a money grab. That can't be that

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Speaker 1: much money. So I just don't understand where we're still

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Speaker 1: at the point where we're talking about fields, grass or

442
00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:13,320
Speaker 1: turf when it comes to these NFL teams, but we

443
00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:18,800
Speaker 1: constantly are every single week. It's nuts. I mean, it

444
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Speaker 1: really is. I just don't comprehend it. But it clearly

445
00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:25,440
Speaker 1: is not going away because at their soul that that

446
00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:29,080
Speaker 1: that frugal nature does not change regardless of the money

447
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Speaker 1: flowing in. And last, but not least, I I took

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Speaker 1: a gummy last night for the first time, probably like

449
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Speaker 1: I don't know a year, maybe not quite a year,

450
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Speaker 1: maybe like eight nine months, and it was like this

451
00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:43,359
Speaker 1: saying this new sponsor, we got to send me some

452
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Speaker 1: of the stuff, and it hit me. I didn't quite look.

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Speaker 1: I thought it was CBD. It was actually THHC. And

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Speaker 1: I was floating watching the Dodger game, and I was

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Speaker 1: just thinking that it's pretty unfair what they've done, how

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Speaker 1: good they are, And you know the thing, I got

457
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Speaker 1: a lot of techs when it came to you know,

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Speaker 1: I know a lot of Giants fans and they don't

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Speaker 1: want to see the Dodgers, who I think we all

460
00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:10,119
Speaker 1: have come to grips with if they're gonna pitch like this,

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00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:13,919
Speaker 1: they are gonna walk to a World Series championship. And

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00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:17,639
Speaker 1: they're rolling out last night Otani's buddy from Japan that

463
00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:19,960
Speaker 1: goes a complete game that they paid three hundred and

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Speaker 1: fifty million dollars too. They got Blake Stelle, who they

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Speaker 1: paid a ton of money. They got Glass. Now they

466
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Speaker 1: have all these guys they paid a bunch of money,

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Speaker 1: and their business model is broken. And I don't blame

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Speaker 1: the Dodgers. I commend them right from making a lot

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Speaker 1: of money spending a lot of money. That's the whole point.

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Speaker 1: If you're a fan, like I want you to be

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Speaker 1: all in. But a lot of these franchises, and I

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Speaker 1: saw it forever, like with the Oakland A's, it's like,

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Speaker 1: why don't we spend more because the franchise doesn't make

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Speaker 1: any money? So just because the owner is rich from

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Speaker 1: other business endeavors, if he invested in this franchise, there's

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Speaker 1: no guarantees going to make the money back, and more

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Speaker 1: than likely he will not. So I think the one

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Speaker 1: thing football has and we should be and this is

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Speaker 1: you know, my mind is just racing. I' getting all

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Speaker 1: these thoughts, trying to balance you know, not be too

481
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Speaker 1: negative in my head and positive thoughts and writing down

482
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Speaker 1: things that are firing into my head about what I

483
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Speaker 1: want to talk about for the next couple of weeks

484
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Speaker 1: on the podcast and these football theories. Football really figured

485
00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:18,760
Speaker 1: it out is their ability to spread the wealth in

486
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Speaker 1: the partnership of the television revenue and the universal umbrella

487
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Speaker 1: that everyone financially benefits from the Steelers playing the Bengals,

488
00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:32,520
Speaker 1: the Airs on a Cardinals benefit, the Jacksonville Jaguars benefit,

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Speaker 1: the New York Giants benefit. We're in baseball. They're kind

490
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Speaker 1: of like independent operators that are combined as a league

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Speaker 1: in basketball somewhere in the middle right, because the Lakers

492
00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:46,840
Speaker 1: don't have much in common with the Memphis Grizzlies. Where

493
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Speaker 1: at the end of the day, the Cincinnati Bengals wanted

494
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Speaker 1: to give Joe Burrow three hundred million dollars, the gavehim

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Speaker 1: three hundred million dops. They wanted to give Jamar Chase

496
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Speaker 1: one hundred and fifty million dollars, the gave one hundred

497
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Speaker 1: and fifty million dops. That's just not the case in baseball.

498
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Speaker 1: And you're watching, like thee if they win a World

499
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Speaker 1: Series this year, They're gonna be the betting favorite again

500
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Speaker 1: next year. They're not going away, and they're just gonna

501
00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:08,920
Speaker 1: keep doubling down. Where in football, like what the Chiefs did.

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Speaker 1: Why it's so incredible them making five of the six

503
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Speaker 1: Super Bowls is that shouldn't be the case. Everyone's operating

504
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Speaker 1: with the same amount of draft picks, everyone's operating with

505
00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:19,160
Speaker 1: the same amount of cap space. You just choose how

506
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Speaker 1: you get to, you know, use those resources. The Dodgers

507
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Speaker 1: have the ability to have like five three hundred to

508
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Speaker 1: four hundred plus million dollar players. There's like a handful

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Speaker 1: of teams that don't have a payroll above like seventy

510
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Speaker 1: five million dollars, let alone the capability to sign one

511
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Speaker 1: of those players. So props to them for just putting

512
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Speaker 1: all their chips in the middle of the table and

513
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Speaker 1: utilizing all their assets. And I think football and this

514
00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:51,960
Speaker 1: is this is gonna be the question with college football

515
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Speaker 1: is how do we get everyone operating and rowing in

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Speaker 1: the same direction where the television deal for the SEC

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Speaker 1: and the Big Ten and the Big twelve, we're all

518
00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:04,679
Speaker 1: together and we're all sharing in these revenues. And the

519
00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:07,080
Speaker 1: hard part is that they're at the point where they've

520
00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:10,480
Speaker 1: been even though they've been in conferences, they've been independent

521
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Speaker 1: in the sense that Ohio Steco's were way more valuable

522
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Speaker 1: than Minnesota, let alone Rutgers. Well, yeah, the Cowboys are

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00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:20,719
Speaker 1: more valuable than the Jacks and are more valuable than

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals, just like the Packers generate more revenue than

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Speaker 1: you know, the Miami Dolphins for the league in primetime games.

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Speaker 1: But guess what when the television money gets distributed, they

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00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:35,280
Speaker 1: all get the same check in the mail. And that

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Speaker 1: is the strength of the NFL. And that's why I think,

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Speaker 1: you know, sports like baseball, which obviously the pace of

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Speaker 1: the sport unless you're stoned out of your mind on

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Speaker 1: the couch like myself, like this is incredible. It's slow.

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Speaker 1: And as someone that grew up loving baseball, I don't

533
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Speaker 1: think I watched nine innings all regular season. I've watched.

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Speaker 1: I watched a decent amount of the Dodger playoff games

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Speaker 1: just because listen, I'm supposed to hate them, but I

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Speaker 1: mean Otani, who looks like crap right now, It's just

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Speaker 1: I mean, these incredible. I freaking love Mookie Bets and

538
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Speaker 1: I'm old school. I like watching a picture. Just go

539
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Speaker 1: seven eight nine innings in a playoff game and just

540
00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:13,600
Speaker 1: shove it right down your throat like that was badass

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Speaker 1: to watch last night. And yeah, just I just pays

542
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Speaker 1: me to say this, but I think the Dodgers are

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Speaker 1: gonna win a world series. Okay, let's go mail bag

544
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Speaker 1: at John Middlecoff at John Middlecoff is the Instagram fire

545
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Speaker 1: in those DMS questions answered here on this little old podcast.

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Speaker 1: We will start with I actually a bunch of people

547
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Speaker 1: forward me this and I saw it online. Is Kyle

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00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:56,280
Speaker 1: Shanahan did the injury report today and it took thirty

549
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Speaker 1: two seconds and he took six breasts. So it just

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Speaker 1: shows you the forty nine ers they've never had, never

551
00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:06,840
Speaker 1: been anything quite like that. Here's the question from Eric,

552
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Speaker 1: how terrible with the forty nine Ers offensive line? Oh,

553
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Speaker 1: with how terrible the forty nine Ers offensive line has been.

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Speaker 1: Do you think Kyle Shanahan will change his philosophy on

555
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Speaker 1: being able to scheme around a bad line? I really don't.

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Speaker 1: I think his organizational philosophy is skill guys over guys

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Speaker 1: up front. Obviously, if he get a start left tackle,

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Speaker 1: he'll do that, but he doesn't value those guys over

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Speaker 1: skill guys. He's admitted it. His offensive line coach has

560
00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:44,160
Speaker 1: admitted it. They value wide receivers, tight ends, running backs,

561
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Speaker 1: guys that could impact with the ball in their hand

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Speaker 1: more than offensive lineman, which to me is insane. It's

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Speaker 1: harder to find good offensive line, especially now more than ever.

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Speaker 1: But is Kyle Shanahan going to change his philosophy? At

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Speaker 1: the end of the day, he's the boss, right, so

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Speaker 1: John Lynch they answered him like he's in control and

567
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Speaker 1: what he wants to do. You know, as my dad said,

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Speaker 1: when you start paying the mortgage, I'll listen to you.

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Speaker 1: So I'm gonna use that on my chriw too, And

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Speaker 1: he's right. So it's like, I don't think Kyle's gonna change,

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Speaker 1: not at this point in time. Even though the Ravens

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Speaker 1: are one and five and the defense has been abysmal,

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Speaker 1: I still hope they can make the playoffs. The Bengals

574
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Speaker 1: and the Browns are terrible, and the Steelers haven't played anyone,

575
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Speaker 1: and I would bet a lot of money they start

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Speaker 1: losing when they play tougher teams. They will get Lamar

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Speaker 1: back after the bye and should be able to win

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Speaker 1: their next five games against the Bears, Dolphins, Vikings, Jets, Browns,

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Speaker 1: which would put them at six and five. The defense

580
00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:46,040
Speaker 1: is obviously a concern, but they get turned around last

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Speaker 1: year and only gave up seventeen points to the Rams

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Speaker 1: despite the offense being awful with Cooper Rush. I don't

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Speaker 1: think you guys, even if get healthier, obviously you get

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Speaker 1: Lamar back, you're not gonna lose every game. But I

585
00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:04,080
Speaker 1: can't just you're gonna look as abysmal as you've looked

586
00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:06,480
Speaker 1: with a bunch of injuries to just get Lamar back

587
00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:08,760
Speaker 1: and rattle off five victories. Like remember you lost a

588
00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:11,920
Speaker 1: lot of games with Lamar Jackson. Meta Bouquet is not

589
00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:16,080
Speaker 1: coming back. There's no replacing that individual. You've had other

590
00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:18,280
Speaker 1: injuries in your secondary. Now, like you said after the bibe,

591
00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:20,880
Speaker 1: maybe some guys get healthy, but you guys early on

592
00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:25,160
Speaker 1: were a little healthier and also losing. So you definitely

593
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Speaker 1: can just get back into the mix with a couple

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Speaker 1: of wins. But I cannot with a straight face go

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Speaker 1: five straight wins. I don't care who you're playing. You

596
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Speaker 1: have not shown now. Should you beat the Browns and

597
00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:42,320
Speaker 1: the Jets, Sure, but I don't know if here's a

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Speaker 1: lock to beat the Vikings or the Bears. You know

599
00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:50,240
Speaker 1: the Dolphins can score. The Dolphins just scored what twenty six? Well,

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Speaker 1: they lose twenty nine to twenty six against Chargers twenty

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Speaker 1: six twenty three. I forget the punel. Yeah, I forget

602
00:31:57,680 --> 00:32:04,160
Speaker 1: the final score, but mayke a score. But again, I

603
00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:07,040
Speaker 1: wouldn't say your season there's some one in five teams

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00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:09,600
Speaker 1: or seasons over. Your season is not over, but you're

605
00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:14,280
Speaker 1: in major trouble in your margin for error. You can't

606
00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:17,760
Speaker 1: blow one of those games that you're gonna be favored in.

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Speaker 1: In my opinion, the Chargers are in stage two of

608
00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:24,000
Speaker 1: a process rather than stage ten. The building blocks of

609
00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:26,120
Speaker 1: the team is still young. There's a reason they didn't

610
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Speaker 1: go nuts and free agency in the last two years.

611
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Speaker 1: And are you still confident that Jim Harbaugh will win

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Speaker 1: a Super Bowl before he retires. Yes, I think Jim

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Speaker 1: Harbaugh and Justin Herbert will win a Super Bowl in

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Speaker 1: the next five years. I do believe that this year,

615
00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:43,840
Speaker 1: with some of the injuries, it's gonna be tough. But

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Speaker 1: I think they're farther along than two. But they're definitely

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Speaker 1: probably in the middle, not at ten. As a Packer

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Speaker 1: fan who lives in the metro Detroit area. I'm surrounded

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Speaker 1: by Lions fans who always seem to use the transitive

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00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:05,360
Speaker 1: property of equality. We're getting deep now when telling you

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Speaker 1: how bad your team is. Example, Green Bay lost to Cleveland,

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Speaker 1: and then the following week Detroit wins against Cleveland. Therefore

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Speaker 1: Detroit is better than the Packers. The NFL is one

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Speaker 1: league where there is where this theory is not applicable.

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Speaker 1: There are too many variables that can change on a

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Speaker 1: week to week basis. Do you use the transitive property

627
00:33:26,120 --> 00:33:30,680
Speaker 1: to compare teams? And I'm totally in agreement. One thing

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00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:35,840
Speaker 1: I've learned being around the NFL on any given Sunday,

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Speaker 1: That's what makes the sports so appealing is like, even

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00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:42,880
Speaker 1: when you're having a bad season, how often do does

631
00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:45,840
Speaker 1: like a four win team get a cool upset in December?

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00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:48,800
Speaker 1: It happens all the time. You're dealing with human beings.

633
00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:55,280
Speaker 1: It's very physical. Game plans can just be bad. Obviously, teams,

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Speaker 1: especially on like Monday night or Sunday night, if you

635
00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:01,680
Speaker 1: get primetime games, you're a bad team. Injuries play a

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00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:05,720
Speaker 1: huge part. It's very, very difficult to play that game

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00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:07,520
Speaker 1: in the sport. I would say the same thing for

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Speaker 1: college football. You know. The other thing is when you're

639
00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:16,360
Speaker 1: a good team, right Detroit, Green Bay obviously, the Chiefs,

640
00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:20,319
Speaker 1: the Ravens, any team that has sustained success, overwhelm. You're

641
00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:24,520
Speaker 1: getting everybody's best shot. Every single team is throwing the

642
00:34:24,600 --> 00:34:27,399
Speaker 1: kitchen sink at you. This year, the Eagles, every time

643
00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:30,239
Speaker 1: they play, what do you think they're saying all week

644
00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:33,600
Speaker 1: long talking about the defending champs. We're gonna take down

645
00:34:33,640 --> 00:34:38,000
Speaker 1: the defending champs. So there's a motivational you know factor

646
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Speaker 1: here A big fan of the show. I love when

647
00:34:40,560 --> 00:34:42,200
Speaker 1: you talk sports, but I like even more when you

648
00:34:42,239 --> 00:34:45,800
Speaker 1: talk about life. I'm twenty nine, single, make six figs

649
00:34:45,840 --> 00:34:50,120
Speaker 1: as a project manager, Studes living aerospace company in the US,

650
00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:51,839
Speaker 1: and part of me feels like a failure. But I'm

651
00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:54,359
Speaker 1: not married and don't have any kids. I know you're

652
00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:56,680
Speaker 1: recently married with a kid on the way, congrats, But

653
00:34:56,719 --> 00:34:58,520
Speaker 1: did any part of you feel like you were behind

654
00:34:58,560 --> 00:35:03,319
Speaker 1: in life in your thirties without a family. I would

655
00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:05,839
Speaker 1: say I have a lot of qualities that I wish

656
00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:09,080
Speaker 1: I could change about myself, and I'm envious of other people,

657
00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:11,000
Speaker 1: either in my life or that I see from afar

658
00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:14,040
Speaker 1: that I could add. I would say one quality I

659
00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:16,800
Speaker 1: always had and I still have this even with a family,

660
00:35:17,719 --> 00:35:23,919
Speaker 1: is I've never really compared my personal life professionally. You're

661
00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:27,799
Speaker 1: constantly gauging yourself against others, but I never really My

662
00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:30,600
Speaker 1: brother got married in twenty eighteen. He's five years younger

663
00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:32,560
Speaker 1: than me. He has a six year old and a

664
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Speaker 1: three year old. You know that, It honestly did not

665
00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:37,960
Speaker 1: bother me at all. Now part of it too, And

666
00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:41,600
Speaker 1: you sound like I don't live around my family, like

667
00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:44,080
Speaker 1: I moved away when I went to college. I never

668
00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:47,560
Speaker 1: came back. Obviously I've gone back, but I just meant like,

669
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Speaker 1: I don't live in where I grew up. I don't know.

670
00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:56,080
Speaker 1: I just that's just one quality that never fazed me.

671
00:35:56,560 --> 00:36:01,319
Speaker 1: I just was so tunnel vision on myself. And I'll

672
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Speaker 1: say this for anyone that does not have children that

673
00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:05,960
Speaker 1: are thinking about it. You sound like you're doing pretty

674
00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:09,319
Speaker 1: well at twenty nine, but to have a child, you

675
00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:15,160
Speaker 1: better have some financial wherewithal I would not have been

676
00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:17,200
Speaker 1: able to have a child at your age. I couldn't

677
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Speaker 1: have done it. So that part of it was that,

678
00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:22,160
Speaker 1: you know, for all throughout my twenties, then even my

679
00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:25,680
Speaker 1: early thirties, I knew that. Honestly, I wasn't even set

680
00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:29,680
Speaker 1: up to get married, you know, financially. I didn't feel stable,

681
00:36:29,840 --> 00:36:32,799
Speaker 1: like you're stable. Then. I was a huge believer, like

682
00:36:33,520 --> 00:36:37,400
Speaker 1: some stuff's out of your control in life, you know, professionally, personally.

683
00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:40,880
Speaker 1: And I've always like when you try and you push

684
00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:44,879
Speaker 1: and you want something so bad, typically the universe gives

685
00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:47,960
Speaker 1: you the opposite, and it's hard. We're all human beings.

686
00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:51,239
Speaker 1: You're twenty nine years old, man, you got a great job,

687
00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:56,120
Speaker 1: You're making some coin. You'll be fine, You'll age well.

688
00:36:56,520 --> 00:36:59,400
Speaker 1: Typically men in your situation do so, you know, just

689
00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:04,040
Speaker 1: hit the gym, stay good looking, and you'll be all right.

690
00:37:05,880 --> 00:37:07,760
Speaker 1: Have you listened to a recent episode where a Broncos

691
00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:10,160
Speaker 1: fan seem frustrated with the NFL London game. I'm curious

692
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Speaker 1: to know whether you think there would be a point

693
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Speaker 1: at which fans from the US would actively protest the

694
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Speaker 1: expansion of international games, whether the league would even care.

695
00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:22,000
Speaker 1: As a Manchester United fan, I could not imagine the

696
00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:24,840
Speaker 1: league a League game being played in the US or

697
00:37:24,880 --> 00:37:29,359
Speaker 1: anywhere located abroad. I'm also interested in your thoughts on

698
00:37:29,520 --> 00:37:34,360
Speaker 1: how many gms, how many quarterbacks gms across the league?

699
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Speaker 1: Would you draft ahead of how many quarterbacks gms missing

700
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Speaker 1: period or Comma, I see what you're saying. Would take

701
00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:45,600
Speaker 1: Drake May? Do you think he has a special talent

702
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Speaker 1: or does this run remind you sort of like a

703
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Speaker 1: Jordan Love before he got paid. I don't think the

704
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Speaker 1: league gives one. You know what fans think about these

705
00:37:55,719 --> 00:37:58,880
Speaker 1: international games? All they care about television product and if

706
00:37:58,920 --> 00:38:01,160
Speaker 1: people are watching these more games, which I don't know,

707
00:38:01,160 --> 00:38:03,279
Speaker 1: I haven't even seen the ratings on them. I'm sure

708
00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:06,680
Speaker 1: they're not doing bad. They're not gonna stop, and I

709
00:38:06,680 --> 00:38:08,600
Speaker 1: think they plan on selling the package to make the

710
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Speaker 1: owners and players more money. And that's what I expect

711
00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:17,799
Speaker 1: to happen. So I hear you actively boycott, it's just

712
00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:21,000
Speaker 1: not gonna it won't have any factor. Uh what you

713
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Speaker 1: said about Drake May, I've been pretty impressed. I mean,

714
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Speaker 1: he looks pretty good. Schedule shitty, but the talent on

715
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Speaker 1: US team's not great. I think part of watching him,

716
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Speaker 1: part of watching Caleb the other night or Jayden Daniels,

717
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Speaker 1: is like it's it's pretty like the physical characteristics, it's

718
00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:41,280
Speaker 1: pretty evident, you know, Caleb, it was it was clear early,

719
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Speaker 1: like this guy can really move, He's got a huge arm.

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Speaker 1: Then it's about playing winning football, making winning plays, making

721
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Speaker 1: smart plays. One of the best plays of Caleb's career

722
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Speaker 1: is on that scramble late in that game when he

723
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Speaker 1: hit the ground like that was really impressive. How many

724
00:38:53,440 --> 00:38:55,719
Speaker 1: guys brain fart and run out of bounce happens all

725
00:38:55,760 --> 00:39:00,799
Speaker 1: the time? So what game was I was ole miss

726
00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:03,360
Speaker 1: earlier this season his quarterback did that, ran out of

727
00:39:03,400 --> 00:39:07,560
Speaker 1: bounce and Lane almost had a conniption. But you know,

728
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Speaker 1: part of playing winning football is more than just throwing

729
00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:15,120
Speaker 1: a deep bomb. It's about making smart plays. You know

730
00:39:15,239 --> 00:39:18,520
Speaker 1: what did Bobby and I say? Dumb loses more games

731
00:39:18,560 --> 00:39:23,759
Speaker 1: than smart wins. You know, obviously the spectacular plays, the

732
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Speaker 1: scrambling to your right, throwing the ball deep is impressive.

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Speaker 1: But he seems like he's got a chance to be

734
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Speaker 1: the total package. And uh Rabel won a lot of

735
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Speaker 1: games with Ryan Tannehill. Ryan Tannehill is not as good

736
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Speaker 1: as this guy, or at least this guy has the

737
00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:43,960
Speaker 1: opportunity to be way better than Ryan Tannehill. And it

738
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Speaker 1: does feel like Josh is kind of fine in his

739
00:39:45,640 --> 00:39:48,000
Speaker 1: stride with Drake. I'd be pretty fired up. If I

740
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Speaker 1: was a Patriot, I think he'd go pretty high. I

741
00:39:50,600 --> 00:39:54,000
Speaker 1: think he'd go you know, not factoring in if you

742
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Speaker 1: factored in age, you know, Mahomes would, Josh Allen, Lamar

743
00:39:57,920 --> 00:39:59,960
Speaker 1: would still all go one, two, three in some order.

744
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Speaker 1: I think Burrow's major curveball. Now with the injuries, he

745
00:40:03,239 --> 00:40:06,320
Speaker 1: might not go as high. Herbert would go really really high.

746
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Speaker 1: Then I think it would be up for debate. And

747
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Speaker 1: you know the Jade Daniels, Drake may c J. Stroud

748
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Speaker 1: a couple of years ago, you say would have been

749
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Speaker 1: a lock. You know, I'd have to text around, you know,

750
00:40:16,719 --> 00:40:18,480
Speaker 1: the vibe on him. It's not all his fault, but

751
00:40:18,760 --> 00:40:20,760
Speaker 1: he hasn't played as well as I think the hype,

752
00:40:20,880 --> 00:40:23,600
Speaker 1: so I mean, things change. Like I said this the

753
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Speaker 1: other day, like I don't litigate Patrick Mahomes on a

754
00:40:26,640 --> 00:40:29,080
Speaker 1: weekly basis, People like why aren't you? Why are we

755
00:40:29,160 --> 00:40:33,040
Speaker 1: going nuts on Josh Allen because he's an elite. You know,

756
00:40:33,719 --> 00:40:35,359
Speaker 1: I said this the other day, and I'm gonna hammer

757
00:40:35,480 --> 00:40:38,839
Speaker 1: this every day this year, like we don't, you know,

758
00:40:38,960 --> 00:40:42,120
Speaker 1: try to determine the guy's season based on one week.

759
00:40:42,160 --> 00:40:45,440
Speaker 1: When you're Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson. Now we nitpicked

760
00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:47,480
Speaker 1: them harder in the playoffs and stuff, but like on

761
00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:50,040
Speaker 1: a weekly basis, it's like, why doesn't he get the

762
00:40:50,080 --> 00:40:54,080
Speaker 1: same smoke that Tua gets? Did you hear what you

763
00:40:54,120 --> 00:40:57,200
Speaker 1: just came out of your mouth? Got a mail bag

764
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Speaker 1: question for you? As in the brat that's good guy.

765
00:41:00,920 --> 00:41:03,960
Speaker 1: What do you think about Rule to Penn State? Personally?

766
00:41:04,080 --> 00:41:06,960
Speaker 1: I think Rule is extremely overrated and hasn't won anything

767
00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:09,840
Speaker 1: and would be happy to see him move on outside

768
00:41:09,840 --> 00:41:12,319
Speaker 1: of his relationship with the Penn State AD. Don't see

769
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Speaker 1: how you could sell that to their fan base. You know,

770
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Speaker 1: I think part of like I played there, it means

771
00:41:21,560 --> 00:41:26,440
Speaker 1: a lot to me, I think that's overblown. In twenty

772
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Speaker 1: twenty five, I mean, these guys are making eight, nine,

773
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Speaker 1: ten million dollars. You know. Mario Christobal I'm pretty sure

774
00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:34,040
Speaker 1: grew up in the area, played there, and then they

775
00:41:34,080 --> 00:41:37,920
Speaker 1: offered him an unlimited amount of money and the conference.

776
00:41:38,920 --> 00:41:41,160
Speaker 1: It was a much easier path at Miami than it

777
00:41:41,160 --> 00:41:42,799
Speaker 1: ever was going to be an organ so there were

778
00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:46,440
Speaker 1: more variables than just like Miami's home, which obviously meant something.

779
00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:49,160
Speaker 1: But I think when you look at Matt Rule, yeah,

780
00:41:49,160 --> 00:41:53,920
Speaker 1: he played there in the early nineties, like the modern

781
00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:57,399
Speaker 1: day cell phone didn't exist, the Internet, nobody had it,

782
00:41:57,920 --> 00:42:01,439
Speaker 1: so to say, like, I just think I think that's

783
00:42:01,600 --> 00:42:06,080
Speaker 1: overblown sometimes And in twenty twenty six, for the next

784
00:42:06,080 --> 00:42:10,600
Speaker 1: five years, the only thing that matters are nil ability,

785
00:42:10,600 --> 00:42:13,279
Speaker 1: to recruit ability to pay coaches. If he gets a

786
00:42:13,360 --> 00:42:16,800
Speaker 1: huge advantage at Penn State, then he should be very interested.

787
00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:19,279
Speaker 1: If there's not a big advantage for him to go,

788
00:42:19,440 --> 00:42:21,560
Speaker 1: and he's comfortable at Nebraska and the ad likes him,

789
00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:23,520
Speaker 1: and he's I mean, he's got a chance to win

790
00:42:23,560 --> 00:42:26,120
Speaker 1: ten games this year at Nebraska, which would be incredible,

791
00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:32,160
Speaker 1: you just stay. But all my friends that in the

792
00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:36,120
Speaker 1: scouting business loved Mett. Role obviously did not go well

793
00:42:36,200 --> 00:42:39,839
Speaker 1: for him in Carolina, doesn't really go well for many

794
00:42:39,840 --> 00:42:42,920
Speaker 1: people there. But people have always thought really highly of Melural.

795
00:42:42,920 --> 00:42:45,160
Speaker 1: I've never met the guy kind of like him from Afar.

796
00:42:46,360 --> 00:42:47,960
Speaker 1: I think the other thing is who are he comparing

797
00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:51,359
Speaker 1: him to? Right, Saban's an outlier. You could have put

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00:42:51,360 --> 00:42:54,520
Speaker 1: Saban in his prime at any major program, and especially

799
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Speaker 1: in the South, and he was gonna win. He would

800
00:42:56,600 --> 00:42:58,480
Speaker 1: have done that at LSU, he did it, but he

801
00:42:58,520 --> 00:42:59,880
Speaker 1: would have done at Obama. He would have done it

802
00:42:59,880 --> 00:43:01,480
Speaker 1: a Florida. He've done a Florida State. He would have

803
00:43:01,520 --> 00:43:03,680
Speaker 1: done a Clemson, he would have done it at all.

804
00:43:03,680 --> 00:43:05,440
Speaker 1: The at Tennessee who had done it all? If he

805
00:43:05,719 --> 00:43:08,480
Speaker 1: Texas would have hired him. He was an unstoppable force.

806
00:43:09,400 --> 00:43:12,520
Speaker 1: But most guys aren't like Ryan Day's really what he's

807
00:43:12,560 --> 00:43:15,480
Speaker 1: been doing is really impressive. But he's at the number

808
00:43:15,480 --> 00:43:17,480
Speaker 1: one program in the country. They have the most money,

809
00:43:17,800 --> 00:43:20,239
Speaker 1: they have the most prestige at this point in time,

810
00:43:20,280 --> 00:43:23,480
Speaker 1: they recruit by far the best players. He has unlimited resources.

811
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Speaker 1: You know, is Ryan Day if I just put him

812
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Speaker 1: at the University of Washington or at the University of Maryland,

813
00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:31,719
Speaker 1: is he not? I don't know. You know, I'm not

814
00:43:31,719 --> 00:43:36,440
Speaker 1: saying he's gonna be bad. But college Kirby has a

815
00:43:36,480 --> 00:43:41,120
Speaker 1: huge advantage. If you put Kirby at you know, let's

816
00:43:41,120 --> 00:43:43,759
Speaker 1: just pick at at Mississippi State, probably not gonna look

817
00:43:43,760 --> 00:43:46,360
Speaker 1: the same as gonna be a Georgia, Right, So Georgia

818
00:43:46,400 --> 00:43:49,200
Speaker 1: has all the resources. They have incredible high school football.

819
00:43:49,480 --> 00:43:52,720
Speaker 1: They will do anything for football. He's clearly a good coach,

820
00:43:53,920 --> 00:43:57,120
Speaker 1: But like you benefit, in college, it's easier to look

821
00:43:57,160 --> 00:43:59,640
Speaker 1: better when you're at the top programs. You know. It's

822
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Speaker 1: why it's really impressive what Signette's doing, even in an

823
00:44:02,400 --> 00:44:05,560
Speaker 1: NIL era, Like a lot of people could add Fernando Mendoza,

824
00:44:05,680 --> 00:44:07,719
Speaker 1: he was all over his ass. Why why aren't some

825
00:44:07,760 --> 00:44:10,399
Speaker 1: of these other programs, like where was Florida State? Why

826
00:44:10,400 --> 00:44:12,160
Speaker 1: didn't they offer the bag? They went after this dude

827
00:44:12,200 --> 00:44:15,919
Speaker 1: from Boston College who's been terrible. So I just think

828
00:44:15,960 --> 00:44:20,520
Speaker 1: that I think it's all about money, and not just

829
00:44:20,640 --> 00:44:22,359
Speaker 1: he makes a ton. I mean about what you can

830
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Speaker 1: pay the players and what you can pay your staff,

831
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Speaker 1: and the consistent NIL money moving forward. If there's a

832
00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:31,680
Speaker 1: huge advantage, he'd be crazy not to take it, especially

833
00:44:31,719 --> 00:44:33,000
Speaker 1: when you factor in that he played there and he

834
00:44:33,000 --> 00:44:35,439
Speaker 1: met his wife there. But if there's not like stay

835
00:44:35,440 --> 00:44:38,000
Speaker 1: in Nebraska, you could argue there's not that much difference,

836
00:44:38,880 --> 00:44:41,839
Speaker 1: because there is. To me, there's one program right now

837
00:44:41,920 --> 00:44:43,680
Speaker 1: that's just in the big ten that's head and shoulders

838
00:44:43,719 --> 00:44:47,200
Speaker 1: above everyone. That's Ohio State. Then right behind them is Oregan.

839
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Speaker 1: Then like listen, Michigan. They have a bunch of money,

840
00:44:51,160 --> 00:44:53,520
Speaker 1: they have the prestige. I got no clue if their

841
00:44:53,520 --> 00:44:56,439
Speaker 1: coach is any good. None. Seems like a nice guy.

842
00:44:56,600 --> 00:44:59,560
Speaker 1: Hardbough guy, tough guy, but like, is he a head

843
00:44:59,560 --> 00:45:03,759
Speaker 1: coach in this conference? Like is Sharon Moore getting into

844
00:45:03,760 --> 00:45:06,040
Speaker 1: the playoffs? I got no clue. I mean, I'm watching

845
00:45:06,080 --> 00:45:09,360
Speaker 1: their young quarterback and I get I'm not on rivals

846
00:45:09,360 --> 00:45:13,160
Speaker 1: dot com. Their receivers, the one freshman receiver for is

847
00:45:13,200 --> 00:45:16,600
Speaker 1: pretty talented. But you know, by all accounts it's they're

848
00:45:16,600 --> 00:45:19,279
Speaker 1: gonna get better over the next couple of years. But

849
00:45:19,920 --> 00:45:22,919
Speaker 1: is r coach always doing I don't know, I really don't.

850
00:45:22,960 --> 00:45:25,399
Speaker 1: You know, USC feels like they're probably a year away

851
00:45:25,440 --> 00:45:28,000
Speaker 1: from being a really factor. Maybe they're closer than we think.

852
00:45:28,080 --> 00:45:31,120
Speaker 1: This week we'll find out in Notre Dame. But like

853
00:45:31,239 --> 00:45:33,279
Speaker 1: it LINKL be the first tell you I got way

854
00:45:33,320 --> 00:45:36,360
Speaker 1: more advantages right now with all this money than I

855
00:45:36,360 --> 00:45:38,600
Speaker 1: would at some of these other schools. Texas Tech was

856
00:45:38,640 --> 00:45:42,000
Speaker 1: always like a second third tier program. Now they have

857
00:45:42,080 --> 00:45:45,640
Speaker 1: unlimited money, they're dominating. Like it is very possible that

858
00:45:45,680 --> 00:45:47,239
Speaker 1: you'll look up and Texas Tech will be in the

859
00:45:47,239 --> 00:45:50,000
Speaker 1: final four. Like how did they do that? Because they

860
00:45:50,040 --> 00:45:53,680
Speaker 1: have a billionaire paying defensive lineman in the transfer portal

861
00:45:53,719 --> 00:45:58,360
Speaker 1: to come to their school. I mean, so the priorities

862
00:45:58,400 --> 00:46:02,520
Speaker 1: now it's like whenever I hear people talk about facilities

863
00:46:02,560 --> 00:46:05,880
Speaker 1: at this point in time like facilities should are all

864
00:46:05,920 --> 00:46:08,920
Speaker 1: these facilities are fine. Let's focus in on what we

865
00:46:08,920 --> 00:46:11,920
Speaker 1: can pay the players, because that's how you land the players.

866
00:46:12,280 --> 00:46:14,600
Speaker 1: And at the end of the day, College more than

867
00:46:14,640 --> 00:46:17,799
Speaker 1: the NFL is about the Jimmies and the Joe's, not

868
00:46:17,920 --> 00:46:19,960
Speaker 1: the x's and those beside a couple of games a year.

869
00:46:22,400 --> 00:46:25,840
Speaker 1: Huge Steeler fan curious, how seriously you're taking the Steelers

870
00:46:25,920 --> 00:46:27,960
Speaker 1: right now. You seem a little barish on them earlier

871
00:46:27,960 --> 00:46:29,880
Speaker 1: in the season, but with some of the top AFC

872
00:46:29,920 --> 00:46:32,879
Speaker 1: teams dealing with injuries and the defense starting to look

873
00:46:32,920 --> 00:46:35,160
Speaker 1: like its usual self, do you see them making a

874
00:46:35,160 --> 00:46:38,160
Speaker 1: real push? Two questions I got for him, first and foremost.

875
00:46:38,200 --> 00:46:41,439
Speaker 1: The quarterback forty one years old. It gets cold right

876
00:46:41,520 --> 00:46:45,520
Speaker 1: your home games in November, in December, it's frigid now.

877
00:46:45,680 --> 00:46:48,960
Speaker 1: He's played in Green Bay's majority of his career. He's

878
00:46:49,000 --> 00:46:52,280
Speaker 1: a cold weather quarterback. But like once you get old,

879
00:46:52,520 --> 00:46:55,399
Speaker 1: playing in the the cold is easier on your body

880
00:46:55,400 --> 00:46:57,400
Speaker 1: when you're twenty seven, when you're thirty two, then when

881
00:46:57,400 --> 00:46:59,880
Speaker 1: you're forty one years old, especially when you've had some

882
00:47:00,239 --> 00:47:02,400
Speaker 1: injury issues. The last couple of years. So to me,

883
00:47:02,440 --> 00:47:04,480
Speaker 1: it's like, what does he look like in some of

884
00:47:04,520 --> 00:47:07,600
Speaker 1: these freezing cold games late in the season at home

885
00:47:07,800 --> 00:47:11,719
Speaker 1: on the road against the Browns or the Ravens. We

886
00:47:11,800 --> 00:47:15,239
Speaker 1: don't know. If he looks just solid, you're in good

887
00:47:15,239 --> 00:47:20,520
Speaker 1: shape defensively, if your defense plays well, that translates. We

888
00:47:20,560 --> 00:47:23,400
Speaker 1: know that does. But to me, what works in the

889
00:47:23,400 --> 00:47:28,239
Speaker 1: cold two things defense and running the ball. To me,

890
00:47:28,400 --> 00:47:30,640
Speaker 1: do trades for a running back in the next couple weeks,

891
00:47:31,200 --> 00:47:35,920
Speaker 1: because depending on gain, well, that seems a little risky clearly.

892
00:47:35,960 --> 00:47:38,320
Speaker 1: Caleb Johnson, I don't want to call it a lost season,

893
00:47:39,320 --> 00:47:42,120
Speaker 1: but feels like he's not gonna be what you'd hoped

894
00:47:42,160 --> 00:47:44,439
Speaker 1: when you drafted him. Well, you know, in the third round.

895
00:47:44,480 --> 00:47:48,120
Speaker 1: He's not like you're starting running back and Warren talented player,

896
00:47:48,239 --> 00:47:50,600
Speaker 1: but like, you can't ride that guy in a playoff game.

897
00:47:51,000 --> 00:47:53,759
Speaker 1: If you get a good running attack. I do think

898
00:47:53,760 --> 00:47:56,160
Speaker 1: you could win a playoff game. Could you compete for

899
00:47:56,200 --> 00:47:59,200
Speaker 1: the AFC? I guess you never say never, but I

900
00:47:59,239 --> 00:48:01,319
Speaker 1: would say winning a playoff game when you haven't won

901
00:48:01,400 --> 00:48:03,680
Speaker 1: one in however many years. And if you win a

902
00:48:03,680 --> 00:48:06,840
Speaker 1: playoff game, meaning you beat the Chargers or the Chiefs

903
00:48:06,920 --> 00:48:10,040
Speaker 1: or someone in the first round. That's a pretty incredible win. Like,

904
00:48:10,080 --> 00:48:12,920
Speaker 1: there's a pretty good chance when the dust settles. The

905
00:48:13,280 --> 00:48:18,600
Speaker 1: wild cards are like the in some you know, former

906
00:48:18,640 --> 00:48:22,759
Speaker 1: fashion Denver, Chargers, Chiefs, Jags, Like those teams are all

907
00:48:22,840 --> 00:48:24,520
Speaker 1: gonna be hard to beat in the first round because

908
00:48:24,840 --> 00:48:27,440
Speaker 1: they have a lot of strengths, good defenses, good coaching.

909
00:48:28,280 --> 00:48:31,000
Speaker 1: So winning a game, assuming the Steelers win the division

910
00:48:31,000 --> 00:48:34,120
Speaker 1: at let's say eleven or twelve wins, you're gonna play

911
00:48:34,400 --> 00:48:39,160
Speaker 1: Jim Harbaugh, John Harbaugh or not John Harbaugh, Sean Payton.

912
00:48:40,000 --> 00:48:43,480
Speaker 1: The Jag situation, which that would be, probably be the

913
00:48:43,480 --> 00:48:46,719
Speaker 1: team you'd pick. It'd be one you would you would

914
00:48:46,760 --> 00:48:49,640
Speaker 1: one hundred percent pick the Jacks over Denver, the Chiefs,

915
00:48:49,719 --> 00:48:52,840
Speaker 1: or the Chargers. So yeah, I feel pretty good if

916
00:48:52,880 --> 00:48:55,799
Speaker 1: I were you cowboy fan. I've been following the team

917
00:48:55,800 --> 00:48:57,839
Speaker 1: for fifteen years now, since I moved to Dallas at

918
00:48:57,880 --> 00:49:00,360
Speaker 1: ten years old. What it must feel like to be

919
00:49:00,440 --> 00:49:03,839
Speaker 1: young again. Do you think an elite coach would come

920
00:49:03,880 --> 00:49:05,919
Speaker 1: to Dallas with Jerry as the owner. I just feel

921
00:49:05,960 --> 00:49:08,120
Speaker 1: like an elite coach would want more power and decision

922
00:49:08,160 --> 00:49:11,480
Speaker 1: making and think that's not Jerry. Also, it limits the

923
00:49:11,560 --> 00:49:15,319
Speaker 1: range of coaches we get, Yeah, I mean it's not

924
00:49:15,400 --> 00:49:20,000
Speaker 1: the coaches Jerry chooses, Like this isn't like recruiting. They

925
00:49:20,000 --> 00:49:23,360
Speaker 1: don't choose you. Jerry's choosing them. So if you just

926
00:49:23,400 --> 00:49:25,359
Speaker 1: look at the coaches they've been interested in the last

927
00:49:25,400 --> 00:49:28,000
Speaker 1: couple of cycles, like Mike McCarthy who didn't have any

928
00:49:28,040 --> 00:49:30,880
Speaker 1: other options. Schottenheimer definitely didn't have any other options. And

929
00:49:30,880 --> 00:49:34,239
Speaker 1: Shottenheimer's been fine. But you're not like interviewing the Mike

930
00:49:34,320 --> 00:49:37,640
Speaker 1: Vrabels of the world. If John Harbaugh or Mike Tomlin

931
00:49:37,719 --> 00:49:40,760
Speaker 1: were available, Like, you're not hiring those guys. Jim Harbaugh

932
00:49:40,840 --> 00:49:43,640
Speaker 1: was available a couple years ago, Like Jerry Jones was

933
00:49:43,680 --> 00:49:46,719
Speaker 1: never gonna hire Jim Harbaugh. Right, Pete Carroll types and

934
00:49:47,120 --> 00:49:48,759
Speaker 1: we can argue how good Pete is at this point

935
00:49:48,760 --> 00:49:51,920
Speaker 1: in time, but like that's Jerry's gonna hire Brian Schottenhimer,

936
00:49:51,960 --> 00:49:54,759
Speaker 1: He's gonna hire Jason Garrett. And you know, Jerry's in

937
00:49:54,800 --> 00:49:56,719
Speaker 1: his mid eighties. How much longer he will be going.

938
00:49:56,880 --> 00:50:00,000
Speaker 1: I think the question mark's gonna be when Steven Jones

939
00:50:00,160 --> 00:50:05,120
Speaker 1: takes control and at some point in time when Jerry

940
00:50:05,160 --> 00:50:09,160
Speaker 1: passes away. Well, he approached this differently and will he

941
00:50:09,239 --> 00:50:11,960
Speaker 1: not do weekly radio hits. My guess is he probably

942
00:50:12,000 --> 00:50:15,759
Speaker 1: won't and he won't want to, you know, copy his

943
00:50:15,880 --> 00:50:18,960
Speaker 1: dad in those situations, and it'll be a much more

944
00:50:19,000 --> 00:50:22,719
Speaker 1: desirable place for a quote unquote top coach to come

945
00:50:23,239 --> 00:50:28,560
Speaker 1: or a top GM to come. What if Jerry passed

946
00:50:29,360 --> 00:50:33,640
Speaker 1: and like Howie Roseaman became a free agent or you know,

947
00:50:33,760 --> 00:50:35,399
Speaker 1: a guy like that, and he was like, I'll pay

948
00:50:35,440 --> 00:50:38,399
Speaker 1: you twenty million dollars a year, Come run, my friend.

949
00:50:38,440 --> 00:50:40,960
Speaker 1: If I'm Steven, Like, I'm all over stuff like that.

950
00:50:43,400 --> 00:50:47,320
Speaker 1: There is a question mark about the Steelers. Was wondering

951
00:50:47,360 --> 00:50:49,440
Speaker 1: your thoughts. I had a take on the Steelers when

952
00:50:49,440 --> 00:50:52,120
Speaker 1: they signed Rogers. My take was this, and it still is.

953
00:50:52,320 --> 00:50:54,600
Speaker 1: Why aren't there more people talking about the Steeler team

954
00:50:54,680 --> 00:50:58,160
Speaker 1: like the fifteen sixteen Denver Broncos with Peyton Manning at

955
00:50:58,239 --> 00:51:01,239
Speaker 1: quarterback they won the Super Bowl, the dominant defense and

956
00:51:01,320 --> 00:51:05,239
Speaker 1: an aging quarterback. Because I was doing Raiders stuff, I

957
00:51:05,440 --> 00:51:10,040
Speaker 1: saw that team for three straight years live they are now.

958
00:51:10,080 --> 00:51:11,799
Speaker 1: I don't go to as many games over the last

959
00:51:11,960 --> 00:51:16,440
Speaker 1: seven eight years, but over my course of you know, basically,

960
00:51:16,480 --> 00:51:19,000
Speaker 1: I would say for seven eight straight years going to

961
00:51:19,040 --> 00:51:23,160
Speaker 1: games on a weekly basis and so seeing teams all

962
00:51:23,200 --> 00:51:26,799
Speaker 1: over the NFL, obviously, I was scouted for a couple

963
00:51:26,880 --> 00:51:29,320
Speaker 1: of those years, watching all the personnel. They're one of

964
00:51:29,360 --> 00:51:32,279
Speaker 1: the best defenses of the last twenty five years. There

965
00:51:32,360 --> 00:51:34,759
Speaker 1: was not a player on that defense who was not good.

966
00:51:35,600 --> 00:51:41,480
Speaker 1: They their defensive line was just better than your defensive line, right,

967
00:51:41,600 --> 00:51:43,640
Speaker 1: And that's that's not a shot at your defensive line.

968
00:51:43,640 --> 00:51:46,840
Speaker 1: That's their defensive line was unstoppable. They had Von Miller

969
00:51:46,840 --> 00:51:49,960
Speaker 1: in the peak of his powers, DeMarcus Ware was still excellent,

970
00:51:50,360 --> 00:51:54,480
Speaker 1: Malik Jackson was a monster, and Derek Wolfe, the Cincinnati

971
00:51:54,480 --> 00:51:58,080
Speaker 1: pass rusher, was a good player. And their linebackers were good,

972
00:51:58,280 --> 00:52:01,399
Speaker 1: and their dbs were other worlds. They had like three

973
00:52:01,440 --> 00:52:03,839
Speaker 1: cover corners they had you could hit back then they had,

974
00:52:03,840 --> 00:52:08,520
Speaker 1: say their defense just better in your defense. So now,

975
00:52:09,160 --> 00:52:12,040
Speaker 1: is Aaron better in that version of Peyton Manning. Yeah, So,

976
00:52:12,120 --> 00:52:16,040
Speaker 1: I don't know if that team would parallel. It's it's

977
00:52:16,080 --> 00:52:18,080
Speaker 1: not an apples to apples comparison. I guess what I

978
00:52:18,080 --> 00:52:20,400
Speaker 1: would say, I think that team was better than you,

979
00:52:20,520 --> 00:52:23,400
Speaker 1: but Peyton was way worse than Aaron. It's pretty remarkable

980
00:52:23,400 --> 00:52:28,640
Speaker 1: that they won a championship with Peyton Manning. That that version. Honestly,

981
00:52:28,680 --> 00:52:31,240
Speaker 1: they should have won earlier when he was like healthy,

982
00:52:32,840 --> 00:52:38,080
Speaker 1: because that defense was just it's Seattle's and the forty

983
00:52:38,160 --> 00:52:39,920
Speaker 1: nine ers early on with Harbaugh are two of the

984
00:52:39,920 --> 00:52:42,480
Speaker 1: more physical defenses I've seen in the last fifteen years.

985
00:52:42,880 --> 00:52:46,600
Speaker 1: The Denver defense was by far the fastest, and I knew,

986
00:52:46,680 --> 00:52:48,120
Speaker 1: you know, I remember talking to the coaches on the

987
00:52:48,200 --> 00:52:50,080
Speaker 1: Raiders for a couple of years or like, they just

988
00:52:50,080 --> 00:52:52,839
Speaker 1: don't have a weakness, you know. They had a keep

989
00:52:52,840 --> 00:52:58,640
Speaker 1: to leave Chris Harris, Junior, Bradley Roby. They had multiple safeties.

990
00:52:58,680 --> 00:53:01,120
Speaker 1: I think one of them was a Ward, the Oregon

991
00:53:01,160 --> 00:53:04,759
Speaker 1: guy who was just a hammer. Brandon Marshall was a

992
00:53:04,760 --> 00:53:10,160
Speaker 1: good linebacker. Danny Trevathan, the kid from Kentucky probably a

993
00:53:10,239 --> 00:53:11,719
Speaker 1: kid now he's probably in his mid thirties, but he

994
00:53:11,800 --> 00:53:15,759
Speaker 1: was young then. And DeMarcus where they were really really good.

995
00:53:16,480 --> 00:53:19,160
Speaker 1: They were exceptional. So I would say they're better than

996
00:53:19,200 --> 00:53:22,919
Speaker 1: you guys, but that's I guess somewhat of the mold

997
00:53:23,400 --> 00:53:26,719
Speaker 1: of what you guys need to do. They could just

998
00:53:26,719 --> 00:53:28,400
Speaker 1: depend They could go into a game and being like

999
00:53:28,440 --> 00:53:32,560
Speaker 1: the opponent's gonna not sniff twenty points. It's like, all right,

1000
00:53:32,680 --> 00:53:34,520
Speaker 1: we're gonna find out. I mean, maybe you guys are

1001
00:53:34,560 --> 00:53:36,239
Speaker 1: better than I think, and we'll find out as the

1002
00:53:36,239 --> 00:53:38,919
Speaker 1: season goes. When it got when it gets cold, can

1003
00:53:38,960 --> 00:53:41,000
Speaker 1: you just dominate, because if your defensive line is gonna

1004
00:53:41,040 --> 00:53:44,160
Speaker 1: look now, it's Cleveland's offensive line right now, one of

1005
00:53:44,200 --> 00:53:46,160
Speaker 1: the worst offensive lines in the league because every other

1006
00:53:46,200 --> 00:53:48,040
Speaker 1: play it felt like there was a guy in the backfield.

1007
00:53:48,160 --> 00:53:52,279
Speaker 1: So if your defensive line, on any defense, if the

1008
00:53:52,360 --> 00:53:56,520
Speaker 1: d line dominates, everyone in the backfield looks good. Like

1009
00:53:56,600 --> 00:53:59,879
Speaker 1: you could make average corners look awesome when you're knock

1010
00:54:00,120 --> 00:54:02,640
Speaker 1: the crap out of the quarterback every snap. So that

1011
00:54:02,640 --> 00:54:07,920
Speaker 1: that's gonna be clearly, clearly your route to being an

1012
00:54:07,920 --> 00:54:10,160
Speaker 1: awesome team is to have the best defensive line in

1013
00:54:10,200 --> 00:54:13,360
Speaker 1: the league and just having an unstoppable front. And you

1014
00:54:13,480 --> 00:54:14,920
Speaker 1: draft the kid in the first round, you go with

1015
00:54:14,960 --> 00:54:16,799
Speaker 1: t J. Watt. You got multiple guys on the other

1016
00:54:16,840 --> 00:54:22,040
Speaker 1: side with high Smith and Herrig Cam still solid at

1017
00:54:22,040 --> 00:54:25,120
Speaker 1: his age, so that if that that unit just dominates,

1018
00:54:25,160 --> 00:54:28,839
Speaker 1: then yeah, you guys, that'd be tough. It'll be tough

1019
00:54:28,840 --> 00:54:30,840
Speaker 1: to beat. And as long as Aaron just play smart,

1020
00:54:30,840 --> 00:54:33,440
Speaker 1: doesn't turn it over like he normally does, you should

1021
00:54:33,440 --> 00:54:36,600
Speaker 1: be pretty bullish, so I'm excited to watch this game

1022
00:54:36,600 --> 00:54:41,760
Speaker 1: Thursday night. The volume