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Speaker 1: their best players is James Robinson. He's a running back.

428
00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:06,320
Speaker 1: I had multiple people on other teams tell me, you

429
00:22:06,320 --> 00:22:08,080
Speaker 1: know that we really like that guy in the draft

430
00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:10,119
Speaker 1: last year. It was a mistake. We should have picked him.

431
00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:12,639
Speaker 1: We loved him coming into it. We weren't shocked to

432
00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:15,879
Speaker 1: see a success. That guy is a stud, Carlos Hyde,

433
00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:19,919
Speaker 1: who is currently their second running back. They drafted Travis E.

434
00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:22,480
Speaker 1: T N with a second first round pick. Now, think

435
00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:25,320
Speaker 1: of this in college, right, you got twenty You've got

436
00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:28,400
Speaker 1: twenty recruits. Every year you signed a running back, you sign,

437
00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:31,840
Speaker 1: you signed basically every position. So in urban Meyer's mind

438
00:22:31,840 --> 00:22:34,399
Speaker 1: in college, like you're always bringing his sweet running backs

439
00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:37,119
Speaker 1: in the pros. That doesn't make any sense. You have

440
00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:39,720
Speaker 1: a second first round pick, why aren't you taking someone

441
00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:44,040
Speaker 1: in the lines take a corner to me? That was baffling.

442
00:22:44,359 --> 00:22:47,360
Speaker 1: And Trent Balky, his general manager, answers durban Meyer. Trent

443
00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:49,760
Speaker 1: Balky is not in charge. That one's on urban Meyer.

444
00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:53,000
Speaker 1: And I'm just watching these Jersey colors and just thinking,

445
00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:56,080
Speaker 1: is this possible? It's gonna work? And we've all seen

446
00:22:56,119 --> 00:22:59,640
Speaker 1: some of the Tebow videos going gone viral. Listen, I've

447
00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:02,920
Speaker 1: said many times, I think it's pretty irrelevant. Ninety man

448
00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,760
Speaker 1: rosters who cares, But the moment some of these clips

449
00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:08,040
Speaker 1: go viral of him not being able to block, like

450
00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:10,920
Speaker 1: this is the National Football League. Pretty embarrassing. You don't

451
00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:13,879
Speaker 1: cut that guy immediately, like kind of a clown operation.

452
00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:16,880
Speaker 1: That that that's my first take, Like, yeah, it's kind

453
00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:20,639
Speaker 1: of a clown deal. It feels very collegiant, like what

454
00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:24,160
Speaker 1: are we doing here? And listen the c. J. Henderson.

455
00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:26,000
Speaker 1: The more and more information that comes out, I'm not

456
00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:28,879
Speaker 1: gonna put that in Urban Meyer and I asked around

457
00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:31,720
Speaker 1: people in the league, like, what's ever been doing? That's

458
00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:34,160
Speaker 1: a c J. Henderson issue. Peter King wrote, they went

459
00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:35,760
Speaker 1: to his house trying to help. I'm not even putting

460
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Speaker 1: that on. I'm just wondering. I think this transition for

461
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Speaker 1: a guy who's an all time great college coach. If

462
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Speaker 1: I was a betting man right now, and listen, I'm

463
00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:49,520
Speaker 1: not even trying to take some big takeaway. The Browns

464
00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:52,240
Speaker 1: with their third string guys. If that was a real game,

465
00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:55,359
Speaker 1: the Browns would have beat them fifty to nothing. But

466
00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:57,440
Speaker 1: if they should, the Browns are a playoff team. The

467
00:23:57,480 --> 00:23:59,840
Speaker 1: Jags are gonna be drafted the top five. I'm not

468
00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:02,639
Speaker 1: judging them on the game. I'm judging them on moves.

469
00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:04,760
Speaker 1: And then I watched the game. E T N comes

470
00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:06,959
Speaker 1: in with the threes, and I'm just thinking what is

471
00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:10,600
Speaker 1: going on here? And Trevor Lawrence, who was widely viewed,

472
00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:13,280
Speaker 1: I had a buddy ranked. I was texting with a

473
00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:16,480
Speaker 1: guy watching the Niners game, an executive on a very

474
00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:18,919
Speaker 1: good team, and I said, how would you How did

475
00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:20,720
Speaker 1: you guys rank the team? Or I said how did you?

476
00:24:21,119 --> 00:24:24,520
Speaker 1: It wasn't necessarily as team's ranking, and he went Lawrence,

477
00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:29,520
Speaker 1: lance Field, Wilson Jones. That was his one through five

478
00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:33,639
Speaker 1: of the of the top quarterbacks. Everyone who worked their

479
00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:37,119
Speaker 1: soul in the league, inside the NFL, not the media,

480
00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:40,840
Speaker 1: people in the NFL agreed Lawrence was a big time player.

481
00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:43,960
Speaker 1: I just I think it's gonna be very, very tough.

482
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Speaker 1: He's never had any adversity. His first class problems at

483
00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:51,639
Speaker 1: Clemson were like losing in the playoffs, losing in the

484
00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:57,000
Speaker 1: National Championship game like that was his adversity. And they

485
00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:59,399
Speaker 1: are gonna lose a ton of games. If I had

486
00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:01,840
Speaker 1: to guess a wreck right now, I'd probably say four

487
00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:05,800
Speaker 1: and four and thirteen something like that. Clearly more games

488
00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:08,639
Speaker 1: than either guy is used to losing. It's gonna be

489
00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:11,080
Speaker 1: very difficult, and in fairness to Lawrence, I don't know

490
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Speaker 1: if his coach is equipped to quite handle this league. Okay,

491
00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:23,720
Speaker 1: I was reading Peter King's Football Morning in America used

492
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Speaker 1: to be mm QB even now. Albert Brier writes that

493
00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:29,480
Speaker 1: I tried to read Albert Briers MMQB this morning, But

494
00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:31,840
Speaker 1: s I, they want to charge me. I want to

495
00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:34,800
Speaker 1: get so many links a month that I can read.

496
00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:37,280
Speaker 1: So it's like, hey, you lost me. You know I

497
00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:40,920
Speaker 1: I pay for about eight million services now Hulu, Disney

498
00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:44,960
Speaker 1: plus the Athletic, you name it, Spotify. I just I

499
00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:48,000
Speaker 1: gotta draw the line somewhere. Sorry, s I though I

500
00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:50,800
Speaker 1: was a loyal customer for decades, and so were the

501
00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:53,920
Speaker 1: middle cops even well before that. But if you're gonna

502
00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:56,680
Speaker 1: charge me to read Brier's peace, I'm sorry. I'm out.

503
00:25:56,720 --> 00:25:59,520
Speaker 1: And I love Albert and I love his peace. But

504
00:25:59,760 --> 00:26:03,240
Speaker 1: I went to Peter and he was free. And going

505
00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:06,439
Speaker 1: through Peter's article, there was a section which he talked

506
00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:09,400
Speaker 1: to a coach uh and thought that it was a

507
00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:14,439
Speaker 1: travesty the way young quarterbacks were treated. I think, mainly

508
00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:16,800
Speaker 1: talking from the outside, the way fans, the way the

509
00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:20,760
Speaker 1: media they demand these guys to not only play early,

510
00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:24,520
Speaker 1: but be great and Honestly, he's not totally wrong. There

511
00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:29,680
Speaker 1: is a crazy amount of pressure on young players where

512
00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:32,919
Speaker 1: it just simply did not happen. Back in the day,

513
00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:37,480
Speaker 1: it was very understandable to ease guys into their careers.

514
00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:41,160
Speaker 1: Now easy a guy into a career. What Andy did

515
00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:44,199
Speaker 1: with Patrick Mahomes is a complete outlier, and that is

516
00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:45,679
Speaker 1: going to continue to be the case. Now. There are

517
00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:48,439
Speaker 1: a lot of variables. I think number one is again

518
00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:51,760
Speaker 1: is the money. The money you're spending on these players,

519
00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:54,920
Speaker 1: the money their salary cap, the impact of their contract

520
00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:58,920
Speaker 1: relative to your team. But most teams, and let's face it,

521
00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:02,240
Speaker 1: Mahomes went a really good team, most teams aren't that good. Well,

522
00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:04,720
Speaker 1: it's why Trey Lance is such a polarizing topic. Like

523
00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:06,879
Speaker 1: people think the Night are gonna be good, but the

524
00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:10,920
Speaker 1: Jags aren't. The Jets clearly aren't. They drafted one and two.

525
00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:13,760
Speaker 1: The Bears, we'll see. I think they could be okay.

526
00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:17,120
Speaker 1: The Patriots, you know last year they went what seventy nine,

527
00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:23,240
Speaker 1: So we'll see. But when you talk about these young quarterbacks,

528
00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:26,639
Speaker 1: there's really one guy who gets to leave, you know,

529
00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:32,040
Speaker 1: or lead a very old school life, and that's Jordan's

530
00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:34,639
Speaker 1: love because he's got the m v P playing ahead

531
00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:38,800
Speaker 1: of him. Now it's a polarizing discussion because Rogers hates

532
00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:42,320
Speaker 1: Gouda Kanzi's gonna demand to trade all that, But no

533
00:27:42,359 --> 00:27:45,040
Speaker 1: one is forcing Jordan's Love on the field. Because Aaron

534
00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:47,159
Speaker 1: Rodgers won the m v P, He's gonna try to

535
00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:49,800
Speaker 1: win the MVP again. It's probably gonna be sweet because

536
00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:51,760
Speaker 1: most quarterbacks are in that office and he's an all

537
00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:54,600
Speaker 1: time great talent. The Packers are loaded, It's probably gonna

538
00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:57,160
Speaker 1: go well. I would guess the Packers win thirteen games

539
00:27:57,160 --> 00:27:59,760
Speaker 1: this year, and Jordan Love, who kind of shitty. He's

540
00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:04,080
Speaker 1: already hurt, but doesn't have to do anything besides just

541
00:28:04,119 --> 00:28:06,879
Speaker 1: playing preseasons and be the backup. Right, That is not

542
00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:09,639
Speaker 1: the case for all these other young quarterbacks definitely in

543
00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:13,880
Speaker 1: his draft class, to uh Burrow and and Herbert. Now,

544
00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:15,920
Speaker 1: Herbert has kind of been anointed because he had this

545
00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:18,000
Speaker 1: great rookie season. We all think he's gonna be really good,

546
00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:20,840
Speaker 1: me included. Burrow is gonna get somewhat of a past

547
00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:23,320
Speaker 1: this year because he's coming off an injury, but last

548
00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:26,399
Speaker 1: year we saw like he's pretty talented. To Ah, to

549
00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:29,880
Speaker 1: me is what this coach is talking about. And I'm

550
00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:33,040
Speaker 1: someone who's borderline closer to out on two of an

551
00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:36,399
Speaker 1: in I would bet against Toah if I had to

552
00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:39,520
Speaker 1: place a wager. Is this guy gonna succeed in Miami?

553
00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:42,440
Speaker 1: Or is this guy gonna quote unquote fail? And when

554
00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:45,320
Speaker 1: I say fail, I don't mean be a be some

555
00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:48,400
Speaker 1: royal bust. He just might not be good enough relative

556
00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:51,800
Speaker 1: to what they need. He's I think he could be serviceable.

557
00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:55,760
Speaker 1: They don't need serviceable. They need a good quarterback in

558
00:28:55,840 --> 00:28:58,520
Speaker 1: a defensive division in the a f C, which is loaded.

559
00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:02,480
Speaker 1: It's gonna be difficult. They start there. Their season starts

560
00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:07,240
Speaker 1: this way, Belichick, Sean McDermott. They get the Raiders, whose

561
00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:09,880
Speaker 1: defense is terrible. Then they get the Colts and the Bucks,

562
00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:12,400
Speaker 1: who probably have two of the best defenses in the league.

563
00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:14,400
Speaker 1: The Bucks might be the best defensive league, and how

564
00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:17,440
Speaker 1: the Colts might be the second. That's who they gotta play.

565
00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:20,560
Speaker 1: So not an easy landing spot. Now he's a second

566
00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:23,520
Speaker 1: year quarterback. They basically went in drafted a guy in

567
00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:26,200
Speaker 1: the top ten for him. They went signed another receiver.

568
00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:28,880
Speaker 1: They have a good tight end, like they've equipped this

569
00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:32,360
Speaker 1: team for him to succeed. But the pressure on this

570
00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:37,520
Speaker 1: player is going to be immense. It's gonna be nuts.

571
00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:40,800
Speaker 1: My theory has been now pretty consistently. The reason he

572
00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:44,240
Speaker 1: played last year, as Ryan Fitzpatrick said last week to

573
00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:46,920
Speaker 1: The Athletic that he laughed when they told him he

574
00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:49,560
Speaker 1: was bench because he thought it was a joke. The

575
00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:52,480
Speaker 1: reason was the owner. I don't have any inside information

576
00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:55,840
Speaker 1: on this. I'm just it's pretty logical. Right, You're Steven Ross,

577
00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:58,840
Speaker 1: your team is doing solid. You're watching Justin Herbert set

578
00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:02,360
Speaker 1: the league on fire. You've heard all about Tah for years, like,

579
00:30:02,440 --> 00:30:04,560
Speaker 1: throw this guy in. Then they threw him in and

580
00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:07,480
Speaker 1: it clearly didn't go well. Now watch him in the

581
00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:11,400
Speaker 1: preseason game they playing the Bears. I think they were

582
00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:13,440
Speaker 1: playing the Bears. You know, he made some nice throws,

583
00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:15,600
Speaker 1: also made a couple of shitty throws. I don't know,

584
00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:17,920
Speaker 1: I don't I don't really see it. I think it's

585
00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:20,120
Speaker 1: gonna be a struggle relative to the other guys. But

586
00:30:20,280 --> 00:30:25,160
Speaker 1: the pressure on him more than any young quarterback, even

587
00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:28,240
Speaker 1: including if Trey Lance gets in or Justin fields, because

588
00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:30,920
Speaker 1: this guy is in the year two and his team

589
00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:33,920
Speaker 1: is equipped to win. Now, obviously, if Trey starts would

590
00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:35,840
Speaker 1: be a lot of pressure on him too. But when

591
00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:38,760
Speaker 1: it comes to to uh, I think this guy, the

592
00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:44,000
Speaker 1: the criticism, the the intensity of the way he's talked about,

593
00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:46,240
Speaker 1: of the way he's covered. A huge part of it

594
00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:49,120
Speaker 1: is his story about the hype that he had coming

595
00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:51,760
Speaker 1: out of college, about how we all thought he was

596
00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:55,080
Speaker 1: a can't miss, And I don't know. I mean, I

597
00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:59,240
Speaker 1: think Miami could be in trouble, not in trouble that

598
00:30:59,280 --> 00:31:01,719
Speaker 1: they're not gonna be a the win games. They're solid,

599
00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:04,880
Speaker 1: they have good players on their team. Even if he's

600
00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:07,680
Speaker 1: just an average guy. They can go five hundred, But

601
00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:09,720
Speaker 1: when you went ten and six last year and you

602
00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:12,680
Speaker 1: got that close to the playoffs, five d is not

603
00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:15,760
Speaker 1: gonna cut it. And if they are struggling, we saw

604
00:31:15,920 --> 00:31:18,280
Speaker 1: last year they kept yanking him out of the game.

605
00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:21,840
Speaker 1: I watched Jacoby Brissette. Now listen, I'm not the biggest

606
00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:25,400
Speaker 1: Jacoby Brissette fan, but there is no guarantee that the

607
00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:28,880
Speaker 1: TOA is gonna be as good as Jacoby Brissett. There's

608
00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:34,080
Speaker 1: zero guarantee, absolutely none. And we have seen Brian Flores

609
00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:37,040
Speaker 1: that if in the pass game or in the Bills game,

610
00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:39,960
Speaker 1: I mean, it's very conceivable they start owing to well,

611
00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:42,800
Speaker 1: if in one of those games they are struggling, you

612
00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:44,880
Speaker 1: don't think they'll have a quick hook. You think he'll

613
00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:48,640
Speaker 1: just let to a learned by by fire, learned by

614
00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:52,440
Speaker 1: quote unquote doing he did last year. Maybe he's changed

615
00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:54,120
Speaker 1: his tune, but they went out of their way to

616
00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:56,360
Speaker 1: get a guy with experience, a guy that he's been around,

617
00:31:56,360 --> 00:31:59,800
Speaker 1: a guy that Flores feels comfortable with. It's just something

618
00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:01,920
Speaker 1: that keep an eye on because I don't even think

619
00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:06,880
Speaker 1: it's close. Every pass, every quarter, every game is gonna

620
00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:12,000
Speaker 1: be analyzed at such an intense just there's this microscope

621
00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:14,720
Speaker 1: on this player because, let's face it, a lot of

622
00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:17,560
Speaker 1: us on the outside, fans people talk about this for

623
00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:20,520
Speaker 1: a living, are already kind of wishy washing on him.

624
00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:23,959
Speaker 1: So when you're already wishy washing, once the Titanic starts sinking,

625
00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:26,680
Speaker 1: you've got no problem jumping off. You know, most people

626
00:32:26,680 --> 00:32:29,000
Speaker 1: aren't jumping off. If you really like a player, it's

627
00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:32,760
Speaker 1: human nature, whether you're a scout or whether you're a fan.

628
00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:35,480
Speaker 1: If you believe in a player, you kind of hang

629
00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:38,280
Speaker 1: on a little too long, and sometimes you know, the

630
00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:40,360
Speaker 1: guy battles through and turns into a great player. I

631
00:32:40,400 --> 00:32:43,560
Speaker 1: remember doing it with Davante Adams. Davante Adams was terrible

632
00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:45,600
Speaker 1: as his first year and a half. Everyone's like, this

633
00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:48,640
Speaker 1: guy sucks, this guy is a bust. And I was adamant.

634
00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:50,760
Speaker 1: I was like, I promise you now I had inside

635
00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:53,520
Speaker 1: information presso State guy. I'd watch him since high school.

636
00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:55,640
Speaker 1: I'm like, he's gonna be fine. And I held on.

637
00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:58,080
Speaker 1: I've done it to other people and it's not gone

638
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Speaker 1: well right, I'm just talking on the outs it. I'm

639
00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:02,480
Speaker 1: sure if you're listening to this, you've done it with

640
00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:05,239
Speaker 1: the player on your team. But I'm telling you two

641
00:33:05,320 --> 00:33:07,480
Speaker 1: is gonna be that guy, and I think the majority

642
00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:14,120
Speaker 1: of people will leap off the Titanic fast, including his organization. Okay,

643
00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:15,800
Speaker 1: let's go around in the league and just some things

644
00:33:15,840 --> 00:33:19,040
Speaker 1: that stood out, uh this weekend or just some kind

645
00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:24,479
Speaker 1: of you know, talking points that are driving certain teams.

646
00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:27,960
Speaker 1: The Denver Broncos are yet to name a starting quarterback.

647
00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:31,719
Speaker 1: I would say, thinking off top of my head, they

648
00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:34,080
Speaker 1: probably are one of the few teams in the league

649
00:33:34,120 --> 00:33:37,800
Speaker 1: that have a true open competition. I guess the Saints

650
00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:41,520
Speaker 1: maybe too, even though most people feel like Jamis is

651
00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:44,520
Speaker 1: the guy, but the Broncos truly have one I'm thinking around.

652
00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:46,920
Speaker 1: I don't know if there really is one around the league,

653
00:33:47,840 --> 00:33:50,480
Speaker 1: even the Texans. You know, Tyrod is the guy. Yeah,

654
00:33:50,520 --> 00:33:52,960
Speaker 1: I don't know. I mean I think this is them

655
00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:54,720
Speaker 1: in the Saints, but the Saints is kind of a

656
00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:56,920
Speaker 1: weird one. This is true, Like which one is going

657
00:33:56,960 --> 00:33:59,840
Speaker 1: to be the guy? Like if you watch some of

658
00:33:59,880 --> 00:34:02,800
Speaker 1: the highlights of that game. Drew Lock is in a

659
00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:06,800
Speaker 1: different world than Teddy Bridgewater as a talent. He has

660
00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:10,800
Speaker 1: a much bigger arm. Now, he has some problems and

661
00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:15,080
Speaker 1: he's had some poor decision making in his career, but

662
00:34:15,680 --> 00:34:18,759
Speaker 1: if he can just look anything like he looked over

663
00:34:18,840 --> 00:34:22,120
Speaker 1: the weekend against the Vikings, you might as well just

664
00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:26,719
Speaker 1: start with him. To me, I would go with Drew

665
00:34:26,840 --> 00:34:30,200
Speaker 1: Lock because Teddy Bridgewater can come in at any moment.

666
00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:33,400
Speaker 1: Teddy wodgew Bridgewater is immediately one of the best backups

667
00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:35,359
Speaker 1: in the league, if not the best backup in the league.

668
00:34:35,719 --> 00:34:37,400
Speaker 1: When you're a good backup, it's easy for you to

669
00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:40,280
Speaker 1: be the backup. I don't love Drew Lock as the backup.

670
00:34:40,680 --> 00:34:42,480
Speaker 1: I like him as a starter, and then if it

671
00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:44,680
Speaker 1: doesn't work out, you basically bench him and you realize

672
00:34:44,719 --> 00:34:45,800
Speaker 1: he's not the guy, and he's not gonna be in

673
00:34:45,840 --> 00:34:47,880
Speaker 1: your team next year, and then you're just kind of

674
00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:50,319
Speaker 1: all in with Teddy. But to me, it doesn't make

675
00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:52,919
Speaker 1: sense to start with Teddy and then go to Drew Lock.

676
00:34:53,239 --> 00:34:55,839
Speaker 1: Because Drew Lock, if he does play well, they get

677
00:34:55,840 --> 00:34:57,680
Speaker 1: a lot of talent on their team. They got a

678
00:34:57,760 --> 00:35:00,040
Speaker 1: ton of wide receivers, they got a sweet tight in,

679
00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:03,080
Speaker 1: they got multiple running backs. Their defense is gonna be

680
00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:06,560
Speaker 1: really good. Von Miller's back, Bradley chup Patrick's retain. Their

681
00:35:06,600 --> 00:35:09,880
Speaker 1: top ten pick is a legit. They got good players.

682
00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:13,080
Speaker 1: So to me, if they if they had a top

683
00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:15,520
Speaker 1: ten quarterback, they'd be a playoff team. Now, I'm not

684
00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:17,600
Speaker 1: saying either one of these guys the top ten quarterback.

685
00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:21,120
Speaker 1: Clearly Teddy is not. Drew Lock just has physical skills

686
00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:24,759
Speaker 1: that can maintain that right. And when I say maintain that,

687
00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:27,320
Speaker 1: I'm saying play up to that level. Now, is he

688
00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:31,440
Speaker 1: even a top quarterback? Probably not, But if it's seventeen games,

689
00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:35,120
Speaker 1: he could have eight to ten good ones. Maybe you're

690
00:35:35,160 --> 00:35:37,920
Speaker 1: able to win nine ted games and compete for a

691
00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:40,560
Speaker 1: wild card spot. I don't think you're able to do

692
00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:43,200
Speaker 1: that with Teddy, So to me, that one's a pretty

693
00:35:43,239 --> 00:35:46,359
Speaker 1: easy decision. Cam Newton, clearly when you watch him throw,

694
00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:49,279
Speaker 1: like it just doesn't look good. It's looked like the

695
00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:51,839
Speaker 1: last couple of years, maybe that shoulder is never gonna

696
00:35:51,880 --> 00:35:55,160
Speaker 1: be right. And I saw Belichick the headline like he's

697
00:35:55,200 --> 00:36:01,239
Speaker 1: not being as uh aggressive A definitive is probably a

698
00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:04,400
Speaker 1: better word than aggressive about naming Cam the starter. I

699
00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:06,480
Speaker 1: think he's starting to realize, like this guy can't really

700
00:36:06,520 --> 00:36:09,400
Speaker 1: complete passes now. Cam does bring something to the table

701
00:36:09,840 --> 00:36:14,239
Speaker 1: his size and his legs. Fantastic short yardage quarterback, fantastic

702
00:36:14,400 --> 00:36:18,359
Speaker 1: running quarterback, fantastic goal line quarterback. You can use him

703
00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:21,200
Speaker 1: in packages. It probably makes the most sense to just

704
00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:24,040
Speaker 1: run your offense through Mac Jones and then use Cam

705
00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:26,839
Speaker 1: as you see fit, kind of like as they've done

706
00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:31,160
Speaker 1: with Taysom Taysom Hill over the years. I just don't understand.

707
00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:33,600
Speaker 1: I talked, I'm gonna talk about this every week. What

708
00:36:33,719 --> 00:36:36,160
Speaker 1: are the Texans doing? I guess de Sean hasn't been

709
00:36:36,200 --> 00:36:38,320
Speaker 1: there the last couple of days. It's kind of a

710
00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:42,120
Speaker 1: it's just an embarrassment, this whole situation on their side,

711
00:36:42,440 --> 00:36:46,160
Speaker 1: Like they couldn't control Deshaun Watson sleeping with every massage

712
00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:49,480
Speaker 1: therapist in town. That is not their fault. They did

713
00:36:49,560 --> 00:36:53,359
Speaker 1: not create this situation which on the outside we don't

714
00:36:53,400 --> 00:36:56,520
Speaker 1: know what happened. We just know they slept together. They've

715
00:36:56,520 --> 00:36:58,719
Speaker 1: admitted that, and Sean Watson was sleeping with them. All

716
00:36:59,080 --> 00:37:04,479
Speaker 1: the Deshaun Watson's side has admitted that consentually. They claim.

717
00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:07,839
Speaker 1: So I do not blame the Texans for the masseuse thing.

718
00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:11,680
Speaker 1: I do blame them for handling Deshaun Watson and letting

719
00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:14,400
Speaker 1: him show up the moment he shows up, because you're

720
00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:17,080
Speaker 1: kind of pinching pennies because if he wasn't there, you'd

721
00:37:17,120 --> 00:37:19,439
Speaker 1: find him. What you should have done is the moment

722
00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:22,520
Speaker 1: he shows up, send him home. Listen, We're not gonna

723
00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:26,239
Speaker 1: find you. We don't want you around. We don't want

724
00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:30,000
Speaker 1: this circus here because it's already kind of a circus

725
00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:34,719
Speaker 1: David Culley Cassario doing weird shit. It just doesn't quite

726
00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:39,240
Speaker 1: make sense. So when you add DeShawn, it's like pouring

727
00:37:39,360 --> 00:37:42,200
Speaker 1: gasoline on this fire because it already is kind of

728
00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:45,040
Speaker 1: a franchise on fire. It would be an easy one.

729
00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:48,520
Speaker 1: Send him home when we figure this out. When mainly

730
00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:51,120
Speaker 1: when you figure this out, then we'll go from there

731
00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:54,400
Speaker 1: a trade, ask you to come back, whatever, but every day,

732
00:37:54,480 --> 00:37:57,480
Speaker 1: bringing you to practice, having you run with the fours,

733
00:37:57,800 --> 00:38:00,680
Speaker 1: putting you on the scout team on defense is just

734
00:38:00,840 --> 00:38:04,560
Speaker 1: a joke. Uh, something I saw that's a little bit

735
00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:07,760
Speaker 1: of a red flag for just this individual as Stefan

736
00:38:07,840 --> 00:38:10,640
Speaker 1: Diggs has a knee injury and it's something that he

737
00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:12,759
Speaker 1: he wasn't able to practice this week. I saw Sean

738
00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:15,080
Speaker 1: McDermott say he might be able to practice this, you know,

739
00:38:15,200 --> 00:38:19,320
Speaker 1: last week now this week. He is a speed wide receiver.

740
00:38:20,160 --> 00:38:23,920
Speaker 1: Dis is a guy who depends on elite speed, elite

741
00:38:24,200 --> 00:38:26,960
Speaker 1: play speed. So to me, if his knee injury is

742
00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:29,160
Speaker 1: a concern, he was one of the best players in

743
00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:33,080
Speaker 1: the league last season, So it's just it's just something

744
00:38:33,160 --> 00:38:36,040
Speaker 1: to monitor because if he is not the same guy

745
00:38:36,120 --> 00:38:37,879
Speaker 1: as last year, then maybe the Bills aren't as good.

746
00:38:38,440 --> 00:38:41,600
Speaker 1: A big reason they were, such as kickers and Josh

747
00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:43,799
Speaker 1: Allen was so awesome, was because of Dix, who had

748
00:38:43,800 --> 00:38:48,120
Speaker 1: an all pro type season. Quinnin Williams, the third overall

749
00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:51,200
Speaker 1: pick in the draft two years ago on the New

750
00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:55,320
Speaker 1: York Jets, is officially off pup. He's back. Uh. He

751
00:38:55,440 --> 00:38:57,400
Speaker 1: was a guy that I really like coming out of college,

752
00:38:57,480 --> 00:39:01,440
Speaker 1: fantastic interior pass rusher. Good for the Jets, I mean,

753
00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:03,480
Speaker 1: they need this guy. They actually might have a pretty

754
00:39:03,480 --> 00:39:07,160
Speaker 1: good defensive line. Robert Salo runs a very aggressive scheme,

755
00:39:07,360 --> 00:39:09,520
Speaker 1: but he needs for his scheme to be good. It's

756
00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:11,600
Speaker 1: not as much about the dbs, it's about the front.

757
00:39:11,960 --> 00:39:13,759
Speaker 1: They need to get pressure and they need this guy

758
00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:16,680
Speaker 1: to be good. The Jamal Adams thing is really a

759
00:39:16,719 --> 00:39:18,680
Speaker 1: head scratcher to me. It feels like we're gonna talk

760
00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:21,280
Speaker 1: about it every week until he gets signed. The moment

761
00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:25,160
Speaker 1: you trade that many picks, how do you not have

762
00:39:25,360 --> 00:39:29,960
Speaker 1: a financial number ready to sign him? Last year? I

763
00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:32,920
Speaker 1: just read today before I hopped on to do this podcast,

764
00:39:33,239 --> 00:39:34,960
Speaker 1: and maybe by the time you're listening to this he's

765
00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:39,600
Speaker 1: officially signed. They are nowhere close. And I understand Jamal

766
00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:42,480
Speaker 1: is arguing like he's a linebacker. He's a pass rusher

767
00:39:42,480 --> 00:39:45,160
Speaker 1: because he's the best pass rusher. He's their second best

768
00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:48,239
Speaker 1: linebacker behind Bobby Wagner, and he's the best dB. So

769
00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:50,160
Speaker 1: in his mind he thinks he's all these things. But

770
00:39:50,280 --> 00:39:53,160
Speaker 1: remember several years ago with Jimmy Graham claimed he was

771
00:39:53,239 --> 00:39:56,320
Speaker 1: a right wide receiver like Bro, you play like a

772
00:39:56,360 --> 00:40:00,480
Speaker 1: wide receiver, but the arbitrator is not gonna rule on

773
00:40:00,600 --> 00:40:03,920
Speaker 1: your behalf. Jamal Adams is gonna lose this fight. He

774
00:40:04,040 --> 00:40:06,440
Speaker 1: wants all this money because these other positions make more

775
00:40:06,480 --> 00:40:09,000
Speaker 1: money than him. And I don't even necessarily blame him

776
00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:11,640
Speaker 1: where he's sitting because he's kind of getting screwed. I

777
00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:13,720
Speaker 1: see when I go to Niner practice with George Kittle.

778
00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:17,279
Speaker 1: See these wide receivers making twenty two million dollars a year,

779
00:40:17,520 --> 00:40:20,600
Speaker 1: and you got George Kittle making like fourteen fifteen. George

780
00:40:20,680 --> 00:40:22,880
Speaker 1: Kittles a twenty million dollar player, but because of the

781
00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:26,600
Speaker 1: position he plays, he doesn't get that much money. Says,

782
00:40:26,600 --> 00:40:29,120
Speaker 1: the same thing's gonna happen to Jamal Adams. But the

783
00:40:29,280 --> 00:40:31,160
Speaker 1: moment you make that trade and I keep going back

784
00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:34,560
Speaker 1: to clil Mack, they signed him right away. Same thing

785
00:40:34,640 --> 00:40:36,960
Speaker 1: with the Rams. The Rams had a deal in place

786
00:40:37,040 --> 00:40:39,560
Speaker 1: with Jalen Ramsey. He told them like, I'm gonna wait

787
00:40:39,640 --> 00:40:41,840
Speaker 1: till free agency, but I'm gonna resign with you. And

788
00:40:41,920 --> 00:40:44,359
Speaker 1: obviously it's easier with the corner because the corner market

789
00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:46,680
Speaker 1: you make more money. There's not as much argument. But

790
00:40:46,800 --> 00:40:49,600
Speaker 1: this situation with Jamal Adams, like he's one of your

791
00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:51,600
Speaker 1: better players, Like I want him in a good frame

792
00:40:51,640 --> 00:40:55,160
Speaker 1: of mind. You just mortgage the franchise basically to get him,

793
00:40:55,680 --> 00:40:58,759
Speaker 1: and now you're gonna pinch pennies. I don't get it.

794
00:40:59,640 --> 00:41:02,160
Speaker 1: Jordan Love dinged up and watched a little bit of

795
00:41:02,239 --> 00:41:05,840
Speaker 1: Jordan's Love. He clearly is very, very physically gifted. He

796
00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:08,600
Speaker 1: has a big arm. I saw the floor set after

797
00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:11,319
Speaker 1: the game. You know it just sometimes you gotta let

798
00:41:11,360 --> 00:41:13,880
Speaker 1: it rip. He's aiming and then he's like, you know,

799
00:41:13,960 --> 00:41:16,560
Speaker 1: he hasn't played in the game in six hundred days.

800
00:41:17,320 --> 00:41:20,359
Speaker 1: And I think sometimes some of the rookies last year,

801
00:41:21,160 --> 00:41:24,960
Speaker 1: some just players that were watching right now, like Mac Jones,

802
00:41:25,680 --> 00:41:29,279
Speaker 1: he played in thirteen games last year. Corona did not

803
00:41:29,480 --> 00:41:33,839
Speaker 1: impact the SEC or Alabama at all. Zero they don't.

804
00:41:33,840 --> 00:41:35,320
Speaker 1: I don't even know if they know what Corona was

805
00:41:35,440 --> 00:41:38,160
Speaker 1: in the South in California. Some of our Pact twelve

806
00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:41,360
Speaker 1: teams played like three freaking games. It was a joke.

807
00:41:42,480 --> 00:41:45,960
Speaker 1: Trey Lance didn't even have a season. So I think

808
00:41:46,040 --> 00:41:49,160
Speaker 1: sometimes we look at these guys like Jordan Love didn't

809
00:41:49,200 --> 00:41:51,480
Speaker 1: get any reps. So really, when you're judging him, you

810
00:41:51,480 --> 00:41:53,600
Speaker 1: should look at it more like a rookie then you

811
00:41:53,640 --> 00:41:55,680
Speaker 1: should have second year player because he didn't even get

812
00:41:55,680 --> 00:41:58,440
Speaker 1: a Corona season and you got to practice a little bit.

813
00:41:58,480 --> 00:41:59,920
Speaker 1: They had to jump right in and get ready to

814
00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:02,480
Speaker 1: in and then they were winning team. He's probably running

815
00:42:02,520 --> 00:42:06,520
Speaker 1: with the scout team. So I hope he's okay, because

816
00:42:06,840 --> 00:42:09,000
Speaker 1: to me, these next two games, they're clearly not gonna

817
00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:12,080
Speaker 1: play Rogers h Lafleour doesn't really play. His guys are

818
00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:14,919
Speaker 1: very very about valuable to Jordan's love. He might play

819
00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:19,640
Speaker 1: the entire game. Um. And one other thing that I

820
00:42:19,719 --> 00:42:23,800
Speaker 1: thought of is what is on the line and listen

821
00:42:23,960 --> 00:42:26,200
Speaker 1: at a show like this, I'm not talking about mid

822
00:42:26,320 --> 00:42:30,080
Speaker 1: round picks, but the reality is of the preseason is

823
00:42:30,120 --> 00:42:34,240
Speaker 1: the guy who has the most online is a fourth, fifth, sixth,

824
00:42:34,280 --> 00:42:37,319
Speaker 1: and seventh round player and an undrafted free agent. Now

825
00:42:37,440 --> 00:42:40,759
Speaker 1: we talk all the time about first round players. Those

826
00:42:40,800 --> 00:42:44,920
Speaker 1: guys are locks to be on the team. Their contract

827
00:42:45,400 --> 00:42:50,120
Speaker 1: is fully guaranteed for four years. Name any first round pick,

828
00:42:50,280 --> 00:42:52,480
Speaker 1: Naja Harris who looked pretty good in the preseason game.

829
00:42:52,520 --> 00:42:55,800
Speaker 1: By the way, four your contract guaranteed. He's are starting

830
00:42:55,880 --> 00:42:59,680
Speaker 1: running back right uh Leatherwood from the Raiders for your

831
00:42:59,680 --> 00:43:05,800
Speaker 1: contract guaranteed. Obviously, all the quarterbacks, all players fully guaranteed contract.

832
00:43:06,520 --> 00:43:11,080
Speaker 1: You know who's fighting for their really their livelihood is

833
00:43:11,120 --> 00:43:13,360
Speaker 1: a fifth round pick, and do you know what that

834
00:43:13,440 --> 00:43:16,359
Speaker 1: guy has on the line. I think give or take,

835
00:43:16,719 --> 00:43:20,520
Speaker 1: the average salary for a late round pick this fall

836
00:43:20,600 --> 00:43:24,279
Speaker 1: would be around eight hundred thousand dollars. That is a

837
00:43:24,480 --> 00:43:28,080
Speaker 1: lot of money. If you make eight hundred thousand dollars,

838
00:43:28,440 --> 00:43:32,400
Speaker 1: you're in like the top one percent of society. Do

839
00:43:32,440 --> 00:43:34,000
Speaker 1: you know what's on the line. If you get cut

840
00:43:34,120 --> 00:43:36,319
Speaker 1: and have to be on a practice squad, you make

841
00:43:37,800 --> 00:43:40,920
Speaker 1: d dollars a week. That would work out to about

842
00:43:40,960 --> 00:43:43,719
Speaker 1: a hundred and fifty k. So if you were on

843
00:43:43,840 --> 00:43:47,840
Speaker 1: the roster the entire season, you make a hundred fifty k. Now,

844
00:43:47,920 --> 00:43:49,640
Speaker 1: depending like if you live where I live, that's not

845
00:43:49,760 --> 00:43:52,239
Speaker 1: that much money. If you live in uh, you know,

846
00:43:52,280 --> 00:43:54,640
Speaker 1: if you play for I don't know, one of the

847
00:43:54,680 --> 00:43:58,040
Speaker 1: Florida teams or Texas teams, that's pretty good living. But

848
00:43:58,160 --> 00:44:02,560
Speaker 1: the thing with the one is a pract squad player two,

849
00:44:02,880 --> 00:44:05,520
Speaker 1: you live week to week. You are not on the

850
00:44:05,640 --> 00:44:09,319
Speaker 1: team all season. At any moment you could get cut.

851
00:44:10,239 --> 00:44:11,840
Speaker 1: You might make it three weeks, then they cut you

852
00:44:12,160 --> 00:44:13,799
Speaker 1: and then you're not on a practice squad for another

853
00:44:13,880 --> 00:44:19,480
Speaker 1: seven weeks. So it is a very, very uh tough lifestyle.

854
00:44:19,840 --> 00:44:21,960
Speaker 1: It's not easy. Now, if you can survive for the

855
00:44:21,960 --> 00:44:24,840
Speaker 1: whole week, a hundred fifty dollars probably better than you

856
00:44:24,880 --> 00:44:27,640
Speaker 1: would get as just a college graduated two years old,

857
00:44:27,800 --> 00:44:30,240
Speaker 1: so it's still a solid living. But if I signed

858
00:44:30,239 --> 00:44:33,160
Speaker 1: out of college to work at KPMG for nine grand,

859
00:44:33,600 --> 00:44:36,680
Speaker 1: I know I'm making nine grand for the year when

860
00:44:36,719 --> 00:44:39,120
Speaker 1: I get signed to the practice squad. I might not

861
00:44:39,280 --> 00:44:41,879
Speaker 1: know this right away, but I'll learn it quick. Weird

862
00:44:41,920 --> 00:44:44,640
Speaker 1: stuff happens to the roster, I can get cut, and

863
00:44:44,719 --> 00:44:47,040
Speaker 1: if no other team wants me, I don't have a job.

864
00:44:48,239 --> 00:44:50,480
Speaker 1: When I make the team as a fourth round rookie

865
00:44:51,160 --> 00:44:54,440
Speaker 1: and I get that minimum salary, there's a decent chance

866
00:44:54,600 --> 00:44:57,000
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be on the roster the whole year, unless

867
00:44:57,040 --> 00:44:59,600
Speaker 1: I get injured or unless I'm really really bad. And

868
00:44:59,680 --> 00:45:01,759
Speaker 1: then even if I'm really really bad, because I made

869
00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:04,160
Speaker 1: the roster at minimum, I'm gonna be on the practice

870
00:45:04,160 --> 00:45:07,240
Speaker 1: squad the whole year. So when you watch these games,

871
00:45:07,880 --> 00:45:09,759
Speaker 1: if you're still watching in the second half, don't blame

872
00:45:09,800 --> 00:45:12,560
Speaker 1: me if you turn off the TV. Just know there

873
00:45:12,719 --> 00:45:15,360
Speaker 1: is a ton of money for the fringe guys on

874
00:45:15,440 --> 00:45:17,720
Speaker 1: the line, I know this, I'd rather make eight hundred

875
00:45:17,760 --> 00:45:20,920
Speaker 1: than right, and who knows what. If you're on the

876
00:45:20,960 --> 00:45:23,880
Speaker 1: practice squad for eight of the seventeen weeks, that's what

877
00:45:23,960 --> 00:45:28,480
Speaker 1: would probably be right about grand But if you make

878
00:45:28,560 --> 00:45:31,200
Speaker 1: the big boy roster, you know you're closer to a

879
00:45:31,280 --> 00:45:34,440
Speaker 1: million than five thousand dollars. So that that's what I

880
00:45:34,520 --> 00:45:39,840
Speaker 1: think about when I watched some of these games. Okay,

881
00:45:39,920 --> 00:45:43,080
Speaker 1: time for the Middlecoff mail bag. There's this thing called Instagram.

882
00:45:43,280 --> 00:45:46,480
Speaker 1: It's owned by Facebook, and I have a handle called

883
00:45:46,600 --> 00:45:50,319
Speaker 1: my name. That's what people call me, John Middlecoff. There's

884
00:45:50,320 --> 00:45:52,200
Speaker 1: an AT symbol in front of it. Slide up in

885
00:45:52,200 --> 00:45:53,759
Speaker 1: those d m s and your question answering you on

886
00:45:53,800 --> 00:45:58,719
Speaker 1: the show, Let's start with Joe, big fan helps me

887
00:45:58,800 --> 00:46:01,879
Speaker 1: get through my week commute to work. Question for the bag.

888
00:46:02,560 --> 00:46:05,640
Speaker 1: I'm hearing almost every day that two will be the

889
00:46:05,719 --> 00:46:11,440
Speaker 1: season of the comeback. Zeke sa Kwan, sudden Borough, Bosa McCaffrey,

890
00:46:11,480 --> 00:46:13,920
Speaker 1: and Dak just to name a few who went down

891
00:46:14,040 --> 00:46:17,720
Speaker 1: last season. Do you believe these guys will have success

892
00:46:17,800 --> 00:46:20,600
Speaker 1: this upcoming season? And which of these guys has the

893
00:46:20,680 --> 00:46:23,839
Speaker 1: highest ceiling for success? Which guys do you think will

894
00:46:23,880 --> 00:46:27,360
Speaker 1: struggle to see success in the upcoming season. Thanks for

895
00:46:27,400 --> 00:46:30,680
Speaker 1: your time, love to grab a beer anytime an Upstate

896
00:46:30,800 --> 00:46:34,720
Speaker 1: New York. I'll be completely honest. I haven't been upstate

897
00:46:34,719 --> 00:46:38,560
Speaker 1: in New York ever, so thirty six years on this

898
00:46:38,680 --> 00:46:40,919
Speaker 1: planet yet to make it. If I ever get there,

899
00:46:41,600 --> 00:46:44,239
Speaker 1: we can grab a beer for sure. Let's just go

900
00:46:44,360 --> 00:46:47,719
Speaker 1: through the guys. Zeke here would be a problem for

901
00:46:47,960 --> 00:46:50,560
Speaker 1: Zeke who at what you watch hard Knocks. He looks skinny,

902
00:46:50,840 --> 00:46:54,520
Speaker 1: he looked good, he looked fast. What if if das

903
00:46:54,560 --> 00:46:57,719
Speaker 1: banged up, They're running game would suck. Now if Dak,

904
00:46:57,880 --> 00:47:00,640
Speaker 1: who's also in this list, is healthy, I can see

905
00:47:00,680 --> 00:47:03,680
Speaker 1: both those guys having good seasons. Doc has a ton

906
00:47:03,760 --> 00:47:05,800
Speaker 1: of wide receivers. He will throw for a lot of

907
00:47:05,880 --> 00:47:08,320
Speaker 1: yards and a lot of touchdowns. If they're throwing the

908
00:47:08,400 --> 00:47:12,440
Speaker 1: ball well, skinny, Zeke should be pretty good, say Kwan Barkley,

909
00:47:13,120 --> 00:47:15,880
Speaker 1: big time talent. His problem their old lines is not

910
00:47:16,080 --> 00:47:19,200
Speaker 1: very good and if their quarterback isn't any good, how

911
00:47:19,280 --> 00:47:21,120
Speaker 1: are they going to get open running lanes? For sake?

912
00:47:21,200 --> 00:47:25,359
Speaker 1: Kwan Sudden just depends on his quarterback. If Drew Locke

913
00:47:25,480 --> 00:47:28,320
Speaker 1: is the quarterback, then yeah, push the ball down the field.

914
00:47:28,760 --> 00:47:31,359
Speaker 1: If it's Teddy, I would as a as a daily

915
00:47:31,440 --> 00:47:33,520
Speaker 1: fantasy player, I don't know if i'd play Manny Denver

916
00:47:33,600 --> 00:47:37,640
Speaker 1: Broncos Burrow a little nervous with the injury. I just

917
00:47:37,719 --> 00:47:41,279
Speaker 1: think it's gonna be a tough season kind of, you know,

918
00:47:41,480 --> 00:47:45,680
Speaker 1: transitioning back to full health. It's it's human nature to

919
00:47:45,760 --> 00:47:49,040
Speaker 1: be kind of hesitant on the knee. Bosa being out

920
00:47:49,080 --> 00:47:52,719
Speaker 1: of Niner practice. The dude is a freak show. If

921
00:47:52,760 --> 00:47:54,960
Speaker 1: he can stay healthy, which is a major if in

922
00:47:55,040 --> 00:47:58,560
Speaker 1: that family, I could see him having a massive season

923
00:47:59,000 --> 00:48:02,280
Speaker 1: like fifteen sack, But again, canny stay on the field.

924
00:48:03,000 --> 00:48:06,719
Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey is If Christian mahaffy McCaffrey is healthy, he

925
00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:09,839
Speaker 1: will dominate. He's one of the elite players in the league.

926
00:48:11,360 --> 00:48:14,279
Speaker 1: As someone who jumped ship from the financial industry to

927
00:48:14,360 --> 00:48:18,600
Speaker 1: follow my passion sports fitness, your takes about taking risks

928
00:48:18,680 --> 00:48:22,120
Speaker 1: and doing what you love always resonate with me. Go Bills,

929
00:48:22,560 --> 00:48:25,360
Speaker 1: just a nice little message, thank you. I appreciate that.

930
00:48:27,600 --> 00:48:31,319
Speaker 1: I don't understand why linebackers aren't more valued. Looking at

931
00:48:31,400 --> 00:48:35,240
Speaker 1: Micah Parsons for the Cowboys, he received mediocre draft grades

932
00:48:35,360 --> 00:48:39,359
Speaker 1: especially after missing out on the two cornerbacks, after even

933
00:48:39,440 --> 00:48:41,800
Speaker 1: after everyone considers Parsons to have the potential to be

934
00:48:41,880 --> 00:48:44,680
Speaker 1: a better Devon White. To me, this is a steel

935
00:48:44,719 --> 00:48:47,000
Speaker 1: to get him in the first round. Devin Wright White

936
00:48:47,120 --> 00:48:49,879
Speaker 1: was the fifth pick in Tampa was ridiculed for the pick.

937
00:48:50,440 --> 00:48:52,920
Speaker 1: Not by me, however, is he seemed to be the

938
00:48:52,920 --> 00:48:55,080
Speaker 1: person who carried Tampa in the playoffs, made sure they

939
00:48:55,120 --> 00:48:57,840
Speaker 1: were cheap. They were no cheap dump off passes and

940
00:48:57,840 --> 00:49:01,120
Speaker 1: shut down scrambling quarterbacks like Mahomes. There was a graphic

941
00:49:01,200 --> 00:49:04,080
Speaker 1: from last year's Super Bowl that showed how Mahomes was

942
00:49:04,200 --> 00:49:08,239
Speaker 1: being spied the entire game by White. To me, a

943
00:49:08,320 --> 00:49:10,560
Speaker 1: big and fast middle linebacker is more important than a

944
00:49:10,600 --> 00:49:14,480
Speaker 1: pass rusher or small cornerback. What are your thoughts. I

945
00:49:14,520 --> 00:49:18,240
Speaker 1: will take a pass rusher over every position beside quarterback.

946
00:49:19,040 --> 00:49:22,480
Speaker 1: Pass rusher to me, is the second most valuable position

947
00:49:22,600 --> 00:49:25,960
Speaker 1: in the sport. But I am with you. I think

948
00:49:26,080 --> 00:49:30,600
Speaker 1: linebacker is very, very undervalued. I don't think DBS mattered

949
00:49:30,640 --> 00:49:34,520
Speaker 1: that much unless you're talking Dion Sanders or Revas. News flash,

950
00:49:34,800 --> 00:49:38,839
Speaker 1: Dion Sanders or Revas don't really exist. So I would

951
00:49:38,960 --> 00:49:42,160
Speaker 1: much rather have Devin White or Fred Warner or ro

952
00:49:42,360 --> 00:49:46,080
Speaker 1: Kwan Smith than like an above average corner because as

953
00:49:46,160 --> 00:49:49,759
Speaker 1: a linebacker like those guys in today's game, what keek

954
00:49:49,800 --> 00:49:54,200
Speaker 1: Lely was like is think how many teams throw to

955
00:49:54,239 --> 00:49:56,960
Speaker 1: the tight end. Well, who covers that guy? That linebacker?

956
00:49:57,239 --> 00:49:59,680
Speaker 1: Think how many guys have a Christian McCaffrey, Alvin Kamira.

957
00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:03,880
Speaker 1: Who covers that guy? Your middle linebacker who is dependent

958
00:50:04,000 --> 00:50:06,759
Speaker 1: on making every tackle in the run game? That guy

959
00:50:07,320 --> 00:50:09,680
Speaker 1: I saw with Bowman and Willis when Harbaugh got here.

960
00:50:09,960 --> 00:50:13,600
Speaker 1: They dominated. They dominated the past game, they dominated pass

961
00:50:13,680 --> 00:50:15,960
Speaker 1: rushers when you blitz them, and they dominated in the

962
00:50:16,040 --> 00:50:19,560
Speaker 1: run game. They could do it all. I see it

963
00:50:19,640 --> 00:50:21,759
Speaker 1: right now, Fred Warner, like you said with Devin White,

964
00:50:21,840 --> 00:50:24,520
Speaker 1: I'm with you. I would if I think I have

965
00:50:24,640 --> 00:50:26,800
Speaker 1: a big time talent and middle linebacker, I would not

966
00:50:26,960 --> 00:50:31,960
Speaker 1: undervalue them. My question is this, If the Cowboys don't

967
00:50:32,040 --> 00:50:34,840
Speaker 1: make the playoffs this season, is it a fire sale?

968
00:50:35,520 --> 00:50:39,680
Speaker 1: Do they pursue Watson bringing a different coach? Well, they're

969
00:50:39,680 --> 00:50:42,440
Speaker 1: stuck with Dak. They just paid him a historic amount

970
00:50:42,480 --> 00:50:45,400
Speaker 1: of money. He's going nowhere. Watson is not an option.

971
00:50:46,120 --> 00:50:49,000
Speaker 1: The coach is done. If Mike McCarthy does not make

972
00:50:49,040 --> 00:50:52,520
Speaker 1: the playoffs this year with the Cowboys. He will get fired, period,

973
00:50:52,640 --> 00:50:55,120
Speaker 1: point blank, end of story. I don't even think that's

974
00:50:55,120 --> 00:50:58,200
Speaker 1: a question. Jerry is too old and he loves his

975
00:50:58,600 --> 00:51:03,200
Speaker 1: breakfast sandwich is too much to watch McCarthy screw up

976
00:51:03,280 --> 00:51:07,000
Speaker 1: him Cowboys. I'm a Giants fan, but I think the

977
00:51:07,040 --> 00:51:10,120
Speaker 1: biggest miss of the past draft was a Giant passing

978
00:51:10,160 --> 00:51:14,520
Speaker 1: on fields. After watching Fields play now, I only feel

979
00:51:14,520 --> 00:51:17,640
Speaker 1: stronger about him. Danny Dimes is just not as good,

980
00:51:18,239 --> 00:51:20,759
Speaker 1: and I don't see why gms and teams can't see

981
00:51:21,480 --> 00:51:23,560
Speaker 1: what seems to be obvious to a lot of people.

982
00:51:24,000 --> 00:51:26,279
Speaker 1: I guess they just fear of being wrong and hold

983
00:51:26,320 --> 00:51:28,720
Speaker 1: out as long as possible. But I think the Giants

984
00:51:28,760 --> 00:51:32,080
Speaker 1: will regret on missing out on fields. I would agree.

985
00:51:32,960 --> 00:51:35,600
Speaker 1: I think teams, when they get stuck with a quarterback

986
00:51:36,080 --> 00:51:39,760
Speaker 1: who has not done anything, they hold onto the belief

987
00:51:39,880 --> 00:51:42,239
Speaker 1: until the ship goes down. And I think you saw

988
00:51:42,320 --> 00:51:45,640
Speaker 1: the Giants do that with Danny Dimes. I like Danny Dimes.

989
00:51:45,920 --> 00:51:48,920
Speaker 1: He's probably like his career ARC is probably destined to

990
00:51:49,000 --> 00:51:51,839
Speaker 1: be like a Teddy Bridgewater, probably a good backup, one

991
00:51:51,840 --> 00:51:54,000
Speaker 1: of those guys that makes eight nine million dollars as

992
00:51:54,040 --> 00:51:57,279
Speaker 1: a backup. He's not a starter. I think this year

993
00:51:57,360 --> 00:52:00,239
Speaker 1: is gonna be very, very difficult for Danny Dimes. I'm

994
00:52:00,320 --> 00:52:02,960
Speaker 1: with you, but the problem is for the Giants. They

995
00:52:03,000 --> 00:52:04,560
Speaker 1: were never going to take a quarterback in the first

996
00:52:04,680 --> 00:52:08,680
Speaker 1: round unless Joe Judge was adamant. And Joe Judge, despite

997
00:52:08,760 --> 00:52:11,759
Speaker 1: being a former quarterback in college and like a wide

998
00:52:11,800 --> 00:52:15,200
Speaker 1: receiver coach, special teams guy, he feels like a defensive coach.

999
00:52:16,160 --> 00:52:18,360
Speaker 1: I bet he wanted to take now. I guess they

1000
00:52:18,440 --> 00:52:20,319
Speaker 1: ended up taking a wide receiver in the first round.

1001
00:52:21,560 --> 00:52:24,680
Speaker 1: But maybe he liked Danny Dimes coming out. Maybe Belichick did.

1002
00:52:24,719 --> 00:52:27,360
Speaker 1: I don't know, I knew scouts that like Danny Dimes

1003
00:52:27,440 --> 00:52:31,279
Speaker 1: coming out. I don't see it, um And I'm sure

1004
00:52:31,600 --> 00:52:33,640
Speaker 1: you know I would rather have Justin Fields on my

1005
00:52:33,680 --> 00:52:36,239
Speaker 1: team the Danny Dimes. I don't think most people would

1006
00:52:36,280 --> 00:52:40,080
Speaker 1: argue with you there, Hey, this doesn't have to be

1007
00:52:40,160 --> 00:52:43,319
Speaker 1: on the show, but how well it's on the show.

1008
00:52:43,400 --> 00:52:48,600
Speaker 1: How do you recommend growing your audience for uh? We

1009
00:52:48,760 --> 00:52:52,000
Speaker 1: have been podcasting for sixteen episodes and about four months,

1010
00:52:52,440 --> 00:52:55,680
Speaker 1: and I've seen our average listeners continue to drop, which

1011
00:52:55,760 --> 00:52:58,319
Speaker 1: is understandable. You know, you tell all your friends they'll

1012
00:52:58,400 --> 00:53:02,440
Speaker 1: listen the first two weeks, and then only the football

1013
00:53:02,480 --> 00:53:06,080
Speaker 1: fans stick around, so we went from averaging I won't

1014
00:53:06,080 --> 00:53:08,960
Speaker 1: read the number down to about I won't read the number.

1015
00:53:09,520 --> 00:53:12,080
Speaker 1: I know consistency is the key, as well as having

1016
00:53:12,160 --> 00:53:14,520
Speaker 1: good content, which I believe our show is pretty good,

1017
00:53:15,200 --> 00:53:19,160
Speaker 1: not great yet, but pretty good. Anyway, Any advice or

1018
00:53:19,200 --> 00:53:23,000
Speaker 1: any suggestions would be great. I think the key is

1019
00:53:23,520 --> 00:53:26,040
Speaker 1: you have to be relentless. So you have to When

1020
00:53:26,080 --> 00:53:29,120
Speaker 1: I say relentless, I also mean consistent. You have to

1021
00:53:29,320 --> 00:53:32,919
Speaker 1: keep doing it every single week, multiple times a week.

1022
00:53:33,480 --> 00:53:36,800
Speaker 1: I put out right now two podcasts on this and

1023
00:53:36,920 --> 00:53:39,400
Speaker 1: really that's as you'll find out relatively soon. I think

1024
00:53:39,440 --> 00:53:41,520
Speaker 1: that's gonna that's gonna be. We're gonna add a week.

1025
00:53:42,320 --> 00:53:44,880
Speaker 1: Me and guy put out at minimum four and then

1026
00:53:44,920 --> 00:53:50,480
Speaker 1: a ton of YouTube comment content, constant content, constant content.

1027
00:53:50,880 --> 00:53:54,560
Speaker 1: Think how much content Coward does every week. He does

1028
00:53:54,600 --> 00:53:57,359
Speaker 1: his show five days a week, three hours, and then

1029
00:53:57,400 --> 00:54:00,160
Speaker 1: that all gets cut up into podcasts and YouTube and

1030
00:54:00,400 --> 00:54:02,920
Speaker 1: you know, video stuff. Then he now does the volume

1031
00:54:02,960 --> 00:54:05,200
Speaker 1: stuff three days a week. That's a lot of content.

1032
00:54:05,920 --> 00:54:08,239
Speaker 1: So you just gotta keep swinging. Now, Obviously, a guy

1033
00:54:08,320 --> 00:54:10,399
Speaker 1: like that already has a big audience. When you don't

1034
00:54:10,440 --> 00:54:13,720
Speaker 1: have an audience and listen, everyone starts without an audience.

1035
00:54:13,760 --> 00:54:17,000
Speaker 1: At one point, you have to use what's available to you.

1036
00:54:17,600 --> 00:54:22,720
Speaker 1: So to me, YouTube is a huge, huge area of growth.

1037
00:54:23,480 --> 00:54:26,239
Speaker 1: I don't think enough the media spends all their time

1038
00:54:26,320 --> 00:54:29,320
Speaker 1: on Twitter that they fucking love Twitter. You know what

1039
00:54:29,440 --> 00:54:32,279
Speaker 1: doesn't happen on Twitter. If I post three and Out

1040
00:54:32,360 --> 00:54:34,719
Speaker 1: or my other podcast on Twitter, I don't get any

1041
00:54:34,760 --> 00:54:37,960
Speaker 1: more listeners than if I don't post on Twitter. Twitter,

1042
00:54:38,080 --> 00:54:41,600
Speaker 1: to me, has run its course. Get the no revenue

1043
00:54:41,640 --> 00:54:45,560
Speaker 1: has done there yet. Instagram with video and definitely YouTube

1044
00:54:45,600 --> 00:54:48,280
Speaker 1: where they literally pay you. I would go to spend

1045
00:54:48,400 --> 00:54:51,840
Speaker 1: most of my time on those two areas and Facebook.

1046
00:54:52,360 --> 00:54:55,080
Speaker 1: I would spend little to no time on Twitter, even

1047
00:54:55,160 --> 00:54:57,840
Speaker 1: though with like in sports, when you're talking about that

1048
00:54:58,000 --> 00:55:00,040
Speaker 1: feels like the place to be, I'm telling you it

1049
00:55:00,200 --> 00:55:04,800
Speaker 1: is not. So my number one recommendation would be to

1050
00:55:04,840 --> 00:55:07,960
Speaker 1: spend time on Instagram, spend time on YouTube, load all

1051
00:55:08,040 --> 00:55:10,840
Speaker 1: your stuff there, and you gotta be willing to go

1052
00:55:11,000 --> 00:55:13,200
Speaker 1: a year, go two years. It might be a while,

1053
00:55:15,040 --> 00:55:17,200
Speaker 1: and honestly, you gotta give it like three or four

1054
00:55:17,280 --> 00:55:19,360
Speaker 1: years to find out if it's gonna work. You're not

1055
00:55:19,480 --> 00:55:22,880
Speaker 1: going to know right away you're not. I didn't know

1056
00:55:22,960 --> 00:55:24,320
Speaker 1: it three and out if it was gonna work the

1057
00:55:24,320 --> 00:55:28,040
Speaker 1: first couple of years, we just kind of just kept

1058
00:55:28,080 --> 00:55:30,200
Speaker 1: swayming and just kind of kept trying to figure it out.

1059
00:55:31,719 --> 00:55:35,879
Speaker 1: It takes a long long time. So and when you're

1060
00:55:35,880 --> 00:55:38,640
Speaker 1: starting just a normal person, not like from a radio,

1061
00:55:38,800 --> 00:55:41,400
Speaker 1: not like with a built in audience, you gotta be

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00:55:41,480 --> 00:55:44,279
Speaker 1: willing to go long term. If you're not, and it

1063
00:55:44,400 --> 00:55:46,160
Speaker 1: just because you go long term, it doesn't mean you're

1064
00:55:46,160 --> 00:55:49,479
Speaker 1: gonna succeed, But you have no clue if you're gonna

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00:55:49,480 --> 00:55:52,640
Speaker 1: succeed or failure. Succeed or fail if you're not in

1066
00:55:52,719 --> 00:55:58,520
Speaker 1: it for the long haul. Zero, absolutely zero, dude, listen

1067
00:55:58,600 --> 00:56:01,120
Speaker 1: three and out on Coward. How can I get more

1068
00:56:01,360 --> 00:56:07,320
Speaker 1: NFL content? It's coming. I appreciate the note, never message

1069
00:56:07,360 --> 00:56:10,239
Speaker 1: you before, and wanted to say I totally agree about Dak.

1070
00:56:10,800 --> 00:56:13,120
Speaker 1: That guy could be my quarterback any day of the week.

1071
00:56:13,440 --> 00:56:16,200
Speaker 1: Already liked him, like him even more now. And yes,

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00:56:16,520 --> 00:56:20,399
Speaker 1: if he's hurt, the boys are in serious trouble. I'm

1073
00:56:20,480 --> 00:56:22,520
Speaker 1: with you. I'm only excited for hard knocks. It's want

1074
00:56:22,560 --> 00:56:26,239
Speaker 1: more Dack. Whole city can't wait to see fields career

1075
00:56:26,320 --> 00:56:29,600
Speaker 1: pan out in Chicago. My concern isn't with fields, but

1076
00:56:29,760 --> 00:56:32,840
Speaker 1: the rest of the supporting cast. It feels proves to

1077
00:56:32,920 --> 00:56:35,840
Speaker 1: be a steel of the draft. You were the GM

1078
00:56:35,880 --> 00:56:38,680
Speaker 1: in Chicago. What do you address first in the end

1079
00:56:38,840 --> 00:56:41,000
Speaker 1: in the off season and how aggressive do you get?

1080
00:56:41,120 --> 00:56:43,399
Speaker 1: We're already in the off season. It's crazy how fast

1081
00:56:43,480 --> 00:56:46,319
Speaker 1: we move. You know, we're very Most of you guys,

1082
00:56:46,400 --> 00:56:48,880
Speaker 1: DM and me, I can tell are younger. We're very impatient.

1083
00:56:49,360 --> 00:56:51,960
Speaker 1: You know. It's and I think the youth is only

1084
00:56:52,000 --> 00:56:55,120
Speaker 1: gonna get more and more impatient. Right. We didn't have

1085
00:56:55,239 --> 00:56:56,919
Speaker 1: when I was a kid. They didn't know. One handed

1086
00:56:56,960 --> 00:56:58,880
Speaker 1: us a nightpad and told us to just shut up.

1087
00:56:59,480 --> 00:57:01,520
Speaker 1: We just we just had to figure out a way

1088
00:57:01,560 --> 00:57:05,880
Speaker 1: to stay entertained. Right, Um, those days are over. You

1089
00:57:06,000 --> 00:57:08,480
Speaker 1: need to get sweet wide receivers and tight ends. Now

1090
00:57:08,600 --> 00:57:11,200
Speaker 1: commit the tight end from Notre Dame. We'll see this year.

1091
00:57:11,200 --> 00:57:13,600
Speaker 1: If that guy is good, you keep Allen Robinson and

1092
00:57:13,640 --> 00:57:16,400
Speaker 1: you go draft another wide receiver. Now, I guess they

1093
00:57:16,400 --> 00:57:18,280
Speaker 1: don't have a first round pick next year, right, because

1094
00:57:18,280 --> 00:57:22,600
Speaker 1: they traded Trey Lance for it. I mean they traded

1095
00:57:22,640 --> 00:57:25,400
Speaker 1: up to get Justin Fields forward. Excuse me, you just

1096
00:57:25,480 --> 00:57:28,240
Speaker 1: need to get offensive weapons. Your defense is already solid.

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00:57:28,400 --> 00:57:31,360
Speaker 1: To me, it's his offense. Offense offense. You surround him

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00:57:31,400 --> 00:57:34,800
Speaker 1: with as much offensive talent as humanly possible. That would

1099
00:57:34,840 --> 00:57:39,120
Speaker 1: be my only goal. A love to know your take

1100
00:57:39,160 --> 00:57:42,240
Speaker 1: on the Broncos quarterback situation. Locke isn't insanely high ceiling,

1101
00:57:42,280 --> 00:57:46,320
Speaker 1: but insanely low floor, whereas Bridgewater is mediocre quarterback at best,

1102
00:57:46,600 --> 00:57:48,760
Speaker 1: who doesn't make a whole lot of mistakes. I like

1103
00:57:48,920 --> 00:57:50,840
Speaker 1: Drew because I think I'm in the long run. I

1104
00:57:50,960 --> 00:57:54,000
Speaker 1: learned to limit his mistakes and keep the big play potential.

1105
00:57:54,320 --> 00:57:57,680
Speaker 1: Who would you roll with week one? And why? Already

1106
00:57:57,680 --> 00:58:01,080
Speaker 1: answered it earlier. I think it's pretty self explanatory. You

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00:58:01,120 --> 00:58:04,200
Speaker 1: go with Drew lock and Teddy just he's like the

1108
00:58:04,280 --> 00:58:06,960
Speaker 1: long reliever, you know. It's like, hey, be ready when well,

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00:58:06,960 --> 00:58:10,120
Speaker 1: I don't know if if my starter goes nine, I

1110
00:58:10,160 --> 00:58:12,720
Speaker 1: guess starters never go nine anymore. My starter goes seven,

1111
00:58:12,800 --> 00:58:15,720
Speaker 1: we're not gonna need you. But if my guy gives

1112
00:58:15,800 --> 00:58:18,560
Speaker 1: up seven runs in the first two innings, we're gonna

1113
00:58:18,600 --> 00:58:21,360
Speaker 1: need you about inning three to seven. So just just

1114
00:58:21,400 --> 00:58:24,120
Speaker 1: stay locked and loaded. And that's what Teddy Bridgewater is.

1115
00:58:24,240 --> 00:58:26,400
Speaker 1: He's the ideal backup. We saw him in New Orleans.

1116
00:58:26,800 --> 00:58:28,720
Speaker 1: He was just ready to come in the moment breeze.

1117
00:58:28,760 --> 00:58:31,400
Speaker 1: His finger got messed up like most guys are. Not

1118
00:58:31,560 --> 00:58:33,560
Speaker 1: that because most guys, even if they are ready to

1119
00:58:33,600 --> 00:58:36,680
Speaker 1: come in, they suck when they come in. Most backups

1120
00:58:36,760 --> 00:58:41,360
Speaker 1: are atrocious. I think we've learned there are about even

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00:58:41,440 --> 00:58:45,200
Speaker 1: just capable quarterbacks. There's like ten really good ones. Then

1122
00:58:45,280 --> 00:58:47,320
Speaker 1: there's like another ten who are kind of up and

1123
00:58:47,400 --> 00:58:49,640
Speaker 1: down but are really good as well have a lot

1124
00:58:49,680 --> 00:58:52,120
Speaker 1: of talent. Then they're like five to six who if

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00:58:52,160 --> 00:58:54,320
Speaker 1: your team is unreal, you can win with. And then

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00:58:54,400 --> 00:58:57,360
Speaker 1: every guy after that is the same. And the reality

1127
00:58:57,480 --> 00:58:59,880
Speaker 1: is Teddy is even though he's gonna be not one

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Speaker 1: the starting thirty two, he's better than some of the

1129
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Speaker 1: guys that start. I'm a Vikings fan and would like

1130
00:59:07,000 --> 00:59:08,520
Speaker 1: to know where you think the team will go with

1131
00:59:08,600 --> 00:59:11,040
Speaker 1: Zimmer if they have another average year and missed the

1132
00:59:11,040 --> 00:59:14,080
Speaker 1: playoffs by a game or two. I know he has

1133
00:59:14,160 --> 00:59:16,080
Speaker 1: been decent coach for the Vikings, but I believe he

1134
00:59:16,160 --> 00:59:17,920
Speaker 1: has reached the ceiling. And I'm starting to feel like

1135
00:59:18,000 --> 00:59:20,080
Speaker 1: you can't win the big games and will either fall

1136
00:59:20,200 --> 00:59:22,640
Speaker 1: short of the playoffs or have a miracle or have

1137
00:59:22,800 --> 00:59:27,240
Speaker 1: a miracle playoff win and then lose when it matters. Well,

1138
00:59:27,360 --> 00:59:30,080
Speaker 1: two years ago they did have a I wouldn't say

1139
00:59:30,080 --> 00:59:32,040
Speaker 1: a miracle playoff when they beat the Saints. That was

1140
00:59:32,120 --> 00:59:34,680
Speaker 1: a very, very impressive win. The forty Niners were better.

1141
00:59:35,120 --> 00:59:38,240
Speaker 1: I was at that game. Your your guys offensive line stunk.

1142
00:59:38,640 --> 00:59:42,880
Speaker 1: The Niners defensive line had DeFord Armstead, Buckner, Bosa. It

1143
00:59:43,040 --> 00:59:46,280
Speaker 1: was a fucking mismatch. They had no chance because Cousins

1144
00:59:46,400 --> 00:59:49,400
Speaker 1: can't if he's getting pressured, he can't make plays outside

1145
00:59:49,400 --> 00:59:51,600
Speaker 1: of the pocket. So it wasn't even a fair fight.

1146
00:59:52,040 --> 00:59:54,960
Speaker 1: I don't put that game on Zimmer. I put that

1147
00:59:55,000 --> 00:59:57,320
Speaker 1: game more on the the GM, who I think is

1148
00:59:57,360 --> 00:59:59,880
Speaker 1: really good. They're all Their offensive line simply wasn't good enough.

1149
01:00:00,920 --> 01:00:03,600
Speaker 1: I think he's in trouble. I think, yeah, he probably

1150
01:00:04,160 --> 01:00:07,160
Speaker 1: even if he makes the playoffs, if you like, let's

1151
01:00:07,160 --> 01:00:09,280
Speaker 1: say he goes ten and seven, is the seven seed

1152
01:00:09,360 --> 01:00:11,680
Speaker 1: and they get bounced in round one, He's probably fired.

1153
01:00:12,520 --> 01:00:15,120
Speaker 1: I think that where you gotta be kicking yourself. It's like, God,

1154
01:00:15,680 --> 01:00:17,560
Speaker 1: what if they just had Stefanski as their head coach?

1155
01:00:17,840 --> 01:00:20,440
Speaker 1: Would most Vikings fans trade Zimmer for Stefanski, and I

1156
01:00:20,480 --> 01:00:24,520
Speaker 1: think Zimmer is good. Zimmers the arians of defense. The

1157
01:00:24,600 --> 01:00:27,760
Speaker 1: problem is you'd rather have the offensive guy, and he's

1158
01:00:27,800 --> 01:00:30,600
Speaker 1: just not a He's not a he's a good defensive mind.

1159
01:00:31,160 --> 01:00:33,120
Speaker 1: And if their defense doesn't bounce back this year, and

1160
01:00:33,200 --> 01:00:35,160
Speaker 1: even if their offense is still awesome and they somehow

1161
01:00:35,240 --> 01:00:37,640
Speaker 1: still make the playoffs, I'd be out on them. I

1162
01:00:37,680 --> 01:00:40,600
Speaker 1: think Zimmer's in trouble, my guest right now in August,

1163
01:00:41,760 --> 01:00:43,880
Speaker 1: I would guess Mike Zimmer is not the head coach

1164
01:00:44,440 --> 01:00:47,760
Speaker 1: for the Minnesota Vikings next year. Appreciate everyone listening, Have

1165
01:00:47,920 --> 01:00:51,400
Speaker 1: a great week. Adios. I'm pretty hungry. I'm gonna go

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Speaker 1: eat dinner right now, and UH see him s