WEBVTT - Not So Fast Episode 18 0:00:01.270 --> 0:00:05.200 Welcome to Not So Fast with Andrew Perloff and Paul Pabst, 0:00:05.460 --> 0:00:08.740 where two longtime friends challenge each other on the biggest 0:00:08.780 --> 0:00:10.100 sports stories of the day. 0:00:10.119 --> 0:00:14.650 Here's Andrew Perloff and Paul Pabst. Not so fast, my friends. 0:00:17.940 --> 0:00:20.430 Welcome to Not So Fast. I'm Andrew Perloff. He is 0:00:20.520 --> 0:00:22.869 Paul Paps. Thank you, Marvin, for the wonderful throw to 0:00:22.910 --> 0:00:25.750 our show. Paul, we couldn't be more excited. It's fall 0:00:25.790 --> 0:00:27.150 and all the sports are happening. 0:00:27.190 --> 0:00:30.000 It's sports fan heaven. Baseball playoffs are coming up. Big 0:00:30.070 --> 0:00:32.620 slate of college football. Of course, the NFL all weekend. 0:00:32.920 --> 0:00:35.360 There's hockey coming up. We have everything. We have warm 0:00:35.400 --> 0:00:37.240 takes on the Cubs and the White Sox. You have 0:00:37.280 --> 0:00:39.370 a warm take on your darling of the NFL, which 0:00:39.380 --> 0:00:41.239 I don't even know what it is yet. and the 0:00:41.300 --> 0:00:43.850 huge college football weekend with Paul Burmeister of NBC Sports. 0:00:43.890 --> 0:00:45.230 But where are we starting, Pearl? 0:00:45.350 --> 0:00:47.190 Well, got to go to last night, a game that 0:00:47.210 --> 0:00:50.530 we all saw coming, right? Atlanta beats Green Bay 35-14, 0:00:51.210 --> 0:00:54.430 throwing out two weeks of bad takes ripping the Falcons. 0:00:54.790 --> 0:00:56.970 We'll get to it in a second. Somebody had positive 0:00:56.990 --> 0:00:59.600 things to say about Atlanta. But you have to admit, Paul, 0:00:59.980 --> 0:01:01.020 you did not see that coming. 0:01:01.180 --> 0:01:03.700 I think about, imagine you hadn't watched any NFL this 0:01:03.740 --> 0:01:04.780 year and just tuned in and say, I'm going to 0:01:04.819 --> 0:01:06.819 watch the Falcons versus the Packers and see what these 0:01:06.860 --> 0:01:08.740 teams are about. And if you didn't know that the 0:01:08.800 --> 0:01:11.220 Falcons the past two weeks were were beyond brutal. They 0:01:11.240 --> 0:01:13.259 hadn't been in the red zone, which seems impossible, but 0:01:13.280 --> 0:01:16.320 they did it last night. They did it with Bijan Robinson, 0:01:16.319 --> 0:01:19.620 194 yards and two touchdowns. Not a surprise because he's awesome, 0:01:20.080 --> 0:01:22.690 and the Packers haven't stopped anybody. Then you have Michael Penix. 0:01:23.270 --> 0:01:26.370 That first play or first drive where he throws that interception, 0:01:26.390 --> 0:01:27.030 what were you thinking? 0:01:27.670 --> 0:01:29.790 I was thinking, this is not looking good for my 0:01:29.830 --> 0:01:33.250 man Michael Penix, but I did see Bijan Robinson on 0:01:33.290 --> 0:01:35.729 his first and second run he was not going down 0:01:36.030 --> 0:01:38.709 on the first tackle. It dawned on me, Green Bay 0:01:38.730 --> 0:01:42.170 can't tackle this dude. But we've seen Atlanta have good 0:01:42.230 --> 0:01:44.830 Bijan games and still not win. So I still didn't think, 0:01:45.069 --> 0:01:47.670 even with Bijan Robinson running for all over the place 0:01:47.710 --> 0:01:50.330 in the first quarter, I said, it's Atlanta. They're not 0:01:50.350 --> 0:01:52.190 going to get consistent passing. And then what happened? 0:01:52.250 --> 0:01:54.730 Well, Pennix just took over and he found his favorite guy, 0:01:54.810 --> 0:01:57.690 beyond his favorite guy, Drake London. Really good wide receiver. 0:01:57.710 --> 0:02:00.430 Not really a national TV guy where you're like, oh, 0:02:00.810 --> 0:02:04.500 he's Justin Jefferson. But in the last few games... Nine targets, 0:02:04.740 --> 0:02:07.780 ten targets last night, nine for 194 for Drake London. 0:02:08.120 --> 0:02:11.880 The last couple times he's played with Michael Penix, seven catches, 0:02:11.960 --> 0:02:15.230 six catches, nine catches, ten catches. He loves him some 0:02:15.270 --> 0:02:15.730 Drake London. 0:02:16.270 --> 0:02:18.330 Okay, so I think we were going to save this 0:02:18.350 --> 0:02:20.350 for later, but on yesterday's show, you had what I 0:02:20.370 --> 0:02:22.350 considered a crazy take. I'm not going to lie to you. 0:02:22.530 --> 0:02:24.000 Oh, I thought I was going to call for this 0:02:24.010 --> 0:02:25.540 in a self-serving manner. You want to pull the button? 0:02:25.560 --> 0:02:27.239 I want to call for it because yesterday we were 0:02:27.260 --> 0:02:30.160 debating which 0-2 team has the best shot of making 0:02:30.180 --> 0:02:33.480 the playoffs. And you said what I thought was totally bizarre. 0:02:33.520 --> 0:02:34.910 I don't know if we have it ready to go. 0:02:35.910 --> 0:02:38.010 But you picked this team to make the playoffs. 0:02:39.050 --> 0:02:40.840 I begrudgingly am going with the Falcons. 0:02:40.880 --> 0:02:41.310 Here's why. 0:02:41.760 --> 0:02:43.720 They stunk up the joint. I mean the joint being 0:02:43.820 --> 0:02:47.850 Earth the first couple weeks of the season. Yeah, and 0:02:47.889 --> 0:02:49.450 I think the reason I picked them, because we kind 0:02:49.490 --> 0:02:51.730 of had to pick an 0-2 team, I never think 0:02:51.770 --> 0:02:53.400 a team is as bad as they look in weeks 0:02:53.400 --> 0:02:55.820 1 and 2. And what happens is in week 4, 0:02:55.820 --> 0:02:58.399 you're like, I don't remember what happened in week 1 0:02:58.400 --> 0:03:00.399 and 2, but it's hot take season. So people thought 0:03:00.419 --> 0:03:02.140 that the Falcons were going to be the worst team 0:03:02.160 --> 0:03:03.740 in the league. I just think they have too much 0:03:03.880 --> 0:03:07.260 offensive talent. They were playing with two third-string quarterbacks the 0:03:07.280 --> 0:03:09.600 past two weeks. Now they have a real quarterback who's 0:03:09.680 --> 0:03:11.299 just getting his legs under. I mean, they lost 34-3 0:03:11.360 --> 0:03:11.639 to Carolina. 0:03:12.200 --> 0:03:17.160 They got three points. Does a quarterback, does Michael Panix 0:03:17.250 --> 0:03:19.149 coming off an injury and looking rusty make that much 0:03:19.169 --> 0:03:20.930 of a difference? I don't think there's any logic that 0:03:20.950 --> 0:03:22.230 explains what happened last night. 0:03:22.290 --> 0:03:24.240 So now we have to pivot. So you think the 0:03:24.280 --> 0:03:27.079 Falcons are okay, and in that division, they're okay. One 0:03:27.100 --> 0:03:28.760 and two, you're right back in the thick of things. 0:03:29.530 --> 0:03:31.840 No, but wait, by the way. The Falcons schedule gets 0:03:31.940 --> 0:03:34.600 crazy hard. They get the Saints next week on Monday night, 0:03:34.760 --> 0:03:37.040 a game we were complaining about, now is a must-watch. 0:03:37.360 --> 0:03:40.810 They have the Ravens, the Bears, the Niners, the Chiefs, 0:03:41.130 --> 0:03:41.910 and the Bengals. 0:03:42.010 --> 0:03:43.570 So you're reality-checking the Falcons. 0:03:43.770 --> 0:03:45.350 I'm saying by the bye week, they're going to be 0:03:45.450 --> 0:03:47.310 out of it. And I am not buying you they 0:03:47.330 --> 0:03:49.130 make the playoffs. I like the Saints and the Panthers 0:03:49.170 --> 0:03:51.630 more in this division. Come on, Paul. I know you 0:03:51.650 --> 0:03:54.250 can beat a beat-up Green Bay team, but you really 0:03:54.270 --> 0:03:56.530 think Atlanta is going to survive this gauntlet? 0:03:56.750 --> 0:03:59.340 I'm going to counter your break-pumping with this. The defense 0:03:59.380 --> 0:04:02.420 for Atlanta, they hit Jordan Love 12 times yesterday, and 0:04:02.440 --> 0:04:06.400 they protected Michael Penix. B. John Robinson looked fantastic. Look, 0:04:06.540 --> 0:04:09.500 I don't think that the Falcons are contenders or even contender-ish, 0:04:09.600 --> 0:04:11.880 a term we use on this show. But in that division, 0:04:12.080 --> 0:04:13.300 they can get right back in this. 0:04:13.400 --> 0:04:15.100 If I could, it would be an 8-9 to make 0:04:15.140 --> 0:04:15.540 the playoffs. 0:04:15.660 --> 0:04:17.080 Now, should we get to the bad side of this game? 0:04:17.260 --> 0:04:19.919 Yeah, that's the key reason Atlanta looked good last night, 0:04:19.940 --> 0:04:21.240 to me, was Green Bay. 0:04:21.460 --> 0:04:24.440 Yeah, Green Bay came in, a pressure game. They escaped 0:04:24.750 --> 0:04:27.130 the Jets last week, Green Bay. Week one, they were terrible, 0:04:27.170 --> 0:04:30.290 Green Bay. They're not protecting Jordan Love. They're not running 0:04:30.310 --> 0:04:32.410 the ball. No Josh Jacobs. And they were even worse 0:04:32.470 --> 0:04:36.610 last night. They had 17 rushing yards. Bijan had three 0:04:36.650 --> 0:04:39.890 runs over 17 yards himself last night. That was brutal. 0:04:39.930 --> 0:04:42.710 That was a no-show. That was national TV, too, so 0:04:42.730 --> 0:04:44.300 it becomes a referendum on the Packers. 0:04:44.760 --> 0:04:47.360 I think it goes even deeper. Obviously, the O-line was 0:04:47.420 --> 0:04:50.500 just awful. The run game has been awful without Josh Jacobs. 0:04:50.520 --> 0:04:53.820 There were a couple key drops. Here's the biggest problem. 0:04:54.400 --> 0:04:56.070 It looked like they gave up in this game, Paul. 0:04:56.430 --> 0:04:58.650 And who's that on? That's on head coach Matt LaFleur. 0:04:59.070 --> 0:05:00.470 I have a question. Have they given up on Matt 0:05:00.490 --> 0:05:03.930 LaFleur globally? Because they haven't really looked great in any week. 0:05:04.190 --> 0:05:06.270 I know they came in 1-1 with that win over 0:05:06.310 --> 0:05:09.279 the Jets. I feel like Matt LaFleur, if he didn't 0:05:09.300 --> 0:05:11.360 just sign a contract and you had a different team, 0:05:11.720 --> 0:05:13.160 he'd be the first coach on the hot seat. 0:05:13.279 --> 0:05:14.700 You know, I look at the Packers as not a 0:05:14.740 --> 0:05:18.010 reactionary franchise. They have the board of directors. The fans 0:05:18.050 --> 0:05:20.070 kind of own the team. I don't see them as 0:05:20.170 --> 0:05:22.750 a midseason firing type of team. They don't feel that way. 0:05:23.200 --> 0:05:25.089 But the fans are upset, and this goes back to 0:05:25.150 --> 0:05:27.489 last year, losing, what, I think six of the last seven, 0:05:27.529 --> 0:05:30.230 and some of them were ugly. Micah Parsons isn't there, 0:05:30.290 --> 0:05:32.870 but that's only one person. That can't be the entire thing. 0:05:34.279 --> 0:05:35.960 But if you look at their wide receivers, it doesn't 0:05:35.980 --> 0:05:38.059 feel like they have an A-level wide receiver on the roster. 0:05:38.339 --> 0:05:42.080 Tucker Kraft is supposed to be an A-level tight end. 0:05:42.680 --> 0:05:44.750 There were more than a few drops, passes that were made. 0:05:45.020 --> 0:05:46.810 This was not Jordan Love's problem last night. 0:05:47.070 --> 0:05:50.369 I'm going to 20-second timeout you. I think Christian Watson, 0:05:50.390 --> 0:05:52.870 when he's healthy on that rare occasion, is an A-level guy. 0:05:52.890 --> 0:05:55.030 He had a bad holding call last night, and Matthew 0:05:55.050 --> 0:05:57.900 Golden actually played well last night. Tucker Kraft was supposed 0:05:57.920 --> 0:06:00.740 to be good, but he struggled, especially in blocking. And 0:06:00.779 --> 0:06:04.839 then afterwards, what really got me, Paul, Tucker Kraft complained 0:06:05.020 --> 0:06:06.720 about the fans. We have the sound. You want to 0:06:06.740 --> 0:06:09.000 hear it? Here's Tucker Kraft talking about the reaction in 0:06:09.020 --> 0:06:11.080 Green Bay. Yeah, it's pretty tough. 0:06:11.990 --> 0:06:16.029 You know, like everyone pictures Lambeau Field and. 0:06:18.230 --> 0:06:20.050 The, not booze. 0:06:20.790 --> 0:06:21.810 I don't picture booze. 0:06:22.370 --> 0:06:27.420 I picture my home stadium. That's tough. It's pretty disappointing. 0:06:27.720 --> 0:06:28.780 Especially for a home opener. 0:06:29.060 --> 0:06:29.940 Especially for a home opener. 0:06:30.900 --> 0:06:35.419 It's pretty disappointing. It's not going to help us win. 0:06:35.940 --> 0:06:38.620 I don't know what people think that's going to rally 0:06:38.690 --> 0:06:43.270 us or something like that, but we're growing, man. We're 0:06:43.290 --> 0:06:45.870 mentally strong enough, capable enough to get back on the 0:06:45.910 --> 0:06:51.490 field and play ball. But it would probably be much 0:06:51.570 --> 0:06:54.480 easier with the 70,000 people behind us rather than opposing us. 0:06:55.350 --> 0:06:58.250 Tucker Kraft, my man, you got baited. The local media 0:06:58.510 --> 0:07:00.490 was there and they're trying to get something more than 0:07:00.510 --> 0:07:02.970 just the game, the loss. They asked you about the fans. 0:07:03.070 --> 0:07:05.360 If I went to the rookie symposium, I would tell 0:07:05.420 --> 0:07:07.940 the rookies, if you're ever asked about the fans at home, say, 0:07:07.960 --> 0:07:10.200 you know, it's about us winning on the field and 0:07:10.240 --> 0:07:13.450 deserving their cheers. They were fine tonight. It's not on them. 0:07:13.790 --> 0:07:16.640 You've got to say it. But Tucker Kraft expounded on it. 0:07:16.890 --> 0:07:19.090 He jabbed the fans two or three times. That is 0:07:19.150 --> 0:07:21.170 not a veteran move. And when the fans are upset 0:07:21.210 --> 0:07:23.390 with you, you've got to ignore that. You have to 0:07:23.470 --> 0:07:23.790 eat that. 0:07:24.130 --> 0:07:27.810 Absolutely. And if there was anyone disappointing, it wasn't the 0:07:27.810 --> 0:07:30.090 70,000 fans. It was the 53 players on the Packers 0:07:30.110 --> 0:07:31.550 who disappointed at every level. 0:07:31.570 --> 0:07:33.530 The Packers are the most loyal fan base as much 0:07:33.570 --> 0:07:35.430 as anyone in the league. And if you compare them, 0:07:35.450 --> 0:07:37.730 I think Dan Patrick earlier today on the Dan Patrick show, 0:07:38.160 --> 0:07:42.720 compared Packer fans to Cardinals fans, St. Louis Cardinals. They're supportive. 0:07:42.900 --> 0:07:43.480 They cheer. 0:07:43.560 --> 0:07:46.100 They rally. And they were cheering even at a point 0:07:46.160 --> 0:07:47.750 in the third or fourth quarter where it was kind 0:07:47.790 --> 0:07:51.190 of a game. That's just dumb by Tucker Kraft. You're 0:07:51.210 --> 0:07:52.030 going to make it worse. 0:07:52.390 --> 0:07:54.310 You know, he just got paid, too. And he didn't 0:07:54.330 --> 0:07:56.429 play well last night. He missed a couple key blocks. 0:07:56.770 --> 0:07:58.850 Did have a few catches. He's a key player for them, 0:07:59.290 --> 0:08:01.040 but he shouldn't say anything. Imagine if he was a 0:08:01.060 --> 0:08:02.640 free agent down the road and he went to Philly. 0:08:03.050 --> 0:08:05.310 If you think they booed at Green Bay, I mean, 0:08:05.410 --> 0:08:07.710 they deserved the boos last night because the effort was 0:08:07.750 --> 0:08:11.450 not there, especially defense. Forget the offense. B. John Robinson 0:08:11.480 --> 0:08:14.140 was stopped at the line and broke through so many tackles. 0:08:14.160 --> 0:08:16.540 This is the NFL. Nobody breaks tackles like that anymore. 0:08:16.560 --> 0:08:18.360 It's not the 80s. It's not Barry Sanders. 0:08:18.440 --> 0:08:20.680 Your homeowner is against one of the worst teams in 0:08:20.700 --> 0:08:22.580 the league. This is like when your high school schedules 0:08:22.620 --> 0:08:24.740 a bad team for homecoming or your college schedules a 0:08:24.740 --> 0:08:27.440 bad team. You've got Atlanta, who had done nothing, and 0:08:27.480 --> 0:08:29.559 you do a no-show. All right, let's give out helmet stickers. 0:08:29.580 --> 0:08:31.920 Wait, before that. Go ahead. I want to do a throwback. 0:08:32.240 --> 0:08:33.860 Because I do have something nice to say about Green Bay. 0:08:34.320 --> 0:08:34.580 Okay. 0:08:34.600 --> 0:08:36.320 Do you remember on the Dan Patrick show when I 0:08:36.420 --> 0:08:37.040 uttered the word? 0:08:37.240 --> 0:08:41.140 What are we doing here? Oh, McLovin says relax. 0:08:41.540 --> 0:08:42.990 Relax, but it's spelled wrong. 0:08:43.210 --> 0:08:44.770 Yes, because you spelled it wrong on air. 0:08:44.890 --> 0:08:48.250 Yes, I called it R-E-A-L-X. It actually sounds right, but 0:08:48.290 --> 0:08:48.750 that's wrong. 0:08:48.809 --> 0:08:51.730 Are you going Aaron Rodgers, relax, pump the brakes, everything's 0:08:51.750 --> 0:08:52.550 going to be fine at Green Bay? 0:08:53.250 --> 0:08:55.670 A little bit. Micah Parsons might be back for the 0:08:55.710 --> 0:08:59.140 Cowboys game in October. This team is not nearly as 0:08:59.160 --> 0:09:01.520 bad as they looked last night, and they could get. Now, 0:09:01.580 --> 0:09:04.540 Dan said something interesting. He doesn't expect Josh Jacobs back 0:09:04.900 --> 0:09:07.800 this season because there is video out there of an 0:09:07.860 --> 0:09:10.120 alleged assault, and he's on the commissioner's list. 0:09:10.220 --> 0:09:11.900 If you're a Packer fan, would you relax a little 0:09:11.940 --> 0:09:14.380 bit because the Lions don't look great, the Bears don't 0:09:14.400 --> 0:09:16.260 look great, and the Vikings don't look great? 0:09:16.480 --> 0:09:17.860 I'm not going to go there, but what I will 0:09:17.920 --> 0:09:20.760 say is when Micah Parsons gets back, he is the 0:09:21.020 --> 0:09:24.050 energy for that entire defense. There's so much juice with him. 0:09:24.309 --> 0:09:26.630 It makes everyone's job easier. I think they're going to 0:09:26.650 --> 0:09:29.170 get healthier around the whole lineup. Tucker Kraft is going 0:09:29.230 --> 0:09:31.949 to get more used to playing. He's obviously a little rusty. 0:09:32.470 --> 0:09:35.210 I liked Matthew Golden last night. Jordan Love missed some 0:09:35.230 --> 0:09:37.150 big-time throws. The fourth down throw where he threw it 0:09:37.170 --> 0:09:38.569 to the back of the end zone. He's going to 0:09:38.590 --> 0:09:40.390 get better. I think Green Bay is a team you 0:09:40.429 --> 0:09:41.850 don't want to face in the second half. I think 0:09:41.870 --> 0:09:43.750 they're going to have a losing record, Paul. But they're 0:09:43.770 --> 0:09:46.800 going to get a lot healthier. So I'm saying R-E-A-L-X. 0:09:47.360 --> 0:09:49.620 Yeah, positive pearl off here. All right, let's give out 0:09:49.660 --> 0:09:51.660 some helmet stickers last night. I'll let you go first. 0:09:52.040 --> 0:09:55.610 Okay, my helmet stickers. I'm going obvious. Bijan, we all 0:09:55.650 --> 0:09:57.910 knew he was great. Drake London needed a game like 0:09:57.929 --> 0:10:00.160 this to become sort of a number one receiver. in 0:10:00.179 --> 0:10:04.740 the nfl 194 yards completely dominant they couldn't cover them 0:10:04.820 --> 0:10:06.980 and they got stuck in one-on-one coverage because they were 0:10:07.020 --> 0:10:10.880 so worried about bijan robinson i am really impressed this 0:10:10.900 --> 0:10:12.640 is the guy who i kind of worry was drafted 0:10:12.660 --> 0:10:15.400 too high number eight overall by hitting a stride Yeah, 0:10:15.420 --> 0:10:18.090 he looks like a great number one receiver. I'm all in. 0:10:18.210 --> 0:10:20.150 Yeah, Kyle Pitts hitting his stride. All right, let's get 0:10:20.190 --> 0:10:21.869 to my helmet sticker. Usually it's supposed to go to 0:10:21.890 --> 0:10:23.980 a player. I'm going to help someone out here. This 0:10:24.059 --> 0:10:26.959 poor woman after a drop by the Packers, she deserves 0:10:27.000 --> 0:10:28.179 a helmet sticker. Take a look at this. 0:10:29.190 --> 0:10:29.550 Oh, man. 0:10:29.929 --> 0:10:32.770 She's so upset, she's got to check her own pulse. Oh, boy. 0:10:33.000 --> 0:10:37.360 I mean, calling the medics, calling the people. I've been 0:10:37.380 --> 0:10:40.960 there before. Look at that. Someone attend to her. Make 0:10:40.980 --> 0:10:41.660 sure she's okay. 0:10:41.880 --> 0:10:44.080 This is a level of snarkiness I'm not used to 0:10:44.140 --> 0:10:45.020 from Green Bay fans. 0:10:45.320 --> 0:10:48.000 Well, I don't think she was playing to the camera. 0:10:48.020 --> 0:10:49.620 You think she really was having a medical issue? 0:10:49.860 --> 0:10:52.480 Oh, yeah. I've been there before. As a Bears fan, 0:10:52.540 --> 0:10:55.140 I've left games at halftime and just been kind of 0:10:55.240 --> 0:10:57.000 dizzy and had to walk out and get some vitamin 0:10:57.020 --> 0:11:00.069 D and get some sunshine. She seemed in need of help. 0:11:00.410 --> 0:11:01.350 She needed to go to the pen. 0:11:01.370 --> 0:11:03.690 I don't know. It's almost as if she knew the 0:11:03.710 --> 0:11:05.210 camera was on her. But I don't know how she 0:11:05.250 --> 0:11:06.450 would have known that. She was kind of high up. 0:11:07.100 --> 0:11:08.910 We've got a lot more NFL to hit coming up. 0:11:09.140 --> 0:11:12.760 All right. It's a rare day in baseball where a 0:11:12.820 --> 0:11:15.880 city has two teams clinch. Of course, it's Paul City. 0:11:15.900 --> 0:11:18.480 We're going to dive into baseball next. Not so fast. 0:11:26.670 --> 0:11:27.530 Pitch is inside. 0:11:28.750 --> 0:11:31.270 And he's done it! 0:11:31.290 --> 0:11:33.720 40-40 for the soon-to-be MVP! 0:11:35.360 --> 0:11:38.480 That's a midday pick-me-up, and that's Peter Crow Armstrong, and 0:11:38.500 --> 0:11:41.460 the Cubs fans going nuts as he goes 40-40. What 0:11:41.480 --> 0:11:43.660 a season for him. He's going to cruise to the MVP, 0:11:43.679 --> 0:11:45.420 which you can't imagine saying six months ago. 0:11:45.800 --> 0:11:48.219 Unbelievable. You know what, though? I'm going to be a 0:11:48.280 --> 0:11:50.699 wet blanket here, if permission allowed. 0:11:50.800 --> 0:11:51.579 Wow, go for it. 0:11:51.600 --> 0:11:54.380 I love it. So 40 steals in the era where 0:11:54.420 --> 0:11:56.260 the pitcher can't go over to first base doesn't mean 0:11:56.280 --> 0:11:59.989 the same thing. Shohei obviously went 50-50. To me, these 0:12:00.050 --> 0:12:03.210 are manufactured stats. I do not care about it. I'm 0:12:03.250 --> 0:12:05.730 old enough that I watch Vince Coleman run the bases. 0:12:05.790 --> 0:12:07.630 These guys are not the same. It's easy to steal 0:12:07.650 --> 0:12:10.550 a base if the guy can't do the pickoff move 0:12:10.620 --> 0:12:11.260 unlimited times. 0:12:11.380 --> 0:12:13.300 So I can see what you're saying, that steals aren't 0:12:13.320 --> 0:12:15.920 the steals of our youth where 70, 80, 90 was 0:12:15.960 --> 0:12:18.840 the number. But I guess the 40-40 is the hook 0:12:18.900 --> 0:12:21.820 where the power and speed, usually guys who hit 40 0:12:21.820 --> 0:12:22.600 aren't allowed to steal. 0:12:23.010 --> 0:12:26.070 Well, yeah, but in the new era with the bigger bases, 0:12:26.130 --> 0:12:28.569 all these Rob Manfred changes. The gloves even? Yeah, if 0:12:28.670 --> 0:12:31.030 Shohei Otani can get 50 steals, then I'm not going 0:12:31.050 --> 0:12:32.750 to be blown away by PCA getting 40. 0:12:32.750 --> 0:12:34.630 Look at you with the wet blanket. Let's get to 0:12:34.670 --> 0:12:36.410 some warm takes and warm it up in here because 0:12:36.429 --> 0:12:37.910 it got a little cold. I'm going to go first. 0:12:37.929 --> 0:12:40.730 It's time for some warm takes. Here's mine. I'm going 0:12:40.770 --> 0:12:44.360 to stay in Chicago. Sports fans in all cities, they 0:12:44.390 --> 0:12:46.380 don't get days like this very often. Let me recap 0:12:46.390 --> 0:12:49.480 what happened in Chicago yesterday. The White Sox clinched a 0:12:49.520 --> 0:12:52.830 spot in the playoffs. 12 minutes later, the Cubs clinched 0:12:52.890 --> 0:12:55.910 a spot in the playoffs. During that Cubs game, Pete 0:12:55.929 --> 0:12:58.559 Crowe Armstrong joined the 40-40 club. We just saw that. 0:12:58.620 --> 0:13:01.500 There's the Cubs getting in the playoffs. Now, the Cubs 0:13:01.520 --> 0:13:04.440 making the playoffs isn't a big surprise. The White Sox 0:13:04.480 --> 0:13:07.280 making the playoffs is a huge surprise. Last year, the 0:13:07.320 --> 0:13:12.050 White Sox lost 102 games. Two seasons ago, the White Sox, 0:13:12.070 --> 0:13:14.429 there's the Cubs soaking it in at Wrigley, not a 0:13:14.450 --> 0:13:17.350 big surprise. Let's go to the White Sox. 100 losses 0:13:17.390 --> 0:13:22.510 last year. 121 losses the season before. Historical. They like 0:13:22.550 --> 0:13:25.710 tied the Richmond Spiders or the Cleveland Spiders or something 0:13:25.730 --> 0:13:28.770 like that. Some Spiders. That's historical. But the White Sox, 0:13:29.150 --> 0:13:30.850 you know, they're not a dominant team. They don't have 0:13:30.850 --> 0:13:33.650 100 wins. They kind of have a weak division to 0:13:33.670 --> 0:13:36.070 get in. Doesn't matter. That is a feel-good story for 0:13:36.090 --> 0:13:38.559 the White Sox and kind of shocking. And the bonus 0:13:38.600 --> 0:13:42.080 coverage for Chicago sports fans, Sox get in, Cubs get in, 0:13:42.300 --> 0:13:45.380 PCA 40-40, and the icing on the cake is watching 0:13:45.400 --> 0:13:48.840 the Packers lose in painful fashion against on national TV. 0:13:49.140 --> 0:13:51.300 That's like a 30-for-30 day in Chicago, and you don't 0:13:51.380 --> 0:13:54.079 get those that often. So if you're a Chicago sports fan, 0:13:54.559 --> 0:13:57.540 whatever town you're from, soak those in, watch both teams, 0:13:57.610 --> 0:13:59.309 support the whole town. That was fascinating. 0:13:59.990 --> 0:14:02.110 Okay, Paul, so if you're a new viewer to Not 0:14:02.130 --> 0:14:05.010 So Fast, I have to ask a question. Who are 0:14:05.030 --> 0:14:07.370 you pulling for in the postseason? You're a Chicago native. 0:14:07.410 --> 0:14:08.670 Is it the White Sox or the Cubs? 0:14:08.710 --> 0:14:10.840 That's a tough question. I've dealt with this before. I 0:14:10.860 --> 0:14:13.479 am a Cubs fan. I'm a Chicagoan. I'm a Cubs fan. 0:14:13.520 --> 0:14:15.400 I'm from the South Side, which makes it really weird. 0:14:15.910 --> 0:14:18.439 But I like the Sox, and I like when the 0:14:18.480 --> 0:14:20.480 Sox do well for the rest of the city. I 0:14:20.500 --> 0:14:23.380 don't root for the Sox nor against the Sox. When 0:14:23.640 --> 0:14:25.530 the Sox win, it's good for the city. It's good 0:14:25.550 --> 0:14:27.790 for everybody. I've never gotten into the thing, and I'm 0:14:27.810 --> 0:14:30.420 going to get crushed for this. where you love your 0:14:30.460 --> 0:14:33.000 team and hate the team from across town. I think 0:14:33.020 --> 0:14:34.859 that's kind of weird, and you were just licking your chops. 0:14:34.880 --> 0:14:38.040 Well, I mean, Yankees and Mets fans hate each other. Clippers, 0:14:38.220 --> 0:14:40.490 Lakers fans, I don't think the Lakers fans even care 0:14:40.500 --> 0:14:41.090 about the Clippers. 0:14:41.150 --> 0:14:42.870 Right, and I don't care about the Sox. I just 0:14:42.890 --> 0:14:44.970 look at, like, hey, if they're doing well, great. I 0:14:45.010 --> 0:14:46.550 hope the Cubs do better, much better. 0:14:46.830 --> 0:14:49.010 And what's the percentage of the cities? Is it 50-50? 0:14:49.050 --> 0:14:49.810 Is it 60-40? 0:14:49.910 --> 0:14:51.190 That's a weird one, and we could do an hour 0:14:51.250 --> 0:14:53.690 on this. The Sox are really south side. Cubs are 0:14:53.850 --> 0:14:55.690 all over, and, of course, the north side and the 0:14:55.730 --> 0:14:58.430 west side. But the Cubs are a national team. They're 0:14:58.450 --> 0:14:59.590 like a tourist attraction. 0:14:59.710 --> 0:15:01.830 I saw them as a kid, WGN. They were on 0:15:01.870 --> 0:15:02.530 TV all the time. 0:15:02.570 --> 0:15:04.190 Yeah, and Wrigley Field is more of a place you 0:15:04.230 --> 0:15:06.550 want to go to if you're not even barely a 0:15:06.930 --> 0:15:08.990 Cubs fan or a baseball fan. The Sox are more 0:15:09.050 --> 0:15:10.210 territorial to the south side. 0:15:10.350 --> 0:15:13.010 Absolutely. Okay. I have a team everybody should root for 0:15:13.050 --> 0:15:15.870 in the NFL, and it's a weird one. The Las 0:15:15.990 --> 0:15:21.020 Vegas Raiders are now the darling of the NFL. They're 2-0. 0:15:21.060 --> 0:15:23.940 They play New Orleans, could go 3-0. It's a winnable game, 0:15:24.000 --> 0:15:26.540 I think. But here's what's exciting to me, Paul. On 0:15:26.600 --> 0:15:29.520 November 18th, the John Madden movie comes out with Nicolas 0:15:29.560 --> 0:15:33.520 Cage and Christian Bale about Madden and Al Davis. There 0:15:33.620 --> 0:15:37.620 is a resurgence of the commitment to excellence. Everything Raiders 0:15:37.660 --> 0:15:39.850 feels like is in the air. You know the old 0:15:40.090 --> 0:15:42.630 NFL film thing, Autumn Wind was a Raider? Oh, yeah. 0:15:43.350 --> 0:15:45.030 All that stuff is going to be in play if 0:15:45.050 --> 0:15:47.750 the Raiders are good. I watched some of the highlights 0:15:47.990 --> 0:15:51.380 this morning. Kirk Cousins wasn't throwing little dink passes. He 0:15:51.420 --> 0:15:54.440 was gunning it all over the field like Daryl LaMonica 0:15:54.480 --> 0:15:57.790 or one of the old Raiders quarterbacks. This is Raider football. 0:15:58.170 --> 0:16:00.190 So the movie comes out the 18th. The Raiders play 0:16:00.210 --> 0:16:03.530 Seattle on November 15th. Somehow, they have a winning record 0:16:03.610 --> 0:16:06.350 after that. It is going to be a craze. People 0:16:06.390 --> 0:16:08.620 follow the Raiders even when they're bad, Paul. Can you 0:16:08.660 --> 0:16:10.980 imagine with all this going on, if they're good? This 0:16:11.000 --> 0:16:13.000 is one of the most exciting seasons we've had in 0:16:13.040 --> 0:16:15.140 a long time. And you don't even need number one 0:16:15.180 --> 0:16:18.060 overall pick, Fernando Mendoza. I'm into all things Raiders. 0:16:18.180 --> 0:16:20.080 It's very fun. And a couple reasons I love this 0:16:20.100 --> 0:16:23.110 story is that the Raiders have their reputation. Vegas has 0:16:23.330 --> 0:16:26.640 its reputation. And Kirk Cousins and Fernando Mendoza are the 0:16:26.760 --> 0:16:31.400 least Raider quarterbacks of all time. Fernando Mendoza makes Kirk 0:16:31.460 --> 0:16:33.600 Cousins seem like a kind of a rough and tumble guy. 0:16:33.920 --> 0:16:36.580 I mean, Kirk Cousins, they go shopping together for friendly 0:16:36.620 --> 0:16:39.040 deals at Kohl's. I love that. They're just fascinating the 0:16:39.440 --> 0:16:40.280 dichotomy of those guys. 0:16:40.300 --> 0:16:42.340 Yeah, I saw Fernando Mendoza, and it might have been fake, 0:16:42.460 --> 0:16:45.440 is starting a class on financial management for athletes or something. 0:16:45.720 --> 0:16:47.100 He's the biggest nerd in sports. 0:16:47.140 --> 0:16:49.820 And you go to Vegas because you make bad financial decisions. 0:16:49.900 --> 0:16:52.780 Right. And now Vegas is drafting probably the wrong kind 0:16:52.820 --> 0:16:55.400 of guys. But this is kind of fun. And also, 0:16:55.500 --> 0:16:57.900 I would also say the Saints. If they beat the Raiders, 0:16:57.920 --> 0:17:00.530 then heck, I'll just jump on that Saints bandwagon. I 0:17:00.570 --> 0:17:01.730