1 00:00:01,320 --> 00:00:17,480 Speaker 1: The volume. What is going on everybody? How are we doing? 2 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:21,160 Speaker 1: John Middlecoff three Now Podcast. I was on the fence 3 00:00:21,239 --> 00:00:22,639 Speaker 1: when I woke up today. I'm like, am I gonna 4 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:25,079 Speaker 1: record anything today? Nothing really going on? And then I 5 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:27,840 Speaker 1: watched Final Four. I was like, you know what, I'll 6 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 1: do a little mail bag touch on the Final four 7 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:32,839 Speaker 1: and just college sports in general, bang out some of 8 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:36,200 Speaker 1: your questions. So at John Middlecoff, is the Instagram firing 9 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:39,440 Speaker 1: those dms like it's open real estate? Baby? 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You know, before we dive into the 49 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 1: mailback questions, the final four set in it is four 50 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 1: number one seats. And I was thinking today when I 51 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:43,240 Speaker 1: was just sitting in the sauna getting a good soak, 52 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 1: getting all the toxins out of my body, that you know, 53 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:48,360 Speaker 1: if you think about the college football final four was 54 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:52,359 Speaker 1: Texas VRSUS, Ohio State and Penn State against Notre Dame. 55 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:56,840 Speaker 1: And listen, I got my start in this business, not 56 00:02:56,919 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 1: technically this business, but in the sports world at Fresno State, 57 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 1: a small school, a little underdog. We will play anybody, anytime, anywhere, 58 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:11,240 Speaker 1: and a school that first had aspirations of making it 59 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 1: to a BCS game, and ultimately Boise State was able 60 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 1: to do it. And people have followed since. You know, 61 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:22,079 Speaker 1: other small school programs have I would say, made huge 62 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 1: impacts over the last fifteen ten years. Basketball. Obviously, we 63 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:31,240 Speaker 1: have had a ton of Cinderella's make runs into the 64 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:33,320 Speaker 1: Elite eight, and I would say, over the course of 65 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 1: my adult life, the last twenty years, a Ton making 66 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 1: to the final four. I mean San Diego State made 67 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:42,120 Speaker 1: a run VCU. I mean it's Butler with Brad Stevens. 68 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 1: Those days are over and like people are going to 69 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:49,640 Speaker 1: complain about it, and we talked about it. I think 70 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:54,320 Speaker 1: earlier last week about the transfer portal, I think ice 71 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 1: Cube had a line called big Bank Take little Bank 72 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 1: that there's always been a huge advantage for Duke basketball, 73 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 1: Kentucky basketball, Alabama football, Michigan, Ohio State football, like they've 74 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 1: always had the advantage over VCU or Butler or Boise 75 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 1: Stated football, or San Diego State at Fresno State. The 76 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:18,000 Speaker 1: only thing that's changed is now they don't even need 77 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:20,719 Speaker 1: to hide the ability to brown bag the players because 78 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 1: they give him a ten ninety nine which has several 79 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 1: zeros on it, and they can take your player whenever 80 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:31,640 Speaker 1: they want. So listen, I'm not against the little guy. 81 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:34,440 Speaker 1: I went to small schools like I went to Cal Pauly. 82 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 1: I didn't go to USC or Oregon. But when I 83 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 1: sit on my couch, even when I was at Cal Pauly. 84 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:45,039 Speaker 1: We watched Texas against USC Like I've always said, I 85 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 1: watched Pro Sports to watch Tiger Woods, Tom Brady, Steph Curry, 86 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:53,360 Speaker 1: Like I'm not watching it to watch the overachieving, random 87 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:56,080 Speaker 1: guy fun story every once in a while. But we 88 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:59,359 Speaker 1: turn it on for Patrick Mahomes and the Watt brothers 89 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:02,800 Speaker 1: and the Manning brothers like that. That's why we tune in. 90 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 1: And let's face it, college basketball and college football has 91 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 1: kind of always been like that as well. The reason 92 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:12,920 Speaker 1: the SEC is so dominant now was because of fifteen 93 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 1: years of Nick Saban. A rising tide lifts all boats, 94 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 1: created such a demand for the other programs to keep up. Economically, 95 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:24,480 Speaker 1: the interest in the sport got so big, and the 96 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:27,160 Speaker 1: money they get from television is bigger than all the 97 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:29,919 Speaker 1: other conferences, so they have more money to pay the 98 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:32,440 Speaker 1: other coaches. And once you start paying the other coaches, 99 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:35,480 Speaker 1: the expectations is to win. And now with nil it 100 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:39,520 Speaker 1: has expanded and I think that we just need to 101 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 1: get used to. Obviously, in the NCAA tournament, there are 102 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:46,120 Speaker 1: gonna be some random upsets. It's a one game scenario, 103 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:48,440 Speaker 1: so it's not like for the next ten years. Get 104 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:50,200 Speaker 1: ready for like ninety percent of the time, it's going 105 00:05:50,279 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 1: to be four number one seats, or it's just going 106 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:56,200 Speaker 1: to be Texas, Ohio State and Notre Dame every single year. 107 00:05:57,400 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 1: That's not going to be the case, but it's gonna 108 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 1: happen way more often than not. So if you're a 109 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 1: fan of the little guy, if you went to one 110 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 1: of those smaller schools, I hate to break it to you, 111 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:13,640 Speaker 1: you're fucked. It's even the slim, slim hope you ever had. 112 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 1: And I remember when I was when I was at 113 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 1: Fresno State, we were in the whack and we're like, God, if. 114 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:22,159 Speaker 2: Boys could get just get their shot, give Boise their shot, 115 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 2: and then they would get in some of the BCS 116 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:26,040 Speaker 2: games and they would like put them against TCU, who 117 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 2: at the time was also not in the Big twelve, right, 118 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:31,560 Speaker 2: so like they were some power program. 119 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:33,360 Speaker 1: It's like, why don't these schools ever get the shot 120 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:36,400 Speaker 1: because they don't want them to get the shot. They 121 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:39,920 Speaker 1: want a monopoly on the money. And now they got 122 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:45,400 Speaker 1: a monopoly on the players because the the Ashton Genty 123 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:48,279 Speaker 1: situation where he could have transferred. We don't know the 124 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:50,520 Speaker 1: exact schools. I bet people in the NFL have been 125 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:53,640 Speaker 1: told when they've interviewed them. You know, the schools that 126 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:57,080 Speaker 1: were offering you seven figures and he just took three 127 00:06:57,160 --> 00:07:00,560 Speaker 1: hundred thousand dollars to stay at Boise. Like that is 128 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 1: that's going to be an outlier. Example. Steph Curry's breakout 129 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:08,680 Speaker 1: to the country happened when he was a sophomore in college. 130 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 1: He came back and played in another year at Davidson. 131 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 1: That player, obviously he was unique. His dad was an 132 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:17,360 Speaker 1: NBA player. But I'm just saying, the next Steph Curry, 133 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:20,680 Speaker 1: the next job Morant, the next smaller school guy is 134 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:24,440 Speaker 1: going to transfer, and that school is just kind of 135 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 1: screwed and they just become like a minor league feeder system. 136 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 1: I saw it when I lived in the Bay Area 137 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:33,280 Speaker 1: with the Oakland A's, who are now the Sacramento A's, 138 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:35,920 Speaker 1: who actually I think might be pretty good. They didn't 139 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:39,440 Speaker 1: spend any money, but they could pick out talent better 140 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 1: than any team probably in the league. And Billy Bean 141 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:46,360 Speaker 1: has had like maybe not six, but like four or 142 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:49,920 Speaker 1: five iterations of playoff teams with different core groups of 143 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 1: players over like twenty years, because every three or four 144 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:55,600 Speaker 1: years he has to sell because those guys are getting 145 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:58,200 Speaker 1: close to getting paid and he has to restart the cycle. 146 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:02,080 Speaker 1: But like they just acted as the feeder system for 147 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:04,480 Speaker 1: the Yankees, for the Red Sox, for the Cardinals, for 148 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:07,520 Speaker 1: the A's and for the Giants. It doesn't mean all 149 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 1: those players always worked out when they left, but for 150 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:15,440 Speaker 1: the most part, like those teams circled the drain when 151 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:18,640 Speaker 1: they realize like it's over for this group of guys, 152 00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 1: and then they would have to sell. And that's kind 153 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 1: of what the smaller basketball programs are. That's definitely what 154 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:27,560 Speaker 1: these smaller football programs are. But it's not even just 155 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:30,480 Speaker 1: the San Diego States and Boise States or VCUS and Butler's. 156 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:34,800 Speaker 1: It's like the second and third tier programs in their 157 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:38,840 Speaker 1: own conference. Like if you're Alabama or LSU or Georgia 158 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:42,800 Speaker 1: and you play Mississippi State and you go, god, they 159 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:47,760 Speaker 1: got Darius Slay or Fletcher Cocks and it's pretty clear 160 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:50,599 Speaker 1: like their second year, like this guy's it's gonna be 161 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:52,679 Speaker 1: like a top fifty draft pick. This guy could be 162 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:57,920 Speaker 1: a first rounder the latest day two you're recruiting them, 163 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:00,720 Speaker 1: and right now there aren't really rules, and even when 164 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:04,440 Speaker 1: those rules get instituted, like who's actually instituting the rules 165 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 1: the NCAA, does anyone respect them anymore? Is anyone listening 166 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:14,520 Speaker 1: to them? And I just think this situation really really 167 00:09:14,559 --> 00:09:18,440 Speaker 1: benefits the big dogs and the Obviously, if you have 168 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:20,800 Speaker 1: a high level coach means you're paying him a lot 169 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:23,600 Speaker 1: of money and a big collective, you're gonna have massive 170 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:26,400 Speaker 1: advantages you've had him, and it's only going to grow 171 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:29,760 Speaker 1: and grow moving forward. And even when they set a 172 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:33,720 Speaker 1: salary cap based on the television revenue, this is not 173 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 1: the pros where it's like Andy Reid and Clark Hunt 174 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:43,120 Speaker 1: don't need to worry about like who Patrick Mahomes is 175 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:46,400 Speaker 1: in business with off the field, right, He's just his agent. 176 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:49,440 Speaker 1: His marketing team will all State Oakley Like they'll just 177 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:53,560 Speaker 1: handle all that. In college, Like the huge advantage is 178 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:56,960 Speaker 1: going to be for Ohio State, Georgia, Texas, Like we'll 179 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:59,920 Speaker 1: give you, you know, whatever your salary cap number is. 180 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:02,960 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna pick a random like we really want 181 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:05,400 Speaker 1: you to play for Texas. Here's four hundred and fifty 182 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:09,320 Speaker 1: thousand dollars, and we also can get double that number 183 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:12,719 Speaker 1: by getting you these three deals. And they're going to 184 00:10:12,760 --> 00:10:15,120 Speaker 1: try to like I think separate church and state where 185 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:16,839 Speaker 1: it's like the programs no longer have to do with 186 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:20,040 Speaker 1: nil bullshit, that that's gonna be a huge advantage for 187 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:25,680 Speaker 1: the big boys. So listen, uh it just it is 188 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:28,800 Speaker 1: what it is, and money always creeps in. We live 189 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:32,960 Speaker 1: in America, and they've people have been clamoring for this. 190 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:34,960 Speaker 1: You know, the media has led this charge for a 191 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:39,200 Speaker 1: long time and wherever it started to go where listen, 192 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:42,160 Speaker 1: these guys deserve to be paid. It was always going 193 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:45,040 Speaker 1: to benefit the big dogs in the big conferences, in 194 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:48,560 Speaker 1: the big schools, and it's pretty evident that like that's 195 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:50,720 Speaker 1: going to be the case. I think it was four ones, 196 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 1: three twos, and a three in the elite eight. I mean, 197 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:58,240 Speaker 1: look at who was in the college football playoffs. It's 198 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:02,280 Speaker 1: gonna be the same group of we take twelve teams. 199 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:07,160 Speaker 1: They basically automatically take a Boise State program so they 200 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:10,960 Speaker 1: don't get sued. So there's basically eleven other slots. I 201 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:14,200 Speaker 1: would say it's gonna be the same eighteen to twenty 202 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:16,800 Speaker 1: teams for those eleven spots for the next five or 203 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:22,319 Speaker 1: six years. Occasionally we'll have a random Indiana. But Indiana 204 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:25,320 Speaker 1: didn't come from like some rant. It came from. I 205 00:11:25,320 --> 00:11:27,840 Speaker 1: think most people will agree the second best football conference, 206 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:30,439 Speaker 1: and you could argue this year was the best football conference. 207 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:35,559 Speaker 1: But yeah, I feel for the little guy because they're done. 208 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:38,679 Speaker 1: So okay, let's do some mail bad questions for the pod. 209 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:42,120 Speaker 1: Listen to you, and it seems real hypocritical to say 210 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:46,280 Speaker 1: the Patriots and Drake May are overhyped. Vrabel was dragging 211 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:49,280 Speaker 1: the Titans and Ryan Tannehill to a one seed. He's 212 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:52,280 Speaker 1: a good coach and his system works. Drake May's rookie 213 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:56,320 Speaker 1: season stats are better than Josh Allen's rookie numbers, and 214 00:11:56,360 --> 00:12:00,160 Speaker 1: the team record is pretty comparable. Dick's contract is tenty 215 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:04,000 Speaker 1: six million dollars guaranteed is minimal, especially for someone you 216 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 1: hope is your wide receiver too. I think it's bs 217 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:09,800 Speaker 1: to say very many people are talking about them as 218 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:13,280 Speaker 1: a playoff team, but all the elements of the Chargers 219 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:16,120 Speaker 1: to the five seed are present. If the Patriots draft well, 220 00:12:16,679 --> 00:12:19,280 Speaker 1: most people at best are thinking eight to nine wins 221 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:22,800 Speaker 1: their ceiling this year, if I remember correct. I was 222 00:12:22,840 --> 00:12:25,760 Speaker 1: asked that question by someone telling me that they thought 223 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:29,040 Speaker 1: they were overhyped, and my take was, I am pro 224 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:31,240 Speaker 1: Vrabel and I'm with you. He's got a lot of 225 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:36,280 Speaker 1: hardball parallels. But comparing Drake May going into his second 226 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:38,319 Speaker 1: year to like Josh Allen, I mean, Josh Allen's is 227 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:40,600 Speaker 1: the league MP and one of the best players, not 228 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:42,120 Speaker 1: just in the league, but one of the most talented 229 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:46,120 Speaker 1: players we've ever seen. And I mean has dominated the 230 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:48,640 Speaker 1: division since Brady left and it hasn't even been close. 231 00:12:48,679 --> 00:12:50,840 Speaker 1: I mean last year, what did they get a hat 232 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:53,120 Speaker 1: and teacher game like December first, Like it's not even 233 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:54,920 Speaker 1: it's not even a fair fight. They have become what 234 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:57,720 Speaker 1: the Patriots were for twenty years in the AFC East. 235 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:02,440 Speaker 1: It's there is no competition. But you compared him to 236 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:09,600 Speaker 1: Harbaugh and Drake May, I think or Harbaugh and Justin Herbert. 237 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:13,320 Speaker 1: Justin Herbert as a rookie and again he had I'm 238 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:16,079 Speaker 1: not comparing the cast of characters they each played with, 239 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:18,320 Speaker 1: but I'm pretty sure, like she said, a rookie record, 240 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:21,480 Speaker 1: I think he threw over thirty touchdowns, Drake May last 241 00:13:21,559 --> 00:13:25,160 Speaker 1: year was like fifteen and ten. I'm not anti Drake May. 242 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:28,040 Speaker 1: I'm a huge fan. He's the type guy that I 243 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:30,720 Speaker 1: love drafting in the top five in the draft. Swing 244 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:34,080 Speaker 1: for the fences, but there's no guarantee he's gonna be 245 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:39,800 Speaker 1: Josh Allen even Justin Herbert is widely considered by people 246 00:13:39,880 --> 00:13:46,320 Speaker 1: in the NFL as a lock top five quarterback, so like, 247 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:50,000 Speaker 1: and he was viewed that way pretty quickly. Drake may 248 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:54,480 Speaker 1: a lot like Caleb. There's just a lot of I 249 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:59,440 Speaker 1: would say, hope rightfully, so big arm, a lot of talent. 250 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:02,720 Speaker 1: Obviously Rake's bigger than Caleb, but that's what it is. 251 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:05,920 Speaker 1: It's hope. You actually gotta do it. Ryan Tannehill had 252 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:11,400 Speaker 1: been a long time starter in Miami before uh Vrabel 253 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:15,319 Speaker 1: resurrected his career, so there was a lot of experience. 254 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:17,520 Speaker 1: And I'm pretty sure hadn't Tanny Hill, I think he 255 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:21,160 Speaker 1: made the playoffs one year, might have tour his ACL 256 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:23,400 Speaker 1: that year, and then I think Matt Moore ended up 257 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:27,200 Speaker 1: starting in the playoffs. But I think some of your comparisons, 258 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:32,200 Speaker 1: Rabel's a stut Stefan Diggs. Like, I'm sorry, the Stefan 259 00:14:32,240 --> 00:14:34,640 Speaker 1: Diggs thing is kind of crazy. He has a torn 260 00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:40,600 Speaker 1: ACL like he tore his ACL. Now, I don't blame 261 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:42,360 Speaker 1: the Patriots are desperate. They got to give their money 262 00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:44,920 Speaker 1: to somebody. Crafts have been so cheap they got to 263 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:49,840 Speaker 1: meet the salary floor. But I don't know, man, I'm 264 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:54,000 Speaker 1: not acting like they're gonna suck either, but the five seed, 265 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:57,840 Speaker 1: I think that's kind of crazy. Are the Yankees already 266 00:14:57,880 --> 00:15:02,400 Speaker 1: cheating thirty two runs in two games? Moneyball? Nah? Money bats? 267 00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:06,640 Speaker 1: I love the torpedo bat. This is just what baseball needs, 268 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:11,200 Speaker 1: you know, people, it's funny. And now ESPN dropped Baseball. 269 00:15:11,360 --> 00:15:16,200 Speaker 1: Manfred and and ESPN were going back and forth. They've 270 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:18,440 Speaker 1: talked a lot of shit back and forth, and everyone 271 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:22,160 Speaker 1: acts like baseball is just some irrelevant sport. Yet you know, 272 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:26,640 Speaker 1: the NBA Finals haven't sniffed what the World Series did 273 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:29,840 Speaker 1: last year in a long long time. I actually think 274 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:34,120 Speaker 1: baseball is more popular than the perception of it now. 275 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:37,880 Speaker 1: This is coming from a guy who doesn't watch much 276 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:41,960 Speaker 1: baseball anymore until the playoffs, but I do think the 277 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:46,240 Speaker 1: way it's discussed is different than its reality. And the 278 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:50,640 Speaker 1: Yankees and the Dodgers are a really big deal, you know, 279 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:53,760 Speaker 1: And I mean a really big deal. And if Aaron 280 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:55,760 Speaker 1: Judge got to use the torpedo bat to hit eighty 281 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:58,760 Speaker 1: home runs, I'm an Aaron Judge guy Fresno, State from 282 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:03,200 Speaker 1: from the Valley Cali. So I'm rooting for these Yankees 283 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:05,400 Speaker 1: to just bomb it away with these torpedo bats. I 284 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:10,080 Speaker 1: think I saw a headline that Brewers manager said nothing 285 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:13,760 Speaker 1: will happen to them because it's the Yankees type story 286 00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:17,800 Speaker 1: baseball needs, really and also being the Yankees is important. 287 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:20,680 Speaker 1: The only two teams that would like if it was 288 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:24,760 Speaker 1: just like the the White Sox using the torpedoes or 289 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:28,080 Speaker 1: the uh I don't know, just some random team like 290 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:31,560 Speaker 1: the Diamondbacks or the Rockies. I just don't think anyone 291 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:34,880 Speaker 1: would care. But it's the Yankees and it's Aaron Judge 292 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:37,960 Speaker 1: hitting just bombs. I think he hit a home run 293 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:40,200 Speaker 1: this morning. I saw when I was laying on the 294 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:43,320 Speaker 1: couch watching a little television when I got up drinking 295 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:45,680 Speaker 1: my coffee. You know, they played early in the morning, 296 00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:50,520 Speaker 1: and I think it's his fourth home run. He's on 297 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:53,600 Speaker 1: pace for a lot. Hey, John, I'd like to hear 298 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:57,520 Speaker 1: your perspective on your experience. Have you attended the NFL Draft. 299 00:16:57,680 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 1: If so, what was it like. What are some must 300 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:04,439 Speaker 1: do experiences for a first time attendee. Any tips for 301 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:08,520 Speaker 1: getting the best fan experience. I've attended it one time, 302 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:12,600 Speaker 1: and that was my first year. In Philly, but it 303 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:16,199 Speaker 1: was at Radio City Music Hall, So you know, I 304 00:17:16,200 --> 00:17:18,679 Speaker 1: don't even think they have this anymore, but remember at 305 00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:20,840 Speaker 1: Radio City for those of you old enough, I mean, 306 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:23,000 Speaker 1: it's been a traveling circus. Now. I don't know, it 307 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:25,359 Speaker 1: feels like a decade, maybe a little less eight years. 308 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:29,280 Speaker 1: Every team had those tables with the helmet and then 309 00:17:29,320 --> 00:17:30,760 Speaker 1: you would write on the card and hand it to 310 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:33,840 Speaker 1: the guy. So it's like, you know, you draft, Hey, 311 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:36,920 Speaker 1: I'm drafting Shador Sanders and you write the name and 312 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:40,080 Speaker 1: then you'd write New York Giants and the New York 313 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:42,240 Speaker 1: Giants team would hand it to the guy in the NFL. 314 00:17:42,280 --> 00:17:44,200 Speaker 1: I got to do that my first year. It was 315 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:47,480 Speaker 1: pretty cool, and it was it was an elite draft. 316 00:17:48,119 --> 00:17:51,960 Speaker 1: It was Cam Newton's draft, JJ Watt, Julio AJ Green, 317 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:56,720 Speaker 1: Alden Smith, Tyron Smith. I mean it was I remember 318 00:17:56,760 --> 00:17:59,680 Speaker 1: taking a leak and I had to go behind because 319 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:01,679 Speaker 1: the bathroom you had to go to the front or 320 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:03,399 Speaker 1: kind of go to behind where the green room was. 321 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:05,720 Speaker 1: So I was in the green room. I remember I 322 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:09,040 Speaker 1: saw Cam walking around. I'm like, holy shit, this guy's huge, 323 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:12,080 Speaker 1: and I think I peed next to it was either 324 00:18:12,080 --> 00:18:15,000 Speaker 1: AJ or Julio a long time ago, but that is 325 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:17,960 Speaker 1: not the experience of what you guys do now, so 326 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:23,240 Speaker 1: I can't give advice on what these are like. I 327 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:26,560 Speaker 1: don't know. Does feel kind of like a zoo with 328 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:32,720 Speaker 1: everything going on? Though? For the mailbag, huge fan of 329 00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:35,840 Speaker 1: the program. A couple questions for you, big Lions fan, 330 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:39,280 Speaker 1: diehard Lions fan. Is Jared got the guy that will 331 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:42,240 Speaker 1: get it done? Do we go all in this year, 332 00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:46,399 Speaker 1: as in we get a big trade somewhere. It's just 333 00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:48,639 Speaker 1: hard when we have so many contracts gonna be up 334 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:53,760 Speaker 1: so soon. Hutchinson, Jmo Gibbs. I don't know if Jamo's 335 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:56,680 Speaker 1: getting paid or do we keep drafting like we do. 336 00:18:58,280 --> 00:19:01,760 Speaker 1: That's a good question. I think, you know, if Aiden Hudson, 337 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:05,239 Speaker 1: which I was watching, you know, I'm a sicko. I 338 00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:11,480 Speaker 1: watched probably an hour on YouTube the NFLPA golf tournament 339 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:15,199 Speaker 1: and the Lions had a team and Aiden Hudginson was 340 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:17,120 Speaker 1: there and I was like, God, he looks pretty good. 341 00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:19,600 Speaker 1: Like it's you know, the legue. I don't think they 342 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:21,520 Speaker 1: were lying when they said if they made the Super 343 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:23,840 Speaker 1: Bowl he could have played. I guess it was just 344 00:19:23,880 --> 00:19:27,440 Speaker 1: a shattered leg. You had Sauce Gardner using the long putter. 345 00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:30,520 Speaker 1: I mean, you talk about that guy's a junkie. I was. 346 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:35,240 Speaker 1: I was enthralled by the NFLPA golf tournament at at 347 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:39,520 Speaker 1: it was in Mexico. No brain er trip. If you're 348 00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:41,280 Speaker 1: in the league and you play golf, Wait, you just 349 00:19:41,320 --> 00:19:44,679 Speaker 1: get a free trip by the PA to Mexico. I 350 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:46,800 Speaker 1: play golf a couple of days. I bring my girlfriend 351 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:49,600 Speaker 1: or wife. Uh, it was it was a mix of you. 352 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:52,880 Speaker 1: I mean, Felan was there. Felan was actually on Minnesota's 353 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:57,280 Speaker 1: team with like Harrison Smith, Harrison Phillips, and Hockinson. They 354 00:19:57,280 --> 00:20:03,440 Speaker 1: actually had a pretty good little squad. But the Lions. 355 00:20:03,560 --> 00:20:05,320 Speaker 1: I don't know why I got off on that tangent, 356 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:08,160 Speaker 1: but oh yeah, you guys had a squad as well. 357 00:20:08,280 --> 00:20:13,480 Speaker 1: Hudginson was playing. To me, the trade always was gonna 358 00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:16,560 Speaker 1: be like could you get Miles Garrett, could you get 359 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:21,040 Speaker 1: Max Crosby? Like it was worth doing something like that. 360 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:23,439 Speaker 1: That guy doesn't exist. You're not gonna do it, and 361 00:20:23,480 --> 00:20:27,040 Speaker 1: you just keep drafting. But it does get difficult to draft. 362 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:30,760 Speaker 1: When you draft in the late twenties every year, you know, 363 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:34,679 Speaker 1: it's much easier to get aiden Hutchinson. When you're drafted 364 00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:38,560 Speaker 1: in the top ten, top five two, it's much easier 365 00:20:38,560 --> 00:20:42,199 Speaker 1: to draft. When you can trade from six to twelve 366 00:20:42,720 --> 00:20:46,680 Speaker 1: and get Jamier, Gibbs and Laporta, it does get more difficult. 367 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:49,720 Speaker 1: You know. Listen, everyone shitted on Belichick, but when you 368 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:54,359 Speaker 1: start rattling off Super Bowls, it's hard to draft. It's like, 369 00:20:54,359 --> 00:20:57,119 Speaker 1: why can't Andy Reid find a tackle? I don't know, 370 00:20:57,160 --> 00:21:00,520 Speaker 1: he drafts thirty one or thirty two every year. You 371 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:03,320 Speaker 1: try to find Trent Williams a pick thirty one, godspeed. 372 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:07,959 Speaker 1: I mean, it's like, what's he supposed to do? So 373 00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:18,520 Speaker 1: I'd be very, very intrigued by trade. The finals from 374 00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:21,520 Speaker 1: Marchbania are here, and the only thing for sure is 375 00:21:22,119 --> 00:21:24,840 Speaker 1: it's the last time you can bet on college basketball 376 00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:28,880 Speaker 1: this season. 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Four Additional terms 395 00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:34,000 Speaker 3: and responsible gaming resources see DKNG dot co. Slash audio. 396 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:43,720 Speaker 1: Heard you on a recent podcast answering a mailback question 397 00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:48,439 Speaker 1: regarding career mentioning going door to door sometimes, and that 398 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:51,800 Speaker 1: got me thinking, I'm currently a thirty two year old 399 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:56,159 Speaker 1: and I live in South Florida, Fort Lauderdale, sneaky great place. 400 00:22:57,600 --> 00:23:00,600 Speaker 1: After finally having a wake up call in real I 401 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:02,840 Speaker 1: need to figure out what I want out of life. 402 00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:06,000 Speaker 1: I'm currently trying to decide my next step. I'm in 403 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:09,240 Speaker 1: a job I don't like at all and was denied 404 00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:14,119 Speaker 1: a promotion. Fuckers, But my experience beside a bachelor's in 405 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:18,520 Speaker 1: business management is just dead end customer service jobs. I 406 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:21,919 Speaker 1: currently have all the willpower and motivation to attack something 407 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:25,280 Speaker 1: head on and start making some money, but I'm just 408 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:29,760 Speaker 1: having trouble figuring out what I have bills to pay 409 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:32,879 Speaker 1: and my current job doesn't pay enough, so I'm trying 410 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:35,480 Speaker 1: to find a second job or a full time job 411 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:41,239 Speaker 1: that pays more. Any advice, well, I can't relate to. Like. 412 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:43,679 Speaker 1: The only thing I've ever done is what I wanted 413 00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:46,440 Speaker 1: to do, and that was from the jump. You know. 414 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:48,480 Speaker 1: I kind of figured out in college, like I can't 415 00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:51,440 Speaker 1: just take random jobs. I'll hate them, I'll suck. I'm 416 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:53,840 Speaker 1: not smart enough to kind of fake it. I had 417 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:57,840 Speaker 1: to do. So I've never worked in something that I 418 00:23:57,880 --> 00:24:01,040 Speaker 1: didn't like. Now doesn't mean I liked it every day, 419 00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:02,879 Speaker 1: but I've always done things that I like, so I 420 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:06,480 Speaker 1: can't relate to that part. But I can relate to 421 00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:10,159 Speaker 1: the part of feeling lost. I mean, I've been fired 422 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:13,600 Speaker 1: and didn't have a job after the Eagles in twenty thirteen, 423 00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:16,600 Speaker 1: and I was twenty nine years old, and I just 424 00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:18,359 Speaker 1: did a new nose, like I'm probably not going to 425 00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:20,840 Speaker 1: get another NFL job. I'm not going to move. I 426 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:22,520 Speaker 1: didn't know that many people in the league. I'd only 427 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:25,760 Speaker 1: worked at one spot. It was like, what am I 428 00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:28,560 Speaker 1: going to do? And I just went to coffee shops 429 00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:29,880 Speaker 1: and kind of figured it out. I didn't have any 430 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:33,320 Speaker 1: money coming in, so I wasn't one of these fired coaches. 431 00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:35,960 Speaker 1: Like my contract ended and it was just over. And 432 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:38,639 Speaker 1: then it happened to me again in radio now. I 433 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:40,240 Speaker 1: had a little severance there, so I had a couple 434 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:42,240 Speaker 1: weeks or a couple months to figure it out. But 435 00:24:43,119 --> 00:24:44,960 Speaker 1: sometimes you just need to go to the drawing board 436 00:24:45,119 --> 00:24:49,000 Speaker 1: and for you, like if your job isn't even paying 437 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:52,520 Speaker 1: the bills and you fucking hate it, I mean, you're 438 00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:55,320 Speaker 1: thirty two. I take it you don't have kids or anything. 439 00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:59,439 Speaker 1: I would recommend just quitting now figuring out what you 440 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:02,840 Speaker 1: want to do, Like that's you got to figure that out. 441 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:06,760 Speaker 1: But I do think if you despise your job and 442 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:10,240 Speaker 1: it is not paying the bills, the amount of time 443 00:25:10,359 --> 00:25:12,320 Speaker 1: that you give into that job. Like, time's the most 444 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:15,240 Speaker 1: valuable asset we all have. So if you are giving 445 00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:17,800 Speaker 1: let's just say, let's say it's a forty hour work week, 446 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:21,440 Speaker 1: you're giving them forty hours that you could be allocating 447 00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:23,560 Speaker 1: to do other stuff. Try to figure out what you 448 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:26,520 Speaker 1: want to do, start getting in front of other people, 449 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:29,280 Speaker 1: emailing people, whatever. Just go all in for like a month, 450 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:32,800 Speaker 1: Like that's a lot of time you're giving up for 451 00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:35,840 Speaker 1: something that you're still in the red on. So my 452 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:40,600 Speaker 1: advice would be maybe over a month to keep doing 453 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:42,720 Speaker 1: the job and really kind of map out a plan 454 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:45,320 Speaker 1: of like some things and some career paths that you 455 00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:49,000 Speaker 1: would entertain doing or that might bring you some more joy. 456 00:25:49,119 --> 00:25:51,119 Speaker 1: I mean, there is a little like trial and error. 457 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:54,120 Speaker 1: Good thing is you're young, Like you're thirty two years 458 00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:56,880 Speaker 1: old now for Lauderdale, I'm pretty sure it's a pretty 459 00:25:56,880 --> 00:26:00,920 Speaker 1: expensive place to live. So obviously, you know, I'm sure, 460 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:02,840 Speaker 1: like you said, you want money, I think we all do. 461 00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:05,320 Speaker 1: I didn't start making any significant money until I was 462 00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:08,159 Speaker 1: thirty five years old. I mean I was basically a 463 00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:13,480 Speaker 1: month to month, paycheck to paycheck guy for well over 464 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:18,720 Speaker 1: a decade after graduating college. So It's not like it's 465 00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:23,439 Speaker 1: much more important from my perspective to find out what 466 00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:25,560 Speaker 1: you like doing, because when you find out what you 467 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:28,239 Speaker 1: like doing, you're more likely to be good at that 468 00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:32,879 Speaker 1: and spend more time and dedicate toward that. And with 469 00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:37,400 Speaker 1: that can't come money, not guaranteed, but it gives yourself 470 00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:42,720 Speaker 1: a better chance. Yeah, I would, at least for a 471 00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:45,560 Speaker 1: couple of weeks kind of map out a plan, might 472 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:49,320 Speaker 1: have to be after work, and then potentially just say 473 00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:51,840 Speaker 1: I'm out. I mean, why do you want to do 474 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:55,040 Speaker 1: something that you hate that you're going nowhere and it's 475 00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:58,440 Speaker 1: not paying you any money. So and I think part 476 00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:02,520 Speaker 1: of it and listen again, I've been fired twice. Contract 477 00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:05,240 Speaker 1: not renewed once, but other time definitely fired, escorted it 478 00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:08,320 Speaker 1: out of the building HR not because there was a scene, 479 00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:11,280 Speaker 1: It's just company protocol. It's the best thing that's ever 480 00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:16,760 Speaker 1: happened to me by far, because it puts the urgency. 481 00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:21,440 Speaker 1: Sometimes urgency is really healthy. I wouldn't trade those two 482 00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:26,000 Speaker 1: moments in my life for anything. Professionally, I've noticed a 483 00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:28,640 Speaker 1: lot of podcast channels such as Yours and No Laying 484 00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:32,359 Speaker 1: Up really push their YouTube channels and try to drive 485 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:36,360 Speaker 1: traffic I assume that's because YouTube offers different revenue streams 486 00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:39,400 Speaker 1: in addition to the podcast. But what is the difference 487 00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:43,440 Speaker 1: or the benefit of YouTube versus the podcast that has 488 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:49,600 Speaker 1: podcasts starting YouTube channels and pushing subscribers there. Well, there 489 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:52,840 Speaker 1: are a couple elements one YouTube. It's not like Apple 490 00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:58,960 Speaker 1: pays right to host the podcast YouTube. Whatever any content 491 00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:01,080 Speaker 1: you throw up, if you get people to watch, they 492 00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:05,480 Speaker 1: there's a revenue split there. They're also unlike podcasts. Most 493 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:07,800 Speaker 1: of you that I would imagine that listened to me 494 00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:12,800 Speaker 1: found me in some form of fashion through Colin Coward, Right, 495 00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:16,919 Speaker 1: maybe you found me through his distribution channel on his 496 00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:20,920 Speaker 1: Apple or Spotify. Maybe you've listened to me when I 497 00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:24,280 Speaker 1: go on with him. You know, however many thirty weeks 498 00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:28,280 Speaker 1: a year on Sundays, So you found me in that direction, 499 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:31,520 Speaker 1: which is a powerful thing, right, someone to be discovered. 500 00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:35,919 Speaker 1: I would say the hardest thing in the content world 501 00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:41,120 Speaker 1: of podcasting would be the ability to get seen by others. 502 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:43,640 Speaker 1: That there are I don't know the number, but I 503 00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:46,960 Speaker 1: would imagine a large or decent that there are people 504 00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:49,960 Speaker 1: out there, let's just say, who are excellent and entertaining 505 00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:53,840 Speaker 1: podcasts that I would love let's just use myself podcast 506 00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:56,680 Speaker 1: that I would one hundred percent listen to, maybe on sports, 507 00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:59,960 Speaker 1: maybe on finance, maybe on whatever. If you just say, hey, 508 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:02,840 Speaker 1: listen to this, I'll be like, holy shit, this is great. 509 00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:06,080 Speaker 1: But I'll never find them because how are they ever 510 00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:09,600 Speaker 1: going to get in front of me as a consumer? Well, YouTube, 511 00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:15,240 Speaker 1: like originally Twitter, Instagram, there used to be this organic reach. 512 00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:18,960 Speaker 1: I think TikTok definitely has that more now than those two, 513 00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:22,480 Speaker 1: and it's hard to get in front of other people. 514 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:26,160 Speaker 1: Or YouTube has the algorithm and the ability to be 515 00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:28,800 Speaker 1: seen by a lot of people. So it's like if 516 00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:33,720 Speaker 1: I do a Sunday night podcast on Lions Vikings and 517 00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:37,600 Speaker 1: it's a huge show for the podcast. Let's say you 518 00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:41,680 Speaker 1: know one hundred thousand people listen, Well, if another fifty 519 00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:47,400 Speaker 1: thousand people watch on YouTube, it's kind of important, so 520 00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:50,160 Speaker 1: you were getting fifty percent higher audience. Let's pick a 521 00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:52,560 Speaker 1: smaller number. Let's say you have a thousand people listening 522 00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:56,240 Speaker 1: to your podcast and then you know, you put it 523 00:29:56,280 --> 00:29:59,320 Speaker 1: on YouTube and five thousand people see, so you just 524 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:03,520 Speaker 1: five x the eyeballs and then it's all interconnected. YouTube 525 00:30:03,560 --> 00:30:06,880 Speaker 1: is extremely important to the landscape because that's where the 526 00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:10,239 Speaker 1: consumer is. I can speak for myself. I consume a 527 00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:13,560 Speaker 1: ton of YouTube. I told someone the other day, I'm like, 528 00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:15,440 Speaker 1: you know what, I don't really go on Twitter as 529 00:30:15,560 --> 00:30:18,680 Speaker 1: much anymore. I do work stuff on it sometimes during 530 00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:21,280 Speaker 1: the day when I'm looking for topics, but like my 531 00:30:21,480 --> 00:30:25,960 Speaker 1: days of just scrolling I don't want to say are over, 532 00:30:26,160 --> 00:30:29,160 Speaker 1: but like I don't have it on my phone. I 533 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:33,080 Speaker 1: have been on maybe for the last three days since Friday, 534 00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:37,200 Speaker 1: maybe twice. Like, I just don't go on it very much, 535 00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:39,920 Speaker 1: but I've gone on YouTube, whether it's on my phone 536 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:44,800 Speaker 1: or at my desk, I don't know thirty times. I mean, 537 00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:48,000 Speaker 1: I go on it a ton. So I think there's 538 00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:53,760 Speaker 1: just it's just a powerful distribution product which won't last forever. 539 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:57,880 Speaker 1: But while it's going you're just crazy not to go 540 00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:02,600 Speaker 1: on it. I mean, that's where the consumer is reaching 541 00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:04,760 Speaker 1: out for the mailbag. I wanted to take congrats on 542 00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:07,760 Speaker 1: the wedding. I'm engaged as well and live and grew 543 00:31:07,840 --> 00:31:10,680 Speaker 1: up in the Scottsdale area. I want to hear thoughts 544 00:31:10,760 --> 00:31:13,800 Speaker 1: on how to fix the Cardinals. They suck every year 545 00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:19,120 Speaker 1: and it seems like there's no hope for the foreseeable future. Yeah. 546 00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:21,239 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know what to tell you. We 547 00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:23,160 Speaker 1: had a guy on the mail bag I think last 548 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:28,520 Speaker 1: week hit me with an email that just crushed Bidwell's. 549 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:32,120 Speaker 1: They have more losses in the history of the NFL 550 00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:36,200 Speaker 1: for a reason. I mean, it's the Bidwell family. At 551 00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:39,960 Speaker 1: the end of the day, the Bidwell family. Their resume 552 00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:44,080 Speaker 1: speaks for itself. Now listen, you know they say the 553 00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:49,360 Speaker 1: first generation builds it, the second generation profits from it. 554 00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:51,840 Speaker 1: That might have screwed up the second generation, but the 555 00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:55,600 Speaker 1: third one definitely ruins it. Pretty sure. Michael's a third one. 556 00:31:55,760 --> 00:32:00,400 Speaker 1: And I've always defended Mark Davis on this. He really tries, 557 00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:03,160 Speaker 1: and he spent huge money a couple of times and 558 00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:06,120 Speaker 1: it's blown up in his face. But he tries. He 559 00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:08,400 Speaker 1: gave a hundred million dollars to John Gruden because all 560 00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:10,840 Speaker 1: he ever wanted was John Gruden just to run everything 561 00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:14,120 Speaker 1: and just be good. That blew up in his face. 562 00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:18,520 Speaker 1: He then goes hires Josh McDaniels, who again turns out 563 00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:20,480 Speaker 1: he's a scam artist. As a head coach, he turns 564 00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:23,520 Speaker 1: into like a different human being. But I totally understood 565 00:32:23,520 --> 00:32:25,520 Speaker 1: why he did it. A lot of teams would have 566 00:32:26,200 --> 00:32:28,040 Speaker 1: a lot of teams have tried to hire Josh Indy, 567 00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:31,200 Speaker 1: the Niners like he ain't alone and it blew up 568 00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:33,920 Speaker 1: in his face. And then again he's like, hey, Tom, 569 00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:36,479 Speaker 1: can you just come in here and run it? Has 570 00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:41,040 Speaker 1: Michael bidd Will ever done anything like that too cheap. 571 00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:46,560 Speaker 1: So I just think the Cardinals, my buddies with Philly, 572 00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:48,760 Speaker 1: they really like Jonathan Gannon. I met him two years 573 00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:53,600 Speaker 1: ago at the combine. Seemed like a cool dude. I 574 00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:58,840 Speaker 1: think his staff pretty impressive. The bald offensive coordinator, the 575 00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:02,120 Speaker 1: young defensive I think his name's Petsing, and Rawless is 576 00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:04,880 Speaker 1: the decoordinator. One of them's like thirty eight, the other 577 00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:08,680 Speaker 1: guy's like thirty three. I think they're impressive. I think 578 00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:11,920 Speaker 1: he's got like an impressive head coach coordinator. Three young 579 00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:14,320 Speaker 1: guys who are just good, who are like, I don't 580 00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:17,080 Speaker 1: know if they're you know, Gannon is like a lifetime 581 00:33:17,080 --> 00:33:19,040 Speaker 1: head coach, but he's going to be an NFL coach 582 00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:22,200 Speaker 1: for a long time coordinator. The other two guys are 583 00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:27,400 Speaker 1: just clearly pretty intriguing coaching prospects. But it's hard to 584 00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:32,040 Speaker 1: overcome the owner. It really is, and it's kind of 585 00:33:32,040 --> 00:33:34,400 Speaker 1: a formula now that we've seen in pro sports, like 586 00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:41,760 Speaker 1: you just don't overcome them when they're cheap. Congrats on 587 00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:44,920 Speaker 1: getting married. Question for the bag, how come you don't 588 00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:49,400 Speaker 1: think Caleb Williams played well last season? He threw for 589 00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:52,360 Speaker 1: thirty five hundred yards, twenty touchdowns and only six picks. 590 00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:56,920 Speaker 1: He by far, is the best rookie Bears quarterback that 591 00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:59,720 Speaker 1: I've ever seen. And I'm in my late thirties. I 592 00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:02,600 Speaker 1: know that Jayden Daniels had a phenomenal rookie year, as 593 00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:07,200 Speaker 1: did Bo Nicks. Caleb still played great despite bad coaching. 594 00:34:08,239 --> 00:34:12,160 Speaker 1: When I say didn't play well in the first half 595 00:34:12,239 --> 00:34:14,960 Speaker 1: of games, when you guys had your ten game losing streak, 596 00:34:15,560 --> 00:34:20,239 Speaker 1: I don't have every you know notebook compiled of like 597 00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:22,920 Speaker 1: a breakdown here. He was not good in a lot 598 00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:26,640 Speaker 1: of those games. And then you guys were constantly for 599 00:34:26,680 --> 00:34:29,200 Speaker 1: at least a month stretch. There was like a four 600 00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:32,080 Speaker 1: or five game stretch where you were down eighteen to nothing, 601 00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:34,719 Speaker 1: twenty to nothing, twenty five to nothing at half in 602 00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:38,680 Speaker 1: every game, so you were down three plus scores with 603 00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:41,759 Speaker 1: thirty minutes left in the game. If I'm on the 604 00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:45,839 Speaker 1: other team and I'm kicking your ass, like I game 605 00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:47,920 Speaker 1: planned against you, and I dominated you, and he was 606 00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:51,480 Speaker 1: not good in those moments, as was the team. I'm 607 00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:54,759 Speaker 1: not just putting it on him, but he wasn't good. 608 00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:59,439 Speaker 1: And then he would throw touchdowns in the second half 609 00:34:59,440 --> 00:35:02,200 Speaker 1: of games and for the most part the game was 610 00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:05,799 Speaker 1: never in question. So it was somewhat like those statutes 611 00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:09,040 Speaker 1: gave me were compiled in blowouts, a lot of them. 612 00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:12,040 Speaker 1: Nothing wrong with it. It's like that's what shitty teams do. 613 00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:16,240 Speaker 1: Right in the six interceptions, I guess big pictures like okay, cool, 614 00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:21,680 Speaker 1: like any guy pushing the envelope a little bit. Again, 615 00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:26,600 Speaker 1: talented player, but to judge anything off last season based 616 00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:29,840 Speaker 1: on he's gonna be some I say the same thing 617 00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:32,520 Speaker 1: about Drake may I don't know Hope. So I'm rooting 618 00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:35,400 Speaker 1: for those two guys, but based on their rookie season, 619 00:35:35,480 --> 00:35:40,440 Speaker 1: beside physical characteristics, you would basically have to evaluate him 620 00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:43,200 Speaker 1: just like a draft prospect. See a lot of skills, 621 00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:46,239 Speaker 1: but just in terms of like can they play the 622 00:35:46,280 --> 00:35:50,560 Speaker 1: game in a tight game, game planned against a good 623 00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:53,400 Speaker 1: team when your team's good. I don't know, time will tell. 624 00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:55,840 Speaker 1: I'm intrigued. I mean, it's two of the better stories 625 00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:58,799 Speaker 1: in the NFL in twenty twenty five. How good are 626 00:35:58,840 --> 00:36:02,560 Speaker 1: Kleb Williams and Drake May I put them both under 627 00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:05,360 Speaker 1: the same category. But you're just throwing out stats. He 628 00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:09,279 Speaker 1: played well, bullshit in big games. Big games would be strong. 629 00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:11,799 Speaker 1: You guys weren't playing in big games. But as the 630 00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:15,080 Speaker 1: season went on, he just wasn't good in the first half. 631 00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:17,400 Speaker 1: Compile me those stats and give them to me. What 632 00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:19,800 Speaker 1: were his first half numbers compared to his second half numbers. 633 00:36:20,200 --> 00:36:23,760 Speaker 1: I'm a diehard Packer fan. This from Austin, and after 634 00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:26,160 Speaker 1: the twenty three to twenty four season, I was beyond 635 00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:31,400 Speaker 1: hopeful about the potential. Last year, while we made the playoffs, 636 00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:35,120 Speaker 1: it seemed as though the offense regressed while the defense 637 00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:38,960 Speaker 1: was solid. Much different than the traditional Packer teams of 638 00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:43,160 Speaker 1: my lifetime. I agree the defense has always been the 639 00:36:43,160 --> 00:36:46,200 Speaker 1: weak point. Where do you see the team's trajectory in 640 00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:50,239 Speaker 1: the future. Jordan Love is very talented, but seems to 641 00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:52,680 Speaker 1: get in his own way at times. Would love to 642 00:36:52,680 --> 00:36:57,200 Speaker 1: get your insight if the Packers were a stock right now, 643 00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:01,480 Speaker 1: obviously what they were going into last season. Let's just 644 00:37:01,520 --> 00:37:03,520 Speaker 1: pick a number. Let's say they were a fifty dollars 645 00:37:03,560 --> 00:37:07,880 Speaker 1: stock heading into twenty twenty four, where a year previously 646 00:37:07,920 --> 00:37:11,480 Speaker 1: there were probably ten. I would say the stock has 647 00:37:11,560 --> 00:37:15,320 Speaker 1: definitely dimmed. And let's just say got cut in half. 648 00:37:15,480 --> 00:37:18,160 Speaker 1: It's twenty five bucks. I guess ten to fifty would 649 00:37:18,200 --> 00:37:22,520 Speaker 1: be like thirty I would buy. I think the Packers 650 00:37:22,520 --> 00:37:25,600 Speaker 1: are gonna be good. Now I'm bullish on Jordan Love, 651 00:37:25,680 --> 00:37:30,799 Speaker 1: but he's my type quarterback, very physically gifted. He has 652 00:37:30,880 --> 00:37:33,600 Speaker 1: moments where you're like, what is going on? I do 653 00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:38,600 Speaker 1: think when a younger player gets dinged up, it kind 654 00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:41,720 Speaker 1: of threw off his whole season. And obviously you're wide receivers. 655 00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:45,879 Speaker 1: You guys had some injuries, but you're you have an 656 00:37:45,920 --> 00:37:51,040 Speaker 1: offensive coach who knows the Shanahan scheme and like you know, 657 00:37:51,080 --> 00:37:54,840 Speaker 1: he's molded into his own scheme, like that's his baby, 658 00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:59,319 Speaker 1: and he's proven like he's a good offensive coach. He's 659 00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:02,880 Speaker 1: proven it. So it's like that side of the ball 660 00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:06,359 Speaker 1: I feel is gonna be okay. Honestly, his games last 661 00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:11,719 Speaker 1: year with Malik Willis were incredible. I think I put 662 00:38:11,719 --> 00:38:16,239 Speaker 1: like five hundred dollars against you guys. We guys play 663 00:38:16,280 --> 00:38:18,640 Speaker 1: the Titans, whoever you played Week two, I'm like Milik 664 00:38:18,680 --> 00:38:21,160 Speaker 1: will this is gonna be a disaster, and he had 665 00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:24,279 Speaker 1: like his one of his great offensive game plans I've 666 00:38:24,280 --> 00:38:31,360 Speaker 1: ever seen with Malik Willis. But if your defense is good, 667 00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:36,840 Speaker 1: you guys are gonna be okay. I promise. I have 668 00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:40,720 Speaker 1: a lot of faith in the Packers. Organization speaks for itself. 669 00:38:45,040 --> 00:38:48,520 Speaker 1: And again my faith is just maybe based on history, 670 00:38:49,040 --> 00:38:52,000 Speaker 1: based on liking the quarterback. But I think you guys 671 00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:55,160 Speaker 1: are gonna be okay. I find it surprising that Dolphins 672 00:38:55,160 --> 00:38:57,319 Speaker 1: have not touched the toua contract to free up more 673 00:38:57,320 --> 00:39:01,520 Speaker 1: cap space, and no free agent they has guaranteed money 674 00:39:01,600 --> 00:39:04,040 Speaker 1: next year? Do you think this is a sign of 675 00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:07,200 Speaker 1: a total collapse if things don't go right? And that 676 00:39:07,280 --> 00:39:10,000 Speaker 1: if the right move for the franchise, considering they had 677 00:39:10,280 --> 00:39:13,319 Speaker 1: some sort of success recently, even if it's just a 678 00:39:13,320 --> 00:39:17,160 Speaker 1: wild card, I to me, you just got to ride 679 00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:21,080 Speaker 1: out to him. I don't think you convert signing bonus. 680 00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:24,279 Speaker 1: You just you just write it out and you paid 681 00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:28,960 Speaker 1: them last year. So this usually these contracts three years. 682 00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:33,200 Speaker 1: It's just so you're year one of you got two more, 683 00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:36,719 Speaker 1: just kind of write it out. I don't think under 684 00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:44,279 Speaker 1: any circumstances you can mess with it. I just don't 685 00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:47,200 Speaker 1: think you can. I'm pulling up his contract right now, 686 00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:56,239 Speaker 1: so your potential out, yes is in two years you 687 00:39:56,239 --> 00:40:04,400 Speaker 1: could cut them for god four million dead cab. I 688 00:40:04,440 --> 00:40:08,359 Speaker 1: still think that contract is pretty nuts, and we've seen 689 00:40:08,360 --> 00:40:12,239 Speaker 1: a lot of nutty things, but holy kenoi a big fan. 690 00:40:12,320 --> 00:40:15,560 Speaker 1: I believe that if Justin Herbert and Jalen Hurts swap 691 00:40:15,640 --> 00:40:19,719 Speaker 1: teams in the twenty draft, Jalen would have led the 692 00:40:19,800 --> 00:40:23,959 Speaker 1: Chargers to a playoff victory. By now, what do you think? 693 00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:28,560 Speaker 1: I believe there has been too many excuses made for Herbert, 694 00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:32,680 Speaker 1: and I think Jalen's ability to win in any circumstance 695 00:40:32,840 --> 00:40:38,560 Speaker 1: is underrated. Yeah. I mean there's no disputing Herbert's playoff game. 696 00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:44,080 Speaker 1: What was it against the Texans? Me as bad of 697 00:40:44,080 --> 00:40:48,080 Speaker 1: a game as you'll see. I do believe this. I'm 698 00:40:48,120 --> 00:40:50,160 Speaker 1: not trying to hate on the guy because you play 699 00:40:50,239 --> 00:40:52,640 Speaker 1: like that in big moments. Jalen's a bright lights guy. 700 00:40:53,560 --> 00:40:56,000 Speaker 1: He's like Jimmy Butler. It's like you watch him some games, 701 00:40:56,040 --> 00:40:57,720 Speaker 1: You're like, what the hell's going on with Jimmy? Butler 702 00:40:58,160 --> 00:41:01,120 Speaker 1: was like, Oh, playoff, Jimmy, get ready for the playoffs. 703 00:41:01,160 --> 00:41:03,920 Speaker 1: That's where Jimmy comes. That's what everyone in Golden State's 704 00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:06,399 Speaker 1: holding out for. It's like he'll start dropping thirty five 705 00:41:06,440 --> 00:41:09,360 Speaker 1: in playoff games. Maybe it will, maybe he won't, but 706 00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:12,440 Speaker 1: he's done it before, and it's like, even when he's coasting, 707 00:41:13,719 --> 00:41:15,799 Speaker 1: you just have faith and say what you want about 708 00:41:15,880 --> 00:41:19,520 Speaker 1: Jalen and some biggest games of his life. Fucking guys 709 00:41:19,520 --> 00:41:23,799 Speaker 1: come through and Herbert has not. I can't dispute you there. 710 00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:28,120 Speaker 1: But if I pulled thirty two teams in the NFL, 711 00:41:28,719 --> 00:41:30,839 Speaker 1: Howie and Jeffrey would be loyal to him. Thirty one 712 00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:35,439 Speaker 1: teams not in the Eagles. I think every single one choose, 713 00:41:35,600 --> 00:41:41,160 Speaker 1: justin Herbert over Jalen Hurts, every single one question for 714 00:41:41,200 --> 00:41:46,200 Speaker 1: the bag with NIL, are top agents like Drew Rosenhouse 715 00:41:46,280 --> 00:41:49,400 Speaker 1: working to get in with college athletes. If not seems 716 00:41:49,400 --> 00:41:55,759 Speaker 1: like a missed opportunity, I would imagine they are. I 717 00:41:55,800 --> 00:41:58,960 Speaker 1: mean Rosenhaus has a dual carter, so I mean I 718 00:41:59,840 --> 00:42:02,640 Speaker 1: think the top dogs get the top guys. NIL is 719 00:42:02,719 --> 00:42:06,440 Speaker 1: more of like, ah, I feel like more marketing guys. 720 00:42:06,480 --> 00:42:08,799 Speaker 1: But maybe maybe I'm wrong. From what I've heard, it's 721 00:42:08,840 --> 00:42:13,040 Speaker 1: a lot of parents the NIL is. It's not if 722 00:42:13,040 --> 00:42:17,360 Speaker 1: you think Drew Rosenhaus beside Abdual Carter and the occasional 723 00:42:17,360 --> 00:42:21,719 Speaker 1: big guy is talking to like college gms about some 724 00:42:21,880 --> 00:42:27,719 Speaker 1: sophomore getting two hundred thousand dollars. I just doubt he is. 725 00:42:29,360 --> 00:42:34,799 Speaker 1: Now once you're abdual Carter. Where Rosenhouse really gets involved 726 00:42:35,320 --> 00:42:38,879 Speaker 1: is when you're a clear big dog Jalen Carter, Abdual Carter, 727 00:42:39,880 --> 00:42:41,560 Speaker 1: you know, I mean, once you're going to be a 728 00:42:41,560 --> 00:42:45,759 Speaker 1: cash cow. A lot of guys making nil money are 729 00:42:45,800 --> 00:42:48,920 Speaker 1: not then going to become great players. We see it 730 00:42:48,960 --> 00:42:53,000 Speaker 1: all the time. Now, should Rosenhouse have jumped all over 731 00:42:53,040 --> 00:42:54,600 Speaker 1: I don't. I don't know who has cam Ward. I 732 00:42:54,640 --> 00:42:56,400 Speaker 1: don't think Drew does. If he does, it's a genius. 733 00:42:56,440 --> 00:42:59,120 Speaker 1: I mean he's right in his backyard. But yeah, I 734 00:42:59,120 --> 00:43:02,520 Speaker 1: mean I don't know. I'd have to text people in 735 00:43:02,560 --> 00:43:06,320 Speaker 1: college to know exactly how that's going down. Do you 736 00:43:06,360 --> 00:43:08,440 Speaker 1: think the Raiders can ever get back to a point 737 00:43:08,560 --> 00:43:11,319 Speaker 1: where the home field is an advantage again? A couple 738 00:43:11,440 --> 00:43:13,760 Speaker 1: years ago, I went to a Vegas game in Vegas 739 00:43:14,080 --> 00:43:16,440 Speaker 1: for the first time, and it felt like seventy percent 740 00:43:16,440 --> 00:43:19,200 Speaker 1: Steeler fans. Pete Carroll talked about it in his first 741 00:43:19,239 --> 00:43:22,120 Speaker 1: press conference about the fans needing to do their part 742 00:43:22,480 --> 00:43:26,840 Speaker 1: showing up, but it just doesn't seem realistic. Do you 743 00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:31,200 Speaker 1: think they have relocated to new cities? Do teams that 744 00:43:31,239 --> 00:43:34,960 Speaker 1: have relocated to new cities and had success, like the Rams, 745 00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:39,440 Speaker 1: still struggle with opposing fan attendance at home games? Does 746 00:43:39,480 --> 00:43:42,840 Speaker 1: this improve over time or could Vegas just be a 747 00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:48,080 Speaker 1: unique situation. Well, the Rams do battle when the Niners 748 00:43:48,080 --> 00:43:51,200 Speaker 1: come there. Why because a large percentage of Niner fans 749 00:43:51,239 --> 00:43:54,360 Speaker 1: live in southern California, same with Raiders, and the Rams 750 00:43:54,400 --> 00:43:57,799 Speaker 1: weren't there for twenty five years. So I think there 751 00:43:57,800 --> 00:44:03,319 Speaker 1: are unique situations. I would say the Steelers are an 752 00:44:03,400 --> 00:44:06,040 Speaker 1: outlier team. They travel, I would say them and the 753 00:44:06,040 --> 00:44:09,279 Speaker 1: Packers travel as well as anybody. I mean, I've seen 754 00:44:09,360 --> 00:44:11,200 Speaker 1: him against the Niners, I've seen him against the Eagles, 755 00:44:11,200 --> 00:44:13,640 Speaker 1: I've seen him against the Raiders, and it feels like 756 00:44:13,640 --> 00:44:16,000 Speaker 1: a Steelers home game when you see the Steelers, and 757 00:44:16,000 --> 00:44:19,520 Speaker 1: I would say somewhat similar for the Packers. Sometimes, I 758 00:44:19,560 --> 00:44:21,320 Speaker 1: would say the Vegas thing is a little bit of 759 00:44:21,320 --> 00:44:26,840 Speaker 1: an outlier situation because it's an easy trip. Three of 760 00:44:26,840 --> 00:44:28,959 Speaker 1: your games every year, So whether you have eight games 761 00:44:29,040 --> 00:44:31,759 Speaker 1: or nine games, three of those eight or nine are 762 00:44:31,800 --> 00:44:35,960 Speaker 1: gonna be Denver, very close, Kansas City, extremely close Chargers 763 00:44:36,360 --> 00:44:39,520 Speaker 1: or I guess Denver's extremely close, Chargers extremely close Kansas 764 00:44:39,520 --> 00:44:43,319 Speaker 1: City not far away. Just did an excuse to go 765 00:44:43,880 --> 00:44:49,320 Speaker 1: to Vegas and enjoy now. Winning matters like the reason 766 00:44:49,360 --> 00:44:52,600 Speaker 1: the Yankees are the biggest brand in baseball, even bigger 767 00:44:52,640 --> 00:44:56,319 Speaker 1: than the Dodgers. They've won like twenty eight World Series, 768 00:44:56,360 --> 00:45:02,680 Speaker 1: twenty seven World Series. They have been good for every generation. Cowboys. 769 00:45:02,680 --> 00:45:05,040 Speaker 1: I don't know how they're so big, but it goes 770 00:45:05,040 --> 00:45:08,120 Speaker 1: back to the seventies and the nineties. They just have 771 00:45:08,160 --> 00:45:10,799 Speaker 1: a huge fan base. The Lakers, Why are they the 772 00:45:10,800 --> 00:45:15,640 Speaker 1: biggest NBA brand? They've won the most Raider fans And 773 00:45:15,640 --> 00:45:17,360 Speaker 1: I used to see this when I was in the 774 00:45:17,360 --> 00:45:20,239 Speaker 1: Bay Area, and you know, if you're a Berry guy, 775 00:45:20,400 --> 00:45:22,960 Speaker 1: there was always this tension between the Niners and the Raiders, 776 00:45:24,040 --> 00:45:27,560 Speaker 1: and it was like it felt like one was at 777 00:45:27,600 --> 00:45:30,080 Speaker 1: the top of the penthouse and the other was, you know, 778 00:45:30,360 --> 00:45:32,600 Speaker 1: I don't want to say the outhouse, but not viewed 779 00:45:32,600 --> 00:45:38,439 Speaker 1: as an equal financially definitely, And there was like this 780 00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:42,440 Speaker 1: little brother syndrome. And I was like, yeah, the Niners 781 00:45:42,600 --> 00:45:48,279 Speaker 1: won five Super Bowls in fifteen years, like it kind 782 00:45:48,280 --> 00:45:51,560 Speaker 1: of mattered in the Bay Area when you guys were 783 00:45:51,600 --> 00:45:55,400 Speaker 1: not here. So it was like the reason they have 784 00:45:55,560 --> 00:45:59,640 Speaker 1: way more fans in northern California in twenty twenty five 785 00:46:00,239 --> 00:46:02,640 Speaker 1: is because they won five Super Bowls, so they had 786 00:46:02,719 --> 00:46:06,839 Speaker 1: generations you guys were gone, and then over the last 787 00:46:06,880 --> 00:46:09,360 Speaker 1: fifteen years they've been to like four Super Bowls or 788 00:46:09,400 --> 00:46:14,840 Speaker 1: three Super Bowls and like six NFC champion games. The 789 00:46:14,880 --> 00:46:17,520 Speaker 1: business model of pro sports is not that complicated. Win 790 00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:22,640 Speaker 1: and people will come. Will they say in building, people 791 00:46:22,640 --> 00:46:27,000 Speaker 1: will come. It's no different sports. Win and people will come. 792 00:46:27,280 --> 00:46:30,920 Speaker 1: The Warriors up until Steph Curry, my entire life beside 793 00:46:31,000 --> 00:46:35,120 Speaker 1: like a couple seasons here and there were a joke, 794 00:46:35,920 --> 00:46:43,040 Speaker 1: were the Sacramento Kings just in Oakland, and then Steph 795 00:46:43,120 --> 00:46:48,040 Speaker 1: Curry came, Draymond Clay and then Kevin Durant, and they've 796 00:46:48,040 --> 00:46:53,279 Speaker 1: become one of the most valuable franchises in sports. In 797 00:46:53,320 --> 00:47:00,160 Speaker 1: a decade, well, they've won a bunch of championships. It's 798 00:47:00,200 --> 00:47:03,239 Speaker 1: just like, if you guys win, it'll You're never going 799 00:47:03,280 --> 00:47:05,279 Speaker 1: to have the home field advantage of the Eagles or 800 00:47:05,280 --> 00:47:08,480 Speaker 1: the Packers. It's never gonna happen or the Chiefs or 801 00:47:08,520 --> 00:47:11,440 Speaker 1: the Broncos. But can it be better than it is now? 802 00:47:13,520 --> 00:47:18,600 Speaker 1: In twenty years If you win, the guy that's ten, twelve, 803 00:47:18,760 --> 00:47:22,000 Speaker 1: fifteen years old might start liking you and gravitate toward you. 804 00:47:22,760 --> 00:47:25,880 Speaker 1: And then when he's thirty or forty years old making 805 00:47:25,920 --> 00:47:29,520 Speaker 1: money family, he gets season tickets. It's a big his 806 00:47:29,600 --> 00:47:33,200 Speaker 1: company buys a suite instead of just all the sweeth 807 00:47:33,200 --> 00:47:38,319 Speaker 1: holders are just the casinos who just no one even gets. 808 00:47:38,600 --> 00:47:40,840 Speaker 1: I can't tell you the people in my life that 809 00:47:40,880 --> 00:47:47,120 Speaker 1: are huge gamblers that have been offered tickets because that's 810 00:47:47,120 --> 00:47:49,000 Speaker 1: what the casinos do. They take care of the people 811 00:47:49,000 --> 00:47:53,640 Speaker 1: that give them money. Most people I know that have 812 00:47:53,680 --> 00:47:56,280 Speaker 1: gone that aren't Raider fans have gone through like business 813 00:47:56,320 --> 00:48:03,880 Speaker 1: situations or just to check it out. So it takes time, 814 00:48:05,120 --> 00:48:09,640 Speaker 1: you know it does. I think you just gotta win. 815 00:48:10,200 --> 00:48:12,839 Speaker 1: You just gotta win. It's really that simple. You just 816 00:48:12,880 --> 00:48:16,400 Speaker 1: gotta win. And the history of the Raiders, which is cool, 817 00:48:16,560 --> 00:48:20,160 Speaker 1: and it's like I've been a part of it in 818 00:48:20,200 --> 00:48:23,280 Speaker 1: a way, like the radio station we had was partners 819 00:48:23,320 --> 00:48:25,600 Speaker 1: with him, and I'm a Niner guy but got to 820 00:48:25,600 --> 00:48:28,360 Speaker 1: see it and I love football. So it's a powerful 821 00:48:28,360 --> 00:48:35,960 Speaker 1: feeling of like the just the Kenny Stablers, the Howie Longs, 822 00:48:36,040 --> 00:48:40,080 Speaker 1: the Ray guy, it's just Al Davis, John Madden. I mean, 823 00:48:40,120 --> 00:48:42,560 Speaker 1: it's the history there, but it's twenty twenty five. None 824 00:48:42,560 --> 00:48:45,560 Speaker 1: of that shit matters today. It's like, can you win 825 00:48:45,680 --> 00:49:02,720 Speaker 1: nine games? That's the only thing that matters. What teams 826 00:49:02,760 --> 00:49:05,560 Speaker 1: are you most excited to see draft this year? We 827 00:49:05,600 --> 00:49:08,120 Speaker 1: talk about the top five picks, but are there other 828 00:49:08,200 --> 00:49:12,240 Speaker 1: teams and positions you're stoked to see? I do wonder 829 00:49:12,280 --> 00:49:16,320 Speaker 1: if the Steelers or the Rams will take a quarterback 830 00:49:16,360 --> 00:49:20,839 Speaker 1: in the first round. Is there a chance that the 831 00:49:20,920 --> 00:49:24,600 Speaker 1: Rams take a quarterback? Or this the first couple rounds? 832 00:49:25,560 --> 00:49:28,200 Speaker 1: Like a team that is a playoff team draft a 833 00:49:28,280 --> 00:49:32,920 Speaker 1: quarterback high Let's just assume Chador goes to the Giants 834 00:49:34,000 --> 00:49:37,600 Speaker 1: and obviously cam Ward goes to the Titans. Where do 835 00:49:37,640 --> 00:49:41,839 Speaker 1: the next couple quarterbacks come and go? I do think 836 00:49:41,880 --> 00:49:44,200 Speaker 1: eventually like the Chiefs are going to take quarterback, not 837 00:49:44,520 --> 00:49:48,960 Speaker 1: because they will replace Patrick Mahomes, but historically Andy who 838 00:49:49,080 --> 00:49:52,280 Speaker 1: learned from the Packers, like you take quarterbacks all the time. 839 00:49:53,239 --> 00:49:54,920 Speaker 1: I can see them like in the third round, just 840 00:49:55,120 --> 00:49:57,480 Speaker 1: have a sweet backup quarterback. I guess they just signed 841 00:49:57,480 --> 00:49:59,640 Speaker 1: Minshew maybe they won't. Maybe that's just not gonna be 842 00:49:59,640 --> 00:50:02,799 Speaker 1: their busines anymore, but that was always the Eagles thing. 843 00:50:03,280 --> 00:50:05,840 Speaker 1: I think I saw Howie say something recently was like, 844 00:50:05,960 --> 00:50:08,440 Speaker 1: no team in the history of football has ever benefited 845 00:50:08,440 --> 00:50:11,879 Speaker 1: more from the backup quarterback than us. Obviously, he's got 846 00:50:11,880 --> 00:50:15,760 Speaker 1: two Super Bowl rings with backup quarterbacks, Foles for Wentz 847 00:50:16,200 --> 00:50:18,840 Speaker 1: and then Jalen who was the backup takes over for Wentz, 848 00:50:18,960 --> 00:50:21,600 Speaker 1: kicks his ass out of town, and back in the 849 00:50:21,640 --> 00:50:24,880 Speaker 1: Andy days they won. You know, McNabb got hurt a 850 00:50:24,880 --> 00:50:27,719 Speaker 1: bunch of times, and they had backup quarterbacks come in 851 00:50:27,760 --> 00:50:31,520 Speaker 1: and when Michael Vick was a backup quarterback when he 852 00:50:31,600 --> 00:50:35,120 Speaker 1: had his breakout season in twenty ten, So you can't 853 00:50:35,120 --> 00:50:38,239 Speaker 1: sleep on the backup quarterback. Do you think the Buccaneers 854 00:50:38,280 --> 00:50:41,719 Speaker 1: are underrated as a franchise? It seems every year the 855 00:50:41,760 --> 00:50:44,279 Speaker 1: media is picking the Saints or the Falcons to win 856 00:50:44,280 --> 00:50:47,440 Speaker 1: the division. Yet we've won the division four straight years, 857 00:50:47,960 --> 00:50:50,080 Speaker 1: and before that we won a Super Bowl as a 858 00:50:50,080 --> 00:50:53,760 Speaker 1: wild card. Personally, I think we're significantly better than those teams, 859 00:50:53,880 --> 00:50:56,640 Speaker 1: but maybe I'm just a homer. Curious your thoughts on 860 00:50:56,719 --> 00:51:00,239 Speaker 1: the team as a whole as well, also true some 861 00:51:00,280 --> 00:51:03,239 Speaker 1: worst the best tackle in the NFL on the tackle thing. 862 00:51:03,400 --> 00:51:05,600 Speaker 1: I mean, when we're talking like the best of the best, 863 00:51:05,800 --> 00:51:08,799 Speaker 1: i'd have to text, like some pro personnel guys that great, 864 00:51:08,840 --> 00:51:11,719 Speaker 1: all these guys to go, who's the best tackle. I'd 865 00:51:11,719 --> 00:51:15,040 Speaker 1: imagine he'd be pretty high. I mean, be a short 866 00:51:15,040 --> 00:51:19,040 Speaker 1: list best left tackle in the NFL. You know, darrisov 867 00:51:19,080 --> 00:51:24,640 Speaker 1: got hurt, Melatta would be up there, Trent Williams got hurt. Yeah, 868 00:51:24,640 --> 00:51:26,840 Speaker 1: I mean, he'd be near the top, if not the top. 869 00:51:27,440 --> 00:51:28,960 Speaker 1: Anytime you just go, we got one of the best 870 00:51:29,000 --> 00:51:31,799 Speaker 1: left tackles in the league. You're doing great shape. Yeah, 871 00:51:31,840 --> 00:51:35,040 Speaker 1: I mean, I think there's something about your division. It's 872 00:51:35,080 --> 00:51:38,600 Speaker 1: not viewed very highly, which hurts you. Like when you're 873 00:51:38,640 --> 00:51:41,759 Speaker 1: really good in the NFC East, you're just gonna get 874 00:51:41,760 --> 00:51:45,920 Speaker 1: a lot of credit. When you're really good in certain divisions, 875 00:51:45,920 --> 00:51:49,839 Speaker 1: the AFC North, the NFC North, we just talk about 876 00:51:49,840 --> 00:51:52,880 Speaker 1: those divisions a lot. We just don't talk that much 877 00:51:53,080 --> 00:51:56,640 Speaker 1: about the AFC and NFC South. We honestly talk more 878 00:51:56,680 --> 00:51:59,680 Speaker 1: about college football than that. But there is no disputing 879 00:52:00,280 --> 00:52:03,879 Speaker 1: the Buccaneers Jason Light is easily one of the best 880 00:52:03,920 --> 00:52:06,560 Speaker 1: gms in the league. Was like forty six a R 881 00:52:06,600 --> 00:52:09,280 Speaker 1: fifty three guys in the roster last year were drafted players. 882 00:52:09,880 --> 00:52:13,799 Speaker 1: Your quarterback was you originally got for a hundred five 883 00:52:13,840 --> 00:52:16,920 Speaker 1: million dollars on the roster and it's resurrected his career. 884 00:52:17,520 --> 00:52:19,600 Speaker 1: And if you watch Baker Talk, I don't know what 885 00:52:19,640 --> 00:52:22,560 Speaker 1: the podcast was. I think it was like some sort 886 00:52:22,600 --> 00:52:24,879 Speaker 1: of like Christian religious podcast he was on, or maybe 887 00:52:24,920 --> 00:52:26,560 Speaker 1: he was just talking about his faith. But you listen 888 00:52:26,600 --> 00:52:29,399 Speaker 1: to Baker Talk, You're like, this guy's a different human, 889 00:52:30,400 --> 00:52:33,520 Speaker 1: this guy from the guy that was at Cleveland. You know, 890 00:52:33,600 --> 00:52:36,680 Speaker 1: kind of the cocky chip on his shoulder. He feels 891 00:52:36,760 --> 00:52:38,520 Speaker 1: like he is just in the zone of being a 892 00:52:38,560 --> 00:52:42,200 Speaker 1: high level cat now. And sometimes you know, he credited 893 00:52:42,320 --> 00:52:45,879 Speaker 1: to religion and finding God, his wife and his kid, 894 00:52:46,000 --> 00:52:48,839 Speaker 1: and it just Baker's in a great spot. If I'm 895 00:52:48,840 --> 00:52:51,120 Speaker 1: a Bucks fan, I go, I like my chances with 896 00:52:51,200 --> 00:52:54,080 Speaker 1: that guy, So I yeah, I mean, I think you 897 00:52:54,120 --> 00:52:56,439 Speaker 1: guys are in a great spot. I think the only 898 00:52:56,480 --> 00:52:58,839 Speaker 1: big picture question is like Todd Bowles like as he's 899 00:52:58,880 --> 00:53:01,319 Speaker 1: super I like Todd and cool to me over the years. 900 00:53:01,960 --> 00:53:06,120 Speaker 1: But if you had a better coach in terms of 901 00:53:06,239 --> 00:53:09,879 Speaker 1: the perception, Idy told you Mike Tomlin was your coach 902 00:53:11,600 --> 00:53:14,640 Speaker 1: or Lafour or you know, something like that. You'd be like, 903 00:53:15,400 --> 00:53:18,200 Speaker 1: the Bucks are a powerhouse, which is like one of 904 00:53:18,239 --> 00:53:21,520 Speaker 1: the best teams in the league. Instead, I think Todd 905 00:53:21,680 --> 00:53:24,480 Speaker 1: in a weird way, which is crazy because he's he's 906 00:53:24,520 --> 00:53:26,600 Speaker 1: one of the better defensive coaches in the league. Though 907 00:53:26,640 --> 00:53:28,640 Speaker 1: your defense kind of suck last year, wasn't all his fault. 908 00:53:28,640 --> 00:53:30,840 Speaker 1: They got a bunch of injuries. My god, do we 909 00:53:30,920 --> 00:53:34,160 Speaker 1: love speed rightfully? So? Speed is valued very high in 910 00:53:34,160 --> 00:53:36,680 Speaker 1: the NFL, and as a fan, it's one of the 911 00:53:36,760 --> 00:53:39,319 Speaker 1: most special parts of the game. I just heard you 912 00:53:39,360 --> 00:53:42,920 Speaker 1: say fast guys usually run the forty because they're fast. 913 00:53:43,440 --> 00:53:46,799 Speaker 1: It's so true. Speed is so critical that if you 914 00:53:46,880 --> 00:53:49,560 Speaker 1: have it, you want to show it off. Two questions, 915 00:53:50,080 --> 00:53:54,080 Speaker 1: top speed receiver from each decade in your opinion, decades 916 00:53:54,080 --> 00:53:57,880 Speaker 1: you've watched and speed receiver to maintain dominant speed status 917 00:53:58,120 --> 00:54:01,960 Speaker 1: the longest throughout their whole career. Given the importance of speed, 918 00:54:02,560 --> 00:54:05,120 Speaker 1: does the guy have an argument as the number one 919 00:54:05,239 --> 00:54:09,080 Speaker 1: wide receiver goat? I think I might talk about this week. 920 00:54:09,120 --> 00:54:13,399 Speaker 1: I saw Daniel Jeremiah had a tweet the other day 921 00:54:13,760 --> 00:54:17,400 Speaker 1: about he's never seen this many players skip the forty. 922 00:54:17,680 --> 00:54:19,600 Speaker 1: It's one thing if you're injured. But like Ashton Gentz 923 00:54:19,760 --> 00:54:22,080 Speaker 1: just didn't run the forty countless other players don't run 924 00:54:22,120 --> 00:54:25,360 Speaker 1: the forty. Usually, if you ran at the combine and 925 00:54:25,400 --> 00:54:26,680 Speaker 1: you run a good time, like you don't have to 926 00:54:26,760 --> 00:54:29,960 Speaker 1: run the Proda, no big deal. Hell, you do the combine, 927 00:54:29,960 --> 00:54:31,120 Speaker 1: you work out, you don't have to do anything at 928 00:54:31,120 --> 00:54:33,000 Speaker 1: the pro Day, or vice versa. You don't do anything 929 00:54:33,000 --> 00:54:34,759 Speaker 1: of the combine. You do everything at the Proda, No 930 00:54:34,760 --> 00:54:38,719 Speaker 1: big deal. Now guys just don't do anything ever. It's 931 00:54:38,760 --> 00:54:44,120 Speaker 1: kind of just crazy or just a new normal. But 932 00:54:45,200 --> 00:54:47,440 Speaker 1: I would say the fastest guy in the league over 933 00:54:47,440 --> 00:54:50,719 Speaker 1: the last decade has been Tyreek Hill easily. I don't 934 00:54:50,760 --> 00:54:53,760 Speaker 1: think there's ever been a player as good as him. 935 00:54:54,560 --> 00:54:58,280 Speaker 1: You know, Randy Moss was huge, huge, would be strong, 936 00:54:58,320 --> 00:55:02,319 Speaker 1: but tall and long, so it's like his advantage, you know, 937 00:55:02,440 --> 00:55:04,560 Speaker 1: getting the ball. He was great at shooting his hands late, 938 00:55:05,320 --> 00:55:09,080 Speaker 1: but he was a tall player. Tyreek's tiny. He's built 939 00:55:09,080 --> 00:55:14,120 Speaker 1: like a little little tank, speeds elite. I feel like 940 00:55:14,160 --> 00:55:18,360 Speaker 1: Tyreek in my life. I've said this before. You know, 941 00:55:18,400 --> 00:55:21,560 Speaker 1: i'd go Jerry Rice again, young, sentimental like I don't 942 00:55:21,560 --> 00:55:23,640 Speaker 1: think i've ever budgeting. It's like Michael Jordan, I'm never budgeting, 943 00:55:23,680 --> 00:55:26,279 Speaker 1: Jerry Rice and never budget I'd have no problem putting 944 00:55:26,360 --> 00:55:29,840 Speaker 1: Randy as like a one B. I think Tyreek is right, 945 00:55:30,080 --> 00:55:32,399 Speaker 1: like the number three best wide receiver I've ever seen. 946 00:55:33,080 --> 00:55:35,520 Speaker 1: When you factor in his physicality, I don't know if 947 00:55:35,560 --> 00:55:37,400 Speaker 1: he's as good anymore, but like in the peak of 948 00:55:37,440 --> 00:55:44,800 Speaker 1: his powers, was an unstoppable force. Unstoppable force, so I'd 949 00:55:44,880 --> 00:55:51,040 Speaker 1: go in my life, I feel like Tyreek Hill. Randy Moss. 950 00:55:53,920 --> 00:55:59,840 Speaker 1: Tyreek ran a four two nine. Not bad, Randy Moss. 951 00:56:00,400 --> 00:56:04,160 Speaker 1: I bet he ran a four three four might guess 952 00:56:05,480 --> 00:56:07,960 Speaker 1: did he go to the combine? He did? He ran 953 00:56:07,960 --> 00:56:12,919 Speaker 1: a four two five, So yeah, there's guys are best. 954 00:56:13,160 --> 00:56:16,160 Speaker 1: It's my thing with Genty and I like Genty, but 955 00:56:16,239 --> 00:56:18,319 Speaker 1: when I hear he's a home run hitter, Like well, 956 00:56:18,840 --> 00:56:20,440 Speaker 1: home run hitter, you go run a four to four 957 00:56:20,440 --> 00:56:23,200 Speaker 1: to Oh everyone's like Jamior Gibbs a home run hitter. 958 00:56:23,239 --> 00:56:26,560 Speaker 1: Fuck yeah, I am four three five Randy Moss, Tyreek Hill. 959 00:56:27,840 --> 00:56:29,800 Speaker 1: They were having wet dreams the night before the forty. 960 00:56:30,080 --> 00:56:33,120 Speaker 1: It's like, wait till they see this four two five, 961 00:56:33,200 --> 00:56:38,920 Speaker 1: four two nine. It's like Jesus Dione you say he 962 00:56:38,960 --> 00:56:41,279 Speaker 1: could run a forty backwards like four nine. I don't 963 00:56:41,280 --> 00:56:44,040 Speaker 1: know if that's true or not, but so fast you 964 00:56:44,120 --> 00:56:45,560 Speaker 1: kind of believed him. You're like, yeah, it might be 965 00:56:45,600 --> 00:56:49,080 Speaker 1: so so I'd say Randy Moss and Tyreek Hill are 966 00:56:49,120 --> 00:56:51,239 Speaker 1: just feels like in a category of their own, because 967 00:56:51,239 --> 00:56:54,840 Speaker 1: we've seen a lot of fast guys that you wouldn't 968 00:56:54,840 --> 00:56:59,000 Speaker 1: say are like great players. I mean Randy and Tyreek are. 969 00:57:01,440 --> 00:57:02,840 Speaker 1: I mean, it's two of the better players in like 970 00:57:02,960 --> 00:57:06,440 Speaker 1: NFL history. In a weird way. I feel like Tyreek's 971 00:57:06,480 --> 00:57:13,880 Speaker 1: kind of underrated. I mean he's just a monster. I 972 00:57:13,920 --> 00:57:15,239 Speaker 1: mean his last year in Kansas City, he had one 973 00:57:15,280 --> 00:57:19,360 Speaker 1: hundred and eleven catches, nine touchdowns. The year they won 974 00:57:19,400 --> 00:57:21,920 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl looked like he was banged up. In 975 00:57:22,040 --> 00:57:24,240 Speaker 1: twenty when there were no fans, he had eighty seven 976 00:57:24,240 --> 00:57:28,200 Speaker 1: catches fifteen tugs his first two years in Miami one 977 00:57:28,320 --> 00:57:33,640 Speaker 1: nineteen one, nineteen twenty touchdowns, seventeen hundred yards, eighteen hundred 978 00:57:33,720 --> 00:57:38,000 Speaker 1: yards averaging fifteen yards a catch. His third year in 979 00:57:38,080 --> 00:57:42,600 Speaker 1: case As was breakout year. Eighty seven catches, fifteen hundred yards, 980 00:57:42,640 --> 00:57:49,280 Speaker 1: seventeen yards a catch. Pulled up some Randy stats. I 981 00:57:49,280 --> 00:57:55,200 Speaker 1: think My favorite Randy Moss stat was Marshall. His junior 982 00:57:55,240 --> 00:57:58,720 Speaker 1: year at Marshall nineteen ninety seven, played in thirteen games. 983 00:58:02,280 --> 00:58:06,400 Speaker 1: I guess his two seasons at Marshall seventy eight catches. 984 00:58:06,440 --> 00:58:08,600 Speaker 1: This is his first year because he remember he got 985 00:58:08,640 --> 00:58:11,160 Speaker 1: booted out of Florida State or whatever. Seventy eight catches, 986 00:58:11,160 --> 00:58:16,080 Speaker 1: seventeen hundred yards, twenty eight touchdowns. Second year, ninety six catches, 987 00:58:16,200 --> 00:58:20,280 Speaker 1: eighteen hundred yards, twenty six touchdowns. In two seasons at Marshall, 988 00:58:20,800 --> 00:58:30,000 Speaker 1: he had fifty four receiving touchdowns. What a beast. Randy's 989 00:58:30,080 --> 00:58:34,280 Speaker 1: highest Randy's rookie season, he averaged nineteen yards at catch, 990 00:58:35,720 --> 00:58:40,400 Speaker 1: sixty nine catches, seventeen touchdowns As a rookie, I don't 991 00:58:40,440 --> 00:58:43,200 Speaker 1: think anyone's ever hit the ground running quite like Randy. 992 00:58:43,480 --> 00:58:47,919 Speaker 1: Seventeen touchdowns, eleven touchdowns, fifteen touchdowns. So in his first 993 00:58:48,000 --> 00:58:55,479 Speaker 1: three seasons he had thirty forty forty three touchdowns. Now bad. 994 00:58:56,360 --> 00:59:02,920 Speaker 1: I put those guys in a class by themselves. The 995 00:59:03,080 --> 00:59:03,520 Speaker 1: volume