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Speaker 1: What is going on everybody? John Middletop three and out podcast,

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Speaker 1: that's the show that is me and I just finished,

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Speaker 1: Well there's actually two minutes left. Carson Wentz. What a debackle.

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Speaker 1: I we'll dive into Carson Wentz and the Eagles. Uh,

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Speaker 1: not really much of a take on Seattle. I mean

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Speaker 1: they're eight and three. I mean their quarterbacks a star

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Speaker 1: that they're gonna be. I mean they're gonna win eleven

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Speaker 1: let me repeat, they're gonna win the NFC West. But

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Speaker 1: at the story of the Monday night football game, it

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Speaker 1: was the Eagles and Carson Wentz. Is just I was

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Speaker 1: texting with a buddy in the league. I haven't watched

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Speaker 1: I've watched bits and pieces, and no, he's struggling. When

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Speaker 1: Uh so I I I have a take there. We're

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Speaker 1: going to dive into a lot of stuff today. Uh.

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Speaker 1: Tom Brady, you know, he he created He's the one

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Speaker 1: I don't feel much sympathy for him the GM jobs

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Speaker 1: Jacksonville was fired. We had a ton of GM jobs open. Uh.

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Speaker 1: Some weekend thoughts about just a bunch of different things

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Speaker 1: that I saw on Sunday, Sam Donald, Matt Stafford. I

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Speaker 1: this Uh, I almost said this fall. I guess this spring,

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Speaker 1: with Monday Night Football and listen. I I've lost my

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Speaker 1: confidence before, and it happened both times professionally when I

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Speaker 1: and Chip Kelly came in and it became abundantly clear

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Speaker 1: at an NFL combine, uh he chip Kelly never made

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Speaker 1: eye contact with me after I had talked with him,

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Speaker 1: and you know, and I had been a big part

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Speaker 1: of the draft meetings and my antenna's went up. Something's

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Speaker 1: wrong and I was just in a bad place for

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Speaker 1: the next three or four months. I had lost my

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Speaker 1: and it led to good things. I changed careers, went

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Speaker 1: new boss who I despised. I thought was the biggest

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Speaker 1: a bigger just I. I I can't I I don't even

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Speaker 1: have the adjectives to describe him might be the dumbest

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Speaker 1: person I've ever been around. And I didn't necessarily lose

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Speaker 1: my confidence because that guy more just like, am I

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Speaker 1: it's easier to kind of crumble mentally. You know, it's

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Speaker 1: easy to say be tough, be tough mentally, be tough mentally.

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Speaker 1: You know, it takes a long time to develop mental

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Speaker 1: I'm watching Carson Wentz and he's not like some rookie player.

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Speaker 1: He does look like an individual who does not have confidence.

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Speaker 1: And whatever you do, you have to have confidence doing it.

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Speaker 1: like the job that I have right now, I'm literally

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Speaker 1: I have opponents, right I want you to listen to

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Speaker 1: me over all the other podcasts out. My opponent also

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Speaker 1: I mean there's pressure on me, but I get to

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Speaker 1: It's a pretty controlled environment, kind of like football practice.

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Speaker 1: You hear all the time. Like you know, Mitch Robinsky

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Speaker 1: Well to me, to you, to anyone that is not

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Speaker 1: you play for an analytically driven organization and maybe O platuna,

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Speaker 1: but forever you got to just keep playing. Say with basketball,

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Speaker 1: good point. He thought that confidence and stuff is a

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Speaker 1: It's about having internal confidence knowing that you can do

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Speaker 1: that well. You can wrap a deep out all week long,

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Speaker 1: Noll I once witness Tiger Woods get the chipping yips,

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Speaker 1: there's a chance if we got access to the practices,

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Speaker 1: Because I watched Carson Wentz, and I see a guy

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Speaker 1: He's big, he's strong, he's fast, he's got a big arm.

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Speaker 1: He's you wanted to look like. But when the ball

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Speaker 1: now Carson Wentz watching this Monday night football game against Seattle,

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Speaker 1: the amount of money they get from TV is so enormous.

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Speaker 1: Then even if you if you get a two million

429
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Speaker 1: dollar check, your payrolls for players is two million, Your

430
00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:53,640
Speaker 1: payroll for coaches is probably like twelve or thirteen. You're

431
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Speaker 1: scouting staffs like another couple million. You're still just on

432
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Speaker 1: the media money alone paying for all your your main employees.

433
00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:04,760
Speaker 1: You have, the amount of money these owners have to

434
00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:08,000
Speaker 1: fire and hire people is basically unlimited. You've seen it

435
00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:10,920
Speaker 1: in college and a big thing in college, like you've

436
00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:14,280
Speaker 1: seen uh, Will must Champ get fired, Derek Mason get

437
00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:16,520
Speaker 1: fired with Vanderbilt, and a lot of people like I

438
00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:19,640
Speaker 1: can't believe these guys got fired. And Corona in a pandemic. Yeah,

439
00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:22,840
Speaker 1: those guys were hanging on for dear life before back

440
00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:26,119
Speaker 1: when we thought Corona was a beer you know, so

441
00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:29,600
Speaker 1: I I those guys were getting fired either way. Tom Herman,

442
00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:31,960
Speaker 1: whether he gets fired hard bags. You know, you heard

443
00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:34,600
Speaker 1: all these names, But the reality is in the NFL

444
00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:36,600
Speaker 1: you have way more cash because there's no such thing

445
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Speaker 1: as Title nine. I don't need to use my football

446
00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:42,040
Speaker 1: money to pay for my men's and women's soccer team.

447
00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:45,720
Speaker 1: That ain't happening in the NFL. You pay for football, football,

448
00:23:46,119 --> 00:23:49,359
Speaker 1: and then more football. So when I see these guys

449
00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:51,479
Speaker 1: get fired, I go there are gonna be a lot

450
00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:55,200
Speaker 1: of people around the league looking their chops and circling

451
00:23:55,240 --> 00:23:57,760
Speaker 1: the wagons to try to get these jobs. People often

452
00:23:57,760 --> 00:23:59,480
Speaker 1: ask me how much money do people make in the

453
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Speaker 1: scouting can entity? Well, in my for me, I was

454
00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:06,879
Speaker 1: hired I think like twenty four years old, and I

455
00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:09,320
Speaker 1: was making like fifty grand, and you get you get

456
00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:11,520
Speaker 1: when you scout on the road. I got money from

457
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Speaker 1: my car, so it might have been got to sixty,

458
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Speaker 1: but I wasn't making that much money. And the average

459
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Speaker 1: scout probably makes anywhere between sixty seventy two, you know,

460
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Speaker 1: hundred thirty. And then you get your executives, your college

461
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Speaker 1: scouting director, your pro personnel director, you know, probably getting

462
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Speaker 1: the high ones, low twos, depending on the organization, depending

463
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Speaker 1: on your tenure, it might even be hiring that. But

464
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Speaker 1: when you're gonna see the names that are gonna be

465
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Speaker 1: in the mix for these GM jobs, if they're not

466
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Speaker 1: former gms, if they are like the number two in

467
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Speaker 1: command to a GM, you know, they probably make anywhere

468
00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:48,439
Speaker 1: between three fifty and five fifty. So they make a

469
00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:50,880
Speaker 1: lot of money, you know, depending on where you live,

470
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Speaker 1: a very good junk of change. Obviously, four hundred thousand

471
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Speaker 1: dollars in Atlanta is a lot more than four k

472
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Speaker 1: for the l A ramps. But like give or take,

473
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Speaker 1: you know, you're making half a million bucks, maybe a

474
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Speaker 1: little less, maybe a little more, depending on your stature.

475
00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:06,919
Speaker 1: But for example, Joe Douglas when he was hired by

476
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Speaker 1: the Jets, almost got four million dollars a year. Now

477
00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:13,280
Speaker 1: he had a ton of leverage. Remember, because the Jets

478
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Speaker 1: had fired their GM well after the draft, the only

479
00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:18,439
Speaker 1: guy they wanted to hire was Joe Douglas, so he

480
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Speaker 1: was able to bend them over a little bit. But

481
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Speaker 1: let's just say a low n GM is making two

482
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Speaker 1: million dollars. Well, there is a massive difference, as anyone knows.

483
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Speaker 1: If you've ever made like fifty grand, once you've got

484
00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:33,280
Speaker 1: to like one fifty, you know that's a huge difference.

485
00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:36,640
Speaker 1: But really it's only a hundred grand worth of difference.

486
00:25:36,680 --> 00:25:39,320
Speaker 1: But that difference is dramatic, and depending on where you live.

487
00:25:39,359 --> 00:25:42,320
Speaker 1: It's impact of taxes a lot too. But there is

488
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Speaker 1: a massive difference. You're making five regardless where you live.

489
00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:49,119
Speaker 1: It's a lot of coin, it's a lot of money.

490
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Speaker 1: But if you can go from five hundred where you

491
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Speaker 1: are not a decision maker, you don't get to make

492
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Speaker 1: any decisions. You might get to help influence decisions, but

493
00:25:57,560 --> 00:26:00,359
Speaker 1: basically you get zero decision making power. You don't get

494
00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:02,680
Speaker 1: to draft anybody, you don't get to tell your coach

495
00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:04,760
Speaker 1: what to do. You don't really get to interact with

496
00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:07,119
Speaker 1: your coach in terms of major decisions. You might be

497
00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:10,879
Speaker 1: in the meeting, but ultimately your voice like it's just

498
00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:14,720
Speaker 1: going into the jar of suggestions because the head coach

499
00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:16,959
Speaker 1: and the GM are the ones making the decisions. So

500
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Speaker 1: if you can go from four to five thousand dollars

501
00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:21,960
Speaker 1: to make in two to two point five million dollars

502
00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:25,720
Speaker 1: and be a decision maker, and again, like part of

503
00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:27,159
Speaker 1: the deal is you get to be in front of

504
00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:28,920
Speaker 1: the cameras, You get to be the voice. You're the

505
00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:31,280
Speaker 1: guy everyone that's writing about and talking about in the

506
00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:34,560
Speaker 1: fan base knows. It's a big deal. So the amount

507
00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:36,720
Speaker 1: of names that you're gonna hear over the next couple

508
00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:39,960
Speaker 1: of months circling the wagons for these jobs is gonna

509
00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:42,960
Speaker 1: be plentiful. And let me start with the Detroit Lions.

510
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Speaker 1: Because I saw one of the dudes that writes for

511
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Speaker 1: Pro Football Talk. He used to quote like, Matt Patricia

512
00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:51,119
Speaker 1: acted like he was he was born on third base

513
00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:55,040
Speaker 1: and acted like he hit a triple. And you've probably

514
00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:57,359
Speaker 1: we've all heard that analogy before. I thought it was

515
00:26:57,400 --> 00:27:01,200
Speaker 1: one of the more idiotic moronic description to Matt Patricia's career.

516
00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:03,560
Speaker 1: Matt Patricia went to a college that no one's ever

517
00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:07,080
Speaker 1: heard of. He literally started in the football getter. He's

518
00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:10,600
Speaker 1: not a famous former player. He didn't. You know, It's

519
00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:13,119
Speaker 1: not like he went to Alabama or USC. So he

520
00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:17,080
Speaker 1: was at some sweet program. He started nowhere. And I

521
00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:19,800
Speaker 1: know this. Havn't worked for coach Reid, who's probably him.

522
00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:22,200
Speaker 1: Belichick is on the short list of biggest grinders in

523
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Speaker 1: the NFL. The amount of hours were intense to make

524
00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:29,680
Speaker 1: it for Andy Reid is really really intense. I've never

525
00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:31,760
Speaker 1: worked for Bill Belichick, but I know for Andy it's

526
00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:35,600
Speaker 1: a much more pleasant experience. It's a more friendly environment.

527
00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:37,760
Speaker 1: I remember when I was with the Eagles, we used

528
00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:40,199
Speaker 1: to have our box used to be right next to

529
00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:43,720
Speaker 1: the Patriots, and we'd be like eating sandwiches every day.

530
00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:46,280
Speaker 1: We'd go out and get a bunch of these special

531
00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:50,000
Speaker 1: sandwiches that coach read just Howie Roseman and a bunch

532
00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:52,160
Speaker 1: of us liked. And I'd go pick him up. Someone

533
00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:54,119
Speaker 1: go pick him up, and everyone be eating. You've been

534
00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:56,560
Speaker 1: watching football. I mean, it's it's a focus environment, but

535
00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:59,480
Speaker 1: it's also a little loose. You look at the Patriots

536
00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:03,200
Speaker 1: every I'm super tight. There is no one smiling over there.

537
00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:05,760
Speaker 1: And I've known a couple of people when I was

538
00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:08,000
Speaker 1: definitely a Fressle State and then even scouting on the road,

539
00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:09,520
Speaker 1: I got to know a couple of Patriot guys like

540
00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:13,840
Speaker 1: it's not the most pleasant experience. Matt Patricia from oh

541
00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:16,399
Speaker 1: four to two thousand and seventeen worked his way up

542
00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:20,720
Speaker 1: from probably and and I my uncle played junior college

543
00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:25,360
Speaker 1: football with Dante Scarnekia, the famous offensive line coach. Maybe

544
00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:27,720
Speaker 1: considered him or Howard mud Like, the greatest offensive line

545
00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:30,440
Speaker 1: coach ever. And I've whenever I see Dante, I always

546
00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:32,080
Speaker 1: go up to him and bullshit with him a little bit,

547
00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:34,359
Speaker 1: and he gets excited to hear about my family or whatever.

548
00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:37,240
Speaker 1: And he used to tell before I even got into

549
00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:39,080
Speaker 1: the NFL, he used to tell my uncle what they

550
00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:42,080
Speaker 1: called the guy that gets an entry level position like

551
00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:45,560
Speaker 1: Matt Patricia once did with the New England Patriots A

552
00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:49,120
Speaker 1: twenty and twenty. You worked twenty hours a day for

553
00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:53,520
Speaker 1: twenty tho dollars. That's how Matt Patricia started. Now, Matt

554
00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:57,000
Speaker 1: Patricia turned out was a terrible head coach, I mean,

555
00:28:57,080 --> 00:29:00,880
Speaker 1: god awful, But he earned his head coaching opportunity. He

556
00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:03,800
Speaker 1: worked for the number one organization in football, worked his

557
00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:06,640
Speaker 1: way up as a defensive coordinator and once several Super

558
00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:10,120
Speaker 1: Bowls as one of Belichick's right hitting then like he

559
00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:12,960
Speaker 1: earned his shot. And here's the thing with the Detroit Lions.

560
00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:15,240
Speaker 1: A lot of people are shipping on them for firing

561
00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:18,760
Speaker 1: Jim Caldwell for hiring Ma Patricia. I don't blame the

562
00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:22,160
Speaker 1: Lions ownership. They did the right thing. They hired a

563
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Speaker 1: general manager and Bob Quinn, who also turned out to

564
00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:27,959
Speaker 1: be terrible. They empowered him and they let him make

565
00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:30,160
Speaker 1: all the decisions. Isn't that what we want of our owners?

566
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Speaker 1: You know, I aspired to own a business one day.

567
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Speaker 1: I have a couple of ideas we gotta you know,

568
00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:35,440
Speaker 1: pull those out in the next couple of years. As

569
00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:39,040
Speaker 1: we bought side of this Corona recession and one thing

570
00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:40,800
Speaker 1: you always read about and here about, and I've seen

571
00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:43,120
Speaker 1: it on my own end, like when I worked for

572
00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:45,800
Speaker 1: Andy Reid or Pat Hill, like they got empowered. They

573
00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:48,640
Speaker 1: were paid a lot of money to run the show.

574
00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:54,400
Speaker 1: You hire Howie Roseman, Andy Reid, Sean Payton, whoever you

575
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Speaker 1: hire two then take over and run that part of

576
00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:00,360
Speaker 1: the business. That's why you pay him a lot of money.

577
00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:03,320
Speaker 1: That is what I think we consider why Robert Kraft,

578
00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:06,920
Speaker 1: Jeffrey Lourie, Paul Allen was Seattle. They were considered really

579
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Speaker 1: good owners because they empower their people. I've seen it

580
00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:12,480
Speaker 1: in my backyard with Joe Lacob that runs the Warriors,

581
00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:15,360
Speaker 1: hires Bob Meyers, hire Steve Kerr, you do whatever you

582
00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:19,040
Speaker 1: need to do. When they hired Bob Quinn, they said,

583
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Speaker 1: this is your show. We're giving you a five year contract,

584
00:30:22,360 --> 00:30:24,160
Speaker 1: a couple of million dollars a year to be the GM.

585
00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:26,520
Speaker 1: You picked the coach, You do what you want to do.

586
00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:28,440
Speaker 1: And he chose to get rid of Jim called Will

587
00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:30,920
Speaker 1: to hire mat Patricia and that was a terrible decision,

588
00:30:31,160 --> 00:30:33,680
Speaker 1: but the ownership did a good job. I actually look

589
00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:36,280
Speaker 1: at the Detroit Lions like you know, pretty good ownership.

590
00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:39,080
Speaker 1: Their problem is they consistently always hire the wrong people.

591
00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:42,840
Speaker 1: I look at the Atlanta Falcons and go I actually

592
00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:45,320
Speaker 1: think Rhny Morris might get the job. I just watched

593
00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:47,880
Speaker 1: him play the Raiders. They be they won forty six,

594
00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:52,000
Speaker 1: Like they're playing really well. They play hard. He's still,

595
00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:53,880
Speaker 1: you know, in his mid forties. He's been a head

596
00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:57,600
Speaker 1: coach before. He's worked for the Shanahans. He's you know,

597
00:30:57,600 --> 00:30:59,959
Speaker 1: obviously Quinn had hired him to work for the Falcon.

598
00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:03,400
Speaker 1: He'd worked for grutin his resume. He's actually pretty good now.

599
00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:05,320
Speaker 1: The thing is, if you're gonna keep them, you have

600
00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:08,600
Speaker 1: to kind of it's almost like an arranged marriage. Then

601
00:31:08,680 --> 00:31:10,600
Speaker 1: with the GM that gets a little complicated. But it's

602
00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:12,360
Speaker 1: in Atlanta. You're in a little bit of cap Hell.

603
00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:15,160
Speaker 1: Division is gonna have a lot of turnover with Drew

604
00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:18,200
Speaker 1: Brees and Tom Brady gonna be retiring relatively soon. That's

605
00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:22,920
Speaker 1: a really interesting job. We know that, uh that the owner,

606
00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:27,640
Speaker 1: Arthur Blank, has a lot of cash. Also, like the Lions,

607
00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:32,280
Speaker 1: empowers his people. They've had more success clearly than the Lions.

608
00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:34,600
Speaker 1: But I view those jobs like people are gonna be

609
00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:36,400
Speaker 1: lined up and try to get their hands on those

610
00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:41,760
Speaker 1: two jobs. I think Jacksonville Jaguars is arguably and I

611
00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:43,920
Speaker 1: know they have a lot of picks, and I know

612
00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:46,160
Speaker 1: they have some cat flexibility, and I even think they

613
00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:48,040
Speaker 1: have some talent on their team. I thinks one of

614
00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:51,240
Speaker 1: the worst jobs in all of sports. Hear me out.

615
00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:55,240
Speaker 1: I remember when I got hired from Fresno State to Philadelphia,

616
00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:58,600
Speaker 1: and I get to Philly and I go everywhere you went,

617
00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:02,480
Speaker 1: you'd see an Eagles in Eagles logo, a Sixers logo,

618
00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:05,800
Speaker 1: the Phillies really good at the Phillies Phillies logo, and

619
00:32:05,840 --> 00:32:09,840
Speaker 1: meant like this town, sports are big gas deal in

620
00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:13,360
Speaker 1: this town. Why is Alabama football and Texas football in

621
00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:16,200
Speaker 1: Oklahoma football and l s U football and Ohio State

622
00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:20,479
Speaker 1: football and Duke basketball and Kentucky basketball, and you know

623
00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:23,360
Speaker 1: the Minnesota Vikings and the Green Bay Packers and the

624
00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:25,760
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Steelers. Wh Why are these jobs so highly thought

625
00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:29,440
Speaker 1: of because they really matter in their cities. Why do

626
00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:31,680
Speaker 1: you want to take these jobs if you're a head

627
00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:36,280
Speaker 1: football coach Ohio State or USC or whoever over the

628
00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:38,880
Speaker 1: other jobs, because clearly they pay a lot of money,

629
00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:40,920
Speaker 1: but because you can win and it matters a lot

630
00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:45,360
Speaker 1: in the city. Could the Jacksonville Jaguars be any more irrelevant?

631
00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:48,040
Speaker 1: They probably have the smallest fan base in the league.

632
00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:52,000
Speaker 1: No one cares about them. They have no national relevancy.

633
00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:54,480
Speaker 1: Even if you're good. I don't think anyone would care.

634
00:32:55,320 --> 00:32:57,400
Speaker 1: I'd be more likely to talk about like a three

635
00:32:57,400 --> 00:33:00,120
Speaker 1: win Dallas Cowboy team or Pittsburgh Steeler team or Green

636
00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:02,240
Speaker 1: Bay Packer team that wasn't making the playoffs that I

637
00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:04,880
Speaker 1: went about a twelve win Jacksonville Jaguars team. It's just

638
00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:07,400
Speaker 1: a fact. So you can tell me all you want

639
00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:10,680
Speaker 1: about how much money the owner has, how much capital

640
00:33:10,720 --> 00:33:15,280
Speaker 1: they have. I just think that's an irrelevant job. The moment.

641
00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:18,080
Speaker 1: You're the GM for the Atlanta Falcons and just the

642
00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:21,080
Speaker 1: jobs that are available right now, I think you're way

643
00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:25,040
Speaker 1: more on the map. Plus they're challenging than you would

644
00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:27,560
Speaker 1: be if you're the general manager of the Jacksonville Jaguars.

645
00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:31,040
Speaker 1: They never win. Just a bad culture there. Also thinking

646
00:33:31,080 --> 00:33:34,960
Speaker 1: that kind of that Southern Belt the Saints had to

647
00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:39,360
Speaker 1: win so big college football runs supreme. I like going

648
00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:41,720
Speaker 1: to a pro city if I'm a GM or head coach.

649
00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:47,400
Speaker 1: Look at Kansas City, look at you know, Pittsburgh, Philly, Washington,

650
00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:49,480
Speaker 1: New York. I see it in the Bay Area with

651
00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:51,760
Speaker 1: the San Francico forty Niners. You're the GM of the

652
00:33:51,760 --> 00:33:55,400
Speaker 1: San Franco forty Niners, You're a big fucking deal. If

653
00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:58,200
Speaker 1: you're the general manager of the Jacksonville Jaguars. Hell, even

654
00:33:58,240 --> 00:34:02,240
Speaker 1: the Houston Texans, I would imagine there are more Texas

655
00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:05,480
Speaker 1: Longhorn fans in Houston and Houston Texas fans. Now they're

656
00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:08,360
Speaker 1: a little unique city is so enormous now, but that

657
00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:10,760
Speaker 1: job is bad from the sense of they have no picks.

658
00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:13,799
Speaker 1: Also kind of in cap Hill, they do have a quarterback.

659
00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:17,719
Speaker 1: The division, I mean, Rabel's an ass kicker. Uh. The

660
00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:20,359
Speaker 1: Colts who did just get their butts kicked clearly are

661
00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:22,160
Speaker 1: better than that. They had a bunch of dudes on Corona,

662
00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:24,240
Speaker 1: I mean, the best player on their team defensive lineman

663
00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:27,040
Speaker 1: to Forest Buckner on on the list. So I just

664
00:34:27,120 --> 00:34:29,839
Speaker 1: think that division is pretty hard. I I just view

665
00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:32,160
Speaker 1: Atlanta Detroit are going to be the job that these

666
00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:36,960
Speaker 1: general managers or potential general managers are gonna circle because, now,

667
00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:39,600
Speaker 1: like I said, if you're making four hundred grand and

668
00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:42,640
Speaker 1: the Jacksonville Jaguars offer you their general manager job in

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00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:46,000
Speaker 1: a four year contract of ten million dollars. Obviously you're

670
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:48,520
Speaker 1: gonna take it. I'm not saying people will turn that

671
00:34:48,640 --> 00:34:52,880
Speaker 1: job down, but any guy with options will want these jobs.

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00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:55,240
Speaker 1: And here's the hard thing about being a general manager.

673
00:34:57,239 --> 00:34:59,960
Speaker 1: You especially, I was reading a little bit Albert brew

674
00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:02,680
Speaker 1: was writing about Dan Quinn's job with the Detroit Lions,

675
00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:05,839
Speaker 1: and I remember reading, you know about Ryan Grigson with

676
00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:08,279
Speaker 1: the Colts, like he was in charge. He had his

677
00:35:08,360 --> 00:35:11,560
Speaker 1: hands in so many different fires, whether it's dealing with

678
00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:14,080
Speaker 1: marketing people, whether it's dealing with the team website people

679
00:35:14,080 --> 00:35:16,359
Speaker 1: on top of them, running the roster on top of

680
00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:19,319
Speaker 1: your decision maker. That is very, very challenging for a

681
00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:21,880
Speaker 1: lot of these guys, especially if you're just a college

682
00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:25,279
Speaker 1: scouting director and you've been on the road and your

683
00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:27,920
Speaker 1: job has basically been to run lists and put together

684
00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:30,880
Speaker 1: the college draft board. Then all of a sudden, you

685
00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:35,840
Speaker 1: go from making fours to making two point to everyone

686
00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:38,200
Speaker 1: knows your name. I don't expect you just to run

687
00:35:38,239 --> 00:35:40,400
Speaker 1: the draft board. I expect you to run free agency,

688
00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:43,000
Speaker 1: expect you to help the coach and the practice squad

689
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:45,239
Speaker 1: in the game day roster Also I need you to

690
00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:48,680
Speaker 1: influence marketing and keep an eye on the team website

691
00:35:48,719 --> 00:35:51,560
Speaker 1: that nothing crazy gets out. It's a lot going on.

692
00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:56,400
Speaker 1: These jobs are very, very difficult, especially in two thousand twenty,

693
00:35:56,800 --> 00:36:00,239
Speaker 1: because a huge part of the job for the GM

694
00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:02,439
Speaker 1: is to kind of be the spokesman of the team

695
00:36:02,440 --> 00:36:04,360
Speaker 1: when the head coach doesn't want to do it, especially

696
00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:07,640
Speaker 1: during the off season. And depending on your head coaches personality,

697
00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:11,040
Speaker 1: like not everyone's Mike Tomlin, not everyone is Pete Carroll

698
00:36:11,080 --> 00:36:13,160
Speaker 1: that wants to talk all the time. Like I, I

699
00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:14,879
Speaker 1: want my head coach to be able to talk a lot.

700
00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:16,840
Speaker 1: But also the main thing I need him to do

701
00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:19,120
Speaker 1: is be able to pick the right players like that.

702
00:36:19,480 --> 00:36:21,440
Speaker 1: That's the number one thing. If you can do that,

703
00:36:21,560 --> 00:36:24,840
Speaker 1: you can overcome some of your deficiencies in the other areas.

704
00:36:25,080 --> 00:36:29,560
Speaker 1: But bottom line, a ton is put on your plate. Clearly,

705
00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:31,600
Speaker 1: the same thing with a head coach. If I'm an

706
00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:34,080
Speaker 1: offensive coordinator and then the next year I become a

707
00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:36,640
Speaker 1: head coach, immediately I don't longer have to control of

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00:36:36,719 --> 00:36:38,720
Speaker 1: half the team. I have to control the full team.

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00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:41,120
Speaker 1: On top of the draft and free agency that I

710
00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:43,840
Speaker 1: might never have played a big role on and on

711
00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:46,600
Speaker 1: top of speaking two to three times a day or

712
00:36:46,640 --> 00:36:49,080
Speaker 1: I mean a week during the season. It's it's a

713
00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:53,200
Speaker 1: very very difficult public job now, as they said, and

714
00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:55,600
Speaker 1: mad men, that's why you're paid all that money. You're

715
00:36:55,600 --> 00:36:59,000
Speaker 1: paid all that money for all this responsibility. It changes

716
00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:01,680
Speaker 1: your life the moment you become a head coach or

717
00:37:01,719 --> 00:37:05,600
Speaker 1: general manager from a fame standpoint, clearly from an economic standpoint,

718
00:37:06,239 --> 00:37:08,120
Speaker 1: but it's very difficult. And for the first time in

719
00:37:08,120 --> 00:37:10,480
Speaker 1: a long long time at least that I can remember,

720
00:37:11,160 --> 00:37:14,279
Speaker 1: unlike coaches, that there's always a ton of jobs, high

721
00:37:14,360 --> 00:37:17,879
Speaker 1: level college and definitely the pros available every year. Four

722
00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:21,200
Speaker 1: GM jobs currently it's only I'm recording this on November.

723
00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:24,839
Speaker 1: By the time we get to December, that number could

724
00:37:24,880 --> 00:37:28,799
Speaker 1: be six seven, who knows. So it's it's gonna be

725
00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:32,120
Speaker 1: a fascinating kind of race to see the guys that

726
00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:35,759
Speaker 1: want a piece of these uh these jobs. One of

727
00:37:35,800 --> 00:37:38,440
Speaker 1: the biggest stories this season for all the bad teams,

728
00:37:38,520 --> 00:37:44,480
Speaker 1: right the Jets, the Jaguars, uh, even the Giants who

729
00:37:44,520 --> 00:37:47,480
Speaker 1: have been in the mix. Any team is gonna be

730
00:37:47,560 --> 00:37:52,920
Speaker 1: drafting relatively high has been the quarterback the guys in

731
00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:58,719
Speaker 1: college justin fields obviously Trevor Lawrence who just as a

732
00:37:58,840 --> 00:38:02,600
Speaker 1: junior part participated in Senior Day. I love that when

733
00:38:02,600 --> 00:38:05,120
Speaker 1: a sweet player participates in senior Day and he's like

734
00:38:05,160 --> 00:38:08,760
Speaker 1: a twenty year old sophomore, It's like, yeah, about um.

735
00:38:09,160 --> 00:38:12,520
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow did that last year. But we talk a

736
00:38:12,560 --> 00:38:15,640
Speaker 1: lot about these quarterbacks. But the way the league is

737
00:38:15,680 --> 00:38:19,920
Speaker 1: set up, free agency and trades happened before the draft,

738
00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:26,400
Speaker 1: So there is gonna be movement from quarterbacks on NFL teams,

739
00:38:26,760 --> 00:38:31,400
Speaker 1: veteran players that impact the way the draft happens. And

740
00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:35,799
Speaker 1: to me, the two most intriguing names right now in

741
00:38:35,840 --> 00:38:40,320
Speaker 1: that conversation are Matt Stafford. Given the Lions, like we

742
00:38:40,440 --> 00:38:43,719
Speaker 1: just talked about, fired everybody and whoever the GM and

743
00:38:43,760 --> 00:38:46,680
Speaker 1: coach comes in, they could just press a whole new reset.

744
00:38:46,680 --> 00:38:48,960
Speaker 1: Matt Stafford has been the league for a decade. Trade

745
00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:52,000
Speaker 1: him and start over and draft one of these top quarterbacks.

746
00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:55,080
Speaker 1: To me, probably the right move. And then you have

747
00:38:55,120 --> 00:38:58,759
Speaker 1: the New York Jets who Sam Donald? Is he good?

748
00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:01,200
Speaker 1: Is he not good? I'm a big Sam Donald fan.

749
00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:04,000
Speaker 1: He's not very good. You would have to do a

750
00:39:04,040 --> 00:39:06,120
Speaker 1: deep dive on that is gonna get traded because they're

751
00:39:06,120 --> 00:39:10,080
Speaker 1: gonna take Trevor Lawrence. So more than likely Matt Stafford

752
00:39:10,120 --> 00:39:12,800
Speaker 1: and Sam Donald will be on the move. But whenever

753
00:39:12,960 --> 00:39:16,879
Speaker 1: you talk about quarterbacks in the league under contract, it's

754
00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:20,839
Speaker 1: an economic exercise. It's why I love it when like

755
00:39:21,120 --> 00:39:24,320
Speaker 1: the PC media crowd is like, you can't talk, we

756
00:39:24,440 --> 00:39:29,000
Speaker 1: gotta stop talking about players like assets, It's like, no,

757
00:39:29,160 --> 00:39:32,120
Speaker 1: this is big business. Matt Stafford has a thirty four

758
00:39:32,160 --> 00:39:35,000
Speaker 1: million dollar capit. Like, if you're not having that conversation,

759
00:39:35,320 --> 00:39:37,399
Speaker 1: you shouldn't talk about the NFL, go talk about high

760
00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:40,200
Speaker 1: school football. It's probably more in your lane. But when

761
00:39:40,239 --> 00:39:43,759
Speaker 1: you're talking about Matt Stafford, you were talking about acquiring

762
00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:46,600
Speaker 1: an asset and how much you're willing to pay for

763
00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:50,160
Speaker 1: that asset. And when you're talking about Sam Donald, you're

764
00:39:50,200 --> 00:39:53,600
Speaker 1: talking about to me Sam Donald. Because he's on a

765
00:39:53,680 --> 00:39:56,839
Speaker 1: rookie contract and next year, his the cash you would

766
00:39:56,840 --> 00:39:59,200
Speaker 1: owe him would be under five million dollars. His capit

767
00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:02,520
Speaker 1: is under ten million dollars. It's a very very cheap asset.

768
00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:05,880
Speaker 1: If he can turn out to be just an average player,

769
00:40:05,960 --> 00:40:08,279
Speaker 1: let alone above average player, which he was once upon

770
00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:10,960
Speaker 1: a time drafted as, then you'll have to pick up

771
00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:13,160
Speaker 1: is probably his fifth year option it gets a little complicated,

772
00:40:13,160 --> 00:40:16,040
Speaker 1: but he's still on a rookie contract. Well, Matt Stafford

773
00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:17,440
Speaker 1: has been one of the highest paid players in the

774
00:40:17,520 --> 00:40:20,600
Speaker 1: league for a decade. You're acquiring a lot of money.

775
00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:22,880
Speaker 1: You're also acquiring an older player guy that will be

776
00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:25,800
Speaker 1: in his early thirties, where Sam Donald just turned twenty

777
00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:28,640
Speaker 1: three this summer. But I think both those guys could

778
00:40:28,640 --> 00:40:30,400
Speaker 1: be on the move, and I think you have to

779
00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:33,560
Speaker 1: look at it. Here's the reality with Sam Donald. I

780
00:40:33,640 --> 00:40:35,279
Speaker 1: have a couple of friends that are in like the

781
00:40:35,719 --> 00:40:39,239
Speaker 1: real estate flipping business and they love it. They licked

782
00:40:39,280 --> 00:40:41,239
Speaker 1: their lips when they find a priest of piece of

783
00:40:41,280 --> 00:40:44,319
Speaker 1: property that they can buy for like two grand, and

784
00:40:44,360 --> 00:40:46,080
Speaker 1: they're like, if I put a hundred grand, I can

785
00:40:46,080 --> 00:40:49,000
Speaker 1: flip this bad boy for five grand. Now, the first

786
00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:50,920
Speaker 1: thing they'll tell you is every time you make a

787
00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:54,440
Speaker 1: quick flip and you make six figures, it's it's incredible.

788
00:40:54,640 --> 00:40:57,919
Speaker 1: But there's also a lot that can go wrong. We

789
00:40:57,920 --> 00:41:00,520
Speaker 1: we saw it in two thousand twenty. Corona could happen,

790
00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:04,440
Speaker 1: a recession could happen out of nowhere that an area

791
00:41:05,200 --> 00:41:08,200
Speaker 1: wherever you are might not be a recession proof, and

792
00:41:08,239 --> 00:41:12,160
Speaker 1: it can be a disaster. But it can also, you know,

793
00:41:12,280 --> 00:41:15,600
Speaker 1: be really really fruitful because I read this a long

794
00:41:15,640 --> 00:41:17,799
Speaker 1: time ago and it's so true. The profit is in

795
00:41:17,840 --> 00:41:21,280
Speaker 1: the buy, not the cell. So when you buy something

796
00:41:21,320 --> 00:41:23,080
Speaker 1: for cheap and then you sell it for a lot,

797
00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:25,360
Speaker 1: you didn't make a huge profit because of what you

798
00:41:25,360 --> 00:41:28,040
Speaker 1: sold it for. You bought at the moment. You made

799
00:41:28,040 --> 00:41:30,800
Speaker 1: the profit the moment you bought it. So Sam Donald

800
00:41:30,920 --> 00:41:33,400
Speaker 1: is a fixer upper, and you might be able to

801
00:41:33,440 --> 00:41:37,240
Speaker 1: get for you know, a third round pick because simply

802
00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:40,160
Speaker 1: he's not very good right now. Now will more than

803
00:41:40,280 --> 00:41:42,560
Speaker 1: enough people be able to talk themselves into it was

804
00:41:42,600 --> 00:41:46,200
Speaker 1: the coach, it was the situation, it was he's been sick, whatever.

805
00:41:46,480 --> 00:41:48,080
Speaker 1: Here's what I do know. He throws a lot of picks.

806
00:41:48,800 --> 00:41:52,040
Speaker 1: He's been injured a lot, and whether it's his fault

807
00:41:52,120 --> 00:41:55,399
Speaker 1: or not, like he durability is a major question mark.

808
00:41:56,680 --> 00:42:00,000
Speaker 1: Matt Stafford, He's been with the Detroit Lions, the two

809
00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:03,919
Speaker 1: best players in franchise history, literally retired at thirty years old.

810
00:42:04,920 --> 00:42:07,480
Speaker 1: So that tells you everything you need to know. He

811
00:42:07,640 --> 00:42:10,359
Speaker 1: is way more talented than Sam Donald, but he also

812
00:42:10,560 --> 00:42:13,200
Speaker 1: makes a ton of money, and there's a decent chance

813
00:42:13,239 --> 00:42:16,560
Speaker 1: that he wouldn't come cheap, you might have to trade.

814
00:42:16,680 --> 00:42:18,360
Speaker 1: You know, if you're the Culture the Steelers, you have

815
00:42:18,360 --> 00:42:19,959
Speaker 1: a late first round pick, you might have to trade

816
00:42:19,960 --> 00:42:22,560
Speaker 1: your first round pick for him. We're Sam Donald at

817
00:42:22,560 --> 00:42:25,400
Speaker 1: this point in time. I see un there's no circumstances

818
00:42:25,440 --> 00:42:27,439
Speaker 1: to get traded for a first round pick. But here's

819
00:42:27,440 --> 00:42:28,759
Speaker 1: the thing. When you trade a first round pick for

820
00:42:28,800 --> 00:42:32,000
Speaker 1: Matt Stafford, Because when you use a first round pick

821
00:42:32,360 --> 00:42:36,000
Speaker 1: on a guy like you know, Patrick Queen or Brandon

822
00:42:36,040 --> 00:42:40,479
Speaker 1: Auk or Clyde Edwards Hilayer, they're cheap. They don't cost

823
00:42:40,520 --> 00:42:43,160
Speaker 1: you very much money. Well, you'd use your first round

824
00:42:43,160 --> 00:42:46,360
Speaker 1: pick if you're the Steelers or the Colts on Matt Stafford.

825
00:42:46,960 --> 00:42:49,839
Speaker 1: You take his contract and like I said, you own

826
00:42:49,880 --> 00:42:53,600
Speaker 1: twenty million dollars and his cap it's thirty five million dollars. Now,

827
00:42:53,680 --> 00:42:56,920
Speaker 1: maybe he could rework it to you know, constitute a trade.

828
00:42:57,000 --> 00:42:58,719
Speaker 1: He could play a part in that, but it is

829
00:42:58,800 --> 00:43:01,760
Speaker 1: kind of complicated. You're buying a premium piece of real estate.

830
00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:04,279
Speaker 1: It's gonna cost you a lot of money, where Sam

831
00:43:04,360 --> 00:43:06,680
Speaker 1: Donald is gonna be a cheap piece of real estate.

832
00:43:07,680 --> 00:43:09,800
Speaker 1: You hope you can flip a k a. He becomes

833
00:43:09,800 --> 00:43:13,439
Speaker 1: your starting quarterback takes you the playoffs, it was well

834
00:43:13,480 --> 00:43:16,400
Speaker 1: worth a couple of third round picks. He also, you

835
00:43:16,480 --> 00:43:18,879
Speaker 1: might not be able to flip that piece of property where.

836
00:43:18,920 --> 00:43:20,759
Speaker 1: I know, if I'm the Indianapolis Colts and I get

837
00:43:20,760 --> 00:43:23,520
Speaker 1: Matt Stafford, I'm gonna be good. He's made the playoffs before.

838
00:43:23,760 --> 00:43:27,000
Speaker 1: His raw talent and physical ability is there. And I

839
00:43:27,000 --> 00:43:29,440
Speaker 1: think Sam Donald, you could see a big picture coach.

840
00:43:29,480 --> 00:43:32,520
Speaker 1: Go listen. I'm gonna blame the Jets. I'm gonna blame

841
00:43:32,560 --> 00:43:35,960
Speaker 1: Adam Gaze. I'm gonna blame his surrounding cast. Economically, he's

842
00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:38,200
Speaker 1: way cheaper for me. We might not have enough money

843
00:43:38,239 --> 00:43:40,520
Speaker 1: in terms of our cap space. I don't want to

844
00:43:40,520 --> 00:43:42,560
Speaker 1: give up a first round pick for an older quarterback.

845
00:43:42,920 --> 00:43:44,600
Speaker 1: If I get this guy for a couple of threes,

846
00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:48,040
Speaker 1: get Sam Donald and go that route. But I think

847
00:43:48,040 --> 00:43:50,480
Speaker 1: you see these two quarterbacks and they're both gonna be

848
00:43:50,480 --> 00:43:53,920
Speaker 1: on the move, and mass Safford is gonna get traded.

849
00:43:54,160 --> 00:43:57,040
Speaker 1: I mean, if depending on who comes in, he's gonna

850
00:43:57,120 --> 00:43:59,160
Speaker 1: it's gonna cost a lot to acquire him. It's not

851
00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:01,600
Speaker 1: gonna cost like mull ones, but it might cost like

852
00:44:01,640 --> 00:44:04,720
Speaker 1: two twos or a one and a four or something

853
00:44:05,040 --> 00:44:08,080
Speaker 1: or Sam Donald. His value goes down every week. It

854
00:44:08,200 --> 00:44:11,520
Speaker 1: simply just does. Because even if you had a good

855
00:44:11,600 --> 00:44:13,880
Speaker 1: draft grade on him, I'll raise my hand. If I

856
00:44:13,920 --> 00:44:15,839
Speaker 1: was working in the league, I would have I loved him.

857
00:44:16,560 --> 00:44:19,640
Speaker 1: It's Lewis Riddick told me this. He's like, it's so crazy.

858
00:44:19,680 --> 00:44:22,560
Speaker 1: How a guy for fifth year in the league we

859
00:44:22,640 --> 00:44:24,839
Speaker 1: still go, well, we had a first round grade on him. Yeah,

860
00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:28,239
Speaker 1: well he's played in fifty NFL games. He's terrible. He's

861
00:44:28,280 --> 00:44:30,759
Speaker 1: no longer a first round player. He is what he is.

862
00:44:30,800 --> 00:44:33,440
Speaker 1: He's a marginal starter. I'm not talking about Sam Donald,

863
00:44:33,440 --> 00:44:35,920
Speaker 1: but just anyone in general. Because you often as a

864
00:44:35,920 --> 00:44:38,680
Speaker 1: fan you read like, you know, the my team, We

865
00:44:38,680 --> 00:44:40,640
Speaker 1: we acquired this player because we loved him coming out

866
00:44:40,640 --> 00:44:43,040
Speaker 1: of the draft. Well, yeah, that that draft was three

867
00:44:43,200 --> 00:44:45,960
Speaker 1: four years ago. We've we have evidence now that he's

868
00:44:46,040 --> 00:44:49,400
Speaker 1: not as good as we thought. Now. The quarterback position,

869
00:44:49,600 --> 00:44:51,880
Speaker 1: like a lot of positions, a lot of stuff is

870
00:44:51,880 --> 00:44:53,759
Speaker 1: out of your control. Who's blocking for you, who are

871
00:44:53,800 --> 00:44:55,520
Speaker 1: you throwing it to, who's calling the plays? And as

872
00:44:55,560 --> 00:44:58,640
Speaker 1: we discussed, the Jets are basically if you had to

873
00:44:58,640 --> 00:45:01,120
Speaker 1: give a letter grade, would be f in all those positions.

874
00:45:01,360 --> 00:45:03,879
Speaker 1: But Sam Donald in a vacuum hasn't been great either,

875
00:45:04,480 --> 00:45:06,399
Speaker 1: and has he developed bad habits. They're gonna be hard

876
00:45:06,400 --> 00:45:07,919
Speaker 1: to coach him at it. I think it'd be easy

877
00:45:07,920 --> 00:45:10,040
Speaker 1: to talk yourself into He's only twenty three years old.

878
00:45:10,239 --> 00:45:14,040
Speaker 1: Where Matt Stafford. You're acquiring Matt Stafford. There is no

879
00:45:14,120 --> 00:45:17,960
Speaker 1: changing Matt Stafford. Now, you could change the offense around him,

880
00:45:18,400 --> 00:45:21,680
Speaker 1: but he is what he is. You're getting that he's

881
00:45:21,680 --> 00:45:24,279
Speaker 1: been a league for a decade. You don't teach an

882
00:45:24,280 --> 00:45:27,480
Speaker 1: old dog new tricks because he has his tricks. He

883
00:45:27,600 --> 00:45:30,480
Speaker 1: does what he does, and you just hope you can

884
00:45:30,520 --> 00:45:33,000
Speaker 1: give him some guidance. Your team's better than their team,

885
00:45:33,040 --> 00:45:35,400
Speaker 1: your coaching is better than their coaching, and he can

886
00:45:35,520 --> 00:45:37,640
Speaker 1: lead you to the playoffs. Because if I told you

887
00:45:37,680 --> 00:45:40,040
Speaker 1: Stafford is on the Steelers of the Colts next year,

888
00:45:40,920 --> 00:45:43,840
Speaker 1: you go immediate, you know, super Bowl contender. Obviously the

889
00:45:43,880 --> 00:45:46,560
Speaker 1: Steelers are right now and as of recording this, who knows.

890
00:45:47,080 --> 00:45:48,759
Speaker 1: I don't know if that game has happening or not.

891
00:45:49,080 --> 00:45:51,880
Speaker 1: The Colts, I think would they'd have an immediate upgrade

892
00:45:51,920 --> 00:45:55,239
Speaker 1: with Stafford over Philip Rivers. Right to me, Stafford makes

893
00:45:55,239 --> 00:45:57,920
Speaker 1: sense on win now teams. Maybe the Niners would be

894
00:45:57,960 --> 00:46:00,040
Speaker 1: thinking about that if they got rid of Jimmy a

895
00:46:00,120 --> 00:46:03,480
Speaker 1: Jimmy back to New England and then go for Stafford.

896
00:46:04,239 --> 00:46:06,680
Speaker 1: But it's complicated because you might have to give up

897
00:46:06,719 --> 00:46:08,760
Speaker 1: your late first round pick or maybe like two twos,

898
00:46:08,760 --> 00:46:11,880
Speaker 1: like it's not gonna be cheap or Sam Donald like

899
00:46:11,920 --> 00:46:14,880
Speaker 1: to me, Sam Donald interests me more. It's why I

900
00:46:15,040 --> 00:46:17,839
Speaker 1: like betting more on under ducks as a gambler, right.

901
00:46:17,920 --> 00:46:21,480
Speaker 1: I like buying stocks more that are twenty dollars than

902
00:46:21,520 --> 00:46:23,560
Speaker 1: a two fifty dollar stock, even if I like the

903
00:46:23,560 --> 00:46:27,399
Speaker 1: two hundred fifty dollar company, because I like high rates

904
00:46:27,440 --> 00:46:29,840
Speaker 1: of the potential for high rates to return now doesn't

905
00:46:29,840 --> 00:46:34,120
Speaker 1: always work. Sometimes I get burned. I may have because

906
00:46:34,160 --> 00:46:37,839
Speaker 1: I bet on the Mike Tyson Roy Jones Junior fight.

907
00:46:38,239 --> 00:46:40,200
Speaker 1: I picked Roy Jones Jr. Because he was basically a

908
00:46:40,239 --> 00:46:42,479
Speaker 1: two to one underdog, and then they called a draw,

909
00:46:42,640 --> 00:46:45,520
Speaker 1: which is insane. Mike Tyson kicked his ass. I had.

910
00:46:45,719 --> 00:46:47,040
Speaker 1: I just put a hundred dollars on the fight, and

911
00:46:47,040 --> 00:46:48,279
Speaker 1: I looked at my account the next day, I'm like,

912
00:46:48,280 --> 00:46:50,480
Speaker 1: I still got a hundred dollars in there, so I

913
00:46:50,520 --> 00:46:53,080
Speaker 1: put money. I'm like, well, I might as well take

914
00:46:53,080 --> 00:46:57,440
Speaker 1: an enormous flyer at the Denver Broncos with the dude,

915
00:46:57,520 --> 00:47:00,200
Speaker 1: the practice squad guy was like eight to one. I'm like,

916
00:47:00,200 --> 00:47:02,080
Speaker 1: I'll put a Hunter Bucks on the Broncos to win

917
00:47:02,120 --> 00:47:05,160
Speaker 1: that game eight to one. It made no sense, like

918
00:47:05,520 --> 00:47:07,720
Speaker 1: it was a dumb beat. But I just like the value.

919
00:47:07,920 --> 00:47:09,520
Speaker 1: Even though the value once you started watching the game,

920
00:47:09,560 --> 00:47:11,600
Speaker 1: you're like, yeah, they got no shot. But I like

921
00:47:11,760 --> 00:47:14,359
Speaker 1: things that are able to return a high level and

922
00:47:14,400 --> 00:47:17,200
Speaker 1: that's what Sam Donald like. Most of these good teams

923
00:47:17,640 --> 00:47:19,799
Speaker 1: couldn't have ever dreamt of getting Sam Donald. He was

924
00:47:19,800 --> 00:47:22,000
Speaker 1: gonna get drafted in the top five, and now just

925
00:47:22,040 --> 00:47:24,799
Speaker 1: a couple of years later, he's available. So I think

926
00:47:24,840 --> 00:47:26,360
Speaker 1: those are the two names to keep an eye on

927
00:47:26,400 --> 00:47:29,080
Speaker 1: as we head in the offseason. Let's do a little

928
00:47:29,160 --> 00:47:34,760
Speaker 1: rapid fire weekend thoughts. Start with Saturday. Nick Saban gets Corona.

929
00:47:35,000 --> 00:47:37,640
Speaker 1: I read today he's doing fine. It's not like Corona

930
00:47:37,680 --> 00:47:41,640
Speaker 1: was gonna get to Nick Saban and Stark coached the

931
00:47:41,680 --> 00:47:45,120
Speaker 1: game and they beat the living hell at Auburn. Here's

932
00:47:45,160 --> 00:47:50,160
Speaker 1: a reality. Alabama is a machine. L s. You lose

933
00:47:50,200 --> 00:47:53,680
Speaker 1: a bunch of players. They stink to me, there's only

934
00:47:53,719 --> 00:47:56,600
Speaker 1: there's three programs on a completely different level right now

935
00:47:56,600 --> 00:48:01,000
Speaker 1: than everyone else. Three Alabama. Clem is in Ohio State,

936
00:48:01,680 --> 00:48:03,840
Speaker 1: and I'd even put just Alabama. They've been doing it

937
00:48:03,880 --> 00:48:06,359
Speaker 1: for a decade. They lose a ton of players last

938
00:48:06,400 --> 00:48:08,239
Speaker 1: year in the draft, they lose their coach for a

939
00:48:08,360 --> 00:48:11,680
Speaker 1: rivalry game. They lose arguably their best or second best

940
00:48:11,680 --> 00:48:14,480
Speaker 1: player in Jalen Waddle. You know a month ago, have

941
00:48:14,680 --> 00:48:17,480
Speaker 1: not skipped a beat. They are beaten the living piss

942
00:48:17,480 --> 00:48:23,480
Speaker 1: out of everybody. It can't be overstated just how sweet

943
00:48:23,560 --> 00:48:26,440
Speaker 1: Nick Saban's program is. Like they are the cream of

944
00:48:26,520 --> 00:48:29,880
Speaker 1: the crop. It's just awesome to watch, awesome to see,

945
00:48:30,520 --> 00:48:33,200
Speaker 1: and they just stay kicking ask and taking names every year.

946
00:48:33,239 --> 00:48:35,919
Speaker 1: It's just remarkable. They can lose coaches, they can lose

947
00:48:35,920 --> 00:48:40,160
Speaker 1: first rounders. As long as Saban is either in the

948
00:48:40,160 --> 00:48:43,640
Speaker 1: building or at his house virtually calling into the building.

949
00:48:44,360 --> 00:48:49,319
Speaker 1: Bama is just a force. I think two coaches and

950
00:48:49,320 --> 00:48:51,720
Speaker 1: they'll probably both end up going like eight and eight

951
00:48:52,520 --> 00:48:54,520
Speaker 1: and they won't get talked about for Coach of the Year.

952
00:48:54,520 --> 00:48:56,839
Speaker 1: But what these two guys have done has been remarkable.

953
00:48:57,400 --> 00:49:00,400
Speaker 1: I'm gonna start with Belichick, a K the Hoodie. His

954
00:49:00,440 --> 00:49:03,480
Speaker 1: team is five and six. They just beat the Arizona

955
00:49:03,520 --> 00:49:07,759
Speaker 1: Cardinals at home. His basically his entire defense opted out.

956
00:49:08,760 --> 00:49:10,960
Speaker 1: He played all season with Cam Newton, who's making a

957
00:49:11,040 --> 00:49:14,560
Speaker 1: million dollars. It's called spade a spade. Cam Newton ain't

958
00:49:14,600 --> 00:49:19,600
Speaker 1: that good. The talent on this roster, it's Belichick's fault. Stinks.

959
00:49:20,400 --> 00:49:22,520
Speaker 1: This team is gonna go eight and eight in the

960
00:49:22,600 --> 00:49:26,239
Speaker 1: Corona with the opt outs, lack of talent. This is

961
00:49:26,280 --> 00:49:31,280
Speaker 1: Bill Belichick, just an elite coach. Like it's just you.

962
00:49:31,280 --> 00:49:33,439
Speaker 1: You could convince me this year going eight and eight

963
00:49:33,840 --> 00:49:36,279
Speaker 1: is more impressive than what they did last year when

964
00:49:36,320 --> 00:49:37,960
Speaker 1: the division and losing the first round of the players

965
00:49:38,040 --> 00:49:41,080
Speaker 1: the Titans. Honestly, it might not be close. The other

966
00:49:41,080 --> 00:49:44,800
Speaker 1: coach is Kyle Shanahan, who's also five and six, basically

967
00:49:44,800 --> 00:49:47,600
Speaker 1: a different part parts in time of this season, has

968
00:49:47,600 --> 00:49:50,440
Speaker 1: had close to a hundred million dollars on injured reserve.

969
00:49:51,600 --> 00:49:55,920
Speaker 1: His best offensive player George Kittle out, Nick Bosa, his

970
00:49:56,000 --> 00:50:01,799
Speaker 1: best defensive player out, his quarterback Jimmy gar Poplo her

971
00:50:01,880 --> 00:50:04,680
Speaker 1: foot nowhere to be found. He beat the He beat

972
00:50:04,680 --> 00:50:07,640
Speaker 1: the Los Angeles Rams twice this year, but yesterday or

973
00:50:07,680 --> 00:50:14,279
Speaker 1: Sunday with Nick Mullins. Nick Mullins i don't think Nick

974
00:50:14,360 --> 00:50:19,080
Speaker 1: Mullins would start whenever the college football playoffs happens, Alabama,

975
00:50:19,120 --> 00:50:22,120
Speaker 1: Ohio State, Notre Dame, Clemson. Nick Mullins wouldn't start at

976
00:50:22,160 --> 00:50:24,920
Speaker 1: any of those schools. Literally right now, he would not

977
00:50:25,040 --> 00:50:27,920
Speaker 1: start for those schools. He couldn't beat out Mac Jones,

978
00:50:28,080 --> 00:50:31,160
Speaker 1: couldn't be out Justin Fields obviously, couldn't beat out Trevor Lawrence.

979
00:50:31,880 --> 00:50:33,719
Speaker 1: You know, he couldn't beat out the Florida makes it,

980
00:50:33,800 --> 00:50:36,480
Speaker 1: Kyle Trash. These guys are better than him in college.

981
00:50:36,640 --> 00:50:41,120
Speaker 1: He stinks this team is going five and six. How

982
00:50:41,120 --> 00:50:43,440
Speaker 1: are the hoodie and Kyle doing this? I'll tell you how.

983
00:50:43,480 --> 00:50:47,120
Speaker 1: They're really good coaches. I actually learned more about coaches.

984
00:50:47,560 --> 00:50:51,120
Speaker 1: When times are bad, they win, they're good. Like this

985
00:50:51,200 --> 00:50:53,400
Speaker 1: is why Sean Payton and Andy Reid that they make

986
00:50:53,480 --> 00:50:56,200
Speaker 1: so much money. Like I know, if I give Andy

987
00:50:56,239 --> 00:50:58,200
Speaker 1: the team he has now, he's gonna go fourteen and

988
00:50:58,280 --> 00:51:00,600
Speaker 1: two and kick everyone's ass and probably winning a Super Bowl.

989
00:51:01,239 --> 00:51:03,480
Speaker 1: But where his value really comes in is like if

990
00:51:03,520 --> 00:51:06,760
Speaker 1: Mahomes was lost for the season, he'd still like split

991
00:51:06,840 --> 00:51:09,600
Speaker 1: every other week. He'd still get his team if he

992
00:51:09,640 --> 00:51:11,560
Speaker 1: had to play all season without Patrick Mahomes, Like he'd

993
00:51:11,560 --> 00:51:14,160
Speaker 1: get to eight and mate. If I gave him Matt

994
00:51:14,160 --> 00:51:18,239
Speaker 1: Patricia or an Anthony lynn Er, just most coaches in

995
00:51:18,239 --> 00:51:20,879
Speaker 1: the league these type of roster, they would not win.

996
00:51:22,360 --> 00:51:25,640
Speaker 1: It's it's why a small select few of coaches should

997
00:51:25,719 --> 00:51:27,640
Speaker 1: actually make the big money. That's why I say up

998
00:51:27,680 --> 00:51:30,440
Speaker 1: all the time about quarterbacks. There are like a small

999
00:51:30,480 --> 00:51:33,640
Speaker 1: handful of guys that should make the max money. I've

1000
00:51:33,719 --> 00:51:36,520
Speaker 1: been saying it forever. In the NBA, we give max

1001
00:51:36,640 --> 00:51:40,520
Speaker 1: is the way too many players. The majority of players

1002
00:51:40,520 --> 00:51:43,360
Speaker 1: to get maxes in the NBA are not max players.

1003
00:51:43,960 --> 00:51:46,680
Speaker 1: They're simply not. If you pay them max money, you

1004
00:51:46,719 --> 00:51:53,640
Speaker 1: will lose. The Browns are eight and three. Let me repeat,

1005
00:51:53,920 --> 00:51:59,280
Speaker 1: the Cleveland Browns are eight and three now. I tweeted

1006
00:51:59,280 --> 00:52:01,359
Speaker 1: this yesterday. I said, I don't I would not pick

1007
00:52:01,440 --> 00:52:05,040
Speaker 1: up Baker Mayfield's fifth year option. If you watch the Browns,

1008
00:52:05,320 --> 00:52:08,279
Speaker 1: they're built on defense and definitely the run game. And

1009
00:52:08,520 --> 00:52:11,480
Speaker 1: in Kevin Stefanski, who has turned out to be a really,

1010
00:52:11,560 --> 00:52:16,520
Speaker 1: really good coach, very very impressive to come in Corona

1011
00:52:16,800 --> 00:52:19,600
Speaker 1: to this organization that has been arguably the laughing stock

1012
00:52:19,680 --> 00:52:21,919
Speaker 1: in the league for a decade and get a team

1013
00:52:22,000 --> 00:52:24,120
Speaker 1: to I mean just check their schedule. They're probably gonna

1014
00:52:24,120 --> 00:52:26,200
Speaker 1: get to ten wins. They might get to eleven. I mean,

1015
00:52:26,200 --> 00:52:27,600
Speaker 1: they're gonna be ten and six. They're gonna be a

1016
00:52:27,600 --> 00:52:30,960
Speaker 1: playoff team. That is really, really impressive. But to be

1017
00:52:31,120 --> 00:52:34,840
Speaker 1: doing it with Baker Mayfield, who is let's just face it, averages.

1018
00:52:34,920 --> 00:52:37,120
Speaker 1: The day is long and a lot of Browns fans

1019
00:52:37,120 --> 00:52:39,480
Speaker 1: are in my mention is going, you're an idiot. They're

1020
00:52:39,480 --> 00:52:41,279
Speaker 1: gonna pick up his fifth year option. We haven't had

1021
00:52:41,280 --> 00:52:45,040
Speaker 1: a franchise quarterback and twenty years. Yeah, your bars low,

1022
00:52:45,920 --> 00:52:49,799
Speaker 1: but you're not paying Baker Mayfield thirty million dollars. That

1023
00:52:49,920 --> 00:52:54,560
Speaker 1: is in terrible business. We're seeing it with Kevin Stefanski

1024
00:52:54,640 --> 00:52:58,759
Speaker 1: like he's won before with average guys he can win

1025
00:52:58,840 --> 00:53:02,040
Speaker 1: with produced with Kirk Cousins. At the end of the day,

1026
00:53:02,080 --> 00:53:04,439
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins probably like a twenty million dollar quarterback who's

1027
00:53:04,480 --> 00:53:08,080
Speaker 1: making thirty Baker Mayfield, like he's an NFL quarterback. I

1028
00:53:08,080 --> 00:53:10,720
Speaker 1: wouldn't mind. I don't mind paying him seven eight million dollars.

1029
00:53:10,840 --> 00:53:13,200
Speaker 1: I can't pay him thirty because if I pay him thirty,

1030
00:53:13,239 --> 00:53:15,120
Speaker 1: I gotta get rid of a lot of players that

1031
00:53:15,160 --> 00:53:16,640
Speaker 1: I have on the team that are big reason why

1032
00:53:16,680 --> 00:53:19,840
Speaker 1: they're winning. We see Baker Mayfield. He's not that accurate.

1033
00:53:20,280 --> 00:53:23,000
Speaker 1: His physical attributes are pretty average. He can't carry you,

1034
00:53:23,000 --> 00:53:26,640
Speaker 1: you know, carry you, Nick Chubb, Kareem Hunt, Jarvis Landry,

1035
00:53:26,840 --> 00:53:31,160
Speaker 1: Myles Garrett when he comes back, Stefanski's play calling. So

1036
00:53:31,200 --> 00:53:34,600
Speaker 1: if I can extend Baker Mayfield into a team friendly contract,

1037
00:53:34,719 --> 00:53:37,440
Speaker 1: I would think about doing that under no circumstances. Why

1038
00:53:37,440 --> 00:53:39,359
Speaker 1: I pay him thirty million dollars and when you pick

1039
00:53:39,440 --> 00:53:42,160
Speaker 1: up the fifth year option, it's guaranteed for injury only.

1040
00:53:42,640 --> 00:53:44,600
Speaker 1: Why would I want to risk him getting hurt next

1041
00:53:44,680 --> 00:53:46,479
Speaker 1: year and having to pay him a huge chunk of change.

1042
00:53:46,840 --> 00:53:50,600
Speaker 1: I'm not doing it. And if he vastly improves next year,

1043
00:53:50,880 --> 00:53:53,120
Speaker 1: we can think about the franchise tech. I just can't

1044
00:53:53,120 --> 00:53:57,440
Speaker 1: see it, but to me, under no circumstances, Kenny franchise.

1045
00:53:57,760 --> 00:54:00,279
Speaker 1: The most important guy in that building right now is

1046
00:54:00,320 --> 00:54:03,080
Speaker 1: not Baker Mayfield is the head coach. We saw it

1047
00:54:03,120 --> 00:54:05,839
Speaker 1: a couple of years ago with John McVeigh. I want

1048
00:54:05,880 --> 00:54:08,200
Speaker 1: Sean McVeigh. I don't want Jared Goff. When you pay

1049
00:54:08,320 --> 00:54:10,160
Speaker 1: Jared Goff when he's I think right now he's the

1050
00:54:10,160 --> 00:54:12,440
Speaker 1: third or second highest paid player in the league. You're

1051
00:54:12,480 --> 00:54:17,120
Speaker 1: at a disadvantage because if Sean McVeigh just had Baker Mayfield,

1052
00:54:17,239 --> 00:54:21,200
Speaker 1: the Rams probably the same, paying him seven million dollars

1053
00:54:21,239 --> 00:54:25,280
Speaker 1: a year. You can't overpay average in this league because

1054
00:54:25,280 --> 00:54:27,000
Speaker 1: if you do, it limits what you can do with

1055
00:54:27,040 --> 00:54:30,279
Speaker 1: other spots. And if you hit on enough picks, you're

1056
00:54:30,280 --> 00:54:32,480
Speaker 1: eventually gonna have a hundred million dollar defensive player. You're

1057
00:54:32,480 --> 00:54:34,799
Speaker 1: gonna have a couple of expensive wide receivers, You're gonna

1058
00:54:34,840 --> 00:54:39,640
Speaker 1: have an expensive offensive lineman. It adds up. So I

1059
00:54:39,680 --> 00:54:42,560
Speaker 1: don't mind paying Aaron Rodgers thirty million or Russell Wilson

1060
00:54:42,560 --> 00:54:45,239
Speaker 1: thirty million or Mahomes thirty million, because they can make

1061
00:54:45,320 --> 00:54:46,719
Speaker 1: up for a couple of players I have to lose.

1062
00:54:46,960 --> 00:54:51,359
Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield cannot, Jared Goff cannot, McVeigh and Stefanski can.

1063
00:54:52,040 --> 00:54:54,400
Speaker 1: So you. But the thing with coaches is there's no

1064
00:54:54,440 --> 00:54:59,360
Speaker 1: salary cap. You got to be smart with that. I

1065
00:54:59,360 --> 00:55:01,600
Speaker 1: don't think there's any chance on God's green Earth if

1066
00:55:01,680 --> 00:55:03,480
Speaker 1: Drew Brees can't come back, and the last thing I

1067
00:55:03,520 --> 00:55:05,440
Speaker 1: read he had all those broken ribs, so I think

1068
00:55:05,440 --> 00:55:08,120
Speaker 1: it's just the ability to play this year is just

1069
00:55:08,239 --> 00:55:11,760
Speaker 1: in question. If he can't come back, the Saints cannot

1070
00:55:11,960 --> 00:55:16,120
Speaker 1: win the NFC. Taysom Hill is just too frenetic of

1071
00:55:16,160 --> 00:55:18,480
Speaker 1: a player. He's just not going to be able to

1072
00:55:18,640 --> 00:55:21,440
Speaker 1: consistently beat good teams. I don't think if they did

1073
00:55:21,520 --> 00:55:23,799
Speaker 1: not get the number one seed, they couldn't win three

1074
00:55:23,800 --> 00:55:26,200
Speaker 1: straight playoff games with Taysom Hill. They might not be

1075
00:55:26,239 --> 00:55:27,880
Speaker 1: able to do with Drew Brees, but at least he

1076
00:55:27,920 --> 00:55:30,640
Speaker 1: has a legitimate quarterback. Now we can nitpick, and I've

1077
00:55:30,640 --> 00:55:33,000
Speaker 1: said before his arm doesn't look like a shell of itself,

1078
00:55:33,000 --> 00:55:35,880
Speaker 1: and it's never been great. He has his limitations, But

1079
00:55:36,000 --> 00:55:38,120
Speaker 1: to me, you can win playoff games with Drew Brees.

1080
00:55:38,160 --> 00:55:39,759
Speaker 1: You're not gonna be able to do with Taysom Hill.

1081
00:55:39,840 --> 00:55:42,480
Speaker 1: And their team is good, I mean they are. If

1082
00:55:42,560 --> 00:55:44,400
Speaker 1: Drew Brees the quarterback right now, to me, they'd be

1083
00:55:44,400 --> 00:55:46,239
Speaker 1: the favorite to win the NFC. But as long as

1084
00:55:46,239 --> 00:55:48,680
Speaker 1: Taysom Hill is their quarterback, to me, they just can't

1085
00:55:48,680 --> 00:55:50,160
Speaker 1: be the favorite, even if they end up being the

1086
00:55:50,239 --> 00:55:54,480
Speaker 1: number one seed. The Seattle I'm according this part before

1087
00:55:54,480 --> 00:55:57,040
Speaker 1: Seattle is played on Monday night. They're clearly a flawed team.

1088
00:55:57,239 --> 00:56:00,720
Speaker 1: Obviously the Packers are flawed team, but I'm taking Russell

1089
00:56:00,760 --> 00:56:04,000
Speaker 1: Wilson or Aaron Rodgers against Taysom Hill. Like, if you

1090
00:56:04,080 --> 00:56:05,680
Speaker 1: just tell me that's a game in the second or

1091
00:56:05,680 --> 00:56:09,240
Speaker 1: third round of the playoffs, I'm gonna pick that other team.

1092
00:56:09,280 --> 00:56:13,160
Speaker 1: I hadn't have to do it. The Bears are in shambles.

1093
00:56:13,719 --> 00:56:15,560
Speaker 1: I mean, there's just no way around it. They've lost

1094
00:56:15,600 --> 00:56:18,560
Speaker 1: five straight games. It looked like the defense kind of quit.

1095
00:56:18,760 --> 00:56:22,360
Speaker 1: And I don't totally blame them. Trabisky is awful. I

1096
00:56:22,360 --> 00:56:24,560
Speaker 1: say it all the time. I'm biased. Naggie's my guy,

1097
00:56:24,719 --> 00:56:27,600
Speaker 1: but even he would admit. I mean, the offense is embarrassment.

1098
00:56:27,880 --> 00:56:32,720
Speaker 1: It just is. Mr Bisky stinks. But I I've said

1099
00:56:32,920 --> 00:56:35,680
Speaker 1: over and over and over again, if you if Sean

1100
00:56:35,719 --> 00:56:38,439
Speaker 1: Payton was their head coach or Kyle Shannon, they would

1101
00:56:38,440 --> 00:56:43,920
Speaker 1: not be that much better. Their quarterbacks are awful. Now, Daggie,

1102
00:56:43,920 --> 00:56:45,839
Speaker 1: I'm sure I didn't ask him, probably played a huge

1103
00:56:45,920 --> 00:56:49,640
Speaker 1: role in getting Nick Foles. Nick Foles stinks. He's awful, man.

1104
00:56:49,760 --> 00:56:51,799
Speaker 1: Naggie had nothing to do with Mr Bisky, who with

1105
00:56:51,840 --> 00:56:54,320
Speaker 1: Folds getting hurt and had to play, who was just awful.

1106
00:56:54,880 --> 00:56:57,239
Speaker 1: And I tweeted this last night during the game. He

1107
00:56:57,320 --> 00:56:59,040
Speaker 1: will be able to tell his kids he threw three

1108
00:56:59,080 --> 00:57:02,560
Speaker 1: touchdowns against Aaron Rodgers on Sunday Night Football. Because that happened.

1109
00:57:02,560 --> 00:57:07,160
Speaker 1: Now was garbage time, but it did happen. If I

1110
00:57:07,200 --> 00:57:09,600
Speaker 1: had to guess what's happened, what will happen? And I

1111
00:57:09,640 --> 00:57:12,080
Speaker 1: don't know this for sure because I don't know anything

1112
00:57:12,080 --> 00:57:15,560
Speaker 1: about Bear's ownership. To me, Ryan Pace has to be fired.

1113
00:57:16,040 --> 00:57:17,920
Speaker 1: You hire a new GM, you kind of do that

1114
00:57:18,040 --> 00:57:20,720
Speaker 1: one year process, try to get a new quarterback. He

1115
00:57:20,800 --> 00:57:24,320
Speaker 1: gets to evaluate Naggy and then decide after. But to me,

1116
00:57:24,480 --> 00:57:28,240
Speaker 1: I gotta judge Naggy with a legitimate quarterback I Mr

1117
00:57:28,320 --> 00:57:31,360
Speaker 1: Biskey and Nick Foles that that to me is not fair.

1118
00:57:31,440 --> 00:57:34,800
Speaker 1: He he didn't he inherited Mr Bisky. I gotta give

1119
00:57:34,840 --> 00:57:37,680
Speaker 1: him a shot with a real quarterback. He wasn't the

1120
00:57:37,720 --> 00:57:40,720
Speaker 1: guy that traded out from three to two to get

1121
00:57:40,840 --> 00:57:45,320
Speaker 1: Mitch Trabisky, who will probably be out of the league

1122
00:57:46,680 --> 00:57:50,240
Speaker 1: in two. Think about that he drafted him two overall,

1123
00:57:50,360 --> 00:57:53,280
Speaker 1: he will be out of the league like that. That happened.

1124
00:57:53,760 --> 00:57:57,280
Speaker 1: So me personally, again biased on this one, I think

1125
00:57:57,320 --> 00:58:00,400
Speaker 1: I would fire Ryan Pace, give the g am like

1126
00:58:00,440 --> 00:58:03,400
Speaker 1: a year period to evaluate again. Naggi was Coach of

1127
00:58:03,400 --> 00:58:04,800
Speaker 1: the Year a couple of years ago the team was

1128
00:58:04,840 --> 00:58:07,640
Speaker 1: good and try to make a quarterback change if it

1129
00:58:07,640 --> 00:58:10,040
Speaker 1: doesn't work. O there several ways, but to me, Ryan

1130
00:58:10,040 --> 00:58:13,400
Speaker 1: Pace would be the fault guy there. The Jets are

1131
00:58:13,440 --> 00:58:16,320
Speaker 1: cruising though in sixteen. I mean, it's not to me,

1132
00:58:16,400 --> 00:58:17,960
Speaker 1: it's not even a question like are they gonna go

1133
00:58:18,120 --> 00:58:21,480
Speaker 1: in sixteen? They're going, oh, in sixteen. They have no

1134
00:58:21,680 --> 00:58:24,560
Speaker 1: shot to compete in any of these games. I mean,

1135
00:58:24,600 --> 00:58:26,960
Speaker 1: the Dolphins did even play well yesterday and they just

1136
00:58:27,720 --> 00:58:31,200
Speaker 1: slept walk to a victory. Clearly the Dolphins, you know,

1137
00:58:31,320 --> 00:58:34,160
Speaker 1: I mean, their record is not bad, but they're not

1138
00:58:34,280 --> 00:58:39,280
Speaker 1: exactly the Dan Marino led squad here. So the Jets

1139
00:58:39,280 --> 00:58:42,640
Speaker 1: are awful, and everyone's acting like the Jets are because

1140
00:58:42,680 --> 00:58:47,120
Speaker 1: they're gonna get Trevor Lawrence. We do need to acknowledge

1141
00:58:47,680 --> 00:58:49,360
Speaker 1: when you have the number one overall pick and you're

1142
00:58:49,440 --> 00:58:52,920
Speaker 1: using on a quarterback, you have so many other holes

1143
00:58:53,000 --> 00:58:56,000
Speaker 1: to fill your entire team. Your left tackles got a

1144
00:58:56,080 --> 00:58:59,000
Speaker 1: chance to be pretty good. Is terrible. You're playing with

1145
00:58:59,000 --> 00:59:00,760
Speaker 1: like a fifth year old running back, God love him,

1146
00:59:00,760 --> 00:59:02,680
Speaker 1: Frank Gores. You don't have a running back. You don't

1147
00:59:02,720 --> 00:59:06,200
Speaker 1: really have any wide receivers. Quinn Williams I saw Damn

1148
00:59:06,320 --> 00:59:08,480
Speaker 1: Jeremiah tweet like he looked good yesterday. Okay, you've got

1149
00:59:08,480 --> 00:59:11,480
Speaker 1: one good defensive player. I mean, you're basically starting a

1150
00:59:11,520 --> 00:59:14,480
Speaker 1: scratch with a quarterback. To me, it's gonna be a

1151
00:59:14,480 --> 00:59:16,760
Speaker 1: worse version of what Joe Burrow was with the Bengals.

1152
00:59:16,760 --> 00:59:19,760
Speaker 1: He's got nothing around him. So you're gonna be depending

1153
00:59:19,760 --> 00:59:23,080
Speaker 1: on some of these guys that you right that you

1154
00:59:23,240 --> 00:59:26,480
Speaker 1: draft clearly now you've got the Seattle's picks that are

1155
00:59:26,520 --> 00:59:29,439
Speaker 1: gonna be a late one and those guys are gonna

1156
00:59:29,440 --> 00:59:32,400
Speaker 1: have to play and contribute immediately. If they're not good immediately,

1157
00:59:32,440 --> 00:59:34,320
Speaker 1: your team's gonna really be bad. I mean, the Jet's

1158
00:59:34,320 --> 00:59:35,840
Speaker 1: gonna be bad for a couple of years, even once

1159
00:59:35,880 --> 00:59:38,760
Speaker 1: they get Trevor Lawrence. Let's get into a little Middlecoff

1160
00:59:38,840 --> 00:59:42,640
Speaker 1: mail bag at John Middlecoff is my Instagram handle, Slide

1161
00:59:42,680 --> 00:59:44,080
Speaker 1: up in those d m s and I will answer

1162
00:59:44,120 --> 00:59:47,120
Speaker 1: your questions here. Kind of crazy to us hurt again

1163
00:59:47,200 --> 00:59:49,720
Speaker 1: before we dive into the mail bag, like he was

1164
00:59:49,800 --> 00:59:53,520
Speaker 1: hurt in college. Now he hurt his thumb. You know,

1165
00:59:53,840 --> 00:59:56,960
Speaker 1: it's just it can't be ideal for the Dolphins. It

1166
00:59:57,120 --> 01:00:00,000
Speaker 1: just can't be. And if Fitzpatrick plays he's arguably better.

1167
01:00:00,080 --> 01:00:05,200
Speaker 1: Uh uh. Now, I said, I understood why they benched them,

1168
01:00:05,280 --> 01:00:07,800
Speaker 1: but they probably are going to make the playoffs. They

1169
01:00:07,840 --> 01:00:10,880
Speaker 1: just left Fitzpatrick keep playing. If two comes back, there

1170
01:00:11,000 --> 01:00:13,440
Speaker 1: is they might not win. I mean they have a

1171
01:00:13,480 --> 01:00:14,880
Speaker 1: really big game in a couple of weeks with the

1172
01:00:14,960 --> 01:00:17,120
Speaker 1: Raiders for that. You know it might be for like

1173
01:00:17,160 --> 01:00:22,840
Speaker 1: the seven seed. So I just you know, I I

1174
01:00:22,920 --> 01:00:26,760
Speaker 1: don't think there is a bigger headache. Like whatever your

1175
01:00:26,800 --> 01:00:30,720
Speaker 1: individual businesses, there's a headache, whether it's a certain regulation,

1176
01:00:31,480 --> 01:00:35,280
Speaker 1: whether it's a certain cost, whatever it is. I think

1177
01:00:35,280 --> 01:00:40,400
Speaker 1: in football injuries and injury history, because there you just

1178
01:00:40,480 --> 01:00:43,200
Speaker 1: have no control over it. I'll never forget that feeling

1179
01:00:43,200 --> 01:00:45,440
Speaker 1: of being on the sidelines and seeing guys go down.

1180
01:00:45,800 --> 01:00:48,640
Speaker 1: I hated that and I was just a nobody scout.

1181
01:00:48,720 --> 01:00:51,120
Speaker 1: I can't imagine being the head coach of the GM.

1182
01:00:51,200 --> 01:00:53,640
Speaker 1: Obviously you feel it as a fan when I'm watching games,

1183
01:00:53,680 --> 01:00:57,800
Speaker 1: But it doesn't impact my livelihood, you know. I mean

1184
01:00:57,880 --> 01:01:01,760
Speaker 1: they are they're so dependent on him being a good player.

1185
01:01:02,360 --> 01:01:05,920
Speaker 1: They drafted him fifth overall, they drafted him injured. Now

1186
01:01:05,920 --> 01:01:09,560
Speaker 1: he's hurt again with a thumb. Just you can't even

1187
01:01:09,560 --> 01:01:13,680
Speaker 1: evaluate the guy It's just not an ideal situation. Huge

1188
01:01:13,680 --> 01:01:15,560
Speaker 1: Bears fan. Do the Bears have one of the top

1189
01:01:15,600 --> 01:01:17,160
Speaker 1: defense in the league and are just on a one

1190
01:01:17,240 --> 01:01:20,240
Speaker 1: leg man in an ass kicking contest every week with

1191
01:01:20,280 --> 01:01:23,120
Speaker 1: Falls and Tramisky under center? Also, should the Bears make

1192
01:01:23,160 --> 01:01:26,160
Speaker 1: a play for Wentz or Donald or even Garoppolo? Do

1193
01:01:26,240 --> 01:01:29,680
Speaker 1: they have the assets? Thanks? I think the defense is

1194
01:01:29,720 --> 01:01:33,080
Speaker 1: kind of quit. I thought they quit, you know, on

1195
01:01:33,440 --> 01:01:36,000
Speaker 1: when was it Sunday night against the Packers? Naggy I

1196
01:01:36,040 --> 01:01:38,680
Speaker 1: saw he said today on Monday morning. He thought they

1197
01:01:38,760 --> 01:01:42,200
Speaker 1: kind of did too, without saying it, and in fairness

1198
01:01:42,240 --> 01:01:44,840
Speaker 1: to them, like is when your offense is that terrible,

1199
01:01:44,840 --> 01:01:48,240
Speaker 1: it's hard to play hard. Khalil Max just doesn't play

1200
01:01:48,320 --> 01:01:52,560
Speaker 1: hard consistently anymore. Now Is that part of just the

1201
01:01:52,600 --> 01:01:55,280
Speaker 1: team sucks? I don't know, but he's not playing very hard.

1202
01:01:55,360 --> 01:01:58,600
Speaker 1: So in theory with a cheam Hicks, their defense is excellent,

1203
01:01:59,120 --> 01:02:01,000
Speaker 1: but it's hard to judge him when their offense is

1204
01:02:01,040 --> 01:02:04,240
Speaker 1: just horrendous. I think if I were them, might offer

1205
01:02:04,280 --> 01:02:07,280
Speaker 1: a couple of twos for some of these quarterbacks. Donald

1206
01:02:07,560 --> 01:02:11,160
Speaker 1: Wentz is not going to be available, uh Garoppolo might be.

1207
01:02:11,600 --> 01:02:13,800
Speaker 1: I mean, all these would be huge upgrades for them,

1208
01:02:13,800 --> 01:02:17,480
Speaker 1: for sure. I'm watching the Chargers Bill's game. You like

1209
01:02:17,520 --> 01:02:19,880
Speaker 1: how I threw that in Big Fan? Of course you

1210
01:02:19,880 --> 01:02:22,440
Speaker 1: are you Bill's game. I want to jump through the

1211
01:02:22,480 --> 01:02:25,120
Speaker 1: damn TV and give Anthony Lenna shake. They had first

1212
01:02:25,120 --> 01:02:27,640
Speaker 1: and five inside the Bills twenty and ran the ball twice.

1213
01:02:27,640 --> 01:02:30,240
Speaker 1: Then they ran a quarterback option. Am I crazy? Or

1214
01:02:30,240 --> 01:02:32,480
Speaker 1: do they not have to let Herbert do what he's

1215
01:02:32,520 --> 01:02:34,560
Speaker 1: done on one of those downs. Maybe take a shot

1216
01:02:34,560 --> 01:02:36,320
Speaker 1: on first and then if you don't get it, run

1217
01:02:36,320 --> 01:02:39,360
Speaker 1: the ball, try to move the chains. Is Len's decisions

1218
01:02:39,480 --> 01:02:42,760
Speaker 1: making as bad as it looks? Or my tainted from

1219
01:02:42,800 --> 01:02:44,920
Speaker 1: listening to you and others talk about how shitty has

1220
01:02:44,960 --> 01:02:47,919
Speaker 1: been this year and how's he wasting historic all time

1221
01:02:48,040 --> 01:02:51,400
Speaker 1: year from a rookie quarterback. Yeah, it's just he's terrible.

1222
01:02:51,480 --> 01:02:54,600
Speaker 1: Now he's not the offensive play caller, but he's the boss,

1223
01:02:55,040 --> 01:02:57,640
Speaker 1: so every play comes through his headset. He could either

1224
01:02:57,680 --> 01:03:01,120
Speaker 1: say don't do that, do this, let's run the ball here.

1225
01:03:01,800 --> 01:03:04,440
Speaker 1: Whoever the o c is is calling the plays, he

1226
01:03:04,480 --> 01:03:07,640
Speaker 1: can at any moment interject I want to run this play.

1227
01:03:07,840 --> 01:03:10,760
Speaker 1: I want to do this. So while he is not

1228
01:03:10,840 --> 01:03:13,800
Speaker 1: the guy calling in every play every single play that's

1229
01:03:13,840 --> 01:03:16,440
Speaker 1: called in is on him. He's the boss. When you

1230
01:03:16,440 --> 01:03:20,920
Speaker 1: look at the the hierarchy and the chart, like the

1231
01:03:21,000 --> 01:03:25,120
Speaker 1: organizational chart on game day, there is no person higher

1232
01:03:25,120 --> 01:03:27,880
Speaker 1: on that chart than Anthony Lynn. So everything that happens

1233
01:03:27,880 --> 01:03:30,640
Speaker 1: on the field, especially with offense, which is his background,

1234
01:03:31,080 --> 01:03:34,640
Speaker 1: is on Anthony Lynn. I watched the highlights of the

1235
01:03:34,720 --> 01:03:35,960
Speaker 1: end of the first half of the end of the game,

1236
01:03:36,000 --> 01:03:38,160
Speaker 1: and it's an embarrassment. But he is what he is.

1237
01:03:38,520 --> 01:03:40,400
Speaker 1: I wanted to like him after hard knocks because he

1238
01:03:40,440 --> 01:03:42,160
Speaker 1: is a great guy. He'd be fun to drink some

1239
01:03:42,200 --> 01:03:45,040
Speaker 1: beers with smoke, a stogy, with bullshit about ball with.

1240
01:03:45,560 --> 01:03:47,560
Speaker 1: He'd probably be a really good assistant coach. I think

1241
01:03:47,560 --> 01:03:51,000
Speaker 1: he is. Rex Ryan loved him. He's Parcels loved him.

1242
01:03:51,040 --> 01:03:53,240
Speaker 1: He's highly thought of. He's just not a head coach.

1243
01:03:54,440 --> 01:03:57,560
Speaker 1: Not everyone is meant to be, you know, the cook.

1244
01:03:58,040 --> 01:04:00,400
Speaker 1: Sometimes you've got too many cooks in the kitchen. That's

1245
01:04:00,440 --> 01:04:03,000
Speaker 1: a bad analogy. Actually, not everyone is meant to be

1246
01:04:03,040 --> 01:04:05,760
Speaker 1: the chief. Some guys are just the Indians. That's probably

1247
01:04:05,760 --> 01:04:09,479
Speaker 1: a better analogy, right that. There's only it's really hard.

1248
01:04:09,760 --> 01:04:12,240
Speaker 1: It's very very difficult to be the boss, to be

1249
01:04:12,320 --> 01:04:16,640
Speaker 1: the CEO to be the head coach, the The overwhelming

1250
01:04:16,800 --> 01:04:21,800
Speaker 1: majority of coaches, of employees of whoever are not meant

1251
01:04:21,840 --> 01:04:26,040
Speaker 1: to be at the organizational top. They're just not myself

1252
01:04:26,080 --> 01:04:28,120
Speaker 1: included probably most of you listening. We're not meant to

1253
01:04:28,120 --> 01:04:31,800
Speaker 1: be like the boss. Maybe, I mean, maybe some of

1254
01:04:31,840 --> 01:04:33,880
Speaker 1: us would be okay if we got the shot. But

1255
01:04:34,000 --> 01:04:38,680
Speaker 1: one thing we consistently see is that when when these

1256
01:04:38,680 --> 01:04:41,920
Speaker 1: guys like the right hand man, right, I've watched a

1257
01:04:41,960 --> 01:04:45,200
Speaker 1: ton of mob shows over Corona, and you see some

1258
01:04:45,240 --> 01:04:47,840
Speaker 1: of these mob bosses that get to the top, like

1259
01:04:47,920 --> 01:04:49,880
Speaker 1: take out the dude that runs the family. Then they

1260
01:04:49,920 --> 01:04:52,479
Speaker 1: get in top and they just struggle and then you see,

1261
01:04:52,560 --> 01:04:56,120
Speaker 1: like I watched uh teflon don I watched the show

1262
01:04:56,120 --> 01:04:58,040
Speaker 1: on John Gotti, and it's like, you know, he was

1263
01:04:58,080 --> 01:05:00,400
Speaker 1: a pretty good boss. He took out one of bosses,

1264
01:05:00,440 --> 01:05:02,880
Speaker 1: he became the boss, and most people thought, like, you know,

1265
01:05:02,920 --> 01:05:04,280
Speaker 1: he's kind of a street guy. He's not gonna be

1266
01:05:04,280 --> 01:05:06,360
Speaker 1: able to handle He handled it pretty well. Now, he

1267
01:05:06,400 --> 01:05:08,960
Speaker 1: had his own downfalls, but like the hand of the family,

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Speaker 1: I wanted to handling the family. I mean, this was

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Speaker 1: a family that was like killing people for business, not

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01:05:12,520 --> 01:05:14,720
Speaker 1: a positive thing. But we all love mob shows just

1271
01:05:14,760 --> 01:05:17,400
Speaker 1: the reality of life. It's also why they make so

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Speaker 1: many shows on El Chapo and uh Paulo Escobar because

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01:05:21,400 --> 01:05:26,240
Speaker 1: they're fascinating. But most people that run like gangs, businesses, whatever,

1274
01:05:26,360 --> 01:05:30,560
Speaker 1: football are terrible leaders. Being a leader is really hard.

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Speaker 1: I just think he's he's not good at it. For

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01:05:34,000 --> 01:05:38,880
Speaker 1: whatever reason. You often hear that teams have scripted plays

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01:05:38,920 --> 01:05:42,040
Speaker 1: to start a game. Could you explain what exactly you

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01:05:42,080 --> 01:05:45,560
Speaker 1: mean by that, I'll hang up and listen. Well, when

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01:05:45,600 --> 01:05:49,959
Speaker 1: you script place, you can you know exactly. You spent

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01:05:50,040 --> 01:05:54,120
Speaker 1: all weeks studying what defenses they run, especially early in games.

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01:05:54,680 --> 01:05:56,920
Speaker 1: And to me, the main part about scripting plays, and

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01:05:57,000 --> 01:05:59,840
Speaker 1: maybe I'm wrong, I'm sure there are coaches listening is

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01:06:00,000 --> 01:06:04,959
Speaker 1: finding their weaknesses. Let not necessarily they're given scheme. There

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01:06:05,000 --> 01:06:08,400
Speaker 1: the defense they run, but they're weak links, whether it's

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01:06:08,400 --> 01:06:11,320
Speaker 1: a defensive end biting on play fakes, whether it's a

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01:06:11,360 --> 01:06:14,800
Speaker 1: corner biting on double moves, whether it's defensive tackles not

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01:06:14,840 --> 01:06:16,960
Speaker 1: being able to hold up against the run. And you

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01:06:17,040 --> 01:06:20,240
Speaker 1: can't exploit that, and so you script the first ten,

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01:06:20,360 --> 01:06:24,000
Speaker 1: fifteen plays or whatever to exploit their weaknesses and then

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01:06:24,000 --> 01:06:27,360
Speaker 1: eventually the defense, maybe adjust, maybe puts a different guy

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01:06:27,360 --> 01:06:30,600
Speaker 1: in there, maybe changes the look, and then you adjust.

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01:06:30,840 --> 01:06:34,280
Speaker 1: But you basically just scheme against their weakness because when

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01:06:34,320 --> 01:06:37,800
Speaker 1: your offense you get to dictate the place right. Defense

1294
01:06:38,680 --> 01:06:42,480
Speaker 1: is reacting to what you're doing. When you're the offensive

1295
01:06:42,480 --> 01:06:45,000
Speaker 1: side of the ball, you get your the action, so

1296
01:06:45,080 --> 01:06:47,920
Speaker 1: you get to be like, Okay, they're right, defensive end sucks,

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01:06:48,200 --> 01:06:49,960
Speaker 1: We're gonna run sweeps. I think I see it all

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01:06:49,960 --> 01:06:52,800
Speaker 1: the time with Kyle Shanahan. The moment he thinks your

1299
01:06:52,880 --> 01:06:58,480
Speaker 1: corners can't tackle, or your linebackers are slow, he runs outside,

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01:06:58,520 --> 01:07:02,280
Speaker 1: sweeps pitch plays. He just gets outside with his run

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01:07:02,320 --> 01:07:07,000
Speaker 1: plays because he thinks your corners are pussies or your linebackers,

1302
01:07:07,560 --> 01:07:11,280
Speaker 1: you know, can't get sidelined sideline. And like the moment

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01:07:11,320 --> 01:07:14,280
Speaker 1: you see a game starting and they're running like sweeps

1304
01:07:15,240 --> 01:07:18,800
Speaker 1: end the rounds is because they think your perimeter defense stinks.

1305
01:07:19,920 --> 01:07:22,280
Speaker 1: You know that that's to me typically what you see.

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01:07:22,360 --> 01:07:24,920
Speaker 1: I guess that's would be a very cliff note basic

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01:07:25,000 --> 01:07:28,400
Speaker 1: version of explaining it. Probably have a coach that could

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01:07:28,400 --> 01:07:30,320
Speaker 1: be explain in much detail, but that to me is

1309
01:07:30,320 --> 01:07:32,680
Speaker 1: the most basic level you find their weaknesses. I saw

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01:07:32,760 --> 01:07:36,840
Speaker 1: Belichick say this on the NFL Top One Players during

1311
01:07:36,840 --> 01:07:41,080
Speaker 1: Corona football. Isn't that complicated the art of war. You

1312
01:07:41,080 --> 01:07:44,040
Speaker 1: find a weakness and you you you take your strength

1313
01:07:44,080 --> 01:07:47,520
Speaker 1: against their weakness, and you try to win right and

1314
01:07:47,560 --> 01:07:51,000
Speaker 1: your weaknesses you try to avoid. It's it's pretty simple.

1315
01:07:51,360 --> 01:07:54,640
Speaker 1: It's it's football is pretty basic, right, Like why are

1316
01:07:54,800 --> 01:07:58,560
Speaker 1: really the Chiefs kicking everyone's ass? And he's a fantastic

1317
01:07:58,560 --> 01:08:02,040
Speaker 1: play caller. What the moment he knows your corner can't cover,

1318
01:08:02,080 --> 01:08:04,120
Speaker 1: he's putting Tyreek Kill on it. The moment he knows

1319
01:08:04,160 --> 01:08:06,800
Speaker 1: your linebackers can't cover, they're throwing to Travis Kelsey all

1320
01:08:06,800 --> 01:08:10,960
Speaker 1: the time. Like their offense is just exploiting your weaknesses.

1321
01:08:11,880 --> 01:08:13,640
Speaker 1: If you if you can't stop the run. Now with

1322
01:08:13,680 --> 01:08:15,680
Speaker 1: a little the little guy they drafted, they just run

1323
01:08:15,680 --> 01:08:18,680
Speaker 1: it down your throat. Now. He does a lot of

1324
01:08:18,680 --> 01:08:21,960
Speaker 1: window dressing with motions and movements, but when you just

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01:08:22,000 --> 01:08:26,080
Speaker 1: look at the most basic levels of the plays, they

1326
01:08:26,120 --> 01:08:29,200
Speaker 1: didn't think that Davis number twenty four for Tampa could

1327
01:08:29,240 --> 01:08:31,920
Speaker 1: cover Tyreek Kill one on one. Guess what he can't

1328
01:08:32,640 --> 01:08:38,280
Speaker 1: And he didn't, and they eviscerated him, absolutely destroyed him.

1329
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Speaker 1: Tyree had i forget sometimes Flipper Anderson has the record

1330
01:08:42,360 --> 01:08:44,559
Speaker 1: for all time yards in a game by a wide receiver.

1331
01:08:46,120 --> 01:08:48,439
Speaker 1: Tyreek for a split second felt like he was headed

1332
01:08:48,479 --> 01:08:51,120
Speaker 1: there and it was like, I find your weakness and

1333
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Speaker 1: I exploited. Now, as the game goes, then you got

1334
01:08:54,439 --> 01:08:57,120
Speaker 1: to adjust and maybe they'll start doubling a guy, or

1335
01:08:57,360 --> 01:08:59,640
Speaker 1: they'll yank a player out and put another player in.

1336
01:09:00,680 --> 01:09:04,200
Speaker 1: That's that, to me is what football is so so fun.

1337
01:09:04,320 --> 01:09:07,479
Speaker 1: There's so much strategy behind it, but the most beginning

1338
01:09:07,600 --> 01:09:11,200
Speaker 1: the strategy to begin the game. As an offensive coach,

1339
01:09:11,439 --> 01:09:13,920
Speaker 1: I get to dictate the game. Now, if it doesn't work,

1340
01:09:13,920 --> 01:09:16,519
Speaker 1: I gotta pivot fast. So if my first couple of

1341
01:09:16,560 --> 01:09:18,479
Speaker 1: series or three and out, I gotta throw that script

1342
01:09:18,520 --> 01:09:25,439
Speaker 1: away and start adjusting. Lions losses twinted nothing to the Panthers,

1343
01:09:25,920 --> 01:09:29,920
Speaker 1: missing Bridgewater and McCaffrey. Will you please rant about how

1344
01:09:29,920 --> 01:09:33,559
Speaker 1: worthless Patricia is? So this was kind of old. Obviously

1345
01:09:33,640 --> 01:09:37,280
Speaker 1: they've been fired and this is back to Anthony Lynn.

1346
01:09:37,560 --> 01:09:41,480
Speaker 1: Some guys are just gonna be terrible head coaches. Patricia's

1347
01:09:41,520 --> 01:09:45,360
Speaker 1: a rocket scientist. He's really smart. Belichick loved him. He

1348
01:09:45,400 --> 01:09:48,000
Speaker 1: had a lot of success with Belichick as an assistant

1349
01:09:48,040 --> 01:09:51,280
Speaker 1: coach as a defensive coordinator, I guess defensive coordinator. Some

1350
01:09:51,320 --> 01:09:53,360
Speaker 1: Patriot fans would say it was hit or missed the

1351
01:09:53,479 --> 01:09:55,920
Speaker 1: one game against the the Eagles, Okay, but for the

1352
01:09:55,960 --> 01:09:59,360
Speaker 1: most part he was pretty damn good, and he was

1353
01:09:59,360 --> 01:10:01,800
Speaker 1: just a bad hit goo. He was just horrendous head coach.

1354
01:10:01,920 --> 01:10:07,879
Speaker 1: Bob Quinn, his general manager, was equally as bad. Consistently terrible.

1355
01:10:08,520 --> 01:10:13,160
Speaker 1: Free agency and draft moose consistently bad. He was awful.

1356
01:10:14,000 --> 01:10:17,400
Speaker 1: So sometimes when you're Matt Patricia, who again, I think

1357
01:10:17,400 --> 01:10:20,880
Speaker 1: it's terrible. His general manager could not have helped him

1358
01:10:20,880 --> 01:10:24,320
Speaker 1: any less. It couldn't have been a worse job. I

1359
01:10:24,360 --> 01:10:27,360
Speaker 1: think here's what I think. I think Bob Quinn is

1360
01:10:27,400 --> 01:10:30,479
Speaker 1: worse at his job than Matt Patricia. Think about that.

1361
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Speaker 1: What are your thoughts on Denver's Drew lock While say this,

1362
01:10:35,479 --> 01:10:38,880
Speaker 1: I would imagine everyone heard Fangio. Obviously they played a

1363
01:10:38,880 --> 01:10:41,320
Speaker 1: game with no quarterbacks. Fangio after the game did not

1364
01:10:41,400 --> 01:10:44,920
Speaker 1: blame the league. He didn't blame anybody except the quarterbacks.

1365
01:10:45,360 --> 01:10:46,920
Speaker 1: He said, this is on them. And I got a

1366
01:10:46,960 --> 01:10:48,760
Speaker 1: couple of buddies in the league that constantly texts me.

1367
01:10:48,840 --> 01:10:51,519
Speaker 1: They're like, you know, the book on Drew lock is

1368
01:10:51,560 --> 01:10:56,160
Speaker 1: he's a little immature. Maturity ain't really his thing. Like

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Speaker 1: I think there are some comps with him and Derek

1370
01:10:58,600 --> 01:11:02,920
Speaker 1: Carr physically him strength one thing, Derek hass and he

1371
01:11:03,040 --> 01:11:05,320
Speaker 1: just was a starting quarterback for one of the worst

1372
01:11:05,360 --> 01:11:08,599
Speaker 1: offensive performances I read today the Raiders against the Falcons

1373
01:11:08,640 --> 01:11:12,000
Speaker 1: in league history. It was that terrible. But Derek is

1374
01:11:12,040 --> 01:11:15,680
Speaker 1: really mature, and Derek's work ethic is not a problem.

1375
01:11:15,720 --> 01:11:18,360
Speaker 1: Like I think with Drew Lock. You just what's going on,

1376
01:11:18,439 --> 01:11:21,880
Speaker 1: bro like part of being a quarterback. And I differ

1377
01:11:21,960 --> 01:11:24,840
Speaker 1: with Coward a little bit, like the backwards hat stuff.

1378
01:11:24,880 --> 01:11:27,320
Speaker 1: I know what he's saying, But I think you can

1379
01:11:27,400 --> 01:11:32,400
Speaker 1: be quarterback, Yoll, you can. There's different types Rogers, Manning,

1380
01:11:32,560 --> 01:11:36,480
Speaker 1: Brady Russell. You know, to me, Russell's kind of authentic

1381
01:11:36,760 --> 01:11:39,360
Speaker 1: elite player. But you know, it would be hard being

1382
01:11:39,360 --> 01:11:42,080
Speaker 1: around him all the time, you know, Ma Homes. It's

1383
01:11:42,120 --> 01:11:47,160
Speaker 1: just it's kind of very young millennial. You know. Now,

1384
01:11:47,200 --> 01:11:50,080
Speaker 1: he's very mature. He works very hard, but like he's

1385
01:11:50,120 --> 01:11:52,720
Speaker 1: gonna wearing backwards hats. You know, you're having some fun

1386
01:11:52,800 --> 01:11:55,080
Speaker 1: with the guys, I mean, Brady forever, Like you can

1387
01:11:55,120 --> 01:11:58,639
Speaker 1: be funk around with the boys, Brady Forever takes everyone

1388
01:11:58,680 --> 01:12:01,919
Speaker 1: to Kentucky Derby during experience with the guys, Like there's

1389
01:12:01,960 --> 01:12:04,320
Speaker 1: a balance to it. I think Drew Lock is just

1390
01:12:04,360 --> 01:12:08,200
Speaker 1: on the immature balance. Johnny worst case right, Blake Bordles,

1391
01:12:08,320 --> 01:12:11,000
Speaker 1: like those types, they just don't It's like, what is

1392
01:12:11,000 --> 01:12:13,800
Speaker 1: going on here? Bro? Like, can you guys figure it out?

1393
01:12:14,640 --> 01:12:17,040
Speaker 1: Jamis battled it for a while. I think he finally

1394
01:12:17,160 --> 01:12:20,120
Speaker 1: kind of once Arians got around him, just at least

1395
01:12:20,120 --> 01:12:21,920
Speaker 1: got on the straight narrow. He was headed out a

1396
01:12:21,920 --> 01:12:25,960
Speaker 1: path uber drivers screaming in the quad. I just thought

1397
01:12:25,960 --> 01:12:28,599
Speaker 1: he was kind of a slappy, and I think Jamis

1398
01:12:28,640 --> 01:12:31,040
Speaker 1: Is kind of just got it together a little bit,

1399
01:12:31,160 --> 01:12:34,000
Speaker 1: got around Drew Brees, got around John Peyton, Bruce Arians,

1400
01:12:34,000 --> 01:12:36,400
Speaker 1: and just kind of got him headed on the right path.

1401
01:12:37,160 --> 01:12:39,120
Speaker 1: Drew Lock, to me, is gonna be at that tipping

1402
01:12:39,120 --> 01:12:42,760
Speaker 1: point of like, Bro, the rules are the rules this year.

1403
01:12:42,960 --> 01:12:46,639
Speaker 1: There's a ton on the line regards like just where

1404
01:12:46,640 --> 01:12:48,280
Speaker 1: where the mask? When you're supposed to wear the mask.

1405
01:12:48,880 --> 01:12:51,360
Speaker 1: It's it's pretty black and white now the rules to

1406
01:12:51,520 --> 01:12:54,920
Speaker 1: get this league finished this year. And so to me,

1407
01:12:55,040 --> 01:12:57,080
Speaker 1: Drew Lock, you know you watch him play, it's kind

1408
01:12:57,080 --> 01:12:59,280
Speaker 1: of hit or miss and then you see this, you go,

1409
01:13:00,360 --> 01:13:03,360
Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't I don't want to have

1410
01:13:03,400 --> 01:13:05,479
Speaker 1: to worry about my quarterback. I just want to go

1411
01:13:05,520 --> 01:13:07,439
Speaker 1: to bed, So say what you want. Like Russell Wilson,

1412
01:13:07,720 --> 01:13:10,479
Speaker 1: you know, a little cheesy. I never have to worry

1413
01:13:10,479 --> 01:13:12,760
Speaker 1: about him. I never have to worry about him. Hell,

1414
01:13:12,880 --> 01:13:14,840
Speaker 1: you can be kind of like Jimmy Garoppolo. I don't

1415
01:13:14,840 --> 01:13:17,320
Speaker 1: have to worry about you know, Jared Goff. I don't

1416
01:13:17,320 --> 01:13:18,880
Speaker 1: have to worry about Herbert. I'm not gonna have to

1417
01:13:18,880 --> 01:13:20,639
Speaker 1: worry about too. I'm not gonna have to worry about

1418
01:13:21,640 --> 01:13:23,880
Speaker 1: I have to worry about maybe their play. But like

1419
01:13:23,920 --> 01:13:26,600
Speaker 1: do I gotta worry? I gotta hold blocks hands, Like,

1420
01:13:26,680 --> 01:13:30,479
Speaker 1: come on, man, this isn't that complicated. Appreciate everyone listening.

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01:13:31,240 --> 01:13:34,960
Speaker 1: Have a good week, and I will see you. I

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01:13:35,000 --> 01:13:54,640
Speaker 1: guess I won't see you. I'll talk to you Friday.