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Speaker 1: What is going on everybody? How's everyone dealing Tuesday October? Well,

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Speaker 1: it's actually October twenty one where I'm at because it's

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Speaker 1: Monday night and the Monday Night football has basically been

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Speaker 1: over since the first quarter when it was seventeen nothing,

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Speaker 1: Uh don't know really have that much takeaway from this

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Speaker 1: Monday night game, but you know, you know, we'll dive

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Speaker 1: into the paths. Obviously, Dallas Eagles the Sunday night game.

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Speaker 1: Some thoughts there. The Saints have they established themselves the

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Speaker 1: Mitch ro Bisky problem. It's for some people they've had

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Speaker 1: the problem for a while. But I mean, I it's over. Uh.

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Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers. I've been hard on Matt Lafleur before I

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Speaker 1: even tom coach a game. I didn't love to hire

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Speaker 1: as anyone that's listened to show for a while nose,

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Speaker 1: but I have to give him credit because he's done

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Speaker 1: one thing with Aaron Rodgers, which might be the most

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Speaker 1: important thing to happen in Roger's life in in a

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Speaker 1: long time. Lamar Jackson, um listen, you know he ran

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Speaker 1: around like a high school quarterback, made a ton of plays.

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Speaker 1: But it is throwing for a hundred yards on the

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Speaker 1: road against good teams a sustainable strategy. Time will tell

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Speaker 1: I bet against it, but I give the credit where

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Speaker 1: credits due. The Baltimore Ravens or five and two. We'll

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Speaker 1: dive into that Jalen Ramsey. You know, Albert Brewer wrote

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Speaker 1: about this. Sean Cohn was mad about his back injury.

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Speaker 1: I mean, let's call what it is. He officially quit

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Speaker 1: on the Jacksonville Jaguars, and at the end of the day,

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Speaker 1: his new team in the l A. Rams. Then, of course,

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Speaker 1: the Middlecoff mail bag at John Middlecoff is my Instagram handle,

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Speaker 1: same as my Twitter handle. My Instagram m s are

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Speaker 1: wide freaking open. You slide up in them and you

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Speaker 1: get on the show. Easiest way to get on the

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Speaker 1: But let's start with tonight and I listen. I don't

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Speaker 1: think there's any hyperbole with the Patriots. I feel very

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Speaker 1: think this Patriot team, you know, takes a lot of

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Speaker 1: heat because oh they play in the a f C. East. Well,

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Speaker 1: aren't we all pretty confident they would win every single

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Speaker 1: division in the NFL because I am more. I mean

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Speaker 1: what they've done over this last ten plus year stretch

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Speaker 1: they are being able to sustain this has been incredible

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Speaker 1: to watch. Is there any team that you are consistently

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Speaker 1: more confident in in big games? Like more consistently deli

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Speaker 1: evers in big games. It's like when you go to

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Speaker 1: a Leonardo DiCaprio movie, it's always pretty good. He Hell,

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Speaker 1: If I turned on the Patriots on a primetime game,

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Speaker 1: they're gonna kick the crap out of someone. When they're

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Speaker 1: playing someone in the a f C. East, they got

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Speaker 1: Sunday A Football, aren't that bad. The Bills a flawed team.

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Speaker 1: They're five and one. You know what the Bills are

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Speaker 1: gonna be. They're gonna be in the playoffs. The Patriots

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Speaker 1: freaking Nameth against the Dallas Cowboys. What Belichick is able

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Speaker 1: It's just the best of their craft. Just find me

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Speaker 1: someone who's better at their craft than Bill Belichick, because

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Speaker 1: prepared his team consistently is. He lost his defensive coordinator

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Speaker 1: I love this notion Belichick he just gets rid of

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Speaker 1: That's not a true statement. Even going back, like greater

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Speaker 1: guy is now the best quarterback in football. Guys, a genius.

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Speaker 1: I don't even I don't even know where this ramps

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Speaker 1: it's twenty six nothing. He's huddling his team early in

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Speaker 1: Belichick is playing unless you're like close to being a

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Speaker 1: if he was in the all these if he rotated

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Speaker 1: with at minimum eight division championships. He might not win

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Speaker 1: but he'd win the majority of him. I promise you that.

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Speaker 1: Because it's become has he become too easy for him?

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Speaker 1: Sunday night football game, and it was big in terms

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Speaker 1: The other team does not. It's why when Dallas lost

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Speaker 1: you see how good Amari is Zeke has been dominant.

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Speaker 1: They should have kicked the crap out of the Jets

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Speaker 1: that that that loss was embarrassing. You shouldn't lose to

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Speaker 1: didn't think Eddie Bridgewater was good enough. He made him

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Speaker 1: good enough because he actually looked really good against the Bears.

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Speaker 1: But their defense is unreal. He's empowered Dennis Allen. They

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Speaker 1: lost Alvin Kamara, who's one of the best non quarterbacks

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Speaker 1: in the league. And Lottavius Murray looked freaking awesome. And

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Speaker 1: I've been watching Ottavious Murray since he was a rookie

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Speaker 1: for the Raiders. He has gotten a lot better, but

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Speaker 1: he's a solid backup. They have a very, very, very

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Speaker 1: well put together team. If I'm ranking the NFC now,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna know. Here. Here's why it's kind of stupid,

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Speaker 1: because the Niners played the Saints and the Packers so

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Speaker 1: in like two months, and obviously Seattle and the ram

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Speaker 1: they all played each other. So we're going to have

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Speaker 1: an idea like when the seating comes at the end

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Speaker 1: of the year in the NFC, we're gonna know exactly

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Speaker 1: who the top teams are. Now. That doesn't mean those

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Speaker 1: teams won't be upset when they play each other again

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Speaker 1: in the playoffs, but the Niners and the Packers and

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Speaker 1: the Saints will have all played each other, and obviously

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Speaker 1: Minnesota plays Green Bay multiple times, and Seattle in l

447
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Speaker 1: A then played the Niners, so we will understand. Plus

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Speaker 1: the Niners, the NFC West plays the NFC South, so

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00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:57,000
Speaker 1: the Rams in Seattle will also played New Orleans. Seattle

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Speaker 1: already played. I guess they've all played him. The Rams

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Speaker 1: beat him. That was a weird game. And we've seen

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Speaker 1: the Saints that they got their ship together in the

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Speaker 1: next game and they pounded Seattle, So I guess now

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Speaker 1: I'm talking through it. I realized those teams have already played. Uh,

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Speaker 1: so the Niners game is gonna be big because I

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Speaker 1: assumed Drew Brees is gonna be back. But I think

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Speaker 1: this get We have learned so much about Sean Payton.

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Speaker 1: This has been the ultimate muscle flex back to what

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Speaker 1: I said about just his coaching career. To be able

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Speaker 1: to do this and to lose your I mean, the

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Speaker 1: best player in the history of the franchise, and to

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Speaker 1: have a team this just well equipped. And this tough

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Speaker 1: because I think sometimes when you get an offensive coach,

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Speaker 1: the teams aren't as tough. But I'm watching the Saints,

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Speaker 1: so they throw haymakers, they dominate on defense they're running

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Speaker 1: scheme is excellent. The way they used Taysom Hill. They

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Speaker 1: ran a play against the Bears. There was like a

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Speaker 1: triple option. It was incredible. I mean, Sean Payton, remember

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Speaker 1: when you remember when Tom Brady was last game one, two, eight,

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Speaker 1: and they proceeded to go eleven and five. Now, granted

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Speaker 1: they missed the playoffs. It was a weird year, but

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Speaker 1: they went to eleven and five with Matt Castle. This

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Speaker 1: team are they gonna go fourteen and two with Drew

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Speaker 1: Brees and Teddy Bridgewater And you have the number one

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Speaker 1: to see it because they sure have the ability to

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Speaker 1: do it in front of them. They play the Niners,

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Speaker 1: so they control their own destiny. And I think right

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Speaker 1: now they're the best and most complete team in the NFC. Uh.

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Speaker 1: And then we look at the Bears, who are the opposite.

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Speaker 1: Mr Bisky stinks like it's listen, Naggie's my guy. Naggie

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Speaker 1: didn't draft him like this is on Ryan Pace. He

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Speaker 1: drafted them number two overall in a draft that had

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Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson and Patrick Mahomes. Now ultimately Patrick Mahomes I

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Speaker 1: view a somewhat of an outlier. If you read stories

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Speaker 1: about it. There were really a couple of coaches that

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Speaker 1: were really all in on them, and that was Sean

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Speaker 1: Payton and Andy Reid. Those guys are the best in

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Speaker 1: the business at offense. So most team like Kyle Shanahan,

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Speaker 1: didn't like him. A lot of teams didn't like him.

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Speaker 1: They just they were turned off by his his playing style.

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Speaker 1: You had to be a unique fens of mind to

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Speaker 1: see it. So I'll even throw Patrick Mahomes in the trash.

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Speaker 1: But I heard Michael Lombardi on his podcast make a

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Speaker 1: great point. Ryan Pace drafted Mitch dr Whisky, who was

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Speaker 1: from the same conference the a c C as DeShawn

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Speaker 1: Watson from the same freaking conference Clemson North Carolina played

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Speaker 1: each other every year, one guy one year starter, the

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Speaker 1: other guy multiplely year starter, National champion, one of the

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Speaker 1: best coaches in the country compared to Michael Jordan's. Now,

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Speaker 1: sometimes that hyperbole gets thrown around with prospects from college coaches,

501
00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:42,240
Speaker 1: but Deshaun Watson was clearly really good. He watched the

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Speaker 1: tape of Deshaun Watson and of Mr Whisky and thought

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Speaker 1: Mr Bisky was better. Well, three years later, I'm not

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Speaker 1: this water into the bridge. They have Mr Bisky. It's

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Speaker 1: pretty Mitch is just not good enough. If you continue

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Speaker 1: to start Mr. Whisky, you will lose. It's really that simple.

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Speaker 1: It is def aiding their defense because they are looking

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Speaker 1: worse and worse by the week, because they know their

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Speaker 1: margin for error is zero. Is nothing there marked. It's

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Speaker 1: like if you have a baseball team. And I saw

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Speaker 1: it for for years with the Giants, the San Francico Giants,

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Speaker 1: they had elite pitching around these parts. We called it

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Speaker 1: Giants torture. And they had Linsecum, They had Matt Came,

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Speaker 1: they had Madison bum Gardener. They acquired this guy named

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Speaker 1: Ryan vogel Song who made an All Star. They were

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Speaker 1: the best pitching staff. I think they had the lowest

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Speaker 1: e r A in baseball. They couldn't score runs. And

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Speaker 1: this baseball is way different now everyone scores runs. But

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Speaker 1: like in two thousand and ten, two thousands, they couldn't

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Speaker 1: score runs. So if if a starting pitcher gave up

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Speaker 1: three or four runs, the Giants were gonna lose. Their

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Speaker 1: margin for error was nothing. Now baseball is a little different.

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Speaker 1: They were able to consistently do it now. Granted they

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Speaker 1: were never winning like a hundred five games. They were

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Speaker 1: winning like low nineties. But it's like the Bears. The

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Speaker 1: Bears know if they give up two touchdowns the games over.

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Speaker 1: Because Trubisky it's just not capable of making plays. And

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Speaker 1: I don't count plays in the fourth quarter when you're

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Speaker 1: down thirty points. That's just that's just garbage time points.

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Speaker 1: And there the NFL is a garbage time point league

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Speaker 1: where where final scores consistently don't reflect the game. I've

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Speaker 1: two things I've noticed this year, and I'm sure they've

533
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Speaker 1: been happening forever, but they stick out like a sore

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Speaker 1: thumb to me is one at the garbage time yards

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Speaker 1: and points that are given in the NFL. Why it's

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Speaker 1: somewhat difficult to bet. It happens every week, multiple games

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Speaker 1: where a final score will be like forty to thirty two.

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Speaker 1: You're like, oh, that was kind of a close game,

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Speaker 1: when really the final score felt like forty to three.

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Speaker 1: You also, I put zero stock now in the first drives.

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Speaker 1: Every decent coach has a good first drive, your first drive.

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Speaker 1: If you don't have a first good first drive, I

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Speaker 1: read flag you like every coach can move the ball

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Speaker 1: on the first drive. I put I put little the

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Speaker 1: Redskins drove right down the field on the forty in

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Speaker 1: the first drive. It doesn't mean anything to me. But

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Speaker 1: what does mean something to me is Mr Whiskey. Because

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Speaker 1: when you draft a guy in the first round, between

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Speaker 1: your third and your fourth year, you have to pick

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Speaker 1: up their fifth year option. So this offseason they're gonna

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Speaker 1: have to pick up Mr Whisky's fifth year option. I

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Speaker 1: think I can break the news now. The Bears will

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Speaker 1: not pick up his fifth year option. Right to this,

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00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:23,720
Speaker 1: the man on the Moon could have told you that.

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Speaker 1: But are they gonna keep playing him? Here's the thing.

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Speaker 1: You can't bench him because Chase Daniel stinks to So

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Speaker 1: you're not gonna bench Mr Whiskey for Chase Daniels. At

558
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Speaker 1: least Mitch has more talent than Chase. I think the

559
00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:37,399
Speaker 1: question is do you trade for a guy? Would you

560
00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:39,880
Speaker 1: trade for Nany Dalton? Would you trade from Marcus Mariotta?

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Speaker 1: When you just look around the league and maybe get

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Speaker 1: I don't know, even try at Josh Roseen, try something,

563
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Speaker 1: because if you just get any decent player out of

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Speaker 1: your quarterback Allen Robinson is a good player, their defense

565
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Speaker 1: is still really good. I mean, yesterday, quarterall Patterson was

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Speaker 1: making plays like they got players on their team if

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Speaker 1: they had an above average quarterback, Like if you flip

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Speaker 1: flop Kirk Cousins and Mr Bisky, the Bears are winning

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Speaker 1: tenny games and the Vikings would be screwed. Right, So,

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Speaker 1: I I think the hard part about this is is

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Speaker 1: that the general manager picked this player, the head coach

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Speaker 1: and the coaching staff did not. So Naggie is a

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Speaker 1: great guy. He's gonna say all the right things, but

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Speaker 1: at the end of the day, Mr Whisky is starting

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Speaker 1: to make Matt Naggie look like an idiot. And I'm

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Speaker 1: getting a lot of people DM me like middle cuff,

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00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:24,160
Speaker 1: why aren't you hard on Matt Naggie because his quarterback's

578
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Speaker 1: terrible and he had nothing to do with acquiring the guy,

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Speaker 1: and he's never told me anything about the guy beside

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Speaker 1: positive things. I'm not gonna text him in times of

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Speaker 1: turmoil right now, and he wouldn't tell me anyway. I

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00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:38,240
Speaker 1: wouldn't even put him in that situation. But if you're

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Speaker 1: Ryan Pace, you gotta bite the bullet on this one

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Speaker 1: and just tell him. Listen, Matt, I screwed up. Let's

585
00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:47,960
Speaker 1: let's get our scouting staff. Let's pick three or four

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Speaker 1: players and we'll rank them and we'll try to trade

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Speaker 1: for him because we're gonna try to make the playoffs

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Speaker 1: this year and we may not. But we keep rolling out, Mitch,

589
00:29:57,200 --> 00:29:59,600
Speaker 1: we're not making it like that's we have evidence now

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00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:02,200
Speaker 1: it's not gonna work. The lead has him figured out.

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00:30:02,240 --> 00:30:04,680
Speaker 1: He's just not good enough. It's over. Like you saw

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Speaker 1: the Saints, Teddy Bridgewater was running circles around Mr Biskit

593
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Speaker 1: and he's a six million dollar backup maybe seven million,

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Speaker 1: actually seven million well spent. It's like they were playing

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Speaker 1: different sports. So the Bears just have to ask themselves

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00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:19,720
Speaker 1: a question. And it starts with Ryan Pace, like, just

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Speaker 1: you gotta take the L on this one. You know what,

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Speaker 1: the quicker you can take els in life, the quicker

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00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:27,479
Speaker 1: you can move on to a W. But when you

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Speaker 1: hold onto an L and you refuse to admit it,

601
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Speaker 1: you're only screwing your organization. So to me, this is

602
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Speaker 1: on the general manager to look at the organ to

603
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Speaker 1: look at the owner, look at the head coach, look

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Speaker 1: at the team, and be like, I'm sorry, guys, Mitch,

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Speaker 1: you're going to the bench. Jase, She'll just be the

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Speaker 1: third trainer. We're gonna go attempt to trade for someone,

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Speaker 1: and hell, it might not work, but we're at least

608
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Speaker 1: gonna try, because if we keep doing the same thing

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Speaker 1: over and what's the definition of insanity trying to do

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Speaker 1: the same thing over and over. That's kind of what's

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Speaker 1: going on now. And I'm putting this on the general manager,

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Speaker 1: not the coach. Okay, let's get into uh my man,

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00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:05,960
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers. I watched that

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00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:10,120
Speaker 1: game pretty intently yesterday, uh here in the Bay Area,

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00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:13,120
Speaker 1: and you know, the Raiders actually played him tough until

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Speaker 1: Derek Carr just made a just just a terrible decision

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00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:20,480
Speaker 1: trying to reach the ball over the pylon, which I

618
00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:24,640
Speaker 1: never understand the the NFL media hates when you reach

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Speaker 1: the ball over the pylon and then you fumble and

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00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:29,640
Speaker 1: it goes out of bounds and then the other team

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Speaker 1: gets it at the twenty like it's welcome to life.

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Speaker 1: You risk a lot, and he's risking a lot to

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Speaker 1: score touchdown, and the risk the risk first reward, so

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00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:41,080
Speaker 1: you can get a touchdown or you get a touchback.

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Speaker 1: It's I don't understand why people freak out about that

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00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:48,400
Speaker 1: penalty like it's it's a it's a harsh penalty for

627
00:31:48,600 --> 00:31:51,000
Speaker 1: trying to score touchdown. Don't do it if you don't

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Speaker 1: want to take the risk, just run out of bounds.

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Speaker 1: It doesn't bother me at all. But this isn't about

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00:31:56,120 --> 00:31:58,720
Speaker 1: the Raiders, is about the Packers. And it got me

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Speaker 1: thinking watching him play yesterday and really the last several games,

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00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:06,040
Speaker 1: and I, you know, I was someone that thought Matt

633
00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:08,680
Speaker 1: Lafleur would not be a good head coach. And I

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Speaker 1: still am gonna stand on the island of I'm not

635
00:32:12,280 --> 00:32:15,040
Speaker 1: exactly sure what he's what he's doing, but I do

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Speaker 1: know one thing he's doing, and this is very important.

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Speaker 1: Have you ever been miserable in life, whether you're at

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Speaker 1: a job you hated, think about I've been in a

639
00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:27,360
Speaker 1: position where I was at a job where I couldn't

640
00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:31,160
Speaker 1: stand being around the people I was working with. I

641
00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:33,680
Speaker 1: didn't trust them. I didn't think they were capable of

642
00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:35,640
Speaker 1: doing what I wanted to do. I hated the guy

643
00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:38,440
Speaker 1: I worked for, despise the guy I worked for, hated it.

644
00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:42,960
Speaker 1: It is a miserable experience. And texting around the league

645
00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:45,160
Speaker 1: and obviously some of the stories that have come out

646
00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:48,680
Speaker 1: over the last year, everyone in the league knew Rogers

647
00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:53,120
Speaker 1: couldn't stand McCarthy. They had a toxic relationship. And when

648
00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:57,680
Speaker 1: you're in a professional toxic relationship, you know, and sometimes

649
00:32:57,680 --> 00:33:00,080
Speaker 1: a lot you're just kind of stuck. You know, you

650
00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:02,480
Speaker 1: got a family. It's a little different. Like Rogers, he

651
00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:04,000
Speaker 1: can't just be like I want to be a free agent.

652
00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:06,640
Speaker 1: He's just stuck there. You know, even if you have

653
00:33:06,720 --> 00:33:08,680
Speaker 1: a job that doesn't pay you an eighty million, like

654
00:33:08,840 --> 00:33:11,160
Speaker 1: Rogers got a signing bonus last year, But even if

655
00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:13,720
Speaker 1: you're making a hunter grand, you might not just be

656
00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:15,480
Speaker 1: able to afford to just leave. If you have a

657
00:33:15,520 --> 00:33:18,560
Speaker 1: couple of kids at homes, life's tough. Sometimes you're stuck.

658
00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:21,360
Speaker 1: You gotta you gotta suck it up, but you're still miserable.

659
00:33:21,720 --> 00:33:25,040
Speaker 1: And being miserable is miserable. I think we all can

660
00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:28,040
Speaker 1: agree on that. And Rogers looked miserable these last couple

661
00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:31,240
Speaker 1: of years, especially last year. It was clear when you

662
00:33:31,280 --> 00:33:34,640
Speaker 1: watch the Packers and he wasn't playing that well, but

663
00:33:34,760 --> 00:33:36,760
Speaker 1: you kind of take a step back. Was he just

664
00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:40,040
Speaker 1: so mad and miserable of playing for Mike McCarthy that,

665
00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:45,120
Speaker 1: you know, some of your ambition I don't even know

666
00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:48,040
Speaker 1: if he ambitions the right word, but you're just drive

667
00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:50,400
Speaker 1: can get sucked out of you. I've had it happened

668
00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:53,960
Speaker 1: to me and and I'm sure many of you have

669
00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:56,560
Speaker 1: had it happened to you. Now it doesn't hopefully it

670
00:33:56,560 --> 00:33:59,800
Speaker 1: doesn't stay that way. It might only happen for a month,

671
00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:03,520
Speaker 1: maybe six months, but it can be really, really draining,

672
00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:05,480
Speaker 1: and it ruins your mood. And then you know when

673
00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:08,440
Speaker 1: you come home, you know you're around your wife, your girlfriend,

674
00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:12,840
Speaker 1: your family, you're just miserable. It just it, it impacts

675
00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:15,200
Speaker 1: you greatly. And I think you can see it on

676
00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:17,799
Speaker 1: Roger's face the last several years. So I will give

677
00:34:17,880 --> 00:34:22,320
Speaker 1: Matt Lafleur credit on this. Rogers looks really happy, and

678
00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:25,520
Speaker 1: yesterday is a good example. They've started blowing out the

679
00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:28,480
Speaker 1: Raiders and la Fleur kept calling past plays in the

680
00:34:28,520 --> 00:34:31,160
Speaker 1: red zone and let kept letting him. I don't want

681
00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:33,719
Speaker 1: to say Patti stats, because he was gonna ball out

682
00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:36,800
Speaker 1: no matter what he was dialed yesterday. But he instead

683
00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:40,279
Speaker 1: of having a five touchdown, five passing touchdowns and a

684
00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:43,719
Speaker 1: rushing touchdown, he could have easily had maybe three touchdowns.

685
00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:45,640
Speaker 1: And then they mix in a couple of rush touchdowns

686
00:34:45,680 --> 00:34:48,120
Speaker 1: for the running back they didn't do that, and Rogers

687
00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:51,200
Speaker 1: had a huge smile on his face, and it's clear

688
00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:54,920
Speaker 1: he feels like the weight of McCarthy and that toxic

689
00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:57,680
Speaker 1: relationship is out there. Now, does that mean that him

690
00:34:57,680 --> 00:35:00,600
Speaker 1: and Matt Lafleur agree on everything, that he loved his offense.

691
00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:04,600
Speaker 1: I'm not saying that at all, but he looks happy.

692
00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:08,520
Speaker 1: And so whatever Matt Laflour is doing, it's working because yesterday,

693
00:35:08,520 --> 00:35:12,440
Speaker 1: actually the defense wasn't good. The Raiders were gashing, slicing

694
00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:16,000
Speaker 1: and dicing them, Josh Jacobs running all over them. Darren

695
00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:18,680
Speaker 1: Waller was making plays them. Maybe Darren Wallers is really good.

696
00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:20,919
Speaker 1: Maybe Josh Jacobs the rookie of the year. So maybe

697
00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:22,719
Speaker 1: we'll look back at the end of the year and go, well,

698
00:35:22,719 --> 00:35:24,400
Speaker 1: those two guys are Pro bowlers and they might be

699
00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:26,719
Speaker 1: like it looks like Wallers headed to the Pro Bowl.

700
00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:30,200
Speaker 1: What an incredible story from drug addict to probably the

701
00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:32,480
Speaker 1: comeback player of the year in the NFL. Just incredible,

702
00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:35,480
Speaker 1: the very symbolic of what the Raiders stand for. That

703
00:35:35,520 --> 00:35:37,520
Speaker 1: type guy they just don't They haven't hit on a

704
00:35:37,520 --> 00:35:39,800
Speaker 1: guy like that in years. They finally did, and Josh

705
00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:42,640
Speaker 1: Jacobs is stud so their defense was getting gashed. And really,

706
00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:45,520
Speaker 1: before the car fumbled the ball, he was playing well,

707
00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:47,520
Speaker 1: and he did play pretty well for the most part

708
00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:50,600
Speaker 1: of the game, but Rogers was in a completely different planet.

709
00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:53,680
Speaker 1: Now I understand he's playing really well, he's gonna be happy.

710
00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:57,320
Speaker 1: But I watch a good amount of his press conferences.

711
00:35:57,680 --> 00:35:59,479
Speaker 1: How how could you not you? Just if you follow

712
00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:02,520
Speaker 1: the NFL, Rogers is one of the its biggest stars,

713
00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:05,359
Speaker 1: and he seems to have a different vibe to him

714
00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:07,680
Speaker 1: this year and now winning cure's all, there's no if

715
00:36:07,680 --> 00:36:11,120
Speaker 1: they were two and four instead of five and one,

716
00:36:11,719 --> 00:36:13,960
Speaker 1: is that even? Yeah? That adds up? Would he have

717
00:36:14,040 --> 00:36:17,359
Speaker 1: the same expressions? No? But I do think if you could,

718
00:36:17,719 --> 00:36:19,640
Speaker 1: and you know, he's pretty guarded at this point in

719
00:36:19,680 --> 00:36:22,040
Speaker 1: time in his life and his career, if you could

720
00:36:22,080 --> 00:36:25,080
Speaker 1: have some beers with him and just talk life, I'd

721
00:36:25,120 --> 00:36:27,440
Speaker 1: be shocked if he didn't tell you how much more

722
00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:30,120
Speaker 1: joyful it is to come into the office now, how

723
00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:32,919
Speaker 1: much freer he feels to have McCarthy out of there.

724
00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:37,360
Speaker 1: And sometimes you know, besides, hopefully the relationship you have,

725
00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:39,920
Speaker 1: like with your wife and obviously like your kids, most

726
00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:45,360
Speaker 1: relationships are usually meant end right professionally. Uh, even even

727
00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:48,279
Speaker 1: many personal relationships you kind of separate from people as

728
00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:50,880
Speaker 1: you grow, you go down a different past. But definitely professionally,

729
00:36:50,920 --> 00:36:54,080
Speaker 1: most professional relationships don't last forever. And when you're in

730
00:36:54,239 --> 00:36:57,360
Speaker 1: such an intense partnership as a head coach and a

731
00:36:57,400 --> 00:37:01,560
Speaker 1: star quarterback like go, ten plus years is a lot.

732
00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:04,560
Speaker 1: It's what's pretty nuts about Brady and Belichick. They've just

733
00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:08,839
Speaker 1: won so much that they've overcome probably their differences over

734
00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:11,080
Speaker 1: the years. But you saw those last two years when

735
00:37:11,080 --> 00:37:15,560
Speaker 1: they started losing. You can't even fake it anymore. And

736
00:37:16,160 --> 00:37:18,719
Speaker 1: so Matt Lafleur, whatever he's doing to keep his star

737
00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:22,799
Speaker 1: quarterback happy, it's working. And Rogers looks like kind of

738
00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:26,400
Speaker 1: a new human being right now. Okay, let's get into

739
00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:31,839
Speaker 1: the Baltimore Ravens and Lamar Jackson and a lot of

740
00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:34,080
Speaker 1: people have been damn ing and tweeting at me middle

741
00:37:34,920 --> 00:37:38,440
Speaker 1: are you ready to eat Crow? Are you gonna eat Crow?

742
00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:44,520
Speaker 1: And uh no, I'm not because I don't even necessarily

743
00:37:44,520 --> 00:37:46,920
Speaker 1: think I'm wrong. Yet, let me stay by saying this,

744
00:37:47,160 --> 00:37:49,560
Speaker 1: I would not have drafted Lamar Jackson. I also would

745
00:37:49,560 --> 00:37:54,400
Speaker 1: not have drafted Josh Allen. I've said this many, many times.

746
00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:56,600
Speaker 1: This is this is a business for me, This is

747
00:37:56,600 --> 00:37:59,960
Speaker 1: not personal. I've actually grown to really really like Lamar

748
00:38:00,120 --> 00:38:04,840
Speaker 1: Jackson watching the game yesterday. Like something you appreciate the

749
00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:08,520
Speaker 1: older you get when you're in this business of evaluating

750
00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:11,160
Speaker 1: and talking about people. Is when you meet people or

751
00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:13,160
Speaker 1: when you know people that are around people and they

752
00:38:13,160 --> 00:38:15,399
Speaker 1: speak highly of them, it's hard to not like him.

753
00:38:15,880 --> 00:38:18,120
Speaker 1: It's easy to root against people that you think are

754
00:38:18,120 --> 00:38:22,360
Speaker 1: slap dicks. It's easy to root against the douches, especially

755
00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:24,720
Speaker 1: when you don't like him. As players gets a little

756
00:38:24,719 --> 00:38:27,640
Speaker 1: more complicated when the guy is a good player, you know,

757
00:38:27,640 --> 00:38:30,279
Speaker 1: and kind of a bad guy, It's easy for me

758
00:38:30,320 --> 00:38:34,280
Speaker 1: to root on Lamar Jackson. He seems like a fantastic guy.

759
00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:38,080
Speaker 1: Yesterday on a delay of game he went ape ship,

760
00:38:38,680 --> 00:38:41,480
Speaker 1: so clearly his give a damn is really really high.

761
00:38:41,640 --> 00:38:45,879
Speaker 1: You can't not watch him and feel that. I think

762
00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:49,040
Speaker 1: Colin tweeted it like he's got some flaws, but his

763
00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:51,560
Speaker 1: energy and effort and give a damn, you just it.

764
00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:55,200
Speaker 1: It jumps through the screen. But he has a fundamental flaw.

765
00:38:55,600 --> 00:39:00,480
Speaker 1: He's not very accurate. So to sustain quarterback in the

766
00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:03,360
Speaker 1: National Football League, I'm not talking high school football, and

767
00:39:03,400 --> 00:39:06,920
Speaker 1: I'm not talking college football, talking about Sundays, and to

768
00:39:06,960 --> 00:39:10,960
Speaker 1: be consistent on Sunday for the long term, you gotta

769
00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:13,479
Speaker 1: be able to complete passes at a really high rate

770
00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:16,560
Speaker 1: in today's day and age because of your ability and

771
00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:19,960
Speaker 1: the way the rules, because of the rules make it

772
00:39:20,040 --> 00:39:22,720
Speaker 1: for quarterbacks ability to just have easy lay up passes,

773
00:39:22,920 --> 00:39:24,799
Speaker 1: You're gonna get a ton of laps. They can't touch

774
00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:29,520
Speaker 1: your wide receivers. There's this term called uh defenseless players.

775
00:39:29,640 --> 00:39:31,480
Speaker 1: Even though the receivers running over the middle of the

776
00:39:31,520 --> 00:39:34,000
Speaker 1: field can't touch them, can't them cantet the quarterback can

777
00:39:34,080 --> 00:39:37,719
Speaker 1: ht the receivers pitch and catch. It's a receiver quarterback

778
00:39:37,800 --> 00:39:41,120
Speaker 1: league more than ever, just because of the rules. I

779
00:39:41,120 --> 00:39:45,239
Speaker 1: I feel for defenders. Yesterday completed nine passes. Let me

780
00:39:45,320 --> 00:39:50,200
Speaker 1: repeat that, nine passes on the road in Seattle. In

781
00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:53,959
Speaker 1: what world in the last of this Pete Carroll era,

782
00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:57,000
Speaker 1: could you ever have gone to Seattle and complete nine

783
00:39:57,040 --> 00:40:00,200
Speaker 1: passes and win the game. It's not happening. Now. He

784
00:40:00,360 --> 00:40:05,560
Speaker 1: made some plays with his legs that were just badass.

785
00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:09,880
Speaker 1: They were incredible. He he was making plays on his legs.

786
00:40:10,640 --> 00:40:12,640
Speaker 1: With his legs, it looks like a high school quarterback.

787
00:40:12,680 --> 00:40:15,920
Speaker 1: He's an exceptional runner. I take a little offense when

788
00:40:15,960 --> 00:40:18,439
Speaker 1: I see Ryan Clark say he's the best running quarterback ever.

789
00:40:18,840 --> 00:40:21,839
Speaker 1: Now that's Michael Vick. Like google Michael Vick to check

790
00:40:21,880 --> 00:40:25,400
Speaker 1: out YouTube. That's not a criticism of Lamar. Like Michael

791
00:40:25,440 --> 00:40:27,680
Speaker 1: was faster, he had a better arm. Who's a better

792
00:40:27,760 --> 00:40:30,759
Speaker 1: version of Lamar? Now? Lamar might be slightly more accurate.

793
00:40:31,800 --> 00:40:33,960
Speaker 1: Lamar and some rough drops. I'm not saying that all

794
00:40:34,120 --> 00:40:37,319
Speaker 1: his nine completions should have been like twelve, but he's

795
00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:39,160
Speaker 1: just not the most accurate player. And they're telling you

796
00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:40,560
Speaker 1: like they want to run the ball, and they want

797
00:40:40,640 --> 00:40:43,520
Speaker 1: Lamar to run the ball. But when you when some

798
00:40:43,600 --> 00:40:46,680
Speaker 1: of your go to plays or quarterback power or just

799
00:40:46,760 --> 00:40:49,600
Speaker 1: to have him kind of freelance and make plays with

800
00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:52,640
Speaker 1: his legs, that that's not something that's gonna work for

801
00:40:52,680 --> 00:40:54,319
Speaker 1: ten plus years now, can't I get some of the

802
00:40:54,320 --> 00:40:57,000
Speaker 1: playoffs and back to back years. Yes, are the Ravens

803
00:40:57,040 --> 00:40:59,720
Speaker 1: now at five and two and the Browns suck? Steelers

804
00:40:59,719 --> 00:41:01,800
Speaker 1: are done? Then the Bengals are awful, gonna make the playoffs?

805
00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:04,319
Speaker 1: Yes they are. Am I gonna bet the house on

806
00:41:04,440 --> 00:41:06,920
Speaker 1: them to lose that playoff game. If they play the

807
00:41:06,960 --> 00:41:09,080
Speaker 1: Bills or the Texans, you bet your ass. I am

808
00:41:09,239 --> 00:41:11,719
Speaker 1: did it last year against the Chargers, and Lamar was

809
00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:15,520
Speaker 1: terrible because you have to throw to win big games. Now,

810
00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:18,960
Speaker 1: yesterday it was a big game. They got fourteen points

811
00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:23,640
Speaker 1: off turnovers. People like, look at Lamar. Give Lamar his credit.

812
00:41:24,560 --> 00:41:26,160
Speaker 1: He threw for a hundred yards, he ran for a

813
00:41:26,239 --> 00:41:28,960
Speaker 1: hunter almost a hundred fifty, and he was sensational on

814
00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:31,480
Speaker 1: the ground making play. But you don't do that like

815
00:41:31,480 --> 00:41:33,880
Speaker 1: you're gonna do that against New England. You're gonna do

816
00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:37,200
Speaker 1: that against Remember the last year against the Chargers. You

817
00:41:37,239 --> 00:41:39,760
Speaker 1: think you're gonna get into a shooting contest with Andy

818
00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:45,880
Speaker 1: Reid and Patrick Mahomes. You're gonna beat the Colts that way. No, No,

819
00:41:46,480 --> 00:41:50,560
Speaker 1: you beat the Saints, you beat the Niners. No, it's

820
00:41:50,560 --> 00:41:52,719
Speaker 1: not the way you win in this league. Like you

821
00:41:52,760 --> 00:41:55,280
Speaker 1: can lose weight because you just don't eat or fast.

822
00:41:55,560 --> 00:41:58,439
Speaker 1: That's not a sustainable way to live. Try working out

823
00:41:58,560 --> 00:42:02,280
Speaker 1: and just eating healthy. It's easier. It's like try completing passes.

824
00:42:02,719 --> 00:42:06,799
Speaker 1: We saw Cam Newton who is physically the like and

825
00:42:06,840 --> 00:42:09,359
Speaker 1: I'm not saying Cam's this way, but I'm just saying,

826
00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:12,560
Speaker 1: like the steroid version of Lamar. Again, Cam is just

827
00:42:12,640 --> 00:42:15,839
Speaker 1: a born that way. I'm not I have no problem

828
00:42:15,880 --> 00:42:18,640
Speaker 1: calling out, you know, baseball players steroid you. I'm not

829
00:42:18,680 --> 00:42:21,279
Speaker 1: saying Cam Newton just steroid easier. I'm just saying, like

830
00:42:21,360 --> 00:42:24,879
Speaker 1: that's if you went into the lab and and supersize

831
00:42:24,960 --> 00:42:28,799
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson, you get Cam Newton who's way bigger, stronger, arm,

832
00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:33,160
Speaker 1: just physically much more complete, and he was able to

833
00:42:33,160 --> 00:42:35,440
Speaker 1: do it for seven eight years and his body just

834
00:42:35,840 --> 00:42:38,920
Speaker 1: basically tapped out on him. All these injuries, all these

835
00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:44,000
Speaker 1: years running quarterback power, running around done over. And I

836
00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:46,600
Speaker 1: don't think anyone would argue that Cam Newton was a

837
00:42:46,760 --> 00:42:49,799
Speaker 1: much more talented prospect, even early on his career than

838
00:42:49,880 --> 00:42:53,800
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson. You can be blown away by the quarterback runs.

839
00:42:53,840 --> 00:42:56,840
Speaker 1: They're awesome. I do like them, and I'm not anti

840
00:42:56,960 --> 00:43:00,600
Speaker 1: him doing that. I enjoy watching him run around. I

841
00:43:00,680 --> 00:43:02,160
Speaker 1: just don't think you can do like. Is he gonna

842
00:43:02,200 --> 00:43:04,279
Speaker 1: be the quarterback of the Baltimore Ravens for the next

843
00:43:04,320 --> 00:43:07,920
Speaker 1: ten years? How's he gonna sustain doing this? You watch

844
00:43:08,040 --> 00:43:11,000
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson when he slides and he gets out of bounds.

845
00:43:11,080 --> 00:43:14,640
Speaker 1: You watch Lamar Jackson, who dives forward. You know, when

846
00:43:14,680 --> 00:43:16,759
Speaker 1: you do dive forward, you're not giving yourself up. When

847
00:43:16,800 --> 00:43:19,320
Speaker 1: you're in the air and in like parallel to the ground,

848
00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:22,560
Speaker 1: these defenders will try to hit you and hit you

849
00:43:22,760 --> 00:43:25,960
Speaker 1: hard and inflict pain because the only time in the

850
00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:28,799
Speaker 1: week they get to hit you it's the and and

851
00:43:28,840 --> 00:43:30,640
Speaker 1: they can't touch you when you slide where you go

852
00:43:30,680 --> 00:43:33,560
Speaker 1: out of bounds. Look, that's not really Lamar style. So

853
00:43:33,719 --> 00:43:36,920
Speaker 1: unless Lamar dramatically changes the style and learns to win

854
00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:40,279
Speaker 1: within the pocket, this is not a long term experiment.

855
00:43:40,560 --> 00:43:42,239
Speaker 1: This is going to be short term. Now, I'm not

856
00:43:42,280 --> 00:43:44,680
Speaker 1: telling you not to enjoy it. And it's not fun

857
00:43:44,719 --> 00:43:47,600
Speaker 1: to watch. It's not fun to watch just his energy.

858
00:43:47,640 --> 00:43:50,240
Speaker 1: I like it. I like I'm a hard I'm a

859
00:43:50,280 --> 00:43:54,000
Speaker 1: hard Bob family from Jack Hardball to John and Jim.

860
00:43:54,160 --> 00:43:57,040
Speaker 1: I like the I root for the Hardball family. I

861
00:43:57,080 --> 00:43:59,200
Speaker 1: like they're just crazy s O B s. And I

862
00:43:59,280 --> 00:44:02,200
Speaker 1: like him. So I like seeing John Wynn teams are

863
00:44:02,239 --> 00:44:05,399
Speaker 1: just He's crazy. But this, do I think they're gonna

864
00:44:05,400 --> 00:44:07,319
Speaker 1: be able to sustain being able to do this forever? No,

865
00:44:08,600 --> 00:44:10,839
Speaker 1: and maybe they do not even think. Maybe just ride him,

866
00:44:10,920 --> 00:44:12,560
Speaker 1: run him into the ground and then we'll figure it

867
00:44:12,560 --> 00:44:15,239
Speaker 1: out after. Maybe that's their plan, but I just hope

868
00:44:15,280 --> 00:44:18,319
Speaker 1: everyone realizes that this this is a short term fix

869
00:44:18,400 --> 00:44:21,120
Speaker 1: and it's not gonna work in the playoffs. It just

870
00:44:21,280 --> 00:44:25,400
Speaker 1: it doesn't. So if you lamar Jackson Truthers, if you're

871
00:44:25,440 --> 00:44:28,600
Speaker 1: if you're expecting an apology, you're gonna be waiting a

872
00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:33,799
Speaker 1: while for me. Okay, let's dive into something that I saw. Well,

873
00:44:33,840 --> 00:44:37,400
Speaker 1: I saw it yesterday and it was most of you

874
00:44:37,480 --> 00:44:40,239
Speaker 1: probably did too. I didn't really even watch the whole game,

875
00:44:40,239 --> 00:44:43,120
Speaker 1: but I saw the highlights, Jalen Ramsey making plays, Rams

876
00:44:43,920 --> 00:44:46,919
Speaker 1: beat the crap out of you know, a team that's quit.

877
00:44:47,040 --> 00:44:49,160
Speaker 1: Let's just call let's call the Falcons what they are.

878
00:44:49,239 --> 00:44:52,880
Speaker 1: They're a team that's quit and they have officially quit

879
00:44:53,080 --> 00:44:56,080
Speaker 1: on dan Quinn and the Rams went in there and

880
00:44:56,160 --> 00:44:59,320
Speaker 1: kick the living crap out of them. And Jalen Ramsey

881
00:44:59,560 --> 00:45:02,839
Speaker 1: was making place I think he forced to fumble, might

882
00:45:02,880 --> 00:45:06,520
Speaker 1: have had a PVU. We started he played, and I

883
00:45:06,560 --> 00:45:10,480
Speaker 1: read this morning Albert Brier, who now writes the MMQB

884
00:45:10,640 --> 00:45:13,640
Speaker 1: that Peter King used to write, and he said some

885
00:45:13,760 --> 00:45:18,719
Speaker 1: interesting things. He said the shot Khan, which we all

886
00:45:18,800 --> 00:45:21,880
Speaker 1: knew didn't want to trade him but his last and

887
00:45:21,960 --> 00:45:25,239
Speaker 1: final straw was this back injury that he went three

888
00:45:25,239 --> 00:45:28,880
Speaker 1: straight games without playing, and Jalen Ramsey gave some quotes

889
00:45:28,920 --> 00:45:32,360
Speaker 1: to back to Albert, basically saying, I don't know why

890
00:45:32,400 --> 00:45:35,160
Speaker 1: they were getting mad that I wasn't playing. I clearly

891
00:45:35,239 --> 00:45:39,120
Speaker 1: wasn't practicing. And then he plays for the Rams a

892
00:45:39,160 --> 00:45:42,000
Speaker 1: week after being traded less than that, right, he was

893
00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:45,520
Speaker 1: traded what Monday? So he played on Sunday. I watched

894
00:45:45,520 --> 00:45:47,759
Speaker 1: his thing that he did with Dion Sanders after the game,

895
00:45:48,160 --> 00:45:50,360
Speaker 1: and they kind of mocked it and they laughed at it.

896
00:45:51,440 --> 00:45:54,200
Speaker 1: I don't care how Jalen Ramsey handled his business to

897
00:45:54,239 --> 00:45:56,520
Speaker 1: get out of there. He hates Tom Coflin. You do

898
00:45:56,560 --> 00:45:59,480
Speaker 1: whatever you want, but let's just call a spade a spade.

899
00:45:59,600 --> 00:46:03,120
Speaker 1: He bit in Jacksonville. He quit, tapped out, had enough. Quit.

900
00:46:04,120 --> 00:46:08,040
Speaker 1: And I do understand where Shod Cohn's coming from. He

901
00:46:08,120 --> 00:46:10,840
Speaker 1: got paid those weeks and he just refused to work,

902
00:46:11,680 --> 00:46:14,560
Speaker 1: you know. And I think Shan Khan has a right

903
00:46:14,640 --> 00:46:18,319
Speaker 1: to be a little mad because paid him thinking that

904
00:46:18,400 --> 00:46:20,080
Speaker 1: he could work it out and keep him there. And

905
00:46:20,160 --> 00:46:22,640
Speaker 1: Rams you gotta play them, and I don't think you

906
00:46:22,880 --> 00:46:27,719
Speaker 1: very often see this that Ramsey. In the NFL, it's

907
00:46:27,840 --> 00:46:30,680
Speaker 1: hard to strong arm your way out of somewhere. I

908
00:46:30,719 --> 00:46:33,520
Speaker 1: know Gruden loves to say that's what Mac did. He

909
00:46:33,640 --> 00:46:38,359
Speaker 1: didn't really though, because he wanted to say there. They

910
00:46:38,400 --> 00:46:40,600
Speaker 1: just refused to pay him. And they were never gonna

911
00:46:40,600 --> 00:46:43,239
Speaker 1: pay him because Gruden, you know, potentially the owner didn't

912
00:46:43,280 --> 00:46:46,799
Speaker 1: have money. Whatever. There's conflicting reports, but Mac would have

913
00:46:46,840 --> 00:46:49,560
Speaker 1: taken their ninety million dollars that was the going rate.

914
00:46:50,239 --> 00:46:53,840
Speaker 1: Clearly the Jacksonville Jaguars were okay with paying him. Jalen

915
00:46:53,840 --> 00:46:56,800
Speaker 1: didn't want to be there anymore, and he quit on him.

916
00:46:56,840 --> 00:46:58,839
Speaker 1: You know that Kauai did the same thing a couple

917
00:46:58,880 --> 00:47:02,160
Speaker 1: of years ago to San Antonius Spurs. He quit. He

918
00:47:02,239 --> 00:47:05,040
Speaker 1: quit like it's it's okay to say that. And again

919
00:47:05,040 --> 00:47:09,000
Speaker 1: I'm not offended by it. I really don't even care. Uh,

920
00:47:09,080 --> 00:47:11,680
Speaker 1: I mean, Kauai didn't even show up to playoff games

921
00:47:11,920 --> 00:47:14,759
Speaker 1: when the Spurs were playing the Warriors that year. You

922
00:47:14,760 --> 00:47:17,960
Speaker 1: could argue at least Jalen was still coming around the

923
00:47:18,040 --> 00:47:21,359
Speaker 1: team functions. But he quitnly got his way, and it's

924
00:47:21,560 --> 00:47:24,239
Speaker 1: rare you see this in the league. You know, Chok

925
00:47:24,320 --> 00:47:28,399
Speaker 1: went up for the player empowerment because I saw Peter King,

926
00:47:29,600 --> 00:47:33,279
Speaker 1: I think tweeted either Sunday night or Monday morning. You

927
00:47:33,320 --> 00:47:36,920
Speaker 1: know sometimes on Twitter you get tweets from days before,

928
00:47:37,040 --> 00:47:39,680
Speaker 1: but you think it's that morning. And he said an

929
00:47:39,800 --> 00:47:43,600
Speaker 1: NBA an NFL executive at texted him like the NFL

930
00:47:43,719 --> 00:47:47,319
Speaker 1: is becoming like the NBA. And I will always throw

931
00:47:47,360 --> 00:47:50,040
Speaker 1: a red flag on that same thing. With the NBA.

932
00:47:50,239 --> 00:47:52,640
Speaker 1: You don't have to let the player push you around.

933
00:47:53,480 --> 00:47:55,960
Speaker 1: If he's under contract, you just say screw you, you're

934
00:47:55,960 --> 00:47:59,520
Speaker 1: gonna play. It's what you know happens in business. A

935
00:47:59,560 --> 00:48:02,120
Speaker 1: lot of people just kind of puss out. Now. I

936
00:48:02,120 --> 00:48:06,200
Speaker 1: don't necessarily think the Jaguars did in this instance, because

937
00:48:06,200 --> 00:48:08,759
Speaker 1: the guy just will stop playing. I think a lot

938
00:48:08,800 --> 00:48:11,320
Speaker 1: of times like okay, like Kyrie Irving a couple of

939
00:48:11,360 --> 00:48:14,239
Speaker 1: years ago, demanded a trade and the Cleveland Cavaliers just

940
00:48:14,280 --> 00:48:17,400
Speaker 1: gave him away for basically nothing. That to me as

941
00:48:17,440 --> 00:48:19,359
Speaker 1: player in powerment, because they didn't have to just get

942
00:48:19,400 --> 00:48:23,040
Speaker 1: shoved around like that. Paul George like, I want out, Well,

943
00:48:23,120 --> 00:48:25,400
Speaker 1: you could have just said no, we're not trading you.

944
00:48:26,040 --> 00:48:28,759
Speaker 1: Jalen Ramsey, We're not trading you. He's just gonna keep

945
00:48:28,800 --> 00:48:31,359
Speaker 1: faking his back injury and there's nothing really you can do.

946
00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:34,520
Speaker 1: But how many players in the NFL really can strong

947
00:48:34,640 --> 00:48:37,520
Speaker 1: arm their way out of places like Cleil? Like I said,

948
00:48:37,520 --> 00:48:40,120
Speaker 1: with Cleil Mack, he was just asking for ninety million

949
00:48:40,160 --> 00:48:42,800
Speaker 1: dollars that was the going rate. Once Donald got his cash.

950
00:48:43,600 --> 00:48:47,279
Speaker 1: Jalen Ramsey just hated Tom Conflin. Most players in the

951
00:48:47,360 --> 00:48:49,880
Speaker 1: NFL are good with staying somewhere as long as they

952
00:48:49,880 --> 00:48:53,120
Speaker 1: get paid. Clowney just wanted to get paid. He knew

953
00:48:53,160 --> 00:48:55,799
Speaker 1: Houston wasn't gonna pay him, so this holdout was never

954
00:48:55,840 --> 00:48:59,719
Speaker 1: gonna end. Even Melvin Gordon, who held out, kind of realized, like,

955
00:49:00,080 --> 00:49:01,800
Speaker 1: might as well show back up and get my money.

956
00:49:02,400 --> 00:49:05,280
Speaker 1: I I think making blanket statements like the league's dramatically

957
00:49:05,320 --> 00:49:08,239
Speaker 1: gonna change. I'm just calling BS on that a little bit,

958
00:49:08,760 --> 00:49:12,520
Speaker 1: but I do appreciate. I guess I get a laugh

959
00:49:12,960 --> 00:49:14,799
Speaker 1: out of the way that Jalen Ramsey just quit on

960
00:49:14,800 --> 00:49:17,680
Speaker 1: the Jacks, just stop playing and then faked an injury

961
00:49:18,160 --> 00:49:20,960
Speaker 1: and one of those injuries that it's like you can't

962
00:49:21,000 --> 00:49:23,520
Speaker 1: say you got a broken hand or you know, a

963
00:49:23,560 --> 00:49:25,800
Speaker 1: pulled hammy. They can run m r I you just

964
00:49:25,800 --> 00:49:28,120
Speaker 1: say I gotta hurt back They're like, what do you

965
00:49:28,120 --> 00:49:31,719
Speaker 1: mean he's like back, hurts stiff. There's nothing really they

966
00:49:31,719 --> 00:49:35,839
Speaker 1: can do. So Jalen Ramsey achieved his goal and now

967
00:49:35,880 --> 00:49:40,640
Speaker 1: he's l a ram Okay, let's get into the Middlecoff

968
00:49:40,680 --> 00:49:45,760
Speaker 1: mail bag where we take your questions and we answer him.

969
00:49:45,880 --> 00:49:49,080
Speaker 1: I just got a Belichick coaching. Until he beach Don

970
00:49:49,080 --> 00:49:55,040
Speaker 1: Shula's record, maybe I wouldn't put it past him. Is

971
00:49:55,080 --> 00:49:58,080
Speaker 1: belichicking a quick coaching anytime soon? Because it's sure hard

972
00:49:58,080 --> 00:50:01,799
Speaker 1: to see that. Okay, Big Big Fan Weekly listener, do

973
00:50:01,800 --> 00:50:04,880
Speaker 1: you think Travis Kelsey has been somewhat underperforming? If so,

974
00:50:04,960 --> 00:50:07,879
Speaker 1: do you think he will start getting more opportunities now

975
00:50:07,920 --> 00:50:11,879
Speaker 1: that Hill is back? I thought, when did I see him?

976
00:50:12,000 --> 00:50:14,080
Speaker 1: I guess I saw him, saw him live when he

977
00:50:14,080 --> 00:50:16,920
Speaker 1: played Oakland week two. I thought he looked fantastic. I

978
00:50:17,360 --> 00:50:19,759
Speaker 1: thought he looked good early in the season, you know,

979
00:50:19,800 --> 00:50:22,880
Speaker 1: the first couple of games. Maybe I wasn't super locked in.

980
00:50:23,000 --> 00:50:25,440
Speaker 1: I guess he probably wasn't that productive against the Colts

981
00:50:26,719 --> 00:50:29,200
Speaker 1: did they just they have the Denver game. I think

982
00:50:29,239 --> 00:50:32,239
Speaker 1: he's been fine. I I also think, like you said,

983
00:50:32,280 --> 00:50:36,480
Speaker 1: with Hill out, he's their number one weapon, so he's

984
00:50:36,760 --> 00:50:38,640
Speaker 1: I would imagine if you went down and broke down

985
00:50:38,640 --> 00:50:41,279
Speaker 1: the All twenty two. He was taking a lot of heat.

986
00:50:41,480 --> 00:50:44,040
Speaker 1: Hill should help him out. Sammy Watkins has been banged up.

987
00:50:44,520 --> 00:50:47,560
Speaker 1: They've had injuries of their running game, so I I

988
00:50:47,640 --> 00:50:51,719
Speaker 1: definitely think that it'll be uh, it'll be okay when

989
00:50:51,719 --> 00:50:54,319
Speaker 1: it all plays out like he's he's an excellent he's

990
00:50:54,320 --> 00:50:58,600
Speaker 1: an elite player. See if I can got some of these,

991
00:50:58,600 --> 00:51:01,960
Speaker 1: you guys send some long questions. Eighteen I and T

992
00:51:02,200 --> 00:51:05,359
Speaker 1: s in today's NFL is unacceptable. How did Winston throw

993
00:51:05,440 --> 00:51:07,680
Speaker 1: that vine at Florida State in thirteen games to get

994
00:51:07,760 --> 00:51:10,520
Speaker 1: drafted number one overall? It's a hell of a question.

995
00:51:11,239 --> 00:51:13,480
Speaker 1: I assumed the Mannings forced the ELI trade to the

996
00:51:13,520 --> 00:51:16,400
Speaker 1: Giants to have him and Peyton and separate conferences and

997
00:51:16,440 --> 00:51:19,040
Speaker 1: play each other only rarely, But now I wonder if

998
00:51:19,040 --> 00:51:22,839
Speaker 1: they didn't trust the Spanos ownership the Chargers. Okay, let's

999
00:51:22,840 --> 00:51:27,400
Speaker 1: start with a second question. Dean Spanos one of the

1000
00:51:27,440 --> 00:51:29,799
Speaker 1: reasons the Chargers are always in these tight games for

1001
00:51:29,800 --> 00:51:32,520
Speaker 1: the last ten plush years ever since Marty Schottenheimer left

1002
00:51:32,880 --> 00:51:37,400
Speaker 1: because Dean Spanos pays you know, tiny wages to his coaches.

1003
00:51:37,719 --> 00:51:39,840
Speaker 1: He always has the lowest paid coach in the NFL,

1004
00:51:40,200 --> 00:51:43,360
Speaker 1: whether it's Mike McCoy now Anthony Lynn. He likes cheap coaches.

1005
00:51:43,800 --> 00:51:46,280
Speaker 1: He do you think Dean Spanos in a million years

1006
00:51:46,719 --> 00:51:49,839
Speaker 1: would ever offer Sean Payton ten million dollars or go

1007
00:51:49,920 --> 00:51:53,200
Speaker 1: after a Lincoln Riley or Erman Meyer. Of course not

1008
00:51:53,800 --> 00:51:58,120
Speaker 1: that is not his m oh Dean Spanos gets off

1009
00:51:58,360 --> 00:52:01,439
Speaker 1: looking at his savings account. Can you imagine being born

1010
00:52:01,600 --> 00:52:04,959
Speaker 1: rich and then inherit a football team and still pinch

1011
00:52:05,040 --> 00:52:08,960
Speaker 1: pennies nothing more? In life? I I resent than rich

1012
00:52:09,040 --> 00:52:11,520
Speaker 1: people that are that are cheap. And I don't mean

1013
00:52:11,560 --> 00:52:16,960
Speaker 1: necessarily like smart decisions with their money, but legitimately cheap

1014
00:52:17,000 --> 00:52:19,799
Speaker 1: with everything they do. And when I look at Dean Spanos,

1015
00:52:19,800 --> 00:52:24,480
Speaker 1: it just screams I'm cheap everything about him. It's like, bro,

1016
00:52:24,640 --> 00:52:27,200
Speaker 1: you deserve to lose. The only reason I don't necessarily

1017
00:52:27,320 --> 00:52:29,320
Speaker 1: root for them to lose because I like Philip Rivers

1018
00:52:29,960 --> 00:52:31,360
Speaker 1: uh and I like some of their other players to

1019
00:52:31,480 --> 00:52:36,239
Speaker 1: Keenan Allen Boson Ingram, but man, he just his cheapness

1020
00:52:36,360 --> 00:52:39,839
Speaker 1: is is is disgusting from if you're an NFL fan,

1021
00:52:40,120 --> 00:52:43,160
Speaker 1: especially if you're a Charger fan. Winston, I think a

1022
00:52:43,200 --> 00:52:45,839
Speaker 1: lot had to do with just his attributes. You know,

1023
00:52:45,880 --> 00:52:48,200
Speaker 1: he was huge. He actually was really smart. You know,

1024
00:52:48,239 --> 00:52:52,000
Speaker 1: he academically qualified for a dumb player, because you go, god,

1025
00:52:52,040 --> 00:52:54,000
Speaker 1: he's a low i Q football player, and he is.

1026
00:52:54,239 --> 00:52:56,719
Speaker 1: He's a really smart guy. He was an academic qualifier

1027
00:52:56,760 --> 00:52:59,759
Speaker 1: to Stanford. Like, he's bright. You know, that's what I

1028
00:52:59,800 --> 00:53:02,080
Speaker 1: think drives people nuts as you get around him. People

1029
00:53:02,120 --> 00:53:05,640
Speaker 1: like him. His teammates liked him, but yeah, he just

1030
00:53:06,680 --> 00:53:10,600
Speaker 1: it's looking back, it was an enormous red flag. You usually,

1031
00:53:10,760 --> 00:53:12,800
Speaker 1: you know what they say, a leopard doesn't change the spots.

1032
00:53:13,600 --> 00:53:15,840
Speaker 1: He showed you who he was. We just and I

1033
00:53:16,440 --> 00:53:18,239
Speaker 1: was the same. I would have drafted their number one

1034
00:53:18,239 --> 00:53:20,759
Speaker 1: as well. I liked him more than Mariota. It's not

1035
00:53:20,880 --> 00:53:23,600
Speaker 1: like Mariota is any good, but you just when you

1036
00:53:23,640 --> 00:53:27,200
Speaker 1: throw that many picks, it's just something he does. That's

1037
00:53:27,200 --> 00:53:31,000
Speaker 1: a crazy stat. Eighteen picks in thirteen games, eighteen interceptions

1038
00:53:31,000 --> 00:53:33,840
Speaker 1: in college for a guy who went number one overall. God,

1039
00:53:33,880 --> 00:53:37,680
Speaker 1: that's that's a hell of stat. By you. This seems

1040
00:53:37,680 --> 00:53:39,560
Speaker 1: obvious to me, But why can't we have an eight

1041
00:53:39,600 --> 00:53:42,919
Speaker 1: team playoff in college football? The five champions from Power

1042
00:53:43,000 --> 00:53:45,680
Speaker 1: five get in, as well as three wild cards from

1043
00:53:45,680 --> 00:53:48,920
Speaker 1: this gets conference played to mean, which the n C

1044
00:53:49,000 --> 00:53:51,759
Speaker 1: Double A is worried about, and also might let the

1045
00:53:51,760 --> 00:53:54,239
Speaker 1: talent balance out with high level recruise. Choosing to play

1046
00:53:54,280 --> 00:53:56,279
Speaker 1: in a weaker conferences like the PAC twelve because it

1047
00:53:56,320 --> 00:53:59,239
Speaker 1: increases their chances of getting into the tournament not a

1048
00:53:59,320 --> 00:54:03,640
Speaker 1: terrible idea. So this year would probably be either Utah,

1049
00:54:03,800 --> 00:54:08,600
Speaker 1: Oregon would be in Oklahoma, Clemson, probably Ohio State, but

1050
00:54:08,640 --> 00:54:12,440
Speaker 1: don't sleep on Penn State and Alabama or l s U.

1051
00:54:13,040 --> 00:54:14,839
Speaker 1: But I think we know right away. So let's say

1052
00:54:14,920 --> 00:54:17,680
Speaker 1: Utah would get Let's say Utah beats Oregon. Let's for

1053
00:54:17,719 --> 00:54:20,040
Speaker 1: ships and giggles, let's say Oregon beats Utah. I know

1054
00:54:20,080 --> 00:54:22,600
Speaker 1: my guy, Jeff Schwartz, Oregon guy. Say Oregon wins the

1055
00:54:22,640 --> 00:54:25,680
Speaker 1: PAC twelve, they're in Alabama wins the SEC, they're in

1056
00:54:26,160 --> 00:54:29,799
Speaker 1: Clemson wins, They're in Ohio State wins, they're in and

1057
00:54:29,880 --> 00:54:32,600
Speaker 1: Oklahoma wins. There. That's five. Then I think you go.

1058
00:54:32,680 --> 00:54:34,759
Speaker 1: Probably L s U and Penn State would also get

1059
00:54:34,800 --> 00:54:37,640
Speaker 1: a nod. How sweet would that be? Like Penn States

1060
00:54:37,680 --> 00:54:40,880
Speaker 1: the eight seed playing Alabama in round one? L S

1061
00:54:40,960 --> 00:54:44,279
Speaker 1: used the seven seed playing Clemson or Ohio State. In

1062
00:54:44,400 --> 00:54:48,400
Speaker 1: round one. Sign me up for that. Oklahoma, you know,

1063
00:54:48,640 --> 00:54:52,120
Speaker 1: verse Oregon round one. We we could get some great matchups.

1064
00:54:52,120 --> 00:54:54,680
Speaker 1: That's that's a that's a good question. I like that.

1065
00:54:55,080 --> 00:54:59,080
Speaker 1: I think we'll definitely head that way in the not

1066
00:54:59,360 --> 00:55:03,239
Speaker 1: so not so near future. Does that make sense in

1067
00:55:03,280 --> 00:55:06,120
Speaker 1: the near future, I would imagine maybe three or four years.

1068
00:55:06,160 --> 00:55:08,360
Speaker 1: While of eight teams, I do think the four teams

1069
00:55:08,360 --> 00:55:11,200
Speaker 1: those pretty solid. It makes all these games matter. When

1070
00:55:11,200 --> 00:55:14,600
Speaker 1: Georgia get upset gets upset, we all kind of freak.

1071
00:55:15,520 --> 00:55:19,279
Speaker 1: So yeah, I can see it. Detroit Native Lions fan,

1072
00:55:19,880 --> 00:55:22,560
Speaker 1: can you do me a big favor? Simply acknowledge on

1073
00:55:22,600 --> 00:55:24,440
Speaker 1: the next three and out that the Lion should have

1074
00:55:24,480 --> 00:55:27,000
Speaker 1: beat the Cardinals, had the game versus the Chiefs one,

1075
00:55:27,320 --> 00:55:30,040
Speaker 1: and had the game versus Green Bay one. Somehow they

1076
00:55:30,040 --> 00:55:32,520
Speaker 1: are two two and one. We easily could be five

1077
00:55:32,560 --> 00:55:35,959
Speaker 1: and oh, just acknowledge that one time for me. You're great,

1078
00:55:36,000 --> 00:55:38,799
Speaker 1: have a great day. Well, didn't the Lions just lose

1079
00:55:38,840 --> 00:55:41,439
Speaker 1: the Vikings? Yeah, it's just I feel for you guys, man,

1080
00:55:41,560 --> 00:55:45,520
Speaker 1: I really do. Because I'm a Matt Stafford guy. I

1081
00:55:45,600 --> 00:55:47,960
Speaker 1: was telling on my other podcast with Guy Habraman, Haybroman,

1082
00:55:48,000 --> 00:55:52,200
Speaker 1: Middlecoff go subscribe that the Lions are basically the Chargers

1083
00:55:52,239 --> 00:55:55,320
Speaker 1: of the Northeast. They just playing, but they lose a

1084
00:55:55,360 --> 00:55:57,799
Speaker 1: lot more of the Chargers. They play in all these

1085
00:55:57,840 --> 00:55:59,799
Speaker 1: tight games, they have all these games one and they

1086
00:55:59,840 --> 00:56:02,520
Speaker 1: just managed to lose so many of them. I I

1087
00:56:02,560 --> 00:56:05,480
Speaker 1: can understand if I'm a Lions fan, like we're so

1088
00:56:05,560 --> 00:56:08,000
Speaker 1: damn close and we just never get over the hump.

1089
00:56:08,040 --> 00:56:12,080
Speaker 1: For whatever reason, I feel you. I will acknowledge that

1090
00:56:12,120 --> 00:56:14,280
Speaker 1: you did have the Chiefs. You did have the Chiefs

1091
00:56:14,280 --> 00:56:19,000
Speaker 1: beat you the Green Bay game? When was that? Oh? Yeah,

1092
00:56:19,040 --> 00:56:21,359
Speaker 1: do you have the green Bay You had that game? One? Yeah?

1093
00:56:21,400 --> 00:56:24,359
Speaker 1: You you easily could be You're gonna be a six

1094
00:56:24,440 --> 00:56:26,760
Speaker 1: win team. And saying we shouldn't be in the playoffs.

1095
00:56:26,840 --> 00:56:30,560
Speaker 1: I they just put the NFC North stats on the

1096
00:56:31,040 --> 00:56:33,120
Speaker 1: on the Monday night football game. You guys are in

1097
00:56:33,239 --> 00:56:36,960
Speaker 1: last place and oh to the division, I feel your pain.

1098
00:56:38,080 --> 00:56:41,160
Speaker 1: Approximately ten percent of the population is left handed, yet

1099
00:56:41,200 --> 00:56:43,560
Speaker 1: there are zero quarterbacks in the NFL that are left handed.

1100
00:56:43,800 --> 00:56:48,880
Speaker 1: That's including quarterbacks. Wait, oh, that's including backups. Excuse me,

1101
00:56:49,080 --> 00:56:51,560
Speaker 1: that's not a coincidence? Right? Does two of being left

1102
00:56:51,560 --> 00:56:54,200
Speaker 1: handed drop his draft stock? Or is it something? Is

1103
00:56:54,239 --> 00:56:59,080
Speaker 1: it something teams shouldn't worry shouldn't worry about. I get.

1104
00:56:59,120 --> 00:57:00,959
Speaker 1: I get so far it up. I try to read

1105
00:57:01,200 --> 00:57:04,520
Speaker 1: faster than my brain can inhale. The knowledge shows you.

1106
00:57:04,560 --> 00:57:07,719
Speaker 1: I'm not Bill Gates. I think it's pretty random. I've

1107
00:57:07,719 --> 00:57:10,000
Speaker 1: been asked this a lot, like did you guys knock

1108
00:57:10,080 --> 00:57:12,239
Speaker 1: guys in the front office for being left handed? I

1109
00:57:12,360 --> 00:57:15,480
Speaker 1: never heard that come up once. Never once. I'm trying

1110
00:57:15,520 --> 00:57:18,600
Speaker 1: to think of a good left handed quarterback there was

1111
00:57:18,640 --> 00:57:24,000
Speaker 1: either coming out or that we liked in the league. Yeah,

1112
00:57:24,040 --> 00:57:26,800
Speaker 1: I just I don't know. Just law of averages, that's

1113
00:57:26,800 --> 00:57:30,400
Speaker 1: a that's a hell of a stat. I don't really

1114
00:57:30,400 --> 00:57:32,440
Speaker 1: know what to say beside it is kind of random,

1115
00:57:32,600 --> 00:57:35,479
Speaker 1: because if you're a sweet left handed player Steve Young

1116
00:57:37,160 --> 00:57:40,400
Speaker 1: my missing something. Who's someone kind of recent, who's a

1117
00:57:40,480 --> 00:57:44,400
Speaker 1: left hander Mark Brunell. I mean, if you're a good

1118
00:57:44,480 --> 00:57:46,560
Speaker 1: left hand or teams will take you. I don't think

1119
00:57:46,600 --> 00:57:49,640
Speaker 1: that I've never heard it even come up. I swear

1120
00:57:49,760 --> 00:57:54,320
Speaker 1: I've never heard of coach mentioned it. One time Chargers

1121
00:57:54,360 --> 00:57:57,880
Speaker 1: fan from MT I think that's Montana. Is this team

1122
00:57:57,920 --> 00:58:00,640
Speaker 1: beyond lost or are the injuries have stacked up this

1123
00:58:00,800 --> 00:58:03,160
Speaker 1: much and set us back the old line isn't shambles.

1124
00:58:03,200 --> 00:58:05,600
Speaker 1: I understand injuries are part of the game. Ours just

1125
00:58:05,640 --> 00:58:09,600
Speaker 1: seemed to be all impact players. With Mahomes out for

1126
00:58:09,600 --> 00:58:11,600
Speaker 1: a few games, can we crawl back up the ladder

1127
00:58:11,600 --> 00:58:15,280
Speaker 1: and salvage a playoff berth with the lack of depth

1128
00:58:15,320 --> 00:58:18,200
Speaker 1: in the f C, Well, I think we have a

1129
00:58:18,200 --> 00:58:21,640
Speaker 1: loser lease Town game coming up this weekend right against

1130
00:58:21,680 --> 00:58:24,200
Speaker 1: the Bears. Now that you guys lost to the Titans,

1131
00:58:24,240 --> 00:58:28,080
Speaker 1: you're two and five, but you started slow before last

1132
00:58:28,120 --> 00:58:29,760
Speaker 1: year the Colts went oh and five and they end

1133
00:58:29,880 --> 00:58:31,840
Speaker 1: up making the playoffs. Now, you're not gonna be able

1134
00:58:31,880 --> 00:58:33,959
Speaker 1: to win the division at two and five, but could

1135
00:58:34,000 --> 00:58:35,880
Speaker 1: you get to ten and six and have yourself a chance?

1136
00:58:35,960 --> 00:58:39,520
Speaker 1: For sure? It just feels like this is not the

1137
00:58:39,600 --> 00:58:42,520
Speaker 1: Chargers year. I'm sure, I know we've said that before,

1138
00:58:42,600 --> 00:58:44,800
Speaker 1: but it sure feels like is this year they go

1139
00:58:44,920 --> 00:58:48,240
Speaker 1: six and ten? Because I'm starting to feel that way

1140
00:58:48,280 --> 00:58:51,720
Speaker 1: the way that game ended the other day where Melvin Gord,

1141
00:58:51,720 --> 00:58:54,920
Speaker 1: where Eckler scores, gets turned over. They get stuffed. Melvin

1142
00:58:54,960 --> 00:58:59,960
Speaker 1: Gordon scores, he gets uh stuff short, then he scores again,

1143
00:59:00,120 --> 00:59:02,280
Speaker 1: or he doesn't score, but he fumbles the ball. I've

1144
00:59:02,400 --> 00:59:06,040
Speaker 1: never in the history of crazy Charger games, and they've

1145
00:59:06,040 --> 00:59:10,600
Speaker 1: had a lot of crazy Charger games. I would argue

1146
00:59:10,960 --> 00:59:13,400
Speaker 1: it maybe a diehard Charger fan might have. You guys

1147
00:59:13,480 --> 00:59:15,960
Speaker 1: might have a couple of better endings. Remember one time

1148
00:59:16,000 --> 00:59:18,520
Speaker 1: there's like a fourth and twenty and Ray Rice got

1149
00:59:18,560 --> 00:59:20,760
Speaker 1: a first down on you like ten years ago. Might

1150
00:59:20,800 --> 00:59:22,640
Speaker 1: have been less than that, like eight or nine years ago.

1151
00:59:22,840 --> 00:59:26,080
Speaker 1: That one is pretty nuts. This one might take the cake, though,

1152
00:59:27,240 --> 00:59:30,480
Speaker 1: multiple plays overturned and then a fumble on the goal line,

1153
00:59:31,080 --> 00:59:34,320
Speaker 1: all at the goal line, all at the goal line.

1154
00:59:34,560 --> 00:59:37,959
Speaker 1: That's the most Charger sequence. I tweeted it the other day,

1155
00:59:38,120 --> 00:59:41,720
Speaker 1: that's the most Chargers game ever, all Caps ever. And

1156
00:59:41,800 --> 00:59:43,960
Speaker 1: I I really do thinking back, and I've watched a

1157
00:59:44,000 --> 00:59:46,240
Speaker 1: lot of them because I I just stumble upon the

1158
00:59:46,280 --> 00:59:49,400
Speaker 1: CBS Late Game. I I watch a lot of Chargers

1159
00:59:49,520 --> 00:59:53,320
Speaker 1: ending and I think that one takes the cake. Thoughts

1160
00:59:53,320 --> 00:59:55,680
Speaker 1: on what Indies should do with Jacobe lifelong Colts fan,

1161
00:59:55,760 --> 00:59:57,840
Speaker 1: and I didn't see Jacobe being a long term answer.

1162
00:59:58,040 --> 01:00:01,160
Speaker 1: How long should the Colts wait until they draft the future? Well,

1163
01:00:01,160 --> 01:00:04,000
Speaker 1: you did just throw four touchdowns and they are in

1164
01:00:04,080 --> 01:00:06,880
Speaker 1: first place, so I just think you take a year

1165
01:00:06,920 --> 01:00:09,200
Speaker 1: by a year if you win the division and you

1166
01:00:09,280 --> 01:00:11,880
Speaker 1: win a playoff game. What more do you want? You

1167
01:00:11,960 --> 01:00:14,880
Speaker 1: just draft good players. You got a team that could once.

1168
01:00:15,080 --> 01:00:17,520
Speaker 1: You know. Adam Schefter said tonight on Monday Night Countdown

1169
01:00:17,520 --> 01:00:21,240
Speaker 1: that maybe that Tom Brady how his houses for sale,

1170
01:00:21,480 --> 01:00:23,920
Speaker 1: Alex Kawero's houses for sale, and he can be a

1171
01:00:23,960 --> 01:00:26,520
Speaker 1: free agent. Maybe he's gonna leave. Then Randy Moss said,

1172
01:00:26,560 --> 01:00:28,840
Speaker 1: like Adam, where is he gonna go? That is a

1173
01:00:28,840 --> 01:00:30,400
Speaker 1: good point, Like where is he He's not going to

1174
01:00:30,400 --> 01:00:32,800
Speaker 1: the Bengals, he ain't going to the Atlanta Falcons, he

1175
01:00:32,800 --> 01:00:35,120
Speaker 1: ain't going to Tampa Bay. So where's he gonna go?

1176
01:00:35,240 --> 01:00:37,479
Speaker 1: Would he go to the Niners? Will they kick Jimmy

1177
01:00:37,520 --> 01:00:40,040
Speaker 1: to the curb for Tom Brady? I think they might.

1178
01:00:40,560 --> 01:00:44,520
Speaker 1: But yeah, I would imagine maybe they draft a guy

1179
01:00:44,600 --> 01:00:46,920
Speaker 1: this year, like in the mid rounds. But I think

1180
01:00:46,960 --> 01:00:49,600
Speaker 1: you're pretty confident with Jacobe. I mean, I only watched

1181
01:00:49,640 --> 01:00:51,160
Speaker 1: half the game. I gotta watch the second half and

1182
01:00:51,280 --> 01:00:56,320
Speaker 1: I do that when I send this podcast off. But yeah,

1183
01:00:56,400 --> 01:00:58,440
Speaker 1: I just you throw four touchdowns and you beat the

1184
01:00:58,440 --> 01:01:00,880
Speaker 1: Houston Texans. You go back to back ends against the

1185
01:01:00,880 --> 01:01:03,400
Speaker 1: Houston Texans and the knpaee Chiefs. I'm not saying he's

1186
01:01:03,440 --> 01:01:06,480
Speaker 1: Andrew Lucker, Peyton Manning, but he's pretty damn good. Why

1187
01:01:06,520 --> 01:01:09,280
Speaker 1: why can't he be Kirk Cousins or Jimmy Garoppolo. Put

1188
01:01:09,360 --> 01:01:12,600
Speaker 1: him on a good team and win games. That's that's

1189
01:01:12,600 --> 01:01:17,320
Speaker 1: really all you want out your quarterback. Hey, John, big

1190
01:01:17,320 --> 01:01:20,880
Speaker 1: fan out of Australia, and I think you fucking rock Hell, yeah,

1191
01:01:20,880 --> 01:01:23,480
Speaker 1: I do. I appreciate that. I'm kidding. I'm not that

1192
01:01:23,680 --> 01:01:27,200
Speaker 1: that cocky. What do you think the chances are the

1193
01:01:27,280 --> 01:01:31,520
Speaker 1: NFL ever being bringing a game to Australia, either preseason

1194
01:01:31,640 --> 01:01:34,520
Speaker 1: or regular season? Also, thoughts on the Pats d and

1195
01:01:34,560 --> 01:01:38,800
Speaker 1: if it is legit as it seems. I'm a big fan,

1196
01:01:39,080 --> 01:01:42,720
Speaker 1: but doesn't seem to me like they've played a legit quarterback? Well,

1197
01:01:42,720 --> 01:01:45,160
Speaker 1: I think they showed the night on the Monday night broadcast.

1198
01:01:45,320 --> 01:01:47,920
Speaker 1: They got a lot of legit quarterbacks coming up. I

1199
01:01:47,920 --> 01:01:51,680
Speaker 1: think the problem with Australia. I went to New Zealand

1200
01:01:51,840 --> 01:01:55,040
Speaker 1: once when I was like thirteen with my dad. It

1201
01:01:55,160 --> 01:01:58,480
Speaker 1: was a long, long fight. I I remember I he

1202
01:01:58,520 --> 01:02:00,680
Speaker 1: was already there. I met him. Shows you I don't

1203
01:02:00,680 --> 01:02:02,400
Speaker 1: even know if you could do this. I would have

1204
01:02:02,440 --> 01:02:04,160
Speaker 1: been twelve years old, so this would have been like

1205
01:02:04,240 --> 01:02:09,120
Speaker 1: mid nineties. I literally flew at twelve years old. I

1206
01:02:09,240 --> 01:02:11,040
Speaker 1: might have been eleven. I was in I think sixth

1207
01:02:11,080 --> 01:02:15,120
Speaker 1: grade all the way from Sacramento, California to New Zealand.

1208
01:02:15,640 --> 01:02:17,440
Speaker 1: Now I know New Zealand's not Australia, but it's a

1209
01:02:17,480 --> 01:02:20,040
Speaker 1: similar length and it took forever. Now it's a little different.

1210
01:02:20,040 --> 01:02:22,160
Speaker 1: You charter a jet, but it's still what a fifteen

1211
01:02:22,160 --> 01:02:25,240
Speaker 1: hour flight? That's what I think the problem is. Like

1212
01:02:25,360 --> 01:02:28,240
Speaker 1: even England, how far is that from the West coast?

1213
01:02:28,240 --> 01:02:32,640
Speaker 1: Ten hours? That extra five hours basically like America. Right,

1214
01:02:32,720 --> 01:02:37,000
Speaker 1: So I just think that the time is the problem.

1215
01:02:37,120 --> 01:02:40,200
Speaker 1: I also think the you know, they can, they can

1216
01:02:40,200 --> 01:02:44,760
Speaker 1: still grow domestically, and I think sometimes it's hard when

1217
01:02:44,760 --> 01:02:47,560
Speaker 1: you spread your wings a little too wide. You've seen

1218
01:02:47,560 --> 01:02:49,480
Speaker 1: that with the NBA, you get yourself in trouble. Now,

1219
01:02:49,520 --> 01:02:51,480
Speaker 1: I'm not saying you guys don't have problems like China

1220
01:02:51,520 --> 01:02:54,760
Speaker 1: in Australia. I I think the biggest problem with Australia

1221
01:02:54,800 --> 01:02:58,440
Speaker 1: would just be logistically, it's just really really far. I

1222
01:02:58,440 --> 01:03:01,480
Speaker 1: mean really really far. Because when they played games before

1223
01:03:01,560 --> 01:03:06,080
Speaker 1: in Japan, and maybe Japan is the same distance for

1224
01:03:06,360 --> 01:03:10,880
Speaker 1: California to Japan is California and Australia. I don't know.

1225
01:03:10,920 --> 01:03:13,240
Speaker 1: I've never been to Japan, but they usually take West

1226
01:03:13,280 --> 01:03:15,080
Speaker 1: Coast teams like it will be Seattle Verse l A

1227
01:03:15,280 --> 01:03:17,080
Speaker 1: or l A or San Francisco. I think they're playing

1228
01:03:17,080 --> 01:03:20,800
Speaker 1: a preseason game there next year, so I I guess

1229
01:03:20,800 --> 01:03:22,480
Speaker 1: to wrap this up, I don't think you're gonna see

1230
01:03:22,480 --> 01:03:26,240
Speaker 1: an NFL game in Australia anytime soon. See if I

1231
01:03:26,240 --> 01:03:30,920
Speaker 1: can get one more question here, Hey John, lifelong Bears

1232
01:03:30,960 --> 01:03:33,640
Speaker 1: fan here. I've been a Mitch defender since we drafted him,

1233
01:03:33,680 --> 01:03:36,800
Speaker 1: but the subpart quarterback play is becoming all too common

1234
01:03:36,880 --> 01:03:39,880
Speaker 1: with him. PACES put offensive weapons around him, and we

1235
01:03:39,960 --> 01:03:43,200
Speaker 1: have the defensive personnel that has carried us and will

1236
01:03:43,240 --> 01:03:45,840
Speaker 1: continue to. Is there any chance the Bears would move

1237
01:03:45,880 --> 01:03:49,040
Speaker 1: off of Mitch going into fourth year of his rookie contract.

1238
01:03:49,600 --> 01:03:51,480
Speaker 1: I don't feel like we are going to have a

1239
01:03:51,560 --> 01:03:54,480
Speaker 1: good enough draft pick to draft a quarterback. Well, obviously

1240
01:03:54,520 --> 01:03:56,760
Speaker 1: don't have the first round because of clil Mac. Seems

1241
01:03:56,800 --> 01:04:00,360
Speaker 1: like Mariotta will be out of Tennessee this office season.

1242
01:04:01,040 --> 01:04:03,360
Speaker 1: Would that be a viailable option to pursue since we

1243
01:04:03,440 --> 01:04:05,920
Speaker 1: have his former offensive coordinator from his time in Oregon

1244
01:04:06,080 --> 01:04:09,880
Speaker 1: is mits the future or what are the other Bears options? Well,

1245
01:04:09,960 --> 01:04:12,640
Speaker 1: let's think about the Mitch is not the future. So

1246
01:04:12,760 --> 01:04:14,960
Speaker 1: if you don't pick up his fourth year option and

1247
01:04:15,040 --> 01:04:17,920
Speaker 1: you replace him, can you make miss Robiski the backup?

1248
01:04:18,160 --> 01:04:20,560
Speaker 1: I don't think you can. You probably just gotta bite

1249
01:04:20,600 --> 01:04:23,040
Speaker 1: the bullet and cut him. Well, then what are your options?

1250
01:04:23,080 --> 01:04:26,080
Speaker 1: Mariotta would be an option. Jamis would get cut, he

1251
01:04:26,120 --> 01:04:31,200
Speaker 1: would be an option. I think uh Andy Dalton would

1252
01:04:31,200 --> 01:04:35,160
Speaker 1: be a potential option. Adam Schefter did mention that Tom

1253
01:04:35,200 --> 01:04:37,560
Speaker 1: Brady selling his house and he's gonna be a free agent.

1254
01:04:38,360 --> 01:04:40,680
Speaker 1: If you're the Bears, would you after Tom Brady? Of

1255
01:04:40,680 --> 01:04:43,520
Speaker 1: course you would. Would Tom Brady be the quarterback of

1256
01:04:43,560 --> 01:04:47,840
Speaker 1: the Bears? I don't know, but I would say tom

1257
01:04:47,840 --> 01:04:50,920
Speaker 1: Brady be the number one option if he was available.

1258
01:04:51,360 --> 01:04:53,560
Speaker 1: But there's not gonna be that many quarterbacks available when

1259
01:04:53,600 --> 01:04:55,640
Speaker 1: you just kind of look around the landscape. So it

1260
01:04:55,680 --> 01:04:58,440
Speaker 1: would be Mariotta, Dalton, It would be kind of a

1261
01:04:58,480 --> 01:05:01,680
Speaker 1: short list. I just don't think you can roll through

1262
01:05:01,680 --> 01:05:04,120
Speaker 1: Bisky back if they go seven and nine and he

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Speaker 1: continues to play like crap. They're just their teams too talented.

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Speaker 1: They have good players on offense, they have good they

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Speaker 1: have great players on defense, and you just need better

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Speaker 1: player at the quarterback. Appreciate everyone listening. Go share with

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Speaker 1: your friends, uh, tweet it, retweet it, and thanks again.

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Speaker 1: Keep shooting me your Instagram's at John middlecoff d MS

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Speaker 1: wide open and have a great week. Have a have

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Speaker 1: a great freaking week. Audios.