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Speaker 1: one one squad that had a real, a real nice

424
00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:01,440
Speaker 1: change at head coach an offensive coordina that it's gonna

425
00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:04,760
Speaker 1: mean a world of difference. But while I think the

426
00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:06,720
Speaker 1: Bears are gonna be good, you're not gonna find the value.

427
00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:09,399
Speaker 1: But actually, the only place you're gonna find the value,

428
00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:14,080
Speaker 1: interestingly enough, is that the running back spot. Because nobody wants.

429
00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:17,359
Speaker 1: Nobody wants to take Jordan Howard, which is fine by me.

430
00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:20,520
Speaker 1: I mean Jordan Howard. I think he's a great second

431
00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:23,080
Speaker 1: round pick. I just as I'm looking here and I'm

432
00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:26,040
Speaker 1: seeing the names of Matt Naggy and Mark Helfrich, I

433
00:24:26,119 --> 00:24:29,640
Speaker 1: just don't understand how how Jordan Howard is a three

434
00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:32,119
Speaker 1: down back with with those with those two guys running

435
00:24:32,119 --> 00:24:35,120
Speaker 1: the offense, He's just not. It's it's impossible. He's not.

436
00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:37,240
Speaker 1: He's just not. I think he's I think he'll be

437
00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:39,800
Speaker 1: a great And we talked about this on the previous pot.

438
00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:41,399
Speaker 1: He'll be a three down back. If they get nine

439
00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:44,680
Speaker 1: yards on first second down, keep it on third down again,

440
00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:48,040
Speaker 1: It's fine. No, but I mean, look Jordan Howard, where

441
00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:52,160
Speaker 1: he's going uh what late mid to late second round,

442
00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:55,200
Speaker 1: it's a great value even slide into the third round.

443
00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:57,840
Speaker 1: Let's say you get I mean, I think it's I

444
00:24:57,840 --> 00:25:00,320
Speaker 1: think it's really fair to assume that this guy, you know,

445
00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:04,280
Speaker 1: it's gonna push for total yards, you know, and if

446
00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:07,440
Speaker 1: this offense performs like a lot of folks think they

447
00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:10,800
Speaker 1: might perform with the addition of guys like Allen Robinson,

448
00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:14,840
Speaker 1: Taylor Gabriel, you're gonna take the handcuffs off of Mitch Drobiski,

449
00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:20,800
Speaker 1: Trey Burton at tight end if if this offense performs

450
00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:24,040
Speaker 1: the way a lot of folks think they might. Certainly,

451
00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:26,760
Speaker 1: I think Jordan Howard, can you know, push for Tendan's

452
00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:28,640
Speaker 1: wolf touchdowns. I don't think that's out of the room.

453
00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:31,560
Speaker 1: Last year. I think that's exactly right. So if they're

454
00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:33,840
Speaker 1: on the field more, if they're moving the sticks, I mean,

455
00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:36,399
Speaker 1: it's it's one thing to be at three Like was

456
00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:38,320
Speaker 1: he a three down back the last two years? I mean,

457
00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:39,800
Speaker 1: he wasn't a huge part of the passing it and

458
00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:41,680
Speaker 1: they didn't try to pass the ball. But that's the thing.

459
00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:44,640
Speaker 1: It's like, you're not on the field that long. It's

460
00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:48,040
Speaker 1: but he got fift targets. If you're if you're a

461
00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:51,960
Speaker 1: three down back on a team that's constantly going three out,

462
00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:55,600
Speaker 1: three and out, then wouldn't you rather be a down

463
00:25:55,680 --> 00:26:00,639
Speaker 1: back down and be the guy that's to prefer to

464
00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:05,040
Speaker 1: go to when it gets near the end zone. And defensively,

465
00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:09,040
Speaker 1: they kept Vic Fangio. Uh, they drafted Roquan Smith, who

466
00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:11,800
Speaker 1: at the moment has not signed, but we expect that

467
00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:14,240
Speaker 1: to not be much of a an issue. But even

468
00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:17,440
Speaker 1: if whatever, like, their defense is still coming along to

469
00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:20,280
Speaker 1: where they should be better and be in more competitive

470
00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:23,359
Speaker 1: games and hopefully be winning more games, which would allow

471
00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:26,000
Speaker 1: them to run the ball a little bit more. Like

472
00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:29,399
Speaker 1: I this is my thing, is like looking at the

473
00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:31,800
Speaker 1: way I've been doing mock drafts, is I've gotten off.

474
00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:37,200
Speaker 1: I'm off running backs again. I have got receiver receiver.

475
00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:39,960
Speaker 1: And if I sit there and I get like, wait, wait, wait,

476
00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:41,840
Speaker 1: hold on, how if you're near the top of the draft,

477
00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:45,000
Speaker 1: whatever you're let's say you're picking third overall, you're not

478
00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:48,320
Speaker 1: taking running back, then take Antonio Brown. Okay, so let's gone. Okay,

479
00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:51,240
Speaker 1: you take Antonio Brown off the top. Now you just said,

480
00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:53,760
Speaker 1: if Jordan Howard is there in the second round, you're

481
00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:55,719
Speaker 1: gonna tell how are you not going? Nobody's taking him

482
00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:58,080
Speaker 1: in the second round. You're gonna take It's gonna be

483
00:26:58,040 --> 00:27:00,440
Speaker 1: in the third, Dude, you could almost wait till a fourth.

484
00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:04,600
Speaker 1: People do not like Jordan Howard, like he is universally

485
00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:13,000
Speaker 1: despised outside of Schomberg and Naperville. Don't don't you feel

486
00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:18,120
Speaker 1: as if his value him Um, when you get down

487
00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:22,000
Speaker 1: to Juliets is where it starts. You got out the

488
00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:25,359
Speaker 1: sterling that Iowa, boy, do you think? I do think

489
00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:30,000
Speaker 1: it's important to note though that I think in industry mocks,

490
00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:32,639
Speaker 1: I think he'll go lower. But I think if you

491
00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:35,520
Speaker 1: play in a more casually I think, I mean, I

492
00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:37,760
Speaker 1: can to my home league like that's going to be impossible.

493
00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:40,200
Speaker 1: I play in two leagues with Chicago people like he's

494
00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:43,520
Speaker 1: going in the first round. But I think when you

495
00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:46,600
Speaker 1: talk about the mean no, because people listen to industry

496
00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:49,440
Speaker 1: people and then so unless you listen to like Brandon

497
00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:53,360
Speaker 1: maryon Lee or who's the other I think Brad Evans

498
00:27:53,359 --> 00:27:54,919
Speaker 1: is the other guy. I think it's the three of

499
00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:58,080
Speaker 1: us who are like pro pro Jordan Howard, and the

500
00:27:58,119 --> 00:28:00,520
Speaker 1: rest of the industry is like this guy sucks. Bratt

501
00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:06,199
Speaker 1: also has very strong don't act like that's the reason.

502
00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:11,359
Speaker 1: There you go. Uh, we'll move on to Detroit, doesn't

503
00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:15,040
Speaker 1: She's from New York. Okay, Um, so we got one.

504
00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:18,720
Speaker 1: The Detroit lines finally let go of Jim Caldwell. They

505
00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:23,000
Speaker 1: hired Matt Patricia, the former Patriots defensive coordinator. He's gonna

506
00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:25,159
Speaker 1: be there with his magnificent beard and that pencil in

507
00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:28,520
Speaker 1: his ear. I'm sure he retained Jim Bob Cootter as

508
00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:30,639
Speaker 1: his offensive coordinate, which I don't think is actually a

509
00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:35,120
Speaker 1: pretty damn smart call on Matt Patricia's part. There's gonna

510
00:28:35,119 --> 00:28:37,919
Speaker 1: be a lot of continuity there, uh, in regards to

511
00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:41,680
Speaker 1: the offense. But do we expect any change? Again, when

512
00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:45,360
Speaker 1: we talk about defensive coordinators taken over head coaching roles,

513
00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:48,640
Speaker 1: you expect there to be a little bit more of

514
00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:51,360
Speaker 1: a one heavy approach, because that's how you protect your

515
00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:53,640
Speaker 1: defense a little bit. You gotta grind clock a little bit,

516
00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:57,200
Speaker 1: a little bit more ball control. Uh. That's not necessarily

517
00:28:57,240 --> 00:28:59,640
Speaker 1: always the case, but we've seen enough I think of

518
00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:03,320
Speaker 1: a Sam Bull size to kind of expect that a bit. Uh.

519
00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:06,000
Speaker 1: They're in Detroit, but Marcus Grant and your thoughts on

520
00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:09,280
Speaker 1: the Lions head coaching change. I don't know that it

521
00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:12,719
Speaker 1: changes a lot fantasy wise, and I think mostly because

522
00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:15,400
Speaker 1: they kept Jim Bob Cooterer. I mean, they kept the

523
00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:17,920
Speaker 1: same offensive coordinators. But you think they still throw it

524
00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:20,280
Speaker 1: as much as they did, I mean, and if they don't,

525
00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:23,560
Speaker 1: certainly that impacts Marvin Jones Man. Stafford has a stream.

526
00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:25,520
Speaker 1: He's coming from a team that throws the ball all

527
00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:28,000
Speaker 1: the time, right, But if you look over the last

528
00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:30,480
Speaker 1: few years, the number of past attempts for the Alliance

529
00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:33,200
Speaker 1: has gone down steadily. In fact, last year I think

530
00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:37,160
Speaker 1: stat was Stafford's fewest, like in a full season that

531
00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:39,760
Speaker 1: he's played. It's like it's like five sixty or something

532
00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:42,120
Speaker 1: like that, which is a lot, but not where you

533
00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:43,480
Speaker 1: know when he was up there throwing the ball six

534
00:29:43,560 --> 00:29:47,120
Speaker 1: hundred and fifty times a game or a season rather um, So,

535
00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:48,600
Speaker 1: I don't know that it changes a whole lot. I

536
00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:50,960
Speaker 1: think the one thing that we're still trying to figure

537
00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:52,520
Speaker 1: out that we've been trying to figure out with them

538
00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:55,520
Speaker 1: for years is the running back situation. Does leak Garrett

539
00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:58,520
Speaker 1: Blunt get more work because he has that history with

540
00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:01,320
Speaker 1: Matt Patricia in New England. Um, you know what happens

541
00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:04,600
Speaker 1: to carry on Johnson? What who ends up staying or

542
00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:07,200
Speaker 1: going between theoretic and a mirab doula. That's the hard

543
00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:09,960
Speaker 1: part I think to figure out. Um, And at this

544
00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:11,680
Speaker 1: point I've kind of washed my hands and that whole

545
00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:13,520
Speaker 1: Lions backfield. But I think in terms of how they

546
00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:15,840
Speaker 1: kind of deploy guys and how that offense works, I

547
00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:18,080
Speaker 1: still think it primarily runs through the right arm of

548
00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:20,880
Speaker 1: Matt Stafford getting the ball out, you know, short, efficient

549
00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:23,920
Speaker 1: quick passing too, Golden Tate getting the ball downfield to

550
00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:26,360
Speaker 1: Marvin Jones. Maybe we see Kenny Golladay start to work

551
00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:27,920
Speaker 1: in a little bit more this year, but I don't

552
00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:31,120
Speaker 1: expect this to be a major overhaul. Okay, that's fair. Um.

553
00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:34,160
Speaker 1: In terms of the backfield, I'm actually I'm actually really

554
00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:38,200
Speaker 1: intrigued by Lagarrett Blunt. I'm actually I think because where

555
00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:41,640
Speaker 1: you're getting him, because he's going I mean just unbelievably late.

556
00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:44,120
Speaker 1: But where you can get Lagart Blunt, I mean, I

557
00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:47,240
Speaker 1: don't do you think nine total yards and you know,

558
00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:49,200
Speaker 1: six eight touchdowns? Is that is that out of their

559
00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:52,040
Speaker 1: own possibility? I mean they're still probably gonna be looking

560
00:30:52,080 --> 00:30:55,640
Speaker 1: for somebody to be that that bell cow, you know.

561
00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:58,080
Speaker 1: And everybody by now knows that the Lions have gone

562
00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:01,960
Speaker 1: what is it, six sixty eight games dating all the

563
00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:03,880
Speaker 1: way back to when Reggie Bush was with the team,

564
00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:06,960
Speaker 1: the last time they had a rusher top a hundred yards,

565
00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:09,600
Speaker 1: and there's a good chance it doesn't happen this year.

566
00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:12,400
Speaker 1: Like it's like, it's not like la Garrett Blunt is

567
00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:15,880
Speaker 1: gonna it is known for its being a hundred yard rusher.

568
00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:19,920
Speaker 1: But we could see a similar type of situation to

569
00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:23,720
Speaker 1: a couple of years ago, where he's hovering around a

570
00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:27,160
Speaker 1: thousand yards, but he gets double digit touchdowns, And I

571
00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:30,040
Speaker 1: think that that's a very realistic expectation for a guy

572
00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:32,440
Speaker 1: who's going in the double digit rounds. I don't know,

573
00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:36,120
Speaker 1: and I don't understand why people are sleeping on him

574
00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:38,280
Speaker 1: so hard. And I think this Lions team can surprise

575
00:31:38,320 --> 00:31:40,160
Speaker 1: a lot of people. I know. It's funny because the

576
00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:46,480
Speaker 1: Patriots coaches, uh, they get they get universally panned. It's like, oh,

577
00:31:46,520 --> 00:31:48,640
Speaker 1: these guys never work out, you know, and you think

578
00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:53,400
Speaker 1: of like Eric manginie, h Josh McDaniel's, Romeo Cornell and

579
00:31:53,520 --> 00:31:58,240
Speaker 1: Bill O'Brien, But in the first year of those guys,

580
00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:02,000
Speaker 1: they are combined thirty three thirty one. Three out of

581
00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:05,960
Speaker 1: those four coaches took their team to a better record

582
00:32:06,520 --> 00:32:08,680
Speaker 1: than what they had when they inherited the club. So

583
00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:12,400
Speaker 1: I expect a lot of the same from the Lions,

584
00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:13,600
Speaker 1: and I think that will be a little bit of

585
00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:15,480
Speaker 1: an improvement for La Garrett Blund. I think he will

586
00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:19,520
Speaker 1: end up being not necessarily the answer, Like you're not

587
00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:23,720
Speaker 1: bringing back the reincarnation of Barry Sanders, but I think

588
00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:25,600
Speaker 1: that you're going to have a solid running game to

589
00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:28,440
Speaker 1: go with Marvin Jones and Golden Tate. And I'm pretty

590
00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:31,040
Speaker 1: excited about this offense. Yeah, it's interesting to me, man,

591
00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:32,720
Speaker 1: Like I look at the I look at the value

592
00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:36,440
Speaker 1: right now for La Garrett Blund, he's going, uh, he's

593
00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:39,920
Speaker 1: got a a DP in the one fifties. In the

594
00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:42,520
Speaker 1: one fifties, so I mean, that's a fifteen round if

595
00:32:42,520 --> 00:32:47,719
Speaker 1: you're in actually it's the sixteenth round. But but in

596
00:32:47,760 --> 00:32:51,080
Speaker 1: a twelve team or that's still you're still talking thirteen round. Yeah,

597
00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:53,680
Speaker 1: that's still super late. I mean, that's crazy that you

598
00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:55,480
Speaker 1: could get this guy in the thirte round. This is

599
00:32:55,480 --> 00:33:00,000
Speaker 1: why I'm going receiver early brow. I love it Um

600
00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:02,760
Speaker 1: and a lot of folks too, I think underappreciate Lagarrett

601
00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:07,680
Speaker 1: Blunt's game. I think last year for Philadelphia, I honestly

602
00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:12,040
Speaker 1: thought there were times where, especially after Carson Wentz went down,

603
00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:15,080
Speaker 1: they relied on the power run game, and they needed

604
00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:18,160
Speaker 1: Lagret Blunt uh to go in there and and just

605
00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:21,080
Speaker 1: grind out yards, grind out first downs, and and I

606
00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:23,360
Speaker 1: think he performed admirably. As a matter of fact, when

607
00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:25,960
Speaker 1: you look at his UM advanced stats in terms of

608
00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:28,560
Speaker 1: yards gained after clothes, he was one of the best

609
00:33:28,560 --> 00:33:30,680
Speaker 1: in the NFL. So when we're talking about, you know,

610
00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:34,840
Speaker 1: elusiveness based off of yards gained after clothes. Again, we

611
00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:38,320
Speaker 1: know Lagatt Blunt to be a banger, but man, last year,

612
00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:42,320
Speaker 1: he was really really showed. Regardless of what the situation was,

613
00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:45,320
Speaker 1: this is a guy that that performed admirably, and I

614
00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:47,040
Speaker 1: think he still got a little bit of juice left.

615
00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:50,720
Speaker 1: And again at that price, Oh my goodness, round and

616
00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:53,360
Speaker 1: twelve team league signed me up for that guy all

617
00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:56,040
Speaker 1: day long. All right, we move on the Colts. They

618
00:33:56,080 --> 00:33:59,840
Speaker 1: fired Chuck Bogano, They hired Frank Reich fresh off the

619
00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:03,480
Speaker 1: Super Bowl win as the offensive coordinator of the Philadelphia Eagles.

620
00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:07,840
Speaker 1: The Apple mentioned Nick Sirianni is their new offensive coordinator,

621
00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:11,279
Speaker 1: who was most recently the Rams wide receiver coach, but

622
00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:17,160
Speaker 1: was also the Chargers quarterbacks coach previously as well. Gentleman,

623
00:34:17,160 --> 00:34:20,200
Speaker 1: will start with you, MGM. Gut Mark is Grand Indianapolis,

624
00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:22,839
Speaker 1: the Colts. They go on from Chuck Pogano to Frank Reich.

625
00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:26,319
Speaker 1: Your thoughts here, is Andrew look healthy? Uh, he's not

626
00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:29,560
Speaker 1: on the pop? Because really, that's that's all that matters

627
00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:31,440
Speaker 1: with this. I can't even answer yes or no to

628
00:34:31,480 --> 00:34:33,279
Speaker 1: that question. I can just tell you he's not on

629
00:34:33,360 --> 00:34:34,920
Speaker 1: the pop, right, I mean, but like none of the

630
00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:36,880
Speaker 1: none of the other stuff matters. You don't think sounds

631
00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:40,080
Speaker 1: really matter if Andrel looks not healthy, and it's just

632
00:34:40,560 --> 00:34:43,120
Speaker 1: if he's not or Kobe percent like, none of this

633
00:34:43,120 --> 00:34:45,799
Speaker 1: other stuff matters. It doesn't like if if Andrew looks

634
00:34:45,840 --> 00:34:47,840
Speaker 1: that there, you're drafted t Y Hilton before like the

635
00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:51,080
Speaker 1: fourth round. Nope, Nope. Well, if if Andrew looks not healthy,

636
00:34:51,120 --> 00:34:53,279
Speaker 1: do you care about any of the running backs? Let

637
00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:54,600
Speaker 1: me put it to you this way. Let me put

638
00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:56,560
Speaker 1: it to you this way. Um, Let's say you took

639
00:34:56,560 --> 00:35:00,320
Speaker 1: the Saints, Uh personnel right now, the exact same personnel.

640
00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:01,920
Speaker 1: You don't change a damn thing, all right, You got

641
00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:04,919
Speaker 1: the exact Drew Brees, al Alvin Camara, all those things,

642
00:35:04,920 --> 00:35:06,399
Speaker 1: all right. You take out Sean Pitt and you put

643
00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:10,680
Speaker 1: in John Fox. I mean, and in vice versa, if

644
00:35:10,719 --> 00:35:12,560
Speaker 1: it was John Fox and then you give him Sean Payton.

645
00:35:12,560 --> 00:35:15,359
Speaker 1: It's that. That's why I think the coaching changes matter

646
00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:19,399
Speaker 1: in terms of setting expectations, setting prices, uh, in terms

647
00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:21,520
Speaker 1: of your fantasy draft. Right except that, I mean you

648
00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:24,480
Speaker 1: just said earlier, you talked about John Fox and his

649
00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:28,280
Speaker 1: generally awful record, except that he won when he had talent.

650
00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:32,759
Speaker 1: And right now, right now, I mean, so much of

651
00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:34,920
Speaker 1: this colt's offense hinges on whether or not they have

652
00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:36,839
Speaker 1: the talent of Andrew Luck in this thing. And if

653
00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:39,120
Speaker 1: they don't, it's not gonna matter who it is. Like,

654
00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:42,680
Speaker 1: you can scheme all you want. You can come up

655
00:35:42,719 --> 00:35:44,880
Speaker 1: with the best routes, the best you know. If your

656
00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:46,640
Speaker 1: guys can't block, if your guys can't get open, if

657
00:35:46,640 --> 00:35:48,239
Speaker 1: your guys can't care, you don't really matter. How about

658
00:35:48,239 --> 00:35:49,960
Speaker 1: you scheme? Right? So, if Andrew Luck is not there,

659
00:35:49,960 --> 00:35:52,359
Speaker 1: and he's not guiding this offense. I don't care if

660
00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:54,240
Speaker 1: it's Nick Sirianni. I don't care if it's Chuck Porgano.

661
00:35:54,239 --> 00:35:55,600
Speaker 1: I don't care. If you know, I mean short of

662
00:35:55,640 --> 00:35:58,279
Speaker 1: Frank right coming on and you know, repriasing his role

663
00:35:58,320 --> 00:36:01,600
Speaker 1: as the Bill's quarterbacks, you know, to take down the oilers.

664
00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:05,719
Speaker 1: It really all hinges around whether or not Andrew Luck

665
00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:08,360
Speaker 1: is gonna be that guy this year? All right? Very simple,

666
00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:11,000
Speaker 1: very simple. That's it. That's it right there. Although if

667
00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:13,400
Speaker 1: I was the Colts, you know what I would do.

668
00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:17,560
Speaker 1: I wouldn't give any updates. I would have stopped that along.

669
00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:19,759
Speaker 1: I would. I would give no updates, and then all

670
00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:21,600
Speaker 1: of a sudden in week one, isn't that what they

671
00:36:21,640 --> 00:36:24,480
Speaker 1: did in Week one? I would drop all the house lights,

672
00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:28,120
Speaker 1: have it go dark, and then one single silhouette on

673
00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:31,840
Speaker 1: a tunnel, here it comes Andrew Luck. He's gonna start.

674
00:36:32,719 --> 00:36:36,920
Speaker 1: He's starting, Andrew Luck is start. What a moment that

675
00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:39,360
Speaker 1: would because listen, the Colts aren't. You're not gonna win anything,

676
00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:41,719
Speaker 1: so you might as well have some fun with this.

677
00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:46,640
Speaker 1: I mean I would. I would have started a storyline

678
00:36:46,680 --> 00:36:49,960
Speaker 1: that Jacoby bur said, hits Andrew Luck with a metal

679
00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:53,640
Speaker 1: folding chair and have that be a running storyline through

680
00:36:53,719 --> 00:36:56,319
Speaker 1: the summer. I think, well, I think it might be

681
00:36:56,640 --> 00:36:59,120
Speaker 1: be even better if it was the other way. Oh no,

682
00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:03,200
Speaker 1: you're right, said hits Andrew Luck with the I would

683
00:37:03,239 --> 00:37:06,640
Speaker 1: I would actually I would break in and then one

684
00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:09,239
Speaker 1: on the on the NFL, I would have just Luck

685
00:37:09,600 --> 00:37:15,320
Speaker 1: laying on the locker room floor grabbing his shoulders. Jocoby,

686
00:37:16,320 --> 00:37:20,080
Speaker 1: what happened? And then have them just practice in secret.

687
00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:22,880
Speaker 1: Yeah yeah yeah, send them somewhere else, have them have

688
00:37:22,960 --> 00:37:25,560
Speaker 1: him wear a mask. Okay, so week one, So Week

689
00:37:25,600 --> 00:37:28,920
Speaker 1: one just shows up? No, no, Jacoby Prestt start starts

690
00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:32,880
Speaker 1: air quotes here and out of the rafters, sting style. Yes,

691
00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:35,839
Speaker 1: then you dropped the lights and he just drops into

692
00:37:35,840 --> 00:37:39,000
Speaker 1: the just drops into the huddle from the from the

693
00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:44,680
Speaker 1: roof of Lucas Oil Stadium. Why doesn't the NFL do this?

694
00:37:45,400 --> 00:37:48,839
Speaker 1: Why can't I give them ideas, this is the best

695
00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:51,160
Speaker 1: way to play it? When you have we've given people

696
00:37:51,280 --> 00:37:53,960
Speaker 1: zero fantasy advice. On the Colts, Marcus gave you all

697
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:59,839
Speaker 1: the fantasy advice. Okay, we had moved on. That's who

698
00:38:00,239 --> 00:38:03,600
Speaker 1: That's exactly, that's it. That's all. We have the same

699
00:38:03,640 --> 00:38:09,359
Speaker 1: thing here's the thing we move ons. They fired Ben

700
00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:13,480
Speaker 1: macadoo and it's eleven personnel. They hired Vikings o C

701
00:38:14,239 --> 00:38:19,480
Speaker 1: Pat Shermer, they hired Mike Shula as well to be there,

702
00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:23,040
Speaker 1: O c um. To be honest with you, I was

703
00:38:23,080 --> 00:38:25,279
Speaker 1: doing a little research on the on the whole New

704
00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:28,879
Speaker 1: York Giants O c thing. It suppens as if Mike

705
00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:34,280
Speaker 1: Sheila might have been Shermer's fourth option, maybe even lower,

706
00:38:35,120 --> 00:38:37,920
Speaker 1: maybe even lower. They wanted a few different guys from

707
00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:40,360
Speaker 1: a few different places that went other places or teams

708
00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:45,440
Speaker 1: wouldn't allow them to talk to their guy. But it is,

709
00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:48,560
Speaker 1: by the way, is there a team more you know,

710
00:38:48,719 --> 00:38:51,759
Speaker 1: is there more nepotism than than there is right now

711
00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:56,399
Speaker 1: with the New York Football Giants with Dave Gettleman as

712
00:38:56,440 --> 00:38:59,839
Speaker 1: their GM. I mean it's they bring in Jonathan stu

713
00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:03,120
Speaker 1: Word on a nonsensical contract. Mike Schula, of course was

714
00:39:03,160 --> 00:39:07,400
Speaker 1: the longtime Carolina O C as well. It's just it's

715
00:39:07,520 --> 00:39:10,799
Speaker 1: not his actual son. But like no, but just it's

716
00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:13,120
Speaker 1: not like if you'l Beckham Jr. Son is now that

717
00:39:13,239 --> 00:39:18,400
Speaker 1: if you have ties, if you have ties to Carolina

718
00:39:18,440 --> 00:39:21,799
Speaker 1: Gettleman is interested. Interesting, Yeah, because I was thinking like

719
00:39:21,840 --> 00:39:24,440
Speaker 1: maybe Archie Manning would have been there o c it

720
00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:29,080
Speaker 1: was true nepotism in that way. I feel like it's

721
00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:31,520
Speaker 1: one of those things where it's like, yeah, I guess

722
00:39:31,560 --> 00:39:33,960
Speaker 1: we gotta pay and we gotta have an offensive coordinator.

723
00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:36,200
Speaker 1: We might as well have Mike Shula here, don't do anything,

724
00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:40,960
Speaker 1: just just hang out and Shermer's gonna be running that offense. Yeah,

725
00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:43,799
Speaker 1: I would imagine so and so, And listen, this is

726
00:39:43,880 --> 00:39:46,520
Speaker 1: this is one of the fights. This is a hill

727
00:39:47,440 --> 00:39:51,279
Speaker 1: where early on this summer I was willing to just

728
00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:54,279
Speaker 1: start swinging on people talking about Sterling Shepherd and I'm like,

729
00:39:55,040 --> 00:39:57,440
Speaker 1: it's not because you hear this a lot, and we

730
00:39:57,440 --> 00:39:59,520
Speaker 1: could go back to the Bears and you hear this

731
00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:05,360
Speaker 1: like this is like listen, pull out a Mekalada, watch it.

732
00:40:05,440 --> 00:40:08,239
Speaker 1: Listen to a fantasy podcast or watch a fantasy show.

733
00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:13,360
Speaker 1: And anytime somebody says try Burton plays to you like Travis,

734
00:40:13,880 --> 00:40:16,480
Speaker 1: just slug, just drink that whole thing and you'll be

735
00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:19,359
Speaker 1: wasted by the time that shows over. And so it's

736
00:40:19,400 --> 00:40:23,000
Speaker 1: so it's so lazy and easy just to try to

737
00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:26,719
Speaker 1: make those comparisons. And since it's so easy, I will

738
00:40:26,760 --> 00:40:31,640
Speaker 1: do it. But it's hard not to see the success

739
00:40:32,960 --> 00:40:36,160
Speaker 1: Adam Feeling had in the slot. I mean literally Minnesota.

740
00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:38,920
Speaker 1: And then you see and it's not like Sterling Shepherd's

741
00:40:38,920 --> 00:40:41,640
Speaker 1: a bump. I love, I loves want to take battle

742
00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:46,560
Speaker 1: axes to people and it's you know, you're mazy baddle ax,

743
00:40:46,719 --> 00:40:48,920
Speaker 1: paddle ax, and then it's like, oh yeah, it's like

744
00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:51,920
Speaker 1: I'm pissed when you do it. I don't care when

745
00:40:51,960 --> 00:40:55,799
Speaker 1: I like, we're in the gym, you know, and there's

746
00:40:55,840 --> 00:40:58,440
Speaker 1: a we're like we work out at a small boutique

747
00:40:58,520 --> 00:41:01,400
Speaker 1: gym and there's a very small space that's just open

748
00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:03,719
Speaker 1: and you could go out there and I could turn

749
00:41:03,760 --> 00:41:07,080
Speaker 1: on the YouTube and do some yoga stretches for twenty

750
00:41:07,120 --> 00:41:09,239
Speaker 1: I don't care when I do it, but if some

751
00:41:09,360 --> 00:41:13,360
Speaker 1: other jerk is over there doing it, I'm pissed, Like

752
00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:16,560
Speaker 1: what are you doing taking up this space for twenty minutes?

753
00:41:16,920 --> 00:41:20,440
Speaker 1: Like if I'm on the cable crosses for a half,

754
00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:24,120
Speaker 1: that's fine, but if you're there for thirty seconds, I'm

755
00:41:24,160 --> 00:41:27,920
Speaker 1: immediately living. Okay. So that's what I'm saying. So I know,

756
00:41:28,320 --> 00:41:31,960
Speaker 1: I'm just I'm giving everybody before that, I'm just letting

757
00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:35,480
Speaker 1: you know that it's it's easy. It's so easy. It's

758
00:41:35,520 --> 00:41:38,840
Speaker 1: so easy. It's so easy to make that connection, and

759
00:41:39,280 --> 00:41:41,880
Speaker 1: I try not to do it. I tried it. Damn Okay,

760
00:41:41,920 --> 00:41:44,680
Speaker 1: I get it. But they're different people and everything. At

761
00:41:44,719 --> 00:41:46,880
Speaker 1: the same time, the one thing that I really like

762
00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:50,120
Speaker 1: about this offense is that they have so many different

763
00:41:50,120 --> 00:41:52,239
Speaker 1: people that you have to contend with. You obviously have

764
00:41:52,280 --> 00:41:55,359
Speaker 1: Odell Dockum Jr. Say Kwan Barkley. If he's as good,

765
00:41:55,400 --> 00:41:58,239
Speaker 1: if he's half as good right as we think he,

766
00:41:58,239 --> 00:42:02,240
Speaker 1: he's going to be a very good run back if Ingram.

767
00:42:02,239 --> 00:42:05,279
Speaker 1: So you have all these guys that it's when you're

768
00:42:05,320 --> 00:42:07,920
Speaker 1: in the eighth round and you've kind of got your

769
00:42:07,960 --> 00:42:12,640
Speaker 1: starters set, this is the perfect opportunity to start taking

770
00:42:12,640 --> 00:42:16,000
Speaker 1: guys like Sterling Shepherd and everybody's acting like I'm like, oh,

771
00:42:16,040 --> 00:42:18,319
Speaker 1: I'm to a Consterling Shepherd in the first round. I'm like,

772
00:42:18,600 --> 00:42:21,840
Speaker 1: it's my fourth receiver, Like, am I not allowed? And

773
00:42:21,880 --> 00:42:24,400
Speaker 1: I understand you can call me out and be like

774
00:42:24,480 --> 00:42:28,080
Speaker 1: it's not exactly you're right, But at the same time,

775
00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:31,839
Speaker 1: this is a coach his favorite the slot position. This

776
00:42:31,920 --> 00:42:33,919
Speaker 1: is a receiver who was one of the best lot

777
00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:36,239
Speaker 1: receivers in college when he came out, he has, He's

778
00:42:36,280 --> 00:42:39,560
Speaker 1: had some pretty good NFL career NFL season still, no doubt.

779
00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:42,720
Speaker 1: So I'm excited about him. And if you don't, and listen,

780
00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:44,880
Speaker 1: here's the thing. If you don't like, don't draft him. Ok,

781
00:42:45,440 --> 00:42:47,120
Speaker 1: you don't have to let me know about it on Twitter,

782
00:42:47,120 --> 00:42:49,680
Speaker 1: just don't draft By the way, I did want to

783
00:42:49,719 --> 00:42:52,319
Speaker 1: mention though that, uh, you know, obviously there's a lot

784
00:42:52,320 --> 00:42:54,880
Speaker 1: to get excited about in terms of Pat Shurmer being

785
00:42:54,920 --> 00:42:57,480
Speaker 1: the head coach there in New York, but it should

786
00:42:57,520 --> 00:43:00,799
Speaker 1: be noted both Pat Shurmer and Mike Shula, uh, I

787
00:43:00,840 --> 00:43:03,760
Speaker 1: think have shown a heavy commitment to the run game

788
00:43:04,360 --> 00:43:07,399
Speaker 1: as well. It gets me really and again we talked

789
00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:11,200
Speaker 1: about the one of the more underreported storylines, but I

790
00:43:11,239 --> 00:43:14,239
Speaker 1: think the Giants have have done well to revamp their

791
00:43:14,239 --> 00:43:18,320
Speaker 1: offensive line. People don't really realize that right now because

792
00:43:18,360 --> 00:43:20,440
Speaker 1: it was one of the worst units in the NFL

793
00:43:21,160 --> 00:43:24,279
Speaker 1: last year last year, but they addressed it this year.

794
00:43:24,320 --> 00:43:26,719
Speaker 1: I think they've done it through free agency. I think

795
00:43:26,760 --> 00:43:30,040
Speaker 1: they've done it through the draft as well. And Shermer

796
00:43:30,160 --> 00:43:33,279
Speaker 1: and Schula have both shown a commitment to the run game.

797
00:43:34,160 --> 00:43:37,360
Speaker 1: That is why I mean, you gotta get really excited,

798
00:43:37,400 --> 00:43:39,480
Speaker 1: not only just about the run game, but two how

799
00:43:39,520 --> 00:43:42,400
Speaker 1: that might open up things for guys like Odell Beckham,

800
00:43:42,600 --> 00:43:45,600
Speaker 1: for guys like Sterling Shepard as well. So I'm really

801
00:43:45,600 --> 00:43:49,759
Speaker 1: excited to see what the Giants bring in. Alright, Marcus, well,

802
00:43:49,760 --> 00:43:52,640
Speaker 1: Marcus is a huge draft guy. How how key was

803
00:43:52,680 --> 00:43:55,359
Speaker 1: it though? Getting Will Hernandez? I was big? I mean

804
00:43:55,360 --> 00:43:58,279
Speaker 1: that was definitely big, especially when you spend your first

805
00:43:58,360 --> 00:44:00,759
Speaker 1: round pick on se Kwon Barkley to go and get

806
00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:03,600
Speaker 1: Will Hernandez to potentially open some holes for him. Um,

807
00:44:03,640 --> 00:44:05,640
Speaker 1: you know, we know Dave Dentleman is a He loves

808
00:44:05,680 --> 00:44:07,680
Speaker 1: his hog Molly's as he says, those big old dudes

809
00:44:07,719 --> 00:44:11,959
Speaker 1: down to the churches. So um yeah, I sneakily kind

810
00:44:11,960 --> 00:44:15,120
Speaker 1: of liked this offense. Um, you know, I'm curious about

811
00:44:15,120 --> 00:44:17,359
Speaker 1: Eli Manning's arm strength, but you know, if he's throwing

812
00:44:17,360 --> 00:44:19,560
Speaker 1: those shorts, if he's going those intermediate routes to to

813
00:44:19,719 --> 00:44:22,920
Speaker 1: Shep and you O b j Evan Ingram, He'll be

814
00:44:22,960 --> 00:44:27,080
Speaker 1: all right. Hey. Nate Soldier was signed to UH for

815
00:44:27,160 --> 00:44:29,320
Speaker 1: the Oakland Writers. We go to the A. They fired

816
00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:32,640
Speaker 1: Jack del Rio, Chucky is back, John Gruden is back

817
00:44:32,680 --> 00:44:36,480
Speaker 1: He's gotten a lot of flak obviously, UM for saying

818
00:44:36,520 --> 00:44:40,520
Speaker 1: he wanted to bring back to the Bay Area but

819
00:44:41,120 --> 00:44:44,960
Speaker 1: doesn't mean a run heavy approach in Oakland and Marcus Grant, well,

820
00:44:44,960 --> 00:44:46,239
Speaker 1: I think first of all, it means the fans that

821
00:44:46,280 --> 00:44:50,960
Speaker 1: show wearing cross colors, cross colors, maybe some backwards clothes

822
00:44:51,000 --> 00:44:53,719
Speaker 1: like criss cross cross. Um, I want nothing to do

823
00:44:53,760 --> 00:44:58,160
Speaker 1: with the Raider's offense and nothing because they're solely there's

824
00:44:58,200 --> 00:45:00,680
Speaker 1: so many unknowns, like I know, the whole take it

825
00:45:00,680 --> 00:45:03,320
Speaker 1: back to and you know, I don't. I don't fool

826
00:45:03,320 --> 00:45:05,759
Speaker 1: with GPS and advanced stats and stuff like. I know

827
00:45:05,840 --> 00:45:08,440
Speaker 1: that was sort of tongue in cheek by him, but

828
00:45:09,320 --> 00:45:10,840
Speaker 1: we're talking about a guy who's been out of the

829
00:45:11,000 --> 00:45:14,480
Speaker 1: has not coached anywhere at any level for a decade,

830
00:45:14,600 --> 00:45:18,640
Speaker 1: and the game now is it's coached and and and

831
00:45:18,680 --> 00:45:22,040
Speaker 1: played differently than it was even three or four years ago. Um,

832
00:45:22,880 --> 00:45:25,680
Speaker 1: there's just so many there's so many unknowns here in

833
00:45:25,719 --> 00:45:28,560
Speaker 1: an offense that a couple of years ago the Raiders

834
00:45:28,560 --> 00:45:30,319
Speaker 1: were kind of this young, up and coming team. They

835
00:45:30,360 --> 00:45:32,680
Speaker 1: got old in a herd. I mean they got old.

836
00:45:32,719 --> 00:45:35,319
Speaker 1: They had Marshawn Lynch, they get Jordy Nelson. This team

837
00:45:35,360 --> 00:45:38,520
Speaker 1: got really old, and I just you know, the offensive

838
00:45:38,560 --> 00:45:40,960
Speaker 1: line after one or two really good years sort of

839
00:45:41,040 --> 00:45:43,000
Speaker 1: isn't the same as it used to be. They're just

840
00:45:43,040 --> 00:45:45,680
Speaker 1: so many unknown quantities. I mean, Marie Cooper apparently got

841
00:45:45,719 --> 00:45:49,360
Speaker 1: fat according to the pictures that we see on the interwebs. Um,

842
00:45:49,480 --> 00:45:52,239
Speaker 1: I haven't seen Amari Cooper photo. Yeah, there were, there

843
00:45:52,320 --> 00:45:55,919
Speaker 1: was some some hefty Amari Cooper photos, uh, floating around

844
00:45:55,920 --> 00:45:59,200
Speaker 1: on the interwebs. And you know, just everything about this

845
00:45:59,280 --> 00:46:01,480
Speaker 1: is so much question. I don't want anything to do

846
00:46:01,520 --> 00:46:03,960
Speaker 1: with the Raiders at all, um, in terms of the

847
00:46:04,160 --> 00:46:07,760
Speaker 1: in terms of the one guy that I am absolutely

848
00:46:07,760 --> 00:46:09,640
Speaker 1: targeting in this offense. And that's why I'm a little

849
00:46:09,640 --> 00:46:13,040
Speaker 1: bit surprised. It's Marshawn Lynch. It's Marshawn Lynch. Marshawn Lynch

850
00:46:13,320 --> 00:46:15,800
Speaker 1: has got an ADP right now in the late seventies,

851
00:46:15,840 --> 00:46:18,600
Speaker 1: so you're able to get this guy even in twelve teamers,

852
00:46:18,640 --> 00:46:22,239
Speaker 1: you know, round seven eight. And I'm talking this is uh,

853
00:46:22,280 --> 00:46:25,200
Speaker 1: this isn't a PPR value according to Fantasy Football Cact.

854
00:46:25,239 --> 00:46:27,280
Speaker 1: And it doesn't make you nervous at all that gruden

855
00:46:27,520 --> 00:46:30,520
Speaker 1: Is is talking up Doug parton. No, No, no, not

856
00:46:30,600 --> 00:46:33,359
Speaker 1: at all, I mean zero percent. I think I saw

857
00:46:33,480 --> 00:46:36,200
Speaker 1: enough on the back half of last year, and Marshawn

858
00:46:36,280 --> 00:46:38,680
Speaker 1: Lynch on the back half last year was pretty special.

859
00:46:38,920 --> 00:46:41,680
Speaker 1: I thought he was terrific. So, um, I think he's

860
00:46:41,680 --> 00:46:45,320
Speaker 1: still got enough. Laughed. Look, I think the Oakland Raiders

861
00:46:45,360 --> 00:46:49,920
Speaker 1: offensive line too. They're still a talented bunch. They underperformed

862
00:46:50,360 --> 00:46:54,080
Speaker 1: last year, but there's still a very talented bunch. Um.

863
00:46:54,120 --> 00:46:56,880
Speaker 1: If John Gruden wants to go back to power football,

864
00:46:57,239 --> 00:47:00,640
Speaker 1: and it sounds like he does, it sounds like he does.

865
00:47:00,719 --> 00:47:02,360
Speaker 1: If he wants to do that, Marshawn Wnch is a

866
00:47:02,360 --> 00:47:06,359
Speaker 1: perfect fit, Marshall. I mean, and again, we saw enough

867
00:47:06,400 --> 00:47:08,920
Speaker 1: from him last year to to really give you hope

868
00:47:09,480 --> 00:47:12,879
Speaker 1: and to think, Look, you're not spending a tough five

869
00:47:12,880 --> 00:47:16,200
Speaker 1: pick on Marshawn l If that was the price, obviously

870
00:47:16,360 --> 00:47:20,319
Speaker 1: I'm out. But if you're spending a seventh eight, maybe

871
00:47:20,400 --> 00:47:23,319
Speaker 1: even later pick on Marshawn, signed me up for that

872
00:47:23,360 --> 00:47:26,600
Speaker 1: price all day long. That's just my thought. But you're right.

873
00:47:26,840 --> 00:47:28,960
Speaker 1: Other than Marshaun, I'm trying to think of about an

874
00:47:29,000 --> 00:47:32,560
Speaker 1: offensive player that I might be interested in. I'm not Jordan.

875
00:47:32,719 --> 00:47:39,120
Speaker 1: Where's Jordy Nelson going. Nelson still got a top one

876
00:47:39,160 --> 00:47:42,520
Speaker 1: hundred value, so maybe not. He retires as a packer though,

877
00:47:42,600 --> 00:47:46,759
Speaker 1: right whenever it's done, he goes, yeah, yeah, what else

878
00:47:46,800 --> 00:47:50,319
Speaker 1: is he gonna obviously obviously, So there you go. We

879
00:47:50,480 --> 00:47:53,480
Speaker 1: move on, We go to the Tennessee Titans. This is

880
00:47:53,480 --> 00:47:57,680
Speaker 1: a team that he wants. I they parted ways with

881
00:47:57,719 --> 00:48:00,960
Speaker 1: Mike mclarkey and his exotic smash man system, Like I

882
00:48:01,120 --> 00:48:02,920
Speaker 1: rid of a coach that won a playoff game. Not

883
00:48:03,000 --> 00:48:07,080
Speaker 1: a lot of organizations would have the very rare to

884
00:48:07,160 --> 00:48:09,200
Speaker 1: do that, although I think it sounded a little more

885
00:48:09,880 --> 00:48:12,799
Speaker 1: I don't want to say mutual, but maybe a little

886
00:48:12,840 --> 00:48:16,200
Speaker 1: bit mutual. I don't know. I think mclarkey just didn't

887
00:48:16,200 --> 00:48:18,719
Speaker 1: want to coach. No, No, there was reports that Mike

888
00:48:18,800 --> 00:48:21,760
Speaker 1: mclarkey said, no, I'm not gonna I'm not gonna fire

889
00:48:21,840 --> 00:48:23,840
Speaker 1: my O C or d C or whatever it was.

890
00:48:24,480 --> 00:48:26,879
Speaker 1: And they're like, no, you're gonna do that, or you're

891
00:48:26,880 --> 00:48:29,279
Speaker 1: gonna get going. Because I knew he would he would

892
00:48:29,280 --> 00:48:32,440
Speaker 1: walk with those guys. There you go. Anyways, Um, and

893
00:48:32,640 --> 00:48:35,680
Speaker 1: these guys don't get fired, they just get reassigned within

894
00:48:35,719 --> 00:48:41,399
Speaker 1: an organisam the NFL. The NFL is like some big company, like, hey,

895
00:48:41,480 --> 00:48:44,000
Speaker 1: you're running our Tennessee branch. He's like, yeah, I'm gonna

896
00:48:44,040 --> 00:48:47,719
Speaker 1: go to HEU or whatever it is. He's fine. Instead

897
00:48:48,080 --> 00:48:51,560
Speaker 1: of Mike Mlarkey, they hired another Mike. They hired Mike Vrabel,

898
00:48:51,960 --> 00:48:55,000
Speaker 1: which is interesting. And again we talked about the early

899
00:48:55,440 --> 00:48:59,719
Speaker 1: first season success for former people tied in with the

900
00:48:59,760 --> 00:49:02,040
Speaker 1: pay treats. He wasn't a coach. Is a linebacker there

901
00:49:02,040 --> 00:49:04,719
Speaker 1: for the Patriots obviously. He was most recently the Texans

902
00:49:04,760 --> 00:49:08,600
Speaker 1: defensive coordinator. Not for a long time either, No, no, no, no,

903
00:49:08,719 --> 00:49:10,319
Speaker 1: just one season, wasn't it. I thought the last year

904
00:49:10,400 --> 00:49:12,000
Speaker 1: was his first. Was his first. It might have been

905
00:49:12,000 --> 00:49:13,440
Speaker 1: his first season. It might have been a second year.

906
00:49:13,480 --> 00:49:15,400
Speaker 1: I don't know. I got to he Olbjeck that but

907
00:49:15,640 --> 00:49:19,480
Speaker 1: I see now while you're excited, exactly, Matt exactly, And

908
00:49:19,520 --> 00:49:22,560
Speaker 1: this his Tennessee's offensive coordinator. He was most recently the

909
00:49:22,680 --> 00:49:26,200
Speaker 1: Rams offensive coordinator last year, and Sean McVeigh wanted to

910
00:49:26,280 --> 00:49:28,279
Speaker 1: keep him but didn't want to stand in his way,

911
00:49:28,320 --> 00:49:31,680
Speaker 1: so he allowed him to. It was it was a

912
00:49:31,760 --> 00:49:36,720
Speaker 1: sort of mutual move. Like obviously Sean mcveigh's calling plays um,

913
00:49:37,520 --> 00:49:42,560
Speaker 1: Sean McVeigh is calling the plays, but at the same time, uh,

914
00:49:42,640 --> 00:49:45,799
Speaker 1: he's still part of that offensive room and everything like that.

915
00:49:46,239 --> 00:49:48,480
Speaker 1: So the one thing that I really liked because Rabel

916
00:49:48,560 --> 00:49:50,839
Speaker 1: was an interesting choice, and it was he's not a

917
00:49:50,840 --> 00:49:53,399
Speaker 1: long time coordinator, which you see a lot of these things,

918
00:49:53,400 --> 00:49:56,839
Speaker 1: but when you when you go for a long time coordinator,

919
00:49:57,160 --> 00:49:59,759
Speaker 1: you end up with somebody like Mike Mularkey. And then

920
00:49:59,800 --> 00:50:02,799
Speaker 1: we saw what happened with that. A guy coming in

921
00:50:02,880 --> 00:50:04,480
Speaker 1: and being like, I want to be old school and

922
00:50:04,520 --> 00:50:06,920
Speaker 1: do this. You're like, no, how don't we play modern football.

923
00:50:07,000 --> 00:50:10,960
Speaker 1: Let's do that. So I understand, and so Rabele, you

924
00:50:11,000 --> 00:50:14,120
Speaker 1: know what. Okay, Like, we don't really know what he's

925
00:50:14,120 --> 00:50:16,880
Speaker 1: good at. But if he's a manager of personalities because

926
00:50:16,920 --> 00:50:20,200
Speaker 1: the defense he went old school. Defensively, who is it.

927
00:50:20,200 --> 00:50:24,120
Speaker 1: It's pet Dan P's or Dean P's. He's the guy

928
00:50:24,120 --> 00:50:26,680
Speaker 1: who's the defensive Okay, you go old school there, that's great.

929
00:50:26,840 --> 00:50:29,279
Speaker 1: You let that defense go doing it do its thing.

930
00:50:29,560 --> 00:50:32,840
Speaker 1: But you bring in a modern offensive coordinator. You compare

931
00:50:32,920 --> 00:50:35,840
Speaker 1: that to what Carolina did. Carolina went old school and

932
00:50:35,880 --> 00:50:38,000
Speaker 1: brought in North Turner, and you're like, yeah, that's great.

933
00:50:38,080 --> 00:50:40,640
Speaker 1: Like this is this is again like this is almost

934
00:50:40,640 --> 00:50:43,560
Speaker 1: like having Jon Gruden. Oh it's a nineties reboot, you know,

935
00:50:43,560 --> 00:50:45,920
Speaker 1: and it could end up flaming out like Fuller House.

936
00:50:46,520 --> 00:50:49,400
Speaker 1: And so you brought in somebody new who's going to

937
00:50:49,480 --> 00:50:52,920
Speaker 1: run a modern offense with one of the most underrated

938
00:50:53,000 --> 00:50:56,880
Speaker 1: quarterbacks in the NFL. You have Marcus Mariota, who can

939
00:50:56,920 --> 00:50:59,560
Speaker 1: do a variety of different things, Like everything that you

940
00:50:59,600 --> 00:51:01,799
Speaker 1: want to for an NFL quarterback to do, he can,

941
00:51:01,840 --> 00:51:04,840
Speaker 1: he can do it. He's great at everything, He's super mobile,

942
00:51:05,000 --> 00:51:08,400
Speaker 1: he's got a strong arm. Yeah, you're right, he's everything

943
00:51:08,440 --> 00:51:10,360
Speaker 1: that we saw out of Oregon he can do in

944
00:51:10,400 --> 00:51:12,600
Speaker 1: the NFL. And then you've got a lot of nice

945
00:51:12,640 --> 00:51:16,160
Speaker 1: pieces around him. I think the receivers are are a

946
00:51:16,160 --> 00:51:19,000
Speaker 1: little bit underrated. Corey Davis was i obviosally a top

947
00:51:19,040 --> 00:51:23,439
Speaker 1: five pick, but Richard Matthews is a quality receiver year

948
00:51:23,480 --> 00:51:26,480
Speaker 1: in and year out. And again, when you're targeting players

949
00:51:26,560 --> 00:51:28,239
Speaker 1: at the end of your draft, when you get into

950
00:51:28,239 --> 00:51:31,120
Speaker 1: those double digit rounds and you see Rochard Matthews available

951
00:51:31,120 --> 00:51:33,400
Speaker 1: to you, make sure that you make that pick. You

952
00:51:33,480 --> 00:51:39,640
Speaker 1: also have Delaney Walker, uh, Derek Thomas or Derrick Henry

953
00:51:39,680 --> 00:51:45,640
Speaker 1: excuse me, everybody wanted him. They were so grateful when

954
00:51:45,719 --> 00:51:48,120
Speaker 1: DeMarco Murray was gone, like finally, this guy's going to

955
00:51:48,160 --> 00:51:52,359
Speaker 1: carry the ball from the times. But again, you're you're,

956
00:51:52,520 --> 00:51:55,000
Speaker 1: You're gonna be in a similar situation to what the

957
00:51:55,960 --> 00:52:00,080
Speaker 1: Patriots do is we will end up seeing a pretty

958
00:52:00,080 --> 00:52:03,600
Speaker 1: clearly defined role for each of these running backs, and

959
00:52:03,640 --> 00:52:05,600
Speaker 1: I think both of them are going to have some value,

960
00:52:05,719 --> 00:52:08,880
Speaker 1: especially Dion Lewis in PPR leagues, which it seems like

961
00:52:08,920 --> 00:52:11,239
Speaker 1: a lot of people are starting to gravitate towards more

962
00:52:11,239 --> 00:52:14,399
Speaker 1: and more. So I like all of this situation. These

963
00:52:14,440 --> 00:52:18,640
Speaker 1: offensive lines, yeah, you know what I mean. Everybody loves

964
00:52:18,680 --> 00:52:21,640
Speaker 1: them because we see them before predators playoff games, doing

965
00:52:21,640 --> 00:52:24,520
Speaker 1: their things, slug and tall boys having a good time.

966
00:52:24,560 --> 00:52:28,560
Speaker 1: But they're very good. Pro Football Focus I believe had

967
00:52:28,600 --> 00:52:32,320
Speaker 1: them is their fifth best offensive line heading into this season.

968
00:52:32,320 --> 00:52:33,920
Speaker 1: You might want to double check on that, but I

969
00:52:33,960 --> 00:52:36,279
Speaker 1: do know that they had a high grade on them.

970
00:52:36,680 --> 00:52:39,760
Speaker 1: So I love everything about I love the young offensive

971
00:52:39,800 --> 00:52:44,880
Speaker 1: coordinator coming in and being able to modernize this offense.

972
00:52:44,960 --> 00:52:46,920
Speaker 1: It's like a fixer upwards. Like I don't know if

973
00:52:46,920 --> 00:52:48,759
Speaker 1: you want to be chip games or whatever, but you're

974
00:52:48,760 --> 00:52:51,600
Speaker 1: walking into this who does some of the chip games. Baby,

975
00:52:51,640 --> 00:52:53,359
Speaker 1: you know you don't have to take this place down

976
00:52:53,360 --> 00:52:55,360
Speaker 1: to the studs. You know what. You just put in

977
00:52:55,400 --> 00:52:58,000
Speaker 1: a couple. You put in that nice refrigerator with the

978
00:52:58,160 --> 00:53:00,640
Speaker 1: with the screen that you can watch YouTube videos on,

979
00:53:01,000 --> 00:53:03,440
Speaker 1: put in a new oven, and boom, you're ready to cook.

980
00:53:04,000 --> 00:53:06,920
Speaker 1: I think the values for a lot of these guys,

981
00:53:06,960 --> 00:53:09,960
Speaker 1: the price is right for launch times as well. Derrick

982
00:53:10,000 --> 00:53:12,440
Speaker 1: Henry has a value in the mid thirties. You look

983
00:53:12,440 --> 00:53:14,799
Speaker 1: at Dion Lewis, He's got a value in the in

984
00:53:14,840 --> 00:53:18,000
Speaker 1: the early sixties. I think that's pretty good value. You

985
00:53:18,000 --> 00:53:21,680
Speaker 1: look at Marcus Mariota. Marcus Mariota's you know, again, I

986
00:53:21,719 --> 00:53:24,680
Speaker 1: know quarterbacks super super deep. But if you're if you're

987
00:53:24,680 --> 00:53:26,799
Speaker 1: one of those you know, late round quarterback guys, why

988
00:53:26,840 --> 00:53:30,040
Speaker 1: not target Marcus Mariota. He's got a value super flex

989
00:53:30,280 --> 00:53:32,960
Speaker 1: for sure, one in the one thirties. So you know

990
00:53:33,080 --> 00:53:36,080
Speaker 1: this is it's a it's a team where you can

991
00:53:36,160 --> 00:53:42,160
Speaker 1: find a lot of pretty good values. As Adam Rank

992
00:53:42,480 --> 00:53:45,200
Speaker 1: has pointed out as well. All right, so there you go,

993
00:53:45,360 --> 00:53:48,600
Speaker 1: un I say something that please I feel like we

994
00:53:48,680 --> 00:53:51,200
Speaker 1: skipped the big one. What do we do we? I

995
00:53:51,200 --> 00:53:55,279
Speaker 1: think Minnesota de philip Oh, well, you know what, I

996
00:53:55,360 --> 00:53:59,680
Speaker 1: just went with new head coaches and their corresponding offensive coordinators.

997
00:54:00,160 --> 00:54:04,480
Speaker 1: Can I say one thing about this is something to

998
00:54:04,560 --> 00:54:06,600
Speaker 1: keep in mind again if you're waiting on a quarterback.

999
00:54:07,160 --> 00:54:13,560
Speaker 1: His emphasis in UM in Philadelphia was the red zone.

1000
00:54:14,239 --> 00:54:17,120
Speaker 1: So obviously you know Doug Peterson's running a lot of

1001
00:54:17,120 --> 00:54:19,680
Speaker 1: that stuff. They had Frank right there, but de Philippo

1002
00:54:19,760 --> 00:54:22,680
Speaker 1: was in charge of the red zone. And when you

1003
00:54:22,800 --> 00:54:28,440
Speaker 1: looked at Kirk Cousins, why he never seemed to really

1004
00:54:29,239 --> 00:54:32,520
Speaker 1: break out as a fantasy quarterback, Like he was good

1005
00:54:32,520 --> 00:54:35,520
Speaker 1: but never super great. If I'm if I'm remembering this,

1006
00:54:35,560 --> 00:54:37,960
Speaker 1: maybe this is just anecdotal more than anything, but it

1007
00:54:38,000 --> 00:54:40,600
Speaker 1: seemed like Kirk Cousins wasn't as good as he could

1008
00:54:40,600 --> 00:54:42,640
Speaker 1: have been. And I think one of the reasons why

1009
00:54:42,719 --> 00:54:46,680
Speaker 1: he struggled so much was because they were not very

1010
00:54:46,680 --> 00:54:48,960
Speaker 1: good in the red zone. Is Washington was one of

1011
00:54:48,960 --> 00:54:51,400
Speaker 1: the worst red zone teams last year, especially because they

1012
00:54:51,400 --> 00:54:53,440
Speaker 1: don't have a running attack that lends itself to being

1013
00:54:53,440 --> 00:54:56,640
Speaker 1: good to the red zone. The Vikings already good in

1014
00:54:56,680 --> 00:54:59,879
Speaker 1: the red zone. You bring in a coordinator who spe

1015
00:55:00,080 --> 00:55:02,480
Speaker 1: shalized in the in the red zone and so now

1016
00:55:02,480 --> 00:55:04,799
Speaker 1: I'm looking at Kirk Cousins and we're looking at quarterbacks

1017
00:55:04,800 --> 00:55:06,520
Speaker 1: that perhaps you can wait on a little bit and

1018
00:55:06,520 --> 00:55:09,000
Speaker 1: people and guys are coming off the board, and if

1019
00:55:09,040 --> 00:55:11,760
Speaker 1: you if you don't have the guts to wait super

1020
00:55:11,800 --> 00:55:14,440
Speaker 1: long and just grab Philip Rivers, Kirk Cousins is a

1021
00:55:14,440 --> 00:55:16,680
Speaker 1: guy who I've been targeting a lot in a lot

1022
00:55:16,680 --> 00:55:19,160
Speaker 1: of my mocks. He's got a ADP right now in

1023
00:55:19,200 --> 00:55:21,960
Speaker 1: the low nineties, so his services can be had in

1024
00:55:22,000 --> 00:55:25,439
Speaker 1: the eighth round if you are interested in Kirk Cousins there.

1025
00:55:25,440 --> 00:55:26,960
Speaker 1: I think that's a good note. I think that's a

1026
00:55:27,040 --> 00:55:29,640
Speaker 1: very good note, something that I certainly had not taken

1027
00:55:30,360 --> 00:55:32,320
Speaker 1: hold of in terms of mentally as well. So I

1028
00:55:32,719 --> 00:55:35,600
Speaker 1: like that. I'll think about kirk Cousins there if I'm

1029
00:55:35,600 --> 00:55:38,279
Speaker 1: looking for especially if he falls, and I think that

1030
00:55:38,400 --> 00:55:41,879
Speaker 1: even he absolutely and you know how quarterback is, it's

1031
00:55:42,000 --> 00:55:46,040
Speaker 1: very volatile man. Quarterbacks can fall crazy, way crazy late.

1032
00:55:46,080 --> 00:55:47,879
Speaker 1: So they go early, they end up on a run

1033
00:55:47,880 --> 00:55:50,040
Speaker 1: and they go early, or they fall and go late.

1034
00:55:50,080 --> 00:55:51,799
Speaker 1: And you're like, how is Kirk Causse is available at

1035
00:55:51,840 --> 00:55:55,000
Speaker 1: twelfth round? Signed up? Oh? Yeah, yeah, exactly. So that's

1036
00:55:55,040 --> 00:55:56,799
Speaker 1: pretty good, all right. So We're gonna close out your

1037
00:55:56,800 --> 00:55:59,879
Speaker 1: show with the round of Daily Depths depths steps. That's

1038
00:55:59,880 --> 00:56:05,200
Speaker 1: a dog bites and dipping a you know, if you

1039
00:56:05,280 --> 00:56:08,200
Speaker 1: like creepy rabbits. Uh, this movie is for you. Degenerate

1040
00:56:08,360 --> 00:56:11,080
Speaker 1: art is down there. This is why I love this

1041
00:56:11,120 --> 00:56:15,120
Speaker 1: group of guys that were like world when alright, daily

1042
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Speaker 1: adap time. MG, my guy Marcus Grant kicking us off, pal,

1043
00:56:18,920 --> 00:56:21,759
Speaker 1: I'm gonna adapt. H You know, I read, you read,

1044
00:56:21,840 --> 00:56:24,960
Speaker 1: I read, so you read good. I read good, and

1045
00:56:24,960 --> 00:56:28,600
Speaker 1: I do other stuff good too. Um. Billy Lynn's Long

1046
00:56:28,640 --> 00:56:33,279
Speaker 1: Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain, UM fairly recent book. In fact,

1047
00:56:33,280 --> 00:56:34,719
Speaker 1: they made a movie out of it, which I did

1048
00:56:34,719 --> 00:56:38,399
Speaker 1: not see. But um, it's been it's been an excellent read.

1049
00:56:38,440 --> 00:56:42,240
Speaker 1: I'm nearly done with it. But the premise is a

1050
00:56:41,719 --> 00:56:48,960
Speaker 1: a company of soldiers from uh Iraq, Afghanistan are being

1051
00:56:49,360 --> 00:56:52,600
Speaker 1: saluted at a Dallas Cowboys game on Thanksgiving Day, and

1052
00:56:52,600 --> 00:56:54,759
Speaker 1: it's just kind of them. It's fictional, but it's going

1053
00:56:54,800 --> 00:56:57,240
Speaker 1: through their day and meeting the cheerleaders and the players,

1054
00:56:57,320 --> 00:57:00,600
Speaker 1: and you know, there's a Jerry Jones type owner here,

1055
00:57:01,080 --> 00:57:02,600
Speaker 1: you know, and kind of you know the way they

1056
00:57:02,640 --> 00:57:05,399
Speaker 1: are sort of paraded around and everybody wants to want

1057
00:57:05,480 --> 00:57:08,320
Speaker 1: a piece of them, um and just kind of their

1058
00:57:08,400 --> 00:57:11,400
Speaker 1: their experience and kind of comparing their experience in battle

1059
00:57:11,520 --> 00:57:14,760
Speaker 1: versus just kind of running the gauntlet of being back

1060
00:57:14,800 --> 00:57:17,080
Speaker 1: home and everybody wanting to kind of get a piece

1061
00:57:17,080 --> 00:57:20,280
Speaker 1: of them and sort of attached themselves to these heroic

1062
00:57:20,360 --> 00:57:22,840
Speaker 1: soldiers who were in a major battle. It's it's it's

1063
00:57:22,880 --> 00:57:26,560
Speaker 1: at times funny, it's it's times frustrating. It very much,

1064
00:57:26,600 --> 00:57:28,440
Speaker 1: I think mirrors a lot of things that are currently

1065
00:57:28,480 --> 00:57:31,760
Speaker 1: going on, uh you know, in in in America right now.

1066
00:57:31,800 --> 00:57:34,440
Speaker 1: But overall it's it's super entertaining. It's worth a ree

1067
00:57:34,480 --> 00:57:37,000
Speaker 1: go pick it up. It's uh, it's quick, it's it's fun,

1068
00:57:37,160 --> 00:57:39,919
Speaker 1: it's it's interesting. Also the lead out to you, James

1069
00:57:40,000 --> 00:57:42,720
Speaker 1: co Uman, Man, then this has been it's been a

1070
00:57:42,720 --> 00:57:44,560
Speaker 1: wild ride. It's been a fun ride. I know that.

1071
00:57:44,760 --> 00:57:45,680
Speaker 1: You know, every now and then I may have to

1072
00:57:45,720 --> 00:57:47,360
Speaker 1: get out of the bubble to come and have a

1073
00:57:47,360 --> 00:57:49,840
Speaker 1: beer with you down to the South Bay. But it's

1074
00:57:49,880 --> 00:57:52,280
Speaker 1: the South Bay, you know. But it's the South Bay.

1075
00:57:52,320 --> 00:57:53,880
Speaker 1: Like once I get south of the one oh five,

1076
00:57:54,000 --> 00:57:56,600
Speaker 1: it's like a whole fourign land down there. You know,

1077
00:57:56,960 --> 00:57:58,600
Speaker 1: it's outside the bubble, it really is. I mean, once

1078
00:57:58,640 --> 00:58:00,160
Speaker 1: I get south of the one oh five free Way,

1079
00:58:00,200 --> 00:58:02,440
Speaker 1: south of like l a X, like the world is

1080
00:58:02,440 --> 00:58:05,080
Speaker 1: different for me. But um, we'll do that micro brew tour.

1081
00:58:05,200 --> 00:58:06,960
Speaker 1: We'll do the micro brew tour. It'll be great. But

1082
00:58:07,040 --> 00:58:08,600
Speaker 1: you know, since you have come on and been a

1083
00:58:08,600 --> 00:58:10,280
Speaker 1: part of you, part of the show and part of

1084
00:58:10,280 --> 00:58:13,080
Speaker 1: this podcast, I mean, you know, we were always on

1085
00:58:13,080 --> 00:58:14,560
Speaker 1: a march I think as a group to sort of

1086
00:58:14,600 --> 00:58:18,480
Speaker 1: a new level of fun and content or whatever. And

1087
00:58:19,120 --> 00:58:21,120
Speaker 1: all the you guys don't know how much work James

1088
00:58:21,120 --> 00:58:23,680
Speaker 1: did on this podcast. I mean he talked about the drops,

1089
00:58:23,760 --> 00:58:26,200
Speaker 1: you hear, the rundown. So much of what we do

1090
00:58:26,440 --> 00:58:29,640
Speaker 1: is this was this was very much James's baby, and so, um,

1091
00:58:29,680 --> 00:58:31,760
Speaker 1: it's gonna be different. I'm gonna miss you, bro. Uh

1092
00:58:31,880 --> 00:58:33,560
Speaker 1: you know we'll still be around. I have I have

1093
00:58:33,640 --> 00:58:36,959
Speaker 1: your phone number. I'm not dead, so you're not dead.

1094
00:58:37,080 --> 00:58:39,680
Speaker 1: But it's been great and I wish you all the best.

1095
00:58:40,000 --> 00:58:41,800
Speaker 1: I know you're gonna land somewhere. It's gonna be great.

1096
00:58:41,840 --> 00:58:43,880
Speaker 1: But well, you know, we'll miss you here. Oh man

1097
00:58:44,600 --> 00:58:49,000
Speaker 1: out of um Now, Alex doesn't count because he's in Wisconsin,

1098
00:58:49,240 --> 00:58:52,160
Speaker 1: but Marcus of franchise, Harmon and Co. Who do you

1099
00:58:52,160 --> 00:58:57,080
Speaker 1: think you'll never see again? Well, well, Franchise and Harmon

1100
00:58:57,160 --> 00:58:58,800
Speaker 1: live in the bubble, so that gives them a leg

1101
00:58:58,880 --> 00:59:01,320
Speaker 1: up right there? Oh, No, no franchise lives in Hollywood.

1102
00:59:01,640 --> 00:59:04,560
Speaker 1: He recently moved to the bubble. Oh he did. Yes,

1103
00:59:05,080 --> 00:59:07,120
Speaker 1: Where have I been? I don't know. It's been about

1104
00:59:07,680 --> 00:59:09,439
Speaker 1: it's been about a month. It's been about a month

1105
00:59:09,480 --> 00:59:12,360
Speaker 1: now that he's he's one of us now, of all

1106
00:59:12,360 --> 00:59:20,720
Speaker 1: those of us. No beach. You know, I sell my

1107
00:59:20,800 --> 00:59:23,280
Speaker 1: house and I go rent in the bubble. Now what

1108
00:59:23,440 --> 00:59:25,920
Speaker 1: it's not gonna happen all these in Sino Bros. I

1109
00:59:25,960 --> 00:59:29,480
Speaker 1: can't even feel. No, where do you guys live, like

1110
00:59:29,600 --> 00:59:35,480
Speaker 1: Temple City or whatever? I don't know. I haven't what

1111
00:59:35,480 --> 00:59:37,280
Speaker 1: what's the actual name of the city because it's not

1112
00:59:37,360 --> 00:59:40,200
Speaker 1: Los Angeles. It's in a Los Angeles living in the

1113
00:59:40,360 --> 00:59:43,440
Speaker 1: city of My address is Los Angeles. How is that possible?

1114
00:59:43,480 --> 00:59:47,160
Speaker 1: Because you're not even clost the Staple Center. They're like

1115
00:59:47,200 --> 00:59:50,280
Speaker 1: seven people who get this bit right now. I don't

1116
00:59:50,320 --> 00:59:53,840
Speaker 1: even the Temple City. I thought it was called Palmdale

1117
00:59:54,000 --> 00:59:57,400
Speaker 1: or something. What's the town like where they where the garages?

1118
00:59:57,440 --> 01:00:01,280
Speaker 1: It's called Palm. It's Los Angeles. No, this Palm Palms

1119
01:00:01,440 --> 01:00:04,240
Speaker 1: is the neighborhood. The neighborhood is called Palms. It's like

1120
01:00:04,320 --> 01:00:09,720
Speaker 1: Korea Town is not an actual city, bro, Just just

1121
01:00:09,800 --> 01:00:15,520
Speaker 1: like Paul, there's not a Palmdale. There is a Palm.

1122
01:00:15,880 --> 01:00:18,400
Speaker 1: That's a city that's called Palmdale, and that right around

1123
01:00:18,400 --> 01:00:22,120
Speaker 1: the corner that's called Palms. Palmdale is a solid hour

1124
01:00:22,240 --> 01:00:25,040
Speaker 1: from here. What are you talking? By the way, I'm

1125
01:00:25,080 --> 01:00:28,640
Speaker 1: breaking character here knowing geography. That is weird. This is

1126
01:00:28,640 --> 01:00:30,840
Speaker 1: not good. That is weird. But once we get north

1127
01:00:30,880 --> 01:00:35,080
Speaker 1: of Anaheim, I'm like whatever Anaheim like, nobody cares about

1128
01:00:35,120 --> 01:00:41,600
Speaker 1: the rest of this place. It's one's um honestly, daily

1129
01:00:41,640 --> 01:00:45,280
Speaker 1: DAPs to UK. I've been working with you guys for

1130
01:00:45,320 --> 01:00:48,160
Speaker 1: a few months now and it's been awesome. Good luck

1131
01:00:48,200 --> 01:00:51,160
Speaker 1: with whatever you have lined up next. I appreciate it.

1132
01:00:51,200 --> 01:00:54,360
Speaker 1: Thank you very much, Adam Rank. What do you got? Well, Normally,

1133
01:00:54,560 --> 01:00:58,440
Speaker 1: normally I would have a list, but out of respect

1134
01:00:58,440 --> 01:01:00,360
Speaker 1: and I know I do this, Uh, this iss for

1135
01:01:00,400 --> 01:01:03,280
Speaker 1: Alex and Matt's and all that stuff. So I'm only

1136
01:01:03,320 --> 01:01:06,040
Speaker 1: gonna give my depth to you and take a few

1137
01:01:06,080 --> 01:01:09,720
Speaker 1: moments to uh to talk about the journey professionally and

1138
01:01:09,800 --> 01:01:13,720
Speaker 1: personally that we've had um so many good times. It

1139
01:01:13,800 --> 01:01:18,000
Speaker 1: was it was fun to have you join the team,

1140
01:01:18,000 --> 01:01:20,360
Speaker 1: and it's it's been a fun journey for with NFL

1141
01:01:20,440 --> 01:01:22,480
Speaker 1: Fantasy Live. It would I mean, it's weird to think

1142
01:01:22,480 --> 01:01:25,880
Speaker 1: about like the host that we've had with We started

1143
01:01:25,880 --> 01:01:29,439
Speaker 1: with Michelle Bisner on the show, and then we went

1144
01:01:29,520 --> 01:01:33,400
Speaker 1: to the Smiths, Matt Smith and Jason Smith, and then

1145
01:01:33,440 --> 01:01:36,520
Speaker 1: you came in after that a couple of years after that.

1146
01:01:36,600 --> 01:01:39,640
Speaker 1: And I feel like if you look at it like

1147
01:01:39,720 --> 01:01:42,680
Speaker 1: a television show, if you look at it like if

1148
01:01:42,720 --> 01:01:46,480
Speaker 1: you're watching our television show television, well now like a sitcom,

1149
01:01:46,520 --> 01:01:48,960
Speaker 1: like if you're watching How I Met Your Mother or

1150
01:01:49,000 --> 01:01:53,840
Speaker 1: anything like Sports Night, Sports Night, anything like, oh, they

1151
01:01:53,880 --> 01:01:56,240
Speaker 1: are the office, like you know, like this is where

1152
01:01:56,360 --> 01:02:01,480
Speaker 1: like seasons three through until Steve Carrell laughed, is that

1153
01:02:01,400 --> 01:02:04,280
Speaker 1: the time that it really found its groove? Or you

1154
01:02:04,320 --> 01:02:07,400
Speaker 1: watch Parking Rex it was terrible the first season and

1155
01:02:07,440 --> 01:02:11,280
Speaker 1: then really founded And I feel similarly that NFL Fantasy

1156
01:02:11,320 --> 01:02:16,520
Speaker 1: Live really hit a screwve um with you on it. Uh,

1157
01:02:16,520 --> 01:02:19,120
Speaker 1: it was it was cool, like the cool combination of

1158
01:02:19,160 --> 01:02:21,120
Speaker 1: you and money. And I know that you wrote in

1159
01:02:21,160 --> 01:02:24,320
Speaker 1: Your Peace, Uh, your your Farewell, addressed that you were

1160
01:02:24,360 --> 01:02:27,480
Speaker 1: intimidated my money and he's and he's great, and I

1161
01:02:27,520 --> 01:02:29,840
Speaker 1: love and money and Money's great at what he does

1162
01:02:29,880 --> 01:02:33,000
Speaker 1: and everything, and it's there's it's it was cool to

1163
01:02:33,080 --> 01:02:35,840
Speaker 1: have different vibes because you were equally as great as

1164
01:02:35,840 --> 01:02:38,720
Speaker 1: he is. You're just as good and just as passionate

1165
01:02:38,800 --> 01:02:40,840
Speaker 1: and everything. And I thought that the shows that we

1166
01:02:40,920 --> 01:02:44,640
Speaker 1: did UH really reached its stride and I think that

1167
01:02:45,400 --> 01:02:47,760
Speaker 1: it popped some of the bits because I remember for

1168
01:02:47,800 --> 01:02:49,440
Speaker 1: a while there you were on the Monday Show and

1169
01:02:49,480 --> 01:02:51,840
Speaker 1: we could do that helps no one, and you were

1170
01:02:51,880 --> 01:02:55,320
Speaker 1: really like committing, like that's that's something that we need

1171
01:02:55,320 --> 01:02:58,320
Speaker 1: people to commit to. And not everybody on the show

1172
01:02:58,400 --> 01:03:01,400
Speaker 1: really wants to commit to that bit, uh, but you

1173
01:03:01,440 --> 01:03:03,240
Speaker 1: were one of those guys who was like, I'm leaning

1174
01:03:03,240 --> 01:03:05,600
Speaker 1: into this and um, I don't know if you were

1175
01:03:05,600 --> 01:03:10,120
Speaker 1: ever on Monday's, but like I remember you and Molly

1176
01:03:10,440 --> 01:03:14,439
Speaker 1: and Molly that God, there's another post who was um

1177
01:03:15,040 --> 01:03:17,840
Speaker 1: like really leaned into it and I always appreciated it.

1178
01:03:17,880 --> 01:03:19,680
Speaker 1: But the one thing that I think that would stand

1179
01:03:19,680 --> 01:03:23,320
Speaker 1: out for everybody UH on show wise is the danger

1180
01:03:23,400 --> 01:03:27,640
Speaker 1: zone and just taking what should have been the dumbest idea.

1181
01:03:27,640 --> 01:03:31,040
Speaker 1: It might still have been a dumb idea, but really

1182
01:03:31,200 --> 01:03:35,600
Speaker 1: making it, making it kind of something special. That was

1183
01:03:35,600 --> 01:03:38,000
Speaker 1: always my favorite part of the week Fantasy Live, and

1184
01:03:38,000 --> 01:03:40,400
Speaker 1: it was it was much and it was and it

1185
01:03:40,520 --> 01:03:46,120
Speaker 1: was because of James Is. Things like that won't work

1186
01:03:46,160 --> 01:03:48,600
Speaker 1: if you are kind of like mailing it in or

1187
01:03:48,640 --> 01:03:51,840
Speaker 1: if like something's not like you're like I, I'm just

1188
01:03:51,840 --> 01:03:54,360
Speaker 1: gonna coast this week or anything like that. But with

1189
01:03:54,440 --> 01:03:57,400
Speaker 1: you and how much time and effort that you put

1190
01:03:57,400 --> 01:04:01,480
Speaker 1: into it, it would not allow me to coast at

1191
01:04:01,520 --> 01:04:06,640
Speaker 1: all and actually drove me to really get more ridiculous

1192
01:04:06,680 --> 01:04:10,600
Speaker 1: and more like over the top. And you know the

1193
01:04:10,680 --> 01:04:13,480
Speaker 1: things you did, and I know that somebody thankfully something.

1194
01:04:13,520 --> 01:04:16,480
Speaker 1: It took a guy on Twitter to find the g

1195
01:04:16,600 --> 01:04:21,320
Speaker 1: D Tyler Croft. We couldn't find in house. This dude,

1196
01:04:22,360 --> 01:04:26,000
Speaker 1: this dude on Twitter, I don't have the moment show history.

1197
01:04:26,320 --> 01:04:30,120
Speaker 1: A stick figure. We had a stick figure. We had

1198
01:04:30,160 --> 01:04:33,800
Speaker 1: a stick figure. We had a fraternity composite a former

1199
01:04:33,960 --> 01:04:37,640
Speaker 1: d ZU people. And the reason that it was it

1200
01:04:37,800 --> 01:04:41,120
Speaker 1: was we had that composite was that the danger zone

1201
01:04:41,200 --> 01:04:45,200
Speaker 1: hit a lot like it was you could talk about

1202
01:04:45,240 --> 01:04:48,160
Speaker 1: and and it's and it's a high degree of difficulty.

1203
01:04:48,240 --> 01:04:50,520
Speaker 1: You know. It's like, hey, you can go over the

1204
01:04:50,560 --> 01:04:53,040
Speaker 1: vault sideways, but if you want to go full carry

1205
01:04:53,080 --> 01:04:55,440
Speaker 1: strug and do a number of flips and land on

1206
01:04:55,480 --> 01:04:58,600
Speaker 1: your broken ankle. That's what we were going for. And

1207
01:04:58,640 --> 01:05:01,320
Speaker 1: so I thought that you could be annoyed by the

1208
01:05:01,400 --> 01:05:04,360
Speaker 1: screaming and you guys are a little too over the top.

1209
01:05:04,400 --> 01:05:06,240
Speaker 1: And I don't know why you have to scream look

1210
01:05:06,280 --> 01:05:11,040
Speaker 1: at the numbers over and over again. But it really

1211
01:05:11,080 --> 01:05:13,080
Speaker 1: worked and I thought it was great. And when I

1212
01:05:13,120 --> 01:05:17,360
Speaker 1: look back at things that I've done television wise over

1213
01:05:17,480 --> 01:05:21,080
Speaker 1: the course of over the course of Fantasy Live, that

1214
01:05:21,120 --> 01:05:24,520
Speaker 1: will definitely be, if not the highlight. It's up there

1215
01:05:24,560 --> 01:05:27,160
Speaker 1: on the on the platform with the gold medal and

1216
01:05:27,240 --> 01:05:30,360
Speaker 1: silver So I appreciate that, and you know, and it's

1217
01:05:30,360 --> 01:05:33,760
Speaker 1: fun to talk about work things, but it's also outside

1218
01:05:33,760 --> 01:05:36,040
Speaker 1: of work. I know. The three of us traveled up

1219
01:05:36,040 --> 01:05:39,880
Speaker 1: the Vegas to go do the first round of League

1220
01:05:39,880 --> 01:05:42,440
Speaker 1: of Leagues. Uh that was a lot of fun. That

1221
01:05:42,520 --> 01:05:46,320
Speaker 1: was a ton of fun. James was dressed like uh,

1222
01:05:46,640 --> 01:05:53,600
Speaker 1: dr yes with the with the fedora and everything in

1223
01:05:53,640 --> 01:05:55,640
Speaker 1: the handle of Oh my god, and you were the

1224
01:05:55,680 --> 01:05:57,840
Speaker 1: only one who really leaned into like I'm gonna be

1225
01:05:57,960 --> 01:06:00,680
Speaker 1: drunk at eight a m. You went hard on the

1226
01:06:00,720 --> 01:06:03,120
Speaker 1: tequila day one. You know, it's like it's we we

1227
01:06:03,120 --> 01:06:04,880
Speaker 1: know we're gonna be locked in here for like twelve

1228
01:06:04,920 --> 01:06:07,600
Speaker 1: hours drafting and James is hitting the quarry. I don't care.

1229
01:06:09,400 --> 01:06:11,800
Speaker 1: And it's But the funny thing was, I was surprised

1230
01:06:11,840 --> 01:06:14,720
Speaker 1: that I was the only one. I legitimately was surprised.

1231
01:06:14,720 --> 01:06:17,120
Speaker 1: I was on board with having tequila, just not at

1232
01:06:17,120 --> 01:06:21,400
Speaker 1: the start of the thing. I'm not at the start. No, No,

1233
01:06:21,520 --> 01:06:24,800
Speaker 1: you dug in, you know, in the afternoon. But I

1234
01:06:24,960 --> 01:06:28,000
Speaker 1: was surprised. I'm like, hey, it's ten am, it's double digits,

1235
01:06:28,040 --> 01:06:32,400
Speaker 1: how what what's going on? Why am I the only

1236
01:06:32,400 --> 01:06:35,560
Speaker 1: one drinking? I don't understand what's happening. I read the

1237
01:06:35,640 --> 01:06:37,560
Speaker 1: room on that one, and I knew that the Fantasy

1238
01:06:37,640 --> 01:06:39,360
Speaker 1: dirks were not going to be leaning into it. So

1239
01:06:39,360 --> 01:06:41,480
Speaker 1: I'm like, I might as well wait, because then I'm

1240
01:06:41,480 --> 01:06:45,760
Speaker 1: gonna start drinking and start doing my stand up right

1241
01:06:45,800 --> 01:06:48,720
Speaker 1: here in the middle of this room, and so whatever.

1242
01:06:49,280 --> 01:06:51,200
Speaker 1: H And then you know, we all each had a

1243
01:06:51,280 --> 01:06:55,040
Speaker 1: single team, and then we decided, you know, Marcus is

1244
01:06:55,120 --> 01:06:57,280
Speaker 1: like the sucks. I'm out. I mean, you're like, I

1245
01:06:57,400 --> 01:06:59,040
Speaker 1: kind of them out and I was kind of'm like,

1246
01:06:59,080 --> 01:07:01,760
Speaker 1: why don't we have a team team? And we combined

1247
01:07:02,320 --> 01:07:04,160
Speaker 1: a lot of fun and we won the whole thing

1248
01:07:04,880 --> 01:07:08,240
Speaker 1: because we had the most genius strategy of going all NBA.

1249
01:07:08,600 --> 01:07:11,439
Speaker 1: First we made great baseball picks, and then we didn't

1250
01:07:11,480 --> 01:07:14,880
Speaker 1: even draft a football team and then still like almost

1251
01:07:14,960 --> 01:07:17,680
Speaker 1: like when people are talking about the team league and

1252
01:07:17,720 --> 01:07:20,000
Speaker 1: we didn't make the freaking playoffs and when people talk

1253
01:07:20,040 --> 01:07:23,280
Speaker 1: about vampire leagues, that's basically what we did, except we

1254
01:07:23,280 --> 01:07:25,680
Speaker 1: weren't able to take good players from everybody's team or

1255
01:07:25,680 --> 01:07:28,479
Speaker 1: whatever and whatever. So we won that and that was good.

1256
01:07:28,520 --> 01:07:30,760
Speaker 1: But I think, um and that and I guess that's

1257
01:07:30,920 --> 01:07:34,640
Speaker 1: partly professional but personally a lot of fun. We had

1258
01:07:34,640 --> 01:07:36,840
Speaker 1: a lot of text exchanges. There's a lot of texts,

1259
01:07:36,960 --> 01:07:40,040
Speaker 1: a lot of a lot of that stuff. And uh,

1260
01:07:40,080 --> 01:07:42,040
Speaker 1: but I mean personally too, I mean I think that

1261
01:07:42,120 --> 01:07:44,760
Speaker 1: we got along right from the start. I think it's

1262
01:07:44,760 --> 01:07:47,600
Speaker 1: easy for us because we both have you know, toddler daughter.

1263
01:07:47,680 --> 01:07:49,920
Speaker 1: Your daughter is older year older than mine, but toddler

1264
01:07:50,000 --> 01:07:52,800
Speaker 1: daughters and a lot of bonding things over that at

1265
01:07:52,840 --> 01:07:55,440
Speaker 1: growing up. It's California kids. I mean, you're a I

1266
01:07:55,600 --> 01:08:01,120
Speaker 1: eat like stanborna do bro, but it's em aller whatever.

1267
01:08:02,840 --> 01:08:05,960
Speaker 1: I'm in bars. I it's nine o nine bro, and

1268
01:08:06,040 --> 01:08:09,520
Speaker 1: I'm a nine one kid, so it's uh. But it

1269
01:08:09,600 --> 01:08:12,400
Speaker 1: was a quick bomb and it's one of those topics

1270
01:08:13,240 --> 01:08:14,960
Speaker 1: didn't exist when you were a kid. It was nine

1271
01:08:14,960 --> 01:08:19,040
Speaker 1: o nine. Also, listen female dog. It was the seven

1272
01:08:19,120 --> 01:08:23,639
Speaker 1: one four until I moved out, so I've only lived

1273
01:08:23,640 --> 01:08:28,280
Speaker 1: in the most of my most of my life. So

1274
01:08:29,760 --> 01:08:34,560
Speaker 1: I really also appreciated your friendship, um, sharing things and

1275
01:08:35,200 --> 01:08:37,880
Speaker 1: just being a great friend and being there when things

1276
01:08:37,880 --> 01:08:41,000
Speaker 1: weren't always great. And uh, And I don't think of this.

1277
01:08:41,479 --> 01:08:43,800
Speaker 1: I'm sad, obviously, but I don't think of this as

1278
01:08:43,800 --> 01:08:45,360
Speaker 1: goodbye because I know that we're going to go out

1279
01:08:45,400 --> 01:08:50,880
Speaker 1: and do some more cool things professionally. Personally, I'm not

1280
01:08:51,000 --> 01:08:53,439
Speaker 1: adverse to going to this outfit because I'm not a snub.

1281
01:08:54,560 --> 01:09:00,680
Speaker 1: Also on your way home, but the sucks. I'm really

1282
01:09:00,720 --> 01:09:03,720
Speaker 1: gonna miss you. I really wish that I think you're

1283
01:09:03,720 --> 01:09:05,719
Speaker 1: gonna be a part of the show and that um,

1284
01:09:05,760 --> 01:09:08,080
Speaker 1: it's not gonna be the same without you. Thank you, man.

1285
01:09:08,200 --> 01:09:12,360
Speaker 1: I appreciate that. I'll I'll close out the show. Um,

1286
01:09:12,560 --> 01:09:14,479
Speaker 1: I gotta hand out a few thank yous man, but

1287
01:09:14,800 --> 01:09:16,960
Speaker 1: I will, I'll echo a lot of those sentiments. Man,

1288
01:09:17,080 --> 01:09:19,240
Speaker 1: I'm gonna miss the show a lot. I'm gonna miss

1289
01:09:19,280 --> 01:09:22,160
Speaker 1: this podcast. This podcast kind of allowed me to flex

1290
01:09:22,200 --> 01:09:26,080
Speaker 1: my creative muscle. And um, it's a great venue because

1291
01:09:26,240 --> 01:09:28,839
Speaker 1: for folks who don't know the podcast and the podcast

1292
01:09:28,880 --> 01:09:32,000
Speaker 1: format and TV format so different TV. You've got to

1293
01:09:32,080 --> 01:09:33,960
Speaker 1: keep it moving, you know. It's like you got to

1294
01:09:34,000 --> 01:09:36,880
Speaker 1: talk in the second sound bites and you just gotta

1295
01:09:36,960 --> 01:09:39,919
Speaker 1: keep hitting it and just keep on moving. The podcast

1296
01:09:39,920 --> 01:09:43,519
Speaker 1: has been great because if you can formulate more thoughts

1297
01:09:43,520 --> 01:09:47,160
Speaker 1: than in twenty seconds, this is the avenue, the only

1298
01:09:47,240 --> 01:09:50,679
Speaker 1: avenue um for you to do that. And it it's

1299
01:09:50,720 --> 01:09:52,880
Speaker 1: been so great for me to kind of be able

1300
01:09:52,920 --> 01:09:55,559
Speaker 1: to do what I what I really love to do,

1301
01:09:55,600 --> 01:09:58,439
Speaker 1: which is talk about football and have fun and do

1302
01:09:58,479 --> 01:10:02,360
Speaker 1: those things. You know. From a hosting perspective, it's um

1303
01:10:02,439 --> 01:10:04,439
Speaker 1: and again maybe this is two inside Baseball, you know,

1304
01:10:04,600 --> 01:10:08,600
Speaker 1: but the host kind of dictates what the field of

1305
01:10:08,600 --> 01:10:10,639
Speaker 1: the show is gonna be. You know, is it gonna

1306
01:10:10,680 --> 01:10:12,679
Speaker 1: be silly, is it gonna be fun? Is it gonna

1307
01:10:12,720 --> 01:10:16,400
Speaker 1: be super esoteric? What's it gonna be? And Uh, for me,

1308
01:10:16,479 --> 01:10:20,960
Speaker 1: I just kind of always wanted to show that was

1309
01:10:21,720 --> 01:10:24,840
Speaker 1: fun but didn't need bits to get there. And I

1310
01:10:24,880 --> 01:10:27,479
Speaker 1: know it sounds a little silly being a guy who

1311
01:10:27,600 --> 01:10:30,400
Speaker 1: was doing danger Zone and all those things. But I'll

1312
01:10:30,439 --> 01:10:32,639
Speaker 1: tell you what, man, you listen to this podcast, there's

1313
01:10:32,680 --> 01:10:36,400
Speaker 1: not that many bits, um. And I still think for

1314
01:10:36,439 --> 01:10:39,679
Speaker 1: the most part, I think a lot of listeners would

1315
01:10:39,680 --> 01:10:43,960
Speaker 1: tell you this was a fun show, um. And and

1316
01:10:44,000 --> 01:10:45,519
Speaker 1: I kind of take a lot of pride in that

1317
01:10:45,880 --> 01:10:49,040
Speaker 1: when I started thinking about how how I was able

1318
01:10:49,040 --> 01:10:51,000
Speaker 1: to kind of help, you know, shape this show, and

1319
01:10:51,040 --> 01:10:52,920
Speaker 1: of course you know the guys that that helped me

1320
01:10:52,960 --> 01:10:55,639
Speaker 1: along the way too. This is not a solo journey

1321
01:10:55,680 --> 01:10:57,719
Speaker 1: for me for sure. You know, when we talked about

1322
01:10:57,720 --> 01:11:01,519
Speaker 1: the Fantasy Stronghold, I a pre shape all of those guys,

1323
01:11:01,640 --> 01:11:07,200
Speaker 1: Marcus Grant, Alex gil harm Matt Harmon franchise. They and

1324
01:11:07,240 --> 01:11:10,800
Speaker 1: again for those folks who might not know, they adopted

1325
01:11:10,800 --> 01:11:14,280
Speaker 1: me because I was not really you know, one of theirs,

1326
01:11:14,320 --> 01:11:16,920
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, Um, And for them to

1327
01:11:17,200 --> 01:11:20,120
Speaker 1: for them to do that has been very gracious of them,

1328
01:11:20,640 --> 01:11:23,280
Speaker 1: and I definitely appreciate it. And It's been one of

1329
01:11:23,320 --> 01:11:27,160
Speaker 1: those things that you know, helped me grow professionally and

1330
01:11:27,320 --> 01:11:30,840
Speaker 1: from a personal standpoint to those guys were great. Um.

1331
01:11:30,880 --> 01:11:37,719
Speaker 1: And it's having seeing these guys move on. Um, it's both,

1332
01:11:37,960 --> 01:11:41,800
Speaker 1: you know, you could feel both some pride because I

1333
01:11:41,880 --> 01:11:45,559
Speaker 1: definitely wanted to help them advance in their careers, but

1334
01:11:45,600 --> 01:11:50,080
Speaker 1: also some sadness too because it's very rare. Um. It

1335
01:11:50,240 --> 01:11:55,280
Speaker 1: is very very rare to to find that level of chemistry.

1336
01:11:55,400 --> 01:11:58,080
Speaker 1: And when you do, my god, you want to hold

1337
01:11:58,120 --> 01:12:00,880
Speaker 1: on do it. And I just thought we hit that

1338
01:12:00,920 --> 01:12:05,040
Speaker 1: stride last year. We really had a great chemistry and

1339
01:12:05,120 --> 01:12:07,479
Speaker 1: you just can't hold onto it. That's what kind of sucks.

1340
01:12:07,920 --> 01:12:10,879
Speaker 1: I started thinking about stuff like the danger Zone. Um,

1341
01:12:10,920 --> 01:12:14,120
Speaker 1: here's a backstory in the danger Zone. I saw Adam

1342
01:12:14,200 --> 01:12:18,599
Speaker 1: Rank and again we talked about I like to see

1343
01:12:18,720 --> 01:12:22,439
Speaker 1: my guys doing well. Um. And I remember Adam Rank

1344
01:12:22,479 --> 01:12:26,320
Speaker 1: on NFL Now was doing this bit called the danger

1345
01:12:26,479 --> 01:12:32,360
Speaker 1: Zone and and I'm like, this is freaking genius. This

1346
01:12:32,439 --> 01:12:36,240
Speaker 1: is brilliant stuff. We got to bring this on television.

1347
01:12:36,720 --> 01:12:39,240
Speaker 1: And that's when I first approached Adam Rank about, hey man,

1348
01:12:39,320 --> 01:12:41,479
Speaker 1: let's do this for TV. Let's do this for TV.

1349
01:12:41,640 --> 01:12:44,840
Speaker 1: But let's just let's just be even more ridiculous about it.

1350
01:12:45,560 --> 01:12:48,640
Speaker 1: And that's kind of how this has all developed. Um

1351
01:12:48,720 --> 01:12:50,519
Speaker 1: And thanks to Hea They're pink for helping us get

1352
01:12:50,560 --> 01:12:53,280
Speaker 1: to that going. Yeah, Hea They're pinked. Was the producer

1353
01:12:53,400 --> 01:12:55,880
Speaker 1: that was It was the one producer that was like,

1354
01:12:55,880 --> 01:13:01,360
Speaker 1: you know what, I'll do. That other producer is, uh,

1355
01:13:01,520 --> 01:13:04,920
Speaker 1: maybe next year. Um. And you know you got to

1356
01:13:04,960 --> 01:13:06,800
Speaker 1: really see the vision of it too, you know, and

1357
01:13:06,800 --> 01:13:09,040
Speaker 1: that and that's kind of um and Heather Pink took

1358
01:13:09,040 --> 01:13:12,599
Speaker 1: a took a chance on us to do that. Um,

1359
01:13:13,280 --> 01:13:15,439
Speaker 1: and it really played out well. I know a lot

1360
01:13:15,479 --> 01:13:18,920
Speaker 1: of folks hated it, and that's to be expected, but

1361
01:13:19,439 --> 01:13:22,360
Speaker 1: I think that from a content standpoint, I think it

1362
01:13:22,400 --> 01:13:25,200
Speaker 1: was it was fun. Uh. And again we we really

1363
01:13:25,280 --> 01:13:27,880
Speaker 1: dug deep man, We really did quote unquote look at

1364
01:13:27,920 --> 01:13:30,920
Speaker 1: those numbers. But um, it's it's one of those things

1365
01:13:31,000 --> 01:13:33,320
Speaker 1: where I know it seems ridiculous, but it was important

1366
01:13:33,360 --> 01:13:35,599
Speaker 1: to me and it was important to to Adam Rank

1367
01:13:35,680 --> 01:13:38,040
Speaker 1: and um and we had a lot of fun with it.

1368
01:13:38,479 --> 01:13:41,719
Speaker 1: But yeah, we talked about that chemistry and finding finding

1369
01:13:41,800 --> 01:13:44,759
Speaker 1: that and wanting to hold onto it with everything you got.

1370
01:13:45,200 --> 01:13:47,720
Speaker 1: You know, My my my relationship with Adam rank has

1371
01:13:47,880 --> 01:13:50,920
Speaker 1: has been you know, pretty well documented. Uh we got

1372
01:13:50,960 --> 01:13:55,719
Speaker 1: along famously outside of work on the set as well.

1373
01:13:56,240 --> 01:14:01,720
Speaker 1: That wasn't fake, that was real. And yeah, I I

1374
01:14:01,880 --> 01:14:05,080
Speaker 1: wish I could have come back. Uh, it just didn't

1375
01:14:05,080 --> 01:14:09,759
Speaker 1: work out that way. So the first person, and quite honestly,

1376
01:14:09,840 --> 01:14:13,439
Speaker 1: the only person I told in this building about my

1377
01:14:13,640 --> 01:14:17,680
Speaker 1: not coming back was Adam Rank. Um, mostly because I was,

1378
01:14:18,080 --> 01:14:20,000
Speaker 1: to be honest with you, I was kind of sort

1379
01:14:20,000 --> 01:14:23,280
Speaker 1: of embarrassed about the whole damn thing. Um. I really

1380
01:14:23,280 --> 01:14:24,760
Speaker 1: wanted to come back, but they want to move in

1381
01:14:24,800 --> 01:14:28,240
Speaker 1: a different direction. And this is a crazy, crazy business.

1382
01:14:28,360 --> 01:14:30,559
Speaker 1: You know, you don't get to dictate your terms too

1383
01:14:30,560 --> 01:14:33,080
Speaker 1: often in this business. And I get that. I've been

1384
01:14:33,080 --> 01:14:35,320
Speaker 1: in TV for for ten years now, so you know,

1385
01:14:35,360 --> 01:14:38,120
Speaker 1: I see a lot of change. But Adam was the

1386
01:14:38,160 --> 01:14:40,439
Speaker 1: only guy that I told in this building because quite honestly,

1387
01:14:40,479 --> 01:14:43,960
Speaker 1: I really was, I guess embarrassed, kind of been ashamed.

1388
01:14:44,360 --> 01:14:46,720
Speaker 1: Really not nothing to be ashamed about, but I don't know,

1389
01:14:46,760 --> 01:14:48,960
Speaker 1: I just that's just kind of the way I felt. Um,

1390
01:14:49,000 --> 01:14:50,760
Speaker 1: And this kind of this message is kind of to

1391
01:14:50,800 --> 01:14:56,080
Speaker 1: anybody who I think has suffered professional setback. You know,

1392
01:14:56,360 --> 01:14:59,479
Speaker 1: it takes a while and the scars were there for

1393
01:14:59,520 --> 01:15:01,880
Speaker 1: a little bit it man, And and you know I

1394
01:15:02,000 --> 01:15:05,720
Speaker 1: found out actually when coming into this podcast, uh is

1395
01:15:05,760 --> 01:15:07,559
Speaker 1: when I found out. My agent gave me a phone

1396
01:15:07,560 --> 01:15:09,160
Speaker 1: call and said, hey man, I've got some bad news

1397
01:15:09,160 --> 01:15:12,320
Speaker 1: for you, whatever it is. But I tried to soldier on.

1398
01:15:12,800 --> 01:15:14,519
Speaker 1: And you know, for the for the past few months,

1399
01:15:14,560 --> 01:15:16,280
Speaker 1: I've known for three months now, and for the past

1400
01:15:16,320 --> 01:15:18,400
Speaker 1: few months, I've tried to bang out these shows. And

1401
01:15:19,000 --> 01:15:22,920
Speaker 1: you know, I would challenge the listeners to to to

1402
01:15:22,960 --> 01:15:25,640
Speaker 1: find a show where I didn't at least try to

1403
01:15:25,640 --> 01:15:28,719
Speaker 1: bring some level of professionalism and the the usual level

1404
01:15:28,760 --> 01:15:33,599
Speaker 1: of energy that I bring to these shows as well. So, um,

1405
01:15:33,600 --> 01:15:35,200
Speaker 1: just in terms of some other thank yous, I wanted

1406
01:15:35,200 --> 01:15:36,720
Speaker 1: to get out of the way Matt money Smith, who

1407
01:15:36,880 --> 01:15:40,080
Speaker 1: has been fabulous to me. Um, you know again, it's

1408
01:15:40,160 --> 01:15:43,120
Speaker 1: it's a very competitive business. Uh. Matt money Smith to

1409
01:15:43,160 --> 01:15:45,120
Speaker 1: me was a guy that when I walked in these doors,

1410
01:15:45,160 --> 01:15:48,400
Speaker 1: I was legit intimidated by him. He's so talented and

1411
01:15:48,439 --> 01:15:50,320
Speaker 1: I've been growing I don't want to say growing up

1412
01:15:50,360 --> 01:15:51,880
Speaker 1: listening to him, but I had been listening to him

1413
01:15:51,880 --> 01:15:54,519
Speaker 1: for so long. He's not that old. Yeah, I know,

1414
01:15:54,720 --> 01:15:57,200
Speaker 1: he's not that much older than me actually, but but no, yeah,

1415
01:15:57,560 --> 01:15:59,559
Speaker 1: just having listened to him and he's been such a

1416
01:15:59,560 --> 01:16:02,320
Speaker 1: great broad caster. Um and I was and I had

1417
01:16:02,360 --> 01:16:04,120
Speaker 1: seen the show too, and I'm like, man, this guy

1418
01:16:04,200 --> 01:16:07,120
Speaker 1: is so good. Uh And I was intimidated. But he's

1419
01:16:07,120 --> 01:16:10,720
Speaker 1: been nothing but great to me. Um And I don't know, Man,

1420
01:16:10,760 --> 01:16:13,479
Speaker 1: he's just been he's been. He's been terrific to me

1421
01:16:13,560 --> 01:16:16,479
Speaker 1: when he doesn't necessarily need to be. Uh. And the

1422
01:16:16,520 --> 01:16:19,320
Speaker 1: guy is nothing but a class act. I did want

1423
01:16:19,320 --> 01:16:21,880
Speaker 1: to point out ak Bar as well. Man when I

1424
01:16:21,920 --> 01:16:24,880
Speaker 1: told when I texted, ok Bar, hey, bro, I just

1425
01:16:24,920 --> 01:16:27,880
Speaker 1: want to let you know before the news comes out that, uh,

1426
01:16:28,040 --> 01:16:29,680
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna be coming back to the show. The

1427
01:16:29,720 --> 01:16:32,440
Speaker 1: guy immediately calls me back. We have a great conversation

1428
01:16:32,760 --> 01:16:36,040
Speaker 1: and um and man, he just spent like twenty minutes

1429
01:16:36,080 --> 01:16:38,200
Speaker 1: talking to me about, Hey, keep your head up, you're

1430
01:16:38,200 --> 01:16:41,439
Speaker 1: a great broadcaster, You're you're super great at what you do.

1431
01:16:41,600 --> 01:16:44,640
Speaker 1: I'm shocked that you're not coming back. Blah blah blah blah.

1432
01:16:44,720 --> 01:16:46,599
Speaker 1: And uh, he's been a good twenty minutes just kind

1433
01:16:46,600 --> 01:16:48,280
Speaker 1: of talking to me about, you know, keeping my head

1434
01:16:48,360 --> 01:16:50,760
Speaker 1: up and staying positive and and and doing those things,

1435
01:16:50,800 --> 01:16:52,439
Speaker 1: and we also talked about our kids too. That was

1436
01:16:52,520 --> 01:16:55,280
Speaker 1: kind of fun too. So um so thank you ak

1437
01:16:55,320 --> 01:16:58,080
Speaker 1: Bar for that. Marcus Grant, Like I said, man, just

1438
01:16:59,640 --> 01:17:02,479
Speaker 1: you're to that fantasy stronghold that that allowed me to

1439
01:17:02,560 --> 01:17:05,600
Speaker 1: kind of enter into your world. Um. And I appreciate

1440
01:17:05,680 --> 01:17:09,639
Speaker 1: you for that. You're a great writer. Um And and

1441
01:17:09,680 --> 01:17:14,639
Speaker 1: really the last few years, man, just your development as

1442
01:17:14,640 --> 01:17:19,160
Speaker 1: a broadcaster, I just has been incredible, has been phenomenal,

1443
01:17:19,640 --> 01:17:25,200
Speaker 1: and I don't think people have really appreciated that about you. Um.

1444
01:17:25,240 --> 01:17:30,160
Speaker 1: I think people don't see growth. People see what you

1445
01:17:30,200 --> 01:17:32,719
Speaker 1: were when you came in. And I think that's definitely

1446
01:17:32,720 --> 01:17:34,680
Speaker 1: true of me, it's definitely true of Marcus Grant. I

1447
01:17:34,720 --> 01:17:37,320
Speaker 1: don't think people realize how damn good he is now.

1448
01:17:37,680 --> 01:17:40,679
Speaker 1: But the last few years, I think he's really come

1449
01:17:40,720 --> 01:17:44,719
Speaker 1: a long way as a broadcaster. And uh, I'm really

1450
01:17:44,760 --> 01:17:48,200
Speaker 1: excited to see what you bring uh for the podcasting

1451
01:17:48,280 --> 01:17:50,679
Speaker 1: for the television show next year, I'm really really excited

1452
01:17:50,720 --> 01:17:54,320
Speaker 1: to see that. So um. For for Alex Kalhar, he's

1453
01:17:54,400 --> 01:17:58,400
Speaker 1: he's a real life hero doing doing yeoman's work on

1454
01:17:58,439 --> 01:18:01,879
Speaker 1: the ground, so you know, hip of the Captain him again,

1455
01:18:02,400 --> 01:18:04,920
Speaker 1: there's a guy that I don't think I necessarily or

1456
01:18:05,040 --> 01:18:11,400
Speaker 1: he didn't necessarily like me early on. Um, but you know,

1457
01:18:11,600 --> 01:18:14,320
Speaker 1: because I can come off as being abrasive, but you know,

1458
01:18:14,400 --> 01:18:16,599
Speaker 1: he's a guy that uh that kind of saw past

1459
01:18:16,640 --> 01:18:19,760
Speaker 1: all that and and again, uh kind of allowed me

1460
01:18:19,800 --> 01:18:21,920
Speaker 1: to do what I do. So I appreciate him for that.

1461
01:18:21,960 --> 01:18:25,599
Speaker 1: Matt Harmon. Um definitely got off of the wrong foot

1462
01:18:25,640 --> 01:18:27,880
Speaker 1: with Matt, not that I intended to. I wanted to

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01:18:27,880 --> 01:18:29,800
Speaker 1: be funny, but it just didn't. I think he kind

1464
01:18:29,800 --> 01:18:32,719
Speaker 1: of it kind of rubbed him the wrong way. But um,

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01:18:32,760 --> 01:18:36,479
Speaker 1: but you know what, man, I again saw a lot

1466
01:18:36,520 --> 01:18:40,320
Speaker 1: of greatness in this dude. Um. I called him, this

1467
01:18:40,439 --> 01:18:42,360
Speaker 1: is off hours, this wasn't at work. I just wanted

1468
01:18:42,360 --> 01:18:44,200
Speaker 1: to call him privately because I didn't want it to

1469
01:18:44,240 --> 01:18:46,640
Speaker 1: be a big thing, but just called him privately to

1470
01:18:46,720 --> 01:18:50,080
Speaker 1: let him know I I really saw a lot in him. Uh,

1471
01:18:50,120 --> 01:18:53,679
Speaker 1: and not just from a writing standpoint, but just from

1472
01:18:53,800 --> 01:18:58,160
Speaker 1: an overall personality standpoint. I could really see him growing,

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01:18:58,200 --> 01:19:01,960
Speaker 1: and I really encouraged him to take that next step

1474
01:19:02,000 --> 01:19:04,400
Speaker 1: and and just take the leap man You're I was like, dude,

1475
01:19:04,400 --> 01:19:07,840
Speaker 1: you're a TV guy. You just don't know it yet. Um.

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01:19:07,880 --> 01:19:10,960
Speaker 1: And I think that surprised him a lot. So uh

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01:19:11,120 --> 01:19:13,800
Speaker 1: So Matt Harmon, you know, to watch him kind of

1478
01:19:13,800 --> 01:19:16,800
Speaker 1: grow and develop has been really really cool. Matt franchise too,

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Speaker 1: I mean, you talk about development. Holy hell. Man. When

1480
01:19:19,280 --> 01:19:21,400
Speaker 1: he first started on this podcast, he was very timid.

1481
01:19:22,200 --> 01:19:24,840
Speaker 1: I wasn't sure where his role was. But by the

1482
01:19:24,960 --> 01:19:27,040
Speaker 1: end of it, Man, but by the end of it,

1483
01:19:27,040 --> 01:19:28,840
Speaker 1: I had the dude doing fiery phoners. You know what

1484
01:19:28,920 --> 01:19:31,920
Speaker 1: I'm saying. You know what I'm saying. And there there's

1485
01:19:31,960 --> 01:19:35,240
Speaker 1: another guy that you know, I tried to um encourage

1486
01:19:35,280 --> 01:19:37,280
Speaker 1: to really come out of his show, and I'm so

1487
01:19:37,360 --> 01:19:40,479
Speaker 1: happy that he did. So that was cool, you know.

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01:19:40,920 --> 01:19:44,160
Speaker 1: I mean, just overall, it's just been a fun ride.

1489
01:19:44,320 --> 01:19:47,840
Speaker 1: It's been a wild ride. Um. And if it's the

1490
01:19:47,920 --> 01:19:50,920
Speaker 1: last podcast, it's the last podcast. But I just wanted

1491
01:19:50,920 --> 01:19:52,840
Speaker 1: to let the listeners know too. You guys have been

1492
01:19:52,960 --> 01:19:57,839
Speaker 1: very very important to me. Uh, super supportive obviously online. UM,

1493
01:19:57,880 --> 01:20:01,680
Speaker 1: I've tried to be as responsive as possible. If I

1494
01:20:01,720 --> 01:20:03,600
Speaker 1: can't get to everybody, I can't get to everybody, So

1495
01:20:03,640 --> 01:20:05,640
Speaker 1: I do apologize for that. But this has been a

1496
01:20:05,760 --> 01:20:08,400
Speaker 1: very very important piece of my life. I've never worked

1497
01:20:08,400 --> 01:20:11,360
Speaker 1: at a place longer, and I can honestly say I've

1498
01:20:11,560 --> 01:20:16,000
Speaker 1: never loved a job more than this place, so to

1499
01:20:16,160 --> 01:20:18,720
Speaker 1: kind of move on has been very, very painful for

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01:20:18,760 --> 01:20:21,120
Speaker 1: me for the last couple of months. But I feel

1501
01:20:21,120 --> 01:20:24,639
Speaker 1: like I'm in a good place now. Um, you know, obviously,

1502
01:20:24,640 --> 01:20:28,400
Speaker 1: I'm I'm I'm getting a little weepy here, but but yeah, man,

1503
01:20:28,439 --> 01:20:31,760
Speaker 1: it's uh, it's been. It's been a great ride. I

1504
01:20:31,840 --> 01:20:35,519
Speaker 1: definitely appreciate all the people who have come along for it, um,

1505
01:20:35,560 --> 01:20:38,400
Speaker 1: and for all of my colleagues and co workers who

1506
01:20:38,439 --> 01:20:43,720
Speaker 1: have been so unbelievably supportive as well, uh in this time.

1507
01:20:43,760 --> 01:20:45,640
Speaker 1: So it's been cool. Man, It's been a lot, a

1508
01:20:45,680 --> 01:20:49,760
Speaker 1: lot of fun. Um. I appreciate everybody kind of, you

1509
01:20:49,760 --> 01:20:52,599
Speaker 1: know again reaching out and letting me know that they

1510
01:20:52,880 --> 01:20:57,160
Speaker 1: liked my work as well. So with that, that's the

1511
01:20:57,240 --> 01:21:02,520
Speaker 1: last show. And again, thank you guys, Thank you guys.

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Speaker 1: I appreciate it. Fantasy Freaky Giggs. You see, I'm don't go,

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Speaker 1: I'm don't co