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The Raiders now two and twelve, and 0:01:33.800 --> 0:01:36.360 thankfully they didn't screw it up and win a game. 0:01:36.800 --> 0:01:39.320 But two and twelve, still in line to get the 0:01:39.400 --> 0:01:44.760 number one overall pick. But fifteen to nine the ending score, 0:01:45.319 --> 0:01:49.520 Falcons over the Raiders. Other news, the Lions lost their 0:01:50.120 --> 0:01:53.760 workhorse running back David Montgomery looks like he's done for 0:01:53.800 --> 0:01:56.800 the year. A couple of colleges looking at Michael Vick 0:01:57.080 --> 0:02:01.800 that came out of nowhere, Norfolk State and Sacramento State 0:02:02.000 --> 0:02:04.440 looking at Michael Vick. We have more on that coming up, 0:02:04.840 --> 0:02:08.760 but tonight, it's the Cup. That's all Fritzy's been talking about. 0:02:09.360 --> 0:02:10.200 It's the Cup. 0:02:10.760 --> 0:02:11.400 It's a big deal. 0:02:11.680 --> 0:02:15.119 The Bucks and the thunder for the Cup comes down 0:02:15.120 --> 0:02:16.320 to this, Yes, it does. 0:02:16.600 --> 0:02:19.520 There's a lot of money at stake as well. 0:02:19.960 --> 0:02:23.600 Ratings are down with the NBA, and I don't know 0:02:23.600 --> 0:02:26.519 if you can pinpoint a reason. I always go back 0:02:26.520 --> 0:02:30.000 to if they don't care, I don't care. I think 0:02:30.040 --> 0:02:32.600 load management has turned people away. 0:02:33.000 --> 0:02:33.480 I don't know. 0:02:33.520 --> 0:02:36.480 If we're glued to a TV set going, I can't 0:02:36.520 --> 0:02:38.800 wait to watch that game, and even if you do, 0:02:38.880 --> 0:02:42.320 you don't even know who's playing. But ratings have declined, 0:02:43.040 --> 0:02:44.840 and I know they try to spice it up with 0:02:45.000 --> 0:02:49.280 the Cup in season tournament. You're not enticing me if 0:02:49.320 --> 0:02:52.640 you say, hey, we're gonna have put some money at 0:02:52.720 --> 0:02:53.239 stake here. 0:02:53.800 --> 0:02:54.480 So wait a minute. 0:02:54.800 --> 0:02:57.560 They don't really try hard, but now they're really going 0:02:57.639 --> 0:03:00.760 to try hard. Therefore now I should watch much. That 0:03:00.880 --> 0:03:03.960 doesn't work with me. I love the NBA, grown up 0:03:04.000 --> 0:03:06.720 with the NBA, but there are times when I go, 0:03:06.960 --> 0:03:09.840 I don't care. You don't care, and that's the feeling 0:03:09.880 --> 0:03:13.480 I've gotten. Actually it's you don't care the players. I 0:03:13.520 --> 0:03:18.280 don't care either, but I'll watch. No, I would watch anyway. 0:03:18.320 --> 0:03:21.400 It's a good game, but just because it's for the Cup, 0:03:22.320 --> 0:03:24.880 and I know Rob Manfred has gotten roughed up a 0:03:24.880 --> 0:03:27.239 little bit in the media. A lot of people say, 0:03:27.280 --> 0:03:30.280 what are you talking about with this goldennet bat? Where 0:03:30.280 --> 0:03:33.240 you can use that anytime you want. Maybe I've Aaron Judge, 0:03:33.440 --> 0:03:35.320 you know, he gets the bat twice in an inning 0:03:36.360 --> 0:03:38.880 and people will go, what, oh, you know, the purity 0:03:38.920 --> 0:03:41.160 of the game, what are you doing? Okay, we're past that. 0:03:41.960 --> 0:03:45.080 This is about getting eyeballs. And this is what Adam 0:03:45.120 --> 0:03:47.080 Silver is going to have to do. At some point, 0:03:47.240 --> 0:03:49.720 he's going to have to take a swing. He's going 0:03:49.800 --> 0:03:51.640 to have to have a golden net bat. He's going 0:03:51.720 --> 0:03:56.200 to have to have something that is interesting, intriguing, different, 0:03:56.960 --> 0:03:59.120 a tune in factor. Now they've tried to do this 0:03:59.200 --> 0:04:02.320 with the basketball courts, and I'm fine with it. You know, 0:04:02.360 --> 0:04:03.960 you're looking for a younger audience. 0:04:04.520 --> 0:04:05.040 I get it. 0:04:05.600 --> 0:04:10.320 But maybe we add something to those colorful courts, you know, 0:04:10.680 --> 0:04:15.200 maybe there's a blinking three point line, maybe there's something inside. 0:04:15.320 --> 0:04:19.599 Like I was told during the pandemic, and I was 0:04:19.720 --> 0:04:22.760 told by a great source that the NBA was looking 0:04:22.839 --> 0:04:27.159 at creating courts that would resemble pinball machines so it 0:04:27.279 --> 0:04:30.159 would be a little bit more live. Now, I know 0:04:30.240 --> 0:04:32.920 it sounds gimmicky, but I think you've got to get 0:04:32.960 --> 0:04:35.800 to the point where can we keep up? Can we 0:04:35.960 --> 0:04:40.240 keep our place in the sports landscape here? Because we've 0:04:40.279 --> 0:04:43.840 seen sports that just fall off horse racing, boxing, they 0:04:43.880 --> 0:04:49.760 fall off baseball, that was America's pastime, fell off the NBA. 0:04:51.080 --> 0:04:53.479 They're kind of trying to hold on for dear life. 0:04:53.560 --> 0:04:57.520 The NFL is just bulldozing everybody. I get that. But 0:04:58.320 --> 0:05:01.760 you can still maintain your place at least you hope 0:05:01.760 --> 0:05:05.080 to on the sports ladder. But you know, the NFL 0:05:05.200 --> 0:05:07.120 is up all the way at the top, and then 0:05:07.279 --> 0:05:10.440 you got people down the totem pole here. What are 0:05:10.440 --> 0:05:11.960 you going to do? What are you going to do 0:05:12.520 --> 0:05:15.679 when Lebron leaves? What are you going to do Lebron 0:05:15.839 --> 0:05:19.560 steph k d leave? Are you going to trust the 0:05:19.600 --> 0:05:25.200 game with the joker? Luca Jannis? Great players, Hall of 0:05:25.200 --> 0:05:28.520 Fame players? But then you got guys like John Morant. 0:05:28.880 --> 0:05:32.360 You can't trust him, wonderful talent, can't trust him. Zion 0:05:32.440 --> 0:05:36.039 Williamson reportedly you know available if you want to trade 0:05:36.040 --> 0:05:39.000 for him. So you're looking at what is the future? 0:05:39.520 --> 0:05:42.800 You know, Cooper Flag coming in like there's always going 0:05:42.880 --> 0:05:46.760 to be you know, fresh blood in there. The question 0:05:46.960 --> 0:05:51.000 is who is a tune in factor person. The WNBA 0:05:51.120 --> 0:05:56.119 struck gold they got Caitlin Clark. The NBA needs somebody 0:05:57.120 --> 0:06:01.239 somebody like that. And I think this is where Adam 0:06:01.279 --> 0:06:03.200 Silver is going to have to, you know, have a 0:06:03.560 --> 0:06:06.400 golden it back type thing of swinging for some things 0:06:06.400 --> 0:06:10.200 and trying some new things. Remember with baseball, the pitch clock. 0:06:10.320 --> 0:06:13.240 Oh god, the base is going to be a little 0:06:13.279 --> 0:06:19.479 bit larger. Uh, nobody complains about him. Now we actually 0:06:19.480 --> 0:06:24.839 had guys who stole bases. Games were quicker, like there 0:06:25.320 --> 0:06:27.920 seem to be more movement in the game. He's trying, 0:06:28.839 --> 0:06:31.240 and I think that's what you want. You know, football, 0:06:31.480 --> 0:06:34.359 it doesn't matter what they do. This commissioner can't screw 0:06:34.360 --> 0:06:36.880 it up. Hey, we're going to do this to the kickoff. Now, 0:06:36.920 --> 0:06:39.599 imagine if we were doing this years ago, where we said, hey, 0:06:40.080 --> 0:06:43.200 this is what we're doing. Even you can't touch a quarterback. 0:06:43.480 --> 0:06:46.719 Imagine if we did that years ago. Oh, what's the 0:06:46.920 --> 0:06:49.800 game devolved in? Oh, I don't want to watch this. 0:06:49.960 --> 0:06:52.240 Put a skirt on him. Now we're like, no, you 0:06:52.360 --> 0:06:56.320 got to protect them. You got to protect my homes. 0:06:56.520 --> 0:07:02.000 Nn TUA. The kickoff, Like esthetically, when you watch it, 0:07:02.000 --> 0:07:06.039 it's still weird to see you're just standing there, you know, 0:07:06.560 --> 0:07:09.840 like you know, you're guarding the queen and just standing 0:07:09.880 --> 0:07:13.680 there until and gout and then you scra you know, 0:07:13.840 --> 0:07:15.600 it's really silly looking. 0:07:16.200 --> 0:07:17.559 But the NFL can do no wrong. 0:07:18.400 --> 0:07:21.280 Hey, we're going to outsoort, We're sending games out of 0:07:21.320 --> 0:07:24.680 the country they do. Hey, we're going to have you 0:07:24.720 --> 0:07:30.000 play three games in eleven days. Okay, can't do any wrong, 0:07:31.960 --> 0:07:33.440 doubleheaders on Monday. 0:07:35.200 --> 0:07:39.080 You know, We're like, yeah, okay. But I think with 0:07:39.160 --> 0:07:40.040 the NBA, I. 0:07:39.960 --> 0:07:42.520 Think we're going to have to start looking and going, Okay, 0:07:43.000 --> 0:07:45.920 where are we going? What is the future of the NBA? 0:07:47.640 --> 0:07:49.760 And you got to ask these hard questions. We see 0:07:49.760 --> 0:07:54.000 what's happening in college football like it happened quick and 0:07:54.080 --> 0:07:58.080 it's still evolving, and that's what you have to be 0:07:58.160 --> 0:08:01.400 able to get ahead of, you know, these kind of 0:08:01.440 --> 0:08:06.520 decisions or these seismic shifts that you have in sports. Crazy. 0:08:07.800 --> 0:08:10.480 But I think that's what the NBA. They're going to 0:08:10.560 --> 0:08:15.120 have to have one of those what ifs. Hey, there's 0:08:15.200 --> 0:08:19.080 no bad ideas here, Let's just put stuff out there 0:08:19.120 --> 0:08:20.520 and see what can we do. 0:08:20.600 --> 0:08:20.760 Now. 0:08:20.760 --> 0:08:23.360 The first thing I would say is I want to 0:08:23.360 --> 0:08:29.160 know who's playing. That's it. Are you playing? But don't 0:08:29.160 --> 0:08:31.800 tell me, Hey, they're playing for money. Now if you 0:08:31.960 --> 0:08:34.640 said the Bucks in Thunder had to put in their 0:08:34.679 --> 0:08:39.359 own money. Today in the middle of the court, commissioner 0:08:39.400 --> 0:08:43.439 brings a wheelbarrow out and says, they're playing for this money, 0:08:43.520 --> 0:08:47.319 and the Bucks and the Thunder put up the money. Okay, 0:08:48.120 --> 0:08:51.560 that's interesting, not going to happen. But just because they're 0:08:51.559 --> 0:08:54.960 playing for money doesn't mean anything to me. I want 0:08:54.960 --> 0:08:58.040 you to play hard, not hey, we're playing hard because 0:08:58.080 --> 0:09:00.960 we can get some money than do anything for me 0:09:01.320 --> 0:09:03.680 other than I guess they're really trying. 0:09:03.760 --> 0:09:04.000 Now. 0:09:06.080 --> 0:09:08.600 It's like Baseball tried back with the All Star Game 0:09:08.640 --> 0:09:11.760 and Fox goes, nobody's watching the All Star Game? How 0:09:11.760 --> 0:09:15.440 about home field advantage for the World Series? Silly idea, 0:09:15.960 --> 0:09:19.880 But they were trying. I'd rather have that commissioner who's 0:09:20.000 --> 0:09:23.160 trying to do something now. I don't want change for 0:09:23.240 --> 0:09:26.480 the sake of change, but I do want ideas. And 0:09:26.520 --> 0:09:29.319 I think we're not beholding to records anymore. It's not 0:09:29.400 --> 0:09:32.560 like you go, oh my god, you've got the bases larger. 0:09:32.800 --> 0:09:36.040 Well that's not the same with Ricky Henderson. We got 0:09:36.040 --> 0:09:39.400 all that. I get that, but I think you got 0:09:39.400 --> 0:09:43.160 to try. You got to be experimental or willing to 0:09:43.200 --> 0:09:47.680 be flexible there. Because our attention span is getting shorter 0:09:47.720 --> 0:09:50.240 and shorter, you're going to flip through. 0:09:50.520 --> 0:09:52.280 It used to be you would just watch. 0:09:52.559 --> 0:09:55.320 Well, now you really have to give me a reason 0:09:55.320 --> 0:09:58.320 why I'm watching this game. I'd like that the Bucks, 0:09:58.720 --> 0:10:02.240 Giannis and Dame are playing well, and Doc Rivers seems 0:10:02.240 --> 0:10:05.360 like he's going to keep his job. Okay, the Thunder 0:10:05.400 --> 0:10:08.760 when they get Chaed Holmgren back. You know, SGA is 0:10:08.760 --> 0:10:11.440 a really talented play Not enough for me to tune 0:10:11.520 --> 0:10:16.600 in for that, and I love basketball, so I do 0:10:16.679 --> 0:10:19.640 think the NBA will have to look at something. I 0:10:19.640 --> 0:10:22.760 wouldn't be surprised if you start to hear, hey, they're 0:10:23.000 --> 0:10:26.000 considering this, or they'll float it out, they'll leak it 0:10:26.000 --> 0:10:29.040 in the media and say, hey, we're thinking about this. 0:10:29.640 --> 0:10:32.520 What and then all of a sudden we discuss it. 0:10:32.760 --> 0:10:35.120 Yes, Marvin, Yeah, I would have lost some money because 0:10:35.120 --> 0:10:36.800 if we had made a bet at the end of 0:10:36.880 --> 0:10:39.640 last year's playoffs, I would have said, Anthony Edwards is 0:10:39.640 --> 0:10:41.600 the guy you have to hit your wagon to, just 0:10:41.640 --> 0:10:44.080 because they had such a great run in the playoffs, 0:10:44.080 --> 0:10:47.920 and he's such a great personality, and I don't know 0:10:47.920 --> 0:10:48.440 what happened. 0:10:50.360 --> 0:10:52.679 I don't I mean, once again, I don't go all 0:10:52.720 --> 0:10:55.600 the Timberwolves are playing. I'm going to tune in, but 0:10:55.640 --> 0:10:58.240 if I do tune in, I know that he'll stand out. 0:10:58.240 --> 0:11:01.800 They're above five hundred with the Lakers. The Lakers, you 0:11:01.840 --> 0:11:05.280 know that roster is not a winning roster. You know 0:11:05.320 --> 0:11:08.880 they're an eight seed team. It feels like but Lebron's 0:11:08.920 --> 0:11:12.480 going to be done in a year, Steph in maybe 0:11:12.520 --> 0:11:16.439 two years, KD a couple then what I mean? These 0:11:16.480 --> 0:11:19.760 are all first ballot Hall of Famers, top fifteen players 0:11:19.800 --> 0:11:24.000 of all time, trying to get guys nowadays who are 0:11:24.040 --> 0:11:28.599 going to play, want to play, win championships. 0:11:30.080 --> 0:11:33.360 The fact that Zion is available right now. I mean the. 0:11:33.320 --> 0:11:39.240 Pelicans they almost had it, they almost did, and now 0:11:39.240 --> 0:11:40.240 they don't have anything. 0:11:41.920 --> 0:11:45.920 They're terrible, They're in last place. Zion couldn't miss. 0:11:47.040 --> 0:11:50.480 He's going to be a star. I don't even know 0:11:50.480 --> 0:11:52.480 if he wants to play. I don't know how much 0:11:52.559 --> 0:11:56.360 it matters to him. John Moran's got everything until he 0:11:56.400 --> 0:12:02.240 doesn't have anything. Anthony Edwards can be wonderful, but what 0:12:02.320 --> 0:12:05.559 did it come down to in the Olympics, those same 0:12:05.880 --> 0:12:12.160 three old guys. Joker's great, but he's just great to watch. 0:12:14.000 --> 0:12:16.320 So I don't know. I think the NBA has got 0:12:16.320 --> 0:12:18.800 a challenge here ahead of them because the last ten 0:12:18.880 --> 0:12:24.480 years the ratings have been going down steadily, a steady decline, 0:12:24.640 --> 0:12:28.520 and this year not good either. And who has the 0:12:28.520 --> 0:12:32.480 philosophy of a sport where you go, Hey, our season 0:12:32.640 --> 0:12:37.360 starts in October, but wait till Christmas and then we're 0:12:37.360 --> 0:12:40.280 going to have some really good games. I'm going to 0:12:40.360 --> 0:12:43.679 take a couple of months off. It's not a great 0:12:43.760 --> 0:12:47.960 game plan for me if you're the commissioner. Hey, the 0:12:48.040 --> 0:12:51.920 season starts Christmas Day. I think we all feel that way. 0:12:51.960 --> 0:12:53.560 That's what he was trying to do this with the 0:12:53.679 --> 0:12:56.000 NBA Cup. It's about the Cup, Todd. 0:12:55.920 --> 0:13:02.120 It's the Cup tonight. Fucks thunder for it all, for 0:13:02.200 --> 0:13:03.200 some of it, not all of it. 0:13:03.480 --> 0:13:05.160 The Cup, yes, Marvin. 0:13:05.200 --> 0:13:07.000 And the NBA is in even more trouble because the 0:13:07.080 --> 0:13:09.680 NFL's like, no, no, no, we got Christmas. Yes, they roughed 0:13:09.720 --> 0:13:12.960 them up too, like that was their primetime. Hey, guys, 0:13:12.960 --> 0:13:16.319 the seasons here are big matchups. We got five great 0:13:16.360 --> 0:13:20.079 games with ten great teams and NFL is like, I guess. 0:13:20.720 --> 0:13:23.360 You know, you know what the NFL said, Hey, we're 0:13:23.360 --> 0:13:26.560 gonna have our guys play on like two days rest. 0:13:27.480 --> 0:13:28.360 You guys have for it. 0:13:28.559 --> 0:13:32.680 Sure you want to play football and Christmas me away 0:13:32.679 --> 0:13:33.280 from the family. 0:13:33.600 --> 0:13:35.640 Sure, yeah, Paulie. 0:13:35.800 --> 0:13:38.000 I think after listening to everything you just said, what 0:13:38.120 --> 0:13:40.320 really stands out to me is the NFL is always 0:13:40.320 --> 0:13:43.520 pushing it and feeling more intense and playing more games, 0:13:43.840 --> 0:13:46.240 and their players are playing Nobody sits out as a 0:13:46.240 --> 0:13:49.160 healthy scratch. What bothers me about the NBA, and for 0:13:49.240 --> 0:13:51.160 listening to talk about this for the past few minutes, 0:13:51.640 --> 0:13:54.760 the games lack intensity, no matter they have star power. 0:13:54.840 --> 0:13:57.320 They have lots of star power, a lot of recognizable names. 0:13:57.520 --> 0:13:59.679 When I tune into a game, I watch guys running 0:13:59.720 --> 0:14:02.439 up and down, jacking threes and running back down and 0:14:02.559 --> 0:14:05.200 jacking threes. And that's what it happens for about two hours. 0:14:05.440 --> 0:14:09.280 There's very little intensity. I don't need fighting or punching, 0:14:09.800 --> 0:14:13.000 but intensity of the game they feel. The games feel casual, 0:14:13.120 --> 0:14:14.800 especially the first half of the season. 0:14:15.400 --> 0:14:17.280 I watched the Knicks and the Hawks the other night, 0:14:17.559 --> 0:14:19.720 and I watched most of the game and really enjoyed it. 0:14:20.400 --> 0:14:23.600 There was a feel to it, but that's because of 0:14:23.720 --> 0:14:27.240 Trey Young in the Garden against the Knicks, and that 0:14:27.920 --> 0:14:31.480 is this standalone game. I'm not saying you're going to 0:14:31.520 --> 0:14:33.680 get that all the time, but I'd like a little 0:14:33.720 --> 0:14:36.800 bit more of that where it feels like it really 0:14:36.840 --> 0:14:38.680 means something to the players. 0:14:40.120 --> 0:14:42.920 And it just feels like, hey, you know. 0:14:42.840 --> 0:14:45.800 We're going to work, got to go out there, I 0:14:45.800 --> 0:14:48.960 got to play, you know, about thirty four minutes, and 0:14:49.000 --> 0:14:52.080 then ron to the next game. I shoot a couple 0:14:52.120 --> 0:14:55.720 threes and then that's it. It doesn't feel and maybe 0:14:55.760 --> 0:15:00.280 there's too many games we've talked about that, but once again, 0:15:00.280 --> 0:15:03.040 I'm not beholden to the records the way I once was. 0:15:04.000 --> 0:15:07.880 I don't know if the American public is either, But 0:15:07.960 --> 0:15:12.120 I do think you're going to need a commissioner, and 0:15:12.160 --> 0:15:16.760 this commercial commissioner is a very bright man to maybe 0:15:16.800 --> 0:15:19.720 start to look at things. And I think the courts 0:15:20.280 --> 0:15:22.840 that kind of had a shock value to it. You're like, whoa, 0:15:23.040 --> 0:15:23.440 what's this? 0:15:24.720 --> 0:15:25.080 Okay? 0:15:26.320 --> 0:15:31.000 Do you want to do that all season long? Okay? 0:15:31.240 --> 0:15:34.000 Like what the All Star Game is not worth tuning into? 0:15:34.360 --> 0:15:37.080 Now we're tuning into what the three point shooting contest. 0:15:37.120 --> 0:15:40.360 But we're bringing in the WNBA with the NBA and okay, 0:15:40.760 --> 0:15:43.480 you're trying. They can't do anything with the All Star 0:15:43.560 --> 0:15:47.400 Game unless it's the United States against you know, everybody 0:15:47.400 --> 0:15:50.880 else in the world. Maybe that would be interesting. I 0:15:50.960 --> 0:15:53.520 just don't know if you'd have the depth. You probably 0:15:53.600 --> 0:15:57.400 have five or six really really good players from around 0:15:57.480 --> 0:16:00.120 the around the world, and then it would be a 0:16:00.200 --> 0:16:03.720 drastic fall off there. All right, we'll get started here. 0:16:04.000 --> 0:16:05.760 Got a poll question, Yes, Paul. 0:16:05.680 --> 0:16:08.560 We may have to play an impromptu good idea, bad 0:16:08.560 --> 0:16:11.400 idea later today where we say what we would give 0:16:11.400 --> 0:16:14.520 an idea to Commissioner Silver. Hmm, Like let's say, like 0:16:14.560 --> 0:16:16.960 you said, there's no bad ideas, all hands on deck. 0:16:17.160 --> 0:16:20.200 Well he has, you know, to his credit, he has 0:16:20.480 --> 0:16:22.960 enacted some of the things I proposed to him, and 0:16:23.000 --> 0:16:25.000 that is, you must play a certain number of games 0:16:25.040 --> 0:16:28.600 to qualify for postseason awards. And I think that that 0:16:28.720 --> 0:16:31.840 does help. Like you know, you almost have to dangle 0:16:31.840 --> 0:16:34.480 a carrot and say come on, you gotta play, gotta play. 0:16:34.960 --> 0:16:37.720 And we took away from the positions on first, second, 0:16:37.760 --> 0:16:38.400 third team. 0:16:38.680 --> 0:16:39.680 He did that as well. 0:16:39.920 --> 0:16:43.520 Those are two things I asked him to do basketball's positionless? 0:16:43.720 --> 0:16:46.720 Take him off, you know, first, second, third team, and 0:16:47.000 --> 0:16:50.960 let's have a requirement of to be eligible for postseason honors, 0:16:50.960 --> 0:16:52.840 you got to play in a certain number of games. 0:16:53.200 --> 0:16:55.880 Shouldn't be that way, but that's what it is, all right. 0:16:55.960 --> 0:16:58.320 We got phone calls, settle on our poll question. We're 0:16:58.320 --> 0:17:00.000 back after this, Dan Patrick shape. 0:17:00.280 --> 0:17:03.160 Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 0:17:03.200 --> 0:17:06.560 the nation. 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So you take it to the lane 0:18:36.720 --> 0:18:40.800 and dunk on someone or amongst someone, not an uncontested dunk. 0:18:41.240 --> 0:18:43.960 It's now worth three points. Think of how that changes 0:18:44.000 --> 0:18:44.840 the game on the floor. 0:18:45.960 --> 0:18:54.000 But then I won't contest it back to you. Once again, 0:18:54.640 --> 0:18:59.000 there's smart stuff. There's no bad ideas except for we're open. 0:18:59.200 --> 0:19:04.159 We're opening, so for contested dunks. Okay, Kirk d cousins. 0:19:04.560 --> 0:19:08.520 In primetime. All he does is win. He has now 0:19:08.560 --> 0:19:12.159 thrown one touchdown nine interceptions over the last five weeks. 0:19:12.800 --> 0:19:17.400 That's not good. It was a win and in that division, 0:19:17.640 --> 0:19:21.080 you still have a chance at seven and seven. Raheem 0:19:21.160 --> 0:19:24.399 Morris is the Falcons head coach. Here is the question 0:19:24.760 --> 0:19:28.160 and his answer about his quarterback play. 0:19:29.600 --> 0:19:33.080 Can you assess Kirk's play tonight and where you're at? 0:19:33.119 --> 0:19:34.840 I know you guys got the dub, but in terms 0:19:34.880 --> 0:19:37.120 of him as the starting quarterback move forward. 0:19:36.880 --> 0:19:38.639 He's got to play better. And you know, obviously you 0:19:38.680 --> 0:19:40.159 got to go back. You gotta be a look at everything. 0:19:40.200 --> 0:19:42.280 But you know, he wants to play better. He's got 0:19:42.280 --> 0:19:43.520 to play better. We got to find a way to 0:19:43.520 --> 0:19:46.399 get him to play better. And obviously we'll get to 0:19:46.400 --> 0:19:48.040 work tomorrow. And that's the part of our process, right. 0:19:48.080 --> 0:19:49.560 You go, you look at the tape, you review with 0:19:49.560 --> 0:19:51.359 the people that needs to be reviewed with. You know, 0:19:51.359 --> 0:19:53.000 we get all the coordinators of the room. We'll talk 0:19:53.000 --> 0:19:55.080 with everybody, and we got to play better at the 0:19:55.119 --> 0:19:55.760 quarterback position. 0:19:56.080 --> 0:20:01.119 Okay, that's a word salad that meant absolutely no. So 0:20:01.280 --> 0:20:05.000 the reporter asked the follow up question. We're just going 0:20:05.040 --> 0:20:07.800 to play the question and then we're going to play 0:20:08.280 --> 0:20:11.680 what would you say or how would you answer this? 0:20:12.000 --> 0:20:14.199 So here's the question to Raheem Morris. 0:20:15.200 --> 0:20:18.240 Are you prepared to replace them with Michael Pennix? 0:20:18.520 --> 0:20:24.400 Okay, prepared to Todd, I'll let you be Raheem Morris, 0:20:25.080 --> 0:20:25.920 what would you say? 0:20:27.040 --> 0:20:27.200 Now? 0:20:27.240 --> 0:20:29.800 Look, guys, I think I already answered that we're rolling 0:20:29.840 --> 0:20:32.480 with Kirk Cousins. He's our quarterback, all right, But everyone's 0:20:32.520 --> 0:20:34.720 got to be evaluated. Everyone's got to step up. There's 0:20:34.720 --> 0:20:37.160 a playoff spot on the line. We're going with Kirk Cousins, 0:20:37.280 --> 0:20:40.679 but no one, no one is under the guise of 0:20:40.720 --> 0:20:42.399 being able to just do whatever they want and just 0:20:42.400 --> 0:20:43.080 go out there and do it. 0:20:43.080 --> 0:20:44.560 We're going to take it one game. 0:20:44.600 --> 0:20:49.160 Okay, hold on, hold on, Are you evaluating everybody which 0:20:49.200 --> 0:20:51.520 means Michael Pennix Junior gets to play, or are you 0:20:51.600 --> 0:20:52.720 staying with Kirk Cousins. 0:20:53.000 --> 0:20:55.720 We're staying with Kirk Cousins, but I will say that 0:20:55.800 --> 0:20:58.840 every position is up for grabs. There's a playoff spot 0:20:58.840 --> 0:21:00.399 on the line. We are going to evaluate everyone, and 0:21:00.440 --> 0:21:01.119 I mean everyone. 0:21:01.240 --> 0:21:03.680 So b Jeon Robinson is up for grabs. After he 0:21:03.720 --> 0:21:05.600 went over one thousand yards, he starts. 0:21:05.320 --> 0:21:07.880 Fumbling the football or gets negative yards, there's someone right 0:21:07.880 --> 0:21:08.760 there ready to get in there. 0:21:08.800 --> 0:21:11.440