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Get started now sign up. 10 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 1: Please use the promo code Colin so they know we 11 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:40,800 Speaker 1: sent you. Please use the promo code Colins c O 12 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:51,720 Speaker 1: L I N FanDuel sports Book App. Sign up high 13 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:55,200 Speaker 1: It's prime cuts. The best of the Colin Coward Podcast 14 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 1: New year, more great guests. Nick Wright shared his thoughts 15 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:03,720 Speaker 1: on a Be's meltdown and Kyler outdueling Dak. It was 16 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 1: one of Nick's great appearances. The playmaker Michael Irvin laid 17 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:12,679 Speaker 1: out his Cowboy playoff expectations Chad Millman Week seventeen Sharper Square. 18 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:19,160 Speaker 1: But first my top takes of the week. Here's my 19 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:23,640 Speaker 1: thoughts on Antonio Brown. Listen, I guess you should always 20 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 1: err on the side of compassion or empathy when a 21 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:30,479 Speaker 1: guy melts down. But with Antonio Brown, he's never shown 22 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 1: contrition and everybody keeps enabling him. He treats women poorly, 23 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 1: he robbed a delivery truck, he faked a vaccination ID card. 24 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 1: He has treated so many people poorly that there are 25 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 1: going to be people out there that say, yeah, he 26 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 1: had a meltdown, but he's been enabled over and over 27 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 1: and over. And I'm not a mental health specialist, so 28 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 1: you err on the side of caution. But whereas players 29 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:09,359 Speaker 1: like Josh Gordon, people really put their arms around him. 30 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:12,560 Speaker 1: Josh was a good guy that struggled with an addiction, 31 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:22,320 Speaker 1: right a b no contrition, never apologetic, mocks others, blames 32 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 1: the media for starting the drama, and I know nobody 33 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:28,360 Speaker 1: cares about the media, but just Wikipedia Antonio Brown and 34 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 1: how he's treated people expelled in college at Florida International, 35 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:39,680 Speaker 1: robbing delivery truck, people, stiffing other people, never so much 36 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:43,799 Speaker 1: as an ounce of sympathy for any of those people. 37 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:50,919 Speaker 1: He's simply very hard to feel. Banned for team structure matters. 38 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 1: I mean, football has a playbook the size of a 39 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:58,519 Speaker 1: small town phone book, and he has crossed the line 40 00:02:58,639 --> 00:03:03,760 Speaker 1: so many times. Mike Evans made a concerted effort to 41 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 1: help him on the Tampa Bay Buccaneer sideline. Wouldn't listen 42 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:12,240 Speaker 1: to him, arians asked him to go in multiple times. 43 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 1: Wouldn't listen to him. And look, I get Tom Brady saying, 44 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:20,800 Speaker 1: don't judge boy. It would be a lot easier to 45 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:25,680 Speaker 1: put your arms around somebody who gave me any indication 46 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:32,799 Speaker 1: he cared about anybody beyond himself. Tom Brady allowed him 47 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:39,200 Speaker 1: to move into his house with his family, taking off 48 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 1: his shirt. That's the respect he paid for tom Brady 49 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 1: those actions. At some point, Antonio Brown has to be responsible. 50 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 1: At some point, people in this league will stop enabling him. 51 00:03:55,320 --> 00:04:00,720 Speaker 1: Pretty funny story this week. Hub Arkish a sportswriter in Chicago, 52 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 1: and for the record, doesn't that sound like a sportswriter 53 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 1: in the twenties. Hubarcish then covered the Senators to beat 54 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 1: the Bruins in one of the greatest games ever while 55 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 1: wearing a top hat. God, I wish my name was 56 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:23,719 Speaker 1: hub Arkish. It just sounds relevant, doesn't it. Red Barber, 57 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:26,599 Speaker 1: with the play by play, Let's hand it over to 58 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 1: Hub Arkish on the sidelines. Any who. Hubarkis came out 59 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:35,000 Speaker 1: in Chicago radio station and he said, I think Aaron 60 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:37,440 Speaker 1: Rodgers is a jerk and I'm not going to vote 61 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 1: for him for MVP. And then Aaron Rodgers came out 62 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:47,480 Speaker 1: yesterday and said hub Arkish is a bum ball. Damn 63 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 1: things funny. Hub Arkish, Folks, despite how grand his name is, 64 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:57,040 Speaker 1: is one of fifty voters. He does not reflect the 65 00:04:57,200 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 1: entire media. If you're listening to me and your family, 66 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:05,920 Speaker 1: your immediate family and cousins is fifty people and one 67 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 1: of them got arrested. Do I believe that your family 68 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:13,159 Speaker 1: is part of some sort of crime syndicate or you 69 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:16,599 Speaker 1: have a d bag somewhere in your family? Probably the latter. 70 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 1: One person doesn't speak for a family. I don't get 71 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:24,279 Speaker 1: outraged when a single member of the media does something 72 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:29,040 Speaker 1: ridiculous because I choose not to be outraged. I have 73 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:33,360 Speaker 1: friends in the media, liberals and conservatives. They make money 74 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:38,400 Speaker 1: doing grievance television or having a grievance website. Do I 75 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 1: really think Ben Shapiro is that pissed off all the time. No, 76 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:46,880 Speaker 1: because if he was, he'd need a mental health specialist. 77 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:51,160 Speaker 1: I don't think the anchors on MSNBC wake up screaming 78 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:55,280 Speaker 1: at the ceiling fan every day, that Fox News anchors 79 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 1: really go around throwing pots and pans all day. But 80 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:06,159 Speaker 1: reevens and outrage cell. I don't think hub Arkish as 81 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:12,320 Speaker 1: he hammers outlines on his telegram speaks for the entire media. 82 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:15,760 Speaker 1: I like being able to tell the difference between something 83 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 1: that's really worth getting upset about and what's unnecessarily built 84 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:26,000 Speaker 1: for click outrage. I hope you can tell too. These 85 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:31,920 Speaker 1: are television performances and radio performances. If you're really upset 86 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:36,800 Speaker 1: over what hub Arkish said and it ruined your day, 87 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 1: either get a dog or a girlfriend. It's funny. A 88 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 1: sportswriter called a player a jerk, and the player called 89 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:51,960 Speaker 1: a sportswriter a bum. The whole damn thing's funny. Quite 90 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:55,520 Speaker 1: a stir on the interweb this week when Kirk Herbstreet, 91 00:06:55,880 --> 00:07:01,640 Speaker 1: popular broadcaster for ESPN a football a list, said that 92 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:05,359 Speaker 1: players opting out of games they don't love the game. 93 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 1: Of course, that was ridiculous, because we know in every 94 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:12,040 Speaker 1: industry some people really love it. I love radio, I 95 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:15,040 Speaker 1: love TV, but I've worked with lots of people that 96 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 1: do it for the paycheck and it's not a central 97 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 1: focus in their life. That's okay. We can both coexist. 98 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 1: We know in the NFL, Tony Gonzalez once told me 99 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:26,880 Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame tight end that about three to 100 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:29,920 Speaker 1: five percent of players were really committed to the sport. 101 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:35,600 Speaker 1: The other ninety seven percent they liked what football could 102 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:39,440 Speaker 1: do for them more than they loved football. So Herb 103 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:42,520 Speaker 1: Street goes out to say that players that opt out 104 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:46,240 Speaker 1: don't love the game. Yes, I think it's completely ridiculous, 105 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 1: but I was also shocked that Rhys Davis, the host 106 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:54,760 Speaker 1: of the show, was angered over the blowback. O Fellas, 107 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:59,000 Speaker 1: let me give you a lesson from somebody who gets 108 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:05,200 Speaker 1: hate all day. I'm honored to be imitated and privileged 109 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:09,960 Speaker 1: to be criticized. We're all making millions of dollars talking 110 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:13,960 Speaker 1: about sports. Did Rhes Davis just figure out how Twitter works? 111 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 1: To kirk Herb Street think he could say that and 112 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:22,800 Speaker 1: not get some blowback. The reality is those two work 113 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:27,240 Speaker 1: on a really popular Saturday show and are also assigned 114 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:30,240 Speaker 1: to the biggest Bowl games at the network. So when 115 00:08:30,280 --> 00:08:33,959 Speaker 1: they have the rare opinion, and Herb Street's never been 116 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:39,080 Speaker 1: known for pointed harsh criticism. If anything, everybody tends to 117 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:43,200 Speaker 1: be great coordinators, players, receivers, coaches, d Lineman and we 118 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:45,959 Speaker 1: all know about five percent in any industry is truly great. 119 00:08:46,679 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 1: But if you have a criticism that is not in 120 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:54,720 Speaker 1: the direction of most media, you'll get blowback. And it's 121 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 1: a privilege to get it. It means you're on shows 122 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:05,200 Speaker 1: and games that people are paying attention to. All right, 123 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:08,920 Speaker 1: Michael Irvin, three times Super Bowl champ, the playmaker, How 124 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:12,920 Speaker 1: the hell is life right now? Michael, Hey, life is good. 125 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:17,040 Speaker 1: And you know we've had a great season. Any team, 126 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:19,319 Speaker 1: any of the top three, four or five teams in 127 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:23,680 Speaker 1: both conference you can see them possibly winning a Super Bowl. 128 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:26,640 Speaker 1: So much wide opening that really does make it make 129 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:29,360 Speaker 1: it more interest. You know, Michael, when you were a player, 130 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:35,480 Speaker 1: I remember you in college. My eyes told me you 131 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:39,240 Speaker 1: were bigger and stronger, faster, with better hands. I didn't 132 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:42,400 Speaker 1: need to be a scout. My eyes tell me with 133 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:45,839 Speaker 1: Dak he's good. But he's not Herbert, he's not Borrow, 134 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:49,160 Speaker 1: he's not Mahomes, he's not Josh Allen. He's not electric 135 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:52,800 Speaker 1: like Lamar or Kyler. My eyes tell me he's good, 136 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:58,400 Speaker 1: mostly great, quarterbacks, Troy Aikman, Manning, Brady big Ben in 137 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:02,040 Speaker 1: his prime win and there's this sort of Dak is 138 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:04,560 Speaker 1: in a slump. And I've been saying on the air, 139 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:07,440 Speaker 1: I went back the last four years. If he doesn't 140 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:10,600 Speaker 1: get a hundred yards rushing, he doesn't beat good teams 141 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:13,320 Speaker 1: very often. I don't think he's in a slump. I 142 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:17,760 Speaker 1: think Dak is sort of reliant throwing on third and short. 143 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:21,480 Speaker 1: He's not as good throwing on third and long. He's 144 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:24,160 Speaker 1: not as mobile as a Kayler Maurice, so he needs 145 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:27,280 Speaker 1: better protection. I think Dak has always been a B 146 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:34,480 Speaker 1: plus quarterback. I'm okay with that. But when I infer that, 147 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:40,720 Speaker 1: people push back like like that's outrageous. My eyes told 148 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:45,520 Speaker 1: me Aikman was an A. Emmett was an A. Micah 149 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:48,839 Speaker 1: is an A. Trayvon Diggs is an A. My eyes 150 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:53,000 Speaker 1: tell me Dak's a really good B. Is that fair? Well, 151 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:56,520 Speaker 1: it is fair. That's your assessment, Because that's your assessment. 152 00:10:56,600 --> 00:11:00,400 Speaker 1: Now will see that he's a B. And I don't 153 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:02,520 Speaker 1: know that I would say that gas to be I 154 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:04,520 Speaker 1: think that you know, when you look around the landscape 155 00:11:04,679 --> 00:11:07,440 Speaker 1: and you're talking aids and bees, we're talking according to 156 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:11,120 Speaker 1: the quarterbacks that are in this in the NFL right now, 157 00:11:11,559 --> 00:11:14,880 Speaker 1: right and and you mentioned some guys, you mentioned the 158 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:18,200 Speaker 1: Herberts and all of that. But the attack Hussel has 159 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:21,440 Speaker 1: I think a thing that you're discounting a great leadership. 160 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:28,320 Speaker 1: I believe, I believe, and I subscribe to. There's a 161 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:32,800 Speaker 1: rare quality, a rare quality at the quarterback position if 162 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:35,840 Speaker 1: you can get your quarterback truly the hard and soul 163 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:39,640 Speaker 1: of your football team. Ali Tom Brady everywhere he's been. 164 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:46,600 Speaker 1: We annoyt quarterbacks leaders. We give them that platform and 165 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:50,640 Speaker 1: annoint them that, but all of them are not really that, 166 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:53,280 Speaker 1: and all of them certainly are not the hard and soul. 167 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:55,480 Speaker 1: When you can get a quarterback that's the hardest soul 168 00:11:55,520 --> 00:11:58,360 Speaker 1: of your team, that to me and Counsel as good 169 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:02,160 Speaker 1: as what we call physical gifts, shoulders down. Okay, so 170 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 1: Akman had both. What did Troy do in the intangibles? 171 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:10,160 Speaker 1: Forget the arms size, what did he do with intangibles? 172 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:14,680 Speaker 1: That was what Dak has. What you're calling leadership, Well, 173 00:12:15,160 --> 00:12:18,640 Speaker 1: Troy was a great leader, and Troy for us, for us, 174 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:23,280 Speaker 1: was a straight leader. You know, I'm gonna ever take 175 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:25,960 Speaker 1: you know, we're gonna have fun. We're gonna do this 176 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:28,120 Speaker 1: tro Like, come on, guys, let's get it back. Let's 177 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:31,800 Speaker 1: get it back. You know, I'm out, I'm going out 178 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 1: defense alignment, my tackle like Michael, Michael, don't talk to him. 179 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:42,640 Speaker 1: You're never blocking him. You know, Troy would have to 180 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:45,400 Speaker 1: wield that in and try to wheel all of that 181 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:48,920 Speaker 1: back in and focus in this hotel. Let's put all 182 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:51,800 Speaker 1: that down, Let's focus on playing. He was a great 183 00:12:51,920 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 1: leader in that way. Also, you know, Michael, you got 184 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:58,840 Speaker 1: McVan Stafford, you got Brady and Arians, you got Kyler 185 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:03,280 Speaker 1: and Cliff, you got there's some really big time players, coaches, leaders, 186 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:06,840 Speaker 1: quarterbacks in the NFC. Would it be that big of 187 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:10,319 Speaker 1: a disappointment if Dallas won a playoff game and then 188 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:15,040 Speaker 1: lost close in round two? Would that be a disappointing season? 189 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:21,640 Speaker 1: Given they're the parameters of the NFC? And and because 190 00:13:21,679 --> 00:13:23,960 Speaker 1: I want, I'm gonna talk to talk to something else, 191 00:13:24,040 --> 00:13:26,120 Speaker 1: because you talked about the slump backers in and I 192 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:28,640 Speaker 1: you know, we got no doctor. You started out on 193 00:13:28,679 --> 00:13:31,440 Speaker 1: that tier five one, six to one, and then they 194 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:34,520 Speaker 1: then they went through that little slow spot there, and 195 00:13:34,640 --> 00:13:37,720 Speaker 1: that little slow spot that we started dubbing this is slump. 196 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:41,120 Speaker 1: That's when a lot of injuries were started, having town 197 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:44,040 Speaker 1: Smith went down, then Ezekiel Ellett and Pollard and then 198 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:48,440 Speaker 1: the receivers in and out. We dubbed at a slump, 199 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:51,359 Speaker 1: even though it was still a second wink offense International 200 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:53,960 Speaker 1: Football League, but it was widely given it to a slump. 201 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:56,560 Speaker 1: They went from scoring thirty four points I think at 202 00:13:56,559 --> 00:14:00,080 Speaker 1: a time to twenty nine points, and we would call 203 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:02,760 Speaker 1: in a slump. I always said, let's wait, we get 204 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:05,079 Speaker 1: down the ten twelve points before we double a slump. 205 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:08,160 Speaker 1: Ten ten points a game. Then you could double a slump. 206 00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:11,520 Speaker 1: And in that area that we called the slump, I 207 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:14,520 Speaker 1: can repurpose it and say this is where Dad kept 208 00:14:14,559 --> 00:14:18,359 Speaker 1: the team together because there were so many missing parts 209 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:20,720 Speaker 1: and he still kept them above five hundred and what 210 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:25,040 Speaker 1: everybody called the slump, I was called in a binding 211 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:28,120 Speaker 1: process which he had to bring this team together and 212 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:33,440 Speaker 1: try to win game without Amar and Cooper m and 213 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:37,080 Speaker 1: CD Layer, without Tyrone Smith. And it's not an easy 214 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:40,080 Speaker 1: thing when you got those kinds of great players without 215 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:44,240 Speaker 1: Zack Mark missing games. So so I say, when everybody 216 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:46,760 Speaker 1: was saying it was a slump, did a good job 217 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:49,040 Speaker 1: of keeping them above water. Look how many teams are 218 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:55,120 Speaker 1: falling below below water because of injuries. We certainly have 219 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:59,600 Speaker 1: seen it and Baltimore. We've seen it all over the league. Yeah, 220 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:03,920 Speaker 1: so what success for the Cowboys in the playoffs. Let's 221 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:08,359 Speaker 1: say they open up, they win, they win an opener, Okay, 222 00:15:08,720 --> 00:15:11,480 Speaker 1: they beat Arizona by the way, and then they lose 223 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:16,520 Speaker 1: to say the Rams, is that really a disappointing playoff run? 224 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:20,200 Speaker 1: I hope, I hope they dumped at a disappointing playoff run. 225 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:23,600 Speaker 1: I hope we're not. We're not sitting here any guys 226 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:26,120 Speaker 1: lose in that fashion and then say, hey, you know 227 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:30,480 Speaker 1: well we had a pretty good year. We had to success. No, no, no, 228 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:35,720 Speaker 1: I hope they consider that, uh not being success. Yes, 229 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:38,440 Speaker 1: I think the Cowboys need to win. Were more than 230 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:41,200 Speaker 1: just that first playoff game and goes a little deeper. 231 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:46,480 Speaker 1: What team, in your opinion, Michael, is a bad matchup 232 00:15:46,480 --> 00:15:50,880 Speaker 1: for Dallas in the NFC. I think the team they 233 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:54,320 Speaker 1: just saw, the team they just saw because they you 234 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:56,640 Speaker 1: know where you remind me of it remind me of 235 00:15:56,720 --> 00:15:58,720 Speaker 1: the time when we were going through the runs, you 236 00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:00,600 Speaker 1: know who we did. I didn't want to see Houston. 237 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:02,560 Speaker 1: I didn't want to see use. I didn't want to 238 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:06,120 Speaker 1: see one Moon and that don't read that oot stretch system. 239 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:09,120 Speaker 1: We couldn't beat them. We could not beat them, Kyler, 240 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:12,120 Speaker 1: we couldn't beat them. I was so happy when Buffalo 241 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:15,240 Speaker 1: came back on you, and I saw Buffalo in the 242 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:18,360 Speaker 1: Super Bowl. Ain't want to do every time I thought 243 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:21,480 Speaker 1: we went. We practiced against them in training camp. We 244 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:24,280 Speaker 1: couldn't beat them. We couldn't beat them. It was It's 245 00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:27,360 Speaker 1: just when I see Arizona, I get that same feeling, 246 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:30,320 Speaker 1: you know, that same feeling Lemon head est giving. 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He was kicked out 293 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:05,480 Speaker 1: of Florida International. He was a problem in Pittsburgh and 294 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:09,680 Speaker 1: in Oakland, and in New England and in Tampa, and 295 00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:14,200 Speaker 1: he keeps being enabled by Bruce Arians by Tom Brady, 296 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:17,560 Speaker 1: by Bill Belichick, by Central Michigan. So I'm not a 297 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:20,040 Speaker 1: mental health expert. We should always err on the side 298 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:24,520 Speaker 1: of compassion, but every time there was a mistake, we 299 00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:27,280 Speaker 1: rush to hey, don't don't be too harsh, But then 300 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:30,160 Speaker 1: somebody gives them another job. So it can't be both, 301 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:35,000 Speaker 1: Like where do you fall on the a situations? It 302 00:19:35,160 --> 00:19:39,040 Speaker 1: is absolutely possible and maybe even likely, that part of 303 00:19:39,080 --> 00:19:44,159 Speaker 1: Antonio Brown's issues stem from some either diagnosed or undiagnosed 304 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:47,119 Speaker 1: mental health issue. By the way, I think that's probably 305 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:51,639 Speaker 1: true almost all of us, just varying degrees, almost all 306 00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:54,440 Speaker 1: of us. Whenever we make bad decisions that are obviously 307 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:58,439 Speaker 1: bad decisions, it stems from something either in our past 308 00:19:58,560 --> 00:20:00,680 Speaker 1: or in our brain chemistry or whatever is. But we 309 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:04,480 Speaker 1: are still expected to be adults while we're at work. 310 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:07,760 Speaker 1: We're still expected to treat people with respect, to not 311 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:10,280 Speaker 1: stiff people out of thousands of dollars, to not do 312 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:13,200 Speaker 1: you know, to not create commit federal crimes, and via 313 00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:17,400 Speaker 1: fake vaccination cards, all of these things. And I think 314 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:21,320 Speaker 1: one would have more empathy if when he had the 315 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:24,359 Speaker 1: opportunity when he's called on it, or when he has 316 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:25,800 Speaker 1: to come to account for any of these things, if 317 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:29,919 Speaker 1: he showed any accountability, if he said, listen, I screwed 318 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:33,440 Speaker 1: up huge, I'm incredibly sorry. I'm struggling with a lot 319 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:37,000 Speaker 1: of things here. I can't promise you I won't like people. 320 00:20:37,640 --> 00:20:40,639 Speaker 1: I know mental health is different than substance abuse, but 321 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:44,960 Speaker 1: people didn't. Josh Gordon kept stepping on the same rake 322 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:48,879 Speaker 1: metaphorically speaking, and people did not crush him for it 323 00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:52,440 Speaker 1: because Jeff Gordon was after in the beginning, kind of 324 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:55,520 Speaker 1: being standoffish about what his issues were and weren't he 325 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:58,920 Speaker 1: then he was vulnerable and you know and say, hey, listen, 326 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:01,120 Speaker 1: this is something i'm dealing with. I'm struggling with. I'm 327 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:03,560 Speaker 1: doing my best. Antonio Brown has done none of them. 328 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:07,600 Speaker 1: And of all, I know compassion is not a limited resource, 329 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:10,760 Speaker 1: but I feel like I only have, you know, access 330 00:21:10,840 --> 00:21:13,240 Speaker 1: to so much of it at any given moment. I'm 331 00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:15,080 Speaker 1: not going to waste a ton of it on Tonio Brown. 332 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:20,600 Speaker 1: He's gotten more chances than people ever would. He does 333 00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:23,359 Speaker 1: his best to squander him. It seems like he treats 334 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:27,560 Speaker 1: people terribly. Yes, maybe criminally. He doesn't seem like a 335 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:30,680 Speaker 1: good guy at all. It is baffling to me the 336 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:33,320 Speaker 1: affinity Tom Brady seems to have for him. To me, 337 00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:36,199 Speaker 1: it's one of the biggest indictments on Brady, Like there 338 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:38,560 Speaker 1: aren't many, but it's such an odd guy to want 339 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:41,480 Speaker 1: to put your arm around as publicly as he has 340 00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:46,040 Speaker 1: and no like I Antonio Brown Colin, do you think 341 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:48,800 Speaker 1: I think he ended his NFL career today? I think 342 00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:51,600 Speaker 1: his NFL career is over. Yeah, I think it is 343 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:54,280 Speaker 1: too And I think your point is well taken. Is 344 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:57,359 Speaker 1: that um, I mean you can go back to expelled 345 00:21:57,400 --> 00:22:01,520 Speaker 1: in college. I think hero to delivery truck driver, the 346 00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:06,159 Speaker 1: fake vaccination ID. This is somebody that treats people poorly. 347 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:08,640 Speaker 1: There was the guy that he's stiffed, which isn't criminal, 348 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:13,199 Speaker 1: but is a seemingly credible sexual assault allegations against him. 349 00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:16,720 Speaker 1: So I'm to the point where you know people jumped 350 00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:21,160 Speaker 1: to the mental health issue, Well, then stop giving him chances. 351 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:25,000 Speaker 1: If it's mental health, stand by that and get him help. 352 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:27,360 Speaker 1: I just think he's been enabled over and over and over, 353 00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:30,560 Speaker 1: and we all understand people with great talent get second 354 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:33,920 Speaker 1: and third chances. We're all like five. You know, we're 355 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:37,480 Speaker 1: way pat like just in the last forget everything since 356 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:41,840 Speaker 1: college and since the Steelers moved on from let's say 357 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:44,760 Speaker 1: he was on strike zero. You know, up until the 358 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:48,320 Speaker 1: Steelers moved on from him, there was the entire with 359 00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:53,360 Speaker 1: the Raiders. He's he's checking his bank balance during position 360 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:56,520 Speaker 1: group meetings. And you know remember he had the fake 361 00:22:56,640 --> 00:22:59,520 Speaker 1: the smuggled the old helmet and painted the helmet. That 362 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:02,200 Speaker 1: he did all that, sent out those tweets, then goes 363 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:05,879 Speaker 1: to the Patriots, blows it there, sends out those awful tweets, 364 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:08,760 Speaker 1: then has really bad allegations against him. On his way 365 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:13,320 Speaker 1: out of New England, and right before he signed with Tampa, 366 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:15,840 Speaker 1: he led there was the thing you're talking about, the 367 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:19,800 Speaker 1: delivery truck. There was breaking the surveillance camera outside the 368 00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:24,000 Speaker 1: security guard stand allegedly, then the vaccination guard and now Colin. 369 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:29,560 Speaker 1: I can't remember remember the last time an NFL guide 370 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:34,440 Speaker 1: of any stature, good or bad, mediocre did this. I 371 00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:38,560 Speaker 1: can't remember a guy dysrobing and walking across the field 372 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:40,960 Speaker 1: mid game. I mean, I'm watching the game. I've been 373 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:43,960 Speaker 1: watching NFL football for twenty five years. I remember Vante 374 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:47,200 Speaker 1: Davis retiring at halftime. Yeah, I remember that that wasn't 375 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:50,920 Speaker 1: as bad as this. This is, this is and then 376 00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:55,240 Speaker 1: and you probab in't see it. He's on whoever his 377 00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:58,040 Speaker 1: driver was, who picked him up from the game. He's 378 00:23:58,040 --> 00:24:00,480 Speaker 1: on that guy. He's either TikTok or I after the 379 00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:03,480 Speaker 1: game laughing about it, Like no, I mean, I don't 380 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:06,920 Speaker 1: he is talented. He is not to be talented enough 381 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:10,000 Speaker 1: to overcome this, which, by the way, and I don't 382 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,240 Speaker 1: know where if you were trying to segue here. However, 383 00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:14,440 Speaker 1: it does remind me why I always thought it was 384 00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:18,520 Speaker 1: so unfair when people compared to Antonio Brown to Odell 385 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:22,639 Speaker 1: Beckham Junior, who's having quite the renaissance, my friend, now 386 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:27,720 Speaker 1: that he's out of the yoga Cleveland. By the way, 387 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:34,800 Speaker 1: he made two spectacularly huge catches. One I think it 388 00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:38,200 Speaker 1: was fourth down, one for the touchdown. Yeah, like it 389 00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:41,600 Speaker 1: was not it was Situationally, you can argue he made 390 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:44,880 Speaker 1: the two biggest catches of the game. And here's the thing. 391 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:47,680 Speaker 1: They don't need him for volume. I mean, Cooper cups 392 00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:51,399 Speaker 1: a machine and has there ever been a player that 393 00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:53,440 Speaker 1: not only has one hundred fifty catches but it is 394 00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:57,520 Speaker 1: seemingly wide open on almost everyone wide open. And I 395 00:24:57,640 --> 00:24:59,479 Speaker 1: know they have Beckham, so you have to pay attention 396 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:02,120 Speaker 1: to Beckham. But it's not like they have six weapons 397 00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:04,679 Speaker 1: out there, Robert Woods still out there. They have an 398 00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:07,920 Speaker 1: amazing titan. Like you would think that teams would say 399 00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:10,480 Speaker 1: we're gonna double Cup and deal with the rest of it. 400 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:13,800 Speaker 1: But Cup is great. He's an excellent player. He by 401 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:15,960 Speaker 1: the way, yeah hot take, don't send this out on 402 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:18,480 Speaker 1: social there's just people listen to the whole pot. Cooper 403 00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:21,440 Speaker 1: Cups a little underrated because he's white. Like, let's be honest, 404 00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:24,680 Speaker 1: Cooper Cup gets a little of the Julian Edelman, Wes 405 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:28,920 Speaker 1: Welker the treatment because he's a white receiver. He is 406 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:32,159 Speaker 1: a great He's not a great white receiver. He's a 407 00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:36,960 Speaker 1: great wide receiver. He's really really good. He's really good. Yeah, 408 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:40,000 Speaker 1: great hands, great routes, and he's one of those guys 409 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:43,520 Speaker 1: that gets to his top speed really fast. He's at 410 00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:46,240 Speaker 1: his top speed. You know, if people forget Jerry Rice 411 00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:48,600 Speaker 1: was the same Jerry Rice round of four or five, five, 412 00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:51,280 Speaker 1: four six. He got to his top speed in a step, 413 00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:53,960 Speaker 1: and a lot of guys it takes. It takes time, 414 00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:58,000 Speaker 1: Cooper just is off and running. But it's interesting because 415 00:25:58,119 --> 00:26:03,159 Speaker 1: Cooper is such a high volume receiver, they just need O. B. 416 00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:07,480 Speaker 1: J situationally and it's perfect. He had like four targets 417 00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:11,159 Speaker 1: three catches, and that's fine because Van Jefferson gives you 418 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:15,200 Speaker 1: six targets and four catches and Cooper gives you thirteen 419 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:18,720 Speaker 1: targets and eleven catches. And they have good capable tight ends. 420 00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:22,480 Speaker 1: So it's one of those things where a Stafford's much 421 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:26,320 Speaker 1: better than Baker. B There is no He's not a 422 00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:29,640 Speaker 1: talking point. Just come in and make it work. But see, 423 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:32,720 Speaker 1: at this point in his career, he's not going to 424 00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:36,320 Speaker 1: be your one, but it can be a fantastic, elite 425 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:40,800 Speaker 1: situational wide receiver. And it is such I know that. 426 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:43,119 Speaker 1: Listen the Browns playing Monday Night, and I know you 427 00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:46,240 Speaker 1: don't even talk about Baker anymore, but it is really 428 00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:51,600 Speaker 1: bad for him that Odell is now making scoring touchdowns 429 00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:54,120 Speaker 1: every week when he scored one touchdown like every three 430 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:56,600 Speaker 1: months while he was in Cleveland. That he's making these 431 00:26:56,680 --> 00:27:00,119 Speaker 1: types of plays, And yeah, I mean, Odell, do you 432 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:01,959 Speaker 1: think O'Dell can be a number one? I don't think 433 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:05,240 Speaker 1: he's still a top five receiver in the league. But 434 00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:07,240 Speaker 1: I think he absolutely can still be a number one. 435 00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:11,240 Speaker 1: But man, here's the other thing that I just realized. 436 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:13,720 Speaker 1: Because the Rams could have lost, but they found a 437 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:17,160 Speaker 1: way to win. The Bucks should have lost, but found 438 00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:19,960 Speaker 1: a way to win against a terrible team. The Cowboys 439 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:22,680 Speaker 1: were obviously playing the best team of those three teams, 440 00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:26,480 Speaker 1: but they lost. Right now, you know what the playoffs 441 00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:29,560 Speaker 1: are said, as the Cowboys are the four, Arizona's the five. 442 00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:32,520 Speaker 1: We'd be getting this game again in the first game 443 00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:35,480 Speaker 1: of the playoffs. What a disaster would be for Dallas 444 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:37,440 Speaker 1: if they go home in round one this year. When 445 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:40,000 Speaker 1: it looked seventy two hours ago like they were very 446 00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:42,400 Speaker 1: alive for the one seed, seventy two hours ago, seven 447 00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:44,440 Speaker 1: hours ago looked like they were very alive for the 448 00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:51,240 Speaker 1: one seed. What a disaster? All right, here's my buddy, 449 00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:55,840 Speaker 1: Chad Milman, chief content officer the Action Network. By the way, 450 00:27:56,040 --> 00:28:00,840 Speaker 1: the Favorites podcast, which Chad does was Simon Hunter. I 451 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:05,800 Speaker 1: believe it was the most listen to sports gambling podcast 452 00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:09,240 Speaker 1: in America? Am I right correct? It was a massive, 453 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:13,080 Speaker 1: massive success thanks to the Volume podcast network. Well, you 454 00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:15,840 Speaker 1: guys had something to do with it. Too. It was 455 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:18,280 Speaker 1: the gift that I wanted to give you for your birthday. 456 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:21,320 Speaker 1: It is my birthday today. Thanks for talking about me. 457 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:27,640 Speaker 1: I know. Do you know who called me on my birthday? Who? 458 00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:34,200 Speaker 1: Jim Harbaugh? No way? Yes, way? Did he wish you 459 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:36,240 Speaker 1: a happy birthday? Or was it a coincidence that he 460 00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:39,000 Speaker 1: called on your birthday? Unfortunately it was a coincidence. So 461 00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:45,880 Speaker 1: that's kind of a bummer. Eagles hosting the Cowboys getting 462 00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:48,680 Speaker 1: four and a half, the number was much bigger. I 463 00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:53,800 Speaker 1: don't understand the line. I like Philadelphia here. Explain it 464 00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:59,240 Speaker 1: to me, because I think Philadelphia without Tyron Smith playing 465 00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:07,160 Speaker 1: for the Cowboy is a better team at home crappy Weather. 466 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:11,480 Speaker 1: Explain this to me. I like Philly Sharper square, It's square. 467 00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:17,400 Speaker 1: The wise guys like the Cowboys here, majority of the 468 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:21,479 Speaker 1: money by a wide margin. On Dallas. Mike McCarthy has 469 00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:24,920 Speaker 1: said he's going to play his starters. The Eagles are 470 00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:29,080 Speaker 1: getting wrecked by COVID the cow and the Eagles can't 471 00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:33,840 Speaker 1: really do anything in terms of playoff positioning, so it 472 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:38,240 Speaker 1: doesn't really matter for them. This is an opportunity to 473 00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:41,719 Speaker 1: try to get as healthy as possible, and McCarthy has 474 00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:45,280 Speaker 1: stated at his intentions, So that's why people are liking 475 00:29:45,320 --> 00:29:48,440 Speaker 1: the Cowboys. Forty nine ers plus four at the Rams. 476 00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:50,880 Speaker 1: Two ways to look at it. The Niners have dominated 477 00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:53,560 Speaker 1: this series. The power run game has been good against 478 00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:58,400 Speaker 1: the sometimes finesse Rams roster. Jimmy Garoppolo is banged. That 479 00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:00,520 Speaker 1: won't be a one hundred percent And I do worry 480 00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:04,320 Speaker 1: about a Rams team that's been sloppy, but winning on 481 00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:08,520 Speaker 1: the road, comes home and now has the dual running backs. 482 00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:11,640 Speaker 1: I would usually if Jimmy was one hundred percent take 483 00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:16,560 Speaker 1: the Niners. I kind of like the Rams four Sharper square. 484 00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:20,600 Speaker 1: I'm so glad you said that. Yeah, the Rams are 485 00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:23,560 Speaker 1: the right side here. It's interesting the game was at 486 00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:28,640 Speaker 1: six and got bet down with the public. This is 487 00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:31,480 Speaker 1: a very pros Joe's game. By the way, the public 488 00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:34,160 Speaker 1: came in on the Niners. Bet this game down to six. 489 00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:37,400 Speaker 1: The money is on the Rams because the Rams, all 490 00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:39,920 Speaker 1: of a sudden at four are a very attractive play 491 00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:45,880 Speaker 1: for professional betters. Huge pros Joe's game. And look, one 492 00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:48,360 Speaker 1: of the reasons the public is coming in is because 493 00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:50,240 Speaker 1: of the way the Niners have been playing and because 494 00:30:50,280 --> 00:30:52,160 Speaker 1: of the way the Rams have been playing and the 495 00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:57,200 Speaker 1: Niners historically have performed well in this spot. But the 496 00:30:57,280 --> 00:30:59,960 Speaker 1: wise guys are not being fooled by You mentioned Jimmy 497 00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:03,760 Speaker 1: It could just as easily be Trey Lance this week, 498 00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:06,640 Speaker 1: and Jimmy G did not practice yesterday. So if you're 499 00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:10,160 Speaker 1: getting Trey Lance in the first half, very ineffective in 500 00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:12,760 Speaker 1: the second half, when Kyle Shanahan slimmed down, the playbook, 501 00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:17,040 Speaker 1: much more effective against a team in the Texans that 502 00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:20,360 Speaker 1: could not pressure the quarterback. That is one thing the 503 00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:23,920 Speaker 1: Rams can do and they have a much better secondary. 504 00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:27,560 Speaker 1: So you're looking at an opportunity here for the Rams 505 00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:31,640 Speaker 1: at home to get right against a nemesis, because they 506 00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:34,120 Speaker 1: are potentially planning against a quarterback who might not be 507 00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:36,880 Speaker 1: able to handle the same kind of pressure that Jimmy 508 00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:40,479 Speaker 1: G can do. You know, I'm rooting for the Chargers 509 00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:43,960 Speaker 1: over the Raiders. And here's why. Well, for one, Justin 510 00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:47,560 Speaker 1: Herbert likes me a lot, but let's not get into that. 511 00:31:48,560 --> 00:31:53,280 Speaker 1: How do you know that Because he grew up listening 512 00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:55,920 Speaker 1: to me in the backseat of his grandpa's car going 513 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:59,000 Speaker 1: to school, and he texts me regularly and he listens 514 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:01,320 Speaker 1: to the show and likes it a lot. Okay, so 515 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:05,640 Speaker 1: the Chargers are a better representation and a truer playoff team. 516 00:32:05,680 --> 00:32:08,520 Speaker 1: Here's why they've got a full time coach. They've got 517 00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:13,960 Speaker 1: better weapons. They could beat Kansas City or Buffalo. This 518 00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:16,360 Speaker 1: is a really good football team that as a young 519 00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:20,280 Speaker 1: quarterback and can be inconsistent. The Raiders have an interim coach. 520 00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:23,000 Speaker 1: Most of their good players are hurt. They have no 521 00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:27,560 Speaker 1: deep threat, but they're getting three at home. They're weird. 522 00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:32,000 Speaker 1: They hang around and it's a rivalry game. And I 523 00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:34,920 Speaker 1: probably feel like the Raiders and the Points is the 524 00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:39,680 Speaker 1: sharp side, sharper square, The Raiders are the sharp side. 525 00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:44,240 Speaker 1: You're one hundred percent right. It's for all the things 526 00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:47,960 Speaker 1: you said. There's been so much inconsistency with the Chargers 527 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:50,480 Speaker 1: this weekend. And as much as Justin Herbert loves you, 528 00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:52,760 Speaker 1: you have to admit and he's had a great year 529 00:32:53,040 --> 00:32:55,680 Speaker 1: and his stats, like you look at his stats and 530 00:32:56,440 --> 00:33:00,440 Speaker 1: they're unbelievable. You look at him like against Joe Burrow 531 00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:04,880 Speaker 1: or Patrick Mahomes whomever, like, great year, still very inconsistent, 532 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:07,440 Speaker 1: and there were moments where he was incredibly inaccurate. And 533 00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:11,880 Speaker 1: this Raiders team they just always hang around. They're just 534 00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:15,320 Speaker 1: always there, and Derek Carr like doesn't seem to know 535 00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:19,240 Speaker 1: when the game is over. And the one thing you 536 00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:22,360 Speaker 1: have to think about is will Waller be playing? Will 537 00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:25,640 Speaker 1: he be coming back? I think he isn't he is? 538 00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:28,560 Speaker 1: He is, That's what I'm saying, And so like you 539 00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:33,360 Speaker 1: know that if he does when he is, wise guys 540 00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:37,640 Speaker 1: already bought the three in anticipation of him coming back. 541 00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:40,120 Speaker 1: This game went down to two and a half, So 542 00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:44,600 Speaker 1: the wise guys are already thinking, Yeah, I'm gonna like 543 00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:48,320 Speaker 1: the Raiders in this spot. All right, I'm taking Alabama 544 00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:51,600 Speaker 1: minus the point, Saban and Bryce Young. Everybody likes Georgia. 545 00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:57,000 Speaker 1: What say you? I like Georgia. Jeezus, hold on, what's 546 00:33:57,040 --> 00:33:59,040 Speaker 1: the line right now? You just said minus the point. 547 00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:03,840 Speaker 1: I'm fairly certain Georgia opened. Yeah, one and a half? 548 00:34:03,920 --> 00:34:09,760 Speaker 1: Favorite here another as an underdog. Yes, I mean Staban's 549 00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:12,120 Speaker 1: been an underdog like five times. He's four and one 550 00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:18,399 Speaker 1: with four blowouts. Bryce Young is so much better. You're 551 00:34:18,440 --> 00:34:20,400 Speaker 1: gonna tell me you're gonna take the second best quarterback 552 00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:22,479 Speaker 1: and the second best coach, both by a long shot. 553 00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:25,040 Speaker 1: I can't do it. Well. I can tell you right 554 00:34:25,080 --> 00:34:27,200 Speaker 1: now that this is the epitome of a pro A 555 00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:31,640 Speaker 1: pros Joe's game. All the tickets are on Alabama, the 556 00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:37,640 Speaker 1: squares are on Alabama. No money is on Georgia. The 557 00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:41,319 Speaker 1: sharps are on Georgia. You know what, I'm gonna hang 558 00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:45,160 Speaker 1: out with all the meat balls and I'm gonna just 559 00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:47,719 Speaker 1: hang out with them and we're all a bunch of 560 00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:51,080 Speaker 1: dopes and square. Be with your people. It's your birthday. 561 00:34:51,680 --> 00:34:54,520 Speaker 1: Go have your cocktail, do what you love to do, 562 00:34:54,880 --> 00:34:59,160 Speaker 1: be with your buddies, enjoy it. You you know you're 563 00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:01,239 Speaker 1: getting older, but you're not getting any wiser. I guess 564 00:35:01,320 --> 00:35:07,759 Speaker 1: that's the that's the lesson we've learned here at the 565 00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:11,319 Speaker 1: Volume Sports our YouTube page. 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