1 00:00:01,320 --> 00:00:15,320 Speaker 1: The volume. This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What 2 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:19,639 Speaker 1: is up straight Fire? Fam HiT's me Jason McIntyre Straight 3 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:25,119 Speaker 1: Fire for Monday, August twenty. First, I need to announce 4 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 1: we are recording this early due to the craziness happening 5 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 1: in California. We are currently in the midst here. It 6 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:35,919 Speaker 1: is Sunday afternoon of alleged tropical storm, the first one 7 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:38,520 Speaker 1: to hit California and some I'm like eighty years and 8 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:41,200 Speaker 1: as Rob g and I are queuing up the video 9 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:44,839 Speaker 1: and talking, my son gets his soccer roster for the season, 10 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, my phone goes earthquake six 11 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:51,639 Speaker 1: point zero and I'm like, oh my gosh. And I'm 12 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:54,040 Speaker 1: with the kids and I'm like earthquake and We're sitting 13 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:56,720 Speaker 1: there waiting and nothing, and I'm like, ah, must have 14 00:00:56,760 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 1: been a false alarm. And then I come back to 15 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:01,440 Speaker 1: the screen and Rob's like I felt it, did you? 16 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 1: And my wife was downstairs? Oh yeah, we were rolling 17 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:07,240 Speaker 1: and folks, I don't I mean listen as you can tell, 18 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 1: I'm back to health a little bit. My voice sounds better, 19 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:11,679 Speaker 1: although we'll have some updates on that later. But just 20 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 1: a crazy time. Rob Gie how are you and the 21 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:18,399 Speaker 1: family holding up? You know, as La and basically California 22 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:19,120 Speaker 1: falls off the map. 23 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:23,280 Speaker 2: Oh, it's a wild scene here in southern California. Thankfully, 24 00:01:23,319 --> 00:01:25,120 Speaker 2: my daughter was in the middle of a nap, and 25 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:28,240 Speaker 2: I want to say that the earthquake actually helped her 26 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:30,679 Speaker 2: sleep because it kind of swayed her body back and 27 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 2: forth into a relaxation mode. It wasn't enough to really 28 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 2: shake her awake, but it was enough to hopefully prolong 29 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 2: the nap another hour or so. 30 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:38,200 Speaker 3: That'd be great. 31 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:41,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, by the way, what is the earthquake movie with 32 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:42,440 Speaker 1: the rock? 33 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 3: Didn't he do an earthquake movie? San Andreas? 34 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:47,559 Speaker 1: San Andreas? Okay, so I think that came out before 35 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 1: we moved to California, and I watched it and I 36 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:52,320 Speaker 1: was like, ooh, I'm so scared of California earthquakes. Oh man, 37 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 1: California's gonna fall into the Pacific Ocean. And then you're 38 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 1: out here, you know, when you experienced one and you're like, ooh, 39 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 1: it's kind of cool, and then you think about it 40 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 1: for a little bit and then maybe like an hour, 41 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 1: maybe you think about it the next day, and then 42 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 1: it you know, it's back to normal, like life goes on, 43 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:08,800 Speaker 1: you know, and then two years later there's a quake. 44 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:12,240 Speaker 1: But rob you've lived out here your whole life, Like, 45 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:15,919 Speaker 1: do they even enter your mind until like the ground 46 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:16,359 Speaker 1: is shaking. 47 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 2: No, until you feel it, it does, you don't really 48 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:22,320 Speaker 2: think about it too much. I will say the last 49 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:25,120 Speaker 2: time that I really had like a good tremor, I 50 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 2: mean this one that we had here in South California 51 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 2: was I think it was like a six point zero, 52 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:31,080 Speaker 2: but it was far enough away from where you and 53 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:33,480 Speaker 2: I live that we didn't get the full blast of it. 54 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 2: A couple of years ago, when my daughter was first born, 55 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:38,560 Speaker 2: it might have been three or four years ago, they 56 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 2: had like a five point five or something like that, 57 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 2: but it was it was twenty miles from where I live, 58 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:46,360 Speaker 2: so we really felt that one. And it was in 59 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:47,919 Speaker 2: the middle of the night. And this was when my Yeah, 60 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:49,520 Speaker 2: my daughter was just born. You in a couple months old, 61 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 2: and this might be TMI, but so if you have 62 00:02:51,919 --> 00:02:54,519 Speaker 2: kids in the car, you know, mute the headphones a 63 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:58,120 Speaker 2: little bit. My wife was breastfeeding at the time, so 64 00:02:58,360 --> 00:02:59,920 Speaker 2: I don't I don't know if you've known about this 65 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 2: situation where they're not breastfeeding, they can do something called pumping, 66 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:05,960 Speaker 2: so she basically plugs herself into a wall to do 67 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:07,799 Speaker 2: what she has to do. Happen in the middle of 68 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:11,079 Speaker 2: the night. My daughter's asleep. It's the house is rocking 69 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 2: back and forth. I run and jump over to cover 70 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 2: from a ceiling fan that might fall. And my wife, 71 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:17,959 Speaker 2: this whole time is plugged into a wall, unable to move, 72 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:20,680 Speaker 2: and it's just taking the whole brunt of the thing. 73 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 2: So that was That was one of my favorite earthquakes thory. 74 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 1: It is weird, Rob. We could do a pod about 75 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:28,800 Speaker 1: like the negative stigma of California and Los Angeles that 76 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:31,960 Speaker 1: it has. And you hear and read all this stuff, 77 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:33,680 Speaker 1: and you see all this nonsense online and then you 78 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 1: come out here and I'm just I don't know, I 79 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 1: don't see it. I don't think it's as bad as 80 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 1: all these people perceive it to be. I enjoy it 81 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:44,920 Speaker 1: out here, one oddity, and Rob, you can illuminate the 82 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 1: audience before we get to sports. When we lived East 83 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:53,360 Speaker 1: rain was normal, snow was normal, crappy weather regular year round, 84 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:56,200 Speaker 1: and we come out here it doesn't rain for like 85 00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 1: six months, eight months, I don't know, and all of 86 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 1: a sudden like my daughter is like fascinated by rain, 87 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 1: and her friends like love rain. When it rains, kids 88 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:08,720 Speaker 1: like go outside and are like, oh, I'm playing in 89 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 1: the rain, and it's like exciting, and I just I 90 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 1: can't totally wrap my head around why that is. I 91 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 1: don't know. Is this a thing? Do you know what 92 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 1: I'm talking about? Or am I just crazy? 93 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:18,680 Speaker 3: No, it's totally a thing. 94 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 2: It's because it doesn't happen here, and so it's funny 95 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:22,640 Speaker 2: because it doesn't happen. 96 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 3: You see one of two things. One you see the 97 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 3: youth and the kids. 98 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:28,200 Speaker 2: They get excited because it's like, hey, I can run it, 99 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:29,800 Speaker 2: and blame the rain because even when it rains and 100 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:32,560 Speaker 2: it's cold, it's still like sixty five degrees, so it's 101 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:36,200 Speaker 2: not it's not even really cold. The other problem on 102 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 2: the flip side of that for adults, because it doesn't rain. 103 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 3: I don't know. I'm sure you know this by now. 104 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:44,360 Speaker 2: Californians do not know how to drive in the rain, 105 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:49,080 Speaker 2: so you have some of the dumbest accidents, Like our 106 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:51,840 Speaker 2: infrastructure is not set up with the freeway system. It's 107 00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:54,240 Speaker 2: always flooded, and you get those little pocket especially on 108 00:04:54,279 --> 00:04:56,680 Speaker 2: like the shoulder, so people will drive through it and 109 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:58,719 Speaker 2: spray other cars and that causes an issue, and then 110 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:01,520 Speaker 2: it's traffic and it's all these fenders everywhere. So if 111 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:04,800 Speaker 2: you're like fifteen and under, it's great. If you're fifteen 112 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 2: and over, it sucks. 113 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:09,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, leave like an hour early for work because nobody 114 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:11,320 Speaker 1: knows what the hell to do. All right, before we 115 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:14,640 Speaker 1: get to sports, quick weekend update, life updates. So, yes, 116 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:17,280 Speaker 1: I coughed up a lung. I was in rough shape 117 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 1: last week. I did end up seeing someone, and I'm 118 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:24,479 Speaker 1: doing great. The only downside I'm gonna have to have 119 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:27,840 Speaker 1: a minor procedure done. Not a big deal. They will 120 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 1: not be cutting me open, but I will need a 121 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:34,600 Speaker 1: minor procedure. So before the football season, I'll be taking 122 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:38,320 Speaker 1: some days off of TV and on the podcast to 123 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:41,280 Speaker 1: get the procedure done. But overall, like, I'm fine, no problems. 124 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:45,839 Speaker 1: I'm fine enough that I finally popped into Vegas and 125 00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 1: signed up for the Circa contest. Here's the beauty. This 126 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:52,680 Speaker 1: was the first time I had had done it in 127 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:54,840 Speaker 1: this way. So you guys know, I go and make 128 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 1: futures bets and usually like you don't cash them in 129 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 1: until the next season. But sometimes it's like, Hey, my 130 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:02,560 Speaker 1: buddies are going in Vegas for the weekend, so I'll 131 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:04,560 Speaker 1: just go and then cash the tickets. I haven't been 132 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:07,160 Speaker 1: to Vegas since last year. When I signed up for 133 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:10,320 Speaker 1: the contest. I did well in the futures tickets some 134 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 1: week one some futures and I didn't even telly them 135 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:17,120 Speaker 1: up until I went to the window and it more 136 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 1: than covered the one thousand dollars sign in fees. So 137 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 1: I was like, you know, you cash in the tickets 138 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 1: and I was like, Oh, you could just hold it. 139 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:25,240 Speaker 1: I'm signing up. She's like, no, I have to give 140 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:26,520 Speaker 1: it back to you. I was like fine, So she 141 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 1: hands it to me. I sit there, fill out the 142 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:31,240 Speaker 1: paperwork and I'm like, here's And I had to say this, 143 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:34,000 Speaker 1: Rob just here's your thousand dollars that you just gave 144 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:36,920 Speaker 1: me outside up for the contest. And it felt great. 145 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 1: And then I did make a couple of futures bets 146 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:40,640 Speaker 1: for this season. I'm not going to reveal all of them, 147 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 1: but the two Alt win totals that I bet rob 148 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:49,520 Speaker 1: Alt wind total meaning I'm irrationally confident I think this 149 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:52,680 Speaker 1: could happen because the market's off one of them. I 150 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:55,599 Speaker 1: don't like this team, but I'm gonna bet on Tua's 151 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:57,760 Speaker 1: health and the Miami Dolphins over ten and a half 152 00:06:57,839 --> 00:07:01,279 Speaker 1: wins eleven wins that might be them, the number I 153 00:07:01,279 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 1: don't know, two seed, maybe the one seed over ten 154 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:08,400 Speaker 1: and a half wins plus two fifteen and then the 155 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:10,120 Speaker 1: New Orleans Saints. Now I've been hyping this one for 156 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:11,960 Speaker 1: a while, so it's not as good as juice over 157 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:14,760 Speaker 1: ten and a half wins in the NFC. So those 158 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:16,800 Speaker 1: are the two alt win totals. I bet I actually 159 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:20,800 Speaker 1: did well on those last year. I had Giants and 160 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:24,160 Speaker 1: Eagles maybe, but then I missed Cowboys. Did I really 161 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 1: do three in the same division? No, No Vikings, Vikings, 162 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:29,680 Speaker 1: sorry Vikings, Eagles and Cowboys. So two and one on 163 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:32,240 Speaker 1: those last year at any rate. Let us get to 164 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:35,360 Speaker 1: actual sports, and we do have to talk about Rob 165 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:38,640 Speaker 1: G's favorite team, the Las Vegas Raiders. Not because of 166 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:42,520 Speaker 1: preseason wins. Nobody cares. But something's going on with that 167 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:45,080 Speaker 1: team that's interesting and finally positive that we could talk about. 168 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:48,520 Speaker 1: Everything for the last year has been negative, car the 169 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:51,040 Speaker 1: Gruden stuff, the Henry Ruggs, it's all been negative, but 170 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:53,360 Speaker 1: there is some positivity, and I kind of like this story, 171 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:54,840 Speaker 1: so we'll get to that in a minute. I want 172 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 1: to open though, with the Legas Cup and Miami versus Nashville. 173 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:02,120 Speaker 1: It was Saturday night. I don't know if everybody cares 174 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 1: that much about soccer, obviously I'm a massive fan, and 175 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:09,800 Speaker 1: Leonel Messi comes to the worst team in the league 176 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:13,840 Speaker 1: and they proceed to go and win the entire tournament, 177 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:17,320 Speaker 1: matching MLS and Leaga MX. They win it. Messi, a 178 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:20,200 Speaker 1: goal scoring machine, gets the leading scorer in the tournament 179 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 1: and the MVP. He scored a left footed rocket to 180 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:26,040 Speaker 1: take the one nothing lead. Then they end up winning 181 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:27,720 Speaker 1: penalty kicks. It was thrilling. You can go look it 182 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:30,360 Speaker 1: up on YouTube if you missed it. And Rob, I 183 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:35,680 Speaker 1: know the general audience doesn't care about soccer, but for 184 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:41,600 Speaker 1: a legend like Messi to come from the top leagues 185 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:45,600 Speaker 1: in Europe to the America, shine a spotlight on America 186 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:49,000 Speaker 1: and then dominate, it's pretty exciting to watch. And I 187 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 1: think the tie in Rob where there we could see 188 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:55,560 Speaker 1: some of this, And again it's not because if it 189 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:58,800 Speaker 1: happened in China, I don't think people would care as much. 190 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:02,120 Speaker 1: But I talked to it last week with Cowherd. The 191 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:06,920 Speaker 1: fact of James Harden's ugly situation with the Sixers is 192 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:09,840 Speaker 1: the next basketball team he plays for, does he say, 193 00:09:10,160 --> 00:09:13,640 Speaker 1: I'm out screw you NBA, I'm going to China. We 194 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:16,080 Speaker 1: saw him in China moving merchandise and what was he 195 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:19,400 Speaker 1: moving liquor? On some videos that the guy is a machine. 196 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:22,200 Speaker 1: We explained it. The Houston Rockets were like the number 197 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:25,439 Speaker 1: one team in China because Yao Ming played for them. 198 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:28,160 Speaker 1: Just as you know, the NBA starts being telecast in China, 199 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:30,840 Speaker 1: they all love Yao Ming. Yoo leaves. It's like, oh, well, 200 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:32,560 Speaker 1: we love the Rockets. We root for them. We've rooted 201 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:34,920 Speaker 1: for them for a decade. James Harden's our new guy, 202 00:09:34,920 --> 00:09:37,160 Speaker 1: and we love Dwight Howard and Rob you know Dwight 203 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:39,640 Speaker 1: Howard this past season went to China, was putting up 204 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:42,640 Speaker 1: like what forty and twenty seven, putting the insane numbers 205 00:09:42,679 --> 00:09:46,160 Speaker 1: whatever they were. And I know it's gonna sound for well, 206 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:48,040 Speaker 1: wait to say, James Harden led the league assist why 207 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:50,960 Speaker 1: would go to China? Listen, man, if you can get 208 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:55,240 Speaker 1: less of the headaches, you get paid, you expand your brand. 209 00:09:55,520 --> 00:09:58,920 Speaker 1: I'm sure he can do some tie ins with retails 210 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:05,280 Speaker 1: merch like it's an easy, easy play for Harden. Rob, 211 00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:08,000 Speaker 1: I don't know. I just watched this messy move happen 212 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:10,280 Speaker 1: and I don't know that it's going to be the springboard. 213 00:10:10,280 --> 00:10:15,640 Speaker 1: But we've seen Saudi Arabia plucking superstars from the EPL. Benzema, 214 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:18,200 Speaker 1: I think they got Namar, they got a bunch of 215 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:22,040 Speaker 1: guys and it's like, well, wow, this foreign money getting 216 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:24,120 Speaker 1: I don't know aging is the right word, but like 217 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:27,200 Speaker 1: maybe a little past their prime stars. I mean Messi. 218 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:30,040 Speaker 1: You can't say Messi's aging. He just tore up the 219 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:33,040 Speaker 1: MLS after winning a World Cup eight months ago. So 220 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:36,720 Speaker 1: like this idea of hard and leaving for China, Rob, 221 00:10:36,760 --> 00:10:39,040 Speaker 1: I don't think it's insane. I really don't. And watching 222 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:41,600 Speaker 1: MESSI dominate, I'm like, you know, I don't know that 223 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:43,360 Speaker 1: people would care if James Harden goes and puts up 224 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 1: one hundred points in a game in China, but it 225 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:46,480 Speaker 1: certainly would be noteworthy. No. 226 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:50,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, you know what's funny is when I saw you 227 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:52,560 Speaker 2: put this out and I'm kind of upset as you 228 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:54,800 Speaker 2: pull the curtain back because you didn't have this take 229 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 2: on the Straight Fire podcast. You had it on Colin 230 00:10:57,440 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 2: Cowhard's podcast, So I wish you would have brought some 231 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:02,320 Speaker 2: of those you know, buzzwords to this one. 232 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:03,480 Speaker 3: But it's okay, we move on. 233 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:06,480 Speaker 2: When I first saw the clip, I was like, yeah, 234 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:08,839 Speaker 2: this is crazy, Like Jason, I don't know what you're 235 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:10,000 Speaker 2: I didn't see it. 236 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:12,160 Speaker 3: Get a lot. I didn't say I didn't see it. 237 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:16,480 Speaker 2: And not even forty eight hours later, there's an alert 238 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:18,640 Speaker 2: from Keith Pompey, who's as plugged into the Sixers as 239 00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:22,360 Speaker 2: anybody in the NBA as in with their team. He 240 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:26,200 Speaker 2: puts out the tweet, Yeah, James Harden would like to 241 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:29,080 Speaker 2: play at least one season in China before his career 242 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:31,480 Speaker 2: is up. And I text you the link. I said, like, 243 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:35,320 Speaker 2: I can't believe you had this before this even like 244 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:39,800 Speaker 2: was a thing. And to your point about Messi, it's 245 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:41,520 Speaker 2: if James Harden were to make a move like this, 246 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:43,760 Speaker 2: similar to Messi coming to the MLS. It's not for 247 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 2: competitive reasons, right, because he obviously knows that he's too 248 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:51,360 Speaker 2: good to be playing at this level of soccer, and 249 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:54,360 Speaker 2: similar with Harden, what it is, However, the same thing 250 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:58,600 Speaker 2: with Messi is it can be a financial boon for 251 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:02,160 Speaker 2: him to do something like this. You mentioned he was 252 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:06,800 Speaker 2: selling liquor. I've read online that he sold ten thousand 253 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:09,600 Speaker 2: bottles of his wine, which is what he's out there promoting, 254 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:15,160 Speaker 2: in under ten seconds. Come on, like, I don't know, 255 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 2: I mean, but enough people reported it that I like 256 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:20,920 Speaker 2: to believe that it's that it's reputable. What he could 257 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:24,400 Speaker 2: do for himself, for his own individual James harden brand 258 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:28,320 Speaker 2: in China is something that I don't think most Americans 259 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:31,520 Speaker 2: can comprehend because they don't live over there. And I'm 260 00:12:31,559 --> 00:12:33,680 Speaker 2: sure this is the same thing that Europeans were saying 261 00:12:33,679 --> 00:12:35,760 Speaker 2: when Messi came over to the United States, like, oh, well. 262 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:36,319 Speaker 3: What is he gonna do. 263 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:38,400 Speaker 2: He's gonna go to a third rate league, He's gonna 264 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:41,160 Speaker 2: you know, sell some jerseys whatever. No, the fact that 265 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:43,840 Speaker 2: we're talking about it on this podcast, the fact that 266 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:46,760 Speaker 2: he is trending every single game that he plays in 267 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 2: the MLS says a lot about why he did. It. 268 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:53,520 Speaker 2: Has nothing to do with him wanting to, you know, 269 00:12:53,840 --> 00:12:57,600 Speaker 2: expand his legacy with another championship, Like that's not what 270 00:12:57,600 --> 00:12:59,720 Speaker 2: he's I'm sure he'd like to win here in MLS, 271 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:01,120 Speaker 2: But it's that's not what he's doing. He's doing it 272 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:05,840 Speaker 2: because he is still a draw, He is still a brand. 273 00:13:05,920 --> 00:13:08,760 Speaker 2: He is still a guy that no matter what he does, 274 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:12,960 Speaker 2: it's going to generate clicks and eyeballs. And now he's 275 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:16,599 Speaker 2: expanding to a market that even though we noticed and 276 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:19,920 Speaker 2: appreciated how good he was, I don't think anyone realized 277 00:13:19,960 --> 00:13:22,840 Speaker 2: how exactly how great he is until you've actually seen 278 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:25,800 Speaker 2: him here on our turf and what we do. So 279 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:27,560 Speaker 2: I think James Ared could do something similar in China. 280 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:31,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's weird. You think James Harden cares to turn 281 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:34,480 Speaker 1: on TV, radio podcasts and here will Harden is not 282 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:36,640 Speaker 1: a top twenty player all time, like we like to 283 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:39,840 Speaker 1: think like that discussion is huge and important, But here's 284 00:13:39,880 --> 00:13:43,640 Speaker 1: the reality. Like James Harden wakes up, he's selling stuff 285 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 1: in China, making a ton of money. He's played basketball 286 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:48,440 Speaker 1: in China competitively, dominating, having the time of his life. 287 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:51,000 Speaker 1: Nobody's criticizing him for being a ballhog or missing a 288 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:54,800 Speaker 1: late shot, and he's cleaning up financially and you know what, 289 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:57,160 Speaker 1: then he's gonna go gas up the private jet. He's 290 00:13:57,200 --> 00:13:59,280 Speaker 1: gonna say, oh, we got a week off of China. 291 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:01,280 Speaker 1: You know what, I'm gonna go to wherever the heck 292 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:03,160 Speaker 1: I want to, and I'm gonna bring my boys and 293 00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:04,560 Speaker 1: we're gonna have a great time. And then I'm gonna 294 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:07,200 Speaker 1: fly here and I'm gonna do this. And like, that's 295 00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:08,720 Speaker 1: not a bad life if you could just do whatever 296 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:10,000 Speaker 1: the heck you want. You got all the money in 297 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:12,480 Speaker 1: the world, and you're playing basketball China and you don't 298 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:15,240 Speaker 1: care about the media. Because honestly, the only guys that 299 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:17,320 Speaker 1: really don't like Harden to the media, right, I mean, 300 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:19,960 Speaker 1: he's got a ton of fans. I think once we 301 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:23,400 Speaker 1: get these athletes, once they realize like, hey, it's fun 302 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:25,880 Speaker 1: to see me talked about on TV. But like, do 303 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:27,920 Speaker 1: I need this now that I'm like thirty what is 304 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:30,200 Speaker 1: he thirty four to thirty five? Do I need this anymore? 305 00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:33,280 Speaker 1: It's like I've been in this, you know, grind for 306 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:35,600 Speaker 1: twelve fifteen years making a lot of money. I don't 307 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:37,320 Speaker 1: need these headaches. I'm just gonna have fun. 308 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:40,320 Speaker 2: Right, And I think people listening to this podcast might 309 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:42,120 Speaker 2: be like, well, that's you know, not a fair comparison 310 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:46,120 Speaker 2: with James Harden and MESSI. The difference is though, like 311 00:14:46,280 --> 00:14:48,240 Speaker 2: Messi's at a point in his career where he's already 312 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:52,560 Speaker 2: accomplished everything he could possibly accomplish in professional soccer. So 313 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:56,040 Speaker 2: that's why he's maybe not necessarily driven by the competitive 314 00:14:56,120 --> 00:14:59,480 Speaker 2: nature James Harden. And we've talked about this for years 315 00:14:59,480 --> 00:15:01,200 Speaker 2: now on the pod, even going back to the radio 316 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:04,840 Speaker 2: show on the weekends, James Harden has shown repeatedly that 317 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:08,480 Speaker 2: he's not driven by championships. There was a reason that 318 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:09,960 Speaker 2: the fact that he even wanted to go back to 319 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:13,480 Speaker 2: Houston this past offseason tells you that James Harden likes, 320 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:16,520 Speaker 2: more than anything to just be James Harden. And that's 321 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:19,000 Speaker 2: not you know, as a sports fan, you'd like it 322 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:20,920 Speaker 2: to be different because you care about your team and 323 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:23,440 Speaker 2: you want to see championships. There's a lot of guys 324 00:15:23,480 --> 00:15:26,520 Speaker 2: professional athletes. Not everybody's built like Messi and Lebron and 325 00:15:26,560 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 2: Steph Curry who are like, I gotta win by at 326 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:31,000 Speaker 2: any means necessary. There's a lot of guys who are like, hey, 327 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:33,800 Speaker 2: I can make a fantastic living, I can be famous, 328 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:36,200 Speaker 2: I can go to all the parties and meet all 329 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:38,560 Speaker 2: the people I want to and as long as I'm 330 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:40,800 Speaker 2: good at this, all the rest of it comes with it. 331 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 3: And it just so. 332 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:44,600 Speaker 2: Happens that two guys who, even though they're built on 333 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:47,840 Speaker 2: opposite ends of the spectrum, currently seem like they're at 334 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:51,480 Speaker 2: the same road, you know, path in their life at 335 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:52,680 Speaker 2: this point at least. 336 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:55,480 Speaker 1: It's weird, like, yes, Messi's won everything and he's got 337 00:15:55,520 --> 00:15:58,920 Speaker 1: nothing left to prove. But I my guess. My guess 338 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:01,640 Speaker 1: is to harden that he's got nothing left to prove. 339 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:04,000 Speaker 1: I've made a lot of money, I've won an MVP, 340 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:06,800 Speaker 1: I've played in the playoffs, I've played in the finals. 341 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:11,120 Speaker 1: Like I'm happy. I accomplish everything I set out to 342 00:16:11,200 --> 00:16:13,440 Speaker 1: when I was a junior high kid thinking I'm gonna 343 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:16,600 Speaker 1: make make college and make the NBA. Like I did it. 344 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:18,040 Speaker 1: And now I've got all the money in the world. 345 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:21,760 Speaker 1: I've got generational wealth. I don't need these headaches of 346 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:23,880 Speaker 1: the media and dealing with Darryl More and these liars. 347 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:25,960 Speaker 1: Let me just go to China, where everywhere I go 348 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:27,880 Speaker 1: it's just they roll out the red carpet for me 349 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:30,040 Speaker 1: because I'm a legend. Like It's not a bad feeling, 350 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:33,160 Speaker 1: probably not great for his ego, but in the long run, 351 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:35,440 Speaker 1: but ultimately I think he's a very happy man and 352 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:37,440 Speaker 1: we'll see what happens with Harden. Let's get to the 353 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:41,800 Speaker 1: NFL before we do the AFC West preview. I wanted 354 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 1: to because it's Drobg's team. I talk about these Las 355 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:49,920 Speaker 1: Vegas Raiders. So they're hosting the Super Bowl, and obviously 356 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:51,760 Speaker 1: they have no chance of making it to the stuper Bowl. 357 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:54,840 Speaker 1: Like nobody on the Raiders in the organization Harbor's any 358 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:57,160 Speaker 1: thoughts that they could come close to playing for the 359 00:16:57,160 --> 00:17:00,400 Speaker 1: Super Bowl. But what's interesting is something you know they 360 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:02,800 Speaker 1: were expected to be bad this year, like five, six, 361 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:07,040 Speaker 1: seven wins. Jimmy Garoppolo comes into quarterback, he's coming off 362 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:09,560 Speaker 1: the injury, the surgery. It's like, oh, man, is he 363 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:12,480 Speaker 1: gonna even fit with McDaniels As McDaniel's on his way out, 364 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:17,239 Speaker 1: and then Ada O'Connell happens, and I should call him 365 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:20,680 Speaker 1: by his new nickname, AOC four. Apparently that's like gonna 366 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:22,800 Speaker 1: be the most popular tattoo in Vegas here in the 367 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:26,240 Speaker 1: next coming weeks. But eight and O'Connell is a kid 368 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:28,359 Speaker 1: out of Purdue. I've got all the numbers on him, right, 369 00:17:28,359 --> 00:17:30,240 Speaker 1: he had thirty three college starts. I did a lot 370 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:32,640 Speaker 1: of reading on eight and O'Connell this weekend, Like, Jay, 371 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:34,680 Speaker 1: what are you wasting your time reading about a third 372 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:37,080 Speaker 1: string or four? Well, he's not gonna be third string. 373 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:41,000 Speaker 1: I could guarantee you that. Heading into the season, Brian Hoyer, 374 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:43,200 Speaker 1: you might as well hang him up. You're out, buddy. 375 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:46,639 Speaker 1: Aman O'Connell's coming too. Preseason games and just slid. He 376 00:17:46,760 --> 00:17:50,840 Speaker 1: is dominating. He's not missing passes, he's hitting all the windows. 377 00:17:51,119 --> 00:17:53,159 Speaker 1: He's got fans like excited. Now. I know it's a 378 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:56,280 Speaker 1: lot of threes versus fours. And even when he's running 379 00:17:56,280 --> 00:17:59,040 Speaker 1: with the backups, they're not facing starters. It's like, okay, 380 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:03,480 Speaker 1: let's settle. But when you're a desperate franchise like the 381 00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:06,960 Speaker 1: Raiders who haven't won Jack Squat in forever. Last playoff 382 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:10,400 Speaker 1: win was I don't decade ago, fifteen twenty, I don't 383 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:13,360 Speaker 1: know Rob Will figured it out. But and you see 384 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:15,639 Speaker 1: what O'Connell's doing, and then you start looking into his story. 385 00:18:16,080 --> 00:18:20,840 Speaker 1: So this is unbelievable. So he was a one year 386 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:24,560 Speaker 1: starter in high school. He had a scholarship offer from 387 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:29,920 Speaker 1: something called Davenport University Division two. Okay, he said, no, 388 00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:31,840 Speaker 1: I'm gonna let me hold out. Hope, let me hold 389 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:34,920 Speaker 1: out hope, and then a Division three calls Wheaton College, 390 00:18:35,359 --> 00:18:38,560 Speaker 1: we want you. He's like, no, Purdue says, we want you, 391 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:40,040 Speaker 1: but we're not gonna offer you anything. You could be 392 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:43,600 Speaker 1: a preferred walk on. Preferred walk on means hey, we'll 393 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:45,000 Speaker 1: give you a chance to make the team. You probably 394 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:47,360 Speaker 1: start out seventh or eighth on the depth chart. Good 395 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:52,080 Speaker 1: Luck doesn't play a snap for the first two years. 396 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:56,520 Speaker 1: Okay at Purdue, was not gonna be the next Drew Brees. 397 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:58,200 Speaker 1: Then all of a sudden things start to go his way, 398 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:02,000 Speaker 1: get some playing time, find he gets twenty twenty the 399 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:03,680 Speaker 1: COVID year, he's gonna be the starter, and he gets 400 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:07,639 Speaker 1: a season ending injury three games in, comes back and 401 00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:10,000 Speaker 1: is healthy, but has to win the job, and then 402 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:12,639 Speaker 1: starts I think twenty four games over the final two seasons. 403 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:14,600 Speaker 1: And you're like, oh, this guy had a really nice career. No, 404 00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:16,240 Speaker 1: he didn't put up Drew Brees numbers, but he's a 405 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:20,120 Speaker 1: good story. This guy's graduating at what twenty four years old, 406 00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:23,320 Speaker 1: he got married to a Purdue volleyball player. He's like 407 00:19:23,359 --> 00:19:27,200 Speaker 1: a Christian Fellowship athlete, Like, hey, O'Connell is I mean, 408 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:30,199 Speaker 1: what a class act? Everybody's rooting for this guy, and 409 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:32,720 Speaker 1: then he falls to fourth round, one hundred and thirty 410 00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:34,959 Speaker 1: fifth pick overall, and you're like, okay, he is what 411 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:37,720 Speaker 1: he is, Maybe you'll have a crack to make the roster. 412 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:41,760 Speaker 1: We'll see, and it's it's a weird thing because again, 413 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:44,200 Speaker 1: this guy's turning twenty five in like two weeks. This 414 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:47,679 Speaker 1: is not some college quarterback who just graduated at twenty two. Okay, 415 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:51,240 Speaker 1: he's in college forever. Thirty three starts is a lot. Now. 416 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:53,800 Speaker 1: I know that Josh McDaniels offense has been, you know, 417 00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 1: typically tough to grasp for some quarterbacks, but a guy 418 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:02,000 Speaker 1: named Tom Brady he figured it out pretty easily. And 419 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:04,719 Speaker 1: I know mentioning Tom Brady in the same sentence as 420 00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:09,480 Speaker 1: Aidan O'Connell is sacrilegious. But rob Raiders fans are grasping 421 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:13,719 Speaker 1: for this. Well, Aidan O'Connell is not like an athletic guy. 422 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:16,679 Speaker 1: This is the most crazy stat that I think I've 423 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:19,359 Speaker 1: seen for a college quarterback in a while. In his career, 424 00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:23,760 Speaker 1: he had negative two hundred and forty three rushing yards. Now, yes, 425 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:26,320 Speaker 1: they do take sacks into account in college, but you 426 00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:28,720 Speaker 1: start watching the highlights and he's not really moving around. 427 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:32,160 Speaker 1: He's not doing a lot of running and scrambling and Rob. 428 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:34,640 Speaker 1: I don't know if you're hearing this, but Raiders fans 429 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:38,600 Speaker 1: online are like, oh, whoa, whoa, Jay, Hey, look at 430 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:40,480 Speaker 1: the last seven years. Look at some of these quarterbacks 431 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:43,640 Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl. Matt Ryan is he fleet a foot? 432 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:47,560 Speaker 1: Nick Foles, that guy Brady you mentioned. I don't know 433 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:52,120 Speaker 1: how nimble Matt Stafford has been in his career. He's 434 00:20:52,160 --> 00:20:56,160 Speaker 1: not like a running quarterback. But Jared Goff he ain't 435 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:59,120 Speaker 1: a runner. Why not Aidan O'Connell. And I'm like, obviously, 436 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:02,199 Speaker 1: slow your role. Well let's slow your role. But it 437 00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:05,320 Speaker 1: is exciting to have maybe a diamond in the rough. 438 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:08,159 Speaker 1: And I'll say this the one thing that makes this 439 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:10,520 Speaker 1: really interesting. It's not a quarterback competition with Jimmy G. 440 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:13,400 Speaker 1: But last year with the Niners, Jimmy G was unable 441 00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:16,400 Speaker 1: to make those deep throws downfield. Brock Perty comes in 442 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:19,480 Speaker 1: and he can make them. Jimmy G can't do those 443 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:22,760 Speaker 1: deep out patters. He just doesn't have the armstring. Aidan 444 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:26,399 Speaker 1: O'Connell does. And I'm not saying he's gonna be a 445 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:28,600 Speaker 1: game manager and turning to Brady in four years, I 446 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:31,560 Speaker 1: don't see any of this happening. That being said, there 447 00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:36,399 Speaker 1: is palpable excitement about the backup quarterback. And you know, 448 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:39,439 Speaker 1: in every town where you're not a super Bowl contender 449 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:42,000 Speaker 1: and you've got a franchise quarterback, the backup quarterback is 450 00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:45,119 Speaker 1: the most popular guy in town. Okay, they've seen Jimmy 451 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:48,080 Speaker 1: g they know he's sealing his limitations. But if you're 452 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:50,720 Speaker 1: gonna end up keeping DeVante Adams and not trading away 453 00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:53,399 Speaker 1: at the deadline, and you think, well, you know, this 454 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:55,879 Speaker 1: is Josh Jacob's guy. We put this together, and we 455 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:58,320 Speaker 1: get the offensive line figured out, we could have some 456 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:02,600 Speaker 1: hundred renfro third in rend great nickname. So I'm getting 457 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:04,879 Speaker 1: a little excited about Aidan O'Connell. But this is the 458 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:07,160 Speaker 1: trap I fall into, Rubb. I've done my best not 459 00:22:07,240 --> 00:22:11,200 Speaker 1: to watch a lot of preseason games. Some highlights, sure, 460 00:22:12,119 --> 00:22:14,399 Speaker 1: but I got sucked into the Aidan O'Connell highlights, and 461 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:17,800 Speaker 1: I'm like, oh my gosh, this guy looks pretty good. 462 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,280 Speaker 1: Now he's probably thrown against guys who are gonna be 463 00:22:20,320 --> 00:22:23,000 Speaker 1: you know, driving a ups truck or Amazon delivery or Uber. 464 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:25,280 Speaker 1: Here in the next couple of weeks. They are not 465 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:28,359 Speaker 1: gonna stick on rosters, but he still look pretty damn 466 00:22:28,359 --> 00:22:31,080 Speaker 1: good doing it. Now, as a Raiders fan, your excitement 467 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:33,280 Speaker 1: level is through the roof or what. 468 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:36,720 Speaker 3: Oh, I'm all in. I'm all in on Aidan O'Connell. 469 00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:40,040 Speaker 2: Like at this point, the only AOC we recognized in 470 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:43,359 Speaker 2: the United States of America is no longer that woman 471 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:45,880 Speaker 2: who's I think she's in Congress or whatever. It's now 472 00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:49,280 Speaker 2: Aidan O'Connell. He is the AOC you mentioned AOC on Twitter. 473 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:51,639 Speaker 2: His name better pop up before hers does. That's all 474 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:54,000 Speaker 2: I'm gonna say about that. Twenty six of thirty six 475 00:22:54,480 --> 00:22:56,560 Speaker 2: for three hundred and four yards and three touchdowns in 476 00:22:56,560 --> 00:23:01,000 Speaker 2: two preseason games. I don't want to sound like I'm 477 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:05,120 Speaker 2: drinking the kool aid, but if Trey Lance went twenty 478 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:07,040 Speaker 2: six or thirty six three or four and three tds, 479 00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:09,680 Speaker 2: who was also playing against backups most of the time, 480 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,919 Speaker 2: then he'd be the starting quarterback in San Francisco like 481 00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:16,919 Speaker 2: aid and O'Connell. Once you get to this level, and 482 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:19,720 Speaker 2: this is across all sports but NFL especially because we've 483 00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:23,800 Speaker 2: seen this more than the NBA and Major League Baseball. 484 00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:28,360 Speaker 2: But in the NFL especially, there have been numerous instances 485 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:32,040 Speaker 2: where a guy was a one star recruit, a no 486 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:36,720 Speaker 2: star recruit, an undrafted player he switched positions coming from 487 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:39,520 Speaker 2: the college of the NFL, Like, this is not unheard 488 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:43,280 Speaker 2: of to have a unherlded guy pop in the NFL 489 00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:45,680 Speaker 2: in the next level, whether it's because he's got better 490 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:48,880 Speaker 2: talent around him or he's in a system that can 491 00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:51,520 Speaker 2: better take advantage of the skills that he has. I 492 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:54,560 Speaker 2: don't know what it is with ay O'Connor, why suddenly 493 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:57,560 Speaker 2: he's become a it looks like at worst a high 494 00:23:57,680 --> 00:23:59,919 Speaker 2: end backup this upcoming season. I think he's definitely an 495 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:02,879 Speaker 2: be out Brian Hoyer for the number two job, and 496 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:05,280 Speaker 2: so like, I don't know why people are so shocked, 497 00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:08,160 Speaker 2: because this isn't something that's new, like we saw even 498 00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:11,600 Speaker 2: last year with the aforementioned brock party. Brock Perty was 499 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:14,359 Speaker 2: the last pick in the NFL draft, and he comes 500 00:24:14,359 --> 00:24:18,920 Speaker 2: into year two as the unquestioned starter for what many 501 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:22,360 Speaker 2: considered to be the favorites to come out of the NFC. 502 00:24:23,119 --> 00:24:26,280 Speaker 2: So like this, this shouldn't really blow your mind too much. 503 00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:27,800 Speaker 2: I don't think if you're a football fan. 504 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:31,359 Speaker 1: I will say The jersey number threw me off. Rob 505 00:24:32,119 --> 00:24:35,280 Speaker 1: wasn't Derek Carr number four? Yes he was, and they 506 00:24:35,359 --> 00:24:37,720 Speaker 1: just handed it to O'Connell, who I think we're sixteen 507 00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:41,119 Speaker 1: in college. That struck me as a little odd. I'm 508 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:43,680 Speaker 1: not saying a car did anything worthy of retiring his number, 509 00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:46,840 Speaker 1: but I mean, the body's barely cold and you've given 510 00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:47,840 Speaker 1: the jersey to someone else. 511 00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:53,040 Speaker 3: I mean, there have been more egregious things that have. 512 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:54,560 Speaker 1: Happened with the Raiders. 513 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:57,000 Speaker 2: Are not just with the I mean with other teams. 514 00:24:57,240 --> 00:25:00,439 Speaker 2: I don't know exactly. I want to say that it 515 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:04,600 Speaker 2: was like Randy Moss when he left and then they 516 00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:09,480 Speaker 2: gave away eighty four in Minnesota like immediately. I'm not 517 00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:11,480 Speaker 2: one hundred percent sure, but I've seen it happen before. 518 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:15,480 Speaker 2: And as far as Ad O'Connell goes, he is going 519 00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:17,600 Speaker 2: to play at some point this season, because the one 520 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:19,520 Speaker 2: thing you can count on with Jimmy G is he's 521 00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:21,440 Speaker 2: going to get hurt at some point. 522 00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:23,080 Speaker 3: That's who he is, that's what he does. 523 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:25,639 Speaker 2: That's the reason why I keep bringing up that's the 524 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:29,320 Speaker 2: reason why brock perty is starting in San Francisco because 525 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:32,040 Speaker 2: Jimmy G kept getting hurt so they drafted Trey Lance 526 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:33,680 Speaker 2: and the Trey Lanes gets hurt and Jimmy G's like, well, 527 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:36,720 Speaker 2: you guys shouldn't have replaced me. I'm gonna carry this 528 00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:38,280 Speaker 2: team to the super Bowl. And then he gets hurt again. 529 00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:40,360 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, surprise, surprise, that's kind of what he does. 530 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:43,639 Speaker 2: Aid and O'Connell is going to play, and you're gonna 531 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:47,440 Speaker 2: find out very quickly what Raider fans have already found 532 00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:50,240 Speaker 2: out only two weeks into the preseason that this kid 533 00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:52,480 Speaker 2: can play. I don't know if he's an NFL starter, 534 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:55,840 Speaker 2: you know, that's to get ahead of ourselves. But he's 535 00:25:56,080 --> 00:26:02,159 Speaker 2: not bad at all. He's serviceable. Who to have in 536 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:06,520 Speaker 2: the opener? I don't I don't I believe they have 537 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:08,360 Speaker 2: the Broncos in the opener. 538 00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:11,040 Speaker 1: Oh that's a defense you don't want Aid O'Connell facing. 539 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,080 Speaker 2: Well, he's not going to start the season, you know, 540 00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:16,520 Speaker 2: like that's probably okay. 541 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:19,200 Speaker 1: Probably I would say ninety five percent Jimmy Garoppolo starting, 542 00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:22,119 Speaker 1: or you would you say one hundred. I mean he 543 00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:24,600 Speaker 1: could get he could get it. He could get blocks tomorrow. 544 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:25,440 Speaker 3: He could he could get it. Yeah. 545 00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:28,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, he made He made Anthony Davis look like he's 546 00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:29,040 Speaker 2: made a steel. 547 00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:33,080 Speaker 1: So I was gonna preview the AFC West, but I 548 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:35,720 Speaker 1: forgot uh to talk about one other thing that happened 549 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:38,399 Speaker 1: this weekend. And since we just talked about pre season, 550 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:43,200 Speaker 1: can I talk about a pre FEBA Championship basketball game? Rob? 551 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:45,560 Speaker 1: I know he can't go in basketball, football, basketball, but 552 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:47,760 Speaker 1: I gotta quickly talk about USA Germany Sunday. Did you 553 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:48,280 Speaker 1: watch a game? 554 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:49,560 Speaker 3: Yes? I did? 555 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:54,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, Okay, so I turned it on at halftime because 556 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:57,560 Speaker 1: I was watching Jack Ryan Season four, which is amazing, 557 00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:00,679 Speaker 1: and the US is down a ton to Germany, and 558 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:03,720 Speaker 1: I'm like, what the and the Wagner brothers are there 559 00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:05,879 Speaker 1: and Shrewder and then this blonde guy who got like 560 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:09,240 Speaker 1: a billion rebounds but isn't Dennis Rodman. And I'm watching 561 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:11,720 Speaker 1: the US and my kids are sitting there and Rob. 562 00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:14,520 Speaker 1: Their first question is, Oh, it's Curry playing because it's 563 00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:18,359 Speaker 1: the US, And I was like no. They were like Lebron, no, 564 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:26,000 Speaker 1: kd no. And at that point they were like, what's happening? 565 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,439 Speaker 1: Who's playing for the US? And Rob, this is not 566 00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:31,080 Speaker 1: I'm not bagging on the US. But you turn on 567 00:27:31,119 --> 00:27:33,880 Speaker 1: the game USA Germany, it's like a pre FEBA game. 568 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:37,360 Speaker 1: It was the stadium was packed, though I think it's 569 00:27:37,359 --> 00:27:43,040 Speaker 1: in We're just being played like they're playing Dubai Okay, 570 00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:50,679 Speaker 1: and it's like Tyrese Halliburton, Mikail Bridge's Paolo Begnkero and 571 00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:53,520 Speaker 1: let's be real, this is USA basketball and they're getting 572 00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:58,879 Speaker 1: throttled by Germany until the dynamic duo of Anthony Edwards 573 00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:05,440 Speaker 1: and Austin Reeves take over. And I know he's your guy, 574 00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:10,040 Speaker 1: But Anthony Edwards wearing the number ten jersey and doing 575 00:28:10,119 --> 00:28:13,920 Speaker 1: whatever he wanted at both ends, grabbing rebounds, knifing through 576 00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:17,919 Speaker 1: the lane, thunderous dunks, baseline turnarounds, threes. You look at 577 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:21,080 Speaker 1: Kobe Bryant, who used to wear ten with USA, Anthony 578 00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:23,879 Speaker 1: Edwards was easily the best player on the floor. I 579 00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:26,400 Speaker 1: love Ben Caro. I didn't think he played great. Miss 580 00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:30,840 Speaker 1: four straight free throws. I'm not gonna nitpick Jalen Brunson, 581 00:28:31,119 --> 00:28:32,920 Speaker 1: like barely got any. I don't even know if he 582 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:35,280 Speaker 1: played in the fourth quarter. He was apparently dominant in 583 00:28:35,359 --> 00:28:38,479 Speaker 1: lead up and then this game was not his. This 584 00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:41,320 Speaker 1: was the Anthony Edwards Austin Reeves show. And listen, I 585 00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:45,640 Speaker 1: know Austin Reeves as a laker. We talk about him 586 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:48,720 Speaker 1: way too much on this podcast. If you like charted 587 00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:52,880 Speaker 1: podcasts like mine, who talks about Austin Reaves were I 588 00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:55,800 Speaker 1: guarantee you we are near or at the head of 589 00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:57,520 Speaker 1: the pack. We have been on the Austin Reeves band 590 00:28:57,600 --> 00:29:00,720 Speaker 1: raging all on. This guy can play. I mean, at 591 00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:02,800 Speaker 1: the end of the game, he gets to steal and 592 00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:04,320 Speaker 1: he you know, they could just run out the clock 593 00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:06,480 Speaker 1: and he looks at his guys and as if to say, 594 00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:08,560 Speaker 1: should I dunk? And they're like, oh yeah, And Austin 595 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:12,840 Speaker 1: Reeves just wides up and throws it down and everybody's celebrating. Rob. 596 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:16,960 Speaker 1: I was all in on the game, despite I gotta say, 597 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:21,240 Speaker 1: watching that roster together, it was like a little tough. 598 00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:24,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, you know what's funny and well, shout 599 00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:25,800 Speaker 2: out to Austin Reeves. 600 00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:25,920 Speaker 3: You know. 601 00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:28,000 Speaker 2: I have recorded a podcast with one of the producers 602 00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:30,320 Speaker 2: here at the volume. He has an NBA post. I 603 00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:32,960 Speaker 2: was hoping that it was going to be dropping this week, 604 00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:34,960 Speaker 2: but apparently the way they stagger is going to be late. 605 00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:37,640 Speaker 2: But I was heaping some heavy praise on Austin Reeves. 606 00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:40,720 Speaker 2: So when you're whenever it comes out. I'll share the 607 00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:43,480 Speaker 2: DME podcast. It was the Lakers preview, so a lot 608 00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:47,239 Speaker 2: of Austin Reeves ball washing going on by yours. So 609 00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:50,760 Speaker 2: just I'll let you. I'll let that podcast speak for itself. 610 00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:56,880 Speaker 2: But Anthony Edwards looks like he's gonna be the next 611 00:29:56,920 --> 00:29:59,400 Speaker 2: guy to take you know, the quote unquote the leap. 612 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:04,440 Speaker 2: He's all star kind of level talent to he is 613 00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:07,520 Speaker 2: a bona fide superstar because one thing that you see 614 00:30:07,560 --> 00:30:11,920 Speaker 2: in FOBA play especially is you can't just out talent 615 00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:14,600 Speaker 2: teams anymore. Like the rest of the world has caught up. 616 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:17,960 Speaker 2: You mentioned this Germany team had several NBA players on it. 617 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:20,480 Speaker 2: They may not be high end NBA players, but they 618 00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:25,200 Speaker 2: are quality rotational guys at a minimum. And the other 619 00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:29,280 Speaker 2: thing is they play a style of basketball that gives 620 00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:32,640 Speaker 2: Americans a lot of trouble because it's very team oriented. 621 00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:35,720 Speaker 2: It's one of the reasons why the Golden State Warriors 622 00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:38,480 Speaker 2: when they were going up against all the Lebron Cavaliers 623 00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:41,120 Speaker 2: teams we've talked on this podcast. I've said before I 624 00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:45,040 Speaker 2: think the Cleveland teams had more talent than that first 625 00:30:45,040 --> 00:30:47,880 Speaker 2: iteration of the Warriors. Before KD the difference was the 626 00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:51,640 Speaker 2: Warriors played this team brand of basketball that nobody could 627 00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:54,000 Speaker 2: ever keep up with. They it just wasn't gonna happen. 628 00:30:54,560 --> 00:30:57,040 Speaker 2: And that's what you see in Foeba. So there's a 629 00:30:57,120 --> 00:31:02,000 Speaker 2: reason why guys like Austin Reeves, Tyrese Halliburton, especially those 630 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:05,959 Speaker 2: two guys, they thrive in this setting because their style 631 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:09,600 Speaker 2: of play, even in the NBA, is very team oriented. 632 00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:11,640 Speaker 2: They don't dominate the ball a lot. They move the ball, 633 00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:13,320 Speaker 2: that make the right play, they can hit the open 634 00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:17,760 Speaker 2: jump shot. They're very smart, cerebral players. And now what 635 00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:20,480 Speaker 2: you're seeing is and this is not a shot that 636 00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:24,560 Speaker 2: any of these guys, but Brandon Ingram, macal Bridges now 637 00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:28,600 Speaker 2: that he's with the Nets, Jalen Brunson, Anthony Edwards, they're 638 00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:32,200 Speaker 2: all very similar style guys. They want to dominate the ball, 639 00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:34,840 Speaker 2: high pick and roll because that's what their game is 640 00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:38,520 Speaker 2: in the NBA. What you're seeing with Anthony Edwards, though, 641 00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:43,800 Speaker 2: is there's levels to this. As good as Jalen Brunson, 642 00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:47,200 Speaker 2: Brandon Ingram, all those other guys are, they don't have 643 00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:51,240 Speaker 2: that special it factor that Anthony Edwards has. There's, like 644 00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:55,520 Speaker 2: you've seen this where there's an alpha amongst alphas. Most 645 00:31:55,560 --> 00:31:58,480 Speaker 2: recently an international play that was Kevin Durant where you 646 00:31:58,600 --> 00:32:01,120 Speaker 2: had a team with Damian Lillard and Jason Tatum and 647 00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:05,720 Speaker 2: all these high end quality guys. But when push came 648 00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:09,040 Speaker 2: to shove and it was really, you know, top nervous 649 00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:12,440 Speaker 2: time for the Americans, it was get the ball to 650 00:32:12,520 --> 00:32:16,120 Speaker 2: kd get out of the damn way. Yeah, we saw 651 00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:18,600 Speaker 2: that on Sunday when they were down sixteen in the 652 00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:21,600 Speaker 2: second half. Halliburton and Reeves are making a lot of 653 00:32:21,640 --> 00:32:23,560 Speaker 2: hustle plays, doing a lot of good things, but when 654 00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:26,320 Speaker 2: it was getting tight, get the ball to ant Man, 655 00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:27,240 Speaker 2: get out. 656 00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:27,520 Speaker 3: Of the way. 657 00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:31,880 Speaker 1: Halliburton is a blur, like we know he's really good. 658 00:32:32,840 --> 00:32:34,400 Speaker 1: I would say he was the third best player, right, 659 00:32:34,800 --> 00:32:39,320 Speaker 1: you said Reeves two, Edwards one. Yeah. I didn't see 660 00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:43,160 Speaker 1: enough from Ingram, didn't see enough from Brunson. It was 661 00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:45,120 Speaker 1: really Anthony Edwards or bust. They want like an eighteen 662 00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:49,120 Speaker 1: nothing run spearheaded by Edwards just burying threes and dominating. 663 00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:52,520 Speaker 1: I am curious. Do you think this makes the Timberwolves 664 00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:55,640 Speaker 1: be or this probably does nothing right? But in the 665 00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:57,280 Speaker 1: back of their minds of the timber was like, listen, 666 00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:01,720 Speaker 1: this is our guy. Do we want to build around him? 667 00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:03,880 Speaker 1: We got to move carl Anton Towns. Let's just get 668 00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:08,240 Speaker 1: him out, get role pieces, let's fit everything around Anthony Edwards, 669 00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:11,560 Speaker 1: and we've got our superstar. I don't I personally don't 670 00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:12,840 Speaker 1: think the two of them are going to work together. 671 00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:16,600 Speaker 3: Robin. Yeah, I think you're totally totally right. I think that. 672 00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:19,840 Speaker 2: I mean it was it's kind of been clear for 673 00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:23,280 Speaker 2: about a year now that Anthony Edwards was the guy 674 00:33:23,320 --> 00:33:25,320 Speaker 2: and they got to build around him. But when you 675 00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:29,200 Speaker 2: see things like this where it's no longer like the 676 00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:31,440 Speaker 2: plucky story, like he's the young and up and coming 677 00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:33,520 Speaker 2: guy that he know he could do something. You know, 678 00:33:33,880 --> 00:33:35,760 Speaker 2: we see the potential, we see the flash, and there 679 00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:36,760 Speaker 2: are a lot of guys like that. 680 00:33:37,240 --> 00:33:37,400 Speaker 3: You know. 681 00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:40,000 Speaker 2: LaMelo Ball, his draft contemporary, is one of those guys 682 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:41,760 Speaker 2: where it's like, you know, he could be something. I see, 683 00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:45,680 Speaker 2: I see the framework of something special. Anthony Edwards is 684 00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:48,280 Speaker 2: showing now on this stage where he's playing with guys 685 00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:52,200 Speaker 2: who are supposed to be his peers, that no, I 686 00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:55,720 Speaker 2: don't belong at this level with the macal Bridge, at 687 00:33:55,720 --> 00:33:57,720 Speaker 2: the inger of the Bruntes. Put me up there with 688 00:33:57,880 --> 00:34:01,680 Speaker 2: the Durant, the Tatum on the Steph Curry. You know, 689 00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:04,920 Speaker 2: those are the Americans that I should be being compared to. 690 00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:09,680 Speaker 2: So if they're Minnesota, you know, it's to be determined 691 00:34:09,719 --> 00:34:12,160 Speaker 2: if the Towns go bear pairing is ever going to 692 00:34:12,239 --> 00:34:15,480 Speaker 2: work out. And you know, I had to rehash this, 693 00:34:15,640 --> 00:34:18,800 Speaker 2: but they're probably gonna have to get rid of Towns 694 00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:20,680 Speaker 2: before they can get rid of Gobert, just because I 695 00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:22,600 Speaker 2: think the value works out that way. 696 00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:28,200 Speaker 1: If I said to you that the stock price of Edwards, 697 00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:31,920 Speaker 1: Ja Morant, and Zion was all the exact same, the 698 00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:35,919 Speaker 1: stock price to buy them was the exact same. Who 699 00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:39,120 Speaker 1: how would you divide up who you're buying stock. 700 00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:42,280 Speaker 3: In Edwards, Morant, Zion. 701 00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:46,279 Speaker 2: Interesting Edwards is the is the only one that you 702 00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:49,480 Speaker 2: don't have to worry about the other stuff, which is 703 00:34:49,520 --> 00:34:50,440 Speaker 2: crazy because you. 704 00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:52,160 Speaker 1: Have that dumb incident at the end of the season 705 00:34:52,160 --> 00:34:53,840 Speaker 1: with like a chair and a fan or something. 706 00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:56,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I don't know if I consider that 707 00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:59,080 Speaker 2: the same level as like with Ja Moran. And you 708 00:34:59,080 --> 00:35:02,040 Speaker 2: know what's funny is full disclosure we talked for the podcast. 709 00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:04,359 Speaker 2: I was dead wrong on on Anthony. Ira was coming 710 00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:07,239 Speaker 2: out of college when I saw that that I think 711 00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:09,719 Speaker 2: it was an ESPN article interview he did before the 712 00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:12,080 Speaker 2: draft where he's like, yeah, I don't really like basketball. 713 00:35:12,120 --> 00:35:13,520 Speaker 3: I'm just, you know, I'm good at it. I don't 714 00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:15,040 Speaker 3: love the game, though, I'm not going to say I do. 715 00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:16,799 Speaker 2: I'm like, well, how can you take a guy number 716 00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:20,640 Speaker 2: one if he doesn't actually love basketball? And either he 717 00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:23,440 Speaker 2: was lying then or it's really not that important because 718 00:35:24,040 --> 00:35:26,799 Speaker 2: it hasn't changed the fact that he is an absolute 719 00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:29,920 Speaker 2: dog and he is got next as the kids. 720 00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:33,239 Speaker 1: Say, yeah, I think these young guys, twenty twenty one 721 00:35:33,320 --> 00:35:36,360 Speaker 1: year old kids just talk like, hey, I'm too cool. 722 00:35:36,520 --> 00:35:38,840 Speaker 1: I don't love anything, you know, one of those deals. 723 00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:41,920 Speaker 1: All right, let's go quickly. AFC West preview probably the 724 00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:46,040 Speaker 1: easiest division to preview in the conference. The Kansas City 725 00:35:46,120 --> 00:35:50,360 Speaker 1: Chiefs are going to win the division. Shocker, it's happening obviously. 726 00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:54,440 Speaker 1: Now injury happens, everything changes. But you know, there's no 727 00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:56,360 Speaker 1: way you could pick around the Chiefs going into the 728 00:35:56,400 --> 00:36:00,239 Speaker 1: season with Mames with red, you know, pencil in ten 729 00:36:00,280 --> 00:36:04,160 Speaker 1: eleven to twelve thirteen wins. They're fine after that. I 730 00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:06,880 Speaker 1: believe it's the Chargers now that shouldn't be a big shocker. 731 00:36:07,239 --> 00:36:09,680 Speaker 1: It's either Chargers or Broncos. And if you remember last year, 732 00:36:09,719 --> 00:36:13,239 Speaker 1: everybody thought Peyton was gonna get the Chargers job when 733 00:36:13,239 --> 00:36:16,840 Speaker 1: they would run off the head coach there, Brandon Staley. 734 00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:19,960 Speaker 1: Brandon Staley gets them in the playoffs, they end up 735 00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:23,319 Speaker 1: choking away the lead. They keep Brandon Staley change the OC. 736 00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:26,520 Speaker 1: It's tough for me to pick the Broncos ahead of 737 00:36:26,560 --> 00:36:29,200 Speaker 1: the Chargers, and so I would have the Broncos third. 738 00:36:30,680 --> 00:36:34,280 Speaker 1: I like Peyton, I like Russ, I like the defense, 739 00:36:34,360 --> 00:36:36,560 Speaker 1: but I don't know if they're a playoffs. A lot 740 00:36:36,560 --> 00:36:40,880 Speaker 1: of questions, a lot of them about Russ, and you 741 00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:42,319 Speaker 1: know they're gonna be better than the Raiders. That's not 742 00:36:42,360 --> 00:36:46,680 Speaker 1: saying much. The Chargers are the interesting one because and 743 00:36:46,719 --> 00:36:48,759 Speaker 1: I'll save this take for a little ways down the road, 744 00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:51,760 Speaker 1: but if the Chargers missed the playoffs, we know Staley's 745 00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:54,680 Speaker 1: toast and that would sound like an awful thing. But 746 00:36:55,120 --> 00:36:58,160 Speaker 1: there is the Jim Harbaugh name lurking in the background 747 00:36:58,239 --> 00:37:01,719 Speaker 1: with that four game suspension in K football that was 748 00:37:01,760 --> 00:37:04,440 Speaker 1: going to him and then they then rescinded it, and 749 00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:07,440 Speaker 1: Harbaugh's like kind of middle fingering these guys. I can 750 00:37:07,520 --> 00:37:11,399 Speaker 1: just back up off me, leave me alone. Harbaugh did 751 00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:16,000 Speaker 1: have the dalliance I think with the Vikings and maybe 752 00:37:16,040 --> 00:37:18,319 Speaker 1: the Panthers. He spoke with Tepper, and I know he 753 00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:21,000 Speaker 1: interviewed with the Vikings for sure as a leverage player 754 00:37:21,040 --> 00:37:23,840 Speaker 1: to get some more money from Michigan and it worked. 755 00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:31,000 Speaker 1: But the Chargers job will be probably the best head 756 00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:35,240 Speaker 1: coaching opening in a while because the idea of coaching 757 00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:40,600 Speaker 1: justin Herbert like, it's tough to find quarterbacks, you know, 758 00:37:41,560 --> 00:37:44,640 Speaker 1: and they have one, and that that roster's pretty stacked. 759 00:37:44,640 --> 00:37:47,480 Speaker 1: So I think if the Chargers fail and the Broncos pass, 760 00:37:47,560 --> 00:37:52,760 Speaker 1: I don't don't anticipate that, then that Charger's job becomes 761 00:37:52,880 --> 00:37:58,440 Speaker 1: very interesting. So I'll go Chiefs, Chargers, Broncos, Raiders. I'm 762 00:37:58,480 --> 00:38:00,160 Speaker 1: on the fence on the Chargers in the playoff, just 763 00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:02,120 Speaker 1: because there's so much depth in the AFC. We'll get 764 00:38:02,120 --> 00:38:04,200 Speaker 1: it's gonna be a game time decision right before the season, 765 00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:08,560 Speaker 1: you know. I like the Steelers. Steelers may have been 766 00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:12,799 Speaker 1: a bet for season long in Vegas. Got tough to 767 00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:18,440 Speaker 1: not like the Ravens. The Browns are deadly, Jets obviously, Dolphins. 768 00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:21,000 Speaker 1: I told you about like AFC stacked, there's not a 769 00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:23,040 Speaker 1: lot of room for aerror. We'll see what Brandon Staley 770 00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:26,560 Speaker 1: does with the Chargers this season, but it's still Kansas 771 00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:29,799 Speaker 1: City's division to lose. All right. This is a lengthy 772 00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:36,440 Speaker 1: podcast for a hurricane slash earthquake weekend in California. We 773 00:38:36,520 --> 00:38:38,960 Speaker 1: have a big time college football guest coming up this 774 00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:42,600 Speaker 1: week and other shenanigans that we still don't know about yet. 775 00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:43,720 Speaker 1: All right, we'll talk to you tomorrow.