WEBVTT - Not So Fast Episode 13 0:00:01.280 --> 0:00:05.220 Welcome to Not So Fast with Andrew Perloff and Paul Patz, 0:00:05.460 --> 0:00:08.740 where two longtime friends challenge each other on the biggest 0:00:08.780 --> 0:00:10.080 sports stories of the day. 0:00:10.119 --> 0:00:12.639 Here's Andrew Perloff and Paul Patz. 0:00:13.530 --> 0:00:14.650 Not so fast, my friends. 0:00:18.360 --> 0:00:20.860 All right, welcome to Not So Fast. I'm Andrew Perloff. 0:00:20.910 --> 0:00:24.610 He's Paul Paps. Paul, we made it two nights without football. 0:00:24.710 --> 0:00:25.470 We're back, baby. 0:00:25.489 --> 0:00:28.150 Yeah, no matching yet. Not till October. But tonight, you 0:00:28.170 --> 0:00:29.850 got much more football. You got some college. You got 0:00:29.870 --> 0:00:32.030 some pro. You got Syracuse Pit. We'll take a little 0:00:32.050 --> 0:00:32.589 sprinkle of that. 0:00:32.610 --> 0:00:35.390 I don't know if that makes my TV with a 0:00:35.450 --> 0:00:37.550 new stadium in Buffalo. Not to mention a great game. 0:00:37.850 --> 0:00:40.680 Bills and Lions. We'll get into that in a second. First, 0:00:40.740 --> 0:00:44.680 if you watch the DP show. LSU Ole Miss, shenanigans 0:00:44.720 --> 0:00:45.300 of football. 0:00:45.400 --> 0:00:48.600 Yeah, alleged shenanigans with LSU Ole Miss. The backstory is 0:00:48.659 --> 0:00:50.720 one of the prime games of the year in college football, 0:00:51.200 --> 0:00:56.020 and LSU suddenly, on their injury report, Sam Leavitt, the quarterback, 0:00:56.060 --> 0:00:57.800 is on it. Not even details of how he got 0:00:57.880 --> 0:00:59.980 on it, where he got on it, but Wednesday night, 0:01:00.020 --> 0:01:03.980 they listed Sam Leavitt as doubtful. Now, instantly, everyone thought, well, 0:01:04.020 --> 0:01:07.319 this is clearly Lane Kiffin playing with this, because nobody 0:01:07.360 --> 0:01:09.679 saw Sam Leavitt get injured last week against La Tech, 0:01:09.720 --> 0:01:12.340 even though it threw three picks. And I think we 0:01:12.360 --> 0:01:14.759 all assume this is gamesmanship. How do you feel about 0:01:14.780 --> 0:01:15.500 that right off the bat? 0:01:15.860 --> 0:01:18.810 It's Lane Kiffin. Of course it's gamesmanship. Assumed gamesmanship. And 0:01:18.830 --> 0:01:21.610 I was shocked. On the Dan Patrick show, Dan and 0:01:22.130 --> 0:01:24.650 everybody else thought it was gamesmanship. But you thought maybe 0:01:24.690 --> 0:01:25.810 there is a real injury here? 0:01:25.990 --> 0:01:27.890 I think I went counter just to be counter a 0:01:27.910 --> 0:01:29.730 little bit on this one because I don't think you 0:01:29.750 --> 0:01:31.970 put someone on injury report unless it's real in college 0:01:31.990 --> 0:01:35.250 football these days. The SEC, well, the SEC has rules 0:01:35.310 --> 0:01:37.650 about this. You have to turn your injury report in 0:01:37.709 --> 0:01:39.730 on Wednesday night. So he didn't have to tell the 0:01:39.770 --> 0:01:42.839 media on Monday or Tuesday that Sam Leavitt is injured. Now, 0:01:42.880 --> 0:01:47.080 they have to do an updated media report of injuries Thursday, 0:01:47.520 --> 0:01:50.140 then Friday, then 90 minutes before game time. According to 0:01:50.340 --> 0:01:53.850 SEC rules. If you're listed as doubtful, that means 25% 0:01:53.850 --> 0:01:56.350 chance or less of playing in Saturday's game. 0:01:56.630 --> 0:01:59.310 Paul, the average college coach lies for a living. That's 0:01:59.350 --> 0:02:02.470 how you get recruits. Lane Kiffin is much worse than 0:02:02.490 --> 0:02:05.350 the average coach. Obviously, he's been moving around, and he 0:02:05.390 --> 0:02:06.710 gets a lot of flack for that. I don't have 0:02:06.750 --> 0:02:09.370 a huge problem with him going to LSU, but I 0:02:09.389 --> 0:02:10.190 don't trust him. 0:02:10.350 --> 0:02:10.530 Right. 0:02:11.270 --> 0:02:14.070 Okay, is the move then, as gamesmanship, are you trying 0:02:14.090 --> 0:02:16.530 to convince Ole Miss to prepare for another quarterback? Their 0:02:16.570 --> 0:02:21.480 backup quarterbacks are Landon Clark— A transfer from Elon. Elon 0:02:21.500 --> 0:02:23.919 was good football last year. Not to be confused with 0:02:24.040 --> 0:02:26.500 Landry Clark, the wide receiver on Friday Night Lights. 0:02:26.650 --> 0:02:29.049 Or Landry Jones, the backup quarterback in the NFL. 0:02:29.090 --> 0:02:32.010 Yeah, Jesse Plemons played Landry Clark. The other quarterback, redshirt 0:02:32.090 --> 0:02:36.530 freshman quarterback, Houston Longstreet, another great name. Transfer from USC. 0:02:36.710 --> 0:02:39.710 Yeah, no, he's a five-star recruit. People were surprised that 0:02:39.790 --> 0:02:42.790 he wasn't the backup after they were blowing out Clemson. 0:02:43.070 --> 0:02:43.910 But you don't buy any of this. 0:02:44.290 --> 0:02:46.050 No, we're going to see Sam Levitt. First of all, 0:02:46.110 --> 0:02:48.850 Sam Levitt's shoulder is the issue. He has not really 0:02:48.870 --> 0:02:51.250 been throwing the ball that much. He's been running like crazy. 0:02:51.750 --> 0:02:55.260 LSU put up 300 yards against Clemson on the ground. 0:02:55.340 --> 0:02:56.940 I think they want to run the ball anyway. What 0:02:56.960 --> 0:02:58.220 do you need a shoulder for for that? 0:02:58.340 --> 0:03:00.600 Yeah, you need at least one shoulder to take the snap. 0:03:00.880 --> 0:03:02.720 I will say that's a really interesting point is that 0:03:02.840 --> 0:03:05.299 Sam Levitt, I think people assume when he came from 0:03:05.740 --> 0:03:08.060 Arizona State, it's going to be just like James Daniels. 0:03:08.180 --> 0:03:11.080 He came from Arizona State, plays well, wins a Heisman. 0:03:11.120 --> 0:03:14.000 Sam Levitt, good-looking kid. Good quarterback. He's going to ball out. 0:03:14.040 --> 0:03:16.739 What if they don't have their quarterback? Not just injured, 0:03:16.800 --> 0:03:17.480 but not great. 0:03:18.210 --> 0:03:20.510 Well, the thing about Sam Leavitt at Arizona State, he's 0:03:20.550 --> 0:03:23.870 a gamer. Fourth quarter, he's tough. He's competitive. You know, 0:03:23.910 --> 0:03:26.850 to me, there's only one real great Lane Kiffin quarterback 0:03:27.010 --> 0:03:29.889 in this game, and that's Trinidad Chambers. Your boy. Yeah, 0:03:30.169 --> 0:03:32.180 Kiffin's a great OC. I don't know if Leavitt can 0:03:32.220 --> 0:03:34.620 run the offense that Kiffin wants, but I think he 0:03:34.639 --> 0:03:37.070 can scramble, which would be the key factor there. You know, 0:03:37.150 --> 0:03:40.060 the spread I'm seeing is now at two and a half. LSU. 0:03:40.070 --> 0:03:42.870 Favorite for LSU. Okay. I said, like, LSU because of 0:03:42.890 --> 0:03:46.000 the ground game. Now, Ole Miss had some trouble with 0:03:46.020 --> 0:03:49.160 Louisville in week one. Remember, they went to the very 0:03:49.220 --> 0:03:51.100 end with that. Yeah, it was a battle. Save their bacon. 0:03:51.120 --> 0:03:54.340 This is going to be a very interesting game, and 0:03:54.900 --> 0:03:57.710 I am almost positive that Sam Leavitt will be there, Paul. 0:03:57.930 --> 0:03:59.710 Can we do a show bet? Because at least you 0:03:59.730 --> 0:04:01.450 have a question mark. I don't even have a question mark. 0:04:01.490 --> 0:04:03.350 Now, I'm not rooting for myself to win, but I'll 0:04:03.370 --> 0:04:05.610 do a little keep it friendly on Sam Leavitt starting. 0:04:06.160 --> 0:04:09.020 Started. I hope he doesn't come off the bench. If 0:04:09.060 --> 0:04:11.119 he's ready to go, he better be in there from 0:04:11.180 --> 0:04:12.080 the first play of the game. 0:04:12.100 --> 0:04:13.600 They shoot him up at halftime and be like, North 0:04:13.620 --> 0:04:15.860 Dallas 40, get him in there. The one last thing 0:04:15.900 --> 0:04:18.460 about Lane Kiffin, tonight he has his coaches show. You 0:04:18.480 --> 0:04:20.419 know they do that coaches show with the boosters and 0:04:20.440 --> 0:04:23.280 the crowd. That's tonight at 7 o'clock local time, so 0:04:23.620 --> 0:04:25.000 I'm sure you're going to get more about this injury. 0:04:25.740 --> 0:04:28.440 Are you so sure about that? I don't know. Again, 0:04:28.570 --> 0:04:32.010 it's Lane Kiffin. He could definitely go no answer on 0:04:32.050 --> 0:04:33.670 that one. He's like, I don't want to talk about 0:04:33.710 --> 0:04:34.270 a player's health. 0:04:34.529 --> 0:04:36.229 All right, tonight we got the big one. This is 0:04:36.250 --> 0:04:38.620 a really nice Thursday night matchup. You got Bills at 0:04:38.630 --> 0:04:41.760 their new stadium, the Highmark Stadium, hosting the Lions. Both 0:04:41.779 --> 0:04:45.240 teams won week one, but both teams escaped with a 0:04:45.260 --> 0:04:46.740 win in week one. How do you look at this one? 0:04:47.460 --> 0:04:49.760 Oh, I like the Bills. Okay, so there's a ton 0:04:49.779 --> 0:04:52.570 of emotion, obviously. The new stadium's getting a lot of hype. 0:04:53.120 --> 0:04:56.120 But the Bills last week played a much better team 0:04:56.160 --> 0:04:58.279 than the Lions did. The Lions beat the Saints. Right. 0:04:58.600 --> 0:05:01.700 The Bills took the best defense in the NFL to 0:05:01.760 --> 0:05:05.290 task last week. Josh Allen dominated that game in the 0:05:05.410 --> 0:05:08.710 air with his feet. I was incredibly impressed where Detroit, 0:05:08.750 --> 0:05:12.950 on the other hand, snuck past New Orleans. To me, 0:05:13.010 --> 0:05:15.530 this is a pretty lopsided game because Detroit's got a 0:05:15.529 --> 0:05:18.730 lot of injuries, Paul. Two linemen and their entire secondary out. 0:05:18.910 --> 0:05:20.890 I'm not giving them my pick yet. Our picks, we'll 0:05:20.910 --> 0:05:22.510 do them in about a half an hour. But I 0:05:22.550 --> 0:05:24.409 will say this, this is like a double pressure game. 0:05:24.770 --> 0:05:26.590 Pressure of opening a stadium, you're going to have like 0:05:26.650 --> 0:05:28.190 Bruce Smith back in the house and all these old 0:05:28.230 --> 0:05:30.430 players back in the house. And sometimes that sets up 0:05:30.470 --> 0:05:33.870 for disappointment. The energy and then it just falls. I 0:05:33.910 --> 0:05:35.410 think there's a lot of pressure on the Lions to 0:05:35.430 --> 0:05:37.620 have a statement game. Going into the season, I don't 0:05:37.630 --> 0:05:39.500 think a lot of people predicted the Lions to get 0:05:39.560 --> 0:05:42.580 back to where they were two years ago. And they're 0:05:42.600 --> 0:05:45.440 like barely on the radar as a contender. And they've 0:05:45.460 --> 0:05:47.940 got all the talent back. But if they could win tonight, 0:05:48.080 --> 0:05:51.260 national TV, big crowd, away... Make a statement. They need 0:05:51.300 --> 0:05:51.600 that one. 0:05:51.760 --> 0:05:54.380 I don't think they need it, Paul. It's out of conference. 0:05:55.200 --> 0:05:57.020 And they're getting a lot of guys back in about 0:05:57.040 --> 0:05:57.440 four or five weeks. 0:05:57.460 --> 0:05:59.779 I'll say it's a perception need, not a math need. 0:05:59.820 --> 0:06:03.140 Well, maybe because it's a national game. I don't know. 0:06:03.220 --> 0:06:04.779 I think Detroit is going to be a different team 0:06:04.820 --> 0:06:07.339 by the end of the season. I think Buffalo has 0:06:07.380 --> 0:06:09.440 all the pressure. Know what it reminds me of? Coach 0:06:09.520 --> 0:06:11.260 K's last game at Cameron. 0:06:11.420 --> 0:06:12.310 Oh, that's a good poll by you. 0:06:12.320 --> 0:06:14.780 Remember Duke had all that pressure a few years ago. 0:06:14.880 --> 0:06:18.109 Then North Carolina whooped them. So that'd be my fear 0:06:18.150 --> 0:06:19.710 if I was Buffalo, that it becomes too much. 0:06:19.790 --> 0:06:21.030 But I don't know what they're going to have there 0:06:21.050 --> 0:06:22.849 at this new stadium. Maybe a new tradition. You know, 0:06:22.870 --> 0:06:25.530 they ring the bell at some places. Seattle does that thing. 0:06:26.110 --> 0:06:28.890 If they bring out like Jim Kelly or Andre Reid 0:06:28.950 --> 0:06:31.760 or guys like that and they start ringing bells. You know, 0:06:31.990 --> 0:06:32.710 breaking tables. 0:06:32.930 --> 0:06:35.050 Well, that's their thing, breaking tables. You can't come up 0:06:35.070 --> 0:06:37.060 with another thing. That thing is so famous now. 0:06:37.250 --> 0:06:38.770 So what would you have there? Would you have some 0:06:38.790 --> 0:06:41.390 type of permanent broken table thing at the start, and 0:06:41.410 --> 0:06:43.539 they just throw a lucky fan through it? If Jim 0:06:43.560 --> 0:06:45.099 Kelly threw me through a table, I'd be honored. 0:06:45.160 --> 0:06:47.580 Well, are you talking about pregame? Because there's probably been 0:06:47.600 --> 0:06:49.720 hundreds of fans who've already gone through tables in the 0:06:49.760 --> 0:06:50.029 parking lot. 0:06:50.040 --> 0:06:50.880 They're conditioned for it. 0:06:51.040 --> 0:06:53.380 Yeah, I don't know. It's kind of obvious. I hope 0:06:53.400 --> 0:06:55.400 they come up with something a little more original. But 0:06:55.440 --> 0:06:58.349 it does have a feel of a celebration for Buffalo football. 0:06:58.570 --> 0:07:00.670 Remember they did Hard Knocks there a couple years ago? Right. 0:07:00.930 --> 0:07:03.230 You've got to admit, Bill's fans are as loyal as 0:07:03.290 --> 0:07:03.830 any fan base. 0:07:03.850 --> 0:07:05.110 All right, what do you want to go to next? 0:07:05.130 --> 0:07:06.210 You want to go to 0-1 teams? 0:07:06.730 --> 0:07:09.530 Yes, 0-1, because do you have any stats on what 0:07:09.550 --> 0:07:12.580 0-2 teams need to do? Usually about 85% of them 0:07:12.600 --> 0:07:13.360 will not make the playoffs. 0:07:13.380 --> 0:07:15.920 It is the most popular stat in all of sports media. 0:07:15.940 --> 0:07:18.120 0-2 teams, their chance of making the playoffs is usually low, 0:07:18.140 --> 0:07:19.740 but we're going to be way ahead of that on 0:07:19.780 --> 0:07:22.980 Not So Fast. The 0-1 team that most needs a 0:07:23.020 --> 0:07:24.820 win this week, and I'm going to let you go first, Pearl. 0:07:25.250 --> 0:07:27.290 Well, I think it's obvious because of the preseason narrative. 0:07:27.310 --> 0:07:30.890 The Los Angeles Rams better win this week. They face 0:07:30.910 --> 0:07:34.320 a resurgent Giants team, but the Rams were everybody's Super 0:07:34.380 --> 0:07:38.280 Bowl pick, dream team. They looked nothing like that in Australia. 0:07:38.360 --> 0:07:40.230 And there was this narrative that, hey, we're going to 0:07:40.250 --> 0:07:42.710 fly into Australia at the last minute, so at least 0:07:42.730 --> 0:07:45.310 we're ready for week two. So they get an extra 0:07:45.330 --> 0:07:48.090 day here. It's on Monday night. They better be ready 0:07:48.110 --> 0:07:51.170 to go. No Miles Garrett. Matthew Stafford did not look 0:07:51.190 --> 0:07:54.600 good at all in the season opener. To me, that 0:07:54.650 --> 0:07:56.900 is the most pressure by far around the whole NFL 0:07:57.140 --> 0:07:58.520 because of all the preseason hype. 0:07:58.560 --> 0:08:00.760 And it's national TV again. Then you've got the Broncos, 0:08:00.800 --> 0:08:02.880 which should clean things up. The Eagles are always tough. 0:08:03.220 --> 0:08:05.580 That's really tough for the Rams because... I still think 0:08:05.600 --> 0:08:06.940 they'll be there at the end, but you don't want 0:08:06.960 --> 0:08:09.160 to get in a position where you're looking up in 0:08:09.180 --> 0:08:11.040 that division going, we're not going to have home field. 0:08:11.080 --> 0:08:13.110 Because if there's any year for the Rams to have 0:08:13.120 --> 0:08:16.010 home field, nobody has to leave. Aaron Donald could stay 0:08:16.030 --> 0:08:17.530 at home. You play the Super Bowl at home. 0:08:17.890 --> 0:08:20.570 That's a great point. And, you know, remember they went 0:08:20.590 --> 0:08:22.310 to Philly a couple years ago and it snowed. Yep. 0:08:22.550 --> 0:08:24.530 And they almost beat the Eagles, but that is not 0:08:24.570 --> 0:08:26.810 a situation they want, especially their old Paul. You know 0:08:26.850 --> 0:08:29.070 old people don't like cold weather and snow. Me neither. 0:08:29.780 --> 0:08:30.120 old people. 0:08:30.340 --> 0:08:33.420 They're 36 years old. My 0-1 team that really needs 0:08:33.480 --> 0:08:35.540 a win, I think this is biggest of all. I 0:08:35.559 --> 0:08:39.590 would say it's the Green Bay Packers. Their head coach, 0:08:39.620 --> 0:08:41.710 Matt LaFleur, he's catching a lot of heat this week. 0:08:41.760 --> 0:08:44.650 Sometimes national heat and local heat is different. I haven't 0:08:44.670 --> 0:08:46.830 seen a lot of national stories about Matt LaFleur and 0:08:47.090 --> 0:08:50.370 what's going on there and the way he's letting wins 0:08:50.390 --> 0:08:53.189 go away, not closing victories. They had a couple last year, 0:08:53.210 --> 0:08:55.010 especially against the Bears, which are a big deal. That's 0:08:55.030 --> 0:08:58.189 like a double loss. If they lose this weekend, it 0:08:58.210 --> 0:09:00.910 just starts traction. It starts this traction that can't be 0:09:01.030 --> 0:09:04.360 back from. Losing to the Jets is way worse, believe 0:09:04.380 --> 0:09:06.580 it or not, than losing to Carson Wentz and the Vikings. 0:09:06.960 --> 0:09:10.020 At least the Vikings are a decent team. Then you 0:09:10.040 --> 0:09:12.040 look at their schedule coming up, it gets much tougher. 0:09:12.140 --> 0:09:14.100 The Jets is supposed to be your easy win. So 0:09:14.120 --> 0:09:15.880 I look at the Packers. If they lose this, not 0:09:15.900 --> 0:09:18.140 just the math of staying in that division for even 0:09:18.160 --> 0:09:20.660 a wild card, now your head coach is kind of 0:09:20.740 --> 0:09:23.040 on the clock. And when they do those things, who's 0:09:23.080 --> 0:09:24.819 most on the hot seat? I think his name would 0:09:24.840 --> 0:09:26.540 go to number one if they lost this weekend. 0:09:26.990 --> 0:09:30.350 True, although the schedule dictates a pretty strong start. They 0:09:30.370 --> 0:09:32.130 couldn't come out of this 3-1. Could be. 0:09:32.500 --> 0:09:34.200 I'm just saying the worst-case scenario. 0:09:34.600 --> 0:09:36.439 I think that they really got to focus on holding 0:09:36.480 --> 0:09:38.540 on to leads, and that means running the ball. Obviously, 0:09:38.660 --> 0:09:41.340 they don't have Josh Jacobs. That's a problem. But to me, 0:09:41.380 --> 0:09:43.360 it's a perception of are they a tough team? Are 0:09:43.380 --> 0:09:44.350 they a mentally tough team? 0:09:44.370 --> 0:09:44.920 Can they close? 0:09:45.250 --> 0:09:47.010 Yeah, I don't think they can right now, but I 0:09:47.370 --> 0:09:48.670 think they'll be okay against the Jets. 0:09:48.809 --> 0:09:51.330 Jordan Love, though, he's the kind of guy, like, I 0:09:51.390 --> 0:09:53.370 love him for three quarters. I don't know I love 0:09:53.390 --> 0:09:55.219 him in the fourth quarter. Caleb Williams is kind of 0:09:55.240 --> 0:09:57.550 the opposite. Sometimes Caleb Williams in the first three quarters 0:09:57.590 --> 0:09:59.320 is like, are you going to get it together? And 0:09:59.340 --> 0:10:02.160 then the fourth quarter, he's Superman. Jordan Love sometimes is 0:10:02.179 --> 0:10:02.640 the opposite. 0:10:02.800 --> 0:10:05.200 Yeah, and Bo Nix is another guy who will kill 0:10:05.240 --> 0:10:06.640 you in the fourth quarter, doesn't do anything in the 0:10:06.660 --> 0:10:09.540 first three quarters. But that's not Jordan Love's fault. Last 0:10:09.559 --> 0:10:11.860 week he was getting demolished by those Vikings. No doubt. 0:10:11.880 --> 0:10:14.439 All right, we're going to turn to running backs in 0:10:14.480 --> 0:10:18.400 our next segment. Can Derrick Henry reach the NFL rushing record? 0:10:18.420 --> 0:10:21.560 Will he break Emmitt Smith's record? It's possible. That's next. 0:10:21.900 --> 0:10:22.520 Not so fast. 0:10:25.370 --> 0:10:27.570 Here we go, Pearl. Pabst and Perloff, not so fast. 0:10:27.590 --> 0:10:30.950 The midday pick me up. Not a shocker here. Bang him. 0:10:31.410 --> 0:10:34.630 That's one. Yeah, you don't throw that weak cheese to 0:10:34.670 --> 0:10:38.090 my boy, Pete Crow Armstrong. And then for those who 0:10:38.110 --> 0:10:40.750 were in the bathroom, he said, I'll just do another 0:10:40.830 --> 0:10:43.329 one later. Two home runs for Pete Crow Armstrong. No 0:10:43.410 --> 0:10:47.140 steals because He's always rounding the bases, rarely stopping at 0:10:47.179 --> 0:10:47.620 first base. 0:10:47.700 --> 0:10:50.370 Go ahead, Farrell. All right, we've done 14 episodes of 0:10:50.410 --> 0:10:51.050 Not So Fast. 0:10:51.070 --> 0:10:51.350 That's right. 0:10:51.830 --> 0:10:54.710 And the midday pick-me-up has been PCA seven times fall. 0:10:55.570 --> 0:10:58.260 Six, seven, yeah, that sounds about right, but it's not 0:10:58.320 --> 0:10:59.160 my fault he's awesome. 0:10:59.770 --> 0:11:02.030 You know, he better do something in the playoffs because 0:11:02.050 --> 0:11:03.929 we were giving him a lot of love. I think 0:11:03.950 --> 0:11:06.179 the MVP race is over. It's over. Not to put 0:11:06.220 --> 0:11:09.220 pressure on you and your buddy PCA, but after all 0:11:09.260 --> 0:11:12.040 these midday pick-me-ups, I want to see at least one 0:11:12.120 --> 0:11:12.920 series victory. 0:11:13.040 --> 0:11:14.820 In my mind, Pete and I are good friends. Pete, 0:11:14.840 --> 0:11:17.040 keep it up. All right, back on Not So Fast, Pabst, 0:11:17.080 --> 0:11:19.050 and Perloff. It's time for some warm takes. And now 0:11:19.150 --> 0:11:20.870 I'm going to go first, and I'm really excited about 0:11:20.910 --> 0:11:24.230 this one because it's the Buffalo Bills' new stadium. I 0:11:24.290 --> 0:11:25.990 love their new stadium. I love the look of it, 0:11:26.050 --> 0:11:29.340 the colors of the seats, the grass. This grass... And 0:11:29.380 --> 0:11:31.520 it pops, and there's no top on it. There's no dome. 0:11:32.080 --> 0:11:34.280 You know, it's really cold in Buffalo and very snowy, 0:11:34.320 --> 0:11:36.920 as everyone knows. And their fans said, no, we love this. 0:11:37.460 --> 0:11:39.980 Here's a couple reasons they went this way. They're not 0:11:40.020 --> 0:11:41.740 getting a Super Bowl, so they didn't even try to 0:11:41.780 --> 0:11:43.300 have a Super Bowl by putting a top on this. 0:11:44.110 --> 0:11:45.770 You know, I don't think Buffalo would ever get a 0:11:45.790 --> 0:11:48.670 Super Bowl because of the infrastructure of the town or 0:11:48.710 --> 0:11:51.550 maybe visitors coming in. They're just like, fine. If I'm 0:11:51.670 --> 0:11:53.550 a Buffalo Bills fan, I don't want a Super Bowl. 0:11:53.690 --> 0:11:55.090 I want my team to be in a Super Bowl. 0:11:55.230 --> 0:11:57.310 And the best way is to have a home field advantage. 0:11:57.550 --> 0:11:59.680 And they still have it here. I am so sick 0:11:59.820 --> 0:12:02.640 of these cookie-cutter stadiums that are being built. The Bears 0:12:02.679 --> 0:12:04.000 are probably going to go with a top, which is 0:12:04.040 --> 0:12:07.850 just disgusting. The Browns, it looks like a mall. The Titans, 0:12:07.890 --> 0:12:10.089 they're going to have a top on that. The Washington 0:12:10.110 --> 0:12:11.790 Commanders are going to have a glass top. So you 0:12:11.809 --> 0:12:14.130 can look outside and see the elements. You just can't 0:12:14.170 --> 0:12:16.370 feel them. I once went to a Texans game, and 0:12:16.390 --> 0:12:19.380 the tailgate was fantastic. I want to compliment the Texans tailgate. 0:12:19.890 --> 0:12:22.020 But then I went inside, and it was 71 degrees, 0:12:22.080 --> 0:12:24.620 and there was no air moving whatsoever. And it was 0:12:24.660 --> 0:12:27.880 a nice scene, and it felt nice and comfortable. And 0:12:27.900 --> 0:12:30.300 I didn't have to put a jacket on. I didn't 0:12:30.660 --> 0:12:33.110 get sunburned. I didn't have anything poured on me by 0:12:33.410 --> 0:12:36.190 rain or a gutter. I want stadiums like this. And 0:12:36.210 --> 0:12:38.929 I think I'm afraid that we're in the cookie-cutter, mixed-use 0:12:38.950 --> 0:12:42.660 stadium era, and open-air stadiums are just going away, and 0:12:42.800 --> 0:12:43.760 the bills are an anomaly. 0:12:44.840 --> 0:12:46.640 I've got to ask you about the home field advantage, though. 0:12:46.740 --> 0:12:49.220 It seems to me the Bills are built for a dome. 0:12:49.380 --> 0:12:51.300 Their best player is a quarterback. They've just got a 0:12:51.340 --> 0:12:54.850 great receiver, D.J. Moore. The outside team is the Chicago 0:12:54.880 --> 0:12:57.229 Bears in 85, a great defense. That's not the Bills. 0:12:57.270 --> 0:12:59.430 But I thought the Bills drafted. I remember watching the 0:12:59.470 --> 0:13:01.430 draft when Josh Allen came out of Wyoming, and they 0:13:01.470 --> 0:13:04.429 said he's the perfect outdoor bad weather quarterback. He played 0:13:04.450 --> 0:13:04.870 at Wyoming. 0:13:05.470 --> 0:13:09.350 Yeah, but he's from the sunniest part of California, Fireball, California. 0:13:10.110 --> 0:13:11.709 I know you're saying he's big and he can deal 0:13:11.730 --> 0:13:13.980 with the weather, but they are generally not a team 0:13:14.000 --> 0:13:16.040 that has an advantage in the snow. They'd be probably 0:13:16.059 --> 0:13:17.120 better off playing indoors. 0:13:17.420 --> 0:13:19.460 I could stay at home and watch football indoors and 0:13:19.480 --> 0:13:20.959 have it 72 degrees. I want to go to a 0:13:21.000 --> 0:13:23.280 stadium and get a little rain, get a little snow, 0:13:23.320 --> 0:13:25.660 get a little atmosphere and wind and see what happens. 0:13:26.260 --> 0:13:28.239 The Minnesota Vikings have a very cool stadium. You and 0:13:28.260 --> 0:13:30.230 I were there. I thought it was a pretty cool stadium, 0:13:30.290 --> 0:13:33.100 but the idea of being outdoors in Minnesota... I think 0:13:33.120 --> 0:13:35.179 that could really help that team. I think it's too late. 0:13:35.320 --> 0:13:37.360 That's a team that is. They had Kirk Cousins a 0:13:37.380 --> 0:13:39.319 quarterback for five years. That's a passing team. 0:13:39.340 --> 0:13:40.260 He loves it indoors. 0:13:40.280 --> 0:13:42.220 Forget it. All right. Well, you're just being a tough guy, 0:13:42.400 --> 0:13:45.500 which I appreciate. Yeah. Okay. I want to talk about 0:13:45.520 --> 0:13:47.380 Aaron Rodgers. And the reason I want to talk about 0:13:47.440 --> 0:13:50.040 Aaron Rodgers is because we keep forgetting to talk about 0:13:50.120 --> 0:13:52.620 Aaron Rodgers. This is a man who three years ago 0:13:52.980 --> 0:13:56.220 controlled the entire narrative of the NFL. Every morning he 0:13:56.260 --> 0:13:58.559 came into work and said, what did Aaron Rodgers say now? 0:13:59.760 --> 0:14:03.160 This year, Aaron Rodgers is not even near the top headline. 0:14:03.480 --> 0:14:06.090 I can't remember one thing he's done or said that 0:14:06.110 --> 0:14:09.450 has captured everyone's attention. Now, he did rip some former teammates. 0:14:09.790 --> 0:14:13.030 He said some outrageous things about his ex-girlfriend this summer. 0:14:13.429 --> 0:14:17.300 Nobody cared. I think Aaron Rodgers needs some attention. Then 0:14:17.340 --> 0:14:20.780 he plays on Sunday against Atlanta. Now, on Sunday ticket, 0:14:20.820 --> 0:14:23.340 you can do a quad box, Paul. That's the four 0:14:23.380 --> 0:14:26.880 top games. Nobody puts Steelers Falcons in their quad box. 0:14:26.960 --> 0:14:30.820 It was totally unwatchable. And that's who the Steelers are 0:14:30.880 --> 0:14:34.060 with Aaron Rodgers right now. They're not really an interesting team. 0:14:34.300 --> 0:14:35.740 They did throw the ball a lot. They didn't throw 0:14:35.760 --> 0:14:39.120 the ball downfield. I think we're getting really used to 0:14:39.220 --> 0:14:41.490 Aaron Rodgers on the Steelers, and I don't think people 0:14:41.500 --> 0:14:45.690 care anymore. He has become, Paul, late career Matt Ryan. Wow. 0:14:46.350 --> 0:14:47.670 I see what you're saying. I can't tell. Are you 0:14:47.810 --> 0:14:50.270 advocating for more talk about Rodgers because he's still pretty 0:14:50.290 --> 0:14:52.830 good on the field, or just about media fatigue with 0:14:52.850 --> 0:14:53.150 this guy? 0:14:53.730 --> 0:14:56.630 I'm just sort of saying tongue-in-cheek Aaron Rodgers needs more 0:14:56.670 --> 0:14:59.900 attention because it's unbelievable to me that people just don't 0:15:00.000 --> 0:15:00.900 really care anymore. 0:15:00.920 --> 0:15:02.380 The other thing I like what you mentioned about the 0:15:02.420 --> 0:15:04.260 quad box. I use the quad box at home, and 0:15:04.280 --> 0:15:06.640 it's an absolute fan judgment of the game. 0:15:06.780 --> 0:15:07.500 Absolutely. 0:15:07.540 --> 0:15:09.090 I'm sure they could do this. Imagine if you had 0:15:09.170 --> 0:15:13.170 feedback of what gets quad boxed the most because sometimes 0:15:13.190 --> 0:15:14.730 I'll look at a game and go, That's not even 0:15:14.770 --> 0:15:16.550 making an octobox if there is such a thing. 0:15:16.630 --> 0:15:19.050 Yeah, I mean, how much time did you spend on Atlanta-Pittsburgh? 0:15:19.090 --> 0:15:19.590 Not a lot. 0:15:20.150 --> 0:15:21.190 Yeah, there was nothing to watch. 0:15:21.390 --> 0:15:22.910 As much as I like a Cooper Rush game as 0:15:22.950 --> 0:15:24.450 much as the next guy, I can't watch that. 0:15:24.510 --> 0:15:27.070 Now it's Patriots-Steelers this weekend. I don't think people are 0:15:27.090 --> 0:15:29.330 fired up. That should be a premier matchup, and it's 0:15:29.370 --> 0:15:29.930 at 1 p.m. 0:15:30.050 --> 0:15:31.890 Good take by you. All right, my next warm take 0:15:31.950 --> 0:15:34.270 is a bit of chatter lately about Derrick Henry, the 0:15:34.290 --> 0:15:37.990 great running back. Everyone loves Derrick Henry. Some topics lately 0:15:38.030 --> 0:15:41.090 about him competing for Emmitt Smith's rushing record down the line. 0:15:41.660 --> 0:15:43.320 And I was like, okay, that makes sense. Derrick Henry's 0:15:43.360 --> 0:15:46.080 having a first ballot Hall of Fame career. So the 0:15:46.120 --> 0:15:47.920 past four years, let me give you some numbers here 0:15:47.940 --> 0:15:50.060 with Derrick Henry. All records are made to be broken, 0:15:50.080 --> 0:15:51.760 and we like that. We kind of, I think, would 0:15:51.800 --> 0:15:53.560 root for this record to be broken, unless you're a 0:15:53.560 --> 0:15:57.440 Cowboy fan or MS's family. Derrick Henry's at 13,162. MS 0:15:57.740 --> 0:15:59.120 Smith is at 18,355. 0:15:59.120 --> 0:15:59.440 That is a gap. 0:15:59.460 --> 0:16:03.110 Derrick Henry's 32. The past four seasons, he averaged 1,600 0:16:03.110 --> 0:16:09.610 yards per season. He would need to do that for 0:16:09.780 --> 0:16:13.050 four more seasons, and he'd be 100 yards short. He'd 0:16:13.070 --> 0:16:16.630 also be 37 years old. I'm hopeful. This guy's a monster. 0:16:16.970 --> 0:16:19.630 He's in great shape. There are some things you need 0:16:19.770 --> 0:16:22.910