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Speaker 1: the show, John Middlecoff, that's me. Uh, I know, we

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Speaker 1: get a lot of new listeners coming from Collins podcast.

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Speaker 1: I appreciate everyone listening. The numbers are going up and

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Speaker 1: uh I just I just can't thank everyone enough for

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Speaker 1: supporting and listen to the podcast. And I enjoy doing it.

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Speaker 1: It's why I wait to record the podcast still after

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Speaker 1: the Monday night game and after the Thursday night game. Ooh,

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Speaker 1: I may cheat a little and record some during the day.

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Speaker 1: But when you do that like today and you do

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Speaker 1: segments on when you trade for Menca Fitzpatrick, you know,

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Speaker 1: So we'll dive into that the make up it's Patrick trade.

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Speaker 1: And ultimately, while I think it's a little reckless by

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Speaker 1: It would be pretty cool to be a Stealer fan

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Speaker 1: Like that is not normal. We've kind of jumped the

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Speaker 1: and Julio Jones. A lot of people talked about how

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Speaker 1: Julio Jones contract would change the NFL. I got news

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Speaker 1: he's been a disaster. Then I'll dive into, uh, just

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Speaker 1: some things that I saw around the league on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: I mean it's it's it's literally highway robbery. That they

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Speaker 1: enough to begin with. And I like his brash and cockiness.

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Speaker 1: If you got it, flaunt it. I'll never be who

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Speaker 1: and clearly the Patriots are the cream of the crop

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Speaker 1: from their website that they they they wipe the slight

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Speaker 1: is a long year. So Joe Douglas, I know, we

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Speaker 1: Adam Gaze is a multimillionaire. His kids kids won't need

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Speaker 1: that money. But it's being on a team that's gonna

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Speaker 1: I I hope they're in for this one. I mean,

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Speaker 1: Joe Douglas, now, you've got a huge race. But the

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Speaker 1: Eagles was a pretty good gig. Yeah. Now, Adam Gates

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Speaker 1: gonna get mono nucleosis heading into week two. You know,

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Speaker 1: They were up three one, Curry came back and it

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Speaker 1: was clear by before Christmas it was like, holy sh it,

424
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Speaker 1: this guy is better. And if you watched him in

425
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Speaker 1: the curse first year, you would have never like, that's

426
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Speaker 1: as good as it gets. And he came back better.

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Speaker 1: And it's the great part about pro sports at the

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Speaker 1: highest level with the best players. As we often talk

429
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Speaker 1: about a guy going into the lab and i'mlike, like,

430
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Speaker 1: in my profession or whatever you do, we have so

431
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Speaker 1: long to improve on whatever we're doing. You know, as

432
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Speaker 1: long as I'm gonna be able to talk, hopefully I'll

433
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Speaker 1: have this job. As long as you're able to sell,

434
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Speaker 1: you'll have whatever job. And you can read about it

435
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Speaker 1: if you If you are, you know, driven by improving

436
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Speaker 1: at your job and getting better, time is kind of

437
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Speaker 1: on your side. Now you could argue times never anything

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Speaker 1: at any moment. I get all that. I just mean

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Speaker 1: most people work, you know, fifties sixties, Like if you're

440
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Speaker 1: in your thirties or hell, even your forties, you got

441
00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:03,760
Speaker 1: years to improve in pro sports, you really have a

442
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Speaker 1: small window star NBA player, star baseball player, star football player.

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Speaker 1: Your peak years, you could argue, like your legit peak

444
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Speaker 1: years are probably under seven to eight years. So every

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Speaker 1: one of those off season now we've had outliers. Brady

446
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Speaker 1: Lebron is deff gonna have ten straight peak years. Who

447
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Speaker 1: who knows? He's had about five or sixth rate, you know,

448
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Speaker 1: maybe he's got three or four more left. But what

449
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Speaker 1: Tiger for all those years? What I think inspires us

450
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Speaker 1: to make us, you know, love and admire and talk

451
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Speaker 1: and watch and consume these guys, is that the best

452
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Speaker 1: in the business always go back into the lab improve

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Speaker 1: and only a small like once you get to a

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Speaker 1: certain level. I listen, I've never been a pro athlete.

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Speaker 1: I can imagine it gets pretty difficult to take steps.

456
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Speaker 1: And I think once you get to a certain level,

457
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Speaker 1: you're really just trying to take incremental steps. Once you

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Speaker 1: get to as good as like Brady is, he's just

459
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Speaker 1: working on getting you know, it's cliche, but like one

460
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Speaker 1: percent better Like that was crazy about Steph's second MVP season.

461
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Speaker 1: It felt just the eye test, he was twenty percent

462
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Speaker 1: better in the previous year out of like a pcent.

463
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Speaker 1: It felt like he was like a ninety eight. And

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Speaker 1: last year Mahomes I don't think could have been much better.

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Speaker 1: If on the hundred scale this is Madden, I would

466
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Speaker 1: have given him like a ninety seven or eight. And

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Speaker 1: it feels like he's come back and he's not one

468
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Speaker 1: or two percent better. It feels like he's twenty percent better,

469
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Speaker 1: like he is on a completely different level. And you

470
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Speaker 1: only get this in sports so often when you're talking

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Speaker 1: about the highest of highs, right the m v P

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Speaker 1: level player. We saw it countless times with Lebron James

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Speaker 1: in his peak, before Lebron became consumed with money and

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Speaker 1: just about his brand and what he's doing in l A,

475
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Speaker 1: when when he went to Miami, he'd go into the

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Speaker 1: Lab in the off season and he just had one

477
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Speaker 1: of the great four or five year stretches, those four

478
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Speaker 1: years in Miami and the first two in Cleveland when

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Speaker 1: he was just chasing greatness. It's why I love Tiger

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Speaker 1: Woods because forever Tiger Woods care. His number one priority

481
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Speaker 1: was always winning, and he going to the lab. He

482
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Speaker 1: changed his sling Michael Jordan would come out every single

483
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Speaker 1: year with just different pitches. It was incredible. And that's

484
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Speaker 1: what we're witnessing right now with Mahomes. He went into

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Speaker 1: the lab whether it was and it might just have

486
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Speaker 1: been mentally. I know, Coach Read he talked to those

487
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Speaker 1: guys in Kansas City, like God, he's even better. And

488
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Speaker 1: you hear that, you're like God, he threw fifty touchdowns?

489
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Speaker 1: Was the MVP? How's he gonna get better? We've seen

490
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Speaker 1: countless examples of these quarterbacks that have one m VP

491
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Speaker 1: like Matts, Matt Ryan, couldn't get any better. Cam Newton,

492
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Speaker 1: that was the peak of his life. Mahomes was that

493
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Speaker 1: just kind of scratching the surface. Now I think it

494
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Speaker 1: was more last year than scratching the surface. But that's

495
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Speaker 1: not what we're gonna see. This guy is better and

496
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Speaker 1: I'm watching him against the Oakland Raiders, and he flipped

497
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Speaker 1: a switch in the second quarter and had five straight drives.

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Speaker 1: Now one was called back where he hit bombs, which

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Speaker 1: what felt like the minimum the ball flew in the

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Speaker 1: air was fifty yards. I mean, honestly, it probably was averaged.

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Speaker 1: I'm sure there's next Gens stats about this. Thirty five

502
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Speaker 1: plus yards in the air. It was one of the

503
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Speaker 1: most remarkable things I've ever seen live in an NFL game.

504
00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:14,160
Speaker 1: Deep bomb after deep bomb after deep bomb, and only

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Speaker 1: one of the five were a guy that was just

506
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Speaker 1: kind of wide open. Most of them were relatively highly

507
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Speaker 1: contested balls, like the corner was either stride for stride

508
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Speaker 1: or a step behind, so the ball had to be

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Speaker 1: placed pretty perfectly. And I got news for you. The

510
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Speaker 1: ball was placed perfectly every freaking time it was And

511
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Speaker 1: I text the guy on the chief staff. He's like,

512
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Speaker 1: I just text him, have you ever seen anything like that?

513
00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:39,639
Speaker 1: And this guy has been in the league for fifteen

514
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Speaker 1: plus years and his response was, no, never in my life.

515
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Speaker 1: My jaw hit the floor. And this guy likes Steph Curry.

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Speaker 1: Whatever you think about the Warriors and kind of what

517
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Speaker 1: they've become with Kevin Durant, I don't blame you. And

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Speaker 1: I get there's envy and jealousy all those years once

519
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Speaker 1: Kevin Durant showed up, But I will promise you what

520
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Speaker 1: Steph Curry stands for as a teammate, for how hard

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Speaker 1: the freaking guy works and how remarkable he is as

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Speaker 1: a player. If you weren't emotionally hating the Warriors. I

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Speaker 1: think you could take a step back and you can

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Speaker 1: admire and respect how good the guy is, because he's

525
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Speaker 1: freaking incredible. When it's all sadden that he's gonna go

526
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Speaker 1: down as the second best point guard ever, that's not

527
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Speaker 1: an opinion, that's a fact. You know how many point

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Speaker 1: guards check the resume, three chips, two m vps. And

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Speaker 1: I don't know if he's slowing down at least for

530
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Speaker 1: a couple more years. Like Patrick Mahomes, I feel pretty

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Speaker 1: confident saying this. If he doesn't get hurt, it is

532
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Speaker 1: going to be a generational player. And we say this

533
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Speaker 1: a lot, and I've been wrong on this before. I

534
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Speaker 1: kind of jumped the gun a little on Jimmy Garoppolo.

535
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Speaker 1: I'm gonna pull back. Not that I'm down on Jimmy

536
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Speaker 1: in the sense that I just annointed him as a

537
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Speaker 1: top five quarterback, probably too fast, like I've seen enough

538
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Speaker 1: with with Patrick Mahomes, especially when I factor in the variables.

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Speaker 1: As Tony ro Almost said yesterday, Andy Reid might be

540
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Speaker 1: the greatest offensive coach ever. Now I think Andy would

541
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Speaker 1: probably push back on that, but I think we all

542
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Speaker 1: can admit or acknowledge probably the right word that Andy.

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Speaker 1: You know the Bill Walsh. I mean there's is one

544
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Speaker 1: of is one of the best offensive play callers in

545
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Speaker 1: the history of the sport, and clearly right now in

546
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Speaker 1: the league full of great young and old play callers

547
00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:14,520
Speaker 1: all over the league, He's probably the cream of the

548
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Speaker 1: crop right now. Just as a play caller, play to

549
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Speaker 1: play with the weapons that he has. And then, like

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Speaker 1: I said, the other variable is the weapons that he has.

551
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Speaker 1: He has Travis Kelsey, who is a rare player. I

552
00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:28,320
Speaker 1: don't know what Travis. I don't have his combined information

553
00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:32,080
Speaker 1: in front of me. But when Travis plays, he plays

554
00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:34,760
Speaker 1: at a four or four speed at size which no

555
00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:37,480
Speaker 1: one can stop him. You can't put safety small safeties

556
00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:40,199
Speaker 1: on him. He'll toss around you put longer corners on

557
00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:42,760
Speaker 1: He's too physical and he can run by him. He's

558
00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:47,840
Speaker 1: just a freak. Sammy Watkins, they have resurrected slash, kept

559
00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:50,800
Speaker 1: healthy and he looks like a monster. They have just

560
00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:53,760
Speaker 1: the kid they draft in the third round, Hardeman. I

561
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Speaker 1: think it's how you say his name can absolutely scoot.

562
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Speaker 1: Their running backs are legit. They got Cheetah who will

563
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Speaker 1: come back in a couple weeks, They're just absolutely loaded.

564
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Speaker 1: Their offensive line is good. It's the ultimate combination of

565
00:28:05,359 --> 00:28:08,560
Speaker 1: one a generational talent who truly wants to be great

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Speaker 1: and is going in the lab mentally and physically in

567
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Speaker 1: the off season little Tiger woods like uh. Then factor

568
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Speaker 1: in a great coach with a good system, great system

569
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Speaker 1: and the weapons like it's the ultimate combination. Kind of

570
00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:23,800
Speaker 1: like Steph Curry, Steve Kirk came turns out to be

571
00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:26,200
Speaker 1: a really good coach, opened up the system for him,

572
00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:29,679
Speaker 1: let him eat, and the rest is history. The rest

573
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Speaker 1: is history. It's like if this guy stays healthy, as

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Speaker 1: Michael Jordan once said, the ceiling is the roof. The

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Speaker 1: only guy I think in this league under thirty that

576
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Speaker 1: even has a chance to be on his level, as

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Speaker 1: Carson Wentz, Deshaun Watts is not. Can't be as good

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Speaker 1: as this guy. Dak Prescott, who's clearly improved, can't be

579
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Speaker 1: as good as this guy. Uh. Jared Goff, who's a

580
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Speaker 1: really good can't be as good as this guy. Now, Carson,

581
00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:56,640
Speaker 1: you watched last night, Like I don't have the box

582
00:28:56,640 --> 00:28:58,440
Speaker 1: score in front of me or the other night, I

583
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Speaker 1: don't care how many Pixie throw when Carson's on and

584
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Speaker 1: the flip, the switch is flipped. His good beside Mahomes

585
00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:09,080
Speaker 1: for all the young guys, is on a different level,

586
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Speaker 1: like he can put the team on his back and

587
00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:14,280
Speaker 1: carry them to the promised Land. Now his problem is

588
00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:17,479
Speaker 1: he takes a ton of hits and clearly he just

589
00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:21,360
Speaker 1: he gets just worked sometimes because he keeps plays alive

590
00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:23,960
Speaker 1: and gets destroyed. So that would be my red flag

591
00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:26,280
Speaker 1: on him. Just can't he stay healthy? But when he's healthy,

592
00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:29,160
Speaker 1: his high end might not quite be mahomes high end,

593
00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:32,479
Speaker 1: but it's pretty damn close. But I'm pretty confident right

594
00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:35,480
Speaker 1: now through two weeks, Mahomes is the heavy m v

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Speaker 1: P favorite. They play Lamar Jackson the Ravens this week

596
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Speaker 1: at home. If they take care of business there, you know,

597
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Speaker 1: I don't see how this guy doesn't win back to

598
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Speaker 1: back m v ps. So the example of the Steph

599
00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:49,520
Speaker 1: Curry Warriors and the Kansas Chiefs, well you're looking at

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Speaker 1: the Steph Curry of the team, the top teammate, the

601
00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:55,560
Speaker 1: most likable guy, the biggest superstar, and at the end

602
00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:58,280
Speaker 1: of the day, the most talented one. So get ready

603
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Speaker 1: for the first back to back m v P we've

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Speaker 1: seen in the NFL in a long time. Okay, you

605
00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:08,040
Speaker 1: know many say ages just a number. My thirty fifth

606
00:30:08,080 --> 00:30:12,360
Speaker 1: birthday is hell less than a month away getting old.

607
00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:16,000
Speaker 1: But as a wise man once said A. K. Warren Buffett,

608
00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:18,920
Speaker 1: you should be better in the second half of your life.

609
00:30:19,560 --> 00:30:22,320
Speaker 1: You're you just have more experiences. You've lived more life.

610
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Speaker 1: You should have a better experience just around people. The

611
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Speaker 1: second half of your life should be better. And I

612
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Speaker 1: agree with that. As I've gotten older, my life has

613
00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:34,960
Speaker 1: only got better, game, more wisdom, have more control of

614
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Speaker 1: my life. Actually being a single guy, like dating older women.

615
00:30:39,040 --> 00:30:42,160
Speaker 1: They tend to have more wisdom. Uh, and just I

616
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Speaker 1: enjoy being around him more. But I don't discriminate. And

617
00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:48,200
Speaker 1: that's like I wouldn't date younger women, but just I

618
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Speaker 1: like older women. I like all women really. But you

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Speaker 1: get my drift in life as you age. It's a

620
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Speaker 1: good thing. You know, most people, in most walks of

621
00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:03,200
Speaker 1: life make more money the older they get. That's what

622
00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:07,560
Speaker 1: makes pro sports so unique and so the opposite of

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Speaker 1: everything else in society. You actually make the most when

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Speaker 1: you're younger, like most professional athletes, unless you're like Michael

625
00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:17,600
Speaker 1: Jordan's the most money they'll ever make. In their life

626
00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:21,720
Speaker 1: is nine years old. It's the opposite for me, and you,

627
00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:25,600
Speaker 1: like my income just keeps kind of doubling or growing

628
00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:28,960
Speaker 1: at a rate the older I've gotten. That's most people.

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Speaker 1: But I do think that we've kind of lost touch

630
00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:36,360
Speaker 1: with age in sports, where we just think these guys

631
00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:40,480
Speaker 1: should be able to play forever. Yesterday Roethlisberger went down.

632
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Speaker 1: I guess I'm recording this on Monday, so if you're

633
00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:46,280
Speaker 1: listening a couple of days ago, Drew Brees is now out.

634
00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:49,480
Speaker 1: Roethlisberger obviously out for the season. Drew Brees is out

635
00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:52,080
Speaker 1: for a considerable amount of time with a messed up finger,

636
00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:55,360
Speaker 1: and everyone's like freaking out, like guys are going down.

637
00:31:56,360 --> 00:32:00,520
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, Drew Brees is forty years old. Forty years old.

638
00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:03,280
Speaker 1: Now it was a freak injury, like he didn't get

639
00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:06,760
Speaker 1: hurt quote unquote, was because of age. But what Brady

640
00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:09,880
Speaker 1: is doing should be an all time outlier. This is

641
00:32:09,920 --> 00:32:13,400
Speaker 1: not normal, and I understand that the quarterback position is

642
00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:15,760
Speaker 1: more protected than ever, So I do think guys are

643
00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:18,440
Speaker 1: gonna play thirty five, thirty six, thirty seven, thirty eight

644
00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:20,560
Speaker 1: at a higher level. But just look at other guys

645
00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:25,200
Speaker 1: like Eli shot flack of stinks. You know, Roethlisberger had

646
00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:27,560
Speaker 1: this kind of innocuous injury in terms of the way

647
00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:32,400
Speaker 1: he threw it. Isn't that crazy? He's thirty seven years old,

648
00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:36,280
Speaker 1: thirty seven, like if he was and be like, god,

649
00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:39,240
Speaker 1: that's just a freak deal. But isn't that freaky? These

650
00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:42,520
Speaker 1: guys are really really old. They really shouldn't be playing

651
00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:44,480
Speaker 1: at this age when you really take a step back

652
00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:47,200
Speaker 1: and think about it, like, look at Rogers. I think

653
00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:50,880
Speaker 1: we're all starting to notice with Rogers at thirty five

654
00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:54,280
Speaker 1: years old, he's not quite the same as he was

655
00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:57,080
Speaker 1: at thirty thirty one, thirty two, nor should he be.

656
00:32:57,720 --> 00:33:00,840
Speaker 1: And here's the other thing about Roethlisberger. His thirty seven

657
00:33:01,360 --> 00:33:06,360
Speaker 1: is a weathered thirty seven, I mean weathered. Even Drew

658
00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:09,200
Speaker 1: Brees like he has had a major shoulder injury. Now,

659
00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:11,360
Speaker 1: for the most part, I think he's missed one game

660
00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:15,040
Speaker 1: in his time in New Orleans. He's been consistently healthy.

661
00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:17,760
Speaker 1: But is there a chance that you know, from the

662
00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:21,160
Speaker 1: information we know he messed up some ligaments. He's gonna

663
00:33:21,160 --> 00:33:23,040
Speaker 1: need surgery or whatever on his thumb and she'll be

664
00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:25,200
Speaker 1: back in six eight weeks or whatever. But there's a

665
00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:29,480
Speaker 1: chance at forty years old, this body just doesn't respond

666
00:33:29,520 --> 00:33:32,160
Speaker 1: to it. Because I've noticed in my early thirties my

667
00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:35,960
Speaker 1: metabolism will slowed. When I get injured now or tweaks something,

668
00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:38,200
Speaker 1: it just hurts a little bit longer. I think many

669
00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:41,000
Speaker 1: people listening, if you're, you know, in your twenties, enjoy it,

670
00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:44,560
Speaker 1: because as you get older, things change. People always tell

671
00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:46,640
Speaker 1: you that when you're young, you're like sure, sure, sure,

672
00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:50,080
Speaker 1: and then you realize, God, my metabolism has slowed down,

673
00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:53,200
Speaker 1: Like I'm not sixty, I'm thirty three. What the hell

674
00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:55,800
Speaker 1: is going on? And you just have to change another

675
00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:59,280
Speaker 1: thing about pro sports forever. The most famous line in

676
00:33:59,320 --> 00:34:02,280
Speaker 1: all of pro worts was Charles Barkley uses all the

677
00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:05,400
Speaker 1: time on TNT Father Time is undefeated and forever. He

678
00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:07,520
Speaker 1: was right, like, guys would just get washed out of

679
00:34:07,520 --> 00:34:08,880
Speaker 1: the league, get washed out of the league in all

680
00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:11,360
Speaker 1: these sports, and now more and more, and part of

681
00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:14,160
Speaker 1: it is technology has changed the way we take care

682
00:34:14,160 --> 00:34:17,479
Speaker 1: of our bodies changed. I'm not saying that these guys

683
00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:19,759
Speaker 1: haven't earned the right to play at this age and

684
00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:22,279
Speaker 1: are still playing at a high level. Though Roethlisberger didn't

685
00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:24,919
Speaker 1: quite look the same Breeze has been pretty damn good.

686
00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:27,080
Speaker 1: You can say he's a little bit a little questionable

687
00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:30,080
Speaker 1: the last several games, but you know, he's still a

688
00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:33,200
Speaker 1: really good player at forty. I just think that we

689
00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:36,400
Speaker 1: often think of these guys and forget the age, and

690
00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:39,560
Speaker 1: you just can't forget that component of sports. I mean,

691
00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:41,920
Speaker 1: Drew Brees is forty. Think how many guys that he

692
00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:44,480
Speaker 1: plays on an everyday basis, or I mean, like on

693
00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:47,319
Speaker 1: every Sunday, that are between the ages of twenty two

694
00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:50,360
Speaker 1: and twenty six. Some majority of the guys lining up

695
00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:54,319
Speaker 1: against him on defenses. Our first contract players or even

696
00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:57,279
Speaker 1: second contract players are early into their second contract. Those

697
00:34:57,320 --> 00:34:58,920
Speaker 1: are most of the guys in the prime of their

698
00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:01,200
Speaker 1: career all over the end of fell and this guy's

699
00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:04,080
Speaker 1: still doing at forty. So yeah, I mean, it was

700
00:35:04,120 --> 00:35:06,439
Speaker 1: a freak injury, but to me, there's just no lock

701
00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:10,040
Speaker 1: that he's coming back, Big Ben, like this could be

702
00:35:10,040 --> 00:35:12,799
Speaker 1: a career ender. I think sometimes we used to talk

703
00:35:12,840 --> 00:35:14,359
Speaker 1: about that a lot in sports when a guy would

704
00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:16,160
Speaker 1: get injured, like we may never see him again. We

705
00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:20,239
Speaker 1: don't anymore because we just think that these doctors and

706
00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:24,000
Speaker 1: the diets and the workout programs Oh, guys coming back,

707
00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:26,320
Speaker 1: Guys coming back, Guys coming back, Well, some guys don't.

708
00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:29,680
Speaker 1: Some guys in the prime of their career get injured.

709
00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:33,000
Speaker 1: I saw one in my backyard. Jerick McKinnon tears his

710
00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:35,839
Speaker 1: a c L last year a c L chair, Right,

711
00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:38,839
Speaker 1: he's six years old. You're like, oh, you know he's

712
00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:40,680
Speaker 1: gonna miss the year. That sucks, But he'll come back

713
00:35:41,080 --> 00:35:44,399
Speaker 1: because ever since Adrian Peterson, everyone just assumes guys come back,

714
00:35:44,520 --> 00:35:46,840
Speaker 1: especially guys in their twenties. You know what happened to

715
00:35:46,960 --> 00:35:49,080
Speaker 1: Jerk McKinnon. He's never been the same. You know what

716
00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:52,440
Speaker 1: happened Jerreed McKinnon. More than likely he'll never play an

717
00:35:52,560 --> 00:35:56,160
Speaker 1: NFL snap again. That sucks. That's shitty, But that that

718
00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:59,239
Speaker 1: used to happen all the time, And I think we

719
00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:01,799
Speaker 1: think that that's crazy when it happens now because it

720
00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:03,960
Speaker 1: is kind of weird because it doesn't usually happen to

721
00:36:04,040 --> 00:36:06,680
Speaker 1: most players, right, Like Jimmy Garoppolo tears n A c L,

722
00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:09,640
Speaker 1: He's back the next year. No, just Jimmy Carson Wentz

723
00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:11,480
Speaker 1: tears an a c L back the next year. For

724
00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:13,799
Speaker 1: the most part, the guys do bounce back. But when

725
00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:15,560
Speaker 1: these guys get older. It's what I always say is

726
00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:19,040
Speaker 1: gonna be the downfall of Brady, like ultimately Peyton Manning's arm,

727
00:36:19,120 --> 00:36:21,680
Speaker 1: he was a shot. He just couldn't throw the ball anymore,

728
00:36:22,080 --> 00:36:24,800
Speaker 1: like more than likely that's that's not how Brady's aging.

729
00:36:25,080 --> 00:36:27,480
Speaker 1: He's gonna be able to throw with a high velocity,

730
00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:30,680
Speaker 1: probably until he's like fifty. I bet Brett Farve could

731
00:36:30,680 --> 00:36:33,760
Speaker 1: just sit there and still just fling a dark forty

732
00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:36,520
Speaker 1: yards on a rope still to this day. But his

733
00:36:36,560 --> 00:36:40,040
Speaker 1: body broke down the other parts beside his throwing arm,

734
00:36:40,080 --> 00:36:42,400
Speaker 1: and I think ultimately not gonna. I don't want it

735
00:36:42,440 --> 00:36:44,080
Speaker 1: to happen because I still like watching Tom, but that's

736
00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:48,320
Speaker 1: probably the downfall Tom one day. So Breeze Roethlisberger, like,

737
00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:50,279
Speaker 1: there's gonna be a point in time where one of

738
00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:53,279
Speaker 1: one of these guys, not both, This may never resurface it,

739
00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:55,359
Speaker 1: It might be over for both of them. Even though

740
00:36:55,400 --> 00:36:57,040
Speaker 1: you say Breeze just his thumb, Well, who knows if

741
00:36:57,080 --> 00:36:59,719
Speaker 1: it never comes back, because at forty years old, maybe

742
00:36:59,719 --> 00:37:03,520
Speaker 1: he don't recover from it. Who knows. Again, I hope

743
00:37:03,560 --> 00:37:05,560
Speaker 1: they come back. I like watching these two guys. Big

744
00:37:05,560 --> 00:37:07,120
Speaker 1: Ben in his prime was one of my favorite players

745
00:37:07,160 --> 00:37:09,759
Speaker 1: in the league. But I think we overlook age and

746
00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:12,400
Speaker 1: where it's great for me and you it's creating our businesses.

747
00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:14,200
Speaker 1: We just keep making more money the older we get,

748
00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:16,919
Speaker 1: and we keep gaining more wisdom, and you know, life

749
00:37:16,960 --> 00:37:21,000
Speaker 1: keeps getting better. In pro sports, it's it's typically the opposite.

750
00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:22,600
Speaker 1: And I think we've gotten to a point where we

751
00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:25,319
Speaker 1: just expect these guys to play forever and we might

752
00:37:25,360 --> 00:37:27,319
Speaker 1: get a hard lesson with some you know, future Hall

753
00:37:27,360 --> 00:37:32,160
Speaker 1: of famers this season. I looked up something before I

754
00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:35,759
Speaker 1: dove into this topic because I thought it actually, you know,

755
00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:38,520
Speaker 1: as a decent parallel to what I'm about to talk

756
00:37:38,520 --> 00:37:43,160
Speaker 1: about players contracts and just the narrative that when Julio

757
00:37:43,239 --> 00:37:45,520
Speaker 1: Jones signed his deal, which is basically a sixty six

758
00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:48,960
Speaker 1: million dollars which I don't have a calculator in front

759
00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:50,960
Speaker 1: of me, but he got sixty four of it guaranteed.

760
00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:54,640
Speaker 1: It was basically an NBA style contract, and people are like, oh,

761
00:37:54,680 --> 00:37:57,480
Speaker 1: that's an executive Texas schefter, that this is gonna pay

762
00:37:57,600 --> 00:38:02,600
Speaker 1: the path for players getting fully guaranteed deals, and I

763
00:38:03,040 --> 00:38:07,799
Speaker 1: think you never Jerry Jones once famously said, you pay

764
00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:11,040
Speaker 1: premiums for premiums you'll never go wrong. It's when you

765
00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:13,799
Speaker 1: try to go cheap that you get burned. Once upon

766
00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:16,200
Speaker 1: a time, and I googled this, I used this on

767
00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:20,000
Speaker 1: this show. Right Instagram my d MS, you know, Facebook

768
00:38:20,080 --> 00:38:25,360
Speaker 1: in two thousand twelve bought Instagram for a billion dollars,

769
00:38:25,800 --> 00:38:28,960
Speaker 1: which at the time was pretty eye opening. I googled

770
00:38:28,960 --> 00:38:31,919
Speaker 1: it before I was figuring out what I was gonna

771
00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:36,640
Speaker 1: talk about on this show. It's it's estimated this could

772
00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:40,840
Speaker 1: be off. That Instagram right now is currently worth about

773
00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:45,520
Speaker 1: a hundred billion dollars. Now that does seem a little high,

774
00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:49,160
Speaker 1: but it's clearly worth a lot more than the billion

775
00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:52,200
Speaker 1: dollars they paid for it. And I believe the same

776
00:38:52,239 --> 00:38:56,680
Speaker 1: thing in players. I have no problem quote unquote overpaying

777
00:38:56,719 --> 00:39:01,719
Speaker 1: great players. Steph Curry, Lebron James, Mike Trout, you name it,

778
00:39:01,880 --> 00:39:04,439
Speaker 1: just the best players in all of sports. Khalil Mack,

779
00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:09,880
Speaker 1: Aaron Donald, Julio Jones. Guys like Julio Jones have always

780
00:39:09,960 --> 00:39:13,040
Speaker 1: had a huge amount of leverage in the NFL, even

781
00:39:13,080 --> 00:39:16,960
Speaker 1: the most player unfriendly sport. When it comes to contracts,

782
00:39:17,239 --> 00:39:19,840
Speaker 1: the great players have always got paid and they always

783
00:39:19,840 --> 00:39:23,319
Speaker 1: will get paid. Now, Kirk Cousins was a little bit

784
00:39:23,320 --> 00:39:26,000
Speaker 1: of an outlier. He got franchise twice, then they let

785
00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:28,560
Speaker 1: him hit the open market. There were several teams that

786
00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:31,720
Speaker 1: needed a quarterback, and he got eighty five million dollars

787
00:39:31,719 --> 00:39:36,040
Speaker 1: fully guaranteed. He clearly is not worth that. Now you're

788
00:39:36,080 --> 00:39:38,640
Speaker 1: only worth what someone's willing to pay you. Of course,

789
00:39:38,760 --> 00:39:42,600
Speaker 1: so he was in theory worth because he was gonna

790
00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:44,840
Speaker 1: have a market which supplied demand, drive up the price,

791
00:39:44,920 --> 00:39:47,520
Speaker 1: just basic economics, just gonna get a lot of money.

792
00:39:47,560 --> 00:39:50,120
Speaker 1: But one thing is clear, he ain't a max quarterback.

793
00:39:50,719 --> 00:39:55,680
Speaker 1: Watching the Packers Minnesota game, he does things. He became

794
00:39:55,719 --> 00:39:58,359
Speaker 1: a he became a full time starter, like halfway through

795
00:39:58,840 --> 00:40:01,680
Speaker 1: he started six games and two thousand and fourteen, then

796
00:40:01,719 --> 00:40:06,360
Speaker 1: every year since he's been a full time starters fifteen, sixteen, seventeen,

797
00:40:06,560 --> 00:40:08,520
Speaker 1: does an eighteen in Minnesota, and then this year and

798
00:40:08,520 --> 00:40:10,840
Speaker 1: two has a nineteen where he'll start every game. Just

799
00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:13,040
Speaker 1: not good enough of a player. You know, he's not

800
00:40:13,120 --> 00:40:16,440
Speaker 1: even a top fifteen quarterback. He can have top fifteen moments,

801
00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:20,839
Speaker 1: but his downfall consistently always is one thing in big

802
00:40:20,880 --> 00:40:24,440
Speaker 1: spots in the fourth quarter, when you have to make plays,

803
00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:27,759
Speaker 1: he crumbles like a cookie, Like he doesn't have a

804
00:40:27,840 --> 00:40:31,920
Speaker 1: chance to make them happen. Julio Jones, who quote unquote

805
00:40:31,960 --> 00:40:34,680
Speaker 1: has always been a highly paid guy. Literally probably since

806
00:40:34,719 --> 00:40:37,920
Speaker 1: alabama number one high school recruit goes to Obama, Obama's

807
00:40:37,960 --> 00:40:40,759
Speaker 1: first big recruit, becomes a dominant player. Obama was a

808
00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:43,200
Speaker 1: top six pick in the draft, a historic draft, that

809
00:40:43,280 --> 00:40:45,600
Speaker 1: being in two thousand eleven. Then he goes on to

810
00:40:45,800 --> 00:40:48,480
Speaker 1: the Atlanta Falcons where he dominates, and he's got multiple

811
00:40:48,560 --> 00:40:51,480
Speaker 1: contracts and he just keeps dominating. He's been worth every penny.

812
00:40:51,840 --> 00:40:53,719
Speaker 1: Is the reason why the Falcons don't even hesitate to

813
00:40:53,719 --> 00:40:56,759
Speaker 1: guarantee and basically the entire contract. So is this gonna

814
00:40:56,880 --> 00:41:00,000
Speaker 1: change things in the NFL? Khalil Mac got ninety million guarantee,

815
00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:03,480
Speaker 1: Aaron Donald got eighty seven million dollars guaranteed. Great players

816
00:41:03,560 --> 00:41:06,160
Speaker 1: get a lot of money. Zeke Elliott despite being a

817
00:41:06,280 --> 00:41:08,759
Speaker 1: pain in the ass off the field. Jerry Jones like,

818
00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:11,600
Speaker 1: just give him fifty million dollars whatever, because he's an

819
00:41:11,640 --> 00:41:15,239
Speaker 1: elite player. If Zeke was Melvin Gordon, he wouldn't have

820
00:41:15,280 --> 00:41:17,640
Speaker 1: got that. Like, I got news for you, Melvin Gordon.

821
00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:20,600
Speaker 1: I begged you run and signed the contract. Well, what

822
00:41:20,680 --> 00:41:22,560
Speaker 1: has happened to games in the season. You know, it

823
00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:25,919
Speaker 1: turns out Austin Ekeler maybe just as good. Hot take,

824
00:41:26,040 --> 00:41:30,279
Speaker 1: Austin Ekeler might be better. So this notion that it's

825
00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:34,680
Speaker 1: gonna change the NFL for NBA style contracts, they've always

826
00:41:34,800 --> 00:41:37,680
Speaker 1: somewhat been that And the difference between the NFL and

827
00:41:37,760 --> 00:41:40,800
Speaker 1: the NBA are injury factors in the NFL or just

828
00:41:40,880 --> 00:41:44,560
Speaker 1: gigantic So NBA contracts. I also got news for you.

829
00:41:44,719 --> 00:41:47,080
Speaker 1: Just because you sign an NBA contract doesn't mean it's

830
00:41:47,080 --> 00:41:50,120
Speaker 1: a good contract. Think how many deals in the NBA

831
00:41:50,200 --> 00:41:53,160
Speaker 1: are puke in your mouth bad of just quote unquote

832
00:41:53,160 --> 00:41:56,400
Speaker 1: really good players. Russell Westbrook worst contract maybe in all

833
00:41:56,440 --> 00:41:59,239
Speaker 1: the sports behind John Wall, Chris Paul most of the

834
00:41:59,280 --> 00:42:03,000
Speaker 1: worst contract in sports, or either in baseball and basketball

835
00:42:03,360 --> 00:42:06,120
Speaker 1: where the contracts are fully guaranteed. You know where the

836
00:42:06,239 --> 00:42:09,879
Speaker 1: majority of not bad contracts are in the NFL. Why

837
00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:12,279
Speaker 1: because Kirk Cousins deals. If more and more of those

838
00:42:12,320 --> 00:42:15,520
Speaker 1: type deals happened, there'd be terrible contracts all literal all

839
00:42:15,600 --> 00:42:19,040
Speaker 1: over the league. Who would who would not benefit from that?

840
00:42:19,280 --> 00:42:22,000
Speaker 1: Us as fans Because for all you guys, the DM

841
00:42:22,080 --> 00:42:24,120
Speaker 1: ME all the time fans of different teams. You would

842
00:42:24,160 --> 00:42:26,520
Speaker 1: be stuck with this, the shitty players, they wouldn't be

843
00:42:26,560 --> 00:42:28,360
Speaker 1: able to get away from. Do you know what the

844
00:42:28,440 --> 00:42:30,920
Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings wished? If they had it all over again,

845
00:42:31,600 --> 00:42:34,680
Speaker 1: then guarantee the whole goddamn contract now again. They did

846
00:42:34,719 --> 00:42:37,960
Speaker 1: not have a choice. They had to because supply demand.

847
00:42:38,160 --> 00:42:41,239
Speaker 1: It was. It was what it was. But you better

848
00:42:41,280 --> 00:42:43,520
Speaker 1: believe they're kicking themselves right now. He's not good enough.

849
00:42:43,880 --> 00:42:45,640
Speaker 1: They had one goal when they signed him. They thought

850
00:42:45,680 --> 00:42:47,319
Speaker 1: they were gonna win a Super Bowl because of him.

851
00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:49,160
Speaker 1: You know, one thing is clear. They're not gonna win

852
00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:51,400
Speaker 1: a super Bowl. Kirk Cousins the starting quarterback. Now, they

853
00:42:51,440 --> 00:42:53,719
Speaker 1: may make the playoffs this year, they may not. They're

854
00:42:53,719 --> 00:42:55,799
Speaker 1: gonna be in the mix because the roster so good.

855
00:42:56,360 --> 00:42:59,840
Speaker 1: But Julio Jones, Yeah, give him full of guarantee. Con

856
00:43:00,440 --> 00:43:02,919
Speaker 1: every time I play, every time I play a game,

857
00:43:03,440 --> 00:43:05,680
Speaker 1: more than likely, if Julio Jones is not the best

858
00:43:05,760 --> 00:43:09,120
Speaker 1: player on the field non quarterback, he's gonna be the

859
00:43:09,160 --> 00:43:12,239
Speaker 1: top two or three players every single time we take

860
00:43:12,320 --> 00:43:14,879
Speaker 1: the field. So if that's the case, and I say

861
00:43:14,920 --> 00:43:18,120
Speaker 1: this all the time, with huge money, there are non quarterback,

862
00:43:18,520 --> 00:43:21,239
Speaker 1: maybe two to three guys a team. Some teams may

863
00:43:21,280 --> 00:43:23,840
Speaker 1: only have one, some teams may not have one. The

864
00:43:23,880 --> 00:43:26,000
Speaker 1: good team probably have two or three guys that you

865
00:43:26,080 --> 00:43:28,839
Speaker 1: don't hesitate to pay. And the only way you get

866
00:43:28,880 --> 00:43:30,759
Speaker 1: screwed in the deal is if there's an injury. And

867
00:43:30,840 --> 00:43:34,000
Speaker 1: that's welcome to sports. But this notion that the game

868
00:43:34,120 --> 00:43:36,600
Speaker 1: is gonna change dramatically, it's just not true because most

869
00:43:36,680 --> 00:43:40,160
Speaker 1: players are not Julio and quarterbacks like her cousins. The

870
00:43:40,200 --> 00:43:43,080
Speaker 1: good ones never hit the actual quote unquote open market.

871
00:43:43,520 --> 00:43:46,600
Speaker 1: But as we've seen, if you're a good quarterback, you

872
00:43:46,640 --> 00:43:49,000
Speaker 1: don't even need to hit the open market. Carson Wentz,

873
00:43:49,120 --> 00:43:51,759
Speaker 1: Jared Goff soon to be Dak Prescott. They get an

874
00:43:51,840 --> 00:43:54,880
Speaker 1: astronomical amount of money, And you could also argue that

875
00:43:54,960 --> 00:43:59,040
Speaker 1: the quote the NBA style contracts, that's the quarterbacks. They

876
00:43:59,120 --> 00:44:02,200
Speaker 1: get NFL style A contracts. They get nine figure deals,

877
00:44:02,640 --> 00:44:05,680
Speaker 1: which are really lucrative. They also get the most off

878
00:44:05,760 --> 00:44:08,399
Speaker 1: the field endorsements. They get the most women, they get

879
00:44:08,440 --> 00:44:10,759
Speaker 1: the most praise, they get talked about the most. They

880
00:44:10,840 --> 00:44:13,680
Speaker 1: are the NBA stars of the league. The quarterbacks and

881
00:44:13,840 --> 00:44:17,840
Speaker 1: a handful of non quarterbacks, and those guys Julio, Khalil,

882
00:44:17,920 --> 00:44:21,640
Speaker 1: Mack Aaron Donald get historic amounts of money. But I

883
00:44:21,680 --> 00:44:24,360
Speaker 1: got news for you. The majority of players are replaceable.

884
00:44:24,600 --> 00:44:27,439
Speaker 1: Welcome to the NFL. Next man up injuries, see you later.

885
00:44:27,960 --> 00:44:31,080
Speaker 1: Undrafted free agent becomes a star, seventh rounder becomes a starter,

886
00:44:31,239 --> 00:44:33,840
Speaker 1: fifth rounder becomes an All Pro. That's the way the

887
00:44:33,920 --> 00:44:37,320
Speaker 1: league works. It always hasn't always will. So this notion

888
00:44:37,440 --> 00:44:40,920
Speaker 1: that things are gonna dramatically change contract wise, I just

889
00:44:41,040 --> 00:44:43,200
Speaker 1: don't see it, because as we see with Jared Goff,

890
00:44:43,280 --> 00:44:46,960
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz soon to be Dak Prescott, who are better players,

891
00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:49,239
Speaker 1: and Kirk Cousins won't get a fully guaranteed deal like

892
00:44:49,320 --> 00:44:51,480
Speaker 1: her cousins, mainly because they'll never hit free agency like

893
00:44:51,560 --> 00:44:56,239
Speaker 1: her cousins. So it's fun to talk about, and you know,

894
00:44:56,600 --> 00:44:58,319
Speaker 1: a cute thing to kind of be throw out there

895
00:44:58,360 --> 00:45:00,759
Speaker 1: on social media and it's gonna get like and retweets

896
00:45:00,800 --> 00:45:03,000
Speaker 1: and listen, I'm Schefter's my guy. I'm not taking a

897
00:45:03,000 --> 00:45:05,400
Speaker 1: shot at that, like someone texts him that. But but

898
00:45:05,560 --> 00:45:08,920
Speaker 1: Julio is an outlier. He eats, he's an exception to

899
00:45:09,000 --> 00:45:12,239
Speaker 1: the rule. He's a first ballot Hall of Famer. He's

900
00:45:12,280 --> 00:45:15,480
Speaker 1: the number one overall recruit at seventeen. He goes to

901
00:45:15,520 --> 00:45:20,200
Speaker 1: Alabama and just dominates. Guys like Julio or are not

902
00:45:20,320 --> 00:45:23,719
Speaker 1: a dime a dozen there once every ten years. I mean,

903
00:45:23,760 --> 00:45:27,799
Speaker 1: they don't come around that often. Like Odell Beckham can't

904
00:45:27,800 --> 00:45:29,800
Speaker 1: hold it, check the check the two resumes, doesn't know

905
00:45:29,920 --> 00:45:33,880
Speaker 1: the candle to Julio Hopkins maybe one day, but you

906
00:45:33,920 --> 00:45:36,000
Speaker 1: know it's gonna still take some time. Like who is

907
00:45:36,040 --> 00:45:39,279
Speaker 1: an all time great? So and don't get me wrong,

908
00:45:39,320 --> 00:45:41,680
Speaker 1: I would pay DeAndre Hopkins like to me, he fits

909
00:45:41,719 --> 00:45:44,520
Speaker 1: the mold, like, yeah, I'd give DeAndre Hopkins eighty million

910
00:45:44,560 --> 00:45:46,600
Speaker 1: guaranteed if the deal was eighty five, wouldn't even as

911
00:45:46,600 --> 00:45:49,680
Speaker 1: state he's that good, you know, But like that's who

912
00:45:49,719 --> 00:45:53,279
Speaker 1: I'm talking about, Julio and DeAndre Hopkins. That might be

913
00:45:53,400 --> 00:45:57,200
Speaker 1: the list. Seriously, So the thing about that, that's that's

914
00:45:57,239 --> 00:46:01,200
Speaker 1: what we're talking about here. Okay, let's fire around the

915
00:46:01,360 --> 00:46:04,560
Speaker 1: NFL and just some things I jotted down intrigued me

916
00:46:04,800 --> 00:46:10,879
Speaker 1: that I saw just whatever, uh Lamar Jackson, anyone that's

917
00:46:10,960 --> 00:46:13,080
Speaker 1: listened to me for a while or listening to show

918
00:46:13,160 --> 00:46:15,799
Speaker 1: to even recently. I was not a big Lamar Jackson guy.

919
00:46:16,560 --> 00:46:19,480
Speaker 1: Now I get and I even said I did a

920
00:46:19,560 --> 00:46:24,400
Speaker 1: topic I think last week all about context, and context

921
00:46:24,520 --> 00:46:27,000
Speaker 1: is key who you're playing, who you're doing it against.

922
00:46:27,520 --> 00:46:30,640
Speaker 1: But I didn't ding my homes for four touchdowns in

923
00:46:30,719 --> 00:46:32,680
Speaker 1: a quarter playing the Raiders, who are not going to

924
00:46:32,719 --> 00:46:35,400
Speaker 1: be a very good team. So I can't totally ding

925
00:46:35,560 --> 00:46:38,759
Speaker 1: Lamar for kicking the crap out of bad teams. Now,

926
00:46:38,840 --> 00:46:40,440
Speaker 1: he did get Vance Joseph, who I said to the

927
00:46:40,480 --> 00:46:43,400
Speaker 1: worst defensive coordinator in the in the NFL. I feel

928
00:46:43,440 --> 00:46:47,480
Speaker 1: that I feel very strongly about that. That's that's probably

929
00:46:47,520 --> 00:46:49,640
Speaker 1: one of my strongest opinions that I believe is the

930
00:46:49,719 --> 00:46:52,239
Speaker 1: fact is the Vance Joseph is the worst DC in

931
00:46:52,280 --> 00:46:56,200
Speaker 1: the NFL, and Lamar kicked his ass, and Lamar Jackson

932
00:46:56,480 --> 00:47:01,120
Speaker 1: dominated the Dolphins who are actively tanking. But what you're

933
00:47:01,239 --> 00:47:04,360
Speaker 1: seeing out of him just he's calm, collected his accuracy.

934
00:47:04,520 --> 00:47:07,399
Speaker 1: He's been impressive. And I say it all the time.

935
00:47:07,960 --> 00:47:10,000
Speaker 1: Hell I'll say it every week, even if I don't

936
00:47:10,040 --> 00:47:12,279
Speaker 1: like you out of college, if you're a high character guy,

937
00:47:12,840 --> 00:47:14,960
Speaker 1: I don't mind being wrong and then rooting for you.

938
00:47:15,080 --> 00:47:17,360
Speaker 1: I'm doing the same with Josh Allen. I would not

939
00:47:17,440 --> 00:47:20,640
Speaker 1: have drafted Josh Allen number seven overall, but following his

940
00:47:20,800 --> 00:47:23,680
Speaker 1: career on social media. I like the kid. I think

941
00:47:23,760 --> 00:47:26,720
Speaker 1: he's just a high level guy and he's clearly Lamar

942
00:47:26,840 --> 00:47:31,080
Speaker 1: Jackson Josh Allen have dramatically improved Lamar. I mean, if

943
00:47:31,160 --> 00:47:33,520
Speaker 1: somehow he'd go into Kansas City this weekend and when

944
00:47:34,400 --> 00:47:36,279
Speaker 1: what I said about my homes being went back to

945
00:47:36,360 --> 00:47:38,880
Speaker 1: back m vps, Lamar Jackson would heavily throw his hat

946
00:47:38,960 --> 00:47:40,800
Speaker 1: in the ring. Lamar has been awesome. This is a

947
00:47:40,840 --> 00:47:42,600
Speaker 1: big week for him. But even if it doesn't go well,

948
00:47:43,080 --> 00:47:46,879
Speaker 1: like I'm impressed with Lamar, I really am. Eli Manning

949
00:47:46,920 --> 00:47:50,200
Speaker 1: should be benched when you are throwing away your season,

950
00:47:50,800 --> 00:47:53,880
Speaker 1: and I don't. The Giants aren't actively throwing away their season.

951
00:47:53,960 --> 00:47:57,360
Speaker 1: They just stink because their players aren't any good, mainly

952
00:47:57,440 --> 00:48:01,200
Speaker 1: because you do things like trade pick seven team or four,

953
00:48:01,920 --> 00:48:04,640
Speaker 1: trade Odell Beckham for pick seventeen, which becomes a nose

954
00:48:04,719 --> 00:48:07,759
Speaker 1: tackle and a box safety. Team stinks. So when your

955
00:48:07,760 --> 00:48:10,200
Speaker 1: team stinks, you have to find out what you have.

956
00:48:11,200 --> 00:48:13,960
Speaker 1: You might as well put Daniel Jones in there. It's

957
00:48:13,960 --> 00:48:16,399
Speaker 1: not like Eli has some streak going anymore. It's over.

958
00:48:16,600 --> 00:48:19,000
Speaker 1: The streak ended a couple of years ago. Just play

959
00:48:19,120 --> 00:48:20,839
Speaker 1: Daniel Jones from here on out and by the time

960
00:48:20,880 --> 00:48:23,200
Speaker 1: you're listening to this, maybe they've announced Daniel Jones, because

961
00:48:23,200 --> 00:48:25,839
Speaker 1: Pat Shermer wouldn't say one way or the other at

962
00:48:25,880 --> 00:48:30,120
Speaker 1: the podium. But I I think it's time like Eli

963
00:48:30,440 --> 00:48:33,280
Speaker 1: your careers. I could actually see Eli being a backup

964
00:48:33,320 --> 00:48:39,200
Speaker 1: somewhere next year. But it's over Gardner Mintshew. You know,

965
00:48:39,320 --> 00:48:42,000
Speaker 1: he's a fun player. He really is. That that final

966
00:48:42,120 --> 00:48:45,200
Speaker 1: drive of him just making some things happen. He's fun.

967
00:48:45,480 --> 00:48:47,440
Speaker 1: Now Is he that good? I don't know, but he's

968
00:48:47,760 --> 00:48:51,359
Speaker 1: He's got some just natural pocket awareness, he really does.

969
00:48:52,200 --> 00:48:54,200
Speaker 1: I don't know how many games the Jacksonville Jaguars are

970
00:48:54,200 --> 00:48:57,480
Speaker 1: gonna win. It's hard. This guy was almost a graduate

971
00:48:57,520 --> 00:49:00,000
Speaker 1: assistant for Saving a year ago, and now he starts

972
00:49:00,000 --> 00:49:03,080
Speaker 1: in the NFL quarterback. But but I like him. I

973
00:49:03,200 --> 00:49:06,600
Speaker 1: like a swag. I just I think most people just

974
00:49:06,840 --> 00:49:09,400
Speaker 1: he's kind of cool. You know, I'm rooting for him.

975
00:49:10,120 --> 00:49:12,279
Speaker 1: I was texting with an NFL coach tonight. I got

976
00:49:12,320 --> 00:49:15,799
Speaker 1: a couple of numbers in my phone and I because

977
00:49:15,800 --> 00:49:18,640
Speaker 1: I got a text over the weekend from Budding the NFL,

978
00:49:18,800 --> 00:49:20,839
Speaker 1: and it just said Mike Petton's one of the best

979
00:49:20,880 --> 00:49:24,839
Speaker 1: defensive coordinators in the league. So I text the coach

980
00:49:24,880 --> 00:49:27,080
Speaker 1: in the NFL and I just brought up Mike Petton

981
00:49:27,400 --> 00:49:29,920
Speaker 1: and his response is easily one of the best DC's

982
00:49:29,920 --> 00:49:32,800
Speaker 1: going right now. I think Mike Petton and people have

983
00:49:32,880 --> 00:49:36,000
Speaker 1: forgotten this guy was Rex's right hand guy when the

984
00:49:36,120 --> 00:49:38,920
Speaker 1: Jets were beating the crap out of people. People forget

985
00:49:39,040 --> 00:49:41,440
Speaker 1: that Mike Petton and Rex Ryan and that defense went

986
00:49:41,520 --> 00:49:45,120
Speaker 1: into Fox Borowl in one a playoff game like that happened.

987
00:49:45,760 --> 00:49:48,520
Speaker 1: Mike Petton is good and the Packers right now are

988
00:49:48,560 --> 00:49:51,360
Speaker 1: a defensive team. As crazy as that sounds, their defense

989
00:49:51,480 --> 00:49:54,920
Speaker 1: is excellent. And my bald headed brother because when you're

990
00:49:54,920 --> 00:49:57,360
Speaker 1: bald headed where you're all part of the brotherhood. And

991
00:49:57,560 --> 00:50:00,560
Speaker 1: I like Mike Petton rooting for him and for the

992
00:50:00,640 --> 00:50:02,359
Speaker 1: first time in a long time, the Packers are good

993
00:50:02,400 --> 00:50:06,319
Speaker 1: on defense, and he deserves Mark Murphy, Mike Murphy, whatever

994
00:50:06,360 --> 00:50:08,760
Speaker 1: the Murphy's name is, that is the president of the Packers,

995
00:50:08,840 --> 00:50:10,560
Speaker 1: and it really answers. I don't does he answer to

996
00:50:10,640 --> 00:50:13,399
Speaker 1: nobody because they have no owner. I do give him

997
00:50:13,400 --> 00:50:15,920
Speaker 1: credit for this, like, hey, La Flour, we're hiring you

998
00:50:16,040 --> 00:50:17,480
Speaker 1: that we're hiring you to be the head coach, but

999
00:50:17,520 --> 00:50:19,160
Speaker 1: you don't have a choice in your defensive coordinator. We're

1000
00:50:19,239 --> 00:50:22,880
Speaker 1: keeping this guy smart move. I don't know if Seattle

1001
00:50:22,960 --> 00:50:25,719
Speaker 1: quite gets enough credit for how consistently good they've been.

1002
00:50:26,560 --> 00:50:30,160
Speaker 1: It was Pete carroll birthday on Sunday. He got his

1003
00:50:30,239 --> 00:50:35,240
Speaker 1: hundredth win as a Seattle seahawkhead coach since two thousand twelve.

1004
00:50:35,360 --> 00:50:37,280
Speaker 1: Once they kind of turned it around. That was Russell

1005
00:50:37,320 --> 00:50:40,000
Speaker 1: Wilson's rookie year, and they named Russell Wilson the starting

1006
00:50:40,080 --> 00:50:43,200
Speaker 1: quarterback as a third round pick. Beats out Matt Flynn

1007
00:50:43,680 --> 00:50:47,040
Speaker 1: heading into the season. Since two thousand twelve, two games

1008
00:50:47,080 --> 00:50:50,760
Speaker 1: in the two thousand the Seattle Seahaks are seventy seven

1009
00:50:50,880 --> 00:50:55,200
Speaker 1: and thirty six. Say that out loud, seventy seven and

1010
00:50:55,400 --> 00:50:59,600
Speaker 1: thirty six. All they do is win. Really, all they

1011
00:50:59,760 --> 00:51:03,680
Speaker 1: do his win. And Pete Carroll is easily the youngest

1012
00:51:03,719 --> 00:51:06,640
Speaker 1: sixty eight year old in the history of the world.

1013
00:51:07,239 --> 00:51:09,839
Speaker 1: I mean he's sixty eight. He carries himself like he's

1014
00:51:09,880 --> 00:51:12,160
Speaker 1: forty three. I mean, like I said, I'm thirty five.

1015
00:51:12,239 --> 00:51:15,480
Speaker 1: There's no chance I have as much energy as Pete. Really,

1016
00:51:15,560 --> 00:51:19,160
Speaker 1: one of the unique sports personalities we've ever had, like Belichick,

1017
00:51:19,280 --> 00:51:21,400
Speaker 1: is I think like sixty six or sixty seven. But

1018
00:51:22,120 --> 00:51:24,600
Speaker 1: and I'd say even he's a little younger, you know,

1019
00:51:24,640 --> 00:51:27,239
Speaker 1: he could pull off like fifty fifty nine, but he

1020
00:51:27,320 --> 00:51:29,880
Speaker 1: doesn't have quite Pete's energy. Now he might from a

1021
00:51:29,960 --> 00:51:33,120
Speaker 1: work ethic standpoint, but Pete just bouncing around the walls

1022
00:51:33,560 --> 00:51:40,160
Speaker 1: the California cool. He's just seventy seven and thirty six.

1023
00:51:40,440 --> 00:51:42,960
Speaker 1: You know, when Pete went to Seattle for US on

1024
00:51:43,040 --> 00:51:47,640
Speaker 1: the West coast and US packed twelve homers, I thought

1025
00:51:47,880 --> 00:51:50,320
Speaker 1: I understood it because USC was about to get popped.

1026
00:51:50,400 --> 00:51:52,400
Speaker 1: But it hurt like what he had at USC was

1027
00:51:52,480 --> 00:51:54,960
Speaker 1: so special. I wanted him stay there his whole career.

1028
00:51:55,840 --> 00:51:58,560
Speaker 1: But he was right, and he was destined for that

1029
00:51:58,760 --> 00:52:00,360
Speaker 1: stage because at the end of the day, listen, I

1030
00:52:00,440 --> 00:52:04,160
Speaker 1: love college football, I really do. And love Lincoln Riley,

1031
00:52:04,280 --> 00:52:08,239
Speaker 1: love Chris Peterson, love Nick Saban, love Dabbo Sweeney. But

1032
00:52:08,360 --> 00:52:10,960
Speaker 1: the NFL is just a higher level. It really is,

1033
00:52:11,040 --> 00:52:13,719
Speaker 1: because you don't you only get one first round pick.

1034
00:52:13,880 --> 00:52:15,879
Speaker 1: And as Pat Hill told me back at Fresno State,

1035
00:52:16,239 --> 00:52:19,239
Speaker 1: you know, in the NFL, you get one first round pick.

1036
00:52:19,600 --> 00:52:21,600
Speaker 1: At Fresno State, you get a bunch of like fifth

1037
00:52:21,680 --> 00:52:24,760
Speaker 1: and six rounders. When you're at Alabama, when you're at USC.

1038
00:52:25,120 --> 00:52:28,120
Speaker 1: When you're at Oklahoma, you get like twenty first round picks.

1039
00:52:28,600 --> 00:52:31,000
Speaker 1: Now you may, you know, have some guys that you

1040
00:52:31,040 --> 00:52:32,960
Speaker 1: want that you don't get there, but you get my draft.

1041
00:52:33,400 --> 00:52:36,759
Speaker 1: So it's just the parody there. And Pete wanted to

1042
00:52:36,800 --> 00:52:38,120
Speaker 1: get back and prove that he could do it. And

1043
00:52:38,200 --> 00:52:41,719
Speaker 1: he hasn't just proved he can do it, he's he's cemented.

1044
00:52:41,760 --> 00:52:44,400
Speaker 1: I mean, he's a Hall of Fame coach National championship

1045
00:52:44,760 --> 00:52:47,040
Speaker 1: at USC and just that had that thing rolling. Then

1046
00:52:47,120 --> 00:52:49,520
Speaker 1: comes to Seattle and once he gets his guys in there,

1047
00:52:49,880 --> 00:52:53,080
Speaker 1: absolutely kicks ass. But here's the most impressive part, Like

1048
00:52:53,120 --> 00:52:56,280
Speaker 1: would Jimmy Johnson. We saw Jimmy turn that thing around

1049
00:52:56,480 --> 00:52:59,720
Speaker 1: right with Dallas Cowboys and rattle off two super Bowls

1050
00:52:59,840 --> 00:53:02,800
Speaker 1: and really the third one he gets credit for, but

1051
00:53:03,080 --> 00:53:05,680
Speaker 1: could he have done it again? Like think about Pete Carroll,

1052
00:53:05,760 --> 00:53:07,480
Speaker 1: I mean, and the help from John Schneider, who I

1053
00:53:07,520 --> 00:53:09,360
Speaker 1: think is one of the best general managers in the NFL.

1054
00:53:10,000 --> 00:53:13,320
Speaker 1: They have this core group of guys and they become

1055
00:53:13,360 --> 00:53:15,600
Speaker 1: one of the best teams in recent memory, have one

1056
00:53:15,600 --> 00:53:17,920
Speaker 1: of the great defenses of all time, right four straight

1057
00:53:18,000 --> 00:53:20,759
Speaker 1: years and the number one scoring defense. They were just

1058
00:53:20,960 --> 00:53:23,600
Speaker 1: they were the ship and then he flips it all.

1059
00:53:23,760 --> 00:53:26,399
Speaker 1: He literally gets rid of every single person except Bobby

1060
00:53:26,440 --> 00:53:29,879
Speaker 1: Wagner and obviously his quarterback. But like, that's what they've

1061
00:53:29,920 --> 00:53:32,640
Speaker 1: done in Seattle. I don't think quite gets enough credit.

1062
00:53:33,239 --> 00:53:35,200
Speaker 1: As John Schnyder said, a couple of years ago, when

1063
00:53:35,200 --> 00:53:37,239
Speaker 1: they went nine and seven, you would have thought we

1064
00:53:37,320 --> 00:53:40,160
Speaker 1: went two and fourteen around here. Then the last year

1065
00:53:40,200 --> 00:53:42,320
Speaker 1: everyone thought they were gonna suck. They make the playoffs.

1066
00:53:42,640 --> 00:53:45,799
Speaker 1: This year boom two and oh again. Now they're getting

1067
00:53:45,800 --> 00:53:49,120
Speaker 1: the Saints at home against Teddy Bridgewater. And that's another

1068
00:53:49,160 --> 00:53:52,960
Speaker 1: thing on Teddy Bridgewater. He actually wasn't bad that year

1069
00:53:53,040 --> 00:53:56,960
Speaker 1: that he was the Minnesota Vikings starting quarterback and Blair

1070
00:53:57,040 --> 00:54:01,840
Speaker 1: missed the uh ironically against Seattle, missed the kick. But

1071
00:54:02,320 --> 00:54:05,160
Speaker 1: you know it's I'm not gonna jump to conclusions. I

1072
00:54:05,360 --> 00:54:07,920
Speaker 1: just don't know. I I don't quite see it. Now.

1073
00:54:08,239 --> 00:54:10,000
Speaker 1: It's different when you get a full week to prepare,

1074
00:54:10,080 --> 00:54:11,800
Speaker 1: and even this week, it's not gonna be easy to

1075
00:54:11,880 --> 00:54:14,160
Speaker 1: judge him going up to Seattle. But the Saints are

1076
00:54:14,200 --> 00:54:17,560
Speaker 1: in trouble and the NFC South has kind of in trouble.

1077
00:54:18,200 --> 00:54:21,960
Speaker 1: Is it crazy to say that with Breeze out now

1078
00:54:22,080 --> 00:54:25,520
Speaker 1: for the foreseeable future. The Carolina Panthers just screwed because

1079
00:54:25,560 --> 00:54:29,040
Speaker 1: Camp sucks. Atlanta one of the more inconsistent teams you'll

1080
00:54:29,080 --> 00:54:33,759
Speaker 1: see the Tampa the Tampa Bay and Bruce Arians. I

1081
00:54:33,800 --> 00:54:35,960
Speaker 1: would not say this if Cutter was their coach, If

1082
00:54:36,080 --> 00:54:39,400
Speaker 1: Raheem Morris was their coach. They got Bruce Arians, a

1083
00:54:39,600 --> 00:54:42,400
Speaker 1: proven winner in this league, has a chance to win

1084
00:54:42,480 --> 00:54:45,799
Speaker 1: that division. Is I never in a million years would

1085
00:54:45,800 --> 00:54:47,520
Speaker 1: have said this a week ago. I wouldn't have said

1086
00:54:47,560 --> 00:54:50,440
Speaker 1: this three days ago. But Drew Brees being out and

1087
00:54:50,600 --> 00:54:53,840
Speaker 1: just Atlanta just something's a little off there. I'm telling you,

1088
00:54:54,080 --> 00:54:58,000
Speaker 1: keep an eye keep an eye on Tampa Bay. Okay,

1089
00:54:58,040 --> 00:55:00,840
Speaker 1: let's get into the Middlecoff mail bag. You guys ready,

1090
00:55:01,440 --> 00:55:04,520
Speaker 1: I'm ready? What up? Dog? How do you feel about

1091
00:55:04,560 --> 00:55:09,080
Speaker 1: total QBR vs QB QB rating? I don't recall any

1092
00:55:09,160 --> 00:55:13,439
Speaker 1: commentators or Calumness ever mentioned QBR rating, which I feel

1093
00:55:13,520 --> 00:55:15,640
Speaker 1: is a better way to measure how good a quarterback

1094
00:55:15,760 --> 00:55:18,400
Speaker 1: played a game. Plus who was the next coach to

1095
00:55:18,480 --> 00:55:22,080
Speaker 1: be fired. I'll be honest with you, I have no

1096
00:55:22,239 --> 00:55:24,759
Speaker 1: clue what any of that stuff means. I never really

1097
00:55:24,840 --> 00:55:28,800
Speaker 1: mess with it when it comes to quarterbacks. For me,

1098
00:55:28,920 --> 00:55:33,960
Speaker 1: it was always you know, attempts obviously, completion percentage. Just

1099
00:55:34,040 --> 00:55:36,360
Speaker 1: watch the game, you know, I I don't really know

1100
00:55:36,440 --> 00:55:40,520
Speaker 1: what QBR is. I really don't. The one stat that

1101
00:55:40,600 --> 00:55:43,600
Speaker 1: did kind of grow on me from PFF was interceptible balls.

1102
00:55:44,280 --> 00:55:46,360
Speaker 1: Like if you throw three or four interceptible balls and

1103
00:55:46,400 --> 00:55:49,880
Speaker 1: they were all dropped, but you went thirty five for

1104
00:55:49,960 --> 00:55:54,640
Speaker 1: three touchdowns, Like that's the numbers don't tell the entire story.

1105
00:55:55,680 --> 00:56:01,920
Speaker 1: Next coach to be fired uh Ron Rivera. But I

1106
00:56:02,040 --> 00:56:04,120
Speaker 1: think he's earned enough to get the entire year. But

1107
00:56:04,160 --> 00:56:06,920
Speaker 1: if they just have a disaster a season, he's out. Jay.

1108
00:56:06,960 --> 00:56:09,759
Speaker 1: I mean, Jay Gruden's done. Does Ja groudn't even want

1109
00:56:09,760 --> 00:56:14,839
Speaker 1: to be there? I don't think he does. Forty nine

1110
00:56:14,920 --> 00:56:19,200
Speaker 1: or Staley question is Trent Williams the answer? Well, I

1111
00:56:19,239 --> 00:56:21,200
Speaker 1: think there's a couple angles to this. For those who

1112
00:56:21,200 --> 00:56:24,239
Speaker 1: don't know, Joe Staley broke his leg. They're starting really

1113
00:56:24,280 --> 00:56:26,880
Speaker 1: their fourth tackle because they lost their third tackle in

1114
00:56:26,920 --> 00:56:30,920
Speaker 1: the preseason. So here's the thing with Joe Staley. He

1115
00:56:31,000 --> 00:56:32,560
Speaker 1: broke his leg, but he's not out for the season,

1116
00:56:32,560 --> 00:56:34,359
Speaker 1: and they're not placing him one I R. So he's

1117
00:56:34,360 --> 00:56:37,000
Speaker 1: only gonna miss five or six games best case scenario.

1118
00:56:37,719 --> 00:56:39,640
Speaker 1: So if you trade for Trent Williams, which I don't

1119
00:56:39,680 --> 00:56:41,680
Speaker 1: even know if the Redskins would trade the forty Niners

1120
00:56:41,680 --> 00:56:44,080
Speaker 1: Trent Williams because the forty Niners are going back to

1121
00:56:44,200 --> 00:56:48,880
Speaker 1: Washington October twenty. If you trade a first round for him, well,

1122
00:56:48,920 --> 00:56:50,840
Speaker 1: then Trent Williams is You're starting tackle the rest of

1123
00:56:50,880 --> 00:56:53,560
Speaker 1: the season. Just Joe Stalius go to the bench because

1124
00:56:53,640 --> 00:56:57,400
Speaker 1: mcglinchey's a right tackle. In a perfect world, you'd rather

1125
00:56:57,520 --> 00:57:00,200
Speaker 1: trade like a mid round pick for like a inch

1126
00:57:00,239 --> 00:57:02,839
Speaker 1: starter that then you could bench when Joe Staley goes back.

1127
00:57:03,760 --> 00:57:06,320
Speaker 1: But I'll be honest, I don't really know who that

1128
00:57:06,520 --> 00:57:10,600
Speaker 1: guy is. It's the hard thing with tackles, right, I

1129
00:57:10,680 --> 00:57:12,759
Speaker 1: guess you could, you know if I don't think Kyle

1130
00:57:12,840 --> 00:57:17,840
Speaker 1: would like big V. But the Eagles with Jason, with

1131
00:57:18,040 --> 00:57:20,880
Speaker 1: Andre Dillard have an exit, have an extra tackle. But

1132
00:57:20,920 --> 00:57:23,960
Speaker 1: I don't know if he really fits this scheme. But

1133
00:57:24,280 --> 00:57:27,200
Speaker 1: I mean, he's functional, but where what the Eagles trade

1134
00:57:27,280 --> 00:57:29,080
Speaker 1: him for, like a fifth round pick? Probably not, so

1135
00:57:29,240 --> 00:57:31,560
Speaker 1: I think it's a it's kind of a weird spot.

1136
00:57:31,640 --> 00:57:34,280
Speaker 1: I don't really know what they do. I think the

1137
00:57:34,560 --> 00:57:37,680
Speaker 1: best thing to do is just play this game on Sunday.

1138
00:57:38,280 --> 00:57:41,680
Speaker 1: You're playing Mason Rudolph, You're playing make a Fitzpatrick and

1139
00:57:41,800 --> 00:57:44,080
Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh Steelers, and just try to win the game

1140
00:57:44,160 --> 00:57:47,360
Speaker 1: with this. I think his name is Justin or Jacob's skull.

1141
00:57:47,520 --> 00:57:49,560
Speaker 1: I've got to write an article on the Athletic about

1142
00:57:49,600 --> 00:57:52,360
Speaker 1: it for Wednesday. Texts a bunch of people in the NFL.

1143
00:57:52,400 --> 00:57:54,120
Speaker 1: I mean he was a fringe draft pick. He went

1144
00:57:54,240 --> 00:57:57,200
Speaker 1: sixth round, texting buddies in the league. They had him

1145
00:57:57,240 --> 00:58:01,280
Speaker 1: like seventh to an undrafted free agent. Chance he just sucks.

1146
00:58:01,560 --> 00:58:04,080
Speaker 1: I mean he's just maybe one day he won't suck,

1147
00:58:04,200 --> 00:58:06,160
Speaker 1: but more than likely he's not ready right now. When

1148
00:58:06,200 --> 00:58:08,800
Speaker 1: you were a six round draft pick at at at

1149
00:58:08,880 --> 00:58:12,560
Speaker 1: that position, you usually don't start year one at left tackle.

1150
00:58:12,840 --> 00:58:15,520
Speaker 1: Right what six round draft picks? Sometimes they started guard,

1151
00:58:15,880 --> 00:58:19,400
Speaker 1: Sometimes they started running back. Sometimes they started defensive tackle.

1152
00:58:20,320 --> 00:58:22,800
Speaker 1: Occasionally a guy wins a job is like a nickel corner,

1153
00:58:23,320 --> 00:58:25,680
Speaker 1: but you don't often see, yeah, I'm a six round

1154
00:58:25,720 --> 00:58:27,640
Speaker 1: draft pick. I was a rookie. I started the left tackle.

1155
00:58:28,120 --> 00:58:31,400
Speaker 1: That's usually something went wrong. If that's the case. Hey,

1156
00:58:31,520 --> 00:58:35,320
Speaker 1: John loved the podcast, Appreciate it. Full disclosure. I'm a

1157
00:58:35,400 --> 00:58:37,959
Speaker 1: big Buckeye fan and I've been pretty stoked about Justin

1158
00:58:38,040 --> 00:58:39,960
Speaker 1: Field so far this year, but seems like no one

1159
00:58:40,040 --> 00:58:42,240
Speaker 1: in the national media is talking about him. How high

1160
00:58:42,320 --> 00:58:45,000
Speaker 1: is this guy's ceiling? Would you consider him a potential

1161
00:58:45,120 --> 00:58:50,120
Speaker 1: top NFL prospect if he develops into his potential? Well,

1162
00:58:50,200 --> 00:58:52,880
Speaker 1: I watched a little bit of the Indiana game, and they,

1163
00:58:52,920 --> 00:58:54,320
Speaker 1: I mean, they kick the crap out of him. My

1164
00:58:54,480 --> 00:58:58,760
Speaker 1: issue was just consistency with accuracy. Clearly he's a special athlete,

1165
00:58:58,920 --> 00:59:02,080
Speaker 1: a little song, a smaller side. Uh, it's way too

1166
00:59:02,160 --> 00:59:04,840
Speaker 1: early for me to say NFL like top draft pick.

1167
00:59:04,880 --> 00:59:07,280
Speaker 1: I would say no right now. To me, he has

1168
00:59:07,320 --> 00:59:09,520
Speaker 1: good arm strength, doesn't always know where the ball is going,

1169
00:59:10,560 --> 00:59:13,720
Speaker 1: and uh, let's watch him play. I I don't have,

1170
00:59:13,800 --> 00:59:16,640
Speaker 1: Ohiose States schedule in front of me, but clearly the

1171
00:59:16,680 --> 00:59:20,120
Speaker 1: big ten is pretty good. Iowa, Penn State, Wisconsin, obviously Michigan.

1172
00:59:21,080 --> 00:59:23,000
Speaker 1: You know, I, I know you don't always play all

1173
00:59:23,040 --> 00:59:25,040
Speaker 1: the teams every year, but I think we'll get a

1174
00:59:25,120 --> 00:59:27,360
Speaker 1: better feel. Like I can't really judge him off Indiana,

1175
00:59:27,760 --> 00:59:30,320
Speaker 1: but once they get into conference play, he's going to

1176
00:59:30,400 --> 00:59:33,320
Speaker 1: be tested one thousand percent. He's going to be tested.

1177
00:59:33,960 --> 00:59:36,200
Speaker 1: He's a big recruit. But as here's the thing in

1178
00:59:36,400 --> 00:59:38,840
Speaker 1: in the NFL, or i mean college football, we see

1179
00:59:38,840 --> 00:59:40,480
Speaker 1: a lot of these four and five star guys never

1180
00:59:40,600 --> 00:59:42,600
Speaker 1: live up to it, and the hype on him is extreme.

1181
00:59:42,720 --> 00:59:46,160
Speaker 1: Luckily his team is good. What I'm middle coof, nice

1182
00:59:46,200 --> 00:59:49,880
Speaker 1: to meet you. Are you as fan? This is like, uh, well,

1183
00:59:50,920 --> 00:59:53,360
Speaker 1: it's like a porn thing. That's the thing was going

1184
00:59:53,400 --> 00:59:55,240
Speaker 1: into your d ms. You never know quite know what

1185
00:59:55,360 --> 01:00:01,320
Speaker 1: you're gonna find. Not really a forty Niners fan. But

1186
01:00:01,360 --> 01:00:03,800
Speaker 1: it was cool having them practice at my school, Youngstown

1187
01:00:03,840 --> 01:00:07,120
Speaker 1: State last week. It led to two good weeks for

1188
01:00:07,240 --> 01:00:09,360
Speaker 1: both of them. We got to three and oh and

1189
01:00:09,440 --> 01:00:11,400
Speaker 1: your guys got to two and oh. Pretty cool having

1190
01:00:11,480 --> 01:00:14,320
Speaker 1: a connection here on your show. That's cool. As a question,

1191
01:00:14,600 --> 01:00:16,400
Speaker 1: what do you expect out of the Steelers for the

1192
01:00:16,480 --> 01:00:18,560
Speaker 1: rest of the season now that Ben has done for

1193
01:00:18,640 --> 01:00:21,160
Speaker 1: the year. Are you thinking semi tank in hopes for

1194
01:00:21,240 --> 01:00:23,680
Speaker 1: grabbing to or Herbert or do you expect them to

1195
01:00:23,720 --> 01:00:27,120
Speaker 1: have confidence in Mason Rudolph going forward? Now, obviously this

1196
01:00:28,440 --> 01:00:31,480
Speaker 1: this d M was sent before the news of makeup Fitzpatrick.

1197
01:00:32,120 --> 01:00:35,960
Speaker 1: Clearly they're not tanking, and clearly they believe in Mason Rudolph. Now,

1198
01:00:36,000 --> 01:00:38,320
Speaker 1: I saw Chris Mortenson tweeting, well, here's the other thing.

1199
01:00:38,400 --> 01:00:41,080
Speaker 1: Bend is signed, and Ben tweeted this, or maybe Bend

1200
01:00:41,120 --> 01:00:43,120
Speaker 1: and tweet this, But he released a statement He's in

1201
01:00:43,200 --> 01:00:45,000
Speaker 1: a contract for three years and this is your one

1202
01:00:45,040 --> 01:00:48,320
Speaker 1: of three. So he's gonna be the starting quarterback next year. Now,

1203
01:00:48,480 --> 01:00:51,440
Speaker 1: like I said, him and Breeze, Eventually one of these

1204
01:00:51,480 --> 01:00:53,320
Speaker 1: guys are not gonna respond to the injury and it's

1205
01:00:53,320 --> 01:00:55,680
Speaker 1: just gonna be career over. So we may never see

1206
01:00:55,760 --> 01:00:58,600
Speaker 1: Ben again. And what if Mason Rudolph is good, Like

1207
01:00:58,720 --> 01:01:00,560
Speaker 1: what if they rattle off of buch of wins and

1208
01:01:00,640 --> 01:01:03,120
Speaker 1: win eight or nine games and they're competing for the playoffs,

1209
01:01:03,160 --> 01:01:06,160
Speaker 1: Maybe Mason Rudoffs are starter next year. So the tanking

1210
01:01:06,320 --> 01:01:09,400
Speaker 1: is not clearly happening, and it's not even possible. They

1211
01:01:09,400 --> 01:01:12,919
Speaker 1: don't have first round pick, So just Mason Rudolph or nothing.

1212
01:01:14,560 --> 01:01:16,880
Speaker 1: Question for the pot with his accomplishments and the fact

1213
01:01:16,920 --> 01:01:18,760
Speaker 1: that he won't play the rest of the season. What

1214
01:01:18,840 --> 01:01:20,720
Speaker 1: do you think the outlook is for Ben's career? Do

1215
01:01:20,760 --> 01:01:23,160
Speaker 1: you think he retires or comes back? Get a lot

1216
01:01:23,200 --> 01:01:26,000
Speaker 1: of Ben action here. Well, he said today that he's

1217
01:01:26,040 --> 01:01:28,960
Speaker 1: coming back. If he never came back, like if he

1218
01:01:29,080 --> 01:01:31,560
Speaker 1: never plays another down of NFL football, he's a Hall

1219
01:01:31,560 --> 01:01:33,400
Speaker 1: of Famer and he goes down as one of the

1220
01:01:33,440 --> 01:01:36,840
Speaker 1: great Steelers of all time. Now he's controversial, clearly with

1221
01:01:36,920 --> 01:01:39,240
Speaker 1: some of the off the field stuff, clearly with him

1222
01:01:39,280 --> 01:01:41,919
Speaker 1: being a drama queen. But at the end of the day,

1223
01:01:42,040 --> 01:01:45,400
Speaker 1: when Ben and from a personal standpoint, just on the field,

1224
01:01:45,640 --> 01:01:47,920
Speaker 1: no judgment off the field, I can separate the two.

1225
01:01:48,440 --> 01:01:50,400
Speaker 1: When he was on the field and he was younger,

1226
01:01:50,520 --> 01:01:52,680
Speaker 1: and he was right, he was as good as a

1227
01:01:52,720 --> 01:01:56,440
Speaker 1: guy man. He was a freak show. He was a special,

1228
01:01:56,520 --> 01:01:58,520
Speaker 1: special player. We don't really see that guy anymore. He

1229
01:01:58,600 --> 01:02:00,840
Speaker 1: definitely can't move like it and shouldn't have. Me's thirty

1230
01:02:00,840 --> 01:02:04,360
Speaker 1: seven years old, but he in his prime was was

1231
01:02:04,440 --> 01:02:09,600
Speaker 1: a pretty special dude. With Shermer leaving the door open

1232
01:02:09,720 --> 01:02:12,320
Speaker 1: for DJ it could be any week now if he

1233
01:02:12,400 --> 01:02:16,560
Speaker 1: takes Daniel over Eli, assuming he's successful. A big assumption.

1234
01:02:16,920 --> 01:02:19,280
Speaker 1: Will the Giants be able to rebuild their roster quick

1235
01:02:19,400 --> 01:02:21,800
Speaker 1: enough before him and say Kwan need to be extended.

1236
01:02:22,320 --> 01:02:24,200
Speaker 1: I know it's not possible to win with both them

1237
01:02:24,240 --> 01:02:27,280
Speaker 1: on huge contracts. There is almost zero talent on defense

1238
01:02:27,400 --> 01:02:30,120
Speaker 1: right now, really quick. That's kind of a misconception. You

1239
01:02:30,160 --> 01:02:32,680
Speaker 1: can have like four or five max players. He really

1240
01:02:32,760 --> 01:02:34,520
Speaker 1: can't the cap. By the time those guys are getting paid,

1241
01:02:34,560 --> 01:02:37,200
Speaker 1: it's gonna be like two twenty million dollars. And I

1242
01:02:37,240 --> 01:02:39,400
Speaker 1: don't think Daniel Jones is gonna be making like forty

1243
01:02:40,600 --> 01:02:43,840
Speaker 1: Also side question, So yeah, I mean, I think that's

1244
01:02:43,920 --> 01:02:45,760
Speaker 1: why I played Daniel Jones right away. Like I said,

1245
01:02:45,760 --> 01:02:47,080
Speaker 1: it's time for you. Let to be bench. See what

1246
01:02:47,120 --> 01:02:49,680
Speaker 1: you have with Daniel Jones. Kuan is a freak man.

1247
01:02:50,040 --> 01:02:52,320
Speaker 1: He is He's the only reason to watch the Giants

1248
01:02:52,440 --> 01:02:53,840
Speaker 1: right now, and he's a good reason to watch the

1249
01:02:53,880 --> 01:02:55,760
Speaker 1: Giants because at any moment he could bust off a

1250
01:02:55,760 --> 01:02:58,680
Speaker 1: fifty year old of touchdown. He is remarkable. The power

1251
01:02:58,840 --> 01:03:02,400
Speaker 1: that speed. I don't even know. I'm trying to think

1252
01:03:02,440 --> 01:03:06,160
Speaker 1: of like in my lifetime because LT wasn't that quite powerful.

1253
01:03:06,280 --> 01:03:09,480
Speaker 1: He's basically like Adrian Peterson meets LT. I mean, he's

1254
01:03:09,480 --> 01:03:12,680
Speaker 1: a Hall of Fame back Also side question. I go

1255
01:03:12,760 --> 01:03:15,040
Speaker 1: to Michigan, but I'm not a die hard fan. While

1256
01:03:15,080 --> 01:03:17,520
Speaker 1: I disagree and know even if Hardbad goes there is

1257
01:03:17,560 --> 01:03:19,960
Speaker 1: no better candidate to replace him. He doesn't have the

1258
01:03:20,000 --> 01:03:22,160
Speaker 1: school behind him right now? How many more whoa they

1259
01:03:22,240 --> 01:03:24,560
Speaker 1: heard turn it on? How many more chances does he

1260
01:03:24,600 --> 01:03:26,160
Speaker 1: get against O s U? I mean he needs to

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Speaker 1: win this year. You cannot lose to Ryan Day. I'm

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Speaker 1: a hard bud defender. I like Jim. I actually used

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Speaker 1: to love Jim. I think Jim is a badass. But

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Speaker 1: you can lose the Urban Meyer. I mean ideally you can't,

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Speaker 1: but it is what it is. Urban's you know, probably

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Speaker 1: a top five college coach. Ever, but you gotta beat

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Speaker 1: Ryan Day. You cannot lose to Ryan Day. So this

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Speaker 1: is a big year for Jim Harbaugh to beat Ryan

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Speaker 1: Day or really the they might turn on him right Uh.

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Speaker 1: I have thought that I've posed to two friends. I

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Speaker 1: have a thought that I've posed to two friends in

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Speaker 1: the NFL media, and they think I'm joking. I know

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Speaker 1: that I'm not joking, but my premise is a little silly. Okay,

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Speaker 1: I like where this is going. There must be a

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Speaker 1: way to test twitchiness and wide receiver separation fits in

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01:04:13,880 --> 01:04:16,240
Speaker 1: every offense, and the twitchy guys have it for days.

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Speaker 1: The one thing these guys seem to have in common

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Speaker 1: is that they can dance I'm not saying the combines

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Speaker 1: should have a dance competition, but should it? Uh? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I just I don't mind. I don't hate that. I

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Speaker 1: just don't know how you would judge the speed of

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Speaker 1: the dance. So if you did, like go dancing with

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Speaker 1: the stars with the wide receivers, you just make them

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Speaker 1: do some moves, how would you tell, like what move

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Speaker 1: at what speed? Like when I do a drill, a

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Speaker 1: cone to cone drill, like if I died the three

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Speaker 1: cone or the shuttle or the forty. Everyone is measured

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Speaker 1: on the same you know, length and the times are

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Speaker 1: all relative based on what a good and bad time is,

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Speaker 1: you know, because they're all doing the same thing, Like

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Speaker 1: how do you all do the same day? Ants? Move?

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Speaker 1: And then how would you quantify it? Like the point

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Speaker 1: of the combine is not to have them run around,

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Speaker 1: It's to have them be run around and be timed

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Speaker 1: and then you're able to people been running the same

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Speaker 1: drills for fifty years. You can't put it into context. Well,

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Speaker 1: how does this guy compared to that guy compared to

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Speaker 1: that guy? Hey, John, big fan? I agree that the

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01:05:20,800 --> 01:05:23,320
Speaker 1: Niners have no excuses now, but losing Staley is big.

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Speaker 1: Do they try to trade for Trent Williams from the Skins.

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Speaker 1: It's tough. Wrong with a six round rookie at left tackle,

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Speaker 1: Staley is still playing. Yeah, Like like I said, I

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Speaker 1: just see what this guy has for a game and

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Speaker 1: if it's a debacle. Now, the problem with it being

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01:05:37,440 --> 01:05:40,680
Speaker 1: a debacle is if your left tackle is just god awful,

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Speaker 1: there's a chance you can lose the game just because

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01:05:42,760 --> 01:05:45,200
Speaker 1: if everyone else plays a good game and that guy sucks,

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01:05:45,800 --> 01:05:48,600
Speaker 1: you can lose. Luckily, for the Niners, they have the

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Speaker 1: best blocking tight end in the NFL. The other problem

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Speaker 1: for the Niners is that blocking tight end is also

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Speaker 1: their best wide receiver. Worst case scenario, you could just

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Speaker 1: have Kittles stay with the left tackle just every way.

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01:06:00,560 --> 01:06:02,800
Speaker 1: Now you're basically you're playing a man down in the

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Speaker 1: passing game, but they won't be able to get there

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Speaker 1: because Kittle is a badass and Kittle could help the

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Speaker 1: left tackle out big time. Now that's worst case scenario,

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Speaker 1: and you might just have to do that for a

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Speaker 1: game to try it out. You're definitely gonna have to

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Speaker 1: do it early in the game to try it out. Uh.

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Speaker 1: Logistical question. I heard the day that the Saints are

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Speaker 1: going from l A to Seattle for their next game.

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Speaker 1: They don't go home. Question where do they stay? Where

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Speaker 1: do they practice? Interested in the inner workings? Well, the

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Speaker 1: forty Niners just did this and they stay in Youngstown.

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Speaker 1: They played Miami and then they went to Ohio. I

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Speaker 1: would imagine. I don't know, I'm just guessing. It's kind

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Speaker 1: of hard. Like they couldn't use the University of Washington

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Speaker 1: practice stuff because Washington would be using it. Now, maybe

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Speaker 1: you could time it out. Uh, you stay at a hotel,

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Speaker 1: so basically everything at the hotel. You can do the meetings,

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Speaker 1: you have all that stuff. Everything you need to do

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Speaker 1: their nonpractice you can do at the hotel, eat meat, uh,

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Speaker 1: coaches offices, you can set all that stuff up. Now

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Speaker 1: you do need to find a field, which there's a

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Speaker 1: million high schools. And the good thing is high school

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Speaker 1: football teams all either practice early in the morning or

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Speaker 1: after school at like three thirty. So if you're an

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Speaker 1: NFL team, you can run practice at like ten am,

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Speaker 1: and you can just go to the local high school whatever,

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Speaker 1: like one of the good powerhouse schools, and just go

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Speaker 1: practice for a couple of hours, bus in, bus out.

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Speaker 1: It's cool for the high school. Maybe let the kids

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Speaker 1: come out and watch or see you, maybe meet you

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Speaker 1: know who knows. I know the fortys like that guy

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Speaker 1: just emailed. They practice Youngstown State. They practice at the facility,

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Speaker 1: So maybe you could find maybe when the University of

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Speaker 1: Washington is not on the practice field, you can just

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Speaker 1: practice there, That's what I would imagine, and you can

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Speaker 1: use their weight room, uh that they can facilitate that

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Speaker 1: for you, for you if you need it. So that's

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Speaker 1: that's to me usually how it works, and it makes

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Speaker 1: sense if you're if you're John Payton, you don't want

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Speaker 1: to go back to New Orleans and they come back

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01:07:58,240 --> 01:08:01,960
Speaker 1: to Seattle just kind of stay a hopefully bond. Luckily

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Speaker 1: for them, they're they're one and one, but this is

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Speaker 1: this is shitty week for them. I mean, they lose

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Speaker 1: Drew Brees, who's the best player in the history of

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Speaker 1: the franchise, and I don't know if he's still quite

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Speaker 1: that guy, but he's pretty damn important. Man. I just

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Speaker 1: don't see how Teddy Bridgewater goes to the plays in

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Speaker 1: Seattle and wins this game unless he's dramatically better than

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Speaker 1: what we just witnessed in l A. Because I had

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Speaker 1: him on the second TV because that game was pretty

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01:08:26,640 --> 01:08:29,040
Speaker 1: crappy forgiving all the hype, I mean that game was

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Speaker 1: supposed to be sweet, and then Drew Brees gets hurt

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Speaker 1: and it was just kind of a dud. And I

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Speaker 1: kept looking up there and just he's he's slow to react.

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Speaker 1: It felt like he was holding on the ball a

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Speaker 1: little bit too long. I mean, he's never had a

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Speaker 1: great arm. Seattle, you're first starting a long time. God,

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Speaker 1: that's tough. Now. I know it's not the Legion of Boom,

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Speaker 1: but that place is gonna be rock. And they're feeling

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Speaker 1: themselves right now. They're two and oh Pete Carroll's birthday.

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01:08:51,600 --> 01:08:55,599
Speaker 1: Football gods feel like they're on Seattle side. So Teddy Bridgewater,

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Speaker 1: Teddy too Gloves, We're gonna need a big effort now

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01:08:58,000 --> 01:09:00,559
Speaker 1: they're they're actually kind of lucky though. They're all staying together.

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Speaker 1: So they're all at the hotel. Teddy can live with.

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01:09:03,000 --> 01:09:05,599
Speaker 1: Sean Payton basically spent a lot of time with them

1379
01:09:05,640 --> 01:09:08,519
Speaker 1: getting ready. So can the offense. Uh Now, if I'm

1380
01:09:08,560 --> 01:09:11,479
Speaker 1: Alvin Kamaraw Michael Thomas, like, just throw me the ball, man,

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01:09:11,840 --> 01:09:14,519
Speaker 1: I know what I'm doing. I'm not gonna put an

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01:09:14,560 --> 01:09:16,960
Speaker 1: extra time in the meeting room, just Teddy, throw me

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Speaker 1: the rock. Appreciate everyone listening. Always appreciate everyone chiming in

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Speaker 1: on on Instagram. Have a good week. If you're a

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01:09:24,520 --> 01:09:26,880
Speaker 1: Steeler fan, you know, hold your head high. If for

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01:09:26,880 --> 01:09:29,920
Speaker 1: your Dolphins fan, just I don't know, get ready for

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01:09:29,960 --> 01:09:34,000
Speaker 1: the Miami heat season. Start watching some Netflix. I feel

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01:09:34,040 --> 01:09:37,360
Speaker 1: bad for you. If you're you know, that sucks, But

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Speaker 1: enjoy the week. Hopefully enjoy the show and I'll see

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Speaker 1: you Friday.