1 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 1: The volume. The Colin Cowherd Podcast brought to you by 2 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:09,720 Speaker 1: Fan Duel. It's never been easier to play fantasy on 3 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:13,000 Speaker 1: Fan Duel. Whether you love basketball, golf, soccer, or any 4 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:16,840 Speaker 1: fantasy sport, there is a contest for every fan Fan 5 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 1: Duel more ways to win. Hi, everybody, Welcome to the 6 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 1: Monday Morning Podcast, Nick Wright. It's going to break down 7 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:31,120 Speaker 1: three or four big games, including the Chiefs, plus a 8 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:34,160 Speaker 1: couple of thoughts, one on Kyrie Irving and the Nets 9 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:37,960 Speaker 1: and one on Brooklyn. NBA season opens Tuesday. Two games 10 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:41,320 Speaker 1: I want to talk about number one, Baltimore and the Chargers. 11 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 1: Listen the Chargers. Obviously the matchup didn't work. I liked 12 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:47,680 Speaker 1: Baltimore in that game, one of the few games it 13 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 1: seems like in the last two weeks I've gotten right. 14 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 1: But it's interesting to note that one of the reasons 15 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:57,280 Speaker 1: I talk about this often about don't be consumed with 16 00:00:57,360 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 1: being right, be consumed with getting it right. Lamar Jackson 17 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:04,960 Speaker 1: came into this league. He was skinny. I worried about it. 18 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 1: Then after one offseason he had traps. He put on weight. 19 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:10,840 Speaker 1: The following season. I said he doesn't have a great 20 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:13,920 Speaker 1: pocket feel. He struggles throwing the ball to the sidelines. 21 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 1: The next season he comes in, he's much better at that. 22 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:21,440 Speaker 1: What I have watched the last six quarters of Lamar Jackson, 23 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:25,839 Speaker 1: he's now an elite pocket passer. We know the running thing, 24 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 1: but he is so comfortable in the pocket right now 25 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:34,559 Speaker 1: that you're a dummy at this point if you're still 26 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:37,399 Speaker 1: holding on too. He can't play from behind and throw 27 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:41,200 Speaker 1: the football. He reads a defense very well, something that 28 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:44,640 Speaker 1: I was taught years ago about by a scout about quarterbacks. 29 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 1: Even if the ball is incomplete, do you throw it 30 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:51,800 Speaker 1: to the right receiver? He almost always does. Somebody once 31 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 1: told me that about sports gambling. You can lose a bet, 32 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 1: but are you on the right side. I was on 33 00:01:56,480 --> 00:01:58,560 Speaker 1: the right side of the Patriots game. I lost the bet, 34 00:01:58,560 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 1: but I was on the right side. You can be 35 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:02,320 Speaker 1: on the right side of a bet and lose it 36 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 1: as long as you're throwing to the right receiver, the 37 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 1: open receiver or the coverage dictates that's where you go 38 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:12,400 Speaker 1: with the ball. Lamar's doing that brilliantly. So you know 39 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 1: the people that are stuck on Lamar Jackson isn't good 40 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 1: in the pocket. These are people that are probably politically stubborn, 41 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:24,120 Speaker 1: stubborn with their families, stubborn at work. They're not worth 42 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:26,839 Speaker 1: the argument. If you watch him and don't see how 43 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 1: evolved Lamar Jackson has become in the pocket, you just 44 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:33,800 Speaker 1: don't understand football. He has really become an elite, top 45 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:37,400 Speaker 1: five or six pocket quarterback. He is so dangerous in 46 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 1: the red zone. It's just lights out, you know, it's 47 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:44,639 Speaker 1: really interesting when they do those sweep runs and the RPOs. 48 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 1: You're so tentative because you can get you know, you 49 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:53,080 Speaker 1: can't stop him individually. So if you bite into the run, 50 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:54,960 Speaker 1: if you go all in on the run, you can 51 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:59,079 Speaker 1: look so foolish as a defensive coordinator or a defense 52 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:03,640 Speaker 1: So he makes you very hesitant on run plays. You're 53 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:06,920 Speaker 1: almost hoping he hands it off. But I find the 54 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:10,440 Speaker 1: Chargers were very tentative. The Cults in the second half 55 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:14,799 Speaker 1: were very tentative, and they're as a decoy. He has 56 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 1: almost as much value as he does as the primary weapon. 57 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 1: But he has really evolved into a superstar quarterback. And 58 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 1: Baltimore looks like the first or second best team in 59 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 1: the league. Something else I wanted to talk about, And 60 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:29,800 Speaker 1: it's not a game that'll get a lot of publicity. 61 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 1: The media is rooting overwhelmingly against urban Meyer. They don't 62 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 1: like his arrogance, they don't like NFL writers don't want 63 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 1: some college guy to walk in and steal the headlines. 64 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 1: I get that coaching's not the problem. Outside of wide receivers, 65 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 1: they have no offensive line, bad secondary. He out coached 66 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 1: urban Meyer, out coach Brian Flores. I watched every snap 67 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:55,200 Speaker 1: of that game. Trevor Lawrence, by the way, TA did 68 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 1: not play bad. Do not blame it on to it. 69 00:03:56,960 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 1: He was fine. Urban Meyer out coach Brian Flores with 70 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:05,760 Speaker 1: far less talent. So I have watched the Jags play 71 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:09,080 Speaker 1: four times, and I've really zoned in. Not every week, 72 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 1: but four of their six games. I've zoned in. The 73 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:13,960 Speaker 1: coaching is not the issue. They come in with good 74 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:19,360 Speaker 1: game plans, they execute them generally. They are competitive primarily 75 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:24,120 Speaker 1: mostly they're They're competitive as long as their personnel allows 76 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:27,760 Speaker 1: them to be competitive. But the two are played fine. 77 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:33,720 Speaker 1: It was really urban Meyer out coaching Brian Flores, and 78 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:38,200 Speaker 1: I understand that the media does not want him to succeed. 79 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 1: Twenty and thirty year NFL writers do not want some 80 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:45,840 Speaker 1: college guy to walk in and turn the league on 81 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 1: its head. And I'm not saying he's a top ten 82 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:53,080 Speaker 1: fifteen coach. But Belichick can't win now, Okay, Belichick can't win. Now. 83 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:56,239 Speaker 1: You need a quarterback, you need personnel. New England doesn't 84 00:04:56,279 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 1: have enough speed to score on good teams. But let 85 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 1: me defend Urban Meyer. The football part is not the 86 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:07,560 Speaker 1: issue now, it's the cultural part. Does he get the league? 87 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:11,680 Speaker 1: You have to coach NFL players differently. I don't think 88 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:18,240 Speaker 1: he hired terribly gifted offensive staff with Brian Schottenheimer. But 89 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 1: when I watched them play, they're competitive. They're as competitive 90 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 1: as you can be with that offensive line, with that 91 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 1: lack of consistent pass rush and that secondary. People just 92 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 1: have to own it. The coaching thing for Urban he's smart, 93 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:37,560 Speaker 1: he's learned, he's quick. That's not the issue. All right, Briefly, 94 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:41,679 Speaker 1: before I really dive into this with Nick Wright, Baker Mayfield, listen, 95 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:44,400 Speaker 1: Arizonas for real. We just got to let's not just 96 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 1: bang on Cleveland. Arizona is a really good football team 97 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:49,839 Speaker 1: and you're seeing it around the league. These young quarterbacks 98 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:53,719 Speaker 1: like Lamar Jackson and Kyler Murray and Russell Wilson a 99 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:56,040 Speaker 1: few years ago, when they can buy time with their legs. 100 00:05:56,560 --> 00:05:58,799 Speaker 1: You're seeing it a little with Jalen Hurts of the Eagles, 101 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:00,919 Speaker 1: when they can buy time with their legs for a 102 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:03,240 Speaker 1: couple of years as they figure out the complexities of 103 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:07,160 Speaker 1: the pocket, it's hard, hard to be an ace in 104 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:12,520 Speaker 1: that pocket. Okay, And you're finding these young quarterbacks. Mac 105 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:15,960 Speaker 1: Jones doesn't have this ability that Kyler now. First year 106 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:19,160 Speaker 1: missed a lot of open throws, some interceptions. Second year, 107 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 1: got better at it. This year he's fantastic, does not 108 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:24,920 Speaker 1: miss open throws. He's bought. He's gotten to become eight 109 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 1: an elite pocket thrower. But he bought a lot of 110 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:32,440 Speaker 1: wins and plays in yards and time with his feet. 111 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 1: So by the time he starts his third year or 112 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:39,000 Speaker 1: his fourth year with the same system, they add DeAndre Hopkins, 113 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:42,320 Speaker 1: he's now an elite quarterback. So this is a super 114 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:45,240 Speaker 1: Bowl potential team. Arizona is the real deal. They can 115 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 1: play defense, they have a pass rush. They're inconsistent running 116 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 1: the ball, but they can run it. Kyler Murray is 117 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:54,520 Speaker 1: part of the run game. He throws a beautiful ball. 118 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:58,160 Speaker 1: It's a big play offense. And Cliff Kingsbury to this point, 119 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:01,240 Speaker 1: if nothing else, he's got an excellent relationship with a 120 00:07:01,279 --> 00:07:05,080 Speaker 1: star quarterback in terms of Cleveland. Listen, if you're sitting 121 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:07,600 Speaker 1: around and you're Andrew Berry the GM. I said this 122 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 1: on Fox and I said this on Fox Sports Radio. 123 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 1: I said it two weeks ago. The next eight weeks 124 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:16,360 Speaker 1: are going to be huge for Baker Mayfield because he's 125 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 1: playing against contemporaries, same age quarterbacks. He's playing against Burrow 126 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:26,080 Speaker 1: and Justin Herbert and Kider Murray and Lamar Jackson. Twice 127 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:31,720 Speaker 1: that GM is looking at those quarterbacks and saying, Okay, 128 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:34,120 Speaker 1: they're going to get the back. They're going to get 129 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 1: thirty five to forty million? Can I pay that to 130 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:41,200 Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield? And I don't think today they would give 131 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:44,400 Speaker 1: him the contract. I think he's regressed. I think he's 132 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:48,000 Speaker 1: now beat up. I don't love his judgment. I don't 133 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:51,920 Speaker 1: want to hear about injuries. Donovan People's Jones is better 134 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:58,240 Speaker 1: than OBJ. He is. He had People's, he had OBJ, 135 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:02,200 Speaker 1: he had Kareem Hunt. Yes they're missing offensive lineman, Yes 136 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:05,320 Speaker 1: they missed Nick Chubb. Welcome to the National Football League. 137 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 1: You don't get the number one ready to offensive line 138 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:11,280 Speaker 1: every week. So now they have to play on Thursday. 139 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:13,679 Speaker 1: Which is a really dangerous spot for a beat up team. 140 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:17,520 Speaker 1: But this is coming to fruition. I said, it's not 141 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 1: going to be just about wins. Does Baker look the part? 142 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 1: He did not look the part against Kyler Murray. He didn't. 143 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:28,840 Speaker 1: He looked like junior varsity. And you start paying a 144 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:31,520 Speaker 1: guy like that thirty five million. You can't go get 145 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:34,640 Speaker 1: a John Johnson from the Rams, a Jadeveon Clowney. You 146 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:38,480 Speaker 1: can't pick him up. You can't give a massive extension 147 00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:41,440 Speaker 1: to your right tackle. You can't have two good running backs. 148 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:45,679 Speaker 1: So it's not just about Cleveland winning and losing. Baker 149 00:08:45,880 --> 00:08:49,320 Speaker 1: has regressed, and you cannot have a quarterback where he 150 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:52,160 Speaker 1: has to have stars around him, because once you pay 151 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:56,080 Speaker 1: the quarterback, you can't afford those stars. So I think 152 00:08:56,600 --> 00:09:01,520 Speaker 1: Baltimore is clearly today a better football team, a more 153 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:04,400 Speaker 1: engaged football team, And I think it's a football team 154 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:08,520 Speaker 1: that truly believes in their quarterback. I don't think everybody 155 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:11,480 Speaker 1: in that Brown's locker room or that Browns coaching staff 156 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:16,400 Speaker 1: believes in Baker Mayfield. All right, Nick Wright joins us. 157 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:21,520 Speaker 1: Let's talk cowboys, folks. All right, bring on my buddy, Nick. Right, 158 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:23,960 Speaker 1: First things, first, let's get right to it. Let's start 159 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:29,880 Speaker 1: with Dallas, New England. Crazy finish. I mean, what's interesting 160 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:32,880 Speaker 1: is Dallas had over five hundred yards. You know what's funny. 161 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:34,800 Speaker 1: When you take Tom Brady out of New England, they 162 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:38,960 Speaker 1: get punts blocked. They can't stop anybody, they can't. You know, 163 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:42,720 Speaker 1: it's it's all unbelievable, like the Brady. It's almost as 164 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:47,959 Speaker 1: if Brady's like, oh Mahomes, Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson. I'm 165 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:50,640 Speaker 1: going to go over to the other conference where Rogers 166 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:52,800 Speaker 1: is getting old. And I don't buy into GoF or 167 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:56,240 Speaker 1: Stafford because you look at that. You and I both 168 00:09:56,280 --> 00:09:58,640 Speaker 1: know now they have no chance in New England to 169 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:02,559 Speaker 1: win big chance. I think it was Listen, I thought 170 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:05,800 Speaker 1: it was unbelievable. And I understand mac Jones. You to 171 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:09,679 Speaker 1: some people, to the less evolved educated football fan, they 172 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:12,160 Speaker 1: might think he made me eat a little bit of crow. 173 00:10:12,760 --> 00:10:15,920 Speaker 1: When after the pick six, I twoted mac Jones has 174 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 1: just enough time to throw another pick here, and then 175 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:19,920 Speaker 1: he threw seventy five yard touchdown. But that was a 176 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:22,400 Speaker 1: busted coverage that should have been picked by the safety. 177 00:10:22,559 --> 00:10:26,400 Speaker 1: But I thought it was really remarkable when I heard 178 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:30,080 Speaker 1: this sentence uttered on the broadcast by Jim Nance two 179 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:34,440 Speaker 1: sentences consecutively. Mac Jones is ten for ten passing in 180 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:38,200 Speaker 1: this game. The Patriots are oh for four on third down. 181 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 1: I'm like, huh, so the guy hadn't thrown it in 182 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:44,360 Speaker 1: completion and they hadn't converted a third down, which is 183 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:48,560 Speaker 1: because they are just they have this offense, no explosive plays. 184 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:51,679 Speaker 1: They just don't make a mistake. Don't make a mistake, which, 185 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:54,600 Speaker 1: by the way, you can win that way when you 186 00:10:54,640 --> 00:10:58,400 Speaker 1: have the Patriots defense of the early two thousands, and 187 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:02,000 Speaker 1: when you're playing again it's the NFL the early two thousands, 188 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:06,360 Speaker 1: you're playing Dallas with Dak Prescott, Ceedee lamb, Amari Cooper, 189 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:10,040 Speaker 1: the kid Wilson seems to be awesome. You have Zeke 190 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:13,440 Speaker 1: all this. You better get explosives, and they don't. They 191 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:15,800 Speaker 1: did obviously get the one seventy five yard touchdown and 192 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:17,719 Speaker 1: give them credit for that, but yeah, New England's in 193 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:19,600 Speaker 1: rough shape, man. I mean, the best thing they have 194 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:22,800 Speaker 1: going for them is Miami and the Jets. That's about 195 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:25,640 Speaker 1: it right now. Yeah. No, I mean it's Nick Saban. 196 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:28,959 Speaker 1: You know, Belichick had him as an assistant in Cleveland. 197 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:32,960 Speaker 1: Saban has adapted evolved brilliantly. It's more of an offensive 198 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:35,600 Speaker 1: program now this year, Bama's offense is way better than 199 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:40,440 Speaker 1: her defense. And Belichick, the seeming genius in the NFL, 200 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:45,520 Speaker 1: has not evolved. They're bad at receiver, their concepts. I mean, 201 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:49,200 Speaker 1: outside of a busted coverage, they don't throw the ball 202 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:51,640 Speaker 1: down the field. And it's just one of those things 203 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:54,680 Speaker 1: where you look at them. There's no easy fix because 204 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:58,760 Speaker 1: the equivalent of Manning Big Ben in his prime and 205 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:02,040 Speaker 1: Brady is now staring at them in Lamar, who by 206 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:05,920 Speaker 1: the way, Lamar now is a legitimate pocket passing phenom. 207 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:08,959 Speaker 1: Forget the running part. He's evolved into that. So I 208 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:12,520 Speaker 1: will say this about Dallas, and this just happens in 209 00:12:12,559 --> 00:12:15,360 Speaker 1: a seventeen game schedule. You have you have Sundays where 210 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:18,200 Speaker 1: there's a lot of penalties, there's fumbles. They did not 211 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:22,559 Speaker 1: play well. But I now look at Dak and I 212 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:24,400 Speaker 1: think he's one of the seven or eight guys and 213 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:28,120 Speaker 1: I didn't for a long time, but he's gotten better. 214 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:30,800 Speaker 1: Neck he has I do too, And I'm going to 215 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:34,200 Speaker 1: say something. I don't know if you'll find it controversial, 216 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:38,160 Speaker 1: but it obviously won't happen. No NFL team that I 217 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:40,760 Speaker 1: can think of has ever done something similar to this. 218 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:46,280 Speaker 1: But when I watched today's game, the fact that the 219 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:50,000 Speaker 1: Patriots were in it late was a testament. Even though 220 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:52,079 Speaker 1: the things you are saying about Belichick are true from 221 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:56,199 Speaker 1: an evolution standpoint, within the game, from kickoff to the end, 222 00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:59,839 Speaker 1: he still understands game management. He still understands time scores 223 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:02,440 Speaker 1: situation as well as anybody in football. His fourth down 224 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:05,120 Speaker 1: stuff maybe could sharpen up a bit, but McCarthy is 225 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:10,760 Speaker 1: just out to lunch all of it. Always just horrific 226 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:13,640 Speaker 1: at it. He's out here calling timeouts for the Patriots, 227 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:16,120 Speaker 1: kicking fifty some yard field goals that are gone for 228 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:19,200 Speaker 1: a first down, all this stuff. This is the controversial part. 229 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:23,280 Speaker 1: Jerry Jones really wants to win the Super Bowl this year. 230 00:13:23,840 --> 00:13:27,160 Speaker 1: He should consider elevating Kellen Moore this week, Mike, Yeah, 231 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:30,080 Speaker 1: it's been good seeing you. Kellen Moore already calls the plays. 232 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:34,800 Speaker 1: McCarthy's only job is the within the game stuff on Sundays, 233 00:13:34,840 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 1: and he's terrible at it. Because that's my concern. I 234 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:39,959 Speaker 1: think Dallas hasn't you had him what two in the 235 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:42,320 Speaker 1: herd higher yeah, I think they're the second best team 236 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:44,480 Speaker 1: in the league, and I had them number one on 237 00:13:44,559 --> 00:13:47,079 Speaker 1: my tiers, Like, I think they are really really good. 238 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:51,680 Speaker 1: But I am super anxious about McCarthy in the playoffs. 239 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:53,240 Speaker 1: And now I know Kellen Moore has never been a 240 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:55,360 Speaker 1: head coach and maybe bad he'd be bad at it. 241 00:13:55,559 --> 00:13:58,319 Speaker 1: And at five and one, obviously they're not firing anybody, 242 00:13:58,520 --> 00:14:00,360 Speaker 1: but I think it would make them better. I think 243 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:04,000 Speaker 1: of the elevated Kellen Moore. What concerns me about McCarthy. 244 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:06,160 Speaker 1: He makes the same mistakes over and over. He struggles 245 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:07,440 Speaker 1: with the clock. It'd be like if you and I 246 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:11,120 Speaker 1: work with somebody in our industry and about once they 247 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:14,240 Speaker 1: made the same thing. Yeah, is on the show and 248 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:16,080 Speaker 1: they've just dropped an F bomb. They're like, darn it, 249 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:17,439 Speaker 1: I know what I'm supposed dud. It's like, dude to 250 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:20,880 Speaker 1: do it every week. Yeah, So, man, McCarthy. The fear 251 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:23,720 Speaker 1: is he makes the same mistakes, because that's really clearly 252 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:26,040 Speaker 1: he's just not good with it. The game's too fast, 253 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:30,320 Speaker 1: you know, I can't see the scoreboard. I mean it's 254 00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:32,760 Speaker 1: hard to see. This year, there's only been six games 255 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:37,720 Speaker 1: for like egregious, embarrassing moments that I can't kill you 256 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:40,440 Speaker 1: in the now. The argument against that is, well, Andy Reid, 257 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:45,040 Speaker 1: but Andy Reid is so great as an offensive mastermind. 258 00:14:45,280 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 1: You deal with it. You're like, Okay, he never got 259 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:49,080 Speaker 1: better at it. But I just don't know what McCarthy 260 00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:51,600 Speaker 1: brings to the table, So I don't that's a bad 261 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:55,240 Speaker 1: spot man. Yeah, and Jerry has historically been patient with coaches. 262 00:14:55,560 --> 00:14:58,000 Speaker 1: He's been less patient with great ones, but more patient 263 00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:01,120 Speaker 1: would like Chan Gaily and Mike McCarthy and Jason Garrett type. 264 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:04,560 Speaker 1: So even though theoretically you're not wrong, you know he'll stay. 265 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:07,680 Speaker 1: I do think Kellen Moore is probably the very near future. 266 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:10,760 Speaker 1: And then you move McCarthy into an operations place, you know, 267 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:13,760 Speaker 1: you put him somewhere upstairs not to filibus are on this, 268 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:15,960 Speaker 1: and then we got to do other games, but just 269 00:15:16,160 --> 00:15:19,880 Speaker 1: to take it one step further. The other issue with 270 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:22,800 Speaker 1: not doing what I'm saying, which I understand, is what 271 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:27,200 Speaker 1: would be wildly controversial or imprecedented, is you lose Kellen 272 00:15:27,240 --> 00:15:29,640 Speaker 1: Moore after this year. Someone's going to make Kellen Moore 273 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:32,240 Speaker 1: a head coach this offseason. If you're not going to 274 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:35,080 Speaker 1: do it, he's gonna be elsewhere, and that offense is 275 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:37,960 Speaker 1: going to go with him. Yeah, and you let Kellen 276 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:40,440 Speaker 1: Moore be the coach next year and just say, hey, listen, 277 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:42,560 Speaker 1: for a year, we're gonna let you call plays because 278 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:44,880 Speaker 1: we know you're comfortable with it. 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It was a pretty rocky first 314 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:31,200 Speaker 1: half for them. So the steel curtain broke out in 315 00:17:31,240 --> 00:17:33,200 Speaker 1: the second half. Second had a little shut out con 316 00:17:33,359 --> 00:17:36,359 Speaker 1: Casey Devons second half shutout. Body, let's go, let's go, 317 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:40,639 Speaker 1: it's Taylor Heinekey, let's slow down. But nonetheless it is 318 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:42,879 Speaker 1: they're not. It's It's one of those things where I 319 00:17:42,920 --> 00:17:44,760 Speaker 1: feel the same way about the Chiefs I do with 320 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:49,639 Speaker 1: the Packers. They're just not right. They're just never forget 321 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:52,080 Speaker 1: defense for both neither I was a great defense, but 322 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:55,480 Speaker 1: even Green Bay against Chicago, the offensive lines not as good. 323 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:58,680 Speaker 1: They're very dependent on Davante Adams. When I watch Kansas City, 324 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:01,160 Speaker 1: you have a more discerning eye because this is your team. 325 00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:04,040 Speaker 1: But they just don't feel quite right to me. What 326 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:08,679 Speaker 1: is it? They have been just wildly careless with the ball. 327 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:11,439 Speaker 1: I mean, they don't punt once again today. I think 328 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:15,159 Speaker 1: they had one punt and win seventeen yards. They have 329 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:19,480 Speaker 1: They had three first half turnovers today and each one 330 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:22,560 Speaker 1: was worse than the last. The first one was a 331 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:25,800 Speaker 1: Mahomes pick on a perfectly thrown ball went off Tyreek's hands. 332 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:28,960 Speaker 1: Tire's done that twice. Now a tight end's done it. 333 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:30,960 Speaker 1: Moomes has had four picks that hit a player on 334 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:32,840 Speaker 1: the hands and they didn't catch it. That's the first one. 335 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:35,840 Speaker 1: The second one is a Mcole Hardman fumble, and the 336 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:39,439 Speaker 1: third one was one of the worst plays of Mahomes's career. 337 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:41,040 Speaker 1: It was at the end of the half, you're taking 338 00:18:41,119 --> 00:18:45,000 Speaker 1: points off the board. It looked like and this hurts 339 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:49,240 Speaker 1: my heart to say, it looked like a play Josh 340 00:18:49,280 --> 00:18:52,800 Speaker 1: Allen made his rookie season where it's like, what are 341 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:55,639 Speaker 1: you doing? Like, have you never been taught the rules 342 00:18:55,680 --> 00:19:00,480 Speaker 1: of the game? And so I think the Chiefs have 343 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:05,000 Speaker 1: gotten wildly reckless with the ball on offense. Yeah, which 344 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:08,680 Speaker 1: is why it to me, I think I disagree with 345 00:19:08,720 --> 00:19:10,960 Speaker 1: you in this regard. I think the offense still moves 346 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:14,640 Speaker 1: and clicks and looks as good as it has historically. 347 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:18,080 Speaker 1: It's just that they're turning the ball over. They have 348 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:20,760 Speaker 1: the most turnovers of any team in the league. That's 349 00:19:20,880 --> 00:19:24,800 Speaker 1: impossible to believe. And obviously the defense has major issues 350 00:19:25,080 --> 00:19:29,560 Speaker 1: today though the defense had one embarrassing play where they 351 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:32,160 Speaker 1: just left two guys wide open gave the touchdown. Sidem 352 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:34,360 Speaker 1: that defense played well today, But yes, it is Washington, 353 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:37,600 Speaker 1: is Taylor ronicky? That is true? All right, let's segue 354 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:40,199 Speaker 1: to another game. I've always said with Baker Mayfield, he's 355 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:42,520 Speaker 1: a franchise quarterback, but he's not a number one pick. 356 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:48,280 Speaker 1: He needs a perfect offensive line, elite receivers, top running backs, 357 00:19:48,359 --> 00:19:50,399 Speaker 1: and with a good play caller. He can win games 358 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:53,080 Speaker 1: well now as tackles are hurt, and he came in 359 00:19:53,119 --> 00:19:56,960 Speaker 1: without Nick Chubb and Jarvis Landry's not there, by the way, 360 00:19:57,320 --> 00:20:00,680 Speaker 1: It's still more talented than half the NFL offenses with 361 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:05,239 Speaker 1: just people's and O b J and Kareem Hunt and 362 00:20:05,560 --> 00:20:09,040 Speaker 1: wait interior line and a remarkable play caller. But can 363 00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:11,760 Speaker 1: we now acknowledge And I'm not really into being right, 364 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:14,520 Speaker 1: you know, I just it's not something I plan a 365 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:18,199 Speaker 1: flag on. But when he has average stuff, he's an 366 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:22,919 Speaker 1: average quarterback. That's what he is. He certainly looked bad today, 367 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:28,200 Speaker 1: and sometimes strip sacks are not a quarterbacks fault. Sometimes 368 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:30,560 Speaker 1: they're entirely a quarterbacks fault. He had a couple of 369 00:20:30,560 --> 00:20:32,960 Speaker 1: fumbles today that were yes, his guy got beat, but 370 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:35,720 Speaker 1: he had time certainly on one of them, and you 371 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:38,080 Speaker 1: could argue on both of them should have recognized it 372 00:20:38,119 --> 00:20:40,720 Speaker 1: and protected the ball. On one of them protected himself. 373 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:45,119 Speaker 1: The interception was terrible, and I'm worried about Cleveland, Colin, 374 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:49,280 Speaker 1: because Kareem Hunt got carted off, Chubb was out, both 375 00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:52,480 Speaker 1: their tackles were out. Odell got hurt again. You mentioned Jarvis, 376 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:57,160 Speaker 1: and Baker hurt his shoulder again. Colin. They played Thursday, 377 00:20:57,240 --> 00:21:01,119 Speaker 1: they're the short. You know, the worst time possible to 378 00:21:01,119 --> 00:21:03,719 Speaker 1: have your Thursday night game is this week. All of us. 379 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:06,720 Speaker 1: You know, Baltimore is rolling, so I feel like that 380 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:09,600 Speaker 1: division is almost already out of out of it. I 381 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:12,680 Speaker 1: feel about two weeks from now it's Baltimore's and Cleveland 382 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:15,080 Speaker 1: at best's planned for a wild card and you know, 383 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:18,920 Speaker 1: battling Cincinnati, who can score. Well, that's the other problem 384 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:22,800 Speaker 1: for them is all of a sudden, Cincinnati's not a walkover. 385 00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:28,359 Speaker 1: I understand it's Detroit, but Cincinnati trounced them today. Jamar Chase, I, 386 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:31,520 Speaker 1: by the way, my feeling was, Cincinnati, you've got to 387 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:33,879 Speaker 1: take an offensive lineman. You've got to take an offensive lineman. 388 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:40,160 Speaker 1: I was wrong, Jamar Chase. Phenomenal, Yeah, unbelievable, Every single week. 389 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:43,800 Speaker 1: But the fact that Cincinnati is gonna be alive now 390 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:47,840 Speaker 1: you look at now what they have working for them 391 00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:50,879 Speaker 1: is like, who are the teams in the a f C, Colin, 392 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:54,320 Speaker 1: that we know are going to be there at the end. 393 00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:58,800 Speaker 1: We know Buffalo is, we know Baltimore is. I guess 394 00:21:58,880 --> 00:22:02,160 Speaker 1: we know Tennis c is. Because of there's no one 395 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:05,359 Speaker 1: else in the division right right, and then Kansas City 396 00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:09,400 Speaker 1: and the Chargers. That's only five and there's two playoffs 397 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:12,480 Speaker 1: spots available. All of a sudden, the Broncos have plummeted. 398 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:16,359 Speaker 1: The Raiders will see they obviously beat the Broncos today. 399 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:18,720 Speaker 1: So I think, you know, maybe that last playoff spot 400 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:20,920 Speaker 1: in the AFC, maybe you can get there at nine 401 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:22,520 Speaker 1: and eight. I wouldn't have thought that at the beginning 402 00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:25,840 Speaker 1: of the year. But Cleveland, I think is in trouble. Colin, Well, 403 00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:28,360 Speaker 1: something I talked about before I got into the interview 404 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:31,240 Speaker 1: today was I said this three weeks ago in the air. 405 00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:34,000 Speaker 1: I said, the next seven to eight weeks are key 406 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:36,400 Speaker 1: because Baker is going to be playing contemporaries. I said 407 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:39,679 Speaker 1: he's gonna play Herbert and then Kyler and then Burrow 408 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:42,520 Speaker 1: and then Mac and then Lamar twice. And I said 409 00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:45,240 Speaker 1: the GM Andrew Berry inherited Baker, he didn't draft him, 410 00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:48,120 Speaker 1: and he's gonna watch him on the same field. And 411 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:51,399 Speaker 1: Justin Herbert was clearly better and Kyler Murray was a 412 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:55,920 Speaker 1: thousand times better today. And it's one thing. If Baker 413 00:22:56,119 --> 00:23:01,480 Speaker 1: looks better than old Ben or Rookie you know, even 414 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:04,919 Speaker 1: mac Jones when you put him up against Justin and 415 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:09,000 Speaker 1: Kyler in the last two weeks. Nick, you're a general manager, 416 00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:11,920 Speaker 1: you're gonna have to pay him, meaning the defense, You're 417 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:13,680 Speaker 1: not gonna be able to just pick up a Clowney 418 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:18,400 Speaker 1: or a John Johnson at safety. I think I think 419 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:21,960 Speaker 1: the GM this morning, if if I'm the if I'm guessing, 420 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:24,520 Speaker 1: they wouldn't give him the bag, and if they did, 421 00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:27,720 Speaker 1: it would be like twenty millions a year. Well lit 422 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:30,360 Speaker 1: The thing is that, but that contract doesn't exist, right, 423 00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:34,520 Speaker 1: So like the contract that they might give him feel 424 00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:38,200 Speaker 1: confortable giving him is one that he would never accept, right. 425 00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:40,960 Speaker 1: I mean, Teddy Bridgewater got close to twenty million recently, 426 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:44,560 Speaker 1: Like twenty millions not a thing for him. Now, do 427 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:48,119 Speaker 1: I think he would accept a contract sub forty million 428 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:50,920 Speaker 1: a year? Yeah, like thirty eight millions something like that. 429 00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:53,040 Speaker 1: I don't think Cleveland wants to give that to him. 430 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:57,240 Speaker 1: I think Cleveland is prepared and he's going to show 431 00:23:57,280 --> 00:24:00,800 Speaker 1: they're prepared to do what Dallas did with Dak, which 432 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:03,760 Speaker 1: is now you can play this out and maybe we'll 433 00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:07,960 Speaker 1: even franchise tag you. And you know, I've I like 434 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:10,120 Speaker 1: Baker and I think you at times been too hard 435 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:12,240 Speaker 1: on him, but this has not been good for him. 436 00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:15,359 Speaker 1: It is not good that the Browns, who do have 437 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:19,959 Speaker 1: a lot of talent, have played three teams of equal talent, 438 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:22,480 Speaker 1: you know, in some way, shape or form, and they 439 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:25,560 Speaker 1: keep losing to them. They lost to the Chiefs, they 440 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:28,840 Speaker 1: lost to the Chargers, They got annihilated by the Cardinals. 441 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:31,280 Speaker 1: Now the Cardinals game, you have a lot of issues 442 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:34,040 Speaker 1: with the injuries. That's fine, but they got annihilated by them. 443 00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:36,600 Speaker 1: And this was supposed to be. You know, I picked 444 00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:38,920 Speaker 1: the Browns to be in the AFC Championship Game this year. 445 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:40,720 Speaker 1: I thought they could be the second best team in 446 00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:45,400 Speaker 1: the AFC to the Chiefs. It does feel like Buffalo 447 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:49,000 Speaker 1: has jumped ahead of them. Clearly, the Chargers have jumped 448 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:52,680 Speaker 1: ahead of them, and the Ravens have maintained their status 449 00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:55,280 Speaker 1: ahead of them. As they have been ever since Lamar 450 00:24:55,359 --> 00:24:57,600 Speaker 1: came in the league. That's not a good spot. The 451 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:01,800 Speaker 1: point you made earlier about Brady and the AFC NFC 452 00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:04,600 Speaker 1: is an interesting one. I think if the Browns played 453 00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:07,960 Speaker 1: in the NFC, maybe they do pay Baker because it's like, hey, 454 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:11,000 Speaker 1: there's not a lot of good young quarterbacks here anyway, 455 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:13,960 Speaker 1: he's one of the better ones. It's like Dak Kyler 456 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,600 Speaker 1: and then a bunch of we'll see who knows. Everyone 457 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:20,240 Speaker 1: else is older. But in the AFC with you know, 458 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:22,639 Speaker 1: both of us, I think believe that Trevor Lawrence and 459 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:26,480 Speaker 1: Joe Burrow will be good one day. In Burrow might 460 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:31,200 Speaker 1: already be. Mahomes is great, Herbert's great, Lamar's great great. 461 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:36,280 Speaker 1: Carson Wentz, if you get he's not the problem. Carson 462 00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:39,320 Speaker 1: Wentz Nick has been now a game. That game barely 463 00:25:39,359 --> 00:25:42,200 Speaker 1: existed today because nobody watched it. But if you look, 464 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:46,840 Speaker 1: if you go look at Carson Wentz's numbers, Nick again today, 465 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:50,480 Speaker 1: he played very well. I think Carson Wentz is more 466 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:55,320 Speaker 1: talented than Baker. Now he can be reckless, but but 467 00:25:55,359 --> 00:25:56,919 Speaker 1: I don't know if it's stronger. I don't know if 468 00:25:56,920 --> 00:25:59,400 Speaker 1: it matters with him because his body like Baker's tough. 469 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:01,359 Speaker 1: I give Acre credit. I thought he was out for 470 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:04,240 Speaker 1: a month today after like JJ Watt was worried about it. 471 00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:06,399 Speaker 1: J J. Watt was like, come over, come over after 472 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:09,600 Speaker 1: he the Strips act. So I don't care how strong 473 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:12,160 Speaker 1: Carson wentz is. Baker to me is more reliable because 474 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:13,920 Speaker 1: he's all he's not. He's always out there, so I 475 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:16,760 Speaker 1: have to give him credit for that. But he the 476 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:19,040 Speaker 1: one of the weaknesses for Baker, and this is something 477 00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:21,840 Speaker 1: that I've talked with you about before, is I don't 478 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:26,760 Speaker 1: think he has made the necessary adjustment, and he should 479 00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:29,840 Speaker 1: have by now that I am I was a good 480 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:33,840 Speaker 1: athlete at the collegiate level, I am a below average 481 00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:37,720 Speaker 1: athlete at the problem and the escape. I'm gonna run, 482 00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:41,400 Speaker 1: and you're gonna get chased down, buddy, by people a 483 00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:45,080 Speaker 1: lot bigger than you, the guys that you know, most 484 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:49,760 Speaker 1: NFL guys recognized pretty early on Mahomes is an example, 485 00:26:50,119 --> 00:26:53,080 Speaker 1: He's like, Okay, I am only running. I might I 486 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:55,440 Speaker 1: might move in the pocket or you know, escape to 487 00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:58,160 Speaker 1: the side, but I am only trying to run if 488 00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:00,600 Speaker 1: it is wide open space in front of me. Because 489 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:02,800 Speaker 1: he knows even though I could get away from people 490 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:05,480 Speaker 1: at Texas Tech. I can't at this level. Baker too 491 00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:08,479 Speaker 1: often it feels like he thinks, oh, I can hit 492 00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:11,280 Speaker 1: the corner, and you cannot hit the corner, Buddy, you 493 00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:14,520 Speaker 1: are not fast enough. So that. Yeah, I don't want 494 00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:18,600 Speaker 1: to pile on, but I'm worried about them. They play Thursday. Man, 495 00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:21,199 Speaker 1: They're gonna play Thursday with a beat up team for 496 00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:24,160 Speaker 1: a chance to fall to three and four. Browns aren't 497 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:27,280 Speaker 1: supposed to be three and four this year. Yeah, all right, 498 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:31,160 Speaker 1: NBA starts Tuesday, So we touched on three big games 499 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:32,840 Speaker 1: I wanted to touch on, and I'm gonna do a 500 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:35,320 Speaker 1: couple of NBA hits with you and then sure as 501 00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:37,720 Speaker 1: we're taping this, then you can go watch Sunday Night Football. 502 00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:40,919 Speaker 1: All right. First, I think you know I said from 503 00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:45,080 Speaker 1: the beginning relationships or everything to me, whether I was 504 00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:47,880 Speaker 1: creating the volume, I'm hiring people I trust. I'm hiring 505 00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:50,680 Speaker 1: people I like. I'm hiring people who I have their 506 00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:53,359 Speaker 1: back because if they make mistakes, I know it's inadvertent. 507 00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:58,040 Speaker 1: The fact that Kevin Durant left Steph for Kyrie Irving 508 00:27:58,480 --> 00:28:01,679 Speaker 1: when you had at a resume you had like Lebron 509 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:04,359 Speaker 1: gets along with everybody. Lebron plays well with everybody. He 510 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:07,960 Speaker 1: bails in Lebron. Brad Stevens is clearly a capable coach. 511 00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:12,320 Speaker 1: He messed that up, I said last year after he 512 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:14,080 Speaker 1: left in the first week of the season and just 513 00:28:14,119 --> 00:28:17,800 Speaker 1: had a sabbatical hiatus. I said on the air, I 514 00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:21,800 Speaker 1: said he maybe the first superstar level player I would 515 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:26,880 Speaker 1: ever consider moving for bench players. Just make Harden, Durant 516 00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:31,880 Speaker 1: or Fine fortify the bench. I'm out from the flat earth. 517 00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:35,159 Speaker 1: Now to the vaccine issue. I take it you are 518 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:38,320 Speaker 1: a huge Kyrie fan, but let's start with this premise. 519 00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:42,720 Speaker 1: With the addition of Patty Mills to the bench, LaMarcus Aldridge, 520 00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:46,800 Speaker 1: Blake Griffin, I think Brooklyn can win the championship with Durant, 521 00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:49,479 Speaker 1: Harden and no Kyrie if they could just trade him 522 00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:54,040 Speaker 1: and fortify the bench a little. Do you believe that, Oh, 523 00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:57,160 Speaker 1: you get a full healthy season out of Katie and Hardened. 524 00:28:57,160 --> 00:28:59,200 Speaker 1: Prior to last year, it had always been healthy, right, 525 00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:03,000 Speaker 1: Not only I think they could win the championship that way. 526 00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:06,640 Speaker 1: I think they actually would be better off even if 527 00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:10,480 Speaker 1: Kyrie had none of the vaccine stuff. If the vaccine 528 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:14,840 Speaker 1: issue didn't exist once they got James Harden. Kyrie was 529 00:29:15,400 --> 00:29:19,200 Speaker 1: a surplus of value they didn't need. What they need 530 00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:22,040 Speaker 1: is some size. What they need is some defense, and 531 00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:24,480 Speaker 1: what they need is someone who is happy to not 532 00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:26,920 Speaker 1: have the ball on their hands. None of that is 533 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:30,360 Speaker 1: Kyrie Irving. So yeah, I think that, And this is 534 00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:34,720 Speaker 1: all so tricky because the problem is Colin Kyrie Irving's 535 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:37,720 Speaker 1: like once, the trade I talked about before any of 536 00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:40,560 Speaker 1: the vaccine stuff came up that I thought fixed everyone's 537 00:29:40,560 --> 00:29:43,880 Speaker 1: problems was Kyrie and Ben Simmons. The Sixers need what 538 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:46,720 Speaker 1: Kyrie has, The Nets need what Ben Simmons has. It's 539 00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:49,200 Speaker 1: weird because they're kind of competing with each other. Would 540 00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:52,000 Speaker 1: you make the trade, but maybe they would. The Sixers 541 00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:56,760 Speaker 1: absolutely would not make that trade. Now, Kyrie's trade value 542 00:29:57,000 --> 00:30:00,520 Speaker 1: is where all you could get his role players the 543 00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:06,040 Speaker 1: team that again it would make sense, but you potentially 544 00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:10,040 Speaker 1: have the vaccine issues. Is the Clippers like Zach lotalk 545 00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:14,880 Speaker 1: about this, Marcus Morris and stuff, those types of Marcus Morris, 546 00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:19,280 Speaker 1: Reggie Jackson, one other guy that actually helps to me, 547 00:30:19,920 --> 00:30:23,640 Speaker 1: helps the Nets. They need guys who don't need the ball. 548 00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:27,480 Speaker 1: I would I would have said Kyrie for Chris STAPs 549 00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:30,000 Speaker 1: like is an interesting one because Kyrie, by the way, 550 00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:32,600 Speaker 1: when was he at his best alongside Lebron, Who's the 551 00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:34,680 Speaker 1: player in the league whose game is most similar to Lebron. 552 00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:37,320 Speaker 1: Luca like that could work and the Nets Chris Stapps 553 00:30:37,560 --> 00:30:40,840 Speaker 1: doesn't have to have the ball in his hands, but again, 554 00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:43,920 Speaker 1: the vaccine stuff kills him. With the MAVs, it's it is. 555 00:30:46,040 --> 00:30:49,360 Speaker 1: It's an insane position where a guy who was fifty 556 00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:52,960 Speaker 1: forty ninety the healthiest guy on the Nets last year, 557 00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:58,200 Speaker 1: it's now not only expendable. But didn't you find this interesting? 558 00:30:58,280 --> 00:31:03,360 Speaker 1: Colin James and Kevin Durant told the truth about having 559 00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:07,320 Speaker 1: not spoken with Kyrie. I thought it was huge. I 560 00:31:07,360 --> 00:31:11,560 Speaker 1: couldn't believe it because those are sharp guys and they 561 00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:15,520 Speaker 1: knew that by saying we haven't spoken that that's a story. 562 00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:17,800 Speaker 1: And they could have just said we're gonna keep it. 563 00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:20,160 Speaker 1: They could have either lied or said we're gonna keep 564 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:23,280 Speaker 1: personal conversations personal, not gonna get into it. The other 565 00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:26,720 Speaker 1: thing I thought was interesting was when Katie said that 566 00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:29,880 Speaker 1: he had a whole thing with the media. Katie was 567 00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:33,200 Speaker 1: in a great mood. He was happy, he was, like 568 00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:35,480 Speaker 1: he said, at one point he's like, listen, I know 569 00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:37,160 Speaker 1: you guys are gonna be asking these questions all year, 570 00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:38,520 Speaker 1: and I get it. You have a job to do. 571 00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:41,600 Speaker 1: And when Katie's in a good mood, he's really interesting. 572 00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:46,800 Speaker 1: He's really honest. All this stuff. I thought, again psychoanalyzing him. 573 00:31:47,160 --> 00:31:49,800 Speaker 1: But I think it's pretty interesting that the day, a 574 00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:52,000 Speaker 1: couple days after the nets of like Kyrie go home 575 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:55,080 Speaker 1: for the season, Katie's in a good mood, that Katie's 576 00:31:55,120 --> 00:31:58,160 Speaker 1: not pissed about it. In fact, he seems happy about it. 577 00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:00,840 Speaker 1: And then I guess doctor Kyrie. I think Katie's like, 578 00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:04,760 Speaker 1: oh my god, this guy, this guy is the juice 579 00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:06,840 Speaker 1: is not worth the squeeze, no matter how sweet the 580 00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:09,600 Speaker 1: juice is. No Joey Taylor and I talked about this 581 00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:15,000 Speaker 1: is players send messages all the time. Kadie. I think 582 00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:19,959 Speaker 1: you're spot on. I think Katie and Harden I think 583 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:23,680 Speaker 1: they sent a message to ownership. It's like, we're good here, 584 00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:26,840 Speaker 1: you know, we're we're good. We're good without Kyrie. And 585 00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:30,080 Speaker 1: I also think I was told this years ago that 586 00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:33,959 Speaker 1: the NBA chemistry is the most important because like an 587 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:37,440 Speaker 1: offense and defense in football practice, in games, you know, 588 00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:39,480 Speaker 1: you just split off. If a guy's a jerk on 589 00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:42,400 Speaker 1: the D line, oh oh, offense didn't deal with them 590 00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:45,680 Speaker 1: a lot, right, even the offensive coaches don't same. In baseball, 591 00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:48,640 Speaker 1: a thirty year roster goes down to a bullpen. You know, 592 00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:51,360 Speaker 1: some guys are in the clubhouse, the guys that aren't playing. 593 00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:54,960 Speaker 1: But in basketball, man, it's a it's a tiny plane. 594 00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:58,400 Speaker 1: You're all together. There's like eight out of the thirteen 595 00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:02,840 Speaker 1: guys and teams that hang out together and get along together, 596 00:33:02,920 --> 00:33:06,600 Speaker 1: like Milwaukee and Phoenix, they generally play well together. And 597 00:33:06,720 --> 00:33:09,320 Speaker 1: I by Harden saying I haven't even talked to him, 598 00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:13,160 Speaker 1: forget connecting. If you and I didn't talk, If if 599 00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:15,880 Speaker 1: you were going through a crisis and you and I 600 00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:19,720 Speaker 1: hadn't talked, forget doing a podcast, talked in a month, 601 00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:23,080 Speaker 1: were not friends. It means we're not friends. It means 602 00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:27,440 Speaker 1: we're absolutely If someone said, if all of a sudden, 603 00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:33,360 Speaker 1: you were gone from FS one and a week later, 604 00:33:33,520 --> 00:33:36,040 Speaker 1: someone was like, hey, how's Colin doing, and I'm like, 605 00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:39,800 Speaker 1: don't know, haven't spoken. You know what they would think, Oh, 606 00:33:40,240 --> 00:33:43,200 Speaker 1: I thought you guys were close. I assume you guys 607 00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:46,120 Speaker 1: were friends. I guess you were, Like it would be shocking, 608 00:33:46,520 --> 00:33:51,360 Speaker 1: and so it's like it is. It's incredibly telling. And 609 00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:55,800 Speaker 1: I think that now what the Nets can't have happened obviously, 610 00:33:56,480 --> 00:33:58,760 Speaker 1: is have something happened to Katie or Harden. They don't 611 00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:00,640 Speaker 1: have any insurance for that now. He did have some 612 00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:03,920 Speaker 1: insurance for that before. But like most teams in the league, 613 00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:06,000 Speaker 1: I guess what, the Lakers can't have anything having to 614 00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:08,600 Speaker 1: Lebron or a d and the boxing Hammy and Amity, 615 00:34:08,640 --> 00:34:11,080 Speaker 1: Jannie or Middleton, Like that's kind of the league works. 616 00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:15,680 Speaker 1: You can't have one of your two best guys get hurt. Finally, 617 00:34:15,760 --> 00:34:18,240 Speaker 1: I want to do one other topic. I actually felt 618 00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:22,879 Speaker 1: bad the other day. New Laker Russell Westbrook was quoted saying, hey, 619 00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:25,680 Speaker 1: I'm the NBA villain, and I thought, wait a minute, 620 00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:30,520 Speaker 1: that's not right. I cannot love his game, but he's 621 00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:33,760 Speaker 1: a good guy, he's a good family guy. He shouldn't 622 00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:38,560 Speaker 1: be a villain. And the way he said it, you know, 623 00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:41,759 Speaker 1: whenever somebody says I don't need to be liked, well, 624 00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:45,080 Speaker 1: everybody needs to be liked. Everybody wants to be liked. 625 00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:48,040 Speaker 1: Lebron hated being a villain for a year. He hated it. 626 00:34:48,160 --> 00:34:52,120 Speaker 1: Michael loved being hated in Detroit, but he loved being 627 00:34:52,160 --> 00:34:54,000 Speaker 1: loved everywhere else. I used to when I was in 628 00:34:54,040 --> 00:34:56,080 Speaker 1: Portland and Michael came to town, he was more popular 629 00:34:56,120 --> 00:34:58,480 Speaker 1: than any Blazer, and everywhere he went in the league 630 00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:01,439 Speaker 1: outside of like Detroit, New York. Even in New York, 631 00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:03,839 Speaker 1: the city loved Michael Jordan, right, he played great there. 632 00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:08,520 Speaker 1: But I thought to myself with Russell Westbrook, is I 633 00:35:08,560 --> 00:35:10,840 Speaker 1: actually think he works for the Lakers. They need thirty 634 00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:13,880 Speaker 1: seven minutes tonight, they need energy. It's an old roster. 635 00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:17,000 Speaker 1: I actually thought to myself, you know what if he 636 00:35:17,080 --> 00:35:20,479 Speaker 1: plays here three years and I think he can add 637 00:35:20,480 --> 00:35:22,080 Speaker 1: he can be a little bit like a more talent 638 00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:25,879 Speaker 1: at Alex Caruso. He gives you incredible intensity. He'll get 639 00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:29,320 Speaker 1: along with Lebron. He's a good hang. You know that 640 00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:32,479 Speaker 1: part of this league is are you a good hang? 641 00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:34,680 Speaker 1: But I just I felt kind of sympathy when he 642 00:35:34,719 --> 00:35:36,720 Speaker 1: said I think I'm in the league's villain, And I thought, 643 00:35:37,040 --> 00:35:39,520 Speaker 1: that's usually like a guy who gets into fights or 644 00:35:39,560 --> 00:35:41,919 Speaker 1: he's a jerk, And I'm like, Russell's not a jerk. 645 00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:45,239 Speaker 1: He's a flawed player, right, So that's I think an 646 00:35:45,239 --> 00:35:48,520 Speaker 1: important distinction he's never been in trouble, He's never been 647 00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:52,520 Speaker 1: a bad never He's one of the few NBA super 648 00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:56,640 Speaker 1: duperstars that doesn't have like a big group of people 649 00:35:56,680 --> 00:35:58,400 Speaker 1: around him. By the way, now there's anything wrong with it, 650 00:35:58,480 --> 00:36:01,120 Speaker 1: but like people, you know, it's his wife. I think 651 00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:04,240 Speaker 1: it's his brother. You know, he has a very small circle, 652 00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:08,680 Speaker 1: seems intense family guy and a private guy. Who's the 653 00:36:08,719 --> 00:36:10,319 Speaker 1: only thing we know about him off the court is 654 00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:14,040 Speaker 1: he's super into fashion. Now people might not like his fashion. 655 00:36:14,160 --> 00:36:16,680 Speaker 1: I think it's I think he's pretty courageous with it, 656 00:36:16,719 --> 00:36:18,440 Speaker 1: to be honest. I think he takes rests to it 657 00:36:18,520 --> 00:36:21,320 Speaker 1: that and I think that's cool. But yeah, so Russ 658 00:36:21,320 --> 00:36:26,160 Speaker 1: has Russ has always been a guy who is polarizing 659 00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:30,840 Speaker 1: because of his style and he has There is a 660 00:36:30,880 --> 00:36:35,560 Speaker 1: lot of iverson to him in that list. There are 661 00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:41,000 Speaker 1: some deeply devoted fans that ignore some of the pretty 662 00:36:41,160 --> 00:36:44,759 Speaker 1: obvious flaws in the game. But then the flip side 663 00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:51,040 Speaker 1: of that is the analytics community that will argue that iverson, 664 00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:55,600 Speaker 1: you know, the analytics crush iverson, and that does at 665 00:36:55,680 --> 00:36:58,480 Speaker 1: some point what the guys who play the game say 666 00:36:58,480 --> 00:37:00,839 Speaker 1: about someone has to matter at least little and when 667 00:37:00,840 --> 00:37:05,200 Speaker 1: they're like, you don't understand, no, because let me, I'm 668 00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:08,239 Speaker 1: putting this wrong. Analytics say, well, if anyone put up 669 00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:10,320 Speaker 1: that many shots, they would score a ton of points. 670 00:37:10,640 --> 00:37:13,720 Speaker 1: When the players say is yeah, but most guys literally 671 00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:16,000 Speaker 1: can't put up that many shots. They don't have the stamina. 672 00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:18,160 Speaker 1: They don't they do you know how hard it is 673 00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:21,120 Speaker 1: to shoot the ball thirty times? And so with Russ, 674 00:37:21,480 --> 00:37:24,040 Speaker 1: people are like, oh, you know, if anyone was really 675 00:37:24,080 --> 00:37:27,279 Speaker 1: focused on getting triple doubles, my argument would be, I 676 00:37:27,320 --> 00:37:30,080 Speaker 1: would imagine in the last forty years there have been 677 00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:32,400 Speaker 1: other guys who are like, I'd like to get triple doubles, 678 00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:35,520 Speaker 1: but nobody's gotten them at the rate of Russ anywhere 679 00:37:35,640 --> 00:37:38,680 Speaker 1: close to it since Oscar Robertson. So clearly there's some 680 00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:41,560 Speaker 1: things he does well, and clearly he's a special player. 681 00:37:42,040 --> 00:37:45,360 Speaker 1: He also is if he's your best guy, you're screwed. 682 00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:47,839 Speaker 1: The Lakers are trying to figure out, and Russ has 683 00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:50,279 Speaker 1: never been in this position, is what if he's your 684 00:37:50,320 --> 00:37:52,799 Speaker 1: third best guy. We've seen him as the second best 685 00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:55,560 Speaker 1: guy and it was really good a couple of years, 686 00:37:55,560 --> 00:37:59,200 Speaker 1: but usually more bad than good, or mediocre than good. 687 00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:02,240 Speaker 1: We've seen him the best guy. It's entertaining, it's exciting, 688 00:38:02,239 --> 00:38:04,160 Speaker 1: but you're not going to be good. Now we get 689 00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:07,480 Speaker 1: to see him as your third best guy, and that's 690 00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:11,759 Speaker 1: fascinating to me, especially if he's never been on a 691 00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:15,400 Speaker 1: team with someone with a stronger personality. I think he 692 00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:19,680 Speaker 1: is now. I think Lebron, even if it's a different Lebron, 693 00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:23,759 Speaker 1: is such a gravitational pull of leadership that I think 694 00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:27,839 Speaker 1: even the biggest alpha's kind of understand all Right, I'm 695 00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:30,759 Speaker 1: not Lebron. It might be that I might not, you know, 696 00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:33,240 Speaker 1: get checked by anyone else in the league. Kevin Durant, 697 00:38:33,239 --> 00:38:35,080 Speaker 1: I wouldn't let him say what sideways word to me. 698 00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:38,160 Speaker 1: But Lebron's almost in a different category. So I do 699 00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:40,879 Speaker 1: think that it can work. I do I think it's 700 00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:43,919 Speaker 1: guaranteed to work. No, and do I think that there's 701 00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:46,680 Speaker 1: a chance that the Lakers simply don't have enough shooting. Yeah, 702 00:38:46,719 --> 00:38:49,880 Speaker 1: that's possible. But it's also possible that they're going to 703 00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:53,879 Speaker 1: be big and strong, and because of Russ, they're gonna 704 00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:56,200 Speaker 1: have not only they're not only going to exhaust you 705 00:38:57,080 --> 00:38:59,879 Speaker 1: defensively with their length, they're going to exhaust you often 706 00:39:00,040 --> 00:39:02,200 Speaker 1: to leave. Because Russ is going to just be running. 707 00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:04,239 Speaker 1: It's like, oh my god, He's just a pain in 708 00:39:04,280 --> 00:39:07,560 Speaker 1: the ass to deal with. So we'll see he listen. 709 00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:12,080 Speaker 1: I'm critical of Russ, but there is your cultural impact 710 00:39:12,200 --> 00:39:14,720 Speaker 1: matters in the NBA more than any other sport. Alan 711 00:39:14,760 --> 00:39:17,840 Speaker 1: Iverson's more important culturally to the league than Karl Malone, 712 00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:21,920 Speaker 1: who drove tractors. So there are players that their cultural 713 00:39:21,960 --> 00:39:29,920 Speaker 1: imprint doctor j his importance, Alan Iverson, it's more they 714 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:32,640 Speaker 1: matter more than Karl Malone or John Stockton. I have 715 00:39:32,680 --> 00:39:35,960 Speaker 1: no problem acknowledging that. I mean, so I think you're 716 00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:38,719 Speaker 1: right on with that. All right, buddy, go watch the 717 00:39:38,719 --> 00:39:42,000 Speaker 1: Sunday Night Football. Great seeing you, Nick, right, We get 718 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:45,040 Speaker 1: you about once a month. We always appreciate it. Kick 719 00:39:45,080 --> 00:39:48,040 Speaker 1: ass a high to your wonderful family. I will talk 720 00:39:48,080 --> 00:39:52,839 Speaker 1: to you soon. See you com all right, buddy, all right, 721 00:39:53,360 --> 00:39:57,200 Speaker 1: Nick Wright, fantastic even a little NBA stuff. It begins 722 00:39:57,239 --> 00:40:01,080 Speaker 1: tomorrow at the Volume Sports. Check it out on the 723 00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:03,520 Speaker 1: YouTube channel list whole pop you'll be up plus Twitter 724 00:40:03,640 --> 00:40:08,520 Speaker 1: and Instagram. Rate reviews, subscribe as always, have a great week. 725 00:40:09,719 --> 00:40:23,680 Speaker 1: M The Volume