1 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:13,000 Speaker 1: What is going on? Everybody? John Middlecop three and out 2 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:19,360 Speaker 1: podcast recording this actually pretty early morning on July nine, Thursday. 3 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:22,080 Speaker 1: I think I might be going to a town this weekend, 4 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 1: maybe a little uh maybe a little run to the 5 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 1: coast to uh to clear the head. But I was like, 6 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:30,200 Speaker 1: you know, do I have to do a podcast? They 7 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:33,279 Speaker 1: don't technically have to, but there's some stuff going on 8 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:35,519 Speaker 1: that I wanted to touch on, so why don't we 9 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:37,920 Speaker 1: fire up the microphone. Luckily, to think about being doing 10 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:42,239 Speaker 1: a podcast, the the labor behind it is, uh, it's 11 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:45,200 Speaker 1: pretty flexible given that it's me and I can record 12 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:47,879 Speaker 1: it whatever I want. So we're gonna hit on some 13 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:51,720 Speaker 1: things that There was some stories going around on Tuesday 14 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:53,960 Speaker 1: and Wednesday. I was trying. You know, it took like 15 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 1: a vacation, staycation week. But when you do this job, 16 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 1: you're always following everything that's going on to you never 17 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 1: totally disconnect. So a lot of stories going on. We 18 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:10,959 Speaker 1: got the NFL owners want to pay the players a 19 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:16,000 Speaker 1: percentage of their finances in their their salaries this fall 20 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 1: on an escrow account, and they're going back and forth. 21 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 1: We'll dive into that. A ton of different NFL stories 22 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 1: this week from de Sean Jackson, the Raheem mostert to 23 00:01:26,440 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 1: some information about college football that we will dive into, 24 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:34,040 Speaker 1: and then of course the Middlecoff mailbag. 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If you could subscribe to that podcast 35 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,600 Speaker 1: as well, would greatly appreciate it. So if you could 36 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 1: subscribe to the separate three and Out podcast, also leave 37 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 1: a review. Helps with the show, helps with the advertising, 38 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 1: helps keep this train on the track during these crazy, 39 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:27,799 Speaker 1: crazy times. Let's start with the NFL. And I've said 40 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:31,240 Speaker 1: the entire time. When Corona hit, and I guess four 41 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 1: or five months later, I don't even know, it all 42 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 1: feels like one big Corona time that the NFL benefited 43 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:41,800 Speaker 1: from the timing of this because when it hit, the 44 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 1: NBA was in full swing of their season. Baseball training 45 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 1: or I guess spring training was in uh in full 46 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:52,920 Speaker 1: swing and kind of coming down the home stretch. They 47 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 1: weren't that far far away from opening day. The NFL 48 00:02:56,520 --> 00:03:00,639 Speaker 1: had just finished their combine, which is a very very 49 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:04,280 Speaker 1: important moment in the NFL calendar, and they got that 50 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 1: out of the way. So really they just had free 51 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 1: agency in the draft, and as we saw, they were 52 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:10,720 Speaker 1: able to do that remotely. And we're lucky as a 53 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:13,639 Speaker 1: society to be able to do a lot of things remotely. 54 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:20,119 Speaker 1: You know, if this happened in the the economic carnage 55 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:24,639 Speaker 1: would be tenfold. It's it's an absolute game changer given 56 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 1: our technology, and I would imagine many of you listening, 57 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 1: No that not every business, Like certain businesses, you have 58 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:35,440 Speaker 1: to be have your foot and boots on the ground, right, 59 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 1: But there are a large majority of industries now that 60 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 1: can you know, pivot as well as possible. And I 61 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 1: have talked to many friends in the food business, in 62 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 1: the clothing business that have had sales, you know, increase, 63 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 1: and a lot of that's because of their online presence 64 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 1: and that's basically what the NFL was. It was an 65 00:03:56,640 --> 00:04:00,520 Speaker 1: online store over the off season, free to see the 66 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:04,720 Speaker 1: draft and offseason o t a s all on zoom 67 00:04:04,760 --> 00:04:07,880 Speaker 1: and you know what went pretty well. Basketball meanwhile, is 68 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 1: fighting for their life. Baseball is fighting for their life 69 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 1: because their sports Baseball hadn't even started. Well. Now, the 70 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:17,600 Speaker 1: clock is the hourglass is getting much much closer to 71 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 1: empty because training camp is right around the corner, and 72 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:24,760 Speaker 1: you can tell NFL owners are getting a little nervous. Listen, 73 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:27,920 Speaker 1: I would have imagined, I would have guessed two months 74 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:30,280 Speaker 1: ago that the Corona talk would have been a lot 75 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 1: different than it is now. And it's still up there 76 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:35,160 Speaker 1: and the cases are rising now. Depending on how you 77 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:37,040 Speaker 1: want to look at it, a lot of younger people 78 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:39,400 Speaker 1: are getting it. I've known multiple people that have got it. 79 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:43,040 Speaker 1: And listen, I I know some people have had bad experiences. 80 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:45,120 Speaker 1: The people I know that have got it, give me 81 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:48,000 Speaker 1: the responses. This is the coronavirus. These are people that 82 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:51,760 Speaker 1: tested positive that are quote unquote quarantining from their job. 83 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:55,360 Speaker 1: But those are younger people as well, and if you've 84 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:58,719 Speaker 1: looked at the numbers, they impact younger people dramatically different 85 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:02,800 Speaker 1: than older people. So my mother, who has had cancer 86 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 1: in the past, luckily beat it. She's a tough woman, 87 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 1: has been very, very very safe. Me, on the other hand, 88 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 1: you know, I've done everything humanly possible that I can 89 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:16,080 Speaker 1: given the restrictions that are handed to us in me 90 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 1: in my community slash society out here in California. But 91 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:24,280 Speaker 1: the NFL there, the training camps are obviously right around 92 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:26,520 Speaker 1: the corner, and they've cut the preseason games, but the 93 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 1: season is right around the corner, and that's when they 94 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:32,080 Speaker 1: print their cash because the sixteen games, which will next 95 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:35,440 Speaker 1: year be seventeen games, and the playoffs are the ultimate 96 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:40,279 Speaker 1: cash cow in America. Nobody watches uh television anymore like 97 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 1: they consume the NFL. It does enormous ratings and it's live, 98 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:46,240 Speaker 1: so you know exactly when a lot of people are 99 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:49,120 Speaker 1: gonna be there. Well, clearly the owners are sharting to 100 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:52,720 Speaker 1: get nervous because they floated something in the NFL is 101 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:54,159 Speaker 1: king of this, and I would say a lot of 102 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:58,400 Speaker 1: public businesses are float something, gauge the reaction and then 103 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:02,840 Speaker 1: pivot from there. And they floated that if it would 104 00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:07,599 Speaker 1: be possible to offset the potential losses this fall to 105 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:11,680 Speaker 1: float and put salaried money. So if you're gonna make 106 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:15,719 Speaker 1: a ten million dollars, to put three point five million 107 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:20,120 Speaker 1: of that or of all salaries into an scrow account 108 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:24,120 Speaker 1: to be paid in following years as they cope with 109 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:28,560 Speaker 1: the losses from revenue. Because the way the NFL works, 110 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:31,839 Speaker 1: just like the NBA works, unlike baseball, is they split 111 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 1: basketball and football related income. So when something like this happens, 112 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:43,480 Speaker 1: everyone potentially, you know, gets nailed. It's not just the owners, 113 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:47,000 Speaker 1: and I know that's a popular kind of Twitter social 114 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:51,520 Speaker 1: media message, but the players and the and the and 115 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:55,480 Speaker 1: the owners split money when it comes to football's how 116 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 1: everyone gets paid, and clearly with no fans and just 117 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:03,359 Speaker 1: the unknown. This fall we got question marks, and I 118 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:05,479 Speaker 1: think one of the biggest question marks, and I heard 119 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 1: Michael Lombardi say this, and I hadn't thought about this, 120 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:11,480 Speaker 1: is that when you are a vested veteran, you know, 121 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 1: guys on their rookie I think it's four years in 122 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:17,280 Speaker 1: the league, So you get four year service time once 123 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:19,840 Speaker 1: you get past week one of the NFL season, if 124 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:24,440 Speaker 1: you are active on game day Week one, come whatever date. 125 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:27,440 Speaker 1: That would be September twelve this year. Obviously, somethings play 126 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:31,320 Speaker 1: on Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday. I guess not Saturday, but Thursday, 127 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:34,600 Speaker 1: Sunday and Monday night. So if you were active on 128 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:37,600 Speaker 1: that game and you are a vested veteran, your salary 129 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:40,080 Speaker 1: is then guarantee. Your base salary is guaranteed for the 130 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:42,960 Speaker 1: rest of the season. I think one thing the NFL 131 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:46,040 Speaker 1: owners and just NFL for ant office is starting to think, well, 132 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:49,800 Speaker 1: we're pretty confident we can start this thing in these 133 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:52,800 Speaker 1: weird times, but what if we do have to delay 134 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:56,280 Speaker 1: it because in November when it gets cold, especially in 135 00:07:56,280 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 1: a lot of regions in the NFL where teams are, 136 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:03,760 Speaker 1: we have to delay this or worst case scenario, cancel this. 137 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:08,240 Speaker 1: Because right now, if you're the NFL or I'd say 138 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:12,240 Speaker 1: any business, you have to be putting constant contingency plans, 139 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:15,320 Speaker 1: you know, at least writing them down on paper and 140 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:18,240 Speaker 1: putting them with whether it's your employees, your partners, to 141 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:22,600 Speaker 1: just prepare for the worst. Nobody wants to do that, 142 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 1: but I think at this point in time it would 143 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 1: be pretty ignorant to just think, you know what, We'll 144 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:30,720 Speaker 1: just plow through this thing because it might be out 145 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:33,200 Speaker 1: of your control. You're also dealing with the union. You 146 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:35,240 Speaker 1: never know what the players can take a step back. 147 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:37,440 Speaker 1: But here's what we do know. When they kick off 148 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:41,120 Speaker 1: week one, it's guaranteeing a lot of money for players 149 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:45,680 Speaker 1: throughout the NFL. It's why you see come the big cutdowns. 150 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 1: A lot of times, older players that are making six, seven, 151 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:55,760 Speaker 1: eight million dollars on their base salary get cut coming 152 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:59,320 Speaker 1: into training or at a training camp, usually for younger players, 153 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:03,199 Speaker 1: a fifth X undrafted free agent one. It saves the 154 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:06,160 Speaker 1: team a lot of money too. If that player that 155 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:08,880 Speaker 1: they cut, you know, the defensive tackle or the starting 156 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:11,920 Speaker 1: corner for turns out to not be as good come 157 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 1: early October, you can cut that rookie or fifth or 158 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:18,400 Speaker 1: six or seventh round player, put him on your practice 159 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:21,160 Speaker 1: squad and not owe him any money for that season 160 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:24,880 Speaker 1: because his his money would not be guaranteed when the 161 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:28,800 Speaker 1: league pick kicks off. And I think it's pretty clear 162 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:31,080 Speaker 1: when the owners are putting this out there that they 163 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:36,080 Speaker 1: want to put thirty of players salaries into an escrow account. 164 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 1: And listen, I go back and forth because sports. I 165 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:43,240 Speaker 1: saw this quote from Sean Doolittle and it kind of 166 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:48,360 Speaker 1: bothered me that like sports or reward for society. Sean, listen, 167 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:51,679 Speaker 1: then every business would be a reward for society. You're 168 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:53,959 Speaker 1: just a business. You're just an industry. They're just trying 169 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,640 Speaker 1: to play to make money to keep the thing alive. 170 00:09:57,360 --> 00:10:01,880 Speaker 1: Stop overthinking this. Yeah, it has external benefits like society. 171 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 1: You know, it brings communities together. It brings cities together. 172 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:09,440 Speaker 1: But as we've seen the last four months, if it 173 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:12,880 Speaker 1: doesn't play like the sun still comes up and listen. 174 00:10:12,920 --> 00:10:15,400 Speaker 1: I like sports as much of the next guy, but 175 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:18,559 Speaker 1: when we're talking about the professional level, they're just a business. 176 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:21,959 Speaker 1: They really are. We get so emotional about them, but 177 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:25,320 Speaker 1: they're just a money making mechanism. That's what we do 178 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:28,200 Speaker 1: in America. We we uh, we monetize everything, and we've 179 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:32,240 Speaker 1: definitely monetized pro sports the highest level, and we love 180 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:35,240 Speaker 1: football in this country. But there are clearly some question 181 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:38,800 Speaker 1: marks and it's going to be difficult. Just who knows. 182 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:41,719 Speaker 1: There's just a lot of unknown. Every day that goes by, 183 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:43,600 Speaker 1: they're just unknown, and you can tell the owners are 184 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:46,600 Speaker 1: getting a little squirrely. Now I don't blame the players 185 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:50,200 Speaker 1: for going hell no, we're not doing this, but clearly 186 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:52,319 Speaker 1: the owners are gonna put out some numbers that if 187 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:55,040 Speaker 1: we were to lose eight games, this is going to 188 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:57,720 Speaker 1: impact this the next two seasons. If we're not allowed 189 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:00,240 Speaker 1: to have any fans in the stands, this is going 190 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:02,440 Speaker 1: to impact us to the next couple of seasons. And 191 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:05,160 Speaker 1: one thing you keep seeing is that some teams are 192 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:08,080 Speaker 1: gonna push to have a percentage of fans in there. 193 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:10,480 Speaker 1: What if here's where the NFL is gonna be in 194 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:13,920 Speaker 1: a weird spot. What if let's say the Saints and 195 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:16,760 Speaker 1: the Chiefs. I'm just using to two random teams are 196 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:20,280 Speaker 1: allowed to have capacity, but all the teams on the 197 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:23,679 Speaker 1: West Coast cannot. And if I'm playing the Chiefs, if 198 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:26,520 Speaker 1: I'm the Rams and I got an away game and 199 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:28,800 Speaker 1: you're allowed to have some fans there, but then when 200 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:31,040 Speaker 1: I have home games, I'm not allowed to have fans there, 201 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:33,600 Speaker 1: I'm putting up a stink with the league. To me, 202 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:35,960 Speaker 1: you have to be like one size fits all in 203 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:37,640 Speaker 1: the NFL. And I give them credit they did that 204 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:39,920 Speaker 1: with the draft. I think you would have to implement 205 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:43,800 Speaker 1: that for the season. Now you could push back and go, well, 206 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:45,600 Speaker 1: if it all goes into the same pool to help 207 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:48,360 Speaker 1: everyone make some revenue, it does makes infuluence some people. 208 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:51,200 Speaker 1: And this where I gets back to it's a complicated issue, 209 00:11:51,880 --> 00:11:54,240 Speaker 1: but the one thing that's clear is that they're thinking 210 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:57,640 Speaker 1: about it. They're getting nervous about it, just because there's 211 00:11:57,679 --> 00:12:00,440 Speaker 1: just so much unknown And now him is not on 212 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:03,680 Speaker 1: the NFL side anymore. The season is right around the corner. 213 00:12:04,040 --> 00:12:06,800 Speaker 1: We are what two months or three months away from 214 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:10,000 Speaker 1: games being played, and once that game kicks off and 215 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:14,440 Speaker 1: those guaranteed salaries get kicked in, who knows, you know, 216 00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:17,480 Speaker 1: all hell could eventually break loose. I want football to happen. 217 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:21,040 Speaker 1: I am a restart sports guy. I am not one 218 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 1: of those shut it down guys. But you're you're starting 219 00:12:24,679 --> 00:12:28,720 Speaker 1: to see people are putting the possibility out there that 220 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:32,719 Speaker 1: things could get very weird. Okay, let's dive into a 221 00:12:32,760 --> 00:12:35,640 Speaker 1: couple of stories around the NFL. Let's start with the 222 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:40,280 Speaker 1: San Fransco forty Niners starting running back. I think it 223 00:12:40,280 --> 00:12:43,120 Speaker 1: would be a loose term. The forty Niners do this 224 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:48,000 Speaker 1: thing that happens sometimes in football called running back by committee. 225 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:51,880 Speaker 1: They play a hot hand. They have about four guys 226 00:12:52,679 --> 00:12:55,080 Speaker 1: in uh in the barn that at any moment they 227 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:58,200 Speaker 1: could break out and run them around the track, and 228 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:01,960 Speaker 1: that's what Kyle Shanahan is does. I went to a 229 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:05,360 Speaker 1: game earlier in the season. Matt Brada busted out a 230 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:07,680 Speaker 1: ninety yard run Monday Night Football against the Browns on 231 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:09,920 Speaker 1: the first play of the game, and at the time 232 00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:11,920 Speaker 1: he was like the leading rusher on the team. He's 233 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:14,600 Speaker 1: now traded because he got in Kyle's doghouse, couldn't hold 234 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:18,000 Speaker 1: onto the football. Tevin Coleman, who I went to a 235 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:20,439 Speaker 1: playoff game against the Minnesota Vikings, head over a hundred 236 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:25,600 Speaker 1: yards multiple touchdowns. Righty Mozart had a huge NFC Championship game, 237 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:28,480 Speaker 1: started in the in the Super Bowl. He's a really 238 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:31,480 Speaker 1: good player. He average over five and a half yards 239 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:36,520 Speaker 1: to carry, three touchdowns seven seventy yards. He wants a 240 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:40,280 Speaker 1: new contract. Here's the problem. Righty Motor got a new 241 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:45,280 Speaker 1: contract last year. He was a lifetime journeyman years old. 242 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:49,320 Speaker 1: He was cut for six different teams, six different teams, 243 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:51,959 Speaker 1: and he's a really good special teams player. In the 244 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:54,960 Speaker 1: forty Niners game, a contract extension basically three years, nine 245 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:58,600 Speaker 1: million dollars in two thousand nineteen. Now he wants another 246 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:01,040 Speaker 1: new contract. It's not the way the real world works, 247 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:04,120 Speaker 1: especially when you're probably not even the you know, a 248 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:08,440 Speaker 1: top twenty player on the team, and in life, part 249 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:12,840 Speaker 1: of your value is not being replaceable. And when it 250 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:16,840 Speaker 1: comes to offense, he's just simply replaceable. It's not an opinion, 251 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:19,720 Speaker 1: that's a fact, because that's what the Shanahan family does. 252 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:22,400 Speaker 1: They find running backs and they run the ball down 253 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:25,280 Speaker 1: your throat with guys you've never heard of, dudes that 254 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:31,160 Speaker 1: were cut on other teams, Guys from practice squads. That happens. 255 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:36,000 Speaker 1: Jeff Wilson Jr. Who the majority of the year was inactive, 256 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:41,640 Speaker 1: was inactive, got twenty seven carries in two thousand nineteen. 257 00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:47,720 Speaker 1: Forty Niners had four touchdowns. Seven carries, four touchdowns. Think 258 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:50,440 Speaker 1: about the math on that, Like every nine carries he 259 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:55,040 Speaker 1: scores a touchdown. So I don't know what Raheim Mostert 260 00:14:55,120 --> 00:14:57,320 Speaker 1: thinks is gonna happen. But George Kittle, the best player 261 00:14:57,320 --> 00:14:59,840 Speaker 1: in the forty Niners, needs a new contract. You gotta 262 00:14:59,840 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 1: way in line, my man, and you the forty Niners, 263 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:04,560 Speaker 1: And just like an NFL team is not into the 264 00:15:04,760 --> 00:15:08,320 Speaker 1: end in the business of giving a contract every year 265 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:11,360 Speaker 1: to a running back. You just got a new contract 266 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:14,360 Speaker 1: last year, and you're not technically quote unquote the starting 267 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:19,440 Speaker 1: running back. You're rotational back, so I don't know what 268 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:22,920 Speaker 1: him and his agent are doing. De Sean Jackson post 269 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:26,000 Speaker 1: a quote of Hitler on his Instagram. I don't want 270 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:27,880 Speaker 1: to talk about this. This much has been talked about 271 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:30,960 Speaker 1: the last couple of days. I don't get that offended 272 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:33,400 Speaker 1: because I don't hold I say it all the time. 273 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:35,960 Speaker 1: I don't expect these guys. I don't take them that 274 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:40,360 Speaker 1: seriously when they're posting stuff like you don't understand the 275 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:44,160 Speaker 1: level of idiot you'd have to be to post a 276 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:46,880 Speaker 1: quote of Hitler and it turns out it's fake to 277 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:51,960 Speaker 1: make your argument. I can't even fathom how big of 278 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:55,120 Speaker 1: a moron you'd have to be to do that, and 279 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:58,200 Speaker 1: listen to the hypocrisy of the NFL, of just when 280 00:15:58,240 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 1: we pick and choose, And that's the whole thing about 281 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:04,560 Speaker 1: up everything was social media. When it comes to, you know, 282 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:07,720 Speaker 1: being inclusive, because that's all we ever hear be inclusive, 283 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:11,040 Speaker 1: Well we pick and choose because it's basically been crickets 284 00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:15,040 Speaker 1: when it comes to, you know, talking about Jewish people now, 285 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:21,560 Speaker 1: Julian Edelman, I know, Mitchell Schwartz, It's just I just 286 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 1: get back to Deshan, I can't even fathom posting a 287 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:28,360 Speaker 1: clip of of Hitler like to try to make your 288 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:30,680 Speaker 1: point like that. To me, I just can't get past 289 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:34,960 Speaker 1: that point. Now. I never ever went to de Sean 290 00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:38,520 Speaker 1: Jackson to like, I wonder what Deshan Jackson's thinking about 291 00:16:38,520 --> 00:16:44,040 Speaker 1: this issue, So again, like it's completely offensive, but I 292 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 1: just don't pay that much attention to it, and I 293 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:50,440 Speaker 1: think that's helping me out in this whole ordeal. Is 294 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:52,720 Speaker 1: like I don't put all these guys on a pedestal. 295 00:16:53,760 --> 00:16:56,520 Speaker 1: You know. Stephen Jackson like lad the George Floyd movement, 296 00:16:57,080 --> 00:16:59,480 Speaker 1: and then he's basically doubling down saying what de Sean 297 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:03,760 Speaker 1: Jackson did was right and he should post that quote. 298 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:05,760 Speaker 1: And some of the things he were saying was like 299 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:09,720 Speaker 1: jaw dropping, Like, bro, what are you talking about? I 300 00:17:09,760 --> 00:17:12,600 Speaker 1: saw Michael Wilbon's like it discredits everything you did for 301 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:17,680 Speaker 1: George Floyd. What are you saying? I don't get it. 302 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:21,480 Speaker 1: But again, I don't hold these guys like I'm not 303 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:26,200 Speaker 1: expecting the moral superiority of a lot of these people. 304 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:29,800 Speaker 1: And it's just it's why I'm never disappointed because I 305 00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:32,439 Speaker 1: don't hold them to that esteem. I'm not looking for 306 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:36,639 Speaker 1: these guys to be my guiding light. Sean Man, I 307 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:41,639 Speaker 1: don't even quoting Hitler. I can't even I can't even 308 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:44,320 Speaker 1: wrap my head around it. Besides one of the dumbest 309 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:47,840 Speaker 1: things I've ever read in my entire life. The NFL 310 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:50,960 Speaker 1: and the NFL p A have moved toward resolution on 311 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:53,040 Speaker 1: the way they're going to travel, which is a good thing. 312 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:56,080 Speaker 1: I do think the NFL and the NFL p A 313 00:17:57,000 --> 00:17:59,640 Speaker 1: have really come a long way in their labor negotiations. 314 00:18:00,359 --> 00:18:01,840 Speaker 1: You know, I felt like it used to be a 315 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:04,679 Speaker 1: lot more contentious. I'm not saying it's perfect, but it 316 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:07,080 Speaker 1: does feel like at least the guys are on the 317 00:18:07,119 --> 00:18:09,920 Speaker 1: same page and they're working well together. So if they 318 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:12,560 Speaker 1: are going to battle through this coronavirus, that they have 319 00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:16,480 Speaker 1: a pretty good opportunity just with their working relationship. Now, 320 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:19,440 Speaker 1: there may be things out of their control that who knows, 321 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:22,320 Speaker 1: but you know, it does feel like they have good 322 00:18:22,320 --> 00:18:27,480 Speaker 1: communications and there's growing buzz. I think Brett McMurphy pulled 323 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:30,720 Speaker 1: a bunch of e d s in college that I 324 00:18:31,119 --> 00:18:33,800 Speaker 1: think that the college football season is going to be delayed. 325 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:37,720 Speaker 1: And again I get back to Corona. I'm not a scientist. Clearly, 326 00:18:37,720 --> 00:18:41,280 Speaker 1: even the scientists don't really know. I have no clue 327 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:43,760 Speaker 1: if the season's gonna get delayed. I I am much 328 00:18:43,840 --> 00:18:47,600 Speaker 1: less bullish on college football being in a full swing. 329 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:49,720 Speaker 1: I was supposed to go to Oregon on how State 330 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:53,359 Speaker 1: this fall. How State was coming to Eugene. That clearly 331 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:55,879 Speaker 1: got canceled because that's that game is one either not 332 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:58,919 Speaker 1: gonna happen and to definitely not gonna have fans. But 333 00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:03,119 Speaker 1: I don't know allaying it isn't the fall months like 334 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:06,800 Speaker 1: when it gets cold, more susceptible to the coronavirus from 335 00:19:06,800 --> 00:19:08,359 Speaker 1: everything I've read, So if you delay it, you're just 336 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:11,119 Speaker 1: gonna start your season like November. I can't see a 337 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:12,840 Speaker 1: lot of the star players wanting to play if they 338 00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:15,080 Speaker 1: push it back till January or February, because some of 339 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:18,840 Speaker 1: those guys are gonna have pro aspirations. The college football 340 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:22,840 Speaker 1: thing could get really really complicated, really really fast. Okay, 341 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:25,879 Speaker 1: let's dive into the Middlecof mail back at John Middlecoff Instagram, 342 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:29,119 Speaker 1: Fire in the d m s. Also subscribe to the 343 00:19:29,119 --> 00:19:32,240 Speaker 1: pod three and out and leave a review. Greatly appreciate it. Matt, 344 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:35,879 Speaker 1: I grew up a Pats fan, and I see the 345 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:39,160 Speaker 1: Cam signing going one of three ways. Stidham isn't ready, 346 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:41,080 Speaker 1: and to help him, they brought in a former m 347 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:43,359 Speaker 1: VP to learn, knowing Cam has to prove himself as 348 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:45,600 Speaker 1: well as to get a contract. We all know Bill 349 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:49,680 Speaker 1: isn't giving him that type contract. Two, Cam is gonna 350 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:52,760 Speaker 1: come in, prove himself and and turn everyone's head and 351 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:55,320 Speaker 1: take us on a playoff run. Then maybe he proves 352 00:19:55,359 --> 00:19:57,119 Speaker 1: it's not about the money, it's about winning and stays 353 00:19:57,160 --> 00:19:58,960 Speaker 1: here for low money because he likes the culture of 354 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:02,480 Speaker 1: New England where it's definitely a team mentality. Three they 355 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:05,240 Speaker 1: know Stidham as a flop, so they can try Cam 356 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:07,720 Speaker 1: and he ends up being the mediocre super Bowl choking 357 00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:10,320 Speaker 1: guy who can't latch onto the Bill way. And we 358 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:12,320 Speaker 1: end up being a five and eleven team and thought 359 00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:14,280 Speaker 1: they were gonna We thought they were gonna be and 360 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:16,600 Speaker 1: it really doesn't hurt us anymore than it would Which 361 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:20,399 Speaker 1: of those three seems likely? Uh? I'd be shocked if 362 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:22,080 Speaker 1: they go five and eleven, so I would say three 363 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:25,560 Speaker 1: is not likely. Uh. Kind of feels like Stidham isn't 364 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:27,800 Speaker 1: ready to help, and they brought in a former m 365 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:30,000 Speaker 1: v P to learn, knowing Cam has to prove himself 366 00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:31,960 Speaker 1: as well as to get a contract. I think that's 367 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:35,080 Speaker 1: the most basic level. They are always just see how 368 00:20:35,119 --> 00:20:38,040 Speaker 1: it goes, let it play out, and see how it goes. 369 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:41,360 Speaker 1: And that's what Belichick does. He doesn't make guarantees. They're 370 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:43,040 Speaker 1: not gonna win the Super Bowl, they're not gonna miss 371 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:45,960 Speaker 1: the playoffs. He doesn't know. He takes a day by day, 372 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:48,879 Speaker 1: a game by game. Cam's good enough, he'll play, and 373 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:51,240 Speaker 1: I think if Cam's healthy, he'll be better in Stidham. 374 00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:57,480 Speaker 1: We all know that Stidham can't hold Cam's jock, but uh, 375 00:20:57,600 --> 00:21:00,399 Speaker 1: you just it's simple value and they got them for 376 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:04,760 Speaker 1: five thousand dollars. Stidham and Brian Hoyer their quarterbacks, so 377 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:09,919 Speaker 1: you might as well just see what you got. My 378 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:11,840 Speaker 1: friends and I got into a heated debate during the 379 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:14,320 Speaker 1: fourth of July about Penn State first Oklahoma. I said 380 00:21:14,359 --> 00:21:17,040 Speaker 1: that since Penn State has been steadily rising and is 381 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:20,120 Speaker 1: a well balanced team, they're better than Oklahoma. They strongly 382 00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:22,840 Speaker 1: disagreed because Oklahoma has consistently made in the playoffs year 383 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:24,840 Speaker 1: after year. They also had the big twelve in the pack. 384 00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:28,840 Speaker 1: Twelve are both better than the Big Ten. I am curious, Uh, 385 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:33,040 Speaker 1: how which way you would lean in this debate. Well, 386 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:35,119 Speaker 1: the pack the Big Ten is better than the Big Twelve. 387 00:21:35,119 --> 00:21:38,040 Speaker 1: In the Pack twelve, that's not debatable. The Big Twelve, 388 00:21:38,119 --> 00:21:40,280 Speaker 1: the Big Ten last year was the second best conference 389 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:43,640 Speaker 1: in the country. So Penn State's conference is a lot 390 00:21:43,640 --> 00:21:47,320 Speaker 1: better than Oklahoma. Now, Oklahoma has been a better team 391 00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:51,000 Speaker 1: than Penn State. Uh, if they played ten times, they'd 392 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:53,399 Speaker 1: probably split. I mean, Penn State has a lot of talent, 393 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:56,160 Speaker 1: but with Kyler Murray Baker Mayfield, they just had way 394 00:21:56,160 --> 00:21:59,440 Speaker 1: better quarterbacks. I know Trace McSorley got drafted by the Ravens, 395 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:03,439 Speaker 1: but I would say that Oklahoma is the now. If 396 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:06,640 Speaker 1: you're talking historically, I think Oklahoma would be the better program. 397 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:08,960 Speaker 1: If you're talking about just the last four or five years, 398 00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:12,560 Speaker 1: I think Lincoln Riley Oklahoma have been better than James 399 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:14,880 Speaker 1: Franklin and Penn State. Now here's what I'll say about 400 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:18,159 Speaker 1: Penn State. They play Michigan, they play Ohio State, they 401 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:22,200 Speaker 1: play Wisconsin. Like their their conferences, Iowa, the conference is 402 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:25,720 Speaker 1: really hard. Uh, and they you know, every year winning 403 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:28,480 Speaker 1: nine or ten games, like they are an impressive program. 404 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:30,680 Speaker 1: And maybe this is the year that they're better in Oklahoma. 405 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:34,679 Speaker 1: But I would say of recent memory, I would lean Oklahoma. 406 00:22:35,119 --> 00:22:37,560 Speaker 1: But I would also say that the Big Ten is 407 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:39,800 Speaker 1: better than the Big twelve. So it's so what's hard 408 00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:42,280 Speaker 1: about college football? Like in the NFL, you play everybody, 409 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:45,200 Speaker 1: you get a feel. In college, it's like, well, if 410 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:48,480 Speaker 1: your conference is dramatically better or worse than another conference, 411 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:51,960 Speaker 1: it does scure your record a little bits. Courtland Sutton 412 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:53,800 Speaker 1: the top five wide receiver in the next two years. 413 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:56,240 Speaker 1: He had a huge breakout year last year and proved 414 00:22:56,280 --> 00:22:58,600 Speaker 1: he is a true number one wide receiver. He doesn't 415 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:01,320 Speaker 1: have any excuses now. He has a running mate and 416 00:23:01,359 --> 00:23:03,920 Speaker 1: Jerry Judy. He has a first round tight end and 417 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:07,840 Speaker 1: no a fan. He has multiple running backs in Philip 418 00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:11,040 Speaker 1: Lindsay and Melvin Gordon. It's just on the quarterback. The 419 00:23:11,119 --> 00:23:14,359 Speaker 1: quarterbacks good. He should be really good because their offense 420 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:17,360 Speaker 1: is pretty loading. I mean, it's it's stack now. Their 421 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:20,879 Speaker 1: offensive line might not be any good in Denver, which 422 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:25,000 Speaker 1: it hasn't really lately, but yeah, I mean, I think 423 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:27,439 Speaker 1: he's got a chance. Top five wide receiver, probably be 424 00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:28,560 Speaker 1: a little hard, but I think he could be a 425 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:31,680 Speaker 1: top ten wide receiver. He's clearly really talented. Question for 426 00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:34,160 Speaker 1: the mail back, how do you think COVID nineteam played 427 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:37,439 Speaker 1: into the negotiations over the Homes contract. Is mahomes willingness 428 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:40,120 Speaker 1: to sign such a long contract a sign that franchise 429 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:42,440 Speaker 1: players are concerned about what might happen to salary cap 430 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:47,080 Speaker 1: and upcoming seasons. I really don't think it played much 431 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:50,200 Speaker 1: role at all. I think he's just Patrick Mahomes. He's 432 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:52,359 Speaker 1: the best player in the league. Uh. He was up 433 00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:55,320 Speaker 1: for a contract extension and they figured out a way 434 00:23:55,359 --> 00:23:57,359 Speaker 1: to give him a ten year deal. I mean, you 435 00:23:57,880 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 1: signed a ten year deal with that amount of money 436 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:03,119 Speaker 1: that could potentially make you get a hundred forty guaranteed 437 00:24:03,119 --> 00:24:05,840 Speaker 1: the moment you signed the contract. I I think it 438 00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:09,120 Speaker 1: was just simple economics. Someone puts a contract of that 439 00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:12,120 Speaker 1: level in front of you, it's really hard to turn down, 440 00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 1: and it was pretty clear he couldn't turn it down. 441 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:17,640 Speaker 1: It's just too good of a deal. And I think 442 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:22,040 Speaker 1: that so, yeah, I would say Corona didn't play any 443 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:25,959 Speaker 1: any role in it. Could be wrong. Thanks for all 444 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:28,160 Speaker 1: the content, especially in these times. I don't have a question, 445 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:29,800 Speaker 1: but as a die hard Ravens fan, I wanted to 446 00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:32,840 Speaker 1: set the records. Trade about Lamar's performance against the Titans. First, 447 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:34,359 Speaker 1: of all, offensive line he had was one of the 448 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:37,000 Speaker 1: worst games of the season. Secondly, mark Ingram got hurt 449 00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:39,600 Speaker 1: in the first quarter, which led to Roman abandoning the run. 450 00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:42,560 Speaker 1: Running backs only had forty two rushing yards that game. Lastly, 451 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:44,120 Speaker 1: if you go back and watch the game, there were 452 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:47,960 Speaker 1: seven inexcusable drops, including a sure fire touchdown from Seth Robbers. 453 00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:50,720 Speaker 1: If they catch all the balls, la bars completed percentage 454 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:52,760 Speaker 1: goes from fifty three and sixty four. Oh, when he 455 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:56,200 Speaker 1: still had five eight total yards. Even with that going on, 456 00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:58,440 Speaker 1: If those were wide receivers would have caught the ball, 457 00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:00,960 Speaker 1: that would have been one of the great playoff performances 458 00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:04,240 Speaker 1: by a quarterback. Ever, I'd have to go back and 459 00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:06,520 Speaker 1: look at the eight yards. To me, when you're getting 460 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:08,600 Speaker 1: your ass kick and you're just running around getting garbage 461 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:11,879 Speaker 1: yards like, to me, not all yards are equal. Now, 462 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:14,600 Speaker 1: you're right, I mean I do remember some drops. It's cold. 463 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:17,560 Speaker 1: That's part of playing in cold weather games. Guys are 464 00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:19,720 Speaker 1: gonna drop the ball. Now. I don't blame Lamar Jackson 465 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:23,440 Speaker 1: for a drop, but you know they just need more 466 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:26,160 Speaker 1: the the The eye test was simple. We watched the game. 467 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:28,360 Speaker 1: He wasn't good enough. He was better than the game 468 00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:30,840 Speaker 1: against the charges of the previous year, but you win 469 00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:33,679 Speaker 1: the m v P. I'm expecting him a homes like 470 00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:37,040 Speaker 1: performance and we just didn't get it. So doesn't mean 471 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:41,880 Speaker 1: it won't come. But I um, you just gotta be better. 472 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:45,639 Speaker 1: I just wanted to say I listen to all your pods, 473 00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:47,440 Speaker 1: so I know these d m s are always open. Baby. 474 00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:49,160 Speaker 1: I had a quick question for you. I've been running 475 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:51,040 Speaker 1: a podcast for a while and honestly look up to 476 00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:53,280 Speaker 1: you and Colin. You guys are funny as well as 477 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:57,080 Speaker 1: knowledgeable about sports and have great freethinking takes. I was 478 00:25:57,119 --> 00:25:59,959 Speaker 1: wondering if you'd want to come on Bold Perceptions Live. 479 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:02,440 Speaker 1: Really just thirty or forty minutes time on a zoom 480 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:05,919 Speaker 1: call to record Chasing the Dream. Maybe talk a little sports, 481 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:08,679 Speaker 1: nothing controversial. You sound very similar to myself, and I 482 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:11,640 Speaker 1: think we would have similar attitudes about life. I can 483 00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:14,280 Speaker 1: shoot you an email. Yeah, shooting me. This is a 484 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:16,480 Speaker 1: passion of mine and I'd love to get some advice. 485 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:20,639 Speaker 1: One thing when people ask me and listen. I'm not 486 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:23,080 Speaker 1: opposed to coming on other people's podcasts, But thirty or 487 00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:25,800 Speaker 1: forty minutes a long time. Not trying to be a asshole. 488 00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:27,920 Speaker 1: You know, Like what if I just did an interview 489 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:30,399 Speaker 1: on Mad Dog with Adam Shine, it was like fifteen minutes, 490 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:33,400 Speaker 1: Like thirty minutes listen. I'm not acting like I'm Warn Buffett, 491 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:36,480 Speaker 1: I'm not Colin Coward. I don't have but thirty minutes 492 00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:39,159 Speaker 1: a large portion of my day, right if I'm working 493 00:26:39,359 --> 00:26:42,080 Speaker 1: ten hour days at thirty minute clips attle while I 494 00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:43,920 Speaker 1: meanbe we can get that to like ten or fifteen, 495 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:46,040 Speaker 1: you know, just just throwing it out there, I think 496 00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:48,400 Speaker 1: sometimes and I know I do it too, if I'm 497 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:50,600 Speaker 1: asking Kyle Shanahan or Steve Young or someone to come 498 00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:53,080 Speaker 1: on my podcast, Like, you know, how long you got? 499 00:26:53,119 --> 00:26:56,520 Speaker 1: Thirty minutes a long time. Just just word of advice 500 00:26:56,560 --> 00:26:59,520 Speaker 1: for aspiring podcasters or producers out there in the business. 501 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:03,439 Speaker 1: You just it's a lot to ask to somebody. Again, 502 00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:06,440 Speaker 1: I'm not acting like my time is that valuable, but 503 00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:08,960 Speaker 1: time to me is pretty valuable. So thirty minutes I 504 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:13,160 Speaker 1: could probably do fifteen. Shoot me a d M. Why 505 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:14,960 Speaker 1: do you think Doug Peterson never seems to get any 506 00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:17,119 Speaker 1: respect from the national media. He never seems to be 507 00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:19,320 Speaker 1: listening among the top coaches. But between the Super Bowl 508 00:27:19,359 --> 00:27:21,639 Speaker 1: run with the backup quarterback and last year's division title, 509 00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:24,080 Speaker 1: I don't know of many better coaching jobs over the 510 00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:26,440 Speaker 1: last five years. My theory is that he's not nearly 511 00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:28,760 Speaker 1: as cool as Shannan and McVeigh and isn't established as 512 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:32,639 Speaker 1: reader Belichick, huge fan of the show. Thanks. I was 513 00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:35,399 Speaker 1: talking to Guy Habrman, my my co host and my 514 00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:37,960 Speaker 1: other podcast, harm Middle Coffee. You subscribed to that podcast 515 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:41,920 Speaker 1: as well, and it because Coward did his top ten 516 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:44,680 Speaker 1: coaches that he'd want to start a franchise with, and 517 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:49,200 Speaker 1: I think Doug was three, but Kyle was one Doug 518 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:52,119 Speaker 1: And listen, I've known Doug for like a decade and 519 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:54,720 Speaker 1: Dougs just one of the more normal, easy going guys. 520 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:57,359 Speaker 1: The irony is like, so is Kyle Shanahan, so's Andy Reid. 521 00:27:57,640 --> 00:28:00,680 Speaker 1: They're just more famous, which is crazy. Doug won a 522 00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:03,000 Speaker 1: Super Bowl with the Eagles, who would never won a 523 00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:05,600 Speaker 1: Super Bowl, and we don't talk about him consistently like 524 00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:07,800 Speaker 1: a top five coach. Here's what I know about Doug Peterson. 525 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:10,720 Speaker 1: He's a big time coach. He's made a three straight 526 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:13,720 Speaker 1: playoffs He's had injuries all over the place and he 527 00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:17,399 Speaker 1: keeps winning. He is a great play caller, his feel 528 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:20,200 Speaker 1: for a game. That to me is where he doesn't 529 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:23,520 Speaker 1: get enough respect. If Andy, Sean Payton and Kyle Shanahana 530 00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:26,360 Speaker 1: are three best play callers, like we act like Sean McVeigh, 531 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:29,560 Speaker 1: Doug Peterson's a better play caller Sean McVeigh. I feel 532 00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:32,000 Speaker 1: very confident about that, and that's saying something because Sean 533 00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:35,840 Speaker 1: is pretty good. Doug Peterson is better. And I don't 534 00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:39,400 Speaker 1: know is it he's got gray hair, He's just he does. 535 00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:41,840 Speaker 1: He's got a big self promoter. I don't I don't 536 00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:44,480 Speaker 1: get it. I'm a big Doug Peterson fan. He's a 537 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:48,560 Speaker 1: great guy. He's an excellent coach. He's a super Bowl champion. 538 00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:51,920 Speaker 1: When his m v P quarterback tore his a c 539 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:55,400 Speaker 1: L like part of the reason we talked about Bill Parcels, 540 00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:57,040 Speaker 1: like you know, the second super Boy, he one with 541 00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:59,560 Speaker 1: the backup quarterback. You get a lot of credit for that. 542 00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:02,280 Speaker 1: You know, Belichick still gets credit for winning eleven games 543 00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:04,320 Speaker 1: in matt Castle. They didn't even make the playoffs. This 544 00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:07,520 Speaker 1: guy win the super Bowl is backup quarterback called the 545 00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:11,600 Speaker 1: Philly special against Belichick on the goal line. I'm with you. 546 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:14,520 Speaker 1: I don't get it. Sometimes you just there's always a 547 00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:17,200 Speaker 1: guy in a player in the league, a coach in 548 00:29:17,240 --> 00:29:20,000 Speaker 1: the league that for whatever reason, flies under the radar. 549 00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:22,960 Speaker 1: Right There are just certain coaches that immediately get a 550 00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:24,840 Speaker 1: lot of pub and I think McVeigh and Kyler that way. 551 00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:27,000 Speaker 1: Maybe it's because they're younger. Maybe, like you said, the 552 00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:31,360 Speaker 1: quote unquote cool factor. This guy wins in Philly. He 553 00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:37,120 Speaker 1: winning in Jacksonville or you know, Seattle, Philadelphia. They threw 554 00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:40,480 Speaker 1: snowballs in Santa claus And I mean, I'm kidding. I 555 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:43,080 Speaker 1: don't even care about that. But it's just an intense place. 556 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:46,440 Speaker 1: They take their their Eagles very, very seriously. It's like 557 00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:49,200 Speaker 1: winning at Alabama or l s U. It's the number 558 00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:52,160 Speaker 1: one team in town. It's a big freaking deal. And 559 00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:54,360 Speaker 1: all the dude does is win, and he does it 560 00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:58,480 Speaker 1: pretty seamlessly, and he handles the press, he scores touchdowns 561 00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:01,800 Speaker 1: with practice squad. Guy us, I don't get it. I 562 00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:04,280 Speaker 1: don't necessarily have an answer. I think it's part of 563 00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:07,200 Speaker 1: your dude played in the league for like fifteen years 564 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:11,080 Speaker 1: as a backup quarterback. I don't know, maybe it's just 565 00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:16,120 Speaker 1: the the the amount of young offensive coaches in the league. 566 00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:19,360 Speaker 1: It feels like Matt la Flour one year NFC Championship, 567 00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:21,640 Speaker 1: we talked about la Fleur more more than Doug Peterson. 568 00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:24,760 Speaker 1: I think he kind of likes it like that. Um 569 00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:27,720 Speaker 1: at the end of the day, whether someone's talking about 570 00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:29,920 Speaker 1: your coach or not talking about your coach, if he's winning, 571 00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:32,600 Speaker 1: who cares. I mean, that's the way I would describe it. 572 00:30:32,600 --> 00:30:34,480 Speaker 1: It's like, you got Doug Peterson, he's one of the 573 00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:37,720 Speaker 1: best coaches in the league, and you win. A little 574 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:41,960 Speaker 1: shorter podcast, but you know, still holiday, you know holiday. 575 00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:43,600 Speaker 1: It feels like it's still holding on to the fourth 576 00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:48,080 Speaker 1: of July holiday, but you know, prime summer weekend, prime 577 00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:51,360 Speaker 1: summer weekend in July. Appreciate everyone listening, have a great weekend, 578 00:30:51,400 --> 00:31:07,680 Speaker 1: subscribe to the pod, and uh stay safe. Godspeeds to 579 00:31:01,320 --> 00:31:01,360 Speaker 1: g